OCTOBER’S lack of national holidays was filled when the residents and staff at Estia Tea Gardens celebrated Oktoberfest in style last Friday. The Family Room morphed, once again, into a travel and trivia destination, with the Estia Catering crew doing…
TOY stories are playing out in the Myall Coast Toy Library at the Tea Gardens Uniting Church Hall every third Thursday and Saturday of the month. News Of The Area was invited to witness the Toy Library brimming with life…
SURPRISE met many Myall Way motorists when significant resurfacing works began last week on their arterial in-and-out-of-town road. The towns of Hawks Nest, Tea Gardens, Pindimar and Bundabah all rely on this singular road to reach the rest of the…
The FIRST referendum in a generation, regarding the First Nations Voice to Parliament, occurred on Saturday, 14 October. Visiting two polling places in Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest, News Of The Area was reassured by nary a trace of politically-charged animosity, as…
EDUCATION is a top priority for the Myall River VIEW Club this Anti-Poverty Week, which runs nationally from 15-21 October. Established in 2002 by the Social Justice Project at the University of NSW, Anti-Poverty Week was inspired by the United…
SPACE is at a premium, and the Tea Gardens Lions Club has just won a Prepare and Recover Grant to build a fit-for-purpose facility, providing much-needed community storage capability. The $23,822 grant comes via the Foundation for Rural and Regional…
AS preparations continue in the transition to management of Varroa mite in NSW, a range of support materials have now been made available to assist beekeepers begin to learn to live with Varroa mite. NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW…
RARE facetime with MidCoast Council’s top decision-makers and administrators will happen when Council hosts its ‘Community Conversations’ at the southern end of the MidCoast Local Government Area in November. This will be the second of two times this year that…
NOW in its seventh year, the Spring edition of the Great Lakes Food Trail has now been completed with eager patrons sampling the best in food, wine, beer and products the mid coast has to offer. The drive tour through…
EMERGENCIES are best survived with the right equipment, and the Emergency Wind-Up Radio is a critical piece of everyone’s kit. The radio unit retails from its manufacturer online at $29.95, but MidCoast Council is giving them away to all residents…