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It has been another big year of news in the Albury-Wodonga and wider Border region.
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We want to talk a brief walk down memory lane to remember what were the most popular galleries and photos for the past year.
Today we look back at December and take a peek at what drew your attention when it came to photos.
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The Border Mail’s rolling coverage earlier this month was one of the most read stories on our site this year with plenty of people logging on to find out the latest information regarding the fires that started near Barnawartha.
And the photos that sat in a gallery at the top of the coverage were the most popular of the month.
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Again with fires dominating headlines across Victoria for the month, the photos of the outbreaks proved popular with our readers.
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ERIC Holland was just killing time in his shed when he came across a mature Lace Monitor in his backyard earlier this week.
“I was just doing a repair job in my shed when I opened the door and I saw this huge thing run across the ground and out of sight,” Mr Holland said.
Our friendly Lace Monitor quickly went viral, being picked up by news outlets and social media accounts all over the world.
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With the fires in the Indigo Valley this month coming perilously close to some homes, and far too close to three which were destroyed, many of our readers captured photos of the emergency as it unfolded.