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I’ve Seen Fire And I’ve Seen Rain.
Usually, we run a faintly humorous pretendy news item up top here, but it doesn’t seem appropriate to write such a thing at the moment. Though the Clarence Valley was affected by significant flooding, we were hugely fortunate, compared to

Surf Schools No Substitute For Real Schools, Sadly.
Despite their fleets of softboards, brightly coloured lycra rash shirts, and accreditation with the appropriate regulatory bodies, the Clarence Valley’s Surf Schools still fall well short of their dry land counterparts, warns leading education expert, Professor Kathleen Joyce. “It’s all

My New Year’s Resolutions Are Already Shot To Bits And I’m Blaming The Clarence Valley.
Great, we’re barely a month into 2022 and every item on my list of New Year’s Resolutions is officially broken. Thanks for that, Clarence Valley. First on my list was the ol’ favourite, the “watch what you eat / portion

“You Can Get Your Own Dinner, I’m On Holiday Too”, Says Mum To Shocked Family.
In breaking news coming out of the Clarence Valley this morning, members of the Cornell Family – Father Darren, siblings Phoebe and Scott, and Uncle Barry, (visiting from Tasmania) – are still coming to terms with the confronting realization that

Dad Super Knowledgeable about The Clarence River All of a Sudden.
The Cornell family’s maiden voyage aboard the SS DAZZLE – a 30-foot motor cruiser purchased by father Darren as a present to himself on the occasion of his 50th birthday – has gone surprisingly well, given Mr Cornell’s limited maritime

Grafton’s Possums Protest Jacaranda Illumination Spectacle.
In breaking news just to hand, a group of marsupials calling themselves the Brushtail Possum Posse have marched on Clarence Valley Council’s Grafton offices, protesting the highly anticipated night-time illumination of approximately 25 Jacarandas in Grafton’s iconic See Park in