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Former MP joins RYSS Former Gosford mayor and Member for Gosford Mr Chris Holstein has accepted a Research and Youth Enterprises consultancy role with the project team at Regional Youth Support Services. He is also working with Coast Shelter on strategic marketing and fund raising. Mr Holstein has a long history with both organisations, being instrumental in establishing the Parkside Multi Service Youth Facility in Gosford and also the initial Coast Shelter community restaurant for the homeless. Coast Shelter CEO Mr Laurie

Council progresses on Peninsula projects

Minister for Roads and Freight Mr Duncan Gay and Gosford Council mayor Cr Lawrie McKinna at the official opening of the pedestrian underpass at the Rawson Rd level crossing

Mayor defends environmental impact of rail underpass Gosford mayor Cr Laurie McKinna has defended the council’s environmental standards in the design of the second stage of the Woy Woy railway underpass. In a media release issued last week, Cr McKinna said that “extensive measures” would be in place to protect the sensitive environmental areas at Bulls Hill. “Some Council-owned properties have been acquired for the project’s second stage including part of the Nagari Road Bush Reserve, some Coastal Open Space System (COSS) land and part of the sewage treatment plant site. “An Environmental Impact Statement highlighted that the works will deliver major community benefits and with the appropriate mitigation measures any impact to the natural environment will be minimal.

“The COSS land that has been acquired in this particular area for the works represents less than one per cent of the over 2500 hectares of land across Gosford City that is currently secured within Council’s COSS. “This COSS land was originally acquired to help protect the nearby wetlands, but the stage two works and associated environmental protection measures have been designed to ensure there is minimal impact on the wetlands. “Importantly, the compensation for the COSS land that’s been acquired will be used to purchase even more valuable environmentally sensitive land across Gosford City to include in the COSS,” Cr McKinna added. The NSW Government has so far committed $52 million in funding to help Council design and implement the Rawson Road Railway Level Crossing

Maher said, “Chris Holstein brings 25 years of knowledge in government relations to the Shelter; experience that will assist us in dealing with the plight of the homeless.” RYSS has operated since 1986 as a one-stop shop for youth aged 12 to 25 years and their families. It provides individual case management, advice and referral services, arts services and transitional housing. RYSS CEO Ms Kim McLoughry said she was pleased to have someone of Chris’s background and ability joining the organization. Media release, 18 Aug 2015 Laurie Maher, Coast Shelter

The first six months of 2015 have seen Gosford Council provide the Peninsula with significant road renewal, environmental, sports and recreation projects, according to general manager, Mr Paul Anderson.

Replacement Project. The level crossing at Rawson Rd will be closed when the new vehicle underpass at the base of Bulls Hill is completed. The underpass will connect Nagari Rd to Woy Woy Rd. Cr McKinna, said he was pleased to see work had started on “this important stage of the project” following the completion of the new pedestrian underpass. “Earlier this year I was joined by the NSW Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay to open the new $4.5 million pedestrian and cyclist underpass near the intersection of Rawson Rd and Railway St. “These works will deliver significant safety and transport improvements for both road and rail users,” he said. Media release, 21 Aug 2015 Lawrie McKinna, Gosford Council

A progress report for the first six months of the year stated road renewal projects were completed across Umina. The upgrade of the Woy Woy sewage pumping station was part of a program to the performance of

the region’s sewerage network. Completion of the Lance Webb Reserve stabilizing wall at Ettalong was included in the report as a culture, recreation and sporting highlight. The installation of extensive new fitness equipment at the Peninsula Leisure Centre was listed as another highlight. The report also lists the completion of 386 metres of stormwater drainage in Lone Pine Ave, Umina. Gosford Council agenda GOV.112, 25 Aug 2015

Travel safety forum A free Getting Around Safely forum will be held at the Ettalong senior citizens’ centre on Tuesday, September 8. It will feature information and practical advice from Transport for NSW, NSW TrainLink, NSW Police, NRMA Safer Driving School and both Councils’ Road Safety Officers. There will also be authorised child restraint fitters and mobility

scooter suppliers at the forum. Attendees will receive free morning tea and a forum giveaway bag. The free Getting Around Safely forums have been made possible through funding from Transport for NSW. The session will run from 10am to 12pm. Media release, 18 Aug 2015 Nathan Slade, Gosford Council

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Promotion of tourism in Wyong shire to take a new direction he promotion of tourism in the Wyong local government area is to take a new direction following decisions made at the ordinary meeting of Wyong Council on Wednesday, July 22.

Cr Lloyd Taylor moved a series of motions at the meeting aimed at investigating the management of tourism and event promotion through a new shire-wide body. Management of tourism and events is currently in the hands of third parties with which Wyong Council has contractual and funding arrangements. Those organisations include Central Coast Tourism, The Wyong Regional Chamber of Commerce, The Entrance Town Centre Management and Greater Toukley Vision. “To have a shire-wide events and promotions body that will focus on Wyong is logical to the growth of the area,” Cr Taylor said. “Whilst Central Coast Tourism, based in Kariong, actively promotes the activities from Pearl Beach to Lake Munmorah, many Wyong tourism operators don’t provide their events schedules because they are too far away from here,” he said. The Council meeting was addressed by Mr John Millard, representing the community.

Events such as this at The Entrance may come under the control of a new umbrella body within the next couple of years

Mr Millard is a former Wyong councillor and chairman of The Entrance Chamber of Commerce. Mr Millard said he was a founding member of The Entrance Town Centre Management in 1995 and had spent several periods on its board as a representative of Wyong Council and the Chamber of Commerce. “It is time for a change because our town is suffering and we are not getting the support we need from town centre management,” Mr Millard said. Cr Adam Troy asked Mr Millard whether there was currently discord within the board of The Entrance Town Centre Management and Mr Millard said there was. Mr Millard said he did not believe The Entrance Town Centre

Management was currently fulﬁlling its role of representing the permanent shop keepers of the area. “Some events are good but some events are not very good for our town,” Mr Millard said. “I am there for the permanent shop keepers and Town Centre Management continues to bring food providers and drink providers into the park so the takings of the permanent businesses are down signiﬁcantly,” Mr Millard said. Mr Millard said shop owners had written to Town Centre Management and to Wyong Council expressing their concerns and their letters had been ignored. Councillors debated Cr Taylor’s motion, including questioning Mr

Millard, for over an hour and several amendments were made. Cr Doug Vincent asked for clariﬁcation about the amount of money provided by Council to the various promotion and tourism bodies it had relationships with. Wyong mayor, Cr Doug Eaton OAM said this year’s expenditure was $1.6 million across all the tourism bodies. He said in the previous year the total expenditure from Council was closer to $2 million. Mr Millard said he had spoken at the Council meeting in order to “look at the new way of moving forward. “If the board and management [of The Entrance Town Centre Management] gets dissolved, I wouldn’t be too upset,” he said.

Wyong Council currently has funding agreements with Greater Toukley Vision and The Entrance Town Centre Management until June 30, 2017. Its current contract with Central Coast Tourism runs out in 2016. Wyong Council acting general manager, Mr Scott Cox said Council has already changed its relationship with The Entrance Town Centre Management, including allowing for greater Council representation. “We asked for a further governance change to have a special delegate appointed by me and that is the chief ﬁnancial ofﬁcer, so Council representation has increased from one to three,” Mr Cox said. A recent internal audit showed a number

of anomalies in terms of Council’s statutory duties and whether they could be delegated to an external partner, Mr Cox said. As a result some statutory functions have been “brought back under the umbrella of Council”, Mr Cox said. A review clause has also been embedded in The Entrance Town Centre Management funding agreement for the last year of its contract. Mr Cox said Wyong Council’s current arrangements in relation to tourism were “unusual” and not a structure that he would recommend. Cr Taylor said there seemed to be a problem with communication between the current bodies to ensure a shire wide strategy to encourage investment to the area. “If council can set up a body that has professional management which can truly communicate and liaise, it will be able to truly represent tourism and all the different centres of Wyong,” Cr Taylor said. Cr Matthews, Vincent and Greenwald exoressed concerns about the motions and moved amendments so staff could prepare a report for a future meeting.

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EO of Gosford Council, Mr Paul Anderson has defended the decision to sell Kibbleplex as the right one for the future of Gosford and the community.

Mr Anderson said the discussion leading to Council’s decision to explore selling the former shopping complex in Henry Parry Dve needed to be conﬁdential. “Until such time as Council had agreed to do the sale, what a person was going to offer us and what we were going to accept were two different and distinct numbers and we didn’t want to give a commercial advantage to any one person,” Mr Anderson said. “For almost two years we have been trying to work out what to do with the building and how we would ﬁnance and structurally alter that building to enable us to

potentially look at a library and a university presence,” he said. “The university presence shrunk to a university hub and then we got some advice from the State Library.” According to Mr Anderson, the State Library of NSW said access issues meant the first floor of Kibbleplex was not suitable for a regional library. “We looked at putting a library on the ground floor but a library needs a spanfree open space with lots of natural light,” Mr Anderson said. “Paul Anderson is not interested in building a library per se but in building

a community hub so that we get back to the point where communities mix together and work out that we are not that different. “To do that on the ground floor of Kibbleplex means we would have to cut a big hole in the floor of the first floor which damages the structural integrity of the building,” he said. For the past 12 months, Council has engaged commercial agents to seek expressions of interest from parties in either leasing or buying Kibbleplex. “To be honest, we didn’t get much of a response,” Mr Anderson said. “Then this particular

person or group of companies interested in doing some development in the city were having a meeting with the mayor and me about other projects. “They talked about how they could help fund the process of developing a community hub through a voluntary planning agreement (VPA) to enable them to develop the other site we were meeting to discuss. “They came back three days later and said we want to talk to you about this building [Kibbleplex].” According to Mr Anderson, if the interested party goes ahead and acquires Kibbleplex, the outcome for the community will be “even better” than any proposal already considered

to develop a community hub and regional library. “They will do a development on another site for which they will pay a voluntary planning agreement to be used to pay for a community hub. “They then will buy our building, which they will put a community hub into as part of redeveloping the whole site. “Council becomes a tenant, so we don’t have to worry about building maintenance or repairs for the next 50 years. “We can then use the Federal Government’s $7 million to offset rental or potentially have a strata ownership and potentially get a library for nothing, and I would have thought that was my job.”

