LAKE Macquarie City Council on Monday nominated mayor Kay Fraser or deputy mayor Nick Jones to attend the 2020 International Children's Games in Hungary, in July, as the city's representative. The 54th International Children's Games will be held in Kecskemet, Hungary, from July 1 to 4. The International Children's Games is a recognised member of the International Olympic Committee and is the largest multi-sport international youth games in the world. Up to 1500 athletes take part annually. (A story in today's Lakes Mail incorrectly states the council nominated the mayor and the deputy to attend the event.)
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Hunter man with coronavirus
HUNTER New England Health is providing care to a man in his 70s who has been diagnosed with coronavirus. The Hunter man exhibited symptoms a day after returning from Italy last week. A spokeswoman said staff were undertaking daily wellness checks on the man who is in isolation at home. The man is reportedly doing well. Details about his location were not provided. It's the first known case of a person in the Hunter being diagnosed with the virus.
Poster art draws inspiration
MAYORS of the bushfire-ravaged South Coast have welcomed an evocative tourism marketing campaign launched by news publisher ACM to boost visits to holiday towns hit hard by what one mayor calls "the lost summer of the beast". The South Coast is Calling campaign features a series of specially commissioned artworks by Walkley Award-winning cartoonist David Pope of ACM's The Canberra Times. Styled as vintage tourism posters, the lush illustrations celebrate the seaside beauty spots and quaint country villages that made headlines worldwide as deadly bushfires besieged Australia's south-east, trapping thousands of residents and holiday-makers and choking major cities in smoke.
