The controversial PEP 11 permit for offshore gas drilling is back on the agenda, with the Federal Government and Asset Energy agreeing last week to end a Federal Court challenge over former PM Scott Morrison’s refusal of a licence renewal.
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Against fierce competition from other aero clubs around Australia the Central Coast Aero Club (CCAC), which operates at Warnervale Airport, has been awarded the prestigious Aero Club of the Year Award for 2022.
Announced recently by Australian Flying, The Civil Aviation and Safety Authority ( CASA) Wings Award recognises the achievements of pilots, instructors, clubs and services in general aviation.
This is the description given where aerial fire fighting, recreational flying and flight training and scenic flights using light aircraft take place.
“From the moment a pilot first learns to fly, the operation of the airport, the aircraft and the qualification of the
instructors all take place within strict rules set out by CASA,” CCAC spokesperson Allan Cooper said.
“So (for commercial aircraft passengers) it’s good to know the pilot will have been trained in that way or will have met the same very high standards required to occupy the Captain’s left hand seat or as a First Officer the right hand seat.”
CCAC operates under the leadership and guidance of CEO and Senior Instructor Andrew Smith.
Fly aways, quiz shows, monthly competitions and successful lobbying have been a large part of the success of the club.
“The club has been driven to modernise, with a focus on arranging Paul Bennet Air Shows, installing
concrete pads to flood-proof tie down areas (for aircraft parking), replacing outdated fuel delivery systems and hosting a new CASA-approved simulator,” Cooper said.
“The club has risen from a position of weakness five years ago to a position of strength and credibility.
“By exposing thousands of members plus thousands of the general public to general aviation via air shows, gaining goodwill through free charity flights for disabled children and regaining the full runway length after campaigning for tree removal, the CCAC has placed itself firmly on the WAC (World Aeronautical Chart ) as a solid club.”
Source:
Media release, Feb 4 Central Coast Aero Club
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The Trailblazer program is an opportunity for young innovators, aged 18-28, who have started social,educational, and economic development projects in their regional communities, to have their work celebrated nationally and receive an incredible package of support.
Heise will speak at Parliament House on Thursday, February 9, to an audience of 120 politicians and changemakers as well as being given national media and networking opportunities.
The YAAS! Young Authentic and Social program was piloted through the Naughty Noodle Fun Haus in 2022, as an arts and culture program supporting intersectional young people living on the Central Coast across LGBTQIA+, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and all abilities communities.
Prior to the Federal election in mid-2022, YAAS! received grant funding from the Federal
Government, through the Strong and Resilient Communities (SARC) Activity –Inclusive Communities Grants project which enabled the employment of Heise, a youth worker, artist and advocate who had left the Coast to pursue a life and career in Sydney.
She returned home to launch the program which has in just a few months supported hundreds of vulnerable young people at social groups, parties, creative workshops and celebrations – most recently a booked-out Youth Drag Workshop and Teen Mental
Health First Aid training during the school holidays.
“There are a lot of vibrant and creative, marginalised young people living on the Central Coast,” Heise said.
“It’s a privilege to engage and create with them, to watch them build friendships, confidence and community.
“It’s really special to be acknowledged as a Trailblazer for this work with our local young people.
“Together we are breaking down multigenerational neglect that’s lead to some terrible health outcomes and statistics for young people on
the Coast.
“It’s time for our region and all its young people to be allowed to shine; their stories deserve voice and space.
“As a regional, young, queer person myself, I feel very proud to be representing the Central Coast on this national scale.”
Regional Development Australia, major sponsor of Trailblazer, is excited to play a key role in helping to put young Australians at the centre of conversations that shape their communities.
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King said the initiative has supported countless young regional and rural Australians to tell their story and more broadly, to tell the story of regional Australia.
“In connecting the stories told by remarkable young people who are driving change in rural and regional Australia with the nation, Trailblazers broadens the understanding of what is possible and strengthens the foundation for these future leaders to succeed,” she said.
Source: Media release, Feb 7 Naughty Noodle Fun Haus
The Central Coast once again appeared on the centre stage of national politics this week by virtue of the long running saga of the PEP11 off-shore gas exploration permit.
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secretly assume the role of Resources Minister and then in that capacity cancel the extension of the project has forced the new Federal Government and the exploration companies back to the starting blocks.
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Prime Minister Morrison and present Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chose to announce their opposition to the project at Terrigal Beach should be indication enough that the Central Coast community is sensitive to any industrialisation that would threaten the region’s coastal lifestyle.
Central Coast Newspapers has championed the reporting of the story for over four years, having published more than 30 stories as well as a dozen video interviews from the proponents and campaigners, parliamentarians, local fishers, surfers and tourist operators.
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The controversial PEP 11 permit for offshore gas drilling is back on the agenda, with the Federal Government and Asset Energy agreeing last week to end a Federal Court challenge over former PM Scott Morrison’s refusal of a licence renewal.
Both major parties went into last year’s Federal election committing to an end to offshore gas exploration along the east coast in an area including the Central Coast with residents and environmental groups agitating for definite action.
As the May election loomed, then Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced he had officially cancelled the PEP 11 permit.
Constant questions from CCN on how that could occur without a sign-off from then Resources Minister Keith Pitt went unanswered.
It was revealed after the election that Morrison had taken on a number of extra portfolios in 2020 and 2021, including Resources, with Asset Energy challenging his decision to cancel the permit in Federal Court.
If the proposed agreement to end the challenge is accepted
by the Federal Court, the former PM’s action will be vacated and the PEP-11 decision will be returned to the Federal-NSW Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority for consideration.
Central Coast MPs and environmental groups ramping up calls for an end to the permit once and for all.
Dr Natasha Deen, founder of the Save Our Coast group which has agitated for years for an end to the permit, said the agreement was “devastating”.
“It condemns communities to once again live in the uncertainty of whether or not our precious coast that we depend on for our wellbeing and livelihoods (will be) once again subject to risk of harm,” she said.
“However, we have faith that the Albanese government will honour its strong election commitment to end the dangerous and flawed plan that is PEP 11.
“Although the process to end PEP 11 (by the former PM) is in question, the reasons to end it are extremely valid.
“It is unconscionable to risk devastation of our precious marine environment, exacerbation of climate damage and risk communities’
wellbeing, livelihoods and way of life, all to drill for fossil fuels off our beautiful coast “Tens of thousands of voices, including those of the current Prime Minister and all MPs in the PEP 11 zone, have been vocal in condemning PEP 11 as an outrageous plan that risks harm to our communities, environment, climate and way of life.
“We are confident the correct process will now be followed, as promised, to end PEP 11 once and for all.”
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has had discussions with the Prime Minister, reaffirming the NSW Government’s opposition to the extension of PEP-11.
Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch has been championing community opposition to the permit since 2017.
“Our Government has been absolutely resolute in opposition to the PEP-11 permit, and I strongly encourage Prime Minister Albanese to follow through with his commitment and again reject this permit for good,” he said.
“My strong objections on behalf of our community have made it very clear that we do not support this appalling project.”
Labor MPs have also reiterated their long-standing opposition to the PEP-11 project.
“This is what happens when
Governments don’t follow the proper process,” they said.
“The company’s appeal was based on Scott Morrison’s decision to secretly swear himself in as a Minister.
“This has created more uncertainty for the local communities on the Central Coast, Newcastle and Northern Beaches.
“Our local Labor MPs on the Central Coast and the Hunter have consistently stood with their communities to oppose PEP-11.”
Federal Member for Robertson Gordon Reid said his position on PEP-11 has not changed.
“The Central Coast understands that PEP-11 is detrimental to our sensitive
marine environment and will compromise our coastal region,” he said.
“Scott Morrison did not respect proper processes and swore himself in as Resources Minister, which has led to this outcome.
“The Labor Government has one Minister for Resources –Madeleine King, (who) will follow proper processes and do her job properly.
“I will continue to represent the concerns of my community on this matter.”
Resources Minister Madeleine King welcomed the agreement reached by both parties to resolve the court proceedings.
“I assure Australians that any decisions that I take as the Federal Minister for Resources will always be based on sound evidence and in accordance with the law,” she said.
“Australians quite rightly expect this of their elected leaders.
“I am not going to provide an ongoing commentary on future official decisions that come before the Joint Authority, whether in relation to PEP-11 or any other matter.”
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Boaters around the Hawkesbury will feel a lot safer following the delivery of a new $441,000 rescue boat to Marine Rescue NSW.
Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience Steph Cooke joined Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch, Member for Hornsby Matt Kean and Marine Rescue NSW Deputy Commissioner Todd Andrews to commission the new vessel Hawkesbury 30 in a ceremony at Mooney Mooney on February 4.
“This new state-of-the-art rescue boat will allow our Marine Rescue volunteers to keep people safer on the water,” Cooke said.
“Hawkesbury 30 is one of 38 new vessels being rolled out across the State under a
$37.6M investment by the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government to support Marine Rescue in protecting communities.”
Crouch said as well as operating on the river, the rescue boat can quickly deploy up to 30 nautical miles out to sea.
“This outstanding vessel is a valuable investment in the safety of the Hawkesbury’s active local boating community and its many visiting boaters,” he said.
“With its 250 horse power engines and a specialist Raymarine Suite of maritime navigation equipment, Hawkesbury 30 has the speed and technology to quickly get rescue crews where they are needed.”
Kean said the new vessel was a significant improvement over the unit’s former boat.
“The oversized windows provide greater visibility, while the large rear deck has adequate space for medical assists, which is essential for when Marine Rescue volunteers need to work with other first responders like NSW Ambulance paramedics,” he said.
Marine Rescue NSW Deputy Commissioner Todd Andrews said the new rescue boat has been custom-designed and built to meet demanding local operating conditions, and would prove a reassuring presence for locals and visitors alike.
“Hawkesbury’s boaters can rest a little easier knowing that this state-of-the-art vessel is at the ready should they run into trouble,” he said.
Source: Media release, Feb 4 NSW Government
Central Coast Council is undertaking a road condition survey across the region’s entire sealed road network using stateof-the-art technology to efficiently gather accurate data for effective road management and works planning.
The survey will take in more than 2,000 kilometres of road.
Council Director Infrastructure Services Boris Bolgoff said the data gathered will help plan for the distribution of available Council and grant funds for road renewal projects where they are most needed, and the scheduling of maintenance works.
“We’ve engaged a data collection specialist to undertake this comprehensive electronic assessment using a Hawkeye 2000 Network Survey Vehicle to complete in-depth road analysis,” he said.
“Equipped with a digital laser
profiler and eight roof-mounted digital cameras, the vehicle will capture high-definition imagery of Council’s road pavement across the Central Coast Local Government Area.
“This technology greatly improves efficiencies as the process is much quicker than more labour-intensive methods of assessing road conditions.
“This means Council can progress to plan and deliver improved roads for the community faster.”
Council Administrator Rik Hart said the maintenance and improvement of our road network continues to be a key priority.
“Managing and maintaining our extensive network of roads is a big job and we are embracing new technology to effectively collect accurate data and plan works for this important infrastructure,” he said.
“This is one way that Council is delivering on a commitment
to responsible governance through improved efficiencies in work practices for the benefit of our community.”
The road condition survey is in addition to routine pavement
inspections undertaken to identify defects, such as potholes, which guides upcoming road maintenance works.
An ongoing road renewal
program is in place and delivers treatments such as preservation sealing, heavy patching, rehabilitation, and resurfacing.
Council crews are on the ground each week undertaking
road renewal works and are currently completing Glen Rd, Ourimbah, and preparing for Bay Rd and Eloora Rd at Blue Bay in late February.
Several other roads across the region are already planned for road renewals this year, including: Ilya Ave, Erina; Haynes Rd, Umina Beach; Debenham Rd South, West Gosford; and Tuggerawong Rd, Tuggerawong.