Mr Anderson said more money would then be available for “other needed community infrastructure like a regional performing arts centre or improving roads, footpaths and drainage across the city, or cycle ways or, you name it”. He said Council originally acquired Kibbleplex for $11.5 million and is currently having the site revalued to determine its present market price. When asked if he expected Council to make a loss on the sale he said: “Not if I can avoid it.” Interview, 28 July 2015 Paul Anderson, Gosford Council Jackie Pearson, journalist

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“In the Central Coast Regional Strategy (2005), the state government planned for population growth of 100,000 by 2031 on the Central Coast with no new greenfield areas in Gosford LGA,” Ms Smith said. She said she believed the proposed urban fringe study was in direct conflict with Council’s own biodiversity strategy. She said that the Council’s own Biodiversity Strategy stated: “This concentration of urban development in the existing urban footprint assists in biodiversity conservation and management by minimising disturbance to the natural vegetated areas.” Ms Smith said: “The deferred land holds environmental and scenic values. “There is no strategic basis for the urban fringe study rather it appears to be a land grab for residential development into environmental sensitive lands that have been identified for over 30 years,” she said. Gosford Council agenda SF.13, 28 Jul 2015 Media release, 26 Jul 2015 Kate da Costa, Central Coast Greens Media release, 27 Jul 2015 Jane Smith, Community Environment Network Interview, 28 Jul 2015 Paul Anderson, Gosford Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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he $3 million Marina Cove concept could be open for business by March 2016, once it received the go-ahead from Gosford Council, according to Commercial HQ director, Mr Tim Gunasinghe.

As someone who grew up on the Central Coast and has spent all his life here, Mr Gunasinghe said getting approval for the Marina Cove had been “two years of pain”. The concept had to be reconﬁgured following the April super storm and the redesign went before Gosford Council for approval at its Tuesday, August 11 meeting. “Doing something with the Gosford waterfront has been talked about for my entire life and nothing ever gets done,” Mr Gunasinghe said. “Lend Lease pulled out of the ﬁnger wharf concept and Council has its master plan, but it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars,” he said. Meanwhile, his Marina

Councillors and staff support COSS Both councillors and council staff are claiming to support Gosford’s unique Coastal Open Spaces System, as part of ongoing discussions about a proposal to review environmental zones and related issues. Councillors and staff discussed the review at a Gosford Council strategy-policy workshop held on Tuesday, July 21. Cr Hillary Morris reported that recommendations relating to the review of environmental zones had been amended to exclude both existing and proposed Coastal Open Spaces System land. The initial recommendations put to the Tuesday, July 14, meeting of Gosford Council stated that the 30 per cent of land yet-to-be-acquired for COSS and potentially existing COSS land, could have been subject to rezoning as part of a proposed Urban Edge Study. The amended recommendations that were presented to the July 28 meeting specifically excluded: “All land west of the M1; land owned by Gosford Council; crown land; and land that is existing or proposed COSS”. Gosford Council general manager Mr Paul Anderson said

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the environmental zones review was necessary because when the Gosford Local Environment Plan was drawn up in 2014, some land was “deferred” from being zoned in accordance with new categories determined by the NSW Government. In particular, he said the then Minister for Planning, Mr Brad Hazzard “decided our COSS land was no different to any other environmental land across NSW. “We said we didn’t want educational establishments or dwellings that are allowed in some environmental zones in the COSS land. “So we said we were not going to rezone land into a temporary LEP zone and we are never going to do that until we get a zone suitable for COSS,” Mr Anderson said. According to Mr Anderson, the current Minister for Planning, Mr Rob Stokes, is prepared to work with Gosford Council to create a special zone for COSS. “So we finally got some sense out of State Government but we have to do the review because we are now running three different planning instruments and we want to go to one planning instrument,” Mr Anderson said.

He said the NSW Government is in the process of enacting the special zone. “In reality, our urban edge study gives a whole lot of protection to COSS because it reinforces our objectives and enhances what we have got in Gosford City,” he said. “I am pleased that I have been able to confirm that COSS lands are excluded from the review and the COSS strategy will be continued,” said Cr Morris. “I commend Council for persevering with seeking to convince the government to create a separate zoning for COSS (E5), as COSS lands are community owned nature reserves and not part of the E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves Zoning,” she said. Gosford Council Agenda SF.13, 28 Jul 2015 Media release, 26 Jul 2015 Kate da Costa, Central Coast Greens Media release, 27 Jul 2015 Jane Smith, Community Environment Network Interview, 28 Jul 2015 Paul Anderson, Gosford Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Cove concept consists of 10 pre-fabricated eateries that he said would “draw people to the waterfront”. “They are modular, commercial, factory-built structures, that are built off site and then attached to services on site,” he said. According to Mr Gunasinghe, all 10 eateries have already been leased and no two will serve the same type of food. The Marina Cove will include Japanese, Singaporean, Italian, Pizzas and Burgers, Caribbean, Indian, Tappas and a café. All 10 eateries will also be licensed. “We have redesigned the development to raise it 1.25 metres above current ground level to protect it from storm surges and sea level rise.

“When we put up the original design to Council, we had a unanimous decision to move forward and support us,” he said. The land will be leased from the NSW Government for 15 years with renewal opportunities. “I could have it ﬁnished for March. “It is about making Gosford a destination, and I am working with Central Coast Tourism, because at the moment, people drive to the Reptile Park and turn around and go back to Sydney. “Gosford is not a destination at the moment, it is a hole in the middle of a doughnut,” he said. Interview, 10 August 2015 Tim Gunasinghe, CommercialHQ Jackie Pearson, journalist

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will create 5,000 much- has been spent so far by development application for the long talked about Buddhist the site. the applicants. The NSW Department needed local jobs. Temple has been formally lodged with Wyong Council.

Council has received an application for a Buddhist temple and ancillary buildings on a 2.61ha parcel of land at Sparks Rd, Warnervale, on the proposed Chinese Theme Park site. The $83.5million proposal includes Buddhist ceremonial and meditation halls, a 244 unit, four storey

pilgrim lodge, basement car parking area, internal roads, landscaping and associated infrastructure. The development proposes 24 hour per day and seven day per week operation as a place of public worship employing over 150 fulltime staff and with 20 monks residing full time at the lodge.

The application will be publicly exhibited within the coming weeks for public comment. This site forms part of the 15.7ha Australia China Theme Park site which is currently under consideration for a planning proposal to allow a range of additional tourist related uses to be considered on

of Planning and Environment has issued a gateway determination for the proposal and the applicant is undertaking a range of studies as part of the planning proposal process. In response to the lodgement, Cr Lloyd Taylor said: “This application is the beginning of a $500 million development for Wyong shire that

“The development “The ﬂow-on effect of other associated jobs will application fee itself is be staggering,” Cr Taylor close to $100,000. “In the coming months, said. “When completed, the everybody will have complex will incorporate the opportunity to see 50 restaurants, a 500 seat the extent of the vision theatre, parks, waterways regarding this plan,” Cr Taylor said. and a hotel,” he said. “I am very happy this application has Media release, 27 July 2015 Wyong Council media been lodged and it Email, 28 July 2015 demonstrates the Lloyd Taylor, Wyong Council commitment to proceed, as over a million dollars

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Buddhist Temple development application formally lodged

Gosford Council has decided to review of its environmental lands, despite the opposition of two councillors, the Central Coast Greens and the Community Environment Network. Recommendations from the Council’s strategy-policy workshop resulted in Coastal Open Spaces System land being excluded from the review. Land currently zoned E1 and E2, including national parks, nature reserves and ecologically endangered communities remain in the review. In speaking against the motion to go ahead with the review, Cr Morris said she was concerned the review would find land currently zoned as environmental suitable for green fields residential development. The Central Coast Greens and CEN have also opposed the intention to allow further green field development within the Gosford Local Government Area. They have stated that the Central Coast Regional Strategy recognised that Council should focus on urban infill rather than expand into rural or environmental lands. “We already have extensive urban sprawl east of the freeway, and too few green belts protecting our smaller villages and towns,” said Greens spokesperson Ms Kate da Costa. According to Ms Jane Smith from the Community Environment Network, Gosford Council is approaching the environmental zone review with a sense of urgency in order to ensure the State Government honours its commitment to have a new environmental zone that is appropriate for COSS. However, Ms Smith said the urban fringe review is not urgent and could put some environmentally sensitive land at risk of rezoning for future residential development. She said the council did not have to provide for future residential growth.

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One of the approved buildings on the corner of 43 Beane St and Keevers Ln Gosford

wo more signiﬁcant developments received approval from the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) when it met on Thursday, July 16.

