Last week’s story on the Beyond Blue Trivia Night has created mass awareness and interest in our community with many people reserving their Trivia table for Wednesday, 21 January 2015 at the Hawks Nest Surf Club. Hugh (Flash) Gordon, co-ordinator…
As the tourists pour into town, holiday houses are at 100 per cent occupancy and the Tea Gardens Ice Cream Shack is scooping up to 300 litres of ice cream per day. “Sales across all our products have been phenomenal.…
Tea Gardens resident Margaret Peachey had a nasty shock after discovering a six foot diamond python had devoured her two pet budgies. She made the grim discovery after noticing that her budgies were being strangely silent. “I couldn’t hear the…
Those interested in trying their hand at texture painting can do so at a set of new classes being run by Hawks Nest resident Michael Harvey. The Galleries in the Gardens artist will be giving three art classes this month…
Three million Australians are living with anxiety or depression and Beyond Blue is working to reduce the impact of anxiety, depression and suicide in the community by raising awareness and understanding, empowering people to seek help and supporting recovery, management…
The artists of Galleries in the Gardens at Tea Gardens will be holding their summer art exhibition, call the Summer Cooler, over the weekend of January 16 to January 18. There will be an opening night function on Friday January 16 from…
Great Lakes Council is seeking community feedback on its latest efforts to manage the risks to the Great Lakes coastline from erosion and wave over wash during storms now and in the future. The draft Great Lakes Coastal Zone Management…
Tea Gardens Primary School backs onto a large wetlands that has proven to be the perfect breeding ground for the great Aussie mozzie, and they have happily been chewing on the students as a source of nutrition. In a move…
Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead is demanding the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) investigate petrol pricing in the Myall Lakes and surrounding areas. Mr Bromhead said, “I have written to the ACCC demanding an investigation. I have previously…
Vandalising public property in Myall Lakes National Park has resulted in a Raymond Terrace local being ordered to pay thousands of dollars compensation. Joshua Hunt, from Raymond Terrace, appeared in Raymond Terrace Local Court in November and was ordered to…