To view this financial year’s road and drainage capital works projects and their status, use Council’s online Capital works interactive map at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au.
Council encourages people to continue to report any road defects and other safety concerns to Council, via Council’s 24/7 online customer service centre or by calling 4306 7900 during business hours.
Source: Media release, Feb 2 Central Coast Council
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Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart has set the record straight about what he says is “confusion” surrounding the 13 per cent Special Rate Variation (SRV) granted to Council by IPART over a 10-year period.
IPART originally approved a three-year SRV of 13 per cent (on top of the 2 per cent cap) from July 2021, but later granted a seven-year extension of the SRV, keeping it in place until 2031.
In an exclusive interview with CCN, Hart said there had been some confusion in the community (and even within IPART itself), with a mistaken belief that the extra rates money would all go towards paying off Council’s debt.
“There are two separate elements to be looked at here,” he said.
“The first is our trading position- that is if we are earning more than we are spending.
“In the first year prior to the initial Administrator (under Dick Persson), Council recorded a loss of $90M (financial year 2019-2020) and $70M the year after (financial year 2020-
2021), which included staffing costs from the restructure.
“We had run out of cash; largely due to lost revenue (due to an IPART ruling on water and sewer rates in 2019) and increased expenditure in staff and capital.
“When we refinanced the business we could only go to the big banks – a State Government requirement.
“Our most recent loan, for $100M (approved in December, 2020) was needed to partially pay back some of the unlawfully used funds, for severance payments for staff and for working capital to cover day to day expenditure.
“That loan came through just before Christmas; if we hadn’t got it through we would have had to close down.
“When we talked to the banks (regarding a loan), only one would deal with us on the condition that we would have to increase our revenue, sell assets and reduce costs.
“The only way to increase revenue was to apply for a 13 per cent SRV, and regain the revenue that IPART removed for water and sewer.
“This allowed us to bring our trading position back into surplus and repay the
unlawfully used funds.”
Hart said the second issue was repayment of the loan.
“Over the 10 years of the loan, only the surplus was intended to be used to repay it,” he said.
“The SRV was intended to get our trading position right; it was never all going to loan repayment.”
Hart said as at the end of November, 2022, Council recorded a $28M year to date surplus (for the first five months of the financial year) thanks to up-front rate payments, grant monies received and reduced costs.
“With the $100M loan, we were only to be paying interest for the first three years, after which time we have a balloon
payment of capital,” he said.
“We have now established an internally restricted reserve of $50M so that when we renegotiate the loan at the end of this year, we will be able to pay back half the capital of that emergency loan.”
“This means we will be able to pay the loan off sooner, with the principal and interest budgeted for the remaining years (of the original 10-year loan repayment term) available for other uses.”
Hart said he was hoping 2023 would be a “great year” for Council.
“We will be improving some of the things we have underway and our service levels and customer service will improve,” he said.
“Now that the organisation has settled down a little and the IPART process (of applying for the SRV and a water rate rise approved last year) is over, people are feeling more comfortable.”
But council watcher and activist Kevin Brooks says there has never been any “confusion” about this on his part.
“It has always been clear the bulk of the rate hike was not to repay loans,” Brooke said.
“I asked Rik Hart at the Council meeting which approved the rate hike why he was raising an extra $253M over 10 years when he was on record as only needing $110M from rates to repay the loans
“I asked him many times
what the bulk of the extra money was really for; the community never got a straight answer.
“Now he appears to be saying the bulk of the rate hike is merely to achieve a break-even trading position.
“This begs the question: why does any Council need to increase rates well above inflation just to break even?
“The extra money certainly hasn’t improved services, which are worse than ever.
“Mr Hart appears no more able to balance the books than were the previous councillors if limited to the same rates income that was available to them.
“The obvious conclusion is that Mr Hart has still not fixed the underlying causes of past deficits which lay not in lack of revenue, but in poor management, bad culture, inefficiency and low productivity.
“This is what Mr Hart and CEO David Farmer should be focussing on.”
Source: Rik Hart interview, Jan 31 Media statement, Feb 7 Kevin Brooks See full video interview on our website
Many Central Coast businesses and residents are still struggling to recover due to the poor handling of recovery funding in the wake of the 2019-20 bushfires, say the region’s State Labor MPs.
The NSW Auditor General has slammed the State Government for its handling of the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery (BLER) program, which saw all Labor-held seats, including those on the Central Coast, completely miss out on funding under the initial fast-track stream of the program.
While seven Central Coast projects received funding under subsequent rounds (totalling more than $5.3M), the Auditor General’s report on the handling of BLER, released this week, confirms that all shortlisted projects located in Labor Partyheld electorates were excluded from the fast-track round “without a rationale being documented at the time”.
The report found that the Department of Regional NSW did not effectively administer the fast-track stream with the administration process lacking integrity and the assessment process short on transparency and consistency.
“There were significant gaps in the documentation of decision-making throughout this funding stream,” the report said.
“The assessment process …
deviated from the guidelines.
“For example, the guidelines did not set out a role for the then Deputy Premier (John Barilaro) or his office … but the Deputy Premier’s office played a key role in project selection.”
The report said a $1M threshold set by the Deputy Premier’s office saw a number of shortlisted projects in areas highly impacted by the bushfires, including all shortlisted projects located in Labor Party-held electorates, excluded.
The Coast’s Labor MPs gathered on the Gosford waterfront on February 3 to discuss the ramifications of the report.
MPs Liesl Tesch (Gosford), David Harris (Wyong), David Mehan (The Entrance) and Yasmin Catley (Swansea) and Labor candidate for the seat of
Terrigal Sam Boughton said the fund had been established to support communities like ours, which were devastated by the bushfires.
“During the Black Summer Bushfires, our community suffered $163.3M in damage,” they said.
“In response, the NSW Government gave our community $0 in the first round of funding.”
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch was evicted from Parliament when she raised the issue during Question Time in 2021.
“The NSW Cabinet’s willingness to tick off a scheme which left our community high and dry after one of the most devastating events in our history was shameful,” the MPs said.
“After all this time some of our rural communities still haven’t
fully recovered.
“Instead of rebuilding from the rubble, some of our residents were forced to simply pack up and leave.
“When our community needed support, the NSW Government turned its back on our community.”
Member for Wyong David Harris said the Central Coast having to wait for secondary rounds of funding was “not good enough”.
“On the Central Coast, we had massive amounts of infrastructure affected and we had to wait months and months until the second round of funding to effect repairs,” he said.
“There is no justification for this – allocating funds has to be done on merit case by case to give the best outcomes for the whole of the state.
“We saw a whole lot of
Central Coast activists are getting organised with monthly meetings to highlight the need to engage people to step up for local democracy.
The Central Coast Activists Collective (CCAC) was formed in mid-2022 and now has regular monthly meetings, with the next to be held at 11.30am on Wednesday, March 1, at the Ourimbah RSL Club.
applications which met the criteria wiped out because the Deputy Premier raised the bar to $1M.”
Among unsuccessful applicants for fast-track funding was the Walkabout Wildlife Sanctuary at Calga.
Walkabout Wildlife Sanctuary
GM Tassin Barnard said missing out on funding was heartbreaking.
“We not only incurred the cost of sustaining animals off site for five weeks but we also had no income for that time,” she said.
“We had amazing support from the community which formed a fire defence army (on the site).
“When we applied for the funding, even $10,000 would have made a difference.
Barnard said she avoids asking for financial help from the government with a history of knock-backs.
“We just keep going it alone,” she said.
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch said the region had been “betrayed” by the State Government.
“This is taxpayers’ money and peoples’ livelihoods were at stake,” she said.
The BLER comprised three rounds: early co-funding which included 22 projects fasttracked at a cost of $107.8M; sector development grants of $73.2M; and a $283M open round.
The report found that the
Since it formed CCAC has invited guest speakers from a range of activism backgrounds including John Asquith, founding Chair of Community Environment Network and the Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre, who is concerned about developer-driven planning and the urgency to fight for public land along the Gosford waterfront.
“We need stronger NSW
environmental protection laws if we are to protect the Central Coast’s outstanding natural heritage,” Asquith told the meeting.
The CCAC is now pushing for a forum on protecting the Central Coast’s environment and cultural heritage, advocating for renewable energy, fighting over development, reinstating local democracy, advocating for the
homeless and refugees, defending the ABC or ensuring quality services and securing well paid jobs for workers in public hospitals, aged care, public schools, TAFE, childcare, universities and public transport.
Residents are welcome to attend the March 1 meeting.
sector development stream had a detailed and transparent assessment process, although conflicts of interest were not effectively managed, and that the department did not effectively engage with stakeholders during the grants process.
“The department’s administration of the open round included a clearly documented, detailed and transparent assessment framework that it followed throughout,” the report said.
A spokesperson for the Department of Regional NSW said the fast-tracked stream of the BLER Fund was developed to get bushfire funding to affected communities as quickly as possible.
“Many projects that were not funded in that fast-tracked round were subsequently funded under other programs that were better suited to those types of projects,” the spokesperson said.
“All projects funded under the fast-track round of funding were rigorously assessed and endorsed by the Commonwealth Government as meeting the national Local Economic Recovery Fund requirements.
“In September last year, the NSW Grants Administration Guide came into effect, helping to directly address the findings and recommendation of the Auditor-General’s report.”
Terry Collins
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HartI’d like to thank everyone who stopped by for a chat with me at the Australia Day community event at Gosford on 26 January, where I hosted a pop-up stall to hear from members of our community.
I really enjoyed hearing the perspectives of many residents and visitors who came by the Council tent, where our discussions ranged from the event itself, to thoughts on the plans for Gosford waterfront’s revitalisation, and general Council matters like roads and infrastructure.
I value the chance to hear directly from members of our community about what matters to them and will be hosting more pop-ups at Central Coast Council events throughout the year.
Administrator pop-ups at Council events in 2023:
• Harvest Festival in the Central Coast Hinterland (June)
• Central Coast Music Festival in Gosford (October)
• The Lakes Festival held Coast-wide (November).
Through this program, I’m inviting the community to engage with me and share their thoughts about the issues that matter to them. While Council is always listening to our community, I want to make it easy for anyone to have a casual conversation with myself and Council staff. Thanks again to all who came along – I’m looking forward to meeting more members of our community at Council events throughout 2023.
The next ordinary Council meeting will be held 28 February at Wyong Council chambers.
For more information, search ‘council meetings’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
Gosford Regional Art Gallery 2023 EMERGING art prize for rising stars across NSW has been announced with $5,000 awarded to Monica Rani Rudhar.
The six finalist’s work is currently on exhibition at Gosford Regional Gallery until 26 March (9.30am – 4pm daily). Entry is free.
For more information, search ‘emerging’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
You’re invited to share your thoughts on the proposed location and concept design for a new centrally located Regional Animal Care Facility at Mardi.
Our Animal Care Facilities play an important role in supporting responsible pet ownership by reuniting lost pets with their owners and the adoption of surrendered pets.
Find out more and have your say by 1 March 2023, online at yourvoiceourcoast.com
You may have noticed the Hawkeye 2000 Network Survey Vehicle driving across the region’s entire sealed road network whilst we undertake a road condition survey.
This vehicle uses state-of-the-art technology to gather accurate data to enable effective road management and works planning – helping Council plan and deliver improved roads faster. For more information, search ‘road condition survey’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
Want to develop new skills, gain confidence and help visitors and locals looking for things to do and see across our beautiful region? We want to hear from you!
Council is calling for local community members interested in becoming a Visitor Service Volunteer Ambassador at the Visitor Information Centre, The Entrance.
For more information, search ‘visitor service volunteer’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
Join us for the Central Coast Pets Day Out on Saturday 18 February (9am-3pm) at Terilbah Reserve, The Entrance North.
There will be exciting stalls, fun competitions, free microchipping, pet health checks, plus important demonstrations and expert advice around training, socialisation and preparing your pet for an emergency.
