Where Food Meets Printmaking Over seven years in Pottsville, award-winning Pipit has become a place where food, design and community meet through practice. Ben Devlin and Yen Trinh come from different directions, kitchens and design, but work from the same space. Yen’s background is in urban and experience design. “Before Pipit, my career was in […]
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Creative Caldera’s New Regional Arts Festival Creative Caldera is a not-for-profit curatorial and production initiative based in the Tweed, working with artists and local communities to support contemporary creative practice across the region. This year marks the pilot launch of the LAVA Arts Festival, running from 26 to 28 June across Murwillumbah and surrounding villages. […]
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Maharaja Indian Restaurant, Casuarina Maharaja Indian Restaurant was opened in 1994 by Lakhvir Singh on the Mid North Coast. It began as a small North Indian restaurant and grew steadily as customers returned, often bringing others with them. Years later, the family opened in Casuarina, a move that felt less like a new direction and […]
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Growing food, creating space, bringing people together Creating isn’t always about making something from scratch. Sometimes it begins with a few herbs on a windowsill, a fruit tree in the backyard, or a garden bed built slowly over time. Speaking with Rachael Sanderson from Life a Little Greener, a small family-run business working with regenerative […]
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Where Music Belongs to Everyone Tyalgum Community Hall | 25–27 September The Tyalgum Music Festival returns to the Tyalgum Community Hall this September, continuing its distinctive approach to presenting classical music in an intimate regional setting in the Tweed. Across three days, the festival brings together opera, chamber music, jazz and orchestral works in a […]
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Inside the Hall That Has Shaped Pottsville’s Community Spirit Pottsville Beach Community Hall turns 40 this year, and the milestone will be marked with a free community celebration on Saturday 4 July from 11am. Since opening in 1986, the hall has quietly sat at the centre of Pottsville life. It’s where people have gathered for […]
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Georgia Kinchin’s App for Survivors Words Povel Torudd From the beaches of Kingscliff to the quiet backroads of the Tweed Valley, Georgia Kinchin’s Winnebago has seen more than most tech startups ever will. But then, Heard – Survivor Space isn’t your usual app story. And Georgia isn’t your usual founder. She built the entire platform […]
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Rooms That Hold Our Stories Words Kirsty Porter When Tweed Coast Living asked me to write this piece, I felt quietly honoured — not because I consider myself a designer in the formal sense, but because homes like ours reflect something many people feel but don’t always articulate. A few years ago, we moved an […]
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Behind Sorella Kingscliff Words Ksenia Kozyreva Photos Jo Anderson Beneath the salt-kissed air and gentle light of Kingscliff, our story began with a love of beautiful things—items that tell stories, crafted with care. Over two and a half years, this small space has grown into something far more than a store. It has become a […]
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Mesh, Music and Monkey Mischief In the Northern Rivers town of Uki, Tina Wilson and Matt Ottley are turning bath-time into big adventures. Their latest children’s picture book, The Messy Bath Monster, is a testament to what happens when imagination, patience, and a love of hand-crafted creativity collide. For Tina, the creative journey isn’t just […]
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