EMERGENCY services personnel involved in the rescue of John ‘Stinker’ Clarke have reunited with the 77-year-old fisherman following his remarkable survival at sea. About 6pm on Wednesday 24 June 2026, emergency services were alerted after Mr Clarke failed to return home from a fishing trip. A coordinated marine search and rescue operation was launched involving […]
Ben Hunter, Meg Jager, Kate Dolan, Carl Donnelly, and Con Coutis (front).
THE Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow brought big laughs to the Jetty Theatre on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June as part of the 2026 Jetty Theatre Season Program. Australia’s biggest comedy festival was on the road delivering a curated line-up of comedy legends and emerging talent from Australia and beyond. The Roadshow continued its […]
Participants walked from the South Breakwall to the Coffs Harbour Jetty. Photo: Jessica Miller.
Robyn Dever, Guy Grey and Johnny Dawson were among those at the event. Photo: Jessica Miller Farley, Hal and Crinkle at the Rainbow Coffs Harbour Pride Walk. Photo: Jessica Miller. Participants walked from the South Breakwall to the Coffs Harbour Jetty. Photo: Jessica Miller. A visitor from Port Macquarie shows their […]
COFFS Harbour-based permaculture writer and former TAFE Vocational Education and Training (VET) developer Linda Woodrow has led the development of a Certificate II in Permaculture now available to Australian high schools. Ms Woodrow has worked in the VET system as a course developer and taught urban permaculture in Havana, Cuba and in Australia. Her book, […]
A typical stingless beehive box. Photo: Elaine Bean.
The unique and beautiful structure of a native stingless beehive. Photo: Elaine Bean. A typical stingless beehive box. Photo: Elaine Bean. The Coffs Harbour Botanic Garden log colony had been placed in a tree fork prior to being stolen. Photo: Elaine Bean. ANOTHER native beehive has been stolen from the Coffs Harbour Botanic Garden, making […]
Some of the quilts and rugs recently donated to the Pyjama Foundation. Photos: Supplied.
Some of the quilts and rugs recently donated to the Pyjama Foundation. Photos: Supplied. Some of the quilts and rugs recently donated to the Pyjama Foundation. Photos: Supplied. Some of the quilts and rugs recently donated to the Pyjama Foundation. Photos: Supplied. Some of the quilts and rugs recently donated to the Pyjama Foundation. Photos: […]
Kathy Suley with Coffs Coast Pipes. Photo: Robert Watkins.
Bonfire and Fire Twirlers. Photo: Kate Pye. Bonfire and Fire Twirlers. Photo: Kate Pye. Karma and Jesse from Fire and Flow. Photo: Kate Pye. Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation. Photo: Kate Pye. Attitude Dancers. Photo: Kate Pye. Ladies from Bluesky Communications. Photo: Kate Pye. Jesse Jeanes from Hulistic Hoops. Photo: Kate Pye. Dan Vickery from […]
VISIBLE: Art, Story, and Self-Expression for Women 50+ is a free creative journey for women over 50 to connect back to their body, confidence, and community. “The project was born from conversations with many women navigating post-menopause, particularly around their relationship with their bodies and identity after such a significant transition,” Project Coordinator, Claire Craven […]
Board Chair Rodney van der Vliet outside the station’s famous mud brick premises. Photo: Jessica Miller.
Board Chair Rodney van der Vliet outside the station’s famous mud brick premises. Photo: Jessica Miller. Regular presenter Bundah, of Bundah and the Bees. Photo: Jessica Miller. BELLINGEN Shire residents have been left with reduced access to their local community radio station after their Dorrigo plateau transmission tower was closed down. 2 Triple B FM […]
The NPA is pushing for heritage listing for the marine park. Photo: NPA.
THE National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) has released a major new report into NSW’s Solitary Islands Marine Park (NSW SIMP). The report, Solitary Islands Marine Park: Safeguarding a Unique Marine Protected Area, authored by marine scientist Iain Watt, has been prepared under a grant from the City of Coffs Harbour. It confirms the national […]
