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A swell exhibition

Western Australia big wave photographer Russell Ord is himself captured in action at a bombora 1km out to sea in heavily shark-infested waters by his friend, fellow surf photographer Tony Warrilow.

THE Centenary of Australian Surfing Photography exhibition at Yamba Museum winds down this weekend.
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Souths fans say thanks

Ava and Jed Byrnes proudly display the framed Rabbitohs photo Ava received last week.

FROM one mad South Sydney Rabbitohs fan to another, it was a generous gift that made young Ava Byrnes's first day at school a memorable occasion.
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Big wet sees fishing affected

Trying his luck fishing at Yamba Ferry Wharf was Oscar Rigg, 11, of Yamba with his mate Zac Burke, 11.

THE extreme weather and flooding rivers have really slowed down the fishing effort along the North Coast this week.

 

Holiday family can't return home

Kate and Craig Warby from Moree are waiting for floods there to recede.

IT'S AN anxious wait for the Warby family, who have been holidaying in Yamba for the past couple of weeks from their home in Moree.
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The road to recovery

Floodwater laps the bottom of a fire truck and tractor in Corindi on Australia Day.

RESIDENTS of the coastal village of Corindi remain elbow-deep in a huge clean-up effort after being hit by the biggest flood seen in the area for decades.
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One hurt in crash

A CRANE operator received a broken arm and rib injuries when the machinery he was trialling crashed in Induna St, South Grafton.
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Leaking bus causes chaos

FIRE crews took more than two and a half hours to clean up an oil spill left by a leaking bus as it snaked its way around city streets.
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Dinner target almost reached

Around 130 Clarence Valley Nationals, friends and supporters of the former Member for Clarence, Steve Cansdell, will attend a tribute dinner for him in Grafton.

ORGANISERS of tonight's tribute dinner for former Member for Clarence Steve Cansdell almost achieved their target.
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Phil's going for broke

PHIL Clare claims he has found evidence NSW Health bureaucrats would rather send his company broke than pay up to $3 million for work his company has completed.
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Call for CCTV after more vandalism

SHATTERED: Low Pressure Surf Co’s Noel Smith inspects the damage to the pane of glass at the front of his shop after a vandal attack. Photo: Emma Pritchard

THREE words sprang to Noel Smith's mind when he arrived at his Prince St shop Friday morning: “Enough is enough.”
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We're over it

Maclean Towing’s Mick Bennett, Raven Smash Repairs office manager Ed Bennett, tow truck driver Corey Fuller and Raven’s owner Mick Howell are calling for better use of technology to help prevent motorists needing rescue on the Pacific Hwy.

TOW truck driver Mick Howell has rescued dozens of motorists from floodwaters that cross the highway at Musk Valley and Alipou creeks – and he's had enough.

 

Fisho slips off breakwall

A fisherman is taken to Maclean Hospital after falling off the breakwall at Yamba.

A ROCK fisherman fell up to six metres from the top of Yamba's breakwall just before 9am yesterday, suffering injuries to his head and body.

 

Jack made it to school by boat

THE first day of big school is never easily forgotten by parents, however, Jack Pigg may remember his journey a little better than his classmates.

 

Long trip to get English lessons

 A group of 48 students and four teachers from the Xi Cheng Foreign Language School in Beijing spent two days at the Clarence Valley Anglican School.

A CONTINGENT of 48 Chinese students have sat in on Clarence Valley Anglican School classes as part of their language and cultural studies.

 

Diversity laid down in book

Author Shirley Walker will be guest speaker at The Gallery Foundation’s The D’art on March 2.

OCCASIONALLY we forget about the diversity that has made the Clarence Valley such an interesting place to live.

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Offbeat News 

Jailed for sleeping in woman's bed

Jailed for sleeping in woman's bed

A WARWICK man, who was channelling famed fairytale character Goldilocks when he broke into a woman's home and slept in her bed, has been jailed.

 

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National News 

Ad pulled over mistaken age

Ad pulled over mistaken age

A PERSON has made a complaint against the Queensland Theatre Company ad, saying it made them “feel ill” and labelled it “suggestive of paedophilia”.

 

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World News 

300 missing as PNG ferry sinks

300 missing as PNG ferry sinks

RESCUE crews in Papua New Guinea have rescued 28 people from the water after a ferry sank with as many as 350 on board along the nation's east coast.

 

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