DEAR News Of The Area, THE hills have been alive, not with the sound of music, but of the sound of the Vintage Rainforest Rattler train running rail excursions along the beautiful Coffs Coast, including Coramba and Grafton. As it made its way through the hills the children had the chance to

  DEAR News Of The Area, I AM horrified at the thought of a Helipad being allowed to operate beside the Anna Bay cemetery. My only son Joshua is buried there and has been for the past ten years, I and my husband will also be buried there. We chose this cemetery because of

  *COFFS Harbour’s John Akway Cham contributes stories for News Of The Area on the diverse, multicultural nature of the region, with a focus on the experiences of the area’s refugee community. COVID-19 has been a main global issue for the last two years, having many impacts on our way of life. Covid

  ENGLISH spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a fussy little plant who likes a climate rather cooler than ours. Yes, with attentiveness and gardening experience you can get it to grow here. It's not the sort of green to look after itself and simply be available for mealtimes. It's European popularity seems to be based

  DEAR News of the Area, THANK you for publishing the success story of Dim Zam Cing (‘Employment Success For Dim Zam Cing’, p11, Coffs Coast News Of The Area, Friday 21 January 2022 Edition). The letter in the same publication from Mike Griffin (p27, Opinions and Letters) drawing our attention to the

  IT is a sad day when the Australian flag flying for a community is in a tattered state, especially before Australia Day. Fortunately the Hawks Nest community has been able to raise a new Australian Flag just in time to commemorate Australia Day. The community has noted that the Australian Flag is

  NO evidence was called for Friske’s defense although the prisoner made a statement, which the Counsel was permitted to repeat, as it was ‘unintelligible and to a great extent inaudible’. His testimony described how Mat Matteson had told him to sign papers which had come from Sydney and on asking what

  DEAR News Of The Area, I’D like to thank Emma Darbin for alerting the community to the ‘Large lot subdivision proposal for Bonville’ (p12, Coffs Coast News Of The Area, January 14 2022 Edition). However, one aspect of the subdivision that Emma has not made people aware of, is that approximately two

  DEAR News Of The Area, RECENT letter writers to your paper, Liz Philpott and Mark Star, have totally missed the point when they criticize the Vinnies Shop for their pricing. Everyone knows that to buy a cheap $5 tee-shirt you go to Big W, Target, Kmart or Best and Less – not

  WITH the world returning to normal Razzle Dazzle Rockers also returns to normality with unrestricted rock ‘n’ roll classes held at Sawtell RSL Club, upstairs in the lovely Princess Room which allows an almost private atmosphere, every Wednesday evening. The 2022 classes will commence on Wednesday 2 February. Intermediate class will be