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newy.com.au - Four Newcastle teenagers are spending the school summer holidays on paid patrols as part of City of Newcastle’s trainee lifeguard program at local beaches and ocean baths. The six week traineeship, delivered with Hunter Surf Life Saving, gives high school students a pathway from surf club volunteering into professional lifeguard work while helping staff the city’s busy coastline. City of Newcastle said the program has doubled in size […]

[Friday Morning Update: The main remains at the John Hunter in a critical condition] newy.com.au - A man in his 70s was taken to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition after a bicycle crash at the corner of Hunter Street and Darby Street in Newcastle around midday. The crash disrupted traffic through the CBD, with police temporarily closing Hunter Street and diverting westbound motorists into Darby Street while paramedics […]

newy.com.au - Lake Macquarie City Council has completed a $335,000 overhaul of the fire-damaged Windale Junior Rugby League Clubhouse, delivering upgraded amenities for hundreds of junior and senior athletes. The council undertook the rebuild last year after vandals set fire to garbage bins outside the building, with flames spreading to the clubhouse and gutting the structure. Lake Macquarie mayor Adam Shultz said the revamp had turned “what was previously just […]

newy.com.au - City of Newcastle will run a free six-session coastal education program from 12 January, taking participants to sites including Stockton Beach, Nobbys Beach and the Cowrie Hole. The Coastal Curiosity workshops are designed to help residents connect with local coastal ecosystems through guided activities that mix environmental education, cultural knowledge and citizen science, with data collected to support biodiversity protection. City of Newcastle executive director Michelle Bisson said […]

newy.com.au - Powered vessels, including jet skis, will be temporarily restricted from designated sections of three popular Port Stephens beaches from Wednesday 24 December as part of a Transport for NSW Maritime summer safety trial. The trial, running through the peak holiday period until Monday 26 January 2026, is intended to test whether localised “powered vessel free zones” can reduce risk for swimmers, paddlers and other waterway users as visitation […]

newy.com.au - Rankin Park Landcare volunteer Karen Ayliffe has been awarded the John Hughson ‘Soaring with the Eagles’ Award, the top honour at the 2025 Lake Macquarie Environmental Excellence in Landcare Awards. The annual awards recognise volunteer-led environmental work across Lake Macquarie, with Ayliffe’s citation describing a “regionally significant” contribution to the environment and the wider community after three decades of local bush regeneration. Ayliffe, who helped form the Central […]