BONVILLE was the destination for John Burgess, his wife Agnes and their eight children when they moved from the south coast. In 1903 he had bought neighbouring portions 13 and 46, of 100 and 98 acres respectively, portion 46 wrapping…
CITIZENS of our northern beaches have reason to pause in respect for the passing of a local legend. Don Clinch established his pharmacy in Woolgoolga 72 years ago, a service that struggled in a small community. Although economic reality presented…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to acknowledge the Gumbaynggirr peoples who have been part of this beautiful land for many thousands of years. I would like to thank the Gumbaynggirr people for sharing their land and its…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to the article featured on Friday 3 November 2023 in the Nambucca Valley News Of The Area, ‘‘Alarming’ Logging’, I would like to make the following points. It concerns me that this article…
ROBERT has lived and worked on a vegetable farm for 40 years. Robert had an agreement with the owner which allowed him to grow crops and maintain the property in return for a share of the profits. He was also…
DEAR News Of The Area, I READ that Premier Minns, Minister Sharpe and Minister Moriarty visited Bongil Bongil National Park to announce the process for the establishment of the proposed Great Koala National Park and that Minister Sharpe pulled out…
OUR club continues to play each Thursday and recently we sent a team of four to the regional finals at Port Macquarie. They said the competition was fierce, as was expected, and whilst not winning, they performed better than other…
THE previous week’s rain was just what the Doctor ordered – the fairways have returned to a lush green, those drought damaged areas are quickly recovering, and the greens are just “perfection”. Our morning players got the benefit of the…
WELL it’s been a few weeks since you have had a report from the Grump but we have a doozy this week. The Major singles started last Saturday with some upsets, while other games went the way people thought. But…
A TEAM led by Margaret Dwarte and featuring Eliza Brown and Ava Power have been named as the new Nambucca Bowling Club Women’s Triples Champions. Margaret, Eliza and Ava took out runners up Manor Smith, Elaine Fleming and Rosie Dugdale…