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A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Can you believe that it is the Christmas season already? This is the time of year when we see our wonderful community in all it’s glory, showcasing all that is grand about the Central Coast. Whether it be one of the many carols events, New Years Eve celebrations, local markets, school holidays programs or just enjoying our local area, I encourge you to be an active part of the community this year. Thanks for making 2014 a brilliant year at GCM. Until next year when we have a few suprises in store, be safe and have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year.

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Contents Regular Sections Message from the Editor

Central Coast Tourism What’s On

People of Interest with Amelia Grose

Features Live From Five

Simply D’Vine

Polished by Donna

Archibald Prize in Gosford

Gloria Jeans

Support Local Business

Police Update

A Message from Deborah O’Neill

Gosford City Centre Ends on a High

Hot Spot - Wifi in Kibble Park

Clothing with a Message

Local Business Gloria Jeans

Jean Marie Millinery

Specsavers Gosford

Time Management (Alan Strudwick)

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January Handmade Markets, Westfield Tuggerah Sat 3 Mariners V Melbourne City, Central Coast Stadium Sun 4 5 Lands in Plein Air, Gosford Regional Gallery Sat 10 Jan - Wed 4 Feb Tamworth Textile Triennial, Gosford Regional Gallery Sat 10 Jan - 22 Mar Narnia, Laycock St Theatre Tues 13 - Sat 17 Cinema Under the Stars, Terrigal Sat 17 Avoca Beachside Markets, Heazlett Park Foreshore Sun 18 Summer Holiday Jnr Chess Tournament, Mingara Mon 19 Mariners V Sydney FC, Central Coast Stadium Sat 24 High Tea, Forest of Tranquility Sun 25 Frankie J Holden & Wilbur Wilde, Lizottes Kincumber Sun 25 Kitty Flanagan, Laycock St Theatre Fri 30 Shelly Beach Markets, Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Sat 31

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People of

INTEREST with Amelia Grose

Photojournalist Amelia Grose goes out and about meeting the people of the Central Coast.

Three Trees Café “a great place for connections to be made” New business owners Daz & Dave shared with their wives Ali & Sylveen, dreamt of having a relaxing café available to “not-just-coffee” lovers on the Central Coast. Three Trees Café opened their doors about 8 weeks ago in Laycock St, Wyoming. Their primary focus is unique and appealing coffee which they found in specialized Sydney-sider coffee roaster company Pablo & Rusty’s. They take absolute pride in their work, they see coffee as not just a beverage in a cup but as an art. Their vision is to provide ‘a diverse range of coffee, particularly black brewing methods, enjoyed by a diverse range of people’. Pop around to their store! All are welcome, from mothers groups to professional business meetings, you’ll be greeted with a smile!

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By Sarah Tolmie

Surrender Summer of

time to love and let be

It is officially Summer. School is done. Holidays are here. Yay!!! The weather is great…..I hope…and you are busy with Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, and sharing holiday fun with family and friends. And I really hope all your wishes come true. But at some point in the silly season, I get overwhelmed by it all and crave the return of normalcy. And I know for many, while family is great, maybe only in small doses. After a while, I secretly want to get back to work and for the kids to be back at school. I become agitated by too much relaxing and socialising and long for the return to routine and my ‘alone time’ and ‘creative space’. And you know what? That is entirely OK and natural too! I don’t need to be “hostess with the mostess”. I don’t need to love every moment of my holiday. It doesn’t need to be perfect. I have a very humble Christmas wish list: I really want to be able to lie on the beach all day and read a trashy novel, and be ok with that. I’d really love to declare a pyjama and movie day marathon and not feel guilty. I’d really love the whole family to have a… (gasp!).. media-free day. That means no newspapers or books, no email,

no phone, no TV, no Facebook, no games or internet of any kind! I’d really love to jump in the car with the kids and a tent and have no idea of where we end up, and feel completely excited by that. I’d really love to be able to spontaneously host a BBQ for thirty friends and their children and not spiral into a complete stress and panic. But you know what? I doubt any of that will happen. And that’s OK too! For us, summer holidays sanity depends on surrender, low expectations, looking for simple pleasures and cheap thrills. So for this silly season and holiday period, each day, to help with my sanity, I am going to begin my day with a prayer. Here is my prayer for invoking within me the Spirit of love and surrender for Christmas and Summer Holidays. Feel free to use it and share it: A Prayer of Love & Let Be Dear Spirit, fill my heart with unconditional love for my family and friends Spirit, guide me to the people, places, experiences and events where my gifts and presence are of best service

