MYALL U3A’s ‘Get Online Week’ presentation gave app advice at the Tea Gardens Baptist Church on Wednesday 18 October. Snoozers were losers as guest speaker Rachael Vaughan, from State MP Kate Washington’s office, elucidated State Government apps including MyGov and Services NSW. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

KARUAH’S Timber and Oyster Festival made a valiant comeback on Saturday, 21 October, after a long hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns, and La Nina’s ultra-wet weather. Parking was crowded as the throng filled to Longworth Park, on Karuah’s scenic riverfront, enjoying stalls with 30 local business’

OCTOBER’S lack of national holidays was filled when the residents and staff at Estia Tea Gardens celebrated Oktoberfest in style last Friday. The Family Room morphed, once again, into a travel and trivia destination, with the Estia Catering crew doing their ‘wurst’ with a Teutonic spread of traditional German sauerkraut

TOY stories are playing out in the Myall Coast Toy Library at the Tea Gardens Uniting Church Hall every third Thursday and Saturday of the month. News Of The Area was invited to witness the Toy Library brimming with life and fun things to do, with its well-organised array of

SURPRISE met many Myall Way motorists when significant resurfacing works began last week on their arterial in-and-out-of-town road. The towns of Hawks Nest, Tea Gardens, Pindimar and Bundabah all rely on this singular road to reach the rest of the world, and it has long been in desperate need

The FIRST referendum in a generation, regarding the First Nations Voice to Parliament, occurred on Saturday, 14 October. Visiting two polling places in Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest, News Of The Area was reassured by nary a trace of politically-charged animosity, as proponents from either side talked amicably in between waves of

EDUCATION is a top priority for the Myall River VIEW Club this Anti-Poverty Week, which runs nationally from 15-21 October. Established in 2002 by the Social Justice Project at the University of NSW, Anti-Poverty Week was inspired by the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October),

SPACE is at a premium, and the Tea Gardens Lions Club has just won a Prepare and Recover Grant to build a fit-for-purpose facility, providing much-needed community storage capability. The $23,822 grant comes via the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) to fund a new Community Safe Storage capability

AS preparations continue in the transition to management of Varroa mite in NSW, a range of support materials have now been made available to assist beekeepers begin to learn to live with Varroa mite. NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) Technical Specialist Elizabeth Frost said the online materials will support

RARE facetime with MidCoast Council’s top decision-makers and administrators will happen when Council hosts its ‘Community Conversations’ at the southern end of the MidCoast Local Government Area in November. This will be the second of two times this year that residents can ask questions directly, as Mayor Claire Pontin said