2025 Coastline Bank Wauchope and Hinterland Business Awards

The 2025 Coastline Bank Wauchope & Hinterland Business Awards Gala Dinner was nothing short of amazing!

It was one of those true feel-good evenings where our community came together to celebrate the incredible businesses that make our region so special. The best part? The genuine joy and support in the room with every cheer, every clap, every smile, no matter who took home an award. 💙

A huge thank you to our Presenting Sponsor – Coastline Bank – for your ongoing support in making these awards possible. 🙌

Another massive thanks to the Wauchope RSL Club for their outstanding food, wonderful service, and incredible assistance in helping us host such a fantastic event.

To our amazing sponsors – Expressway Spares Pty Ltd, Doherty Autos & Mechanical Repairs, Collins Booksellers Port Macquarie, Telstra, Port Macquarie Hastings Council, HASTINGS HOTEL, Letz Get Lit 2444, Bago Maze & Winery, King + Campbell, and Hit Mid North Coast / Triple M Mid North Coast – your support means the world to us and our local business community.

Special thanks to Bruce Doherty for being such a fabulous MC and to Trenty Wai for the perfect soundtrack to the night. 🎶

Big shout out to Silver Quinn Productions for the incredible photos that were captured! 📸

Here’s just a small selection of photos from the night, with many more to come very soon! 📸

SCROLL DOWN TO FIND OUT THE 2025 WINNERS!

Welcome to the 2025 Coastline Bank Wauchope & Hinterland Business Awards!

Key Dates:

Entries Open: 21 May 2025
Entries Close: ~~29 June 2025~~ – EXTENDED TO 11.59PM, TUESDAY 1 JULY!
Voting opens and judging begins: 2 July 2025
Voting closes and judging closes: 18 July 2025
Gala Dinner: 9 August 2025

You’re Invited to the 2025 Coastline Bank Wauchope & Hinterland Business Awards Gala Dinner!

When: Saturday 9 August | 6:00 PM
Where: Wauchope RSL Club – Entry via Cameron Street (NOT the main front entrance)

Join us for an unforgettable night celebrating the achievements of our incredible local businesses and community!

✨ Dress to impress – it’s time to dust off your best frock or sharpest suit and step out in style.
🎟️ Tickets: $95 per person

Your ticket includes:
✔️ A delicious three-course meal
🥂 Glass of champagne on arrival
🍷 Wine on the tables
🎶 Live local entertainment from crowd favourite Trent Wai – so don’t forget your dancing shoes!
🎤 Plus, the evening will be expertly hosted by none other than local legend Bruce Doherty!

Celebrate, connect and enjoy a night to remember.
Book now – tickets are limited!

2025 Business Entrants

A1 Auto Parts Wauchope

ADRA Community Connect Wauchope

Air Light Insulation

Any Occasion Cakes & Party Food

Bago Maze & Wine

Bennetts Steel

Betach Intelligence Pty Ltd

Billabong Zoo

ExtravaDance Studios

Grazed & Grown

Greenbourne Nursery Wauchope

H.L.W Projects

Hair shenanigans

Hastings Hotel

Hastings Physio and Health

Hastings Valley Amateur Beekeepers Association

Heirloom Lawn & Garden

Hozho Yoga Studio

Humans learning from horses

Indulgence Tours

Learn from horses/horses inspiring humans

Letz Get Lit 2444

Long Flat Pub

MidCoast Uniform Solutions

Mogra Connection – Flowers & More

New Vision Pools

Omnicare Alliance Ltd

One Agency Port Macquarie – Wauchope

Playtime Childcare

Pure Aquatics

Qi+Tonic

QUICK AND TASTY TAKEAWAY

Reptile Solutions

SALT Training Academy

Saville Tech Media

Skn Associate

SMP FABRICATION

Soothe Beauty Beechwood

Spectacular Beauty

Strive Finance

Summerland Health

TG’s Child Care

The Loggers Hut Espresso Bar

The Riverbank Campground

The Wellness Collective

Timbertown Motel

Wauchope Country Club

WAUCHOPE RSL CLUB

Wauchope Rural Centre

Wauchope Show Society

Wauchope Solar & Electrical

Wauchope Travel

White Stag Media

Wild Child Face Painting

WildNets Adventures

Wing Caraghin

Yulo Kopa

2025 Award Categories

2025 Local Award Categories

All entrants MUST enter one of these categories to then be able to enter an Aligned Award category.
*excluding Outstanding New Business, Outstanding Employee and Outstanding Community Organisation categories

