THE Hastings community united through golf to raise funds for the Hastings Education Fund (HEF), ensuring it can continue its work supporting local students. As part of the Country Education Foundation of Australia, HEF helps young people from the Port Macquarie-Hastings area as they move from high school into university, apprenticeships or further training. Karen […]
An opening will typically occur when water levels rise due to rainfall, while closures happen as sand accumulates - creating a berm which acts as a natural seal between the lake and ocean.
LAKE CATHIE has closed to the ocean, however Port Macquarie-Hastings Council says conditions remain “ripe for recreation”. Excessive sand movement and dry conditions have caused the sand berm to close the entrance to the ocean, after more than 15 months of favourable weather conditions allowing it to remain open, according to Council. This is a […]
PORT Macquarie apprentice mechanic Drew Miante has been named the BusNSW Apprentice of the Year. Drew works at the Busways Port Macquarie depot and was recognised for her outstanding skills, determination and contribution to keeping buses safely on the road. The award was announced on 1 October at the association’s annual member conference in the […]
A drone shot of some of the 10 or 11 juvenile humpbacks off Port Macquarie on Monday. Photo: Alex McNaught, roving-eye.com.
A drone shot of some of the 10 or 11 juvenile humpbacks off Port Macquarie on Monday. Photo: Alex McNaught, roving-eye.com. This spectacular breach off Port Macquarie’s Town Beach last week has been shared around the world. Photo: Jodie Lowe’s Marine Animal Photography. Whale spotter Leigh Mansfield at Tacking Point Lighthouse. Photo: Sue Stephenson. THERE’S […]
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 […]
