BELLINGEN’s number one Trip Advisor customer-voted tour in Bellingen, Bellingen Canoe Adventures, soaked up the full moon on Saturday night (24 July) with a group of paddlers. The full moon was overhead in a crystal-clear night sky, Jody Newhouse,…
AS the RSPCA celebrates one hundred and fifty years of operation in Australia, News of The Area visited the Coffs Harbour Shelter to learn about the manager, some long term tenants needing homes and the impact of COVID-19. Nicole…
COFFS Harbour City Council has done a backflip on its plan to sell its Council administration building and Council Chambers for $7.25m to help fund the $81m Cultural and Civic Space (CCS) project, instead choosing to investigate turning the…
A NSW parliamentary inquiry has been restarted to explore the circumstances of the latest COVID-19 outbreak and its management by the state government – including the handling of restriction and lockdown measures, and how the pandemic will be managed…
WOOPI BREWING Co. is putting the final touches to the business that will bring Sarah and Ryan Poole and Jacqui and Aaron Dobner’s vision of Woolgoolga having its own craft brewery to reality. “We had two families’ brewery dreams…
CHEESE made in Dorrigo will be a reality thanks to the town’s new business Wellstein Cheese Co. “It’s just when, that’s in the balance.” Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us.…
ARE you planning on attending the River Sounds Festival at Bellingen? There’s some bad news and some good news. Inorder to end on a positive note let’s start with the bad news. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
RESCUING old timber and driftwood and recreating it into funky, one-of-a-kind homewares is the basis of a flourishing new Korora home-based business by Michelle (Mish) Klement. “Rescued Wood Studio (RWS) is my creation, inspired by my belief that climate…
VETERAN peaceful environmental activist, Murray ‘Muzz’ Drechsler visited Newry Forest Blockade’s Camp Nunguu last week delivering the rego papers for the new solar powered unit which houses a fridge and communications charging station. A handyman fixer, Muzz converted the…
COFFS Harbour’s Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) has developed an English, jobs and employment pathway for migrants that is helping to alleviate the shortage in retail and hospitality workers. According to figures released in April by jobs website SEEK,…