Tropical Soda Apple. Photo: NSW DPI.
THE NSW Government will deliver $10 million to local councils to target high-risk weeds across the state to protect the state’s primary production and public land. The NSW Government Weeds Action Program funds local councils, known as Local Control Authorities (LCA), to detect and respond quickly to incursions of new high-risk weeds. The program focuses […]
MIDCOAST Council has expanded its Community Recycling Centre (CRC) Battery Collection Program, which now includes the collection of embedded batteries. Embedded batteries, which are often difficult to remove without the use of tools, can now be recycled through participating CRCs across the MidCoast region. These types of batteries are commonly found in products such as: […]
Firefighters are so often on the forefront of dangers to the community. Photo: St Andrews Tea Gardens.
MYALL Coast community volunteers will be honoured in a ‘Thank You Service’ at Tea Gardens’ Anzac Park on Sunday 18 May. “As part of the national Hope25 initiative, the combined churches of Tea Gardens are inviting everyone to come and give thanks for our health, emergency and community services – the people who are out […]
Hawks Nest Bridge Club President Peter Baily with Zonta organiser and Bridge enthusiast, Helen Blackbourn.
Many volunteers stayed on to pack gauze and augment the birthing kits. Hawks Nest Bridge Club President Peter Baily with Zonta organiser and Bridge enthusiast, Helen Blackbourn. The Birthing Kits contain gloves, string, scalpel, gauze, soap and plastic and cost $5. All in a day’s work – crates of birthing kits are ready for the […]
Overlooking the bay on Broughton Island.
Overlooking the bay on Broughton Island. Low tide at Piggy Beach, Pindimar. Anne Johnson on the Newcastle Memorial Walk. MEMBERS of the “Thursday Walkers” from Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest and surrounds covered trails all over the region last month, pushing back against inclement weather to get out and see the sights. Beginning the month of […]
The chook pavilion was obliterated in 2015. Photo: Stroud SES.
The chook pavilion was obliterated in 2015. Photo: Stroud SES. Houses in Stroud were also damaged by falling debris from trees. Photo: Stroud SES. A reminder to never drive into flood-waters. Photo: Stroud SES. Fallen trees and storm damage in Pindimar. Photo: Stroud SES. A road and front yard in Stroud became a raging flooded […]
SES flood-boat operators and trained rescuers along a flooded street near Emu. Photo: Forster FRNSW.
SES flood-boat operators and trained rescuers along a flooded street near Emu. Photo: Forster FRNSW. Humans and pets rescued from flooded residences. Photo: Forster FRNSW. Tea Gardens Fire & Rescue’s Alex Sinclair with one of the lucky people rescued from the recent floods.Photo: Forster FRNSW. Multi-agency responders, including SES and Fire […]
Locals and visitors young and old gathered in Kaurah to commemorate Anzac Day. Photos: Robert Whiteman.
Locals and visitors young and old gathered in Kaurah to commemorate Anzac Day. Photos: Robert Whiteman. Locals and visitors young and old gathered in Kaurah to commemorate Anzac Day. Photos: Robert Whiteman. Locals and visitors young and old gathered in Kaurah to commemorate Anzac Day. Photos: Robert Whiteman. Locals and visitors young and old gathered […]
TEA Gardens Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is throwing open its doors for its annual Open Day on Saturday, 10 May 2025. Tea Gardens Fire Station will be open from 10.00am to 2.00pm with a range of free activities including firefighting demonstrations, station tours and safety presentations. Families can also see the fire trucks, firefighting […]
FARMER and lobster fisherman Frederick Henry ‘Fred’ Blanch (b 1883), son of John Blanch and Eliza Lorman (Eagleton), married Ella West in 1913. Fred worked on his father’s farm on Marsh Road from the age of 14 and went net fishing near Mosquito Island. In 1979 Fred died at the age of 95 years, being […]
