THE Urunga Small Sculpture Prize is fast becoming one of the premier rural sculpture competitions in NSW. Conceived in 2018, the Urunga Small Sculpture Prize was originally locally based and all of the 40 to 50 entries in the first…
THE ‘Funkya at Unkya’ Markets were again popular on Sunday 27 August, and in a uniting act of support, Eungai Reserve Management were pleased to announce that all stall fees from the day will be diverted as a donation to…
ORGANISATION is well underway for the family friendly open day in support of the 2023 Stuarts Point Men’s Shed Motorcycle Show, to be held from 9am to 3pm on 9 September, which promises to be an eventful day boasting an…
MACKSVILLE Uniting Church will hold a Thanksgiving Service at 1.30pm on Saturday 14 October this year. “Since it is over two years until our church (formerly known as the Methodist Church) celebrates its centenary in Macksville, we have planned to…
THE time has finally arrived for the official opening of what has arguably been the Nambucca Valley’s most anticipated piece of infrastructure in a decade. The Watt Creek Cycleway, linking Macksville and Nambucca Heads along the Nambucca River, is almost…
GOLD Coast man Matt Hockings is passionate about shining a light on mental health and suicide prevention and to prove it, he is riding a bicycle 1000 km along the East Coast in seven days to raise awareness about mental…
DRIVING is a wonderful freedom, but getting a license isn’t always without its difficulties, such as having constant access to a car, so the good folk at Uniting have developed a driver mentoring program to assist in the progress of…
ARTISTS who worked with disaster-impacted communities traumatised from the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires are staging an exhibition in Bowraville. Through their community-engaged arts practise with people from Coffs Harbour to Taree, artists were trained to use a different skill set…
A FAMILY of Scotts Head surfers has learnt how to rescue in emergencies with only one’s surfboard to help. Crystal and Luke Vowels, and their children Avalon and Sandon, joined a Surfers Rescue 24/7 workshop in Sawtell, led by trainer…
LOVERS of the performing arts have a special event coming their way as the Nambucca Valley Christian Community School prepares to present ‘Where Words Once Were’ by Irish-Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer. This ambitious undertaking is the school’s biennial theatrical production…