PROSPER Coffs Harbour’s Environmental Trust was instrumental in installing the first ‘sea bin’ on the Coffs Coast at the Coffs Harbour Marina. The sea bin is an important development in reducing marine litter for the region. Advertise with News…
CHUCKING things out when they are perfectly serviceable is one of George-the-carpenter’s bugbears. Repurposing, repairing, restoring, and what George advocates, re-imagining, common household items, are ways of making a less-littered, better world for us all. Advertise with News of…
GETTING together to enjoy a hobby with like-minded people has a positive effect on well being, and model train enthusiasts are no exception. Paul Baker, President of the Coffs Coast Railroad Modellers, told News Of The Area that his…
VOLUNTEERS for the Coffs Harbour Agricultural Show 2021 were given a super Thank You Lunch paid for by a NSW Regional Infrastructure volunteers grant, in appreciation of their efforts at this year’s show. “We were really pleased with the…
CLEAN UP Australia Day organisers have opened volunteer registrations anticipating more rubbish “as the environment feels the effects of a post COVID-19 hangover,” they said. Clean Up Australia Day is on Sunday 6 March 2022. Advertise with News of…
THE New South Wales and Australian Governments are inviting councils across New South Wales to apply for $2.1 million in grants under the Recreational Fishing and Camping Facilities Program (the Program). The Program, funded by the Australian Government and…
“WE are so lucky,” Richard Jordan from Bellingen Birders told News Of The Area. “The Coffs Coast is one of the most bird-rich areas of NSW.” Here Richard shares some of the many glorious high points of our local…
CHILDREN across the state will be able to get hands-on with farming when school returns in 2022. The Kids to Farms program, a partnership between NSW Farmers and the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, aims…
IMPACTS of 2021 have left those that were already disadvantaged more vulnerable, says Di Woods, Manager at Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre. “Everyone in our community has the ability to make a positive impact for others in our community,” Di…
WHAT do a Hollywood legend, an embattled Zimbabwean conservationist, the producer of an internationally multi-award-winning documentary, a jaded ex-Special Forces commando, and a Boambee East author and reiki teacher/practitioner have in common? They are passionate about ending a cruel…