DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIA’S long-delayed energy system transformation is happening, and not before time. Old coal-fired power stations are now too expensive, inflexible and unreliable as they limp towards retirement. Australia’s $220 billion in fossil-fuel exports in FY2023…
PARKRUN Australia saw its one millionth new participant sign up on Saturday 27 January. With 999,503 different people having participated in Australia up to that moment, someone somewhere in Australia joining a parkrun for the first time was the one…
FOUR fantastic athletes from the Northern Beaches have been recognised for their sporting achievements. Hannah Burton from Emerald Beach, Eve Genrich from Moonee Beach, Mali Loomes from Safety Beach, and Jayden Perrett from Woolgoolga were each presented with a certificate…
IT’S not every day you get to learn from a world champion. Coffs Coast’s junior netballers received this great opportunity when Ash Brazill visited last week. The Australian Diamonds player was in town to hold netball clinics at Southern Cross…
A NEW type of running event is coming to the centre of Coffs Harbour – the ‘Backyard Ultra’. The inaugural Coffs Backyard Ultra is set to be held at Coffs Harbour Showground on Saturday 1 June 2024. This increasingly popular…
RAINBOW Day – Coffs Harbour Golf Club – Wednesday 24th January 2024 Rainbow Day is the Coffs Harbour Golf Club Lady Golfers Annual Memorial Day to remember great friends and family who are deeply missed and truly treasured always! It…
FOOTY fever hit the Coffs Coast this week as the Sydney Swans came to town as part of an AFL Community Camp. C.ex Coffs International Stadium was a sea of red and white, as the Swans ran a Super Clinic…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS we embrace REDFEB, Heart Awareness Month, this February, Heart Research Australia is dedicated to reshaping how Australians approach cardiovascular well-being without causing financial strain. Beyond our collective effort to raise funds for life-saving research,…
ROTARY Youth Exchange student Madeleine ‘Maddy’ Hardaker flew off on a great adventure to hosts in France on Sunday 21 January. Maddy, from Korora, was selected by Rotary’s District 9660 committee and is one of sixteen students going overseas for…
‘IT’S never too late for women to redefine their age’. This is the theme of a ‘Redefining Ageing’ event to be held in Coffs Harbour on Saturday May 11, the result of a collaboration between the national Silver Sirens network…