THE PROBUS Club of Hawks Nest and District inducted Ray Hosking as its newest Life Member at the Club’s AGM on Friday 1 March. Prior to the AGM, a special announcement was made with all present, before Ray stood to take on his Returning Officer role facilitating the AGM’s elections.

A RECENT presentation in Bulahdelah by Noel Atkins, Director of the Resources, Energy and Environment Foundation, highlighted the need for careful planning and controls to ensure the sustainability of the native timber industry into the future. Native hardwood forests provide timber for uses beyond the housing industry, with construction, infrastructure, mining

HEROES from all over the Myall Coast rolled up their sleeves, grabbed a bag and gloves, and went out to clean up our amazing part of Australia on Clean Up Australia Day, Sunday 3 March. From early in the morning, and as the heat and humidity rose again, they picked

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day (IWD) has a local side too, and NOTA wishes to pay special tribute to the women who change our lives on a daily basis. Women’s groups with a local focus gather all over our towns and villages, each bringing a unique effort that deserves to be acknowledged

WORIMI Elders from the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Aboriginal Reference Group have announced a new logo, which will be proudly displayed on future projects completed with the community. The circular design was crafted by Worimi woman Melonie Hawke, and features several stylised symbols of the local Indigenous cultural landscape, along with

VISITORS will be welcomed to the tiny township of Bundabah with a new sign that went up on Saturday 3 February, after many years of unheralded entry. The new sign, crafted by local sign-maker Glen Henry, bears the locally eponymous images of a black possum and a kangaroo. Advertise with

PROGRESS is underway on the selection of a town logo for Karuah, with a staggering 27 design concepts now being floated for community feedback. The eventual new logo will become an integral part of the upcoming new town website, an initiative of the Karuah Progress Association (KPA), which will support