MACKSVILLE Medical Centre’s Practice Manager Casey Shorter has been named the Rising Star in Rural/Remote Health at the National Rural and Remote Health Awards. The awards were presented at the National Press Club in Canberra last Wednesday night. Advertise with…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE USA election leaves me with mixed feelings. I supported Kamala Harris because she seemed the more rational and predictable in the face of Donald Trump’s intuitive emotionalism. But, at the same time, I strongly…
AN upcoming exhibition of the social and cultural history of surfing on the Mid North Coast is generating considerable interest. The Yarrila Arts and Museum initiative, “Swell Chasers: Surf Stories from the Mid North Coast”, will run from 23 November…
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…
NAMBUCCA Valley Phoenix continues to provide cutting edge programming and stimulating creative spaces for people living with disabilities or experiencing disadvantage in the region. Housed in a lovingly restored heritage bank building in Bowraville, the space incorporates an art gallery,…
BOWRAVILLE’S Fire and Rescue NSW Station 235 recently answered a unique call for help by saving a young magpie lark who had fallen from its nest. Local wildlife lovers Debbie and Michael De Mol spotted the bird on the ground…