That's all from me, make sure you check back in tomorrow with Grace Ryan in Narromine to see what tomorrow's clues are for the Brennan's Mitre 10 12 Days of Christmas. 

In the meantime, keep an eye on our regional sites:

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8:50am: 

Is December 8 your glory day? HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Did you know you share this with American singer/rapper Nicki Minaj? 

8:40am:

It's been 34 years to the day since John Lennon was shot in New York City. 

Take a moment and reflect on this legend's work. 

8:35am: 

A small but enthusiastic Tropfest audience were rewarded for enduring the inclement weather as dark comedy Granny Smith took out the country's largest small film festival's top gong on Sunday night. 

Torrential rain, lightning strikes and pounding thunder put a dampener on a Tropfest that tried its best to weather one of the most dramatic evenings in its history - Read more here. 

Stan, the joint venture paid streaming service owned by the Nine Network and Fairfax, has signed an output deal with Hollywood's CBS Studios.

The deal delivers the service, which is slated to launch early next year, streaming rights to the critically acclaimed United States dramas Ray Donovan, Dexter, Californication, Nurse Jackie and The Good Wife. Read more here. 

8:25am: 

CRICKET: Yesterday's NSW Country Cricket Championship final has been postponed to February after the host city Orange had one of its wettest days this year in the lead-up to the match.

According to weatherzone.com, more than 27 millimetres of rain fell in the city on Saturday, bringing to a halt all Orange District Cricket Association first, second and third grade games while also forcing ODCA administration into calling off the Western Zone and Newcastle country championship decider. Read more here. 

CRICKET:  Newtown has survived its toughest test to date in the 2014/15 Whitney Cup season, beating Macquarie by 49 runs in their two-day match at No.2 Oval.

Macquarie started the second day of the game on 0-17 in reply to Newtown's first innings total of 215 but it was the 'Skinner Show' as brothers Mat and Steve took all 10 wickets between them. Read more here.  

CRICKET: Dropped catches may have cost CYMS victory in their Whitney Cup clash with Rugby on Saturday, but Cougars captain Ben O'Donnell still took plenty of positives out of the match.

Needing just two wickets in order to beat the defending champions, CYMS' charge was cut short by rain and lightning as Rugby limped to 8-146 in pursuit of the 222 O'Donnell's side scored on day one. Read more here. 

RACING: A return to the track where she scored a brilliant victory and being adept in wet conditions are two factors apprentice jockey Eleanor Webster-Hawes believes can help Just Pay Up return to winning form today.

The five-year-old mare, trained at Bathurst by Don Ryan, is likely to start as one of the favourites in the JBB Racing Benchmark 55 Handicap (1300m) at Dubbo after returning from a break with a pair of solid performances.

8:15am: Ladies, please take a seat - PETE EVANS IS ON HIS WAY TO DUBBO! 

8:10am: 

Four people who were initially unaccounted for after a fierce blaze engulfed a home in central western NSW may be on holidays interstate, firefighters say.

Emergency services were called to Medlyn Street in Parkes at 5.15am on Monday to reports that the single-storey home was well alight.

Superintendent Paul Johnson, from Fire and Rescue NSW, said firefighters who arrived first at the home were unable to enter the building because of the intense heat and flames - Read more here. 

8:00am: 

A semi-trailer may have crashed into her house at the weekend but Geurie's Joanne Elliott thinks she is the luckiest woman in the world.

She got one hell of an awakening when the truck slammed into her brick residence about 6.15am Saturday, but miraculously neither she nor any of the house's other occupants received so much as a scratch.

Ms Elliott said she heard something that sounded like a train but "a trillion times louder then the screeching and screaming of metal" as the truck ploughed into the Mitchell Highway side of the property, which sits on the corner of Severn Street. Click here for more photos. 

7:50am:

Tax breaks for housing, shares and superannuation could all be scrapped, and GST could apply more broadly if the Abbott government listens to the final recommendations of the financial systems inquiry.

