DEAR Jasminda, I am doing a complete clean out of my home, but I can’t decide what to keep and what to cull. How do I make these decisions? Claudia D. Dear Claudia, I am the wrong person to ask about this. When I decide to clean my bedroom, I enter the zone of nostalgia. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE letters of Peter Sobey and Julia Merkel (NOTA Friday, 6 March) struck a resounding chord with me. Watching the Prime Minister mouthing Hansonisms like a puppet controlled from behind last week was simply embarrassing, so I Googled a couple of matters, i.e. how long have the so-called “Isis Brides” […]
DEAR News Of The Area, RESIDING in Nambucca Heads, the closest capital city is Brisbane. Being a civilised person I would like to travel in daytime hours, taking the train that leaves at approximately 3pm. However this train terminates at Casino and passengers must make a four hour indirect coach trip to Brisbane. The Transport […]
MACAULEY’S Headland is a well-known landmark in Coffs Harbour, with extensive views over the ocean, its walking tracks and nearby beach. Its name came from the area’s initial selector, Donald Macauley, who was born in Stornaway, on Lewis and Harris, the largest island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides archipelago. Initially, he migrated to Canada then came […]
DEAR News Of The Area, DESPITE what we might think of the oppressive regime in Iran, the US and Israel have been in breach of international law in the war they are conducting against that country. There was no imminent threat to the US and Israel as the Omani mediator of talks between the US […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE letter of 4 March 2026 from Steve Dobbyns, Chair and Director of Forest and Wood Communities Australia titled “We can’t transition to plantations overnight”, is a rolling ball of contradictions, false accusations and exaggerations. In his opening paragraph Mr Dobbyns identifies several comments he made in “an unpublished Forest […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to the letter on the ‘The lasting contribution of our lifeguards’ (NOTA, Friday 27 February 2026) and acknowledge Merrin Van Dartel’s positive comments in the NOTA of 6 March 2026. What an excellent article Greg Hackfath has provided on lifeguard services on the Coffs Coast. The article is […]
DEAR News Of The Area, MEMBERS of the public who use the pathway between Park Beach Plaza and Orlando Street may be aware there is a blind corner under the railbridge on that path. I have had a collision on my pushbike with another bike there myself and I am writing this to warn people […]
ANITA, a foreign citizen, has been living in Australia on a temporary visa and has been unsuccessful in obtaining a long-term visa. Anita meets an elderly Australian widower while volunteering at a neighbourhood community centre. Patrick is 85 years old and has lived alone since his wife died six years earlier. Anita initially visits regularly […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THEIR mothers were young and naive when they left Australia to marry ISIS fighters. They were barely children themselves. Allowing them to live in filth and squalor is a breeding ground for radicalisation, let alone shortening their lives due to malnourishment and disease. They are Australian citizens and above all […]
