DEAR News Of The Area, AS a young child I remember the wind-blown weedy rubbish-strewn wastelands that covered the public Garlambirla sacred lands at the Jetty Foreshore. Over the last 43 or more years I have watched the remarkable transformation of this place by Jetty Dunecare to one of incredible life, beauty, wonder, health and […]
DEAR News Of The Area, HERE we go again. At the Coffs Harbour Mid North Coast Cancer Institute, the superficial ortho voltage radiotherapy unit used to treat complex skin cancers, mainly in the elderly, has reached the end of its life and is not going to be replaced. However, the same situation has arisen in […]
DEAT News Of The Area, PHIL, a motorcyclist from Coffs, found my wallet last Saturday with my licence, a dozen other cards and $300 cash in it on Pine Creek Way, Bonville. He returned it to my neighbour at Waterside Gardens. He is obviously a man of integrity and principles. On thanking him he wouldn’t […]
DEAR News Of The Area, PROPERTY and Development NSW has just released technical reports supporting the rezoning of land currently zoned RE1 Public Recreation and SP2 Infrastructure to allow for the construction of multi-storey development on Government-owned land at the Coffs Harbour Foreshores. One of the reports is a Coastal Risk Management Assessment by consultants […]
DEAR News Of The Area, TO Jeffrey Cox, in reply to your previous letter. Like you, I am not completely happy with the Labor Party or any political party for that matter. And I cannot comment on all the assertions that you made in your previous letter. However, with regards to the cost of establishing […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE XPT service from Grafton to Sydney has been taken off the rails and replaced with coaches for twelve months. Pensioners, seniors, students without a car and children all rely on this daylight service. The majority of these people would prefer to travel by train for the comfort it provides […]
DEAR News Of The Area, JETTY Dunecare Group Inc is the longest continually serving group in Australia, operating for over 43 years now. Dunecare has worked hard to turn our Jetty Foreshore from an open, windblown wasteland with lots of weeds and rubbish into a sheltered, much-loved and beautiful public space with critically endangered littoral […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Property Development NSW webinar regarding the proposed Jetty Foreshores redevelopment was an eye-opener. With the presenters talking a great deal about the extensive community consultation process that has been undertaken to date, one would have expected that the City of Coffs Harbour poll from September 2024 would get a […]
DEAR News Of The Area, HAVING reviewed the final State Assessed Planning Proposal for the Jetty Foreshores, I note that nothing whatsoever has been amended to address the major safety issues associated with the significantly increased traffic that will inevitably result from the proposed multi-storey residential development and holiday accommodation. There are only two access […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to Trigg Minerals CEO Andre Booyzen’s claims (14 May) regarding antimony exploration on the Dorrigo Plateau, the Clarence Catchment Alliance (CCA) urges clarity: this is not about being anti-mining. We are not a fringe group, and we are not misinformed. We are a community led regional alliance of […]
