Coast Community Chronicle 279

9 MARCH 2022

ISSUE 279

REAL INDEPENDENT LOCAL WEEKLY NEWS

News

Lakes Beach suffers heavy erosion The Grant McBride Ocean Baths at the Entrance will soon undergo renovations, while community consultation has led to investigations for long-term improvements.

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Out&About

While eyes were glued to flood levels around Tuggerah Lake over the past week, Lakes Beach suffered what is now being seen as the worst case of coastal erosion for the top end of the Coast.

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Laughing and singing make a great combination and the award-winning Central Coast a cappella group, Coastal a Cappella are back doing both.

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Business

Pam Price awarded Wyong electorate’s Woman of the Year Wyong State Electorate’s Women of the Year has been awarded to Captain Pam Price DSA MSA of Doyalson Girls Squadron, Australian Air League.

Pam Price

Pam is the founding member of the Doyalson Girls Squadron gaving helped to first establish it in 1987.

Its aim, both back then and to the current day, was to provide females with equal opportunities and experiences through the Australian Air League.

Among many other responsibilities, Pam has organised, inspired and nurtured the Squadron by

organising and hosting camps, excursions, flying experiences and educational activities.

Each Friday, she has arrived at the Squadron’s headquarters at the Doyalson RSL ready to engage her team of eight-to17-year-olds.

The girls also benefit from attending weekend activities two or three times per month.

Pam said it was a very unexpected and humbling honour to receive the Woman of the Year accolade.

“I am sure there are lots of women in our area working hard for their communities.

“I’m honoured that I can receive this on behalf of myself,

but also the girls who have been part of our squadron who have also given so much,” she said.

Pam, who is keen to disclose that she is 76-years-old in a bid to encourage people of all ages to join the Australian Air League, said that she would not be surprised if it was thousands of girls that had gone through the Club.

“We’ve had some real success stories. Women who have gone on to work in the Air Force, Army and in social work, taking with them some of the skills they learned in the Squadron,” she said.

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A property in Noraville has scored a record sale price for a three-bedroom home in the suburb.

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Sport

The Central Coast Mariners have won their first match of 2022 defeating Brisbane Roar...

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Repairs start on two Ourimbah memorials Repairs are about to start on two important heritage memorials at Ourimbah now the accessibility upgrade to the wider railway station precinct has been completed.

A Transport for NSW spokesperson said additional funding for cleaning and repairs to the WWI Memorial arch and the Bicentennial Memorial had been secured following a multimillion-dollar upgrade to the station.

“We understand the importance of the WWI monument and memorial garden and its historical and cultural significance for the local community,” the

spokesperson said.

“We have worked with the Ourimbah RSL Sub-Branch and specialist advisors on the scope of works and our planned repairs to the memorial meet heritage requirements.”

The repairs are scheduled to start from 4 March and be completed before ANZAC Day, weather permitting.

“We are also planning minor landscaping improvements and providing additional seating in the Memorial Garden. This work will occur later in 2022,” the spokesperson said.

“This is an important piece of history in our community, and we are doing all we can to ensure it is protected.”

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Squadron, but we are always on the look out for more,” she said.

Pam has previously been awarded the Meritorious Service Award, the Distinguish Service Award in 2018 and Central Coast Volunteer of the Year 2021.

David Harris MP said Pam is well

respected in the community and within the Australian Air League through her various roles within the organisation throughout the years.

“She has been a mentor to other Squadrons and most importantly an inspiration to the cadets that she has supported and guided all through the years. Congratulations Pam,” Harris said Nicola Riches

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NEWS

Central Coast included in disaster relief declaration

Long jetty playground flood

Many areas in the north of the Central Coast have experienced prolonged uncertainty, flooding, road closures and evacuation orders in relation to the unusually wet weather over the last week.

As a result he NSW Government has issued a disaster relief declaration for many parts of coastal NSW, including the Central Coast Local Government Area.

Parliamentary Secretary for

the Central Coast Adam Crouch MP said “I can confirm that the Central Coast has been included in the Natural Disaster Declaration which will allow those affected in our community eligible for flood assistance.”

Shadow Minister for the Central Coast David Harris MP said “Our Offices were getting lots of reports that Central Coast people weren’t eligible. That’s now changed after the Government added the Coast to affected LGAs.

Backstreets of Long Jetty flooding

“I wrote to the Minister on behalf of my colleagues last week and Shadow Minister Jihad Dib MP raised our concerns at a meeting yesterday. I thank the Minister for listening to the concerns of our residents.

The grant assistance is specifically for the NSW Severe Weather and Flooding from 22 February 2022 onwards.

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Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Transport subsidies up to $15,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000

Sporting clubs: Concessional loans up to $10,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant For individuals If your home or essential household contents were damaged or destroyed by a natural

disaster, you may be eligible for the Disaster Relief Grant for individuals.

The financial assistance is provided to help people to recover from the effects of a disaster and re-establish a basic standard of living. It is not provided to replace insurance or compensate for losses.

Phone 13 77 88 for assistance.

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Coast Connect Central Coast Council’s weekly news and community information

Flood recovery and support

From Council Our resilient community

This recent and ongoing emergency weather event has demonstrated the strength and resilience of the Central Coast people and efforts to look out for each other as ‘one’ community.

I want to thank the SES and volunteers assisting on the ground, as well as Council staff and crews who as the situation unfolded, have worked hard to kept our community safe.

We have had communities and properties that have been impacted and we are helping them with access to services, information, support and providing some supplies.

This weather event is a quickly changing situation and Council’s focus is on distributing key information to the community as quickly as possible, while continuing to mobilise crews on the ground as we transition from immediate emergency response to a recovery phase throughout this week.

I encourage all residents and visitors to remain vigilant and follow the latest advice from NSW SES and take any new weather warnings seriously.

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Council meeting

Find out when the next meeting is and watch it online centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/meetings

Please continue to listen to advice and follow the directions of the NSW SES, who are the Emergency Service Provider during continued wet weather.

NSW SES Facebook Follow SES on Facebook at /NSWSES or their website at ses.nsw.gov.au Weather warnings For the latest weather warnings visit Bureau of Meteorology website at bom.gov.au/nsw/ Roads For road and traffic updates visit Live Traffic NSW livetraffic.com For information on current Council road closures, search ‘road closures’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au Council emergency updates Follow Council’s Facebook page for latest alerts @CentralCoastCouncil Emergency help For emergency help, call NSW SES on 132 500, or in a life-threatening emergency, call Triple Zero (000) Crews on call 24/7 for emergency works We are working hard to attend to emergency works for Council infrastructure and facilities. If you see anything that needs attention phone1300 463 954.

Disaster Relief Grant The Central Coast has been included in the Natural Disaster Declaration which will allow those affected in our community to eligible for flood assistance through the NSW Government’s Disaster Relief Grant (Resilience NSW). For more information,

go to nsw.gov.au and search ‘disaster recovery’ or call 1800 018 444.

Your mental health matters The NSW Government’s Head to Health has been designed to provide mental health support to those in need during these challenging times.

Call 1800 595 131 during business hours or go online to mindhealth.org.au/flood-support

Prepare for flood clean up

As the water recedes and we begin the clean-up and undertake any repairs, we ask for the community’s patience as we attend to the most urgent calls first until we reach all affected areas. Some foreshore areas and reserves may need additional time to dry before access for clean up to avoid further damage.

Regular bin collections Weekly kerbside bin collections are continuing as normal. For properties on sections of road currently closed to vehicles, kerbside services will resume as soon as the roads re-open. Keep your bins on the kerbside (if safe to do so) until they are collected.

Collections will continue over the weekend if necessary.

Bulk household flood impacted waste removal Small volumes of seagrass and vegetation debris from lake and river flooding can be placed into your green waste bins.

If you need to clear excess flood impacted bulk household waste and debris from your property, you can book a standard bulk kerbside collection through 1coast.com.au.

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Lakes Beach suffers heavy erosion

While eyes were glued to flood levels around Tuggerah Lake over the past week, Lakes Beach suffered what is now being seen as the worst case of coastal erosion for the top end of the Coast.

Tuggerah Lake peaked on Sunday at the moderate flood level (above 1.3m) and by Monday dropped to the minor flood level at 1.27m, according

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to the Bureau of Meteorology bringing relief to those living around its perimeter and beyond.

That relief was not being experienced up at Lakes Beach.

The storms, swells and high tides that have wreaked havoc for the past few weeks have left the beach inaccessible from Lakes Beach SLSC for the first time ever.

So significant is the erosion that all three access points from the Club to the beach are now redundant as the drop, which has already grown to at least three metres, nudges the doors of Clubhouse.

Lakes SLSC President Sean Leicester says that most beaches at the northern end of the Coast have been hit pretty hard, especially Lakes, Soldiers Beach and North Entrance.

He said that erosion similar to this was seen up at Budgewoi a few years ago, but nothing like what they have witnessed at Lakes over the past week.

“Over the last three to four years there have been weather events that have caused some erosion, but nothing ever like this.

“In the past, it’s only been a couple of feet that has repaired itself … this time it has come directly in front of the Clubhouse and has taken everything with it,” he said.

The ocean started to batter the shoreline last Thursday when a high tide came in at 10:40 that morning and continued to push against the dunes throughout the weekend.

Leicester said the waves keep on eating into the dunes.

“We are losing a metre of sand dunes each day as the high tide comes in. Even at low tide, in fact,” he said.

Lakes Beach has lost all its footpaths, while the wooden disability ramp which has only been place for the last couple of years and made Lakes such an inclusive spot has lost 1.5m to 2.0m from its front portion.

Not only do the beaches remain closed, but the dunes are also too dangerous to walk on.

“When we were there yesterday (Sunday) we realised that, if you walk or stand on the edges, they crumble away,” said Leicester.

While it is Council’s responsibility to assess the beach and develop an action plan, Leicester is not convinced it could do anything productive right now.

“Even if Council were to come in and try to grade it, at least on the driveway access we have,

I don’t know if they could do anything,” he said.

“We have to see what Council and the experts say.”

Unfortunately, for now, Lakes Beach SLSC does not have any access for its powered craft – to use the jet ski, or the power boat, the Club would have to launch from Norah Head boat ramp.

“We have no chance of getting anything down on the beach, apart from rescue boards and rescue tubes,” said Leicester.

As a result of the erosion, the Club cancelled its last planned Nippers Day for its younger groups, and while it was due to hold its championships for older Nippers next Sunday, the Club will make a call on that this coming Friday (11 March).

“It depends on what’s in the water – the water is filthy.

“We’ve seen two trees wash up, two large full-size trees.

“And that’s just what we can see. Who knows what else is under the water,” Leicester said.

The Club said it is not expecting much to change until next season.

“It will take a fair bit of energy from the ocean to move it back,” he added.

The effort to halt the worst effects of the floods has been constant over the past week.

Council worked at The Entrance channel and created a new pilot channel to keep it open and flowing.

The Entrance channel was flowing out at low tide with an approximate width of 110 metres.

However, roads impacted by flooding continued to be closed in most low-lying suburbs on 8 March.

SES Wyong thanked the community for its efforts, supporting with the filling and distribution of sandbags.

Among those was the Killarney Vale Bombers who filled 15 tonnes of sandbags last Friday (4 March).

In the coming days, the Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting more wet and windy weather for the top end of the Coast that may result in renewed moderate flooding at Tuggerah Lake.

An evacuation centre is established at Diggers, The Entrance.

The evacuation centre is open 24 hours.

For more information about the evacuation centre call 0436 913 302.

Nicola Riches

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The Grant McBride Ocean Baths at the Entrance will soon undergo renovations, while community consultation has led to investigations for longterm improvements.

Council last week held several meetings with interested parties, including the Entrance Surf Live Saving Club, about the current management of the baths and future updates.

Described as “very productive” by Entrance SLSC President Greg Newton, the meeting, which was also attended by the Tuggerah Tuffs Winter Swimming Club among others, saw Council respond to concerns around consistent water levels and the cleaning schedule.

Top of the agenda was confirmation that the male and female change rooms and toilet areas will be upgraded, and the Baths will also benefit from the addition of a new parents change room.

