YOUNG people enjoying their school holidays in the Nambucca Valley had an opportunity to do something a little different this week when the Macksville Library hosted a free Drumming Workshop. Enabled by a grant under the NSW Government Holiday Break…
LAST Saturday night the town centre of Bowraville echoed with the sound gypsy, balkan, klezmer and latin music fused together and exploding from the stage during a gig that had the crowd up and dancing from start to finish. Hello…
STEPHEN Sheppard is the October Artist of the Month at the Stringer Gallery. Steve started doodling about 30 years ago. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981…
LEARNING barista skills can open numerous career paths in the hospitality industry. NV College General Manager Karen Busby invites local people to give coffee-making a go at NV College’s fee-free four-day courses starting soon. “Barista training can take you anywhere…
ANCHORS Wharf Urunga, the iconic and community-beloved local waterside restaurant, opens to the public on Wednesday 5 October after seventeen months of recovery and refurbishment after a devastating fire on Monday 3 May, 2021. After watching 25 years of his…
AFTER a two year COVID-induced hiatus over 350 Hot Rods came roaring into the Nambucca Valley this week for the 44th Annual Valla Park Rod Run. The run is one of the highest profile activities on the region’s event calendar…
SEPTEMBER 2022 marked the 75th Anniversary of Lions Clubs in Australia and the Nambucca Heads Lions decided to mark the occasion in style with the rejuvenation of one of the town’s favorite spaces. Lions Park on Newry Street, Nambucca Heads…
WOOLGOOLGA District Orchid Society opens the gates to its free Annual Spring Orchid Show and Garden Expo on Saturday 1 October, from 9.00am to 3.00pm at the Woolgoolga Public School, 1-11 Scarborough Street, Woolgoolga. “To inject some added interest into…
NOMINATIONS are now open for the two categories of Sawtellian of the Year 2023 for their contribution to Sawtell in 2022. “Be sure to give your nominee a good resume and reference because what you write has to convince the…
AFTER missing out on a mid-year production at the Jetty Memorial Theatre (JMT) due to difficulties in obtaining performance rights, Coffs Harbour Amateur Theatrical Society (CHATS) are hitting the stage with their production of Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy ‘A Midsummer Night’s…