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Optus network puts the Coast on hold

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A national Optus network outage on Wednesday, November 8, left thousands of Central Coast customers without access to their phones, online banking and other services for hours and put many businesses in the deep freeze.

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With thousands of Coasties expected to attend Remembrance Day services on Saturday, November 11, Doyalson-Wyee RSL Sub-branch President Bob Dokter says it is time to clear-up some misconceptions around just who qualifies as a veteran.

Held on November 11 every year, Remembrance Day acknowledges those who have died while serving in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.

“Most people think veterans are those defence force personnel who have served in the two world wars, while others use the term to identify people over a certain age,” Dokerty said.

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“The Australian Veterans’ Recognition (Putting Veterans and their Families First) Act 2019 cites a veteran as ‘a person who has served, or is serving, as a member of the Permanent Forces or as a member of the Reserves’. “This change was brought about due to the varying nature of day-to-day operations that the Australian Defence Force now undertakes and has undertaken.

“As Remembrance Day approaches and we acknowledge those who have gone before us, we should also acknowledge those veterans who have served or are still serving our country.”

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Celebrating 20,000 online articles while battling the shadows

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Coast Community News has reached a significant milestone by publishing its 20,000th online article, a remarkable achievement in the realm of local journalism.

However, the joy of this accomplishment was clouded by a recent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that left readers in the dark.

The double irony is that tens of thousands of local Optus customers had their entire internet and mobile networks disrupted this week too, leaving them floundering in our digital world, desperate for timely accurate information.

The fact that a platform dedicated to shedding light on community matters itself became a victim of darkness underscores the importance of local journalism and the

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challenges it faces in today’s digital age.

For two decades, Central Coast Newspapers has been a beacon of information, connecting communities across the Central Coast using traditional print newspapers, online news websites, social media and radio.

From covering local events and stories to promoting community initiatives, it has played a vital role in bridging the gap between people and the issues that affect their lives.

Reaching the milestone of 20,000 online articles is a testament to the dedication of the newsroom, the support of the community and an unwavering commitment to the values of quality journalism.

It signifies the power of a free press in a democratic society and the significance of preserving and sharing the stories that shape our local identity.

Yet, even as we celebrate this achievement, we must confront the harsh realities of the digital landscape.

The recent Optus outage and our own DDoS attack, which temporarily crippled our website, serves as a reminder that the pursuit of truth and community service is not without its challenges.

Such events disrupt the vital flow of information, leaving locals in the dark when they need it most.

These incidents underscore the importance of safeguarding the platforms that serve as the lifeblood of local communities.

It is a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities local news outlets face in an age where disinformation and cyber threats are rampant.

In this context, it becomes imperative to both support the growth and resilience of local journalism and the networks that deliver the

news in a timely manner.

As Coast Community News emerges from this attack, we are reminded of the strength that is born out of adversity.

We call upon the community to stand by its local news outlets, not just in times of celebration but also when they face adversity.

The 20,000th online article represents a testament to the enduring spirit of local journalism.

Let it also be a rallying cry for the community to protect and support the truth-tellers, the record-keepers and the champions of their stories.

Fortunately for our 60,000 plus local newsprint readers we have a reliable old fashioned way of getting local stories and information out to the community.

David Abrahams, Managing Editor

Pat and Nev celebrate 70th anniversary

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at a jewellery wholesalers until she also retired.

They then spent some time at Port Macquarie before moving to Belmont and now live at Arcare, Kanwal.

Nev had been a keen cricketer and surf club member and Pat a loving mother, homemaker and avid gardener.

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They have 10 loving grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Joining the 70th anniversary family lunch were Pat’s older brother and his wife who had travelled from Queensland for the occasion.

Pat and Nev are both 93 years old and still enjoy every moment they have together.

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Peninsula Plaza has its say on Austin Butler sale The managing agents for Peninsula Plaza have outlined benefits to shoppers and residents if Council were to sell part of Austin Butler Reserve to the shopping centre with public submissions on the issue set to close on November 13.

The proposed sale has been a point of contention for months and was put on hold following community backlash, with Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart putting the matter out for public consultation.

Residents are now faced with two options: retaining the land under Council ownership or selling it to Peninsula Plaza with the proceeds of the sale to be used for a greening program on the Peninsula.

Resident groups have been

vocal in insisting the community should retain the entire treed reserve.

But Peter O’Donnell, a director of Krulis Commercial, managing agents for Peninsula Plaza, says the reserve is little used.

“The interface between the trucks and pedestrians may have been acceptable 25 years ago but it is not now,” he said.

“There is an ageing population, with trucks having to enter right through where people are walking in and out of the centre (from Blackwall Rd and the carpark).”

The trucks then have to manouevre in the carpark to reverse into the loading dock, he said.

“While they are reversing and actually in the loading dock, the carpark is completely blocked, with traffic banking up,” he said.

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O’Donnell said a suggestion which had been mooted of adding an upper level to the existing carpark “wouldn’t change anything”.

Trucks would still have the same access problems, he said.

“The first thing we would do

(if we were to buy the land) would be to make the access road by the canal an access road for the trucks so they could avoid the entrance to the shopping centre altogether,” O’Donnell said.

He said the existing canal access did not offer enough space for trucks to manouevre

and reverse into the loading dock, a situation which would be addressed with land purchased to allow extra room.

“Other things we would do could include creating some more parking spaces for the centre,” he said.

O’Donnell said Austin Butler

Reserve had presented the shopping centre with “enormous problems” over the years.

“No one actually uses this park, but we have had issues with the less fortunate using various substances in there,” he said.

“A children’s playground was removed from the reserve because of fears around needles and harassment.

“The police have been called (on several occasions).

“We are not talking about a high-grade reserve.”

O’Donnell reminded residents that Council had pledged to provide 8,500 trees for a greening program on the Peninsula with the proceeds of any sale of part of Austin Butler Reserve.

Terry Collins

Controversy continues over off-leash dog area Central Coast Council will consider a recommendation from the Coastal Open Spaces System (COSS) advisory committee regarding the off-leash dog area at Pippi Point, Davistown, despite the efforts of a community group to have it discounted.

The advisory committee has asked Council to consider a number of recommendations including the decommissioning of the Illoura Reserve as an offleash dog area in its role as the designated advisory committee on all matters relating to strategic biodiversity conservation land management for the region.

The recommendations were made in response to the revised draft Dogs in Open Space Action Plan, which was on public submission until September 30.

The committee noted that the area had been identified as a threatened species habitat for the Eastern Curlew, Bush Stone Curlew, Pied Oystercatcher, Bar Tailed Godwit and Grey Headed Flying Fox. It said decommissioning was recommended because dog

behaviour within the off-leash dog exercise area “will impact on foraging time or foraging efficiency of shorebirds including these threatened species whilst also potentially impacting breeding cycles”.

But Central Coast Beach Access Reform Coalition (CCBARC), a not-for-profit organisation representing dog owners, said the committee’s recommendations should have been struck off the October 31 meeting agenda.

CCBARC says the COSS advisory committee has no grounds for even considering the issue of the Davistown offleash area (OLA).

It says Pippi Point OLA has not been identified as a threatened species habitat, let alone for the species listed.

“The evidence for this is in the actual content of all five ecological reports done on Pippi Point since 2010, as well as for records going back 46 years,” CCBARC said in a letter to Council prior to the meeting.

It also disputes that the area is a foraging, roosting or nesting habitat.

“The Eastern Curlew and Bar

Dog owners have held several meetings on site agitating for the retention of the off-leash area

Tailed Godwit are both migratory birds that visit for only a portion of each year and, together with local Pied Oyerstercatchers, forage on mudflats only at low tide,” the letter said.

“The mudflats are out on the water.

“The OLA is on land; the two do not mix.

“They do not forage in the OLA. “Even Bush Stone-curlews are not recorded as naturally foraging in the OLA. “In fact, they should not forage in the OLA because Council sprays it with the toxic herbicide, Stadium Tur. “(They) occasionally forage at

night near the Lintern St Wharf about 400-500m away from the OLA. “Dogs are not exercised at night as there is no artificial lighting.”

The letter said the Grey Headed Flying Fox was simply recorded as flying overhead.

The COSS committee’s recommendations were made following its September meeting where members listened to a presentation from a Council staffer.

The Chair asked for confirmation on the vulnerable species referenced in the presentation and whether or not they were directly observed or was it just that the potential

habitat was identified.

The Minutes of the meeting show Council staff confirmed that they were observed in the 2023 study area.

CCBARC contends that maps of the observed species show they are not in the OLA. It asked Administrator Rik Hart to recognise that the advisory committee had no grounds for making its recommendations.

But Hart told the Council meeting that committees make recommendations only, and the COSS advisory committee submission would be considered along with all others.

Director Alice Howe confirmed the committee has the right to make a submission.

CCBARC created a petition to save Pippi Park for the dog owners in the area who use it as a beloved off-leash area, with Federal Member for Robertson Gordon Reid speaking about the issue in Parliament on October 18.

“Since the petition was created on change.org on July 4, it has received 3,309 signatures to date – an

impressive feat,” he said.

“I would like to acknowledge the work of Johny Row and the Save Pippi Point team who are: Jenny McCulla, Rosalind Bonser, Trish Bourke, Rachel Robertson, Charmaine Bright, Brett Sims, Paula Baxter, Vibi Mitchell and Monique Roy.” He thanked them for their invaluable work for the community, organising the petition and enabling the community’s voice to be heard and assisting people to make a submission during the consultation process.

“The Save Pippi Point team also fundraised to commission an independent review, by an environmental consultant, of the environmental assessment that was used by Council when developing this new strategy,” Reid said. ” I commend the Save Pippi Point campaign’s advocacy on behalf of their community and I encourage, and I say it again, I encourage the Central Coast Council administration to work with the Davistown community to reach the best outcome for all.”

Merilyn Vale

The Coast gets set to remember From page 1 The Sub-branch will hold a Remembrance Day ceremony on Saturday, November 11, at 10.45am at the DoyalsonWyee RSL Club (Doylo).

Wreath laying by members of the public is welcome.

At Toukley, the Remembrance Day Service will commence at

10.45am at the Cenotaph in Main Rd. Master of ceremonies will by Toukley RSL President Ian Collier and participants will include 236 Army Cadets, the Warnervale Public School Choir and Toukley RSL Pipes and Drums.

At Davistown RSL, there will be an 11am service at the

Remembrance Wall.

At Ourimbah RSL, a service will be held at 10.45am in the bowling green in the club grounds.

Students from Lisarow High and Ourimbah Public schools will attend, along with Erina Air Cadets with Rev Hilary Wong offering the prayer.

Other Remembrance Day services on November 11 will be held at: 10.30am in Gosford Memorial Park; 10.50am at both Terrigal Beach and the Breakers Club; 10.40am in the grounds of Club Wyong; 11am at Memorial Park, The Entrance; 11am at Memorial Park, Woy Woy; and 11am on the Copacabana waterfront.

A previous Remembrance Day service at The Entrance

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Bateau Bay stairs to be rebuilt In a major win for the community, the stairs from Bateau Bay Rd to Blue Lagoon Reserve are to be replaced.

Central Coast Council said the new stairs would be funded under the Crown Land Improvement Fund.

Member for The Entrance David Mehan and concerned residents were outraged when Council demolished the existing stairs in early September without any community consultation, deeming them dangerous and at the end of their useful life.

The community quickly rallied and organised a petition asking for Council to urgently fund and rebuild the stairs, noting that the alternative access via Blue Lagoon Beach Resort is inadequate.

On October 29, a gathering organised by the Save Our Stairs Committee at the Reserve showed an overwhelming interest of support by the local community for the return of the stairs.

An on-site meeting

Member for The Entrance David Mehan, Council Administrator Rik Hart and residents at the site of the old stairs

subsequently organised by the Committee between Central Coast Council and interested parties was held on November 6 to discuss the best way forward.

A Council spokesperson said the community was advised prior to demolition via social media that the stairs would need to be removed for public safety.

“As the stairs were not registered as a Council asset, Council does not have a budget to replace them, as would normally be the case for Council assets,” the spokesperson said.

“Following community representations, Council has been seeking suitable grant funding streams to replace the stairs.

“The Crown Land Improvement Fund has been identified as a suitable grant fund, as it can fund the full cost of replacement and is targeted funding for Crown land.

“Council welcomes the opportunity to work constructively with the Member for the Entrance, Blue Lagoon Beach Resort and local community members to

address this legacy issue.”

Member for The Entrance David Mehan said the Bateau Bay community should not be under-estimated.

“The decision of Council to remove the stairs without consultation was a complete disappointment and disregard for the community,” he said.

“I commend the Bateau Bay

community and the Save our Stairs Committee who rallied together to present a petition to Council with more than 1,800 signatures … to have the voice of the community heard and the stairs returned.

“Fortunately, Council has now agreed to reinstate the closedoff stairs on the beach side of the Reserve and intends to replace them as soon as possible.

“I wish them every success in their application for funding.”

Save our Stairs Committee member Judy Townsend said the committee was grateful to the community for its incredible support for the petition and the hundreds of people who turned up for a community aerial photo and the recording of heartfelt stories of the Reserves use.

“It obviously prompted our Council to put in a solid submission under the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund to gain funding to return our stairs,” she said.

Terry Collins

Council debt continues to shrink The debt continues to reduce at Central Coast Council with the end of financial year figures for 2022-23 showing a combined long-term borrowings and short term loans totalling $285.6M. This is made up of $104M in current borrowings and $181.6M in longer term loans.

Council is on track to pay off an emergency loan of $100M

at the end of this calendar year.

In December 2020, the newly installed administrator Dick Persson and his then acting CEO Rik Hart signed up for two emergency loans, one for $50m and one for $100M, to get the Council through its cash flow crisis.

The $50M is also earmarked for an early repayment in a couple of years’ time.

