Young surf lifesavers shine
Young surf life savers from across the Central Coast braved a four-foot swell at Avoca Beach for the annual Branch Championships on the weekend of February 15-16. It was touch…
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Tribute show is simply the best
One of the world’s top Tina Turner tribute artists is set to play Avoca Beach Theatre in March. Rebecca O’Connor will have the theatre rocking with her show Simply the…
Coast athletes shine in the surf
The annual Wamberal Junior Iron person competition saw athletes hit the beach on January 4. Once sponsored by Gardener and then Dolphin, the enduro Ironman is now in its 24th…
Butt bins back at Avoca
For the second year running, local community group Plastic Free Avoca Beach (PFAB) is providing temporary butt bins on the Avoca Beach foreshore in an effort to reduce cigarette butt…
Hear your favourite Christmas songs by candlelight
Celebrate the Christmas season with an evening of Christmas hymns and songs by candlelight at Avoca Beach Theatre on December 12. Hear the familiar sounds from classic festive films like…
Brian Cadd heads for Avoca
Brian Cadd says he is addicted to performing. “I don’t know what I’d do if I couldn’t do it; I can’t play golf, I can’t fish,” he said. Before a…
Celebrate the wonders of water
The Wonders of Water Full Moon Arts Celebration will be held at Avoca Beach on November 16. Presented by Heartdancers, LikeMinds and Plastic Free Avoca, the free, family-friendly event will…
Boost for two tennis clubs
Two Central Coast sporting clubs are set to benefit from the Tennis NSW Facility Enhancement Fund. Avoca Beach Tennis Club will receive $50,000 towards the $209,000 cost of reconstructing and…
Flags are up as surf lifesavers return to beach patrols
The 2024/25 beach patrol season kicks off this weekend, with the familiar red and yellow flags raised across 15 Central Coast beaches from Saturday, September 28. There will be an…
Avoca Beach and Terrigal to clash in grand final
Avoca Beach inched out Warnervale by just one point to secure the Premier 1 Preliminary Final at Woy Woy Oval on August 17 and will go on to meet Terrigal…
Eishan Ensemble’s national tour takes in Avoca Beach
ARIA-nominated Eishan Ensemble, led by the acclaimed Persian-Australian tar virtuoso and composer Hamed Sadeghi, is embarking on an Australian tour in 2024 including a concert at Avoca Beach Theatre on…
Avoca Beach wins major semis berth
Avoca Beach outlasted the Razorbacks to take a 22-15 win in the Central Coast rugby union Premier 1 minor semi-final at Woy Woy Oval on August 3. It was a…
Wild bike ride at Avoca Beach
In its 10th year, The Big Bike Film Night will celebrate cycling in all its glorious shapes and forms at Avoca Beach Theatre on Friday, August 16, with a series…
Guitarists to play soundtrack live
Acclaimed guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan have expanded their creative output by crafting and recording the soundtrack to the award-winning movie A Boy Called Sailboat. The heart-warming movie filmed in…
Avoca hangs on to second spot on points table
Avoca Beach defeated the Razorbacks 20-15 at Ourimbah Rugby Park on July 13 in Round 12 of the Central Coast Rugby Union competition. It was a hard-fought contest and close…
Huge haul at Avoca Beach clean-up
A lively group of volunteers removed 11.5kg of rubbish from Avoca Beach on June 8, during a community clean-up organised by Plastic Free Avoca Beach for World Clean Up Day….
5 Lands Walk returns this weekend
Participants in this year’s 5 Lands Walk, on Saturday, June 22, are likely to spot some whales along the route, with an abundance of the animals heading north to the…
Stewart D’Arrietta heads for Avoca
Singer/songwriter Stewart D’Arrietta is set to bring his new show to Avoca Beach on Saturday, June 8. He has put together a list of precious songs from his favourite songwriters,…
Phoebe’s mission to create educational equality for all
At the age of just 19, Phoebe Britten is passionate about making educational equality a reality for everyone. The Avoca Beach law student has founded a not-for-profit organisation called Inspire…
New real estate office for Avoca Beach
After adopting Avoca Beach as his forever home eight years ago, Chris Roumanous has opened his second real estate office in the region. Just 14 months ago the team opened…