Gosford Council mayor and JRPP representative, Cr Lawrie McKinna said approval was given for $7.5 million worth of extensions and other works at North Gosford Private Hospital. “It has to go through the JRPP because it is a hospital,” Cr McKinna said. A $25.5 million residential and commercial development at 43 Beane St was also given the green

light by the JRPP. Cr McKinna said the JRPP requested more information on a third development, a residential ﬂat building at 21-23 Mann St, Gosford. “It will go back to the JRPP and will be reassessed on its merits in September,” Cr McKinna said. He said he had not yet been notiﬁed of when the

next Hunter and Central Coast Joint Regional Planning Panel meeting would be held. However, he expected the major three-tower Waterside development in Mann St would soon be reviewed by the JRPP. Interview, 11 August 2015 Lawrie McKinna, Gosford Council Jackie Pearson, journalist

Artist's impression of Marina Cove under Brian McGowan Bridge on Gosford's waterfront

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Gosford Council has decided to buy more land than originally planned for the Woy Woy railway underpass. Council had previously resolved to acquire land for road widening purposes in accordance with its Land Transaction Policy and using grant funding in August 2014. Changes have subsequently been made by Transport NSW to the proposed rail crossing location and orientation. As a result, Council adopted a recommendation made by its department of construction and operations to increase the road widening previously required from the property at 170 Woy Woy Rd. The whole project includes a major realignment of Woy Woy Rd at Horsfield Rd and widening down Bulls Hill, construction of the Woy Woy Creek Bridge and associated works, construction of a new rail underpass and roundabout adjacent to the Woy Woy treatment plant as well as a major realignment of Nagari Rd. “Stage one work encompassing the construction of the pedestrian underpass adjacent to the existing level crossing near Rawson Rd has been completed,” according to a report prepared by Council staff. Stage two of the overall project, which includes construction of the rail underpass, reconstruction of Nagari Rd and the construction of the Woy Woy Creek Bridge required the partial acquisition of a number of privately- and Councilowned properties. The acquisition process is currently nearing completion, according to the report. Since March 2015, the components which directly affect rail infrastructure will be managed by Transport NSW with Gosford Council being given responsibility for delivering the remainder of the project. “Transport NSW has made changes to the orientation and construction methodology of the rail underpass, which now requires an increase in the area of land needing to be acquired from one of the privately-owned land parcels.” The area now requiring acquisition is 900 square metres,

an increase of 850 square metres. “Preliminary discussions with the property owner have been positive. Therefore it is recommended that Council proceed with the revised land acquisition,” the report to Council stated. The report also asked Council to note additional title information relating to COSS and reserve land included in the project. Cr Craig Doyle said the acquisition did involve COSS land that was “inadvertently included”. “Quite a large parcel of the land we are talking about is actually road reserve and the area doesn’t have the attributes we need in our COSS land,” Cr Doyle said. Cr Gabby Bowles said the issue of the COSS land inclusion had also been discussed at a meeting of Council’s environmental subcommittee. “When it first came to light, COSS land was needed for this infrastructure upgrade it was found that a great portion of land is actually covered by existing roadway,” Cr Bowles said. “Also land previously held had been reclassified as COSS land five years ago but the infrastructure project identified over 20 years ago,” she said.Cr Hillary Morris she believed Council had an agreement in place that when land was sold to the RMS for the project, money would go back into COSS. “That is not mentioned here but I do have the previous resolution, and it is a shame it wasn’t identified as road reserve in the first place,” Cr Morris said. Cr Chris Burke said the issue had been discussed with RMS NSW two years ago and Council had been told the land would be compulsorily acquired irrespective of its classification as COSS land. “They pointed that out to us in no uncertain terms so we are getting money for jam,” Cr Bourke said. The recommendation to acquire the land was carried with only Cr Morris voting against it. Gosford Council agenda CON.25 11 Aug 2015 Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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MPs David Harris, Kathy Smith and David Mehan with Peninsula residents at NSW Parliament for the debate on the closure of Woy Woy Motor Registry

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Motor Registry closes The Woy Woy Motor Registry in Victoria Road closed on Friday, August 7. It came the day after the NSW Parliament debated the closure, with members of the Peninsula and surrounding community cheering from the gallery. “The government is signing a death warrant for the town,” Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith told Parliament. “Businesses will struggle as the heart of Woy Woy, the motor registry, is ripped out,” she said. Services NSW Minister Mr Dominic Perrottet said in reply: “The government will continue to monitor services in Woy Woy.” “It will be difficult to monitor the services as there are no state services left in Woy Woy,” Ms Smith said. Former Member for Gosford Ms Marie Andrews attended the debate to show support for Ms Smith. “It is outrageous and will inconvenience thousands of people from the Peninsula,” Ms Andrews said.

“The Baird Government just wants to save money at the expense of the people,” she said. Member for Terrigal Mr Adam Crouch said Ms Smith was “grandstanding” about the RMS closure. However Ms Smith and other members of the opposition benches said 15,000 signatures on a petition was not grandstanding. Ms Linda Coggins, a driving instructor from the Peninsula, also attended the debate. “The main point Mr Crouch was trying to make was that there were 800 car spaces available in Gosford,” Ms Coggins said. “What he doesn’t seem to understand is that those spaces fill up by about 8:30am by commuters using the train,” she said. Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, spoke in support of Ms Smith. “The Minister needs to know there is only one small road heading into Gosford called the Brisbane Water Dr and the traffic is horrendous,” Mr Harris said. “We haven’t won today but

we will fight until the Peninsula receives the services it deserves,” Ms Smith said. Patonga resident Ms Jeune Coach, who is 85, said she had received a letter from Services NSW to say the motor registry had been relocated to Gosford. Ms Coach said she had received a brochure in the mail which outlined what would be provided by a new mobile service that would be available in Woy Woy from the end of August. Ms Coach said she passed her driving license with flying colours in June but still chose to have a 30km license restriction and did not drive at night. She said her main concern about driving to Gosford to use RMS services was not the drive but the lack of parking and the need to walk to the Services NSW shopfront. Media release, 7 Aug 2015 Kathy Smith, Member for Gosford Interview, 12 Aug 2015 Jeune Coach, Patonga Reporter: Jackie Pearson

Slow progress on marina expected The developer of a new 50-berth marina at Koolewong is expecting to be issued with a construction certificate from Gosford Council by October.

proposal to redevelop Gosford Hospital and commence the ﬁrst stage of a new Health and Wellbeing Precinct (HWP) is now on exhibition for community feedback.

The Department of Planning and Environment is keen to hear the community’s views on the application, which seeks to: demolish existing buildings and carry out site preparatory works; refurbish existing hospital buildings; carry

out road works including closing Beane St West, converting Holden St into a pedestrian plaza (accessible by emergency and service vehicles only), internal upgrades to Hospital Rd and upgrading intersections with Racecourse Rd.

The proposed plans also include the construction of a new 11 storey hospital wing with rooftop helipad, a new seven-level multistorey car park with approximately 803 parking spaces and a covered pedestrian link to the main hospital entrance.

Two new six and ﬁve storey buildings are to be constructed above the car park for health related purposes and administration activities. Ancillary works will include hospital signage, landscaping and lot consolidation, including consolidating the existing hospital and Health and Wellbeing Precinct

sites into one and two allotments, respectively. A spokesperson for the Department of Planning and Environment said the local community always has an opportunity to share their views. “ C o m m u n i t y consultation is an integral part of the planning process and the applicant will have to respond to the feedback

we receive and this is taken into consideration when we develop our recommendations,” the spokesperson said. Submissions can be made until Friday, September 11. Media release, 13 August 2015 NSW Planning and Environment media

Approval for the development of a marina at the site of the Boathouse Restaurant on the Koolewong foreshore of Brisbane Water was granted by the NSW planning department in 2012. Developers Ms Symantha Suprain and Mr Les Binkin have subsequently negotiated a 30year lease with the NSW Office of Crown Land. Mr Binkin said the original 2012 development approval process was a Part 3A major project approval that included an Environmental Impact Study.

“We still have a bit of work to do with Gosford Council,” Mr Binkin said but he said he expected to be issued with a construction certificate by October 2015. The marina will accommodate up to 50 boats with a maximum vessel capacity of 25 metres. Mr Binkin expects the new facility to be used by yachts, power boats and recreational game fishing vessels. “We will certainly accommodate commercial vessels if they want to use the marina,” he said. Berths for catamarans will also be a feature of the marina as Mr Binkin said he considers them to be a popular craft on Brisbane Water - 11 catamaran berths will be available. “I am currently organising some of the engineering side of the

construction. “Barge piles of up to 20 metres will need to be put down and then the floating marina installed.” The new marina will also include a sewage pump out facility, a public board walk public seating and landscaping. Car parking of 0.3 spaces per vessel is required and Mr Binkin said the planned car parking was being reconfigured to include up to 48 spaces. He said the Boat House restaurant was undergoing a revamp and was expected to grow and expand with the marina. “It will be a really nice spot for the public to come down and have lunch and watch the boats,” he said. He said the process of negotiating a lease with the Crown

Land Office was “very lengthy” and the cost would include a minimum plus a percentage of turnover for the duration of the lease. “You’d expect that what you will be building there will be pretty tired by the end of the 30 years so you have to go through the process of showing that you could rebuild or renew to have an opportunity for a further lease,” he said. Mr Binkin said he believes marina clients will be drawn from the local region, northern Sydney and the southern areas of Lake Macquarie. “There’s a lack of quality berthings in Brisbane Water and we will certainly be filling that niche,” he said. Once Council grants construction certificates, the first phase of the development will

include significant earth works at the site. Mr Binkin and Ms Suprain have developed and are currently operating a 245-berth marina at Marmong Point, Lake Macquarie, and are in the process of designing and constructing a 188-berth resort-style marina at Trinity Point at the southern end of Lake Macquarie. He said he saw the proposed Koolewong area as a site for further expansion and the marina has been designed with future growth in mind. “We will get it built first and then see how clients respond to it,” he said. Interview, 27 Aug 2015 Les Binkin, Koolewong Marina Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Poet Jill seeks permanent residence Local poet Jill Nevile is classed as a “temporary” resident, despite the fact she has lived on the Peninsula for 13 years and wants to become an Australian citizen. Jill holds a “410” retirement visa, a visa for long-term temporary residents, who are well-established, able to renew their visa, but unable to access citizenship. Because of her status, Jill does not have a vote and if she wants to buy a home she must apply for permission to the Foreign Investment Review Board. She does not qualify for an Australian pension, seniors’ benefits or Medicare. In fact, it is a condition of the visa that she maintains “visitors” private health insurance. Jill has contributed thousands of dollars to the Australian economy in taxes, investments and purchasing power. She has volunteered for the RSPCA and Guide Dogs NSW, been secretary of a local poetry group, press officer for the bushdance association and helped at community theatre.

