MIDCOAST Council is offering local tourism operators the opportunity to strengthen their appeal to high yielding, environmentally conscious visitor markets by becoming ECO Certified with Ecotourism Australia. Council, in partnership with key local, State and national stakeholders, is itself on the journey to certifying the Barrington Coast as an Eco Destination

MOBILE phone coverage in Bulahdelah suffers from the same critical infrastructure shortfalls as all other towns across the Myall Coast. According to the Radio Frequency National Site Archive (RFNSA), there are three mobile ‘towers’ in Bulahdelah. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message

LONG lines formed outside the Hawks Nest Community Centre on Thursday 13 June for a drop-in session to assist residents’ understanding of MidCoast Council’s proposed new Local Environmental Plan (LEP). The LEP, as reported previously in NOTA, is an attempt to consolidate the most useful parts of the three ‘legacy’

BABIES across Australia are the beneficiaries of several ongoing projects by the Hawks Nest Wednesday Craft Group (WCG) ladies and their tireless efforts to bring a little more love and comfort to the newest Australians among us. One project recently produced two special quilts from donated materials, soon to be

THE MYALL estuary has received some limited relief from Mother Nature, with recent rains apparently scouring out the sand-clogged ‘Natural Channel’, east of Corrie Island. The Natural Channel, which was the original main entrance between the river and Port Stephens Bay, has been slowly, but surely, filling up with sand

ROADWORKS upon Tuloa Avenue, Hawks Nest’s main street, has left it with a beautifully smooth surface, however the pedestrian ‘zebra’ crossing has not been replaced, more than a week after the project concluded. At the time of writing, there were only three vestigial white bars from the old crossing, practically