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			21 February 2021		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  AWESOME AVOCA NAMED OUR BEST BEACH
Leading travel magazine rates Coast beaches
DALLAS SHERRINGHAM
AWESOME Avoca has been named the Central Coast’s best beach by leading travel magazine Australian Traveller and it is sure to raise the hackles of residents in its more famous sister, Terrific Terrigal.
	  
	        
              
        
                
    
      
				
		
			16 February 2021		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  SELL OFF THE PENINSULA'S VACANT LAND
That's Chamber's advice to broke council
DALLAS SHERRINGHAM
DALLAS SHERRINGHAM
CENTRAL Coast Council should be selling off dozens of vacant blocks on the Peninsula, according to the area’s Chamber of Commerce.
	  
	        
              
        
                
    
      
				
		
			07 February 2021		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  CENTRAL COAST URGED TO DINE & DISCOVER
Businesses can register for voucher program
ELIGABLE businesses on the Central Coast are being encouraged to register for the NSW Government’s Dine & Discover NSW voucher program, to help boost dining, arts and tourism industries in the area.
	  
	        
              
        
                
    
      
				
		
			06 February 2021		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  COMMENT: NO SURPRISE WE'VE BEEN LEFT BEHIND
Time to capitalise on our unique benefits
BRUCE MCLACHLAN
THIS January we saw numbers on our beaches return to the glory days Central Coast tourism, when in the 1960s and 70s, the Coast population swelled over Xmas, and normally empty camping grounds like the Skillion or Toowoon Bay would become tent cities overnight.
	  
	        
              
        
                
    
      
				
		
			25 January 2021		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  COUNCIL SUSPENSION EXTENDED
Significant issues, dysfunction plague this council
THE NSW Government has extended the suspension of Central Coast Council for an additional three months.
	  
	        
              
        
                
    THE NSW Government has extended the suspension of Central Coast Council for an additional three months.
      
				
		
			02 January 2021		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  JURASSIC ZOO A SUMMER HIT
Family fun as dinosaurs take over Park
THE gates are open! These school holidays The Australian Reptile Park goes back to the prehistoric period.
	  
	        
              
        
                
    THE gates are open! These school holidays The Australian Reptile Park goes back to the prehistoric period.
      
				
		
			24 December 2020		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  CENTRAL COAST PRO RETURNS TO AVOCA
Sending a message to all of Australia
AVOCA Beach will play host to a world-class surfing competition next year, with the Vissla Central Coast Pro set to be held from March 2 - 7, 2021.
	  
	        
              
        
                
    AVOCA Beach will play host to a world-class surfing competition next year, with the Vissla Central Coast Pro set to be held from March 2 - 7, 2021.
      
				
		
			19 December 2020		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  SCAM ALERT: CHRISTMAS WARNING
Impersonations netting scammers millions
ELIZABETH FRIAS
AUTHORITIES has lifted the lid on scams triggered by COVID-19 and warned against fake online shopping websites particularly this Christmas, phishing for personal information, and superannuation or taxation fraud.
	  
	        
              
        
                
    
      
				
		
			10 December 2020		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  THERE'S HOLE IN THE BUCKET....
The night when Council lost its way
By Dallas Sherringham
It was at a Central Coast Council meeting in  April 27  at the start of the Covid-19 panic when the seeds were sown that eventually led to the massive meltdown.
	  
	        
              
        
                
    
      
				
		
			07 December 2020		
		        
        
	  	  
	  
  
  BACKING CENTRAL COAST DEVELOPERS
Tony Denny providing pathways to progress
DALLAS SHERRINGHAM
A BRILLIANT initiative by “Mr Development” Tony Denny could provide the spark the Central Coast needs to bounce back in troubled times.