Plenty of fun is in store across the Myall Coast for this year’s Australia Day celebrations. On Monday, January 26, the entertainment will begin at 8am at Moria Parade Reserve on Hawks Nest riverfront. The annual event put on by the…
Beneath the Southern Cross, a stirring song with music composed by Tea Gardens resident Michael Harvey, will be used at Australia Day ceremonies locally and further afield. Mr Harvey composed the song for the musical, Eureka, based on the 1800s…
Two patrons at a Tea Gardens pub are facing charges after refusing to leave the premises before ‘mooning’ staff members. Police said at about 7.30pm last Monday, a 19-year-old male from Tea Gardens and a 22-year-old male from Newcastle refused…
Karuah local, and Worimi man, Chris Feeney, will be performing at the 2015 Saltwater Freshwater Festival on Australia Day. The annual Saltwater Freshwater Festival held from 9am to 5pm on January 26 at Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens will be a…
As a consequence of the struggle to retain the Bulahdelah Hospital in 2012, Bulahdelah is to get its first Dentist. Dr. Peter Hubbard of “Dental on Beaumont” is to open a Bulahdelah practice in January 2015. Dr Hubbard comes to…
On only his third day in his new job as NSW Labor Leader, Luke Foley visited the Port Stephens state electorate in a show of support for Labor Candidate for Port Stephens, Kate Washington. Kate Washington told Myall Coast News, “I was honoured to…
The Rotary Club of Myall Coast held their fourth, two day Annual January Book Sale with about 8,000 books on sale, visitors and locals flocked to the Hawks Nest community hall to take advantage of the bargains available. Held in…
Letter to the Editor regarding the recent story about Rubbish Accumulation around the Myall area. Dear MCNOTA, In relation to your article on 1 January regarding ‘Keeping Up With Demand – Myall Coast Rubbish Solutions’. This sign is the response to…
Tea Gardens police are describing New Year’s Eve celebrations in the area as a ‘reasonably controlled’ affair. “We didn’t have any major incidents take place,” they said. There were still some examples of unruly behaviour, including an intoxicated man who punched…
On the same day we watched in horror as the Boxing Day Tsunami swept through Asia, Hawks Nest hairdresser Tammy Read was alerted to destruction much closer to home. In the early hours of Boxing Day 2004, a fire had…