TOURISM is big business in the Port Stephens region and nothing is better in winter than seeing the annual migration of whales as they head north to warmer waters. Port Stephens is one of the closest places that the whales travel to the land in their 10,000km migration. Advertise with News of

  THE State Emergency Service (SES) don’t snuggle down under the doona during a storm - they get up and strap on their boots and get stuck into saving our lives, homes and cars. These well trained volunteers are an integral part of our statewide emergency response network and they often run

  HERE in the Great Lakes Marine Park we tend to think of pelicans as coastal birds. They soar above the waterways and across the sparkling waters of our rivers and bays. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882.