MIDCOAST Council is encouraging anyone who hasn’t had their say on the future of the region’s water to do so while there’s still time. An online survey asking people for input into where their water will come from in the…
GRATITUDE is a dish best served hot, and after a game of barefoot bowls, as the Tea Gardens Country Club did for the Pindimar/Tea Gardens Rural Fire Service volunteers on Sunday 16 April. “After their extraordinary and overwhelming response to…
VULNERABLE birds of prey have been successfully rescued from a potentially horrific outcome, thanks to the actions of Essential Energy ground crews on Friday 13 March. Motorists and pedestrians heading out along Limekilns Road may have noticed an avian eyrie…
DECISIONS made a century ago still wreak consequences upon the mouth of the Myall River. Maps from the National Library of Australia’s Trove clearly show that, in 1845, a large peninsula jutted from the western end of Winda Woppa, known…
ANZAC Day’s significance on Australian calendars will be augmented in Tea Gardens this year, with the installation of a time capsule, and a special revitalisation of the mural at ANZAC Park on Sunday, 23 April, before the main events on…
ART united hundreds in Tea Gardens for the Galleries in the Gardens’ inaugural Anderson Art Award on Friday 14 April. “The Award honours the amazing generosity of Lee and Rob Anderson to the local Arts, including their purchase of the…
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…
LIGHTS, music, food and family fun filled the spectacular autumn evening at ‘Karuah By Night’, held at Longworth Park on Saturday, 15 April. Funded by the NSW Government’s Reconnecting Regional NSW Grant, ‘Karuah By Night’ was an initiative of Port…
MIDCOAST Council’s 2023-24 annual Operational Plan, budget and fees and charges are on public exhibition for community feedback until 19 May. “This plan, and our budget, shows the community what we will be delivering next financial year. The plan also…
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…