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The all gloss, all free guide to local living for Port Macquarie. A monthly publication delivered free to the local area. www.focusmag.com.au

FOCUS Magazine was founded on the desire to produce a beautifully designed, locally-focused publication with positive interviews with real locals. Locals who are actively participating in your community, making a difference and leading the way to shape a vibrant future for our region. We capture the essence of our region with the best of entertainment, food, fashion, business, real estate, health,

education, travel and so much more. Combined with our signature emphasis on local that has made FOCUS an award winning publication that locals love, trust and read.

02/07/2025

Port Macquarie is on this Friday night. Check out all the see and do's in our July edition of FOCUS...
https://issuu.com/focus.mag/docs/greater_port_macquarie_focus_-_i232/16

02/07/2025

Beatties Quality Furniture continually strives to offer you high-quality and stylish furniture that is comfortable, durable and good value. They have opened the doors of their brand new store located on Lake Road, Port Macquarie. We had a chat with owners Michael and Kathy Beattie. Meet them and learn more about their store in our July edition of Focus.
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https://issuu.com/focus.mag/docs/greater_port_macquarie_focus_-_i232/124

29/06/2025

Here we go... JULY edition is done and ready for you!
Featuring -
Brad M Collins as our cover star for the much anticipated 2025 Artwalk Port Macquarie.
Meet the Experts and Health Professionals feature
Better Homes & Developments as our Abode feature home and company and so much more....
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13/06/2025

Colonial Cobbler is closing down 😢 After 50 years this locally owned & iconic retail store will be closing their doors. Sabrina and Lee have owned the store for 37 of the 50 years and thank the community and their customers for the support.

12/06/2025

These champions are putting their best foot forward and taking to the stage for this years Dance for Cancer. Check them out in our July edition to find out how you can support these legends.

https://issuu.com/focus.mag/docs/greater_port_macquarie_focus_-_i231/74

The Curve Collective
Triple M Mid North Coast
Letz Get Lit 2444
Lucy Humphries Photography
Ready Set Boom
Support Services For You
EaTs Estate - Mid North Coast
Strive Finance

10/06/2025

The opening of two stunning new display homes built specifically to harness the feeling of relaxed luxury coastal living is an exciting opportunity for Port Macquarie families. Leading NSW home builder Hunter Homes has thrown open the doors to the beautiful homes in the popular community of Sovereign Hills in Thrumster, providing the chance to wander through them and imagine living in them.
Check out their feature in our June edition of FOCUS.
https://issuu.com/focus.mag/docs/greater_port_macquarie_focus_-_i231/127

10/06/2025

For nearly two decades, one dedicated driver has been a steady hand on the wheel and a friendly face for countless residents across the Hastings and Macleay regions. What started as a way to fill in some spare time has turned into a 20-year journey of service, compassion, and connection. Linked Community Services

10/06/2025

From launching her first beauty salon at just 19 to winning Business of the Year Willow Rissel has quickly become one of Port Macquarie’s most inspiring young entrepreneurs. Specialising in cosmetic tattooing, brows, lashes, skin treatments, and education, Brows By Willow is more than just a beauty salon - it's a community built on confidence, care, and creative energy.

09/06/2025

Local footballers Mitchell Hagenbach and Nikita Poltorasky were chosen to represent Northern NSW at the Tokyo International U14s Youth Football Tournament in May.
Check out their interview in our June edition of FOCUS online and in print.
https://issuu.com/focus.mag/docs/greater_port_macquarie_focus_-_i231/82

06/06/2025

The HASTINGS HOTEL has just undergone a major renovation. It was really important to the team to honour the history of the building while bringing it up to the standard that today’s customers expect. The Hastings Hotel has been part of Wauchope since 1897, and that country charm – the warmth, the character, the feeling that everyone’s welcome – is something they didn’t want to lose.

06/06/2025

Yarrum Designer Homes is proud to now call Port Macquarie home.

The highly awarded Newcastle and Hunter Valley home builder is now constructing quality custom homes on the Mid North Coast. Focus caught up with Port Macquarie based construction supervisor Issac Mathews to highlight all things the multi-awarded brand is proud of.

Read Issac's interview online and in print in our June edition;
https://issuu.com/focus.mag/docs/greater_port_macquarie_focus_-_i231/132

06/06/2025

What are your plans this Friday? Why not head out to lunch, afterwork drinks or dinner at these amazing local businesses. Check them out in our June edition of FOCUS.
https://issuu.com/focus.mag/docs/greater_port_macquarie_focus_-_i231/46

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Focus monthly is the smart choice with 21,000 printed glossy copies, strategically distributed, impeccably designed and available online via our website, issuu and on Facebook. Founded on the desire to produce beautiful graphic design, and platform to tell positive stories of our region - FOCUS publications have been gracing coffee tables since late 2005.

When it came to creating a space for local businesses to advertise in print, the focus product filled a niche in the free & gloss market. Somewhere between a newspaper and a retail magazine you would find in newsagents, focus found their space.

Less clutter, more words, and always beautiful photography.

For founders Jay and Louise Beaumont, contributing positively to the community has always been at the forefront of their business mission. By being actively involved in charity events, community events and festivals, business networks and their own hobbies with videography and sports.

The passion for print, design and graphics combined with delivering their product for free to locals every month is the bedrock of the business.

While the independent publishers carved out their niche in Port Macquarie they were quick to expand into other markets, and in 2007 opened their Taree (Manning-Great Lakes) site and just two months later another in Armidale for the New England.

With 53,000 copies now circulating the Mid North Coast and New England regions, and pages growing every day, it was no surprise that keen partners came knocking on the FOCUS doors.

Now, as a Joint Venture with NINE, (Formerly Fairfax media) FOCUS enjoys the freedom to create and deliver the product that is true to its roots; whilst having the support of Australia’s leading multimedia company.

In 2010, the opportunity to launch in another growing regional city presented and the Coffs Coast Focus was established.

Now with a print circulation of 74,000 copies a month, FOCUS is the largest free glossy masthead for the Mid North Coast and New England area’s of NSW.

One of the defining attributes of the FOCUS product apart from its visual presentation and content, is the team that puts each edition together.

Headed up by Jay are five accomplished graphic designers; whose talent for creating eye-catching visuals and creating stunning photography work brings the publication to a new level of creative work.

The work the team creates for their clients comes in via the sales team, led by Louise who has overseen the management of the sales department and driven its success for the past 13 years.

And then there is the stories. Interviews with local people, visitors and good human interest topics easily readable via the question and answer format that FOCUS readers enjoy. There’s never been a journalist hired, and there is no hard news. It’s always been about pulling together the best of what’s happening, who’s here, and who has a great story to tell every month.

Cultivating a cohesive team environment where design, sales and editorial work together to produce FOCUS is what has kept the product as a market leader.

The approachable, close knit, and forward thinking focus team continue to challenge the status quo in print media, and look forward to many many more years in the market.

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