Mayor Leah Anderson (centre) with SES Commander Mike Wassing and Premier Chris Minns.
PORT Stephens Mayor Leah Anderson has thanked community members for their patience as the flood emergency makes way for a long and messy clean-up. The priority, she shared, is to “work through recovery – safely, thoroughly, and as quickly as possible”. “Sadly, for many of our residents across Port Stephens, the impacts of this natural […]
The lobster industry relies on a steady supply of bait.
LOBSTERING is a major industry in Port Stephens and has been since the mid 1800s. One of the major problems confronting the lobstermen was to keep up a regular bait supply for their traps. The preferred baits over the years have been salted and sun-dried mullet, salmon and luderick. These species of fish gather in […]
In the late 1800s, with simple shovels and strong backs, the men dug the main drain from Anna Bay to Taylors Beach so that the rich soil could be farmed.
In the late 1800s, with simple shovels and strong backs, the men dug the main drain from Anna Bay to Taylors Beach so that the rich soil could be farmed. The Holliday family were but one of the wonderful families that called Marsh Road home: (L-R) Eric, Irene, Edith and Gordon Holliday. The Maslens were […]
Students were keen to get into the discussion about sports dreams and goal-setting.
Students were keen to get into the discussion about sports dreams and goal-setting. Some students got to try on Olympic uniforms (L-R): Maddie, Kayleigh, Karim, Otto, Sonny, Christine, Zachary, Hudson and Tegan. Olympic archer Matthew Gray gave Tea Gardens student Owen Dennis a go at pulling the bow. STUDENTS at Tea Gardens Public School (TGPS) […]
RN Claire, training a new staff member.
RN Claire, training a new staff member. The nurses station in Harbourside Port Stephens’ hospital. Care staff competed in a ‘bandage race’. Care staff competed in a ‘bandage race’. INTERNATIONAL Nurses Day is celebrated on 12 May – the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. This year, the occasion was marked stylishly at Shoal Bay’s Harbourside […]
Last year’s Point2Pub winner Scott Lewellyn.
TOMAREE Triathlon Club has announced the return of the Bannisters Point2Pub Swim Classic, scheduled for midday Saturday 31 May at Soldiers Point. This favourite community event returns for its fourth edition and will again feature the main Point2Pub 2km open water swim along with the McCauley K, 1km option. Swimmers start from Soldiers Point jetty […]
THE long-awaited Seaside Singers Autumn Concert is set to take place on 31 May at the Soldiers Point Bowling Club, marking the first collaboration between the choir and the Port Stephens Community Band. “This event promises to be an entertaining, nostalgic afternoon filled with familiar and not-so-familiar music from Australia and afar,” said Irene Heywood […]
A map of the proposed Hunter-Central Coast REZ. Image: EnergyCo.
PUBLIC hearings were held in Dubbo and Sydney last week as part of an Upper House inquiry into the impact of Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) on rural and regional communities and industries in New South Wales. The Sydney hearing featured a number of NSW Government agencies involved in REZs, including independent agencies such as the […]
Last week’s winners receiving their awards.
THE Raymond Terrace Community Positive Behaviour for Learning program has returned in 2025, recognising local children and young people who display positive school values at school and in the community. Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is a joint initiative with Hunter River High School, Irrawang High School, Raymond Terrace Public School, Grahamstown Public School, Seaham […]
Henry Thompson. Henry’s second wife, Mary Anne (Polly) Diemar THE first of the Thompson family to arrive in Port Stephens was Henry, an interesting man shrouded in some degree of mystery. It is recorded that Henry was born onboard a ship off Norway in the North Sea in 1839. Other records show that he was […]