The yearly financial report

shows that Council’s total liability is $570M which includes the borrowings plus contract and lease liabilities (about $45M); payables of $88M and employee provisions of $58M; and other provisions of about $91M. Council’s final 2022-2023 financial year results were presented at the October 31 Council meeting.

Administrator Rik Hart said it

showed that Council had sustained its stable financial position for a second consecutive year.

“The NSW Audit Office conducted their formal review of Council’s consolidated financial statements and provided Council with an unqualified opinion – which means a ‘clean report’ was provided for Central Coast Council’s finances for

FY22-23,” he said.

Council’s audited consolidated operating budget result showed a surplus of $35M. Hart said this was a year-end result within the range one would expect from an organisation of Council’s size.

“Council’s audited financial results instil further confidence that Central Coast Council will be in a good position for an

elected body to take back the reins in September 2024,” Hart said.

Council had investments and cash to the value of $760.5M at the end of the financial year.

See more about the 2022-23 financial report in last week’s article: coastcommunitynews. com.au/central-coast/news /2023/11/council-financesare-looking-good Merilyn Vale

Jean gets set to turn 100 It was 1942, Jean Jackson’s 18th birthday and a day she will never forget.

During her lunch hour, a young Jean paid a visit to a nearby recruiting office and signed-up there and then on the spot with the Australian Air Force.

“It was 1942, during the war, and things were getting tight,” Jackson recalled.

“People wanted to do what they could to help.

“I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do, so I joined the Air Force, I thought the Army might be a bit too rough for me, playing with guns and things.”

So, after enlisting on May 2, 1942, she went on to serve until she was discharged on December 12, 1945.

Now, on the eve of her 100th birthday, Jackson said those

years were a highlight.

“The war years were exacting, we were very disciplined,” she said.

At the start of her service with the RAAF, Jackson spent most of her time in the stationery department, climbing up and down ladders before an opportunity arose to show training films to young pilots.

“So, I became a cinematographic operator, and it was very interesting,” she said.

“I learnt a lot, but I’ve forgotten just as much.”

A recent highlight for Jackson was presenting a wreath and heading-up the Anzac Day parade in a vintage Jeep this past Anzac Day at Ipswich RSL. She was also invited on to Amberley RAAF Base, near Brisbane, for a special private tour as she was based there during the war.

From left: Jean Jackson served in the RAAF for three years; Jean Jackson presented a wreath at Ipswich RSL on Anzac Day

After Jackson was discharged, she went on to study to become a preschool teacher, a profession she worked in for many years.

She married and had two

children before retiring to Wagstaffe in 1994.

“There are so many things you look back on, what you did with your life, and I think I was very fortunate,” she said.

Despite macular degeneration robbing her of her eyesight more than a decade ago, Jackson said enjoying life was key to longevity.

“I think we all need to keep

fit,” she said.

“I do Pilates, and I do it properly, I don’t muck around.

“You’ve also got to keep doing things with your brain.”

While there are some activities she can’t do anymore due to her blindness, Jackson said she still managed her life well.

“I think it depends on your attitude; you have to keep fit, keep your brain active, keep socialising and care for others.”

Plans to celebrate her 100th birthday on November 28 are well underway, although specific details are still secret.

“There’s a lot of whispering going on and a lot of people are excited,” she said.

“This is a very special community, a very caring and loving community, really, it’s like one big family.”

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Narara community battery switched on The community battery at Narara has been switched on at last.

It is the second battery to be delivered under the Federal Government’s Community Batteries for Household Solar program.

The 412-kilowatt-hour Narara battery, built by Ausgrid, will provide cleaner, cheaper energy and will help with energy reliability when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing.

One in three Australian homes now have rooftop solar, and investments in storage like the battery will allow more households in the area to access the cost-of-living benefits of household solar.

Recent analysis shows that households in NSW can save $1,015, or 48 per cent off their annual energy bills with rooftop solar – but they need a grid that can support reliable energy when the sun goes down.

Cheap solar energy doesn’t just benefit individual households but the whole energy market, with the 31 per cent growth in rooftop solar last quarter helping to deliver a 71 per cent reduction in wholesale prices in a year.

Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen did the honours by turning on the Narara battery on November 3.

“Delivering more storage like we’re doing today enables more households to reliably

At the official switching on (from left) Ausgrid CEO Marc England, Member for Robertson Gordon Reid, local indigenous artist Emily Peel and Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen

access the cost-of -living relief offered by solar,” he said.

“We committed to deploy 400 community batteries to help

households access cheaper, cleaner energy, and that’s exactly what we’re doing.

“Community batteries store

locally generated, clean, excess solar energy for later use, putting downward pressure on household

electricity costs and easing pressure on the grid.”

Federal Member for Roberston Gordon Reid said community batteries helped suburbs transition to renewable energy, reducing their carbon footprint and helping with the cost of energy.

This battery is the second of 58 batteries being delivered through the Business Grants Hub The remaining 342 community batteries will be overseen by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Source: Member for Robertson Gordon Reid

Hundreds of dead birds wash up on beaches The intense stormy and wet weather over the weekend of November 4-5 was the most likely reason for hundreds of birds washing up on beaches across the Central Coast.

Wildlife ARC (Animal Rescue and Care) Central Coast received many calls about the large number of birds; many sick or deceased.

It is a normal annual occurrence for Short-Tailed Shearwaters (Mutton birds) to be passing us now, migrating south to breed.

The birds are returning from

the Bering Sea near Alaska to breed in Victoria and Tasmania – a 10,000km migration taking three to four weeks, and it is an unfortunate but natural occurrence that some birds perish during the epic journey.

“It does happen every year, it’s just that we don’t notice it until there’s something significant that gets them all in a group like the storms did,” Wildlife ARC volunteer Sam Chatfield said.

This time bad weather has sent many to shore, with reports of the mutton birds being found on beaches from

One resident counted more than 100 dead birds on Avoca Beach

Coffs Harbour in the north to Shoalhaven Heads in the south.

One resident told CCN he had counted 135 dead birds at

Avoca Beach on Monday.

Wildlife ARC volunteers are on the ground across the Central Coast helping the birds.

Their advice is that if you come across these birds you can help by moving tired birds to a protected area to rest and dry off and healthy birds will continue migration.

Dying birds can be taken to a vet for euthanasia and dead birds can be left to be washed out to sea as the eco-system take its natural course.

Staff from Central Coast Council staff are also collecting deceased birds and rubbish washed-up on local beaches after the weekend storms.

The birds could also turn up in roads and driveways as

lights at night can be mistaken for the moon reflecting on water bodies.

If any of the birds you come across has a band, take note of the band number or get a clear picture, write down the date and location, and report it to the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme at www.dcceew.gov. au/science-research/bird-batbanding Wildlife ARC Central Coast can be contacted for assistance or advice on 4325 0666.

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New mural for Bateau Bay Skate Park A creative graphic mural was unveiled on the amenities block at Bateau Bay Skate Park on Saturday, October 28.

The Walls that Teach mural is the result of a local graffiti project which invited young people to learn about the impacts of graffiti vandalism, while developing their skills in alternative art styles such as

comic and graphic art.

It is the culmination of more than a year’s work involving Central Coast Council, PCYC, NSW Police, Bateau Bay Square, Sh8peshifters and young people.

More than 70 local youth aged between 10 and 18 were involved in the graphic novel development through workshops and the “after dark”

program at PCYC. Bateau Bay was chosen for the project due to the higher levels of graffiti tagging and vandalism in the area.

A Council spokesperson said artworks like this encouraged a sense of pride and Bateau Bay Skate Park was the perfect location for an uplifting bright artwork, created by talented local young people.

As part of the unveiling of the mural, four local teenagers were invited to create new contemporary artworks on stretched canvas on the day, while Council’s Youth Team offered participants a chance to paint skateboard decks in unique designs and spread the message about the types of services that Council offers younger residents.

At the unveiling (from left) Gabriel Curley, Arya and Alan Chen of Sh8peshifters, Knoa Casey Fernandez, Diana Ayoub of Sh8peshifters and Tara Clark

Optus network puts the Coast on hold A national Optus network outage on Wednesday, November 8, left Central Coast customers without access to their phones, online banking and other services for hours.

The outage effectively put commerce and communications in the deep freeze as many businesses were unable to transact business at all.

Chef Daniel from Fork and Knife Catering and Baker Street Restaurant in Gosford said it was an “absolute commercial

calamity”.

“We’re just one of thousands of businesses across the region who rely on Optus to supply our phones and payment network systems,” he said.

“This is going to make a significant dent in our bottom line and frankly it’s not good enough.”

It was during the early hours of Wednesday morning that Optus services went down, with the telecommunication company saying at midday it had yet to identify the root cause.

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said she wanted the media to get the company’s message out, saying to ABC radio: “We’re being clear with customers – it would be great if the media could continue to direct people to our website or to the MyOptus app, where it’s very clear what customers need to do.”

In response to questions regarding her customers’ inability to access the internet, she suggested alternative WiFi networks.

Federal Communications

Minister Michelle Rowland held a press conference at 11am to explain telecommunications back-up connectivity in two ways.

“Firstly, in terms of triple-0, and that protocol that goes into place when a mobile network is down or is unavailable for a device – there are mechanisms in place for another network to be camped on,” she said.

“But secondly, in terms of individual arrangements that the carriers might have with Telstra, with Optus, including Telstra and TPG, for example,

my office has been in touch with these carriers.”

Residents and businesses have long depended on telecommunications giants for their communication needs.

The outage raises questions about the robustness of these networks and their capacity to handle the ever-increasing demand for data and connectivity.

For the region’s businesses, institutions and individual customers the answers and solutions can’t come soon enough.

A robust national backup system must surely be on the agenda

inside

Telecommunications Minister Rowland’s offices after this outage.

As we went to press by 2pm some Optus services were slowly coming back on line and the root cause of the issue was subject

to

ongoing

investigations.

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Marine Rescue Terrigal reinstated as stand-alone unit Marine Rescue Terrigal is to be reinstated as a standalone unit, six years after it was amalgamated with the Central Cast unit based at Point Clare.

The Policy Advisory Committee to the State Rescue Board of NSW has endorsed the re-establishment of Terrigal as an accredited Marine Rescue NSW unit.

Marine Rescue NSW Hunter Central Coast Zone Duty Operations Manager, Inspector Steve Raymond, said the need for Terrigal to return to a unit in its own right had become evident.

“With Terrigal having favourable access to the ocean we felt it was important for boaters in the region that the unit was reinstated because of its offshore capability,” he said.

“The Terrigal base is positioned in a very important location; it has the most southern entry point to the ocean on the Central Coast and provides important offshore coverage between the Norah Head and Broken Bay units.

“With the Central Coast unit positioned on enclosed waterways, the endorsement for the re-establishment of the Terrigal unit provides boaters in

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Men’s shed grows The Green Point Broadland’s Men’s Shed now in its second year of operation, is set to expand with $7,030 in funding from the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Program used to cover the costs of pouring a concrete slab as part of the extensions.

It also covered the cost of a computer to assist members with administrative tasks.

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the area with reassurance that in the event they need assistance, Marine Rescue NSW has multiple units and assets that can respond.

“The Terrigal unit has 40 locally based volunteer members and a 10m Naiad rescue vessel with offshore capability up to 30 nautical miles ensuring swift deployment for rescue missions.”

Raymond said original Marine Rescue Terrigal members, Unit Commander Shaun Smith,

Deputy Unit Commander Darren Wright and Training Officer Adrian Nicholas had been instrumental in working with Marine Rescue NSW to see the rescue unit again become accredited.

“Shaun, Darren and Adrian supported the amalgamation with the Central Coast unit but with demand increasing for Terrigal to have its own rescue capability they have spent the past 18 months working to reestablish the unit,” he said.

“Their professionalism,

dedication and commitment to support neighbouring Marine Rescue NSW units and boaters in the region has been exceptional.

“The base membership at Terrigal has also been very helpful, along with the Central Coast unit.

“Central Coast Unit Commander Ian Morrow and members have been extremely supportive of the reformation of the Terrigal unit and without their assistance none of this would have been possible.

“Marine Rescue NSW is grateful for the endorsement given by the Policy Advisory Committee to the State Rescue Board that Marine Rescue Terrigal returns to being an accredited rescue unit.”

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Marine Rescue NSW had its busiest ever start to the boating season, with 386 search and rescue missions conducted statewide during October, 35 of them on the Central Coast.

One of the incidents involved a recreational fishing boat which suffered mechanical failure in difficult seas eight nautical miles (15kms) off Forresters Beach.

Crews from Marine Rescue Terrigal and Cottage Point returned the disabled vessel and the four persons on board safely to Parsley Bay on the Hawkesbury River.

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More time to have a say on land rezoning proposal In the wake of community reaction to its draft Deferred Matters Lands Planning Proposal, Central Coast Council has extended the exhibition period until November 15, with the Community Environment Network (CEN) urging residents to have their say.

CEN Chair Gary Chestnut says suggested rezonings would be the “beginning of the end” for the Coast’s green strength and liveability.

“The proposal to move 3,000ha of 7(a) land into the C3 zone and all the deferred 7(c2) land into the C4 zone basically takes a wrecking ball to the environmental, cultural and scenic values that characterise the southern half of the Central Coast,” he said.

CEN has put a submission guide on the proposed rezonings on its website and urged residents to use its analysis to write their own submission before the new cut-off date of November 15.

Council says the proposal

aims to incorporate deferred lands into the Central Coast Local Environment Plan 2022 (CCLEP 2022) assigning ‘like for like’ zoning and development standards based on the existing zones and environmental attributes of each land parcel.

This will result in the phasing out of historic planning instruments, which have applied to these lands for about 50 years and replace them with modern planning provisions that are consistent with those operating across the remainder of the Central Coast, it says.

But the CEN says differences in the way the former Gosford and Wyong councils interpreted and implemented the NSW Standard Instrument have been compounded, not resolved, by the creation of the CCLEP 2022.

“This has resulted in the proposed rezonings in the exhibited planning proposal not being like for like,” the CEN website says.

