The original ‘Duncan E McBride’ moored in Esmeralda Cove on Broughton Island.
JAMES (Jimmy) Thurston Hill, one of seven children, was born in the Hunter Valley town of Kurri Kurri in 1908. Jimmy, who suffered from rheumatic fever as a child, qualified as an electrician and began working in the mines which further impacted on his health. In 1931, for health reasons and the prospect of a […]
Newly-elected Nelson Bay FC president Amber Grosser was the recipient of the 2025 Northern NSW Football Local Champion Coach of the Year Award. Photo: Northern NSW Football.
TWO milestones in the space of 48 hours have put a spring in the step of hard-working Nelson Bay Football Club official Amber Grosser. After being named the Northern NSW Football Local Champion Coach of the Year at a recent Gala Dinner, the dedicated leader was elected Nelson Bay’s volunteer Club President for 2026 just […]
Shoal Bay’s Ali Mitchell is this year’s recipient of the NSW Touch Football Junior Female Player of the Year Award.
IT has been a year of highlights and accolades for Shoal Bay’s touch football golden girl Ali Mitchell. The rising 18-year-old youth international experienced one of her proudest moments when named NSW Touch Football’s Junior Female Player of the Year for 2024-25. She was one of many elite athletes to be recognised at the recent […]
Strike force detectives arrested a 21-year-old man in Prestons last week. Photo: NSW Police.
A 21-YEAR-OLD man has faced court over his alleged involvement in an aggravated robbery in Salamander Bay earlier this year. The arrest, made by NSW Police’s Raptor Squad, comes after an investigation into a series of aggravated robbery related incidents in the Nelson Bay area in March 2025. About 5.25am on Thursday 27 March 2025, […]
Barcelona Football Academy officials identified Hudson as a ‘special talent’ at an elite junior camp earlier this year.
Outstanding Medowie FC junior Hudson Turner will attend an intensive 10-day invitational training camp in Spain. Barcelona Football Academy officials identified Hudson as a ‘special talent’ at an elite junior camp earlier this year. PORT Stephens soccer whiz kids Hudson Turner and Zac Wood are bound for Spain. The outstanding prospects have been invited by […]
THE Port Stephens coastline is central to our lifestyle and economy, offering stunning beaches, thriving marine life and vibrant places to live, work and visit. These coastal areas are more than just beautiful backdrops, they are the heart of our community, supporting tourism, recreation, biodiversity and the lifestyle we value so highly. Protecting these natural […]
DEAR Jasminda, FOR five years, I have been minding a friend’s dog (Minty) while they go on holidays. This is usually no problem; the dog and I get on very well. This time, though, I was left with instructions that Minty (who is 15) now eats breakfast at 4.30am and dinner at 3.00pm every day, […]
A unique snap of Esmeralda Cove on Broughton Island.
THE “Broughton Islands” were named after Captain William Broughton, whose first visit to our coastline was in August 1795 when he sought shelter, during adverse weather, in the lee of the islands near the entrance to Port Stephens on board HMS Providence. The name “Broughton Islands” appears to have been adopted by the 1860s with […]
SHORTLY after finishing school at Nelson Bay High, Darren “Doddy” Dodd found work on the Nelson Bay waterfront. As a 16-year-old, Doddy started preparing seafood by opening oysters, cooking crabs and lobsters and filleting fish. It has been recognised, over the past 38 years, that Doddy has developed into a master of his craft of […]
ON a moonless night, when the world goes quiet and even the gum trees seem to hold their breath, something small is commuting through the darkness. Not a drone. Not a late-night bird. Just a moth, humble, silent, and roughly the size of your thumb flying with the confidence of a seasoned pilot. Inside that […]
