WELL known Myall Coast environmentalist Ian Morphett has been invited to sit on a regional advisory body to help save our endangered koalas. Ian will bring decades of knowledge about koalas, habitat and other wildlife issues to MidCoast Council Koala…
READING became a national event on Wednesday, 24 May, as the students of Tea Gardens Public School (TGPS) engaged with the National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). Each year, since 2000, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) chooses a picture book,…
ART is best when heralding humans’ love of nature, as it does along the Myall River Art Walk through Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest. Over 40 sculptures, mosaics, murals, paintings, and poetry have coalesced into the Art Walk over the…
BOATERS on the Port Stephens coast are being advised not to get too close to whales as they make their annual trip north to warmer waters. Multiple pods of humpbacks have been spotted off the coast from Sydney’s Royal National…
GREAT Aussie traditions don’t come bigger than the Biggest Morning Tea, hosted by the Wednesday Morning Craft Group at Hawks Nest Community Hall on Wednesday, 24 May. Over 60 people joined, raising funds for the Cancer Council, including the RFS,…
DEAR News Of The Area, NEIL Mercer (NOTA 26 May) claims that middle income earners were forgotten in the 2023 Federal Budget, but is that claim true? Many middle income earners will benefit from improved access to bulk billing doctors,…
NEWLY elected Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, delivered an inaugural speech last week in the NSW legislative assembly. Mrs Thompson is the first elected female representative for Myall Lakes and the youngest to represent the electorate. Advertise with News…
TECHNOLOGY outpaces even the most well-equipped media setups, and there is always more to learn and do, as the volunteers at Myall Coast Radio discovered in Tea Gardens on Wednesday, 24 May. The training came as part of a government…
THE hunt for leaks across MidCoast Council’s water network ramped up this week as the Regional Network Leakage Detection Project launched in the area. Technicians from Aqua Analytics will be using specialist leak detection equipment to find leaks along more…
LITERACY came to life when two children’s authors’ visited Tea Gardens Public School on Monday 22 May and Tuesday 23 May, as part of MidCoast Libraries’ ‘Great Books Festival’. On Monday, local schoolkids listened to best-selling and award-winning children’s author…