ROTARY Club of Woolgoolga members have delighted in publicly recognising three local residents by presenting each of them with its prestigious Pride of Workmanship Awards. Pride of Workmanship is an approved Rotary project adopted by over 600 Rotary clubs worldwide.…
A CABINET of Curiosities is Coffs Harbour artist John Thiering’s new solo exhibition, showing at the National Cartoon Gallery at The Bunker with opening night on Friday 13 October. Featuring 30-40 works, most of them new, the exhibition provides the…
SUICIDE awareness documentary, The Promise, is screening in Coffs Harbour on 18 October, giving locals the opportunity to see one of the first advance screenings of this new Australian mental health film. The Promise is an adaptation of former ABC…
IT’S nomination time for the Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare (CHRL) Pia Dollmann Memorial Community Conservation and Sustainability Award. The award celebrates the achievements of an individual, community organisation, business or school who has significantly contributed in a voluntary capacity to…
BEAVER was built by Edward and William Chowne on the Clarence River for Captain Wiseman and launched in early March 1849. After the final fit-out the vessel measured 75 feet long, 19 feet wide and 9 feet deep and was…
WITH amazing crowds over the two days, the Woolgoolga District Orchid Society’s Annual Spring Orchid Show and Garden Expo certainly got the thumbs up from both the organisers and visitors. “It has been one of the best Orchid Shows seen…
LOCAL artists celebrate their latest explorations in their chosen mediums at Nexus Community Gallery exhibitions running from 8 October to 3 November. In the Main Gallery is an exhibition called ‘The Photographer and the Potters 3’. Advertise with News of…
A BREATH of fresh air has revitalised the Coffs Harbour music scene with the unveiling of The Backroom at the Coffs Hotel. The former Winxx nightclub has undergone a remarkable transformation, now offering patrons an experience reminiscent of Melbourne, New…
WORLD Mental Health Day on Tuesday 10 October is the driver for a collaboration between the Dorrigo Rotary Club, Bellingen Shire Council and local mental health organisations. Together they will host a community-wide Mental Health Walk from Dangar Falls, taking…
BELLINGEN Shire’s Housing Matters Action Group (HMAG) is thrilled to announce the launch of its Community Land Trust (CLT) Establishment Project, thanks to a funding partnership with the Siddle Family Foundation. A form of shared home ownership, well-established in the…