Melbourne set for hottest start to November since 1902 Nov 9, 2009
Smoke will affect the townships of Cape Conran, Cabbage Tree, Marlo Plains, Manorina and surrounding areas. Back-burning operations will continue throughout the day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Super club buys more land for home and a wave Oct 17, 2009
The club's hectare of oceanfront land - on which sit the Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club as well as social outfits the Cabbage Tree and Pacific clubs - is already twice the size of the nearby Joye family compound and almost three times as big as the Packers' neighbouring pile. A few hundred metres away, however, the North Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club is very different: its single-storey cabin sits on the heath at the windswept other end of the beach. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Exclusive surf club reels in its neighbour Oct 14, 2009
The purchase is expected to be funded partly by the surf's club two associated social clubs - the men-only Cabbage Tree Club and the women's Pacific Club - which have financially supported the surf club for decades. The Cabbage Tree Club had $703,000 in retained profits in April, up from $588,000 a year earlier. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
All jocks aside: rescue at sea for near-naked sailor Aug 2, 2009
20am, the helicopter spotted the missing man floating four kilometres offshore, about 200 metres east of Cabbage Tree Island. Mr Cummings said the man was lucky to be alive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The mystery of the Montague Island 'mouse' Jun 20, 2009
Other spectacular ecological recoveries are under way following the removal of rabbits from Cabbage Tree Island off Port Stephens and the same is hoped for nearby Broughton Island with the removal of rats and rabbits later this year. All of these feral pest eradications, though, are dress rehearsals for the most ambitious plan of all - the total eradication of rodents from Lord Howe Island in 2011. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Water's warm and the fish are loitering May 16, 2009
Scores of bodysurfers and swimmers shared the surf with boardriders until the flags went up at 8am, while a group of men and women ocean swimmers set off on their usual Thursday morning swim to Shelley Beach on Cabbage Tree Bay. The one-kilometre swim crosses a marine reserve and swimmers can sometimes see schools of small tropical fish still evident in the bay. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
