Article Emergency relief program Mission Australia's Emergency Relief Program can provide short term support to people experiencing financial crisis in the Mid North Coast, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie areas, by providing material aid such...
Article Has H1N5 bird flu arrived at the MidCoast? There are many media reports today that H1N5 avian influenza (bird flu) may have reached NSW, with a dead giant petrel found at Bennets Beach at Hawks Nest. Preliminary testing...
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Article Can you burn piles of vegetation in NAC? This question was asked recently by a North Arm Cove resident. The answer depends on where you live, as follows: Fires in the village area The burning of general waste...
Article Don't forget to Have Your Say on how Council spends our rates A gentle reminder - submissions on Council's draft 2026-27 Operational Plan and Delivery Plan (2025-2029) June close at midnight next Thursday, 4th June 2026. If you think that Council is...
Article Have Your Say on how MidCoast Council spends our rates Do you think that non-compliance issues are totally ignored? Do you worry about the environmental impacts and fire risks of all the illegal developments and land clearing in the nonurban...
Article People power beats wastewater fee increase! It's good to see that people power occasionally has a win. Two months ago, Council placed its draft wastewater strategy on public exhibition, seeking feedback from residents. Most of the...
Article Developer Withdraws Subdivision Proposal for Fame Cove Land. In recent days Tea Gardens Farms owned by the Lee family (Mrs Lee - Xiaobei Shi being the sole director) have withdrawn their Development Application D/A 2025/0462 to subdivide the...
Article Power outage this Sunday Essential Energy have advised that there will be a power outage this Sunday 19 April 2026, from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm, for general network maintenance. It will affect all...
Article EcoUpdate - February 2026 The February edition of EcoUpdate has been published by the Port Stephens Econetwork. This edition has an interesting article on the Birds of the Coastal Forest of the Mambo Wetland...
Article Septic fee fourfold increase - lodging a submission to Council Two weeks ago I reported on Councils draft wastewater strategy which proposes a fourfold fee increase in the annual sewage inspection fee for properties within 200m of an oyster aquaculture...
Article Time flies when you're having fun! They say that times flies when you're having fun - it also flies when things need servicing, catching up on you much quicker than expected. That's just happened with our...
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Article Ready Pet Go - pet safety in emergencies In emergency situations we need to be prepared and make sure our pets stay safe. Our diverse landscape means we sometimes face extreme weather events – heatwaves, drought, bushfires, storms...
Article Bushfire awareness and planning Two years ago we put together a bushfire awareness booklet for North Arm Cove residents. This was prompted by dire warnings for extreme bushfire hazards that summer due to an...
Article EcoUpdate - December 2025 The December edition of EcoUpdate from EcoNetwork Port Stephens is now available for viewing - just click on this link: EcoUpdate December 2025 It contains some interesting articles, particularly on...
Article Reporting fires and firebugs Over the past two weeks I have had a number of conversations with the NSW Police officer investigating the dozen possible firebug fires in the North Arm Cove area in...
Article Look out, firebug about! Over the past few weeks there has been a number of suspicious fires around North Arm Cove, with the RFS being called to extinguish them. Some have been small, and...
Article EcoNetwork Port Stephens - October 2025 EcoUpdate The October 2025 edition of EcoUpdate is now available for viewing via this link: EcoUpdate October 2025 edition. It contains an interesting article on the complexity of beach erosion, and...
Article Pindimar Market Day - next Saturday 25th October The annual Pindimar Market Day is being held next Saturday 25th October from 9am to 3pm. This wonderful event has great market stalls, petting zoo, live music, beer tasting, BBQ...
Article EcoUpdate September 2025 This month's edition of EcoUpdate from EcoNetwork Port Stephens contains a couple of really interesting articles. The first one is about great news for the endangered LIttle Tern - the...
Article Could we have a harmful algal bloom in Port Stephens? We’ve heard about the devastation of the South Australian algae bloom. Could we have one in Port Stephens? The Port Stephens edition of News Of The Area recently published a...
Article EcoNetwork Port Stephens The August edition of EcoUpdate is now available for reading - August EcoUpdate link This edition contains articles of celebrating our wonderful wildflowers and an invitation to attend a forum...
Article Council Community Conversation - 29 July The next Council community conversation will be held at the Hawks Nest Community Centre on Tuesday 29 July from 2:30 to 4:00 pm. So if you have any questions for...
Article Burnouts – another tragedy, some progress with Council Another tragedy – observer killed by burnout vehicle Last weekend at Kurri Kurri there was another burnout tragedy – but this time the result was much worse, and three people...
Article West coast sunrise - nearly as good as a Cove sunrise! Living in North Arm Cove you get used to spectacular sunrises, with the early morning light reflecting off the water and deep orange and red colours in the sky. But...
Article Burnouts - we all need to complain to Councillors! Another burnout Last Friday night (9/5) there was another burnout on Gooreengi Rd at the North Arm Cove turnoff, leaving more burnt tyre marks all over the road, and pieces...
Article Karuah News May 2025 The May 2025 edition of Karuah News can be downloaded at the bottom of this post.
