COFFS Harbour student Charlotte Bunny has been named in the 2026 All Australian Women’s Football Team following her standout performance at the National Championships in Melbourne. This prestigious national honour places Charlotte, who is a Bishop Druitt College (BDC), among the nation’s top young footballers. As a junior, Charlotte played for Boambee FC. She now […]
Trade and cultural boycotts are better alternatives than war
DEAR News Of The Area, THE fall of the Apartheid regime in South Africa was 32 years ago, before the majority of Australians alive today started school. The struggle to end the racist system of Apartheid (literally meaning separate development) has important lessons to the world today. My father was born in South Africa and […]
The Wyz Wimmin & Friends Theatre Company’s founders, from left, Carrolline Rhodes, Helen Kirkpatrick and Anne Joyce. Photo: Supplied.
Wyz Wimmin & Friends in Kempsey and Bowraville with ‘SHE’
AFTER having been on stage in Dorrigo, the Wyz Wimmin & Friends’ all-new production ‘SHE’ will be on stage at Kempsey’s Bandbox Theatre over the weekend of 15-16th August and at Bowraville Theatre on Saturday 22 August at 7pm for its closing performance. “This production builds on what we have presented over the past 10 […]
Macksville Country Club Golf
AFTER weeks in the doldrums Roy Rudner made a welcome return to form showing the way with a four under par 40 points to win the Patrick Ward Pharmacy sponsored Stableford on Saturday. Mal Lamb and Bec Spear both finished with net 39 points, Mal securing the runner up spot on a count back. The […]
Second anthology of short stories published by Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation, ‘Tell Your Tale’
CREATIVE writer, poet and correspondent for News Of The Area, Jen Hetherington birthed the idea in 2023 to publish a community focused anthology of short stories through Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) and now a second anthology has been published. Ms Hetherington saw a need for the arts to boost locals getting bogged […]
Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee watching the spray-sealing of Flame Tree Road, Valla, on Friday 7 August. This is the last major construction task required to finish the landslip remediation job, funded by the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
Remediation of Flame Tree Road landslip nears completion
The site of a large, 70-metre landslip, adjacent to Flame Tree Road, Valla. Council’s construction contractor, ACG, has been working there for five weeks and the engineered rock-fill remediation solution and road repair is almost complete. The site of a large, 70-metre landslip, adjacent to Flame Tree Road, Valla. Council’s construction contractor, ACG, has been […]
Shake Rattle‘n’Roll is set to tour to the Mid North Coast
Jonathan Guthrie-Jones and Anthony Petrucci with show dancers. Shake Dancers. Photos: Supplied. SHAKE Rattle‘n’Roll – the only 50s and 60s rock ‘n’ roll show of its kind – is set to tour to the Mid North Coast with shows in Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie later this month. Currently in Victoria, the company is heading […]
Local drivers shift into high gear at Bush Khanacross
Harvey Nicholson, touted as a junior in age only, on his way to an outright win in a Subaru prepared by his father. Zahli Pell, who came second in the ladies category, shared a vehicle with her father, Damien. Jett Drough, behind the wheel of the Club Car in his first-ever event. Coaching from the […]
Reflections team members Jacinta Campbell, Mick Essenstam, Dan Hickleton, Caroline Winters and Trudie Horskins witnessing the event. Photos: Supplied by Reflections.
Cultural burn demonstration at Scotts Head Reserve first of its kind
Yurruungga Aboriginal Corporation ranger Brentyn Lugnan with Junior Ranger Asher Kelly, 5. PHOTO2: The first demonstrated cultural burn at a Crown reserve managed by Reflections Holidays. Reflections seeks to build opportunities to heal Country with Traditional Owners within the Crown land reserves in its care. Scotts Head is a significant area to local First Nations […]
Nambucca Valley responders receive NSW Premier’s Flood Emergency citation awards
SIX members of the Nambucca Valley Red Cross emergency services team have received NSW Premier’s Flood Emergency citation awards for their contributions and service during the 2025 NSW Floods emergency response throughout the Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers. In the aftermath, the chief executive of Natural Hazards Research Australia, Andrew Gissing, said that the […]
