Woolgoolga’s Blues and Berries Festival is back in November.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Sawtell Primary School Assistant Principal Tracey Ferguson and Rotary Club of Sawtell Youth Director Alan Freedman.
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 […]
Coffs Harbour City Orchestra performing at Bellingen Memorial Hall.
Violin virtuoso Nicholas Fairbanks performs with Coffs Harbour City Orchestra. Coffs Harbour City Orchestra performing at Bellingen Memorial Hall. THE Coffs Harbour City Orchestra’s upcoming concert featuring violin virtuoso Nicholas Fairbanks is a homecoming for the accomplished musician who grew up in Bellingen Shire. An evening performance on Saturday 19 July and a matinee on […]
266 Shephards Lane, Coffs Harbour Auction: 1pm, 19 July, CWA Hall Coffs Harbour THIS is a rare opportunity to buy an architecturally designed home nestled into a hillside on a 4.1 Ha (10 acre) block which offers absolute privacy and superb city and ocean views, with a panoramic vista of twinkling city lights at night. […]
The Annual Land and Stock Return helps paint a picture of agricultural land use and livestock across NSW. Photo: Leanda Connor.
NSW LANDHOLDERS are being asked to report their livestock numbers and land use information as part of Local Land Services’ annual farm census. The Annual Land and Stock Return collects information that helps shape the delivery of animal health and biosecurity services and prepare for emergencies such as bushfires and biosecurity outbreaks. Landholders must lodge […]
DEAR News Of The Area, WHAT is happening to our historic timber jetty? In May 2020 Council sought $16-20m of government funds in order to carry out critical repairs, with Council later threatening to resign from its role as manager of the jetty if funds were not procured. Residents are entitled to know how this […]
