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School Strike 4 Climate rally held

Six northern groups will share the latest round Coast Council’s grants..

community $16,000 in of Central community See page 4

Out&About

School students at the #FundOurFutureNotGas day of action

Year 10 school student, Jayden Delbridge of Wadalba, is a young man on a mission.

He led a rally of students on September 25, calling on the government to shun gas and coal energy sources and to instead take on renewable energy.

The #FundOurFutureNotGas Day of Action in Gosford was part of a national campaign, organised by the School Strike

4 Climate network, as well as First Nations communities, unions and everyday Australians, in response to plans that the federal government was considering giving billions of COVID-19 recovery funds to the gas industry.

“We want all levels of government to use COVID-19 recovery funds to invest in renewable energy, creating hundreds of jobs that would also help tackle climate

change,” Delbridge said.

“Giving billions of taxpayer dollars to the polluting gas industry is clearly an irresponsible use of public funds.

“It’s appalling,” he said.

“While moving away from gas is really important, on a local level, we’ve got the Wallarah 2 coal mine and we can’t support that either.

“Coal isn’t the answer and this mine will contaminate our

water supply.

“We need to start moving away from gas and from coal and move into renewable energy.

“There are so many jobs and so much money to be made from renewable energy.

“We’ve got seven years until our actions are irreversible, we just can’t keep waiting and waiting until it’s stopped.

“Decisions being made by this government are detrimental

to my future and, obviously I can’t vote yet, but these actions now are affecting me and my life.

Following on from Friday’s National Day of Action, Delbridge said the local group of School Strike 4 Climate Change would now continue to lobby MPs, use social media platforms to put out their message and organise more events and campaigns.

ChromeFest is set to go virtual this year, with Central Coast Council determined to keep the engine humming on one of the region’s most popular annual events..

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Health

Sue Murray

1,200 lot rezoning adopted but held up by Contribution Plan A rezoning proposal for of 143ha of land to allow about 1,200 low density residential lots at Wadalba East was adopted at the September 28 Council meeting.

Rezoning paperwork will go to the State Government for sign-off that would allow Council to amend its local planning rules.

However, Council added that it would wait for its updated Warnervale District Development Contribution Plan to be adopted before proceeding with the steps for amending the Local Environment Plan with the new zoning that would finally allow development on the land.

The 39 landowners will still be hamstrung until this happens (see separate story).

Town Planner, Chris Smith, speaking at the public forum

Boundary of the 143ha rezoning at Wadalba East shown in red outline

before the meeting on behalf of the landowners, said the draft Contributions Plan still had a number of steps to complete before its operation, which he expected would take six months or more.

“We think this delay is an unnecessary and unreasonable delay to the rezoning process, and that finalising the rezoning can occur as a separate action, in parallel to Council finalising the greater Warnervale contributions plan,” he said.

“I should point out that there will be at least 12 months before the first development applications in Wadalba East are ready for determination, which should be ample time for Council to finalise the draft contributions plan.”

Cr Bruce McLachlan tried to get the two events to happen concurrently, but staff explained that the Development Contribution Plan needed to be done first or Council would not be able to recoup infrastructure costs.

Cr Jane Smith would not accept Cr McLachlan’s suggestion but added her own amendment that landowners be allowed to voluntarily widen the wildlife corridor on their properties.

This was adopted.

The plan had already widened the wildlife corridors from 30m to 40m.

The site is about 143ha covering 39 parcels of land under separate ownership, commonly referred to as the Wadalba East Land Owners Group (WELOG) proposal.

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Lake Munmorah resident, Gary Blaschke, is well known for his volunteer work with the Disabled Surfers Association (DSA), particularly at Budgewoi Beach...

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Sport

The Wyong Lakes AFL Club lost to the Warners Bay Bulldogs 121-46 in their Round 11 clash in AFL Hunter Central Coast’s 2020 Men’s Black Diamond Cup. See page 39

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Dredging begins Make a decision now on a new or upgraded train station for Warnervale, says Cr Kyle MacGregor, and create certainty for development in the area.

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The program is set to continue through the coming months, in accordance with the EPA licence and other environmental constraints, and will be conducted in two stages.

Mayor Lisa Matthews said it was important to see the program get underway.

“Dredging The Entrance channel is important for our community, and I am glad to see the 2020-21 program begin,” Mayor Matthews said.

“The sand from the dredging program will ultimately be used to nourish the highly eroded North Entrance Beach, but will first be used in the preparation of staging, or work areas, near Karagi Reserve.”

Council Director Environment and Planning, Scott Cox, said the dredging program would

look a little different to previous years, but that it was necessary to ensure that Council met its environmental obligations.

“Council has been working with coastal experts Royal HaskoningDHV to develop a program that meets the NSW EPA’s licencing requirements,” Cox said.

“This means that Council will now be pumping the dredged sand to the areas inside the channel near Karagi reserve where it will be ‘dewatered’ before being manually moved to areas that we plan to nourish, including North Entrance Beach.

“This process will be slower than previous years as the sand will have to be handled twice, and will mean that the community will need to take extra care while the heavy machinery moves around on the beaches.

“However, the program will

remove an estimated 30,000 cubic metres of sand from the channel.

“Our dredging plan also takes into consideration the imminent arrival of the Little Terns and I want to assure the community that we are taking measures to mitigate any impact on them while dredging is taking place.

“As part of the preparation of our dredging plans, Council has engaged ornithologists (bird specialists) to help develop an appropriate plan.

“We will continue to monitor for the arrival of the Little Terns and when they arrive, we will seek further advice on the continuation of the program.”

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said: “In February, the NSW Government provided $600,000 to dredge The Entrance Channel and I am pleased that work is finally getting underway.

“Council has matched this funding on a dollar-for-dollar basis, allowing for a $1.2M dredging project.”

Council mobilised its resources last week in preparation for dredging.

Council’s Acting Environment and Planning Director, Andrew Roach, said a site compound was set up last week, with site offices, sheds and security in place.

“The Entrance community and visitors to the area will start to see it develop over the next two days, including the arrival of sheds, piping and machinery,” Roach said on Thursday.

“Once the compound is in place, Council will begin the necessary preparations, including testing and staff training, with the aim to have dredging start within a fortnight.

“We know that many are

looking forward to seeing the start of the program, but we ask that the community stay away from the area, so that Council can get the preparations for dredging underway as soon as possible.”

Mayor Lisa Matthews said it was timely for preparations to get underway for the commencement of the dredging program.

“We love and care for our waterways on the Coast and dredging The Entrance channel is important for our community,” Mayor Matthews said.

“The dredging program is carried out to help maintain tidal exchange between the ocean and the estuary.

“To see the 2020-21 program progressing is encouraging.”

From combat to wombat: Scomo visits the Coast

Source: Media Releases Sep 9 and 12 Central Coast Council

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The fenced off marina

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We don’t want to be Sydney’s 'dumping ground' - Tesch

A site in Norah Head has been revealed as the Central Coast’s number one extreme bushfire risk area.

Opinions are divided on the performance of Central Coast Council, three years after its first councillors were elected, following amalgamation...

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School Strike 4 Climate rally held

Six northern community groups will share $16,000 in the latest round of Central Coast Council’s community grants..

See page 4

See page 4 What the St Hubert’s Island bridge could look like with the planned fence

Out&About

St Huberts Island Bridge before the planned works

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Wicks called to intervene in bridge dispute

Community activist Errol Baker is determined to pull out all the stops to save the heritage listed Empire Bay Marina, which was closed

by Crown Lands suddenly early in September due to safety concerns.

Toukley RSL Bowling Club has an M&M as its Men’s Major Pairs champions for 2020..

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The Central Coast Watercolour society will hold its springtime exhibition, showcasing the unique translucency of watercolour...

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Baker, who is Vice President of the Empire Bay Progress Association, has set up the Facebook page Save Our Heritage Listed Empire Bay Boat Shed in an effort to attract community support for his drive to save the marina.

“Crown Lands has stopped business there and asked the tenant to move on,” Baker said.

“I think they want to demolish

A new community action group on St Huberts Island, the Bridge Warriors, is calling on Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks to intervene in a dispute over an upgrade to the St Huberts Island bridge.

The group is asking Ms Wicks to intervene before a Federal grant is signed off to enable Central Coast Council to proceed with an upgrade it has planned for the bridge.

Bridge Warriors organiser Ms Lindy Wilson said the group did not want a $900,000 grant spent to install public nuisance barriers

designed to prevent people jumping off the bridge into the water.

She said the project would be “a misuse of precious public money”.

“The use of monitored CCTV, with clearer signage, fines for those who do the wrong thing and regular patrolling during summer months would be significantly cheaper, more effective and would not devastate the beautiful aesthetics of the bridge,” she said.

Group member Mr Mike Wade said that the core safety issue with the bridge had been completely ignored.

“The bridge is very old and has

a very narrow footpath and no separation or protection from the passing traffic.

“The lack of this protection coupled with the many trip hazards is just an accident waiting to happen.”

Another group member Ms Carol Khouri said the proposed fence design “is incredibly ugly and not in any way in keeping with our beautiful suburbs of St Huberts Island and Daleys Point”.

She said the council had only paid lip-service to community consultation, and had not responded to the community’s wishes.

The St Huberts Island

Residents Association has also opposed the project and has continued to press for residents’ views to be respected.

Association president Mr Ken Stewart said: “On April 17, when the association was advised by Council of its proposed galvanised weld-mesh safety barrier, we immediately realised what an over-powering addition this would be to our bridge.

“We advised all the Island residents by letterbox drop showing the proposed barriers.

“There was an overwhelming resident reaction with 223 responses, 160 seen by the association, sent to Council.

“The vast majority of replies from the respondents request the repainting and restoration of the existing bridge balustrade, and were appalled at the proposed weld-mesh barriers.”

As Peninsula News went to press, Ms Wicks released a statement saying that she would meet with Central Coast Council in the coming week and “will continue to work with the residents around St Huberts Island to deliver a safer bridge for all”.

SOURCE: Media release, 15 Sep 2020 Stephen Ghent, Bridge Warriors Media statement, 18 Sep 2020 Lucy Wicks, Member for Robertson

Council to spend $7.5M from contribution plans

Future of Empire Bay Marina hangs in the balance

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Lifesavers prepare for another Snapper Point emergency

Out&About

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Sport

23 SEPTEMBER 2020

Central Coast Council has ramped up its inspections of Wamberal beach as material fragments which potentially contain asbestos continuing to be sighted...

Against a backdrop of a controversial commitment to increased gas-fired power, growing angst over Chinese data mining and a combative week with State governments over border restrictions, Prime Minister Scott Morrison made a surprise visit to Somersby on September 15 to announce a $172,190 boost for the Australian Reptile Park.

‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming,’ that was Budgewoi’s Bryan ‘Dorf’ Dorfling’s mantra when he tackled the inaugural Coast Paddle over the weekend.

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Central Coast Council has started the dredging program for The Entrance Channel.

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Nine of the north’s most lush gardens are set to open for public viewing as part of the 2020 Wyong District Garden Competition.

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it, but I’m hearing it will cost the government around $1M to do that.

“I am currently assembling some quotes on the cost of restoring it and if that would cost less than demolishing it, it’s possible it could be saved.

“I intend to set up meetings with Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, and Crown Lands officials to work through possibilities.

“Once the Brisbane Water was littered with boat sheds, but they have gradually disappeared.

“The Empire Bay boat shed is just two years short of its 100th birthday and it is one of our only

remaining links to our heritage in the area.

“It’s one of the few original working boat sheds left and we really need to save these links to the past.

“I am sure groups like the local fishing club and the sea scouts would give a hand with renovations and Men’s Shed Australia has also approached me about doing something in the area.

“We’ve lost too much of our history in the Brisbane Water and this community asset is too big a part of Empire Bay to lose.”

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The sustainable shoe brand, D’bris, which makes footwear from ocean plastic and car tires, has reached its global Kickstarter campaign goal...

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Sport

The Central Coast Roosters have secured the first grand final spot in the NSW Harvey Norman Women’s Rugby League Premiership after beating the Cronulla Sharks 13-12 over the weekend.

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A total of $7.472 million will be taken from Peninsula “developer contribution plans” to fund projects on the Peninsula over the next four years.

Money for the plans are contributed by property developers as a condition of development approval, with the aim of funding public infrastructure required as a result of their developments.

The details of capital works program projects funded by contributions plans were tabled at the Central Coast Council meeting on September 14.

The report stated that the Minister of Planning and Public Spaces allowed the pooling of contributions across all of Council’s contributions plans from May 18.

He required a four-year plan to be submitted to the Department

of Planning Infrastructure and Environment.

Council staff submitted a plan with a total project expenditure of $93.59 million of which $79.62 million would come from developer contributions and $13.97 million from other sources.

Despite the provision for pooling, the plan allocated no pooled funds to the Peninsula.

The Peninsula has around 11.7 per cent of the Council’s population, but was allocated 9.4 per cent of the allocated funds.

A total of $1.923 million was allocated for projects this financial year, with $550,000 going towards the Rogers Park redevelopment, $380,000 towards improvements at James Brown Oval and $315,000 altogether for playground upgrades at Australia Ave, Ryans

Rd and Brickwharf Rd. Dune stabalisation has been allocated $200,000 and beach access a further $100,000.

“Sporting facility redevelopment” at Umina Oval has been allocated $160,000 this financial year towards a total project cost of $2.177 million.

Other projects to receive contribution plan funding include reserve upgrades for the Woy Woy Waterfront Redevelopment, and at Mt Ettalong and other reserves.

The plan earmarked $3.368 million for projects next financial year.

This included $916,000 for “reserve upgrades” at the Woy Woy Waterfront Redevelopment, $690,000 for “sporting facility redevelopment” at Umina Oval, and $300,000 at each of Rogers Park and for further “reserve

upgrades” at Woy Woy Waterfront or at Lions Park.

Amounts of $200,000 or more were allocated to upgrades at McEvoy Oval and Mt Ettalong reserve and for dune stabilisation.

An amount of $100,000 was allocated for beach access and $80,000 for the Blackwall boat ramp.

An upgrade to Blackwall Mountain reserve was allocated $50,000, of a total project cost of $435,000, and $100,000 was allocated to other reserve upgrades.

In the financial year 2022-23, the plan allocated $1.48 million to Peninsula projects.

The largest amount was $570,000 for the Blackwall boat ramp upgrade.

The Umina oval sporting facility redevelopment was allocated

$250,000, dune stabilisation $200,000, while upgrades to the reserves at Mt Ettalong and Blackwall Mountain were given $175,000 and $130,000 respectively.

Other projects including beach access, observation decks and interpretive signage received a total of $155,000.

In the fourth year, 2023-24, only $601,000 has been allocated from contribution plans to projects on the Peninsula.

The Blackwall Mountain reserve upgrade was allocated $255,000, dune stabilisation $183,000 and observation decks $100,000.

A total of $62,000 was allocated to beach access upgrades and to interpretive signage.

SOURCE: Central Coast Council agenda 4.1, 14 Sep 2020

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School students at the #FundOurFutureNotGas day of action

An artist’s impression of the proposed development

Lake Munmorah’s Ian McManus has been crowned this year’s Wyong District Garden Competition Grand Champion.

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About 20 surf lifesavers were put through a rigorous search and rescue training exercise on Saturday at the remote notorious black spot, Snapper Point cave.

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Westpac and ANZ bank branches to close Westpac and ANZ have decided to close their bank branches at The Entrance and Lake Haven.

This follows the closure in May of the Commonwealth Bank at The Entrance.

ANZ General Manager, Steven Straub, confirmed that two branches will close on November 12, Lake Haven and Woy Woy. “As our customers have changed the way that they do their banking in recent years, they no longer use branches as much, while demand for our contact centres and hardship teams has grown significantly,” he said.

“Our apps and call centres are convenient.

“We’ve also seen a number of passbook customers opting for debit cards recently and we are working with customers to help them with alternative banking

methods.

“This growing trend of services moving online is not just happening with banking, right across Australia, a large number of basic services such as Medicare and the Australian Tax Office have already made the switch to online options.”

Straub said ANZ would retain as many staff as possible by helping them move into a range of new roles across the bank

such as call centres, customer resolution and hardship teams.

The Entrance MP, David Mehan, announced earlier this week that Westpac had decided to close its doors at The Entrance.

“For a bank raking in $6.78B in 2019, I think valuing customers is more important than losing a few bucks,” he said.

A September 14 letter to Mehan from Westpac’s External Affairs Director, Richard Collyer, said that following the significant decline of in-branch transactions, a drop of 17 percent over the past two years and off an already low base, the bank had to make the tough decision to close the branch.

“No decision to close a branch is taken lightly and we consider customer usage, location and proximity to other banking service,” Collyer said.

“Customers who wish to continue banking with Westpac can visit the Bateau Bay branch 4.8km away.

“Alternatively, Westpac has a Bank@Post partnership with Australia Post which offers banking services, 400m further down the road in the town centre, and there is an ANZ automatic teller 360m away from the bank branch which is

closing,” Collyer said.

Westpac says 98 percent of their customer transactions are now done online or with cards, phones and, more recently, watches.

“There are also a variety of channels that customers use to bank with us beyond online banking and branches, with customers using our ATMs, ‘tap and go’, telephone banking and we have invested about $165M in digital capability, with $248M more planned for next year,” Collyer said.

Meanwhile, the Commonwealth Bank at The Entrance remains“temporarily” closed.

When the bank closed in May, and staff seconded to the call centre, a CBA spokesperson said the closure would be reviewed in October.

Go4Fun, a program that helps children be more active and eat healthier, is now available online for Central Coast families.

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Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch is urging residents to have their say at the 11th hour on a major waste recycling proposed for Somersby, with submissions set to close on September 25.

The proposal, by Kariong Sand and Soil Supplies, at 90 Gindurra Rd, would see a vacant site turned into a stateof-the-art facility converting sand, soil and building materials into 100 per cent recycled building and landscaping supplies.

The company’s website says the products would be provided for re-use mainly in the Central Coast region and the project would create jobs, boost the local economy, divert waste from landfill and reduce illegal dumping.

But Tesch said she was concerned by a recent upsurge in high impact facilities at Somersby.

“In just the last two years we have seen a number of applications to open new waste and recycling facilities at Somersby to cater to Sydney’s growing waste problem,” she said.

“We don’t want the Central Coast to become Sydney’s dumping ground just because we’re a short drive up the M1.

“Too often these developments duck under the radar as they are in industrial areas, but the reality is that noise, dust, and creeping approvals can add up to big issues for nearby residents.”

Tesch said that once approved, many owners seek to accept additional waste by

relying on existing approvals.

“We have seen it time and time again, that owners of waste facilities end up getting approval for 50,000 tonnes of waste, but use that to piggyback future increases which means more waste, more trucks, and more impact on local communities,” she said.

Tesch has called on the NSW Government for a long-term vision for waste across the state.

“All too recently we have already seen the harm caused at the Mangrove Mountain tip by reckless waste management and poor EPA oversight,” she said.

“We can’t let that happen again.”

An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) provided with the Development Application,

The Central Coast Crusaders Youth League Men have been crowned their division champions in the 2020 Spalding Waratah Basketball League..

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regarding, among other things, dust and noise issues, water quality, the use of Debenham Rd by trucks and possible impacts on Aboriginal Heritage and biodiversity.

The company has also added an advanced water recycling and dust suppression system across the site, the fact sheet says.

The fact sheet also makes a commitment that recycling will increase in stages, only after independent testing is done to prove the facility is performing to the highest environmental standards.

It says the facility will not accept any asbestos or any loads suspected of containing hazardous materials.

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Angst growing over Wamberal Beach taskforce deliberations The task force announced by the State Government on July 31 to drive the delivery of a solution to beach erosion problems at Wamberal has come under fire for its lack of activity and transparency.

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which is being considered as a State Significant Development by the Planning Department, say the proposed development can be implemented with minimal adverse environmental impacts and is justified in terms of overall economic benefits to both local, state and national economies.

“The proposal will have positive flow on effects throughout the local economy through the creation of 11 new direct jobs,” the EIS says.

“An economic analysis of the project also suggests that development will inject $73.8M into the Central Coast economy over the next 20 years.”

A fact sheet issued by Kariong Sand and Soil Supplies says the company has amended its application to address community concerns

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said this week that the task force had “hit the ground running” in assisting Central Coast Council to deliver a longterm solution, but the 2000-strong Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand Group (SOS) says the task force appears to

have achieved nothing in almost two months.

“Manly Hydraulics Laboratory is currently undertaking concept designs for protection options and beach nourishment, as well as updating the cost benefit analysis work,” Crouch said.

Despite assurances the report would be expedited, the best answer Council can give on when it is likely to be handed down is still “towards the end of the year”.

Task force chairperson and coastal engineering expert, Dr Phil Watson, said the focus was

It’s official; the flags are up and Surf Life Saving volunteers will begin patrolling the Coast’s beaches on September 26...