Spirit, fill me with grace and faith in the perfection of the now, so I can fully participate in the great unknowing and go with the flow of life and love Spirit, fill me with generosity and joy so I can freely share it with everyone I meet Spirit, fill me with wonder for nature and gratitude for everything, so I can see the sacred all around me. Spirit, relax my body, mind and soul, so I can be renewed and refreshed to be present in each moment Spirit, I give thanks for the blessings and gifts that are always there to be found. And so be it. Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Much love and peace to you all. Love Sarah Sarah Tolmie is a Life & Love celebrant, coach, pastoral carer and consultant assisting people to celebrate, navigate, grow and heal through all their life & love transitions. Her coaching practice focuses on love & relationships; families & children; success & wellness; and end of life, death & grief. As a Celebrant Sarah create profound and meaningful ceremonies for all life & love events. You can visit her website, www.sarahtolmie.com.au and find her on Facebook – Sarah Tolmie, Life & Love, where you can receive her Daily Love updates.

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INTERNATIONAL

MODEL DONNA BOURNE

What is a international fashion model from the UK doing setting up shop on the Central Coast? What is a international fashion model from the UK doing setting up shop on the Central Coast? Why is she so passionate about helping young people build their confidence and self esteem. And what has she planned for Gosford? Donna Bourne was whisked away from her tough childhood home of Manchester in England at the age of 15 to pursue a modeling career around the world. She’s modeled some of the world’s big labels for the top agencies in some of the world’s most exotic locations. Naturally it was a steep learning curve for the freckly teen. Though she was more than happy to escape the old school yard. “Manchester was a hard place for anyone that was a little different, let alone a skinny tall redhead” says Donna, “My Dad had left the family when I was four and we had to look after ourselves a good deal and sometimes it was just brash confidence and incredible support of a loving mother that made us survive ”. As it turned out her tough northern spirit and the kindness of others guided her through a successful career, until she met a charming Australian and they both moved to Canberra. Once in Oz she was thrown into mentoring and training young women and found a love of young people. Donna continued her international modeling

operating out of Canberra to Europe and range of courses from under 10s through to Asia. Though as any immigrant knows it’s adults. It is however teenagers that are her hard to leave family and community behind. most passionate students. Judging from the written feedback from students she’s on a As if by some miracle the father she had winning formula. The glowing praise from searched for all her life also had moved to dozens of young women in particular is very Australia many years before and with the powerful. The word ‘confidence’ is repeated help of the Salvation Army they reunited again and again in gushing praise. soon after she arrived. It was a fortuitous business meeting with She moved to the Coast after an extensive a local business leaders in Gosford that search for a good location for both business sparked the idea of celebrating that youthful and family life. confidence by bringing that energy to the region’s capital. Always the restless entrepreneur, within a short time Donna had set up a modeling An innovative new event for Gosford - The agency and by extension a training school to Fashionably Confident black tie event will help young locals build their confidence and be held in Gosford on Saturday March 21, on careers. international Harmony Day. - The event, will She supplies models for corporate functions, pay tribute to Central Coast Youth and their fashion shoots and community events. Last growing confidence. year she supported the inaugural Central In many ways she hopes the event will Coast Fashion Week with catwalk models. reflect the growing confidence of Gosford Her business Polished by Donna also holds City too. school holiday training courses for young Donna quietly continues her own career for people needing to learn the art of being a selection of international brands. She’s confident and presentable. “In many ways now committed to the Coast. Last month it’s an old fashion etiquette school” says she received her Australian Citizenship at a Donna “Teaching young people from all local ceremony, something that many young walks of life the art of presentation is a great locals will be very glad for. privilege. Excellent presentation is the key to self confidence” she adds. Donna now has Her website www.polishedbydonna.com a dozen teachers that assist her conduct a

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LOCAL BUSINESS

Clients of Jean Marie Millinery have won prizes for fashion on the field contests over many years at the local races.

JeanMarie M I L L I N E R Y

There is a little old 1940’s shop in Gosford Called Jean Marie Millinery, on Donnison St. There your local milliner Jean Marie Visser creates wonderful headwear. The two bay windows on the busy street are full of exquisite fascinators and hat boxes. This is an interesting gem reminding us of a bygone era.

individual designs, from wired lace or a tiara, she can create something special for any beautiful bride, using the very best in silks, laces, and crystal and pearls to match your bridal couture. “I have been supplying a bridal shop in Mosman with my silk flower fascinators for many years.”

