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Once again we have had another major burnout event at the North Arm Cove entrance at Gooreengi Rd – this happened last Saturday (9/11) night and it has left bits...
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The 2024 Pindimar Market Day is being held on Saturday 26th October.
Article submission NAC Counselling service
North Arm Cove resident Suzanne Alexander is a trained counsellor and is pleased to offer our community a counselling service that focuses on strengths to enhance life and general wellbeing...
We would like your feedback on the community developed draft plan for upgrading the Heros Beach reserve. This request arises from MidCoast Council notifying us late last year that it...
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Way back in 2016 our community worked closely with the then Great Lakes Council to install dinghy launching ramps at Casuarina Park and Water Street. The cost of installing the...
This $64 question is one that many NAC residents have pondered, especially since the boundary between MidCoast and Port Stephens Council is the edge of the NAC waterway, the service...
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ORRCA is holding its annual Port Stephens Dolphin Census on Sunday 18th August between 11am and 12 midday, and is looking for volunteers to count and observe dolphins, their behaviour...
MidCoast Council is seeking the communities ideas for walking, cycling and trail based activities. Council has recently put out a Have Your Say request on how MidCoast communities currently use...
(1 comment)Article submission Don’t forget - LEP submissions close this Sunday night
If you have any concerns at all about the new MidCoast LEP please lodge a submission. You have up to midnight this coming Sunday 14 June. Some points to consider...
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The MidCoast Council Have Your Say consultation on the draft MidCoast LEP closes at midnight on Sunday 14 July. So if you would like to lodge a submission on this...
Did you know that koalas still live in the Cove area? MidCoast Council recently had a limited koala survey done in the Cove on some areas of Council owned land...
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Could you manage a 263 km bike ride, with 4,315 metres of uphill riding, and 5,225 metres of downhill riding, along sealed and gravel roads and bush tracks, from Armidale...
On Tuesday I was in the checkout queue at Coles in Tea Gardens when a lady came up to me and offered me congratulations and condolences. I was a bit...
Article False hope! – rezoning the paper subdivision for 5 hectare blocks
This article shows that consolidating lots to form 5 hectare blocks in the North Arm Cove (NAC) paper subdivision is financially unviable, the potential number of five hectare blocks that...
In April 2023 MCC published an On-site Wastewater Management Strategy to help Council’s Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) identify areas that require immediate attention to protect public health, the environment and...
MidCoast Council has developed a draft Recreational Boating Infrastructure Plan to guide Council development of Council's boating facilities till 2035. This draft plan is on public exhibition until Sunday 5...
What happened: Last Friday night an illegal burn-out event on Gooreengi Road at the entrance to North Arm Cove went horribly wrong when the driver of a vehicle doing burn-outs...
The Port Stephens EcoNetwork has published its March 2024 edition of it EcoUpdate newsletter. In this edition, the theme is the ‘all too often taken for granted’ humble Eucalypt –...
Last week there was an interesting article in The Sydney Morning Herald about microplastics, and how they have been linked to heart attacks and strokes. It was based on a...
Our lovely red-headed painted lady rock d'art at Yallarwah Park has gone missing! She was there late last week, and was gone early this week. I wonder what happened to...
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I was speaking to Trevor Vandenberg the other day and he mentioned a potential fire risk with solar panels that he has noticed in the Cove. Trevor does lots of...
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