NSW

North West and Northern Tablelands Local Land Services urge landholders to be aware of Australian Plague Locusts, with recent favourable weather conditions resulting in nymphs hatching and progressing through their lifecycle. Local Land Services Biosecurity Officers have been issuing chemical to landholders who are now reporting banding locust nymphs in the Moree, Goondiwindi, North Star, Yetman and Warialda areas.

The Finch family are thrilled the Australian War Memorial has accepted their father's medals for display. The medals of Kyogle's Frederick Bradley Finch OAM, known...

by Calypso Cavalier It was a 'Misathon' at Kingsford Smith Oval against Tintenbar/ East Ballina on the weekend in the first LJ Hooker Premier League...

When Graeme Reid was out fixing fences with his son from Cameron Reid Fencing, he came across a striking burn mark on a survey tree. "I grabbed my el cheapo phone and took a photo." There were people from National Parks and Department of Primary Industries who wanted a copy of the unusual photo, Graeme said. "It hits you in the eye straight away." The photo shows the number 36 - an old survey mark. Fires last year burned a map of Australia around the chiselled mark, even including Tassie and what looks like New Zealand, Graeme said.

NSW Department of Primary Industries - Lord Howe Island Marine Park News Researchers Jonathon Mitchell and Victoria Camillieri-Asch from The University of Western Australia will...

Pinetrees Lodge has just received carbon neutral certification under the Climate Active Program of the Australian Government. We're the first full-service hotel in...

by Lynne Mowbray and Jim Dougherty The Yamba Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) held their traditional holiday swim at Main Beach, Yamba on Sunday January...

by Lynne Mowbray Yamba SLSC spokesperson Jim Dougherty said that this year's Ocean Swims event saw two former Olympians taking part. "In the men's we had...

by Geoff Helisma Jim Hourigan loves to paint; however, he plays down whatever artistic ability he might possess, preferring to focus on what his works...

It was a trip to Tassie that inspired Obelia McCormack to create a photography app with a difference. PicTrax is a free app where users upload photos of places they’ve visited which are pinned on a map to make it easier for others to visit and photograph the same location. “It is a global interactive travel journal,” Obelia said.

On Wednesday 18 November, members of Dunoon RFS were presented with the NSW Premier's Bushfire Emergency Citation for their contribution and service to the 2019-2020 Bushfire emergency response by Zone Manager Superintendent Michael Brett. Mr Brett commended the members of the brigade for their ongoing commitment to the RFS and the protection of the community.

The last year has been an enormous learning curve for us here at Friends of the Koala. While we have had single fire events which have affected our koalas in the past, this was the first time where essentially the whole region was on fire.

Lismore Theatre Company is proud to announce that Educating Rita is back in rehearsal ready to open its 2021 season. Associate director Kylie Fuad is collaborating with director David Addenbrooke to work with the two actors Elyse Dallinger (Rita) and Gray Wilson (Frank) to bring Educating Rita to the Rochdale Theatre in February 2021.

Toonumber Dam is at 100% capacity after recent rain and Water NSW said it is a marked difference from the 10% levels two years ago. "Water hasn't spilled in the last couple of years," a spokesman said. Despite the water level, Water NSW confirmed the Red Alert warning for blue-green algae remains ...