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The allocation of Council funds to upgrade Mount Ettalong lookout instead of prioritising road work has left some residents perplexed. See page 5

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Pearl Beach Arboretum has put the call out to members and participants to give their feedback on the event to help plan future experiences. See page 14

Business Coles supermarket Woy Woy was an exposure site on the morning of Monday, August 9

Residents have been asked to be on high alert after fragments of COVID-19 were detected at the Woy Woy Sewage Treatment Plant last week and a local supermarket was listed as an exposure site on Monday. According to the Coles website, Coles has been informed that a customer who has tested positive for COVID visited Coles Woy Woy supermarket between 8:35am and 8:55am on Monday, August 9. “In accordance with advice from NSW Health, all customers who were at the store during this time are asked to seek a COVID-19 test immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result,” Coles said. Additionally, NSW Health advises that if customers receive a negative test taken before August 14, they should wear a mask around others and limit their movement until receiving a second negative test result taken on August 14

or later. “Coles’ standard cleaning procedures comply with the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Hygiene Practices For Supermarkets and frequent cleaning and sanitisation has occurred in the time since the customer was last on site,” the supermarket said. The sewage sample was taken on Tuesday, August 3 at the sewage treatment plant which serves an area of about 41,000 people in suburbs including Woy Woy, Woy Woy Bay, Phegans Bay, Horsfield Bay, Blackwall, Booker Bay, Ettalong Beach, Umina Beach, Pearl Beach and Patonga. Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) initially said the detections were‘particularly concerning’ as they could indicate undetected, active COVID-19 cases in the catchment. It is important to note there are currently no known cases in these areas. Public Health Director at

CCLHD, Dr Kathryn Taylor, said there was only a low level of COVID-19 detected in the Woy Woy plant. “Sewage gives us a signal that something [is] going on in the area, and we can see trends in whether the amount of virus is increasing or decreasing or whether it’s a very low-level detection,” Taylor said. “A low-level detection is a once-off detection suggesting a visitor that’s come and gone or shedding at the tail end of their infection. “In Woy Woy I’m pleased to announce that the second sample was negative and the previous sample was a lowlevel detection so we’re not really sure what the explanation for that was but it has gone back to negative.” Taylor said that despite the negative sample on the Peninsula, all residents should remain vigilant and continue to come forward for testing. “We’re extremely concerned – if there’s just one undetected case in the community and that

goes on for a week or two weeks that could really quickly mushroom into [an] uncontrolled spread and we are unfortunately seeing the Hunter going through some of that pain,” she added. “I am very concerned about the situation and really urge people to take things seriously, stay at home, don’t mix with other people and get tested if you have even the slightest of symptoms. “Our community is quite connected to both Sydney and the Hunter and there are lots of essential workers who work in either area so it’s very difficult to put additional restrictions. “There’s uncontrolled spread in Sydney, we still have cases coming from Sydney on a regular basis so the people in the south also need to be alert. “We’ve done pretty well so far on the Coast, but we’re not an island.” A new list of exposure sites were confirmed by the health district this week after two new cases were discovered on the

Coast on Wednesday, August 11. CCLHD said there is no known link between the two cases, who are both currently in isolation, with the source of infection for these cases under investigation. There have now been 23 local cases of COVID-19 since the start of the current outbreak in June. Coles in Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy has been identified as a COVID-19 exposure site, with anyone who visited the store on Monday, August 9, between 8:30am and 9am urged to immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received. Anyone who attended the following venues on the dates and times listed is a casual contact who must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received, even if you have had a test in recent days. If your date of exposure at this venue occurred in the past four Continued page 6

Combined land sale volumes across the Central Coast and Hunter regions declined by 23.55 per cent compared to the previous quarter. See page 21

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Tascott’s Nicola McDermott made her mark on Tokyo 2020 on Saturday evening with a 2.02 metre score in the Women’s High Jump Final to secure the silver medal and set her third Australian record for the year, all within four months. See page 32

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As the region gets set to enter its sixth week of lockdown, calls for a mass COVID-19 vaccination centre on the Central Coast are heating up.

The NSW lockdown has forced the cancellation of running events for the foreseeable future. See page 13

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Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, has laid much of the blame for the region’s extended lockdown at the feet of around 150 Coast residents who attended anti-lockdown protests in Sydney on July 24. “I am disappointed to report that the Central Coast’s lockdown cannot be ended,” Crouch said. “This is due to the unbelievable selfishness of approximately 150 local residents (who) attended the ‘anti lockdown’ protest in Sydney on July 24.

“Each one of these people could be the cause of a seeding event in our region which would have disastrous consequences. “It will also take approximately 14 days to see what impact the protest has on local case numbers.” A number of cars drove from Shelly Beach to Gosford waterfront on the same day in a ‘Freedom Drive’ advertised on the Central Coast Conscious Community Facebook page but were prevented from parking at Gosford when police blocked carpark entries. The activity prompted a reminder from NSW Police that Brisbane Water Police District officers are conducting daily operations to ensure people across the region are adhering

to the current restrictions. “The NSW Police Force recognises and supports the rights of individuals and groups to exercise their rights of free speech and peaceful assembly, however, protest activity is in breach of the current COVID-19 Public Health Orders,” a statement from Police said. “The priority for NSW Police is always the safety of the wider community.” Crouch said five active Coast COVID cases also made the health risk too high for an early lockdown release. Confirmation came from Central Coast Local Health District on the weekend that the five cases, from one household in the north of the region, with the first of them

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Two local surf lifesavers were honoured with Life Membership from Killcare Surf Life Saving Club on July 31.

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linked to a Sydney construction site, have been moved to Special Health Accommodation in Sydney to isolate, with health staff undertaking daily wellness checks. The announcement of the fifth case, who had originally tested negative, led to the release of a lengthy list of possible exposure sites at San Remo, Tuggerah, Lake Haven, Charmhaven and Northlakes, which is available for viewing on the NSW Health website. “To end the lockdown now would only speed up transmission of the Delta strain,” Crouch said. “It will take a few days to see if any community transmission occurred at one of the 18 exposure sites on the Central Coast.

“Hundreds of people were unknowingly exposed to COVID-19 and are now being tested.” Community concern spiked this week, with lengthy lines at COVID testing sites all over the region. Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the lockdown extension would allow residents more time to be vaccinated. “Though the Pfizer supply is insufficient there is plenty of AstraZeneca and updated federal health advice recommends anyone aged 18 and over in Greater Sydney should access the jab,” Berejiklian said. Continued page 6

As the Tranche 3 revised land sale list went to the July 27 Central Coast Council meeting for ratification, work on selling Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 land continues. See page 29

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Central Coast Community College, which provides training for disadvantaged students from all over the region, has received a $33,000 boost through the latest round of a NSW Government fund. See page 37

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Locals furious about vaccine theft Hundreds of Central Coast residents were left frustrated and angry over the weekend when their Pfizer vaccination appointments, many of which had been made months in advance, were diverted to HSC students in Sydney COVID hotspots. Many furious residents, some of them essential workers, took to Facebook to vent their fury as Coast politicians slammed the move and criticisms poured in about the Federal Government’s failure to secure adequate vaccination supplies. Paul Phillips of Jilliby was one of many to have their vaccination appointments at Gosford Hospital put on hold.

“I have just had both my Pfizer vaccination appointments cancelled,” Phillips said. “I have had my appointments booked for a long time. “The Central Coast is part of Greater Sydney for lockdown purposes but now they want to steal my Pfizer vaccine appointments as I am classed as regional Australia. “I am very angry both my appointments have been cancelled; this is simply not good enough.” His sentiments were echoed by hundreds of residents, who claimed the classification of the Coast as part of Greater Sydney or Regional varied according to the NSW Government’s whim. Premier Gladys Berejiklian

said on August 2 that the move was “in the best interest of public health”. “Can I stress how important it is for us to get Year 12 students able to complete their HSC exams and make sure they have those qualifications they worked hard for,” she said. “We know that for 16 to 18-year-olds that Pfizer is the only option. “All of us are making a sacrifice, and if it means that some people wait a few extra weeks before they get their Pfizer, I think people would appreciate that.” Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said we would not be in a “Hunger Games situation” if the Federal Government had

secured enough Pfizer for NSW. Crouch said those waiting for their second Pfizer dose would not be impacted and nor would frontline workers. He reminded residents that anyone aged 18 and over is eligible for an AstraZeneca vaccine; these are to be offered at Gosford Hospital from August 5. While NSW Health has announced GPs will continue to administer Pfizer vaccinations in regional NSW, Shadow Minister for Central Coast and Wyong MP, David Harris, said the Central Coast was part of the Greater Sydney lockdown because of the risk of population movement. “At the same time we’re getting a mixed message

because Central Coast Health District is classified as a regional health district, so we are losing our vaccine. “It’s not fair, they can’t have it both ways. “Our people are vulnerable because of that population movement from Sydney and that means we have to have the Pfizer vaccine for those vulnerable people in our community. “It’s not good enough that Central Coast people are missing out through no fault of their own and that the State Government doesn’t seem to have any solutions other than blaming the Federal Government.” See page 10

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Nicola’s dream continues

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Aged care centres on the Peninsula have jumped into the Olympic spirit with a range of events...

The Patonga Progress Association was one of the very few groups to make a submission to the Public Inquiry into the financial woes of Central Coast Council according to a published list..

Health chief warns of swift Delta spread

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Tascot local, Nicola McDermott, has flown through to the Women’s High Jump Final after her clinical qualification on Thursday, August 5.

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Despite assurances from Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, that he is against any sell-off of the Council’s water and sewerage assets the USU is concerned.

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Central Coast Council is encouraging residents to “adopt, not shop” when making the commitment to bring a new companion animal into their home. See page 17

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Jarrod King, one of our firefighters in the north, is now on the other side of the globe lending a hand to battle the ongoing Canadian Wildfires. See page 5

The allocation of Council funds to upgrade Mount Ettalong lookout instead of prioritising road work has left some residents perplexed.

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Samson Alston, is keeping busy despite the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown with a charity play reading, a role in an upcoming play, a role in a new television series and a role in a Marvel film. See page 13

Pearl Beach Arboretum has put the call out to members and participants to give their feedback on the event to help plan future experiences.

See page 5

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Health Coles supermarket Woy Woy was an exposure site on the morning of Monday, August 9

Former Bundesliga forward, Nicolai Muller, has joined the Central Coast Mariners for the 2021-22 season. See page 32

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Many furious residents, some of them essential workers, took to Facebook to vent their fury as Coast politicians slammed the move and criticisms of the Federal Government for failing to secure adequate vaccination supplied poured in. NSW Health announced that Pfizer appointments at Gosford and Wyong hospitals and the

Belmont vaccination hub would be rediverted. Killcare local, Leah Fotofili, said she had her Pfizer booking suddenly cancelled via text and was frustrated at the lack of information surrounding the decision. “People are so frustrated though and it is that feeling of helplessness, lack of any control, fear and uncertainty,” she said. “We are all, for the most part, accepting of the situation, doing the right thing, accept our position in Greater Sydney, understand the health implications, put our hands up for the vaccine … and now this. “It beggars belief that the Federal Government has

actually left us all so compromised – how many vaccines are we talking about going to Year 12 students in those eight LGAs? “It’s not millions of doses, possibly not even hundreds of thousand, we are talking just thousands of doses. “It blows my mind.” Her sentiments were echoed by hundreds of residents, who claimed the classification of the Coast as part of Greater Sydney or Regional varies according to the NSW Government’s whim. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on August 2 that the move was ‘in the best interest of public health’. “Can I stress how important it is for us to get Year 12 students

able to complete their HSC exams and make sure they have those qualifications they worked hard for,” she said. “We know that for 16 to 18-year-olds that Pfizer is the only option. “All of us are making a sacrifice, and if it means that some people wait a few extra weeks before they get their Pfizer, I think people would appreciate that.” Reports suggest the amount of Pfizer vaccines sent away from the Central Coast to Sydney was in the hundreds, and not thousands, but no exact number has been confirmed yet. A source close to the Central Coast hospitals said staff were outraged and upset at the

San Remo foreshore walking track to John Peter Howard Reserve, including the children’s playground, listed as a COVID exposure site

Coast Pfizer vaccines diverted to Sydney

Vaccine ‘theft’ from locked down locals beggars belief Hundreds of Central Coast residents were left frustrated and angry over the weekend when their Pfizer vaccination appointments, many of which had been made months in advance, were rediverted to HSC students in the areas of greatest concern in Sydney.

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See page 5 After successful amalgamations with Halekulani Bowling Club and Club Wyong in the past 12 months, the Mounties Group is flying high. See page 27

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(Back row from L to R) Cec Bucello, Sue Murray, Lucillia Eljuga and Justin Stanley, (Front row L to R) Harry Mulholland, Merilyn Vale and Jackie Pearson.

Protest ends hopes of early release from COVID lockdown The Central Coast is unlikely to receive an early reprieve from the extended Greater Sydney lockdown, now set to continue until August 28.

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Little fishing village with a big council problem

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After years of searching for “the one”, Hugo the Galapagos tortoise has finally seen his new girlfriend Estrella – albeit virtually.

As the region’s students continued with on line learning last week due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, Central Coast Grammar School decided to lighten the mood a little by inviting students to submit pictures of learning from home with their pets for a special Facebook campaign.

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The Central Coast’s journey to becoming a certified ECO Destination is progressing in leaps and bounds with an additional 10 businesses receiving funding. See page 5

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decision to divert the vaccines away from the Coast. They said a load of Pfizer vials were removed from the freezer on Tuesday overnight without the staff’s knowledge. They said staff expected the supply to ‘drop off’ on the Coast but were shocked that it was taken away completely. CCN reached out to Central Coast Local Health District for confirmation of the removal of vaccines from the hospitals but was sent the following statement from a NSW Health spokesperson. “NSW Health is redirecting Pfizer vaccines from across the state,” the spokesperson said.

A development application currently on exhibition for a residential flat building in Woy Woy has sparked community outcry after plans were said to ‘spoil’ the look of the area. See page 21

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In celebration of Education Week, teachers from Umina Beach Public School have shared their thoughts about working at the school

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Hundreds of Central Coast residents were left frustrated and angry over the weekend when their Pfizer vaccination appointments, many of which had been made months in advance, were rediverted to HSC students in the areas of greatest concern in Sydney. Many furious residents, some of them essential workers, took to Facebook to vent their fury as Coast politicians slammed the move and criticisms of the Federal Government for failing to secure adequate vaccination supplied poured in. NSW Health announced that Pfizer appointments at Gosford and Wyong hospitals and the Belmont vaccination hub would be rediverted. One Coast business owner vented her frustration after

Pfizer vaccination appointments at Gosford Hospital have been redirected to HSC students in Sydney

being forced to close her business and home school her children during the past five weeks of lockdown, with financial assistance from the government “still pending”.

“Knowing that it is important to be vaccinated I have been trying to get an appointment for five weeks,” she said. “Three weeks ago, I managed to book into the new vaccination

hub at Belmont on Monday, August 2. “On July 31 I received a text message to tell me that my appointment was being cancelled to give priority to

year 12 students. “I was shocked, totally upset. “There was no regard (for) my mental health.” She said she had hoped to be fully vaccinated before resuming her work as a hairdresser following lockdown. “I wanted to feel safe, and I wanted my clients to feel safe,” she said. “I feel in this country today that some lives are more important than others. “I feel it is important to be a voice for my family and the many others struggling in this tough situation. “It is important for governments to understand how these decisions affect families just like mine in Australia right now.”

Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent, both of which have multiple branches on the Central Coast, are looking at merging to create the nation’s largest customer-owned bank. See page 25

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Since emerging from the pool stage of the Men’s Hockey competition undefeated, Berkeley Vale’s Matt Dawson and the Australian team have now advanced to the Gold Medal Final. See page 40

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Health authorities are extremely concerned about the spread of COVID-19 through the northern suburbs and are urging everyone to be tested, following 12 new cases in the past week and an evergrowing list of exposure sites. Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) Public Health Director, Dr Kathryn Taylor, said there was particular concern in the suburbs of Lake Haven, San Remo and Blue Haven. “We really do want to call on the community to come out and be tested … we know something’s going on in that whole northern area, so we encourage everyone, even if they have the mildest of symptoms, to please get tested,” she said. “This Delta strain is two to three times more contagious across all age groups and, unfortunately, now we are

seeing transmission in schools as well. “Everyone’s tired of this pandemic, everyone’s tired of being in lockdown, but it’s crucial now more than ever (to follow the lockdown rules) because we are dealing with a completely diabolic strain of this virus which spreads silently and before you know it there’s multiple cases in the community and it’s really difficult for contact tracing to keep up with all those links,” Dr Taylor said. “If you miss just one then that can lead to another super spreading event and that’s why it’s so important to be on high alert and be tested,” she said. There have been 21 cases since lockdown started on June 26, with all but one in the northern suburbs, almost daily there are more exposure sites, and COVID has been detected in sewage treatment plants at both Toukley and Charmhaven.

On Thursday, August 5, CCLHD confirmed nine new cases with eight from the same household, including three siblings, two being students at Lake Munmorah Public School and one at Morisset High School. Both schools were immediately closed for deep cleaning and re-opened the following day on Friday. The ninth case was linked to known cases who were at Blacksmiths Beach in the Lake Macquarie local government area, at the same time as a visitor from a hotspot in southwest Sydney. On Sunday, August 8, there were another three COVIDpositive locals - the first linked to the recent exposure at Lake Munmorah Public School and the second being a household contact. The third person, who was in isolation for their entire infectious period, is a household

contact of a previously known case. The presence of COVID in the northern community has been signalled by the recent detection in sewage at Charmhaven Treatment Plant, and a second positive sample at Toukley plant, a collective catchment area of almost 90,000 people in the area from Wyong across to Magenta and all suburbs north from there. Anyone who lives or works in the northern area of the Coast should be tested and isolate until a negative result is received and particularly those who have been at the most recently announced exposure sites as follows: Lake Munmorah Shopping Centre in Kemira Rd on Saturday, July 31 between 9.15am and 9.40am; Lake Haven shopping centre in Goobarabah Ave on Tuesday, August 3 between 9am and 9.30am.

Cakes by Kyla in Watt St, Gosford, on Wednesday, August 4, from 10.25am to 10.30am; Lake Haven shopping centre on Thursday, August 5, at Crazy Bargain Warehouse from 12.15pm to 12.20pm or Bakers Delight from 12.20pm to 12.25pm; San Remo foreshore walking track between Brudenell Ave and John Peter Howard Reserve on Thursday, July 29, between 2.30pm and 3.30pm; Woolworths, Imperial shopping centre at Gosford on Thursday, August 5 between 6.20pm and 6.50pm – associated with a confirmed case from Sydney who visited the Central Coast during their infectious period; and McDonalds at northbound twin service stations on the M1 freeway on Friday, August 6 between 9.15am and 9.45am – associated with a confirmed case from the Hunter region. Sue Murray

Hamlyn Terrace Aged Care Facility, Hakea Grove, was nominated as a finalist for the Leading Aged Services Australia (LASA) Excellence In Aged Services Awards. See page 25

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Tascott’s Nicola McDermott made her mark on Tokyo 2020 on Saturday evening with a 2.02 metre score in the Women’s High Jump Final to secure the silver. See page 32

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Combined land sale volumes across the Central Coast and Hunter regions declined by 23.55 per cent compared to the previous quarter. See page 21

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Council inquiry to conduct virtual interviews The first and last weeks of September are expected to be used by the Commissioner of the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council to conduct interviews and gather evidence. Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch had been contacting people she wishes to speak with. “She has some powers to compel people to provide information,” Hart said, adding that three reports produced by Council would stand as inquiry submissions. “I did put in a submission in

myself over and above those three reports. “I felt because I am probably in a unique position as being an early CEO, I have a pretty good understanding of what has gone on inside the organisation so my submission may point out some aspects she may want to look at and questions she may want to ask. “I would be more than happy to speak or be questioned.” The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown will change the way Commissioner McCulloch conducts the inquiry. “In a normal situation, outside COVID, she would use the Council chamber; she would

settle herself in down there and it would be a little bit like a courtroom, where she questions and you are on the ropes and you answer,” Hart said. He said the normal process would be similar to a parliamentary estimates committee. “Those requested to speak would be advised to answer honestly and to the best of your ability.” At the August 10 Council meeting, the Administrator confirmed that Commissioner McCulloch would be forced to conduct hearings virtually but he did expect them to be webcast.

“The Commissioner is looking at doing those interviews in the first week of September and then the last week of September with a gap in between.” Commissioner McCulloch’s earlier decision not to publish any of the 97 submissions received as part of the Inquiry was described by Hart as necessary. “In this particular case I know the issue the Commissioner is struggling with is a large number of submissions contain things that are potentially libelous or defamatory so she can’t risk publishing them,” he said. Jackie Pearson

Central Coast Council Public Inquiry Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch

Referendum date tricky to decide If Central Coast Council elections are held in September 2022, as mooted by Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock, residents will be voting for 15 councillors over five wards, regardless of the outcome of any referendum held in the meantime.

With the referendum, which was originally slated for September 4 this year, now on hold due to COVID-19 restrictions it is uncertain just when it will be held. Administrator Rik Hart explained that results of any referendum could not be instituted for at least 12 months. Deciding on a new date for

the referendum, which will ask residents to vote on reducing the number of councillors from 15 to nine and the number of wards from five to three, will be tricky. The Electoral Commission was unable to co-ordinate the referendum planned for this year, so Council engaged a Queensland c company to do the job.

“The thing is, this Queensland company cannot conduct electronic voting, so a new date for when it can conduct our referendum will depend largely on COVID restrictions,” Hart said. Approaching the Electoral Commission to conduct our referendum on December 4, when other councils will hold their elections, is not an option.

“We are now locked in to proceed with the Queensland company,” Hart said. “So we will have to wait and see how COVID (lockdown) progresses to decide on a new date. “Whenever the referendum is held, any changes to our current system decided by that referendum could not be introduced for at least 12

months.” “So while our election of councillors could still go ahead next year, the referendum results would not apply.” Council is awaiting a report outlining the way forward with the referendum.

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Memorial facelift paid for by state and federal grants The War Memorial at the Woy Woy waterfront has undergone a facelift. At almost 100 years old, Council said the Memorial was in need of some love with Council teams recently working to repair and protect the surviving historic fabric of the cenotaph and repair

missing stone portions. With funding from the NSW Government’s Community War Memorial Fund, works involved the stabilising of the cracked spire, fixing the micro fissure cracking of the spire’s base blocks, and repairing the lead lettering on the marble inscription plates.

Council said funding provided by the Federal Government’s Saluting Their Service Program then enabled the completion of the memorial’s restoration including the removal and replacement of the failed epoxy patches, armatures, and large missing stone

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Villagers want road upgrades before lookout makeover The allocation of Central Coast Council funds to upgrade Mount Ettalong lookout instead of prioritising road work has left some Pearl Beach and Patonga residents perplexed. Pearl Beach residents have been begging for substantial upgrade work on Mount Ettalong Road, Patonga Drive and Pearl Beach Road for decades but neither the former Gosford Council nor the Central Coast Council have paid attention. The bushfire-prone village of Pearl Beach has also been appealing for a second access road in and out since at least the 1980s but, again, to no avail. Villagers were surprised when Central Coast Council decided to embark on upgrading the Mount Ettalong lookout and carpark for an original Masterplan budget of $1.7 million. Pearl Beach resident, Kay Williams, said the Mount Ettalong lookout makeover appeared to have ‘taken precedence over the safety of residents”. The Council’s operational plan for the next few years indicates that the amount to be spent on the Mount Ettalong lookout will be substantially less than the touted $1.7 million. No funds are allocated in the current financial year and in

2022-23 an amount of $50,000 will be spent from general revenue on the lookout renewal, according to the operational plan. A further $130,000 has been budgeted from general revenue in the 2023-24 financial year so the total budget will be around one tenth of the original proposal. Even so, residents like Williams have concerns that the upgrade will attract more visitors to an unstable area on a dangerous piece of road. “It is a very dangerous lookout, onsandstonethatisdeteriorating,” she said of the north-east facing platform. “A second lookout over Pearl Beach has been closed off for years because of safety concerns.” Williams is leading the charge to argue that the funds would be better spent restoring the original Mount Ettalong Road which traced the ocean side of Umina Point around to the northern end of Pearl Beach. “The road around to Pearl Beach was the first means of access to Pearl Beach and it remained a pathway until 1988 when the sewer went through,” Williams said. “Council in their wisdom dug the road up and put the sewer through but the path in and out of Pearl Beach then became impassable.”

According to Williams, Council blocked the track and since the late 1980s locals have potentially been “trapped in a village with no egress in a bushfire or if a serious accident blocked the road”. It was 2005 when Gosford Council resurfaced Pearl Beach Road and told residents they would need to put upgrades of Patonga Rd on “forward estimates”. Williams said the next time any substantial works were completed was 2018-19 when drainage and resurfacing works were carried out on Mount Ettalong Road (before the right-hand hair pin bend marks the beginning of Patonga Dr). “The road we currently use was built in the depression by cutting from the high side and laying the

sandstone flat on the lower side to form a road surface.” Williams said she believed geotechnical reports for nearby properties indicated that the road was unstable and unsafe, drains under the road have not been maintained properly over the years and stabilisation of large sandstone boulders on the high side has deteriorated over the years. She said in addition to spending money to carry out urgent safety works on the stretch of road between the hair pin bend and the Pearl Beach turnoff, funds could be diverted from the lookout masterplan to re-open the original Mount Ettalong Road and provide Pearl Beach with its second entry and exit route, at least in an emergency.

A design was completed for a walkway around Umina Point, according to Williams. “Gosford Council drafted an egress, they had a plan for it but it was too expensive,” she said. Williams is fearful that proposed works to upgrade the entry to the Mount Ettalong lookout and extend the carpark, particularly if works involved heavy machinery, could further destabilise massive sandstone boulders that are already cracked and moving, downward, towards the road. “One unstable rock shelf is currently being held in place by two young Angophera and if those rocks have further movement from water and rain they will fall onto the road,” she said. Williams said she has written to Council Administrator, Rik Hart, about her concerns but received a “form letter” response. “The current proposal is very costly, will endanger traffic on Patonga Drive and we’d still have no alternative access to Pearl Beach should a rockfall block the road. “What is really driving this proposal in a cash-strapped Council and what has happened to the original alternative access proposal for Pearl Beach residents? In a response to Williams, Council staff stated that geotechnical

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investigations were undertaken in the carpark area and in the vicinity of the eastern lookout to inform the development of the Mt Ettalong Reserve Masterplan. “The geotechnical investigation for the carpark assessed the subsurface in terms of subgrade conditions, thickness design for flexible pavement, subgrade preparation and material quality requirements. “The masterplan identifies a realignment to the driveway off Patonga Drive as well as improvementstotheconfiguration of the carpark. “The development contribution funds identified for Mt Ettalong Reserve are allocated specifically to that site. “These funds cannot be allocated to other sites for other purposes,” Council said in its response to Williams. According to the Central Coast Council’s operational plan up to 2024-25 $155,000 has been allocated for Pearl Beach Drive Embankment Stabilisation, $130,000 for Mount Ettalong Road-RoadSafetyImprovements; a further $75,000 for Mount Ettalong Road - Embankment Stabilisation; and a final $75,000 for Patonga Drive - Embankment stabilisation. Jackie Pearson

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Virus creeps closer – sewage and supermarket exposure From page 1 days, you must get another test on day five from the date of exposure and continuing to wear a mask around others. Caltex (100 Chittaway Road, Chittaway) on: Tuesday 3 August, 5:30am-5:45am; Thursday 5 August, 5:30am5:45am; Friday 6 August, 5:30am-5:45am; Monday 9 August, 5:30am-5:45am; Tuesday 10 August, 5:30am5:45am. Coles (Chittaway Point, cnr Chittaway and Wyong Roads) on: Tuesday 3 August, 4:40pm5pm; Sunday 8 August, 3pm3:25pm. Bunnings Tuggerah (cnr Bryant Drive and Wyong Road, Tuggerah) on: Sunday 1 August, 11:35am-11:50am; Tuesday 3 August, 4:20pm-4:40pm. Woolworths Bateau Bay (Bateau Bay Square, 12 Bay Village Road, Bateau Bay) on: Saturday 7 August, 1:40pm2pm. Woolworths in the Imperial Shopping Centre, Gosford has also been identified as a COVID-19 exposure site and is associated with a confirmed case from Sydney who visited the Coast during their infectious period.

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Anyone who visited Woolworths at Gosford on Thursday, August 5, between 6:20pm and 6:50pm is a casual contact who must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received. The McDonalds M1 (Northbound) at Jilliby has also been identified as a COVID-19 exposure site and is associated with a confirmed case from the Hunter New England region. Anyone who visited the McDonalds M1 (Northbound) at Jilliby on Friday, August 6 between 9:15am and 9:45am is a casual contact who must

immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received. More venues join the growing list of sites visited by confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Coast which include: Cakes by Kyla in Gosford (Wednesday, August 4 between 10:25am and 10:30am), Crazy Bargain Warehouse in Lake Haven (Thursday, August 5 between 12:15pm and 12:20pm) and Bakers Delight Lake Haven (Thursday, August 5 between 12:20pm and 12:25pm). Gosford Hospital’s Emergency Department entry doors and

foyer area has been identified as a COVID-19 exposure site associated with a confirmed case from Sydney. Anyone who went in or out of Gosford Hospital’s Emergency Department entry foyer area on Thursday, August 5, between 5:50pm and 6:15pm is a casual contact who must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received. The community is advised that the Emergency Department and its waiting area is not an exposure site nor any other locations in the hospital. Anyone who used this entry

point at times outside the specified times does not need to test or isolate but should remain vigilant for symptoms and get tested if any appear, no matter how mild. Anyone who visited these sites during the stated times is also identified as a casual contact who must isolate until a negative test result is received. Casual contacts must also get another test on day five from the date of your exposure. CCLHD also said individuals should wear a mask around others and limit your

movements until you get another negative result and continue to monitor for symptoms and if any symptoms occur, get tested again. Symptoms of COVID-19 include a fever cough, sore/ scratchy throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, and loss of taste or smell. More exposure sites may be announced as investigations continue. CCLHD said high rates of testing are critical to detect transmission and prevent further spread of COVID-19 in the community. Local COVID-19 testing clinics are located at: Woy Woy 4Cyte Pathology walk-in clinic on Burge Rd (open Monday to Friday, 9am to 4:30pm), Koolewong Laverty Pathology Drive-through Clinic at Point to Pelicans Cycleway (open Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 5pm), and Woy Woy Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology (open Monday to Friday, 8am to 12pm). Gosford Hospital also remains open for COVID-19 testing from 9am to 5pm, seven days per week.