She has also given a home to two rescue dogs. Although Jill knew the conditions of the visa before she moved here, there have been changes during intervening years. Initially her visa was for four years. Now it lasts for 10 years. When she arrived in Australia she was not allowed to work. Now there is no work restriction. The British Expat Retirees in Australia has been campaigning for many years for a pathway to permanent residence for 410 visa holders who have lived in Australia for 10 years or more and have made their home here. Recently Ian Goodenough MP presented a petition to the House of Representatives in support of the case – a petition that contained more than 4000 signatures. Signatures are now being collected for an online petition to the Senate. If you would like to support this cause please register your vote at: http://www.change.org/p/we-callupon-the-federal-government-ofaustralia. Email, 20 Aug 2015 Jill Nevile, Umina

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Audit of stormwater needed, says campaigner A systematic audit of storm water releases is needed in the Blackwall and Woy Woy areas to determine the cause of bird sickness and deaths, according to local campaigner Ms Wendy Gillespie. Ms Gillespie has written a detailed response to a statement issued by the NSW Environmental Protection Agency about the cause of deaths at the local pelican colony. According to the Agency, ammonia levels in a water sample collected from a stormwater drain near the affected pelican colony were too low to be responsible for pelican deaths. “This may be the case for this one water quality test as it’s the only human recreationally focused water quality test that has been undertaken on one storm water drain of six in the Blackwall reach of Brisbane Water in 20 years,” Ms Gillespie said. “The EPA now needs to commit to a comprehensive environmental audit as our environmental watch dog. “The agency has now acknowledged that an unacceptable number of deaths are occurring in this local area and the pathology is well documented. “Now a systematic audit of

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the storm water discharges is needed in this sensitive area so the environmental source of the suffering and death can be pinpointed and appropriate management can occur.” According to Ms Gillespie, the water quality test result that initiated the debate about bird

sickness and deaths in the area was released by Gosford Council in May and undertaken by Sydney Water. “It was Gosford Council’s environment section staff who flagged that the ammonia test result was seven times the maximum level considered safe

for human recreational use. “These parameters are in place for a reason as impacts on health are likely to occur over this level as ammonia is classed not only as a poison but is highly corrosive. “This level is considered a trace level and not unusually high

for an estuarine ecosystem but it can’t be fully ruled out as having health impacts as our wildlife, particularly birds, are drinking it on a daily basis. “Ongoing testing and a rigorous monitoring regime is required in order to determine the impacts and toxicity to the health of wildlife and the ecosystem,” she said. “Pelicans are one of a number of avian species found sick, dead or dying. “Others that I have attended to with similar symptoms of loss of leg function, loss of sight but are often still able to fly in the early stages include: ducks, ibis, darters, pied oyster catchers, lapwings, and silver gulls.” According to Ms Gillespie, Taronga Conservation Society’s Australian Registry of Wildlife Health (ARWH) have provided “amazing support and relentless investigation into this issue for over two years. “My recent discussions with Dr Karrie Rose, manager and head veterinary pathologist at Throngs, indicated that we need to pursue environmental testing in conjunction with ARWH’s work in order to move towards closure on this pressing wildlife health issue.” Email, 24 Aug 2015 Wendy Gillespie, scientist

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Slow progress on marina expected The developer of a new 50-berth marina at Koolewong is expecting to be issued with a construction certificate from Gosford Council by October. Approval for the development of a marina at the site of the Boathouse Restaurant on the Koolewong foreshore of Brisbane Water was granted by the NSW planning department in 2012. Developers Ms Symantha Suprain and Mr Les Binkin have subsequently negotiated a 30year lease with the NSW Office of Crown Land. Mr Binkin said the original 2012 development approval process was a Part 3A major project approval that included an Environmental Impact Study. “We still have a bit of work to do with Gosford Council,” Mr Binkin said but he said he expected to be issued with a construction certificate by October 2015. The marina will accommodate up to 50 boats with a maximum vessel capacity of 25 metres. Mr Binkin expects the new facility to be used by yachts, power boats and recreational game fishing vessels. “We will certainly accommodate commercial vessels if they want to use the marina,” he said. Berths for catamarans will also be a feature of the marina as Mr

Proposed 50 berth marina at Koolewong

Binkin said he considers them to be a popular craft on Brisbane Water - 11 catamaran berths will be available. “I am currently organising some of the engineering side of the construction. “Barge piles of up to 20 metres will need to be put down and then the floating marina installed.” The new marina will also include a sewage pump out facility,

a public board walk public seating and landscaping. Car parking of 0.3 spaces per vessel is required and Mr Binkin said the planned car parking was being reconfigured to include up to 48 spaces. He said the Boat House restaurant was undergoing a revamp and was expected to grow and expand with the marina. “It will be a really nice spot for

the public to come down and have lunch and watch the boats,” he said. He said the process of negotiating a lease with the Crown Land Office was “very lengthy” and the cost would include a minimum plus a percentage of turnover for the duration of the lease. “You’d expect that what you will be building there will be pretty tired by the end of the 30 years so you

have to go through the process of showing that you could rebuild or renew to have an opportunity for a further lease,” he said. Mr Binkin said he believes marina clients will be drawn from the local region, northern Sydney and the southern areas of Lake Macquarie. “There’s a lack of quality berthings in Brisbane Water and we will certainly be filling that niche,” he said. Once Council grants construction certificates, the first phase of the development will include significant earth works at the site. Mr Binkin and Ms Suprain have developed and are currently operating a 245-berth marina at Marmong Point, Lake Macquarie, and are in the process of designing and constructing a 188-berth resort-style marina at Trinity Point at the southern end of Lake Macquarie. He said he saw the proposed Koolewong area as a site for further expansion and the marina has been designed with future growth in mind. “We will get it built first and then see how clients respond to it,” he said. Interview, 27 Aug 2015 Les Binkin, Koolewong Marina Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Projects worth $3M in progress at Woy Woy tip Projects worth a combined $3 million are listed as “in progress” at Woy Woy tip, according to a report to Gosford Council. The report lists a project to excavate the “rear cell area” as having a total cost of $1.25 million. The project is described in the report as: “Sandstone pad cut and filled at rear of landfill with appropriate drainage sediment dams and access roadways. “New pump station and dam in place that will allow harvesting of rainwater for dust suppression.” The second project, also valued at $1.25 million, involved the relocation of the reprocessing area, dismantling the old area and excavating the rear cell area. In December, Council had awarded the tender to Civilbuild. Bulk earthwork and survey work were completed and a 26-week construction phase was due to begin. According to the report, a new concrete pad had been constructed along with drainage loading walls and access to roadways. Segregated bays had been

installed for different types of waste complete with signage and recycling information including a community drop off area for problem wastes. Another $500,000 project to establish a resource recovery facility on Woy Woy Road is listed as “awaiting the outcome of the alternative waste treatment project” at Woy Woy tip before further action is taken. The report also stated that an environmental assessment report was under review. The progress report lists a further three projects at Woy Woy tip worth another $490,000 as complete. Batters have been constructued along landfill cells as well as concrete lined drains and appropriate sedimentation traps. External batters in clay have been completed to EPA licence standards and the top dressed and vegetated to prevent erosion. Palisade security fencing has been installed to secure the tip site and comply with license conditions. Gosford Council agenda GOV.112 25 Aug 2015

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Cost review at Patonga caravan park Gosford Council has conducted a cost review of the Patonga Caravan and Camping area. According to a progress report for the year to June 30, the revenue and cost review has been substantially completed “driving a satisfactory result for 30 June 2015”.

“Ongoing initiatives to deliver further operational efficiencies will occur in 2015-16,” the report said. The report also said the council had an ongoing obligation to maintain the park to meet the current and future requirements of the community and paying guests. Gosford Council agenda GOV.112 25 Aug 2015 Patonga camping area

Wicks holds ‘listening posts’ on NBN Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks will be holding a series of “Listening Posts” as an opportunity for residents to discuss the roll out of the NBN and other local issues. “Taking in locations spanning the electorate over the next few months, residents and businesses will be urged to drop in to find out where the rollout is up to in their area, and ask any questions about how they can connect,” Ms Wicks said. The Peninsula will be the starting point for her listening post tour with dates planned for Umina and Hardys Bay in the coming days. “The Central Coast is at the forefront of the nationwide NBN strategy, with tens of thousands of premises on the rollout plan,” Mrs Wicks said. “I look forward to engaging with local residents and businesses at these listening posts, which are also an opportunity to raise any other issue that matters to them. “These are designed to be relaxed, informative and accessible. “A representative from NBN will be on site to answer questions, and it’s also great to have so many local cafes and clubs hosting us over the

Alcohol-free zones to stay Alcohol-free zones will remain at Ettalong, Empire Bay, Patonga, Pearl Beach, Umina and Woy Woy despite calls for changes by local residents.

next few months as we hear from the Central Coast community.” Ms Wicks will hold the first listening post will be at Jasmine Greens Park Kiosk at Umina Beach on Monday, August 31, before heading to Hardy’s Bay Club on September 3. Anyone is welcome to drop in to any location but for those who can’t make the listening post nearest to them, more details will be announced about similar events at Copacabana, MacMasters Beach, Davistown, Terrigal, Gosford, Pearl Beach, Point Clare, Erina, Kariong and Niagara Park. The Umina get together will take place from 1:30pm to 3:30pm at Jasmine Greens Park Kiosk Peninsula Recreation Precinct Sydney Ave, Umina. The Hardys Bay event is scheduled for 11am to 1pm at the club bistro, 14 Heath Rd, Hardys Bay, on Thursday, September 3.. Media Release, 26 Aug 2015 Tim Sowden, Office of Lucy Wicks MP Email, 27 Aug 2015 Lucy Wicks, Member for Robertson

Local residents asked Council investigate the opportunity for timed alcohol free zones. After a request from Cr Gabby Bowles at a council meeting in March, Gosford Council wrote to the NSW Government on the apparent inconsistency between what the Ministerial guidelines allowed and the provisions of the Local Government Act. The Minister for Local Government has now replied to Council stating that there were two different types of law relating to alcohol consumption. The first was Alcohol Free Zones that regulate the consumption of alcohol on roads, footpaths and public car parks. Once such a zone is established, it applies 24 hours a day. The principal objectives of the zone are to prevent disorderly behaviour caused by the consumption of alcohol and to improve public safety. The second was Alcohol Prohibited Areas that regulate the consumption of alcohol in public places including open space, parks and reserves. These areas may be declared alcohol prohibited at all times or

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only for specific days, times or events. A valid resolution to suspend or cancel the zone must be passed either at council’s own initiative or as the result of a request. Suspensions would usually be to accommodate a specific community event. An Alcohol Prohibited Area can’t be established without the approval of the local police. “Recent discussions held between Council staff and Brisbane Water Local Area Command concluded that in line with the findings of an Ombudsman report with respect to alcohol consumption

in public places, Brisbane Water LAC do not support the proposition of timed APAs due to impacts on anti social behaviour, violence or serious crime,” the report said. “Data is collated and monitored on particular local areas which supports the need to keep restrictions in place. “Council will continue to liaise with Brisbane Water Command to ensure this data is relevant and APAs are still necessary.” The council resolved to list Alcohol Free Zones on its website. Gosford Council agenda GRO.24, 25 Aug 2015

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Maintain the rage over registry closure It is so easy for the residents of Woy Woy and surrounds to blithely accept the callous and unjust decision to close our local RTA. It stinks, you say, but what more can we do? Didn’t our Local Member present 15,000 signatures to parliament? Didn’t she and others speak vehemently against the plan? Didn’t Gosford Council argue strongly against the move? I understand that a democracy operates when government, elected by the people, acts according to the wishes of those people. But what do I know?

