Riding for hospital care
By BARRY BLAIR
Cameron suffers from an optic pathway tumour and neurofibromatosis. Both of these conditions require continuous monitoring at Westmead Children’s Hospital.
Oxley Riders Group...
It’s not just grass
By RUTH TREMONT
But have you ever stopped to wonder what the biodiversity might be like in the native ground layer of grasses that occurs...
Art from waste
THE Northern Inland Regional Waste’s (NIRW) annual Waste into Art and Design Competition is on again, and Armidale Dumaresq Council is calling on creative...
NAIDOC Week comes early
IT MAY fall in school holidays this year, but that didn’t stop students from The Armidale School and Minimbah Aboriginal School from coming together...
Study tracks social drug deals
THE University of New England is collaborating with the National Drug Research Institute and Curtin University to research the ’social supply’ of cannabis, where...
Bravehearts for kids
CHILD protection advocacy organisation Bravehearts has expanded to include the Mid North Coast, thanks to a passionate group of local supporters.
Gary Turnbull, the...
Hospital by the book-let
WITH the $110 million expansion of Port Macquarie Base Hospital currently underway, a newsletter advising residents on how it is progressing has been sent...
CWA studies for lunch
THE Port Macquarie branch of the Country Women’s Association last week had a special lunch as part of the Kingdom of Study.
The branch is...
Plan for new-look lodge
PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council has approved a development application for major extensions to Rotary Lodge, which will cost about $2 million.
The council approved the application...
Dancing with the best
STUDENTS from Wauchope and Port Macquarie Performing Arts were put through their paces by leading choreographer Jason Winters over the weekend.
The legendary instructor spent...
Add a splash of colour
ARE you someone who has to have just one unusual plant in your garden ...I am!
Or are you happy with a neat, tidy...
Smart farming takes centre stage
By JO HARRISON
INNOVATIVE use of digital technologies has been explored at the inaugural Digital Rural Futures Conference held at the University of New England...
