THE BARRINGTON Coast has been named as one of just three locations in Australia to make the global Top 100 Green Destinations list. Barrington Coast is MidCoast Council’s major destination brand, covering the Great Lakes, Manning Valley, Gloucester and Barrington…
THE NSW Audit Office has completed its audit of MidCoast Council’s financial statements with Council receiving an unqualified audit – meaning all requirements have been met. Councils are required annually to provide a set of financial statements to the NSW…
IT wasn’t so long back when I reported that any attempt to review the Port Stephens – Great Lakes Marine Park (PSGLMP) had been shelved. This inactivity was a disappointment to me as I have always been of the belief…
Red One is the major Hollywood release this week, ushering in this year’s round of Christmas movies early enough to make it a family favourite once it hits streaming. Santa Claus has been kidnapped and it’s up to Dwayne Johnson…
THE threat of communism and growing political unrest in their homeland led many Croatian families to seek freedom overseas. One young couple from the town of Kali, Zdravko Mislov and his wife Anna, managed to escape to a migrant camp…
WITH a Federal Election looming, Independent Lyne members have been out in the community asking voters about the issues important to them and the kind of political representation they hope to see moving forward. The results of this consultation will…
DUNGOG Shire Library hosted a well-attended ‘Meet the Author’ event on Wednesday, 30 October, featuring Bronwyn Greive and her book “More Than Coal: Exploring Significant Natural History of the Lower Hunter Valley and Creative Ways to Love It”. This self-published…
BACKYARDS, houses and pub meals have long been bigger in the bush. If that hasn’t been enough to tempt Australians to move to the country, perhaps a bigger bank balance will do the trick. Regional blue collar workers, like childcare…
THE GATEWAY to the Myall Quays shopping precinct has received a long-awaited clean-up, with major clearing of the front pond starting last week. The front pond has two silver dolphin statues, frozen in perpetual dives, but they have not been…
LAST Tuesday evening the renowned Myall Melodians Community Choir captivated another full-house audience with song at the Grange Country Club Auditorium. Led by indefatigable maestro Margaret Rowden, the choir presented their tribute to spring in a variety concert entitled “Flora-Fest…