ON Saturday morning of 14 January, locally renowned Indigenous artist and educator, Elaine Carmady, along with her family, friends and interested visitors, welcomed everyone for a traditional ceremony celebrating the information signage recently installed at the park foreshore at Stuarts…
THANKS to a reprieve in the intermittent rainy weather blessing Stuarts Point, the well planned and executed inaugural Stuarts Point Holiday Market went ahead on Sunday 8 January, with loads of stalls offering a large variety of wares, and plenty…
EXTRAORDINARY stories have come to light as the community shares its recollections of times past with artists from Nyami Gawbarrigam, a Bowraville-based women’s group, who have been researching local history for a mural they were painting on the wall of…
LITTLE Star Bee Sanctuary in Missabotti is playing a leading role in ensuring the Mid North Coast is home to a thriving population of Australian native bees, an endeavour set to become more important than ever if varroa mite, a…
MORE than 1500 people hit the streets to enjoy the festive atmosphere of the Nambucca Christmas Street Festival on Thursday 15 December. Nambucca Heads Lions Club President Grahame Beatton told News Of The Area, “Nambucca Christmas Street Festival was a…
ON Tuesday morning, 13 December, an enthusiastic group converged at Stuarts Point Community Hall for a ‘Free Seniors/Elders Storytelling Workshop’. With inspiring themes of history, myth, wisdom, fantasy, adventure and life story (memoir), facilitator Denni Scott Davids led participants through…
THE iconic Urunga Boardwalk is soon to be upgraded following the announcement that Council has successfully secured $3.96M in funding from Round Two of the NSW Government’s Regional Tourism Activation Fund. The renewal of the boardwalk will also allow improved…
STUARTS Point and district residents have been invited to attend a community consultation event at 6pm on 7 December 2022 at the Stuarts Point Community Hall. “Allum Property Group is undertaking studies to support the residential development of land at…
IN September, News Of The Area reported that Valla Beach locals had come out in protest over Council’s rezoning of land officially known as Part Lot 45 Ocean View Drive, Valla Beach. This land is considered by many to be…
EARLIER in the month we reported on the intention of the Mid North Coast Harley Riders Group (HOG) to conduct a Dice Run Fundraiser in support of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. True to their word, 76 riders on Harleys…