DURING the recent school break, holiday makers and local children were once again enjoying two weeks of an ever growing selection of creative art and craft workshops offered by a range of dedicated practitioners. The 2024 April Kids Holiday Programs…
THE Nambucca Valley has played host to a substantial congregation of motorhome enthusiasts as nearly 300 members of the Solos Network, a special interest group of the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia (CMCA), descended upon Macksville Showgrounds for a…
A COLLABORATION between the Lions Club of Nambucca Heads and the Red Cross has resulted in the purchase of a new computer for public use at the Nambucca Heads Library. Last year, the Nambucca Valley Red Cross received a generous…
PROFESSOR Kirsten Benkendorff, a well-known marine scientist with Southern Cross University, who has been engaged in several projects on the Mid North Coast, spoke to around 70 people at Macksville RSL last Monday night. The meeting was organised by the…
ON Saturday morning 4 May, though it was gloomy and wet outside, the Macksville Ex-Services Club’s main auditorium was a warm and cosy venue for the return of the Macksville Creative Community Markets. Along with more than 30 independent stalls,…
NOW in its second year the Rotary River Run and Walk was held on Sunday with nearly 80 competitors showing up to take up the challenge. The five kilometre course uses the shared pathway beginning at the corner of Florence…
WHEN Nambucca Valley man Peter Wright bought his 150-acre property (Lot 157) in Gumma four years ago, he hoped to regenerate it, use it for primary production and as a depot for three small trucks he operates in his earthmoving…
SCOTTS Head Art Prize organisers Kristen Hardiman, Kerrie Swan and Tracey Bowden were thrilled with the response to the rejuvenated event, held over the weekend of 19 to 21 April 2024. “Thank you Scotts Head for a wonderful display of…
JACQUI Boaden, a local trainer and assessor at NV College, is a finalist for VET Trainer/Teacher of the Year in the 2024 North Coast and Mid North Coast Regional Training Awards. “Jacqui really deserves this recognition,” said Karen Busby, General…
ON behalf of the Nambucca Environment Network, Dr Ljubov Simson addressed Nambucca Valley Council at their General Meeting last week, highlighting environmental dangers and what she sees as the economic unsustainability of continuing to allow intensive horticulture in the form…