Coffs Coast Pipes and Drums band wins ‘Most Popular’ at Wauchope Highland Gathering.
COFFS Coast Pipes and Drums band secured the coveted title of “Most Popular Band” for the second year running at the Wauchope Highland Gathering. “With a few late withdrawals of our band pipers, our snare drummers stepped up with a fabulous crowd-pleasing drum salute, followed by the band’s Christmas Carol medley to take out the […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHY is it news that the coalition has a new energy policy? Will this one be any different to the 20 or so energy policies the Coalition failed to settle on in their nine years in government? They claim that ‘net zero’ is why electricity prices are too high and […]
Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan joined CWA members at their Morgo Street base for afternoon tea earlier this week to celebrate the funding wins.
Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan joined CWA members at their Morgo Street base for afternoon tea earlier this week to celebrate the funding wins. Cowper MP Pat Conaghan tries one of the CWA’s famous scones. THE Urunga branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) is celebrating two successful grant funding applications. The branch has […]
Nurses Karen Sergeev and Darren Fitzgerald with Tanya Johnson OAM and Richard Hinton from the Pink Silks Trust; nurses Alyssa Higoe and Mandy Hawkins; Divisional Nurse Manager Nicole Knight and Coffs Harbour Health Campus GM Sarah Grace-Booth.
WOMEN on the Coffs Coast now have access to world class continence care at Coffs Harbour Health Campus thanks to a generous $75,000 donation from the Pink Silks Trust. Long-term supporters of the local hospital, the Pink Silks Trust has enabled the purchase of a TESLA Chair – the first of its kind for a […]
The Inclusive Employment Australia Coffs Harbour team: Shane Watton, Lace Browning, Ngun Nawn Uk and Barbara Lindsay-Barka.
The Inclusive Employment Australia Coffs Harbour team: Shane Watton, Lace Browning, Ngun Nawn Uk and Barbara Lindsay-Barka. The official opening of Social Futures with Lace Browning, Melissa Gordon, Aunty Narell Wilson; Tony Davies and Cassie Primmer. THE Social Futures community service organisation has celebrated the launch of the Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) program and the […]
The Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels Hawks play their first game in the Under 14s competition.
SIXERS Cricket League-Coffs Harbour’s junior season continued during a rain affected round played across the Coffs Coast. Under 16s Coffs Colts Cricket Club recorded a five-wicket win against Bellingen/Dorrigo in Urunga. Bellingen/Dorrigo posted 6/79 from 20 overs, after winning the toss and electing to bat. Aiden Bailey top scored with 29, Riley Wood took 3-9 […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD just like people’s opinion about Brelsford Park and whether $1.5 million for the second stage was good value for money? At this early stage trees still need to grow and develop over coming years, but when you look more closely I think the community was completely ripped off! […]
ANNETTE died in late 2021. In her will, she appointed her two eldest children, Fiona and Sean, as co-executors. Her estate consisted largely of a coastal cottage where Sean had been living intermittently for several years. Under the will, the cottage and the remainder of the estate were to be divided equally between Fiona, Sean […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens hold a special part in our families’ lives, as my father-in-law was one of many who helped develop and open the gardens in 1988. Today my grandson had his 6th birthday party in the gardens, with the wonderful support of Toni, and her team, in […]
Yarrila Place. Photo: Tom Roe, image courtesy of BVN.
Yarrila Place. Photo: Tom Roe, image courtesy of BVN. Yarrila Place. Photo: Tom Roe, image courtesy of BVN. YARRILA Place has taken out one of Australia’s most prestigious architecture awards for public buildings. Announced at a gala ceremony in Canberra, the Council facility in the Coffs Harbour CBD won the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for […]
