Mungo Beach in Myall Lakes National Park north of Newcastle was reopened today after it was temporarily closed to vehicles three weeks ago due to severe beach erosion. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Lower North Coast Region Manager Anthony Signor…
In a recent interview conducted by ABC Rual, Anna Campbell, from Nabiac, was selected, one of three within Australia, to discuss how to help create a better industry for beekeeping. Myall Coast News caught up with Ann to ask…
At about 10pm on Friday 20 March, 2015 police responded to a distress call from EPIRB on a yacht off the coast near Broughton Island. Weather conditions were 35 knot winds and 2m seas. Police responded from Nelson Bay water police and…
The four boys who were taken to hospital on Tuesday night, 24th March with burns after an explosion involving nitro fuel, were students of Bulahdelah Central School. The school has pulled together, with local assistance, to create signed quilts for the…
Great Lakes deputy mayor, Len Roberts, said he was hoping to see positive results for the North Hawks Nest development by the end of the year. It comes after the Department of Planning office in Newcastle agreed to extend its approval…
An independent arborist report to the Great Lakes Council has ruled that the 60-year-old coral trees along Marine Drive, Tea Gardens should be removed. The council first announced its plans to remove the “unstable” trees, which were classified “noxious weeds”…
Last week the Rotary Club of Myall Coast presented the Tea Gardens Library with a cheque for $1,000 that will go directly towards their many innovative programs. The funds were derived from the Club’s Annual January Book Sale and form a…
On Saturday the 7 March about 100 people attended the 90th birthday of Margarette Smith at the Bulahdelah Bowling Club. Margarette was the eldest child of Harold and Esther Tull and grew up in Booral and the surrounding district, seeing…
Wheelchair bound people can now enjoy Bennett’s Beach Hawks Nest thanks to the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club’s new beach wheelchair. Getting the beach wheelchair worth more than $4000 was an effort between Variety Australia and generous donations…
Great Lakes Council’s 2014 – 2015 Community Grants Program will deliver $30,000 in funding to 34 non-profit organisations across our region. “Council is pleased to be able to offer this important grants program to non-profit community organisations for projects that improve…