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New milestone for Picklum Shelly Beach local and pro surfer, Molly Picklum, has claimed the biggest victory of her newly budding career at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Qualifying Series (QS) 5,000 finals day on Friday, June 25.

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The Central Coast has answered the call from Minister for Agriculture, Adam Marshall, who wanted Expressions of Interest to install a million dollar offshore artificial reef.

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Out & About

See page 39 A new exhibition called Home has opened at the Art Container in Memorial Park at The Entrance.

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COVID restrictions bite as school holidays start The timing of a two-week Covid lockdown on the brink of school holidays could not have come at a more inopportune time for both families, businesses hoping for a lucrative holiday period, and their employees.

Due to rapid spread of the Eastern Suburbs Covid cluster in Sydney, NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, on advice from NSW Health, imposed lockdown restrictions on the Central Coast, effective from 6pm on Saturday, June 26, until 11.59pm on Friday, July 9.

Within hours of the announcement, the panic buying at supermarkets started, shelves were cleared of toilet paper and queues grew

longer outside waiting to get inside to stock up on groceries before the stay-at-home order came into effect.

Many businesses, pubs and clubs, closed their doors and sent employees home, with some eateries being able to pivot to contactless takeaway orders.

As a result of the lockdown orders, the COVID-19 Disaster Payment will become available on July 4 for Coast residents who can’t attend work as a result of state imposed health restrictions.

Eligible people will receive $500 if they’ve lost 20 hours or more of work, and $325 if they’ve lost less than 20 hours of work.

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According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, seven out of 10 children have been bullied at least once within a year, making it a serious issue in schools around the country.

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Sport CENTRAL COAST CLOSED

Lawn Bowls is an emerging competition sport being introduced to primary and high school students through the Let’s Play Bowls program.

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Turning 100 hasn’t stopped Bernie Wykes

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Australia’s oldest Wallaby turns 100

Fourteen members of the Rotary Club of Umina Beach were recognised last week by the Salvation Army for their recent service.

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Ourimbah firefighter Peter Burfitt has been named the Rural Fire Service Association’s (RFSA) Member of the Year.

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The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has started construction on a new raised boardwalk at the northern end of Moonee Beach...

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New milestone for Picklum

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Shelly Beach local and pro surfer, Molly Picklum, has claimed the biggest victory of her newly budding career at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Qualifying Series (QS) 5,000 finals day on Friday, June 25.

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Central Coast Local Health District extended its hours at local COVID-19 testing clinics from Monday, June 21, after fragments of the virus were detected...

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The Central Coast has answered the call from Minister for Agriculture, Adam Marshall, who wanted Expressions of Interest to install a million dollar offshore artificial reef.

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Out & About

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More than 250 trees have been planted at the Porters Creek Landcare site as part of activities for World Environment Day...

To all who know Bernie Wykes, he is a wonderful enigma, as at 100 years of age, he hasn’t learnt to be old yet.

Australia’s oldest Wallaby and Peninsula local, Eric Tweedale, has turned 100… and the celebrations haven’t stopped.

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Health

For 13 years, Bob Pierse was a member of iconic Australian rock band The Delltones.

An Ettalong Beach artist has been named as a finalist in a national awards program aimed to provide support for emerging Australian songwriters and composers.

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Additional responsibilities seen as incredible opportunity for the Coast Shadow Minister for the Central Coast and Wyong MP, David Harris, has picked up another portfolio, Shadow Minister for Jobs, Investment and Tourism, in the recent NSW Labor Party re-shuffle.

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He also continues as Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty.

New Labor Leader, Chris Minns, announced his new Shadow Cabinet line-up on Friday, June 11, to challenge for government at the 2023 NSW elections.

Swansea MP, Yasmin Catley, who lost her role as Deputy Leader in the front bench reshuffle, now becomes the Shadow Minister for the Hunter, Shadow Minister for Customer Service, Shadow Minister for

Wyong MP, David Harris, at the Colours of Country market run by Darkinjung artists, with Wendy Pawley and Dal Walters, both of Blue Haven

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“I’m pleased to serve in these roles and look forward to advocating on behalf of businesses and individuals

who have been hit hard financially by COVID-19 to ensure that they get the support they need,” she said.

