Peninsula News 458 by Mark Snell, Peninsula News editor

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19 November 2018

Group calls for resident feedback on tree policy Umina’s street tree group, Grow Urban Shade Trees, is calling on Peninsula residents to provide feedback on the council’s draft tree policy which is currently on exhibition.

Ferry service should be back to normal this week The ferry service between Wagstaffe, Ettalong and Palm Beach should be back to normal this week. New ferry owner, the NRMA, advised Peninsula News on Friday afternoon that it had the “all clear” from NSW Roads and Maritime Services for full services to Wagstaffe and Ettalong. The service was planned to start today (Monday). The first service out of Wagstaffe was due to leave at 5:50am this morning and from Ettalong at 6am, with 10 return services from each location daily. Services between Palm Beach and Ettalong and Wagstaffe have not run since April and commuters have needed to make their own way to and from Patonga in order to utilise the ferry to Sydney’s northern beaches. Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch said on Thursday she had received confirmation that the ferry operator, Fantasea Cruises, was conducting test runs of the navigation channel to determine whether or not it was safe to resume its full service.

She said that the dredge was still working off Lobster Beach. The Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association circulated a dredging update to its members on the same day which stated: “We have been advised by the Department of Lands that dredging operations in the Ettalong Channel should reach a stage next week to enable ferry services to complete their safety testing. “The channel mouth off Little Box Head where the original problem arose has been made 60m wide and is now clear. “The final stage of dredging off Lobster Beach will provide a 30m wide channel with a minimum clearance at low tide of some 2.5m. “After ferries resume, this will be widened further to 40m. “Roads and Maritime will then move the channel markers to delineate the new channel boundaries.” Ms Tesch said the resumption of the full ferry service would be welcomed by the local community and business operators but the NSW Government’s efforts to provide the Peninsula with a safe and operational navigation channel

still needed scrutiny. “I have put questions on notice in the Legislative Assembly about how many days the dredge has worked and not worked,” she said. “The Minister’s suggestion that the ferry could run a tidal service and use the channel on mediumto high-tides is not tenable. “It would have meant people could take the ferry trip to Palm Beach in the morning but be stuck at Patonga on the return trip. “This government has already spent over $1 million on emergency dredging but my questions have revealed it had no plans of introducing a shuttle bus for commuters between Patonga and the other regular ferry stops. “We know a long term solution is needed and we know $1.255 million with the same amount matched by Council will not be near enough to ensure the ferry service does not have to be diverted for another seven months at some stage in the future,” she said. SOURCE: Interview, 15 Nov 2018 Liesl Tesch, Member for Gosford Media statement, 15 Nov 2018 Ian Bull, WTKCA Reporter: Jackie Pearson

Group member Ms Debbie Sunartha said the group had found an increasing demand for urban shade tree planting and education. “Our volunteers are working overtime to meet the community’s growing demand.” However, she said council policies were exacerbating the situation. “As Council as rolls out large projects, our group has observed that mature trees that once shaded our walk home or kept the car cool in summer are being removed at an extremely fast rate,” she said. “Tree advocates across the Central Coast feel that policy is urgently needed to support developers, both residential and commercial, to understand that trees are an asset which adds value to properties and to make all efforts to retain and/or replace

them,” Ms Sunartha said. Ms Sunartha quoted a public statement by mayor Cr Jane Smith that “maintaining our natural assets is a critical component of what we value as a community”. “Jane Smith is asking residents to plant a tree, but what we have discovered is that with minimal resources allocated to trees, residents are unsure of what and where to plant,” Ms Sunartha said. Ms Sunartha said Grow Urban Shade Trees aimed to help the Peninsula community select and plant new shade trees. “The group is spreading the word on the value of trees for cooler streetscapes, added beauty, wildlife habitat, clean air, energy savings and water storage,” she said. She encouraged Peninsula residents to view the tree policy and provide feedback to address the increasing heat-bowl effect in our suburbs. Council’s tree policy is available on the Your Voice Our Coast website. SOURCE: Media release, 12 Nov 2018 Debbie Sunartha, GUST

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and at 1 Warren Rd, Warnervale, which was to be the site for the Chappie Pie China Time Theme Park, will be sold by Central Coast Council.

Councillor Louise Greenaway called for the sale of the land, and her motion was carried when Council met on Monday, October 8. Greenaway moved for Councillors to request a report from the Chief Executive Officer, Gary Murphy, by November 26, in relation to listing the 16 hectare site. She asked her fellow Councillors to vote to use proceeds of the sale for specific purposes, rather than paid into general revenue. “The specific purposes will be subject to discussion and further resolution of Council,” Clr Greenaway said. She named “specific purposes such as items in the greater Warnervale region, including but not limited to, the Wyong Employment Zone (WEZ), Warnervale education precinct and Warnervale town centre”. She also asked for reports provided to the former Wyong Council on November 14, 2012, to be included with the report that comes back from the CEO, whilst acknowledging that one of the reports may have to remain confidential. Clr Greenaway said she hoped her motion would

Artist’s impression of the defunct theme park have unanimous support. “The motion is to sell land, but its intent is to create local jobs and to activate the Wyong Employment Zone to drive economic development,” Greenaway said. “According to a staff report provided to the former Wyong Council at the Ordinary Meeting of November 14, 2012, the Theme Park proposal began with an approach to council to build a Chinese museum. “The proposal changed, and Wyong Council entered into a contract to sell the land to Australia Theme Park Pty Ltd to build what was touted as a $500m Chinese Theme Park. “The staff report states that studies were undertaken in support of subdividing the land, which cost ‘in the vicinity of $300 000’. “Council undertook works on the subdivision and cleared eight hectares in early 2012,

advising that ‘the costs of the works currently undertaken by council are in the vicinity of $2m’. “It is unclear if the $2m included staff time, legal advice or further consultants’ reports. “Completion of the sale was delayed and, after some years of controversy and speculation about whether it would ever occur, it was announced that the deal was off. “It appears that the cost to the ratepayers of the former Wyong Council was at least $2.3m. “Council was able to retain the $600,000 deposit, but it appears that there was a net loss of $1.7m. “This net loss to ratepayers, where it appears in the budget and/or how the debt is being serviced, are yet to be clariﬁed. “The sale of the Chappie Pie site will recoup some of the monies already spent on the site.

“It is located within the WEZ, a State Signiﬁcant Site designed to attract and accommodate large employers and new forms of industry to help boost jobs. “Development of this site should create hundreds of new jobs. “That’s hundreds of people no longer needing to commute, who will now be able to spend more time in their local communities, using services here, buying goods here, joining clubs here. “Many, if not all, Councillors have expressed their desire to create local jobs so here is a great opportunity. “The site has the potential to generate investment and interest in the Warnervale area, which will support the economic development of the long overdue Warnervale Town Centre. “The site has great transport links, being located adjacent to the

M1 and the SydneyBrisbane freight line, perfect to attract significant industrial and hopefully innovative businesses. “The last part of the motion speaks to the application of the funds received from the sale. “These monies will clearly be a ‘one-off’, so in my view, they would be best applied to a one-off project. “Given that this land is in Warnervale and the former Wyong Council residents are the ones who have already had their rates spent on the previous deal, I feel it would be reasonable to identify projects in the greater Warnervale region as the recipients of the monies. “The decision about the sale proceeds will be subject to a further resolution of Council, but I just want to flag my views in anticipation. “This motion is about selling land and recouping money, but its broader intention is to create jobs, activate the WEZ, and fund much needed projects.” Clr Doug Vincent, who seconded the motion, said it would mean finally moving forward with the WEZ. Clr Vincent said Councillors had received briefings from staff stating that 5,287 homes would be built in the area within a relatively short period. “Figures have quoted that 6,805 jobs could

possibly be put into the WEZ and Warnervale town centre, so this Council, if fair dinkum about the WEZ, should act,” Vincent said. “Council should progress selling that land at a price benchmarked against a just terms valuation,” he said. “If we can sell that land and have staff provide us with the best projects, so that we could put the proceeds from the sale of that land into that area, I would say this is the biggest job number quotation we have had in this chamber for some time.” Clr Greg Best said he was opposed to specifying how proceeds should be spent. “To quarantine revenue from these types of disposals sets an interesting precedent and could lead to a counter argument for further one off selling,” Best said. CEO Gary Murphy replied: “It is a matter for Council to determine how revenues will be spent. “I certainly take the intent of the proposal that it is not to go into the general fund,” Murphy said. The motion was passed and those who voted in favour were Clrs Mehrtens, Sundstrom, Matthews, MacGregor, Greenaway, Vincent, Hogan and Mayor Smith. Source: Agenda item 6.5, Oct 8 Louise Greenaway, Central Coast Council Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Bungaree, one of the most celebrated men in early Sydney, will be commemorated by the Pearl Beach Aboriginal History Group on Friday, November 23, and Saturday, November 24. Born in the Broken Bay area and part of local history, Bungaree’s descendants live on the Central Coast today. Bungaree was a skilled mariner and linguist and an effective mediator. He died on November 24, 188 years ago. A weekend of events has been planned to commemorate his life around that date. The history group and local indigenous people will hold a series of community events during the Bungaree Commemoration weekend. Historian Mr Keith Vincent Smith, author of the book King Bungaree, will speak at the opening night at Pearl Beach Hall

on Friday, November 23. Mr Vincent Smith will talk about Bungaree, his life on the Coast, his travels around Australia and his life in early Sydney. His presentation will commence at 7pm followed by canapes and wine at 7:45pm. The Mingaletta Sisters Together, from the Mingaletta Aboriginal Corporation in Umina, will hold a weaving and coiling workshop at the Pearl Beach Hall on Saturday, November 24 from 9:30am to 12pm (spaces limited). A bush tucker walk and talk around Pearl Beach will take place from 4pm to 5:30pm on the Saturday. It will be followed, from 6:30pm, by the evening event on the Saturday starting with a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony. Bungaree’s matrilineal descendants, Ms Tracey Howie of the Guringai Tribal Link Corporation, and Mr Laurie Bimson, will conduct a free presentation and answer questions

about their ancestor as part of the commemoration. An indigenous book stall will be held at the hall throughout the Saturday, supplied by Ms Jody Deamer of the Bouddi Gallery in Hardy’s Bay. Brisbane Water Historical Society will display a range of aboriginal artefacts from their collection. The Pearl Beach Aboriginal History Group will also launch a booklet about the Aboriginal History of the Pearl Beach and Patonga Area. “Bungaree” tickets to the evening with Keith Vincent Smith are available via www.eventbrite. com.au. All other events are free for the community, with no booking required. The weaving event has limited numbers and will be run on a first come first served basis.

The numbers of one- and twobedroom units would be increased, if its draft affordable housing strategy is adopted. The council would also “promote” the development of boarding houses in the area. Parking requirements could be reduced to one parking space for two bedroom apartments and as few as 0.2 spaces per room for boarding houses. The minimum building height could be increased to at least 11.5 metres “to facilitate the construction of multi-dwelling housing and residential flat buildings”. The changes would be implemented through a Development Control Plan where defined limits are treated as guidelines only and may be exceeded. The draft affordable housing strategy, currently on exhibition, states: “Without deliberate

intervention through the planning system, and the active creation of affordable and alternative housing through direct funding, partnerships and innovative models of housing and service delivery, the situation is likely to worsen.” However, the primary thrust of the strategy on the Peninsula appears to be a conventional rezoning approach, aided by developer bonuses. The only “innovation” appears to be the opportunity, under a “density bonus” scheme, for the council to take ownership of a number of units in the area, which it would then lease on to a community housing provider for rental as affordable housing “in perpetuity”. Previous innovative plans to offer affordable housing on the Peninsula using “tiny houses” appear to have been dropped. The draft strategy, prepared by Judith Stubbs and Associates, defines affordable housing as costing less than 30 per cent of gross household income. The draft strategy acknowledged Umina and Blackwall being included in the lowest third of housing affordability in Australia.

The area is less affordable than Greater Sydney for local residents, with higher rates of housing stress and higher rates of growth of primary homelessness and the marginally housed, the strategy states. “Strong leadership is needed from Council to develop a collective approach to these issues,” said the strategy’s author, Dr Judith Stubbs. At a general level, the strategy acknowledges that the private market delivers the majority of local housing but “there is compelling evidence that the market is failing to supply affordable, diverse housing for the vast majority of those who need it,” the strategy said. “There are virtually no marketdelivered housing products affordable to very low income renters in any part of the LGA.” Caravan parks are the only affordable housing available to “very low income renting”, according to the strategy. “Specific strategies to increase the supply of non-market or more deeply subsidised housing are required. “This includes stronger (or mandatory) intervention through

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the planning system to create affordable housing in perpetuity through mandatory contributions; and the direct creation of affordable housing, for example, on publiclyowned land in partnership with a registered community housing provider.” The strategy recommends that Council directly creates social and affordable rental housing for lower income key workers, older pensioners, retirees, people with a disability, people at risk of homelessness, very low and low income families. “This is the only effective strategy in the current and future housing context for such groups.” Under the strategy, the Council would consider appointing a special Housing and Homelessness Officer. It could convene and support an appropriate homelessness taskforce to develop, implement and monitor progress on relevant actions. It would advocate to State Government for a fair and equitable increase in resources to meet growing homelessness. A structured pilot would be conducted with real estate agents

to build relationships with local homelessness services, raise the profile of homelessness, and take positive action on housing formerly homeless people. Another pilot would be a transitional housing model to support effective transition to the private rental market for homeless people. Home share opportunities would also be explored in underoccupied private housing, for example, an older person sharing their home with a younger person at risk of homelessness. Council would provide information to the community on issues of homelessness, the rights of homeless people and how the community can support and include homeless people in public space. Exhibition of the Draft Affordable and Alternative Housing Strategy for public comment has been extended for six weeks and can be viewed at yourvoiceourcoast. com/affordable-and-alternativehousing-strategy SOURCE: Draft Affordable and Alternative Housing Strategy, 15 Oct 2018 Judith Stubbs, Judith Stubbs and Associates

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The number of cranes now fluctuates from one week to the next as some projects approach completion and new ones come on line, but according to the city’s skyline, at long last, something is happening. The 12 development sites featured in this report, all with cranes on site when our photographer did a drive by, represent $216m worth of works and will result in 595 new residences, mostly one, two and three-bedroom units in flat buildings. That’s in addition to the hospital car park and medical school building, new street level retail and A1 commercial space. The NSW Government claims that the new State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP), covering Gosford CBD, will result in a revitalisation of the city, but by the clearest measure, that transformation is already taking place, before the new planning controls are in place. The SEPP and DCP were gazetted on Friday, October 12, days after the Planning Minister, Anthony Roberts, announced, at a Gosford Erina and Coastal Chamber of Commerce luncheon, he’d signed off on the new controls.

the transformation of Newcastle’s city centre. Central Coast Council Mayor, Jane Smith, has proudly said, repeatedly, that $1.79b worth of development has been approved in the Gosford CBD since the Council amalgamation in May, 2016. Cain King, Director of CKDS Architecture, and Chair of the Central Coast Chapter of the Urban Design Institute of Australia (UDIA) said he was “genuinely excited” about Gosford’s future. “You do need a city centre for everything else to filter out from, so I do agree with the process that the NSW Government has used,” King said. However, he said a great deal of the current development activity, the cranes already in the sky, were due to the bonus incentives put in place by the former Gosford Council. “Everything we are seeing, apart from hospital, tax office and finance building, are directly from the bonus height and floor space ratio (FSR) incentives that Gosford Council put in place to encourage developers to come to the Coast. “Those cranes are a direct result of that, and that was a great benefit of Gosford

Crane on site for 15-storey Merindah Apartments in Mann Street

Council’s initiative,” King said. Whilst praising the former Council, King said he was also a “big believer” in the regional Central Coast Council. “We are in a new era now,” he said. “In support of the Council, they have had a lot of things to deal with as a result of the amalgamation, full stop, and the community needs to understand and be patient with that,” King said. “At the moment, Council does not have the number of planners it needs to support the number of projects coming through.” CKDS is involved with several significant developments in the CBD, including John Singleton’s Bonython Tower in Mann St and the triple tower Waterside development on the Froggy’s site, to name two of the biggest. “The community needs to know the new confidence that developers have in Gosford, as a result of State Government taking over development in the city until Council has its new consolidated Local Environmental Plan (LEP) in place,” he said. “The benefits for the local community of the State Government stepping in are phenomenal. “They are throwing in millions of dollars for infrastructure, so local money does not have to be spent on those items.