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Education

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Students from Stages 2, 3 and 4 at Central Coast Sports College at Kariong have completed their Creative Clinic projects...

Sport

The 2020 CCRU Finals Series has finally arrived and recent matches suggest any of the final five Premier 1 teams could take out the major premiership.

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He led a rally of students on September 25, calling on the government to shun gas and coal energy sources and to instead take on renewable energy.

The #FundOurFutureNotGas Day of Action in Gosford was part of a national campaign, organised by the School Strike

4 Climate network, as well as First Nations communities, unions and everyday Australians, in response to plans that the federal government was considering giving billions of COVID-19 recovery funds to the gas industry.

“We want all levels of government to use COVID-19 recovery funds to invest in renewable energy, creating hundreds of jobs that would also help tackle climate

change,” Delbridge said.

“Giving billions of taxpayer dollars to the polluting gas industry is clearly an irresponsible use of public funds.

“It’s appalling,” he said.

“While moving away from gas is really important, on a local level, we’ve got the Wallarah 2 coal mine and we can’t support that either.

“Coal isn’t the answer and this mine will contaminate our

water supply.

“We need to start moving away from gas and from coal and move into renewable energy.

“There are so many jobs and so much money to be made from renewable energy.

“We’ve got seven years until our actions are irreversible, we just can’t keep waiting and waiting until it’s stopped.

“Decisions being made by this government are detrimental

to my future and, obviously I can’t vote yet, but these actions now are affecting me and my life.

Following on from Friday’s National Day of Action, Delbridge said the local group of School Strike 4 Climate Change would now continue to lobby MPs, use social media platforms to put out their message and organise more events and campaigns.

ChromeFest is set to go virtual this year, with Central Coast Council determined to keep the engine humming on one of the region’s most popular annual events..

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Health

Sue Murray

1,200 lot rezoning adopted but held up by Contribution Plan

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on developing a range of options for community consideration that not only provide for property protection, but also take the opportunity to enhance the recreational amenity and public access along the beach.

“The task force is mindful of the importance of maintaining and where possible, enhancing the natural beach system at Wamberal as part of the planned response while delivering an improved outcome for the community,” he said.

Year 10 school student, Jayden Delbridge of Wadalba, is a young man on a mission.

A rezoning proposal for of 143ha of land to allow about 1,200 low density residential lots at Wadalba East was adopted at the September 28 Council meeting.

Rezoning paperwork will go to the State Government for sign-off that would allow Council to amend its local planning rules.

However, Council added that it would wait for its updated Warnervale District Development Contribution Plan to be adopted before proceeding with the steps for amending the Local Environment Plan with the new zoning that would finally allow development on the land.

The 39 landowners will still be hamstrung until this happens (see separate story).

Town Planner, Chris Smith, speaking at the public forum

Boundary of the 143ha rezoning at Wadalba East shown in red outline

before the meeting on behalf of the landowners, said the draft Contributions Plan still had a number of steps to complete before its operation, which he expected would take six months or more.

“We think this delay is an unnecessary and unreasonable delay to the rezoning process, and that finalising the rezoning can occur as a separate action, in parallel to Council finalising the greater Warnervale contributions plan,” he said.

“I should point out that there will be at least 12 months before the first development applications in Wadalba East are ready for determination, which should be ample time for Council to finalise the draft contributions plan.”

Cr Bruce McLachlan tried to get the two events to happen concurrently, but staff explained that the Development Contribution Plan needed to be done first or Council would not be able to recoup infrastructure costs.

Cr Jane Smith would not accept Cr McLachlan’s suggestion but added her own amendment that landowners be allowed to voluntarily widen the wildlife corridor on their properties.

This was adopted.

The plan had already widened the wildlife corridors from 30m to 40m.

The site is about 143ha covering 39 parcels of land under separate ownership, commonly referred to as the Wadalba East Land Owners Group (WELOG) proposal.

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Lake Munmorah resident, Gary Blaschke, is well known for his volunteer work with the Disabled Surfers Association (DSA), particularly at Budgewoi Beach...

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Sport

The Wyong Lakes AFL Club lost to the Warners Bay Bulldogs 121-46 in their Round 11 clash in AFL Hunter Central Coast’s 2020 Men’s Black Diamond Cup. See page 39

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Wild dog and fox baiting program about to commence A baiting program for wild dogs and foxes is about the get underway in rural areas west of the M1 freeway and at Central Coast WetlandsPioneer Dairy at Tuggerah Biosecurity Officer for Central Coast Local Land Services, Gareth Cleal, said that there had been a lot more reports of wild dogs and foxes in the past six months since the bushfires earlier this year, which forced them closer to properties.

“There’s a lot of dogs at the moment up through Mangrove Mountain, Dooralong, Ravensdale, Yarramalong, Jilliby and in pockets everywhere around the western side of the freeway,” he said.

Cleal said people and domestic pets should stay clear and working dogs should be restrained during the control program from October 6 to 30.

Central Coast WetlandsPioneer Dairy, the 155ha ecologically significant reserve between Wyong and Tuggerah, will also be conducting a baiting program.

Jed Field, a local ecologist and volunteer Board member, said there had been good outcomes from previous baiting programs

Wild dogs at Dooralong

at the wetlands reserve.

“One of the best outcomes we’ve had is that in one location where we baited we have not recorded any foxes post baiting and bandicoots have moved into this whole corner of the reserve where we’ve never seen bandicoots before,” he said.

“Foxes are predators of ground mammals and birds, especially in the critical weight range up to 5kgs which are very susceptible.”

Field said the problem was getting worse prior to the last baiting program in May, and

camera monitoring showed foxes prowling every single night.

“After baiting, the number of sightings were reduced to about one a week and we are now focussed on maintaining a regular program which is more likely to lead to a better longterm outcome.

“Through the efforts of volunteers over the past 15 years, we’ve been able to restore the habitat and progressively we’re noticing an increase in fauna diversity that needs to be protected,” Field said.

Further west, the wild dog and fox baiting is about reducing pest animal numbers and their impact on primary production, livestock and native wildlife in those areas.

“As there is so much land involved, it’s a very broad scale program and we get great support from National Parks and Wildlife, the Forestry Corporation and Central Coast Council,” said Gareth Cleal from Local Land Services.

“Following reports of wild dog attacks, we go out and start monitoring to try and work out where the dogs are moving

through.

“The dogs can run in pairs or sometimes in packs of about 10, and apart from attacks on livestock, they can be a danger to humans too.

“I know of landowners that have been growled at or bailed up, but a lot of the time they’ll get quite curious and more often than not just sit back and watch.

“We’ve done some genetic testing previously to see what percentage of dingo are in them and the initial testing came back as low the first time.

“We’ve just sent off some more samples in the past few weeks just to see the genetic integrity but generally they are domestic dogs gone wild and branch from alsation looking dogs around Jilliby, and black and tan kelpie dogs are very common too.

Cleal said that following reports from landholders, a thorough risk assessment was done to see whether it was safe to bait on a property and whether other mitigations needed to be put in place.

He said all landholders had to be authorised before baiting, and following accreditation, they had to attend a three-hour training course including all the

legislation to follow under the Pesticide Control Order which is regulated by the Environment Protection Authority.

Cleal said 1080 was the shelf name used for the poison, sodium fluoro acetate, which is sourced from 40 various species of Australian plants, and native wildlife had a natural resistance to the low dosages used in the baits.

The properties where ground baits and canid pest ejectors will be laid are: 60 Hitchcocks La, Dooralong; 847 and 893 Hue Hue Rd, Jilliby; 90 Lauffs La, Yarramalong; 964 and 216 Yarramalong Rd, Wyong Creek; 276, 277, 610, 602 and 599 Ravensdale Rd, Ravensdale; 186 Little Jilliby Rd, Little Jilliby; 227 and 166 Brush Creek Rd, Cedar Brush Creek; 59 Chandlers La, Wyong Creek; 33 Dunks La, Jilliby; 1 Beans Pl, Ourimbah; 109 Stinsons La, Wyong Creek; Central Coast Wetlands Pioneer Dairy at Tuggerah; and, 1897 South Tacoma Rd, Tuggerah.

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Six groups to share $16,000 in community grants Six northern community groups will share $16,000 in the latest round of Central Coast Council’s community grants.

Five of the groups were awarded under the Community Support Grant Program and another received assistance through the Working Together Staying Strong Grant Program.

The 4 Hope Community Outreach at Budgewoi received $1,450 to buy a fridge, freezer and office equipment for their outreach service to support communities affected by

Manno Men’s Shed is one of six northern groups to receive a Council funding grant

changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

That grant came from the $300,000 allocated to the Working Together Staying Strong grant program between May and September, set up specifically to assist organisations to deliver essential support to vulnerable and at-risk groups during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Community Support Grants are always open for applications and allocations are made regularly throughout the year.

An annual school holiday camp for high school students,

FUSE Camp, run by Tuggerah Lakes Christian Education Board, will get a helping hand with a $4,987 grant, while Wyong Creek Literary Institute will receive some relief from their rates bill with a subsidy of $614.14.

Manno Men’s Shed will be able to upgrade the guttering at their Mannering Park shed with a $2,000 grant, Charmhaven Lions Club can purchase of marquee with their $1,931.50 funding, and Wyongah Progress Association will also receive a rates subsidy of $1,595.28.

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gets a $3,381.70 funding boost for the 2020 Fab Fakes Open Art Competition and Exhibition, which is for recreated masterpieces at The Art House in Wyong.

The Community Support Grant Program is open year round for applications and provides up to $5,000 per project per financial year in combined funding and in-kind Council services to applicants who are legally constituted not-for-profit organisations or auspiced by one.

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Council voted to try to change state laws to confine cats At its September 28 meeting, Central Coast Council voted to try to change the state laws so that cats must be confined to barracks, or at least the fence line.

Council wants the Local

Government Act changed to make the person in charge of a cat responsible for keeping it confined to their property.

The suggestion came from Council’s Companion Animal Advisory Committee and was adopted by the Council.

In discussions earlier this year, Council tried to get cats inside after dark but realised that the laws didn’t support them.

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The actual wording said: The owner of a cat must take all reasonable precautions to prevent the cat from escaping from the property on which it is being kept.

Cr Richard Mehrtens asked about the definition of “escape” and was told that the person in charge of a cat should make reasonable attempts to manage the pet so it was not a nuisance.

Cr Greg Best, Chair of the advisory committee, said

education was the key in changing people’s habits.

“In the meantime, a smorgasbord of Australian wildlife were targets for cats not kept under control,” he said.

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$11.6M development at Long Jetty rejected

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Central Coast Local Planning Panel has knocked back a mixed commercial and residential development at Long Jetty because it would not be in the public interest.

The $11.6M development at Paradise Tourist Caravan Park, 125-135 Tuggerah Pde, included 23 dwellings, tourist and visitor accommodation,

business premises, café, function centre and basement car parking.

It is in a B2 local centre zone under the Wyong Local Environmental Plan 2013, which allows business, commercial and retail as well as tourist accommodation, a function centre and shop top housing.

However, a report to the Panel said that this proposed

development did not meet the definition of shop top housing and rather it was residential accommodation which was prohibited in the zone.

The report said the proposed building would have an overbearing visual impact on surrounding properties and the lakeside reserve because of its sheer-sided walls of four to five storeys, insufficient setbacks facing Pacific St and facades

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with inappropriate architectural character.

The proposed building appears bigger than desirable or necessary for this prominent location and the floor space ratio exceeds the maximum by almost 20 percent, the report said.

Among other reasons for refusal, the Panel found the proposal did not meet fundamental design qualities

and, overall, it would not be in the public interest.

Applicant for DA 182/2020, Thrum Architects Pty Ltd, on behalf of owners Mr G Smith and Mrs K Smith, asked for a deferral.

The Panel considered three principles in deciding whether deferral should be granted, whether the issues were clearly definable and understood and likely to lead to a positive

outcome, whether the changes needed to make the proposal acceptable would be likely to result in sustainably the same development as well as the likely timeliness in reaching a satisfactory outcome.

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Council calls for cyber abuse legislative reform Wyong Ward Councillor Louise Greenaway has gained support for her move against online abuse which, she says, robs the community of people who will not speak up for fear of harassment and abuse.

Central Coast Council decided at its September 28 meeting to call on Local Government NSW to actively campaign for legislative reform.

Cr Greenaway wants it to be an offence for a person to threaten or incite violence towards any person functioning under the Local Government Act, and anyone convicted to be disqualified from holding public office.

“Some people will not participate, they will not speak out, they will not represent their community, they will not engage in activism, not because the work is hard, not because they’re not interested, not because issues are complex or unpalatable, but because they are intimidated and because they are harassed,” Cr Greenaway said at the meeting.

“It appalls me that our democracy can be diminished in this way.

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“The costs of cyber abuse are many fold,” Cr Greenaway said.

“For example, there is the emotional and psychological cost to the targets of abuse.

“And there is the broader cost to the community of police and judicial resources being used to combat abuse.

“But in my view, the overwhelming cost is to the community when people are discouraged and deterred from engaging in politics at all.”

She said digital technology and social media had helped enhance freedom of expression, and access to information, but it could also be abused.

“Cyber abuse is behaviour that uses technology to threaten, intimidate, harass or

humiliate someone with the intent to hurt them socially, psychologically or even physically.

“It is more than just ‘inappropriate’ behaviour,” Cr Greenaway said.

“Cyber abuse can take place on social media, through online chat and messaging services, text messages, emails, on message boards and in online forums that allow people to publicly comment.

“Some examples are: sharing intimate photos or videos online without consent, to humiliate or shame, or for the ‘entertainment’ of others; targeted and persistent personal attacks aimed at ridiculing, insulting, damaging or humiliating a person; threatening violence or inciting others to do the same; and, stalking a person online and hacking into their accounts, such as social media, banking or email accounts.”

Cr Jillian Hogan congratulated Cr Greenaway for her strength to put up the Motion.

She thanked Cr MacGregor for supporting it and took issue with a comment made by Cr Bruce McLachlan.

Cr McLachlan said to incite people to violence would be an illegal act already in law and so he would not vote for the Motion.

He agreed that social media could be pretty brutal and that if you put your head up you were a target.

But he then went on to call the Motion a gag order and said Cr Greenaway was over reacting and that if people didn’t like the heat they should get out of the kitchen.

Cr Hogan said that comment would not have been said to a man.

Cr Troy Marquart also said he would not vote for the Motion despite saying his workplace had been vandalised.

“If people want to find you, they don’t need social media,” he said, repeating his comment from months ago at a previous Council meeting that he would be in a pine box before he started using social media.

Crs Jilly Pilon and Greg Best joined Crs McLachlan and Marquart in voting against the recommendation, but it passed with the majority of councillors supporting it.

Meetings to be at Wyong Chambers when they resume Central Coast Council has adopted a revised Code of Meeting Practice confirming that meetings will, at first, be held in Wyong Chambers when face-to-face meetings resume.

Council will investigate suitable locations so every second meeting can be held in Gosford within two months of COVID-19 public health orders being lifted.

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Opposition to offshore drilling stepped up Environmental group Save Our Coast has stepped up its fight against a proposal to drill for gas off pristine northern beaches of the Central Coast.

The group has engaged the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) to send a legal letter calling for the denial of an application that could lead to industrial scale drilling off the coast from Newcastle to North Sydney.

The letter opposes an application by Advent Energy to vary the Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP11) to enable drilling within the vast 4,547sqkm site.

“PEP11 is a shocking plan to industrialise NSW’s iconic coastline from Manly through the Central Coast to Newcastle, to drill for gas off our beautiful coast, risking devastation of the marine ecosystem, the climate and the community’s wellbeing and way of life,” Save Our Coast Director, Natasha Deen, said.

“Communities are already struggling with the uncertainty of COVID-19, so soon after the devastating bushfires, and we are heartbroken at the very idea of further stress, uncertainty and risk of catastrophic harm that PEP11 will inflict on us, the climate and our beloved coast that we

depnd on for wellbeing and livelihoods.

“We have engaged EDO to send this legal letter outlining the powers held by the [government] ministers responsible for these approvals to exercise their discretion to deny the application for drilling in PEP11.

“This is an opportunity for ministers to hear the concerns of the community, to save our way of life and save our coast that we all love,” Deen said.

Community opposition to PEP11 has been fierce, with more than 10,000 letters written to state and federal MPs opposing drilling within PEP11, and a 61,000 strong

petition against the project submitted to Federal Parliament.

EDO Director of Legal Strategy, Elaine Johnson, said tens of thousands of people have spoken out about the project, citing impacts on the ecosystem, risk of petroleum spills, marine pollution, the risk of catastrophic damage to the coast, and risk to the mental health of community members.

“This project would also fuel climate change at a time when it is crucial for the world to cease development of new fossil fuel projects to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and limit the worst effects of catastrophic global warming,”

Johnson said.

“Gas is not a clean fuel, nor is it a transition fuel.

“Any new gas project will lead to higher global emissions which will in turn lead to an increase in bushfires, droughts, heatwaves and other climate change impacts.

“As the Joint Authority under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Deputy Premier, John Barilaro, and [Federal Resources] Minister, Keith Pitt, can use their discretion to vary the conditions of permits like PEP11.

“Our client is arguing that this discretion is not unfettered, and that these ministers must

take into account the public interest in their decision making.

“Tourism operators, recreational fishers and boat owners, scientists, conservationists, federal MPs and thousands of everyday Australians have objected to this project.

“Our client believes that this backlash gives a clear indication that the public interest is best served by the Joint Authority rejecting any application that would enable drilling within PEP11.”

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Together Home project to assist Aboriginal people sleeping rough Work is underway to identify a local organisation to lead the Aboriginal-led Together Home project, which is expected to be up and running by the end of 2020.

The project is aimed at helping Aboriginal people sleeping rough to find safe and

stable housing and break the cycle of homelessness.

Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services, Gareth Ward, said the $1.3M initiative would change people’s lives by securing homes from the private rental market and wrapping essential support services around them.

“This program is about more

than providing shelter and involves connecting people with the services and support they require to address things like trauma, mental illness or drug and alcohol addiction, empowering them to break the cycle of homelessness,” Ward said.

The program has been developed in consultation with

local Aboriginal organisations and builds on the early success of the $36M Together Home project across NSW. The package of support is designed to help get people off the streets for good and will provide access to services that people need to maintain their tenancy, improve their health and wellbeing and move

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Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the NSW Government was committed to halving rough sleeping by 2025.

“We’ve ramped up our assertive outreach efforts on the Central Coast to help reach that target and more than 25

people who were sleeping rough already have been supported into secure housing since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic,” he said.

“This new program will build on that work and help more local people rebuild their lives.”

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Regions prosper when we focus on initiatives that bring us together Lessons from other successful regions show that we thrive and prosper when we back projects that bring people together - all levels of government, stakeholder organisations, peak bodies and our community.

For too long on the Central Coast, projects have been pushed that cause division - wasting time, energy and resources.

On 28 September, Council adopted the Central Coast Economic Development Strategy 2020-2040.

This will guide our priorities and economic vision for the next 20 years.

There are a number of challenges for our region including the impacts of extreme weather events, the global pandemic, youth unemployment, servicing an aging population, climate change and traffic congestion. We also need to plan for a growing population.

This Strategy will work to address those challenges. The vision of this strategy aligns very simply with the

vision of our Community Strategic Plan: A region providing economic and employment opportunities to fulfil our community’s vision for a smart, green and liveable region with a shared sense of belonging and responsibility.

Council is committed to more jobs, building economic strength, sustainable growth, diversification, local investment, and community wellbeing.

The Strategy recognises existing sectors that play a significant role in our region including: • Health care and Well-being Retail • Accommodation and Food Services • Construction There are also a number of emerging sectors that are important for our region: • Education, Innovation and Research • Advanced Manufacturing • Sustainable, green Industries and the Circular Economy

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• SmallBusinessandEntrepreneurship • Local offices for Commuters • Tourism and visitors Council has also recognised the short-term need for a Recovery Plan as a result of the economic impact of COVID-19. This is about helping our region to get on its feet.

Our response will include focusing on the food and visitor economy, marketing our region, strengthening connections between local businesses, sourcing materials locally, supporting the economic revitalisation of town centres and promoting programs to improve the skills of students, businesses and the wider community. We need to do more to help our young people get a start in their working life.

As the Chair of Council’s Employment and Economic Development Advisory Committee, I am looking forward to re-focusing our efforts over the next 12 months to support initiatives that will help our region prosper.

To find out what Council has on exhibition visit their page: www.yourvoiceourcoast.com

Central Coast New Independents

On 21 September a groundbreaking ceremony was held on the site of the proposed Copa Men’s Shed.

This is a key moment for the Management Committee in what has been a very long, and at times frustrating, process for them to bring this community project to fruition.

Congratulations to the Committee - it will be a great asset for the local community.

