Council is developing a comprehensive plan for Park Beach.
PUBLIC consultation has now opened to inform a Draft Park Beach Movement & Place Plan. The draft plan will include: ● A vision for the future of Park Beach and guiding principles to achieve that ambition ● Ideas for safer, more functional streets and more options for moving around ● Options for more diverse housing […]
Members of the Disabled Surfers Association provide a safe, fun morning at Jetty Beach.
Members of the Disabled Surfers Association provide a safe, fun morning at Jetty Beach. Members of the Disabled Surfers Association provide a safe, fun morning at Jetty Beach. Members of the Disabled Surfers Association provide a safe, fun morning at Jetty Beach. SURFERS living with a disability have taken to the ocean for the Mid […]
Three generations have kept the Dutch tourist attraction alive.
Three generations have kept the Dutch tourist attraction alive. Clog making demonstrations are an added attraction at the Clog Barn. Miniature replicas of Dutch buildings and villages. Forty years ago, the Clog Barn began to take shape. BELOVED Coffs Harbour landmark, The Clog Barn, has hit a major milestone, with the successful family business celebrating […]
CHOWN member Robyn Henderson with founding members Daniela Martignago, Bronwyn Chalmers and Lorraine Penn.
CHOWN member Robyn Henderson with founding members Daniela Martignago, Bronwyn Chalmers and Lorraine Penn. Vanessa Simpson, Dianna Miller and Cr Cath Fowler. Denise Knight and Vinny Dingle. CEO Healthy Voyage Tazmyn Jewell, comedian Mandy Nolan and National OWN Chair Beverly Baker. COFFS Harbour Older Women’s Network (CHOWN) marked its fifth […]
THE NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is encouraging everyone to be alert to signs of avian influenza in commercial and domestic poultry, and wildlife. Australia remains free from the H5N1 strain that is causing concern globally, however there is a risk the disease may be introduced by wild birds that migrate […]
FROM 11am on Tuesday 11 November, 11-year-old trumpet player Alannah Guselli performed the Last Post and Reveille at the Coffs Harbour Remembrance Day ceremony. It was her first public performance. The St Augustine Primary School Year 5 student had spent weeks preparing for that moment. “Standing beside the town’s Cenotaph, Alannah’s small hands trembled slightly […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE so-called Community Building that replaced the Vendetta building in the foreshores is but a small example of what will happen to the whole foreshores if PDNSW has its way and introduces residential and short stay accommodation into the area. We were promised a community building that “would become the […]
THE FREE community Christmas Carols concert with Coffs Harbour City Orchestra takes place this year on the lawn at Sawtell Surf Club on Sunday 7 December starting at 6pm. While the event has become “a bit of a tradition for the orchestra to end its concert season”, spokesperson Cathie McIntyre told News Of The Area […]
Locally-produced renewable energy, like solar power, benefits communities.
ALL sectors have weighed in on the Federal Coalition’s decision to abandon Net Zero by 2050. This major tool for combatting climate change involves balancing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere with the amount removed. Patrick Leyland, Chief Digital Officer at Populares and former Director of Digital Campaigns for the Australian Labor […]