These capital expenditure works will commence in April and be completed by July 1.

Meanwhile, Council has confirmed preliminary

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Grant McBride baths at The Entrance set for short and long-term upgrades

The Grant McBride Baths at The Entrance

investigative work has been completed on extending the water pipe that draws water in from the ocean, meaning levels can be better maintained even at low tide.

An inspection report has been provided to Council with possible options.

“These options are currently

being considered,” it said.

This coincides with news that funding has been allocated for a new pump in 2023-2024.

Attendants at the meeting also sought better clarification on the cleaning schedule for the Baths.

While cleaning is scheduled on a regular basis, Council

explained that the schedule is affected by sea and weather conditions and that cleaning staff must work around the environmental conditions at the time.

Council said it will continue with weekly water quality testing throughout the season.

The water quality is tested

each Monday in summer patrol season (September to April) with weekly updates placed onto the Beachwatch website.

That can be accessed at www.environment.nsw.gov. au/topics/water/beaches.

To assist community with more direct and easier access to information and regular

updates on the baths, Council has created a dedicated information page on its website.

That can be accessed at: www.centralcoast.nsw.gov. au/recreation/grant-mcbridebaths Nicola Riches

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Services and Wreath laying ceremonies will be held at both Palmdale and Greenway.

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Khrystyna bakes traditional Ukrainian Easter bread to support homeland

San Remo resident Khrystyna Rayner is fundraising for Ukraine, her home country, by making Paska bread, a Ukrainian traditional food that is baked for Easter.

The mother of three, and an Australian citizen, says it is the least she can do for her family, and her country, from the other side of the world.

“I moved to the Central Coast at the end of 2009 when I married an Australian.

“My family is in the West of Ukraine, in a town called Lviv – it is the place I grew up and my brother, aunty and cousins all still live there.

“I haven’t managed to get back in five-and-a-half years, when my mother passed away.

“I had planned on going back again, but then the pandemic hit – I don’t know when I will be able to make it back now and see my family … I fear I won’t make it back for a very long time,” she said.

Khrystyna explained that an exodus of refugees is well under way, including

San Remo resident Khrystyna Rayner and her children

some of her family.

“The women and children are being moved out across the western border.

“The last time I spoke to my family, more than 150,000 women and children had made it over to

Poland as refugees.

“My cousins have taken their wives and children to Poland,” she added.

She explained that the war is uniting all the people who are left behind in Ukraine.

“Civilians are making

Molotov cocktails and trying to take out tanks with homemade ammunition.

“People are taking any metal they can find to make ‘hedgehogs’, tracks with embedded spikes that prevent tanks from moving, and

putting (the hedgehogs) around the borders of their towns and villages.

“Men are finding concrete and building bunkers … they are building fortresses they can shoot from.”

Having settled in Australia, Krystyna says that she would have gone back had it not been for her three children.

She explains that the rest of her family do not want to leave Lviv.

“It’s their home.

“A Ukrainian friend of mine who also lives on the Central Coast comes from the East.

“Her family is hiding underground right now,” she said.

Ukrainian Easter (Paska) bread is a slightly sweet egg bread that can be decorated with religious symbols.

It’s traditionally taken to church on Easter morning in a special basket with other foods to be blessed.

Khrystyna said she is ready to make as many orders as possible.

While she intends to cover her costs, all profits raised will

go to the Come Back Alive Foundation.

Kyiv-based Come Back Alive Foundation fundraises for Ukraine’s military, to aid soldiers and volunteers with supplies including equipment, drones, personal body protection and specialized software.

Co-organiser of the Invictus Games in Ukraine, Come Back Alive is a non-government organisation that supports training, psychological assistance, medical help, and other projects.

Its Facebook page (facebook. com/backandalive) shares stories, photos and videos.

Khrystyna explains that after Easter, when the bread is sold, she will post a proof of a donation.

People are asked to pay $25 for one bread, for pickup between 12 and 14 April.

Orders for Khrystyna’s Paska bread can be placed by email at khrystynarayner@gmail. com Nicola Riches

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Local campaiging group, Camp Ourimbah, is calling on Forestry Corporation NSW to declare Ourimbah State Forest a koala conservation reserve, in light of the announcement that koalas have been classified endangered.

In late 2020, a koala was spotted on a property adjacent to the State Forest and became the subject of a prolonged exchange of communication between Camp Ourimbah and Forestry Corporation NSW. Camp Ourimbah, which registered the sighting in September 2021 with the government’s Bionet database, the local council and the Australian Koala Foundation, is a core group of 30 people from the community, plus a 500-strong following online.

The campaigners hoped the sighting would put a stop to logging in the forest for fears it would disrupt a koala habitat, as evidenced by the sighting.

Ourimbah State Forest is a regrowth forest that has been harvested to produce renewable timber products and regrown many times.

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Call for Ourimbah State Forest to be declared a koala conservation reserve

Forestry Corporation has recently commended an operation to selectively harvest timber from compartments OUR008 and OUR009 of the forest.

This area has previously been harvested several times, the most recent operation being in the 1990s.

At that time, trees were retained and grown on specifically for the purpose of long-term timber production.

Camp Ourimbah spokesperson, Ursula Da Silva, has spent almost two years lobbying Forestry Corporation to halt logging in the forest.

Da Silva said the forest acts as an important corridor with the potential to link populations and is critical habitat for the koala.

“If Ourimbah State Forest was to be listed as a koala conservation reserve and utilized as a koala release site, it would help immensely with koala breeding and genetic diversity,” she said.

Forestry Corporation NSW said protection of koalas and their habitat is a core priority and specific searches are

Sally Alldis and Ursula Da Silva

carried out prior to and throughout harvest operations.

According to newly updated statements on its website, it states, “There are clear regulations that require feed trees and habitat to be identified and protected throughout the harvest area where koalas are present in a compartment.

“These measures were developed on the basis of ongoing research, which continues to show that koalas occupy forests where timber harvesting takes place at the

same rate as unharvested forests,” it said.

Forestry Corporation has moved to reassure the community that the sighting of the koala has been taken into consideration.

“Forestry Corporation has incorporated this information into its planning by ensuring staff are aware of the potential sighting and maintain vigilance during their comprehensive searches and throughout operations,” it said.

Last week Da Silva met with

Sally Alldis, local bush regenerator and ecologist, to discuss the potential of Ourimbah State Forest becoming a koala release site.

“The compartments marked for logging and surrounding areas comprise vegetation communities that are dominated by high and significant use koala browse trees such as Grey Gum, Forest Red Gum, Smooth barked apple (angophora), White mahogany, Yellow bloodwood and Turpentine tree,” said Alldis.

“The significant connection of this vegetation to the surrounding landscape offers suitable habitat for a koala population.

“If this forest was to be identified as a koala habitat for conservation by the NSW State government, it would prevent further koala habitat loss and lock up areas for future population survival,” she added.

Camp Ourimbah says it intends to undertake acoustic surveys for koalas in the compartments earmarked for logging

and the surrounding areas.

“We are calling on our local, State and Federal politicians to take action on behalf of the community to protect our native forests and our koalas.

“We want Ourimbah State Forest to be listed as a koala conservation reserve as per the NSW Koala Strategy framework,” said Da Silva.

The NSW Government announced in the last State Budget a $193.3M commitment towards doubling the number of koalas in New South Wales by 2050.

This funding will back a new conservation program and builds on the groundwork of the NSW Koala Strategy 2018– 21.

Through this new program, conservation actions to increase koala numbers will be delivered under four pillars of conservation: conserving koala habitat, supporting local communities to conserve koalas, improving the safety and health of koalas, and building knowledge to improve koala conservation.

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Council appoints two new Directors Central Coast Council has appointed two new Executive Directors - Ms Melanie Smith has been appointed Director for Community and Recreation Services and Dr Alice Howe appointed as Director for Environment and Planning.

Central Coast Council CEO David Farmer said both women

were experienced in their fields.

Mr Farmer said Ms Smith comes from a background in local government, including senior executive roles.

“She has extensive experience in strategic planning, operational leadership, financial, project and capital works management

within the Community Services sector,” Mr Farmer said.

Dr Howe, similarly, has extensive local government experience, in particular the environmental and planning areas, including strategic land use, natural disaster mitigation, compliance and natural resource planning, Mr Farmer said.

Council has provided no details on when the two will start their new positions.

Two people have been acting in the roles since the previous incumbents left the business in late November last year as part of what Mr Farmer called a “decision to refresh the executive leadership team of the organisation” as it moved into the consolidation period of

Council’s Financial Recovery Plan.

Brian Bell, who was a CEO of Central Coast Council for a short time after amalgamation, has been acting in the role of Director Community and Recreation Services.

That department looks after services such as libraries and education and facilities such as

leisure, recreation, community and sporting fields, parks and playgrounds.

David Milliken has been acting director of the planning department which looks after strategic planning, environmental management and compliance and development applications.

Merilyn Vale

CCACF challenges aspects of Regional Plan The Central Coast Branch of the Australian Conservation Foundation (CCACF) supports the concept of Objective 3 of the draft Central Coast Regional Strategy that claims to reduce car dependency and increase the walkability of neighbourhoods.

However, this strategy doesn’t outline any public transport initiative within the plans to impose higher-density populations in suburbs with current transport and open space deficits, whilst also

FORUM promoting housing development west of the M1 Motorway.

One of the considerations for Objective 3 is to reduce the climate impacts of urban sprawl by intensifying development around transport hubs and other growth areas of Tuggerah and the newly termed growth centre of Karagi, which incorporates the Entrance, Bateau Bay, Killarney Vale and Long Jetty.

Although, why does this plan

persist with including future development west of the M1 as a future growth area?

Especially when there is no budget for public transport to those areas and will only exacerbate car dependency?

The current Regional Strategy appears to be just another document filled with motherhood statements that purport to accommodate “sustainable growth” into the 21st Century.

Although, it looks more like assisting the development industry, by removing the environmental and social

features many on the coast live here for, further reducing the quality of life.

Other examples of inconsistency in this strategy are seen in Objective 4, which aspires to increase urban density with residential housing on lots smaller than 200 square metres, yet doesn’t consider the impacts on local flooding, the heat island effect, transport mobility, and traffic congestion.

Objective 5 of “connecting green infrastructure and quality public spaces” wants to plan for more trees in the urban area.

Opening The Entrance channel works FORUM

The community are curious to know whether the excavation and opening of The Entrance channel last week was a success?

Late on Tue 1 March 2022, Council’s beach maintenance staff mobilised 3 large excavators onto the sand berm at Dunleith Pt at North Entrance.

By 9pm they had widened the main channel and excavated a pilot channel.

It appears that the primary

objective was to encourage nature to self scour the large amount of sand that had built up on the berm since the last flood in March 2021.

I consulted a graph from the NSW Government’s Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL) that showed the flood levels in Ourimbah Ck and Long Jetty over the last week The graph is evidence that when The Entrance channel is opened, the flood waters can

exit Tuggerah Lakes at a faster rate than the rising flood waters from the rivers and creeks.

For locals that have lived here for more than 45 years this was a defining moment.

A lot has been achieved from this relatively inexpensive undertaking.

Well done Council.

Graham Hankin Chittaway Point

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Yet, Council and developers continue to remove open spaces like the community land at Austin Butler oval Woy Woy, which has the highest concentration of trees in the Woy Woy CBD. We agree that the urban forest needs stronger protection and effective restoration, as stated in Objective 5. and the Central Coast greener places strategy, but we all know the

developers apply to offset the trees they remove to squeeze in more units, enabled by strategy 5.9 of this report.

The Council doesn’t enforce the conditions on development applications for tree retention and open space for developments. So, what hope have we got with this strategy?

Mr. Norman Harris and CCACF

So much for local knowledge Two weeks ago, my husband tried to report the road at Walkers Ridge, which comes under Kulnura.

It is in a dreadful state, and dangerous.

In the past Wyong has always graded this road every three months.

It took 40 minutes to speak to someone and the lady he spoke to had no idea about the area at all.

