Links
Local organisations
Central Coast Community Environment Network (CEN)
Umbrella environment organisation for Central Coast
Central Coast Campus, Ourimbah; Jane Smith, John Asquith; 4349 4756.
Australian Conservation Foundation
John Wiggin, PO BOX 547, Woy Woy 2256; 4323 1843;
Monthly: 10am first Sunday (not Jan), Parkside Terrace, Kibble Park, Gosford.
Bays Progress Association
Covers Woy Woy Bay, Phegans Bay and Horsefield Bay.
Monthly: 3rd Wednesday, 7.30pm, Woy Woy Bay Community Hall.
Contact: Helen Baker (contact CEN for details).
Central Coast Greens
Secretary: Scott Rickard; PO Box 4046, Wyongah, NSW 2259;
Central Coast Indian Myna Action Group
Aims to preserve native birdlife threatened by Indian mynas.
Equilibrium
Group working to create an eco-village on the Central Coast.
Contact: Mark Snell; 4342 5333;
Gosford Wildlife Conservation Society
Monthly: 4th Saturday 2pm, Lutheran Church, West Gosford.
Contact: Marigold Lawrence, PO Box 1741, Gosford 2250;
Kariong EcoGarden
EcoGarden in Dandaloo Road, Kariong, running regular workshops, community events.
Killcare Wagstaffe Trust
Meet: quarterly at Wagstaffe Hall.
Contact: Ann Bowe, PO Box 4009, Hardy’s Bay 2257.
Ocean & Coastal Care Initiatives (OCCI)
Coastal issues (rock platforms, rockpool rambles, whale watching).
Monthly: 2nd Wednesday, 7.30pm; CEN Office, Central Coast Campus, Ourimbah.
Contact: Jeannie Lawson, PO Box 3163, Umina Beach, 2257; 4341 4291.
Peninsula Residents Association
Monthly: 3rd Saturday, 3pm, Woy Woy Environment Centre.
Contact: Sheelagh Noonan, 0419 609 942.
Woy Woy Peninsula Resource and Landcare Committee
Contact: Tony Whitehead (contact CEN).
Monthly: 1st Saturday & Sunday.
Aboriginal
Mingaletta
6 Sydney Avenue, Umina. Contact; Nerida White; 4369 8369.
Bushcare
Gosford Council Bushcare program
Contact: Kate Consterdine; or Robyn Urquhart; 4325 8195;
Peninsula Bushcare Group
A forum for all bushcare volunteers on the Peninsula.
Monthly: 3rd Monday, 7pm, Woy Woy Environment Centre.
Contact: Shirley Hotchkiss; 4341 9301.
Local bushcare groups
Dates are monthly unless specified.
Blackwall Mt – 1st Sunday 9am, cnr Blackwall Rd and Orange Grove Rd; Judy Madden; 4369 8811.
Brisbane Water Secondary College P&C Bushcare – 2nd Sunday & 3rd Saturday 9am, Umina campus, Veron Rd; Shirley Hotchkiss; 4341 9301.
Burrawang Bushcare – 4th Sunday, 9am, Nambucca Dr playground next to Burrawang Reserve, Woy Woy; Mark Snell 4342 5333 or 4341 9301; .
Ettymalong Creek – 1st & 3rd Sun morning; entrance to oval opp. Etta Road, Umina; Sue & Bryan Ellis; 4342 2251; .
Iluka Lagoon – 2nd Saturday, 8.30am; Steve Cummings.
Lobster Beach – 1st Saturday, 9-11am (not Dec/Jan) at Lobster Beach. PO Box 4105, Wagstaffe, 2257.
Melaleuca Wetland Regeneration Group – 2nd & 4th Sat, end of Boronia Ave, Woy Woy, summer 8-10am, winter 9-11am; Fay Jones; 4342 3197.
Patonga Bushcare- third Mondays 1.30-4.30pm; opp. Eve Williams Oval; Diana Perlowski; 4379 1446;
Pearl Beach Bushcare – Saturdays 9-11am April-November; Paul Landa Park, Green Point Road; Geoff Miller; 43445442;
Pearl Beach Dunecare – Fay Austin, 2nd Monday, 9-11am; 4341 7669.
Phegans Bay – reserve at end of Raymond Road. John Lovatt.
Wagstaffe Point (Bouddi NP) – 3rd Sat 9am.
Woy Woy Peninsula Dune Care Group – 1st Saturday, 9am cnr Esplanade & Barrenjoey Road, Ocean Beach; Michael Gillian; 4342 2034;
Bushwalking
Brisbane Waters Outdoor Club
Contact: PO Box 845 Gosford 2250; Marilyn Scott; 4389 7246;
Monthly: first Friday 8pm; Girl Guides Hall, Jirrah Avenue (Fagans Park), Pt Clare.
National Parks Association of NSW
June Scott, Secretary, PO Box 4174, Bay Village, 2261; 4332 7378;
Australian Plant Society
Website describes short local bushwalks.
Wildwalks
Website listing bushwalks, including in Brisbane Waters and Bouddi National Parks.
Climate change
Climate Action Group Central Coast
Raising awareness and campaigning for action on climate change.
Contact: Mira Wroblewski 0425 899 468;
Coal
Australian Coal Alliance
Campaign against coal mining on the Central Coast.
Food
Raw Coasties
A group devoted to eating raw, chemical-free food.
Gardens
Mt Penang Gardens
Off Pacific Highway, Kariong; 4342 0288.
Marine
Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre
Marine ecology information and learning centre.
11 Terrigal Drive, Terrigal
Native Plants
Australian Plant Society
Meet: second Friday of month 8pm at Horticulture Research Station, Research Rd, Narara (bushwalk on following Sunday).
Contact:
Wildflower Place
Native plants nursery.
453 The Entrance Road, Erina Heights; 4365 5510.
Organic food
Gnostic Organics 8/23-27 Chambers Place, Woy Woy; 4341 8900.
Organic Plus 1/1 Bonnal Road, Erina; ; 4365 0978.
Permaculture
Permaculture Central Coast
Monthly: 3rd Tuesday, 7pm, Tuggerah Community Hall (opp. Hungry Jack’s), Tuggerah.
Contact: Vicky or Keith: 02 4392 8655;
Photography
Art of Nature Nature photography courses, MacMasters Beach. Eric Gunzel.
Esther Beaton Pearl Beach-based nature photographer.
Recycling
Freecycle Gosford
Online group to exchange unwanted items for free.
Riding
Glenworth Valley Horse Riding
69 Cooks Road, Peats Ridge; 4375 1222.
Scuba diving
Gosford Diving Services
310 Trafalgar Avenue, Umina; ; 4342 1855.
Brisbane Water Aqualung Club
22 Brisbane Water Drive, Koolewong, NSW 2256; ; 4328 130.
Central Coast Artificial Reef Project
Project to build an artificial reef on the Central Coast.
Surfing
Surfrider (Central Coast)
Chris Tola: 0438 203 964;
Wildlife
Australian Wildlife Walkabout Park
Wildlife sanctuary and park, formerly Calga Springs Sanctuary. Guided walks.
Wildlife Animal Rescue and Care Society (Wildlife Arc)
Rescue of injured or orphaned native animals.
Contact: PO Box 2308, Gosford 2250; 4365 1121 (24hr) or 4353 1125.
Monthly: 3rd Saturday, 1pm, Senior Citizens Centre, Albany Street Nth, Gosford.
WIRES (Wildlife Information and Rescue Service)
Rescue and care of native animals.
PO Box 464, Wyong 2259; 4323 2326;
Monthly: 2nd Tuesday, 7.30pm, Narara Research Station.