VOICEUP Australia, the Coffs Harbour founded volunteer group based on support between adult survivors of child abuse and their support people, is back in action face-to-face after lockdown, with an application to government to expand support services for…
SUMMERSALT 2022 is coming to Coffs Harbour! The annual summer beach music festival has announced Coffs Harbour in its lineup of festivals for the Summer 2021/2022 season. Other lucky Australian cities named as sites for the coming music festival…
THE North Coast Regional Botanic Garden in Coffs Harbour is awakening from winter and enticing visitors with a riot of spring colour. “Our resident plants, animals, birds and insects, will welcome you with delightful sounds, smells and colours,” Angela…
SOUTHERN Cross University’s Coffs Harbour campus has unveiled its new half-a-million-dollar speech pathology facilities, including a new health clinic which will open to the public next year. These facilities both provide state-of-the-art study opportunities for the students in a…
STRANDED in motels after selling her home in Boambee, 86-year-old Regina Saunders cannot make the move into her new retirement village home in Ashmore, QLD, because it requires her crossing the Queensland border. With the border closed she’s currently…
WEDNESDAY 1 October, was the International Day of Older Persons. The United Nations declared the Day in 1990, and this year the theme was ‘Digital Equity for All Ages’, to affirm the need for access and meaningful participation in…
A SOUTHERN Cross University (SCU) researcher told News Of The Area nitrate levels removed from a trial of woodchip bioreactors in local blueberry and cucumber farms are the highest levels of nitrate ever recorded in a field bioreactor trial…
BELLINGEN Shire Council election candidate Luke Barbagallo and his Labor team have released a plan to address the Shire’s current housing crisis. According to the Labor team, housing is one of the hottest issues in the Shire and the…
“I’M concerned,” Azalea Avenue resident John Widerberg told News Of The Area. John’s worries stem from the mishaps and last-minute driver corrections taking place near his home as vehicles come across the newly opened roundabout at a former Black…
WOOLGOOLGA Red Cross Branch this year achieved thirty continuous years of service to the local community. “Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions there have been no celebrations but Branch members have faithfully and enthusiastically continued to assist with supporting the…