The Probus Club of Port Stephens has packed a lot into the last few weeks. Perfect weather enhanced their recent barbecue which was enjoyed by members and a few visiting kookaburras who popped in to taste some of the culinary delights. The following morning, 49 ‘Probies’ set off for a week of

Some Nelson Bay film buffs were treated to an old black and white classic, Alfred Hitchcock’s film “The Vanishing Lady”, on Saturday afternoon. The Vanishing Lady was Hitchcock’s last British film before he moved to Hollywood and starred Margaret Lockwood. Sue Winter, a Nelson Bay resident, organised the afternoon which concluded

Clever Buoy, a new form of shark detecting sonar technology, will be introduced this week 1 km offshore at Hawks Nest, to assess its capability to detect juvenile white sharks in their natural conditions. Clever Buoy is a collaborative research project with the NSW Government through the Department of Primary

Finishing high school can be both an exciting and daunting time for most students; for Cassey Sheather it is definitely exciting. Securing an apprenticeship at Horizons Golf Club restaurant is just the beginning. “Unstoppable” is how head chef Andrew Taylor describes Cassey. “It doesn’t matter if she is making coffee or a meal,

We have heard of some strange happenings over the past years, but halfway through the second decade of the new millennium, the reports just keep getting stranger. Last Wednesday morning Bay News Of the Area visited Port Stephens 100.9 FM for breakfast and had to take a second look at who