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Voice of the Peninsula 3 MARCH 2022

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Peninsula gets set for deluge

The Peninsula has welcomed two new GPs to the area following the completion of an incentive program aiming to redress the shortage of general practitioners in the region. See page 5

Out & About

With rain set to lash NSW coastal areas over the coming days, the Peninsula is gearing up for the deluge, with locals asked to be prepared for the worst and secure their households.

This year for International Women’s Day, Liesl Tesch is inviting women of all ages to take part in a community meditation ‘the Sit’ on March 8 at 6:30am at Ocean Beach Surf Club. See page 13

Business

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Wicks calls for Council to support local services Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, has called on Central Coast Council to fund more community services as Bushcare volunteers receive Council letters outlining further possible cuts to the service. The Bushcare groups were some of the many community groups to receive emails from Council in early February asking them to support its submission to IPART for the current rate rise to remain for 10 years. The Council letter said a reduction in services for the Environmental Volunteer

Program could include a loss of staff, supervisors, contractors, training and

tools if its IPART application for a seven year extension to its special rate variation

(SRV) does not get support. Council recently received their third 2021-22 quarterly

payment through the Federal Government’s Financial Assistance Grant program which comes to a total of $27.1M. Wicks said Council should use the payment to help fund services such as the Bushcare groups. “I was disappointed to hear from local community groups, Bushcare volunteers and concerns residents on the Central Coast, who have received Council letters outlining further possible cuts to local services,” Wicks said. Continued page 4

A local couple is preparing to launch a fresh food market in the heart of the Peninsula this month to help showcase local grocers. See page 23

Sport

An 18-year-old local bowler has become the youngest ever winner of the Zone Open Singles which were held at Ettalong Bowling Club on February 27. See page 31

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Members from Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club worked alongside surf lifesavers from other branches to help emergency services

With rain set to lash NSW coastal areas over the coming days, the Peninsula is gearing up for the deluge, with locals asked to be prepared for the worst and secure their households. Members from Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club responded to the call for help with the flood crisis, working alongside surf lifesavers from other branches to help emergency services. The members also helped prepare their clubhouse on Tuesday for what might come. The Boathouse Ferry at Patonga was cancelled on Wednesday, March 2, due to the weather conditions, with the vessel reported to be rocking dangerously whilst moored. Some low-lying streets in Umina started to flood on Wednesday morning and large potholes began to appear across the Peninsula. On Wednesday afternoon, social media users reported areas of flooding on Woy Woy Rd, with traffic having to drive in the opposite lane to get through.

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Residents said they were unsure about the depth of the water but that it was “deep enough that you should avoid driving if you can”. The NSW SES issued a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall and damaging winds across the Central Coast on Wednesday, with the weather system expected to cause riverine flooding in some parts. NSW SES said a “deepening East Coast Low off the Central Coast is expected to drift southwest ward towards the coast overnight rapidly deepening in response to an amplifying upper trough and low and will continue on this track through Wednesday. “At this stage, the system is forecast to approach central and southeastern districts during Wednesday and overnight into Thursday; however, uncertainty exists on its exact timing and where the most significant impacts will occur,” the SES spokesperson said. “Catchments remain wet, with many NSW dams near capacity.” The SES advises that people should

move vehicles under cover or away from trees, secure or put away loose items around the house, yard and balcony, keep clear of creeks and storm drains and refrain from driving, walking or riding through floodwaters. The SES said to also keep at least eight metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences, and be aware of trees that have been damaged by fire which are likely to be more unstable and more likely to fall. If you are trapped by flash flooding, seek refuge in the highest available place and ring 000 if you need rescue and be aware that run-off from rainfall in fire affected areas may behave differently and be more rapid. For emergency help in floods and storms, ring your local SES Unit on 132 500. Locals can report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill.

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Council funding to help deliver community projects

Two local community organisations have received nearly $10,000 in total to help deliver programs and events on the Peninsula. The Crommelin Native Arboretum Incorporate received $5,000 towards the management of the Pearl

Peninsula Environment Group (PEG) secured nearly $5,000 for enhancement of its Community Garden

Beach Arboretum Ephemeral Art Trail, and the Peninsula Environment Group (PEG) secured just under $5,000 for enhancement of its Community Garden. PEG member, Mark Mann, said the funds would be used towards equipment and a disabled access ramp for the community garden

in Moana St. “The Community Garden is a place for people to meet to enjoy the company of fellow gardeners and learn about gardening and growing food,” Mann said. Mann said PEG also received a grant for nearly $10,000 to help manage the Woytopia festival which will return on

October 30 after an enforced break due to COVID-19. The grant recipients were announced at Central Coast Council’s Ordinary meeting on February 22. Council said the projects were funded through its Community Support Grant Program which is accounted for in existing and approved

Operational Plan budgets. Council Administrator Rik Hart said the program was important in building connections and creating local solutions and initiatives. “It’s important that we continue to deliver necessary financial and in-kind support to the local community, that allows them to deliver quality

community activities,” Hart said. “These community activities have the ability to bring community together and further fosters a sense of belonging. Something I believe is more important than ever.” Maisy Rae

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The Palmdale Group will host ANZAC Day Ceremonies at both Palmdale and Greenway on 25th April, paying respect to the memory of our service men and women.

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

Greenway Chapel & Memorial Gardens 460 Avoca Drive, Green Point Commencing at 11am, the service will be held adjacent to the Defence Force Memorial. Greenway Phone: 4369 2013

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Wicks calls for Council to support local services From page 1 “This funding is untied, meaning councils can spend the grants according to local priorities, and is designed to ensure local governments are well supported to deliver vital services. “Community organisations and Bushcare groups volunteer their time to serve our community and environment, this work is vitally important to our region and ought to be supported. “… I am asking Central Coast Council the question: can the $27.1M that Central Coast Council has received from the Federal Government be used to deliver community services

and Bushcare groups and if not, why not?” Tony Winch from Umina Community Group said Bushcare was an extremely successful long-term community program organised

by Central Coast Council. “The program runs on a limited budget,” Winch said. “This budget provides the critical foundation for the many volunteers to participate and safely enjoy the experience of

gathering with neighbours and restoring our natural environment. “For the program to be successful we need a professional site supervisor to plan the program and educate

volunteers, tool kits and safety gear and on occasion, professional contracting work to assist volunteers with big tasks. “Each of these elements helps to keep volunteers

engaged and ensures our Bushcare work is carried out correctly. “The balance of the assistance across these three areas has proven to create successful outcomes and cuts to any of these components would weaken the entire program.” In the previous financial year (2020-21), the Federal Government provided $26.1M in untied funding to Central Coast Council under the same program. For more information, visit regional.gov.au/local/ assistance/index.aspx Maisy Rae

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SPOTLIGHT ON OUR LANDCARE GREEN TEAMS

CEN’s Landcare Green Teams have been very busy through February, with the recent rainfall helping weeds to pop up left, right and centre. The Somersby/Mangrove team were no exception to this and decided to meet for a working bee session at Kaye and Margaret’s 13 ha property. Understanding the importance of water ways running through private properties, the team embarked on some riparian restoration work.

Putting to good use the many hands make light work method, the team, including bush regeneration supervisor Ben, took to the nasty weed Tradescantia fluminensis. The team delicately teased the roots and nodes out from beneath the plethora of native groundcovers occupying the area. Left unchecked, Trad would smother out the beautiful natives. Great work Green Team!

For more information on CEN’s Landcare Green Teams and how to get involved, please contact the Project Coordinator Ben MacAndrew Wed-Fri on 43494491 or at ben.macandrew@cen.org.au, and be sure to keep an eye out at www.cen.org.au/ events for upcoming workshops and training events. The Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery project has been supported by the Australian Government’s Bushfire Recovery Program for Wildlife and their Habitat.

CEN believes in Ecological Sustainable Development (ESD) and opposed all threats to it.

That is why we have responded to the NSW Government’s ‘new approach to rezoning’ with caution. Our submission in response to the Department of Planning’s discussion paper said we opposed the idea of giving greater control of some aspects of land rezoning to landowners and property developers. The EP&A Act already includes provisions and loopholes which can be used to expedite rezonings –sometimes at the expense of ESD! We don’t believe there is any need for the proponent in a rezoning to meet with the rezoning authority to discuss a potential rezoning application, for example. We believe removing oversight mechanisms and providing merits appeal rights to developers would jeopardise ecologically sustainable decision making about how land should be zoned. We oppose the removal of the gateway determination process – ICAC’s March 2021 Report on the Investigation into the conduct of councillors of the former Canterbury City Council and others (p194-195) made the importance of Gateway clear. In fact, we think objectors, usually concerned community members, should be afforded merits review rights on rezonings. According to the ICAC, third party merits appeal rights improve decision making and safeguard against biased or corrupt decision-making. Submission writing is only one of the many things we do at CEN on a daily basis to protect ESD and oppose threats to it.

The Community Environment Network (CEN) is an alliance of individuals and groups that work for ecologically sustainable development.

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Peninsula welcomes two new GPs

Dr Eugenia Xiao and Lucy Wicks MP at Bluesky Medical in Woy Woy

The Peninsula has welcomed two new GPs to the area following the completion of an incentive program aiming to redress the shortage of general practitioners in the region. The two doctors will be based at Woy Woy and Ettalong respectively. The program, led by the Hunter, New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (PHN), has funded incentives to assist practices attract general practitioners, as well as offering grants to cover costs in the relocation of GPs. Doctor Eugenia Xiao at Woy Woy’s Bluesky Medical Practice participated in the Bonded Medical Program which allows for entry into medical school under the condition graduated doctors then work in an area of workforce shortage.

Xiao said she would recommend the program to any budding doctors but would like to see more support and communication provided to students. “We don’t really hear about it after you sign on, it’s a tick of the box, but it becomes relevant when you finish medical school and you’re training in your speciality and then deciding where you are going to work later,” Xiao said. “We don’t know much about the program as we train, and it’s been quite difficult getting people to actually fulfil that contract which is what my experience was with friends. “Being able to link people on this program with areas where there is a workforce shortage so that they can get more of an idea of what the job entails, what the area is like, and hear

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from other people who are working in those areas. “I think all people would find it rewarding to go and work in a small community … I grew up in the city and trained there, and everywhere I went I had to commute an hour anyway. “I thought having finished my training to swap that out, avoid the commute and live by the beach a few minutes from work and have the best work-life balance. “When you do work in a small community it’s pretty rewarding as you can see the impact the work has on residents.” Founder of Bluesky Medical, Doctor Jeeve Samarasinghe, said he has experienced difficulties finding new doctors through the program. “The problem is that they often don’t know where to go and we have no way of knowing

who they are so it’s getting that communication link sorted,” Samarasinghe said. “The PHN is one of the ways we might be able to do it but then again they have the issue of not knowing how to approach those bonded GPs. “The issue now is about people once they are on the system - they have very little flexibility to go on holiday or to have cover. “It’s now not just about recruiting in permanently; it’s about recruiting in a flexible way. “We’ve got a pool of people ready in this country and we need to have the most efficient way of letting them know we’re here.” Primary Care Improvement Manager for PHN, Brendan Chandler, said the PHN is aware of the communication issue

and it is something they are working on. “I think we could connect better … if there was a way we could communicate with the Department that looks after the Bonded students to say we are a PHN that has DPA available practices,” he said. “We don’t get involved in the recruitment side of things, but we could connect doctors with a service that is looking for GPs.” Under the program, nine new GPs have also been distributed to other areas of the Central Coast including in Erina, Kincumber, Mingara, The Entrance, Wyong, Tuggerah and Budgewoi. Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said the program is designed to deal with the challenge of attracting and retaining GPs to a peri-

urban area like the Central Coast. “The PHN have advised they should have 21 new GPs signed up [by the end of this financial year] as a result of the investment the Federal Government made for the Central Coast GP Workforce Incentive Fund,” Wicks said. “This is going to go a long way to addressing the challenge – not just the GP shortages across the Coast - and it’s not a short-term solution, it’s a solution that means these GPs will really invest in a practice. “The PHN through their website and other initiatives are really working to help drive GPs to choose the Central Coast as their place for a career, to work and live and raise their family, and become part of our community.” Maisy Rae

FREE SEMINAR Challenging Wills Seminar

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

left out of a Will - or if you want to leave someone out of your Will - alerting you to the pitfalls and procedures in dealing with Challenging Wills and how you should best deal with challenges. Mr Geoff Brazel, Solicitor will present the seminar on Challenging Wills to help you through the maze of legal regulation

The seminar will be presenting in a friendly relaxed atmosphere and there will be plenty of time for your questions. You’ll be helped a lot in understanding the system and will then be able to confidently consider what steps you need to take to properly consider challenges to Wills.

