THE McCarthy family have been supplying timber products nationally and internationally since it was established in 1961. Coffs Harbour Hardwoods has grown over the years from timber merchant and world champion axeman Ray McCarthy and a few sons, to now…
BIG4 Sawtell Beach Holiday Park has won the Customer Service Excellence Award in the BIG4 national awards announced at a gala event on the Gold Coast. City of Coffs Harbour manages all four BIG4 holiday parks on the Coffs Coast.…
NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2025 Australia Day Awards. Run by the City of Coffs Harbour, the awards will see three individuals honoured at a ceremony at C.ex Coffs on Sunday 26 January – plus a special ‘Aussie Spirit’…
BRITISH Pop Art was the subject of the recent ArtsNational Coffs Coast talk by art historian Paul Chapman. A guide at The National Gallery in London, Chapman expertly navigated the audience through this avant-garde era of the late 1950s and…
THE Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary has welcomed the arrival of Little Blue Penguin couple, Biggie and Guinness. The two penguins were transferred from Sea Life Sunshine Coast Aquarium. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
POLICE are appealing for information after a teenager was stabbed at Coffs Harbour. About 1.15am on Monday 11 November 2024 police were called to a carpark on Jordan Esplanade, Coffs Harbour, following reports of an assault. Advertise with News of…
UNIVERSITY students hope calls to wipe HECS debt won’t just be used as election sweeteners, as the Greens pledge to forgive all tertiary loans. The minor party on Monday unveiled a $74 billion proposal to wipe all student debt for…
C.EX Group’s CODA apartment project recently hit a major milestone with the pouring of the thirteen-storey building’s final concrete slab, but down at ground level in the Coffs City Centre not everyone is happy. Several businesses have been hit hard…
LOCAL knitters and needle crafters are among groups across the country who were asked to create 3000 wraps for displaced people in Syria. The request came in August from “Wraps With Love”, which partners with charities in Australia and overseas,…
MOTORISTS travelling on Waterfall Way will see work continuing to improve the road with a restoration project starting between Bellingen and Dorrigo. The Australian and NSW Governments are providing $5.2 million for this project through disaster recovery funding arrangements. “The…