Forum Letters to the editor should be sent to: Peninsula News PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 or mail@peninsulanews.asn.au See Page 2 for contribution conditions Am I so naive to believe the State Government cares for the well-being and safety of elderly drivers and would not force them to drive through the difficult bottleneck of West Gosford to the

Gosford town centre, only to be denied a car park? Am I so foolish to think that the government does not care about the economic hardships that the closure will put upon Woy Woy? No, my fellow citizens, we cannot and must not accept this decision. As Gough Whitlam said some 40 years ago, we must “maintain the rage”. We must keep protesting by mail, by email and by lobbying, until this outrageous decision is rescinded. Please join me in doing so. Email, 25 Aug 2015 George Kennedy, Woy Woy

The beach has been eroding for many years In reference to the erosion on the beach between Ettalong Point and Ocean Beach, Gosford Council blames the storms in April, southerly winds and high tides. To a certain extent, this is true. For the past 40 years, I have been fishing on this beach every year and the real truth is that the beach has been eroding for many years and Gosford Council has done nothing about it until now when there is a serious problem. I hope the so-called sandbag structure works because if it doesn’t, once the Christmas king tides roll in with southerly winds

Forum behind, Gosford Council will have a massive headache. You can see already the area between Norman and Augusta St getting closer to the road every day. The whole beach between Ettalong Point and Ocean Beach surf club is an eyesore and a total disgrace. If Gosford Council can beautify Ettalong foreshore, why can’t the same be done here? Letter, 14 Aug 2015 Ian Jackson, Umina

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Empty shops are alarming Ms Dover does not like Woy Woy’s shop awnings, compared to the cute and sophisticated shop fronts and foldaway canvas awnings of Europe. Woy Woy’s awnings, typical of shops all over Australia and New Zealand, are certainly not very romantic, but they perform a

Forum number of important functions. They help keep the shop cool in the hot summer. They keep the hot blazing sun from fading the goods on display in the shop’s windows. They provide a structure to hang blinds to keep the low western sun

out of the shop and provide space to display the shop’s name and type of business. In wet weather, they reduce the amount of water tramped into the shop on customers’ feet and dripping umbrellas. A row of shops, each with its own awning, provides a more pleasant shopping experience in hot summers and miserable wet weather than if they were absent. If you are caught in the rain, you can duck under the nearest awning. In Europe, you just get wet. Yesterday I walked along Blackwall Rd. and didn’t find much to offend me. Most of the decrepit and rusted awnings were on vacant premises. What alarmed me were the increasing number of empty shops there. Save Blackwall Road.

There is a lot to be said for silent sports broadcasting. Silence is golden except for Frank Hyde, Alan McGilvray and Richie Benaud. The TV networks should be congratulated for their retired players employment plan, which places ex-players into broadcasting roles. A phantom job description for the somewhat misleading term is presented for the genuine sportsman and woman: Promote network and its activities, programs, etc; Promote network’s partnership with code’s administration at all levels; Applicant must have first class knowledge of personal achievements with instant recall of career highlights and catastrophes; Knowledge of technology, especially designed and adopted

Forum leading edge investments for sports codes; Good general knowledge, topics discussed are randomly selected; Provide comments on game if required, optional; Create viewer interest regardless of score line and state of play; the impossible is achieved with every new record; Very long-term employment for the right applicant, exciting, dramatic and controversial work environment. My favourite Richie Benaud comment consisted of two words. Now the mute button is indispensable and there are more replays than advertisements. It’s a funny business sport. Letter, 13 Aug 2015 Norman Harris, Umina

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organic fresh food, produce and beverages including specialty diets such as gluten-free and paleo, organic beauty and personal care products and environmentallyconscious sustainable living products. Entertainment will include live performances, and films on diseaseproofing your life. Other attractions will include speakers, cooking demonstrations, interactive competitions and

childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rides, puppet shows and fruit and vegetable face painting. Guest speakers will include international celebrity psychics Robyn Collings and Darren Maxwell representing the Mystic Earth Shop in Gosford. The Boardwalk Lifestyle Resort Health Expo will be held at the Ettalong Beach Tourist Resort. Email, 17 Aug 2015 Larry Altavilla, Ettalong Beach Tourist Resort

Walk raises awareness of PTSD The Esplanade at Umina saw a great turnout for the PANSW and RAAF walk to raise awareness for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on Thursday, August 27. Umina was the starting point for the third stage of the five day walk by Broken Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior Constable Stuart Churchill and Corporal Andrew Summers from the RAAF in their bid to raise awareness of the farreaching effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. The two servicemen met up with the Brisbane Water Police Command at The Esplanade, Umina, at 7am on Thursday before travelling to Palm Beach aboard the Nemesis 1,

supplied by the NSW Water Police. The two servicemen said they wished to raise awareness for Legacy, the Australian charity that provides financial support for families who have suffered a loss of a spouse or parent, during or after their defense force service. Senior Constable Churchill said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This walk is a reminder that anyone can experience PTSD. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It not only affect the sufferer, but also impacts on family and friends.â&#x20AC;? Senior Constable Churchill said that at each stage of the walk they had been shown encouragement from mothers, shopkeepers and the general public who said they were previously unaware of PTSD and its effects.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are all ordinary people with personal stories. It affects everybody, even the families.â&#x20AC;? Corporal Summers hoped that the walk would raise awareness of PTSD, and inspire others to recognise that there was always hope. The walk was set to finish outside the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place,Sydney, symbolic of the posttraumatic stress that was triggered by the siege in December. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In order to face my fears, I planned this walk to help raise money for Legacy, and to raise awareness of PTSD,â&#x20AC;? Senior Constable Churchill said. Media Release, 26 Aug 2015 Alison McLaughlin, Police Association NSW Interviews, 27 Aug 2015

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designed to equip parents with the knowledge and tools to assist their children’s progress through their teenage years safely and happily. The youth service is run by Coast Community Connections, whose chief executive officer, Mr Andrew Tuck said: “The teenage years can be a tumultuous time for everyone involved and we want to provide local parents with the tools required to ensure the transition of their children from being kids to teens and then adults, is a positive

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Call to restrict parking in laneway Residents have petitioned Gosford Council to install No Parking signs in the laneway between Cambridge St and Nelson St at Umina between Ocean Beach Rd and Trafalgar Rd. The petition is signed by eight people

The petition stated that with the influx of cabins and granny flats being approved in the lane ways around the Peninsula area, this has become a very big problem for residents accessing approved garages backing on to the lane ways. The signatories said that the laneways on the Peninsula were

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The visit was part of Hearing Awareness Week. Teacher Ms Bird was interviewed about what it is like to have a

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Veterans receive grants Vietnam Veterans Peacekeepers and Peacemakers Association of Australia, based at Ettalong, and the Woy Woy EttalongHardy’s Bay RSL Sub Branch, have received grants of more than $30,000. Federal Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks announced the two grants in a speech to Parliament honouring the 70th anniversary of VP Day. “It was a great honour to pay respect to our servicemen and servicewomen on the Central Coast on the 70th anniversary of VP Day,” Ms Wicks said. “On that day, 70 years ago, Japan surrendered unconditionally and Australian cities and towns erupted in celebration,” she said. “Almost a million Australians served in the Second World War; around 40,000 gave their lives in the great struggle against tyranny. I stood alongside locals whose

parents and grandparents were part of an effort that won the war that deﬁned their time. “At Ettalong, the Central Coast Sub Branch of the Vietnam Veterans Peacekeepers and Peacemakers Association of Australia did an excellent job of bringing our community together. “There were around 100 people in attendance who heard from guest speaker Walter Pearson. “Walter spoke very movingly. “He gave a wonderful history of the veterans’ experience and an incredible insight into the reception given to newly returned soldiers. “I am pleased to advise that recently this Vietnam Veterans branch in Ettalong received a $20,000 grant to assist the work they do, and the Woy Woy Ettalong-Hardy’s Bay RSL Sub Branch has also received a grant of $11,000.” Media release, 17 Aug 2015 Tim Sowden, ofﬁce of Lucy Wicks

Lunch meeting at Everglades The Endeavour Woy Woy View Club will be holding its next lunch meeting on Monday, September 7. The meeting will be held at the Everglades Country Club commencing at 10:30am. The club holds its monthly

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Year 6 students visit Canberra Umina Beach Public School Year 6 students went on their excursion to Canberra on Monday, August 3. The students were intrigued by how history was displayed on all the walls and throughout Parliament House. They learned about prime ministers, governors and many

other government jobs and visited the House of Representatives and the Senate. The excursion included a private night tour of the National Dinosaur Museum. Day two included a visit to the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Highlights were a touchscreen scavenger hunt of the history of Canberra and

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n keeping you up to date with the happenings of Umina Chiropractic Centre, the next workshop that Dr Michael Grieve is attending is in Hawaii, and it involves a 4 day human dissection program, focusing on the central nervous system; that is the brain and spinal cord. The purpose of the workshop is to gain a greater in-depth understanding of the body’s systems in their relationship to the assessment processes used in chiropractic care within this practice. The workshop will involve visualising each bodily system using tactile palpation to further enhance Michael’s 3D understanding of the way the human body is structured.

