ABORIGINAL culture will be celebrated across the MidCoast during NAIDOC Week through a new exhibition by local artist Kaylah Slater Mitchell. “Always Here: Woven Through Time” opens at Yalawanyi Ganya on 3 July, showcasing contemporary weaving inspired by the 2026 NAIDOC Week theme, “50 Years of Deadly”. The exhibition blends traditional weaving techniques with contemporary […]

A QUIET corner of Hawks Nest has helped earn young artist Sunny Allen a major regional art award. Sunny was recently named one of the winners of the 2026 Young Dobell Art Competition for her landscape artwork, ‘Moira Park’, which shone the brightest out of more than 400 entries submitted by artists aged between five […]

GEOTECHNICAL investigations are under way as MidCoast Council moves forward with plans to replace Wingham’s Bight Bridge. Crews began work earlier this week, lifting a barge and core drilling rig into the Manning River to collect core samples from four locations across the river. The samples will provide engineers with critical information about the ground […]

MidCoast Councillor and Lion, Thomas O’Keefe, Councillor Nicole Turnbull, TG Lions President Amanda Sykes, and TG Lions VP Rob Dorman. Tea Gardens Lion Doug Allen shows his dog the new agility equipment. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Plenty of people and dogs got to know the new off-leash area. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. One dog avoids the sun […]

News Of The Area will bring you more on Stinkers status and story in due course. What we know… About 6pm (Wednesday 24 June 2026), emergency services were alerted after a fisherman failed to return home. A multi-agency marine search and rescue operation was initiated comprising Marine Rescue NSW, NSWPF Marine Area Command, Port Stephens-Hunter […]

RECOGNITION has been awarded to MidCoast Council for its efforts in helping local primary producers diversify their businesses through agritourism. Council’s agritourism product development and mentoring program recently earned the economic development team a highly commended excellence award at the Local Government Professionals awards. The program was designed to help primary producers build the skills, […]

A TEA Gardens man whose commitment to serving others has spanned decades has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Robert Smith was honoured for his service to the community through emergency response welfare organisations, adding another achievement to a remarkable record of public service. State […]

OVER 80 members of the Hawks Nest & District Probus Club gathered for a speech by Clare Pearson, CEO of Little Wings, a not-for-profit air transport service for sick children in remote regions, on Friday 5 June.  Little Wings was established in 2012, after a retired pilot spoke with an oncology nurse at a major […]

REGIONAL Development Australia Mid North Coast (RDAMNC) has appointed Kate Dunn as the new Local Connector for the MidCoast local government area, with the role commencing on 1 July. The appointment follows the NSW Government’s decision to expand The Welcome Experience into the MidCoast Local Government Area, with RDAMNC delivering the program across MidCoast, Port […]

COMMUNITY groups, artists, volunteers and event organisers across the MidCoast will benefit from more than $140,000 in funding announced by MidCoast Council. The funding will support a wide range of projects designed to strengthen communities, encourage cultural participation and deliver events throughout the region. Council’s Manager Libraries, Community and Cultural Services, Alex Mills, said the […]