On the ground in Gloucester. Photo: Supplied.
Helicopter approaching Gloucester. Photo: Supplied. On the ground in Gloucester. Photo: Supplied. MANY regional residents are accustomed to hearing or seeing the Westpac helicopter in the skies above or near their town. Unfortunately, the presence of the helicopter indicates that someone is in urgent need of medical care. Over the past three years, the Westpac […]
Nicko Baker draws the Father's Day raffle, with Tea Gardens Red Cross president Thomas O’Keefe and vice president Helen Janes. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.
MEMBERS of Tea Gardens’ branch of the Red Cross ran their annual Father’s Day raffle last Saturday, the latest in a series of events locally and regionally that support humanity more globally. Nicko Baker, of Myall Lakes Butchery, drew the raffle, with the three prizes won by locals from Tea Gardens and Karuah. The local […]
Residents and speakers at the recent Bushfire Reflection Forum. Photo: Supplied.
THE villages of Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest and communities on the north side of Port Stephens were dangerously close to a bushfire that burnt to their north from late January to early March this year. On 27-29 January, the ‘Nerong Fire’ came close to the villages and the communities’ only exit road from the […]
NEW fathers in NSW will benefit from new health and mental health checks thanks to a $1 million donation from the NSW Government to men’s health charity Movember. The funding will allow NSW Health to partner with Movember to pilot health and wellbeing checks for new and expecting dads. The initiative will focus on the […]
Courtesy of Gavin Little.
Courtesy of Gavin Little. Courtesy of Gavin Little. Courtesy of Gavin Little. Courtesy of Gavin Little. Courtesy of Gavin Little. RODEO competitors from across Australia will be chasing over $50,000 in prize money at the 51st annual Stroud Rodeo at Stroud Showground next Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19. The 2026 event is shaping […]
Anne Higgins (at right) sorting and cataloguing in Books & More Bookshop with literacy group volunteer, Barbara Fisher. The eye-catching, life-sized cut-out of Dolly Parton in the Books & More Bookshop. A RAY of hope has lightened the grief that descended on Dungog’s Books & More Bookshop following the news of Dolly Parton’s recent passing. […]
THERE has been a rapid decline in koala numbers in some areas of NSW, and even more koala habitat could be lost unless we change how we manage our land and support koala conservation, according to Caitlin Orr, MidCoast Council’s koala project officer. Ms Orr recently addressed the Myall Environment Group during a gathering on […]
Morning tea with ‘long-term residents’ after the Grahamstown Drains walk on 6 August. Photo: Robyn.
Morning tea with ‘long-term residents’ after the Grahamstown Drains walk on 6 August. Photo: Robyn. Morning tea with a view from Yacaaba, on 20 August. Photo: Bea. ‘Through the stone cutting’, Glenrock to Merewether, on 13 August. Photo: Bea. AUGUST delivered its characteristically chilly last gasp of winter, providing brisk breezes and cool mornings for […]
Amara and Layla enjoy the Book Week celebrations. Photo: Althea Guinsberg. This year’s Book Week theme was ‘Symphony of Stories’. Photo: Althea Guinsberg. Local author Sally-Anne Marshall joins in the celebrations with librarian Rachael Vaughan. Photo: Althea Guinsberg. Aleirah dressed as a caterpillar for the Book Week celebrations. Photo: Althea Guinsberg. Proud mum Kimberley Harrison […]
MOTORISTS can expect minor delays from roadwork planned in Gloucester and Wingham over the coming fortnight. In Gloucester, reconstruction work is planned for King Street between the railway and Ravenshaw Street. Roadwork crews will also repair Wingham’s Isabella Street roundabout. Pothole patching is also planned for both towns and others throughout the MidCoast Council LGA, […]
