5 JULY Our sponsors for this week’s bowls are Tea Gardens Auto and Electrical. A beautiful day for bowling with 39 players competing in the usual Wednesday competition. There were 3 pairs teams, and the remainder were triples. The morning…
IMPROVEMENT comes with practice, as the Lady Hawks confirmed with their latest home game result at Myall Park against the Stockton Sharks, on Saturday 15 July. As play started, some Stockton ladies showed that they were not beyond sacrificing their…
THE 1950s were wild times at Rocky Point with a gathering of squatters, from far and wide, forming a scattered community among the trees. The squatters eked out an existence any way they could by fishing, lobstering, farming and gathering…
FOR those keen to fish off the rocks, this is the time of the year to chase one of the meanest, toughest fish that you are likely to encounter. The rock blackfish, commonly called a black drummer, doesn’t know when…
SOUTHERN Cross University (SCU) Coffs Harbour-based researcher Associate Professor Gail Moloney has received funding for a study looking at issues around organ donation. The $303,617 comes in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) ‘linkage projects’ funding. Advertise with…
THE Coffs Coast Safety Network is thrilled to announce a keynote speaker who is not only a consulting expert in mental fitness (with a background in psychology and workplace health and safety), but she has also been a speaker at…
MORE than thirty healthcare providers have met in Coffs Harbour to get the latest input from the State Emergency Service to update their disaster planning. In collaboration with Healthy North Coast, the aim of the workshops was to learn about…
THE chilling wind was no deterrent for a strong and lively gathering at the Stuarts Point Foreshore Reserve, Gumbaynggirr-Ngambaa Country, on Sunday 9 July, where dozens of locals and visitors converged to celebrate NAIDOC Week. With this year’s theme, ‘For…
BEING ready for storms, floods and marine tsunamis was the focus of first-response agencies when they came together recently at Coffs Harbour. Nambucca was well represented – representatives from RFBI, EACH, Open Arms Care and Australian Unity were at the…
STUARTS Point was bathed in sunshine as a troupe of flora-loving individuals gathered at the community hall on July 5 for the inaugural meeting of the Stuarts Point and District Garden Club (SPaDGC) . As gardeners’ thoughts turn to more…