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Weekly Events 20-26th May
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Welcome to our guide to the upcoming weekly events for the Coffs Coast … if you know of an event not listed please email alison@coffsforkids.com. You can also check our calendar for events on the Coffs Coast for families and kids.
Please note: there are a number of Playgroups in our area operating weekly. You can click here to find your nearest with contact details for more information.
Monday
10.30am – Bring your Bub to Birch, Carroll and Coyle. This week – “Star Trek: Into the Darkness”. All tickets $10, kids under 4yrs free.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
Tuesday
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
11am – 11.45am – Woolgoogla Library: Storytime for pre-school aged children.
Wednesday
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
11am – National Simultaneous Storytime at Coffs Harbour Library. Read Nick Bland’s ‘The Wrong Book’ followed by morning tea.
12.30pm - Bring your Bub to Birch, Carroll and Coyle. This week – “Star Trek: Into the Darkness”. All tickets $10, kids under 4yrs free.
Thursday
8am – 3.30pm – COFFS COAST GROWERS MARKET. Local & regional produce, home-made treats for all to enjoy! Everything from fresh fruit & veg, seafood, bread, cakes, meat, flowers and plants, jams and condiments, roasted coffee, tea, nuts, olives, smallgoods and more.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
11am – 11.45am – Toormina Library: Storytime for pre-school aged children.
Friday
10.30am – Bring your Bub to Birch, Carroll and Coyle. This week – “The Call”. All tickets $10, kids under 4yrs free.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry
Saturday
Sunday
9am – 3pm – Emerald Beach Community Fair. Including: Skydiving, venomous snake display, circus shows, live music, entertainment, Market stalls, great food, displays and competitions and more! FREE entry.
Weekly Chilli Kids Hot Spot News
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I am very proud to announce that Coffs for Kids and the Sawtell Chilli Festival have formed a Community Partnership and are working together to provide you with the hottest information on kids activities at the Chilli Kids Hot Spot in 2013.
Every Wednesday in the countdown to the Chilli Festival (7 weeks to go!) we will present you with the Weekly Chilli Kids Hot Spot News.
This is the 15th year the Chilli Festival has been running. And this year will be bigger and better than ever with the Chilli Kids Hotspot.
Loads of free and low-cost activities including: shows, competitions, balloons, hair braiding, jumping castle, sow-a-seed, Sand Wizard, camels, face-painting and MORE! We’ll be letting you know just what is going on every Wedneday in the lead-up to the event.
See you there:
SATURDAY 6TH JULY – 10.00AM to 4.00PM
Weekly Events 13th – 19th May
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Welcome to our guide to the upcoming weekly events for the Coffs Coast … if you know of an event not listed please email alison@coffsforkids.com. You can also check our calendar for events on the Coffs Coast for families and kids.
Please note: there are a number of Playgroups in our area operating weekly. You can click here to find your nearest with contact details for more information.
Monday
9am – 5pm – Rotary Bookfest on at the Coffs Harbour Showgrounds.
10.30am – Bring your Bub to Birch, Carroll and Coyle. This week – “The Big Wedding”. All tickets $10, kids under 4yrs free.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
Tuesday
9am – 5pm – Rotary Bookfest on at the Coffs Harbour Showgrounds.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
11am – 11.45am – Woolgoogla Library: Storytime for pre-school aged children.
Wednesday
9am – 5pm – Rotary Bookfest on at the Coffs Harbour Showgrounds.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
11am – 11.45am – Coffs Harbour Library: storytime for pre-school aged children.
12.30pm - Bring your Bub to Birch, Carroll and Coyle. This week – “The Big Wedding”. All tickets $10, kids under 4yrs free.
Thursday
8am – 3.30pm – COFFS COAST GROWERS MARKET. Local & regional produce, home-made treats for all to enjoy! Everything from fresh fruit & veg, seafood, bread, cakes, meat, flowers and plants, jams and condiments, roasted coffee, tea, nuts, olives, smallgoods and more.
9am – 5pm – Rotary Bookfest on at the Coffs Harbour Showgrounds.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
11am – 11.45am – Toormina Library: Storytime for pre-school aged children.
