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THE inaugural Australian Children’s Content Summit is being hosted in Coffs Harbour as a three-day event from Tuesday 29 August to Thursday 31 August, 2023. The event will bring together Australian and international delegates from the children’s and family entertainment industry at the city’s Pacific Bay Resort. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s...

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FM GLENN Constructions of Coffs Harbour has won six awards at the Master Builders Association (MBA) 2023 Northern Regions Excellence in Building Awards, held in Ballina on Saturday 27 May. Entering four projects – The Shoreline, The Link Gardens, Sawtell RSL Club Renovations and Refurbishment and the Coffs Harbour Golf Club Renovations and Refurbishment –...

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FROM the staffroom to the classroom, there are few names in mathematics which generate excitement in a school like Eddie Woo. The highly-regarded mathematics educator visited Orara High School on Thursday, June 1, and engaged in interactive workshops with students and teachers Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business....

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THE Happy Boxes Project in Toormina has been awarded a People of Post grant of $1,000 having been successfully nominated by Bonville Post Office in Australia Post’s annual grant program. “Being successful in the People of Post Grant will help us to continue providing a culturally safe space for truth telling stories, healing, connectedness, and...

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AFTER three years of absence, two because of COVID restrictions and last year because of heavy rain, the Orara Valley Fair is back on Monday June 12 with an abundance of attractions including more than 56 food and market stalls, helicopter and tractor and pony rides, the ‘Snake Man’ and woodchopping. The huge amount of...

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SAWTELL Art Group’s 35th Annual Exhibition committee is calling for entry forms to be submitted by Sunday 18 June with delivery of works to the gallery on Sunday 25 June between 10am and 3pm. The exhibition opens on Saturday 8 July. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message...

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LOCAL Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) radio personalities, Michael ‘Moffee’ Moffett from Triple M Coffs Coast 106.3 and Ben Stevenson from HIT 105.5 Coffs Coast, have teamed up with Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce to promote local businesses supporting the upcoming C.ex Community Crew Sleep Out. The Sleep Out is a fundraising effort where participants bed...

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“SUSTAINABILITY is now business as usual.” That was the message to attendees from Nicole McLennan, Section Leader, Economic Development and Tourism for the City of Coffs Harbour at a 6 Degrees seminar at the National Cartoon Gallery on June 1. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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TWO TAFE NSW graduates attending the Coffs Harbour campus have been recognised for their exceptional achievements at the TAFE NSW Excellence Awards for the North region last week. Bellingen student Elisabeth Cross took home TAFE Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Schools Student of the Year and Coffs Harbour’s Jonah Blackburn was awarded school-based Apprentice/Trainee...

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COFFS Harbour Regional Landcare (CHRL) President Barry Powells keenly welcomed volunteer teams of planters from John Paul College (JPC) Coffs Harbour, City of Coffs Harbour’s Coastal Work bush regeneration team members and GeoLINK staff, who gathered on Boambee Headland on Tuesday 23 May to plant over 400 trees. Some 200 trees were once again donated...

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