RAINBOW Coffs Harbour (RCH) have announced their popular Rainbow Pride Walk event is going ahead this year, with another local organisation stepping in to host them. Robyn Dever, Director and one of the original co-founders of RCH, spoke with News Of The Area about the updates. “As an unincorporated community group, we lack the resources […]
LESS than a quarter of people eligible for a diversion program for minor drug possession incidents are having their matters dealt with outside of court. Crime statistics analysis from NSW, the last Australian jurisdiction to introduce a drug diversion program, shows nine per cent of nearly 12,000 relevant drug events between February 2024 and March […]
DEAR News Of The Area, PEOPLE of Coffs Harbour, we are now in the midst of the second bicycle revolution (e-bikes and e-scooters) of modern times. These new products can increase the range and speed of travel, but early data point to increased risks of death and serious injury. Even now our Australian governments are […]
Coffs Harbour Snappers teams will feature in the Coffs Coast Festival of Rugby.
THE COFFS Coast is set to become a mecca for rugby lovers next week. The Coffs Coast Festival of Rugby will be held over a week-long celebration of the game they play in heaven, culminating in international teams playing off at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium. The Australian Under 20s and Japan Under 23s teams […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE proposed gifting of Lot 1 Ferry Street, Urunga to the Waterfall Way Community Land Trust, (“Community invited to have a say on Urunga’s affordable housing proposal,” 27/3), if approved, would enable one of the most ill-conceived and destructive housing developments ever undertaken in Bellingen Shire. No mention was made […]
Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club is hosting Easter racing this weekend.
KART drivers from across the North Coast will be putting their pedals to the metal this Saturday when Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club hosts the 2026 East Coast Easter Titles. Held at the C.ex Raceway on Phil Hawthorn Drive, the titles have been revised to a single day format in response to a lower than […]
Coffs Harbour Cavaliers Mixed 20s team.
Coffs Harbour Cavaliers Men’s 40s team. Coffs Harbour Cavaliers Mixed 20s team. COFFS Harbour senior OzTag teams have taken on the state’s finest at home, during the 2026 NSW Senior State Oztag Championships in Coffs Harbour. Coffs Harbour Cavaliers senior representative teams took on visiting teams from across the state over three big days of […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE proposed Jetty Foreshore revitalisation plan continues to be a contentious impasse. Councillors lodged two separate Notices of Motion (NOM) at the Council Meeting held on Thursday, 19 March, seeking more public information and transparency and calling for Council to not support the proposed project. Predictably the motions were lost, […]
FINCH’S chemist was a well-known store in Coffs Harbour’s early days. Adopting his father’s profession, Charles Finch completed a two-year pharmacy course in 1886 at the Sydney Technical College, becoming a public analytical chemist for over seven years and lodging a patent for an acetyline gas generator. He opened a chemist and dentist shop in […]
The concept of a space elevator is simple but astonishing. Photo: supplied, Dave Reneke.
IMAGINE stepping into an elevator, pressing the “up” button, and eight days later stepping out into space. No rocket roar. No fiery launch. No crushing G-forces. Just a ride straight up. It sounds unbelievable, yet the idea of a space elevator is beginning to look surprisingly real. The concept is simple but astonishing. Picture a […]
