Storybox Celebrates 1000 Hunter Stories

   

The Story Box in the Hunter.

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What's the Story Box? It is a small box with a phone inside that is passed from person to person across the region.

Anyone who has possession of it must answer the phone when it rings and tell their story to 1233 ABC Newcastle.

The chain of stories continues until someone breaks the chain and fails to be there for the call. 

It has been in the hands of some amazing people with remarkable stories.

Follow the Story Box on SoundCloud. For archived stories click here.

Original Story Box - The Red Tardis

Story Tellers gathering at the ABC radio carpark to celebrate 1000 stories

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Rail Light On Parking In Newcastle

Visual of the way the light rail should look has been released.



Two hundred and eighty car parking spaces in Hunter Street are to go.  The spokesperson has suggested people should "leave their cars at home".

Rankin Park Hospital A War Idea

A strange factoid on Treasure Hunter on the ABC radio fascinated me, so I went did some digging on Trove. 
The hospital at Rankin Park being built in response to the threat from invaders during WW2 - with the Royal Newcastle hospital being on the shoreline and in firing range.
For some years this hospital served as a respiratory disease ward, with patients suffering from tuberculosis and other ailments. Now of course it is a rehabilitation centre associated with the John Hunter. 

Trove - Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate  Thursday 12 June 1947

Thursday 17 April 1947
And what do you know? Transport for visitors to the hospital was a contentious issue even in 1948!

Thursday 27 May 1948

Rankin Park Hospital 1950

The Headphone Project On Facebook

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  The Headphone Project is a collaborative piece from:
  
  Architect - Mark Tisdell
  Fabricator - Tom Ireland
  Graphic Designer - Sean Bell
  Electronic Engineer - Adrian Garner 

You can support this group by Liking them on Facebook and sharing the love. 

Hunter Daytrip: The Drip Gorge Ulan

Looking for somewhere different to visit from the Hunter Valley? Check out The Drip, a sandstone gorge complete with ferns, moss, crevices and some Brett Whiteley rock painting! 

Government to purchase The Drip gorge

The Herald reports that The Drip is now back in government hands and will become part of the nearby national park, safe from coal mining. See details here 

From ABC

 "Water drips slowly onto rocks below, all along the sandstone gorge which lies next to the Goulburn River, near the New South Wales coal mining town of Ulan.

Locals regard The Drip as a national treasure: it has rich Aboriginal heritage, and is a popular picnic spot for residents and tourists."

The Drip Gorge Goulburn River: is a special place with a cathedral-like atmosphere. walk into The Drip Gorge through a riverside forest, past sculptured sandstone caves, honeycombed rocks and archways. ‘The drip’ or ‘Great Dripping Wall’ is a towering sandstone cliff-face dripping clear spring water into the clear pools of the rocky river bed. 

The Goulburn River National Park starts immediately down-river. A 1km walk along the river bed rock, brings to you the ‘Corner Gorge’. Travel 50km (30mins) north of Mudgee along the Ulan-Cassilis Road (37km from Gulgong) and 10km north of Ulan Mine. More information click here 

The Drip Gorge - Upper Hunter

Deep in the sandstone embrace of the Drip gorge, just north of Mudgee, is a painting - the work the result of a bush retreat in 1970 by internationally renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley.

Campsite information at The Drip 

Day Trips: Hunter Region Botanic Gardens

Hunter Region Botanic Gardens

The Hunter Region Botanic Gardens cover an area of 140 hectares, much of which has been preserved as natural bushland.

2100 Pacific Highway, (20 mins north of Newcastle), Heatherbrae NSW 2324, Australia +61 2 4987 1655

 

 

 The Gardens, which were opened to the public in 1986, are designed, developed and managed by a non-profit company of volunteers. The development of the Gardens was recognised in 1999, with the winning of the 'Significant Regional Attraction' award in the Hunter Regional Awards for Excellence in Tourism.

Hunter Region Botanic Gardens Website

Hunter Region Ecology
The Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, through its Rare Plants Committee, is involved in research into the ecology of the Hunter Region of New South Wales, with a focus on Plant Biodiversity.
Technical Papers reporting this research and discussing Hunter Region Ecology are available in this section of the Gardens website, using the links below:
Hunter Region Ecosystems

• Ecosystems of the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens Site
• Vegetation of the Hunter Valley
• Vegetation History of the Hunter Valley

See more on Panoramia

Rally challenges mandate to cut railway: video | Newcastle Herald

Rally to save the rail in Newcastle NSW

 
Rally challenges mandate to cut railway: video | Newcastle Herald

Newcastle prostate cancer treatment will save thousands of lives

A NEW treatment for prostate cancer, which Hunter researchers administered, is predicted to save more than 1000 Australian lives each year.

University of Newcastle conjoint Professor Jim Denham described the new medication option as “the holy grail” to beating the most aggressive forms of the disease.

He said this was because it reduced the spread of localised tumours by 40 per cent.

In a trial called RADAR, men were put on a combination of testosterone-suppression therapy, a drug that’s used for osteoporosis, called zoledronic acid, and radiation therapy over 18 months.

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Newcastle prostate cancer treatment will save thousands of lives | Newcastle Herald: