COFFS Coast residents can nominate an outstanding older person in our community for the 2025 NSW Seniors Festival Local Achievement Awards. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)…
A WELL-KNOWN cartoonist and a journalist made a pit stop in Coffs Harbour in a 1924 model Bean 14 Sports Roadster, as part of their reenactment of a road trip from England to Australia. Warren Brown AM, the Daily Telegraph’s…
MEMBERS of the community can now have their say on the Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk, with the environmental review of the project now available online. The $22 million project involves a proposed multi-day walk that will connect visitors to Gumbaynggirr…
BELLINGEN Shire’s 2025 Community Awards, recognising individuals and groups who have enhanced the local government area, were presented at a ceremony at Bellingen Memorial Hall on Thursday, 23 January. A Welcome to Country from Honey Cairns and a dance performance…
SUNDAY 6 April will see people of all ages plunge into the ocean to freestyle, breast-stroke or doggy paddle around the Jetty in the 2025 Coffs Harbour Ocean Swims. For nearly three decades, the swimming event has grown from a…
PREPARATIONS for the Dorrigo Rotary Dahlia Ball began in December and are full steam ahead. Inspired by the success of the Dorrigo Rotary Mother’s Day Ball and Dahlia Day, the event will take place on Saturday 8 February at 6.30pm…
COFFS Harbour branch of the Australian Plants Society (APS) has organised a walk in honour of the late Frank Kennedy, a carer of the natural environment in and around Coffs Harbour. Mr Kennedy passed away in November 2024 at Mater…
HAVE you noticed that each time you get a prescription for antibiotics, it tends to be different? This is because there is a growing list of drug-resistant bacteria, which is a major global health issue. Advertise with News of The…
WOOLGOOLGA and Northern Beaches Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the end of summer with a fun social event across the town’s bars. “Sundown on Summer – Stroll and Sip” will have a party atmosphere while including a treasure hunt quiz.…
COFFS City Rotary Exchange Student Madeleine Hardaker of Korara, has returned from her year-long exchange in France. Maddy is a student of the Coffs Harbour Community School. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business.…