AUSTRALIA’S Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Richelle Turner is currently in the Nambucca Valley visiting her family on a two-week holiday, hoping to promote her island home to fellow Australians. A new direct weekly flight from Brisbane to Palau began in May and the former Macksville High student is making

WHEN 89-year-old Dorothy Bunyan awakens each morning she takes a moment to remember where she is. She looks out the small window of her Faringdon Village home to where two large fire-fighting tanks were installed just weeks ago, altering the familiar view she had across a path and to Nambucca Plaza.

A REPORT on matters concerning the small beach on the river side of the Nambucca Heads V Wall and its access was presented to Council at the 25 July General Meeting. Nambucca Valley Council’s Manager of Infrastructure Services, Matthew Leibrandt, detailed investigations into the V Wall area’s management, beach access

DURING a fitting culmination to their 75th anniversary celebrations the Nambucca Bowls Club has dedicated one of its greens to long-time member and local lawn bowls stalwart John Hunt. The dedication ceremony, held on August 4, celebrated Hunt's significant contributions to the club and the bowls community. Advertise with News of

ARCHIVE Mid North Coast presented a winter edition of 'Live at The Farm' on Sunday afternoon, with outdoor live music delivered at the Eungai Creek Buffalo Farm. Featuring Joey Leigh Wagtail and his band, with special guest Manduway, a Gumbaynggirr and Barkindji singer/songwriter, a strong crowd converged on the gently

THE COALITION’S renewed shadow cabinet met for the first time in Nowra on Monday, with Member for Oxley Michael Kemp participating as the new Shadow Assistant Minister for Emergency Services, and for Agriculture. Coffs Harbour MP and Nationals Deputy Leader Gurmesh Singh’s portfolio has also enjoyed an expansion, being named the

LAST weekend, 26 to 28 July, nearly 200 longboard surfers and their families descended on the village of Scotts Head for the running of the 38th Loggerheads Malibu Classic. Although the waves were small, they were plentiful and weather conditions remained favourable for the event with some top level surfing

A SMALL group of friends and horse-lovers met at South Arm Hall on Friday morning to trail ride from there to Taylors Arm, where they planned to camp the night. Around ten riders took the trek along South Arm Road, through a farmer’s property up to Kosekai Road and out to

TWO parties in Kookaburra Lane have been given the green light by councillors to apply to amend the Nambucca Local Environmental Plan 2010 (LEP) to allow their property to be subdivided although the two lots to be created would be less than 40 hectares. Ron and Dale Hawkins and Edward