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Sport

What’s on this week

Friday, 25 September Cricket CurryFest Woolgoolga Tri-Nations Cricket Cup at the Wiigulga Sports Complex. Australia vs India – 6pm. Saturday, 26 September Basketball Sunshine Basketball Conference season. Valley Braves vs Tweed Valley Volcanoes at the Wiigulga Sports Complex. Division 2 Men’s – 1pm. Women’s – 3pm. Division 1 Men’s – 5pm. Cricket CurryFest Woolgoolga Tri-Nations […]

Business, Government, Local News

Opportunity knocks for Nambucca Valley’s tourism businesses and creatives

NAMBUCCA Valley Council has invited the valley’s tourism-related businesses and creative industries to be featured in a destination website and guidebook designed to entice visitors to stay longer and ‘Go Deeper’ into the region. The council’s tourism team has released an expression of interest for local visitor economy and hospitality businesses, health and wellness providers, […]

Community, Local News, Regional

Snakes awaken as spring temperatures soar

Reptile World Coffs Harbour founder Steve McEwan with his right-hand-man, son Matt. Almost four meters long, this carpet python is shedding its skin. An Eastern Brown snake observed in Bagawa State Forest. TEMPERATURES into the mid and high 20s across New South Wales, right at the turn of the season, have stirred the region’s snoozing […]

Highlights

ETC funding helps ShoreTrack create more opportunities for local young people

In it together: ShoreTrack, ETC and program participants. Bright futures for young participants. Members of ShoreTrack and ETC celebrate the grant. NOT-FOR-PROFIT provider ShoreTrack, in Macksville, celebrated being awarded a 2026 Enterprise and Training Company (ETC) Community Support Fund grant worth $45,000 with a morning tea on 17 September. Young participants currently attending work readiness […]

Entertainment, Event

Open Streets Festival draws patrons of all ages for one big party

Youth Media Crew volunteer, Samara Satyanand, interviewed Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee at the festival on Saturday. Photo: Supplied. The grand finale of the Nambucca Valley Open Streets Festival, a 10-minute fireworks display. Photo: Supplied. Performers walking along the Nambucca River during the finale parade of the Nambucca Valley Open Streets Festival. Photo: Supplied. MidWaste […]

Printed Edition

Printed Edition 25 SEPTEMBER 2026

Advertorials

ADVERTORIAL: School Holiday Fun Comes To Yam

Petrina Hicks, The Self Awareness of African Grey Parrots 2024, image courtesy of the artist and Michael Reid (Sydney + Berlin). The Huxleys, The Wedding Tackle, 2024, from the series Bad sports. Image courtesy of the artists and MARS Gallery. SPRING school holidays bring a vibrant mix of FREE exhibitions, family activities and creative experiences […]

Lesley Smith is set to celebrate 30 years of service to Nambucca Valley communities

NAMBUCCA Valley Red Cross is celebrating a milestone for Lesley Smith, its longest-serving member. On 9 October, its local Emergency Services Team will mark 30 years of service to the Red Cross and her community. Over her three decades of volunteering with Australian Red Cross, Ms Smith has responded to numerous evacuation and recovery emergencies. […]

Featured

Full steam ahead for culvert replacement on Boat Harbour Road

The Boat Harbour Road construction site. Photo: NVC. Part of the old Boat Harbour Road steel culvert. Photo: NVC. WORK to demolish and replace corrugated steel culverts beneath Boat Harbour Road at Sauls Dairy is ahead of schedule. The old culverts have been dug out and demolished and the scrap metal stockpiled for recycling. “There […]

Local clubs, pubs across the Mid North Coast police district join forces to ban troublesome patrons

LICENSED venues across the Mid North Coast Police District have joined forces to bar troublesome patrons from every licenced venue across the region under an expanded multi-venue barring policy. The unified initiative sees the Nambucca, Hastings, and Macleay Liquor Accords working in direct partnership to ensure troublemakers barred in one town can no longer simply […]