TEX O’GRADY has been awarded the Member Of The Order Of Australia for outstanding services. Having done a fair bit of general charitable work when he was in the Navy, it wasn’t until he left in 1992, suffering from…
*COFFS Harbour’s John Akway Cham contributes stories for News Of The Area on the diverse, multicultural nature of the region, with a focus on the experiences of the area’s refugee community. COVID-19 has been a main global issue for…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM beyond angry, I am furious at the lack of affordable/renting housing in the Coffs Harbour area. Why are people living in tents and cars, near the local creek and the Jetty area,…
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN my wife and I are able to venture north to Brisbane to visit our daughter and grandson we always take our bikes, because of the extensive network of well-maintained cycleways there. Then we…
THE Coffs Harbour Australia Day Arts and Cultural award was last week presented to David Horsley, managing director and joint founder of groundbreaking Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF). A tireless worker for local culture and the arts Horsley is…
ENVIRONMENTAL educator Sue Lennox, Co-Founder of Bellingen-based OzGREEN, has been recognised as a Member of the Order of Australia 2022. The 2020 NSW Senior Australian of the Year and Founder of Youth Leading the World has been recognised for…
CONTINUING our series on the Coffs Coast seniors who entered the NSW Seniors Stories writing competition and have had their stories chosen for publication, News Of The Area now chats with Graham Doust, writer of ‘Tales of a Cricket…
SALTWATER Freshwater Arts 2021, the Aboriginal art award and contemporary cultural objects exhibition, closed with a joyous ceremony on Friday, 28 January. “2020 had a huge impact on the world and vastly changed the way we create and engage…
FOLLOWING up on the stranding of a Whale Shark on Safety Beach in December, News Of The Area asked Duane March of Ocean Warriors Australia what happened next. “A 5.5 meter sub-adult male Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) was stranded…
RILEY Saban’s Young Citizen of the Year 2022 award recognises the Corindi Beach young man’s commitment to helping fellow people with disabilities and driving inclusivity in the world. Riley, who has Grade 5 Dystonic Cerebral Palsy, told News Of…