September 9, 2026
Salvos step out for Red Shield Appeal The Two Wolf Crossfit team.
Community

Salvos step out for Red Shield Appeal

  Nerida Suokallio from Coffs Eye Surgery.   The Two Wolf Crossfit team.   Local Salvos Major Grant Sandercock-Brown, Daniel and Jody Unterrheiner, with Madelyn Spencer.   Ashlee Wood, Cheree and Wesley Chapman, with Nambucca Valley Christian School student Piper Wood.   Walk for the Hood participants Maureen Hanson and Judith Herivel.   THE Salvation […]

Read More
Congarinni man to tackle Australia’s toughest desert race
Community, Regional

Congarinni man to tackle Australia’s toughest desert race

AT 61-years-old, most people might be slowing down. But for Congarinni man Martin Russel, life is still moving full throttle, literally. This June, Martin will take on Australia’s most gruelling motor endurance event, the Tatts Finke Desert Race. Held annually on the King’s Birthday long weekend, the Finke is a world renowned off-road, multi-terrain race […]

Read More
Eligible residents can now apply for disaster recovery payments
Community, Health

Eligible residents can now apply for disaster recovery payments

DISASTER assistance payments are now available to people whose home or livelihood has been affected by recent flooding. There are two payment streams: Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) provides one-off financial assistance to eligible Australians adversely affected by the NSW East Coast Severe Weather (from 18 May 2025). […]

Read More
Advocacy on the agenda as Nambucca Valley Evening CWA branch attend state conference CWA members from Nambucca Valley Evening Branch (l-r) Belinda Williams and Robyn Jones Photo: Pauline Cain.
Community, Regional

Advocacy on the agenda as Nambucca Valley Evening CWA branch attend state conference

NEWS Of The Area joined more than 600 delegates and another 200 observers at the Country Women’s Association’s 103rd State Conference in Wagga Wagga last week. In a statement to media ahead of the conference, CWA of NSW president Joy Beames said, “The high number of motions delegates will be asked to vote on this […]

Read More
Volunteers take on bush care at Grassy Head
Local News

Volunteers take on bush care at Grassy Head

A selection of the invasive plants collected. A TEAM of dedicated volunteers gathered at the Grassy Head picnic area to tackle local invasive weeds on Sunday, 18 May. In the hour or two spent together they managed to skirt the Grassy Head car park and Reserve Road, including beyond the corner of Grassy Head Road. […]

Read More
TfNSW launches ‘Animals on Country Roads’ campaign A gravid lace monitor, hit and left on the road and a juvenile eastern grey kangaroo that had to be euthanised.
Local News

TfNSW launches ‘Animals on Country Roads’ campaign

WIRES Volunteer Skye*, with a carpet python rescued from the road. A gravid lace monitor, hit and left on the road and a juvenile eastern grey kangaroo that had to be euthanised. This pinky joey, rescued from his dead mother, did not survive. A WIRES volunteer caring for an orphaned eastern grey kangaroo joey, found […]

Read More
Mosquito numbers set to soar after long rains Aedes aegypti mosquito ready for a meal, followed by laying eggs in your birdbath. Photo: Dr Cameron Webb.
Health, Regional

Mosquito numbers set to soar after long rains

Aedes aegypti mosquito ready for a meal, followed by laying eggs in your birdbath. Photo: Dr Cameron Webb. This backyard birdbath, filled by the recent rains, contains dozens of mosquito larvae that can mature within a week. The black spots are mosquito eggs or pupae, ready to hatch. MOSQUITO numbers are set to soar due […]

Read More
Residents urged to be aware of mould impacts after floods This roof leak went unnoticed until the heaviest rains fell, again using wood as transmission to the lowest point.
Health, Regional

Residents urged to be aware of mould impacts after floods

AS the flood clean-up begins across the Mid North Coast, residents are urged to be aware of the impacts of mould. Mould loves moisture and poorly-lit areas that lack decent ventilation, such as walls or wallpaper, ceilings, bathroom tiles, carpets, insulation material and wood. NSW Health states that most health problems caused by mould are […]

Read More