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Bays ask for help with rates and roads

News

Woy Woy Courthouse will undergo a series of upgrades to better protect and support domestic violence victim-survivors and vulnerable witnesses who attend court to give evidence. See page 5

Out&About

When Jane Hendy says she does her bushcare and community campaigning for the birds, the bats and the trees she means it. See page 13

The Bays community has been told by Central Coast Council that sought-after traffic safety measures are in the hands of Transport for NSW and they will need to apply for a grant to assist with rates on their community hall.

Business

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Council debt less than expected Central Coast Council reached the end of July 2021 with around $110M less debt than expected. The total debt appears to be about $455M as of July 31. This was better by $110M than the figure of $565M interim administrator Dick Persson forecast in his 30-day report issued on December 2, 2020. The forecast included an expected budget deficit at the end of the 2020-2021 financial year of $115M. The figures released this week in the draft financial reports for 2020-21 show the actual deficit came in at $60M. The full extent of Council’s position at the end of last financial year is still unclear.

A summary of the draft financial statement for last financial year was presented at the council meeting on August 24 but it was only a summary. The figures showed that council spent less than the budgeted $45M on redundancies. Redundancy costs totalled around $30M. It is believed council budgeted for older staff to take many of the redundancies on offer but on average younger people did and so it didn’t cost as much. There were two other reasons the numbers improved beyond the massive forecast $565M debt. The council had a better trading result than anticipated, meaning its costs were less than expected,

saving $42.8M. Since the crisis in October last year it has begun receiving and using grants from the State and Federal Governments on renewal projects. At the same August meeting, the July investment and the new monthly financial reports were also tabled. They showed that “Through external funding and rationalisation of internal restricted fund balances, the unrestricted fund balance has improved from -$206.5M at July 31, 2020, to -$27M at July 31, 2021. External borrowings were currently $346.9M. The Administrator noted the draft financial statements and

agreed to allow Council to allocate “sufficient internally restricted funds” to meet its July 2021 unrestricted funds deficit of $81M. CCN has used a combination of all these figures to estimate the total debt to the end of July. Council was asked to verify the amounts but had not responded at the time of going to press. Mr Persson’s $565M forecast in December last year was made up of bank loans totalling $365M and $200M of restricted funds which needed to be replaced. The 30-day report was the first of three official reports Mr Persson sent to the Minister for Local Government into the council’s financial situation. Terrigal MP, Adam Crouch,

referred to the $565M debt in State Parliament in May as the actual amount the council had racked up, rather than an estimate, when he debated the need for a public inquiry. “The public inquiry will expose who was responsible for Council’s $565M debt and will help to ensure this appalling financial situation is never repeated,” he said. But the council’s new Chief Financial Officer, Natalia Cowley, said at Council’s meeting on February 23 that the debt in February was $458M Now it appears to be fractionally lower again. Merilyn Vale

An asking price of $700,000 used to be for buyers upgrading their home but in many suburbs on the Peninsula it may now only secure a knock-down rebuild... See page 21

Sport

Two Central Coast residents are among Australia’s largest-ever team for an overseas Paralympic Games which started in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday, August 23. See page 32

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more positive cases were announced, with no link between them. Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) Public Health Director, Dr Kathryn Taylor, said while the Coast was doing “pretty well” it is “not an island” and health authorities are “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 uncontrolled spread,” she said. “We are unfortunately seeing the Hunter going through some of that pain and I 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; we still have cases coming from Sydney on a regular basis so the people in the south need to be alert.” Dr Taylor said a second sample from the Woy Woy Sewage Treatment Plant tested negative, after an earlier low-level detection had caused some concern. “Sewage detection could mean a number of things,” she said. “Basically, it does mean there was someone present at the time the sample was collected, which could either be a visitor or someone who has had COVID in the past – or the worst case scenario is that there is someone undetected in the community. “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. “A low-level detection is a oneoff detection suggesting a visitor that’s come and gone or shedding at the tail end of their infection.” Dr Taylor said concerns remained high in the north of the region, where a number of cases have been recorded, and urged regular testing. “We also know unfortunately that things are taking off in the Hunter New England area; they did have detections in the Belmont catchment, and they have also had cases linked with the Morisset High School,” she said. “Everybody needs to be on very high alert for any symptoms even for the mildest of symptoms.” Terry Collins and Sue Murray

Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart has come out strongly in favour of local government reform. See page 25

Sport

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. See page 40

Puzzles page 22

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The new Inner Wheel Club of Tuggerah Lakes is making positive changes in the community with its charity work. See page 17

Out&About

A local doctor is putting the call out to get moving in a bid to raise funds for research, prevention and support services for cancer patients across Australia. See page 13

Out&About

Sydneysiders coming to the Central Coast will need a permit under a new separate Public Health Order to come into effect on Saturday, August 21.

our region’s health and safety at risk,” Crouch said. “We are in the most critical phase of fighting COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

“Now is not the time for Sydneysiders to treat our community as a holiday destination. “I have brought these

significant concerns to Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s attention and thanked her for ensuring our region remains as bestprotected as possible.

“The permits will take effect on Saturday, August 21, and anyone who does not comply with the system or lies to authorities will cop a $5,000 on-the-spot fine,” Crouch said. He said the police presence on the Coast was part of the state-wide Operation Stay at Home, conducted jointly by NSW Police and the Australian Defence Force, which started on Monday, August 16. An extra 1,400 police have been deployed across all areas of policing in NSW to ensure compliance with the strongest health restrictions NSW has seen. Continued page 8

One of Australia’s leading health and wellness fundraising events, STEPtember, is calling for people across the Coast to register. See page 25

Sport

Will keeping submissions private serve the public interest?

Central Coast to split from Greater Sydney in Public Health Orders

The Central Coast’s surfing talent has been on display at Barra De La Cruz in Mexico for the World Surf League. See page 32

Puzzles page 19

“I have had concerns raised with me by members of the community about the way public submissions will be handled,” Harris’ letter to the Minister, a copy of which has been sent to CCN, said.

Those concerns followed a statement by the Inquiry Commissioner, Roslyn McCulloch, that, on balance, no submissions would be made public. “While I understand that submissions of a defamatory nature should not be published, submissions which address financial or policy decisions should be made on a case-bycase basis with appropriate redaction removing names,” Harris said in his letter. “The integrity of having a Public Inquiry is undermined if

all submissions are unpublished,” he said. “Parliamentary Committees consider submissions on a case-by-case basis in regards to publication. “I have been informed by some community members that when they asked could they have a protected submission they couldn’t be given the guarantee so they did not make a submission. “Now they are upset to find all submissions are to be confidential which would have meant they could have made

their submission,” Harris said. A spokesperson for the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, said: “This is an independent process and a matter for the Commissioner.” Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, reiterated the Minister’s office – he said: “The public inquiry is an independent process being conducted by Roslyn McCulloch, a lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in the judicial system. “The public inquiry is conducted at arms-length from

the NSW Government and is entirely controlled by Commissioner McCulloch.” Commissioner McCulloch and the Office of Local Government were asked for comment and had not responded at the time of going to press. Shadow Minister for Local Government, Greg Warren, said keeping the submissions private meant the Inquiry was “about as transparent as a brick wall”. Continued page 10

Members of a Central Coast Council committee believe more dog attacks happen on the Coast than are reported to Council. See page 21

Sport

Two new developments have occurred under Head Coach, Nick Montgomery, since his signings of Nicolai Müller and Noah Smith in July. See page 31

Puzzles page 19

While regional NSW is set to remain in lockdown, along with Greater Sydney, until the end of August, Barilaro indicated in an exclusive interview with Coast Community News that regional restrictions could ease thereafter. “Obviously we are very

Deputy Premier John Barilaro

concerned with protecting the Central Coast from Sydney – and it also has connections to Newcastle,” Barilaro said. “Sewage detection at Bateau Bay still worries us, but I am confident that by next Saturday we will be taking a local

government approach to lifting restrictions in regional NSW.” Any loosening of restrictions would take into account case numbers, sewage surveillance and the situation in neighbouring LGAs. Barilaro said extra protection for the Central Coast would come from the introduction of permits which those leaving Greater Sydney for the Coast for essential reasons will have to obtain through Service NSW and display prominently on their windshields from August 21. “Anyone leaving Sydney for the Central Coast must have been tested seven days prior,” he said. Barilaro said vaccination

news from the Central Coast was good, with multiple vaccination sites available. He said 55 per cent of Coast residents had received one vaccination and 27.5 per cent had received double vaccination. “This is on par with the State average so the trajectory is good to keep those jabs in line with Sydney,” he said. Meanwhile, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said expectations were high that the state would achieve 80 per cent vaccination levels by mid-November, which would give greater freedom in loosening restrictions. As far as a return to school for Central Coast students, Berejiklian said many more

Out&About

Tara Chau has been busy during lockdown, penning her first novel Rise of the Xavia. See page 13

Health

The skipper of a 38ft cruising yacht having engine trouble at sea headed towards The Entrance Channel last Friday for what he hoped to be safe shelter.

CCN The full interview with Deputy Premier John Barilaro is available on our website

Central Coast Academy of Sport (CCAS) has applauded the efforts of silver medal winner Nicola McDermott at the Tokyo Olympics and outlined the schools Olympic and Paralympic connections. See page 32

Puzzles page 19

Police have made it crystal clear that the time for warnings is over, they will be cracking down on noncompliance of Stay at Home orders, COVID restrictions and Public Health Orders. Commander of Tuggerah Lakes Police District, Superintendent John Gralton, said most people were doing the right thing but warned that those who flagrantly breached the Public Health Orders would feel the full force of the law. “We’ll be strong with the enforcement, the police are serious about enforcing the Public Health Orders because we want to continue to keep the Central Coast safe,” he said.

Last Friday, August 20, Police set up three checkpoints - on the M1 and Wyee Rd at Morisset and on the Pacific Highway at Lake Munmorah – to deter and stop travellers from Sydney suburbs. Police turned back 18 vehicles at the checkpoints, they issued 17 fines for breach of Public Health Orders, there were 31 traffic infringement notices and 2220 random breath tests. Supt Gralton said mobile and static operations as part of Operation Stay at Home and Operation Boundary Response would continue, and there would be high police visibility along the M1 from Sydney right through to the Hunter and northern region. A new permit system limits

people coming to the Central Coast from Sydney and anyone who doesn’t comply, or lies to authorities, will cop a $5,000 fine. On top of rules already in place for wearing masks, it is now mandatory across NSW for everyone over the age of 12 to wear a mask outdoors, except when exercising, but you must carry one with you. Over the past weekend, August 20-22, Tuggerah Lakes Police issued 27 infringement notices and a 15-year-old was dealt with under the Young Offenders Act, for not wearing or carrying a face covering. “Seventeen were for not complying with Public Health Orders, such as people away from their homes without a

When Jane Hendy says she does her bushcare and community campaigning for the birds, the bats and the trees she means it. See page 13

Business

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Police out in force to keep Coast safe Plans for the Gosford Regional Library are forging ahead, with Central Coast Council resolving to combine the tender for demolition and the tender for construction into one. See page 21

Sport

News

Woy Woy Courthouse will undergo a series of upgrades to better protect and support domestic violence victim-survivors and vulnerable witnesses who attend court to give evidence. See page 5

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doses of the Pfizer vaccine would be available in September which high school students will be able to access. “But in relation to school and the rural and regional communities, as the Deputy Premier said and the health experts have said, it really depends on the case numbers in rural and regional communities,” she said. “We have used a model in the past where there has been a separation from Sydney and the regions and if that is safe from a health perspective we’ll do that.”

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Bays ask for help with rates and roads

Community group, Camp Ourimbah, is stepping up its campaign to end logging in Ourimbah State Forest.

Deputy Premier offers hope for early lockdown release for the Coast Deputy Premier John Barilaro gave some hope that the Central Coast might see COVID-19 restrictions eased in coming weeks, with the announcement that the region, along with Shellharbour, will now be classed as regional NSW (as opposed to Greater Sydney) for Public Health Orders.

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Out&About

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COVID cases climb to 36 - Page 3 - Permits for Sydneysiders required under new Public Health Orders - Page 4

Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, has written to the Local Government Minister, Shelley Hancock, questioning the decision to keep all submissions made to the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council confidential.

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Owners of Osteria il Coccia, Alexandria and Nico Coccia Amanda Scannell (centre)

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Courthouses will be upgraded to better protect and support domestic violence victimsurvivors and other vulnerable witnesses who attend court to give evidence. See page 8

ChromeFest and the Central Coast Music Festival are two of the latest casualties of the current COVID-19 lockdown. See page 14

Zoe Braithwaite is sharing with others the benefits of Acroyoga at a time of COVID.

See page 8

Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said people would require approval, and for particular reasons, before travelling from Sydney. He said the permit system would limit people coming from their Sydney-based primary residence to a holiday home on the Coast. “There have been too many Sydneysiders exploiting this loophole and potentially putting

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Let’s get physical

Community group Residents for Responsible Ettalong Development (RRED) say Ettalong is under attack from high rise buildings. See page 5

Small and micro-business owners are buckling as lockdown drags on but crisis payments promised by the State Government to fill the gap are either unattainable or not getting through.

Health

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Fill the gap

Wiradjuri mum-of-two, Amanda Scannell, hopes one day soon she’ll be helping protect her community and proudly representing her mob as a full-time firefighter.

