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The wet weather forecast to continue until Sunday afternoon.

South-east Queensland cops a drenched weekend, as wild surf batters NSW

Rain is expected to fall across the south-east from the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Gold Coast and inland to Darling Downs.

  • Mikala Theocharous

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Blue Mountains resident John Cenzato says locals are less concerned with new trains than with services running on time.

Passengers on this train line were hammered by delays. Now there’s more bad news

Amid this week’s rail delays, the rollout of new intercity trains to two regional commuter lines has been pushed back until at least the end of this year.

  • Penry Buckley
Oyster farmer and Shoalhaven Quality Assurance program coordinator Anthony Munn at his oyster shed at Greenwell Point.

It should be the busiest time of year for Shoalhaven oyster farmers. A sewage spill forced them to close

Some businesses were able to remain open this week selling oysters harvested a few weeks ago or reselling oysters from other estuaries.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Barbara Rugendyke and daughter Sarah.

Barbara lost everything. The road to recovery has taken some unexpected turns

When the media left town and COVID hit, victims of the Black Summer bushfires were left to pick up the pieces. Five years on, here’s what happened to some of them.

  • Penry Buckley and James Brickwood
A whale shark that popped up beside a boat off the coast of Bermagui.

The water is so warm, even whale sharks are heading south for summer

The ocean giants are commonly seen at Ningaloo Reef in WA. Astonishingly, one turned up on the NSW coast.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Brewster Hjorth’s concept plans for the Sanctuary Point district library.

The $7.5m promise and the $30m headache

The impressive building with sweeping water views was meant to be built in the most marginal electorate in the country - and designed by the architects behind the North Sydney Pool renovation.

  • Catherine Naylor
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Don Hearn’s cabins in Cunjarong Point.

These South Coast cabins have been an off-grid escape for decades. The state government wants to demolish them

Don Hearn’s rough and ready bush cabins have been popular among surfers and holidaymakers for generations, but the Department of Planning says they do not meet current building standards.

  • Catherine Naylor
Merivale’s tiki-inspired Quarterdeck in Narooma.

The Good Food guide to the best places to eat and drink in Merimbula and Narooma

From meat pies to steamed lobster and oysters straight off the lease, here’s our pick of the best places to eat and drink in the Sapphire Coast’s tastiest food towns.

  • Callan Boys and Peter Munro
Missing swimmer Khattab Abu Haish.

Search continues for South Coast swimmer as man drowns near Newcastle

Khattab Abu Haish has been missing since going to the aid of family members struggling in the surf near Moruya. Meanwhile, a 33-year-old man died after being pulled from the water at Stockton Beach.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Angus Dalton
South Coast oyster farms, including Natural Oyster Co, were inundated by rainfall last week, impacting oyster supplies.

Flooding and heavy rain could mean something missing from your Christmas table

Oyster farmers along the South Coast should be ramping up for the busiest time of the year, but recent heavy rain and flooding means they won’t be opening up shop.

  • Laura Chung

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