DEAR News Of The Area, FOR all the Caz voters in the Sawtell/Toormina area, I have a great suggestion for recycling your corflutes. Please turn them around and print in very large letters ‘NO MCDONALD’S IN TOORMINA GARDENS CAR PARK’,…
DEAR News of the Area, FOR most of the last 30 years, anyone using Jetty Beach couldn’t buy a drink or an ice cream and couldn’t find a toilet, and this was in a major tourist town! When the development…
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE been reading the comments in the paper over the last few weeks about the Jetty Foreshore Development proposal. In particular Gerry McGilvray (‘Coffs Harbour’s right to open public spaces and genuine consultation’, p23,…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to the unprecedented devastating bushfires of 2019/20, the NSW Government received scientific advice as to how best to respond, to minimize the impact on our natural heritage. At least 174 NSW animal species…
IN our area we have a man who as a lad grew up at Seal Rocks where his father was the lighthouse keeper. A mutual friend, Aileen Kierath, when discussing this fact, mentioned that her forebear was also a lighthouse…
DEAR News Of The Area, HUNDREDS of residential units east of the railway line at the Jetty are the start but not the end of the NSW Government’s assault on the foreshore. The plan also projects commercial and retail development…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent Federal Election has highlighted a divide between regional Australia and metropolitan Australia on the issue of climate change. This election was won by the Labor Party on this divisive issue. However, interestingly, the…
DEAR News of the Area, I WOULD just like to nicely remind Council that while their $100 million building is under construction, us mere bus commuters are still having to, in any rain, or for that matter in any sun…
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN the global population reached a staggering gour billion in 1974, many were concerned about pollution and the future of the planet. World leaders had a chance to address the unfolding overpopulation disaster via organised…
DEAR News Of The Area, REGARDLESS of the final result, it is clear that the people of Cowper have won. Thanks to Caz Heise and her team of hard-working volunteers, Cowper is now marginal and well and truly on the…