Surf Life Saving Clubs at Lennox Head, Kingscliff and Fingal Rovers, will benefit from the rollout of a fleet of 26 new rescue jet skis that will be patrolling beaches across the state this summer.

NSW Police Force Acting Commissioner, Peter Thurtell APM, has reflected on one of the darkest days in the history of the NSW Police Force – the shooting murders of two officers at Crescent Head on the Mid North Coast, 30 years ago.

A Queensland man has died while swimming at a beach near Crescent Head yesterday afternoon.

Tarring of Point Plomer Road at Crescent Head begins on Monday, but residents and Dunghutti elders say Council has ignored their concerns about koala habitat and Aboriginal heritage sites.

Beautiful coastlines, no traffic jams, dirt roads and that ephemeral ‘character’ note that is slowly being beaten out of Byron Shire and northern NSW still remains at Crescent Head in Kempsey Shire and it is something that local residents think is worth fighting for.