September 4, 2025
Stargazing: August Is the month to look up
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Stargazing: August Is the month to look up

IF you’ve ever needed a reason to step outside, tilt your head back, and marvel at the heavens, August is it. This month, the night sky becomes a stage for some of the most breathtaking celestial performances you’re likely to witness in years – and here in Australia, we have front-row seats. It all began […]

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The Perseids: nature’s most dazzling night show
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The Perseids: nature’s most dazzling night show

EVERY year around mid-August, the sky puts on one of its most spectacular performances – the Perseid meteor shower. A favourite for stargazers and amateur astronomers alike, the Perseids are famous for their brilliance, speed, and sheer number of meteors. This isn’t just a quiet trickle of falling stars – it’s a fireworks show written […]

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EPA leads removal of Ghinni Ghinni Creek debris Ghinni Ghinni Creek is a tidal waterway about nine kilometres long, connecting the Manning and Lansdowne rivers.
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EPA leads removal of Ghinni Ghinni Creek debris

Ghinni Ghinni Creek is a tidal waterway about nine kilometres long, connecting the Manning and Lansdowne rivers. Ghinni Ghinni Creek is a tidal waterway about nine kilometres long, connecting the Manning and Lansdowne rivers. Ghinni Ghinni Creek is a tidal waterway about nine kilometres long, connecting the Manning and Lansdowne rivers. A SIGNIFICANT build-up of […]

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Application period for Water Wiser Grants extended
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Application period for Water Wiser Grants extended

INTERESTED schools, community groups and sporting organisations now have until Thursday 31 July 2025 to apply for a Water Wiser Grant. Originally due to close on Monday 30 June, MidCoast Council has extended the application period for the program by a month to account for the impact of the recent flooding. Council’s Director of Infrastructure […]

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Symphonic Wind Orchestra wows Gloucester audience William Andrews joins other trombonists.
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Symphonic Wind Orchestra wows Gloucester audience

WET weather did not deter an enthusiastic audience of around 160, including many children, who turned up to experience a free concert by the talented Symphonic Wind Orchestra (SWO) last Wednesday at Gloucester High School. The SWO is part of the Sydney Youth Orchestra (SYO) Symphonic Orchestral Program. Established in 1973 by renowned conductor and […]

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Gardening with the wildlife: Gloucester Garden Club explore Stroud forest garden Gloucester Garden Club president Shirley Hazell with meeting hosts Bente and Mogens Siefert.
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Gardening with the wildlife: Gloucester Garden Club explore Stroud forest garden

GLOUCESTER Garden Club members found “many gems of nature” in the forest garden of Bente and Mogens Siefert during the club’s recent monthly meeting. Situated on Listening Hill to the east of Stroud, the property is one of 15 situated in a community-living arrangement among a natural forest setting. Bente and Mogens showcased their work […]

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Election signs in the firing line as Lyne campaign heats up The Libertarian sign on the Pacific Highway at Herons Creek was vandalised.
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Election signs in the firing line as Lyne campaign heats up

CANDIDATES from across the political spectrum have complained of campaign signs being damaged and defaced during a tense campaign for the seat of Lyne. Earlier this month, Libertarian candidate Mark Hornshaw told NOTA his campaign banner on the Pacific Highway at Herons Creek had been vandalised. The banner featured images of Mr Hornshaw and Libertarian […]

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Building a ‘green belt’ for Gloucester A spectacular backdrop for a day of tree planting.
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Building a ‘green belt’ for Gloucester

ONLY two weeks after their last planting of over 260 plants, Gloucester Environment Group (GEG) volunteers have put another 300 plants in the ground as part of the Koalaways program. “A dozen members together with Council’s contractor got the job done in only two hours,” said GEG President Tibor Kovats. “With each planting, the planters […]

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