North Arm Cove is a lovely spot to spend some time, but it is also home to some annoying biting critters, some of which carry nasty diseases. This is the . . .
Autumn this year in North Arm Cove has rewarded residents with some glorious weather. Sun-filled days. Crisp still mornings. A spectacular full-moon rise over the Cove. Star-filled night skies. This . . .
Hi Everyone, I am just writing to say that we too enjoyed the sightings of the Tawny Frogmouth and took the photoβs over a period. It was a beautiful animal . . .
Last week my grandsons found a Tawny Frogmouth dead in our yard. The bird had been hunting around Water St and the Cove for a few years and would roost . . .
Help protect our Choughs Choughs are breeding in the bush behind Eastslopes. Many long term residents are familiar with these amusing birds. The White-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) is a black . . .
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Doplhin Watch results for Port Stephens have been completed. A few residents in the Cove joined in the watch for 30 minutes from 9;00 am on the 6 May 2012 . . .
Autumn is the time in the Cove people will notice many of the macro fungi start to fruit, that is produce mushrooms, puffballs, polypores and other visible fungi ( as . . .
I was taking an afternoon walk along Eastslopes Way last January when a couple of young women asked whether I had seen any koalas. They were hoping for a koala . . .
Migrating wader birds in the Cove Small numbers of Bar Tailed Godwits who live in the arctic tundra of Siberia and Alaska in the Northern Hemisphere summer and in Australia . . .
The Port Stephens -Great Lakes Marine Park was declared in December 2005. It covers an area of 98,000 hectares and includes all estuarine waters of Port Stephens and the Karuah River, the Myall River, Myall and Smiths Lakes and all the other creeks and tributaries to the limit of their tidal influence. It extends approximately 3 nautical miles offshore. The waters of North Arm Cove are within the Marine Park.