THE Port Macquarie Repair Fair 2025 is being held on Sunday 16 November from 10am to 1pm at the Port Macquarie Library. The event showcases local repairers, reusers and recyclers helping to build a more sustainable community. The fair features hands-on workshops, live demonstrations, a car-boot sale, and creative market stalls that exhibit the region’s […]
Beechwood Shamrocks members with palliative care staff: (l-r) Ben Gilbert, Fred Hanley, Tim Bardell, Kaylee Schmakeit, Laura Scott, Cameron Savage, Michael Cole and Mary Trotter.
Hastings Trust and Beechwood Shamrocks boost comfort care at Wauchope Hospital
COMMUNITY support has delivered a boost to comfort care at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital. The Hastings Cancer Trust has donated almost $7400 to the Palliative Care Unit while the fundraising efforts of the Beechwood Shamrocks Rugby League Football Club have helped purchase essential allied health equipment. The items will enhance the comfort of patients at […]
Birdon's General Manager Assets and Contracts Sarah Yuen, and Ferry Operations Manager John Gray, with Douglas Shire Mayor Lisa Scomazzon and CEO Scott Osman. Photo: supplied.
Birdon awarded contract to design, build, operate and maintain Daintree River Ferry
Birdon’s General Manager Assets and Contracts Sarah Yuen, and Ferry Operations Manager John Gray, with Douglas Shire Mayor Lisa Scomazzon and CEO Scott Osman. Photo: supplied. The Daintree River ferry to be built at Birdon’s Sancrox shipyard. Photo: supplied. PORT Macquarie maritime engineering company Birdon has signed a 20-year contract with Douglas Shire Council to […]
Corey Baker and Zoe Lord from Finnians Irish Tavern with AHA awards host Karl Stefanovic. Photo: courtesy Finnians.
Port Macquarie and Long Flat pubs and staff among state’s best
Corey Baker and Zoe Lord from Finnians Irish Tavern with AHA awards host Karl Stefanovic. Photo: courtesy Finnians. Settlers Inn General Manager Zoe Archer with her AHA Rising Star award. Photo: courtesy Settlers. The Long Flat Pub won the award for Best Marketing Activity. “WE still cannot believe this happened again,” is how the team […]
Inaugural festival set to light up Phillips Lane
PHILLIPS Lane will burst into life on Saturday, 8 November as Port Macquarie hosts the first-ever Hideaway Festival. Taking place from 2pm to 8pm, the festival will transform Phillips Lane and Hay Street into a lively hub of creativity, featuring live music, street art, food stalls and local craft brewers. Funded through Transport for NSW’s […]
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Variety Postie Bike Dash raising $400K for regional kids
Posties set off from the starting line at Nabiac. Photo: supplied. Nabiac Public School gets the first cheque of the ride. Photo: supplied. Huntingdon Public School gets a cheque for $4,400 on Day 2. Photo: supplied. Posties riding on dirt roads for children in need. Photo: supplied. NEARLY 100 riders set off on Sunday 2 […]
Port Mac Goss: John O’Callaghan
John O’Callaghan has spent more than 50 years on the airwaves. JOHN O’Callaghan from Cruze FM (formerly Super Radio) has notched up over 50 years in radio, beginning work as a 15-year-old at 2UE in Sydney alongside his famous father Gary. He gained his first on-air role at 2KO in Newcastle and then worked in […]
Reminder that plovers are protected as hatching season brings new dangers
Karen Ledger of FAWNA with a plover hatchling. Plovers are a protected species in Australia. KAREN Ledger of FAWNA is hoping to change people’s opinions on plovers during the current hatching season. These native birds are found all over Australia and are a protected species. It is against the law to interfere with them. Plovers […]
Port Macquarie makes top 10 list for NSW first home buyers
FOR the first time, Port Macquarie has been named among NSW’s top 10 suburbs for first home buyers and is the only suburb outside Sydney to appear in the top performing locations for all buyer groups. The latest Quarterly Market Update from prop tech firm InfoTrack ranked Port Macquarie in third place for the highest […]
