Learning CPR.
First Aid training in Bellingen. Learning CPR. Practising pool rescues. FOR 2,000 teachers and education staff across Northern NSW, including in the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen and Nambucca Valley Local Government Areas (LGAs), the school year began with critical professional development. Eleven trainers from Royal Life Saving’s Northern Regional Office covered over 7,200 kilometres to deliver […]
The Chair of the Conservatorium Dr Terrence Hays with Joel Breski from Pianology. Photo: supplied. The magnificent musical gift refurbished. Photo: supplied. COFFS Harbour’s music scene is about to get a major boost. A Yamaha CS9 Professional Concert grand piano has taken up residence at the Regional Conservatorium (CHRC). The instrument, gifted by Coffs Harbour […]
Around 120 stallholders attend each market.
THE flourishing Made with Love Market is back for its 15th year selling beautifully crafted handmade goods. The first of four dates in 2026, the market opens the year on Sunday 22 February at Coffs Harbour Showground Exhibition Hall. Having grown from humble beginnings with 27 stallholders, the co-founder and market organiser Alison Paul told […]
Community members gathered in Brelsford Park on 1 February to raise awareness of humanitarian issues. Photo: supplied. Organisers said the event was focused on building solidarity. Photo: supplied. MEMBERS of the Coffs Harbour community gathered at the beginning of this month to raise awareness of the humanitarian situation in Rojava, Northern Syria, and its surrounding […]
Gurmesh Singh at Coffs Harbour City Square.
GURMESH Singh has again been pre-selected as the Nationals candidate to contest the seat of Coffs Harbour at the March 2027 NSW State Election. The result of Monday night’s vote comes as no surprise, given Mr Singh’s role as leader of the NSW Nationals. “I thank our local Nationals members for their enduring support and […]
ON THE first Sunday in March each year, people all over Australia grab a garbage bag and a pair of gardening gloves and get out in their communities to pick up rubbish as part of the Clean Up Australia campaign. Sunday 1 March is when communities will come together this year for what is now […]
OPTIONS to reduce household insurance costs and fix an “unfair funding model” for emergency services will be put to a NSW parliamentary inquiry. While emergency services benefit everyone, most of their funding comes from a levy not everyone pays. The NSW Government says it is committed to removing this Emergency Services Levy (ESL) and replacing […]
Landslip at Gordonville Cutting, Waterfall Way.
THE Bellingen Shire community have an opportunity to have their say on how the closure of Waterfall Way is impacting them via a Community Impact Survey. Bellingen Shire Council Mayor Steve Allan said the information collected from the survey will be used to support advocacy efforts to the state and federal governments for long-term solutions […]
Dr Ben Gooden, CSIRO research scientist, surrounded by fleabane weed. Image GRDC
THE NSW Government has granted $1 million to Australia’s national science agency the CSIRO to carry out biocontrol research to help control invasive weeds. Biocontrol reduces weeds by deploying natural biological agents, such as fungi or insects, and is considered increasingly important as an environment-friendly, self-sustaining and cost-effective weed-management tool. Invasive weeds cost Australian agriculture […]
A Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development team tags a shark off Coffs Harbour. Photo: courtesy DPIRD.
A Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development team tags a shark off Coffs Harbour. Photo: courtesy DPIRD. A tagged shark listening station near Coffs Harbour. Photo: courtesy DPIRD. CITY of Coffs Harbour councillor Paul Amos will call for an extension of the State Government’s shark monitoring program to cover the northern section of the […]