Men’s Sheds and WIRES helping to rescue our wildlife I was pleased to catch up with Ray Crawley, Coordinator of the Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA) for the Central Coast.

Ray told me that AMSA have formed a partnership with WIRES (Wildlife Rescue) and Bunnings to build nest boxes.

Tree hollows are used as habitat by over 300 species of native animals, many of them threatened or in decline.

Only old trees have hollows, they take at least 100 years to form.

Nest boxes don’t replace tree hollows, but they are useful in areas where natural hollows aren’t available.

Well done to all involved.

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Coal Joint Venture seeks to buy Tooheys Rd Wyong Areas Coal Joint Venture has made application to NSW Crown Lands for the sale transfer of Tooheys Rd at Bushells Ridge.

Tooheys Rd is a Crown road which skirts the Wallarah 2 Coal Project, managed by Wyong Coal on behalf of Korean owned company, Kores Australia, and four others in the Wyong Areas Coal Joint Venture (WACJV).

The main site offices for Wyong Coal operations are at 77 Tooheys Rd, which is a dirt road connecting Doyalson Link Rd at Blue Haven to Bushells Ridge Rd on the western side of the M1 Motorway.

The proposed sale of this Crown Land public road was advertised on September 18, stating that if the sale of Tooheys Rd proceeded, it would cease to be a public road upon being transferred to freehold land.

However, Wyong Coal’s

Project Manager, Ken Barry, said the status of Tooheys Rd would remain unchanged.

Among the development consent conditions issued by the NSW Government when Wallarah 2 coal project was approved in January 2018, was the stipulation that WACJV “must ensure that Tooheys Rd is kept open during the life of the development and maintained in a good state of repair for access by the general public and emergency services vehicles”.

If ownership of Tooheys Rd is transferred to WACJV, then on completion of mining operations, ownership of Tooheys Rd must then be transferred to Central Coast Council, if it agrees.

In September 2017, a NSW Planning and Environment report stated that the proposed purchase and closure of a section of Tooheys Rd by WACJV was in response to security concerns raised by

local residents.

The report said WACJV had subsequently undertaken further consultation with the local community and was then committed to keeping Tooheys Rd open, with unimpeded access to the general public and emergency services.

However, WACJV indicated at that time, that the application to purchase a section of Tooheys Rd would remain in place to allow the installation, operation and service of a security monitoring system, such as cameras, along the length of Tooheys Rd, adjacent to the coal mining operations.

Submissions about the proposed sale of the Crown Land road are now open through the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment – Crown Lands and submissions should quote file reference number 19/09855.

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1,200 lot rezoning adopted but held up by Contribution Plan From page 1 The land includes habitat corridors linking Wadalba Wildlife Corridor to the Tacoma/ Tuggerawong Wetlands.

The site is accessed from Johns Rd, Pollock Ave and Jensen Rd. The adopted plan will allow development except on flood prone land and areas required for conservation, recreation and infrastructure purposes.

During his speech, Town Planner Chris Smith said landowners were concerned that increasing biodiversity requirements, both at Council and State level, would have a significant impact on residential yields planned for this strategic area.

“This area has been on the urban release radar for decades, renamed 2A & 2B in 2010 as part of the Department of Planning’s North Wyong Shire Structure Plan,” he said.

“In 2010/12 the Department had forecast 1,040 homes for

this release area.

“This was to house part of the 75,000 new residents forecast for the Coast to 2036.

“The Department of Planning has since revised upwards the number of new residents to 92,000 By 2041.

“Yet throughout the several years of assessment process, there was a difference of

opinions and expert reports in respect to the widths of green corridors.

“Our greater concern is that throughout the report, staff have indicated potential for further widening of corridors, and further retention of vegetation on a site-by-site basis as future DA’s are submitted.’’

Smith said there were a number of inconsistencies and uncertainties between the draft Warnervale Contributions Plan and draft Development Control Plan.

Examples included: a pocket park appearing on the structure plan but not in the contributions plan; uncertainty on the future ownership of green corridors;

expectations for flood studies to be done on a DA-by-DA basis; and, a requirement to prepare catchment master plans was unclear and likely to result in prejudice for those landowners who did not develop immediately.

He also mentioned that a further hurdle to delivering the first homes was the ability to

connect to sewer.

“A servicing strategy has been done and adopted in Council’s Developer Services Plan, but works under this Strategy are not planned until 2026,” he said.

He suggested that with Council also voting at the same meeting on Economic Development and Economic Recovery and Resilience, that councillors should consider bringing forward planned sewer infrastructure works from 2026 to a more immediate timeline that corresponded with this rezoning.

“This should not be considered as a loan or a gift, as this investment in community infrastructure is recoverable through Council’s Developer Services Plan.

“Councils re-timing will bring certainty, investment, job growth and houses to the people of the Coast,” he said.

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Warnervale District Contribution Plan to be on exhibition in October Warnervale is the fastest growing district on the Central Coast, and at its September 28 meeting, Council considered two rezoning proposals together with a local infrastructure plan to support 1,200 new residential lots.

Ensuring that infrastructure capacity is aligned with sustainable growth is a key priority identified under Council’s recently adopted Interim Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS).

The land parcels at Wadalba East (also called Precinct 2A and 2B) and Warnervale (Virginia Rd) were identified initially in the Wyong Structure

Plan, and then in 2013, as part of the Potential New Homes Program by the NSW Government to contribute housing that is affordable and to support infrastructure delivery at “no additional cost to government”.

A rezoning proposal for Precinct 2A and 2B was endorsed at Council’s meeting on Monday night, with the proposal for Virginia Rd deferred for a site visit by councillors.

It will be reported back to the next Council meeting.

As well as providing for growth, the review of the infrastructure plan for Warnervale provides an opportunity for a simpler plan,

updated infrastructure and contribution rates.

“Developer” plans, or more accurately called Local Infrastructure Contribution Plans, are for works provided locally and delivered by either Council or a developer.

Similarly, State Infrastructure Contributions may also be collected by the NSW Government and these are for works provided regionally, for example, an upgrade to a section of the M1 Motorway.

Mayor Lisa Matthews said the proposed Warnervale Local Infrastructure Contribution Plan made it clear where responsibility for delivery of infrastructure laid and ensured that it was delivered for the

growing community.

“At the local level, Council proposed to deliver a range of essential services for the growing Warnervale area, including three new road intersections, a new public reserve and new stormwater infrastructure,” the Mayor said.

“Key state infrastructure works in Warnervale, such as the new link road, and upgrades to Sparks Rd and the Pacific Highway will be the responsibility of the state government.

“Under the plan, a Warnervale indoor recreation centre is intended but can only be partially funded under the local plan, so we will be seeking grant funding support from the

state and federal governments to deliver this local and regionally significant infrastructure.

“This is a really exciting plan and with all levels of government working together, and with contributions from developers, we can create a vibrant and sustainable Warnervale now and for the future,” the Mayor said.

Local and state works can be financed primarily by contributions from developers payable in stages as the land is subdivided.

However, the planning process has flexibility and allows for the works to be delivered directly by developers via formal agreements with

Council and/or State Government.

The amended draft Warnervale District Contribution Plan will be available for community consultation over 28 days on Council’s website starting in October.

Following exhibition, a further report will be provided to Council on the outcome of public exhibition.

The Warnervale district is the first in a series of infrastructure plan reviews being undertaken

by Council over the next 6 to 12 months, and existing infrastructure plans are available on Council’s website.

Source: Media release, Sep 29 Central Coast Council

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Warnervale Education and Business Precinct concept plan adopted

A 3D artist’s impression of the concept plan for Warnervale Education and Business Precinct

A concept plan for the Warnervale Education and Business Precinct has been adopted by Central Coast Council and will go on public exhibition for community feedback.

This is a different plan from that which was originally put forward by the former Wyong Council in 2013/14.

At Council’s meeting on Monday, September 28, it was also decided to call for Expressions of Interest from business, industry and education providers.

Warnervale Education and Business Precinct is 63ha bounded by Jack Grant Ave, Porters Creek Wetland and the

future Warnervale link road connecting Wyong and Watanobbi.

Of the total parcel of Councilowned land, 1.7ha is zoned E2 Environmental Conservation land, there will be separate business and education zones and potential for a future Council leisure and aquatic centre on about 2ha.

It is envisaged that this centre would include health, fitness and front of house facilities, amenities, various indoor lap, training and recreation pools, as well as other support areas.

The concept plan is a broad and unfinished working plan that requires further refinement and detailing and, while the concept plan provides the

broad “footprint” outline, it is by no means the predetermined result for the Precinct.

A budget allowance of $325,612 has already been allocated in next financial year’s budget for the associated subdivision, biodiversity assessment and expressions of interest for the precinct.

Planning for Warnervale Education and Business Precinct started to take shape in December 2013, as part of the Warnervale Structure Plan.

By August 2014, the concept plan included potential for an educational campus for about 7,000 students, a residential college for about 1,500, sports fields, pool/gym complex, a

central “smart hub” with library,administration functions and hotel for short-term accommodation.

Despite the former Wyong Council moving forward with the concept plan, it was never formally publicly exhibited, yet it has been taken into account in the progress of broader developments such as Warnervale Town Centre, Wyong Employment Zone, Mardi to Warnervale and Warnervale Link Road.

The precinct requires a new application for biodiversity certification before any future development, and protection of Porters Creek Wetlands will need to be considered simultaneously with

subdivision proposals within the education and business precinct.

According to Council staff, the complete subdivision and certification process could take up to two years, however, work on the concept plan continues so that once the subdivision is complete, Council would be able to proceed with a development application.

In April 2020, a Council working group formed to oversee activities to permanently protect Porters Creek wetland, including a Conservation Agreement, and in a co-ordinated approach, a project manager will be engaged to progress the development of the business

and education precinct.

The tender for a project manager is currently underway and it is anticipated that it will be awarded in early January 2021.

Council will now be calling for Expressions of Interest from industries representing the health, food production, renewable energy, medical, advanced manufacturing, professional services and educational sectors with the aim of creating new employment and flow-on economic benefits of buying/ selling among businesses within the region.

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Coast Connect Central Coast Council’s weekly news and community information

FROM THE MAYOR

CHERISHED AND PROTECTED NATURAL BEAUTY

The weekend saw the last NRL game hosted at Central Coast Stadium of our adopted home team the New Zealand Warriors.

Today the NZ Warriors farewell the Coast and head home to their families and friends.

A positive that has come out of COVID-19 for our Central Coast community was the ability to host the New Zealand Warriors for the 2020 NRL season and adopt them as our home team. Our love of sport had our community quickly embracing the New Zealand Warriors NRL team as their own.

The opportunity to host the New Zealand Warriors was a testament to Council’s management of Central Coast Stadium as a high-quality venue delivering for professional sporting codes from its ideal location just outside Sydney.

Through hosting NRL games during the 2020 premiership season, and with COVID-19 limitations in place, our stadium has had 17,453 total crowd attendance, a fantastic turnout given current circumstances and evidence of just how much we love our sport!

Thank you to the New Zealand Warriors for making our home your home during the 2020 NRL season. We hope you enjoyed your time here and safe travels home.

It has been an absolute pleasure hosting you.

Central Coast Council and the community welcome you back anytime.

We’re committed to improving and protecting our beaches, lakes, and waterways for the future.

Mayor Lisa Matthews Central Coast Council

COUNCIL MEETING

Council meetings are held twice each month. Full details: centralcost.nsw.gov.au/meetings. Meetings are livestreamed at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/ meeting-support

Dredging The Entrance Channel begins

With advice from coastal experts Royal HaskoningDHV, and in accordance with our licence issued by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) we have commenced dredging of The Entrance Channel which will remove an estimated 30,000 cubic metres of sand from the channel.

We must tightly monitor, manage and test water quality at discharge locations, in particular total suspended solids (a measure of water clarity).

Dredged sand will be pumped to an area inside the channel where it will be ‘dewatered’ – a process where the water is allowed to drain from the sand, leaving the sand behind.

The dewatered sand will be loaded into trucks and transported to designated beach nourishment locations. Initial sand nourishment will focus on the North Entrance Beach.

Our program has given particular consideration to the expected presence of the migratory Little Tern by engaging ornithologists (bird specialists) to help develop an appropriate plan, and we are taking measures to mitigate any impact on them.

Karagi Reserve carpark will remain closed for the duration of the dredging program. With increased numbers of heavy machinery on the beaches, please take extra care and be mindful of COVID-19 restrictions.

Be the first to get updates, sign up to our e-newsletter. Search ‘enews’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Sending smoke signals to ‘Save Our Sewers’ We are continually improving our infrastructure to help protect the health of our community and environment.

Our smoke testing program investigates inflow and infiltration to the sewerage system, identifying possible cracks or breaks to ensure sewage cannot leak into the environment. This testing also reduces the risk of sewage overflows which can be common in wet weather.

When testing occurs people may see non-toxic smoke coming from manholes, sewer vent pipes or sometimes even homes if pipes are damaged or drains are dry. The smoke is non-toxic and leaves no residuals or staining. Direct contact with the smoke may cause minor respiratory irritation in some people.

We are currently testing in the Terrigal area, if you experience sewer concerns call us immediately – any time day or night – on 1300 463 954.

Celebration of Coast’s waterways plus other events

We’ve been starved of our usually jam-packed event schedule this year due to COVID-19, so it is exciting to see some events returning in a way that continues to keep us safe. So, What’s On? The Central Coast’s spectacular waterways will take centre stage this November as we roll out The Lakes Festival program across the Coast with live music, performances and experience a host of fun and educational shows.

On now – we have a combination of online and in-person events hosted by our Libraries, Town Centres, Gosford Regional Gallery and our Youth team as part of our School Holiday program.

Plus the Coast’s beloved ChromeFest will bring the head-turning beauty of classic American cars and 1950s rock ‘n’ roll fun directly into homes with ChromeFest Overdrive TV. Search ‘What’s On’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

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Community Bulletin - COVID-19 Information YOUR OUTDOORS Safe summer fun

With school holidays on and summer just around the corner, everyone’s keen to head outdoors to enjoy the weather.

Please remember, Public Health Orders requiring social distancing and restricting public gatherings to under 20 people still apply outdoors.

Our beaches are among our most popular spots. A good way to remember to socially distance there is to keep a towel’s length between you and anyone who doesn’t live with you. If the beach looks crowded, consider coming back at another time or relaxing in a non-beach setting.

Here’s a few ideas to help you enjoy other natural settings: • go for a walk or run in your local park • ride a bike along a cycleway • take your dog for a walk around your neighbourhood • kick a ball at a sportsground • head bush to hike on a nature trail or to visit a scenic spot.

For more information, search ‘recreation’ on centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

YOUR WASTE

YOUR WELLBEING

Bin the 5am waste dash!

Have you heard the rattle of the waste collection truck extra early recently and done a pyjama dash to the kerbside only to see the truck driving off into the distance?

Never miss a bin pick-up! Please ensure your waste and recycling bins are placed on the kerbside the night before their scheduled collection. Our waste collection now starts earlier than it did before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

This ensures our waste contractor can be COVID Safe by staggering driver start times to reduce the number of people in the waste depot at any one time. This means that in the case of a COVID incident, the Coast’s waste and recycling collection service won’t be badly affected.

To help the truck drivers do their work quickly and efficiently, please position bins clear of parked cars, trees and poles.

Find out all you need to know about the waste management and recycling services provided to our Coasts residents visit 1coast.com.au and explore, interact, discover and learn.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST NOTICE

Reach out for support

Adapting to getting on with life in the new ‘COVID normal’ may be a challenge. Returning to a workplace after months of working from home, visiting a supermarket and seeing people not socially distancing or wearing masks, or simply attending any setting with lots of people around – all can trigger anxiety and distress.

It’s important to acknowledge your feelings rather than trying to ignore them. If they are affecting your wellbeing, please seek help.

We’ve provided a comprehensive list of support services and resources on our website – as well as general mental health support, we’ve also included links for specific issues such as domestic violence, homelessness or practical help. For details, search ‘COVID help’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au Exercise and movement is also an important aid to good mental health, helping you to ‘de-stress’ from troubling emotions. We’ve produced several videos to help you increase your physical and mental fitness through exercise and meditation. Search ‘exercise’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/youtube

Public Exhibition

Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy

Central Coast Council at its Ordinary Meeting of 14 September 2020, amended its Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy to provide access to Council’s Employee Assistance Program; reimbursement for ad hoc events approved by the CEO; parking spaces and emergency provisions for the Mayor and Councillors.

As required by Section 253 of the Local Government Act 1993,

the amended Facilities and Expenses Policy will be on exhibition for 28 days in order to seek public submissions.

Peninsula Community Centre Available for Lease

Central Coast Council is calling for expressions of interest from eligible community organisations, groups or other parties to enter into a lease agreement for Peninsula Community Centre, Part of 93 McMasters Road, Woy Woy. Expressions of Interest must be lodged in accordance with the requirements detailed in available documentation.

Submissions close 5pm, 21 October 2020.

Expression of Interest documentation and submission information available by contacting Council's Property Office, Cassie Field on 1300 463 954 or cassie.field@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Central Coast Council Offices 2 Hely St Wyong / 49 Mann St Gosford 8.30am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday T 1300 463 954 Mayor Lisa Matthews | Chief Executive Officer Gary Murphy

A copy of the Policy and how to make submissions can be found at yourvoiceourcoast.com – currently on exhibition. Or submissions can be emailed to ask@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au Submissions will be received up until 5pm Friday 23 October 2020.

Gary Murphy Chief Executive Officer Central Coast Council Central Coast Council Offices 2 Hely St Wyong / 49 Mann St Gosford 8.30am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday P 1300 463 954

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Man charged over armed robbery at The Entrance A 26-year-old San Remo man will appear before Wyong Local Court in December to answer charges relating to an alleged armed robbery of a service station at The Entrance.

At about 2.20am on Thursday, September 24, police were called to a service station on The Entrance Rd, following reports that a man armed with a knife entered the store and threatened an employee.

The armed man stole cash and fled the scene on foot.

He was last seen running south towards Anzac Ave, Long Jetty.

No one was injured during the incident.

Officers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District established a crime scene and commenced

Stolen firefighting uniforms contain potentially harmful contaminants Volunteers from Fire and Rescue NSW’s Toukley Station are appealing for the community’s assistance to locate some stolen firefighting uniforms containing potentially harmful contaminants.

a search of the area.

Following inquiries, the man was arrested and charged with robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon and possessing prohibited drugs later that day.

He appeared before Wyong Local Court the following day where he was formally refused bail to reappear on Tuesday, December 8.

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Canton Beach residents are being asked to keep an eye out for an Eastern Osprey possibly in distress.

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Eastern Osprey possibly in distress

Australian Seabird Rescue Central Coast has put the call out to residents to keep their eyes peeled for the bird after receiving reports of an Osprey with what appears to be a plastic bag wrapped around its wing.

The animal was seen near Canton Beach Sports Club, where it’s believed to be nesting, and was observed flying, with difficulty, towards Darren Kennedy Oval.

In a statement posted to the station’s social media, volunteers confirmed that two sets of contaminated uniforms had been stolen in the early hours of Monday morning, with concern now held for the health and wellbeing of the thief or thieves.

“In between two incidents

earlier this morning, Monday, September 28,at approximately 4am we have had two sets of structural firefighting clothing stolen from our back door with three persons seen in the vicinity at the time.

“This equipment is contaminated with carcinogens which may cause cancer and other illnesses.

“This is why it was bagged and ready to be sent off to be cleaned.”

Unit Commander, Tony Younglove, said Marine Rescue received a call out at about 2pm from Police Maritime Area Command following reports that the group was being swept into the middle of Tuggerah Lake and sinking.

“I was the Master of the boat at the time and we were on our way within 15 minutes,” Commander Younglove said.

He said they found the group of four, aged in their late teens to early 20s, about two nautical miles off Wyongah and they were being blown across the lake towards Canton Beach.

Two were still on the kayaks and the other pair was clinging to the sinking paddle boat

which had been swamped by the 1.5m to 2m chop whipped up by the gale force winds.

“Westpac rescue helicopter was also involved, and when we were sure that no one else was missing, they left and we finished the rescue, which took about an hour and half,” Commander Younglove said.

“We took the survivors onboard and treated them for slight hypothermia before safely setting them down at the boat ramp at North Tacoma in Wyong River.

“We reassessed them on shore and they were fine.”

The two kayaks were also recovered.

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Be prepared With the 2020-21 bushfire season fast approaching, northern Rural Fire Brigades are calling on residents to spend some time preparing.

Volunteer firefighters have already been holding Covidsafe events to provide localised bushfire risk information and practical actions, including hazard reduction burns, to get ready.

One of the most important things to do before a bushfire is to decide what you will do if one should start and the myfireplan.com.au website can help put a plan in place.

