South Coast Register
Wednesday, 10 August
Our Business
How one Shoalhaven family conquered the pie world
Hayden Bridger with his famous pie shop, 'Hayden's Pies'. Picture: Tom McGann.
Tom McGann • 1hr ago
How Araldite and duct tape helped this surfer win his maiden national title
South coast surf instructor Matt Hoar in the final of the Australian Surf Championships. Picture: Lighthouse Sports Photography.
James Tugwell
Three eye-catching South Coast properties we'd like to call home
Brendan Crabb
5 Myamba Street, Gerringong.
Photos
Seal v Octopus: Spectacular marine mealtime captured by Far South Coast photographer
Amandine Ahrens
Catch of the day: South Coast seal tackles a Maori octopus, the biggest octopus species in Southern Australia and New Zealand. Photo: sq_snaps
Share your tribute to Australia's sweetheart Olivia Newton-John
Ayden Dawkins Peter Angelopoulos
Olivia Newton-John. Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images
'Sobering': 1300 Australians are getting 'Long COVID' every day
Rosie Bensley • 1hr ago
File image of woman wearing a mask. Picture:Sylvia Liber
Holden Commodores recalled over brake issue
Kim Chappell
File photo. Photo: AAP Image/Julian Smith
Vietnam veterans mark 50 years since war's end with Bomaderry service
Connor Pearce
Vietnam veterans: Bugler Peter Williams at the 2021 service. Picture: Robert Crawford
THEM is giving Shoalhaven audiences 'a glimpse into a world they don't know'
MUST SEE: Critically acclaimed play THEM is coming to Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre this Friday and Saturday. Picture: Mark Gambino
Jorja McDonnell
Gilmore MP launches jobs survey to 'ensure local voices are heard'
Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips has opened a Gilmore jobs survey in the lead up to the national Jobs and Skills Summit next month.
Fairgrounds festival postponed until 2023
SETBACK: Fairgrounds festival in Berry has been postponed until 2023. Picture: supplioed.
Phoenix fight through tight conditions once again
Sam Baker
FOCUS: The South East Phoenix in action against the Southern Districts Raiders. Picture: SCOTT JOHNSON
Leslie leads full team effort in dominant Tigers weekend
Sam Baker
IN FORM: Tigers' skipper Bruce Ozolins attempting a jumpshot against the Tigers. Picture: SHOALHAVEN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.
Things to Do
Get ready for Science Week - coming soon to Huskisson
SCIENCE WEEK: Ian Clifford, president of Lighthouses Australia, is one of the many special guests appearing at Jervis Bay Maritime Museum in celebration of Science Week. Picture: supplied
Four-storey Gerringong apartment complex upsets residents
Plans: An artist's impression of a proposed multi-storey commercial and residential development in Blackwood Street, Gerringong. Picture: PSEC Project Services
Glen Humphries
Bomaderry puts together dominating display against Lions
Sam Baker
FLYING HIGH: Tigers' Max Hughes in action against Wollongong. Picture: TEAM SHOT STUDIOS

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National
Iconic lolly discontinued in Australia
Picture: File image
Kayla Osborne
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Tentacles thrown in spectacular battle for the seas
Amandine Ahrens
An Australian fur seal tackling an octopus was a spectacular sight for whale watching cruise passengers on August 6. Photo: Sophia Quach
How stargazers can hook a 'Sturgeon Supermoon'
Rosie Bensley
The Supermoon emerging from the clouds in 2017. Photo: Adam McLean
Funding call for Aboriginal housing
Poverty and discrimination are key issues tipping Indigenous Australians into homelessness. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)
Tim Dornin • 19m ago
Ukraine-Russia war 'complicated': China
Tess Ikonomou • 29m ago
China's ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said Russia's war on Ukraine was not a simple matter. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)
'Failed' COVIDSafe phone app scrapped
Mibenge Nsenduluka and Melissa Meehan • 30m ago
The COVIDSafe app is being decommissioned and is no longer being used in contact tracing. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)
Commonwealth Games
Easton remains hungry for more after claiming gold
VICTORY: Berry judoka Tinka Easton celebrates after defeating Canada's Kelly Deguchi in the women's 52kg final in Birmingham. Picture: David Davies/PA Images via Getty Images
Joshua Bartlett
Five stars who shone at Birmingham 2022
Emma McKeon of Australia with one of the six golds she won at Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. (AP PHOTO)
Gold and silver for Australia in javelin
John Salvado
Michelle Jenneke has produced another fast time in the women's 100m hurdles final in Birmingham. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
Sport
Country honours for six Illawarra rugby players
REP HONOURS: Misieli Sinoti from Tech-Tahs is one of six Illawarriors chosen for the NSW Country squad.
Agron Latifi
How Araldite and duct tape helped this surfer win his maiden national title
James Tugwell
South coast surf instructor Matt Hoar in the final of the Australian Surf Championships. Picture: Lighthouse Sports Photography.
Want to share sport results, draws or teams?
Phoenix fight through tight conditions once again
Sam Baker
FOCUS: The South East Phoenix in action against the Southern Districts Raiders. Picture: SCOTT JOHNSON
Leslie leads full team effort in dominant Tigers weekend
Sam Baker
IN FORM: Tigers' skipper Bruce Ozolins attempting a jumpshot against the Tigers. Picture: SHOALHAVEN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.

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Heartbeat of Australia
How local news affects your wellbeing
Professor Sora Park
The good, bad, ugly sides of social media
Anita Beaumont
Healthy balance: Rupert Saunders, a psychologist and the national clinical adviser for headspace.
