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Expert advice and neighbourly support offered at local livestock roadshow

FOR livestock producers across the Stroud and Wootton districts, spring is one of the busiest and most important times of the farming calendar, making preparation now the key to success over the months ahead. To help local graziers get ready, NSW Local Land Services (LLS) is hosting two Livestock Roadshow: Spring Joining Preparations workshops, bringing […]

Featured

Memorial seat plan for Jubilee Park Dungog

Donna Woodlands and Dianne Pope near the proposed site at Jubilee Park. Ruth Dircks OAM (centre) with Cr Michael Dowling and Lorraine Wiseman at an art show. DUNGOG locals plan to install a new seat at Jubilee Park to honor the memory of Ruth Dircks OAM. It will be a place for those who knew […]

Letter to the Editor

Stop killing the Brumbies

DEAR News Of The Area, I AM extremely disappointed with Port Stephens MP Kate Washington and her comment that the Brumby slaughter is a ‘massive win’ for the environment. It has come to light that there are less than 100 brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park. The inhumane way they have been disposed of is deplorable […]

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Dungog’s limited funds and extensive local roads

DUNGOG Shire Council is continuing to call for more State Government funding for the region’s roads. This comes after the Federal Government announced an initiative to improve funding partnerships and the number of financial assistance grants with councils across the country. Speaking to NOTA, Dungog mayor Digby Rayward said that the initiative was a step […]

Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Domestic violence and coercive control are real

DEAR News Of The Area, A NEW website has been created by the NSW Domestic Violence Death Review Team (DVDRT), an independent statutory body convened by the State Coroner. Over the past 26 years there have been close to 300 women killed by their current or former intimate partners following a history of domestic violence. […]

Sport

Sienna records personal best in top flight company

WALLAWONG’s Sienna Newton soared to a new personal best in the Women’s Long Jump T38 Final during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to finish fifth in a quality international field. The 19-year-old, a product of the Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre, endured a long journey to represent her nation in the green and gold. According to […]

Fishing

STINKER: Cook brought winds of change to the Bay

LIVING in tranquil Fingal Bay, surrounded by incredible natural beauty, it is difficult to visualise the area as a centre of great volcanic activity, bubbling and hissing lava, heaving earth movement and giant blocks tumbling into the sea. In the time of great change the islands off our coastline were part of the mainland. When […]

Fishing

STINKER: Bedlam on board with a monster Mulloway

I AM asked at times: “What is the biggest fish you have caught?” I immediately think of a thumping cobia I caught off the rocks off Cabarita headland some years ago. Kingfish, snapper and mulloway come to mind. Then I think of the monster I caught off Fingal. It was when I had Graham Duffy […]

Opinion

STARGAZING: A full moon worth stepping outside for

IF you only make time to admire one full moon this year, make it this one. This weekend Australians will be treated to the Strawberry Moon – the highest full moon of 2026 in our skies. The real spectacle comes after sunset, when it climbs high above the winter landscape and shines brilliantly throughout the […]

Letter to the Editor

Dungog should not be disadvantaged by Chichester Dam

DEAR News Of The Area, DUNGOG Council’s Mayor Digby Rayward’s comment in your recent issue that: “requesting money for Chichester Dam Road was not a request for special treatment, it is about fairness”, is absolutely spot-on. That is exactly the case, and has been the case for more than 100 years. Dungog LGA, because of […]