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Local activist to stand as Greens candidate for Robertson Local activist, Shelly McGrath, has announced she will stand for the hotly contested seat of Robertson at the next Federal election as a Greens candidate.

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McGrath is an academic with a background in small business at the University of Newcastle. She said she will tackle key local issues that are “often overlooked by the major parties. “I’m excited to stand as a candidate for this election because the time for change is now.The failings of the Coalition

government have created opportunities for those ready to fight for change,” McGrath said. “I am motivated by our diverse and robust community. “I look forward to working with all people across the Robertson electorate. “We need to ensure a more inclusive and equitable future for everyone on the Central Coast.” McGrath said she will focus on issues such as Indigenous rights, climate change and housing.

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“As Greens candidate for Robertson, my top priority is committing to action that fights the climate emergency,” she said. “We have a comprehensive, costed, and deliverable plan based on science. “The Central Coast community should have better access to housing, healthcare, and education. “I will advocate for a better deal for our residents for these basic rights. “Genuine engagement with local First Nations groups to

finally achieve Treaty and Truth-telling goals means a lot to me. “We must all work together in recognising the sovereignty and rights to self-determination of First Nations people. “I am excited to promote the Greens’ national jobs and income guarantee to help create more financial security for young people.” She said she has lived and worked on the Central Coast since 2008. Maisy Rae

Accident at Empire Bay on wet weekend A young woman was taken to hospital after a traffic accident in Empire Bay on Sunday, February 27. Empire Bay Dr was closed between Wards Hill Rd and Palmers Lne for over an hour due to an earlier incident where a pedestrian was struck by a car.

The road was closed whilst the crash investigation unit attended the scene. The woman was transported by road to Royal North Shore Hospital. Source: Social media, Feb 27 NSW Central Coast Incident Alerts, News & Information

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CARING FOR THE COAST

CARING FOR THE COAST Gordon grew up at Umina Beach, and works on the Central Coast as an emergency department doctor. He sees the impact of GP shortages and under resourced health services on the Coast. As the son of small business owners, Gordon understands the challenges facing local small businesses.

A BETTER FUTURE Gordon will bring a new approach to build a better future on the Coast. He will deliver quality health services, safer roads, better mobile & broadband coverage and support local businesses to create good, secure jobs. He will protect our Coast from offshore oil and gas drilling by opposing PEP11.

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Pearl Beach Progress Association to launch a support centre for crises The Pearl Beach Progress Association has announced plans to install a support centre at its Memorial Hall after receiving over $90,000 from a federal fund.

support,” Grove said. “We are planning to install generators, tanks and sprinkles around the hall to protect from potential bushfire damage. “Funds will also go towards solar panels to help produce electricity, save money, and generate income from the grid.” The majority of works are expected to be complete by the end of June. Amongst the grant recipients was Walkabout Wildlife Sanctuary who received funds to upgrade existing fire trails so they can carry Category 1 Firefighting Vehicles. Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, commended the grant

The Association received a total of $91,630 from the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program. Association president Russel Grove said the group was “very pleased” to have received the grant. “We are proposing to build a support centre at the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall, which in the event of some sort of crisis, whether it be bushfires, storms, or electricity outage, people can come to the hall for

recipients for their dedication to the Central Coast community and commitment to ensuring those impacted by the Black Summer Bushfires were supported in their recovery. “Projects such as the trail upgrade at the Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park, the resilience and bushfire preparedness project from River Cares in Spencer and Pearl Beach Progress Association’s Community Support Centre will really make a difference in our community,” Wicks said. “I would like to acknowledge the efforts of all applicants and thank them for their ongoing support to our communities.” Maisy Rae

Association president Russel Grove outside the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall

Barbara Jane Murray to contest Robertson for the United Australia Party Local mental health worker and former nurse, Barbara Jane Murray, has announced she will stand as a United Australia Party (UAP) candidate for the seat of Robertson at the upcoming Federal Election. Murray said she was shortlisted as a UAP candidate on the same day she discovered she would have to receive a COVID-19 vaccination to remain employed in the health service. “I worked at Gosford Hospital for years as a nurse and then retrained in counselling and psychology and went into the mental health sector,” Murray said. “It’s a big jump [to politics]

but I’ve always had in my mind that I might go into politics one day, it wasn’t something that was averse to me… I’ve thought about it, but it was never the right time. “I started this process when [the UAP] did the call out for

candidates when I was in my last role. “I didn’t know whether my position was going to be mandated or not, but I still felt very strongly that there should not be people mandating a medical treatment, and people losing their job over it.” Murray said she was invested in key social issues such as housing affordability, homelessness, domestic and family violence, and mental health. As a registered Counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association, Murray said she is hoping to be able to advocate for counsellors to be involved more in mental health earlyintervention treatment.

“I was intimately involved in the mental health landscape on the Central Coast, and we don’t have enough resources: it’s a multifactorial problem as we don’t have enough practitioners to deal with the demand,” Murray said. “The demand has increased, people are more distressed, they are suffering with more depression and anxiety … there needs to be a proponent of education to increase practitioners over a longer period of time. “Early intervention on the ground would hopefully clear up our waitlists… it’s a really big problem in NSW.” She said she wants to get “local businesses back on track.

“The UAP will be revealing policies that show we have a strong plan for the economy to bring it back after two years of lockdowns and businesses closing down,” Murray said. “When people are not worried about their survival needs, they start looking at the environment around them, they look for ways to help their neighbours and their community – if we have a strong, financially stable region then those things would follow on. “My focus is to bring that back with no mandates and no vaccine passports.” When asked about her opinion on PEP-11 and if it should go ahead, Murray said she is currently researching the background behind the project

and couldn’t comment. She acknowledged there was confusion in the Federal Government surrounding the current outcome of the permit. Murray said the UAP’s climate change policy is “about looking after the environment, but we measure that with looking after the Australian people and we will not desert the people with our policies.” Murray said she has not yet decided on preferences, but the UAP has stated they would like voters to “put the major parties and incumbents last.” The full video of the interview with Barbara Jane Murray can be found on CCN’s website. Maisy Rae

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Help clean up this weekend

The Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association has called on locals to help clean up waste this weekend in the spirit of

Clean Up Australia Day 2022. A session will be held at Hardys Bay on Saturday, March

5 from 8am to noon. Volunteers can register their attendance and collect gloves and bags at the Hardys Bay Community Church.

Locals can also help clean up Killcare Heights on Sunday, March 6 from 8am to noon, and can register at the Maitland Bay Centre.

An individual street or local area can also be nominated. A Council truck is expected to collect the rubbish on Sunday afternoon and take it to the tip.

Source: Media statement, March 1 Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association

Council meetings to be held monthly from now on It’s official – meetings of Central Coast Council will now be held monthly instead of twice a month, with the first monthly meeting slated for March 22 at 6:30pm. The move was cemented when an amended Code of Meeting Practice was formally adopted at the February 22 meeting. The amended Code of Meeting Practice also included updates to incorporate statewide changes to the Code of Meeting Practice Model as directed by the NSW Office of Local Government, and removal

of the non-mandatory provision for Public Forums, which have instead been incorporated into a separate Public Forum Policy. Council Administrator Rik Hart said the updated document reflected recent changes to the Model Code, provided operational savings and set out the structure and governance by which members of the public were able to participate in Council meetings. “Updating Council’s Code of Meeting Practice has ensured it is contemporary, fit for purpose and provides for a $44,000 operational cost saving annually,” Hart said.

“By adjusting the frequency of (meetings) from twice a month to monthly, the use of Council resource is lessened and the running costs reduced.” Hart said he had been looking at how Council was tracking with the number of papers coming to meetings. “With fortnightly meetings, staff were on a merry-goround and didn’t get time to look at major policy issues,” he said. “We no longer have DAs (Development Applications) coming to Council “Pretty much all DA decisions are made by the Local Planning

Panel or Regional Planning Panel or delegated to staff.” Hart said other streamlining measures introduced to stop meetings being “bogged down” when new Councillors were elected were restricting Notices of Motion and Questions on Notice to one per Councillor, per meeting. “With monthly meetings, there is no reason answers can’t be provided at the next meeting,” he said. Hart said the move was about eliminating disruptive features in Council meetings. Having a separate Public Forum Policy would create a lot

more flexibility for a future Council, he said. He said he believed the new moves would work going forward and were consistent with what most Councils were doing. “The revisions in the Code seek to balance Council’s resource availability with the need to support the conduct of meetings,” he said. “This change is one of the many ways that Council has streamlined operations for improved efficiencies and cost saving in order to deliver financial stability and good governance.

“The opportunity for the public to speak at Council meetings is an important part of the process and reflective of the meeting principles for inclusivity. “While the non-mandatory provisions for Public Forums was removed from the Code of Meeting Practice, they have instead been incorporated into a separate Public Forum Policy.” Further details on the amended Code of Meeting Practice and Public Forum Policy are available to view on Council’s website. Terry Collins

Must agree with Chamber on traffic lights I am rarely in agreement with the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, but I have to endorse the Chamber’s proposal for the installation of traffic lights at the Rawson/Railway Rds intersection, as a measure to improve safety at the Rawson Rd level crossing and to enhance vehicle movement through the intersection (“Community wants solutions for Rawson Rd level crossing”, PP 048). Stephanie Short can harp all she likes on the impractical Bulls Hill underpass but the costs can never be justified on traffic or safety grounds, so we have to consider what can

FORUM actually be achieved. The Chamber’s idea is a good one and will certainly meet the immediate need, while we grapple with the long-term problem of finding a real alternative to the Woy Woy Rd access to the Peninsula. That said, I have been harping for many years myself on the benefits of improving the Shoalhaven Dr underpass for better car access to the Peninsula. At first glance, there appear to be few obstacles to widening the underpass for two-way traffic, and the advantage of keeping the existing headroom

is that heavy vehicles will still have to use the level crossing and will, thus, be confined to main distributor roads, as they should be. It will still involve an improvement to the Woy Woy Rd/Shoalhaven Dr intersection, but we Woy Woy residents don’t need one of the Council’s gold-plated, multi-milliondollar roundabouts: we are simple souls and could probably manage just with right-hand and left-hand turning slots. It is difficult to understand why the Council sees this as such a problem. Email, Feb 27 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

Parents and carers encouraged to talk about youth mental health Local parents and carers have been encouraged to attend free workshops during March, hosted by national youth mental health foundation Headspace, to help them navigate the ups and downs of dealing with teen mental health. The next virtual session will be held on March 14 at noon. The workshops are reported to address local challenges, direct to local support services and provide parents and carers a space to talk. Headspace CEO Jason Trethowan said understanding

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Not sold on rate increases Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart is once again engaging in spin when he accuses the local media of “misinformation” for daring to report (quite accurately) that he has applied to IPART for another rate increase (Hart’s “Coast Connect” column, PP048). In fact, even IPART itself issued a press release on February 15 confirming that the Council has applied for “a large increase” in rates. Council’s latest application will slug ratepayers $200M more over the next 10 years than the current status quo position that was approved by IPART just last year. Mr Hart’s latest attempt at dissembling is part of an

FORUM ongoing propaganda campaign by a Council that has spent millions of dollars (ironically ratepayers’ money) in publicity, marketing, staff costs, and consultancies campaigning for rate hikes. It has pioneered a new form of opinion survey in which respondents are fed Council spin before being asked loaded questions. A clear majority still opposed increasing rates in the most recent surveys. Community groups have even been sent individuallyaddressed letters that could be perceived as threatening future funding if they do not write letters to IPART supporting another rate hike.

