BRAINSTORM Mid North Coast is a non-profit community group in Coffs Harbour for people with lived experience of mental health conditions. Family members or carers are also welcome. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
MARINE Rescue NSW volunteers across the state completed 293 search and rescue missions in November, including 88 emergency responses. Marine Rescue NSW Commissioner Alex Barrell said 69 percent of missions in November were for mechanical or fuel issues which can…
BOAMBEE Headland’s littoral rainforest is emerging from the devastating damage of the October 2021 hailstorm that stripped it almost bare of vital foliage. The restoration is thanks to a team effort between Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare’s Sawtell. Advertise with News…
A JOLLY collaboration of young and older people, coming together through music, brought residents of Marian Grove together to enjoy a special Christmas concert morning tea featuring the new Marian Grove/Mary Help of Christians Ukulele band and the Boambee Public…
NATIONAL pride has been renewed at the Pindimar/Tea Gardens Rural Fire Service (RFS), after receiving new flags courtesy of Dr David Gillespie MP on Friday, 15 December. As the old flag flapped fitfully in the gusty afternoon wind, its ragged…
REFLECTIONS Holiday Park at Hawks Nest has undergone the first in a multi-stage upgrade to bring the park into the 21st century. The Booner Street site has received fourteen new ‘ModnPod’ contemporary cabins, each complete with bedding, bathroom, kitchen and…
COMMUNITY groups including sporting clubs, environmental groups, and health services were among the esteemed recipient organisations in this year’s Regional Australia Bank’s (RAB) Community Partnership Program, presented back in September at the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club.…
SINCE the public toilets opposite the Tea Gardens Police Station have been recently beautifully enhanced, I checked back to when they were erected in 1963, the same time as the boat loading ramp was also being completed a short distance…
GOODWILL and seasonal cheer reached local nursing homes at the end of 2023, thanks to the mammoth Christmas card-making efforts of the Myall U3A Art Group. All created by the Myall U3A Art Group, in a veritable showcase of their…
WARMTH was felt this Christmas, thanks to the knitting efforts of the local ‘Knit With Love’ group that meets at the Tea Gardens Catholic Church. ‘Knitters For Love’ is a local group that make and donate blankets or body-wrappings to…