She was adamant that because we live out of the

FORUM council area, we have to report it to our council and that is Cessnock.

After living here for 40 years and reporting this road to Wyong for all that time, this seemed to be ludicrous.

Well, we have since discovered that the Central Coast call centre is in Melbourne.

Good old Central Coast Council.

Christine & John, Murrays Run.

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Coastal a Cappella grace the Red Tree Theatre stage

Coastal a Capella

Laughing and singing make a great combination and the award-winning Central Coast a cappella group, Coastal a Cappella are back doing both.

Aptly named Coastal a Cappella LIVE!, the show is energetic, full of harmonies and fun.

Guest artists include up and

coming young talent from the local area as well as a seasoned Central Coast acting talent.

Like many community groups, for most of the past two years Coastal a Cappella has been unable to put on any performances that help fund many of the ongoing costs of the chorus, including voice and performance coaches, venue hire, costumes and risers, as

well as reaching out to encourage new membership from the local community.

Events Manager Jennie Harrison said they have been fortunate getting support from the Council.

“They’ve helped us with venue costs which has made it possible to put on a show after such a long time.

“It makes us really feel part of

the Coast community and meets our chorus aim to pursue musical excellence to enrich the lives of our members, audiences and the wider community,” said Jennie.

Coastal a Cappella is an award-winning women’s acappella group.

They compete regularly in the Sydney Eisteddfod and an annual competition held in

various venues around Australia.

In 2021 they took out third place in the Sydney Eisteddfod Show Choir section and were winners of the inaugural Short + Sweet voices competition when it was held in Sydney.

They have also appeared on Channel 7’s Sunrise.

Two shows will take place on 7 May: 2:30pm and 7:30pm at

the Red Tree Theatre, Tuggerah.

Tickets are available from the Red Tree Theatre website. www.redtreetheatre.org.au If you’re interested in singing with the group or booking them for your event, you can find more information on their website at www. coastalacappella.com

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Alison Road (between Pacific Highway & Margaret Street) 6am – 11pm Bakers Lane (between Pacific highway & Rankens Court) 6am – 11pm Rankens Court 6am – 11pm Peters Lane 6am – 11pm Hely Street (between Plaza Lane & Alison Road) 6am – 11pm Robleys Lane (between Pacific highway & Hely Street) 6am – 11pm

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Budgewoi team completes 1,000km kayak challenge A three-person team has completed an epic 1000 km paddle down the Murray River in just 17 days for San Remo’s Camp Breakaway.

Budgewoi resident Brian, or ‘Dorf’, revealed on Sunday (6 March) that the team, comprising himself and husband and wife Dan and Kathy Smith, had paddled the last few kilometres to the finish line.

As they nudged the kayak to the final boat ramp, they proudly announced they had raised almost $2,000 for the charity.

The trip was a mighty effort.

Dan and Dorf powered down the river in a two-person kayak, while Kathy traveled parallel to them in a van filled with camping equipment, supplies and a map.

“It’s a three-person effort. We couldn’t have done it otherwise,” explained Dorf.

“Dan and I paddled, while Kathy was there organising everything for us.

“She planned the day, charted our progress, kept an eye on safety issues and found food for us – that’s not always easy

Dorf (left) with Dan and Kathy Smith

when you are miles from anything,” he said.

Kathy and Dan, who are both enjoying their sixth decade, are no strangers to kayaking.

“They were looking for some muscle and support to complete the trip and, because we all have Camp Breakaway in common, we thought it would be good

to turn it into a fundraiser.

“I don’t think I had paddled more than 25 metres in my life.

“We averaged 50 kilometres per day,” he said.

Dorf says they have enjoyed some magical moments.

“We saw a Brown Snake cross in front of us and a Wedge-tailed Eagle above us.

“We skirted along huge 60 or

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70 metre cliffs that kept going and going.

“It was spectacular.”

The team spent Sunday completing the final kilometres before taking a well-earned rest.

“We are sore, chaffed, blistered, burnt, wind-beaten, waterlogged and tired, and somehow we still feel terrific,” said Dorf.

Dorf, who is undertaking a

Certificate III in Support Work, has raised funds for Camp Breakaway before, having walked from Budgewoi to Brisbane, and later swimming from Budgewoi to Bondi.

Camp Breakaway is a nonprofit organisation located on 25 hectares of land at San Remo that provides, among many other things, respite care for people with disabilities and their carers.

Like many charities, its ability to continue to work effectively was hindered by the bushfires, floods and COVID and it is only now re-establishing a full program of activities and events.

“Programs are now underway for seniors, adults and children with disabilities, people with high medical needs, and for children who care for their parents and siblings.

“We’re currently putting something together for children aged eight to 17, who provide care for their parents.

“Many of these kids can’t take part in after school or weekend activities such as sport, or music lessons because they are busy caring for a parent, or a sibling,” said Walker.

Walker explained that Camp Breakaway is also interested in building social justice, inclusiveness, and achieving long-term social impacts, such as building friendship and support networks.

Thirty per cent of its funding comes via NDIS, while the remainder is filled by support from local businesses and philanthropy.

Nicola Riches

Free Life Writing Workshops at Lake Haven and Tuggerah The first Life Writing Workshops to be held at Lake Haven and Tuggerah libraries will be hosted by published Central Coastbased writer Adrienne Ferreira.

The free workshops form part of the Central Coast Writes initiative, a community storytelling project that develops true stories from mature age writers and connects them with young artists to illustrate.

The first Life Writing workshop to be held on the Coast, it is designed to help bussing writers reflect on their experiences and craft stories that crackle with truth and life.

Ferreira was born in Sydney in 1975 and grew up in Sandy Beach on the mid north coast.

Surrounded by bush and hills of banana plantations, the unique rural landscape was imprinted on her from a young age.

Some of her earliest preoccupations, she said, were with an old python living in the

roof of her house, picking mulberries in the backyard, studying the habits of flying foxes and trying to overcome her fear of spiders and stick insects.

She has a BA from the University of Sydney and has written short stories and poetry.

Her first novel, Watercolours, has just been published.

Adrienne is currently working on her next novel, about a young housewife obsessed with a foreign sailor watching her from one of the coal bulkers lined up just outside her cliff-

top house. It’s described as an exploration of youth, ageing and the discomfort of transition.

Adrienne lives on the Coast with her husband (actor, producer, playwright and screenwriter Rob Carlton) and their twin sons. She is an alumna of Varuna, the Writer’s Centre.

Workshops will be presented from 10am-1pm at Lake Haven Library (15 March) and Tuggerah Library (16 March) Places are limited and bookings are essential.

Nicola Riches

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Chain Valley Bay author selected for Big Issue fiction edition A short story written by Chain Valley Bay resident and author M.J.Reidy has been chosen to appear in the Big Issue’s muchcoveted fiction edition.

‘How to Kondo’, by local writer M.J.Reidy

Only 12 short stories made it into the edition, which has become the biggest selling fiction magazine in the country, selected from a pool that included 700 entries.

M.J.Reidy’s winning story, ‘How to Kondo’, sees a runner end a toxic relationship with her boyfriend by adopting the principles of Marie Kondo, taking the philosophy to its most daring limits.

The story also won the KSP Writers Centre Open Fiction Awards in Western Australia in December 2020 judged by Holden Sheppard.

The 2022 Big Issue fiction edition features other notable Australian writers including Mandy Beaumont, Alice Pung and Anna Spargo-Ryan, with the edition judged by Thuy On and Declan Fry. Reidy’s short stories have also appeared in Elle, the Newcastle Short Story Prize anthology, Voices of Women Monologue Adventures, the ABC and more.

In 2018, she was the winner of Elle magazine’s national short story

competition, judged by Hachette, the Wheeler Centre and Zoe Foster Blake.

In 2021, she was awarded a Kill Your Darlings mentorship with Julie Koh and is currently working on a collection of short stories, titled ‘How to Grow your own Boyfriend’.

Reidy said her work combines literary fiction and surrealist humour.

“My work often explores the complexities of human relationships, and the lives of women and their fractured relationships with men.

“My work also explores the quirky, absurd and bizarre moments that make up our lives,” she said.

A resident of Chain Valley Bay North for three years, Reidy said it’s a fantastic place to write.

“My house faces a large reserve, and I’m surrounded by huge river gums and scribbly gums.

“There’s always lots of birds that visit too – lorikeets, rosellas and king parrots and occasionally black cockatoos.

“It’s perfect conditions for me to write in – my mind is often very busy and to work in a place that offers space and solitude really helps my writing process,” she said.

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Reminders of Him

Author: Colleen Hoover Publisher: Montlake

I am new to Colleen Hoover, but as I write this, she currently has three books on the New York Times Best Sellers list, so she is definitely not new.

I thought I would try her out and picked Reminders of Him because it has gotten so many great (not good, but great) reviews.

It is a story about Kenna, a young woman who has just been released from prison.

She was jailed for killing Scotty, “I may not have killed him with my actions, but I definitely killed him with my inaction.”

She is going by taxi to an unnamed town (in the acknowledgements the author tells us it was a deliberate act not to specify an exact place) to an apartment she found online.

It is a dump, but it is what she can afford until she gets a job.

And if she can’t get a job soon, she won’t be able to afford this one.

We soon learn that she was pregnant with Scotty’s child when she went to prison.

She gave up her baby girl, Diem, so Scotty’s parents could raise her, but now that she has been released, she wants Diem back.

Ledger is an ex-football player (gridiron) who now owns a bar and is in the process of building a house.

One day, while at the bar, a striking young woman enters,

she eventually finds a job at a grocery store, bagging but soon gets promoted to cashier.

Ledger has a big heart and is falling for Nicole and wants to help her out, so he offers her a job helping out at the bar.

As it happens, Ledger was Scotty’s best friend and, along with Scotty’s parents, has taken on the responsibility of raising Diem.

He takes it so seriously he has just called off his engagement to Leah, because he couldn’t see Leah allowing Diem to come first.

As Ledger starts to fall for Nicole, he soon learns who she really is and becomes torn because he has spent years hating this woman for taking his best friend, for killing Diem’s father.

Can he forgive her, and even if he can what is he going to do

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about Scotty’s parents, there is no way they can forgive her for killing their son, their only son, their miracle child.

The story is told from the alternative points of view of Kenna and Ledger.

And while this allows the reader the get into the minds of both characters it just didn’t work for me.

I found the story predictable and didn’t warm to Kenna.

I know that the notebook entries were supposed to make me empathetic but they seemed to convenient, too forced.

But I am pretty much alone in my thinking, because as I said in the first paragraph, this book has gotten great reviews, just not from me.

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and Ledger can’t take his eyes off her.

The woman is writing in a notebook when Ledger takes her order.

They hook up, she tells him her name is Nicole – Kenna isn’t a common name and people in this town may

recognise it.

Kenna has been keeping a notebook for years.

They are letters to Scotty.

Her thoughts, her fears, what she has done for the day and most important an apology.

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5:30 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Mommy’s Little Angel” 12:00 (M) (’18) Stars: Amanda 1:30 Clayton, Morgan Neundorf, 2:00 Peter Michael Dillon, Chris 3:00 Gallinger, Rennie Wilkinson 4:00 Autopsy USA (M) [s] 5:00 6:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] 7:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 7:30 Seven News [s] 9:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] Police Strike Force (M) [s] The Front Bar: All Sports (M) [s] – Join Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher as they share a laugh about the world of sport and catch up with stars of yesteryear and today.

10:00 Ambulance - Code Red (M) [s] 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] Showtrial: Lady Tease (M) [s] 11:40 Showtrial: Velleities (M) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping 1:20 5:30 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Sweet November” 1:30 (M s) (’00) Stars: Keanu 2:00 Reeves, Charlize Theron, 3:00 Jason Isaacs, Greg Germann 4:00 Dog Patrol (PG) [s] 5:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 7:00 7:30 Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Showtrial: The Long Voyage (M l,s) [s] – Time is running out 10:45 for Cleo and Talitha as the trial 11:15 reaches its explosive conclusion and the jury must 12:05 decide: did she do it?

