WHEN Dim Zam Cing arrived in Australia from Malaysia in 2019, she couldn’t speak English, her health was deteriorating, and she was having difficulty finding employment. Fast forward two years, and Dim has completely turned her life around. Advertise…
ON Sunday January 23 all roads lead to Glenreagh for the Orara Valley Family Fun Day at the Golden Dog Hotel, Glenreagh. An idea formulated by Golden Dog Hotel owners Steph Luck and husband Steve, the Fun Day was…
DEAR News Of The Area, RECENT letter writers to your paper, Liz Philpott and Mark Star, have totally missed the point when they criticize the Vinnies Shop for their pricing. Everyone knows that to buy a cheap $5 tee-shirt…
BECAUSE her property borders the Tuckers Nob State Forest, Wendy Firefly received a letter from Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) that the compartment adjoining her property will be logged in May. Ms Firefly is also a neighbour of the Bindarri…
TALLOWWOOD Ridge yogi Summer Salt, an internationally qualified Yoga Therapy teacher/trainer and Zen Shiatsu practitioner, presented a community yoga session at Dorrigo’s Never Never Mind café space on Sunday 9 January. The free yoga class is the first of…
NORTH Coast Nature Savers is a new organisation founded by Woolgoolga marine scientist and conservationist Sean Samer. “My aim with Nature Savers is to involve the community in learning about the natural environment that surrounds us, and ways we…
THE Japanese Film Festival comes to Coffs Harbour Jetty Theatre in February 2022. Kirsten Binnie, Secretary of the Coffs Harbour Australia-Japan Society told News Of The Area, “For the past few years Coffs Harbour has been lucky enough to…
A VIBRANT collection of artworks by local Coffs painter and ‘happiness enthusiast’ Jan Allsopp, is the first exhibition to open this year at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. Freshness and fun combine in a colourful show called Complex Simplicity, a…
DESPITE the pandemonium from the pandemic, musicians and performers on the Coffs Coast have been a shining light bringing entertainment and joy to the community. Here are some of our favourite photographs and moments in 2021. Advertise with News…
DORRIGO’S 2021 Showgirl Jade Cochran heads to the Zone finals in Wee Waa on 19 February to meet and compete with the state’s finalists. Now known as the Sydney Royal AgShows NSW Young Woman competition, the contest aims to…