02 Jul 09 | A CLOSE encounter of the vehicular kind on Boambee Beach is causing one family to call for a permit system for vehicle beach access – or for four-wheel-drivers to at least slow down around people on the beach.  | Comments (5)

02 Jul 09 | COFFS Coast Tourism Association has launched its new Explore magazine to showcase the region. The magazine also includes cultural trails to highlight the area’s visual arts and heritage sites.

02 Jul 09 | YOU can only imagine the terror of wading in waist-deep water and sewerage, with your newborn baby floating in a basket “like Moses in the rushes”. It’s an image Nia Seiver and fiance Shane Heaney are unlikely to forget, thanks to the March 31 storm that lashed the Coffs Coast.

02 Jul 09 | REIGNING champion Steve Glasson leads an all-out St Johns Park assault on this year’s Park Beach Ford Open singles bowls tournament, starting on July 13. Glasson will be joined in the elite 40-player field by clubmates Sharyn Renshaw, current Australian women’s representative, and Matthew Pietersen, current NSW player.

02 Jul 09 | JOHN Paul College’s girls soccer team recently dominated the diocesan soccer tournament held at BCU International Stadium in Coffs Harbour. The girls went through the tournament undefeated, displaying excellent football skills.