Clean Up volunteers with their haul from around Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens.
VOLUNTEERS swept across the Myall Coast for the annual Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 2 March, leaving several towns far better looking than when they started. The Tea Gardens crew covered a large catchment stretching out to Mungo Brush, Deadmans Dunes, the banks of the Lower Myall estuary, up past the Lions Lookout along […]
THE Reflections Rod Run is set to bring dozens of custom cars to the Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest area later this month. From 14 to 16 March, more than 70 hot rods and vintage cars will call the area home for a weekend-long event. Entrants will stay at Reflections Holidays Hawks Nest and Jimmys […]
In 1983 there were 23 trawlers working out of Port Stephens.
TRADITIONALLY Port Stephens was built on fishing and oyster farming. Today both of those industries are under increasing pressure. As far back as November 1913 the port was reported to be a “Seafood Goldmine” in the Daily Telegraph. The article featured a photograph of Mr J Lund of Nelson Bay loading part of his 60 […]
Politicians, CareFlight and airport representatives at the announcement on Thursday.
CAREFLIGHT has announced Newcastle Airport as a permanent aircraft base for its operations, building on the patient transport service launched at the airport in 2018. A permanently based turbo-prop aircraft and jet will now enhance the aeromedical charity’s capability to provide lifesaving patient transport services to and from the region. The aircraft support CareFlight’s patient […]
The community response has been swift and overwhelming, with more than 40 locals attending the meeting. Photo: Kim Ambrose.
THE Camden Haven community has come together in a show of support for the Laurieton Fisherman’s Co-op and Laurieton Seafoods after a devastating fire destroyed the building on Wednesday, 15 January. Community members, groups and organisations gathered at the Laurieton United Services Club (LUSC) on Sunday to discuss how best to assist the Co-op […]
