Endurance sportswoman Monique Bortoli celebrates 50th birthday with ultra marathon for charity Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 9, 2025 AFTER training and planning for over eighteen months, Port Stephens local Monique Bortoli competed in a gruelling 530km three-day Ultra Woman event while celebrating her 50th birthday. Monique’s coach and dietician worked to build her physical and mental endurance so she could master the incredible distances and inevitable sugar rush of
Advertising feature: Keep learning at the Port Stephens Koala Sanctuary Advertising Feature Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 9, 2025 THE Port Stephens Koala Sanctuary is a partnership between Port Stephens Council and Port Stephens Koala Hospital, a volunteer group that aims to provide the world best practice standards of care to sick, injured and orphaned koalas to give them the best opportunity to be returned to the wild. The
Advertising Feature: Visit the biggest Arts Centre in the Bay Advertising Feature Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 9, 2025 WITH over 300 members, Port Stephens Community Arts Centre has many creative hands working to stock their gallery. There are cards for all occasions, embroidery, handcrafts, hand-made jewellery, hand-spun and hand-woven garments, knitwear, leatherwork, millinery, mosaics, paintings, patchwork, photography, pottery, printmaking, quilting, textile arts – they could easily boast that
Local anglers wanted to help track the ‘mushy fish’ parasite Camden Haven Coffs Coast Dungog Shire Gloucester District Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 9, 2025 COASTAL anglers are being asked to help find a solution to the spread of “mushy fish”. Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher and Lecturer in Ecology Dr Jessica Tout-Lyon, is leading a project based in Port Macquarie aimed at tracking the spread of the parasite behind the flesh-altering condition. Advertise with News of
More to do on Medicare and bulk-billing, Labor says Camden Haven Coffs Coast Dungog Shire Gloucester District Highlight Section Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 9, 2025 MAKING it cheaper to see a doctor is expected to feature prominently in Labor's election pitch, with the federal health minister committed to strengthening Medicare before the upcoming campaign. "There's more we want to do to deliver - more doctors, more bulk-billing and more urgent care," Health Minister Mark Butler told
Consumers taking charge: energy saving tips for 2025 Camden Haven Coffs Coast Dungog Shire Gloucester District Highlight Section Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 9, 2025 SMARTER use of common household appliances - fridges, washing machines and even the toaster - could cut power bills in 2025, an electricians' network says. The toaster may be a smaller contributor to the power bill but is still worth optimising, says Chris Madikian, electrical expert at Sydney-based The Local Electrician.
ADVERTISING FEATURE: Bowling opportunities galore at Raymond Terrace Strikezone Advertising Feature Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 7, 2025 MONEY-SAVING holiday deals are in full swing at Raymond Terrace Strikezone tenpin bowl, as are opportunities to join a regular money league or even to create one just for your particular group. Groups creating their own regular weekly competition is a fast growing trend. Businesses use leagues for employee bonding while
Evolving world water cycle threatens Australia Camden Haven Coffs Coast Dungog Shire Gloucester District Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 7, 2025 DEADLY floods, cyclones and droughts are wreaking havoc as record-breaking temperatures change the way water moves around the world, scientists warn. Water-related disasters killed thousands of people, displaced millions and caused losses exceeding $US550 billion in 2024, according to an international study released on Monday. Advertise with News of The Area today.
Rate cuts on horizon in mixed 2025 for the economy Camden Haven Coffs Coast Gloucester District Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 7, 2025 AUSTRALIANS have endured taxing economic conditions in the past calendar year, but there is cause for cautious hope in 2025. Long-awaited interest rate cuts are broadly expected in the first half of the year, providing household budgets with much-needed breathing space. Market Economics managing director Stephen Koukoulas said healthier household incomes and
Stinker’s History: Priceless old photos Myall Coast Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 2, 2025 EVERY time it happens. I have now written a series of five local history books which tell of the earliest people and the pioneering families who dared to challenge the local elements in an effort to survive and hopefully, prosper. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it
