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Famous 4WD to celebrate birthday at Coffs show

Land Rover team will show what the vehicles can do - and the public can come along for the ride.

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24th March 2018 11:03 AM

HIGH RISE: Land Rover's Twin Terrapod Interactive team will visit the 2018 Coffs Harbour Show.

Divers find bomb in Sydney Harbour

TWO divers searching for sea treasures made an unexpected find when they discovered a WWII bomb in Sydney Harbour. Police...

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22nd Feb. 2018 2:02 PM

Two divers searching for sea treasures made an unexpected find when they discovered a WWII bomb in Sydney Harbour.

Honouring their grandpa's legacy through Milne Bay Challenge

A TOOWOOMBA family is looking forward to honouring their grandfather's legacy by taking part in the Milne Bay Military...

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25th Jan. 2018 3:01 PM

Excited to honour their ancestor's legacy by taking part in the Milne Bay Military Challenge are Gemma and Archie Boundy with Pat Garret. Pat's father Stanley John Garrett was part of the 25th Battalion, and served in Papua New Guinea during the Second World War.

Untold war story is sure to inspire

OUR SAY: TALES of Australian heroism during conflicts are numerous.

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25th Jan. 2018 5:01 AM

We are a proud nation who takes the time and effort to recognise those who go far above what can be expected of them.

War heroine's untold story uncovered by Toowoomba writer

GLADYS Baker was an incredible Australian heroine you've probably never heard of.

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25th Jan. 2018 5:01 AM

Gladys Baker (pictured with an unknown friend in the 1930s) is the subject of a book by Toowoomba woman Althea Martel.

Warnings are pointless unless there is an escape plan

The poor people of Hawaii were given a warning in error about an incoming nuclear missile.

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24th Jan. 2018 7:01 AM

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea.

Vale Tom Hale: 'He was an unbelievable man'

AT AGE 95, Tom was one of the few surviving Second World War veterans.

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30th Nov. 2017 8:11 AM

Tom Hale looks at a photo of himself at 16 heading to war. Bonalbo.

Recognised by country for braving harsh war camps

SURVIVING the horrendous hardships of a Siberian work camp in World War Two brought Jo Plewinski to the Coffs Coast.

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23rd Nov. 2017 5:11 AM

FORMALLY RECOGNISED: Jo Plewinski, 85, will be awarded the Siberian Exiles Cross after he was forced out of Poland into Siberian work camps by the Soviet army in the Second World War.

We lapped up the post-war boom in lifestyle choices

People born after the end of the Second World War became known as "baby boomers” and changed the face of Australia in...

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27th Aug. 2017 5:08 AM

ENJOYING THE LIFESTYLE: Mooloolaba Beach with Point Cartwright in the background. Models featured in a film advertising Kawana Living, commissioned by Kawana Estates, are seated at a picnic table.

Daughter recalls war veteran dad's deeds

STRANDED from his unit, carrying two drums of fuel and with overhead planes raining machine gunfire upon terrified...

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21st July 2017 6:07 PM

WAR RESEARCH: Bargara's Beverley Hansen is proud of her dad's efforts during the Second World War