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Garden marred by vandals

Four northern suburbs people have been awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours List 2021 for their outstanding community service and achievements.

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News

Vandalism and theft at The Entrance Sensory Garden took a cruel turn a week ago when a woman discovered a memorial to her late husband had been stolen.

Full story, page 6

Wyong Race Club accused of theft from the community Legal action has started against Wyong Race Club amid claims that it has breached obligations under the Trust over the Wyong Showground land.

The showground has been used jointly by community groups for more than 100 years, but over recent years, the Wyong Race Club Board has evicted community groups such as Wyong Poultry Club, Wyong Rescue Squad, Wyong Lions Club, Wyong Pigeon Club and closed the gates to all other community groups and activities.

After 24 months of unsuccessful representations to bring Wyong Race Club representatives to the discussion table, the community groups have resolved to commence legal proceedings against the club,

its directors, auditors and legal advisors.

The community groups are being represented by advocacy enterprise, Albert Warner Pty Ltd, whose spokesman, Mark Hoddinott, said the showground site is, and always has been, community land with many users and uses, including Wyong Race Club.

“For more than a century, the Wyong Showgrounds were a joint community facility used by dozens and dozens of groups.

“However, upon the arrival of the Administrator in 2014, under the direction of NSW Racing, and the appointment of a new Board, the showgrounds have been quarantined for horse racing use only,” Hoddinott said.

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Blue Bay’s Paula Hardwick has been crowned the Central Coast Citizen of the Year.

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Out&About

Celebrity conservationist, Marc Jacewicz, will host a Clean Up Australia session at Bateau Bay Beach.

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Sport

An upset win for the Central Coast Mariners away from home against Sydney FC on Friday, January 22 has skyrocketed them back to the top of the A-League.

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Twelve trees have been removed from a Bateau Bay picnic area in Wyrrabalong National Park following their deliberate poisoning.

It took firefighters two hours to contain a fire which broke out at Woy Woy Waste Management Facility on January 10.

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Bluebottles arrive en masse

Fires ravaged waste management facilities at either end of the Central Coast on January 10 – the first time both Woy Woy and Buttonderry tips have experienced simultaneous fires.

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Health risks of toxic emissions

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It took all night on Sunday, January 10, for 45 firefighters and more than a dozen brigades to bring a blaze under control at Buttonderry Waste Management Facility on Hue Hue Rd, Jilliby.

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Education

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Central Coast Council’s financial woes date back to 2016 A specialist accounting firm that works with councils appears to have shed more light on the cause of Central Coast Council’s financial woes.

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LG Solutions looked at Council’s publicly available and audited financial statements in October 2020 after the Council financial position became public, and said that it had to “pick itself up off the floor after what it found”.

“Little did we know when we started the review that we would uncover far more than we bargained for,” the LG

Solutions’ report said.

The company held back on publishing its regular industry newsletter and notified its findings to Council, the Department of Local Government and the NSW Audit Office.

LG Solutions said that they hadn’t heard back from any of those three organisations or from the council association, Local Government NSW, and therefore, published its findings in early November See page 10 for more

Junior school students at Warnervale’s MacKillop Catholic College will return to school to find a colourful surprise in the form of some new murals.

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A group of Red Cross volunteers from across the State with Lauraine Martinus (3rd from left) personally thanked by Premier Gladys Berejiklian for her dedication to the local community

Central Coast Bicycle User Group (CCBUG) will continue its Social Sunday Cycles sessions with a ride to start at Fisherman’s Wharf, Woy Woy, on January 17.

Family run business, The Outlook Riding Academy, is a little different to others, offering guests ponies, parties, and a psychologist.

A Woy Woy resident has been personally thanked by Premier Gladys Berejiklian for her efforts and service during last summer’s bushfires.

Lauraine Martinus, Team Leader of Red Cross Emergency Services Central Coast, was commended on her dedication to the community at a special event held at the NSW Parliament last month.

The announcement comes after a group of Red Cross volunteers from across the state received Bushfire

Emergency Citations, which recognise the services of thousands of people who fought the fires and supported communities.

The seven volunteers who attended the event were invited to represent 636 Red Cross volunteers and staff across the state who are being awarded the service honour.

As a Red Cross Emergency Services volunteer for more than 17 years, Martinus said some of the scenes of last year’s bushfires were devastating.

“Last year I travelled down, with my team members, to the Recovery Centre at Batemans Bay (and) we were able to work with local agencies to provide support to those people affected,” Martinus said.

“I helped people register and linked them with support, from clean clothes, to a place to sleep, to financial assistance.

“I was able to listen to their stories of what they had been through and offer comfort, reassurance and referrals to other agencies in the area.

“A lot of people were

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Health

A ban placed on river dams within the Ourimbah Creek and Jilliby Jilliby Creek water sources is just one aspect of water management on the Central Coast being reviewed by the NSW Government.

A second win in three days has pushed the Central Coast Mariners to the top of the table after a clinical 2-0 win away against Macarthur FC. See page 40 Central Coast Council Acting CEO, Rik Hart

Council has notified the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) of its intention to apply for a Special Variation (SV) of either a one-off 10 per cent remaining in the rate base for seven years or a one-off 15 per cent, remaining permanently in the rate base, inclusive of the

2021/22 rate peg of 2 per cent.

Acting CEO Rik Hart said he understood community concern about paying more rates, but this was needed for Council’s long-term financial security and ongoing service delivery which would benefit everyone.

“We have been open with the community about our financial situation and are taking significant steps to help our bottom line – we are selling assets, reducing staff numbers and materials and contracts, reducing the capital works program, looking at fees and

Maisy Rae

Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch is warning Peninsula residents to be aware of the importance of continuing with COVID-safety measures...

charges and we have been able to secure further loans,” Hart said.

“The last thing we want to do is put more burden on our ratepayers.

“But if we do not have a substantial increase in our rate income as well, then even harder decisions will need to be made.

“For our community that would mean a significant reduction or even elimination of services that they need and rely on us to provide.

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Claims made that Vales Point allowed to pollute at double NSW legal levels

Education

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Sport

A Woy Woy cricketer has been named player of the round after an impressive performance at Woongarrah last weekend.

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Central Coast residents have expressed grave concerns about prospective rate rises in the aftermath of the council’s financial blowout.

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) announced it had received 2,700 direct submissions (in December) from concerned residents – the highest number of submissions ever received on a single topic.

Residents are invited to have a say on the proposed rate rise for the region which could potentially be as high as 15 per cent.

Council has notified (IPART) of its intention to apply for a Special Variation (SV) of either a one-off 10 per cent remaining in the rate base for seven years or a one-off 15 per cent,

remaining permanently in the rate base, inclusive of the 2021/22 rate peg of 2%.

With a 10 per cent rise the average residential increase would be $2.13 a week ($111 p.a.) and the average business increase $6.11 a week ($318 p.a.).

With a 15 per cent increase the average residential rate rise would be $3.20 a week ($166 p.a.) and the average business rise $9.30 a week ($477 p.a.).

Acting CEO Rik Hart said he understood community concern about paying more rates, but this was needed for Council’s long-term financial security and ongoing service delivery which would benefit everyone.

“We have been open with the community about our financial situation and are taking

Central Coast Council Acting CEO, Rik Hart

significant steps to help our bottom line – we are selling assets, reducing staff numbers and materials and contracts, reducing the capital works program, looking at fees and

charges and we have been able to secure further loans,” Hart said.

“The last thing we want to do is put more burden on our ratepayers.

“But if we do not have a substantial increase in our rate income as well, then even harder decisions will need to be made.

“For our community that would mean a significant reduction or even elimination of services that they need and rely on us to provide.

“Our first priority has to be the repayment of restricted funds, which were unlawfully used, so that does not become a burden for future generations.

“This is a conversation our community has to have, and we want to hear from as many residents and ratepayers as possible.

“I urge all community members to keep an open mind, consider the information put before them, and to provide feedback over the coming weeks before Council determines in early February whether or not to formally apply to IPART for a Special Variation.”

Information on the options being considered for an SV as well as a survey for ratepayers and residents can be found at yourvoiceourcoast.com Council will consider a report about the Special Variation options, inclusive of community feedback, at its meeting on February 8.

IPART will continue to accept submissions until March 1.

Source: Media release, Jan 11 Central Coast Council IPART website, Dec 24

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Origin Energy is moving ahead with plans to install a battery, the biggest of its type in Australia, at its Eraring coal-fired power station, on the shores of Lake Macquarie.

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The battery would be used to store 700 megawatts of electricity from any source, including solar, wind, gas, as well as the coal-fuelled turbines, and send that power into the grid when needed.

With an estimated investment

by Origin of more than a billion

Power station to install country’s biggest storage battery

dollars, the Eraring battery project is currently the largest in Australia, in the move to drive down emissions and transition towards renewables, cleaner systems and more reliable electricity supply.

Origin has sought an Expression of Interest to suitably qualified companies to supply and install the large scale battery.

A Connection Enquiry has also been lodged with service provider TransGrid to connect the battery to the national grid

via the Eraring substation.

Eraring is Australia’s largest power station supplying about a quarter of NSW’s energy needs and is Origin’s only coalfired generator.

It is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2032 and this 700-megawatt battery will allow Origin to use existing infrastructure and network connections long after the power station has stopped producing electricity by burning coal.

The battery will also support

the NSW energy grid’s transition away from fossil fuels and the entry of new solar and wind projects in coming decades.

Origin Executive General Manager, Energy Supply and Operations, Greg Jarvis, said the battery at Eraring supported Origin’s decarbonisation objectives as well as recent NSW energy policy announcements to transition to renewable energy.

“A large-scale battery at Eraring will help us better support renewable energy and

maintain reliable supply for customers by having long duration storage ready to despatch into the grid at times when renewable sources are not available,” he said.

“It will support Origin’s orderly transition away from coal fired generation by 2032.”

Operation of the battery is expected to be established over three stages, with the first being reached by late 2022, and full operation by 2026.

Sue Murray

Full story, page 6

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Health

Wyong Race Club accused of theft from the community

Ratepayer anger over prospective rate rise

Sport

Sport

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News

Vandalism and theft at The Entrance Sensory Garden took a cruel turn a week ago when a woman discovered a memorial to her late husband had been stolen.

It was a bittersweet day for staff at the Australian Reptile Park when Hope the wombat left the park to live in the wild at Cedar Creek Wombat Rescue on January 21.

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Dooralong Public School has been abandoned to decline into a derelict state since it was closed in 2011, and there are no clear plans for its future.

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The festive season may be over, but there are still plenty of family fun activities available for the rest of the holidays.

Funding Rush

Vera’s Water Garden is open and ready for play following a contamination issue.

Billion dollar battery for Eraring Power Station

The BMX track at Duffys Reserve, Terrigal, has been closed for two months while the track is being upgraded by Central Coast Council with funding from the State Government.

Four northern suburbs people have been awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours List 2021 for their outstanding community service and achievements.

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Education

Dr Ben Ewald (left) and Will Belford of Future Sooner

Community angst over prospective rate rises

News

Out&About

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A smack of bluebottle jellyfish has hit Central Coast beaches over the past week, causing major inconvenience for beachgoers.

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Garden marred by vandals

Out&About

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Peninsula Chamber of Commerce says a rate rise is “the last thing” the Coast needs, as Central Coast Council invites residents to have their say on a proposed rise of 1015 per cent this year.

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elderly residents on the Central Coast to prepare for heatwaves.

“It is a pleasure to be able to help people in their time of need,” Martinus said.

“That is why I put my hand up last year to provide telephone support to those people staying at quarantine hotels in Sydney.”

Martinus commended her fellow volunteers from the Central Coast team who also provided invaluable support and assistance to vulnerable residents.

‘The last thing we need’ - Chamber

Sport

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devastated and feeling totally lost, all they wanted was a chat and some information.”

As leader of the Central Coast team, Martinus has led a number of emergency responses over the past year for fires, floods, and COVID-19 related crises.

In 2020 alone, Martinus worked in bushfire and flood evacuation centres, made over 400 personal support calls to returning Australians in hotel quarantine, taught primary school preparedness lessons, and delivered gel cooling neckties and messages to

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Meals on Wheels volunteer Paula Hardwick was named Central Coast Citizen of the Year at Council’s Australia Day awards ceremony on January 20.

Woy Woy volunteer thanked by Premier The word ‘Bangarra’ is the Wiradjuri word meaning ‘to make fire’, and a special performance at The Art House Wyong in February is sure to set hearts and minds alight.

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Local sculptor, Pete Rush, has been awarded a funded residency deal by Central Coast Council to continue creating sculptures on Central Coast beaches.

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Out&About

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Two years ago, the Mariners launched the Yellow and Navy Foundation, the primary function of which was to provide opportunities and pathways for young players.

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Central Coast Council is facing the brunt of ratepayer anger over its plans to institute either a 10 per cent or 15 per cent rate rise from next year.

A letter sent to residents in recent weeks seeking community feedback has sparked a flurry of letters to this newspaper and comments online, with ratepayers unhappy about their limited options.

The online survey pointed to in the letter allows residents to express support for one of the two rate increase options, but has no provision for people to respond that they don’t want any increase at all, or want a variation of the two options on the table.

Some residents are suggesting people should bypass the Council survey and go straight to the IPART website to have their say.

IPART will decide on whether or not the Council can impose a rate rise and how much it can be.

Resident David Watts of Terrigal says the rate increase would take 22 years to pay off the Council debt.

He says a better idea would be financing a half a billion dollar loan at two per cent per year.

That would mean the council would have a $10M interest bill every year.

He said the council had $10B in assets and a plan to sell some to meet the financial obligations could be devised.

Administrator Dick Persson has defended the need for a rate rise.

“As ratepayers you are ‘the shareholders’ of the Council; there is no one else who will or should contribute to fixing the financial mess we’re in,” he said.

“Some call on the former councillors to pay - not possible.

“The amount vastly exceeds their personal wealth, and secondly, there is no legal path for this to happen.

“Others suggest the State Government should pay

because they forced the merger.

“As made clear in my 30- day report, the merger had a very minor role in blowing out Council’s budget.

“The State Government will not accept responsibility for the financial mess created by the councillors elected and the CEO they appointed.

“The ‘turnaround’ plan (acting CEO Rik) Hart and I are putting in place will give a balanced budget next year and deliver small surpluses thereafter to start paying off our debt.

“This plan involves cutting costs more than raising revenue.

“It avoids closing existing services.”

Persson said if IPART approves the increase, when combined with harmonising rates between former Gosford and Wyong, the average rates increase for the former Gosford Council area will be around $7 a week, and former Wyong average rates will decrease by about $3 a week.

Resident Brian Davies of Palmdale said he was like many others who refused to fill out the survey.

“It doesn't matter if we put dissenting comments, they'll only count the ticked boxes,” he said.

“Whose future are we securing?

“The ratepayers didn't get themselves into this mess and yet miraculously it's no one's fault?

“I see the rate rise as being like charging the lab rats to subsidise the experimenters.

“The state government imposed this massive amalgamation experiment on a whole lot of councils for political reasons and it's been a dismal failure.

“It was not imposed on any proven basis and was always expected to take many years before any benefits were achieved.

“To add insult to injury the (State) Government has been cost shifting (its) responsibilities to councils so our rates are de

facto taxes to the government as they spend less of the state taxpayer funds.

“There seems to be a lot of finger pointing at the suspended elected councillors but as I see it the basic problems existed before they came on the scene.

“And they could only work with the financial reports provided to them that did not show the true situation, as demonstrated by several outside investigations into finances not showing any problems.

“Admittedly during their time we had COVID, fires, floods and beach erosion to make matters worse but had we had adequate support for amalgamation and the State Government paying (its) share for disaster support then I believe we'd much better off.”

Feedback to IPART is open until March 1.

The council survey closes at midnight on Friday, January 29.

Merilyn Vale and Terry Collins

Legal action has started against Wyong Race Club amid claims that it has breached obligations under the Trust over the Wyong Showground land.

At the age of just three, Taylah Ross of Point Frederick had her first operation – to remove a plexiform neurofibroma which was growing on the back of her neck...

The showground has been used jointly by community groups for more than 100 years, but over recent years, the Wyong Race Club Board has evicted community groups such as Wyong Poultry Club, Wyong Rescue Squad, Wyong Lions Club, Wyong Pigeon Club and closed the gates to all other community groups and activities.

After 24 months of unsuccessful representations to bring Wyong Race Club representatives to the discussion table, the community groups have resolved to commence legal proceedings against the club,

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Sport

The Western Sydney Wanderers have brought the dream start by the Central Coast Mariners to an end with a thrilling 1-0 defeat of the locals at Central Coast Stadium on Tuesday evening.

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its directors, auditors and legal advisors.

The community groups are being represented by advocacy enterprise, Albert Warner Pty Ltd, whose spokesman, Mark Hoddinott, said the showground site is, and always has been, community land with many users and uses, including Wyong Race Club.

“For more than a century, the Wyong Showgrounds were a joint community facility used by dozens and dozens of groups.

“However, upon the arrival of the Administrator in 2014, under the direction of NSW Racing, and the appointment of a new Board, the showgrounds have been quarantined for horse racing use only,” Hoddinott said.

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Blue Bay’s Paula Hardwick has been crowned the Central Coast Citizen of the Year.

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Out&About

Celebrity conservationist, Marc Jacewicz, will host a Clean Up Australia session at Bateau Bay Beach.

See page 17

Sport

An upset win for the Central Coast Mariners away from home against Sydney FC on Friday, January 22 has skyrocketed them back to the top of the A-League.

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EPA needs to consult with the public and health professionals The Nature Conservation Council (NCC) is calling on the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to consult the public and health professionals before deciding whether to grant Vales Point Power Station a further five-year exemption from nitrogen oxide pollution limits in the NSW Clean Air Regulation.

