MOONEE Creek, Coffs Creek, Boambee/Newports Creek, Jordans Creek and Pine Bush Creek Estuaries are significant coastal features and the City of Coffs Harbour is now seeking local input to help develop specific measures aimed at preserving and enhancing these waterways.…
AS logging protests continue in earnest across the Mid North Coast, Member for Bathurst Paul Toole moved a notice of motion in NSW Parliament last week to protect the livelihoods of timber workers and the industry’s contribution to the economy.…
DETECTIVES have released CCTV images and are appealing for information following a robbery at Coffs Harbour last month. About 6.25pm on Wednesday 5 July 2023, police were called to a liquor store on Park Avenue, following reports of a robbery.…
THE team at John Logan Entertainment have been burning the midnight oil to put everything in place for this year’s Buskers Festival. This year’s event will be held from 5-7 October, in the second week of the school holidays. Advertise…
BELLINGEN Riverwatch’s Waterbug Open Day Stall at the Bellingen Growers Market during National Science Week drew crowds of people eager to observe and learn more about the intriguing critters residing in our local waterways. “It was incredible to see so…
POP art is the theme for Artists in the Garden (AITG) on Sunday 3 September. The all-welcome creative event is held at the Botanic Gardens in Coffs on the first Sunday of every month. Advertise with News of The Area…
THE question on everybody’s lips has been answered. Residents and visitors alike are invited by the City of Coffs Harbour to attend the official opening of Yarrila Place, the new building housing a state-of-the-art museum, art gallery, library and the…
THE old saying about walking a mile in someone’s shoes before you can truly understand them is what encouraged Jacqui Parker and Nicole Laupepa to start the ‘Walking Together Project’. It is aimed at giving young people from all cultural…
COMMEMORATING the life of botanical legend, the late Alex Floyd, a group of his friends and long-time fellow residents at Marian Grove Retirement Village in Toormina, gathered in the property’s lovely gardens to plant two trees marked with a plaque.…
COFFS Coast tourism offers and business owners were voted tops across numerous categories at the North Coast Tourism Awards. The gold, silver and bronze award winners were announced on Thursday 27 July at Plantation House, part of Tropical Fruit World,…