A PIECE of Coffs Coast history may soon have a new home after plans were announced by Big Banana management for the sale of the two remaining iconic monorail trains. The monorails, which have been garaged within the Big…
THE Bellingen Readers & Writers Festival (BRWF) 2022 program has gone live online. It has been a wild ride according to the organisers. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone…
LAST Monday was the first time in three years that crowds could gather without restrictions to celebrate ANZAC Day, and hundreds of people attended the Dawn Service and the street march in Sawtell. People filled the Lyle Rose RSL…
RECENT comments by the Prime Minister which indicated that he felt “blessed” for his children not being disabled have not been well-received in sections of the community. Independent candidate for Cowper Caz Heise has sought to reassure Mid North…
THE first action meeting for the Bellingen and Nambucca Farmers for Climate Action network is being held on Saturday April 30 at 11.30am at the Bellingen Showgrounds, right after the Bellingen Growers Market. Farmers for Climate Action is a non-partisan…
THE ‘All One Under the Sun’ anti-racism project for 2022 was launched at the Jetty Memorial Theatre on 11 April to a full house. The project is a program led by the Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of…
TAFE NSW tradie student Hugh Davey from Coffs Harbour encourages people to contact TAFE to talk about training options as he completes his studies and transitions to work as a plumber. Australia’s construction industry continues to thrive following a…
THE Silent Walk for climate held on Palm Sunday, 10 April, by the Mid-North Coast Quakers and the Coffs Coast Climate Action Group attracted 70 walkers. They walked along the Coffs Harbour Foreshores in glorious weather, promoting action on…
FREE workshops for survivors of childhood abuse are being offered over the coming months by support group VoiceUp Australia in Coffs Harbour, and are open to those aged over eighteen years. VoiceUp Australia is an active group of adult…
RAISING over $1,000 and counting, Thomas Englefield’s ‘Mindvision’ art exhibition on Monday 11 April, continues to inspire donations to the Epilepsy Foundation. Seeking to spread the up-side of life with epilepsy – life threatening in Tom’s case – the…