Nambucca Heads Women’s Bowling Club
WELL, Christmas and the New Year are well and truly over. This month has seen plenty of bowling at Nambucca – many having a go for the first time, enjoying barefoot and twilight bowls, and the return of our usual…
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Macksville Country Club Golf
DESPITE it being too hot for the ladies on Tuesday, and stifling for everybody on Friday, the Harry Andrews Stableford went ahead on Saturday with a good field in pleasant conditions. Cohen Welsh’s regular practice paid off, with him winning…
Australia Day sausage sizzle at Gordon Park a hit with locals and visitors
IN A celebration of community spirit and national pride, the Nambucca Heads RSL Club treated locals and visitors alike to a sizzling Australia Day experience at Gordon Park, Nambucca Heads that was about as Aussie as they come. The team…
MidCoast Council drops-in on Tea Gardens Pool
REPRESENTATIVES from MidCoast Council came out to Tea Gardens Pool from 11am-1pm on Tuesday 23 January for the second of two informal ‘Drop-Ins’. The previous planned drop-in, late last November, saw considerable community anxiety that the pool may be shuttered…
Have your say on koala conservation by 11 February
IF you have seen koalas in the area, spare a few minutes to share what you know and help MidCoast Council develop a Koala Strategy. “We are very interested in hearing your ideas and perspectives on koala conservation,” said Council’s…
Betty Hart shaves for Leukaemia Foundation
LOCAL trivia extraordinaire Betty Hart has shaved it all off in the World’s Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation, at the Hawks Nest Golf Club on Australia Day, 26 January. Following on from Jessica Johnston’s big shave last week, Betty…
Lions Citizens of the Year for 2024 awarded on Australia Day
THE LIONS Club of Tea Gardens honoured two outstanding local citizens on Australia Day, with the Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year awards handed out at Moira Parade park in Hawks Nest. “Both our Citizen and Young Citizen of…
Noel Bultitude receives OAM for 75 years of service to the Woolgoolga community
NOEL Bultitude, 89, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division for service to the community of Woolgoolga. As a young teenager Noel was amongst the founding members of the Woolgoolga Rural Fire…
OPINION: Can renewables meet the demands of a growing population?
DEAR News Of The Area, DEREK Musgrove speaks from experience and the practicality of his engineering background and 45 years in the power generation industry. His logical conclusion that net zero cannot be achieved 20 years earlier than the agreed…
OPINION: Going nuclear is ‘ludicrous’
DEAR News Of The Area, Derek Musgrave’s suggestion of replacing Liddell Power plant by small modular nuclear technology seems ludicrous to me. 1 – I don’t think Australia has the knowledge to build it and it will take too long.…