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2 September 2019

Save Our Woy Woy criticises local planning panel move State Government moves to introduce a Local Planning Panel for the Central Coast have been criticised by the Save Our Woy Woy group, as well as Central Coast Council mayor Cr Jane Smith.

Save Our Woy Woy founder Mr Harvey McDougall described the moves as “a complete load of rubbish”. “Surely if it is going to be independent, then there should be no interference from any form of government,” he said. “Council can appoint the panels members but only from the State Government’s list. “Why are there not more representatives from all the groups who are trying to control what is happening on the Coast? “Members from our community should have more say and this is a way for them to be heard. “Then and only then, would it be independent.” The local planning panel will remove another layer of decision making from Central Coast Council, meaning that council will only have jurisdiction to decide on developments under the value of $5M. Cr Smith described the move as a “power grab”. She said the “intervention is unnecessary and is the latest in a series of moves by the state government to take planning powers away from communities”. “The community could rightly be concerned. “We have seen the recent case of the NSW Planning Department overriding a City of Sydney decision to oppose a tower development at Pyrmont … and this calls into

A confidential report about the future of the Umina Mall shopping centre will be presented to Central Coast Council in September. Cr Richard Mehrten requested the confidential report on the status of the proposed sale of the

question the independence of our planning system,” Mayor Smith said. “Councillors are elected by the community to make decisions on behalf of the community. “We are accountable to them for the decisions we make. “The imposition of a Local Planning Panel removes power further from members of the community and erodes their capacity to have a voice.” The panel is expected to be in place by early 2020 and will consist of a chair, two independent experts appointed by council from a Minister endorsed pool of independent, qualified people, plus a community representative. But none of the three Peninsula councillors (Troy Marquart, Richard Mehrtens and Chris Holstein) have made a public comment about the decision. When in place, council will decide development applications under $5M and those valued between $5M and $20M will be referred to the panel for a decision. Developments valued at more than $20m will go to the Joint Regional Planning Panel for a decision. State Significant Developments have their own approval framework, separate to those two planning panels, and are determined by the Department of Planning. NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes said the Central Coast panel followed independent reviews showing that existing panels in NSW were performing very well to deliver better planning outcomes. “The panel will free-up councillors to focus on the long-

term strategic planning to lead the delivery of the region’s goals and priorities,” he said. NSW Labor supports the panel in principle, but wants certain guarantees from Minister Stokes that the panel will comprise planning experts, community members and council representatives and that local communities have sufficient opportunity to comment on development proposals. Wyong MP Mr David Harris said local planning panels were a key recommendation by former NSW deputy police commissioner Mr Nick Kaldas as a “corruptionproofing tool”. His recommendation was part of a major independent review of governance in the NSW planning system. However, Greens Central Coast spokesperson Ms Abigail Boyd said: “Having the Minister approve most of the panel members should ring alarm bells for the Central Coast community. “The government does not want community control of planning decisions, they want deals signed in back rooms. “This is the opposite of increased transparency. It is yet another Coalition Government move designed to disempower local councils and the communities they represent.”

SOURCES: Media release, 25 Aug 2019 Taylor Martin, Liberal MLC Media release, 25 Aug 2019 David Harris, Member for Wyong Media statement, 26 Aug 2019 Abigail Boyd, Greens MLC Media statement, 26 Aug 2019 Harvey McDougall, Save Our Woy Woy Reporters: Sue Murray, Merilyn Vale

Hope to reintroduce koalas to Pearl Beach

Crommelin Native Arboretum vice-president Ms Ann Parsons is hoping to win a $20,000 grant to help to reintroduce koalas to Pearl Beach.

Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks confirmed she had received an expression of interest in a grant under the Communities Environment Program. A local community consultation panel will convene after September 4 to assess the expressions of interest and to invite applicants to formally apply for the grant. Ms Parsons is continuing the vision of primary school headmaster, the late Mr Geoff Miller, who retired to Pearl Beach and had a vision to see koalas back in the area. Koalas disappeared after the bushfires of 1990. The koalas would come from the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital and released with transponders to

Council to receive confidential report about Umina Mall

roadway and land around the burnt out shopping centre, which was destroyed by fire in January. He wants to see options for the sale that reflect the good faith previously shown by the former Gosford council and the owner of site and the need for urgent action to bring the site back to life.

Cr Mehrten put up his request at the August 26 meeting and it was passed together with a number of other items. His motion was not debated. It called on council to receive a 400 signature petition from residents calling for action to rebuild the site to give locals back

their shopping centre. The council also noted there was an existing approved development application for the site and that delays had occurred due to failed negotiations conducted by Gosford Council under the administrator in 2016-17 when a previously negotiated price for the sale of the

track their movement. Ms Parsons said the koalas were often in the hospital with chlamydia which they caught again when re-introduced back into their own area. Pearl Beach was chlamydiafree. A wildlife corridor of trees had been planted a “about 10 to 15 years ago” in the arboretum, Ms Parsons said. While they were not enough to sustain the koalas, they were right next door to Brisbane Water National Park where the koalas would find more trees of interest. She said they ate from about 70 different varieties of eucalypts including grey gums and swamp mahogany.

SOURCE Interview (Merilyn Vale), 28 Aug 2019 Ann Parsons, Crommelin Native Arboretum Media Statement, 29 Aug 2019 Lucky Wicks, Member for Robertson

land was rejected. In July, site owner Mr Arthur Laundy confirmed with the Peninsula News that he was in negotiations with council.

SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 8.1, 26 Aug 2019 Media statement, 16 July 2019 Arthur Laundy, Laundy Hotels

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It’s raining it’s pouring In continuing the trend of this publication reporting rainfall being critically low only for the heavens to open and offer a drenching, the dying days of August have well and truly delivered a big wet, with more than 90mm of rain recorded on August 30 alone, according to rainfall data compiled by Umina’s Mr Jim Morrison.

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Amazingly, Mr Morrison’s report only accounts for what he could record prior to the Peninsula News’ deadline meaning its likely this figure will increase exponentially if the heavy showers still raging on as this report is written are to be believed. As reported in last edition, prior to this sudden rainfall August had been gripped by a dry spell, but as of 9am on the 30th the monthly rainfall total for the eight month sits at 109.3mm, a far cry from

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A new Service NSW shop opened its doors in Woy Woy on August 2, replacing a shopping centre kiosk.

The opening comes four years after the State Government closed the Woy Woy RMS office in the face of community protest. Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch has welcomed the opening of the Service NSW Centre. “This is a major win for the community,” Ms Tesch said. “Fifteen thousand locals signed a petition. “There were debates in the Parliament, and it was only the community commitment that made this happen. “The RMS office should never have been removed in the first place and (its removal) was a serious betrayal to the local community.” Ms Tesch said the centre would be a step up for locals looking to complete vital State Government transactions with more than 1000 additional services available to Peninsula locals who have been forced to travel to Gosford or Erina for assistance.

Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch in front of new Service NSW Centre in Woy Woy

Patonga hotel sold for second time in two years

The installation of a new stormwater gross pollutant trap in Trafalgar Ave, Umina Beach, has been delayed after the discovery of asbestos containing material at the site.

“It is business as usual in all of our venues and The Boathouse Group looks forward to continuing to serve its guests at all of our

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Homelessness service providers march to raise awareness

She said she had been calling for a full service centre on the Peninsula since her election at the 2017 by-election. It was important to keep a human face for government services when dealing with the community, she said. “So much is going online these days, but we’ve got an older population here on the Peninsula. “Making them rely on a fully digital service is just not fair, especially if things go wrong,” she said. “There is still more work to do as the hub doesn’t accept cash at this stage. “We will keep the pressure on and let the Minister know how important it is that we don’t exclude parts of our community who rely on cash payments.” The centre in Deepwater Plaza will employ 10 full-time staff members and a Cost of Living Advisor, who will provide advice on how to save money and access additional government support and subsidies.

locations,” the statement said. SOURCE: Media statement, 1 Aug 2019 The Boathouse Group Reporter: Sue Murray

Central Coast Council has commenced asbestos remediation works and engaged licensed asbestos removal contractor, with work expected to be completed by August 9. Council unit manager Mr Luke Sulkowski said work on the installation was stopped immediately after bonded pieces of asbestos were discovered during excavation. “Expert advice was sought to test the soil to determine the amount of contamination and if any small fibres were present,” Mr Sulkowski said. “Our licenced contractors are now removing the contaminated soil, as per legislative requirements, and have been conducting on-

SOURCE: Media release, 29 Jul 2019 Luke Sulkowski, Central Coast Council

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Community members encouraged to vote for their favourite project

a j o r homelessness service providers on the Coast took to the streets of Gosford on August 7, in the middle of Homelessness Week (August 4-10), to highlight the issue of housing affordability in the region.

Uniting local homelessness service, Doorways, coordinated the march, and was joined by other homelessness service providers including Coast Shelter, CatholicCare, Bungree, Wesley Mission, Central Coast Community Council, Central Coast Council,

and Regional Youth Support Services (RYSS). “We are seeing record numbers of people walk through our doors because they are experiencing or are on the verge of homelessness,” Uniting Youth and Homelessness Service spokesperson, Vicki Daley, said. “There has been no more pressing time for the local community to come together to find solutions and advocate for more affordable housing stock in this community.” Daley said the march was intended to bring awareness to the local homelessness crisis. “Twenty-four thousand people are experiencing

housing stress and more than 3,000 are currently on the affordable housing waiting list on the Central Coast,” she said. “The Central Coast housing affordability crisis is growing rapidly and requires increased affordable housing stock, as well as compassionate and creative community action.” Marchers left Burns Park at midday and proceeded down Mann St to Kibble Park, where stalls and activities were on offer, along with recovered food cooked by Masterchef Season 1 winner, Julie Goodwin. Source: Media release, Jul 29 Uniting

An initiative of the State Government, the program was established in 2018 to give communities a say in what projects they want to see in their local area take shape. Grassroots democracy is at the core of the program, with communities able to read through nominated projects. The projects are listed via each electorate, with 17 projects listed across the Gosford electorate and 11 across Terrigal. A breakdown of each project is below, and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, and Member of the Legislative Council for the Central Coast, Taylor Martin, say residents need to vote, and in force, if they want to see their favourite project funded under the highly competitive program. “Across the Central Coast, almost 50 projects have been successfully nominated,” Crouch said. “I anticipate that we will see strong support for this initiative, so I encourage everyone to make their voices heard,” Martin said. Voting is done through the My Community Project website and closes on August 15, with the successful projects to be announced in September. Anyone looking to vote will need an up to date Medicare Card and My Service NSW account.

This project will see a kitchen and storeroom facilities installed at the hall. The hall has undergone major renovation works since 2007 but does not have kitchen facilities. A kitchen and storeroom have been earmarked under stage two of the development works but works are not set to be completed until 2020. The school already has $37,000 in residual funds available to put towards the project. New disability transport van for Sunnyfield, Central Coast Amount sought: $79,391 Project Sponsor: Sunnyfield Sunnyfield is a member based, registered not-forprofit charity that specialises in supporting people with intellectual disability. Sunnyfield hopes to purchase a wheelchair modified van that will enable the organisation to transport its Central Coast clients to access and engage in their community, fostering a sense of belonging and helping to create a more vibrant and inclusive society. Pathway improvements at Gosford Golf Club Amount sought: $200,000 Project Sponsor: Gosford Golf Club

the green are subject to inclement weather and can at times negatively impact on golfers’ ability to play the game. It is hoped that new pathways will improve safety and increase participation from elderly and disabled golfers. The club regularly provides competitions and coaching clinics to the Special Olympics Group, and with paved walkways, it is believed the club will be able to flourish as an empowering and inclusive golf hub for the region.

Silent protest brings Council meeting to a standstill

Community consultation is expected to take place within six months on a concept design for an upgrade to the roundabout at the intersection of Rawson Rd with Ocean Beach Rd.

Kariong Oval Equal Access Path Amount sought: $200,000 Project Sponsor: Kariong United Football Club This project will allow the Football Club to install an Equal Access Pathway, providing a safe egress for people of all abilities to travel from the carpark and nearby Community Centre to the oval. The new pathway will assist people in wheelchairs, parents with strollers and those with mobility challenges to access and enjoy the oval. It will also make it easier for equipment to be taken from the Hill to the Oval and will provide recreational linkages to the oval and Mt Penang.

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The initial concept would be for traffic lights incorporating pedestrian crossings. Central Coast Council received a federal government promise during the recent federal election campaign of $16.5million for the intersection upgrade. Cr Richard Mehrtens asked for an update on the matter at the June 11 council meeting. The answer was given at the August 12 meeting. Roads unit manager Ms Jeanette Williams wrote the report which said the project had some complexity due to the constrained environment which would require

bout 150 supporters of the airport at Warnervale brought a Central Coast council meeting to a standstill when they stood in silent protest at a decision on Monday night, August 12. The Mayor, Jane Smith, called an adjournment and the Youtube livestream was turned off when the people started to stand in silent protest as councillors failed to rescind a decision made at a previous meeting. The previous meeting had decided to remediate land near the runway that had been “reportedly” cleared in August or September, 2015. Only Cr Greg Best spoke in favour of the rescission motion and

Some of the airport supporters at the council meeting with (centre front) Ben Morgan from the Australian Owners’ and Pilots’ Association and Andrew Smith, CEO of the Central Coast Aero Club when it went to the vote, nothing wrong. Best motion calling on runway. only Councillors Pilon, The meeting was council to fast track the The night had begun McLachlan, Burke and adjourned and numerous airport users licence with five supporters of Marquart supported him. councillors left the room. agreement. the airport speaking at The gallery was full with The councillors did not the public forum which Security staff and every seat taken. council officers tried debate the motion but began at 5pm. Earlier in the evening, to get people to leave moved immediately to With the Code of the Mayor had directed the gallery, saying the vote on it after Cr Best Meeting Practice stating the people standing to meeting would not introduced it. that residents only speak be moved to an overflow recommence until they Only two of the 13 on items on the agenda, room where they could did. councillors present did they had three items watch the proceedings to choose from and it However, people said not vote for it. on video. they had a democratic This was the third item caused confusion among When the vote was right to be there. about the airport and the the councillors who taken, residents in The Mayor said the two result was applauded by attempted to question the gallery who were further matters about the airport supporters the speakers. supporting the airport the airport were likely to with most of them then The Mayor told stood in silence. the councillors many be deferred unless the leaving the meeting. Other people who gallery emptied. Earlier, the councillors times they were asking attended the meeting to The stand-off continued had voted to engage questions on the wrong hear about other matters for about 15 minutes. an external specialist to items. including the new tree Central Coast Aero The Mayor then called undertake an up-to-date policy remained seated. the meeting to order and survey and analysis of Club General Manager, The Mayor asked the asked councillors if they the obstacle limitation Andrew Smith, talked surface at the southern about the height of the residents to clear the were willing to continue. gallery and some people They voted to continue and northern ends of the trees being a safety did leave the room but and the meeting moved airport and to start the issue and asked for about half the group on to the next airport required environmental more consultation from studies to seek approval council. refused to go, yelling issue. to manage tree heights out that they had done The last speaker was, This was another Cr on the approach to the

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Tash Richardson, 16, who said she gained her recreational pilot licence at the airport. She asked council to do whatever it could to continue the airport operation. “The cost of becoming a pilot is the same as getting a university degree and that money goes straight into the local community,” she said, describing the airport’s accessibility and community as what made it attractive. Cr Doug Vincent asked if Richardson thought the airport should become a jet airport. “The way it is at the moment is perfect,’’ she replied, to cheers from the gallery.

