Your Home With Sarah King

Join radio hosts Sarah King and Steve Allen as they dive into the vibrant world of Chrome Fest, the Central Coast's premier vintage car and lifestyle festival. Hear from Mayor Laurie McKinnon about the event's community impact, and get insider tips on vintage home styling from the experts at Tiki Lala.Plus, tech guru Richard Hatherley shares crucial advice on navigating the 3G network shutdown and protecting yourself from scams. Discover the joy of vinyl records with music enthusiast Dave, and learn about the grace and elegance of a legendary local fashion icon.This episode of "Your Home with Sarah King" on Coast FM is a treasure trove of inspiration, nostalgia, and practical know-how for Central Coast living.

Well the weather is warming up and the days are getting longer as we head into Australia's legendary Summertime! Perhap's you are at the beach today?But if you are planning to do some housework while listening to Your Home with Sarah King then we have you covered!Today we speak to the following wonderful guests:James and Joel join us to talk about their 'maker space' - James and Joel have been building a community of creatives based around technology, setting up a 'maker space' - A Maker Space is a collaborative physical location equipped with tools and resources like 3D printers and laser cutters, where people gather to create, learn, and work on projects together. James and Joel setup 'SparkCC' for this very purpose. sparkcc.org/Next up we are joined by Debra Yu (iContact Optometrists) and Michael Hyslop (CEO of SLSC Central Coast) - to talk about the 'raising of the flags' at our beaches and the outstanding support and partnership by 'iContact Optometrists' at Erina Fair supplying 2000 sunglasses to all of our volunteer patrol members! www.icontact-optometrists.com.au/erinaWe are always excited about creativity here at Your Home with Sarah King and our next guest Leanne Koppen comes in to talk about the upcoming 'Bouddi Arts Trail' - This is a yearly event where artists open up their studios and see their work, this is a wonderful opportunity to view and purchase original artworks, direct from the makers. Discover what you love! bouddipeninsulaartstrail.org/Thanks to Raine & Horne Gosford, East Gosford and Commercial Central Coast and COAST FM 963

Hello Central Coast!A bright, warm, sunny welcome to you. On behalf of Sarah King and her team, we thank you for listening and hope you enjoy our show!Today we would like to introduce:Francesca Buckingham who packed up her life and did the big lap of Australia! Labeling it the 'Buckingvan Adventures' - with 2x young children and a Husband, they decided it's time for a family adventure and off they went! We have an inspiring chat with Fran about her wonderful holiday.Ivona Rose: Next up we speak with CoastFM's own newsreader and musician about her artistic passion, making music! Ivona loves making music and has dedicated a small part of her life to the craft and we have a lovely chat about it. www.instagram.com/ivona_rose/?hl=enOur next guest is Fiona Morrison (on behalf of Erina Rotary) - The organiser for the Central Coast chapter of the Australian National Busking Championships! We have a lot of great musicians on the Central Coast, who will come out to show their talent. Be sure to visit on the 28 September at The Entrance for a family friendly day of music and friendship. www.rotaryerina.org.au/national-busking.../Thanks to Raine & Horne Gosford, East Gosford and Commercial Central Coast and COAST FM 963coastfm.org.au/program/your-home-with-sarah-king

Well we have been talking about for it for a few weeks, but now it's here! Spring has arrived! Have you started your spring cleaning yet? Even if you haven't, we love sharing our Saturday mornings with you and our guests.For todays show, we welcome the following wonderful guests:Carmen and Jane - Bowerbird Recycling - These lovely ladies are all about making a difference, 'Bowerbird Recycling - A not for profit organisation creating beautiful living spaces for those in need' - the ladies join us to chat about an upcoming event they are running 'Welcome to Spring' - on Thursday 25.09.25 a free event in store - William St Corso, Gosford. bowerbirdrecycling.com.au/Carin Clegg - Zumba - Carin is a pocket rocket powerhouse who runs a zumba class to keep active in between being a practicing dietician and is promoting the 'Million Moves' incentive to remind us all we have to keep active so we can keep active! millionmoves.org.au/www.zumba.com/en-US/p/carin-clegg/2756837Clare Bowditch - Clare has become an Australian musical icon releasing her creativity with her music, books and well, whatever she can come up with really! We chat with Clare about her creativity and her long career as a creative/musician. Clare is coming to visit the Central Coast in the 19.09.25 to Avoca Beach Theatre, be sure to secure your tickets early! events.humanitix.com/clare-bowditch-what-was-leftThanks Raine & Horne Gosford, East Gosford and Commercial Central Coast and COAST FM 963coastfm.org.au/program/your-home-with-sarah-kingYour Home with Sarah King on Coast FM 963

