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After a three year absence due to COVID-19, the Brisbane Water Oyster Festival is finally coming back! The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has confirmed that the Oyster Festival will be returning to Woy Woy on Sunday 12th November to be held at Lions Park on the Brisbane Water. This year’s the festival is returning to Woy Woy at the Lions Park Reserve with the backing of Central Coast Council.  Chamber President Matthew Wales said, “We are heading into our 23rd year of holdi...

Following more than 30 years of argument and 11 months of construction, the new boardwalk linking Terrigal Beach to The Haven was officially opened by Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch in mid-April. Ms Berejiklian said the 277-metre-long boardwalk has been designed to complement the natural environment and is composed of materials that can withstand the elements to ensure its longevity into the future. "Building a boardwalk to better connect Terrigal ha...

Holiday letting agents at Ettalong and Terrigal are reporting the best June long weekend for years. Stephen Brooks from Accom Holiday Rentals told CCBR that all their properties in Ettalong Beach, Terrigal and Avoca Beach were fully booked. "Due to the COVID19 lockdown we did not plan to let any of our properties," he said. "But at the last minute the restrictions were changed allowing people to get away and the phones started ringing." Mr Brooks said that while it...

At its May 11 meeting Central Coast Council adopted a new way forward in respect of marketing tourism. With the current tourism marketing contract, which had a total focus on digital marketing using social media, expiring on 30 June 2020 the current model for tourism management has been identified as requiring a change. This is to ensure that the regional and strategic focus is achieved with the delivery of the Destination Brand Strategy, Tourism Opportunity Plan and meet the needs of...

Originally proposed in 2014 the development that will be built on the corner of Mann and Donnison Streets, Gosford is about to become a reality with Sydney developers, the ICC Development Group announcing in mid-October that construction would commence in early 2020. The $400 million development will have two towers 25 and 26 storeys high and will take around 28 months to complete. Sydney architect Nigel Dickson, Managing Director of Dickson Rothschild designed the original project in 2...