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Article Southern Estuaries Coastal Management Program
Have Your Say: Midcoast Council MidCoast Council is in the process of preparing a Coastal Management Program (CMP) for its Southern Estuaries including the areas of Wallis Lake, Smiths Lake...
Article Beware the Ides of March
We have an internet enabled weather station and we like to keep a track of the rain. Occasionally we miss a week or two when a spider decides to take...
Article Autumn Wild Dog Control Programs
Wild dog populations and foxes cause significant problems for farmers and native animal populations. The range of these animals can be up to 30 square kilometres, so they can be...
Article Free Covid Vaccinations Available in Karuah
Dr Marguerite Hennes has advised that free Covid vaccinations are available at the Karuah Medical Centre, 406 Tarean Road, Karuah. For an appointment phone 02 4997 5510 or 02 4997...
Article Advance Notice-Bulky Waste Collection
Midcoast Council has announced the dates for this year's bulky waste collection. Residents of North Arm Cove are asked to put their waste out on Thursday 9 June for collection...
Article Are there protected sea grasses and live oyster reefs near you?
Did you know that there are live oyster reefs in North Arm Cove? Some are naturally occurring, and some are the remnants of past oyster farming. There are reefs next...
Article Draft NSW Mainland Marine Park Network Management Plan 2021-2031
General information is available about the Draft NSW Mainland Marine Park Network Management Plan on the Have Your Say website and on the DPI website. The information is mostly promotional...
Article Marine Park Community Webinar
A community webinar will be held on Wednesday 19th January at 6-7pm on the draft Management Plan for the NSW Mainland Marine Park Network. Port Stephens is part of the...
Article Oyster Line Comes Loose
Over the New Year long weekend, a line of oysters broke loose in strong winds. It was near the boat launching area at Water Street. The line was outside the...
Article A Reminder-Crab Trap Rules
We ran into a crab trap line yesterday. The buoy was about the size of a ping pong ball and was difficult to see. There was a line of these...
Article More Christmas Trading Hours
Dr Hennes at Karuah Medical Centre has advised us of her Christmas trading hours. We will be closed the public holidays 27 and 28th of December 2021 , then the...
Article Is it Safe to Swim in the Cove after Rain?
With the holiday season nearly upon us and further rainfall predicted, it is worthwhile remembering that our water quality can be affected by heavy rain. If the water is brown...
Article Oyster Industry Strategy
The 4th Edition of the Oyster Industry Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy was released in August. For further details go to https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/oysters/industry-strategy The main object of the revision was to take into...
Article Trading Hours Over Holiday Break
Some of our website sponsors have let us know their trading times over the Christmas/New Year holiday break. Gutter-Vac Lower Mid North Coast: Closed from 24 December to 4 January...
Article Proposed Changes to Fishing Rules-Have Your Say
NSW DPI is undertaking community consultation on proposed changes to recreational fishing rules for Eastern Rock Lobster and Dusky Flathead. The proposed changes for recreational fishers are: Eastern Rock Lobster...
Article Jetty Investigations
A public jetty was a high priority in the survey done for the community plan. In the next couple of months, applications will open for the next round of goverment...
Article Cuckoos in the Cove
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...
Article Aussie Backyard Bird Count
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...
Article Rates
We received our MidCoast Council rates last week. The way the Council calculates the rates has changed. The process is called rates harmonisation and will be phased in over the...
Article Aboriginal Artefacts
Up on a hill behind Promontory Way there is a sign stating that there are Aboriginal Artefacts on the site. Last week I published an article by Patricia Neal, whose...
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Article North Arm Cove in 1952
Nine years ago, Patricia Neal wrote an article in the Newcastle Family History Journal about her memories of her family buying a block of land at North Arm Cove in...
Article submission John "Stinker" Clarke Fishing in Port Stephens
John "Stinker" Clarke is a Port Stephens fishing identity. He was on ABC radio last Saturday talking about the fishing at Karuah. Next Saturday is about Tea Gardens. If you...
Article Covid-19 Case in Thornton
We are not immune to the Covid-19 crisis in Sydney. The 7-Eleven at 1 Weakleys Drive Thornton is now a Covid-19 site. The case date was on Tuesday, 13 July...
Article Pindimar Abalone Farm Application Withdrawn
An application for an abalone farm at Clarke St, Pindimar has been withdrawn. The Pindimar Bundabah Community Association has been fighting this proposal for nearly two decades. The proposed farm...
Article Community Grant Applications Submitted
The North Arm Cove Community has a good record of successful grant applications. Some of the major projects funded by grants include several upgrades to the Community Centre, establishment of...
Article Council Elections-Who is Eligible to Vote?
Local Council Elections will be held on Saturday 4 September 2021. Voting is compulsory for local residents. You are also eligible to vote as a non-resident in a council area...
Article Community Plan Steering Group
Last year, MidCoast Council sent out a postcard asking residents and property owners what they liked about the North Arm Cove and Carrington area and what improvements they would like...
Article More On Vaccination
We have received the following message from Dr Hennes at Karuah Medical Centre. "People aged 40-49 can register for the Pfizer vaccine here: nsw.gov.au/. People will be contacted when a...
Article More on Volunteers
It is still Volunteers Week. In my article on volunteers, I forgot one of our most important volunteers, the editor of Cove News, Loal Conroy. Last year, Loal took on...
Article Council Rates
At the last NACCAi meeting Councillor Len Roberts was asked about rates. MidCoast Council is currently reviewing all rates in a process called rates harmonisation. The amalgamation of three councils...
Article National Volunteer Week 2021
It is Volunteer Week this week. Across the Mid Coast region there are 16,000 volunteers. 2000 volunteer with the Mid Coast Council. There is a meeting on Thursday in Tea...
Article Wetland Regeneration Field Day
In 2020 a group of 8 farmers in The Branch undertook major works on their properties to protect wetlands and riparian vegetation while improving their water points, fencing and pasture...
Article Oyster Posts Removed Near Bundabah
There has been a red barge on the eastern side of the Cove south of Bundabah for the last few days. The derelict oyster lease in this location has been...
Article Covid-19 Vaccines Available at Karuah for Over 50's
We have received the following message from Dr Marguerite Hennes at Karuah: Free COVID-19 vaccinations are now available for eligible people, vaccine appointments are limited at this stage. First check...
Article Electronic Safety Sign
There are several groups of residents who regularly cycle, jog or walk along the bitumen roads between the village and the highway. Some have had near misses with vehicles speeding...
Article 2021 Review of the NSW Oyster Industry Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy
OISAS-Public-Consultation-Draft-Have-Your-Say-Document.pdf The 2021 Review of the NSW Oyster Industry Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy (OISAS) is currently on public exhibition The Department of Primary Industries is seeking public comment on the 2021...
Article National Directory Of Important Migratory Shorebird Habitat
News from Birdlife Australia: Shorebird Directory Launches After years of painstaking research, the National Directory of Important Migratory Shorebird Habitat launched on 21 April β a vital step towards effective...
Article Is it safe to go boating over the Easter break?
The flood waters along the east coast are gradually abating, so is it safe to go boating over Easter? Before making a decision, the first thing I would do is...
Article Water Quality-Is it Safe to Swim this Easter?
We have had a lot of rain in the last few weeks. In the big event ten days ago we had about 450ml and then on Monday night we had...
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Article North Arm Cove Waterfall
We have been at North Arm Cove for over 30 years but we did not know about our own little waterfall until Mark from KBL Projects told us. We finally...
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