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Transport has little to say on promised car park It has been mentioned in recent Federal Senate Estimates hearings, but still very little information is available about the Woy Woy commuter car park promised by Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, in the May 2019 election campaign.

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After speaking with Wicks, Peninsula Chamber President, Matthew Wales, said he understood the responsibility for detailed planning sat with Transport for NSW (TfNSW). A spokesperson for TfNSW said “Transport for NSW has been assisting to identify potential options to expand the commuter car parking facilities at Woy Woy on behalf of the Federal Government. “Timing for delivery is subject to community engagement, approval and release of funding.” When informed of the TfNSW statement, Wales said: “What concerns the chamber is the absolute lack of information

that is coming through on this project. “This comes at a time when we need more dialogue with TfNSW leading up to the place plan that is currently being prepared by Central Coast Council for Woy Woy town centre. “It is our view that simply adding to the existing multi deck or choosing some other less desirable location is only going to further compound the problems of the Woy Woy CBD. “Depending upon who you ask, in relation to cost, whether it be our local politicians or the auditor general, these car parking spaces could cost between $40,000 and $211,000 per space. “So what are we to think when we are promised 140 new spaces but we have such wide and varied estimates of cost?” The funding envelope for the promised Woy Woy commuter carpark was $5 million and 140 spaces were expected at a cost of $35,000 per car space but

Wales said the Chamber did not think that was realistic. “I think we would struggle to build a commuter space for $35,000 so you have to start to question whether this project is going to deliver what has been promised. “The chamber doesn’t believe that we should be adding more commuter spaces to an already congested town centre when we should be looking at better public transport connections to the station and discouraging people driving their cars into Woy Woy,” Wales said. According to the Chamber, demand for parking around Woy Woy station was not coming from Peninsula residents. “These are people who are coming from Bouddi, Empire Bay, Kincumber and other areas so who are we really catering for? “Commuters do not spend money in the town centre, they park their car, go to work, get back in the afternoon and drive home.

“That is not producing an economic benefit to Woy Woy but simply clogging up our town centre with commuter vehicles.” Although an on-demand bus trial had not been successful on the Peninsula, Wales said it was a model that, with better public education, should be pursued. “That’s the sort of service we should have been encouraging together with better education for people who use existing bus services.” He said kiss and ride facilities were another option to encourage commuters to leave their cars at home. “It is too easy to drive and park and that’s not helping solve the problem. “Not only do we keep providing additional commuter car parking but it is free so there is no incentive for people to catch public transport or get to the station by other means.” Jackie Pearson

Central Coast Friends of Democracy Did you get your rate notice and feel a lump in your throat? A letter from a Gosford resident —I wonder if your thoughts are similar… We’re getting rate rises in the mail, yet we still feel in the dark about why this has happened…. It’s like they’re spinning a story that they hope we’ll swallow. What the heck is their double-language saying? In my letterbox yesterday, I looked at the Council brochure that they made using our money. The brochure’s first heading is “Changes to your rates”. It says there are 2 parts to the changes. The brochure gives this a cuddly name that hides the spear, they call it “harmonisation”. But wait, there’s more for Gosford shire residents. There is an extra 15% increase on top of that.

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My annual council rates last year was $1,728. This year, it’s $2,293. So I have to pay $565 “extra” this year. This “extra” is much LARGER than my entire Quarterly rates (‘3-month period’) last year!! Just so we’re all CCFoD responds to recent comments from the Administrator clear, this “extra” is a 33% INCREASE in my rates from last year ($565 divided by $1,728). Now let’s look at the rest of the brochure….. which really is like looking at the “Emperor’s new Comment: “Council ….couldn’t find money to pay staff wages last clothes”….. The Administrator’s message states that our Council “couldn’t find money to pay staff wages” October”. - the Council was “broke”.

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In a single paragraph, the Administrator said he is “happy to say we have completed downsizing Council”, that is, cutting hundreds of our local jobs—and happy to have “commenced asset sales in line with the refinancing understanding”, which means selling space and resources owned BY US. The Administrator is selling our property without our permission under a cloak of secrecy. We want ALL details of the ‘refinancing understanding’ (loan agreement details & conditions) to be published in local newspapers.

Council staff were paying wages using restricted funds unlawfully— without the knowledge or approval from the Minister or Councillors. Council had over $300 million in the bank in October 2020. With the stroke of a pen, the NSW Government could have approved the temporary use of these funds to pay staff — BUT CHOSE NOT TO

What he isn’t writing is that: Central Coast residents opposed the merger of Gosford and Wyong Councils. Comment: “Wyong residents have been subsidising Gosford”. Experts tried to tell the NSW government that a merger will cause a massive financial loss for residents as the For the Record: merger would be a diseconomy of scale. it is high time that the NSW govt take over the debts and new This statement makes no sense without the NSW government’s forced loans that have been negotiated by the Administrator.. merger of Gosford and Wyong Councils. Prior to merger, the two Councils The NSW government must pay for their mistakes, instead of forcing their mistakes onto our tiny pockets. had their own budgets and operations—with cooperation on shared The NSW government have put us in this financial situation in their attempt to force a merger and services such as waste and water. Rates harmonisation is only necessary remove grassroots democracy. because of the Council merger.

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The Central Coast Local Health District has declined an offer from a community group to provide a venue for a mass vaccination hub on the Coast. Based on copies of correspondence seen by CCN it appears there are no plans to commence a mass vaccination model on the Central Coast. The only barrier to achieving high levels of vaccination in the community is a lack of vaccine supply or, as phrased in the cited correspondence, “capacity remains available only limited by vaccine stocks”. As the number of COVID-19 cases on the Central Coast continues to increase, CCN understands that the Acting CEO of the Central Coast Local Health District, Brad Astill, knocked back an offer from a not-for-profit to host a mass vaccination clinic that could

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A mass vaccination hub like the one at Belmont (pictured) is not needed on the Coast

service the whole Local Government Area. In response to the offer, Astill said there were currently no plans to commence a mass vaccination model on the Central Coast.

It is understood the LHD has “considerable capacity” at its Gosford Hospital and Wyong Hospital vaccination clinics and that Astill said their ability to serve the community was only limited by the access to enough vaccine supplies to match

clinic capacity. The LHD made representations to the State Health Emergency Operations Centre (SHEOC) that manages the NSW vaccination program but it was decided there was

sufficient capacity to vaccinate the Central Coast community as a result of a mass vaccination centre coming online at Belmont in the southern region of the Hunter-New England Local Health District. Central Coast Labor MPs have said they ‘condemn’ the State Government’s decision to reject calls to establish a mass vaccination hub on the Coast. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said she would ‘fight’’ for the Central Coast to be ‘fully resourced’ as a region. “Once again this Sydneycentric government has failed to listen to the concerns and needs of the people of the Central Coast,” Tesch said. “The Central Coast has a bigger population than the Northern Territory but somehow we are overlooked for a Mass Vaccination Hub, when other regional centres get them,”

Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, said. “This makes no sense when the Premier’s message continues to be get vaccinated as soon as possible. “Our GPs also need to have time to treat their patients for everyday illness and not be overburdened with vaccinations”. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said that a mass vaccination hub could operate at Gosford Hopsital, but it would be dependent on vaccine supply. “We have enough staff and we have enough space within Gosford Hospital for to operate as a mass vaccination hub, but we don’t have enough doses of the vaccine from the Federal Government,” Crouch said. Jackie Pearson and Maisy Rae

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Planning controls fail on three counts The ink is barely dry on our updated Development Plan, and, to mix a metaphor, the cracks are already showing (“Residents push back against Brick Wharf proposal”, “Proposed flats fall short on visitor parking”, “Umina housing proposal riles neighbours”, PP 021), and this is in just one edition of one paper. This kind of coverage appears every week and demonstrates the widespread dissatisfaction with the way our “planning” system works (or doesn’t work). Can anyone claim that the present exercise of development-control powers is leading to efficient, liveable and aestheticallypleasing built environments? I think there are very few who would take that position, and there are three basic reasons for the failure of the present system. First, the whole theoretical reasoning behind the system is fundamentally flawed. The whole approach to land-use management was wrong when it was introduced some 60-odd years ago, and all the tweaking and fiddling that has gone on since then hasn’t improved it enough to make it workable, and more of the same never will make it workable. It is a blunt instrument that can never reflect the nuances of varying goals between

HYLAND BYTES different communities and sub-communities, and it is based on unsubstantiated assumptions about lifestyles and aspirations that have never been tested. Given the huge sums that implementation of this machinery absorbs, it is astonishing that nobody ever asks whether we are getting value for money or would be better off scrapping the endeavour. Secondly, the confusion of controls and standards that make up the typical plan has no logical system, no rational underpinning and no research or analysis basis. The selected elements used to guide us into the future are no more than an arbitrary hodgepodge of traditional, unquestioned values, with no internal consistency and, often, direct inconsistencies and contradictions. If we are going to pick numbers out of the air and cannot defend them with substantive justification, is it any wonder that virtually everybody who has to work within the framework questions and challenges them, and that virtually everybody outside the system is suspicious of and dissatisfied with the outcomes that we are seeing. Thirdly, nobody takes any notice of submissions made during the so-called community-participation

process. Once the draft plan has been hammered out, it is defended against all criticism, and exposure of shortcomings is regarded as a threat and a danger. In this context, it is easy to dismiss public submissions, because they are often confused and contradictory, given that they are prepared by non-professionals with only limited technical knowledge. There is hardly anybody involved in the process with the professional standing to debate the exercise from first principles, so attention is focussed on picayune details which really have little impact on the general intent. As a result, the general public feels excluded and has no commitment to the overall integrity and longterm purpose, assuming that they exist. The present plan isn’t particularly incompetent, as compared to the general run of plans, but this is a low bar indeed. The fact that it is already the subject of amendment proposals, before it is even legally adopted, indicates the haste and carelessness with which it was formulated. If this is to be our only means of securing the kind of urban environment we’d like to see, our prospects are about as dim as they can be. Email, Aug 8 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

Assets sold in secret deals If there were an Olympic medal for hypocrisy our Council would-be surefire winners of Gold.

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In the message from Council in your July 30 edition [Coast Community News] we are advised that “Council will immediately begin implementing the Greener Places framework in future planning documents”. Further it will focus “on mitigating Urban Heat Island Effects, increasing wildlife habitat and improving liveability… and enhancing public and private urban greenspace.” You beauty, bring it on. Just when I thought we were going to get some respite from our sometimesoppressive summers my dreams are shattered. Down here on the Peninsula we all know that the disappearing numbers of

See Page 2 for address and contribution conditions. Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper trees and green spaces, thanks to their destruction for more and more developments, have created the worst heat island within our Council area. Perhaps Mr Hart can tell us how he is implementing such a policy while flogging off every block of greenspace he can find. The Austin Butler block is a typical example of the type of area that should be preserved not turned into a car park.

Just spend a few minutes there and you will see the diverse numbers of species of birds that call it home. How can the destruction of this, all be it small area, be in keeping with this Policy? It’s not. While we at it, why are the details of the sale of our assets a secret? Every day we read of the absolutely ridiculous prices being paid for land when there are public auctions, while we have our tranches sold off in secret deals. Is this an example of open and transparent government? It’s not. The sooner Mr Hart packs his bags and we get councillors who are interested in our Peninsula the better off we all will be. Email, Aug 4 Laurie Powell, Woy Woy

Rates notices strengthen demerger calls I found the article about the de-merger interesting but it was just a pity the poll wasn’t answered by more people. I wonder if the information on my recent rates notice would have made a difference! My last quarterly payment of rates for 2020-2021 was $325.

FORUM Our next 2021-2022 quarterly payment has shot up to $445! [A] 37 per cent increase! I intend to send a payment next week for $373 which includes a 15 per cent increase and wait for a reply. Being a Pensioner, we get a

discount off of about one per cent every year. The current inflation rate is about 1.5 per cent, so how does [Council] think we are going to manage a 37% increase? Back to your article …let’s have a de-merger now! Email, Aug 9 Geoff Steel, Killcare Heights

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Pensioner cancels health cover to pay rates I am a ratepayer in the Woy Woy area and have just received the current Annual Rate Notice which discloses an increase of 40 per cent or $813.05 per annum. I am an aged pensioner with a taxable income under $20,000 (including the pension) and have paid taxes all my life. I have also had private health insurance all my adult life.

FORUM I am now looking at cancelling my health insurance due to this massive increase. I would like to see those responsible for the amalgamation debacle and the overspending of available funds be approached to pay this increase. Email, July 29 Woy Woy Resident

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Could someone please help me here?

I just received my new rates for the period July 31, 2021 to June 30, 2022, and was astonished to find that instead of the expected 15 per cent I am actually to pay a 46 per cent rise on my last year’s rates. Weren’t we all told there was to be a 15 per cent rise for all domestic houses? I agreed to pay that – but

46per cent? Where did that come from and what is the justification? I’m not getting any extra services. Please explain someone – and then help. Email, Aug 9 Anne Jackson, Wagstaffe Point

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Police to focus on mask rules NSW Police will continue to reinforce the importance of complying with the requirements of the Public Health Order, with a focus on abiding by mask wearing rules. Rules for wearing fitted face coverings include: wearing a face mask at indoor non-residential premises in NSW; wearing a face mask when using public transport; and wearing a face mask in a major recreation facility. You must carry a face mask at all times if you are in the local government areas of Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour. You must wear a mask if you go outside in a public area in the Blacktown, Campbelltown, CanteburyBankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool or Parramatta local government areas. You must wear a face mask when travelling in a vehicle with a person you do not live

with. You must wear a face mask in Greater Sydney residential building common areas. Deputy Commissioner of Metropolitan Field Operations, Malcolm Lanyon, said there had been various iterations of the public health orders and commended the community for being adaptable to requirement changes. “Clearly the rules now state

that people need to abide by the mask-wearing requirements of the Public Health Orders unless they have an exemption. “That exemption can be in the form of either a medical certificate or people are able to carry a statutory declaration. “If police ask to see the exemption, people are required to present that documentation, and we will investigate all exemptions. “Make no mistake, police

are investigators by trade. “If we have any reasonable doubt that a document may be false, we can investigate these matters thoroughly to bring people before the courts,” Lanyon said. Anyone found guilty of making a false declaration under The Oaths Act, 1900 risks being found guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for five years. Further advice about the Public Health Orders can be found at www.nsw.gov.au/ covid-19. Anyone who has information regarding individuals or businesses in contravention of a COVID-19 related ministerial direction is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at https://nsw.crimestoppers. com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages. Source: Media release, Aug 4 NSW Police

Hunt continues for lockdown protesters Police have released further CCTV vision as inquiries continue into an unauthorised protest in Sydney on Saturday, July 24. Strike Force Seasoned has charged more than 60 people and is now calling on community support to identify another nine people. The first man is described as being of Caucasian appearance, aged between 50 and 60, of a slim build with shoulder-length grey coloured hair. The man was wearing round frame glasses and a black jacket and pants at the time. The second man is of a slim build, with a dark beard and bald head. He was wearing a navy-blue hooded jumper, white t-shirt, black tracksuit pants, and a navy-blue shoulder bag at the time. The third man is described as having an olive complexion and distinctive dark coloured mulletstyle haircut. The fourth man depicted is of a medium build with short dark hair and was wearing a white t-shirt with the words ‘Los Angeles’ on the front with a black backpack at the time. The fifth man is described as

being of Caucasian appearance, aged in his 20s, with short brown hair, and was wearing a grey shirt and shorts at the time. The sixth man is depicted with tattoos on his right arm, has a brown beard and short brown hair. He was wearing a reddish-

pink coloured shirt and white running shoes at the time. The seventh man is of a slim build, and was wearing a black coloured t-shirt, sunglasses, sweater and pants at the time, with white earphones and a dark coloured hat. The eighth man is described as being of Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern appearance,

with short dark hair and beard, and was wearing an olivecoloured shirt. The woman is described as being of medium build with dyed orange shoulder length hair. She was wearing a white top and black pants at the time. Strike force investigators are also re-appealing for information

about three men they would like to speak to and urge them to come forward to police. This includes a man depicted wearing a hat, sunglasses and what appears to be a purple scarf, with a grey/green coloured jacket, dark jeans and grey shoes, to come forward. The man has a distinctive tattoo on his hand.

