HELLO SPRING // 🌼🌺
Welcome to our Spring issue - and one of our most colourful covers ever.

The fabulous Stella Evans has captured the season perfectly with a nod to local wildlife, the Eastern Spinebill and Rainbow Lorikeet, and hints of the Illawarra flame tree, protea, waratah, wattle and gum. And it wouldn’t be spring without an impending show of purple - hello, jacaranda season!

We’ve been a fan of Stella’s work for many years - including her time as a design intern right here at Coal Coast Magazine. Although she’s now moved on to bigger and better things, we are so proud to watch Stella’s art career go from strength to strength.

Supporting young people, in particular local students, is something we are passionate about. In this issue, you’ll read about the team at Woolyungah Indigenous Centre supporting First Nations students at UOW and local high school students who are exhibiting their artwork for the very first time. You’ll also read about Dinners With A Difference - an event that ditches the small talk in favour of meaningful connection.

So get comfy, grab your cuppa and happy reading.

Kate x