November 24, 2025
Tea Gardens Hotel donates to local charities Warren and Trevor with volunteers from WINC. Photo: TG Hotel.
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Tea Gardens Hotel donates to local charities

Warren and Trevor with volunteers from WINC. Photo: TG Hotel. Trevor and Warren with Magellan from Can Assist. Photo: TG Hotel. A baby redneck wallaby joey rescued by WINC in June. Photo: WINC. MUCH-NEEDED funds raised through Tea Gardens Hotel raffles have been donated to two local charities. The presentation of funds was made on […]

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Bulahdelah remembers the fallen Bulahdelah’s Remembrance Day ceremony.
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Bulahdelah remembers the fallen

Bulahdelah’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Bulahdelah’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Bulahdelah’s Remembrance Day ceremony. BULAHDELAH RSL sub-Branch commemorated Remembrance Day with a moving ceremony at the Bulahdelah Cenotaph. Remembrance Day has been observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War. It is spent honouring members of the armed forces who have died […]

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Remembrance Day commemorated with traditional Tea Gardens service Terry Munright thanks padre Rev. Richard Goscombe for his unwavering support. All photos: Thomas O’Keefe.
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Remembrance Day commemorated with traditional Tea Gardens service

Terry Munright thanks padre Rev. Richard Goscombe for his unwavering support. All photos: Thomas O’Keefe. 77 Squadron returned from Williamtown to serve in the Catafalque Party. The Myall Melodians led the hymns under a bright blue sky. A large crowd gathered at Tea Gardens to remember the fallen. DOZENS of locals paused to remember the […]

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Committee to investigate service delivery in regional NSW
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Committee to investigate service delivery in regional NSW

A PARLIAMENTARY committee has launched an inquiry into the delivery of government-funded services in regional NSW. The Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Development will investigate the “oversight, management and accountability of service provision” in the state’s regions. The Committee will look into issues such as: ● current performance measurements, accountability mechanisms, monitoring metrics, and […]

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Myall Coast book clubs right at home in new library
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Myall Coast book clubs right at home in new library

BOOK clubs around the Myall Coast are taking advantage of the brand new facilities at Tea Gardens Library, starting with the return of the Sirens Book Club last week. “It was a real celebration with a mini High Tea so we dragged out our good China teacup sets and brought a lovely assortment of sweet […]

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BlazeAid calls for volunteers to help rebuild fences destroyed in Mid North Coast floods Flooded farms in need of fencing volunteers.
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BlazeAid calls for volunteers to help rebuild fences destroyed in Mid North Coast floods

BLAZEAID is calling for volunteers to lend a hand rebuilding fences in communities still recovering from the devastating floods that hit the Mid North Coast earlier this year. A dedicated team is now based at Nabiac, working hard to restore fencing on local farms between Bulahdelah and Kempsey. BlazeAid Coordinator Lisa Abdoo said anyone can […]

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Local groups display history at newly renovated Tea Gardens Library
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Local groups display history at newly renovated Tea Gardens Library

Trauma Teddies adorn this Tea Gardens Red Cross display, which also features a few NOTA articles. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. An article showing the 40th anniversary of the Tea Gardens Red Cross in 1975. The group turned 90 this year. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Family History Group photos show industries and leisure facilities once in the Myall. […]

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Massive fig tree falls on Tea Gardens’ main road
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Massive fig tree falls on Tea Gardens’ main road

  The fig’s enormous branches splayed across Marine Drive, hindering traffic. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.   The main trunk has a rotted cavity and several dead branches. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.   All this was precariously suspended over pedestrians’ and motorists’ heads. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.   PEDESTRIANS and motorists were miraculously spared when a massive fig tree […]

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Holberts tell Probus of their village in Cambodia Owen and Jan Holbert with Probus President Barb Smith. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.
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Holberts tell Probus of their village in Cambodia

Owen and Jan Holbert with Probus President Barb Smith. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Some of the children at Romdoul school receiving donated bikes. Photo: Australia for Cambodia. One of several water pumps installed in the village thanks to local donations.Photo: Australia for Cambodia. OVER 80 members and guests turned out at the final meeting of the […]

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