Category: Recent Posts
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NEWCASTLE’S OWN MATILDAS TO TACKLE THE USA
Newcastle’s Emily Van Egmond and Clare Wheeler have been retained in the Matildas squad for the upcoming games against the USA. Van Egmond is still training with the Jets – as the team prepares for the A-League Women’s season.
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NEW ENGLAND FROG CONSERVATION
Habitat loss, disease and climate change are threatening the frogs around Australia. This Frog-ID Week, we’re being asked to count the creatures, in a bid to make life easier for our amphibian friends.
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$1 MILLION FOR GUNNEDAH’S KOALA HABITAT
Gunnedah’s precious koalas willl continue to make their home among the gum trees, with money being put towards reforestation. Dwindling populations a cause for concern in a region once known for the marsupials.
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FOUR PEOPLE INJURED IN CRASH NEAR ARMIDALE
A serious head on crash at Saumarez Ponds, west of Armidale, has left four people seriously injured. The accident occurred at 8.30 this morning, with emergency services needing to free a number of people trapped inside. Two patients were airlifted to John Hunter Hospital with head injuries. Another two were transported to Tamworth Base Hospital…
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REPTILE PARK BECOMES HOME TO RECORD-BREAKING ‘MEGASPIDER’
The Australian Reptile Park’s latest adoptee has been turning heads… and raising hairs. The aptly-dubbed “Mega Spider” is the Park’s largest Funnel Web Spider EVER – measuring at 8cm from top to toe. The giant arachnid, which is being compared to a Tarantula, was dropped off to the Park in a Tupperware container this week…
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CHARGES LAID OVER LAKE MACQUARIE HOUSE FIRE
A man has been charged as part of an investigation into a house fire at Lake Macquarie last week. About 6.30pm on November 5, officers responded to reports of a house fire on Park Avenue, Argenton. On arrival, police tried to speak to the occupant, a 59-year-old man, in the home. The man confronted police…
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TAMWORTH’S POWERSTATION MUSEUM READY FOR ANNIVERSARY
Lighting Tamworth’s steam engines is a rare and momentous occasion… And next Tuesday, they’ll ignite again to mark the 133rd anniversary of being the First City of Light. Tamworth’s Powerstation Museum will open for the day to show off the John Fowler engines to visitors, with a gold coin donation for entry. [AUDIO IN PARTS]
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THE HUNTER OPENS UP TO SYDNEYSIDERS AS LOVED ONES ARE REUNITED
It’s not just holidaymakers being welcome with open arms. In the Hunter and Central Coast, family members usually separated by a shirt trip on the M1, finally able to see each other again.
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POPULATION GROWTH FOR MOREE
Despite recent lock-downs and travel restrictions, the number of city-dwellers moving to the country has only increased. Moree in particular has seen a huge spike in arrivals, according to the latest data from the Regional Australia Institute.
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DRIVER CHARGED AFTER CENTRAL COAST PEDESTRIAN INJURED
Police have charged a man after a pedestrian was injured on the Central Coast last night. Just after 7.30pm on October 28, emergency services were called to Mistview Circuit at Forresters Beach, after reports a pedestrian was hit by a car. Police were told the driver of a white Ford Ranger utility allegedly crashed into…