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 […]
A fencing demonstration by the Duellists Fencing Club Coffs Harbour.
The top five cats in the Neutered Short Hair category. The winner was a Russian Blue (second from left). A fencing demonstration by the Duellists Fencing Club Coffs Harbour. Cookery judge Gloria Hyatt tests the scones. Winner of the Best Scone, Ben Boyce. Banana Growers Association members Wally Gately, David Pike and Liz Knoblock. The […]
Robyn Little and Fran Stephenson.
Robyn Little and Fran Stephenson. Rotary members Brian Leiper, John Walker, Geoff Pollack and Terry Maguire. Board member Gary Bianco with his wife, Ann. Gallery board members Melanie Zander and Graham Lockett. Jeff Swan and volunteer Warren New. Gallery board members and Rotary friends Kris Maguire, Julianne McKeon, Paul McKeon, Carol Lockett, Gallery president Graham […]
Bald Archy 2026 winner Emperor Australis by Mark Davis. Amyl and the Wiggles by Kate Bowditch. The Fungals by Cindy Mortyn. Self Reflection by Michelle Commandeur. AUSTRALIA’S most irreverent portrait award, The Bald Archy, opens at the National Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour on 24 April. Created in 1994 by the late Peter Batey OAM, […]
Surviving taxi driver, BJ. Only a Prayer away. Soupbowl. We’re not in Kansas anymore. MID North Coast artist Julie Byers will open her new exhibition “Call and Response” at Bellingen’s Nexus Community Gallery on Sunday 26 April, between noon and 2pm. A collage and poetry exhibition, it reflects on Hurricane Katrina, 20 years after the […]
Ensemble Trivium will perform in Coffs Harbour.
COFFS Harbour Music Society will host Ensemble Trivium in concert on Friday 24 April at John Paul College Theatre. The vibrant collective of some of Brisbane’s leading musicians – flautist Monika Koerner, violinist Anne Horton and violist Yoko Okayasu – is renowned for creating exhilarating concert experiences. “It is a great pleasure to continue to […]
Urunga Raiders and Bello Bats Under 13s Boys playing a friendly match on the new field. Photo: Jessica Miller.
Bellingen Football Club President and long-time volunteer Phil Lynch posing with his lifetime member t-shirt/jersey. Photo: Jessica Miller. Urunga Raiders and Bello Bats Under 13s Boys playing a friendly match on the new field. Photo: Jessica Miller. BELLINGEN’S Connell Park Sporting Precinct reopened with a flourish on 11 April, after unexpected delays to its refurbishment […]
Red dog in corn paddock 1991 by Guy Gilmour.
Red dog in corn paddock 1991 by Guy Gilmour. Paddock etiquette by Guy Gilmour. GUY Gilmour will be the guest artist of Gleanreagh’s annual “Cedar and Steam” exhibition in June. Curator and artist Honi Reifler confirmed his attendance. “Glenreagh is blessed to have a man of such incredible talent hang a retrospective display,” she said. […]
Tamar Qasim Jardo from Iraq.
Ariet Ombali Odola from Africa. Thang Ngaih Cin from Asia. Tamar Qasim Jardo from Iraq. Okra inspired the food offering. Guests mingling at the National Cartoon Gallery. A SPECIAL community event titled “A Whole Lot of Okra” was held at National Cartoon Gallery on Tuesday, 17 March. The evening was organised by the North Coast […]
