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…
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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….
PRIDE OF PEACOCKS POSES PROBLEMS
[Video story] A pride of peacocks is presenting a particularly problematic predicament around the Ourimbah community. A few successful breeding seasons has seen them grow rapidly in numbers – however…
Boarding house proposal back to Court for third time
The long running saga of the Glen Rd boarding house at Ourimbah continues with the developer once again taking his development application to the Land and Environment Court (LEC). Central…
Lanes open on new Lisarow bridge
Traffic is flowing across the first lanes of the new rail bridge at Lisarow as the $178M duplication of the Pacific Hwy between Ourimbah St and Parsons Rd powers ahead….
Two men charged after discovery of Kulnura meth lab
Two men appeared in Wyong Local Court on September 8 following the discovery of a meth lab at Kulnura the day before. The arrests followed an incident on Burns Rd,…
Station lift upgrades completed
The installation of lifts and major accessibility upgrades at Niagara Park and Ourimbah railway stations has been completed at a cost of $23M. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and…
Power line patrols may startle pets
Helicopters will be buzzing overhead next week as Ausgrid conducts aerial thermal patrols of powerlines as part of ongoing network maintenance. From Tuesday, August 31 the helicopters will fly close…
Image may be related to theft from car and card fraud
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to in relation to the theft from a motor vehicle and subsequent unauthorised transactions on a stolen…
UoN directs students to study from home
Students across all Newcastle University campuses, including the Ourimbah campus, will learn from home until July 30. All classes scheduled for face-to-face learning will be converted to study-from-home mode in…
Ourimbah recognised as a priority area but not the rest of the north
The Central Coast is the grip of an acute GP shortage and although some medical practices can now put on more doctors, the northern end of the Coast has been…
Dockers Juniors win this month’s Greater Bank award
The Niagara Park Ourimbah Dockers Junior AFL Club have taken out the June round of the Greater Bank’s Greater Central Coast program after experiencing financial impacts due to the pandemic….
Albert makes 90th birthday a family affair
It was a family affair for Daleys Point local, Albert Morris, who recently celebrated his 90th Birthday surrounded by five generations of the Morris clan. The family met up at…
Ourimbah’s Peter Burfitt is RFSA Member of the Year
Ourimbah firefighter Peter Burfitt has been named the Rural Fire Service Association’s (RFSA) Member of the Year. The RFSA is a support group offering invaluable assistance to RFS volunteers all…
Peter Burfitt awarded RFSA Member of the Year
The NSW Rural Fire Service Association (RFSA) has named Ourimbah rural firefighter, Peter Burfitt, its Member of the Year. Burfitt, who is a volunteer firefighter with Matcham-Holgate Rural Fire Brigade,…
International Workers Memorial Day observed
International Workers Memorial Day is a worldwide day to remember and mourn those killed, disabled or injured at work, and to promote safer working environments, and it is observed annually…
Agribusiness Training Centre launched in Ourimbah
The University of Newcastle’s Ourimbah campus is now home to the first ever Australian Food & Agribusiness Doctoral Training Centre. The Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER) centre was…
Council meetings in Ourimbah?
Forum – If this is to remain the Central Coast Council and Gosford is considered to be the capital of the Central Coast by many (Work Cover and taxation buildings,…
More places and more courses available at Ourimbah campus
More places are set to open up at Newcastle University’s Ourimbah campus with the Federal Government providing new funding. The university will receive $15.3M this year to deliver student places…
Lots of enrolments at Ourimbah campus
As Orientation Week kicked off on Monday, February 15, at the Ourimbah campus of The University of Newcastle, enrolments so far are showing positive signs of growth in student numbers…