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Fame Cove - Channel 9 "A Current Affair" feature

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bobreidThu, 14/10/2021 - 9:58am

On Tuesday night Channel 9 broadcast a feaure in its "A Current Affair" show on developer Mr Phillip Dong Fang Lee and the rehabilitation of his Fame Cove property and his $273 million tax problem. The ATO has frozen Mr Lee's assets which includes the Fame Cove property.

The feature included interviews with Len Yearsley who is the convenor of the NACCAi Fame Cove Subcommittee.

To watch the feature click on the following link:

Proposed Hazard Reduction

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1960cjjTue, 12/10/2021 - 12:45pm

A hazard reduction has been scheduled off Tamworth Street, North Arm Cove. The intention is to have the burn completed sometime within the next month. As soon as ground and weather conditions allow we will commence. We will do a letter drop for residence that are close to the burn area a few days before the burn.

The brigade has been up at the proposed area carrying out mitagation work around the perimeter in preparation for the burn.  

Notice of proposal and map attached.

STOLEN

Loal ConroySun, 10/10/2021 - 4:43pm

Box trailer stolen last night / early hours this morning from Promontory Way, North Arm Cove. Rego plate may have been removed... if you have any information , please contact Yola on 0419 599 154 - many thanks.

MidCoast Council is seeking feedback on its new Disability Inclusion Action Plan

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bobreidSun, 10/10/2021 - 4:34pm

MidCoast Council is developing the next version of its Disability Inclusion Action Plan to support its commitment to creating more inclusive communities.

Preliminary consultation is now underway.

The Disability Inclusion Action Plan helps Council to identify the barriers and challenges faced by those in our community who are living with a disability, as well as their carers (paid or unpaid), friends and family.

Cuckoos in the Cove

janinerSun, 10/10/2021 - 2:25pmBaby cuckoo

It is spring and the Cove is again full of the sound of birds. Some visitors to the Cove every spring come from a long distance. We get two migratory cuckoos, the Channel Billed Cuckoo and the eastern Koel. The following information about these cuckoos was copied from the Aussie Birdlife Website- https://birdlife.org.au

Eastern Koel

If you live in some parts of northern or eastern Australia, one of the characteristic birds of spring...

Aussie Backyard Bird Count

janinerSun, 10/10/2021 - 1:50pmLittle Corella

The Aussie Backyard Bird Count is on again this week from 18 October to 24 October. Volunteers just do a bird count for 20 minutes from anywhere they wish. All you have to do is Register, download the App and count the birds for 20 minutes. You can do it as many times as you like.

You don't have to be an expert. The App helps you identify the birds, and if you don't know, you just leave it...

Parts of MidCoast back in lockdown - but not us!

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dougkTue, 05/10/2021 - 11:36am

Stay at home orders for parts of the Mid Coast Local Government (LGA) area were implemented by NSW Health last night (4 October 2021) following two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Forster. This lockdown applies to those living in postcode areas 2430 and 2428 only. Our postcode area, 2324, is not in lockdown. The lockdown for areas around Taree and Foster/Tuncurry is currently scheduled to end midnight on Monday 11 October.

 

Update 2 - Fame Cove Infamy

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tonyhThu, 30/09/2021 - 2:03pm

Chanel 9 investigative reporter Josh Bavas spent 2 hours on Tuesday with NACCAi's Fame Cove Action Group team leader Len Yearsley in preparation for a Current Affair report on Fame Cove - expected to be broadcast this Tuesday at 7:00pm.

In the meantime, the four Fame Cove lots are privately owned by Tea Garden Farms Pty Ltd. Should the situation ever arise that this land is put up for sale again, we believe the opportunity must be taken by State or Federal government to protect its heritage and environmental values by acquiring it as a publicly owned asset. The...

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The Quest for Boat Ramp and Jetty

dougkSun, 12/06/2016 - 11:13pm

The struggle for water access in North Arm Cove - including a community boat ramp and jetty - has been a long one which, until now, has always met with disappointment. For almost 50 years the Residents Association (which has over time also been known as the Progress Association and the Village Association) “water access” has been a recurring issue of concern.

Both the Walter Burley Griffin original and Henry F Halloran's subsequent early 20th century designs for "Port Stephens City" included multiple public jetties. Boat ramps in the early 20th century were not, of course, a consideration....

 

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