For the summer sun the hand woven Equadorian Panama hat is ideal. These are made to order by Jean Marie into a shape to suit you and in the size that fits your head. We do not all have the average head size and a lot of people cannot find a hat to fit their head. Here is where the customized service comes in with the milliner measuring your head and making the hat to fit you and Jean Marie specialises in hats and in a style to suit you. This also applies to fascinators for all occasions. She has been in felt hats for men or women in any style you the millinery business for over 20 years and desire. has a vast experience of creating the right Jean Marie makes top hats to order also, in product for her clients. either felt or straw or fabric. For those special occasions that you need Clients of Jean Marie Millinery have won a good hat or fascinator like the races or prizes for fashion on the field contests over weddings etc, bring your dress or a photo many years at the local races. This year the of it to show the milliner Jean Marie, and a Fashions on the Field contest for Gosford design and colour match will be made up Races has been moved to Friday the 9th of just for you, or you may be lucky and find January for their Gold Cup races, so put that just what you need in the store. in your diary and come and buy a fantastic Jean Marie also specialises in bridal fascinator from Jean Marie for your chance headwear and veils, with her exquisite to win great prizes! And Jean pure silk handmade flowers and unusual Customers can come in and try on the different styles and discuss with the milliner, Jean Marie Visser, to see what suits them. This is a unique, specialised business that custom makes to the clients wishes and desires, (with the advice of someone who knows hats).

Marie won a ribbon at the Royal Easter Show with a hand sewn felt fascinator this year. Winner of millinery competitions in Sydney also Jean Marie can claim the title Award Winning Milliner! This Melbourne Cup Day 5 of Jean Marie’s clients won the best hat competitions around the coast. And Jean Marie and her clients were featured on the NBN News that night wearing fascinators made by Jean Marie filmed at the Terrigal function at the Crown Plaza. So for a hat or fascinator this season come and see Jean Marie Millinery at 109a Donnison St Gosford. Open Tuesday to Friday 11 am to 4 pm, or call Jean Marie for an appointment outside those hours on 0404017521 and follow me on Facebook as Jean Marie Millinery.

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The Archibald Prize draws art lovers to Gosford

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A Massive Vote of Confidence for Gosford

The Archibald Prize is an Art Gallery of New South Wales exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW

osford Regional Gallery is proud to be one of just seven galleries to be presenting the Regional Tour of the 2014 Archibald Prize from Saturday 22 November until Sunday 4 January. It includes the full exhibition with all 54 works on display for Central Coast audiences to enjoy, discuss and debate. Since its inception in 1921, the Archibald Prize has continued to be one of Australia’s most prestigious art awards and never fails to draw interest and attention. Popularly called “the face that stops a nation” this year, Gosford Regional Gallery visitors will be able to pick out politicians, celebrities, sporting heroes and artists including Cate Blanchett, Sir Les Patterson, Nick Cave, Gladys Berejiklian MP and Adam Goodes amongst many others. Ultimately, Fiona Lowry was awarded the winner, receiving $75,000 for her portrait, of Penelope Seidler. So just who was the man behind Australia’s oldest and best known art prize? JF Archibald (1856-1919) was a journalist and founder of the Bulletin magazine, who also served as a trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW. Ironically he had no desire to become famous and, during his lifetime, shunned publicity and remained evasive and enigmatic. In 1900, Archibald commissioned Melbourne portrait artist John Longstaff to paint a portrait of poet Henry Lawson for 50 guineas. He was so pleased with the portrait that he left money in his will for an annual portrait prize with an aim to foster portraiture, support artists and perpetuate the memory of great Australians. From its very outset, the Archibald Prize has chronicled the changing face of Australian society and is never far from

