JET SKI riders across the North Coast have been targeted in the year’s first jet ski compliance and education blitz, with NSW Maritime issuing three penalty notices and 20 official warnings from more than 200 inspections over the weekend.…
SINGER songwriter ‘Tones and I’ popped-up in Coffs Harbour on Friday 7 January for a quick busking performance at Jetty Beach pavilion. Toni Watson, now famously known as Tones and I shot to global fame with her 2019 track…
NEXUS Gallery Bellingen is excited to welcome back two pairs of artists. Tanja Karl and Laurence Crooks will be exhibiting in the Main Gallery, while Michaela and Dieter Kloeckner will be exhibiting in the Studio Gallery. Advertise with News…
COASTAL Claymakers’ Empty Bowls event raised $1,860 for Hope for the Homeless Inc in Coffs Harbour. The Coastal Claymakers potters created beautiful bowls especially to donate to this pre-Christmas fundraiser. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
THERE is one more week to go to have fun and help the planet by joining the Coffs Coast EcoQuest, which finishes on Sunday January 23. The EcoQuest is a free, fun, outdoor engagement that helps collect information about…
INSPIRED by Minecraft, the runaway successful computer game, Computer Capers’ Coffs-based father and son team of Rob and Joel Walker are running their primary-aged school holiday drop-in program at Sportz Central Coffs Harbour from now until 28 January. “For…
FINDER, the independent comparison site has surveyed 1,013 Australians with questions around how they are setting themselves up for 2022. It turns out 72% of Australians – almost 14 million people – have set a New Year’s resolution. Advertise…
A $7.6 MILLION Manufactured Homes Estate including 172 dwelling sites, communal facilities and services and the construction of seven display homes and a sales office is proposed for North Boambee Valley. Applicant Stockland Land Lease Management Pty Ltd has…
THE Coffs Community Lunch on Christmas Day was a super success with a full capacity of 100 people booked in who enjoyed a heartfelt, happy time. “Guests ranged from the homeless to people on their own and families,” event…
TWIN 13-storey tower apartment complexes are proposed for a prime parcel of land in the Coffs Harbour’s Park Beach precinct at a cost of more than $14 million. Applicant Globuild Residential Developments has lodged a development application with Coffs…