FOLLOWING the significant impacts of the May 2025 weather event, MidCoast Council is hosting a “Community and Service Hubs Workshop” facilitated by the Australian Red Cross. “Following large scale events like the May 2025 floods it is important for the organisations that responded to unpack and workshop the experience to identify improvements for future events,” […]
OPTIONS to reduce household insurance costs and fix an “unfair funding model” for emergency services will be put to a NSW parliamentary inquiry. While emergency services benefit everyone, most of their funding comes from a levy not everyone pays. The NSW Government says it is committed to removing this Emergency Services Levy (ESL) and replacing […]
THE NSW and Federal governments are investing $15 million over four years to train the skilled workforce needed for the state’s renewable energy rollout, set to create thousands of jobs in regional NSW. The investment underpins the state’s Renewable Energy Skills Strategy, launched last week by Minister for Energy, Penny Sharpe and Minister for Skills, […]
TGPS kindies start their educational journey. Photo: TGPS.
TGPS kindies start their educational journey. Photo: TGPS. New kindies ready to start ‘big school’ at TGPS. Photo: TGPS. New TGPS kindies receive a new book at their first school assembly. Photo: TGPS. NEW Kindergarten students have been welcomed to their first year of “big school” at Tea Gardens Public (TGPS). Nineteen new starters have […]
Members’ at their first ‘show and tell’ in the new space. Photo: TGHNFR.
Members’ at their first ‘show and tell’ in the new space. Photo: TGHNFR. The family research group gathers for their first day at new digs. Photo: TGHNFR. Kerrie Jeffreys’ spoke in January about history related to the ferry. Photo: TGHNFR. MEMBERS of the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Family Research and Local […]
Molly Croft, the 2025 NSW Volunteer of the Year, with Minister Jodie Harrison (left), her mother Ange, and Minister Jihad Dib. Photo: Salty Dingo.
NOMINATIONS for the 2026 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards are now open, with family, friends and work mates urged to help celebrate the enormous positive impact of volunteers across the state. The awards are in their 20th year and are run by The Centre for Volunteering to recognise the outstanding work of volunteers in […]
GiG President Anne Stuart presents the symbolic cheque to Pindimar/Tea Gardens RFS Captain David Bright. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.
PROCEEDS from the huge Reg Mombassa raffle at the Gallery in the Gardens (GiG) have been donated to the Pindimar/Tea Gardens Rural Fire Brigade, with a whopping record intake over the summer period. In October last year, when the GiG Committee and artists were planning their summer exhibition, “Mambo on the Myall, from Mombassa to […]
AN updated MidCoast Council strategy guiding how on-site wastewater systems are managed across the region is now on public exhibition. The draft 2026–2031 On-site Wastewater Management Strategy is on public exhibition until Thursday 12 March, setting out a proactive, risk-based approach to regulating around 13,000 septic systems across the MidCoast. Under the strategy, Council will […]
AN additional public holiday has been announced for NSW this year. It falls on the Monday following Anzac Day, 25 April, which falls on a weekend. “Each year, thousands of families rise before dawn on Anzac Day to commemorate and remember those who have served,” Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington said. “The additional holiday […]
Three separate workshops are being held to address key safety areas.
MIDCOAST Council is hosting free workshops during March 2026 to improve road safety across the area. The free workshops are designed to increase participants’ knowledge and awareness of road safety. “The outcome is improved driver behaviour supporting a safer environment for all road users,” MidCoast Council said in a statement. “Three separate workshops are being […]