Holiday trips will no longer be tolerated

See page 38

CCN

Out&About

Business

Total COVID cases on the Coast rise to 23

Several more exposure sites have been added to the region’s tally. While the bulk of sites is in the north of the region, several southern sites have been added at Gosford and Woy Woy, sparking concern over the spread of the virus. New additions to the exposure site list include: Cakes by Kyla in Watt St, Gosford, between 10.25 and 1.30am on Wednesday, August 4; Woolworths, Gosford Imperial Centre, between 6.20 and 6.50pm on Thursday, August 5; Gosford Hospital’s Emergency

Surfing and ocean charities will present a virtual town hall meeting in support of a new Stopping PEP11. See page 3

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Coasties are experiencing closed workplaces, gyms and restaurants due to the COVID-19 lockdown, but not so the dingo pups of the Australian Reptile Park See page 17

Department entry doors and foyer area, between 5.50 and 6.15pm on Thursday, August 5 (the Emergency Department and its waiting area is not included); and Coles, Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy between 8.30 and 9am on Monday August 9. Anyone who attended these venues at the times listed is asked to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms and get tested if any symptoms appear and then selfisolate until receiving a negative test result and symptoms have resolved. On August 8, three new Coast cases were confirmed; the first linked to an exposure site at Lake Munmorah Public School; the second a household contact of the first; and the third a household contact of a previously known case. On Wednesday, August 11, two

News

Out&About

Tascott high-flyer Nicola McDermott earned the adoration of the entire sporting world with an outstanding performance to claim silver in the 2020 Olympic women’s high jump final and break her own Australian record.

Five more COVID-19 cases have been reported on the Central Coast this week, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 23 since the start of lockdown on June 26.

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Amanda’s amazing firefighter training

A virtual town hall meeting on the Central Coast on August 19 in support of a new Stopping PEP11 Bill being proposed by Independent Federal MP Zali Steggall.

reasonable excuse,” Supt Gralton said. The other infringements were issued for various noncompliances in relation to wearing of masks. Since August 16, Police have issued a total 58 Penalty Infringement Notices for noncompliance of Public Health Orders. Supt Gralton said the Australian Defence Force had come on board to help Police conduct daily welfare compliance checks for those people who are close contacts or tested positive for COVID and are in self-isolation, particularly in the northern suburbs and specifically in Lake Munmorah where there have been many cases.

“I think the Central Coast has done extremely well to have as low a number of cases as we’ve had,” he said. “I’m really proud of the Local Health District, the emergency service partners and our Local Emergency Management Committee that have worked really hard in sharing and communicating with each other, making sure we support each other and conducting compliance checks, making sure our vaccination sites are operating well, making sure our testing sites are working well and really giving the Coast the best chance it can possibly have of keeping us safe from COVID,” Supt Gralton said. Sue Murray

Council debt less than expected Urologist Dr Edward Latif is now using the da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system by Intuitive to assist him in surgeries at a local private hospital.

Central Coast Council reached the end of July 2021 with around $110M less debt than expected.

See page 25

The total debt appears to be about $455M as of July 31. This was better by $110M than the figure of $565M interim administrator Dick Persson forecast in his 30-day report issued on December 2, 2020. The forecast included an expected budget deficit at the end of the 2020-2021 financial year of $115M. The figures released this week in the draft financial reports for 2020-21 show the actual deficit came in at $60M. The full extent of Council’s position at the end of last financial year is still unclear.

Sport

Two Central Coast residents are among Australia’s largestever team for an overseas Paralympic Games which started in Tokyo this week. See page 32

Puzzles page 19

An asking price of $700,000 used to be for buyers upgrading their home but in many suburbs on the Peninsula it may now only secure a knock-down rebuild... See page 21

Sport

Two Central Coast residents are among Australia’s largest-ever team for an overseas Paralympic Games which started in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday, August 23. See page 32

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Another bank pulls the plug on local branch The recently announced closure of the NAB branch in Woy Woy has sparked community backlash after concerns over leaving communities without access to an essential service. Local customers were sent a letter last week detailing the branch’s decision to close its doors for the final time on October 14. But many have criticised the move, noting the vulnerable and elderly communities on the Peninsula – customers who may not be able to access online banking services, or travel to different branches. NAB’s Retail Customer Executive, Jamie Apostolovski, credited an uptake in online banking in the area as one of the main reasons behind the branch’s closure. “Over the past few years, fewer customers are coming into branches to do their banking and foot traffic has lessened, which has been accelerated by COVID,” Apostolovski said. “More than 50% of our customers in Woy Woy have only visited the branches once in the last year and almost 70% of customers are also using other branches in the area such as

Gosford and Erina. “As more and more customers are choosing to bank online, we’re investing in improving our digital platform to make it easier and faster. “While our physical branch presence in Woy Woy will no longer be there, we will still be there for our customers – just in different ways.” Apostolovski said the branch team will be working with customers over the coming months until its October close. He also said there will be no job losses with staff encouraged to seek opportunities through other branches or across phone and digital channels. A number of unhappy NAB customers said they would now look into changing their banking provider, with others also questioning the purpose of paying their service fees. “Dissappointing but not surprising …they are never very busy,” one customer said. “I remember the days when there was always a queue at the bank. “There rarely is now. “Fortunately, we go to Gosford from time to time.” Another customer pleaded for others to lobby the bank to keep

Notice sent to Woy Woy NAB customers

the branch open. “I love banks, [they are] so important to the community... let’s all get together and say please stay!” they said. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, condemned NAB’s decision to close the branch and said is a vital service for ‘so many’ on the Peninsula. “For many of our Seniors it is their only way of directly contacting the bank and it is them who this will hurt the most,” Tesch said. “The NAB’s rationale of less face-to-face interaction with customers and a decline in customers at the branch is a huge slap in the face for locals. “Firstly, it seems like a no brainer that during extensive lockdowns both this year and last year online usage of the bank

would have increased, it is what is safe for everyone. “Then you couple with this their data which shows a decline. “Any business owner would not be pulling the plug when the time gets tough, they would instead introduce incentives to get more people back. “Clearly NAB feels our community is not worth the extra effort and resources. “The proposition to just travel 12km away is absolutely ridiculous for our locals who use their service and depend on it. “Many pensioners on the Peninsula cannot cross the bridge as part of their restricted licences. “The lack of understanding from NAB shows the disconnect between them and our vulnerable community members. “While I am pleased that no jobs

will be lost according to their statement, many of our community members will be lost without their services. “I encourage those impacted by this change to have a think about putting yourself first and choosing a bank who can deliver you a holistic service, located within our community, and gives back to locals by re-investing in organisations and projects that directly benefit the people of the Peninsula.” There are a range of concerns over elderly customers being left stranded on the Peninsula with this latest move, especially with the closure of the ANZ Woy Woy branch in November last year. At the time, ANZ General Manager for New South Wales, Michael Wake, said there was a ‘growing trend’ of services moving online. “As our customers have changed the way they do their banking in recent years they no longer use branches as much while demand for our contact centres and hardship teams has grown significantly,” Wake said. “An increasing majority of our customersprefertheconvenience of doing their banking when it suits them these days. “We worked individually with our vulnerable customers and

contacted hundreds of them in the Woy Woy area to help them with alternatives such as digital options, using the Contact Centre and debit cards.” Retirees, regional communities, Australians with disabilities, customers from non-Englishspeaking backgrounds, and Indigenous Australians will be the ones who are hit hardest with the latest closures. But it’s a trend that is been seen across the country. In a The New Daily article posted in April, Finance Sector Union secretary for Victoria and Tasmania, Nicole McPherson, was credited in stating it was ‘disingenuous’, for the banks to claim they were solely reacting to changing consumer behaviours, as ‘the banks had been the ones to cause people to have to bank online’. “We think that everybody should have access to banking services within a reasonable distance of their home, in a way that’s going to work for them,” McPherson said. She said banks should endeavour to have shortened opening hours to drive down operational costs, rather than close the branches altogether.

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MP issues mask rule reminder With this week’s announcement of six new positive COVID cases on the Coast and detections of COVID-19 in the Bateau Bay and Toukley sewage treatment plants, comes a reminder that masks are now mandatory everywhere outside of the household.

From Monday, August 23, masks have been mandatory for all of NSW with exceptions for eating or drinking, participating in strenuous exercise, communicating with a deaf or hearing-impaired person and in emergency situations. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said the identification of

COVID-19 fragments in the sewerage is a clear reminder for locals to remain vigilant. “If there’s one thing we have learnt about COVID-19 during this lockdown it is that the detections are often a very good indicator of where the virus is,” Tesch said. “The Central Coast has been given the ultimatum, like the

rest of the regions, that if we halt our COVID-19 cases and keep our vaccination rates high we will be released out of lockdown earlier than Greater Sydney. “While we do not have many cases right now you and I both want to see the Central Coast out of lockdown which cannot happen unless we remain

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Courthouse upgrade to protect witnesses Woy Woy Courthouse will undergo a series of upgrades to better protect and support domestic violence victimsurvivors and vulnerable witnesses who attend court to give evidence. A new safe room and remote witness room, a new secure access point, audio-visual equipment, and upgrades to essential fire safety features will form part of the works at the Blackwall Rd courthouse. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said

the upgrades, which are also being undertaken at Gosford and Wyong Courthouses, are being funded through a $9M COVID-19 stimulus boost. “The new and improved facilities at the Central Coast’s three courthouses will provide witnesses with private and secure areas to prepare for court and to give their best evidence,” Crouch said. “Workisbeginningimmediately, and each upgrade is due to be completed by the end of 2021. “These three stimulus projects

will also support jobs in the construction sector at this critical time.”

To better protect victimsurvivors, reforms were passed by the NSW Parliament in 2020

which ban self-represented defendants from personally cross-examining complainants in domestic violence criminal proceedings and related apprehended domestic violence order proceedings. Complainants in these proceedings will also have a prima facie entitlement to give evidence remotely and in a closed court. Attorney General and Minister for Prevention of Domestic and SexualViolence,Mark Speakman, said witnesses have commonly been through serious trauma and

coming to court can be very stressful. “This is particularly true for victim-survivors of domestic, family, and sexual violence,” Speakman said. “These investments are part of our ongoing commitment to support victim-survivors if they choose to report to Police, and to help them feel confident in coming to court.” Source: Media release, Aug 13 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch

Deficit $28M less than last financial year The 2020-2021 financial year was much less catastrophic for Central Coast Council than anticipated when Councillors were suspended last October, according to the draft financial report presented at the August 24 Council meeting. Administrator, Rik Hart, who was acting in the position of Chief Executive Officer from November 2020 until the end of April 2021, said the final operating result was a deficit of $60.7M as opposed to the forecast $115M deficit

predicted by Hart and former interim Administrator, Dick Persson. The draft financial reports show an improvement of $28.1M on the actual deficit of $88.8M achieved by the Council for 201920. Hart said employee costs for the financial year were only $21M over budget. Prior to the Council meeting Hart and CFO Natalia Cowley presented a preview of the results to CCN including an overview of the Council’s finances from prior to amalgamation to the present

time. The $206 million of employee costs shown in the draft annual financials excluded $16.2 million redundancy costs because of the way such costs must be accounted, he said. “Four weeks’ pay in lieu goes on the Profit and Loss [statement] but long service leave and accrued entitlements sit in the balance sheet and are funded from internal restricted reserves,” he said. In other words, total redundancy costs incurred by Council in the 2020-21 financial year were

around $30M. Pre-amalgamation the average employee costs for the combined councils were $162 million for around 1961 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions. Hart said that FTE number grew to 2585 and is now back to 1893 which is below the pre-merger average. The redundancies were one requirement of the $100M bank loan negotiated by Hart and Cowley in the weeks before Christmas 2020. The Administrator said he wished to remind the community

that only one major bank would consider lending the council money. He recalled having meetings with that bank’s entire risk team but said the state government did not respond to his requests for a statement or letter of support to reassure the bank that the government was aware of the situation. Hart said, Tim Hurst, the head of the NSW Office of Local Government didn’t answer his mobile when Hart called in desperation to get the letter of support.

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He fortunately had the mobile number of the Minister for Planning, Rob Stokes, who did answer his call and arrange the letter needed to secure the loan. Out of the eight people on the bank’s risk management team, only three would support the proposal, Hart revealed, “which is why I am so passionate about continuing the rate increase,” he said. The draft report will be forward to the NSW Audit office for review. Jackie Pearson

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Bays ask for help with rates and roads The Bays community has been told by Central Coast Council that sought-after traffic safety measures are in the hands of Transport for NSW and they will need to apply for a grant to assist with rates on their community hall. Lina Nguyen, representing The Bays Community Group, spoke at the Open Forum during Council’s ‘virtual’ ordinary meeting (broadcast on YouTube) on August 24 about the two issues of traffic safety and council rates for their community hall. Nguyen said she was speaking on behalf of residents from Horsefield Bay, Phegans Bay and Woy Woy Bay and that “community connection” was at the heart of the two issues she wished to discuss. She described The Bays’ community profile as ageing combined with young families with children including many who like to exercise, walk, run and cycle. “We share our streets with the local bus and delivery trucks and large vehicles,” she said adding the community faced “certain risks we are finding difficult to mitigate alone”.

