The Queanbeyan Age
Sunday, 3 December 2023
Good News
Barry learnt quilting to help beloved wife with dementia. He didn't stop after losing her
Barry Whitehead sits in front of his sewing machine making a quilt at his Barrack Heights home. Picture by Sylvia Liber
Marlene Even • 1hr ago
Bet you didn't know there's a phantom pub on the road to the coast?
The ruins of the Hibernian Hotel, which in its heyday provided the 'choicest wine, spirits, ales and and cordials', according to an advertisement placed in Queanbeyan's Golden Age newspaper in March 1860. Pictures courtesy of the Frank Walker Glass Lantern Slide Collection from the Royal Australian Historical Society; NLA
Tim the Yowie Man
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The Canberra Times talked to several young people in Gungahlin. Pictures by Keegan Carroll
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Some people genuinely believe in the superiority of elite same-sex education. Picture Shutterstock
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Grumpy Old Man - I'm getting so tyred of car changes
Grumpy Old Man - I'm getting so tyred of car changes
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Planning minister raised family in a 120-square-metre home. Could you?
Lanie Tindale
Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Minister for Planning and Land Management Mick Gentleman. Picture by Karleen Minney
Horse breaker saving brumbies amid concerns aerial culling has begun
Rosewood's Robert Dodwell feeds a stallion brumby rescued from the national parks before the culling. Picture by Les Smith
Andrew Mangelsdorf
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Grumpy Old Man - musicals hold the keys to a happy life
Glenn Ellard
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'It's a wonderful experience': The magic of Christmas comes alive at North Pole Lane
Megan Doherty
Mrs Claus (Christine Bain) with a friend at North Pole Lane. Picture by Gary Ramage
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List of the top five savvy supermarket buys this week
Ruby Pascoe
The cost of living pressures are putting strain on household grocery shops. Picture, Pexels
Could it be perimenopause? GP shares her personal story to help others
Thirroul doctor Jemima Grant is hosting an event for Illawarra women to discuss and learn about perimonopause. Picture by Sylvia Liber
Kate McIlwain
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Grumpy Old Man - the year 2525 seems very close indeed
Glenn Ellard
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43 minutes of inhumanity: The vision that will stay with me forever
More than three weeks after the Hamas attacks, Israeli Hadas Kalderon, whose children have been taken hostage and her mother and niece killed, breaks down as she looks through the burnt-out home of her late mother in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel. Picture by Getty Images
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Hot, windy weather prompts RFS total fire ban declaration
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A total fire ban is in place across the Southern Ranges on Monday, October 30. File photo by Louise Thrower.
Bullet holes in car prompts intrigue at 22nd Early Falcon Nationals
Marion Williams
Chris Jennis and Patrick Brooks with 1966 Falcon XP, Wounded. Mr Jennis and his wife Jo-anne drove it from Kalgoorlie to Adelaide where Mr Brooks helped Mr Jennis drive the rest of the way to Narooma for the 22nd Early Falcon Nationals on October 13-15. Picture by Marion Williams
Meet the ACT nominees for the Australian of the Year Awards
Kerem Doruk
Meet the ACT nominees for the Australian of the Year Awards
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The therapy that helped three-year-old Harvey taste food for the first time
Three-year-old Harvey Lowcock, with parents Stacey and Shane, snacks on food from his lunchbox at Cerebral Palsy Alliance Wollongong, where he received life-changing therapy allowing him to try food for the first time. Picture by Adam McLean
Kate McIlwain
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Grumpy Old Man - what are these lies the supermarkets are serving up?
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Grumpy Old Man - what are these lies the supermarkets are serving up?
Did David Duchovny play Mulder or Scully? Take our weekend quiz
Anna Houlahan
Did David Duchovny play Mulder or Scully? File picture
Man airlifted to hospital after being buried in sand
A man has been airlifted to hospital after he was buried in sand on an island in Moreton Bay. (HANDOUT/RACQ LIFEFLIGHT)

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Aussie tourists kept these consulates busiest with tales of woe
DFAT helped the most travellers in south-east Asian countries. Picture by Shutterstock
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Easing deluge brings relief for rain-soaked towns
Duncan Murray
Persistent heavy rain that has drenched parts of southeastern Australia is set to ease. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)
RBA likely to spare borrowers Christmas rates pain
Poppy Johnston
The Reserve Bank of Australia will hold its final board meeting on for the year on Tuesday. (AP PHOTO)
Fearful farmers say river lifeline may sink agriculture
Liv Casben
Minister Tanya Plibersek has created new laws setting out how water is shared in the Murray Darling. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)
Puffin' pollies: leaders on the record over cannabis use
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Cannabis harvest. Picture by Paul Scrambler
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Row erupts over AFL, cricket team relocation project
Laine Clark
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Matildas, 2000 water polo team win Don, Dawn awards
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Greyhounds As Pets host their final Adoption Day for the year at Dapto on December 16. Picture supplied
Leading jockey's love of greyhounds
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Tyler Schiller (left) and Zac Lloyd have moved into greyhound ownership and are pictured with their broodbitch Newhaven Nellie. Photo Ross Schultz.
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The home is tipped to break the Byron Bay record of $37 million. Pic: Supplied
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See inside the Byron Bay house Carrie Bickmore is selling
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The Byron Bay home is made for outdoor entertaining and summer living. Picture: Supplied
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Gordon Cuff and Susie Aulich have owned The Trig for the past 16 years. Pictures supplied
Accused mushroom cook's property snapped up before auction
The Mount Waverley townhouse sold prior to auction. Pic Supplied.
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Regional renters hit as more of Australia becomes unaffordable
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View Media Group back AI that transforms the real estate search
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