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►When competitive hang gliding became too demanding for Robertson resident Frank Chetchuti, he set himself a new challenge.
The 65-year-old embarked on a solo 7800 kilometre cycling trip from Munich to Iran, and returned to the Highlands on Saturday.
► Do your children or grandchildren want to hone their cricket skills?
Robertson Burrawang Cricket Club is seeking boys and girls between the ages of five to eight to take part in the upcoming Milo In2Cricket program.
The program is developed by Cricket Australia and is loads of fun with basic cricket skill based games in a weekly one hour session at Hampden Park in Robertson.
►So far this year there have been four fatal crashes on the Hume Highway.
In the 10 years to 2016 there were 325 casualty crashes recorded on the Hume Highway south of the Avon Dam Road overpass, Bargo and north of George Street overpass, Marulan. These crashes resulted in 17 fatalities.
Sadly, behind every single road toll statistic is a grieving family. More here.
►What do the Mona Lisa, Vincent Van Gogh, the Statue of Liberty, an army of Terracotta Warriors, and a stretchy plasticine monster that eats teachers have in common?
They’ve all come to life at Mittagong Public School in their newest fundraiser – an exciting adventure novel set within the school, published by school fundraising business My School Adventure.
The Art Show That Came To Life At Mittagong Public School features four of Mittagong Public School’s teachers as characters– and with 22 different endings, students are loving it.
►Bowral Police will hold a Police Aboriginal Consultative Committee (PACC) this Tuesday.
The meeting, strictly for community members only, will be held with the purpose of allowing members of the Aboriginal community to meet and have a yarn with police.
The meeting will be held at Wingecarribee Aboriginal Cultural Centre on Tuesday, October 24 at 5.30pm.
►Geoff Goodfellow tackles lame excuses in this week’s Across the River.
TRAFFIC: All roads are clear in the Southern Highlands today. Drive safely and enjoy the journey.
TRAINS: Commuters on the Southern Highlands line should allow extra time to travel due to urgent power supply repairs at Picton. Buses may supplement some services.
WEATHER: A mostly sunny day with winds NW 15 to 20 km/h tending W 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening and a daytime maximum temperature of 24 can be expected in the Highlands today.
Here's a look at what the local weather is doing right now.
Good morning and welcome to the Southern Highlands Rise and Shine. Here’s a wrap of what has been grabbing the interests Highlanders.
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