Adult female winner Tamara Urquhart. Photo: Rotary Nambucca Valley. Junior Boys winner, Ben Ackerman. Photo: Rotary Nambucca Valley. Family group winners, Ferris family. Photo: Rotary Nambucca Valley. Adult male winner, Ferdinand Kous. Photo: Rotary Nambucca Valley. Junior girls and boys line up to start the race. Photo: Rotary Nambucca Valley. Girls’ winner, Lucy Ferris-Jumios. Photo: […]

Simon Remana, organiser of Coffs Harbour Community Service free food. Photo: Sharon Jane. Distributing food at the Park Avenue car park entry, Coffs Harbour. Photo: Sharon Jane Backpackers are among those receiving free food at Coffs. Photo: Sharon Jane. Helping hands distributing food in Coffs Harbour. Photo: Sharon Jane. COFFS Harbour Community Service offers free […]

Attendees at the tick allergy meetup. Photo: Marion Syratt. Most attendees had lived experience of Alpha-Gal/MMA. Photo: Marion Syratt. SIXTEEN people gathered at the Nambucca Valley Phoenix in Bowraville on Thursday 3 September for the first meeting of a new support group for people living with Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS)/Mammalian Meat Allergy (MMA), a potentially life-threatening […]

THE question of whether elderly Australians with serious, life-limiting illness are getting timely access to palliative care has been raised by Palliative Care Australia (PCA). The ABC’s Four Corners investigation The Waiting Game put the Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), an automated decision-making system used to assess older Australians seeking government-funded aged care, under a spotlight. […]

FOR many families, Saturday sport is all about muddy boots, friendly rivalry and cheering from the sidelines. Behind the games and training sessions is a simple question every community sporting club should be asking: what would happen if someone here suffered a cardiac arrest? Having an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) close at hand can make […]