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Australia's deadlist snake, the coastal taipan, during a snake handling demonstration at a rural appreciation weekend held on Big Springs Road. Picture: Les Smith

Revheads were in heaven for Banna's Biggest Lap in Griffith at the weekend. Picture: The Area News

Harold Riley, Anna Hoogeboom, Andrew Gibson and Terrill Riley-Gibson enjoy a break in Lockhart during their 100-day trek from Queensland to Tasmania. Picture: Eastern Riverina Chronicle

Luggage litters the foyer of the hall at the Hillston Community Centre after an immigration raid in Hillston on Thursday. Picture: The Area News

A charity OzTag event was held at Leeton at the weekend. Picture: The Irrigator

Matt Cleave gets the tires smoking at the Deni Ute Muster. Picture: Declan Rurenga

Jess and Hayden Sharman, winners of Ute of the Year, at the Deni Ute Muster. Picture: Declan Rurenga

Rhiannon Scriven and Brooke Scriven at the Wagga Picnics on October 4. Picture: Laura Hardwick

Junee Rotary president Doug Bell said it was the reputation of chef Michael Phillips which lead the club to ask him to prepare and cook the classic taste of Junee lamb at the Junee Rotary Farmers Markets on Sunday, October 5. Picture: Declan Rurenga

Jack Waters, Tom Moore, Todd Byrne, Angus Fiddler, Jack Ginty, Kurt Allen, Andrew Condon and Ben Coady enjoy the sunshine and a few beers at the Wagga Picnics on October 4. Picture: Laura Hardwick

Joan Jenkins, Rob kuiper, Richard Harding and Richard Jenkins at the Wagga High School 40 year reunion on October 4. Picture: Laura Hardwick

Defending champion Jarrod Meacham at the City of Wagga Golf Open at the Wagga Country Club. Picture: Les Smith

Keira Gorden of Gerogery at the Culcairn Show. Picture: Eastern Riverina Chronicle

Neville Burns took on this snake during a snake handling demonstration at a rural appreciation weekend on Big Springs Road. Picture: Les Smith

The Yanco Agricultural High School class of 2014. Picture: The Irrigator

Canberra's Abinash Baskar at the Riverina Tennis Open at Bolton Park. Picture: Les Smith

The Bartolo brothers - Anthony, 20, and Samuel, 13 - from Cecil Park competed in the NSW Clay Target Association's annual state carnival on Tasman Road. Picture: Les Smith

James Mills and Laura Morrissey hang out with Connie, a four-week-old large black-cross piglet, at the Coolamon Scarecrow Festival. Picture: Les Smith

Farmer Dan Moloney has linked three tractors together as part of a demonstration running during the Illabo Show’s vintage tractor pull event this weekend. Picture: Declan Rurenga/Junee Southern Cross

On Saturday, Les Sullivan launched his hand-built wooden boat at the shores of Wiradjuri Reserve, marking the beginning of his two-month river journey to the South Australian coast. Picture: Michael Frogley

Kate Crowley on the banjo, Amy Pinkster on the double bass, Rob Moss on guitar and Andrew Schrape on the mandolin at camp at the Uranquinty Folk Festival. Picture: Michael Frogley

At the Culcairn Show on Saturday - Jake Speer (who plays Home and Away character Oscar MacGuire) with Culcairn Show’s 2014 winner of Tiny Tots Boy 1 and under 3 years, James Thomson and his mother Christie. Picture: Eastern Riverina Chronicle

Lindsay Anderson of Sydney is pretty happy to have finished her 105km ride at the Wollundry Cycle Challenge. Picture: Michael Frogley

Tyler Pendergast and Condover Rega prepare for the Battle on the Bidgee challenge. Picture: The Rural

Finn O'Neill, 3, holds on tight as he participates in the Wollundry Cycle Challenge with dad Liam. Picture: Michael Frogley

Griffith cyclist Jenni Massey won two medals at the national masters road championships in Ballarat. Picture: The Area News

Workers at the installation of a mobile phone tower in Edward Street. Picture: Kieren L Tilly

Can Assist members(from, left) Gabby Bourke, Rita Bourke, Maureen Fitzgerald, Leslie Parkes, Junee recreation centre fitness manager Jenny Read, staff members Kyle Lawson and Elisha McDermott are keen to get moving for life on October 18.

