Jacqui Scruby, Alex Greenwich and Michael Regan. Photo: NPA.
THE National Parks Association of NSW (NPA), World Wildlife Fund Australia (WWF) and the Australian Climate Biodiversity Foundation have co-hosted an evening seminar at the Jetty Beach House to highlight local business support for the GKNP. The organisers said the GKNP will offer incredible benefits for businesses, communities, and the important koala populations in the […]
New lights and a disabled lift have been installed at Bowraville Theatre.
UPGRADES to the historic Bowraville Theatre have moved ahead with a new disabled-access lift, lighting console and construction of a disabled access walkway well underway. Last year in December, NOTA reported that the project to upgrade the theatre with the installation of dressing-rooms and disabled access, was in danger of being abandoned by Nambucca Valley […]
The Bowraville Rec Club has offered its facilities for a ‘Meet the Mayor’ event on Monday, 12 May.
THE Bowraville Chamber of Commerce is hosting an opportunity for residents to meet their Nambucca Valley councillors. The morning tea event will be held on Monday 12 May from 11am at the Bowraville Recreation Club (Sports Hub). “Whilst this event is being called ‘Meet the Mayor’, it is actually an opportunity for members of the […]
The current Macksville Medical Centre team.
MACKSVILLE Medical Centre is celebrating 50 years of operation on Wallace Street this month. Lesa Hennessey remembers being rushed to the Centre, covered in blood and glass in the back of her grandma’s car, when she was five years old. She’d fallen over a milk jug at the family farm and glass was embedded in […]
THE fourth annual “Buluunggal” festival led by Gumbaynggirr custodian Uncle Bud Marshall will take place at the V-Wall, Nambucca Heads on Saturday, 10 May from 10.30am to 3.30pm. The festival celebrates the arrival of buluunggal, or mullet, in the Nambucca River. “Everyone is invited to come join us again to celebrate the ongoing significance of […]
Housing Matters Chair Kerry Pearse and Bellingen Mayor Cr Steve Allan.
BELLINGEN Shire Council is poised to make history, supporting what could become Australia’s first Community Land Trust (CLT). The CLT would offer shared home ownership for locals on moderate incomes. At its recent meeting, the Council unanimously passed a Mayoral Minute requesting a report on the legal and financial steps needed to transfer a parcel […]
Cowper MP Pat Conaghan (centre) with wife Ilona and Port Macquarie-Hastings Mayor Adam Roberts on election day.
NATIONALS MP Pat Conaghan says he is ready to “get to work” after retaining the seat of Cowper for the National Party after Saturday’s federal election. “With the polls results now locked and the last of the postal vote counts trickling in, it’s time to declare Cowper as ‘Nat Retained’ and accept the role of […]
The community of Scotts Head came together to commemorate Anzac Day.
The community of Scotts Head came together to commemorate Anzac Day. The community of Scotts Head came together to commemorate Anzac Day. The community of Scotts Head came together to commemorate Anzac Day. THE Scotts Head community came together for a somber Anzac Day dawn service on Friday, 25 April. Due to the weather, the […]
Nambucca Valley Orchid Society’s Rhonda Smith and Moya Tucker at last year's District Show at Woolgoolga. Photo: supplied.
GARDENING enthusiasts and orchid lovers are in for a special treat in Nambucca Heads next week, as the Nambucca Valley Orchid Society presents its eagerly awaited Autumn Show. Held at the Nambucca Senior Citizens Centre, the show will kick off with setup and judging on Wednesday 7 May. Plants will be benched between 2-6pm, with […]
The 2025 Coffs Harbour District Eisteddfod executives Louise Ray (Vice President and Instrumental Coordinator), Sandra Goodby (Treasurer), Debbie Waters (President) and Anne Chittick (Secretary). Coffs Harbour District Eisteddfod dance students. THE Coffs Harbour and District Eisteddfod Society has announced the recipients of the 2025 Round 1 Performing Arts Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to support […]
