Lions Carole, Jo and Annette faced the crowds while Doug, John and Peter cooked up a storm and Rob oversaw the operation. The queue of Jayco partygoers was never-ending. Doug and John got hot and heady over the barbecues. MEMBERS of the Tea Gardens Lions Club have stepped up on multiple occasions to serve their […]
Hunter students preparing for the competition. Photo: supplied.
MORE than 13,000 students from over 200 schools across the Hunter will put their numeracy and problem-solving skills to the test this week in the 45th Newcastle Permanent Primary Schools Mathematics Competition. The competition is one of Australia’s largest and longest-running primary school mathematics contests, giving participants a unique opportunity to shine. Newcastle Permanent spokesperson […]
THE family of Tinonee resident Scott Hayden is pleading for the public’s help to help locate the missing 46-year-old. Scott was last seen on the evening of 30 May in his car on Thunderbolts Way, Tibbuc. The vehicle was found abandoned the following day, parked on the side of the road near Tibbuc Road. The […]
Lion Rob Dorman oversees the digging and installation of the poles at their new home near Tea Gardens Library.
Lion Rob Dorman oversees the digging and installation of the poles at their new home near Tea Gardens Library. The Motum and Engel families in their new position, half of them renewed, with the under-construction Tea Gardens Library extension in the background. The McRae family watches over the estuary from Winda Woppa again, two of […]
An artist’s impression of the XPT replacement trains. Photo: TfNSW.
THE wait for XPT replacement trains looks set to continue for the foreseeable future, with Transport for NSW Deputy Secretary Camilla Drover unable to put a date on when the new trains would come into service. “I’m not willing to commit to a hard and fast date,” she said at a recent Parliamentary budget estimates […]
Brodie, Hudson and Isla at the TGPS disco. Photo: R Faunt.
Brodie, Hudson and Isla at the TGPS disco. Photo: R Faunt. Hudson gets a look at DJ Jomeca’s turntables. Photo: R Faunt. TEA GARDENS Public School (TGPS) students enjoyed a rollicking evening at the P&C Disco on Thursday 3 July. “This night was all about the kids and they had an absolute blast!” TGPS P&C […]
Unseemly graffiti was painstakingly removed from inside the public toilets. This mural was defaced and has since been rejuvenated. The men’s room door is solid and impenetrable again. MEMBERS of the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) have dug in to keep their area beautiful and liveable, attacking several projects of late in collaboration […]
WINC volunteers help care for recovering wildlife like this feather-tailed glider.
AS any pet owner will tell you, with no government subsidies such as Medicare, treating injury and illness in companion animals can be an expensive prospect. What hope is there, then, when native animals are struck by cars, or traumatised by bushfires? That’s where the volunteers of Wildlife In Need Of Care (WINC) get involved. […]
President Barb with 10-year pin recipients: Sue and Grant Hickey, and Margaret and Noel Jones.
Probus President Barb Smith with new member Lynne Bradbury. President Barb with 10-year pin recipients: Sue and Grant Hickey, and Margaret and Noel Jones. Guest speaker and mobile physiotherapist Alan Johns from Myall Physiotherapy. MEMBERS and visitors of the Hawks Nest and District Probus club braved capricious winter weather on 4 July to hear some […]
Feed time at the wetlands centre at Shortland on 5 June. Photo: Bea Watkins.
Feed time at the wetlands centre at Shortland on 5 June. Photo: Bea Watkins. Across Tilligery Creek on 12 June. Photo: Robyn Thompson. Puddle Jumping at North Arm Cove on 19 June. Photo: Bea Watkins. The long ‘up’ along the Trolley Trail on Alum Mountain on 26 June. Photo: Rebecca Jacobs. THE inexorable Thursday Walkers […]
