Sunday 25 October 2026 · No. 11
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Source: News Of The AreaCoffs junior cricketers to begin rep seasonLast season’s Coffs Harbour District Cricket Association’s under-16s side. Last season’s Coffs Harbour District Cricket Association’s under-12s side. COFFS Coast’s best junior cricketers begin their representative season this weekend…Fri, 23 Oct · Read the full story →One app instead of 40+ (38 here)
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Tenterfield local info today
Live alerts: 1 weather warning. See alerts →
Coming up in the sky: Asteroid 2025 UK9 passes closer than the Moon (314,648 km away), Sat, 31 Oct in 6 days. More in the sky →
Alerts
In an emergency call 000.
Fire danger today
NONE No rating today. Stay alert.
No Total Fire Ban today. Gas, electric, wood and charcoal BBQs are fine with care: keep an adult on it, water handy and nothing that burns nearby. Burning off or a fire in the open? Check if you need a permit.
Tomorrow: NONE
Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire Danger Ratings (North Coast). Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 11:00 am.
Fires within 100 km
No fires listed within 100 km.
Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fires Near Me. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 11:00 am.
Weather warnings
Source: Bureau of Meteorology, NSW warnings. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 11:00 am.
Roads now
Nothing listed on the roads within 40 km right now.
Source: Live Traffic NSW (Transport for NSW, open data)
More local stories today
“If you resist change, you resist life.”— Sadhguru
More headlines
- Source: News Of The AreaFree Friday family fun at the Coffs Harbour Jetty with firefighters, food trucks and fireworks
- Source: NBN NewsMultiple Coffs events cancelled due to rain
- Source: News Of The AreaEquality under the spotlight
- Source: News Of The AreaCoffs hosts Tag World Cup
- Source: NBN NewsJetty VPA adopted at Coffs Council meeting
- Source: NBN NewsWoman charged after servo worker pinned under ute
- Source: News Of The AreaPrinted Edition 23 OCTOBER 2026
These stories are written and owned by New England Times and, when they mention your area, national outlets like the ABC, SBS and The Guardian, not us. We show the headline (and for local outlets a short summary); tap a story to read it in full on their site. Thank you to them for the hard work they do: we’re a community hub, not a news outlet, and we’re here to send them more readers. means that site may ask you to subscribe. The good, the bad and the ugly are sorted by a free AI from each headline’s topic, not by our opinion. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 11:00 am.
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What's on
Specials, members nights, trivia, live music, markets and events around Tenterfield, in one place.
Read from each venue's own website twice a day. Specials can change, so check with the venue before you go. Know a venue we're missing? Tell us.
What’s on in Tenterfield
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Births, Deaths and Marriages
Deaths
Remembering locals who have passed. Our thoughts are with their families and friends.
- Anita Tracey
Passed Mon, 12 Oct · Service Wed, 21 Oct, Coffs Harbour Lawn Cemetery
Source: Victor Rullis Funeral Services
Just for curiosity
Trending baby names
Top 10 across NSW, 2025
Girls
- CHARLOTTE =
- AMELIA =
- OLIVIA =
- ISLA ▲1
- MIA ▼1
- SOPHIA ▲3
- CHLOE ▼1
- HAZEL =
- LILY ▲2
- SIENNA ▲3
Biggest climber: LAINEY, up 41 to #56
Highest new entry: AMIRA at #79
Boys
- NOAH =
- OLIVER =
- THEODORE =
- LUCA =
- LEO ▲1
- HENRY ▼1
- ELIJAH ▲3
- LEVI ▲5
- HUDSON ▼1
- JACK ▲4
Biggest climber: ELIAS, up 52 to #35
Highest new entry: MATEO at #65
Source: the latest full-year list from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Arrows show the move since 2024. NSW doesn't publish names by town. Checked Sun, 25 Oct, 10:30 am.
Number one in every state, 2025
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| NSW | Charlotte | Noah |
| VIC | Charlotte | Noah |
| QLD | Charlotte | Oliver |
| WA | Isla | Noah |
| SA | Charlotte | Oliver |
| TAS | Charlotte | Noah |
| ACT | Evelyn | Oliver |
| NT | Amelia | Noah |
Source: each state and territory's Births, Deaths and Marriages registry. There's no single official list for all of Australia.
