DESPITE excellent trials from other contenders on Saturday, the two-mile specialists – those trainers with previous success in the Melbourne Cup – seem to have the Big One again sewn up this year.

Borne out of a garden dream, Blackburn has held close to its heritage, writes Mary Costello.

PREVIOUSLY unpublished pictures of Nowra Hill murder victims Kathryn McKay and her husband, Greg Hosa, were released by their family yesterday.

Yering Gorge has 12 new cottages - handy bases for grazing in the valley.

WHILE mountain biking in the Tomerong State Forest on a Sunday morning two years ago, a couple noticed two 44-gallon drums with flames and smoke rising out of them.