NATIONAL Carers Week (16-22 October 2022) gives our community a chance to show our appreciation for our local Coffs Coast carers, amongst Australia’s 2.65 million carers nationwide. Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre (CHNC) is putting on a free lunch for carers…
BELLINGEN Shire Council invites individuals, groups, and businesses to nominate for an Ian J. Cooper Award for Access and Inclusion. Held every two years, these awards are made to local services, groups, and businesses in acknowledgement of their efforts to…
THE search is on to find the most outstanding and influential women in NSW, with nominations still open for the 2023 NSW Women of the Year Awards. The last day for nominations is Tuesday, 11 October 2022. Member for Coffs…
LOCAL transition skateboarder Georgia Winn continues to cement herself as one to watch on the Mid North Coast. The Emerald Beach local returned victorious from Mackay last week sporting gold in the female U9 division at one of Australia’s largest…
AGEISM Awareness Day on Friday 7 October provides a specific opportunity to draw attention to the existence and impacts of ageism in Australia. “Ageism Awareness Day is an opportunity to draw attention to the existence and impacts of ageism in…
BELLINGEN Shire Council is inviting the community to get involved in National Water Week 2022 from 17 to 23 October, with an innovative new competition being launched. Splash Fiction is Council’s take on flash fiction, which is a type of…
LOCAL explorer Yvonne Everett has written a new guidebook entitled ‘Best Walks of the NSW Mid-North Coast’, including 40 trails from Port Macquarie, Coffs Coast and north to the Clarence Valley. There is a walk for everyone in the book…
COFFS Harbour Music Society’s Spring series will commence next Friday, October 14, with Trio Shoshin performing three works. Amber Davis on violin, Liz Neville on cello and Bernadette Harvey on piano make up Trio Shoshin, and are counted amongst Australia’s…
NOT-FOR PROFIT surf therapy initiative Surfing the Spectrum welcomed over 35 young locals with autism to a free, family-friendly event at Jetty Beach on Saturday, 24 September. Surfing the Spectrum co-founder Aimee Blacker told News Of The Area, “We were…
SNAKES, like many Coffs Coast residents, are warming to the season’s sunshine and heading down to the beach. The late September/early October period has seen the slumbering reptiles on the move, with Coffs Harbour Surf Life Saving Club posting a…