WITH reliable telecommunications services essential in regional communities, Bulahdelah locals are fed up with consistent and ongoing reception issues. Recent outages in Bulahdelah have left users frustrated, with locals reporting being unable to do things as simple as make a…
DISASTER assistance has now been extended to the MidCoast local government area (LGA) following heavy rainfall and flooding across NSW from 1 April 2024. The assistance measures are being provided by the Albanese and Minns Governments through the Commonwealth-State Disaster…
VOLUNTEERS of the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Meals On Wheels service were thanked with an annual morning tea held at the Hawks Nest Community Hall on Tuesday 9 April. Workers who selflessly give up their time helping out in the…
AN ENORMOUS old paperbark tree met its demise on Tuesday 9 April just after 5pm, blocking the only road out to Limekilns, Tea Gardens, and requiring heavy machinery to safely remove. Eyewitness accounts and photographic evidence show that the paperbark…
BULAHDELAH Men’s Shed has inched closer to their eventual goal of relocating to the Bulahdelah Golf Club. In an exciting step forward, volunteers from the Men’s Shed and Golf Club gathered recently to witness the pouring of the slab at…
WORKS have begun to make the Singing Bridge’s pedestrian access system more user-friendly, within a week of the Bridge’s vaunted Golden Jubilee. The southern side of the bridge’s Hawks Nest approach is receiving a new concrete ramp, with a footpath…
CELEBRATIONS for the 50th Anniversary of the Singing Bridge saw multiple community groups converge for a singular day of uniquely local festivities at the Tea Gardens Hotel on Saturday 6 April. The Pearls of Port Stephens ran their stylish ‘Buy…
PROBUS members of Hawks Nest and District Combined welcomed twelve new members to their Club, before receiving an enlightening historical presentation from NOTA’s own John ‘Stinker’ Clarke at the Hawks Nest Golf Club on Friday, 5 April. While the birds…
FEDERAL politicians visited the Pindimar-Bundabah Community Association (PBCA) to hear first-hand from residents about their telecommunication woes on Wednesday 3 April. Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie joined NSW Senator Perin Davey, both from the National Party and currently in…
KOALAS are front and centre in MidCoast Council’s updated Conservation Strategy, now on display from Monday 25 March to Sunday 5 May. Still in draft form, the Strategy was updated initial community consultation between November and February, its southernmost display…