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If there’s one thing we want to say about the Central Coast community, it has a big heart.
That not only makes it a great place to live, but it’s where you’d want to bring up your kids.
We took a look at three very different and caring not-for-profit organisations that each help kids and families in very different ways from early childhood through to tertiary training for career skills.
They say the Central Coast has less history than The Rocks or Tassie. But in Holgate, Jeff McAlister sourced historic materials from convict-built roads, an early slab hut, and an old Sydney monastery to build their histories into his house.
When Adrienne Ferreira first met Rob Carlton, at the University of Sydney in her early 20s, she was unimpressed. It wasn’t until returning from an overseas working holiday that she gave him a chance. They started as friends but, as Adrienne says, ‘The more time I spent with him, the moreintrigued I was.’ The Avoca
Not all disabilities or chronic illnesses are visible but that doesn’t mean there are not huge personal challenges to overcome. That’s what powerhouse theatre performer, Andi Snelling, discovered after something as commonplace as a tickbite left her physically debilitated. She turned it into a positive, literally turning herself upside down in the process. Andi performs
Despite being from two different worlds,
Central Coast author Fiona Lloyd
leaned into her love of rural Australia
for her debut novel.
There are eleven Seeing Eye Dog puppies in training on the Central Coast, each with stories to tell.
‘Christine is not only my friend and mentor, she is art world royalty. There is nothing she doesn’t know about the way characters, relationships and schools of thought have formed the creative world we live in today. She was also Margaret Olley’s closest friend and confidante.’
Ben Quilty.
NAUGHTY NOODLE FUN HAUS IS THE COAST’S LEADING MULTI-ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION HOUSE. IT WAS CREATED WITH THE INTENTION OF IGNITING CONTEMPORARY CULTURE FOR THE REGION AND SIMULTANEOUSLY FOSTERING
TRANSFORMATION, BUILDING INCLUSION, PROMOTING DIVERSITY, AND CREATING DIALOGUE ACROSS THE REGION.
At 69 Cape Three Points Road in Avoca, a bright red piano adorned with original artworks beckons passers-by from its colourful shelter.
At just 27 years of age, Elle Nielsen is an entrepreneurial dynamo
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