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 […]
Road quality is an ongoing issue across the shire.
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
The Fingal Spit. Photo: Supplied by John ‘Stinker’ Clarke.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
IF you’re 31 years old and still living with your parents, you shouldn’t be, according to new research based on the answers of more than 1000 respondents. 1010 Australians were asked to weigh in on what age is ‘too old’ to still be living at home. The harshest critics were the youngest and oldest Aussies, […]
