Bathurst 1000 race officials Shane and India tie the knot in Pit Lane at Mt. Panorama. PHOTO: Chris Seabrook.

Pauline and Peter Archbold celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. PHOTO: Mandurah Mail.

Mandurah Mail editor Catherine Botman was given an exclusive tour of Alf Barbagallo's stunning new 80 Sport Yacht, worth an estimated $6.7m. PHOTO: Mandurah Mail.

Malakai Earp was born three months early and cared for at John Hunter Hospital. His parents, Stephen and Claire Earp, had to take him to see a child eye specialist in Sydney because none are working at the hospital. PHOTO: Marina Neil/Newcastle Herald.

Members of the Australian Dance and Talent Centre Annabel Fleming, Jade Hilard and Alexandra Hernando, who will perform their fitness based Conga routine at the 2014 Newcastle Regional Show. They are pictured with Peter Hodgins and show president Roger Geary. PHOTO: Newcastle Herald.

Wollongong's North Beach is set to be showered in a rainbow of brightly coloured powder early next year, as the Swisse Color Run comes to town. Pictured is a shot from the Color Run at Sydney Olympic Park. PHOTO: Marco Del Grande/Illawarra Mercury.

The Wollongong City Council will vote on whether to set up a dedicated walking track from Otford to Mount Kembla. PHOTO: Orlando Chiodo.

Bones were found in the Royal National Park north of Otford following the discovery of a human skull earlier in the week. PHOTO: Adam McLean/ Illawarra Mercury.

Whitton man Daniel Furness has claimed top prize in the search for the Riverina's sexiest man. PHOTO: Jessica Vant/The Daily Advertiser.

Convener of the Wagga branch of Amnesty International, Gabrielle Robinson (left) and event organiser Holly Wright battled the windy weather for a candlelight vigil in the Victory Memorial Gardens. PHOTO: Alastair Brook/The Daily Advertiser

Jessy Ciappara, 15, of Camden takes aim at the NSW Trap Carnival at the National Shooting Ground in Wagga. PHOTO: Les Smith/The Daily Advertiser.

Burnt wheelie bins on Athol Street. PHOTO: Michael Frogley/The Daily Advertiser.

Craig Lowndes signs some posters for Nathaniel Mason with his nephews, Dominic (6) and Aiden Poisel(4) ahead of the Bathurst 100. PHOTO: Chris Seabrook.

Charles Sturt Wines marketing manager Justin Byrne with the new labels that feature a map of the travels of Captain Charles Sturt.

A ute made an unscheduled pit stop in the yard of an Orange home. PHOTO: Central Western Daily.

Paramedics attend to a passenger after a one-vehicle accident late on Monday afternoon at Glanmire, east of Bathurst on the Great Western Highway. PHOTO: Chris Seabrook.

Lyn Nolan with her 17-year-old son Jake Morley, are feeling the pinch of low vacancy rates in Dubbbo. PHOTO: Louise Donges.

GlencoreXstrata employees at Ulan Coal have raised more than $22,000 for the McGrath Foundation. PHOTO: Darren Snyder.

The stage has been set for a schools spectacular at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre. PHOTO: Gareth Gardner

An Oxley Vale woman said she was lucky to be alive after rock-throwers pelted a missile at her car, smashing the window over her young baby. PHOTO: Geoff O’Neill.

The remainder of Tamworth Regional Council’s swimming pools opened for business this week. PHOTO: Geoff O’Neill.

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Anthony Hicks of Woodville on his giant mower that stands nearly two metres high. PHOTO: The Maitland Mercury.

Sara Smyth-King helped chaperone a small group of dementia sufferers to an art gallery in Sydney. PHOTO: The Maitland Mercury.

The Goulburn council will decide in the next few months whether it will continue supporting the annual Lilac City Festival. PHOTO: Goulburn Post.

Ovarian cancer is the focus of a cocktail charity night to be held in Goulburn. PHOTO: Goulburn Post.

The Nationals have confirmed Prime Minister Tony Abbott attended a two-hour soirée during his controversial taxpayer funded trip to Port Macquarie in 2011. Pictured is Mr Abbott after finishing the bike-leg of the 2011 70.3 Ironman in Port Macquarie. PHOTO: Port Macquarie News.

