IN May this year, Burrapine Community Hall, situated approximately fifteen kilometres inland from the famous ‘Pub with No Beer’ at Taylors Arm, will be celebrating its Centenary. Originally thriving dairy country, Burrapine now boasts a population of around 80…
DEAR News Of The Area, MY wife and I visited our daughter and grandson in Brisbane at the beginning of March. We filled our car in Coffs for 183.9 cents per litre, which was five cents cheaper than here…
GIINAGAY News Of The Area, I HAVE been watching the development of the Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School with interest. It was gratifying to read in the News Of The Area (‘Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School Opens Its Doors’, Andrew Vivian,…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM concerned about proceeding with the intended plan to fix the silting problem at Coffs Harbour boat ramp. As a commercial fisherman I started netting Coffs beach and walls in 1947, retiring about…
DEAR News Of The Area, WELL, here we go. Yes, ratepayers were right. The cultural centre is running $50 million plus over budget. Thank you ex-Mayor Knight, ex-Councillor Adendorff and Councillors Cescato and Townley for your dogged persistence in…
Coffea arabica HOW long could you go without coffee? With the recent climate change induced flooding shocking everyone, how resilient are our supplies, really? If the trucks stopped for a while the shops would be empty of essentials very…
DEAR News Of The Area, I RECENTLY used the public toilets at Woolgoolga Beach Reserve and I am concerned and dismayed at the fact that these toilets, for men and women are located within the children’s playground. It is…
DEAR News Of The Area, ANGLICAN Church Aged Care. What a wonderful, caring, compassionate organisation. Purchased Bulahdelah Nursing Home from the local community in 2017 for the princely sum of $1.00. Now they move away, dumping the residents and…
DEAR News Of The Area, HANDS up all those who believe Australia is a democracy? Hands up all those who do online shopping, go to your local bowls club, and play bingo. Before my research into the LNP Indue…
DEAR News Of The Area, REGARDING the sale of 109 Foreshore Drive Salamander Bay – there’s still time to stop this shameful and unnecessary sale of community parkland and koala habitat by certain Port Stephens councillors. There are funds…