LOCAL author and international best-seller Annie Seaton has launched her latest adventure story ‘Osprey Reef’ and it’s available in bookstores around Coffs. A mysterious reef, a town filled with intrigue and family secrets are the backdrop for Annie’s latest…
LAST week, almost 100 hundred NDIS participants and providers shared their stories with Bill Shorten, the Shadow Minister for the NDIS and Government Services. Mr Shorten spent two days in Coffs Harbour, with sessions at the Chill ‘n’ Chat…
COFFS Harbour public transport customers are the first in the world to travel on a fully automated bus in a public setting on the BusBot and have provided valuable feedback to keep the driverless trial going. The trialling of…
MORE than 60 local community volunteers recently gave up their night time leisure to take part in the 2021 Bongil Community Koala Surveys (CKS) program, which entailed 3km walks along National Park tracks looking and listening for koalas after…
TWO self-confessed golfing ‘tragics’, Adam Crotty and Rick McKinnon have taken up Cancer Council’s The Longest Day golf challenge, attempting to play 72 holes in one go. Rained off this Sunday 21 November, the lads have deferred until Sunday…
THE Coffs Coast has been certified as NSW’s first and only ECO Destination after an announcement on Tuesday by Coffs Harbour City Council and Ecotourism Australia. The ECO Destination Certification means the Coffs Coast region is not only recognised…
THIRSTY MERC, one of Australia’s finest live acts will be performing in Coffs Harbour on Wednesday 29 December at the Hoey Moey in another musical coup for the Coffs Coast. The band’s big break came in 2004 with the…
KICKING off the summer with a bang takes new meaning as Coffs Harbour ranks number one on sexy hotspots for affairs over summer. Dating company Ashley Madison says that Coffs Harbour is the top city for cheaters in the…
SENIORS WEEK 2022 grants are being announced with two Coffs Coast recipients gaining a share of $200,000 in NSW Government funding to host a community event to celebrate the 2022 Seniors Festival to be held from 25 March 2022…
RETIREES, sea-changers and anyone with that rare commodity of time on their hands, are encouraged to consider volunteering at Sawtell Surf Life Saving Club. Sheena McTackett, President, told News Of The Area, “We need more people involved as the…