Jan. 18 is when the real party starts with the Beaufort Oyster Festival where there’s live music and good food all day long.

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An inland trough lies over central and northern New South Wales while a separate trough intersects the northern coast, embedded within a broad ridge extending from a high in the Tasman Sea. A stronger ...