For more information, search ‘pets day out’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
Do you know a young person who has excelled and deserves to be recognised for their services to the community? Submit a nomination for one of the eight award categories offered as part of the Central Coast Youth Week Awards to honour young coasties between the ages of 12 and 24
For more information search ‘youth week awards 2023’ online at centralcoast.nsw. gov.au
A $1.4M upgrade of the popular Bouddi Coastal Walk is now complete, making it easier for visitors to enjoy Bouddi National Park’s rugged coastline and watch whales as they migrate.
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch said the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) had made major improvements to the eight-kilometre walk.
“Congratulations to the NPWS Hunter Central Coast team, which has upgraded the walk from Putty Beach to MacMasters Beach with five new lookouts, repairs to timber bridges and boardwalks, new steps, and track resurfacing,” Crouch said.
“The Bouddi Coastal Walk hugs the coastal clifftops and is quite dramatic, making it one of the most popular walks in the area, attracting more than 200,000 visitors a year.
The upgrades have enhanced safety and improved the walking experience for all national park visitors.
The upgrade is part of the NSW Government’s largest investment in visitor infrastructure in national parks history of $450M over four years for more than 200 projects across the state.
The latest NPWS research shows that national park visitors contribute more than $1B to the Central Coast economy annually and NPWS generates more than 2,500 direct and indirect jobs for the Central Coast each year.
For more information about visiting national parks and including directions and current alerts, visit www. nationalparks.nsw.gov.au.
Source: Media release, Feb 8
“NPWS airlifted more than 450-tonnes of sandstone, timber and steel to upgrade the walk, with high-quality materials and workmanship
ensuring these tracks will last well into the future.
“These beautiful new lookouts have been named using traditional Aboriginal
language relevant to the locations and offer fantastic vantage points to whalewatch and marvel at this special part of the world.”
The Bouddi Coastal Walk begins at the northern end of Putty Beach and follows the coastline down to Macmasters Beach.
With the NSW State Election looming, the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce says the state of roads in the area has reached “crisis point” and is calling on both sides of politics to commit to funding upgrading and reconstruction work.
“Our local roads are falling apart; they lack kerb and gutter, stormwater drainage and footpaths,” chamber President Matthew Wales said.
“It’s an absolute disgrace.
“We have repeatedly asked all levels of government at every election to allocate funds to kerb and gutter our roads, implement street drainage and construct footpaths for the safety of the community.
“Yet despite the urgency, we are ignored time and time
again with the same old excuses.
“We are constantly told that we live on a sandplain which is the best natural drainage and therefore we don’t need kerb and gutter.
“That’s a nonsense; try and explain that to residents who are constantly flooded every time we have a storm event.”
Wales said full road reconstruction is essential to deliver safe streets with stateof-the-art drainage and concrete footpaths that can accommodate families and the elderly.
“With a population of over 36,000 residents, it is unacceptable that over 80 per cent of our roads are unkerbed and lack adequate stormwater drainage and concrete footpaths, with virtually no
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local roads listed on Central Coast Council’s forward plan of works,” he said.
“The Chamber is calling on Council to implement a long term Program of Works that
lists every road in need of reconstruction so that we at least have a local priority list for
future works.
“Further, there are State and Federal grants available for Central Coast Council for both road maintenance and reconstruction which should be applied for.
“Council should be listening to the community as to what their priorities are and not telling the community what they think is good for us.”
Wales said a good start would be a commitment from all sides of politics to commit to the allocation of funds for a comprehensive audit of the Peninsula road and drainage system, with priorities set for a yearly reconstruction program assisted by State and Federal funds.
Source: Media release, Feb 5 Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
Detectives from Brisbane Water Police District have charged a 61-year-old man for possession of child abuse material.
At about 6.30am on Thursday, February 2, detectives executed a search warrant at a Point
Clare address.
During the search police seized a number of electronic devices including three mobile phones and three laptops.
The man was taken to Gosford Police Station where he was
Friday afternoon January
27, a truck and trailer overturned on Kariong Hill forcing drivers to pull over after witnessing it roll over in slow motion.
The truck’s driver reportedly climbed from his cab uninjured.
Police and emergency services attended the scene quickly and used over an hour to reopen lanes on one of the busiest roads in the region.
charged in relation to possession of child abuse material.
He was granted conditional bail to appear at Gosford Local Court on Thursday, March 9.
Source: Brisbane Water Police
Tuggerah Lakes Proactive Crime Team is seeking information to locate Corey Bourke.
Gosford Local Court issued an arrest warrant on January 24 in relation to alleged domestic violence offences.
Items found after police search
Crime Stoppers online reporting page at https://nsw. crimestoppers.com.au
Source: Tuggerah Lakes Police
Bourke is described as 27 years old, caucasian in appearance, 175cm tall, thin build, fair complexion, brown short hair and brown eyes.
He has a large tattoo of the word Kai on the right side of his neck.
Bourke is known to frequent the Lake Haven area and anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333000 or details can be provided confidentially via the
Police have arrested a 27-year-old Kincumber man following an investigation into a number of alleged firearm and property offences on the Central Coast.
About 1.20pm on Thursday 2 February 2023, police from Brisbane Water Proactive Crime Team executed a search warrant at a property on Gladys Manley Avenue, Kincumber,
following an investigation into a number of reported break, enter and steal offences.
During the search warrant, police located and seized several items of interest including a firearm, four replica
handguns and power tools.
About 1.15pm yesterday (Monday 6 February 2023), a 27-year-old Kincumber man was arrested at Gosford Police Station where he was charged with 11 offences including
breach of bail, breach of a firearms protection order, three counts of steal from motor vehicle, two counts of malicious damage, drive conveyance without consent of owner, drive whilst cancelled, aggravated
break and enter, and break enter and steal. He was refused bail to appear before Gosford Local Court today (Tuesday 7 February 2023).
Source: NSW Police Media
The 2023 Aboriginal Strategic Direction –Aboriginal Action Plan for Tuggerah Lakes and Brisbane Water Police Districts has been formalised following a review of the document.
Superintendent Darryl Jobson of Brisbane Water District, Superintendent Chad Gillies of Tuggerah Lakes District and Chairperson of Darkinjung
Local Aboriginal Land Council,
Barry BJ Duncan, met at Gosford Police Station to review and sign the local action plan.
This agreement builds on the foundation of previous Aboriginal Strategic Directions and Action Plans which identify critical opportunities for police to foster strong and cohesive partnerships with Aboriginal communities and key agencies. Through these partnerships,
police will work to reduce crime and violence; build safer Aboriginal communities, particularly for women and young people; and focus on the early diversion of Aboriginal young people away from the criminal justice system and towards support services.
Superintendent Gillies said the Aboriginal Action Plan had been a priority agreement, designed and worked through as part of the Police and
Aboriginal Consultative Committee.
“The documents provide a plan to provide Aboriginal people a voice in how their community is policed, and police on the Central Coast will continue to work closely with leaders and stakeholder representatives from the local Aboriginal communities,” he said.
The Draft Regional Transport Plan 2041 is now on exhibition, with comments being invited (closing on February 24).
It is 88 pages of difficult reading – verbose, poorly organised and diffuse in its approach – which doesn’t much repay the effort of getting through it.
If the intent is to discourage anyone from attempting to respond to it, it manages that purpose quite well.
In typical fashion, it is heavy on mentioning goals, and allows for much studying, liaising, evaluating and reviewing, but doesn’t present a great deal in the way of concrete actions or timetables that would engender confidence that the 2041 horizon is a realistic one.
Furthermore, there is no hint of the level of resources that would be required to achieve the many
aims identified in the document. Can the plan be implemented with the same level of resources as is now available or will additional funding be required: if the latter, where is this funding coming from?
Much of what is set out sounds more like an improbable wish list than a serious planning exercise.
One startling finding is that Gosford is more than 30 minutes in access time from most of the LGA.
I have pointed this out on multiple occasions and have suggested that this is one reason why Gosford is unsuitable as the regional centre which should be nearer the population centre of gravity which is aroundTuggerah.
However, the conclusion of the Regional Plan is that Gosford should be within 30 minutes of
the whole LGA, without giving any indication of how this desirable situation could be brought about.
It is all very well to wish that this were the case, but, in the old saw, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Let us see a blueprint for a system that would bring the northern extremities of the LGA within 30 minutes of Gosford, and we should then be able to make an intelligent comment about it.
The crux of the publication comes in the Key Initiatives section which lists 80 items that have to be dealt with over the next 18 years.
Of these, 12 are in the “Delivery” phase, 25 are in the “Planning” phase, and 43 are in the “Investigation” phase.
A “plan” where more than half of the “key initiatives” haven’t
even been investigated doesn’t seem to have yet reached a level of maturity that justifies the name: “kite-flying” could, perhaps, be used instead.
This is apart from the fact that many key initiatives seem to have only the most tenuous connection to practical transport outcomes.
For instance, the 12 initiatives now being delivered on include “technological advances”, “reconciliation activities” and “innovation challenges” (whatever they all mean), while others are so picayune that the writer must have been scraping the bottom of the barrel to make up an even dozen (e.g., tactile line marking on the M1 at Mount White), and still others are so vague that they might mean anything (or nothing), e.g., Woy Woyroadnetworkimprovements.
It is difficult to discern the purpose of this publication.
Obviously, it is of no value as a “plan” from which programs and projects might be derived.
Many of the matters “for investigation” are an embarrassment to read: a planning student could have put them together from a textbook, without ever visiting the Central Coast.
By the way, has anybody ever seen more than two-thirds of the Woy Woy bicycle racks in use every normal day, as the Plan claims?
I find it hard to recall a day when I’ve seen more than a bicycle or two in the racks and I have often wondered at the pointlessness of their provision.
Obviously, the view from Department of Transport headquarters in Sydney is different to mine.
The draft Woy Woy Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan which Council
exhibition is essential reading for all Peninsula residents.
The Study and Plan cover the whole Peninsula, not just Woy Woy.
The Study in particular is very informative and for the first time
brings together predicted impacts of sea level rise and high rainfall events.
It shows (amongst other things) in map form, what would happen in a possible maximum flood (PMF) and what areas would become isolated due to road
inundation etc. It also shows which locations and properties on the hillsides would have high velocity flood waters flowing through them. Important information for us all to be aware of.
After reading recent Forum letters from Kevin Brooks and Mark Andrews condemning our useless Council, I felt vindicated in thinking our Central Coast Council needs a complete clean out from top to bottom by the NSW Government.
If there was any doubt about this, one only has to look at our third world roads which are dangerous to both drivers and vehicles alike.
The documents are available on Council’s website and at both Woy Woy and Umina libraries, (at Umina from February 2).
Submissions close February 15.
Email, Feb 1 Sue Ellis, Umina Beach
All we have seen is the sacking of councillors and (the appointment of) the current Administrator Rik Hart, resulting in very little change to the important and basic responsibilities of Council, starting with our roads. Enough is enough, real change needs to happen now.
Email, Feb 3 Rod Robey, Terrigal
Gosford Regional Gallery has announced the winner of this year’s EMERGING art prize, with $5,000 in prize money awarded to Monica Rani Rudhar from Sydney. This year, six finalists were selected from 42 applications by artists aged 18-30 from
across NSW with a section of Gallery given over to each artist to display a body of work.
The $5,000 was presented by judge Tahlia Linz, Curator at Artspace Sydney, who congratulated the artist on her “resolved presentation and evocative concept” and “looked
forward to following her promising career ahead”. Rudhar’s work explores her connection to her Indian heritage through the presentation of super-sized gold earrings, reflecting her family’s practice as goldsmiths.
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The Roving Rubies have celebrated a very special milestone for their very own Dame Edna with a 99th birthday party held for Edna Fowler at the Elanora Hotel.
