Arrangements are progressing well for this year’s Christmas Eve festival.Once again there will be a range of activities for everyone with market stalls and displays, jumping castles and a merry-go-round for younger children, a bucking bull for the older ones and a dunking machine.A highlight of the night will be a family circus stunt show and of course Santa will visit town at 7.30pm as...

Nostalgia was in the air on Saturday, November 16, as 40 people, former residents of the Cape Conran community, gathered at the Wairewa Hall for a reunion and DVD launch.They began by visiting a farm shed on the property of Brian Blakeman and Elizabeth Bakewell. It was a shed they’d known well as youngsters as Brian purchased the Cape Conran Hall when the village disbanded in 1985/6.Afternoon...