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3 unusual facts about Central Coast


Central Coast Centurions

As a replacement to the now-defunct Storm, Greg Florimo, the CEO of the North Sydney Bears and head of the expansion consortium of the Central Coast Bears, announced their intentions to field their own side based entirely out of the Central Coast.

The Central Coast Centurions were an Australian rugby league football club (previously known as the Rip or Storm) based in the Central Coast region in New South Wales.

With the season over, the Melbourne Storm officially announced its intentions to pull-out from the Central Coast after 3 seasons of both success and failure at the ever-expanding region.


Banksia 'Stumpy Gold'

Banksia 'Stumpy Gold' is a dwarf cultivar of Banksia spinulosa var. collina that was selected by Richard Anderson of Merricks Nursery in Victoria from material collected at Catherine Hill Bay on the New South Wales Central Coast.

Central Coast Stadium

Central Coast Stadium, previously named Bluetongue Stadium due to sponsorship by Bluetongue Brewery, is a sports venue in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Lokomotiv Cove FC

While it's believed that the name of the club was penned because of the use of trains to get to games on the Central Coast, it was actually suggested by Darren Bozinoski, a member of the Cove, at the Campsie Hotel while watching an A-League fixture.

Patonga, New South Wales

Along with visitors from the Central coast, day trippers from Sydney, Newcastle, and other areas of the NSW provide customers to the handful of retail outlets.

Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako

Neighbouring regional districts are the Kitimat-Stikine, Central Coast, Cariboo, Fraser-Fort George, and Peace River Regional Districts; on its north the boundary with the southern edge of the remote Stikine Region is separated from the Bulkley-Nechako Regional District by the 56th parallel north.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay is a suffragan Latin Rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, covering the North Shore and Northern Beaches of greater metropolitan Sydney, and the Broken Bay and Central Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia.


see also

101.3 Sea FM

Sea FM broadcasts from the Central Coast Radio Centre on Henry Parry Drive, in Gosford, along with sister station 2GOFM.

Administrative divisions of Peru

The Lima Province, located in the central coast of the country, is unique in that it does not belong to any of the twenty-five regions.

Balgownie Rangers FC

Justin Pasfield (G) - Played in 2004, currently playing the A-League with Central Coast Mariners

Berkeley Vale

Berkeley Vale, New South Wales - A suburb on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia

Blaise Garza

He appeared as a guest soloist at Adam Gilberti's Genesis Concert with the Central Coast Philharmonia, at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, California.

Blue Bay

Blue Bay, New South Wales: a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia

Bouddi

Bouddi, New South Wales, a suburb of the Central Coast of New South Wales

Branham High School

The 1984–85 boys varsity soccer team made it to the Central Coast Section finals, losing to Menlo-Atherton 4–3 in double overtime.

CoastFest

CoastFest is a three day music event held on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia at The Point Wolstoncroft Sport and Recreation Camp Gwandalan on Lake Maquarie.

Dai River

Long Đại River, a river Quảng Ninh district, Quảng Bình province, North Central Coast, Vietnam

Fraser

Fraser Range, a small mountain range north of Nugent Sound on the Central Coast of British Columbia

Huaca Pucllana

It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD.

Joel Reddy

Reddy is the son of former International and Dragon forward Rod Reddy, and the brother of Central Coast Mariners footballer Liam Reddy.

Kathleen Best

Having completed her training, Best nursed at Wyong Hospital on the New South Wales central coast, was appointed Acting Matron at the Rachel Forster Hospital in Sydney and later Deputy-Matron at the Masonic Hospital in Ashfield.

Kyle Kingsbury

He earned many titles such as: "Defensive Lineman of the Year" in the Santa Clara Valley League (2000), two-time first-team all-league selection (1999 and 2000), also earned second-team All-Central Coast Section honors behind first-team selection Jared Allen his senior year.

Nib health funds

Prior to this, Central Coast born footballer, Craig Johnston, was used to advertise NIB as a locally based health insurer.

One Dollar Short

Formed in 1998, and hailing from Terrigal in New South Wales' Central Coast region, members included Michael Smith (drums), Trent Crawford (guitar), Tim Flaherty (guitar and backing vocals), Adam Check (bass) and Scott E. Woods (vocals).

Pamela Sheldon Johns

From 1996 to 1997 Johns produced and hosted Radio Gourmet, a call-in cooking show on central coast public radio KCBX.

Panny Nikas

Nikas made his first team debut for the Central Coast Mariners coming on as a substitute for Nicky Travis in a 2-0 home defeat to the Wellington Phoenix on 31 December 2009.

Pedram Javaheri

In 2008, he accepted a position at a duopoly station in California's Central Coast where he presented the weather for KCOY, KKFX, KION and KCBA.

Qamaits

Qamaits is a warrior goddess of the indigenous Nuxalk (sometimes called Bella Coola) people of the central coast of British Columbia in Canada.

Religion in Benin

The town of Ouidah on the central coast is the spiritual center of Beninese Vodun.

Shelly Beach

Shelly Beach, New South Wales, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia

Shoalwater

Shoalwater Bay, a large bay on the central coast of Queensland, Australia, in use since 1966 as a military training area

Slingsby

Slingsby Channel, a strait in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada

Tarma

Its location consolidates as the point of nexus between the central coast (departments of Lima and Ica), the Andean provinces of the department of Junín and the Central Forest (provinces of Chanchamayo and Satipo).