A bolt from the blue
IN Hastings District Cricket the points were shared in the first-grade clash between Port City and Camden Haven at Laurieton when a thunderstorm forced...
Idol rocks out
FORMER Australian Idol winner Damien Leith rocked The Pier at Panthers on Friday night, playing to a small but extremely enthusiastic audience.
Damien played many...
Surfin’ the big screens
SURF’S up in the Glasshouse in Port Macquarie in January.
Tim Bonython’s independent surf movie tour initiative is back with the Australian Surf Movie Festival...
Get set for a big one
THE Christmas-New Year period is always packed with entertainment in the Port Macquarie-Hastings region and 2013 is no exception.
Clubs, pubs and theatres have a...
Foster carer cat-astrophe
THE Port Macquarie branch of the RSPCA is appealing for volunteer foster carers to cope with the annual summer explosion in the number of...
No flags, no swim
LIFEGUARDS have a simple message for local residents and visitors to the region this festive season: ‘No flags, no swim’.
The patrol season officially started...
Be prepared
THE Wauchope branch of the State Emergency Service held an information stand at Carols in the Park in Wauchope last week to encourage home...
Card turns heat up on MPs
LATE on Tuesday afternoon member of the Hastings branch of Climate Change Australia presented Member for Lyne David Gillespie with a Christmas card with...
Plea to fix boardwalk
THE Friends of Kooloonbung have started a campaign to have a boardwalk in the nature park repaired by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.
Spokesperson Colin Hardwick said...
RAAF Christmas cheer
A CHRISTMAS lunch at Panthers Port Macquarie topped off a great year for the Port Macquarie branch of the RAAF association. PIctured here enjoying...
Help’s there when the stresses build
WHILE Christmas is a time of joy for millions of Australians, for many others it is a time of loneliness, financial pressure or family...
The heart of the matter
AUSSIE band In Hearts Wake will be hitting the Hastings early next year, with bands Hand of Mercy and Hellions in tow.
The visit is...