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“Our streets are narrow, we have steep and winding hills, blind bends, streets without kerbed gutters and footpaths. “We are deeply concerned about accidents and injury and residents losing enjoyment of our stunning environment.” She then asked Council for a commitment to work with The Bays community on improving road safety including ways to safely share road with pedestrians, signage and traffic-calming measures. Infrastructure Services Director at Central Coast Council, Boris Bolgoff, said he had met with community representatives in The Bays area around a year ago to discuss signage and line marking.

Bolgoff said Transport for NSW (TfNSW) had been asked to consider a 40km per hour limit for the precinct but had not received an answer. “There would need to be some supporting infrastructure, including a kerb build out and line marking.” He said consultation would be held with the community but TfNSW would need to approve the speed limit first. Nguyen was told there was no budget for the works and no money in the forward plan so the council would need to look for funding sources. She was told to get in touch with the Infrastructure Services team.

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Nguyen said The Bays were joined by community associations of Davistown and Pearl Beach and the three communities were supporting each other in making a request for assistance with council rates on the community halls which were community owned. She said decades ago a small number of residents had the foresight to buy land for the community hall and had “left an incredible legacy which brings us together and for which we are truly grateful”. The current generation’s responsibility, according to Nguyen was to maintain the hall and make sure it continued to be used as a community facility.

The community understood Council’s predicament but felt that the 40 per cent rate increase in one year was difficult for the small community group to cover. “We would like to be heard,” she said. “We volunteer our time and give our hearts to maintain our hall, lockdown means all volunteering measures have stalled but expenses still have to be met,” she said, asking for a rebate for the 2021-22 rates and assistance in future financial years to meet ongoing costs. Administrator Rik Hart said he had empathy but rates had gone up to that extent because of harmonization and that “for

many years” Gosford Council had not had “the right sort of rate structure in place”. Chief Financial Officer Natalia Cowley said under the Local Government Act the property that is the community hall does not qualify for rate suspension but could be considered under Council’s community support program which provides small amounts of funding or in-kind support up to $5000 per project. “You are absolutely able to make an application for this financial year and rates subsidies is one of the projects that is supported,” Cowley said. “Rates have to be paid in full at time of making application and you can receive 50 per cent of rates as a rebate.” Hart encouraged the bays Community Group to talk to the Council team. “It is an interesting situation where people in the community have an asset which is not council-owned.” Central Coast Council was not the only council that’s had to face up to such situations but the Local Government Act was clear in regard to all private property. Jackie Pearson

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Draft water security plan ready for public comment The community will have 28 days to comment on a draft Central Coast Water Security Plan which will determine the region’s water supply through to 2051. The draft plan was approved for exhibition by Council Administrator, Rik Hart, at the August 24 council meeting. It includes an intention to upgrade the council’s Woy Woy bore water site by 2035. Highlights include delaying major new infrastructure development for over a decade, using recycled water and building major desalination infrastructure in the north of the region. Jamie Loader, Central Coast Council’s Director of Water and Sewer, said the last plan was written in 2007 and a number of things have changed since then. “We now have an improved understanding of rainfall and stream flow trends, there have been advances in technology and changes in our regulatory environment and there have also been updated population and water demand forecasts,” Loader said. “All of this means that it is now time to update this plan. “The vision of the plan is to

provide a resilient and sustainable water future that promotes regional health, prosperity and is supported by the community. “When developing this plan we took an all options on the table approach to ensure the most effective solutions could be identified. “It also identifies short, medium and long-term actions, that ensure we can secure our water supply and manage any risks associated with future droughts. “Lastly it has provided us with an opportunity to update our current drought management plan, so we know when we need to trigger what we call our emergency enduring supply pathway this just means that during an intense and prolonged drought we will be able to provide the Central Coast community with suitable and ongoing emergency supply and source of water.” Loader said the draft plan had been a work in progress since 2018 when council partnered with Hunter Water Corporation to develop tools to identify and assess potential water options that might benefit both parties. “In 2019 we started engaging with our water management advisory committee as our

project vision and objectives were developed. “We then undertook a range of investigations and engagement with the community as the plan was developed.” He said development of the plan had included “an extensive technical assessment that has involved engineers, economists, academics and ecologists” and a year “having meaningful conversations with our community through a number of platforms. “We also collaborated with our regulator DPIE and our regional water partner Hunter Water. We undertook risk and uncertainty assessments, which considered delivery and operation of each of the options as well as risk and uncertainty within the overall supply and demand balance.” Loader said the council was also consulting the Coast’s Aboriginal communities which would be ongoing. He said the consultation carried out to-date showed one thing clearly. “The community value the reliability provided by climateindependent supplies,” he said. “They want a water supply system that doesn’t just rely on

rain to ensure we have enough water for future generations. “They also want a water supply system that is sensitive to the environment and cost effective. “The community also showed support for the earlier levels of water restrictions and a desire for the strengthening of water wise rules. “There are three main pillars to our plan. “Firstly we will aim to conserve and use water efficiently across the whole of the Central Coast. “Secondly we will make the most of what we have got to maximise the potential of our existing water supplies so we are able to delay constructing new supplies of water until further down the track. “This involves a number of administrative and regulatory actions as well us upgrades and refurbishment of under-utilised infrastructure. “The first two pillars will buy us time and defer large expenditure but can’t sustain the Central Coast’s water needs for ever. “The final pillar is all about addressing the uncertainty of the future. “While we have run simulations and developed models to create

our demand forecasts the truth of the matter is simple. “We don’t have a crystal ball to tell us exactly what is going to happen. “We could experience and long and severe drought in the next ten years and no one can really predict this. “Because of this we will develop new supplies of water such as desalination and purified recycled water that don’t rely on rainfall for an adaptive future. “While these items won’t be delivered until they are needed we need to plan for them now so we can respond appropriately in the future. The plan allows the Central Coast to be adaptive to future uncertainties in population and climate. “We intend to develop our future options through the planning phase now so that we are ready to deliver those in a timely manner whenever they are needed in the future. “We aim to provide flexibility in their scale and timing so we can respond effectively to future risks and opportunities. “Higher-than-expected demand or the impacts of climate change won’t change what we

Central Coast Friends of Democracy

Is this just smoke and mirrors? On 20 October 2020, Council staff advised Councillors that if payroll was processed the following day without approval from the Minister to use the funds in the bank, then this was unlawful. It became clear that staff had been using restricted funds (money set aside for another purpose) for some time without authorisation. This had been without Councillors’ knowledge or approval. Councillors were advised of Council’s financial situation on 6 October 2020. During the following fortnight Council wrote to the Minister for Local Government seeking approval to use money that was held in the bank for the immediate crisis. At that point, Council had over $300 million in the bank. It is understood that the NSW Government did not respond. On 14 October, the Mayor wrote to the Minister seeking clarification about the Financial Expert that had been offered to assist Council. It is understood that the NSW Government did not respond. On 20 October, it was clear that the only way to get a response from the Minister was to advise that the payroll for over 2,000 staff was at risk. Council’s payroll was in the order of $5 million each week. The Minister then provided $6.2 million that was an advance on an annual grant provided by the Federal Government. The Problem: Council staff are paid from the “General Fund” using “unrestricted funds”. This is money that is not allocated for a specific purpose, or restricted. If you don’t have any

unrestricted funds, then you need approval from the Minister or the Councillors to use other money. Since October 2020, the Investment Reports tabled at Council meetings by the Administrators have not been clear about the current status of the unrestricted money held in the General fund. In November 2020, then April, May and June 2021, it clearly shows that Council does not have any unrestricted money in the General Fund. However, for December 2020 and January, February and March 2021, the Investments Reports are less clear although it would appear that during that period Council did not have any unrestricted money.

need to do, only when we need to do it and that plan has been developed to be efficient to get the most out of what we already have before investing in new supplies. “We aim to have investigated and commissioned upgrades to our three main bore fields at Ourimbah, Mangrove Creek and Woy Woy by 2035. “We aim to have upgraded and increased utilization of our existing recycled water schemes across the Central Coast by 2038. “We are planning for the delivery of a purified recycled water scheme at Wyong South waste water treatment plant by 2039.” Construction of a desalination plant in Toukley waste water treatment plant is another longterm measure.” The draft plan will now progress to public exhibition until 28 September via yourvoiceourcoast.com and Rik Hart called for a further report to come back to a council meeting at the conclusion of the exhibition period before the plan is submitted to DPIE for review and approval. Jackie Pearson

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Over the last fortnight, we have begun the task of gathering signatures for the petition to demerge Central Coast Council. It will be a long process - needing over 20,000 signatures - however, that goal is only achieved with each petition signed and received. We have been inspired by those people that have started sending their signed petitions - willing to place their faith in this cause for our local democracy and our local area. At a time when it feels like the world has gone mad - those people that care about the future of the Central Coast, our local area and local community - restore our faith. Thank you!

Questions that need to be answered: • How as the Administrator paid staff for the last 6 months with no unrestricted money available in the General Fund? • Has the Minister for Local Government given approval to the Administrator(s) to use restricted funds - but would not do the same for Councillors last year? • Has the NSW Government turned a blind eye to this problem during the last 6 months? On 24 August 2021, the Administrator has now given himself approval to use Internal Restricted money, to the tune of $81million. This means that the Administrator could be raiding the money that has been set aside for community projects and community priorities.

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‘Blatant cover up’ must not be tolerated It is outrageous that statements to the public inquiry into the shenanigans at Central Coast Council are to be kept secret (“Will keeping submissions private serve the public interest?”, PP 023). When this inquiry was set up, I said that the terms of reference were obviously intended to prevent any real examination of all the issues that led to the financial fiasco, but the latest move, to prevent anybody finding out what was said in submissions, makes it obvious what a farce this exercise is. The Commissioner can say whatever she wants, and nobody will ever know whether she even bothered to read all the evidence that was made available. This is a cover-up of the most blatant character, and it should not be tolerated.

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Congratulations to the Pelican Post on running the story “Will keeping submissions private serve the public interest” on its front page regarding the current Central Coast Council Public Inquiry. The community in the Central Coast area is now facing massive rate hikes due to either incompetence or corruption. The Inquiry could have been a fantastic opportunity for us all to learn why it occurred and learn from mistakes. However, two things will never allow the ratepayers to find out why. Firstly, the terms of reference have been so restricted that they only deal with whether actions or events occurred: whether the Council met its obligations in gaining financial savings; whether it disregarded financial consequences; whether decisions contributed to the current position; whether it had regard to financial sustainability; and whether it kept the performance of the council under review? The ratepayers already know

FORUM See Page 2 for address and contribution conditions. Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper the answers to all the above. It is NO to all items. What about the important questions? How did this bankruptcy occur? Who was responsible? What was done that should not have been done or not done that should have been done? When and where did these things occur? The terms of reference do not include these! Commissioner McCulloch has denied access for all ratepayers to the submissions made. How are the ratepayers of the Central Coast going to find out what is the defence of Councillors?

PP issue 023 carries the report of upgrades to Woy Woy and Koolewong stations which I fully agree with. This is on top of the millions of dollars for lifts to be installed at Point Clare station. Koolewong is to receive $531k but, yet again, Tascott receives nothing. Emails to Mr Crouch are always ignored.

FORUM Tascott station has 94 steps to allow you to cross from one side to the other thus preventing older residents from using the station to shop in Woy Woy or Gosford or to gain access to the waterfront walking path. The previous Census data shows Tascott has a high number of pensioners and ageing residents all ignored by

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Suspended Councillors Bruce McLachlan, Greg Best, Chris Burke, Jeff Sundstrom, Jillian Hogan, Louise Greenaway, Rebecca Gale, Jane Smith, Doug Vincent, Richard Mehrtens and Kyle McGregor have all made submissions! What did they say in their defence? Ratepayers are not worthy of finding out! The Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris (Labor), had the courage to petition more than 20,000 signatures to undertake this Inquiry. Both Harris and Liesl Tesch (Labor) have made a submission to the Inquiry. What did they say? Perhaps they (or in fact any other Political Party or interested community member) could commence a petition requesting that all submissions be made open? It would gain many, many dissatisfied Ratepayer supporters! I know I would be their first!

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COVID’s silver lining - family relationship never stronger It was week two of the COVID-19 lockdown and my family had followed all the rules and decided to go further and wear face masks at home. My father gathered the family together and with a slowness and solemness that seemed a bit unnecessary, explained the new rules and the importance of remaining solid as a family. We looked at each other from across the kitchen table, nodded, put on our face masks for the new life, and I returned my focus to the laptop screen.

FORUM As per usual my parents went about various domestic duties and I returned to my game/ homework. The conversation followed the fashion of all previous days. My parents would ask me about my day and I would respond in my minimalist manner and my parents would sigh at each other at the brevity of each response. It was all typically annoying, but the new house rules twigged an idea. I began making voice recordings of their questions

over the next week. Our communications continued as normal and all through face masks. The only major difference was the new rules meant there was no need for face to face interaction. I used all the voice recordings on my new phone to make detailed responses to all the questions and in a fashion that met their expectations and more. I was able to use a new app that would use my voice in the Siri responses, integrate the information into a reply that was completely tailored

to the question asked, and further refined to my parents’ expectations. I spent the necessary time pre-recording my answers to any expected question and Siri would integrate with added information using my voice. It worked a charm. When my mother asked me ‘What did you get up to today?’, my phone would recognise her voice and then use my voice for an answer that would take her through the very detail of my day. Siri would integrate information about current

weather and any piece of current affairs that lined up with her interests. I could even include a slight change to the menu at the local cafe or an item on sale at Woolworths that matched her interests. When my father asked me ‘What did you get up to today?’, my phone would respond accordingly, focus on the school subjects he thought I needed to apply myself more to and then Siri would use my voice to touch on the issues close to his heart, such as the current form and injuries of his beloved Sydney Swans.