The ides of March

A self-interested Council bureaucracy, which benefited from a 33 per cent increase in employee costs (salaries, benefits and perks) between 2017 and 2020, is now telling the community the resulting deficits can only be reduced by rate hikes or service cuts. A better option would be for Mr Hart and his senior managers to work harder to fix a rotten culture, improve Council performance and reduce internal costs. They should also improve efficiency and productivity which is still lower than five years ago. It is vitally important that residents now have their say through IPART’s public consultation: IPART.nsw.gov.au Email, March 1 Kevin Brooks, Bensville

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March for Peace or Save the Trees, Beware the Ides if you please. Spring & Summer move along For March brings us her Autumn song. The leaves do fall, the trees do rest, Nature sighs, as she knows best. Let’s March away from Summer’s sun And rest into our Autumn. Email, Feb 25 Vivien Sale, Ettalong Beach

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Bullion St carpark more disposable than wetlands While it is encouraging that the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is joining the protest against the Administrator’s application to IPART for a rate increase (“Sell more assets instead” – Chamber says NO to 10year rate hike’, PP 047), there is a caveat that goes with this support. I have previously commented on the idea of selling off the Central Coast Water Authority, and this possibility should certainly be given first priority. However, the notion that there should be a wholesale disposal of land that is “not productive or useful” requires some thoughtful consideration. Much would depend on what land is considered productive and useful, and it might well be that there is disagreement with what the Chamber thinks of as “surplus”. One of the obvious assets that could be sold is the Bullion Street carpark, but, strangely, the Chamber is adamantly

FORUM opposed to this, for reasons too feeble to be treated seriously. Why the Chamber is so determined to prevent this property being placed on the market for redevelopment and improvement is hard to fathom. Obviously, its sale could make a significant contribution to paying off our debt and, at the same time, redevelopment would improve what is, at present, an eyesore in the Umina precinct. One can only suppose that the Chamber’s idea of surplus property would be wetlands that could be reclaimed for building or small plots in residential areas that are not being immediately used for children’s playgrounds and the like but are reserved for future use. The community at large might well have a contrary view on those spaces. It goes without saying that the Administrator’s application

should be vigorously opposed, and all support to prevent an adverse decision from IPART is to be welcomed. As I have said many times, the Administrator will be with us for (thankfully) a limited period of time, and it is not within his purview to commit a future Council to long-term imposts to which the community is almost universally opposed. Let him do his job of cleaning up the mess and, then, let him move on as soon as possible, so that we can get back to normal in the management of the city. The Administrator, for instance, should not be meddling in such matters as the Warnervale airport: if the elected Council’s decision is to be overridden, it should be by another elected Council, not a temporary bureaucrat who will disappear soon and can avoid any responsibility for his decisions. Email, Feb 20 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

The Esplanade is a ‘speedway’ The changes by the Council to the Esplanade at Umina Beach are dangerous. The police response is disgusting. The local driving community, not much better. The Council put in a 10km/hr zone, which is needed for residents to safely exit their driveways but in their extreme stupidity the Council took out the speed humps. The 10km/hr zone has now become a speedway with almost every car exceeding the speed limit by at least 20km/h. When contacted, the Council told me drivers would get used to it through driver education. When drivers are asked to slow down the drivers get aggressive and make threats. For instance, today I saw a neighbour of about 80 years old get abused for being on the share road and asking the driver to slow down – the driver got out to assault him! I too have been abused and threatened many times and once had a guy try to run me

Looking at the very poor “inherited” situation from the days of few vehicles, one solution seems obvious. The Government buys up the two houses at the “odd” corner to realign Railroad St and Rawson Rd to meet at a square intersection with traffic lights coordinated with the train track signals.

FORUM Secondly, forget the tunnels concept for access to narrow and dangerous Bulls Hill Rd as a way for Sydney commuters to the reach the M1. Instead, build a new connection road from ”tip road” near the Woy Woy Sewer Plant jumping the railroad tracks and connecting up with the Mt White or a new M1 Intersection to the north of it. Apparently there was a plan for that Mt White interchange when the M1 was built. With the increasing population

in the area, concerns for energy saving, and lifestyle improvements (twice daily; commuter traffic is backed up from Tascott to West Gosford on Brisbane Water Dr) an alternative to the Kariong M1 connection is needed for the Peninsula. The commuter time reduction (~1 hour a day per vehicle), lessened congestion on local roads (Kariong town and Brisbane Water Dr) and fuel savings alone make this a supportable option. Email, Feb 23 Tim Bard, Tascott

The endangered Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland previously covered the entire Peninsula. Only remnant parcels survive. On the site of the aged care development at Hillview St, Woy Woy, there was a wire fence erected on site to protect the EEC. The fence is now nonexistent; so much for protection of EEC communities. Is the term significant of any real value? The above denounces the claim that rezoning ‘would not

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See Page 2 for address and contribution conditions. Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper over on my bike – as the Council has left the education to the community. I contacted the police a few weeks ago and spoke to the Traffic Commander. He said he understood, “it was a problem, and driver education didn’t work in his experience with 20 years in the force – only tickets do”. But he did not do anything – so talking the talk but not walking the walk. In fact, he told me to contact the local member! I contacted the police again today, after the neighbour got abused and threatened and

was put through to the Highway Patrol section. I explained the situation and when I told the Highway Patrolman that it was a 10km/ hr road he laughed and said, “It IS a 10km/hr road”. Disgusting response. Anybody that doubts the need for a 10km/hr road here should try and exit my driveway. It’s a nightmare! The police again, did not indicate they will do anything! Many of the drivers from the local community would have their car impounded with the speed they do. Parents, dropping off their kids, safely, to the Umina school and the surf club for Nippers – then do 60km/h (or more) down the 10km/hr share road. I guess, trying to kill other people’s kids! I have contacted the Council and told them I will be the first in line for the Coroner’s inquiry. Email, Feb 17 Stuart Burnett, Umina Beach

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FORUM impact Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland’. The UCSW is at risk of extinction from rezoning and development. I would expect a consultant to be very familiar with the factors that consistently place the UCSW as a diminishing EEC. There are at least four basic problems consultants should be familiar with: (a) EEC is constantly being reduced; (b) is subject to damage during the construction stage; (c) responsibility for protection

and maintaining the EEC post development and post DA amendments, is unknown? Picking off and trading off will certainly impact struggling parcels of EEC. Why is further loss allowable to increase development? Is the term endangered a peace offering without any substance? The evidence indicates the term is worthless. Death from rezoning and DA approval is rife. Letter, Feb 17 Norm Harris, Umina

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Meditation meeting to celebrate IWD

The Sit, International Women’s Day 2021

This year for International Women’s Day (IWD), Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch is inviting women of all ages to take part in a community meditation ‘the Sit’ on March 8 at 6:30am at Ocean Beach Surf Club. The event will involve group meditation and reflections on breaking the bias, this year’s IWD theme, followed by coffee

and refreshments. Tesch said she aims to unite women in the community and provide connections to people and one’s self at the event. “I really encourage you all to try something new and come along to ‘the Sit’ so we can unite and celebrate women as well as discuss how we can break the bias,” Tesch said. “It is really important women in our community have an

outlet to reflect and invest time in themselves. “It is also so crucial women are able to come together and think about those who paved the way for us and how we can pave the way for the future. “Each of us, including men, have a responsibility to contribute to the progression of equality. “Whether it is deliberate or not, it is undeniable that

society’s bias against women makes it difficult for us to move ahead. “When you couple this with the intersectionality across women, whether it be women living with a disability, queer women, older women or women of colour, the bias only increases. “That’s why it is so important that we show solidarity and invest in a better future

for all women.” ‘The Sit’ meets every Saturday morning to meditate together to end the week peacefully and start the weekend with a clear mind and outlook. Tesch said the event could be the start of a new Saturday morning hobby. “This is the perfect opportunity to not only celebrate women, form new connections and

CWA lucky to have Gail The Country Women’s Association’s Woy Woy branch has celebrated one of their members, Gail, for her dedication to the community. Gail joined the local branch at the beginning of 2019 after her group home in Woy Woy applied for NDIS funding so that she could join and attend with her nurse, Marina. Branch president, Jane Bowtell, said Gail is “such an integral part of the branch. “From the very first day Gail came through the doors, she was welcomed with open arms and we have never looked back,” Bowtell said.

“Shy at first and a little overwhelmed by the amount of people and the constant chatter of craft and chat days, it did not take her long to warm to the branch and form friendships and bonds with other members. “Gail helps choose colours of the yarn her nurse knits into beanies for the birthing kits in NSW Ambulance. “When she attends monthly meetings, she listens carefully and will often speak out or call for quiet when the President dings the bell. The noise immediately ceases thanks to Gail. “She has baked for the cookery comp and her most

recent achievement was to place third in branch for her sweet mustard pickles. She beamed with happiness. “Members have happily attended her home to celebrate Christmas with her. Her family and staff at her care home always tell us that Gail has gained so much by joining the CWA and being part of the community. “Really, we think we are the lucky ones as she has brought a joyful innocence and her beautiful smile warms our hearts.” Source: Media release, Feb 27 CWA Woy Woy

CWA Woy Woy member Gail (Left)

discuss breaking the bias but it is also a great way to ease yourself into partaking in ‘the Sit’ every weekend, which is a group who participates and provides free guided meditation,” she said. Source: Media release, Feb 28 Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch

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Jump like a star for youth mental health PCYC Umina Beach is putting the call out for locals to help raise funds for mental health by star jumping every day in early April. Taking place every day of Youth Week 2022 (April 3-10), the PCYC StarJump Challenge is a charity fundraiser for their youth mental resilience program, GRIT (Growthmindset Resilience Intervention for Teenagers). In 2021, PCYC launched a fundraising initiative to raise money for GRIT with the fundraising efforts raising enough money to roll out the pilot program to young people in several locations across NSW.

