FROM canoeing to camel rides, robots to rolling pin throwing, the Scouts NSW Hunter and Coastal Corroboree 2024 had it all. Hosted at Stroud Showground, the Hunter and Coastal region welcomed 550 members, including 400 Scouts, 50 Venturer Scouts and 100 volunteer Leaders, including Rover Scouts, to the five-day camp. Advertise with

DARKNESS engulfed Hawks Nest just after 9:30pm on Sunday 21 January, when a massive eucalyptus tree limb suddenly fell on Dolphin Avenue. It was a calm and starry night, with nary a cloud in the sky, and not a breath of wind, when the branches suddenly succumbed to gravity from

REPRESENTATIVES from MidCoast Council came out to Tea Gardens Pool from 11am-1pm on Tuesday 23 January for the second of two informal ‘Drop-Ins’. The previous planned drop-in, late last November, saw considerable community anxiety that the pool may be shuttered for good. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

THE LIONS Club of Tea Gardens honoured two outstanding local citizens on Australia Day, with the Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year awards handed out at Moira Parade park in Hawks Nest. “Both our Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year come from the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest (TGHN)

NAVIGATION markers along the Myall Estuary have been quietly moved as the sand-sedimentation problem swiftly flows up the Myall Estuary to Tea Gardens riverfront. The green starboard marker poles, put in place to keep watercraft from running aground, have actually had to be picked up and moved 20 metres closer

BEACH patrols by the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Savers have been bolstered by the recent addition of four accredited instructors dedicated to training members in Surf Rescue Certificates and Bronze Medallion qualifications. “This results in an increased number of dedicated Lifesavers patrolling our beaches, ensuring the safety of

BETTER access for all was the concrete goal of a small army of church volunteers last week at St Andrew’s Anglican Church on Ogden Street, Tea Gardens. “We are building a new disabled parking area and a connecting pathway to the Church, so that people can get across the gravelly

MYALL University of the Third Age, one of the biggest and most diverse community groups in town, will be reopening for enrolments in its plethora of courses on Tuesday 23 January, 2024. “Enrolment Day runs 9:30-11:30am at the Tea Gardens Baptist Church, so interested people can pop along and meet

E-SCOOTER riders have been witnessed flouting State laws regarding the use of their vehicles, although some local councils, including MidCoast, are trialling a way forward. “All E-scooters are illegal to operate on public land (including roads) in NSW,” said a MidCoast Council spokesperson. Advertise with News of The Area today.