MOTORCYCLE riders of all experience levels are invited to attend a free Survive the Ride safety workshop in Wauchope on Friday, 27 February 2026. The workshop is aimed at helping riders build safer habits and reduce crash risk on NSW roads. NSW motorcycle crash data from The Bureau of Transport and Infrastructure, shows a clear […]
Liam Higgins climbs into an AAF training plane for a pilot experience flight. Photo: Sis Higgins.
Liam Higgins climbs into an AAF training plane for a pilot experience flight. Photo: Sis Higgins. Lake Cathie local, Patrick Dale at the ANZAC Day service. Photo: Cara Dale. Blake Mitchell participates at ANZAC Day march in Port Macquarie. Photo: Sis Higgins. Commanding Officer Chris Gibbs awards and farewells CUO Grace Adlington, as she turned […]
Mayor Adam Roberts with local 2026 Citizen of the Year Geoff Leary at the Town Green on Monday. Photo: Lucy Humphries Photography, PMHC.
PORT Macquarie Hastings Citizen of the Year Geoff Leary has issued a stark warning about the growing scale of homelessness across the region, saying frontline volunteers are now feeding at least three times as many people as they were just a few years ago. Leary, a retired school principal and tireless community volunteer, spoke with […]
Better By Bicycle Port Macquarie on the Googik Track.
BETTER By Bicycle Port Macquarie is a Bicycle User Group that promotes social riding and advocates for more cycle-friendly facilities in the Port Macquarie-Hastings area. An incorporated association since March 2025, the group has 70 members, with an average age range of 40 to 70 years, who ride together every Tuesday and once a month […]
A koala just metres from site works for a new preschool at Tacking Point last Friday. Photo: James Bronner.
A KOALA photographed last week just metres from heavy machinery at Tacking Point Public School has intensified scrutiny of the State Government’s proposed $6.3 million preschool. Parents and independent experts question tree removals, environmental impacts and whether works are complying with planning and safety requirements. The image, taken by James Bronner near active site works, […]
Fair Trading Minister Anoulack Chanthivong launched the ‘Name and Shame’ list on 25 January. Photo: minister’s website.
THE State Government has launched a “Name and Shame” list of real estate agents, property managers and strata managing agents who have faced enforcement action. Available through the NSW Fair Trading website, it allows homeowners, buyers and renters to check if an agent has been fined, suspended or had their licence cancelled. It also includes […]
NEW research, real-time tracking and expanded drone surveillance lead a $4.2 million NSW Government initiative to keep people safer in the water this summer. The investment follows an unprecedented number of attacks in recent weeks and the need for better education and community messaging on shark behaviour – particularly before and after weather events. Surf […]
The popular Town Green Buffet on a magical evening. Photo: @towngreenbuffetbar
AFTER six years serving the local community as the last standing buffet on the Mid North Coast, Town Green Buffet & Bar has announced it will close its doors at the end of the month. In a post shared on Facebook, the business owners confirmed the closure followed a decision by new landlords not to […]
McGrath sales agent Steve Newman and McGrath Port Macquarie principal Todd Bates. Picture: Matt Taylor.
IF there is one corner of the Mid North Coast where the property heat is unmistakably on, it’s the Town Beach area in Port Macquarie. The benchmark moment came just over a year ago, when McGrath Port Macquarie sold the penthouse at Salt apartments, directly opposite the beach, for a Port-record $6 million. For McGrath […]
The waterfront view across to Westport Park from 23 Park Street, the site of the proposed 18-storey development. Photo: Matt Taylor.
MEMBER for Port Macquarie Rob Dwyer believes the 18-storey mixed-use development proposed for opposite Westport Park has the potential to deliver much-needed housing while also providing economic benefits for Port Macquarie. If approved, he said, it will revitalise a prime but currently undeveloped site and generate employment opportunities during the construction phase and create ongoing […]
