The Verandah Restaurant is closing its doors on Sunday night for the last time, sadly the restaurant is not in a position to renew the lease and as result the restaurant is forced to close. A spokesperson said we are unfortunately not in the position to
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Dangerous conditions means some mission are abandoned. C-27J Spartan attempting to land at Mallacoota, C-130J Hercules attempting to land at Merimbula, Video at the bottom of the page. ADF Pilots have been facing dangerous conditions to rescue thousands of people who been cut off by Bushfires,
UPDATE 15 FEB 2020 from our original article Confusion Over Paul Parkers Future. PAUL HAS BEEN SACKED FROM AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AFTER GOING VIRAL FOR TELLING THE PM TO GET F**KED. This man was out saving lives and homes and has been sacked from the
KEY POINTS Strike Force Tronto is the lead investigative body on suspicious or deliberately-lit bushfires 24 people have been charged over alleged deliberately-lit bushfires 53 people have had legal actions for allegedly failing to comply with a total fire ban 47 people have had legal actions
Cessnock Kids pool is closed temporarily due to a busted pipe, the main is still operating as normal. Cessnock City Council is trying to get the pool are opened as soon as possible.
Police are investigating a suspicious fire on the Central Coast yesterday. About 12.30am on Sunday 5 January 2020, emergency services were called to a nature strip on Anita Avenue, Lake Munmorah, where a small grass fire had broken out. NSW Rural Fire Service crews extinguished the
Key Points Two people missing in the south coast 130 fires continue to burn 54 fires un-contained Rain provides temporary relief Rain hampers backburning operations. The temperature will rise to high 30’s on Friday 60 Homes confirmed destroyed, hundreds more expected as teams work them the
The Owendale fire has broken containment lines on the eastern side of the fire which is inaccessible by fire crews, the air attack was unable to contain the breakout yesterday. Towns to the east of this fire should be watching this closely and preparing your fire
Streets and homes in Cooma have been flooded after a water tank burst, sending thousands of litres of water through the town earlier this evening. Multiple calls were made to Tripe Zero (000) by residents when water began flowing down from the town water tank situated
Just hours after energy providers warned of a power shortage towns in the Hunter have lost power. It’s unclear whether or not is being caused by the power shortage from damage from bushfires of whether it’s unrelated. POWER OUTAGES as of 11pm Saturday 4/1/20 There are
Australia has been brought to it knees with the worst bushfire crisis the country has ever seen, whole towns have been wiped off the map, the largest evacuation is underway the country has ever seen with over 100,000 people have been displaced, 3000 Army Reserve Soldiers
Owendale Backburn postponed. No maps available for public as yet. There was no confirmation of burn going ahead given. We have just been informed that a backburn of the Owendale fire in the Pokolbin state forest was scheduled to go ahead today, but current weather has
The NSW Police Force is reminding the media and the community not to fly drones in the vicinity of bushfire-affected areas or over other emergency operations. The current emergency situation is already dangerous for people, property and the environment, and police are reminding drone users that
Strike team’s have been positioned for rapid response to any new fires or if existing fires break containment lines around the Hunter Valley for today’s extream fire conditions Today temperatures will reach 45c with 20 to 30km North West Winds, with a strong Southerly changed expected
The popular Jenolan Caves has come under ember attack from the Ruined Castle fire, crews have done everything they could to save the iconic caves house and so far have succeeded, unfortunately, sheds and outbuildings and local RFS Station have been destroyed as well of the
A man has been charged after two explosive devices, weapons and ammunition were located at a home in Cessnock earlier this week. On Sunday 29 December 2019, officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District arrested a 35-year-old man on Melbourne Street, Aberdare, in relation to an
Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery of a business in Raymond Terrace today. About 12pm (Wednesday 1 January 2020), a man entered a grocery store on Benjamin Lee Drive and approached the counter. The man, armed with a small axe, instructed a female
Lower Hunter fire control have just commenced an ariel backburn in the Lower Hunter near Bulga and Milbrodale. The proposal is for aerial ignition of strategic ridge tops using a small amount of fire to the area north of Milbrodale and south west of Bulga. The
NSW Police Force have confirmed a total of seven people have now died and two more people are unaccounted for as a result of bushfires impacting the states south. Since Monday (30 December 2019), emergency services have responded to the following fatal incidents: JINGELLIC: A 28-year-old
Emergency services were called to a single motor vehicle accident around 10:15am this morning near Putty Rd. The vehicle came off the road and ended up on the railway lines, the driver of the vehicle was taken to hospital for precaution.