PCYC Umina Beach Club manager, Emma Tanner, said a year of fundraising has allowed PCYC to raise enough money to pilot the 10-week GRIT program in six clubs. “This year we hope to raise enough money to run the program across all of our 66 clubs, and I would especially love to have the program run at PCYC Umina Beach,” Tanner said. “Young people in our area need mental resilience skills to take with them through life. “The program introduces them to the skills they need to cultivate emotional intelligence and resilience. “Experienced PCYC GRIT facilitators guide teens in a

safe and inclusive environment through fun physical exercises, creative arts and experimental learning activities. “We ask that everyone supports our club team so that you can help us give young people the tools they need to face their future with strength and positivity.” PCYC NSW said it now wants to spread the program further and develop an app to accompany the course. For more information or to donate to the challenge, visit: pcycstarjumpchallenge.org. au/fundraisers/pcyc-uminabeach Maisy Rae Photo: PCYC

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A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF EVENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON THE CENTRAL COAST FRIDAY, MAR 4

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International Women’s Day Breakfast, Soroptimist International Brisbane Water / The Breaker’s Country Club’, Dover Road Wamberal, ticketed, 8:45am International Womens Day Ocean Beach Meditation, the Sit / Ocean Beach Surf Club Umina, Free all welcome, 6:30am - 7:30am

International Women’s Day TUESDAY, MAR 8 Expo and Artisan Market, CCIWDCC + Tuggerah International Women’s Day Lakes Art Society / The Celebration Breakfast, Entrance Community Community & Business Centre, 10am - 4pm Women’s Network (CBWN) jillgodwin16@gmail.com / Mercure Kooindah Waters, ticketed, 7am Troubadour Folkclub presents:

Terrigal Antique cumber, & Vintage Fair, RSVP required, 10:30am Lions Community Hall 4363 1699 International Women’s Day 8 Russell Drysdale Street travellershutselections.com.au Celebration Luncheon, East Gosford, Community & Business TUESDAY, MAR 15 12/3 - 8am - 4pm, Women’s Network (CBWN) 13/3 - 9am - 3pm Community Seminar: Wills, / Pullman Magenta Shores, Ph 0414 614 659 Enduring Guardianship ticketed, 12pm terrigalantiquevintagefair@gmail. info@cbwn.org.au and Powers of Attorney, com www.cbwn.org.au Our Lady of the Rosary Opera in the Arboretum 2022, Catholic Parish, WEDNESDAY, MAR 9 Crommelin Native Arboretum, 11am - 12:30pm ticketed, 3pm register at DOUBLE HEADER: Game 1 CCM v Melbourne 02 8379 1664 Naughty Noodle: Victory (Mens), Game 2 www.bbcatholic.org.au/willsday Rayon riot – the fempire, david.armstrong@bbcatholic. Wellington Phoenix 5 Broken Bay Rd Ettalong v Newcastle Jets (Mens), org.au Beach, ticketed, 6:30pm Central Coast Stadium, https://naughtynoodle.com.au/ The Travellers Hut: Holiticketed, 5pm whats-on/rayon-riot-fempire/ day talks and Q&A - The FRIDAY, MAR 11 official release of our SUNDAY, MAR 13 exclusive AGM and General Meeting of Cities - Voyages - Temples the Australian Plants Society All About Women-Satellite Vietnam and Cambodia Program Streamed from Central Coast group, journey, Phillip House Kariong, Sydney Opera House, 4a 39 Avoca Drive Kinentry fee, AGM: 7pm, Elderslee Foundation / The cumber, GM: 7:30pm Red Tree Theatre Tuggerah, RSVP required, 3pm 4363 1699 SATURDAY, MAR 12 MONDAY, MAR 14 info@cbwn.org.au www.cbwn.org.au

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WEDNESDAY, MAR 23

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The Travellers Hut: Holiday talks and Q&A Viking Ocean Cruises, 4a 39 Avoca Drive Kin- Naughty Noodle: Briefs Factory International In Dirty Laundry, cumber, 5 Broken Bay Rd Ettalong RSVP required, 10:30am Beach, ticketed, 6:30am 4363 1699 travellershutselections.com.au

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Coastal Twist gang gets ready for Sydney Mardi Gras

Rehearsals for Coastal Twist Festival’s participation in last year’s Mardi Gras

It’s all feathers, glue guns and dance music for the Coastal Twist festival team as they prepare to appear in the Sydney Mardi Gras parade this weekend at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The team hosted their final workshop in Gosford on February 26 with a full dress and dance rehearsal to mark their third Mardi Gras appearance. Festival Director, Glitta Supernova, said local participants and volunteers

have banded together to make this year’s parade a special one, from concept through to costumes and prop making. “It’s that special time of year where different aspects, ages, abilities and politics from our diverse Queer Coastie communities come together to make some magic, spectacle and new connections happen,” Supernova said. “After two years of the Coastal Twist Festival cancellation, especially in a time of massive global division and isolation, it’s vital to our sense of

Preparations this year

community and mental health to be able to participate and celebrate again, it has all the feel-good meds for mending.” Locals aged from seven to 68, from all walks of life have signed up to appear on the float in a bid to “celebrate diversity, self-expression and the freedom to be yourself.” Coastal Twist was named a finalist for best float design at last year’s parade which was a burst of colour with deep-sea creatures at the forefront. However, things are expected to be quite different this year.

“We will be doing it very differently by colour blocking in white this year. Simple and big impact,” Float Design lead, Shane Milsom, said. “Inspired by love, we are going with a Cupid theme whose wounds inspired love and passion, aiming to wrap all of us in a huge white cloud.” Supernova said the Coastal Twist Festival’s October theme of ‘inclusion means you’ is the perfect match for this year’s Mardi Gras theme of ‘united we shine’. “[It] signifies that when we

band together, we shine brighter,” Supernova said. “It is a rallying call to stand up against hate, division and inequality, reminding us that when we rise as a human being, our message of love and inclusion is heard louder. “You need only look around at where the Coast is today compared to three years ago: it’s the majority of the Coastie community who has turned negative long held perceptions of the region upside down and in record time, simultaneously creating the beginnings of safe

spaces, of community and businesses being able to shine and open up, support, activate and educate. “It’s the overwhelming support from allies, parents, local businesses and the bravery of our community people power doesn’t get any better.” The Mardi Gras parade begins at 6pm and will be broadcasted on the ABC. Maisy Rae

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News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Australian Story [s] Nigella At My Table [s] Silver Spitfire - The Longest Flight (M l) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] Shetland (PG) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City (PG) [s] Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] Sammy J (PG) [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 (PG) [s] Foreign Correspondent (M) [s] Q+A (M) [s] Rosie Batty’s One Plus One: Amani Haydar [s] News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Q+A (M) [s] George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip (PG) [s] Les Miserables (M) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City (PG) [s] Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] Gardening Australia [s] Van der Valk (M) [s] Mum: Wednesday (M l) [s] ABC Late News [s] Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (MA15+) [s] Starstruck (M l) [s] QI (PG) [s] rage (MA15+) [s] rage (PG) [s] Weekend Breakfast [s] rage (PG) [s] Courtney Act’s One Plus (PG) [s] rage Guest Programmer (PG) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Van der Valk (M) [s] Employable Me Australia (PG) [s] Outback Ringer (PG) [s] George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces [s] Landline [s] Basketball: WNBL: Round 13: Adelaide Lightning v Sydney Flames *Live* From Titanium Security Arena [s] ABC News [s] Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras 2022 [s] Troppo (M l) [s] Father Brown (M v) [s] rage Mardi Gras Special (MA15+) [s]

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

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

TEN (C13)

NINE (C81/80)

5:30 Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] 9:00 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 Movie: “Murder By Numbers” 12:00 (M l,s,v) (’02) Stars: Sandra 1:30 Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan 2:00 Gosling, Michael Pitt, Agnes 3:00 Bruckner, Chris Penn 4:00 5:00 Harbour Cops (PG) [s] – 6:00 Police Community Support 7:00 Officer Steph help reunite a five-year-old boy with his mum, 7:30 while no-nonsense Sergeant Hamish is called in to find cash 8:30 stolen from a pensioner on the 9:30 ferry from Ireland. The Chase UK (PG) [s] 10:30 11:00 Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 11:45 Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] 12:40 Program To Be Advised Program To Be Advised 1:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 4:00 Program To Be Advised 4:30 Home Shopping 5:30 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Pregnant At 17” (M s,v) (’12) Stars: Josie Bissett, Zoé De Grand Maison, 1:45 Roark Critchlow, Rogan 2:00 Christopher, Corina Bizim 3:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 4:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 7:00 Seven News [s] 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) [s] 8:40 Movie: “Dunkirk” (PG) (’17) – Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. 11:05 Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnar 12:50 Program To Be Advised 1:20 Scandal: The Noise (M v) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show 12:00 Weekend (PG) [s] Seven’s Horse Racing *Live* 12:30 1:00 Seven News At 5 [s] Border Security - Australia’s 1:30 Front Line (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Border Security - Australia’s 3:20 Front Line (PG) [s] Movie: “Indiana Jones And The 4:30 Temple Of Doom” (M v) (’84) – 5:00 In 1935, Indiana Jones arrives 5:30 6:00 in India, still part of the British Empire, and is asked to find a 7:00 7:30 mystical stone. He then 8:30 stumbles upon a secret cult committing enslavement and human sacrifices in the 10:30 catacombs of an ancient palace. Stars: Harrison Ford 12:45 Movie: “The Fugitive” (PG) 1:35 (’93) Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward 2:00 Home Shopping 5:30

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Driving Test (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] RBT: Negative Mrs/ Almond Shotgun (PG) [s] Australia Behind Bars (MA15+) [s] A+E After Dark (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] New Amsterdam: This Is All I Need (M) [s] The Horn: The Mountain (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs A Current Affair (PG) [s] Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “Love Is A Piece Of Cake” (PG) (’20) Stars: Lindsey Gort, Greyston Holt Explore [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] David Attenborough’s Green Planet: Human Worlds [s] Movie: “Jason Bourne” (M v) (’16) – The CIA’s most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past. Stars: Matt Damon Movie: “Survivor” (M l,v) (’15) Stars: Paddy Wallace The Xtreme CollXtion (PG) [s] Explore [s] Home Shopping Easy Eats [s] Weekend Today [s] Today Extra Saturday [s] Destination WA [s] Drive TV [s] The Pet Rescuers (PG) [s] Movie: “The Dust Factory” (PG) (’04) Stars: Hayden Panettiere David Attenborough’s Green Planet: Human Worlds [s] The Garden Gurus [s] NINE News: First At Five [s] Getaway [s] NINE News Saturday [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Space Invaders (PG) [s] Movie: “Sully: Miracle On The Hudson” (M l) (’16) Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart Movie: “Spy Game” (M l,v) (’01) Stars: Robert Redford Tipping Point (PG) [s] Destination WA [s] Home Shopping Wesley Impact (PG) [s]

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

6:00 The Talk (PG) [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 First Dates Australia (M) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Left Off The Map [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 First Dates Australia (M) [s] 8:30 Celebrity Gogglebox Australia (M) [s] 9:30 Program To Be Advised 10:40 Blue Bloods: Allegiance (M) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 6:00 The Talk (PG) [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 My Market Kitchen [s] 1:30 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Left Off The Map [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Program To Be Advised 8:40 The Graham Norton Show (M) [s] 9:40 Just For Laughs Australia (MA15+) [s] 10:10 Ross Noble: Brain Dump (MA15+) [s] 11:10 The Project (PG) [s] 6:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 6:30 Religious Programs [s] 7:00 Escape Fishing With ET [s] 7:30 Left Off The Map [s] 8:00 My Market Kitchen [s] 8:30 Pooches At Play [s] 9:00 Freshly Picked [s] 9:30 Studio 10: Saturday [s] 12:00 4X4 Adventures [s] 1:00 Left Off The Map [s] 1:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 2:00 My Market Kitchen [s] 2:30 Destination Dessert [s] 3:00 What’s Up Down Under [s] 3:30 Farm To Fork [s] 4:00 Taste Of Australia [s] 4:30 Roads Less Travelled [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 7:00 Football: Isuzu Ute A-League Men: Round 17: Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC *Live* [s] 10:00 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 11:00 Ambulance UK (PG) [s] 12:00 Home Shopping

SBS (C30)