Friday
9am – 5pm – Rotary Bookfest on at the Coffs Harbour Showgrounds.
10.30am – Bring your Bub to Birch, Carroll and Coyle. This week – “The Big Wedding”. All tickets $10, kids under 4yrs free.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry
6.30pm – “Movies Under the Moon” at Coramba Sportsground. “Frankenwenee.”
Saturday
9am – 5pm – Rotary Bookfest on at the Coffs Harbour Showgrounds.
Sunday
2013 Coffs for Kids Excellence Awards
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I am very excited to announce the 2013 Coffs for Kids Excellence Awards.
This is the second year running these awards with a fantastic response last year we are doing it again! (You can see last year’s winners by clicking here.)
We need you to fill out a survey to vote for your favourite LOCAL kids/family friendly activities, businesses and services.
The Excellence Awards are designed to recognise local business, services and locations that benefit kids and families on the Coffs Coast. We also want to encourage and highlight the importance of having such businesses who cater for families and children, which helps make the Coffs Coast such an awesome place to raise a family!
So whether it be a cafe, local tourist attraction or event, we’d like you to vote on who you think deserve to win a 2013 Excellence Award in each chosen category.
Everyone who fills out the voting form completely will go in the draw to win this fantastic prize… a weekend away for a family of up to 6 people at Big 4 Trial Bay.
A MASSIVE THANK YOU to Big 4 Trial Bay for donating such an amazing prize.
Our amazing prize is a weekend getaway for up to 6 people from BIG4 Trial Bay worth $589.00:
* 2 nights in a Luxury Cabin for up to 6 people
* Discount Vouchers worth $147.00
* FREE DVD’s for the duration of your stay
* FREE Putt Putt.
Terms & Conditions:
- Prize excludes all school holidays, special events and long weekends
- Prize cannot be redeemed for cash
- Prize is valid for 12 months
- Prize can be transferred
- Bookings are required to secure dates and details
- Gift Voucher to be presented on arrival and number quoted when booking
- Winner will be chosen via random.org from all complete voting forms.
Click here to VOTE.
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Weekly Events 6 – 12th May
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Welcome to our guide to the upcoming weekly events for the Coffs Coast … if you know of an event not listed please email alison@coffsforkids.com. You can also check our calendar for events on the Coffs Coast for families and kids.
Please note: there are a number of Playgroups in our area operating weekly. You can click here to find your nearest with contact details for more information.
Monday
10.30am – Bring your Bub to Birch, Carroll and Coyle. This week – “Iron man 3”. All tickets $10, kids under 4yrs free.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
Tuesday
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
11am – 11.45am – Woolgoogla Library: Storytime for pre-school aged children.
Wednesday
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
11am – 11.45am – Coffs Harbour Library: storytime for pre-school aged children.
12.30pm - Bring your Bub to Birch, Carroll and Coyle. This week – “Iron man 3”. All tickets $10, kids under 4yrs free.
Thursday
8am – 3.30pm – COFFS COAST GROWERS MARKET. Local & regional produce, home-made treats for all to enjoy! Everything from fresh fruit & veg, seafood, bread, cakes, meat, flowers and plants, jams and condiments, roasted coffee, tea, nuts, olives, smallgoods and more.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry.
11am – 11.45am – Toormina Library: Storytime for pre-school aged children.
Friday
10.30am – Bring your Bub to Birch, Carroll and Coyle. This week – “Iron man 3”. All tickets $10, kids under 4yrs free.
10.30am – Playgroup at Tabatinga FREE with entry
Saturday
Travis Pastrana’s Nitro Circus LIVE. On at BCU International Stadium. Phone 1300 369 070 for tickets.
Sunday
Mother’s Day Competition
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Thanks to Outback Jacks, we have a $50 voucher to giveaway to a lucky Mum.
You can use it for lunch or dinner, with friends, your partner, or your whole family – it’s up to you!
It’s REALLY easy to enter – just click the link below.
And don’t forget, Outback Jacks is open from 11.30am – close on Mother’s Day so treat Mum to a yummy lunch or dinner!
Competition closes 8pm Saturday 11th May and winner chosen by random.org and announced and contacted shortly after.
