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FOGO LIKE A PRO THIS SUMMER
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Randwick City Council are introducing new waste services. As part of these changes, you will receive:
• New red lid rubbish bin • New yellow lid recycling bin • New green lid FOGO bin • A kitchen caddy • A pack of compostable caddy liners
With the summer holidays now in full swing and warmer weather finally here, there are ways to ensure your FOGO caddy and bin are kept free from flies, bugs, and smells.
Our top tips to FOGO like a pro this summer:
1.FREEZE IT.
If you enjoy ham or prawns over Christmas, you can avoid a pongy bin by wrapping up your meat scraps and shells in a bag and freeze them. You can place them in the FOGO bin the night before collection and that way your bin won’t smell.
2. COOL IT.
If you can, keep your FOGO bin in the shade between collections, that way it will reduce the chances of your recycling smelling.
Also, on collection days when you leave your FOGO bin on the curb place it in the shade from a tree or a building if possible.
3. COVER IT.
To avoid flies and bugs breeding in your food scraps close your caddy bin tightly after every use. For extra protection to stop flies laying eggs on food scraps cover them with paper, paper napkins, or cardboard so they can’t lay eggs on the scraps should they sneak in.
Also, keep your green FOGO bin lid shut tight. That will stop flies laying eggs in the bin.
4. WASH IT.
Regularly wash your caddy and bin with warm soapy water to get rid of the odours 1 and any bugs or eggs that may have taken Pop your food scraps in your caddy whilst preparing food up residence before they become a problem. Small Change
5. WRAP IT.
Use compostable bin liners in your caddy, wrap scraps up tight and place the bag in your FOGO bin every few days. That way you keep odours out of your kitchen.
Empty your caddy into your FOGO bin2 3 Your FOGO waste will be made into compost for farmers to grow more food You will soon receive more information on the arrival of your new bins and how the new FOGO service will work.
Big Difference
FOGO will mean a small change in how you dispose of your food waste, but it will make a big difference to the environment.
1300 722 542 randwick.nsw.gov.au/fogo
RANDWICK TAKE A BOW
Congratulations to everyone who’s FOGOing. Since March last year, you have diverted 250 tonnes of waste from landfill each week, reducing CO2 emissions and creating compost for our farmers.
For more tips on how to FOGO like a pro, visit our website randwick.nsw.gov.au/FOGO. You can also order more caddy liners if you run out before the next delivery of bags.
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POST LOCKDOWN LIFE
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As the NSW lockdown restrictions continue to ease, I am reflecting on life post lockdown. In reality, we are not post pandemic; Covid-19 is very much still with us. What has changed is our attitude and coping mechanisms to help handle the virus. But how has your lockdown experience changed you?
Some people will continue with life as they lived it pre-lockdown. Others have had time to slow down, to think, to ponder life, and perhaps to sit with themselves in a way that they may not have sat with themselves before. Sitting with ourselves can be very difficult. ‘Normal’ life is so busy that we simply don’t sit with ourselves often. And then suddenly we had less distractions and reasons to leave the house. So, what did you learn about yourself during your lockdown? Did you get to know yourself better? The good and the bad?! Has Covid-19 seen you re-evaluate what is important to you? If you have found that there are patterns of thought, behaviours or habits you feel no longer benefit you and wish to get some help, hypnotherapy can be highly effective over a relatively short period of time (generally four sessions). Hypnotherapy can be effective for many day-to-day issues we experience during our life, such as panic, anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, anger, insomnia, childhood issues and trauma.
My name is Olivia Fay and I'm a qualified & experienced Clinical Hypnotherapist who provides hypnotherapy in a friendly, relaxed and non-judgmental environment. Qualified in Clinical Hypnotherapy and Strategic Psychotherapy with the Institute of Applied Psychology, Sydney. I'm also a Professional Member of the Australian Hypnotherapists Association (AHA).
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Randwick considers foil boarding ban
You may have seen them at Maroubra and other eastern beaches – surfers riding boards that seemingly defy gravity as they hover above the water surface.
Welcome to foil boarding, which is bringing a new and exciting dimension to surfing. However, the aerodynamic hydrofoils beneath the boards can be extremely dangerous, which is why Randwick City Council is considering banning the new boards.
The latest meeting of Randwick’s Coastal Advisory Committee agreed to investigate “either a partial or complete ban of foil boarding” following serious accidents in other parts of Australia and overseas.
It is working with Surfing NSW to gather feedback from boardriders’ clubs. “Once we have this, we'll present a report to Council,” a spokesperson told Eastern Suburbs Life.
The Coastal Advisory Committee floated the following options: • A total foil boarding ban; • Allowing it “during the times when the beach is not patrolled by the RCC beach lifeguards;” • Introducing regulations requiring foil boarders “to keep to a minimum of 60 metres from all other persons and non-powered vessels;” • Erecting signage stating that “persons engaged in recreational activities undertaken outside of the designated patrol hours do so at their own risk.”
Danny Donohoe, President of Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club, believes a complete ban would be somewhat heavy-handed. “There haven’t been any accidents locally that I’m aware of,” he told Eastern Suburbs Life. “The lifeguards don’t let it happen when the flags are up, so it’s being restricted to early in the morning or late in the afternoon.”
A different perspective came from Robert Bruns, President of Bronte Boardriders. “I actually have one, but they’re super-dangerous and hard to control,” he said. “I’m just using mine on places out on the ocean where there’s no surf or other boardriders.”
The longer, winged fin on a foil board deflects water pressure downward. It lifts board and rider above the surface, lending greater speed, along with the ability to surf on flat water. Unfortunately, the elaborate rig beneath the board can also act as a kind of ocean-going gallows. Just ask Japanese surfer Yu Tonbi Sumitomo (pictured below). He was nearly decapitated by the fin of a foil board. Admittedly, it was his own newly-purchased foil board that inflicted the injury. He was learning to use it at a quiet but dangerous Japanese surf break.
Closer to home, Channel 9 presenter Allison Langdon suffered a bad leg injury last year when she came off a foil board while filming a segment for the Today show in Queensland. She was rushed to a Gold Coast hospital, where she underwent knee surgery.
Foil boards are not cheap, with price tags starting at around $1000. There is also a motorised version costing $12,000plus. An electric engine powers a propeller that increases speeds to 30km/h.
The propeller may also increase the risk – Caribbean pro surfer William Aliotti had two fingers chewed up by the prop of his electric foil board when he came off it. A surgical team managed to save the fingers, but judging by pictures published on the web, Aliotti will not be carving out an alternative career as a hand model.
