MULTITUDES attended the Myall U3A Enrolment Day held at the Tea Gardens Baptist Church on Tuesday 23 January. Spoilt-for-choice enrollees could explore their artistic inclinations with the Art Group, Choir, Film, Music, Opera, Photography and Writers’ Groups, or pursue pastimes…
AUSTRALIA Day was celebrated in typical family-friendly style at the Tea Gardens Lions Club’s time-honoured BBQ Breakfast on Moira Parade, Hawks Nest. The clear morning’s swift evolution into a 40-degree scorcher did not stop the crowd congregating to celebrate being…
FROM canoeing to camel rides, robots to rolling pin throwing, the Scouts NSW Hunter and Coastal Corroboree 2024 had it all. Hosted at Stroud Showground, the Hunter and Coastal region welcomed 550 members, including 400 Scouts, 50 Venturer Scouts and…
DARKNESS engulfed Hawks Nest just after 9:30pm on Sunday 21 January, when a massive eucalyptus tree limb suddenly fell on Dolphin Avenue. It was a calm and starry night, with nary a cloud in the sky, and not a breath…
FIREFIGHTERS are welcomed from all kinds of backgrounds, as seen at the Tea Gardens Rural Fire Service (RFS) Station on Wanya Road, Tea Gardens, every Tuesday morning. The local brigade is always on the lookout for new recruits to bolster…
REPRESENTATIVES from MidCoast Council came out to Tea Gardens Pool from 11am-1pm on Tuesday 23 January for the second of two informal ‘Drop-Ins’. The previous planned drop-in, late last November, saw considerable community anxiety that the pool may be shuttered…
IF you have seen koalas in the area, spare a few minutes to share what you know and help MidCoast Council develop a Koala Strategy. “We are very interested in hearing your ideas and perspectives on koala conservation,” said Council’s…
LOCAL trivia extraordinaire Betty Hart has shaved it all off in the World’s Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation, at the Hawks Nest Golf Club on Australia Day, 26 January. Following on from Jessica Johnston’s big shave last week, Betty…
THE LIONS Club of Tea Gardens honoured two outstanding local citizens on Australia Day, with the Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year awards handed out at Moira Parade park in Hawks Nest. “Both our Citizen and Young Citizen of…
SURROUNDED by friends, family, and a room full of community at the Tea Gardens Country Club, Jessica Johnston undertook the World’s Greatest Shave on Friday 19 January. “On the day of, I am really nervous,” Jess confessed to NOTA. Advertise…