DEAR News Of The Area, NOW that the local Council elections are complete, perhaps the new Council might like to turn their attention to re-building the old Woolgoolga WW1 War Memorial. The Memorial had been an integral part of…
PSYCHOLOGISTS and psychological services are in short supply in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia. As a regional university with strong community ties, Southern Cross is offering a new scholarship to address this problem. Advertise with News of…
ON Thursday 16 December Royal Far West’s (RFW) Kim Artery visited Coffs Harbour to host a lunch at C.eX for the local RFW Branch Members to thank them for their dedicated and unwavering support over the many years. The…
PROSPER Coffs Harbour’s Environmental Trust was instrumental in installing the first ‘sea bin’ on the Coffs Coast at the Coffs Harbour Marina. The sea bin is an important development in reducing marine litter for the region. Advertise with News…
CHUCKING things out when they are perfectly serviceable is one of George-the-carpenter’s bugbears. Repurposing, repairing, restoring, and what George advocates, re-imagining, common household items, are ways of making a less-littered, better world for us all. Advertise with News of…
GETTING together to enjoy a hobby with like-minded people has a positive effect on well being, and model train enthusiasts are no exception. Paul Baker, President of the Coffs Coast Railroad Modellers, told News Of The Area that his…
VOLUNTEERS for the Coffs Harbour Agricultural Show 2021 were given a super Thank You Lunch paid for by a NSW Regional Infrastructure volunteers grant, in appreciation of their efforts at this year’s show. “We were really pleased with the…
CLEAN UP Australia Day organisers have opened volunteer registrations anticipating more rubbish “as the environment feels the effects of a post COVID-19 hangover,” they said. Clean Up Australia Day is on Sunday 6 March 2022. Advertise with News of…
THE New South Wales and Australian Governments are inviting councils across New South Wales to apply for $2.1 million in grants under the Recreational Fishing and Camping Facilities Program (the Program). The Program, funded by the Australian Government and…
WHAT a year it’s been. I joined the News Of The Area team in December 2020, with a passion for journalism and a love for the Port Stephens and Myall Coast areas and it’s safe to say that a…