Tea Gardens, Forster, Hawks Nest, Bulahdelah, Stroud, Pacific Palms, Karuah, Pindinar, North Arm Cove
Great Lakes Council has scooped its second weed management award in as many months, this time for weed control in the Ramsar listed wetland of Myall Lakes. The award, for the ongoing project “Cabomba Control for the Protection of the Ramsar Listed Myall Lakes” was presented to Council’s Noxious and Environmental Weeds Coordinator, Mr Terry Inkson,… click for more
Over the dates of 16-19 November Great Lakes Council contractors were busy resealing various suburban streets within the Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest areas. It would appear to be standard Council works, nothing unusual to the normal but for many residents that contacted Myall Coast News, it would appear a lot of residents would have preferred… click for more
A bright orange Francois’ Langur baby is just one of the new faces that visitors will see at Taronga Zoo these school holidays and Myall Coast News has two family passes to give away for you to see the cute little fella. The male infant, who keepers have named ‘Nangua’ after the Mandarin word for pumpkin,… click for more
Christmas is of course a very popular time of year for that special meal with family and friends, and like tinsel on a Christmas Tree, no Christmas feed would be complete without some quality seafood products like Prawns and Oysters. It’s no secret that the Myall Coast has some of the best Prawns and Oysters… click for more
FIT FOR THE FUTURE WE are absolutely delighted to be amongst 37% of NSW Councils deemed ‘fit for the future’ last month in the NSW Government’s IPART Report. We were on the only Council on the Mid-North Coast deemed fit AND who met all five of the criteria required. This really is an endorsement that… click for more
Myall Coast News was notified by members of the Bulahdelah community that on Friday 23 October the cricket nets at the Jack Ireland Sports Complex were pulled down by Council. This came as a shock to the parents of cricket players and the coaches of the Bulahdelah Milo Cricket Team who use these nets regularly for… click for more
Great Lakes Council is delighted that the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s final report into the financial sustainability of NSW councils has found that it is “fit for the future”. “We are particularly pleased to see that Great Lakes satisfied all five criteria to be considered ‘fit for the future’, in fact we are the only… click for more
The dredging program is licensed to the 31 October, which coincides with the Riverside Festival. It will be touch and go as to whether the full program will be completed, so looking on the positive side , what more could we ask for—the entrance fully opened, a fine day and the opportunity of a ferry trip… click for more
The Australian Electoral Commission has released a draft report publishing a proposal to federal electoral boundaries in NSW. This is due to a decrease in the NSW entitlement from 48 to 47 seats in the House of Representatives. The Chair of the Redistribution Committee and Electoral Commissioner, Mr Tom Rogers said the current and projected enrolment… click for more
Great Lakes Council is utilising the power of Facebook and Twitter to find new homes for pets that have been left in the pound. For the first time, Council has taken to social media and is confident that animal lovers across the region will help their rangers to rehome abandoned dogs and cats. “We always try… click for more