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Community workshop in Bellingen for end-of-life planning

A FREE community education event in Bellingen will help people better understand end-of-life care and planning. Palliative Care NSW, in partnership with Healthy North Coast’s Primary Health Network Program and Bellingen Shire Council, is hosting the “Community Conversation”. The 1.5 hour session will offer valuable information on navigating end-of-life matters, understanding palliative care, accessing local […]

Printed Edition

Coffs Coast News Of The Area 06 JUNE 2025

Event

Rainbow Coffs Harbour invites community to join Pride Walk

RAINBOW Coffs Harbour is holding its second walk during Pride Month for the LGBTQIA+ community, their friends, families and supporters. It is being held at the Jetty Foreshore on Saturday 14 June between 11am-12.30pm – with walkers to meet at the Lighthouse Memorial next to Jetty pier. The founder and director of Rainbow Coffs Harbour, […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: No means no at the Jetty

DEAR News Of The Area, JETTY Dunecare Group Inc is the longest continually serving group in Australia, operating for over 43 years now. Dunecare has worked hard to turn our Jetty Foreshore from an open, windblown wasteland with lots of weeds and rubbish into a sheltered, much-loved and beautiful public space with critically endangered littoral […]

Community, Health

One step at a time: Brooke’s run to heal a nation’s silent pain

BROOKE McIntosh is midway through a mission to run two marathons a day for six months straight, aiming to raise $1million for mental health charity The Blue Tree Project. She also hopes to become the fastest female to run around Australia. Brooke’s journey is about more than endurance however, she’s meeting everyday Australians, having honest […]

Local News

Tourism, hospitality businesses declare GKNP support

MORE than 100 local businesses from the Mid North Coast have put their case to the NSW Premier for the creation of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) as a “game-changing tourism destination” to rival the Blue Mountains and the Great Barrier Reef”. The business coalition submitted a signed letter to Mr Minns at State […]

National

Flood victims wait in hope for future-proof solutions

FROM the door of Mel Connell’s gift shop, in shin-deep water, the only things still recognisable were a few hanging festoon and fairy lights. After 14 years as a small retailer, she had to refashion her premises after floods ripped through the northern NSW town of Lismore in February 2022. By September, Ms Connell had […]

Event

Parents urged to attend rescheduled youth gambling workshop

THE Gambling Harm Program at the Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre, in partnership with GambleAware Mid and Northern NSW, has set a new date for its free parenting workshop. “With the recent wet weather and regional flooding, we couldn’t hold the workshop as planned,” program coordinator Leigh Watson said. “But we decided it was too important […]

Community

Coffs Rotary Club gifts children’s books to Child and Family Health Service

THE Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour has shown its ongoing support for early literacy by raising $6000 to purchase books for families attending the Mid North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD) Child and Family Health Service. Nurses from the service will give the books to visiting youngsters and their carers, with the aim of encouraging […]

Sport

Swans women to hold Community Camp in Coffs

SYDNEY Swans AFLW team will continue their strong association with the Coffs Coast when they visit the region in July. The Swans women will be in Coffs Harbour from Friday, 4 July, to Sunday, 6 July, as part of the AFLW’s 2025 Community Camp program. The program aims to complement the AFL Community Camps, which […]