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The best photos from across regional Australia this week.

NOWRA: Norm Phillis from Nowra Men’s shed encourages the community to make use of the town’s Little Free Library.

MANDURAH: Forensic police on the hunt for clues following the suspicious death of a Mandurah man on the weekend. Photo: Kate Hedley Mandurah Mail.

ARALUEN A crane was used on Wednesday to lift a B-double’s rear trailer back onto Araluen Road. The truck became stranded on Tuesday morning and the notorious Deua River Road, which links Moruya to the Palerang Shire, was closed for more than 24 hours.

KENDALL: The town of Kendall rallied together on Friday to mark the fourth birthday of missing toddler William Tyrell. Photo PETER GLEESON

BURNIE: Penguin basketballer Tyler Kelly. Tyler is having a successful year at the Blues after returning from the Gold Coast, but is also pretty busy, combining basketball and football commitments with Devonport in the NWFL. Picture: Jason Hollister.

LAUNCESTON Author Polly McGee with her new book Dogs Of India.  The ABC presenter, entrepreneur and trained chef will donate all profits from the sale of Dogs of India to charity Vets Beyond Borders. Picture: Geoff Robson.

BENDOGO: It was a night of elegance and style for Crusoe College students as they attended their debutante ball on Friday evening.

BALLARAT Ballarat councillors have voted against 35 metre telecommunications tower despite residents like John Grigsby saying it a would be an improvement on a vandalised fence in the Sebastopol street. Picture Justin Whitelock

LAUNCSTON: Morrison Brewery's Paul Morrison - his Invermay brewery is on Tasmania's new beer trail.

BALLARAT: Phillip Leitch is Kryal Castle's arena manager and when he isn't managing the arena, he is in it. The medieval theme park's jousting position also belongs to the 41-year-old.

WODONGA: Michelle Oxlee with her installation out the front of the Mann Central site in Wodogna. Picture KYLIE ESLER

TAMWORTH: Manilla preschoolers Isaac Brown, 5, and Belle Scanlon, 4, cook up some pies in their mud kitchen. Photo Barry Smith 170615BSC05

MANDURAH: Emily Smith and Eden Hatton are ready to glow for Mandurah's new tween event. Photo Richard Polden Mandurah Mail.

MANDURAH Local World War II veterans lined up at the Mandurah RSL on Tuesday to have their photos taken for the National Archives of Australia. Photo: Amy Martin Mandurah Mail.

MANDURAH: Pinjarra artist Gloria Kearing (pictured with granddaughter Neveaha) is ready for her first solo exhibition. Photo Richard PoldenMandurah Mail.

MANDURAH: Waroona was too strong for Rockingham in the Peel Football League. Photo Richard PoldenMandurah Mail.

NORTHCLIFFE: Shire of Manjimup president Wade De Campo said February's devastating bushfires put Northcliffe on the map.

NOWRA: Coralie Bell and Stephanie Hilser-Ritter with some of the signatures from people in Nowra who support same-sex marriage.

ORANGE: The Orange High Year 10 dance troupe practicing. Photo: STEVE GOSCH

NOWRA: Tea Club owner Brinley Sheppard who started his own smoke-free cafe policy last year. A state-wide ban on smoking in outdoor dining areas begins in July.

TILBA: Showing off their lanterns at the Tilba Solstice Parade are Luke DeSomerville, Allie Mae Cook, Phoebe Coxon and Milo Van Zyl Photo Stan Gorton

WARRNAMBOOL: Derrinallum Progress Association president Geoff Henderson says a visible police presence is important in small towns. Picture Damian White

WARRNAMBOOL: Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism (GORRT) says new resort-style, wilderness and wellness retreats are needed to meet visitor demand.