arousing controversy. The Prize has resulted in numerous legal battles and much debate on the evolving definitions of portraiture over the years. Early in its history Archibald contenders turned to the traditions of public portraiture of the 17th and 18th centuries, and it was William Dobell’s prize-winning portrait of fellow artist Joshua Smith in 1943 that finally broke with the conventions. Opposition to the win was intense and two Royal Art Society members taking legal action against Dobell and the Gallery’s trustees, alleging that Joshua Smith was ‘a distorted and caricatured form’ and therefore not a portrait. The case stimulated massive press coverage and public. The question of whether the painting was portraiture or caricature equally asked the questions of what constituted a portrait and what was the relationship of realism to art in general. Justice Roper upheld Dobell’s award on the grounds that the painting, ‘although characterised by some startling exaggeration and distortion… nevertheless bore a strong degree of likeness to the subject and undoubtedly was a pictorial representation of him.’ As the Melbourne Cup of the art world, the Archibald Prize is celebrated not just for the artistic talent and prize money, but for its ability to focus the nation’s attention on art. This is the third time in Gosford Regional Gallery’s 15 year history that it has hosted the exhibition. With 30,000 visitors expected to visit over the next 6 weeks, the exhibition demonstrates Gosford City Council’s commitment to providing residents with geographical and financial accessibility to Australia’s very top national cultural experiences and

events. With a large majority of visitors also anticipated to be tourists over the busy Christmas period, the Archibald will also provide a major boost for the local economy. The Gallery is hosting a series of associated events in conjunction with the exhibition including: Free guided tours: every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 12noon Visitor portraits: local artists will sketch portraits every Saturday and Sunday. Cost $40 Late night at the Archies: the Gallery will remain open until 8pm for special late night exhibition viewing and Christmas shopping on 27 Nov. and 18 Dec. Young Archies Competition: Budding artists between 5 and 18 are invited to submit a portrait for the Young Archie competition. Finalists will be exhibited in Gosford Regional Gallery’s Studio Gallery 13 Dec 4 Jan. For further details, see www. gosfordregionalgallery.com or contact the gallery on 4304 7550 Entry is by donation. Daily opening hours Gosford Regional Gallery: 10am - 4pm Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Garden: 9.30am - 4.30pm Closed 25, 26 Dec and 1 Jan 2015. _________________________ The Archibald Prize is an Art Gallery of New South Wales exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW

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FOCUS ON BUSINESS

Meet Rob & Tina Rob Redondi never imagined himself as a Barista during his years working as a motor mechanic but life changed for he and his wife Tina 7 years ago when they purchased the Gloria Jeans franchise in Gosford. Rob and Tina met when Rob was working as apprentice mechanic for Tina’s father in Chester Hill. After they married, Rob and Tina continued to live and work in the Sydney metro area but when they had their first son 15 years ago, they wanted a better life style to raise kids and they set their sights on the Central Coast, moving when he was one year old. Rob continued to work as a mechanic and then in 2007 he felt it was time for a change. Rob and Tina both come from Italian backgrounds so hospitality is in their blood. Rob loves talking to people and he loves good coffee so when

the café came onto the market the couple were attracted to it from the outset. Rob says Tina is the brains behind the business and he provides the looks. He loves what he does and loves the location, although it has been a challenging few months hidden behind the scaffolding while the refurbishment works are underway at Imperial Centre. Tina and Rob are both very excited about what the future holds with the upgrade of the shopping centre and the development plans for Gosford waterfront and city centre. They enjoy being part of the community and now have three sons attending school locally. You’ll find Rob and Tina working happily side by side most days of the week at the Mann Street entrance to Imperial Centre.

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The Christmas Period is a time of reflection and celebration for us all. 2014 has nearly finished and it is a good time to look back and reflect on the hard work done with our community to ensure we all live in a safer place. The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research have released their quarterly report for the period 24 month period up to September 2014. This report adds independent insights into our efforts. I am very pleased to say the sustained crime reduction for the Central Coast has continued in this period. In fact, the Central Coast has been highlighted as one of only two areas in the Greater Metropolitan Area to achieve consistent and sustained crime reductions. Some highlights include: - Assault (non domestic violence related) down 5.7% - Break and Enter Dwelling down 22.6% - Break and Enter non dwelling down 17.6% - Motor vehicle theft down 19.6% - Steal from motor vehicle down 20.1% - Steal from dwelling down 17% - Malicious damage to property down 16.7% Community engagement is a key component of the Brisbane Water Local Area Command crime reduction strategies and I am very pleased with the results we have achieved working with our community! Christmas does present certain challenges from a policing perspective and it is important to engage everyone in a conversation about the factors that can impact on everyone having a good time. Large numbers of people take to our roads over the holiday period and there are a number of factors to keep an eye on. Motor vehicle fatalities are primarily caused by the following issues: excessive speed, not wearing a seat belt, alcohol and drug consumption and distraction (primarily in the form of mobile phone use). These factors are the biggest contributors to unlawful deaths in our state and sadly are within the control of every individual in our community. Our Christmas Wish is no preventable fatalities over the holiday period. We will be out doing our part making sure our roads are safe. We are asking everyone to play their part in controlling their own behaviour, especially over the issues above. The other thing we often see at Christmas time is people affected by excessive consumption of alcohol. This is the biggest driver of violence and anti social behaviour. We certainly aren’t being the Christmas Grinch but this time of year brings with it preventable tragedy that could be avoided through the exercise of simple self control when it comes to alcohol. On behalf of the Brisbane Water Local Area Command I wish all of our community a happy and safe Christmas and New Year. We are looking forward to a prosperous 2015 and playing our part in making the Central Coast a vibrant and safe place to live. Daniel Sullivan Superintendent

