Tea Gardens resident Margaret Peachey had a nasty shock after discovering a six foot diamond python had devoured her two pet budgies. She made the grim discovery after noticing that her budgies were being strangely silent. “I couldn’t hear the…
Those interested in trying their hand at texture painting can do so at a set of new classes being run by Hawks Nest resident Michael Harvey. The Galleries in the Gardens artist will be giving three art classes this month…
Tea Gardens Men’s Bowls By “The JAFFA” January 7: It was as though 52 bowlers had been starved for a game, for they all turned up for the first Nominated Triples game of the year. Nine rinks were in use making…
A man is due to face court after allegedly being detected in possession of the drugs ‘ice’ and cannabis aboard a train in Newcastle. About 2pm yesterday (Thursday 8 January, 2015), Police Transport Command officers, assisted by the Dog Unit,…
A fatal motor vehicle collision near Taree occurred overnight overnight at about 10.20pm (Thursday 8 January, 2015) where a four-wheel drive was travelling south on the Pacific Highway at Possum Brush. The vehicle has left the roadway on a right-hand curve, travelled through…
Three million Australians are living with anxiety or depression and Beyond Blue is working to reduce the impact of anxiety, depression and suicide in the community by raising awareness and understanding, empowering people to seek help and supporting recovery, management…
The artists of Galleries in the Gardens at Tea Gardens will be holding their summer art exhibition, call the Summer Cooler, over the weekend of January 16 to January 18. There will be an opening night function on Friday January 16 from…
Almost twelve months on and former Myall Coast Nota journalist Nathalie Craig writes again for the local weekly newspaper of the area. The Myall Coast News [of the area] newspaper, also referred to as the ‘NOTA, ‘MCNOTA’, the ‘News’ and…
Christmas and Birthdays can be a joyous time for most but for others out there forgotten about, it’s just another day or a reminder of what once was and a family destroyed by violence. Thirty nine year old Damien…