AFTER the main commemoration events of the Dawn and 11am Services, it was the community gathering and spirit that many relished on Thursday, 25 April. More than 100 years since the first Gallipoli landings, nonetheless, the uniquely Trans-Tasman commemoration showed its strongest signs yet as one for all to join

THE MYALL River VIEW (Voice, Interests and Education of Women) Club began the new year with its AGM in February, presenting its new committee to get 2024 rolling. The regular monthly March meeting invited well-known local and ex-pharmacist Trish Thatcher as guest speaker. Advertise with News of The Area today.

ANZAC Day saw an incredibly large attendance in Tea Gardens for the 10:30am march and subsequent 11am service at ANZAC Park on Thursday, 25 April. The march down Marine Drive was launched by an earlier-than-expected fly-by from the RAAF jet, which zoomed down the main road over the gathered marchers,

YOUTH Week came to life at the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest SLSC, with MidCoast Council hosting accomplished professional artist Sharon Tudor Smith to lead a fun and interactive art workshop on Tuesday 16 April. With the stunning backdrop of Bennetts Beach and Yacaaba, ten young people aged 12-24 attended the

CELEBRATIONS for the 50th Anniversary of the Singing Bridge saw multiple community groups converge for a singular day of uniquely local festivities at the Tea Gardens Hotel on Saturday 6 April. The Pearls of Port Stephens ran their stylish ‘Buy My Wardrobe’ pop-up op-shop in the Dolphin Room, giving new

MIRACULOUS weather on the Golden Anniversary of the Singing Bridge endorsed the re-enactment of the historic sail-past that was held at the Opening in 1974, sailed once more on Saturday 6 April, 2024. Led by the diehard boaties of the local Myall Lakes Aquatic Club (MLAC), a flotilla of fourteen