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Thursday, 23 February 2017
Nelson Bay ~ Salamander Bay ~ Shoal Bay ~ Anna Bay ~ Fingal Bay ~ Taylors Beach ~ Soldiers Point ~ Corlette ~ Boat Harbour
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Tinnies Easy Targets for thieves By Jewell DRURY RON Grover, a Soldiers Point resident, loves taking his two grandchildren out on the water in his tinnie. However in recent months, Mr Grover has had two tinnies stolen from the Port Stephens Council boat racks situated next to the Soldiers Point Boat Ramp. Each tinnie was chained with a thick metal chain and still thieves managed to cut the chain and steal the boats. “I engraved my name and phone number on the rail at the front of each boat for identification purposes,but still it didn’t stop them,” Ron Grover told Bay News Of The Area. “I still have not given up on finding them, and as I walk along the foreshore, I keep my eye out for them,” Mr Grover said. Mr Grover is currently looking for a replacement tinnie so he can
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Ron Grover, disappointed that two of his tinnies have now been stolen. Photo by Jewell Drury
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By Jewell DRURY
THE long awaited Yacaaba Street extension, which has
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been the focus of long-term Nelson Bay visionaries, has finally received the green light.
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Funds for the project will be borrowed from Port Stephens Council with plans to commence in the coming
financial year. The new plans will connect the CBD of Nelson Bay from the north end
of Yacaaba Street to the roundabout on Victoria Parade. The extension will be one
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