The power station operator, Delta Electricity, applied to the EPA in December for an extension to its Environmental Protection Licence, which is due to expire in January 1, 2022.

An EPA spokesperson said the application was “commercial in confidence” and not open for public exhibition, but part of the EPA’s assessment process would determine whether community consultation was necessary.

The NCC says the EPA must invite public submissions on the Vales Point power station’s pollution standards.

“We have written to the EPA recommending that it reject the application and to let health professionals and the people who live in the shadow of the Vales Point smoke stacks be heard, said NCC Chief

Vales Point Power Station

Executive, Chris Gambian.

“The extremely high level of nitrogen dioxide coming out of Vales Point power station is a serious public health issue.

“It is only right that the communities bearing the brunt of the health effects of this facility be given a chance to have a say about how it is regulated.

“The EPA should be standing up for the people, not allowing

big polluters to harm the health of children on the Central Coast.

The EPA has 60 days to make its decision, taking it to February 21, however, if the public and health professional were allowed a say, the EPA had 90 days, to March 23, to make a decision.

Delta Electricity Company Secretary, Steve Gurney, said the Vales Point Environmental Protection Licence was

renewed by the EPA in July 2020 after considerable input from the community and other groups.

“Notably, limits for emissions such as oxides of nitrogen have already been tightened as part of this renewal process,” he said.

“Delta continues to comply with these reduced limits and further work will be undertaken in upcoming maintenance outages to replace burners

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which will result in even greater reductions.”

Gurney said that in making this application, Delta was in no way requesting that it be exempt from any emissions regulations.

Delta is requesting that Vales Point continue to be exempt from the Group 5 nitrogen oxides emission limits set out in the Clean Air Regulation and instead to continue to operate at the higher emissions limit

approved by the EPA. Vales Point Power Station is considered to belong to Group 2 when it comes to limits for emissions of nitrogen dioxide and Delta wants the EPA to approve an extension of a further five years that Vales Point remains within Group 2.

The NCC says if Vales Point was in a group, it should be in Group 5.

Then, under NSW emission standards, it would only be allowed 800 mg/m3, but at the moment, the power station is allowed 1500mg/m3 under its current licence.

New local environmental group, Future Sooner, and the NCC have stepped up their community awareness campaign about the health risks of toxic emissions from the coal-fired power station at Vales Point.

On Monday, January 18, they placed hundreds of child silhouettes along the Lake Macquarie foreshore in front of the power station at Mannering Park to visualise the impact of the number of children they claim are affected by asthma from emissions. (See full story, Chronicle Jan 20) Sue Murray

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Wyong Race Club accused of theft from the community From page 1 “This is contrary to a century of tradition and the purposes for which the land was first acquired by the then Wyong Agricultural Society,” he said.

“We respect the right of the horse racing community to be there and are indeed pleased

they are, however, that spirit of shared community goodwill is not reciprocated by them.

“We believe that the horse racing community, in particular the Administrator and the Board, have behaved opportunistically and with intent, by seizing assets for their exclusive use.

“Many of the community groups had hundreds of thousands of community dollars invested in property assets on the showground site, all of which has been lost.

“These same groups have now had to incur rent expenses elsewhere which

were previously granted at peppercorn prices on the showground site by the Trustees.

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“This is theft from the community, based on any independent view of the matter,” Hoddinott said.

“The new Board has even changed the Constitution in recent years to strike out any reference to that history and to prefer their horse racing interests over everyone else.

“It’s a disgrace and we will not sit back idly and do nothing.

“In the past week we sent Letters of Demand to Wyong Race Club and its lawyers and if a satisfactory response and resolution is not achieved, we have our Statement of Claim ready for filing by our barristers in the NSW Supreme Court at the beginning of February.

“We are seeking reinstatement on to the Wyong Showground site of those volunteer community organisations that were evicted, or compensation for the impact of the evictions, with the sums involved already amounting to many millions of dollars.”

Hoddinott said the primary claim, among many issues, was that Wyong Race Club unlawfully evicted the community clubs involved contrary to representations of life tenure by officers of the previous Board.

“Additionally, we assert that the Administrator, under the bidding of Racing NSW, failed to consider the totality of circumstances of the use of the site and its history and knowingly or negligently focussed solely on the interests of horse racing at the expense of all other parties that had an equitable interest in the showground site,” Hoddinott said.

“Our claim seeks to return the land that is the Wyong Showground to its pre-2014 status of a shared community facility,” he said.

In the very early 1900s, much of the land in the Wyong area was owned by Albert Warner and much of the economic activity of the region centred on agriculture.

Wyong Agricultural Society became, through the care and custody of reputable town citizens as Trustees, the leading body for most community programs, including sports, annual Shows, agricultural pursuits, travelling Circuses and general community events.

Land from Albert Warner passed to the trustees of Wyong Agricultural Society

specifically for these community uses, land known as Wyong Showgrounds.

Horse racing became a major user of the site, as did harness and greyhound racing.

In 1989, Wyong Agricultural Society became incorporated (meaning it became a company with its own legal status), so the individual trustees that had previously held the land for general community use, were no longer required to do so.

From then, the land was held directly by Wyong Agricultural Society Incorporated.

Hoddinott said that “interestingly, and for reasons not entirely clear nor sound, from a Trust perspective, the then Wyong Race Club decided to merge its activities within those of the Wyong Agricultural Society Inc. and in turn, but not until some time later, remove the Wyong Agricultural Society name from the company and replace it with its own, Wyong Race Club Limited.

“This was somewhat of an odd and unnecessary thing to do and resulted in a body that had two principal (and conflicted) roles,” he said.

“One, as an operator of a horse racing enterprise and, secondly, as a Trustee over a large parcel of land in which the whole of the community had an interest in.

“Notwithstanding this change, the directors of the newly incorporated body continued to operate the showground site as a shared community facility, as had been the case since the early 1900s.”

Hoddinott said that in 2014, as a result of some alleged improper management policies and practices, the Board of the Incorporated (two-hat) body, then operating under the name of Wyong Race Club Inc., was removed and replaced by an Administrator.

“A year later, a new Board was appointed, most of whom had no connection to the history of the showground site, nor any personal interest in anything other than horse racing,” Hoddinott said.

Clarification and comment was sought from the Chairman of the Wyong Race Club Board but there was no response to the Chronicle’s inquiries.

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Garden marred by vandals Vandalism and theft at the Lions Club of The Entrance Sensory Garden took a cruel turn a week ago when someone stole a memorial.

It all came to a head for Lions member, Warren Smith, who says that he spends half his life working in the garden, when a woman told him that she went to her late husband’s memorial tree and plaque and it was no longer there.

“People get very upset, rightly so, and we want everyone to know what’s going on because we’re sick of the damage that’s been going on now for quite some time,” Smith said.

Over the years since the Lions Club of The Entrance opened

the garden in 2001, members have had to contend with continual graffiti, stolen plants or others just pulled out and left laying on the ground, rubbish left by visitors and strewn around the grounds, and even dumped toilet cisterns, doors, cots and other household goods.

“There’s that small percentage of people that can really cause you trouble and they just don’t care about the impact that their behaviour has,” said Lions President, Harvey Allen.

“How we change the attitude of people I’m not sure, but the normal household can get a Council pick-up of most things, so why would they bring it here

to dump it?” he said.

Allen said the garden was a labour of love for Smith and another Lions member and garden co-ordinator, Don Grace, who started the project and put in years of effort.

“We asked the community to donate trees, and then as the trees were going in, the thieves turned up and that continues to this day,” Grace said.

“We can no longer replace the trees with flowering gums or grevillias for instance, as we’d like to, because they are too expensive, and if you put them in, then two days later, they’re gone.”

The Lions Club has erected a sign in the garden to let people know that they’re sick

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

From Council This is my 9th year as a Council Administrator. I served 6 years at Warringah Council from 2003, followed by 12 months at Port Macquarie Hastings Council. I returned to the Northern beaches in 2016 to oversee the merger of Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Councils.

Replacing an elected Council brings certain challenges, but by far the best part of the job is the amazing window you get into a ‘new’ community. Administrators carry out the official duties of the Mayor and Councillors. You meet with community groups and individuals, most of whom are playing important roles in making their community a better place, whether it be through our many sporting associations, through organisations delivering community services or through environmental improvement like Bush Care.

Last week I attended the Australia Day Award presentations at the Art House Theatre and had the pleasure of meeting many of the 62 award nominees before announcing the Central Coast Council Citizen of the Year, Ms Paula Hardwick.

Every nominee was asked to stand while a short summary outlining their service was read out. The depth of their contributions was truly inspiring.

These people are the best of the best. Their tireless service makes a huge difference to individuals doing it tough, and to the broader community in general.

On behalf of all Central Coast residents, thank you.

Happy Australia Day. Dick Persson AM Administrator, Central Coast Council

Still time to have your say on a rate rise

Help secure the future of the Coast and have your say about a proposed rate rise for the Central Coast.

Council has been open with the community about our current financial situation - which is due to spending more money than we had coming in, both before and after amalgamation. The money came from restricted funds. The money was not lost rather, it was spent on infrastructure and services that directly benefited the community. In 2019-20 $242M was spent on a capital works, delivering 1,383 projects including a new pipeline between Mardi and Warnervale, resurfacing of 107km of roads, drainage infrastructure and upgrade to wharves, parks, playgrounds and sporting fields.

Council are taking significant steps to help our bottom line – we are selling assets, reducing staff numbers, materials and contracts, reducing the capital works program, looking at fees and charges and in addition secured further loans.

These decisions alone are not enough for us to be financially stable into the future and that is why we are asking for your help and support for a rate rise.

While we understand many in our community do not want a rate rise, this is not a viable option.

Council needs a rate rise to repay the restricted funds spent on community infrastructure and services and to deliver a level of service to the community that ensures our assets and essential services are maintained. Council resolved to consider two options - a ten percent rate rise and a fifteen percent rate rise (both including the rate peg of 2%) How much you pay will vary on where you live and the value of your land. The current average rates are $1,194 per year (former Wyong Shire LGA) and $1,015 per year (former Gosford LGA). With either

Development Applications and Consents Development Applications and Consents can be inspected at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au by searching ‘Development Applications’ or in person at Council offices in Gosford and Wyong 8.30am-5pm weekdays.

Under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2019, submissions on Development Applications are required to be published on our website. Submissions lodged using Council’s DA Submission Form or online portal will have personal contact details and signature redacted. All other submissions will be published in full. Your submission may also be reproduced in full in Council reports or in Court proceedings.

proposed rate rise, the rates would still be less than surrounding regions such as Newcastle ($1,582 per year), Cessnock ($1,261 per year) and Lake Macquarie ($1,494 per year).

We want to hear from you. Please fill out our survey and have your say at yourvoiceourcoast.com by 1 February. If you don’t have internet access you can visit one of our Libraries or Administration Buildings, or call us during business hours on 1300 463 954 and we will assist you to complete the survey.

Be assured, the written feedback you provide in the survey or to us directly will be counted and reported to IPART, including feedback that states a lack of support for a special variation.

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Warren Smith (left) and Don Grace overlooking the imitation creek bed

of the damage - a humorous take on a serious situation – which says “Please enjoy these Sensory Gardens”, followed by a warning that “Persons removing plants from the grounds may be eaten by wild lions”.

The garden is in a magnificent location overlooking Tuggerah Lake in Terilbah Reserve on Wilfred Barrett Dr, The Entrance North.

It’s filled with native trees and plants, a viewing platform over the lake, pathways, bridges, restful sitting areas, four all-

weather shelters and disabled toilets.

It is wheelchair friendly with a shared pathway from the northern end of The Entrance bridge through the garden to Two Shores Caravan Park.

A special feature is that it allows vision-impaired people to feel, touch and smell the array and aromas of textures.

The Sensory Garden is also home to two cenotaphs, one for the Returned Servicemen’s League and the other for The Entrance branch of the National

Servicemen’s Association, where they hold a service twice a year.

It has also become a memorial garden for people to plant trees and a plaque in honour of their loved ones, and as the garden filled, there’s now a section at the garden entry where memorial pavers are placed.

There’s also a special area for children from The Entrance Primary School to go and spend time on gardening projects.

It all started in 1989, when Lions member, Tom Kalamanis,

put forward the idea for a fragrant garden.

Grace was tasked with finding a suitable location and after Council approval, funding was sought and the physical work to clean-up the site began.

“This was an unused area and a dumping ground after the lake had been redesigned in this area and it was just a terrible mess with car wrecks and mattresses, you name it,” Grace said.

“To get things underway, for a number of years I supervised

people on the dole and people on Community Service Orders to help and it was a great project to get them involved.

“People from Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council came in to help as well as Lions’ members and their families, with some of them building the bridges and shelters.

“We’ve pulled out the noxious ADVERTISEMENT weeds and prohibited plants, and members of the Lions’ club hold a working bee here every month to keep up with the ADVERTISEMENT maintenance,” Grace said.

The Sensory Garden has attracted much community support over the years, including financial assistance from the then Tuggerah Lakes Catchment Management Committee, the State Government, the former Wyong Council, Westpac Bank, The Entrance North Coastcare, The Entrance Bowling Club, The Entrance Long Jetty RSL Subbranch and The Entrance Lions Club.

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The Sensible Centre to launch on the Central Coast Voters in the Federal electorates of Dobell and Robertson will be the first in Australia to take part in a trial of a community pre-selection process that The Sensible Centre wants to roll-out all around Australia.

The Sensible Centre is a movement claiming to represent “the 80 percent of us in the sensible centre of Australian life”, who don’t see themselves as especially left or right, and who don’t necessarily want to vote for, or are fed up with, the major political parties.

They want to run “community” candidates in all 151 lower house seats at the 2022 federal election and they want to give Australian politics a good shake-up, starting right here on the Central Coast in March.

Spokesman for the Centre, Vern Hughes, said they began by bringing together a broad range of people to try and change the direction and address all the cynical and negative views towards our

politicians and governments.

“The large political parties are very hard to reform, the smaller parties are very stuck in their own ways, Independents can sometimes break through but mostly they face a lot of obstacles,” he said.

Hughes said our political system is basically stuffed, it’s polarised, it doesn’t reform things, it doesn’t change things, and it seemed the major parties were more interested in matters that helped them win the next election.

“The question is: what can we do about that?“ he said.

“We decided to hold a preselection process where community members selected a representative to stand as their candidate.

“Our aim is to find the voices of the people who are normally not politically active, who are mostly left out of political deliberations anyway, and try and find a way to get as many voices as we can to select a local representative.”

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“This is a return to our roots in Australian democracy, before parties of career politicians captured the process and set up themselves as its gatekeepers.

“Our parliaments and governments are now made up of the wrong sort of people, instead of people

with track records as problem solvers, innovators, community builders and entrepreneurs.

“We now have people in parliament who have only ever done one thing, politics, and these people cannot solve our problems.”

Hughes said the Central Coast electorates of Dobell and Robertson were chosen for the trial run of community pre-selection because here there were strong communities and strong

local identities.

“We’ve got some good community people on the Coast who want to lead it,” he said.

“The other factor is that one of those seats is held by the Labor Party and the other by the Liberals and we wanted one of each because we want to focus on change across the board, we don’t want to just focus on Liberalheld seats or Labor-held seats.

“We’ve got a group of people in the area working on the logistics and then we’ll have a public process of inviting the community to participate, including a Town Hall question and answer style meeting, before a community member is selected.”

Hughes said this was a community-run, transparent process, open to everyone except people who are current or recent members of the Liberal, Labor, National or The Greens parties.

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David Abrahams is one of the team working to get the community pre-selections up and running.

“I am honoured to be asked to run these first preselections for the community, particularly the fact that these Central Coast Federal seats will be the first in the country,” he said.

“I stood as an Independent candidate for the seat of Robertson in 2019 and this was an incredible experience and a big insight into how our elections work.

“I will not be running as a candidate myself, though I am keen to make sure that we get this process right.

“This is a real chance for the community to be truly involved in the pre-selection of candidates and I expect this process will help the Central Coast with some much needed political discussion, which is something that has been largely absent from the region for a decade or more,” Abrahams said.

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Four people awarded Order of Australia Medal Four northern suburbs people have been awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours List 2021 for their outstanding community service and achievements.

They are: Stephen Clark of Wyong for service to the community of the Central Coast; Barbara Try of

Tuggerawong, for service to the creative arts, particularly to lapidary; Philip Heaton of Budgewoi for service to coastal landcare conservation; and, the late Kevin Pearce of Wyong for service to the community of Wyong through a range of roles.

“On behalf of all Australians, I congratulate everyone recognised in the Australia Day Honours List,” said Governor-

General David Hurley at the announcement of the 845 recipients.

“The individuals we celebrate today come from all parts of our great nation and have served the community in almost every way conceivable,” he said.

“They’re diverse and unique but there are some common characteristics, including selflessness, commitment and dedication.

The late Kevin Pearce recognised for his service to the community 2021 will go down in family history as one of the most auspicious for Mrs Nola Pearce, not only because it is to be her 50th wedding anniversary in March, but also because her late husband, Kevin, has been posthumously awarded the Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day Honours List.

“I just wish Kevin had’ve known about it, that would have been nice, and it is very well deserved,” she said.

Kevin Pearce, who passed in May 2019, was recognised for his service to the community of Wyong through a range of roles.

“He was really entrenched in community life in the Wyong area and he was well respected, not only through his career in law, but also on a personal level,” Nola Pearce said.

“I’m very proud of him and he would always go out of his way to help other people, never thinking of himself first.”

Pearce received a rarely given Rotary Club award, the Paul Harris Award for community service and was named Citizen of the Year, Wyong Shire Council in 2001.

He was Chairman of Wyong

“Recipients have not put their hand up to be recognised.

“Most would consider the achievements that they are being recognised for to be ordinary or just what they do.

“Over the past 12 months, we have seen outstanding examples of achievement and service to the community … and I encourage Australians to look to the Order of Australia as a means of acknowledging the

important work of their peers.

