Crackdown on vandalism at Pelican Island
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will install surveillance cameras and increase patrols of the Pelican Island Nature Reserve following a spate of vandalism acts. In announcing an…
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Who owns this plaque?
The Doyalson-Wyee RSL Sub-Branch is on the hunt for the owner of a plaque which was found at Budgewoi. The plaque was handed in to the sub-branch after it was…
Spring has sprung at Australian Reptile Park
Kangaroo joeys have emerged from the pouch for the first time at the Australian Reptile Park, an adorable signal of the first day of Spring. The Central Coast wildlife park…
Central Coast local Rodney Dobson stars in Beauty and the Beast
Central Coast local Rodney Dobson has a starring role in the spectacular Disney Theatrical Production of Beauty and the Beast now playing in Sydney. Dobson has had an incredible musical…
Dredging paused as Faucon breaks down
Less than a week after it began dredging the Ettalong Channel, the Faucon has been taken off the job, with operations paused while a replacement dredge is brought in. Member…
Enjoy a free movie night under the stars
Central Coast Council is encouraging the community to attend free outdoor movie nights at Toukley, Gosford and Wyong during the coming school holidays. The free open-air cinema nights are aimed…
Bouddi Arts Trail returns on October long weekend
The Bouddi Arts Trail will return this year on the weekend of September 30-October 1, with a record number of 29 artists set to open their studios from 9am on…
Concerns over Avoca Beach roads and footpaths
Residents at Avoca Beach are fed up with footpaths they describe as “nothing more than goat tracks” and vegetation encroaching onto busy Avoca Dr following a landslide two years ago….
An ill-informed argument
I am responding to the letter by Linda Telisman (CCN 404). Her argument against a Yes vote in the upcoming referendum is ill informed and nasty. As Australia’s former Chief…
‘Don’t know – vote no’ is not the answer
Agree or disagree with the Voice, it is a real stretch for Linda Telisman (CCN404) to state that the reason the No Pamphlet is filled with negativity is because “everything”…
Make your vote count
What a wonderful letter from Linda Telisman (CCN 404), written without malice and bias but (giving) all of the facts on the upcoming referendum. Over the years there have been…
Feedback wanted on revised draft dogs in open spaces plan
Central Coast Council is inviting all interested community members to share their feedback on the revised draft Dogs in Open Space Action Plan (revised draft Plan) until Sunday, October 1….
Rocks legends to help Jo and Mercy get new wheels
Australian rock legends the Hoodoo Gurus have thrown their support behind a fundraiser aimed at getting a Bateau Bay mum and her disabled daughter a new car. The extraordinary story…
Newcastle Anglican urges people to vote Yes
Newcastle Anglican has issued a statement offering its unequivocal support to a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament. “The referendum offers us the opportunity to bring healing to our nation,”…
Former bistro operators fined
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $9,990 in penalties in court against the former operators of a bistro restaurant business at Point Frederick. The Federal Circuit and Family Court has…
New management for lighthouse and reserve
Reflections Holiday Parks is the new manager of Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve and is inviting expressions of interest from the public to become members of the Community Liaison Group that…
Time to get ready for fire and storm season
As bushfire and storm season approach, Central Coast Council is set to host a series of webinars and promote events to help residents better prepare themselves, their families and their…
Jopuka announces landmark 50th production
Jopuka Productions, the Central Coast’s premiere youth theatre organisation, has announced its landmark 50th production: Joshua Maxwell’s Very Happy Children with Bright and Wonderful Futures. A testimony to the relentless…
Supporting domestic and sexual violence survivors
The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) is one of six PHNs selected to pilot a new model of care to support victim-survivors of family,…
Why I will vote Yes
Fifty-six years ago, in the 1967 referendum, original inhabitants of this land, who had been here for 60,000 years or more, were formally acknowledged as part of our nation’s population….