FROM this week, more than 1.1 million motorists will begin to see a demerit point scrubbed from their licence as reward for maintaining good driver behaviour during the first year of the NSW Government’s demerit point trial that promotes safer…
THE National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) reported 26,836 influenza cases across Australia in the first quarter of 2024. By February, case numbers were already double the number than what was reported the same time last year. Pharmacy Guild National…
IT has become increasingly obvious that Port Stephens is growing in popularity for holidaymakers with the recent Easter ‘invasion’ being testament to that. Get ready because the April school holidays will be much the same. As a tourist region we…
MIDCOAST Council’s draft Koala Conservation Strategy is on public exhibition from Monday 25 March to Sunday 5 May. The draft strategy will guide coordinated management actions for koala recovery and conservation on public and private land. “We are seeking community…
THE Myall Coast Chamber of Commerce and Tourism has come up with a clever way to promote the businesses of Tea Gardens during the upcoming Sail Port Stephens regatta, which runs on various dates through April and May. Last year…
THE occasion of the opening of the bridge on 6 April 1974 was very special for the local townships and surrounding areas. During its construction Tea Gardens Police maintained special patrols of the construction site on both land and water.…
‘ANYTHING that floats’ was the challenge, taken up with passion and zeal upon the waters of South Pindimar on Easter Sunday, 31 March. Waiting for the tide to slowly, but surely, flow in, the army of kids took off towards…
PIGGIES flew once again at the ‘Pig Day Out’ races, held at Tea Gardens Country Club in support of the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Lifesaving Club (TGHN SLSC) on Easter Saturday, 30 March. Hundreds of onlookers at the annual…
ANOTHER year of successful community efforts, spearheaded by the Karuah Progress Association (KPA), was recognised at its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 27 March, at the Karuah RSL. The small, but determined, group of community-minded locals recapitulated a productive 2023,…
FIRST National Real Estate Hawks Nest has been recognised for outstanding achievement at the First National Network’s General Excellence and Marketing (GEM) Awards held at the Hyatt Regency in Sydney on Saturday, 23 March. Hawks Nest First National received the…