Image from the Farmsafe campaign 2025.
FARMSAFE Australia has launched its 2025 National Farm Safety Week campaign with the theme “Second Chances – Who Knows How Many You’ll Get?” It comes with a national call to action. “If you’ve had a near miss on a farm, don’t just move on. Learn from it, share it safely, and use it to protect […]
Council is seeking expressions of interest from community groups who may have an interest in utilising a former banana farm.
COMMUNITY groups who may be able to make short term use of part of Morgans Farm at Sandy Beach are encouraged to lodge an expression of interest with the City of Coffs Harbour. At its meeting on 22 May, Council resolved to break up the 80.5 hectare City-owned property which in the past had been […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN Barnaby Joyce spruiked his private member’s bill to abolish net zero by 2050, I couldn’t understand how he could claim that net zero was why pensioners are having to pay high power bills. He implied that removing a target 25 years away would somehow have the immediate effect of […]
No. 41 Gordon Street, Coffs Harbour.
CITY of Coffs Harbour will undertake an expression of interest process to gauge interest from third parties in developing an affordable housing proposal at two CBD sites. Council hopes to attract Tier 1 Community Housing Providers who will develop No.38 and 41 Gordon Street, Coffs Harbour as affordable housing. Both blocks are owned by the […]
TWENTY-ONE officers joined the ranks of the NSW Police Force (NSWPF) last week after graduating from the Professional Mobility Program (PMP). A State Government initiative, the PMP allows current serving police officers from other jurisdictions within Australia and New Zealand to train and become police officers in NSW, while keeping their equivalent rank (up to […]
Sustainability Convenor Liz Jeremy and Bellingen Show President Susan Lumsdaine.
THE “SustainaBellingen Showcase”, originally planned as part of the Bellingen Show program, will proceed as a standalone event this Saturday and Sunday, 9-10 August. Taking place at the CWA Rooms in Church Street, the free event features a lineup of speakers addressing the community’s resilience to environmental, economic and social issues. “This showcase represents everything […]
The Coffs Harbour Buskers Festival has run for more than 20 years.
ORGANISERS of the popular Coffs Harbour Buskers Festival have decided to take a year off. As a result, the first week of the October school holidays will see no buskers on the streets, parks, reserves, pubs and clubs for the first time since the Covid pandemic. “We took a year off during Covid but apart […]
City of Coffs Harbour’s synthetic fields at Coffs Coast Sport and Leisure Park.
CITY of Coffs Harbour will extend financial relief to local sport organisations hampered by ongoing wet weather. At its meeting on 24 July, Council resolved to provide clubs a refund on their seasonal hire of City-owned and managed grass sport fields where these were rain-impacted during this year’s winter sport season. “We’ve already had a […]
The Coffs Coast Masters Cricket team.
THE COFFS Coast Masters Cricket (Over 60s) side have taken on top teams from across the country. The Coffs Coast team was one of 16 teams to compete in the Sunshine Coast National Club Carnival, one of the largest Masters Club Cricket Carnivals in Australia. The side played four matches of Masters format cricket in […]
Andy and Scrubby are excited about their big walk.
Andy and Scrubby are excited about their big walk. Their route will traverse all mainland states and the Northern Territory. COFFS Harbour local Andy Stewart is attempting to join a group of just eight people officially known to have walked unaccompanied and unsupported around mainland Australia. Setting off in just a few days, Andy’s journey […]
