Empire Bay Progress Association’s 2019 AGM The Empire Bay Progress Association (EBPA) is holding its 2019 AGM on Tuesday, March 5, at the Empire Bay Progress Hall, 1 Gordon Rd Empire Bay, starting at 7:30 PM. There will be a presentation by Central Coast Council staff about the reconstruction of Greenfield Rd. A Q&A session […]
Council Election 2017
This site and associated social media streams are provided by a small, non-aligned community group committed to clean, transparent & honest local government. Here in the beautiful NSW Central Coast we have an opportunity to use this largely-unwanted council amalgamation as a template for meaningful reform in local government. The Community Plan for the Central […]
Mosquitos
My property lies between the mangroves of Cockle Bay and Bouddi National Park, bordering the park. Like the rest of Empire Bay, we have been plagued with mosquitos and had tried every control method, including ultraviolet light and LPG-fueled carbon-dioxide traps. The gas traps worked and kept a small area relatively free while they operated, […]
Local Action – Local News
Great news folks! The Empire Bay & Districts Roads Action Group, initiated by Leeanne Olsen and me, has been a great success. We’ve facilitated community meetings on the past two Tuesdays at which 70 and 90 local residents attended respectively. At the second meeting, which was embedded into the Empire Bay Progress Association’s bi-monthly meeting, […]
Report on Empire Bay & Districts Roads Action Group (EBDRAG) Community Meeting, August 9, 2016.
Scope of Meeting: The community meeting held on Tuesday, August 9, was organised and facilitated by EBDRAG founder, Gregory John Olsen and his wife, Leeanne Tyler-Olsen, who are residents of Empire Bay and members of the Empire Bay Progress Association. They were responding to their own observations and a request by the former EBPA President, […]
District Roads Action Group
A quick look at the Google map of the area of Empire Bay north of Empire Bay Drive: will reveal that 100% of the traffic entering and exiting that area travels along Greenfield Rd. At the intersection of Greenfield Rd and Rickard Rd traffic must turn either left or right, probably in a two to […]
Supporting YOUR Community
Share your knowledge and recommendations of local trades and other local businesses in or serving Empire Bay & Bensville so that it’s available 24/7 and comes with real recommendations. Our local community site is built by a local and maintained by volunteers. It’s funded by commercial web development we do. It’s free to join – […]
Severe Weather Warning Update
Severe Weather Warning Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds for people in the Metropolitan, Hunter and Illawarra forecast districts Issued at 10:52 am EST on Friday 22 May 2015. DAMAGING WINDS FOR CENTRAL PART OF COAST. Weather Situation A complex low pressure system is slowly deepening over the western Tasman Sea. A trough extending from the […]
Severe Weather Warning
Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds and heavy rainfall for people in the Metropolitan, Hunter and Illawarra forecast districts Issued at 3:27 am EST on Friday 22 May 2015. DAMAGING WINDS FOR CENTRAL PART OF COAST. Weather Situation A complex low pressure system is slowly deepening over the western Tasman Sea. A trough extending from the […]
Tired of Windows, but afraid of the unknown?
Rusted-on Windows® user and wouldn’t ever consider other desktop or server options? Stop reading! This is not for you. Don’t be defensive – the majority of home and business desktop users struggle enough with Windows not to want any sort of change. Still on Windows XP? Forget that it’s no longer supported – it hasn’t […]