“This planning proposal would effectively rezone nearly

The deferred lands are all south of Ourimbah

3,000ha of former 7(a) Conservation land into C3 which is an expanded 7(c2) zone.

“It is misleading for Council to … call this process ‘like for like’.

“An increase in the number of land uses may increase the

monetary value of the land (but) the increase from five to 34 uses changes the character of the zone by allowing more and different types of development.

“It places more development pressure on the land and reduces the available

land left for biodiversity.

“Because Council proposes to rezone 3,000 ha of deferred 7(a) land to C3, it has then proposed to zone the 2,222ha of 7(c2) deferred lands (over 2,150 parcels of land) as C4.

7(c2) are aimed at promoting ecologically, socially and economically sustainable development and the need for, and value of, biodiversity.

“These would be replaced in C4 with the objective to provide for low-impact residential development.”

The Deferred Lands are located east of the M1 Pacific Motorway, south of Ourimbah and are those lands excluded on the Central Coast Local Environmental Plan 2022 Land Application Map. Council has prepared frequently asked questions and an online mapping tool that can be used to easily search for the specific land parcels that interest them.

Submissions will now close on Wednesday, November 15.

For more information on the draft Deferred Matters Land Planning Proposal and to have your say, visit yourvoiceourcoast.com/ DeferredLands

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Challenges of greening the Peninsula Central Coast Council has told a Parliamentary Inquiry that one of the challenges of addressing heat stress in established suburbs through tree planting is the lack of public space to allow large trees to reach maturity, just as it calls upon residents to OK the sale of a section of Austin Butler Reserve at Woy Woy by promising a greening project on the Peninsula with the proceeds of any sale.

“There is minimal space between the footpath and kerb and gutter to support trees that provide exemplar shade without the tree causing infrastructure damage,” Council said in a submission to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry

into the Impacts of Climate Change on the Environment and Communities.

And the problem extends to new developments even when landscape plans have specified trees that reach an advanced mature size, Council said.

The submission said trees on private development sites often failed to reach an expected size and canopy spread.

Performance targets to define success are lacking and a greater understanding of identifying performance measures of success are needed in this area, Council said.

At the same time, comments are set to close on November 13 on the future of 42 mature

Submissions on the Austin Butler Reserve sale close on November 13

paperbark trees in Austin Butler Reserve.

The proposed sale of part of the reserve to the adjacent Peninsula Plaza shopping centre for loading dock and

parking extensions was put on hold following community backlash.

Administrator Rik Hart put the question back out to residents, saying he will be guided by the

community on which of two options to adopt.

The first is to retain the Austin Butler access in Council ownership and the second is to proceed with the sale of the Austin Butler access to the shopping centre to fund sourcing, planting and maintenance of more than 8,500 trees across the Peninsula region over a 10year period.

“Funds from the sale would be allocated to an extensive street tree planting program which aligns with Council’s Greener Places Strategy,” Council has said.

The Greener Places Strategy states that developed coastal areas, such as on the Woy Woy Peninsula and south of The

Entrance contain less than 10 per cent tree canopy cover.

The strategy also states that old trees, in particular those that contain hollows, have paramount importance in the urban forest and should be maintained and removal should only occur as a last resort.

Critics of the sale include 11 community groups who penned an open letter to the Council asking it to keep the land.

The public survey closes on November 13 via the website yourvoiceourcoast.com, with Council also engaging independent consultants to conduct a representative survey targeting residents of the Peninsula region.

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Veterans’ forum on Kokoda Day State and Federal Government representatives met with Central Coast veterans and the defence community on Kokoda Day (November 3) to focus on veteran wellbeing, mental health and support to transition to civilian life.

The Central Coast was an appropriate setting for the forum, having the highest number of veterans of any local government area in NSW according to latest census figures.

Kokoda Day is an annual day of acknowledgement in honour

of all those who served in the Kokoda campaign in the Second World War. Minister for Veterans and the Central Coast David Harris used the forum to praise the bipartisan and multigovernment support of the veterans community, welcoming the recent announcement by the Federal Government to triple the payment to allow veterans to access GP services.

“It was wonderful to come together with the Central Coast veteran and defence community to hear about and

Veterans met with government representatives

discuss the great initiatives, services and supports available for veterans and their families

in our community,” Harris said.

“The increase in the Veteran Access Payment will give

veterans and eligible dependents the access to GP services that they deserve.

“There are more than 27,000 White and Gold Card holders in NSW who will benefit from this change.

“The NSW Government is committed to ensuring veterans are provided with the best services and support, and I applaud the Prime Minister and the Commonwealth Government for implementing these changes and look forward to seeing how this change improves the wellbeing of the veteran community.

“Collaboration is key, and by working together to further enhance support and programs for the veteran community on the Central Coast, we can continue to acknowledge their service and that of their families.”

There are also a number of NSW Government services available on the Central Coast including Service NSW, NSW Trustee & Guardian, and NSW Ageing and Disability Commission that veterans and their families can access.

Source: NSW Government

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More social housing for East Gosford East Gosford is set to be home to 32 new social and affordable homes thanks to a partnership between the NSW and Federal Governments and Pacific Link Housing.

The site was originally slated to be sold to the private market but has been saved for dedicated housing for people in need.

They will comprise 26 social housing units and six affordable homes.

The deal was made possible by an investment from the Department of Communities and Justice of $8M using the Federal Government’s $2B Social Housing Accelerator Fund (SHAF), together with a co-contribution from Central Coast-based community housing provider Pacific Link Housing.

Pacific Link Housing will own and manage the properties and ensure residents have access to co-ordinated wraparound support services to empower them to lead fulfilling lives within their own community.

There will be a shared outdoor area and parking spaces, with the homes located near essential services and amenities including

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Trivia night Claws ‘N’ Paws will hold a trivia night at Grill’d West Gosford, 299 Brisbane Water Dr, at 6 pm on Tuesday, November 28.

For bookings, call 4325 5927.

Rotary fundraiser

Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch, Member for Robertson Gordon Reid, Minister for Housing and Homelessness Rose Jackson, Pacific Link Housing CEO Ian Lynch, Pacific Link Housing Chairman Wal Edgell and Member for The Entrance David Mehan

supermarkets, medical facilities and public transport.

The East Gosford homes are part of the 120 social homes the NSW Government has in its pipeline under the SHAF – Tranche 1, to be delivered by May 2026.

Housing Minister Rose Jackson said the priority was to get more people off the housing waitlist and into homes.

“In addition to providing safe and secure housing, the wraparound services are crucial to ensure we are

empowering residents to lead fulfilling and independent lives,” she said.

“We are not only delivering homes, we are giving people who need it most the best opportunity for a brighter future.”

State Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch said there were more than 1,000 people on the social housing waitlist in the region.

“We need to do everything we can to retain and deliver more social and affordable homes,

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especially when these homes are in places where people want to live and work and located near the services people need,” she said.

Federal Member for Robertson Gordon Reid said the government would continue to work with state and territory governments to help secure and deliver more vital housing.

“I can’t wait to see the positive impact this will have within our community,” he said.

Pacific Link CEO Ian Lynch said community housing

providers like Pacific Link Housing were a critical part of the local ecosystem in delivering quality social and affordable housing.

“Having a secure place to call home is important, but housing is more than just having a roof over one’s head,” he said.

“We also focus on creating inclusive communities and encouraging friendships, connection and support networks for our tenants.”

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Brisbane Water Rotary’s recent Swinging Sixties night was a rocking success, raising $2,300 to benefit women escaping domestic violence and other local projects.

Secretary Di Bartok said attendees enjoyed the night, dressing up in 1960s mode and dancing to master DJ George Galea’s selection of 60s hits.

The money went to Women’s Community Shelter, which operates Allawah House – where older women fleeing domestic violence can stay while awaiting more permanent accommodation.

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Second lot of beer lost in truck fire For the second time in less than three weeks a truck load of beer has been destroyed and the M1 Motorway has been closed because of a B-double truck fire.

Several crews from Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue, as well as emergency services, were called out on Wednesday night, November 1, to the truck well alight just north of the Mandalong Rd interchange at Morisset.

The M1 was closed southbound from about 7pm for more than two hours with

smoke in the area affecting visibility and traffic being diverted through Freemans Dr. By 9.30pm one lane on the M1 was reopened as the fire had been extinguished and clean-up was in progress.

The truck driver was not injured.

A similar incident occurred in the early hours of October 14 when a B-double truck carrying beer caught alight only a few kilometres further south of the Morisset interchange.

School evacuated Valley View Public School was evacuated late on Tuesday morning, November 7, due to a “potential electrical issue”.

Fire and Rescue teams and Rural Fire Service crews rushed to the school on Chamberlain Rd, Wyoming, following an initial report of a structure fire.

The fire was believed to be caused by an electrical issue.

Students and teachers were The truck fire on the M1

Champion detective at Tuggerah Lakes Detective Senior Constable Andrew Schepis has been named Champion of the Month for October.

Each month an employee from Tuggerah Lakes Police District is recognised for their outstanding contribution to the workplace and the broader community.

Detective Senior Constable Andrew Schepis was acknowledged and presented with a Tuggerah Lakes Police District “challenge coin” by District Commander

Superintendent Chad Gillies in front of his supervisors and colleagues within the criminal investigation office.

“Andy has been at Tuggerah Lakes for just over 12 months, since transferring from Sydney,” Supt Gillies said.

“He has taken on a high personal workload and is always one of the first detectives to assist his colleagues and the frontline

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Detective Senior Constable Andrew Schepis (left) with Superintendent Chad Gillies

when incidents or jobs occur.

“He has a great disposition and is always a positive

influence in the workplace and for these reasons he is formally recognised.”

evacuated to the sports oval where everyone was accounted for and safe.

By 11.30am the fire brigade had given the school the all clear and students were returning to classrooms.

A school spokesperson said that the emergency services were very impressed with the school’s procedures and praised the children on their excellent response.

Crime Prevention Week Crime Prevention Week is being held at all Bunnings stores throughout NSW from November 6-12.

Crime Prevention Officer Senior Constable Murray Alcock from the Tuggerah Lakes Police District Crime Prevention Unit was at the Bunnings Tuggerah Store on November 7 in support of the initiative, speaking with staff

and community members.

Crime Prevention Week will continues at the Bunnings Lake Haven Store from 8-11am on Thursday, November 9.

Police from the Crime Prevention Unit will be in the coffee shop to speak about all matters relating to crime prevention.

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Uncontrolled dogs cannot be permitted I would like to give a big shout out to ‘Gordon’, the Scottish white knight who responded to a terrifying dog attack on the evening of Monday, October 23.

Two rogue bull terriers were on the loose terrorising dog walkers along the waterfront pathway at West Gosford up to Fagans Park, Point Clare.

Gordon was walking his beagle Frankie when he witnessed the two dogs attacking a young lady and her beautiful spaniel puppy Maisie and ran to her rescue at the bridge in Bungaree Reserve.

He then continued on to

FORUM ensure other dog walkers and children were safe and tried to detain the dogs.

Both police and an ambulance were called to attend to the young lady who was attacked.

The puppy was injured and required a check by the emergency veterinary clinic.

We were informed by the police a number of incidents had been reported that evening involving these two bull terriers which were acting in a hunting pack-like manner.

Please be on the lookout for

these dogs and report them ASAP to the Central Coast Council Ranger on 4306 7900.

Both bull terriers were wearing collars with no identification tags.

One was charcoal brown, the other black and white.

I am an owner and avid lover of all dogs, including bull terriers, however, uncontrolled dogs that go rogue, become unpredictable and dangerous cannot be permitted.

Big thanks to Gordon for restoring our faith that chivalry still exists.

Email, Oct 24 Cath Wade, West Gosford

No need for big buses As a resident of Pearl Beach since 2000 I have had occasion to use the bus to Woy Woy or Gosford and back to Pearl Beach, via Patonga (Number 54).

Although it is a good and necessary service the large buses used are nearly always almost empty.

What is astonishing is that they are far too large for the difficult route to Patonga and back.

FORUM It is amazing that no accidents have happened; full marks for the drivers.

I understand that the route to Woy Woy Bay is equally, if not more, difficult.

Why is the company using these huge buses while 24 seaters or even smaller buses would be much more suitable?

I have heard it said that the company can get these buses cheaply as second-hand items from Sydney city companies.

The economic and safety arguments in favour of smaller buses could well make more sense.

Large buses certainly make sense as school buses on safe routes; infrequently otherwise.

Email, Nov 30 Klaas Woldring, Pearl Beach

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Superhero paramedics This is a heartfelt appreciative reference concerning my daughter Sarah, who is terminally ill with a brain cancer.

On Wednesday, November 1, she was discharged from Gosford Hospital into our palliative care at the family home in Terrigal.

The discharge was made via ambulance, staffed by two (paramedics) from a local Central Coast ambulance station.

They were two lovely people who were tremendously

FORUM helpful in every way.

Unfortunately I did not get their contact details.

On the way home they did a small deviation to The Haven at Terrigal and stopped the ambulance before opening the back doors.

This opened up the magnificent view of Terrigal Bay, all visible to my daughter who was on a stretcher in the back.

She thought this was

wonderful, as did I, and it uplifted her spirits for the rest of the day.

This was a wonderful gesture and was greatly appreciated (and) the best possible reference for NSW Ambulance that I could imagine.

My heartfelt thanks to Renee and Dave, who made a real difference to the closing stages of my daughter’s life.

We will never forget this kind action.

Email, Nov 4 Richard Whitaker, Terrigal

Terrigal nature reserve a disgrace The nature reserve along Terrigal Dr between Ocean View Dr and Terrigal is completely overgrown with invasive weeds like bamboo, bitou, lantana and littered with rubbish.

It is a complete disgrace to look at it as you walk along the

FORUM footpath towards Terrigal.

Maybe the Council could come up with an idea to create an entry to Terrigal deserving of it.

