More funding needed for Neurofibromatosis research Coffs Coast Highlight Section Nambucca Valley by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 14, 2023 LIVING with Neurofibromatosis (NF), as thousands of Australian children and adults do, means living with a condition that causes tumours to grow on nerves within the body, including in the brain and along the spine. While NF is one of the most common genetic neurological conditions in Australia, advocates say
Call for focus on lung disease research funding Coffs Coast Highlight Section Nambucca Valley by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 14, 2023 SOUTHERN Cross University (SCU) Professor Gillian Gould is leading an international call for chronic lung disease to be made a global research priority with more funding allocated. Working out of SCU’s Coffs Harbour campus, Professor Gould, along with an international group of health experts, recently published a paper in respiratory research,
Locally built catamaran ‘Emotion’ steps mast, moves one step closer to the ocean Highlight Section Myall Coast by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 11, 2023 STEPPING closer to the ocean, the locally built catamaran ‘Emotion’ had its mast ‘stepped’ at Hawks Nest’s Pelican Park Wharf on Monday, 3 April. In the dismal, wintry morning, the 21.5m twill-finished carbon fibre mast was ferried from Carrington, in two sections, upon John Lyall’s oyster barge, then hoisted onto
Marine Rescue NSW crews kept busy in March Highlight Section Myall Coast Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 11, 2023 MARINE Rescue NSW volunteers across the state’s 46 units completed 425 rescue missions in March, returning 920 boaters to shore. In Port Stephens, 30 rescues were completed last month. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email
Rare plants translocated from Coffs bypass route Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad Coffs Coast News Highlight Section by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 6, 2023 BOTANISTS and Coffs Harbour Coastal Works horticulturists are doing their best to save two rare plants discovered during Transport for NSW’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) required in the planning stages for the Coffs Harbour bypass. “These two new species are the Fontainea allied to F. oraria (Lennox Head Fontainea), and a
Quilt Show 2023 at Macksville a success Highlight Section Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 6, 2023 LOVERS of the art of quilting flocked to the Senior Citizens Centre in Princes Street, Macksville last weekend to see the work on display at Quilt Show 2023. The biggest event of its kind in the district, Quilt Show 2023 had over 75 intricate items to view. Advertise with News of The
April Falls Day: Mid North Coast residents focus on improving balance for fall prevention Coffs Coast Highlight Section Nambucca Valley by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 6, 2023 FALLS are the focus of April Falls Day, the first day of a month-long balance, strength and independence awareness initiative supported by Mid North Coast Local Health District which encourages residents over the age of 65 to get hopping, leaping and standing on one leg. For people aged in their mid-sixties
Re-elected MP Kate Washington thanks the people of Port Stephens for their support Highlight Section Myall Coast Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 4, 2023 INCUMBENT Member for Port Stephens, Kate Washington, who was successfully re-elected with 54 percent of first preference votes, remained characteristically unassuming in her gratitude to the electorate in Tea Gardens this week. “I am genuinely humbled, particularly by the response in the area, from Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest, North Arm
Lee Clayton’s story of survival comes to life on Seymour Centre stage Highlight Section Myall Coast Port Stephens by Doug Connor - April 4, 2023December 6, 2024 A STORY of survival and a quest for acceptance, the life of Tea Gardens’ Lee Clayton has been brought to the stage in a new play depicting the lives of members of Australia’s burgeoning LGBTQI rights movement. Lee joined the Campaign Against Moral Persecution (CAMP) in the early 1970s, a group
Community uproar as construction certificate to be granted for decades old ‘Zombie’ DA Coffs Coast Highlight Section Nambucca Valley by Doug Connor - March 29, 2023December 6, 2024 DOZENS of outraged community members lined the footpath of Phillip Drive, South West Rocks on Monday, protesting a NSW Land and Environment Court decision to grant a construction certificate to a 30 year old development application. The Phillip Drive site has sat untouched for decades, amongst sensitive coastal wetlands, and
