Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch

22/08/2026

The Services Australia - including for connection to services for Veterans and ex Defence Force Members - Mobile Centre is coming to Woolgoolga, near Centennial Reserve, Beach Street, as follows:
25 August, 11 am to 4 pm
26 August, 9 am to 4 pm

27/06/2026

SERVICE NSW MOBILE SERVICE CENTRE

The Service NSW Mobile Service Centre is coming to Woolgoolga and the Diggers Club Carpark from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm on Wednesday 15th July 2026.

For details on access to NSW Services via the Mobile Centre please open the link...

https://view.comms.service.nsw.gov.au/?vawpToken=SXOJ4EY5HJBEPCHYH2FTI5SMII.10204

26/04/2026

Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch is most grateful for the excellent, well-drilled, and well-turned-out catafalque party provided - from C Company, 41st Battalion, The Royal New South Wales Regiment, that Company headquartered in Coffs Harbour - to our ANZAC Day Services.

The sub-Branch would offer to young adults in Woolgoolga and District that there is no finer way to serve Australia and to connect, directly, to the ANZAC spirit, than to enlist as a part-time soldier in the local Army Reserve Battalion. Service is well paid too, so a great job to have during studies or as a second income stream to save for your future!

16/04/2026

ANZAC DAY 2026 AT WOOLGOOLGA

Dawn Service and Gunfire Breakfast. Assemble, facing the Memorial at the Diggers Club, from 5.00 am (from 5.15 okay) for a 5.30 am sharp start. A hearty bacon and eggs etc 'Gunfire' breakfast will be served straight afterwards in the Club at no more than $25.00pp, payable at the Beach Street Dining counter.

March. Assemble at the Post Office from 10.30 am to step off, at 11.00 am, along Beach Street to the Memorial at Diggers.

Main Service. Will commence after the March has arrived, from about 11.15 am, and will conclude at about Noon. Although there will be seating under the Club awning for very Senior Citizens and those unable to stand, younger, able persons should expect to stand facing the Memorial during the Service. If seats must be guaranteed for able persons, they should please bring their own portable camp chair.

Other Individual Preparations. Each person taking part in the March and/or Main Service is advised to wear sun-screen and a shady hat, to have a small bottle of water available for hydration, and to take those bottles away following the Main Service. If rain is forecast, umbrellas should be brought or raincoats worn. Toilets, that will be open near the Post Office, should be used before the March sets off.

Wreaths. Craft-made Wreaths or those made up from home-garden flowers are appreciated. Fresh Wreaths may still be available to order from Lotus Floral Studios - 6654 9494 - forthwith. Wreaths, including pick-up, storage and handling, are a Layer/s' responsibility, although tables will be available adjacent to the Memorial on which Main Service Wreaths may be placed from 10.00 am. If not already advised, please inform the RSL sub-Branch (0432 127 071) of the name/names of your Wreath Layer/s at the earliest opportunity. Layer/s will be called forward during that part of the Service. The procedure is: retrieve the Wreath from the table if placed there; walk up with the Wreath to the point of lay and stand to attention; lay the Wreath against the Memorial; step back to attention; and, following men/boys only removing hats/caps, bow from the neck; then turn right and return to position in the Assembly.

Lunch. Following the Main Service, a Community and RSL sub-Branch Lunch will take place in the Diggers Club at reserved seating but from the normal Beach Street Dining menu - pay at the counter. Please call/text 0432 127 071 if you or your family/group/organisation, with numbers attending, would like to be included in reserved seating. During Lunch, entertainment will be provided by the fabulous Coffs Coast Pipes and Drums.

Thank you, from Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch

21/03/2026

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🎺 Australian Army Band Concert – Honouring SGT Matthew Locke, MG

Following the charity match in Bellingen, the commemorative weekend continues with the Australian Army Band Newcastle performing a special concert at C.ex Coffs C.ex Group

This concert has now been running for 15 years and is always a moving and uplifting event, bringing together veterans, families and the wider community.