We have the boardwalk on the southern side and a

landscaped reserve displaying our native flora would complement that and do justice to the wonderful holiday destination with a five-star resort.

Email, Oct 1 Heidrun Rodach, Erina

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Saturday 2nd December Commencing at 10am

Hillside Chapel, Palmdale Lawn Cemetery and Memorial Park 57 Palmdale Road, Palmdale.

We invite you to attend a beautiful memorial service with our community to offer comfort and to show that we do not grieve alone.

Our service will include: Music, song, a candle-lighting ceremony, a Christmas ornament with your loved one’s name for you to take home and light refreshments to share. We invite you to bring a photo of your loved one for display during the service.

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Fireworks return to Gosford on New Year’s Eve Fireworks were last held at Gosford in 2019

Fireworks are set to return to the Gosford waterfront on New Year’s Eve, along with market stalls, live music and children’s entertainment.

The fireworks were a regular fixture at Gosford before COVID hit.

Following a two-year hiatus, Central Coast Council reinstated fireworks at The Entrance last year, but the Gosford event was not brought back, although the Mariners did organise

their own fireworks display.

But this year Council is bringing the Gosford event back in all its glory in partnership with the Mariners and the Entertainment Grounds.

Council has engaged Hunter Events Group to deliver a free community event in Leagues Club Park.

On the same night, the Central Coast Mariners will take on Perth Glory at Industree Group Stadium next door.

From 5pm locals can expect

to fill their stomachs with a variety of street food, shop the local market stalls, dance along to live music, take advantage of the kids’ entertainment and enjoy a mesmerising firework display set to launch over Brisbane Water at the end of the Mariners game at about 9pm.

The fireworks display will see multiple firing locations over 15 minutes with more than 350 aerial shells being launched featuring single shot crossovers and multiple

Royal Heart Revue comes to Gosford

Host and creator Porcelain Alice

Lovers of burlesque and drag won’t want to miss Sydney’s award-winning cabaret variety show The Royal Heart Revue when it plays in Gosford on November 10 as part of the Lakes Festival.

Host and creator Porcelain Alice will be joined by Karlee Misi (current Miss Burlesque NSW), drag diva Lady Fur and surrealist showgirl Salvador Darling.

Indulge in the glitter and

glamour of a bygone era with some adult entertainment that’s a little bit naughty and a whole lot of fun.

Porcelain Alice (Miss Burlesque NSW 2019) has performed around the world and created special events such as Undressing Hollywood (Sydney Festival 2021) Burlesque Stripped Bare (All About Women Festival 2022) and The Burlesque Museum (2018-2020).

You can make it dinner and

show with delicious authentic Mexican City street food at the new Fun Haus Factory.

Go dressed in nautical glamour and get ready for a night of adult laughs.

The Royal Heart Review kicks off on Friday, November 10, with happy hour and dinner from 5pm and the show at 7.30pm.

Tickets are available at naughtynoodle.com.au/whatson

multi-shot fireworks.

“Counting down until midnight is a modern-day tradition that allows us to farewell the past with gratitude and celebrate all that the new year has in store with our favourite person or people by our side,” a Hunter Events spokesperson said.

“Get ready to be amazed as the night sky comes alive with an extraordinary display of fireworks and share memorable moments with your loved ones at this free community event for

all to enjoy, young and old alike.

“We’re really excited to be a part of bringing back a community event and fireworks to Gosford this year for a family friendly New Year’s Eve Celebration.

“It’s all about bringing the community together and what better way to do that than with fireworks?”

Attendees will find gozleme, corn on the cob, THICC Cookies, churros and icecream among a variety of other treats on the

menu on the night.

Dream & Believe Entertainment and Hoop Sparx will bring entertainment including face painting and hula hooping.

Bakers Lane and Vaughan Ave will both be closed from 6am on December 31.

For more information go to lovecentralcoast.com/events/ new-years-eve-gosford-2023 Fireworks will also be held at The Entrance on New Year’s Eve, with full details to come.

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Brisbane Water Oyster Festival is back The Brisbane Water Oyster Festival will be held at the Lions Park Reserve at Woy Woy on Sunday, November 12.

Peninsula Chamber of Commerce President Matthew Wales said the popular event would return after a three-year hiatus due to COVID. “This year the festival kicks off with live country music from Pure Nashville on the main stage at 10am through to 12.30pm,” he said.

“The band will perform great hits of country music’s biggest stars from Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson through to modern-day sensations The Chicks and Little Big Town.

“The famous How Many Oysters Can you Eat in 30 Seconds will take place on stage with two sessions at 12.30pm and 2.30pm.”

Wales said the competition had become a famous moment at the festival, always

The last festival was held at Ettalong in 2019

inundated with contestants.

“Jenifer Green from G’day Hollywood Productions will be hosting the day with a very special guest appearance,” he said.

“The afternoon will come

alive with well-known Sydney band Pub Crawl with great hits from Midnight Oil, INXS and the Divinyls.”

There will be a celebration of food, wine and the best oysters in NSW thanks to sponsor

partners Peninsula Plaza Woy Woy, Domain Real Estate and The Grand Gosford.

“Six String Brewery is also our sponsor for everything cold and frosty and will head the Oyster Alley,” Wales said.

“Oyster Alley will feature Sydney Rock Oysters and seafood from Casanova, Hawkesbury River Oysters, BBP Akoya oyster stall and Davo’s Seafood as well as the stunning Broken Bay Pearls.”

Attendees will taste fine wine, cocktails along the trail, which will lead to a variety of food stalls.”

The day will also feature arts and craft stalls and children’s rides from Picolo Amusements.

“We are proud to be coming back with help and support from many local businesses including the Diggers Club Ettalong Beach, the Waters family at Gosford Signs and the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce executive members who are always there to assist,” Wales said.

“Bring a blanket and chairs to relax in the park, enjoy the food and entertainment but don’t forget that the venue is licensed.

“There is strictly no BYO permitted including eskies and the park is a No Dogs Permitted area due to the wildlife.

“We look forward to a beautiful day at the famous Oyster Festival once again.”

Sunset Sessions return with a splash for Lakes Festival In an eagerly anticipated comeback, Sunset Sessons are set to light up the Central Coast once again, bringing a blend of music, art, and community spirit to the line-up for Lakes Festival on Friday, November 10.

Organised by the passionate team of inspired locals from Ethereal Misfits, this event at Lions Park in Woy Woy promises to be a night of vibrant creativity and lots of engaging educational opportunities.

After a three-month hiatus, the Lakes Festival edition of Sunset Sessions is gearing up to be a spectacular experience, from the eclectic blend of alternative psych-rock, funk, jazz, surf, punk, and grunge

music to interactive art spaces like The Crud Muffins art tent, circus skills, flow art spaces, and mesmerising performances

by Roundabout Circus.

Co-founder of Ethereal Misfits Josh Coleman emphasises the importance of intergenerational learning in strengthening community ties.

“We’re dedicated to creating a space where everyone can come together to celebrate and create through music, dance, art, performance, and skill sharing,” he said.

“As parents ourselves, we recognised the need for a space where you can dance to great music while the kids play at the park, and everyone can enjoy interactive creative arts activities and the

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Holly Author: Stephen King Publisher: Hachette

Sunset Sessions will be part of the Lakes Festival

beauty of the waterfront.”

The Lakes Festival edition features a fantastic line-up with three talented local bands, Ruby and the Groovy Doobies, Shacked, and Turtle Custard.

Attendees can also look forward to a mesmerising

outdoor water-themed aerial performance by Roundabout Circus, a collaborative waterthemed colouring community art piece facilitated by The Crud Muffins, and educational stalls

by Central Coast Council focusing on water conservation.

As an example of how age is just a number, Stephen King is still producing best sellers and fresh ideas at 76, having written around 75 books.

for Holly Gibney.

Through his exploration of Holly’s traumatic past, he addresses themes of trauma, resilience and the power of facing one’s fears and through her he touches on the idea that confronting one’s demons can lead to personal growth and healing.

The protagonist, Holly, is an independent woman haunted by traumatic experiences from her childhood and running a private detective agency hired to find a serial killer This is no horror like (King’s 1986 novel) It, but a crime thriller that is equally macabre and has all the twists and turns of a roller coaster.

With a talent like no other, he expertly weaves together

Holly was initially a short story, being first published in 1995 as part of his collection of stories called Nightmares & Dreamscapes, but the character went on to appear in Mr Mercedes,The Outsiders, End of Watch and Finders Keepers King says she is his most compelling and resourceful character with a savant-like memory and razor-sharp observation skills as well as being obsessive compulsive.

King has the ability to delve into the complexities of the human psyche and we see this in the character definition

Dawa Smith, a member of the Ethereal Misfits team, highlights the broader mission of the event saying, “Ethereal Misfits is all about creating opportunities for community connection – for young people, families, elders and everyone in between.

“A sense of connection and belonging is a major aid to the improvement of mental health and wellbeing, and that includes a connection with the environment.

“We learn a lot from our elders, from Australia and across the world, that we are an inseparable part of the land on which we walk.

“We’re honoured to be a part of the Lakes Festival and

elements of suspense and psychological exploration, creating a gripping narrative that keeps readers engaged from start to finish.

It is well-balanced, while still allowing moments of introspection.

hosting opportunities for connection and education about the beautiful waters of our area and how we can better take care of the Central Coast, our home, together.”

The Sunset Sessions team encourages everyone to embrace the festive spirit by dressing-up in a water-themed attire, bringing a picnic, or enjoying local vendors’ treats at the park.

The magic happens between 4pm and 10pm on Friday, November 10, offering an evening of connection, creativity, and celebration for all ages at Lions Park, Brick Wharf Rd, Woy Woy. Source: Lilly Grace Rose

King is the absolute master of atmospheric writing; he has the most incredibly unique talent.

He can effectively build tension and create a sense of unease throughout the story, making it a thrilling and immersive reading experience.

Stephen King’s storytelling prowess shines through in Holly and to be fair the last couple of new releases, Billy Summers and The Institute.

Although I will never be equipped or qualified to really give an evaluation on the master’s work, I did subjectively feel that with some of the work in the 2000s we could be forgiven for forgetting books like The Dome.

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Edible Garden Trail a huge success The 2023 Central Coast Edible Garden Trail on October 21-22 saw more than 650 people visit about 50 gardens all over the region in its second year.

Event organisers Anna Trigg and Sandi Eyles said visitors reported feeling inspired with increased confidence to try growing more food at home.

Garden hosts enjoyed themselves too.

Owen Bridgeman of Miyan Nura at Umina Beach said he had a wonderful day.

“It was lovely talking to all the visitors and I learnt some new things along the way,” he said.

“I had a good steady flow of people and my volunteers, some of the lovely ladies from Mingaletta, were able to raise some money for their community work and look after the sign-in.

“They had a brilliant day too. “(I am) keen to be involved again next year.”

The oganisers gave a huge vote of thanks to those who “worked like trojans” to prepare and open their gardens and share their knowledge, experience and passion with complete strangers.

“The visitors’ thirst for knowledge and practical

Bec Richardson demonstrates geodesic dome to visitors at Ukuzala Photo: Lisa Haymes

know-how about permaculture and organic practices was a common theme across all the gardens,” they said. “(Visitors saw) with their own eyes how successfully you all are growing fresh, abundant produce full of life and love without any nasties and in soil that has been nurtured, improved, and is packed full of biodiversity.

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“A huge congratulations to each and every one of you both for creating these wonderful spaces to grow food and … for inspiring hundreds of visitors to improve their own practices, try new techniques and get more permaculture happening in the ground.

“We’d also like to say a big thank you to all the amazing volunteers who helped out in

gardens and behind the scenes; you are amazing and generous and we are so grateful to you.

“And last but not least a big thank you to Permaculture Central Coast, who have wholeheartedly supported this project from the outset.”

The Trail was an opportunity for all Coasties to see what foods grow well here in our

climate; learn from experienced gardeners who have been successfully growing food without harmful chemicals and producing healthy and safe food for their families (some for almost three decades); and feel inspired to head home and take action, knowing there is a supportive community they can reach out to to ask questions and get advice when

they need it.

“Our focus this year has been to encourage beginners to have a go at growing food at home,” the organisers said.

“The Trail itself is a fantastic way to see an enormous variety of gardens, strategies and approaches.

“Visitors could discuss directly with the creators of those gardens the ins and outs of why they chose to do what they did and to share not just their successes but also their failures, giving beginners a head start to avoid some of the pitfalls new gardeners might come across.”

The Central Coast Edible Garden Trail is a project of Permaculture Central Coast and is a ticketed, self-guided weekend event in home and community gardens.

It is a not-for-profit event, with funds raised through ticket sales redistributed to the local community.

Permaculture Central Coast comprises an enthusiastic group of volunteers who work together to encourage more people on the Central Coast to learn, practise and teach permaculture.

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Spectacular celebration of music and art A spectacular celebration of music and arts in the heart of Gosford, the Tubular festival, is set to become an annual highlight on the events calendar.

It will be held over 10 days from November 16 to 26, featuring more than 34 artists at 18 events and 12 venues, and celebrates the creative and cultural identity of the Central Coast.

With a huge program that includes The Jezabels, Dune Rats, Egoism and Muzzle, organisers are aiming to foster community engagement while promoting tourism.

The festival’s marquee event, PSALT on Saturday, November 25, takes over the picturesque Gosford waterfront for a day of world-class music, artisan markets, culinary delights and community activities.

The free event will be headlined by the anthemic stylings of indie rock quartet The Jezabels, punk rock trio DZ Deathrays and Muzzle on the Grove Scout Hall stage, multihyphenate R&B artist Keiynan, dream pop duo Egoism, musical chameleons Furnace and the Fundamentals serving up an eclectic mix of the world’s best covers, along with the stunning vocals of local talent Molly Millington.

Dune Rats will take over Drifters Wharf as part of a wider series of events bringing Gosford to life with music across several key venues including Railway Hotel, MMAD, Gosford Hotel and more.

