Rush Hour … on the beach
The beach sculptures made by local, Pete Rush, have left many Central Coast residents smiling in awe, and now he hopes he will be able to continue his work thanks…
Out & About
New workshop approved for Men’s Shed
Umina Beach Men’s Shed has been given permission to build a new workshop at 90 Osborne St. “The new shed will provide us with a much better operating space for…
CWA members make trauma teddies
Members of Umina Beach branch of the Country Women’s Association have made trauma teddy bears to the Pt Clare ambulance station to offer children comfort while being treated. Craft officer…
Stand-in mum says rock wallaby is on the mend
Australian Reptile Park zookeeper, Brooke Barton, has nursed back to health a sick yellow-footed rock wallaby baby, becoming a full-time parent of a different kind. After finding the four-month-old baby…
Book review – The Other Passenger
Author: Louise Candlish –Publisher: Simon and Schuster – We meet Jamie on his morning commute on a Thames riverboat a few days after Christmas. As he disembarks, he is stopped…
Erina’s Wood Glen to get a Men’s Shed
Wood Glen Retirement Village at Erina is to get its first Men’s Shed, thanks to an injection of more than $2,000 in funding from the Federal Government. A group of…
Cafés and restaurants breathe life into Gosford CBD
Multiple cafes and restaurants are leading the way in breathing life back into Gosford’s CBD, with new shop fronts opening and trading hours extending into the weekend. Baker Street Café,…
Camp Breakaway has re-opened for business
Camp Breakaway has re-opened for business and staff and volunteers say they want everybody to know. The disability respite care specialists are bouncing back after temporarily shutting down in April,…
Sharon Cheer wins Business Women’s Resilience Award
Killarney Vale’s Sharon Cheer has taken out the 2020 Community Business Women’s Network (CBWN) Resilience Award. Hosted by regional suicide prevention charity and CWBN project founders, the Iris Foundation, the…
Goats no longer homeless
A herd of adventurous wild goats roaming around Ourimbah near Bangalow Creek and Sohier Park, have found a new home. Gareth Cleal, who is a Bio Security Officer with Greater…
The Coast Paddle planned for September
Budgewoi’s Bryan Dorfling is getting ready to tackle his next big adventure. No stranger to a grand gesture, locals might remember Dorf as the bloke that walked from Budgewoi to…
Book review – The Pull of the Stars
Author: Emma Donohue –Publisher: Picador – I can’t recall how I chose this book. Maybe because the author also wrote Room, which I read a while ago and liked, although…
Surf club seeks material for its 100th anniversary
Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club is seeking help from residents as it prepares for its 100th anniversary in 2022. Historian Ms Julie Aitchison is looking for Peninsula locals who…
Virtual submissions for NAISDA 2021 intake
Kariong based dance college, NAISDA, is encouraging students aged 16 to 26 to virtually submit applications for its 2021 intake, a first in the college’s 44 year-long history. NAISDA is…
New arrivals need a name
Residents have the chance to name three of the region’s newest babies, with Central Coast Stadium’s residential Eastern Osprey family expanding to five. Central Coast Council posted a video of…
Book review – Don’t Cry, Dance: A Memoir of War, Love & Forgiveness
Author: Nina Angelo – Publisher: Sydney Jewish Museum – Nina Angelo is an OAM recipient for her Service to the Arts and the (NSW) Central Coast Community. She is a…
Art exhibition to engage community on mental health issues
The local not-for-profit Central Coast Primary Care will be accepting entries up until Sunday, August 30, for its mental health art exhibition, which set to run in October. The eight-day…
Exhibition shows creative responses to COVID-19 isolation
The Gosford Regional Gallery is holding its Isolation exhibition until September 12, which includes work from eleven artists from the Central Coast. The artists were asked to share their creative…
All itchy and scratchy
Adorable twin Tasmanian devil joeys Itchy and Scratchy are calling the Australian Reptile Park home for now, having been born recently at the Park’s sister organisation, Aussie Ark in the…
Opera in the Arboretum not to be held for 18 months
The Rotary Club of Woy Woy will not hold its annual fundraiser, Opera in the Arboretum, for another 18 months. Earlier this year, the club cancelled this year’s event, normally…