ORGANISATIONS across the electorate are encouraged to apply for funding under a program designed to make sport more welcoming for women and girls. The Play Our Way program provides funding to address participation barriers faced by women and girls when…
MOBILE telecommunications are as bad in many parts of Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest as they are across the Myall Coast, according to official data and on-the-spot measurements. While a significant telecommunications tower resides along Witt Street in Tea Gardens, its mobile…
THE RECONSTRUCTION of a section of Viney Creek Road East, the only other way out of Tea Gardens, has recently been completed by MidCoast Council. The 750 metre reconstructed section is at the Pacific Highway end of the road, aiming…
HAVE you ever wondered what becomes of construction waste when it is no longer required? Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie recently inspected Aus Blue Bins Midcoast’s ‘bulk-up depot’ at Coolongolook, funded with support of a $987,544 grant from the…
NORTH Arm Cove (NAC) community groups have joined forces to inform and welcome new residents to their quiet little part of Port Stephens, via a very comprehensive and free Residents Information Pack. The initiative was spearheaded by North Arm Cove…
PRECISELY locating oneself can mean the difference between life and death in an emergency. The Emergency Plus app (stylised as ‘Emergency+’) is a free smartphone app developed by Australia’s emergency services and their Government and industry partners, which uses the…
TRIBUTES from around Australia and overseas revealed the rich and varied life of Tea Gardens resident Ann Woods after her recent passing. More than sixty people who gathered at Tea Gardens Hotel for a celebration of Ann’s life heard about…
AUTOMATED External Defibrillators (AEDs) are slowly proliferating around the Myall Coast, however, only a fraction are available outside of business hours. There are several AEDs that are housed indoors, including at the Tea Gardens Crossfit Gym, Providores fruit market, Men’s…
IF you are under 60 years of age, you may have never seen the iconic glass signs that adorned NSW hotels from the late 1920s until around 1980. The glass signs once help pride of place on almost every pub,…
THE Hunter Local Land Services team is encouraging landholders to report sightings of feral deer in their areas. Populations of feral deer are known across the region but have recently been causing increasing issues in the Port Stephens area. Of…