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<title><![CDATA[Bush retreat with lots of extras]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WITH a remarkable heritage tracing back to the pioneers of the area, this picturesque rural property offers a rare business opportunity.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Picture quest takes local to India]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NOT many media-communications students would use their university study break to teach photojournalism skills to orphans in India.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ukes and utes at the Morisset Show this weekend]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THIS year's annual Morisset Lake Macquarie District Agricultural Show will have the biggest, most diverse and brightest stage entertainment in the 58 year history of the event.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Who'll collect green bins?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[TENDERS for the supply and collection of bins for garden and food (organic) waste are now being accepted by Lake Macquarie Council.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Red cross needs support]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MANY think of of the Red Cross in a military or emergency medical context but there's far more to the organisation than stretcher bearing on battlefields or building tent cities in foreign lands.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Toronto Men's Shed open]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[TORONTO Men's Shed Inc has finally opened its doors in Awaba Community Hall.
"Our first step now is to have a huge two-day garage sale to raise funds," organiser Bob Thorburn said.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wheels turning on push for shared pathway]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A MAJOR community awareness campaign to win residents' support for a South-West Lakes Shared Pathway is gaining ground in the Morisset district.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[McClymonts bring it home to Central Coast]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[TAMWORTH Country Music Festival (which ended on Sunday) has proved the ideal antidote to homesickness for Central Coast country music sisters The McClymonts.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[eWaste dump this Saturday]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LAKE Macquarie City Council and Hunter Resource Recovery are inviting residents to drop off a wide range of unwanted 'gizmos' at the next eWaste and Second Hand Saturday event this weekend.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ambulance crew levels under fire]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[INDEPENDANT MP for Lake Macquarie Greg Piper is being hailed as the best hope of resolving the growing ambulance crisis.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Opening soon is a sweet smell of success]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE aptly-named Sensory Garden designed to appeal to the senses will be formally opened at the Southlakes Carers Community and Aged Care centre, Morisset, on February 23 at 12.30pm.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Best yet Paddlefest coming in March]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IT'S wet, funny and family entertainment at its best.
It is when and where every member can have a go at something enjoyable which is also helpful. It's Paddlefest.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cat lady may quit]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LAKE Macquarie region's supreme animal carer Joanne Hawken is reaching the end of her tether after 30 years of rescuing abused animals and abandoned pets.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Power to hard up people]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[PENSIONERS and low-income families in Lake Macquarie region can be helped to manage their power bills through the free Home Power Savings Program.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boost for Watagan Pony Club]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WATAGAN Pony Club started a busy year with its registration day on Saturday at Morisset Showground.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than just cricket]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LOCAL budding cricketers will have the chance to learn more about the game and its fundamental skills at an inaugural in2CRICKET coaching program to start at Dora Creek on Saturday, February 11.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How will the carbon tax change winds, tides?]]></title>
<link>http://www.lakesmail.com.au/news/local/news/opinion/how-will-the-carbon-tax-change-winds-tides/2400336.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[LABOR prepares to convince people of the benefits of a carbon tax.
It first has to convince the majority that the change in weather patterns is not a natural occurrence.
It then has to convince ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CBD needs injection of new life, not heavy rail]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Newcastle Mall should be embarrassing for every Novocastrian. We have a beautiful city with historic buildings, fantastic beaches, a working harbour and a great foreshore area.
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mariners fans were just us bad as the Squadron]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I ATTENDED the Jets/Mariners game at the Central Coast with three of my grandchildren.
The behaviour of a few Jets supporters was at times appalling, but the Mariners supporters were just as bad an]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Disgusted by wasteful approach by our council]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WHAT a load of rubbish! ("Support for huge rates hike," Lakes Mail, Dec 15.)
I am extremely disappointed in our council, to say the least.
If, as Mr Hopwood has pointed out, the council spent le]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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