Andy and his dog Scrubby encountered marauding medieval knights on their travels.
Andy and his dog Scrubby encountered marauding medieval knights on their travels. Crossing Sydney Harbour Bridge had its own challenges. They spent many nights like this at the side of a road or track. SEVENTY days and more than 2,000 kilometres into his bold walk around Australia to raise awareness of gambling harm, Andy Hope […]
This year’s Stars of the Coffs Coast.
This year’s Stars of the Coffs Coast. Committee members Joanne Vines, Vicky Bamford and Lauren Fraser. CANCER Council NSW’s annual fundraiser, Stars of Coffs Coast, has officially launched with an event attended by the dancing ‘stars’ and their partners. The local participants, prominent community members from across the Coffs Coast, will now step out of […]
An estimated 10 million native animals are killed on Australian roads every year. Photo: Leanda Connor.
KOALA Azaliah and her joey Zali were hit by a car not long after 40 eucalyptus trees in their home were destroyed. Mother and baby recovered after intensive care at Northern Rivers Koala Hospital in Lismore, NSW, and were released back into the wild in October. But another joey, Guinevere, was not so fortunate, dying […]
THE “Red Rock Rummage: Fashion Meets Fundraising” event has been launched to raise money for new chairs for the community hall. Bookings for stalls close on 11 December and the Rummage takes place on Sunday 11 January. “Our goal is to purchase 80 new chairs so we can properly fit out our hall,” said Red […]
Marchers call for an end to violence against women and girls.
THE recent Reclaim the Night march in Coffs Harbour served as a harrowing reminder of the extent and impact of gender-based violence in the community. The statistics are wholly alarming. The Facebook page ‘Counting Dead Women’ has recorded 43 violent deaths of women so far this year in Australia and the NSW Rape Crisis Centre […]
The Reclaim the Night march in Coffs Harbour.
The Reclaim the Night march in Coffs Harbour. Community members came together to raise awareness of nighttime safety. THE Coffs Harbour “Reclaim the Night” march was well supported on Friday, 21 November, with more than 50 locals taking to the streets to demand an end to all forms of violence against women and children. The […]
THE state government launched the $20 million Aquaculture Industry Development Program on Monday, aiming to strengthen and expand the seafood industry’s economic contribution to NSW. The program is designed to boost productivity and increase sustainability across farming operations for oysters, mussels, kelp, and algae, plus freshwater and marine fish hatcheries and bioproducts. “By investing in […]
This Bumblebee Shrimp was spotted in the Woolgoolga rockpools. Photo Lillian Clementine.
This Bumblebee Shrimp was spotted in the Woolgoolga rockpools. Photo Lillian Clementine. An uncommon small-headed fly (Pterodontia davisi) at Never Never. There have been only eight recorded sightings in Australia. Photo Nick Lambert. This Bolas Spider was found in a Boambee backyard. Photo Alesha Teitzel. This Hermit Crab from Sandy Beach is only known by […]
Enrolments for the Accessible Filmmaking Program in Coffs Harbour are open now.
BUS Stop Films, the award-winning social enterprise disrupting the film industry, has renewed its partnership with Key Community Group to continue delivering its transformative Accessible Filmmaking Program in Coffs Harbour from 2026. The Saturday filmmaking classes will start in late January at Key Community Group’s extensive, accessible premises on West High Street. Since establishing in […]
The draft strategy includes a recommendation to replace the pool with a water-play park.
CITY of Coffs Harbour councillors will decide next Thursday whether to publicly release the draft Aquatic Facilities Strategy for the Local Government Area. Sawtell residents are already unhappy with an expected recommendation to turn their pool into a “water-play facility”. The proposal is to: “maintain Sawtell Pool as a local-level facility until Coffs Harbour War […]
