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THE photos which tell the story of the past seven days in your region.

The photos which tell the story of the past seven days in your region

NARROMINE: The Window on the Wetlands Centre recently opened a new feature, the Kookaburra Kiosk.

FORBES: Forbes growers brought in some good crops despite a dry, hot finish to the grain-growing season. Thanks to reader Sally Wright for this great photo taken of harvest at Bundy Downs.

COWRA: Final rehearsals are now under way for the Cowra Ballet School Annual Concert. This year the students will be presenting "The Lost Princess".

ORANGE: They seem to arrive with the fruit pickers that are camping around town, but these aerial nomads aren’t here to pick fruit for sale, they’re here to mate before heading off when the fruit picking season ends.

PARKES: The Champion-Post's 'Bush Kids' photo gallery has been an overwhelming success. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

DUBBO: Firefighters converged on a Dubbo storage and distribution warehouse following reports of a chemical spill on Wednesday morning.

MUDGEE: For the last half of November the Mudgee pool was the best place to seek water, pictured diving in on Saturday the 21st is Steven Jones. Photo: COL BOYD

BATHURST: Bathurst Regional Council employee James Bruce measures the width of the supercroc’s 800mm mouth while installing the latest exhibition at the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 120215croc

YOUNG: A fast-moving fire at Stockinbingal has burnt out 200 hectares of country, running through once-flourishing cereal crops. 

BLAYNEY: Millthorpe's Golden Memories Museum’s 50th anniversary was also a time to remember one of its most dedicated volunteers, with a pavilion named after Trevor Pascoe.

WELLINGTON: A local man has reached breaking point after months of vandalism and harassment from children who this week put a brick through his car window.

DUBBO: There is plenty to do if you take the family to Taronga Western Plains Zoo during the upcoming school holidays, including the popular giraffe feeding. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

ORANGE: Orange Anglican Grammar students Lachlan Skinner and Luke Robinson with their industrial and modern lamps that received awards in the University of Wollongong STEM awards. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

LITHGOW: Matt Allan, Jasmine Perish and Ben Joseph and the only flying Hudson in the world taking off.

CANOWINDRA: Local musician Nerida Cuddy is joining with an old friend, Peter Volkofsky, for an event with a difference in Canowindra this Friday night, December 4.

BATHURST: Year 6 students at Carenne School Nathan Jarrett, Jarad Smith, Maylee Rutledge, Daniel Halliday and Taylor Smith are preparing for the challenges of high school. Photo: PHIL BLATCH 112315pbyearsix14

PARKES: For Nikita Noakes, 2015 has been a very successful and accomplished year. Nikita was again selected on the Australian youth team to compete in the Trans Tasman Quarter Horse Challenge, held between 6th - 11th October in Feilding, New Zealand. 

FORBES: For those who aren’t partying at Vanfest on Saturday night, be sure to tune into Channel Nine from 7pm to catch a glimpse of some of our local students performing in the 2015 Schools Spectacular.

DUBBO: Mission Australia happy healthy minds program coordinator Sam Orth, Josh Streeting, happy healthy minds case worker Ray Fuller and Nathon Price. Photo: ORLANDER RUMING

ORANGE: Qualified firefighter Rob Buesnel and station officer Matt Jeffery practise a rope-assisted rescue during Monday’s training session. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 1130sgfire

BATHURST: Entries are now open for the Put Christmas in Your Street promotion where residents are invited to battle it out for the most spectacular festive season light display to win great prizes.

COWRA: Cowra received a taste of royalty last week when Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Tuku'aho, High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga visited ahead of the Festival of International Understanding next year.

YOUNG: Saturday night’s caged fight at the Young Services Club couldn’t have gone any smoother according to MDMMA Young head instructor Tai Seuao.

CANOWINDRA: As anti-dam campaigners continue to undertake critical research to protect Cliefden Caves against inundation from the Belubula River, they have asked for more donations.

ORANGE: The cherry trees on Frank and Michelle Rossetto’s Canobolas Road orchard are bending under the weight of plump, ripe and perfectly-formed cherries, making this one of the best seasons for the orchard in years.

DUBBO: Dubbo and district residents are being asked to comment on an application to modify the Tomingley Gold Mine site.

BATHURST: Allan Johnson is concerned that the overgrown property next his Kelso home is a fire hazard. Photo: PHIL BLATCH 111915pballan2

PARKES: The Parkes Christmas Markets and Movie Night will be held this Friday, featuring market stalls and fun for the whole family. 

FORBES: Forbes Shire Council is in a "reasonably strong" position according to the latest auditor's report.

MUDGEE: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes will perform at the Mudgee Brewery on Sunday.

LITHGOW: Visitors to the Giant Trees Arboretum opening at Lake Wallace at the weekend took the opportunity to tour the site and to enjoy views rarely available to the general public.

COWRA: As the thermometers start peaking and the grass starts drying, the NSW Rural Fire Service is gearing up for a busy bushfire season.

WELLINGTON: Despite a tough season, Neurea farmer Stewart Edwards has produced one of the best barley crops in the region.

ORANGE: Scarlet is fitted with a GPS tracking device by Petbarn manager Jason Ribbons. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 1126sggps

BATHURST: Rescue services were called to free a man trapped in an air-conditioning duct in the roof of a building at Charles Sturt University's Bathurst campus on Sunday morning.

THE photos which tell the story of the past seven days in your region.<br>

Cara Kemp

Canowindra hot air balloon pilot, Anton Kerr.

Every flight is memorable for Canowindra balloonist

Andrew Fisher

The challenge will once again culminate with the Cabonne Balloon Glow. Inset - organising committee chair Tom Beath.

The biggest ever

Canowindra High students Lillian Harrison and Hayley Stephens have been selected to take part in the Ten4Ten program.

Two for Ten4Ten

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What's on around Canowindra and the region.

What's on in Canowindra and surrounds

Canowindra's RSL sub branch has finalised details for its 2024 Anzac Day commemorations.

Anzac Day in Canowindra

Lachlan Rice on the podium after finishing third in the under 21s Underhand Handicap final.

GALLERY: The week that was in the central west: November 27 - December 3, 2015

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