“Developers coming in won’t have to make those contributions, hence the Special Infrastructure Contribution (SIC) is being reduced to 3 per cent. “The measurable requirements within the state LEP will give a little more confidence to developers to come in and invest,” he said. King said he was confident that the emphasis on design excellence would deliver A-grade or B-grade commercial space to the city. “Currently we are C, D and below”. Bank finance remained a problem for developers but, according to King, they are “being smarter about it this time around. “A lot of the developers we have now have been far more intelligent in selling Gosford and attracting investment. “Developers are digging into their own pockets to build certain developments that are happening because finance is only made available at certain stages in the process. “Developers are having to dig into their own contingencies and their own money to get to a certain point where they can finance.” King said other developers have largely underwritten their own projects, namely John Singleton and Tony Denny.

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NRMA buys Palm Beach ferry service

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The NRMA has bought Fantasea Cruising, operators of the Palm Beach to Patonga, Ettalong and Wagstaffe ferry service.

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roposals to expand and redevelop the Wyong Race Club have created an uncertain future for several large community organisations who are based on Race Club land, according to Central Coast Councillors Doug Vincent and Kyle MacGregor. In August Wyong Race Club announced a $6 million track and training master plan. Councillors adopted a motion introduced by Clr Vincent and Clr MacGregor at their ordinary meeting on Monday, October 29, to request CEO Gary Murphy hold a master planning workshop “to review historical information and establish a community-focused vision for the future of Baker Park and the race course area in Wyong”. Clr Kyle MacGregor said he believed the precinct around the race track and Baker Park was “one of the most signiﬁcant recreational facilities for the region. “It was a major Council election issue in the Wyong ward in 2017, I had been approached before the election by community members and groups who were fearful

for the future of the area,” MacGregor said. Central Coast Volunteer Rescue Squad and Central Coast Poultry Club are two major community organisations that will be required to leave their long-term homes within the Race Club site. Anthony Bliim, Captain of Central Coast Volunteer Rescue Squad, addressed the Council meeting. He said the squad was formed in 1975 and had grown on the site but Wyong Race Club had terminated its lease. “Our primary role is rescue, such as road crash, industrial accidents, domestic rescues and animal rescue,” Bliim said.

Wyong Race Club and, inset, the poultry pavilion “We also provide allow for community use community awareness with separate access to about road safety, with meeting rooms, kitchen programmes such as and toilets. Driver Reviver,” he said. “Some of the “In 1980 a 25 year lease community groups that was negotiated with have in the past or still the Wyong and District use the facility are, the Agricultural Association Multiple Sclerosis society, for a parcel of community Wyong Quilters Club, land fronting onto Rose St Central Coast Quilters, Wyong with any building Lions Club of Wyong, to remain the property Men’s Support groups, of the Volunteer Rescue WICEN to name a few. Squad. “It has also been “With community used as an emergency donations we proceeded evacuation centre in to construct the building the 1994 bushﬁres, and to house vehicles and Wyong Council itself equipment and to provide has in the past used the training facilities for its facility to service its staff vehicles. volunteer members. “In 2016 the Volunteer “As the building was Squad funded by donations from Rescue the community of Wyong approached Wyong Race Shire it was decided Club for approval to allow to design the facility to a training company to

use our training rooms to raise funds. “It was then discovered that with the multiple changes of membership to both the squad and the Agricultural Society that the lease was misplaced and forgotten about and it had in fact expired in 2004. “In December 2017 a new licence deed for 12 months was presented to the Volunteer Rescue Squad by Wyong Race Club which was a very poor outcome for us. “The Volunteer Rescue Squad felt obliged to sign this deed or else occupation of our building would be terminated. “This 12 month extension is about to expire and our organisation faces the

overwhelming task of finding and funding a new headquarters location as well as gathering the resources and volunteer man-hours needed to move the facilities and equipment. “We always believed that the land on which our building is located was for community use and over the past 40-plus years of our tenancy we believe we have provided a valuable community service both as a primary accredited rescue organisation and by providing a venue for other community services to gather and conduct their voluntary support services. “As such we seek clarification as to the history of the land ownership on which the racecourse occupies. “We would also be interested in the planning limitations and permitted usage of this land. “In saying this it should be noted that our organisation would fully support the review into the community use of this land,” he said. Speaking after the meeting, Clr Doug Vincent said the Wyong race course was originally the agricultural showground and the first show took place in 1905.

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NRMA Group chief Mr Rohan Lund announced the acquisition on Thursday, October 25, as part of the NRMA’s aim to become Australia’s largest provider of transport and tourism services. “Today’s announcement of NRMA’s acquisition of Fantasea, 12 months after we bought Manly Fast Ferry, sees our fleet of vessels grow to 31 and boosts our capacity to unlock the potential of Sydney’s waterways, offer fantastic experiences to people wanting to enjoy our city and connect the Central Coast with Palm Beach,”

Mr Lund said. “When Sydney was born the majority of its transport needs were met by our sprawling harbour and network of waterways; 200 years later and the NRMA wants the city to again realise the potential of its waterways,” he said. Fantasea provides a range of transport and tourism services, harbour cruises, ferry services and yellow water taxis across Sydney Harbour in addition to the Palm Beach to Central Coast service.. The Fantasea fleet comprises 10 ferries and 10 water taxis. “Fantasea has a diverse and modern fleet of vessels and their operational approach to customer service aligns with the NRMA,” Mr Lund said.

“We welcome their staff to the NRMA family and look forward to working to deliver unique experiences to our customers in Sydney and the Central Coast,” he said. “As the NRMA group of businesses grows so too does our capacity to provide much-needed transport solutions to a community keen to get around faster and provide membership value to our 2.6 million members.” NRMA members currently get 20 per cent discounts on selected Fantasea services and the organisation will look to provide further member-exclusive offers and specials, Mr Lund said. SOURCE: Media release, 25 Oct 2018 Peter Khoury, NRMA

Strata committee to sue Ettalong Diggers The strata committee representing unit owners in the resort section of the Ettalong Diggers complex have commenced legal action against the club. Mantra Building strata committee chair Mr Barry Sale said the legal action was related to damage, caused to units and common property, from leaks in the roof on the eighth floor. Mr Sale said the leaks were caused by three telecommunication companies - Telstra, Optus and Vodafone - drilling through the waterproof membrane on the roof to anchor at least 20 radio frequency transmission devices located on the roof of the building. Ettalong Diggers Memorial Club chief Mr Bill Jackson said the club was just as anxious as the unit owners to seek a solution to the ongoing leaks. Mr Jackson said unit owners had engaged in legal action over the issue before and some had already received monies from insurance claims. He said there were around 25 devices on the roof but they may not all be operational. He said he believed the total paid by the three telecommunications companies per year was $70,000. Mr Sale said he noticed the devices when he purchased his unit, which is located on the eighth floor and has incurred water damage but said, at the time of

purchase, he did not take much notice. “The situation was that the club built the building and then operated the club in one section of it and sold off the hotel part of it so that the club had a base and the bulk of the cost would be met by selling off the units,” Mr Sale said. “One of the things the club claimed ownership of was the two service towers on the roof,” he said. The reason they kept ownership of those towers was because they were able to sell spaces on those towers to the telecommunications companies. “The club owns the towers but for the telcos to use those towers they needed to drill into our part of the building in order to anchor their towers. “There was never any arrangement or understanding of the strata owners or holders

as to any agreement with the telecommunication companies. “Our permission never sought and never given. “By them drilling into the roof of the building, they drilled through the waterproof membrane. “They punctured the membrane and consequently every time it rains it leaks and it is still happening. “This fight has been going on for around about nine years. “It is not just water getting in because in those two towers is a huge number of pigeons both dead and alive. “The water leaking through the roof is yellow. “In two cases the water is dripping in the kitchen areas of two of the units.” Mr Sale said he had attempted to resolve the issue directly with the telecommunications companies but had no success.

“Strata had to arrange for collection trays at our cost to be put into the ceilings, then from the collection trays the water was piped down into buckets into the units affected. “We have had to pay for mould removal.” Mr Sale said Diggers chief Mr Jackson had attempted to work with the strata committee to resolve the problem. “The club has applied to Council to put a cover over the towers which was approved but has now gone back to Council because the telecommunications companies have required other restrictions. “Nobody seems to be able to move these telcos to get the job done they just keep stalling.” Mr Sale said the unit owners were also aware of the health issues associated with electromagnetic fields surrounding the devices on the roof of the building. “That issue is a very difficult one to prove and the telcos will tell you the rays go outwards and not down and therefore the eighth floor is not affected,” Mr Sale said. “I believe there is a safety issue there. “Interestingly enough I wanted to go up and inspect the pigeon poo but I have a pace maker and I was told under no circumstances was I to go up to that level.” The Strata Committee has now decided to initiate legal action against the club.

“We cannot have legal action against the telcos because we have no agreement with the telcos, even though they drilled into our roof, but we do have an issue with the club because the club is responsible for our roof being damaged,” Mr Sale said. “We had a memorandum of understanding from the club that it would definitely be fixed by June 30 this year. “The club signed off on that and we signed off on that and we were paid out by the insurance company for loss of rent up to that period.” Mr Jackson confirmed Ettalong Diggers was resubmitting its application to Council to cover the towers. “The issue needs to be rectified so legal action is probably the best thing the stata committee could do. “The complexity of the whole arrangement makes it difficult to resolve; the club owns two plant rooms up there but not the roof. “Under the towers are two concrete slabs six inches deep but the club only owns the top inch,” he said. SOURCE: Interview, 1 Nov 2018 Barry Sale, Mantra Building Strata Committee Interview, 1 Nov 2018 Bill Jackson, Ettalong Diggers Memorial Club Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Support sought to oppose the re-opening of the Mangrove Mountain landﬁll esidents in the southern areas of the Central Coast have been asked to support a campaign to protect the region’s water supply by opposing the reopening of the Mangrove Mountain landﬁll.

“In this edition of Coast Community News, a Public Notice has been inserted by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), under instruction from the Land and Environment Court (LEC),” said Stephen Goodwin, spokesperson for the Mountain Districts Association. “The aim is to invite the public to make submissions on the Mangrove Mountain Landfill issue to the EPA, who will pass them on to the Court and the landfill operator, Verde Terra Pty Ltd, which has applied to have its licence renewed,” he said. “This public consultation is a pivotal moment for the community. “If it fails to voice its opposition, in a decisive manner, to having a massive landfill in the Central Coast’s water catchment area, the Court may see that as tacit

The EPA and Council admit Mangrove Mountain landﬁll is a threat to the Coast’s drinking water

support for the landﬁll. “We can’t let that happen. “It will open the doors for a further 10 years of waste importation at the landﬁll. “Mountain Districts Association is asking you to make a submission opposing the application to have EPL 11395 varied. “Mountain Districts Association can help you with your submission. “The EPA and Central Coast Council are joined in opposition to Verde Terra,” Goodwin said.

Mangrove Mountain Landfill is located at the Mangrove Mountain Golf Course on the boundary between Gosford LGA and Wyong LGA. “It is a threat to the Central Coast drinking water supply and both Central Coast Council and the EPA admit this fact,” Goodwin said. “The landfill sits at the highest point of the catchment for the regional water supply. “The landfill has lain idle since 2014, although there is still the matter of 800,000

cubic metres of waste sitting there, most of which does not have an effective lining underneath to prevent the escape of toxic leachate into the groundwater. “Scientiﬁc study has demonstrated that almost half of the stream ﬂow in Ourimbah Creek comes from this groundwater. “Central Coast Council pumps out of Ourimbah Creek into Mardi Dam. “Water in Mardi Dam is shared with Mangrove Creek

Dam. “These are the two potable water storage facilities for the entire Central Coast. “On behalf of the entire Central Coast community, Mountain Districts Association has been intensively engaged, for over four years, to end this threat to the regional water supply. “Presently, the matter is in the Court, as is explained in the EPA Public Notice. “The landﬁll operator, Verde Terra Pty Ltd, has applied to have EPL 11395, that regulates the activities at the landﬁll site, varied to enable it to resume operations. “Its application was refused by the EPA, and Verde Terra is appealing this decision in the Court. “If successful, this will authorise the importation of 1.318 million tonnes of new waste in addition to the existing vast waste mound. “On behalf of the community, Mountain Districts Association vigorously opposes this application and calls on members of the general public to do the same by making a submission to the EPA. “In addition to the Verde Terra application, there are a large number of supporting

documents. “These are the documents submitted to the Court with the application. “It is not necessary for members of the general public, who are concerned about the threat of this landfill to their water supply, to read all of these, but if you wish to be fully informed, they will be available for viewing at specified locations. “Mountain Districts Association is familiar with the content of most if not all of the supporting documents and is preparing information to assist members of the public. “The supporting documents will contain the essential facts and reasons why this licence application is a bad thing and should be opposed and will contain a brief background of the issue and how to prepare a submission to send to the EPA.” Register your interest in receiving a copy of the briefing note from Mountain Districts Association by following the link http:// mountaindistrictsassociation. com.au Source: Media release, Oct 30 Stephen Goodwin, Mountain Districts Association

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he legal challenge in the Land & Environment Court (LEC) against the approval of the Wallarah 2 Coal mine, situated in the major water catchment of the Central Coast, commences on Monday, November 12. It is expected to run for a

minimum of four days. The Central Coast Community Group, the Australian Coal Alliance (ACA), is challenging the validity of the NSW Planning Assessment Commission’s (PAC) approval in January. The ACA has brought this action against the proponent (Wyong Coal Pty Ltd – Wallarah 2) and the Minister for Planning, because it is in

the public interest to do so. The ACA will be holding a rally in the Domain, behind Parliament House, at 10am, on the day the legal challenge commences. Campaign Director of the ACA, Alan Hayes, said: “The challenge in the Land & Environment Court is an historic moment for the Central Coast. “The community have been

ﬁghting for twenty-three years to protect the Central Coast’s major water supply district. “The legal challenge is the culmination of the community’s strength not to give in but to ﬁght to win. “We don’t have the luxury of another water supply or water catchment.” Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, said that stopping the Wallarah

2 Coal mine is essential to ensure the quality of our water catchment on the Coast. “This court case is another stage in this long running battle,” said David Harris. “The Liberals could end this madness tomorrow, but if they won’t then I hope the courts will. “Wallarah 2 would be a disaster for our beautiful

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region, we have to stop it and I hope the Australian Coal Alliance is successful.” Korea Resource Corporation is the major shareholder of Wyong Coal Pty Ltd, the proponents of the proposed Wallarah 2 coal mine. Source: Media alert, Nov 5 Alan Hayes, Australian Coal Alliance

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round 70 residents from across the Central Coast travelled to Sydney on Monday, November 12, to participate in a Water not Coal rally in the Domain, against the approval of the Wallarah II coal mine. The rally was held to mark the commencement of action in the Land and Environment Court, brought by the Australian Coal Alliance (ACA) community group, against the NSW Minister for Planning, Anthony Roberts, and Wyong Coal Pty Ltd. “For a Monday morning and for people having to travel down from the Central Coast, it was very well attended,’ said Alan Hayes, ACA’s founder and spokesperson. “It was exceptionally pleasing to see so many Central Coast people who care about their water catchment turning up to demonstrate that concern,’ Hayes said. Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, David Harris, attended the demonstration, and again, reinforced his long-term opposition to the Wallarah II mine and his views about the importance of stopping the long-wall coal mine from going ahead in the Central Coast’s water catchment area. Nick Clyde from the Lock the Gate campaign

A group of around 70 Central Coast residents rallied in Sydney’s Domain also spoke about the importance of protecting the Dooralong and Yarramalong valleys. Former Wyong Mayor and MP, Bob Graham, also attended and spoke about how important it was to protect the water supply. “The irony was that we had won this ﬁght two times before,” Alan Hayes told the crowd. Darkinjung LALC ensured the mine was not approved in 2013-14, when they denied access to their land. In 2011, David Harris had heavily lobbied the then Keneally Labor NSW Government resulting in Labor’s Planning Minister, Tony Kelly, rejecting the DA on the grounds that

it was not in the public interest. “The Liberal party in opposition, agreed that there should not be any coal mining,” Hayes said. “Barry O’Farrell said the next Coalition Government would not allow coal mining, not only in the valleys, but in any catchment, ‘no ifs, no buts a guarantee’,” he said. “This government does not deserve to be in ofﬁce because as soon as they won the election, they reneged. “We are going to be running a very strong campaign throughout the Central Coast, and also Sydney, to oust [Member for Terrigal] Adam Crouch and other Liberals to

ensure that this Liberal Government is brought to their knees and is not reelected.” Hayes said ACA would mount the campaign in the lead up to the March, 2019, state election, because the Land and Environment Court probably would not give its ruling before March. “The Liberals committed the ultimate act of bastardry against the Central Coast people in February, when they approved the mine,” he said. The ACA is being represented in its LEC action by the Environmental Defenders Ofﬁce with some ﬁnancial assistance from Central Coast Council.

“We have 10 solid grounds against the approval of the mine in February, which was unlawful because it failed to consider certain aspects of the mining SEPP (State Environmental Planning Policy) and other criteria. “We have commenced this action because we do believe the approval was invalid, and we are doing it because it is in the public interest to do so.” When asked why challenging the NSW Government was left to a small community group instead of being mounted by Central Coast Council, in its capacity as the region’s water authority, Hayes said: “Well that is a good question.

“Probably because that small group of people believe it is important to leave, for generations to come, what we have enjoyed, and that is a reliable water source on the Central Coast. “The NSW Government doesn’t care less. “It is wanting to put 45,000 more homes in the northern part of the Coast over next 20 years and to do that they need water, but they tend to pander to their developer mates and forget about the needs of their community. “The greatest asset we have on the CC is our water supply, and sometimes in life, you have just got to stand up and be counted. “The age that we all are now, it would not impact on us, but it will impact on our children and their children. The LEC action commenced after the rally in front of a packed court room. “There was not enough space inside, people had to stand at the door or sit outside,” Hayes said. “All you could see in the court room was red t-shirts with ‘Water not Coal. “It just shows you how much people do care,” he said. The case is expected to continue for four days. Source: Interview, Nov 12 Alan Hayes, Australian Coal Alliance Jackie Pearson, journalist

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Ettalong intersection to get $7 million roundabout The intersection of Maitland Bay Dr and Picnic Parade at Ettalong will be upgraded with a roundabout following the announcement of funding from the State Government. The upgrade to the intersection, used by 19,000 motorists each day, will cost $7 million and is part of a government pledge during the Gosford by-election to spend $35 million on Peninsula roads. In addition to a roundabout, a new right and left turn into the nearby carpark from Maitland Bay Dr will also be provided, with a left turn only lane out of the carpark. Safety will be improved for pedestrians with a new refuge to be built on Picnic Parade, while new shared pathways will be built and connected to the existing pathway along Picnic Parade. Cyclist safety will also be improved with the provision of onroad lanes. NSW Roads and Maritime Services is now seeking feedback as part of the design process. The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has welcomed NSW Government funding for an upgrade of the intersection of Maitland Bay Dr and Picnic Parade, Ettalong. “The $7 million funding commitment by the State Government is welcome news,”

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said Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales. “This partly fulfils the State Government’s promise of roads funding made to the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce during the Gosford by-election in April 2017

at a time when the Government made the decision to abandon the Woy Woy Rail Underpass project,” Mr Wales said. “The $7 million upgrading of the Maitland Bay Dr and Picnic Parade intersection was one of 10 black spot projects identified and

submitted to the NSW Government by the Chamber where urgent funding was required to eliminate traffic congestion and boost safety,” he said. “The Maitland Bay Dr intersection has long been identified at a critical project together with the Dunban

Rd-Ocean Beach Rd intersection which the NSW Government has also committed to future funding. “While there will always be a backlog of road projects on the Peninsula, this commitment goes some way towards addressing the worst intersections. “It also demonstrates the NSW Government’s commitment to the area and its willingness to listen to the needs of the local business community. “The Chamber looks forward to any early start on the works in 2019 and will be pursuing the other funding commitments made by the Government for Dunban Rd, Blackwall Rd and Woy Woy Rd, which all formed part of the NSW State Government’s $35 million roadworks pledge during the Gosford by-election in Aril 2017.” Feedback is being sought by Friday, November 30, and can be sent directly to the RMS project team: central.coast.office@rms. nsw.gov.au. All feedback will be considered and the community will be kept informed as the project progresses. SOURCE: Media release, 2 Nov 2018 Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Media release, 2 Nov 2018 Ben Sheath, Office of Scot MacDonald MP

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Former Gosford Council solicitor dies The Umina man who was Gosford Council’s in-house solicitor for 20 years, Mr Alan Ford, has died at the age of 69. Mr Ford, who worked for the council for more than 50 years, was honoured with a Mayoral Minute and one minute’s silence at last Monday’s council meeting. Mr Ford, who died on November 5, had involved himself in the Peninsula community through Scouts for more than 60 years and was a long-term member of the Rotary Club of Woy Woy. “We lost a great member of our Rotary Club in Alan Ford,” said Woy Woy club president Ms Jayne Mote. “Alan passed away at Gosford Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest eight days earlier. “Alan lived his life in our Peninsula area attending primary school at Ettalong and then high school at Woy Woy. “He started at Gosford Council in 1965 as a draftsman and went on to study law at Sydney University completing his qualification in 1994. “At the Council, he transferred to legal officer in 1988 and solicitor in 1995.” He retired in 2015. “He was an expert on many topics and his intellect was recognised by his peers. “Alan and his wife Mary married

in 1980 and have a son Peter, in his early 30s who lives in Canberra. “They built a house in Haynes Ave, Umina, where he and Mary have lived since. “Alan was a respected elder in the Uniting Church, Umina, and for a 12-year period was Parish Treasurer. “He joined the Scouting movement when he was eightyears-old and was with them for over 60 years becoming a leader, a district commissioner and organising jamborees and many other events. “Alan joined the Rotary Club of Woy Woy on the December 1, 1983, and became president in the 1987-88 Rotary year, as well as serving on boards giving sound advice on legal matters. “He was always a volunteer for anything going on at Rotary and was a champion seller of Melbourne Cup Trifecta tickets to his fellow staff at the Council. “He was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship. “Alan received an Order of Australia Medal for his service to the Central Coast community, the Scouting movement and to Local Government in June 2009. “The club members will miss Alan at our meetings and other events. “He will be fondly remembered,” Ms Mote said. Mayor Cr Jane Smith said Mr

Ford had served as a member of the management committee for the former Gosford Council’s Protection of the Environment Trust. Deputy mayor Cr Chris Holstein paid tribute to Mr Ford during consideration of the Mayoral minute. “Alan Ford was known to me in my 20-plus years with Gosford City Council,” Cr Holstein said. “Alan was a bit of a character and, it didn’t matter what the temperature was, Alan would have his shorts and long socks on,” he said. “He was a great resource and his knowledge of the local community was unsurpassed.” Cr Holstein commented on Mr Ford’s commitment to Rotary and “his beloved Scout movement”. “Alan’s personal motto was always be prepared, and he was always prepared to give an opinion, advice, information, a helping hand to the community, and time for something he believed in.” he said. Cr Holstein summed up Mr Ford as someone whose three great loves were for family, his job and his community. Mr Ford’s funeral was held on Tuesday, November 13 at Umina Uniting Church. SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 1.4, 12 Nov 2018 Newsletter, 13 Nov 2018 Vic Deeble, Rotary Club of Woy Woy

Parking issues exist outside Woy Woy, says Holstein Parking problems in Umina and Ettalong could “fall through the cracks”, unless brought to the attention of Central Coast Council by local residents, according to deputy mayor Cr Chris Holstein. He said residents needed to let Council know about problems in areas other than Woy Woy. “Hot spots are usually where we have high commuter usage, such as Woy Woy,” Cr Holstein said. “That doesn’t mean we don’t have parking issues in other areas,” he said. “I hope the comments that come back will ensure some of those other areas don’t fall through the cracks. “There is need to look at parking across the board in Woy Woy, and the priority definitely comes down to the commuter component in the Woy Woy CBD. “But let’s also talk about parking around Ettalong where you hop on the ferry when it is operating. “These are the other things that need to be considered. “The more feedback we get the better. “There will always be some who

don’t agree on what you decide at the end of the day but when did getting more information not result in a better outcome?” Cr Holstein said. He said he encouraged as many Peninsula residents as possible to complete the survey, currently available via the Your Voice Our Coast website, and not to restrict their comments to Woy Woy but also nominate “other areas”. Councillors had not yet received any briefings from staff about potential locations for parking stations 800m away from Woy Woy Station, Cr Holstein said. “We have to look for options and there may be areas where there could be private public partnerships,” he said. “Part of the strategy might be to have a more effective bus service that connects people on the Peninsula. “There is tightness of land now, there is not a lot of shoulder room on the Peninsula so we are going to have to be innovative or different,” he said. SOURCE Interview, 14 Nov 2018 Chris Holstein, Central Coast Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Bi-plane fly-past featured in Ettalong commemoration A fly-past of three biplanes was the highlight of a huge Remembrance Day Commemoration at Ettalong Beach on November 11, honouring the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War One. The commemoration was conducted by the Gosford SubBranch of the Vietnam Veterans, Peacekeepers and Peacemakers Association and attracted more than 1000 people. At 11am, a flight of three biplanes, similar to those used in World War One, flew over the gathering and were greeted with waves and cheers from the crowd. The guest speakers were Mr David Myers and Ms Marjorie Hines. Mr Myers, who commands the National Service 1951-72 Reenactment Unit, spoke of his great uncle Private William Alexander Jamieson’s service in the 31st BN Australian Infantry 8th Infantry Brigade 5th Division. At 18-years-old, he travelled to Sydney with his mother and joined the Australian Armed Forces fighting his first major battle at Fromelles, France, on July 19, 1916, just three days after they arrived. The unit suffered 572 casualties, over half its strength. Mr Myers told the gathering that it was reported in records that William Alexander Jamieson

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suffered wounds on the first day. “He was said to be not too badly wounded and walked to the Fleurbiax Dressing Station, Fromelles, from where he was taken away by ambulance, Mr Myers said. “Conflicting reports state that on July 19, Private Jamieson, was rumoured to have been killed. “Other reports state that on July 21, he was still with his company. “He was deemed MIA on July 12, 1916. “German Prison of War records show he died of wounds on July 21, 1916,” Mr Myers told the audience. “He said Australian records state that William Alexander Jamieson was killed in action on July 21, 1916, aged 19, which was

only 10 months after he enlisted and was buried in a mass grave at Pheasant Wood with over 400 bodies. Private Jamieson’s story took a new twist in 2013. Bodies in the mass grave were exhumed and 124 Australian soldiers killed during the Battle of Fromelles were identified by name through the use of family DNA technology, forensic science and historical data. William Alexander Jamieson was one of these. In July 2014, he was reinterred in Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery with full military honours in an individual grave with his own headstone, at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military

Cemetery. Mr Myers said his son, Paul, his wife and two cousins attended that very moving ceremony. “For a very short time, William Alexander Jamieson served his country with honour, courage and in the spirit of ANZAC,” Mr Myers said. Majorie Hines of the Wyong Toastmasters Club gave an impassioned call for peace. Ms Hines was a little girl living in Birmingham, England, during the early part of World War Two. She barely escaped with her life when German bombers attacked the city destroying her home. When her house was engulfed in fire, she was forced onto the roof from where she was luckily

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New Umina skate park and BMX track could cost $3.5M “It will require assistance from other levels of government,” he said. “My job as a councillor is to keep it moving but it is going to be reliant upon community support,” he said. “It is a project that I set the target of doing in the three-year term of this Council and I know fellow ward councillors Marquart and Mehrtens are both of that same attitude. “We have to just keep pushing and encouraging community support,” he said. “It will be a venue that will have shade, seating, and recreational capacity for people and actually in itself will become a beacon that people even from outside the area will want to come to. “The next Olympics will have skate boarding in it so it could also become a sporting venue to attract events and hopefully one day maybe this might be where you hold the Australian selection finals for skate boarding in the Olympics,” he said.

The Umina Community Group has been told by Central Coast Council staff that redevelopment of the Umina skate park, basketball area and BMX track could cost around $3.5 million. Community group project manager Mr Peter Sprigget said he believed the plans for the area would be “community altering”. He described the existing Umina Skate Park as “sad, tired and unsafe” with no shade, seating or even water bubblers. He said it was a symptom of how those within the Umina community between the ages of five and 20 had been “left in the cold”. Feedback from surveys had identified a need to improve facilities for “small, little and big kids”. “There is no half pipe, the BMX track is muddy and covered in rhino bindies and they are trying to play basketball on a half court,” he said. Mr Sprigget said Council staff had been working with the Community Group to develop plans that would transform the area into a “world class activity park”. The project is expected to cost around $3.5 million to complete and would need assistance from local,

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state and federal government, he said. The plans incorporated walkways, barbecues and exercise equipment. “It will revolutionise the community down at Umina,” he said. The Umina Community

Group has been targeting local businesses to also assist by funding aspects of the project and the Ettalong Bendigo Community Bank had contributed $50,000 seed capital through its community grants program. Deputy mayor Cr Chris Holstein said the Council was “doing the

consultation and getting the feedback”. Cr Holstein said he had asked Council staff for a list of next steps so the project can move towards a formal design and then construction. “This is not going to be a cheap project.

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Woy Woy parking to be ‘key focus area’ Woy Woy is to be one of nine “key focus areas” in Central Coast Council’s new region-wide parking strategy, currently under development. The Council is currently asking the community to take part in a survey to determine ways to provide medium to long term parking solutions. Questions in the survey suggest an option of constructing all-day carparks 800m from Woy Woy’s town centre, and a Park and Ride bus service, and measure support for bus, cycling and walking. Council acting director Mr Boris Bolgoff said: “As part of the Community Strategic Plan, the community identified parking in town centres, tourist hubs and commuter areas as important issues to be addressed as Council and its partners work together to shape the future of the Central Coast,” said. “The creation of car parking options and solutions that address the needs for residents, visitors and businesses was the key to delivering essential infrastructure for our growing region. “Council is aware that there are a number of pinch points for parking across the Central Coast including Woy Woy town centre. “This survey is the first step in capturing information from the community about the types of parking they need to be able to go

about their business on the Central Coast,” Mr Bolgoff said. “Are they seeking parking for longer periods while they are at work or conduct business, or are they seeking parking for shorter periods of time while they attend personal appointments, enjoy leisure activities or dine out? “As our town centres grow, we also have more residents competing for parking close to their homes that we need to plan for,” he said. “As well as asking the community about parking needs in specific areas, the survey will seek information on how improved public transport could impact the community and enable people to have a variety of travel options so they could leave the car at home. “Council can then take this

information to public transport operators including the State Government and work together to deliver the best transport outcomes for the region,” Mr Bolgoff said. The Central Coast Regional Parking survey will open for one month from November 7. Following this, a draft strategy will be developed and go on public exhibition in 2019. The online survey is available via the Your Voice, Our Coast website. Although Woy Woy is the only Peninsula location listed, the survey does allow you to nominate “other locations”. One question on the survey indicated that a potential option for Woy Woy could involve building new all-day parks approximately 800 metres from the town centre

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with a Park and Ride bus service. It asked the respondent, “what would your preferred method/s be to reach the Woy Woy Town Centre and train station from these car parks?” The options given were bus, walk, cycle or “I would not use these car parks”. No information is provided about potential locations for such a parking station. The survey did seek additional information about how much the respondent would be willing to pay to use a Park and Ride bus service, preferred hours of operation and frequency. “The strategy will recommend ways to provide for and better manage demand for parking in key centres and train stations. “The strategy will address the

shortage in the medium and long term to meet the needs of the growing population. “The strategy will also identify improvements in public transport to reduce the demand for parking and recommend environmentally sustainable measures to address the growing need for people to move in, around and out of the Central Coast.” According to the website, the supply and demand for mobility parking in each focus area will be studied as a part of the strategy. “Recommendations on mobility parking may be made depending on the results of this study. “If the strategy recommends metered parking as a potential solution, the community will have the opportunity to provide feedback again before a decision is made.” The survey closes on December 9. Council will use the survey information, along with technical studies, to develop a draft strategy which will be placed on public exhibition in 2019. Following exhibition the strategy will go to a Council meeting for adoption. SOURCE: Media release, 2 Nov 2018 Borris Bolgoff, Central Coast Council Website, 14 Nov 2018 Parking strategy, Your Voice Our Coast

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Council fails to improve abandoned vehicle response Central Coast Council has failed to resolve to improve its response to reports of abandoned vehicles, despite dumped cars remaining in place for more than six months. Council voted against a motion from Cr Rebecca Gale Collins to investigate creating a phone app to report abandoned vehicles. Woy Woy resident Mr Peter Sarras told Peninsula News: “We had an issue with dumped cars recently that went on for more than six months. “We wrote letters and made calls to council staff, local police, deputy mayor Cr Chris Holstein and our NSW state MP,” Mr Sarras said. Mr Sarras said highway patrol police finally removed the car in the week before the item was to be discussed at the Council meeting. Cr Gale Collins told the meeting she believed Council should investigate creating app that would assist residents wishing to report abandoned vehicles, with support from the police local area commands. “The intent behind this motion is to address a disconnect between citizens, Council and the local area command,” Cr Gale Collins said. “Over the past 12 months I have spoken with many residents who are fed up with abandoned vehicles,” she said.

Online survey for climate change policy An online survey about the council’s draft climate change policy opened on November 12.

“Councillors have received a briefing and fact sheet on this issue but the community doesn’t have that information,” she said. Other councillors argued against the motion, saying that there were already to apps available to report abandoned vehicles. Council director Ms Julie Vaughan said Council also provided a “report an incident” tool for residents. Mr Sarras said: “Other councils in the state have been proactive and responsive on this issue.” He said Bayside Council had adopted a new policy in April that aimed to ensure unregistered vehicles abandoned or left unattended were removed from public roads in an efficient, lawful

manner. “The Bayside Council made the decision that management of unregistered abandoned vehicles that have been left unattended on public land was crucial. “That Council recognized that in addition to becoming unsightly and contributing to a loss of amenity, such vehicles are a nuisance and may present a safety hazard to the public. “Parking on public land is not meant for long-term storage of stationary private vehicles which are not being used for transport.” SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 6.1, 12 Nov 2018 Media statement, 13 Nov 2018 Peter Sarras, Woy Woy

Central Coast Council endorsed a draft climate change policy in August 2018 for public exhibition. The draft policy aims to provides a framework for action for possible impacts of climate change. The policy would align the Council’s operations and strategic planning with the NSW State Climate Change Policy Framework. The survey is one of a number of “engagement activities” with the community to give residents the opportunity to learn more about the policy, participate in discussion and provide submissions to shape the final policy to be adopted by Council. Mayor Cr Jane Smith said climate change was not only an environmental issue, but also an economic and social issue. “It is crucial Council shows leadership in addressing climate change and its impacts through responsible planning and collaboration in the best interests of our community,” she said. “Council is serious about reducing emissions, energy

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efficiency, resilience planning and infrastructure protection and planning. “This draft policy provides us with a clear pathway to become more resilient to climate change,” she said. The survey will allow residents to view and provide initial feedback on the draft policy, express concerns about the possible impact of climate change as part of daily life and impacts on the Central Coast more broadly. “I strongly encourage the community to complete this short survey and register their interest in working with Council to discuss planning for impacts of climate change so we can collaboratively work towards building a vibrant and sustainable Central Coast,” Cr Smith said. The survey will also give the community the opportunity to register their interest in the workshop series commencing in February 2019 to discuss the draft Climate Change Policy and is available on the Your Voice Our Coast website. SOURCE: Media release, 12 Nov 2018 Jane Smith, Central Coast Council

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Council to develop disability tourism precinct

One lane of Ross St to close for Kathleen St upgrade One lane of Ross St will be closed in coming weeks to allow a $1.2 million upgrade of Kathleen St to proceed. Ross St will be closed between Kathleen St and Rowan Rd from November 13 for the duration of the works. Motorists will still be able to pass through the area and residents will have access to their properties at all times, according to Central

Central Coast Council will develop an all-inclusive disability tourism precinct “on the coastline of the Peninsula”, according to a staff report to the council on November 12.

Coast Council. Trafﬁc control will be in place to ensure the safety of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. The project will upgrade drainage, widen the road pavement, install kerb and gutter installation and provide a new footpath. SOURCE: Social media, 12 Nov 2018 Jane Smith, Central Coast Council

The “accessible tourism activation initiative” would “establish a set of accessible tourism experiences incorporating all elements … travel, parking, retail, accommodation, activities”. It would “boost tourism, economic stimulus and residential lifestyle choice”, according to report authors, unit managers Mr Glen Cannard and Ms Sue Ledingham. According to their report, the Council will also conduct a series of nationally-recognised training sessions for local businesses and enterprises on how to improve accessibility and inclusiveness.” All Abilities Foundation chair Ms Marcelle Hoff of Ettalong said the Peninsula should be the obvious choice for an inclusive disability tourism precinct on the Central Coast. “It is ﬂat with wide footpaths and has many good facilities for people who are wheelchair dependent,” she said. “The All Abilities Foundation came about because I was chatting to a local business owner about

tourism opportunities for Ettalong and I mentioned that Ettalong needed a ‘point of difference’ – a ‘destination attraction’,” Ms Hoff said. “I discussed this with likeminded folk and we set up All Abilities,” she said. “We are endeavouring to cooperate with various businesses and local organisations into altering and developing places and spaces that meet inclusive requirements. “I had read the Local Government Association report, prepared by UTS, about funds spent on short-stay and overnight trips by people with disabilities, their carers and families with small children and the demand is obvious,” she said. “The inclusive tourism market in Australia was estimated to be worth up to $8.9 billion over the ﬁrst three months of 2017 so there is an opportunity here for the

Peninsula. “This southern end of the Central Coast local government area could definitely be better served by Council’s current tourism marketing provider, The Affinity Partnership. “The Peninsula has so many obvious attributes, including its long-standing culture of inclusiveness that makes it the ideal location for one of the precincts. “All people have the right to identical (where possible) facilities and equivalent facilities if identical is not possible. “They have a right to be able to use their finances to maintain a good lifestyle, live equitably. “All new developments and refurbishments on the Peninsula need to be done in line with the Australian Network for Universal Housing Design’s principles. “Our vision is to uphold an organisation that supports a strong and connected community for people of all abilities and we look forward to working with Central Coast Council to promote the Peninsula as one of its inclusive precincts,” she said. SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 3.2, 12 Nov 2018 Media statement, 15 Nov 2018 Marcelle Hoff, All Abilities Foundation Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Minister suggests ferry could run in high tides

Minister questions formal dredging agreement

NSW Minister for Industry and Lands, Mr Paul Toole, has suggested that the Palm Beach ferry could have been running services in mid- to high-tides. However, he said in a letter tabled in State Parliament on November 8 that the decision was “one for Fantasea Cruising”. “Fantasea Cruising has conducted two trials runs and is of the view that the current depth of water near the Lobster Beach section of the channel is not suitable for it to operate services during some low tide conditions,” the letter said. Mr Toole said about 15,000 cubic metres of sand had been removed from the navigational channel. “A further 10,000 cubic metres of sand will be removed to widen the entrance opening in an effort to slow the movement of sand back into the navigational channel,” the letter said. The Department, in consultation with NSW Roads and Maritime Services and key stakeholders, “is in the process of analysing the results of a recent bed level

NSW Minister for Industry and Lands Mr Paul Toole has suggested that Central Coast Council has not formally accepted the 50:50 funding arrangement to dredge the Ettalong channel.

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survey and scoping additional works required in the channel near Lobster Beach,” the letter said. “The entire Ettalong Channel is extremely dynamic and any additional work will need to consider how quickly sand could move back into the channel, whether near Lobster Beach or near the entrance. “The NSW Government will continue working with Central Coast Council and local stakeholders to

develop the dredging strategy. “Roads and Maritime Services will continue the ongoing monitoring, to assess the condition of Ettalong channel and manage the navigation aids, to assist boaters and commercial vessel operators to effectively and safely navigate the channel,” he said. SOURCE: Letter, 8 Nov 2018 Paul Toole, NSW Minister for Industry

More dredging required at Lobster Beach Dredging of the navigation channel opposite Lobster Beach was about 50 per cent complete by Friday, November 9, according to the latest available update

from the NSW Department of Industry - Lands. According to the update on the department’s website, no dredging was carried out over the weekend of November 10 and 11, due to expected high recreational boat

traffic. Dredging was scheduled to recommence November 12, weather permitting. SOURCE: Website, 14 Nov 2018 industry.nsw.gov.au/lands/public/ notifications/ettalong-channel

However, deputy mayor Cr Chris Holstein said the Council had formally accepted the arrangement. “Maybe he didn’t get the piece of paper but I know Council has agreed,” he said. “I know Council will match those funds and I am hoping it will be the last time.” Mr Toole tabled a response in State Parliament on November 8 to a petition presented by the Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch. Mr Toole’s letter said: “In September 2018, the Department of Industry – Crown Lands completed dredging the ocean end of the Ettalong navigational channel to ensure safe and reliable access for all vessels, in particular, the Ettalong to Palm Beach ferry service.” Mr Toole’s letter also stated that the NSW Government’s recent offer of “up to $1.225 million” in funding assistance to Central Coast Council depended “on Council’s formal acceptance and commitment to match the funding, and to manage the project.” Cr Holstein said: “We have got to come up with a strategy that is better, because, as sure as night follows day, when the work is done

we are going to have a problem with shifting sands in the Half Tide Rocks area. Dredging should not be the only strategy considered as a long-term solution to ensuring there is a safe and accessible navigation channel in and out of Brisbane Water, Clr Holstein said. He said the hydrology of the area meant that no work may be needed for several years in a row but then dredging would be required. “Surely there is a better way to do it. “Is there any suggestion from the hydrologists that might see berms or breakwaters that might create a workable channel?” he asked. lr Holstein said he believed nondredging solutions would not be put forward by the NSW Government because they did not want to be 100 per cent responsible for the channel. “The Government won’t pay for berms or breakwaters because if such infrastructure was put in place the Government would then take full responsibility. “That is why Swansea and Newcastle channels don’t need their councils to chip in 50-50 because of the major infrastructure works in their boat harbours.” SOURCE: Letter, 8 Nov 2018 Paul Toole, NSW Minister for Industry Interview, 14 Nov 2018 Chris Holstein, Central Coast Council Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Lions to sell cakes at Christmas lights display The Lions Club of Woy Woy will sell Lionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Christmas cakes and puddings in a street featuring Christmas lights displays this year. The club will sell its cakes and puddings in Birdwood Ave, Umina, from December 1 until Christmas Eve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will have a stall near the lights display where people can

purchase these items and, if they want, make a donation to their local Lions Club,â&#x20AC;? said club secretary Mr Greg Head. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monies raised by our club is spent locally on the community and we assist other organisations in our area also.â&#x20AC;? SOURCE: Media release, 13 Nov 2018 Greg Gead, Woy Woy Lions

CWA receives donation for drought relief A local Country Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association branch has been donated more than $14,000 to go towards the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drought relief appeal. Donations were made to the Woy Woy branch by the Freemasons on the Central Coast and the Central Coast Bulldogs

Masters Rugby League team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were so grateful to be presented with two cheques, totalling $14,200 which will go directly to Country Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association of NSW Drought Relief,â&#x20AC;? said branch president Ms Jane Bowtell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were so grateful to be contacted by the men of The

Central Coast Lodge 2001 to accept these cheques on behalf of the NSW Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that they will definitely go a long way in helping those who need it most in rural communities across Australia,â&#x20AC;? Ms Bowtell said. SOURCE: Social media, 6 Nov 2018 Jane Bowtell, Woy Woy CWA

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More than $138,000 distributed in sponsorship and grants A total of $138,750 in community grants and sponsorship was announced at a ceremony in Woy Woy last week. The Ettalong Community branch of Bendigo Bank presented 21 groups with the money at Woy Woy Leagues Club on Thursday, November 15. Twenty of the groups were local sports groups. Branch manager Mr Peter McKeon said highlights of the year had been the donation of a truck to the farm at Brisbane Water Secondary College and sponsorship of students doing the Kokoda Track expedition as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. “We are also looking at doing some work in the domestic violence area as there are local women in domestic violence situations

who cannot afford to escape the house,” Mr McKeon said. “We are exploring how to fund interest-free loans for domestic violence victims,” he said. All 21 clubs who received sponsorship from the club were present for the cheque presentation which was also attended by the Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch and deputy mayor Cr Chris Holstein. Recipients on the night were Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club, Woy Woy Football Club, Umina Surf Life Saving Club, Umina United Soccer Club, Woy Woy Rugby Union, Peninsula Swans Junior AFL, Woy Woy Roosters Rugby League Football Club, Peninsula Junior Touch Association, Woy Woy Junior Rugby League Football Club, Umina Junior Rugby League Football Club, Southern Spirit

Cricket Club, Woy Woy Peninsula Little Athletics, Woy Woy Wombats Water Polo Club, TKT Ocean Beach Netball Club, Woy Woy Swim Club, Peninsula Floorball, Umina Beach Netball Club, Brisbane Water Netball Club, Ettalong Eagles Netball Club, Umina Beach Mens Bowling Club. The Umina Community Group also received support from the community bank. Mr McKeon said the community bank had donated $50,000 in seeding capital towards the proposed redevelopment of the Umina skate park and BMX track which was matched by Central Coast Council in the form of “inkind design hours”. SOURCE: Transcript, 8 Nov 2018 Peter McKeon, Ettalong Branch Bendigo Community Bank Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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Flag stolen for second time The Woy Woy branch of the Country Women’s Association has had its aboriginal flag stolen a second time.

Ms Ann Parsons accepting the Tidy Towns Award from Keep Australia Beautiful National Association chairman, Mr David Karter

Arboretum wins Tidy Towns Award A community environment group from Pearl Beach has won a Tidy Towns Award. The Crommelin Native Arboretum association has been declared the winner of the Habitat and Wildlife Conservation Award

as part of Tidy Towns. “It is a very proud moment for the Arboretum,” said vice-president Ms Ann Parsons. SOURCE: Media release, 12 Nov 2018 Ann Parsons, Crommelin Native Arboretum Inc.

Interest sought for tourism committee Council will invite expressions of interest from members of the community to participate in a Tourism Advisory Committee for the Central Coast. The Advisory Committee is responsible for providing advice and feedback to Council on the coast’s destination planning and improving collaboration with tourism funding bodies, including Destination New South Wales. “Tourism is a significant industry on the Central Coast and Council is committed to working with businesses on the coast to ensure we are promoting and supporting sustainable tourism,” said mayor Cr Jane Smith. “Combined with Council’s

increased investment in tourism marketing and industry services, a new destination management plan and the advent of a new marketing approach to implement it – we are working towards increasing positive perception of the Central Coast and delivering more for the region.” Council will seek representation from small to medium sized business enterprises and large businesses, plus skilled marketers and business development experts. Central Coast Tourism and The Affinity Partnership, Council’s marketing and industry services provider will also be represented. SOURCE: Media release, 12 Nov 2018 Jane Smith, Central Coast Council

The theft occurred just prior to Remembrance Day, upsetting the branch’s plans for the day, according to branch president Ms Jane Bowtell. “Our original plan to lower both flags for Remembrance Day was ruined,” she said. “It’s incredibly disheartening that a member of our community has decided to do this just before such an important weekend as this one.” The branch did have a spare flag but there was not time to fit and rig the flagpole in time for the Day. “Whoever stole the flag cut the rope and took the rigging with them,” Ms Bowtell said. Ms Bowtell said: “This will be very expensive for us to replace. “As a not-for-profit community organisation, we have limited funds as is. “Spending money on things like this means less funds that we are able to give to our community,” she

said. Ms Bowtell urges anyone with information regarding the theft to

contact the branch or the police. SOURCE: Social media, 10 Nov 2018 Jane Bowtell, Woy Woy CWA

Umina CWA seeks new members The Umina branch of the Country Women’s Association is seeking new members to joins its ranks. “Our Branch has a growing membership and we are an active lively group that enjoys meeting every Wednesday for craft, laughter and enjoying all our members’ baking,” said publicity officer Ms Margaret Key. “If you’re interested in meeting and making new friends or love to bake, sew, cook, knit, crochet, patchwork or you fancy learning, then you will receive a warm welcome every Wednesday at 9:30am to 11am at our Umina CWA Hall.” The group also met 12:30pm every second Sunday of the month for craft and the fourth Sunday of

every month for cooking, she said. The Branch recently held its annual meeting and is now focusing on the year ahead. “Our AGM was busy and all positions have been filled so we are looking forward to an active and busy 2019 engaging with the Umina and Ettalong communities,”

Ms Key said. On the branch’s “to do list” were a fund-raising barbecue, a garage sale and an International lunch and Christmas in July events. SOURCE: Media release, 14 Nov 2018 Margaret Key, Umina CWA

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Woy Woy CWA takes out awards A local Country Women’s Association Branch has received three awards at the Northumberland Country Women’s Association group conference.

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Donation drive for Backpacks for the Homeless A donation drive for Christmas Backpacks for the Homeless will be held at the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall from 9am to 12pm on December 12. “We are asking individuals and organisations to help us fill these backpacks with items so very much appreciated by a homeless person,” said Homeless Support founder Ms Lyn Cappella. “The contents of each filled backpack costs about $50 and we are looking to provide as many of these as possible this Christmas,” Ms Cappella said.

The group will be accepting cash donations and donations of goods to fill the backpacks. “Alternatively you can opt to fill a backpack yourself,” said Ms Cappella. “Just visit us on the day and we’ll issue you a backpack and a list of suggested items.” Ms Cappella founded and registered the charity called Homeless Support Inc. The charity has no paid staff and all donations go directly to assist a homeless person. To many of the homeless in Woolloomooloo and Martin Place

in Sydney, Ms Cappella is known as the chicken lady. Over the years, she has organised and distributed many food and support packages to homeless people. On moving to tranquil Pearl Beach, she said she wondered if locals would be interested in helping her with her ongoing charity work, both on the Central Coast and in Sydney. The 2018 Christmas Backpack Project for the Homeless is the result. SOURCE: Media release, 9 Nov 2018 Lynne Lillico, Homeless Support

The Woy Woy Branch took out awards for membership, publicity and cookery. Woy Woy Branch president Ms Jane Bowtell said: “We were privileged to receive three awards

including, highest attendance for a branch with more than 30 members, a Shield for Publicity, and being recognised for our cookery efforts,” she said. During the conference the attendees also elected their Northumberland Group representatives for 2019. SOURCE: Social media, 25 Oct 2018 Jane Bowtell, Woy Woy CWA

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Salvation Army plans Christmas Cheer operation The Salvation Army in Umina has planning well under way for its annual Christmas Cheer operation, according to Umina Salvation Army officer Captain Austin Anderson. As part of the operation, the Salvation Army will provide toys and food for those in need. It is also preparing for a special Christmas Day service,” Captain Anderson said. The service will be held 9:30am at Umina Beach Corps, Umina. “Whether you are by yourself, or with friends and family, Christmas is a time that is best spent together,” said Captain Anderson. “So join us, so we can share the true spirit of Christmas,” he said. He said Christmas could be one of the hardest times of year for Australians doing it tough, but a small contribution can make a big difference in helping the Salvation Army give hope where it’s needed most. “For just $29 you can provide food on the table and a present under the Christmas tree to help give hope to someone in need this Christmas,” Captain Anderson

New festival venue ‘a success’, says Chamber The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has claimed the new Brisbane Water Oyster Festival venue at the Ettalong Markets was a success with big crowds flocking to the event.

said. Research from The Salvation Army has revealed that 95 per cent of all households who access the Salvos emergency services are living in poverty, with 74 per cent experiencing food insecurity and 67 per cent reporting that food affordability is their greatest daily challenge.

“Once again the Chamber was overwhelmed with the big crowds that supported the Oyster Festival at the new venue,” said Chamber

President, Mr Matthew Wales. “We were especially pleased with how smoothly the event ran and the luxury of the additional room needed to accommodate the huge crowds. “With Schnapper Rd closed from Ocean View Rd to Flounder Rd, this afforded the event plenty of room for the hundreds of food, art and craft stalls and the large stage area that kept the crowds

entertained during the day,” he said. “We were especially grateful to local residents who may have been inconvenienced with road closures, but I think the success of the community event for everyone was worth it.” SOURCE: Media release, 12 Nov 2018 Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

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Whole foods grocery officially opens A new whole foods cafe and grocer was officially opened at Woy Woy during a function attended by 40 local business and community representatives on November 7. The new business, Soulfood Cafe and Grocer, aims to make locals healthier and happier by supplying fresh food supplies, pre-prepared whole foods and nutritional advice. According to by founder and owner, Ms Kristina Thompson, Soulfood had already established a loyal following of locals looking for alternative fresh supplies of organic fruits and vegetables as well as a cafe bar. At the opening Ms Thompson told the crowd she took over the lease of the premises after working for the previous owner. Finding so much delight in helping people eat tasty and healthy food, she decided to take the leap into business herself. “Everything we make is plant-

The Boathouse Hotel Patonga is officially open

Hotel opens after renovation The hotel at Patonga has opened its doors after a renovation over the winter months. The former Patonga Beach Hotel officially re-opened as The Boathouse Hotel Patonga last week. The revamped pub, which

offers dining and accommodation, opened its doors to the village of Patonga for the first time on November 13. Boathouse Group creative director Ms Pip Goldsmith said the Group was “thrilled to be bringing new life the idyllic coastal venue”. “We are really happy with the

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new look and feel,” she said. “Overall the venue will be much brighter and lighter and takes advantage of the surrounding natural beauty.” The new venue features a large food and beverage offering, with 17 different beers, an outdoor deck and refreshed guestrooms. The takeaway store will offer fish and chips along with more Boathouse favourites, and the venue will also offer small events. “We are very lucky to be part of this very special beachside fishing village.” “We hope the Hotel will be worth the journey by car or ferry”, said Boathouse Group owner Mr Andrew Goldsmith.

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based and as fresh as possible” she said. “We also have an in house nutritionist who is helping people rebalance their diets and live well. “We have also started making nutritious prepared foods for people who were looking for healthy alternatives to supermarket frozen foods. “The idea being to help busy families, commuters and local people eat well and feel satisfied,” Ms Thompson said. “We’re so pleased to be part of the growing, vibrant Peninsula small business community and I’ve been so blessed to find such passionate and committed young staff and enthusiastic suppliers,” she added. Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch officially opened the cafe by cutting into what was a ceremonial watermelon which was later served to attendees. SOURCE: Media release, 14 Nov 2018 Alex Herget, Soulfood Cafe and Grocer

Brides vote for Woy Woy club A Woy Woy registered club has taken out a top award at the Central Coast Brides Choice Awards. Everglades Country Club took out the Central Coast region award for Wedding Venue Country Club. The award was accepted by the club’s events team which is headed by Ms Samantha Higgins. Brides Choice Awards is a non-

member organisation which was launched in 2011 to acknowledge those wedding businesses that have excelled and exceeded the expectations of their brides from around regional Australia. The results are tallied by vote from brides across the region. SOURCE: Social media, 14 Nov 2018 Sarah Kane, Everglades Country Club

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If non-compliance is not a basis for rejection, what is? Central Coast Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban design frameworkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criteria confounds the public.

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See Page 2 for contribution conditions seven town houses be deemed to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;constraintsâ&#x20AC;? thereby providing generous benefits to the development proposer? There must be a generous financial advantage associated with this development, which is a simple comparison of costs between the demolition and construction of five residential cottages against the demolition of five residential cottages and the construction of 27 units and seven town houses. Note that the original DA included an extra 10 units. Will the Council endeavour to use this downscaled DA as a constraint and grant further noncompliance concessions? Letter, 9 Nov 2018 Norman Harris, Umina

The letters from Brian Lewis, Bryan Ellis, June Mitchell and Laurie Powell in your most recent issue (edition 457) say everything that can be said about Central Coast Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bungling of development control on the Woy Woy Peninsula. The present system is a farce, and the Council clearly has no idea of how to remedy it. This issue alone contained four reports on non-conforming developments that had been approved by Council, and this practice is a common occurrence. This means that either: The development regulations have no relationship to reality or; the development regulations are being administered incompetently or corruptly for the benefit of particular developers. I do not believe for a minute that the Council staff members are anything but as diligent as they can be in administering the regulations, so it is obvious that the regulations themselves are worthless. If a multiplicity of nonconforming developments can be deemed appropriate, the standards must be wrong and should be changed accordingly, but the Council seems incapable of grasping this. As it stands, nobody knows whether a Development Application will be judged in accordance with the regulations or by some idiosyncratic standard that ignores the regulations as incorrect.

This is no way to run a railroad. We need regulations we can rely on, or the system is reduced to chaos. Of course, as I have said many times, the present controls are based on no credible research, observe no system of logic, are internally inconsistent, are practically opaque in their method of presentation and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t achieve the results we want, as is obvious from a cursory glance at the poor quality of development in the city, so departing from them is an obvious temptation. If we want the Peninsula to be a liveable community and we want to welcome a diverse range of households into it, we need some imaginative thinking about our goals and the mechanisms to achieve them. However, as long as the donkey vote elects the same old suspects onto the Council, we are unlikely to see much change. This is not to say that I am in complete agreement with all the views expressed. We cannot put our heads in the sand and pretend that the Peninsula can be preserved exactly as it is, just because that happens to be the way we liked it when we moved here.

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The next generation will be the ones living in the community we create, and we have to respect their wishes about it, perhaps even over our own. They are the ones who need to be consulted first. Many people prefer taller buildings, and they are just as entitled to live in Woy Woy as anyone is. As long as amenity is preserved, a building can be any height and still fit the urban-scape. It is this kind of draconian regulation that creates the situation where breaches of regulation become the norm, until the regulations become little more than a suggestion for developers to find some way around. I am against social housing per se, but disadvantaged people exist in our community and have to be catered for. In catering for them, they are best located in such centres as Woy Woy, Gosford, Tuggerah and Wyong which are publictransportation nodes and have the easiest access to the kind of support services these individuals and households rely on. If this means boarding houses in Woy Woy, I say let us have them but let them be properly designed and integrated boarding houses.

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It has not been explained how a modest local bowling club with three outdoor bowling greens could ever have the same character as a four level, 63-unit seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; living development at Woy Woy (DA53119/2017) and yet that was Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assessment, which bamboozled residents and was refused by the JRPP. The Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slash and burn character model also applies to Booker Bay (DA54262). An objector commented that two very large banksia trees were removed to increase the development potential of the site. The final assessment report from Council confounds the public with this comment: â&#x20AC;&#x153;the potential constraints of the site have been assessedâ&#x20AC;?. The removal of the two large banksia nullified the constraints, increasing development potential for the proponent. Development potential was further increased with approval for non-compliance with planning instruments. There were no real constraints on the site yet the development proponent has generously benefits from Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assessment. Advice on vital infrastructure has not been provided with this DA. With the Farnell-Blackwall Rd proposal (DA54551) and its known non-compliance, what other issues remain for comment? Character is out, infrastructure is also out, non-compliance with planning controls is not an issue, open and recreational space is not an issue. Is there any issue, any matter, that remains available for public comment? Will DA54551, which consists of consolidation of five lots for the construction of 27 units and

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Mangrove Mountain landfill affects our drinking water An advertisement placed in other Central Coast newspapers by the Environment Protection Authority calling for public submissions on the proposed extension of Mangrove Mountain Landfill is the latest reminder of the terrible environmental consequences that could threaten our water supply if this disastrous landfill is allowed to continue. For this reason I will be sending in a submission to the Authority strongly opposing the granting of a variation to the environment protection licence (EPL 11395) that regulates the activities at the landfill. I don’t want this landfill to continue in the catchment of the Central Coast’s water supply. The Peninsula, as well as other suburbs in the former Gosford and Wyong local government areas, receives its drinking water from this source. There is no excuse for the Authority not publishing this

Forum advertisement in the Peninsula News as well as the Coast Community News and Wyong Regional Chronicle. This is yet another example of the NSW Government taking the people of the Peninsula for granted. I urge all of the readers of this newspaper to go to the Mountain Districts Association website (mountaindistrictsassociation. com.au) to obtain information on making a submission. I noted in the Authority website there was no such assistance, which I thought was very poor of them. The Association website explains how to make a submission and they have generously provided reasons that people can choose from to support their objection. Information provided by the Mountain Districts Association reported that the existing waste mound of 800,000 cubic metres sits without an effective lining so that leachate produced in this mound can run out the bottom and

into the sandstone groundwater aquifer. I am extremely concerned that if this situation is allowed to continue without remediation that I may wake up one day to hear on the news that my drinking water is undrinkable. This groundwater aquifer supplies almost half of the base stream flow of Ourimbah Creek; Council pumps fresh water from Ourimbah Creek into its Mardi Dam water storage that supplies the former Wyong LGA. This water is also shared with the Mangrove Creek Dam which supplies fresh water to the former Gosford LGA. Mangrove Mountain Landfill sits in the catchment that supplies all these water storages. I think it is very important at this time for Peninsula residents to say NO to this landfill. The more people who oppose this landfill, the louder the voice, and just maybe this time we will be heard by the Authority and the NSW Government. Email, 14 Nov 2018 Michael Conroy, Booker Bay

Are dead pigeons an advanced warning? Thank you for the comprehensive article “Strata committee to sue Ettalong Diggers” (edition

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numerous dead pigeons on the building are Ettalong’s version of the canary in the coal mine. The canary dies, the miners promptly evacuate the toxic environment in the coal mine in order to save their own lives. Could the dead pigeons be an advanced warning of some danger for the rest of Ettalong? Email, 7 Nov 2018 Marcelle Hoff, Ettalong

Proposed mine will affect our water too Today (November 12) the case brought by the Coal Alliance of Citizens fighting for our water supply to the Land and Environment Court began in Sydney. It was pleasing to see around 60 people travelled from the Central Coast to the Domain to rally and protest but I noticed that most of the participants live in the north of the Central Coast which reflects the locality of the campaigning over the past 20 years. However, this issue is of central importance to those of us who live in the south. Why? Because the proposed mine will draw water from our water supply, will fracture the country rock and lower our water table and thus our supply of water, and will channel its used, dirty, and poisonous waters into our public water supply.

Forum The water supply for the north is the same as the water supply for the south of the Central Coast. There are many reasons why this mine should be scrapped. The main reason, for those of us in the south, is our water supply. A related matter which concerns me, as a lover of our beaches, waterways, and wildlife, including sea life, is the proposal, again by big corporations, to set up oil/gas derricks offshore to explore for gas. Our local Coast and beaches should not be subjected to accidents, oil spills, explosions and drill-rig fires. It is time for us in the south of the Central Coast to become better organised and more vocal about our future. Email, 12 Nov 2018 Dr Van Davy, Pearl Beach

Moving ceremony at Ocean Beach Congratulations go to Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club on a very moving Centenary of Armistice Day ceremony. The ceremony was well attended by both young and old alike from the club and the community. Aaron Walsh, a member of the club and a former member of the

Forum Navy, gave an emotional speech about another club member and Navy serviceman, George Reeves. Well done, Ocean Beach SLSC members. Email, 11 Nov 2018 Meg Smith, Umina

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The Vietnam Veterans Peacekeepers and Peacemakers Association of Australia Central Coast Sub-Branch wish to thank the Peninsula community for their support and decorum during Remembrance Day ceremonies held across the region. The Ettalong Remembrance Day Service was attended by hundreds of people from the local community, the weather was ideal, the fly-over was emotive, and the number of Veterans in attendance was inspiring. We had Veterans from the Second World War, Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam, The Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraq War, and War on ISIL. The Sub-Branch, extend their sincerest thanks to the Board of Directors at Ettalong Diggers Club for their support throughout this period of Remembrance.

Forum They have supported us unconditionally. We would also like to express our deepest gratitude to the Peninsula community for their attendance, and their unwavering

support of the Remembrance Day service. Thank you also to the local businesses who have supported, and or provided services to make this day so successful. Letter, 12 Nov 2018 Eric Daniel, VVPPAA Central Coast Sub-Branch

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A fitting Remembrance Day service at Ettalong It was a Remembrance Day to remember on the Peninsula. The sun was shining and the sky was blue, as a crowd gathered on the waterfront reserve next to the War Memorial at Ettalong. People slowly arrived, most on foot, as parking had long been taken. I was approached by a lady giving out small red poppies to place on your clothing and shortly later another happy soul giving out printed programs. The event was the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day or the last day of World War 1, November 11, 1918. I sat alongside an elderly gentleman who later admitted that his grandfather, father and his brothers and he had served 68 years of service in the army. Many of the older men dressed in suits proudly displayed their medals while wives and children stood and sat waiting for the ceremony to commence. A brass band started up with “Keep the home fires burning” and a re-enactment group of soldiers fully dressed and armed paraded in front of us. The ceremony had commenced and our company announced our acknowledgement of the traditional owners of the land and a welcome to this Remembrance Day event. Kayaks along with a police rescue boat, surf club boats plus other leisure craft could be seen just off the seawall. The crowd which had now

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Page 2 for contribution conditions swollen to about 600, now rose to pray and to sing “O God,our help in ages past”. The singing was interrupted by a flyover of three biplanes in a triangular formation, with waving and clapping by an enthused audience. More speakers and an act of remembrance by the Rev Arthur Peace followed, and the laying of wreaths on the Memorial Wall. Finally the playing of the Last Post echoed out over our heads and across the waters of Ettalong Beach. They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old. We will remember them. Lest We Forget. A ceremony that will remain in the memories of most who attended, not flashy and formal, but honest with a humility most fitting for the occasion. Email, 12 Nov 2018 Rod Fountain, Booker Bay

Thanks for the ceremony A big thank you to all who were involved with the Remembrance Day ceremony at Ettalong, especially the Vietnam Vets led by Alan Ball and members, Ettalong Diggers CEO Bill Jackson and Club staff, all speakers, re-enactment unit, cadets, Umina Surf Club, the Central Coast Aero Club and the bands.

Other Regional News - In brief Peninsula News focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2256 and 2257. Given the advent of the new Central Coast Council, following is a summary of the first 9 news articles published

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

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Support sought to oppose the re-opening of the Mangrove Mountain landfill Residents in the southern areas of the Central Coast have been asked to support a campaign to protect the region’s water supply by opposing the reopening of the Mangrove Mountain landfill. FOPAP feel left out of the Performing Arts Centre planning process Friends of the Performing Arts Precinct (FOPAP) has called upon Central Coast Council to consult more deeply with the expert voices in its own performing arts community to ensure that the Regional Performingg Arts Centre ((RPAC)) becomes

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ISSUE 195

Crunch time for coal mine approval

Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation states it intentions

The legal challenge in the Land & Environment Court (LEC) against the approval of the Wallarah 2 Coal mine, situated in the major water catchment of the Central Coast, commences on Monday, November 12.

Michael Cassel, Chief Executive of the newly - merged Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation (HCCDC), said it was tasked with leading signifi cant government initiatives to create opportunities and enhance communities

Cath Connor, recently announced as the Greens’ candidate for Robertson in the 2019 Federal election, has called for the sitting Member, Lucy Wicks, to stop the Wallarah 2 coal mine.

Building of 75 assisted care apartments at Forresters Beach approved The Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) has given consent for the building of 75 assisted care apartments at 1001 The Entrance Road, Forresters Beach, valued at $25.5 million.

Froggy’s demolition to be completed by Christmas

Terrigal New Year’s Eve fireworks cancelled

Horizon building plans amended to include additional lot

Froggy’s has tumbled, and stage 1 of demolition at the Waterside Towers site is expected to be complete before Christmas.

Stricter regulations and an increase in funding requirements have resulted in the cancellation of the Terrigal New Year’s Eve fi reworks.

A revised application will be considered by the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) for the $57.2m commercial and shop top housing development at 321 to 331 Mann St, Gosford.

Greens’ candidate speaks out on major local issues

The full articles and more can be seen on line on our website www.centralcoastnews.net Coast Community News focusses on news specifically related to post code areas 2250, 2251, 2260 and articles can also be read and shared on your mobile phone by going to www.coastcommunitynews.com.au.

Issue 153 14 November, 2018

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Coast residents stand up to State Government over coal mine

Opposition promises lifts at Tuggerah Station

Around 70 residents from across the The NSW Opposition has announced that Central Coast travelled to Sydney on a Labor Government will install lifts at Monday, November 12, to participate in a Tuggerah Station, if elected in 2019. Water not Coal rally in the Domain, against the approval of the Wallarah II coal mine.

Major roadwork disruptions on the M1 Pacific Motorway Motorists are advised that changed traffic conditions are continuing on the M1 Pacific Motorway at the Warnervale interchange, as part of the Tuggerah to Doyalson upgrade.

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Centenary of Remembrance Day commemorated

Opposition pledges inquiry into commercial fishing reforms

Rail Maintenance Facility causing major environmental damage

According to Emma McBride, Member for Dobell, commemorations like the 100th anniversary of the World War I Armistice are important to keep memories alive and show gratitude to those who fought for our freedom.

The NSW Opposition has pledged to hold an inquiry, if elected in March, into the current State Government’s commercial fishing reforms, which have led to more than one in five fishing businesses exiting the industry.

Local residents and environmentalists strongly refute claims made by Transport for NSW (TfNSW) that the Intercity Fleet Rail Maintenance Facility, now under construction at Kangy Angy, is not affecting creeks in the vicinity.

Major parties vote against National Park motion which would stop coal mine Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Scot MacDonald, and his fellow Member of the Legislative Council, Taylor Martin, along with Labor MLCs, voted against a proposal by the NSW Greens to convert the Wyong State Forest into the

Final Draft Ourimbah Land Use Strategy and Masterplan to be re-exhibited Six years in the making, Central Coast Council has moved to re-exhibit the Final Draft Ourimbah Land Use Strategy and Masterplan, to allow for additional public consultation.

Heated debate over potential legal liability regarding Warnervale Airport Independent Central Coast Councillor, Louise Greenaway, has pushed through a resolution seeking external legal advice as to whether or not the Council is in breach of the Warnervale Airport Restrictions Act (WAR Act).

Wyong Regional Chronicle focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262, & 2263. The full articles and more can be seen on our website www.centralcoastnews.net

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Aged care nurse wins national award A local aged care nurse has won the national Outstanding Individual Award in national Age Services Awards.

Peninsula Villages Mr Shane Neaves and Ms Claire Abbott

Ms Claire Abbott, from Peninsula Village, received the award in the Leading Age Services Australia Excellence in Age Services Awards, for her role as nurse practitioner. “It is with a great sense of personal achievement and pride that I can facilitate tailored, personcentred health and clinical care to the residents who allow me the privilege to help achieve their health goals,” said Ms Abbott. “When I first started my career as an assistant in nursing, I never dreamed I would be recognised on a national scale for my role working with older aged people. “I have been highly fortunate for the opportunities and people I

have met throughout my career, and I would like to thank those who have had a positive influence and have taught me the art of nursing,” she said. “Our organisation is extremely proud of Claire for the work she does for our residents,” said Peninsula Villages chief Mr Shane Neaves. “To be recognised as the most outstanding individual in Australia’s aged care industry is an honour that I’m sure that Claire will cherish for the rest of her life. “Claire is an integral member of our organisation and has improved the lives of our residents through her innovative approach to aged care,” Mr Neaves said. Peninsula Villages is one of only a few aged care facilities to have a full-time nurse practitioner on-site. “With the Peninsula region currently experiencing an aged

care GP crisis, Claire’s presence has allowed Peninsula Villages to continue to offer high care to residents needing ongoing or oneoff care,” Mr Neaves said. “The commitment and care that Claire shows to our residents is evidence enough why she is deserving of this award. Her contributions to making our organisation a leader in our field is second to none,” he said. The Excellence in Age Services Awards aim to promote and recognise excellence across the diverse and dynamic fields of endeavour in the age services industry, and to celebrate the passion and achievements of organisations, teams and individuals in the service of older Australians. SOURCE: Media release, 7 Nov 2018 Katey Small, Brilliant Logic

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New practice opens in Woy Woy A local health practitioner has opened a new practice in Woy Woy. Acupuncturist Ms Kristi-Anna Brydon opened her new Woy Woy base of operations, Vitality Therapies, on November 3. “Acupuncture is well known for its effectiveness in treating pain and, for this reason, it has gained popularity with more and more local patients seeking an

alternative alongside conventional treatment,” said Ms Brydon. Having worked on the Peninsula for more than 18 years, Ms Brydon said she had watched the Peninsula community’s health needs change with more natural health remedies like acupuncture being increasingly embraced by residents. “Across the Peninsula, people have become more aware of

the benefits of acupuncture as understanding of the practice within the western health sector grows,” Ms Brydon said. Ms Brydon specialises in acupuncture, remedial massage and Chinese medicine. SOURCE: Interview, 15 Nov 2018 Kristi-Anna Brydon, Vitality Therapies Reporter, Dilon Luke

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Woy Woy doctor named Registrar of the Year A Woy Woy registrar has been named the Registrar of the Year in the Hunter, Manning and Central Coast region by a Sydney general practitioner training provider. Dr Daniel Calder, who is employed at Woy Woy General Practice, won the award from GP Synergy on November 9. The 33-year-old New Zealander chose to practice at Woy Woy after moving to Australia eight years ago. “It’s a beautiful area and the practice had great reviews from my peers. “They love working here,” he said. The busy local medical centre opposite Woy Woy Rail Station has nine doctors doing everything from minor surgical procedures to chronic disease management. “Despite Woy Woy General Practice being a big clinic serving an area in need of more doctors, the clinic is full of friendly close-knit staff all doing their best to help the community.

“In GP training you need good mentors to show you how to make the most of your work, and through my training I’ve been lucky to have some of the best,” Dr Calder said. Practice manager Ms Cate Nesbitt said the award was a testament to the professionalism and dedication of the entire team. “Dr Calder is a real asset to our practice and the community. “He is a highly motivated, dynamic professional who is well regarded by his colleagues, practice staff and, most importantly, his patients,” Ms Nesbitt said. “I hope this award will help attract more top registrars and doctors to our centre at Woy Woy. “There’s no better place to learn and practice medicine,” she said. As for Dr Calder, he has no plans to leave Woy Woy anytime soon. “For the foreseeable future I’ll remain in Woy Woy if they’ll have me,” Dr Calder said. SOURCE: Media release, 16 Nov 2018 Belinda Noble, Sonic Clinical Services

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Hearing on water and sewerage pricing The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 27, to seek community views about the prices Central Coast Council is proposing to charge for its water, sewerage, stormwater and related services from July 1 next year. Mr Cameron Brown, Mr Greg Head, Ms Helen Walker and Mr Ian Taylor with Sullivan Shonberg

Lions provide special chair for Ettalong boy Woy Woy Peninsula Lions Club have provided a special chair for an Ettalong boy suffering cerebral palsy. Working with the Australian Lions Foundation, PME Group Limited, Medix21 and the manufacturing company Rifton, the

club delivered a Rifto Activity Chair to five-year-old Sullivan Shonberg. “This chair allows him to sit upright during mealtimes and will help to teach him to stand up from a sitting position,” said Lions Club president Mr Ian Taylor. “Our club was approached by

the Cerebral Palsy Alliance who assist Sullivan and his family. “His parents and Sullivan were very appreciative of the support given to them by all who made this happen,” he said. SOURCE: Media release, 13 Nov 2018 Ian Taylor, Woy Woy Lions Club

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The venue for the only hearing will be the Mingara Recreation Club at Tumbi Umbi and residents wishing to attend will need to register at ipart.nsw.gov.au This is the first time these prices have been reviewed since the merger of the former Wyong and Gosford councils. In preparation for the hearing, the Tribunal has released its preliminary views on the Council’s pricing proposals for discussion. Chair Dr Peter Boxall said the Tribunal was particularly interested in stakeholder views on harmonising sewerage and stormwater prices between

the Gosford and Wyong areas, increasing stormwater prices for non-residential and rural customers, charging retirement villages non-residential service prices, and service levels and expenditure. These and other issues will be discussed at the public hearing which will commence at 10am. “The public forum at Tumbi Umbi is an opportunity for IPART to hear first-hand local community views about the Council’s proposals so we can consider these views when making our decisions,” Dr Boxall said. “We know there is keen interest in the community about this review as we have received 127 submissions to the Council’s proposal. “We will again seek submissions to our draft report in April 2019.” Those attending the public forum will be given the opportunity to speak as time allows. SOURCE: Media release, 15 Nov 2018 Peter Boxall, IPART

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Education

Politicians hear of need for footpath Umina Beach Public School was visited by local politicians on November 8 to discuss safety concerns of students walking or riding to and from school along Melbourne Ave. Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch, and Central Coast

councillors, Cr Christ Holstein and Cr Richard Mehrtens, met with the School Council to discuss the school’s long-standing safety concerns and the need for a pathway on this street. “Melbourne Ave has no footpath or defined road edge, and leads to the only pedestrian crossing in the area on Hobart Ave,” said School

Parents reminded staff carparks are off bounds Woy Woy Public School has issued a reminder to parents and carers about safety on school grounds. “Please always use the walking gates to enter and exit our school,” said principal Ms Ona Buckley. “The staff car parks on Park and Bowden Rd sides of the school are for staff only. “No other vehicles are authorised within school ground. “The car parks are off bounds to all parents and children.

Council president Ms Penny Jope. “The School Council are calling on Central Coast Council to prioritise the construction of a shared pathway on Melbourne Ave, from Hobart to Brisbane Aves, to link with existing pathways in the area and create a continuous safe path to school.” SOURCE: Newsletter, 13 Nov 2018 Lyn Davis, Umina Beach Public School

“The only other vehicles entering school grounds are delivery and garbage disposal trucks and vans into the Park Rd vehicle gates and special needs student transport vehicles on the Bowden Rd side. “Keep your children safe and do the right thing. “They follow your example,” Ms Buckley said. SOURCE: Newsletter, 9 Nov 2018 Ona Buckley, Woy Woy Public School

Qualified for national carnival An Ettalong Public School student has qualified for the National Athletics Carnival after a strong performance in the State Carnival. “Alissa Rutter has again demonstrated what a talented sportsperson she is by gaining second place in the 100m sprint and shot put at the State Athletics

Carnival, resulting in her qualifying for the Nationals to be held in Melbourne,” said Ettalong principal Ms Lynne Balfour. “This is an outstanding effort and a fabulous result for Alissa and we are very proud of her.” SOURCE: Newsletter, 6 Nov 2018 Lynne Balfour, Ettalong Public School

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Education

SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER

Remembrance Day ceremony held Umina Beach Public School held a Remembrance Day ceremony on November 9 to mark 100 years since the end of World War I.

“Our school leaders for leading our Remembrance Day assembly,” principal Ms Lyn Davis said. “We are proud of all our students for the respect they showed during

the assembly.” SOURCE: Social media, 9 Nov 2018 Lyn Davis, Umina Beach Public School

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Woy Woy Public School held a special commemorative assembly on November 12 to mark the centenary of Remembrance Day. The ceremony was led by

student leaders and members of the Student Representative Council. The event was highlighted by the attendance of the National Service 1951-72 Re-Enactment Unit who

told the students of the importance of honouring the nation’s veterans and their sacrifice. SOURCE: Social media, 14 Nov 2018 Ona Buckley, Woy Woy Public School

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represented our school proudly. “The Stage 3 teachers gave up their time to provide this wonderful opportunity to our students,” Mr

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Out&About

New art gallery at Koolewong A new art gallery has officially opened in Koolewong. Casa del Sol Art Centre is currently exhibiting works from more than 25 local, interstate and international artists. The gallery also features ceramics by Gosford Art Prize winning ceramicist Ms Keiko Matsui of Umina, and pearl jewellery by Woy Woy artisan Ms Celeste Boonaerts and sculptures by Ms Rachel Bunney. The gallery claims to be one of the most visually appealing art spaces north of Sydney and supports a high percentage of local

Central Coast artists, according to curator Ms Patricia O’Hara. The gallery is open six days a week from Tuesday to Sunday and is located on the top floor above the Boathouse Restaurant at Koolewong Marina. Ms O’Hara said she was excited at the obvious strength of the local art scene. “The Central Coast has a lot of hidden talent and I hope we can expose this talent to art lovers in the area and beyond,” she said. SOURCE: Media release, 14 Nov 2018 Stephen Pattrick, Casa del Sol Art Centre

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COASTAL DIARY

A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF EVENTS OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS ON THE CENTRAL COAST TUESDAY, NOV 20 Christmas Lunch Show with the Bee Gees, Ettalong Diggers, 4343 0111 WEDNESDAY, NOV 21 WOW Wave Of Wisdom PowWOW & AGM (Women) ‘POW! Lift your WOW, Rumbalara Retreat, RSVP, 6:30pm - 9pm International Mens Day, Yarn up and Barbeque, The Glen Centre, RSVP Required, 12pm The ever changing world of retail presented by Jack Zervos, Gosford golf club, Ticketed, 12:15pm

with our Exercise Physiologist The Man From Hong Kong Leigh-Anne and Dietitian Jo for Movie Screening pregnancy and postpartum, Commentary by: Mariners Centre of Excellence Ex-HK Police Inspector Tuggerah, Free (RSVP) Bruce Venables, 10am - 11am Becoming The Forest Mindfulness Meditation, Forest of Tranquility, Ticketed, 3 - 4pm Visitors’ Day, Narara EcoVillage, 10:30am - 4pm And the Beat Goes on by Judy Nunn - Book Launch, Wagstaffe Hall, Free, 2pm

Wagstaffe Hall, Ticketed, The CAPA Big Gig, 2pm Lake Munmorah High School, 6pm

Creative Arts Exhibit Items for sale, SDA Church, 20 Gorokan Rd Wyee, 25 - 27/11, 6 - 8pm Say Hello to the Grinch with Santa and his real life Reindeer, Deepwater plaza 92 Railway Street Woy Woy, 10am - 2pm

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Local Churches Together Service, Warnervale Catholic Church Mary MacKillop Drive, Free, 7pm

Mangrove Mountain Landfill issue Meeting, Mangrove Mountain hall, 7pm - 9pm

THURSDAY, NOV 29

CEN End of year GetTogether and Networking Night, Staff Common Room Hands OFF Our Home - Public Ourimbah Campus, Deepwaterplaza.com.au information meeting for home Bookings required, owners in Areas of Vulnerability, 6:30pm, 4349 4756 St Andrews Day - Kirkin of’ the Davistown RSL, 10am

A Luminous Christmas, Waterfront Plaza and Memorial Park The Entrance, Free event, 1/12 - 30/12, 8:30pm - 10:30pm centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/events

A Luminous Christmas Launch Night, Waterfront Plaza and Memorial Park The Entrance, 5:30pm - 8:30pm Becoming The Forest Mindfulness Meditation, Forest of Tranquility, Ticketed, 1/12 & 8/12, 3 - 4pm

Introduction to Xero Accounting, Nexus Smart Hub Wyong, Ticketed, 10am - 12pm

MONDAY, NOV 26 Ourimbah Creek Catchment Crawl, Newcastle Universirty Ourimbah Campus, Bookings required, 9am - 3:30pm, 4349 4757 waterwatch@cen.org.au.

SUNDAY, NOV 25

LinkedIn Local Central Coast Making LinkedIn Connections REAL, The Tame Fox Erina, Free (RSVP), 6:30pm The Australian Red Cross Mobile Blood Van, Wyong RSL Carpark, 26/11 - 12:30am - 6pm & 27/11 - 10:30am - 4pm

TUESDAY, NOV 27 Coffee, Wine, & “A Taste of Sociocracy”, Narara EcoVillage, RSVP, 6:30pm

SATURDAY, NOV 24 Gosford City’s Gigantic Christmas Parade, Free rides - Kibble park at 10am, Parade with Santa Claus and Live Reindeer - Mann St Gosford at 11am Girrakool Blues Festival & BBQ Launch Party, Florida Beach Bar, Crowne Plaza Terrigal, Free entry, 1pm Morning tea and talk

Faith for Life - Biblical Resources for people living with Dementia, Erina Community Baptist Church, 9:30am - 12pm

CENTRAL COAST SINGS ‘MESSIAH’ Gosford High School Hall, Christmas Lunch with Central Racecourse Road, Coast Council CEO Gary Ticketed, 3pm Murphy, 4307 9355 Murray Doyle Room, Wyong Central Coast Dance Studio 9th Annual Concert 2018, The Art House Theatre, Ticketed, 2pm

Race Club, Ticketed, 12:30pm - 2:30pm

WEDNESDAY, NOV 28

Free Green Living Movie Closing the Loop, The Hub Erina Fair, Register at eventbrite, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

JPY & The Allstar Band: The Vanda & Young Songbook, Ettalong Diggers, Ticketed, 8pm 4343 0111

Central Coast Christmas Fair 2018, Mount Penang Gardens & Event Park Kariong, Gold coin entry, 9am - 2pm, www.fixxevents.com.au

White Ribbon Day and the No Violence Against Women campaign, Kibble Park Gosford, Free, 10am Don’t Change INXS Tribute Show, The Royal Hotel Wyong, Ticketed, 8pm Candy’s Earthship Cob & Render Workshop, Narara EcoVillage, Ticketed, 30/1 - 02/12,

Central Coast Community Council Inc. White Ribbon Day Breakfast, Mingara Recreation Club, SATURDAY, DEC 1 Ticketed, 7:30am - 9:30am

Central Coast Steam Model Co-op. Ltd. 11am - 4pm

The Community Christmas Carols, Valley View Public School, 4 - 8pm Housos and Fat Pizza, Woy Woy Leagues club, Ticketed, 8pm

SATURDAY, DEC 15

Christina Henson Productions: Bugs, Beautiful Bugs Jeannie Outlaw Opera, Lawson- interactive workshop, Avoca Beach Picture Theatre, Forest of Tranquility, Ticketed, 7/12 & 14/12, Ticketed, 3 - 4pm 7:30pm Troubadour I Can’t Believe it’s Shirley’s Sunday Lunch Bunch, Xmas time already concert + The Entrance Leagues Club SATURDAY, DEC 8 Troubadour 20th anniversary (Tigers) - in the Bistro, Avoca Christmas Twilight celebration, St Lukes Hall Bookings required, 12pm Tales Far From Home, Central Coast Grammar School Performing Arts Centre, Ticketed, 2:30pm

Markets, Avoca Beach (next to tennis court) 5 - 9pm Apply at http://www.fixxevents. com.au/apply-here/

Christmas party picnic Raceday, The Entertainment Grounds Gosford, Ticketed, 12pm

Central Coast Mariners Youth Aboriginal Talk and Walk Riding the waves - A vs. Western Sydney Wanderers - Connections with our Concert for Harp, Guitar Youth, Waterways, and Choir: Michael Central Coast Mariners Centre Palm Grove/ Ourimbah Johnson and Evripides of Excellence, Ticketed, Creek Landcare site, Evripidou, 10:30am Bookings essential, Erina Community Baptist 9:30am - 11:30am Church, SUNDAY, DEC 16 4349 4757 Ticketed, 3pm

MONDAY, DEC 3 San Remo-Blue Haven Community Christmas Event, Northlakes Public School, 4pm - 7pm

TUESDAY, DEC 4 Twilight Business Networking, ReviveR Bar Gosford, Bookings required, 5:30pm

WEDNESDAY, DEC 5 Wave Of Wisdom Social & Christmassy Fun at The Ark, The Ark Cafe, Norah Head, 10am Aunty Molly’s Seniors Entertaianment Events: Christmas Crackers, Wyong Golf Club Ticketed, 05/12 & 10/12, 11am

Ticketed,12pm Wave Of Wisdom Christmas Surf & Beach Day, Avoca Beach, 9:30am

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Coast Classic Theatre Company present: Vita and Virginia, Gosford Regional Gallery, Bookings essential, 5:30pm

Breakfast, Breakers Country Club, Dover Road Wambera, Ticketed, 7:30am - 9am

New Empire Christmas Concert, Gosford RSL, Ticketed, 2pm Water Tanks Workshop, Narara EcoVillage, Ticketed, 10am - 12:30pm

Literary Lovers at the Gallery, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, WEDNESDAY, DEC 19 Ticketed, 6pm Waterline: Exhibition by The Makers Studio Central Coast, Art Gallery Cafe Ettalong, 4 - 6pm Work Christmas Party, The Entertainment Grounds Gosford, Ticketed, 5:30pm

SUNDAY, DEC 9

Timomatic ‘Mash up’ Tour, Ettalong Diggers, Ticketed, 7pm 4343 0111 www.ettalongdiggers.com

Central Coast Mariners Youth FRIDAY, DEC 21 vs. Sydney FC Youth, Central Coast Mariners Centre Wellbeing MeltingPot Seasonal Celebrations & Meditations, of Excellence, Ticketed, Australian Rainforest 4:30pm Sanctuary 03/21, 06/21 Phoenix Collective Presents Tango Origins and Passion, 2018 Central Coast Christmas Carols, Greenway Chapel Greenpoint, Central Coast Stadium, Ticketed, 2:30pm Ticketed, 4pm

Wildplant Community Nursery Plant Sale, CEN Office Ourimbah, Brush road, 9am - 12pm DECEMBER, FRI 7 4349 4756 Robson Partners Economic Bearfoot - Celebrating the release of their new single ‘Luminate’ The Rhythm Hut Gosford, Ticketed, 6:30pm

Festive Friendly Christmas Season Event, St. David’s Presbyterian Church Toukley, Free, 6pm

Large Variety Plant Sale, Alison Homestead Museum 1 Cape Rd Wyong, 10am - 2pm

Central Coast Potters www.ettalongdiggers.com Society: Evolve Performing Arts Annual Christmas Company - The Greatest Show, Exhibition & Sale, The Art House Wyong, Gosford Regional Gallery, THURSDAY, DEC 6 Ticketed, 36 Webb Street, East 1pm & 6:30pm Gosford Raceday, Gosford, 30/11 - 12/12, The Entertainment Grounds 9:30am - 4pm, Narara Miniature Trains, Gosford, www.ccpotters.org

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Tartan service, St David’s Presbyterian Church XtrAct Drama Academy - A THURSDAY, NOV 22 Monica Chivas Altered States, Christmas Carol, Toukley, Free, Central Coast Disabled Surfers The Makers Studio Central The Art House Wyong, 9:30am celebrate: International Day Coast Inc, Ticketed Ticketed, 7:30pm Thanksgiving Dinner with Wild of Disability – Smiles on Dials Turkey, Final 2018 Avoca Day, Umina Beach, Twas The Month Before ReviveR Gosford, The Wyong Neighbourhood Markets, 9am - 1:30pm Christmas Raceday, Ticketed, 6:30pm Centre Inc.’s annual Sausage Heazlett Park, Free, The Entertainment Grounds Sizzle and Garage Sale, 9am - 2pm Central Coast Mariners Gosford, WOW Wave Of Wisdom - You 8 Rankens Court Wyong, www.fi xxevents.com.au Ticketed, 12pm White Ribbon Round, can Heal your Life, 10am - 2pm Central Coast Stadium, Rumbalara Retreat, WOW Wave Of Wisdom JazzLeague: George Ticketed, 5pm 7pm Christmas Social SUP & Washingmachine and Band, FRIDAY, NOV 30 ccmariners.com.au Kayaking (Guys & Girls) Central Coast Leagues Club, Heazlett Park, Avoca Lake, FRIDAY, NOV 23 Free, 2pm Lighting of the Christmas Saturday Night Spectacular: 10:30am - 12pm Tree, Starring Erin Cornell and 2018 Tourism Central Firefly Tranquility High Tea with Kibble Park Gosford CBD, Marney McQueen, Coast Symposium, Troubadour Folk and Acoustic Emilia Krumm, The Royal Hotel Wyong, Free, 5pm 8:30pm, Crowne Plaza Terrigal, Music - Gleny Rae Virus and Forest of Tranquility, centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/events Ticketed, 8pm her Playboys, with Archer, Register Online, Ticketed, 6 - 9pm St Lukes Hall Woy Woy, 9am - 6:30pm The Movember Foundation Ticketed, 7pm Tempo Terrific Band presents: Mo-Ments ft. Paces, The Brackets south crew 20th Anniversary Concert, Cutsnake & Ninajirachi, Children’s Medical Research proudly present: Brackets Kincumber Uniting Church, The Beery Terrigal, Institute Garden Party, and Jam, Ticketed, 3 - 5pm Ticketed, 7pm 80 Broadwater Drive Saratoga, Kincumba Mountain, 7pm Ticketed, 12pm

Last meeting of the year - Dying with Dignity NSW Central Coast, Meeting Room 3, opp. Gosford Library, The Hive, Erina Fair, 10am - 12pm 4369 8053

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The Italian Tenors, Ettalong Diggers, Ticketed, 4pm 4343 0111 www.ettalongdiggers.com

Intrepid Landcare Leadership Retreat: young people WEDNESDAY, DEC 12 Water Quality and Marine passionate about the environment, Debris Workshop, John Sheehan talks on Terrigal Lagoon, Ticketed, Point Wolstoncroft Sport and Beethoven/an Interesting Life, Recreation Centre, Terrigal Haven Men’s 9:30am - 12:30pm

Wellbeing MeltingPot, Australian Rainforest Sanctuary, Ticketed, 5 - 8pm

MONDAY, DEC 24 Carols in the Park, Waterfront Plaza and Memorial Park The Entrance, 6pm - 8pm, Free centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/events

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Out&About

Annual exhibition sale held at community centre Ettalong Beach Arts and Craft Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual exhibition sale was held at the Peninsula Community Centre, Woy Woy, on November 3 and 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are all happy and tired after a very busy two days,â&#x20AC;? said president Ms Gwynneth Weir.

Ms Weir said many of the Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most established artists were a part of the committee or involved in the Ettalong Beach Arts and Craft Centre in some capacity. Many had works on display and available for purchase over the two-day exhibition.

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Central Coast Art Society Weekly paint-outs Tues 0428 439 180. Workshops 9.30am 1st & 3rd Wed Gosford City Art Centre 4363 1156. Social Meetings 1.30pm 4th Wed for demonstrations 4325 1420

ABC “The Friends” Support group for Public Broadcaster. Aims: Safeguard ABC’s independence, adequate funding, high standards. Meetings through the year + social afternoons Well-known guest speakers 4341 5170

publicity@artcentralcoast.asn.au

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Central Coast Handweavers, Spinners and Textile Arts Guild Spinning and weaving, patchwork and quilting, felting and other fibre and fabric crafts, community quilting bees Day and Night Groups 4325 4743

Central Coast Caravanners Inc 3rd Sun Monthly Visitors - New Members welcome, Trips Away, Social Outings, friendship with like minded senior folk - Details from Geoff 0447 882 150

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

Hospital Art Australia Inc. Meet every Tue and Fri 9am-2pm - 109 Birdwood Ave, Umina - Painting and Canvas drawing. Volunteers welcome 0431 363 347 hospitalartaustralia.com.au p

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. 4341 9333 www.coastcommunityconnections.com.au

Central Coast 50+ Singles Social Group Ladies & gents dinner, dancing - BBQs & socialising each w/end. Monthly programme for all areas 0412 200 571 0437 699 366 50pssg@gmail.com

CCLC Indoor Bowls Mon - Ladies Social Wed Night - Mixed Social Sat - Mixed Social New members welcome tuition given level 2 Central Coast Leagues Club 4334 3800 Freemasons Who are they? What do they do? Find out about the wolrd’s oldest fraternal organisation and how we help our community. Gosford Masonic Centre 86 Mann St Gosford www.tccl2001.org

Peninsula Village Playgroup Carers, Grandparents, parents & children ‘Intergenerational Playgroup’ Tues 10-11.30am 4344 9199 Peninsula School for Seniors Community Centre, McMasters Road, Woy Woy Discussions, rumikin, craft, history, walks, & coach trips Tues, Wed, Thur 4341 5984 or 4341 0800

Ettalong 50+ Leisure & Learning Centre Cards, Chess, Choir, Creative Folk Art, Dancing, Darts, Handicraft, Handicrafts, Indoor Bowls, Leatherwork, Line Dancing, Mahjong, Painting, Rummking, Scrabble, Table Tennis, Ukulele, Women’s Shed, The Krait Club 4304 7222 Community Centre - Cooinda Village, Neptune St, Umina Central Coast 10.30am For seniors. Gentle Community exercises, quizzes, games, Legal Centre social activities, guest Not for profit service providing speakers, entertainment and free legal advice. bus trips - 4344 3277 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm The NSW Justices 4353 4988 centralcoast@clc.net.au Association Inc Seeking volunteers for Point Clare added community desks Wednesday Umina Library Community Hall 10am-1pm Community Garden Thursday Woy Woy Library Playgroup 10am-1pm Craft and Exercise Groups Free Insurance and training Function or Meeting Hire provided Managed by Gosford 0418 203 671 Regional Community marketing@nswja.org Services Enquiries regarding hire to 4323 7483 accounts@gosfordcommunity.org.au www.gosfordcommunity.org.au

Umina Beach Men’s Shed Men share a variety of tools, pursue interests and hobbies, spend time with other men and learn new skills Darrell 4342 9606 Volunteering Central Coast Refers potential volunteers to community orgs. Supports both volunteers and community orgs. Training for volunteers & their managers.

4329 7122 recruit@volcc.org.au

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

Entertainment Frantastics Choir Inc High quality variety entertainment available for matinee bookings at your venue. New members welcome. 1pm Mondays during school terms Walter Baker Hall, Woy Woy 4343 1995 www.frantastics.org g

Health Groups Al-Anon If someone’s drinking is causing you problems... Al-Anon can help 4344 6939 1300 252 666 Meetings Sat 2pm Woy Woy Hospital Ocean Beach Road Arthritis NSW Woy Woy support group Woy Woy Bowling Club North Burge Road Woy Woy 3rd Tues 10.30am 1800 011 041 Better Hearing Australia - Central Coast Hearing loss management Support and educational groups providing practical experience and confidence Learn the benefits of hearing aids - 4321 0275 BlueWave Living Woy Woy Community Aged Care facility providing residential aged care to the frail aged. Permanent and respite care accommodation available. Information 2nd and 4th Tues - 11am - 4344 2599 reception@bluewaveliving.org.au

Central Coast Parkinson’s Support Group We aim to help individuals and their families better manage living with Parkinson’s Disease Guest speakers are a regular feature of our meetings. 2nd Tue - 1.30pm 1800 644 189

Gambling Solutions Gambling help counsellors providing free confidential professional service to gamblers, family and friends. Woy Woy, Kincumber, Gosford and The Entrance 4344 7992 GROW Support Groups Small friendly groups formed to learn how to overcome anxiety, depression and loneliness and to improve mental health and well-being. Anonymous, free and open to all. Bring a support person if you like. Weekly meetings at Woy Woy, Bateau Bay and Wyong 1800 558 268

Music Brisbane Water Brass Brass Band entertainment for the community playing all types of popular music. Rehearsal every Tues 7.30pm-10pm 0419 274 012 Coastal a Cappella Vibrant women’s a cappella chorus. New members welcome - music education provided. Rehearsals. Tues 7pm Gosford Tafe Performance opportunities Hire us for your event 0412 948 450

Rotary Club of Kariong Phillip House, 21 Old Mount Penang Rd, Fri 7.15am 4340 4529 kersuebay@philliphouse.com.au

Rotary Club of Umina Beach Wednesdays 6.30pm Everglades Country Club 0409 245 861 curleys@ozemail.com.au

0409 245 861 Rotary Club of Woy Woy Tues 6pm Everglades Country Club. Don Tee 0428 438 535

Special Interest

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

Central Coast Goju-Kai Karate Traditional Karate & Self Defence for Teens & Adults No Contracts, Cheap Rates Wamberal - Mon 630pm Kincumber - Thurs 715pm 0417 697 096 www.centralcoastgoju-

kaikarate.com.au Bridge Duplicate Bridge Mon Tue Thur Fri Sat-12.15pm Woy Woy Judo Club www.grow.org.au Soundwaves & Wed 9.15am Mon & Fri -Beginners A cappella harmony for Men Brisbane Water Bridge Club, From 4:30pm Meals on Wheels – new members welcome. Peninsula Community Centre Tue & Thur - graded classes Delicious meals delivered Rehearsals Mondays 7.00pm 93 McMasters Rd. 4:30pm - 8:30pm free - Join us for a midday to 9.30pm Central Coast Woy Woy 27 Bowden Road Woy Woy meal - Help with shopping Leagues Club, Dane Drive, www.brisbane-water.bridge-club.org Min Age 3 years old and cooking classes Gosford 0434 000 170 4341 6699 Ring Max on 4324 3631 www.woywoyjudoclub.com y yj Cash Housie or Kieran 4324 1977 50 Games every Sat night Veterans Mary Mac’s Place Peninsula Community Centre, Providing hot, freshly cooked National Malaya Borneo Troubadour Central McMasters Rd, Woy Woy,t meals - Mon to Fri 11am-1pm Veterans Association 7.30pm. Proceeds to Woy Coast Folk, Traditional with support, info & referrals 1st Sat (except Jan) 10.30am Woy Catholic Parish. & Acoustic 4341 0584 wwcphousie@hotmail.com Umina Club Music and Spoken Word marymacs@woywoycatholic.org.au Melbourne Avenue Concerts, Ukulele meets, and Central Coast Family Umina Beach Sessions Overeaters 4342 1107 History Society Inc. 4th Sat 7pm CWA Hall Woy Anonymous (OA) Resources, information Woy 4342 6716 12-step fellowship for those mail.info@troubadour.org.au @ g & advice to study your Veterans’ Help Centre’ with eating disorders. No family’s history. Assist all veterans & Political Groups dues, fees, or weigh-ins. 1st Sat 1pm Lions families with pension & Peninsula Com. Cntr, cnr. Mc Australian Labor Party Community Hall, 8 Russell welfare issues. Masters Rd & Ocean Beach Political discussions, national, Drysdale St, E. Gosford. Mon & Wed 9am-1pm Rd. Woy Woy, Fri 8pm www.centralcoastfhs.org.au state and local government 4344 4760 Cnr Broken Bay 0412 756 446 issues 4324 5164 Rd & Beach St Ettalong. www.oa.org centralcoastveterans@bigpond.com.

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 Prostate Cancer Support Group (Gosford) Last Fri, Terrigal Uniting Church, 380 Terrigal Drive, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon 4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au

Schizophrenia and Bipolar Fellowship For Schizophrenia/Bipolar/ Mental Health sufferers, family, carers and friends. . 1st Thur - 1pm Room 3 Uniting Church Donnison St Gosford 4344 7989 or 4368 2214 Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club Everglades Country Club 2nd Tues 11am Company, up-to-date info, hydrotherapy, bus trips 4341 7177

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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

Woy Woy Branch Everglades Country Club 7.30pm 2nd Mon Peninsula Day Branch 1pm 2nd Mon CWA Hall Woy Woy 4341 9946 Liberal Party of Australia Woy Woy Branch 4th Thur 6.30pm Everglades Country Club

Central Coast Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service Help with issues with landlords & real estate agents? Free telephone advice and advocacy for all tenants and residents in residential parks. 4353 5515 cctaas@hotmail.com

Central Coast Rescue Unit Marine Education Courses. Radio Licenses, Boat Safety & Boat License & PWC License Tests, Navigation, Seamanship and Meteorology. 4325 7929

Woy Woy Ettalong Hardy’s Bay RSL Provide help with pensions and welfare etc. Shop 5/382 Oceanview Rd Ettalong. Tues & Thurs 9am to 1pm p 4341 2594

Women’s Groups Country Women’s Association Umina 2 Sydney Ave Branch Meetings 2nd Wednesday 10am Craft & Friends Wednesdays 9.30am 2nd and 4th Sundays 12.15pm 0416 193 070 - 4340 1746

Country Women’s Association Woy Woy 30 The Boulevarde, Woy Woy Central Coast woywoyliberals@gmail.com Craft & Friendship: 1st, 2nd Soaring Club Inc and 3rd Wed 10AM. Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Central Coast Greens Meetings: 4th Wed 10AM. Instruction FREE to members Active regarding ecological Ph: 0411 434 785 Come and have an Air sustainability, social & woywoycwa@gmail.com Experience Flight economic justice, peace & All Welcome non-violence, grassroots 14 and up for Training democracy & getting Peninsula Women’s Flying at Bloodtree Road Greens elected Health Centre Mangrove Mountain Thur, 3rd Thur, Counselling, therapeutic and centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au Sat, Sun (weather permitting) social groups, workshops, centralcoastgreens@gmail.com g @g 0412 164 082 domestic violence and abuse Service Groups 0414 635 047 issues. All services by women www.ccsoaring.com.au for women Lions Club of Woy Woy 4342 5905 1st and 3rd Mon. Woy Woy www.cccwhc.com.au Ettalong Toastmasters Leagues Club We provide a supportive and 0478 959 895 positive learning experience in Make new friends and which members are have fun while serving your empowered to develop community. communication and leadership skills, resulting in Rotary Clubs greater self-confidence and International service club personal growth improves lives of communities 2nd & 4th Tue, 7:30PM, in Aust. & o/seas. Fun-filled Ettalong Diggers activities, fellowship and 0408 416 356 friendship. www.vmrcc.org.au

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Sport

Peninsula lifesavers to join interbranch team Several lifesavers from Peninsula clubs have been named to the Central Coast Surf Life Saving 2018 Interbranch Team. Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club’s Jacob Falconer will represent the Peninsula in the Under 12’s. Umina Surf Life Saving Club’s Davara Marshall and Killcare’s Lilly Hofer will represent in the Under 13’s. Umina’s Kirsten Miller, Lachlan Braddish and Blake Hessel will all represent in the Youth Division,

along with Ocean Beach’s Nicole Majsak. Umina’s Rachel Wood will join Killcare’s Natasha Marteene and Luke Hayter to round out the Open Division. Interbranch teams are made up some of a region’s most accomplished and dominate surf sport athletes who will go head to head with the best of the best in Australian surf lifesaving when the 2018 Interbranch Championships kick off later this year. SOURCE: Website, 8 Nov 2018 Stuart Harvey, Central Coast SLS

Former student acknowledges sporting achievements Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus has been visited by a former student to acknowledge the sporting achievements of students involved in the campus targeted sports program. “Our students were honoured to be visited by local legend Chris Heighington,” said campus principal Mr Brent Walker. “Chris ran them through some skills and drills, and then made

the targeted sports program Rookie Bowl and Year 8 Plate presentations. “We were very grateful for Chris being generous enough with his time to spend the day with us,” Mr Walker said. Heighington is a former professional rugby league footballer, an English international, Country New South Wales and NRL All Stars representative.

Young Eagles players in Mariners’ half time game Some young Peninsula football players were featured in the Central Coast Mariners home game against Adelaide United on November 4. Players from Umina United Eagles Soccer Club were featured in the juniors’ half time game. “Our Eagles had lots of fun during half time at the Mariners game,” said Eagles Club president Mr Lee Fulwood. SOURCE: Social media, 4 Nov 2018 Lee Fulwood, Umina United Eagles Soccer Club

SOURCE: Social media, 5 Nov 2018 Brent Walker, BWSC Umina Campus

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Peninsula directory of services, contacts and support groups

Ambulance, Police, Fire 000 Emergency Ambulance, Police, Fire 000 Police Assistance Line 131 444 Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 Woy Woy Police Station 4379 7399 Energy Australia 13 13 88 Gas Emergency 131 909 Gosford City Council 4325 8222 Marine Rescue NSW Central Coast 4325 7929 SES - Storm and Flood Emergency 132 500

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Organisations Mingaletta 4342 7515 Aboriginal Home Care 4321 7215 Drug & Alcohol rehab 4388 6360

Accommodation Dept. of Housing Gosford 4323 5211 Cassie4Youth 4322 3197 Coast Shelter 4325 3540 Pacific Link Com Housing 4324 7617 Rumbalara Youth Refuge 4325 7555 Samaritans Youth Services 4351 1922 Youth Angle • Woy Woy 4341 8830 Woy Woy Youth Cottage 4341 9027

Animal Rescue Wildlife Arc 4325 0666 Wires 1300 094 737

Community Centres

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

Problems, Habits & Addiction Alcoholics Anonymous 4323 3890 Narcotics Anonymous 4325 0524

Professional support phone services: Mental Health Line 1800 011 511 Beyondblue 1300 224 636 Domestic Violence Line 1800 656 463 Lifeline 13 11 14 Kids Help Line 1800 551 800 Griefline 1300 845 745 Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467

Peninsula Community Centre 4341 9333 Men’s Shed Cluster Inc 0413 244 484 Transport

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Centacare: 4324 6403 Relationship Australia: 1300 364 277 Interrelate: 1800 449 118

Family and Relationships Centacare Gosford 4324 6403 Central Coast Family Support Service 4340 1099 Horizons (For men with children) 4351 5008 Uniting Care Burnside Gosford 1800 067 967

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

Ocean Beach performs strongly in Nippers’ Carnival Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club had several strong performances during the inaugural Nippers’ Carnival for the 2018-19 beach season.

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Surf club members gain medallions in time for season Several Killcare Surf Life Saving Club members have gained their bronze medallions in time for the 2018-19 beach season. Mandy Anderson, Ben Baudinette, Kelly Bell, Darren Bradley, Mick Brough, Troy Felice, Sean Guenther, Ross Keena, Don MacDonald, Rowena MacDonald and Sam Wasser will now take their places under the tent spread across all nine patrols. “We couldn’t be happier than to introduce the 11 new bronze medallion holders who were given their uniforms in a ceremony in late October,” said club president Mr Peter Bagnall. “This is an absolute boon to our patrolling numbers and, while we lost a fair bit of experience at the start of the season, 11 newbies make a big difference,” he said. SOURCE: Newsletter, 2 Nov 2018 Peter Bagnall, Killcare SLSC

The carnival was hosted by Umina Beach Surf Life Saving Club on November 4, and saw 15 different clubs from across the Central Coast and Hunter region field a fresh crop of Nippers for their first ever surf sport carnival. “A lovely sunny day greeted the almost 800 young competitors, including more than 100 Under-8’s competing in their very first carnival and expectations and excitement was high across the board,” said Ocean Beach’s director of junior activities, Ms Kylie Falconer. “Ocean Beach finished in eighth place, with 10 medals and a number of strong performances across individual and team disciplines. “The sky, navy and maroon cap of Ocean Beach was prominent on the winner’s dais early, getting off to the perfect start by winning the first two events of the day, the Under-13’s and Under-15’s Rescue and Resuscitation event. “Due to an early morning high tide, the carnival program was changed to run water events next with Ocean Beach’s main success coming in the Under-12’s,” Ms Falconer said. Jacob Falconer won the board

race, came second in the surf race and third in the Ironman. Olivia Edwards broke through for her first medal in the surf race, scoring a bronze. These two also combined with Ryan Mason and Katelyn Wardell for silver in the Mixed Cameron Relay. “Not to be outdone, the Under-12 Boys (Ryan, Jacob, Harry Beaton and Johnathan Hall) took gold in their sprint relay. “Ryan also came through for an individual silver in the flags event. “The Under-9’s didn’t achieve as much success but Thomas Johnston marked himself as a star of the future, coming second in a thrilling surf race,” Ms Falconer said. “Compared to other clubs, Ocean Beach’s Under 8’s had a small competitor turnout in their first carnival but there were a number of strong performances in the wade race and beach events. “All the kids showed great heart and signs of significant improvement in the near future. “The best result of the day went to Chloe Hall who was desperately unlucky to be pipped into third in her sprint race. “Jacob Falconer capped off an excellent carnival by being selected in the Central Coast Interbranch Team,” Ms Falconer said. SOURCE: Media release, 9 Nov 2018 Kylie Falconer, Ocean Beach SLSC

Luncheon planned Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club is holding a Ladies’ Luncheon for Christmas. “Our Ladies’ Christmas Lunch is being held at the club from 11:30am on Friday, December 7,” said club president Mr Dean Slattery. He said that any women who had had a connection to the club

were invited. They were asked to “bring any memorabilia or photos they might have as we are looking towards our 100-year celebration in 2022,” he said. Bookings were essential. SOURCE: Social media, 13 Nov 2018 Dean Slattery, Ocean Beach SLSC

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Busy season expected by Woy Woy Wombats Woy Woy Wombats Water Polo Club is expecting a busy season. “The summer season has just started, and State Championships are at the beginning of December,” said club president Ms Vanessa Henderson. “We have lots of Wombats representing at various ages. “National Championship are mid-January in Brisbane. “We have quite a number of senior members currently playing in the Premier League and playing in the National League from January too,” Ms Henderson said. “Aspen Henderson has been selected into the NSW Institute of Sport program and is busy training an extra three nights and morning per week.

“She was chosen to attend a camp over the weekend of November 17 and 18. “Aspen has also been selected in the Born 2002 Australian Squad and is attending the Aussie Camp the following weekend,” Ms Henderson said. “In July, we had a number of our players represent NSW at the Pan Paciﬁc Games in New Zealand. “Aspen was part of the NSW Blues team that brought home the gold medal in the Under-16’s age group. “Many of our players travelled to Hobart in September to compete in the National Championships and Aspen brought home a bronze medal,” Ms Henderson said. SOURCE: Media release, 13 Nov 2018 Vanessa Henderson, WWWWPC

Association to hold Smiles on Dials day The Central Coast Disabled Surfers Association will hold a Smiles on Dials day at Umina Beach on December 1 to celebrate International Day of Disabilities. “This year’s International Day of Disabilities theme is empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality, said Association publicity officer, Ms Rae Fiechter. “What better way to celebrate, than to offer an opportunity to experience the quintessential Australian pastime of surfing? “Association volunteers serve to provide a unique, safe and happy surfing experience to a wide range of people with various disabilities who would otherwise be unable to

access the beach. “In order to ensure safety, the association has a high volunteer to participant ratio, with a minimum of six to one up to as high as 30 to one for more challenging participants. “We only surf in broken waves, in waist depth water. “Volunteers’ help participants enjoy the experience that ablebodied people often take for granted,” Ms Fiechter said. The volunteer-run organisation aims to enable people of all ages and abilities to take up the Australian pastime of surﬁng. The association is seeking volunteers to take part in their Smiles on Dials event. SOURCE: Media release, 11 Nov 2018 Rae Fiechter, DSACC

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Umina boxers compete in world championships Two Umina boxers are set to compete in the World Boxing Championships this month. Umina PCYC boxers Anja Stridsman and Kaye Scott arrived in India on November 6, along with the rest of the Australian team, to begin their ﬁnal preparations for the championships which commenced on November 15. The pair were undergoing an

intensive training camp at Umina PCYC prior to ﬂying out and Anja took to social media to express her excitement about the upcoming games. “And with a killer handstand, an ollie and various acrobatics, our three week camp back in Australia at PCYC Umina is concluded,” she said. “Tonight (November 4) one year exactly since qualifying for

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