“The Order of Australia belongs to all Australians and my strong message to the community is that if you know someone that is worthy, take the time to nominate them.

“It is a wonderful way to recognise and celebrate achievement, service and contribution to the community.

“The sum of these

contributions speaks to our nation’s greatest strength, its people,” the Governor-General said.

Anyone can nominate any Australian for an award in the Order of Australia and if you know someone worthy nominate them at www.gg. gov.au Sue Murray

Philip Heaton awarded OAM for service to coastal landcare conservation Philip Heaton of Budgewoi sees his award of the Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day Honours List as positive recognition of the importance of caring for the environment.

Rugby League Club Group from 2014 to 2019, a Board member in the 1980s through to 2019, and became a Life Member in 2019.

Other community work included: Vice Chair and Member of Wyong Race Club (formerly Wyong District Agricultural Association) for 20 years; Chair of Wyong Roos’ Foundation 2017-2019; Member of Men of League Charity, Tuggerah Lakes; and, Member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board Wyong.

In his legal career, including Clerk of Petty Sessions at Wyong Court and then going on to study law, Pearce became President of Central Coast Regional Law Society 1991; he established the Traffic Offenders Program, Local Court Wyong in 1986; established the Community Aid Panel Local Court Wyong in 1987; and, was a Director at Aubrey Brown Lawyers from 1980 to 2019.

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Heaton was awarded the OAM for service to coastal landcare conservation and specifically for Budgewoi Beach Dunecare.

He started the Dunecare group in 1995 and has since been its Chairman and President.

Heaton is also: a member of the Central Coast Environmental Council, Landcare Australia, from 1996 to 2002; the Tuggerah Lakes Estuary Management Committee in 2001; as well as a contributor to the Coastal Dune Management Manual, NSW Department of Land and Water.

Also, he was President of the former Budgewoi Precinct Committee.

“It was an incredibly great shock to see that people had put the effort into nominating me, and what a lovely thought people have, it really invigorates you,” Heaton said.

“It’s such a positive thing that people have made such an effort to have you recognised.

“You go along with your head down and you don’t expect anything like this.

“This is such a positive thing because actually the environment doesn’t get the best rap a lot of the time and sometimes you can think that its being put aside.

“Not only that, but the people who decide whether you should receive an honour like this, they also must place some value on our environment and the work that we do,” Heaton said.

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Barbara Try recognised for her service to creative arts, particularly lapidary Barbara Try of Tuggerawong has been recognised for her service to creative arts, particularly lapidary, with the award of the Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day Honours List.

“I feel very humbled because this is my passion, and has been for 40-odd years, I love doing it, I love teaching it and I love passing on my knowledge to anyone else who wants to learn,” she said.

“Lapidary is the art and craft of cutting gemstones and we go fossicking for the gemstones all over Australia and it’s not just the main gems like sapphires and rubies, we go fossicking for agates, petrified wood.

“There are so many aspects to this craft … not just cutting gemstones or shaping them, but there’s jewellery involved, enamelling and setting the stones, wearing them and getting the benefit of something you’ve found and you’ve created,” Try said.

She is the Vice-President of the Australian Federation of Lapidary and Allied Crafts as well as Chair of the Judging and Rules Committee and

National Judge Training Coordinator.

Try has been Co-ordinator of updating the Judging and Rules Manual since 2015 and is a judge of competitions in the craft of cabochon, faceting, metal craft, jewellery and enamelling.

On three occasions, Try has been Australian Lapidary Champion.

She also is the President, State Judging Training Coordinator and Competition

Organiser for the Gem and Lapidary Council of NSW. For four terms, Try has served as President of Northern Districts Lapidary Club, has served on the Executive Committee for 30 years, and is a Life Member.

She also is a member of the Central Coast Lapidary Club and teaches the craft at Ourimbah.

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Order of Australia brings Stephen Clark tears of joy Wyong resident, Stephen Clark, who has been the Australian Champion of Champions Town Crier five times, has now be honoured with an Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day Honours List.

He has been recognised for his service to the Central Coast through a range community roles.

“I feel pretty special, it was a lovely surprise,” he said.

“It’s been a real honour to represent the Central Coast and Australia at national and international Town Crier events and competitions,” he said.

Clark was trained as a Town Crier by the official Sydney Town Crier, Graham Keating, and became the Gosford City Council Town Crier in 1990.

“As Town Crier, I lead street parades, do citizenship ceremonies, host and MC special events, and also greet VIPs when they come to the Central Coast,” Clark said.

“It’s my job to sound a fanfare on the bugle when VIPs arrive, ring the bell, then read of proclamation of welcome.”

Clark is member of the Ancient and Honourable Guild of Australian Town Criers, currently holding the Membership Officer role, and was Chaplain from 2003 to 2005, President 2007-2010 and then again from 2013 to

2016.

He has been Champion of Champions Crier in the Australian National Town Criers Championships in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019.

In 2005 Clark took third place in the World Town Crying Championships.

Other roles have included Governor and Member of St Philip’s Christian College Foundation Board member since 2015 and Principal’s Advisory Council Member in Gosford since 2010.

He has been a Church Elder since 2008 at House of Praise Christian Church, West Gosford, and has taken on roles as Head of Creative Team 2008-2109 and Facilitator of the Divorce Recovery Program since 2008.

At Good News Church (now Hope Unlimited Church) at Umina Beach he had been a Church Elder and music director from 1995 to 2008.

Other community roles held

by Clark include judge of the Youth of the Year at Wyoming East Gosford Centennial Lions Club in 2011; Minstrel to the City of Coffs Harbour in 1990; member of the NSW Justices Association since 1984 and NSW Justice of the Peace since 1984.

Clark has been awarded the former Gosford City Council Australia Day Award in 2003 and again in 2007, a Centenary Medal in 2001 and a Gosford Council Community Service Award in 1997.

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Meet the Coast’s 2021 Australia Day Award winners with Council Administrator, Dick Persson

Blue Bay’s Paula Hardwick has been crowned the Central Coast Citizen of the Year.

The long-serving Meals on Wheels volunteer picked up the honour at the Coast’s 2021 Australia Day Awards ceremony on January 20, where 11 other locals were also honoured.

Central Coast Council’s Director, Connected Communities, Julie Vaughan, said the annual Australia Day Awards are an opportunity for the Coast to recognise extraordinary residents who go above and beyond to contribute positively to community life.

“Each of our nine winners and three highly commended recipients have enriched our community through their unique achievements and contributions and I am thrilled to congratulate them on this honour,” Vaughan said.

week to ensure that her clients received nutritional meals and valuable social interaction during a difficult time.

“Paula is passionate about bringing happiness and smiles through every delivery, so much so that she made it her mission to arrive dressed in a different costume for each delivery.

“It’s this commitment to going the extra mile to support some of the most vulnerable members of our community that makes Paula a worthy recipient of our 2021 Citizen of the Year Award,” Vaughan said.

is a great role model for equality and diversity.

In October 2020, Gasparotto was invited to speak as part of a webinar series on youth leadership and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which she shared with her Central Coast community and peers.

Pamela Price

Hailing from Wyongah, Pamela Price is the founding member of the Doyalson Squadron of the NSW Australian Air League, which was established 33 years ago.

Mervyn Lane

Volunteer of the Year was jointly awarded to Mervyn Lane and Pamela Price.

Elyssia Gasparotto

Elyssia Gasparotto was named Youth of the Year.

Paula Hardwick

“Our Citizen of the Year for 2021, Paula Hardwick, epitomises what it means to be an Australian, having committed her time as a volunteer with Meals on Wheels Central Coast for more than 20 years.”

When COVID-19 restrictions came into effect and Hardwick’s role as a flight attendant ceased, she increased her commitment to Meals on Wheels and started volunteering several days a

A former Australian Sporting Representative and champion who has recently completed her academic studies, with a double degree in Aboriginal Professional Practice and Law, the Terrigal local has also successfully fulfilled numerous appointments as a youth representative to the United Nations, including Humanitarian Affairs Peace Ambassador.

At just 25-years old, Gasparotto has made a significant contribution to her local community through countless hours as a professional beach and pool lifeguard.

As one of two female seasonal lifeguards, she

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After retiring from the NSW Police Force following 40 years of service, Lane became a member of the Terrigal Fifty Plus Leisure and Learning Centre in 2010.

Soon after joining, the Terrigal local became Vice President and was then President, a position he still holds today.

Lane’s dedication to the Fifty Plus Leisure and Learning Centre goes above and beyond the normal requirements of a volunteer.

He manages over 40 other volunteers, as well as the daily running of the centre and the upkeep and maintenance of the building.

Lane also commits in excess of 1,200 hours every year through his work at the centre, a huge achievement that adds significant value to the community.

The purpose of the squadron was to establish a female group on the Central Coast and provide equal opportunities and experiences for females through the Australian Air League.

Price’s dedication to the squadron has gone above and beyond, organising camps, excursions, flying experiences and fun and educational activities, which have all been extremely valuable to cadets.

Throughout 2020, Price also ensured that the connection and education did not stop, organising meetings and sessions over zoom with all cadets.

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h Australia Day Awards champion of the valleys, west of Wyong.

Booth’s passion for animal welfare motivates her practical measures to protect, treat, rescue and rehabilitate native animals in the areas bordering the Watagan Mountains, and she has been active in the Dooralong and Yarramalong Valleys for the past five years, working actively to eliminate mange within the wombat population, amongst other issues.

This is a labour intensive and time consuming process that Booth not only takes on but searches out in the hopes of eliminating the disease in the valleys.

Sharon Aldrick

The Arts, Culture and Entertainment Award went to Sharon Aldrick.

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Kaylene Conway

Paul Lemmon was named Sportsperson of the Year.

The Business Connecting Communities Award went to Blue Haven’s Kaylene Conway.

The Forresters Beach local is an outstanding sportsperson, continuing to perform as one NSW’s most decorated Masters athletes in the ocean and the pool.

Lemmon is also a coach and mentor within the Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club and in the 2019/2020 season, he successfully achieved 21 gold medals across numerous Masters and Pool Rescue championships.

Conway’s not-for-profit website, CC365, promotes local events and businesses across the Central Coast.

Conway provides support and advice to business owners and event operators to ensure they maximise their potential, especially now more than ever with an increase in online activities.

In 2020 when restrictions meant events were being postponed and cancelled, Conway shifted her focus to assist families at home with fun and interactive online avenues.

Conway also created a comprehensive list of local businesses that remained open and promoted them at no cost to encourage residents to support local where possible.

In 2020, Conway also started a podcast interviewing local business owners.

Lynn Axford

San Remo’s Lynn Axford took out the Community Service Award.

For the past 33 years, Axford has been a member of the Chain Valley Bay Progress Association and 355 Hall Committee, often as both the Chairperson and Secretary.

Axford has organised numerous activities and services within local halls, such as playgroups and events that raise money for local volunteer bush fire brigade relief.

Under the current restrictions, Axford has organised Jazz in the Park to maintain connection in the community.

In recent years, she has also been instrumental in achieving new playground equipment suitable for people with a disability, as well as shelters over tables and barbecue areas to encourage sun safe get togethers in local parks in the Chain Valley Bay community.

Sue Booth

Sue Booth took out the Environmental Award.

The Dooralong resident initiates programs and processes to protect native wildlife and is the wildlife

The Copacabana local is a well known photographer and community arts worker.

In 2020, Aldrick was commissioned to take historically important photographs of the Central Coast during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Her exceptional photographs are part of a collection of images that will be exhibited on the Central Coast in 2021.

Aldrick has also dedicated herself to improving arts and culture opportunities on the Central Coast, as well as mentoring emerging artists and artists with disabilities.

Aldrick has also been working with local indigenous dance company, NAISDA, to photographically document the experiences of its talented dancers.

This year’s three Community Service and Activity Highly Commended Awards went to Berkeley Vale, Patonga and Spencer RFS Brigades.

All three brigades were recognised for their outstanding service to their communities and for providing a high level of community based fire and emergency services in protection of community and environment.

“I would like to congratulate each of the winners across the eight categories, as well as all of the nominees,” said Council Administrator, Dick Persson.

“To be recognised for your outstanding contributions to community life is an exceptional honour of which you should all be very proud.

“Australia Day provides an opportunity to reflect on our history, to celebrate a rich tapestry of cultures which make up our community, and to look to the future.

“In doing so, I would like to pay special acknowledgement to the Coast’s Indigenous community, the Darkinjung people, who play a vital role in shaping the future of our region.”

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An exclusive interview with Rik Hart In an exclusive interview with Central Coast Newspapers, the Acting CEO of Central Coast Council, Rik Hart, elaborated on the current state of Council’s financial recovery measures, moves to cut staff numbers and how things are shaping up for the region’s future.

While he acknowledged that the proposed rate increase of 10-15 percent would be a “major impost” on many families, Hart said that it was a necessary move in combating the Council deficit.

“This has been a very challenging time,” said Hart, who was appointed to his Acting CEO position by Administrator, Dick Persson, on October 30, 2020.

“It’s been a very difficult time for staff, but I have to say that working with both staff and the unions has been a pleasure,” he said.

“You might have expected we would run into a lot of resistance, but the unions have been on-side and working with us to solve one of our biggest

problems, which is that we have too many staff.”

Hart said Council had called on staff to consider voluntary redundancies over the Christmas period and a number had taken up that offer.

While Persson is the “public face” of the Council’s interim management team, Hart said he was “working from within” to address Council’s problems and will continue in the role until a new CEO is appointed, which he expects to be some time after Easter.

Originally appointed for three months, Persson has applied for a three-month extension of his tenure, which would see him in the Administrator role until the end of April, and Hart said he expected the State Government to be sympathetic to his request, which would see both men continuing with their roles until Council finances are more on track and the new CEO is appointed.

“That process is going well,” he said.

“Some good people have already applied for the role and the recruitment process is well

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underway.

“The Administrator has put together a panel to consider applications.

“I am on that panel but the ultimate decision will rest with Mr Persson.”

Hart said planned asset sales should see the Council realise “tens of millions of dollars”.

“We will take advice from a panel of experts to assure that we get a good price for any

assets sold and will take their advice on likely markets,” he said.

Hart said the sales were necessary under conditions of recent loans taken with private lenders.

“We have had some difficulty in securing loans,” he said.

“Council will receive no financial support from the Treasury or TCorp because they are not a lender, so we had

to find our own way through.

“Part of our agreement with the private lenders requires asset sales to clear the restricted funds debt.”

Although it is on Central Coast Council’s list of deferred projects, Hart is confident that a regional library will still be delivered in the Gosford town centre.

“I know the Administrator is keen to deliver it and because there is funding from State and Federal governments involved as well as local funds, I have some confidence that we will be able to do it,” Hart said.

Hart said that he had not met with any of the suspended councillors but felt that they had to “carry the can”.

He said he would support financial training for any future councillors and a reduction in councillor numbers.

“Someone can promise the world, but unless they understand how to finance and operate it, the costs come back to bite you,” he said.

“Most councillors in my experience don’t understand finances.”

Hart said 15 councillors was “too many” and he would strongly support a reduction in councillor numbers.

He said Council’s next budget would be “austere”.

“We need to have a budget which matches lender’s expectations so there will be no frills,” he said.

“Council can build up again in the future but for now, we need to get back to the core areas of roads, rates and rubbish.

“We have to address the fact that this Council spent a lot more than it was earning.

“We have needed to borrow money under tight conditions, so we must do what needs to be done to see the budget returning a small surplus in 12 months’ time.

“It’s a big ask, but we can do it.”

Source: Video interview, Jan 19 Central Coast Council Acting CEO, Rik Hart To see the full interview, go to our website: coastcommunitynews.com.au

Second survey has a no rate rise option Central Coast Council has issued a second survey about rate rise options following strong community feedback that there was no option in the first survey to express opposition to any rate rise at all.

The first survey only asked which of the two rate rises was preferred – 10 percent or 15 percent.

There’s now an additional question about the option of “no rate rise – rate peg only”,

but ratepayers are still being forced to show a preference for either the 10 percent or 15 percent increase even if they tick the no rate rise option.

Council says it wouldn’t be viable to not increase rates as it would mean the cutting back of services.

Acting CEO, Rik Hart, said that he was closely monitoring the community sentiment as it was critical that voices were heard.

“Our very early and preliminary survey results are giving a strong indication that ratepayers feel restricted in

their opportunity to express their views about the option of no rate rise at all,” Hart said.

“We have looked at less than 10 percent of the survey responses, as there is a lot of data to process with over 3,300 surveys completed.

“More than half the respondents in this small sample don’t want any rate rise … and we are certainly seeing some similar commentary in letters to my office and the Administrator’s Office.

“I can totally understand this viewpoint.

“However, I need to make it clear that no rate rise is not a viable option.

“Council needs a rate rise to repay the restricted funds spent on community infrastructure and services and to deliver a level of service to the community that ensures our assets and essential services are maintained.

“I urge all community members to keep an open mind, consider the information put before them, and to provide their feedback before February 1.

“We are committed to capturing as much community feedback as we can in order for the Council to consider whether or not to formally apply to IPART for a Special Variation of the rates.”

More than 3,300 people responded to the first survey and a report on results of both the first and second survey will be made public, and the feedback will be reported to Council and IPART, including feedback stating a lack of support for a Special Variation.

It is expected that the report

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Council’s behaviour is like a re-enactment of “Utopia” from the ABC FORUM

Acting CEO of Central Coast Council, Rik Hart, provided a letter to explain the proposed action to remedy the comical situation created by elected councillors and senior Council staff.

Thank you, but it is a whitewash.

We ratepayers are within a system which penalises us if we don’t register a vote for impotent, self-serving, egotistical people who are interested in promoting their own agendas, and who, once

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They have been completely ignoring the needs of those

who elected them and ignoring the fact that they are controllers of the funds generated through the imposition of property rates, to provide better facilities for those who elect them.