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Leagues Club field is to become “a world-class public space”

negotiation with utility providers and nearby property owners. This would likely result in relocation and possible acquisition costs. Initial concept design proposals for the upgrade had been undertaken, with the preferred option being a “signalised intersection including pedestrian walk phasing”. “Discussions with utility providers and neighbouring property owners will be undertaken, prior to community consultation taking place,’’ the report said. “It is anticipated that the community consultation will occur in late 2019 or early 2020.” Ms Williams said the upgrade was a priority and would “address congestion, traffic and safety concerns”. SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 4.5, 12 Aug 2019

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Consultation on intersection upgrade ‘in six months’

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everal projects Gosford Electorate Projects This project will allow the Golf Club to improve its across the former Peats Ridge Community Hall access pathways around the Gosford LGA have been listed in the 2019 Amount sought: $200,000 golf course for the benefit of members and guests. My Community Project Project Sponsor: Peats Ridge Currently, pathways around program. Public School

SOURCE: Media release, 31 Jul 2019 Member for Gosford, Ms Liesl Tesch

going air monitoring throughout the removal process. “The first two days of air quality monitoring reported that concentrations were consistent with normal background levels and normal construction processes will resume once the asbestos contaminated material is removed from site.” The installation of the new trap will reduce litter entering the beach and waterway downstream. It will be cleaned by a large suction truck on a recurrent schedule. Mr Sulkowski said that community members can play a role in reducing the impact of litter on local beaches and waterways. “It’s up to all of us to ensure less litter makes it to the stormwater in the first place - putting rubbish in the bin or taking it with you is the best way to keep our waterways clear,” he said.

Pollutant trap installation delayed by asbestos find

The Boathouse Hotel at Patonga has been sold after operating for less than a year under new ownership. The hotel was sold along with seven other Sydney restaurants owned by the Boathouse Group to “two family investment offices from within NSW”. In a statement to Peninsula News, The Boathouse Group said the rapid expansion in the previous year, particularly the opening of The Boathouse Hotel Patonga and Barrenjoey House, resulted in the need to rectify financial pressures and recapitalise. “This purchase by new equity partners provides the investment the group requires to continue delivering the experience our guests know and love,” the statement said. Group founders Pip and Andrew Goldsmith will continue to manage the day-to-day operation of the businesses and look forward to working with new majority owners.

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Service NSW opens shop in Woy Woy

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The area of tree canopy cover at Woy Woy declined by 173 hectares between 2005 and 2014, while the area of impervious surfaces increased by 84 hectares and unplantable space increased by 113 hectares. Woy Woy contained the greatest area of impervious cover on the Coast at 3.94 square kilometres followed by Umina at 3.54 square kilometres. The Peninsula as a whole now has less than 10 per cent tree canopy cover. Those are the figures provided in Central Coast Council’s draft Greener Places Strategy which is now open for public comment. A consultants’ report within the strategy states that “this pattern of land cover change, particularly

the significant tree canopy loss, has substantial implications for the future liveability … and the health and well-being” of the urban environment and the local community. The strategy states Woy Woy’s land area as 22.9 square kilometres (2290 hectares), while Wikipedia puts it at six square kilometres (600 hectares). The report states: “The suburb of Woy Woy contains two lobes, one urban (eastern) and one vegetated (western). Considered individually, the urban lobe may be one of the hottest in the council (area).” It noted that Woy Woy had a relatively low level of canopy cover, but it would have been even lower if a large area of Brisbane Water National Park was not included. Blackwall, Booker Bay, Ettalong Beach, St Hubert’s Island, Umina Beach and Woy Woy were among the top 18 suburbs identified for planting to increase their tree canopy. Urban heat island mapping has

Introduction of a Local Planning Panel is seen as a power grab

he NSW G o v e r n m e n t ’s introduction of a Local Planning Panel (LPP) for the Central Coast early next year is seen as a “power grab” by Mayor, Jane Smith.

The roundabout at the intersection that is to be upgraded

Peninsula has hottest suburbs on the Coast Ettalong, Umina, Booker Bay and parts of Woy Woy are the hottest suburbs on the Central Coast, all measuring more than four degrees above average, a new report has found.

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shown that on hot days the forest within Blackwall Mountain is more than four degrees cooler than urban housing in Ettalong Beach. In the five years between 2013 and 2018, the report found that temperatures at Ettalong and Booker Bay had increased further compared to background levels in bushland. Ettalong increased by 2.6 degrees while Booker Bay increased by 1.8 degrees. Urban development was the primary cause for warmer suburbs, according to the report prepared by Seed Consulting Services which was included in the draft. The report said dark coloured, impervious surfaces such as bitumen roads and dark roofs could absorb large amounts of heat, while artificial turf, rubber soft fall matting used in playgrounds, and bare ground could also be amongst the hottest land surface types in an urban landscape. “Importantly for the urban heat island effect, bitumen roads retain this heat into the evening and re-

radiate heat well into the night. “In contrast, green space featuring living turf were cooler than average during the day and night.” About 74 per cent of the Central Coast consists of native vegetation, of which about half occurs in conservation areas managed as reserves, State Forests and National Parks. Outside of these areas, urban trees may provide habitat for other threatened species, the report said. These included the eastern osprey which may roost or nest in very tall Norfolk Island pines in the Blackwall area or the greyheaded flying fox, swift parrot and little lorikeet which may forage on flowering eucalypts. The report said urban forests may act as a stepping stone between patches of bushland, allowing wildlife to disperse or migrate across the region. The strategy proposes mechanisms to “sustain and enhance the urban forest canopy

across all land parcels in the urban suburbs”. It aims to increase the level of tree planting in the 18 priority suburbs with the greatest level of Urban Heat Island Effect; It will implement successional planting in Council passive open space reserves; Public trees that are removed would be replaced by planting two new trees in the same suburb. Private developers would be required to complete “high quality landscaping” in medium and high density development through future changes to Council’s Development Control Plan. More information may be found and submissions about the strategy may be made at www.yourvoiceourcoast.com/ GreeningCentralCoast The draft strategy is on public exhibition until September 5. SOURCE: Website, 15 Aug 2019 Greener Places Strategy, Central Coast Council

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Artist’s images of the latest plans for Leagues Club Field

ork is expected following public consultation The park will also feature highlighted the importance of bushland ecosystem that will share local Darkinjung to begin on the and with input from the dozens of new trees, quality open space as a part of complements the park’s and non-indigenous history proximity to the waterfront,” of the site by encouraging redevelopment Darkinjung Local Aboriginal thousands of native plants and Gosford’s revitalisation. an innovative ‘tidal terrace’ “The revitalisation is going he said. exploration, interaction with of Gosford’s Leagues Land Council. which will draw water from from strength to strength with “The park will incorporate nature and learning.” Club Field before the end Stokes said the nature inspired design, which the bay at high tide and cranes in the sky and new wild play and water features Project leader, the Hunter and of the year. features new picnic areas drain at low tide to create an residential and commercial interspersed between newly- Central Coast Development

State Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes, was on the Coast on August 15 to release the final designs for waterfront field, set to transform it into “a worldclass public space”. A draft plan for the project was released prior to the 2019 State election, with the final plans having been drawn up

and amenities, walkways, an inclusive playground and water play areas, would set a new standard for public spaces across the state. “The final designs showcase best practice in creating exemplary play spaces that invite everyone in the community to stay and play,” he said.

ecosystem that changes from hour to hour. Stokes said close attention would be given to a proposal by the St Hilliers group to redevelop the adjoining former Gosford Public School site to ensure it integrated with the new-look field. Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said the revamp

building work underway, as well as high quality public spaces for locals and visitors to enjoy,” Crouch said. Darkinjung Chairperson, Matthew West, said he was proud to have contributed to what will be a special place for the Central Coast community. “These stunning designs feature a living, breathing

planted trees, thousands of Corporation (HCCDC), will call native plants, picnic areas, for tenders within days. amenities and walkways. Source: “Sandstone representations Media release, Aug 15 of indigenous sea creatures Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes will be exposed at low tide Media release, Aug 15 while ‘canoes’ will be available Darkinjung Local Aboriginal to play on when the water Land Council rises. Interview, Aug 15 Planning and Public Spaces “It is fantastic that the Minister, Rob Stokes unstructured play zones

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The LPP will remove another layer of decision making from Central Coast Council, meaning that council will only have jurisdiction to decide on developments under the value of $5M. A Central Coast LPP is expected to be in place by early 2020 and will consist of a chair, two independent experts appointed by council from a Minister endorsed pool of independent, qualified people, plus a community representative. When in place, Central Coast Council will decide development applications under $5M and those valued between $5M and $20M will be referred to the LPP for a decision. Developments valued at more than $20m will go to the Joint Regional Planning Panel for a decision. State Significant Developments have their own approval framework, separate to those two planning panels, and are determined by the Department of Planning. Mayor Smith said this “intervention is unnecessary and is the latest in a series of moves by the state government

NSW Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes, on the Central Coast with Terrigal MP, Adam Crouch to take planning powers has spoken directly to region’s planning system” away from communities”. him about concerns with and it is expected to speed up the decision “The community could the LPP. “I was hoping the making process. rightly be concerned … “The Central Coast is we have seen the recent voice of our community case of the NSW Planning would be heard and it is growing and the new LPP Department overriding extremely disappointing is needed to ensure that a City of Sydney that the state government major developments are decision to oppose a has moved this way,” she planned and delivered in a strategic way,” he said. tower development at said. Pyrmont … and this NSW Planning Minister Darkinjung Local calls into question the Rob Stokes said the Aboriginal Land Council independence of our Central Coast LPP has also welcomed the planning system,” Mayor followed independent Central Coast LPP. Smith said. reviews showing that With 3,700ha of “Councillors are elected existing panels in NSW landholdings, Darkinjung by the community to were performing very well is the largest nonmake decisions on behalf to deliver better planning government landowner outcomes. of the community. on the coast. “The panel will free-up “We are accountable to Chairman, Matthew them for the decisions we councillors to focus on West, said that under the long-term strategic the Darkinjung Delivery make. they “The imposition of a planning to lead the Framework, Local Planning Panel delivery of the region’s were working with the removes power further goals and priorities,” he NSW government to progress development from members of the said. Liberal MLC for the projects such as community and erodes their capacity to have a Central Coast, Taylor housing, employment, Martin, said the Central education and training voice.” Mayor Smith has been Coast is the latest in a opportunities. “We are very pleased part of Local Government statewide network of NSW delegations to the LPPs and it would bring about the LPP because transparency it will ensure a greater Planning Minister and “greater and accountability to our level of transparency,

accountability and expertise to the region’s planning system,” West said. NSW Labor supports the LPP in principle, but they want certain guarantees from Minister Stokes that the panel will comprise planning experts, community members and council representatives and that local communities have sufficient opportunity to comment on development proposals. Wyong MP, David Harris, said LPPs were a key recommendation by former NSW Deputy Police Commissioner, Nick Kaldas, as a “corruption-proofing tool”. His recommendation was part of a major independent review of governance in the NSW planning system. “NSW Labor understands that LPPs will restrict corruption opportunities so relationships between developers and councillors cannot influence decision making,” Harris said. “Panels need to be properly representative and truly independent to make the best decisions and the planning system needs to be fair for both community members and developers. “Local residents continue to have concerns about planning panels, given the controversial decision to allow office buildings

on Gosford waterfront, so it’s up to the Minister to create guidelines which put the interests of Central Coast residents before developer dollars,” Harris said. However, Greens Central Coast spokesperson, Abigail Boyd, said “having the Minister approve most of the panel members should ring alarm bells for the Central Coast community”. “The rolling disaster of defective apartment blocks shows that the government is mostly interested in lining the pockets of property developers and has little interest in protecting community interests,” she said. “The government does not want community control of planning decisions, they want deals signed in back rooms. “This is the opposite of increased transparency – it is yet another Coalition Government move designed to disempower local councils and the communities they represent.” Source: Media release, Aug 25 Liberal MLC for Central Coast, Taylor Martin, and Terrigal MP, Adam Crouch Interview, Aug 25 Spokesman for Adam Crouch Media release, Aug 25 Wyong MP, David Harris Media release, Aug 26 Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council Media statement, Aug 26 Greens MLC, Abigail Boyd Journalist, Sue Murray

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NSW Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes, on the Central Coast with Terrigal MP, Adam Crouch

at Pyrmont … and this calls into question the independence of our planning system,” Mayor Smith said. “Councillors are elected by the community to make decisions on behalf of the community. “We are accountable to them for the decisions we make. “The imposition of a Local Planning Panel removes power further from members of the community and erodes their capacity to have a voice.” The panel is expected to be in place by early 2020 and will consist of a chair, two independent

experts appointed by council from a Minister endorsed pool of independent, qualified people, plus a community representative. But none of the three Peninsula councillors (Troy Marquart, Richard Mehrtens and Chris Holstein) have made a public comment about the decision. When in place, council will decide development applications under $5M and those valued between $5M and $20M will be referred to the panel for a decision. Developments valued at more than $20m will go to the Joint Regional Planning Panel for a

decision. State Significant Developments have their own approval framework, separate to those two planning panels, and are determined by the Department of Planning. NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes said the Central Coast panel followed independent reviews showing that existing panels in NSW were performing very well to deliver better planning outcomes. “The panel will free-up councillors to focus on the longterm strategic planning to lead the

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delivery of the region’s goals and priorities,” he said. NSW Labor supports the panel in principle, but wants certain guarantees from Minister Stokes that the panel will comprise planning experts, community members and council representatives and that local communities have sufficient opportunity to comment on development proposals. Wyong MP Mr David Harris said local planning panels were a key recommendation by former NSW deputy police commissioner Mr Nick Kaldas as a “corruptionproofing tool”. His recommendation was part of a major independent review of governance in the NSW planning system. However, Greens Central Coast spokesperson Ms Abigail Boyd said: “Having the Minister approve most of the panel members should ring alarm bells for the Central Coast community. “The government does not want community control of planning decisions, they want deals signed in back rooms. “This is the opposite of increased transparency. It is yet another Coalition Government move designed to disempower local councils and the communities they represent.”

