MACRO Muster, a waterbug data collection and citizen science project run by Bellingen-based environmental charity OzGREEN, has a fresh approach for its sixth iteration. “We’re doing something a little different this time than our previous musters,” OzGREEN event coordinator Sam…
THE results are in for the 2024 Nambucca Valley Council-commissioned ‘Community Satisfaction Survey’, based on the responses of 400 residents by telephone in February 2024. Topping the list of items that respondents believed should be a priority for Council were…
THE Coffs Coast community will soon see locally-produced concrete girders making the trip from Macksville to Coffs Harbour where they will form part of fifteen of the seventeen bridges on the Coffs Harbour Bypass alignment. Transport for NSW Director Region…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council facilitated a Tourism Stakeholder Workshop at the Island Golf Club, Nambucca Heads on Tuesday 14 May. The workshop was intended to inform Council’s new Tourism and Economic Development Strategy. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
NAMBUCCA Heads senior Barbara Lake, 94, was viciously attacked by two dogs in the driveway of her home last month. Her injuries were so severe Mrs Lake is still in hospital in Coffs Harbour and has undergone multiple surgeries to…
THE Art Space Urunga’s latest installation is no ordinary art exhibition, with an incredible panel of paintings now adorning the exterior wall of the gallery along Bowra Street. “For some years we’ve been pondering what to do with that wall,”…
COUNCIL is inviting all tourism operators across the Nambucca Valley to attend and participate in their upcoming Tourism Stakeholder Workshop. The workshop will be held at the Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club on Tuesday 14 May from 5.00pm – 7.00pm.…
FARMERS have welcomed Telstra’s decision to delay its 3G network switchoff until August 31 this year, as thousands of rural Australians remain reliant on 3G services. NSW Farmers Rural Affairs Committee Chair Deb Charlton said the announcement made by Telstra…
DURING the recent school break, holiday makers and local children were once again enjoying two weeks of an ever growing selection of creative art and craft workshops offered by a range of dedicated practitioners. The 2024 April Kids Holiday Programs…
THE Nambucca Valley has played host to a substantial congregation of motorhome enthusiasts as nearly 300 members of the Solos Network, a special interest group of the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia (CMCA), descended upon Macksville Showgrounds for a…