Flying foxes are vital pollinators in Australia. Photo: WIRES.
A MASS starvation event is killing flying foxes across large tracts of NSW. Residents across the state are taking to social media to report uncharacteristic daytime behaviour and close suburban encounters with the flying mammals as they desperately search for food and water. The Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) recently shared news of […]
Vacy Bridge, heading toward Gresford. Vacy Bridge, heading into Vacy toward Paterson. Paterson tree, opposite Paterson Chemist. Paterson trees, approximately 70 years old. Aerial photo of Paterson by Dr Cameron Archer in June, 1985, showing well-established trees. Photo: Supplied by Paterson Historical Society. Aerial photo of Paterson in the late 1950s showing young trees. Photo: […]
Shaping up: Vacy’s ‘Paddy’ Slavin was a world champion bare-knuckle boxing champion. Photo: Supplied by Cameron Archer. Remembering a favourite son, ‘Paddy’ is honoured in Vacy with a plaque and information board. Photo: Supplied by Cameron Archer. TOUGH times called for tough men, and The Sydney Cornstalk, Frank ‘Paddy’ Slavin was as tough as they […]
The Mark Hughes Foundation is a past recipient of a Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation grant. Photo: MHF.
CHARITIES and not-for-profit organisations in regional NSW with inspiring ideas are encouraged to apply for financial assistance through a grant from the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation (NPCF). This year the NPCF’s annual grassroots grants program has more than $540,000 available to support the health and social wellbeing of communities in regional NSW. The program offers […]
E-BIKE riders have been issued the following warning: if an illegal e-bike is located and confiscated by NSW Police, it won’t be going back onto the street. Last week the first batch of 23 illegal e-bikes seized under new NSW Government laws was crushed, in a graphic demonstration of the state’s crackdown. The bikes were […]
“WE’RE just people who care about locals going through a difficult time.” That’s how Annette O’Neill describes the members of Dungog Shire Palliative Care Volunteers Inc. For 31 years, the local group has enabled people living with life-limiting terminal illnesses to continue living at home in communities across the shire. The group is unique: there’s […]
EVERY year in NSW, authorities receive hundreds of calls about animals left in hot vehicles. Temperatures inside a car can rise to dangerous levels and can rapidly reach more than double the outside temperature – even on mild days. Tinting, parking in the shade or leaving the windows open do not help to reduce the […]
Federal Member for Lyne Alison Penfold. Photo: Alison Penfold MP.
EXPRESSIONS of interest in grants available under Round 10 of the Stronger Communities Programme are now being accepted. A total of $150,000 is available across the electorate, with grants of between $2500 and $20,000 available for eligible small capital projects. Federal Member for Lyne Alison Penfold said the program was an opportunity to support the […]
Frank Robinson (circled) pictured with sergeants of A Company, 1st Light Horse Regiment before embarkation for Gallipoli in 1914. The Dungog sign remembering Frank Robinson’s service on the battlefield and in the shire’s civic life. DUNGOG’S much-loved riverside park carries the name of Frank Robinson for good reason. Frank Henry Robinson first came to public […]
Anyone recognise him? An image of a naval officer was among the Davies family’s memorabilia. Photo: Supplied. Look at that vehicle! Davies family members and friends at Jenolan Caves. Photo: Supplied. One of the certificates among the trove of Davies’ family memorabilia, issued to Celeste Grierson for church attendance. Photo: Supplied. A boy and his […]
