THE Phillips family took over the Coffs Hotel on 4 March 1996 and from their first year have supported community sports including football, rugby league and union, cricket, netball, hockey, horse racing and a Sikh tug of war team. In his first year at the pub, Marty Phillips recalls being approached

  OPENED ON 1 APRIL 1937, the Coffs Hotel this week celebrates a remarkable 85 year history which started in 1908 when a penniless 12-year-old boy from Greece travelled alone to Sydney on a German boat to reunite with his brother. The frightened boy, who couldn’t speak a word of English, nervously

  THE Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF) program for 2022 was unveiled at The Jetty Theatre, last Friday night, March 18. More than 200 people wined and dined while they perused the 80-page, full-colour program. The Festival Trailer that will screen before each film was unveiled as well as trailers for a number

  THE Coffs Hotel will take a trip back in time to 1937 on Friday 1 April as the iconic local hotel celebrates its 85th anniversary. Long-serving Publican Marty Phillips is excited to welcome punters to the Hotel for the celebrations, and hopes the community will get into the spirit of the

  THIS Sunday, 27 March, sees the Coffs Harbour City Orchestra back and playing after a long break owing to pandemic disruptions. Starting at 2pm, the ‘In the Beginning’ concert will be a musical celebration of overtures and preludes in the ambience of the Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens. Josh Jeremy from Coffs Harbour

  How would you best describe a dining experience at the Par-Tee Bistro, Sawtell Golf Club? “Par-Tee Bistro at Sawtell Golf Club offers a laid back and friendly dining atmosphere, offering great views of our course from the club’s verandah. “Tied in with some yummy dishes including steaks, schnitzels and burgers, hot and

  OUR seniors are a very valuable part of our community here in Nambucca Valley and they live in a diverse range of circumstances. Some live in the family home or have independently ‘downsized’, some are rural and others town-based, while others live in retirement villages, assisted living and in-home care situations. In

  THE Shoreline Retirement Village and Aged Care Residence is currently under construction with completion expected later this year. The Shoreline is conveniently located a short walk from Park Beach Plaza with supermarkets, shops, and medical suits in one direction and stunning Macauleys Headland offering coastal walks in the other. Despite ongoing delays

  CAREXCELL Community Care is delighted to announce that we are now able to provide Out of Hospital Care to our local community. There are three new programs: - COMPACKS: providing six weeks of care after discharge from hospital - Safe and Supported at Home (SASH): assisting people with services while they are waiting

  TWENTY years ago, Oak Tree Group founders – economist Mark Bindon and lawyer Franco De Pasquale – chose the oak tree as a powerful and aspirational symbol for their dynamic new business. The partners were ahead of their time when they recognised that retiring Australians, particularly those in outer suburbs and