The Rural Fire Service is asking residents to clear “fuel” from around homes, such as wood piles leftover from winter months, loose leaves, twigs and debris, clean gutters of leaf litter, make repairs to the roof, cut back trees and shrubs overhanging buildings, make sure hoses are in working order and that grass around properties is kept short.

Meanwhile, RFS crews have been taking advantage of favourable weather conditions

over past weeks to conduct numerous controlled hazard reduction burns in asset protection zones most at risk in northern areas.

Also, Central Coast Council is promoting the Red Cross Get Prepared app as part of an ongoing emergency preparation and community resilience building program called. Get Ready Central Coast.

Acting Director of Connected Communities, Phil Cantillon, said the Get Prepared app was an important tool to develop an individual emergency plan.

“It will help residents understand what resilience means to them by providing small step by step actions to enable each household to develop a plan tailored to their needs, leading to a stronger community better able to respond to and adapt more readily to shocks and stresses.”

Mayor Lisa Matthews said Council encouraged residents to download the Get Prepared app (getprepared.app.link/ central-coast) and engage in their own emergency plan preparation.

“With COVID-19 restrictions, it is going to be more important than ever that individual households understand their vulnerability to emergencies and are prepared for them.

“The Red Cross Get Prepared app is not specific to any hazard, whether your property is vulnerable to fire, flood or storm, this app helps to guide in emergency planning and preparing, leading to faster responses to an emergency and quicker recovery.”

Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said it was vital that residents took the bushfire risk seriously by making a bushfire survival plan and sought advice from local firefighters on how to reduce bushfire risk.

He said the NSW Government was also preparing for the 2020-21 bushfire season with the announcement of $45M to fast track hazard reduction, employment of 100 new paid State Mitigation Crew positions and upgrading of the firefighting fleet.

So, what’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s response to the banks’ wilful indifference to their obligation to report suspicious international transactions millions of times, which funded terrorism, organised crime, and even child sex trafficking just a day after it was revealed that

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To relax the responsible lending laws, of course, which were established to protect consumers from borrowing more than they could afford.

Is there one greedy large bank that has any thoughts towards assisting their customers, especially the elderly and the disabled?

It is getting harder to reach any ANZ branch (Chronicle September 23 “Westpac and ANZ bank branches to close”).

On the up side for building societies, they are collecting more customers.

It was hard enough when the ANZ closed Toukley branch, now Lake Haven, making the only branches for customers are Charlestown or Tuggerah/ Bateau Bay which are impossible to get to without long travel in a bus if you are a customer that does not drive.

Does the CEO Shayne Elliott care?

Not an inch does he care!

He came to Australia from New Zealand waffling on about how he was going to improve

We are indeed a lost cause when our society tolerates our political leaders to openly enable institutions to carry on as usual after being shown by a Royal Commission, no less, to have engaged time and time again in predatory, immoral and illegal practices.

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the ANZ Bank and look after customers, but Mr Elliott has ruined the ANZ Bank.

Mr Elliott couldn’t care less about the ANZ customers, his main project is to get his big fat pay packet each week and eventually skip back to New Zealand to retire in style.

Mr Elliott has no concern whatsoever for the elderly nor the disabled.

As for ANZ Bank automatic teller machines, if a customer

can locate one, that is a joke, the one you finally locate is either filthy (if outside), or broken down (out of order).

So where does one go then?

As there is neither an ANZ branch or an ANZ ATM handy, then the customer has to resort to a working ATM from another outlet, and at that point, the ANZ hits the ever suffering customer with a charge.

Recently, I attempted to take my money from an ANZ ATM within a centre and twice the screen read “over the limit”.

Now, the ANZ bank is starting to control how much a customer can remove of their own cash.

Next move from the ANZ Bank will be “sorry, no cash out”.

I am absolutely disgusted with the ANZ and am moving now to a building society.

Email, Sep 29 Frances Fletcher, Gwandalan

Respect for minorities

Sue Murray

Relaxing the lending laws is not the correct response

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Cathy Freeman was a good choice to light the Olympic torch.

She was young and popular with youth.

After watching the Freeman Progam (ABC September 13), how sad after winning a race as a 10-year-old, that she was not recognised as the winner due to the colour of her skin.

How strange that John Howard could give Cathy Freeman a kiss on the cheek yet could not bring himself to

Email, Sep 25 Liam O’Neill, Woongarrah

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say sorry for past injustices to the original inhabitants of this land.

Australian viewers are only reminded of black existence when they win Olympic races.

No mention of mining corporations blowing up sacred sites 40-50,000 thousand years old.

Black leaders must take more direct, forceful action against these mining terrorists.

Yeah, respect for minorities, not rule by majorities.

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21 SEPTEMBER 2020

Wicks called to intervene in bridge dispute

Council to spend $7.5M from contribution plans

Trolley loads of groceries donated to Mary Mac’s Place

A new community action group on St Huberts Island, the Bridge Warriors, is calling on Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks to intervene in a dispute over an upgrade to the St Huberts Island

A total of $7.472 million will be taken from Peninsula “developer contribution plans” to fund projects on the Peninsula over the next four years.

The Rotary Club of Umina has donated trolley loads of groceries from a weekend collection at a local supermarket to Woy Woy charity Mary Mac’s Place.

Woy Woy bingo resumes in Ettalong

Policy changed to allow burning at Patonga properties

Online and on-site voting for Diggers’ board

What the St Hubert’s Island bridge could look like with the planned fence

St Huberts Island Bridge before the planned works

Woy Woy Bingo has resumed, Central Coast Council has modified The Ettalong Beach War Memorial temporarily operating from its “open pile burning” policy to Club, trading as Ettalong Diggers, the Ettalong Diggers Club allow burning of “vegetative waste” will hold its annual meeting both on Wednesday nights, while on 58 properties at Patonga. onsite and online at 4pm on “The vast majority of replies A new community action designed to prevent people a very narrow footpath and no Residents Association has also coronavirus restrictions continue.

October 24hasthisfromyear. off the bridge into the separation or protection from the opposed the project and the respondents request the group on St Huberts Island, jumping

Wicks called to intervene in bridge dispute

passing traffic. continued to press for residents’ repainting and restoration of the the Bridge Warriors, is water. existing bridge balustrade, and She said the project would “The lack of this protection views to be respected. calling on Member for be “a misuse of precious public coupled with the many trip Association president Mr Ken were appalled at the proposed Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks to money”. hazards is just an accident waiting Stewart said: “On April 17, when weld-mesh barriers.” intervene in a dispute over As Peninsula News went to “The use of monitored CCTV, to happen.” the association was advised by He can remember Brigade offers CWA galvanised branch press, receives grant fora an upgrade to the St Hubertsthe Ms Wicks released withHarbour clearer signage, fines for Another grouponline member advice Ms Council of its proposed Island bridge. those who do the wrong thing and Carol Khouri said the proposed weld-mesh safety barrier, we statement saying that she would

Bridge being built instead of open day regular patrolling during summer fence design “is incredibly ugly

The group is asking Ms Wicks to intervene before a Federal grant is signed off to enable Central Coast Council to proceed with an upgrade it has planned for the bridge.

Bridge Warriors organiser Ms Lindy Wilson said the group did not want a $900,000 grant spent to install public nuisance barriers

months would be significantly cheaper, more effective and would not devastate the beautiful aesthetics of the bridge,” she said.

Group member Mr Mike Wade said that the core safety issue with the bridge had been completely ignored.

“The bridge is very old and has

Mr Harry May of Daleys Point can remember watching the Sydney Harbour Bridge being built – and when the train fare from his home at Punchbowl to Wynyard was sixpence.

and not in any way in keeping with our beautiful suburbs of St Huberts Island and Daleys Point”.

She said the council had only paid lip-service to community consultation, and had not responded to the community’s wishes.

The St Huberts Island

internet meet andwithtelevision Central Coast Council

immediately realised what an over-powering addition this would be to our bridge.

“We advised all the Island residents by letterbox drop showing the proposed barriers.

“There was an overwhelming resident reaction with 223 responses, 160 seen by the association, sent to Council.

The Bays Rural Fire Brigade is offering individual online advice in place of its open day planned for last Saturday, September 19.

in the coming week and “will continue to work with the residents around St Huberts Island to deliver a safer bridge for all”.

The Country Women’s Association Umina Beach branch has received SOURCE: a Council grant Media of release, $3988 for 15 Sep 2020 Stephen Ghent, Bridge Warriors internet connection, a television Media statement, 18 Sep 2020 and speakers. Lucy Wicks, Member for Robertson

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Council to spend $7.5M from contribution plans A total of $7.472 million will be taken from Peninsula “developer contribution plans” to fund projects on the Peninsula over the next four years.

Money for the plans are contributed by property developers as a condition of development approval, with the aim of funding public infrastructure required as a 25 SEPTEMBER 2020 result of their developments.

The details of capital works program projects funded by contributions were tabled at Coast plans Community the Central Coast Council meeting on September 14.

The report stated that the Minister of Planning and Public Spaces allowed the pooling of contributions across all of Council’s contributions plans from May 18.

He required a four-year plan to be submitted to the Department

of Planning Infrastructure and Rd and Brickwharf Rd. upgrades” at Woy Woy Waterfront $250,000, dune stabilisation $200,000, while upgrades to Environment.

Dune stabalisation has been or at Lions Park.

Council staff submitted a plan allocated $200,000 and beach Amounts of $200,000 or more the reserves at Mt Ettalong were allocated to upgrades at and Blackwall Mountain were with a total project expenditure access a further $100,000. of $93.59 million of which $79.62 “Sporting facility redevelopment” McEvoy Oval and Mt Ettalong given $175,000 and $130,000 million would come from developer at Umina Oval has been allocated reserve and for dune stabilisation. respectively.

Other projects including beach contributions and $13.97 million $160,000 this financial year An amount of $100,000 was towards a total project cost of allocated for beach access and access, observation decks and from other sources. $2.177 million. $80,000 for the Blackwall boat interpretive signage received a Other projects to receive ramp. total of $155,000.

Despite the provision for In the fourth year, 2023-24, only pooling, the plan allocated no contribution plan funding include An upgrade to Blackwall upgradesLOCAL for the WEEKLY Woy WoyNEWS Mountain reserve was allocated $601,000 has been allocated pooled funds to the Peninsula. REALreserve INDEPENDENT ISSUE 261 from The Peninsula has around Waterfront Redevelopment, and at $50,000, of a total project cost contribution plans to projects on of $435,000, and $100,000 the Peninsula.

11.7 per cent of the Council’s Mt Ettalong and other reserves.

The Blackwall Mountain reserve population, but was allocated 9.4 The plan earmarked $3.368 was allocated to other reserve News focuses specifically to post code areas 2250, & 2260 million for projects nextrelating financial upgrades. upgrade2251 was allocated $255,000, per cent of the allocated on funds.news In the financial year 2022-23, dune stabilisation $183,000 and A total of $1.923 million was year. allocated for projects this financial This included $916,000 for the plan allocated $1.48 million to observation decks $100,000.

A total of $62,000 was allocated year, with $550,000 going towards “reserve upgrades” at the Woy Peninsula projects. the Rogers Park redevelopment, Woy Waterfront Redevelopment, The largest amount was to beach access upgrades and to $380,000 towards improvements $690,000 for “sporting facility $570,000 for the Blackwall boat interpretive signage.

SOURCE: at James Brown Oval and redevelopment” at Umina Oval, ramp upgrade.

Central Coast Council The Umina oval sporting facility $315,000 altogether for playground and $300,000 at each of Rogers agenda 4.1, 14 Sep 2020 upgrades at Australia Ave, Ryans Park and for further “reserve redevelopment was allocated

We don’t want to be Sydney’s 'dumping ground' - Tesch

We don’t want to be Sydney’s ‘dumping ground’ - Tesch

Angst growing over Wamberal Beach taskforce deliberations

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State Government plans for COVID-safe summer

Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch is The task force announced by With school holidays upon us people expected urging residents to have their say the State Government on July 31 and thousands of Opinions are divided on the THIS ISSUE contains 54 articles - Read more news items for this issue at www.peninsulanews.info performance of Central Coast at the 11th hour on a major waste to drive the delivery of a solution to flock to the Central Coast Office: Level 2, 86-88 Mann St, Gosford - Phone: 4325 7369 - Mail: PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 - E-mail: editorial@centralcoastnews.net - Website: www.coastcommunitynews.com.au Council, three years after its recycling proposed for Somersby, to beach erosion problems at over coming months, theelected,NSW first councillors were amalgamation... released a COVID with submissions set to close on Wamberal has come under fire for Government hasfollowing See page 4 September 25. its lack of activity and transparency. Safe Summer Plan to minimise the

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Council’s three-year report card

Call to strengthen anti-bullying programs in high schools

$10M in savings via seniors’ travel cards

Opinions are divided on theAn artist’s Parents and high schools across Central Coast seniors have access impression of the proposed development performance Coast which and NSW have to more Member for GosfordofLiesl Central But Tesch saidCoast she was the relyingCentral on existing approvals. is being considered as a regarding, among otherthan things, $10M in potential Tesch is urging residents to concerned by a recent upsurge “We have seen it time and State Significant Development dust and noise issues, water Council, three years after its first put pressure on the Education travel savings, with 40,987 have their say at the 11th in high impact facilities at time again, that owners of by the Planning Department, quality, the use of Debenham Somersby.following Minister, hour on a major say the proposed development a RdRegional by trucks andSeniors possible waste facilitiesSarah end up getting councillors werewaste elected, Mitchell, to deliver Travel Cards now recycling proposed for “In just the last two years we approval for 50,000 tonnes of can be implemented with impacts on Aboriginal Heritage It’s official; the flags are up and Surfin Life amalgamation of havetheseen aformer addressing having the Saving region Somersby, with minimal adverse environmental and biodiversity. been issued number of single waste, butstate-wide use that to piggy- policy volunteers will begin submissions set toWyong close applications impacts schools. and is justified in The to open new waste back future increases which high company has also added Gosford and councils in bullying in public since they were patrollingannounced the Coast’s beaches in on September 25. terms of overall economic

and recycling facilities at means more waste, more an advanced water recycling on September 26... benefits to both local, state and and dust suppression system The proposal, by Kariong Somersby to cater to Sydney’s trucks, and more impact on See page 17 national economies. across the site, the fact sheet Sand and Soil Supplies, at 90 growing waste problem,” she local communities,” she said.

Tesch has called on the NSW “The proposal will have says.

Gindurra Rd, would see a said. vacant site turned into a state- “We don’t want the Central Government for a long-term positive flow on effects The fact sheet also makes a of-the-art facility converting Coast to become Sydney’s vision for waste across the throughout the local economy commitment that recycling will through the creation of 11 new increase in stages, only after sand, soil and building dumping ground just because state. independent testing is done to “All too recently we have direct jobs,” the EIS says. materials into 100 per cent we’re a short drive up the M1. often these already seen the harm caused “An economic analysis of the prove the facility is performing recycled building and “Too developments duck under the at the Mangrove Mountain tip project also suggests that to the highest environmental landscaping supplies.

The company’s website says radar as they are in industrial by reckless waste management development will inject $73.8M standards. the products would be provided areas, but the reality is that and poor EPA oversight,” she into the Central Coast economy It says the facility will not over the next 20 years.” accept any asbestos or any for re-use mainly in the Central noise, dust, and creeping said.

Coast region and the project approvals can add up to big “We can’t let that happen A fact sheet issued by Kariong loads suspected of containing issues for nearby residents.”

Sand and Soil Supplies says hazardous materials. again.” would create jobs, boost the Students from Stages 2, 3 and local economy, divert waste Tesch said that once An Environmental Impact the company has amended its Terry Collins 4 at Central Coast Sports to address approved, many seekonStatement from landfill and reduce illegalmore (EIS) our providedwebsite with application College at Kariong have full articles and can beowners seen line on www.coastcommunitynews.com.au Coast Community community concerns to accept additional waste by dumping. the Development Application, completed their Creative

Scouts to lower power bills with $24,000 in grants

Two scouting organisations in the Robertson electorate have shared in almost $24,000 of Federal funding designed to help them lower their power bills and play their part in reducing Australia’s

Northconnex stoppage highlights rise in dust diseases – Labor Work on Northconnex was stopped for four days in September, 2019, following a dangerous dust event, the State Opposition has claimed.

Empire Bay Drive resurfacing Education completed

Motorists on Empire Bay Drive are in for a smoother, safer ride, with a $2.8M resurfacing project completed on a 1.7km stretch of the road between Nerang Rd and Wandi Cl.

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Angst growing over Wamberal Beach taskforce deliberations The task force announced by the State Government on July 31 to drive the delivery of a solution to beach erosion problems at

have achieved nothing in almost two months.

“Manly Hydraulics Laboratory is currently undertaking concept designs for protection

on developing a range of options for community consideration that not only provide for property protection, but also take the opportunity to

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Amalgamation has not been a good thing for residents Three years of amalgamation (Chronicle Sept 16 “New amalgamated Council three years on) has led to less transparency, minimal contact with staff on issues that concern the ratepayers and the State Government’s intent with dictating the future of the Central Coast without a whimper from the directors of council.

First it was the forced Central Coast Regional Plan 2036, not asking the residents what they wanted for the future but telling us, and 40,500 more residential blocks with a population increase bigger than that proposed for the new Badgerys Creek City for Sydney’s second airport.

There’s over $180M worth of mineral extractions per annum, without indicating where it is to occur and the appointment of a

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Co-ordinator General, Lee Shearer, to tell us what we need without any community consultation.

Then the introduction of the first of many Structure Plans (Lake Munmorah), full of deception, smoke and mirrors, influenced by developers whose concern for profit is simply above sustainability or liveability.

The latest, the formation and forced placement of Regional

and Local Planning Panels above our elected councillors.

Planning Panel representative members have been politically appointed, with most not living on the Central Coast and several having very little understanding of their appointed wards or why they were chosen.

Central Coast Council has simply laid over to the whim of State Government wishes without raising an objection or concern.

These appointed panellists are unapproachable and untouchable and unless the community raises total objection, the changes to the Central Coast will not reflect the wishes of the community for “Our way of Life” and the protection of our bushland and beaches.

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ChromeFest switches gears into Overdrive The Sydney Swing Katz will be performing a never before seen routine for ChromeFest Overdrive TV

ChromeFest is set to go virtual this year, with Central Coast Council determined to keep the engine humming on one of the region’s most popular annual events.

The three-day festival, which attracts thousands of visitors to The Entrance each year, will

this year become ChromeFest Overdrive TV, which will bring the beauty of classic American cars and some classic 1950s rock ‘n’ roll fun to residents at the touch of a button.

Council Unit Manager Community Partnerships, Glenn Cannard, said the event will feature many interactive

moments.

“We may not be lining the streets of The Entrance to watch the chrome of classic cars roll into town, but we will be able to enjoy some ChromeFest fun at home,” Mayor Matthews said.

“The restrictions required to manage COVID-19 have been

challenging on all of us and initiatives like ChromeFest Overdrive TV are a great way to keep the fun alive and our community engaged.”

ChromeFest Overdrive TV highlights will include: An online Show ‘N’ Shine in partnership with Californian Crusin’ Car Club, for the public

to vote for their favourite ChromeFest car across 18 categories; Viva La Vintage hair and makeup tutorial workshop; Miss ChromeFest Pinup competition; The Sydney Swing Katz dance displays; bands live streamed; and ChromeFeast – meal packages from a selection of hospitality businesses from

across the Coast to be enjoyed whilst streaming the fun.

ChromeFest Overdrive TV will be featured on the ChromeFest Facebook page from October 24-25.

Source: Press release, Sep 21 Central Coast Council Media

Readers encouraged to join the Aussie Backyard Bird Count The annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count is on again in October.

A male Regent Bowerbird like this one have been spotted at the RTA Reserve at Ourimbah Photo: Jan Mohandas

It is one of the nation’s largest citizen science conservation events, run by BirdLife Australia, and in 2019, more than 88,000 people across the country recorded about 3.4 million birds during the count.

“The Aussie Backyard Bird Count continues to attract people of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life, and this year we’re hoping for more participants than ever,” said Allan Benson of the Birding NSW Central Coast group, based in Tuggerah.

“People can take part anywhere, not just backyards, but in in local parks, gardens, school yards, bushland or

beaches.

“We’re seeing more people involved, which is really exciting and shows how much fun the count can be,” Benson said.

Birdlife Australia Public Affairs Manager, Sean Dooley, said this year’s count was more important than ever because studies estimated that at least 180 million birds were wiped out by the destructive bushfires last Summer.

“A significant number of wild birds sought refuge from the devastation in the gardens and parks of places that survived the flames and smoke.

“As we head into next season, tracking birdlife is vital to monitor trends in the recovery of our native bird populations.

“We need to get a snapshot of our native birds so that we know what has survived, what birds we still have, and ultimately use this research to protect them for future generations.”

Benson said the Aussie Bird Count app allowed people anywhere to take part in monitoring the impact on the local bird populations.

