IN what is described as a momentous occasion for our region, a partnership of local health service operators has launched a North Coast Mental Health Plan. The ‘Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs and Suicide Prevention Joint Regional Plan’ is…
EACH month the Myall U3A Photography Group selects a photo taken by a member to be published in News Of The Area. The group’s photo inspiration topic for the month of June was ‘Yachts’. Advertise with News of The Area…
ARTISTS and members of the Galleries in the Gardens (GiG) held the official opening of their Winter Warmer exhibition in Tea Gardens on Sunday 7 July, for the first time enjoying a daytime celebration. While the riverfront outside was grey…
AFTER more than 20 years in decline, endangered Little Terns appear to be experiencing a resurgence in numbers in NSW, with an almost fifteen percent increase in breeding pairs from last season. The beach-nesting bird breeding season commences at the…
WHEN Majestic Cinemas shuttered their business in February, company director Kieren Dell cited the “perfect storm” of factors that were rendering traditional cinemas increasingly unfeasible businesses. The effect of three years of social distancing wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic combined…
NOTHING surprises me anymore when it comes to fishing in and around Port Stephens. Who would have thought that you could dawdle into Woolworths and purchase a small plastic spool with fishing line and hook attached and use it to…
IN 1969 we landed on the Moon. The astronauts proudly stuck an American flag into the ground. Were they staking a claim to the dusty rock? No, and it wouldn’t have been possible anyway. Just two years earlier, a United…
MARINE Rescue volunteer Laurie Nolan addressed the Hawks Nest District Probus Group on Friday 6 July, impressing them with details of the emergency service group’s activities. A full room of 79 members, eleven visitors and ten inductees heard of the…
THE LGA’s Koala Conservation Strategy was adopted by Councillors at the June 26 meeting of MidCoast Council. The strategy was placed on public exhibition from 25 March to 6 May 2024, with Council receiving 38 submissions, totalling 169 comments from…
SUBURBS across Port Stephens and the Myall Coast have been highlighted in a new report as ‘affordable luxury alternatives’ to Sydney’s pricey housing market. The ‘Hidden Gems’ report, released last month, was compiled by Property Credit and lists Anna Bay,…