Welcome to the 2025 Coastline Bank Wauchope & Hinterland Business Awards!
Entries have closed and voting is now open!
Cast your vote for your favourite local business and celebrate the excellence that drives our community forward!
Reminder: Only local award categories are included in public voting. Aligned award categories are judged only.
Voting closes Friday, 18 July 11.59pm!
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
2024 Local Award Winners:
Excellence in Accommodation & Hospitality – Any Occasion Cakes & Party Foods
Excellence in Creative Industries – Out There Design & Mosaic
Excellence in Health & Wellbeing – Hastings Physio and Health Wauchope
Excellence in Hair & Beauty – Spectacular Beauty
Excellence in Professional Services (10 employees or less) – Wauchope Travel
Excellence in Professional Services (11 employees or more) – Slade Refrigerated Transport
Excellence in Retail (10 employees or less) – Wauchope Rural Centre
Excellence in Retail (11 employees or more) – Air Light Insulation
Excellence in Tourism – Billabong Zoo
Excellence in Trades, Industry & Manufacturing – H.L.W Projects
Wauchope Chamber Patron’s Award – Bald Eagle Barber Shop
2024 Business NSW Aligned Award Winners:
Outstanding Employee – Marc Minor: Harcourts Greater Port Macquarie
Outstanding Young Business Leader – Blake Stone: Billabong Zoo
Outstanding Business Leader – 20 employees and under – Shiree Bennett: Bennetts Steel
Outstanding Business Leader – 21 employees and over – Josh Slade: Slade Refrigerated Transport/ Comboyne Fresh/ Keep Safe Community and School Safe Apps
Employer of Choice (under 20 employees) – Rosewood Wild Therapy
Employer of Choice (21 employees and over) – Billabong Zoo
Excellence in Innovation – Rosewood Wild Therapy
Outstanding Community Organisation – Tender Funerals Mid North Coast
Outstanding New Business – Hastings Physio and Health Wauchope
Excellence in Micro Business – The Out There Collective
Excellence in Small Business – Wauchope Rural Centre
Excellence in Large Business – Slade Refrigerated Transport
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.
Key Dates:
Entries Open – Wed 29 March 2023
Entries Close – Wed 17 May 2023
Voting Opens – Fri 19 May 2023
Voting Closes – Fri 2 June 2023
Gala Dinner – Sat 17 June 2023!!
Thank you to our amazing sponsors of the 2025 Coastline Bank
Wauchope & Hinterland Business Awards!
Presenting Partner
Corporate Partners
Business Partners
Supporter Partners
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