UNDER a gloriously clear summer sky, representatives from the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District, Tea Gardens Fire and Rescue NSW, and the local Surf Life Saving Club met locals and visitors alike at Hawks Nest’s Bennetts Beach on Friday, 19 January.…
WOOLGOOLGA residents are outraged at plans to remove the town’s iconic poinciana trees. City of Coffs Harbour’s (CoCH) Woolgoolga Movement and Place Plan proposes to take out poinciana trees on the corner of Nightingale, Beach and Market Streets and put…
AS we continue to tackle our national waste challenges and protect our environment, Clean Up Australia is calling on all Australians to join with their local communities and take more immediate action by registering now for Clean Up Australia Day…
AUSTRALIA Day will be celebrated locally, once again, with the Tea Gardens Lions Club gearing up to host their annual BBQ event on Moira Parade Park, Hawks Nest. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
EMERGENCY services raced to the boat ramp at Seaham Road, Raymond Terrace on Sunday morning following reports of a vessel entangled with a submerged car. First on the scene, NSW Police discovered a small car partially submerged in the water,…
‘KNITTING Nannas’ Helen Kvelde and Dominique Jacobs have won a significant victory for the right to protest in NSW, with the Supreme Court finding offences established under the former Government’s anti-protest regime unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled that sections 214A…
FOOTPRINTS In Style, an award-winning camping site in Eungai Rail, is hosting a fundraising weekend event for the PNG Sister Schools charity. On 20 and 21 January, all are invited to come and camp at the Eungai Rail venue where…
FINGAL Bay parkrun is a free, fun and friendly weekly five kilometre event, held every Saturday at 8:00 am. Locals and visitors to Port Stephens are invited to walk, jog, run, volunteer or just spectate at the locally managed community…
EVERYONE was reminded of the vital and life-saving work done by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service when an emergency medical evacuation occurred on Myall Park on Friday, 29 December. At around 9am a woman in her thirties, who had been…
ON Thursday 14 December, Ullrich Kessler addressed the Nambucca Valley Council meeting on the subject of the bollards along the Watt Creek Cycleway. Mr Kessler began his prepared speech by congratulating Council on the completion of the cycleway, which now…