Somewhere along the line, professional people with the qualifications to run councils take over the council and dictate how it will proceed.

This puts them in conflict with the elected councillors who are pushing their own agendas and are too busy fighting with each other to be aware of what the council executives are up to.

It would seem that it has all taken a long time, four-and-ahalf years since amalgamation, to get to the first stage of the comprehensive review of Central Coast Council’s planning controls.

The Administrator adopted the draft documents at Council’s December 14 meeting in name only, as the actual adopted documents were not attached to the report and it is anyone’s guess when they will be available for public viewing in their entirety.

The first stage merely involves the merging of the Wyong and Gosford controls into consolidated documents, with a few changes around the edge to facilitate consistency.

FORUM Most of the submissions lodged requested changes outside the ambit of the first stage exhibition.

In fact, 327 submissions alone related to a view that land at 301 Avoca Dr, Avoca, should be rezoned for public open space, with the staff response that it was not considered appropriate for sporting fields and was outside the first stage review.

No substantive progress appears to have been made towards reviewing underlying zonings or the finalisation of protection for the Coastal Open Space System (COSS) lands, maybe in another four and half years.

There’s a lot of management inaction, followed by a flurry of activity that is a bit half-baked.

Had the process not taken so long, it might have been advantageous for the final documents to be re-exhibited.

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approach to ensure a broad consensus on the final documents.

It would seem that management has taken the opportunity to rush through these strategic documents and, despite the Council media fanfare, it would appear that there is still work to be done prior to them being actually “adopted”.

Go figure.

Given the complexity of the documents to the uninitiated, I must wonder how the Administrator had the time or inclination to assess the merits of all the issues that would otherwise be considered by councillors on behalf of their constituencies.

It really looks like the bride was rushed to the altar for the sake of management trying to appear proactive in these troubled times.

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from the Budgewoi Creek bridge along to the shopping centre, is a hazard which one would have difficulty pushing a baby stroller along.

Is this what we expect in return for our rates?

One could rightly say that our Council’s behaviour is rather “Gilbert and Sullivan-ish” or, a re-enactment of “Utopia” from the ABC. Why? Because we employ impotent, self-serving, egotists to supervise the activities of incompetent, ego-driven councillors.

If it wasn’t so expensive it would be funny.

Rik Hart would do well to reflect on the money he gifted to the outgoing, incompetent CEO for expedience, it would cover the annual cost of my pension for about 60 years.

Am I upset by all this stupidity?

Yes. Are we ratepayers any more than serfs being squeezed by the Lord of the Manor so he can indulge himself and his cronies?

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We are not alone!

The bride was rushed to the altar I appreciate that a great deal of work has gone into the draft Local Environment Plan (LEP) and Development Control Plan (DCP) and the consideration of submissions to the public exhibition at the officer level.

One would think the policy is set and monitored by the elected councillors, but that does not seem to be the case.

My house has been on its present site since circa 1960, my residency extends back 11 years, and in that time, nothing has been provided to make my life easier, apart from rubbish and recycle removal.

The wide, deep, open roadside drains are a hazard and prohibit car parking, the bus stop below my house is in one of these drains.

The footpath along Scenic Rd,

Irrespective of who or what Party the Central Coast community voted for in September 2017 to comprise the newly amalgamated Council, we are surely entitled to know the facts leading to the suspension of that Council in October 2020 and the subsequent reports of serious debt and clarification as to how the debt was accumulated.

This is especially because we are now being conditioned/ coerced to accept an increase in our Council rates as well as giving the State Government appointed Administrator permission to sell off our assets.

To date, no cost benefit analysis has been published on any current Council owned premises or assets that are to be sold.

In 2016,the thenAdministrator (Reynolds) took the option of agreeing to changes to Council’s accounting policy regarding the reporting of Restricted Funds and, to quote the current Acting CEO Rik

FORUM Hart, “you needed to know where to look” to ascertain the true amounts.

This week we are now told that Council’s Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee has discovered that staff have not complied with policy requirements regarding Council’s temporary labour hire.

That is contrary to assurances given by the same staff to our elected representatives in March 2020 that they were complying with these requirements of the NSW Audit Office.

How many other occasions were our elected representatives deceived in this way?

To add to this saga, we now know that despite inadequate finalisation of both former Wyong and Gosford councils’ respective audits at the time of amalgamation; conflicting information as to the actual cost of amalgamation by former senior staff, we were never going to be afforded

equity by the State Government in the distribution of the Stronger Communities Fund.

This was the government fund established to assist NSW Councils with the costs of amalgamation.

Coincidentally, this week and as a consequence of that same Fund’s documents being shredded in the Premier’s office prior to the State election in 2019, this matter has now been referred to ICAC. One aspect that may give our Central Coast community some comfort is, we are not alone!

In fact, we are but one of 10 councils in NSW who are in a financial predicament primarily resulting from forced amalgamations without adequate cost/benefit analysis including realistic estimates of time for consolidation and its associated costs.

Of course, the issue has been further exacerbated by the State Government’s failure to adequately fund this forced amalgamation policy, as they originally promised.

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Two units at The Entrance damaged by fire

Spinks granted bail Mathew Spinks, the Wyong man who allegedly threw a hot coffee cup at a nurse working a COVID-19 testing site, has fronted court.

Spinks appeared at Burwood Local Court on Wednesday, January 20, to answer a charge of assault causing bodily harm in relation to the incident.

According to Police, the 43-year-old attended the COVID-19 testing facility at Macquarie Hospital and was smoking in the passenger seat

An investigation into the fire is underway

Fire has burnt through a unit complex at The Entrance.

Shortly after 6:30pm on Friday, January 22, emergency services responded to reports of a fire at a unit complex on Ocean Pde. Around 30 residents were evacuated by emergency services while NSW Fire and Rescue firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze, with damage confined to two units.

No injuries were reported,

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however, three police officers who assisted with the evacuation were treated for

minor smoke inhalation.

Residents of the units not affected by fire damage have since been permitted to return to their homes and officers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District have established a crime scene and an investigation into the source of the fire is underway.

It’s understood an electrical fault is believed to have sparked the blaze.

Dilon Luke

Child approach at Bateau Bay Police are investigating a reported child approach at Bateau Bay. At about 8pm on Tuesday, January 19, a 14-year-old girl was walking along Darrin Cls,

when an unknown man has approached her from behind.

Police have been told that the man grabbed her and touched her leg before she broke free

and ran from the scene.

Officers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District have commenced an investigation into the incident.

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whilst waiting in the queue when a nurse approached him and asked him to put out his cigarette.

Police allege Spinks then became verbally abusive towards the female nurse and other staff before he got out of the car and threw his coffee at her, with the nurse allegedly sustaining a cut under her eye from the cup as well as red marks to her cheek.

However, Spinks’ lawyer said

his client disputed claims that his actions had caused the nurse physical harm, telling the court that Spinks did throw the coffee but that it did not hit the nurse.

The court also heard how Spinks suffered from mental health issues as a result of childhood trauma and abuse, with Magistrate Alison Viney granting conditional bail given concern around the accused’s mental state.

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Robber caught while waiting for a train A man has been charged after an alleged armed robbery at Wyong.

Police have been told that at about 4.30pm on Wednesday, January 20, a man entered a variety store within a shopping centre on Alison Rd and allegedly threatened an employee, a 25-year-old

woman, with a knife.

The man allegedly took money from the cash register before fleeing the store towards Wyong Train Station.

Officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District attended the station and arrested a

49-year-old man following a short foot pursuit.

He was taken to Wyong Police Station and charged with robbery armed with an offensive weapon.

He was refused bail to appear at Wyong Local Court.

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Another mountain biking accident at Ourimbah.

An 11-year-old has suffered head injuries after a mountain biking accident at Ourimbah.

Emergency services including the Westpac Rescue Helicopter were called to Ourimbah

Mountain Bike Park just after 10am on Saturday, January 23, following reports that a child had fallen from their bike and sustained head injuries.

He was treated at the scene

by local NSW Ambulance paramedics and the Helicopter’s Critical Care Medical Team before being flown to John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.

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Travelling Bushman to lead community clean up

Marc Jacewicz

Celebrity conservationist, Marc Jacewicz, will host a Clean Up Australia session at Bateau Bay Beach.

Better known as The Travelling Bushman, over the past 20 years the The Entrance based wildlife warrior has travelled the world to share his love for all things creepy, crawly and deadly, but the animal expert is just as passionate about protecting the environment and wants to see locals turn up

in force at his clean up event, which kicks off from 10am on January 30.

Jacewicz said he decided to host the event to bring local attention to the issue of plastic pollution in our oceans.

“100,000 mammals die every year as a result of plastic pollution and that’s why I wanted to hold this great little community clean up.

“Bateau Bay Beach is a beautiful spot, but over summer, it gets a real flogging

from tourists who leave behind all sorts of rubbish, so I thought this’d be a good way for the community to support our local wildlife and give back to our environment, because we’ve got such amazing wildlife everywhere you look on the Coast and they’re all impacted by this kind of thing,” Jacewicz said.

To help volunteers hit the ground running, Jacewicz said he’d secured 30 clean up kits from Clean Up Australia, with

the kits going to the first 30 people who turn up on the day.

And to add a bit of competitiveness to the day, Jacewicz said the volunteer who picked up the most rubbish would win a little something special for their efforts.

“I’ll be putting up a gift card for the bottle shop or something along those lines to the volunteer who gets the biggest haul and I hope that’ll give everyone a little extra motivation,” Jacewicz said.

With the clean up kits covering all the essentials, Jacewicz said all volunteers will need to bring is their own water, face mask and sun protection.

The wildlife warrior is also hoping that by hosting this event, he’ll inspire more locals to be a little more conscious of their green footprint.

“I’ve been a conservationist for 20 odd years, and this is something that means a lot to me, so I’d like it if this clean up day helped locals see how

important it is to look after your own backyard.

“Even if you can’t come on the day, making a difference can be as easy as picking up a piece of rubbish at your local beach.

“It’s really not that hard.”

The Bateau Bay Beach clean up event will run from 10am to 1pm and volunteers are asked to meet in the car park before moving down to the beach.

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Most of Canton Beach has re-opened Canton Beach has reopened for swimming and fishing as water quality has returned to acceptable levels.

However, there is a section of the waterway south of Canton Beach which is still closed to recreational water activities.

Central Coast Council continues to monitor the water quality through its Beachwatch

CCN

program at this swimming site, as well as many others across the Coast.

Canton Beach was closed to swimming, fishing and recreational activities following a sewer break on December 22.

There were plans to re-open the beach on January 15 but that was delayed after water quality readings again declined after heavy rains.

A Council spokesperson said heavy rainfall increased the risk of pollution at many swimming sites because of stormwater run-off.

Council recommends that people avoid swimming for at least one day after rain at ocean beaches and for up to three days after rain at lagoon/ lake and estuarine sites.

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All clear for swimming at Canton Beach

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Bob Peters needs help to reach his dream After receiving a devastating cancer diagnosis only five years after a kidney transplant, Central Coast radio presenter, Bob Peters, is asking fellow locals to help him reach his dream of travelling around Australia in a motorhome.

A GoFundMe campaign created by his daughter, Bianca Pissingrilli, aims to raise $100,000 which will go towards the motorhome and any extra expenses.

Peters is inspiringly positive and said he had always been able to see the lighter side of life.

“Black humour is just fantastic, it has saved me,” he said.

“Generally, the humour comes out when talking to people.

“I’ll crack a joke around my kids, and they will look at me quite shocked and I will say it is funny, you can laugh.

“Humour is the primal go-to for situations like this.

“Whenever I’m in trouble, I just make fun out of it.”

Sadly, however, the past 15 years have been more challenging than humorous for Peters and his family.

When Peters was 45, he fell ill with Polycystic Kidneys disease, requiring him to be on dialysis every second day for 10 years, until he received a

Bob Peters

kidney transplant.

For the next five years his life went on as normal as he went back on to Triple M radio, pumping out voice overs, riding his Harley and slowly rebuilding his life.

A few weeks ago though, Peters received the news that he was diagnosed with terminal Renal Cell Cancer with metastasis in the bones.

He said it all started when he went to the doctor for back pain.

“The story starts with me just

thinking I had back pain for over 12 months from just overdoing it in the gym,” Peters said.

“I got a new mattress, I went to three different physios, it would feel better for two to three days but then the pain would come back.

“So, when they did the test around my spine, I could not feel it because I was all numb and he said it is a nerve problem, so I had a CT scan, and that’s when we found out.

“That’s when I found out that cancer doesn’t give you pain.”

Before Peters could start treatment, he was required to have a back operation to ensure that his spine stays in place during radiation therapy.

“What they thought is that the T12 vertebrae would not stand the pressure from the radiation, so they operated on me and put in two carbon fibre rods in kind of like scaffolding, around the affected vertebrae,” he said.

Peters’ dream to travel Australia comes from his love for motorbikes and being out on the wide open road.

“During those five years after

my transplant I was living the high life, five years of getting on my motorbike, riding and not feeling things,” he said.

“After dialysis, I would feel tired and I would not want to go anywhere, but having the new kidney just gave me a new lease on life.

“I would jump on the Harley, go for a ride, catch up with mates and it was just fantastic.

“It was also a coping mechanism, being out on the road on the bike, you feel nothing, it is magic.

“Whereas when I am at home is when my thoughts can go black.”

The cost of paying for treatment, medical bills and living expenses will continue to become harder, which is why he is so grateful to his daughter for organising the campaign.

“Bianca just decided to do it, she is such an angel,” he said.

“I was kind of embarrassed at the very start.

“People may think that if you are in radio you have lots of money, but that is not the case.

“I went through a divorce 15 years ago, I paid for all four kids through all their private schooling by myself, all while I was on dialysis full time.

“I never got any monetary assistance from anyone, I just did it all myself.”

The campaign has almost reached $20,000 with more than 160 people already donating.

“The idea to travel Australia is something that came to me a couple of years after I got the kidney,” Peters said.

“I wanted actually to ride around Australia but I cut it back to a campervan or a motorhome with a trailer on the back with a bike.

“It is amazing for me to think that I have affected so many people,” he said.

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Coast has an Artist in Residence on the Beach Sculptor, Pete Rush, has been awarded a funded residency deal by Central Coast Council to continue creating sculptures on local beaches.

His many works of art created from bits and pieces that he finds at the beach created interest during months of social restrictions last year and have now been acknowledged for their positive impact on tourism and the mental health of the community.

A Council spokesperson confirmed that Rush was identified in August 2020 as a successful applicant for Council’s Creative Art Central 2020 program.

“Staff have been working

with him to finalise his creative summer program that coincides with the Coast’s peak tourism season,” the spokesperson said.

“The project is part of Council’s Cultural Plan, which identifies local artists and helps them deliver community based projects that promote the Central Coast as a progressive and creative region.”

As part of his deal, Rush is required to complete at least three sculptures over the next two months on any beach on the Coast.

The news couldn’t have come at a better time for Rush, who hasn’t received any financial assistance for the many sculptures that he

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has completed so far.

“It got to a point where I thought I would have to go back to work to start paying bills,” he said.

“Just when I had done what I thought was the last one, they pulled through, which means I can continue.

“I am very impressed and grateful to Council.

“I understood the pressures that Council has, but through support from the Arts and Culture Worker, Jonathon Gilbert, and some of his colleagues, it was pushed through.”

Rush said his official title was Artist in Residence on the Beach.

“Council has been so great and it is all up to me on what I want to do,” he said.

His latest creation at Spoon Bay is a tribute to a collie dog called Arlo, which is owned by a White Island Volcano survivor.

“Stephanie Browitt was on TV saying that she was coming home from the hospital after six months with the burns mask to see her dog, Arlo, for his birthday,” he said.

“It was the most beautiful footage because you would think, to a dog, Stephanie would be unrecognisable with the burns mask, but Arlo recognised her and he was all over her.

“It was just an amazing moment, and it really spoke about the connection between dogs and humans.

“I am always looking for animal themed things for ideas and I thought it was worth a tribute.

“It’s not a portrait of Arlo as such, more a tribute to him.

“It’s as much of a collie dog as I could make it.

“Collies need white on them to be distinctive and there is nothing white on the beach that I could use.

“I did have the dog turning its head to look across the ocean towards New Zealand.

“I’m sure that the dog knew something was up, that maybe Stephanie was in trouble, so I was trying to capture the moment.”

