Comboyne’s Luke Meier-Smith at the top of the winners’ podium in Lake Placid. Photo: @svenmartinphoto via Giant Bicycles. Luke Meier-Smith (centre) with his brother Remy (in the white t-shirt) and his family and support team. Photo: @svenmartinphoto via @luke_ms. Luke and Remy’s finish line celebration landed them a fine from event organisers. Photo: @remy.meier.smith. LUKE […]
Golf fundraiser attendees Jane Hillsdon, Hayley McGrath, Kev Hillsdon and David McGrath. Photo: supplied.
THE community united through golf to raise funds for the Hastings Education Fund (HEF), ensuring it can continue its work supporting local students. As part of the Country Education Foundation of Australia, HEF helps young people from the Port Macquarie-Hastings area as they move from high school into university, apprenticeships or further training. Karen Bale, […]
Anyone interested in the industry is invited to provide feedback to the independent review.
THE NSW Government has released a discussion paper to guide public consultation on the independent review of the Thoroughbred Racing Act 1996. The review will assess whether the Act remains appropriate to ensure the integrity and proper regulation of thoroughbred racing in NSW and to support the industry’s development and sustainability. It will also consider […]
DPIRD Senior Fisheries Management Officer Travis Morgan with Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty ahead of a FAD deployment. Photo: supplied, DPIRD.
DPIRD Senior Fisheries Management Officer Travis Morgan with Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty ahead of a FAD deployment. Photo: supplied, DPIRD. Three FADs have been deployed off Crowdy Head, Laurieton and Port Macquarie. Image, Google Maps. FISH Aggregating Devices (FADs) have now been deployed along the state’s coastline, giving recreational fishers a better chance of […]
The Stone family: Brooke Rayner-Stone (and son Hugo), Blake, Mark and Danena. Photo: supplied.
The Stone family: Brooke Rayner-Stone (and son Hugo), Blake, Mark and Danena. Photo: supplied. Billabong Zoo Koala Keeper Kelsie Redman was named ‘Employee of the Year’ Photo: supplied. PORT Macquarie’s Billabong Zoo achieved outstanding recognition at the 2025 Mid North Coast Regional Business Awards on Friday night, taking out four major categories and receiving a […]
Groundswell Collective volunteers have planted 16 tiny forests in schools and parks across NSW.
LIVING in one of Australia’s fastest growing regional areas, Anna Noon was watching in despair as nature made way for sprawling housing developments. “There was a lot of land clearing happening,” she says of her home at Lake Macquarie in the rapidly-expanding Hunter region. “I knew that was leading to habitat loss, species extinction and […]
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe tours the site with Solidcast owners Will and Sarah Hynes.
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe tours the site with Solidcast owners Will and Sarah Hynes. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe tours the site with Solidcast owners Will and Sarah Hynes. Precast walls in use. Photo: Solidcast website. WAUCHOPE-BASED Solidcast will expand production of its patented low-carbon concrete panels after […]
Dawn West captured these stunning dawn shots of runners heading off from Town Beach Port Macquarie towards Laurieton.
Dawn West captured these stunning dawn shots of runners heading off from Town Beach Port Macquarie towards Laurieton. Dawn West captured these stunning dawn shots of runners heading off from Town Beach Port Macquarie towards Laurieton. Dawn West captured these stunning dawn shots of runners heading off from Town Beach Port Macquarie towards Laurieton. Some […]
Camden Haven High School’s newly graduated Year 12 class. Photo: CHHS.
THEIR schoolyard days may be over but Camden Haven High School’s Year 12 Class of 2025 is firmly focussed on the upcoming High School Certificate (HSC). The students’ achievements were celebrated at their graduation on Thursday 25 September ahead of their official “study holiday”. Deputy Principals Deb Gilbert and Sharon Westman shared with the school […]
