Brush up hospitality skills with free courses
Central Coast school leavers can supercharge their skills ahead of summer by taking advantage of a range of free short courses at TAFE NSW Gosford and Ourimbah. As part of…
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New self-esteem program for Coast schoolgirls
Since 2014, Soroptimist International Brisbane Water (SIBW), an organisation focused on improving the lives of women and girls, has provided funding to Central Coast secondary schools to increase the self-esteem…
Tree planting acknowledges Crestani Scholarships
A wattle tree was planted recently at the University of Newcastle’s Ourimbah campus to acknowledge Crestani Scholarships and the role it plays in helping to achieve better outcomes for Central…
Call for restart of work on Gosford bypass
Member for The Entrance, David Mehan, is calling on the NSW Government to restart work on Stage 4 of the Gosford bypass, where no work has occurred since 2016 and…
Edible Garden Trail comes to the Coast
The Central Coast will host its very first Edible Garden Trail on November 19-20, with more than 35 garden hosts and their families volunteering their time and opening their gardens…
Free community day as part of Love Trees, Love COSS festival
The Community Environment Network (CEN) has reminded residents that its two-day Love Trees, Love COSS festival will see a Community Day on Saturday, September 17, featuring more than 30 stalls,…
LEC rejects Ourimbah boarding house … again
Ourimbah Region Residents Association (ORRA) has applauded the Land and Environment Court’s rejection on September 13 of the latest amended proposal for a boarding house in Glen Rd, Ourimbah. Applicant…
Heatherbrae’s tries in vain to open quietly at Ourimbah
Iconic pie bakery Heatherbrae’s tried to open its Ourimbah store without the usual fanfare for very good reason – but it was not to be. Pie Baron Russell Cox said…
Ourimbah masterplan adopted despite height concerns
Council has adopted the revised Ourimbah Area Strategy and Centre Masterplan, but residents remain concerned the plan, which has undergone slight revisions since December 2021, fails to offer solid guidelines…
Ourimbah residents fight to control their masterplan
Ourimbah residents continue to try to influence the masterplan for their area.
Plea for Ourimbah residents to shape their masterplan
Ourimbah residents are once again trying to have their say in their masterplan which goes to the Council-under-administration meeting on Tuesday, March 22, for adoption. The residents have been fighting…
Central Coast researchers awarded almost half a million dollars to research animal evacuation in bushfires
A team of researchers based at the Ourimbah campus of the University of Newcastle win grant to research animal evacuation and care in climate-afflicted areas.
Repairs start on two Ourimbah memorials
Repairs are about to start on two important heritage memorials at Ourimbah
Call for Ourimbah State Forest to be declared a koala conservation reserve
Camp Ourimbah is calling on Forestry Corporation NSW to declare Ourimbah State Forest a koala conservation reserve
Improved sound system for Ourimbah RSL Anzac Day services
Ourimbah RSL will benefit from a higher-quality sound system connected to the Club’s televisions for the broadcast of the Anzac Day ceremonies thanks to a grant awarded by David Elliott MP
$10,000 grant for new Ourimbah-Lisarow RSL Honours Board
A $10,000 grant from the Federal Government’s $32 million investment in Veterans’ Affairs programs has been awarded to Ourimbah-Lisarow RSL for the installation of an Honours Board
Iconic pie bakery to open at Ourimbah
A new Heatherbrae’s Pies outlet under construction at Ourimbah is expected to open in April and bring 50 jobs to the region. Heatherbrae’s Pies has been operating at Raymond Terrace…
Ourimbah Residents Group urges Hart to ‘read before voting’
A group of residents from Ourimbah were facing a last-ditch attempt to hold off a masterplan for Ourimbah that Central Coast Council was due to adopt on December 14. UPDATE:…
94-year-old church sold at auction
It was the end of an era for the “little church on the hill” at Ourimbah when it sold at auction on November 13 for $927,000. The church with its…
Ourimbah has a peacock challenge
First it was a herd of goats running amok in Ourimbah, jumping on cars and gallivanting across town, now it’s a pride of peacocks causing divide in the local community….