ABORIGINAL community members are invited to nominate for MidCoast Council’s Aboriginal Reference Group. The reference group provides an opportunity for an Aboriginal voice to guide Council on strategic decisions that affect the Aboriginal community. “The key focus of this group is to improve outcomes for Aboriginal people in the MidCoast region,” Council’s Manager of Libraries, […]
Firefighters are so often on the forefront of dangers to the community. Photo: St Andrews Tea Gardens.
MYALL Coast community volunteers will be honoured in a ‘Thank You Service’ at Tea Gardens’ Anzac Park on Sunday 18 May. “As part of the national Hope25 initiative, the combined churches of Tea Gardens are inviting everyone to come and give thanks for our health, emergency and community services – the people who are out […]
SES flood-boat operators and trained rescuers along a flooded street near Emu. Photo: Forster FRNSW.
SES flood-boat operators and trained rescuers along a flooded street near Emu. Photo: Forster FRNSW. Humans and pets rescued from flooded residences. Photo: Forster FRNSW. Tea Gardens Fire & Rescue’s Alex Sinclair with one of the lucky people rescued from the recent floods.Photo: Forster FRNSW. Multi-agency responders, including SES and Fire […]
The library will close during the upgrade works for approximately five weeks from Thursday 24 July 2025.
UPGRADE works for Tea Gardens Library will kick off mid-May 2025. Works include a 97m² extension to provide a meeting and events space, an amenities upgrade, an access ramp upgrade, new carpet and self-serve technology. “We are excited to upgrade the library facilities at Tea Gardens to better meet the needs of the local community […]
Some of the several artefacts Shirley Croxon displayed from her time with the CMF.
THE Myall River VIEW Club paid tribute to Anzac Day with a special presentation from member Shirley Croxon on Friday 11 April. Shirley shared her journey from the farm near Coonabaraban to becoming a teacher and joining the Citizen Military Forces (CMF). The story begins with her acceptance into the Australian College of Physical Education […]
Polling has Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Labor ahead with voters but many remain undecided. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS.
A LABOR majority is becoming increasingly likely as the prime minister declares he’s in for the long haul, but a vast number of voters remain undecided. Recent polls show Labor gaining momentum, widening the two-party preferred gap and putting a majority government in reach as the coalition campaign falters. Labor is ahead 54.5 to 45.5 […]
A previous whale entanglement mission in Sydney Harbour.
NATIONAL Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) teams hit the water at Port Stephens on Friday to practice the critical and complex task of disentangling whales, ahead of the start of the annual humpback migration season. NPWS Team Leader Conservation Doug Beckers said, “Whale-watching is an increasingly popular activity right along NSW’s Coast, and it’s humbling […]
RESIDENTS of Tea Gardens Grange Retirement Village are holding a Trash and Treasure sale on Easter Saturday, 19 April. The sale runs from 8.00am to 1.00pm in the Auditorium of the Grange clubhouse. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone – (02) 4981 8882. Email – media@newsofthearea.com.au […]
The Equinor and Oceanex project is proposed for the southern end of the declared zone, around 20 kilometres off the coast, predominantly off Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and the southern end of Port Stephens. Photo: AP Photo, David Goldman.
THE Federal Government is pushing forwards with its plan to develop an offshore wind industry in the Hunter region, with a feasibility licence officially offered to the Novocastrian Offshore Wind Farm project. The project, by Equinor and Oceanex Energy, was offered a preliminary feasibility licence in June 2024. The Equinor and Oceanex project is proposed […]
Clean Up volunteers with their haul from around Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens.
VOLUNTEERS swept across the Myall Coast for the annual Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 2 March, leaving several towns far better looking than when they started. The Tea Gardens crew covered a large catchment stretching out to Mungo Brush, Deadmans Dunes, the banks of the Lower Myall estuary, up past the Lions Lookout along […]
