October 25, 2025
Best-selling local author launches new children’s book Author Carmen with husband/illustrator Steven Allen, at the recent Karuah Oyster and Timber Festival. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.
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Best-selling local author launches new children’s book

TWO days after prolific local children’s author Carmen Allen launched her latest book, it was on Amazon’s “best-seller” list. “Molly’s New Treasure” is book number five in a series. It follows Princess Molly and her friends as they set out on the adventure of a lifetime: a royal treasure hunt across a mysterious island with […]

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Stargazing: Could Earth be struck by a doomsday rock?
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Stargazing: Could Earth be struck by a doomsday rock?

IMAGINE waking one morning to find the sky torn open by a glowing fireball racing towards Earth. It sounds like science fiction, but it isn’t. Our planet sits in a cosmic shooting gallery. Asteroids and comets – leftovers from the birth of the solar system – cruise through space, and sometimes their paths cross ours. […]

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Pindimar boogies with music trivia night
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Pindimar boogies with music trivia night

Third prize went to the Wizards of Quiz. The Wiggles even brought Captain Feathersword. Chad on the guitar. Second prize in Musical Trivia went to the Mundi Swingers. Doug Gillespie belting out the tunes. The Spice Girls. There were Elton Johns to spare. First prize winners, the Wood Street Wankers. Christine Eyre was the winner […]

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Sando’s serves up Christmas in July at Hawks Nest Golf Club Expect seasonal classics, rich winter flavours, and a touch of Christmas cheer in every dish,
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Sando’s serves up Christmas in July at Hawks Nest Golf Club

  Expect seasonal classics, rich winter flavours, and a touch of Christmas cheer in every dish,   Expect seasonal classics, rich winter flavours, and a touch of Christmas cheer in every dish,   THE talented team at Sando’s Café & Restaurant are bringing the warmth and wonder of the festive season to winter with a […]

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Stroud’s Mick Henrickson carves out success at the Australian Butcher Wars Stroud butcher Mick Henrickson.
Entertainment, Food

Stroud’s Mick Henrickson carves out success at the Australian Butcher Wars

STROUD butcher Mick Henrickson has proven his skills on the national stage, placing seventh in the prestigious Australian Butcher Wars competition held in Sydney earlier this month. Representing Stroud Butchery, Mick competed against some of the most talented butchers from across the country in a fast-paced showdown of precision, creativity, and craftsmanship. The event, part […]

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Stinker’s Fishin’: Holiday action Over Easter you will find me in ‘Stinkpot’ in front of the Outer Light.
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Stinker’s Fishin’: Holiday action

THE holidays are upon us and the good news for those who are hoping to catch a fish is that conditions are perfect. The beaches are alive with salmon, whiting and winter bream. Mullet are travelling north on their annual breeding cycle in huge numbers accompanied by a few predatory sharks. Mostly Grey Nurses, the […]

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Stinker’s Fishin’: Welcome to the Marine Park Monster flathead call Port Stephens home and must be released over 70cm in length. Pictured is master fisherman Paul Lennon
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Stinker’s Fishin’: Welcome to the Marine Park

TO our many holiday visitors, a warm welcome to the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park (PS-GLMP). In place since 2007 the park has been designed to protect sensitive habitat and reduce pressure on all creatures inside the boundaries. Shrouded by skepticism in the early years of its existence, the park and the restrictions imposed have […]

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The Big Screen
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The Big Screen

Sinners is a new genre film from Creed and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, starring his go-to guy Michael B. Jordan. When twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Jordan) return to their Southern US hometown after years away, they hope they can leave their troubled past behind them. Their homecoming is soured when […]

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