ELITE Energy Events hosted their annual swimming and running events in Port Stephens over the weekend. ‘The Swim’ aka ‘Swim The Bay’ was held at Shoal Bay on a very hot Saturday on 9 December. Advertise with News of The…
THE Nambucca Heads Railway Station celebrated turning 100 years old on Sunday 3 December, a milestone celebrated in grand style due to the efforts of the Nambucca District Historical Society. Locals arrived by the hundreds and the Historical Society spared…
ALTHOUGH surf conditions have not been ideal for the majority of 2023, the Nambucca Valley’s Loggerheads Malibu Club have been able to get through the year with swells allowing for their monthly point-score competition to occur on most months. The…
NAMBUCCA Heads Public School (NHPS) students recently celebrated remarkable success by taking part in the annual Tournament of Minds (TOM), an international academic competition challenging students to solve authentic, open-ended tasks set in the disciplines of the arts, language literature,…
THOUSANDS turned out to witness the wonder of the Newcastle Williamtown Air Show over the weekend. Saturday’s non-ticketed, community event featured flying displays off Nobbys Beach, with viewing areas at Nobbys, Foreshore Park and Stockton Parklands. Family-friendly activities such as…
PINDIMAR became the centre of the universe as huge crowds flocked to enjoy the ‘very best Market Day ever’, according to most locals, on Saturday, 28 October. Days of welcome rain cleared, allowing the spread all around Pindimar Rural Fire…
VOLUNTEERS and workers all around Port Stephens and Myall Coast converged for the inaugural Pindimar Emergency Services Fare, running parallel to the Pindimar Markets on Saturday, 28 October. The clearly united front of local emergency services included Pindimar-Tea Gardens Rural…
EMERGENCY services descended on Hawks Nest’s Bennetts Beach last Friday after debris was found in the search for a missing helicopter reportedly carrying 54-year-old Jindabyne man Ed Kraft and his dog. According to NSW Police, the helicopter departed Cessnock at…
CARAVAN couples from Tea Gardens took a chance on the Trundle ABBA Festival, out in central-western NSW last week. Perhaps the least likely place to see a concert devoted to the legendary Swedish pop group, nonetheless, ABBA dancing queens (and…
FORMER deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has called on Port Stephens residents concerned over offshore wind projects to take their protests to Canberra. Speaking at a public rally on Saturday 7 October on the Nelson Bay Foreshore, the Member for…