The Roving Rubies is part of the national Red Hat Society for ladies over 50 to have fun and friendship on many monthly outings.
“It was a special day, as she had been ill with COVID, and we weren’t sure she would make it, but she was all smiles and looking great,” Queen Lilimarlene (Marlene Klintworth) said.
“It is a small world; one of the red hatters, Ava de Zeeuw mentioned she and Edna had both lived around the Wentworthville area, and Ava said Edna had done the bouquet at her wedding 60 years ago.
“Our marvellous Edna even remembered what flowers she had used.
“Ava brought along a photo to show her from all those years ago.
“One of the members was also game enough to make the birthday cake for her.
“Edna being a champion cake decorator in the past has made many wary, but Brenda Turnbull did a wonderful job.”
Klintworth said Edna had mentioned previously that she would have liked to get a letter from the Queen, which was not possible now.
“So I contacted as many (Red Rubies) branches around Australia as I could in a short period of time and was amazed at the marvellous response of 128 signing the birthday certificate, many posted from outback stations in the country – from the tip of Queensland and outback WA to Tassie and NZ,” she said.
“It was all presented in a
folder with maps that marked their locations”.
Klintworth said the club was ideal for ladies who have relocated and need to make new friends.
“We have 84 members at the moment, so have recovered from the COVID era,” she said. Anyone wanting information on how to join should email rovingrubies@optusnet.com. au or call 0412 760 725.
Source: Media release, Feb 4 Roving Rubies
Prize was established by Gosford Regional Gallery Director, Tim Braham in 2003.
“The exhibition of finalists’ works provides great exposure for the selected artists who are all on their way to an exciting future in the arts,” Braham said.
“The diversity of experiences that these young artists explore, and their exciting use of materials makes this an exhibition everyone will appreciate.”
The winning work, along with artwork by the other 2023 finalists Remy Faint, Alexandra
Jonscher, Lihnida KrstansokaBlazeska, NC Qin and James Rhodes will be on exhibition until March 26 at the Gosford Regional Gallery from 9.30am4pm daily, with entry free.
Source: Media release, Feb 6, 2023 Central Coast Council
With Valentine’s Day next week, the Naughty Noodle Fun Haus at Ettalong Beach is getting set for its annual sizzling cabaret, Summer Spandex.
Sold out annually, the unique and whacky night of fun brings a taste of the Sydney Mardi Gras Festival to the Central Coast with a curated handful of festival favourites in a top night of variety.
Back in the 1970s the dress code was flares, platforms, glitter and satins, mullets and the glam rock hits were blaring from panel vans all over the place.
Think of Alvin Stardust, Bowie, Blondie, Bryan Ferry, David Essex, Kiss, Queen, Skyhooks, Sweet, Status Quo, The Glitter Band, just to name a few of the 70s greats.
T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan is often attributed to starting the glam rock phenomenon in the UK and it wasn’t long before other musicians in the US and Australia caught on, dressing in outrageous costumes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes, glitter and satins.
A new 70s glam rock band from Sydney has been reuniting
fans with the sounds and mood of that era in their powerhouse show Glam! Bam! Thank You Ma’m which is coming to Halekulani Bowling Club on Saturday, February 18.
Their dynamic 70s package combines boutique pedals, vintage amps, the organic bass and drum feel with outstanding vocals and harmonies along with tongue-in-cheek antics
and, of course, the glam fashion and make-up.
The show is becoming renowned for its musical authenticity and has sold out wherever its been. Audiences have been getting into the 70s glam fashion, too, and there’s a fabulous prize for the most creative look.
Summer Spandex features a diverse line-up of Australian performers from Melbourne, Newcastle, and Sydney alongside local performers in a mix of burlesque, music, dance, drag, storytelling, circus and pole dancing – ideal for date night in honour of Valentine’s Day.
Guests are invited to come dressed for love and romance, with themes including love hearts, hallmark cards, Queen
of hearts, Bobbsey twins, celebrity couples, cupids, bridezillas or the second best man.
The show will be held on Saturday, February 18, with bookings available at naughtynoodle.com.au/whatson/summerspandex/ and discounts for group bookings.
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You Got It! – A Salute to Roy Orbison will be presented at the Art House, Wyong, on Friday, February 10.
Direct from the USA, You Got it! stars internationally renowned artist John Stephan.
Officially endorsed and presented by Roy Orbison’s eldest son Wesley, the show gives a very personal narrative of the singer’s intriguing yet tragic life.
Roy Orbison was one of the world’s greatest and most successful rock ‘n roll stars of all time and died of a heart attack in 1988 at the age of 52.
Stephan will showcase The
Big O’s 15 number 1 worldwide hits along with a tribute to The Everly Brothers, including such hits as Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Bird Dog, Let It Be Me, (Til) I Kissed You, Cathy’s Clown, Crying In The Rain and When Will I Be Loved.
He will take audience members on an incredible trip through Orbison’s storied career.
Audience members will enjoy iconic hits such as Pretty Woman, Crying, I Drove All Night, Leah, Working For The Man, Blue Bayou, Only The Lonely, In Dreams, Blue Angel, You Got It and Running Scared.
John Stephan has worked with some of the music industry’s most prestigious producers and writers including Walter Afanasleff, Babyface, Dann Huff, Vince Gill and Jorgen Elofsson.
He has shared the stage with some of the world’s finest artists including Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Jewel, Keith Urban and Taylor Swift and has toured Japan, the USA and parts of Europe.
Bookings are available on The Art House website.
Source: Media release, Feb 1 Lionel Midford Publicity
Uniting Productions will present its latest play, Day of Reckoning, for a limited season from February 1018 at the Uniting Church hall in Gosford.
Directed by Fran Kendall and Karen Rowe, the appealing snapshot of life in a small village features a range of the Coast’s best-known performers including Judi Jones, Helen Herridge, Chris Cherry, Kirra
Stallard, Lianne Haddock, Amanda Benson, Karen Pendleton and Rob Hickey.
The play sees a committee meeting on a winter’s night to arrange the summer village fete.
As protocol gives way to bickering and gossip, the personalities of those present emerge: busybody Ethel; Pauline, the vicar’s longsuffering wife; careworn Gloria;
horsey Majorie who is very attentive to the shy new teacher, Angela; elderly Mavis and Sally, the brisk Army wife. Six months on, the cathartic events of the fete are related with humour and pathos, and the upbeat ending affirms the enduring value of village life. Tickets are available through Stickytickets.
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Nominations for the 2023 Central Coast Youth Week Awards are now open, giving local youth aged 1224 the opportunity to be recognised for their outstanding contributions to the region.
The awards, which coincide with NSW Youth Week, is an initiative of Central Coast Council to recognise and highlight the accomplishments of young Coasties.
Council Unit Manager Leisure Beach Safety and Community Facilities, Phil Cantillon, said it’s vital we recognise and highlight the accomplishments of youth living on the Coast.
“The Central Coast Youth Strategy 2019 – 2024 identified over 50,000 people aged 12-4 are living in the Central Coast region,” Cantillon said.
“Young people and their thoughts, attitudes, opinions, and ideas are vital to the future
of our region.
“They are valuable members of society and the way we include, reflect, and recognise their contribution will influence the future direction of the Central Coast.
“We’re calling on the Central Coast community to nominate a young person for an award across eight categories.
“A young person could be someone who volunteers their time for a sporting or non-profit organisation, raises funds for charities, or who advocates for the environment or has demonstrated excellence in the arts and entertainment industry.”
Council Administrator Rik Hart said the awards celebrate the Central Coast’s diversity, values, and contributions youth provide to the community.
“There is a broad range of young people in our community who continue to do amazing
things to make our region a better place – a place where we can all be proud to live, work and play – and it’s important that we recognise and share their contributions and achievements,” he said.
The eight award categories
include:Arts and Entertainment; Environmental; Social Impact in Education; Sportsperson of the Year; Youth Entrepreneur of the Year; Youth Leadership (Individual) of the Year; Youth Leadership (Group) of the Year; and Youth Volunteer of the Year.
In addition, the Central Coast Youth Week Awards has a Nominator Award category which is a chance for a Central Coast school or service which has nominated at least one young person for an award to win $1,000 to roll out a program
to continue to benefit young people.
Finalists and their guests will be invited to attend the Central Coast Youth Week Awards presentation night on Thursday, April 20, at The Hub Erina Youth Entertainment Venue, where all award winners will be announced.
Nominations are open until Friday, March 31.
To be eligible applicants must be an Australian citizen and live in the Central Coast Local Government Area.
This program is funded by the NSW Department of Communities and Justice. For further information, eligibility criteria and to make your nomination visit centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/ youthweekawards.
Source: Media release, Feb 6, 2023
Central Coast Council
The latest exhibition at Ettalong’s Bay Gallery, Looking Up, will be on show until February 27.
Featuring all six Gallery members, the exhibition
features works done in a variety of styles and mediums.
“The title Looking Up allows each artist to explore and interpret what that means to them – is it metaphorical or
literal?” spokesperson and member Helen Mortimer said.
“The Bay Gallery is manned by the artists, and they are happy to discuss their work.
“We also have a range of
Tuggerah Lakes University of the Third Age (U3A) group is looking for more interested seniors to take part in its bi-monthly play reading classes.
Members read and act out many classic and contemporary short plays for enjoyment and several of the members also write plays to be read out.
One of these plays was recently short-listed in a Sydney Literary Awards function.
Each year the group rehearses several plays which are performed at an annual U3A presentation.
Christine Kilner, who runs the play reading class, said the not-for-profit organisation encourages seniors to keep learning, thereby keeping the brain active.
“Due to ageing members and failing health, our numbers have decreased,” Kilner said.
“We have therefore recently lost the room we had at The
Entrance Community Centre.
“My aim is to get more members and regain our room.”
At the moment the play reading class meets on the first and third Mondays of each month from 10am until noon at Shelly Beach Golf Club.
For more information call 0426 278 902.
Source: Media release, Feb 6 Tuggerah Lakes U3A
small items available, including cards, mugs and artist prints.”
The exhibition will be open Thursday to Sunday from 10am-4pm until February 27 at the Bay Gallery, 29 Broken Bay
Rd, Ettalong Beach.
The Bay Gallery artists are all professional artists with academic qualifications and the collective will offer classes and workshops this term.
To register your interest email Bay artstudioscooperative@ gmail.com.
Source: Media release, Feb 3 Bay Gallery
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Umina Beach Yoga will offer monthly yoga classes beginning in February to build community and connection and raise money for Coast Shelter.
Entry to the sessions, to be held on the third Saturday of each month from 4.30-5.45pm, will be free or by donation.
“We want our beautiful yoga studio to be a space where community can come together and feel welcome, to support physical and mental health with a free yoga practice and to share tea and chat with friends,” manager Helen Macnair said.
“Yoga should be accessible to everyone who wants to practise, from all walks of life.
“Yoga is a way of living well, not just a physical practice.”
Macnair has managed Umina Beach Yoga for more than 12 years.
“Students can donate whatever they can afford (for the monthly class)- that might be nothing or $20 – and all proceeds will be donated to Coast Shelter,” she said.
“We are hoping to easily reach our fund-raising goal of $1,000 by the end of the year.”
Each month the class will be led by one of the team of experienced, professional
teachers and will highlight a national or international event to increase awareness, educate and help make the world a better place.
The informal classes will begin on Saturday, February 18, with the first community class celebrating Sydney World Pride 2023.
They will be fun, relaxing and designed to make attendees feel nurtured and nourished. Bookings can be made at uminabeachyoga.com.
Central Coast Speakers Toastmasters Club is busily preparing for its first openhouse meeting at Central Coast Leagues Club on March 8, where visitors can join in the fun.
Spokesperson Tom Haberkorn said the meeting would be held between 12.30 and 1.30pm, with the club looking for new members to share their stories, have some fun and gain self-
confidence.
