TAKING action is second nature to Peter Elzer. The 71-year-old Coffs Harbour-based conservationist, formerly known as ‘KoaLaMan’, has campaigned for many years for the protection of Pine Creek State Forest and the establishment of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). He has previously held a 12-day hunger strike outside Parliament House and, last year, walked […]
Lifelong polio survivor Tina Demetri on the sand at Park Beach after skydiving 15,000 feet.
Lifelong polio survivor Tina Demetri on the sand at Park Beach after skydiving 15,000 feet. Celebrating her 80th birthday, Tina Demetri in a tandem skydive. Tina Demetri’s extended family and friends on Park Beach. Eddie Demetri watches as his wife’s skydive lands safely. SPEECHLESS for the first time ever, lifetime polio survivor Tina Demetri landed […]
The Hospital on Wheels is almost operational. Photo: CCWS.
The Hospital on Wheels is almost operational. Photo: CCWS. CCWS staff tend to an ill bird. Photo: CCWS. WITH a positive detection of the deadly H5 avian influenza virus confirmed in the area, the Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary (CCWS) has heightened biosecurity and monitoring to protect the animals currently in its care. “Our major concern […]
COFFS Harbour’s population could increase by 34 per cent, adding more than 27,000 people and significantly increasing the region’s scale and economic importance, according to a new report from the Regional Australia Institute (RAI). The ‘Regional Population Planning’ report claims that regional Australia could grow by 6.2 million people by 2050. This is more than […]
MORE than 15 local charities will benefit from the $101,000 raised through the 2026 C.ex Group Coffs Harbour Running Festival, organised by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour. This is the largest result for the Festival since it began in 2011. “The funds will be distributed through the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour to the […]
Dakota Smith, Sophie Baldwin, Caroline Mostert, Hadley March and Paula Gutierrez Saantana.
Dakota Smith Follow Your Heart award winner with Zonta member Robyn Gray. Dakota Smith, Sophie Baldwin, Caroline Mostert, Hadley March and Paula Gutierrez Saantana. Jenny Wiseman, David Funnell and Caroline Mostert, YWLA winner. Lauren Blair, Sophie Watson, Daya Jacob, Imani-Capri van Hamond, Herkiran Kaur and Matilda Newton. Matilda Newton, Vocational Award Winner with Zonta member, […]
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 […]
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 […]
