THE fifth instalment of the Great Southern BioBlitz (GSBB) citizen science survey has come to an end and once again the Coffs Harbour region has performed well. Coffs placed third for total species recorded with 2438 (2305 last year) and sixth for the total of observations with 9101 (8244 last year). Advertise with News of...
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THE Pump for Parkinson’s fundraiser is back for the eighth year. On Thursday, 24 October, the Bailey Centre Liberty Service Station will contribute ten cents per litre of fuel sold, to support the Parkinson’s Coffs Harbour Nurses Fund. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us...
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MEMBERS of Korora VIEW Club are calling on the community to give generously this Anti-Poverty Week, 13-19 October, and to consider sponsoring a child through the national education charity The Smith Family. Korora VIEW Club helps three children through The Smith Family’s Learning for Life education support program, which provides families with long term educational,...
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A GENEROUS $15,000 donation to Coffs Harbour Health Campus’s Colposcopy Clinic from the Pink Silks Perpetual Trust has enabled the purchase of specialised equipment to enhance the clinic’s gynaecology services. The donation underscores the ongoing commitment of the local charity to provide practical support to women’s health in the Coffs Coast community. Advertise with News...
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TOURISM Research Australia (TRA) has released figures for the 2023 and 2024 years, revealing impressive visitor growth for the Coffs Coast. The TRA report shows there were 885,000 domestic overnight visitors per year to Coffs Harbour in the two-year average for 2023-24, a near 20 percent jump on 2022-23. Advertise with News of The Area...
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TO mark Breast Cancer Awareness month this October local breast cancer survivor paddling club, Dragons Abreast Coffs Coast, is holding a Field of Women event. It is a visual display of pink lady and blue men silhouettes symbolising the over 20,000 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Advertise with News of The Area today....
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THE Coffs Harbour Veteran Vintage and Classic Car Club (CHVVCC) will celebrate its 50th year by hosting the 2024 “Great Eastland Hub Rally” in Coffs Harbour over the weekend of 26-27 October. The rally is an annual gathering of four vintage car clubs from Taree, Tamworth, Armidale and Coffs Harbour, with members of similar clubs...
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RETIREE Simon from Sawtell reckons he’s got another year of providing free food to the hungry of Coffs Harbour. For the past nine months he’s been giving away hot sausage snacks from a table he sets up on the pavement alongside the Woollies car park in the city. Advertise with News of The Area today....
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COFFS Harbour Daybreak Rotary Club’s Rymarine 2024 program is now at capacity with 23 students participating. For four days at the end of October the teenagers will be immersed in marine science activities with a view to whetting their appetites for a future career or inspire an ocean related hobby. Advertise with News of The...
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COUNTING has concluded on the Jetty Foreshores poll which ran alongside the 14 September council election. The question asked was as follows: “The Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore will be redeveloped. Do you agree that some of the foreshore land should be used for multi-level private residential development?” A total of 68.68 percent of votes chose...
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