Fade into You is a celebration of women in music and community, presented by Coasties Mag and will feature

The Jezabels will headline at the Tubular festival at Gosford waterfront

two all-age events held over November 16 and 17 at Avoca Surf Life Saving Club and Mooney Mooney Church.

With renowned folk-tronica artist Gordi at the helm, both evenings have been programmed alongside a curated line-up of some of the Central Coast’s finest female singer/songwriters including Tessa Thames, Elaskia, Ruby

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A very special Tubular edition of the Avoca Markets will feature performances from Winterbourne, Ella Powell and more.

Presented by Central Coast Music & Arts, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to develop the coast’s contemporary music and arts scene, the festival promises to bring an exceptional and immersive experience.

Critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning artist Ngaiire, alongside her longtime manager and awardwinning sound designer, Central Coast expat Ben Pierpont, have been engaged as artistic directors to assist in curating a dynamic line-up of key marquee events while activating new and exciting spaces suitable for all ages and interests.

Tubular will feature various workshops throughout the week celebrating the festival’s ethos of community engagement aimed at inspiring creativity and innovation.

Workshops include MusicBiz Tune Up, a half-day music masterclass with Nick Findlay, ukelele workshop and live show with Nicky Bomba, Fight for the Right to Party and Gig Buddies info session, Brazilian drum-dance-sing workshop, electronic music production masterclass and more.

Other satellite events will include You Am I – The You’s Pull Up Their Troos Tour at the Everglades, Woy Woy; Moon Rise All Night Ft, Tijuana Cartel, BNDT and Marina Da Silva (DJ) at the Sunken Monkey; and Sunsoli album launch at the Drifters Wharf which will also host the Sunday Refresher.

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Archer, NEAV, Ella Powell, Chloe Louise, Summer Healey and Scarlett.

Flotilla will see Ettalong Beach taken over with a sunrise SUP event in partnership with Bombora Ettalong Beach SUP with avid water-lovers invited to participate and witness the giant SUP flotilla installation captured by drone.

Jazz afternoon at Central Coast Leagues Club Carolyn Packer’s Stompin’ Rhythm Aces will appear in the Parkview Room at Central Coast Leagues Club on Sunday, November

on piano and vocals, ably supported by Jim Lyons on trumpet, Dave Ridyard on reeds, Fiona Lugg on bass, Cameron Jones on guitar and

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The Angels set to play Doyalson The Angels are celebrating five decades as one of Australia’s most revered rock bands with a national tour including Doyalson RSL on November 10.

The 50 Years In The Making tour will see the band traverse the country with dates scheduled across South Australia, NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.

Former drummer Nick Norton takes centre stage as the new front man replacing Dave Gleeson, who had 12 years in the role.

Having been a member of the band since 2011, Norton is a familiar face to fans.

He will not only be fronting the band on vocals but will be playing alongside Rick and John Brewster on guitar.

Founding member John Brewster said Norton was an incredible musician and a great singer and songwriter.

“He obviously knows the songs like the back of his hand and the fans already know and love him, so he’s the perfect fit,” Brewster said.

“The 50th anniversary is a very special time for The Angels.

“And it means a lot that the fans already know Nick.

“Our relationship with the audience means everything to

The Angels: Tom Brewster, John Brewster, Nick Norton, Rick Brewster and Sam Brewster

us and we’ll never take that for granted.”

Rick Brewster said that for

the band it had always been about the songs and the power of the guitars.

Norton said the band had a heritage of great music with classic songs and killer riffs.

“The legwork is already done; I just have to get up and sing them.

“Twelve years in the band behind the (drum) kit has provided the pedigree, not to mention learning at the school of rock from the honourable Dave Gleeson.

“I look forward to sweating it out at venues across the nation with the fans, heading into The Angels 50th year.”

The band has a set-list of catalogue classics that are ingrained in the hearts of every Australian rock fan, including Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face

Again, Take A Long Line, No Secrets, Shadow Boxer, Marseilles, I Ain’t The One, Comin’ Down, Mr Damage, After The Rain, Night Attack, Dogs Are Talking and We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.

Replacing Norton on drums is John Brewster’s son Tom, meaning The Angels will now have two sets of Brewster Brothers – John and Rick on guitar, and Sam (who joined the band in 2013) on bass and Tom on drums.

The Angels will play at the Doyalson RSL on Friday, November 10.

Tickets are available via theangels.com.au

Doylo tappers going strong A chance conversation over a cup of coffee five years ago led to the establishment of a tap dancing class at Doyalson with an average age of 67 which is still going strong.

Corinne Lumb said she was getting to know a group of women over a cuppa after a gym session at Active Fitness Gym, Doyalson, when the

“tap revolution” formed.

“We were getting to know each other over coffee after a workout to keep fit,” she said.

“Discussions somehow evolved into tap dance and how we all learnt as children.

“Having taught adults in Sydney, I offered to dust off my tap shoes and organise a hall and said I would be happy to teach.

“Primarily the aim was an extension of gym to keep fit.

“Active Fitness heard of our idea and offered a room at a small cost, so I jumped at the offer.”

Lumb said after five years the group was still growing strong.

“It has created a like-minded group achieving amazing results,” she said.

“The group has held two

showcases at the gym per year, the last supported by Glen Wood who is highly regarded as the best tap teacher, mentor and dancer in Australia.”

Lumb said the youngest member of the group is 58 and the oldest 75.

“I have nine regulars but am happy to have more,” she said.

For more details call Corinne Lumb on 0400 141 262.

The tap dance group is going strong

Wendy Harmer launches autobiography at Wyong In partnership with Words on the Waves, The Art House will host the book launch of Wendy Harmer’s autobiography, Lies My Mirror Told Me, and in true Harmer style, it’s sure to be a funny, emotional, and enlightening experience.

Following the success of the Words on the Waves opening address earlier this year, The Art House and Words on the Waves Writers Festival are continuing to bring high quality panels, discussions, and literary events to the Central Coast.

Together they are hosting the intimate Q&A-style book launch in celebration of Wendy Harmer’s extraordinary life.

With a career spanning four decades, Harmer has forged her way through the cutthroat media industry to find success as a journalist, columnist, TV host, author, playwright, comic performer and the highest paid woman in Sydney FM Radio.

Wendy Harmer will launch her autobiography at The Art House

Harmer is now at a point in her life where she is considered an iconic Australian public figure.

As she was born with a severe facial deformity, Lies My Mirror Told Me is a reflection on her life with her trademark in-your-face frankness and celebrated wit – and what follows is one of the most unlikely success stories you will ever read.

Amanda Keller has reviewed the book as “deeply moving, wise, hilarious and raucous”.

It tells of a life of adversity,

from Harmer’s facial deformity to her mother going missing when she was 10 years old, and her teacher father constantly moving around the state.

Harmer, being dubbed the funny looking kid, had to develop new strategies to find friends and fit in.

The result is the benchmark of a confident, resilient, funny, and trail-blazing personality that audiences will be captivated to hear from first-hand.

“I’ve always believed where there’s a chance, you have to take it – or invent it,” Harmer said.

Taking place in the intimate Black Box Studio of The Art House, this is a chance to be up close and hear from Wendy Harmer at this Q&A-style book launch.

The event, on November 11 at 7pm, will be followed by an opportunity to purchase the book and have it signed by Harmer herself.

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Gosford university campus a step closer

A concept design of the western elevation

A high-tech university campus in the heart of Gosford is a step closer, with the University of Newcastle appointing Hansen Yuncken as the main works contractor.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Alex Zelinsky said the tender process was highly competitive and the University was pleased to be working with a company that aligned with its strategic values and had a track record in delivering contemporary and dynamic higher-education facilities.

“We have a firm vision for our campuses, to meet the needs of our students, staff and community for the future, and providing a space that is vibrant, safe, and accessible to engage and collaborate,” Zelinsky said.

“Our new Central Coast campus will be a state-of-theart education and training facility that will help close skills gaps, increase educational participation rates, and generate new jobs for people living on the Central Coast.

“We are eager to have activity ramp-up in this space, with construction in Mann St scheduled toward the end of 2023.”

Zelinsky said the project team would now finalise preconstruction planning, to support the project’s construction and ensure the new campus met the needs of students and the community.

“The landscape has changed since we began planning our new campus and we are committed to delivering the campus our community needs

and wants, in line with final designs,” he said.

“We’re incredibly pleased to be on track to welcome our first students in 2025.

“The new campus in Gosford CBD will allow us to introduce new offerings and align our programs to industry and community needs, giving students more opportunities to complete their university studies on a local campus without leaving the region.

“We are proud to have been on the Central Coast for more than 30 years at our Ourimbah Campus, educating more than 40,000 students during that time.

“We are committed to the Central Coast, and this new campus will be pivotal in transforming Gosford into a

thriving city and create more opportunities for our young people to aspire to and achieve.”

Federal Member for Robertson Gordon Reid said the new Central Coast Campus would play an important role in the region’s growth.

“The Australian Government is committed to improving access to tertiary education for people living on the Central Coast,” he said.

“Our investment of $18M towards the new University of Newcastle’s Central Coast Campus will ensure future generations can learn and study closer to home.

“The Central Coast Campus will be state-of-the-art, offer new study opportunities, and help address the skills shortage.

“I welcome the news of the appointment of Hansen Yuncken as the main works contractor and look forward to construction commencing later this year.”

State Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch said with the opening of the campus a step closer, Gosford was set to become a hub of innovation and world-class education, improving access to tertiary education across the Central Coast.

“This campus provides investment right in the heart of Gosford, creating fantastic local education opportunities for Central Coast students,” she said.

“I am eagerly anticipating these exciting works commencing.”

The new $63.8M three-storey campus is close to Gosford Railway Station and bus terminal.

It will include a small retail area, café and accessible open space for students and the wider community.

The campus will be built on the former Mitre 10 building site at 305 Mann St on land provided by NSW Government’s Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation.

Funding support includes University of Newcastle ($27.8M) and the Australian Government and NSW Governments, ($18M each).

For more information on the project, visit www.newcastle. edu.au/engage/developmentprojects/central-coast-campus

Major win for Spices 29 Spices 29 Goan Indian Restaurant at Woy Woy has won the Best Indian Restaurant in Regional NSW category at the 2023 NSW Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence.

Business owners Nelson Fernandes and Selma Rocha and the whole team at Spices 29 are overjoyed at the win.

“This great day for the business has arrived because of the constant support from our customers and the team work,” Rocha said.

“It has been our pleasure and a great opportunity to be able to compete against big businesses.”

Business director Nelson Fernandes said the enthusiasm and dedication shown by the staff over the past five years of

the business had been the biggest factor contributing to the win.

He said the Central Coast had always been a wonderful place, filled with loving patrons and boundless opportunities.

“I have been working in the hospitality industry for over 20 years myself, and it always is an absolute pleasure to be able to bring delicious food and warm service to the clients,” he said.

Restaurant Manager Shiwangi said the restaurant always strived to serve the best food and service.

“Winning is a wonderful thing; however, the focus is to be constantly become better,” she said.

“For us, this achievement is a milestone which is the sweet fruit of our hard

The happy team at Spices 29

work over the years.”

Head Chef Praveen Kumar sees the big win as a challenge and is already preparing for the Nationals.

“People come here to celebrate, and it is our duty as

a team to offer them the best,” he said.

“I take pride in working at Spices 29 and will always ensure that our pride grows.”

Restaurants, cafés and catering businesses gathered

to celebrate the achievements of their peers and the announcement of the award winners at Le Montage on October 30.

The Awards for Excellence is a nationally recognised

program celebrating exceptional service and culinary talent across the state.

Restaurants are assessed on the entire dining experience including, food, beverage, service and restaurant presentation.

Caterers are assessed on all aspects of their catering business including operations, food, service, staffing and event/site outcomes to determine the catering category winners.

The Restaurant and Catering Industry Association of Australia (R&CA) represents tens of thousands of restaurant and catering businesses across Australia.

To view all winners in the 2023 Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence, go to www.rca.asn.au

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Rule change a boon for small businesses Small businesses on the Central Coast have welcomed a major change to State Government procurement rules.

Business NSW said the rule change would unlock opportunities for small-tomedium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The Government has announced it will increase the threshold for direct engagement with SMEs on government contracts from $150,000 to $250,000.

Business NSW Executive Director Regional NSW Paula Martin said the change was a win for SMEs on the Central Coast.

“This move is a positive step in the right direction for many businesses on the Central Coast which have the capacity and capability to get a greater slice of the action on government contracts without the hassle of tedious tender processes,” she said.

“With the threshold raised, SMEs will be able to engage directly on contracts up to $250,000 – this will make it easier for smaller businesses to access larger contracts and ultimately will help NSW’s small businesses to grow.

Business NSW Executive Director Regional NSW Paula Martin

“On the Central Coast we have expertise in manufacturing, professional services and digital enablement – all areas that can provide value to government when seeking to resolve a problem.

“We are pleased to see requirements for businesses to be insured will only come into effect on confirmation that a contract has been won.

“We know businesses have been deterred from bidding for government contracts in the past due to the need to secure hefty insurance coverage – regardless of whether they win the contract.

“Currently 46,000 SMEs directly engage with government contracts and this announcement is a positive signal to government

departments to increase their engagement with small business not just on the Central Coast but across NSW.” The change applies to small and medium size businesses with less than 200 employees.

The state’s 840,000 small businesses make up 98 per cent of all NSW businesses, employing 1.6 million people in NSW and thousands on the Central Coast.

Premier Chris Minns said small businesses were the backbone of the state’s economy.

“It’s only right that the NSW Government use small businesses to deliver goods and services that the state requires,” he said.

“The NSW Government purchases around $40B worth of goods and services each year.

“The bigger we can make the slice that goes to small businesses, the better.

“Small and medium businesses have been through a very tough time over the past few years; the very least the government should do is make accessing government contracts simpler and easier.”

