COFFS Harbour based playwright Willa Hogarth has had one of her scripts selected to be produced for the stage by prestigious Melbourne based theatre company, the Playhouse Players. Best known on the Mid North Coast, particularly in the Nambucca Valley,…
TAFE NSW has been announced as a finalist in the 2023 National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA) for Most Outstanding Travel Industry Training Institution. This nomination follows years of work by TAFE NSW to realign course delivery to offer more flexible…
“PLEASE let us back into our pool.” That is the urgent message from a group of elderly members of the Coffs Harbour Education and Recreation Program (CHERP). Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business.…
A DONATION of $5,000 has been made by Pink Silks Trust (PST) to the local CanDo Cancer Trust. This donation unites two local charity organisations that share a common mission: to provide vital support to those affected by cancer. Advertise…
EXTREME fires drove biodiversity declines despite overall resilience after the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfire season in NSW, a new study suggests. The Black Summer Bushfires burnt an unprecedented area of over five million hectares of eastern Australia, with severe economic,…
COMING home, the Australian Decorative Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) final presentation for 2023 is set in Australia. On Monday 20 November, at The National Cartoon Gallery, guest lecturer Dr June Ross will be talking about the Kimberley rock art in…
THIS Christmas Sawtell will again hear the sounds of a traditional Christmas as many well-loved carols are sung on Wednesday 20 December 2023. This is the 17th year of the Sawtell Uniting Church Carols by Candlelight, a well supported community…
THE Coffs Harbour Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) is excited to host the 2023 Craft Carnival, with an impressive cast of over 500 competitors, 50 officials and 1,000 enthusiastic spectators all gearing up for the November 25-26 event. Athletes from…
THE City of Coffs Harbour (Council) has resolved to present the NSW Government with a proposal to acquire land at the Jetty Foreshores for the Coffs Harbour community. City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Paul Amos put forward a Mayoral Minute…
PER kilogram prices for cattle jumped at the Macksville saleyards last Wednesday in response to recent heavy rains in the local area. “Last week’s rains have given farmers more options and more confidence,” auctioneer Jessie Stanton of G J Stanton…