Jan McWilliams, Mayor of Great Lakes Council: Monthly update Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - May 5, 2016 CIVIC PRECINCT SITE We are working towards the development of the civic precinct site in Forster. At Council’s April meeting, we resolved to seek detailed proposals from a number of companies on how we might develop the site to provide the best outcomes for the community - including a mix of public uses
Cure de Tour visits Forster/Tuncurry and Hawks Nest/Tea Gardens MidCoast LGA (overall news) by NOTA - May 5, 2016 Great Lakes Tourism is asking Forster Tuncurry and Hawks Nest / Tea Gardens locals to give the 2016 Signature Cure de Tour an enormous welcome, Great Lakes style, when the bicycle charity team roll into town on Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 May. The Channel Seven Sunrise team will be on hand
Committee helping to make Forster/Tuncurry dementia friendly Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - April 18, 2016 Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead joined the members of the steering committee for having Forster/Tuncurry declared Dementia Friendly towns. Mr Bromhead said the second highly productive meeting of the steering committee is examining the requirements for residents in the Forster/Tuncurry area. “The steering committee has representatives from organisations including Probus, Lions
King of Krater Event to be held in Tuncurry as part of Youth Week Celebrations Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - April 14, 2016 Looking for a free fun day out with skate, scooter and BMX competitions, DJ, epic slip and slides, sumo suits and ‘Look at Me’ photo booth with plenty of prizes and giveaways? You can have all this plus more at this year’s King of the Krater event organised as part of
Midwaste and Great Lakes Council’s Forster Library help us declutter sustainably Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - March 23, 2016 Midwaste and Great Lakes Council’s Forster Library will hold a ‘Less is More Workshop’ on Wednesday 6 April at 6pm to help residents learn how to declutter their home and dispose of excess clutter sustainably. Are you surrounded by clutter? Then the ‘Less is More!’ workshop is for you! Learn how to
Disaster Recovery Funding Granted to Great Lakes Council Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - March 11, 2016 Member for Myall Lakes Steve Bromhead and Federal Member for Paterson Bob Baldwin today announced funding of $243,254 recovery assistance to Great Lakes Council for communities impacted by the January and February 2013 storms and floods. Mr Bromhead said the assistance was being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief
Community Organisations in the Great Lakes Area urged to apply for funding through ClubGRANT FEATURED MidCoast LGA (overall news) by NOTA - March 9, 2016March 9, 2016 Funding is now available for community organisations in the Great Lakes area through the ClubGRANT program which is administered for Clubs NSW by Great Lakes Council. Last year’s process in the Great Lakes resulted in 62 applications for Category One funding and more than $100,000 in grants being handed out to
Great Lakes Council’s waste facilities expansion MidCoast LGA (overall news) by NOTA - February 24, 2016 Myall Lakes MP Stephen Bromhead has announced that Great Lakes Council’s waste facilities in Tea Gardens and Tuncurry has received $1,080,614.00 to expand and enhance its recycling infrastructure to increase its capacity to recycle. The NSW Government funding, under the Resources Recovery Facility Expansion and Enhancement grants program, is from the NSW
Tuncurry’s John Wright Park Family Fun Day Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - September 23, 2015 The showers held off Tuncurry’s John Wright Park for the activities at the Family Fun Day held to raise awareness and funds for the second annual Prostate Cancer Foundation Support Groups in Forster and the Manning. Joining the day were popular local musician Matt Zarb, Australia’s Marching Koalas, Taree’s PCYC Gymaroos, the
Rehabilitation to Wallamba Island is complete Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - September 7, 2015September 8, 2015 Extemsive work to rehabilitate Wallamba Island on the Wallamba River is now complete. Following a century of agricultural use of the Island, Great Lakes Council ultimately acquired the island in 2011 as part of the water quality improvement program. By that time, noxious and environmental weeds were strangling the life out of the