LIVING well for longer, rather than achieving a grand old age, is key to the Healthy Ageing Strategy developed by Healthy North Coast. The Strategy was launched at The Shoreline Luxury Retirement Living in Coffs Harbour on Monday 4 March.…
THE official ‘Clean Up Australia Day’ for 2024 was on March 3, and promised to be a success as volunteering crews at Stuarts Point and Scotts Head grabbed water bottles and rolled up their sleeves, donning boots, gloves, hats and…
THE Federal Government’s proposed $50 million Biosecurity Protection Levy fails the ‘pub test’, says Trevor Ranford, an Australian Biosecurity Award winner in 2022. Mr Ranford, a leading horticulture industry advocate with more than 46 years experience, said despite widespread criticisms…
AN award-winning film highlighting the history of conflict in Palestine will be screened in Coffs Harbour and Bellingen next week. The powerful documentary, filmed recently in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel by Australian film makers John Reynolds and…
ON SUNDAY March 24 conservationists across the country will show their support for native forests as part of the Bob Brown Foundation’s March for Forests. Bellingen forest supporters will gather from 9.30am until 1pm at Bellingen Park to listen to…
AFTER the recent success of the inaugural Stuarts Point Garage Sale Trail, held on Saturday 20 January with about a dozen households opening their yards and garage doors to the public, Neil and Jen Fanning, residents of Lower Buckrabendinni Road,…
THE Nambucca River Branch of NSW Farmers has issued a plea to State Ministers for Agriculture and Environment, local councillors and MPs for help in addressing and resolving issues around blueberry farming in the Nambucca Valley. “There is a huge…
ON 10 April this year it will have been 25 years since a boat from southern China, known as the Zhou Gan Tou, came aground on the beach at Scotts Head. The Zhou Gan Tou was carrying 60 people from…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council is one of 128 local governments written to this week by NSW Finance Minister Courtney Houssos, urging them to address shortcomings in their ticketless parking fine systems. Ticketless parking fines were an initiative of the previous Liberal/National…
IN the public forum of Nambucca Valley Council’s general meeting on 29 February, Bellingen-based environmental activist Wendy Firefly presented a talk and slideshow aimed at convincing the Council to implement strong regulatory controls on industrial-style horticulture in the region. Ms…