HUGE crowds descended on the Tea Gardens Country Club on Easter Saturday (April 16) for the annual Charity Pig Races, in support of the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club and the NSW Variety Bash. Now in its sixth year, the races were a huge hit with locals and

  THE Hunter and Central Coast Regional Planning Panel, with MidCoast Council’s support, has approved the Parry’s Cove development by Sheargold at Tea Gardens. After receiving State Government approval back in early 2019, the Development Application was lodged with MidCoast Council in October 2019, and construction anticipated to commence mid-2023. Advertise with News

  SCHOOLS and community groups on the Myall Coast are invited to take part in an exciting Science Week project, exploring MidCoast’s beautiful creeks and rivers. The region has secured one of 35 National Science Week grants. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

  FORMER Silverchair Frontman Daniel Johns has been charged with high-range drink driving following a crash on the Pacific Highway. At approximately 10.30pm on Wednesday 23 March 2022, a grey SUV, police allege that Johns exited a service centre on the Pacific Highway at North Arm Cove to travel north. Advertise with News

  COUNCILLOR Peter Howard has raised questions regarding the Singing Bridge in Hawks Nest in the recent MidCoast Council meeting on 23 March 2022. “There have been concerns raised by residents and community groups in the Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens area over the safety and condition of the Singing Bridge, urging

  THE Bucketts Way has long been a road that drivers need to use with care and patience. The 151km road is a vital link from Raymond Terrace to Gloucester and Taree and was named after the Bucketts Mountains, a prominent mountain range near Gloucester. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

  DISASTER assistance is now available to residents of the MidCoast following a disaster declaration after the severe storms and flooding that have occurred over the past few weeks. Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

  STROUD SES are urging residents to “prepare now” by getting ready for the possible impact of flooding to the area. “Local experience and history do indicate that very heavy rain falling into our local catchments, which are already saturated, can lead to rapid rises in creeks and rivers leading to isolation

  IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. Semi-Trailer Crash Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us - media@newsofthearea.com.au Emergency services were called to the scene of a semi-trailer crash approximately 10km north of Bulahdelah, near Stoney Creek Road on 22

  AFTER several postponements due to wet weather, skaters from across the region took to the Tea Gardens Skatepark on the weekend for free Learn To Skate workshops from Totem Collective, Australia’s largest skate-event company, in partnership with MidCoast Council. Totem Skateboarding Mentors Ben Currie and Aimee Harris were on hand to