THE rising cost of life’s essentials is putting increasing pressure on households across Australia, with regional communities such as Gloucester facing their own challenges. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show housing costs rose five per cent nationally in the year to July, while food prices increased 3.2 per cent, rents 3.6 per cent […]

THE Gloucester High School auditorium was recently transformed into a bygone era while entertainment troupe ‘Let Us Dance’ performed in support of Gloucester Lions Club. The performers, who hail from the Wollongong area, came to town with their Master of Ceremonies for an afternoon of music and dance from days gone by. Music was predominantly […]

GLOUCESTER recorder group, the Currawong Consort, will host Gloucester’s first recorder workshop and soiree, an event initiated by the Consort in partnership with Arts Gloucester and with support from the School of Arts. Internationally acclaimed recorder player and teacher Jo Arnott will facilitate the workshop and play at the Recorder Soiree on Saturday 29 August […]

Indigenous art- inspired Bucketts Way Community of Schools mural. Recipients of Outstanding Program Award GPS Rock Band sings Beds are Burning. Alison Penfold, Member for Lyne, presenting an award. School Captains Blake Walker and Brodie Taylor. BUCKETTS Way Community of Schools held a Recognition Assembly on Wednesday 5 August in Gloucester High School Hall as […]

CAROLE Rinkin didn’t imagine that learning to wire and shape complex sugar flower decorations for her wedding cakes would take her down a different path. She became intrigued with the art of wiring flowers, studying the way petals and leaves formed in nature. When NSW Floral Art Association life member Margaret Higgins of Nowendoc formed […]

THE 2027 NSW Seniors Festival Premier’s Gala Concerts group ticket register launched on Monday, 10 August. Community groups, residential aged care facilities, social groups, Aboriginal organisations, culturally and linguistically diverse organisations and disability organisations with 10 or more attendees are all eligible to secure a spot on the register until 5pm on Friday 11 September. […]

BRIGADIER Vincent (Vince) Williams CSC retired, President of RSL NSW accepted an invitation from John Salter, Secretary of Gloucester RSL sub-Branch to visit Gloucester on 8 August on his way to Port Macquarie. In his capacity as the recently appointed RSL President, Vince was scheduled to attend the Lower North Coast District Council of RSL […]

“I HAVE just returned from a fantastic overseas holiday where the weather was perfect and the fishing excellent. Magnificent scenery and a fascinating local history. Travel time by boat around about 40 minutes from the entrance to Port Stephens.  “Broughton Island is an absolute wonderland with high peaks rolling down to long golden beaches. The […]

The baby humpback may have become stranded for a variety of reasons, a whale expert says. Photos: The Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia. The baby humpback may have become stranded for a variety of reasons, a whale expert says. Photos: The Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in […]

Concept image for the Stratford Renewable Energy Hub. Photo: Supplied. Entrance to the Stratford mine site on Bucketts Way. AS previously reported in News Of The Area, the Stratford Coal Mine has come to the end of its useful life and owners Yancoal lodged an application with the NSW Department of Planning seeking to convert […]