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Dr Harry turns 80

Sitting on the verandah, cup of tea in hand, Dr Harry Cooper is content as he takes in the view across the sprawling hills of his 50-hectare property. With wallabies playing on the front lawn and birds chirping from the gum trees, for Dr Harry, it’s where he’s most at peace.

“It’s our Sunday morning thing to sit out here with a tea or a coffee,” says Dr Harry, who shares his Port Macquarie farm with his wife Susan, affectionately called

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