“The app does the hard work for you with images of common birds in the local area and information about all the species you see or hear during your count,” he said.

“Although the most commonly birds reported locally will most likely be Rainbow Lorikeet, Noisy Miners and Magpies, the Central Coast offers such as

range of different habitats and urban/bushland interfaces that a much more diverse number of potential species are able to be seen,” he said.

“We will be monitoring the data to see how many iconic Regent and Satin Bowerbirds are seen as well as to see if there are still species on the Coast that were impacted by the bushfires such a Topknot Pigeons, Gang-gang Cockatoos and Yellow-tailed Black cockatoos” Benson said.

The Aussie Backyard Bird Count will be held from October 19 to 25.

To register and for more information go online to www. aussiebirdcount.org.au Sue Murray

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Jopuka pops its theatre bubble To survive an apocalypse, you need strength, speed, and survival skills, so what happens to people who don’t have any?

That’s the question Jopuka Productions is musing over in Bubble, the first show of its 2020 relaunch.

Written and directed by Declan Green, Bubble follows Sam, the once acclaimed author of a children’s book series.

Now confined to a wheelchair and isolated from what’s left of Australian society following an unnamed catastrophe, Sam depends entirely on his siblings, Casey and Violet, but as they drift apart the cracks in their relationship begin to show.

Ultimately a story about family, Bubble explores the limits of what the family bond can endure.

The sold-out production opened at Jopuka’s Tuggerah based performance space, The Launch Pad, on September 18, and was the first bit of live theatre to hit the Coast since lockdown.

It’s a milestone that Jopuka’s Founder and Artistic Director, Joshua Maxwell, is proud of,

Bubble cast members Jayden Gobb, Gabrielle Brooks, Scott Russell and Olivia Rowe Photo: Jopuka Productions

but it’s not been without its challenges.

“We had four shows over that opening weekend with 50 patrons who were all engaged and ready for live theatre, but that was still a 75 per cent reduction in audience numbers, in accord with current Covid guidelines,” Maxwell said.

Those guidelines have impacted every aspect of the production, and while the company is excited to be trailblazing, Maxwell admits it’s

been tough to navigate what’s a fundamentally different world.

“Ironically, getting Bubble on track has been like dealing with a micro apocalypse.

“Under the regulations, theatre is fundamentally different.

“The logistics of running a Covid safe show are everchanging and we’ve had to do everything from restage the show and configure our performance space, to bringing

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in extra understudies to ensure that we can continue on in the event of a cast member needing to get tested.

“And that’s on top of all the cleaning and sanitising involved.

“In a theatre setting, these rules feel 10 times more intense.

“Covid really has changed everything,” Maxwell said.

And with that in mind, Maxwell said Jopuka’s triumphant return to the stage

had been bittersweet, with the remainder of the relaunch program likely to face the same challenges moving forward.

“Coming back has been overwhelming in the sense that theatre in and of itself is so different.

“Going into this I knew it had changed, but theatre is just as much about the experience as it is the performance, and with that so fundamentally different, theatre has just inherently been altered in what it is and

what it means,” Maxwell said.

Bur regardless of what’s been lost, Maxwell said Jopuka would be forging ahead with its vision for 2020 and focusing on what he’s hoping will be a much better 2021.

“Being closed for so long has had a massive financial impact on the company.

“We’ve lost $100,000 in revenue and that’s going to have an impact on our future programs, but the loss would be even greater if we stayed closed, so this is an educated risk.

“We’re at the point where we just have to accept that this is the way the world is right now and get on with it,” Maxwell said.

“Bubble has been uplifting for our company members, who had everything they knew and were looking forward to ripped away from them, and now all eyes will be on our remaining relaunch shows, Talullah Eden’s, Cockhead, and Dean Bryant’s, Gaybies, our 2021 program announcement and Jopuka’s upcoming fifth anniversary celebration,” Maxwell said.

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Options to take The Friday Show to the next level Tuggerah’s Options Theatre Company describes itself as ‘a living, breathing, theatre training facility with a company of creatives, actors, technicians, musicians, directors, dancers and artists, who happen to be people with disability.’

In operation for almost 10 years, the company has become known for its annual shows performed to sold-out audiences, with a full year program of interactive creative arts training.

But when the coronavirus put an end to all that in March, Artistic Director, Stuart Smith, and his team were forced to think outside the box.

What they came up with was The Friday Show, an interactive online variety style program put together by the creative team and enjoyed by members from the comfort of their own homes during nine weeks of lockdown.

So successful was the format, that the company now has some ambitious plans to expand it, courtesy of a $50,000 grant from the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation’s special COVID-19

Options Theatre Company members, Nathan Parker, Lauren Andrews, Skye Hunt, Lauren Hain, Joshua Harris and Etienne Freisler at work on the pilot episode

grant round.

“The Friday Show was a Tonight style program designed to keep people invested,” Smith said.

“It was put together through the week by myself, Musical Director, Andrew Samford, Assistant Artistic Director, Carolyn McNamara, and others from our creative team with

input from company members.

“We came up with an hour and a half of entertainment each week, featuring suggestions from, and crosses to, the wider membership and

Neil Rose named a finalist in Regional Achievement and Community Awards Chairman of the Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve Land Management Board, Neil Rose, has been named a finalist in this year’s NSW/ACT Regional Achievement and Community Awards.

Presented by Awards Australia, the annual regional awards program is designed to encourage, acknowledge and pay tribute to individuals, communities, businesses and groups who are making a significant contribution to regional and rural areas by championing social, economic or environmental prosperity.

Rose is one of four finalists in the Individual Excellence in Crown Land Management category, and was nominated

by Member for Wyong, David Harris.

Having made the finals, Rose said he was hopeful that this recognition would extend to all the community members

who’ve worked hard to make Lighthouse Reserve the iconic piece of the Coast that it is today.

“So many people have been involved with the reserve over the years.

“This nomination is recognition of the time and effort they’ve put in, not just mine,” Rose said.

But Chairman Rose’s personal contributions are nothing to be scoffed at, with the job requiring him and his fellow board

members to wear many different hats.

From maintenance and repairs management, event and accommodation management and organising volunteers to resolving user disputes, liaising with Crown Lands and hunting for grant support, Rose runs a tight ship to keep the reserve the thriving asset that the community knows and loves.

“Lighthouse Reserve belongs to the people of the Central

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Coast and I encourage all locals to come and visit.”

Speaking on his nomination, Rose said that while a win would be incredible, it was an honour to be considered at all.

“Every finalist is doing amazing things to make their community a better place and they would all make deserving winners.

“It truly is just an honour to be nominated.”

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with a few surprise guests.”

Those guests included award-winning actor Sam Neill and television personality Julia Morris.

“Through the process, we learnt how to make a TV show and we thought it would be fun to develop it further into a web program, with ideas, script input and performances coming from the company members themselves,” he added.

While Smith was tight-lipped about where and when the new look program will air, he did

confirm preproduction was well underway.

“Right now, we are turning our space into a TV studio and soon we will be buying cameras, lights and other equipment, and starting to build a set.

“As a group, we have started writing the script for a show comprising 15-minute episodes about a theatrical society which has to adapt to a changing world.

“In this case, the catalyst will be what we are calling the Greatest Depression.

“It really will be art imitating life.”

Smith said the company hoped to have a pilot completed for a screening somewhere on the Coast towards Christmas.

He said while the company itself had been established 10 years ago, many of its members had been studying theatre for almost 20 years.

“Our members don’t want to see able-bodied people playing disabled characters in mainstream entertainment, they want to be playing those roles themselves,” he said.

“It doesn’t matter if you have a disability or not, if you have spent years building your skills in stagecraft, you want to be taken seriously.

“Many of our members have already secured professional work and that’s starting to make a difference.

“Their successes make others realise that it’s not a pipedream.”

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6:00 Headline News [s] 5:30 Today [s] 6:00 Sunrise [s] 5:00 CGTN English News 9:00 Today Extra [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 5:30 Worldwatch – Deutsche Welle 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 12:00 Movie: “Mommy’s Little English News 6:00 France 24 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] Princess” (M) (’19) – A 10-year- 1:00 Getaway [s] English News 6:30 This Week 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] old adopted girl discovers that 1:30 The Block: With George Stephanopoulos 3:30 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Kitchen Reveal (PG) [s] she is related to a royal German 7:30 Worldwatch Continues 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With 3:00 Tipping Point [s] family. Feeling special for the 2:00 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Justine Schofield [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] first time, she becomes an 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful Agents (M) entitled, angry child. Eventually, 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] (PG) [s] 3:05 Alex Polizzi Chef For Hire 6:00 NINE News [s] she begins to lose her sanity.

5:00 10 News First [s] 4:05 Inside Fortnum And Mason Stars: Alicia Leigh Willis, Sarah 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] (PG) 7:30 The Block: Living/ Dining Room 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] Abbott, Kelly Whyte 5:00 Tennis: French Open 2020 Week (PG) [s] – Will one team’s 7:30 #Trump: How Social Media 2:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] Highlights controversial decision take them 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] Changed The Presidency (PG) 6:00 Mastermind Australia out of contention of winning 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 8:40 Have You Been Paying 6:30 SBS World News living/ dining room week?

6:00 Seven News [s] Attention? (M) [s] 7:35 How The Victorians Built 8:40 RBT: New Years Mistake/ 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 9:40 Drunk History Australia Britain: The Making Of The 7:30 America’s Got Talent: Lucky Unlucky (PG) [s] (MA15+) [s] Modern Home (PG) Live Finals (M) [s] 9:40 NINE News Late [s] 10:10 Just For Laughs (MA15+) [s] 8:30 24 Hours In Emergency: 9:15 America’s Got Talent: 10:10 100% Footy (M) [s] 10:40 The Project (PG) [s] A Road Less Travelled (M) 11:10 Lethal Weapon: What The The Top 10 (PG) [s] 11:40 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 9:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Puck (MA15+) [s] 10:15 The Latest Seven News [s] Countdown (PG) 12:40 The Late Show With Stephen 10:45 Absentia: Committed (MA15+) 12:05 Tipping Point [s] 10:25 SBS World News Late Colbert (PG) [s] 1:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 11:45 Surveillance Oz (PG) [s] 10:30 Tennis: French Open 2020 1:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Home Shopping 12:30 Home Shopping *Live* From Roland Garros 4:30 CBS This Morning [s]

News Breakfast [s] ABC News Mornings [s] Four Corners [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) ABC News At Noon [s] The Split (PG) [s] Parliament Question Time [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] Think Tank (PG) [s] Grand Designs Australia (PG) The Drum [s] ABC News [s] Budget 2020: The Treasurer’s Speech [s] Budget 2020: An ABC News Special [s] Louis Theroux: The Night In Question (M l,s) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business: Budget Special Q&A [s] Wentworth: Think Inside The Box (MA15+) [s] Doc Martin (PG) [s] Parliament Question Time [s] rage (MA15+) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “In My Dreams” (PG) (’14) – Two lonely people each throw a penny into the local fountain, then start having dreams about each other in which they fall in love and long to be together. Stars: Katharine McPhee, Mike Vogel, Joe Massingill, Chiara Zanni, Erica Carroll, JoBeth Williams, Jason Cermak, Eric Keenleyside 2:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 America’s Got Talent: Live Finale (PG) [s] 9:15 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:15 Criminal Confessions: King County, Washington (MA15+) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

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

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

5:30 Today [s] 6:00 Headline News [s] 5:00 CGTN English News 9:00 Today Extra [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 5:30 Worldwatch 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 1:00 PBS Newshour 1:00 Big Cats (PG) [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 2:00 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret 2:00 The Block: Living/ Dining Room 3:30 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Agents (M) Week (PG) [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With 3:00 Great British Railway 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] Justine Schofield [s] Journeys (PG) 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 3:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] (PG) [s] Emma Willis (PG) 6:00 NINE News [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 4:30 Great British Railway 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] Journeys (PG) 7:30 The Block: Living/ Dining Room 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 5:00 Tennis: French Open 2020 Week (PG) [s] – The 7:30 Prince William: A Planet For Highlights contestants present amazing Us All [s] – In this intimate 6:00 Mastermind Australia marketing campaigns to sell portrayal, Prince William reveals 6:30 SBS World News their homes. that fatherhood has spurred him 7:30 Every Family Has A Secret: 8:40 Halifax-Retribution (MA15+) to share his passion for the Elizabeth Brierley And Paul 9:40 Bluff City Law: planet and search for ways to Morris (M) The All-American (M) [s] restore the environment for the 8:30 Insight: Held Hostage (M) 10:40 NINE News Late [s] next generation.

9:30 Dateline 11:10 Timeless: The Miracle Of 9:00 Ambulance Australia (M) [s] 10:00 The Feed Christmas (Part 2) (M) [s] 10:10 NCIS: Perennial (M v) [s] 10:30 SBS World News Late 12:05 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 11:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 11:00 Tennis: French Open 2020: 1:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 12:00 The Project (PG) [s] Quarter Finals *Live* From 1:30 Home Shopping 1:00 The Late Show (PG) [s] Roland Garros

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

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

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

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ARTS & CULTURE Wyong Writers

Monthly on the 4th Sat 1.30pm Woodbury Community Centre 1 Woolmers Cres, Mardi.

4333 7489

meilingvenning@hotmail.com www.wyongwriters.org

Toukley District Art Society

Painting, drawing groups and classes, demonstarations and workshops. Open 7 days 10am - 4pm, Cafe.

Tues - drawing 10am - 1pm, Wed-painting 9:30am - 12:30pm

4392 4666

Country Women’s Association-Toukley

Mthly Market 2nd Sat 9am-1pm 175 Main Rd Books, bric-a-brac, cakes, Devonshire tea, handicrafts, plants, preserves, sausage sizzle, fun, fellowship, fundraising Meet 1st Wed 10am Hall available for hire.

4976 1642

Friendly Travellers Caravan Club

Caravans, tents, mobile homes, all welcome.

Social outings & trips away

0458 645 979

toukleyartgallery@gmail.com www.toukleyartgallery.com.au

www.friendlytravellers.com

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Lake Munmorah 50s Plus Leisure and Learning Club

Bateau Bay Mens’ Shed

For men to repair items, share and learn skills and socialise 9am to 1.30pm Tue to Thur 1 Bay Village Rd, Bateau Bay

0435 807 633

bateaubayshed@gmail.com

Bateau Bay Neighbourhood Centre

Information and referral, energy account assistance, food assistance, Op Shop, computer, printing and internet access, washing machine access, kid’s school holiday activities, parenting program, workshops, drop-in centre, toy library, Mah-jong, community plant nursery.

4332 7450

admin@bbnc.org.au https://bbnc.org.au

Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre

Information and referral, energy account assistance, food assistance, no interest loans, computer, printing and internet access, kid’s school holiday activities, parenting program, workshops, drop-in centre, community garden, walking group.

4388 5801 or 0490 538 494 manager@bvnc.org.au https://bvnc.org.au

Central Coast Caravanners Inc

3rd Sun - Jan to Nov Trips away, social outings, friendship with like minded folk Call Geoff 0447 882 150

Central Coast Community Legal Centre Not for profit service providing free legal advice.

Mon - Fri 9am to 5pm

4353 4988

contact@centralcoastclc.org.au

The Creative Compassion Centre

Secondhand shopping, upcycling, minimalism, creativity, community lounge area, free Wifi.

5/22-32 Pacific Hwy Mon-Sat - 9am-4pm

0437 048 815

Computer classes, dancing, exercise, pilates, yoga, craft, carpet bowls and Tai Chi.

4358 8390

Long Jetty Senior Citizens’ Club

Computer classes, line dancing, tai chi and zumba gold Mon - Fri, 9am to 3pm

4332 5522

Long Jetty Over 50s Club

Indoor bowls, computers, exercise, yoga, line-dancing, tai chi and more - 9am to 3pm

4332 5522

The NSW Justices Association

Seeking JP volunteers for community JP desks.

Free training and insurance

0418 493 388 benefits@nswja.org.au

Tuggerah Lakes Toastmasters’ Club

Are you looking to Build your confidence?

Grow as a leader; Improve your communication

0410 238 022

Toukley Neighbourhood Centre

Lakes food care, energy account assistance, no interest loans, free counselling. Childrens’, youth & adult activities. Laundry & hot showers.

Hall & meeting space for hire.

4396 1555 www.tnc.org.au

Toukley Presbyterian Church

Hargraves St & Victoria Ave Family service (Sunday school 9.30am), cafe church 5pm, community activities

4392 9904 toukleypc.org.au

Venue for Hire

Central Coast Wetlands, Tuggerah - several buildings for hire, suitable for weddings,

If you would like your Community Organisation listed here call us on 4325 7369 or see www.coastcommunitynews.com.au

seminars, markets & fund raisers.

0408 271 957

pioneerdairy@bigpond.com

Volunteering Central Coast

Refer potential volunteers to community organisations and provide support to them.

Training for volunteers and managers of volunteers.

Information sessions

4329 7122

recruit@volcc.org.au

Wyong Neighbourhood Centre

Supporting disadvantaged, vulnerable and isolated people offering community services, events, projects, workshops, arts programs.

Open community garden.

4353 1750

Wyong Toastmasters’ Club

Improve your public speaking, leadership skills & confidence.

1st, 3rd & 5th Fri 10:30am to 12:30pm Wyong RSL Club

0421 216 952

wyongtoastmasters@gmail.com

Wyong Uniting Church Weekly Sunday service 9am Bible Study group 62 Watanobbi Rd, Wyong 4352 1528

We are a 12 step fellowship like AA. Meets every Sat at 7pm on the Central Coast Contact for further details

0473 631 439

newcastlesagroup@gmail.com

Central Coast Asbestos Diseases Support Group

Support for those suffering with asbestos diseases and others interested in asbestos issues. You are not alone, meet with others who can share their experiences.

Bring a family member or friend.

1pm at Ourimbah RSL on forth Wed of each month.

Maree 0419 418 190

Alcoholics Anonymous - Someone cares.

Thurs - 12.30pm, Progress Hall Henry Parry & Wells Street East Gosford 4323 3890

HISTORY GROUPS Museum & Historical Society, Wyong District Groups/schools welcome Morning tea/lunch for group bookings, wheelchair friendly, Alison Homestead 1 Cape Rd, Wyong Sun-Thur 10am-2pm

4352 1886

www.alisonhomestead.com.au

wyonguca@gmail.com www.wyong.uca.org.au

MUSIC

The Lakes Church

Coastal a Cappella

All Welcome! Sundays - 8:30am, 10:30am & 5pm, (9am & 5pm Dec/Jan) Kids church, youth group, cafe, wheelchair friendly, 6 Pioneer Ave, Tuggerah

4353 0977

Award winning women’s a cappella chorus.

Music education provided.

Rehearsals Tuesday 7pm @ Red Tree Theatre Tuggerah.

Performance opportunities.

Hire us for your next event.

0412 948 450

thelakes.net.au

coastalacappella@gmail.com

HEALTH GROUPS

POLITICAL GROUPS

Better Hearing Australia

Labor Party Ourimbah/ Narara Branch

Hearing loss management Support and educational groups providing practical experience and confidence.

4321 0275

Central Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group (Wyong) Last Fri, Terrigal Uniting Church 380 Terrigal Dr, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon

4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au

Al - Anon Family Groups Health

We offer hope and friendship for people affected by someone else’s drinking.

Al-anon family groups meet weekly, please contact

Discussion/action community Issues – 3 levels of Government Function Room, Grange Hotel, Wyoming 7.30pm 1st. Monday

4351 0450

Free telephone advice and advocacy for all tenants & residents in residential parks

Wyong Probus Club

cctaas@hotmail.com

Wyong Golf Club, 4th Mon, Morning Tea, Guest Speakers, regular monthly outings

4352 3692

probuswyong55090@gmail.com

The Entrance Probus Club

Ladies and gentlemen welcome.

Guest speakers, morning tea and many activities.

9.30am 4th Tues Bateau Bay Bowling Club

0478 228 914

SERVICE GROUPS Inner Wheel Club Wyong Join a team of dedicated women, sharing fun and friendship and a passion for community service 6.30pm 3rd Wed Wyong Golf Club 4393 2755 iiw.au.wyong@gmail.com

The Lions Club of The Entrance Serve your community make friends, join Lions.

1st and 3rd Wed, North Entrance Surf Club.

The Entrance Markets Sun Mornings, behind The Entrance Cinema.

0488 286 006

theentrancelions@gmail.com

The Lions Club of Gwandalan

Join the Lions, make friends and help your local community Sat Garage Sales and BBQ 7 to 11.30am

4972 5562

secgwandalanlions@gmail.com

The Lions Club of Wyong

50 years supporting local activities - Meet new friends 4th Tues 6:30pm Don Small / Lions Retirement Village Colin 0413 014 266 www.wyong.nsw.lions.org.au

Central Coast Greens

Biz Plus Networking Association

Kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com

Local, state wide, national & international issues & campaigns Council and parliamentary representation - 3rd Thur centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au centralcoastgreens@gmail.com

Liberal Party Ourimbah Branch How good is this?

