COFFS Harbour pop-rock band Unison has achieved a remarkable milestone as their singles 'Rollin' and 'Get out of Bed' have made it to the UK's Heritage Top 50 chart. Bass guitarist and singer Marty Bouma attributed the overseas success to the band’s drummer. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

HIGH school students are invited to enter a short, one-minute, film competition that gets them thinking about how government works. Called Parli-Flicks the film-making competition is open to years 7 to 12 with entries required by midnight Friday 7 August 2023. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

PERSONAL stories have seeded the creation of artworks at the new exhibitions showing at Nexus Gallery, Bellingen. The official opening welcomes visitors at 2pm Sunday 16 July, with a month-long show closing on Friday 11 August. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

The Coffs Harbour Creative Arts Group (CHCAG) will host its annual fundraiser for the Coffs Harbour & Clarence CanDo Cancer Trust at 2pm on Sunday 16 July, at the Coffs Harbour Showground Gallery. One hundred percent of the proceeds generated by the event will go to help support CanDo’s

GREAT artistic accomplishment by two Indigenous creatives on the Coffs Coast has been recognised through a statewide scholarship program. Marley Morgan, who lives in Glenreagh and Bernard Kelly-Edwards, a Bellingen resident, were celebrated as finalists in the Façon Magazine and Greater Bank indigenous Storytellers scholarship. Advertise with News of The Area today.

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RECOGNITION they are contributing in ways that matter has recipients of The Yandaarra Aunty Grace Roberts Community Awards 2023 feeling proud. These awards are the flagship event in the NAIDOC Week celebrations on Gumbaynggirr Country. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

LUKE Austin is a Coffs Coast local who gets involved and promotes the perspectives of young people from regional areas. Mr Austin was a member of the NSW Government’s Regional Youth Taskforce and, more recently, as an Horizon Scholar, contributed to the report ‘Listen up: Young people’s perspective on the

PINS and Poking Sticks: Decoding dress in Shakespeare’s time is the title of the upcoming presentation by Australian Decorative Fine Arts Society Coffs Coast. Taking place on Monday 17 July at 6pm, the venue is the National Cartoon Gallery. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

PERMACULTURE advocate and author Linda Woodrow is presenting a workshop at the Coffs Regional Community Gardens on Sunday 23 July. Permaculture in the Garden workshop is a free event sponsored through the Living Lightly program run by Our Living Coast, a sustainable living hub for the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen and Nambucca