BOATERS on the Port Stephens coast are being advised not to get too close to whales as they make their annual trip north to warmer waters. Multiple pods of humpbacks have been spotted off the coast from Sydney’s Royal National…
EVERY fourth Saturday of the month, a car boot market is held at the Bellingen Showground. It’s yet another initiative by Dean Evers, founder of Hope for the Homeless – a local charity Dean started over eight years ago. Advertise…
FOLLOWING the huge success of last year’s inaugural Compass Music Festival, and with so much talent available on the NSW North Coast, organisers have found they can no longer fit the popular event into one evening performance. Department of Education…
ENVIRONMENTAL art was unveiled with the Black Dolphin ‘Wubaray of Worimi Barray’ sculpture at Bennetts Beach, Hawks Nest, on Monday, 15 May. Initiated by the Myall Koala and Environment Group (MKEG), Wubaray contains various examples of common pollutants that too-often…
AESTHETICALLY pleasing avenues and entryways are set for Karuah, as the town’s Beautification Team has recently been awarded a grant under Port Stephens Council’s Vibrant Spaces program. Lisa Floyd, owner of the Riverside Motel, will lead the project to landscape…
URUNGA parkrun is taking the National Volunteer Week 2023 (15-21 May) theme of Change Makers as an inspiration to encourage people to come along to one of their meets and consider volunteering. Urunga parkrun, part of the international running organisation,…
NEXUS Community Gallery’s raison d’être to celebrate the talents of local Mid North Coast artists sees new exhibitions showing from 21 May until 16 June. Located in the Old Butter Factory site at 1 Doepel Street, Bellingen, in the Main…
ANCHORED in ‘Stinkpot’, just off the crashing of waves in front of the lighthouse on Fingal Island, is exciting to say the least. To anchor in such a dodgy spot there are a few variables that come into consideration including…
FRUSTRATED Mid North Coast healthcare workers walked off the job on Thursday, May 4 at 2pm. The action at Coffs Harbour was one of three days of industrial stoppages stretching from the Queensland border to the Mid North Coast that…
THE BreastScreen NSW mobile van is winding its way up the mountain, making Dorrigo its temporary home between 15 and 22 May. It will reside alongside the Dorrigo Memorial RSL Club, providing free mammograms to eligible women aged between 50…