DEVOTEES and enthusiastic members of the Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest Family Research group were treated to a very special guest speaker at the weekend. Gail Davis, a leading archivist with the NSW State Records Department came to town, to give a…
Dear News Of The Area, ANOTHER great outing was enjoyed last month by the Over 60’s Lunch Group, with our special dinner at Mumms. Food and service were fantastic. We are all off to Tea Gardens Hotel for…
Dear News Of The Area THE long awaited Reference Group meeting was held on Wednesday 3 August, the delays due to the recent Council amalgamation and the resulting overlapping duties of Council officers. The amalgamation has resulted in…
RE-ESTABLISHING the Pony Club in Bulahdelah was the topic of discussion at a community meeting held last week. With a high level of support from an enthusiastic group of locals, a committee was formed with the club expected to be…
THE Wirreanda Senior Dance Group excelled at this year’s Hunter Schools Dance Festival, held at Wests City in Newcastle on 27 July. The group once again successfully auditioned to be part of the festival that celebrates dance in public…
IN a sign that even in a close knit community like Medowie, people are interested in forming new community groups with like-minded people, eight Medowie women gathered this weekend to organise such a group. The women are keen to expand…
MEMBERS of the Myall River Action Group (MRAG), Myall Coast Chamber of Commerce and Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest Progress Association recently met with Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Mick Veitch and Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington in Tea Gardens. The…
Dear News Of The Area, DO we ever really grow up? We could well ask that question of the Thursday Walkers who took part in a walk with a twist on 14 July along Myall River Road. In groups of…
MEDOWIE children who are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes have a wonderful support group available to them, made up of parents from the area, whose children have been diagnosed. In 2010, Bart and Naomi Jarvis’s daughter was diagnosed with type…
T’WAS the season to be jolly as Christmas in July was celebrated at Karuah RSL Club last week. Santa hats, tinsel and sleigh bells decked the tables for the occasion which was organised by MidCoast Council’s Social and Recreational Services and Neighbour…