WHEN media is increasingly moving online and facing the fickle attention of trends and algorithms, it may seem surprising that a community radio station staffed by volunteers is not only surviving but thriving after 30 years of broadcasting. Port Stephens…
COINED the ‘triple threat virus’, a new mix of illnesses is expected to hit our shores this winter, as the combination of flu, COVID-19 and RSV created some of the worst flu seasons on record in the Northern Hemisphere, conditions…
THE Original Tea Gardens Ferry operates a daily return ferry service between Nelson Bay and Tea Gardens. Crossing the bay is a must for visitors and locals to the blue water wonderland of Port Stephens and Myall Coast. The friendly…
THESE School Holidays make a visit to the Port Stephens Koala Sanctuary, a partnership between Port Stephens Council and Port Stephens Koala Hospital, a volunteer group that aims to provide the world best practice standards of care to sick, injured…
THE Hunter Region Botanic Gardens cover an area of more than 130 hectares, much of which has been preserved as natural bushland. The Gardens are managed, maintained and developed by a non-profit company of volunteers. To welcome visitors, the Gardens…
ST SAVIOUR’S ANGLICAN CHURCH – a heritage listed site in Williamtown – may become lost to its congregants due to development of the surrounding land. The chapel, which has stood at its site on Cabbage Tree Rd since 1927, falls…
AUSTRALIANS have a better understanding of domestic violence, recognising non-physical forms of violence, but two in five people mistakenly believe that domestic violence is perpetrated by both men and women equally. The 2021 National Community Attitudes Survey (NCAS), released by…
FISHING will be the order of the day, indeed, the entire weekend, when the Karuah Motor Yacht Club (KMYC) hosts its annual Fishing Competition this 28-30 April. Affected by COVID, as have been so many local events these last few…
THE recent AGM of the Combined Medowie Probus Club has seen a new Committee elected for the year 2023 to 2024. After the AGM, members adjourned to the Lakeside Tavern for a Changeover Lunch and the start of the new…
INCUMBENT Member for Port Stephens, Kate Washington, who was successfully re-elected with 54 percent of first preference votes, remained characteristically unassuming in her gratitude to the electorate in Tea Gardens this week. “I am genuinely humbled, particularly by the response…