The victorious Stuarts Point Eungai Cricket Club second grade side.
The victorious Stuarts Point Eungai Cricket Club second grade side. Xavier Jeffery, Lachlan Keighran and Samuel Smith. Photo: supplied. Junior Stuarts Point Eungai Cricket Club players. Photo: supplied. THE Stuarts Point Eungai Cricket Club (SPECC) secured an inspired victory over Nulla Cricket Club in the Macleay Valley Cricket Association second grade grand final on 7 […]
Lions Youth of the Year Competition Area 2 finalists Ashton Angus, Violette Hyland and Dee-Jae McLeod. Photo: supplied.
THREE of the Nambucca Valley’s brightest young future leaders took centre stage on Saturday 14 March when the Lions Clubs of Macksville and Nambucca Heads hosted the 2025/26 Lions Youth of the Year Competition Area 2 Final. Held at the Nambucca Heads RSL Club, the event showcased the public speaking talents, achievements and leadership potential […]
Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee with Nambucca Valley Community Resilience Network volunteers Moira Ryan and Julie Gooch at a ‘Know your risk’ sign unveiling in Scotts Head in December 2025. Photo: supplied.
FUNDING opportunities are currently available for not-for-profit (NFP) organisations and volunteers across the Nambucca Valley, offering valuable support for local community projects. Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee said Council donations of up to $1000, along with Federal Government Volunteer Grants ranging from $1000 to $5000, are now open for applications. “Nambucca Valley Council is keen […]
Across 17 waterways and 67 samples, most North Coast systems fell within Grade C, with no waterways graded A or B and three systems graded E. Photo: Broadscale Microplastic Assessment.
AN Australian-first microplastic assessment has found three Mid North Coast creeks to be among NSW’s most contaminated coastal waterways. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has partnered with the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) to deliver a Broadscale Microplastic Assessment, released this week. The report ranks coastal waterways by […]
Registered Art Therapist Tania Miller from ReCreate Art Therapy.
PEOPLE across the North Coast experiencing moderate to severe mental health challenges now have access to new free creative therapy services, thanks to the launch of the North Coast Creative Therapies Pilot. Launched by Healthy North Coast and funded by the Australian Government through the Primary Health Network program at a value of $1.03 million, […]
Fuel has been running short in regional areas, prompting calls for supply to be rationed in cities. Photo: Jay Kogler/AAP PHOTOS.
AUSTRALIA has stockpiled billions of litres of fuel – more than a month’s supply – as frustrated motorists grapple with rising petrol prices and an explosion in demand. The country is “as prepared as possible” with 1.6 billion litres of petrol or 37 days’ supply, Energy Minister Chris Bowen told reporters on Saturday. The stockpile […]
North Bellingen residents have voiced their concerns about traffic issues. Photo: Caroline Joseph.
WHENEVER a major road is disrupted, it isn’t just its regular users who are inconvenienced: residents in formerly quiet, urban streets also experience significant traffic changes. Forty residents attended the Bellingen Showground Luncheon Pavilion earlier this month to air their concerns about the impact the closure of Waterfall Way is having on them. Hammond and […]
DEAR News Of The Area, SINCE my teens, following the 1973 Arab oil embargo, we have been acutely aware of the finite nature of fossil fuels. And although scientists have warned that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change for over a century, these concerns have become urgent since the 1980s. So, in Australia we […]
The cost of fuel has shot up amid concerns about shortages stemming from the war in the Middle East. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS.
RATIONING fuel in Australia’s major cities to supply the regions would cause unnecessary economic and social issues, a peak motoring body says. Iran has closed the strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil corridors, after the country was attacked by US and Israeli forces. The conflict in the Middle East has spiked […]