Woy Woy wins knockout soccer Woy Woy Public School’s girls’ soccer team played against Lisarow Public School in the Central Coast area final for the state knockout on Wednesday, August 12. It was a dominant performance by the Woy Woy team against a good Lisarow side. After dominating possession and clocking up six corners throughout the first half, the dam

wall was finally broken when Woy Woy scored a team goal. In the second half, Lisarow had more possession, but Woy Woy’s strong defence kept them out. Not long into the half, Woy Woy’s captain scored from about 20 metres out. The girls scored another goal late in the match to make the score a very comprehensive 3-0. Newsletter, 19 Aug 2015 Peter Graham, Woy Woy Public School

Being able to visualise what is under the surface is vital to forming an accurate and appropriate treatment care plan. WOW! This goes to show the lengths to which our chiropractors go to keep up to date with the latest scientific understandings. Michael’s time will include tracing each nerve from its point at the spinal cord exit to its final termination and will include studying the positional relationship between the nerves and their surrounding structures. This will give Michael a greater understanding of nerve entrapment and how to use various adjusting techniques to enhance the success of chiropractic care. To put this in perspective, it is not unlike your car that is shiny and

bright on the outside, however, when you take your car to the mechanic, you are not interested in them simply buffing up the paintwork. The important differences the mechanic makes is in adjusting the engine; that is fine tuning the different systems that all work simultaneously in order for your car to run smoothly. This, in turn, means less wear and tear on the different systems, as they are running at their optimal level of output. This is similar to your chiropractic care adjustments, they are made to align your structure in order to allow the correct flow of information between your brain and your body.

Science and road safety day Umina Beach Public School will hold a science and road safety day where children will learn about pedestrian, bike and passenger safety. They will be presented with a science and road safety show put on for all students by the NRMA and they will have classroom

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Students have mock council meeting Students from Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus recently visited Gosford Council. The year nine students, Zoe Sounness, Amelia Newell-Close, Courtney Kowalczyk, Ethan

Pedrana and Rachael Hennock participated in a mock council meeting. At the meeting, students presented speeches on high density living, extreme event preparation, plastic bags and the endangered bush stone curlews.

These topics were then debated. Students used the microphones in the council chambers and sat on the podium. Newsletter, August 2015 Brent Walker, BWSC Umina

Students work with artist Members of the Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus Aboriginal Art Club will work alongside Mr Maurice Goolagong.

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Mr Goolagong is the college’s new Aboriginal artist in residence. The club meets every Wednesday during class time. Mr Goolagong has won many prizes for his art. He will be working with the students in the club on large art works to add colour to the school. Newsletter, August 2015 Brent Walker, BWSC Umina

Literacy sessions assist children at home Woy Woy South Public School will hold a series of literacy sessions aimed at assisting children at home. “Teachers at Woy Woy South are committed to supporting students to reach their potential,” said Woy Woy South Public School principal, Ms Kim Whealey. Topics to be covered during the literacy sessions will include effective home reading, great reading websites, focus on reading strategies, and helping with spelling and writing. Newsletter, 25 Aug 2015 Kim Whealey, Woy Woy South Public School

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Education

National aerobics championships Students from Brisbane Water Secondary College competed in the School Aerobics 2015 National Championships on the Gold Coast on August 14 and 15. The college team qualified for a place at the National Championships by competing in

regional and state competitions. The team finished in the top half of the leader board. Winning a place in the National Championships was a great achievement considering that some members of the squad only took up the sport in 2014. Email, 20 Aug 2015 Tim Haylor, BWSC

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Steve Collins takes students to Walgett Deputy principal of Woy Woy South Public School, Mr Steve Collins, took 40 children on a week-long trip to Walgett on Monday, August 3. Four teachers accompanied the children who were drawn from eight public schools in the Gosford local government area, including Woy Woy South, Woy Woy and Umina as well as non-Peninsula schools. Aboriginal and non-aboriginal children took part in the trip. Mr Collins said this year was the

10th year local children had been making the trip to the state’s west to compete in a netball and rugby league competition. Children from years five and six were required to nominate to attend. This year the rugby league team returned to the Central Coast winners of the Ricky Walford Shield for the first time. The netball girls were unsuccessful following their victory in the Jenny Wright Shield during last year’s trip. The children spent the week at

the Outback Resort in Lightning Ridge and visited the town’s famous hot springs and learned about opal mining. During the Wednesday sporting competitions, the rugby league team was undefeated and the netball team won three out of its five games. The children were also educated about the aboriginal culture of the region including lessons on weapon making from a local artisan. Newsletter, Aug 2015 Steve Collins, Woy Woy South Public School

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Club secures ‘outstanding’ baritone The Rotary Club of Woy Woy has announced it has signed Teddy Tahu Rhodes for next year’s Pearl Beach Opera in the Arboretum.

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“This outstanding baritone has delighted audiences throughout the world and we are thrilled to have him starring at our event in 2016,” said event coordinator Mr John Greenway. “Tickets will be on sale from the end of November to early December,” Mr Greenway said. “We have sold out the last two years and we are expecting a big demand for this event,” he said. Opera in the Arboretum is a charity event with funds raised going to local and Rotary charities.

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Not affected by Warragamba release Boat owners around Patonga and Broken Bay were not expected to be impacted by Warragamba Dam spilling downstream from about 8am on Thursday, August 27. Maritime director Mr Angus Mitchell said owners of boats at Broken Bay and Patonga were advised that they did not need to relocate their boats. The release of the Warragamba Dam was forecast to only impact upper areas of the Hawkesbury River, Mr Mitchell said.

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Peninsula projects listed as complete The status of several infrastructure projects have been listed as complete as part of Gosford Council’s Delivery Program Progress Report for the six months to June 2015. The progressive upgrade of Springwood St, Umina, from Gallipoli Ave towards West St has been listed as complete. Its cost was $246,077. Stage one of a complete

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upgrade of Lone Pine Ave, Umina, is also listed as complete. According to the report, the stage one upgrade was a $500,000 project that included the installation of a drainage line in Haynes Ave to Lone Pine Ave and to extend it towards Ocean beach Rd. The Peninsula cycleway from McMasters Road to Barrenjoey Rd and Barrenjoey Rd to Beach St is also listed as complete for a total capital project cost of $609,967. The stabilisation of the sea wall

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at Memorial Park, Woy Woy, is another Peninsula project Gosford Council has listed as complete. The works were completed prior to Anzac Day. “As the park has heritage significance and the walls were slumping, the northern wall was stabilised via peers and a footing. “Sections of the bricks were also replaced,” the report said. Gosford Council agenda GOV.112, 25 Aug 2015

Green Army applications are open Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks said applications for projects under Round Four of the Green Army program are now open. “Round Three of the Green Army saw three fantastic projects announced for our local area. “The Green Army will soon be undertaking National Park restoration and conservation at Killcare, and helping to protect and preserve Putty Beach Reserve,” she said. “For young people on the Central Coast aged between 17 and 24, joining the Green Army means you’ll receive valuable practical experience and training while undertaking work that will improve the environment in our

local community.” Round Four of the Green Army will include two streams. Stream one will focus on heritage projects that promote, protect and conserve Australia’s National and World Heritage which are listed for their natural, historic or Indigenous values. Stream Two will focus on projects that directly support the protection and recovery of threatened species, particularly actions for improving habitat. Applications for projects under Round Four of the program will close at 2pm on Wednesday, September 16. Media release, 3 August 2015 Tim Sowden, Office of Lucy Wicks

The $5.4 million redevelopment of Woy Woy Oval is 20 per cent complete according to the Gosford Council. The project includes the redevelopment of the grandstand and ancillary infrastructure for a total capital project cost of $5,375,789 including $875,789 brought forward, according to a report to Gosford Council.

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Norths Construction was awarded the tender to build the new grand stand and forecourt. Turspec was awarded the playing field redevelopment and the contract for the new multipurpose building. Meanwhile the report refers to the replacement of interior and fittings of the amenities at Umina Oval as a completed project for the period up to June 2015. The demolition and replacement of amenities at Lions Park, Woy Woym also gets a tick as a completed project. The Ettalong Oval car park upgrade is also listed as complete. Gosford Council agenda GOV.112, 25 Aug 2015

Work on improvements to the Umina Child Care Centre is due for completion according to the Gosford. A report lists the replacement of the Umina Childcare Centre’s kitchen and air conditioning and improvements to the front of the facility as one of its community services projects earmarked for completion by July 2015. The report valued the work to the centre at $165,000. The project is listed as “in progress”. It was started on May 30. Gosford Council agenda GOV.112, 25 Aug 2015

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Progress reported on foreshore The $2.4 million Ettalong Foreshore Project is listed as “in progress” in the Gosford Council’s Delivery Program Progress Report for first half of the year. The project includes construction of groynes and a seawall at the Town Beach precinct. The total capital project cost is listed at $2,420,708. The report said the seawall design has been finalised but council determined not to construct

the groynes at its meeting on December 9. The projects objective was listed as “retainment of sand on Ettalong Beach … reducing the frequency and amount of beach nourishment required by Council on an ongoing basis”. Works were to commence on the construction of the seawall in March-April and were due for completion in July. Landscaping work was listed as “to be completed”. Gosford Council agenda GOV.112, 25 Aug 2015

Information centre at Woy Woy tip The Woy Woy Landfill Waste Information Centre has now been completed and is awaiting internal fit out and car parking installation. Gosford Council was successful in getting funding under the Waste and Sustainability Improvement Payment program for a project to develop an information centre at Woy Woy tip. The project will enable Council learning facilities to be set up at Woy Woy tip to advise local residents of current waste disposal options, consequences and to

enhance the message of “reduce, reuse and recycle” as a means of reducing reliance on landfill disposal. “Interior signage, posters and information boards will be introduced to facilitate source separation and make recycling at landfill easier for visitors,” according to a report to the council. “This building will utilise solar panels and rainwater tanks to facilitate the lead-by-example approach to waste education and communication,” the report said. Gosford Council agenda GOV.112, 25 Aug 2015

Residents call for relocation of containers

The petition with 10 signatures was in relation to the relocation of shipping containers and a storage shed situated on Ettalong Oval. The petitioners stated that

although the oval had toilet facilities, sporting patrons used one of the containers as a cover for toilet purposes, only 10 metres from their back deck. They suggest that the containers be relocated to either the northern end of the oval near the Scott Hall or the toilet block at the southern end of the oval. Gosford Council agenda P.21, 25 Aug 2015

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Residents of the Ettalong Lifestyle Village have petitioned Gosford Council to relocate shipping containers to a more appropriate location.