A second man who was wearing a black hat, scarf, pants and shoes with a grey jumper is again being urged to come forward, as is a third man depicted wearing a blue tracksuit and dark-coloured cap and shoes. Source: Media release, Aug 6 NSW Police

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Feedback will assist planning future art events

Pearl Beach Arboretum has put the call out to members and participants in the Pearl Beach Ephemeral Art Trail (PBEAT) to give their feedback on the event to help plan future experiences.

The inaugural PBEAT event, which was held from Friday, June 11 until Saturday, July 10, featured 16 ephemeral artworks by artists or groups of artists and five community installations on display which were inspired by the Arboretum site.

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One Two Three

Author: Laurie Frankel Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Nora gives birth to triplets, Mab, Monday and Mirabel. As each one is born another syllable is added to the name. When the triplets refer to each other they use the order in which they were born, one, two, three. They are now 16 years old and ever since they can remember, their mother has been fighting for Bourne and its citizens. Their father got sick and passed away. Mab is smart and outgoing and in terms of people from Bourne, she is “gifted”. She feels guilty because she knows she is destined to one day

leave Bourne. Monday is on the spectrum and loves the colour yellow, will only wear yellow, eat yellow. She is the towns de facto librarian and all the books that weren’t able to be sold when the library closed are now stored around the house. She cannot lie. Mirabel is super smart, maybe she is a genius, but she has no control over her body – sometimes it is rigid and sometimes it can’t support her. She gets around by wheelchair and Bourne is a well equipped with ramps. She can’t eat, walk or even communicate since she has her Voice, but her sisters always know what she is trying to say. Belsum Chemical was the main employer in town, but the water started to smell, and then turned an odd colour, the pets started to get cancer and then the citizens

Secretary Mary Knaggs said the survey would assist the Arboretum in running and planning similar events in the future. “We would really appreciate your feedback on the 2021 PBEAT event,” Knaggs said.

“We had comments at the time that indicated the event was well received by the community and by participating artists and community groups. “There are only nine questions and it should only take you a few minutes.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the participating artists,community groups, volunteers and the Pearl Beach Arboretum Management Committee for their help and support with PBEAT 2021.”

BOOK REVIEW

got sick. Belsum closed up the plant and left the citizens of Bourne on their own. Those who were able to leave left. House prices plummeted so those who didn’t have anywhere else to go, stayed. Nora, the town therapist, bartender and baker has been fighting a battle against Belsum

Chemical for almost 20 years. She and Russell, the lawyer helping out, have gotten close but they can’t find the “smoking gun” which will make their case. The high school has separate tracks for those who need “extra help with their bodies” and those who need extra help with their brains. Now Belsum has come back to town and renamed themselves

Belsum Basics. They want to reopen the chemical plant and go to great lengths to prove to the citizens that it will be fine. Duke, the founder of the chemical plant has his son, Nathan move into the old library with his wife and son, River (which is an ironic name since the river in Bourne is polluted). River and Mab becomes friends. Belsum Basics wants to give the town a future, give people jobs, make Bourne great again. One Two Three is a classic storyline of a small town being ravaged by a big company, albeit in this case for a second time. As with the title, the chapters are One, Two and Three, in that order, for the entire story. This gives the reader a wonderful perspective of each of the triplets; what their thinking, feeling and experiencing.

Survey responses are due by 5pm on Wednesday, August 18. The link to the survey is: https://forms.office.com/r/ zSzMUZ9qPD Source: Media statement, Aug 8 Pearl Beach Arboretum

They are smart girls and have each other’s backs and look after their mother. They should be enjoying their teenage years but there is so much at stake. The author points out in the preface of the book that Bourne is a place of fiction. But the author also informs us, somewhat ominously, that “the crisis its citizens face” is a story of people from all over the country and the world. It is, ultimately, a wonderful story about some very likeable people and, as Mirabel puts it: “There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who split the world into two kinds of people, and the ones who know that’s reductive and conversationally lazy.” Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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Opt in to keep soft plastics out of landfill Recycling of household soft plastics will soon be part of the usual weekly kerbside waste collection across the Central Coast, following Council’s successful trial program which saw 11,000kg diverted from landfill. Central Coast is the first Council in Australia to support a kerbside soft plastic recycling program to households. Council teamed up with iQRenew and CurbCycle in November 2020, involving 2500 residents in a trial which resulted in close to two million plastic bags being diverted from landfill. Council Director Infrastructure Services, Boris Bolgoff, said soft plastics contributed to a large portion of the household waste being sent to landfill on the Central Coast and could cause significant damage to the environment and marine life. “Throughout the pilot program, participating households diverted more than 10 tonnes of soft plastics from

landfill – that’s the equivalent of close to two million plastic bags,” he said. “We are looking forward to opening up this program to all households across the Coast so we can continue to avoid the negative environmental impacts of soft plastics,” Bolgoff said. Administator Rik Hart said Council was helping to shape the future of soft plastics recycling nationally. “I encourage all households to opt-in to the program, which is helping to cement the Central Coast as a leading region in sustainability innovation,” he said. To participate in soft plastics recycling, download the Curby App and register your household online. A CurbyPack will be sent out which includes special bags and tags which can then be placed inside the yellow lid recycling bin for weekly collection. Under the Curby program, the soft plastics will be separated from other recycling at iQRenew’s Materials Recovery

Facility and processed in a purpose-built Soft Plastics Engineered Commodity facility that is being developed on the Central Coast. The soft plastics will then be re-processed into specific high purity plastic feedstocks for various industries such as the recent trial which saw Nestle use recycled plastic to make KitKat wrappers. Soft plastics are the kind that can be scrunched into a ball; outer wrappers on chocolate, biscuits, icecream and snacks; confectionary, cracker and chip packets (silver lined); plastic liners, bubble and cling wraps, snap lock/zip lock bags; wrappers on vegetables or fresh and frozen food; document sleeves, plastic post satchels and carrier bags; cellophane, newspaper and magazine wraps; plastic bags; cereal box liners; plastic pet food bags, clean potting mix and compost bags; fresh produce bags and netting produce bags (any metal clips removed). Sue Murray

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Lockdown inspires crafty output The President of the Country Women’s Association Umina Beach branch has taken up a pair of knitting needles to keep busy during this lockdown. Rikki McIntosh has created a

number of pieces which will form part of a collection for the CWA’s sale day in October. The Starburst table runner is a combination of origami, patchwork and quilting and is her first attempt at this style.

The twin wall Christmas Hangings are her works in progress. Source: Social media, Aug 9 CWA Umina Beach

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Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 7:00 NINE’s Morning News [s] 7:30 Desperate Housewives: A Vision’s Just A Vision (M s) [s] 8:00 The Block: Guest Bedroom 12:00 Week (PG) [s] 1:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 2:30 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 3:00 3:30 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 4:30 NINE News [s] A Current Affair [s] NRL: Melbourne Storm v 5:00 Canberra Raiders *Live* From 6:30 7:30 AAMI Park, Melbourne [s] 8:30 Thursday Night Knock Off (M) [s] – Join the Wide World of Sports team for the all the post- 9:30 match NRL news and analysis. NINE News Late [s] 10:30 Chicago Med: We Hold These Truths (M mp,v) [s] 11:30 The Bad Seed (M l,v) [s] 12:30 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:30 6:00 Today [s] 6:30 Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] 7:00 Explore [s] Movie: “The Dating List” (PG) 7:30 (’19) Stars: Natalie Dreyfuss 8:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 12:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 2:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 2:30 NINE News [s] 3:00 A Current Affair [s] 3:30 NRL: Brisbane Broncos v 4:00 Sydney Roosters *Live* From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane [s] 4:30 Golden Point (M) [s] The Hundred With Andy Lee 5:00 6:00 (M) [s] 6:30 Movie: “Navy Seals” (M l,v) (’90) – While rescuing a naval 7:30 helicopter crew, an elite US 8:30 commando team discovers a 9:30 secret cache of American made nuclear missiles. Stars: Charlie 11:30 Sheen, Michael Biehn 12:30 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:30 Animal Tales (PG) [s] 6:00 Weekend Today [s] 6:30 Today Extra - Saturday (PG) 7:00 Surfing Australia TV [s] The Rebound [s] 7:30 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball: Major Semi-Final: 8:30 Giants v Swifts *Live* From 9:00 Nissan Arena, Brisbane [s] 9:30 Netball: Suncorp Super 12:00 Netball: Minor Semi-Final: 1:00 Fever v Lightning *Live* From 2:00 Nissan Arena, Brisbane [s] 2:30 NINE News: First At Five [s] Getaway (PG) [s] 3:00 NINE News Saturday [s] 3:30 NRL: Manly Sea Eagles v 4:00 Parramatta Eels *Live* [s] 4:30 NRL: Post Match (M) [s] 5:00 Movie: “Deepwater Horizon” 6:00 (M l) (’16) Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell 6:30 Movie: “Get Lucky” (MA15+) 7:00 (’13) Stars: Luke Treadaway 9:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 10:00 Home Shopping 11:00

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Worldwatch PBS Newshour The World’s Most Luxurious Cars By Royal Appointment: Serving The Queen The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Trains That Changed The World (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Great Asian Railways Journeys: Jakarta To Borobudur (PG) Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve (M) The Good Fight (M) SBS World News Border To Border: Colombia And Venezuela (Part 1 And 2) (M d) Mr Mercedes (MA15+) The Imposter (M l) Worldwatch PBS Newshour Mars: We Are Not Alone (M s) NITV News: Nula Movie: “Butter Lamp” (PG) (’13) Director: Tamdin Dorje (In Tibetan) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Trains That Changed The World Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Secrets Of Tutankhamun (PG) World’s Most Extraordinary Homes: Portugal Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Good Ones/ The Lake House (PG) SBS World News Patriot Brains (M l,s) Hernan (MA15+) (In Spanish/ Nahuatl) Worldwatch PBS Newshour March Of The Penguins 2: The Next Step Avalanche: Making A Deadly Snowstorm (PG) Planet Expedition: Borneo Dark Shadow (PG) WWII: Battles For Europe: Operation Market Garden (PG) SBS World News Blood Of The Clans (PG) Brooklyn Nine-Nine (PG) – In this final season of the series, Jake and the squad must try to balance their personal lives and their professional lives over the course of a very difficult year. Movie: “The Girl Who Played With Fire” (MA15+) (’09) Stars: Daniel Craig (In Swedish) Movie: “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest” (MA15+) (’09) Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace (In Swedish) Destination Flavour

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

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rage (PG) [s] Weekend Breakfast [s] Insiders [s] Offsiders [s] The World This Week [s] Compass [s] Songs Of Praise [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Landline [s] Gardening Australia [s] Dream Gardens [s] Shakespeare And Hathaway: The Offered Fallacy (PG) [s] Scottish Vets Down Under (PG) [s] How Deadly World (PG) [s] Art Works [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] Compass [s] ABC News Sunday [s] Joanna Lumley’s Britain (PG) The Newsreader (M l) [s] Traces (M l) [s] Les Norton: You Wouldn’t Be Dead For Quids (MA15+) [s] Silent Witness (M v) [s]

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 The Recording Studio [s] 11:00 The Repair Shop [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:35 Media Watch (PG) [s] 2:00 Death In Paradise (PG) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 Escape From The City [s] 4:55 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) 5:25 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 8:30 Question Everything (PG) [s] 9:00 Rosehaven (PG) [s] 9:30 Would I Lie To You? (PG) [s] 10:00 Staged (M l) [s] 10:25 ABC Late News [s] 10:55 Four Corners [s] 12:00 Media Watch (PG) [s] 12:15 Beyond The Towers (M v) [s] 1:15 Death In Paradise (PG) [s] 2:15 rage (MA15+) [s]

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

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Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Getaway (PG) [s] The Block: Guest Bedroom Reveal (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] The Block: Bathroom Week (PG) [s] Celebrity IOU: Kevin Hart (PG) 100% Footy (M) [s] – Phil Gould, Paul Gallen, James Bracey and more debate the biggest issues in Rugby League alongside the games most influential figures. NINE News Late [s] The Arrangement (M l,s,v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] A Current Affair [s] Home Shopping

6:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 5:30 Worldwatch 6:30 Everyday Gourmet With 2:05 Mars: Worlds Apart (M) Justine Schofield [s] 3:00 Rick Stein’s Cornish 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] Christmas 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam (PG) [s] Liaw (PG) 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 4:05 Australia With Julia 12:00 Dr Phil (M d) [s] Bradbury: Sydney 1:00 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 4:35 Jeopardy! (PG) 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 5:00 Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] Highlights 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 5:30 Letters And Numbers 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 6:00 Mastermind 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 6:30 SBS World News (PG) [s] 7:35 Inside Windsor Castle: Love 5:00 10 News First [s] And War: 1936-1953 (PG) 6:00 WIN News [s] 8:30 Secret Scotland: Galloway 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] And The South (PG) 7:30 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 9:25 24 Hours In Emergency (M l) 8:40 Have You Been Paying 10:20 SBS World News Attention? (MA15+) [s] 10:50 Outlier (M l) (In Norwegian/ 9:40 Arj Barker: We Need To Talk English/ Saami) (M l,s) [s] 11:45 Das Boot (MA15+) (In 10:40 The Project (PG) [s] German/ English/ French) 11:40 The Late Show (PG) [s] 3:55 Trump’s American Carnage 12:30 Home Shopping (M l,v)

Sunrise [s] 6:00 The Morning Show [s] 9:00 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 Movie: “Trust” (M s,v) (’09) 12:00 Stars: Jamie Luner 12:15 World’s Deadliest: 12:45 Bail Outs (PG) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] 2:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 3:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News [s] 5:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 6:00 The Voice: Blind Auditions 7:00 (Part 6) (PG) [s] – In the most 7:30 emotional moment of the series, a surprise audition 8:40 brings Jessica Mauboy to tears. Australia: Now And Then: Hottest (PG) [s] Gordon, Gino & Fred: City Slickers (Las Vegas, Grand Canyon And LA) [s] 9:40 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:40 Station 19: Don’t Look Back 11:10 In Anger (M) [s] 12:05 Home Shopping 1:00

Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Explore [s] Driving Test (PG) [s] The Block: Bathroom Week (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] The Block: Bathroom Week (PG) [s] The Hundred With Andy Lee [s] – Host Andy Lee is joined in the studio by a panel of Australia’s funniest comedians and a hundred regular Aussies via Zoom. Travel Guides: Argentina (PG) NINE News Late [s] Reverie: Apertus (M v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] A Current Affair [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Newlywed And Dead” (M v) (’16) – A young newlywed begins to doubt her husband’s love when his rival is found dead. When she starts investigating the death and her husband’s past, she becomes his next target. Stars: Shenae Grimes-Beech 2:00 World’s Deadliest: Hostile Hangouts (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Program To Be Advised 8:30 RFDS (M) [s] 9:40 The Rookie: Bad Blood (M) [s] 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 Chicago Fire: That Kind Of Heat (M d,v) [s] 12:00 First Dates Australia (M) [s]

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

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

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Animal Tales (PG) [s] Weekend Today [s] Sports Sunday (PG) [s] Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] The Xtreme CollXtion (PG) [s] Ultimate Rush (PG) [s] The Block: Guest Bedroom Week (PG) [s] NRL: Cronulla Sharks v Newcastle Knights *Live* From TBA [s] NINE News Sunday [s] The Block: Guest Bedroom Reveal (PG) [s] – The judges deliver their verdicts on the Blockheads’ guest bedrooms. Which team will take home the $10,000 cash. 60 Minutes [s] NINE News Late [s] Up And Vanished (M s,v) [s] Killer On The Line: Brian Cox (M v) [s] Dr Christian Jessen Will See You Now (M mp,n) [s] Surfing Australia TV [s]

Home Shopping Weekend Sunrise [s] The Morning Show Weekend House Of Wellness (PG) [s] VFL: Teams TBA *Live* [s] AFL: Pre Game Show [s] AFL: Round 22: Teams TBA *Live* From TBA [s] Seven News [s] The Voice: Blind Auditions (Part 4) (PG) [s] Homicide With Ron Iddles: Gary Adams (M v) [s] Hatton Garden (M) [s] – This gripping thriller tells the inside story of one of the most spectacular crimes of the last decade - the Hatton Garden heist. Hatton Garden (M) [s] – After an eventful, stressful and agonisingly nights’ work, the Hatton Garden gang are all back at home, replaying the events from the night before. The Blacklist (MA15+) [s]

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5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 3:30 Motor Sports: Superbike World Championship Round 6, Czech Republic 4:30 Football: FIFA World Cup 2022 Magazine 5:00 Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights 5:30 WWII: Battles For Europe: Battle For The Scheldt (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Roman Megastructures: Lyon (PG) (In English/ French) 8:30 Roman Megastructures: Arles (PG) (In English/ French) 9:30 Roman Megastructures: Paris (PG) (In English/ French) 10:30 Filthy Rich And Homeless (M) 11:30 24 Hours In Emergency: The Cards We’re Dealt (M) 12:25 Michael Mosley: What’s My Diagnosis (PG) 1:35 Michael Mosley On Cosmetic Treatments (PG) 3:30 Spina Bifida And Me (M)

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Worldwatch PBS Newshour Mars: Darkness Falls (PG) Rick Stein’s Cornish Christmas The Cook Up (PG) Australia With Julia Bradbury: Blue Mountains Jeopardy! (PG) Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Who Do You Think You Are?: Kurt Fearnley (PG) Insight: DNA Surprises Dateline The Feed SBS World News The Point Cacciatore: The Hunter: Run Baby Run (MA15+) (In Italian) Gigantes (MA15+) (In Spanish) Tsunamis: Facing A Global Threat (M) (In English/ Indonesian/ French/ Japanese)

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

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Fabulous Fast Fixes for Your Garden of messiness in people’s minds. It’s all in the Edges

CHERALYN DARCEY

Maybe you have decided to sell your home due to the current favourable market conditions or perhaps you have a rental inspection looming. Then again, you might need these tips should we suddenly come out of lockdown, or you are thinking of taking your video calls in amongst the plants. So, if your garden has started to look more like a sleeping couch potato than a lush wonderland, let’s look at ways that quickly make a big difference and will make others think you are the street green thumb! My suggestions are in order of importance so whether you have 15 minutes, an hour, or a day, go through them in order and you will get as close to a fabulous garden as your time allows. Pick it Up Right now it is pretty windy and that means additional leaves, branches and things in general falling everywhere. At any time, the very first thing you should do is collect everything that has fallen into your garden. Ideally sort and compost, but at least pile up in one area in a corner somewhere and cover to protect from the wind. This means raking the lawns and ground and sweeping paths, but it also involves getting in and picking out fallen debris in plants. The only plant that looks good with a crown full of leaves and twigs are the birds nest ferns and friends. Oh, and it should go without saying, but pick up the dog and cat poop. Do one last look around because your friends are guaranteed to relieve themselves one minute before your inspection. Wash or Wipe It You might like to do this as your last task of your ‘Fabulous Fast Fix’ session but washing down paths, steps, the outside of pots, and even giving flat fences created from metal a quick once over can make all the difference. Patios and fences can be a haven for old spider and cobwebs and if they are currently unoccupied then sweep those away too. Now this one will sound strange but stay with me, clean the outside of bins. In any inspection, people are going to probably walk past your bins and if they are dirty, it will just put the feeling

The difference that trimming the edges of a lawn can make is even better than mowing it. You can get away with a lawn a few centimetres longer than might be optimal if the edges are neat and clean. This is where the eye goes to in a garden … the edges! We humans are wired to look for edges so play on that and do the borders of everything first. Even if your garden is a flowing organic jungle, neat edges will still create a feeling of tidiness and care. While native grasses look stunning arched in a cascading fountain of leaves over a path, a collected rabble of botanical debris sitting under them just feels messy. Clear away what’s underneath and this will not only define the path and edges but also make your feature plants pop. Trim it Off Stand in the front of your garden space, in a position that a visitor is likely to first stand and look. What do you see that looks messy in the way because it is hanging into the garden? Are there palm fronds that are tangled in a heap of overgrowth? Vines choking other plants? Small branches that are just too much for now? Off you go and chop them all off. Now isn’t the time for major tree lopping, it’s a tidy up. Hedges can be a bit of a headache, especially if you rent and are not too sure how to go about trimming them. For a fast fix, don’t try and to get a perfect geometric shape. Simply trim of the scraggly bits and

overgrowing edges so you have whatever shape the hedge happens to be right now but in a neat form. Fabulous Photos Do you need to take a photo of your garden to share with someone? (Maybe me here at Down in the Garden!) After your ‘Fabulous Fast Fix’ treatment you might like to share your photos with others online. Then these few tips will make sure your pictures look amazing! Take horizontal shots as these are more of use to publications. They can always be cropped to the trendy square shape that is used on social media later. Horizontal is best for any landscape image as it gives the viewer the feeling of being within the space. Place a subject just a little off-centre

within your horizonal image. This subject could be a tree, a flower, a person, a wishing well, you get the idea. Take the photo either early morning or late afternoon as the colours will be richer. As far as sunlight is concerned, overcast, cloudy days give you beautiful lighting that allows the colours of your garden to really pop. A full sun day at midday will only wash out the colours and tones of your image. GARDEN BOOK REVIEW Grow What Where, Over 3,000 Australian Native Plants for Every Situation, Special Use and Problem Area, Natalie Peate, Gwenda Macdonald, Alice Talbot, Bloomings Books Pty Ltd

IN MY GARDEN: Shayne Leslie, Native Wildlife Sanctuary When Shayne moved to the Coast in 2003, it was the allure of not only her almost 100-year-old Wyoming home but also the opportunity to create a native garden sanctuary as she is inspired to ‘Heal Country’ through her love of gardening. From what was an overrun traditional garden of introduced plants, bamboo, and lawn she has created a native wonderland of callistemons, banksias, native grasses, and features that have not only achieved her objective but offered an invitation to the local wildlife that has been readily accepted. For those worrying about their edible veggie patches in such a garden, fear not as Shayne has found that the native wildlife, especially Native Minas and Magpies are her garden security gardens and readily fest on pests leaving her with a thriving kitchen garden. Native flowers draw in bees of all types and this garden in Wyoming is not only a delight for all wildlife visitors, but also one of the loveliest I’ve experienced for humans as well. Peaceful, rich, and fascinating. I asked Shayne how someone would get started creating a garden such as hers. “I joined the local ‘Community Environment Network’ and their ‘Habit for Wildlife’ program that encourages and helps people grow and maintain gardens that are focused on caring for the local wildlife,” she said. “I also found a lot of help from ‘The Australian Native Plant Society’.

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“The staff at my local garden centre, ‘Narara Valley Garden Centre’ helped so much with identifying and sourcing the plants I was after, and I’d recommend getting to know your local nursery for this type of help.” In future Shayne hopes to have open garden days to not only share her passion for native gardening but also gorgeous home that is this year enjoying its 100th birthday!

Yes, it has been around for a while but it is still in print and reprinted for good reason, it’s fantastic. The topic is one of the most often I’m asked about on my radio show and this resource will last you a lifetime as your garden grows and changes. Problem areas, soil types, climates and even characteristics that you might desire are covered. The book also comes with an interactive CD to help you find your plants but even without this, it’s a brilliant gardening resource. This one? 5 leaves out of 5 leaves, easily! TASKS & TIPS FOR THIS WEEK This week check in with your citrus as they may need a feed about now and don’t forget your camellias as they could be hungry too. If you want to get a jump on your tomato crops, purchase seeds now and plant either indoors or in greenhouses so they are ready for Spring planting. Lawns need feeding too now. You could plant artichokes, asparagus crowns, cape gooseberry, capsicum, beetroot, broad beans, cabbage, carrot, English spinach, lettuce, mustard, spring onions, parsnip, peas, potatoes, radish, rhubarb crowns, salsify, silverbeet, sweet corn, alyssum, calendula, California poppy, carnation, celosia, chrysanthemum, cosmos, dahlia, dianthus, everlasting daisies, gazania, gerbera, marigold, petunia, salvia, zinnia, kangaroo paw, nasturtium, snapdragon, salvia Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 - 10am every Saturday on CoastFM963 Send your gardening questions, events and news to: gardeningcentralcoast@gmail. com

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Hall and traffic focus of Bouddi community Community organisations have found that the current lockdown has put a stop to their activities, and the Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association (WTKCA) is no exception. With COVID-19 disrupting their monthly meetings, WTKCA President, Mike Allsop, has instead released a list of priorities sought by the committee. Updates to the hall’s technology including a new projector, sound mixer and amplified speakers are waiting to be installed; the committee has commissioned a new website which is now in its final testing phase; and WTKCA has set aside funds for bushcare activity for the dog track, with the first major work proposed to include the removal of

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lantana at the Hardys Bay end of the track. “Last month we foreshadowed the upgrade to AV facilities in Wagstaffe Hall,” Allsop said. “This is now on pause until we can permit site access once more, but installation should be

completed during August. “WTKCA have been very fortunate to benefit from the generosity of the Bouddi Society and Bouddi Foundation for the Arts, in funding these works via a grant under the Federal Government Stronger Communities Program.

“The Bouddi Society/BFA application was endorsed by local Federal MP, Lucy Wicks, and put forward as one of the candidate projects in our electorate. “WTKCA would like to thank all those involved in the process and looks forward to making

use of these new capabilities in community and private events in the near future.” WTKCA said they also received a request from a resident to pursue a 40km/h speed limit for the entire area from Killcare Heights to Wagstaffe.

Concerns were raised around traffic speed on Pretty Beach Rd, Araluen Drive and Beach Road given pedestrian volumes and lack of separation of pedestrians from traffic. The Committee pledged to conduct research on speed limit standards and determine if the request would be consistent with State standards. An afternoon garden party has also been planned for September to help remember WTKCA member Fay Gunther who passed recently. “Many of Fay’s dear friends in this community are working to bring arrangements together,” Allsop said. Source: Newsletter, Aug 6 Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association

NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS Art & Culture Central Coast Art Society Weekly paint-outs enquiries Tuesday. Phone: 0428 439 180 Workshops: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 9.30 am to 12.30 pm, at Gosford Regional Gallery & Art Centre. Phone: 0409 666 709 Social Meetings 1.30 pm on 4th Wednesday for demonstration 4325 1420 publicity@artcentralcoast.asn.au

Ettalong Beach Art & Crafts Centre Adult classes in Pottery Watercolours, Oils, Acrylics, Pastels, Silvercraft, Patchwork & Quilting 0412 155 391 www.ebacc.com.au ebacc.email@gmail.com

Central Coast Watercolour Society Art society for artists painting in watercolour Workshops, beginners classes and paint outs Details on our website ccwsinc@gmail.com www.centralcoastwatercolour.com.au

Community Centres Empire Bay Probus Club Friendship, fellowship, and fun in retirement. Very active club, outings, excursions, dining - 3 times a month 1st Thur 1.30pm Club Umina, Melbourne Ave, Umina Beach Visitors Welcome. 0414 280 375 Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre The revamped CCMDC is open. Schools and Group bookings welcome by appointment. Building has special needs access and toilets Open 7 days 9am – 3pm. Terrigal. 4385 5027 ccmdc@bigpond.com www.ccmdc.org.au

Central Coast Community Legal Centre Not for profit service providing free legal advice. Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm 4353 4988 contact@centralcoastclc.org.au

Peninsula men’s shed Open Monday - Thursday 8am - 4pm 117 Memorial ave, Ettalong Cnr koolabah. Come along and join us for coffee and biscuits 0411 242 242 Community Groups

ABC “The Friends” Support group for Public

Broadcaster. Aims: Safeguard ABC’s independence, adequate funding, high standards. Meetings through the year + social mornings Well-known guest speakers 0400 213 514 www.fabcnsw.org.au

Central Coast Caravanners Inc 3rd Sun - Jan to Nov Visitors - New Members welcome, Trips Away, Social Outings, friendship with like minded folk Details from Geoff 0447 882 150 Peninsula Village Playgroup Carers, Grandparents, parents & children ‘Intergenerational Playgroup’ Tues 10-11.30am 4344 9199 Peninsula School for Seniors Community Centre, McMasters Road, Woy Woy Discussions, rumikin, craft, history, walks, & coach trips Tues, Wed, Thur 4341 5984 or 4341 0800 The Krait Club Community Centre - Cooinda

Village, Neptune St, Umina 10.30am For seniors. Gentle exercises, quizzes, games, social activities, guest speakers, entertainment and bus trips - 4344 3277 Volunteering Central Coast Refers potential volunteers to community orgs. Supports both volunteers and community orgs. Training for volunteers & their managers.

