A FLEET of trucks has been busily transporting load after load of sand from the Winda Woppa stockpile to the Jimmys Beach erosion zone along The Boulevarde for the last several days. The trucks are driving all the way from…
WEARING a seatbelt will be enforced by existing mobile phone detection cameras from July 1. Correctly wearing a seatbelt while in a moving vehicle has been a legal requirement in NSW for more than 50 years, but data shows 150…
SUBMARINER Rob Woolrych delivered a much-enjoyed guest speech about life under the sea at the Hawks Nest and District Probus meeting at the Hawks Nest Golf Club on Friday 3 May. Seventy-seven members, including a dozen new inductees, and eleven…
BEAUTIFICATION of the built landscape continues, even in the face of torrential rain, with another painted pole added to the Myall Art Walk, on the corner of Iluka and Jacob Streets, Tea Gardens. Local artist Jeanette Hart was commissioned by…
THE BRAVE men and women of the Tea Gardens Fire & Rescue 471 wish to remind all residents to ‘Be Fire Safe’, with a raft of measures and information made publicly available and free to reinforce households and businesses against…
BULAHDELAH has been named as a finalist in the Small Tourism Towns category of the 2024 NSW Top Tourism Town Awards. The Top Tourism Town Awards showcase the value of tourism to the towns and communities across NSW and celebrate…
BULAHDELAH community members recently had the opportunity to engage with MidCoast Council on what is happening in the area and ask questions about local issues. These ‘conversations’ provide an overview of the projects and initiatives that Council has planned over…
BULAHDELAH and Stroud swimming pools will retain the same operating hours and will remain unsupervised, MidCoast councillors voted last week. Access to the pool will be controlled through an electronic entry system. The cost of season membership at these pools…
RURAL landholders across Port Stephens are invited to share their views on proposed changes to water laws that would give property owners and farmers improved access to water for firefighting. The State Government has put forward changes that aim to…
CONTROL measures relating to Varroa mite have been relaxed following ‘extensive industry consultation’, according to the NSW Department of Primary Industries. The Biosecurity (Varroa Mite) Control Order (No.2) 2024 was removed last week, aiming to take away ‘undue regulatory burdens’…