A COLLABORATION between Valla Voices and Bellingen Youth Orchestra Sinfonia and String School brings their first concert collaboration to Stockton Hall, Bellingen High School on July 31. Called ‘Colours of Home’ the concert celebrates local talent performing Australian music…
COFFS Harbour’s annual Coffs Cup Race Day and half day public holiday is still scheduled to go ahead, despite current COVID-19 restrictions in place throughout regional NSW. Coffs Harbour City Council confirmed the annual Coffs Cup public holiday will…
A $44m retail and residential highrise has been approved for the Coffs Harbour CBD area and is set to revitalise the shopping district. The 13-storey building will be located opposite C.ex Coffs at Harbour Drive and involves the demolition…
LOCAL disability support provider Bluebird Support Services offers a wonderful program called ‘Finding and Keeping a Job Services’. This is designed to help Bluebird participants learn new skills in order for them to become job ready and work independently…
ASHES 2 Green is a family-friendly, one-day event bringing together people from across the Nambucca Valley who have been affected by the 2019 bushfires and the 2021 floods. The event will be held at Spirit of the Rainforest (SOTR),…
NAMBUCCA Valley Arts Council is proud to present two new exhibitions at the Stringer Gallery in Ridge Street. Audrey Williams, as the August Artist of the Month, is presenting ‘Australiana’, which showcases a selection of pastels based on Australian…
CAMEL Racing is coming to Coffs Harbour Showground on Saturday 21 August. Having travelled around NSW, Camel Racing Down Under event founder, Monique Annetts from AMA Events Management told News Of The Area, “We chose Coffs for the population…
ANTI-RACISM program, All One Under the Sun has produced its first major work, a song written and produced by Grow the Music with a diverse range of young people including First Nations, refugee and migrant background and Australian-born, non-Indigenous…
THE Rusty Iron Rally, due to take place from 4-5 September at the Macksville Showgrounds, has been cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions. “Plans have been well underway for this year’s event, being our 25th Annual Rally, which had to…
BONVILLE resident Alan Melbourne is on his way to becoming a successful author. Having written and self-published ‘Veins of Gold’, his memoir of gold prospecting in the hills around Coffs Harbour since the 1980’s, Alan’s third edition is heading…