COFFS Harbour Open Water Swimming Champion, Lilly Geddes, competed in the Australian National Age Championships in Adelaide, finishing 8th in the 800m freestyle, 12th in the 400m Individual Medley and 29th in the 200m Individual Medley. Backing it up from…
COFFS City United Lionesses defeated Sawtell FC 2-1 in a barn-storming football match last Saturday in Coastal League One Women. The intensity of the Women’s Coastal League One raised a few octanes as both teams threw everything at each other…
THE Coffs Coast Outrigger Canoe Club has picked up a swag of medals at the recent Outrigger National Championships at Shoal Bay. The event attracted over 800 competitors and showcased crafts and athletes in both six-person canoes (OC6) and one-person…
DEAR News Of The Area, THEY ask us to create a vibrant thriving foreshore, but what about Coffs Harbour and surrounding areas that we have completely lost or are lying dormant? Lost: our Civic Centre, our important tourist information centre,…
DEAR News Of The Area, I DON’T know how many toilets Paul Mckeon (‘Harbour foreshores – let’s work on a compromise’, p24, NOTA, 3 June Edition) needs at the Jetty Foreshores, but for more than thirty years there have been…
A PINK and Lady Gaga tribute show is playing at the Macksville ex-Services Club this Saturday night, June 11. The ‘Australian Pink Show – Pink Versus Gaga’ is an all-ages show with tickets available at the club or online…
NEWS Of The Area readers who reside in the Kempsey Shire will return to the polls on Saturday 30 July for the local government by-election. At the election all eight Councillor roles for the Kempsey local government area will be…
WOMEN in the Nambucca Valley undergoing IVF and accessing other assisted reproductive treatments are set to benefit from an Australian-first cash rebate of up to $2,000 to reduce treatment costs as part of the NSW Government’s 2022-23 Budget. Under the…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council has announced public hearings on the reclassification of three pieces of community land to operational land in Valla Beach and Nambucca Heads, which would allow for their future disposal. Nambucca Valley Council wishes to reclassify the following…
THE Mid North Coast Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) is seeking new volunteers and is recruiting now. CVS is a local provider of an Australian Government initiative for socially-isolated elderly people residing in aged care facilities. That’s older folk probably rarely…