The performance will feature a variety of ensembles including Pipes & Drums and full military band, with support from the Coffs Harbour Regional Brass Band.

📍 C.ex Coffs
📅 Sunday 29 March 2026
⏰ 11:00am – 12:30pm (doors open 10:30am)
🎟 Tickets $15: https://cex.com.au/event/australian-army-band-2026/

Funds raised across the weekend support the Grub Club Education Fund, continuing SGT Matthew Locke’s legacy of service by helping improve education opportunities in Timor-Leste.

If you're able to attend, it would be wonderful to see members of our community there.

08/02/2026

WOOLGOOLGA RSL SUB-BRANCH
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Diggers Club on Saturday 14th February 2026, commencing at 10.30am. Annual Reports and Financial Statements will be presented. Following the presentation of Reports, the Election of Officers, for the next three year term 2026-8, will be conducted. The Election of one Trustee will also be conducted.

All positions will be declared vacant prior to the Election and nominations will be from the floor. Voting will be by show of hands.

The February 2026 Monthly Meeting will follow the AGM and a light snack lunch will be provided to Members after the Meetings.

30/01/2026

GREAT WAR MEMORIAL REINSTATEMENT AT RISK!

The Reinstatement of the Woolgoolga and District Great War Memorial, conditionally approved to proceed by Coffs Harbour City Council last month (December 2025) and at the Beach Reserve, may now be at risk!

The Memorial Project holds the Memorial Plaques and Rolls of Honour, the most important components, but has been unable to recover the stone blocks and column that make up the 1923 structure. The Project would be most grateful if any Member of the Community who is aware of the situation could assist in the good-natured recovery of the stones.

As an alternative, the Project may present a proposal for the construction of a close replica, to which the Rolls of Honour may be affixed. A replica may be less expensive and more durable than the original. However, it would be a great pity not to reinstate the stones, funded and emplaced by the Community over 100 years ago, to commemorate the Great War Fallen of the District: The Glorious Dead, their name liveth for evermore, who gave everything for us and our futures.

We will remember them.

22/12/2025

REINSTATEMENT OF THE WOOLGOOLGA AND DISTRICT GREAT WAR MEMORIAL - AND RSL NOTICES

At its Meeting on 11th December 2025, Coffs Harbour City Council:

RESOLVED (Cr Gurminder Saro / Cr Cath Fowler)
That Council:
1. Note the outcomes of the community consultation on the proposal to reinstate the 1923 Woolgoolga Great War Memorial and endorse the community’s preferred location within the Woolgoolga Beach Reserve (Option 1, facing the beach).
2. Note that the reinstatement of the 1923 Woolgoolga Great War Memorial in the Woolgoolga Beach Reserve will be subject to the Northern Beaches War Memorial Project submitting a Development Application to the City of Coffs Harbour, securing funding for the reinstatement, and working with the City of Coffs Harbour around the design.
3. Issues a licence to the Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch for the 1923 Woolgoolga Great War Memorial to be located within the Woolgoolga Beach Reserve (Option 1) that includes responsibilities for ongoing maintenance and insurance.
4. Assist the Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch in targeting grant funding to realise the project, subject to a Development Approval.

The Northern Beaches Memorial Project will now proceed towards the Reinstatement in accordance with the Council Resolution.

RSL Members and the public please also note that the Woolgoolga sub-Branch Office at Diggers will be closed from 23rd December 2025 to 5th January, reopening at 10.30 am on Tuesday 6th January 2026. In case of an urgent matter, please call 0432 127 071.

A very Happy Christmas to All, and best wishes for the New Year!

03/11/2025

RSL SUB-BRANCH OFFICE CLOSURE

Due to Melbourne Cup Day - hooray! - the Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch Office will be closed on Tuesday 4th November 2025.

Urgent calls may be made to 0432 127 071.