Stroud Men’s Open brick-throwing winner Peter Gambrill. Photo: Nyomi Aubrey Photography. Mia Finch claims the champion’s title in the Women’s Open brick-throwing competition. Photo: Nyomi Aubrey Photography. PETER Gambrill and Mia Finch claimed the Men’s Open and Women’s Open titles as hundreds of competitors and spectators gathered for the annual Stroud Brick and Rolling Pin […]
A stinkhorn, one of many fungi that may be found in Australia. This one smells very, very bad, as the name suggests. Photo: Nico Lombardo.
THE Great Aussie Fungi Hunt 2026 is on, and community members are playing their part in a worldwide effort to catalogue mushroom species. The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt is a yearly event organised by Fungimap, a not for profit, citizen-science organisation dedicated to researching and protecting Australian fungi. One of the chief goals of the […]
The courts at the Boronia Park netball facility. Photo: Supplied by MidCoast Council.
MIDCOAST Council is inviting the community to provide feedback on the proposed naming of the netball facilities at Boronia Park to be called ‘The Pauline Carr Netball Centre’. The Great Lakes Netball Association has submitted a proposal to call the netball facilities ‘The Pauline Carr Netball Centre’. This naming honours Pauline’s decades of dedication to […]
Sean Andrews, from Moonshadow-TQC Cruise, and Frank Future, from Imagine Cruise, with Panda the whale in the background.
Sean Andrews, from Moonshadow-TQC Cruise, and Frank Future, from Imagine Cruise, with Panda the whale in the background. There were plenty of activities for children, including whale face painting, proudly shown off by 10-year-old Sashenka Fernando. The drone view of the human whale formation. Photo: Aeropix Australia. Mayor of Port Stephens,Leah Andrerson joined in on […]
Eve with a few of her favourite things - eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham.
Eve with a few of her favourite things – eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham. Freckle, the sick little bird who grew up and identified as a homing pigeon, with his rescuer. Photo: Angus Cheetham. EVE Nesmith has been named Editor of News Of The Area, the family-owned independent local […]
Happy Tombola winners with their prizes at the club’s major fundraiser.
Happy Tombola winners with their prizes at the club’s major fundraiser. Vice President Rhonda wears her high school hat alongside President Barbara in the name of fundraising. Lucy rocks the Beatles era at the fundraiser. Anne donned her 1920s-inspired attire for the Myall River VIEW Club’s vintage-themed birthday luncheon. Guest speaker at this year’s View […]
“I HAVE just returned from a fantastic overseas holiday where the weather was perfect and the fishing excellent. Magnificent scenery and a fascinating local history. Travel time by boat around about 40 minutes from the entrance to Port Stephens. “Broughton Island is an absolute wonderland with high peaks rolling down to long golden beaches. The […]
DermR Health will use its grant to advance a less invasive skin cancer diagnostic test. Photo: supplied.
STARTUPS and small businesses across New South Wales have secured more than $1 million in funding to help turn innovative ideas into commercial success under the second round of the 2025-26 MVP Ventures Program. The NSW Government announced funding for 22 businesses developing solutions in housing, clean energy, advanced manufacturing and health, with the aim […]
The baby humpback may have become stranded for a variety of reasons, a whale expert says. Photos: The Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia.
The baby humpback may have become stranded for a variety of reasons, a whale expert says. Photos: The Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia. The baby humpback may have become stranded for a variety of reasons, a whale expert says. Photos: The Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in […]
With their identifying bushy bottle-brush tail and heart-shaped ears, paired with big, dark eyes, the phascogale are perfectly adapted for their nocturnal, tree-dwelling lifestyle. Photo: Supplied.
A sensor camera captured an elusive phascogale as it moved across the area. Photo: Supplied. With their identifying bushy bottle-brush tail and heart-shaped ears, paired with big, dark eyes, the phascogale are perfectly adapted for their nocturnal, tree-dwelling lifestyle. Photo: Supplied. A BRUSH-tailed phascogale has been captured on motion-sensing cameras in Myall Lakes National Park […]