Minister for Domestic Manufacturing and Government

Procurement Courtney Houssos said this would be the first of several reforms planned to support small businesses, local content and domestic manufacturing.

Minister for Small Business Steve Kamper said the move would provide small businesses with greater opportunity.

“As a government, we are committed to getting the policy settings right to ensure that NSW can best harness the expertise and agility of local small businesses, while supporting jobs and investing in NSW,” he said.

Each year, the NSW Government spends more than $9B on goods and services obtained directly from 46,000 small and medium businesses in NSW and this change to procurement will deliver more government contracts going to these businesses and a bigger slice of government procurement spend.

The Ministerial Direction was issued to the NSW Procurement Board and requires agencies to implement the policy change no later than December 31.

It also serves as an important signal to government agencies to directly engage small businesses when procuring

goods and services, including for: catering, food and beverage services at state-owned museums, galleries, venues and sites; office supplies and furniture for government offices and buildings; maintenance and repairs, including ground maintenance and landscaping at government facilities; and the development of training resources, including for health and wellness support.

Other significant changes recently implemented to support small businesses in NSW include: the launch of the Service NSW Business Bureau; major upgrades to the Service NSW Business Bureau App; the successful delivery of Small Business Month with more than 600 events across the state; energy bill relief for more than 300,000 businesses and toll relief for more than 700,000 families and businesses; and the launch of the Service NSW Business Grants and Funding Finder, bringing more than 500 grants across 46 agencies into one place, to make accessing financial support easier for businesses across the state.

The latest changes do not apply to construction businesses.

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New daycare at Ettalong Plans for a childcare centre in a quiet residential area of Ettalong Beach are being considered by Central Coast Council.

The proposed two-storey centre at 10 Lagoon St will cater for 24 children aged up to five between 7am and 6pm.

There will be four staff including the manager and administration.

A traffic and parking assessment concluded that additional traffic generated by the development would not adversely impact the current local road network and intersection.

There will be 24 on-site car parking spaces, including one disabled space, at the proposed centre.

The development application says the centre would contribute to the growth of Ettalong Beach and generate employment opportunities.

More details about DA/1890/2023 are available on Council’s website.

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Long delay over Burns Rd boarding house decision The developer of a proposed boarding house at Ourimbah has appealed to the NSW Minister for Planning Paul Scully to help reach an outcome over a two-year delay by Central Coast Council in making a decision.

Rob Hart said he wanted to bring to the Minister’s attention “some details … regarding affordable housing approvals through Central Coast Council”.

In November 2021 his company Pinchgut Pty Ltd lodged a new development application for 10 affordable housing units plus one house at 17 Burns Rd, Ourimbah.

This is a scaled-down version from 18 double rooms, then 15, and response to other issues in the first development application which was refused

by Council and the Local Planning Panel in 2020, then by the Land and Environment Court in September 2021.

“The Central Coast is in desperate need of affordable housing and I could have had this (development) built by now,” Hart said.

“It beggars belief that it’s coming up to two years and still no determination.

“On the 24th of this month, it

Concept design of the boarding house

will be two full years since we lodged the application … I provided the additional information requested (by Council) nearly a year ago.

“I have written to the General Manager and Planning Director on at least three separate occasions asking what is happening and I have never even been given the courtesy of a response.

“I note that the Council claims its average processing time is 89 days; we are currently at 700 days (on November 3).”

A spokesperson for Council said the application was currently under assessment and it was anticipated that the matter would be referred to the

Local Planning Panel for determination in December 2023.

“Council has been in contact with the planning consultant and there have been numerous responses provided to (him) throughout the assessment process,” the spokesperson said.

“It is noted that Mr Hart is not the applicant and correspondence in regards to the application has been directed to his planning consultant (Minto Planning Services) who is the applicant in this instance.”

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Zoned for low-density residential, and with an easement for electricity transmission lines dissecting the site, the house will face Cambridge Circle and the boarding house will front Burns Rd. The boarding house will have 10 two-person rooms with kitchenette and ensuite, a single manager’s room and a communal room.

Forty-two submissions of objection were lodged during

the public exhibition in late 2021 with the Ourimbah Region Residents Association (ORRA) saying that “the original DA was not considered compatible with the character of the local area and this revised design retains all the features that made the original version incompatible”.

“By reducing the number of rooms to 10 it partially complies with the State Environmental Planning Policy Affordable Rental Housing controls for boarding houses, but most of the very serious issues raised

by Council, the Planning Panel and the Land and Environment Court in refusing the earlier version of the DA … only a small fraction of these have

been addressed satisfactorily.

“Consider (those) reasons for refusal to be part of ORRA’s objection to this DA … we trust (that) will ensure that this development application is rejected once and for all.”

Previous reasons for refusal included that the proposal was not an orderly or economic use of the land, impeded an electricity easement with right of carriageway, did not enhance the residential amenity and character of the surrounding area and did not address impacts on neighbouring properties, the streetscape or the intended residents of the boarding house.

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Planning panel to decide fate of Umina development The fate of a $1.095M multi-dwelling housing development proposed for 8 Priestman Ave, Umina, will be decided by the Local Planning Panel at its November 9 meeting.

The proposal, to demolish existing structures and build three two-storey attached units and associated landscaping, was referred to the Panel (LPP) with a recommendation for refusal after Central Coast Council received 11 submissions of objection.

Following a preliminary assessment and public exhibition of the application, Council wrote to the applicant on September 11 and requested that the application be withdrawn, given noncompliance with building height, rear setback, private

open space and fencing, sunlight access, car parking, landscape design and cut-andfill requirements.

Council says in its report to the LPP that the applicant has not elected to withdraw the DA and a further assessment of the proposal has also revealed non-compliance with floor space ratio.

Key issues raised in the submissions were traffic and parking impacts; setback noncompliances; privacy impacts; environmental impacts; tree removals and overshadowing, Council said.

The report says the proposal fails to promote best practice in the design of multi-dwelling housing and other similar types of development..

“This has been demonstrated by numerous inconsistencies

A map showing the proposed site

with the Central Coast Local Environment Plan and Central Coast Development Control Plan,” it says.

“The proposal is not considered to provide adequate amenity for future residents (or) maintain amenity to neighbouring properties and

does not result in a positive outcome for the locality.”

But a Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE) lodged with the original DA says the “well-considered” development would be consistent with the evolving style and density of multi-unit

development in the area.

“The proposal maintains reasonable levels of visual amenity for neighbouring properties and the built form divides up the units to break-up bulk and provide visual relief,” the SEE says.

“The proposal utilises various materials and building articulation to achieve a lightweight appearance and is generally consistent with the desired future character of the locality, being a similar scale and bulk to other multi-dwelling housing in the area including the unit development on the adjoining lots.

“Careful design and material choice provides sufficient boundary setbacks to provide building separation and landscaping opportunities to alleviate the bulk and scale of the built form from the

neighbouring properties and public domain.

“Courtyards are located around the perimeter of the town houses that would provide sufficient deep soil planting to incorporate small to medium street trees, allowing the appropriate landscaping transition from the built form when viewed from the street and neighbouring lots.

“The proposal entails a significant upgrade of tired housing stock … and is consistent with the style, height, bulk and scale, open areas and boundary setbacks when compared to historically established and recently approved multi-dwelling development in the Woy Woy/ Umina Beach area.”

The Panel’s decision is expected to be made public early next week.

Coast picks up five gongs at AHA NSW Awards The Central Coast has come away with a swag of awards at the 2023 Australian Hotels Association NSW Hospitality Awards for Excellence.

The annual awards honour the achievement of excellence in NSW hotels across a variety of categories including accommodation, dining, entertainment, marketing, social media, community service and talented employees.

These awards are made in three categories – Experience, Property, Food – with various sub categories in each.

In the Experience awards, Drifters Wharf at Gosford was joint winner with the Tourist Hotel in Queanbeyan.

Hotel Gosford was named Best Regional Local and the Best Wagering Venue was The Lakes Hotel at The Entrance.

In the Property awards, winner of Best Regional Development was The Entrance Social Club at The Entrance.

In the Food awards, the Elanora Hotel at East Gosford was winner of the Best Steak section.

And Hotel Gosford picked up a second award for Best Regional Casual Dining.

“More and more the Central

Coast is being recognised for its food offerings with talented locals expanding the culinary excellence on offer,” Minister for the Central Coast and Member for Wyong David Harris said.

“Local venues are investing in upgrades to facilities as well as attracting talented chefs and musicians to our region.

“This is great news for locals and visitors alike providing quality experiences as well as a significant boost to the local economy.”

Harris said Mexicoast Cantina also won Best Regional Restaurant at the recent Restaurant & Catering Australia Hostplus Awards.

Minister for the Central Coast David Harris (centre) with the team from Hotel Gosford at the awards

Fletch and Hindy wrap up at Wyong

A packed auditorium for the sportsman’s lunch

More than 200 people turned out for the recent Sportsman’s Lunch at Wyong Leagues Club to be entertained by some esteemed football stars and to mingle and talk all things sport.

Guests in The Showroom

were entertained at The Wrap Up Show by Master of Ceremonies comedian Steve Philp, Foxtel football stars Fletch and Hindy, Mark ‘Spud’ Carroll and current Newcastle Knights player Adam Elliot, who all regaled the audience with tall tales and true from the

world of rugby league.

The networking event was well received by an audience chiefly made-up of representatives from the sporting bodies on the Central Coast sponsored by Wyong Leagues Group and their major commercial suppliers.

Council on lookout for group to manage Toukley tennis complex Central Coast Council is calling for community focused not-for-profit groups to register their interest in managing the day-to-day operations and activation of Toukley Tennis Complex.

The complex is a four-court tennis facility with an adjoining clubhouse and ideally situated in the heart of Toukley.

A Council spokesperson said community focused groups could provide beneficial tennis opportunities and encourage and enhance active participation through community coaching and social tennis activities.

Council is encouraging applications from community not-for-profit groups who meet the criteria and eligibility set

out in Council’s Leasing and Licensing Policy and who can demonstrate previous tennis related knowledge and experience.

For more information and to lodge an application email Karina.Galey@centralcoast. nsw.gov.au Applications close on November 18.

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Thousands of Coasties have easier access to bulk billing

Member for Dobell Emma McBride discusses the changes with Dr Conelio Mafohla, spokesperson for Central Coast GP Association, at Oceanside Private Practice

Member for Dobell Emma McBride and Member for Robertson Gordon Reid

More than 50,000 children and their families and more than 130,000 pensioners and concession cardholders on the Central Coast will find it easier to see a bulk billed GP after Medicare changes which came into effect on November 1.

The largest investment in bulk billing in the 40-year

history of Medicare saw the bulk billing incentive for local GPs tripled.

The Federal Government is also investing in a $1.5B indexation boost to Medicare rebates across the board, increasing the amount that doctors receive for Medicare services and reducing pressure on GPs. Member for Dobell Emma

McBride said the changes would make it easier for more than 11 million Australians to see a bulk billing doctor, including thousands on the Central Coast.

Member for Robertson Gordon Reid said primary care was fundamental healthcare.

“It is critical that we are doing everything we can to support our general practices to

continue providing high-quality patient care,” he said.

“There are 73,130 people in my electorate who will benefit from (this) investment in Medicare, helping more people access a doctor when they need one.

“There is more work to do, and we are getting on with the job of addressing the issues in our healthcare system.”

Member for Shortland Pat Conroy said people shouldn’t be forced to choose between buying groceries or seeing their GP. “This is the latest responsible step the government is taking to improve the health outcomes of people in our community,” he said.

“Along with restoring the hours for our community’s GP

Access After Hours service and establishing Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, we are delivering on our commitments to make it easier for people to see a doctor.”

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Housing shortage affecting aged care workforce The aged care sector on the Central Coast is suffering a staff shortage, largely because of the lack of accommodation for workers, according to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).

CEDA says Australia must urgently step-up efforts to address the growing shortage of aged care workers as beds sit empty in homes around the country despite long waiting lists, with regions such as the Central Coast the hardest hit.

The third report in CEDA’s series on aged care, Duty of care: Aged-care sector running on empty, says aged care homes are now operating under capacity due to worker shortages, with some as low as 50 per cent capacity.

In Gosford, with a rental vacancy rate of just 2.36 per cent, the median rent would take up 53 per cent of an aged

care worker award wage, the report says.

“This is for a typical level three aged care direct care worker earning the award wage of around $1,100 per week full time,” it says.

“An affordable rental (30 per cent of income) would cost around $330 per week.”

The report says extraordinarily low rental vacancy rates in most regional areas, including Gosford, are making it difficult for workers to move to the regions.

“A rental vacancy rate of three per cent is generally considered a balanced market, with current vacancy rates well below this,” it says.

CEDA Chief Economist Cassandra Winzar said new mandated staffing levels meant many facilities were operating well below full capacity because they couldn’t get enough workers and

because of the lack of available places in residential care.

“From December 2021 through to June 2022, the number of regional patients in NSW awaiting discharge to an aged care facility nearly tripled,” she said.

“There is no sign this trend has abated.

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Balcony and Patio Gardens Once you need or decide to garden in an area away from in ground garden beds, it means one thing container gardening.

Be it a window box, a pot of any size, a hanging basket or even a vertical garden arrangement, growing plants on a balcony, deck, courtyard, or patio will involve you having to recreate an environment for your plants that they are going to thrive in.

Pots come is a never-ending variety of materials and styles but as a rule of thumb, make sure they are about 15cm deeper than the root ball of your intended plant and 10cm wider.

If you are planting multiple plants, then use this as a rough guide to overall container size.

When it comes to purchased pots, there are many ready to use types that you can find at local nurseries and even online.

Upcycling objects that might be suitable as pots is a great sustainable idea, but just make sure they have adequate drainage holes, or you can create them.

If the container is very large, say garden bed size, perhaps you could create a wicking bed system.

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and then into your plants.

Examples of upcycled containers are old wheelbarrows, cooking pots and other kitchen items, old gumboots, wine barrels, bathtubs and sinks, tins, buckets, and the list goes on!

