Family orchestra at Troubadour
The second concert in the Troubadour Folk Club’s Fabulous February series will feature the Highly Strung Rock and Roll Orchestra. Troubadour president Mr Michael Fine said the family orchestra was…
Out & About
Environment group seeks volunteers for festival
The Peninsula Environment Group is seeking volunteers to help with its Woytopia sustainable living festival to be held in September. Event manager Mr Julian Bowker said the group was looking…
Movie Review – 1917
1917 has received wide acclaimed for its bold, immersive film-making style – the entire movie presents as a single, continuous scene – but falls well short of the heights achieved…
Pink tongued blue tongue lizard discovered
If there’s one thing we know about blue tongue lizards, it’s that their tongues are blue. But not always. Keepers at the Australian Reptile Park were stunned recently when a…
Woy Woy Philosophers Society – Meeting #6. Epicurus (Can he really cure us?)
In the old, stone craft beer halls of Ancient Greece, late at night as the fire burnt low, the few remaining souls would join together in song.It was a melancholy…
Yellow-footed rock-wallaby joey takes first steps
In true blue Aussie fashion, The Australian Reptile Park’s resident yellow-footed rock-wallaby joey took her first ever hops just in time for Australia Day. Dorito had a rough start at…
Central Coast Council’s 2020 citizens of the year announced
Eleven community members have been recognised in Central Coast Council’s 2020 Australia Day honours, including Olympic silver medallist Moguls skiier Matthew Graham, who was named Citizen of the Year. Mayor,…
The Art of War – Woy Woy Philosophers Society
Meeting #5. On Sun Tzu’s Art of War (and modern applications for Coasties) We’ve been on the run this week, hounded by the Paparazzi from the Peninsula News from one…
The Dutch House – book review
I’m a sucker for Ann Patchett. This is her eighth novel and the fourth one I have read (my favourite is State of Wonder). The Dutch House is as a…
Free green waste disposal
Central Coast Council will absorb the costs of green waste disposal for properties west of the freeway at its Buttonderry and Woy Woy Waste Management Facilities until January 31, in…
Three Exhibitions in three months at Gosford Regional Gallery
Gosford Regional Gallery is poised to kick off three new exhibitions later this January. The Gallery is set to begin exhibiting three new exhibitions commencing with Helen Geier’s Through Two…
Craft group has been a boon for wildlife carers
Seamstresses, crafters and makers from across the region have united in a new group doing their utmost to support wildlife carers on the Central Coast. The Lesa Valpy Craft/Sew for…
Fire chief named as Central Coast’s Australia Day Ambassador
The 2020 Australia Day Ambassador for the Central Coast is Central Coast Rural Fire Service District Superintendent, Viki Campbell. Central Coast Council made the announcement on its Facebook page late…
Central Coast’s Australia Day Ambassador – yet to be announced
From athletes to advocates, entertainers and entrepreneurs, singers to scientists, this year’s announced NSW Australia Day Ambassadors come from all walks of life. However apparently from the Central Coast, is…
Fourth Meeting of the Woy Woy Philosophy Society
On what it means to ‘be’: A New Missive from the Great Thinkers of the Coast. The Society had quite a boost this week. We were approached by someone to…
Patrick Brennan selected for Australian Conducting Academy Summer School
Central Coast Conservatorium Artistic Director and CEO, Patrick Brennan, is one of eight conductors chosen through a rigorous selection process to take part in the Australian Conducting Academy (ACA) 2020…
Young Archie awards uncover budding artists
Budding young artists from across the Central Coast had their talents recognised on January 8, following the conclusion of Central Coast Council’s 2019 Young Archie Competition. Styled after the Archibald…
Drone service to continue at Avoca Beach
Avoca Beach will once again have a set of eyes in the sky this summer thanks to a drone, provided in partnership by the NSW Government, Surf Life Saving NSW,…
The Giver of Stars
[Book Review] I’m on a decline with JoJo Moyes. I loved Me Before You, but I only liked the sequel After You. I then wasn’t sure at all about her…
New Pride Rock in Gosford for LGBTIQ community
The push towards a more inclusive, LGBTIQ friendly Central Coast gained a little more traction earlier this month with the opening of the Central Coast Pride Centre in Gosford. The…