DEAR News Of The Area, THANKS to the volunteer Rural Fire Service and all who helped fight the North Pindimar fire. They were still checking it out on Sunday. My family and I wish to thank all those wonderful people…
OVER the last couple of years I have been compiling information for a book in the form of photographs, research and interviews. The book, titled ‘Marsh Road’, which will be launched in October-November, tells an amazing story of a community…
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAD my grandchildren come to visit over the Christmas holidays and decided to take them to the pool. What a shame. Expensive to get in. Only one lane was available to play and to…
DEAR News Of The Area, VESTED timber industry interests will always try to cook the books to suit their narrative. The reality is that as at 30 June 2023 the Forestry Corporation lost about $15 million of our taxes logging…
DEAR News Of The Area, ON 3 March my wife had a medical episode whilst in the surf at Scotts Head. Due to the actions of many of the public, members of the local surf club, ambulance service and others…
DEAR News Of The Area, Firstly, I am addressing Ann Deans of North Boambee. Where your passion is to be applauded Ann, you have got it wrong. Our Council is not in favour of residential development on the railway land…
DEAR News Of The Area, WELL before the harbour was constructed it was recognised that sand was being naturally transported south-to-north up the coast. It was also recognised that construction of the harbour would bring into that harbour some portion…
DEAR News Of The Area, MINISTER Jackson says that she will ensure 30 percent of the proposed development at the Jetty will be affordable housing. History says this won’t happen. The time honoured form is for the glossy brochures and…
THE one symbol that says Australia to the rest of the world is the kangaroo. This probably stems back to the wool boom days when the price of a pound of wool reached one pound sterling. Rural Australia was the…
DEAR News Of The Area, OUR government appears desperate to reach its emission targets by 2030 and no matter where you sit with renewable energy there is great concern about the concerted push towards wind turbines, particularly those offshore projects…