WITH record breaking flooding across the MidCoast over the last few days isolating communities and causing havoc to infrastructure, Council crews were on the ground on Monday attending to emergencies and closures across the road network. Widespread flooding across…
WITH the wild weather lashing the Myall Coast, residents have reported seeing floodwaters cut off roads, power outages, and vehicles becoming stuck in deep water. NSW Incident Alerts Facebook page issued a warning last Friday of possible flooding along…
THE Myall U3A Photography Group have selected their ‘Example of the Set Subject Photograph’ for March, a late evening photograph of Myall Lakes by group member Anita Catharell. Each month the Group selects a photograph to highlight in Myall…
THE Great Art Treasure Hunt is a free and fun activity for the Easter holidays, being conducted by the Galleries in the Gardens not-for-profit art group. It’s easy to join in – the basics just involve taking a walk…
NSW SES Units from around the state sprang into action last week to protect their communities from the dangers of heavy rainfall and rising floodwaters. It was no different on the Myall Coast, where volunteers from the Stroud SES…
FOR the first time in 12 months, both the Progress Association and the Southern Reference Group were able to conduct full meetings during the past month and we welcomed a good roll-up for both. The PA was able to…
DISASTER recovery assistance is now available in the Armidale, Bellingen, Central Coast, Cessnock City, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour City, Dungog, Kempsey, Lake Macquarie, Maitland City, Mid-Coast, Nambucca Valley, Newcastle City, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Port Stephens, and Tenterfield local government areas…
THE Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Motor Club held a Members Car Show on Saturday March 13, the day previously reserved for their Annual Community Aid Motorfest. This popular event was unfortunately cancelled due to uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.…
MORE than 1,000 General Practices, including those across the Hunter Region will join the COVID-19 vaccination program from this week. Federal Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie said services supporting the Phase 1B Vaccine Rollout would come online from…
IT doesn’t take a meteorologist to realise the Myall Coast and Port Stephens regions saw a lot of rainfall in the past week or so, but how much did we actually get? Tea Gardens resident Geoff True’s rain gauge…