SURF was way up for the wild and windy start to the Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club season, with volunteers gathering at Bennetts Beach on Saturday, 28 September. “This season we have a slight change in hours,” explained…
THIS story is part three of a series about the Mitchells, an early Port Stephens fishing family. COLIN Mitchell, aged 87 years, is currently running a trawler out of Mackay in QLD. Colin has a great ability to recall past…
THE end of an industrial stand-off between the NSW government and the firefighters’ union will see thousands of firefighters receive an interim pay rise. Thousands of NSW firefighters will get a pay rise in an interim deal that will end…
ANYONE who has been on the water over the past couple of months will know that the surface fish are going crackers. Inside the Port, numerous schools of Bluefin Tuna are turning the calm surface into a washing machine during…
THE riverside holds a special attraction for most of us. Over time this area has changed as needs demanded – remnants of a wooden fence barely showing against a formidable rock base remind me of this. Advertise with News of…
A FLEET of sleek paddling vessels marshalled in ANZAC Park in Tea Gardens on Saturday 21 September for the return of the Myall Classic. A register of 190 racers, powering 135 boats, descended upon Tea Gardens, coming from as far…
MATILDA Fidden has won an individual gold medal at the FISAF Australia Sport Aerobics Nationals held on the Gold Coast from 29 August to 1 September. According to the Federation of International Sport Aerobics and Fitness (FISAF) website, sport aerobics…
ECHIDNAS have been spotted around Port Stephens, with motorists warned to keep an eye out for the small, spiky species on the road. The spiny monotremes are embarking upon their breeding season (typically June to October), and they travel both…
MORE accurate data will aim to give people a better idea whether the rent they are being asked to pay is in line with nearby homes as part of reforms to make tenancies fairer. The comparison site built on rental…
WITHOUT exaggeration friends, this week is one that I have been awaiting for more than a decade. Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather) sees the release of his magnum opus, Megalopolis, a film that has been more than 40 years in…