FEDERAL Member for Lyn Dr David Gillespie has invited the newly recommenced Regional Telecommunications Review Committee to see firsthand just how bad reception is in the electorate. “Our region has a growing population, and the influx of holidaymakers places added…
MIDCOAST Council is again partnering with NBN Co to host free scam awareness seminars at Council Libraries across the LGA, with Tea Gardens hosting on Wednesday 28 February, 2pm-3:30pm. “We are passionate about giving our community the opportunity to get…
HEATWAVES and dry summer days have not helped the Myall Park grasses, but MidCoast Council is happy to report that the fix is on the way. “We did have to order a new controller for the irrigation system which has…
ON Tuesday 30 January, Fire and Rescue and Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews sprung into action following reports of a structure fire at a mechanics shop in Tea Gardens. Their rapid response helped prevent the blaze from spreading to nearby…
STARTING school is a milestone, especially for one family in Bulahdelah, with twins and a Principal starting this year. St Joseph’s Primary School in Bulahdelah has begun 2024 with an increased population, including Principal Amanda Pomplun’s own twin daughters, Amaya…
CELEBRATING the Singing Bridge’s 50th Anniversary this year requires a retrospective on what it took finally to build ‘Our Bridge’, now the centrepiece of Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest townships. Plenty of documentary evidence suggests that Hawks Nest was little…
RECENT upgrades to the North Arm Cove (NAC) website have underscored the site’s status as a model of what regional communities can do online today. While many regional towns do not even have a website, leaving locals to rely on…
THE recent holiday season has proven once again that the Myall Coast is in demand as a holiday destination and stopover on the journey north or south. While the lack of parking in Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest and Bulahdelah causes concern…
TEA Gardens writer Phillip Everett has been shortlisted in the Hunter Writers’ Centre’s annual short story competition, the Newcastle Short Story Award. Phillip has been writing since the 1980s, including time in South Australia (SA) as a founding member of…
LONG-AWAITED upgrades to the Hawks Nest Community Hall are finally nearing completion, to the palpable relief of the many local community groups that call it home. A topic of contention at MidCoast Council’s Community Conversations last year, the local groups…