THE region’s drinking water continues to meet health and safety standards, with Council noting strong performance across all water supply systems during the past financial year. The Drinking Water and Recycled Water Reports for 2024-25, which assess water quality across five supply systems servicing Port Macquarie and Camden Haven, Wauchope, Comboyne, Telegraph Point and Long […]

MARINE Rescue NSW volunteers across the state returned 823 people safely to shore during November, completing more than 370 search and rescue missions including 108 emergency responses. Acting Commissioner Todd Andrews said demand remains high for the volunteer service. “Following successive record months in September and October, our volunteers were in high demand throughout November, […]

True to character, the Grinch added a little mischief. True to character, the Grinch added a little mischief. FESTIVE cheer was delivered to residents at Laurieton Lakeside Nursing Home and Lake Cathie Manor earlier this month, with Christmas visits that brought smiles, music and laughter to both facilities. The visits were organised by Simplicity Funerals, […]

Santa (Luke Hadfield) with Amy Vandenhurk and Dan Fox (Bower On Lake). Deb from Aussie Battlers with Amy from Bower On Lake. FESTIVE spirit was on full display in Laurieton as Bower On Lake, in collaboration with the Camden Haven Chamber of Commerce, hosted community Santa photos for charity. Just under $200 was raised, with […]

SURF Life Saving drones will be in the air earlier and for longer this summer as the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) steps up shark surveillance. The NSW Government has allocated an extra $2.5m for shark management following the recent deaths of a female tourist near Crowdy Bay and a local surfer on Sydney’s Northern […]

Kendall Blues members hand over the bikes to the Aussie Battles in Laurieton. Kendall Blues members hand over the bikes to the Aussie Battles in Laurieton. Kendall Blues members hand over the bikes to the Aussie Battles in Laurieton. THE Kendall Blues delivered three utes full of bicycles to Aussie Battlers in Laurieton on Saturday, […]

IT’S 7.15am on Tuesday morning, 16 December, and cars are lined up behind the stop sign at the intersection of Houston Mitchell Drive and the Pacific Highway, as a work truck and other cars wait in the turning lane opposite, and semi-trailers and a cement truck fly past at 110kmph. This is the nerve wracking […]

RECONSTRUCTION work is continuing on the Oxley Highway at Mount Seaview to restore full access through areas affected by natural disasters. The weekly planned closure at Mount Seaview will be lifted after Thursday 18 December, with parts of the highway returning to single lane, alternating flow traffic arrangements during the NSW summer school holidays and […]

EVERY year, as the festive season picks up speed, the night sky quietly rolls out its own holiday display- no tinsel, no blinking bulbs, just a crisp dome of stars performing the same cosmic pageant they’ve been staging for thousands of years. And woven into that ancient canvas is a tale as old as Christmas […]

A LONG-TERM blueprint for the future of Lake Cathie’s foreshore has been signed off, after months of community consultation and public exhibition. The decision was made at last week’s Port Macquarie-Hastings Council meeting, with councillors noting feedback received during the exhibition period and endorsing the final version of the plan as a long-term framework for […]