DEAR News Of The Area, THE Coopernook and Lansdowne Forest History (CALF) Group, in conjunction with the Mid North Coast Country Music Association, will soon present its annual Country Music Fundraising Weekend. This will be held at Forest Headquarters in the Coopernook State Forest, on Forest Road Coopernook, on August 9 and 9, 2026. There […]
DEAR News Of The Area, The media narrative suggesting regional people oppose renewable energy projects when the data unarguably shows the opposite is now the subject of a published academic paper (“Growing discontent on data centres as farmers fear renewable rollout repeat, The Land, 7/6). Poll after poll after poll, from Porter Novelli, 89 Degrees […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I FIND proposals such as the one outlined by Alison Penfold (Page 2, Gloucester District News of the Area, 27 May) deeply concerning. I believe equality is strongest when it protects the dignity and humanity of everyone. In a diverse society, there will always be complex questions about balancing rights, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, It seems the newspaper is flogging the dead horse to resurrect another shot at addressing the unacceptable risk of two infamous intersections, Bucketts Way and Medowie Road, as well as roasting Labor politicians. “Funding promises for highway intersections” (NOTA 17 April 2025) informs me of one certainty, the paper knows […]
DEAR News Of The Area, ON the advice of a friend, my father and I travelled from Sydney to Gloucester for the concert of Christine Collister and Michael Fix. Oh my! What a concert! Thank you Gloucester Artists for bringing these two world renown artists to your beautiful town. How amazing to be able to […]
DEAR News Of The Area, In regards to the intersection of Bucketts Way South and Pacific Highway, there has been a number of comments regarding this intersection, all suggesting urgent attention. I have not read anything so far about two further compelling reasons for the solution to this most dangerous intersection to be expedited. 1. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, ON Saturday, 6 September, just after midnight, our Craven Plateau home and farm shed were totally destroyed by an electrical fire. We would like to express our thanks to the Barrington and Gloucester RFS as well as the Gloucester Town Brigade. They reached the Plateau in record time and did […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHAT a day it was. The cool weather and the Gloucester Course as it always is – picture perfect. There was a big field of players who came from near and far to attend the two-day Bruce “BJ” Fraser Memorial Trophy event. [BJ was a] Gloucester local, fellow golfer and […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WE would like to congratulate GACCI and the cast and crew for the fascinating and different monologue production stage at the Senior Citizen Centre on 25 and 26 September. We attended the matinee performance. Not only was the production entertaining, it also gave us something to think about. It is […]
DEAR News Of The Area, ON Saturday, 6 September, just after midnight, our Craven Plateau home and farm shed were totally destroyed by an electrical fire. We would like to express our thanks to the Barrington and Gloucester RFS as well as the Gloucester Town Brigade. They reached the Plateau in record time and did […]
