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Nambucca Head’s Bellwood Park the ideal setting for 2026 Rotary River Run

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: […]

Community, Health, Local News, Regional

Food service feeding the homeless and hungry in Coffs Harbour facing fresh challenges

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 […]

Business, Community, Government, Local News

Council and NOTA urging residents to Support local, Shop local in Nambucca Valley

NEXT week’s edition of News Of The Area launches the Nambucca Valley Shop Local campaign, where advertising businesses will be showcased across print and digital media throughout October and Small Business Month. The campaign is an initiative of Nambucca Valley Council (NVC), in partnership with Nambucca Valley News Of The Area (NOTA), and is being […]

Community, Government, Local News, Regional

Community feedback on Nambucca Valley’s Signage & Wayfinding Strategy soon closes

THERE are just two days to go and have your say on the Nambucca Valley’s Signage & Wayfinding Strategy. As the hours tick down to the compilation of community’s feedback on the Valley’s road signs, Nambucca Valley Council Manager Economic Development and Tourism Jan Rooney wishes to remind residents there is still time to offer […]

Featured

Thirteenth annual koala survey seeks volunteers

RUNNING for an incredible 13 years, the annual Bongil Bongil citizen science survey is the ultimate chance to see why koalas are putting the region on the map, and everyone is invited to take part. The community-based koala surveys monitor koala presence and health year to year, using a scientifically valid and consistent methodology. The […]

Regional

Bellingen in the running for Tidy Towns awards

FOLLOWING its Tidy Town success in 2024, Bellingen Shire Council has again been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2026 Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards. Four local projects have been recognised across four individual categories, and Bellingen has also been named as a finalist for the 2026 Overall Award. Bellingen Shire Council Mayor, Cr Steve Allan, […]

Business, Government, Local News

Opportunity knocks for Nambucca Valley’s tourism businesses and creatives

NAMBUCCA Valley Council has invited the valley’s tourism-related businesses and creative industries to be featured in a destination website and guidebook designed to entice visitors to stay longer and ‘Go Deeper’ into the region. The council’s tourism team has released an expression of interest for local visitor economy and hospitality businesses, health and wellness providers, […]

Community, Local News, Regional

Snakes awaken as spring temperatures soar

Reptile World Coffs Harbour founder Steve McEwan with his right-hand-man, son Matt. Almost four meters long, this carpet python is shedding its skin. An Eastern Brown snake observed in Bagawa State Forest. TEMPERATURES into the mid and high 20s across New South Wales, right at the turn of the season, have stirred the region’s snoozing […]

Highlights

ETC funding helps ShoreTrack create more opportunities for local young people

In it together: ShoreTrack, ETC and program participants. Bright futures for young participants. Members of ShoreTrack and ETC celebrate the grant. NOT-FOR-PROFIT provider ShoreTrack, in Macksville, celebrated being awarded a 2026 Enterprise and Training Company (ETC) Community Support Fund grant worth $45,000 with a morning tea on 17 September. Young participants currently attending work readiness […]

Featured

Full steam ahead for culvert replacement on Boat Harbour Road

The Boat Harbour Road construction site. Photo: NVC. Part of the old Boat Harbour Road steel culvert. Photo: NVC. WORK to demolish and replace corrugated steel culverts beneath Boat Harbour Road at Sauls Dairy is ahead of schedule. The old culverts have been dug out and demolished and the scrap metal stockpiled for recycling. “There […]