THE morning of Sunday 21 January saw a group of enthusiastic cheese fanciers converge at Eungai Soldiers Memorial Hall for a three hour workshop, designed not as a degustation event with crackers and wine, but a hands-on learning and sharing…
NAMBUCCA Heads will step back in time from 9 to 11 February, when the Nambucca Let’s Dance Rock and Roll Social Club and the Nambucca Heads RSL Club host a weekend of rock and roll dance. Now a staple on…
AN adult male and young child have been saved by a Marine Rescue Nambucca rescue watercraft (RWC) operator after being spotted struggling against the tide and heading towards the ‘hole in the wall’ on the Nambucca River just before 12pm…
THE iconic Bowraville Theatre continues to attract world class artists to the Nambucca Valley and on Saturday 10 February they present the globally renowned singer/songwriter Patrick James for the listening pleasure of local music lovers. Last year Patrick released his…
TRANSPORT for NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service will launch a trial registration exemption for farmers to help rural firefighting efforts this bushfire season. Farmers are often called on to play a key role in protecting their own or…
PROMINENT Victorian anti-vaccine activist and lockdown protester Monica Smit gave a talk and book-signing attended by around 70 people at the Boambee East Community Centre last Thursday night. Having risen to national infamy via social media during Victoria’s strict Covid-19…
STUARTS Point’s Briana Ray Earle has been named Kempsey Shire’s Young Citizen of the Year. At a well-attended Australia Day ceremony at Kempsey’s Slim Dusty Centre, Briana was uncharacteristically lost for words when she was called to the stage to…
DETECTIVES have released CCTV images as part of an appeal for public information into a home invasion at Stuarts Point last year. About 12.25am on Thursday 28 September 2023, police were called to a home on Seventeenth Avenue, Stuarts Point,…
THE NSW Farmers Association has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry into the supermarket retail sector. The inquiry announcement followed last week’s recall of Federal Labor MPs to Canberra for urgent cost…
THE NSW Farmers Association has reminded its members to be mindful of spray drift to neighbouring properties at a time when many Nambucca Valley residents have expressed concerns on the issue, particularly in terms of the blueberry industry. Spray drift…