Upper Hunter filmmaker Thomas Ryan at Dungog Muesum. Photo: Suzannah Jones.
WHEN young filmmaker Thomas Ryan decided to change direction from computer science to media production, it wasn’t the result of a single cinematic epiphany. “One day I just woke up and wanted to do filmmaking instead,” he said. “I think it started with game design – I loved the stories in those old Nintendo 64 […]
ALLY will present the Latin music workshop. Photo: supplied.
A COMMUNITY Latin music workshop will be held at the Dungog Anglican Hall on Saturday, 22 June, featuring ARIA-nominated performers ALLY. Arts Upper Hunter describes the workshop as a “funky fun and rhythmic workshop that’s not just for musicians but anyone who wants to learn some great Latin beats”. ALLY are passionate exponents of South […]
The gallery opened its doors last September.
GRESFORD Community Gallery will hold a celebratory opening of its Winter Exhibition on Sunday, 1 June from 2-4pm. Almost nine months old, the gallery is set amidst the botanical gardens and visitors’ park in the rural village of East Gresford. “The Winter Exhibition will include a stunning array of quality Hunter Valley art and craft, […]
Stroud butcher Mick Henrickson.
STROUD butcher Mick Henrickson has proven his skills on the national stage, placing seventh in the prestigious Australian Butcher Wars competition held in Sydney earlier this month. Representing Stroud Butchery, Mick competed against some of the most talented butchers from across the country in a fast-paced showdown of precision, creativity, and craftsmanship. The event, part […]
CINEMA in a sentence, Vol. 3! Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) teams with Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo to present Mickey 17, a sci-fi black comedy in which a desperate man seeks a minimum-wage life on another planet which requires him to be cloned any time he is killed in the course of […]
Mangrove forests provide ideal fish habitat for bream and luderick.
I TOOK the opportunity over the past couple of weeks to return to my hometown of Tweed Heads where unsurprisingly I found plenty of time to go fishing. The old family home is situated on the Terranora Lakes, fed by the Tweed River, some five kilometres (km) from the river mouth. A pontoon in […]
As reported to NPWS by Sea Shelter, over the October 2024 to January 2025 period, we have lost a total of six turtles in Port Stephens.
AROUND this time last year, it was reported that over 40 turtles had died in Port Stephens between October and December as a result of boat and jet ski strike, ingestion of plastics and entanglement in fishing line and crab traps. This was an alarming figure as we, as a community, had made a […]
