BATHURST: Firefighters battle the blaze in Havannah Street on Friday night that left a Bathurst woman devastated. Photo: JASON GALLAGHER 122713jgfire5
ORANGE: Kyra Dodds, Zaylee Quinn, Lina Lavall and Codi Quinn cool off at Lake Canobolas on new Year's Day. Photo: LUKE SCHUYLER
WELLINGTON: The Wellington Dance Academy's end of year concert production and presentation with a spectacular event with local children starring in a number of dance disciplines.
CANOWINDRA: Con the cabbie has called the last ride. Seven years ago they, Ian Guihot and his wife Debbie started the Canowindra Taxi Service with the support of the hotels and clubs of Canowindra.
DUBBO: NSW Police and Emergency Services Minister Michael Gallacher has urged people to be water smart during this holiday period. Tahlana Griffiths and Joshua Lees frolic in the river at Sandy Beach as it heats up this summer. Photo: CHERYL BURKE
COWRA: Independent researcher of the Global Crop Circle phenomenon, Megan Heazlewood will be holding a 'Crop Circle' multimedia presentation at the Cowra Japanese Garden on Sunday January,12.
PARKES: This group was certainly in the spirit of a happy greeting for 2014 at the Railway Hotel. From left - Luisa Lippert, Casey Evans, Maren Niehues, Anne Moles, Bianca Sheridan, Kasie Ferguson and Leighton Nicholson. Photo:BARBARA REEVES
ORANGE: RUDE AWAKENING: The owner of this vehicle was among many people in Rowan Street upset by the graffiti attack in the early hours of yesterday morning. Photo: JANICE HARRIS
LITHGOW: Well-known and respected local paramedic, Anthony de Beuzeville-Howarth, has been duly recognised for his 20 years of helping people out in the Lithgow community.
FORBES: A 19-year-old Forbes woman and a 50-year-old man from Canberra are both in a stable condition at Royal North Shore Hospital after the boat they were in caught fire at the Forbes Aquatic Centre on Boxing Day.
OBERON: Fire swept through the Oberon Mount at O'Connell. Photo: KAREN O'MALLEY
ORANGE: NEW parents Regan Ferguson and Claire Noonan expect some sideways glances as one of Orange’s few same-sex couples with a child. But the country-raised pair made a conscious decision when they chose to raise their son Elliott, born on Christmas Eve, in a regional area.
BATHURST: Louise Ranshaw with pottery similar to that stolen in a senseless act of smash and grab at the arts gallery in Russell Street on the weekend. Photo ZENIO LAPKA 123013ztarts1
GILGANDRA: Greg Ryan brings Sensational Moment home first in the John and Kate Smith Secretary s Cup at Gilgandra. Photo: LOUISE DONGES
COWRA: It's was a busy time at Gooloogong Public School late last year, with an excursion to the Bathurst Goldfields Experience and a whole school production of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' taking centre stage.
GULGONG: The Gulgong Folk Festival squeezed markets, workshops, jam sessions and performances by 30 artists at seven venues all into one weekend between Christmas and New Year.
DUBBO: Ash Conn cuddles with new son Jackson, the first baby born in Dubbo in 2014, as wife Kellie and grandmother Wilma Ryan watch on.
ORANGE: WHAT A THRILL: Nicole Sugden was lucky enough to meet her tennis hero Roger Federer after a practice session at the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament on Tuesday. Photo: CONTRIBUTED
BATHURST: Drought conditions meant Lagoon market gardener Jeff McSpedden had to irrigate his fields to plant his corn crop this year. 112713bwjeff
WELLINGTON: The Charlton family came from all over the state to be together at New Year.
PARKES: Nicole Rosser, Jacinta Rawson and Nicole Ross amongst some of the fabulous prizes up for grabs at the TransTank Miss Priscilla Dinner. Photo: BARBARA REEVES
FORBES: Trainer Pat Jones, Nathan Townsend, Emma Jones, Tara Jones and Terry Jones celebrate with What I Mean To Say after winning in Dubbo on Thursday evening. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE
BATHURST: Malcolm Roth steps down as the head of the Livestock Health and Pest Authority this month, as the organisation merges with the Catchment Management Authority and some services of the Department of Primary.
ORANGE: The race is on to get the last cherries off the trees at the base of Mount Canobolas before they are eaten by flying foxes as representatives of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) announce they will come to Orange next week to meet with affected growers.
BATHURST: Fireworks lit up a crowd of thousands at the Party in the Park in Bathurst.
ORANGE: The fireworks light up the Orange skyline on New Year's Eve. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
BATHURST: Amanda Morris and Jason Dunleavy from Brisbane stopped off at Bathurst Visitor Information Centre yesterday while on their Christmas holiday travels. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 010114ptourist
COWRA: A regular at Wyangala Dam, Jacob Nash from Cudal voted waterskiing as his favourite holiday activity.
BATHURST: Neville Dawson has been named the 2014 2BS Bathurst Regional Citizen of the Year.