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

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

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France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour The Royals And The Tabloids: Royals V (PG) Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) World’s Most Luxurious Hotels The World’s Greatest Palaces (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Scenic Coastal Walks With Kate Humble: Yorkshire York The Royals - Keeping The Crown: The Cousins War (M) Britain’s Most Expensive Houses (PG) SBS World News Gomorrah (MA15+) (In Italian) Partisan (M l) (In Swedish/ English) France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Australia Says Yes (M l) NITV News: Nula Going Places With Ernie Dingo The World’s Greatest Palaces (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News The Lakes With Simon Reeve (PG) Scotland - In Search Of Sir Walter Scott (PG) The Pyramids - Solving The Mystery: Saqqara, The First Pyramid SBS World News 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games (M) (In French) France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour QE2: The World’s Most Luxurious Hotel (PG) New Breed: The Rise Of The Social Entrepreneur KGB: The Sword And The Shield (PG) (In English/ Russian/ Ukrainian/ German) The Tuskagee Airmen: Legacy Of Courage (PG) SBS World News Letters And Numbers Exploring Northern Ireland World’s Greatest Bridges: Golden Gate Bridge (PG) 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) Movie: “The Young Victoria” (PG) (’09) Stars: Emily Blunt Movie: “The Girl Who Played With Fire” (MA15+) (’09) Stars: Daniel Craig (In Swedish) Trump’s American Carnage

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

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Monday 7 March

Sunday 6 March

ABC (C20/21)

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Wednesday 9 March

Tuesday 8 March

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

PRIME (C61/60)

6:00 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 10:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 Motor Sport: Repco Supercars 12:00 Championship 2022: Day 2: Supports/ Preview *Live* From 1:50 Sydney Motorsport Park [s] 3:00 Motor Sport: Repco Supercars Championship 2022: Day 2: 3:40 Pre-Race/ Race *Live* From Sydney Motorsport Park [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:00 5:30 Sydney Weekender [s] 5:30 6:00 Seven News [s] 6:00 7:00 Dancing With The Stars 7:00 (PG) [s] 8:40 8:45 Crime Investigation 9:40 Australia: Almost A Perfect 10:10 Murder - Bill And Pamela Weightman (MA15+) [s] 10:15 Born To Kill?: David Berkowitz 11:10 ‘Son Of Sam’ (MA15+) [s] 12:00 11:15 Death Row: Countdown To Execution (MA15+) [s] 12:50 12:30 Home Shopping

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Landline [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Miriam’s Deathly Adventure (M l,s) [s] Unforgotten (M l) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City (PG) [s] Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Australian Story [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] China Tonight [s] ABC News Video Lab [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Q+A (PG) [s] Unforgotten (M l) [s]

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News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Foreign Correspondent [s] Rosie Batty’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Grand Designs New Zealand (PG) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Miriam’s Deathly Adventure (M l,s) [s] Unforgotten (M l,v) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City [s] Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Outback Ringer (PG) [s] The Exhibitionists (M) [s] I’m Wanita (M l,v) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch [s] News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Four Corners [s] And We Danced (PG) [s] ABC News At Noon [s] National Press Club Address Media Watch (PG) [s] Unforgotten (M, l) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Escape From The City [s] Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (PG) [s] Hard Quiz (PG) [s] The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7.30 [s] Hard Quiz [s] Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] Starstruck: Funeral (M l) [s] QI: Sensational (M s) [s] Adam Hills: The Last Leg (M) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Killing Eve (M v) [s]

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

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Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “My Daughter Is Missing” (AKA ‘The Disappeared’) (M v) (’17) Stars: Miranda Raison, Emmett J Scanlan, Sophie Robertson, Jovana Stojiljkovic, Al Burke What The Killer Did Next: Geoff Seggie (M v) [s] – Geoff Seggie was reported missing by his youngest son and ex-wife. The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] SAS Australia: Aggression (M l) [s] The Amazing Race (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] The Resident: No Good Deed (M) [s] Home Shopping Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “The Wrong Student” (M v) (’17) Stars: Evanne Friedmann, Kennedy Tucker, Jason-Shane Scott Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous S2: The Girls Who Knew Too Much - Sallie-Anne Huckstepp And Juanita Nielson (M v) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] SAS Australia: Fear (M) [s] The Rookie: A.C.H. (PG) [s] The Rookie: Poetic Justice (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Movie: “The Enforcer” (M l,n,s,v) (’76) Stars: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly Home Shopping

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10:00 10:30 11:20 12:10 1:00 1:30 4:00 5:30 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:30 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:25 12:10 1:05 1:30 4:00 4:30

Sunrise [s] 5:30 The Morning Show [s] 9:00 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 Movie: “Mommy’s Little Angel” 12:00 (M) (’18) Stars: Amanda 1:30 Clayton, Morgan Neundorf, 2:00 Peter Michael Dillon, Chris 3:00 Gallinger, Rennie Wilkinson 4:00 Autopsy USA: Bruce Lee 5:00 (M) [s] 6:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 7:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 7:30 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 9:00 Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Police Strike Force (M) [s] The Front Bar: All Sports (M) [s] – Join Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher as they share a laugh about the world of sport and catch up with stars 10:00 of yesteryear and today. 10:30 Ambulance - Code Red (M) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] 11:40 Program To Be Advised Home Shopping 12:30

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

TEN (C13)

NINE (C81/80)

rage (PG) [s] Weekend Breakfast [s] Insiders [s] Offsiders [s] The World This Week [s] Compass [s] Songs Of Praise [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Landline [s] Gardening Australia [s] Australia Remastered [s] Love On The Spectrum (PG) [s] Back In Time For Dinner [s] Nigella At My Table [s] Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News Sunday [s] Grand Designs New Zealand: Feng Shui Palace (PG) [s] Troppo (M l) [s] Killing Eve (M v) [s] Patrick Melrose (M l) [s] Harrow: Aegri Somnia (M v) [s] Mum: Wednesday (M l) [s] Unforgotten (M l) [s] rage (MA15+) [s]

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Easy Eats [s] 6:00 Weekend Today [s] 8:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 8:30 Women’s Footy (PG) [s] 9:00 NRL: Women’s Premiership: 9:30 Knights v Broncos *Live* From 12:00 WIN Stadium, Wollongong [s] NRL: Women’s Premiership: 12:30 Roosters v Titans *Live* From 1:40 WIN Stadium, Wollongong [s] 2:00 2:30 NRL: Women’s Premiership: 3:00 Dragons v Eels *Live* From WIN Stadium, Wollongong [s] 3:30 NINE News: First At Five [s] 4:00 RBT: Close Shave (PG) [s] 4:30 NINE News Sunday [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] 5:00 60 Minutes (PG) [s] NINE News Late [s] 6:30 Australian Crime Stories: The 7:30 Chinese Takeaway (M v) [s] 9:00 The First 48: Bloody Valentine/ Storm Warning (M) [s] 10:00 Shallow Grave: The Puzzle 11:00 (M) [s] 12:00 Explore [s] 4:30

Religious Programs [s] Good Chef Bad Chef [s] What’s Up Down Under [s] Left Off The Map [s] Studio 10: Sunday (PG) [s] Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Waltzing Jimoin (PG) [s] Australia By Design [s] Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey [s] Roads Less Travelled [s] Farm To Fork [s] Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] 10 News First [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Australian Survivor (PG) [s] FBI: Pride And Prejudice (M v) [s] FBI: Hard Decisions (M v) [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Home Shopping CBS Mornings [s]

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Explore [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] La Brea: The Fort (M) [s] – With time running out before their window home closes, the survivors hatch a final escape attempt. NINE News Late [s] Botched: Zombie Breasts (M) [s] Bluff City Law: Fire In A Crowded Theatre (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Hello SA (PG) [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Freshly Picked [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 8:45 Would I Lie To You? Australia (M) [s] 9:55 FBI: Most Wanted: Invisible (M) [s] 10:55 FBI: Most Wanted: Prophet (M) [s] 11:55 The Project (PG) [s] 12:55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Getaway (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] The Hundred With Andy Lee (PG) [s] NINE News Late [s] True Story With Hamish & Andy: Phil (PG) [s] Mr Mayor: Brentwood Trash (PG) [s] The Village: I Have Got You (M s) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] Delish [s] Home Shopping Religious Programs A Current Affair (PG) [s]

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 2:15 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Freshly Picked [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Dog House Australia (PG) [s] 8:30 NCIS: First Steps (M v) [s] 9:30 NCIS: Los Angeles: Where Loyalties Lie (M v) [s] 10:30 NCIS: No Vacancy (M v) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

Today [s] Today Extra [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] My Way (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Married At First Sight (M) [s] Under Investigation: Nuclear Reaction (PG) [s] – Investigates Australia’s delicate dance with nuclear energy, which many experts say is our only way of surviving past fossil-fuels into a carbon-free future. NINE News Late [s] Forensics: The Real CSI: Murder (M) [s] Grand Hotel: Love Thy Neighbour (M l,s,v) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s]

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Freshly Picked [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 8:30 Bull: The Hard Right (PG) [s] 9:30 Bull: The Invisible Woman (PG) [s] 10:30 This Is Us: Four Fathers (PG) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

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

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

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Empire Bay researcher uncovers fascinating WWI hero An Empire Bay researcher has uncovered a fascinating story about a local World War One commando whose bravery in the Flanders Fields helped save the lives of his men. Trish Skehan, who is a researcher with the City of Canada Bay Heritage Society, said she was working on a different story when she came across the story of the Snow Ghost - Lieutenant Dalton Neville. Skehan said the last local WWI veteran, James (Jim) Armitage, who died at Brentwood Village in 1999, wrote in a diary which is the subject of one of her manuscripts currently with publishers. She said that during her research, she discovered Armitage wrote about the Snow Ghosts - a group of commandos who passed him late one night on their way to raid a German forward post. “Jim mentioned in his diary about a group of commandos passing him in the night,” Skehan said. “No name, just a comment, so it was hard to track who the group were. “Months of research proved fruitless, until on another theme, I researched ghosts, and there was the reference to Ghosts of the Western Snows, all about Dalton Neville and his band of 20 commandos, who

had free reign as a unit. “In camouflage gear, they attacked the forward enemy outposts, bringing back prisoners and paperwork, leaving a chilling nothingness behind, no trace that they had ever been there. “So feared was he, the enemy thought it was one man, one ghost – that a price of 10,000 marks was offered for his capture. “Their equipment was deliberately rusted, so that no gleam would give their positions away,” Skehan said. “Dalton was proud of the fact that he never lost a man in all their raids. “Trained in stealth warfare, the Snow Ghosts had remarkable adventures in the midst of the chaos that was war in Flanders.” Dalton reportedly suffered several significant injuries during his four years in Flanders, including a badly fractured leg, which was shattered in three places by a grenade. According to reports, Neville crawled alone for seven hours before receiving help back at battalion headquarters; later he was awarded many citations for his bravery. During her research, Skehan said she discovered the Snow Ghost was living in Wamberal in his later years. Although married three times, he sadly ended his pain by a self-inflicted wound, and was

buried in the Anglican section of Wamberal Cemetery in 1969. She said his story is told via factual newspaper reports from Trove, the National Library archives. Skehan, who has been a researcher since 1999, said she loves her job. “I love doing the research, as I never know what stories I will discover,” she said. “There are many fruitless hours, days, weeks of not finding much of interest, then gems appear, stories find me or I meet someone unexpectedly who puts me on the right track, or has a twist to their story. “Through Rotary, I also ghost wrote the book, Lest I Forget, for the 93rd Squadron Green Ghosts, a Beaufighter bomber squadron. “During interviews with the surviving members, I heard so many great stories, but one wife commented, ‘He never told me these things; I’ve never heard them before,’ and ‘I haven’t heard him sound so alive in years’. “Often the men did not want to burden their families with harrowing tales.” The Fields of Flanders: The Poppies speak manuscript is currently with Skehan’s publishers and does not yet have a release date, but copies will be released through mainstream publishing outlets. Maisy Rae

Local researcher Trish Skehan Inset: Dalton Neville

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Let’s Try Bonsai horticulture as a technical application to produce the product, which is the bonsai tree. Going into it, (at 12 years of age), I just thought it looked cool. I guess my mind was focused on the design aspect, not knowing that I needed the technical ability to keep that plant alive. This is the problem most beginners face.” Once simple horticultural information about bonsai is obtained and followed it really is not a hard activity at all.

