Newly elected NSW Nationals leader Gurmesh Singh addresses the media.
COFFS HARBOUR MP Gurmesh Singh has been elected as the new leader of the NSW Nationals, following the shock resignation of Dugald Saunders earlier this week. It is the latest promotion for Mr Singh, a former macadamia and blueberry farmer from Woolgoolga, who was named Deputy Leader of the NSW National Party in June 2024. […]
Port Macquarie MP Rob Dwyer, Hello Koalas founder Margret Maher, Deputy Mayor Nik Lipovac, and ‘Big Koala’ artist Pauline Roods unveiling the ‘Big Things Edition’.
Port Macquarie MP Rob Dwyer, Hello Koalas founder Margret Maher, Deputy Mayor Nik Lipovac, and ‘Big Koala’ artist Pauline Roods unveiling the ‘Big Things Edition’. The new Monopoly board features The Big Koala in the centre. The game’s inspiration at Guulabaa, west of Port Macquarie. PORT Macquarie’s Big Koala has made the cover of Monopoly’s […]
Corey Baker and Zoe Lord from Finnians Irish Tavern with AHA awards host Karl Stefanovic. Photo: courtesy Finnians.
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 […]
FROM Wollongong to the Balmain Tigers, NRL legend Steve “Blocker” Roach played in the front row in 186 games, representing NSW 17 times and Australia 19 times. Steve had a reputation as a hard man, and he was never far from controversy, once famously patting the referee on the head after being sent off the […]
A CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY (CSU) research team is inviting feedback from visitors and patients on their perceptions of body-worn cameras (BWC) worn by security staff at Port Macquarie hospital. Chief Investigator for the independent evaluation project, Dr Amanda Davies from the Charles Sturt School of Policing Studies, leads the team of researchers. Dr Davies has […]
THE community markets shut down without warning after 55 years have found a new home, and a new name. Cassegrain Wines has offered to host the stallholders who were locked out of Hamilton Green on 12 October by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. Planning is already underway for the first market to be held at the winery […]
NOTA columnist Dave ‘Scoop’ Lazarus was a recent contestant on Tipping Point Australia.
THIS week’s Port Mac Goss column is a little bit different. Columnist Dave ‘Scoop’ Lazarus had lined up Greg Davies, Unit Commander for Port Macquarie Marine Rescue, to talk about the upcoming summer season and water safety tips. However, due to forced unavailability, Greg will be next week’s feature. With the deadline looming, it was […]
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 […]
Community organisations receiving the funding at the Wauchope Country Club.
REGIONAL Australia Bank has returned more than $98,000 to local organisations across Wauchope and Laurieton through its Community Partnership Program (CPP), celebrated at an event at Wauchope Country Club earlier this month. The CPP encourages bank members to nominate a local organisation they care about, and each year the bank donates a share of its […]
A concept drawing for the proposed ocean pool at Oxley Beach.
A concept drawing for the proposed ocean pool at Oxley Beach. Ocean Pool committee members after briefing Council on their ROSAP submission. PORT Macquarie’s Ocean Pool Committee is rallying the support of the Hastings community as the project reaches a critical stage. Construction of the pool on Oxley Beach was funded by the Federal Government […]
