Santa’s Link-Dasher 8 delivered cheer to children from Coopernook Public School. Photos: Pauline Cain. Red Cross volunteers with Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer. The Red Cross Bear, ‘Big Ted’, with children from Coopernook. The children’s faces were filled with joy. Red Cross volunteers with Port Macquarie Airport staff. QANTAS team members and Australian Red Cross […]

CATTLE and dairy farmers have welcomed the government’s decision to legalise virtual stock fencing, which involves using GPS collars to control the animals through audio cues and electric shocks. The move is expected to reduce physical fencing costs, improve rotational grazing systems, and provide remote access to data on the welfare of herds. Minister for […]

Students at the maths challenge in Newcastle. Photo: supplied. Maths challenge activities in progress. Photo: supplied. Students doing problem-solving activities. Photo: supplied. FIVE Mid North Coast students took part in the Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Challenge in Newcastle on Tuesday 25 November. Mid North Coast participants were Hugo Wyndham, Bishop Druitt College; Harroop Bahia, […]

Craig M. Wood conducted the Macleay Music Ensemble and Hastings and Macleay Choristers. Photo: Pauline Cain. Craig M. Wood and Christine Wells were farewelled at the Macleay Proms. Photo: Pauline Cain. PORT Macquarie residents and musicians Christine Wells and Craig M. Wood were farewelled on Sunday afternoon 30 November, during the Macleay Proms in Kempsey. […]

The highlight of the evening was the lighting of the Christmas Tree. Photo: BNCC Security Services, Facebook. Santa Dan. Photo: supplied. Market stalls were set up early in the afternoon. Photo: Pauline Cain. PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council’s (PMHC) Christmas Fair on Town Square on Friday 5 December has been described as “fabulous”. Early crowds started arriving […]

Steve Roberts crossing the line. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Try time for Makos Club President Wayne Gleeson. Photo: Jenna Bryan. Darcie Gleeson, co-captain of the W20s, stopping the opposition. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Milla Swain adding to her team’s tally. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Matt Bale finding the line. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Glen Kightley in action. Photo: Kim […]

Lions Club members Dee Watkinson and Karen Carrick selling Lions’ Christmas cakes at Bunnings. Photo: supplied. Birdon’s Island Trader on the Hastings River. Photo: supplied. LORD Howe Island resident Neil de Rusett has again issued the call for the Tacking Point Lions Club to send him their famous Christmas cakes. So on Monday morning, 1 […]

THREE surfers and shark attack survivors are leading the call for the roll out of life-saving emergency response kits on beaches across Australia. One year after creating Community Shark Bite Kits, founder and Hastings local Danny Schouten has deployed more than 150 kits on beaches across NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. “We’re not […]

THE Port Macquarie Hastings University of the Third Age (U3A) held its annual Seniors Variety Concert on Friday 21 November at the Tenison Woods Centre. Chris Taylor, the newly elected President of the U3A, welcomed the crowd of nearly 80 guests. Christine Battison, the coordinator of the concert, said, “The concert gave me such joy […]

The cast of Billy Elliott singing the opening number ‘The Stars Look Down’. Photo: supplied. Linked Community Services clients Judy Kirby and Valerie Wilson, and volunteer drivers John and Colin (behind) at the matinee of ‘Billy Elliot’. Photo: Pauline Cain. THE musical “Billy Elliot” had a packed house for its opening weekend at the Players […]