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Rush’s latest creation, Arlo the collie dog

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CGTN English News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour The Rise Of The Clans Great British Railway Journeys(PG) 3:25 Who Do You Think You Are?: John Jarratt (PG) 4:30 Great American Railroad Journeys (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Britain’s Most Historic Towns 8:30 The Last Journey Of The Vikings 9:30 Vikings: All At Sea (MA15+) 10:25 SBS World News Late 10:55 24 Hours In Emergency: The Good Fight (M) 11:50 Movie: “Pop Aye” (M l,s) (’17) Stars: Penpak Sirikul (In Thai) 1:40 War And Peace (MA15+) 3:25 Pauline Hanson: Please Explain! (PG) 5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The Rise Of The Clans: Brothers At War 3:00 Great Irish Railway Journeys: Killarney To Cobh (PG) 3:25 Who Do You Think You Are?: Justine Clarke (PG) 4:25 Great American Railroad Journeys (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 The World’s Greatest Palaces (PG) 8:30 The Rise Of The Nazis: Night Of The Long Knives (M) 9:35 World On Fire (M) (In English/ French/ German/ Polish) 10:45 SBS World News Late 11:15 24 Hours In Police Custody: Knifed (M l) 12:10 Home Ground (MA15+) (In Norwegian) 5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The Rise Of The Clans: A Queen Betrayed 3:00 NITV News: Nula 2021 3:25 Who Do You Think You Are?: Todd McKenney (PG) 4:30 Great American Railroad Journeys (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Planet Of Treasures: Africa (PG) 8:30 Who Do You Think You Are UK?: Naomie Harris (PG) 9:35 V E Day - Minute By Minute (PG) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M) 11:50 Twin (M l,v) (In Norwegian) 3:25 Great British Railway Journeys (PG)

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

COAST COMMUNITY CHRONICLE - WWW.COASTCOMMUNITYNEWS.COM.AU PRIME (C61/60)

NINE (C81/80)

6:00 Which Car? [s] 6:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 7:00 Escape Fishing With ET [s] 7:30 All 4 Adventure [s] 8:30 Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures 9:30 Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] 12:00 Beyond The Fire (PG) [s] 12:30 Left Off The Map [s] 1:00 10 Minute Kitchen [s] 1:30 Jamie And The Nonnas [s] 2:30 Australia By Design [s] 3:00 What’s Up Down Under [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 Farm To Fork [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 7:00 Toddlers Behaving (Very) Badly (PG) [s] 8:00 Movie: “The Girl On The Train” (M v,s,n) (’16) Stars: Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux 10:15 Movie: “The Children Act” (PG) (’17) Stars: Emma Thompson 12:20 Home Shopping 5:00 Religious Programs

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Great Irish Railway Journeys (PG) 3:45 Gourmet Farmer 4:20 Remarkable Places To Eat 5:30 KGB: The Sword And The Shield (In English/ Russian/ Ukrainian) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo: Whitsundays (PG) 8:00 Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain (PG) 9:00 Movie: “Once Upon A Time In America” (MA15+) (’84) Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods 1:00 Movie: “Sweet Country” (MA15+) (’17) Stars: Bryan Brown, Luka Magdeline Cole 3:00 White Right: Meeting The Enemy (MA15+) 4:00 Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen

Sunday 31 January

SBS (C30)

6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 9:00 Offsiders [s] 10:30 The World This Week [s] 11:00 Compass (PG) [s] 11:30 Songs Of Praise (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 Landline Summer [s] 1:00 Everyone’s A Critic [s] 1:30 Wild Australia (PG) [s] 2:30 War On Waste: Turning The Tide (PG) [s] 3:30 The Mix [s] 4:00 Football: W-League: Round 6: Canberra United v Adelaide United *Live* From Viking Park 6:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:40 Grand Designs - House Of The Year: Down To Earth (PG) 8:30 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures (PG) [s] 9:15 Stateless (M l,v) [s] 10:15 Killing Eve (MA15+) [s] 11:00 Wentworth (MA15+) [s] 11:45 Endeavour: Apollo (M v) [s]

6:00 Easy Eats [s] 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 10:00 The Xtreme Collxtion (PG) [s] 10:30 Peaking (PG) [s] (PG) [s] 11:00 Melbourne Summer Series 12:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] *Live* [s] 1:30 Movie: “Pleasantville” (PG) (’98) Stars: Reese Witherspoon, 5:30 Territory Cops (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen 4:00 Australia’s Amazing Homes: 7:00 Married At First Sight: Grand Reunion (MA15+) [s] – The Vintage Twist (PG) [s] most memorable brides and 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] grooms from past seasons of 5:30 Sydney Weekender (PG) [s] MAFS come together for a huge 6:00 Seven News [s] dinner party that will see old 7:00 Cricket: Big Bash League: flames reunited and old feuds Knockout *Live* From TBA [s] – reignited. Featuring Martha, There will be no second Cyrell, Jess, Ines, Troy, Dean chances when this season’s and Tracey. third placed team takes on the 8:45 60 Minutes (PG) [s] winner of The Eliminator in a sudden-death final where both 9:45 Seduced By Evil (M) [s] teams will throw everything at 10:15 NINE News Late [s] 11:45 Killer On The Line: each other.

Darlene Gentry (M v) [s] 11:00 World’s Most Shocking Emergency Calls (MA15+) [s] 12:35 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun (M) [s] 12:00 Medical Emergency (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 12:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Religious Programs [s] 5:00 CGTN English News 7:30 Fishing Australia [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 8:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 5:30 Worldwatch – Deutsche Welle 8:30 My Market Kitchen [s] English News 6:00 France 24 9:00 Luca’s Key Ingredient [s] English News 6:30 Al Jazeera 9:30 Studio 10 Sunday [s] English News 7:30 Italian News 12:00 Program To Be Advised 8:10 Filipino News 8:40 French 1:30 Taste Of Australia With News 9:30 Greek News 10:30 Hayden Quinn [s] German News 11:00 Spanish 2:00 Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures News 11:30 Turkish News 3:00 RV Daily Foodie Trails [s] 12:00 Arabic News 12:30 ABC 3:30 Farm To Fork [s] America: World News Tonight 4:00 All 4 Adventure [s] 1:00 Speedweek 5:00 10 News First [s] 3:00 Gymnastics: 6:00 WIN News [s] World Challenge Hungary 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 5:00 Travel Man: Rome 7:30 I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out 5:30 KGB - The Sword And The Of Here! (M) [s] – After weeks in Shield (In English/ Russian/ the jungle, one celebrity will be Ukrainian) crowned King or Queen of the 6:30 SBS World News jungle for 2021!

7:30 Einstein And Hawking: 9:00 The Graham Norton Show Masters Of Our Universe (M l,s) [s] 9:20 Trump’s American Carnage 10:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] (M) 11:00 Bull (M) [s] 10:20 Bamay 12:00 Home Shopping

Monday 1 February

6:00 Easy Eats [s] 6:00 rage (PG) [s] 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 rage (PG) [s] 9:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 10:00 Today Extra Summer [s] 12:00 Destination WA [s] 11:00 rage Guest Programmer 12:00 Surf Patrol [s] 12:30 Animal Embassy (PG) [s] (PG) [s] 12:30 Beach Cops (PG) [s] 1:00 Award Winning Tasmania: 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Movie: “Miracle” (PG) (’04) Huon Valley [s] 12:30 Australia Day 2021 *Replay* Stars: Kurt Russell, Patricia 1:30 Explore [s] 2:30 Making Child Prodigies [s] Clarkson, Noah Emmerich 1:40 Movie: “House Arrest” (PG) 3:00 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat [s] 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens (’96) Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, 3:30 Dream Gardens: 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] Jennifer Love Hewitt Erskineville, NSW [s] 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s 3:50 Serengeti: Exodus (PG) [s] 4:00 Ask The Doctor: Front Line (PG) [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] Cold And Flu (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 5:30 RBT: Mum Was Right (PG) [s] 4:30 Landline Summer: 7:00 Cricket: Big Bash League: 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] All About Bees [s] Qualifier: Teams TBC *Live* 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 5:00 Football: A-League: Round 6: From TBA [s] Western United FC v Melbourne 11:00 Movie: “Drive Angry” (MA15+) 7:30 2021 Sounds Better Together (PG) [s] Victory *Live* From AAMI Park (’11) – A vengeful father 7:00 ABC News [s] escapes from hell and chases 10:00 Movie: “Crocodile Dundee II” (PG) (’88) Stars: Paul Hogan, 7:30 Midsomer Murders: Send In after the men who killed his Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon The Clowns (PG) [s] daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter. Stars: Amber 12:10 Movie: “License To Wed” (M s) 9:00 Endeavour: Apollo (M v) [s] (’07) Stars: Robin Williams Heard, Billy Burke, Nicolas 10:30 Call The Midwife (PG) [s] 1:55 Explore [s] Cage, William Fichtner, Todd 11:30 Deep Water (M l,s) [s] 2:05 Home Shopping Farmer, Christa Campbell 12:20 rage Guest Programmer 5:30 Wesley Impact [s] 1:30 Home Shopping (MA15+) [s]

27 January 2021

TEN (C13)

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] 11:00 Gardening Australia [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:45 Meet The Ferals [s] 2:00 Unforgotten (M l,v) [s] 2:45 First Nation Farmers [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 The Heights (PG) [s] 4:30 Back Roads (PG) [s] 5:00 Escape From The City (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One [s] 8:30 Four Corners [s] 9:15 Media Watch [s] 9:35 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill: Endeavour And Tahiti (PG) [s] 10:25 You Can’t Ask That (M) [s] 10:55 ABC Late News [s] 11:30 Harrow: Pater Familias (M) [s] 12:20 Wentworth (MA15+) [s]

5:30 Today [s] 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Tennis: ATP Cup Tennis *Live* 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Tiny House Of Terror” 4:30 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] (M v) (’17) – After the tragic disappearance and presumed 6:00 NINE News [s] death of her tech mogul 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] husband, a woman decides to 7:30 Married At First Sight: Grand move to a rustic and cosy tiny Reunion (Part 2) (M) [s] house. However, she soon feels 9:00 Who Wants To Be A that she’s being watched. Stars: Millionaire: Celebrity Special Francia Raisa (Part 1) (PG) [s] – The original 2:00 Gold Coast Medical (PG) [s] Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 3:00 The Chase UK [s] is back with a series of prime 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] time specials. Tonight 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] Australia’s favourite celebrities 6:00 Seven News [s] battle it out in a quest to win one 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] million dollars for their chosen 7:30 Program To Be Advised charity. Hosted by Eddie 9:00 9-1-1: The New Abnormal (M) McGuire.

10:00 The Rookie: Follow Up Day (M) 10:15 NINE News Late [s] 11:00 World’s Deadliest Weather: 10:45 Children Who Kill (M l) [s] Caught On Camera (M) [s] 11:45 The First 48: Deadly Secret/ 12:00 Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Behind Closed Doors (M) [s] Evidence: The Saturday Night 1:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] Strangler: Joe Kappen (M) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Headline News [s] 5:00 CGTN English News 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Program To Be Advised 2:00 Great British Railway 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] Journeys (PG) 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 2:30 Pompeii’s Final Hours: 3:30 Left Off The Map [s] New Evidence (PG) 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 3:25 Who Do You Think You Are?: 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful Ernie Dingo (PG) [s] 4:25 Great American Railroad 5:00 10 News First [s] Journeys: Southport To 6:00 WIN News [s] Leyland (PG) 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 5:00 Letters And Numbers 7:30 The Amazing Race Australia 5:30 Jeopardy! (PG) (M) [s] 5:55 Mastermind Australia 9:00 Movie: “Peppermint” (MA15+) 6:25 SBS World News (’18) Stars: Jennifer Garner, 7:35 The Architecture The John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Railways Built: St. Pancras Juan Pablo Raba, Annie (PG) Ilonzeh, Jeff Hephner 8:30 24 Hours In Emergency: 11:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s] In Love And War (M) 12:00 The Project (PG) [s] 9:25 The Story Of The Songs: 1:00 The Late Show With Stephen Madonna (M) Colbert (PG) [s] 10:30 SBS World News Late 2:00 Home Shopping 11:00 Hamilton Agent (MA15+) 4:30 CBS This Morning [s] (In Swedish/ English)

Tuesday 2 February

Saturday 30 January

ABC (C20/21)

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Four Corners [s] 10:45 Bee Cause: Purple Hive [s] 11:00 Gardening Australia [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Unforgotten (M l,s,v) [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:10 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 The Heights (PG) [s] 4:30 Back Roads (PG) [s] 5:00 Escape From The City (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 8:30 Designing A Legacy [s] 9:30 Program To Be Advised 10:30 ABC Late News [s] 11:05 Glitch (M l,s) [s] 12:00 Wentworth (MA15+) [s] 12:55 Parliament Question Time [s] 2:00 rage (MA15+) [s] 3:10 Wentworth (MA15+) [s] 4:30 The Drum [s] 5:30 7.30 (PG) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 5:30 Today [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 Tennis: ATP Cup Tennis *Live* 12:00 Program To Be Advised 4:30 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 1:30 Surf Patrol [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 2:00 Gold Coast Medical (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 7:30 Travel Guides: 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] Whitsundays (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 8:30 Who Wants To Be A 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] Millionaire: Celebrity Special 7:30 Program To Be Advised (Part 2) (PG) [s] 9:00 The Good Doctor: Frontline 9:45 Murder, Lies & Alibis: The (Part 1) (M) [s] – Shaun treats a Bank Job (M) [s] – The full patient who has an illness that untold story of Australia’s is not only unpredictable in greatest bank robber who nature, but also unlike anything brought Sydney to a standstill in he or the team has seen before.

January 1984. The ‘Mexican Claire continues to work standoff’ involved 100 heavily through her grief. armed police and a car chase 10:00 The Resident: which captivated the nation on A Wedding, A Funeral (M) [s] live TV. 11:00 Station 19: No Recovery (M) [s] 11:00 NINE News Late [s] 12:00 Black-ish: Liberal Arts (M) [s] 11:30 Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year 12:30 Home Shopping Asia (PG) [s] 12:30 Tipping Point (PG) [s]

6:00 Headline News [s] 5:00 CGTN English News 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Program To Be Advised 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:00 Great British Railway 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] Journeys (PG) 3:30 Left Off The Map [s] 2:30 Pompeii’s Final Hours: 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] New Evidence 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 3:25 Who Do You Think You Are?: (PG) [s] Patti Newton (PG) 5:00 10 News First [s] 4:25 Great American Railroad 6:00 WIN News [s] Journeys: Haworth To 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] Huddersfield (PG) 7:30 The Amazing Race Australia 5:05 Letters And Numbers (M) [s] 5:30 Jeopardy! (PG) 9:00 NCIS: Sunburn (M v) [s] – 6:00 Mastermind Australia McGee and his wife Delilah’s 6:30 SBS World News Bahamian vacation turns into a 7:30 Great Continental Railway high-stakes mission.

Journeys 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles: 8:35 24 Hours In Emergency: Love Kills (M) [s] Pressure Point (M) 11:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 9:30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips: 12:00 The Project (PG) [s] Mind Body And Soul (PG) 1:00 The Late Show (PG) [s] 10:25 SBS World News Late 2:00 Home Shopping 10:55 The A Word (M l,s) 4:30 CBS This Morning [s] 12:00 The Pier (MA15+) (In Spanish)

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)

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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NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS

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ARTS & CULTURE Wyong Writers

Caravans, tents, mobile homes, all welcome.

Social outings & trips away

0458 645 979

Writers meet monthly to encourage and develop their writing skills.We meet on the 4th Saturday of each month – arrive at 1.15pm for a 1.30 start.

Woodbury Community Centre 1 Woolmers Cres, Mardi.

Lake Munmorah 50s Plus Leisure and Learning Club

meilingvenning@hotmail.com www.wyongwriters.org

4358 8390

4333 7489

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

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

COMMUNITY GROUPS 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

www.friendlytravellers.com

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

Long Jetty Senior Citizens’ Club

4332 5522

Long Jetty Over 50s Club

The Lakes Church

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

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

4332 5522

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

toukleypc.org.au

0437 048 815

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

Improve your public speaking, leadership skills & confidence.

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

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

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

contact@centralcoastclc.org.au

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

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

Wyong Toastmasters’ Club

0421 216 952

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

The Creative Compassion Centre

4353 1750

wyongtoastmasters@gmail.com

Not for profit service providing free legal advice.

Mon - Fri 9am to 5pm

4353 4988

events, projects, workshops, arts programs.

Open community garden.

4392 9904

Venue for Hire

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

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

4353 0977 thelakes.net.au

COMMUNITY CENTRES CENTRAL COAST MARINE DISCOVERY CENTRE

The revamped CCMDC is open.

Schools and Group bookings welcome by appointment.

Building has special needs access and toilets. Open 7 days 9am – 3pm. Terrigal.

4385 5027

ccmdc@bigpond.com www.ccmdc.org.au

HEALTH GROUPS Alcoholics Anonymous - Someone cares.

Thurs - 12.30pm, Progress Hall Henry Parry & Wells Street East Gosford Better Hearing Australia

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

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

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

1300 252 666 al-anon.org.au

S.A

Is Internet porn destroying your life.

We may be able to help.

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

Probus Club

Meet new friends and enjoy social events.

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

Woodbury Park Community Hall, Mardi

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

MUSIC Coastal a Cappella

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

coastalacappella@gmail.com

POLITICAL GROUPS Labor Party Ourimbah/ Narara Branch Discussion/action community Issues – 3 levels of Government Function Room, Grange Hotel, Wyoming 7.30pm 1st. Monday

0410 309 494

Kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com

Central Coast Greens

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

0468 476 237

PROBUS CLUBS

Tuggerah Lakes U3A The Entrance - cryptic

Wyong Golf Club, 4th Mon, Morning Tea, Guest Speakers, regular monthly outings probuswyong55090@gmail.com

www.tugglakesu3a.info

Wyong Probus Club

4352 3692

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

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

4390 2451

LEARN TO DANCE

Social ballroom dancing for all ages, all you need is a desire to learn and dance, no partner required. meet every Wed -15 Lorraine Ave Berkeley Vale, 2:00pm 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

iiw.au.wyong@gmail.com

www.kidomingarajudo.com.au

The Lions Club of The Entrance

SATO - KAI KARATE - DO

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

SPECIAL INTEREST Biz Plus Networking Association Grow your business & build worthwhile relationships.

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

Central Coast Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service

Toukley Dojo 7th. Dan Shihan Master Instructor.

0413 456 086

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

0404 257 702

play@wyonglakesafc.com.au

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.

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State government to take back control of many major roads

The NSW Government has committed to take back up to 15,000km of councilmanaged roads in rural and regional areas because, it says, the move will ease the burden on local ratepayers.

However, Shadow Minister for Rural Roads, Mick Veitch, said it would impact on local jobs and council funding.

He said councils currently received block funding to maintain certain roads, which allowed them to employ locals to undertake the maintenance.

“Information obtained by NSW Labor revealed that more than $192M in funding for roads maintenance was distributed to councils in NSW in 2019/20.

Central Coast Council received $4.3M, the third highest amount of funding in NSW, Veitch said.

A Council spokesperson said they were working with the NSW Government on roads that could be transferred to the State.

