RESIDENTS of Palm Lake Resort, Tea Gardens, donated annual raffles proceeds to three major community service groups on Friday, 11 August. Recipients included local Ambulance paramedics, the Rural Fire Service, and the Free Clinic Bus. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us.

TO commemorate the service of Australian veterans who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars, the Bulahdelah RSL sub-Branch is hosting a service at the Bulahdelah cenotaph on Friday 18 August 2023 at 11am. August 18 officially commemorates Vietnam Veterans’ Day, while

FAMILY history is celebrated nation-wide this August, and the MidCoast Council and local groups, including the Tea Gardens Family Research and Local History Group, are hosting a number of free workshops and one-on-one sessions. Australia’s multicultural population is a result of several successive waves of immigration, from the First Nations

PROBUS Club activities are alive and well, as the latest monthly meeting of the Hawks Nest & District Probus Club took place at the Hawks Nest Golf Club on Friday, 4 August. More than 80 official members and many visitors filled the room, engaging in the club’s ethos of ‘friendship,

A REFERENDUM is one of the most important events in Australia’s political sphere, as it is the only legal way to make changes to our national Constitution. At the Federal level, laws are enacted, debated, repealed, and amended by legislators, our elected representatives (MPs) in the Lower House in Canberra,

RESUMPTION of logging in Bulga State Forest north of Taree appears imminent, with Forestry Corporation again closing the forest to the public. Logging was halted there earlier this year in two coupes after sustained pressure from activists and Save Bulga Forest. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

CHRISTMAS has come three times already, with a trio of events coinciding at Tea Gardens Country Club’s The Garden Eatery on 27, 29 and 30 July. A magical mid-year Christmas was had by many as the punctilious kitchen elves served up a traditional Christmas roast, with prawn cocktails and

HISTORY will be made on Saturday, 6 April 2024, when the Singing Bridge turns 50, and local community groups are gearing up to celebrate. ‘Completion of bridge opens area to growth’ read the headline of the NOTA Vol 4 No 4 edition, way back in April 1974, announcing the official

NERONG Progress Association has a new billboard that will better inform villagers and visitors of what is coming up in the local community as well as other relevant community news. Nerong Progress Association president Glen Nesbet said “basically we had an old sign up to communicate things to people and we