EARLY Sunday morning, 11 August, a team of Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) volunteers were in a frenzy preparing for the village’s annual ‘Funday’ event. This year’s free event had a circus theme, serving as an early celebration…
AUSTRALIA’S Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Richelle Turner is currently in the Nambucca Valley visiting her family on a two-week holiday, hoping to promote her island home to fellow Australians. A new direct weekly flight from Brisbane to Palau…
EMBATTLED regional airline Rex is looking to offload company land, buildings and aircraft spare parts as administrators work to keep the financially distressed carrier up in the air. Professional services firm EY Australia has been called to salvage the five…
NEW research published by fourteen Australian forest scientists, presents the clearest picture yet of the species and habitat at stake due to ongoing native forest logging. The paper, published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice, found that more than…
WE’RE heading into the dog days of the “Summer Blockbuster” season, and that leaves just the one big release to come to cinemas this week, along with a possible ‘all time great’ sports documentary from Australia’s own shores. Alien: Romulus…
THE timber industry has stepped up its fight against the phase-out of wooden power poles across NSW, demanding proof that the manufactured ones won’t melt in bushfires. The NSW branch of the Australian Forest Products Association has launched a new…
THE Greens indicated their backing of the campaign of Nambucca Valley mayoral candidate and incumbent councillor David Jones at a small event on Sunday morning at Bellwood Park, Nambucca Heads. Around 30 people gathered to show their support for Mr…
EVERY fisherman dreams of a bigger catch! Is it possible to know ahead of time when to plan a trip to enjoy some fishing, catch more than usual, and come home feeling 100 percent satisfied? There is, so listen up!…
MOTIVATED to make change, 24 young local people from Bowraville participated in an action-oriented leadership workshop run by OzGREEN’S Youth Leading the World team. They were inspired after being involved in water testing of the Nambucca River with OzGREEN and…
IN April this year News Of The Area reported that vandals and thieves had desecrated the Nambucca Heads War Memorial Cenotaph by tearing a large bronze rising sun badge off the wall. The rising sun is the symbol of the…