It is often said by those in prison “we do the crime but the family does the time” and usually the families, particularly women and children, are the forgotten victims of someone else’s crime. This is where KAIROS Outside for Women…
Tea Gardens Public School’s biggest annual fundraiser is open to crowds for the 38th consecutive year. The Easter art and craft expo sees the children’s art work, as well as artwork from well-known and local artists on display, up for auction…
The funding for ANZAC centennial celebrations in Tea Gardens has been halved by the Minister for Veteran’s Affairs. Local coordinator of the Commemoration of ANZAC 2015 celebrations, Norm Webber, said he was “appalled” to learn the $9000 figure put forward by…
The aging population on the Myall Coast, means our men carry a higher risk of developing prostate cancer. A group of Tea Gardens Gardens Hawks Nest residents have formed the Prostate Support Awareness (PSA) in a bid to raise awareness of…
Two talented folk bluegrass musicians are coming to Tea Gardens to entertain guests at a house concert. It will be the fifth year that residents Stephanie Perrott and her partner, Rex Stoessiger, have opened their home up to stage these concerts.…
Anticipation is building for two Myall Coast residents last week after discovering they had scored a trip to Hawaii with the Channel Seven Sunrise crew. Neryl Grehan of Tea Gardens said she was sitting with a cup of tea watching Sunrise when…
Crowds gathered on Tea Gardens waterfront last Friday as Federal Member for Paterson, Bob Baldwin, announced $750,000 in funding for the dredging and protection of the Myall River, Corrie Island and Jimmys Beach. State Liberal candidate for Port Stephens, Councillor Ken Jordan, also…
David Bright is a face most people in Tea Gardens Hawks Nest would recognise. For 34 years he successfully ran Thrifty Link Hardware in Tea Gardens before selling the premises late last year. “I’ve absolutely loved being in Tea Gardens but…
THE NSW Labor government has made a promise of $60,000 worth of funding towards crucial improvements at Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Preschool. Last week Labor candidate for Port Stephens Kate Washington announced that, if elected, her party would provide the…
The world’s oldest university graduate, Dr Allan Stewart, is about to become a centenarian. The Tea Gardens resident, who attracted worldwide media attention after completing degrees at the age of 91 and then 97, will turn 100 on 7 March. Allan…