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George and Bets Conway have had a significant presence on the Central Coast waterways, in their local community at Saratoga and in the boat building industry since the mid 1980Sm when they and there family moved from Sydney’s Balmain and worked with the well known luxury yacht builder Warren Yachts at Kincumber for many years while in his spare time built  ‘MV Magic of Gosford’ which they later sold. Subsequently, in 2006, the Conways took over the Central Coast Ferr...

In today’s fiercely competitive retail environment, the only independent bricks and mortar stores that last the distance not only offer a significant point of difference but are also run by people who are in it for love. Greg and Dianne Timms know this only too well. After twenty-six years as the owner/operators of Sargeant Peppers Menswear in Terrigal, they still have as much passion for their business today as they did when they purchased it in 1995 Greg has been in retail fashio...

Despite only having called the Central Coast home for the past sixteen years, Lawrie McKinna is a man who needs no introduction in the region. Whether in football, local politics, for his many fundraising initiatives or in his current role as Chair of the RDACC, he is known and loved for his glass half full attitude and knack for bringing people together and making things happen. Lawrie achieved enormous success as a football player and coach and remarkable results as Gosford Mayor, working ...

Gavin Yates began his career in the 1990s working behind the bar by night mixing classic cocktails and with his father Norm by day manufacturing breakfast jams for the hotel and aviation sectors in their small family business, Yates Traders at Somersby. An innovator from the get-go, Gavin created his first unique product for bars while still making jams. It was a shot glass with a pull-off lid, an idea inspired by a combination of the miniature jars used in the family business and the h...

  Gosford Hotel opened in 1926.   In 1998 Peter Harris and his wife Jane bought the Hotel which is now undergoing a $13 million renovation which will be the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Gosford. This story is about Peter Harris who was brought up in a publican family and he and wife Jane bought their first hotel in Whitton in 1978. Today, with partners Gary and Kerry Narvo they own: The Bayview at Woy Woy, The Lakes Hotel at The Entrance, Hotel Jesmond i...