The Challenges You will face similar challenges with all your crops in pots as you would growing in the ground such as pests and disease and there is no difference in the solutions for most of these.

Additional issues you may need to address includes inadequate drainage, incorrect positioning, inferior or incorrect soil or the over or under use of fertiliser.

As well as having adequate drainage, make sure that the water can drain away.

This means either having pots stand a little higher than the surface they are upon.

This can be done by using ‘pot feet’ or standing pots on a saucer that is emptied as required or you could nestle your pot on a bed of some sort of open medium like gravel or small stones.

Soil in container gardens needs to be correct for the plant type and refreshed or replaced regularly as you are asking your plants to grow in a confined space that is not changing.

There is no connection with

the earth’s micro-organisms in a pot so the addition of compost, organic fertilisers and sometimes complete soil replacement will keep your plant happy.

Don’t over-feed either.

Indications of too much fertiliser include browning, blistering, wrinkling, or wilting of leaves.

Also make sure that you give plants a deep water after feeding so the roots won’t burn.

An Edible Potted Garden A few vegetables that will grow successfully in pots include broccoli, bok choy, cabbage, capsicums, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, eggplant, kale, lettuce, silverbeet, spinach, tomatoes, beans, peas, snow peas, squash, carrots, garlic, potatoes, radish and zucchini.

Beetroot is a vegetable garden favourite that does double-duty as the leaves are incredibly sweet and tasty and the beet is a prize either roasted, juiced or pickled.

A heavy feeder, so you will need to ensure a moist soil and fertilise with a complete allpurpose mixture each week, but the return is home grown beetroot which is divine.

You will need a large pot, at least 40cm wide with excellent drainage and

top-quality potting mix.

Place in a full sun position.

Plant seedlings according to their type and seeds need to soak in water for a few hours before planting.

Snip off outer leaves to use as needed and harvest beetroots while they are young as they are sweeter.

I don’t think there are many herbs that you couldn’t grow in pots, but these are a few that you can grow without any real issues: Basil, chillies, chives, coriander, mint, oregano, parsley, rocket, rosemary, sage and thyme.

Why don’t you also try growing ginger (Zingiber officinale) in pots? Slow growing but so worth dedicating a pot or two to the cause.

Ginger grows from rhizomes, that’s the part you eat, and you can use organic ginger that has budded, or you will find that ‘planting’ rhizomes are fairly easy to obtain from suppliers online.

Minimum pot size is 30cm wide and make sure it is deep.

Into this, plant a 3cm piece with a growth bud to a depth of 5cm.

If you have a larger container, the spacing will be 20cm.

Your ginger needs a fun sun, warm position and you must use the best quality potting mix and keep it moist.

Feed with an all-round liquid fertiliser fortnightly.

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Gather with friends or make new connections as you paint, sip, and savour the cosy ambiance of Burbank House and Garden.

Immerse yourself in the joy of art and embrace the enchantment of winter while enjoying the company of fellow art enthusiasts.

Please note this is a BYO event.

Please bring your own drinks with you to enjoy! Burbank House & Garden Erina Heights.

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Ginger is ready to harvest in about 8 months, once the foliage dies back.

When that occurs, empty out the pot and collect your spicy, delicious ginger!

A moveable fruit farm is appealing to a lot of people, and everyone can have at least one of their most used or loved edible fruits in a pot including apples, apricots, blueberries, cherries, lemons, limes, mandarins, oranges and peaches.

Why don’t you plant some strawberries? Firstly, make sure you have a self-pollinating variety and get a little creative because strawberries love growing in hanging baskets, window boxes and interesting containers that support their cascading habit.

They need lots of sun, a warm position, top quality potting mix and a potassium rich feed when fruiting or in a growth phase.

Simply pot up the young strawberry or crown in a pot at least 30cm, keep soil moist and wait for the berries.

Other crops in pots to consider are Australian native foods including warrigal greens (Tetragonia tetragonioides), finger lime (Citrus australasica) and midyim berry (Austromyrtus dulcis).

You will need a specialist native potting soil and fertiliser, but they are rather easy to grow in pots.

More Ideas Vertical gardens are having a heyday right now and why not?

They are a brilliant way to make good use of wall and fence spaces that might otherwise only host as a backdrop to a smaller quantity of plants.

Complete ready to use systems are available commercially but you can also recreate the look with either fixed or free-standing shelving and potted plants.

Keeping the area, or large areas of your vertical garden to similar plants or at least ones with the same needs will mean a greater chance of success.

By doing this, you will be creating a microenvironment that has the same food, water and light requirements and you can easily manage the care of all the plants in that area at the same time.

Hanging baskets are a triedand-true way of container gardening and can add a whimsical note your balcony, patio, or courtyard as well as use space that might otherwise be wasted.

The most important thing to note is that hanging baskets usually dry out faster than any other gardening method because they are subject to a greater amount of air movement around them.

Always keep a close eye on the moisture level of yours, not just when it is dry or hot.

TASKS & TIPS FOR YOU THIS WEEK This week you can plant the following: Culinary herbs, bens, beetroot, cabbage, cape gooseberry, capsicum, carrot, celery, chicory, choko, cress, cucumber, eggplant, endive, leeks, lettuce, marrow, melons, mustard, okra, parsnip, pumpkins, radishes, rhubarb, rosella, salsify, silverbeet, spring onions, squashes, sweet corn, sweet potato, tomatoes, ageratum, alyssum, amaranths, aster, Californian poppy, carnation, celosia, coleus, cosmos, dianthus, everlasting daisy, gazania, gerbera, gypsophila, impatiens, marigold, nasturtium, petunias, phlox, portulaca, salvia, snap dragon, sunflower, verbena, vinca, zinnia

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Coast students shine in maths competition The sums were right in the 2023 Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition, with students from across the Central Coast excelling in the annual event.

With participants from 330 schools across the Hunter, Central Coast, Mid North Coast, North Coast, Northern Rivers, Central West, Riverina and New England North West, the competition challenges students to complete 35 questions without help from calculators, rulers or other mathematical instruments Local students took first and second placings in both the Year 5 and Year 6 divisions, with first place in Year 5 going to Coast Christian School’s Roy Feria Amador and second to Gosford

Winners are grinners - Central Coast school students excelled in Newcastle Permanent’s annual maths competition

Public School’s Alex Shi. Gosford Public School further shined in Year 6, with Daniel Yang finishing equal first and Reggy Wu coming in second.

Newcastle Permanent Chief Distribution Officer Paul

Juergens presented major award winners with their prizes in a ceremony at the Newcastle Permanent Centre of Excellence, while district awards were presented at local branches across NSW.

“For the second year running Central Coast students have topped both the Year 5 and Year 6 divisions which is a wonderful achievement, so I extend my congratulations to the students and their teachers for their

fantastic efforts,” Juergens said.

“Although we live in a world where we carry answers in our pockets, it is still critical that students learn to problemsolve and think on their feet.

“This competition tests those skills and asks students to apply and extend their numeracy knowledge to find the solutions they need.

“We use maths every day, and the skills these students are learning now will set them up for life.”

Based on their results, all participating students received a high distinction, distinction, merit, or participation certificate, while those who placed or won a district award also received a Newcastle Permanent account credit.

The Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition is the largest and longest running competition of its kind in Australia.

More than 600,000 students have registered to participate since it started in 1981.

Game changer challenge for two Coast schools Students from Chertsey Public School and Terrigal High School are ready to compete in the final stage of the award-winning Game Changer Challenge in Parramatta to be held November 7-9.

Selected as two of 24 grand finalists, the Chertsey team, Kapok Kids, and Terrigal team, All Stars, will use design thinking methodology to help solve a real-world wicked problem in the Department of Education’s Game Changer Challenge.

This year students have been asked to invent or innovate something that will change our world and

leave a lasting impact.

The students from Kapok Kids are devising access to essential items like toiletries and nonperishable food products for low-achieving university students using a donation box system.

The All Stars are looking at how to augment the existing period product access service in schools with tailored ordering and delivery methods.

“The Game Changer Challenge harnesses the power of young minds to solve the real-world problems of today and those we will face in the future,” Education Department Secretary Murat Dizdar said.

“Over the past six years

Chertsey Public School students prepared for the challenge (front row from left) Arizona Jobe, Max Rand, Zhalia Nelson, (back row from left) James Maxwell and Ethan Dance

we’ve seen students of all ages take what they have learned in the classroom and transform

their ideas into innovative and practical solutions.”

The 2023 Game Changer

Challenge wicked problem was inspired by a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.

A record number of submissions were received this year, with almost 400 teams entering.

Of these, 120 teams participated across eight virtual semi-finals, with the 24 highest-scoring teams progressing to the three-day grand final event to be held at the department’s Parramatta office.

On November 9 teams will present their solutions and

prototypes at the Game Changer Challenge Ideas Expo, where judges and industry partners will wander around the expo area, interacting with students, learning about their ideas and sharing feedback.

A virtual expo will be published on the Game Changer Challenge website, allowing visitors to virtually walk through the Ideas Expo and view team ideas and prototypes.

Winners will be announced at 12.30pm.

Visit the Game Changer Challenge website for more information – education.nsw. gov.au/public-schools/gamechanger-challenge

Challenge pushes the right buttons for Zayd In 2022, Central Coast Sports College student Zayd Husain joined his school mates in taking part in Australia’s largest mental health and fitness event, The Push-Up Challenge.

This year, the Year 12 student took it a step further by becoming a Student Ambassador for the program.

This saw the promising football player – he has signed with the Mariners – organise and encourage his entire school, from Year 7 to 12, to take part in the challenge which took place over the course of one month.

Over the month, students managed to complete more than 200,000 push-ups, raising more than $6,000 along the way.

“It was a challenge,” Zayd said.

“Balancing my schoolwork and sport and running the program all by myself, but as a sport school, I think good mental health is important.”

Zayd said the program helped him develop new skills like time management, public speaking and running events.

“It was a great learning tool,” he said.

Organisers behind the PushUp Challenge are now calling on students passionate about mental health to apply for the 2024 Student Ambassador program.

Student Ambassadors will lead their school mates, teachers and school community in The Push-Up Challenge by cheering them on to get fit, have fun and

Zayd Husain with student Savannah Lalor who helped out

learn about mental health.

Students completing Year 10, 11 and Year 12 in 2024 anywhere in Australia can apply to be a Student

Ambassador and make a difference to the mental health of their school community.

They will be equipped with mental health awareness

training, resources and leadership support to coordinate The Push-Up Challenge at their school.

Founder of The Push-Up Challenge, Nick Hudson, says the Student Ambassador program is one of the team’s proudest achievements to date.

“Watching students from around the country bring their communities together through fun and fitness is such a special thing,” he said.

“Students and school groups are some of our most passionate participants because they care wholeheartedly about learning about mental health and coming together to achieve a common goal.

“When we think about mental health, we often

think of mental illness.

The Student Ambassador program aims to help students positively reframe this perception by providing tools to increase their mental health knowledge and build confidence in encouraging conversations about mental health with their peers and community.

“This year we had over 490 Student Ambassadors lead 18,276 students from around the country to complete millions of push-ups and raise nearly $700,000 for mental health.

To learn more about The Push-Up Challenge’s Student Ambassador program and apply to take part, visit www. thepushupchallenge.com.au Source: CCN

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Round 3 of cricket underway Round 3 of the Diggers The Entrance 1st Grade Men’s Cricket Competition hit off on Saturday, November 4, with Day 1 of the two-day round.

Wyong won the toss against Lisarow Ourimbah at Bill Sohier Park and elected to bowl.

Lisarow Ourimbah took to the crease with the bat getting their runs off to a great start but the tables turned quickly with the top bowling of Mark Leard taking 6/37 off 16.5.

After 51 overs, Lisarow Ourimbah was all out for 161.

Wyong went out to bat with the opening batters being taken quickly by Scott Burkinshaw who is 3/39 off 13.

Wyong finished the day on 4/92 after 35 overs with Jack Harris 51 not out.

Woongarrah Sporting Complex saw Warnervale and Brisbane Water battle it out.

Brisbane Water won the toss and elected to bat.

Warnervale took a couple of quick wickets before Jacob McCormick settled in but was taken on 47.

Alex Searle was 43 not out at the end of their innings.

Harrison Townsend was the pick of the bowlers from Warnervale, taking 6/42 off 20.

Brisbane Water were all out for 177 and Warnervale went out to bat.

After a quick wicket, Aidan Letherbarrow was on 25 not out along with Harrison Townsend on 34 not out.

At stumps, Warnervale

Harrison Townsend from Warnervale took 6/42 off 20

was 1/86 off 21.

Narara Wyoming took on last season’s premiers The Entrance at Fagans Park.

Narara Wyoming won the toss and elected to bowl.

Simon Keen put a comfortable 58 on the board before being taken out by co-captain Thomas Owen, who took 6/56 off 18.

By the 59th over The Entrance were all out for 196.

Narara Wyoming took to the crease but their top order fell over with the combined effort of the bowlers.

Gregory Kitchen with 2/11 off 7 left Narara Wyoming 5/50 at stumps on Day 1.

Umina Oval was host to Kincumber Avoca and Southern Spirit.

Kincumber Avoca elected to bat after winning the toss and opening batter Michael

The Central Coast Female Plan B Country Bash team

Williams settled in nicely but was run out on 47 after facing 128 balls.

Southern Spirit bowler Lachlan Cork took 3/28 off 25.

Shaun Robertson was not out on 87 at stumps leaving Kincumber Avoca 8/197 after Day 1.

Northern Power and Terrigal Matcham played at Harry Moore Oval, with Terrigal Matcham winning the toss and electing to bowl.

The top scorer was Ben Gillies on 26 leaving Northern Power all out for 111 after 44 overs.

Terrigal Matcham went out to bat and Northern Power put on the pressure chasing down the wickets quickly.

