Thousands of children homeless in ‘national shame’ Camden Haven Coffs Coast Highlight Section Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 7, 2024 TENS of thousands of Australian children are finding it hard to find a place to call home even after seeking professional help. A lack of funding for affordable homes and frontline support services is exacerbating an already dire housing landscape, according to a report from Homelessness Australia. Advertise with News of The
Port Stephens buses fitted with real-time tracking technology Highlight Section Myall Coast Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 7, 2024 ALL public transport buses across Port Stephens and the Myall Coast are now fitted with smart technology so customers can view reliable timetable information and real-time trip updates. Over recent months, GPS tracking devices and automatic passenger counting systems have been fitted on 233 buses across a region stretching
Rex enters voluntary administration, grounds 737s Camden Haven Highlight Section Nambucca Valley by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 4, 2024 REGIONAL Express has gone into voluntary administration and cancelled all flights between major city airports, although regional flights are operating as usual. A statement posted on Rex's website late on Tuesday said the administration affected parent company Regional Express Holdings Limited and a number of its subsidiaries trading under the Rex
Celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day in Urunga Coffs Coast Highlight Section Nambucca Valley by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 2, 2024 NATIONAL Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day will be celebrated at Urunga this weekend. The free event takes place at Urunga Neighbourhood Centre on Sunday 4 August from 10:00am-2:00pm, hosted by Connecting Neighbourhood Centres Of Bellingen Shire (NCOBS), in partnership with Gumbaynggirr Wenonah Head Aboriginal Corporation and Yurruungga Aboriginal
Westpac Rescue Helicopter saves hiker on Yacaaba Headland Highlight Section Myall Coast Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 31, 2024August 1, 2024 THE WESTPAC Rescue Helicopter has been busy doing what it does best, undertaking a major mission in Hawks Nest on Monday, 22 July. At roughly 2pm, the Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to a rescue operation on Yacaaba Headland. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth
Karuah volunteers clean up foreshore pollution Highlight Section Myall Coast Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 31, 2024 VOLUNTEERS braved the rainy and windy weather to help de-pollute the foreshore of the Karuah River on Saturday 27 July. Led by volunteers from the Karuah Landcare Group, the team was facilitated by Clean4Shore, an organisation based on the Central Coast that specialises in cleaning up oyster-farming estuaries. Advertise with News
Stargazing: Binoculars for astronomy Camden Haven Coffs Coast Highlight Section by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 31, 2024 THE night sky can fire up the imagination of children in a way few other subjects can. Kids of all ages find it hard to resist the temptation to explore these jewels that glitter overhead in our beautiful NSW skies this time of year. Few hobbies provide as much universal
Stargazing: Kids ask the best space questions Camden Haven Coffs Coast Highlight Section Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 KIDS have a natural curiosity about the world around them, and space is no exception! Here are some interesting questions kids often ask in my school outreach programs: Why is the sky dark at night? Ah, the answer has to do with the vastness of space. The stars are very far
Mistake SF compartments logged as koala park planning continues Coffs Coast Highlight Section Nambucca Valley by Doug Connor - July 26, 2024December 6, 2024 PAULA Flack and Lyn Orrego have been fighting to protect Mistake State Forest (SF), and other forests across the Nambucca Valley, for more than three decades. With the NSW Government committing in 2023 to a process to create a Great Koala National Park (GKNP), an area of around 176,000 hectares
Grahamstown Dam risk assessment complete Highlight Section Myall Coast Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 A RISK assessment has found that Grahamstown Dam could be damaged in the event of an earthquake, prompting Hunter Water to immediately reduce the amount of water stored in the dam. The risk assessment, undertaken with expert consultants and an independent expert panel, was submitted to the regulator Dams Safety
