It would not be the Winter Solstice festival without a bonfire. Fire twirling at the Winter Solstice celebration. THE Boambee East Community Centre’s free Winter Solstice family festival returns on Saturday 20 June 2026. The festival, which celebrates the shortest day and longest night of the year, is now in its 10th year. Throughout the […]
New for Coffs Running Festival - the free Kids and Families run/walk.
C.EX GROUP Coffs Harbour Running Festival has introduced a free Kids and Families 1km run/walk thanks to funding from Mid North Coast Community Health Fund. The Healthy Communities Mid North Coast grant has allowed the running festival organisers to add a free, fully inclusive one-kilometre event designed for children and families to run or walk […]
LifeWalk26 participants on their way.
LifeWalk26 participants on their way. Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams (second from left) with LifeHouse Care staff Leah Partington, Tessa Spry and Justine Campbell. Donuts at the halfway point, by the base of Muttonbird Island. Community walkers Jono and Ruth Jones. LIFEHOUSE Care’s major annual fundraiser, LifeWalk, took place on Saturday 30 May around Coffs’ […]
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 […]
Town Team Movement Ltd received an FRRR grant funded by the Future Drought Fund to build community resilience to drought in WA’s Wheatbelt Central region.
MORE than $3,000,000 in grants is now available to empower eligible agriculture-dependent communities to prepare for drought by building and maintaining their social resilience. This is the second round of funding to be delivered by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) through the Future Drought Fund’s (FDF) Communities Program, which is funded by […]
Volunteers who contributed to the birthing kit project.
Volunteers who contributed to the birthing kit project. Zonta Area 3 Director Kate Magee. Bellingen High School students Hannah, Laura and Mollie. Community members assembling the birthing kits. COFFS Coast community organisations have come together to assemble hundreds of “birthing kits” for women having home births in remote regions of the developing world. Members of […]
The ‘Big Morning Tea’ raised $565 for cancer support. Home made samosas and scones were a hit in the cold and wet weather. THIRTY years after first opening its doors, the Woolgoolga Neighbourhood Centre has celebrated not only its history, but the community spirit that continues to sustain it. Despite torrential rain throughout the day, […]
Best dressed dog: Smudge the Blue Cow with his family. Photo: Kate Pye. Best Owner and Dog Look-Alike: Chilli the fairy with her family. Photo: Kate Pye. Runner up: Billy the St. George Illawarra Dragon with his family. Photo: Kate Pye. THE Coramba Hotel’s Sharp Dressed Doggo Competition brought out the valley’s most fashionable four-legged […]
Dave Gentle at the natural frog breeding site beside a tributary of the Orara River.
Dave Gentle with one of his tadpoles. Photo: Kate Pye. A man-made frogpond. Photo: Kate Pye. Dave Gentle at the natural frog breeding site beside a tributary of the Orara River. An endangered Giant Barred Frog found on Dave’s property on April 23. Photo: supplied, Xavier Gentle with the endangered Giant Barred Frog on the […]
Members of the Blue Motorcycle Project meet to launch the bike they affectionately call ‘Red Hill Rat’.
Members of the Blue Motorcycle Project meet to launch the bike they affectionately call ‘Red Hill Rat’. The eye-catching Blue Motorcycle on Red Hill. MENTAL health and suicide prevention initiative, the Blue Motorcycle Project, has erected a second blue bike on the Coffs Coast. Installed on Red Hill, it overlooks the banana clad slopes, the […]