Wagga dressage sensation Madi Boatwright, 11, pictured with with Sam, has won state honours just five months after she began competing. Picture: Kieren L Tilly

Greyhound owner Garry Anesbury with What A Price and Toxic Tastebuds. Picture: Laura Harwdick

The Barellan Good Old Days Weekend attracted a big crowd to view the many activities on show across the event. Picture: The Irrigator

Rotarian Fred Loneragan presented Royce Hunter of Yerong Creek with a first place in the Rotary Peace Essay Competition at the Lockhart Rotary Peace Day. Picture: Eastern Riverina Chronicle

A man was killed and two others injured in a horror head-on crash near Coolac on Wednesday. Picture: Kieren L Tilly

Comedian Damian Callinan is writing a screen play of his smash-hit stage show The Merger. Picture: Les Smith

Leeton Town Band member John Collins shows off examples of instruments that could be made and played as part of the competition. Picture: The Irrigator

Free At Last gets away to win race one at the Wagga dogs on October 8. Picture: Les Smith

Wagga boxer Joe Williams has called for the Riverina sporting community to get behind his title fight. Picture: Les Smith

Three-year-old Grace Kelleher at a morning tea and dementia information session at the Wagga Sensory Gardens in Ashmont Avenue. Picture: Les Smith

Lions House, a part of the Wagga Base Hospital renal unit, is demolished to make way for extensions. Picture: Les Smith

Member for Wagga Daryl Maguire and member for Riverina Michael McCormack at the existing Kapooka Bridge. The successful tender for the $55 million project was announced on Thursday. Picture: Kieren L Tilly

Celebrating their win in the Classic Fours tournament at the RSL Club are Orange City bowlers, (back, from left) Paul Davis, Lee Stinson, (front) Tony Bennett and Michael Davis, with Wagga RSL president John Keyes (front, centre). Pictures: Michael Frogley

RSL club Relay for Life team members Logan Franklin, Daniel Kisela, RSL club president John Keyes, Dougal the Bear, RSL club general manager Andrew Bell and team members Linda Hoey and Jo Thomas are looking forward to the event this Saturday. Picture: Kieren L Tilly

Police attend a Coyne Street home after a man was stabbed in the early hours of Monday. Picture: Laura Hardwick

Thousands flocked to the Griffith Show at the weekend. Picture: The Area News

Wagga's Chris O'Rourke and Brian Harris both landed $5000 each after scoring a hole-in-one on the 18th hole on Saturday during the opening round of the City of Wagga Open at Wagga Country Club. Picture: Les Smith

Going blue for a good cause are Emma McMahon, Emma Halliburton, Kristie Johnson, Scott Smith, Trevor Coles, Deb Butt, Damian Willis, Peter McDermott, Gail Myers, John Myers and Robert Corcoran. Picture: The GEO Group/Southern Cross

Eryn Knobel of Gerogery gives the mechanical bull a whirl at the Culcairn Show. Picture: Eastern Riverina Chronicle

Steve Evans

Officer Cadet Tom Delaney on the parade ground where he will march on Thursday. Picture by Karleen Minney.

Australian War Memorial parade ground rebuilt in time for Thursday's Anzac Day.

The sensual scrunch of the War Memorial's new parade ground

Carla Mascarenhas

Dan Berryman and son Charlie. Picture: Les Smith

Regional NSW kids are waiting up to six years for services.

REVEALED: The health funding crisis harming our kids

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Text messages from former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach about the Bruce Lehrmann criminal trial. Pictures APP, supplied

New documents shine light on defamation case's surprise star witness.

'She's lying': texts reveal Seven producer's commentary on Lehrmann rape trial

Emily Anderson

Each year, 100-year-old Ruth Phillips travels to Melbourne from her Northern NSW home in Gleniffer to celebrate the Jewish festival Passover. Picture supplied

'The most relevant today than it has ever been.'

How a regional centenarian is celebrating Passover

Australians support the concept of more fuel efficient vehicles, polling shows. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Riverina's week in photos | October 4-10