A previous whale entanglement mission in Sydney Harbour.
NATIONAL Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) teams hit the water at Port Stephens on Friday to practice the critical and complex task of disentangling whales, ahead of the start of the annual humpback migration season. NPWS Team Leader Conservation Doug Beckers said, “Whale-watching is an increasingly popular activity right along NSW’s Coast, and it’s humbling […]
Pilar Patterson with her large coral-inspired ceramic piece
PILAR Patterson is a Clarence Town artist whose skill in making and decorating ceramic works is deservedly gaining attention. Recently, at the Dungog Arts Society “Faces and Places” exhibition, her work “the Brig O’Johnston Bridge” won first prize in Ceramics. It is a wheel-thrown platter, with a softly-coloured and thoughtfully-observed view of the bridge and […]
Robinson Reserve, Anna Bay - the drop off location for patrons of the Birubi Beach Shuttle Bus.
PORT Stephens Council is trialing a beach shuttle bus service in Anna Bay during the upcoming holiday period to improve connectivity and accessibility and ease congestion around Birubi Headland. The Birubi Beach Shuttle Bus trial runs from Saturday 12 April until Sunday 27 April, on a continuous loop from 9am to 12pm and 12:30pm to […]
Fingal Beach is alive with mullet over Easter.
WITH the colder months just around the corner it is time to reorganise and focus our efforts on fish that are more likely to arrive in our waters. This is the start of the bream and luderick season so you can expect to see the breakwall in Nelson Bay bristling with rods with an expectant […]
THE community has an opportunity to celebrate the incredible women who volunteer their time to make a difference, by nominating them for the 2025 Hidden Treasures Honour Roll. The Honour Roll, an initiative by the NSW Government, highlights the vital contributions of female volunteers across rural, regional and remote New South Wales. Since its inception […]
I ALWAYS look forward to National Youth Week – it’s such a great opportunity each year to celebrate the talents and contributions of young people across Australia, especially right here in Port Stephens. This year, Youth Week runs from 9 to 17 April, and the theme – ‘We are the future, and the future is […]
Port Stephens Power senior women's AFL squad celebrate their emphatic first up win over Muswellbrook Cats at Ferodale Oval.
PORT Stephens Power senior women’s AFL team capped a big day for the club after trouncing the Muswellbrook Cats 94-6 at Ferodale Oval. The 88 point triumph preceded the Power men’ s team’s historic victory over the Cats at the same venue later that afternoon. It was a powerful and dominant performance by the Power […]
Local Power AFL junior products Noah McKimm, Alex Brady, Toby Ruhl and Riley Johnston.
HISTORY-making Port Stephens Power AFL men’s team has opened their 2025 Hunter Central Coast Seniors Black Diamond Plate campaign in winning fashion. Fielding a senior men’s team for the first time, the Power line-up etched their names in the record books with an encouraging 73-45 victory over the Muswellbrook Cats at Ferodale Oval. Tall on-baller […]
Nelson Bay Marlins AFL co-captains Billy Barton (left) and Louis Dews turned in outstanding games in the club’s 219-1 victory over Cardiff Hawks Seconds.
NELSON Bay Marlins are a force to be reckoned with in the 2025 Hunter Central Coast Senior Men’s Black Diamond Plate competition. The much-vaunted Marlins outclassed Cardiff Hawks’ seconds team by a staggering 219-1 in an opening round fixture at Dick Burwell Oval – stamping their mark as premiership favourites. Top Marlins forward Billy Barton […]
The Nelson Bay Cancer Patient Transport Group was awarded the Port Stephens Medal at the annual Australia Day awards in 2023.
THE Tomaree Prostate Cancer Support Group was formed in May 2012. It was quickly identified that a real need existed for a transport service to take patients to Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Maitland for radiotherapy, chemotherapy, oncology and diagnostics. This need exists because of the distances required to travel for treatment and the length of […]
