AS logging protests continue in earnest across the Mid North Coast, Member for Bathurst Paul Toole moved a notice of motion in NSW Parliament last week to protect the livelihoods of timber workers and the industry’s contribution to the economy. Concerns are held for the future of native forestry in NSW as Labor considers following...
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A CEREMONY marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War will be broadcast nationally on August 18. On January 11, 1973, the Governor General Sir Paul Hasluck signed the documents that ended Australia’s participation in the Vietnam War. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message...
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COFFS Coast tourism offers and business owners were voted tops across numerous categories at the North Coast Tourism Awards. The gold, silver and bronze award winners were announced on Thursday 27 July at Plantation House, part of Tropical Fruit World, in the Tweed. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your...
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COMMEMORATING the life of botanical legend, the late Alex Floyd, a group of his friends and long-time fellow residents at Marian Grove Retirement Village in Toormina, gathered in the property’s lovely gardens to plant two trees marked with a plaque. As part of National Tree Day, on Sunday 30 July, members of Coffs Harbour Regional...
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THE old saying about walking a mile in someone’s shoes before you can truly understand them is what encouraged Jacqui Parker and Nicole Laupepa to start the ‘Walking Together Project’. It is aimed at giving young people from all cultural backgrounds the tools they need to walk with First Nations Australians in unity. Advertise with...
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THE question on everybody’s lips has been answered. Residents and visitors alike are invited by the City of Coffs Harbour to attend the official opening of Yarrila Place, the new building housing a state-of-the-art museum, art gallery, library and the council’s offices, on Saturday 16 September 2023. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s...
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ON Friday September 1, the Rotary Club of Sawtell’s famous trivia fundraiser is back and set to test your knowledge and question your wits in the good cause of bringing in dollars for projects close to the club’s heart. Monies raised go towards the Rotary Club of Sawtell’s schools program to buy books for local...
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STILL National Still Life Award, the biennial art prize to be exhibited in Yarrila Gallery Coffs Harbour later this year, has announced its finalists for 2023. Korora Bay artist Peggy Zephyr is amongst them. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882....
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ARTISTS in the Garden this Sunday 6 August, is all about Basquiat. “For this month’s meeting the focus is on the gifted American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,” Artists in the Garden director Tammy Mills-Thom told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us...
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TENDER loving care was the order of the day on Sunday 30 July as Korora Landcare marked National Tree Day planting about forty coastal acacias and callistemons, allocasuarinas and acacias on a site it has been restoring. “This year we met at one of our newer worksites, Hills Beach Coffs Coastal Regional Park,” Simon Proust,...
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