Excellence in Accommodation
Excellence in Hospitality
Excellence in Agriculture & Horticulture
Excellence in Creative Industries
Excellence in Health & Wellbeing
Excellence in Hair & Beauty
Excellence in Professional Services (10 employees or less)
Excellence in Professional Services (11 employees or more)
Excellence in Retail (10 employees or less)
Excellence in Retail (11 employees or more)
Excellence in Tourism
Excellence in Trades, Industry & Manufacturing
Wauchope Chamber Member Business Award (all Wauchope Chamber members who have entered a category above, will automatically be entered into this category)

2025 BUSINESS NSW Aligned Awards

Winners in these categories will automatically be entered in the Regional Awards.

Outstanding Employee
Outstanding Young Business Leader
Outstanding Business Leader – 20 employees and under
Outstanding Business Leader – 21 employees and over
Employer of Choice – Under 20 employees
Employer of Choice – 21 employees or over
Excellence in Innovation
Outstanding Community Organisation
Outstanding Visitor Experience
Outstanding New Business
Excellence in Micro Business
Excellence in Small Business
Excellence in Large Business
Business of the Year

2025 Coastline Bank Wauchope & Hinterland Award Winners

2025 Local Award Winners:

Excellence in Accommodation – Long Flat Pub

Excellence in Hospitality – Any Occasion Cakes & Party Foods

Excellence in Agriculture & Horticulture – Grazed & Grown

Excellence in Health & Wellbeing – Skn Associate

Excellence in Creative Industries – Letz Get Lit 2444

Excellence in Hair & Beauty – Spectacular Beauty

Excellence in Professional Services (10 employees or less) – H.L.W Projects

Excellence in Professional Services (11 employees or more) – Playtime Childcare

Excellence in Retail (10 employees or less) – Wauchope Rural Centre

Excellence in Retail (11 employees or more) – Bennetts Steel

Excellence in Tourism – Billabong Zoo

Excellence in Trades, Industry & Manufacturing – Air Light Insulation

Wauchope Chamber Member Business Award – Pure Aquatics

2025 Business NSW Aligned Award Winners:

Outstanding Employee – Kelsie Redman – Billabong Zoo

Outstanding Young Business Leader – Wing Caraghin

Outstanding Business Leader – 20 employees and under – Lisa Baker – Wauchope Rural Centre

Outstanding Business Leader – 21 employees and over – Jesse Webber

Employer of Choice (under 20 employees) – Bennetts Steel

Employer of Choice (21 employees and over) – TG’s Child Care

Excellence in Innovation – Letz Get Lit 2444

Outstanding Community Organisation – Omnicare Alliance Ltd

Outstanding New Business – Betach Intelligance AND Yulo Kopa

Outstanding Visitor Experience – Billabong Zoo

Excellence in Micro Business – Strive Finance

Excellence in Small Business – Wauchope Rural Centre

Excellence in Large Business – Billabong Zoo

Business of the Year: Bennetts Steel

Wauchope and Hinterland Business Awards

The Wauchope Chamber of Commerce and Industry are excited to announce the Wauchope and Hinterland Business Awards are back in 2023!

Entries will open on the 29th of March 2023... Watch this space!

The Awards are a celebration of local business and acknowledge the contributions of our local operators. They bring opportunities for local business to recognise their achievements, build rapport with their team, review their business journey, and consider their future

All local businesses are encouraged to enter.

Partner with the Awards!

Sponsorship packages are available for business champions looking to show their support for local business through the Awards program. Sponsorship benefits include a range of promotional opportunities through the marketing campaign and at the Gala Dinner event.

For more information please contact Lisa 0422 210 824, or Kate 0437133138 or email wauchopechamber@gmail.com.

Awards Categories

The Business Awards program will include two types of Awards – Local Excellence Awards and NSW Business Chamber aligned Awards.

Through the Local Chamber Alliance with between the Wauchope Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the NSW Business Chamber, the aligned Awards entries will feed into the NSW Business Chamber Mid North Coast Regional Awards growing opportunities for local business to gain exposure and promotion to a wider audience. Winners at the regional Awards go through to the State Awards later in the year.