FIRE ants have been detected at Gold Coast suburb Tallebudgera, just 5.5 kilometres from the NSW border. Immediately following detection of the ants at the premise, the NSW Biosecurity (Invasive Ant Carriers) Control Order 2023 was triggered to prohibit the…
DOLPHIN Marine Conservation Park has entered voluntary administration. The park and the Dolphin Marine Rescue Animal Rehab Trust operate without government funding. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us –…
IN the lead up to the bushfire season Coffs Coast volunteers came together on July 22 for a preseason training event code named ‘Burnt Banana’. This bought more than 100 volunteers from across Bellingen and Coffs Harbour regions to practise…
IN its latest exhibition The Art Space Urunga has invited its artists to think red (not grey)! Four words: fifty shades of red. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us…
ONCE again, all of the elements required for a great surfing competition lined up last weekend and the competitors, officials and spectators who came to Scotts Heads for the 37th LoggerHeads Malibu Classic were treated to a great three-day event.…
WINGHAM once again welcomes music lovers for three days of performances from October 13 to 15. Organisers have this year been forced to cap audience numbers at 2,500 a day. The Wingham Showground location offers onsite camping as the optimum…
A SICK man was transferred from a trawler north east of Arakoon on Tuesday night. Marine Rescue NSW volunteers from Trial Bay responded after receiving a call from the trawler. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it…
IT is a long standing tradition, of Polynesian origin, for surfers to pay tribute to the life of one of their own who passes away by participating in a ritual known as the ’paddle out’. Surfers paddle out together, form…
ABOUT time is how locals responded to the launch of Nambucca Farmers Market. It’s a new weekly fresh food and home-made goods market at Gordon Park, Nambucca Heads every Thursday from 2.30 to 5.30p,, “with the best time to come…
NAMBUCCA Heads Library, recently transformed and reopened, became a hub of artistic expression and creative exploration during the latest school holidays. Embracing the spirit of youthful ingenuity, the library hosted two activities that ignited the imagination of young locals, the…