For tea lovers, there’s lots to love in Dungog this week.
For tea lovers, there’s lots to love in Dungog this week. For tea lovers, there’s lots to love in Dungog this week. For tea lovers, there’s lots to love in Dungog this week. For tea lovers, there’s lots to love in Dungog this week. EVERYONE loves a party and this week’s much-loved Dungog Tea Party […]
THE rising cost of life’s essentials is putting increasing pressure on households across Australia, with regional communities facing their own challenges. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show housing costs rose five per cent nationally in the year to July, while food prices increased 3.2 per cent, rents 3.6 per cent and electricity 6.1 […]
Bar-Tailed Godwit. Photo: Stephanie Owen.
Bar-Tailed Godwit. Photo: Stephanie Owen. Latham’s Snipe. Photo: Stephanie Owen. WINNING artworks of the Wings over Wetlands competition, which celebrates the annual arrival of migratory shorebirds in local wetlands, will be showcased at Roy Wood Reserve on Sunday, 13 September, from 11 am to 2 pm. Wings over Wetlands is the result of a partnership […]
BEACHGOERS will begin seeing even more shark-spotting drones protecting Mid North Coast beaches from this week as the State Government expands its patrol program. Drones will operate from 6.15am till 5pm every day at nine beaches in the region from September 1 to 30 April next year. At eight other locations they will fly only […]
RESIDENTS of the NSW Mid North Coast are being urged to keep an eye on local birdlife as Australia faces the ongoing spread of H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. During an online webinar on Monday 24 August, Professor Hugh Possingham, President of BirdLife Australia, and Kim Farley spoke about what the virus […]
Frogbit discovered in the waterway around Anna Bay. Photo: Port Stephens Council. The waterway after the Frogbit infestation was removed. Photo: Port Stephens Council. MORE than 100 tonnes of Frogbit has been removed from properties around Anna Bay after Port Stephens Council uncovered the region’s first known infestation of the invasive aquatic weed. The discovery […]
Rocky Point. Worth a visit. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
ROCKY Point is one of the best-kept fishing secrets in Port Stephens. Accessible by both 4×4 and boat, this rocky outcrop and the surrounding beaches and bays have a fascinating history of fishing, lobstering and the mining of shell grit. Big Rocky, as the name suggests, is a big rocky outcrop just far enough off […]
The winning photograph, ‘R.I.P. Queen’. Photo: Nikki Kenwrick.
The winning photograph, ‘R.I.P. Queen’. Photo: Nikki Kenwrick. Usually the one behind the camera, Nikki Kenwrick captured “in the wild”. A RARE moment in a Port Stephens backyard has earned local wildlife photographer Nikki Kenwrick two major honours in the 2026 Australian Native Bee Association Photography Competition. Nikki was named both Overall Winner and People’s […]
Be quick - last time this program ran, all available washing machines were snapped up within a week. Image: pvproductions on Magnific.
IF you have a top-loading washing machine and are a pensioner, veteran, social housing tenant or part of a low-income household, you may be eligible to trade your machine in for a brand new 8kg water and energy-efficient front-loader for just $250. The NSW Government’s Washing Machine Exchange Program is back with another 6,000 discounted […]
Some of the glitz, glamour, dance and song on stage at the 2026 NSW Premier’s Gala Concert. Photo: NSW Seniors via Facebook.
THE 2027 NSW Seniors Festival Premier’s Gala Concerts group ticket register launched on Monday, 10 August. Community groups, residential aged care facilities, social groups, Aboriginal organisations, culturally and linguistically diverse organisations and disability organisations with 10 or more attendees are all eligible to secure a spot on the register until 5pm on Friday 11 September. […]