BALLARAT: Lucila Zentner with an impressive display of her pieces on show at the Gallery on Sturt Street. Picture Kate Healy

BALLARAT: Alex Poltorasky’s ex-partner Onita Quayle and their son Anatole, 5, were inside when fire engulfed the weatherboard home in Birdwood Avenue about 9.30am. Photo: LACHLAN BENCE

BALLARAT: Ballarat artist Domenico Milivoj Micich with his Archibald entry of sexual abuse survivor David Ridsdale. Picture Lachlan Bence

BALLARAT: Ballarat police guard the scene of a double-storey unit fire in Redan on Saturday morning. PICTURE JUSTIN WHITELOCK

BALLARAT: Bonnie Taffe, Mark Goss, Sergeant Brendan Cosgriff, Asha Milne and Sally Leslie are behind the One Million Stars to End Violence campaign. PICTURE KATE HEALY

BATHURST: Construction has begun on an ice-skating rink in Kings Parade that will form the centrepiece of the Illuminate Bathurst Winter Festival which starts on July 4. Photo PHIL BLATCH

KATHERINE Dr Ali Sarkhosh and Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister Willem Westra van Holthe inspect the peanut trial currently underway at the Katherine Research Station on Friday aftenoon.

BURNIE: The 2015 Boat Harbour Beach Surf Lifesaving Club's annual Polar Bear Swim. Wearing the bear essentials is Marjon Peisker of Burnie playing the bag pipes. Picture Jason Hollister

BURNIE: Breaking the drought Winners of the Rostrum Public speaking championship junior and senior categories, from left, Erin Galbraith, 13, and Erin Cooper, 17. Picture Katrina Docking.

BURNIE: Scape Devonport Country Womens Association (CWA) Long serving member Lorna Jones. Picture Katrina Docking.

FORBES: Filming is over for the cast and crew of The Legend of Ben Hall. Production work now starts to get the film out early 2016.

LAKE ILLAWARRA: Anne Sheehan, Rosanna Cepero, Lani- Rose Pettit, Jessie Sheridan and Merinda Matthews at Lake Illawarra PCYC. Picture GEORGIA MATTS

LAUNCESTON: The mother of a teenager who fell 25 metres down a sinkhole at Chudleigh on Sunday says luck saved her daughter’s life.

LAUNCESTON: Trevallyn's Nicky Chah is studying at UTAS and is looking forward to showing her family, from Malaysia, around Tasmania. Picture PHILLIP BIGGS

LAUNCSTON: Michael Sorensen formerly of Hobart, now calls the City Mission's Orana House home after years of battling alcoholism.

BENDIGO: Luke Florence and Beatrice Collette in their 'tiny house' built on a trailer. Picture: JODIE WIEGARD

MOUNT ISA: Western Queenslanders aren’t waiting for the equivalent of a Premier’s Appeal in response to the escalating cash crisis being experienced as a result of a drought that refuses to go away – they are doing what they always have done and are helping themselves. Pictured: Longreach businessman Danny Sheehan and Ilfracombe Picnic Race Club president Wes Irwin and wife Lorraine.

BATHURST: Mayor Gary Rush, Wiradyuri elder Dinawan Dyiriibang and CSU Vice Chancellor Andrew Vann admire a possum skin cloak at the opening of the Marra Marra Badhang exhibition.

ALBURY: Stewart Cathie has been named the Sailor of the Year with a Disability in the Yachting Victoria Awards Picture DAVID THORPE

BENDIGO: Father Rob Galea at St Kilain's Church. Picture Glenn Daniels

PORT MACQUARIE: Search and Rescue Training Exercise . Photo GAZ WHITE

TAMWORTH: With the support of Batyr Tamworth co-ordinator Emily Herbert (left), Amy Devrell (right) is using her experience with mental illness to inspire others to seek help. Photo Geoff O'Neill 19

TAMWORTH: Rennay Baldwin, pictured here signing ‘love’ in Auslan, is one of many residents who have pushed for sign language classes in Tamworth. Photo Gareth Gardner 220615GGC02

WODONGA: Kalina Kotzur, from Border Baby and Pregnancy Loss, Andrew Williams, Nell McLean, Sara Bayliss, and Abby Cooper, with a new cuddle cot. Picture MATTHEW SMITHWICK

WODONGA Lavington Hairdressing apprentice Audrey Bowman has been named the Riverina’s Apprentice of the Year. Picture JOHN RUSSELL

KATHERINE Parks and Wildlife Minister Bess Price, rangers Joey Buckerfield, Chris Heydon and John Burke, and Member for Katherine Willem Westra van Holthe inspect the new crocodile management boat.

BENDIGO: The Bendigo Chinese Association will celebrate 100 years since it moved to its current location in Bridge Street with a gala dinner at the All Seasons Hotel on Saturday night.

The week in pictures: June 27, 2015 | Photos

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