December 24, 2025

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Port Stephens Council launches new Community Funding Program Council has launched its new Community Funding Program. Photo: Megann Evans Photography.
Local News

Port Stephens Council launches new Community Funding Program

WITH over $450,000 available across various grants and scholarships, the 2025 to 2026 Port Stephens Community Funding Program offers vital financial support to community groups, event organisers, athletes, businesses and schools, dedicated to enhancing the Port Stephens region. Mayor Leah Anderson said the launch of this year’s program ensures the continued support of initiatives that […]

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Worimi Conservation Lands’ beach driving open for school holidays Visitors are reminded to exercise caution along the beachfront. Photo: WCL.
Local News

Worimi Conservation Lands’ beach driving open for school holidays

THE Worimi Conservation Lands reopened at first light on Saturday 5 July following severe weather from the recent East Coast Low. The following entry points remain closed to vehicles: Fern Bay 4WD entry at Fern Bay, and selected sites in Ganyamalbaa campground. Visitors are reminded to exercise caution along the beachfront as well as the […]

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Flooding and power outages hit Port Stephens as wild weather returns The beginning of the storm from Shoal Bay Beach.
Regional

Flooding and power outages hit Port Stephens as wild weather returns

THE POWERFUL low-pressure system that hit the NSW coast this week resulted in flooding and power outages across Port Stephens. The extreme weather event comes just over a month after Port Stephens was last impacted by severe flooding. The Bureau of Meteorology warned of large waves on the coastline. “We saw fairly significant wave action […]

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Public wharves close to commercial use
Government

Public wharves close to commercial use

THE commercial use of public wharves in the MidCoast LGA has been discontinued as of 1 July, including the Yallinbah wharf on Marine Drive, Tea Gardens. The decision looks set to impact catamaran operator YKnot Cruises, which currently utilises the wharf for its Nelson Bay-Tea Gardens service. MidCoast Council resolved to discontinue the commercial use […]

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Fire ants discovered in Tweed Heads Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta). Photo: DPI.
Local News

Fire ants discovered in Tweed Heads

FARMERS are calling for a government crackdown to stamp out fire ants in NSW after the pests were discovered in Tweed Heads this week. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) are prohibited under the NSW Biosecurity Act 2015 and high-risk materials are restricted from infested areas of south-east Queensland. On Wednesday the NSW Government confirmed an immature […]

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Nelson Bay and Raymond Terrace clubs unearth junior rugby league talent Raymond Terrace Roosters have unearthed several top prospects in their Under 12 Division One junior nursery.
Sport

Nelson Bay and Raymond Terrace clubs unearth junior rugby league talent

PORT Stephens’ big wet has wreaked havoc with local sporting fixtures but keeping an optimistic vibe are the Nelson Bay Marlins and Raymond Terrace Roosters in the Hunter Junior League. With the big end-of-season matches less than a month away, both clubs remain in the finals mix in various boys and girls age groups and […]

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Tea Gardens league gun White a trump for Knights Newcastle Knights teenage dynamo Lilly-Ann White aims to establish herself in this year’s NRLW competition.
Sport

Tea Gardens league gun White a trump for Knights

TEA GARDENS native Lilly-Ann White has come a long way on her rugby league journey. Since pulling on her first boots as an eight-year-old with the Myall River Hawks, the teenage dynamo has honed her craft in the Hunter Junior League and schoolgirl ranks; mixing it with the world’s best female players in the NRLW […]

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Nelson Bay Neptunes touch football juniors in Hornets NYC development squads Australian Emus star Chris Lennon (right) and fellow Hornets clubmate Luke Cain display their respective NSW Player of the Series awards.
Sport

Nelson Bay Neptunes touch football juniors in Hornets NYC development squads

Hunter Western Hornets Men’s Open squad celebrate their National Touch Football League title in Coffs Harbour. Australian Emus star Chris Lennon (right) and fellow Hornets clubmate Luke Cain display their respective NSW Player of the Series awards. IT HAS been a magic 12 months for Hunter Western Hornets touch football wizard Chris Lennon. After helping […]

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‘Revitalised’ Lions Club of Soldiers Point raising funds for hospital equipment The Lions project team: Andrew Finch (Treasurer/Marketing/Donors), Irene Heywood (Team Leader/Marketing), James Enraght-Moony (President Soldiers Point Lions), Jennie Brown (Donations), Annette Lupton (Major donor, Donations), Brad Rostron (Project instigator/hospital liaison), Lee Rostron (Publicity/Trybooking), and Phil Osborne (Trybooking guru).
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‘Revitalised’ Lions Club of Soldiers Point raising funds for hospital equipment

THE revitalised Lions Club of Soldiers Point, under the leadership of new President James Enraght-Moony, is holding its first community fundraising event. Planned is an elegant dinner with live entertainment at the Nelson Bay Golf Club. After a conversation with the Tomaree Community Hospital Auxiliary, Lions Club Director Brad Rostron proposed that they raise money […]

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