From all of us at Maclean Food Bank, we are so grateful to all those who have supported us throughout the past year. We thank you all – young and old and those who don’t even look at social media, who have given, and kept on giving to those in need. The Christmas season reminds us that love and giving…
Connect You Too has been busy helping the community get out and about during December 2024. In December 2024, we did a total of 2,115 trips with a total of 68,340 service kms for 470 customers. Our popular destinations included 59 trips to Ballina; 98 trips to Coffs Harbour; 10 trips to the Gold Coast; 746 trips to Grafton; 77…
John McNamara, Research Officer, Port of Yamba Historical Society When the colony was founded in 1788, the North Coast was hardly an unknown quantity. Captain Cook passed by in May 1770. He named Cape Byron and Mount Warning but sailed past the Clarence entrance at night. Twenty-nine years later, Lieutenant Matthew Flinders did not do much better – and in…
If you’ve set New Year’s resolutions and are already struggling to keep them, here’s why they often fail – and what to do instead for a more sustainable path forward writes Professor Peter Heslin, UNSW Business School. Holidays are the time to chill, to disconnect from work and restlessness about the endless list of things we “need” to do. Why,…
A team of 48 specialised Varroa Trainers have been upskilled and appointed across every Australian state and territory to help beekeepers prepare for Varroa mite. The announcement regarding trainer deployment from the National Varroa Mite Management Program (NVMMP) comes just over twelve months after the decision to transition to ongoing management of the mite. National Varroa Transition to Management Coordinator…
