NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements in the Northern Region during Operation Remove All Impaired Drivers (RAID) across the weekend. Photos: NSW Police. NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements in the Northern Region during Operation Remove All Impaired Drivers (RAID) across the weekend. Photos: NSW Police. NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements […]
MOST of us try to avoid conversations about death. Despite being a natural part of the human experience, it can evoke feelings of fear, discomfort, avoidance, and denial. The Dungog Death Collective is a community initiative aimed at assisting us to have conversations around death, dying and grief in a supported and informative environment. On […]
DUNGOG Shire Council will continue its push for a bigger share of State and Federal financial assistance grants to recognise the growing financial pressures facing smaller rural councils. The council wants Financial Assistance Grants restored to one per cent of Commonwealth taxation revenue, and reform of the Commonwealth’s funding framework to provide rural and regional […]
For tea lovers, there’s lots to love in Dungog this week.
For tea lovers, there’s lots to love in Dungog this week. EVERYONE loves a party and this week’s much-loved Dungog Tea Party has something for everyone. Based at historic James Theatre, it’s one of the town’s most delightfully unique events of the year. Beginning on Wednesday, the party attracts more than 1000 locals and visitors […]
Photos by Lee Illfield.
Photos by Lee Illfield. Photos by Lee Illfield. Photos by Lee Illfield. Photos by Lee Illfield. Photos by Lee Illfield. BACK for its 36th year on 18-20 September, Dungog’s Pedalfest is not ther typical bike festival. A project of Dungog Rotary Club, Pedalfest is three days of on- and off-track events for kids and adults […]
A RAY of hope has lightened the grief that descended on Dungog’s Books & More Bookshop following the news of Dolly Parton’s recent passing. The much-loved singer/actor’s literary legacy will continue: The Dolly Parton Imagination Library (DPIL), run from the bookstore by Dungog Early Literacy Inc, will continue delighting local children and their parents. Following […]
NEW fathers in NSW will benefit from new health and mental health checks thanks to a $1 million donation from the NSW Government to men’s health charity Movember. The funding will allow NSW Health to partner with Movember to pilot health and wellbeing checks for new and expecting dads. The initiative will focus on the […]
AUSTRALIA must smash the illicit tobacco market that is fuelling organised crime, hurting legitimate businesses and making a mockery of our laws, according to Federal Member for Lyne, Alison Penfold. “Illicit tobacco is not a victimless crime,” Ms Penfold said. “It has become big business for organised crime.” Ms Penfold says she has backed a […]
A highlight of the chamber’s year was the Dowling Street Christmas Party. Photo: News of the Area.
WANTED: local businesspeople with the ideas, enthusiasm and time to champion business in Dungog Shire. Dungog Chamber of Commerce president Alan Green says the business group’s greatest challenge is to find new committee members. Without new blood, the chamber could go into ‘hibernation’, he warned in his report to the chamber’s annual general meeting on […]
Dungog’s Tourism Development Officer, Belinda Blanch wants residents to complete the Future of Tourism in Dungog Shire survey.
DID you know that in the past four years, tourism in Dungog Shire has generated 105 tourism-related jobs and $24.6 million in visitor spending? In the process, it’s made the shire’s hospitality, retail and accommodation businesses more resilient and improved the viability of services and facilities that every resident of the shire relies on, according […]
