Letter to the Editor: Let’s not be driven by fear and division
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST week the Nambucca Valley Council rescinded an original resolution from 2018 to not support the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). This now gives the Council an avenue to explore the economic and environmental opportunities provided by the State Government announcement of the GKNP, an election promise, for our local […]
Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh with South Coffs Community Garden members.
Coffs Community Garden gets new greenhouse thanks to government grant
THE South Coffs Community Garden (SCCG) has received a $15,632 NSW Government grant under the 2025 Community Building Partnership program. Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said the grant will enable the Community Garden to install a freestanding polycarbonate greenhouse to allow year-round production of seedlings, cuttings and plants. In its grant application, the SCCG […]
Bush Fire Danger Period begins on the Coffs Coast
THE Bush Fire Danger Period (BFDP) began on the Coffs Coast and across the broader North Coast on 1 October. Rural Fire Service (RFS) Superintendent Sandra Huer said following several wet years, fuel loads remain high across the state and the risk of serious bush and grass fires is returning. “Now is the time to […]
New lifeguard tower installed at Sawtell
A NEW purpose-built lifeguard tower has been installed at Sawtell Main Beach. Prefabricated by Emineo Engineering Services, the new structure was bolted together on site and took just four days to build. “The incredible erosion we saw right across the East Coast undermined a lot of beach infrastructure and that included the old lifeguard tower […]
Investigation underway after two bodies found in Boambee
STRIKE force detectives are investigating the deaths of a woman and a visiting family friend after their bodies were tragically discovered late on Friday afternoon. Police were called to a house on South Boambee Road, Boambee, following the discovery of two bodies just after 5pm on Friday. Local crime manager Detective Inspector Peter O’Reilly said […]
Letter to the Editor: Our choice to buy Oz-grown bananas
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to “Farmers slam government over banana import review”, 26/9. The Australian Banana Growers Council stated that imports of bananas are unnecessary and risky, so what is the real agenda of the Federal Government? Is it to placate foreign business and political stakeholders, to undermine the power of local […]
Letter to the Editor: Antisemitism in Australia
DEAR News Of The Area, AUSTRALIANS quite rightly believe that there is no place for antisemitism in this country, and I am sure that many right-thinking people will be moved to join a movement to resist, schooled as we are in the horrors of the Holocaust (‘Never Again is Now in Coffs Harbour’, NOTA Letters, […]
Student Action for Aborigines members standing alongside the bus in February 1965. Photo: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and SEARCH Foundation.
Help shape 1965 Freedom Ride Blue Plaque Trail
COMMUNITIES across NSW are being asked which towns and specific locations should be commemorated with a blue plaque to create a Freedom Ride Blue Plaque Trail, honouring a significant chapter in Australia’s civil rights movement. The 1965 Freedom Ride brought national attention to racial injustice and discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Taking […]
Pickleball is often described as Australia’s fastest growing sport. Photo: Council.
Funding for range of infrastructure projects
WESTSIDE Tennis Club will receive $28,500 from the City of Coffs Harbour for the refurbishment of four pickleball courts on the hardcourt tennis court. The club is one of seven organisations successful in the City’s Community Infrastructure Renewal Grants Program. With $150,000 allocated to this program in the current financial year, applications for support were […]