Luke Perry (centre) with long-time teammates Ryan and Shaq Saunders, after the Roos’ big Grand Final win. Photo: supplied.
LOCAL rugby league all-star Luke Perry has hit a grand personal milestone, clocking up his 100th game with the Karuah Roos on the same day as the team’s historic grand final victory. The happy co-incidence was on 13 September, during the 34-28 victory over the Stockton Sharks at Lakeside. Luke has played for several teams […]
Gemma Clarke (front left) with Lady Hawks players, sponsors and coach at the recent Presentation Night. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.
Gemma Clarke (front left) with Lady Hawks players, sponsors and coach at the recent Presentation Night. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. The Lady Hawks in their ‘women in league’ pink jerseys at their final game of the season. Photo: TG Hawks. TEA Gardens Hawks player and Karuah local Gemma Clarke has been heralded as the “Best and […]
GROWING up outside Parkes in regional NSW, medical professional Amber Barber is used to travelling long distances at all hours of the day to provide care and support for people in need. Since linking with the Nelson Bay Rugby Club four years ago, the health care guru has proved an asset to the Gropers with […]
MEET the junior All Stars team that claimed championship honours at this year’s Nelson Bay Netball Association Grand Final showcase. Comprising mainly 12-year-olds, this diverse and talented line-up captured the imagination of the local sporting community with superb performances to clinch the Intermediate (13-14yrs) premiership title at the Tomaree Sports Complex courts at Salamander Bay. […]
TILLIGERRY and Nelson Bay Real Estate is offering a range of non-urban blocks in North Arm Cove. Just a 15-minute drive from Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest, and around an hour from Newcastle, these properties are ideally located across the beautiful shores of Port Stephens. Offering an easy weekend escape or a peaceful retreat away […]
DEAR Jasminda, I’VE started going to a gym and there’s a man there that leaves various personal items on the equipment I want to use. His drink bottle is on one, his towel is on another and then he leaves his backpack on a third machine. What is the gym etiquette around this? I only […]
The organising committee at Murrook Culture Centre planning the event. Photo: supplied.
The organising committee at Murrook Culture Centre planning the event. Photo: supplied. THE inaugural Worimi and Birrpai Youth Gathering is being hosted by the Goori-Bugg family later this week at Saltwater, near Old Bar. Activities will include weaving, grass skirt making, emu egg carving, canoe and gunya building, and a Goori song and dance. The […]
THE State Government has allocated $2.1 million across 17 new projects to tackle pests and weeds across the state, including in the Hunter Estuary Wetlands Ramsar area. In the wetlands, Local Land Services is supporting public agencies and private landholders to deliver a cross-tenure pest and weed management project. This program aims to create a […]
Fred Blanch in his work truck. One of the many members of the Blanch family who contributed greatly to the development of the Anna Bay to Salt Ash area.
FROM the earliest arrivals Edward and Maria, the Blanch family grew in 1839 with the arrival, on board “Cornwall”, of their sons from Kent England, John, George, Stephen and Edward. The Blanch family are truly remarkable: hard working, highly respected and many in number. So extensive in fact that I am unable to write a […]
The Wild Wetlands artwork is a combination of painted images and collage created by members of the PSCAC art groups Rhaine Clayton’s work features in PSCAC’s latest exhibition THE Port Stephens Community Arts Centre (PSCAC) is celebrating local creativity with its latest exhibition ‘Just Wild’. The exhibition showcases the vibrant and imaginative talents of community […]
