UKULELE-strumming ecological educator-entertainer, Charlie Mgee, lead in the band, Formidable Vegetable, is coming to Bellingen’s Northbank Community Garden (NCG) on Sunday 16 July. “It’s our first gig in about three years and we’re excited,” Alison Heeley, Northbank Community Garden president,…
ONE Mob Radio presented the Gumbaynggirr 2023 NAIDOC Week Concert, on Monday 3 July, a vibrant showcase of indigenous culture and talent. This year’s NAIDOC theme was ‘For Our Elders’, highlighting the wisdom and contributions of the community’s elders. Advertise…
DESTRUCTIVE red fire ants are just 10 kilometres north of the NSW border and Australia’s agriculture ministers met yesterday to discuss how to stop their advance. Until now eradication plans have failed and the country is waiting to see what…
COFFS Harbour pop-rock band Unison has achieved a remarkable milestone as their singles ‘Rollin’ and ‘Get out of Bed’ have made it to the UK’s Heritage Top 50 chart. Bass guitarist and singer Marty Bouma attributed the overseas success to…
HIGH school students are invited to enter a short, one-minute, film competition that gets them thinking about how government works. Called Parli-Flicks the film-making competition is open to years 7 to 12 with entries required by midnight Friday 7 August…
PERSONAL stories have seeded the creation of artworks at the new exhibitions showing at Nexus Gallery, Bellingen. The official opening welcomes visitors at 2pm Sunday 16 July, with a month-long show closing on Friday 11 August. Advertise with News of…
The Coffs Harbour Creative Arts Group (CHCAG) will host its annual fundraiser for the Coffs Harbour & Clarence CanDo Cancer Trust at 2pm on Sunday 16 July, at the Coffs Harbour Showground Gallery. One hundred percent of the proceeds generated…
GREAT artistic accomplishment by two Indigenous creatives on the Coffs Coast has been recognised through a statewide scholarship program. Marley Morgan, who lives in Glenreagh and Bernard Kelly-Edwards, a Bellingen resident, were celebrated as finalists in the Façon Magazine and…
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A FREE shuttle ferry service for Wagstaffe passengers to connect with the shuttle bus at Ettalong began operating on Monday. A bus service takes passengers to Patonga Wharf to meet the scheduled ferry to Palm Beach. Advertise with News of…