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The injured turtle on the way to the vet. Photo: Sandy Collins.

X-ray shows 11 eggs inside injured turtle rescued by WIRES

Sandy Collins

Dr Peter Brukner, author of A Fat Lot of Good and founder of Defeat Diabetes.

WATCHReversing type 2 diabetes: Dr Peter Brukner's mission to defeat diabetes

2hrs ago

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has again urged the public not to focus on COVID-19 case numbers on Friday. Photo: File, AAP.

WATCHNSW records over 300 new cases as state's Omicron cluster rises to 13

Fleur Connick

The developments and plans in your area on public exhibition

OUR FUTUREThe developments and plans in your area on public exhibition

Joel Erickson

A collage of imagery from the exhibition.

OUR HISTORYMoruya Museum wins special award for exhibition on children's books

Claudia Ferguson

A lack of how-to-vote cards within 100m of polling stations has made the Eurobodalla election difficult to predict. Picture: file

COUNCIL ELECTIONS'No one is feeling confident': Restrictions cast mystery over election result

Dominic Unwin

The Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens sensory garden was destroyed in the bushfires. Garden manager Michael Anlezark is asking the community for some big ideas in designing a new Discovery Garden at the site. Picture: Council.

Help grow the Shire's first discovery garden

Eurobodalla Shire Council

The injured turtle on the way to the vet. Photo: Sandy Collins.

X-ray shows 11 eggs inside injured turtle rescued by WIRES

Sandy Collins

Dr Peter Brukner, author of A Fat Lot of Good and founder of Defeat Diabetes.

WATCHReversing type 2 diabetes: Dr Peter Brukner's mission to defeat diabetes

2hrs ago

Dr Peter Brukner, author of A Fat Lot of Good and founder of Defeat Diabetes.

WATCHReversing type 2 diabetes: Dr Peter Brukner's mission to defeat diabetes

2hrs ago

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has again urged the public not to focus on COVID-19 case numbers on Friday. Photo: File, AAP.

WATCHNSW records over 300 new cases as state's Omicron cluster rises to 13

Not done yet: Dr Ian Kamerman says we need to decide which protections will be made permanent. Photo: File

VAX THE NATIONMaintain restrictions in face of new variant, rural doctors urge

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard (left) said he is waiting for test results for two more students at Regents Park Christian School in south west Sydney during a press conference on Friday.

DIGESTKeep calm and carry... omicron?

NSW confirmed four international arrivals who tested positive for COVID-19 have the Omicron variant.

No deaths as NSW cases surge past 300 in Friday update

Liberal Member for Pearce Christian Porter. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTGrey skies bring all kinds of storms

Kayla Osborne

No deaths in NSW as state's COVID cases jump again

No deaths in NSW as state's COVID cases jump again

Matt Carr

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

DIGESTSocial media giants taken to task

Kayla Osborne

No new deaths as 251 COVID cases recorded

No new deaths as 251 COVID cases recorded

Sage Swinton

STAR OF THE SHOW: Forbes greyhound trainer Jack Smith with sprinter Jungle Deuce. Picture: SUSAN HERBERT.

Jungle Deuce's last minute poll win

Michael Cowley

Warhorse Justin Weller will be back in action for the Shoalhaven on the weekend.

Weekend feast of representative cricket action

Aidan Williams on the winners podium after being awarded NSW State Champion and the prestigious blue plate for Ka4 Jnr light. Picture: supplied.

Sapphire Coast Kart Club junior Aidan Williams crowned state champion

Ellouise Bailey

STAR OF THE SHOW: Forbes greyhound trainer Jack Smith with sprinter Jungle Deuce. Picture: SUSAN HERBERT.

Jungle Deuce's last minute poll win

Samoan Tim Lafai will bring quality and experience to Super League side Salford Red Devils.

Super League Salford snap up Tim Lafai

Ian Laybourn

Got a sport story to tell? We’re all ears

Got a sport story to tell? We’re all ears

Bill Frazer, John McCloghry, Garry Smith, Jason Violaris, Lachlan Edwards and Tracy Provest helped out after Ipswich was battered by hail. Photo supplied.

'Orange family' reflect on highs, lows and memories of 2020

Bill Frazer, John McCloghry, Garry Smith, Jason Violaris, Lachlan Edwards and Tracy Provest helped out after Ipswich was battered by hail. Photo supplied.

'Orange family' reflect on highs, lows and memories of 2020

Cultural experience: Take a guided bush food and cultural knowledge walk.