Peninsula flood study deferred An application for grant funds for Gosford Council to undertake a Woy Woy Peninsula Flood Study has not been successful. According to Council’s progress report for the six months to June 2015, the project to undertake a flood study has been deferred

because grant funds were not available. “Commencement of the study was dependent upon receipt of offer of grant assistance from State and Federal Governments which will fund two thirds of the project,” the report said. “No funding offer received

to date as a result of Council’s submission for 2014-15,” it said. A technical brief was to be completed and a consultant commissioned by June 30 but this had not gone ahead, according to the report. Gosford Council agenda GOV.112 25 Aug 2015

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Community Centres Peninsula Community Centre Cnr Ocean Beach Rd & McMasters Rd Woy Woy Activities, programs and support groups for children, teens, adults and seniors including occasional care, playgroups, dance classes, karate, fitness classes, youth services, gambling solutions, internet kiosk and social groups. www.coastcommunityconnections.com.au

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First Sun. 10.00am -12.00 Shop 71 Schnapper Road Ettalong Markets 0428 712 251 Peninsula Village Wellness Centre Offering holistic and complementary therapies including aromatherapy, massage and music therapy 4344 9199 Peninsula Village Meals Delivered daily to your door Nutritious, great for the elderly 4344 9199 Peninsula Village Carer’s Support Group For carers of loved ones with dementia - 1st Wed 10 to 11.30am Paula 4344 9199 Peninsula Women’s Health Centre Clinic sister; counselling; alternate therapists; groups and community education; drop-in; support for women in crisis; 4342 5905 Wed & Thur 9.30am-3pm 20a McMasters Rd, Woy Woy www.ccwhc.com.au

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JAZZ LEAGUE Live Jazz Bands - Come to listen, Come to dance Free - Every Sun Central Coast Leagues Club Gosford 2-5pm www.jazzleague.net

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Soundwaves Men’s a-capella 4 part harmony chorus - all ages 7pm Mon. Central Coast Leagues Club John 0413 276 698 jbthomson51@gmail.com

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Umina Ettalong Branch 2nd Mon Umina Beach Bowling Club 7.30pm 4342 3676 Ourimbah/ Narara Branch Niagara Park Primary School 7.30pm 1st Mon 0410 309 494 kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com

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Service Groups Lions Club of Woy Woy 1st and 3rd Mon. Woy Woy Leagues Club 0478 959 895 Make new friends and have fun while serving your community. Northern Settlement Services - Volunteers Volunteers needed for friendly visits to the elderly in nursing homes. People with a second language encouraged. Training support provided 4334 3877 cvscc@nsservices.com.au

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4344 4363 Biz Plus Networking Association Business owners networking group. Biz Networking breakfast every Thur 7:15am - 9am Erina Leagues Club Geoff Neilson network@bizplus.com.au

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Country Women’s Association Woy Woy Opposite Fisherman’s Wharf Craft & Friendship 1st and 2nd Wed 10am Meetings 4th Wed 10.30am 4324 2621 Country Women’s Association Umina Branch meeting 1st Wed 10am Craft and Friendship Other Weds 9am 1st and 3rd Sun 12.30pm 0438 033 039 - 4344 1070 Endeavour/Woy Woy VIEW Club Lunch 1st Mon, Everglades Country Club, 10.30am Friendship Day 3rd Wed, Ettalong Diggers, 11am 4342 2283 Gosford RSL Women’s Auxiliary For women over 18 years. Raise money for welfare of veterans and their families RSL Club, West Gosford 4th Mon 2pm 4323 7336 Peninsula Women’s Health Centre Counselling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, domestic violence and abuse issues. All services by women for women 4342 5905 www.cccwhc.com.au

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News

Full agenda for Naidoc Week Naidoc Week was celebrated at Woy Woy South Public School with a full agenda of events and activities from Monday, July 26.

Third open middle heavyweight steer on the hoof and second on the hook bred by Brisbane Water Secondary College and Mr and Mrs McCredie led by Luke Brooks

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School principal Ms Kim Whealey said: “It started with a smoking ceremony at our Monday assembly. “We listened to a local Aboriginal community member playing the didgeridoo and then students, teachers and parents were invited to walk through the smoke together, to signify the start

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Food and Wine Fare, Pearl Beach memorial hall, 10am to 5pm

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If you’ve got something happening on the Peninsula over the next few weeks, let us know about it and we’ll list it here for you, for free. Contact details are on page 2. See the Coast Community News for events in post code areas 2250, 2251 & 2260 and the Wyong Regional Chronicle for events in post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262 & 2263

Website, 29 July 2015 Kim Whealey, Woy Woy South Public School

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of Naidoc Week activities. “Later in the week, students learnt about Aboriginal art, music, dance, storytelling, games and boomerang throwing. “We had a sausage sizzle where we enjoyed kangaroo and crocodile sausages,” she said. Students had a giggle during an Aboriginal performance at the teachers on stage learning the traditional dance.

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Health Poisons Information 131 126 Ambulance Text Mobile 106 Ambulance GSM 112 Gosford Hospital 4320 2111 Woy Woy Hospital 4344 8444 Sexual Health @ Gosford Hospital 4320 2114 After Hours GP Help Line 1800 022 222

Legal & Financial Help Financial Counselling Service 4334 2304 Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service 4353 5515 Woy Woy Court 4344 0111

Libraries Gosford district: Umina Beach 4304 7333 Woy Woy 4304 7555

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Transport Taxi 131 008 Busways 4368 2277 City Rail 131 500

Welfare Services Gosford Family Support 4340 1585 Meals on Wheels 4341 6699 Department of Community Services Gosford 4336 2400 The Salvation Army 4325 5733 Samaritans Emergency Relief 4393 2450 St Vincent De Paul Society HELPLINE 4323 6081

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Sport

Convincing win to Woy Woy Woy Woy scored a win over Terrigal at Ettalong Oval in Round 15 of the Central Coast Rugby Union on Saturday, August 8.

Central Coast State Pairs champions Lee Trethowan and Aron Sherriff

State Pairs championship played at Umina The Central Coast State Pairs championship played at Umina Bowling Club produced some outstanding bowls with the top ranked teams outlasting a strong field to contest the final. The tournament was played over the weekends of August 15 and 16 and August 22 and 23. Last year’s champions, Michael Stead and Pat Reynolds from Halekulani, defeated Terrigal’s Zone representative players Jeff Watson and Darren Morrison on

the last end of their semi-final clash. They took on the Ettalong team of Lee Trethowan and Aron Sherriff in the final. The Trethowan-Sherriff combination, who had already been part of the winning Fours and Triples championship titles earlier in the year, proved too good with Sherriff steering the pair to his 33rd Central Coast Championship title. The Senior Pairs final was a rematch of the Central Coast Singles championship between skips Lindsay Willding (Halekulani)

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and Alan Rogers (Avoca) and their respective partners of Neil Dell and Kevin Bowcock. The Willding-Dell combination held the upper hand for most of the game with Willding playing the big bowl when threatened. Having won the Singles title, it was back-to-back wins for the 71-year-old Willding. The President’s Reserve Pairs for Grade 5 Pennant players and below was a keenly-contested final with the Gwandalan father and son combination of Graeme and 14-year-old Jarred Crane proving too consistent for the OurimbahLisarow pairing of Mark Cummings and Tony Coates. Media release, 23 Aug 2015 Kevin Dring, Bowls Central Coast

Woy Woy won the match by 37 points to 10. After a very tight first half, it was Woy Woy that got stronger and stronger and dominated the latter stages of the match. The win itself may not have been a surprise, but the size of the win was. Terrigal had played great rugby the week before when they defeated Gosford, so many would have expected them to put in another dominant performance in this match but Woy Woy were too strong on the day. Woy Woy went to the halftime break leading by the single point, 8-7. It was a somewhat scrappy first half with play never rising to any great heights. Woy Woy grabbed the lead in the match just prior to halftime when they took an intercept and raced in for the try and the lead in the match.

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Woy Woy had several good players. Their best was five-eight Fokolulu Taumalolo who played very well and was also able to cross for three personal tries. Others to perform well were back Dan Campbell and Alex Moore. Terrigal also had several players who gave it their all. None was better than forward Sam Kenny, while winger Dan Sargeant had another good match as did lock Phil Heard. The second half saw Terrigal limited to one penalty goal while the home side were able to go on and post a further 29 points. It was a great second half by the home side, and the victory proved that Woy Woy do not want to lose that premiership they currently hold. The win sees Woy Woy join Gosford in equal fourth spot in what is proving a gripping race to the finals.

