PORT Stephens is gearing up for its iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks display at Nelson Bay. The family-friendly festivities will commence at midday on Tuesday 31 December 2024, with live music and entertainment at D’Albora Marina. Advertise with News of…
VOLUNTEERS at Artisan Collective Port Stephens have taken the initiative to set up a special art prize with a stunning show of over 140 entries from local and interstate artists. The recent inaugural event attracted a huge number of over…
THERE is an unmistakable sanctity about Kangaroo Island, with its raw and rugged coastline, impeccably clear waters, natural wonders and wildlife. Sitting southwest off the coast of Adelaide in South Australia, Kangaroo Island is thought to have separated from the…
NELSON Bay Junior Rugby Club is proving a healthy breeding ground for the NSW Waratahs and Hunter Wildfires junior representative squads. Six of the Gropers’ emerging female juniors Mayli Campbell, Zoe Smith, Annabelle Brown, Milly Cashen, Luca Stewart and Jayda…
MARINE Rescue volunteers at Port Stephens and Lemon Tree Passage are ready for a season of peak demand after equalling their busiest month on record. November saw crews from the Hunter Central Coast, which covers units from Terrigal to Port…
ONE of only nine officers to graduate from a new police program has been assigned to the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District. The Probationary Constable was sworn-in on Friday 13 December, and started working in the region the following Monday, 16…
THE Gloucester River Dogs is an informal group of dog lovers who get together every afternoon for a couple of hours on the banks of the Gloucester River near Thunderbolts Bridge. There is no formal membership of the group, although…
GLOUCESTER District Park is once again the place to be on Sunday 31 December. A family-friendly New Year’s Eve event will bring in 2025, organised by the not-for-profit Gloucester Business Chamber. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
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CICADAS are enjoying a very big year in 2024 with their incessant daytime cacophony kicking off before the kookaburras and fizzling out after the frogs set-up their night time croaks. News Of The Area asked cicada expert Prof David Emery,…