National Medal for long-serving Marine Rescue volunteer
Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes volunteer Bob Blue has been awarded the National Medal for 15 years long and diligent service to community. Following a career with the Australian Defence Force,…
Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes volunteer Bob Blue has been awarded the National Medal for 15 years long and diligent service to community. Following a career with the Australian Defence Force,…
Flood preparedness works are underway at The Entrance Channel to increase the flow of water out of the Tuggerah lakes system – Lake Munmorah, Budgewoi Lake and Tuggerah Lake. Widening…
A proposed upgrade of Central Coast Airport has at least one Long Jetty resident concerned about noise impacts on people living around Tuggerah Lakes. Tony Matheus said he feared if…
A new $355,000 Marine Rescue NSW vessel, commissioned at the weekend, is set to provide a significant boost for the Tuggerah lakes boating community. Minister for Central Coast and Member…
More than 50 people gathered at Tuggerah Lakes on Sunday, January 14, to help raise funds for the Debbie Gaunt Foundation. The family, friends and colleagues of Debbie Gaunt donned…
More than 200 people attended an information evening organised by the region’s State Emergency Services (SES) on December 18 to ensure they are prepared for future floods, but resident Guy…
Central Coast Council has developed online flood risk tools and updated flood and emergency planning information to help residents understand their own flood risk and be adequately prepared to respond….
Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes will welcome a new vessel later next month as construction continues on Tuggerah Lakes 21. The new 6.3m walk-through console Naiad (NYE-ADD) boat is being built…
Toukley Community Action Group has instigated a community petition calling on Central Coast Council to take immediate and urgent action about the wrack build-up in Tuggerah lakes. In 2020 the…
Seventy per cent of the recommendations made in a 2020 report by the Tuggerah Lakes Expert Panel (TLEP) are either completed, underway, ongoing or planned. Central Coast Council has prepared…
Boat crew members from Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes were in new waters when they headed to Western Australia recently to assist the SES in operating boats on swift-flowing rivers following…
People with a keen interest in Tuggerah Lakes and The Entrance channel can apply to join a Community Focus Group organised by Central Coast Council. Expression of Interest applications are…
The region’s estuarine waterways are in good shape despite torrential rains and flooding over the past two years, with Council’s 2020-21 Central Coast Waterways Report Card revealing that 75 per…
Central Coast Council is powering ahead with improvements to the Tuggerah Lakes after receiving $4.7M from the Federal Government in 2020 to implement a three-year Estuary and Catchment Ecological Health…
The Community Environment Network (CEN) will host Breakfast with the Birds as part of the Lakes Festival at Central Coast Wetlands on November 5. CEN’s Waterwatch coordinator, Rachael Kneeves, said…
Central Coast Council will coordinate and convene a meeting next week regarding flood management around Tuggerah Lakes. The announcement follows a request from Member for The Entrance, David Mehan. A…
Residents in low lying areas around Tuggerah Lakes remained on alert for possible isolation or evacuation on Wednesday morning, July 6, with major flooding occurring at Long Jetty, where water…
NSW SES is directing people within low-lying areas around Budgewoi and Tuggerah Lakes to evacuate by 2pm on July 5 as flood waters continue to rise. Once floodwater passes 1.5…
Labor has pledged that it will spend $4M on improvements to storm water management and flood mitigation for Tuggerah Lakes.
Long Jetty’s Gladstone Avenue jetty is scheduled this week for what is hoped will be a final round of repairs.