WHAT'S ONThings to do: Things to do in Shoalhaven and beyond

Cultural experience: Take a guided bush food and cultural knowledge walk.

WHAT'S ONThings to do: Things to do in Shoalhaven and beyond

Frank Condello amongst the ashes.

Currowan fire one year on: You move on with great difficultly says bushfire survivor

Frank Condello amongst the ashes.

Currowan fire one year on: You move on with great difficultly says bushfire survivor

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Mal Gilham of Tuross Head with his winning flathead in 2020. Image: Supplied.

REEL IT IN: Online fishing challenge to celebrate flathead far and wide

Claudia Ferguson

Terracotta figurine of women playing knucklebones, circa 330-300 BCE, part of the Ancient Greeks exhibition at the National Museum of Australia from December 17.

SUBSCRIBERForget what you thought about the Greeks. That's ancient history

Sally Pryor

Check out what's happening in our Shire

What’s on in the Eurobodalla Shire

Mal Gilham of Tuross Head with his winning flathead in 2020. Image: Supplied.

REEL IT IN: Online fishing challenge to celebrate flathead far and wide

The Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens sensory garden was destroyed in the bushfires. Garden manager Michael Anlezark is asking the community for some big ideas in designing a new Discovery Garden at the site. Picture: Council.

Help grow the Shire's first discovery garden

Eurobodalla Shire Council

Crowded House announce first national tour in 12 years

Crowded House announce first national tour in 12 years

Jess Layt

FREE FROM TOXINS: Absolutely perfect for baby's skin.

Protect the skin on your precious baby with Bunjie

Calling the South Coast home: Rachael Turner and husband Vijay and their children Max and Bonnie.

Love for Moruya lures ActewAGL's Rachael Turner home

Queens of Mystery makes for some compelling watching on Acorn TV.

The streaming service with new hard-to-find classics and British favourites every single week

Linda Lambrechts

FREE FROM TOXINS: Absolutely perfect for baby's skin.

Protect the skin on your precious baby with Bunjie

Modibodi takes the anxiety out of periods that could cause most teens to step away from their usual sport or social activities.

Teens can trust Modibodi period underwear to help them through the night

Linda Lambrechts

Westpac's National Agribusiness Manager, Stephen Hannan.

Helping generations of Australian farmers to grow

Stephen Hannan, National Agribusiness Manager

Upcycling is super easy now with a host of products that take out a lot of the grunt work. Picture: Shutterstock.

From drab to fab, change the look of your home with furniture upcycling

Upcycling is super easy now with a host of products that take out a lot of the grunt work. Picture: Shutterstock.

From drab to fab, change the look of your home with furniture upcycling

Find your dream at realestateview.com.au.

Read this week's Real Estate View here

Find your dream at realestateview.com.au.

Read this week's Real Estate View here

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Hamish Geale

Price growth is strongest in coastal and lifestyle markets, CoreLogic said. Picture: Shutterstock

Property round-up: Near 10 years to get a deposit together for a house in the regions

Jen Melocco

With some careful planning, moving house doesn't need to be stressful. Pictures: Shutterstock.

How to take the stress out of moving house

Edel Beattie, The Happy Organiser

BE WISE: Be suspicious of too-good-to-be-true offers and any sellers that ask you to pay by bank transfer, gift cards or cryptocurrency.

All the online scams you need to avoid

The Ulladulla Milton Lions Club gets $1,298.

Grants for volunteer groups in Gilmore

Cobargo CWA members.

OUR PEOPLEFriendships 'renewed' at 90th CWA conference for Far South Coast Group

Claudia Ferguson

BE WISE: Be suspicious of too-good-to-be-true offers and any sellers that ask you to pay by bank transfer, gift cards or cryptocurrency.

All the online scams you need to avoid

Barrie Wilford, David Swarts, Ron Cox, Paul Mitchell and Ian Carroll fear for the future of the Burrill Lake community. Absent - Kirra Dowling

OUR FUTUREMeeting hopes to detail the "disaster" facing the Burrill Lake community

Winners: Stephanie Ovington (runner-up) and Harrison McKee (winner) pose in front of the Quota Narooma sign after Saturday’s Student of the Year Quest.

Harrison McKee named Quota student of the year

Dr Peter Brukner, author of A Fat Lot of Good and founder of Defeat Diabetes.