Harry Brien top scored for Terrigal Matcham on 26 but the majority of the batters were taken out by Christopher Archer with some great bowling of 6/24 off 11.

At stumps, Terrigal Matcham sat at 8/108.

Day 2 of the round will be held on Saturday, November 11.

Meanwhile, the Central Coast opened their Female Plan B Country Bash campaign with an eight wicket loss to Northern Inland Bolters at Tuggerah on Friday evening, November 3.

The new-look team won the toss and elected to bat and got off to a bright start with Sophie McCrae and skipper Emily Humphreys putting on 37 runs for the first wicket.

The loss of McCrae for 19 and Humphreys 11 saw a middle order collapse with only Aanya Siingh able to hold off the Bolters spin attack making 14.

At the end of their 20 overs, Central Coast finished with 8/75.

With ball in hand the Central Coast got off to a perfect start with Emma Raychaudhuri

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The program is designed to minimise predator impacts on wildlife, especially threatened species.

Signs will be placed at the entry to the baiting location.

Domestic pets are not permitted in NPWS managed lands. Pets and working dogs may be affected (1080 is lethal to cats and dogs). Pets and working dogs must be restrained or muzzled in the vicinity and must not enter the baiting location. In the event of accidental poisoning seek immediate veterinary assistance.

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picking up a wicket in her second over.

This brought the Bolters’ best two batters to the crease and they put on a 35-run partnership before excellent fielding by Layla Graham and Rejoice Mudavose saw a run out.

But that was the last success for Central Coast as the Bolters passed the total in the 14th over.

Raychaudhuri finished with the excellent figures of 1/5 off her three overs.

The Bash was affected by the unpredictable weather on Saturday, November 4, but teams were able to take to the field with reduced overs in Round 2.

Central Coast Rush won the toss in Round 2 and sent North Coast Chargers out to bat.

After 12 overs, the Chargers were 3/76 with Emma Raychaudhuri taking 2/18 off 3.

Rush went out to bat but were unable to make the runs struggling against the Chargers’ bowlers and ended their overs on 6/49.

In Round 3 Central Coast Rush took on last year’s champions, Newcastle Blasters.

The Blasters won the toss and elected to bat.

AlexBobbi Smith 1/10 off 2, Aanya Siingh 1/14 off 3 and Rachel Scarr 1/19 off 2 took down some big hitters and after their overs, the Blasters were 3/134.

Rush went out to bat, sending out skipper Emily Humphreys, who was out after nine balls for six runs.

The Blasters’ bowlers were in fine form and unfortunately after 18 overs Central Coast Rush were all out for 45.

ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT – REGISTRATION OF INTEREST Travers Bushfire & Ecology (TBE; ABN 85 624 419 870) is seeking to consult with interested Aboriginal persons in preparation of an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment for a proposed playground redevelopment at Lot 7034, DP1125784, Illoura Reserve, Davistown NSW (the study area). The study area is in the Central Coast Council Local Government Area.

TBE is seeking to consult with interested Aboriginal persons in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Consultation Requirements for Proponents (2010) in order to assist the proposed applicant in the possible preparation of an allocation for an Aboriginal Heritage Impact Permit (AHIP) and to assist the Director General of Department of Premier and Cabinet in consideration and determination of the application.

What do you need to do?

Aboriginal persons who hold cultural knowledge of the region are invited to register their interest in writing with: Tyler Beebe Travers Bushfire & Ecology 7/17 Babilla Close Beresfield NSW 2322 or at tbeebe@travers ecology.com.au When must registration be received?

Registration must be received by 23 November 2023

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Central Coast Mariners’ tough night in Perth FOOTBALL Last Saturday night, November 4, the Central Coast Mariners faced an uphill battle as they took on Perth Glory in an intense showdown at HBF Park in Perth.

Despite a spirited effort from the Mariners, they ultimately fell short, losing 2 -0, leaving fans and players alike pondering the ups and downs of the round ball game.

From the first whistle, it was evident that both teams were hungry for success.

The Central Coast Mariners, determined to secure their first win of the season, showcased some of their youthful prowess with new plays and strategic moves.

Throughout the first half, the game was marked by intense competition and near-miss opportunities for both teams.

The Mariners’ attacks made some promising advances,

with both Farrell and Paull sending shots goalward without success and Glory’s defence remained resolute.

Perth Glory, playing in front of their home crowd, were formidable, confidently keeping the Mariners locked up at nil all until halftime.

As the players re-entered the field a halftime sub for the Mariners saw Alou Kuol come on for Dylan Wenzel-Halls.

However, the football pitch can be a fickle stage, and in the second half, Perth Glory managed to break through the Mariners’ defence with a wellexecuted play in the 52nd minute.

The collective disappointment of fans was palpable, and the score update painted a challenging picture for the Mariners.

Despite the setback, the Mariners refused to let adversity dampen their spirit, continuing to push forward, making valiant efforts to level

Jacob Farrell

the playing field.

Then in the 60th minute, Marco Tulio put the ball in the back of the net for an equaliser, but it was called back for offside.

Mariners fans were

devastated with the decision, then expressed their unwavering support, sharing messages of hope and determination on social media.

In the 72nd minute, Perth scored and the home crowd

erupted, only to have the goal disallowed after a VAR decision ruled it offside.

Shortly afterwards Torres earned a red card from the ref and the Mariners were down to 10 men.

The Mariners fired up and Theoharous almost found the back of the net, but Perth’s keeper Cook palmed it over the bar for a save.

Manager Jackson threw on fresh legs as substitutions with Wilson, Steele and Doka on for Roux, Theoharous and Tulio.

Glory sensed weakness and pounced, pushing relentlessly forward as regular time rolled into seven minutes of injury time.

In the 93rd minute, Perth scored their second goal and the wind fell out of the sails of the Mariners outfit.

Shortly after, the final whistle blew with the score favouring the Glory.

The Mariners, who had fought

hard throughout the game, now faced the bitter taste of defeat.

Football is a game of passion and small margins, where victories and losses often go hand in hand.

While the outcome may not have been what the Central Coast Mariners and their dedicated fanbase had hoped for, it’s essential to remember that every match provides valuable lessons for the new young team and growth opportunities abound.

As the Mariners regroup and analyse their performance after this match, they’ll look ahead to future fixtures with determination and a stronger resolve.

The beautiful game has a way of testing teams and revealing their character, and the Mariners’ journey continues with the promise of new opportunities and the pursuit of success in the increasingly competitive world of Australian football.

Disabled surfers ready to put Smiles on Dials Central Coast Disabled Surfers Association (DSACC) will hold its first Smiles on Dials event of the season at Umina Beach on Saturday, December 2.

Following a volunteer training day set to take place on November 25, the event will celebrate International Day of People with Disability with this year’s theme being United in Action to rescue and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for, with and by persons with disabilities.

“We need large volunteer numbers to make our surfing experience safe and enjoyable,” a spokesperson said.

“Interested volunteers are asked to register online via Humanitix or via https://bit.ly/ December2Umina prior to the event so we know how many surfers we can accept.

“Volunteers will also be accepted on the day.

“Volunteers do not need to know how to surf although water skills are highly valued.

“A water refill station and a rash shirt will be provided for the day, but volunteers are encouraged to bring their own wetsuits.

“A sausage sizzle will complete the festivities.”

Volunteering at a Smiles on

Dials event consists of helping participants to and from the beach, assisting them in and out of the water and helping set-up and clean-up.

Food is provided and smiles are always encouraged.

The free volunteer training day will be held at Umina Beach on Saturday, November 25, from 9am with a theory session followed by training in the water.

You can register at https://bit. ly/CCVolunteerTraining DSACC is a volunteer-run organisation which enables people of all ages and abilities to take part in one of Australia’s most popular

pastimes, beach surfing.

Volunteers provide a safe and happy surfing experience to a wide range of people with various disabilities who would otherwise be unable to access the beach.

In order to ensure safety, DSA has a very high volunteer-toparticipant ratio, with a minimum of six-to-one, up to as high as 30-to-one for more challenging participants.

They only surf in broken waves, in waist depth water.

The organisation was established in 1986 and currently has 19 branches across Australia and New Zealand.

Smiles on Dials will be held at Umina Beach on December 2

Slingsby inducted into Sailing Hall of Fame SAILING Central Coast sailor Tom Slingsby has been inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame, acknowledging his exceptional performance and contribution at the highest level to the sport.

Tom Slingsby has been inducted into the Sailing Hall of Fame

The announcement was made at the recent 2023 Australian Sailing Awards, where the Australia SailGP team, for which Slingsby is driver, was named Team of the Year.

Team coach Ben Durnam was

crowned Coach of the Year due to his impressive results and dedication to the Women’s Pathway Program.

The annual awards recognise achievements within the sport and acknowledge members of the Australian sailing community.

This year, more than 30 finalists were recognised across the nation with 15 different categories on the night.

Slingsby said it was an honour to be recognised by Australian Sailing not only for his personal achievements, but for the

team’s success at SailGP, where it has enjoyed a good run over the past three seasons.

“None of this would be possible without the amazing coaches I have had over the years who have given up their time and leadership to help shape me to be the sailor I am today,” he said.

“I’d like to thank the organisers for this recognition and my fellow Australia SailGP teammates for continuing to push the boundaries in the sport and congratulate our coach Ben for his welldeserved accolade.”

The award wins are just the beginning for the Australian SailGP team, with the team recognised as a finalist for Team of the Year and Tom Slingsby up for Male Sailor of the Year at the World Sailing awards, to be announced on November 14.

The Australian SailGP team is currently competing in Season 4 of the SailGP championship, sitting top of the table as it looks to defend its title.

Tickets are now on sale for the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix, Sydney at SailGP.com/ Sydney.

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World class waterskiers head for Gosford

Fourth generation waterskier Nellie McMillan in action on the water | Photo: Russell Chown

A stunning strip of Brisbane Water near Drifters Wharf at Gosford will be abuzz with activity from November 9-19 when competitors from around the world put their waterskiing prowess to the test at the IWWF 2023 World Waterski Racing Championships.

Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch said the 10-day event would give Coasties and visitors the opportunity to witness the thrill and adrenaline of world-class waterski racing.

“It was a real coup when the Central Coast hosted the Australian Team Qualifying Selection Races and it’s fantastic for the Coast to be the destination for the waterskiing community’s ‘best of the best’ – along with their friends, families and teams in Gosford,” she said.

World Waterski Racing Championships Chairperson Stewart Smith said the Championships were a brilliant opportunity to showcase the natural beauty of the Brisbane

Water, which had been “so under-utilised for so many years”.

“It’s such a great opportunity for the local community to appreciate the beauty of their waterfront and highlight Gosford to the world,” he said.

One of those taking to the water will be Hawkesbury River local and fourth generation waterskier Nellie McMillan.

The 19-year-old is the current IWWF Junior Girls World Champion and will be competing in the Open Women’s category for the first time when the competition begins on November 9.

“In the Open Women’s Class I’m hoping to come away with the World Title,” she said.

“I’m both nervous and excited to give the Open Women’s World Title a crack here on home soil.”

McMillan competed against the world’s best waterskiers back in 2019 as a junior competitor in the World Waterski Racing Championships in Vichy, France.

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“This represents a big step up for me, coming straight from the Junior Class, and it’s an amazing opportunity,” she said.

The Hawkesbury River has been McMillan’s home all her life and she describes herself as having waterskiing in her blood.

“I’m so fortunate to have the Hawkesbury River as my very own backyard,” she said.

McMillan first jumped onboard a waterski at Budgewoi Lake at Toukley when she was just five.

“I’m a fourth generation waterskier and my family has been competing all their lives,” she said.

“I have raced at Lake Budgewoi at Toukley for over 12 years now and I absolutely love travelling up to race around on the lake five weekends a year.

“My mum and dad have been crazy passionate waterskiers all their lives.

“My great grandmother, Mary McMillan, is a legend of the sport.

“She competed in the 112-kilometre Bridge to Bridge Ski Race on the Hawkesbury 50 times in a row and at the age of 82 she completed her last Bridge to Bridge.

“With role models like my great grandmother, there are definitely no questions about where my determination and passion for ski racing originates from.

“There is so much to love.

“There is a strong sense of family – and community – in the waterskiing fraternity.

“There aren’t many sports that allow you to travel with your entire family – my dad David drives the boat!”

In the 2023 IWWF World Waterski Racing Championships, competitors will race four times over 10 days in classes including Open Men and Women, Formula 2 Men and Women, Junior Boys and Girls.

The World Champion title is awarded to the skier obtaining the most points from three out of the four races in each class.

McMillan said the Gosford

course was an ideal testing ground for all kinds of skiers’ abilities.

“As far as bodies of water go it can be very difficult to read,” she said.

“If it’s cloudy, the water could be dead smooth.

“If it’s windy it could be the roughest body of water you’ve ever seen.

“The competition ground at Brisbane Water is a great venue because it provides so many different types of water and varied water conditions.”

A full-time Medical Science student, McMillan will stay at nearby Terrigal for the duration of the Championships.

She is practising tirelessly, skiing for about an hour several times a week in numerous bodies of water including Brooklyn, Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay as well as on her home turf on the Hawkesbury.

McMillan will be typical of the many competitors and their families helping to boost the region’s economy.

“One of my favourite things to

do on the Central Coast is to shop,” she said.

“On the days when we’re not competing I’m really looking forward to sightseeing around the Central Coast checking out all the excellent cafes and restaurants.”

Skiers will start at the Gosford end of Brisbane Water next to the wharf area and proceed 2.5km down towards the Noonan Point and Point Frederick area, where they will turn and come back with another turn outside Drifters and the Gosford wharf.

The course is a 5km lap in total and competitors will do consecutive laps for the duration of their timed event.

These are: Men’s Open (60 minutes); Women’s Open (45 minutes); and Juniors (30 minutes).

There will also be two 20-minute International Challenge Display Races featuring Under 14s Junior and Over 40, 50 and 60 age classes.

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