Hello Central Coast!Last Saturday we had a wonderful lineup of guests, if you missed the show you can find it here on our catch up podcast 'Your Home with Sarah King' on Spotify and Apple music.We had in the studio the following wonderful guests:Heather Hasel - Caroline Bay Quilters - A local quilting group meeting weekly sharing ideas and friendship, a lovely community of creatives if you love quilting like Sarah does. www.facebook.com/Carolinebayquiltersinc/Laura Washington - Starting out as a physiotherapist Laura transitioned into fashion and now works for TAFE sharing her knowledge, Laura is passionate about sustainable fashion and shares some surprising statistics with us about our consumption of fashion.Issy Barnett - Young Issy Barnett comes into the studio to chat with us about her upcoming adventure doing the Kokoda trail! A young leadership opportunity that she is very excited about.

It's shaping up to be a gorgeous sunny Saturday! We hope you have the radio on listening to Your Home with Sarah King on CoastFM while you are out in the garden with a nice cup of tea enjoying this beautiful weather!We are always excited each week to present our guests to you and this weekend is no exception:Today Ben Chalker comes into the studio to talk with us about a hobby he developed into a skill during those covid years (Some people made the most of it!) - Leatherworking! Ben makes beautiful handmade leather items and it was wonderful to chat with him about it. https://www.instagram.com/chlkrhandmade/?hl=enWe speak with Gary Berman of Dr0m clothing, a very excitable chap who who left the corporate world to chase his own dream of creating a new, affordable Aussie brand because he saw international brands taking over. We're all about supporting local! https://drom.com.au/We have a chat with Bob Miller about the Erina community Men's shed, a great place for men to join a community, make some woodwork and new friends  https://mensshed.org/sheds/erina-community-mens-shed/and last but not least, Peter Whalan from Gosford Rotary North joins us and talks about the soft sand run commencing tomorrow at Terrigal and about the wonderful intitiative SOKS (Save our Kids) https://www.quicksandaustralia.com/Thanks to Raine & Horne Gosford, East Gosford and Commercial Central Coast

Good morning Central Coast!Weekends are for slowing down, relaxing and catching up on the good stuff and what better way than tuning in to another great lineup of guests on Your Home with Sarah King!Shane A. Basset – Our resident movie man. Shane is one of Australia’s top film critics and entertainment reporters. He’ll be joining us to chat all things movies, Hollywood and the latest in entertainment.Lenny Deacon – An inspiring coastie on a mission. Lenny is riding his trike across Australia to raise awareness and funds for a wonderful cause. We’ll share the details and how you can support him on his journey. www.instagram.com/reel/DJoND2Wuh22/?igsh=MTZjZWxoeWFhc3BwYg==Lloyd Bromfield – A local man with a global story. Lloyd has been responsible for security operations at Olympic Games all around the world. He joins us to share behind the scenes insights from one of the world’s biggest sporting stages.Thanks to Raine & Horne Gosford, East Gosford and Commercial Central Coast