How to Start a Bonsai CHERALYN DARCEY

Once the preserve of the retired and lifelong dedicated masters, Bonsai is enjoying a surge in interest and popularity as more people from all walks of life and ages are taking up this fascinating artistic pursuit. The weekend of the 5th and 6th March sees the long awaited ‘Bonsai Open’ held at the Mingara Recreation Club with over 100 trees on display, about 500 items available for purchase and three of Australia’s leading Bonsai experts Huge Grant, Jarryd Bailey and Andrew Edge demonstrating. It promises to an event not to missed if you are at all interested in the art of crafting miniature trees. I spoke with Steve Reeve, President of the Central Coast Club which began in the mid 1970s and has currently over 100 active members about the history of Bonsai. “Bonsai is a Japanese word, but the art actually started in China around 1,500 years ago. Not long after that it emerged in Japan and then eventually made its way to the West with the GIs after the Second World War.” On the practice of Bonsai Steve added, “People often say that Bonsai is a cruel art, that it tortures trees, but you can see still living azalea trees in China that are over 1,200 years old and I can guarantee an azalea living in a suburban garden is not going to live over 1,000 years. Bonsai increases the longevity of trees and it’s certainly not cruel.” Steve also noted the sense of satisfaction one gets from learning to promote this longevity while enjoying the ability to put your own creative twist to the creation of a Bonsai. Perhaps in these polarising times, these are reasons why this living art form is rising again popularity. Bonsai asks us to slow down, to focus on growth, care, and design. It is an extremely mindful horticultural experience as a grower as well as viewer. Bonsai Open demonstrator and judge, Australian Bonsai expert Hugh Grant commenced his bonsai journey at the Central Coast Bonsai Club when he was about 12 years old. His many years of bonsai study and experience are complemented by his Fine Arts degree, and he is now a fulltime bonsai practitioner, owning ‘Tree Makers’, located in the upper Blue Mountains of NSW. Whilst his business offers a large range of material, Hugh has a passion and preference for specialising in Australian Native trees and plants. He attributes his skill development to being a part of the bonsai community, constantly attending meetings, lectures and demonstrations and just generally hanging out with other bonsai enthusiasts. “For the most part, Bonsai centres around design and architecture as a practice, using

After chatting with Steve and Huge my advice for beginners is to get to a nearby Bonsai club and immerse yourself or at least read a reliable book. It’s not a hard technique but it does require dedication and patience. Like your larger gardening endeavours, you need to consider the fact that every plant and situation does vary. Here is a simple rundown on the basics. 1. Firstly, choose a tree you feel some affinity with. Have a look at the way this tree may look as a Bonsai as well to help with this decision. Starting from seed may mean a longer journey with your Bonsai so perhaps a seedling may be more to your liking. There is also the option to start with a young Bonsai and these are easy to obtain. 2. Find a suitable pot and choose a style that you will create. Again, there are so many resources out there to help in your selection and most enthusiasts believe that the pot forms part of the art of bonsai so chose with that in mind. Bonsai pots have additional holes to enable the root ball to be wired to the pot for stability. 3. Premixed general bonsai soils are available, and you can make your own but for the best results, you should be creating or obtaining a mix that suits your actual tree type. 4. Roots are perhaps pruned at this point and depending on the size and maturity of your seedling or immature bonsai you most likely will need to need it to wire it to your pot. 5. Looking at your style and depending on the season, you may wire branches to begin shaping your bonsai. 6. Water the tree and place it in a suitable location for its type. 7. Look after it! Bonsai need constant care, they are not ‘set and forget’ houseplants at all, in fact they are not really suited to indoor living. While some will cope, you need to remember they are trees, and so like most trees, they

need direct sunlight and an outdoors aspect to thrive.

montanebonsai.com Bonsai images in this article: Tree Makers Bonsai Co. treemakers.com.au

Central Coast Bonsai Club Monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month (except January) from 7.30pm until 9.30pm in the Tasman Function Room at Mingara Recreation Club. These meetings typically involve a guest speaker/demonstrator describing a different aspect of bonsai. Community members are welcome to come and enjoy your first meetings without needing to be a member. We welcome people at all skill levels – be they absolute beginners through to advanced -and welcome all ages. We run 6 weeks bonsai courses at Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels. We also run full day guest Demonstration and Workshop days on weekends. centralcoastbonsai.com.au Bonsai Resources centralcoastbonsai.com.au edgebonsaistudio.com.au

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

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HAVE YOU GOT A GARDEN OR GARDENING TOPIC TO SHARE? Down in the Garden is looking for Central Coast gardeners who would like to share their garden with us. We are particularly looking for: Seed Saving, Evergreens, Tulips, Spring Bulbs, Water Feature Gardens, School/Children Gardeners, Commercial Kitchen Gardens, Medicinal Plant Gardeners, and Community Gardens but all gardens and gardeners are welcome contact: gardeningcentralcoast@ gmail.com Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 - 10am live every Saturday on CoastFM963. She is also co-host of @MostlyAboutPlants a weekly botanical history & gardening podcast with Victoria White. Send your gardening questions, events, and news to: gardeningcentralcoast@ gmail.com

GARDENING BOOK REVIEW The Ultimate Bonsai Handbook, The Complete Guide for Beginners By Yukio Hirose Berkeley Books, 2020, ISBN: 9784805315026, 256 pages

I searched high and low for a foundation book on Bonsai that I felt confident in recommending, especially to those wanting to begin and this one made the top of the list. There are over 1,000 photos to inspire and inform with in-depth exploration of the many types of bonsai as well as tutorials focusing on their care. Great advice on selecting and displaying bonsai as well.

Other topics include basic tree shapes and how to display them, tools, soils, and containers; transplanting, root trimming,

watering, and fertilising along with propagation, pruning, wiring and support. The author, Yukio Hirose fell in love with Bonsai at the Osaka World Expo in 1970 and has been devoted to growing, selling, and teaching about bonsai ever since. He is the owner of Yamatoen Bonsai Garden in Kanagawa prefecture and is one of Japan’s leading Shohin bonsai artists. An active instructor, Hirose offers workshops throughout Japan. He is an award-winning organizer of bonsai exhibitions and has served as the chair of the All-Japan Shohin Bonsai Association. This book is perfect for the absolute beginner but I’m sure that with its comprehensive nature, it would be a handy reference for the more experienced.

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Business & Property Peninsula Villages development wins state award

Pozieres House

Peninsula Villages’ 114bed ageing in place development, Pozieres House, has won a 2021 Master Builders Association Excellence in Construction Award at the Master Builders Association of NSW (MBA) Awards on February 19. The Grindley Construction development, which opened in late 2020, won the Aged Care

Buildings up to $35M category. The MBA Award is recognised throughout the industry as the hallmark annual event for the commercial, industrial and civil engineering sectors. The $30M Pozieres House development includes specialist aged, palliative and dementia care units all housed within separate households to ensure continuity of care between staff and residents.

Retired CEO of Peninsula Villages, Shane Neaves, led the project in 2019-2021 and said the organisation was “extremely proud to have partnered with Grindley Construction. “The design of Pozieres House took into consideration how we can meet the consumer directed care standards more effectively now, and into the future, as well as showcases the beautiful area and

surrounds of its location,” Neaves said. “I was delighted to attend the MBA awards ceremony last week joining the Grindley team as well as Claudia Rosznercki from RZK Group and Nick Winberg from Centurion Group. “The success of this project was certainly assisted by the truly collaborative and supportive team that were involved.

“Pozieres House was born from a fantastic vision from our Board of Directors and was made possible by our planners, hard work from our builders, and, very importantly, support from the local community. “It is always rewarding to have hard work recognised and this award is exciting not only for the project team and Peninsula Villages, but for our local community to celebrate having an award-winning

project right in their neighbourhood.” The development, designed by RZK Group, includes an onsite beauty salon, café, theatre lounge room, activity space, physio and wellness centre, as well as consulting rooms for easy access to GPs and allied health professionals. Source: Media release, Feb 28 Brilliant Logic

Top award for Greater Bank Central Coast-based Greater Bank has been named as Australia’s leading home lender by financial comparison site, Mozo. The site announced the winners of its 2022 Experts Choice Awards for Home Loans recently, with Greater Bank taking the category’s highest honour – the Home Lender Bank of the Year Award. The customer-owned bank received the title after winning the most Home Loan product awards. Greater Bank’s Discount Great Rate Home Loan/ Discount Ultimate Home Loan Product took out two awards for Split Home Loan, while its Discount Ultimate Home Loan (Package) Product received the Fix Rate Home Loan and Investor Fixed Home Loan awards. The Mozo Experts Choice Home Loan Awards are

Staff members Lesley Thomas, Kath Rathbone, Joanne Malin and Darryl Long at the Woy Woy branch

determined through an independent analysis conducted by experts from Mozo, who assessed 441 home loans from 89 lenders to locate the best value home loans in the market across a range of categories. Greater Bank Group

Executive, Sales, Marketing and Distribution, Craig Newham, said the award is wonderful recognition, not only for the quality of products offered, but also the people working behind the scenes to deliver customers a quality offering.

“A hot housing marketing, record-low interest rates, along with our quality home loan product offering, were the foundations for what was a very successful 2021 calendar year for lending at Greater Bank,” Newham said. “As a customer-owned bank

that reinvests its profit into the business, we were well positioned to offer customers the lowest one-and-two-year fixed rates ever seen in Australia. “It’s not just interest rates though that determine the value of our lending products.

“Customers can gain a greater advantage with Greater Bank through our extensive range of benefits, including lower fees, quality features such as free online redraws and flexible payment options. “This award is also great recognition for our people who work tirelessly every day to deliver our customers with the outstanding products and services that they come to expect from a leading customer-owned bank.” Greater Bank has been part of the Central Coast region since 1968 and now has branches at Erina, Lake Haven, The Entrance, Toukley, Tuggerah and Woy Woy. Across its operational area of NSW and South-East Queensland, Greater Bank currently serves more than 274,000 customers. Source: Media release, Feb 10 Greater Bank

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“The great resignation” is one of those phrases that has been so over-used recently that even writing it makes me cringe a little as it creeps toward cliché. But it does effectively describe the interesting trend of people using the return to the office as a Rubicon moment to assess whether a job that pays less money, but is more convenient, more flexible or more valuesaligned, might, in fact, be better for them. We’ve enjoyed working in our pyjamas, ditching the morning commute and spending more time with the people and things we love. But now, the very habits and status quo instincts that kept us in a job pre-Covid are the ones that are encouraging us to find new work that accommodates the working-from-home life we’ve become accustomed to. But before you make a

dramatic Zoom exit or spend hours penning your LinkedIn resignation post, there are some things to keep in mind standing on the banks of your Rubicon. These are important, because sacrificing salary for convenience might be you sacrificing future prosperity for immediate pleasure. I’m a big fan of people re-evaluating their career choice (I have had a number of dramatic changes in my life that have turned out quite favourably), but these four guiding concepts will help you better navigate these big decisions in a way that keeps you in control of your journey. 1. Are you running away from something, or towards an opportunity? The way you finish one story will influence the narrative of your next chapter – this is true of anything in life. If you have a traumatic end to an experience or relationship, the shadow of

that trauma follows and influences you. If you are running away from something out of fear, sadness or anger, then these emotions will act as a psychological poison in your new opportunities. Do everything you can to leave in a way that is positive and caring for the people you are with. At a fundamental level, ensure you are making proactive steps

towards a better version of you in the future, rather than simply blowing up your current career out of frustration or indifference. Of course, some people who find themselves in extremely abusive or traumatic situations need to extricate themselves in order to heal and rebuild their sense of identity, but we are not talking about those types of cases here. 2. Are you viewing this career

financial plan that isn’t influenced by the heady excitement and good feelings you often get when thinking about removing a stressor from your life. 3. Are you hoping that turning a hobby into a career will make your life meaningful? The truth is that most people find meaning through work, through the things that challenge, stretch and even stress them out a little. Sometimes when people think they need a career change, all they need to do is find new challenges within their current sphere and allow the new experiences to unveil what feeds their soul. It’s through work, challenge and struggle that you find meaning – that is work’s change as a transition or a greatest gift to us. single moment in time? 4. Are you making a decision People often underestimate out of fear? how long it can take to change The final thing to consider is careers, which can require years to make sure it’s not the fear of of education, re-skilling, change or reluctance to break networking and reputation habitual behaviours that is building. You can start many of driving your decision making. these things a long time before A lot of people have become you cut the financial support of very comfortable during the your current job. There are many pandemic, and as humans we ways to navigate the transition, don’t like to change something but make sure you have a that feels easy. PHIL SLADE

Homeowners’ wealth gets a big boost from super and shares Super fund members who started 2021 with $100,000 in their account, owned an average house and some shares, ended the year about $170,000 better off, according to new analysis. And that’s after-tax and in addition to their salary, according to Rainmaker

Information. The median figure across the country last year was $63,000. This is because in the 2021 calendar year, the ASX finished 17% up, the average superannuation fund return was 15% and property values jumped an average of 20%. It was the third best calendar year return in 17 years for super

funds, with Rainmaker’s super returns index climbing 142% in the past decade. “The big surprise in these results is that while everyone is talking about house price rises, superannuation has actually been a better long-run investment,” says Alex Dunnin, Rainmaker’s executive director of research.

