SURF was way up for the wild and windy start to the Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club season, with volunteers gathering at Bennetts Beach on Saturday, 28 September. “This season we have a slight change in hours,” explained Club Captain Wayne Bower. Advertise with News of The Area

THE riverside holds a special attraction for most of us. Over time this area has changed as needs demanded - remnants of a wooden fence barely showing against a formidable rock base remind me of this. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us.

VOLUNTEERS from the Myall Community Art & Craft Centre have begun revitalising the entry to their facility in Tea Gardens. In an effort to create a better and more inviting entrance, local landscapers and handymen have dug in, literally, to bring life and colour back to the old building front.

A DRAFT plan of management for the Stroud Showground is on public exhibition from 18 September to Sunday 3 November 2024. The draft plan includes detailed actions that identify management strategies and new proposed facilities for Stroud Showground. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message

WITH summer just around the corner, the Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club (TGHNSLSC) hosted an open day on Sunday 8 September. On an oddly grey day amidst the recent beautiful spring weather, more than 50 people turned out at the clubhouse at Bennetts Beach to renew or sign

VISITORS re-enacting a historic ‘Sydney to Coolangatta’ coastline journey landed at Hawks Nest beach at the end of their journey’s first day on Monday 2 September. Two inflatable rescue boats (IRBs) were launched from Sydney Harbour, with an Australian Federal Police escort, at 7am that same morning, and after stopping

POET-who-knows-it Bob Bush regaled a crowd of more than 100 as the guest speaker at the Hawks Nest and District Probus Club meeting on Friday, 6 September. The locally-based poet took the room on a journey of emotions as he presented verses from his diverse catalogue. Advertise with News of

PRE-POLL voting in the MidCoast Council election opens on Saturday, 7 September. There are six locations at which residents can cast an early vote. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us - media@newsofthearea.com.au These are: ● Tea Gardens District

TWO paintings by a Tea Gardens artist have been reunited years after being separated to opposite ends of the planet. Gillian Fabiszewski is the artist behind ‘Tidal A and B’, a diptych (a pair of paintings created to be hung side-by-side) depicting an abstract scene of the tidal flats of

INCUMBENT mayor Claire Pontin will look to secure re-election to MidCoast council later this month, leading a team of six into the 14 September election. Elected to council in 2017, Ms Pontin served as deputy mayor from 2019-21 before taking the top job in 2022. Advertise with News of The