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For travellers from the Central Coast, early morning flights often mean an overnight stay close to Sydney Airport and, as an in-demand travel writer, Jennifer Ennion has ‘landed’ in just about all of them. From one with table tennis to another with a cracking gym, here are four of her favourites.
Blacksmithing isn’t complicated. It’s all about technique as Joanne Karcz discovers.
As health retreats, digital detoxes and mindful travel take the world by storm, the Central Coast’s wellness industry has joined the charge. We’re seeing a rise in new treatments and a re-thinking of traditional activities, and here are some of our favourites, writes Jennifer Ennion.
Have a whale of a time (we know, we know!) watching humpbacks frolic in the waters off the Central Coast. Here are our picks of the best vantage points to spy the slaps and splashes.
The Darkinjung people regard the Coast as ‘whale dreaming country’ and the whale as an important totem that symbolises kinship, writes Liz Ginis.
There’s something special about islands. They can be a lifestyle escape from urban living or carry the memories of romantic holidays. They can be a treasured home to protected wildlife habitats. But there are other islands, too, that carry the reminders of their turbulent, even cruel past. The islands of the waterways of the Central Coast and Hawkesbury River
offer all these, and more, writes Catharine Retter.
Of all the places on Aussie travellers’ bucket lists for destinations within Oz, Broome is way up there. Where the red dirt meets the brilliant turquoise of the ocean. Gateway to the Kimberley and the Pilbara. The South Sea Pearl capital of Australia.
What strikes you first as you walk through the entry gates of this two-and-a-half-hectare Killcare Heights garden is how large everything grows, writes Catharine Retter.
Forget your typical mail van – on the Hawkesbury River, letters arrive by boat, writes Liz Ginis.
It takes a keen eye and patience to spot some of the Central Coast’s most reclusive residents. Writer, Tara Wells, goes in search.
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