Acclaimed pianist Alex Raineri.
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed piano recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician Alex Raineri will perform at the Coffs Harbour Music Society’s last concert of the year at John Paul Theatre. “Many of our music loving patrons were bitterly disappointed when Cyclone Alfred prevented Alex Raineri from performing in Coffs Harbour earlier this year,” Society President Dr Leigh […]
NANA Glen Lizards have taken part in this season’s NSW Community Cup; a T20 knockout competition for senior cricket clubs across NSW. They had a busy Sunday playing two games at Fitzroy Oval, against teams from Kempsey and Tamworth. Nana Glen started their Community Cup campaign with an eight-wicket win against Nulla Cricket Club, in […]
This year, consider giving something that resonates long after the festive season ends. Give the gift of discovery, confidence, creativity, and connection.
This year, consider giving something that resonates long after the festive season ends. Give the gift of discovery, confidence, creativity, and connection. This year, consider giving something that resonates long after the festive season ends. Give the gift of discovery, confidence, creativity, and connection. IN a world that often feels hurried and uncertain, there are […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE read the article of Friday 14 November 2025 by Greg Mclntosh entitled “Reflections on the 1975 constitutional crisis”. lt contains excellent research concerning his views on Senate elections and the dramas that preceded his analysis of that dramatic event. However, he speaks from hindsight which is a valuable […]
Narwhals Bolts and Narwhals Thunder girls teams.
COFFS Harbour Basketball Association’s senior summer season continued with Round 4 games played at Sportz Central. Men’s A Grade ladder leaders We Can’t Dunk had a 40-32 win against All Washed Up, Angus Glendinning had a game high 14 points. Narwhals Stingers edged out White Chocolate 61-59, Spencer Skinner had a game high 29 points. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is sad to see that Bellingen Council is on course to set a new low bench-mark for housing development, by recommending that the last little piece of accessible bushland in suburban Urunga, Lot 1 Ferry Street, be given to a local affordable-housing group as the site for a multi-dwelling […]
Dropped from the Test side, but Sam Konstas will get a look at England through the PM's XI. Photo: Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS.
SAM Konstas will return to the scene of where he made his case for Test selection last summer, with the axed opener given a chance to face England with the Prime Minister’s XI. Dropped by Australia’s selectors after a poor start to the summer, Konstas was on Monday confirmed as a big-name inclusion for the […]
Peter Caldwell, Rhonda Kesby, Owen Kesby and Brian Hall.
NOVEMBER 2025 The Clarence District Branch of the Bowls Past Presidents Association of NSW was very well represented with three teams competing at Uralla in the State Friendship Carnival held in October. The competition was strong and all Clarence District teams performed really well with Peter Caldwell, Owen Kesby, Rhonda Kesby and Brian Hall winning […]
PERRY’S circus was one of the earliest to be formed in Australia by convicts, George and Mary Ann Perry. Their son, Charles Perry and his wife Bridget, took over its management, with Perry’s circus becoming the first circus to circumnavigate Australia’s mainland. Charles specialised in horse riding feats and by the mid-1880s was advertised as […]
DEAR Jasminda, I’m thinking of getting an ice bath for stress relief. Do you have any views on this? Gavin H. Oh, Gavin, Sometimes I read a conundrum and my first thought is, yes, I have views on this, but do you really want to know them? I have no qualifications in ice-bath therapy, so […]