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Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Protect and preserve the environment & residential nature of the Bouddi Peninsula and to strengthen community bonds 2nd Mon, 7.30pm Wagstaffe Hall 4360 2945 info@wagstaffetokillcare.org.au

Entertainment LEARN TO DANCE Social ballroom dancing for all ages, all you need is a desire to learn and dance, no partner required. meet every Wed at Tuggerah community hall, 2:00pm Anne - 0409 938 345 anneglazier@y7mail.com

Health Groups

Alcoholics Anonymous - Someone cares. Wed-Thurs-Fri - 12.30pm, Progress Hall Henry Parry & Wells Street East Gosford Grow Mental Health Support Small friendly groups formed to learn how to overcome anxiety, depression and loneliness and improve mental health and well being. Weekly meetings at Woy Woy and Wyong. Grow is anonymous, free and open to all. 1800 558 268 or www.grow.org.au

Meals on Wheels Delicious meals delivered free - Join us for a midday meal - Help with shopping and cooking classes 4341 6699

We may be able to help. We are a 12 step fellowship like AA. Meets every Sat at 7pm on the Central Coast Contact for further details 0473 631 439

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) 12-step fellowship for those with eating disorders. No dues, fees, or weigh-ins. Peninsula Com. Cntr, cnr. Mc Masters Rd & Ocean Beach Rd. Woy Woy, Fri 8pm 0412 756 446 www.oa.org

Schizophrenia & Bipolar Fellowship For Schizophrenia Bipolar & Mental Health sufferers. Family carers & friends.are welcome. Meetings 1st Thursday Inquires re-venue please ring 4344-7989 or 4368-2214

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Soundwaves chorus Male singers wanted No experience required, rehearsals 7pm Mondays at Parkview room Central Coast Leagues Club 0431 225 489

Political Groups

Central Coast Greens Active regarding ecological sustainability, social & economic justice, peace & non-violence, grassroots democracy & getting Greens elected 3rd Thur centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au centralcoastgreens@gmail.com

Central Coast Asbestos Diseases Support Australian Labor Party Group Political discussions, national, Support for those suffering state and local government with asbestos diseases and issues others interested in asbestos issues. You are not alone, Peninsula Day Branch meet with others who can 1pm 2nd Mon share their experiences. Bring CWA Hall Woy Woy Peninsula Village Meals a family member or friend. 4341 9946 Delivered daily to your door 1pm at Ourimbah RSL on Nutritious, great for the elderly fourth Wed of each month. Service Groups 4344 9199 Maree 0419 418 190 Lions Club of Woy Woy Music Peninsula Village Everglades Country Club Carer’s Support Group Brisbane Water Brass 3rd Monday of each month For carers of loved ones with Brass Band entertainment Make new friends and dementia - 1st Wed - 10 to for the community playing all have fun while serving your 11.30am types of popular music. community. Rehearsal every Wed 0478 959 895 Paula 4344 9199 8pm -10pm 0419 274 012 Rotary Clubs Prostate Cancer International service club Support Group improves lives of communities Coastal a Cappella (Gosford) in Aust. & o/seas. Fun-filled Award winning women’s a Last Fri, Terrigal Uniting activities, fellowship and cappella chorus. Church, 380 Terrigal Drive, friendship. Music education provided. Terrigal Rehearsals Tuesday 7pm @ Rotary Club of Woy Woy 9.30am to 12 noon Red Tree Theatre Tuggerah. Tues 6pm Everglades 4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au Performance opportunities. Country Club. Hire us for your next event. Don Tee 0428 438 535 0412 948 450 Woy Woy Stroke coastalacappella@gmail.com Recovery Club Special Interest Everglades Country Club Bridge Troubadour Central 2nd Tues 11am Duplicate Bridge Mon Tue Coast Folk, Company, up-to-date info, Thur Fri Sat-12.15pm hydrotherapy, bus trips Traditional & Acoustic & Wed 9.15am 1300 650 594 Music and Spoken Word Brisbane Water Bridge Club, Concerts, Ukulele meets, Peninsula Community Centre and Sessions S.A 93 McMasters Rd. 4342 6716 Is Internet porn destroying troubadourfolkclub@gmail.com Woy Woy your life. www.brisbane-water.bridge-club.org Peninsula Village Wellness Centre Offering holistic and complementary therapies including aromatherapy, massage and music therapy 4344 9199

Peninsula Environment Group Environmental projects, (incl. Woytopia), Woy Woy community garden, social events, workshops, organic food buying group www.peg.org.au

Sport Umina Beach Bowling Club Learn to play lawn bowls Male, Female and Mixed. All ages and abilities. Free coaching. Social or competition bowls. Make new friends and have fun Phone 02 4343 9940 mens_bowls@clubumina.com.au

Veterans Veterans’ Help Centre’ Assist all veterans & families with pension & welfare issues. Mon & Wed 9am-1pm 4344 4760 Cnr Broken Bay Rd & Beach St Ettalong. centralcoastveterans@bigpond.com.

Women’s Groups Blackwall Girl Guides Girl Guides meets near you! Blackwall Girl Guides Unit For girls 7-13 years old Mondays 5:30 – 7:30pm Blackwall Guide Hall, 120 Memorial Ave, Ettalong Beach (Cnr Lurline) 0414 863 183 blackwallgirlguides@gmail.com

Country Women’s Association Woy Woy 30 The Boulevarde, Woy Woy Craft & Friendship: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Wed 9AM Meetings: 4th Wed 9.30 Ph: 0411 434785 woywoycwa@gmail.com

Peninsula Women’s Health Centre Counselling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, domestic violence and abuse issues. All services by women for women 4342 5905 www.cccwhc.com.au

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Business & Property Supply shortage sees land sales slow Combined land sale volumes across the Central Coast and Hunter regions declined by 23.55 per cent compared to the previous quarter. This is 39.17 per cent lower than the previous peak in the September 2020 quarter, says Housing Industry Association (HIA) Hunter Executive Director, Craig Jennion. The recently released HIACoreLogic Residential Land Report shows that compared to the December quarter residential land sales decreased by 16.09 per cent on the Central Coast, 13.10 per cent in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie and 32.7 per cent in the Hunter Valley. “This data, combined with an

increase in land prices, reflects a shortage of land following the surge in demand after the announcement of HomeBuilder last year,” Jennion said. “The median lot price on the Central Coast in March was $348,194, a 5.51 per cent increase over December 2020. “Similarly, the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie median price was $350,000, a 6.06 per cent increase over December 2020. “This placed the neighbouring regions sixth and fifth on the list of the most expensive regional markets nationwide. “The Hunter Valley median of $215,000 was a 3.42 per cent increase over December 2020. “The median lot prices however do not account for differences in the characteristics of the lots being

traded, such as their size. As a result, a more appropriate approach is to use price per square metre to track land

value. “The median price per square metre for the Central Coast was $758, an increase of 6.01 per

cent from the December quarter. “The median price per square metre for Newcastle and Lake Macquarie was $587, an unexpected fall of 3.29 per cent from the December quarter, while the Hunter Valley fell by 0.58 per cent to $345 per square metre. “All locations remain affordable in comparison to Sydney, the most expensive capital city in the country, which recorded a median square metre price of $1,276. “The report also found that the Central Coast had the 10th smallest median lot size of regional areas at 530sqm during the December quarter. “In contrast, the median block size coming to market in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie

was 603sqm and 635sqm in the Hunter Valley. “The significant reduction in sales and an increase in price for residential land has not just occurred on the Central Coast and in the Hunter. “We have seen lot sales nationally drop 31.20 per cent in the last quarter. “The process of turning a paddock into ‘shovel ready’ land can take over a decade in Australia. “As a result, it is difficult for land supply to respond to changes in the short term and we are starting to see the impact of this with the increase in prices,” Jennion said. Source: Media release, July 27 Housing Industry Association

Digital shop keeps funds flowing The team at Woy Woy Antiques & Collectables has created their own digital shop to generate funds for community groups and charities affected by COVID-19. The business has been unable to open its Woy Woy or Gosford stores so owner, Mitchell Gordon, launched the online shop in July, accepting donated items, selling them online and sending them off to new owners. “I’m very proud of what we’ve been able to achieve, thanks to the ongoing support of our loyal customer base,’’ Gordon said. ‘’We want the money we raise on the Central Coast to stay on

the Central Coast. “We recently donated $1000 to Rotary Brisbane Water, who are actively working to support vulnerable local people during the lockdown.” Gordon established Woy Woy Antiques & Collectables in June 2020 to support local not-forprofit organisations affected by the pandemic. His team of volunteers have enabled him to donate a percentage of the store’s profits to over a dozen local charities. President of the Brisbane Water Rotary Club, Peter Mote, said he was grateful for the business’ focus on community. ‘’I thank Mitch and his staff for their generous donation, which

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expert and she could manage their money in ways others could not. They are just two high-profile examples of the kind of investment fraud that’s been around for as long as the stockmarket. 2020 was a record year for Australians falling prey to investment scams. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, $328 million was reported lost in investment schemes last year. That is the largest amount on record, but the real number is probably higher as a feeling of embarrassment - a

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Not happy Rik - Peninsula rate payers feel the sting Council Administrator, Rik Hart, has attempted to explain why ratepayers within the former Gosford City Local Government Area have been burdened with rate increases significantly higher than the 15 per cent approved by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). Hart took a moment at the start of the August 10 Council meeting to acknowledge that more than half the residents who’d already received their 2021-22 rates notice were “not very happy”. “I know a lot of you have already received your rates notice. Just under a half are happy and the other half are not very happy,” Hart said. He said a “consistent concern” expressed in the many emails he had received

on the subject was that “people say we have increased the rates more than the 15 per cent Special Rate Variation IPART has granted us”. “The first thing to take into consideration is that Wyong actually put in a rate increase which has been in existence three out of the four years it was planned for and is still in existence today. “Gosford Council was talking about doing this but unfortunately didn’t do it. “Gosford residents have been benefiting from not having to pay rates that reflected the true cost of services they were receiving,” he said. Hart said the Central Coast Council had been required to “harmonise” rates between the two former local government areas – “we have to have one rating system for the whole Central Coast Council”. “When we combine the two

together, before applying the 15 per cent, we have Wyong residents falling back and Gosford residents going forward,” he said. Hart said because the former Wyong Council had applied for an SRV and Gosford had not, Wyong residents had been “subsidising Gosford residents by $180 per year”. “The second thing is that the residential property values, the land value done by the Valuer General, does determine how much you pay in rates, and whether you consider it lucky or not… your property values have gone up 27 per cent more than Wyong,” he said. “On top of that new value we have put 15 per cent on top of everybody’s rates.” Central Coast Local Government area still remains one of the lowest in terms of ordinary rates and minimum rates, Hart said.

Our ordinary rates average $1268 and we have a minimum rate of $565. Cessnock has no minimum rate and averages $1890 for ordinary rates, Hart said. Lake Macquarie’s average rate is $1519 and its minimum rate around $790; Newcastle’s average rate is $1614 and its minimum rate is $807; the Northern Beaches average is $1524 and its minimum rate is around $800. “Central Coast still is getting a pretty good deal for their rates. “Hopefully people can understand why they are higher in the Gosford community and we haven’t had any complaints from the Wyong community.” Hart said there were hardship arrangements available for a nine-month period for rate payers experiencing hardship. Jackie Pearson

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Rates shock “fairly quickly forgotten” says former administrator Are you over the shock of your latest rates notice? The good news for former Gosford residents is that the pain won’t last long, according to former Central Coast Council Administrator Dick Persson in a letter to IPART. “My experience with rate rises is not as extensive as the Tribunal by any means, however I believe history shows that most controversial rate increases are fairly quickly forgotten once implemented,” Persson said in a letter to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) in April this year. The letter has been made public by Kincumber resident Kevin Brooks who received copies of correspondence

between IPART and Mr Persson in a Government Information Public Access (GIPA) request. Persson’s comment to IPART was in a letter to support Council’s submission for a special rate variation (SRV) - a rate rise - of 15 per cent. Council wanted the SRV to be permanent. “I am concerned that an IPART decision to grant, for example, a two- or three-year rate rise, would see the Council having to start the whole process again in 12-24 months’ time, reigniting the anger and debate about the performance of the previous councillors and senior executives, and setting back the important challenge of regaining community confidence in the council,” Mr

Persson said. He said the financial collapse of Central Coast council was unprecedented in NSW history and the community anger was also unprecedented and had resulted in many objections to IPART opposing the rate rise. The common refrain was “why should we have to pay for their mistakes/incompetence,” he said. He attached his final report to the Local Government Minister in which he recommended the councillors’ suspension be continued and elections deferred. “If the Minister accepts my suggested approach a new Administrator and the new CEO will have around 18 months, without the ‘distraction’ of

elected representatives, to concentrate on implementing the changes Mr (Rik) Hart and I have put in place, and to focus on ‘completing’ the merger work still to be done,” Persson said. A couple of weeks later, IPART granted a rate rise of 15 per cent but only for three years. Mr Persson, the interim administrator for six months, finished his stint and was replaced by RIk Hart, who had been the interim CEO. Mr Hart has continued the campaign for the rate rise to continue. This month ratepayers are receiving their rates for the next 12 months. Brooks said the interim administrator’s letter seemed

contemptuous of ratepayers and indifferent to the financial pain or hardship being inflicted. “Council senior management has clearly always seen rate hikes as an easier option than saving money through improved performance, productivity and efficiency,” Brooks said. “They don’t seem to care about the impact on the community. “The rate increase won’t be as quickly forgotten as Mr Persson suggests – especially by those struggling in the pandemic. “There’ll be worse to come when landlords in Gosford pass on an average 42 per cent rate increase to their tenants in higher rents in what is already

a tight rental market. “Tenants losing their homes certainly won’t forget.” The 15 per cent rate rise came with a harmonisation of rates between the two former councils that were merged in 2016 to become Central Coast Council. The harmonisation means that this month former Wyong residents are smiling when they open their rates letter with an average decrease in their rates of about 10 per cent. But for former Gosford ratepayers, the increase has been up to 50 per cent for some businesses and farmers and an average of 42 per cent for residents. Merilyn Vale

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Three town houses to replace single dwelling

Site plan (JS Architects 2021)

Plans to construct a multidwelling housing development comprising of three two-storey dwellings in Woy Woy will go on public exhibition on Friday, August 13. The site at 138 Railway St currently contains a singlestorey dwelling house, detached carport within the front setback, two detached garages within the rear setback

and 13 trees interspersed throughout. The proposed development seeks to demolish all existing structures and remove all 13 trees to enable the development of the three dwellings, each with vehicular and pedestrian access via a driveway from Railway St (with the exception of Townhouse 1 which has a separate pedestrian access from Railway St).

