FAMILY OWNED and operated since 2000, Travelwise provides all-inclusive, fully guided tours for the active and not-so-active traveller. “We provide amazing experiences to locations you may not otherwise be able to travel to,” said Travelwise’s Steve Gatland. Travelwise organises everything…
WELCOMING and comfortable accommodation, food, coffee, bar and music in the renovated historic Royal Hotel, right in the heart of Dungog. The Royal Bar is open Tuesdays to Sundays, with four beers on tap, a quality wine list and a…
NUCLEAR power plants could take up to fifteen years to establish in Australia and facilities to dispose of high-level nuclear waste twice as long, an inquiry has heard. Waste produced by the power plants might have to be stored at…
LIONS Club of Tea Gardens has joined in supporting a local driver in the latest Cancer Council Shitbox Rally, raising funds in a cross-country drive starting on 18 October. Local RFS volunteer Patrick Hurkett has taken off on his second…
A PELICAN was caught in a fishing line at Winda Woppa, Hawks Nest, on the evening of Wednesday 16 October, sparking a wide call-out via social media for assistance. One local resident cited what appeared to be a sinker and…
THE Community Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) program is back up and running for Term 4 across schools in the Raymond Terrace district. Seaham Public School Principal Craig Partridge said the multi-school program, which highlights and rewards the positive conduct…
SHOAL Bay Country Club was the venue for the launch of a new history book titled “Paradise Interrupted”, authored by local historian and archivist Judy Washington. In conjunction with the launch on Monday 14 October, a photographic exhibition titled “Unearthed…
OAKVALE Wildlife Park is preparing to celebrate its 45th birthday. To thank those who have supported the park over the decades there will be giveaways, pony rides, live music, entertainers and cake galore during a two-day party from Saturday 2…
WHEN military veteran Jake Parmigiani unleashed his Port Stephens mobile dog gym “Run-A-Mutt” in May 2024, he never expected what he calls “the best therapy of my life”. Providing treadmill exercising for dogs has given Jake an “ultimate form of…
NEWS Of The Area author and Fingal Bay fisherman John ‘Stinker’ Clarke, will be holding a book launch next week with not one but two new publications on offer. A large gathering of pioneering families and friends are expected to…