Aspect Macarthur School students with the new play equipment donated by Rotary Club of Sawtell. Aspect Macarthur School students with the new play equipment donated by Rotary Club of Sawtell. PLAYTIME has a new offering at Aspect Macarthur School Coffs Harbour following a donation by the Rotary Club of Sawtell of playground equipment specially designed […]
Winner of the Men’s Half Marathon Noah De Jonckheere with Race Director Keelan Birch.
Winner of the Men’s Half Marathon Noah De Jonckheere with Race Director Keelan Birch. Coffs Harbour Running Festival participants power out their best efforts. Coffs Harbour Running Festival participants power out their best efforts. MORE than 2,500 runners crossed the finish line at the 2026 Coffs Harbour Running Festival on Sunday, with the event recording […]
DEAR News Of The Area, BELLINGEN Shire Council are to be congratulated on the fine job they are doing on replacing the old boardwalk over the Urunga lagoon. It is a quality job, using quality materials and workmanship. The Council previously refurbished the tidal pool at Mylestom and, in previous years, rebuilt the old sea […]
Local banana farmer Mick Gentle and his wife Leanne.
Local banana farmer Mick Gentle and his wife Leanne. Coffs Harbour banana farmer Mick Gentle in the shed. Fourth-generation Coffs Harbour banana farmer Jason Gentle and his three children. SUPERMARKET giant Coles will sell Queensland bananas in Coffs Harbour following its decision to dump around 30 local farmers, despite having no concerns with their products […]
The Nepalese and wider Coffs community came together to prayer for flood victims. Photo: Htun Htun Oo.
LAST Sunday evening, 30 August, members of the local Nepalese community, together with friends, supporters and members of the wider Coffs Coast community, gathered at the Key Community Group for a candle-lighting ceremony and prayers for Nepal in the wake of the catastrophic floods. For members of the Nepalese community living on the Coffs Coast, […]
DEADLY bird flu has landed in Coffs Harbour with the H5 virus detected in a Hutton’s shearwater at Corindi. This is the first confirmed detection in a shearwater bird in NSW. Positive detections have also been recorded from greater crested terns at Port Kembla, and Warriewood on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. There are no signs of […]
DEAR News Of The Area, CONTEMPLATING, once again, the inaction taken by our local representatives in the National Party whose 50-year reign has turned a blind eye to the reporting of slavery in our area. Why is this so? Where are the authorities who should be dealing with this shameful exploitation of men and women? […]
Phillipa and Craig on their Himalayas trip One of the many landslides caused by the extreme weather. Photos: Craig Melrose. TIMING is everything, especially when disaster strikes. Reports from Nepal show devastation and death, but there are amazing stories of survival, such as that of the school principal who evacuated 900 of his students with […]
FRIDAY night presents the opportunity for the Coffs Harbour Golf Club to celebrate a rare milestone. This year is the Club Centenary and tonight’s Centenary Gala Cocktail Party at the clubhouse is the culmination of 100 years not only of excellence on the course but plenty of fun and frivolity between members off it. Coffs […]