Isometric (JS Architects 2021, Dwg No. A105, Issue 2)

Each dwelling is provided with, at ground floor, garage parking for one (Townhouses 2 and 3) or two (Townhouse 1) cars, open-plan kitchen, dining and living connecting to a generous private open space, powder room and laundry. There is some confusion over the number of bedrooms available in each dwelling with one report stating the housing would be comprised of one

three-bedroom and two fourbedroom dwellings. At the first floor, each dwelling is provided with three bedrooms with the exception of Townhouse 3 which benefits from an additional, fourth bedroom. Each bedroom has either built-in or walk-in wardrobes and at least two bedrooms in each dwelling have access to an ensuite bathroom, with the

exception of Townhouse 3 in which only one bedroom has access to an ensuite bathroom. All bedrooms without an ensuite have access to a shared bathroom at the first floor. However, another report filed by the applicant stated it was proposed to construct five three-bedroom dwellings and one four-bedroom dwelling. Each of the dwellings in the

proposed development is provided with ground level private open spaces. All parking in the proposed development is located behind the building line where it will not be visible from the street. The application will remain on public exhibition until September 10. Source: DA tracker, Aug 10 DA 62700/2021

Chamber wants to stop virus at the river The Peninsula Business Chamber continues its campaign for the Central Coast to be released from lockdown at the same time as Newcastle – which could be within the next week. Chamber President, Matthew Wales, said the local business community could see no

reason to prolong the lockdown of Central Coast as part of the NSW Government’s response to an ongoing outbreak of the Delta strain of COVID-19 in Greater Sydney. “The NSW Government is just using the Central Coast as a safety net,” Wales said. “The trains continue to be on Sunday timetables so very few

people are travelling into Sydney at the moment and the trickle of cars on the freeway are probably essential workers who need to be going in,” he said. According to the Chamber, the best way to keep the Coast as free as possible of COVID community transmission would be to create a soft border

at the Hawkesbury River. “Police could conduct random pull-overs of cars based on number plate checks and it would only take a couple of $1000 fines for people to get the message that they cannot come from Sydney to the Coast,” Wales said. He also said it was “ridiculous” and a double standard that

Sydney residents were allowed to travel to the Central Coast to stay in their holiday home or second residence. “The idea they are not going anywhere is not sensible, of course they are going to the supermarket and other places,” he said. “Adam Crouch has said the 120 people who went to the

protest in Sydney spoiled it for everyone else on the Coast and, if they hadn’t travelled to the protest, we could have come out of lockdown earlier but if we had a soft boarder at the Hawkesbury River Bridge, those people would not have even gone to the protest in the first place.” Jackie Pearson

At least 10,000 jobs lost in lockdown The Central Coast lost 9,200 jobs during the first three weeks of the current lockdown, from June 26 to July 17 according to analysis by the Institute of Public Affairs, based on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) weekly payroll and wages. This is 5.8 per cent of all jobs and the equivalent of 438 jobs per day. According to the most recent data, the total number of jobs on the Coast on July 17 was 1.9 per cent lower than on March 14, 2020 when Australia recorded the 100th case of COVID-19. Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs, Cian Hussey, said workers on the

Central Coast had been hammered by the latest lockdown in Greater Sydney. “All of the jobs restored over the past year have been wiped out, putting workers back to square one a year and a half into the pandemic,” Hussy said. “There is almost a monthlong lag in the data, which is released by the ABS each fortnight, but it is highly likely that the job losses continued through the second half of July and into early August. Across NSW, 214,400 jobs were lost from June 26 to July 17, that’s 10,200 jobs per day. “The evidence is clear: rolling lockdowns devastate the private sector, small businesses, and young

Australians,” Hussey said. “Each time politicians decide to implement or extend lockdowns, they are knowingly putting the greatest burden on these people.

“Economies do not bounce back when lockdowns are lifted. “Jobs go up the stairs and down the escalator when it comes to imposing and lifting

lockdowns. “It might be weeks until the lockdown is lifted, but it will take years for small businesses and jobs to recover,” Hussey said. “As with every other lockdown, the most recent round of lockdowns have exclusively resulted in job losses in the private sector while the public sector remains unaffected. “Those designing and implementing lockdowns never see the effects their decisions have on jobs because they remain protected.” The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) has called on the NSW Government to reduce the salaries of politicians and bureaucrats.

Results of a poll taken by the IPA, released on August 2, showed 75 per cent of respondents agreed that politicians and bureaucrats with a pay packet of more than $150,000 should take a 20 per cent pay cut for the duration of the Greater Sydney lockdown to show that everyone was “all in this together”. “The Berejiklian Government must listen to the people and ensure that there is equality of sacrifice for the duration of the lockdowns,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the IPA. “If we are truly all in this together then the economic and social pain must be shared around,” he said. Sue Murray

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Each tiny rehab step has a big benefit A Umina Beach local has spoken out about the challenges of rehabilitation after suffering a stroke earlier this year. Kevin experienced a stroke at home which was discovered to have been caused by a cerebral bleed, resulting in numbness and lack of movement down his left side. The 69-year-old, who is now a rehabilitation patient at Brisbane Waters Private Hospital, first arrived as an inpatient at the hospital where he was bed bound, with limited movement. After weeks of intensive physiotherapy, Kevin said one of the main issues he needed to rehabilitate was his attitude. “I definitely won’t win any awards as the most cheerful or obliging rehabilitation patient

that’s for sure,” he said. “But this entire process has taught me just how essential rehabilitation is for any procedure, be it large or small. “It seems ridiculous, conducing these little silly movements every day, repetitively, getting into the pool for just small amounts of times is exhausting for little obvious reward. “But that’s the thing with rehab, it’s about the long-term reward in terms of muscle memory and movement.” According to Brisbane Waters Private Hospital Physiotherapist, Dean Clatworthy, patients can benefit from both in-patient and day rehabilitation programs. “Whether you are someone who has experienced a procedure relating to a

neurological, trauma, fall, oncology, surgical or cardiac condition, there are a range of rehabilitation services that can be tailored to support,” Clatworthy said. “From physiotherapy, to hydrotherapy, to occupational therapy through to exercise and nutrition, rehabilitation, the day and in-patient programs are designed to support recovery, regardless of the stage you are at. “Kevin has done an amazing job and is a credit to himself in terms of the progress he has made in his rehabilitation journey. “It’s easy to look at the negatives and see what’s changed or been lost and through his journey he has regained and achieved so much, I look forward to seeing how he progresses as a day

patient moving forward.” Kevin credited the care he received during his stay at the Hospital. “The compassion, positivity, support, in-house mental health and relentless reassurance from the team here has just been amazing,” he said. “I’m now 60 per cent recovered, and I am determined to be walking independently soon. “You simply don’t realise that rehab really does help to get you ready for returning home, for adapting, changing mindsets and preparing for the process for returning to home which can be confronting.” Source: Media release, Aug 10 Brisbane Waters Private Hospital

Kevin said when it comes to rehabilitation, its as much to do with the body as the mind

Villages offer vaccine hub for aged care workers Umina Beach-based aged care organisation, Peninsula Villages, has made its facility available as a hub to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Central Coast aged care workers. The vaccination hub, due to start putting doses in arms as soon as August 13 will be set up within a disused Peninsula Villages’ facility, Jack Aldous House. The Villages said the clinical nature of the facility, as well as its separation from the rest of Peninsula Villages’ facilities, made it an ‘ideal’ choice of location for NSW Health to use as a vaccination centre.

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“We know from our own experience that staff want to do the right thing, but many are spending hours, after long shifts, queuing at vaccination centres,or having appointments cancelled due to lack of availability. “We want to be able to assist all aged care staff on the Coast to access a vaccine so they can continue to do their jobs.” The announcement comes after the Federal Government confirmed that vaccines will be mandatory for all aged care staff, with all staff to be vaccinated by September 17. Source: Media release, Aug 6 Peninsula Villages

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Rapid jab clinic this weekend but no Pfizer It’d be fair to say that some locals are experiencing difficulties in trying to access a COVID-19 vaccine on the Coast … but just where can you get the jab? To get as many Coasties vaccinated as possible, Central Coast Local Health District will hold rapid AstraZeneca vaccination clinics at Gosford and Wyong hospitals this weekend. The clinics, which will be open on Saturday, August 14 to Sunday, August 15 from 7am to 3:30pm, will be located at the Gosford Hospital Vaccination Clinic and the Wyong Hospital Vaccination Clinic. Everyone aged 18 years or older is welcome, with students, teachers, construction and retail workers particularly encouraged to attend. CCLHD said that no appointment was necessary, but stated that residents must bring a form of ID and their Medicare Card. To save time on arrival, locals are encouraged to pre-register via NSW Health’s COVID online check-in portal before attending the clinic. Anyone awaiting COVID test results, experiencing COVID

symptoms or who has visited a COVID hotspot must not attend the vaccination clinics. For those wishing to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, here are a list of local facilities to book for the jab: • Perfect Medical Care on Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy (Open Monday to Friday, 9am – 6pm) • Woy Woy General Practice on Railway St, Woy Woy (Open Monday to Friday, 8am – 8pm, Saturday 8am – noon) • Kuoch Chemist Woy Woy on Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy (Open Monday to Friday, 8am – 8pm, Saturday 8:30am – 5pm, and Sunday 9am – 5pm) • Clarke’s Amcal Pharmacy on Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy (Open Monday to Friday, 8:15am – 6pm, Saturday 8:30am – 4:30pm, and Sunday 9am2pm) • Priceline Pharmacy on George St, Woy Woy (Open Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 5:30pm, Saturday 8:45am – 3pm, and Sunday 9:30am – 3pm) • Bluesky Medical on Vidler Ave, Woy Woy (Open Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 9am – 3pm)

• Ettalong Medical Centre on Picnic Pde, Ettalong (Open Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 6:30pm, and Saturdays 8:30am – noon) • Family Medicine Umina Beach on Berith St, Umina (Open Monday to Thursday, 8am – 5:30pm, and Friday 8am - 4pm) • H Wai Shing PTY LTD on Oscar St, Woy Woy (Open Monday, Tuesdays and Thursdays (8am – 5:30pm) • Peninsula Medical Centre on Bullion St, Umina Beach (Open Monday to Friday, 7am – 6pm, and Saturday 7am – noon) • Umina Surgery on West St, Umina (Open Monday to Friday, 8am – 5:30pm, and Saturday 8am – 11am) • Blooms the Chemist on West St, Umina (Open seven days a week, 8am – 6pm) The list comes on the back of an announcement this week that 36 community pharmacies would start administering the COVID-19 vaccines across the Coast. Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said the addition of community pharmacies would play a vital role in the vaccine rollout across our region.

“Community pharmacies are an essential part of the Australian health care system and pharmacists are highly accessible health care professionals who provide patients with access to vital medicines, health care services and support,” Wicks said. “Pharmacies who have not yet expressed interest will also be offered the opportunity to participate, as well as any GPs that are not yet participating in the rollout. “In addition, community pharmacies will also participate in the rollout of the Moderna vaccine from September.” But for those wishing to recieve the Pfizer vaccine, it can prove much more difficult. According to the online Vaccine Clinic Finder, Umina’s Peninsula Medical Centre on Bullion St appears to be the only venue on the Peninsula supplying the Pfizer jab. Otherwise locals will have to travel to East Gosford Medical Centre on Brougham St, Calligem Health on Mann Street, Gosford Hospital COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic, or the Central Coast (Erina) Respiratory Clinic on Terrigal Dr to receive Pfizer. However, as of August 11, the

online Vaccine Clinic Finder suggests that there are no Pfizer bookings available for the next 30 days anywhere on the Coast. Public Health Director at CCLHD, Dr Kathryn Taylor, said it was an extremely complex and logistical task to deliver the vaccines. “The Erina Hub is run through the Primary Care sector, which is Commonwealth, and the hospitals are run through the local health districts which is State – so [there are] lots of players involved,” Taylor said. “The best place for people who are trying to get a vaccine is the Vaccine Eligibility Checker which is the one-stop shop which does synthesise all the options and as more appointments become available at the Wyong and Gosford hospital hubs, which I anticipate will be the coming days to weeks, those will [become] available on that eligibility checker. “People aged over 16 are eligible for Pfizer but it is a question of where they can access it. “People aged 18 or over are eligible for AstraZeneca and that can be accessed at GPs, pharmacies, [with] clinics

expanded at Gosford and Wyong hospitals. “But in terms of the Pfizer, that’s where we are really feeling the pinch on supplies.” The news comes after hundreds of Central Coast residents were left frustrated and angry last week when their Pfizer vaccination appointments, many of which had been made months in advance, were rediverted to HSC students in the areas of greatest concern in Sydney. The State Government has not yet confirmed when those reallocated Pfizer doses will make it to the Central Coast, nor when those residents will receive confirmation of their rescheduled appointments. “We will get Pfizer back up [to the Central Coast] in high numbers very quickly, as soon as the Federal Government makes it available [to NSW],” Minister for Health and Medical Research, Brad Hazzard said. “As soon as we get our allocation [of Pfizer] from the Federal Government, we will be making sure we put it back into the Central Coast, 100 per cent as quickly as possible.” Maisy Rae

Grow moves support meetings online A local mental wellbeing group has put the call out for those who may be struggling with loneliness or mental ill-health, encouraging people to sign up for weekly check-in meetings. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Woy Woy Grow

group has swapped their faceto-face meetings for Zoom when they meet each Monday at 6:30pm for two hours. Organiser Liz O’Keefe said the support group includes trained volunteers to give support to people suffering from mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety. “It’s free to join – we do follow

a 12-step program – we give our personal testimonies, progress reports, and then the group suggests advice if there’s a problem,” O’Keefe said. “By coming to a group, people make friends and don’t feel isolated anymore and they find support from people who understand. “There has been an increase

in sign-ups since COVID-19, we had a lot of newcomers after the lockdown last year. “We expect that to happen this year too. “There are a lot of people suffering as there are not many groups available right now … and isolation doesn’t help. “It won’t last forever.”

O’Keefe said that for those who may be experiencing feelings of loneliness this lockdown, to keep in contact as much as possible with others. She said the Group encourages new members to come along and see if it’s for them, with no obligation to continue the meetings if they decide otherwise.

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Lockdown special: fine dining at home with Chef Daniel

GEORGIA LIENEMANN We’re trying something new on the column – a lockdown special, of sorts. In lieu of being able to head out for dinner, for the next six weeks we’ll be embarking on a virtual tour of the coast’s best eating establishments. We’ve asked their head chefs to inspire us with recipes that we can make at home, bringing the fine dining experience into our own kitchens. To kick things off we’re hearing from Chef Daniel from At Baker St in Gosford who has provided a QR code which links to a video of him whipping up the delicious recipe below. The philosophy behind At Baker St was to allow local residents to enjoy the best of central coast food bowl. To harness my passion for good, fresh food and create an experience for customers that connects the farm and plate. This is a recipe that will help you enjoy the fine dining experience at home – with elements that even the kids can get involved with. We start with the best of Australian ingredients. At Baker St we use a salt bush lamb from a good friend in Dubbo. When it comes to lamb cutlets, full lamb racks are a lot nicer to work with. If you leave the fat on the rack and salt it the night before, placing it back in the fridge, it helps remove moisture which concentrates the flavour. Taking fresh beetroot to the

next level with sugar and vanilla helps to bring out its sweet and earthy flavour and pairs beautifully with lamb. Cooking it with the skin on allows the sweetness from under the skin to be locked in. We also use Australian Meredith goats cheese in this recipe and locally grown microgreens from Super Green Farms – Drew and his son deliver the freshest array of sprouts and microgreens and we toss them in a simple dressing to finish the dish. This will be a great dish to enjoy with a glass of red, whether it’s a family dinner or date night. Use the QR code to get access to my recipe video and cook along from home. I hope enjoy it and look forward to seeing you at Baker St soon. Lamb filled tortellini with a rack of lamb and beetroot emulsion 2 or 4 point rack of lamb (prepared the night prior) Oil for searing

Pasta (made 2 hours prior) 400g 00 plain flour 4 whole eggs 4 egg yolks Pinch of fine salt 1 whole egg for sealing the tortellini Lamb filling: 250 g lamb mince 1 egg yolk 200g Meredith dairy goat’s cheese ½ bunch of oregano leaves finally chopped Pinch of salt Beetroot emulsion: 2 small beetroot 2 teaspoon sugar Drop of vanilla 200ml olive oil Salt & white pepper 1. Prepping the lamb: score the fat with a small knife, making very small cuts. Salt the fat and meat well and place in the fridge (overnight is best). 2. Making the pasta: place the flour on the bench in a small mound and create a well in

the centre for the eggs. Put them, along with the extra yolks and salt in the well and gently mix it with a fork. Continue to beat the mixture, slowly adding more of the flour until it forms a dough. Knead the dough for a few minutes until it’s come together, then allow it to rest for 2 hours. 3. Making the lamb filling: place all the ingredients in a bowl and use your hands to dig in and mix well. 4. Making the tortellini: use a pasta machine or rolling pin to form thin sheets of pasta. Cut the pasta into rounds (any size you like) and place a small spoonful of the lamb filling in the middle. In a small bowl, beat an egg and paint it around the outer edge of the pasta round. Fold the pasta round in half, enveloping the lamb filling and pinch the joining edges together. 5. Making the beetroot emulsion: boil the whole unpeeled beetroot, sugar and vanilla together with

enough water to cover. After it’s soft (about an hour), remove the skins, which will slide off easily and allow them to cool slightly. Place them in a blender, slowly adding in the oil and seasoning with salt and white pepper. 6. Cooking the lamb: pre the heat oven to 220 degrees then heat a large oven proof frying pan on high heat until it’s very hot. Add a splash of olive oil, place the lamb in the pan (fat side down) and allow it to cook for 5-6 minutes. Transfer the pan to the oven for 18 minutes and then rest a further 6 minutes. Slice up the rack into individual cutlets for plating. 7. Cooking the tortellini: bring some well-salted water to the boil in a medium sized pot. Cook the tortellini for 6 minutes, then toss them in olive oil and salt and pepper. 8. Plating up: when it comes to plating, it’s your call: line, dots or both with the beetroot emulsion. Place the tortellini on the plate, then stand the

cutlets up to display the delicious colour on the lamb. Toss some microgreens or salad leaves with olive oil, lemon and salt and place them next to each lamb for colour. At Baker St, lockdown offerings At Baker St are still offering delicious meal options, including a range of convenient ‘heat and eat’ meals and family-sized smorgasbords that allow you to ‘travel’ with your tastebuds: from Italian and Mexican to Asian street food, with cocktails to match or their usual list of beer and wine. If you order for pick up you’ll notice the large range of desserts still on offer, including extravagant profiteroles, cheese cake and chocolate mousse. You can order online or via Facebook, for pick up or home delivery. You can follow Chef Daniel and At Baker St team on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube and their website atbakerst.com.au.