The Speedboat Killer (M) [s] – This documentary tells the case of an online date that ended in tragedy. Charlotte Brown died, 1:00 but was it an accident?

1:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 4:00 Home Shopping 5:30 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Risky Business” (M l,s) 12:00 (’83) Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe 1:45 Pantolia, Richard Masur, Bronson Pinchot House Of Wellness (PG) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] 2:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 3:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News [s] 5:00 Better Homes And Gardens 6:00 (PG) [s] 7:00 Movie: “Green Book” (M l) (’18) 7:30 – A working-class ItalianAmerican bouncer becomes the driver of an African10:00 American classical pianist on a 10:45 tour of venues through the 1960s American South. Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala 1:00 Ali, Linda Cardellini Program To Be Advised 1:30 Home Shopping 4:00

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] My Way (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Under Investigation: Nuclear Reaction (PG) [s] – Investigating Australia’s delicate dance with nuclear energy, which many experts say is our only way of surviving past fossil-fuels into a carbonfree future.

NINE News Late [s] Forensics: The Real CSI (M) [s] Grand Hotel (M l,s,v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Explore [s] Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Driving Test (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] NRL: Panthers v Sea Eagles *Live* From Bluebet Stadium, Penrith [s] NINE News Late [s] New Amsterdam: Blood, Sweat & Tears (M) [s] The Horn: Faster Than The Grim Reaper (M) [s] – A pilot faces a critical decision when he suspects something might be wrong with his helicopter during a mission.

Getaway [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “Watching Over You” (M v) (’18) Stars: Sierra McCormick, Beth Broderick Talking Honey: Princess Diana: Impact Of Media And Paps [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] NRL: Broncos v Rabbitohs *Live* From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane [s] Golden Point (M) [s] Movie: “Gringo” (MA15+) (’18) Stars: Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures (PG) [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs

Also see: GEM (Channel 82) GO! (Channel 83/88) LIFE (Channel 84)

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Freshly Picked [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 8:30 Bull: The Hard Right (PG) [s] 9:30 Bull: The Invisible Woman (PG) [s] 10:30 This Is Us: Four Fathers (PG) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS Mornings [s] 6:00 The Talk (PG) [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 First Dates Australia (M) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 First Dates Australia (M) [s] 8:30 Gogglebox Australia (M) [s] 9:30 Program To Be Advised 10:30 Blue Bloods: Where We Stand (M) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 6:00 The Talk (PG) [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 2:15 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Program To Be Advised 8:40 The Graham Norton Show (M) [s] 9:40 Program To Be Advised 10:40 Program To Be Advised 11:40 The Project (PG) [s] 12:40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s]

SBS (C30)

5:30 1:00 2:05 3:05 3:20 4:10 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:15 2:15 4:40 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00 2:05 3:00 3:55 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:35 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:00 11:50 12:15 5:30 1:00 2:05 3:00 3:30 4:00 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:35 8:30 9:25 10:20 10:50 11:50 12:15

Also see: 10 PEACH (Channel 11) 10 BOLD (Channel 12)

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Also see: SBS VICELAND (Channel 31) SBS MOVIES (Channel 32) SBS FOOD (Channel 33) SBS NITV (Channel 34)

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Saturday 12 March

ABC (C20/21)

6:00 7:00 9:00 11:00 12:00 12:30 2:00 2:45 3:35 4:30 5:00 7:00 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30

Monday 14 March

Sunday 13 March

5:00 6:00 7:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:30 2:30 3:25 4:25 5:30 6:00 7:00 7:40 8:30 9:25 10:10 11:10 12:05 12:35 2:35 6:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:10 3:00 4:00 4:55 5:25 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:20 9:35 10:05 10:40 10:55 11:10 12:15 1:05

Tuesday 15 March

6:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:10 12:00 1:00 2:05 3:00 4:00 4:55 5:25 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 10:00 10:35 10:50 11:10 11:55

PRIME (C61/60)

TEN (C10)

NINE (C81/80)

rage (PG) [s] Weekend Breakfast [s] rage (PG) [s] rage Guest Programmer (PG) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Midsomer Murders (M v) [s] Grantchester (M) [s] Outback Ringer (PG) [s] George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces [s] Landline [s] Basketball: WNBL: Round 14: Bendigo Spirit v Sydney Flames *Live* From Bendigo Stadium [s] ABC News [s] Death In Paradise (M d,v) [s] All Creatures Great And Small (PG) [s] Troppo (M l) [s] Call The Midwife (PG) [s] Les Miserables (M v) [s] rage Guest Programmer (MA15+) [s] rage (PG) [s]

6:00 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 10:00 The Morning Show 12:00 Weekend (PG) [s] 12:30 12:00 Seven’s Horse Racing 1:00 *Live* [s] 1:30 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s 1:35 2:05 Front Line (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s 4:30 Front Line (PG) [s] – Hundreds 5:00 of packages of illicit substances 5:30 are stopped at the International 6:00 7:00 Mail Centre every week and 7:30 today is no exception when drug detector dog Vulcan makes an amazing find.

7:30 Movie: “Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade” (PG) (’89) Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, River Phoenix, Alison Doody 10:05 Movie: “The Commuter” (M l,v) (’18) Stars: Liam Neeson, Vera 10:30 Farmiga, Patrick Wilson 12:45 12:30 Home Shopping

Easy Eats [s] 6:00 Weekend Today [s] 6:30 Today Extra Saturday [s] 7:00 Surfing Australia TV [s] 7:30 Drive TV [s] 8:00 My Way [s] 8:30 Talking Honey [s] 9:00 Delish [s] 9:30 Movie: “Annie” (PG) (’14) 12:00 Stars: Cameron Diaz The Garden Gurus [s] 1:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 2:00 Getaway [s] 2:30 NINE News Saturday [s] 3:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] Australia Unites - Red Cross 3:30 4:00 Flood Appeal (PG) [s] – We have all seen the devastation of the floods in Queensland and 4:30 New South Wales. Join us for 5:00 the Australia Unites: Red Cross 6:00 Flood Appeal to raise much 6:30 needed funds.

7:30 Movie: “Patch Adams” (M l) 11:30 (’98) Stars: Robin Williams 12:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 5:00

Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Religious Programs [s] Escape Fishing With ET [s] Left Off The Map [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Pooches At Play [s] Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey [s] Studio 10: Saturday [s] Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures [s] All 4 Adventure [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Destination Dessert [s] What’s Up Down Under [s] Farm To Fork [s] Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] Roads Less Travelled [s] 10 News First [s] Program To Be Advised Program To Be Advised Program To Be Advised Program To Be Advised Home Shopping Religious Programs

rage (PG) [s] Weekend Breakfast [s] Insiders [s] Offsiders [s] The World This Week [s] Compass [s] Songs Of Praise [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Landline [s] Gardening Australia [s] Australia Remastered [s] Love On The Spectrum (PG) [s] Back In Time For Dinner [s] Nigella At My Table [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News Sunday [s] Grand Designs New Zealand: Schist Vineyard (PG) [s] Troppo (M l) [s] Killing Eve (M v) [s] Patrick Melrose (M l) [s] Harrow: Ab Initio (M v) [s] Mum: Thursday (M l) [s] Silent Witness (M l,s) [s] rage (MA15+) [s]

6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 1:00 Movie: “McFarland, USA” (PG) (’15) Stars: Kevin Costner, Ramiro Rodriguez, Carlos Pratts, Johnny Ortiz 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Sydney Weekender [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Dancing With The Stars (PG) [s] – This time it’s Group 2’s turn to head to the dancefloor, looking to try and book their place in the semi-finals.

8:30 Crime Investigation Australia: Baby In The Suitcase (MA15+) [s] 9:50 Born To Kill?: Donald Gaskins Jr ‘Pee Wee’ (MA15+) [s] 10:55 Death Row: Countdown To Execution (MA15+) [s] 12:00 The Proposal (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

6:00 7:00 10:00 11:00 12:00

6:00 Easy Eats [s] 8:00 Weekend Today [s] 8:30 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 9:00 9:30 NRL: Women’s Premiership: Broncos v Dragons *Live* From 12:00 CommBank Stadium [s] NRL: Women’s Premiership: 12:30 Eels v Titans *Live* From 1:45 CommBank Stadium [s] 3:00 NRL: Eels v Titans *Live* From CommBank Stadium [s] 3:30 NINE News Sunday [s] 4:00 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 4:30 60 Minutes (PG) [s] NINE News Late [s] 5:00 Australian Crime Stories: 6:30 The Queen Of Con (M v) [s] 7:30 The First 48: Broken Home (M) [s] Shallow Grave: Lost In The Wild (M) [s] 9:00 Ultimate Rush (PG) [s] 10:00 Home Shopping 11:00 Religious Programs 12:00 Home Shopping 4:30

Religious Programs [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] What’s Up Down Under [s] Left Off The Map [s] Studio 10: Sunday (PG) [s] Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey [s] Waltzing Jimeoin (PG) [s] Farm To Fork [s] Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] 10 News First [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] – Backlash from the most devious move in Australian Survivor history hits camp.

FBI: Ambition (M v) [s] FBI: Payback (M v) [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Home Shopping CBS Mornings [s]

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Landline [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Death In Paradise (M d,v) [s] The Teacher (M l,s) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City (PG) [s] Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Australian Story [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] China Tonight [s] ABC News Video Lab [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Q+A (PG) [s] Unforgotten (M l,v) [s] Silent Witness (M v) [s]

6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00

6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:45 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 9:00

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Foreign Correspondent [s] Rosie Batty’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Grand Designs New Zealand ABC News At Noon [s] All Creatures Great And Small (PG) [s] Unforgotten (M l,v) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City [s] Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Outback Ringer (PG) [s] Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (M l) [s] You Can’t Ask That (M l,s) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s]

6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00

Also see: ABC PLUS (Channel 22) ABC ME (Channel 23) ABC NEWS (Channel 24)

2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30

8:40 10:40 11:10 12:30

2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:00 1:30

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “The Other Mother” (PG) (’17) Stars: Annie Wersching What The Killer Did Next: Bei Carter (M) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] SAS Australia: Pressure (M l) [s] – The pressure intensifies as recruits navigate a helicopter ladder crossing and the DS show no mercy on the punishing log haul task. Pauly comes under fire from all directions.

The Amazing Race (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] The Resident: The Long And Winding Road (M) [s] Home Shopping Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Forgotten Evil” (M v) (’17) Stars: Masiela Lusha, Angie Dick, Kyle McKeever, Jeff Marchelletta, Adrian Bustamante, Steve Wilson The Real Manhunter: The Murder Of Christopher Donovan (M d,v) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] SAS Australia: Courage (M) [s] The Rookie: Fire Fight (PG) [s] The Rookie: Hit And Run (PG) The Latest Seven News [s] Movie: “Sudden Impact” (MA15+) (’93) Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman Home Shopping

Also see: 7TWO (Channel 62) 7MATE (Channel 63) 7FLIX (Channel 66)

1:50 3:30 6:00 7:00 8:50 9:50 10:20 11:20 12:10 1:00 1:30 4:00 4:30

10:00 10:30 11:30 12:15 1:05 1:30 4:00 6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:30 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 9:00

10:00 10:30 11:00 11:25 12:10 1:05 1:30

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Explore [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] La Brea: The Way Home (M) [s] – With the help of a new ally, Gavin and Izzy embark on a dangerous and unauthorised mission that could cause unprecedented disaster.

NINE News Late [s] 100% Footy (M) [s] Bluff City Law: When The Levee Breaks (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Hello SA (PG) [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 9:00 Would I Lie To You? Australia (M) [s] 10:10 FBI: Most Wanted: Prophet (M) [s] 11:00 The Project (PG) [s] 12:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS Mornings [s]

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Getaway (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] The Hundred With Andy Lee (PG) [s] – Host Andy Lee is joined in the studio by a panel of Australia’s funniest comedians and a 100 regular Aussies via Zoom.

