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JANUARY: Party in the Park New Year's celebrations.
JANUARY: Police were treating a house fire in Tyndall Street as suspicious. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 020213pfire1
JANUARY: Fire crews were quick on the scene to a grass fire at Perthville and were able to contain the blaze before it threatened houses.
JANUARY: Work continues on the restoration of Bathurst’s St Michael and St John Catholic cathedral. It was noted how the workers passed materials up to the top of the scaffolding by hand – an old-fashioned moving method. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 010713zchurch1
JANUARY: Judy Burge, Chris Davidson, Paula Elbourne and Inez Funnell are hopeful more people will join them on the Bathurst Eisteddfod Committee, ensuring its future. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 011013peisted2
JANUARY: POLICE have launched a full scale investigation following the discovery of human remains in a creekbed beside the Vale Road at South Bathurst.
JANUARY: Bathurst farmer Rob McLeod and truck driver Glen Fragar, from Perthville, who is donating his time, are ready to help producers devastated by bushfires. NSW Farmers Association Bathurst chairman Ian Hendry is also pictured. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 012113zhay2
JANUARY: Tania Day’s youngest two, Hayden, 7, and Joshua Drummond, 5, are all kitted out and ready for school. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 012413pschool
FEBRUARY: Bathurst Regional Council assistant ranger Mick Hall with the dangerous dog sign and collar that has to be used if a dog has attacked humans or animals. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 012413pdog1
FEBRUARY: Strong winds at the height of the storm brought down a large tree at the corner of Russell and Seymour streets, crushing two cars. Photo: SUE DIXON, BATHURST SES 020113storm2
FEBRUARY: It was the end of the line for a Bathurst landmark when the squash courts at the corner of Havannah and Howick streets were demolished to make way for student accommodation. Developer Rob Reece was on the site supervising the work.
FEBRUARY: The bishops present lay their hands on the head of bishop-elect Ian Palmer. Photos: PHILL MURRAY 020913pbishop
FEBRUARY: The Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour continues to go from strength to strength, with record crowds both at the track and online.
FEBRUARY: Cr Bobby Bourke at the former Dave’s Discounts store in Keppel Street, where items were auctioned to raise funds for the Coonabarabran Bushfire Appeal. 021413auction
FEBRUARY: Long-time Kelso residents Roy Bligh, Susan Francis and Rhonda Pearse in the lane they say needs to be closed. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 021413plane
FEBRUARY: Paul Smith, of Mountain Meats, with his pink sausages he sold to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 022113zsausage
FEBRUARY: This old Toyota van was one of several cars to be damaged by vandals in February, after being left by the side of the road to be sold. This van was jumped on before being tipped on its side. 022613van
MARCH: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre manager Stephen Champion shows where the roof leaked during heavy rain. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 030113zbmec2
MARCH: Jacob Ryan at the Rockley Rodeo.
MARCH: Supporters of the Melanoma March about to head off from Bicentennial Park. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK. 032413cmel7
MARCH: Rescue workers at the Turondale crash site where a 12-year-old boy managed to crawl from the wreckage and raise the alarm. Photo: ANDREW MICALLEF, WIDE AREA COMMUNICATIONS 032513crash2
MARCH: Paul Hughes from MacKillop College leads the ensemble at yesterday’s Monster Band Day. Photos: ZENIO LAPKA 032513zband
MARCH: Fire inspectors sift through the remains of the Carlingford Street house.
MARCH: Paramedics treating a 17-year-old apprentice plumber at Bathurst Stockland after he fell three metres through a roof. Photo: ANDREW MICALLEF WIDE AREA COMMUNICATIONS
APRIL: Members of the newly-formed Bathurst Kart Club are pleased that plans are underway to build a go-kart track in Bathurst. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 031913ckarts
APRIL: Charity dog trial organiser Peter Moore with a pen of sheep at the Tarana Hotel.
APRIL: Mount Panorama Estate owner and president of the Bathurst Region Vignerons Association Garry Baxter has been busy harvesting this year's bumper grape crop at his winery.
APRIL: Young Bathurst man Ryan Sanders has made it through the blind auditions for Channel 9’s The Voice. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 040913cvoice
APRIL: Bathurst Wholefood Co-op chairman Jess Jennings and mayor Monica Morse, along with South Bathurst Public School captains Josie Geerkens and Rowan Hale, unveil the mural at a ceremony held yesterday. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 041013cmural
APRIL: Eighty Sisters of St Joseph gathered at Perthville to celebrate 46 years of the Josephite Federation. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 041613pjosphie
APRIL: Bathurst Wholefood Co-op chairman Jess Jennings and mayor Monica Morse, along with South Bathurst Public School captains Josie Geerkens and Rowan Hale, unveil the mural at a ceremony held. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 041013cmural
APRIL: The pride of hundreds of Ford Falcon GT owners was on the line at the Show and Shine at Mount Panorama. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 042713zford2
MAY: Peak hour on the Sydney Harbour Bridge would seem tame compared with this colony of ants observed going about their business on one of the gate pillars at the approach to Machattie Park.