I feel like we keep talking about spring, like it's just around the corner or something! Perhaps that's because it is! We always get excited to see the flowers start the bloom and to start retiring our winter attire. It's almost upon us!Another exciting lineup of guests for this lovely Saturday morning:Pat Farmer - An Australian icon and legend! Pat is always running away from something, or is he running towards it? Well, we find out that Pat is ALWAYS running towards his goals, his latest adventure is running towards a goal to raise money for SOKS - 'Save Our Kids' - with the upcoming 'Quicksand Australia' soft sand run. A Rotary Club North initiative coming up on the 31st of August. Tune in the listen to Pat tell us a very brief summary of his amazing life, (too much to cover it all, perhaps a book is needed Pat?) www.quicksandaustralia.com/Virginia Riley - In 1993 Virginia Riley began her handmade jewellery business from her tiny home studio in Avoca Beach, NSW, Australia. It grew to become one of the leading suppliers of fashion jewellery in Australia, stocked in over 140 stores, including her own boutique in the historic Strand Arcade Sydney. www.virginiariley.com/Shaun Oldfield - We love recycling! Shaun does too! Instead of sending all that building material to the tip, let's give it to people like Shaun who has setup a business at West Gosford, recycling building materials. Perhaps it's not useful for anything more than firewood, or perhaps it's old hardwood that can be upcycled to something amazing. Also an advocate for Men's mental health, Shaun is a great coastie who we loved chatting with. www.instagram.com/coastalrecycledbuilding/Thanks to Raine & Horne Gosford, East Gosford and Commercial Central Coast

Hi Coasties! We are offering a warm welcome on behalf of COAST FM 963 and Your Home with Sarah King, another weekend is upon us!This Saturday morning we are chatting with more interesting Central Coast locals:Michael Brennan - Bushfires are part of our Australian experience, Michael joins us to chat about what we can do to our homes to help protect us from the unfortunate event. bushfirerollershutters.com/Ian Hemphill - - It gets a bit spicy in the studio this morning with Ian Hemphill and his eternal knowledge of Herbs and Spices! Ian's passion for Herbs and Spices goes back a long a way and he loves taking any chance he can get to talk about them! www.herbies.com.au/Michael Limpus - Asbestos is a common problem in Australian houses, affecting everything from renovations to repairs, Michael chats with us about the importance of caring about our health and finding out if your house has asbestos in places you may not be aware of. assessmentcorp.com.au/Thanks to Raine & HorneGosford, East Gosford and Commercial Central Coast

Hi Coasties! We are offering a warm welcome on behalf of COAST FM 963 and Your Home with Sarah King, another weekend is upon us!This Saturday morning we are chatting with more interesting Central Coast locals:Lisa Lent - Photographer - After spending 20 years as a wedding photographer, Lisa has now shifted her focus to the corporate world (and got her weekends back), Lisa chats with us about the art of photography and how she turned a passion into a job. https://lisalent.auHelen Mortimer - Artist - Helen is an accomplished oil painting artist talks to us about her passion for painting. Helen loves to paint the world around her interpreting it in her own unique way. Helen paints in oils and aims to capture the mood of her subjects. Sarah King also happens to be one of the people Helen has painted! https://www.helenmortimerart.com/Lyndi Leggett - Hull of a Scrub - Boat hull cleaning (she does a bit more than this though!) - Lyndi comes into the studio to chat with us about 'The Scuba Gym Australia' - Lyndi Leggett is a passionate scuba diving professional, and founder of The Scuba Gym Australia. A not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing therapeutic scuba diving experiences for individuals with disabilities and challenges, both physical and cognitive. https://thescubagym.com.au/Lyndi is hosting a black tie fundraising eventThanks to Raine & Horne Gosford, East Gosford and Commercial Central Coast

Hi Everyone! For your Saturday morning listening pleasure, we have a great line up of guests:Erica Barnes - Wyld by Nature - Erica comes and talks about her passion - 'Wyld by Nature' - is a specialised Florist based on the Central Coast (The shop is at Ettalong). With a wyld enthusiasm for nature, the environment, and all things Australian, Erica's business is centered around the essence and raw beauty of our world’s natural flora.www.wyldbynature.com.au/Jac Robinson - Greenterior Design - Jac is a passionate interior designer - from her website: 'Sustainable interior design creating beautiful, conscious spaces, for people who want stunning homes, but not at the cost of the earth.'greenteriordesign.com.auRachel Peters - Roundabout Circus - Every dreamed of joining the circus? Rachel comes into the studio to talk to us about 'Roundabout Circus' - Rachel Peters and Andy Long founded Roundabout Circus Incorporated in January 2017 as the first not for profit Central Coast Community Circus, right here in Gosford!roundaboutcircus.comThanks to Raine & HorneGosford, East Gosford & Commercial Central Coast

