TORRENTIAL rain in April and May are providing plenty of breeding grounds for mosquitoes all the way up the coast and hinterland. University of Sydney’s Associate Professor Cameron Webb, a medical entomology expert for NSW Health, specialising in mosquito research,…
VOLUNTEERS united from across Karuah to spearhead the revival of the Karuah Oyster and Timber Festival (KOTF), holding an AGM on Wednesday 1 May at Karuah RSL. After a few years where the event was adversely affected by COVID and…
ENVIRONMENTAL policy and planning moves to centre stage for the MidCoast local government area (LGA), with Council’s draft Local Environmental Plan (LEP) now open for public input. An LEP provides the framework and planning controls that guide development in the…
THE Lambourne family were very early settlers in Port Stephens. First to arrive in 1827, on board the ship ‘John’, was convict Henry Lambourne, sent to Australia with a life sentence at the age of nineteen years. Henry spent time…
IS your community organisation or school keen to undertake activities that highlight weed impacts and undertake weed control? Hunter Local Land Services is offering funding that aims to reduce the impact of weeds across the Hunter region through the 2024…
IT is great to see keen youngsters catch a cracker fish which will be remembered for a lifetime. I met young Tom Worthington at a fishing presentation I gave at the Tourist Information Centre in Nelson Bay during the school…
FRIDAY May 3 is Wild Koala Day and MidCoast Council is supporting community celebrations with a free tree giveaway at Mondrook. “We’ll be at Mondrook Hall from 9am – 1pm with around 2,000 trees to give away,” said MidCoast Council’s…
ON ANZAC Day the community of Bulahdelah came together to pay tribute to those who have served or are currently serving in the armed forces. Both the Dawn and 11 am services were well attended with record crowds. Advertise with…
COMMEMORATIONS of ANZAC Day 2024 were held by the Tea Gardens RSL sub-Branch at ANZAC Park in Tea Gardens, beginning with a moving Dawn Service on Thursday, 25 April. An unprecedentedly large turnout gathered on the dewy lawn along the…