What's On in Coffs Harbour

Join us for dinner, the opportunity to connect with colleagues & a two-hour education session focused on key updates in antenatal care. Healthy North Coast in collaboration with Coffs Harbour Base Hospital Antenatal Service will be holding an educational session open to General Practitioners, GP Registrars and other clinicians who provide care to women in the first trimester of pregnancy who would like to update their knowledge around regional antenatal care. Dr Marilyn Clarke will be joined by their colleagues to discuss the many recent changes in the antenatal space, including first trimester risk assessments, the new guidelines for diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus, and aspirin for prevention of pre-eclampsia and IUGR.

Let's jump into 2026 with a discussion about FLAVOUR. Flavours are so hard to describe and define, even for seasoned food writers. Spicy, earthy, grassy, floral, sulphorous.... What flavours excite your palate? Do you cling to the same recipes and familiar flavours when you order a meal? What flavours do you think go together? What flavours do you love, that none of your friends or family like? Does your choice of diet influence your choice? Do your tastebuds follow a pattern, or are they constantly craving new flavour sensations? Author Niki Segnit drew up a list of 99 flavours for her Flavour Thesaurus. She could have added thousands more, she said, but a book is a book and you have to stop somewhere! Flavour isn't an exact science and it resists fitting into neat categories. Niki says, 'Flavour pairings are driven by history, culture, chefs' wison, and personal prejudice'