Tag: Port Macquarie
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GROUP THREE RUGBY LEAGUE CATCH UP ROUND LOCKED IN
One round of the Group 3 Rugby League season will be axed to allow clubs to play catch up games. Wet weather forced several matches to be called off last month, while more disruptions are expected. Postponed games will now be played on July 31 and August 1. “Unfortunately because of the late push back…
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HEADSPACE BRIDGING GAP SO MALES ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Port Macquarie sporting teams will have an added challenge this season – taking part in an initiative to stamp out youth suicide. Headspace is harnessing players’ camaraderie to encourage more young men to access mental health services.
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WOMAN SUFFERS MULTIPLE INJURIES AFTER FALLING 10 METRES DOWN CLIFF
A young woman is recovering after falling off a cliff’s edge at Port Macquarie in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services rushed to the scene, just after midnight. They used ropes to retrieve the 18-year-old woman, who’d fallen ten metres from a cliff near Shelly Beach. The woman was stabilised and flown to…
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PORT MACQUARIE FACES FIRST EVER WASH-OUT FOR NEW YEAR MEETING
Horses have continued to race throughout the pandemic – but they can’t shape up against mother nature. The New Year meeting at Port Macquarie facing its first ever wash-out.
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WOMAN RECEIVES BAIL AFTER ALLEGEDLY ORGANISING MAN TO SET BUSINESS ALIGHT
A second person has been charged in relation to an arson attack at Port Macquarie in June last year. The 42-year-old allegedly organised for a man to set fire to her business before claiming an insurance payout. The Lake Cathie woman appeared before Port Macquarie local court today, where she received bail. Two Port Macquarie…
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NO CROWDS BUT STILL PLENTY OF TOUGH COMPETITION AT TOUCH STATE CUP
Day one of the touch state cup attracted plenty of tough competition to the Port Macquarie stadium. This year a little different to most, with teams playing three consecutive games before they leave the facility entirely.
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MILLION-DOLLAR HELIPAD FOR PORT MACQUARIE IN STATE BUDGET
Patients will soon have faster access to emergency care on the Mid North Coast, with a new helipad to be built on the roof of Port Macquarie Base Hospital. $10 million will be included in next week’s state budget to start construction of the new pad. The region will also be receiving a new HealthOne…
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PUNTERS DRESSED TO THE NINES AT PORT MACQUARIE CUP
With just 500 spectators allowed, today’s Port Macquarie Cup had something of a prestige feel. Punters were dressed to the nines, to try their luck on the horses.
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CREWS RESCUE MAN STUCK ON ROCKS AT NOBBY’S BEACH
Port Macquarie’s Nobby’s beach was the scene of a dramatic recovery effort after a man got stuck on the rocks at the bottom of the steep cliff. Two vertical rescue teams abseiled down the rocks before the man was helped by lifeguards off the ledge. He was taken to Port Macquarie Hospital by ambulance as…
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WOMAN SENTENCED AFTER DRIVING MORE THAN SIX TIMES THE ALCOHOL LIMIT
A Port Macquarie woman has been disqualified from driving for 18-years, after she was caught behind the wheel at more than six-times the legal alcohol limit. Nicole Creighton was today handed an eight-month intensive community corrections order – meaning she’ll avoid jail – for high-range drink-driving. The 45-year-old blew 0.338 after crashing her Ford Falcon…