October 23, 2026

Then and now – a short history of the Pindimar Tea Gardens Rural Fire Service

An original photo of the ‘Old Bastard’; the Pindimar Bundabah Bushfire Brigade’s first truck. A photo of the station’s...

ORRCA raises funds for rescue drone to help marine mammals off Port Stephens

A WHALE caught in ropes can be clearly visible one moment and gone beneath the water the next. For ORRCA volunteers...

Tea Gardens Lions Club members tacke community projects

MEMBERS of Tea Gardens Lions Club continue their efforts to improve the area and help others, with several ongoing...

Renewed push for signatures in support of Pacific Highway intersection upgrades

Leah Veksins is calling for a safer intersection where the Pacific Highway meets the Bucketts Way and Medowie Road...

Workhorses of the sea: Tea Gardens historian Anne Johnson remembers

The Phil Forbes was built in Swansea by the Forbes brothers. Photo: Anne Johnson. The Phil Forbes undergoing repairs on...

A ‘terrible starvation event’ is decimating NSW flying fox camps

A MASS starvation event is killing flying foxes across large tracts of NSW. Residents across the state are taking to...

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