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What's on this weekend in Newcastle and the Hunter Region

Pride Festival, Back to Broke, Festival of Sweets & Treats, music

Newcastle Herald · Oct 10, 2024

Food Bites: Ooh la la! Frenchie at Carrington opens for lunch

All you can eat Korean BBQ, Back to Broke, and more foodie news

Newcastle Herald · Oct 9, 2024

Food Bites: homestyle, family friendly Italian dining at Wickham

The Italian Corner, Broke's bicentennial and more foodie news.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 21, 2024

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Two tiny Hunter towns in running for top state tourism awards

They're just a bit off the beaten track.

Newcastle Herald · May 13, 2024

Food Bites: A Little Bit of Broke is back in March

This year's weekend-long festival celebrates a 20-year milestone.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 9, 2024

Construction to fix flood-ravaged Broke Road begins

'Deliver a better, safer and more comfortable connection.'

Newcastle Herald · Nov 20, 2023

Major repair work begins after 'devastation' of 2022 floods

The replacement of sections of the Inlet Road at Bulga have begun.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 16, 2023

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Hunter Valley's first mead cellar door opens

'A lot of trial and error goes into working on different flavours.'

Newcastle Herald · Jul 5, 2023

Planner: Afghan textiles at Lovett Gallery, stand-up comedy and more

Homegrown Markets 10am to 2pm, The Station, Newcastle. Handmade in the Hunter Markets 9am to 2pm, Sobels Wines, 5 Halls Road, Pokolbin. Also on Sunday. Glendale Farmers Artisan Market 7am to 1.30pm, Stockland Glendale. Hunter Wine Country Markets 9am to 2pm, De Bortoli Wines, 532 Wine Country Drive, Lovedale. Also…

Newcastle Herald · Jun 9, 2023

BlazeAid on a mission to mend busted fence lines and broken spirits after July floods

BlazeAid is on a mission to mend kilometres of busted fence lines and battered spirits after floods ravaged parts of the Hunter last year.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 13, 2023

'We need to restore the land': as coal mines close, here's a community blueprint to sustain the Hunter Valley

The decline of the coal industry means 17 mines in the New South Wales Hunter Valley will close over the next two decades. More than 130,000 hectares of mining land — nearly two-thirds of the valley floor between Broke and Muswellbrook — will become available for new uses.

The Conversation · Feb 7, 2023

'Anxieties are high': Broke bracing for more rain pain

"With impending rain events anxieties are definitely high here."

Newcastle Herald · Aug 24, 2022

Broke and 'forgotten' with a long road ahead

"They have forgotten about all of us. They don't give a crap."

Newcastle Herald · Aug 19, 2022

Heartless pump thieves a drain on Broke's post-flooding resilience

It also angered me as this is not the Australian way.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 13, 2022

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Newcastle Herald · Aug 10, 2022

Council open 'temporary side track' for flood-hit Broke Road

The temporary side track is being built due to the "likelihood of a long delay with rebuilding Broke Road", the council said, which could take a year.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 8, 2022

'Low act': Water pump theft condemned by recovering community as mining company praised

"When the Bulga Coal boys told me someone had stolen a pump I couldn't believe it. Just disgusting."

Newcastle Herald · Aug 4, 2022

Progress on 'better' Broke Road and $700k for erosion holes

Water pumping, erosion holes and Broke Road repairs.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 3, 2022

Getting Back Home: $20,000 grants extended to Broke residents devastated by July floods

Back Home grants are now available to some Hunter residents impacted by July floods.

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Newcastle Herald · Jul 31, 2022

We need a big plan to help towns like Broke after natural disasters

I think the time has come for a permanent federal disaster levy to be dished out and run strictly by the federal government immediately for the greater good.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 27, 2022

Road to ruin: No timeline for battered Broke's flood recovery

"We cannot put a timeline on this process."

Newcastle Herald · Jul 27, 2022

Charity brings threads of hope to flood-ravaged Broke

"It feels like we are being acknowledged for what we went through."

Newcastle Herald · Jul 27, 2022

Under the pump: Residents thank coal company as MPs divided over water pumping in Broke

Dan Repacholi and Dave Layzell disagree on instruction for residents to stop pumping floodwater.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 26, 2022

Broke, so fix it: Hunter town's sinking feeling after July floods

"The people here have been fantastic. The community here has stuck together."

ABC News · Jul 25, 2022

Sinkholes the size of swimming pools taking in floodwater and sewage in the Hunter Valley

Dozens of sinkholes have appeared in the rural Hunter Valley community of Broke in the aftermath of flooding rains, filling up with the suffocating stench of sewage.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 15, 2022

'Phenomenal how much damage there is': Broke's long flood battle ahead

"Sinkholes are one of our biggest problems. We've had sinkholes swallow 20 foot containers and cars."

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