Coffs Coast Advocate

A summer of ‘two halves’

THE BOM takes a look back at the tumultuous summer that saw both floods and bushfires with record temperatures and heavy...

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02nd March 2020 2:03 PM

Cars have been submerged by flood waters in Lismore.

Eight ways to take the bite away from mosquitoes

Council’s Biosecurity teams are monitoring breeding areas, but residents can keep the numbers down too

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14th Feb. 2020 8:02 AM

Biosecurity officers with the Fraser Coast Regional Council treat a mosquito breeding area after the heavy rains in February 2020. PHOTO: Supplied.

Carefree days of summer are gone forever

THIS deadly summer of fire and smoke has changed the way we feel about the hot months.

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28th Jan. 2020 9:01 AM

Generic sunbaking / skin cancer / sun exposure / sun bathing / sun damage / beach / summer . 4/10/04 . Picture: Troy Snook

Summer fun at Yeppoon

Check our our gallery to see if you were snapped at Yeppoon on Monday morning.

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20th Jan. 2020 7:01 PM

Barrie, Rebecca, Imogen, Savannah and Blake Jenkins at Yeppoon.

Gallery: Summer fun at Yeppoon

See our gallery for snaps of locals enjoying the sun at Yeppoon Lagoon.

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20th Jan. 2020 6:01 PM

Cooper Handford on his scooter at Yeppoon.

Toddler in hot car for ‘up to five hours’

A woman has been charged after allegedly leaving a one-year-old boy inside a hot car as police investigate whether she was...

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16th Jan. 2020 5:01 AM

The baby boy remains in a critical condition in hospital. Picture: Ian Currie

Expect a return to ‘normal’ summer conditions on the coast

A SOUTHERLY change is expected this weekend, and it’s the news that keen fishers have been hoping for.

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11th Jan. 2020 9:01 AM

A 7kg Spanish mackerel with a lure in its mouth. Photo: The Sunday Mail

Beach closed after sharks sighted on the Northern Beaches

Coffs Coast beach closed today after aerial patrol sighted sharks in local surf breaks

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07th Jan. 2020 3:01 PM

The 2.5 metre great white sighted swimming off Woolgoolga's main beach this morning.

WEATHER: What's on Fraser Coast radar for start of 2020

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology is expecting the hot, dry conditions experienced on the Fraser Coast to continue into...

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01st Jan. 2020 12:01 AM

Hot, dry conditions like those experienced on Joel Bengtson's Beelbi Creek farm are expected to continue into early 2020.

Best tips for surviving with the kids this summer

Do you need a holiday helper? Here’s a gallery of what families are doing over the summer break.

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30th Dec. 2019 5:12 PM

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