“Our agenda is structured to include the first segment geared to workers on their lunch break and mums and seniors can stay for the full meeting,” he said.
“The agenda will consist of a welcome and an introduction to the program, followed by a toast and then a demonstration speech by one of our senior Toastmasters.
“Following on after a short break, we will have a testimonial given by one of our members on how he has benefited from being a part of Toastmasters.
“We will finish off with a quick fire round of our always popular Table Topics, where everyone gets to give a one-minute answer to a random question.
Central Coast Speakers meets at Central Coast Leagues Club, Gosford, on the second
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and fourth Wednesday of the month at 12.15 for a 12.30pm start.
Visitors are welcome to stay on afterwards for a coffee and catch-up and to have questions answered.
For more details call 0401 625 396.
A PINCH OF SALT
Central Coast Newspapers has teamed up with celebrity Chef Daniel to bring some local food and dining joy to local readers and viewers weekly. We’ve called the series A Pinch of Salt. The full video series will be made available to our subscribers and advertisers via Patreon.
Chef Daniel’s guest this week is Grant Buckham from Bay Rd Brewing in Gosford.
Grant is very passionate about making delicious craft
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Chef Daniel wanted to use Bay Rd beer in a recipe and settled on Beer battered fish and chips. He even showed Grant how to make mayonnaise
from scratch with a splash of, you guessed it, beer! Now that’s something different. Use the QR code of click though to the digital version with the recipe and video.
Ingredients:
Half a can of beer (your choice)
1 cup of plain or self raising flour, salt and pepper to taste
Soft white fish such as Ling, Snapper, and Miradori, Barramundi or Bassa (We used Bassa today)
2 clean skinned potatoes
Battered fish Instructions:
Preheat oil to half fill a saucepan
Fillet and debone fish, then cut into slices
Pour beer into a metal bowl
Add flour into beer and whisk to blend until a smooth batter with no lumps
Dip fish in plain flour and then batter the mixture
Place battered fish in hot oil and fry for 1 minute.
Take out and rest on a paper towel
Chips instructions:
Slice potatoes with a mandolin
Slice them further again for French Fries as per the episode
Deep fry in leftover oil for 1 minute
Take out and rest on a paper towel
Mayo instructions:
Stick blend 2 eggs, one teaspoon of Dijon mustard, and 2 tablespoons of white vinegar then slowly pour in 1 cup of vegetable oil. Add salt and beer to taste.
Tips:
Alcohol will evaporate in the cooking process so will be safe for children to eat. The heavier the batter the thicker it will be and the lighter the batter the thinner – so you can make it to your taste.
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Completion of the upgrade of the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music in Gosford is one step closer, thanks to a major funding boost from the NSW Government.
Conservatorium President Claire Braund said a grant of $247,599 announced by Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch on February 1 would be a “gamechanger” in terms of being able to better customise teaching and performance spaces for students and audiences alike.
“This timely funding will
enable us to capitalise on the extensive three-year $2.4M renovation and upgrade that has taken place at our historic premises at 45 Mann St,” Braund said.
“The additional funds will give us capacity to complete the upgrade of the Robert Knox Hall and refurbish some of our older buildings and classrooms.”
The grant has been awarded as part of the Government’s $72M Creative Capital program funding, available to not-forprofit organisations to support creative cultural infrastructure
projects.
It will deliver Stage 2 renovations of the Conservatorium’s premises and complement the Stage 1 renovations to the heritagelisted building at 45 Mann St.
The sensitive refurbishment includes transformations and upgrades to the interior structure of the building – the oldest heritage building in Gosford – with an impressive and inviting new front entrance and lobby area, upgrades to the building’s teaching and rehearsal spaces as well as new bathrooms and
administration areas and improved disabled access from the rear of the Conservatorium building on Georgiana Terrace.
The building has also been given new roofing and flooring in some areas as well as interior upgrades, while the sandstone wall at the Mann St entrance has also been painstakingly restored.
The Robert Knox Hall makeover already includes the installation of fixed tiered seating, including disability seating, for 77 people.
The extra funding will go towards the purchase and
installation of essential audio/ visual and digital equipment for the hall.
“The additional grant will give us the money we need to put the finishing touches to what has been a significant project in the COVID years,” Braund said.
“In addition,the refurbishment of Robert Knox Hall together with its technology upgrade make the hall a significant community asset, enabling performances, lectures, meetings and other gatherings both for the Conservatorium and other community groups.”
The grant will be spent on a range of projects including: purchase and installation of essential digital equipment for Robert Knox Hall; partitioning of a large demountable (12×6.75m) and acoustic treatment to create three studios suitable for strings tuition; acoustic treatment of the garage, used as a percussion studio; and construction of a nonpermanent building structure for tuition purposes.
Source: Media release, Feb 1 Central Coast Conservatorium
North Construction & Building, based at Tuggerah, is going from strength to strength, with two new Board members appointed.
Nicole Redmond and Mark Chase have been appointed Director – People, Culture & Corporate Services and Director – Business Operations respectively.
They join Managing Director Matthew Cook, Director–Estimating Ray Millar and Director–Construction Operations John Melvin as members of the expanded board, while Sarah Wouters, Finance Manager, takes on the role of Company Secretary. These latest organisational
changes follow on from the expansion of the company shareholder group last year from 12 to 15 employees with Chase, Systems Manager Tom Glynn and Senior Project Manager Specialist Projects John Wild all buying into the business.
“North has come a long way since its beginning in 1987, where we were based out of a small office in North Gosford,” Managing Director Matthew Cook said.
“With growth and expansion also comes the need to adapt our business operations to best serve our employees, trade contractor partners and clients, as well as ensure our business continues to thrive for the next
35 years and beyond.
“This expansion is a further step to ensuring that happens.
“Nicole has been an integral part of North since 2011 and
I’ve appreciated working alongside her for all those years with her valued input and leadership helping to make North what it is today.
“Mark joined North in 2019 and since that time, he’s been an invaluable member of the senior management team given his immense industry experience.
Redmond joined North in 2011 as Office Manager, transitioning to Corporate Services Manager and Company Secretary in 2016, then becoming a shareholder in 2018 to now take on her current role as Director.
“I am truly excited about the opportunity to be a part of the North Executive Leadership team as we navigate the next phase of our growth,” she said. Chase was recruited into the business in 2019 bringing with him more than 25 years’
experience in the construction industry, initially as Design & Construct Manger, then as Preconstruction Manager before becoming a shareholder last year.
North’s specialist projects team delivers projects under $3.5M, with its major works department delivering projects up to $50M.
North Construction & Building continues to be 100 per cent employee owned with offices in Tuggerah, Newcastle, Dubbo, Orange, Mudgee, Tamworth and most recently Brisbane.
Source: Media release, Feb 2 North Construction & Building
A lifestyle village on the shores of Lake Munmorah is about to get a major upgrade with a new community centre and swimming pool.
Bevington Shores, near Taylor Point at 186 Sunrise Ave, Halekulani was first approved in 1984 for 72 sites and over the years the 5.9ha site has progressed to 193 long-term residential sites, a manager’s
home/office and community centre.
A development application now on public exhibition proposes to demolish the existing community centre and associated buildings to make way for the new centre as well as a swimming pool and deck.
The new community centre will contain a craft and library area, a games room, a multipurpose area, dining area, kitchen and male and female
amenities including an accessible toilet and access ramp.
Also, there will be three additional visitor parking spaces, located to the north of the five existing visitor spaces. The development application (4256/2022) is on exhibition for public feedback on Central Coast Council’s website until Friday, February 24.
Sue MurrayHopes are high that more coach tours will make their way to the Central Coast after owners of 19 tour companies from all over Australia visited the region on February 3-5.
Organised by group tour wholesaler Expanding Horizons in partnership with individual suppliers, exercise saw operators stay for two nights at The Quarters, Forresters Beach, and visit leading tourist attractions in the region.
The group included coach tour operators from Cairns, Mackay, the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Bathurst, Katoomba, Windsor, Sydney (NSW), Port Macquarie, Adelaide and Canberra.
“Departing Sydney on Friday morning the group had no idea what they were in for,” a spokesperson for Expanding Horizons said.
“All they knew is that by Sunday afternoon they hoped be in love with the Central
Coast – and they were.
“They visited many of the Central Coast’s hidden gems including The Chocolate and Nougat Factory, Alison Homestead, Ken Duncan Gallery, Central Coast Ferries, Bar Botanica, the new Botanica Distillery, Firescreek Winery and Broken Bay Pearls.
“They even embarked on a Barefoot Bowls mini tournament at the Bateau Bay Bowling Club.
“The newly renovated The Quarters Forrester’s Beach
hosted the group for the weekend and showed why it is the perfect location for group tours.
“(The venue) also hosted the welcome dinner on Friday night.
“There is no doubt that the Central Coast impressed all the coach tour owners with numerous tours being requested over the weekend and many more to come.”
New viewing platforms, a scenic elevated walkway around to Lighthouse Beach, improvements in recreation areas and heritage restoration are among 19 projects in the pipeline at Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve.
Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve Land Manager Board released its Draft 2023 Management Plan this week and it’s full of future and ongoing plans to strengthen the heritage and recreational value of the popular attraction.
The purpose of the management plan is to explore opportunities to protect and conserve the heritage and culture including the Aboriginal significance, as well as the environmental value of the reserve, while developing recreational and tourism opportunities to maintain the reserve’s financial sustainability and support the regional economy.
Projects in the 2023 management plan are in three groups – social, environmental and economic – and with $1.5M expenditure already from 2021 to the end of 2023, preliminary estimates indicate that a further $2.5M will be
required to complete all the ongoing projects.
The social category contains projects such as turf maintenance, relocation of the Mariners Memorial, disability inclusion, tables and chairs in the reserve, viewing platforms with seating, an increase in car parking, pedestrian paths and informative signage across the reserve.
As the reserve is one of the prime spots on the Central Coast for whale watching it is planned to install two new viewing platforms with seating; one with a northern outlook with a panoramic view of Lighthouse Beach and the other to the east adjacent the lighthouse tower.
Another possibility is a platform in the old quarry area for a commanding view of the lighthouse and quarters.
One of the main attractions of the reserve is the nature trail and Lighthouse Beach loop walk but at high tides the walk from the stairs to the beach is difficult as the sea washes right up to the cliff.
Investigations have begun into the possibility of a elevated boardwalk from the top of the beach access stairs around to Lighthouse Beach which would
also cater for disability access. Relocation of the Mariners Memorial will provide more seating and appropriate disabled access for the increasing number of people
attending the remembrance services held annually on the first Saturday in December.
The environmental category includes projects such as stabilisation of the northern
embankment which took a battering in the severe storms of March 2021 causing a landslide; ongoing bush restoration and rehabilitation including weed eradication;
protection of the cliff face from coastal erosion; maintenance, repairs and restoration at the Quarters including chimneys, verandahs and repointing joints in external walls; and restoration of the stables.
Stables are mostly being used at present for storage, however, there are plans to restore them to how they looked and operated in 1903 and feature them as another heritage exhibit in the reserve.
The economic group includes projects such as a new museum, café and shop opposite the car park, investigation of installing a roundabout and security gate at the Bush St entry, parking and footpath along Bush St, pathway lighting and reclaiming the quarry site to expand the green spaces for community use.
The 2023 Management Plan can be viewed online at www. norahheadlighthouse.com.au (under the About heading) and feedback can be submitted to The Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve Land Management Board via email at NHLRboard@ outlook.com
Sue MurrayCentral Coast Council is inviting the community to review and provide comment on its draft Planning Agreement Policy, on exhibition until March 7.
Planning Agreements are voluntary arrangements between a developer and Council or other planning authority, where the developer agrees to dedicate land free of cost, pay a monetary contribution, provide a material public benefit, or any combination of these, for public infrastructure or another public purpose.
