The coastal café crawl keeping our beaches clean
You’re invited to explore our coastal region sustainably with our eco-friendly café crawl inspired by Green Caffeen.
Your coffee will taste even better knowing you're leaving only footprints across our beaches, bushwalks and bustling town centres.
Whether you’re catching up with friends and family, spending a weekend staycation near any of our 41 beaches, or know you’ll be between sand and surf every day – there’s countless ways to ‘think green’ and limit your impact on our beautiful environment! We're already proud to have global environmental plastic-pollution movement Take 3 for the Sea based at Long Jetty, plus the Coast’s own plastic-free shop, #untrashy, open at Ettalong Beach, flaunting its sexy alternatives to single-use. But what's next?
The Central Coast is a destination with sustainability front of mind – and now front of house, with more than 27 local businesses forming an exciting, new eco-friendly ‘green café crawl’...
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Going coastal? Go green too.
Selected in the international 2021 Top 100 Sustainable Destinations List, the Central Coast is on its journey to become an ECO Certified Destination by June 2022. What better time than now to join the national ‘Green Caffeen reusable cup trail’! Last year we introduced 4,000 ‘Love Central Coast’ branded reusable coffee cups into cafés across the region with the aim to potentially remove over 960,000 single-use disposable coffee cups from our streets, beaches and bush – ultimately taking pressure off the planet by removing 14,400kgs of plastics from landfill in the next year alone!
Once you’ve got your hands on a Love Central Coast cup, take it with you as a souvenir from the Central Coast on your travels across Australia. You're then free to swap it for a fresh one at more than 700 participating Green Caffeen cafés across the country. Download the Green Caffeen app today.
Limited edition Love Central Coast and Green Caffeen reusable cups.
Rise Mofo, Toukley, are one of many Central Coast cafés on the trail.
Explore the green coastal café crawl
The emergence of this ‘green café crawl’ has been an exciting element of the Central Coast's growing partnership with Green Caffeen. Their Swap-and-Go Coffee Cup system arrived here in July 2021, and we've seen almost 30 Central Coast businesses actively join Green Caffeen’s café list since.
Keep an eye out for Love Central Coast resuable coffee cups! From north to south, these Central Coast cafés are part of the local trail, with this list growing weekly…
Warnervale & Lake Haven
Toukley
Wyong
Yarramalong
Tuggerah
Ourimbah & Niagara Park
Long Jetty, Toowoon Bay, Blue Bay
Terrigal & Wamberal
Erina, Erina Heights & Matcham
Avoca Beach & North Avoca
- Avoca Sands Cafe
- Waves Cafe Avoca
- The Boy and the Rose
Kincumber & Yattalunga
Gosford, East Gosford, Kariong
Umina Beach, Ettalong Beach, Daley’s Point
Woy Woy & Blackwall
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Sustainable travel starts at home, and away
Did you know Aussies send 1 billion single-use cups to landfill every year? A growing movement of eco-conscious travellers are determined to reduce waste in the regions they visit, not just at home. And it all can start with your daily cuppa.
Central Coast-based cafés from Mooney Mooney in the south right up to Moonee Beach in the north are invited to join the free Swap-and-Go program to be part of the wider movement toward ecotourism in the region.
To start sampling the Central Coast’s new green café crawl:
- Search for locations near you on the handy Café Finder list
- Download the free Green Caffeen app
- Head out for a coffee at a participating café and scan your reusable cup code
- Swap or return at any participating café within 30 days
Your green cup is not just for the Central Coast either. The eco-friendly coffee map also points you to every participating café within Australia – spanning all major states and territories.
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What is the Green Caffeen initiative?
And why has it landed on the Central Coast
Recognising a gap in the market for cafés who want an alternative or addition to the discounted BYO coffee cup incentive, Green Caffeen have been growing the Swap-and-Go Reusable Cup system in Australia since its inception in 2018. Their cups are both designed and made in Australia and are the first to be made with locally sourced, FDA certified, recycled food grade plastic.
Damien Clarke, Co-Founder of Green Caffeen, said Green Caffeen was designed to eliminate single-use plastics all over Australia, but no more so than our spectacular east coast.
“We designed Green Caffeen to be a complete no-brainer, like a local library service. You check a cup out and check it back in again later. It’s free, plus, you can have two cups out at once, so it doesn’t matter if you forget your cup; you’ve got another in the cloud.”
“If you're one of the thousands of holidaymakers who flock to the Central Coast every year, we're inviting you to change the way you takeaway and grab your holiday caffeine hit in a Green Caffeen cup. Let's leave your favourite holiday destination a little cleaner and greener for everyone to enjoy.”
Look out for branded Love Central Coast limited edition coffee cups from participating cafés for the ultimate green souvenir of your visit on the Central Coast.
Share the love
Do you know a sustainably-minded café on the Central Coast who belongs on this green coffee map? Share this news with them!
Are you a sustainable local cafe or restaurant keen to learn more about joining the Central Coast reusable cup trail? Simply get in touch here with us, and make sure you're on our radar by creating a free Central Coast business listing here.
Don't forget – when sharing your love for our beaches on the Central Coast, tag #LoveCentralCoast and mention us on Instagram and Facebook.