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SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 8.1, 26 Aug 2019 Media statement, 16 July 2019 Arthur Laundy, Laundy Hotels

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Grandfather riled by slow response to asbestos on beach It took an accident to his young grandson to get Mr Alf Quinten riled up about the slow response to reports of broken tiles and fibro building material washing up every day on Booker Bay and Ettalong beaches. Until the young boy cut his foot, Mr Quinten had been quietly picking up the material and piling it up in one spot near his house. But after the accident, he rang council and told them about the building rubble, including what he believed was asbestos. He says he rang them three times in one week and each time he was advised it would be cleaned up. Last Monday, firefighters from Umina Fire Station and a specialist Hazmat crew from Berkeley Vale turned up. The crews bagged a small amount of fibro material, and left it on Mr Quinten’s front lawn for council to collect. Mr Quinten said a council staff member rang him on Wednesday to say the council would pick up the bag and it did disappear on Thursday morning. Also on Wednesday, an employee from the Crown Lands Department, Mr Martin Dawson,

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inspected the beaches and spoke to a couple of residents. Mr Quinlen said that Mr Dawson said to him that something had to be done about this, that “this is not good”. Meanwhile the building rubble continues to wash up on the beach. A council staff member sent Mr Quinlen a response to a letter sent to Cr Chris Holstein on August 18. Coastal protection section manager Mr Ben Fullager said council was aware that rocks and debris had become uncovered exposing a rock revetment wall which had been covered in sand as part of an upgrade by the former Gosford council. He said rocks would continue to be exposed as the beach eroded, a phase it was in at the moment that was part of the natural cycle that resulted from a range of environmental factors. “Weekly inspections of Ettalong Beach are carried out and any asbestos material found is removed, bagged and taken to local land fill,’’ Mr Fullagar said. “However, the area around the ferry wharf has a heritage order over it, prohibiting any work at this location.” Mr Fullager said more than 550 ton of rocks and rubble had been

removed during the past two years and taken to land fill only to find that after the next large swell more rocks had become uncovered and the beach was back in the same state as before they had removed any rocks. “Removal of the rocks is not a financially viable solution. “The rocks are scattered down through the sand profile, not just on the surface so it is not a simple exercise to scrape them off the top,’’ Mr Fullagar wrote. “Leaving the rocks in place will in fact help to slow the erosion currently taking place. “Upon advice from a coastal engineer, rock and rubble were removed from exposed areas and buried at the toe of the revetment wall. “These works have been carried out on five occasions, the latest occurring on July 10 and 11. “Council currently has a study underway to consider erosion processes in the Ocean Beach and Ettalong areas. “The outcomes of this study will enable council to better identify effective measures than can be utilised to mitigate further erosion.” SOURCE: Interviews (Merilyn Vale), emails, 18-29 Aug 2019 Alf Quinlen, Ettalong

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Peninsula’s endangered bushland ‘of importance’ The Peninsula’s endangered Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland (UCSW) is rated as an area of importance in the Central Coast Council’s draft Biodiversity Strategy 2019. The entire area of the woodlands is reduced to less than 14 ha, the report said. Originally it was the vegetation on the coastal sandplains at Umina, Woy Woy and Pearl Beach on the dunes and swales and their associated swamps and creeks. “Historically, this flatter area has been drained and used for housing,” the report said. “The UCSW’s entire area is reduced to less than 14 ha and, as such, is one of the smallest threatened ecological communities.”

The Central Coast Council strategy sets out a five-year program to guide conservation on the coast with a number of specific actions and targets, one of them being to protect biodiversity through land use planning. It proposes establishing a Conservation Fund and the sale of biodiversity credits to help buy lands and to dispose of lands with no biodiversity or recreational value. It plans to provide by the end of 2020-21 guidance for biodiversity management on private land with published guidelines for land owners. Australian Conservation Foundation Central Coast branch president Mr Mark Ellis said inclusion of the Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland in the strategy justified again the

importance of this endangered ecological community which had been ignored by the State Government when it approved the Hillview St nursing home at Woy Woy earlier this year. The site contains one of the last significant remnants of the woodlands. The Office of Environment and Heritage has identified nine conservation management actions that need to be undertaken on the site to ensure the population of threatened species is sustained, saying threats included disturbance from recreational users, illegal dumping, inappropriate fire regime, slashing and spraying,and mixed weeds. But all possible actions are only at the “proposed” stage. Other sites of the woodlands are Woy Woy station, Umina Oval

and Pearl Beach but the website site shows all management of these sites are only “proposed”. The draft biodiversity strategy shows that across the Central Coast, excluding the national parks and state forests, 20 locally significant plant community types have less than 100 hectares remaining, the majority of them threatened ecological communities with a high conservation priority. “If global trends are any indication of how local conditions may change, the Central Coast region can expect higher temperatures, an increase in bushfires, more intense rainfall contributing to more floods, more droughts, and sea level rise,’’ the report stated. “Expected impacts on local plant and animal species include lowered populations,

a synchronous flowering and emergence of pollinators, local extinctions and the spread of new diseases and weeds.” It names the hooded plover and curlew sandpiper among the local endangered wildlife. The report shows the extent of council’s Coastal Open Space (in 2017 it was 2597 hectares) and the land proposed for acquisition. Central Coast Council voted at its August 26 meeting to put the draft out for public comment for a period of at least 60 days. SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda, 26 Aug 2019 Website, 28 Aug, 2019 Biodiversity Strategy 2019, Central Coast Council Website, 28 Aug 2019 UCSW, Office of Environment and Heritage

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Strom talk to become annual event A talk named after peninsula environmentalists, the late Beryl and Allan Strom, is to become an annual event. Council resolved at its August 26 meeting that the Protection of the Environment Trust Management Committee would coordinate an annual Strom Talk to support the objectives of the Trust. It came to council after a Trust committee meeting on June 28. Mayor Jane Smith updated the trust committee on the inaugural Strom Talk that was held on World Environment Day, June 5, to celebrate the natural environment of the Central Coast and the Coastal Open Space System. SOURCE Central Coast Council agenda 4.9, 26 Aug 2019

Two gardens featured in open gardens scheme Two gardeners living on the Peninsula have had their gardens selected as part of the Gosford District Open Gardens scheme. The gardens of Ms Alva Bell of Umina and Ms Gaby Porter of Pearl Beach are among 10 gardens across the region to be open to the public over the weekend of September 28 and 29. The scheme is being run by a committee of nine gardeners who approached Central Coast Council for sponsorship. Committee president Ms Dot Kite said residents were encouraged to visit their local gardens on the day. “Visitors can gather ideas to take home and incorporate into their own gardens or simply to visit and be amazed at the diversity and flair evident in the gardens on show. “The garden owners will be in attendance to give firsthand information on growing the plants that are to be seen in their gardens and to answer any garden related questions that foster the love of gardening,” she said. Ms Kite said each garden was unique with no two being the same in size, scope or planting. Ms Kite said Ms Bell’s garden featured vivid colours and old

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House on hillside approved at Pretty Beach A proposed new house and swimming pool at Pretty Beach was approved on Monday night at the Central Coast Council meeting. The three storey home to be built on the vacant site attracted 10 public submissions the first time it went on public exhibition in May last year and 11 submissions during a second public notification period last September after minor changes were made. The proposed maximum building height of 8.5 metres has been exceeded by nearly eight per cent at its highest point. The council report said a sectional plan demonstrated the “insignificant” impact of the height variation. The permissible front setback is 7.1 metres but this property wants a one metre setback for its carport structure – a variation of 86 per cent. The permissible side setback is

1.4 metres based on the wall height of 6.5 metres and the variation sought is about 12 per cent for a three metre section of the wall. The surrounding residential homes are stepped down the hillside with decks and balconies taking advantage of the views to Brisbane Water and Bouddi National Park. The application for developing 48 High View St had been deferred to allow councillors to inspect the property after neighbours addressed a public forum complaining about its monolithic bulk, loss of views and its effect on their privacy. The surrounding residential homes are stepped down the hillside with decks and balconies taking advantage of the views to Brisbane Water and Bouddi National Park. The council report agreed that there would be some unavoidable privacy impacts due to the

proposed development being sited higher up the slope but said the balustrade on the deck located on the eastern elevation was proposed to be constructed from non-transparent materials preventing the direct overlooking of four addresses in Venice St from a sitting position on the deck or standing in the living room. Cr Sundstrom asked for the balcony to be 1.6 metres high to address the concerns of Ms Larissa Keogh who was one of three speakers who spoke at Monday’s public forum before the decision was taken. The mover of the recommendation, Cr Rebecca Gale Collins would not accept Cr Sundstrom’s suggestion and he withdrew his request. Ms Keogh said the proposal would have big impact on the surrounding properties and the minutia of life in her home would no longer be private.

“Why bother with a development control plan if it is allowed to be disregarded by council officers,” she asked. Another neighbor Mr Alex Baitch said he was the 2014 National President of Engineers Australia and the profession’s code of ethics required engineers to use their knowledge and skills for the benefit of the community to create engineering solutions for a sustainable future. “In doing so, we strive to serve the community ahead of other personal or sectional interests.” He said he rigorously abided by this code. He spoke about impact of the proposed structure as a great monolith projecting into the middle of the valley and said height sticks used when the councillors visited did not reflect the development correctly. “What is important is that interests of the whole community are considered and not just that of

a single proponent,’’ he said. While he always assumed a house would be built on the block, he never imagined one that would project into the valley some eight metres beyond a natural vista line, impacting residents further up High View Rd and in Venice Rd. He had concept drawings prepared to show how to overcome some of the key objections. The third speaker was planner Mr Matthew Wales, from Mathews Wales and Associates and president of Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, who was speaking on behalf of the proponents, the Simmons family. He said they had been very patient. He said his assessment of the application was that apart from two variations, the application complied with council guidelines. SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 2.1, 26 Aug, 2019 Reporter: Merilyn Vale

Application for single-story multi-dwelling development An application for singlestorey multi-dwelling development at 122 Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy has been received by Central Coast Council. The home would consist of four two bedroom dwellings and four car spaces catering for essential service workers and young first

home owners, single mums, single men “and the growing desire to live in more sustainable, smaller footprint but higher quality accommodation,” the report on environmental effects by Clark Dowdle and Associates stated. The proposal falls inside the height and floor space ratios and lot size standards for the development but does not meet the side or rear

boundary setbacks. “The single storey villa development would be sited on a regular size lot with side setback along the southern boundary of 1.2m which does not meet the prescriptive 3.5m measure,” the report notes. It adds: “Notwithstanding the departure, the villas being single storey would not afford privacy

impacts to the adjoining villas. “As the design provides reasonable amenity for both existing and proposed dwellings, the proposal is consistent with the aims and objectives of the setbacks clause.” The design includes a 1.8metre high front fence to screen a private courtyard. The four car spaces does

not comply with the required six spaces and a seventh for visitors but the report notes that bus stops are nearby that link up with other services and that Woy Woy town centre is also close. The application is open to exhibition until September 12. SOURCE: DA Tracker, 27 Aug 2019 DA 57056, Central Coast Council

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Arboretum celebrates 43rd birthday The Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach celebrated its 43rd birthday on Sunday, August 18, with a barbecue. Mayor Cr Jane Smith was one of two guest speakers introduced by president Mrs Ros Sumner. Mayor Smith said the protection of such a special place was such an achievement and was important for a number of reasons including environmentally, socially and the need to keep such places in the face of the pressure of population growth. She said volunteering helped to

build a sense of community. She said Central Coast Council was taking action to help keep the natural environment, including the new tree chapter in the development control plan, the Greener Places Policy and the draft landcare strategy that was currently out on public exhibition. “I strongly urge you to look at it,’’ she said. She also suggesting arboretum volunteers might want to become Coastal Open Space System champions – COSS Champions.” Ms Sumner said: “Today we celebrate 43 years of continuous involvement of volunteers

managing and maintaining this very special area of old native forest on behalf of the Central Coast Council, so a special thanks to this wonderful group of people. “Over 10 years ago, an additional area of land - the Wildlife Corridor - was added to the arboretum to provide a link for fauna with the adjacent National Park. “We have planted local indigenous trees which are now quite well established. This growth has allowed us to add under canopy including a flowering shrub area. “We have been able to continue

this long period of management because of a bequest which has to date allowed us to rely on earnings to pay for our running costs. “The support of the Mayor and staff of the new Central Coast Council has also been of great assistance.” The original 5.5 hectare arboretum was set aside by the former Gosford council in 1976 at the request of Pearl Beach Progress Association and is maintained on a voluntary basis by arboretum and community members. It is named after Ms Minard Fannie Crommelin who gave her

property near the arboretum to the University of Sydney and is now the Crommelin Biological Research Station. Ms Crommelin was instrumental in preserving bushland that surrounds Pearl Beach and worked to establish Warrah Sanctuary – which later became part of Brisbane Water National Park. SOURCE: Interviews (Merilyn Vale), 18 Aug 2019 Ros Sumner, Crommelin Native Arboretum Jane Smith, Central Coast Council Photos: Merilyn Vale

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Bays’ bus shelter vandalised One of five painted bus shelters at The Bays has been vandalised with graffiti. “It’s extremely disappointing,” said Group president Ms Cathy Gleeson. “They’ve been left untouched for years and are much loved by the community, so really it’s quite a shame. The shelters were hand painted by local artist Mr Jim Doe four years ago. They show scenes of the natural world’s beauty common around The Bays and also incorporate designs and illustrations by local children.

Council declares ‘climate emergency’ Central Coast Council has “declared a climate emergency” on the motion of Cr Kyle MacGregor. Three councillors left the room before the debate, declaring pecuniary interest conflicts did not allow them to stay. Three other councillors voted against the motion. They were Crs Greg Best, Chris Burke and Troy Marquart. The declaration directs the CEO to prepare a report on the costs to implement a series of measure including: immediately implementing council’s climate change policy and setting council emissions reduction target below 2017/18 levels. Cr MacGregor, a Labor councillor, also asked the report to identify opportunities and support for local industry that reduces emissions or increases community resilience to climate impacts and employment opportunities that would encourage a just transition away from fossil fuels. The declaration included advocating for local workers in the power and mining industries

to transition into new employment that reflect their skills and pay levels and developing the Warnervale Employment Zone and other land on the coast as job hubs for industries such as renewable energy, smart manufacturing, robotics, and other sustainable industries. At the start of the meeting, when councillors declare their conflicts of interests, Cr Bruce McLachlan asked for clarification on whether he needed to leave the meeting as he believed the declaration could create a substantial increase to his home insurance charges. Director of Governance Mr Evan Hutchings said that each councillor had to make up their own mind on the issue. Crs McLachlan, Jilly Pilon and Rebecca Gale Collins left the chamber. Cr MacGregor said that declaring a climate emergency was an important step for council to take to stand shoulder to shoulder with the millions of Australians who demanded that all levels of government take immediate and effective action on the climate

change emergency. Afterwards he said he was pleased that the Central Coast had joined the 30 councils in Australia. “This motion puts us in line with other major metropolitan councils such as Wollongong, Newcastle, Sydney City Council and North Sydney Council. “However, our motion goes further with practicable action to not only respond to this threat to our people, but to provide high quality modern jobs for our people with the establishment of a just transition authority here on the Central Coast and the development of our employment lands in line with this. Cr MacGregor said that real action on climate change should not be seen as an economic threat, but rather, an opportunity to diversify local economies, develop productive and profitable businesses and provide opportunities for economic development. SOURCE Central Coast Council agenda 8.2, August 26 Reporter: Merilyn Vale

Mingaletta Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation has presented Coast Community Connections with a certificate of appreciation. Mingaletta representative Ms Pamela Terrell visited Coast Community Connections on August 22 to present its chief executive Mr Bruce Davis with the certificate for

The Bays Community Group will hold a Drag Queen Bingo fundraiser at the Bays Community Hall from 7:30pm on October 12. “The night will run for three hours, and includes supper plus all bingo games, prizes, and entertainment by Timberlina, who is our host and performer for the evening,” said group president Ms Cathy Gleeson. “Numbers will be limited to a

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It is not known exactly when the vandalism occurred to the shelter in Horsfield Rd. Committee member Ms Naomi Veitch said Horsfield Bay was currently experiencing an increase in vandalism. “It’s very disheartening to learn about the graffiti,” she said. “Of late the area has had an issue with tagging but so far it has only been signage that’s been targeted.”

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maximum of 60, with the aim being to have six tables of 10 people with those unable to raise a party of 10 needing to share a table. Funds raised will go towards supporting upcoming group projects and maintenance costs for the hall. Tickets are essential. SOURCE: Newsletter, 23 Aug 2019 Cathy Gleeson, Bays Community Group

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Students make prosthetic legs

Umina CWA holds garage sale for Awareness Week The Umina Beach branch of the Country Women’s Association will hold a garage sale at their hall on September 7. Umina Beach branch president Ms Rikki McIntosh said this year’s CWA Awareness Week was focusing on women’s mental health and support services in regional, rural and remote communities. “With ongoing drought continuing to be a major challenge in many parts of the state and presenting enormous mental health implications in rural and regional areas, the Association feels there’s an urgent need to shine a spotlight on the issue,” Ms McIntosh said. “One of the strengths of the CWA is the supportive social network it offers women so our members understand the power of a ‘Sconversation’, boiling the jug, sitting down and enjoying a cuppa and a chat. “Being able to speak freely in a supportive environment is important for anyone’s mental wellbeing and for those who are listening it’s an opportunity to offer support and some advice if it’s

Engineering course students at Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy campus have participated in a challenge to design and create a prosthetic leg.

needed. “Women whose livelihoods are tied to the land were often required to wear many different hats, and during the ongoing drought, may also be supporting a partner under enormous pressures, while also nurturing children suffering the mental health impacts of drought.” She said the Umina Beach branch’s garage sale would also double as a “Sconversation morning tea” and would run from 7:30am to midday. Ms McIntosh said several branch members had recently downsized their homes and had made a number of items available, ranging from jewellery, homewares and books to fabrics and other materials, pre-loved furniture and clothing. The event will raise funds to upgrade the hall, with the installation of a disability toilet and access ramp. A drought appeal donation box will also be set up on the day for anyone wishing to donate funds to support drought affected communities in rural NSW.

The challenge was set to introduce students to the intricate nature of prosthetics which have become increasingly incorporated in modern medicine, science and engineering. Upon competition of the task, each student was then made to test their creation by equipping it and attempting to walk the length of a school corridor. SOURCE: Social media, 27 Aug 2019 Rebecca Cooper, BWSC Woy Woy campus

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Proposed gym complies with planning guidelines Club Umina wants to build a gymnasium in the south western corner of the crown land it leases at its site at Carawa and Melbourne Sts, Umina.

Umina supermarket offers ‘quiet hour’ A Umina supermarket is offering a “Quiet Hour” for customers who suffer from anxiety and high sensory stress. Umina Woolworths will dim the store lights and cut sources of excess noise between 10:30am and 11:30am every Tuesday. The program which started

August 22 is designed to reduce anxiety and sensory stress for customers with specific needs, including autism, by providing a quieter and less stimulating environment, according to Woolworths group manager Mr Martin Allison He said the program had been successfully trialled in 87 other

“We’re delighted to expand Quiet Hour to Umina for the benefit of even more customers,” he said. The low sensory initiative was developed in consultation with disability service providers at Life Without Barriers. SOURCE: Media release, 22 Aug 2019 Rebecca Wallisch, PPR

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The proposed gymnasium would have ground floor gymnasium with separate male and female amenities, reception area, lounge and a cafe. Mezzanine gym space is also proposed with staff amenities and an office also located at this level. A maximum of five staff would be employed with a maximum of 30 clients accommodated at any one time. It would operate between 6am and 9pm seven days a week. The club would add another 18 car spaces and also proposes to construct a green keepers shed for use in conjunction with the existing three bowling greens and to construct a new access

driveway from the public carpark to the south of the site. Town planners Boston Blyth Fleming wrote a statement supporting the application, saying that the gym was permissible and satisfied the relevant planning guidelines. The proposal was open for public comment until September 22 and has already received one submission suggesting shade trees should be included around this new building. “The Peninsula has lost too many trees resulting in a higher urban heat island effect across our area. “Any shade for the future would be greatly appreciated by the users, owners and the locals,’’ the submission reads.

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Tourism officer signs up as open space champion Ettalong Diggers Visitor Centre officer Ms Kim Cole is one of 120 Coastal Open Space System Champions who have signed up to help protect the conservation lands, answering the call of Central Coast mayor Cr Jane Smith.

Ms Cole said the bushwalks in Rumbalara Reserve behind Gosford were some of the Coast’s hidden treasures “COSS Champions” agree to at least go on a bushwalk, donate to the Protection of the Environment Trust or write to the State Planning Minister Rob Stokes asking for increased protection for councilowned coastal open space. The former Gosford Council lobbied the State Government for a new zoning to protect land with high conservation values such as coastal open space and the Mayor said this was agreed to in March 2012 but has yet to be delivered. “I believe this zoning is needed to ensure the long-term protection of our COSS lands,” Cr Smith said in June. “If you stand in most places in the former Gosford Local Government Area – the southern part of the LGA – and look up to

the ridges of the hills, you see vegetation,’’ Mayor Smith said. “That is unique. And more importantly that is COSS. No other local government area in NSW has a reserve system like it.” She said the Coastal Open Space System was established by the former Gosford City Council in 1984 as a network of reserves supporting native vegetation and managed by council for a number of environmental and community values. “The primary purpose is to maintain areas of native vegetation and habitat for native animals on public land, so is essential for biodiversity. “At the 27 May 2019 ordinary meeting, council reaffirmed its commitment to the COSS and the objective of protecting and improving biodiversity and environmental values of COSS lands and other land with the Central Coast Local Government Area.” The first champions signed up at the inaugural Strom Talk held on World Environment Day in June. SOURCE: Media Statement, 27 Aug 2019 Jane Smith, Central Coast Council Media Statement, 28 Aug 2019 Kim Cole, Ettalong Diggers

Parents asked to forget they had seen parking plans Pretty Beach Public School has retracted one of its school newsletters after accidently leaking concept plans for parking changes on Araluen Dve. It is understood Central Coast Council was seeking feedback from school staff on the plans due to the school’s proximity to Araluen Dve and the subsequent impact any parking changes would have on the school’s daily pick up and drop off. They were not intended for public consultation at the time but were accidently published in the school’s newsletter on August 15, prompting principal Ms Karen

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Wardlaw to retract the newsletter a day later. In a letter addressed to the school community, Ms Wardlaw asked any community members that had seen the plans to disregard them. “In our recent school newsletter, we attached a concept plan regarding parking in Araluen Dve across from the school. “While this was appropriately shared with the school for initial consultation by Council, this was not intended for community consultation at this time. “The school has since spoken with Council regarding this misunderstanding and apologised for circulating initial concept plans

within our community. “As this is currently a concept plan only, we respectfully ask that parents and community members do not contact Council at this stage. “The Council will be further engaging in a process of consultation with community at the appropriate time. “Thank you in advance for deferring any thoughts, opinions or comments until a more concrete plan has been released by the council for community consultation,” Ms Wardlaw wrote. SOURCE: Email, 16 Aug 2019 Karen Wardlaw, Pretty Beach Public School

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Marquart calls motion supporters ‘the great unwashed’ Liberal Cr Troy Marquart led the opposition to the Climate Emergency Declaration at Central Coast Council’s August 26 meeting, describing supporters of the councillor moving the motion “the great unwashed”. Cr Marquart asked what the emergency was for people such as those living in Ettalong. He grilled Empire Bay resident Mr Greg Olsen who spoke at the public forum before the council meeting. Mr Olsen said the evidence was visible: high temperatures, bushfires, water issues, drought, bleaching of coral. “We don’t have coral at Ettalong,” Cr Marquart said and was asked by Mayor Cr Jane Smith not to interrupt the speaker. Cr Marquart then asked about lower emissions food. “Don’t eat as much beef,’’ Mr Olsen said, “Eat more vegetables.” “And why would we ban gas,” asked Cr Marquart. “It was a huge emitter of CO2,’’ Mr Olsen said. “So the gas industry has to go as well,” Cr Marquart said. He also questioned the next speaker, who introduced herself

as Donna, asking her if she was member of the community group Extinction Rebellion and she said she was. Later in the evening, when the council meeting was held, Cr Marquart spoke against the declaration which had been put forward by Cr Kyle MacGregor and calling supporters part of the “great unwashed”. Cr Marquart offered an alternative motion: that council rule out consideration of planned retreat, managed realignment or time limited development consent in any form due to negative impact of such policies to more than 20,000 properties in the Local Government Area. He said the original motion wanted to “turn us all into vegans”. He started with asking questions about emissions council pumped out and a council manager, Mr Ricardo Martello, said that information was given on July 22 at a meeting that Cr Marquart did not attend. Cr Marquart then spoke to the motion, saying the word emergency was very emotive like the whole subject seemed to be. “The author of this particular motion spoke for three minutes and some seconds but we didn’t

hear once what the emergency is. “I also asked an earlier speaker to please articulate something for the old couple at the foreshore of Ettalong, something tangible, something textile they could touch. “Ok, the sky is going to fall in. Ok, the sea is going to come up past my letterbox. Then they know what they are dealing with. “That’s an emergency but in three minutes and nineteen seconds we heard about how the Warnervale Employment Centre is going to have all this new greens, it sounded like Julia Gillard, all these green jobs, we’re going to be putting paths around duck ponds, basket weaving. “It didn’t mention once what the emergency is. “Are the seas going to rise? If seas are going to rise tomorrow, then let’s start doing something about planned retreat because we are going to have to look at compensation for people here on the Coast. “What is the emergency? “What is the responsibility to the Central Coast Council when the great unwashed of the Extinction Rebellion come here and start to glue themselves to Mann St, Gosford, like they did in Brisbane. “I was on my way to a meeting

in the entertainment centre the second time they did it this year and so instead of being a 20-minute drive from the airport it took me about four hours. “Because a bunch of climate change nut cases decided to superglue.” The mayor cut in, asking him to moderate his language and be respectful in his debate. “Thank you, Madam Mayor, some very confused Extinction Rebellion individuals decided to glue themselves to a road and affect the whole world. “At least they could articulate we don’t like Adani. They should have went a bit further north to do it but they wanted to create massive issues in Brisbane. “If we going to have that in Mann St, Gosford, at least have the bottle, at least have the mettle, to tell people what the emergency is. “Otherwise pull off the socialist head and pop on a pumpkin because there is no point. “It is absolutely embarrassing. The word emergency. There is serious things in the pdf that was forwarded through, talking about world war two and Hitler and the Nazis within this pdf that was sent to us.

“That should not be equated with this issue here. We should not be so emotive. We should not be using the word emergency. “This council has done more than enough. We should not be chasing other councillors to say we’ve done the same, socialist comrade. “This is not what the people on the Central Coast need. This is not what is going to benefit the people on the CentralCoast.” Cr Marquart then spoke about three councillors, Jilly Pilon, Rebecca Gale Collins and Bruce McLachlan, who had excused themselves from the debate, citing pecuniary interest considerations. “That’s why we have councillors out there, because anyone who has worked hard and owned a house is going to have increased premiums from this folly.’’ His motion was lost with only Crs Chris Burke and Greg Best supporting him. Cr MacGregor closed debate on his original motion and it was passed with only Crs Marquart, Burke and Best voting against it. SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 8.2, August 26 Reporter: Merilyn Vale

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Answer to councillor gives no further detail on skate park Three months after Cr Kyle MacGregor requested an update on the Umina Skate Park, he has received an answer that provides no information not already in the public domain.

concept design and the Federal Government announced before the election that it would provide $8.25m to rebuild the park, the access road and sports clubs around the park.

A concept design for the upgraded skate park was now being drawn up, he was told at the August 26 meeting. Once the final design was received, council would call for tenders for a detailed design and construction. “The community will be provided further opportunities for feedback and discussion to inform key elements in the detailed design phase,’’ acting manager Ms Karen Tucker wrote. Cr MacGregor’s question was asked at the May 27 meeting. Umina Community Group updated supporters on its Facebook page in June with the same information, along with a timeline for construction and the grand opening some time in the first half of next year. The group last year presented council and all local politicians with a 100-page discussion paper supporting the need for a new skate park. Bendigo Bank donated $50,000 and Ettalong Bowling Club $10,000 to start the project. Council spent $50,000 on the

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Vietnam veterans attend war memorial Veterans and their families attended the Ettalong War Memorial on August 18 to commemorate Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Day on August 18. A memorial service and march were coordinated by the Vietnam Veterans Peacekeepers and Peacemakers Association of Australia Central Coast Sub Branch, with the march commencing from 11:15am at the sub-branch’s office on the corner of Beach St and Broken Bay Rd and ending at the War Memorial. Following the service, subbranch members, friends and invited guests made their way to Ettalong Diggers for a memorial lunch.

This year’s Memorial Day commemorated two significant dates, the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Binh Ba and Hat Ditch, which took place on June 5 and 6 in 1969 and the 53rd anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, the most

significant battle to the Australian forces during the Vietnam War, where 18 men died. SOURCE: Media release, 20 Aug 2019 Alan Ball, VVPPAACC Sub Branch

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Leagues Club field is to become “a world-class public space” Leagues Club field is to become “a world-class public space”

Masterplan DA for Central Coast Quarter is being lodged

Work is expected to begin on the The revitalization ofthe southern end redevelopment of Gosford’s Leagues Club of Mann St, Gosford, is a step closer Field before the end of the year. with property group St Hilliersto lodge a masterplan DA for its Central Coast Quarter in September.

Amenities blocks at Forresters Beach and Terrigal are being upgraded

Feedback sought on draft Landcare Program strategy

Key 2 Realty initiative is a win for all concerned

Central Coast Council is getting set for Central Coast Council is calling for summer, with upgrades to amenity blocks feedback on its draft Landcare Program at Forresters Beach and Terrigal Surf Life strategy, now on exhibition. Saving Club now underway.

Councillors say that $97M in State and Federal funding is not enough Central Coast Council has been allocated more than $97M in State and Federal funding over the past 18 months, but a report to Council’s Ordinary Meeting on is expected following public consultation July 22ork saw several councillors claiming to begin on the and with input from the Local Aboriginal redevelopment the Coast didn’t getDarkinjung its fairshare of Land Council.

Glenworth Valley music festival to return despite a death and new restrictions Glenworth Valleymusic festival, Lost Paradise, has announced that it will be returning to the Coast at the end of the year.

Somersby rezoning proposal could make history

Pacific Link Housing has urged land lordsto rent out their investment properties through its new Key 2 Realty initiative, in a bid to increase the supply of community housing on the Coast, which was in the spotlight during the recently

Vietnam veterans leading by example Members of the Vietnam Veterans Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Association Central Coast sub-ranch and the public have commemorated the iconic battle on Long Tan. The action involved the Australian task force 53 years ago on August 18, 1966. The sub branch appreciates the support provided by Brisbane Water Brass Band, national service 1951-72 re-enactment unit and the public at this important ceremony. In a short report to Sub-Branch members at the luncheon (Diggers Ettalong) president Alan Ball highlighted the important services provided by the sub branch volunteers.

Forum One example is the Nambus crew who continue to educate school students throughout NSW, with their first-hand accounts of training and then active service deployment to South Vietnam. Responses from students have been appreciated by all members and associates of the sub branch. The Nambus crew provided them an insight into an environment often beyond their comprehension and comfort zone. The sub branch committee and its members are leading by example and supporting Australia’s Veterans. Well done. Letter, 20 Aug 2019 Norman Harris, Umina

Strategy onpublic exhibition

A proposal to rezone land at Somersby is Central Coast Council has prepared the first to be considered under the State a draft Strategy, called the Greener Government’s new planning frame work Places Strategy, to promote, maintain Artist’s images of the latest plans for Leagues Club Field to provide indigenous people with greater and enhance urban greening across the The park will also feature highlighted the importance of bushland ecosystem that will share local Darkinjung powersof innewdetermining useas of Central Coast by planting and maintaining dozens trees, quality the open space a parttheir of complements the park’s and non-indigenous history thousands of native plants and Gosford’s revitalisation. proximity toinpublic the waterfront,” of the site by encouraging land. trees areas. an innovative ‘tidal terrace’ he said. exploration, interaction with

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“The revitalisation is going of Gosford’s Leagues will drawwww.centralcoastnews.net water from from strength to strength nature specifically and learning.” related Stokes said theonnature “The park willfocusses incorporate fullbefore articles can be seen line onwhich our website Coast with Community News on news ClubThe Field theand end more thecan bayalso at be highread tide and and shared inspired design, which craneson in your the sky and new andtowater features Project leader, the Hunter and to post code areas 2250, 2251, 2260 and articles mobile phonewild by play going www.coastcommunitynews.com.au. of the year. drain at low tide to create an State Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes, was on the Coast on August 15 to release the final designs for waterfront field, set to transform it into “a worldclass public space”. A draft plan for the project was released prior to the 2019 State election, with the final plans having been drawn up

features new picnic areas and amenities, walkways, an inclusive playground and water play areas, would set a new standard for public spaces across the state. “The final designs showcase best practice in creating exemplary play spaces that invite everyone in the community to stay and play,” he said.

residential and commercial building work underway, as well as high quality public spaces for locals and visitors to enjoy,” Crouch said. Darkinjung Chairperson, Matthew West, said he was proud to have contributed to what will be a special place for the Central Coast community. “These stunning designs feature a living, breathing

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Source: Media release, Aug 15 28 August 2019 Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes Media release, Aug 15 Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council Interview, Aug 15 Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes Reporter: Terry Collins

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Introduction of a Local Planning Panel is seen as a power grab

The NSW Government’s introduction of a Local Planning Panel (LPP) for the Central Coast early next year is seen as a “power he NSW grab” G oby v eMayor, r n m e nJane t ’s Smith.

interspersed between newlyplanted trees, thousands of native plants, picnic areas, amenities and walkways. “Sandstone representations of indigenous sea creatures will be exposed at low tide while ‘canoes’ will be available to play on when the water rises. “It is fantastic that the unstructured play zones

introduction of a Local Planning Panel (LPP) for the Central Coast early next year is seenElectricity as a “power Delta claims pollution report grab” by Mayor, Jane should be considered flawed and Smith.

Comments sought on the Tuggerawong Shared Pathway

Earthworks are set to start in September Plans are now open for public comment for the retail town centre at Hilltop Park, on the next three kilometres of the Warnervale, and the NSW Government is Tuggerah Lake shared pathway loop. accountability and on Gosford waterfront, investing $1.2M towards critical water and expertise to the region’s so it’s up to the Minister planning system,” West to create guidelines sewer infrastructure upgrades. said. which put the interests of

NSW Labor supports the LPP in principle, but they want certain guarantees from Minister Stokes that the panel will comprise planning experts, community members and council representatives and that local communities have sufficient opportunity to comment on development proposals. Wyong MP, David NSW Planning and Public Spaces Minister, Rob Stokes, Harris, said LPPs were on the Central Coast with Terrigal MP, Adam Crouch a key recommendation to take planning powers has spoken directly to region’s planning system” away from communities”. him about concerns with and it is expected to by former NSW Deputy Commissioner, speed up the decision Police “The community could the LPP. Nick Kaldas, as a “I was hoping the making process. rightly be concerned … “The Central Coast is “ c o r r u p t i o n - p ro o f i n g we have seen the recent voice of our community tool”. case of the NSW Planning would be heard and it is growing and the new LPP His recommendation Department overriding extremely disappointing is needed to ensure that a City of Sydney that the state government major developments are was part of a major independent review of decision to oppose a has moved this way,” she planned and delivered in governance in the NSW a strategic way,” he said. tower development at said. Pyrmont … and this NSW Planning Minister Darkinjung Local planning system. “NSW Labor calls into question the Rob Stokes said the Aboriginal Land Council independence of our Central Coast LPP has also welcomed the understands that LPPs will restrict corruption planning system,” Mayor followed independent Central Coast LPP. so Smith said. reviews showing that With 3,700ha of opportunities between “Councillors are elected existing panels in NSW landholdings, Darkinjung relationships and by the community to were performing very well is the largest non- developers cannot make decisions on behalf to deliver better planning government landowner councillors influence decision outcomes. of the community. the coast. Wyong Regional Chronicle focuses on news specificallyon relating to post code areasmaking,” 2258, 2259, 2261, Harris said.2262, “The panel will free-up “We are to articles Chairman, & accountable 2263. The full and more can be seen on our websiteMatthew www.centralcoastnews.net “Panels need to be them for the decisions we councillors to focus on West, said that under the long-term strategic the Darkinjung Delivery properly representative make. they and truly independent to “The imposition of a planning to lead the Framework, make the best decisions Local Planning Panel delivery of the region’s were working with the goals and priorities,” he NSW government to and the planning system removes power further

misleading Claims of excessive sulphur dioxide air pollution coming from Vales Point Power Station have been refuted by Delta Electricity, labelling them “sensationalist and misleading”.

Earthworks about to start for retail town centre at Warnervale

Council is the 31st Australian local government to declare a climate emergency Central Coast Council has declared a climate emergency after a motion was put forward by ALP Councillor, Kyle MacGregor, making it the 31st Australian local government to do so.

Central Coast residents before developer dollars,” Harris said. However, Greens Central Coast spokesperson, Abigail Boyd, said “having the Minister approve most of the panel members should ring alarm bells for the Central Coast community”. “The rolling disaster of defective apartment blocks shows that the government is mostly interested in lining the pockets of property developers and has little interest in protecting community interests,” she said. “The government does not want community control of planning decisions, they want deals signed in back rooms. “This is the opposite of increased transparency – it is yet another Coalition Government move designed to disempower local councils and the communities they represent.”

What Climate Emergency?

Liberal Cr, Troy Marquart, led the opposition to the Climate Emergency Declaration at Central Coast Council’s August 26 meeting.

Regional Development Australia Women golfers raise $23,500 on Chair calls for open and transparent Bay to Bay Festival raises $70,000 annual Charity Golf Day discussion on airport Regional Development Australia, Central Wyong and Gosford Hospitals’ Emergency The Central Coast Women’s District Golf Coast, (RDACC) is calling on Central Departments have received a $30,000 Association held its annual Charity Golf Coast Council to commence open donation from the Terrigal Trotters. Day at Wyong Golf Club on August 12. and transparent discussion with the community about the future of Central Coast Airport at Warnervale, in response

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Unless development changes, heat trend will continue In last edition (Peninsula News 476), it was reported that the Peninsula has the hottest suburbs on the Central Coast.

Based on a report by Seed Consulting Services, whose findings iterate what is happening in many Sydney suburbs, we are reminded of the effects of urban development patterns on the urban heat effect. The report lists the usual suspects of tree loss, impervious surfaces such as bitumen roads, dark roofs and bare ground being amongst the hottest land surface types in urban landscapes. Unless development patterns change to acknowledge the integral importance of trees and other vegetation in mitigating the urban heat effect and in lessening the micro effect of climate change, this trend will continue. I would encourage Council to

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Peninsula News PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 or editorial@centralcoastnews. net See Page 2 for contribution conditions incorporate into their development plans, strategies that encourage architectural designs that emphasise the retention of existing, mature trees and other vegetation so there is no net loss of trees and shrubs when new, denser development replaces existing buildings.

Reading in last edition (476) of the completion of the Woy Woy Sports Precinct project has prompted my correspondence. In the same edition, there was a separate article detailing how hot our Peninsula suburbs are, due to removal of trees and natural surfaces. Another article outlined Council’s commitment to regreening. When the precinct project

Forum began, the area was razed of all trees. I watched and waited for any signs of new trees or gardens to be planted. However, the area around the building is now pure concrete. Am I missing something? Where is the replanting of trees in lieu of trees being removed? Was there no consideration given to shade provision for

spectators and cars? It seems that another hot spot has been created to add to our man-made hot suburb, even while greening the Coast is being promoted. Woy Woy Oval is scheduled for regular maintenance and it would seem reasonable that a garden area and tree re-planting in the newly created area could be maintained as part of that. Email, 26 Aug 2019 Wendy Baylis, Woy Woy

We have to breathe life into the area In reply to Laurie Powell’s letter published in edition 476, as a long-time visitor and now new resident to Woy Woy, I have watched the change to the area over the last 20 plus years and am enthused and excited about the future for the area.

Forum What does frustrate me is the lack of foresight to really encourage business and employment to the area that would enable residents, of all ages, to work locally and invest in the area. We are blessed with beautiful geographical locations, but we

can’t rely on that alone. We have to breathe life into the area and mature it into a place where we can live, work and play. More trains to the city are not the long term answer. More opportunities here are what should be encouraged. Email, 25 Aug 2019 Margaret Stevenson, Woy Woy

Email, 23 Aug 2019 Suraya Coorey, Woy Woy

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State Member working for us Is it not a perplexing matter that a Member of State Parliament who represents the Seat of Terrigal advertises himself in a local paper that is well read and distributed in the State Seat of Gosford?

Where is the replanting of trees?

In June, my wife was run down by a motorist in the carpark of Umina shopping centre.

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News and local and forum matters are contributions to this paper that definitely pertain to matters that are of interest to the Seat of Gosford and surrounds. I wish to congratulate the State Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch for her fortitude and perseverance in working hard to obtain thousands of signatures and collect hundreds of points of view of local people in her bid to petition the government to reopen the NSW Service Centre in Deepwater Plaza. Once again her hopes for the people of her area, a great part of which is the Peninsula, have come to fruition. Keep up the good work, Liesl. We need our Member working for us, the constituents of the Seat

Email, 25 Aug 2019 Genny Murphy, Woy Woy

She lay unconscious on the roadway for about 20 minutes until paramedics and the police arrived and then was transported to Royal North Shore Hospital by CareFlight. Her injuries were extensive.

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Whilst 5:30 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] Keith literally hits the roof over 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] Jesse’s antics. 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 8:40 Grand Hotel: Smokeshow (M) 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 7:30 The Celebrity Chase (PG) [s] 9:40 Grand Hotel: Curveball (M) [s] 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 8:40 World’s Most Shocking 10:40 Embarrassing Bodies 8:30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS Emergency Calls (PG) [s] Revisits (M n,mp) [s] HELL (M) [s] 9:40 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:40 Law And Order: SVU (M v) [s] 9:00 Utopia: Pipe Dreams (PG) [s] 12:30 Harry (PG) [s] 9:30 Diary Of An Uber Driver (M l,s) 10:10 The Front Bar (M) [s] 11:10 Surveillance Oz (PG) [s] 1:30 Extra [s] 9:55 The Set (M l,s) [s] 11:40 Blindspot (M v) 2:00 Home Shopping 10:30ABC Late News [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 11:00The Business [s]

TEN (C13)

ABC (C20/21)

PRIME (C61/60)

NINE (C81/80)

TEN (C13)

SBS (C30)

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Back Roads (PG) [s] 10:30 A Taste Of Landline [s] 11:00 Gardening Australia [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Stephen Fry In Central America (M d) [s] 1:45 Death In Paradise (PG) [s] 3:05 The Cook And The Chef [s] 3:35 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking [s] 5:30 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) 6:00 The Drum [s] 6:55 Sammy J (PG) [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Escape From The City [s] 9:00 Vera: Hidden Depths (M v) [s] 10:30 ABC Late News [s] 11:00 The Business [s] 11:15 Wentworth: Hell Bent (M l) [s] 12:05 Collingwood (M l) [s] 1:05 National Press Club Address

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “My Life As A Dead Girl” (M) (’15) Stars: Cassandra Scerbo, Keegan Connor Tracy 2:00 The Daily Edition [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 8:30 Movie: “The Mountain Between Us” (M) (’17) – Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snowcovered terrain. Stars: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges, Dermot Mulroney 10:45 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:15 Movie: “John Worboys: The Taxi Cab Rapist” (MA15+) (’18) Stars: Kerry Daynes, Dave Reid 12:30 Home Shopping

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Extra [s] 1:30 Kevin Can Wait (PG) [s] 2:00 The Block (PG) [s] 3:00 NINE News Now [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NBN News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair [s] 7:30 Rugby League: South Sydney Rabbitohs v Sydney Roosters *Live* From ANZ Stadium, Sydney 9:45 Golden Point [s] 10:45 Lethal Weapon (MA15+) [s] 11:40 Cold Case: Torn (M) [s] 12:40 Westside (MA15+) [s] 1:35 Movie: “End Of All Things” (M l) (’16) Stars: Karlton Laing, Kirsten Rebekah Strom 3:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 3:30 Extra [s] 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Bachelor Australia (PG) 2:40 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Celebrity Name Game (PG) [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bachelor Australia (PG) 8:40 Gogglebox (M) [s] 9:40 Law And Order: SVU: Remember Me (M) [s] 10:35 Law And Order: SVU: Remember Me Too (M) [s] 11:30 Blue Bloods (M v) [s] 12:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 1:30 The Project (PG) [s] 2:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 3:30 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS - This Morning

6:00 Worldwatch 9:00 Tennis: US Open 2019: Quarter Finals Men And Women’s Singles *Live* 2:00 Over The Black Dot 3:00 Great British Railway Journeys 4:00 Rivals (PG) 4:30 Digging For Britain’s Secrets: East (PG) 5:30 Cycling: La Vuelta 2019 Highlights 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo: Strahan (PG) 8:00 Gourmet Farmer 8:35 Riviera (PG) 10:30 Bosch (MA15+) 11:25 SBS World News Late 11:55 Outlander (MA15+) 2:05 Cardinal (MA15+) 2:55 Ride Upon The Storm (M l) (In Danish) 3:55 Atlanta (M d,l,v)

5:30 Today [s] 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “The Wrong Teacher” 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] (M) (’18) – Successful teacher 1:00 The Making Of Angry Birds 2 (PG) and author Charlotte Hansen 1:10 Movie: “Yours, Mine And Ours” has a one-night stand with a (PG) (’05) Stars: Dennis Quaid, younger man, Chris. She later Rene Russo, Sean Faris finds out that he is 18-years-old 3:00 NINE News Now [s] and a student at her high 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] school. Stars: Jessica Morris 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 2:00 The Daily Edition [s] 6:00 NBN News [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 7:00 A Current Affair [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 7:30 Rugby League: Melbourne 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] Storm v North Queensland 6:00 7Prime News [s] Cowboys *Live* From AAMI 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] Park, Melbourne [s] 8:30 Movie: “The Holiday” (PG) (’06) – Two women troubled with guy 9:45 Friday Night Knock Off [s] problems swap homes in each 10:45 Movie: “Gangster Squad” (MA15+) (’13) Stars: Ryan other’s countries, where they Gosling, Josh Brolin each meet a local guy and fall in love. Stars: Jude Law, Cameron 1:00 Movie: “The Master” (MA15+) Diaz, Kate Winslet, Eli Wallach (’12) Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, 11:10 Program To Be Advised Price Carson, Mike Howard 12:30 Home Shopping 4:00 Home Shopping

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Living Room [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Neighbours (PG) [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Celebrity Name Game (PG) [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Living Room [s] 8:30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) [s] 9:30 2018 Montreal Comedy Festival: Just For Laughs #3 (M s,l) [s] 10:30 The Project (PG) [s] 11:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

5:00 5:15 5:30 9:00

Friday 6 September

NINE (C81/80)

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Back Roads (PG) [s] 10:30 A Taste Of Landline [s] 11:00 Gardening Australia [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 One Plus One [s] 1:30 Foreign Correspondent [s] 2:00 Dark Money (M) [s] 3:05 Poh’s Kitchen [s] 3:30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking [s] 5:30 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Gardening Australia [s] 8:30 Keeping Faith (M l) [s] 9:30 Dark Money (M) [s] 10:30 ABC Late News [s] 11:00 The Business [s] 11:15 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] 11:45 Planet America [s] 12:30 rage (MA15+) [s]

Saturday 7 September

PRIME (C61/60)

6:00 NBC Today [s] 5:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 rage Guest Programmer [s] 11:00 Restoration Australia: Paganin 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 12:00 Seven’s Horse Racing: 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] Moonee Valley; Randwick 12:30 Vera: Hidden Depths (M v) [s] Chelmsford Stakes [s] 2:00 Keeping Faith (M l) [s] 2:30 AFL: Pre-Game [s] 3:00 Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo 3:00 AFL: Elimination Final: GWS Adventure [s] Giants v Western Bulldogs 4:00 Short Cuts To Glory [s] *Live* From GIANTS Stadium 4:30 Landline [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 5:00 Escape From The City [s] 7:00 Movie: “Grease” (PG) (’78) – 6:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] Good girl Sandy and greaser 7:00 ABC News [s] Danny fell in love over the 7:30 Deep Water (M) [s] – Lisa tries summer. When they unexto make amends for Lucinda’s pectedly discover they’re now in disappearance but is starting to the same high school, will they see a different side to Kate. be able to rekindle their ro8:20 Poldark (M) [s] mance? Stars: John Travolta, 9:20 Les Norton: Olivia Newton-John Lobster Mobster (M) [s] 9:25 Movie: “Pitch Perfect” (M l,s) 10:15 Victoria: (’12) Stars: Anna Kendrick, A Soldier’s Daughter (PG) [s] Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson 11:00 The Good Karma Hospital 11:45 The Goldbergs: I Heart Video (PG) [s] 11:50 rage Guest Programmer Dating (PG) [s] (MA15+) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

Sunday 8 September

Wednesday 4 September

Tuesday 3 September

Monday 2 September

ABC (C20/21)

6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 9:00 Insiders [s] 10:00 Offsiders [s] 10:30 The World This Week [s] 11:00 Compass [s] 11:30 Songs Of Praise [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 Landline [s] 1:30 Gardening Australia [s] 2:30 Cyber Dreaming [s] 3:00 The Recording Studio [s] 4:00 The Mix [s] 4:30 Wallace & Gromit’s World Of Invention [s] 5:00 Australian Story [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 Dream Gardens [s] 6:30 Compass: Happy Android [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:40 Program To Be Advised 8:40 Les Norton: Tight-Arse (M) [s] 9:40 Glitch (M l,v) [s] 10:25 Exposed (M l) [s] 11:35 Silent Witness (M v) [s] 12:35 The Set [s

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6:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Your Domain [s] 11:00 Today Extra - Saturday (PG) 12:00 Destination Happiness [s] 12:30 Destination WA [s] 1:00 The Block (PG) [s] 2:10 This Time Next Year (PG) [s] 3:30 Seachange (PG) [s] 4:30 The Garden Gurus [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] 6:00 NBN News Saturday [s] 7:00 Rugby League: Gold Coast Titans v St George Illawarra Dragons *Live* From Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast [s] 9:20 Rugby League: Post Match [s] 9:50 Movie: “Tower Heist” (M l,s) (’11) Stars: Alan Alda 12:00 Movie: “Lawless” (MA15+) (’10) Stars: Al Pacino, Sean Penn 2:10 Movie: “Eternity” (M l,v) (’13) Stars: Ananda Everingham 4:00 Home Shopping 5:30 Wesley Impact [s]

6:00 Home Shopping 6:00 Harry (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Morning Show - Weekend [s] 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness [s] 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 1:00 Crash Investigation Unit: 1:00 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball: Richmond Road (PG) [s] Preliminary Final *Live* [s] 1:30 Program To Be Advised 3:00 Rugby League: Penrith 2:30 Program To Be Advised Panthers v Newcastle Knights 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] *Live* From Panthers Stadium, 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] Sydney [s] 5:30 Sydney Weekender [s] 6:00 NBN News - Sunday [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 The Block (PG) [s] – A 7:00 Australia’s Got Talent (PG) [s] pregnant Sara and Hayden drop – Todd McKenney joins judges into the Block. $20,000 is up for Shane Jacobson, Lucy Durack, grabs tonight. Nicole Scherzinger and Manu 8:30 60 Minutes (PG) [s] Feildel as Manu’s Golden 9:30 Aaron Hernandez Uncovered Buzzer recipient. (M v) [s] 8:15 Sunday Night (PG) [s] 11:10 See No Evil (M v) [s] 9:15 What The Killer Did Next: 12:05 Harry (PG) [s] Norma Bell (M v) [s] 1:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 10:15 Criminal Confessions: 1:30 Surfing Australia TV [s] Grove City, Ohio (M v) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 11:15 Autopsy USA: 2:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo Jimi Hendrix (MA15+) [s] 3:00 Home Shopping 12:30 Home Shopping 4:00 The Baron (PG) [s]

Also see: 7TWO (Channel 62) 7MATE (Channel 63) 7FLIX (Channel 66) 7FOOD (Channel 74)

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

CGTN English News NHK World English News Worldwatch Tennis: US Open 2019: Semi Finals Women’s Singles *Live* 2:00 The Point 3:00 NITV News: Nula 3:30 Great British Railway Journeys 4:30 Digging For Britain’s Secrets: West (PG) 5:30 Cycling: La Vuelta 2019 Highlights 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Ancient Invisible Cities: Istanbul (PG) 8:30 The September Issue (M l) 10:15 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:10 SBS World News Late 11:15 The Feed: Stolen Wages 12:15 Ouro: Amazon Gold (MA15+) (In French/ Portuguese) 2:25 Bra Boys: Blood Is Thicker Than Water (M l,v)

6:00 Reel Action [s] 5:00 CGTN English News 6:30 Escape Fishing With ET [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 7:00 RPM [s] 5:30 Worldwatch 8:00 Which Car? [s] 6:00 Tennis: US Open 2019: Semi 8:30 All 4 Adventure (PG) [s] Finals Men’s Singles *Live* 9:00 What’s Up Down Under [s] 2:00 Gymnastics: International 9:30 Studio 10: Saturday (PG) [s] Gymnastics: Rhythmic World 12:00 Luxury Escapes [s] Challenge Cup (Romania) 12:30 Jamie’s Super Food [s] 4:00 Cycling: Voxwomen 1:30 Healthy Homes Australia [s] 4:30 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s 2:00 Australia By Design: Lochs: The Enchanted Land Architecture [s] The Trossachs Lochs (PG) 2:30 Pooches At Play [s] 5:00 Cycling: La Vuelta 2019 3:00 Places We Go [s] Highlights 3:30 What’s Up Down Under [s] 5:30 Reality River Cottage 4:00 The Living Room [s] Australia (PG) 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 SBS World News 6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] . 7:30 Inside North Korea’s Dynasty: 6:30 One Strange Rock: Shield (PG) Nuclear Family 7:30 Saturday Night Rove (M s,l,n) 8:30 Movie: “Black Swan” (PG) (’10) 8:30 Movie: “Wedding Crashers” Stars: Natalie Portman (M l,s) (’05) Stars: Isla Fisher 10:35 Movie: “Mother!” (M s) (’14) 10:50 Program To Be Advised Stars: Jennifer Lawrence 11:50 Elementary (M v) [s] 12:55 Basketball: USA v Australia: 12:45 Todd Sampson’s Body Hack Game 1 *Replay* From Marvel (M v) [s] Stadium 6:00 Religious Programs 7:30 Fishing Australia [s] 8:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 8:30 Luxury Escapes [s] 9:00 Places We Go [s] 9:30 Studio 10: Sunday (PG) [s] 12:00 Photo Number 6: Southern Africa (PG) [s] 1:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 1:30 The Living Room (PG) [s] 3:00 Australia By Design: Innovations [s] 3:30 Places We Go [s] 4:00 RPM [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Program To Be Advised 9:00 Program To Be Advised 10:00 Instinct: After Hours (M v) [s] 11:00 Instinct: Bad Actors (M v) [s] 12:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS - This Morning

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

Programming information correct at time of going to press, changes are at the network’s discretion Prepared by National Typesetting Services

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch – Deutsche Welle English News 6:00 France 24 News 6:30 Al Jazeera News 7:30 Italian News 8:10 Filipino News 8:40 French News 9:30 Worldwatch Continues 1:00 Speedweek 3:00 The Bowls Show 4:05 Tennis: US Open 2019 Highlights 5:05 Cycling: La Vuelta 2019 Highlights 5:35 Nazi Megastructures (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 9/11 - 102 Minutes That Changed America: 15th Anniversary (PG) 9:45 To Catch A Serial Killer (M l) 10:40 Spiral (MA15+) (In French) 12:50 Sherpa: Trouble On Everest (PG) (In Nepali/ English) 2:35 One Born Every Minute (M l) 4:05 Great British Railway Journeys

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

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An “RUOK” Day event for sexuality and gender diverse young people will be held in Ettalong on September 12. The Young Authentic and Social Hangout will be presented by sexuality and gender diverse youth organisation Wear It Purple, with LifeSpan Central Coast, Headspace Central Coast and the Naughty Noodle Fun Haus. Fun Haus chair Mr Juan Iocco said the day would be open to all young people aged 13 to 17 living on the Coast and would provide a safe space for them to meet and make new friends. “Lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex kids are over-represented in mental health statistics, as well as self-harm and suicide statistics.” He said sexuality and gender

diverse youth were five times more likely to attempt suicide than their peers. They often experienced isolation and loneliness that could result from stigma, discrimination and social exclusion, he said. “Reaching out and asking ‘Are you ok?’ can be a way to let someone you care about know that you are available to talk, or to begin a conversation about something difficult to raise.” The hangout will run from 4:15pm to 6pm. For privacy reasons, the venue will only be revealed to those that register to attend through the Central Coast Pride website. SOURCE: Media release, 22 Aug 2019 Juan Iocco, Naughty Noodle Fun Haus

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Paper planes donated for mental health awareness Residents at a Umina aged care facility have made 200 paper aeroplanes to be displayed at Newcastle Airport in October as part of Mental Health Month. Residents at Peninsula Villages teamed up with children from Wallaby St Early Learning Centre in Blackwall to fold and decorate the planes. After a few sessions of folding and decorating, the Peninsula Village planes have been donated to the WayAhead organisation to be part of a fleet of others donated by community groups from across the state. Peninsula Villages Chief Executive Mr Shane Neaves said the paper planes conveyed a special meaning for mental health awareness. As part of its awareness initiatives for Mental Health Month, WayAhead encouraged people to connect and relieve isolation, he said. “The sense of community encouraged at Peninsula Village is vital to maintaining the mental health of all residents. “Whether it be through activities, excursions, or sharing

Lost bird project to aid mental health A Lost Bird Found workshop was held at the Peninsula Community Centre in Woy Woy on August 27.

a cup of coffee, the simple act of connecting with others can make such a difference at any stage of life, including later life.” SOURCE: Media release, 23 Aug 2019 Katey Small, Brilliant Logic

The workshop created birds in all shapes, sizes, colours and materials, to be tagged with mental health information cards and scattered across the Peninsula for community members to find throughout October, Mental Health Awareness Month. The Lost Bird Found project partnered with Central Coast Council to run the workshop where community members were able to drop in and create their own “lost bird”. Mayor Cr Jane Smith said: “The project originated in North Sydney and has proved successful there in helping to start conversations and reduce the stigma around mental health issues, while highlighting the local services available.” SOURCE: Media release, 20 Aug 2019 Jane Smith, Central Coast Council

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Raising funds for specialty high school Aspect Central Coast will hold a gala fundraiser at Ettalong Diggers on September 6. Aspect representative Ms Bobby Redman said that, while Aspect Central Coast was excelling at offering services and programs for primary school aged students with autism, it was limited in what it could offer high school aged students. The gala would act as a fundraiser for Aspect Central Coast High School, she said. Ms Redman said Aspect hoped to see as many people as possible attend the gala with all proceeds from ticket sales to be put towards

the high school program. She said Aspect was an Australian not-for-profit organisation that provided opportunities for people with autism or other disabilities through support, education and information services. The organisation has eight specialty schools across the country including one at Terrigal that offered satellite classes at private and public schools for students unable to travel including Woy Woy’s St John the Baptist School. SOURCE: Newsletter, 27 Aug 2019 Vic Deeble, Rotary Club of Woy Woy

Students participate in mock council Students from Brisbane Water Secondary College have attended Central Coast Council’s annual Future Council program. Hosted by Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre at Gosford, the program aimed to provide practical experience inn civics, citizenship and local government decision making for Years 9 and 10 students. Those attending were given the opportunity to debate matters of local government during two mock debates on August 27 and 29, presided over by mayor Cr Jane Smith and deputy mayor Cr Chris Holstein respectively. Council director Ms Julie Vaughan said that during the mock debate students deliberated on real issues affecting the Central Coast and were able to cast a vote

on behalf of their community, just like their elected councillors. Students who participated in the forums used mock business papers to debate issues including urban forests, greening the Central Coast, light rail between Gosford and The Entrance, a development application for a green waste facility in a residential area, securing water supply during drought, climate change mitigation, the proposed development of a tip shop at Council’s waste facilities, and community energy programs. “We work closely with our local schools, making sure the topics relate to the curriculum and provide opportunities for students to experience decision making on topics that could occur in our local government area,” she said. Cr Smith said Future Council was always a highlight of her calendar and that she thoroughly

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enjoyed debating local issues with the region’s future leaders. “I am really proud to be able to take an active role in this this program that provides a forum where young people can express views on issues they are passionate about, build self-confidence and encourage community connectedness,” Cr Smith said. “With young people making up 25 per cent of our population we want more of this demographic to participate in civic life and their community as the decisions we make now impact their future. “I hope we can inspire some of our local students to one day run for public office themselves and represent their community,” she said. SOURCE: Media release, 27 Aug 2019 Jane Smith, Central Coast Council

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Formal wear thrift shop Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy campus is holding a formal wear thrift shop for Year 12 students this September.

HSC information night Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy campus held its High School Certificate Course Information Night on August 8. The evening was attended by soon to be Year 11 students and their parents and carers.

The evening was held to provide a comprehensive outline of the preliminary (2020) courses and Certificate courses (2021) and was the community’s opportunity to ask staff questions regarding students Stage 6 pathways. SOURCE: Social media, 23 Aug 2019 Rebecca Cooper, BWSC Woy Woy campus

The thrift shop will help students get an outfit together for their upcoming formal and to show the community that sustainable and affordable fashion can be both accessible and practical. “If you need a whole outfit, or just an accessory or two, come along and see what’s on offer,” said campus principal Ms Rebecca Cooper. “Everything is free.” The Formal Wear Thrift Shop will run from 3pm to 6pm on September 20. The College is accepting donations of formal wear and accessories for the shop. SOURCE: Social media, 29 Aug 2019 Rebecca Cooper, BWSC Woy Woy

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Administration team celebrated Umina Beach Public School celebrated its administration team and support staff during SASS Week from August 26 to 30. SASS is short for School Administration and Support Staff. “Our SASS staff play an important role in the school community,” said principal Ms Lyn Davis. “They are often the first people you see when you enter a school and are essential to maintaining positive relationships with students,

parents and the community. “SASS staff work in school offices, classrooms, canteens and libraries and in maintaining and caring for school grounds and buildings. “They are often the ones to tend to students when they are unwell and they ensure the efficient management of school financial and administration functions.” SOURCE: Newsletter, 27 Aug 2019 Lyn Davis, Umina Beach Public School

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Science fair displays cover range of topics Over 70 budding scientists have taken part in Woy Woy Public School’s Science Fair. Principal Ona Buckley said students created a number of exciting and educational displays for the Science Fair covering a range of topics. “There were projects ranging from creating a diving bell using technology from home, to demonstrating rapid decomposition using the ‘Elephant’s Toothpaste’ demonstration. “The quality of the displays

was high with staff and students commenting on how many different types of scientific processes were on display in one location. “After a lot of work by the four judges, the eventual award for first place went to Terence Wu in 3/4B. “This is one of the hardest fairs our teachers have had to judge as the quality was so high,” Ms Buckley said. SOURCE: Newsletter, 16 Aug 2019 Ona Buckley, Woy Woy Public School

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Photographer recognised for work with newborn babies A local photographer has been recognised for her work with newborn babies. Daleys Point photographer Ms Jodie Andrews was named the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers’ Newborn Photographer of the Year on August 13 for the third year running. “I’m passionate about newborns and capturing images of new families,” Ms Andrews said. “I love to create unique images that families will treasure in years to come.” Ms Andrews tales time to create her award-winning images and often spends days hand-painting backdrops and props. For one of her portraits Ms Andrews dipped leaves in wax, painted them with varnish and even used a laser-cutter to create the studio setup.

“Sometimes I come up with concepts, while I’m and stuck in city traffic. “But I prefer to listen to my clients’ stories, so the images are significant to them,” she said. Ms Andrews said: “Newborn photography requires a very different skill set, compared to other portrait photographers. “A newborn photographer must understand how to calm the baby, know what poses are safe and understand how the final image will be created.” Ms Andrews said working with newborns was incredibly rewarding, even though it was not always the cleanest job. “Beware of a baby with no nappy,” Ms Andrews said. SOURCE: Media release, 23 Aug 2019 Alison Hockings, Creative Media Communications

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to help him complete his music degree at Sydney University,” Mr Bell. Among the 24 grant awardees two were local. They are Empire Bay’s Ms Maddy Bell and Killcare Height’s Ms Elissa Koppen. Mr Bell said the record grant funding this year was made possible due to increases in number and value of donations. “Donors are responding to the demonstrated success of grants program artists and in turn have given their support. “It is heartening to see such faith in our young people and commitment to their future,” Mr Bell said. The grants will be formally awarded during a presentation at Wagstaffe Hall on November 10. Several recipients will perform at the presentation and film director Mr Bruce Beresford will be interviewed by Mr Bell about his career, including his latest film, Ladies in Black. SOURCE: Media release, 27 Aug 2019 Peter Park, Bouddi Foundation for the Arts

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Art show success at The Bays The Bays Community Group’s annual Bays Art Show was a resounding success, according to group president Ms Cathy Gleeson. “We had seven very talented

local artists exhibit during our 2019 show and the overall feedback received was very positive. “We have now had a chance to reflect on this event and have discussed ways of making next year’s Art Show even better with a

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Memorial hall filled to capacity for farewell The Pearl Beach Memorial Hall was filled to capacity at the recent Pearl Beach Singers Glee Club concerts to farewell Mrs and Mr Jean and John Irvine.

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“The very first Glee Club singers formed to present concerts as early as 1950 to raise funds to complete the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall,” said Pearl Beach Progress Association communication officer Ms Lynne Lillico. “They disbanded around 1953 until 2010 when they reformed under the leadership of skilled musician Diane Orton to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the original Glee Club. “In 2014 when Diane retired, the Irvine’s, who were enthusiastic members of the singers, generously agreed to take on additional responsibilities. “Jean became accompanist and musical director. With John firmly established as emcee, they led the singers into new ground,” Ms Lillico said. “From there, the Glee Club concerts provided opportunities for locals and friends to join with the Pearl Beach Singers, continuing the tradition of always filling the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall with music and an enthusiastic audience. “Together they have been able to invite amateur and professional guest musicians and provided performance opportunity for young music students who with the Pearl Beach Singers have continued to produce exciting and innovative concerts. “This year the concerts celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the Pearl Beach Progress Association with a fabulous weekend filled with fun, laughter, dance and a few tears. “The concerts really did embrace the audiences and they left the hall with a smile on their faces, and laughter in their hearts. “Everyone within the Glee Club

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COSS Connections Guided Bush Walk, Choice Alloura Waters, The Wyong District Wyoming Public School Kincumber Mountain 1 Murna Road, Garden and 50th Anniversary, Reserve, Ticketed, 10am 12pm Horticultural Wyoming Public School, 9am - 12pm, 4349 4756 Hair: The Original Tribal 5353 5901 Competition Open Day, 10am - 2pm, habitatforwildlife@cen.org.au Rock Musical, www.livingchoice.com.au Commemorative Path Free entry, 10am - 4pm, The Art House Wyong, Free Microchipping Opening w/ Emma Entries close 27/08, Ticketed, The Glenn Miller Day, McBride - 10:30am Presentation Day Orchestra, Council’s Animal Care Multiple Screening’s 18/09, 2pm - Council History Week Open Day, 4335 1485 The Art House Wyong, Facility - Charmhaven Building Wyong, Henry Kendall Cottage and thearthousewyong.com.au/ Ticketed, 7:30pm and Erina, 10am 3pm whats-on/hair 4392 3271, To receive a Historical Museum, 4335 1485 www.centralcoast.nsw.gov. 11am - 2pm copy of the list email thearthousewyong.com.au au/pets FRIDAY, SEP 20 fabill@bigpond.com SUNDAY, SEP 8 The Entrance Food & Wine

R U OK? Day Saturday Night Toukley Presbyterian Handmade on the Coast, Spectacular: Marina Prior, Woy Woy Wharf, 9am - 2pm Church Hall, The Royal Hotel Wyong, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Linton Gardens Premier Ticketed, 8pm Bridal Fair 2019, FRIDAY, SEP 13 School Spring Fair, Linton Gardens, Central Coast Grammar Free entry, 10am - 2pm School, Free entry, Night and Day 9am - 4pm The Doris and Shirley Bonsai Open: Show, A Premier Bonsai Event, Laycock Street Theatre Evening Stars: Mingara Recreation Club, Auditorium, Ticketed, Jane Rutter & Peter 9am - 5pm 11am Acting Masterclass for Actors & Singers with John Bell Ao Obe, Central Coast Leagues Club, Ticketed, 1pm - 3:30pm

Downton Abbey Movie Fundraising Night for WIRES Central Coast, Avoca Picture Theatre, Ticketed, 5:30pm

Gosford Musical Society Choir, Everglades Country Club Woy Woy, Ticketed, 1pm

Global Climate strike, Gosford Waterfront Park, 12pm - 2pm 0413933244

Freedom & Equality Phoenix Quartet: A Concert Of Identity, Balance And Harmony, ccacfbranch@gmail.com Greenway Chapel 460 Avoca Dr, Ticketed, Halekulani View Club 2:30pm - 4:30Ppm, Supports The Smith Family - Meeting, Lunch & PCMUSIC.NET Guest Speaker, All Welcome, 11am

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Gosford District Open Gardens Weekend, View 10 Inspirational Gardens in the Gosford Area, 28 - 28/09, 10am - 3pm www.gosfordopengardens.org

Plant Lovers Fair, Kariong Mountains High School, Ticketed, 28/09: 8am - 4pm, 29/09: 9am - 3pm, www.plantloversfair.com.au

Book Launch of “Grace” from local author, Toowoon Bay Surf Life Saving Club, Booking’s required, 10am Kris Kristofferson Lunch & Concert, Saddles Mt.white, Ticketed, 12pm

Grant Mcbride Memory Walk, Annual Art Exhibition and Saltwater Creek Park, Spring Fair, Tuggerah Pde, Long FRIDAY, OCT 4 Wyongah Progress Association, 21/09 - 22/09, Jetty Coastal Twist:

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Symphony Central Coast: The German Masters of Fate, Central Coast Grammar School, Ticketed, 2:30pm

THURSDAY, SEP 26 Council Pop Up, Westfield Tuggerah, 5pm - 7pm

Doug Parkinson’s yourvoiceourcoast.com Ultimate Tribute to Joe Cocker, FRIDAY, SEP 27 The Ettalong Diggers, Ticketed, 8:30pm 4343 0111 www.ettalongdiggers.com

LGBTIQA + Arts & Culture Festival, Umina Beach Surrounds, 4 - 6/10, 10am - 6pm Swan Lake and More, Laycock Street Community Theatre, Ticketed, 7:30pm

SATURDAY, OCT 5 Picture Book The Simply Red Tribute Show, Diggers at The Entrance, Free, 8:30pm - 11:30pm Community Library Annual Book Fair and Fete, Halekulani Community Hall, 8am - 12pm

2019 Spring Fair, BlueWave Living Neil Diamond The Crooked Fiddle Band 6 Kathleen Street, The Man, The Music, Album Launch with Guest 9am - 1pm, 4344 2599 Central Coast Leagues Artist Jake Cassar, bluewaveliving.org.au Club, Ticketed, 8pm The Rhythm Hut, Ticketed, 4325 9888 6:30pm - 10:30pm www.trybooking.com

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Sport

Trial day for softball The Peninsula Ducks Softball Club is holding a Come and Try Day on September 8 from 10am to 2pm.

Surf clubs prepare for season The three local surf lifesaving clubs are preparing for the coming season.

The red and yellow flags will return to patrolled Umina, Ocean and Killcare Beaches from September 28. Membership renewal, patrol rosters, uniform ordering and kit out and Nippers registration are on the list of each club’s preparations.

Both Umina and Killcare Clubs will hold their registration days on September 8 and 15 with Ocean Beach set to hold theirs on September 15 and 22. SOURCE: Social media, 21-28 Aug 2019 Stephen Scahill, Umina SLSC Peter Bagnall, Killcare SLSC Dean Slattery, Ocean Beach SLSC

Touch football player selected Peninsula Junior Touch Football Association player Sam Flakus has been named to the NSW State Touch team.

Sam’s selection comes off the back of a strong performance for the Sydney North team in the PSSA Touch Football Championship. Sydney North was declared joint champions with the Hunter after a two-all draw in the grand final. SOURCE: Social media, 22 Aug 2019 Sharon Nelson, Peninsula Junior Touch Association

GOSFORD OPEN GARDENS Open: 10am to 3pm Entry: $5pp each garden Supporting “Elsie’s Retreat”, a palliative care facility for the central coast

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The day will be held at Rogers Park, Woy Woy. The Ducks are the Peninsula’s only representative softball club and are also the newest club to grace the Central Coast Softball Association. The club played their inaugural season last year. SOURCE: Website, 15 Aug 2019 Di Barrymore, Peninsula Ducks Softball Club

Athletes return from cross country championships Two Woy Woy Peninsula Little Athletics Club athletes have returned from the Australian Cross Country Championships. The club’s Sienna Scahill and Morgan Charlton competed in the Under-12’s Primary School and Under-14’s High School Competitions respectively. Sienna had a highly successful run through her competition, taking the gold medal for the Girls Under12’s with Morgan just missing out on a podium finish with fourth place in the Under-14’s but picking up a silver in the NSW Teams event. Their coach Mr Kevin Wills said the club was proud of both girls. “There was some excellent racing by both girls. Both Sienna and Morgan were 12-years-old but Morgan was already attending high school and was obliged to compete in the high school competition. Mr Wills said both girls

BE INSPIRED!! on the weekend of 28th & 29th September visit 10 inspirational gardens on the central coast * Pearl Beach, 61 Crystal Ave. - sculptures * Umina Beach, 34 Alexandra St. - colour * Long Jetty, 89 Tuggerah Pde. - tropical * Terrigal, 6 Lady Penrhyn Cl.- succulents plus * Kariong, 233 Central Cst. Hwy - giant rockery * Mardi,16 Freshwater Dr.- small but clever * Ourimbah, 746 Dog Trap Rd. - bromeliads * Niagara Park, 6 Bouvardia St. - foliage colour * Palmdale, 269 Palmdale Rd. - Aussie bush * Forresters Beach, 21 Lavinia St. - design

competently assessed their competition and employed some advanced techniques during their runs. “Sienna and Morgan both took advantage of the courses multiple hills to edge ahead of the pack. “Sienna in particular, was able to keep her legs fresh by only kicking into gear on the downhills and I think that’s what helped get her over the line. “The other competitors kept

trying to pass her on the uphill and she would just fly past them on the downhill, preserving energy for the final sprint to the finish line,” Mr Wills said. Mr Wills said both girls also used the technique of shadowing, where they maintained close proximity to a competitor to use them as a sort of wind shield, to great effect. SOURCE: Interview (Dilon Luke), 27 Aug 2019 Kevin Wills, Woy Woy Peninsula Little Athletics Club

Crossroads Festival oF Chamber musiC

The 2019 Festival features the added colours of brass and piano with a host of local and international stars in a series of sublime Chamber Music concerts over two days

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Directory - Not for profit Community Organisations

Art & Culture 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 publicity@artcentralcoast.asn.au

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 www.cottagecrafts.net.au

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

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

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

Empire Bay Probus Club Friendship, fellowship, and fun in retirement. Very active club, outings, excursions, dining - 3 times a month 1st Thur 1.30pm Empire Bay Progress Hall Visitors Welcome. 0419 252 708 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, 4304 7222 Central Coast Community Legal Centre Not for profit service providing free legal advice. Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm 4353 4988 contact@centralcoastclc.org.au

Point Clare Community Hall Community Garden Playgroup Craft and Exercise Groups Function or Meeting Hire Managed by Gosford

Regional Community Services Enquiries regarding hire to 4323 7483 accounts@gosfordcommunity.org.au www.gosfordcommunity.org.au

Community Groups

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 www.fabcnsw.org.au

Central Coast Caravanners Inc 3rd Sun - Jan to Nov Visitors - New Members welcome, Trips Away, Social Outings, friendship with like minded folk Details from Geoff 0447 882 150 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 0407 031 013 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 Seniors Computer Club Central Coast A non-profit seniors club to help members master computers, tablets, phones and keep up with grand children Friendly Volunteer Helpers scccc@internode.on.net

The Krait Club Community Centre - Cooinda Village, Neptune St, Umina 10.30am For seniors. Gentle exercises, quizzes, games, social activities, guest speakers, entertainment and bus trips - 4344 3277 The NSW Justices Association Inc Seeking JP volunteers for Community JP Desks in Central Coast Shire. Free training and insurance provided. 0418 493 388 benefits@nswja.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

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 www.grow.org.au

Meals on Wheels Delicious meals delivered free - Join us for a midday meal - Help with shopping and cooking classes 4341 6699 Mary Mac’s Place Providing hot, freshly cooked meals - Mon to Fri 11am-1pm with support, info & referrals 4341 0584

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Entertainment

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) 12-step fellowship for those with eating disorders. No dues, fees, or weigh-ins. Peninsula Com. Cntr, cnr. Mc Masters Rd & Ocean Beach Rd. Woy Woy, Fri 8pm 0412 756 446 www.oa.org

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

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 Ettalong Bowling Club Springwood Road Woy Woy 3rd Tues 10.30am 1800 011 041

4307 9421

Better Hearing Australia - Central Coast Hea ring loss management Support and educational groups providing practical experience and confidence Learn the benefits of hearing aids - 4321 0275

Seniors Social and Friendship Club Inc Meets 2nd Mon Regular monthly social activities as well as day outings and short breaks away, organised by individual members. 4322 7588 or 0427 404 322

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 Wed - 10am - 4344 2599

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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

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

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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 1300 650 594

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 coastalacappella@gmail.com

friendship. 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

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.centralcoastgojukaikarate.com.au

Special Interest Bridge Duplicate Bridge Mon Tue Thur Fri Sat-12.15pm & Wed 9.15am Brisbane Water Bridge Club, Peninsula Community Centre 93 McMasters Rd. Woy Woy

Woy Woy Judo Club Mon & Fri -Beginners From 4:30pm Tue & Thur - graded classes 4:30pm - 8:30pm 27 Bowden Road Woy Woy Min Age 3 years old 0434 000 170

Soundwaves www.woywoyjudoclub.com www.brisbane-water.bridge-club.org A cappella harmony for Men Veterans – new members welcome. Cash Housie Rehearsals Mondays 7.00pm National Malaya Borneo 50 Games every Sat night to 9.30pm Central Coast Veterans Association Peninsula Community Centre, Leagues Club, Dane Drive, 1st Sat (except Jan) 10.30am McMasters Rd, Woy Woy,t Gosford Umina Club 7.30pm. Proceeds to Woy Ring Max on 4324 3631 Melbourne Avenue Woy Catholic Parish. or Kieran 4324 1977 wwcphousie@hotmail.com Umina Beach 4342 1107 Troubadour Central Central Coast Family The Partners of Coast Folk, Traditional History Society Inc. Veterans Association & Acoustic Resources, information Music and Spoken Word of Australia Inc Central & advice to study your Concerts, Ukulele meets, and Coast Sub Branch family’s history. Sessions 4th Tues - 10am-1pm 1st Sat 1pm Lions 4th Sat 7pm CWA Hall Woy Kincumber Neighbourhood Community Hall, 8 Russell Woy 4342 6716 Centre, 1/20 Kincumber St Drysdale St, E. Gosford. mail.info@troubadour.org.au www.centralcoastfhs.org.au Kincumber 4324 5164 Support Network for Partners Political Groups of Past and present Australian Australian Labor Party Defence Forces Central Coast Political discussions, national, 0403 499 905 Tenants’ Advice and state and local government Advocacy Service issues Veterans’ Help Centre’ Help with issues with Assist all veterans & landlords & real estate Umina Ettalong Branch families with pension & agents? Free telephone 2nd Mon Umina Beach welfare issues. advice and advocacy for Bowling Club 7.30pm 4342 Mon & Wed 9am-1pm all tenants and residents in 3676 4344 4760 Cnr Broken Bay residential parks. Ourimbah/ Narara Rd & Beach St Ettalong. 4353 5515 centralcoastveterans@bigpond.com. Branch cctaas@hotmail.com Niagara Park Primary School Woy Woy Ettalong 7.30pm 1st Mon Central Coast 0410 309 494 Hardy’s Bay RSL Rescue Unit kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com Provide help with pensions Marine Education Courses. Woy Woy Branch and welfare etc. Radio Licenses, Boat Everglades Country Club Shop 5/382 Oceanview Rd Safety & Boat License 7.30pm 2nd Mon Ettalong. Tues & Thurs 9am & PWC License Tests, Peninsula Day Branch to 1pm 4341 2594 Navigation, Seamanship and 1pm 2nd Mon Meteorology. Women’s Groups CWA Hall Woy Woy 4325 7929 Country Women’s 4341 9946 www.vmrcc.org.au Association Umina 2 Sydney Ave Liberal Party of Central Coast Branch Meetings Australia Soaring Club Inc 2nd Wednesday 10am Woy Woy Branch Gliding Club, Learn to fly, Craft & Friends 4th Thur 6.30pm Instruction FREE to members Wednesdays 9.30am Everglades Country Club Come and have an Air 2nd and 4th Sundays woywoyliberals@gmail.com Experience Flight 12.15pm All Welcome 0416 193 070 - 4340 1746 Central Coast Greens 14 and up for Training Active regarding ecological Flying at Bloodtree Road Country Women’s sustainability, social & Mangrove Mountain Thur, Association Woy Woy economic justice, peace & Sat, Sun (weather permitting) 30 The Boulevarde, Woy Woy non-violence, grassroots 0412 164 082 Craft & Friendship: 1st, 2nd democracy & getting 0414 635 047 and 3rd Wed 10AM. Greens elected www.ccsoaring.com.au Meetings: 4th Wed 10AM. 3rd Thur centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au Ph: 0411 434 785 Ettalong Toastmasters centralcoastgreens@gmail.com woywoycwa@gmail.com We provide a supportive and Service Groups positive learning experience in which members are Peninsula Women’s Lions Club of Woy Woy empowered to develop 3rd Mon. Health Centre communication and Woy Woy Leagues Club Counselling, therapeutic and leadership skills, resulting in Make new friends and social groups, workshops, greater self-confidence and have fun while serving your domestic violence and abuse personal growth community. issues. All services by women 2nd & 4th Tue, 7:30PM, 0478 959 895 for women Ettalong Diggers 4342 5905 www.cccwhc.com.au 0408 416 356 Rotary Clubs International service club improves lives of communities in Aust. & o/seas. Fun-filled activities, fellowship and

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Sport

Charity bowls attracts 24 bowlers A Charity Bowls Day held at Everglades Country Club saw 24 bowlers come together to raise $710 for the charity. “It was another great event with the Woy Woy Leagues Social Club bolstering our numbers,” said organiser Mr Ken Dixon. The result brings the Charity Bowls donation total for the year up to $5800, he said. The event supports local charity Central Coast Kids in Need which

provides financial and emotional support for families of sick children with prolonged illness. Mr Dixon said he hoped a return to warmer weather would see more people attend the monthly charity bowls. “Our next charity bowls day will be held at Everglades on September 15. SOURCE: Media release, 19 Aug 2019 Ken Dixon, Central Coast Kids in Need Charity Bowls

Baseball registration open Junior registration is open now for the Woy Woy Wolves Baseball Club. The club plays on Friday nights with games evenly shared between Hylton Moore Oval at East Gosford and Watanobbi Oval at Watanobbi. The club is keen to see as many

juniors come through its ranks as possible this year with training and skills development set to be a big part of this season’s weekly program. SOURCE: Social media, 16 Aug 2019 Scott Murray, Woy Woy Wolves Baseball Club

Getting off drugs is torture. Three months in one of our beds gets kids clean. Please donate to support our live-in programs, giving addicted children their lives back. We’ll buy more beds in more residences to take in more kids. It’s as simple as that. Buy beds for Ted. Call 1800 151 045 or visit www.noffs.org.au

Club raises more than $10,000 Woy Woy Football Club has raised more than $10,000 through an event at Everglades Country Club on August 17.

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Club vice president Mr Pete Chippindale said: “It was a fantastic night and we raised over $10k for the Club.” The funds will be put towards club costs including their portion of the bill for their new clubhouse at Austin Butler Oval which was jointly funded by Central Coast Council and the club.

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SOURCE: Social media, 19 Aug 2019 Pete Chippindale, Woy Woy Football Club

THE SHAME FILE

Central Coast Newspapers has a very liberal credit policy for advertisers and realises that from time to time, people, businesses and organisations get into financial difficulty and may need assistance and time to get things back on track. However, some people, businesses and organisations take advantage of this generosity they use advertising but simply don’t pay their account after several months and need to be taken to court to do so. From time to time, as necessary, we will name these people, businesses or organisations as a warning to our readers so that they will be wary when dealing with them.

• Affordable Roof Solutions - Brad Sedgewick Ettalong • Depp Studios Formerly of Umina • Tony Fitzpatrick trading as Futurtek Roofing • Stan Prytz of ASCO Bre Concreting • Andrew and Peter Compton • Bruce Gilliard Roofing of Empire Bay • Jamie McNeilly formerly of Jamie’s Lawn Mowing, Woy Woy • William McCorriston of Complete Bathroom Renovations • F irst Premier Electrical Service of Umina Beach • High Thai-d Restaurant of Umina Beach •M al’s Seafood & Charcoal Chicken of Ettalong Beach

• Simon Jones - All external cleaning and sealing services • E rroll Baker, former barber, Ettalong • T ye King - Formerly The Fish Trap Ettalong Beach • J essica Davis of Erina - Trading as A1 cleaning services • S imon and Samantha Hague, Trading as By the Bay Takeaway Empire Bay •R ick Supplice of Ettalong Beach, Trading as Rick’s Flyscreens •M ountain Mutts - Monique Leon, Ettalong Beach •R J’s Diner - Ryan Tindell of Woy Woy • T homas James Clinton, Trading as TMA Products & AthroBalm & Effective Business Solutions of Ettalong

• Greenultimate Solar PTY LTD • Decorative Fabrics & Furnishings - Steve McGinty, Wyoming • Menhir Tapas & Bar PTY LTD Lorena Fernandez Collazo • Dean Lampard - Trading as Lampard Painting • Callum McDonald - Trading as Sunset Decks • Linda Smith, Bookkeeper Horsfield Bay • Emma Knowles Blacksmith NSW • Mulla Villa PTY Ltd • Jessica Wheatcroft trading as Wheatcroft Advertising • Peter Zing, Singapore Zing Cafe • Pruksra Thai Massage, Woy Woy • Dale Arurlilac, Woy Woy • Craig Lack Fencing

and support groups

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

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

Mingaletta 4342 7515 Aboriginal Home Care 4321 7215 Drug & Alcohol rehab 4388 6360

Libraries

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

Problems, Habits & Addiction

Accommodation

Animal Rescue

Wildlife Arc 4325 0666 Wires 1300 094 737

Community Centres

Gosford district: Umina Beach 4304 7333 Woy Woy 4304 7555

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

Counselling

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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Lions hold annual yabby race Woy Woy Lions Rugby Union Club has held its annual yabby race as part of its presentation day at its clubhouse on August 17.

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Club president Mr John Hewett said the yabby races were a much-loved club tradition and were a memorable part of the end of season celebration. This year 14 yabbies competed, with the first to make it out of the circular track winning their bidder a cash prize. Half the betting total was placed on the club’s bar tab. Mr Hewett said the winner was yabby number four. SOURCE: Social media, 13 and 20 Aug 2019 John Hewett and Amy McDermott, Woy Woy Lions Rugby Club Photos, 17 Aug 2019 Nick Friend, Woy Woy Lions Rugby Club

Bradman Best debuts with Knights Former Woy Woy Roosters player Bradman Best made his National Rugby League debut with the Newcastle Knights on August 24. Best has been a part of the Knight’s talent development program since his early teen years and that dedication paid off when he was let loose for the Knights against the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium. Despite their best efforts an in-form Tigers had their way with the Knights, taking them down in an emphatic 46 to 4 win.

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Tristan chosen for baseball training camp Woy Woy Wolves Baseball Club’s Tristan Watts participated in the Australian Under-18’s World Cup Training Camp.

Tristan was one of 37 Australian players selected for the camp which ran from August 20-27.

The camp included a sixgame challenge against Canada’s Under-18’s squad at Lismore. Unfortunately, Tristan was not selected for the final squad. SOURCE: Media releases, 14-28 Aug David Penrose, Baseball Australia

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Hornsby players attempt to take the ball from Woy Woy

Women’s rugby union team move to preliminary final Woy Woy have moved on to the preliminary final of Central Coast Rugby Union’s Women’s Seven Competition after beating Hornsby 20-5 in the minor semi-final. Central Coast Rugby Union’s publicity officer Mr Larry Thomson said Woy Woy took an early

command of the match and held it right up until the final whistle. “The match was won by Woy Woy in the first half when they crossed for three tries to lead at the break by 15 points to nil. “Both teams scored a try in the second half, but it was Woy Woy who moved on into the preliminary

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The victorious Woy Woy side

final. “This was Hornsby’s first women’s team to compete in the finals,” Mr Thomson said. SOURCE: Media release, 26 Aug 2019 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union Photos, 26 Aug 2019 Nick Friend, Woy Woy Rugby Club

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Ettalong wins women’s soccer semi-final Central Coast Football’s women’s soccer league semi-finals were played at Pluim Park on August 25, with first-placed Southern and Ettalong United winning over second-placed Kanwal in the major semi-final.

Proposal to merge touch associations The Peninsula’s Junior and Senior Touch Associations may merge to form a single body. The matter is set to be discussed at a special meeting of the Peninsula Junior Touch Association and the Peninsula Touch Association in the Patonga Room at Ettalong Diggers on September 16.

This meeting will to enable members of both associations’ to discuss the merits and pitfalls of amalgamating and to vote on the proposal to form a unified single parent body for touch football on the Peninsula.

SOURCE: Social media, 21 Aug 2019 Sharon Nelson, Peninsula Junior Touch Football Association

McEvoy Oval secured for pre-season Little Aths Woy Woy Peninsula Little Athletics Club has secured access to McEvoy Oval for pre-season training nights. Club president Mr Adrian Charlton said the move was a coup for the club which would benefit both returning and new members alike. “Being able to run these preseason training nights means returning athletes can get a jump on their preparation for the season, while new or trialing athletes can try out some events in a non-formal

setting while getting feedback from our coaches. “We will also use these evenings for athletes to collect their registration packs and age patches and to order uniforms,” Mr Charlton said. The training nights will be held on September 20 and 27 with the season proper set to get underway from October 4. SOURCE: Website, 19 Aug 2019 Adrian Charlton, Woy Woy Peninsula Little Athletics Club

Third-placed Gosford City defeated fourth-placed Umina United in the minor semi-final. Having won the league championship just a week earlier, Ettalong went into the semi-final full of confidence, looking to secure the first grand final position and with a possible mental edge over their opponent ahead of a possible grand final meeting, according to Central Coast Football’s online editor Mr Lachlan Herd. The Bulls were the only side the team had not beaten during the season. “The match began at a frenetic pace as both sides tussled for control,” he said. “The Lionesses looked to be growing into the match quicker than their northern counterparts and at the 12th minute they found the lead through Tahlor Thackray. “Well outside the penalty area, Thackray flicked the ball over the head of an on-rushing defender before letting fly with a speculative volley that looped over the head of Kanwal keeper to give the Lionesses the early lead. “Both sides struggled at times to produce their best football in an opening half that continued at a frenetic pace for the full 45 minutes. “However, Kanwal did manage to manufacture some late scoring opportunities, denied on each occasion by some stellar saves from Ettalong keeper Bec Arnfield. “Typical of their season so far, Ettalong started the second half confidently as they put Kanwal under significant pressure. “The Bulls, however, managed to fight their way back into the match and probably should have drawn themselves level on a number of occasions were it not for some wasteful finishing in front of goal. “With time beginning to run out and Kanwal chasing a much-

needed equaliser, Ettalong’s Charlotte Steed was able to capitalise on some space behind the Kanwal defensive unit, breaking through the Kanwal defence and finishing past an on-rushing Burke to wrap up a spot in the grand-final at Central Coast Stadium.” Ettalong coach Mr Craig Thackray said: “I’m absolutely ecstatic and am proud of the Lionesses who showed grit and determination and now find themselves in the grand final.” Mr Herd said the minor semifinal was “do or die” for both Umina and Gosford, with the match deciding who would move onto the grand final and who would be hanging up the boots for the season. He said the crowd at Pluim Park did not have to wait long for the opening goal as Umina’s top scorer Kate Styles found the net within the opening 15 minutes to give her side an early lead. “The concession of the opening goal saw Gosford City really begin to assert their dominance on the match as they enjoyed a majority of the ball and created a number of goal-scoring opportunities, but they struggled to breach the Umina goal,” he said.

“Late in the first half, however, reigning Golden Boot winner Jessica Dominello let fly with a strike from distance that crashed in off of the crossbar. “The second period saw Gosford continue their dominance of the ball as they forged several chances without managing to find a second breakthrough. “With several players required to back-up from their reserve grade semi-final in the earlier match, it became obvious that the Umina side were beginning to tire as Gosford continued to ramp up the intensity. “Just as it appeared that the heavily fatigued Umina side had done enough to force the match into extra time, they had their hearts broken by a second goal to Dominello, scoring with what proved the final kick of the match.” Umina coach Mr Steve Donaldson commented: “To lose with the final kick of the game is so heart-breaking and so unrewarding as no other team has put in as much of an effort as these girls have this year.”

SOURCE: Website and photo, 28 Aug 2019 Lachlan Herd, Central Coast Football

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