TENDER loving care was the order of the day on Sunday 30 July as Korora Landcare marked National Tree Day planting about forty coastal acacias and callistemons, allocasuarinas and acacias on a site it has been restoring. “This year we…
BOAMBEE East artist, Jingalu (Melissa Craig) has been named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), which opens on 12 August 2023 at The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT).…
ARTISTS in the Garden this Sunday 6 August, is all about Basquiat. “For this month’s meeting the focus is on the gifted American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,” Artists in the Garden director Tammy Mills-Thom told News Of The Area. Advertise with…
DEAR News Of The Area, ‘Working for a Dream’, (NOTA p3, 28 July 2023) was such an inspiring and positive story. How wonderful to read about people willing to travel and work for not only a personal income but to…
DEAR News Of The Area, I write regarding the logging at Orara East State Forest and what a shameful farce it has been. It looks like it has been clear felled. I don’t know how many logs were removed, but…
As part of Public Education Week, the Taronga Zoomobile and the Cascade Environmental Education Centre visited Stuarts Point School on the first day of August, enthralling children, including a troupe from the local preschool, and adults with an entertaining delivery…
STOKED and feeling proud, husband and wife artists from Hyland Park, Jack Hodges and Alejandra Ramirez, have an artwork chosen as a finalist in STILL National Still Life Award 2023. STILL will exhibit at Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) in…
RAISING money through weekly bingo games, the Nambucca Heads branch of the United Hospital Auxiliary (UHA) has continued its tradition of fundraising, with more than $20,000 to be presented to Macksville District Hospital from the last financial year. The announcement…
GARY Cattanach is Aboriginal teacher and artist at Nambucca High School. He is currently performing his latest song at a diverse range of venues. Called ‘Raise Your Hands’ the song is pure positivity about the ‘yes’ vote for Australians. Advertise…
CONCEIVED as an aid to help visualise catchment-wide disasters and their effects, the remarkable ‘Big Map’ was on display at Kempsey’s Slim Dusty Centre last week. Encouraging communities to become safer and stronger via engagement was a driving force of…