Sophic Community Collective

09/11/2026

Cut your internet Bill down by 2/3
Share one internet connection between neighbouring homes.
How:
One house holds the NBN connection.
From its router, Each house connects via wireless connections.
As you save more money you each can look into setting up an outdoor bridge connection. Each receiving house then has its own Wi-Fi access point/router.
Outdoor bridge equipment designed for this can easily cover 100 metres, and some current units are rated for 1 km or more where there is clear line-of-sight.
in reality:
Three houses paying $90 each per month now spend $270/month collectively. One suitable higher-speed service at, say, $120/month means roughly $40 each before equipment costs. remember the equipment costs are a one off outlay.

Account structure:
One person will generally remain the legal account holder, but most providers allow additional authorised contacts.
Aussie Broadband, for example, currently allows additional authorised people on an account.
Each household transfers its share in advance into a dedicated low-balance prepaid account/card used only for the internet bill.
Keep one months payment per houshold, sitting there as a buffer. All three household representatives see the bill and payment records.
Security:
Do not simply put every computer, TV and phone in three houses onto one giant home network.
Give each house its own separated Wi-Fi network while sharing the internet connection.
Tips:
Use WPA3 where equipment supports it.
Also when you set up the connection for each device. Be sure to keep the connection private.
Outcome: each house hold pays 1/3 of their internet connection bill.
Important:
Some residential contracts restrict resupply or sharing outside the premises. If this is your service provider and you wish to participate in a neighbourhood connection choose another provider.
If necessary, choose a provider/service that expressly permits the arrangement or obtain permission.
reach out to your community get connected.
start connecting then start connecting to save living costs..

05/11/2026

GROCERY BILL STRETCHING THE BUDGET?
LET’S START A SWAP MEET IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS.

Before you buy another lemon FOR $4.00, ASK YOURSELF "could someone nearby have a tree full of them?" And could your spare tomatoes, herbs or unopened pantry food be just what they need?
Maybe you have some extra coins that you can share for the bits you need...

A neighbourhood food swap will help us spend less, waste less and get to know each other.
Bring what you have spare and swap for something you can use. Easy, simple, doable and you can get it together for next weekend.

Any one that is passionate and ca help get small, regular swaps get started an stay going in their own neighbourhoods please comment your area and what you can do. You could suggest a meeting spot, help organise or bring something to share. This is how it all begins. one small step at a time. Practical, sensible and productive.

Want one near you? Comment with your suburb and “I’m interested”. If you can help get it started, add “I can lend a hand” or simply tells us what you have that you want to swap and what you're looking for.


Let’s find our neighbours and take the first step together.

04/11/2026

She is coming together and she is growing.
And the sign arrived today!!!
and yep the final sign design was brought together with the help of canva.
We are stillcollecting Pots, and plants. We are now looking at external coach lamps for the external walls, cornicing directional/down lights nd two more hanging pots. (we do prefer preloved as they look lived in and loved. happy to pay) also Four lollipop trees. We do have a little bit to go. but the Studio Ghibli inspired look is coming along beautifully. We can't thank the local community enough, we also want to give a big thanks to the Sophic Community Collective and the Private family trust for investing into our city and our vision.

29/10/2026

Welcom every one!
a very big hello from me Ange. One of the founders.
I have been working in the back ground putting some things together.
and applying paint to the building on donnison st..
I'm about the paint the first of two bench seats and the underside of my neighbours entry into her shop.. :D
and then thr surrounds of the other neighbours windows.
My little shop is Sophic Wellness. Its where alot of the work for the collective takes place until we secure our space for the collective above Bow Thai Gosford. The owner of te building has offered us the space generously and we can't wait to get in there and bring yet another layer of comunity to gosford through, meditation, art exhibitions, cultural festivities, community awareness events, dancing, courses, groups and practitioner/facilitator offerings.
There is a local family charitable trust that is behind this with the sole purpose to bring community back together.
I'm so very proud to be a part of this movement and honoured to be at the forfront and Im honestly looking forward to passing on the mantle to some one with more experience so i can get back to being a part of the community.. so any one with the drive and vision for community in your area please do step up.. It's time we did something as a community.

29/10/2026

The collective is growing and we have started to make our mark on gosford city.
Our vision for the revitalisation of the inner city has begun on Donnisons st.
we are a part of gosford strip Presinct but getting funding or support means we have to go through red tape for funding and loads of shenanigans to be able to create the asthetic that most expresses our vision.
Dont get me wrong the artists creating the work for the presinct are incredibblty talented and I would love to engage them but they are so very busy with their projects with the presinct that they wont be available for the next twleve months or so..
We have had our say in regard to not bainaiding our city
So now we are stepping up to the plate and bringing life into our part of the city.
Our collective vision is "Ghibli studios" colour palet and asthetic. We have included the vision for Sophic Wellness Centre little shops vision (that has been slowly blooming for thelast 12 months) to give every one an idea of the vision... ...
We are reaching out to the community for some support in creaing this for the whole city.
We arent government funded and any grants would have us be tied to the government and local council.
This isnt about selling products we are simply reaching out to the community seeking ways to contribute and create a channel of contribution as well as rather than buying brand new things take guardianship of anything that is in abundance in the local community.. We are focused on using whats available to us Like things that the commuity would have an over abundance of that we can bring in rather than buying things brand new. The focus is attracting items that we can get second hand and or preloved. (we can buy them from you if you wish.
we dont want your money or free services..
we have the ability to create the vision..
This is purely to bring the community together through a project that is ours.
what we are hoping for is for the community to come together and help us create this vision and make your mark and create a city that we are proud to live in.
right now we are looking for pots for plants to go into and if you have an abundance of plants that would suit our asthetic and possibly second hand book shelves that we can break down and reuse for the external sections of the shops... that you are looking to give away or sell second hand..
If this feels like you.. and you're excited to offer your unwanted pots, plants and possibly old timber bookshelves to be used.. please take a picture and post them in the comments below..
We will reach out and arrange collection (also I (Ange) am personally happy to pay for items and pay for delivery.)
I hope you're as excited as i am to create a bit of genuine history and be a part of the incredible change that we are creating in our city.
Thank you so very very much... if you can't help but you know of some one who can help.. please share this post with them...
(these pitcures are for inspitration. lets bring some light, joy, magicka nd mystical whimsy into our incredible city!)
I live on the Central Coast

07/07/2026

First founding partners meeting 🌻

06/06/2026

Exciting things are in the works.
We will have more info soon.
Watch this space for updates as everything unfolds 🌻

20/06/2025

True healing doesn't take place when the pain stops...
It's when the patterns do..
(read it again)

28/11/2024

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23/11/2024

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📍 Available at: Sophic Wellness, 107 Donnison St, Gosford
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📞 Contact Us: +61 414 059 523