KARUAH Rural Fire Brigade are recruiting volunteers in the area. After opening a $1.1 million fire station in late 2020, the NSW Rural Fire Service are looking for people to assist in the Karuah and Swan Bay community. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message

  THE pandemic has seen Australians isolated, lonely and vulnerable to cyber attacks. Cybercriminals are targeting Australians at an unprecedented level to steal sensitive information and money, including through business email compromise and ransomware attacks. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us -

  MIDCOAST Council is calling on artists to submit expressions of interest to develop one or more artworks that will contribute to an exciting new project: the Barrington Coast Art Trail - The Tanks. Proudly supported by the NSW Government through the Regional Tourism Bushfire Recovery Grants, the project will deliver silo

  OVER the past few months, Karuah RSL Sub Branch has been the beneficiary of a large number of military artefacts and memorabilia. The donations by many local residents have been delivered to the Karuah RSL Club since it reopened and the community have seen the larger and improved display cabinets. Advertise with

  CREATIVITY abounds at Bulahdelah Central School as senior students beaver away at their end of year works to be submitted into the Galleries in the Gardens (GIG) Student Art Award. For an insight into what we will see at the exhibition later this year, we checked in with the school’s visual

  BACK To The Future was a student research competition centred around finding innovative, multi-disciplinary proposals for regional Australian Settlements. In Summer 2021, North Arm Cove was selected as the case study due to its unique history. Students were tasked to research and explore the historical context of North Arm Cove (both locally

  SARAH Dryburgh and her family were only making a quick stop at their non-urban block in Pindimar when they encountered Miss Honey, the koala. Miss Honey was on the ground and being quite friendly to all that approached. After noticing the strange behaviour of the koala and having a chat with some

  WE often witness seaweed washed up on our beaches, with the sight and smell leaving something to be desired. However there is new research that is calling for us to conserve coastal seaweed. University of South Australia (UniSA) ecologists are urging coastal communities to embrace all that the season brings, including the

  HEALTH Services Union paramedics will be taking a state-wide stand in NSW against attempts to cut wages, attending to only urgent emergencies on 10 June. For 24 hours, paramedics will refuse to respond to call-outs as an industrial action over a 1.5 per cent pay increase offer. Health Services Union Secretary, Gerard

  PORT Stephens has a colourful history particularly when it comes to WWII. Generally Australia was kept safe during WWII, partly through the efforts of the Diggers and the native people who supported them on the Kokoda Trail and of course by the Allied Forces that fought the war in the pacific. But