Mr Kemp (second from left) said the Anzac Day Dawn Service at Gallipoli was on his "bucket list”. Photo: Michael Kemp FB.
OXLEY MP Michael Kemp joined thousands of others at Anzac Cove in Turkey to mark the solemn anniversary of Anzac Day. Mr Kemp described attending the 110th Anniversary Anzac Day Dawn Service at Gallipoli as a “bucket list experience” and one of the greatest honours of his life. “Standing at Gallipoli as the sun rose […]
The Stuarts Point and District Garden Club crew.
The Stuarts Point and District Garden Club crew. The ‘trading table’ was loaded with a great variety of plants and produce. Stunning views across to South West Rocks. The restaurant was at near full capacity for the private event. STUARTS Point and District Garden Club members enjoyed a “Friendship Day” with similar groups on the […]
On election day last weekend, Macksville’s main polling station included two low-height booths for wheelchair access.
MAYOR Gary Lee, on behalf of Nambucca Valley Council’s Disability Access and Inclusion Committee, wrote to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) to raise issues regarding access to polling booths for disabled voters in the days before Saturday’s Federal election. Mayor Lee told NOTA he received a response just two days later, leaving him satisfied that […]
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 […]
