MY first trip by air was with Butler Airways on a Douglas DC3 from Mascot to Burren Junction. A tail dragger aircraft of WW2 vintage to a bush, gravel surfaced airstrip. I loved it. Many years later I obtained a…
DEAR News Of The Area, NED Cowie’s piece on the problem of free campers (14/2/25) is just the tip of the iceberg in regards to this continual annoyance. The free camping community already knows that the Nambucca area is not…
DEAR News Of The Area, RECENTLY I was bushwalking along Tuckers Rock Road in Bongil Bongil National Park, south of Coffs Harbour, with my bushwalking group when an SUV with Queensland number plates pulled up beside us with all its…
DEAR News Of The Area, Two recent articles caught my attention. One was ‘Logging duo speaks out’, which was supposed to ‘reassure those concerned about the environment’ that ‘people like them are doing their best to preserve the forest every…
DEAR News Of The Area, REGARDING MidCoast Council’s “Have your say” on assets and services survey, readers and ratepayers should be cautious. Choosing to maintain everything to “Good” standard would seem to require a 46.6 percent increase to rates, while…
DEAR Jasminda, WHEN I go out with my friends for dinner, it is always agreed that we will share meals and share costs. The problem is I’m a very slow eater, I’m vegetarian, and I don’t drink. I end up…
LAST year, small-budget horror filmmaker Osgood Perkins (son of Psycho star Anthony Perkins) knocked the socks off most people who caught his occult-tinged film Longlegs. That’s given him a huge leg up in promoting his latest film, and an adaptation…
DEAR News Of The Area, LIZ Philpott’s letter (NOTA 31/1/24) about the cost of op shop goods made interesting reading. I work in a local op shop where all the wonderful staff, including our beautiful managers, are voluntary. Most other…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing in response to the letter of opinion from Liz Philpott (31 January 2025) headed ‘What went wrong with op-shops?’. It is not my intention to speak on behalf of the multitude of…
DEAR News Of The Area, REGARDING the demise of NSW Labor politician and Minister for Transport Jo Haylen. Jo Haylen is a very capable politician. Her loss of ministerial responsibility is a loss for all people in NSW. Our democracy…