COUNCIL candidate for the Greens, Jonathan Cassell, has announced an initiative to support the farming community. Called ‘Grow the Growers’, it aims to introduce a thriving local small-scale produce market to support existing growers and provide a training pathway…
ON the evening of Friday July 16, thieves are alleged to have broken into the St Andrews Tea Gardens Op-shop sheds, damaging the locks and taking some donated goods. A few weeks prior, bags of clothing on the church…
A DECISION on the sale of Coffs Harbour City Council’s Chambers and Castle Street building for $7.25m to help fund the $81m Cultural and Civic Space project has been deferred due to a last minute offer made on the…
NEWS Of The Area is working with members of the local Gumbaynggirr community to share culturally significant stories about the history of the area, its language and its people. This week, we asked Uncle Micklo Jarrett about the totem…
THE land known to Hawks Nest locals as ‘The Koala Corridor’ on either side of Myall Street has been sold. For the first time in decades, the privately owned land near the Singing Bridge adjoining the Jean Shaw Koala…
THE popular Little Beach boat ramp will close from Tuesday 13 July for a $2 million upgrade that will make launching boats from the ramp easier. The project has been made possible through a $1.67 million grant from the…
TWO Australian Bustards have been sighted on the Coffs Coast. “We have been thrilled by the discovery of two Australian Bustards near Raleigh,” Richard Jordan from Bellingen Birders told News Of The Area. “These huge birds are endangered in…
AS News Of The Area sat with Gumbaynggirr elder Uncle Micklo Jarrett having a yarn about NAIDOC Week and the importance of the week in the national calendar, Uncle Micklo exclaimed, “Let’s put the story about how Nambucca got…
DRIVING on the stunning beaches of the Myall Coast can be a great way to explore the coastline, but not without a 2021/22 beach vehicle access permit, available now at outlets across the region. The permits provide access to…
THE Port Stephens SES were called out this weekend to rescue a man who had fallen from a cliff on the rocky headland of Dark Point, north of Hawks Nest. Alysha Springett Deputy Unit Commander and Training & Coordinator…