Top 5 around the world, 2025
New Zealand
Isla, Charlotte, Amelia, Hazel, Olivia
Noah, Luca, Oliver, George, Theodore
United States
Olivia, Charlotte, Emma, Amelia, Sophia
Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore, Henry
Canada
Charlotte, Olivia, Emma, Sophia, Amelia
Noah, Theodore, Liam, Leo, William
Source: Statistics Canada
England & Wales
Olivia, Lily, Amelia, Isla, Florence
Muhammad, Noah, Leo, Luca, Arthur
Scotland
Freya, Isla, Olivia, Amelia, Grace
Noah, Luca, Rory, Muhammad, Oliver
Source: National Records of Scotland
Ireland
Lily, Éabha, Fiadh, Grace, Sadie
Rían, Jack, Noah, James, Oisín
Source: Central Statistics Office
Names that travel: Noah (top 5 in 6 places), Amelia (top 5 in 5 places), Olivia (top 5 in 5 places).
NSW's number one, decade by decade
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | AMELIA | NOAH |
| 2010s | OLIVIA | OLIVER |
| 2000s | EMILY | JACK |
| 1990s | JESSICA | JOSHUA |
| 1980s | SARAH | MATTHEW |
| 1970s | MICHELLE | DAVID |
| 1960s | KAREN | DAVID |
| 1950s | SUSAN | PETER |
Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, counting every baby given each name in the decade. NSW lists start in 1952, so the 1950s are 1952 to 1959; the 2020s run to 2025.
How popular has your name been in NSW?
Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, top 100 boys' and girls' names every year since 1952.
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Ideas from Mav, using AI. Meanings and origins are a starting point: check them before you decide. Popularity comes from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Handy tools
☰ Everything on the Daily Maverick Every page we have, in one place → Community notice board Lost pets, volunteers, clubs and classes. No buy and sell → My home Bin night reminders and a house-sitter sheet to print or share → Why Tenterfield? Fun facts: the Tenterfield Oration, a railway first, Peter Allen and Boonoo Boonoo Falls → 🟢 What’s open? Local or visiting: pharmacies, doctors, servos, cafés, mechanics and more. Open ones first → Dog beaches & parks Off-leash spots near you → Dog-friendly cafés & pubs Places happy to see your dog → LGBTQ+ friendly Local places that welcome everyone → What are you binging? Shows, podcasts and channels locals vote for, and why → What's in your fridge? Dinner ideas from what you've already got → Birthday deals Which local places look after you on your big day → Kid Zone Games for kids 12 and under, with a grown-up’s OK. No chat, no ads, nothing collected →Dog friendly
Off-leash beaches, dog parks and places happy to see your dog. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.
Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.
LGBTQ+ friendly
Local places that welcome everyone. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.
Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.
Fuel prices in Tenterfield
Source: NSW FuelCheck
Grocery watch
The everyday basics at each supermarket today. Green is cheapest, red is dearest. We update these prices twice a day, around 6am and 2pm, so you always know how fresh they are.
Cheapest basket today (milk, bread, eggs, chocolate): Coles at $18.30, Woolworths $20.30.
| Woolworths blocks us | ALDI blocks us | Coles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full cream milk 2L | $3.40 | $3.39 | $3.40 |
| White sandwich bread 650g | $2.50 | $2.39 | $2.50 |
| Free range eggs, 12 pack | $6.40 | $5.99 | $6.90 |
| Cadbury Dairy Milk 180g | $8.00 ▲ $5.50 | blocked | $5.50 special ▼ $8.00 |
| Extra virgin olive oil 750ml | blocked | $13.99 | – |
| Weet-Bix 575g | $2.50 special ▼ $5.00 | blocked | $5.00 |
| Bananas | $0.81 | $2.99 | $0.83 |
Woolworths and ALDI don’t let us check their prices. Their websites block automatic price checks, so we can’t show them side by side with the others. That’s their choice, not ours. We show what we can find, and we tell you when we can’t.
You choose what we watch
Suggest something for Grocery watch, or vote for a local’s idea. 50 votes and it goes up, all by itself.
Online prices from each supermarket's own website, house brand where there is one. Checked: Woolworths Wed, 21 Oct, 2:00 pm · ALDI Wed, 21 Oct, 2:00 pm · Coles Sun, 25 Oct, 6:00 am. Prices in store and specials can differ.