He was very impressed with my detailed knowledge of the specials at Bunnings. My nods at my achievements on the latest game on my laptop matched the virtual conversation. My parents were very excited about the change in family communications and rewarded me with an increase in my allowance which, of course, I used my newf-ound wealth to purchase technology that would create a hologram of myself for all future family conversations. Email, 13 Aug John Longhurst

Join forces to hold local and state governments to account A lot gets said about the environment and sustainability issues. However, what the environment and what sustainability means to some, means very little to others. Similarly subjective is the issue of liveability. What might be liveable to those in the back blocks and bush blocks of the LGA is not to those who prefer living life

FORUM in the beachfront dresscircle. All too often, sustainability and the environment look different depending on what side of politics you are looking from. What is not sustainable from any perspective is a Council that spends more than it earns and is not held to account, to the ratepayers,

for this mismanagement. What also is unsustainable is ratepayers being punished for their money being improperly and wastefully spent while those who were incompetent and presided over the maladministration get off scot-free. One of the results of this is that we continue to live in an environment where rubbish, weeds and storm water collect and fester in unfinished, poorly designed

or unrepaired roadsides, laneways, gutters, drains and gullies. This eventually washes into and pollutes our waterways and beaches. We live in an environment where the word of the senior bureaucrats employed to deliver public services to the community cannot be trusted. We live in an environment of darkness when it comes to Council’s dealings with our money.

We live in an environment where there is suspicion about a Council that is made to operate despite the continuing absence of elected representatives to complete the democratic process and keep the ratepayers informed and involved. This makes for an unpleasant environment to live in. This is both unsustainable and unacceptable.

To all community groups, associations, chambers and organisations: how about some coordination and cooperation in holding Council, and where necessary the NSW Government, to account for not providing better infrastructure and facilities needed to sustain a better living environment for us all? Email, Aug 16 Ian Weekley, Umina Beach

Police will fine those who flout health orders Brisbane Water Police District continues to enforce Operation Stay At Home, a coordinated statewide compliance operation to ensure everyone complies with the Stay At Home Order and Public Health Orders. Police said they continue to

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right thing and complying with the Public Health Order,” Jobson said. “Unfortunately, there are a small number who are not selfregulating, and we are taking action and will continue to do so. “As part of Operation Stay at Home, we have ramped up our visibility in the community and

enhanced our response capability. “If you are doing the wrong thing, you will get caught. “As a community we must continue to remain diligent and comply with the Public Health Order. “Together we will get through this and come out the other side a stronger community.”

Brisbane Water Police said they were employing their own PCYC staff, school liaison police and youth officers out in the community to deliver care packages in support of vulnerable young people. Source: Social media, Aug 19 Brisbane Water Police District

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All about the birds, the bats and the trees

Members of the group of quiet women (and men) who saved a reserve, including Jane Hendy

When Jane Hendy says she does her bushcare and community campaigning for the birds, the bats and the trees she means it. Hendy has lived most of her adult life overseas but has made Blackwall her home and has built a network of what she calls a “self-effacing, quiet group of women” who truly love the local environment. Her latest project is to keep campaigning to have the Memorial Avenue Reserve at the base of Blackwall Mountain, which was almost sold by Central Coast Council, reclassified from operational to community land so it is safer from any threat of sale in the future. The first step Hendy made

shortly after she moved to the area was to write to Central Coast Council and have the remnant stand of endangered Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland (UCSW) officially recognized as a reserve. “Before that it was just a piece of land known as ‘the bush’,” she said. Her efforts were successful but that did not stop Central Coast Council from listing the reserve as one of the surplus assets it was considering for sale earlier this year. With other community groups and individuals, Hendy held several events in the reserve, helped circulate a petition and letter- and email-writing campaign, all of which resulted in the Memorial Avenue

bushland being taken off the asset sales list. It is, however, still classified as operational land, which means Council can technically sell it without even informing the community. Jane Hendy is not prepared to let that happen. She is waiting, somewhat impatiently, for lockdown to end, so that she can start doing bushcare on the land with assistance and supervision to be provided by Central Coast Council. Already an active member of a bushcare group that works at the top of Blackwall Mountain, Hendy cannot wait to get weeding and planting. “When the flats next door were being built it was very

much a free-for-all and I thought a whole acre of land was doomed,” she said. “The builders drove their equipment through the reserve and destroyed trees and massacred the reserve leaving a big empty space that you can still see. “That is why I asked myself how could I save the trees and got it made into a reserve. “I wrote to the council who said yes then council workers came and put in blocks to stop people parking their cars on the land and I am hoping now that we can get the classification changed to community land,” she said. Ongoing bushcare for the land has already been lined up with Central Coast Council and

Hendy is looking forward to lockdown ending so she can get started. “When people ask me why I wanted to save the land I say it is because I wanted to save the trees, the birds, the bats and something that is totally rare, the Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland,” she said. “Support came from all over,” she said. “We all want to conserve the bits of bush we have left; it is not to give myself a bigger backyard or create luna park rides for kids. “I just didn’t want to see more concrete and this council could get away with anything if people are indifferent.” Hendy said she hopes the community rallies to save Austin Butler Reserve in Woy

Woy which is still listed for sale by Council to the neighbouring Woolworths supermarket in Peninsula Plaza. “It is essential that it is saved,” she said. “I know a woman who goes there every morning to put out fresh water for the ducks. “I am just worried that if we keep developing this area there will not be enough schools or roads or room. “The number of flats and the higher density zoning is crazy because anyone with town planning training or sensitivity would see you cannot have high density just off the side of a mountain.”

‘First Gentleman’ creates footpath library ‘Take a book, leave a book’ is the motto of the Country Women’s Association Woy Woy as they launch their new ‘footpath library’ along the Woy Woy Waterfront. The ‘library’, which is located outside the CWA hall at 30 The Boulevarde, offers locals a chance to grab a book whilst catching some fresh air. Branch President, Jane

Bowtell, said the project was launched during lockdown by her husband Lachlan. “All [the] materials were recycled and repurposed from other projects,” Bowtell said. “As the First Gentleman of our Branch, Lachlan does a lot behind the scenes to support our work. “We’re so thankful to have some wonderful husbands and partners who so willingly support what we do.

“Whether it be helping by mowing our grounds, manning the BBQ at our sausage sizzles, helping with maintenance of our hall and anything else we ask of them.” Bowtell said any locals who have spare books are able to drop them at the library for others to read. Source: Media release, Aug 22 CWA Woy Woy

Woy Woy CWA footpath library and Lachlan Bowtell

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Charities humbled by swelling support

Local charities loading donations at Gosford RSL

A range of local charities and non-profit organisations across the Peninsula are taking an ‘all hands-on deck’ approach to support those in need and have been overwhelmed by the support residents have offered during the lockdown. Sally Liedberg from Mary Macs Place, a charity that supplies meals to vulnerable members of the community in Woy Woy, said she has marvelled at the response from the community. “I am so humbled by the

response, both this year and last, with how much the community on the Coast comes together in times of need,” she said. “I often have individuals who call me up asking what we need and showing up an hour later with trolleys full of groceries.” Nikki Willmette, who manages St Vincent de Paul’s Society in Woy Woy, said she has also noticed a large increase in requests for urgent support, across all parts of the community. “We have identified more people seeking help who have never used our service

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Who is Maud Dixon Author: Alexandra Andrews Publisher: Hachette

Florence Darrow grew up in Florida but she has “escaped” and moved to New York City to try to become a writer. She works at Forrester, one of the big publishing houses and has befriended Lucy Gund. Now Lucy has the kind of life that Florence wishes she could have. Lucy grew up in Amherst and both her parents are professors at a college. Lucy’s parents’ house is “down the road from Emily Dickinson’s ”… and full of books, it reeked of being intellectual. Quite the opposite

of the apartment in Port Orange where Florence grew up with her Mum, Vera, a waitress at P.F. Chang. “ Above all, Vera believed with unwavering fervor that God had something special in store of her child. It turns out that what Florence thinks is special is not the same as what Vera believes. Florence and Lucy attend a work cocktail party and, after getting their drinks they try to mingle, but find it difficult as they only seem to have each other, not having befriended anyone else. They stand near a group and hear an argument between two colleagues who are debating the sex of the writer Maud Dixon. Maud had a very successful debut novel called Mississippi Foxtrot, but the identity of the

before,” Willmette said. “I had one lady say to me that she used to donate to us but is now in need of our services. “People are doing a marvellous job, be it from local school communities, individuals seeking to help, and from businesses such as Point Clare Pharmacy which has been providing essential medicines to those who are currently unable to afford it.” Willmette said the organisation is continually in need of food supplies to make hampers for struggling families. Physical donations are also

being accepted at their Woy Woy and Gosford sites with the necessary safety precautions in place. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said she is ‘beyond thankful’ with the influx of support from the community to help those struggling. “I am beyond proud of our community and volunteers who have truly stepped up and gone above and beyond to help those who otherwise would be left behind,” she said. “We need to continue our amazing response to helping fellow Coasties and remember that help is always

out there for those who need it. “Despite the unprecedented lockdowns we are facing, this is one huge positive for Coasties and something that we should all be very proud of … I definitely am.” Tesch said she wanted to remind those seeking assistance that services provided by St Vincent’s remain available for those experiencing domestic violence and homelessness via phone and on-site with appropriate mask wearing. If you are in need of assistance, contact St Vincent’s at (02) 4341 7535.

Coast-wide, the Central Coast Disaster Relief (CCDR) recently announced ongoing success with their food drives, with help from Gosford RSL donations to deal with the increased demand on the Coast. Another local community group, Coast Hands, have been active across the Central Coast, from providing food and groceries to the homeless in Kibble Park, to delivering food hampers to local schools.

unwise decisions which start with sleeping with editorial director, who is married, and end with her getting fired. But as they say when one door closes … She soon gets the job of a lifetime, being the assistant to none other than said author, Maud Dixon. After signing a non-disclosure

agreement, Florence goes to work for Maud at her house in upstate New York. Turns out Maud Dixon’s real name is Helen Wilcox. Besides Florence, the only other person that knows this information is Maud’s editor. The house is isolated and the two will spend a lot of time with each other. Helen will teach Florence how to cook, appreciate opera and fine wine. Helen is a woman that Florence would like to emulate. Florence will have full control of Helen’s correspondence, passwords to her emails and bank account details. The two will fly to Morocco to do research for Maud’s new book where things will get wild. The book is full of twists and turns and I did enjoy reading it

but, man, the two main characters were just such awful people. (You should know by now how I feel about books whose main characters I just don’t like.) I felt torn about wanting anything good to happen to either of them. Florence is willing to cut ties with her mother because she doesn’t fit into the life Florence sees herself having. Maud has simply cut ties with anyone she ever known. Is it really that easy to just cut everyone out of your life? There are definitely holes in the plot which can become a little distracting but overall I have to say I still felt it was worth reading.

