BEING environmentally friendly is at the heart of the Boomerang Bags program which promotes the use of reusable shopping bags. However, the team that delivers their beautifully crafted Boomerang Bags in the Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest region go one…
SPRING is a season for refreshment and new beginnings, and the Tea Gardens Anglican Church is hosting a ‘Back to Church Sunday’ on 24 September to give people a chance to reconnect. The lockdowns and unprecedented isolation precipitated by the…
CROWDS gathered at North Arm Cove Community Hall on Saturday, 16 September, to unite under one voice in their plight for rezoning of long-held lands. More than 200 people came from all over NSW and even interstate, for their first…
IT’S nesting season for the threatened sea and shorebirds that visit the MidCoast region and they need our support to survive. Sharing the shore ensures we can continue to enjoy our beautiful beaches and the migratory shorebird populations will thrive.…
WITH the 30th Anniversary of the Myall U3A (MU3A), News Of The Area has been informed of many of the goings-on at the group, and how several community members have found long and rewarding involvement with U3A and its various…
BIG blue pipes will form the new artery through which Hawks Nest residents and businesses get their water, with upgrades having commenced along Moira Parade and Eagle Avenue. The large-calibre pipes appeared unannounced upon Council land in front of the…
AFTER months of delay, a big, blue fence appeared across the Hawks Nest Community Hall on Booner Street on Tuesday, 5 September. Regular, registered users of the Meals on Wheels (MOW) service operating out of the Hall can still access…
LITERACY and learning support for our local schoolchildren are the focus of several recent and future fundraisers for Tea Gardens Public School (TGPS). At the weekly Happy Hour held by the TG Palm Lake Resort (PLR) Bar Committee, PLR residents…
SIZZLING sausages, information booths, entertainment and displays by the local Bulahdelah Rural Fire Service (RFS) were key elements of a day highlighting the need to prepare for the upcoming bushfire season. Organiser of the day, Mid Coast Landcare’s Fire and…
AN AFFAIR of the art will transform the Tea Gardens Hotel’s Dolphin Room into an impromptu gallery from 18-22 September, just before the school holidays begin. Featuring over 100 works by several local artists in each medium of painting, printmaking,…