THE countdown’s on to this coming week’s Ride The Wave Festival in support of locals doing it tough. Over five days from 24 March, Port Macquarie will host surf, skate and live music events – all centred on Town Beach. Organised by Make A Difference (MAD), the event raises funds for the frontline services providing […]
FROM humble beginnings in 2012 in a Melbourne pub, the “Tough Guy Book Club” has expanded globally. Founded by Shay Leighton, it is a network of men who are “about reading books, hitting the pub with the goons, and rowdy conversations.” Port Macquarie has its own chapter, which meets at 7pm at Finnian’s Irish Tavern […]
A NEW $50 million fund aimed at building community connections and supporting events in regional areas has been announced by the NSW Government. The Active Regional Communities Package delivers funding through three streams for non-profit local community groups, local councils and cultural or sporting organisations to deliver events, programs and activities. $15 million for Regional […]
Participants at the ‘Blooming Portraits’ workshop at Port Macquarie Museum. Photo: PMM.
Participants at the ‘Blooming Portraits’ workshop at Port Macquarie Museum. Photo: PMM. Karen Karta and Kelli Williams at the opening of ‘Living Life in Colour’ at the Port Macquarie Hastings Library. Photo: Pauline Cain. Participants (with Casey Baldwin from Intergen Connect in the centre) at the Intergenerational Creative Workshops at Port Macquarie Hastings Library. Photo: […]
Tegan Wright is this week’s Heartbeat of the Hastings. Photos: supplied. Tegan Wright is this week’s Heartbeat of the Hastings. Photos: supplied. TEGAN Wright’s path to where she is today wasn’t always clear. Growing up, she says she often felt a little lost. After leaving public school, she wasn’t sure who she was or what […]
Friends Janet Leeder, Pamela Brewer and Julie Miller enjoying morning tea in the Port Macquarie CWA rooms. Photo: Pauline Cain.
Port Macquarie CWA Branch members Wendy Evans, Helena Ross, Pat Banister, Janis Miles, Joan Branch, Robyn Baker and Tiffany Brooks. Photo: Pauline Cain. Friends Janet Leeder, Pamela Brewer and Julie Miller enjoying morning tea in the Port Macquarie CWA rooms. Photo: Pauline Cain. CWA member Robyn Baker, sharing morning tea with her granddaughter, Melissa Baker. […]
A MID North Coast woman is turning past hardships into purposeful action, walking 135 kilometres across Western Australia to support young people facing homelessness. Hayley Gibbs draws on her own lived experience of youth homelessness to advocate for others who face instability, fear and isolation. She is raising funds and awareness for regional communities, with […]
SUPPORT for the LGBTQIA+ community will take centre stage in Port Macquarie this month, with film, storytelling and live performance combining for a night of connection and creativity. Charles Sturt University returns as a regional partner for the Queer Screen Australia Film Festival, which is a curated showcase of short films from the Mardi Gras […]
This is the first time Wauchope Hospital has been included in the BHI’s quarterly report. Photo: MNCLHD.
MID North Coast hospitals have experienced record demand for their emergency departments, according to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) quarterly report. Despite this, hospital performance between October and December remained high. Across the health district, which covers Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour, there were a record 40,126 attendances, an increase of three percent […]
Jesse Webber, Oxley’s Local Woman of the Year, with MP Michael Kemp. Photo: supplied.
WAUCHOPE business leader and community advocate Jesse Webber has been recognised on the state stage as Oxley’s Local Woman of the Year for 2026. The award is for her volunteer fundraising efforts and outstanding leadership across multiple business ventures in the Hastings Valley. From her earliest days completing a business course through the Wauchope Chamber […]
