The Port Macquarie Pink Ladies.
IF you’ve ever spent time in Port Macquarie Base Hospital, it is likely that you have interacted with one of the “Pink Ladies”. This dedicated group of approximately 70 women and 30 men can be found in almost every ward of the hospital and refer to themselves as ‘gophers’. With one volunteer scheduled on most […]
Australian Museum Lead Scientist for FrogID Dr Jodi Rowley.
THE Australian Museum’s FrogID Week is on, finishing at midnight on Sunday 16 November. Australia’s biggest citizen science project and the world’s biggest frog count, FrogID Week encourages the public to make a meaningful contribution to scientific understanding of the world. The free FrogID app enables anyone with a smartphone to record different frog species […]
Chris Bowen says you don't have to have solar panels on your roof to reap the benefits. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP
ENERGY retailers say they’ve been blindsided by reforms promising free electricity to hundreds of thousands of Australians during peak solar power hours. The Solar Sharer program, announced by the federal government last Tuesday, would give consumers free access to electricity for three hours each day as part of the default offer available. Households in NSW, […]
RFS volunteers Steve Taylor, Tom Patrick, Dylan Sheehy, Jackson Boswell and Paul Roelandts.
RFS volunteers Steve Taylor, Tom Patrick, Dylan Sheehy, Jackson Boswell and Paul Roelandts. A car fire at Herons Creek. AFTER more than a decade of service to the Camden Haven Rural Fire Brigade, Jackson Boswell has witnessed the worst of nature and the best of humanity. Now second in charge of the local Brigade, Jackson […]
Sarah Eade with the staff of HEM Real Estate.
IN 2019 Sarah Eade was a busy wife and mum working in the aged care and disability support sector, until a workplace accident changed everything. Subsequent surgical treatment resulted in a permanent spinal cord injury, leaving her a full-time wheelchair user. At the time, her family was living in a house in Port Macquarie that […]
Laurieton RSL sub-Branch President Allan ‘Buster’ Beatty and Port Macquarie Mayor Adam Roberts at the Laurieton service. Photo: PMHC. Mayor Adam Roberts lays a wreath at the cenotaph in Laurieton. Photo: PMHC. The Port Macquarie Hastings Municipal Band plays at the Port Macquarie service. Photo: Pat Conaghan MP FB. The solemn […]
A total of 56 people were safely returned to shore last month across all nine Marine Rescue units on the Mid North Coast.
MARINE Rescue NSW volunteers across the Mid North Coast have experienced their busiest start to a boating season on record, with 33 search and rescue missions including 19 emergency responses during October. A total of 56 people were safely returned to shore last month across all nine Mid North Coast units – Woolgoolga, Coffs Harbour, […]
Local league legends proudly wearing yellow in support of suicide prevention. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography.
Local league legends proudly wearing yellow in support of suicide prevention. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Warren Buchanan crossing the line. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Former Stingrays women’s player Rhiannon Moran charges on. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Erin Gunton heads for the line. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. U18 Lake Cathie Raiders star Tim Broderick. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. U18s Lake Cathie […]
Sportsperson of the Year Molly Currie with Dr Robert Clarke of Greenmeadows Health Centre. All photos: courtesy Rob Lloyd, Sportive Media.
Sportsperson of the Year Molly Currie with Dr Robert Clarke of Greenmeadows Health Centre. All photos: courtesy Rob Lloyd, Sportive Media. Wayne Richards Scholarship recipient Bayden Smith (centre) with Sporting Fund Committee members Simon Thresher, Richard McGovern, Deputy Mayor Nik Lipovac, David Barnes and Troy Highlands. Bayden Smith receives his Senior Sportsperson of the Year […]
