A MOTORIST passing on the nearby highway noticed and reported the fire enveloping the Unkya Reserve storage shed at approximately 2am on Thursday 8 September. Emergency services attended swiftly but were unable to save the building, which in daylight revealed…
NAMBUCCA Valley Red Cross is offering a free Emergency Preparedness Information Session at Marion’s Red Cross Tea House on Tuesday, September 27. A representative of Nambucca Heads Red Cross Emergency Services told News Of The Area, “Our climate is changing.…
IN an exciting new initiative dubbed the ‘Stars of the Buskers Festival’, the Coffs Buskers Festival will this year travel to Nambucca Heads for one all ages show at the RSL Club on Thursday September 29 from 11am. “Hot on…
AS part of National Carers Week, Bev Reedy and Port Adventure Cruises have teamed up to give carers a day on the Hastings River. National Carers Week is an opportunity to recognise, celebrate, and raise awareness among all Australians about…
KATHERINE Kelly, from the Kalang River Forest Alliance, says that Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) appears to be hell-bent on destroying the headwaters of the three rivers in Oakes State Forest. Ms Kelly said the soils of the headwaters are highly…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council is concerned for the safety of members of the public who continue to disregard chain mesh fencing and signage installed at the Seawall Coastal Protection Upgrade Project on Main Beach, Nambucca Heads. Council say it has become…
THE district’s very own community radio station, 105.9FM Nambucca Valley Radio (2NVR), has announced that it is a finalist in three categories in the prestigious Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) National Awards. The station itself is a finalist in…
YARRAHAPINNI residents Heather Johnson, Ruby Lenane and Gwen Harradine initiated the walking group in 1997, with the first walk at Grassy Head and, as time passed, Audrey Rogers and Ruby Lenane took charge when the original walkers retired. This year…
NAMBUCCA Heads Preschool is participating in the SeeMore Safety program which educates little ones about how to use the internet safely. “Nambucca Heads Preschool are excited to play a role in helping educate the children about e safety,” Debbie Rix,…
IT is the David and Goliath battle that pitches a $1.7 billion-dollar company against a sleepy surf village of 1000. It was December 2021 when word of Ingenia’s plan for an over 55’s lifestyle community in Scotts Head reached the…