NINE News Late [s] True Story With Hamish & Andy: Dani (M) [s] Mr Mayor: The Sac (PG) [s] Killed By My Stalker (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Delish [s] Home Shopping

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Program To Be Advised 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Freshly Picked [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Dog House Australia (PG) [s] 8:30 NCIS: Thick As Thieves (M) [s] 9:30 NCIS: Los Angeles: All The Little Things (M v) [s] 10:30 NCIS: Musical Chairs (M v) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

Also see: GEM (Channel 82) GO! (Channel 83/88) LIFE (Channel 84)

Also see: 10 PEACH (Channel 11) 10 BOLD (Channel 12)

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SBS (C30)

5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 3:30 4:30 5:40 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:20 11:15 1:10 3:50

France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Sportswoman Football: FIFA World Cup 2022 Magazine The Seekers Farewell Concert Blitzed - Nazis On Drugs (PG) Secret Nazi Bases SBS World News Letters And Numbers (M) Exploring Northern Ireland (PG) World’s Greatest Bridges: Sydney Harbour Bridge (PG) 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) Cycling: Paris-Nice Cycling: Stage 7 *Live* Movie: “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest” (MA15+) (’09) Stars: Michael Nyqvist (In Swedish) 100 Vaginas (MA15+)

5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 3:00 Motor Sports: The AusMoto Show 3:30 The Rising: Tiger Woods/ Pele 4:30 Cook Up With Adam Liaw 4:40 Secrets Of Nazi U-Boat Bases (PG) (In English/ French) 5:40 Secret Nazi Bases (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Acropolis - The Ancient Builders: The Secrets Of The Ancient Citadel (PG) (In English/ Greek) 8:30 Spain’s Secret Conquest (M) 10:50 The Real Hunt For Red October (PG) 11:40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 12:35 Great British Railway Journeys 1:10 Cycling: Paris-Nice Cycling: Stage 8 *Live* 3:10 The Virus: What Went Wrong?

(M l) 5:00 5:15 5:30 2:00 2:55 3:55 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:35 10:30 11:05 12:05 1:05 4:15 4:45

France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch Travel Man’s Greatest Trips: Arts And Crafts (M l,s) Hidden Algeria: Algiers (PG) (In English/ French) Queen Victoria’s Children: Princes Will Be Princes (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Scotland - Escape To The Wilderness (PG) Royal History’s Myths And Secrets (PG) Great House Revival SBS World News Paris Police 1900 (MA15+) (In French) Tin Star (MA15+) Unit One (M l,s,v) (In Danish) Vice Guide To Film (MA15+) Destination Flavour Japan Bitesize

5:30 Worldwatch – Deutsche Welle English News 6:00 Worldwatch Continues 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips: Mind Body And Soul (M s) 2:55 Hidden Algeria: The Historic Hinterland (PG) (In English/ French) 2:35 The Royal House Of Windsor: Adapt Or Die (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 8:30 Insight: Deathbed Confessions And Promises (PG) 9:30 Dateline: Missing In China 10:00 The Feed 10:30 SBS World News 11:00 The Point 11:30 Shadow Lines (MA15+) (In Finnish) 12:25 Transplant (MA15+)

Also see: SBS VICELAND (Channel 31) SBS MOVIES (Channel 32) SBS FOOD (Channel 33) SBS NITV (Channel 34)

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OUT & ABOUT

Conservatorium appoints acclaimed Long Jetty pianist Central Coast Conservatorium of Music (CCCM) has appointed acclaimed pianist and Long Jetty local Katy Tsai to its teaching staff.

With a deep understanding of how music can bring a dramatic shift in energy levels, mindset and emotions, Tsai says she is focused on creating music that promotes the wellbeing and mindfulness of others.

“I believe each person is a centre of energy, continually influenced by other energies, light, colour and sound,” she explained.

Tsai has recorded and released several albums especially designed for yoga, meditation and healing.

“Music, especially when experienced live, can bring a dramatic shift in energy levels.

“It can bypass our minds logical and analytical filters and make direct contact with profound feelings deep in our memory and imagination, which in turn produces physical reactions.

“Sound is a potent force.

“This has given me the inspiration to create albums that nurture our wellbeing and craft music events that promotes mindfulness,” she said.

Tsai was born and raised in Taiwan, where she was first introduced to the piano aged five. She said that this was unusual given her entire family was predominantly focused on sports.

“I grew up with my family’s tennis trophies all over the

house, but it was clear from a young age that sports were not my forte.

“Thankfully my parents took note and enrolled me in music lessons in the hope that I would find a creative outlet.

“I still vividly remember my first piano lesson.

My mum asked me in front of the teacher whether I’d like to learn the piano – little did I know that my “yes” would take me on the journey of a lifetime,” she added.

Tsai’s appointment coincides with the re-launch of the school’s entry-level Keyboard Club.

The weekly Keyboard Club lessons are aimed at students who have no previous experience, with the goal of developing basic musicianship skills and a love for music.

“The past two-years have been very stressful on both adults and children alike.

What’s really exciting for me is being able to share the joy, mindful and uplifting benefits that come with music,” she said.

Nicola Riches

Acclaimed pianist Katy Tsai

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Growing Your Own Garlic

CHERALYN DARCEY

Fresh garlic, straight from the garden is a divine experience and it is also the way to ensure you get the maximum health benefits possible.

It is garlic planting time on The Coast and across temperate areas of Australia right now.

Good news is, they are one of the easiest plants to grow and home-grown means more flavour and nutrients.

This wonderful veggie can be planted in pots and garden beds and can be used fresh or stored for use all year-round.

Garlic (Allium sativum), probably originated in the western areas of Asia, but it is such a long-cultivated plant that we cannot be completely sure.

The Ancient peoples of Egypt, China and India, all have recorded histories of growing and using garlic as a medicinal and culinary plant with some even attributing mystical properties to it.

Most commercial garlic is treated with a chemical to render it sterile, so you won’t be able to use those bulbs for propagation and it’s handy to know that there are two types of garlic, ‘hard-neck’ which has flowers and ‘soft-neck’ which does not.

Soft-neck garlic will store for longer than it’s hard-neck friend, but I do like the flowers which are also edible, and the spikes make amazing, dried foliage material.

Another factor you will need to consider is that you probably won’t end up with as large a bulb size as you find in the shops, but you will have leaves and you can eat those as well.

Types to consider: Dynamite Purple, Spanish Roja, White Crookneck, Giant Russian, Melbourne Market.

Grow Your Own Garlic Soil must be open, free-draining and well-

prepared with compost. pH level sitting between 6.5 and 7.5 is best and whether you decide to grow in the garden or in pots, find a sunny spot.

Garlic can be planted by seed but is mostly cultivated via bulbs.

To do this, gently separate the bulb into individual cloves and only use the larger ones.

Plant directly in their final designation into the soil with the tips just below the surface and firm down.

Garlic is not a fan of weeds so keep it tidy and water should be consistent but don’t drown your plant.

They just don’t like to get soggy feet or humidity.

Water seedlings a few times a week until they are a couple of months old and then back off to once or twice a week.

Feed every second week with a seaweedbased fertiliser, as they love it and mulch with your usual veggie garden mulch medium but ensure you don’t crowd the plants as air flow and low humidly are important.

Harvest most varieties at around the fivemonth mark but this will depend greatly on type.

You will know they are ready as the leaves will begin to wilt and yellow around this time.

Lift gently, keep the leaves intact and hang to dry for a few weeks in a warm, sheltered spot to cure before storing in a cool, dry, dark place.

The leaves are left on during the curing process so that all additional nutrients are pulled down into the bulb.

Don’t forget to save some of those bulbs for next year’s planting.

You can find garlic to grow at your local nursery or online: diggers.com.au or theseedgarlicshop.com.au and Giant Russian Garlic: naglesfallsfarm.com.au

Garlic Uses in the Garden & Beyond Along with growing garlic, make this spray from it to combat pests in your garden.

Blend together 4 cloves of garlic with 1 cup of water and a teaspoon of dishwashing liquid (not antibacterial), strain into 500ml spray bottle and top with water.

Spray onto plants to deter pests.

Test on a few leaves first.

Garlic is a brilliant companion plant for beetroot, carrots, strawberries, lettuce, and roses and provides a fair amount of protection from various pests, but it should never be planted alongside beans or peas as it will stunt their growth and production.

For medical use garlic has been used as both an antiseptic and an antibacterial agent for over 3,000 years.

Garlic is still used for these reasons in herbal medicine today along with treatments for digestive issues, respiratory diseases and for circulatory benefits as well.

Garlic Folklore Firstly, don’t go giving garlic flowers to those you love because in the Language of Flowers and Plants, it means ‘Go away you evil one.’ Could be handy at other times though, so hold that thought.

As much as we in Western cultures would like to believe that garlic has always been considered the great protector and many points throughout history support this, it’s just not always the case.

While you will find that along with traditions, such as the roasting and sharing of garlic cloves on Midsummer’s Eve in France to use as protective amulets, garlic was forbidden in many cultures at times.

It was looked upon as ‘unclean’ by religions including Hinduism, Islam and some sectors of Buddhism and Christianity at different times.

The Ancient Greeks thought that garlicbreath was an offence in their some of their temples and so consumption was banned before worship.

The protection myths though are very plentiful and are probably related to the obvious health benefits that garlic shares.

It’s not just Dracula and other vampires

GARDENING BOOK REVIEW Gardening for Everyone, Growing Vegetables, Herbs and More at Home Julia Watkins, Little Brown Publishers, 2022 304 pages, ISBN: 9781472146922

This gardening book is big on planning and in my book? That makes it a winner straight off the block.

Julie Watkins focuses strongly on sustainability and very much on long term goals.

Her advice is peppered with personal accounts of her mistakes and lessons and that makes gardening more accessible for those wondering about their own past

challenges or current aptitude.

The book is encouraging and to

beginners and I feel expansive enough for more experienced gardeners looking for sustainability gardening practice information and inspiration.

Big on beautiful photographs to light that spark in us all and a clever section called ‘Play’ that brings fun and creative ways you can add joy and usefulness in your garden spaces.

My only little gripe here is that the title is not a good fit and being an author myself, I know this is usually a publishing house issue, not necessarily an author one.

The contents and advice miss the mark with many gardeners as it focuses primarily outdoors and for those with no limitations.

Other than that, a good and rather lovely sustainable gardening book.

that are said to fear this plant but all demons and evil spirits.

The Sanskrit name for garlic, ‘Ishunm’ translates to ‘slayer of monsters’ and it is thought throughout many folklores around the world that sleeping with a clove under your pillow will indeed protect you from such evil-doers while sleeping and from nightmares.

GARDENING GUIDE FOR COAST GARDENERS THIS WEEK With all this rain, hold off on planting anything directly in the garden but you can plant out seeds in sheltered spots.

You can plant the following now: Culinary herbs, beetroot, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbages, carrot, cauliflower, chicory, cress, endive, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, mustard, onions, parsnip, peas, salsify, shallots, spring onions, silverbeet, swede, spinach, turnips, ageratum, alyssum, calendula, candytuft, carnation, columbine, cornflower, delphinium, dianthus, everlasting daisy, forget-me-not, foxglove, godetia, gypsophila, hollyhock, larkspur, nigella, pansy, polyanthus, poppy, primula, snapdragon, statice, stock, sweet pea, wallflower

HAVE YOU GOT A GARDEN OR GARDENING TOPIC TO SHARE? Down in the Garden is looking for Central Coast gardeners who would like to share their garden with us.

We are particularly looking for: Seed Saving, Evergreens, Tulips, Spring Bulbs, Water Feature Gardens, School/Children Gardeners, Commercial Kitchen Gardens, Medicinal Plant Gardeners, and Community Gardens but all gardens and gardeners are welcome contact: gardeningcentralcoast@ gmail.com Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 - 10am live every Saturday on CoastFM963.

She is also co-host of @MostlyAboutPlants a weekly botanical history & gardening podcast with Victoria White.

Send your gardening questions, events, and news to: gardeningcentralcoast@ gmail.com

Next Week: Rain and Flood Garden Rescue

LOCAL GARLIC GROWING WORKSHOP

Getting along to a workshop at a nursery is the perfect way to experience growing anything in action as well as having the opportunity to ask questions.