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up a posting as a lecturer at the University of Newcastle’s School of Education, at the Callaghan and Central Coast campuses. Labor took the “Education doesn’t need to be a debt sentence” campaign on the road this year, visiting campuses all over the country. I was particularly pleased to visit regional and rural campuses, like Ourimbah, Burnie, and Wagga Wagga. It was great to see how passionate young Australians, and their parents, are about equitable access to higher education and its value to the social and economic fabric of our society.

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Labor believes that getting a tertiary education shouldn’t come with a pecuniary debt that carries over way into your working life, especially considering the pay rates some professions, such as teachers, must live on in their early years in the workplace.

A message from Labor Senator

DEBORAH O’NEILL As a Labor Senator for New South Wales and chair of the Senate Select Committee on Health, my duties have taken me around the country to hear first-hand the views of medical practitioners, health experts and the public alike, about how we should protect, maintain and improve the universal health system we are lucky enough to have in Australia. During the 15 hearings the health committee has held we have been able to put on the record the wonderful work being undertaken around Australia by inspiring doctors, Medicare Locals, allied health practitioners, community health workers, carers and local community members. I am convinced that Australia delivers some of the best quality and best value primary healthcare in the world. It gives me enormous pride to have been part of the Government that funded the Central Coast Cancer Centre, the West Gosford and Warnervale GP Super Clinics and the Central Coast Medicare Local. The days of cancer patients traveling to Sydney or Newcastle for public radiotherapy have now thankfully drawn to a close. For those of us who have supported friends and loved ones through cancer I know having treatment options close to home can make a huge difference in patient outcomes and well-being. The GP Super Clinics, co-located with radiology and pathology services, provide comprehensive care in one location with extended hours and bulk-billing for concessional patients. However, I am deeply concerned by the substantial body of evidence the health committee has heard about the negative effects of

the government’s proposed patient copayments and the impact this may have on Coasties. The committee has heard from urban doctors as well as those who provide services in remote areas, especially indigenous communities. All fear any changes to the structure of Medicare for their patients would result in them delaying seeking medical help because of increased costs. It is no stretch of the imagination to see this has the potential to be disastrous. Medicare Locals are primary health organisations that were established by Labor to coordinate primary health care and to tackle local health care needs and service gaps. Our Medicare Local employed 75 coasties delivering vital services and population health programs to our community. The decision to close all Medicare Locals across Australia leaves the medical profession and many in the community with grave concerns over the permanent loss of important primary health care services. Chairing the Health Committee has reminded me of the value of our parliamentary system, where everyday people, from all walks of life, have the opportunity to speak directly to their elected representatives about their concerns. It has been rewarding for me to see that the barriers do come down, and everyone can have a voice.

It was wonderful this year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Central Coast campus of Newcastle University at Ourimbah, which is helping our region gaining a reputation as an emerging centre of research excellence. It is a picturesque place close to my heart, and a perfect environment for higher learning. It is important to keep this campus wellfunded and resourced to ensure it remains viable for our young Coasties well into the future. Another valuable educational resource we have locally is our own ABC hub in Gosford. We love our Aunty here. The national broadcaster not only informs, inspires debate and entertains but also is a vital community service during times of crisis. For this and many other reasons, people here are expressing their concerns – through petitions and rallies – that the local ABC radio is vulnerable to cuts being proposed by the Government. The people of the Central Coast are different to our city cousins, and that’s why we need our own voice, and our own forum for discussion, not just lumped in with Sydney or Newcastle. We love and want to protect our way of life, and as long as I am in parliament, I intend to stand for the people of my region and the wider state. We have a lot to be thankful for, let’s keep it.

