BELLINGEN’S recent Taranta Festival, celebrating Italian and Mediterranean culture with sounds and flavours, offered authentic cultural experiences and ancestral healing through collective arts immersion. The community festival, held from 2-5 November, brought the community together through dance and song. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

MUCH-TRAVELLED artist Gareth Budge returns to his home city for his first exhibition at Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM). Entitled ‘When In Rome’, the exhibition is a photography series shot in Rome capturing the ever-changing form of urban ‘wildposting’. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your

SUMMER’S arrival is being celebrated by members of the Combine Street Community Garden through the Coffs Regional Community Gardens Association (CRCGA) on Sunday 26 November from 5pm. “Our pizza and music evening celebrates the start to summer gardening and the Christmas garden diary,” Peter ‘Lewie’ Lewis, president of CRCGA, told News

NSW PREMIER Chris Minns, Environment Minister Penny Sharpe, and Agriculture and Regional NSW Minister Tara Moriarty visited Coffs Harbour last Friday, November 3. They were initially at Bongil Bongil National Park to announce the establishment of three advisory panels to provide input to the creation of the Great Koala National

ONE of Coffs Harbour’s most visited natural assets will have its biodiversity improved as a partnership of key local agencies works to rejuvenate the bush. Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) has partnered with Envite Environment and the Gumbaynggirr Ranger team of the Ngiyambandigay Wajaarr Aboriginal Corporation (NWAC) to undertake weed management

URUNGA War Memorial is one of thirteen historical monuments across the state benefiting from repair and preservation work thanks to $124,239 of funding under Round 1 of the NSW Government’s Community War Memorials Fund. Bellingen Shire Council will receive $10,000 for conservation work to the Urunga War Memorial. Advertise with News of

WALKING 900 kilometres from Byron to Sydney, Jonathan Woods is on a mission to raise $5,000 for the Cancer Council. He’s chosen a coastal route and is traversing beaches he describes as “undiscovered gems”. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us -

THE NORTH Coast Chapter of the Fellowship of First Fleeters, a social group comprising descendants from the First Fleet, hosted an historical talk at its latest bi-monthly meeting. Held at Red Rock, the guest speaker for the day was Dee Murphy, an archaeologist and botanist specialising in the use of various

SHERRY, a song forever associated with the distinctive voice of Frank Valli will be blasted out across the Coffs Coast, when a local singer is found to play the lead part in a production of Jersey Boys planned for May 2024. Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four

THE COFFS Coast Elder Abuse Prevention Collaborative is holding an event for seniors covering the wider issue of safety. The Coffs Harbour Older Women's Network (CHOWN) is a member of the re-established Coffs Coast Elder Abuse Collaborative. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message