ABC North Coast

03/12/2025

A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY the Country Hour 🎂🎉🤠
Australia's longest-running radio show is celebrating 80 years on air.
Tune in to your local ABC or on the ABC Listen App for the celebrations from midday.

Australia's longest-running radio show is celebrating 80 years on air, and while so much has changed in farming and broadcasting, the core of The Country Hour remains the same.

02/12/2025

Breakfast with Bridie Tanner is broadcasting from Summerland Farm at Alstonville today for International Day of People with Disability 🥑 🌳 🐰

Listen on air, online or come to the farm to watch the broadcast live until 10am. You’ll find us at the Retail Hub, with coffee on from 9am! ☕️ 🍰

📻️ Listen to ABC North Coast 94.5FM, or on ABC listen: ab.co/NorthCoast

02/12/2025

Major charity Need for Feed has been rocked by mass resignations over a pay dispute.

A Lions Club member who ordered an investigation into how Need for Feed subsidised volunteer drivers is speaking out after recommendations to improve transparency were not implemented.

02/12/2025

CARING FOR CRITTERS
The Northern Rivers Wildlife Hospital has been inundated with injured animals and birds including several young tawny frogmouths.
Sadly, hospital staff had to euthanise a two-year-old male koala that had been trampled by cattle in a paddock.
Wildlife vet, Chantal Whitten, says it's a common problem when koalas cross open paddocks in search of food and shelter.
"Cattle are known to do this and it makes it extremely dangerous for koalas," says Dr Whitten.
She says recent storms have also blown baby tawny frogmouths from their nests, causing some injuries
"We've had a lot of these little 'Oscar Trash Cans' as we like to call them because they're so charismatic with their big eyes and big mouths."
An echidna has also received some TLC from the team, with the spiky patient having a medicated bath to help repair skin issues.
"He did smell, and he appeared to enjoy his medicated spa to soothe his skin," says Dr Whitten.
Photos supplied by the Northern Rivers Wildlife Hospital.

01/12/2025

🎄🔔10 YEARS OF UPCYCLED CHRISTMAS TREES 🔔🎄

Lismore City Council's 'elves' have done it again.. donating their time and creativity to create an up-cycled Christmas tree on the corner of Magellan and Keen Streets. Appropriately for the tenth year of repurposed materials, they used bin lids! So clever.. thanks for the Christmas cheer LCC staff!
📸Michael Vella

30/11/2025

Public school parents in New South Wales have been advised school closures may occur on days of elevated fire danger.

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Public school parents in New South Wales have been advised school closures may occur on days of elevated fire danger.

27/11/2025

Shark attack survivors rally after a bull shark kills a woman and injures a man on the NSW mid north coast, warning of a nasty online backlash.

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Shark attack survivors rally after a bull shark kills a woman and injures a man on the NSW mid north coast, warning of a nasty online backlash.

25/11/2025

Temperatures are expected to soar as hot air from inland Australia moves towards the coast while humidity drops.

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Dozens of schools across NSW are forced to close as a combination of severe weather conditions creates dangerous fire conditions not seen in years.

25/11/2025

NSW beekeepers say varroa mite infestations are worsening across the state, and there are fears for the future of food growers reliant on pollination.

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The cost of treating varroa mite in the beekeeping industry is flowing onto other food growers reliant on pollination.

25/11/2025

Eastern Australia is facing a barrage of extreme weather conditions this week, and for many areas the most intense conditions will arrive today.

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Eastern Australia is facing a barrage of extreme weather conditions this week, and for many areas the most intense conditions will arrive on Wednesday.

25/11/2025

**The BOM has cancelled this severe weather warning. This post won't be updated again**

Severe Weather ⛈️Severe thunderstorms, DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAILSTONES and HEAVY RAINFALL
​​​​​​​👉 Thunderstorms this evening around the north coast and northern tablelands
​​​​​​​⚬ Prepare now
⚬ For real-time radar data, visit the BOM: www.bom.gov.au/australia/radar/

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📷 Dark storm clouds and lightning. Canva

24/11/2025

🌨️⚡️🌩️HAIL, THUNDER, LIGHTNING.. WHAT'S IT LIKE AT YOURS?? 🌈
Storms are rolling across the Far North Coast this afternoon with giant hailstones, damaging winds and heavy rainfall possible. We've heard there's been 2-5cm hail at Coutts Crossing, meanwhile Karen at Murwillumbah took these pics.. thanks for sharing. Have you snapped weather pictures near your place? We'd love to see them.
📷 Karen Chilcott