DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing in support of Leigh Allen’s letter this week on the above subject. I am a golfer of many years and have been to several meetings at the Golf Club on the proposed development adjacent to the golf course. At the beginning the developer assured us together with […]
DEAR News Of The Area, MANY of us delight in the village tone that is Hawks Nest. The lack of overpowering developments has helped retain our village feel with our “treedness”. I have a concern that this State Significant Development on Sanderling Avenue, Hawks Nest could be overpowering visually considering the image that is being […]
YOU may have heard that the government is proposing a new levy on tech giants like Google and Facebook to help fund Australian journalism. Before you look away, thinking ‘what has this got to do with me?’ – a quick question. What do you like about the website or newspaper you’re currently reading? Maybe it […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I DROVE past the Anzac memorial recently. I noticed the local MidCoast Council outdoor staff working hard to ensure the grounds around the memorial and the memorial itself were looking their absolute best for Anzac Day, as they do every year. Often the community can be critical of local council […]
The long-period comet C/2025 R3 has returned after an absence of roughly 170,000 years.
A VISITOR from the deep past is about to grace Australian skies. For those willing to rise before dawn, it offers something close to time travel. The long-period comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) – last seen when humans were shaping stone tools and learning to master fire – has returned after an absence of roughly 170,000 […]
DEAR Jasminda, MY 70-year-old mother has expressed an interest in learning the electric guitar. How can I encourage her to try something more age-appropriate? Gerard H. Dear Gerard, Well, don’t you sound like a wet sock. And when I say wet sock, I mean one of those sports socks that ends up stuck behind the […]
I’M sure that none of us consider ourselves competent enough to negotiate the end of the present Middle East war between the USA-Israel and Iran, but they had top negotiators from Pakistan to take the middle ground for that purpose. The US claimed a deal has been agreed, saying they would stop hostilities immediately because […]
DEAR News Of The Area, Why is our local government area (LGA) struggling with declining services and infrastructure? Over my time on the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association and as a local family, it has become increasingly clear that the pressures on the MidCoast Council are escalating. We see it every day – in […]
