HAVING spent 40 years in business with an economic background, that is the way my thinking is wired. When taking these extended overseas journeys many people just go to a travel agent so that their transport and accommodation needs are provided to them, packaged to their needs. For me, it is part of the experience […]
IMAGINE looking up at the night sky and seeing not stars, but thousands of moving lights crossing overhead. Now imagine that number growing into the millions. It sounds like science fiction, yet that’s the scale of a proposal now being fiercely debated by scientists around the world. SpaceX has filed plans that could eventually see […]
DEAR Jasminda, MY friend often takes plant cuttings from other people’s homes on our walks. Is this acceptable behaviour, or should she seek permission? Betty G. DEAR Betty, THE gardens of our parents and grandparents were often planted with cuttings from neighbours, and the reverse also applied. There is a wonderful communal sensibility from this […]
DEAR News Of The Area, PORT Stephens council has devoted considerable effort to radio and newspaper advertising asking for feedback on its new draft Pathways plan. No doubt Council will attract sufficient attendees to the meetings in Medowie, Raymond Terrace and Soldiers Point to allow them to tick a box for ‘community engagement’ on required […]
DEAR News Of The Area, LYNE Together is hosting a meeting on the afternoon of Saturday, 29 August in the Hawks Nest Community Hall, from 1.30 to 3.30 pm. The meeting will offer our community a chance to reflect on our experiences of the 2026 summer bush fires which started in Bulahdelah and Nerong and […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I would like to respond to John Blackbourn regarding his ‘candid view on Canada and cannabis’ (NOTA, 14/7/26). Hey mate. How long did you spend in Canada? Did you get past the tourist spots? There are 41 million of us, how many did you talk to? Most of us are […]
ANOTHER difference that I found interesting while in Canada was their treatment of the drinking age restriction of 18 years, while it remains at 21 in the USA just over the border. Canada has a very liberal policy of allowing the purchase and use of marijuana, but I’m not aware of that being age restricted, […]
IMAGINE a place where nothing can escape – not even light. It sounds like science fiction, but these strange objects really do exist. They are called black holes, and they are among the most mysterious things in the universe. We can’t see a black hole because it gives off no light. Instead, we find them […]
