ON the evening of Thursday 25 January the Bowraville Central School will be the venue for the official presentation of National Celebration Day Awards. You are invited to join the Mayor, the National Celebration Day Committee, Councillors, award recipients and…
JAGUNDA is the new single released by Gumbaynggirr band Jumbaal Dreamin’. It is a song about getting back to culture, written from the perspective of a man stuck living behind four walls who wishes he was on his Country and…
MERRIE Hunt, the President of the Macksville Branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA), has been making her fine Christmas puddings for sale for several years. A runaway success, this year she took it up a notch with the help…
VALLA Expressions annual creative arts exhibition opens on Saturday 6 January at Valla Beach Hall, running until Sunday 14 January. “Everybody is welcome,” exhibiting artist Julie Collins told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
THE Nambucca Valley’s ShoreTrack is one of the grassroots groups across NSW set to share in more than $400,000 worth of new funding thanks to Community Road Safety Grants delivered by the State Government. Supported through the Community Road Safety…
THE NAMBUCCA Macksville Evening VIEW Club had a very busy and successful December raising funds for their seven Learning for Life Students. Their December ‘Off with the Faeries’ meeting was a fabulous, fun filled way to end the year, enjoyed…
HERE’S a roundup of upcoming local events in the Stuarts Point and Scotts Head district. As was so well enjoyed at the Stuarts Point Foreshore Reserve last year, the Holiday Markets will be on again on two Sunday mornings from…
I ONLY joined the News Of the Area team three months ago but what an education in my local community I have received since joining the NOTA team! I almost feel I should be paying them – I said “ALMOST!”…
GENEROUS locals have been dropping items into the Nambucca Plaza Pharmacy to be distributed as Christmas gifts for those who may be doing it tough over the holiday period. What initially appeared to be a gesture of kindness by the…
ONCE again, blueberry farming was thrust into the public spotlight when three speakers used the public forum of the fortnightly Nambucca Valley Council meeting to address councillors on the issue. A large crowd of supporters including local regenerative farmer and…