Flooded farms in need of fencing volunteers.
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Owen and Jan Holbert with Probus President Barb Smith. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.
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 […]
ARTISTS and supporters of the MU3A Art Show were roundly thanked at a special morning tea on Monday 3 November. The show, held a month earlier in Hawks Nest Community Hall, was the largest and most successful to date, with over 500 people passing through the doors over the sunny long weekend. “The annual Art […]
This fire started very close to the road, in a drainage gully. Photo: NACCAi.
This fire started very close to the road, in a drainage gully. Photo: NACCAi. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire thanks to locals raising the alarm. Photo: NACCAi. ARSON is the suspected cause of several recent fires in the North Arm Cove area, which have followed a pattern of regularity that locals find difficult […]
Reviva MidCoast Area Manager Toby Welsh.
THE annual ‘Reviva Reuse Competition’ has been launched for 2025, giving MidCoast locals a chance to showcase their creative reuse and upcycling projects for a chance to win cash prizes. The competition is organised by local not-for-profit organisation Resource Recovery Australia, which operates Reviva Reuse Shops. “This competition is the highlight of our year because […]
MYALL environment volunteers raised hundreds of dollars at the Pindimar Market Day and trialled a new feature in publicising their wildlife work. Thanks largely to a generous first prize of entry tickets from the Port Stephens Koala Sanctuary, visitors to the Market Day gave more than $200 dollars in the group’s raffle, adding to general […]
St Columba’s has already benefited from the beautiful Karuah parklets along Tarean Road. Photo: Thomas O’Keef.) The fenced-in area out the back of St Columba’s will be home to the new play equipment. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. A concept design for the FourPark play equipment. Supplied: T. Sheuer. FAMILIES in Karuah may soon have another place […]
The Rainbow Lorikeet, Noisy Miner, and Australian Magpie topped the charts in 2024.
THE 2025 Aussie Bird Count, one of Australia’s largest citizen science events, began on Monday. This national celebration of our unique and diverse birdlife will run to Sunday, 26 October 2025. BirdLife Australia invites people of all ages to take just 20 minutes out of their day to spot, identify, and count the birds around […]
