STUDENTS from five Northern Beaches schools have hit the stage for the first “Gawbarri garluguna - Gather become one” creative arts showcase. More than 500 public school student performers, and many more helping behind the scenes, worked incredibly hard to perform before a sold-out audience at the Wiigulga Sports Complex on

TOORMINA Public School’s trivia team has done it again, winning the Rotary Club of Sawtell’s “famous” annual fundraiser. The Toormi Tropics were presented with the Highgrove Bathroom Cup for the highest scoring team as well as the third overall trivia prize. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

THE Great Southern BioBlitz (GSBB) citizen science nature project is back and Coffs Harbour is looking to retain its place as one of the top regions in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2023, the area had the highest number of identified species uploaded to the iNaturalist app. Advertise with News of The Area

A COMMUNITY of surfers in Sawtell has staged a “sit-in” after Council stopped them relocating a picnic table from the top of Boambee Headland to a nearby site with special meaning. Their preferred location is 200 metres away on the edge of the footpath from Boambee Creek to Sawtell Beach. Advertise with

MACQUARIE University's Widening Participation Unit (WPU) is hosting a Community Science Night in Coffs Harbour on Thursday, 19 September. This free event is for all local schools, students of all ages and their parents/carers, and is aimed at anyone interested in science. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

PINK Silks Trust has donated $27,000 worth of equipment to Coffs Harbour Health Campus' loan pool for palliative care patients. It includes two electric nursing care beds, two bedside rails, four wheelchairs, two foldable walking frames, two mobile shower chairs, two commode seats, two commode accessories, two commode pans, two pressure-relieving

AROUND 500 public sector nurses and midwives in Coffs Harbour joined a statewide twelve-and-a-half-hour strike for improved pay on Tuesday. The renewed strike action comes after demands for a fifteen percent wage increase were knocked back by the State Government. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

STORM Season is approaching and SES Corindi-Woolgoolga is prepared. While storms and floods can happen at any time, there is a greater chance of them occurring in NSW between September and April. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981