Firefighters battle the flames on Saturday night during the Lindon Park blaze near Perthville. Photo: BATHURST BRIGADE
Matt Molloy with his children Oliver, 5, and Mitchell, 7, chat with his parents on the neighbouring property Paul and Deirdre Molloy about the fire at Hells Hole. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA
Rocky the cat provides a special type of therapy for residents like Joan at Ballarat's Eyres House.
These boys have come up with a floating picnic table ready for Australia Day on the Murray River.
Melissa and Tristan Meyers are grateful the fire stopped just short of the verandah of their Little Billabong Road home, but it was a different story with a nearby shed. Pictures: TARA GOONAN
Ballarat mayor Josh Morris and Councillor John Phillips inspect a new water spray park, which converts into a basketball court in the winter.
This man was arrested in Wodonga after a report that guns were brandished inside a home.
Here's a sneak peak inside Bendigo's new library.
A fire at a Dubbo substation closed roads for three hours and required extreme care from firefighters.
Troy Read at the Picton Rodeo on Ride Tuff Burra Road. Photo by JenSol Photography.
This car crashed through a Dubbo noodle shop in a ram raid on the business.
The Rock 'N Ride Tour stopped for an hour in Goulburn on Tuesday afternoon.
Catherine Beltz, Tackers 2. Summer Tackers clinic at Green Lake.
Horsham Swimming Club juniors Bella Geue, 11, Miette Hopper, 11, and Layla Atherton, 12, will be at the Victorian Country Swimming Championships in Wodonga, starting Friday. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI
Charli Squires, 4, with his heroic big brother Kyle Squires, 15, who used first aid to save his younger brother's life. Picture: KIRK GILMOUR
Artist Hu Ming has made her name with vivid oil paintings. Picture: KIRK GILMOUR
Joey Dawson and Max Stapley in Wollongong Harbour. Picture: ADAM McLEAN
North Gong rock pool.
A passenger had to be treated for smoke inhalation after a car was destroyed by fire at Lithgow when the engine began to falter and smoke erupted from the engine compartment when the driver moved to the roadside.
Robert McCaig with his Dave Sands artwork, a sportsman he held in high esteem.
Jim Thomson snapped this picture of a cisticola feeding a chick on a bird watching day in the Hunter Valley.
Newcastle's Hetal Anjariya with her children Ania and Aum are proud Aussies. Picture: Marina Neil
Joel George, 6, Yasmine Brown, 3, Rose Wade, 4, and Ayiga Luka, 6,get ready for Australia Day
These boys settling into day six of the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
When it comes to saving the koala the expression goes “no tree, no me”, but the slogan could easily be reversed when it comes to flying-foxes, according to Orange's Pamela Dury
Brandon Armstrong, Mark Bulley, Necia Waghorn, Miyram Barker and John Cassegrain show how to down and oyster in preparation for Sunday's Oysters and Artists Market in the Vines.
Port Macquarie's Natarsha Ciardi is a rising futsal and football star. Pic: PETER GLEESON
South coast tennis fans Emily (10), Aiden (4), Chloe (6) and Jasmine (7) Beetson from Bomaderry can’t think of anything worse than missing the Australian Open on television.
Watch keeper Gordon Young checks in with a vessel heading out to Jervis Bay. Photo: DAMIAN McGILL
James Arneman, David Kirkpatrick, Kate Arneman, Heather and Joy McKean and Anne Kirkpatrick at the historic unveiling of the Slim Dusty and Joy McKean bronze statue yesterday. Photo: Geoff O’Neill
The Country Music Queen and Princess meet and greet festivalgoers in Tamworth's Peel St. Photo:Geoff O'Neill
Slim Dusty still entertains the crowds.
All that remains of a workshop on Cunningdroo Street, Ladysmith, after a fire in the early hours of yesterday morning. Firefighters worked swiftly to prevent the flames spreading to the attached house. Picture: Michael Frogley
Inside the Sturgess fire. Picture: Andrew Roberts
Cattle are loaded onto trucks at the end of a long hot day at the Wagga cattle sale. Picture: Michael Frogley
Luci Hand (left) and Bianca Slater will join with other fighters for a fund-raising event, Box 4Bryn, to be staged in Warrnambool next month.
Orford vintage engine display event organiser Terry Rowbottom in an engine powered shower/bath. Picture: AARON SAWALL
Matt Price performs at Sunset On The Green in Warrnambool. Picture: AARON SAWALL
Warrnambool CFA officers finish off extinguishing a fire in a hay field, as local police investigate the circumstances. Picture: ROB GUNSTONE
The scene of the $600,000 fire which destroyed the original Coles store at Wilmot early yesterday morning.
Ethan Shipp, 3, of Launceston prepares for next week's Biggest Biggest Game of Cricket. Picture: Paul Scambler.
Onlookers at a fire near the Hotel Launceston, in Brisbane Street, last night.
Firefighters battle the blaze which destroyed the Wilmot Country Store early yesterday. Picture: Andrew Hill.
Richard Muir-Wilson and Tracey Bradley, of Waratah-Wynyard Council, prepare for tomorrow's Aussie breakfast at Gutteridge Gardens. Picture: Stuart Wilson.