ONE word for the weather over the past month – unpredictable. Rain, wind, rolling ocean swell and sporadic sunshine. Of the few opportunities available for those of us who try to catch a fish, the news is all good. Inside…
CANDICE and Taylor know better than most how difficult it can be, some days, just to get up in the morning. “Candice has struggled since she was ten years old with various medical conditions,” says her father, Steve. Advertise with…
PORT Stephens shoppers will have the opportunity to give directly to those in need through an innovative new program led by the Rotary Club of Salamander Bay. In support of the Tomaree Neighbourhood Centre, once a month on different days…
PORT Stephens Council will receive $80,500 in grant funding from the State Government to build two new bus shelters and upgrade twelve existing shelters. The new bus shelters will be located on South Street, Medowie and 2129 Nelson Bay Road,…
IT WAS lights, camera, action when NBN/Nine Wide World Of Sport (WWOS) cameras visited the Myall River and Tea Gardens Hawks RLFC training at Myall Park on Thursday 23 May. Footage taken from the evening included interviews with team leaders…
AN unconventional yet effective team is helping to tackle Phytophthora dieback in Barrington Tops National Park. In a ground-breaking initiative, conservation detection dogs Alice and Echo have been trained to sniff out Phytophthora cinnamomi, an unseen pathogen which is a…
THE Rotary Club of Medowie-Williamtown has recognised three members who have been instrumental in the organisation and running of the very popular Medowie Christmas Carnivals each December. “These volunteers – Katrina Becker, Megan Spiller and John Tunbridge – have worked…
ALMOST half of all Australians are diagnosed with a chronic health condition at some point in their lives. While some of these are relatively manageable, with a number of treatments for conditions such as back pain or arthritis, others such…
BACKYARDS play an important role in local biodiversity and the ecosystem. This means that everyone that has so much as a pot plant on their verandah can make choices that work for local wildlife. Advertise with News of The Area…
FORESTRY Corporation has delivered 2000 koala feed trees to the Port Stephens Koala Hospital (PSKH) to help improve the health of rescued koalas in care. The annual koala feed tree delivery continues a longstanding relationship between Forestry Corporation and the…