NORTH Coast students from 73 public schools came together on 25 and 26 May for the area’s fifth Compass Music Festival – a major NSW public schools music event celebrating young performers in Years 3 to 12. Presented by the NSW Department of Education’s The Arts Unit, the Compass Music Festival took place over two […]
Showground Gallery Art Prize People's Choice winner, Christine Train, with her winning work.
COFFS Harbour Creative Arts Group’s (CHCAG) newest exhibition “Monochrome” was opened by the Club President, Sue Roberts, on Saturday 30 May at the Showground Art Gallery. In welcoming members and visitors to the show, Ms Roberts remarked on how CHCAG members had excelled with this exhibition. “The way they have interpreted the Monochrome theme is […]
Landslip at Gordonville Crossing on Waterfall Way.
A CAMPAIGN is under way calling for recognition of Waterfall Way’s critical importance to people, businesses and emergency service providers across the Mid North Coast. Bellingen Shire Council has lodged its submission on the Draft North Coast Strategic Regional Integrated Transport Plan 2026, calling for stronger recognition of the Shire’s transport resilience priorities. It is […]
Town Team Movement Ltd received an FRRR grant funded by the Future Drought Fund to build community resilience to drought in WA’s Wheatbelt Central region.
MORE than $3,000,000 in grants is now available to empower eligible agriculture-dependent communities to prepare for drought by building and maintaining their social resilience. This is the second round of funding to be delivered by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) through the Future Drought Fund’s (FDF) Communities Program, which is funded by […]
JUDY Harrison is worried that renters are being unfairly disadvantaged by the application of an un-mandated housing affordability metric by property managers. She moderates the Housing Rentals Coffs Coast social media group, which has more than 20,000 members, and she has seen a worrying trend. Ms Harrison says more single mothers, and other vulnerable groups, […]
The unsealed section of Summervilles Road. Photo: Bellingen Shire Council.
A $30 MILLION NSW Government investment will deliver long-awaited upgrades to Summervilles and Gordonville roads in the Bellingen Shire. These roads serve as alternate routes when Waterfall Way is closed between Bellingen and Dorrigo, as was the case when Waterfall Way was closed for nine weeks earlier this year. Transport for NSW will work alongside […]
Volunteers who contributed to the birthing kit project.
Volunteers who contributed to the birthing kit project. Zonta Area 3 Director Kate Magee. Bellingen High School students Hannah, Laura and Mollie. Community members assembling the birthing kits. COFFS Coast community organisations have come together to assemble hundreds of “birthing kits” for women having home births in remote regions of the developing world. Members of […]
Chris Hansen. Probus Club secretary Natalie Sheaves and chairman John Williams. PROBUS Club of Coffs City members were regaled with tales of the aviation industry from guest speaker Chris Hansen at their recent annual general meeting (AGM). Mr Hansen said he realised at the tender age of four that he was born to fly. However, […]
The ‘Big Morning Tea’ raised $565 for cancer support. Home made samosas and scones were a hit in the cold and wet weather. THIRTY years after first opening its doors, the Woolgoolga Neighbourhood Centre has celebrated not only its history, but the community spirit that continues to sustain it. Despite torrential rain throughout the day, […]
Best dressed dog: Smudge the Blue Cow with his family. Photo: Kate Pye. Best Owner and Dog Look-Alike: Chilli the fairy with her family. Photo: Kate Pye. Runner up: Billy the St. George Illawarra Dragon with his family. Photo: Kate Pye. THE Coramba Hotel’s Sharp Dressed Doggo Competition brought out the valley’s most fashionable four-legged […]