2nd Thurs

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PROBUS CLUBS Tuggerah Combined Probus Club

4353 5515

Tuggerah Lakes U3A The Entrance - cryptic

crosswords, play reading Bateau Bay - Memoirs, Reading Group - Killarney Vale - Talks, Mah Jong - Toukley - Creative Writing Berkley Vale - Music appreciation - Chittaway Bay - Movies

4390 2451

www.tugglakesu3a.info

LEARN TO DANCE

Social ballroom dancing for all ages, all you need is a desire to learn and dance, no partner required. meet every Tues - St Luke’s Anglican Church, 7pm & 15 Lorraine Ave Berkeley Vale, 2:30pm Anne - 0409 938 345 anneglazier@y7mail.com

SPORT KI-DO Mingara Judo Academy

Junior boys and girls Mon and Wed Two classes 6-8.30pm from 7yrs, Kangy Angy

0413 237 010

www.kidomingarajudo.com.au

SATO - KAI KARATE - DO Toukley Dojo 7th. Dan Shihan Master Instructor.

0413 456 086

Sato- ha shitoryu karate do australia

Wyong Lakes Australian Rules Football Club Play AFL - Teams for Boys, Girls, Women & Men. No Experience Necessary

0404 257 702

play@wyonglakesafc.com.au

SPECIAL INTEREST

0468 476 237

Is Internet porn destroying your life.

We may be able to help.

Central Coast Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service

0410 309 494

1300 252 666 al-anon.org.au

enjoy social events.

2nd Thur., 10:30am, guest speakers. Social outings 3rd Thur.

Woodbury Park Community Hall, Mardi

Grow your business & build worthwhile relationships.

Networking breakfasts every Thur 7:15- 9am Erina Leagues Club Geoff Neilson network@bizplus.com.au

The Entrance Camera Club

Doyalson Wyee Soccer Club

Football club for the local community, encouraging juniors from under 5 to senior team.

Karen 0410 045 981 president@doylowolves.com.au

Canton Beach Sports Club Lawn Bowls

Come and join us at Canton Beach Sports Club, every Tues 9:30am.

Never played before, don’t worry, all levels welcome. Free coaching available. go on, give us a call on 0415 210 536 for Chris, or 0409 292 086 for Lorraine.

VENUE HIRE

Central Coast Wetlands

– Pioneer Dairy Renowned for nature photography Central Coast Wetlands is located Grow your photographic in Tuggerah. We have several skills in all genres. buildings for hire.

Monthly Competition.

They would be suitable for 2nd Fri 7pm CWA Hall Long Jetty weddings, seminars, markets theentrance.myphotoclub.com.au & fund raisers.

Meet new friends and

0408 271 957

pioneerdairy@bigpond.com

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Naughty Noodle Fun Haus receives support

Bad timing for bridge closure

The Coast’s Naughty Noodle Fun Haus has received a very special second birthday present, with the arts and culture social enterprise the recipient of the Macquarie Group’s (MG) National SEFA Partnerships program.

The three month business partnering is part of MG’s philanthropic commitment to boost social ventures, supporting them to become operationally resilient in uncertain environments, and spans the public, private, notfor-profit, philanthropic, academic, community and social enterprise sectors, with MG firmly believing that social enterprises like Naughty Noodle Fun Haus will be key drivers of an economic recovery that has inclusion and equity at its core.

Fun Haus Creative Director, Glitta Supernova, pitched to a judging panel, made up of sector experts and representatives from SEFA Partnerships and MG, and was shortlisted based on her sustainable vision for changing existing perceptions of the Coast and for driving the organisation towards continued social impact and commercial value.

Glitta Supernova

With a focus on delivering bold, contemporary and LGBTQIA+ inclusive arts, culture and community activations, the Naughty Noodle has become synonymous with delivering successful innovative experiences which facilitate broader positive social impacts and economic development for local businesses and not-for-profit organisations through their multi-brand offerings.

Through its events,activations and cultural shows, the Naughty Noodle Fun Haus has brought close to 10,000 local and visiting audiences across all ages to the Coast, along with a diverse and ever-growing stable of Australian and international creatives,

changemakers, innovators and thought leaders through its Noodles Creative Collective.

Many of these people will appear in the Fun Haus’ upcoming project with Central Coast Council, Heard Music, as well as some upcoming online projects, which include collaborations with Melbourne Fringe Festival, Equality Australia and Mardi Gras.

Currently working on something for Council’s 2020 The Lakes Festival, Supernova said the team at Naughty Noodle Fun Haus were thrilled to be recognised by MG and were itching to return to in person events in the near future.

Dilon Luke

While locals welcome upgrades to walking/cycle tracks, they say closure of this bridge on the shared pathway between Budgewoi and North Lakes is bad timing at the start of the school holidays.

The sign says that due to replacement of the footbridge, it was closed on Monday, September 28.

Central Coast Council was contacted for more information about work being done on the bridge but there was no response.

BOOK REVIEW

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Hamnet Author: Maggie O’Farrell Publisher: Tinder Press

Those who have read my reviews will know my book choices lean towards fiction.

I like to escape in a good story.

My exposure to Shakespeare is limited, very limited – I have a vague recollection of studying one of his works in high school, but I can’t quite recall which one.

I therefore did not know that Shakespeare had a son named Hamnet who died in 1596 at 11 years of age, four years before Shakespeare wrote arguably his most famous play, Hamlet.

This book is a work of fiction about Shakespeare’s son.

Will is a young man in the 1580s who lives with his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.

His father makes gloves and is prone to violent outbursts.

Will is not the favourite son, not by any means.

His father has done something that makes him an outcast in town.

There are hints of dodgy deals, an illicit venture, missing wool … and Will’s father owes a debt to Hewlands.

A deal is struck whereby Will can work off his father’s debt by tutoring the yeoman’s boys in Latin.

While tutoring, he notices Agnes, “it is said that she is strange, touched, peculiar, perhaps mad.”

Agnes is free-spirited, she has a falcon, she grows medicinal herbs to help people with their

ailments and she can see things.

She sees a great deal in Will.

They marry and have three children, the eldest Susanna and twins Judith and Hamnet.

Judith nearly dies at birth and becomes a sickly child.

The family live next to Will’s parents but Agnes soon senses that Will is not happy – the living arrangements are not ideal, the town is too small and it is stifling him.

She devises a plan to send him to London Once Will is established he will send for the family.

But the family won’t come – Judith will never survive in the city.

Will is away for months at a time.

He sends letters but, in time, they become less frequent.

When his son falls sick word is sent to him to rush home.

He leaves right away but it takes days to travel.

Agnes does all she can but is unable to save her son.

She is beside herself – what good are all her potions if they can’t help her own family.

Mired in grief, Agnes can’t function, can’t get out of bed.

Will can’t deal with her and so he heads back to London, where he becomes more successful.

He buys the biggest house in Stratford but seldom comes back to see it.

The family doesn’t mend.

Then Agnes finds out that Will has written a play called Hamlet … How could he?

There is not much known about Hamnet or how he died.

Maggie O’Farrell fills in the blanks with what really is an amazing, well-written story.

I really did not expect to like it as much as I did.

The story is rich and touching and, as the Guardian has written, O’Farrell’s writing has an “elliptical, dreamlike quality that, though not obviously steeped in 16th-century language, is essential to creating a world that feels at once wholly tangible and somehow otherworldly, as if the membrane between the natural and supernatural was more porous then.”

Agnes is an amazing character – she seems so strong until she has to deal with her own tragedy, and then she becomes someone else altogether.

Although this is a work about Shakespeare’s son, it really is Agnes who is the central character.

In fact (ironically) Will is afforded very little dialogue at all, which might have otherwise drawn the reader away from the actual story being told here.

There is also a clever side story about a flea and how this flea travels from Alexandria to Stratford, but I’ll leave that for you to discover.

O’Farrell’s first historical fiction work, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (2006) was also widely acclaimed, including for the depth of research that underpinned it.

I strongly recommend this one.

Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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BUSINESS&PROPERTY

Business & Property Major book distributor investing $2.5M in an infrastructure upgrade Hachette Australia is investing $2.5M in a major infrastructure upgrade at the Alliance Distribution Services warehouse hub in Tuggerah, to secure jobs and meet a surge in book sales.

The three-warehouse hub at Tuggerah is the only ADS centre in the country and houses 7.5 million books and about 52,000 titles for distribution into the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Since ADS opened in 1999, a second warehouse was added in 2010, as well as implementation of automated picking processes, and a third $700,000 building for bulk storage was completed in 2019.

Distribution Director, Phill Knight, says, this additional $2.5M upgrade will be in the original warehouse where all the activity takes place, such as picking and packing lines, despatch and offices.

“This is the most significant investment in the past eight years and we are expecting to increase productivity and service by about 30 percent.

Knight said phase one of the work to the forward picking line system will be completed by mid-October and phase two is scheduled for implementation by next April.

“We ship about 17 million

Inside the Allied Distribution Services warehouse at Tuggerah which will undergo a $2.5M upgrade

books to customers per year and I think we will exceed that this year,” he said.

“We’ve already seen a massive spike in the number of lines and volumes processed daily as booksellers are submitting orders at preChristmas levels.

“Business has been strong for the past year or two and particularly in the two or three months leading up to Christmas, but this year, COVID-19 has

seen a real resurgence in people reading books, so we’ve been incredibly busy since June.

“Our key message to the industry, and to the local community, is that we’re investing for the future so we’re actually securing jobs for the longer term.

“We’ve taken longer term leases and now we’re adding the infrastructure to enable the business to continue to grow,”

Knight said.

“Right now, we have more than 70 permanent employees, but because we’re so busy, we probably have about 60 temp staff on site as well, which we’ve recruited through a couple of local temporary staff agencies,” he said.

“The reason we have so many temps is because there’s a huge difference in activity from, say March, compared to pre-Christmas months, so we

increase and decrease staff based on demand.

“We decided to put on a trainee as a responsible commitment to the future of local employment and we hope to continue our trainee program moving forward.

“This will mean we can provide valuable workplace experience in several areas such as credit control, customer service,logistics administration and various related warehouse

functions.

“The $2.5M investment allows us to operate more efficiently as activity increases, we’ve really struggled the past couple of years during peak periods where we’ve had to work lots of extra hours, so this new infrastructure will allow us to be more efficient in what we’re doing.

“The additional capacity gives us the scope to potentially add other publishers to our stable of about seven publishers, which in turn would lead to additional employment.

“ADS would be one of the top three distribution companies in Australia for books and we’ve done all the Harry Potter book launches, just for an example, as well as big brand names such as Stephanie Meyer, Matthew Reilly, Peter FitzSimons and the Treehouse series.

“So it’s been a fun ride and a pretty high profile ride in the book industry,” Knight said.

The company also interacts with the community through annual sponsorship to Starlight Foundation’s Christmas appeal for disadvantaged and disabled children, as well as the Women’s and Children’s Refuge and several other local charities.

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Lake Haven-Wyong Business Fibre zone launched Businesses across Lake Haven and Wyong will benefit from a new roll out of ultra-fast broadband, with the launch of 85 new Business Fibre Zones nationwide.

NBN Co’s launch of the Lake Haven-Wyong zone is part of a $700M Federal Government package to transform the accessibility and affordability of business grade fibre.

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Minister, Mark Coulton, said this would that mean regional businesses could benefit from wholesale business pricing, bringing regional pricing into line with metropolitan zones, and a saving of up to 67 percent for regional businesses.

About 700,000 businesses within NBN Co’s 240 Business Fibre Zones across the country, including 85 zones in regional centres, will have access to metro zone wholesale prices, driving annual cost savings of

between $1,200 and $6,000 for those based outside capital city centres, Minister Coulton said.

Small and medium sized businesses in Lake Haven to Wyong, and also at Ourimbah, will be able to request a fibre upgrade through their broadband retailer, at no upfront cost.

The upgrade offers speeds from 10Mbps up to 1Gbps.

Senator for NSW, Jim Molan,

said the Business Fibre Initiative would support business critical applications including cloud storage and online collaboration, helping local businesses stay competitive in the digital age.

Communications Minister, Paul Fletcher, said that during the global COVID-19 crisis, the NBN had proven itself to be a vital national asset, supporting businesses as they adapted to digital operating models.

“The Morrison Government

understands the importance of continued investment into business and digital connectivity and that’s why we are making affordable ultrafast broadband available to more businesses,” he said.

Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann, said the investment would boost business digital capabilities and create thousands of jobs.

“This initiative will create more jobs as we combat the impact of COVID-19 on our

economy across our country, and the construction of Business Fibre Zones will deliver up to 6,000 new jobs by 2021-22, including more engineers, project managers and construction crew,” he said.

NBN Co will allocate $50M to help expand Business Fibre Zones by co-investing with local councils and state governments.

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First ever Economic Development Strategy adopted Central Coast Council has adopted the first ever Economic Development Strategy 2020-2040, to position the region as the place to do business, create jobs and prosperity.

Mayor Lisa Matthews said the local economy will be strengthened through targeted

investment, and improved partnerships between the community, business and education sectors and all levels of government.

“Covid had great challenges for local and global economies, but Council is determined to lead the way with a positive plan to deliver jobs for the growing community,” she said.

“We know our community is doing it tough, we know our businesses are doing it tough, but we are already seeing the signs that we are coming out of this with lots of interest from people wanting to live, visit and do business here.

“Creating local jobs and opportunities has always been a priority for this Council and

our community, and we now have the Economic Development Strategy to deliver it.

“We are going to directly invest in our people, infrastructure and digital capability and transform the economy of the region,” the Mayor said.

There were 678 submissions during the public exhibition of the Economic Development Strategy and Economic Recovery and Resilience Framework, with 86 percent agreeing that it was important for Council to develop and implement a detailed plan to grow the local economy.

The Mayor said 72,000

additional jobs and economic growth of $21B was needed by 2040 to support the population growth predicted for the region.

“We are pleased to have a plan in place now that will help make that happen,” she said.

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Covid Safe Summer Plan announced A new plan will ensure that NSW residents can get out and about this summer in a COVID-safe way, while keeping the economy moving.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Rob Stokes, Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello, and NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant, outlined the NSW Government’s new Covid Safe Summer Plan on September 21.

The Plan supports local businesses by encouraging more outdoor dining in the lead up to the Christmas-New Year period and throughout the summer months.

It also provides clear instructions to help keep Covid under control as residents enjoy the warmer months.

“We know how much our community loves fresh air, beaches and parklands, but we will all need to do that a bit differently this summer.

“The Covid Safe Summer Plan encourages the community and local businesses to take advantage of our glorious warm weather while using

public spaces safely.

“In NSW we are continuing to try to get the right balance between keeping the state open for business, while keeping control of the virus,” Berejiklian said.

The Plan has five pillars which will help support the current public health orders, rules and regulations: Marking out safe distancing in our parklands and highly visited public spaces from the beginning of October; Encouraging all beachgoers to ‘Keep a beach towel length between you (1.5 metres) and anyone not from the same household; Running a Covid

safe summer program of events in our parklands and public spaces; Encouraging local businesses to take advantage of outdoor dining; and, Partnering with councils on a ‘new local’ campaign to showcase alternative public spaces for the community to enjoy.

Stokes thanked local councils who are already keeping the community safe as the warmer months arrive.

“Our councils are leading the way by trialling approaches on their beaches like changing parking arrangements and creating safe swimming areas so that beaches remain safe

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and welcoming places for the community,” Stokes said.

“Sydney is the greatest parkland city on earth and the pandemic has emphasised

how important it is for our well being that we all have access to public spaces and parklands.

“This plan ensures a common sense approach,” he added.

Dominello said Covid safety must be the priority of every citizen and business owner this summer.

“While summer is a time to get out and about and spend time with friends and families, we cannot be complacent because we are still in the midst of a pandemic.

“We must all remain vigilant and look out for each other,” Dominello said.

“We need people to continue to do the simple things.

“Whether it’s maintaining

good hand hygiene, keeping physical distance, wearing a mask in public places where physical distance can’t be maintained, and using digital check-in solutions such as the Service NSW app, these behaviours are now part of the new normal.

“We can’t afford to drop our guard over the summer months.”

The COVID Safe Summer Plan can be accessed at www.dpie. nsw.gov.au/premierspriorities/great-public-spaces/ covid-safe-summer.

Source: Press release, Sep 21 Ben Sheath, Office of Adam Crouch MP

Development Applications and Consents Development Applications

The following Development applications are notified for public comment and are available for inspection at Central Coast Council offices in Gosford and Wyong between 8.30am and 5.00pm and online at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Written submissions close: 26 October 2020

No

Address

Suburb

59504/2020

78 Terrigal Esp

TERRIGAL

52360/2017

101 Osborne Ave

UMINA BEACH

Description

Alterations & Additions to Restaurant Applicant Renaldo Robbertse PCYC Additions - Existing Multipurpose Building/Carparking & Relocate Existing Awning (Amended Application) Applicant - Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW Ltd

Written submissions close: 2 November 2020

No

Address

Suburb

890/2020

2 / 47 Boomerang Rd

BLUE BAY

Alterations & Additions Applicant - Ms K W Bonner

KINCUMBER

Alterations & Additions to Seniors Housing Applicant Lendlease Retirement Living Holding Pty Ltd

59523/2020

1 Scaysbrook Dr

Integrated Development

Written submissions close: 26 October 2020

No

Address

Suburb

59083/2020

30 Hillcrest St

TERRIGAL

No

59571/2020

Description

Description

Establishment of Use for Short-Term Rental Accommodation (Re-Advertised Application) Applicant - Martin Morris & Jones Pty Ltd. The application has been made for the development consent under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979. Approval is also sought from NSW Rural Fire Service.

Written submissions close: 2 November 2020

Address

Suburb

89 & 91 Karalta Rd ERINA Description STAGED Residential Flat Building & Demolition of Existing Dwellings (RPP) Applicant - Platform Project Services Pty Ltd. This application has been made for the development consent under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979. The application is to be determined by the Regional Planning Panel (RPP) due to the value of the development being $43,023,453.00. Submissions made in respect of the below application will be provided to the RPP and may be viewed on Council's website. During the exhibition period, the application, accompanying documents and statement of environmental effects may be inspected during business hours at Council's Customer Service Counter, Ground Floor, Council Administration Building, 49 Mann Street Gosford. During the exhibition period any person may make a submission in writing to the consent authority. Submissions can be also made online at http://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au or in writing to Council's postal address. Submissions will be made available for viewing on Council's website. To help the efficiency of the assessment process, no late submissions will be considered. Any person who makes a written objection to the proposal and is dissatisfied with Council's determination of the application may appeal to the Land and Environment Court in accordance with Sections 8.8, 8.10 of the Act. If a Commission of Inquiry is held, the determination is final and not subject to appeal under Sections 8.8, 8.10 of the Act. The application has been made for the development consent under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979. Approval is also sought from Roads & Maritime Services.

241/2019 40 - 78 Hiawatha Rd WOONGARRAH Description 93 Lot Residential Subdivision & Associated Works (2 Stages) (Amended Application) Applicant - Progressive Property Solutions. The application has been made for the development consent under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979. Approval is also sought from NSW Rural Fire Service.

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It’s been a school year unlike any other, and for the Class of 2020, it’s officially come to an end, with schools across the Coast farewelling them ahead of the Higher School Certificate (HSC).

Students and staff at Northlakes High School have gone pink in an effort to kiss cancer goodbye.

From fuchsia to flamingo, the school was awash with pink on September 24 as part of its annual Pink Day celebration.

Despite this year’s festivities being downplayed due to Covid, all up, $342 was raised, and according to Principal, Warren Welham, that’s not a bad effort considering the school has gone cashless.

“All funds from this year’s Pink Day were collected via electronic transfer with the total similar to what we’ve achieved in the past,” Welham said.

He puts this down to the school community’s smooth transition to being cashless, as well as its understanding of the deeper meaning behind Pink Day. “Pink Day at our school draws its context from the community and regularly changes based on current experiences of staff and students.

“For instance, this year we have members of our school community affected by brain, lung and breast cancer, so the funds raised will be donated to

Year 12 students farewelled

charities related to those causes,” Welham explained.

The day is also used to promote more general awareness among the student body about what a cancer diagnosis can mean.

“This year we had teachers impacted by cancer speak to students about their experience.

“We also regularly split the boys and girls up to have more comprehensive discussions on the cancers more relevant to them and the signs to watch out for.

While regular Pink Day events like the cake stall and school barbecue couldn’t proceed as normal, Welham said the chance to think pink was well appreciated by students.

“The support for Pink Day is

always overwhelming and we always endeavour to hold it before Year 12 finish up with us to give them a bit of a break before their exams.”