Today in numbers
Facts from the sources named, side by side. No opinions: make up your own mind.
Cost of living
Figures from October 2026
NSW FuelCheck · Australian Institute of Petroleum, via NT Treasury
Big tech watch
Figures from June 2026
Figures from March 2026
Figures from June 2026
Life and death
Figures from December 2021
Figures from December 2021
AI for good, AI for bad
A recent AI story of each kind from the news, so you see both sides.
AI for good
John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s securityThe Guardian · 24 Oct · bolster Britain's security
AI for bad
The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battleThe Guardian · 24 Oct · harming local residents
Headlines from The Guardian and Google News, sorted into good and bad by AI, so check the full story. See every story we've logged.
Learn how AI can help in your everyday life, from your local experts at Maverick Digital →
Grog watch
Beer, wine, spirits, cider: the price at local bottle shops, posted by the shops themselves. Search for anything, or filter by type. Local only, so your money stays in town.
Cheapest In between Dearest
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You choose what we watch
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Source: prices posted by local shops, with the date they posted. Shown for 30 days. We don't check the big chains: local only. Please drink responsibly.
Banks and the RBA
Home loan rates at the big four, and how quickly each passed on the Reserve Bank's (RBA) rate changes. Numbers only.
Cash rate: 4.60% since 29 Sept 2026
How fast they passed on RBA changes
| CommBank | Westpac | NAB | ANZ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average days to pass on a rise | 10.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Average days to pass on a cut | 10.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 |
| Rises passed on in full | 4 of 4 | 4 of 4 | 4 of 4 | 4 of 4 |
| Cuts passed on in full | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
Days from the RBA's decision to the date the bank's new variable rate took effect, for the 7 RBA moves since February 2025.
Every RBA move and what each bank did
| RBA decision | CommBank | Westpac | NAB | ANZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 ▲ +0.25 to 4.60% | +0.25 9 Oct 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 9 Oct 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 9 Oct 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 9 Oct 2026 · 10 days |
| 5 May 2026 ▲ +0.25 to 4.35% | +0.25 15 May 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 15 May 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 15 May 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 15 May 2026 · 10 days |
| 17 Mar 2026 ▲ +0.25 to 4.10% | +0.25 27 Mar 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 31 Mar 2026 · 14 days | +0.25 27 Mar 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 27 Mar 2026 · 10 days |
| 3 Feb 2026 ▲ +0.25 to 3.85% | +0.25 13 Feb 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 17 Feb 2026 · 14 days | +0.25 13 Feb 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 13 Feb 2026 · 10 days |
| 12 Aug 2025 ▼ -0.25 to 3.60% | -0.25 22 Aug 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 26 Aug 2025 · 14 days | -0.25 25 Aug 2025 · 13 days | -0.25 22 Aug 2025 · 10 days |
| 20 May 2025 ▼ -0.25 to 3.85% | -0.25 30 May 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 3 June 2025 · 14 days | -0.25 30 May 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 30 May 2025 · 10 days |
| 18 Feb 2025 ▼ -0.25 to 4.10% | -0.25 28 Feb 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 4 Mar 2025 · 14 days | -0.25 28 Feb 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 28 Feb 2025 · 10 days |
Integrated Finance Group · Mortgage Professional Australia · Savings.com.au · Canstar · Finder · Savings.com.au · The Motley Fool. Cash rate from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Tenterfield tide times & fishing
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Know your 2372
The handy stuff, all in one place. Every item is sourced and shown as the source has it. We don’t edit it. We tell you where it’s from and how well the owner keeps it up to date.
Who runs the place
- Mayor: Cr Bronwyn Petrie · Deputy Mayor: Cr Greg Sauer
- Councillors: Owen Bancroft, Tim Bonner, Peter Murphy, Tom Peters, Peter Petty, Gregory Purcell, Kim Rhodes, Roger Turner. Contact them
- Council meetings: see what's being decided
Source: Tenterfield Shire Council, mayor and councillors. Council doesn’t say when they last updated it.
