THE KARUAH Progress Association (KPA) has received 27 design concept submissions for a new town logo, more than 100 community comments, and discovered a clear town favourite. Local Year 4 student Leiana Manton’s logo (no.11) received 734 votes as the highest ranked concept, several hundred votes higher than the runner-up.

REAL country spirit was exhibited at the Stroud Show, Friday to Sunday 5-7 April, as horse-masters, dog owners, and dignitaries alike braved the savage weather to continue the annual tradition. Friday’s main arena hosted some very wet horses and their riders/leaders, with the led and ridden classes and sporting program

HISTORY was on full display at the Tea Gardens Library on the 50th Anniversary of the Singing Bridge, christened ‘Bridge Day’, on Saturday 6 April, thanks to the Tea Gardens Family Research and Local History Group (TGFRLHG). Crowds gathered inside the Council library to view and reminisce over the three

PIGGIES flew once again at the ‘Pig Day Out’ races, held at Tea Gardens Country Club in support of the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Lifesaving Club (TGHN SLSC) on Easter Saturday, 30 March. Hundreds of onlookers at the annual event enjoyed the clear, 26-degree sunshine after the Good Friday

THE RECONSTRUCTION of a section of Viney Creek Road East, the only other way out of Tea Gardens, has recently been completed by MidCoast Council. The 750 metre reconstructed section is at the Pacific Highway end of the road, aiming to mitigate environmental issues that have plagued the road’s surface

THE STRONG gathering at the Pindimar-Bundabah Community Association Hall on Saturday 16 March testified to the reinvigoration of community efforts to be better prepared for inevitable emergency situations. Close to 50 residents turned out to start putting up their hands for roles in the ‘Hub Houses’ strategy, which

ACCESS to the main section of Hawks Nest’s Bennetts Beach has been made significantly easier with the installation of Mobi-Mats on Thursday 7 March. Visitors to the beach over the last week would have already encountered and enjoyed the enhancement. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

PRESERVATION of life became more practical with the arrival of a new Automated External Defibrillator (AED) at the Hawks Nest Community Hall, funded by the generous volunteers of three community groups - Meals on Wheels, the Wednesday Craft Group, and the Community Technology Centre. Around eighteen volunteers from the three

A WALL of modern regulations and a powerful dearth of public interest have rung the death knell for formally organised commemoration events of the Singing Bridge’s 50th anniversary this year, originally planned for 6 April. Anticipating the Golden Jubilee, a small Management Committee composed of enthusiastic locals was formed in July

BUSHFIRES converged on The Bucketts Way last week, triggering a task force of Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers from across two districts to tackle the blaze over 3, 4 and 5 February. Two separate fires started in state forest along The Bucketts Way on Saturday 3 February, but with strong