Gloucester Environment Group members crossing a creek with bare feet.
Gloucester Environment Group members crossing a creek with bare feet. Having a rest at the Waitui Falls. The beautiful Waitui Falls. FOUR Gloucester Environment Group enjoyed a dry, mostly sunny day for bushwalking when they ventured to Waitui Falls on 19 May. Walks coordinator Rod Eckels had identified the spot on the upper reaches of […]
Neil and partner Janine share a happy moment. Neil’s meeting place table top. GLOUCESTER Aboriginal artist Neil Thorne died peacefully at home on 18 May after losing his battle with lung cancer. Neil and partner Janine Phillips, who was the love of his life, were both primary school teachers. They moved to Gloucester some years […]
The riverbank has been carved away near the Old Schoolmaster’s Cottage on Barrington Rd East. Photos: Trudy Schultz. The riverbank has been carved away near the Old Schoolmaster’s Cottage on Barrington Rd East. Photos: Trudy Schultz. Jessica Collins took these photos of Campbell Engineering on Billabong Lane. Jessica Collins took these photos of Campbell Engineering […]
Floodwaters have destroyed Daniel Fitzgerald and his family's home in Taree for the second time. Photo: Sharon Revell.
DANIEL Fitzgerald slept in his car for five days, watching helplessly as floodwaters slowly destroyed everything inside his home for the second time. Deadly flooding has lashed parts of NSW, resulting in five deaths, damaging up to 10,000 properties and cutting off more than 50,000 people in regional towns. The deluge did not spare Mr […]
YANCOAL has poured cold water on a suggestion that the Stratford mine might be an appropriate source of critical minerals. “Yancoal has no plans to pursue the extraction of critical minerals or REE (rare earth elements) from coal waste or to undertake any exploration for these commodities at the Stratford and Duralie sites,” a company […]
GLOUCESTER region residents are questioning whether the money raised through the development of the Stratford Pumped Hydro and Solar Project will go to the community, or to MidCoast Council. Yancoal’s delayed response to community and agency submissions regarding the project can now be viewed on the NSW Planning Department’s portal, under the major projects section. […]
Gloucester VIEW Club members Vivien, Pat, Chris, Judy, Julie, Jenny, Bev, Marguerite and Judy. Photo: supplied.
VIEW clubs across Australia will celebrate 65 years of service in 2025, highlighting its lengthy commitment to improving the lives of children and young people through education. VIEW, which stands for Voice, Interests, and Education of Women, is a national women’s organisation founded by The Smith Family in 1960. The aim of VIEW is to […]
Gloucester Rotary Club members of 2025. Photo: supplied.
THE Gloucester Rotary Club is proudly celebrating a significant milestone this year – 75 years of service to the local community. Since receiving its charter in 1950, the club has promoted the values of Rotary International, including service above self, fellowship, integrity, diversity, and leadership. “Rotary is a community-binding organisation,” said Denver Webb, who was […]
ABORIGINAL community members are invited to nominate for MidCoast Council’s Aboriginal Reference Group. The reference group provides an opportunity for an Aboriginal voice to guide Council on strategic decisions that affect the Aboriginal community. “The key focus of this group is to improve outcomes for Aboriginal people in the MidCoast region,” Council’s Manager of Libraries, […]
MIDCOAST Council has expanded its Community Recycling Centre (CRC) Battery Collection Program, which now includes the collection of embedded batteries. Embedded batteries, which are often difficult to remove without the use of tools, can now be recycled through participating CRCs across the MidCoast region. These types of batteries are commonly found in products such as: […]
