MOTORFEST organisers at the Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Motor Club have donated proceeds from last month’s event to several local community service groups, upholding a long tradition of locals supporting locals. The beneficiaries included the Tea Gardens Hawks Rugby League Football Club (RLFC), Pindimar-Tea Gardens Rural Fire Service (RFS), Tea Gardens

TEA GARDENS Red Cross members have had an active start to the year, with two significant donations and a major local event already in the first three months. “We had a wonderful time at the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association Seniors Concert on 15 March, where our members served

A MULTI-VEHICLE accident (MVA) closed the Pacific Highway northbound at Bulahdelah on Saturday, 29 March. The Bulahdelah Rural Fire Brigade was called to the scene at 12:20pm, after a report of a single vehicle incident. “On arrival we were confronted with a B-Double and four car MVA,” the Brigade posted

“TEAM BULAHDELAH” recently participated in the World's Greatest Shave, held nationwide during March and April. The World's Greatest Shave is an annual event in Australia, now in its 25th year, in which thousands of people shave their heads to raise funds and show support for those facing blood cancer. Advertise with News

INDEPENDENT candidate for Lyne Jeremy Miller visited Tea Gardens on Thursday 13 March, chatting to locals at Palm Lake Resort and the Tea Gardens Hotel. A small business owner who has lived in the Taree area for almost 30 years, Mr Miller said his interest in politics was driven by frustration

THE Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) celebrated Seniors Week 2025 by throwing a big, free-entry concert at the Hawks Nest Community Hall on Saturday 15 March. Several local businesses chipped in with a smorgasbord of door prizes, showing the generosity and sense of community that prevails along the

VOLUNTEERS swept across the Myall Coast for the annual Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 2 March, leaving several towns far better looking than when they started. The Tea Gardens crew covered a large catchment stretching out to Mungo Brush, Deadmans Dunes, the banks of the Lower Myall estuary, up

RECENT pelican roosting upon the lights of the Singing Bridge has prompted pedestrians and cyclists to seek a renewed effort to clear the birds away, along with their droppings. Other locals argue the pelicans are an iconic and charming image of the area. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

GENTLEMEN of the Tea Gardens Men’s Shed celebrated their institution’s tenth anniversary on Sunday 2 February, marking a decade of camaraderie and helping the local community. “The work to set up the shed was an initiative of the Lions Club, and Ian Robertson was tireless in his efforts to get