MIDCOAST Council Libraries Summer Reading Club, is offering the chance for prizes to the most prodigious readers aged seventeen and under. The Reading Club annually encourages kids to read throughout the summer holidays, with a 2023-24 seasonal theme of a…
KIDS and golfers alike enjoyed a Family Fun Day at the Hawks Nest Golf Club (HNGC) on Sunday 10 December, as the Club launched its summer fun campaign in time for the holidays. Several activities wowed the kids, including the…
SURROUNDED by family and dozens of friends, Olga Wheeler celebrated her 104th birthday at Estia Tea Gardens on Monday 4 December. The café at Estia was festooned with balloons in a definitively mauve (not lavender, and not purple) ‘high-tea’ motif,…
GIVING this Christmas has gotten better, with at least two charity Christmas trees popping up in Tea Gardens as of 1 December. Tea Gardens Veterinary Hospital, on Myall Street, ‘planted’ their Christmas Wishing Tree, this year in aid of the…
ILLUMINATIONS aplenty have been lighting up the town since the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Properties and Lions Club Christmas Lights Competition began on 1 December. “The Lights Competition runs from 1 December to 13 December with the judging taking place…
RECENT roadworks conducted by MidCoast Council upon the Hawks Nest end of the Singing Bridge set up traffic queues, but also offered a chance to reflect on the fundamental utility of the Bridge. Describing the bridge that connects the twin…
THE MYALL University of the Third Age (MU3A) has hosted a wide variety of clubs over the years, bringing fabulous stories and fulfilment for over 30 years for some members. “At Café Providence in Hawks Nest, a wonderful reunion took…
THE Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal have created a new way in determining local government rates. The new methodology takes each individual Council area into account and sets the rate peg accordingly. As a result, MidCoast Council’s rate peg for…
NEWLY minted Tea Gardens firefighter Alex Sinclair formally graduated from the NSW Fire and Rescue Emergency Services Academy on Friday, 1 December. The ceremony for retained and permanent firefighters was held at the state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility in Orchard Hills, far-western…
RED Cross members from Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest celebrated a small, early Christmas lunch at the Tea Gardens Country Club on Monday, 27 November, while recognising some amazing contributions this past year. Certificates of Appreciation were presented by special…