PORT Macquarie State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers were the overall winners at the 2026 NSW State Road Crash Rescue Challenge held in Dubbo from 1-3 May, outperforming teams across the state and beyond. Over 200 emergency service personnel from agencies including NSW SES, NSW Fire and Rescue, NSW Ambulance, VRA Rescue NSW, NSW Rural Fire […]

BONNY Hills resident Christie Rogers, 30, is enjoying significant success on the Highland Dancing scene. Christie recently returned from the Champion of Champions, a biannual Highland Dancing event held this year on the Gold Coast, which attracted approximately 300 competitors from across the country and overseas. Christie achieved strong results across all her dance types, […]

Mothers and joeys at the ‘Place of Koala’ in Cowarra State Forest. Guulabaa resident Hope. Mothers and joeys at the ‘Place of Koala’ in Cowarra State Forest. Myka the koala. KOALA Conservation Australia (KCA) has welcomed a second cohort of koala joeys through its Wild Koala Breeding Program. Building on the success of the inaugural […]

Juvenile Dusky Flathead Juvenile Dusky Flathead A Mulloway fingerling. MORE than 150,000 Mulloway and Dusky Flathead fingerlings have been released into key NSW fishing locations – including the Hastings River – as part of the NSW Government’s Marine Stocking Program. Over the past month more than 100,000 Mulloway fingerlings have been released into the Georges […]

FROM an early age, Donna Liver has had an affinity for the ocean and surf – as well as for dancing. Donna and her six siblings grew up close to the beach, with swimming, sun, and sand a regular part of life. At 14, Donna got her first surfboard, a second-hand Bob Brown. Accompanied by […]

Tucker and his mother. Tucker has been deemed fit to transition to a new pre-release enclosure. AS A celebration of Wild Koala Day (3 May), meet Tucker, a joey born through Koala Conservation Australia’s (KCA) Wild Koala Breeding Program at Guulabaa – Place of Koala in the Cowarra State Forest.    Tucker is one of […]

A GROUP of dedicated TAFE students recently joined WIRES Mid North Coast (MNC) volunteers for a hands-on working bee at the new Wildlife Rehabilitation Shelter in Coffs Harbour. The working bee brought together the next generation of wildlife carers with experienced WIRES members, who have been working tirelessly to establish and maintain the facility with […]

Laurieton resident Max Ramsey is nearing his 102nd birthday. Photo: supplied. Max married his wife Shirley in 1948. Photo: supplied. A smiling Max in his younger years. Photo: supplied. LAURIETON veteran Maxwell (Max) Ramsey celebrated his 102nd birthday on 6 May. Born in 1924, Max grew up on the land across Pambula, Bimbaya and Toowoomba, […]

A NEW paper co-authored by Macquarie University lecturer and renowned whale scientist Dr Vanessa Pirotta highlights the importance of ‘citizen scientists’ who have been integral in exposing a newly observed Humpback whale behaviour. The paper released by Macquarie University on 4 May, ahead of Australia’s annual Humpback Day (6 May), explores the distinct action of […]

RECREATIONAL fishers are invited to have their say on which NSW dams and impoundments they would like to see stocked with their favourite freshwater fish species, as the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) develops its stocking program for the year ahead. DPIRD Aquaculture Director Ian Lyall said NSW is home to […]