Dragons Abreast Central Coast

24/05/2026

🐉🚣‍♀️ Ever wondered how dragon boating became connected to breast cancer recovery?

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing the story behind the boats, the movement, and Dragons Abreast Central Coast itself. 💗

From ancient China… to the Central Coast.

Stay tuned. 👀

20/05/2026

Celebrating Dragons Abreast Central Coast as a Local Legend winner at 29 seconds of this video by Mingle Seasoning, as survivors of breast cancer coming together to support each other and regain their fitness and passion for paddle dragon boats

19/05/2026

HUGE congratulations to our very own Natalie!

One of our incredible Dragons Abreast Central Coast members has officially been announced as one of the winners in Mingle Seasoning's Meat Tray Movement competition! 🥩🎉

“The Mingle Meat Tray Movement — giving away a year’s worth of meat trays to 10 Aussie clubs, complete with their new rubs to fuel community fundraising.”

https://www.mingleseasoning.com/pages/meat-tray-movement-1

The competition wasn’t just random luck — clubs from all around Australia shared their stories about community, resilience and the people who keep local groups going. Nearly 600 entries were submitted, with only 10 clubs selected.

Natalie won TWELVE BBQ packs for our club through the campaign after entering via a Bunnings BBQ community promotion — an amazing result and so well deserved 👏

What makes this extra special is that Mingle Seasoning promotes healthier, cleaner seasoning options with no unnecessary additives, less sugar and a focus on better ingredients. A lovely fit for a community built around recovery, exercise, wellbeing and supporting each other after breast cancer.

Under Dragons Abreast Australia umbrella, we use dragon boat paddling as a platform to raise awareness of breast cancer while visibly demonstrating survivorship, strength, friendship and the benefits of staying physically active after diagnosis.

But our real superpower is our stories. 💗

Women rebuilding confidence.
Rebuilding fitness.
Rebuilding themselves.
Together.

Well done Nat — you’ve made the whole club proud! 🐉💪💗

17/05/2026

🎟️ LAST CHANCE TO WIN $3,500 CASH! 🎟️

Our Dragons Abreast Central Coast raffle is drawn TOMORROW NIGHT — Monday 18 May at 7pm at The Doylo 💸

Every ticket sold through our link supports our dragon boating club of women living with breast cancer 💗

👉 Buy tickets here: https://www.raffletix.com.au/?ref=tzbed&sref=4bhd6tbg

🎟️ WIN $3,500 CASH & SUPPORT DRAGONS ABREAST CENTRAL COAST 🎟️

Dragons Abreast Central Coast is raising funds through our community raffle — and you could take home some serious cash 💸

💰 PRIZES
🥇 $3,500 Cash – The Doylo (Doyalson / Wyee RSL Club)
🥈 $1,000 Cash – Toukley Wyong Rotary
🥉 $500 Bunnings Gift Card – Bunnings Lake Haven

💸 TICKETS
$5 each | 5 for $20 | 15 for $50
📅 Drawn: 18 May 2026, 7:00pm at The Doylo

👉 Get your raffle tickets here:
https://www.raffletix.com.au/?ref=tzbed&sref=4bhd6tbg⁠

Every ticket helps support our dragon boating club of women living with breast cancer through paddling, fitness, and community 💗

🙏 Proudly supported by
Northlakes Toukley Rotary, , Bunnings Lake Haven

12/05/2026

Today on International Nurses Day, we want to acknowledge the extraordinary people working in Oncology nursing. 💗

You turn up every single day with a smile, warmth and a cheery disposition — even on the hardest days.

You see fear.
You see grief.
You see people at their most vulnerable.

We know you cry out the back sometimes.
We know you carry our external scars internally.
And somehow… you still show up again the next day to care for the next patient with kindness and compassion.

That takes a very special kind of human.

To every Oncology nurse who has sat beside a chemo chair, held a hand, explained the scary stuff, made us laugh, reassured our families, or simply made a horrible day feel a little less horrible…

We see you.
We appreciate you.
And we thank you. 💕

– Dragons Abreast Central Coast 🐉

09/05/2026

Thanks for having us Dragons Abreast Newcastle Hunter!

09/05/2026

🌸 TODAY at Bunnings Lake Haven! 🌸

Dragons Abreast Central Coast is proud to be part of Bunnings Lake Haven's FREE Mother’s Day Community Event today from 10:30am–12:30pm 💕

📍 Bunnings Lake Haven
10 Pacific Hwy, Charmhaven NSW

Bunnings is hosting:
☕ A beautiful High Tea for 80 local mums
🌸 Children’s floral garland craft activities
👧 Local Girl Guides helping the kids create something special for Mum

Our DACC crew has been invited along to help raise awareness about breast cancer survivorship and the many physical, emotional, and social benefits of dragon boating with a supportive group of women.

Come say hello, chat with our members, and learn more about what we do and when we paddle.

🎟 We’ll also be running TWO raffles today:

💚 RAFFLE 1 — Drawn TODAY at 1pm
4 fantastic prizes generously donated by Bunnings
🎟 $1 each or 3 for $5

💚 RAFFLE 2 — Rotary Community Raffle
🥇 $3500 CASH
🥈 $1000 CASH
🥉 $500 Bunnings Gift Voucher
🎟 Tickets $5 each
📅 Drawn 18 May

Funds raised help support our members travelling to France to participate in the dragon boating competition at the International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission festival and regatta 🇫🇷🐉

A huge THANK YOU to Bunnings for supporting local community groups, charities, breast cancer survivors, and creating events that genuinely bring people together. 💚

Pop in, say hi, buy a raffle ticket, and enjoy a lovely community morning! 🌸

13/04/2026

This is the highlight reel.

What you don’t see?
Scanxiety. Trauma. Fatigue. Side effects.
The cost. The career hit. The identity shift.

And it’s not a straight line…
it’s a circle.
It comes back around — especially before every scan.

Some people never feel the anger.
Some live in it.
Some are years out.
Some are right in the thick of it.
And not everyone gets the same outcome.

Survivorship isn’t a glow-up.
It’s a rebuild.

And still… we show up.
And still… we paddle 💗🐉

From fear to fight to survivor. 🌸

10/04/2026

What a night on the water 🌅🐉

Perfect conditions for our weekly Dragons Abreast Central Coast paddling practice, glassy water, and one of those sunsets that makes you stop mid-paddle.

Huge session led by coach Pam, who absolutely put us through our paces with 2 x 500m race efforts.

Nat steered us like a pro, while Jane & Annie O set the rhythm up front.

Hard work, big energy, and a pretty special way to end the week.

If you’ve ever thought about giving dragon boating a go… this is your sign.
Fridays. 5pm. Come paddle. 💗

07/04/2026

Today is World Health Day by World Health Organisation (WHO)

Science and medicine saved our lives as breast cancer survivors.
That’s not lost on us.

But surviving isn’t the finish line.

This is where the real work begins —
rebuilding strength, confidence, and life itself.

Out on the water, we do it together.

Connect. Move. Live.

06/04/2026