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BUSHFIRES remain a genuine threat, one that MidCoast Council and the Rural Fire Service (RFS) wish to remind everyone of, despite recent wet weather. “It may be wet at the moment, but it’s just producing more fuel-load, which is enormous already,” Pindimar-Tea Gardens RFS Captain David Bright explained. Advertise with

MEMBERS of the Myall River VIEW Club enjoyed a rare opportunity to visit the famous Westpac Helicopter Rescue Service at its Broadmeadow headquarters on Friday, 24 November. The ladies received a guided tour of the hangar and maintenance area from Graeme Rowe, Regional Partnership Officer Newcastle, for the Westpac Helicopter,

RIVER walkers and families with young children will have noticed the fence recently erected around the play equipment along Moira Parade in Hawks Nest. The construction fencing has gone up as the first practical stage in the upgrade of the park, a direct result of MidCoast Council’s Playspace Strategy, the

ILLEGAL beach fires are exacerbating the risk of wildfires this season, and Local Government has been called in to help heighten awareness. “There’s risk to the dune vegetation, and to peoples’ properties near the beach,” Richard Streamer, President of the Winda Woppa Preservation Association, informed NOTA. Advertise with News

THE HAWKS Nest and District Probus Club invited Jill Forrester to speak about her path through many fields up to her role as a Senior Associate at Thornton+King on Friday, 3 November at the Hawks Nest Golf Club. With early foundations in home economics, Ms Forrester did food photography with

MYALL Coast residents gathered at a hastily-arranged meeting to discuss proposed offshore wind farms on Thursday 26 October at Hawks Nest Community Hall. Speakers included the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA), the Myall Koala and Environment Group (MKEG), the Save the Myall Coast group, Worimi Aboriginal Reference Group,

HOT gusty winds and dry conditions have led to the region already witnessing multiple bushfires. The Rural Fire Service (RFS) has described these conditions as normal, with the last few years of above average rainfall giving way to lower rainfall patterns and above average temperatures. Advertise with News of The Area

ARTISTS from the Myall River Art Walk Group, in collaboration with the Tea Gardens Aboriginal Reference Group, have begun breathing life into the latest mural along Marine Drive, Tea Gardens. After the eight bland white walls of the toilet blocks across from the Tea Gardens Police Station were revamped with

SOMETHING fishy happened on the shores of ANZAC Park at Tea Gardens, on Sunday, 7 October, the last day of the spring school holidays. Several kids and their families, locals and visitors, descended on the sandy banks of the Myall River to plumb the briny depths of the estuary, facilitated