As Secretary of the Education Caucus Committee, I am involved with another issue that is very close to my heart. For the best part of three decades I was a teacher on the Central Coast, and later took

I am proud to represent the region and the state in Federal Parliament as a senator. The business of the Senate is demanding, but I know at the end of the sitting week I can come home to the beautiful Central Coast and our amazing community.

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Two major residential developments worth over $24 million in and around Gosford’s city centre were approved by Gosford City Council last night. Plus, councillors’ also supported a number of key incentives and initiatives to keep driving the city centre’s revitalisation.

“We’ve also given the go ahead for a $12.2 million, six-storey building comprising 54 residential units on York Street in Point Frederick not far from the Gosford Waterfront.

“I’m confident that these latest approvals signal the start of turning this year’s investor confidence and development potential into reality,” Gosford City’s Mayor Lawrie McKinna he said. said the approval of the residential developments in Gosford’s CBD and Gosford City Council’s Chief Point Frederick was a great way to Executive Officer Paul Anderson end a record year for the area. said it was very pleasing to see that councillors’ had also backed a “This year has seen a record amount series of initiatives and incentives of potential development worth over that are critical to the city centre’s $500 million lodged with Council revitalisation. for the Gosford CBD area and its surrounds,” Mayor McKinna said. “Our long running incentive for CBD development that offers a bonus 30 “Council has now given the green per cent increase in floor space and light to a 14-storey, $12 million building height to eligible applicants mixed use building that includes 50 will now be extended for another residential units and ground floor year,” Mr Anderson added. commercial premises on Mann Street in the CBD between Faunce Street “In fact, the $12 million Mann and Beane Street. Street and $12.2 million York Street

residential developments approved by Council last night took advantage of this very development incentive. “Council also adopted the recommendations from our staff’s latest report on planning for the city centre. “Pending the preparation of a planning proposal, these recommendations could see a number of exciting changes to planning controls in the CBD including possibly raising the height of buildings to 30 storeys or more. “And following our very successful participation in the Future Cities Program recently, we’ll now be setting up a dedicated Council task force to drive the implementation of the Gosford City Centre Masterplan as well as the city centre’s revitalisation,” he said.

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oug White and Anthony Siviter moved a long way from their respective homes to take on their business partnership at Specsavers, Gosford. Initially it was Doug and his wife Susan along with their two girls who traveled across the globe from Glasgow, Scotland, and settled on the Central Coast. The couple worked for Specsavers in Scotland and were given a choice of locations in Australia and they visited each one before making their decision. Once they saw the local beaches they fell in love with the Central Coast and made it their home. The girls were enrolled into a local school, made new friendships, joined nippers and volunteer in surf patrol each season. One year later Anthony, who was based in London with Specsavers, came to Australia to look at business opportunities with the group. He met Doug and Susan, they hit it off and he too fell in love with the Coast. Anthony met his fiancĂŠe, Amanda, while

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Wifi in Kibble Park Gosford’s Kibble Park has been turned into an internet hotspot after Gosford City Council switched on free, high-speed public Wi-Fi in the area today. Council’s Chief Executive Officer Paul Anderson said that free internet access in Gosford’s Kibble Park was great for residents, visitors and tourists. “Providing reliable and free Wi-Fi services in Kibble Park is part of our strategy to build a better Gosford,” Mr Anderson said.

“Our councillors have been very passionate about getting this up and running for the community. “We are determined to provide services our community want and need. This free Wi-Fi means residents and visitors can stay better connected with friends, family, work and their local council,” he said. Kibble Park’s Wi-Fi hotspot service is free for anyone with a portable Wi-Fi enabled device such as a mobile phone, tablet or laptop computer. The service can be accessed by visiting the park, logging on to the network ‘Gosfordfreewifi’ and accepting the terms and conditions – all without having to contact Council. It is important that users read the terms and conditions carefully before connecting to the Wi-Fi network as these cover important information about the service as well as what is and isn’t acceptable behaviour while using it. “We’re already looking at whether we can expand the rollout of free public Wi-Fi in the city centre to cover William Street Mall, down to the Gosford waterfront as well as Central Coast Stadium,” Mr Anderson added.

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