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Eat & Drink

Summer Sips

What happens when you gather great Central Coast culinary talent and let them get creative around an open fire at the exciting new Hawkesbury River venue, Bush River Kitchen? The coming together of local chefs and food professionals gave all a chance to share the primal importance of feasting in the fresh air in a truly magical locale.

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Book Club

To make your book selection process a little easier, the Life and Style team have rounded up our picks for what we’ll be devouring this Autumn.   THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY By Emma Carey  This heartfelt memoir tells the inspirational story of how Emma used one of her greatest tragedies to find

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Welcome to Klinika

Where advanced aesthetic medicine meets a holistic approach to health. “KLINIKA IS BORN FROM A PASSION FOR ENHANCING NATURAL BEAUTY AND PROMOTING HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE, RECOGNISING THAT ONE RARELY EXISTS WITHOUT THE OTHER,” EXPLAINS DR. NIK. Walking through the doors of Klinika for the first time, it’s clear that the Coast’s newest ‘mecca for skin’

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Best of Beauty with Eleanor Pendleton

We asked Eleanor Pendleton, the Central Coast’s own beauty guru and Founder & Publisher of Gritty Pretty, Australia’s premier beauty website and magazine, to share her current favourite beauty buys and salons. So if you are visiting the Central Coast, take note for the best in hair, skin, and all things beauty! Eleanor Pendleton is

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From the HEART: Camilla Franks

When the National Breast Cancer Foundation announced in 2020 that it was aiming for zero breast cancer deaths by 2030, fashion-designer superstar, Camilla Franks, a breast cancer survivor and NBCF ambassador, wrote a moving letter to her future self. Dear Milla, Twelve years since you sat in that doctor’s office and felt the world around

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Store Spotlight – Weekends Store

The Beholder’s Leah Fotofili and Central Coast Life & Style's Cathy Baker have worked together for years – now they have opened a full-service lifestyle studio in Hardys Bay.

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Behind The Scenes

The Beholder’s Leah Fotofili and Central Coast Life & Style's Cathy Baker have worked together for years – now they have opened a full-service lifestyle studio in Hardys Bay.

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Making Waves

As new eco-swimwear label SUZU launches, designer Su-Elise Nash talks about her extraordinary leap from London pop star to life on the beach.

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Bared Footwear

Be prepared to be swept off your feet by a range of beautifully – and sustainably – made high-fashion shoes and boots that are designed to fit. Properly.

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Hospitality Queen

What’s next for Tara Senam, the dynamic founder of the Meraki Group and much-loved local restaurants including Motel Mezza, Pinocchio’s Wine & Pizza and The Pantry?

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You Glow Girl

Old-school personalised service meets cutting-edge science at Dolce Vita Skin, the clinic that is helping us put our best face forward.

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It’s Here – Summer Edition of Central Coast Life & Style Out Now!

Our special holiday edition has arrived, featuring the iconic and much loved Australian media sensation, Deborah Hutton. Wearing canopybay by local producers Rigon Headwear, it was such an honour to spread this fabulously fashionable, sun safety message in the height of summer, as locals and holidaymakers continue to make the most of our enviable coastal lifestyle.

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Coastal Goddess: Saratoga’s new aesthetic and intimate health spa

Coastal Goddess, run by highly qualified practitioners at a newly opened clinic in Saratoga not only offer state-of-the-art aesthetic treatments, they specialise in all aspects of women’s intimate health. Dr Kelly Needham established Coastal Goddess in 2021 to provide women of all ages a comprehensive range of facial aesthetic and intimate health treatments, in a