Council’s Director Environment and Planning Alice Howe said Council enters into a number of Planning Agreements each year, usually negotiated as part of a
Metro Cinemas Lake Haven
CEO John O’Neill has accused Central Coast Council of misleading the public on the reasons the cinema needs rental concessions.
Council granted a rent relief measure for the period
February 1, 2023-January 31, 2024, at its last meeting, setting the rent at 15 per cent of the business’s monthly turnover and citing challenges in the broader cinema sector as the reason.
But O’Neill said the reason the cinema was losing custom was its outdated seating.
The cinema was built on behalf of Council with the needs of the youth of the northern Central Coast area in mind, with Metro Cinemas leasing the premises from Council with a 20-year lease.
Council owns the cinema fit out, other than projection and
With World Wetlands Day being celebrated on February 2, the Community Environment Network (CEN) has described Central Coast Council’s track record on protecting local wetlands as “shameful”.
The CEN has called on Central Coast Council to explain its reasons for neglecting to protect two of the region’s most important wetlands – Porters Creek and Spring Creek.
“When Central Coast Council was placed under administration in October 2020, CEN urged the newly appointed InterimAdministrator and Acting CEO to complete an agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) to permanently protect Porters Creek Wetland,” Chair
development consent or land rezoning.
“It is important councils have policies and procedures in place to guide the negotiation, administration and making of Planning Agreements,” she said.
“This ensures transparency, fairness and flexibility of planning decisions.”
Howe said there is currently no Planning Agreement Policy that applies to the entire Central Coast Local Government Area (LGA).
“This new draft Planning Agreement Policy has been
prepared to reflect updated references to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 and the Department of Planning and Environment’s Planning Agreements Practice Note,” she said.
“Should this new Policy be adopted, the former Wyong Shire Planning Agreement Policy, the Deed of Agreement and Bank Guarantee Policy and the Deferred Payment of Section 94 Contributions Policy would all be repealed.”
Council Administrator Rik Hart is encouraging the community to review the draft
Planning Agreement Policy on Council’s website and to have their say through the submission process.
“The purpose of this draft policy is to ensure best practice principles, policies and procedures are implemented when Council enters into a Planning Agreement with a developer,” he said.
“This protects the public interest and the integrity of the planning process.
“The Central Coast is growing rapidly, and this means there are new developments being proposed to cater for the
audio, and is responsible for its replacement.
O’Neill said a report to the Council meeting cited the downturn in the Australian cinema market as the reason for the rent relief; however the cinema market for 2022 for the Central Coast is up six per cent on the equivalent 2019 prepandemic period.
All that increase has gone to Event Tuggerah, where recliner seats have been installed, he said.
In November 2022, Metro Cinemas asked Council, as the landlord, to install recliner seating, as the existing seats had come to the end of their economic life, but was met with refusal.
“Under the terms of the lease Council is required to replace the seats when they come to the end of their economic life,”
O’Neill said.
“The industry standard cinema seat is now a recliner
seat, and we are losing substantial business to our opposition because of this.
“So, we have requested that Council replace the seats with recliners to enable us to compete.
“Not only is Metro Cinemas losing revenue and profit, but Council is losing substantial revenue through rent relief.
“While Council’s report cites estimated loss of rent at $50,000-70,000 per annum, the real number, given the substantial drop in admissions and revenue, will be more than $300,000 per annum.
“The rent relief for the six months ended December 31, 2022, alone was about $120,000.”
O’Neill said the report to Council’s January 24 meeting made no mention of the seating issue, instead blaming the downturn in patronage on general conditions in the cinema industry, which he said were actually improving on the Central Coast.
“I emailed the Administrator the morning before the meeting telling him Council’s report was misleading and requesting it be corrected,” he said.
“It is extremely disappointing that Council’s report was not corrected, and Mr Hart did not make the public aware of our request to replace the seats, which is the reason we require rent relief.
“I have requested a meeting with Mr Hart, which has been ignored.
“I will have no option other than to refer the matter to our lawyers.”
A spokesperson said Council considers the present seating
Gary Chestnut said.
“Not only did they fob us off, but they didn’t even have the good manners to inform the BCT that they had changed their mind about an agreement that was ready to sign off.
“During this current period of administration, Council has also backed away from storm water management plans for the Porters Creek Wetland that would have gone some way to protect the region’s biggest freshwater wetland from some of the consequences of overdevelopment in its catchment.
“Council has opted for less expensive ‘nature-based’ solutions that we hope will be effective enough to prevent the wetland from literally drowning in stormwater runoff.
“Meanwhile the currentlyexhibited community land draft
plan of management implies that the whole of Porters Creek Wetland was classified as operational land by the former Wyong Council and the current administration appears comfortable with this.
“Operational land can be sold by Council and CEN considers it a travesty that this wetland is
not valued enough by our local government to be classified as community land to protect it from sale when it perfectly matches the definition of a Natural Area – Wetland in the draft plan of management.”
Chestnut said CEN repeats its call for Council to enter a Conservation Agreement with
growing population, whether it be commercial or residential development proposals.
“Please take the opportunity to view the draft policy while it is on exhibition, so you can understand what is being proposed, and have your say if you so wish.”
For all information on the draft Policy and how to make a submission, go to www. yourvoiceourcoast.com/allprojects/draft-planningagreement-policy.
Source: Media release, Feb 7 Central Coast Council
to be adequate.
“Council supports the continuation of the Metro Cinemas at Lake Haven as a facility for the community to utilise and enjoy,” the spokesperson said.
“Council also appreciates the changing expectations of movie goers, including the need for it to be an affordable experience for all ages and demographics, and has resolved to reduce Metro Cinemas rent for a further 12 months.
“Council’s contractual obligation is to replace cinema seating at the end of its useful life.
“While at this time Council believes the current cinema seats are very adequate, should the operator wish to upgrade seating before the end of life, they are able to do that.”
Terry Collinsthe NSW BCT to permanently protect Porters Creek Wetland and reclassify it from operational to community land.
“This is particularly important as the recently-released Greater Cities Commission’s Central Coast Strategy recommends unlocking employment land in ‘the Northern Growth Corridor around the Central Coast Airport at Warnervale…’ and includes a photograph of the airport runway extended through the wetland,” he said.
“Is the long-term plan to develop the airport into the wetland?
“If so, where’s the business case for doing so?”
Chestnut said CEN was also continuing to work on its response to the inappropriate sale of land at Doyalson including the Spring Creek
Wetland.
“It is clear from the research we have done to date that Council was aware, before selling this land, of its longterm conservation value,” he said.
“CEN believes Council needs to explain its actions to the public, repurchase the land, classify it as community land and complete the work we now know it had started to protect the land through biocertification.”
Chestnut said CEN had written to Council CEO David Farmer, the Local Government Minister and former directors multiple times with no response.
Source: Media release, Feb 2 Community Environment Network
The desire many parents have to help their children financially doesn’t suddenly disappear when they turn 18.
Financial support is often ongoing and it can take many forms, from allowing adult children to live at home rent free to helping with education costs.
And thanks to the soaring cost of housing, it’s not uncommon for parents – if they can afford it – to chip in for a deposit or to cover lenders mortgage insurance to help their kids get a foot in the door.
Helen Baker, a financial adviser and founder of On Your Own Two Feet, says that gifting money is one solution for parents or other family members wanting to help out now rather than leaving money in a will.
“People may not need money down the track – a lot of the time they need it now, so that’s why people give.
“But the downside of that is that once you’ve given it, it’s gone,” she says.
“Generally, parents gift money
to their children to help with property because it’s such a big investment, and because of the problems that we have now for younger people, which make getting into the market difficult.
“Another big one, though, is to help people set up their own businesses.”
Whatever the intended purpose, it’s clear that gifting be tween generations is increasing.
Research published by the Productivity Commission in December 2021 found that between 2000 and 2019, the value of money gifted by parents tripled from roughly $4 billion to $12 billion a year.
Over that same period, both the number and value of gifts increased, with the average gift in 2019 about $8000.
How much can you gift?
Mark Chapman, the director of tax communications at H&R Block, says the good news for anyone thinking about gifting money is that if it’s a genuine gift, there will be no tax to pay.
“If you are simply giving cash,
to the amount that can be gifted.
“You may be called on to prove that the cash is a genuine gift, though.
“An example might be receiving a ‘gift’ from parents, and at the same time agreeing to give up certain rights in the family company.
“The parents or the child might argue that the two are unconnected and that the payment is a genuine ‘gift’, but the ATO may connect the two events and argue that the ‘gift’ is really
The equation becomes a bit trickier for anyone receiving the aged pension or government assistance, because any amount gifted over the limits (for either singles or couples) may affect their payments: up to $10,000 in one financial year or up to $30,000 over five financial years.
“If the value of your gifts exceeds these limits, the excess amount will still be included as your asset in the assets test,” says Chapman.
“You’ll also be deemed to
returned to them, or kept in the family, is for it to be via a loan.
“It should be documented in writing, it should specify what the amount is, what the purpose of the loan is, and it should specify a rate of repayment.
“If you were going to borrow money from a bank, you’d be charged interest, so for it to be a real loan agreement there should also be a rate of interest charged on repayments.”
It can end in tears
be earning income from the excess as part of your income test for the next five years.”
A loan is a safer bet
A common cause of concern for parents is what happens to the money if their child is in a relationship and it breaks down.
“It’s a fairly common issue that arises in property where a relationship ends, the parties can’t agree and then things become litigious,” says Matthew Kinder, a director at Meillon & Bright Legal.
“The safer path if parents are intending on having the money
The Australian exchange traded funds industry had $13.5 billion of net inflows in 2022, while managed funds had their worst year on record, with $26.8 billion net outflows.
Further, ETFs have received higher flows than unlisted funds in four of the past five years.
Over this period, ETFs received cumulative flows of $71 billion, compared with $3 billion for unlisted funds.
Consistent with the positive net flows, a review by BetaShares says there was growth in the number of Australian ETF investors.
There are now 1.9 million
Australians investing in ETFs, representing growth of 6% year on year.
Still, despite positive net flows, falling markets caused the ETF industry to decline 2% in value, with funds under management (FUM) falling from $137 billion to $133.7 billion in 2022.
BetaShares chief commercial
officer Ilan Israelstam says that while he had expected market conditions would hinder the growth of the ETF industry, the extent of declines that ultimately led to a small drop in the industry’s value was unexpected.
Meanwhile, the value of ETFs traded on the Australian exchange reached an all-time
high: $117 billion compared with $95 billion the year before.
At an issuer level, the inflows were the most concentrated on record: Vanguard and BetaShares received 90%.
As for product launches, it was the biggest year on record, with 52 new ETFs listing on Australian exchanges in 2022.
This sentiment is shared by Baker, who’s witnessed enough situations where romantic or family relationships have deteriorated, including siblings who have bought property together, to appreciate that a more formal agreement can be a good option over a gift in some situations.
“A loan certainly puts in a little bit of a barrier to protect your wealth to make sure it comes back to you should circumstances change,” she says.
“My phrase is ‘document, document, document’, because what people hear and what their expectations are can be very different.
“We often think that everything’s going to be rosy, but sometimes dynamics and families change.”
TOM WATSONIsraelstam says he expects conditions to impede the growth of ETFs, though he also predicts that net inflows will remain positive, leading to the industry returning to a growth footing.
BetaShares forecasts total industry FUM to exceed $150 billion in assets by the end of 2023.
ANDREW MCKEANLisarow Ourimbah Cricket Club raised a record $10,000 for the McGrath Foundation at its annual Pink Stumps Day on January 26.
The McGrath Foundation raises funds to support people with breast cancer by providing specialist McGrath Breast Care Nurses where they are most needed across Australia.
It funds 185 McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities right across Australia, who have supported over 110,000 families since 2005.
To show their support for the Foundation, more than 150 people, including 40 VIP guests, came together to help raise funds on the day.
