A DRAFT Coastal Management Program (CMP) for the Central Coffs Estuaries is now on public exhibition until 26 November. The CMP looks at the threats and opportunities for the coastal zone of Moonee Creek, Pine Brush Creek, Jordans Creek, Coffs Creek and Boambee/Newports Creek. At its meeting on 23 October, City of Coffs Harbour Council […]

Cockspur coral tree. Long-leaf willow primrose. INVASIVE plants like Cockspur Coral Tree, Seeded Banana and Long Leaf Willow Primrose will set seeds and spread throughout the region in coming months, posing threats to native vegetation, local waterways and biodiversity. New warning signs can be seen in Urunga, Fernmount, Thora and Darkwood, as Bellingen Shire Council […]

THE Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centre, operated by Health Voyage, celebrated Women’s Health Week 2025 from 1-5 September. It organised a series of events designed to bring women together, share knowledge, foster connections, and promote wellbeing at every stage of life. Starting off the week was a talk entitled “How to talk to your kids […]

COFFS Harbour Kart Racing Club members and the wider community have come together trackside to celebrate the grand opening of newly upgraded facilities. Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said it was an important moment for the hardworking Club members who have brought the project to fruition. “This new facility is now the nation’s best […]

IF you’ve ever needed a reason to step outside, tilt your head back, and marvel at the heavens, August is it. This month, the night sky becomes a stage for some of the most breathtaking celestial performances you’re likely to witness in years – and here in Australia, we have front-row seats. It all began […]

CITY of Coffs Harbour Council has given in-principle support for the reinstatement of the 1923 Woolgoolga and District Great War Memorial, which disappeared from public sight last century. The 4.4-metre tall sandstone and granite structure was dismantled in 1999 and has lain in storage since, with the Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch and Rotary working together for […]

FARMERS, their families and workers are returning home safely after a day on the land due to stronger quad bike safety standards, but tougher enforcement could save even more lives. Quad bikes have long been a leading cause of deaths on farms, with 10 fatalities in 2024 and 46 reports of injuries, according to Farmsafe […]

Participants displayed a great degree of skill. During weather emergencies Marine Rescue NSW can be requested to assist by NSW SES. Marine Rescue NSW multi-purpose vessels were used in the exercise. Marine Rescue NSW volunteers from seven units across the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast took part in the Red Rock exercise. Participants from […]

THE Jetty Foreshore was the subject of an extraordinary City of Coffs Harbour meeting on Monday 30 June called by councillors Paul Amos, Julie Sechi, Tony Judge and Jonathan Cassell. Cr Amos began the two-and-a-half hour meeting by moving a motion (seconded by Cr Judge) containing three points: 1. For Council to confirm it wishes […]

LONG before observatories dotted the land and satellites blinked overhead, the First Peoples of Australia were reading the stars. For over 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have looked to the sky – not for abstraction, but for connection, direction, and survival. Theirs is the oldest continuous astronomical tradition on Earth. To these […]