WITH fresh winter mornings now upon us, we are provided a great time in which to ponder subjects that involve the oft-mentioned criteria of being ‘fit for purpose’ or not. I start my day with two good cups of cappuccino…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a resident and ratepayer of Nambucca for 23 years, I am concerned about the misinformation being published and put in letterboxes about the proposed development of 3 High St. It seems the protagonists are…
NAMBUCCA VALLEY News Of The Area (NOTA) is seeking a freelance reporter to cover the operations of Nambucca Valley Council, as well as general reporters to cover general local news. The ideal Council role candidate will have a background in…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Knitting Nannas Coffs Harbour Loop knows quite a lot about forests contrary to the recent opinions of Peter Paunovic (NOTA 5 May 2023). We have members who are expert ecologists. We conduct and report…
DEAR News Of The Area, FROM before May 10 2018 the residents of Woolgoolga have been waiting for a new foot bridge. In the overall scheme of things, we know that it is one of many small capital items that…
DEAR News Of The Area, BOB Kennedy asks ‘who do politicians really represent?’ (NOTA 5/5/23) and attacks both Messrs Dutton and Littleproud for opposing ‘the Voice’, suggesting they are doing so only for political purposes. May I suggest that it…
DEAR News Of the Area, TO Peter Paunovic (‘How much do protestors know about native forestry?’, NOTA, 5 May 2023) I say it’s a bit hairy-chested for a youngish fellow like you to take on the Knitting Nannas about how…
DEAR News Of The Area, I’VE looked at hundreds of logging industry photos taken in the 1950’s and early 60’s. Loaded log trucks carried trees of great size. Girth gave cuts of stable timber of plank dimensions. By the early…
DEAR News Of The Area, GOOD to see we have a local Advisory Group who are onto it. Our housing crisis started years ago by lack of Government planning, and more recently because we are over-populated, with many more to…
I WOKE up this morning and started interacting with our City services without even appreciating it. I brushed my teeth with City of Coffs Harbour supplied water, then after putting the garbage out for the City of Coffs contractor to…