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Friday, 8 May 2026
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Buluunggal Festival honours Uncle Bud
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q Budaabang Bari Dancers performing at the Buluunggal Festival. Photo: Jessica Miller.
By Jessica MILLER PEOPLE from across Gumbaynggirr Country and further afield came together on Saturday 2 May to celebrate connection and culture. The Buluunggal (Mullet) Festival, in its fifth iteration, is the legacy of Gumbaynggirr elder Uncle Bud Marshall, who passed earlier this year. Uncle Bud’s vision was to honour his ancestors’ relationship with the mullet and at the same time focus on bringing everyone in the community together to learn about Gumbaynggirr Country. This year’s festival saw a record number of participants - at least 500,
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Summit highlights infrastructure gap in regional housing supply
By Mick BIRTLES
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A STRONG call for greater infrastructure investment to unlock housing supply in regional areas was delivered by Nambucca
Valley Council at a housing summit in Coffs Harbour.
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Air-conditioned return coach transport, daily H2O, Port Bus Welcome Bag, dinner @ The Great Southern Bar, Chosen ticket, overnight @ The Great Southern Hotel & a hot plated breakfast.
COME COME ALIVE! ALIVE!
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Itinerary:
Day 1: Departing Port Bus around 08:00 (time TBC) we commence our pickups. A comfort stop at Taree South Service Centre before going through to Heatherbrae (choose between Heatherbrae Pies, Hungry Jacks, KFC, or Guzman & Gomez own cost). Arriving at The Great Southern around 14:00, time to freshen up before our early dinner at 15:30. We depart for The Big Top around 16:30 for our showtime of 18:00. Day 2: Pickups After our breakfast we will depart around 09:00. North to Westfield Tuggerah for some retail therapy and grab your lunch before we finish our journey home. Drop off commencing around 16:00.
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Roll up! Roll up! A spectacular new circus-meets-musical extravaganza is pitching its Big Top across Australia! Friday, 8 May 2026 If you’ve ever watched The Greatest Showman and thought, “I wish I could leap into the screen and live inside that world for a night,” then dust off your top hat, warm up those vocal cords, and get ready, because Australia is about to get its very
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