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A Room Made of Leaves

Author: Kate Grenville Publisher: Text Publishing

Much is written about the officers that established the penal colony in Australia, but little is known about their wives.

A Room Made of Leaves changes that as it traces the life of Elizabeth Macarthur based on her long lost secret memoirs.

(Not her real long lost memoirs which were indeed found at her daughter’s home in England and published in 1914, but a more enticing fictitious set with loose connections to the originals.)

In Kate Grenville’s revisionist biography, John Macarthur, a British officer and his wife Elizabeth came out with the second fleet.

He is considered a pioneer in the wool industry.

But what if he wasn’t the brains behind the operation?

We meet Elizabeth when she is growing up in Bridgerule in Devon,

was entered into in July 2020, therefore Council does not see any impact to local jobs in the short term,” the spokesperson said.

Veitch said workers deserved certainty and called on the government to prioritise giving councils maintenance contracts to ensure that they are not forced to lay off local workers.

“The implementation of this decision by the Liberal and National government should not end in job losses in our regional and rural councils,” he

said.

“We are in the midst of a global pandemic and every job is vital, whether it be a barista, trades person or roads maintenance worker.

“The maintenance contracts have already gone to tender in bulk and the Government has refused to guarantee there will be no job losses.

“Councils and their employees throughout rural NSW are justifiably concerned about what will happen next.”

NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Road, Paul Toole,

said the reclassification work was a complex process, requiring thorough consultation with a range of stakeholders including councils, the freight industry and local communities.

“An independent panel of experts has been established to oversee the process, drawing on their experience across local and state government, industry and business,” he said.

“The Government understands councils’ funding concerns and has specifically requested the panel consider

funding implications of any transfers, including working to ensure local road maintenance jobs are maintained.

“When Labor was last in government they dumped hundreds of millions of dollars of road maintenance costs on councils.

“The Liberals and Nationals in Government are working to right that wrong, and in the process ensuring that we have a safe and effective road network for years to come,” Minister Toole said.

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BOOK REVIEW England.

Her father is a farmer but died shortly after Elizabeth’s younger sister.

Her mother couldn’t handle the farm by herself, so they go to live with her Grandfather.

Her Grandfather had a small farm but his passion was sheep and he instilled that passion on a young Elizabeth.

Bridie is the daughter of the local pastor and Elizabeth’s childhood friend.

When Elizabeth’s mother remarries, a twelve-year-old Elizabeth goes to live with the pastor and his wife.

Here she learns what is expected of a young lady, and that it is imperative to keep one’s virtue until marriage, “I was not beautiful, I had no family, no portion. I was not connected to anyone of importance. My sole asset in the world was my maidenhood.”

Fast forward ten years and Bridie and Elizabeth are twenty-two.

The young women are at risk of being old maids.

Bridie comes to the attention of Captain Moriarty.

Accompanying Captain Moriarty is Ensign Macarthur: “Mr Macarthur was an ugly cold sort of fellow. There was nothing smiling or pleasant about him.

A sullen bottom lip gave him the look

of a petulant child, and he was badly marked by the smallpox.”

But he had fire and Elizabeth was drawn to him. Elizabeth forgets what her sole asset is and before long she is showing, so Ensign Macarthur is instructed to marry her.

It isn’t a happy marriage.

He doesn’t have kind words for Elizabeth and treats her like a piece of furniture.

He is a schemer and often gets into arguments with fellow officers.

He is also obsessed with getting promoted which will eventually lead to wealth.

The first step in doing this is to head off with the second fleet to the new penal colony of Australia.

Elizabeth must make a life for herself and their young son (other children will follow).

She will entertain officers in her salon and come to the attention of Mr. Dawes who will, in turn, end up being the love of her life.

After much scheming and conniving Macarthur gets acreage in Parramatta.

Elizabeth suggests they export wool but he has no interest in that, “My dear wife, your enthusiasm is to be applauded, he said. But let me convince you by means of a little arithmetic. The price of wool is measured in pence, that of mutton in shillings. A difference by a factor of twelve, you see.”

But after few years Macarthur comes up with a brilliant idea to export wool.

(Yep, the guy’s a genius.)

The story transported me back in time.

I enjoyed the years when Elizabeth was growing up in England and her friendship with Bridie but there were times, after she arrives in Sydney that didn’t grab my attention so much.

There are glimpses of Australia’s rugged and often brutal history of

colonisation.

I lost track of all the officers she would entertain in her salon and the different schemes her husband was getting himself into and it made me wonder if this revisionist biography bordered on the dull, how dreary must the original version have been.

But, it is quite well written and, as the Conversation review so neatly puts it: “Grenville so convincingly creates Elizabeth’s voice it is easy to forget her opening warning: “Do not believe too quickly!”

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: CREATE NEW PLANTS WITH PROPAGATION Seed Saving Such an exciting thing to do because you may end up with plants very different from the parent plant you collected the seeds from in your garden.

For most plants, it is best to use healthy, strong plants and collect seed pods as soon as they change colour from whatever is ripe for them (usually green) to a dried brown to black.

Place indoors in a full sun position, out of the way of drafts and wait until fully dry.

Pods may release on their own or you can gently break open and (again) store seeds in a cool, dry, dark place until you wish to sow.

CUTTINGS It’s not that all plants can’t be reproduced via cuttings, but some methods work better than others with different plants (I’m always happy to answer questions on this via email: gardeningcentralcoast@gmail.com)

Types of Cuttings CHERALYN DARCEY

Propagation is an interesting and rather addictive gardening practice … once you have achieved a few successes.

For the botanically minded, there are two types of propagation, the first being ‘sexual’ which is the creation of new plants via parts from two parent plants to create a third new plant.

This is probably familiar to most of us as the process of seed creation through pollination.

The offspring is a combination of the traits of both parent plants so, just like us humans, will not always be exactly the same as either parent but more likely a combination of the two.

The other type of propagation is ‘asexual’ and this is achieved via cuttings, division of plants, grafting, budding and layering of one parent plant and this will produce a clone.

The resulting plant is an exact copy of the parent plant in every way although mutations do sometimes occur.

Softwood cuttings are taken from new growth and as the name suggests, they are very soft.

They take really well either in water for later transplanting or in cutting and seed raising mixtures but are rather fickle with a low survival rate after striking.

Greenwood cuttings are created when the plant stems are a little past the softwood stage and can be recognised by firmer stems.

They have a better survival rate into maturity.

Semi-ripe cuttings work very well with conifers and most evergreens and are taken once the stems begin to bud.

Hard wood cuttings are made well before new growth begins when the plant is in a dormant phase.

These cuttings are slower to strike, don’t have as great a rate of striking but once they do take, have an excellent survival rate into maturity.

Leaf-bud cuttings are a semi-ripe cutting with a single leaf still attached and these are an economical way of creating an increased number of cuttings, especially from shrubs.

Full leaves develop roots from the picked end of the leaf and part leave cuttings will develop roots from the wound created from cutting them up.

Root cuttings are created from larger roots of suitable plants during their dormant phase.

Types of Stem Cutting Preparation When obtaining cuttings, most are taken from the stem just below a node.

These joints in a ‘nodal cutting’ hold a lot of vascular tissue and so the formation of roots is far more likely.

Other methods include ‘heal cutting’ which involves pulling away side shoots so that some of the bark from the main stem comes away with it, ‘wounding’ a cutting by scraping away a section of the bark to expose the inner tissue and ‘callusing’ which is also a form of wounding in which a callus is encouraged to form from a scraped stem.

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SEEDS The trick to successful seed propagation is good seed stock to begin with and sowing as per requirement of the particular plant – simply throwing out a handful of seeds and hoping for the best really won’t cut it.

There also needs to be a bit of reality check as not all seeds are likely to germinate and not all seedlings will survive to become mature plants.

Buying Seeds Always check the ‘sow by’ date on the packet and ensure that the seeds can be sown at the time you are thinking of planting them.

If you really must have that packet of seeds you have spied on your shopping trip, make sure the ‘sow by’ date still falls within the coming season and keep in a cool, dry, dark place until you are ready to use them.

It’s best that once opened, all are used.

Follow the directions given on the packet closely for the greatest success as some seeds have very different needs including the requirement to soak before use and sowing depths and mediums will also vary.

To help your baby cutting along, you can apply a root hormone.

There are commercial preparations out there but I’m a fan of organic homemade so here’s one of my recipes: 1.

Add one generous tablespoon of organic honey to 2 cups of boiling water and stir well – once it drops to room temperature it is ready.

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Dip cutting end into the mixture and then plant in a seed and cutting soil raising mix.

I have also tried dipping hardwood cuttings into Vegemite and had success as well - as strange as it sounds it’s probably the Vitamin B boost that creates the magic!

Cutting and Seed Raising Mediums Many cuttings can be started in a clear jar of water that sits in filtered light while seeds can be put straight into ordinary garden soil or a potting mix.

Planting straight into a speciality cutting and seed raising medium however gives the vast majority of plants the best beginning and makes transplanting into your garden or larger pots easier down the track.

Propagation mixes need to provide aeration, excellent drainage and support.

Although bagged commercial mixtures can be purchased, a good example of a homemade mix is: 2 parts coir peat, 2 parts compost and 1 part course river sand.

BULBS, CORMS, TUBERS and RHIZOMES These are underground compressed stems that hold a

bud within.

Many lay dormant between growing seasons until conditions suit their return as a new plant or they simply begin new growth at any time of the year depending on conditions.

Tubers can be either Root Tubers, that are formed from sections of root stock or Stem Tubers that, as you would guess, form from sections of modified stems.

Most can be separated carefully from the parent plant to create a new plant and some of the bulbs can be encouraged to further divide through chipping sections into separate scales, cutting segments that still contain the basal plate of the bulb or scoring, depending on the plant type.

PROPAGATION EXAMPLES These are not the only way to propagate these plants, but it gives you an idea of how you could start creating your own new plants at your place.

From seeds Most annuals and perennials, Grevillea (Grevillea), Avocado (Persea)

From stem cuttings Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus), Pothos (Epipremnum aureum), Geranium (Pelagonium), Wattle (Acacia), Lemon (Citrus limon), Mulberry (Morus), Fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica), Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

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From leaf cuttings

If you are a fan of Agapanthus (Agapanthus africanus), Dayliy (Hemerocallis spp.) or Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum spp.) then you might already be aware that you can create new delights by easing in-between clumps of your plants and simply lifting out sections for replanting.

There are many plants that can be easily divided, and an indication is a clumping form in their growth pattern.

Sometimes the clumps may need to be carefully cut with a sharp knife to release.

African Violet (Saintpaulia ionantha), Flaming Katy (Kalanchoe)

LAYERING Many plants layer naturally when their stems touch the ground, prompting the stem to develop roots.

You can see this in plants like Ivy (Hedera spp.).

To copy this process, all you need to do is bend stems down onto the soil and peg down to encourage root formation.

For stems that cannot reach the soil, Air Layering can be used where a wound is made in the stem and then it is covered in compost and wrapped in moss.

Once roots form in either layering method, the stem is cut from the plant and transplanted.

Division Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii), Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata), Snake Plant (Sansevieria)

Spoil Layering Spider Plant (Chlorophytum Cosomum), String of Pearls (Senecia rowleyanus), Ivy (Hedra) Air LayeringFig (Ficus), Magnolia (Magnolia), Camellia (Camellia japonica), Rose (Rosa)

ON THE GARDEN GRAPVINE Adults & Kids - Finger Painted Flowers Sat, 16th Jan 10:00am - 12:45pm Exhale Art and Wellness Studio, Unit 7/314-316 The Entrance Rd, Long Jetty www. exhaleart.com.au Create Your Own Tree Painting (7yrs to adult). Sun 17th Jan 10am - 2pm The CollaborArtti, Chittaway Bay. Call Kylie or Marie on 0402978647 Central Coast Council School Holiday Workshops Ages 7 to 14 must be accompanied by one adult. Bookings a must: centralcoast.nsw.gov ….The Entrance: Composting Mon 18th Jan 9 10am, Worm Farming Mon 18th Jan 10:30 - 11:30am, Upcycled Terrariums Tue 19th Jan 9 - 10am Gosford: Uncycled Terrariums Tues 19th Jan 9 10am, Insect Hotels Tues 19th Jan 10:30 - 11:30am, Propagation 19th Jan 12 - 1pm THIS WEEK YOU COULD PLANT Brussel sprouts, capsicum, chilli, climbing beans, eggplant, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mustard greens, okra, pumpkin, radish, rockmelon, rosella, spring onion, squash,sweet corn,watermelon,basil,chives,lemongrass, mint, rosemary, tarragon, amaranth, azaleas, camellias, grevilleas, marigolds, petunias, sunflowers Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 - 10am every Saturday on CoastFM963 Send your gardening questions, events and news to: gardeningcentralcoast@gmail.com

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New tourist accommodation at Canton Beach proposed A proposal for Hamptons style tourist accommodation at Canton Beach is before Central Coast Council for approval.

The development comprises four two-bedroom,freestanding serviced apartments, all with separate pedestrian access, one on-site parking space as well as private open space areas.

Plans are for units one, two and three to be single storey and the fourth unit to be high set on stilts with a double carport underneath.

The plan includes 3,500 litre tanks attached to each unit to capture water from 100 percent of the roof area and accounting for 0.22kL per day of rainwater re-use.

According to a Statement submitted by the applicant in support of the proposal

SP3 Tourist zone under the Wyong Local Environment Plan 2013.

Vehicular access to units one and two will be from Beach Pde while access to units three and four will be from Kantara Rd. This site falls within a “coastal zone” and therefore will come under the scrutiny of the Coastal Management State Environmental Planning Policy 2018.

A Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE) says the proposal would be a substantial benefit to the surrounding local community with economic and social flow-on benefits and will fill a gap in the current market with an insufficient number of quality and affordable tourist accommodation in the area.

Drawings of the north and south perspective of the tourist units

(DA1061/2020), there will be an off-site manager to coordinate online bookings and access to the units, there will

be a set of House Rules for visitors and a Plan of Management including responsive complaints

handling.

The 725sqm vacant site has dual street frontages and

vehicular access points to 12 Beach Pde, on the Canton Beach waterfront, and Kantara Rd at the rear boundary in an

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New plan aims to process DAs faster than ever Central Coast Council processes more development applications (DAs) than any other local authority in NSW. Last financial year, more than 3,150 applications were considered, having a value of more than $825M. Now the plan is to process these DAs faster than ever.

A report going to Council on Wednesday, January 27, outlines a draft of a new process.

If adopted, it would apply to

all development applications submitted to Council, including modifications and determination reviews.

The draft policy aims to assist in reducing development assessment turnaround times and to provide certainty to the community on Council’s approach to the assessment of development applications, the report states.

The draft policy recommends pre-lodgement meetings with Council and a Council commitment to clear and consistent advice.

The new process will not entertain multiple, involved or lengthy requests for further information.

Instead, the applicant will get a determination on what’s lodged; and Council will not hold or defer DAs but rather it will reject incomplete or poor quality DAs. If another agency such as the Fire Service or Roads Department requests further information and it is going to take more than three to four weeks to respond, Council will request the applicant withdraw

the DA. The Administrator will consider the new processes at the January 27 meeting.

If he supports the draft policy, it will go on 28 days’ exhibition for public comment.

Our councillors decided at their last meeting before they were suspended in October 2020 to investigate measures to fast-track DA assessments to reduce turnaround times.

It was to be a “tradie-led” recovery from COVID-19 and the Motion was put forward by

now-suspended Cr Bruce McLachlan.

Recently,the NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment (DPIE) released a Planning System Acceleration Program and part of that was to support councils and planning panels in fast tracking assessment for development applications.

Central Coast Council DAs are assessed by Council staff and a report handed on to the relevant authority for determination.

DAs are determined by the Regional Planning Panel, or the Local Planning Panel or by Council staff, depending on their size, sensitivity and cost.

Some State Significant Developments are determined by the State Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s Independent Planning Commission.

If the policy is adopted, the Council commits to reviewing it every two years.

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Club to have a café with a view

Gwandalan Bowling Club is planning a café to take advantage of its foreshore site in Gamban Rd.

A Statement in support of the development application says the pop-up café and covered deck in the car park will allow the club to offer a much broader range of amenity and the community an economical and well-controlled venue for entertainment that appeals to the whole family.

Hours of operation would primarily be 6.30am to 7pm seven days a week and will offer patrons a choice to enjoy foreshore recreation without having to physically enter the licensed club premises.

It will be positioned wholly on club land, below the terrace of the restaurant on level one and take up four car parking spaces with another two spaces used for a proposed storage area.

The café will be open to both

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club patrons and those using the lakefront areas.

The Statement says that since the State Government restricted increases in gaming machines in licensed premises, registered clubs can no longer rely upon increased gaming income to secure their future.

It is therefore important to consider a greater diversification of facilities and attractions and this proposal continues the Gwandalan club’s diversification plan and engagement with the local community, the Statement says.

The refurbishment is a necessary step in order to ensure the long-term viability of the club.

The development application 1291/2020 is currently being considered by Central Coast Council.

How the new café will look at Gwandalan Bowling Club Sue Murray

Florist wants to add a cafe Olivieri’s Florist at Doyalson North has lodged a development application with Central Coast Council to establish a kiosk serving coffee at the existing retail florist business and flower farm.

Plans are to operate the florist and coffee shop at 170 Pacific Hwy, close to the Ruttleys Rd intersection, on weekdays from 8am to 5pm, on Saturdays from 8am to 4pm and Sundays

Plans for a coffee kiosk

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A Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE) says that the proposal (DA 1352/2020) doesn’t alter the existing use of the property and is an economic support to the retail sales of flowers grown on site.

The SEE says that the kiosk is for the benefit of customers using the flower shop so it is unlikely that any extra parking would be needed, other than the nine spaces already there.

“The proposed development will provide impetus and vitality to the locality and is therefore considered appropriate,” the SEE says.

