Monmouth ended a 40-year NCAA Tournament drought last March, with the Hawks honoring that team tonight before taking on a Big East foe in St. John's.

Former prime minister John Howard had for 19 years holidayed at Hawks Nest every summer. The family tradition ended after BHP announced it would stop making steel in Newcastle.

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Shells on the beach at Hawks Nest. ( Four Corners: Brendan Esposito ) "You've got 15km of pristine beach with not a building in sight," says local resident and conservationist, Ian Morphett.

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