THE first meeting of the Scotts Head Master Plan Project Reference Group has been held, with community members describing it as an important step towards shaping the future of the village. The Reference Group met for the first time on Thursday 26 March following Nambucca Valley Council’s call for expressions of interest late last year. […]
NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe has written to the chief executives of the major fuel companies to seek information to inform the state’s response to fuel distribution challenges arising from the war in the Middle East. While the Federal Government has confirmed that fuel deliveries to Australia continue to arrive as planned, NSW and other […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THEIR mothers were young and naive when they left Australia to marry ISIS fighters. They were barely children themselves. Allowing them to live in filth and squalor is a breeding ground for radicalisation, let alone shortening their lives due to malnourishment and disease. They are Australian citizens and above all […]
Herbie, the centrepiece of local artist David Bromley’s street mural in Urunga. Friend James Hughes and Herbie. Herbie the traveller, back in the day. ALBERT Nuster, 90, known fondly as Herbie, passed away peacefully at his nursing home in the Masonic Village Raleigh on 6 March, 2026. Herbie requested no funeral service and was privately […]
The prices of petrol and diesel at Tea Gardens on Friday, 20 March. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe.
GLOBAL events, most notably the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, have seen petrol and diesel prices skyrocket in the last few weeks, with a jump of 10 cents per litre (c/l) seen in a matter of days. As of Sunday 22 March 2026, crude oil prices are around US$122 per barrel – high by […]
Sandon Vowels, Hamish Harrigan, Max Crowley and Jarrah White at the North Coast Regional Titles. Photo: supplied.
YARRAHAPINNI surfer Sandon Vowels has qualified for the NSW State Titles, following a strong showing at a North Coast qualifier held on Sunday, 22 March at Emerald Beach. A Surfing NSW Junior Regional Series event, the tournament was hosted by the Woolgoolga Boardriders Club and was open to athletes from Red Rock to Crescent Head. […]
Dave Mattacott, Geoff McCann and Geoff Harris grinning like cheshires on the beer garden river deck at Nambucca.
DAVE Mattacott’s theory that it’s impossible to find the tail tip of the leaderboard in a comp game at the Nambucca Heads Island Golf Course has been shredded more finely than a drastically reduced dress between contesting customers at the Boxing Day sales. He and Club President Geoff Harris combined for 30 points in the […]
Chris Townsend, Peter Joyce, Rod Edwards and Phillip Joyce.
ALTHOUGH a few got wet shirts, Saturday’s Midway Trailer and Storage sponsored 4 Ball Best Ball event drew a good field . Convincing winners were Jessica and Peter Lambert with Carla and Adam Ross runners up. While Carla has been a regular amongst the winners in recent weeks it was Jessica who had the best […]
