OUTDOOR adventure educator Dan Lyons continues to combine a love of Shakespeare and the great outdoors through his work at Wangat Lodge. In 2017, Dan took the helm at Wangat, an eco-lodge in the foothills of the Barrington Tops, twenty…
CLARENCE Town Public School and neighbouring Glen William School have celebrated 175 years of education. Both schools were opened in 1849 and continue to operate to this day. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
TUCKED away in the Dungog Museum is a beautifully ornate National Cash Register, a relic of a bygone era when pounds, shillings and pence were the currency of the day. Once a centrepiece in Skillen’s grocery shop (formerly located where…
NOMINATIONS for the 2025 Australia Day Awards are still open and will close on Friday, 18 October 2024. Dungog Shire Council is inviting the community to nominate individuals, organisations and teams in the following award categories: Advertise with News of…
UPSTAGE Youth Theatre’s production of Norman Lindsay’s ‘The Magic Pudding’ will light up the 200-year-old Tocal Homestead from 1-4 October. Adapted for the stage by Andrew James, with music by Sarah de Jong, the play centres around Bunyip Bluegum, a…
TRADITION will be honoured at the Stroud Showground as the town’s annual Brick and Rolling Pin Throwing Competition returns on Sunday, 6 October. The competition has its roots in the 1960s, when brick-making towns from Stroud in the UK and…
A DRAFT plan of management for the Stroud Showground is on public exhibition from 18 September to Sunday 3 November 2024. The draft plan includes detailed actions that identify management strategies and new proposed facilities for Stroud Showground. Advertise with…
DUNGOG artist Phil Watts is asking for help to locate all the ‘Pelicans of Paterson’. The pelicans, a unique and quirky feature of Paterson, are sheet metal artworks by Paterson sculptor and identity Bill ‘Wallaby’ Cummins. Advertise with News of…
EXTENDING the life of three coal mines will impact groundwater supplies and endangered species, conservationists and farmers say, with one of the expansions able to destroy hundreds of hectares of koala habitat. Critics say the three coal mine expansions in…
A GOVERNMENT appointed panel is exploring the idea of ending logging in NSW native forests within four years. The government is under mounting pressure over the impact of its own logging business on nature. Advertise with News of The Area…