MAY: Donna Bosson, Liz Johnson and Jenny Moore prepare treats for an Australia's Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser to be held in Kelso.
MAY: Bathurst’s Kaylee Bell released her single, Heart First, which may be purchased on iTunes.
MAY: Bathurst Regional Council parks staffer Melanie Smith will be on a pansy-planting frenzy in Machattie Park.
MAY: 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.
MAY: Local astronomer Ray Pickard with the fragments from the Chelyabinsk Meteor that have been donated to him. They will go on display at the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 052013cmeteor
MAY: Liam O'Hara puts The Kelso Hotel up for sale. Photo: BRIAN WOOD 052213bwliam2
MAY: Fifth-generation dairy farmer, David McKay, calls it a day.
JUNE: Maurice Withyman addresses Member for Bathurst Paul Toole at the lunchtime rally outside Mr Toole’s Howick Street office. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 053113zratio4
JUNE: Nina Hagney was caught off guard when her second child Audrey took only minutes to be born at home last Friday. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 060313zbirth1
JUNE: Lagoon corn grower Jeff McSpedden says the high cost of labour is killing Simplot. 060713corn
JUNE: A truck driver assists emergency services with their inquiries yesterday morning after the extendable arm mounted on his vehicle tore down power lines in Corporation Avenue. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 060713plines1
JUNE: Brian Sherman has sold his Hereford Street market garden to council and would like to see it become a recreation area. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 061313pbrian
JUNE: In Bathurst for the NSW National Party conference, Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner announced $43 million would be set aside for a “comprehensive” upgrade of the Bells Line of Road. Photo: BRIAN WOOD 061413stoner
JUNE: Vinnies diocesan retail operations manager Billie Kirkland with the Vinnies truck which will now be off the road thanks to the thoughtlessness of vandals who struck Keppel Street. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 062613psmash
JUNE: A new Bathurst Regional Council signage strategy aims to put an end to the mishmash of styles currently in use. 061713signs1-20
JULY: Bernardi’s Marketplace Supa IGA manager Geoff Bottom got in pallets of water following a failure at the city’s water filtration plant. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 063013ziga
JULY: Councillor Greg Westman at the Vale Road bike park velodrome which is starting to take shape as part of stage one of the $5 million development. Photos: BRIAN WOOD 070913bike3
JULY: Local farmer David McKay and Chifley rural crime manager Bob Newman are running a NSW Farmers seminar to raise awareness of property theft. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 071113ztheft
JULY: For the first time a rock climbing wall was featured at the AH&P Markets held at Bathurst Showground.
JULY: Bathurst MP Paul Toole and Polystrom Plastics plant manager Mark Hallstrom at the merger announcement at the Bathurst plant yesterday. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 071513zpoly4
JULY: A new give way sign on the main arterial link between Bathurst and Eglinton has residents in the village hopping mad.
JULY: A pavement covered in dog poo is causing problems for students at Raglan Public School.
JULY: Repair work is being carried out on the stone wall that borders the walking path along the banks of the Macquarie River. Photo: PHILL MURRAY. 072513pwall1
AUGUST: Local site manager Wayne Syrch on location at the massive Masters Home Improvement centre at Kelso. The main building is about the size of one-and-ahalf football fields. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 072513zmasters3
AUGUST: Solicitor Emma Mason wants Bathurst Regional Council to reassess its policy on CCTV in the city after a man tried to rob her as she left work. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 080113zmason1
AUGUST: David Walter used the pages of the Weekend Advocate to propose to his long-time girlfriend Sonia Hughes – and she said “yes”! Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 080413zyes
AUGUST: The two original bells were removed at the historic Cathedral of St Michael and St John ahead of a journey back to England for repairs. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 080713cbells
AUGUST: Anne Llewellyn of Bathurst Gardeners’ Club spreads out soil for one of the paths in the Old Government Cottage garden. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 081013pgarden
AUGUST: Scout Toole, Logan Coombes and Michaela Bowker, all from Assumption School, with The Gruffalo during yesterday’s Book Week celebrations. 082113jcguff4
AUGUST: Vera Gollasch celebrates her 106th birthday on August 24.
AUGUST: NSW senate hopeful Pauline Hanson chats with Alicia Horton and Tracey Britton during a campaign visit to Bathurst.
SEPTEMBER: Art conservator Graham Whale puts the finishing touches on All Saints’ Cathedral’s damaged eagle lectern. 081613peaglle1
SEPTEMBER: Students from across the region have created some extraordinary JIRBs (junk-integrated-recycled-birds) that now fill the foyer of the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre with colour. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 082613zbmec6
SEPTEMBER: John Cobb secured an emphatic win for Nationals in the seat of Calare in the 2013 federal election.
