WHILE most kids are spending their school holidays taking their foot off the pedal, sisters Poppy and Zaylee Cupitt have kept their hands heart-warmingly busy. With tiny, coloured rings spread over the table, the sisters aged 10 and 9 respectively, spent five days creating over 100 loom band bracelets for patients in the children’s ward […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE proposed ocean pool at Oxley Beach has been the subject of recent stories and advertising in NOTA. While it might be nice to have an ocean pool, the plan involves costly new infrastructure along a magnificent coastline that already offers three patrolled beaches for swimming. The ocean pool group […]
Six members of the title-winning Under-14 Boys side attend MacKillop College in Port Macquarie.
MID Coast FC made the local area proud on the weekend of 13 September, with four out of eight youth teams appearing in grand finals in Newcastle. The high-performance youth program competes in the Northern NSW Premier Youth League competition in Newcastle. It was a day of mixed results for the representative players. The Under-14 […]
Contact Crime Stoppers to report criminal activity. Photo: crimestoppersact.com.au.
CRIME Stoppers and NSW Police are urging the community to continue to speak up and report crime. This encouragement follows News Of The Area’s report last week about an apparent increase in youth crime in Wauchope. Residents say there has been a lack of police action in response to their multiple calls. Crime Stoppers and […]
Building inspectors visited sites between Port Stephens and Port Macquarie.
THE Building Commission NSW has released the results of its three-day inspection blitz of worksites between Port Stephens and Port Macquarie. During August, a team of inspectors visited 41 sites across Nelson Bay, Forster, Diamond Beach, Bonny Hills and Port Macquarie. Inspections focused on identifying defective building work, monitoring for unlicensed or unsupervised specialist trades […]
Club members, together with volunteer driver Scott, ready to board the Wauchope RSL Courtesy Bus to Kempsey. Photo: supplied.
MEMBERS of the Broken Bago RSL Day Club hopped aboard the Wauchope RSL Courtesy Bus on Thursday 25 September to enjoy a wonderful outing to Kempsey. Starting their day off with a visit to the Anglican Op Shop, where a bargain is always waiting, members took to the main shopping area to browse the shops […]
Luke Meier-Smith (centre) with his brother Remy (in the white t-shirt) and his family and support team. Photo: @svenmartinphoto via @luke_ms.
Comboyne’s Luke Meier-Smith at the top of the winners’ podium in Lake Placid. Photo: @svenmartinphoto via Giant Bicycles. Luke Meier-Smith (centre) with his brother Remy (in the white t-shirt) and his family and support team. Photo: @svenmartinphoto via @luke_ms. Luke and Remy’s finish line celebration landed them a fine from event organisers. Photo: @remy.meier.smith. LUKE […]
Chris Proctor and Brad Collins at their exhibition opening. Photo: Pauline Cain.
Chris Proctor and Brad Collins at their exhibition opening. Photo: Pauline Cain. Inviting the viewer to take a seat and draw. Photo: Pauline Cain. The ‘Take a Seat’ exhibition reflects on once-owned and changed objects. Photo: Pauline Cain. THE “Take a Seat” exhibition opened at The Glasshouse Gallery in Port Macquarie on Saturday 28 September, […]
Steve Couch in his Laser ‘Lazybuoy’ who won the monohull division.
5-10-25 RACE 3 of the spring series was held at the Port Macquarie Sailing Club on Sunday afternoon. The day certainly was an absolute cracker with sunny skies, warm temperatures, and an easy North Easterly breeze. The tide was the last half of the run out. The catamarans sailed 4 laps, and the monohulls sailed […]
The Joe Cocker Express.
RENOWNED as Australia’s premier tribute to the legendary Joe Cocker, the “Joe Cocker Express” is set to bring its new tour, Mad Dogs vs The Englishmen, to the Glasshouse on Thursday 16 October. The live show pays homage to the unmistakable soulful sounds of Joe Cocker, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall […]