The annual Pink Stumps Day included raffles, auctions, games and prizes, as well as a gala day cricket event, with eight teams of eight getting involved from all senior grades in the club.
Local businesses generously donated 50 raffle items, while the Pink Stumps Day auction had some highly sought after items on offer including signed and framed memorabilia from Steve Smith and Shane Warne, Hayden Kerr’s helmet, a mini bat signed by Arthur Morris and more.
For those who couldn’t attend on the day, the club also arranged for ‘virtual’ seats to be purchased, helping to add to the final tally.
Club member and organiser, Carly Kidd, said it was great to see so many people come out to support the club’s initiative,
which in turn will go towards helping the many families dealing with breast cancer across the country.
“Not only does our Pink Stumps Day aim to raise much needed funds for the McGrath Foundation, it brings us all
closer together as club,” Kidd said.
“It’s a day to build bonds with other players, make new friendships and ultimately strengthen our unity as a club, which is a wonderful outcome.”
Central Coast Cricket Chairman Garry Burkinshaw praised the club for its efforts.
“The Lisarow Ourimbah Cricket Club should be very proud of (its) Pink Stumps Day, and the tremendous amount raised,” he said.
“It is a credit to everyone who helped to organise such a special occasion.”
Source: Media release, Jan 30 Central Coast Cricket
Wyong Hospital Auxiliary recently donated a lifesaving medical device to Wyong Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED).
The LUCAS Chest Compression System delivers consistent and effective automatic chest compressions during active CPR in the case of
a cardiac arrest.
ED Director, Dr Anne Walton, said the hospital was extremely grateful for the donation worth more than $18,000, which would have a hugely positive impact on patients and staff.
“This device … has a lot of benefits,” Walton said.
“The LUCAS Chest Compression System allows
our clinicians to free up their hands to perform other crucial tasks and make critical decisions for the patient during resuscitation.
“It also creates a calm environment and eliminates physical strain and exhaustion on staff when performing CPR for extended periods.”
Wyong Hospital Auxiliary is looking for new members who
are willing and available to help out with a wide range of fundraising activities for the hospital.
If you are interested call Carol Ferguson on 0404 044 399 or Ann Hewitt-Davies on 0409 915 633.
Source: Media release, Feb 3 Wyong Hospital Auxiliary
TAFE NSW Wyong is helping build the Central Coast’s nursing workforce of the future as part of a landmark partnership with Australia’s largest private hospital operator, Ramsay Health Care.
It comes as the nation’s nursing ranks face a skills gap worsened by the pandemic, with the Health Department predicting a shortfall of about 85,000 nurses nationwide by 2025.
The recently launched Ramsay Cadetship Program will support enrolled nursing students by giving TAFE NSW Wyong Diploma of Nursing students guaranteed work placement, the opportunity for employment while studying and a guaranteed interview for a position at a local Ramsay hospital after graduating.
TAFE NSW Nursing Discipline Leader, Zachary Byfield, said
the partnership provided a powerful example of how Australia’s largest vocational education and training provider worked closely with industry to address critical workforce needs.
“The pandemic has reinforced the vital role our nurses play in our communities and TAFE NSW is committed to ensuring a steady pipeline of nursing graduates across the state,” he said.
“This partnership ensures TAFE NSW nursing students become part of the Ramsay workforce while still studying and gives them a practical experience of their course material.”
The partnership also ensures Wyong TAFE students are given a mentor during work placement and work across a number of wards and departments, affording them a deeper understanding of
Ramsay’s culture, policies and practices.
Cadets have the opportunity of a job within a Ramsay hospital while they study as well as receiving a guaranteed graduate interview when they
finish their course.
Positions on offer for cadets include assistants in nursing and undergraduate enrolled nurse or registered nurse or midwifery roles in a range of areas including operating
suites, maternity, mental health, cardiac and rehabilitation services.
Ramsay Health Care Chief Nurse and Clinical Services Director, Dr Bernadette Eather, said the national cadetship
program would help develop leading nurses of the future.
“Ramsay Health Care has a wonderful relationship with TAFE NSW and we’re excited to take this a step further by offering cadetship places to TAFE NSW Diploma of Nursing students,” she said.
“The cadets will gain valuable experience and genuine insight into what it’s like working in the healthcare industry as a nurse.
“They will get to partner with experienced Ramsay Health Care nurses who are committed to providing excellent health care for their patients.
“Best of all, they will become part of the Ramsay family and be surrounded by a team committed to helping them grow their skills and excel in their nursing careers,” Dr Eather said.
Source: Media release, Feb 6 TAFE NSW
Local Central Coast cancer charity Crestani Scholarships has continued to expand with the help of its supporters and awarded13 new scholarships during the 2022 Year.
Since its inception by Yvonne Crestani in 2007, The Crestani Foundation has provided a total of 52 scholarships to health professionals and students for research and studies into better outcomes for cancer patients.
In November, the Foundation announced a new partnership with the Mid-North Coast Cancer Institute in Port Macquarie, awarding two scholarships to radiation therapists.
In December at its annual awards night hosted by the University of Newcastle Central Coast Clinical School and supported by the Central Coast
Research Institute, the Foundation awarded a third scholarship to a radiation therapist, five scholarships to radiation therapy students at
the University of Newcastle and, for the first time, scholarships to medical students with a focus on cancer care, also at the University of
Newcastle.
In total,eight new Scholarships were awarded on the night. The Foundation also
announced the Inaugural Crestani Foundation Scholarship in Oncology Nursing, to be awarded in 2023.
Speaking at the Awards Night were Professor Nicholas Goodwin and Dr Michael Bourke from the Central Coast Research Institute, who are in talks with Crestani Scholarships to support future research efforts on the Central Coast. Bourke emphasised that funding of projects such as summer scholarships for research in ethics applications and in protocol writing would be key future areas of focus between his biomedical team and the Crestani Foundation. Crestani Scholarships will hold a Rock the Garden fundraiser at Gosford Regional Gallery and Japanese Gardens from 5-7pm on Sunday, February 12, featuring Lucky Starr and Roland Storm. Details are available on 0416 241 110.
Source: Media release, Feb 7 Crestani Scholarships
It’s almost the end of summer but it’s still a good time to take garden cuttings to create new plants.
While you can take cuttings right throughout the year, there are preferred times and ways to do this to make sure you end up with healthy, happy new plants.
Right now, is a good time to take semi-ripe cuttings.
This means the base is hard and the tip is soft of your cuttings.
A small selection of examples of the plants that you could take such cuttings from at this time include: Evergreen shrubs, Boxwood (Buxus), Butterfly Bush (Buddleia), Coleus ( Soenostemon), Cherry Laurel (Lauraceae), Bay (Laurus nobilis), Thyme (Thymus vulgaris), Viburnum (Viburnum), Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus), Geranium (Pelagonium spp.), Fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica), Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis); Gardenia (Gardenia spp.), Ivy (Hedera) , Mock Orange (Philadelphus) and Star Jasmin (Trachelospermum).
When obtaining cuttings, most are taken from the stem just below a node.
These joints in a ‘nodal cutting’ hold a lot of vascular tissue and so the formation of roots is far more likely.
Other methods include ‘heal cutting’ which involves pulling away side shoots so that some of the bark from the main stem comes away with it, ‘wounding’ a cutting by scraping away a section of the bark to expose the inner tissue and ‘callusing’ which is also a form of wounding in which a callus is encouraged to form from a scraped stem.
Root Hormone
To help your baby cutting along, you can apply a root hormone.
There are commercial preparations out there but I’m a fan of organic homemade so here are a couple of my recipes: Add one generous tablespoon of organic honey to 2 cups of boiling water and stir well.
Once it drops to room temperature it is ready.
Dip cutting end into the mixture and then plant in a
seed and cutting soil raising mix.
Another recipe I have not tried as yet involves boiling 1.5 litres of water and then once cooled adding a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar.
Use the same way as the honey mixture.
I have also tried dipping hardwood cuttings into Vegemite and had success as well.
As strange as it sounds it’s probably the Vit B boost that creates the magic!
Many cuttings can be started in a clear jar of water that sits in filtered light and seeds can be put straight into ordinary garden soil or a potting mix but planting straight into a speciality cutting and seed raising medium gives most plants the best beginning and makes transplanting into your garden or larger pots easier down the track.
Propagation mixes need to provide aeration, excellent drainage, and support.
Although bagged commercial
Vertical Succulent Garden Workshop, Buff Point - Sunday 12th or 19th February from 1 – 2:30pm
Learn to make your own succulent vertical garden to hang on the wall or give to someone special. $89 includes the planter and all the succulents you will need to make your succulent picture. Jenny has exhibited her succulent vertical gardens at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. She will guide you to create something beautiful.
To Book: artofsucculents.com/book-online
Free Wicking Bed Workshop (online) - Wednesday 22 February from 6:30pm
As part of the National Sustainability Join Adam Grubb from Very Edible Gardens for an informative hour while learning how wicking beds work, if they are right for you, how to make them, and how to look after them for super veggie abundance.
Book now: veryediblegardens.com.au/events/
Woy Woy Produce Swap - 26th February from 10 – 11am at Woy Woy Peninsula Community Garden. 85 -87 Moana Street, Woy Woy
It is a very casual affair and nobody keeps score. By bringing your produce you are saying that you are happy for other swappers to take what they need because it is excess to your needs. It is simply a way of sharing the food you have grown with the fellow growers in your neighbourhood and a great way to meet local gardeners.
This week you could plant: culinary herbs, beans (dwarf), beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbages, carrot, cauliflower, celery, chicory, cress, endive, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mustard, onions (spring), parsnips, peas, potatoes (tubers), radishes, rhubarb (crowns), salsify, shallots, silverbeet, spinach, turnips, alyssum, calendula, candytuft, Canterbury bells, cineraria, coneflower, delphinium, dianthus, everlasting daisy, forget-me-not, foxglove, godetia, gypsophila, hollyhock, honesty, larkspur, linaria, lobelia, lupin, nasturtium, nigella, pansy, poppy (Iceland), primula, statice, stock, verbena, vinca, viola, wallflower
Cheralyn Darcey is a horticulture author and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 - 10am live every Saturday on CoastFM96.3, on air locally or streaming by asking ‘play coastfm963’
Archived articles: florasphere.com
Send your gardening questions, events, and news to: gardeningcentralcoast@gmail.com
mixtures can be purchased, a good example of a homemade mix is: 2 parts coir peat, 2 parts compost and 1 part course river sand.
For these beauties, you will find good results using a propagation sand but propagation soil mixed in with additional propagation sand will help.
The aim is to have a well aerated medium.
Take the cuttings as outlined above but be prepared to wait a little longer for growth to occur.
You need to select plants that are in their growth period, not dormant for cuttings to be successful.
There are so many that fit this category but three worth noting are any of the Dwarf Gums, Native Frangipani (Hymenopsporum flavum), Ivory Curl Tree (Buckinghamia celsissima).
My advice? Go out into the garden and if it is happily enjoying new growth now, it is fit for cutting!
An extra tip: if the stem bends to 60 degrees easily and springs back quickly, then it is ready to become your cutting.
Rachel Okell from Our Green Sanctuary, a local home garden and plant styling expert shares with us her method to successful houseplant cutting propagation.
“The first thing that you want to do is to choose your healthiest plants to take cuttings from”, Rachel adds that we need to make sure these plants are not affected by pests or diseases.
Secondly, ensure that tools are clean and sharp.
She suggests using secateurs or garden snips.
“They must be clean to avoid contamination of plants with disease or bacteria.” When planning to propagate, be aware that not all plants are suitable candidates to take cuttings from.
Check individual species with an in-depth gardening book that includes propagation tips or ask your local nursery.
I highly recommended the book ‘Making More Plants’ by Ken Druse for not only cutting advice but all forms of propagation information.
