Egg-cellent start to February for Coast Hands
Coast Hands has started its February off with an exquisite donation. The Central Coast based outreach organisation started the month with one of its largest and most unusual donations ever,…
Out & About
SoCares feels the love on Love Your Pet Day
A lifesaving incubator will soon be online at Charmhaven’s SoCares Animal Care Facility, following a highly successful community fundraiser. The council contracted impound centre and animal rescue, welfare and adoption…
Council provides Blank Canvas for creators at Ettalong
A pop-up retail space in Ettalong will be available for local creators to showcase their works as part of Central Coast Council’s plan to boost local tourism in the area….
New Men’s Shed planned by Killy Cares
Community group Killy Cares has several exciting community initiatives coming up in 2021, including a Men’s Shed for the Wagstaffe to Killcare area. Committee Member Lyndall Jones said the group…
Curtains re-open for Woy Woy Little Theatre
The lights are finally back on at the Peninsula Theatre as Woy Woy Little Theatre (WWLT) gets set to open its first play since COVID-19 restrictions came into force last…
Bookmobile to visit Peninsula
Readers on the Peninsula can now easily access new novels with Central Coast Council’s Bookmobile hitting the streets from February 8. The Bookmobile aims to visit selected nursing homes and…
Umina actor to perform in award-winning comedy
Umina actor Samson Alston is set to star in an award-winning Australian comedy in Sydney from February 17. Fag/Stag, written by Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Chris Isaacs, was first performed…
Soul food and a recipe for chocolate mud cream
We’re midway through a six-part guide to feeling good. Thus far, we’ve explored the importance of breathing, sleep, rest, pleasure, human connection and this week we’re focusing on ‘soul’ food….
Daughters and Dads program launches on the Coast
A free, award winning program to help girls get active, feel more confident and improve their relationship with their fathers has arrived on the Coast. The Daughters and Dads Active…
Loves Lanes Festival deferred
Central Coast Council has confirmed that it’s annual Love Lanes Festival will not return in 2021. Held annually in the week before Valentine’s Day, the festival sees the Wyong business…
Coast pit-stop as Brian kitesurfs to Melbourne
On a mission to break a Guinness World Record for the longest journey kitesurfing, Brian Kiss von Soly took a pit stop on the Central Coast to outwait bad weather…
Copa celebrates Australia Day
It might have been as Australia Day like no other due to COVID-19 restrictions, but the residents of Copacabana were determined to make the most of it. Residents came together…
Down in the Garden – Time to Get shady
We all love more than a bit of sun and our gardens, particularly our veggie plots that would not thrive without it. But a balanced garden needs a bit of…
Ella a top young achiever
Ella Sandeman from Mount Elliot has been nominated for a Western Sydney University Academic Achievement Award, part of the 2021 7news Young Achiever Awards NSW/ACT. The award recognises young people…
Saratoga mum publishes second children’s book
Saratoga local, Melita Lovett-Sisson, has given up the corporate life to pursue her passion for writing children books, publishing her second book on January 29. The 32-page picture book, called…
70 years and going strong
After meeting in their late teens, Shirley and Don Auburn celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on February 3. Mrs and Mr Auburn, who now live at Tarragal Glen Retirement Village,…
Point Clare tenor chalks up 47 years as opera singer
Graeme Macfarlane’s first opera audition was in the Sydney Opera House back in 1973 when it was opened. Forty-eight years later, the Point Clare local still performs in one of…
Central Coast birders rule the roost in new photography competition
Some stunning shots of the Coast’s birdlife have emerged following the Central Coast Birding Group’s (CCBG) inaugural Birding NSW Photographic Competition. CCBG spokesman, Allan Benson, said photography was becoming increasingly…
Antiques buyer coming to Wyong
Jewellery, old coins and vintage watches are just some of the items collector and antiques dealer, Robin Levinson, will be looking to buy when he visits Wyong later this month….
Brian Davies named 2020 Top Frogger
Palmdale resident, Brian Davies, has been named FrogID Week’s 2020 Top Frogger. FrogID Week is Australia’s biggest annual frog count and aims to measure the health and distribution of frog…