Letter to the Editor: Preserve our sacred country and culture
DEAR News Of The Area, MOUNT Coramba (within Orara East and Lower Bucca State Forests) is a sacred place for the Garlambirla and the Garby Elders groups and surrounding clans, all connected across our Gumbaynggirr Nation with priceless and irreplaceable creation and increase values embedded within this beautiful ancient, healthy and intact Country. All of […]
Students in the Stepping Up into Kitchen Operations program make an Aussie lunch.
Migrant TAFE students serve up classic Australian dishes at their graduation ceremony
Evelyn Llevado, originally from the Philippines, graduates from the TAFE Adult Migrant English Program. Adult Migrant English Program students in action in the TAFE kitchens. Students in the Stepping Up into Kitchen Operations program make an Aussie lunch. Graduation day for the Stepping Up into Kitchen Operations program students. FIFTEEN Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) […]
Grant recipient Bellingen based OzGREEN, developed Rethink Waste Coffs Harbour in 2023.
Seeds of Renewal program opens grants for local projects
Grant recipient Bellingen based OzGREEN, developed Rethink Waste Coffs Harbour in 2023. Grant recipient Bellingen based OzGREEN, developed Rethink Waste Coffs Harbour in 2023. THE SEEDS of Renewal program is now open for grant applications from community groups. Over the past 23 years, the program has provided more than $6 million to support around 870 […]
Woolgoolga’s Blues and Berries Festival is back in November.
Woolgoolga’s Blues and Berries Festival wins event funding
Woolgoolga’s Blues and Berries Festival is back in November. The famous pie eating contest. Live music is a big feature of the festival. WOOLGOOLGA’S much-loved Blues and Berries Festival has secured key funding through the NSW Government’s 2025 Regional Event Fund, and is set to return to Woolgoolga Beach Reserve on Sunday 2 November. The […]
The Coffs Girls team, winners of the women's division.
Coffs Harbour’s refugee footy teams excel at Wollongong World Cup
The Coffs Girls team, winners of the women’s division. Dalshad Maao, winner of the men’s Spirit of the Game award. Coffs Harbour team Fimbu FC won the grand final of the Men’s Competitive division. Coffs STARTTS participants Khaleel Himo (left) and Dalshad Maao. Sheelan Knjo in action at the Wollongong World Cup. FIVE football teams […]
Inquiry launched into conservation hunting bill
AN Upper House inquiry has been established to examine the Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment (Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025, a private members’ bill introduced by Robert Borsak MLC of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party. The bill proposes a number of amendments to the Game and Feral Animal Control Act 2002, including to abolish […]
Letter to the Editor: Vegetation intrusion
DEAR News Of The Area, WHILE the restoration of North Bank (NOTA 4th July) can be seen as altruistic it also highlights the continued erosion of usable recreation areas at the Jetty precinct. This North Bank area was for many years mowed on a regular basis. It was, for all intents and purposes, a lawn, […]
Printed Edition 11 JULY 2025
Sawtell Primary School Assistant Principal Tracey Ferguson and Rotary Club of Sawtell Youth Director Alan Freedman.
Sawtell Rotary’s Trivia Night to support free books for local schools
SAWTELL Primary School is the latest recipient of early learning literacy books donated by the Rotary Club Of Sawtell. Assistant Principal Tracey Ferguson accepted the donation from Rotary’s Youth Director Alan Freedman. The club is in its 20th year of donating books, which are purchased with the funds raised from its annual Trivia Night. “It’s […]