THE highlight of the Gloucester Aero Club’s Fly-In on 2 and 3 November was a spectacular display of aerobatics by club members and professional stunt pilots. In raising money for the club, it also enabled it to offer learn to…
THIRTY-FOUR members and guests attended the first Gloucester VIEW Club meeting of 2025 on Tuesday 18 February, with a new committee elected to lead the group forward in 2025. Vice President Vivien Webeck and Secretary Judy Earle led the meeting…
NIC Russoniello, one of Australia’s leading saxophone composer-performers, is excited to return to Gloucester to present his new concert, ‘Air Mass’. “I love coming to Gloucester,” Nic told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
DISCUSSION about building a Gloucester hospital began in 1909 when a local committee was formed, but for a number of reasons, including two world wars, nothing much happened for many years. “Finally, in 1954 there was a breakthrough, funding was…
GLOUCESTER Rugby Union Club hosted a “meet and greet” with the NSW 2025 Waratahs squad on Sunday, 2 February. Rugby Club President Jamie Searle said it was a “fantastic” event for Gloucester while Chris Marchent, past coach of the women’s…
MIDCOAST Councillor Digby Wilson has been endorsed as the Australian Labor Party (ALP) candidate for Lyne in the upcoming federal election. Mr Wilson cites Labor’s commitment to “progress, nation-building and delivering for regional areas” as central to his candidacy. Advertise…
THE NSW Waratahs are heading to Gloucester. “The team is excited to get out of the city and experience a change of scenery,” said Waratahs lock Fergus Lee-Warner. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
A LOW-PRESSURE system off the northern NSW coast caused widespread rainfall and strong winds across the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions last week. Flood warnings for the Gloucester area began on Wednesday, 15 January, with predictions of dangerous flooding…
DURING the pandemic there was a necessary explosion in the number of people working from home (WFH) and that trend has continued. According to ABS data from 2023, 37 percent of Australians were working from home, which was much higher…
MOTORISTS travelling south from Gloucester will, for the foreseeable future at least, continue experiencing the often-long delays and risks associated with turning right from Bucketts Way onto the Pacific Highway. Responding to questions from News Of The Area, Transport for…