Down in the Garden: How to Grow Healthy Citrus
Everyone should have a lemon tree but not everyone is always successful at growing said citrus tree. Let’s explore ways to help you master the art of the juicy fruits!…
Out & About
Arboretum Art Trail to conclude this weekend
The Pearl Beach Arboretum Ephemeral Art Trail kicked off to a great start with hundreds of visitors attending the trail along the June Long Weekend. The launch started on the…
Book Review – Saturdays at Noon
Author: Rachel Marks – Publisher: Penguin – Anger management classes meet Saturdays at noon. Alfie’s Dad, Jake, is going there because something happened with another parent at the school and…
Local poet shares book sales proceeds with Black Dog Institute
Local poet Samira Vivette has decided to donate $1 from every copy of her latest book sold to the Black Dog Institute. Vivette said she wanted to raise awareness for…
Breakers school holiday program changes
School holiday camps scheduled over the next two weeks at Breakers Indoor Stadium at Terrigal will not proceed. The FUNdamentals Camp scheduled for June 29-July 1 will now be held…
Coast Shelter to hold 10th Annual Sleepout
Coast Shelter is appealing to residents to sleep rough on August 6 to help provide safe accommodation for someone experiencing domestic or family violence. To be held at Central Coast…
Mingaletta Elders welcome Art Full Women
A new community arts project has been welcomed with open arms from Mingaletta Elders with a day of stories, culture, painting and weaving over the June Long Weekend. Elders from…
Call for local budding actors
A local film director and writer has put the call out for young budding actors to star in a three-day film shoot next month at The Galleria in Ettalong. Woy…
CWA Woy Woy sews memories together
The Country Women’s Association Woy Woy Branch has brought memories to life, gifting a unique 21st birthday present to a local woman. Quilt maker, Jane Bowtell, said the Association was…
Woy Woy CWA celebrates 89th birthday
In celebration of its 89th birthday, the Woy Woy Country Women’s Association branch have taken the time to reflect on its ‘humble beginnings’. The Association first opened its doors on…
Albert makes 90th birthday a family affair
It was a family affair for Daleys Point local, Albert Morris, who recently celebrated his 90th Birthday surrounded by five generations of the Morris clan. The family met up at…
Words on the Waves Writers Festival a huge success
Over 800 people swapped the beach for books and headed down to Umina across the June Long Weekend for the inaugural Words on the Waves Writers Festival. The festival, which…
David Irving received Service Above Self Award
David Irving has received the Northlakes Toukley Rotary Club Neville Royal Service Above Self Award for his volunteer work at Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve. Rotary President, Jan Pryor said that…
Unauthorised Pelican marking needs to be stopped
Pelicans across the Central Coast, from The Entrance to Woy Woy, are appearing with red patches from an unknown cause. Cathy Gilmore from Australian Seabird Rescue Central Coast has some…
Covid strikes again affecting family history classes
Wyong Family History Group has been forced to postpone its Beginning Your Family History classes, due to start on July 2, because of the Covid restrictions. The group has been…
Refugee Week exhibitions
A new exhibition called Home has opened at the Art Container in Memorial Park at The Entrance. The collaborative project marks Refugee Week which was June 20 to 26 and…
SWAMPies to participate in Coast Shelter Sleepout
Members of the Sustainable Wetlands Agricultural Makers Project, commonly known as SWAMP, are participating in an upcoming 10th Annual Coast Shelter Sleepout, raising money for the service that helps vulnerable…
Art Society to present 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Central Coast Art Society (CCAS) will present its 50th Anniversary Winter Exhibition at Gosford Regional Gallery in July. During the exhibition, the CCAS will celebrate with a High Tea recognising…
Down in the Garden: How Not to Kill an Orchid
Your gardening writer is not an avid orchid collector and grower, but I am slowly coming around to them as I begin to understand the passion and seducing attraction of…
5 Lands Walk postponed
The 5 Lands Walk scheduled for June 26 will be postponed due to concerns over the Sydney COVID cluster and the latest public order, which saw a tightening of restrictions…