LOGGING in Newry State Forest halted on Tuesday 22 August after the NSW Land and Environment Court considered an application brought by Gumbaynggirr Elder Uncle Micklo Jarrett. Mr Jarrett’s legal representatives sought an injunction because of alleged breaches of cultural…
THE Country Women’s Association (CWA) of Nambucca Heads is launching its annual Awareness Week campaign, to be held from 3 – 9 September 2023. This year, the Nambucca Heads CWA, along with hundreds of other CWA branches across NSW, is…
KORORA author Yvonne Everett has published her second book, ‘4WD Treks of northeast NSW’. In the book she details 25 tours along the coast and over the Great Dividing Range, from the Manning to the Clarence River. Yvonne is also…
LOVERS of the performing arts have a special event coming their way as the Nambucca Valley Christian Community School prepares to present ‘Where Words Once Were’ by Irish-Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer. This ambitious undertaking is the school’s biennial theatrical production…
AN investigation is underway after a man’s body was found in a burnt-out car in the Nambucca Valley on Monday. Emergency services were called to Simpsons Ridge Road, South Arm, about 25km west of Nambucca Heads, at about 2pm on…
SCOTTS Head Public School proudly runs the only specialised bilingual Indonesian program in NSW, where all students are taught ‘bahasa’ Indonesia for approximately four hours per week, integrated with other learning areas such as geography, history and performing arts. Each…
ON Sunday 20 August the inaugural Community Expo was held at the Nambucca Bowls Club. Over 35 organisations and clubs took part in an event that enabled members of the public to explore the options for participation and volunteering in…
IT has been 20 years since a small army of volunteers restored a disused, run down former cinema into the performing arts mecca that is the iconic Bowraville Theatre we know today. Though the Theatre has had its ups and…
LAST week, on 18 August, Nambucca Valley veterans and their family and friends gathered at the Bowraville Ex-Services Club for a service of commemoration of Vietnam Veterans Day. Although veterans in the district observe this day annually, this year was…
IT would not be an exaggeration to state that the majority of the Nambucca Valley community is proud of ShoreTrack, an organisation that works with young people who are at risk of disengaging or no longer engaged in employment, education…