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 […]
TWELVE new Probationary Constables are beginning work in the Hunter region, allocated to Hunter Valley, Manning-Great Lakes, Mid North Coast and Port Stephens-Hunter Police Districts. NSW Police Force’s Class 365 officially attested at the Goulburn Police Academy on Friday, 2 May. The new recruits have now commenced duties at their new home stations across the […]
The library will close during the upgrade works for approximately five weeks from Thursday 24 July 2025.
UPGRADE works for Tea Gardens Library will kick off mid-May 2025. Works include a 97m² extension to provide a meeting and events space, an amenities upgrade, an access ramp upgrade, new carpet and self-serve technology. “We are excited to upgrade the library facilities at Tea Gardens to better meet the needs of the local community […]
GIVEN the privilege of laying a wreath from the Tea Gardens Family Research and Local History group on Anzac Day, I was reminded as I did so of a photograph I found via Trove of my aunt, Joyce Edmonds. She was a bridesmaid in a bridal group laying their bouquets on the Martin Place Cenotaph […]
‘Democracy sausages’ were on offer at North Arm Cove, hosted by the local RFS.
DEMOCRACY was exercised yet again across the country last week, with voters of the Federal electorates of Lyne and Paterson heading to the polls to have their say on the nation’s future leadership. Candidates’ volunteer armies mobilised at polling places across the electorates, wearing distinctive campaign t-shirts and brandishing ‘How-to-Vote’ cards. Polling places around the […]
National candidate Alison Penfold has won the seat of Lyne. Photo: Alison Penfold FB.
THE National Party’s Alison Penfold will be the next Federal Member for Lyne, succeeding the long-serving Dr David Gillespie. As of Monday morning, Ms Penfold held 60.55 percent of the Two candidate preferred count over Labor’s Digby Wilson (39.45 percent) after Saturday’s federal election. “I am very grateful for the support from so many individuals […]
