Safety Beach Women’s Golf
CAN you believe it, May almost over but the days have been glorious? On a beautiful day at Safety Beach golf course, 33 ladies played a stableford game on Tuesday 23. Overall winner was Penny Andrews with 37 pts, runner-up…
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Old bombs rallied for the Shitbox Rally adventure and fundraiser for the Cancer Council
OLD bombs and jalopies dragged along the most circuitous route possible between Newcastle and Townsville as the ‘Shitbox Rally’ for Cancer Council funds ran between 12-20 May. Local volunteer RFS fireman Patrick Hurkett joined old friend and cancer survivor Paul…
Bulahdelah Golf Club News
THE ladies played their Monthly Mug on Wednesday 24, and the winner was M.Reinhard with 77nett on a c/b from B.Gordon. Barbie also won NTP and the putting. The Vets played a Single Stableford on Thursday 25, and the winner…
19 Morante St, Pindimar is on the market with Hawks Nest First National Real Estate
19 Morantes Street, Pindimar Price: $1,550,000 BEING offered for sale for the first time ever is this perfectly positioned, absolute waterfront home. Having been in the one family since construction, the time has come for a new family to enjoy…
Golden Times: The Write Direction by John Blackbourn
IT was interesting to read earlier this month that Australia’s largest gold miner, Newcrest, has received a takeover offer from the USA’s largest gold miner, Newmont. If the offer is accepted by shareholders and government approval follows, the joint company…
Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association for May
HELLO, MAY is almost over and lots to report so please come along to the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association’s next General Meeting on Monday 19 June 2023 starting 6.30pm at the Tea Gardens Hotel in the Dolphin Room.…
Stinker’s History: Fingal Lighthouse shone from 1862
AS early as 1857 the need for a lighthouse on the rocky coastline off Port Stephens was identified, due to the increasing reliance on shipping. As the Australian colony continued to grow, shipwrecks along the coastline became far more common.…
Stinker’s Fishin’: Action Aplenty
RIGHT now the water is boiling with fish. From Birubi in the south to Broughton up north, the action is fierce. It’s great to see big schools of surface fish; slimy mackerel, bonito, yellowtail, kingfish, salmon, a few tailor and…
Tea Gardens Skate Park rejuvenation begins ahead of kids’ redesign competition
REJUVENATION of the Tea Gardens Skate Park has begun, with practical work starting upon the Myall Way blocks on Wednesday, 24 May. Jeanette Hart, Myall River Art Walk Group leader, assisted by Sandra Bourke from the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens…
Garden volunteers keep the colour in Hawks Nest park
BOTANICAL beauty is not easy, but the dedication of the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Volunteer Garden Group has lovingly tended the beds and plants around the park beside Hawks Nest Community Hall. When the Group first met in October, 2020,…