IN the lead up to Christmas, News Of The Area invited Myall Coast community members to share their best wishes for the festive season. President of Bulahdelah Fishing Club, Darren Carrall said, “I'll be spending most of my time at the beach fishing, swimming and working on my tan,” “I wish everyone

PARKING around Winda Woppa is about to get hairy again, if the October Long Weekend was any indication. During the Labour Day holiday, The Anchorage and The Boulevarde, the key beachside roads along Jimmys Beach at Winda Woppa, became a hazardous bumper-to-bumper parking lot, with cars lining the un-guttered roads,

CHRISTMAS memories will no doubt be made and revitalised as Carols ring out at Pindimar on Saturday 23 December, calling in the jolly old elf, Santa himself, on Christmas Eve. From 5pm, upon the shores of South Pindimar, the Pindimar-Bundabah Community Association will run a free Carols event, complete with

PARK facilities and toilet amenities at Hawks Nest’s Moira Parade Park are due to open once again to the public by Friday, 22 December, according to MidCoast Council. The much-beleaguered toilet facilities have been shut to the public for months, ever since extreme vandalism rendered most of the internal fittings

THE SOUNDS of Christmas graced the lake at Tea Gardens Grange as the choristers of the Myall Melodians sang a medley of Christmas carols to residents on Tuesday, 6 December. A typically beautiful and mild early-summer evening backed off a 30 degree day, even a gentle breeze was welcomed by

MIDCOAST Council Libraries Summer Reading Club, is offering the chance for prizes to the most prodigious readers aged seventeen and under. The Reading Club annually encourages kids to read throughout the summer holidays, with a 2023-24 seasonal theme of a ‘Roomful of Stories’. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

KIDS and golfers alike enjoyed a Family Fun Day at the Hawks Nest Golf Club (HNGC) on Sunday 10 December, as the Club launched its summer fun campaign in time for the holidays. Several activities wowed the kids, including the Grand Opening of the Club’s new outdoor play area,

RECENT roadworks conducted by MidCoast Council upon the Hawks Nest end of the Singing Bridge set up traffic queues, but also offered a chance to reflect on the fundamental utility of the Bridge. Describing the bridge that connects the twin towns of Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens as ‘critical

THE MYALL University of the Third Age (MU3A) has hosted a wide variety of clubs over the years, bringing fabulous stories and fulfilment for over 30 years for some members. “At Café Providence in Hawks Nest, a wonderful reunion took place between great mates and MU3A’s Norma Glenn, one of

NEWLY minted Tea Gardens firefighter Alex Sinclair formally graduated from the NSW Fire and Rescue Emergency Services Academy on Friday, 1 December. The ceremony for retained and permanent firefighters was held at the state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility in Orchard Hills, far-western Sydney, in conjunction with the commencement of the new Fire