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an early lead, lost to St John the Baptist School. The Open team was defeated by Empire Bay Public School. However, with both teams making the grand final, it was enough for Umina Beach Public School to win the cup. Newsletter, 18 Aug 2015 Julia Morgan, Umina Beach Public School

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Ettalong hosts interzone bowls championships Ettalong Memorial bowling club will be one of two Central Coast clubs to host the State Inter-Zone Sides Championship. Eight sides apiece will play at Ettalong Memorial and The Entrance Bowling Clubs over the weekend of Saturday, September 12, and Sunday, September 13, to determine sections winners. A semi-final will be played at each club on the Sunday afternoon. The winners of each semifinal will then contest the final on Monday, September 14, at Ettalong. The early favourite is likely to be last year’s winner Dubbo, but the local Central Coast side is not to be underestimated on their home turf and they have the talent and skill to take that advantage all the way to the winning post, according

to Kevin Dring from Bowls Central Coast. Commonwealth Games medalist and Australian representative player \Aron Sherriff is the Central Coast side captain. Entry to both venues is free. The Bowls Central Coast side is: Lead Steve Guilmartin (Ettalong), Jeff Watson (Terrigal), Shane White (Ettalong), Nathan Malloy (Ettalong); Second Wayne Toomey (Mooney), Adam Pinkerton (Terrigal), Billy Maskell (Gwandalan), Luke McBeatty (Ettalong); Third Zac Robertson (Ettalong), Scott Dalton (Terrigal), James Cook (The Entrance) and Tony Shoebridge (Avoca); and Skip Aron Sheriff (Ettalong), Darren Morrison (Terrigal), Peter Taylor (The Entrance) and Lee Trethowan (Ettalong). Media release, 25 Aug 2015 Kevin Dring, Bowls Central Coast

Rugby team wins knockout

l-r Terry Murphy John Warton (marker ) and Paul Watson

Umina bowls minor singles The Umina Bowling Club minor singles final was held in perfect conditions on Sunday, August 9. The greens were in perfect condition when Terry Murphy, playing in his first singles final faced up to Paul Watson who was runner-up in 2014. Terry got away to a great start and at end 13 held a commanding

lead and was cruising along nicely at 18-4. Paul then found his line and length and started to mount pressure and get back in the game. At end 25, the score was 24-16. The game then became an endto-end battle with Terry maintaining his cool. However Paul wasn’t going to concede easily and at end 32 the scores were 28-25 in Terry’s

favour. With the game coming down to the wire Terry led 30-28. The final end was a classic finish with each bowl changing the lead. However Paul was unable to topple Terry with the final result 3128. Media release, 22 Aug 2015 Ian Jarratt, Umina Bowling Club

The Woy Woy Public School senior boys’ rugby team has won the Central Coast All Schools Knockout for 2015. The team won against Wamberal with a score of 12 to six. Wamberal started quickly and scored early in the game but Woy Woy remained calm and defeated Wamberal. Staff member, Mr Paul Betts said: “This is a very special group of young men who have combined to form a very successful team. “Their commitment, attitude and sportsmanship have been first class and I couldn’t be more proud of each and every one of them,” he said. Newsletter, 4 Aug 2015 Paul Betts, Woy Woy Public School

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Joel Keegan recognised as Coach of the Year Umina PCYC boxing coach Mr Joel Keegan has been recognised by Sport NSW as joint winner of the 2015 Coach of the Year in the Community Sport Volunteer Awards.

From left Gwen Jarratt, Bev Bartle, Carren Quinn and Judy Brown

Major Fours women’s finals Umina Beach Women’s Bowling Club held its Major Fours Bowls Championship finals on August 14.

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

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MON - 31 0303 - 0.07 0911 - 1.67 1510 - 0.18 2129 - 1.88

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SUN - 6 0219 - 1.22 0812 - 0.55 1446 - 1.54 2137 - 0.51 WED - 9 0541 - 1.25 1121 - 0.54 1748 - 1.58 SAT - 12 0136 - 0.35 0740 - 1.42 1331 - 0.42 1946 - 1.62

TUE - 1 0349 - 0.10 1000 - 1.71 1604 - 0.20 2219 - 1.77 FRI - 4 0008 - 1.46 0614 - 0.38 1239 - 1.63 1908 - 0.43 MON - 7 0336 - 1.18 0919 - 0.59 1555 - 1.53 2245 - 0.49 THU - 10 0025 - 0.41 0626 - 1.31 1210 - 0.49 1832 - 1.60 SUN - 13 0206 - 0.33 0813 - 1.46 1407 - 0.40 2020 - 1.61

WED - 2 0435 - 0.17 1051 - 1.71 1701 - 0.26 2312 - 1.62 SAT - 5 0109 - 1.32 0709 - 0.48 1340 - 1.58 2021 - 0.49 TUE - 8 0445 - 1.20 1024 - 0.58 1656 - 1.55 2341 - 0.45 FRI - 11 0102 - 0.37 0704 - 1.37 1253 - 0.45 1911 - 1.62 MON - 14 0236 - 0.33 0845 - 1.49 1444 - 0.39 2053 - 1.58

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Gwen Jarratt, Bev Bartle, Carren Quinn and Judy Brown played Lesley Swales, Betty Cusack (standing in for Pat Neal), Annie McHale and Marisa Torchia. The day was a bright sunny morning with a slight breeze, but both teams were concerned about the lightning fast green. They were informed by the green keeper that as Umina were hosting the Zone Championships over the next two days, it would require fast greens. Both teams played well, but from the 12th end Gwen’s team made a slow and steady increase on their score. From the 18th end, it became impossible for Lesley’s team to catch up, Gwen’s team winning 18 to 29. Email, 18 Aug 2015 Eve Phillips, Umina Women’s Bowling Club

In the Stranger’s Room of Parliament House on Friday, August 21, the Coach of the Year Award was shared by Mr Keegan and Mr Brian Trouville from Paddle NSW. “Joel runs over 60 PCYC boxing programs across NSW, an astonishing example of his tireless efforts and commitment to his sport,” said Sport NSW CEO Cheryl Battaerd. “Joel encourages safe practice, respect, and fairness within all his pupils, an attitude that is highly respected and influential in creating closer and healthier communities through the benefit of sport,’ Ms Battaerd said. “With over 10 years of coaching experience as a Star 1 International Accredited Boxing Coach, Joel’s supreme coaching expertise has produced three national champions, four state champions, five Golden Glove winners and numerous regional level champions in the past 12 months. “Joel Keegan is an exemplar of volunteerism, his recognition from Sport NSW is a testament to his

expertise and tireless commitment. “On the international stage, Joel trains the current Junior World Champion, Satali Tevi- Fuimaono, and has undertaken the role of Australian Assistant Coach for the Youth Olympic Games and Brandenburg Cup in addition to leading boxing tours in Asia and Europe. “As the Director of Boxing for PCYC in the state, Keegan is regarded by the boxing community as the best amateur boxing coach in Australia. “He runs over 60 PCYC boxing programs across NSW and his quest for self-improvement as a coach has seen him spend a period at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, working with many international boxing coaches nationally and internationally. “Joel is a passionate and highly diligent coach who gives his all for the betterment of his athletes. “It is not an unusual sight to see Joel training young novices at 5am on a cold winter morning and to still be there coaching at 8pm the same evening. “As a mentor, Joel strives to instil the best qualities into his athletes, he is adamant about mutual respect and encourages fairness, safe and inclusive practices within all his pupils.” Media release, 24 Aug 2015 Shireen Yousif, Sport NSW

President’s day at Umina Bob King’s President’s Day attracted 118 bowlers and guests to Umina Bowling Club on Saturday, August 8. Guests included representatives from Everglades, Woy Woy, Gosford, Davistown, Avoca, Umina Beach Women’s Bowling Club and representing the Zone 15 and The Royal, Doug Rose. After a hearty lunch, awards were presented to the following recipients. Jeanette Gaul and Eve Phillips received Bowls NSW badges and

Muriel Wallace and Dawn Burrows Bowl Central Coast merit badges. John Warton and Mark Speerin received Bowls NSW merit badges and Jim Phillips and Michael O’Sullivan five-year badges, Ian Jarratt his 10-year BCC merit badge and Steve Stead his 15year badge. Following the presentation, the bowlers took to the greens in perfect conditions for an enjoyable afternoon of bowls. Media release, 22 Aug 2015 Ian Jarratt, Umina Bowling Club

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Woy Woy fights for rugby union place Woy Woy is one of three teams fighting for the remaining two spots in the Central Coast Rugby Union 2015 top four. They enjoyed a bonus point win during round 17 on Saturday, August 22, so their next game will be their last shot at the finals. Woy Woy were far too good for Hornsby at Ettalong Oval running out victors by 74 points to 31 on August 22. The halftime score was 45-7 so even then the match was all but over.

To Hornsby’s great credit they fought back in the second half to score a further four tries. However, Woy Woy were too strong on the day and dominated most of the proceedings from start to finish. Best for Woy Woy were Paul Vuliposa, who crossed for three tries, Sione Toki, and Nick Garnett. Hornsby never stopped trying and once again players like Mitch Fullager and Leveni Hauvi gave it their all. Media release, 24 Aug 2015 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

Woy Woy Lions make presentation The Woy Woy Lions Rugby Club made a special presentation to sponsor representative Mr Brian Wright at its game at Ettalong Oval on Saturday, August 22.

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In beating Hornsby, the Lions secured their place in the top four for the semi-finals and are on target to take out the Premiership again in 2015.

The Lions patron, Mr Peter “Fab” Fenton, presented Mr Wright with a desk clock and thanked Mr Wright for his ongoing support for the club over many years. Mr Wright has not missed a Lions game for many years and represents the Bendigo Bank at many events on the Peninsula. Email, 25 Aug 2015 Ken Dixon, Bendigo Bank

Pelicans win six gold medals in State carnival Members of the Ettalong Pelican Masters Swimmers won six gold medals at the NSW Masters State Long Distance Carnival on Sunday August 23. Four Ettalong club members competed at the carnival, which was held at Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga. Paul Lemmon was the star of the day, taking out National records in the 45-49 age group 1500 metre backstroke, breaking the 2005 record of a fellow club member Cameron Horn, by almost two minutes. In his second event, the 400 metre backstroke, he again took out the National record previously set in 2010. Cameron Horn also broke an eight-year National record in the 55-59 age group in the 1500 metre backstroke, followed by a State record, set in 2010, in the 400 metre Individual Medley. Marion Dreyer won two gold medals and achieved two personal best times. “I was very pleased with my day,” Marion said. “Our fourth swimmer, Darren Bennett, did two personal best times in a very competitive field of

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50-54 year olds in the 800 metre and 400 metre freestyle events,” she said. “Ettalong Pelican Masters swimmers train at 7pm Thursday nights at The Peninsula Leisure

Centre.” Contact Gordon Ferguson 4369 3194 or Colleen Garland 0418 670 605. Media release, 24 Aug 2015 Marion Dreyer, Ettalong Pelicans

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