THE Bulahdelah Country Women’s Association’s (CWA) Devonshire Tea mornings have always been popular, and last month’s event was certainly no different. Crowds filled the CWA rooms in Wade Park to enjoy a cuppa and a chat while tucking into a plate of perfectly cooked scones with lashings of jam and cream. Advertise

WITH winter upon us, MidCoast Council Senior Ecologist Mat Bell is urging residents not to mistake a native animal for the pesky introduced house mouse that may have entered homes looking for warmth. Although the Brown Antechinus looks much like the introduced pest – the house mouse, it is actually a

OVER May and June many areas are holding Biggest Morning Tea events to raise funds for cancer research. In Bulahdelah, events were held recently at the Myall River Big4 Holiday Park, with participants coming from as far afield as Raymond Terrace, Tea Gardens and Melbourne, with many locals also getting

SCAMS are ubiquitous these days, and awareness was the message that was delivered by the National Broadband Network Company (NBNCo) and MidCoast Libraries, at Tea Gardens Library on Wednesday, 31 May. The information session, run by Mark Poole, Community Ambassador for North Coast, NBNCo, was slated as a chance for

WORK experience provides a valuable opportunity for students to gain new skills and try out future employment opportunities in local businesses. Work experience is offered to students over the age of fourteen at local high schools. Careers Advisor at Bulahdelah Central School, Linda Drenkhahn told News Of The Area, “Work experience

REJUVENATION of the Tea Gardens Skate Park has begun, with practical work starting upon the Myall Way blocks on Wednesday, 24 May. Jeanette Hart, Myall River Art Walk Group leader, assisted by Sandra Bourke from the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA), began by giving the whole area a

READING became a national event on Wednesday, 24 May, as the students of Tea Gardens Public School (TGPS) engaged with the National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). Each year, since 2000, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) chooses a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, which

ART is best when heralding humans’ love of nature, as it does along the Myall River Art Walk through Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest. Over 40 sculptures, mosaics, murals, paintings, and poetry have coalesced into the Art Walk over the last 20 years, first established in 2003 by locals

GREAT Aussie traditions don’t come bigger than the Biggest Morning Tea, hosted by the Wednesday Morning Craft Group at Hawks Nest Community Hall on Wednesday, 24 May. Over 60 people joined, raising funds for the Cancer Council, including the RFS, SES, Tea Gardens Country Club, Progress Association, Lions Club,