Phil Pomery accepts a donation from the Women’s Bowling Club on behalf of the local Free Clinic Bus, which turns 40 soon. Ladies Triples runners-up and winners: (L-R) Lorraine Murphy, Bette Saillard, Jean Glover and Robyn Webster. Chris Fredericks won the Men’s Minor Singles. Kate Washington MP presented the Women’s Major Singles awards to runner-up […]

Newly inducted Lions with their sponsors. Carole Richards sponsoring Lyla Sikora, and Lois Stevens with sponsor Lion Annette Cook. The renewed Tea Gardens Lions Committee: Treasurer John Page, 2nd VP Helen Watkins, Services Chair Ann Hill, 1st VP Rob Dorman, Membership Chair Carole Richards, and guests PDG Glenys Francis, Zone Chair Tanya Roy, and host […]

ARTS and crafts in their many forms are assured a home on the Myall Coast, following the successful Annual General Meeting of the Myall Community Art and Craft Association on Saturday 21 June. The AGM was attended by 41 members, with Rachael Lind presiding, alongside Public Officer Neryl Grehan. More celebratory functions of the AGM […]

LOCAL bridge president and retired tourism operator Peter Baily has been inducted into the Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO) Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Sydney on Thursday 12 June. Peter, who has more than 50 years experience in the travel industry, founded CATO and was its long-term General Manager. He celebrated the […]

MEMBERS of the Myall River VIEW Club marked Mothers Day at their May meeting by hearing from guest speakers Rhonda Jurd, immediate past-president, and her daughter Audra Taylor. Both have balanced being businesswomen and working mothers, and told the story of the women in their family from generations back, “stitched together like a quilt”. Rhonda […]

Singing ‘Ain’t She Sweet’. The Melodians sang to a packed Grange auditorium of music lovers. Florence, Billie and Louise showed their rhythm to the Judy Garland classic. Van and Neill were the wind beneath each other’s wings. STELLAR tributes to all-time classics and favourites were belted out by the Myall Melodians at their annual performance […]

A pleasant afternoon of dancing and live music after the tastings. The iconic silver caravans came all the way from the Hunter Valley, clear of the floods. THE FIRST fine-weather day in late May proved a perfect setting for the Zonta Club of Hunter Newcastle’s fourth annual Food and Wine fundraiser event, held at ‘Tuscan […]