And with that support stretching beyond the student body, Welham said Pink Day would continue to be a milestone event on Northlakes’ calendar.

“We strive to make sure people feel valued and cared for and that includes the members of our community who are experiencing cancer related issues.

“We take heart in recognising their struggles and supporting them through their cancer journeys,” Welham said.

The beginning of the spring school holidays signalled the end of Year 12’s school careers, with the cohort now entering their final period of examination preparation before the HSC gets underway in mid-October.

Graduation ceremonies, award presentations and farewell gatherings have traditionally been staple events at high schools across the region in the final fortnight of Term 3, but this year Covid restrictions have seen schools get creative with their send offs.

Sharryn Brownlee, President of the Central Coast Council of P&C’s, said many schools had opted to hold virtual or livestreamed ceremonies in a bid to give students as close to a typical send off as possible.

“I know that every school on the Coast will be having a graduation of some kind, though many are waiting until Term 4 for when restrictions are further relaxed, but those that went ahead with livestreamed ceremonies have ensured their Year 12’s had a wonderful send off and many have also recorded their ceremonies so their families now have a lovely keepsake that previous cohorts didn’t have,” Brownlee said.

With the HSC less than a month away, Brownlee was also full of praise for the

comprehensive effort schools, educators and support bodies had undertaken to get the Coast HSC ready.

“From north to south, so much work has gone into ensuring that every Year 12 student will have the same level of peace, support and supervision when they sit their exams.

“Many schools have had to make alternative arrangements for students to be able to sit their exams due to physical distancing and all schools have brought on extra staff to oversee the exams and ensure that there’s minimal disruption.

“When you really get into the nitty gritty of it all, it’s an impressive effort,” Brownlee said.

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MacKillop Catholic College Warnervale students enjoying the school’s traditional guard of honour following their livestreamed graduation mass

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New sporting facilities at Wyong High School Wyong High School (WHS) has unveiled some new sporting facilities.

The new facilities include combined goalposts, line markings and a soon to be installed grandstand, and they are set to open a new world of sporting opportunities for students.

Amy Rumpler is Wyong High School’s Head Teacher of PDHPE and said the $20,000 project was made possible by the collaborative efforts of school staff and support from community partners.

“So many people have been involved in this project from teacher, Adam McCrae, who originally applied for the grant to our Federal Member, Emma McBride, who’s support has been invaluable.”

Rumpler also made special mention of WHS Principal, Rodney Hill, for his willingness to back projects that improve outcomes and offerings to students.

“Rodney is a champion for providing the best education possible and he knows that education includes what happens outside the classroom.

“He knows the best education

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possible comes from the best schooling experience possible and I can’t thank him enough for all he’s done to support this project,” Rumpler said.

With the new goals now operational and the rest of the project in the pipeline, it’s now hoped that the school will be eligible to host school sport events on the state level.

“Without these facilities, WHS struggled to meet the requirements to host state events, but now we should be able to meet them easily and are hopeful that we’ll able to host Knockout Tournament games and Combined High School events in the near future,” Rumpler said.

Aside from the boost to

prestige, the new facilities were also having a marked impact on the student body, with playground sport participation on the up.

“Ever since the goals were opened and lines were marked, staff have noticed a spike in the number of students playing sport during break times, which has been just amazing to see,” Rumpler said.

And with school spirit noticeably on the up since the unveiling, Rumpler said that she was excited to see the community’s reaction once the project was completed entirely.

“Watch this space!”

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Support group for surfers with cancer established

Covid restrictions relaxed More families can attend community sport, music ensembles, school camps can proceed, and more people can hit the dancefloor at weddings, following further relaxing of COVID-19 regulations by the State Government.

Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, and Education Minister, Sarah Mitchell, announced the latest easing of restrictions around school and community life on September 24, attributing the changes to the state’s decreasing virus case numbers.

“While we are by no means out of the woods, low case numbers give health authorities the confidence to allow mums and dads back onto the sideline,” Hazzard said.

“NSW Health has also given the green light for up to 20 people in the official wedding party to take to the dancefloor, where previously only the happy couple were permitted,” he added.

Mitchell said the updated health advice comes as NSW schools prepare for a twoweek break before returning for the final term of 2020.

“Everyone is committed to providing a safe environment for children, students and staff, and these changes will ensure that Covid-safe celebrations can happen.

“Schools have done an incredible job, and it’s exciting to see things returning closer to normal.

“However, we need to stay vigilant,” she said.

Changes to Term 4 school guidelines include: Community Languages Schools Program will recommence face to face

learning; Interschool activities can recommence where there is a COVID-19 Safety Plan in place; Playing wind instruments, singing and chanting is permitted with strict restrictions; Year 6 formals and graduations are permitted; High school formals are permitted from November 12 to limit any HSC disruption; and, Kindergarten orientation, Year 7 transition, excursions and camps can resume with strict guidelines.

Musical ensembles can also resume, as long as players keep a 1.5m distance from one another, or 3m for players of non-reeded woodwind instruments.

Acting Minister for Sport, Geoff Lee, said the changes to community sport will be a welcome relief for parents.

“From the 26th, more than one parent may now attend community sporting activities if physical distancing of at least 1.5m can be maintained between people that are not from the same household,” Lee said.

“We know that the last few months have been hard on families who want to see their kids score a tri or kick a goal on the weekend,” he added.

Accommodation facilities and overnight event organisers should develop and implement a COVID-19 Safety Plan.

All carpooling should continue to be avoided.

There is no restriction on school holiday travel within NSW for people who live within the state, however, anyone who is unwell should defer travel plans and get tested.

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Lake Munmorah resident, Gary Blaschke, is well known for his volunteer work with the Disabled Surfers Association (DSA), particularly at Budgewoi Beach, and now he is also turning his attention to another group of surfers in need of support.

Blaschke’s recent diagnosis of cancer has set him on another tangent to set up a support group for surfers with cancer.

“There’s no experience more life challenging or changing than my own recent diagnosis of cancer, especially and ironically, when I’ve been campaigning against the secrecy of cancer clusters on the Central Coast and lower Lake Macquarie regions for close to a decade,” Blaschke said.

“Life deals many of us cards that we don’t want, yet, having a disability or chronic disease might not be all that bad, especially in the eyes of the DSA,” he said.

“Surfers are a unique group of people with only two real concerns, that being their next surf and the monster that may lurk beneath, yet, is there another monster lurking beneath, the dreaded monster called cancer?”

“Unexpected and having no symptoms, I was fortunate to have a series of events lead to scan after scan to find out the devastating prognosis,” he said.

“Just the same as the reasons for me establishing the

Gary Blaschke, a champion of disabled surfers

Disabled Surfers Association of Australia Inc. in 1985, I have seen an additional light that may assist with our community cause.

“After attending the Gosford Cancer Clinic for further scans and tests, I met another surfer impacted by this hideous disease.

“My thoughts went into overdrive wanting to make a difference for other surfers also suffering from cancer.

“I am now calling out for any surfer having cancer or surviving cancer, willing to talk about their journey with people on that same wave.

“It will give them the opportunity to talk openly of their experiences as part of the healing process and if they wish to catch up, at a beach, over a coffee and or talk nothing but surfing memories of better surfing days.

“It’s as simple as that and nothing more.

“Anyone wishing to talk about their journey can contact me on 0424 890 455 to know that they are not alone.

“As the DSA logo says Surfers Helping Surfers, I believe we have to ride the same wave to recovery and ride it together without dropping in,” Blaschke

said.

He is founder and National President of DSA, as well as an OAM recipient, and says that his many life experiences and memorable moments over his 35 years of taking the disabled for a safe surfing experience has shown him that many young and older surfers are willing to volunteer their assistance to those with an assortment of challenges.

“It hasn’t stopped any of them from living life to the fullest.”

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Sun Valley Tourist Park 2 Bateau Bay Rd Blue Lagoon Beach Resort 10 Bateau Bay Rd Uniting Nareen Gardens Bateau Bay 19 Bias Ave Bupa Aged Care Bateau Bay 17 Bias Ave Elderslee Retirement Community 15 Bias Ave Southern Cross Care Reynolds Court Residential Aged Care 7 Bias Ave Kiah Lodge Retirement Community 15 Anne Findlay Pl BERKELEY VALE Berkeley Vale Public School 6 Pindarri Ave Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College - Berkeley Vale Campus 5-25 Berkeley Rd BP 1 Blade Cl Berkeley Vale Private Hospital Lorraine Ave Opal Berkeley Village 8 Lorraine Ave Medical Centre 3/10 Lorraine Ave Berkeley Vale Cellars 258 Lakedge Ave Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre 3 Heather Ave BLUE HAVEN Blue Haven Community Centre 1 Apsley Ct Blue Haven Public School 37 Colorado Dr BUDGEWOI Coles Noela Pl United Petroleum 67-71 Scenic Dr Discount Drug Store 73 Scenic Dr

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A family’s fight against congenital heart disease For many expecting families, the prospect of having a baby during the biggest health crisis in living memory is scary enough, but what if your newborn arrived with serious complications?

That was the reality for Halekulani’s Shelly Bennett and Travis Sanders, who’s newborn son Elliott, was born with half a heart.

Known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome or HLHS for short, HLHS is a severe congenital heart defect where structures within the left side of the heart are critically underdeveloped.

In a healthy heart the left side has the job of pumping oxygenated blood into the aorta, the main artery that carries blood to the body, while the right side pumps returning low oxygenated blood back to the lungs for reoxygenation; but in the heart of a child with HLHS, the mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve and first part of the aorta, are all extremely small or have not developed at all.

This places pressure on the right side of the heart to takeover both types of

Shelly Bennett and Travis Sanders with their son

pumping, but with the right not designed to take on such heavy duty work, a series of correctional surgeries is required to reconstruct the left.

That was the case for Elliott, who had his first open heart surgery at just four days old.

Two more surgeries, a near death experience and more than 130 days in hospital later, Shelly and Travis have finally been able to take Elliott home, or as close to home as they can get, with the family staying in temporary accommodation close to Westmead Children’s Hospital for regular check-ups.

Dreaming of the day she’ll be

able to reunite her family on the Coast, it’s Shelly’s hope that her family’s story will help raise awareness of congenital heart disease and the hardship it brings.

“I can’t even describe what it was like to be told our baby only had half a heart,” Shelly said.

“After having three healthy girls it was a shock.

“We had never heard of HLHS before.

“Once diagnosed, we had to relocate to our temporary accommodation when I was 37 weeks pregnant so that Elliott could be transferred for immediate treatment.

Baby Elliott

“He needed medicine to keep his heart open and allow blood to flow or he would deteriorate and die.

“I gave birth alone and got to hold my baby for one minute before he was taken away from me.”

With pandemic restrictions in full effect, the couple then had to struggle through separate ordeals.

For Shelly, it was staying by Elliott’s side, dealing with the full weight of the situation alone.

For Travis, it was trying to keep things together for their three girls whilst dealing with

the constant pain of not being with his partner and son.

“With Covid restrictions the hospital only allowed one parent at a time to be in PICU and no kids, so Travis and I could never see Elliott together,” Shelly explained.

“I had to walk him to surgery alone, twice.

“I sat by his bed alone.

“We weren’t even allowed to be together to discuss Elliott’s care, it had to be done on the ‘phone.

“Our girls didn’t meet their brother until he was 6-weeksold after he almost died, and we were told we may have to let him go.

“It was the first time we’d all been together as a family.

“For months, I just spent days and nights in Westmead, crying and feeling so alone because I couldn’t have Travis with me, and I couldn’t see my girls.

“The things I had to watch them do to Elliott, I can’t even describe how it felt.

“I just feel so raw from what we’ve gone through,” Shelly said.

But with that rawness has come a determination to see more recognition of congenital heart disease and the impact it

has on young lives, with Shelly and her family eternally grateful that Elliott still has a life ahead of him.

“Elliott’s heart can never be fixed, only made to function so he can live, and we don’t know if he will make it because with congenital heart disease there is no guarantee, but the doctors at Westmead have given him a chance at life and we are so grateful for that.

Knowing the road ahead will be hard, Shelly said her family had a renewed zest for life.

“This experience has shown us how quickly life goes by and how each day is so unknown.

“I feel different, I feel stronger and I’ve changed as a person, because I had to.

“I couldn’t go through this experience and see the things that my son has endured and be the same person.

“With what I’ve seen in the hospital, all the babies and children who are sick and just want a chance to live, all the small things just don’t matter anymore.

“Elliott is the happiest little boy and an absolute delight.

“He is worth every second of this.”

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Dementia Nurse Specialist appointed Hamlyn Terrace’s Hakea Grove Aged Care is excited to announce the appointment of a Dementia Nurse Specialist, Jo Luhr, as part of Dementia Action Week.

Hakea Grove CEO, Jo Heslin, said Luhr has worked in dementia specific care for over 30 years, has a Masters of Dementia Care and has over 40 years’ experience in the

industry.

“Dementia Care is a passion of Jo’s and it is a growing issue within our community.

“As people are living longer, we are seeing the incidence of living with dementia increasing and as such we need to ensure that we use the best practise dementia principals to ensure that we provide quality aged care for our residents,” Heslin said.

With Dementia Action Week

wrapping up on September 27, Heslin said that many who worked in the aged care sector were hopeful that the general public would take the time to better educate itself on the realities of dementia and dementia care.

“People living with dementia are one of the most vulnerable in aged care because of the stigma around the diagnosis and the misconception that all people living with dementia will

develop behaviours that may be challenging to care for.

“Dementia Action Week explores discrimination and dementia.

“Dementia Australia continues to call on all Australians to consider how discrimination impacts people living with dementia, their families and carers,” Heslin said.

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Hay fever or COVID-19? The latest advice for seasonal allergy sufferers A scratchy throat, cough and a runny nose; they’re the tell-tale signs of hay fever but they’re also symptoms of COVID-19, putting local area health on high alert as the springtime pollen season peaks.

With late October typically the climax of pollen season in the region, local GPs are now bracing for an influx of seasonal allergy sufferers, but with many symptoms of hay fever akin to Covid, the Central Coast Local Health District is encouraging residents to familiarise themselves with the key differences between the two.

“COVID-19 and seasonal allergies share some symptoms, but there are also some key differences between the two.

“For example, COVID-19 can cause fever and chills, which are not common symptoms of seasonal allergies,” said CCLHD Public Health Physician, Dr Katherine Todd.

According to Dr Todd, other symptoms of COVID-19 not

linked to seasonal allergies include muscle and body aches, a sudden loss of taste or smell, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.

“However, there is still a significant list of symptoms that COVID-19 and hay fever share including congestion or runny nose, a cough, fatigue, headaches and occasionally a sore throat.

“That is why it is important for everyone to be aware and to keep up-to-date on COVID-19 symptoms, so they know when to get tested to verify the cause and minimise the spread in our community,” Dr Todd said.

With that in mind, the CCLHD’s advice to anyone experiencing Covid-like symptoms is to get tested, regardless of their history with seasonal allergies.

“If anyone is experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms, even if they are the same as symptoms that can be associated with hay fever, they should get tested for COVID-19 immediately.

“If you normally have seasonal allergies and you

experience any new symptoms or a change in your symptoms, you should also get tested for COVID-19 straight away, even if you have previously tested negative,” Dr Todd said.

Dr Todd also had the following advice for regular seasonal allergy sufferers on keeping their allergies in check in a pandemic environment.

“If you suffer from seasonal allergies, you should continue your current treatment regime to minimise your symptoms.

“You should also consider talking with your GP about having an effective treatment plan for your seasonal allergies and/or asthma before the hay fever season begins.

“If you have any possible COVID-19 symptoms, even if you suspect it’s just your first allergy attack of the season, you should immediately get tested for COVID-19.

“If you test negative but then experience a change in your usual allergy symptoms or new symptoms, it is important to be tested again.

“If you continue to have

symptoms or recurrent allergies, talk with your GP about a management plan,” Dr Todd said.

And that advice is being echoed by local GPs, who will be encouraging all seasonal allergy sufferers with respiratory symptoms to get tested for the virus regularly.

Dr Boris Fretze is a GP at Toukley Family Medical Practice and said now was typically the time he begins to see an influx of patients struggling with seasonal allergies.

“Hay fever season is upon us and it’s important that anyone with respiratory symptoms

note that they can’t physically go and see their GP. “They must book a telehealth consultation and under current best practice guidelines anyone with Covid-like symptoms will be encouraged to get tested,” he said.

Dr Todd concurred and said despite the relaxing of pandemic restrictions, now was not the time for residents to get complacent with their health.

“Although the number of cases of COVID-19 are falling, it is likely that there is still virus circulating at low levels in the community.

“In order to contain COVID-19,

everyone in the community needs to continue to be on the lookout for respiratory symptoms, even mild ones, and get tested immediately if they experience any COVID-19 symptoms.

“Maintaining high rates of testing will give us the best chance of keeping our community safe,” Dr Todd said.

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Down in the Garden: Waterwise your Garden a useable life of up to five years and will break down into water, carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

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CHERALYN DARCEY

ith the refreshing spring rain we are enjoying, it can be hard to think about heat and how dry our gardens will likely become this summer.

Even if we do have a better season than last year, water costs money, it costs our environment and is a resource we all need to use more efficiently.

Becoming ‘waterwise’ in the garden means planning and planting with a focus on water needs and implementing practices that will use this precious resource in the best way possible.

Save Water in Your Existing Garden Few of us have a blank slate to build our botanical dreams upon.

Maybe your garden is established, or perhaps it is a jungle in need of taming, but whichever it is, you can introduce more water-responsible gardening methods.

Even the slightest changes will make a difference to your water bill and environment.

Do you really need those resource gluttons – palms?

You may love their lush tropical look, but the majority of palms are from, you guessed it, the tropics.

They need lots of water and nutrients and, to achieve this, they send out a secondary root system just below or on the soil surface.

In the tropics with lots of rain and a more nutrient-dense environment, they are good plant neighbours but here they are resource thieves.

(When I moved into my home, the very first thing I did before lifting a trowel was to call in the tree removers to take away four huge palm trees … and my lovely native gum trees thanked me for it!)

Have you got weed matting?

Consider getting rid of it as it inhibits the natural movement of air and water through the soil.

Try using layers of newspaper as these will break down and provide a natural compost and implement other weed limiting techniques such as mulching, direct watering and feeding.

Plan your garden beds to sit closer together and be sure to mulch your garden well.

You can still have a beautiful garden with groupings of similar water needs.

Group any potted plants closer together in water need type as this will create microclimates so that the plants support each other and make watering more efficient.

There are water saving crystals and wetting agents that help retain water, especially in potted plants.

Polyacrylamide crystals is one type that has

If you do have a blank slate garden or are up for some redesigning, then a bit of easy garden area planning can do wonders for water conservation.

Water moves downhill so if you are even on the slightest slope, try situating the plants that require the most water in the lowest areas of your garden.

In the higher areas, plant those that like their feet drier.

Plant wind breaks, especially across the south and west.

Our coastal winds are not only damaging they also greatly increase transpiration (loss of moisture through leaves) for all plants.

We all love raised beds for so many reasons.

They are easier to work as there is less bending involved and they do offer some protection from weeds and pests.

However, there is no getting around the fact that they use more water.

A solution is to construct from solid walls such as metals (although these do increase heat and evaporation in summer) or from mortared bricks/stones.

Thoughtful Planting to Save Water As well as selecting plants that are better suited for our conditions, garden with the seasons by planting what is suggested for your zone in that season.

Here on The Central Coast, we are a ‘warm temperate’ zone.

Look ahead to the forecast – if rain or drier weather is predicted, tailor your watering schedule to suit.

When it comes to transplanting your new seedlings or young plants, stand punnets or pots in a bucket of water to soak.

Wait for bubbles to cease as this will indicated saturation of the soil.

Dig your planting hole wider and deeper than recommended and fork through the surrounding soil to soften and loosen it.

This enables stronger and deeper root growth so the plant can take advantage of water at deeper and wider levels.

Next, soak the planting hole well with water before planting and of course, mulch well!

You can check out the Smart Watermark Plant Finder for more Waterwise plants for your garden at: https://www.smartwatermark.org/ smartwateradvice/plant-finder/ Vegetables The challenges we face with the most popular vegetables that most of us enjoy is that

generally, they are not self-adapting to our conditions.

Our favourite foods have evolved over centuries in places where agriculture has developed them to suit a greater water supply and far milder weather than ours.

To conserve water use, remember vegetables and fruits usually require more water when they are planted and when they are fruiting.

Reduce watering in-between these times.

The following is a small list of drought tolerant edibles that you may wish to consider but remember that even these suggestions will need to be watered well until established: Amaranth, Artichoke (Jerusalem and Globe), Asparagus, Capsicum, Chickpea, Eggplant, Lima Bean Mustard Greens, Okra, Sweet Potato.

Dwarf varieties are also naturally less thirsty as they have a shorter growing period.

Watering, Mulch and Compost Stop using sprinklers!