Backflip Betty attempted to become the first Australian-first monster truck to complete backflip. PHOTO: Port Macquarie News.

trike team members Peter Cato from Tomerong, Barry McCartney from Greenwell Point, Bec Thompson, Daniel Palmer and Nathanial Smith from Greenwell Point and Shane Bullock from Cunjurong on standby at the Shoalhaven Fire Control Centre. PHOTO: South Coast Register.

Two men have been convicted of abalone theft, fined $4000 each and placed on good behaviour bonds after being caught stealing 185 abalone. PHOTO: South Coast Register.

Police are investigating a fire which gutted a mobile home in Wendouree. PHOTO: Adam Trafford.

Craft beer enthusiast Al Whelan and fellow connoisseurs Drew Graham, Hunter Sedgwick, Dan Mulquiney and Zac Powell celebrate 99 bottles of beer on the base of the wall ahead of next year’s Ballarat Beer Festival. PHOTO: Ballarat Courier.

Werribee's Rachel Jarry, pictured here playing for the Lady Miners in Ballarat, is a Women’s National Basketball Association championship player with the Minnesota Lynx. PHOTO: Ballarat Courier.

Policeman Cameron Roberts is sick of seeing motorcycle parts strewn across the road. PHOTO: The Border Mail.

Cathy McGowan has opened her new office in Indi and is ready to receive constituents. PHOTO: Mark Jesser/The Border Mail.

Unionist Martin O’Nea is hoping petitions against Australia Post’s proposed changes will change the organisation’s mind. PHOTO: Mark Jesser/The Border Mail.

Optometrist Mark Prince donated his examination fees to charity on Thursday. PHOTO: Jodie Donnellan/Bendigo Advertiser.

Max Kettle is $8000 richer after taking out the Bendigo Inventor of the Year prize for 2013. PHOTO: Bendigo Advertiser.

Peter Connolly and Liz Scarce cope with the blustery wind at Tailem Bend Railway Station's centenary celebration. PHOTO: Murray Valley Standard.

Fire gutted the science and technology building at Lameroo Regional Community School. PHOTO: Murray Valley Standard.

A west Launceston landlord is facing a $15,000 repair bill at least after an out-of-control party promoted on social media over two nights last weekend left his entire house trashed. PHOTO: Launceston Examiner.

Owner Ian McKinnon has decided to sell Milford and its accompanying 1400-hectare cropping property. PHOTO: Geoff Robson/Launceston Examiner.

The first day of the Royal Launceston Show drew more than 10,000 patrons through the gate of the Inveresk Showgrounds. Pictured are Anita Perrott, of Trevallyn, with her family Annalissa Growden, 7, Liam O'Sullivan, 15, and Madden Growden, 9. PHOTO: Launceston Exmainer.

Notorious crime figure turned author Mark Brandon Read has died after a long battle with liver cancer.

Former Geelong player Billy Brownless helps out with a fundraiser for burns victims, Fletcher, 9, and Spencer, 6. PHOTO: The Advocate.

Not-for-profit organisation Fairy Godmothers’ are raising funds to purchase a cuddle cot for the North West Private Hospital maternity ward. Pictured are committee members (from left) Morgan Herbert, Katrina Tabart, Jessica Tabart and Anthea O’Halloran. PHOTO: Stuart Wilson/The Advocate.

Australian Secondary Principals Association president Sheree Vertigan, of Devonport, has been named in the top 100 of The Australian Financial Review and Westpac Group 100 Women of Influence awards. PHOTO: Meg Windram/The Advocate.

Fire crews attempt to contain a grass fire at Alexandra Hills. PHOTO: Stephen Jeffery/The Bayside Bulletin.

Merredin fashion designer Kirsty Mackenzie is wearing a dress every day for the whole month of October, even to do her grocery shopping, to raise funds and awareness for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. PHOTO: Merredin-Wheatbelt Mercury

A local childcare centre praised a four-year-old for saving his brother’s life. PHOTO: Mandurah Mail.