Bruce de Graaf making his 700th donation. Bruce de Graaf and Port Macquarie MP Rob Dwyer. DUNBOGAN’S Bruce de Graaf celebrated his 700th donation at Lifeblood Port Macquarie on Friday, 20 February. He now holds the record for the most blood/plasma donations in the Port Macquarie region and is one of the top ten donors […]
Celebrating Thinking Day at Bruce Porter Reserve.
Celebrating Thinking Day at Bruce Porter Reserve. Girl Guides Alexia Herr, Danielle Steele and Ashley Baxter. BRUCE Porter Reserve in Laurieton sprung to life on Sunday 22 February as Girl Guides from Port Macquarie, Forster, Wauchope and Camden Haven came together to celebrate the centenary of Thinking Day. Joined by family members and volunteers, the […]
Rotarian John Saunders, CHHS student Cooper Boese, CHHS student Gemma Fowler, Rotarian Jennifer Peters, CHHS Head of Mathematics James Langley and CHHS student Jazz Jones. Photo: Rotary.
THE Rotary Club of Laurieton has reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to local youth, continuing more than a decade of support for the Camden Haven High School (CHHS) Robotics Team. The partnership began in 2014 under the presidency of John Saunders, when a $4,000 grant funded the introduction of robotics at the school. What started as […]
Rotarian and global volunteer Brittani Michelle.
THE first International Women’s Day (IWD) was held in Europe on 8 March 1911 as a way of uniting globally to push for suffrage and workers’ rights for women. The movement spread and in 1928 it was celebrated for the first time in Australia, with calls for equal pay, an eight-hour working day for shop […]
Materials stored in the disabled parking space. The new kerbed area adjoining the speed hump. LAKEWOOD residents expressed fury this week as an upgrade was carried out at the direct-to-boot car spaces outside Woolworths in the shopping complex on Botanic Drive. An extension of a kerbed area to join it up to a speed hump […]
A previous One Walk event.
COMMUNITY members from across the Port Macquarie-Hastings region will come together on 8 March to fundraise for research into type 1 diabetes (T1D). The fundraising walk is organised by Breakthrough T1D (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), a leading supporter of global research into the condition. The local event is part of the organisation’s annual […]
The Camden Haven Girl Guides need more volunteers to run their valuable programs.
The Camden Haven Girl Guides need more volunteers to run their valuable programs. The Camden Haven Girl Guides need more volunteers to run their valuable programs. The Camden Haven Girl Guides need more volunteers to run their valuable programs. GIRL Guides has a proud tradition of providing fun activities, skills development and advocacy for young […]
SIXTEEN-year-old Camden Haven High School student Mitchell Job first picked up a tennis racket when he was six years old. Ten years later his love for the game has continued to grow, and he juggles six hours of practice each week alongside the increasing academic demands of Year 11. He is coached by Quinn Sylow […]
When the AFL North Coast season starts on April 11, the feature of the opening round will be the women’s competition. Photo: AFL North Coast.
THE fixture for the 2026 AFL North Coast senior competition has been finalised and it’s now little more than six weeks until the season begins. When the first bounce of the season takes place on April 11, the AFL North Coast will have five clubs fielding teams in the Senior Men’s and Reserves competitions and […]
