ROADWORKS upon Tuloa Avenue, Hawks Nest’s main street, has left it with a beautifully smooth surface, however the pedestrian ‘zebra’ crossing has not been replaced, more than a week after the project concluded. At the time of writing, there were…
HAVE you ever wondered why summer days last forever (well, almost!), and winter nights feel like they never end? It all boils down to two amazing celestial events: equinoxes and solstices! These are like nature’s cosmic calendar flips, marking the…
IT is not generally realised that there was a time in the late 1950s and early 1960s when the development of Broughton Island as a holiday resort was under close consideration. This development was to be done by an American…
PLENTY of local issues were brought up for discussion at the MidCoast Council Community Conversations held at the Hawks Nest Community Hall on Thursday 6 June. In the first of two annual ‘Conversations’ events, heads of Council’s major departments, a…
Sir James Kirby and the sunglasses LOCAL fisherman Charlie Asquith was sitting on Shoal Bay Beach, sometime in the early 1950s, looking for mullet with his brother Bobby and three or four others, when Sir James Kirby’s huge luxury cruiser…
ECO-ACCREDITATION has been awarded to the Myall River Camp, just north of Hawks Nest, recognising the many years of effort invested in making the camp a unique eco-destination in our region. Eco Tourism Australia has recognised Myall River Camp with…
CELEBRITIES walk among us, with the airing, on national television, of State of Origin pre-game footage shot right here on the Myall Coast. The Wide World of Sports visit to Myall Park a few weeks ago resulted in footage featuring…
THE Myall Lakes electorate will benefit from $297,906 in funding for a total of seventeen projects through the NSW Government’s 2023 Community Building Partnership Program. Member for Myall Lakes Tanya Thompson said the State Government funding will deliver much-needed infrastructure…
A RARE encounter with local fauna has led to the commissioning of another gorgeous mural, this time at the Tea Gardens Hotel. Local artist Jeanette Hart was asked by publican Ben Hanson to adorn the wall of the Hotel’s outdoor…
A MAJOR sticking point at the MidCoast Council Community Conversations last week in Hawks Nest was the design of the roadworks at the Tea Gardens end of the Singing Bridge. The community has been stridently calling for a fix to…