BATHURST: Governor-General Quentin Bryce visits Bathurst. Photo: Chris Seabrook

ORANGE: Mary Tudor with her son Don Tudor during her 102nd birthday celebrations on Tuesday. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0514sgbirthday4

LITHGOW: The scene at Sunday morning’s pile up near Medlow Bath. Driver fatigue is suspected as a possible cause of the smash.

ORANGE: AN early closure of licensed venues in Orange would not force taxi drivers out of work, rather it would be better for the transport business, says Orange taxi driver Paul Baker.

ORANGE: Migrant support youth mentor Deng Anthony meets the Governor-General Quentin Bryce. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0513sggg2

Tamara and Hanna Gross with Governor-General Quentin Bryce during her visit to the Orange Community Information and Service Centre on Monday. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0513sggg1

ORANGE: Zanette Wood is happy to change her last name to Smith when she marries, despite it being the most popular surname name in Orange. At least she’ll have the same last name as her son Isaac. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0510smith4

ORANGE: Fire and Rescue NSW Orange senior firefighter Steve Callaghan said home owners should always check heating equipment before use. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0509firealarms2

BATHURST: Her Excellency Governor-General Quentin Bryce stops to play with Hayden and Kiara at Towri Macs on Tuesday. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 051413cggv16a

BATHURST: Lyne Browning of Canberra with Hazyman, a four-year-old Alaskan Malamute. He won Best in Breed, Malamute and Best Australian Bred in the Utility Group at Bathurst's All Breeds Championship last weekend. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 051213cdogs1

Orange and District Historical Society members Phil Stevenson and Liz Edwards hold the Summer Hill store ledger ahead of an exhibition on the Dalton family at Duntryleague in November. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0510duntry3

ORANGE: Police have released CCTV images of two people who may be able to assist with the investigation into a robbery at Wentworth Golf Club last month. Photo: Police Media.

ORANGE: Police are appealed for information about 15-year-old Orange High student Josie de Vries after she was reported missing last Friday. She was found on Wednesday afternoon.

ORANGE: Governor-General Quentin Bryce visited Orange to take a tour of the city and meet some of the local residents. Photo: Steve Gosch.

BATHURST: The Carillon Theatrical Society's Wizard of Oz director and producer Emma Mason is over the rainbow about the show's success, with sell-out crowds packing the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 051013zwizard1

ORANGE: Governor-General Quentin Bryce visited Orange to take a tour of the city and meet some of the local residents. Photo: Steve Gosch.

Bathurst MP Paul Toole and RMS project manager Ben Gibson on site at the Raglan Creek diversion channel. The work is expected to prevent highway flooding during major rain events. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 050713zraglan

DUBBO:Dubbo Turf Club chairman, Rebert Ellis, presents Col Hepper with his new patron's badge. Photo: LOUISE DONGES

BATHURST: Mel Coote from WJ Coote and Sons Jewellers collected 20 signatures from CBD business owners opposed to half-hour parking restrictions on William Street. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 051013zparking

BATHURST: Brian Harvey took this image of Ben Chifley Dam earlier this month showing the outbreak of blue-green algae. 051313algae2

BATHURST: Governor-General Quentin Bryce chats with second year nursing student Lisa Mallard on Tuesday. Photo: BRIAN WOOD 051413ggnurse

DUBBO: Kerrie Osborne, Brian Allan, Sandra Carr and Jenny Finlayson raised more than $2000 for a worthy cause when they held an Australia's Biggest Morning Tea last weekend. Photo: CHERYL BURKE

DUBBO: Backpackers Karina Jensen, Vanessa Heep, Joanna Schmidt and Marlin Lorge, are among the new faces of Australia's rural workforce. PHOTO: PETER RAE

DUBBO: Terry Hones of the MAAS Group and general manager of The BachRach Naumberger Group Steve Gooley confer on the expansion of retail spaces on the southern side of the Orana Mall. PHOTOS: BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO: Dubbo library moves to e-book age. Dubbo mayor Mathew Dickerson, Macquarie Regional Library's manager of information services Lindy Allan and Dubbo State MP Troy Grant. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

DUBBO: Taronga Western Plains Zoo manager of life sciences Paul Metcalfe and chair of volunteering committee Bob Barden, who has been volunteering for 26 years. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO: Mamata Thapa helped cook the first seveninseven dinner at the Grapevine this week. PHOTO: LOUISE DONGES

LITHGOW: The re-enactment of the Blue Mountains Crossing reached Springwood. John O'Sullivan is leading the group followed by former Sydney Morning Herald journalist Malcolm Brown. lm051313bluewave

MUDGEE: Kit Mason keeps a firm hold on his planting kit while removing a burr from his shoe at a recent tree planting day in Capertee.

MUDGEE:Mudgee Public School student Adam Foley reads from the book ‘Footy Fables’ over Skype to players in Parramatta. Standing behind him are retired Eels captain Nathan Cayless and injured forward Taniela Lasalo.

MUDGEE: Potential Mudgee Region MudDragons took to the water with members of the Dubbo Outback Dragons in a training boat on Saturday, while the Outback Dragon’s Boat (inset) remained on land. The MudDragons hope to have their own boat in action in time for the Orange regatta by November. Photo by Sandy Smith

COWRA: Cowra's Relay for Life, May 11 and 12, Sid Kallas Oval.

COWRA: Made in Australia and loved world wid - Three generations of Kelpies; Jasper, Phoenix, Warren and Lani with owner Lee-Anne Symonds. Nine-year-old Phoenix is mother to Jasper and grandmother to Warren.

COWRA: Join in the fun of the Cowra Fire Station Open Day, just like Archie Cartwright, Hannah Jones and Nate Cartwright.

FORBES: Celia Pavey supporters Cassey Dukes and Payton Reedy decorated The Fotoshop Forbes’ window on Saturday in the hope people will vote for her. Celia works at The Fotoshop when she comes home.

PARKES: All that remains of a vacant house, destroyed by fire early on Thursday.

Opt street luge competitors, Phillip Champion and Darryl Fellows visited Peak Hill to check out the proposed course for the inaugural Peak Hill Gravity Gold Rush later this year.

BATHURST: Brian Seaman was all smiles as he checked the rain gauge yesterday at his 1400-acre property ‘Huntleigh’ at The Rocks. Despite falls this week, Mr Seaman knows it’s going to be a long, tough winter ahead. Photo: BRIAN WOOD

Bathurst locals James and Sam Gordon work on the Ichthyosaur fossil they found in Queensland. 051513fossil

BATHURST: Bathurst Correctional Centre inmate Aveen Kumar speaks with Governor-General Quentin Bryce and Bathurst Correctional Centre’s governor Bill Fittler at the Wahluu Gamarra Reserve at Mount Panorama yesterday. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 051413cggv2