CHCAG Members Jocelyn Challis, Mary Abbott and President Ivinnie Brown. Christmas Hats competitors. President Sue Roberts with People’s Choice Winner Annie Houston. Christmas Hat winners Yvonne Smith and Ken Pay. People’s Choice from the 30 x 30 exhibition, ‘The Forest’ by Annie Houston. “SUMMER Time”, the last exhibition of the year for the Coffs Harbour […]
That’s a wrap: grape leaf harvesting day for refugees
The ingredients for making dolmas. Yazidi ladies cooking up in the Raleigh Winery kitchen. Picking the vine leaves. Raleigh Public School children at the Raleigh Winery. Everyone enjoying the fruits of the dolma making project. THE Narranga Public School Community Hub recently learned that many of its culturally diverse women members enjoy cooking but find […]
5/32 Victoria Street, Coffs Harbour is on the market with Unrealestate Coffs Coast
Address: 5/32 Victoria Street, Coffs HarbourPrice: $449,000Beds: 2, Bath: 1, Car: 1 NESTLED in a prime spot between the lively Coffs Harbour CBD and the vibrant Jetty precinct, 5/32 Victoria Street offers a superb lifestyle opportunity. This single-level, two-bedroom unit is one of only six in a neat and tidy complex, giving it a sense […]
Australian/French artist exhibition opens at Coffs Central before touring to France
Artist Janet Besançon. Je bulle librement (‘I bubble freely’) exhibition at Coffs Central Gallery. LIVING in Coffs Harbour, Australian/French artist Janet Besançon invites audiences into a world of colour, fragility, and reflection with her new exhibition Je bulle librement (‘I bubble freely’), presented at Coffs Central Gallery from 10 – 23 December 2025. Ms Besançon […]
Myths, Monsters and Martians at the National Cartoon Gallery
‘Myths, Monsters and Martians’ is the Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition. ‘Myths, Monsters and Martians’ is the Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition. ‘Myths, Monsters and Martians’ is the Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition. ‘Myths, Monsters and Martians’ is the Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition. THE National Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition “Myths, Monsters and Martians” opened this week in time […]
Contrasting the work of a 17th century Dutch artist to 1970s Papunya Tula artist, John Warrangkula Tjupurrula.
ArtsNational hosts ‘Aboriginal Art: from Rock Art to Today’
Contrasting the work of a 17th century Dutch artist to 1970s Papunya Tula artist, John Warrangkula Tjupurrula. Associate Professor Sally Butler spoke about ‘one of the greatest art movements’. The ArtsNational Coffs Coast Committee is celebrating a stellar year of arts talks. ARTSNATIONAL Coffs Coast recently hosted a talk by Associate Professor Sally Butler on […]
Mate pens poem in memory of Lieutenant Michael Fussell
DEFENCE Force veteran Brett Sprague never forgets the passing of his mate Lieutenant Michael Fussell in Afghanistan on 27 November 2008. Lieutenant Fussell, aged 25, was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was killed in action by an improvised explosive device (EID) detonation while conducting a dismounted patrol in Uruzgan province. Born […]
Bellingen’s film, food and music fundraiser for Palestine
BELLINGEN music teacher Emiliano Beltzer continues to assuage his feelings of despair and powerlessness over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by using music as a tool of expression. Together with a group of like-minded individuals he has created a fundraising night of live music, film and food on 12 December at Bellingen Memorial Hall. All the proceeds […]
Andrew Van Gaalen (Salvation Army), Dennis Pearce, Belinda Bastow (Mrs Santa), Justin Owens, Dominic Basilicata, Tracey Basilicata, Doc, Jim Skinner (Santa) Tracey Pearce, Wayne Brereton, Ash and Jill Beaton, Terry Milgate, Rick Green, Peter Engel, Brett Rogers and David Rogerson (Salvation Army).
Salvos Toy Run revs up in Coffs Harbour
Andrew Van Gaalen (Salvation Army), Dennis Pearce, Belinda Bastow (Mrs Santa), Justin Owens, Dominic Basilicata, Tracey Basilicata, Doc, Jim Skinner (Santa) Tracey Pearce, Wayne Brereton, Ash and Jill Beaton, Terry Milgate, Rick Green, Peter Engel, Brett Rogers and David Rogerson (Salvation Army). Santa Jim and Mrs Santa Belinda with their Harley-Davidsons tinselled up. THE 32nd […]
Coffs artist Seabastion Toast wins first stage of TV’s Portrait Artist of the Year
Portrait Artist of the Year judge Robert Wellington chats with Coffs artist Seabastion Toast. Courtney Act. The moment Courtney Act announced Seabastion Toast’s portrait as her favourite. COFFS Harbour artist Seabastion Toast has won the first stage of the new Portrait Artist of the Year (PAOTY) series. Aired on the ABC on 9 November (series […]
