Vivian leaves court after sentencing.
ON Wednesday September 16th, Vivien, aged 22, appeared at the Coffs Harbour Courthouse and pleaded guilty to five charges arising from her actions which halted logging operations in Pine Creek State Forest on 25 June. Vivien locked herself onto log harvesting machinery, halting logging for hours in the State Forest. She said, “While I accept […]
Backpackers are among those receiving free food at Coffs. Photo: Sharon Jane.
Simon Remana, organiser of Coffs Harbour Community Service free food. Photo: Sharon Jane. Distributing food at the Park Avenue car park entry, Coffs Harbour. Photo: Sharon Jane Backpackers are among those receiving free food at Coffs. Photo: Sharon Jane. Helping hands distributing food in Coffs Harbour. Photo: Sharon Jane. COFFS HARBOUR Community Service offers free […]
Reptile World Coffs Harbour founder Steve McEwan with his right-hand-man, son Matt. A carpet python’s immense muscular strength. Almost four meters long, this carpet python is shedding its skin. An Eastern Brown snake observed in Bagawa State Forest. TEMPERATURES into the mid and high 20s across New South Wales, right at the turn of the […]
COFFS Harbour Councillor, Tony Judge and Nambucca Valley Councillor, Ljubov Simson, joined a delegation of Mid North Coast Councillors and community leaders that accompanied Anti-slavery Commissioner, Dr James Cockayne, in a recent visit to NSW Parliament. They met with a Parliamentary Committee and MPs to argue for urgent legislation to regulate labour hire in NSW, […]
A FEMALE driver involved in a fatal multi-vehicle crash on The Bucketts Way on Sunday, 20 September, allegedly tested positive to a roadside breath test at the scene. During the crash, police say a utility pulling a horse float flipped and rolled, crashing into the two motorcycles, one ridden by a man in his 30s […]
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 […]
