To celebrate National History Month this August, our Library Service is inviting the community to delve into the world of family history.There are events tailored for all levels of interest, designed to help uncover hidden family treasures.Exploring family history is detective work – it demands dedication, patience, and often leads to surprising discoveries.Our events will equip you to become a regular Sherlock Holmes in family history research, guiding you through various records and collections.This year, we are particularly excited that Museums of History NSW (MHNSW) will be travelling to the Central Coast to share stories about some of the 4,100 young Irish women who came to Australia between 1848 and 1850, as part of Earl Grey’s Famine Orphan Scheme.

Food for Thought... Do you know where your next meal is coming from? There are 20,300 households in housing stress on the Central Coast.Most of them are renting and finding it hard to make ends meet.

Update published on 18 November 2024In October, Council welcomed back UNSW Water Research Laboratory and Centre for Ecosystem Science researchers to Ourimbah Creek Weir to continue with their innovative fishway design experiments to enable upstream fish migration across in-stream barriers like dams and weirs.The recent test results confirm that the Tube Fishway can safely and effectively lift fish at Ourimbah Weir, and other weir sites of similar dimensions.

Warnervale locals will now benefit from a newly completed shared path on a section of Warnervale Road.The new path will provide improved pedestrian safety for the community, with increased connectivity to the existing footpath network between the new school and nearby housing development.The pathway improvement works included the installation of approximately 45m of shared path, along with the construction of a new drainage pit.To view other road and pathway projects view our interactive capital works map  

Battle of the Bands competition (2004 - 2019) is making a comeback to bring together our region’s young bands from diverse genres.

Central Coast Council is continuing with community engagement, seeking feedback from residents and businesses about their water and sewer services.Customers can share their feedback on water and sewer customer values, desired service outcomes, and Council’s water and sewer pricing proposal.

Road Grading levels and smooths the road surface, removing uneven surfaces.

As part of our commitment towards maintaining quality water and sewer infrastructure across the Central Coast, Council is preparing to commence replacement works to the sewer rising main on The Entrance Road, Wamberal.Gongues Constructions were successful in being awarded the tender for the works and will be working along the eastern boundary of The Entrance Road between Crystal Street and Tumbi Road roundabout.

Central Coast Council has published new Water and Sewer Quarterly Performance Reporting on its website, highlighting the key areas of Council’s water and sewer performance that are important to its customers.The release of the new online Quarterly Report aligns with customer preferences gathered from community feedback.We are listening to our customers about what they value and where they want us to direct our future focus.

As part of our commitment to maintaining quality water infrastructure across the Central Coast, we have identified the need to replace the water transfer trunk main under Avoca Lagoon.Over recent years, the water transfer trunk main located under Avoca Lagoon has had several breaks and now needs to be replaced to help minimise potential environmental risks.The water main supplies the Copacabana Reservoir and is critical for supplying essential water services to residents of North Avoca, Avoca Beach, Copacabana, and Macmasters Beach.Using trenchless technology, boring underneath the lagoon will be undertaken to construct the new main. How will the works affect me?Noise: