That concludes another edition of BathurstAM

We will leave you today with a photo from today's Throwback Thursday gallery, which features photos from July 1989. 

8:50AM

Here is a quick look at community news in Bathurst:

■ RAIL LECTURE: In the late 1800s, servicing the township, and more importantly, the silver, lead and zinc smelters of Broken Hill was becoming a logistical nightmare, with German coke and limestone along with water and other provisions being shipped vast distances overland by bullock cart trains. The lecture Connecting Broken Hill: A History of Rail in the West will be given by self-confessed rock and rail tragic Colin Ellis, and will be held at The Fossil and Mineral Museum on Howick Street at 2pm on Saturday. Refreshments will be provided. A small entry charge of $5 for museum friends and $7 for non-members applies. Children with an adult admitted free. Please RSVP by tomorrow on 6331 5511. 

■ MISS TRAILL’S MAINTENANCE: Miss Traill’s House will be closed for five weeks from 3.30pm on Sunday to carry out general maintenance. This year workers will be stripping the wallpaper in Miss Traill’s bedroom, filling all wall cracks and replacing wallpaper with new identical paper sourced from a manufacturer in Queensland. Miss Traill’s House will reopen to the public at noon on Saturday, August 2.

■ CATHOLIC GATHERING: Archbishop Paul Gallagher will be the principal celebrant at the 10am Sunday service at the Cathedral of St Michael and St John as the church marks the anniversary of its dedication in 1865. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Michael McKenna, Cathedral dean Father Pat O’Regan and priests of the Cathedral parish. Following mass, everyone is invited to an informal morning tea/sausage sizzle in the Cathedral School hall.

8:40AM

IN FIFA World Cup results overnight:

Argentina 3 def Nigeria 2

Switzerland 3 def Honduras 0

Ecuador 0 drew France 0

Nigeria's loss still sees them through to the round of 16 alongside Argentina. Switzerland and France also progress.

Tomorrow morning's game at 2am between the United States and Germany will be one to watch. The match sees the two sides fighting for top place in Group G.

8:30AM

Western Advocate journalist Kate Burke was on site Wednesday to inspect Bathurst High School's new gymnasium.

She was joined by Hines Construction managing director David Hines, Member for Bathurst Paul Toole, Bathurst High School principal Geoff Hastings and Hines Construction site manager Simon MacNamara.

8:15AM

DESPITE the windy conditions yesterday, SES crews were only called to only a few incidents in the Central Tablelands yesterday.

Around 5am yesterday a team of five SES personnel was called out to an incident on Sunny Corner Road at Kirkconnell. 

Local controller Gavan Ellis said a tree had fallen over and blocked both lanes of the road.

“It took crews an hour and a half to clear it up,” he said. 

While there were luckily no incidents in Bathurst yesterday, winds reached up to 37km/h, with wind gusts up to 50km/h.

8AM

The roads look clear this morning near Bathurst, however, an incident on Jenolan Caves Road has blocked access to the caves from Oberon.

A bus breakdown has blocked traffic between Kanangra Road and Jenolan Caves House.

 The road should reopen shortly.

7:45AM

LOCAL police have issued another warning to not leave valuables unattended in cars.

Two reports have been received in Lithgow and two in Bathurst in the last 24 hours of cars being broken into, Chifley LAC said on their Facebook page this morning.

An iPod and a handbag were stolen in Finlay and Malvern Streets in Lithgow and a tool box and an iPad from cars in Stewart Street, Bathurst.

7.30AM

And making regional news:

UP TO 80 per cent of people who participated in the Orange PCYC Traffic Offenders Intervention program were caught drink-driving the day after a night out. 

"I DON'T care what happens. I will kick this baby out of you."  A man who repeatedly threatened to harm an unborn child during a savage assault on his six-month pregnant partner has been jailed.

THE need for emphasis on protection for the mining industry in the Lithgow area is more vital than ever following the privatisation and subsequent closure of the Wallerawang power station, Lithgow Council has been told.

SPY agencies will be given new powers to access computers and monitor online communications amid growing fears about the terrorism threat posed by Australians fighting in the Middle East.

The Abbott government has been warned to think again on its Medicare co-payment, with a major study reporting that cost is already barrier for one in eight indigenous people seeing a GP.

7.15AM

Making local news this morning:

MORE than $140,000 of NSW Government funding will finally make a hydrotherapy spa a reality got Careene School.

PUBLIC question time at Bathurst Regional Council is under review. A report is being prepared for council into the merits of question time - which is held before the start of each ordinary monthly meeting - and whether it needs to be reformed.

VANDALS have damaged 70 historic headstones in the Bathurst cemetery, outraging both the police and the community. 

7AM

GOOD Morning and welcome to today's BathurstAM report.

BATHURST is in for a windy day on top of what is already some chilly weather. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting westerly winds this morning of up to 65km/h with clearing showers. We can expect a top of 11 degrees.

Alex Grant is joining you this morning and if you have an announcement you would like to see included here today email it to alex.grant@fairfaxmedia.com.au