Bins & rubbish
- Check your bin day on council's waste calendar on its website and put your bin out the evening before, or call council on 02 6736 6000. Bin days
- Tip: Boonoo Boonoo landfill (commercial quantities, building waste and timber), Boonoo Boonoo. By appointment only, with 48 hours' notice. 02 6736 6000
- Tip: Drake Waste Transfer Station, Long Gully Road, Drake. Tue and Thu 8am to 12 noon, Sun 8am to 1pm. 02 6736 6000
- Tip: Legume Waste Transfer Station, 8950 Mt Lindesay Road, Legume. Tue 8am to 12 noon, Sat 12 noon to 4pm. 02 6736 6000
- Tip: Liston Waste Transfer Station, Tenterfield Street, Liston. Wed and Sun 12 noon to 4pm. 02 6736 6000
- Tip: Tenterfield Waste Transfer Station, 121 Sunnyside Loop Road, Tenterfield. Mon, Wed to Sun 10am to 12 noon and 2pm to 5pm (3pm to 6pm in daylight saving). Closed Tue, Christmas Day, Anzac Day and Good Friday. 02 6736 4720
- Tip: Torrington Waste Transfer Station, 615 Silent Grove Road, Torrington. Mon and Sat 11am to 2pm. 02 6736 6000
- Tip: Urbenville Waste Transfer Station, Bonds Road, Urbenville. Tue and Fri 9am to 12 noon, Sun 10am to 4pm. 02 6736 6000
- Source: Tenterfield Shire Council
- Seen illegal dumping? Report it online
Source: Tenterfield Shire Council, bins and waste. Council doesn’t say when they last updated it.
Got a problem?
- Pothole, broken footpath, streetlight, overgrown block: report it to council online or call 02 6736 6000
- Not happy with how council handled it? NSW Ombudsman
Contact council
- 02 6736 6000
- council@tenterfield.nsw.gov.au
- 247 Rouse Street, Tenterfield
- www.tenterfield.nsw.gov.au
Source: Tenterfield Shire Council website. Council doesn’t say when they last updated it. We’ve watched it since 16 Oct 2026: last change spotted 24 Oct 2026.
Spotted something out of date? Let us know.
Renting
Looking for a place in Tenterfield? Every rental site, already searched for you.
- Rentals in Tenterfield on realestate.com.au: Australia's biggest property site.
- Rentals in Tenterfield on Domain: The other big one.
- Rentals in Tenterfield on Rent.com.au: Rentals only, with a free renter résumé to send agents.
- Rentals in Tenterfield on Homely: Rentals plus honest local reviews of each street.
Jobs
Looking for work in Tenterfield? Every job site, already searched for you.
- Jobs in Tenterfield on SEEK: Australia's biggest job site.
- Jobs in Tenterfield on Indeed: Pulls jobs from employers' own websites too.
- Jobs in Tenterfield on Jora: Searches lots of job sites at once.
- Jobs in Tenterfield on LinkedIn: Professional and office roles.
Tenterfield Council watch
Keeping an eye on Tenterfield Shire Council, with every item linked to its source.
Meeting dates are on the council's meetings page.
Is council doing what it said?
Every three months Tenterfield Shire Council reports on its own plan. We'll show its latest report here, in its own words.
How's council doing?
The unofficial Maverick poll, once a month. Be the first this month. All results
Have your say or make a complaint
- Report a problem or make a request: Tenterfield Shire Council on 02 6736 6000 or their website.
- Not happy with how council handled it? NSW Ombudsman.
- Concerns about a councillor's conduct: Office of Local Government.
- Suspect corruption: NSW ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).
- Have your say at a meeting: ask the council about speaking at public forum before the next meeting.
🏅 Mini Maverick Award
Maverick Digital encourages digital safety for kids. Every Kid Zone game is designed to help with that: a safe place where kids can play and mums and dads can feel safe.
Each month, the top three kids on the Kid Zone leaderboards win the Mini Maverick Award, for proving they’re little mini Mavericks:
- 🥇 $25 first place
- 🥈 $15 second place
- 🥉 $10 third place
📍 Spent at a local Tenterfield business. No multinationals, no chains, no fast food.
Only a winner’s first name is ever shown, with their parent or carer’s OK.
Play in Kid Zone → · Local businesses: be a place winners spend it
🌳 Get outside this weekend
Things for kids and families to do outdoors, free or under $50 a kid. This weekend: Sat, 24 Oct and Sun, 25 Oct.
