Coffee with a Coastie

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Alex Wilson from Mindful Recovery Services. After being helped by counsellors to navigate her own difficult teenage years, Alex has gone on to forge a successful career in mental health, helping teenagers and young adults. Alex’s journey is one of inspiration, so I was excited to get the opportunity to sit down and chat with...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Luke Grant, personal coach and proud Wiradjuri man, about mental health, exercise, and his own journey. We talk about the positive impact he sees physical health play in the role of someone’s mental health. As he strives to help men over 30 regain control of their health, so they can live a life of purpose. If y...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with sisters Lorraine and Rhonda from Central Coast Kids in Need. Lorraine and Rhonda have been at the helm of CCKIN helping children and their families on the Central Coast for over 19 and 21 years respectively and have helped over 3900 children and their families. It is no wonder so many individuals and organisations a...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. I was grateful to sit down and chat with Central Coast local Tanya Green. Tanya is on a mission to help women and couples going through fertility treatments, though has had quite the journey to get there. From being told by medical professionals at the age of 16 that she’ll likely never have children, to having children in her 20s, only then to find herself underg...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. I sat down with Elizabeth Long, who at 82 is still creating textile art. Recently Elizabeth has been making beautiful items from her left-over fabrics. Making everything from masks, to quilts and tea cosies. Over the years Elizabeth has won prizes in The Quilter’s Guild of NSW for her textile art pieces, though now Elizabeth simply wants to inspire others to pick...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. I was excited to have Maz Compton join me to discuss life, sobriety, her podcast Last Drinks and her latest book of the same name Last Drinks. Maz’s journey has been a captivating one, spanning from MTV host to becoming a gym owner and a prominent breakfast radio host. So, it was an honour and a pleasure that I got to sit down and chat with Maz. The post #013 Maz...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr Ash Bowden aka Dr Do More, as many know him. Originating from the UK, Ash is an emergency doctor on the Central Coast. Ash has also become somewhat of a local celebrity known as Doctor Do More. Promoting movement and exercise on the Central Coast. Ash is also a passionate and caring human that just simply wants to do good...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. We had the pleasure of sitting down with one of the Coasts most beloved entertainers, Toni Stevens. Toni has travelled the world as a professional entertainer, though chose to call Australia home in 1972. With a career spanning decades, the list of talented individuals that Toni has worked with are endless. She was the first to introduce Theatre Restaurant into re...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. We were grateful to have been given the opportunity to chat with David Kirkpatrick. David is an Australian country music artist, born in Rockhampton, Queensland, and the son of Australian country music royalty Joy McKean and the late Slim Dusty. As a child, David spent his first six years on the road, living in a caravan with his family, before going to boarding s...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. We were excited to chat with Kate Perkins. Kate has worn many hats throughout her life, from elite athlete, to mustering cattle on horseback and is now a passionate practitioner in cancer rehabilitation. So, it was an absolute pleasure to sit down and chat with Kate about her inspirational journey and her passion to help and inspire others. The post #009 Kate Perk...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Kerry Davenport. In 2017, Kerry was diagnosed with complex PTSD, severe depression, and anxiety. Then over the last 5 years has reinvented herself, releasing a book in 2022 along with others titled 'Elevate Your Performance'. It is a true blessing that we still have Kerry here to talk to, as she mentions on her own website...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. We had the pleasure of chatting with Country singer and Central Coast local Courtney Keil. Courtney has hit the ground running since her debut release in 2020 of ‘I Just Wanna Hold You’ and has continued to release hit after hit. With the release of her debut album ‘The Good Kind’ we sat down to chat with Courtney. The post #007 Courtney Keil – Country Music Singe...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. We had the pleasure of chatting with Central Coast local Peter Lee. Peter is a graphic designer, illustrator, corporate event and entertainment producer who at 77 refuses to retire. In 2021 he released the first book in his series titled Little Dino Dudes which are devoted to teaching children social values, along with a music single in aid of the Australian Wildl...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. This month we had the great pleasure of going into their Gosford studio to chat with the wonderful Maz and Matty from Central Coast’s HIT 101.3 Breakfast Show. The post #005 Maz and Matty – Hit101.3 first appeared on On The Coast Publications .

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. We had the great pleasure of chatting with Central Coast local Rodney Dobson. He has had an incredible career in musical theatre. Performing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Annie, My Fair Lady, Dream Lover, The Full Monty, Legally Blonde, Evita, Chicago, Les Misérables, Singin' in the Rain, Wicked, Chess, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Buddy, Sweeney Todd to name a fe...

Welcome to Coffee with a Coastie. We had the great pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Central Coast local John Wall. At 76 he is faster and fitter than most of us are at any age. I hope you are as inspired as we were when you hear how John returned to athletics later in life and was named the fastest human in the world at 62 for his age. John now wants nothing more than to inspire both you...

Blake Wilton at 21 has been behind the camera lens capturing local surfers on the Central Coast and abroad since the age of 14 and more recently he's been working with local businesses on the Central Coast along with Kyal and Kara from channel 9s The Block on their Blue Lagoon build that aired on channel 9. We were grateful to have been given the opportunity to sit down and chat with Blake about h...

Welcome to our first in person ‘Coffee with a Coastie’. Where we chat with Paddy & Rob Palmer from the Coast’s Own Triple M Breakfast Show The post #001 Paddy and Rob Palmer – Triple M first appeared on On The Coast Publications .