Rachel then suggests that your cutting be no more than 10cm in length and that at least one node is present.
This will be a slightly raised bump on the stem and it is where the roots will form.
For the best result, no more than three leaves must remain on the cutting.
“You want the cutting to direct as much energy as possible to forming roots, not sustaining leaves.” Pop the cutting into either water or damp perlite or sphagnum moss.
If using water, only have one cutting in each vessel and change water weekly.
You should see roots form in 2 to 4 weeks.
Rachel shares that houseplant cuttings are best taken during active growing periods and these are found outside of the winter months.
For more great houseplant tips and local advice from Rachel: ourgreensanctuary. com
Growing
up 2 metres tall. A great accent plant to accentuate the tropical look.CHERALYN DARCEY
SAILING
In the lead-up to the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix set to take place on Sydney Harbour on February 1819, members of The Australia SailGP team popped in to Gosford Sailing Club recently to share some tips and show off the SailGP Championship trophy.
Gosford was the second stop in a two-week regional Championship Trophy Tour being led by Season 2 winners, the Australia SailGP Team, to inspire the next generation of young sailors.
Crew members and Olympic silver medallists Jason Waterhouse and Nina Curtis conducted a training session with the club’s youth sailors and hosted a Q&A for club members.
Curtis and Waterhouse even challenged the young sailors in a sprint race, providing quite the spectacle for the large crowd in attendance.
Central Coast sailor and CEO of the Australia SailGP Team, Tom Slingsby, also made a guest appearance.
Waterhouse, who is the flight controller for the Australia Team said the support received since SailGP launched has
been incredible.
“Last year’s race in Sydney, where we came out on top, is one of the greatest memories I have,” he said.
“It’s important for us to repay this support and hopefully showcase the beauty of the competition and inspire the next generation.”
SailGP’s Inspire global community and education outreach initiative aims to build a sustainable sport and play a leading role in diversifying sailing.
Its goal is to provide equal, life-changing opportunities for young sailors and new career
pathways for all without gender, race or socioeconomic background presenting a barrier to entry.
With gender equity at its heart, Inspire’s Women’s Pathway Program ensures the best athletes have equal opportunity to compete on the F50s.
Curtis joined the Australia SailGP Team in Season 2 as a strategist, progressing through the Women’s Pathway Program onto the Flying Roo.
The two-times Australian Female Sailor of the Year made history as the first female athlete to win a SailGP event, in Cadiz in 2021, before helping
the Aussies clinch the Season 2 Championship by winning the Grand Final in San Francisco.
“It was a great experience meeting the young sailors – no doubt some of them will be jostling for our spots in a few years’ time,” she said.
“Clubs like Gosford are the lifeblood of our sport so it’s important that we do what we can to both support them (and) demonstrate how a bit of talent, hard work and belief can lead to incredible experiences as a sailor.”
Defending champion Australia, currently sitting atop the leaderboard, will compete against Canada, Denmark,
France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and the USA at the Sydney event, promising high speed, high-tech and high-drama adrenaline-fuelled racing.
Driver Tom Slingsby’s Australia Team will be aiming to extend its lead at the top of the table on its way to a potential third straight championship victory.
Tickets for fan experiences at the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney are available through SailGP.com/Sydney.
Primary Source: Media release, Feb 5, 2023 Gosford Sailing Club
RUGBY LEAGUE
Wyong Leagues Group has entered into an agreement with Central Coast Football as their major community sponsor.
Central Coast Football CEO, Alex Burgin said the new partnership would help support the establishment of community leadership and club development programs throughout the 2023 season.
“We are delighted to welcome Wyong Leagues Group into the Central Coast Football family, not only as a partner but also as supporter of our community,” he said.
“The partnership announced on Tuesday will contribute to our 2023 goals of enhancing the quality and expanding the scope of both our on and off field programs and initiatives.”
With Wyong Leagues Group already supporting a number of Central Coast Football Clubs, the partnership will also see the establishment of weekly player of the match awards for Battlewin Premiership League and Women’s Premiership
League First Grade matches.
“We are thrilled to be involved in a program that reaches so many within our community and Central Coast Football is a
very natural addition to our existing commitment to community sport,” said Wyong Leagues Group Sponsorship Manager, Brock Molan.
RUGBY
The Lakes Rugby Club hosted its ninth annual Sevens By The Sea tournament on Saturday, February 4, at Slade Park, Budgewoi, with Avoca taking the two major wins of the day.
This year was the biggest ever tournament, with 16 senior men’s teams and eight women’s teams competing for
more than $6,000 in prize money and the chance to claim the Arthur “Loopy” Wilson memorial trophy in a big day of Rugby 7’s.
Teams came from far and wide for the day with most Central Coast Rugby Clubs involved, along with teams from Hunter Rugby, Sydney Sub-Districts and Kiama (2022 winners).
There were 24 teams in total on the day, with around 340
players.
Games started at 7.45am and finished after the men’s final at 6pm with 47 games all-up including the finals.
The women’s division semifinals saw Terrigal beat the The Lakes and Avoca defeat Briars to claim a finals spot.
The men’s semi finals saw a close battle between The Lakes and Merewether result in a win for Merewether following extra
time and Avoca defeat last year’s winners, Kiama, to earn a finals berth.
The women’s final saw Avoca take the win over Terrigal 2817, and Avoca won the men’s final against Merewether 12-5.
It was the first time Avoca claimed winner trophies at the Sevens By The Sea tournament and the first time any club has won both the men’s and women’s titles in the same year.
Major sponsor Bendigo Community Bank, Wyong Branch, provided a grant of $3,000, which paid for shirts gifted to referees, officials and volunteers and helped towards the total prize money.
Mexicoast Cantina at Toukley donated dinner vouchers for the men’s and women’s players of the day and to the referees who officiated both finals games and My Sports Tape donated sports bags and free
strapping tape vouchers to men’s and women’s champions. Next year will see the 10th Anniversary of the tournament in what has become a signature event on not only the Central Coast Rugby calendar, but the Central Coast sporting calendar as well.
Source: Media release, Feb 6 Sevens by the Sea
OCEAN SWIMMING
Terrigal Surf Club will hold its annual 1km and 2km Ocean Swim on Easter Saturday (April 8), along with a new initiative, The Daffodil Dip, in partnership with Cancer Council NSW.
The 1km Ocean Swim will start at 9am, The Daffodil Dip at 9.30am and the 2km Swim will get underway as close to 10am as possible.
The Daffodil Dip will be a 400m swim out to Goldie, Terrigal’s well known yellow buoy, and back to shore.
The daffodil is recognised as the symbol of hope and all participants in the dip will receive a vintage yellow Daffodil Swim Cap as part of their registration.
Water safety measures will
be in place to ensure all swimmers are looked after and swimmers who would like to stay closer to shore are welcome to register and swim in the shallows and participate in the “ocean of hope” with their daffodil cap.
The full $35 registration fee for the Daffodil Dip will be donated to Cancer Council NSW and its work to help ensure nobody on the Central Coast faces a cancer diagnosis alone.
The registration fees for the 1km and 2km Ocean swim start are $30, with funds raised from both swims to assist the Surf Club in purchasing and maintaining vital equipment.
Both the 1km Ocean Swim and 400m Daffodil Dip are ideal for open water swimmers of all
abilities and ages, with the minimum age set at 10 yearsold for the 1km and 2km swims.
Younger participants can join the Daffodil Dip if accompanied by an adult.
The 2km Ocean Swim is more challenging and offers a chance for more experienced swimmers to race against our Masters Athlete and multiple record holder Paul Lemmon. This event is supported by Terrigal businesses Stone Real Estate, Skin Masters and Crowne Plaza and Breakers Wamberal.
Registration can be made at https://terrigalsurfclub.com. au/.
Central Coast mogul skier
Matt Graham has taken a gold medal at a World Cup event in Deer Valley, USA.
It is his first victory in the single moguls discipline since Calgary in 2017.
Deer Valley is a blue ribbon and World Cup event for mogul and aerial skiing.
CRICKET
Two big days of some very high standard cricket on the Central Coast over the weekend saw some exciting matches and several, extraordinary, individual highlights.
Terrigal Matcham Cricket Club’s Jack Swainston had a cracker in his second grade match on Saturday, February 4 with 9 for 15 off 7.2 overs, including 5 wickets in 5 balls – a triple hat trick.
The remarkable result came off the back of his 8/40 & 6/30 against Lisarow Ourimbah in December.
Separately, Angela Wark from Northern Power scored 73 off 30 balls, including 13 fours and 1 six, before retiring in the first grade comp – the biggest result of the week for the women.
In Day 1 of Round 8 of the
The Utah event is in its 25th edition and is held annually at the 2002 Olympic venue, the “Champion Run”.
Graham qualified for the finals in third place, and then stepped it up to score 81.27 in the first round of the finals and advance to the super-final medal round in first place. In the super-final, he put
down an incredible run to score a huge 85.35 on the steep and difficult course, finishing ahead of Mikael Kingsbury of Canada with 83.65 points and Frenchman Benjamin Cavet with 81.82 in third.
Fellow Aussie Jakara Anthony also scored a gold on the day, the second time an Australian pair has achieved victory on the same day, after Graham and
Britt Cox both scored gold on the same day in Calgary in 2017.
“It’s a surreal feeling,” silver Olympic medalist Graham, 28, said.
“I went back-to-back with Britt Cox in 2017 in Calgary, and now to get the back-toback wins with Jakara is super special.
“It was a tough long day; the course was eating people all day – I was just happy to find my line and rip it each run.
“I was having so much fun at Deer Valley.
“I love this event, had my first ever win here in 2016, so it’s good to be back up here and stand on top of the podium.”
The victory is the fourth of
Graham’s career and his 20th World Cup podium.
It sees Graham move into third on the standings with 276 points, with Canadian Kingsbury in the lead with 440.
Source: Media release, Feb 4 Olympic Winter Institute of Australia
the Glenn Rowlands Shield will feature: Kincumber vs Warnervale and The Entrance vs Terrigal with the grand final to be held on Sunday, February 19.
Round 5 of the Over 40s Masters comp also had plenty of action with: Kincumber Avoca 2/81 defeating Southern Spirit 80; Terrigal Matcham 95 defeated by Narara Wyoming 1/98; Warnervale 118 defeated by Wyong 9/167; Lisarow Ourimbah 213 defeating Brisbane Water all out for 66 in just 19.2 overs.
Diggers The Entrance Male First Grade, Southern Spirit finished 9/213 at stumps with Northern Power still to bat.
Terrigal Matcham 2/167 took first innings points over Warnervale, all out for 96.
The Entrance was all out for 282, Brisbane Water 0/4.
Kincumber Avoca was 167; in
reply Lisarow Ourimbah on 4/81.
Scores for the Narara Wyoming v Wyong match are as yet unavailable.
In the women’s ibis Styles The Entrance first grade comp: Terrigal Matcham 1/39 defeated Narara Wyoming all out for 38; Wyong 109 went
down to Northern Power 2/110; and Lisarow Ourimbah 3/164 defeated Kincumber Avoca all out for 49.
In the last round before semis, the Glenn Rowlands Shield finished like this; Southern Spirit all out for 63, defeated by Terrigal Matcham 2/64 in 6.5 overs; Narara Wyoming all out
for 80, beaten in 14.3 overs by Kincumber Avoca 3/82; Brisbane Water all out for 133 defeated by Lisarow Ourimbah 5/134; The Entrance 7/325 defeated Wyong 125; Northern Power all out for 132, defeated by Warnervale 160.
The semi-finals, to be held next Sunday, February 12, for
The semi finals for Over 40s Masters, to be held Sunday, February 12, will see Narara vs Wyong and The Entrance vs Kincumber with the grand final to be played on Sunday, February 19.
Source: Media release, Feb 6 Central Coast Cricket