THE fate of a small block of koala habitat at 109 Foreshore Drive Salamander Bay has finally been decided – it shall be declared ‘community land’. For more than five years people have been battling to stop Port Stephens Council…
USING theatre to bring attention to the lie of the land after NSW Forestry Corporation logged and left the Orara State Forest, local environment groups staged a “display of mourning”, as they called it. Continuing their protest against logging of…
IN the lead up to the bushfire season Coffs Coast volunteers came together on July 22 for a preseason training event code named ‘Burnt Banana’. This bought more than 100 volunteers from across Bellingen and Coffs Harbour regions to practise…
VEHICULAR vandalism has been wrought upon the small, but beautiful, garden at the corner of Yamba Street and Tuloa Avenue in Hawks Nest. A small spread of bromeliads, carefully planted by the Tuesday morning volunteer garden group across the road…
IT is a long standing tradition, of Polynesian origin, for surfers to pay tribute to the life of one of their own who passes away by participating in a ritual known as the ’paddle out’. Surfers paddle out together, form…
HUNDREDS of Coffs Coast locals came together at the weekend to show their support for an Aboriginal Voice to Parliament as an important way to recognise the place of First Nations people in our country. The event, Sunday July 9…
A SMOKY horizon greeted the coast on Friday 14 July, with planned hazard reduction burns reducing fuel loads in the surrounding bush. Tea Gardens/Pindimar Rural Fire Service, joined by significant elements from Nabiac and Limeburners Creek stations, performed critical, controlled…
THEY don’t come braver than 13-year-old Raymond Terrace schoolgirl Mackenzie Papworth. After being diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma, Mackenzie is fighting the battle of her life – only four years since losing her mum to cancer. One of…
A VAN serving food for the homeless has been donated to the Salvation Army Coffs Harbour, and made its debut at Coffs’ Farmers Market on Thursday 6 July. It has been donated by the PAYCE Foundation, a charitable organisation which…
NAMBUCCA Valley’s campaign for ‘yes’ at the referendum got underway in Gordon Park, Nambucca Heads, last Saturday with a strong turnout of people from across the region ready to get active. The Nambucca Valley for Yes group is eager to…