WORIMI Aboriginal Elders met with representatives of local environmental reference groups and the Manning-Great Lakes Area National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) last week to discuss essential upgrades to the Yacaaba Headland walking trail. The NPWS has secured funding to…
PARENTS of students at Tea Gardens Public School (TGPS) will soon breathe a collective sigh of relief knowing the town’s Out Of School Hours (OOSH) care situation is set to be resolved. Tea Gardens’ Amaroo Early Learning Centre, on Coupland…
REVERED local historian Janis Winn will soon launch her new book, a grand chronicle of the Australian Agricultural Company that moulded the histories of many Myall Coast and Port Stephens locales. ‘The Chronicles of Carrington, Tahlee and the Legacy of…
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day (IWD) celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and News Of The Area wishes to pay a small tribute to local ladies who have given their time to national and international endeavours. NOTA has…
NEW rules mean it is now prohibited to fish a Blue Groper by any method in New South Wales, except Aboriginal cultural fishing. Blue Gropers were made the state fish of New South Wales in 1998 and can be found…
THE GENESIS of the North Arm Cove Paper Subdivision was grand speculation to make Port Stephens into a major city, perhaps one day to rival even Sydney. ‘Port Stephens City’, the moniker for the would-be metropolis at North Arm Cove,…
KARUAH has long suffered in the shadow of poor telecommunications, but the true nature of Karuah’s telecom infrastructure remains largely a mystery to most. “NBN has been terrific since we put it in, but mobiles have been a big issue,”…
A MAJOR Australian offshore wind developer has partnered with Tomago’s Ampcontrol to explore opportunities for innovation and the creation of local jobs as the region’s fledgling offshore wind industry takes flight. Destiny Wind is a proposed offshore wind farm off…
STROUD’s State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers will gain a new, modern facility from which to better serve the community, after extensive community consultations alongside MidCoast Council. The current SES facility, located in Booral is, by Council’s admission, “insufficient to meet…
FOLLOWING its recent acquisition of a potentially life-saving automated external defibrillator (AED), Bulahdelah Tennis Club held a public information session to demonstrate its use. Dr Jason Bendall, a passionate advocate for improved health outcomes on the Mid Coast, provided instruction…