April 22, 2026
2 Old Mill Road, Herons Creek is on the market with Harcourts Laurieton
Property

2 Old Mill Road, Herons Creek is on the market with Harcourts Laurieton

2 Old Mill Road, Herons Creek4 Bed, 2 Bath, 8 CarPrice update: $1.600,000 – $1.700,000 DREAMING of a charming rural lifestyle? This stunning property seamlessly blends original country charm with modern living conveniences, offering a peaceful lifestyle and boasting 20.64Ha (50 acres) in the rolling hills of Herons Creek. Recently refreshed with new paint inside […]

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Businesses and farmers to ‘take matters into their own hands’ over flood relief Member for Oxley Michael Kemp has spoken to hundreds of local farmers since the floods. Photos: supplied.
Regional

Businesses and farmers to ‘take matters into their own hands’ over flood relief

Member for Oxley Michael Kemp has spoken to hundreds of local farmers since the floods. Photos: supplied. MICHAEL Kemp fears as many as 95 percent of flood affected farmers and businesses in the Oxley electorate will struggle to stay in operation if the state doesn’t request a Category D declaration from the Federal Government. The […]

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Port Macquarie businesses dig deep for Bravehearts charity race day Irene Balkema, Jenny Watts, jockey Luke Rolls, Tickle Me Pink, and Rick Balkema.
Event

Port Macquarie businesses dig deep for Bravehearts charity race day

Irene Balkema, Jenny Watts, jockey Luke Rolls, Tickle Me Pink, and Rick Balkema. ‘Ditto’, the Bravehearts mascot. LOCAL businesses rallied behind Tuesday’s Bravehearts charity race day, generously sponsoring each of the seven races. Naming rights were snapped up, resulting in the Coolcene Air Maiden, Dittos Keep Safe Adventure Shows Maiden, Divine Experiences Country Plate, Stone […]

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School music program hits the right note with Club North Haven support Club North Haven General Manager Tim Harris with North Haven Public School band members and coordinator Mrs Skerritt. Photo: supplied.
Regional

School music program hits the right note with Club North Haven support

CLUB North Haven has provided a significant financial boost to the music program at North Haven Public School. General Manager Tim Harris attended the school recently to present a cheque for $5000 on behalf of the club’s board of directors to students and band coordinator Mrs Skerritt. “It was great to see so many kids […]

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Camden Haven Touch Football talent Charli Collins takes on the state’s best Charli Collins in action while captaining the Camden Haven High School girl’s touch team in their North Coast Semi Final against Grafton. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography.
Sport

Camden Haven Touch Football talent Charli Collins takes on the state’s best

Charli Collins waiting for the referees’ decision. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Charli Collins in action while captaining the Camden Haven High School girl’s touch team in their North Coast Semi Final against Grafton. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. CHARLI Collins impressed for the North Coast in the NSW Open Girls Combined High School State (CHSS) Touch Football Championships […]

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North Coast Force teams ready for rep games in Gunnedah Action from last year’s women’s representative game between the North Coast Force and AFL North West Blue Heelers.
Sport

North Coast Force teams ready for rep games in Gunnedah

AFL North Coast’s best senior players are ready to represent their region this weekend. North Coast Force men’s and women’s teams head to Gunnedah for a big day of representative games. The Force men’s team play their first representative game since 2018, when they take on the North West Blue Heelers. The Force will look […]

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The first astronomers: Australia’s Indigenous stargazers The Emu in the Sky - not formed from stars, but from the dark dust lanes of the Milky Way.
Opinion

The first astronomers: Australia’s Indigenous stargazers

LONG before observatories dotted the land and satellites blinked overhead, the First Peoples of Australia were reading the stars. For over 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have looked to the sky – not for abstraction, but for connection, direction, and survival. Theirs is the oldest continuous astronomical tradition on Earth. To these […]

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Estimated thousands trapped in Australian farm slavery A parliamentary inquiry has been told imported fruit pickers were subjected to prolonged suffering. Photo: AP PHOTO/ Robert F. Bukaty.
Regional

Estimated thousands trapped in Australian farm slavery

A BACKPACKER hoping for a memorable working holiday on an Australian farm finds himself crammed into a house with 17 people, eating dry bread and deprived of sunshine and fresh air. After arriving on a visa from China, the young man had headed to a small town on the NSW coast in 2024 to pick […]

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