MYALL COAST locals of all ages can take part in The Great Aussie Bird Count from 17 – 23 October. MidCoast Council and BirdLife Australia need local information about our bird populations. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
SINCE 2017, Brad Morante has taken part in the Great Cycle Challenge, a national Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) fundraising initiative held throughout the month of October. The Challenge started in 2013, and now in its tenth year, the event…
A TOPICAL and thought provoking major new Australian documentary, Where The Water Starts, will be screened at the Bowraville Theatre on 16 October 2022 at 2pm. The film investigates the destruction of the fragile alpine ecology of Australia’s Snowy Mountains.…
COMMUNITIES across NSW are being warned of a greater risk of grass fires after recent wet weather with the official bush fire season beginning on Saturday. Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke said…
MINISTER for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke on Friday presented volunteers from Marine Rescue NSW with the first of 2,040 state-of-the-art lifejackets to be issued to each Marine Rescue NSW crew member. Ms Cooke…
FIRE FIGHTERS from Forestry Corporation of NSW on the Mid North Coast, joined fellow brigade members from across the region for training in essential firefighting skills such as fire behaviour, tactics and strategy, leadership, command, control and communications, and how…
A MID NORTH COAST Echidna that had a tough start to life is about to be released back into the bush thanks to the concerned citizen that rescued him, and WIRES carer Jennie Simmons. In early January this year a…
BIRDLIFE Australia is calling on citizen scientists to support the bushfire recovery of South-eastern Glossy Black Cockatoos on the Coffs Coast. Anyone who will be on the Coffs Coast, that’s Coffs Harbour, Bellingen and the Clarence Valley, during Saturday 29…
SUMMERTIME is swimming time and in Australia that means it is time for the volunteer Surf Life Savers to patrol our beaches. The red and yellow is back on NSW beaches with more than 20,000 surf life saving volunteers ready…
RFS Scam It has been brought to the attention of the Medowie Rural Fire Brigade that scammers are at it again. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)…