nambuccavalley NOTA, Author at Nambucca Valley News Of The Area

Honour history by nominating a person or place for a Blue Plaque commemoration

AN opportunity exists to help preserve and honour history by nominating inspiring people and defining moments that have helped shape the state of New South Wales. The NSW Government is inviting everyone, from individuals to community organisations, to share a story that deserves to be immortalised with a Blue Plaque. There are more than 70 […]

Event

Voices spread longer and wider

VOICES 4 Mid North Coast (V4MNC) recently launched a new phase of grassroots action, involving 70 people across two events in Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie. The group has grown out of ‘Voices 4 Cowper’ to become an ongoing, community-led movement for the region, from Wauchope to Woolgoogla and beyond. It describes itself as an […]

Sport

Coffs Harbour teen Charlotte Bunny named in 2026 All Australian Women’s Football Team

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 […]

Letter to the Editor

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 […]

Entertainment, Event

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 […]

Sport Results

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 […]

Entertainment

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 […]

Featured

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 […]

Highlights

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 […]

Highlights

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 […]