Libraries extend free online eBook offerings
Central Coast libraries have extended their free online resources that are accessible to local residents while the libraries are closed. Council director Ms Julie Vaughan said the council had “a…
Out & About
Marj celebrates 100 years
Ms Marj Oliver celebrated her 100th birthday in Umina on April 8. She is now one of 10 people at the Peninsula Village aged care facility aged more than 100….
CWA members knit 820 beanies
The Woy Woy Country Women’s Association branch has knitted 820 beanies for newborns and disadvantaged people and has more beanies on the way. Members Sue Willis and her sister, Annette,…
Stars of the Central Coast postponed but has already raised over $55,000
Stars of the Central Coast has been postponed, but that hasn’t stopped this year’s movers and shakers from raising over $55,000 for local cancer services. The annual fundraising event is…
New ways to stay socially connected
As strict social restrictions remain in place on the Central Coast in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, residents are coming up with new ways to stay socially connected. For…
Unique ANZAC Day commemorations coming to the Coast
RSL NSW is calling on Central Coast residents to honour the service and sacrifice of the nation’s service people this ANZAC Day by taking part in a collective Dawn Service…
BOOK Review – General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
John Maynard Keynes In the aftermath of the Great Crash of 1929, the Hoover administration did nothing. Not only was neo-Classical economics so confoundingly mathematical, but the laissez-faire economy was…
The Story of Jim Bowcock, Part 2 (from A Pocketful of Yesterdays)
Then came the war … The men went off to fight and there was a desperate shortage of workers. Jim had started work at the age of 14, working on…
Little Quirks Band feature on Isol-Aid Festival
The Coast’s Little Quirks Band has become the first Central Coast act to feature on Isol-Aid Festival. A family act, sisters Abbey and Mia Toole, along with their cousin, Jaymi…
Work dog finds retirement home
A Copacabana family has welcomed a very special Fire and Rescue NSW veteran into their lives. Viking the Labrador has worked as a fire accelerant detection canine for FRNSW for…
Baby wombat needs a name
In these uncertain times, there is nothing that can bring smiles more than a new, cute baby wombat. The Australian Reptile Park delivered just that with the news just before…
Book Review – The Communist Manifesto
In the 12 months following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, the best-selling book around the world was not Harry Potter or 50 Shades of Grey, but in fact…
COVID-19 Neil Diamond concert brought cheer to Brentwood Village
Music can’t fix everything, but it certainly can make people feel better, and a resident at Kincumber’s Brentwood Village has put that theory to the test. As the world adapts…
No, really .. we’re all fine
Bin day used to be droll duty, but across the country, self-isolating Aussies are making the weekly trip to the kerbside a fashionable affair. Julie Mills The Bin Isolation Outing…
Engagement party celebrated with cardboard cut-out guests
The latest lot of COVID-19 restrictions may have placed the country under pseudo house arrest, but that didn’t stop one North Gosford couple from celebrating their engagement with all their…
Beaches for the purpose of exercise only
The message is clear, you can only visit Central Coast beaches for the purpose of exercise, including over the Easter and school holiday periods, as strict physical distancing guidelines are…
A Pocketful of Yesterdays, the story of Jim Bowcock (Part 1)
With this virus upon us, and the future so uncertain, I think we need to do things which keep us cheerful and useful, embroider our lives with beautiful actions, one…
Woy Woy Philosophers Society
Woy Woy Philosopher’s SocietyMissive #15: The Birth of Libertarianism Week one of the shutdown was exciting, piquing all our natural interest in human behaviour. Week two was a more sobering,…
Easter 2020 will be like no other
For Central Coast Christians, Easter 2020 will be like no other, with attendance at places of worship banned during the coronavirus pandemic and churches of all denominations offering, instead, live…
‘No One Deserves A Serve’ campaign underway
As many more Sydneysiders flock to the Central Coast to self isolate, the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association, Newcastle and Northern Branch (SDA) has issued a reminder on respecting…