September 18, 2025
Stargazing: Could Earth be struck by a doomsday rock?
Entertainment

Stargazing: Could Earth be struck by a doomsday rock?

IMAGINE waking one morning to find the sky torn open by a glowing fireball racing towards Earth. It sounds like science fiction, but it isn’t. Our planet sits in a cosmic shooting gallery. Asteroids and comets – leftovers from the birth of the solar system – cruise through space, and sometimes their paths cross ours. […]

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Poetry, presence, and perfectly brewed tea at Pathways
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Poetry, presence, and perfectly brewed tea at Pathways

Mindfulness tea tasting at Pathways Studio. Dr Allen Crosson pours the tea. Tea set for mindfulness. TEA became much more than a drink at Pathways Studio on Saturday 13 September, when the wellness space hosted a “Mindfulness Tea Tasting” in conjunction with the annual Dungog Tea Party. Led by Dr Allen Crosson, Oriental Medicine Practitioner, […]

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Gresford gallery celebrates first birthday Gavin Fry gives a talk at the Gresford Community Gallery.
Entertainment

Gresford gallery celebrates first birthday

THE Gresford Community Gallery will celebrate its first birthday with the opening of a Spring Exhibition on Saturday, 27 September from 2-4pm. The Spring Exhibition will include a stunning array of quality Hunter Valley art and craft, featuring painting, drawing, sculptures, ceramics, photography, glass, jewellery, and fibre/textile works. The exhibition will be officially opened by […]

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Tea cosy and trivet champs: Winners of Dungog Tea Party announced ‘Tea Cosy of the Year’.
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Tea cosy and trivet champs: Winners of Dungog Tea Party announced

‘Trivet of the Year’ winner. ‘Tea Cosy of the Year’. ‘Recycled Materials’ category winner. ‘My Original Design’ winner. Tea cosies on display. DUNGOG’S creativity was on full display last week as the winners of the 2025 Dungog Tea Party were announced, delighting locals and visitors alike. Taking out the top honour, Tea Cosy of the […]

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Paws, pints and prizes at Wallarobba Hall Octoberfest
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Paws, pints and prizes at Wallarobba Hall Octoberfest

WALLAROBBA Memorial Hall is set to transform into a slice of Bavaria on Saturday 11 October, for the much-anticipated 2025 Wallarobba Hall Oktoberfest and Sausage Dog Races. From 12pm to 5pm, locals and visitors alike can enjoy an afternoon of music, food, beer, wine and cider, with the highlight of the day being the famous […]

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Dungog Arts Society Annual Exhibition opens Cr Michael Dowling opened the exhibition.
Entertainment, Event

Dungog Arts Society Annual Exhibition opens

Cr Michael Dowling opened the exhibition. Artists viewing the 2D visual arts section. Martyn Robinson inspects Bec Towers’ works. Musician Meera Jarvis takes a break to chat. THE Dungog Arts Society’s 2025 Annual Exhibition “The Tops” opened on Friday night with artisans, artists and guests viewing the works and enjoying the friendly ambience. It was […]

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Get Rhythm brings Johnny and June to Dungog Mark and Joanne Caligiuri as Johnny and June
Community, Event

Get Rhythm brings Johnny and June to Dungog

STEP back in time and relive the golden era of country music when Get Rhythm, The Ultimate Johnny Cash and June Carter Story comes to the James Theatre, Dungog, on Sunday 12 October at 2pm. The two-part performance, led by husband-and-wife duo Mark and Joanne Caligiuri, captures the early career of the Man in Black […]

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Big numbers flock to Sculpture On The Farm Dan, Milly and Willie from Newcastle, with Simon Barrett’s ‘Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing’.
Community, Event

Big numbers flock to Sculpture On The Farm

Dan, Milly and Willie from Newcastle, with Simon Barrett’s ‘Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing’. Volunteer Kerry Chick at the Indoor Exhibition marquee. Dungog artist Sasi Victoire with ‘Mr Percival’ by Simon Treseder. Strolling and enjoying ‘Music Midst the Sculptures’. THE fifth Sculpture On The Farm was held on the Dungog Common. The biennial exhibition and competition […]

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Gala opening for Sculpture On The Farm Guests walk the red carpet into the James Theatre.
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Gala opening for Sculpture On The Farm

Guests walk the red carpet into the James Theatre. Lining up to enter the Gala Cocktail Party. Bruce Pussell, locals Martyn Robinson and Lynne McNairn, and sculptor Sally Robinson. Nibbling delicacies and talking sculpture at the Gala. DIGNITARIES, artists, volunteers and guests rubbed shoulders at Sculpture On The Farm’s Gala Cocktail Party. The red carpet […]

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A new stage in the life of the Craven Creek Music Festival Work underway on the new stage.
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A new stage in the life of the Craven Creek Music Festival

Work underway on the new stage. The completed stage hosting the new piano. MUSICIANS playing the Craven Creek Music Festival on 13 and 14 September will ply their trade on a newly built stage. News Of The Area reported last month that this year’s festival will feature piano music for the first time, after the […]

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