Why Teneille took the treechange leap - and she's part of a growing trend
Nadine Morton
COUNTRY MOVE: Teneille Rennick and her children Elsie, 2, and Harrison, 5, are among the tree changers who moved to Orange. Picture: Jude Keogh
PropertyReal Estate View
Dual-occupancy potential
Fabulous location
The suburbs where rents have increased by up to 40 per cent
Connor Pearce
Pricey property: Mount Pleasant has the eighth greatest year on year growth in rents. Picture: Anna Warr
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Review
King Stingray debut celebrates what unites us
ROYAL START: King Stingray's debut album delivers on the promise of the band's initial singles.
Josh Leeson • 8m ago
THEM is giving Shoalhaven audiences 'a glimpse into a world they don't know'
Jorja McDonnell
MUST SEE: Critically acclaimed play THEM is coming to Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre this Friday and Saturday. Picture: Mark Gambino
Art vs Science shift their creative Big Overdrive into reverse
Josh Leeson
GETTING BACK: Big Overdrive sees Art vs Science embracing the spirit of DIY experimentation which brought them initial success on The Experiment.
Things to Do
Get ready for Science Week - coming soon to Huskisson
SCIENCE WEEK: Ian Clifford, president of Lighthouses Australia, is one of the many special guests appearing at Jervis Bay Maritime Museum in celebration of Science Week. Picture: supplied
Things to Do
What's on in the Shoalhaven this week
Jorja McDonnell
Critically acclaimed play THEM is coming to Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre this Friday and Saturday. Picture: Mark Gambino
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A 10-day floral extravaganza at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
A floral tribute to Frida Kahlo at FEMMES, Edinburgh, UK. Picture: Supplied
Remarkable women in bloom at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
A floral tribute to Elizabeth I at Fleurs de Villes, Covent Garden on display in London. Picture: Supplied
The stunning, natural beauty on New Zealand
Emma Brown
Top to tail: From Auckland on the North Island to Queenstown on the South Island, this rail and road tour has something for everyone.
Perfect Plate venue reins on top for 2022
Executive chef Mauri Villella with La Trattoria at The Fraternity Club's winning dish - Ravioli di Manzo. Photo: Robert Peet, Illawarra Mercury
Aussies chance to cash in on a $588 million lottery jackpot
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Our Business
How one Shoalhaven family conquered the pie world
Tom McGann • 1hr ago
Hayden Bridger with his famous pie shop, 'Hayden's Pies'. Picture: Tom McGann.
THEM is giving Shoalhaven audiences 'a glimpse into a world they don't know'
Jorja McDonnell
MUST SEE: Critically acclaimed play THEM is coming to Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre this Friday and Saturday. Picture: Mark Gambino
Photos and Video
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Boy From The Bush lights up the silver screen
ON TRACK: Corryong-born and Riverina-raised country music legend Lee Kernaghan is the focus on a new film Boy From The Bush, a documentary meets road movie, which is out in cinemas nationwide on Thursday.
Jodie Bruton
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Who's most likely to end up getting long-COVID symptoms?
Emma Horn Bec Pridham
LONG-COVID: Surveys of COVID-19 patients around the world indicate a stronger link between some genetic precursors and long-COVID development. Picture: FILE
Our Business
How one Shoalhaven family conquered the pie world
Tom McGann • 1hr ago
Hayden Bridger with his famous pie shop, 'Hayden's Pies'. Picture: Tom McGann.
'Sobering': 1300 Australians are getting 'Long COVID' every day
Rosie Bensley • 1hr ago
File image of woman wearing a mask. Picture:Sylvia Liber
US 'responsible' for escalating Taiwan tensions: ambassador
Doug Dingwall, Sarah Basford Canales • 1hr ago
China's ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Comment
Real Australia
Guess mine is not the first heart broken
Olivia-Newton John and John Travolta were a match made in heaven for producers of coming of age musical film Grease (1978).
Jodie Bruton • 2hrs ago
Opinion
Flying kangaroo needs to lift its game or become PR roadkill
John Hanscombe
Opinion
The nuclear submarine proposal is not getting enough scrutiny
Margaret Beavis
How much more secure are we with new submarines? Picture: Shutterstock
Stories fromExplore
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Stories fromThe Senior
Book review: Backyard Buddies
Illustrator Andy Geppert
Therese Murray
Ex-soldiers 'overwhelmed' by compo process
Sam McKeith
The mother of a veteran says he was bullied, discharged, and failed by doctors before his suicide.
Watch those hovercraft fly, spin and thrill
John Piggott
HOVERNAUTS ARE GO: Competitors line up for a sprint event at Lake Bonney in 2019.
Stories fromThe Land
Youth day a winner for Gunnedah High
Gunnedah High School's Rheggie Jaegar, Year 9, Brooke Cowan (agriculture teacher), Bronte Snow, Yr 9, and Chloe Elsley, Yr 10, at the Poll Dorset Youth Day held in Cowra.
Alexandra Bernard • 1hr ago
Flood inquiry says abolish Resilience NSW
Jamie Brown
A NSW Senate report in the summer floods says response and recovery were both failed efforts due to centralisation.
Gwydir Valley irrigators predict $90 million hit to economy
Newsroom
NEW RULES: The Millie region in flood during 2021. Photo: GVIA
Life & Style
Pub classics keep diners coming back
The tender sirloin with pepper sauce and mash and (left) the radicchio and rocket salad with sherry vinaigrette
Ian Moore
So what is it that's in short supply? Basically everything
Sam Hollier
Tesla's factories in Berlin and Austin are "money furnaces" at the moment. Photo: Shutterstock
Trialling digital delivery of educational programs to reach more students in need
The Smith Family is trialling an online educational delivery environment to help students in need. Picture: Supplied.
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