VISITORS re-enacting a historic ‘Sydney to Coolangatta’ coastline journey landed at Hawks Nest beach at the end of their journey’s first day on Monday 2 September. Two inflatable rescue boats (IRBs) were launched from Sydney Harbour, with an Australian Federal Police escort, at 7am that same morning, and after stopping

POET-who-knows-it Bob Bush regaled a crowd of more than 100 as the guest speaker at the Hawks Nest and District Probus Club meeting on Friday, 6 September. The locally-based poet took the room on a journey of emotions as he presented verses from his diverse catalogue. Advertise with News of

PRE-POLL voting in the MidCoast Council election opens on Saturday, 7 September. There are six locations at which residents can cast an early vote. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us - media@newsofthearea.com.au These are: ● Tea Gardens District

TWO paintings by a Tea Gardens artist have been reunited years after being separated to opposite ends of the planet. Gillian Fabiszewski is the artist behind ‘Tidal A and B’, a diptych (a pair of paintings created to be hung side-by-side) depicting an abstract scene of the tidal flats of

INCUMBENT mayor Claire Pontin will look to secure re-election to MidCoast council later this month, leading a team of six into the 14 September election. Elected to council in 2017, Ms Pontin served as deputy mayor from 2019-21 before taking the top job in 2022. Advertise with News of The

WORIMI GRINGAI Elder Dr Elizabeth McEntyre will contest the 14 September MidCoast local government elections as an ungrouped Independent. Dr McEntyre, who lives in Tea Gardens, says she has been connected to the area from birth. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us.

HAVE your say on the strategy for managing public toilets in Myall Coast parks. The draft MidCoast Public Toilets in Parks Strategy 2024 – 2035 is on public exhibition from Wednesday 28 August to Wednesday 2 October 2024. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message

THE new and improved Tea Gardens jetty is expected to be ready for use from this weekend. The upgrade - which began with community consultation in 2021 - included widening and lengthening the existing boat ramp and the installation of a floating centre pontoon. Advertise with News of The Area

ALMOST $30,000 has been shared with community groups through the Myall Coast through the Regional Australia Bank’s Community Partnership Program. Last Tuesday at the Hawks Nest Golf Club a total of $29,414.63 was granted to more than 30 groups from Tea Gardens and surrounding areas, with the aim of supporting the

HUNTER Surf Lifesaving volunteers led a morning of education and drone-flying familiarisation for the youth of the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) at Hawks Nest’s Bennetts Beach on Saturday 24 August. The air around the SLSC shed was abuzz with the whirring of drones in action,