DEAR News Of The Area, AS a general observation, I can’t understand how the priority of [upgrading] an expensive, over-budgeted expressway got the go ahead – instead of the Wright’s and Lake Road roundabouts being addressed. We have past and present State and Federal local representatives who enabled this to happen. To me, this doesn’t […]
DEAR News Of The Area My family and I really enjoy your paper in Port Macquarie. However, (and isn’t there always a BUT ), we were sorry to see a letter published in the name of Harry Creamer: (“Inconvenient truths about ocean pool”, 10 October). It is a pity you did not check his arithmetic. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE been disappointed to see workers like me who may well lose our jobs because of the Great Koala National Park be treated like an afterthought. No questions have been asked to check the government’s claim they have a fair package for workers. No research seems to have been […]
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 […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I’M amazed at the incredible community support for the Ocean Pool project as it navigates the approval pathway. The pool would be fantastic for seniors who don’t feel safe and confident in the surf, for young families with kids and our disabled people. It would also provide a tourism magnet […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE following could be seen as an open letter to our civic leaders and is essentially a reality check. Firstly, allow me to sympathise with all those involved with the petition to fix the nightmare roundabout issue near the Base Hospital. Regardless of where you live in the Port Macquarie-Hastings […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to an article published in your edition of Friday, 5 September, titled ‘New era’ for Liberal Party Branch’. While the piece reads as a straightforward press release, it omits the context behind these changes. The first question that arises from the “significant changing of the guard at the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THANK YOU for your great newspaper keeping the residents informed. I was reading the Letters to the Editor section on 29 August and I would like to correct a comment made by Harry Creamer. He wrote blaming the elected representatives, stating that they are in Government. A correction for Mr […]
Dear News Of The Area I keep rainfall records for Port Macquarie. August is our driest month. The median is 53.1mm (Hill Street 1841 to 2002). So far this month it is 358mm (airport). BUT the biggest August rainfall was 775mm in 1899. There were two others – in 1843 (395mm) and 1879 (384mm). So […]
Dear News Of The Area THE chance to register opposition to spending $20 million to upgrade the Pacific and Oxley Highway roundabout at Thrumster – “The Donut” – ends at midnight next Monday. In my submission, I will be arguing that this project is an appalling misallocation of road funding and should be postponed indefinitely. […]
