MICROLIGHT Milly, Amellia Formby, flew into South Grafton Airfield last week for speaking engagements on the Coffs Coast on her year-long circumnavigation of Australia’s coastline. Working for BirdLIfe Australia, the zoologist, children’s book illustrator and pilot is bringing awareness to…
ON WEDNESDAY April 12 from 9am to 3pm, the Boambee East Community Hall will be filled with the clicking of knitting needles powering away for a purpose. The community is invited to come along and do their bit at a…
LANDCARE has partnered with St John Paul College, Coffs Harbour in an educational project for Year 10 students centred around stewardship of our natural environment. Some 150 St John Paul College students, hosted onsite at Boambee Headland by Landcare and…
THE Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centre has been selected as one of 20 Australian Government-funded sites to establish a specialised Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinic. Healthy North Coast, the local not-for-profit organisation delivering the Australian Government’s Primary Health Network Program,…
THE Coffs Coast Pipes and Drums band is preparing to attend the Maclean Highland Gathering at Maclean over the Easter weekend. “While the band is not competing, the members attend the 8.30am street march on Easter Saturday morning, play near…
SONGMAKERS, a national high school music mentoring program, was enjoyed by students of Coffs Harbour Senior College and Bellingen High on 28 and 29 March. Through the program the youngsters are given the opportunity to “mix it” with some of…
THE community of Little Arrawarra is urging the City of Coffs Harbour (CoCH) to pay attention to the activities going on at the Arrawarra Holiday Park, which is currently being used to house hundreds of berry pickers in donga-style accommodation.…
TANYA Plibersek, the Minister for Environment and Water, recently introduced the Nature Repair Market Bill (2023) into Federal Parliament. The Minister described the Bill as a “world first scheme’ in which landowners can be paid by a third party for…
BOTANISTS and Coffs Harbour Coastal Works horticulturists are doing their best to save two rare plants discovered during Transport for NSW’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) required in the planning stages for the Coffs Harbour bypass. “These two new species are…
LIFEWALK 2023, on Saturday 3 June, organised by Coffs Harbour LifeHouse Care, has a goal to raise $100k for a Sleepus and its related crisis services. Sleepbus provides a safe, temporary overnight accommodation service which gets people off the street…