RSPCA’s Million Paws Walk on Sunday 28 May saw a great turn-out of around 100 people and their pups in Coffs Harbour adding to the 4,000-plus who joined across NSW in Australia’s biggest doggy day out to raise funds to…
COFFS Harbour Regional Landcare (CHRL) President Barry Powells keenly welcomed volunteer teams of planters from John Paul College (JPC) Coffs Harbour, City of Coffs Harbour’s Coastal Work bush regeneration team members and GeoLINK staff, who gathered on Boambee Headland on…
THE Korora Lagoons were formed when an unnamed creek was modified with weirs in the 1960s to irrigate adjoining banana plantations. Neighbouring landowners are concerned that the lagoons are now choked with noxious weeds and that the City of Coffs…
INJURIES to the hand and upper limbs caused by workplace hazards are the focus of Hand Therapy Week 2023 from Monday 5 to Sunday 11 June. The annual awareness initiative, run by the Australian Hand Therapy Association, cites hazards to…
GURMESH Singh gave a speech last week in Parliament outlining some of the highlights of his first term as the State Member for Coffs Harbour. “It is the first time, post-election, I’ve had the opportunity to speak that wasn’t related…
FRIENDS of the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden are asking readers of News Of The Area to help them name their electric buggies, now they have two. Rather than being called ‘the old one’ or ‘the big one’, with the…
THE 2024 Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW State Conference is to be held at C.ex in Coffs Harbour from 6-9 May 2024. Planning has begun by members of the CWA Zone 1 hosts, North Coast Group, to make the…
A NEW 45-minute Garden Discovery Tour by electric buggy has been launched by the volunteer Friends of the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden. Offered on Sundays only, the timetable provides departures at 10am, 11am, 12:30pm and 1:30pm. A maximum of…
DO you feel uncomfortable when you are asked to speak in public? Then be part of the Professional and Personal Development Series hosted by Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Coffs Coast on Tuesday 20 June, during which Danni Auch will…
YOUNGSTERS in school years 7 to 12 can dip their toes into the world of broadcasting through 104.1 CHYFM Coffs Harbour Youth Community Radio’s July holiday workshops. Station Manager Angie Vaughan has curated two, five-day On-Air Presenter Workshops taking place…