Letter to the Editor: Prioritise the roads
DEAR News Of The Area, INCREDIBLE by nature… neglected by council. Our roads? A disgrace! Infrastructure’s crumbling yet Council’s focused on a shiny airport terminal. Wrong priorities as attracting more tourists does more road damage. Rates increased by 24 percent on 1 September so let’s hope road replacement, not just repair (hot or cold mix), […]
‘On the couch’ with Jasminda
DEAR Jasminda, HOW do I get my kids to pick up after themselves? It seems so simple, and yet we follow a continual pattern of them being told to pick up, falling back into bad habits, me getting annoyed and doing it for them, and returning to the beginning again. It’s driving me crazy. Gabrielle […]
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Letter to the Editor: More on Port Stephens potholes
DEAR News Of The Area, I AGREE with the comments made by D Heath in a recent issue of the News of the Area regarding the importance of building a pavement on top of a competent subgrade (or base and sub-base as Mr Heath mentioned) capable of supporting the traffic conditions. He also makes a […]
On the couch with Jasminda
Dear Jasminda, “On the weekend, my partner and I went to a Murder Mystery Lunch. We have since decided that we would actually prefer to remain in character. Is it okay to do this indefinitely? Cardinal Matteo Rossi. Dear Cardinal, I’m assuming that is your Murder Mystery name and not your current moniker and occupation. […]
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Letter to the Editor: Submission regarding the Draft Salamander Bay Town Centre Place Plan
DEAR News Of The Area, ECONETWORK Port Stephens welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the Draft Salamander Bay Shopping (Town) Centre Plan. EcoNetwork is a not-for-profit, politically unaligned, 100 percent volunteer-run conservation organisation with a membership base of over 30 community groups and businesses. Our purpose is to support our members to advocate […]
Letter to the Editor: Port Stephens’ pothole problem
DEAR News Of The Area, THE diatribe and deliberation to our road problem in Port Stephens, is down to poor workmanship and a lack of understanding. In the Scandinavian area of the world, the climate is ten times worse than ours, and yet the roads hold together. The Romans taught us to build roads, two […]
The Broughton Island shack of Greek fisherman Demetrius ‘Kerosine Tin’ Karageorgis who lived on the island for 49 years.
Every photo tells a story
Oyster growing in the port was for some families little more than a cottage industry. The Davis family survived on a small oyster farm in Swan Bay. Long tongs with claws were used to harvest naturally growing oysters. The Broughton Island shack of Greek fisherman Demetrius ‘Kerosine Tin’ Karageorgis who lived on the island for […]
