COFFS Collectors Club held a successful annual Collectors Fair at the Exhibition Hall in Coffs Harbour Showground at the end of June. “We had 1,000 people come to the fair,” Coffs Collectors Club president Julie-Ann Hasson told News Of The…
THE Coffs Harbour Buskers Festival will grace the streets and venues of the Coffs Coast from 3-6 October 2024. The first group of acts was announced earlier this week and includes Clown Loto from Japan, Sheeran Out Loud from Perth,…
THE Hospitality and Racing Regulatory Roadshow visited Coffs Harbour on Tuesday, with the NSW Government’s Vibrancy Reforms a feature item on the agenda. Government representatives met with businesses, industry groups and community and Aboriginal stakeholders to discuss the government’s liquor…
HIGHLAND dancers Steffaney Treadwell and Mhairi Gorman from Jacaranda Highland Dancers in Coffs Harbour have participated at the Basel Tattoo. The Tattoo is an eleven-day international military show held in Switzerland from 19-27 July. Advertise with News of The Area…
NIKKI, a rescued green sea turtle, is making great progress in the care of Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary. Nikki was found on Boambee Beach in January, entangled in fishing line with an injured flipper, requiring immediate rehabilitation from float syndrome…
BORN in Chatswood in 1924, World War Two veteran David Martin celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday 21 July at the Sawtell RSL Club. “What a great 100th birthday celebration we had yesterday at Sawtell RSL, surrounded by loving family…
THE Coffs Coast Safety Network (CCSN) will host a Psychological Safety at Work conference on August 7, unpacking where a worker’s self-care ends and an employer’s duty of care begins. Themed ‘Mind Matters – Navigating Psychosocial Risks in the Workplace’,…
DESPITE governments and courts recently cracking down on environmental protests, activists halted logging in two state forests in a week. Eighteen protesters stopped logging in Orara East State Forest for three hours before two police cars arrived on July 20.…
THE MILESTONE of 110 years of the Australian Red Cross (ARC) is being celebrated by the Woolgoolga Branch with a birthday party on Tuesday 13 August at the Woolgoolga Seniors Centre from 2pm. Thirty-three years of continuous local service by…
SIX-YEAR-OLD Grace from Coffs Harbour is asking the community to help spread the word about a gold ring she’s found and is hoping to return to its owner. Grace and her parents were walking with visiting family, taking them over…