AN interactive museum and family fun day was held on Saturday 10 December to celebrate MidCoast Council’s release of its annual Waterway and Catchment Report Card. Water sampling is undertaken every summer across the MidCoast region’s six major catchments. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

NINETEEN environment volunteers celebrated the end of a very productive 2022 with a Christmas party on the banks of the Myall River in Tea Gardens. It was a chance for them to catch up and share finger food prepared by Lynda and Glen Stephenson of the Seagrass Café and to look

SHEARWATER Estate residents Ian and Deborah Hicks recently woke to find a very rare set of twin kangaroos being cared for by their mother on their Tea Gardens acreage. It is a general fact that kangaroos don’t have twin joeys but they can have joeys nine to twelve months apart. Advertise with

LEARN how to tell a plant from a weed with the Garden Escapees weeds guidebook – free at all MidCoast Council customer service centres and libraries. “Responsible gardening is very important because when weeds escape from your garden, through birds, wind or other means, they can do damage to farmland and

THE Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association is supporting the re-opening and upgrade of the Tea Gardens pool with the purchase of five new lane ropes, fasteners, and two aluminium storage reels. The new pool equipment, worth around $7,500, replaces the old and degraded kit with safer modern products that will

IT’S nearly Christmas time again, so if you are looking for that special hand made item for that special someone, then why not pop in and see all the great gifts that are on display in the Craft Shop at the Myall Community Art and Craft Centre, just behind

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of 2022 MidCoast Youth Awards! The awards were presented at a ceremony held at the MidCoast Council Chambers at Yalawanyi Ganya last week. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us - media@newsofthearea.com.au The

YEAR 10 students from Bulahdelah Central School (BCS) recently had the opportunity once again to participate in the Love Bites program. The program is delivered across numerous schools each year and addresses the important topics of relationship violence and consent. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

THE Tea Gardens Grange, together with Michael Harvey, has assembled a concert not to be missed, featuring the Bocelli-like and outstanding voice of tenor Gaetano Bonfante, delightful rising star Jomeca, and romantic balladeer Vaughan Lawrence, who delighted crowds at the Valentine’s Day Concert in 2020. “Gaetano, Jomeca, and Vaughan also

BULAHDELAH Central School student Amber Cunningham has been named the inaugural winner of the New South Wales Ampol Best All Rounder Award. The school vice-captain, who is as accomplished academically as she is with her sport and community-based activities, won a $2,000 cash grant and a $1,000