WATCHReversing type 2 diabetes: Dr Peter Brukner's mission to defeat diabetes

2hrs ago

COMPASSIONATE POOCH: Edwina Colvin and Tilly, winners of the Outstanding Palliative Care Volunteer Award. Picture: Paul Scambler

WATCHDog gone generous! Therapy dog handler wins outstanding palliative care award

Life doesn't get much better than fishing as the sun sets, just ask these two fishos spotted in Moruya. Photo: Claudia Ferguson.

PHOTOSWatching the sunset, sunset, sunset: Shire treated to gorgeous sky

Ash Lamb (front) has been acknowledged for his volunteer work as an umpire and umpire's coordinator with the Sapphire Coast AFL.

Veteran umpire rewarded for years working with Sapphire Coast AFL

Moruya Golf Club has seen an increase of more than 10 per cent in memberships numbers over the past 12 months.

Moruya Golf Club sees membership spike as people search for COVID activities

Joel Erickson

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Hamish Geale

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has again urged the public not to focus on COVID-19 case numbers on Friday. Photo: File, AAP.

WATCHNSW records over 300 new cases as state's Omicron cluster rises to 13

Fleur Connick

Zendaya as Chani and Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Dune. Picture: Warner Brothers

REVIEWA dazzling epic crammed with star power

Cris Kennedy

Health Minister Greg Hunt has appealed for Australians to stay calm and carry on. Picture: ACM image

WATCHBe alert, but not alarmed, by Omicron

Editorial

In Menindee, the lakes are full for the first time since 2012 and the locals want them treated as more than a cistern flushed by downstream irrigators - so there's enough water to sustain the native fish and birds.

FORGOTTEN RIVERHeeding the voices of Forgotten River

Grace Crivellaro says she feels one step closer to seeing her family and friends after receiving her first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Photo: Supplied.

OPINIONYoung, wild, vaxxed ... and almost free

Guests toast being aboard Coral Geographer. Photo: Jeurgen Freund

Cruising set to make comeback

Sue Preston

TRAILBLAZER: Bill Onus in Fitzroy (1946). Still from Ablaze. Photo: Eric Onus

Film a key to leader's hidden history

Rowan Cowley

STAYING CONNECTED: Lex Marinos and Patricia Amphlett take radio and podcast listeners on a romp through the perils, pitfalls and precious moments of ageing.

Radio and podcast show targets older Australians

Eileen Wood

After 17 years in the role, Clover Moore says she still has much to do as Sydney's Lord Mayor.

Sydney Mayor Moore bids to extend stint

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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has again urged the public not to focus on COVID-19 case numbers on Friday. Photo: File, AAP.

WATCHNSW records over 300 new cases as state's Omicron cluster rises to 13

Protesters have returned to the streets of Melbourne after the state this week passed pandemic laws.

Vic anti-vax mandate rally draws 10k crowd

1hr ago

Two Victorian men have been charged with assaulting a bus driver who asked them to wear face masks.

Charges over Vic bus driver bashing

1hr ago

Dr Peter Brukner, author of A Fat Lot of Good and founder of Defeat Diabetes.

WATCHReversing type 2 diabetes: Dr Peter Brukner's mission to defeat diabetes

2hrs ago

A man in his 40s was stabbed at Sydney's Central Station in an alleged domestic violence incident.

Sydney train station stabbing DV-related

Callum Godde

Victoria has hosted more anti-vaccination protests and recorded 1365 new virus cases.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

COMPASSIONATE POOCH: Edwina Colvin and Tilly, winners of the Outstanding Palliative Care Volunteer Award. Picture: Paul Scambler

WATCHDog gone generous! Therapy dog handler wins outstanding palliative care award

Andrew Chounding

Future Farmers Network director Samantha Noon.

Agriculture, the career of opportunity

Samantha Noon

The Leys family from Woolomin and Warwick.

Rodeo Round Up to return to Tamworth bigger and better than ever

Billy Jupp

Benefits of pasture research on display during field day

Benefits of pasture research on display during field day

Billy Jupp

Award-winner: Clockwise from top left - This impressive view from the rear to the entry of the home reveals the extensive pool and undercover entertainment area. The closer in view of the entry shows the bedroom has an unimpaired view which can be closed off when visitors stay. The living room furnishing blend with the natural salvaged brickwork. An expansive open layout affords ample entertaining space.

New Ballarat build embraces salvaged materials to meld with landscape

Caleb Cluff

CRACKING COLLECTION: L'Occtaine's Petit Gifts range is a great stocking filler. Photo: Supplied

Beautifully presented festive gift ideas

FEAR: The abuse animals experience ranges from neglect to cruelty. Picture: Shutterstock

Animals often suffer too in homes where violence resides

Dr Anne Quain