THE Hunter Joint Organisation partnered with Australia’s largest local government climate network, the Cities Power Partnership, to host an event for councils working towards fleet electrification last week at The Greenhouse Eatery in Medowie. Over 60 attendees were registered from…
THE NSW Government has released a Lower Hunter Drought Response Plan, outlining how Hunter Water will conserve water in the face of drought conditions, when different levels of water restrictions will be rolled out and when alternative water sources like…
TOMAREE Peninsula road users have expressed frustration at Port Stephens Council’s failure to effectively repair the intersection of Sandy Point Road and Pantawara Road, Corlette. Long term Port Stephens resident and past Port Stephens Councillor Brian Watson-Will said, “Council’s engineers…
MUCH about the technology of photography has changed over the near five decades that Christopher John has been honing his craft. Film has given way to digital imaging, and cameras have gone from a range of specialist equipment to being…
THE Tomaree Peninsula community is in for a treat at the annual Carols at the Bay, to be held at Fly Point on Sunday 10 December 2023. This event is an yearly pilgrimage for many locals and hails the start…
THE Port Stephens Sister City of Tateyama, Japan will welcome three Port Stephens residents for the Wakashio Marathon on 28 January 2024. This will be the first marathon in three years following cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Advertise with…
THE festive season will be brightened even more around Karuah as free ‘pallet trees’ are being taken by locals to be decorated and placed around the town. Starting from mid-November, the Karuah Progress Association (KPA) has been offering pre-cut pallets,…
THE NSW Labor Government’s Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Bill passed both Houses of Parliament with multi-party support last week, legislating ambitious emissions reduction targets and setting up a Net Zero Commission. The Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Act will…
I WAS very fortunate to meet both Judith and Moya Bramble when they travelled to Salamander Bay to discover the place where their great, great grandfather built his cottage near Sandy Point (Corlette) in 1845. His name was William Bramble.…
SUMMER fishing in Port Stephens means flathead, whiting, mulloway and crabs inside the Port, and snapper and mulloway over the reefs and whiting and mulloway off the beaches. The one constant is the mighty mulloway which is an amazing fish…