BETWEEN 5 and 27 November the Coffs Coast Festival of Motor Sport will be presented by Coffs City Rotary Club in various venues between Kempsey, Coffs Harbour and Grafton. C.ex Coffs Sports Touring and Classic Car Club has been invited…
VOLUNTEERING is in a precarious position nationally with volunteer numbers declining since COVID. Locally, Volunteering Coffs Harbour is calling for support. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)…
ZONTA Club of Coffs Harbour team has been busy this month assembling birthing kits, manning a Bunnings BBQ fundraiser, and planning for the organisation’s 25th Anniversary dinner on Friday 28 October. Zonta members, with students from Bishop Druitt College, Coffs…
WOOLGOOLGA Red Cross members and volunteers have received recognition this month as they continue their schedule of volunteering at events. The NSW Red Cross AGM held earlier in October in Sydney is seen by members as an opportunity to hear…
CHARLIE Smith, aviation and motorsports legend of Coffs Harbour, passed away on Saturday afternoon, 15 October, aged 94. Charlie’s son Ian Smith told News Of The Area, “Dad was a lifelong aviator, a car racer, a town councillor at the…
THE boating community of the Coffs Coast will soon benefit from the completion of a major milestone in a $13 million project to transform maritime facilities at Coffs Harbour. Minister for Transport, Veterans and Western Sydney David Elliott said the…
PRINCIPALS and teachers rallied outside the office of Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh on Wednesday, October 12, in protest at the NSW Government’s submission to the NSW Industrial Relations Commission for a new three-year award that the Federation says…
ON 23 December, Coffs Harbour resident Peter Elzer will begin a 2022km journey on foot from Melbourne to Seventeen Seventy (north of Bundaberg) in an attempt to ‘Stamp Out Racism’. In preparation for his mammoth task, Peter Elzer took a…
COFFS Harbour optometrist Jason Kimberly is encouraging local women to get their eyes tested after the company he works for, Specsavers, has released data from its latest research revealing women can tend to skip eye appointments and wait for eye…
TEXTILES designer Ellie Whittaker stopped over at The Big Banana on an East Coast road trip to source inspiration for her collection of iconic Aussie prints and designs. Ellie’s Australian designs show patterns full of colour and whimsy inspired by…