PROBUS members of Hawks Nest and District Combined welcomed twelve new members to their Club, before receiving an enlightening historical presentation from NOTA’s own John ‘Stinker’ Clarke at the Hawks Nest Golf Club on Friday, 5 April. While the birds upon the Golf Course simply gave up trying to fly

KOALAS are front and centre in MidCoast Council’s updated Conservation Strategy, now on display from Monday 25 March to Sunday 5 May. Still in draft form, the Strategy was updated initial community consultation between November and February, its southernmost display location being Bulahdelah during that window, and information from koala

MIDCOAST Council's Re-imagine Waste campaign is hosting drop-in sessions across the region, with a session planned for Tuesday 14 May at Bulahdelah Library from 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM. Council’s Waste Services Manager David Rees said that putting the right thing in the right bin can prevent recycling from ending

A SERIES of conversations with the community will take place across the MidCoast from April to June, giving residents a chance to meet with senior Council staff and Councillors. Anyone can attend a Community Conversation. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

THE occasion of the opening of the bridge on 6 April 1974 was very special for the local townships and surrounding areas. During its construction Tea Gardens Police maintained special patrols of the construction site on both land and water. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

HISTORY was made 50 years ago when the Singing Bridge opened on Saturday, 6 April, 1974, after more than a decade of public calls to replace the ageing punt-ferry. The punt-ferry, throughout its many iterations, served Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest as well as it could, from the tiny floating platform pushed

HAVE you ever wondered what becomes of construction waste when it is no longer required? Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie recently inspected Aus Blue Bins Midcoast’s ‘bulk-up depot’ at Coolongolook, funded with support of a $987,544 grant from the Federal Government’s Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program, an economic stimulus