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School wraps students and families in its web of support The Woy Woy campus of Brisbane Water Secondary College is officially a ‘positive education’ school which is giving students, teachers and families the tools and tenacity to thrive, even during a pandemic. Woy Woy is the college’s senior campus and usually accommodates over 700 students from years 10 through to 12. Head Teacher of Wellbeing, Linda Langmaid, said: “We have been working hard with the kids to teach them that it is a good thing to ask for help and say I am not coping right now. “We all need to learn that we can do this together. “Our kids have faced all types of adversity but they are strong and they cope amazingly.” Langmaid said the school regularly uses many “positive education” techniques. “A philosophy we teach kids is to concentrate on what is going well in their life and we teach them how to create positive emotions in their lives

and this is a prime time when they need to practice that,” she said. “It is not a technique where we say life is always going to be perfect but it teaches them how to climb out when they are feeling sad or feel defeated. “We teach them about neuroplasticity and that we can change the way our brain works. “It is about creating positive habits and in times like this it can be as simple as making sure you get out of bed, have breakfast, have a shower, get out of your pajamas and follow a routine for the day. “We talk a lot about gratitude and being thankful, about kindness, about noting what goes well in your day about trying to train our brains into looking for the good.” Langmaid said the school has acknowledged that the extended lockdown is a huge challenge for the students and the adults in their lives. “We have to acknowledge that it has all sorts of impacts in all sorts of different ways.

A sign at the entry to the College’s student services centre

“We are very fortunate in that our principal, Rebecca Cooper, has put all sorts of resources into supporting the children. “We have got about 12 staff members who are in touch with children at home. “We each have a case load of students that we call at least every couple of days. “We have sent out technology

for families, computers and wifi dongles and we are sending out hampers on a Friday for families who are struggling. “There is so much innovation going on in terms of online lessons where everybody has learned many different new ways of presenting things in ways to engage the kids so they keep learning all the time.

“We are just finding all sorts of challenges that we have never thought about and we have to craft our support individually for every case we come across because the needs change from child to child.” The Year 12 students will be doing their trial HSC exams online. “The situation is changing daily and unfortunately none of us has a crystal ball but what I do know is there is a network, a spider web of support that comes through the school and I know it is the same at the junior campus as well. “I can’t be the eyes and ears for every child but I have emails filtering through to me from teachers all the time. “For example, a teacher noticed that one child who was always on the zoom wasn’t there today so the teacher asked me to check on them – our teachers know their kids which is a key to a great school. Staff are rallying around families who have lost their income with grocery gift

vouchers for hampers but also around each other and getting creative with those connections. “We have a staff morning tea online on a Thursday so last week one of the PE teachers ran a fitness class for everyone so we model for the kids that we must stay connected - we are still at school, it is “We have an assembly online every week so the kids in each year get to see each other. “They go into breakout rooms and talk to their team leader who runs a trivia session or some sort game.” Langmaid’s message to the whole school community, including parents, is that in such a “close-knit school community it is OK to ask for help, in fact it is great to ask for help because we are modelling to our children that it is a good thing to do. “We are still all at school but it is just in a different place.” Jackie Pearson

Positive approach to lockdown learning CASE STUDY Year 10 Brisbane Water Secondary College student, Ethan Hill, firmly believes that he is lucky to be in lockdown. Ethan hasn’t yet decided whether he wants to go to TAFE or university after his HSC to study sport and recreation instruction but, for now, he is focusing on enjoying the benefits of online schooling. “To be honest I am coping pretty well with lockdown; I enjoy online schooling – I find that I get through my work easier, I am more focused and I have spare time to do whatever I want like go for a walk or go to the beach,” he says. An only child, Ethan lives with his mum, dad and grandmother in Woy Woy. “The downside is I’m not with friends but my grandmother lives with us so if I catch COVID

it would be pretty awful, so I have to be very careful.” Ethan says he is staying in contact with his friends but describes it as “a different type of connection, it is not the same as actually hanging out with them. “Partially it does suck but, especially looking at the rest of the world, I guess we are pretty lucky even if it is not perfect.” Ethan praises his teachers: “All our teachers have been really supportive. “We occasionally have zoom meetings to see the rest of our classmates and we started to do year 10 assembly and daily check-ins. “The other part of the work is virtual through google classroom and we can work at our own pace in our own time,” he says. Jackie Pearson

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Times are in local standard time (UTC +10:00) or daylight savings time (UTC +11:00) when in effect.

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LAT 33° 51’ S - LONG 151° 14’ E - TIME ZONE - 1000 Times and Heights(m) of high and low waters

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Parents and students thanked for quality work Students at Pretty Beach Public School have been celebrated for their resilience and efforts whilst ‘learning from home’ in the school’s weekly newsletter. Teachers said they were amazed by the quality of work produced by kindergarten classes, with other students embracing learning from home in a variety of creative ways. Students were also said to have loved their Zoom meetings so far. ‘Mr P’ said the ‘legendary students keep producing quality work and have displayed so much eagerness and effort to produce their personal best’. Staff also wanted to thank families for their hard work in juggling personal commitments as well as supporting their children with their schoolwork. They said they had listened to parent feedback and are working to deliver the right balance of tasks provided in the work booklets and online. Source: Newsletter, Aug 5 Pretty Beach Public School

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Over and out from Tokyo

Australia’s 486 Olympic athletes at the conclusion of their Games

OLYMPICS With the Games at an end, Australia has brought home 46 medals, 17 gold, 7 silver and 22 bronze, shared among 99 team members – including two from the Coast – within 15 sports and 20 disciplines. It is the third largest overall haul the nation has ever achieved, tied with Beijing 2008, as well as our all-time highest amount of gold, tied with Athens 2004. This has seen us finish in sixth place, both overall and on gold, with USA winning on 39 gold and 113 overall. China finished second with 38 gold and 88 overall, then hosts Japan with 27 and 58,

Britain with 22 and 65 (coming back from behind the Aussies after Week One), then the Russian Olympic Committee with 20 and 71. This was the 24th Olympics in which Australia competed as an independent national team, the first being Antwerp 1920. Australia sent 13 athletes to Belgium, a number lower than our Tokyo gold tally alone, and 37-fold less than the 486 Aussie athletes to compete. Australia now has a new alltime most successful Australian Olympian in Emma McKeon, who earned four gold and three bronze in the swimming pool. Four of McKeon’s medals were from relay events so her efforts contributed to the national swimming team’s total

of 21 medals, including nine gold and at least one medal on every day of finals races. Gold medals were also won in BMX Freestyle, Canoe Slalom and Sprints, Rowing, Sailing, Skateboarding. An incredible performance was put in by the Australian Rowing team on July 27 who earned gold in both the Women’s and Men’s Fours, as well as bronze in the Women’s and Men’s Quadruple Sculls. This was the most successful daily result for Australian Rowing at the Games in their entire Olympic history, topped off by their two newly-set Olympic Records in the Men’s and Women’s Fours. After a silver in London 2012, a bronze at Rio 2016 and in the

Women’s Kayak Slalom at Tokyo on Tuesday July 27, Jessica Fox finally reached gold in the Canoe Slalom on Thursday, July 29. In sailing, Matt Wearn from Perth won gold in the Men’s one person Dinghy-Laser event after coming out well on top throughout 10 heats and a medals race on Sunday, August 1. Australia again won sailing gold in the Men’s Two Person Dinghy, with Matthew Belcher and Will Ryan finishing eight seconds ahead of second place Sweden in the Medals race. For 18 year old debutant, Keegan Palmer, his gold medal will forever be remembered as the first in Men’s Park Skateboarding’s Olympic

history, earned with his first run score of 94.04 in the Final on Thursday, August 5. There were a number of close calls within the Athletics and team sport events, most notably with Peter Bol’s fourth place finish in the 800 metre final, Brandon Starc’s fifth in High Jump, and two quarter final losses in Women’s Water

Polo and Basketball. Silver was won by Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy in Beach Volleyball, as well as by the Australian Equestrian Eventing Jumping Team Final, and then Andrew Hoy went on to place third in the Eventing Individual.

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Ronny Ling and his Central Coast Dolphin Project and Central Coast Newspapers have combined to bring you a regular Humpback Highway report in each edition of this newspaper.

The tide has now turned, and we now have more whales heading south than heading north. Since the start of the northern migration, we have recorded 4,315 whale sightings, going north. This equates to 3,876 humpback whales, 11 minke whales, 2 southern right whales and 23 of unknown species.

We have had at least 7 newborn humpback whale calves observed. We also have had 1 unconfirmed report of orcas off the Central Coast. Many thanks to Terrigal Ocean Tours, Drone Operators and all the avid whale watchers who have shared their sightings with us. There are still whales heading north, and plenty heading south, and soon mothers and calves will be travelling south, close to our coastline. Killcare lookout and the board walk at Putty Beach are still providing great whale viewing.

Dolphins have been visiting Ettalong, Umina and Pearl Beach, while seals are visiting Brisbane Water on a regular basis, as well as Box Head. The Barenjoey seal colony has 17 seals at the moment. If you’re planning to go whale watching, remember to comply with Health Regulations and police/government directions. Let us know if you see a whale, seal or dolphin by text or call 0490 401 969. You can also email us at centralcoastdolphins@gmail.com

If you are lucky enough to spot a whale, seal or dolphin, please text or call the Project on 0490 401 969 or email centralcoastdolphins@gmail.com

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Woy Woy schooled silver medal sweetheart

(Inset) A young Nicola McDermott at St John the Baptist Catholic School in 2007

HIGH JUMP – OLYMPICS Tascott’s Nicola McDermott made her mark on Tokyo 2020 on Saturday evening with a 2.02 metre score in the Women’s High Jump Final to secure the silver medal and set her third Australian record for the year, all within four months. McDermott, who attended school in Woy Woy as a youngster, grabbed attention at Sydney Olympic Park in April by becoming the nation’s first woman to jump two metres. She has now added a further two centimetres to that record: the first in Stockholm in July; and the second on High Jump’s largest international stage. “Two metres isn’t the end, it’s going to go higher,” were McDermott’s words in signing off her first record, a promise she has now fulfilled twice. Prior to reaching this point – setting a third Australian record had become necessary in order

to win the Olympic final – it was a near perfect run for the athlete who glided through the qualifications with four consecutive jumps from 1.86 to 1.95 metres. A mistake in the final at 1.96 may have misled viewers into believing McDermott’s 2021 run had peaked but her form was rediscovered in the very next jump taking her past two metres without hindrances. Entering the 2.02 metre round in the top position meant McDermott was first to jump despite being the only active competitor who had never before jumped that high. McDermott missed her first attempt and the lead was taken by three-time world champion from Russia, Mariya Lasitskene, who went on to post a winning score of 2.04 metres. Watching Lasitskene accomplish her season-best jump of 2.02 metres may have been the encouragement Nicola needed but for the woman whose commitment,

passion and faith run parallel and higher, the real drive behind her success comes from closer to home. Although being a part of the University of Sydney Track and Field team, most of Nicola’s development as a jumper came from two Central Coast clubs: Gosford Little Athletics in younger years and then Mingara Athletics as a teenager. “They saw somebody who was a champion when maybe I didn’t see it myself,” Nicola said in April of her two home clubsl. “When you are continually surrounded by an environment that is just so encouraging, you can really become the best version of yourself, not just limiting yourself to what you think you can do.” Nicola teamed up with her now long-term jumping coach during her years on the Coast, Matt Horsnell, himself a prodigy from the local athletics pool. They have become national ambassadors for the sport,

often sharing their trainings and expertise with the new generation of sportspeople from Adcock Park and Mingara Track and Field. Gosford Little Athletics President, Stuart Farrant, recalls how Nicola began at the club as a friendly, polite eightyear-old, and now at 24 returns as a mentor with a noticeable effect on the sports programs. Farrant recalls a particular 30-minute session during which McDermott helped a young high jumper overcome his personal best by 25 centimetres. “No doubt there are a lot of other kids out there who listen to her,” he said. Mingara Athletics Club Secretary and Distance Coach, Margaret Beardslee, says McDermott is a young woman willing to work her way up from zero to hero. “We’re so proud to be associated with such a humble, quality athlete who has dedicated so much time and

effort to become the best that she can be,” Beardslee said. “In terms of our club’s awards lists, we awarded her Most Promising Athlete in Under 10/11’s, the next year she was Best Competitor, then the next she was Champion of the Club. “Going back 10 years, this shows her dedication in going through the ranks, progressing, getting better, becoming a great athlete and now the result is she is able to compete at that amazingly high level with finesse and grace.” And if you think Nicola’s efforts in the community are made exterior to her commitments to the sport, you’ve misunderstood the impetus behind her activities. In her own words, it is this very engagement with her local community and beyond that empowers her to push for new heights. “One part of the dream was to make the Olympics, but I already made the Olympics when I was jumping a lot lower

than two metres,” Nicola said. “The thing that allows me to continue pushing to attempt not only national records but hopefully one day world records – trying to get the podium and not the entry ticket – is that I’m really passionate about the platform I get with athletics. “If it was just for me, for my success, I probably would have stopped as soon as I made the Olympics. “Now I’m even more passionate because I know how to use the platform in order to give back and to allow others to have the revelation that when you are not fearful of things and you’re not limiting yourself, there’s incredible things in store for every person and there’s a value on every person. “If I get to use this platform to share that, then I know it’s not only going to change my community but hopefully change the entire nation.” CCN