The big returns seen in the sharemarket are also a driver of the super returns, as super funds own about 36% of the ASX at a value of $908 billion, says Rainmaker. Still, depending on where you live, house price rises accounted for half the 2021 wealth gain, rising at the fastest annual rate on record.

Unfortunately, if you don’t yet own a home, you weren’t one of the lucky ones. “The sting in the tail with these upbeat investment results is that it shows if you have a job, superannuation and you own or are paying off your home, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, you did pretty well last year, at least financially,”

says Dunnin. “But if you don’t, you didn’t. “Which is why so many Australians who can’t afford to get into the property market are nervous about the future. If you have a house, super and maybe some shares, you’re sitting pretty. But this doesn’t make it any easier for first home buyers.” JAMIE WILLIAMSON

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New fresh food markets come to Woy Woy

Market founders Will and Emma Richomme with daughter Ruby and furry companion Rake

A local couple is preparing to launch a fresh food market in the heart of the Peninsula this month to help showcase local grocers. The dog-friendly market will start on March 12 and run every Saturday morning from 8am to 11am at 19 Charlton St, Woy Woy.

Emma Richomme said the idea came about to give locals and visitors the option to buy from, and connect with, local growers. “We are all foodies and love great produce so wanted to create a market that we would love to shop at,” Richomme said. “There’s no Fresh Food

Market in the immediate area and as we have the space on the site we are currently leasing with Espresso Martine, we all figured why not build on the community feel and what better way to bring people together than a weekend food market for locals supporting locals! “We have such amazing

produce and people to celebrate here … so it’s important that we curate a great range and look after our stall holders so they can benefit from this initiative.” She said the community has responded “very positively” so far, with local residents sharing connections with vendors to help spread the word.

“We have the capacity for 15 to 18 stalls which we are thoughtfully selecting,” Richomme said. “The choice to focus solely on food is definitely a deliberate one. “Also, the vendors will likely vary from week to week to ensure customers get choices and give others visibility.

“There will be only one of each kind per week.” Vendors already on board include La Tartine, Rigatoni for Tony, Jesus Loves Falafel, Billy Button Flowers and Mountain Growers Markets. More information about the Woy Woy Food Market is available on its Facebook page. Maisy Rae

Bouddi Home Markets founder honoured A Killcare resident was bestowed with a Community Recognition Award by the Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association at a ceremony at Wagstaffe Hall last month.

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Book that third vaccination – urges Health District If you are eligible for your third COVID-19 vaccination book in and do it – that’s the clear message from Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD). Central Coast Public Health Unit Acting Director, Paul Byleveld, said many of those due for a booster had not yet booked one. “We know across NSW that more than 95 per cent of the population have had two doses of vaccine – but only 52 per cent have had a third dose,” he said. “Although the Ministry of Health doesn’t break the numbers down, we would expect those figures to be fairly constant across the state – and representative of the Central Coast. “We know there are a lot of people who are eligible for a booster who haven’t had one and we would really recommend that third dose.” Byleveld said immunity to the virus drops over time.

“The booster is an extra dose to help the immune system give better protection. “It can strengthen the protection against infection up to 86 per cent and reduce the risk of serious illness by up to 98 per cent. “This can really make a difference – especially with the Omicron variant.” Byleveld said walk-in appointments were available at Gosford, Wyong and Long Jetty vaccination clinics with full details on the CCLHD website. “It is recommended for everyone aged 16 and older to have a booster three months after their second vaccine,” he said. “People with particular vulnerability, such as the immuno-compromised should talk to their GP about the possible need for a fourth dose.” Byleveld said extra protection from the virus was especially important for pregnant women. “If you contract the virus

whilst pregnant you are at high risk and the vaccine is perfectly safe and recommended to have whilst pregnant,” he said. While Pfizer is the preferred booster vaccine, he said clinic staff could discuss each person’s circumstance to make sure they were receiving the right vaccine. He urged those who were as yet un-vaccinated to book their first appointment as soon as possible, with the new vaccine Novavax starting to make an appearance on the Coast. For now it will be available only at the Long Jetty clinic on March 2, 9 and 16 – see details on the CCLHD Facebook page. “We would really encourage the small proportion of people who have not had any vaccine to come forward to reduce the risk of falling sick and hospitalisation and we also encourage parents to arrange for their children aged five and upwards to be vaccinated, especially now school is back.” Terry Collins

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GEORGIA LIENEMANN We’re venturing into new territory over the next few weeks and discussing the importance of sourcing quality meat, with plenty of practical tips and advice around how to go about it – even if you’re not across all the labels and faddish marketing claims and what they currently mean. We’ll touch on labels next week – but trust me, there are shortcuts to finding the best

available products and labels are virtually useless in the process! You may not be aware that we’re sitting in a gloriously abundant food bowl here on the coast – surrounded by some of the best farms you could hope for. I’d hazard a guess that most people who source their meat at the supermarket, do so merely by default. They may not even realise that there are ways to access vastly superior local products which are significantly healthier and far more flavourful to boot. The majority of our local farmers offer convenient shopping, with some of the bigger ones even equipped for online shopping with home delivery. So, what’s the catch, then? Most people assume that it’s more expensive to shop this way, but it depends entirely on the type, cut and amount of meat that you buy.

For example, I often purchase certified biodynamic lamb from Moorlands – a farm down in the Southern tablelands who produce what is arguably the best lamb in the country. Vince is a sixth-generation sheep farmer who took out the gold medal in the Delicious awards last year. When I compare the prime cuts to the prices in the big supermarkets – they’re generally around half the price! So, is there a catch? In a nutshell, no - aside from taking the plunge and learning how to shop this way. It isn’t hard but takes some initiative and a few minor adjustments, such as storing your meat in the freezer rather than buying it fresh every few days. A small extra freezer in the garage can make this process pretty seamless. Why does sourcing quality matter? Given the fact that this is a huge, sprawling maze of a topic, in order to keep things simple, I’ll opt to frame it primarily through the lens of health. The good news is that whenever we shop with health in mind, we’re invariably voting for agricultural practices which help restore the topsoil, sequester carbon and improve the local water cycle (which helps reduce the incidence of drought).

And by default, the most health-supportive products come from animals which have been raised in the most ethical way, in terms of animal welfare. Possibly the most overlooked benefit of supporting smallscale family farms instead of the big supermarket chains is the fact that it bolsters the local economy and local food security. And let’s face it, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better time to invest locally than when we’re on the brink of war. What determines quality? There appears to be a decent understanding of the benefits of organic or spray-free, locally farmed produce among the general public. However, from my observations, there’s still a widespread underestimation of the degree to which the diet, lifestyle and resulting health of the animals that people consume, impacts their own health. Nutrients and toxins concentrate as we go higher up the food chain. Most of us can easily grasp the idea that if plants are grown in depleted soils, they wont thrive or provide an optimal spectrum of nutrients when we consume them. By the same token, animals who graze on subpar plants in poor soils will not accumulate nutrients or produce healthy tissues relative to those who do. It’s an

extension of the same concept. If we eat a plant which has been sprayed with harmful pesticides, those toxins are passed on to our bodies and need to be detoxified and excreted so as not to cause harm. This happens effectively when we’re healthy. If we’re stressed, malnourished and generally in poor health, toxins are more likely to be stored in our tissues. The same is true for animals. Healthy animals are more likely to detoxify efficiently, whereas stressed, sickly animals wont and studies have shown that the toxins tend to accumulate most in their fat and organs. An animal with the rare privilege of enjoying a nutrient dense, biologically appropriate diet and stress-free existence – one which allowed them to express their innate, instinctive behaviours throughout the course of their life – is going to provide a far healthier product as a result. What does your food eat? You’ve heard the phrase ‘you are what you eat’. An additional distinction from the brilliant Michael Pollan, author of ‘An Omnivore’s Dilemma’ is that ‘you are what you eat, eats’. To a large extent, the quality of the meat depends on the quality of the animal’s diet. Whenever we deviate from feeding animals (including humans) their biologically

appropriate diet, their health suffers – to varying degrees, depending on the circumstances. In Australia, there are much smaller discrepancies found in beef and lamb quality than there are with pork and poultry. This is because, unlike in some other parts of the world, cattle and sheep are predominantly grass-fed here and raised in an outdoor environment. When it comes to pork and poultry, there is a broader scope of factors that affect their health and therefore a much bigger difference in meat quality at either end of the spectrum. In the industrial model, these animals are more likely to be raised in large, overcrowded sheds with artificial lighting and limited access to the outdoors – a notoriously high stress environment which provides minimal opportunity to express their instinctive habits. Pigs and birds in large-scale intensive operations are often fed a much larger portion of processed foods, which is a far cry from what they would be eating in their natural habitat. Their feed is based on genetically modified grains and legumes which have been doused in glyphosate prior to harvest time (a routine practice called ‘dessication’). This is a whole conversation unto itself, but the key takeaway is that if you’re concerned with quality – whether it be for health, animal welfare or environmental reasons – it’s essential to prioritise where you source your pork and poultry. Beyond ‘grass fed’ and ‘organic’ Having been passionate about the link between food and health for many years, I’ve learnt that labels can be very misleading and are often quite irrelevant when you get deeper into the process of investigating. Over the next few weeks we’ll be exploring the concepts of regenerative agriculture and holistic land management and learning why it is so beneficial across the board – for the soil, animal, farmer and consumer.