Another thing is this, you are not going to find local knowledge, tips, tricks and yes, secrets, online or in books.

You will when visiting your local nurseries and especially when attending any dedicated workshop.

Central Coast local nursery Coachwood Organics & Coachwood Nursery has a brilliant workshop coming up to help to help you Learn everything about growing Garlic successfully & organically.

Join Peter Donnelly of Coachwood for his Growing Garlic Workshop. $29 at 3pm, 12 March 2022.

Take home a range of different garlic varieties.

Demonstration and guided tour.

Bring a drink bottle, hat, and sturdy shoes.

Students aged 12-18 welcome to join the class.

Enquiries 0491 147448 or online www. coachwoodnursery.com

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BUSINESS & PROPERTY

Business & Property

Wamberal Breakers Club merges with Mounties Group

Ken Pearson, President of Breakers Club and Dale Hunt, CEO of Mounties

Breakers Country Club at Wamberal has amalgamated with Mounties Group – the owners of Club Wyong and Halekulani Bowling Club.

The deal has been in the making since last June, when Mounties Group presented a vision for the amalgamation to the Breakers board.

As part of the deal, Mounties

Group confirmed it will develop an $11M masterplan to improve the venue, as well as a $200,000 a year investment over the next five years in the golf course.

Breakers Country Club CEO, Ken Pearson, said that he pleased with the result and is excited for what the future holds.

“As a club, we were looking to secure our long-term future

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and deliver bigger plans than our financials allowed and that is why joining the likes of Mounties Group presents us with so much more opportunity.

“Mounties Group are a powerhouse when it comes to club strategy, financials and community spirit.

“Their profit-for-purpose business model was a big draw card for us, and they really prove to be, time and time

again, true to their word,” he said.

Pearson pointed to the changing demographics of the Coast and how clubs are having to rethink how they compete with other hospitality venues.

“As sporting and recreational venues on the Coast we need to do a lot more,” he said.

Mounties Group CEO, Dale Hunt, said that he was pleased to add another Coast club

to the group.

“Breakers Country Club is such a fantastic venue with so much potential.

“Having met the staff and members over the past year, it is obvious to see how much this venue means to everyone,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mounties Group has acquired Carers & Companions, the organisation formed in 1988, that provides

in-home personal care and companionship services to people across NSW including the Coast.

Carers & Companions will become the facilitator of Mounties Care services and will have a dedicated office and call centre as part of Mounties Care at Mounties.

Nicola Riches

FREE SEMINAR Challenging Wills Seminar

Experienced down-to-earth help and advice throughout the Central Coast This free public seminar is being given by Brazel Moore Lawyers to help people understand what to expect, so they know where they stand in: • Challenging a Will; or • Defending a Will from Challenge The theme is to educate people about the options and choices available to them if they have been

left out of a Will - or if you want to leave someone out of your Will - alerting you to the pitfalls and procedures in dealing with Challenging Wills and how you should best deal with challenges.

Mr Geoff Brazel, Solicitor will present the seminar on Challenging Wills to help you through the maze of legal regulation

The seminar will be presenting in a friendly relaxed atmosphere and there will be plenty of time for your questions.

You’ll be helped a lot in understanding the system and will then be able to confidently consider what steps you need to take to properly consider challenges to Wills.

WHEN: 15 March, 2022 TIME: 6.45pm to 8.00pm WHERE: Mingara Recreation Club HOW: Call 4324 7699 to reserve your spot now!

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CREATING FINANCIAL FREEDOM

Financial checklist for a happy blended family WITH

Michelle BALTAZAR Editor-in-Chief • Money magazine Setting up a blended family – where one or both partners have kids from previous relationships as well as children together - is an expensive exercise.

Blended families need all the things that a traditional family has, plus more for the stepchildren. For a start, there will be higher day-to-day living costs, perhaps a bigger house and an updated estate plan that involves more insurance for unforeseen events.

There is a lot to get right in a blended family, besides the relationships and juggling a busy calendar.

While it might take years to get the family dynamics right, you need to set up the finances as soon as you can. You never know what will happen and you want to try to keep family relationships intact.

“The most important estate plan is not your own, it is someone else’s,” says Peter Bobbin, a lawyer at Coleman Greig who specialises in

superannuation and taxation.

For example, he says, it could be your father who is married to his second wife (your stepmother). “What has he done or not done such that if anything happens to him it will financially impact on the wealth that leaves the family?”

Blended families make up around 6% of Australian families and are becoming more common as people enter their second or third relationship. All families have the potential to experience conflict, but blended families more so.

Each partner may have their own blood family that they want to look after, prioritising them – especially if they are vulnerable – over other family members such as stepchildren.

There are plenty of financial tensions among blended family members and their former partners. One scenario is that they take up with a new partner shortly after leaving their previous relationship and they don’t finalise a settlement and it drags on for years. This is

complicated for the new spouse.

Bobbin says that both sides of the blended family – the blood relatives as well as the new partner with stepchildren – need to get the checklist right.

Often there are financial considerations at every turn. If you buy something for your child with your new spouse, how does that play out with your children from the earlier relationship or your new spouse’s own children from their earlier relationship.

If you are paying child support while married to someone else with kids, it can be a sore point for your new partner.

Or your former spouse may be worried that their money isn’t

always being spent on their kids but on your new partner’s kids.

Ideally, everyone needs to be clear about the finances and know what they are entitled to.

Before things get too long term, draw up a prenuptial agreement with your partner that outlines what each of you own and is bringing to the relationship. Binding financial agreements are particularly popular for second marriages where a partner has been through the ravages of a property settlement already and they want to protect their assets so that they can pass them onto their children from the first marriage.

In the event of a break-up, it makes it easier to retain assets such as the family home, inherited wealth, pre-owned assets for children from an earlier marriage and a family business. Treasured sentimental items such as jewellery, antiques and paintings can be quarantined. Having a binding financial agreement is easier than going to the Family Court, which can be expensive and take years to settle.

“Prenups – known in Australia as BFAs or binding financial agreements – work on relationship breakdown but not on death,” says Bobbin.

The agreement may contain

joint or separate living expenses, too. For example, with joint expenses, you could outline that during the relationship each person will contribute a certain amount to living expenses, the mortgage or rent, insurance, car costs, council rates, utilities and holidays. Or you outline that one person is responsible for costs such as private school fees.

You don’t need to be married to draw up a binding financial agreement. They also work well for couples in a de facto or same-sex relationship.

It is never too late to draw up a binding agreement outlining the assets you want to retain.

You can do it before, during (mid-nuptial) or after (postnuptial) the relationship.

Binding financial agreements are fairly watertight, as they have been around for more than 20 years and there is now a large body of legal precedents to provide them with certainty.

They can offer better protection than most family trusts, depending on the circumstances. SUSAN HELY

Aussies facing hardship withdraw $16.5 billion from super Australians continued to dip into their superannuation savings based on compassionate grounds and in the event of financial hardship, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.

APRA’s June 2021 Superannuation Bulletin reveals that super funds paid out $16.5 billion of members’ money based on compassionate grounds, affecting a total of 2,028,000 member accounts.

While this is a substantial

amount, it is 3.5% less than the $17.1 billion released in the 2020 financial year withdrawn from 2,237,000 member accounts.

In the 2015 financial year, super funds released just $145 million out of 10 member accounts.

Super funds continue to

harbour unclaimed members’ money, with the amount reaching $1.5 billion as at the 2021 financial year, lower than the previous financial year, which had $2 billion sitting idle.

Members withdrawing from their retirement savings because of financial hardship

spiked in June 2020, thanks to government incentives such as the Early Release of Superannuation Scheme, reaching $826 million. The next financial year, some $658 million was released based on financial hardship.

Meeting one of the

conditions of release continues to be the prevalent reason why members draw down their retirement savings.

Last financial year, $10.9 billion was taken out of members’ accounts, down from $11.3 billion year on year.

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Council’s audited financial results 2020-2021 now public Central Coast Council’s financial results for the last financial year have come back from the auditors with qualified opinions based on the Council’s valuation of some assets such as roads and drainage.

Council will present its audited financial statements 2020-2021 and the Auditor’s reports at the Council-underadministration meeting on March 22.

In the meantime, the statements are open for public comment and available for inspection after having been returned from the NSW Audit Office recently after an extension was granted to February 28.

The results show that Council’s consolidated net operating result before grants and contributions provided for capital purposes was a loss of $70.6M. This was better than the previous year of $89M. The net operating loss attributable to the Council’s Water Supply Authority was $16.8M There are two financial statements: the consolidated accounts which add together

the Council core business and the water supply, and the second statement which accounts for the water business alone.

The auditor of the water business gave a qualified opinion on the statements saying that the Council recognised $3.6 billion of stormwater drainage, water supply network and sewerage network assets within Infrastructure, property, plant and equipment in the Statement of Financial Position as at 30 June 2021.

But his opinion was that Council was unable to provide sufficient evidence to support the carrying values of these assets.

“This is because the asset data used by the Authority to value these assets could not be reconciled by the Authority to its financial records prior to the valuation,” the auditor said.

“The asset data was sourced from a non-financial system that did not include financial information or reference data that could be used to identify assets in the Authority’s fixed asset register.”

The auditor also gave a qualified opinion in the consolidated statement, because of the carrying values

of roads, bridges, footpaths, bulk earthworks, stormwater drainage, water supply network and sewerage network assets which Council put at $5.5 billion but certified that it was unable to provide sufficient evidence to support those values.

The auditor said this was because the asset data used by Council to value these assets could not be reconciled by Council to its financial records prior to the valuation.

“The asset data was sourced from a non-financial system that did not include financial information or reference data that could be used to identify assets in Council’s fixed asset register,” the auditor said.

He said he was unable to provide an opinion that the affected amounts were materially correct.

The audited Financial Statements and the auditors’ report for Central Coast Council can be downloaded from https://www. yourvoiceourcoast.com/ financialreports Submissions from the public in response to the statements are open until 6.30pm, March 29.

Public Notice - Presentation of Financial Statements

Merilyn Vale Auditors report on Central Coast Council’s books for the 2020/2021 financial year.

Development tracker improving but not fixed yet Central Coast Council says previously missing documents relating to development applications (DAs) are now uploaded on its website.

Council has acknowledged there are still issues with the DA Tracker and says it is working on finding a solution.

It also revealed parts of the system had been made unavailable during a system upgrade and that it is still

manually doing some processes which it hopes to automate.

Community groups and professional users of the system have been complaining about the system for months, saying that documents have been missing, deadline dates for submissions are not clear, and that developers have waited months for confirmation of submissions.

At times, access to any

documents associated with a proposed development has been impossible.

These documents, such as Statement of Environmental Effects, outline proposed developments and are important for residents to see what is being proposed.

Council said it undertook a major system upgrade and consolidation of its Property and Rating system in December 2021.

The aim was to install an improved system which provided a central location for all rates payments, property applications and certificate requests.

“While the implementation of this significant project was overall a success, Council acknowledges that there are still some issues to be addressed resulting from the upgrade and has since been working to remediate these

aspects of the platform, including the DA Tracker Portal,” Council said.

“Part of the remediation process was an upgrade to our web grid server … This upgrade has now been completed, and has resolved a range of performance issues, including the time taken for the system to respond to enquiries, document availability and an intermittent server matter.

“However, Council staff are,

as a priority, currently investigating other identified design issues, related to various aspects of the system, including the DA Tracker Portal, and are working towards a resolution that can be applied as soon as possible.

The Council statement points readers to its website to see the latest development applications.

Merilyn Vale

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Noraville property breaks sale price record

47 Clark Road, Noraville

A property in Noraville has scored a record sale price for a three-bedroom home in the suburb.

47 Clark Rd, Noraville sold at the weekend for $1.025M, 10 per cent above the last sale of a three-bedroom on a similar block.

Purchased by a couple from Sydney who have joined the ranks of those working from home, the vendors, along with

their two children, will head out in a caravan on a 12-month adventure around Australia.

Sat on a 721 m² block, the property is 500 metres from Toukley, which is enjoying something of a rejuvenation with several new cafes, shops and restaurants.

