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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...
(1 comment)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...
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...
(1 comment)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...
(2 comments)EcoNetwork Port Stephens has just published its latest newsletter. You can access it by clicking on the link: EcoUpdate January 2024 This edition has some interesting articles that would be...
As well as being a great place for boating, North Arm Cove is now being used for landing seaplanes and aerial acrobatics. In mid-November a small single engined seaplane was...
Another really useful and important app that you should put on your smartphone is the Emergency plus app. It is a free app developed by Australia’s emergency services and their...