NOW in its seventh year, the Spring edition of the Great Lakes Food Trail has now been completed with eager patrons sampling the best in food, wine, beer and products the mid coast has to offer. The drive tour through the region is a must for anyone hoping to sample the

EMERGENCIES are best survived with the right equipment, and the Emergency Wind-Up Radio is a critical piece of everyone’s kit. The radio unit retails from its manufacturer online at $29.95, but MidCoast Council is giving them away to all residents who show proof of local residency. Advertise with News

STYLE of a local flavour will soon ignite, with the Tea Gardens Lions Fashion Show deep into preparations for its big day at Tea Gardens Public School on Saturday, 26 November. Rehearsals have already begun across Tea Gardens, and show producer Carole Richards has given News Of The Area exclusive

SILLINESS reigned inside at Estia Tea Gardens, as residents and staff celebrated ‘Mad Hatter Day’ on 6 October. Derived from the price-tag of the Mad Hatter’s hat in Alice and Wonderland, which read “10/6”, or ten shillings and sixpence, another interpretation can be the North American reading of ‘October 6th”

POP-UP Op Shop ‘Buy My Wardrobe’ will return as an essential feature at the Pindimar Markets, run by the Pearls of Port Stephens, offering the chance for some real bargains amidst the fun and excitement at the Markets on Saturday, 28 October. To be held within the shady walls of the

INDESTRUCTIBLE illumination has been installed in two major public amenities across Tea Gardens, thanks to the volunteers working with the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA). Specially-designed vandal-proof, solar-powered light boxes now brighten even the darkest corners of town, where no dependable nighttime lighting has ever shone before, namely

ESSENTIAL to all life, MidCoast residents have a unique opportunity to discover where their water comes from, and where it ends up, in a Water Treatment Plant tour on Saturday, 7 October. Starting at 10am at Tea Gardens Public School Hall, residents will gain insight on the hidden processes that

MAJOR MidCoast Council strategies are on public display, ready for your input on some significant long-term strategic planning, open until 2 November. Two Strategies, Playspaces and Skate Parks, are currently on display at Council’s ‘Have Your Say’ website, and will outline the region’s playgrounds and skateparks over the next twelve

HOT weather could not stop the artistically-minded Galleries in the Gardens artists from staging their traditional Long Weekend show all around the Garden on Sunday, 1 October. While much of the twin towns sweltered in a 36 degree early dash of summer, the Gallery’s garden canopy provided sweet relief and