COAST PUBLISHER Catharine Retter editorial@coastpublishing.com.au SUB EDITOR Carla Grossetti ART DIRECTOR Jude Rowe, Agave Creative Group PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHERS Jennifer Ennion • Lisa Haymes • Jack Hubbard • Kevin Morgan, Magic Light Photography PRINCIPAL WRITERS Megan Arkinstall • Jennifer Ennion • Libby Greig • Carla Grossetti • Suzy Jarratt • Catharine Retter • Sheriden Rhodes • Katie Stokes • Sarah Tolmie • Paul Urquhart ILLUSTRATORS Maps: Guy Holt • Lauren Merrick ADVERTISING Anissa Vineburg 0408 692 129 Lyndal Keyzer 0432 800 150 advertising@coastpublishing.com.au SOCIAL MEDIA Haley Sing, Vine PR admin@coastpublishing.com.au DISTRIBUTION Alex Tkachenko admin@coastpublishing.com.au ADMINISTRATION admin@coastpublishing.com.au
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as a summer ever been welcomed by everyone with more open arms and open doorways? It’s time for reconnecting with our families, the kids home from school (again) but this time on the long summer holidays, days in the sun, being at the beach, and fun in and on the water. And most of all, we all hope, continued freeeeedom! And who doesn’t love a good ‘how we met’ love story? We do too, and that’s why our popular wedding pages have now sashayed into the stories behind the weddings – of love at first sight or even loathe at first sight, and the obstacles that always seem to stand in the way of true love. Don’t miss the first one in this issue.
To keep you flat-out (flat out like a lizard, or flat-out busy, whichever is your thing), our Summer issue is choc-full with interesting reads. Who knew that some of the oldest convict bridges in mainland Australia were right here on our doorstep? Or that our region was once the most important koala habitat in the state, south of Port Stephens? And of course there are the always-popular ‘where to shop’ pages where you can enjoy Loving Local for anything from dinner partyware to wholefoods. As we say to visitors, ‘We choose to live where you just holiday’ so for those not lucky enough to live in this beautiful part of NSW, welcome, enjoy COAST! c
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL ENTRIES IN OUR READER COMPETITION DURING LOCKDOWN. The lucky winner of the two nights at Marramarra Lodge on the Hawkesbury River is Rosie Marshall and her husband.
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