Koala Culture
It was three years in the making and often heart breaking, but for Australian filmmaker Susan Kelly, putting Port Macquarie’s koalas in the spotlight...
Love for nature honoured
Caring for our environment has been the inspiration behind this year’s Volunteer of the Year.
Landcarer Julie Ho from Port Macquarie was presented with her...
Tea and tucker time for great cause
Residents are armed with cuppas and cakes today to help fight cancer.
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea fundraisers are heating up classrooms, kitchens, restaurants and clubs...
Bagging solar a bad move
The Government’s reduction in the Solar Bonus Scheme tariff from 60c per kw/hour to 40c per kw/hour from July 1 has been labelled as...
Fire guts home
The top level of a family home was gutted by flames at lunchtime on Monday.
Port’s Fire Fighters were called to 35 Herschell Street in...
Did you save the pelican’s life?
A few years ago, Charles Nelson was walking up to the fish cleaning table near the Fishing Co-op in Port Macquarie, when he noticed...
Mayor welcomes new citizens
Tweed Mayor, Councillor Kevin Skinner, and the Member for Richmond, the Honourable Justine Elliot MP, presided over a Citizenship Ceremony at Tweed Heads on...
Iconic Hastings Point Park gets a facelift
Council is currently looking at the upgrade of the Hasting Point Park adjacent to Cudgera Creek as part of a shire-wide park renewal program.
The...
Local author wins gold in the US
Former Tweed journalist Stephanie Dale has won a gold medal in the elite US publishing awards, the Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Stephanie, who now lives...
Kingscliff sand continues to disappear
Long-term Kingscliff resident Thomas Eady is a regular fixture on the beach at Kingscliff at the moment – monitoring just what has been happening...
Bowls clubs celebrate their major milestone
Back in 1921 a group of bowlers decided to form a club in the twin towns.
Ninety years on, that one club is now two...
Tweed manager grabs AFL bragging rights
It wasn’t just the Lions and the Suns who took some knocks during the AFL QClash at the Gabba last week.
Local BOQ Tweed Heads...
