WORK to rebuild and repair the MidCoast flood-damaged roads and bridges is continuing, with significant progress being made across the region. The May 2025 flood caused enormous and life-changing damage across the community, leaving thousands of sites requiring assessment and repair. Member for Myall Lakes Tanya Thompson said the recovery was now moving from the […]
Find out what’s happening, and ask questions, when Community Conversations comes to town. Photo: MidCoast Council.
MIDCOAST Council will hold a series of community conversations from October to December, giving residents the opportunity to hear updates, ask questions and talk directly with Council representatives on their own patch. A group of councillors and senior staff will visit 13 locations, from Harrington in the north to Hawks Nest in the south. Every […]
Small moments, Big impact will be a celebration of everyday moments in aged care. Photo: magnific
IT’S time for aged care workers around the country to strike a pose, because Ageing Australia is looking to showcase photographs of the best in the sector. So many people contribute in positive and amazing ways to the care of older Australians, and Ageing Australia is holding a Humans of Aged Care photo competition to […]
Jan Winn (centre) with her children Michele Winn, Kathy Jones, Graham Winn and Alison Winn. Photo: Michele Winn. Jan’s beautiful birthday cake was made by her granddaughter Lauren Winn. Photo: Michele Winn. Jesse Motum and his son, Horace (Jan’s Father) with their livelihoods in the form of oyster sticks. Photo: Michele Winn. The descendants of […]
SCREEN time in all NSW public schools will be capped from the beginning of Term 1, 2027, as the NSW Government takes action to help curb excessive screen use, improve students’ attention, and lift educational outcomes. Public schools will limit Kindergarten to Year 2 students to 15 minutes a day on laptops, tablets or desktop […]
Motorists using the M1 extension will save 10 minutes of travel time, avoiding the notorious Hexham bottleneck. Image: Transport for NSW.
AFTER more than two years of construction, $2.24 billion in funding and 1.6 million cubic meters of earth removed, the M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace has finally been opened more than a year ahead of schedule. Last month, locals got to walk on foot on a section of the newly completed road, but […]
Kids who take part in the writing comp could win some handy pocket money. Photo: magnific.
PRIMARY school, high school and homeschool students across the MidCoast are encouraged to get their entries in soon to the National Water Week Junior Writing Prize. Students are encouraged to submit a short story, poem or work of creative non-fiction that explores the theme ‘Water Connects Everything’, with the competition closing on Friday, 25 September. […]
Manning Base Hospital is in the throes of redevelopment, but some believe it will not be enough. Photo: A W Edwards.
MEMBER for Myall Lakes Tanya Thompson is calling on the NSW Government to urgently commit to adding a fourth floor of inpatient beds to the Manning Base Hospital redevelopment. Recent figures highlight the pressure on the hospital, with 19 patients at Manning Base medically ready to leave hospital but unable to be discharged while they […]
The Sea Breeze has a very interesting history. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
THE Sea Breeze Hotel was licensed on 10 April, 1893. Its forerunner was the Bay View Hotel, which was operated as a guest house on Fly Point under a license held by Mr Walter Glover in 1891. Walter Glover was the first white child to tread on Nelson Bay beach, according to N E Haug. […]
A sea lion has tested positive for bird flu, sparking fears of a possible extinction event. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS.
AUSTRALIA’S rarest seal species has recorded a case of bird flu for the first time, with an animal dying from the disease while recovering from a shark attack. The first case in an Australian sea lion has raised concerns for the species’ already dwindling population. A sea lion at South Australia’s Seal Bay on Kangaroo […]
