SIZZLING sausages, information booths, entertainment and displays by the local Bulahdelah Rural Fire Service (RFS) were key elements of a day highlighting the need to prepare for the upcoming bushfire season. Organiser of the day, Mid Coast Landcare’s Fire and Project Officer, Olivia Eglin said, “Today is about the fire ecology

RICK McCarthy OAM is walking from Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane to Bowral NSW, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The walk will cover over 40 stops across 1100 kilometres and about one million steps. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth

STUDENTS at Tea Gardens Public School (TGPS) can keep up with new curriculum changes thanks to a major $10,000 donation from the Hawks Nest First National Real Estate Police & Community Charity Golf Day, received on Friday, 8 September. The Police and Community Charity Golf Day, held during Easter, tallied

IT WAS a different time when John Fenning first started working for MidCoast Council. And you would expect that given that John has just notched up 50 years in his job. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882.

BEING environmentally friendly is at the heart of the Boomerang Bags program which promotes the use of reusable shopping bags. However, the team that delivers their beautifully crafted Boomerang Bags in the Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest region go one step further. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

BOOK Week landed at Tea Gardens Public School in late August, as fictional and literary heroes united to celebrate literacy. Highlighting the quintessential importance of literacy in children’s education, Book Week is a chance for kids to express and share their favourite characters and stories openly with others. Advertise

A MEGA community collaboration started the new mural upon the walls of the public toilet block across from the Tea Gardens Police Station on Marine Drive on Sunday, 3 September. Three major community groups: the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA), the Myall River Art Walk Group, and the

CLEAN, clear water will soon be made available for all to use as the Tea Gardens Pool was scoured and purified last week by volunteers from the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) and The Y. In stark contrast to the last time the Pool was featured in News

STUPIDITY reigned on the night of Saturday 2 September, as unknown vandals left wheelie skid-mark scars all over Myall Park football field. First spotted by nearby residents at around 6:30am on Fathers’ Day morning, several witnesses informally placed at least one mud-covered vehicle in the area, and zipping through town