Another great week of interesting guests we have lined up for you:One of our favourite guests Mr Fabulous (John Rutten) from 'De Jour Living' is back again to talk about winter trends relating to interior design. www.facebook.com/DuJourLiving/We chat with a young local author, Robert Lent about his new book and what it's like being a writer. www.amazon.com/Dance.../dp/B0DRWJVV27/ref=sr_1_7Holly from the Cancer Council comes in to chat about the success of 'Stars of the Central Coast' - and share with us other fundraising endeavours from this important charity. give.cancercouncil.com.au/donateand last but not at all the least:Miranda Brown from The Community Hub Group Inc - gives us her time to talk about the important work her and her team do to help the community. www.facebook.com/groups/640283126064222/Don't forget our catchup podcast is available on Spotify and Apple podcasts:open.spotify.com/show/6ibgO8FMov4ShC7dKyhgyFpodcasts.apple.com/.../your-home.../id1781590633Thanks to Raine & HorneGosford, East Gosford & Commercial Central Coast

We are joined by:Robert Malloy - Captain of the Central Coasts very own national league ice hockey team, the Rhinos! Bert comes in to talk about ice hockey on the coast. The Rhinos are playing at home at Erina Ice Arena this weekend so get along and see the action!rhinos.com.au/We are joined by Emily and Maddy from Glenworth Valley to tell us about the success of the recent festival - Glenworth Grazing Food & Wine Festivalglenworth.com.au/Our next esteemed guest is John Ralph, longtime CoastFM sponsor helping the coast out with assorted photographic needs comes in for a chat about converting your old VHS tapes into digital to preserve your loving memories.www.instagram.com/erinacamerahouse/?hl=en

We are joined by:Lisa Smith - Connect Social AU - Lisa comes into the studio to talk about the reintroduction of face to face social gatherings for dating and friendship to give people another option away from the apps: www.facebook.com/connectsocialcentralcoastKim Juresa - long time community champion talks to us about the upcoming show being put on to raise money for people in need 'Feed the Need' - coming to Mingara in September with some great local musical talent. Kim is a returning board member of Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre inc. bvnc.org.auMarianne Hamilton - comes in for a chat about the Terrigal community garden: www.facebook.com/groups/279400984318485On the subject of community and helping fellow humans is our next guest:Craig Ball - Craig is championing a great concept - 'Central Coast Men's Walk and Talk' - an initiative for men to get together in a non judgemental environment to walk and talk about anything and everything. www.facebook.com/centralcoastmenswalkandtalk

Thanks for rejoining us for Season 2 of Your Home with Sarah King!For all things Real Estate, Community, Arts and Music, we present the following guests:Anne-Maree Hopley - Bathroom designer extraordinaire, lends us her expertise on bathrooms while being busy setting up a new boutique bathroom showroom in Brisbane.Avani Bathroom Studio - www.avanibathroomstudio.com.auActors Rhiannon Power and Sally Bartley - join us from Red Tree theatre - performing on the upcoming show 'The Vagina Monologues' - Directed by Kathryn Peterson. redtreetheatre.org.au/whats-on/ - playing from the 27.06.25 - 05.07.25We are also joined by a special guest Beth Hunter from Avoca Beach theatre - to talk to us about one of the Central Coasts premium venues for entertainment, with live bands as well as movies!www.avocabeachtheatre.com.au/Thanks to Raine & Horne Gosford, East Gosford and Commercial Central Coast

