Last week, Wednesday 1 July, in a ceremony held at Raymond Terrace Bowling Club, Gordon Grainger was awarded the Paterson Electorate Senior Citizen of the Year Award. Humble as usual, Gordon was most impressed by Member for Paterson Bob Baldwin’s introduction…
Bush care volunteers from Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest returned to Winda Woppa at the weekend to find that bushland mistakenly cleared by council workers had begun to regenerate. Fourteen members of HN&TG Bitou Busters met at the end of…
Have you entered the Bat Flats Art Competition yet, with its $10,000 prize pool up for grabs? The Storm of the Century has kept many people too busy, so to give you extra time to enter we’re extending the last date…
THIS is the theme of NAIDOC 2015 (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) and gives us all the chance to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements. NAIDOC week is held from 5-12 July but with…
Deputy Mayor of Great Lakes, Len Roberts, talks about SES Community Forum and Australian CoastSafe. SES Community Forum The NSW SES Mid North Coast Region has finalised a report following the community forum held at the Baptist church Tea Gardens on 19…
Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Lioness Club held their Changeover Dinner on Monday, 15 June in the Dolphin Room at Tea Gardens Hotel Motel with thirty six Lionesses and guests in attendance. Joan Parks, Zone Chairperson, inducted new member Tay King,…
Great Lakes Libraries in Forster and Tea Gardens will be offering visitors some exotic and exciting holiday activities this July. Enjoy a taste of India at Tea Gardens library on Friday 3rd July 2.30- 3.30pm. This free event aims to…
Hunter Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence took place recently with the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club (TGHN SLSC) taking out three of the major awards. The club, which is one of the smallest in the state,…
Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Men’s Shed has come to the aid of Tea Gardens Public School with a work project that stemmed from a School Parliament sitting. Trolleys used to move chairs around the school had fallen into disrepair with basically…
Everyone in Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest knew it, but now it’s official… The Ice Cream Shack has been recognised as a ‘must do’ on worldwide website ‘tripadvisor’. Tea Gardens business owners Jim and Anne Rutter took over The Shack almost five…