These waste water and give a drink to possible weeds surrounding your plants.

Spot water your garden beds and plants which means pouring from a watering can or hosing slowly close to the plant’s stem/trunk.

Do this at regular intervals with a larger amount of water rather than smaller amounts less regularly as this will drench your soil more deeply, encouraging deeper roots and slow the rate of surface evaporation.

Water either very early in the morning or late in the evening, avoiding the moisture zapping heat and sun.

Mulching is probably the easiest way to store water while providing much needed insulation for your soil – it can save water loss by up to 70 per cent!

Mulch also supports beneficial soil life including insects, micro-organisms and fungi.

It improves soil aeration and water uptake while reducing nutrient and moisture loss by rainfall runoff and evaporation.

As it decomposes it will also add carbon to the soil while supressing competing weeds and makes weeding easier.

Depending on the plants, lay mulch thick but not too thick (usually around 4 to 6cm) and do not have the mulch right up alongside the stem or trunk.

Best practice is to use an organic mulch such as pea straw, sugar cane mulch or lucerne mulch for vegetable gardens and smaller plants. Wood chips, pine bark, pebbles for larger shrubs and trees.

Water-saving Devices and Water Tanks Those more adventurous gardeners might wish to explore options like wicking beds that retain a body of water within a garden bed, or buried clay vessels (pots and pipes) that you simply top up and let slowly release water and cool the soil.

Collecting rainwater to use on your garden as well as in the home is the ultimate waterwise strategy.

Gone are the days of the space-hogging ugly tank – we now have buried tanks and slimline models in all shapes, materials and colours to blend in.

So get planting.

This week, you can plant: potatoes, climbing beans, tomatoes, lettuce, eggplant, Beans (climbing and bush), carrots, echinacea, borage, basil, pansies, asters, petunias, polyanthus, forget-me-nots and marigolds.

Upcoming Events On now: The Central Coast group of the Australian Plants Society is holding its first online plant sale. Order at www.austplants. com.au and then collected from Kariong on either 4 October or 18 October.

28th September 12 October 8:00 am each day: Library Online School Holiday Spring Explorers What kind of bugs, plants and flowers can you find in your backyard? Free, go to https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/ libraries/whats-on/library-online-schoolholiday-spring-explorers Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘The Gardening Gang’ 8am every Saturday on Coast FM. To list gardening events and news, email: gardeningcentralcoast@gmail.com

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A Stirring Change: Detox Baths

GEORGIA LIENEMANN

Topic: Your guide to detox baths As part of our Spring Cleansing and Self Care theme, we’ve been focusing on the benefits of detoxification.

This week we’re honing-in on one of my favourite strategies: detox baths. They might win the title of laziest health protocol in existence, but don’t worry. I’m here to share the convenient news that despite being inexpensive and relaxing, baths are an exceptionally effective tool when it comes to lightening the body’s toxic load.

Let’s be honest, the benefits of self-care and slowing down are often underrated in modern life, however many traditional cultures valued therapeutic baths for detoxification and health promotion. In fact, sauna and bath houses are still a widespread phenomenon in many parts of Europe & Asia.

I hinted last week about my reservations towards harsh detox protocols as they can result in depletion. The risk for ‘toxic’ folk (and that’s most of us) is that the toxins can often be reabsorbed due to our elimination channels being blocked up.

That’s why these days I’m a much bigger proponent of gentle liver support for improved detox and more of a focus on optimising the elimination process.

You’ve heard the old adage ‘you are what you eat’ however ‘you are what you don’t eliminate’ probably bears more truth. And one of the quickest ways to guarantee toxin removal is by leveraging the impressive capability of the skin.

The skin is the largest organ involved in the detoxification and excretion process and is responsible for removing a significant portion of the heavy metals, drugs and ‘endogenous’ or internally generated toxins in our bodies.

This process occurs predominantly via our sweat glands, of which the combined weight is equivalent to one of our kidneys!

Sweating is something that many of us take for granted, however it’s been found that there’s a substantial accumulation of toxins in the circulation of postburn patients, due to reduced skin function. This fact alone should highlight the power of this strategy!

By facilitating the process, baths and saunas increase the elimination of a wide range of toxins and can improve cardiovascular, autoimmune and other chronic health problems. In particular, detox baths – and there are many more variations than I’m able to mention here – provide even greater therapeutic effects, due to the health-promoting ingredients added to the water.

I recommend people incorporate this practice once or twice per week to assist cleansing, particularly for those who aren’t already sweating on a regular basis. It really is the cheat’s ticket to detoxification. You can lie back, relax, tuck into a good book and still get all the immediately tangible perks that come with the more drastic protocols: impressive mood and energy boost, radiant skin and clearer thinking, to name a few.

Gain without pain is my kind of detox!

In all seriousness though, many of us spend the bulk of our existence in sympathetic dominance or a ‘fight or flight’ state. This is not conducive to the process of detoxification – nor to good digestive, reproductive, hormonal or mental health, for that matter. So, the very process of slowing

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down and deeply relaxing for 20-30 minutes is possibly the most powerful element of this protocol and shouldn’t be underestimated.

Here are two of my all-time favourite baths, both in terms of effectiveness and accessibility.

Epsom salt & bicarb bath This bath is the next best thing to a sauna.

It facilitates profuse sweating, even in a lukewarm bath and is noticeably restorative – simultaneously relaxing and invigorating.

The salts are well-known for their soothing effect on muscle tension and have a remarkable effect on skin health and wound healing.

No doubt you’ve heard of Epsom salt before, however you may not have given any thought to why it’s so beneficial. ‘Epsom salt’ is Magnesium Sulphate. Magnesium and Sulphur are both critical nutrients for health, especially our detoxification pathways. Both minerals tend to be low in the modern diet, however research conducted at the University of Birmingham in the UK confirms that they are efficiently absorbed through the skin, during Epsom salt baths! It’s a good reminder that baths are not necessarily just about sweating and excretion but also absorbing important substances that can improve our health.

Bicarb has such effective protective and neutralising properties that it is sometimes used in treatment protocols for radiation exposure. Likewise, it is used intravenously to protect cancer patients from the harmful effects of chemotherapy.

How-to guide Dissolve 2-6 cups of Epsom salts and ½-2 cups of bi-carb into a very warm bath and soak for 15 minutes initially, working towards 30 minutes over time, as you adjust

to the practice. Rinse the salt off once you’ve finished.

It’s important to have this bath away from mealtimes, so that you can drink plenty of water before, during and after. It’s not uncommon to feel a little lightheaded after this bath if you get out and immediately proceed to rush around the house. Take some time to rest or lie down afterwards for 15 minutes whilst the body resumes homeostasis. Providing it’s not too hot, it’s a great one to do about an hour before bed as it will promote deep, restful sleep.

Apple cider vinegar bath This bath is a fantastic overall detoxifier and is the best choice for anyone with symptoms of fungal or candida overgrowth such as urinary tract infections, athlete’s foot, ringworm, thrush, jock itch and dandruff. Apple Cider vinegar helps normalise the skin to its optimal pH which makes it an unfavourable environment for the yeast to thrive.

The vinegar is also chock full of trace minerals, enzymes and other nutrients that have a beneficial effect both topically and once they’re absorbed through the skin.

How-to guide Dissolve 2-4 cups of apple cider vinegar into a very hot bath (as hot as comfortably tolerated). Remain in the bath for 30-45 minutes, or until the water has cooled down.

Simply towel dry at the end rather than rinsing off.

Caution Please note that these baths are not appropriate for everyone. Please consult your health practitioner if you are currently pregnant, have high blood pressure, heart problems or any other chronic health issue.

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Heart break record for longest winning streak

Shaun Greentree fundraiser raised over $36,000 in two days AFL From Woy Woy to Wallsend, AFL players are rallying behind one of their own, with a fundraiser to support the recovery of Shaun Greentree, raising over $36,000 in just two days.

A member of The Entrance Bateau Bay AFL Club’s Senior Men’s side, Greentree was involved in a serious on field accident on September 19 that has left him paralysed from the neck down.

He was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital where he remains in a stable condition in ICU, but now the 27-year-old faces the daunting prospect of rehabilitation.

To support him through this uncertain period in his life, Greentree’s family launched a Go Fund Me to assist with medical bills and other financial impacts of his accident.

“Shaun fractured his C-spine (C3-C5 vertebrae) resulting in an incomplete spinal cord

injury.

“The injury is complicated because of the bleeding, swelling and inflammation in and around the spinal cord.

“Until the swelling goes down and Shaun completes rehab, it’s uncertain if his current deficits are temporary or permanent.

“Shaun is genuine, strong

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“All donations will be going directly to Shaun,” the fundraiser reads.

The fundraiser first went live on September 26, and as at the 28th, had raised $36,019.

The Entrance Bateau Bay AFL Club has since put the call out to members for donations and has endeavoured to undertake its own community fundraising to support Greentree.

The fundraiser’s page has also been picked up by several member clubs of AFL Hunter Central Coast and shared across their various communities.

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NETBALL Central Coast Heart Opens have continued their domination of the Origin Energy Netball Premier League, going 10 for 10 to break the League’s record for the longest winning streak.

Up against the Sutherland Stingrays in Round 10, the undefeated Opens made another victim of the Stingrays, taking them down 69-53.

Despite the result, Heart Club Captain, Alicia Walsh, said the Heart’s record breaking win was only in sight from the third quarter.

“The Opens had a tough start to the game with the Stingrays taking a lead into the first break and drawing even at half time.

“A great third quarter saw the

girls take control of the game and outscored Stingrays to take a lead into the final quarter.

“With strong connections and full court defence, the girls were able to take the win and break the record for the most games won in a row in Premier League history,” Walsh said.

The Under 23’s fared worse in their meeting with the Stingrays, with the Heart feeling the sting and going down 59-44 off the back of another solid first quarter effort from Sutherland.

Picking up a lead early in the first, the Stingrays were always able to keep a hold of their lead thanks to some solid defensive play.

Walsh said that it was a tough game for the depleted Heart outfit.

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“The Stingrays came out firing and the girls unfortunately couldn’t counteract their accurate shooters and strong defence and went down by 15 goals.”

The result sees the Opens’ lead on their conference balloon even further, while the Under 23’s are in third in theirs.

The Heart will meet North Shore United in Round 11.

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RUGBY UNION In what’s set to be the grudge match of the season, The Lakes will meet Ourimbah to determine who’ll meet Terrigal in the grand final of Central Coast Rugby Union’s First Grade Competition.

It comes after Terrigal booked their spot in the grand final after beating The Lakes 33-14 in the major semi-final over the weekend, while Ourimbah defeated Hornsby 32-26 in the minor.

CCRU President, Larry Thomson, said The Lakes versus Terrigal clash started as a dour affair, before Terrigal gained the ascendancy.

“Both teams had periods of good attack, but it was Terrigal who gradually pulled ahead.

“They scored their second try midway through the first half and then kicked a further two penalty goals to gain an 18-nil lead late in the half, but a determined Lakes’ side was able to cross for a converted try right on halftime to go into the break down 18-7,” Thomson said.

Despite that lifeline to The Lakes, Terrigal made the most of their opportunities in the second half to elongate their lead, but Thomson said it wasn’t until the 20th minute that Terrigal put the final nail in The Lakes’ coffin.

“Terrigal cemented the win when a further converted try had taken them to an unassailable lead of 33-7.

“Just like the first half, The Lakes scored right on the final whistle, but the match had gone,” Thomson said.

Ourimbah and Hornsby’s clash proved to be one of the most exciting of the day, with Thomson labelling it an intense game of rugby.

“Hornsby definitely had the better of the first half and they were able to take an early 16nil lead, but Ourimbah posted their first points right on halftime to make it 16-3,” Thomson said.

Despite another converted try stretching Hornsby’s lead to 23-3, a fired-up Razorback’s outfit took control from midway through the second half, with aggressive play led by Matt King, landing them three tries and King the player of the match.

Now neck and neck after Hornsby again found the goalpost, the match was turned on its head when Ourimbah’s Josefa Biu crossed for a try, completing the Razorback’s upset, before a further penalty sealed the victory for Ourimbah 32-26.

In the Premier 2 major semi, the script was flipped from the Premier 1, with The Lakes beating Terrigal 15-10.

Another point for point thriller, it wasn’t until the second half

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that The Lakes were able to shake off Terrigal and carve out a lead that would clinch them the win.

The Lakes now go straight to the grand final, while Terrigal will meet Avoca Beach in the preliminary.

In the President’s Cup major semi, Avoca Beach toppled The Lakes 26-10.

Avoca held on to an early 12nil lead long enough to keep The Lakes at bay in an action packed second half that saw The Lakes hurtle towards an upset, but ultimately they could not overcome Avoca’s solid first half performance and will now look for a second chance when they meet Terrigal in the preliminary.

In the Under 19’s major semi, it was an Avoca Beach versus The Lakes Maroons encounter, with a strong Avoca outfit taking the win 46-7.

From start to finish Avoca controlled this match and took a commanding victory to secure their spot in the grand final.

The result means that it will be a brother versus brother affair in the preliminary, with The Lakes Yellow and The Lakes Maroons set to battle it out to determine who’ll be meeting Avoca.

All northern teams are out of contention in the Women’s competition.

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Magpies comprehensively beaten

Carter Jones (centre) celebrating his 200th game

AFL The Wyong Lakes AFL Club lost to the Warners Bay Bulldogs 121-46 in their Round 11 clash in AFL Hunter Central Coast’s 2020 Men’s Black Diamond Cup. With player availability issues impacting their play this season, Club President, Simon Wood, said the Magpies went into the match keen to improve

on their performance over the last weeks and to celebrate a milestone for club veteran, Carter Jones, who was running out for his 200th game with the Pies.

“The opening quarter saw a slow start by the Pies who were against a strong wind, but then the penny dropped and the guys turned it on, kicking two goals to complement our first from, Nathaniel Lander,” Wood said.

Heading into the second quarter down 29-18, the Magpies entered with gusto, but sadly the second and third quarters would prove to be their undoing, with the Bulldogs piling on the points to lockdown an insurmountable lead heading into the fourth.

“Unfortunately, quarters two and three did not resemble our vibe, with the boys letting Warners Bay in for some easy goals and finding themselves

flat footed.

“With the score going into the last at 100-21, it was all about running out the game and building some pride back and momentum to go into next week's game,” Wood said.

A last ditch effort from the Pies saw them pad their scoreline before the final whistle, but it was not enough to bridge the points gap, with the focus on their last game of

the season to be delivering more consistent play every quarter.

“Unfortunately playing just two quarters of decent footy in this league does not win you games, and the boys will work on that and go into next week’s game against Maitland determined to finish off what’s been a tough season, with a win at the Don. “Special mentions to Blaine

Nelson and Keaton Jones, who had a great game before both leaving the field due to concussion, and Deacan Lander, who was also having another cracker of a game before suffering a knee injury.

“Blake Lester battled hard in the ruck for most of the day and had a great game also,” Wood said.

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Gosford dominate Hockey grand finals HOCKEY Central Coast Hockey Association (CCHA) capped off a trying season with Gosford claiming Division 1 titles across both the Men’s and Women’s competitions in some spectacular grand finals.

Players from across the Coast descended on Central Coast Hockey Park at Wyong to

contest the finals from Divisions 1 through to 3.

The Division 1 Men’s final was an all Gosford affair, with Gosford City Hockey Club’s Black and White teams going head to head for the title, with the Black’s coming out on top 1-nil.

The Division 2 saw the Wyoming Lions beat the Norah Head Panthers 2-nil in their

final, while The Entrance Devils took out Division 3 after toppling the Erina Eagles 1-nil.

In the Women’s Division 1 and the highest scoring match of the final series, the Gosford Magpies pulled off a sensational 7-6 win against the Devils after going into an extra time penalty shootout, while in Division 2, the Panthers defeated the Magpies 1-nil.

The Devils also took out the Women’s Wednesday Night Comp, beating the Eagles 4-nil.

CCHA Awards issued on the night were Best and Fairest and Highest Goal Scorer to one recipient from each divisions.

This year’s Best and Fairest are: Men’s Division 1, Adam Rasbusek (Gosford); Division 2, Peter Moore (Norah Head); Division 3, tie between Richard

Jones (Erina) and Caleb Denham (The Entrance); Women’s Division 1, Kathy Pasco (Gosford); Division 2, Emily Tweedie (The Entrance); Wednesday Night Women’s, Brittany Mortimer (The Entrance).

Highest Goal Scorers are: Men’s Division 1, Brad Smith (The Entrance); Division 2, Lyndsay McNally (Erina);

Division 3, Richard Jones (Erina); Women’s Division 1, Sarah Pasco (Gosford); Division 2, Tori Adamson (Norah Head); Wednesday Night Women’s, Brittany Mortimer (The Entrance).

The CCHA’s attention now turns to its upcoming Central Coast Masters Carnival which kicks off on October 30.

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Roosters win Grand Final in debut season

The Central Coast Roosters have secured both the minor and major premierships in the NSW Women’s Rugby League Competition Photo: Bryden Sharp/Central Coast Roosters

RUGBY LEAGUE The Central Coast Roosters reign supreme, with the minor premiers completing their dream run through their inaugural NSW Women’s Rugby League Competition by claiming the premiership title.

The undefeated Roosters took the title following a 16-10 win over the North Sydney

Bears, in front of an emphatic crowd at Parramatta’s Bankwest Stadium over the weekend.

Despite the Roosters taking a 10-nil lead early in the first half, their opponents were never deterred and were able to get their first points on the board just before halftime.

From the jump, a resolute Bears outfit continued to push for the upset in the second half

and were able to close the points gap off the back of a Moniqca Mo’Ale try and a Chloe Leaupepe conversion, to bring the scoreline to 14-10.

With injury rocking both sides shortly after, with Claire Reed out for the Roosters and Leaupepe for the Bears, what followed was a tightly contested tussle with neither side giving the other an inch, and no further points posted as the match

entered quarter time.

With the clock winding down and the premiership still very much up for grabs, both sides became locked in a back and forth of chase, tackle, defend, as they looked for the valuable points they needed to keep their title dreams alive.

It was the Roosters who found what they were looking for when a last minute penalty kick from Melanie Howard, right on

the siren, secured their double premiership.

It was the cherry on top of a phenomenal season for the Roosters after uncertainty around COVID-19 clouded their debut season, but according to Head Coach, John Strange, said, after seeing players’ efforts this season, he had little doubt they’d pull through.

“I knew that if we were good enough to get into the grand

final, that attitude would actually get us over the line.

“There was really good team spirit amongst the girls and the staff was unreal, so everyone involved just had the right attitude.

“Everyone was positive and everyone was working with each other.”

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Mariners Academy First Grade Men secure NPL2 Premiership FOOTBALL Mariners Academy First Grade Men have secured the NPL2 Premiership and booked their spot in the semi-finals after thrashing Bonnyrigg 4-1 at Pluim Park over the weekend.

First Grade celebrating their NPL2 Premiership win Photo: Central Coast Mariners

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Harry McCarthy gave the Mariners a half-time lead when he deftly chipped the Bonnyrigg goalkeeper five minutes from the break, but White Eagles responded in the 64th minute to level proceedings and put the Premiership back up for grabs.

A second yellow card for Bradie Smith minutes later though saw him dismissed and the Mariners took full advantage of the adjusted head count.

Mikey Katsoulis burst through

and rounded the keeper to score inside the final 20 minutes, and Jordan Smylie and Louis Khoury provided emphatic exclamation marks with further goals to seal the Premiership for Nick Montgomery’s team.

“I’m extremely proud of the boys,” Montgomery said postmatch.

“We set the goal at the start of the season to win the league and we’ve done that in both 20’s and First Grade for the first time, and also stormed ahead on points to claim the Club Championship.

“It’s a fantastic effort in uncertain times where there’s a lot of boys who don’t know what’s going to happen next season, whether it be with the A-League, the NYL or the NPL,

so amidst all of that uncertainty, the mindset of the players has been fantastic,” Montgomery said.

A team that needed no further motivation was provided it during the week, a scary moment occurring in training as goalkeeper, Luca Magetto, suffered a head knock and was knocked unconscious before being taken to hospital.

Montgomery visited the youngster over the weekend and said he had only one message for his teammates, to go out there and win.

“We had a really tough incident with Luca, just an innocuous challenge and he’s still in hospital with a fractured skull, which is something you never want to see in any sport,” Montgomery said.

“But I went to see Luca in hospital on Saturday and although he didn’t have much to say he just wanted the boys to win and that was for him today.

“We pray every day that he’s going to improve and he can be out of hospital next week, but for now, we just have to listen to the surgeons and doctors and hope he recovers fully.”

Attention now turns to finals football, and the matchup will be repeated next weekend when the Mariners take on Bonnyrigg once more for a spot in the grand final and a shot at the 2020 Championship.

Source: Press release, Sep 28 Central Coast Mariners Media

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