Don’t try to eat bream without dry bread at hand. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
RECREATIONAL fishing is a funny game. It has evolved since my early days on the Tweed River into a monster industry that caters for all expectations. Fishing for me was such a simple thing. Time to go was when it was time for a feed. The extended family all lived under the one roof and […]
The 2025 Christmas in Dungog celebration. Photo: NOTA archives.
THE new face organising this year’s Christmas in Dungog celebrations on 27 November hopes to make a street parade the centrepiece of the event. Victoria McGee moved to Dungog four years ago and has landed the job of organising Christmas in Dungog for the first time. Better known as a professional singer, she also has […]
Fireworks from 2025 event. The 2025 fireworks event. THE Gloucester Business Chamber’s new committee is holding a public meeting at Club Gloucester on Wednesday 9 September at 7 pm to gauge community support for the New Year’s Eve Fireworks event. The Business Chamber initiative began in 2021 to bring the community together after the COVID […]
The Boomerang Bags team.
Jane Richens. Eliza & Piper Richens. Calwyn Kelly. The Boomerang Bags team. Andi Dickmeyer wears Vinnies Dungog. Michelle Dado-Millyn wears Boomerang Bags. Harry wears a Julie Fitzgerald coat. Declan Middleton as Eco Princess Warrior. Harriet wears Dungog Wholefood Coop. Photos: Cameron Richens. DUNGOG’S Defashion 2026 was a dazzling, joy-filled celebration of ingenuity, sustainability and community […]
Current Tocal Principal Darren Bailey (left) with Dr Cameron Archer and his book.
A NEW book about the history of Tocal Agricultural College was launched over the weekend. ‘Personalities, Purpose And Place: The Making Of Tocal College’” was written by the head of the Paterson Historical Society and ex-college principal and lecturer, Dr Cameron Archer. The launch was held in the chapel on the college grounds and featured […]
IT was back in 1974 when I arrived in Port Stephens to take up an appointment as PE Teacher at Nelson Bay High School the following year. Having no knowledge of the area I was fortunate in that I knew Ken McCray, a teacher at Anna Bay Public School. My wife Ella and I were […]
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 […]
A stinkhorn, one of many fungi that may be found in Australia. This one smells very, very bad, as the name suggests. Photo: Nico Lombardo.
THE Great Aussie Fungi Hunt 2026 is on, and community members are playing their part in a worldwide effort to catalogue mushroom species. The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt is a yearly event organised by Fungimap, a not for profit, citizen-science organisation dedicated to researching and protecting Australian fungi. One of the chief goals of the […]
Vehicles of all kinds, both historical and modern, were exhibited in the streets of Nelson Bay. Photo: Nico Lombardo.
Vehicles of all kinds, both historical and modern, were exhibited in the streets of Nelson Bay. Photo: Nico Lombardo. Thousands of visitors showed up at the biggest edition of the Port Stephens Car Show yet. Photo: Nico Lombardo. Special guest, motorsports legend John Bowe. Photo: Nico Lombardo. Ron Goodman’s impressive Porsche collection. Photo: Nico Lombardo. […]
