Attendees at the tick allergy meetup. Photo: Marion Syratt.
Attendees at the tick allergy meetup. Photo: Marion Syratt. Most attendees had lived experience of Alpha-Gal/MMA. Photo: Marion Syratt. SIXTEEN people gathered at the Nambucca Valley Phoenix in Bowraville on Thursday 3 September for the first meeting of a new support group for people living with Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS)/Mammalian Meat Allergy (MMA), a potentially life-threatening […]
The Sea Breeze has a very interesting history. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
THE Sea Breeze Hotel was licensed on 10 April, 1893. Its forerunner was the Bay View Hotel, which was operated as a guest house on Fly Point under a license held by Mr Walter Glover in 1891. Walter Glover was the first white child to tread on Nelson Bay beach, according to N E Haug. […]
The first operation targeting illegal e-bikes, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches area, saw 36 e-bikes seized. Photo: NSW Police Force.
The first operation targeting illegal e-bikes, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches area, saw 36 e-bikes seized. Photo: NSW Police Force. The first operation targeting illegal e-bikes, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches area, saw 36 e-bikes seized. Photo: NSW Police Force. The first operation targeting illegal e-bikes, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches area, saw 36 e-bikes seized. Photo: NSW […]
Work has already started on the project.
Minister Matt Keogh, turning the first sod, and Coffs Legacy President Jeremy Nash. Work has already started on the project. A $166,000 City of Coffs Harbour Council contribution is helping ensure 12 new homes for veteran families can be delivered as planned in Coffs Harbour. Council unanimously agreed to waive water and sewer developer charges […]
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, […]
