THE Blowes Shield is Nelson Bay Croquet Club’s annual Golf Croquet Doubles Handicap competition, played as thirteen-point games with a one-hour time limit. Twelve pairs contested the Shield in 2023 and were divided into four blocks of three pairs each…
NELSON Bay Hockey Club have unearthed three outstanding junior prospects from their burgeoning talent pool. Promising colts Kellen Royes, Finn Jones and Charlie Williams created history for the Bays this season with selection in NSW representative squads. It was the…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE buildup of sand in the lower Myall River estuary from Corrie Island upstream to north of Tea Gardens is increasing noticeably. Our local ferry operators are reporting daily groundings of their ferries on shallow…
PORT Stephens Pythons returned to the winners list in the Newcastle District Cricket Gilmore Cup Masters Twenty20 series with an emphatic seven wicket triumph over Belmont Whips at King Park. In a dominant team performance, the Pythons outfit outclassed their…
IN 2023, Nambucca Valley Radio 2NVR 105.9FM was a successful grant recipient of the Australian Government Stronger Communities Grant round. This funding allowed 2NVR to improve access to the multipurpose Tewinga community facility at 834 Rodeo Drive, Tewinga. Advertise with…
THE historic Mary Boulton Pioneer Cottage, on Gumma Road in Macksville, proved to be a perfect, ‘pretty as a picture’, venue for celebrating National Gardening Week, designated for 15-21 October 2023. Members and guests from a range of local and…
DIANA Wilkinson of Nambucca Heads saw a post on a local community page about a family who had recently been surprised by the earlier-than-planned birth of their third baby. They were struggling and overwhelmed with the demands of their young…
THE 2023 Australian Ceramics Open Studios comes to the Nambucca Valley on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 November, 10am through to 4pm. Australian Ceramics Open Studios (ACOS), hosted by the Australian Ceramics Association, is an annual, nationwide, weekend event that…
KNOW your Mountain is a mini expo covering all things resilience and preparedness for summer time life in and around Ulong and Lowanna. Carol Cleary, co-owner of Ulong General Store and Cafe in the Valley, told News Of The Area,…
KING Tide Breweries and The National Cartoon Gallery have joined forces to share the joys of celebrating cartoonery. As a lead up to the 35th Rotary Cartoon Awards to be held at the National Cartoon Gallery from 24 November, King…