It's the end of Season 1!On behalf of our team, Sarah King, Steve Allan, Dave Horspool and Richard Hatherly, the staff at CoastFM (with special thanks to SMS - Station Manager Sarah) and Darcy and Madi at Pro Podcast we would like to thank you for sharing your Saturday mornings with us.We hope you have enjoyed our show as much as we have had making it.Today, on our Season 1 finale we have invited 3 of our previous musical guests + Zac Drayson - Australian actor.Jason Hicks & Troy Henderson - The mixed tape duo + fairplay entertainment.fairplayentertainment.com.au/fairplayentertainment.com.au/...Jason and Troy arrive with a guitar and ukelele to play us a mixed tape special of a Britney Spears cover, with a catchy beat, making this song something else.We also play a mixed tape duo cover song (made especially for Sarah King) with Jason and Troy (with Troy on Ukelele) singing the classic hit 'Harvest Moon' originally by Neil Young.Budy Bone joins us in the studio, bringing an instrument as well... A large drum!Budy has a new original song he shares with us! Played for the first time on Australian radio, exclusively here on CoastFM! 'My drum beat' - a groovy tune that will get you up and dancing!www.instagram.com/kutagroove/We are joined by another previous guest - Nathan Foley chatting to us about his new show playing tonight!nathanfoley.com/We play Nathan's latest single - 'Without you now'.We are joined in the studio by another coastie, former Home and Away star - Zac Drayson, where we chat about the life of an actor and growing up as a child actor in Home and Away.Last but not least our producer springs a trap on Sarah King and Sarah joins Jason and Troy singing 'Under the milky way tonight' - by 'The Church'.Here ends Season 1!We hope you return for Season 2 - commencing the first weekend of June.

This week we are joined by:Julie Goodwin - Julie is a great communicator and Julie chats with us about the upcoming Easter feast and what happens in the kitchen during the season change to winter, as well plenty of other good morsels!juliegoodwin.com.au/Mike Dwyer - Retired mortgage consultant chats with us about finances, mortgages and retirement.Bronwyn Smith - conveyancer - Bron comes in to chat with us about the need for a conveyancer and how it fits into your real estate sale.www.richardsonconveyancing.com.au/Natasha Kelley - Peninsula lighthouse - Talks us through Natasha's community efforts to assist the suffering of domestic abuse victims: 'Peninsula Lighthouse serves the Central Coast Community by providing appropriate support to those that have suffered in a storm of trauma of abuse in the home'www.peninsulalighthouse.org/Saturdays 10am - 12pm only on Coast FM96.3 or listen anytime on our podcast.Thanks to Raine & HorneGosford, East Gosford & Commercial Central Coast

This week we are joined by:Abby Robertson - Barks and Bubbles Pet Pawtique - Abby joins us to talk about our domestic best friends and groomingwww.facebook.com/.../Barks-and-Bubbles-Pet.../Jason Roder - Living Spaces Carpentry - We chat with Jason Roder about how small design changes in a home can make a big differencewww.livingspacescarpentry.com.au/Aimie Orgias - Tribal Bliss - Aimie comes in for a chat about communities, clothes swaps, Mother Daughter retreats and other community building initiativeswww.facebook.com/p/Tribal-Bliss-61554188184177/Saturday Mornings 10am - 12pm only on Coast FM96.3 or listen anytime on our podcastThanks to Raine & HorneGosford, East Gosford, Commercial Central Coast

Real stories, expert advice, and a fresh look at what’s happening in our community!This week we are joined by:Zaza - (Elizabeth Tucker) - Ocean sailor - https://www.instagram.com/zaoceanracing/?hl=emLuke Graham - Filmmaker - Producer, director and writer of the documentary 'Sharko' - playing at Avoca Beach TheatreSaturday 29 March. - https://www.sharkofilm.comJohn Rutten (Mr Fabulous!) - What the season change means for interior design

This week we talk to muso and media legend David Tapp about his career and the Sounds of the Coast Music festival on April 27.We also talk to Entrant to Stars of the Coast Kim Cole (Ettalong Diggers Tourism and Community Manager) and Holly Bennent from the Cancer Council.Daniel Craig Director of "Come from Away" and Federal Member for Robertson, Dr Gordon Reid also chats about Health Care on the coast, the Youth crime Summit and the urgent care clinics.