Coffs Coast junior touch footballers at last year’s National Youth Championships.
AUSTRALIA’s best junior touch footballers are set to play off for national titles in Coffs Harbour next week. The Coffs Coast will once again host the DoorDash National Youth Championships, Australia’s premier youth touch football event contested by the nation’s best young players across a unique mix of school, regional, and state representative teams. The […]
Scott Mieni proudly displays his Volunteer of the Year award.
SCOTT Mieni has been recognised for his outstanding and invaluable contribution to rugby league. The Urunga resident was awarded Volunteer of the Year in the NRL National Community Awards – First Nations. He was also named the NSW Rugby League First Nations Volunteer of the Year. Mieni has been a committee member, coach, and mentor […]
Sam Dicker crossing the line to claim his third consecutive KZ2 Championship. Photo: Pace Images.
WESTERN Australian Sam Dicker has created history by winning a third consecutive Australian KZ2 Gearbox Championship at the Grand Final round of the Australian Kart Championship in Coffs Harbour. He is the first and only driver to win the premier KZ2 category three times in succession in the history of the Championship – becoming just […]
SHOCKED and grieving, she laid her ruined wedding dress on the muddied, mangled pile of treasured belongings. Emergency volunteers bore witness, absorbing her heartbreak while valiantly hosing stinking mud and river slime from her waterlogged home. Unforgiving torrents of floodwaters, fuelled by ‘atmospheric rivers’, left mountains of precious possessions disintegrating in landfill. Tragically, lives and […]
Health Voyage Women's Health group celebrates Women’s Health Week.
THE Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centre, operated by Health Voyage, celebrated Women’s Health Week 2025 from 1-5 September. It organised a series of events designed to bring women together, share knowledge, foster connections, and promote wellbeing at every stage of life. Starting off the week was a talk entitled “How to talk to your kids […]
Action from the Twilight Hi-Score competition in Woolgoolga.
Action from the Twilight Hi-Score competition in Woolgoolga. Action from the Twilight Hi-Score competition in Woolgoolga. WOOLGOOLGA Netball Association is hosting a high-scoring spring competition with a social twist that has proven to be more popular than winter netball. The Twilight Hi-Score competition features power plays, booming three-point shots from outside the circle, music pumping, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to a letter written by Mr Warren Tindall and published in last week’s NOTA regarding a warning that sea levels will rise by 1.5 metres in the next 25 years. Really? Warren, you can’t seriously believe that rubbish, can you? Are you sure you didn’t transpose the decimal […]
AS bat season nears on the North Coast, health authorities are warning residents to take extra care and avoid all contact with flying foxes or microbats. A spike in sick and distressed bats arriving at wildlife hospitals across Northern NSW and Southern Queensland in recent weeks has prompted the alert. Authorities stress that touching or […]
FIRE and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is encouraging the community to spring clean responsibly to help reduce the risk of fire on their properties. “When it comes to spring cleaning, keep yourself and your family safe from fire by decluttering inside and out,” Fire and Rescue NSW Coffs Harbour Station Commander Tim George said. “For example, […]
Ivinnie Brown won the Judges Special Award. ‘Maddie On A Mission’ by Hilary Young, highly commended Watercolour. ‘Fluffy’ by Rebecca Smith, highly commended Open Section. ‘Under The Sun’ by Joy Bentley, second prize Pastels. Two drawing prizes for Maxine Kohlhagen: ‘Silent Squawk’, highly commended, and ‘Leafbound Voyager’, first place. ‘Three Salmon’ by Ken Pay, highly […]