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author remains a mystery. Maud has done no interviews or had any publicity of any kind. When there is a mystery like this, people speculate, “Who is Maud Dixon?” Florence leaves the cocktail party and will start a series of events that will change her life forever. She will make some very

Source: Media release, Aug 23 Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch

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Bingo and art keep Patonga connected The community of Patonga is making its own fun during the protracted lockdown and could be giving the broader community a new tourist attraction in the process. One of the community activities that has started in recent weeks is Zoom Bingo. Every Saturday night community members get together, donate an array of prizes and play virtual bingo via zoom. Resident artist, Jocelyn Maughan, has also started a

trend that is getting the whole community talking. She was invited by one resident to paint a bird on their garage door and the idea has taken off. Maughan has already painted over 10 different birds on garage doors around Patonga. “People are starting to walk around the village looking at the painted garage doors,” Maughan said. “We in Patonga are a wonderful community.” Jackie Pearson

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Entertainment Tonight [s] 5:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 11:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] The Bold And The Beautiful 11:30 (PG) [s] 1:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 2:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] The Bachelor Australia (M) [s] 2:55 Entertainment Tonight [s] Farm To Fork (PG) [s] 3:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] The Bold And The Beautiful 4:35 (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] The Project (PG) [s] 5:30 The Bachelor Australia (M) [s] 6:00 Law & Order: SVU: Solving 6:30 For The Unknown (M d) [s] 7:30 Law & Order: SVU: The Things We Have To Lose (M) 8:30 Blue Bloods: The End (M) [s] The Project (PG) [s] 9:40 The Late Show (PG) [s] 10:40 Home Shopping 11:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 5:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 11:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] The Bold And The Beautiful 11:30 (PG) [s] 1:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 2:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] The Living Room (PG) [s] 2:05 Entertainment Tonight [s] Farm To Fork (PG) [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 4:35 10 News First [s] 5:00 WIN News [s] The Project (PG) [s] 5:30 The Living Room [s] 6:00 Program To Be Advised 6:30 The Graham Norton Show 7:35 (PG) [s] 8:30 The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show With Stephen 9:30 Colbert (PG) [s] 10:30 Home Shopping 11:00 Reel Action [s] 5:30 Religious Programs [s] 11:00 Seafood Escape [s] 4x4 Adventures [s] 11:30 RV Daily Foodie Trails [s] 1:00 Taste Of Australia [s] 2:00 Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] The Living Room [s] Jamie’s Easy Meals For 2:50 Every Day [s] Roads Less Travelled [s] My Market Kitchen [s] 5:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] The Dog House UK (PG) [s] 5:30 Farm To Fork (PG) [s] Taste Of Australia [s] 10 News First [s] 6:30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For 7:30 Every Day [s] Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 8:30 The Dog House UK (PG) [s] 9:35 Ambulance Australia (M d) [s] Program To Be Advised FBI: Father And Sons (M v) [s] 11:30 Blue Bloods: Blues (M v) 12:25 Home Shopping

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

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Worldwatch NSW Coronavirus Update (Arabic) Worldwatch PBS Newshour Hitler Youth (PG) (In English/ German) Great British Railway Journeys (PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam Jeopardy! (PG) Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Great Asian Railways Journeys (PG) Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve (M) The Good Fight (M) SBS World News Criminal Planet (MA15+) Worldwatch NSW Coronavirus Update (Arabic) Worldwatch PBS Newshour Destination Flavour China Bitesize Hitler Youth (PG) (In English/ German) NITV News: Nula The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Mysteries Of The Sphinx (PG) World’s Most Extraordinary Homes: Japan (PG) Brooklyn Nine-Nine (M) SBS World News Patriot Brains (M d,l,s) Worldwatch NSW Coronavirus Update (Arabic) Worldwatch PBS Newshour Motor Sports: Superbike World Championship 2021 Highlights Arabian Sands: Masters Of The Ocean/ Rise Of The Supercities Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights WWII: Battles For Europe: Crossing The Rhine (PG) (In English/ German) SBS World News Castles: Secrets, Mysteries And Legends (PG) Celebrity Mastermind Movie: “Hunt For The Wilderpeople” (PG) (’16) Stars: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison The Family Law (M) Movie: “Oh Lucy!” (PG) (’17) (In English/ Japanese)

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] Shakespeare And Hathaway (PG) [s] Scottish Vets Down Under (PG) [s] Great Barrier Reef - The Next Generation (PG) [s] Art Works [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] Compass [s] ABC News Sunday [s] David Attenborough’s Global Adventure (PG) [s] The Newsreader (M) [s] Traces (M l) [s] Les Norton: Bowen Lager (M l,s,v) [s]

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News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Landline [s] David Attenborough’s Global Adventure [s] ABC News At Noon [s] The Durrells (PG) [s] Parliament Question Time [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City (PG) Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Australian Story [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] Beyond The Towers (M) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Doctor At The Door (PG) [s] Parliament Question Time [s] Traces (M l) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] The Drum [s]

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News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Four Corners [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News At Noon [s] The Trial Of Christine Keeler (M l,s) [s] Parliament Question Time [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City [s] Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Back To Nature [s] Magic And The Brain: The Science Of Illusion - A Catalyst Special [s] Decoding Danger (PG) [s] ABC Late News [s]s Q&A [s] Parliament Question Time [s] Miriam’s Deathly Adventure (M l,s) [s] rage (MA15+) [s]

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 The Recording Studio (PG) [s] 10:55 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 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 Escape From The City [s] 5:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) 5:30 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 [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] 10:40 The Business [s] 10:55 Four Corners [s] 11:45 Media Watch (PG) [s] 12:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 1:05 Beyond The Towers (M) [s]

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

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Home Shopping Weekend Sunrise [s] The Morning Show Weekend Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Day 5 - Day Session *Live* [s] Better Homes And Gardens Seven News At 5 [s] Sydney Weekender [s] Seven News [s] The Voice: Knockouts (Part 1) (M) [s] Homicide With Ron Iddles: Erwin Kastenberger (M) [s] – Security guard Erwin Kastenberger is shot dead by armed robbers as he delivers money to a bank. Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Killer Punch And Contract To Kill (M v,s) [s] The Blacklist:t (MA15+) [s] Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Rewind (M v) [s] Air Crash Investigations(PG) Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Day 6 - Day Session *Live* [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] The Voice: Knockouts (Part 2) (M) [s] 9-1-1: Lone Star: Slow Burn (M v) [s] – After taking time off work to recover from his surgery, Owen finds himself immersed in the search for a serial arsonist; T.K. and Carlos take their relationship to the next level. 9-1-1: Lone Star: The Big Heat (M v) [s] – A recovering Owen becomes the prime suspect in the serial arsonist case. The Latest Seven News [s] The Passage (M) [s]

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Sunrise [s] 6:00 The Morning Show [s] 9:00 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 Paralympic Games Tokyo 12:00 2020: Day 7 - Day Session 12:10 *Live* [s] 12:40 Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 Seven News [s] 3:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 4:00 Highway Patrol Special: 5:00 Blatant Busts (PG) [s] – We 6:00 count down the top ten battlers 7:00 and boofheads, from those who 7:30 stretch the truth, to the outright aggro. Australia: Now And Then: Toughest (M l) [s] Gordon, Gino & Fred: 8:40 American Road Trip: Summer 9:40 Of Love (San Francisco And Napa Valley) (M l,s) [s] 10:50 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:10 Station 19 (M v) [s] 12:10 Temptation Island USA 1:00 (MA15+) [s] 1:30

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Day 8 - Day Session *Live* [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 Nurses (M) [s] – Emergency nurses fight to save a man whose gone into anaphylactic shock. 8:30 RFDS (M mp,s) [s] – In the midst of a massive dust storm, the RFDS face a harrowing retrieval when a patient takes a critical turn, mid-air, and the team struggle to keep him alive. 9:30 The Rookie: Man Of Honor (M v) [s] 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 Chicago Fire (M) [s] 12:00 First Dates Australia (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

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

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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: Master Bedroom And Walk-In-Robe Week (PG) NRL: Penrith Panthers v Wests Tigers *Live* From TBA [s] NINE News Sunday [s] The Block: Master Bedroom And Walk-In-Robe Reveal (PG) [s] – The judges have a hard task ahead of them deciding who takes home the $10,000. 60 Minutes [s] NINE News Late [s] The First 48: Bad Love (M) [s] Killer On The Line: Julie Dixon (M v) [s] Dr Christian Jessen Will See You Now (MA15+) [s] The Garden Gurus [s] Ultimate Rush (PG) [s] Home Shopping

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Religious Programs [s] Roads Less Travelled [s] Pooches At Play [s] Australia By Design [s] Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] Healthy Homes Australia [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Everyday Gourmet [s] Jamie’s Meals For Every Day Roads Less Travelled [s] Waltzing Jimeoin (PG) [s] Taste Of Australia [s] 10 News First [s] WIN News [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] FBI: Short Squeeze (PG) [s] – The CEO of a major brokerage firm is shot and killed while surrounded by protesters. FBI: American Dreams And Reveille (PG) [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Home Shopping CBS This Morning [s]

5:30 Worldwatch 11:00 NSW Coronavirus Update (Arabic) 11:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 2:55 Gymnastics 4:25 Going Places With Ernie Dingo 4:55 Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights 5:25 Harbour From The Holocaust (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Raffles: Remaking An Icon: An Icon Reborn (PG) 9:30 Egypt’s Lost Pyramid 10:20 Filthy Rich And Homeless (M) 11:20 24 Hours In Emergency: Man Down (M l) 12:20 Coronavirus Special: What We Know Now 1:25 The Contraceptive Pill: How Safe Is It? (PG) 2:20 Football: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final *Live*

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5:30 Worldwatch 11:00 NSW Coronavirus Update (Arabic) 11:30 Worldwatch 2:00 The Last Hours Of Pompeii: New Discoveries (M s) (In English/ Italian) 3:00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo 3:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:00 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam 4:35 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:00 Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Inside Windsor Castle (PG) 8:30 Secret Scotland (PG) 9:25 24 Hours In Emergency (M) 10:20 SBS World News 10:50 Outlier (M l,s) (In Norwegian/ Saami) 11:45 Reprisal (MA15+)

Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 6:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 7:00 Explore (PG) [s] 7:30 Driving Test (PG) [s] The Block: Half Basement 8:00 Week (PG) [s] 12:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 1:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 2:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 2:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 3:00 NINE News [s] 3:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 4:00 The Block: Half Basement 4:30 Week (PG) [s] – The cheating scandal comes to a head when 5:00 two contestants sit down for a 6:00 tell all interview. 6:30 The Hundred With Andy Lee 7:30 Travel Guides: South Australia 9:00 Foodie Tour (PG) [s] 9:55 NINE News Late [s] Reverie (M v) [s] 10:55 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 11:55 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 4:30

Entertainment Tonight [s] Everyday Gourmet [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (PG) [s] Australian Survivor [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Farm To Fork (PG) [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Everyday Gourmet [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] WIN News [s] The Project (PG) [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] The Cheap Seats (M l) [s] The Montreal Comedy Festival (MA15+) [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show (PG) [s] Home Shopping CBS This Morning [s]

5:30 Worldwatch 11:00 NSW Coronavirus Update (Arabic) 11:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The Last Hours Of Pompeii: New Enigmas (PG) (In English/ Italian) 3:00 Going Places 3:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:00 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Who Do You Think You Are?: Kat Stewart (PG) 8:30 Insight: Attention 9:30 Dateline 10:00 The Feed 10:30 SBS World News 11:00 The Point 11:30 Cacciatore: The Hunter: Hunters (MA15+) (In Italian)

Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Getaway (PG) [s] The Block: Master Bedroom And Walk-In-Robe Reveal (PG) 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: Half Basement Week (PG) [s] – The amazing basement reno kicks off and so does the biggest cheating scandal in Block history. Under Investigation: 9/11 - Year 20 (M) [s] 100% Footy (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] The Arrangement: Scene 23 (M l,s,v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Home Shopping

6:00 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Garden Gurus Moments [s] 12:10 Customs (PG) [s] 12:40 The Block: Half Basement Week (PG) [s] 2:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 The Block: Half Basement Week (PG) [s] – The most dramatic night in Block history with a body corporate meeting from hell. 8:50 Paramedics (M) [s] 9:50 Australian Crime Stories: Million Dollar Mystery (M) [s] 10:50 NINE News Late [s] 11:20 Killer On The Line: Darlene Gentry (M v) [s] 12:10 Bluff City Law: American Epidemic (M) [s]

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

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

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: SUN MAPPING

CHERALYN DARCEY

Air, food, water, and light are the staple elements your plants need and finding the correct amount of each will make the difference between life and death. Getting it as close to ideal for each species as possible will make the difference between plants that are living and those that are thriving. While the first lot of variables can be experimented with over the course of a plant’s life, ‘light’ really needs to be determined before planting. The amount of light a plant receives over the course of a day, week and year, once in the ground will be set depending on the position it sits in. How do you figure this out? With Sun Mapping. This simple (and rather fun) exercise shows where the shadows will fall over your garden. When purchasing plants, this information can be found on labels or by asking your friendly garden centre team. A good gardening or the internet can also lead you to the answer for established plants if you think this might be the reason they are doing well. Direct sun means there are no shadows falling on the plant at all. Full sun means at least 6 hours of direct sun, part-shade is between 4 to 6 hours of direct sunlight and shade will mean less than 4 hours of direct sun falling upon your plant. These are all indications of what is required for your plant, and you need to get this right. The problem some gardeners have over light requirements is that they either ignore the guidelines or they plant in a position that has the correct amount of sun on planting day but roll forward a few hours, days or months and it’s a different story. There are few ways to get this information for your garden and at the moment, in lockdown, you do have time to ‘follow the sun’! A Simple Sun Map By creating a record of the shadowed areas throughout the day you can determine the classification of each area … whether it is sunny, partshade or shady. You don’t need to even draw to scale for your Sun Map to work. You will need: a sheet of paper (A4 or larger), 3 sheets of tracing paper the

same size (or baking paper cut to size), a black marker and coloured pencils. Onto a piece of paper draw out the outline of your garden with the black marker as if you were hovering in the sky directly above it. Include the structures in and around it that will obviously throw some shade. In a nice way! Three times spaced over the day, go out and take a photo of the shadows in your garden. You may find this easier as you can then do your Sun Mapping indoors, but you can simply get out there and draw the shadows on site. Dedicate a different sheet of tracing paper and a different coloured pencil for each of the times that you choose to do this and note on the tracing paper the time. You can do this more often and have more sheets (especially if you are looking for a nice long project with the kids!) Place the tracing paper over your original plain paper map and roughly outline the shadows and then lightly colour them in. Use a different piece of tracing paper for each time. Once your day is complete, sandwich the tracing papers together and place over the original plain paper map. This is your completed Sun Map for that day and to read it, you look at the overlaps. If an area is completely free of shade all day, or has one shaded map layered upon it, then it is sunny. An area that has two shaded sheets upon it can be determined to be part shade. If the area has three to four shady sheets lying over it, then it is shady. This equation is for three recordings of shade so you want to do more times through the day, I’m sure you will be able to determine what looks like

shady, part shade and sunny. The areas will change over the course of a year, so to get an accurate Sun Map, you need to create a sun map at least twice a season; around eight times a year. Plantings also grow and if you have deciduous trees in or around your garden then they will also change the shade that is cast upon your map. You will need to include their shade patterns. All these things can be factored into your map and any map is better than no map. Sun Mapping through the Year What about the rest of the year I hear you ask! The sun does slowly move across our sky at ever changing angles as the year rolls on and days become shorter or longer. This will naturally change the length and hence the areas of shadows in your garden. What was once a sunny position may turn out to be part-shade in winter for example. To help, there are a few different

ways to create your Sun Map for different times of the year. Online there are these free tools: sollimus.com; suncal.net; findmyshadow.com Like most things in life, there is an app for Sun Mapping, a few actually. The one I use in my gardening design adventures is the paid version of ‘Sun Seeker’. You can stand at any spot of your garden and see the sun’s path for any given time. There are a few free versions of similar sun path apps, and ‘Find my Shadow’ also has an app that is only $2.99. There are also a few physical tools available that can help you determine the amount of light an area receives. The first are garden light meters, aka sunlight calculators – these just tell you how much light falls upon them and that’s not helpful over any area bigger than the device itself. The only tool I have personally found that would be of benefit is the ‘Solar Pathfinder’ but unless you are a professional builder or landscaper it

really is an unnecessary expense. GARDEN BOOK REVIEW RHS Your Wellbeing Garden, How to Make Your Garden Good for You Science, Design, Practice, Matthew Keighley and Alistair Griffiths, Dorling Kindersley. While I’m sure I’m singing to the choir here, this book sets out at first to explain why gardening is so good for us. It then dives deeper into ways that you can consciously create spaces that directly enhance your mental and physical health. Your Wellbeing Garden will help you select, grow, and use plants in ways that will make you and your garden feel better … I give this one 5 leaves out of 5 leaves. TIME TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY

YOU & YOUR GARDEN

Still not much rain around this week across the Coast so make sure everyone in your garden is getting a good deep drink. The days are warming up and we are heading into a pruning period so get those tools out for a good clean and sharpen as well. 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, aster, alyssum, calendula, California poppy, carnation, celosia, chrysanthemum, cosmos, dahlia, dianthus, everlasting daisies, gazania, gerbera, Irish bells, marigold, petunia, salvia, zinnia, kangaroo paw, nasturtium, snapdragon, salvia, statice.

Dear Cheralyn, really enjoy your info in the newspaper. I am new to Central Coast. Could you please help me with when to cut back a passionfruit growing since last year? Thanks, Paula

NEXT WEEK: Australian Natives for Shady Gardens

Hi Paula and thank you for reading Down in the Garden. Pruning passionfruit helps it produce new growth which in turn produces new flowers and then the fruits will grow. The time to cut back your passionfruit is in a couple of weeks, early Spring, once the coldest temperatures have left us. I’m not too sure where you are on the Coast but if you are in the hinterland this might be closer to the end of September. Cut away a good third of the growth but don’t remove the main vines or supporting areas of growth. Once you finish, give your passionfruit vine a nice feed of blood and bone to get it growing. Simply spread around the base of the plant to about a meter out and rake it into the ground well. Good luck Paula and I’d love to see photos of your crop!

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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Spike in complaints about illegal bike trails Council has received an increase in the number of reports from the community about unauthorised mountain bike and BMX tracks and structures across the Central Coast. There are concerns the tracks pose a risk to the surrounding environments, threatened species and any heritage values. Council said they were taking a ‘pragmatic approach’ to the informal tracks being built. “[We] acknowledge that current lockdown restrictions in place mean many children are unable to attend school and all formal sport and recreation has ceased,” Council said.

Bike trail in council reserve at Blackwall

“If the informal BMX tracks are not causing environmental harm and the risk to the greater public is minimal then we are currently not removing them, recognising that there is at this moment a greater

mental health benefit for our children in leaving them. “We will continue to monitor reported sites and if the level of risk increases, will take appropriate action at that

time.” Mountain bike riding is currently permitted on designated fire and management trails in some natural reserves, however

Council said they have seen unauthorised tracks be constructed that have the potential to have a negative impact on the environment, and at times Aboriginal heritage sites.

Council rangers are expected to be patrolling reserves to monitor areas of concern and encourage the community to ride in a safe manner. Currently, there is one skatepark and BMX track at Umina’s Peninsula Recreation Precinct available for use on the Peninsula, in line with the latest COVID-19 directions from the State Government. The Mountain Bike Feasibility Study is due to return to Council for adoption towards the end of 2021. More information about the study is available at: yourvoiceourcoast.com/mtb Source: Website, Aug 24 Central Coast Council

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.

4329 7122

recruit@volcc.org.au

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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Director explains why developments get approved A five-storey motel and function centre in Ettalong has been used as an example of when it is appropriate to approve a development that doesn’t comply with planning instruments by Council’s Director for Planning and Environment, Scott Cox. Speaking to a report presented on ‘Variations to development standards’ at the August 24 Council meeting, Cox said Council received “a lot of questions from community about why council would consider approving a development application (DA) that doesn’t comply with requirements. “The NSW planning system has built in flexibility to allow development standards to be varied,” he said. He referred to the Gosford Local Environmental Plan (LEP) clause 4.6 which allowed that where a DA could be provided with an appropriate degree of flexibility under certain circumstances including if it

The non-complying Ettalong building referred to by Director Cox

achieves a better planning outcome. Cox said local development control plans (DCPs) also provide development guidelines and are “notionally flexible” if, for instance, strict adherence to controls would be unreasonable or unnecessary. The meeting was then shown examples of variations

from the development standards that have occurred in the past that have been approved by Council. One of the examples was for a five-storey motel and function centre at Ettalong which was given a 1.7m height variation. “Variations to the height were only for a very small proportion of the

development,” Cox said. “The proposed development met all the objectives of the zone, except for the lift shaft height overrun, and it was approved by the elected council in May 2020.” He went on to say that not all variations are supported by council staff and gave the example of a DA for six towers in Gosford with a

height variation of 148 per cent and Floor Space Ratio overrun of 60 per cent, which council couldn’t support because it had no justifiable planning grounds. The development was refused by the planning panel based on staff recommendations, Cox said. “Just by meeting development standards

doesn’t always give the best possible outcome,” he said. Each quarter councils are required to report to the NSW Department of Industry, Planning and Environment (DPIE) on development applications that have been granted consent even though they did not comply with planning instruments. Between January and June 2021, Council approved 44 development applications that did not comply with local planning instruments. Of those, 42 were approved by Council staff and two by the Local Planning Panel. Eight of the non-complying approvals were located within the readership area of PP. They included two multidwelling housing developments in Ettalong, one residential alteration and addition in Umina Beach, two “other” developments at Killcare, a new dwelling at Daley’s Point and an alteration and addition in Phegan’s Bay. Jackie Pearson

Local MPs support Surfrider campaign Surfrider Foundation Australia has held a virtual town hall for the Central Coast community with the aim of uniting the community against the renewal of PEP11. State Member for Gosford, Leisl Tesch, said she participated in the virtual meeting. “I heard members of my community stress the economic, environmental and social impacts that the renewal of PEP11 for offshore oil and gas exploration will have along our pristine coastline,” Tesch said. “Recently the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report described the impacts on our future if we don’t address the increasingly urgent challenge of Climate Change, as it will have disastrous impacts on our environment. “I am concerned that PEP11 will have detrimental impacts to our coastal ecosystems and will greatly impact our natural assets. “This will only lead to fewer natural assets for future generations to enjoy, and the loss of valuable tourism assets, such as our beaches and

waterways, which many of our local businesses rely on to draw people to the Central Coast.” She was joined by Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, who said stopping PEP11 was a matter of urgency. “Resources Minister Keith Pitt can stop PEP11 with the stroke of a pen today, and as long he continues to stall, the Coast remains at risk. “The Prime Minister and other Government MPs say they’re opposed to this project, but their own Minister still won’t make a decision. “While I support the new Bill proposed by Independent Federal MP Zali Steggall to stop PEP11, it is unlikely to be introduced to parliament as the government sets the legislative agenda. “The renewal rests in the hands of Minister Pitt, and I urge all of our community to send their opposition straight to his office.” The petition to STOP PEP11 can be found at https:// emmamcbride.com.au/ petitions/stop-pep11/ Source: Media release, Aug 23 Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch

A previous protest against PEP11

Marking milestone in lockdown Everyone at Central Coast Newspapers wishes our very own journalist, Maisy Rae, a Happy 21st birthday this week. Our team knows that many young people throughout our communities are missing out on important milestones and rites of passage as a result of the pandemic. Maisy is one of many but she is also one-of-a-kind. Her commitment to Pelican Post was such that she relocated to the Central Coast from Queensland to work on the paper. We know she is loving it here on the Coast but we also know she didn’t expect to be locked down and unable to visit her family and friends for her big 21st celebrations. Happy Birthday Maisy and best wishes to everyone who is celebrating birthdays, anniversaries and other important occasions during lockdown. CCN

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Business & Property Prices soar in beachside villages An asking price of $700,000 used to be for buyers upgrading their home but in many suburbs on the Peninsula it may now only secure a knockdown rebuild site or apartment according to the Herron Todd White July Month in Review. Authors and valuers Todd Beckman, Julia Miller and Jemma Briscoe say the Central Coast still has plenty to offer but if the strong market continues – and it’s approaching its peak – many more properties will become out of reach unless buyers readjust their checklist. Woy Woy, Umina Beach and Ettalong Beach offer a diverse choice of property with freestanding dwellings, villas and townhouses making up most of the supply, according to the report. It’s becoming increasingly more difficult to secure a freestanding dwelling sub$600,000 on the Peninsula with properties typically advertised as knockdown and rebuild sites. It gets marginally better if your budget can be extended to between $600,000 and $700,000 for generally olderstyle fibro cottages and brick and tile dwellings comprising two to three bedrooms, however, this is heavily dependent on the location of the property. “New residential low-rise unit complexes are beginning to be an attractive alternative for developers in the area over the bread-and-butter villa and townhouses development sites.” These unit complexes can be found on the fringes of local

Paul Street, Umina Beach from $1.2 to $1.32M

neighbourhood shopping hubs with convenience to daily shopping and easy accessibility to public transport front of mind for owner-occupiers and investors alike. A new unit complex currently under construction and nearing completion at 211-213 West St, Umina Beach, is a fourlevel, mixed use complex with retail and office suites available on the ground floor and residential units above. Depending on the floor level and aspect of the unit, the price range is $655,000 to $705,000. The report says that the Central Coast is seen by many as an affordable neighbour to the Sydney metropolitan area and out-of-area buyers have always been participants in the local market, whether as first home buyers or investors. “No matter the buyer, there’s

variety wherever you look,” the valuers say. “Residents who have lived in the region for a long time remember only a short time ago that the $700,000 price point for many suburbs used to be labelled the upgrader market. “Now, as a result of the swiftly moving property market post COVID-19, $700,000 is seen as an entry point into suburbs, and for some beachside and rural residential areas property at this price point is non-existent.” Many beachside locations are now becoming out of reach for discerning buyers with a budget up to $700,000. It was outlined in the Herron Todd White 2020 review that Wadalba and The Entrance were two areas where a buyer could invest $700,000 and while this is still true, the

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options could be more limited in 2021. Last year, buyers in Wadalba and the surrounding newer suburbs of Hamlyn Terrace and Woongarrah would have found a brand new four-bedroom, two-bathroom house for $700,000, however, in 2021 this would be more difficult. A property at 2 Poppy Rd, Hamlyn Terrace built in 2010, for example, with four bedrooms and two bathrooms sold in April this year for $678,000. (Source: RP Data) “Unless you’re looking at a smaller block of land, you can probably forget about a brandnew house,” the report says. “If you go a little further east, Toukley and Gorokan will provide more options in the sub-$700,000 price range. “While 12 months ago you would have had more options,

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in 2021 you will generally be limited to older three-bedroom dwellings, such as 60 Dalnott Rd, Gorokan, an original threebedroom, one-bathroom house with a pool which went for $650,000 in April 2021. “If you happened to purchase in these suburbs in 2020, you may have already seen some growth on your investment since the shift in the market in 2021.” Owner-occupiers and investors with a $700,000 price budget could most likely get entry-level units in beachside suburbs such as Blue Bay and Bateau Bay while those wanting a freestanding dwelling should look at Springfield, Wyoming, Narara, Ourimbah, Niagara Park, Berkeley Vale, Glenning Valley, Chittaway Bay and Killarney Vale. Properties in these suburbs

are considered entry-level buying thus they are being snapped up quickly in short one-to-four-week marketing campaigns. Demand for rental properties in these areas is enticing investors to the market with favourable rental yields and low vacancy rates. Down south at Avoca Beach and Copacabana, no known properties have sold this year below $700,000, according to CoreLogic RP Data records. Terrigal provides more choice with unit-style living readily selling between $600,000 and $700,000. This can be a result of higher stock levels with affordable living alternatives in older unit complexes and villa and townhouses located in the back streets of Terrigal. Sue Murray

