5@5 – this week’s video news wrap
This week’s ‘must know’ news stories in a compact audio/video format. This week; The rains arrive, MP tables parliamentary petition, Lake Macquarie seismic, Terrigal Lagoon pollution, funnel web spider record,…
Terrigal
3D seismic testing cancelled
Community group Save Our Coast (SOC) has claimed a major win for the local community with the recent announcement that Advent Energy has withdrawn its application to conduct 3D seismic…
Big fuel price variations across the Coast
The cheapest fuel in the region is $1.27.7/litre at West Gosford. The dearest $1.59.9 at all outlets on the Woy Woy Peninsula. Confirming the long term trend of large variations…
Council to focus on Terrigal and Avoca lagoons
Avoca and Terrigal lagoons and Kincumber Creek are three of the least healthy estuarine waterways on the Central Coast. Central Coast Council’s first combined Waterways report card, released on December…
Adam Crouch appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast
Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast. The surprise move, announced on December 19, follows the axing in March of Parliamentary Secretaries. Crouch…
Loss of temporary Terrigal car park was inevitable
The loss of 33 car parking spaces in Church St, Terrigal, became inevitable when the former Gosford Council made the decision to sell the land to a private developer in…
5@5 weekly Nov 8, 2019
Our 5@5 ‘must know’ stories from the Central Coast. This week: Hard week for our police. Avoca Beach improvements a little sharp. Sale of local State Forests forewarned. Dredging at…
Scoping study for new coastal management program underway
Central Coast Council has been awarded $35,000 to complete a scoping study of open coast and coastal lagoons under the State Government’s Coastal and Estuary Grants Program. Member for Terrigal,…
Tourism expenditure hit an all time high according to Tourism Research Australia
Tourism expenditure on the Central Coast hit an all time high of $1.074B during the 2018-19 financial year, according to latest statistics released by Tourism Research Australia. Tourism Central Coast…
Controversial Terrigal development rejected in December reluctantly approved
A controversial $10.7M six-storey development at Terrigal has been given the green light by Central Coast Council, almost 12 months after it was originally refused in December. The development, which…
5@5 News weekly Nov 1
The ‘must know’ Central Coast stories this week; M1 super smash, Wonderful Woy Woy Wharf upgrade, Local Coal Mine Rally, Ex-Minister Gallacher not guilty, Terrigal Beach report, plus sport and…
Government report confirms Terrigal Beach water pollution
A report commissioned by the NSW Government has confirmed what locals have been saying for months, that human sewage regularly spills from stormwater drains onto Terrigal Beach. The Microbial Source…
Annual State of the Beaches report released
Good news to come out of the NSW Government’s annual State of the Beaches report for 2018-2019 is that 14 of the region’s 15 ocean beaches have achieved a good…
Marine Discovery Centre has Ecotourism Australia certification
[Terrigal] The Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre has received Advanced Ecotourism and Climate Action Business certification from Ecotourism Australia and Centre Manager, John Asquith, couldn’t be happier. “Our volunteers and…
Pollution problems at Terrigal still not resolved satisfactorily
User groups are far from impressed with Central Coast Councils Terrigal Catchment Audit, handed down on June 11. Although the report was an initial audit to be followed up with…