Local Lending a Helping Hand to Lebanon
When the city of Beirut in Lebanon exploded in August due to the detonation of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored for...
Spread Your Wings a Little At Port Stephens
There’s nothing quite like the depths of Winter, and months of COVID-enforced travel restrictions, to have you dreaming of a blue water...
Time to Experience the Hunter Valley
If you could package up the best from the all major wine-growing regions of the world and put it in one place – it would be the Hunter...
It's Time to Reconnect at our Blue Water Paradise
Grab a Midweek Mayhem rate and get 20% off a 2-night stay or get 30% off an Everyday Mayhem rate when you book a minimum three nights...
22 Years of Conservation at Australia’s National Zoo and Aquarium
Imagine waking up at dawn to the roar of a pride of lions, bathing next to a Malayan sun bear, or seeing a giraffe wander leisurely past...
Overseas Swaps - Local Alternatives
There has never been a better time to spread your wings and visit one of our regional weekend getaway gems. Many of us have had to kiss...
What Makes it Local?
This month, Intouch Magazine asked Elicia Grant to share her thoughts on what it means to be local. Elicia is a business banking...
Put Hope Estate in your 2021 Diary!
After announcing that a number of events were scheduled for Spring 2020, Hope Estate has revised its plans and announced that due to...
Flying Forward to 30 Yrs at Fighter World
Located just 20 mins drive north of Newcastle, Fighter World at the RAAF Williamtown Aviation Heritage Centre provide visitors with a...
Top Rating Tipples at Hunter Distillery
It’s long held a reputation for having world-class wines and winemakers, and it’s fast earning a reputation for outstanding cuisine and...
Forming Connections through History, Nature and Wine
Never one to do anything by halves, when Karin Adcock purchased the former Pooles Rock estate in 2016, she was determined to create a...
Achieve Balance and Relaxation with T’ai Chi
A few years after I started T’ai Chi, I began to feel disillusioned and so frustrated that I continued attending classes but stopped...
More Mental Than Physical - A New Era of Fitness
After 12 weeks apart, the reunion between gyms and their members has been a special one. You can feel the positive vibrations of energy...
Around the Chambers
In any given month, the ten council chambers that make up the greater Hunter region are busy with numerous projects to help make our...
How Can You Say No?
Last month, Got Your Back Sista inspired hundreds of people to join a campaign aimed at reducing domestic violence in our community....