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Missing council inquiry submissions ‘found’ The total number of submissions sent into the Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council has risen by five to 102 after the Commission asked for people to check they were on the list. The Office of the Commissioner last week asked people to check their names were on the public list of 97 people who had offered their thoughts on the council crisis. FIve extra submissions have now been added to the list of submissions forwarded to the Commissioner including from suspended councillor Kyle MacGregor and well-known council watchers, residents Norm

Harris and Kevin Armstrong. The case of the missing emails came to light when suspended councillor MacGregor made contact with the office and said he had made a submission but his name was not on the public list. The suspended councillor forwarded the original submission – which was accepted. It prompted a search for other ‘missing’ submissions. This week the Office said MacGregor’s submission appeared to be an isolated incident which occurred due to an IT error. “The submission has now been received and accepted, and is being considered by the

Commissioner,” the Office said. “The list of submissions also contains the following additions: “Two persons whose submissions were previously received but whose names were inadvertently omitted from the list; one person who sent a series of emails which were not initially considered to constitute a submission but will now be included as a submission; and one person whose submission was initially sent to an incorrect email address but has now been sent to the Inquiry email address and accepted by the Commissioner. “The Commissioner wishes to assure the public that it can have confidence in the Inquiry

process and that all submissions received to date have been accepted and are being considered. “Any person who has concerns regarding receipt of their submission is encouraged to contact the Inquiry by phone on 4345 4444 or email at centralcoastcouncil. publicinquiry@olg.nsw.gov.au The Public Inquiry made public the names earlier this month but is not making the actual submissions public. Macgregor’s submission brings the total of submissions from councillors to 10 plus one from resigned councillor Rebecca Gale. Names missing from the list were suspended mayor, Lisa Matthews, who has since

confirmed she has not put in a submission and suspended councillors Chris Holstein and Jilly Pilon. There were four submissions with names withheld but these are believed to come from members of the public. Administrator Rik Hart explained at a recent council meeting that the Commissioner Roslyn McCullough had decided not to publish the actual submissions. Reasons included defamatory comments in the submissions. On April 26, the Minister for Local Government, the Hon Shelley Hancock MP announced a formal Public Inquiry into Central Coast Council to determine the contributing role played by the governing body

into the financial position the council is in. “The Commissioner may make recommendations as the Commissioner sees fit having regard to the outcomes of the Inquiry, including whether all civic offices at Central Coast Council should be declared vacant,” the Minister said at the time. The councillors were suspended in October last year after the council had sudden and significant liquidity issues. The list of names can be found at https://www.olg.nsw. gov.au/wp-content/ uploads/2021/08/CCPI-Listof-Submissions.pdf Merilyn Vale

Safety net in place for business landlord and tenants The NSW Government has said it will increase its existing support for residential and commercial tenants and landlords in response to the current lockdown through a new series of packages aimed at ensuring financial stability. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the Residential Tenancy Support Package consists of $3,000 rent reductions plus a 60-day freeze on evictions. “Residential landlords were previously offered a $1,500

payment per residential tenancy in return for providing a $1,500 rent reduction, but this has now been increased to $3,000,” Crouch said. “Tenants and landlords are encouraged to access this financial support which is available now through the NSW Fair Trading website or contact me directly for assistance. “I personally want to ensure that no one slips through the cracks during this incredibly difficult time.” Crouch said local business owners and their retail or commercial landlords could also receive support from the NSW Government.

“We have taken the significant step of re-introducing National Cabinet’s Mandatory Code of Conduct for Commercial Leasing, which mandates a minimum level of rent relief that retail or commercial landlords must provide to their tenants,” he said. “This will cover a six-month period and is specifically targeted at the hardest hit businesses including cafes, restaurants, hair salons and gyms. “For the first time, small retail or commercial landlords who waive rent for their tenants can also receive a monthly grant of up to $3,000 through a new

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$40 million Hardship Fund.” The fund provides the grant for small commercial or retail landlords who provide rental waivers of at least the value of the grant and any land tax relief they are eligible for. Principal of Ray White Umina Beach, John Ienna, said the support has been welcomed with many tenants appearing to cope with the measures, but still gaps exist. “I have one commercial landlord who does not pay land tax who has COVID-effected tenants,” Ienna said. “She has waived rent but can’t get any assistance back

from the government. “She has slipped through the net.” The NSW Government also said the extension until January 13, 2022 of the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2021 will require landlords to renegotiate rent having regard to National Cabinet’s Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct requires landlords to provide rent relief in proportion with their tenant’s decline in turnover. Of the rent relief provided, at least 50 per cent must be in the form a waiver, and the balance a deferral.

The regulation applies to commercial and retail tenants with a turnover of up to $50 million who qualify for the COVID-19 Microbusiness grant, COVID-19 Business Grant or JobSaver Payment. It will prohibit a landlord from evicting or locking out a tenant for certain breaches of the lease unless they have first renegotiated rent and attempted mediation. More information about the range of measures introduced to support small businesses and landlords can be found on the Service NSW website. Maisy Rae

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Vaccine rates on par with rest of state Almost 40 per cent of the Peninsula’s population is fully vaccinated as new COVID-19 cases continue to be announced on an almostdaily basis and there is a heightened focus on boosting vaccination rates. According to data published by NSW Health as of August 23, there has been one positive COVID case in the 2256 postcode (since June 16) which was found on August 12 through an unlinked, but local source. The 2256 postcode includes Blackwall, Horsfield Bay, Koolewong, Little Wobby, Patonga, Pearl Beach, Phegans Bay, Wondabyne, Woy Woy, and Woy Woy Bay. With a vaccine-eligible

population of 13,607, 60-69 per cent of people have had at least one dose of either vaccine, and 30-39 per cent have been fully vaccinated. There have been three positive COVID cases in the 2257 postcode (since June 16), with an unlinked but local source found on August 10, and two linked and local cases on August 15 and 20. The 2257 postcode includes Booker Bay, Box Head, Daleys Point, Empire Bay, Ettalong Beach, Hardys Bay, Killcare, Killcare Heights, Pretty Beach, St Huberts Island, Umina Beach, and Wagstaffe. With a vaccine-eligible population of 25,002, communities in the 2257 postcode have also experienced

high levels of vaccination with 60-69 per cent having at least one dose of vaccine, and 30-39 per cent fully vaccinated. The high vaccine rates were welcome news for Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, who said COVID-19 vaccinations are the key to the Central Coast’s

freedom. “We are in a race against time to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible, because increasing our vaccination rate gives us the best shot at having restrictions eased,” Crouch said. “Getting vaccinated will allow us to get back to what we love

most: reunions with family and friends, local businesses being reopened, sport matches being resumed and travel being allowed.” Crouch said 21,000 Central Coast residents are currently being vaccinated each week. “At this current speed it would take approximately nine more weeks before we reach the milestone of having 70 per cent of our region’s population fully vaccinated,” Crouch said. “The Central Coast’s current vaccination rate is on par with the rest of NSW, but there are approximately 128,000 residents who haven’t even received one dose of the vaccine, and I know we can do better than this.

“Over 100 local pharmacies, General Practitioners and Health clinics are now administering COVID-19 vaccines and I encourage everyone who hasn’t been vaccinated yet to make a booking.” Bookings can be made via the Federal Government’s eligibility checker at: https://covidvaccine.healthdirect.gov.au/ eligibility. For those who may struggle to find a booking, Gosford and Wyong Hospitals have launched a weekly mass vaccination clinic, administering AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines on a first-in first-served basis, every Sunday between 7am and 3:30pm. Maisy Rae

Suspension of cancer screening ‘not the answer’ The BreastScreen mobile breast screening service at Woy Woy has been suspended with staff redeployed to assist with the current pandemic response. The clinic, which provides free mammograms to women aged between 50 to 74 years, has halted its operations across the state. Carol Hayne, a 73-year-old pensioner said this ‘oversight’ could prove critical for women who will not be able to access the service. “COVID-19 is such an important issue but in six to eight weeks a lump can develop and if it is not detected early, it can spread quickly,” Hayne said. “Early detection is vital, and this

is an essential service. “How can places like Bunnings and the Reject Shop be open, yet the BreastScreen bus is not essential enough? “This State Government has the option to reach out for more support from the Federal Government rather than take away our vital medical services. “I don’t understand why they don’t just ask for more help. “I had my breast screen recently, so I am safe but many of my friends have not and they need to.” Hayne said she would like to see more services aided by the Federal Government to ensure the clinic’s speedy return to operation. “You have to think about the long-term impact this will have

on women, the reality is if we do not get early detection, we will have less of a chance of saving that woman,” she said. “I’m horrified at the idea of taking off one health service and moving it to another. “What message are you sending to women, if we have discomfort or symptoms do we just have to put up with it until the outbreak is over? “All we want and need is our BreastScreen bus back.” Every year more than 20,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer with almost half of those detected in the BreastScreen NSW program. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said suspending the service is “not the answer. “The fact that so many

detections are found through this initiative goes to show that suspending it is certainly not the answer to our issues,” Tesch said. “It is so important for women to be checked regularly so lumps can be detected early, and we can get on top of the cancer quickly – without this prompt response the outcome for the individual and their family could be so different. “Putting all other health issues with grave consequences on the back burner is an injustice to all of us. COVID-19 is absolutely crucial to be on top of, just like breast cancer.” Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said he had personally raised this issue with the health minister

and was advised that services were temporarily closed in Local Health Districts with active COVID-19 cases in the community. Crouch said the decision is consistent with the actions taken in March 2020 during NSW’s first lockdown. “Some staff who operate BreastScreen NSW services have also been redeployed to assist the wider public health system during the current outbreak,” Crouch said. “My wife is a breast cancer patient, so I am acutely aware of how important the work of BreastScreen NSW is. “Providing health care and screening services is quite literally a matter of life and death. “The only services that have

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Teachers from Ettalong Public School have reminded students they ‘will be there for them’ in a heartwarming video posted on the school’s social media channels. The uplifting rendition of I’ll Be There For You by the Rembrandts showcases staff performing a series of lockdown activities including cooking, gardening, reading and playing with their pets. The school said the video was created to help remind students that their teachers were ‘there for them’ during the lockdown.

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Fine dining at home: Scott Price & Yellowtail Restaurant

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that’s left to do is glaze the ribs and get some colour on them in a very hot oven. The cabbage salad is some simple ingredients shredded up and coated with ‘strangeflavour’ dressing. An intriguing mix of sesame, peanuts, chilli and Szechuan pepper. The soba noodles are a great staple to have in the pantry, and when tossed with the following glaze, become an incredible side. We take three iconic Japanese ingredients: dashi, which is a seaweed broth that is the foundation of many Japanese dishes; yuzu which is a Japanese citrus unlike any other, but could be best described as lemonade flavour; and mirin, the sweet rice wine that gives a sweetness and depth so different to sugar. Combined, reduced and emulsified with butter, it provides a powerful but balanced punch to almost anything. Here is the full recipe.

In lieu of being able to head out for dinner, we’re embarking on a virtual tour of the coast’s best eating establishments. We’ve asked chefs to inspire us with recipes that we can make at home, bringing the fine dining experience into our own kitchens. This week we’re talking to Chef Scott Price from Yellowtail restaurant in Terrigal. I moved from Queensland five years ago, rented an old sandwich shop and set up the tiny fine-diner, Yellowtail in the heart of Terrigal. I believe in Terrigal and the coast as a leading destination to visit and live. At Yellowtail we run a really flexible menu, taking inspiration from anywhere and everywhere. We serve Modern Australian food in a relaxed setting, with great wines, cocktails and service. The other chefs and I often

find ourselves veering into the Pan Asian food realm, and when you’re talking takeaway, no cuisine lends itself as well as Asian Food. The Pandemic has been tough for us, being a small, community-focused restaurant that plies a trade creating an all-round experience for our guests. However, we have been able to pivot as best we can to provide a bit of that Yellowtail Love at home. At the moment, we are providing a unique ‘Heat & eat’ offering every second Saturday.

Beef short-ribs with maltose and black vinegar glaze, buckwheat noodles, and ‘Strange flavour’ wombok salad Serves 4 The ribs 1.5kg of good beef short-rib, ask your butcher to slice into 4 cross ways through the bone 200ml Maltose or brown sugar 100ml Chingkiang black vinegar 100ml soy sauce 1 knob ginger, grated 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 green chilli, chopped

We put a lot of time into preparing a gourmet banquet in true Yellowtail style, that you need only heat, finish, and plate on the good crockery! This week we have teamed up with local Berkeley Vale butcher, Moobi Valley and fishmonger Shane’s Seafood to serve a banquet with some premium ingredients. Here we use the ‘cheek’ of toothfish. This is a large fish that is caught sustainably in sub-antarctic waters off Tasmania. The fillets from the fish are sold at an extremely

1. Preheat oven to 220C 2. If you have a sous-vide, we recommend sous-viding the ribs for 24hours at 60c. If not, it’s best to simmer the ribs in water at a very slow simmer for around 6 hours. 3. Mix the remaining ingredients for the marinade. Drain the ribs and coat with the marinade. Cook on a tray in the oven for 20 minutes, until nicely caramelised. Rest, and cut into individual ribs. Serve with the noddles and salad. Buckwheat Noodles 250g soba noodles, cooked as per instructions 200ml mirin 50ml soy 100ml yuzu juice

high premium to top restaurants. We use the cheek, which would normally be discarded with the head. The flesh is meaty, sweet and delicate and lends well to being coated in Japanese breadcrumbs and fried. Combined with a punchy mayo and ice-berg lettuce, it’s like a mini Asian-style burger. For the main, we take a really good quality beef short-rib, and we ‘sous-vide’, it. Some of you may be familiar with this cooking method and have your own equipment at home. It

allows you to take secondary cuts like short-rib and cook them at a very low, consistent temperature in a water bath for a very long time, in this case overnight. What you end up with is beautiful tender meat, that still has the character of the meat you started with. Then it’s simply a matter of marinating with maltose, which is a sugar that caramelises amazingly, but is low in sweetness, so it doesn’t become cloying. Balanced with the savoury tang of Chinese black vinegar and dark soy, all

100g cold butter, diced 200ml dashi stock Furikake (we make our own but you can buy from Chan’s Asian supermarket) Reduce mirin to syrup consistency, add remaining liquids and reduce by half. Remove from heat and whisk in cold butter. Add noodles and toss. Sprinkle furikake over the top.

