EXTRAORDINARY stories have come to light as the community shares its recollections of times past with artists from Nyami Gawbarrigam, a Bowraville-based women’s group, who have been researching local history for a mural they were painting on the wall of the Bowraville HealthOne facility. The mural is now completed on the

LITTLE Star Bee Sanctuary in Missabotti is playing a leading role in ensuring the Mid North Coast is home to a thriving population of Australian native bees, an endeavour set to become more important than ever if varroa mite, a parasite that is deadly to European honey bees, becomes established

MORE than 1500 people hit the streets to enjoy the festive atmosphere of the Nambucca Christmas Street Festival on Thursday 15 December. Nambucca Heads Lions Club President Grahame Beatton told News Of The Area, “Nambucca Christmas Street Festival was a very enjoyable evening with many young families in attendance enjoying

ON Tuesday morning, 13 December, an enthusiastic group converged at Stuarts Point Community Hall for a ‘Free Seniors/Elders Storytelling Workshop’. With inspiring themes of history, myth, wisdom, fantasy, adventure and life story (memoir), facilitator Denni Scott Davids led participants through sharing exercises evoking creative motivation. Advertise with News of The Area today.

STUARTS Point and district residents have been invited to attend a community consultation event at 6pm on 7 December 2022 at the Stuarts Point Community Hall. “Allum Property Group is undertaking studies to support the residential development of land at Stuarts Point,” stated the invite delivered to letterboxes in the district.

IN September, News Of The Area reported that Valla Beach locals had come out in protest over Council’s rezoning of land officially known as Part Lot 45 Ocean View Drive, Valla Beach. This land is considered by many to be a section of a natural wildlife corridor frequented by kangaroos

EARLIER in the month we reported on the intention of the Mid North Coast Harley Riders Group (HOG) to conduct a Dice Run Fundraiser in support of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. True to their word, 76 riders on Harleys and other bikes converged from the north and south at

MONDAY, 7 November saw a frenzy of volunteer workers eager to tidy up the garden plots at the Scotts Head Community Gardens in readiness for new plantings. With storm clouds rolling in from the east, the crew were busy mowing, weeding, extracting spent plants for composting and seed saving, and digging

LAST week residents of Bowraville received confirmation of the news most did not want to hear, they would be losing their branch of the Banana-coast Community Credit Union (bcu) permanently, effective 10 February 2023. In a statement to its members bcu cited data showing a significant increase in digital and cashless