Council will refer the proposal for assessment by Roads and Maritime Service, the Environmental Health Officer, the Traffic/Transport Engineer as well as public submissions before making a decision.

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Consolidating your super isn’t complicated but it is important Julia NEWBOULD Editor-at-large • Money magazine Superannuation accounts should not make for a collector’s pastime. Multiple accounts mean multiple sets of fees, multiple sets of paperwork, multiple performance metrics to keep track of, and overlapping insurance cover.

Only under some circumstances does it make sense to hold more than one account, such as the need for specific insurance or distinctly different investment strategies.

Super shouldn’t be a set and forget proposition, so don’t view consolidation as a chore.

Rather, view it as a reason to engage with it.

“Take an interest in it, after all, it is an asset and it is yours,” says Colin Lewis from Fitzpatricks Private Wealth.

Before consolidating, decide which fund[s] you’re going to cull and which you’ll keep.

“Ignore the name of the investment option, and look at the asset allocation - how much you’re exposed to Australian shares, international shares and fixed interest - and understand if you’re comfortable with that level of investment for that long term holding, which is what superannuation is,” says Peter Campbell from Merideon Wealth Strategies.

It’s also worth doing the same kind of exercise for insurance.

Most Australians have default insurance. So it’s important to know what you’re actually covered for.

Once you know which fund you’re going to keep and which you aren’t, it’s time to consolidate. And for that, the MyGov

portal is the place to do it.

Once logged in, do a search for lost super via the Manage my super tab.

You can also call the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) automated super search line on 13 28 65. You’ll need your personal details, including tax file

number, contact details, fund details you’re aware of, and previous details such as former name, addresses and employment. If you do find some lost super, fill out a Searching for lost and unclaimed super form and post it to the ATO. Once you’ve put all your

details into MyGov it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4.

1. Log into MyGov 2. Go to the ‘Super’ tab. see details of all your super accounts, including any you have forgotten about 3. Choose the fund[s] you want to close down (called

the ‘transferring fund’) and the fund you want to consolidate into, the ‘receiving fund.’

4. Hit confirm. It shoudl take about three business days.

The money you’ve saved on fees will now contribute to compounding returns, which, after all, is reason we have super.

respective membership makes you eligible.

Negotiate on insurance. While it’s convenient to accept the original insurance offer from your car hire company, you might find a cheaper deal

elsewhere through a third-party insurer. Or you might already be covered by your travel insurance or credit card. Alternatively, there’s no harm in asking for a discount.

A question to ask is how

many kilometres you’re allowed to travel during your hire period.

Most of the time it’s unlimited but it’s always good to check.

Book early. If you want a specific model or vehicle size, book as soon as you can.

Questions to ask when you hire a car Before Covid-19, Australia’s $1 billion car hire industry was in a period of growth as increased travel and positive business confidence encouraged demand.

With borders slowly opening and travellers already allowed to holiday mostly within their own states and territories, as well as businesses beginning to reopen their doors, car hire is again becoming a viable choice of transport.

Before you take the leap

and decide to hire a car, there are several things you need to know or ask your car hire company. Here are a few: Car hire companies generally require drivers aged 21 and over to have a full driver’s licence. If you’re aged between 21 and 25 you’re likely to pay a premium on top of the regular daily rate.

Prices aren’t fixed. What you’re charged to hire a hatchback in mid-January will likely be different from what you’re charged in mid-May. And prices

will vary from company to company, as well as location – for example, you may be charged a premium to pick up and deliver your hire car at an airport.

Membership discounts. Your insurer, super fund, union and credit card provider are just some of the services that provide discounts when it comes to car hire. If it’s not obvious on the car hire company’s website, don’t be afraid to ask them which discounts and promotions they’re currently offering and whether your

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Jobkeeper flaw creates staffing issues for struggling small businesses As 11,000 local businesses face a withdrawal of JobKeeper, a continued review on how and who to support with targeted stimulus is needed to ensure the longer term survival of businesses regionally, says Business NSW Central Coast Regional Director, Paula Martin.

“According to our December Business Confidence Survey, business confidence reached positive territory for the first time since June 2018,” she said.

“The impact of JobKeeper

has been great, with business owners citing that without support they would have found it much harder to get through the crisis.

“The Christmas restrictions and border closures highlighted just how fragile business is across sectors and a full recovery remains a long way off.”

Martin said 23 percent of businesses say that they are at a high risk of failure when supports such as JobKeeper, tax relief, interest waivers and other measures end.

“This vulnerability will hang

over the small business sector for much of the year and will need to be factored into decisions around when and how support measures are withdrawn.

“The good news is that an increasing number of businesses are looking to expand their capacity to meet demand, with more businesses prioritising expansion than those who are prioritising downsizing their business for the first time since the December quarter of 2019,” Martin said.

Meanwhile, the Australian

Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, is calling on the Federal Government to change JobKeeper rules to allow struggling small businesses to replace staff.

She said that as the economy recovered from the Covid crisis and more jobs became available, small businesses that are still trying to get back on their feet were losing their staff and could not hire replacement employees under the current JobKeeper rules.

“JobKeeper was reduced again on January 4 and with

some eligible businesses unable to afford to top up wages, they are having to reduce the hours of their staff.

“It means staff are resigning to go to jobs offering more hours and pay.

“Under JobKeeper rules, eligible businesses cannot replace their staff with a new staff member and still attract the government payment.

“Unfortunately, this rule has the unintended consequence of increasing the divide between the haves and have nots in the small business sector.

Regulations surrounding insurance for businesses need to be revamped

Business NSW Central Coast has backed calls from Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, for a revamp of regulations surrounding insurance for businesses.

Carnell has called on the Federal Government to implement the recommendations of her Insurance Inquiry, saying too many small businesses are being forced to close their doors because they can’t get public liability insurance.

She says the government needs to take urgent action to ensure that small businesses can access essential insurance products such as public liability.

“Throughout the course of our inquiry, hundreds of small businesses told my office that they face closure if insurance remains unavailable to them,” Carnell said.

“Small businesses have told us they have either been denied

insurance outright or their premiums have as much as tripled in a few years, effectively pricing them out of the market.

“Our Insurance Inquiry has made recommendations addressing the lack of availability of public liability insurance, which is in large part attributable to the unlimited nature of injury claims and the potential for large damages to be awarded.

“Our report recommends that Australia follow the lead of New Zealand, which has applied statutory caps on liability for personal injury.

“The government should also implement the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to roll out a no-fault National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS) to cover lifetime care for catastrophic injuries.

“It’s been nine years since the Productivity Commission released its Report into Disability Care and Support and

yet the NIIS is still under consideration, much to the detriment of the small business sector.

“Ultimately, the risk environment for public liability litigation can only change through government intervention and the current framework of fault-based injury compensation creates uncontrollable risks for insurers and small businesses.”

Business NSW Central Coast Regional Director, Paula Martin, said it had been concerning to see how many businesses without appropriate insurance have been unable to trade when hit by recent disasters.

“The experience of 2020 highlights how important it is for business to get proper advice by insurance specialists to minimise the impact on their business if disaster strikes,” she said.

“We surveyed almost 2,000 small businesses and found that 70% of business owners

believed they could be doing more to reduce costs of insurance.

“Over a third of business owners find it complex and struggle to keep up with the administrative side of insurance policies, which is why Business Australia partnered with AON to help business ensure that they are properly protected.

“With 62 per cent of small business yet to take out adequate cover, the new referral service will simplify the insurance review and help to find the right insurance for business.

“The next few years for business will continue to be volatile and fragile, so a review of the insurance regulatory environment to make insurance more affordable at both a State and Federal level is vital to reduce business costs and remove unnecessary barriers to our economic recovery.”

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“It is imperative that the government changes JobKeeper so that small businesses that have been hit hardest by the Covid crisis can replace their staff to help them get their businesses back upand-running.”

Carnell said the national economic recovery would be driven by jobs growth and that’s why it was critical to support small business employers during this difficult time to allow them to survive, grow and hire in the future.

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Breathing and Sleep - two keys for wellbeing

GEORGIA LIENEMANN This week in our ‘guide to feeling good’ series, we’re talking to my good friend, holistic Dentist Dr Vijaya Molloy. She is the owner and Principal Dentist of Vitality Dental Tuggerah which she established with the aim of providing the Central Coast Community with exceptional dental experiences.

Vijaya has trained across many areas of Dentistry including Orthodontics, Implants, Sleep Apnoea, Acupuncture, Cosmetic Dentistry and Nutrition and is passionate about taking a whole-body approach to dental care.

Breathing and Sleep by Dr Vijaya Molloy The pursuit of wellness is a common theme in many people’s lives. I think we’d all agree our mental wellbeing is elevated when we have the physical and mental capacity to pursue our lives to the fullest, whatever that personal definition may be. Within my practice I encounter a number of people that have spent many years battling with chronic exhaustion. In these patients, often their breathing and sleep have not been checked.

In my opinion the two go hand in hand.

BREATHING One of the routine questions I ask my patients is whether they breathe through their nose or mouth. Sometimes people do not know, or they may breathe through their nose during the day and their mouth at night. A clue that you are mouth breathing is waking with a dry mouth or needing to drink through the night.

My personal favourite phrase is ‘the nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating.’

Why the nose is better Nose breathing is more of an effort than mouth breathing which means we are less likely to over breathe or potentially hyperventilate. The ability of the red blood cells to effectively release oxygen into the bloodstream relies on the correct concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the blood stream, this is known as the Bohr Effect. When we overbreathe, we are less likely to achieve this critical Carbon Dioxide concentration which results in less bioavailable oxygen. The result

is ongoing fatigue both physically and mentally.

Our Nervous System We have two nervous systems, the sympathetic and parasympathetic. These systems are mutually exclusive, which means they cannot work together. The role of the sympathetic system was primally responsible for helping us deal with imminent threat such as running away from wild animals and coping with famine and should only be active for short bursts of time. We experience a ‘fight or flight’ response. Our blood vessels dilate, heart rate and breathing increases and we get a surge of adrenalin. The body cannot continue to produce adrenalin over a long period of time so eventually cortisol (stress hormone) takes over. When we are ‘sympathetically activated’, the main focus of our brain is to keep our body alive, we are essentially living in ‘survival mode.’ This means that our digestive ability will be impaired, rational thought and reasoning becomes difficult and weight loss is almost impossible. It is also very difficult for women to conceive during periods of extreme stress as the body interprets the increased cortisol as a signal that the conditions are unsafe for procreation. Mouth breathers live in a perpetual state of sympathetic activation. Our parasympathetic system is responsible for unconscious processes such as digesting food, regulating blood sugar and maintaining our sleep quality.

When the sympathetic system is constantly ‘on’, the parasympathetic system doesn’t get a chance to perform and our health suffers.

SLEEP Chronic Mouth breathing impairs the quality of our sleep.

Children and Sleep In my clinic I often see children with a diagnosis of ADHD, learning difficulties, or restless, erratic sleep. In many cases these behaviour patterns are symptoms of an underlying sleep disorder. Sleep disorders may range in severity from laboured breathing to actually stopping breathing, this is sleep apnoea.

Children with a sleep disorder or sleep apnoea will often wet the bed past 4 years old and mostly breathe through their mouths.

They may also experience reflux and regularly

complain of stomach aches. They might have been a poor sleeper from birth. Unlike adults who become slow and sluggish when they are overtired, a child will show signs of hyperactivity. Other symptoms are unprovoked aggression and emotional outbursts.

Untreated sleep disordered breathing will impact every aspect of a child’s life, from their academic performance to personal interactions, physical and emotional development. Crowded teeth and a narrow palate are also common problems. The ideal facial rest position for both children and adults is to have the tongue resting against the roof of the mouth (the hard palate), lips lightly held together and breathing through the nose. In a young child the pressure of the tongue helps develop the palate to a shape that neatly accommodates all the teeth and encourages the development of symmetrical facial proportions. Mouth breathers usually have a narrow palate, crowded teeth and a long face shape.

Adults Along with the cognitive and emotional symptoms previously mentioned, an adult that snores regularly has a higher risk of heart disease, stroke and dementia.

Causes In children, sleep disordered breathing or sleep apnoea is usually the result of enlarged adenoids, tonsils or food or environmental intolerances.

Adults don’t usually have adenoids but a deviated nasal septum and enlarged turbinates may be a problem. Excessive weight can be a problem too.

Treatment A common trend circulating the net is taping the mouth to force nasal breathing. (Medical micropore tape, not duct tape!) I have mixed feelings about this approach. If someone has a physical blockage in their nasal passages, I see no benefit in trying to force them to nasal breathe. The tape can however be useful in retraining someone with a clear nose under the guidance of a trained oral myologist or dentist. I notice that some children and adults breathe and sleep better after I have expanded their palate. This is because the expansion also creates space in the nasal passages and facilitates easier breathing.

DR VIJAYA MOLLOY Children and adults with sleep disordered breathing may require surgical treatment with an ENT. In some people eliminating certain food groups may help. Gluten and Dairy are the most common culprits. Sleep studies are useful in both adults and children in establishing the severity of the sleep disorder.

Even after surgery sleep apnoea may still be present as there can also be a blockage in the throat. In this case a CPAP machine or dental device to position the lower jaw forward can be used at night. The benefits of a good night’s sleep can be life changing.

Once the nose is clear, breath training may be needed as it’s hard to suddenly switch to nasal breathing after years of using your mouth. Nasal breathing requires a lot more effort which can make the transition challenging.

Feel Good Tips 1. With the fast pace of life today most of us don’t breathe to our full potential.

I recommend finding at least three one minute intervals throughout the day to focus on your breath. Inhale deep into your stomach for 5 breathes, hold for 6 counts and exhale for 8. It is important that the exhalation is longer than the inhalation. Repeat several times and notice how much more grounded and relaxed you feel. This little exercise helps us ‘turn on’ the parasympathetic nervous system.

2. It’s a mantra that is often repeated, but I will say it again; limit your screen time.

Screen time especially in the couple of hours before bed sends neurological messages that affect our sleep quality.

Summary Be mindful of your breathing and the quality of your sleep. If you feel you could use help with either consult a medical professional you can trust. An ENT who is mindful of the effects of mouth breathing is a good place to start.

To find out more about Dr Molloy’s wholebody approach to dental care, head to www. vitalitydentaltuggerah.com.au or listen to her

podcast, Mind Body Mouth.

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EDUCATION & SCIENCE

Wyong residents excluded from Commonwealth Scholarship Program The third round of the government’s $82M Commonwealth Scholarship Program for Young Australians will once again open to Gosford residents at the end of the month, but questions are being asked as to why Wyong residents continue to be excluded from the program.

The program provides scholarships of up to $5,000 a year for around 400 young Australians to study a vocational education and training (VET) qualification as well as an additional $3,000 to complete an industry internship and $1,500 to the host employer per intern hosted.

The program is currently offered in 10 focus regions across all states and territories and is intended to create a next generation regional workforce in projected growth industries and in-demand occupations.

Gosford and Grafton are NSW’s focus regions, but since the amalgamation of Wyong and Gosford into the Central Coast LGA in 2016, the scholarship program has remained open exclusively to young people living within the former Gosford Shire.

Apprenticeship services agency, BUSY At Work, delivers the program on behalf of the Federal Government.

Their Regional Scholarship Coordinator, Zoe Goddard, said the organisation was aware that the current limitations of the program were fracturing the Coast but noted that there was nothing that they could do about it.

Young jobseekers in the Wyong area still can’t access the government’s Commonwealth Scholarship Program for Young Australians

“BUSY At Work have put forward quite a few adjustment submissions over the past year pleading Wyong residents’ case and asking for Wyong to be added, but unfortunately the government will not budge.

“We even have submitted a Central Coast Council request for the Wyong region to be added because of the amalgamation, and they rejected it,” Goddard said.

Tuggerah based Central Coast Group Training (CCGT) has been a leader in apprentice recruitment, training and management on the Coast since it was established in 1981.

Greg Best is the organisation’s General Manager and said it was frustrating that the government was still treating the Coast as two halves instead of a whole in relation to the program.

“The whole reason Wyong

and Gosford amalgamated into the Central Coast LGA was to attract more government support.

“Hunting as a pack was proven as a winning formula for the Hunter and that’s what we’re trying to replicate, so it doesn’t make sense to me that the north isn’t being as equally recognised as the south.

“This program is essentially running a knife down the middle of the Coast, and that escapes logic,” Best said.

And with the north experiencing a higher level of socioeconomic challenge than the south, Best believes that changing the focus area from Gosford to the whole of the Coast could have untold benefits.

“To be clear, I think this scholarship program is a great initiative by the government and a great resource for young people who are benefitting from it,

but I would like to see it rolled out more equitably.

“We have an obligation to the kids in the north who are struggling to find work and I appeal to decision makers behind this program to take a second look,” Best said.

A spokesperson for the Department of Education, Skills and Employment said geographical boundaries for the program were defined to ensure unemployed young people in each of the 10 focus regions had broadly equitable access to a scholarship.

“The geographic boundary for Gosford is the Statistical Area Level 3 for Gosford, as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

“The Australian Government also has a range of employment service programs to help people find sustainable employment.

“These include jobactive, Youth Jobs PaTH, and

Transition to Work.

“The government recognises the particular needs of young people and is making a number of significant investments in specialist youth employment support services that are available across the country, including in the Wyong area, to help young people’s workforce participation and their ability to contribute to economic growth in their community.

“The Commonwealth Government has partnered with states and territories to establish the $1B JobTrainer Fund,” the spokesperson said.

“The Commonwealth has committed $500M in 202021, which is being matched by states and territories.

“JobTrainer represents an extra $318.56M injection into the NSW Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, with $159.28M from the Commonwealth Government matched dollarfor-dollar by the NSW Government.

“The NSW JobTrainer agreement will fund more than 100,000 free training places in NSW in areas of identified skills need for young people and job seekers.

