Rusty Muscle Collective performing in the Glasshouse forecourt.
Cherie and Scott Raynor from Sunset Gallery with their projections on Murray Street Got Ya Back’s ‘Piano Party’ under the fig tree on Town Green Tortuga’s Phoebe Ayla and her fire show on Clarence Street Stage. Tortuga’s Joel Salom entertaining crowds with his comedy and juggling act on Clarence Street Stage. Rusty Muscle Collective performing […]
Crowds enjoying a sunny Sunday morning in the gardens at Roto House
Photos: Pauline Cain
Anne de Nooijer (left) and Brad Collins (right) chatting about art with Port Macquarie locals Robyn Cornale and Debbie Sommers. The Bootleggers playing Blues on the verandah Hastings Art Trail exhibition – Anne de Nooijer and Brad Collins Hastings Art Trail exhibition – Anne de Nooijer and Brad Collins Crowds enjoying a sunny Sunday morning […]
The volunteers known as the Graffiti Blasters.
On the job, ridding Port Macquarie of unsightly graffiti. The volunteers known as the Graffiti Blasters. THE group known as Graffiti Blasters was among the many community members celebrated during National Volunteers Week. This dedicated team of volunteers is making a real difference by removing graffiti and keeping the Hastings parks, gardens, public amenities and […]
Town Team Movement Ltd received an FRRR grant funded by the Future Drought Fund to build community resilience to drought in WA’s Wheatbelt Central region.
MORE than $3,000,000 in grants is now available to empower eligible agriculture-dependent communities to prepare for drought by building and maintaining their social resilience. This is the second round of funding to be delivered by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) through the Future Drought Fund’s (FDF) Communities Program, which is funded by […]
Brad Eastman (Beastman) at his mural Memory Structures. Photo: Vivien Mitchell. Artist Renee Davies adds a colourful touch to the Barracks Lane mural. Photo: Chan Ansell. A FLASH mob of around 100 singers will converge on a Port Macquarie carpark on Friday 5 June to help kick off this year’s ArtWalk. Singers from 10 community […]
A koala captured by a monitoring camera.
Andy McCoubrie and his son Will installing a camera in a tree hollow on their property. Side-on view of a hollow created by the McCoubries. A koala captured by a monitoring camera. NETTE and Andy McCoubrie are passionate environmentalists and conservationists who are dedicated to regenerating and preserving the bush on […]
Corey Tutt OAM and artist Ben Williams at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney. Photo: supplied.
Corey Tutt OAM and artist Ben Williams at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney. Photo: supplied. Promoting Come Home, Bigibila in Melbourne. Photo: Corey Tutt. COREY Tutt OAM has been in a whirl of media interviews, school visits and book store appearances since he and Aboriginal artist Ben Williams won Book of the Year […]
George Fowler congratulates Jason Sawyer on his prestigious Club Person of the Year award. Wauchope Bonny Hills SLSC life members Keith Charles (left) and Wayne Gill (right) congratulate George Fowler on his elevation to Life Governor. WAUCHOPE-Bonny Hills Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) held its Awards of Excellence presentation on 9 May, recognising the teams […]
RONALD McDonald House has been an institution in Australia since 1981, with the organisation annually assisting more than 89,000 families of seriously ill children. Jesica Vlahovic spent time in one as a child and has retained an affection for the charity that she has passed onto her children, especially 13-year-old daughter Adrijana Riethmuller. An accomplished […]
Better By Bicycle Port Macquarie members at the end of the proposed Town to Googik Link Trail.
THE National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Draft Lake Innes Plan of Management (February 2026) proposal to extend the Googik Track to Lake Cathie received more than 300 submissions in support of extending the trail. This has prompted a local Bicycle User Group [BUG], Better By Bicycle Port Macquarie, to lodge a new proposal to […]