Despite being potentially 10 weeks out from the federal election, properties at the top end of the Coast continue to shift quickly.

10 Ullooloo Rd Gwandalan sold for $30,000 above guide at $780,000 after one open last Saturday (5 March), while 10 Lonsdale Cl Lake Haven, a three-bedroom home with 10metre inground pool sold at $880,000.

The latest Shore Financial State of Sydney report, which shows how property is shifting across Sydney, Greater Sydney and the Coast, has pinpointed five suburbs that have

outperformed others in their categories over the last 12 months.

In the ‘Working Class’ category, it listed Summerland Point (2); Canton Beach (3); Noraville (4) and The Entrance (5).

The median purchase price for a property in Summerland Point climbed by $250,000 between February last year, and February 2022.

In the ‘Rising Sydney’ category, Wamberal came first after witnessing a median house price growth of $554K this year.

Coleman Real Estate Director, Registered Valuer and Sales Agent, Ron Coleman, said the market is showing no signs of slowing down, but relief for buyers may be on the way.

“The federal election should be announced in the next couple of weeks, and investors

usually sit on their hands during the election period.

“This means buyers will have less competition, and a better chance at securing the property they have their heart set on.

“Interest rates are predicted to hike one or two times this year, but our market shows a lot of resilience,” he said.

Nicola Riches

Housing Stress high on Coast Research done for Central Coast Council has shown that housing stress is higher on the Central Coast than in regional NSW or Greater Sydney.

The Budgewoi ward had the highest level of mortgage stress on the Coast.

The housing stress is divided between rental stress and mortgage stress.

Both are defined as households in the lowest 40% of incomes, paying more than 30% of their usual gross weekly income on rent.

In 2016, 35.7% of Coast households that rent

experienced rental stress, up from 34.4 % in 2011, resulting in 704 more households in rental stress to bring the total in 2016 to 11,692 households.

Over time, rental stress increased on the Central Coast and in the benchmark areas of Greater Sydney and Regional NSW. Most council wards within the Central Coast have higher rates of rental stress than all of Regional NSW and Greater Sydney.

“This information suggests that increased rent could exacerbate rental stress differently within the Central

Coast as a proxy of landlords passing on rate increases to tenants,” the report said.

In 2016, 32,709 households on the Central Coast rented.

The median weekly rental payment was $352, an increase of $78 from $273 in 2011.

This 29% increase was higher than the rental payment increase in Regional NSW (28%) or Greater Sydney (24%).

The story was similar for mortgage stress.

In 2016, 9.9% of households on the Coast with a mortgage experienced mortgage stress.

This percentage represents 4,096 households.

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There was a decline of households in mortgage stress from 2011 when 12.2% of Central Coast households with a mortgage were in mortgage stress.

The Budgewoi Ward had the highest proportion of households in mortgage stress in 2016 – 10.1%.

There were 824 households in mortgage stress in the Budgewoi Ward in absolute numbers.

This is followed by the Wyong Ward, where 8.8% of households with a mortgage experienced mortgage stress.

The Gosford East Ward had

the lowest percentage of households in mortgage stress, 6.5%.

The information is based on ABS 2016 figures and comes from a report prepared by .ID Informed Decisions for Council.

It formed one of the 28 documents Council recently submitted to IPART in its application for a special rate variation.

Council has applied to IPART to extend the current temporary special variation to “repay the outstanding balance of the $150 million in emergency loans obtained to resolve the financial crisis and to secure

Council’s financial sustainability”.

IPART says Councils are required to demonstrate the need for the additional revenue, evidence of community consultation and an assessment of the impact on affected ratepayers.

Community members had until March 7 to make their own responses directly to IPART and a decision is expected in mid May. You can read the entire Council submission – a total of 28 documents – on the IPART website.

Merilyn Vale

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AMP Foundation seeks to fund community impact projects

AMP is making available A$1M in grants to individuals who are working on a project that has positive community impact.

AMP’s philanthropic arm, the AMP Foundation, is seeking people in NSW who are making meaningful and inspiring

AMP Tomorrow Makers

contributions to solving some of the country’s major community issues.

The program, now in its ninth year, offers grants of between A$5,000 and A$100,000 to those working in any field – from science, social innovation and disability support to medical research, the environment,

education and more.

Head of AMP Foundation Helen Liondos said the AMP Tomorrow Fund can help support people by giving their funding project the financial boost that it needs to go to the next level.

“Now, more than ever, Australians are challenging the

status quo – they are creating innovative solutions to address our most entrenched social and environmental issues,” Liondos said.

The program has no categories and is open to people of any age, working on any social or environmental issue.

Last year, the AMP Tomorrow Fund provided grants to 27 individuals including educators, inventors, social innovators, scientists, linguists and more.

The AMP’s Tomorrow Fund awards grants can b used to fund a wide range of activities, including training, travel costs, living expenses, research or project expenses.

So far, 334 grants totalling A$8 million have been awarded.

Applications for AMP’s Tomorrow Fund are open until 4 April 2022.

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Bateau Bay Golf Range in the rough The owner of the Bateau Bay Golf Range who has been trying to renew a lease with Central Coast Council since 2015 says he has finally been told he has to face a tender process.

It is the latest twist in a longrunning wall of silence from Council that has left him without security of tenure.

Owner of the Bateau Bay business, Ricky Schmidt and his wife Renee, have run the golf range for 12 years.

A former golf pro, Mr Schmidt took over the lease when he bought the business from his then-employee Job Centre Australia in 2012 when the lease had three years to run.

He said he started to ask

questions of Council when the lease needed renewing.

But instead of renewing, Council continued the lease on a month by month basis.

At one stage, Council tried to increase the monthly rent.

Mr Schmidt (photographed) read the original agreement and realised the Council could not increase the rate.

But it could offer him a new lease.

Mr Schmidt said he tried to ring his contact at Council only to be told they had left two years earlier.

Mr Schmidt wanted a new lease so he could justify the investment he was putting into the golf range, which uses land near the sewerage treatment works at Bateau Bay.

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Treatment works staff have told him the council will need more of the land within the next ten years or so to enlarge the treatment works which they say is now at 75 per cent capacity, Mr Schmidt said.

But in the meantime, Mr Schmidt wants to stay.

He spoke to yet another council employee in 2019 who seemed to think another lease could be organised.

But then COVID hit and another two years of silence went by.

And now, Mr Schmidt has been told that Council has changed its mind and will put the operation out to tender.

Friend Paul Lynch has taken to Facebook to encourage supporters of the business to

write to Council to stop the tender process.

“Please stop spending money on making a public tender, do the right thing as you have promised him since 2015 and renew his lease,” Mr Lynch said.

“I feel for Ricky and his family and Council have overwhelmed him (with) this backflip and I am only writing this to plea to your commonsense and decency to stop this before many others come to take up the fight,” he said in his post addressed to Administrator Rik Hart.

The Chronicle has asked Council for a response.

Merilyn Vale Ricky Schmidt has run the golf range for 12 years

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Isla shaves hair for Leukaemia Foundation Toukley’s Isla Cameron is taking part in the World’s Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation on 12 March.

The 10-year-old has committed to shaving off her locks at an event at Toukley Golf Club from 4pm.

Isla, a student at St Mary’s, says that the work undertaken by the Leukaemia Foundation is close to her heart as her grandmother was diagnosed with the illness four years ago.

“I’ve raised $2,640 so far, mostly via Facebook, but we’ll also be selling raffle tickets and holding a sausage sizzle on the day.

“My hair is just past my shoulders … my Dad is the one who will be shaving

it off,” she said.

50 Australians are diagnosed with blood cancer such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma each day.

By 2035, that number is expected to double to 100 people each day.

Blood cancer can develop in anyone and at any age from children to adolescents, young adults to working adults with families and older Australians.

There are currently no screening programs available for blood cancers and there is no way to prevent blood cancer through lifestyle change.

Leukaemia Foundation CEO, Mr Chris Tanti said with the incidence of blood cancer continuing to grow, we cannot afford to sit by and allow this

cancer to increasingly wreak havoc on families across Australia.

“There has never been a more vital time to get behind World’s Greatest Shave and raise much-needed funds to support Australians impacted by blood cancer.

“By signing up, you are ensuring blood cancer patients have access to the right information, support and care they need to fight the disease as well as someone to turn to every step of the way,” Tanti said.

You can donate to Isla by accessing: www. worldsgreatestshave.com/ donate Nicola Riches

Toukley’s Isla Cameron is taking part in the World’s Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation on 12 March

Mobile men’s health clinic headed for Lake Haven The Men’s Health Education Rural Van (MHERV), a mobile men’s health clinic, is coming to Lake Haven on 22 March to provide free life-saving health checks for the community.

The Men’s Health Education Rural Van

To celebrate its arrival, the Royal Freemason’s Benevolent Institution is hosting Welcome Morning Tea attended by Emma McBride MP and RFBI CEO Frank Price.

Since MHERV began touring in 2017, the MHERV team has visited more than 100

communities and given close to 10,000 free health checks.

In the Central Coast and Hunter area, MHERV has screened nearly 1,000 people.

Graeme Hooper is a member of the MHERV management team and says that MHERV was established by Rotary to reduce the number of preventable deaths amongst rural and regional men.

“Men will often avoid making time for health checks and are therefore the most at risk of dying from potentially preventable causes.

“Through MHERV we are looking to address this by having a registered nurse and mobile clinic provide health checks to men in their local community, making it easy and free to access,” he said.

More than half of the people MHERV has screened have been identified as requiring some form of medical treatment.

“The data we have gathered from the 10,000 or so health checks MHERV has provided so far shows just how important this program is for our rural and

regional communities,” added Hooper.

RFBI CEO, Frank Price, says that supporting initiatives like MHERV is just one of the ways RFBI continues its legacy of helping people in need.

“I am looking forward to welcoming MHERV to Lake Haven and hope to see the local community and businesses join us at the event and get behind this very worthy initiative,” said Price.

Influx of GPs headed to the north The Entrance, Wyong, Tuggerah and Budgewoi are set to benefit from an influx of almost 11 new GPs following an incentive program introduced by the Primary Health Network (PHN) to redress the shortage in the area.

PHN has funded incentives to assist practices in attracting GPs as well as offering ‘sea change’ grants to cover costs of their relocation.

A national recruitment campaign featuring relocated GP, Dr Ameeta Patel, who works out of The Entrance and Gwandalan, was launched to kickstart the program in 2021.

“The people and opportunities on the Central Coast were what drew me to the region.

“Working here isn’t like working in a big city where you feel like you are cycling through patients every day.

“But it also isn’t like working in a rural area, where you might be the only doctor for hundreds of kilometres.

“I live just five minutes from my practice, which gives me more time to sip my coffee in the morning and more time to spend with the people in life who are important to me,” said Dr Patel.

In an additional win, five suburbs including Lake Haven, Tuggerawong, Wyong, Toukley and Blue Haven are now classified as a distribution priority area (DPA) following an application to the Federal Government’s “exceptional circumstances” review.

The distribution priority area classification identifies regions where people find it harder to see a doctor, based on the needs of the community and was designed to address shortfalls of regional GP practices.

In September 2021, Minister for Regional Health David Gillespie announced that practices that were not currently a DPA could apply for a review due to ‘exceptional circumstances’.

Although the classification is updated each year, several medical practices in the region indicated they had been hit by sudden and unexpected changes and unmet demand during the pandemic period and had found it especially difficult to recruit doctors.

PHN Chief Executive Officer, Richard Nankervis, said the PHN team is well on its way to achieving its recruitment target.

“We have been successful in recruiting doctors from across the country including from Sydney and regional Victoria.

“Our grants and workforce teams are currently in negotiation with another five GPs and our recruitment campaign will relaunch next month,” he said.

With the average GP caring for 1000 patients, the new recruits will provide care for 11,000 locals.

The Sea Change Grant remains open to GP practices until 30 April 2022.

Nicola Riches

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Chicken: beyond ‘free range’ and organic spectrum for pork and chicken than there are for ruminants like cattle and sheep.

