A MAJOR donation has been received by the Tea Gardens/Myall River Hawks RLFC, giving a massive boost to the Myall Park Sports Complex project currently underway. Previously preferring anonymity, local benefactor Bruce Hopkin chose to speak with NOTA about his recent donation, in the hopes that his $10,000 donation would

LOCAL government elections are scheduled for Saturday 14 September 2024 across NSW and voting is compulsory for all residents aged over eighteen. Anyone who has recently moved to the area is encouraged to make sure their details on the electoral roll are up to date. Advertise with News of The Area

THE children of Tea Gardens Public School (TGPS) have received a donation to their Breakfast Club, thanks to the generous raffle attendees of the Tea Gardens Hotel. Every three months, proceeds from the Tea Gardens Hotel raffles are collected and donated to a local charity or cause, and for this

BUNDABAH properties played host to some informative field-study of controlled fire management, with a group of local landowners hiking out on Sunday 2 June. Doug, from Controlled Burning Contractors (CBC) in Salamander Bay, explained how proactive burns of hazard reduction and asset protection are planned and carried out, using some

A GLORIOUS day was enjoyed by many at the RFS Parrys Cove Charity Golf Day 2024, held at Hawks Nest Golf Club on Friday 24 May. Originating from the wake of the 2019/20 mega-fires, the Charity Day has persisted as a main way for the local volunteer Rural Fire Service

ELECTRICITY supplies across the Myall Coast villages were cut for around two hours by an unplanned outage on Wednesday 15 May. At around 12:20pm, just as many were readying for lunch on a surprisingly fair-weather day amidst the recent rains, power suddenly went dark across the towns of Hawks Nest,

SAFETY at home, and some practice for potential future recruits, were on show at the Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Tea Gardens 471 Open Day on Saturday 11 May. “Our main concentration is on smoke alarms and winter safety,” Captain Jim Wisemantel told NOTA. Advertise with News of The Area

BULAHDELAH community members recently had the opportunity to engage with MidCoast Council on what is happening in the area and ask questions about local issues. These ‘conversations’ provide an overview of the projects and initiatives that Council has planned over the coming twelve months and are being held at fifteen locations

FRIDAY May 3 is Wild Koala Day and MidCoast Council is supporting community celebrations with a free tree giveaway at Mondrook. “We’ll be at Mondrook Hall from 9am – 1pm with around 2,000 trees to give away,” said MidCoast Council’s Manager, Natural Systems, Gerard Tuckerman. Advertise with News of The Area

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.