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Bars

A Tipple or Two at the Coast’s Top Bars

With an endless coastline offering some of the best views in Australia, the Central Coast offers myriad places to watch the sun go down with a bevvy in hand. Whether your sundowner of choice is an afternoon beer or a classy cocktail, we’ve got you covered with this hit list of the top twelve chic Coastie bars.

Fashion

First Look: By Weave Winter Collection

Central Coast designer Weave Dibden Neck unveiled her latest collection at Central Coast Fashion Week (CCFW) and we kinda want one of everything. From floaty floral frocks to delicate dresses, eye-popping party tops and glitzy gold skirts and shirts, there is something for everyone in the By Weave winter collection. The designs are trademark Weave – fun, fabulous

Eat & Drink

Celebrate NYE in Style on the Coast

It’s the biggest night of the year and to help you end 2017 with a coastal chic bang, we’ve compiled some of the hottest and hippest things happening on the Central Coast this New Year. Seaside restaurants are putting on exquisite meals, beachfront bars are teeing up epic parties and for something a bit racey,

Cafes

A Few New Cafes & Bars on the Coast

The Coast is evolving at such a rapid pace, it seems as though there is an exciting new bar, restaurant or cafe opening up every other weekend. These past few months have been particularly productive with a handful of new restaurants and cafes bursting onto the scene. From a new pasta bar in Woy Woy

Things to do

Eight Ways to Entertain The Kids in Winter Hols

Winter doesn’t have to equal the blues on the Central Coast. There are loads of fun things happening indoors and outdoors so no matter what Mother Nature serves up these school holidays, the littlies will be happy and entertained. Here’s our July school holiday guide to ensure the winter break sizzles despite the chill (and best of

Coast Style

Central Coast Fashion Week Returns

If you’ve always wanted to sit front row at a fashion show – now is your chance. Central Coast Fashion Week (CCFW) is returning to the Coast later this month with a week of fabulous fashion, fun and food… And you’re invited. Get out your diaries, here are the must-attend events for CCFW 2018… Friday May

Fashion

CCFW: Celebrating Coastie Style

From the Central Coast to the world, some of today’s leading fashion influencers are born-and-bred right here on the Coast. With masses of online followers and front row seats at fashion weeks, the likes of @garypeppergirl, @tuulavintage and @elle_ferguson, to name just a few, might wear the latest in-vogue threads but they’re humble Coastie girls at heart.

Things to do

A Chic Guide to School Hols on the Coast

To ensure coastal chicettes are having as much fun as chic adults, we’ve compiled the top ten things for families on the Central Coast these school holidays. From waterfront carnivals to cooking classes, Coastal Chic mum Zoe Thomson put some of the Coast’s star attractions to the test with one aim – to entertain Coastie

Restaurants

The Day Biota Came to Town

In a culinary coup for the Central Coast, Avoca restaurant Bombini partnered with Bowral’s Biota to present an epic Sunday feast. Combining the flavours of the Southern Highlands with fruit and veg plucked fresh from Bombini’s organic garden, the joint lunch was a celebration of regional produce. Despite the incessant rain, it turned out to be a

Things to do

Coasties Cast Off at Woy Woy Festival

We’re well and truly hooked on the Central Coast’s sustainable seafood festival – Cast Off. Blessed with summer-in-autumn weather, the festival sprung to life under a powder blue sky, the sun shining down on Woy Woy’s picturesque waterfront as revellers poured into the Boulevarde. The brainchild of the family behind Woy Woy Fishermen’s Wharf (WWFW), it was a

Restaurants

Bombini, it’s worth the buzz

After years working with Stefano Manfredi at Bells, there was always going to be a lot of buzz about what Cameron Cansdell and Hayley Hardcastle did next (Cameron was head chef at Bells and Hayley managed the restaurant). With such an impressive restaurant pedigree, there was a lot of hype around the Killcare couple’s Avoca restaurant but