OPINION: Police Station urgently needed
DEAR News Of The Area, WOULDN’T it be great if our dreams came true? Here in this area (Boambee/Toormina) in the last few years we have had both a new Fire Station and a new Ambulance Station built side by…
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OPINION: Low cost housing at Jetty
DEAR News Of The Area, I SEE that there is a proposal that at least 15 percent of housing in the Jetty Redevelopment will be ‘Low Cost’. If there hadn’t been a mention about the TS Vendetta project nearing completion…
OPINION: Great Koala National Park misunderstood
DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to Peter Paunovic’s concerns (NOTA 18 August 2023) in relation to the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). Peter raises good questions, and answers are available. Peter only needs to go the GKNP website…
OPINION: End native timber logging Australia-wide now
DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to Dan Andrews for finally showing the foresight to end native timber harvesting in Victoria immediately! Surely if he can stop this pillaging of our native forests in his state, why can’t the other…
OPINION: Can Australians handle the truth?
DEAR News Of The Area, THE opinion in your Friday 11 August 2023 issue, titled ‘Aborigines a separate nation?’ evokes a strongest response, impelling me to write for the first time, as other articles have a touch of rationality or…
OPINION: We must consider and protect our farmers
DEAR News Of The Area, OUR local farmers producing blueberries, cattle, potatoes, dairy milk and products, macadamias, bananas, fruit tree plantations, horticulture, tea-tree plantations, are there for all to see. Most rural people in Australia are now realising the imposition…
1/124 Lyons Road, Sawtell is on the market with Unrealestate Coffs Coast
Address: 1/124 Lyons Road, Sawtell Price: $1,200,000 4 Bed, 2 Bath, 2 Car Land size: 353sqm THIS one-of-a-kind Mediterranean style property is only minutes from the stunning Sawtell Beach, Sawtell headland, First Avenue’s boutiques, shops, cafes, RSL Club and Sawtell…
Nambucca Valley Lions AFL through to Grand Finals
IT was a successful weekend of football for the Nambucca Valley Lions AFL Club, with the Reserves Men, Under 17 Girls and Under 16 Boys now through to grand finals. On Saturday, the Reserves carved out a tough 7.8:50 to…
Kinkii Netball Club has visions of a bright future
RECENTLY the Kinkii Netball Club, founded as a memorial team in honour of Stuarts Point father, uncle and friend Robert Smith in 2022, has welcomed both new players and brilliant new player and supporter uniforms. Robert ‘Massy’ Smith was an…
Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club
GREAT weather and excellent course conditions making for another busy golfing week and some good scores. This week’s featured sponsor is Terminator Ant & Pest Control – thank you. Tuesday’s Medley Single Stableford was won by Scott Brown (32) with…