THE closing date for the annual Marnie Yates Nature Photography competition, run by C.ex Coffs Camera Club, is quickly approaching (Friday 22 September). News Of The Area asked the newly announced judges what they take into consideration when assessing images…
THE ‘Greater Good’ independent artist program will return in 2023, providing a range of recipients with a cash boost and a host of relevant career-furthering services. Run by music services business Good Intent, the program is now in its third…
THE fight for Mid North Coast native forests has been highlighted in national media recently, with stories featuring in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Guardian and on The Project. As reported previously in News Of The Area, Gumbaynggirr elders have…
BUS Stop Films, the award-winning social enterprise film school and production company, launches its acclaimed Accessible Film Studies Program at TAFE NSW Coffs Harbour Education Campus this September. In partnership with TAFE NSW, the program offers young adults with intellectual…
ON Wednesday, August 30 four protesters faced court in Coffs Harbour in relation to actions taken in forests around the Coffs Coast. Tiffany Daro and Ruby Oliver-King locked themselves on to logging machinery in Orara East State Forest on June…
IT’S been one year since the mad cow blood ban was lifted, and Coffs Coast locals impacted by the rule have made more than 500 blood donations since the rule change. The team at Australia Red Cross Blood Donation Centre…
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the Voice to Parliament referendum will be held on October 14, leaving the Yes and No campaigns with less than six weeks to make their cases to Australians. With the circulation of misleading information…
MORE than 35 years ago, the late Sister Clement, former Principal of Seiwa Joshi Gakuin, School of Heavenly Peace, and her colleague, the late Sister Kimura, journeyed from Sasebo, near Nagasaki, in Japan, to Australia. Their intention was to establish…
ENTRIES are called for as the Coffs Harbour Creative Arts Group (CHCAG) announces dates for its Fine Arts Open Exhibition at the Showground Art Gallery, running from Saturday 7 October to Wednesday 1 November. Entries for the exhibition close on…
A GAME-CHANGER is how Rick Gonsalves, General Manager of Saltwater Freshwater (SWFW) Arts Alliance Aboriginal Corporation, described the establishment of the organisation’s new permanent headquarters, gallery and retail premises in Coffs Harbour. “It’s been a long journey to find our…