THE HEAT ignited at the Tea Gardens Country Club this long weekend, with the annual Rural Fire Service (RFS) fundraiser Pig Races held on Saturday, 30 September. Hundreds herded to the Country Club to witness porcine glory through six races, with proceeds going to the Pindimar-Tea Gardens Rural Fire Service,

FITNESS has found providence at Hawks Nest’s Providence Bay Park, with brand new outdoor exercise equipment unofficially opened to public use early, as of Friday, 29 October. Designed and manufactured in Australia, the UrbanFit equipment sits in three distinct stations, just down the hill from the new Naidoc Mullet Run

MIDCOAST Council continues to build on its tourism brand by releasing a new draft Destination Management Plan and inviting feedback on the document while on public exhibition. It comes off the back of its highly successful predecessor which was completed in 2017 and included the Destination Barrington Coast brand and its

TRUE love lasts, as it has for Bill and Beverley Thrift, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on a sunny Thursday, 21 September, 2023. Beverley and Bill both originally hailed from Singleton, where they grew up on opposite sides of town. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth

PORKY plodders return for charity as the main event in the Tea Gardens Country Club’s (TGCC) Charity Pig Races Day on Saturday, 30 October, during the Long Weekend. This time the porcine prancers will be helping to raise funds for the Pindimar-Tea Gardens Rural Fire Service, who have a

KIDS at Karuah Public School (KPS) are more psychologically prepared for disasters, thanks to the visit from the Red Cross and its Pillowcase Program on Monday, 18 September. The Red Cross’ official goal of ‘Pillowcase’ is “to help children prepare for, cope with and respond to an emergency”. Advertise with

TRADITION will be honoured this October Long Weekend as the Galleries in the Gardens members host the ‘Art Mart’ at 81 Marine Drive, Tea Gardens, on Sunday 1 October from 10am-3pm. Twenty-two artists and members of the GiG will be set up around the Gardens, occupying seven distinct spaces outdoors,

CRAZY socks, towers of terror and yummy hotdogs were some of the activities put on by Bulahdelah Central School to celebrate RU OK? Day. RU OK? is a national day of action dedicated to checking in with the people in your world and asking if they are OK. Advertise with News

DIRE straits are possibly ahead for the Myall River, as warnings continue to go publicly unheeded and no visible action has occurred to prevent its inevitable closure. Since the most recent series of News Of The Area (NOTA) reports directly concerning the state of the river began back in April,