NSW SES Port Stephens members completed their swim and fitness tests last week. In the NSW SES, all levels of Flood Rescue Operators are required to demonstrate their fitness and ability to self-rescue. The swimming component was completed at Lakeside…
FEDERAL funding for local roads has recently been announced in the fourth stage of the Commonwealth Government’s ‘Local Roads and Community Infrastructure’ program. Five local Councils within the Federal electorate of Lyne have been allocated a grand total of almost…
LEARNING about Indigenous ways of life through lived experience, Class 10 students at Chrysalis Steiner School, Thora are taking a trip to Arnhem Land in the far north Northern Territory. The students will be guided by their teacher, Zac Panarettos,…
TRADITIONS were heartily observed by hundreds at the ANZAC Dawn and Morning services at Karuah on Tuesday, 25 April. Into the foggy sunrise there emerged a large crowd of more than 500 people, a larger crowd than usual, uniting to…
MARINE Rescue NSW has recorded a record number of rescues over the 2022/23 boating season. Marine Rescue NSW volunteers across the state were involved in a record 3,263 rescue missions from October 1, 2022 to ANZAC Day this year, with…
THE Japanese Children’s Day Festival returns to the Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens on May 7 from 9am to 3pm. The festival has run for many years in Coffs Harbour as an integral part of the ‘sister city’ relationship with the…
THE Bellingen Show program has been printed and posted online, detailing a mass of different things to do for the big weekend event on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 May. To provide a glimpse into the show’s highlights, Bellingen Show…
RED SKY season means some spectacular skyscapes to feast upon at dawn and dusk, something the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is helping us understand through the old saying, ‘A red sky at night is a shepherd’s delight. A red sky…
2023 is a significant year for Australia’s annual ANZAC Day commemorations. It is the 70th anniversary of the armistice which ended the Korean War, the 50th Anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War, and the second…
BEFORE a full house at Port Stephens Council Chambers on Tuesday 11 April, councillors voted to refuse a Development Application (DA) seeking to change the usage of a tourist facility in Swan Bay to a ‘transitional group home’. Part of…