NOVEMBER is Prematurity Awareness Month and local couple Christine and Brendan Brookhouse are taking on the Premmie Marathon Challenge, raising funds to help premature and critically ill babies have a better chance of survival. To date, Christine and Brendan have…
REUNIFICATION of the two Pindimars has been accomplished, with the recent completion of the Pindimar Boardwalk upgrades. The Boardwalk protects the delicate mangrove wetland of Duckhole Creek, leading in from Pindimar Bay and Port Stephens, while allowing pedestrian and pushbike…
PUBLIC exhibition of the Draft Mid Coast Bush Fire Risk Management Plan (BFRMP) has begun, running Monday 6 November to Monday 18 December 2023. The BFRMP details the types of work scheduled to deal with bushfire risks and hazards in…
EXQUISITE local supermodels of the Lions Fashion Show finalised their practice to soon strut the catwalk on Sunday, 26 November at Tea Gardens Public School. At ‘dress’ rehearsal at Palm Lake Resort Promenade, the ladies ran through the deceptively complex…
PARISHIONERS in and around Karuah were heartbroken to discover their Church had been burgled and religious artefacts stolen, when they arrived for weekly congregation service on the morning of Sunday, 12 November. At 8:30am, churchgoers noticed that their key religious…
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…
DEAR News Of The Area, I NOTE that you have extensively covered the offshore wind debate in recent weeks. In my opinion, you have presented detailed, balanced views on this important regional proposal which has critical national environmental implications. This…