No kids' events listed for this weekend yet. Running one? Add it free and tick "Good for kids".
Always-good local favourites
- Self-guided town walk Free
Explore the town's bygone era on a self-guided walk. Brochures are available from the Information Centre. - Boonoo Boonoo National Park Low cost
Falls Lookout walk, River walk and Rockpool Ramble walk. The Boonoo Boonoo River plunges 210 m into the gorge below. Entry is $8 per vehicle per day, paid by self-registration. - Tourist Drive 9, Mount Mackenzie Free
A 38 km scenic drive with views of granite formations and wildlife. - Ottobeuren Park Free
A park overlooking Tenterfield Dam, where a range of waterbirds can be seen. - Bald Rock National Park walks Low cost
Walking tracks include the Bald Rock Summit walk, the Bald Rock base walk and the Little Bald Rock walking track. Entry is $8 per vehicle per day, paid by self-registration (bring the correct change).
Outdoor and affordable, picked by locals. Check times and prices before you go · Suggest one
Trails, World Heritage and only here
The big outdoor reasons to live in, or visit, Tenterfield and the shire.
Cycle and mountain bike trails
- Bald Rock Summit walk
One of five walking tracks in Bald Rock National Park, with the Bald Rock base walk, Little Bald Rock walking track, Bungoona walk and Border walk. Source: nationalparks.nsw.gov.au - Boonoo Boonoo Falls Lookout and walks
Falls Lookout walk, River walk, Rockpool Ramble walk and Rockpools View walk in Boonoo Boonoo National Park. Source: nationalparks.nsw.gov.au
Only here
- Tenterfield Oration
Sir Henry Parkes delivered his Federation Speech at the Tenterfield School of Arts on 24 October 1889. Source: en.wikipedia.org - Tenterfield Saddler
A living museum stocked with artefacts from yesteryear. Source: visitnsw.com
Sport & field closures
Team Smarketing is on it.
Field closures and local sport. Clubs can post games and closures free via Add an event.
We're building it right, not fast.
Holidays
Next NSW public holidays
- Fri, 25 Dec: Christmas Day in 61 days
- Mon, 28 Dec: Boxing Day in 64 days
- Fri, 1 Jan: New Year's Day in 68 days
- Tue, 26 Jan: Australia Day in 93 days
Source: Nager.Date public holidays. Updated Sat, 24 Oct, 8:00 pm.
In the sky, next 14 days
Asteroids passing by
- Sat, 31 Oct: 2025 UK9, about the size of a car (roughly 3 to 6 m), passes closer than the Moon (314,648 km away) at 7.8 km a second in 6 days
- Tue, 27 Oct: 2026 TB94, about the size of a bus (roughly 19 to 44 m), passes 5.1 times as far away as the Moon at 11.6 km a second in 2 days
- Sun, 25 Oct: 2026 UE, about the size of a bus (roughly 18 to 41 m), passes 5.2 times as far away as the Moon at 15.9 km a second today
- Wed, 4 Nov: 2021 VC4, about the size of a bus (roughly 11 to 25 m), passes 6.0 times as far away as the Moon at 11.2 km a second in 10 days
Source: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 9:00 am. None of these will hit Earth. Most are too faint to see without a big telescope
Next school holidays
- Summer school holidays: Fri, 18 Dec to Wed, 27 Jan in 54 days
- Autumn school holidays: Mon, 12 Apr to Fri, 23 Apr in 169 days
Public schools in the Tenterfield area. Source: NSW Department of Education · Private schools may differ
🧩 Crossword
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✨ Horoscopes
Your stars for Sunday 25 October. Full moon tonight-ish: big feelings, big fun. This is the Year of the Fire Horse 🐎.
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Tenterfield beaches, surf & surf cams
Surf cams
Coastalwatch charges for its live surf cam feed, so we can’t show it here. Nobody pays to be on this site, and we don’t pay to show other people’s paid content either. Have a look on their site: Coastalwatch.
Swim between the red and yellow flags. Patrol times and beach-by-beach info: Beachsafe.
Source: Open-Meteo (modelled, updated hourly). Not for navigation. Which swell and wind suit each beach: surf-forecast.com break guides; patrols from council.
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