Service in recent conflicts remembered at Nambucca Heads Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 ON Thursday 11 July the Nambucca Heads RSL sub-Branch hosted a Service of Commemoration formally recognising the end of Australian involvement in the conflict in Afghanistan. The service showed respect for the lives lost and wounds received by ADF personnel in Middle East conflicts (Iraq and Afghanistan), and honoured the service
Stargazing: The sky is falling Camden Haven Coffs Coast Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 WELL, well, well... looks like the cosmos has been playing a rather dangerous game of cosmic dodgeball with our little blue planet lately. Just last month, an asteroid decided to swing by for a close encounter of the too-close-for-comfort kind, zipping past us at a distance closer than the Moon.
Young minds Thrive offering free child development assessments in Macksville Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 12, 2024 LOCAL not-for-profit organisation Young Minds Thrive is offering a limited number of free child development assessments for children aged three to six years thanks to a grant from the Mary MacKillop Today organisation. The Nambucca Valley-based charity is run by sisters Karyn Thomas and Deborah Swan, who offer their services out
Valla and Macksville VET students take out training titles Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 12, 2024July 16, 2024 VOCATIONAL students Kesalini Tongia from Macksville and Evie-Mae Quennell from Valla Beach have won top titles at this year’s North Coast and Mid North Coast Regional Training Awards. The two girls are amongst the region's most outstanding people and organisations working and learning in the vocational education and training (VET)
Candidates organise expo to discuss sustainability in the Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 12, 2024 AN expo with a sustainability focus will be held at the Eungai Creek Memorial Hall on Sunday. The ‘Building Sustainability for the Future Expo’ has been organised by Dr Ljubov Simson and agronomist Marc Percival, locals running as independent candidates in the September council election. Advertise with News of The Area
Council increases parking fine revenue by more than 1000 percent Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 12, 2024 IN May of 2024, Nambucca Valley Council rangers fined 187 motorists for parking incorrectly or for too long, resulting in a total revenue from traffic violations of $22,395. This figure is roughly equivalent to the entire year’s revenue for parking fines in the 2022/23 financial year. Advertise with News of The Area
Survey identifies ‘koala hotspot’ in Gladstone State Forest Coffs Coast Nambucca Valley by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 12, 2024July 15, 2024 CITIZEN scientists and government departments appear to be continually at odds when assessing environmental issues, particularly when it pertains to forests and koalas. A recent survey completed by the Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) in Gladstone State Forest (SF) again highlights the disparity in assessments. Gladstone SF is located southwest of Bellingen, with
The Big Screen with Lindsay Hall Camden Haven Coffs Coast Highlight Section Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 12, 2024 WHEN Majestic Cinemas shuttered their business in February, company director Kieren Dell cited the “perfect storm” of factors that were rendering traditional cinemas increasingly unfeasible businesses. The effect of three years of social distancing wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with an exponential increase in streaming services for home entertainment and
Sheriffs walk off the job over staffing crisis, poor pay Coffs Coast Highlight Section Nambucca Valley by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 11, 2024 SHERIFFS from Coffs Harbour, Bellingen and Macksville walked off the job last week, joining colleagues from courthouses in Gosford to the Queensland border and inland to protest against staffing levels and poor pay. In Coffs Harbour, eight sheriffs protested. North Coast Public Service Association organiser Michael Smart described the response from
Stargazing: The man who owns the Moon Camden Haven Coffs Coast Highlight Section Myall Coast Nambucca Valley Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 IN 1969 we landed on the Moon. The astronauts proudly stuck an American flag into the ground. Were they staking a claim to the dusty rock? No, and it wouldn’t have been possible anyway. Just two years earlier, a United Nations treaty had been created to prohibit any nation owning
