Supermoons are the closest to earth. Photo Greg Higgins.
Supermoons are the closest to earth. Photo Greg Higgins. The moon was 30% brighter than normal. Photo: Sis Higgins. SKYWATCHERS across the Mid North Coast looked to the heavens on Tuesday night as the biggest and brightest moon of 2025 rose over the horizon. Dennis Hughes, one of the amateur astronomers at the Port Macquarie […]
Members of HHH, Ruth Durant, Mayor Adam Roberts, President Dr Caterine Settle, Susanne Pritchard and Dan Abei. Photo: supplied.
Members of HHH, Ruth Durant, Mayor Adam Roberts, President Dr Caterine Settle, Susanne Pritchard and Dan Abei. Photo: supplied. HHH Secretary, Jenny Delroy thanks members and volunteers. Photo: supplied. CURRENT and past members of Hastings Home Hospice (HHH) gathered for a special afternoon tea on Thursday 30 October at the Lions Club in Port Macquarie. […]
Dr Baerin Houghton explains how the EBUS diagnostic equipment works. Photo: supplied.
Dr Baerin Houghton explains how the EBUS diagnostic equipment works. Photo: supplied. Mary Trotter, Wauchope Palliative Care Unit, accepts the grant certificate from Brendon and Kate Roods at the 2024 awards. Photo: supplied Nasendoscope funded by HCT, in use. Photo: supplied THE Hastings Cancer Trust’s 2025 fundraising year will end on Thursday 13 November, with […]
Posties set off from the starting line at Nabiac. Photo: supplied.
Posties set off from the starting line at Nabiac. Photo: supplied. Nabiac Public School gets the first cheque of the ride. Photo: supplied. Huntingdon Public School gets a cheque for $4,400 on Day 2. Photo: supplied. Posties riding on dirt roads for children in need. Photo: supplied. NEARLY 100 riders set off on Sunday 2 […]
FOR the first time, the Port Macquarie area has been named among NSW’ top 10 suburbs for first home buyers and is the only suburb outside Sydney to appear in the top performing locations for all buyer groups. The latest Quarterly Market Update from prop tech firm InfoTrack ranked Port Macquarie in third place for […]
Scarlet with her twin sister Violet. Photo Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography.
Scarlet with her twin sister Violet. Photo Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Scarlet ready to take on her competition. Photo Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Scarlet with Laurieton Public School principal Grant Timmins. Photo Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Scarlet with her haul of medals from the State PSSA championships. Photo: supplied. LAURIETON Public School (LPS) speed sensation Scarlet Monk has claimed a haul […]
Karen Ledger of FAWNA with a plover hatchling. Plovers are a protected species in Australia. KAREN Ledger of FAWNA is hoping to change people’s opinions on plovers during the current hatching season. These native birds are found all over Australia and are a protected species. It is against the law to interfere with them. Plovers […]
MEMBER for Oxley Michael Kemp says the CSIRO’s National Koala Monitoring Program (NKMP) has revealed a staggering leap in koala numbers that “upends years of alarmism”. The 2025 report estimates the listed population across NSW, Qld and the ACT is between 398,000 and 569,000, a dramatic rise from the 2024 estimate of just 95,000 to […]
The Nationals make their net zero announcement at Parliament House. Photo: supplied.
THE Nationals have set up a possible showdown with their political ally the Liberals after unanimously agreeing to scrap their commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. The regional party argues Australia is doing more than its fair share to reduce carbon pollution, and emissions reductions should instead be tied to an average of similar […]
Port Macquarie Branch members with the Savage Trophy for Attendance for Branch over 30 members.
Mid North Coast Group office bearers for 2026: Pauline Cain (Publicity), Chrystine Bouffler (International), Lexie Burton (Land Cookery), Tanya Jolly (State President), Carmel James (Vice President), Lynn Moore (Group President), Doreen Burns (Vice President), Yvette Smith (Social Issues), Donna Kemp (Ag and Environment), Barbara Veness (Vice President), Eunice Roberts (Secretary), Kathy Jeanes (Cultural), Janella Leotta […]
