Peninsula included on Christmas lights map
The Peninsula has been included on a website that maps Christmas light displays across the Coast. Lentara Rd and Birdwood Ave, Umina, and Watkin Ave, Woy Woy, have been listed…
Out & About
Jill Meredith receives award for community garden
Ms Jill Meredith has been awarded a community service award by Member for Gosford, Ms Liesl Tesch, for her work establishing the Woy Woy Peninsula Community Garden. Ms Meredith, aside…
Dot Devine turns 104
Umina nursing home resident Ms Dot Devine turned 104 on Friday, celebrating with friends, family and staff. Dot has lived through the Great Depression, both World Wars and the reign…
Old 4 New Life Jackets on Coast
The Old4New lifejacket program is holding it’s popular trade in program on the Coast. It’s all about making more boaters aware of the range of modern lifejackets. Not only are…
Brief display of diamond collection
The Coast’s grandest diamond collection, the Heart of the Pacific Diamond Collection, will be displayed at Simon Curwood Jewellers in Westfield Tuggerah. Featuring 21.8 carats of dazzling white diamonds and…
Short Story Competition winners announced
The winners of the 2017 Central Coast Council Library Service annual Short Story Competition were announced at a well-attended awards ceremony, on Thursday, November 30. This is the second consecutive…
Giant blazing fireballs streaking through the sky every hour
Coasties looking for an interstellar experience should set their sights on Glenworth Valley, according to 2017 Exposure Photographer of the Year, Mr David Magro. From December 13-14, one of the…
Lucy Parle wins Song Writer’s Association Youth Award
St Peter’s Catholic College, Tuggerah, Year 8 student, Lucy Parle, won the Youth Category at the Australian Song Writer’s Association Awards. The Australian Songwriters Association is a national, non-profit, member…
End of year Christmas party at The Rhythm Hut
The Rhythm Hut is wrapping up another big year of live music, classes, workshops, and all good things creative, with an end of year Christmas party on Friday, December 8,…
Fireworks display to top off free Christmas Fest
Community members are invited to attend the free Christmas Fest event in Kibble Park, Gosford, on Sunday, December 17, from 5.30pm. Amongst the festivities will be a petting zoo, a…
Musicians Making A difference celebrates its annual MMAD4U Day
Musicians Making A difference, is celebrating its annual MMAD4U Day on Friday, December 1. MMAD4U Day celebrates individuality and aims to uplift others by telling them that you believe in…
Brackets and Jam to end the year with a bang
The Brackets and Jam south crew will present another night of superb music, food and friendly company on top of our Kincumba Mountain on Friday, December 1. The line-up for…
First fair for the Bays
The Bays Community Group is in the initial stages of planning its first Bays Fair. The fair is aimed at bringing together residents from all three bays in an outdoor…
Original Wailers to perform at The Entrance
The Original Wailers from Jamaica will be performing the iconic Bob Marey and the Wailers album, Legend, in full, plus an encore of greatest hits, at The Entrance Leagues Club…
Rotary plans Opera in the Arboretum
Pearl Beach’s annual Opera in the Arboretum will return on March 24. The event will feature Greta Bradman, Deborah Humble, Alex Sefton, Virgilio Marino, Evgeny Sorkin, Francis Greep and The…
Jazz played in arboretum
Pearl Beach Progress Association and the Crommelin Native Arboretum hosted Jazz in the Arboretum in October. The event featured renowned pianist Simon Tedeschi. The concert also featured George Washingmachine, a…
Beautiful Girls at Long Jetty
Australian Roots Rock trio, The Beautiful Girls, will be bringing their Morning Sun Tour to Long Jetty Hotel on Sunday, December 3. It was 2002 when The Beautiful Girls made…
New style outdoor cinema coming to Budgewoi
A new take on outdoor cinema is coming to Budgewoi on November 23. Mov’In Bed combines the comfort of watching a movie in bed with a cinema under the stars…
Munmorah Mural is being excavated
An important relic, the Munmorah Mural, is being excavated from the former Munmorah Power Station as demolition of the station continues. Artist and architect, Mr Gino Volpato, created the 9.1…
Four year Australian Spirit art project culmination
The four-year multidisciplinary art project, Australian Spirit, is now entering the final stage of its concluding year, with a gathering of the participants in the final phase at Art Studios…