CAMDEN Haven residents are among the record number of people who sought emergency treatment at Port Macquarie Base Hospital (PMBH) in the first three months of this year. The latest quarterly report from the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) shows…
BOB and Cherie Heginbothom have what they call a “Telstra seat” on the porch of their Dunbogan home. When their phones ring, that’s the only place they can take the call without it dropping out. “Reception is terrible,” the newly…
IT WAS lights, camera, action when NBN/Nine Wide World Of Sport (WWOS) cameras visited the Myall River and Tea Gardens Hawks RLFC training at Myall Park on Thursday 23 May. Footage taken from the evening included interviews with team leaders…
BEAUTIFUL weather way out west greeted the drivers of the Variety Big Bash charity drive from 19-25 May, including a team of locals from Tea Gardens’ Woody’s Nursery. After covering over 3000 kilometres in six days, not to counting the…
THE BIGGEST Morning Tea for cancer research hosted by the Wednesday Craft Group (WCG) on 22 May at Hawks Nest Community Hall was yet another stellar success for the crafty ladies. The annual Craft Group event itself raised over $800…
A VOLUNTEER RFS Deputy Captain and former Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott was the special guest speaker at the Pindimar/Tea Gardens RFS Charity Golf Day at Hawks Nest Golf Course on Friday 24 May. Mr Abbott, who has been an…
STORIES of survival were shared, along with tea and cakes, at the Biggest Morning Tea hosted by PD Solutions Cleaners at the Tea Gardens Masonic Hall on Thursday 23 May. Di Beaton, owner of PD Solutions, told NOTA, “Cancer resonates…
AN unconventional yet effective team is helping to tackle Phytophthora dieback in Barrington Tops National Park. In a ground-breaking initiative, conservation detection dogs Alice and Echo have been trained to sniff out Phytophthora cinnamomi, an unseen pathogen which is a…
A GLORIOUS day was enjoyed by many at the RFS Parrys Cove Charity Golf Day 2024, held at Hawks Nest Golf Club on Friday 24 May. Originating from the wake of the 2019/20 mega-fires, the Charity Day has persisted as…
THE Rotary Club of Medowie-Williamtown has recognised three members who have been instrumental in the organisation and running of the very popular Medowie Christmas Carnivals each December. “These volunteers – Katrina Becker, Megan Spiller and John Tunbridge – have worked…