I thought I’d spend this week focusing on a few of the labels associated with chicken meat, to highlight how misleading they can be, as well as what really matters when it comes to discerning quality.

Of the meat chickens that

GEORGIA are produced commercially, LIENEMANN there are two distinct methods

We’re venturing into new territory here on the column and discussing the importance of sourcing quality meat, with plenty of practical tips and advice to help you along the way.

I’d mentioned last week that when it comes to meat quality, there are far greater discrepancies within the

for raising them. It’s this single dividing factor that is the biggest determinant of the health of the bird and the resulting product.

So, what is it?

It’s whether or not the chicken has been genuinely pasture-raised, spending the bulk of its life outdoors on fresh grasses and with the ability to express every one of

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its instinctive behaviours.

There are a range of alternatives to this optimal life for a chicken, but let’s come back to this after touching on role their diet plays in creating robust health.

Dietary diversity creates optimal health Just like mercury accumulates in the tissues of fish and is passed up the food chain, nutrients ‘bioaccumulate’ in exactly the same way. When we consume the meat of any healthy, wellnourished animal, all those valuable nutrients from the pasture they’ve grazed on are passed on to us.

When it comes to our own health, most of us understand the importance of including a wide variety of fresh produce in our diet, but we rarely stop to think that animals require the same diversity in theirs.

Eating an unvaried diet of just one type of plant, or worse, not having access to any fresh, living plant foods at all, spells disaster for their health – just as it would for ours.

provides. If this is their only way of accessing food – we are robbing them of an opportunity to express an instinctive and rewarding behaviour.

So, what do chickens eat?

This food mixture is ‘steam pelleted’, which reduces its nutritional value.

Chickens are actually omnivores, like humans!

Raising chickens on their optimal diet is what creates a healthy bird with nutrient dense meat. They thrive on a diverse diet of lush grasses and weeds, grains and seeds, insects, worms, snails and even small animals like frogs, mice and snakes!

These foods offer differing types and amounts of important nutrients – the full spectrum of which are fundamental to robust health.

Ideally, in nature, these foods would be consumed in their raw and unprocessed state to retain their peak nutritional value.

Foraging is the most natural way for chickens to eat. Being served food in bulk from a feeder doesn’t quite provide the same satisfaction as their natural tendency to forage,

What’s in commercial chicken feed No matter which type of farm they’re sourced from, processed commercial feed routinely makes up a portion of their diet. Pastured birds consume a much smaller percentage of commercial feed than their free-range and factory farmed counterparts.

There is a huge variation in the quality of the feed on the market, but for the most part, commercial feed consists of: • Grains like wheat and sorghum • Soybean meal (genetically modified) • Canola seed meal (genetically modified) • Refined vegetable oils • Meat & bone meal (huge range in quality)

What does pasture-raised really mean?

So, let’s compare the differences between chickens raised in their natural habitat (and with instinctive behaviours intact), vs those that aren’t.

Pasture raised birds are: • Raised on healthy pastures outdoors all day, every day (with access to shelter at night).

• Free to partake in all activities which are innate to their species: spread their wings, forage for food, scratch in the soil for bugs, have a dust bath, soak up the sunrays.

• Fed their natural diet of grasses, weeds, insects, grubs and seeds – plus a

portion of commercial food.

• Eat a portion of their diet in its natural state (uncooked), retaining a rich supply of nutrients, phytochemicals and enzymes.

• Extremely active, which means their muscles are well developed and used frequently throughout their lives. This results in a vastly superior flavour and texture.

• Able to obtain their vitamins and minerals from natural sources: sunshine, soil and a natural diet.

Industrially farmed (including most freerange) chickens: • Have no/minimal access to the outdoors or natural light • Are selectively bred to grow unnaturally fast, resulting in large birds with weak legs – often too lethargic to venture outside, even if access is offered.

• Crammed into overcrowded sheds with artificial light, which is used to create unnaturally longer days (sometimes up to 23hrs), to promote rapid growth.

• Inability to move freely or express natural tendencies, resulting in stress, aggression and pecking.

• Are usually fed a diet of 100% processed commercial feed.

• Consume synthetic vitamins, minerals and amino acids which are essential to fortify the otherwise nutrient deficient diet.

• Antibiotics are often included in drinking water to prevent disease from the unnatural diet and poor living conditions.

• Chickens are largely inactive, resulting in underdeveloped, atrophied muscles and subpar flavour and texture.

Whilst the research is yet to catch up in this area, a chicken that’s medicated and fed a completely unnatural, nutrient deficient diet, under a constant state of stress due

to poor living conditions – it is unlikely to yield a nutritious product.

What’s in a label?

Unfortunately, there is no legal definition of the term ‘free range’ in Australia so standards can vary wildly.

They generally only require ‘access’ to the outdoors and if the animals are not moved and rotated onto fresh pasture frequently, this outside area is simply bare dirt.

An ‘organic’ label merely means that chickens have been fed organic feed, which guarantees that it’s free from genetic modification and glyphosate contamination.

However, aside from that, the birds are can be produced in a similar way to other industrially farmed birds, merely with lower stocking densities.

So, what is the answer?

Unfortunately, given that the term‘pastured’ is unregulated, the true extent of animal health and meat quality simply cannot be determined by a label. A much more reliable method is to locate producers directly or find suppliers who stock local products and ask them questions about how the animal was raised and fed.

And bear in mind that robust, healthy chickens don’t only yield a more nutritious end product – a good diet and stress-free life creates superior flavour and texture.

In fact, once you’ve tasted the meat from genuinely pastureraised birds, I can guarantee – you’ll never look back!

Stay tuned for next week as we explore some of the lesser known benefits of rotational grazing with local producer Shannon Kelly from Full Circle Farm.

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Free hygiene products for public schools Central Coast Council P&C (CCCP&C) has applauded a State Government announcement that female students at all public schools in the state will have free access to menstrual hygiene products by June 30 this year.

CCCP&C spokesperson, Sharryn Brownlee, said students, parents and staff welcome the long-awaited move.

“There is a great need across all schools and having the items needed, readily available in schools, allows dignity for the students and offers an opportunity to do more than just discuss personal health and hygiene matters; it is a practical means of supporting students at school as and when needed,” Brownlee said.

“There are also now further opportunities to have conversations with developing adolescents of all genders, with those they trust at school on the normal healthy functions of female bodies and to demystify this area of health.

“Better understanding for all with practical support is definitely the best outcome for young people and their families.”

Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell, said the statewide move followed a successful trial in 31 schools.

The $30M program will make sure female students can participate in all aspects of school life, Mitchell said.

The announcement was timed to coincide with International Women’s Day on March 8.

“Getting your period should not be a barrier to

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education,” Mitchell said.

“This program is providing schools with dispensers, tampons and pads for free and is supporting young women’s health, engagement and attendance at school.

“I want our young women to feel comfortable in knowing they have access to free sanitary products when they need.

“We have seen through the pilot program that providing sanitary items has a positive impact on educational engagement and attainment.”

Minister for Women, Bronnie Taylor, said the statewide rollout is what many young women have been calling for.

“This great initiative is about ensuring our young women have the support they need,

with dignity and without barriers, as they continue their education journey,” she said.

“By openly discussing periods, endometriosis and reproductive health we are removing the taboo around women’s health issues.”

Taylor said this year’s International Women’s Day has a strong focus on providing better health outcomes for women across the state.

The Department of Education will work with each school to discuss options for the location of the dispensers and facilitate installation through external contractors.

The program is expected to be rolled out to every school by June 30.

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Central Coast Council P&C spokesperson, Sharryn Brownlee

A friendly reminder…

Meet your district P&C representatives and Department of Education Senior Leadership Team

MONDAY, 14 MARCH 2022 CCC P&C GENERAL MEETING FROM 7.00PM TO 9.00PM

Central Coast Council of Parent’s & Citizen’s Association (CCC P&C) cordially invites members from all Central Coast P&C’s to attend our next General Meeting.

Well, we survived 2021 – a year for this history books!

Here we are, Term 1, 2022 with students embarking upon or continuing their educational journey through engaging experiences and varied learning opportunities.

Young people under 25 make up almost 45% of the overall homeless population. Of this number, only 1 in 7‡ will find a bed in a homeless service system on any one night. *ABS, 2008; Counting the Homeless, 2006; Australian Census Analytic Program. ‡ActNow.com.au, 2010.

Our young people need your support now!

To reach out to a young person in need, please call our donation hotline on 1800 06 22 88 or donate online at www.youthoffthestreets.com.au.

Our special guests will be David Mehan, Member for The Entrance (State), Emma McBride, Member for Dobell (Federal) as well as Senior Staff from the Central Coast Department of Education who will be available to provide updates and answer questions A presentation from the host Principal, David Stitt, will also be part of the proceedings.

Social distancing will be in place as well as mask wearing. If you wish to attend this meeting, you must register via EMAIL to cccpandc@gmail.com by no later than 12.00 noon, Friday 11 March.

On the night, all registered participants must check-in using the NSW COVID safe QR code at the school as well as any other sign-in requirements necessary.

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Mariners break losing streak

Game day preparations with Beni N’Kololo (front)

FOOTBALL The Central Coast Mariners have won their first match of 2022 defeating Brisbane Roar, 2 – 1 in Gosford on Saturday evening, March 5, ending a seven-game winless streak.

In a bottom-of-the-table contest that was fairly even in terms of possession, it was the hosts’ high aptitude for shooting on target that set them apart from their opposition and other recent performances.

Head Coach, Nick Montgomery expanding his attacking options in the starting XI including the team’s four top goal scorers, Oliver Bozanic, Beni N’Kololo, Jason Cummings

and Marcos Urena, with the ever-ready Nicolai Muller also in search of his first goal for the season.

This line-up threatened the Roar defence in the 34th minute, with assistance from Bozanic’s lob deep into the penalty area for N’Kololo to chase and feed to Cummings on the prowl.

With Roar goalkeeper, Jordan Holmes, out of position, it took a desperate, last-ditch clearance by Scott Neville to deny Cummings a goal, and to ensure a half-time deadlock at 0 – 0.

This scoreboard status was soon to change only four minutes into the second half with an opening goal for

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N’Kololo, his third in as many games.

The assist came from Cummings with a deep cross from the wide midfield, catching N’Kololo on his advance behind the back of Roar’s Louis Zabala.

His first touch, cross-goal strike drove the ball low past Holmes, too fast to prevent it deflecting off the side-post and into the net.

Six minutes later, a second goal came for the Mariners via Muller’s free kick: the first in blue and yellow for the German signing.

Positioned centre field on the outskirt of the penalty area, Muller avoided the defensive wall to his left and shot the ball

right, where it skimmed the head of James O’Shea and deflected into the corner, beyond the reach of Holmes.

This two goal lead gave the Mariners a cushion ahead of Roar up until the 69th minute when the Roar’s O’Shea took his opportunity with a move out wide to gain space from Kye Rowles in defence.

His cross into the box found the head of Juan Lescano, well positioned in between Ruon Tongyik and Dan Hall for a simple knock over the head of Mark Birighitti in goal.

A trio of substitutions followed for the Mariners to compress their defensive structure, with Head Coach Monty intent on preventing another late game

goal slip.

Multiple chances on goal came for Roar in the preceding minutes but were denied by the deft touch of Birighitti.

In the final minute of injury time, O’Shea had one last chance to equalise, but his leftfooted shot soared wide and was shortly followed by the match’s final whistle.

“What’s happened the last couple of weeks has been freakish, if I can use the word,” Monty said in his post-match press conference. “(Brisbane) made it really frustrating for us in the first half, with five in the back, four in midfield and one up front, just looking to catch us on the counter-attack, so we had to

break them down and it was a fantastic pass from Jason Cummings and Bennie (N’Kololo) with a good finish.

“I think after that it was just a matter of time before we got the second.

“I thought (at) two – nil we probably should have killed the game off (but after the Brisbane goal) I think everyone in the stadium was a little bit worried.

“Nail-biting at the end but with three points we move on to the next game.”

This will be another home match scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, against Melbourne Victory.

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