The Casino Show will return to the Casino Showgrounds on Friday, 9 October and Saturday, 10 October, bringing families, farmers, exhibitors and visitors from across the Northern Rivers together for two big days of entertainment
Penelope Shaw
Posted inPort Macquarie, Sport, Sport and fitness events
IRONMAN Australia returns to Port Macquarie in October with new date and smoother bike course
IRONMAN Australia will return to Port Macquarie this October, with a new spot on the calendar and changes to the bike course.
Posted inCoffs Harbour, Good News, Local News
Ciao Coffs Festa Italiana caps off a memorable year with $13,024 for Children’s Ward
The Coffs Coast Italian Heritage Group has capped off a successful year for its Ciao Coffs Festa Italiana, presenting a cheque for $13,024 to the Children’s Ward at Coffs Harbour Health Campus and confirming the festival will return to Coffs Harbour Racecourse on 21 August 2027.
Posted inEducation, Good News, Port Macquarie
Principal swaps office for classroom in Port Macquarie student shadow day
A Port Macquarie school principal has swapped his office for a Year 9 desk, spending a full day walking in a student’s shoes to better understand what school life is really like for them.
Posted inCasino, Disability, What's on
Casino set to welcome new Sewing Basket store
Casino will soon have its own Sewing Basket, with the fabric and needlecraft store set to open on Walker Street on Saturday, 10 October.
Posted inBangalow, Brunswick Heads, Environment, Housing
Wallum appeal deadline looms as bulldozers reach Brunswick Heads site
Save Wallum Inc has lost a second bid to protect the Wallum site at Brunswick Heads from clearing, after the NSW Land and Environment Court dismissed an application for an interim injunction on Tuesday, adding to a Federal Court defeat on 16 September and hardening the odds against the campaign as its 5 October appeal deadline approaches.
Posted inArts, Bangalow, Byron Bay, Local festivals and shows
Si Jay Gould on taking a chance on a festival that didn’t exist yet
Bangalow and Byron Bay will host a new four-day music and arts festival this October, with organisers promising a program built around the towns themselves rather than a single fenced festival site.
Posted inAlstonville, Local festivals and shows
Alstonville Show returns with monster trucks, motocross and fireworks
The Ray White Alstonville Agricultural Show returns to the Alstonville Showgrounds on Friday, 23 October and Saturday, 24 October, with monster trucks, freestyle motocross and a fireworks finish.
Posted inHunter, Sport, Sport and fitness events
Newcastle Yowies gear up to host biggest Koori Knockout in history
Raymond Terrace is preparing to welcome the biggest Koori Knockout in the tournament’s history, with Newcastle Yowies vice president Uncle Abie Wright saying the club is expecting around 50,000 people to descend on King Park over the October long weekend.
Posted inLocal festivals and shows, Wingham
Highland muscle and haggis melts as Bonnie Wingham festival returns
Strongmen hurling cabers, Highland cows meeting the crowd and a massed pipe band marching to Scotland the Brave: the Bonnie Wingham Scottish Festival returns to Wingham Showground on Saturday, 26 September with a line-up of first-time attractions.