TELLING the incredible stories of the Nambucca Valley is what News Of The Area (NOTA) is all about. The NOTA launched in the Valley in May 2021, and is proud to keep locals up to date with the happenings of…
DEAR News Of The Area, REGARDING an article in the 21 April edition of Coffs Coast NOTA regarding memorial plaques at Bonville Headland. Reference is made to “just a handful” and “the dozen or so” memorial plaques. There are at…
DEAR News Of The Area, HOW many of the Knitting Nannas really understand how forests grow? Looking at a forest is a snapshot of the life cycle of that forest stand just as a snapshot of your family shows what…
DEAR News Of The Area, SINCE my contribution to the dredging debate (NOTA 27/4) interested readers have requested more information. The decline in seagrass density has been apparent since circa 1980. At that time, anyone venturing onto the meadows would…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a member of the Coffs Bypass Community Consultative Committee (CCC) representing the Coffs Bypass Action Group (CBAG) I wish to bring to the communities attention, especially those living in the west Coffs basin, proposed…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS alarmed at the report in NOTA (21 April 2023) about ‘Malicious damage’ to rainforest at Coffs Jetty beach, but perplexed by the story on page 7 about ‘Memorial plaques to remain at Bonville…
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE a place in the amazing place of Hawks Nest and have been coming here for many years, soon to live permanently. Every time I drive in off the Singing Bridge and stop at…
DEAR News Of The Area, I SHOULD make a few observations about the response by Len Roberts to my recent letter about dredging in the Myall River. I am well aware of Len’s former role in the Port Stephens and…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to respond to an opinion published in the newspaper dated 13/4 by Col Nicholson. I read Col’s response to the original story regarding the river’s poor health. The writer was “puzzled” as…
DEAR News Of The Area, AFTER 65 years on the Myall, I am flummoxed by the irrational reasoning on both sides of the dredging debate. It all started in 2008 when the river was in a filthy condition. The popular…