ARTS Mid North Coast has launched MAKE/SPACE, a new creative initiative designed to bring art to life in unexpected places. It offers two distinct opportunities for the region’s artists. MAKE/SPACE is a program of two-week shopfront activations in which artists create, exhibit, or host workshops in public-facing spaces, while COMPACT is a small works exhibition. […]
The original pedestrian bridge at Moonee Beach was closed in November 2022 due to public safety concerns.
THE State Government will partner with the Coffs Coast Regional Park Trust and Reflections Holidays to collectively fund $500,000 to undertake detailed design work and obtain planning approvals on a replacement pedestrian bridge at Moonee Beach. Crown Lands will contribute $350,000, the Coffs Coast Regional Park Trust – representing City of Coffs Harbour and the […]
Cancer Council NSW is hosting a free financial and legal support clinic in Coffs Harbour.
CANCER Council NSW is hosting a free financial and legal support clinic for Coffs Harbour locals on 9-10 September at Norm Jordan Pavilion. Funded by a grant from the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation, the clinic will support cancer patients to prepare legal documents such as wills, Enduring Power of Attorney, and Appointment of Enduring Guardian. […]
City of Coffs Harbour’s lifeguard service might be outsourced. Photo: City of Coffs Harbour Lifeguards.
WHEN the City of Coffs Harbour’s councillors passed a motion to adopt a recommendation in a confidential report concerning lifeguard services, it triggered an angry response from the United Services Union (USU) and costly court action. The union condemned Council for “allegedly making a secret decision to outsource its Beach Lifeguard Service, without proper consultation […]
CITY of Coffs Harbour is now working to “digitise and align” its legacy planning maps. Two years ago the NSW Government implemented a new suite of land use zones (known as Employment Zones) which replaced the existing business and industrial categories in all local environmental plans in NSW, including the Coffs Harbour Local Environmental Plan […]
Councillor Tony Judge thinks the City is missing an opportunity to develop ‘strong measures’ to reduce homelessness.
COUNCILLOR Tony Judge has branded the draft City of Coffs Harbour Homelessness Strategy as a “missed opportunity” to collaborate with service providers and the State Government on “strong measures” to reduce homelessness. “The draft strategy is an excellent piece of research that identifies the extent of homelessness in the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area,” Cr […]
City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams, commemoration organiser Elias Elias, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh and event speaker Asaad Aldakh.
Young Yazidi women who experienced the genocide tell their story. Coffs Harbour Yazidis gather to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the genocide in Sinjar. A Yazidi woman views photos of those lost or killed in the genocide. Many photos of lost or murdered family members were shared at the commemoration. MOURNFUL wailing filled the room […]
Coffs Coast Tourism award winners and finalists with Coffs MP Gurmesh Singh.
Coffs Coast Tourism award winners and finalists with Coffs MP Gurmesh Singh. Bellingen’s The Belfry Manager Rowan Simon. THE Coffs Coast fared well in the 2025 North Coast Regional Tourism Awards with Bellingen’s The Belfry guesthouse winning the Hosted Accommodation award for the second consecutive year. Attending the awards night in Byron Bay, manager Rowan […]
Cheryl Dal Pozzo and Margaret Duffus with the tea service. Captain William Whaites and wife Emily Bayldon. CHERYL Dal Pozzo (nee Whaites), a descendant of Captain William Whaites, has gifted the Nambucca Headland Museum a silver tea service presented to her great grandparents by the Nambucca River community in 1889. The engraved set, which when […]
The Sea World Foundation team with the seal at Coffs Harbour boat ramp.
Last year’s Show and Shine at Park Beach Plaza. Photo: Mike Camilleri. The Sea World Foundation team with the seal at Coffs Harbour boat ramp. A JUVENILE New Zealand Fur Seal has been returned to the Solitary Islands off Coffs Harbour after just over six weeks of rehabilitation for a severe shark bite. The young […]
