For local business spotlights and commerce

Behind every good cafe, every interesting shop, every farm producing something worth talking about, there’s a person who made a deliberate choice to build something here.

The Barrington Coast business community is as varied as the landscape it operates in. Fourth-generation farmers and first-year food producers. Tourism operators who arrived for a weekend and never left. Tradespeople, creatives, retailers and entrepreneurs quietly getting on with it in towns that most of the country hasn’t discovered yet.

This section is where we introduce you to them. Not as a directory and not as a press release, but as the kind of stories that make you understand why this region works the way it does. 

Panoramic view of Wallis Lake and Thirty Three Degrees.

Because business on the Barrington Coast is personal. The person taking your order probably grew the ingredients. The guide who takes you up the mountain probably grew up on it.

That’s worth knowing about.

Two men in checked shirts displaying an award for their craft beer at Sydney Royal Easter Show, for Coastal Brewing Company in Forster NSW.

Local stars

In-depth stories about the operators, makers and entrepreneurs shaping the region. Behind the business – the kind of profiles that make you want to seek them out.

Start or grow here

Resources, contacts and stories for anyone thinking about doing business on the Barrington Coast. More people are making the move than you might think.

A busy main street in a country town with shops and cars, at Wingham NSW.

Commerce

Economic development, industry news and the bigger picture of how the region is growing. For anyone who wants to understand the place beyond the postcard.