‘BLACK White and Red’, the Coffs Harbour Creative Arts Group’s (CHCAG) first exhibition for 2024, is now on display at the Coffs Harbour Showground Gallery. A convivial gathering at the gallery on Sunday 4 February officially opened the exhibition. Advertise…
A GROUP of logging protesters have gathered to symbolically close Tuckers Nob State Forest to forestry operations. Local residents along Roses Road, Gleniffer with the support of the ‘Friends of Tuckers Nob’ group, have posted ‘notice of closure’ signs at…
IN a generous gesture, on Saturday morning 3 February, the dedicated members of Stuarts Point Men’s Shed surreptitiously delivered a well fashioned outdoor picnic table to their favourite (only) local chemist shop on Marine Parade in Stuarts Point. After a…
ON Saturday evening, 27 January, a group of party-going youths converged on Scotts Head, damaging private property, a local business and public facilities. The alleged perpetrators were believed to be aged between sixteen and 22. Advertise with News of The…
FOLLOWING the completion of extensive training with OzGreen co-founder Sue Lennox, Nambucca Riverwatch volunteers have been undertaking monthly testing of five sites along the Nambucca River. The citizen science initiative involves collecting, synthesising and analysing water quality data, then uploading…
FORESTRY Australia has defended the use of hazard reduction or prescribed burning as an established and long-used method of preparing for and reducing the severity of bushfires. A recently published report by the Australian National University and Curtin University found…
LONG-TIME News Of The Area readers will be familiar with the ongoing protests to protect Newry State Forest. A new documentary film, ‘Nguura Muruy’ (Forest Camp), tells the story of local community members and Gumbaynggirr custodians attempting to save Newry…
A DRAMATIC two-day search for ‘paddle boarders’ thought to be missing at sea off Nambucca Heads concluded on Tuesday morning, with emergency services crews standing down after the two men were identified safe and well. At about 6:30pm on Monday…
ON Sunday 18 February at 2pm at an outdoor service on the grounds of Gleniffer Church, the Uniting Church Mid North Coast Presbytery will induct Reverend Dr Jason John into the unique role of ‘Forest Chaplain’. Although Jason has performed…
SEVERAL weeks ago News Of The Area reported that the Mentally Healthy Nambucca Valley Calendar 2024 had been completed and distributed for sale across the district. The cheeky calendar featuring an assortment of local blokes in various stages of undress…