The 3 Villages Community group has been awarded joint winners of the community group award at the Central Coast Council Australia Day awards 2024, sharing the award with fellow community group Elderslee Foundation.
We pay our respects and acknowledge all the traditional custodians of this land, the elders and the descendants, past and present.
I moved to the Central Coast when I was just two but have spent ten years living in QLD and one year travelling Australia in a bus with my husband and two girls. We also spent one year living in the UK, but other than that, I have lived on the coast all my life, and moved with my family to the 3 Villages in 2017.
Growing up in Erina Heights I attended Terrigal Primary, Erina Heights Public and Terrigal High schools. My parents built a preschool at Kincumber (when there were hardly any houses there) and Dad was a high school teacher at The Entrance, Terrigal and Erina high schools. Both sets of grandparents were also “Coasties” growing orchids, working at the local racecourse, in pest control and a school principal at local primary schools.
Although I studied hospitality, most of my working life has been in admin and bookkeeping along with owning businesses. When a community opportunity presented itself, as the Saratoga Hall Booking Officer, I jumped at the chance right away. Now, I am looking forward to helping the committee expand the use of our wonderful hall for the 3 Villages community!
