COFFS Harbour Netball Association’s Under 15s side has triumphed against the best in the state. The representative players won the Under 15s Division 3 title at the recent Netball NSW Hart Senior State Titles in Sydney. The Coffs Coast girls claimed 17 of their 18 matches over the three-day event on the Kings Birthday long […]
Boambee Bombers Stun Yamba in Major Upset
THE Boambee Bombers handed league leaders Yamba Breakers a shock 4-2 defeat in Saturday’s Men’s Premier League clash in Yamba, ending the Breakers’ seven-game unbeaten streak. It was the Bombers who came out of the blocks with fire in their bellies. Just three minutes in, Brad Clancy found the back of the net, giving Boambee […]
Council endorses Coffs Creek Floodplain plan
A COMPREHENSIVE study of the Coffs Creek floodplain – including a prioritised list of potential measures to further mitigate flood risk – has been endorsed by City of Coffs Harbour Council. At its meeting on 19 June, Council resolved to back the Coffs Creek Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan which was placed on public […]
Blueberry prices are expected to remain high with recent flooding destroying Australian crops. Photo: Frank Redward/AAP PHOTOS.
Farm flood damage trickling through to grocery checkout
EYE-WATERING prices for blueberries are set to continue but shoppers will be mostly protected elsewhere from recent widespread farm flooding. Extensive rainfall and floods across northern NSW in May left thousands of farmers with crop and cattle losses. About one in four blueberries will not make the shelves this season due to the floods as […]
Sawtell Bowls Results
Ladies Minor Singles Final L/R (Day Winner DEF A Water R/UP). Mixed Pairs Final L/R (J Ritchie, B Blight DEF R Booth, B Bracken ). MONDAY Twilight Bowls 9/6/25 A Waters, J Cherne, H Slater DEF C Jennings, B Tremayne, G Hampson R Avery, L Read, C Christian DEF E Korchma, T Wright, P Nikitin […]
National Marine Science Centre welcomes sea cucumber scholar
Marilyn Brien of the Coffs Harbour Daybreak Rotary Club with Taylor Bratton. Taylor diving with a manta ray in the waters off Komodo Island in Indonesia. UNITED States PhD student Taylor Bratton, now studying at the National Marine Science Centre (NMSC) through a collaboration with Coffs Harbour Rotary Club, will make the city her home […]
Community and business get behind domestic violence safe phone initiative
COFFS City Rotary, in partnership with local hotels and domestic violence agencies Warrina Women’s Refuge and Bluesky, launched the Domestic Violence (DV) Safe Phone initiative on Thursday 12 June at the Toormina Hotel. Since 2020, the charity DV Safe Phone has collected, repaired and distributed free mobile phones to domestic violence victims through their nationwide […]
BDC students prove their perseverance at the Kokoda Challenge
Bishop Druitt College students set off on one of the toughest school events, the Kokoda Challenge. Bishop Druitt College students set off on one of the toughest school events, the Kokoda Challenge. IT’S A case of “mission accomplished” for the 60 students and 14 teachers from Bishop Druitt College (BDC) who took on one of […]
Red Cross Emergency Services volunteer Judith Jackson receives National Emergency Medal
Team leader for Woolgoolga Red Cross Emergency Service Judith Jackson receives the National Emergency Medal from Chairman of the Divisional Advisory Board Nick Young. Judith Jackson with State Director Ismail Ibrahim and Emergency Services Manager Mark Ludbrooke. RED Cross volunteer Judith Jackson, the team leader for Woolgoolga Red Cross Emergency Services, has been presented with […]
Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer Reg Craig with Aboriginal Health Practitioner Laurie Clay accepting the Excellence in Aboriginal Healthcare award for the Hastings Aboriginal Diabetes Education Service.
Awards recognise excellence, innovation and leadership
Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer Reg Craig with Aboriginal Health Practitioner Laurie Clay accepting the Excellence in Aboriginal Healthcare award for the Hastings Aboriginal Diabetes Education Service. Acting Hastings Macleay Clinical Network Coordinator Jo Campbell presents the Nurse/Midwife of the Year Award to Clinical Nurse Educator Julie Claridge from Coffs Harbour. MNCLHD Acting Director Integrated Mental […]
