CITY of Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams, will lead the local contribution to National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday, 21 May. Cr Williams will read “The Truck Cat” between 10.30-11.30am at the Harry Bailey Memorial Library at Yarrila Place, Coffs Harbour. National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). […]
Tea Time with Breast Cancer Buddies Support Group
THE Breast Cancer Buddies Support Group in Coffs Harbour is hosting a “Tea, Treats and Togetherness” event at the Botanic Gardens, in support of Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser. Everyone is invited to this gathering on Wednesday, 21 May from 10am to 12pm, which will bring the community together to celebrate and support the […]
Sharing the woodblocking art of Hiroshige at ArtsNational
Dr Olive with ArstNational Coffs Coast’s secretary, Natacha Borecky. The ‘silence of snow’ as Dr Olive described Hiroshige’s technical brilliance. Snow at Akashi by Hiroshige. ARTSNATIONAL Coffs Coast’s April arts talk featured the work of Japanese woodblock master and innovator, Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Titled “Hiroshige’s Woodblock Masterpieces and the Japanese Sensibility for Snow”, it was […]
Coffs’ team The Mad Hatters gearing up for the Mystery Box Rally
The car being raced in the Mystery Box Rally 2025. Laura Orr and her dad Steve Parkin in 2024, winning the Best Dressed team award. Photo: Mystery Box Rally. Laura Orr and Steve on the finish line in 2024. LAURA Orr and her dad Steve Parkin are preparing for their second Mystery Box Rally. The […]
Coffs Harbour City Orchestra play Potpourri concert
A FREE “warm-up” concert at Marian Grove Retirement Village on Saturday the 24 May will be performed by the Coffs Harbour City Orchestra. Called Potpourri, the concert features a mix of musical items from a range of genres; Jazz (Duke Ellington), Big Band medleys, Musicals and Opera (The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Carmen), Movies […]
Community craft project on display in Woolgoolga
The Easter display installation. The Easter display installation. The Easter display installation. THE Easter holiday weekend provided the ideal conditions to showcase a Community Craft Project in the heart of Woolgoolga. Visitors and locals alike were greeted with a veritable inundation of handmade daffodils and butterflies. In the weeks leading up to Easter, students from […]
Stinker’s Fishin’: Much to learn
I TOOK the opportunity over the past couple of weeks to return to my hometown of Tweed Heads where unsurprisingly I found plenty of time to go fishing. The old family home is situated on the Terranora Lakes, fed by the Tweed River, some five kilometres (km) from the river mouth. A pontoon in […]

Stinker’s Fishin’: Protecting our turtles
AROUND this time last year, it was reported that over 40 turtles had died in Port Stephens between October and December as a result of boat and jet ski strike, ingestion of plastics and entanglement in fishing line and crab traps. This was an alarming figure as we, as a community, had made a […]