The report by former Commonwealth Bank chief executive David Murray suggests a raft of tax breaks distort borrowing, including negative gearing, capital gains tax concessions and dividend imputation. Read more here. 

When it comes to reports to government, there is a deep schism between recommendations and implementations. Still, the Financial System Inquiry report handed down yesterday is certain to rattle Australia's most powerful institutions, the Big Four banks. Read more here. 

Today's poll starkly identifies the people's problem with the Abbott Government. It's Tony Abbott.

In opposition, Abbott liked to say that Julia Gillard was the most incompetent and untrustworthy prime minister in Australia's history.

The voters now have decided that they have found one that's more incompetent and just as untrustworthy. Read more here. 

7:40am:

We are starting our massive 12 Days of Christmas Competition today Grillers. You could have a massive $200 voucher to Brennan’s Mitre 10 if you’re the lucky winner!

We want to go on a destination hunt with you!

We’ve picked a destination around the region and all you have to do is guess where we are by our clues!

Fill out the form below and at the end of the 12 days we randomly select a winner.

We’ll tell you the correct answer the next day. The more times you enter the more chance you have to win!

CLUES

Today’s destination is in Dubbo:

- “I am the best at night.”

- “My main attraction is I can make things far away seem closer.”

- “The solar system is the point of my being.”.

CLICK HERE to see what you could win. 

7:30am: 

IT was a wild week across NSW with thunder, hail and lightning reported across much of the state.

Some regions fared worse than others. Flood warnings were issued for parts of Bega and along the South Coast at the weekend.

The Bureau of Meteorology predicts the rain could continue with a medium chance of rain and thunderstorms across NSW and the ACT up until Wednesday with north-east to south-westerly winds on the cards.

After a 1200 kilometre walk, The Block Glasshousenewlyweds, Max and Karstan, are finally home in Newcastle.

Little nippers lined the entrance to Dixon Park in a guard of honour as the visibly exhausted but upbeat couple took their final steps. Read more here. 

7:15am: 

The cost of undergoing chemotherapy will be high on the agenda at a forum in Dubbo this week that will lobby for a better deal for cancer patients from rural and regional NSW.

The issue will be discussed at the Cancer Council's Saving Life 2015: Vision for Change campaign at the Dubbo RSL on Wednesday from 12pm to 2pm. Read more here. 

On Saturday people enjoying the Dubbo Farmers' Markets were treated to the official opening of the outdoor seating and stage area outside the visitor centre. Read more here. 

A man gripped by drug and alcohol addiction has been described in Dubbo Local Court as a tragedy in society.

Travis Eulo spent his formative years at Enngonia in a hostile environment of alcohol abuse and domestic violence. - Read more here. 

A hazard reduction burn was conducted at Bourke Hill Mitchell Highway on Saturday.

Shortly after 9.30am, crew and volunteers with Fire and Rescue NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) ignited a controlled blaze on about 30 hectares of land.

Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent Adam Dewberry said the bi-annual event was a necessity leading up Christmas period. Read more here. 

A Dubbo man thought he "was about to die" at the point passengers smelt smoke and saw one of two propellers stop spinning during their flight to Sydney.

It happened about 10 minutes into QantasLink flight QF 2039 on Friday afternoon, according to Jamie Riley, who had been on his way to Sydney for surgery. Read more here. 

7am: GOOD MORNING DUBBO AND HAPPY MONDAY!

You are here with Laura McIntyre in Dubbo. HOORAY!

If you have anything you want me to include, shoot us an email at laura.mcintyre@fairfaxmedia.com.au 

Dubbo keep those umbrellas on stand-by because there's a chance of a possible thunderstorm, with a top temperature of 33 degrees. The same goes to those at Trangie and Nyngan.

Cobar will be a sunny 35 degrees and those at Bourke, you're in for a mostly sunny day with a cool 38 degrees....