2 tbsp rice wine vinegar pinch sugar 1 tsp Crushed sichuan peppercorns 1⁄2 tsp dried chilli 2 tbsp peanuts 2 tbsp peanut or vegetable oil Combine dressing ingredients, toss with remaining ingredients.

Wombok salad

Yellowtail are now accepting orders for Saturday August 28, via their website: www.yellowtailrestaurant.com.au and you can follow them via their Facebook and Instagram channels or subscribe for updates through the website to be the first in the know.

¼ wombok cabbage, shredded 2 large carrots, peeled and shredded 3 green shallots, sliced finely Dressing 1 tablespoon chinese sesame paste 1 dash of water

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Guided packs help make learning from home easier Learning from home has become easier for parents and teachers of primary school students thanks to the introduction of guided learning packs. The packs are designed for K-6 students and have been developed by a team of curriculum experts and designers to ensure they are easy to navigate for students, parents and carers. Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell, said the packs were helping teachers keep students engaged. “The packs are easy to use and cover all the essentials for teachers and students. “They include a full week of learning activites with stagespecific video content which includes teacher guidance, open-ended activities and wellbeing checks. “All subjects within the K-6 curriculum are addressed on a weekly basis and each day

begins with a student wellbeing activity, as well as a brain week during the day and additional activities for students who finish work early,” Mitchell said.

The packs are not mandatory but provide a great way for teachers to supplement what is already working for them. Mitchell said the department was also running new

learning from home professional development courses using insights from last year and the current learning from home period. “Teachers are committed to

providing the best possible learning from home experience for their students, and thousands of teachers have engaged with the available professional

development resources and webinars. “Teachers have told us that the support has been incredibly useful, helping to guide their students while learning from home and providing additional support for parents and carers navigating online systems. “I know that learning from home can be challenging, and I’m incredibly proud of the work our principals, teachers, school staff and the department are doing to make this period as instructive, engaging, and supportive as possible,” Mitchell said. The Learning from Home Hub is also constantly being updated with great materials for students, teachers and parents with over two million visits last night. Source: Media release, Aug 18 Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell

Training program for tourism businesses and workers Restaurant and Catering Australia and Facebook have teamed up with the NSW Government to deliver a suite of free, new skills development and training programs designed for individuals and businesses engaged in the state’s visitor economy. The programs, delivered by Destination NSW, will be offered to individuals and businesses wishing to

upgrade their customer service skills and enhance their social media capability. Minister for Jobs, Investment and Tourism, Stuart Ayres, said this support was needed to help address the current skills shortage across NSW and ensure business operators had the social media know-how to stand out in a crowded digital marketplace. “We know that access to skilled workers is one of the greatest challenges facing

tourism and hospitality businesses in NSW right now,” the Minister said. “Using social media to engage and inspire potential customers through rich storytelling has never been a more important part of a business’s marketing and promotional mix. “The NSW Government is committed to supporting business owners and workers to develop the skills they need to be successful and to help grow the visitor

economy.” The hospitality training modules and registrations for the social media webinars both commence in August. Topics covered in the training programs include managing customer expectations in terms of COVID-safe practices, emotional awareness in customer service and an introduction to customer service. Five webinars about

Facebook and Instagram for Tourism will help to optimise a business’s Facebook presence, engage audiences on social media, create Instagram stories, capture social content on a smartphone, and inspire action on Instagram. Restaurant & Catering Australia CEO, Wes Lambert, said the partnership with Facebook and the NSW Government aimed to ensure the broader hospitality sector had access to the skills and

workers it needed to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. “For so many businesses, being able to find the staff they need will be the difference between survival and closure,” Lambert said. To register for either program go online to destinationnsw.com.au/ NSWFirst Source: Media release, Aug 19 Minister for Jobs, Investment and Tourism, Stuart Ayres

Upskill for free if unable to work The NSW Government has announced an additional 3,000 training places to up-skill at home during lockdown. An extra 60 short courses are now on offer to study for free including business skills,

mental health, marketing, finance and IT skill sets. Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, Geoff Lee, said the courses were an expansion of the 10 free skill sets recently announced by TAFE NSW. “We know there is great

demand for training at the moment, which is why we have additional free courses and more training places so people can come out of lockdown with skills they can take with them into the workplace,” Lee said. The free courses are

available to anyone who is unable to work due to public health orders. “We have specifically targeted those local government areas and suburbs in lockdown and are working with local communities and industry to

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understand what skills are in demand and where shortages exist,” Lee said. Training will be funded through the JobTrainer program, which has already seen more than 120,000 people in NSW up-skill up since it was announced in

October last year. More information is available online at https://bit. ly/37DYSvq Source: Media release, Aug 22 NSW Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, Geoff Lee

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number of women in leadership roles and on boards. “This funding will allow us to expand on programs that promote women in leadership and equip aspiring females with the tools and confidence they need to take on these roles,” Bidencope said. “There will also be a focus on supporting sporting organisations to shift thinking and cultivate positive change so female representation on boards increases.” Other initiatives to be delivered include the development of mentoring programs, female coaching and leadership programs, mental health networks and youth leadership programs for girls from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Football NSW Chief Executive Stuart Hodge said his organisation was committed to developing the skills of the sport’s female leaders. “Football NSW, working in conjunction with Football Australia, has identified the wonderful opportunity provided by our co-hosting of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, to shine a light on the need to develop, support and empower the many wonderful women involved across all facets of our game,” Mr Hodge said. “Working with our clubs and associations, it is our intention to provide capability building programs to further the leadership skills for some of our champions in women’s football, be they coaches, referees, administrators or volunteers.” More information about the Strategy is available at:www. sport.nsw.gov.au/ hersportherway

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From Spurs academy and Indian Super League to Mariners’ HQ FOOTBALL The Central Coast Mariners have reached an agreement to sign 24-year-old Cy Goddard on a two-year deal. Goddard spent last season playing for the side that won the Indian Super League, Mumbai City FC. He was an integral part of the Mumbai team that made Indian football history by winning both the league winners shield and ISL trophy in the same season. Goddard grew up in London and was part of the Tottenham Hotspur academy from a young age, prior to playing in the Indian Super League. He progressed through the

academy from the age of seven and made appearances for the U18, U21 and U23 teams, before leaving the UK and settling down in Italy with Benevento. Goddard holds UK and Japanese passports and has also represented Japan at youth level and spoke of the delight in settling to life in Australia. “I am so excited to land in Australia and get started,” he said. “Hopefully we can have a good season and I can play an integral role, which in turn helps the Mariners achieve their season goals.” Mariners Head Coach, Nick Montgomery, spoke of the

eagerness to get Goddard involved in the squad for the upcoming season, as the Japanese midfielder had been recommended by overseas contacts. “I have been in consultation with Cy many times since we first indicated our interest in bringing him to the Coast, and in every conversation, he has impressed me with both his character and his positive mindset,” he said. “Cy is a very talented footballer and one who I think will look right at home in the A-League.” Goddard will join up with the squad after completing his mandatory two-week hotel quarantine and Mariners Head

of Football, Ken Schembri, highlighted what he can bring to an already talented squad. “The Tottenham academy has produced a wealth of talent over the years, and we are confident that Cy will be a great asset to our roster,” he said. “He is a talented wide attacking midfield player and his task is to provide our front men with quality attacking moments. “Cy brings with him an impressive CV of international experience and he will create strong competition for spots among the squad.” Source: Media release, Aug 20 Central Coast Mariners

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Good sports a chance for local clubs to shine

Nominations are now open for the Good Sports Awards, offering local clubs a chance to gain national recognition for building a healthy and inclusive sporting environment as well as cash prizes to boost their coffers. The Good Sports Awards, run by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation, pay tribute to the heart and soul of community sporting clubs, no matter their size or sporting code. Alcohol and Drug Foundation

CEO, Erin Lalor, said the awards recognised the strong clubs and dedicated people who are passionate about community, their members and making their club the very best it can be. “They are with us in the good times and help us get through the tough times,” Lalor said. “Even if your club’s season has been cut short this year due to COVID-19, celebrating your wins and achievements is the perfect way to boost club morale and keep members feeling proud and connected.”

This year’s categories include Club of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Safe Transport Award, Mental Health Excellence Award, Junior Club of the Year and the new category for 2021, the Staying Connected Award. All these categories have a $1,000 cash prize. Other categories include Club of the Year from each state in which the winner will receive a $500 prize, and Volunteer of the Year from each state which will receive $250. Good Sports is Australia’s largest community health

sports program, working with more than 10,000 community sports clubs across Australia to build a healthier sporting nation. The program helps clubs create a safe, welcoming, family-friendly environment to promote long-term positive health and preventing alcohol and drug related harm. Nominations for the Good Sports Awards will be accepted until midnight, October 6. Source: Media Release, Aug 25 Alcohol and Drug Foundation

Fresh air and exercise great antidotes to the news As the Central Coast continues through another week of lockdown, staying active and upbeat can prove to be even more difficult as each week passes by. And whilst the motivation to exercise diminishes, and the desire to curl up in a ball under the covers intensifies, it is important to remain physically active.

Owner of Next/Gen Nutrition in Woy Woy, Dane Forrest, said manypeoplemaybeexperiencing feelings of anxiety and frustration. “I understand that people are going through many hurdles at the moment, though the main thing for me is keeping my routine,” Forrest said. “Routine and structure such as going for sunrise walks along the Esplanade, or exercising in the

local park, is very important to keeping positive when times are tough. “The radio and the news can be quite negative at the moment, so it is important to take that break and focus on daily goals. “Even simple ones like drinking enough water or reading a book.” For those wanting to get out for some fresh air, the Patonga Beach Tennis and Sports Club at

Bay St remains open, with the two synthetic grass courts unlocked. Outdoor fitness equipment is also available for use at the Ettalong Foreshore, Peninsula Recreation Precinct at Umina Beach, and Killcare’s Foreshore Beach Reserve. The Empire Bay playspace on Shelly Beach Rd also remains open.

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said looking after yourself is vital to being able to look out for others through this difficult period. “Being active, and maintaining those social connections, is so important to us during lockdown,” Tesch said. “We are fortunate that we live in such a beautiful part of the world with immense natural

beauty and are able to get out and get active while keeping social distancing and other public health measures.” For anyone who may be having a difficult time, please reach out to Lifeline at 13 11 14 who are available 24/7. Source: Media release, Aug 23 Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch

Humpback Highway Watch 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. We have had some unusual sightings this week again. Brydes Whales (pronounced Broodahs) were sighted off the northern part of the coast.

These whales do not migrate, they are In our waters all year round, and are often called Tropical Whales. They grow to around 16m in length. The Seal Colony at Barenjoey is back up to 19 seals and they have been popping up at Patonga, Umina and Brisbane Water, through the week. Dolphins have been entertaining people at Killcare, Umina and in Broken Bay.

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Locals expected to star in para-archery and canoe events

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PARALYMPICS Two Central Coast residents are among Australia’s largest-ever team for an overseas Paralympic Games which started in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday, August 23. The Australian team is made up of 179 athletes competing across 18 sports, including the debut disciplines of para-taekwondo and para-badminton. Peter Marchant, 60, of Wallarah will be competing in the paraarchery event and 21-year-old Dylan Littlehales of Wamberal will be competing in the para-canoe events. Para-canoe events start on Thursday, September 2 and the Para-archery begins on Friday, August 27. Littlehales made his Paralympic debut at the Rio Games in 2016 and placed 6th in the semi-final. He went on to compete at the 2017 and 2018 World Championships, reaching the final both times. Littlehales claimed his first international medal by winning bronze at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint and Para-canoe World Cup in Hungary. At the 2019 ICF World

Championships, he finished fourth, missing out on a medal by just 0.09 of a second, but a fourth-place finish was enough for Littlehales to secure Australia a quota spot at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Marchant is joining the Australian team for the first time in Tokyo and his goal is to win gold. He didn’t start competing in para-archery until 2015, yet in the past few years he has represented Australia in at least three international competitions. Marchantmadehisinternational debut at the 2017 World Archery Para Championships in Beijing, China, and won a silver medal at the 2018 Para-archery European Circuit in Olbia, Italy, where the Australian Para-archery team achieved its best medal result to date at a major event. In 2019, he joined forces with Paralympic bronze medallist Jonathon Milne and newcomer Craig McMurdo to reach the World Championships quarter finals in the men’s team compound Open. The 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games will continue until September 5. Sue Murray

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