Congratulations to the amazing MidCoast businesses who have been judged as winners in their categories. Winners were announced and celebrated at the Winter Wonderland Gala Dinner on Saturday the 2nd August at Club Old Bar.
2025 Coastline Bank Business of the Year
Outstanding New Business
Sponsored by Lifestyle Barrington Coast
- Sunnyside Equine Facilitated Learning – Winner
- Creating Her
- Queen of Hearts Beauty
- Midcoast Stairs
- Green Patina Home
Outstanding Community Organisation
Sponsored by MidCoast Council
- Into the Wild – Winner
- Home in Place
- Resource Recovery Australia
- Ronald McDonald Family Retreat
- Lakeside Festival
- Enterprise and Training Company
Best Innovation Business
Sponsored by The Beach Geek
- Burling Turn Assist GoLow Bed – Winner
- Glow Beauty Therapy
- Creative Shell
- Beauty on Bella
Best Education and Training Business
Sponsored by Evermore
- Annie Rose Academy of Dance – Winner
- Forster Dive Centre
- Luxe on Manning
Best Professional Services
Sponsored by The WIN Network
- Creative Shell – Winner
- Insure More
- The Country Road Celebrant
- Unscripted Human Resources
- Forrest Fresh Domestic Assistance
Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
Sponsored by Beaver Novello Moss
- OCTEC Employment – Winner
- Helping Hands
- Forster Dive Centre
- Taree Pool Supplies
Best Health & Wellbeing Business
Sponsored by Business NSW
- Glow Beauty Therapy – Winner
- Soaring into the Wilderness
- Coastal Aesthetics and Wellbeing
- Annie Rose Academy of Dance
- Beauty on Bella
Best Retail Business
Sponsored by Blueberry Events
- Lumpys Nursery and Landscape Yard – Winner
- Bears Tyrepower
- Nate’s Pizzeria
- Taree Pool Supplies
- Picture This Custom Framing
Best Visitor Experience
Sponsored by Saxby’s Soft Drinks
- Forster Dive Centre – Winner
- Mansfield Cottage Barrington
- The Original Tea Gardens Ferry
Best Trade Business
Sponsored by Manning Valley Automotive
- Caiban Electrical – Winner
- Local Pest Experts
- Leveltech Engineering
- Distinctive Building Co.
- Taree Pool Supplies
Best Hospitality Business
Sponsored by Smart Coast Conveyancing
- Nate’s Pizzeria – Winner
- Thirty Three Degrees
- Forrest Fresh Domestic Assistance
Best Sustainability Business
Sponsored by Club Old Bar
- Luxe on Manning – Winner
- Forster Dive Centre
Best Personal Service Business
Sponsored by Colourworks Australia
- Glow Beauty Therapy – Winner
- Creative Shell
- Beauty on Bella
- Midcoast Hearing
- Wholesome Care Supports
- Luxe on Manning
Best Customer Service Business
Sponsored by Distinctive Building Co.
- Local Pest Experts – Winner
- Lumpys Nursery & Landscape Yard
- Glow Beauty Therapy
- Taree Pool Supplies
- MidCoast Hearing
Outstanding Employer
Sponsored by JC Entertainment
- Midcoast Hearing – Winner
- Luxe on Manning
- Respectability Support Services
- Nate’s Pizzeria
- Taree Pool Supplies
Outstanding Employee
Sponsored by Great Lakes Advocate and Manning River Times
- Scott Hatton (ETC) – Winner
- Kaitlyn Blanch (MidCoast Hearing)
- Olivia Russell (Local Pest Experts)
- Danielle Dark (Forrest Fresh)
- Matthew Fawcett (Insure More)
Outstanding Business Leader
Sponsored by Coastline Bank
- Laurent Calvert (Well Suited) – Winner
- Nathan Gauci (Nate’s Pizzeria)
- Matt Keriacou (Caiban Electrical)
- Kath Harris (Unscripted HR)
- Ashleigh Bradstreet (Caring Care)
People’s Choice (Service)
Sponsored by Forster Tuncurry Business Chamber
- Creative Shell – Winner
- Manning Veterinary Hospital – Highly Commended
- Into the Wild Adventures
- Big Air Indoor Bike Park
- Andrea Rowsell Academy of Dance
People’s Choice (Product)
Sponsored by Lakeside Festival
- Nate’s Pizzeria – Winner
- Releve Dance Collective – Highly Commended
- Price Pirates Taree
- Snow & Sons Master Butcher
- The Shack 2428
