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HAPPENINGS ON THE COAST Better Days Café, Tumbi Umbi Not only does this café feed the inner you with simple food and outstanding coffee, it’s also a social enterprise that will give you a warm glow by helping long-term unemployed people to upskill, in partnership with the Salvation Army’s employment plus program. 122 Adelaide St, Tumbi Umbi. coastcommunity.care/betterdays
LONGEST SLIPPERY DIP, Springfield © PLAYING IN PUDDLES
Bushlands Reserve Playground and Bike Track is where you’ll find the longest, straight slippery dip on the Central Coast. The park is a kids’ delight with swings, spinner poles, flying fox, a bee rocker, a playhouse, and a toddler bike and scooter track that’s ideal for the littlies. Bushlands Reserve, 7 Bushlands Ave, Springfield.
Bobbie P Gallery CREATIVE SUMMER WORKSHOPS Landscapes in Ink: Explore contemporary and expressive drawing and painting techniques in ink. BYO sketchbook (heavyweight paper) and they’ll provide morning tea and all other studio equipment and materials you’ll need. 22 January from 10 am–1 pm. $145. The Waterlily Workshop in Acrylics: Inspired by none other than Monet, Robyn Pedley will guide you through painting techniques, colour-mixing, and ideas to create your own masterpiece. For beginners to intermediate. BYO sketch book, pencil and eraser. Morning tea, lunch, hand-stretched canvas, studio equipment and materials are provided. 19 February from 10 am–3 pm. $285. Bobbie P Gallery, Level 1, 7 Hudson Lane, Terrigal. Bookings 0490 061 949 or info@bobbiepgallery.com
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