SEPTEMBER: About 1600 people took advantage of perfect spring weather across the region for the running of the 2013 Bathurst Edgell Jog.
SEPTEMBER: This four-foot tiger snake was spotted on one of the trails at the new mountain bike park near Mount Panorama, prompting a warning for residents to be vigilant. 090913tiger
SEPTEMBER: Chifley local area command Inspector Colin Cracknell with the new honour board now taking pride of place in Bathurst police station. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 091213pcol
SEPTEMBER: Work is coming along on a new $5 million National Aviation Centre for Air Force Cadets at Bathurst Aerodrome. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 091313zair
SEPTEMBER: Senior Constable Michaela Stevens and Inspector Mark Wall lighting candles in honour of NSW police officers as part of Police Remembrance Day. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 092713zprd3
OCTOBER: Paramedics and an officer from NSW Fire and Rescue treat two residents of an O’Connell Place home for smoke inhalation yesterday. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 093013zfire1
OCTOBER: Park Hotel publican Ron Wilson has put up a sign letting people know there is still room at the inn during the Bathurst 1000. Accommodation providers can’t recall having so many vacancies so close to the race. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 100313ppark
OCTOBER: When Brisbane man Dave Purtell makes the pilgrimage to Bathurst, he brings all the comforts of home with him. And he’s not alone – many campsites on Mount Panorama are shining tributes to race fans’ ingenuity.
OCTOBER: Mark Winterbottom (right) and co-driver Steven Richards greet the Ford faithful following their Bathurst 1000 victory. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 101313zfrosty
OCTOBER: A large bushfire was burning out of control between Lithgow and Mount Tomah in the Blue Mountains, and fires were also burning near Oaky Park, Morts Estate, Clarence, Dargan, Doctors Gap and Hartley.
OCTOBER: Tom Bertolet was the last man to leave Dargan as the State Mine Fire flared up.
OCTOBER: Chief Superintendant Neil Harris with the 94 firefighters of Region West Strike Team and the 21 fire trucks which lined Pit Straight on the iconic Mount Panorama circuit prior to travelling in convoy to the Blue Mountains to assist with the firefighting effort. Photo: BRIAN WOOD 102313bwfire
OCTOBER: Local artist Abby Smith performing at The Hub yesterday as part of the 2013 Inland Sea of Sound Festival. 102313pabby
NOVEMBER: Krystal Towers and her sons Blaize, 9, and Kye, 4, were asleep in their South Bathurst home when arsonists set fire to their car. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 110113pfire1
NOVEMBER: Bathurst firefighter Tim Goodlet prepares to enter a storage unit on the Vale Road following the discovery of equipment used to produce drugs.
NOVEMBER: Councillors Monica Morse and Jess Jennings have grave concerns about what it will mean for the region if cuts at Bathurst Base Hospital go ahead. Photo: BRIAN WOOD 110613hospital
NOVEMBER: A R900X profiler prepares to mill out 35mm of track surface, taking it back to the level it was when it was last resurfaced more than a decade ago. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 110613ztrack1
NOVEMBER: Elise Hull with her medal from the New York City Marathon. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 111013chull2
NOVEMBER: Mayor Gary Rush, pictured at the Bathurst Water Filtration Plant, is looking forward to the facility’s $4 million upgrade which is expected to finally solve the city’s dirty water woes. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 111213pgary1
NOVEMBER: One of the vehicles parked on the Mitchell Highway which had its two front windows smashed. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 111913pglass1
NOVEMBER: Mick Forde, Lucy Brennan and deputy mayor Ian North challenged Bathurst Real Estate’s Steve Ellery, Councillor Bobby Bourke and Ardin Beech to a grudge match at a charity bowls day. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 112413cbowls1
DECEMBER: Staff from Bathurst Regional Council put up the Christmas lights at the civic centre in Russell Street.
DECEMBER: AFTER nearly 34 years of business in the music industry, Stop n Rock closed its doors for good on Christmas Eve.
DECEMBER: Salvation Army Store manager Steve Barrott with some of the donations for the Christmas Toy Appeal. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 121013csalvos
DECEMBER: The bells of Bathurst tolled for Nelson Mandela to mark the day of his burial.
DECEMBER: Jasmine Mitchell, Cooper Belbin and Jackson Bellinger embraced the festive spirit at the Carols by Candlelight in Machattie Park last night. Photo: CLARE LEWIS. 121513mac
DECEMBER: Daisy Douglas, Aimy Phillips, Colin Whitchurch, Nelson Parker, Jemmima Milton and Tara Chan at All Saints’ College after they received their HSC results. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 121813zallsaints
DECEMBER: Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus leave the scene of a house fire in Kelso’s McMenamin Place. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 121813zfire5
DECEMBER: Councillors, Bathurst Health Service management and staff and union members were among those who attended a Health Leaders Forum to discuss the future of health services in Bathurst.