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Woy Woy Public School receives donation for supporting retirement village Woy Woy Public School have received a $1,500 donation in recognition of its support for a local retirement village. Staff were invited to the Living Choice Deepwater Court Retirement Village on February 22 to have afternoon tea with the residents and to meet one of the national CEOs – Graham Hobbs. They were presented with the donation at the afternoon tea. Principals Ona Buckley and Dan Betts said the donation was “gratefully received. “The donation is in recognition of the ongoing relationship between the school and the retirement village; a relationship that has been

going strong for more than eight years now,” they said. “To say that we’ve missed time spent with our friends across the road over the last two years would be a massive understatement. “Easter Hat Parades and Christmas Carol sessions have been a joy for all involved and we look forward to extending this relationship many years into the future. “We’d like to thank everyone from the Living Choice Deepwater Court Retirement Village for this most generous donation on behalf of our students, staff and parents/ carers.” Source: Newsletter, Feb 25 Woy Woy Public School

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Local high school students encouraged to explore future career options Students at both Brisbane Water Secondary College campuses have been encouraged to explore career opportunities through the NSW Government’s Educational Pathways Program which has just been expanded to the local schools. The

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Call for life-changing drug to be placed on PBS Jess Ragusa of Kincumber has lived with cystic fibrosis (CF) for all of her 27 years and is urging Central Coast residents to sign a petition to get the new medication Trikafta onto the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Ragusa was diagnosed with the condition through a heel prick and sweat test shortly after her birth. “Not much was known about CF back then, and with so much uncertainty around what was going to happen my life expectancy was looking grim,” she said. “We moved from Sydney to the Central Coast (when I was) a kid, because mum and dad wanted me to live my best life. “Within weeks, I was dancing, playing netball and soccer, swimming, doing nippers, and athletics. “I was a socialite, overly energetic, and constantly talking. “I was making up dances to show my parents in the living room, giggling myself silly on the trampoline and running amuck, as any young girl did. “I hated my physio, hated my meds, hated knowing that I was supposed to be the sick kid, wrapped up in cotton wool – so I did everything in my power to prove them wrong. “Everything was going so well but at 18 I got kicked out of the paediatric hospital (because I was an adult) and for the first time, had a hospital admission for my CF. “I was a complete mess – I

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had 18 years of being healthy, fun, and active and within a few months of being in an adult hospital, my lung function had dropped and I was diagnosed with Burkholderia Cepacia – a hideous antibiotic-resistant infection that literally never leaves. “They gave me six months to live. “I fought really hard to be okay, to be fit, to be healthy to stay alive. “Since I have been taking Trikafta, I have gotten my life back and I am able to plan my future with my husband, James.”

But the drug is not on the PBS. “My parents had to re-finance their home just so that I could pay for the medication which is costing $6,000 per week or $21,735 a month,” Ragusa said. “The average lifespan of a person with CF is 30; I am 27. “My family and I can only afford to pay for Trikafta for another five months and if I do not have access to this medication, my body will start to deteriorate.” Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, is calling on Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, to

put the life-changing drug on the PBS. “Trikafta was recently recommended by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee to be listed on the PBS but the Federal Government is yet to commit to the move,” Tesch said. Tech said the petition, run by Cystic Fibrosis Australia, needs the 35,000 signatures for it to trigger a response from the Minister. “Labor is strongly urging the community to get on board with this petition to keep applying pressure to the

Morrison Government,” she said. “People with cystic fibrosis are suffering and the out-ofpocket costs of this drug is huge.” Labor Candidate for Robertson, Dr Gordon Reid, has also thrown his support behind the online petition. “From a medical perspective, this medication is very effective for those living with cystic fibrosis but completely unaffordable for average Australians,” he said. “Australia prides itself on its world-class Medicare system

which is designed to leave no Australian behind. “Until Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister Hunt puts this drug onto the PBS they are leaving Australians with cystic fibrosis to suffer or pay for basic treatment.” “People with CF who live in Australia are having to selffund Trikafta and this is not sustainable.” The online petition can be accessed via: http://www.aph. gov.au/e-petitions/petition/ EN3915. Terry Collins

BOOK REVIEW blend in … she is part of the background. People ignore her, which she likes. It is the end of the day, when she takes off her uniform that she feels “naked, unprotected, undone.” Molly was brought up by her Nan, who cleaned houses for a well to do family. Her Nan helped Molly navigate the world. Molly has problems reading the room, “I often have trouble with social situations; it’s as though everyone is playing an elaborate game with complex rules they all know, but I’m always playing for the first time.” Now that Gran is gone Molly is floundering, saying the wrong thing, misreading body language, misreading people. She is also very lonely.

Molly has no friends. Although she has no friends, she is friendly with a few people at the hotel. There is Mr. Preston, the doorman, he always has a smile and a warm greeting for Molly. Then there is Rodney the bar tender. Molly checks in with him daily as he hands her the

newspapers for her cart. They had a date once and Molly would love nothing more than to a second date with him. Then there is Juan Manual, he works in the kitchen. His work visa has expired, and Rodney, being the pal he is, has arranged for Molly to give Juan Manual a key to an

unoccupied room so Juan Manual will have a place to sleep. Molly will always bring your room back to a state of perfection. She earlier tried to clean the suite of Mr. Black and his wife Giselle, but they were arguing and Molly was asked to come back later. Mr. Black and his younger wife are frequent guests of the hotel. Giselle and Molly often talk to each other as Molly is cleaning the room. Giselle is actually the second Mrs. Black – a newer version. But Mr Black isn’t very nice. He is rude to Molly and seems to physically abuse Giselle. When Molly goes back to the suite to finish cleaning,

she finds Mr. Black dead. The staff will soon turn on Molly and label her as “weird”. The police don’t understand someone like Molly, and make assumptions, “As Gran used to say, when you assume, you make an A-S-S out of U and ME”. This isn’t a book that is going to set the literary world on fire, but it is on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Gran’s cliché’s got a bit much after a while but in the end it is a nice story about someone that has had to overcome a lot of challenges but always seems to see the bright side, “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not ok, it’s not the end.” Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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Female rugby league numbers soar on Coast RUGBY LEAGUE The number of women playing Rugby League on the Central Coast has reportedly ‘exploded’ over recent years thanks to the rise in popularity of national female stars, according to the NSW Rugby League (NSWRL). The NSWRL said there has been a 94 per cent jump in growth in three years from 433 players in 2019 to 840 for the 2022 season – 384 junior tackle players and 456 in junior tag. NSWRL Regional Manager Keith Onslow said the Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale, Harvey Norman Women’s Premiership and Harvey Norman NSW Sky Blues were helping raise the profile of the women’s game. “There’s another 247 seniors on top of that who play tag so it’s 1,100 all up just on the

Central Coast,” Onslow said. “There’s no doubt that the women’s game is gaining more and more exposure with individual players coming into the spotlight. “But we’re gaining in numbers because we’ve created a nice little niche for non-contact sport with the league tag. (Rugby League) clubs have continued to support that since day one. “Tag is a great introduction to our game, and then a good progression to tackle.” While high-profile female Rugby League is one aspect of the growth in local club numbers, Onslow said having the support network around players is another. “There are some really good clubs on the Central Coast, who have really good environments in that they’re very supportive of the women’s game and the

progressions in it – from tag to tackle,” Onslow said. “These clubs are safe, fun, people are able to learn all the time, while keeping fit and healthy. “The other thing has been game-day scheduling. “We’re not putting the girls all on their own on a Friday night. “They are part of the football club and part of the game-day experience. “It means sisters-brothers, dads or mothers and daughters can play on the same day – that’s really important.” The senior league tag season starts on April 2 and the juniors on April 23. There are nine senior and 16 junior clubs on the Central Coast.

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Young bowler takes out top spot at zone competition LAWN BOWLS An 18-year-old local bowler has become the youngest ever winner of the Zone Open Singles which were held at Ettalong Bowling Club on February 27. Bailey Meti took on Halekulani’s Mark Wheatley in the BCC/Zone 15 Open Singles Final, winning 31 to 22. Ettalong Bowling Club said they were very proud of him. “After a glittering career in the Junior ranks where he had represented the State on

several occasions and won the grand slam of Zone Junior events in 2021, Bailey advanced to the Opens where he brushed aside many of the best and much more experienced bowlers in the Zone,” the club said. “Bailey now advances to the 2021 NSW State Championships also to be held at Ettalong in May. “Even though he has been contracted and snapped up by the astute Cabramatta Club, Bailey will still be seen in Ettalong colours in these State Championships as well as for

the upcoming Grade 1 State Pennant Finals at Forster in March and the State Junior Championships at Warilla in April prior to the curtain finally falling on his Ettalong career. “For one so young commencing to bowl at Ettalong as a seven-year-old and to reach such lofty heights at only 18 is an absolutely outstanding achievement with undoubtedly many more to come.” Source: Social media, Feb 28 Ettalong Bowling Club Bailey Meti

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Jacob Farrell for a slight yet undisputed challenge on Lachlan Brook’s left boot in the 23rd minute. Craig Goodwin took the penalty shot against Mariner’s goalkeeper Mark Birighitti who calmly foresaw his intention and saved the leftward moving ball. Ten minutes later, the Mariners found the opening goal thanks to the bridging of the English channel between Jason Cummings and Beni N’Kololo. A misfired clearance from Brook launched the ball high into the air above the Mariners’ attacking third, adeptly controlled with a turn on the first touch by Cummings, who

followed with a simple leading pass onto N’Kololo’s right side. The French striker made it two goals in two games with his second touch, firing the ball low and hard across goal to undermine Joe Gauci and score for the visitors. The away side lead was maintained into the second half, but soon fell to an opportunistic equaliser, scored by Hiroshi Ibusuki at close quarters after a failed defensive corner clearance by the Mariners. The final 30 minutes included more opportunities for both teams but the match was decided in the second minute of injury time by Adelaide’s Nestory Irankunda and his

first-touch thunderstrike. “The pattern of Adelaide coming back late, scoring late, and us conceding late, that’s probably a good matchup, but we’ve got to fix it,” said Head Coach Nick Montgomery in the post-match press conference.

“If we’d got a point tonight (with a draw), I’d probably have been a little bit disappointed. “I thought we had some real clean chances to win the game, but all credit to Adelaide, they kept going and take three points, and we go back to the Central Coast now after ten days away.” Ultimately, it was an unsuccessful trip down south for the boys in yellow with nine points dropped in three games. One positive outcome has been the emergence of N’Kololo onto the scoresheets, a development Monty is only natural as the international signing acclimatises to the A-League whilst overcoming difficulties. “Beni can play left and right (and) he’s been superb,” continued Monty. “First game the season

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against the Jets, he was probably the best player in the round for me then he got a bad ankle injury in that game from a shocking tackle in the box. “After that, he missed three or four weeks, then obviously we had the COVID (infections), then he lacked a little bit of confidence. “But you can see the goal against Melbourne City and the goal tonight, so you know he is a top young player and young players need confidence.” Now Monty and his young team will look to follow in the footsteps of N’Kololo’s growing confidence, their next opportunity being against Brisbane Roar, scheduled for Saturday March 5 at Central Coast Stadium. Haakon Barry

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Southern Spirit named T20 Champions at regional finals CRICKET

in the Final.

Southern Spirit was crowned Central Coast Cricket Association’s (CCCA) T20 Champions at Tuggerah on February 27 after putting on an impressive display against Northern Power

The Peninsula-based club defeated their northern opponents by seven wickets, will 11 balls to spare. Southern Spirit all-rounder Lachlan Cork received the Jay Lenton Medal as Player of the Match.

The CCCA said the pitch and outfield were in “excellent condition” despite the torrential rain in the lead up to the match. “Searching for their first ‘First Grade’ trophy as a merged entity, Southern Spirit’s reply was very methodical and the score had reached 37 before Archer had key batter Liam

O’Farrell trapped in front in the seventh over for 24,” CCCA said. “Cork entered the crease and he and Spirit stalwart Daniel Friend took the score to 64 before Friend was dismissed for a well-made 29. “From then on Cork took control and with good

placement and aggressive running he assured the Spirit would take the match with relative ease in the end, finishing with a unbeaten 46 off 42 balls with three boundaries.” Sothern Spirt said it was a “well-deserved reward to an impressively played competition.

“Congratulations to Ross, all the team players and coach Simon,” the club said. “Shout out to Lachlan Cork on being awarded player of the match …big thanks to all the … fans who came out to support our lads.” Maisy Rae