A visualisation of the ring that Jonathan, Renato and John found. Photo: European Space Agency. Coffs astronomer Jonathan Bradshaw with his telescope. Amateur astronomers Jonathan, Renato and John with their story in Nature. Renato Langersek and Jonathan Bradshaw receive their Page Medals from Fred Watson. MOONEE amateur astronomer Jonathan Bradshaw has been honoured by the […]

  Miss Songkran competitors. Photo: Kate Pye.   Ola Williamson and Anne Kavanagh from Grafton. Photo: Kate Pye.   Event organiser Roung Sommer with her helpers. Photo: Kate Pye.   Jane and Itsarad Boonmak from Coffs Harbour. Photo: Kate Pye.   Joey Jarrett getting amongst the action. Photo: Kate Pye.   THE sights and sounds […]

ABORIGINAL organisations from across the North Coast have combined to care for Country, protect threatened species and strengthen intergenerational cultural knowledge. The Visions for Healthy Country project continues to build momentum across the region as Aboriginal organisations lead practical, on-ground conservation work across multiple sites in coming months Funded by the Australian Government Natural Heritage […]

AUSTRALIAN fruit and vegetable growers are missing out on the sale of up to a million tonnes of produce annually that never makes it to market. That’s a whopping $2.5 billion a year but a figure dwarfed by the costs linked to such a huge loss. Data shows Australian horticulture experiences average food loss rates […]

IMAGINE a world where the Moon never showed up for its nightly shift. No silver spotlight draped across oceans, no quiet companion hanging above late-night thinkers. Just a blazing Sun clocking out each evening and leaving us with… a blackout. Romantic? Not exactly. Mysterious? Maybe – but mostly inconvenient. Let’s start at the beach. Without […]

Karangi residents at the community information session at Upper Orara Hall. Photo: Kate Pye. Sharon Few at her property overlooking the proposed battery storage site. Photo: Kate Pye. A map of the proposed battery facility location in Karangi. SYDNEY-BASED developer Avenis Energy is proposing a 10-hectare lithium-ion battery storage facility in Karangi, with construction and […]

WOMEN in Construction Week in March revealed the number of women enrolling in construction trades courses in NSW more than doubled in the five years to 2025. One local example is 20-year-old Coffs Harbour apprentice plumber Casey Cowgill, a self-described “accidental plumber”. The daughter of a bricklayer, Casey is a proud Dunghutti woman who chose […]

GLENREAGH Creative Group members have donated over 40 Izzy dolls to the NSW Ambulance Service, Coffs Harbour Station. The presentation on Thursday 26 March included the two voluntary Community First Responder (CFR) Units within the Orara Valley, Glenreagh and Nana Glen. President of the Glenreagh Creative Group Elizabeth Shipman said the Izzy Dolls started life […]

IN March 2023, a Regional Development Australia Mid North Coast (RDAMNC) survey found that only 65 percent of childcare demand on the Mid North Coast was being met, a shortfall said to be costing local families an estimated $384 million in lost wages each year. The survey focused on the region covered by the MidCoast, […]

GREENS MP and gambling harm minimisation spokesperson Cate Faehrmann, says that recently-released NSW gaming data shows a staggering $9.3 billion was lost to pokies in 2025 – the highest ever. “[This] is not just a statistic, it’s a full-blown social and economic crisis unfolding in plain sight. “The harm is being concentrated in the same […]