“Training places are now available across NSW (including in Wyong) in areas such as health, aged and disability care, IT and trades.

“There are currently 58 JobTrainer courses listed within 25km of Wyong.”

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New scholarship program for Aboriginal students Central Coast Primary Care has announced that it is establishing a new scholarship program for Aboriginal students living on the Central Coast.

Left to right, Michelle Bradbury, Executive Manager of Mental Health and Community, Zona Gabriel, and Chair of the Reconciliation Action Plan Committee, Joel Smeaton

The program will provide support to the local Aboriginal community and aims to improve diversity of the local community services workforce through the creation and ongoing commitment to Aboriginal student placements.

The program provides financial assistance for

textbooks and other learning supports for people undertaking studies in community services related fields, along with a commitment to prioritising Aboriginal people when engaging student placements.

Central Coast Primary Care’s Board unanimously voted in favour of establishing the program at its November meeting.

Chair of the Board, Peter Coomber, said it was a great opportunity for many in the local community.

“The program is a great opportunity for us to give back to the local community,” Coomber said.

Central Coast Primary Care will work with Newcastle University and NSW TAFE to develop application processes for scholarships.

Central Coast Primary Care’s Chief Executive Officer, Michelle Bradbury, said they are working closely with the learning institutions and will release program specifics in the coming months.

“Having engaged Aboriginal students for several years, we are proud to be able to expand on this by providing financial support for textbooks and other expenses that students face,” she said.

“Our sector will be enriched by the outcomes of the scholarship.”

Central Coast Primary Care has committed to running the scholarship program for an initial period of three years.

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Concerns arise over student face mask mandate While Central Coast families have been busily getting ready for the start of a new school year, high schoolers are being reminded that this year, a face mask is a back to school essential.

In accord with the COVID-19 Mandatory Face Coverings Public Health Order, all students over the age of 12 who travel to and from school via public or chartered/private transport must mask up on buses and trains, as well as at train stations and bus stops, but

according to Central Coast Council of P&Cs President, Sharryn Brownlee, the new rule is making some local families nervous.

It comes as the Department of Education, Transport for NSW and local bus services remain silent on issues surrounding compliance and policing of the new rule, with parents now concerned that a forgotten or broken mask could lead to their child being stranded.

“Here on the Coast, the start of a new school year is always a stressful time for families

who rely on public transport, because the region lacks dedicated school bus services,” Brownlee said.

“A lot of local services are mixed with the public, especially around Lake Haven and the Peninsula, and that’s always been a cause for concern for parents and schools, especially at the beginning of the year, when services are notoriously overcrowded.

“In fairness to the bus companies, this overcrowding only occurs because they can’t

know the numbers of new bus faring students ahead of time, but now this new mask rule is exacerbating the issue.

“There’s real concern on how this rule is going to be policed and what the repercussions will look like.

“Parents want to know how this will work and who’s going to be policing whether or not a child on a bus is 12 or not.

“There’s also a lot of questions emerging around what’ll happen if a student loses their mask or if their mask is damaged.

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“The big one is whether or not they’ll still be able to get to or from school if something does happen, but right now there’s no real advice about this issue.

“My current understanding is that the Department of Education will be issuing advice to schools, with the schools then responsible for disseminating it to their families, but I don’t know that for certain and the lack of firm direction on this matter is worrying, given that kids will be back on buses this week,” Brownlee said.

Adding another layer of complexity to the issue is the fact that students don’t have to wear masks at school, meaning many families may not think to equip their high schooler with a face mask at all.

The fact that students under the age of 12 can also travel on the same bus services without needing to wear a mask is also confusing parents and Brownlee said clarification from the key players involved would be needed to defuse tensions.

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68 new intern doctors for the Central Coast Sixty-eight new intern doctors are officially on the job across the Coast.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, welcomed the new recruits, who’ll be working for the Central Coast Local Health District across Wyong and Gosford Hospitals for the next two years.

Crouch said the new intern doctors would perform a vital role at the frontline of the health system.

“These 68 medical graduates will be based across a range of

departments as part of their contracts.

“As the proud husband of a nurse at Gosford Hospital, I know that the medical workforce is the backbone of our health system.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded all of us that having a strong health system in NSW is vital to keeping our community healthy and safe.”

Crouch said the intern doctors would benefit from training with the Central Coast’s best and most experienced medical professionals.

“Over their two years of work,

more senior medical staff will always be on hand to offer support and guidance to these new graduates.

“At the end of the first year each intern doctor will obtain their general registration with the Medical Board of Australia.

“The second year then focuses on consolidating professional practice and experience,” Crouch said.

This year, NSW has a record number of 1,041 intern doctor positions, which is an increase of 35 per cent since 2011.

Ettalong Bowlers win Zone Junior Pairs and Singles LAWN BOWLS Following the 2021 Zone Junior Fours Championship came the 2021 Zone Junior Pairs, then the 2021 Zone Junior Singles Championships.

In the pairs, the contest came down to the Ettalong duo of Brendan Stokes and Bailey Meti verses Munmorah’s Olivia Crane and Canton Beach’s

Reegan Peterson, at Ettalong, on Tuesday, January 19.

The greens were reported to have been particularly tricky that afternoon with a constant wind sweeping through.

In the end, the Ettalong bowlers took the championship with a score of 20-4 after 15 ends.

Later, Ettalong’s Bailey Meti went on to win the Singles in the final competition against

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Mingara’s Blayne Cook.

The end score of 21-6 was noted by spectators to not reflect the quality of the bowls played.

Meti won went the 2021 Junior Grand Slam in his final year in the junior division, after winning in the Fours, Pairs and Singles.

Source: Zone 15 Bowls Central Coast website

2021 Zone Junior Fours Championships held LAWN BOWLS A team of talented Central Coast lawn bowlers has been crowned the 2021 Zone Junior Fours Champions.

Billy Waite, Blayne Cook

(Mingara), and Brendan Stokes and Bailey Meti (Ettalong), won the 2021 championship after defeating Sam Griffiths (Terrigal), Olivia Crane, Josh Smith (Munmorah) and Brandon Willmette (Gosford) 22-4 in the Zone final.

While both teams played exceptionally well, team Meti proved too good to beat on the day, with the winners now through to the State Championships which will be held in Warilla come July.

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Glenn Rowlands Shield finalists decided CRICKET The Under 21’s Glenn Rowlands Shield semifinals were played on Sunday, January 24, with the two best northern teams of this season’s title race going head-to-head.

At Baker Park, Wyong hosted

The Entrance in a game that hung in the balance all the way up to the final over.

Wyong were first to bat and started strong with 14 runs off the first over, but then the The Entrance bowler, Broc Hardy, took his first of three wickets at the start of the second over, with his first bowl of the

innings.

An early 29-run partnership between Lachlan and Callum Rainger ended with Regan Stone’s bowling, caught by Callum Dunkerley From here, the batsmen continued to steadily build their score over 20 overs, ending on a competitive total of nine

wickets for 116 runs, with the highest run score going to Kaleb Daley with 25.

As well as Hardy, Levi Bailey also bowled out three wickets for 15 runs in four overs.

It took The Entrance 19 overs and five wickets to overcome this high score, largely thanks to a strong 38-run partnership

between opening batsmen, Jake Hardy and Callum Dunkerley.

Rhiley Carr reached a batting total of 36 runs not out, ending the Semi Final with the last hit of the ball, earning a single run in the 19th over.

Kaleb Daley bowled best for Wyong, earning two wickets for

24 runs off four overs.

Meanwhile, Southern Spirit defeated Kincumber at Erina Oval in the second Semi Final, resulting in a Central Coast North v South Grand Final to take out this season’s Shield.

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Members of the Central Coast Mountain Bike Club (CCMTB) have been hard at work building a new pump track at Ourimbah Mountain Bike Park.

The park custodians commenced construction of the new feature in December and hope to have it opened and ready by the end of February.

A looped trail of berms, turns and rollers, CCMTB Secretary, Leif Arnebark, said the new pump track would cater to the region’s influx of young and beginner riders and improve the park’s overall offering.

“While anybody can enjoy riding a pump track, they’re a great practice tool for beginners and younger riders.

“They’re kind of like a skate park for mountain bikes, in the sense that you can ride them just for fun, or ride in a specific way to train certain skills.

“It’s also going to be a first for Ourimbah Mountain Bike Park,

and everyone at CCMTB is really excited to be delivering this progressive bit of infrastructure,” Arnebark said.

2020 was a massive year for mountain and trail biking on the Central Coast, with the sport experiencing record growth as more people looked for ways to stay fit and active during the pandemic.

And according to Arnebark, that trend appears to be continuing in 2021, with thousands of riders making their way to Ourimbah over the summer school holidays.

“We’ve had around 1,000 people through every week since December and we even had one of our busiest race weekends ever, with 950 riders in over the two days, so we’ve definitely been kept busy and it’s nice to know that all the work we’re doing to improve the park is paying off,” Arnebark said.

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Simon Keen blasts Wildcats into T20 semis

Lisarow Ourimbah exiting the field after Terrigal’s batting innings

CRICKET Two of the First Grade Cricket T20 Quarter Finals were contested on Thursday, 21 January with heart break for the two home teams.

The Wyong Roos fell to the travelling Warnervale Wildcats by eight wickets, while further south a nail-biting contest ended in the Lisarow Ourimbah Magpies falling three runs behind the score set by the victorious Terrigal Matcham

Bellbirds.

At Baker Park, the Roos took to the bat first and set a total of 109 off their 20 overs, with highest scores going to Pat Daly who made 33 runs off 32 balls and Kane Wilson with 25 runs off 30 balls faced.

Warnervale’s Karin Katli did most of the damage, taking three wickets for 19 runs of four overs.

The Wildcats then chased after this score with plenty of venom in their strikes,

especially opening batsman Simon Keen who made 52 not out off 40 balls faced.

In the end, the visitors topped their hosts score in the 15th over.

Meanwhile at Bill Sohier Park, an opening score of 110 runs

by Terrigal Matcham was secured by the slightest of margins, with Lisarow Ourimbah losing their final wicket in the last over with 107 runs.

The Bellbirds were stunned

early on with Lisarow’s Matthew Sunshine taking two ducks in the first over and ending up with 3 wickets for 18 runs over four overs.

The visitors found their stride soon thereafter with a 69 run partnership between Kristian Mitchell, reaching 26 runs, and Zach Peters reaching 39.

Once Lisarow dismissed these two, they began to run through the wickets again with the final one being taken in the last over.

A shaky start for Lisarow with the bat faulted their momentum, with Nicholas Toohey taking Ben Cohen for a Diamond Duck on the first ball of the innings.

Toohey went on to take 3 wickets for 14 runs with Harry Brien later taking 2 wickets for 17 runs, both off four overs.

A 34 run partnership between Mitchell Pennington, reaching 27, and Mitchell McBeath, reaching 16, gave the Magpies hope, with final batsmen Sunshine and Luke Jacobs

needing 12 runs off the last over.

It came down to the last ball, with Sunshine needing a boundary to win, but in this final moment, Brien took his last wicket to secure the win for the Bellbirds.

Warnervale and Terrigal Matcham now look forward to a place in the Semi Finals, with final details still to be determined.

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North Central Coast Bodyboarders Club to return in 2021 BODYBOARDING It was once the driving force behind the bodyboarding movement in the region, and now the newly revived North Central Coast Bodyboarders Club is hoping to inspire a new generation of bodyboarders.

Known simply as the NCCB, the club was at its peak during the late 90s and early 00s, with dozens of boarders travelling from all corners of the Coast and beyond to compete in NCCB competitions at beaches around the former Wyong Shire.

Over the years the club also produced a handful of state and national champions in Grant Molony, Shaun Petersen and

Lilly Pollard, before waning interest and an ageing membership ultimately decided to close the club in 2006.

But now, a contingent of old boys want to bring bodyboarding back to the North.

From Super Groms (Under 12’s) to Grand Masters (Over 45’s) the new NCCB 2021 will supercharge the sport by reviving its once legendary competition series, with a six event comp planned for Lakes Beach to kick off in March.

Jeremy Harris was one of the founding members of the original NCCB and has returned as the new club’s Committee President.

According to Harris, while there was definitely a nostalgia factor, the revived NCCB will be

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all about celebrating the past and shaping the future, with coaching and mentoring to be the cornerstone of the club.

“I’ve been bodyboarding around the Coast for the past 35 years and NCCB was a really big part of my youth.

“That’s the case for a lot of the guys around here and that’s why we decided to restart the club.

“Globally, there’s been a big resurgence in the sport, even with last year being a hot mess for competitive bodyboarding,

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and so it just seemed as good a time as any to bring the NCCB back, because we want to keep the sport going strong,” Harris said.

And while it’s still early days, community interest appears to be strong, with initial inquiries leaving Harris hopeful that NCCB could have a massive year ahead.

“We haven’t had our first formal rego day yet, but interest so far has been very positive, so much so that we could even rival the biggest existing bodyboarding club in the country on membership if the numbers check out, which is really exciting.

“It’ll certainly make for an interesting series.”

Harris added that forging a strong community will also be

a focus of the new NCCB, with the final contest of the series to be a memorial event dedicated to Matt Barron and Luke Viner, two legends of the local bodyboarding community.

“Matt passed away while bodyboarding at Lakes Beach from an undiagnosed heart condition in 96 and a memorial contest has been held in his honour pretty much every year since, while Luke was an NCCB committee member who passed last December.

“He was passionate about getting groms back into the sport, so we thought the Barron/Viner Memorial Contest would be a fitting end to the series,” Harris explained.

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Roosters stars inspire girls at Toukley RLFC

The Hawks’ Girls Tackle Come and Try Day

RUGBY LEAGUE Toukley Hawks RLFC’s recently held a highly successful Girls Tackle Come and Try Day event, which was open to local girls and women interested in learning to play rugby league in 2021.

According to Hawks Junior Club Secretary, Jade Carberry, around 50 hopefuls attended the day and took part in a series

of fun drills and activities designed to teach them footy basics, with the event delivered in partnership with the Hawks, Play Rugby League Central Coast and the Central Coast Roosters Rugby Academy.

Also on hand to inspire were 2020 NSW Women’s Rugby League Premiership winners and Central Coast Roosters’ players, Jayme Fressard, Yasmin Meakes, Claire Reed and Jasmin Strange, who led

drills and offered advice and encouragement.

“We had a lot of girls who’d never played before come and give it a go, which was great to see given that we really didn’t know what to expect,” Carberry said.

“This is the club’s first time ever running a clinic like this, so we’re absolutely stoked with the results.

“We had girls signing up on

the spot for our 14s-17s as well as for our women’s team, which now has full numbers, and the day was such an overall success that we’re now planning one just for girls 10 and under.”

The new signings are particularly pleasing to the Hawks, who have been a local leader in getting girls and women involved in tackle league.

“As a club, a challenge we’ve

struggled with has been keeping our girls once they age out of juniors.

“When there aren’t enough players it becomes difficult to field a team in those teen brackets and sadly, we do lose players to other clubs because of it, so that’s why we’re so happy with this outcome.

“We are a family club first and foremost and we want to be able to keep our girls onside and offer them opportunities to

play from the juniors right through to the seniors, so growing our female player base is a high priority for us,” Carberry said.

With all grassroots clubs still awaiting advice from NSW Rugby League on what season 2021 will look like, Carberry said that for the time being, the Hawks will be focusing on their preseason preparations.

Dilon Luke

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Dare to believe

Mariners 2 - 0 Sydney FC FOOTBALL An upset win for the Central Coast Mariners away from home against Sydney FC on Friday, January 22 has sky-rocketed them back to the top of the A-League.

Despite the Mariner’s early run of good form, they headed into the oldest rivalry in the A-League with the weight of history against them, with Sydney having won all but one of their last 17 games.

Nonetheless, the blue and yellow took charge of the match and suppressed their hosts throughout the first half, maintaining their more disciplined defensive structure of the 2021 season.

At times, it came down again to the secure handling of Mark Birighitti in goal, who made five crucial saves in the first half alone, one at point blank range in the 14th minute.

The first big chance for the Mariners came in the 43rd minute from a Danny De Silva free kick that ended in a stunning bicycle kick from debutante Daniel Bouman.

Neither was too much for Sydney keeper, Andrew Redmayne, on that occasion.

But that changed in the 54th

minute with a combination of good fortune and strong pressure after a break by Bouman and a carefully crafted cross in search of Matt Simon instead found a loose foot of Sydney defender Ben Warland which skewed it passed the gloves of Redmayne.

This marked a shift in the momentum of the game, with Sydney unable to get a shot on goal.

In the 75th minute, the challenge for the hosts doubled when Alou Kuol scored his second goal of the season.

It started in the back line off an aggressive defensive move

by Ruon Tongyik who fed Josh Nisbet into space.

A one-two move between Nisbet and Jordan Smylie was thwarted by the Sydney defensive line, but they were unable to clear the ball further than Kuol who was lurking on the edge of the penalty area.

The number 29 side-footed the ball into the bottom right hand corner of the goal.

Kuol went looking for another goal a few minutes later with a dazzling 70m run against a Sydney team forced into pressing higher up the field, but he couldn’t get it past

Redmayne.

The game opened up with Sydney launching long, hopeful balls into threatening areas, forcing a number of saves and corners out of the Mariners defence, but they were unable to crack the code.

End result: 2-0 to the Mariners.

The win sent the Mariners back to the top of the table with a two-point lead over the second place Western Sydney Wanderers, although both Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City have a game in hand.

Regardless of this, a healthy 5-1 goal ratio for the Mariners has earned them the highest goal difference at this stage of the season.

Last year’s player of the season, Mark Birighitti now has three clean sheets in four games while the suffocating defence of Tongyik and Kye Rowles has been noticed across the League.

The Mariners now take on Wellington Phoenix at Central Coast Stadium on Saturday, January 31.

After four wooden spoons in five year, do we dare to believe?

Haakon Barry