A NETWORK of local parents, doctors, farmers, and businesspeople have a big dream for Sawtell – to make it the most sustainable community in Australia. And they want you to be part of making it happen. “There is a lot…
CITY of Coffs Harbour and the Corindi community are inviting locals from across the Coffs Coast to wrap up the year in style with the Bush 2 Beach Festival in Corindi Beach on Sunday 11 December. “The Corindi community is…
THE annual Fine Woodworking and Local Crafts Exhibition is being held at the Exhibition Room at the Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens over the weekend of 2 to 4 December, from 10am until 4pm and entry is free. President of the…
THE versatility and myriad user opportunities provided by the Wiilgulga Sports Complex bodes auspiciously for the whole Coffs Coast community, and beyond. Everyone is encouraged to go along and see for themselves at the Official Opening and Community Open Day…
CHARLES ‘Charlie’ Moss (1953-2022), a local high school teacher, Boambee East Community Centre (BECC) Management Committee member and convenor for local seniors’ group Avachat, who recently lost his long health battle following a stroke suffered in 2020. At the age…
SUMMER Sesh, the final event in the Coffs Coast Food and Wine Festival schedule, was a hit last weekend, 26 and 27 November, at Jetty Beach House. With the backdrop of Gallows Beach and a sun-kissed harbour, the inaugural festival…
A DIVERSE group of seventeen emerging local Coffs Coast artists have just completed a twelve-week workshop exploring ideas, new possibilities and making connections to create works that are now curated into an exhibition entitled Fusion at Sawtell Art Gallery which…
TEN years of good works with rarely a hoo-haa to celebrate their achievements, the seven women members of Quota Pacific Coast marked their tenth anniversary on Monday 28 November with a private lunch at Latitude 30 at The Jetty, with…
THE threat of hybridisation of Australia’s native pigface plant (Carpobrotus glaucescens) along the Mid North Coast has got local horticulturists, botanists and food foragers on high alert. If the non-native variant is allowed to cohabit with our native plant, with…
FOLLOWING a meeting with a small group of the Coffs Harbour Myanmar community, Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan has spoken up for their cause. Mr Conaghan told News Of The Area, “With the recent developments in Myanmar and the…