GET excited – the fourth round of Barrington Coast’s ComeVisit campaign is underway. ComeVisit is the fun, free and easy way for MidCoast residents to invite their friends and family to visit, and go in the draw to win a…
MIDCOAST Council has led the formation of a ‘Dementia Friendly Alliance’ in Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest, and is looking to recruit additional members and increase awareness of dementia-sufferers’ needs in the area. Lyndie Hepple, Coordinator of Community Development at MidCoast Council,…
REMEMBRANCE Day, also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy, is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have…
LARGE crowds gathered at Tea Gardens ANZAC Park for the Remembrance Day service on Saturday, 11 November. Originally called ‘Armistice Day’, Remembrance Day was born on the eleventh hour and day of the eleventh month in 1918, when the guns…
ON Friday 17 November from 10am to 4:30pm MidCoast Libraries will present a workshop at Tea Gardens Library to help seniors become more technology savvy. “Join us at free face-to-face Tech Savvy Seniors sessions in November and learn how to…
SUSTAINABILITY and simplicity marked the Pearls of Port Stephens’ foray into basket-weaving, held during a special social initiative at Pindimar-Bundabah Community Hall on Saturday, 4 November. While a rainstorm blustered, the Pearls group joined other ladies under the tutelage of…
THE MYALL University of the Third Age (MU3A) in Tea Gardens keeps members interested, as expounded by two long-time members, Warwick and Ronnie Nichols, whose MU3A story was shared with NOTA as part of the group’s 30th anniversary commemorations. “‘Word-of-mouth’…
NEITHER rain, nor the beating down of the summer sun, have wavered the resolve of the venerated volunteer artists of the Myall River Art Walk Group (MRAWG), whose ongoing efforts upon the Marine Drive mural across from the Tea Gardens…
THE Bulahdelah Show is back this month with a return to its two-day format on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 November. The local show is one of the top ten rural shows in NSW and this year will certainly live…
EXCELLENCE has been recognised at the Tea Gardens Hotel, with the steadfast local establishment named the ‘Best Traditional Pub Accommodation (under $130)’ in the Australian Hotels Association NSW ‘Awards for Excellence’ 2023 on 31 October. Publican Ben Hanson spoke with…