NAMBUCCA Valley Phoenix continues to provide cutting edge programming and stimulating creative spaces for people living with disabilities or experiencing disadvantage in the region. Housed in a lovingly restored heritage bank building in Bowraville, the space incorporates an art gallery, coffee shop and three studio spaces designed in mudbrick yurts that

THOSE ‘Artists in Action’ from the Phoenix School of Arts in Bowraville are busily preparing works to go on display and up for auction at the ‘Colour Matters’ exhibition running from 14-30 November. The exhibition runs as part of the Phoenix Gallery Exhibition and Art Auction, being held for the 18th

MACKSVILLE students have collaborated to produce a chalk masterpiece in commemoration of Remembrance Day. RSL NSW launched a primary school engagement activity known as ‘Draw to Remember’ in 2023. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email

IT’S a labour of love to present a very scary and fun Halloween to Nambucca Valley kids for Teagan and Rhys Strickland of Sturdee Street, Macksville. This is the third year that the two have pulled out all the stops to bring an ‘over-the-top’ Halloween event to their home in a

AROUND twilight on Thursday 31 October the friendly ghosts and ghouls of the Stuarts Point district were more than ready for a ‘spooktacular’ evening, and nobody was disappointed with the wide array of tricks, treats and theatrical antics. Briana Rae Earle is the annual organiser of local Halloween fun. Advertise with

THE peace and quiet for beach goers at Nambucca Heads’ V-Wall was shattered when a car crashed into rocks at around 8.30am Monday morning. “I was in the water (at the V Wall) and there was a noise like an explosion,” witness Robert Bond told NOTA. Advertise with News of The Area

A NUMBER of plants have been stolen from the floral display around the Stuarts Point Cenotaph ahead of Remembrance Day commemorations. The cenotaph, centrally located opposite the Community Hall, had earlier this year undergone a much-anticipated refurbishment thanks to the efforts of enthusiastic volunteers, donations from Bunnings and Kempsey Shire

BOWRAVILLE Recreation Club says local rabbit numbers have grown to plague proportions and they will work with Nambucca Valley Council to eradicate the introduced species from their grounds. Committee member Paul Le Cerf told NOTA the rabbit problem was “enormous”. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

WITH the findings of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicides released recently, the well-being and mental health of the veteran community is very much in the spotlight. Camaraderie and connection are considered among the central tenets to well-being for veterans as it is largely about mates keeping an eye

ON Thursday, 10 November, NVC Group’s aged care homes - Autumn Lodge in Macksville, Riverside Gardens in Nambucca, and Cedar Place in Kempsey - celebrated Fiji Day. At Riverside Gardens Aged Care facility over 100 staff, residents and their families, gathered to see Fijian staff sing and dance. Advertise with News