NEWS BRIEFS

Organisers of the annual Nymboida Camping and Canoeing Incorporated are cashed up after their success in gaining a $10,000 to go towards the 2023 Nymboida Camp Oven Festival.

The festival, scheduled over the Long Weekend from June 9-12 promises to be a feast for the senses in the beautiful surrounds of Nymboida Camping and Canoeing Centre.

For more information on this year’s event, go to the festival’s Facebook page: Clarence Valley Camp Oven Festival

Plunge Into Clarence Valley

The 11th annual Plunge Arts & Culture Festival is in full swing, and one of the highlights on the calendar will be An Autumnal Afternoon.

The free event to celebrate the opening of four new exhibitions at Grafton Regional Gallery will take place from 3pm to 5pm on Saturday April 22.

The four new exhibitions will be:

Nicola HooperZoonoses. Frances Belle Parker - Truth (just be careful who you offend),

Rochelle Summerfield - On the river’s edge we meet and Deborah Taylor - Do you see what I see.

For a full rundown of what’s on go to: https:// www.clarence.nsw. gov.au/Community/ Arts-and-culture/PlungeArt-Culture-Festival

By TIM HOWARD

The days of annually dragging unwanted items out of the shed and piling them on the footpath for pick-up are over for Clarence residents.

At its meeting on

March 28 Clarence Valley Council revealed it would ditch its annual kerbside cleanup to streamline the implementation of a new domestic waste collection contract it accepted last year.