COROWA: Paulette Maury, 85, and Craig Bennett in a tandem skydive at the Corowa. Picture: SUPPLIED

MARYBROUGH: Jack Burchill from Gembrook Primary School during the RACV Energy Breakthrough in Maryborough. Picture: JIM ALDERSEY

TASMANIA: Goaty Hill co-owner Tony Nieuwhof kidding around with the `jazz goats' decorating his property for the vineyard music day. Photo: PHILLIP BIGGS

NEWCASTLE: Harry Dunn’s parents leave court yesterday after the man driving a truck that killed their son when it crashed into a school bus was sentenced to four years in jail, with a non parol period of three years.

TASMANIA: Passengers on the Julie Burgess watch a show put on by mother and calf whales on the Mersey River. Picture: Shane Walker.

WAGGA: Digger the hipster dog in the civic theatre precinct. Picture: Addison Hamilton

ALBURY: Firefighters return from Eureka Tower climb. Chiltern CFA's Daniel Richardson, 15, and Shannon Beacom, 23, both tackled the Eureka Tower climb. Picture: BEN EYLES

DUBBO: Daniel Moon inspects what is left of his shed, which caught alight on Monday night and was burned out despite the quick arrival of firefighters. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

TAMWORTH: Terry Barker remains puzzled by a strange object he spotted over Tamworth on Wednesday night. Photo: Gareth Gardner 201113GGD01

PORT MACQUARIE: Paralympics bound Trent Milton will be Australia's first Paralympic snowboarder.

KANGAROO ISLAND: Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park invites all residents to join in the fun of a competition to name the two new baby boobook owls.

NEWCASTLE: Electrical storm over Newcastle on Friday morning. Picture Darren Pateman

WHYALLA: Wearing green as part of Samaritan College's NSW bushfire appeal fundraiser were students (back, from left) Tyson Baker, Kai Edwards, Hannah Birrell, Josef Tonkin, and (front) Koen Golding.

ALBURY: Lexie Michael, 13, and Holly-Rose Boyer, 10, were selected to feature in a national dance costume catalogue. Picture: TARA GOONAN

MURRAY VALLEY: Unity College teacher Benjamin Gallasch gets the finishing touches of his shave from music assistant and resident hairdresser Tania Klemm

TASMANIA: Denison Road house fire. Photo: PHILLIP BIGGS (and contributed).

DUBBO: Working safely in yesterday's top of 34 degree heat is Elaine Collins drinking water and Christine Kennedy holding the sign. Photo: LOUISE DONGES

BUNBURY: Bunbury man Marc Hay from the Freerun X5 crew performs a daredevil stunt at Koombana Bay.

WARRNAMBOOL: Warrnambool tennis player Tom Howard, 13, will be a ball boy at the Australian Open in Melbourne in January. Picture: DAMIAN WHITE

MANDURAH: Kateeka Josephs needs community support to follow her gymnastics dream at the Olympic Gymnastic Academy. Photo by Andrew King

MUDGEE: Ed DeLong with a UPI photograph showing Lee Harvey Oswald’s rifle being carried through the press pack, including Mr DeLong, into the Dallas police station after Oswald’s arrest for shooting President John Kennedy.

NEWCASTLE: Newcastle Jets training at Tomaree Sports Complex, Tomaree on Tuesday. Gibbs, left, Taylor Regan, right. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

MUNDURAH: Max McLeod had his child-sized motorbike stolen on Monday night. He wants it back.

COLLIE: Henry the flying dog makes a flying leap from Vegemite’s back as part of the Syd and Kim Outback Show. Photo: Collie Mail.

ILLAWARRA: The goats on top of a town house roof in Tamarind Drive. Picture supplied.

CLUNES: Aiden McHarg at the 153rd Clunes and District Agricultural Show. PHOTO: Lachlan Bence

MARGARET RIVER: Koomal Dreaming were one of five Capes region tourism operators to win a gold medal at the 2013 Tourism WA Awards last week. Photo via Margaret River Mail

DUBBO: Sid the seagull helps promote the week of National Skin Cancer Action Week during a visit to Victoria Park. Photo: LOUISE DONGES

WA: ASP ranked world number five Taj burrow returned to the Yallingup Boardriders Club and helped secure victory in the WA finals of the Australian Boardriders Battle. Photo by Surfing WA/Woolacott.

FORSTER: Ted Bickford, Forster's resident graffiti removalist, removing the graffiti from Great Lakes Council buildings on Friday morning. Photo: Great Lakes Advocate

TASMANIA: The scene of Wednesday's fatality on the Camp Creek bridge at Wynyard.

BUNBURY: The little nippers from the City of Bunbury Surf Life Saving Club hit the sand on Sunday to show the community how to beat the heat and get fit. Pictured is Emma Van-Noort. Photo: Bunbury Mail.

ORANGE: cicadas can be deafening Department of Primary Industries (DPI) scientific collections curator Peter Gillespie says, but this shell is unlikely make much noise. Photo: LUKE SCHUYLER.

ILLAWARRA: Fatima Panju, left, and Wollongong’s Total Bliss hair salon owner Roza Rojano. Picture: KIRK GILMOUR

ILLAWARRA: The 2013 Stockland KidzWish Christmas Party. Picture: CHRISTOPHER CHAN

WARRNAMBOOL: Terry Sim of Broadwater puts four-year-old Cherry through her paces in the novice yard dog trials at the Noorat Show. Picture: STEVE HYNES

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Laundry 43 manager and mixologist Tom Pearsall serves up a Laundry 43 signature cocktail, Absinth soaked thyme, which will be available at this year's Gourmet Escape. Photo by Kate Charles.

WAGGA: Ready for the 2013 AAITF National Taekwondo Championships, held in Wagga this weekend, are Kaitlin Jeffires and Cameron Graham. Picture: Addison Hamilton

BAHTURST: Fanny Mae and the Haystack Hoons at Bathurst Biggest Expo. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK.

ILLAWARRA: Crowds gather along Lake Entrance Road for the 2013 i98FM Camp Quality Convoy for Kids. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI

KATHERINE: 2013 Katherine Miss Bikini competition Heat 2. PHOTO: Daniel Halupka

BALLARAT: C5 Ross Creek v Napoleons. Bailey Tallents, Napoleons. PICTURE: KATE HEALY

ILLAWARRA: Meredith Cahill’s embroidered dress exhibit explores women’s insecurities. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI

GOULBURN: Posted on Twitter by @nampix (Fairfax photographer Nick Moir), the lightning over Golburn.

WAGGA: Michael Mason-McRae from Canberra hoses down A Good Heart at Wagga races on Thursday. Picture: Michael Frogley

GOULBURN: The Bachelor winner Anna Heinrich (left) and Caroline Pellow (right) try on 8cm heels in Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS: Mittagong McDonalds celebrated McHappy Day with hundreds of happy diners. Photo: Roy Truscott

GRIFFITH: TAFE teachers and concerned residents turned out to a union rally on Wednesday night, angry at cuts to Griffith TAFE.

TENNANT CREEK: A Teachers' strike in Tennant Creek turned into a community affair, demonstrating strong support for the protest against funding and jobs cuts.

VICTORIA: The old Faraday Primary School, where Edwin John Eastwood and Robert Clyde Boland kidnapped six female pupils and their teacher in 1972, is for sale. Photo: JODIE DONNELLAN