New dads in NSW will be offered mental health checks under a new $1 million pilot, after research found one in five fathers face anxiety in the months after birth.
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Posted inAnimals, Bellingen, Feature
Community bakes in support of threatened species
Bellingen Shire residents have combined creativity and conservation to raise awareness of threatened species at the region’s inaugural bake-off.
Posted inAnimals, Coffs Harbour, Environment
Coffs Coast wildlife sanctuary races to open triage hospital as bird flu detected at Corindi Beach
A wildlife hospital trailer that has spent years nursing sick and injured shearwaters back to health is being fast-tracked into a registered triage facility, after the H5 bird flu virus was confirmed in a bird at Corindi Beach, the Coffs Coast’s first detection of the disease.
Posted inArts, Kyogle, What's on
Salt, letters and healing: inside Jodie Harris’s new Kyogle exhibition
A Kyogle photographer is bringing a deeply personal project home, with an exhibition and community letter-writing campaign designed to open up conversation about domestic and family violence in the Northern Rivers.
Posted inBeaches and Surf, Environment, Evans Head, Feature
Eyes in the sky: drones boost shark safety at Evans Head and Yamba
Sharks, drones and 72 beaches under watch: here’s how Evans Head and Yamba are being kept safer this summer, and the local behind the technology.
Posted inBusiness, Coffs Harbour, Entertainment
Curtains close on Coffs Harbour cinema
Coffs Harbour will lose its only multi-screen cinema next week, with BCC Cinemas at Bray Street set to close its doors for good on Sunday, 13 September.
Posted inEnvironment, Feature, Lismore, Volunteering, What's on
More than 17,000 native plants take root in Lismore’s river revival
Over 17,000 trees, 500 volunteers, one goal: bringing Lismore’s rainforest and riverbanks back to life. Here’s how you can grab a shovel and join in this spring.
Posted inAnimals, Coffs Harbour, Feature
H5 bird flu detected in shearwater near Coffs Harbour
A Hutton’s shearwater at Corindi, north of Coffs Harbour, has tested positive for H5 bird flu in the first confirmed detection of the virus in a shearwater in NSW.
Posted inForster, Hunting and Fishing, NSW News
A net full of wins for recreational fishers
New fishing platforms, a crackdown on dodgy licence sellers and a new peak body: the state government has unveiled a suite of wins for NSW’s one million recreational fishers.
Posted inByron Bay, Feature, Tourism, Wellness
Wellness village to take over Byron Bay as new festival unveils its full line-up
Live music, yoga, sound healers, breathwork, and more. Byron Bay’s first ever wellness festival has dropped its full line-up, and tickets are moving.