Gloucester Bushwalkers at the start of Corker Trail. Photo: Supplied.
Gloucester Bushwalkers at the start of Corker Trail. Photo: Supplied. Lunch Break at Selby Alley Hut at the top of the Corker Trail. Photo: Supplied. Heading up the Corker Trail, Barrington Tops. Photo: Supplied. FEW walking tracks in NSW have a reputation quite like The Corker. Rising steeply from Lagoon Pinch to the Barrington Tops […]
Ray Vale, from Gloucester U3A, with Laurene Mulcahy, President U3A Network NSW, and Jennie Wright, Mid North Coast Regional U3A representative. Photo: Pauline Cain
REPRESENTATIVES of mid north coast branches of the University of the Third Age (U3A) gathered in Port Macquarie recently to share procedures and practice with each other. U3A is an international organisation founded on the belief that people in their third age of life still have much to learn and contribute. Each U3A offers a […]
Seven suspected cases of bird flu have been detected in greater crested terns, a common coastal species in Australia. Photo: AAP Image/Andrew Stafford.
THE poultry industry is on alert after seven suspected bird flu cases were found in native species, potentially marking a new phase for the outbreak. The poultry industry is on alert after seven sick greater crested terns were found in South Australia’s southeast, sparking fears of a local transmission. Five were collected from Southend in […]
Eve with a few of her favourite things - eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham.
Eve with a few of her favourite things – eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham. Freckle, the sick little bird who grew up and identified as a homing pigeon, with his rescuer. Photo: Angus Cheetham. EVE Nesmith has been named Editor of News Of The Area, the family-owned independent local […]
ONE Stroud resident who regularly drives south on the Bucketts Way has decided that enough is enough when it comes to the state of both the Bucketts Way and Medowie intersections with the Pacific Highway, and is calling for the community to show its support for urgent government action. NOTA reported in March on the […]
Primary Drama photo by Charlie Lethbridge. PIX FROM THE STIX 2025 Junior Entry. Photo: Isabella Warters. BUDDING and experienced photographers and performers of all ages can showcase or develop their talents through three creative programs run by Arts Gloucester in July and August. PIX from the STIX, Arts Gloucester’s annual photography competition, is currently open […]
SIX Upper Hunter electorate women are among the 80 outstanding regional women volunteers named on the 2025 Hidden Treasures Honour Roll. In his State Matters newsletter, Upper Hunter MP Dave Layzell congratulated Winifred Wilson of Limeburners Creek, Rosslyn Sherlock from Lorn, Singleton’s Lyn MacBain, Carol Johnstone from Clarence Town, Joan Hart of Bolwarra and Dungog’s […]
GLOUCESTER electricity and gas consumers, including small businesses, might be eligible to take part in a new study which could help them reduce their power costs as well as providing direction for the smoothest and most equitable path for the transition away from fossil fuel power generation. Energy prices are a significant expense for many […]
THE deadly H5 bird flu has been detected in Australia, the Australian Government confirmed on 20 June, 2026. A detection of H5 high-pathogenicity avian influenza (bird flu) was confirmed by the CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) in a single brown skua (migratory seabird) in an isolated area in southern Western Australia. This is the […]
Some of Wilma’s many crochet animals.
Wilma with her gifts of love. Some of Wilma’s many crochet animals. YOU never know what happens when you hand over a gift to someone. Will it be appreciated, loved, packed away, passed onto someone else or – worse – sent to the Op Shop? Wilma Whysall, a retired bank teller who had relocated to […]
