Discover Gabriola with the Lynch Group Blog
Our Discover Gabriola blog features what we think is the best of Gabriola Island, sights, experiences, what’s happening, and a bit about our daily lives in the community!
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New “Art” on Display at Coast Realty Group (Gabriola Village) Ltd.
We are fortunate to be working in the office today, the artwork of Gabriola’s own Mary Jane Jessen is going up on our walls (at Coast Realty) and it looks stunning! The captivating images of spawning salmon are timed perfectly as we are nearing September. If you’d like to view these images, stop by the […]
Beachquest: Discovering Gabriola’s Marine Life
Explore 5 of the beaches on Gabriola with STU, a Black Oystercatcher, who leads us through this beautifully illustrated book produced by the Gabriola Historical & Museum Society. This compact book is full of information, tips and gives interesting ideas for turning your walk into a treasure hunt for local marine life. You’ll enjoy the […]
There’s fun in the Trunk!
The organizers of the Gabriola Theatre Festival have been working hard to create an amazing event and would love a good turnout for the kids day that they have planned (Sat, Aug 16). Specifically, the show/musical on the Saturday morning, Trunk! They say it is really quality fun and they want to make sure as […]
Slaying the BRICKYARD beast.
If you’ve ever cycled around Gabriola, you’ll be familiar with Brickyard hill, if you rode up it, you’ll know the hill that I’m talking about. In honor of this hill, Islanders have created one of the toughest 10km road races in Canada, The BRICKYARD BEAST, quite the sunday morning challenge. It is fun(!?!) and a […]
Coast Realty Gabriola. Your local Co.
We recently reviewed the stats and we’re really pleased that Coast Realty Group participates in such a high percentage of Real Estate sales on Gabriola, a continuing trend since 2000. We work, engage, and live in this community, so having Islanders (& newcomers) choose to work with a local company means a lot to us, and […]
Gabriola Scooters : The MS Cowichan Valley Grape Escape
We’ve just completed a great weekend at the MS Cowichan Valley Grape Escape with 6 members from Gabriola, together the “Gabriola Scooters” raised over $7633. This was a lot of fun, a variety of routes to choose from, a beautiful campus to stay at, well organized and there were plenty of wine tasting opportunities. The […]
Gabriola. Searching the Sea.
We had the pleasure of taking a few kids out on the boat for a few hours yesterday, within a short time frame we viewed an amazing amount of sea life. We started our adventure by pulling the crab traps first, and we were pleased to find they liked the bait. We then went and pulled the prawn traps and although […]
Summer is HERE & so is the new ferry schedule !
We’ve just completed a new edition of the Gabriola Reference Card in time for the new summer ferry schedule, which is in place today (June 25 2014). If you’re on Gabriola, check your mail box as it should be there in the next day or two. We realize that the ferry schedules might change, but […]
Car Share : another transportation option for Gabriola residents.
There is a great transportation option for those Gabriola Island residents going to Nanaimo. The Nanaimo Car Share has a vehicle parked within a few minutes walk from the Gabriola ferry terminal at Port Place. You sign up and purchase a refundable share, book your reservation online and pick up the vehicle, if your on an […]
MS: The Cowichan Grape Escape.
Cycling to the farms and wineries in the Cowichan Valley sounds appealing to you ? What if it were to raise money to fight against MS. There is a group from the Gabriola Lions that are going to participate in this two day event on July 5/6 2014. One of our close friends has MS and we’d […]
