OUTDOOR exercise will become even easier and more accessible with the soon-to-begin installation of exercise equipment at Providence Bay Park, off Booner Street, Hawks Nest. An initiative of the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) that dates back to…
PROBUS members from the Hawks Nest and District Club swung away at the Myall Park Croquet Club on Monday, 21 August. In a ‘Funday Monday’ gathering, the two clubs joined forces for a great social morning out, hammering around the…
MIDCOAST Council seeks to provide the community with regularly updated information via a new interactive map on its website. Council’s Director of Engineering and Infrastructure Services, Robert Scott, explained that the map function on the website provides the community with…
FEDERAL Member for Lyne, the Hon. Dr David Gillespie, dropped into the new Myall Coast Radio studio recently, sharing with the community his views on what is happening in the “big house” in Canberra and his take on current issues.…
GROWING your family tree is about knowing yourself and where you come from, as the Tea Gardens Family Research and Local History (TGFRLH) group showed many on Monday, 21 August. A large gathering at the Tea Gardens Library watched as…
DRIVERS of the local Free Clinic Bus get to break in a new steed as they welcomed the new vehicle at Hawks Nest Golf Club on Sunday, 27 August. Delivered on 25 August after many months’ anticipation, the new bus…
‘SCLEROPHYLL’ is not a term that many people would have heard, however, it is critical to understanding the coming bushfire season, and our local flora in general. According to the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OHE), sclerophyll forests (pronounced…
AUSTRALIA’S Vietnam War Veterans received a poor welcome home 50 years ago when they returned from conflict, waiting decades for the recognition they deserved for their sacrifice and service. During August and September, Vietnam veteran Mr Rick McCarthy OAM will…
A WEEK or so ago I wrote an article entitled ‘Lobsters are not Lobsters’. Well, this week I have another local mystery to untangle: ‘Salmon are not Salmon’. You may have noticed huge schools of ‘salmon’ swimming north along our…
RMIT FactLab, an organisation working alongside Meta to ‘debunk’ misinformation and conspiracy theories circulating on social media regarding the Voice to Parliament referendum, has temporarily been suspended from its duties by the social media giant. RMIT FactLab is a fact-checking,…