Harris is more than happy to

take on the Jobs, Investment and Tourism portfolio, to build on work he already started as Shadow Minister for Central Coast.

Nurses and midwives rallied outside Gosford Hospital on June 16 over the need for safe staffing and called on the NSW Government to introduce nurse-to-patient ratios.

Dr Leon Wakefield Clarke recognised in Queen’s birthday Honours List

“Obviously, in this fastgrowing region, we can’t keep building new houses and not create jobs to go with that, otherwise we just push more and more people on to the trains and freeway to commute out of the area for work.

“My new portfolio gives me a stronger position to lobby for resources and to make sure that the Central Coast is recognised in its own right as a go-ahead tourism market, opening up more jobs,” he said.

“I’ve already been working with a group that’s trying to get the Central Coast movie studios up at Tuggerah and I’ve also been working with a group that wants to get an indoor sports stadium on the Coast.

An interactive “magic table” is working wonders for patients at Wyong Hospital...

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Sport

Two northern Central Coast surfers have come away with podium placements against some of the State’s best surfers 35 years and up...

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Dr Leon Wakefield Clark of Empire Bay was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2021 Queen’s birthday Honours List for significant service to medical administration and to healthcare delivery.

Clark has enjoyed a stellar career in the field of medicine, with a particular interest in consumer empowerment.

He said news of his award was met with a mixture of merriment and surprise.

“It’s not something you really expect in life,” he said.

“My wife had known for several months but had kept it a secret.”

Clark began his career as an obstetrician in the Newcastle area, operating first out of Royal Newcastle Hospital, and then establishing a practice, from which he worked with three hospitals over a period of 10

years.

“I probably delivered around 2,500 babies during that time,” he said.

“I was also a gynaecologist, specialising in IVF and infertility.

“They were exciting times in the field of IVF; I started an IVF program in Newcastle and it was extraordinarily successful.

“In those days Australia was leading the world in that area, and I was often invited to speak overseas.”

Clark took the opportunity to move to Sydney as Medical Executive Officer at The San, later becoming the CEO - a position he held for 13 years.

His main passions throughout his career were improving safety and quality in healthcare and consumer empowerment.

“I was anxious to get patients more involved and aware,” he said.

Dr Leon Clark, AM

For two years he led a lobby group which eventually succeeded in obtaining item numbers for IVF, making the process affordable for those who wanted to have a baby and couldn’t.

“My interest in consumer welfare started then,” he said.

Positions held by Clark during his career included: Chief Medical Advisor, icare NSW,

2016-2018; Group Chief Executive Officer, Adventist HealthCare, 2012-2015; Chief Executive Officer, Sydney Adventist Hospital, 2002-2012; and Visiting Gynaecologist, City West Day Surgery, Westmead, 1998-2002.

He also served as Director, Medi-Aid Centre Foundation, 2009-2015; Chair, San Foundation, 2008-2018 and 2002-2005; Chair, Board of Management, Australasian Research Institute, 2003-2016; Director, Australian Council on Health Care Standards, 20012004; and as Board Member and Chair of the Sydney Adventist Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees from 2002.

Clark was National President of the Australian Private Hospitals Association from 2004-2006 and a Board Member from 20012007 and served in various roles

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in the Fertility Society of Australia from 1989-1993.

Other awards he has received include: Vocational Excellence Award, Rotary International, 2014; Honorary Fellow,University of Sydney, 2016; and IVF Director of the Year, Fertility Society of the Year, 1992.

“I have enjoyed every minute of my career and am still active in certain areas of particular interest,” he said.

He is still involved with the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission and the Agency for Clinical Innovation.

Clark retired to Empire Bay in 2017 with wife Jan, whom he met when she was working as a nurse for the IVF program in Newcastle.

Between them they have five children and 10 grandchildren.

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Administrator, Rik Hart, praised this year’s Harvest Festival as part of his overview of his and Central Coast Council’s activities...

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Education

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Health

‘Going dry’ this July in support of cancer-affected families is something Umina Beach local, Carol, can get behind.

Nurses and midwives rallied outside Gosford Hospital on June 16

Ten locals recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

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Sport The Central Coast has been well represented in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, with six residents receiving an OAM and one an AM. Both Umina and Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Clubs have had multiple successes at the Central Coast Surf Life Saving’s annual Awards of Excellence evening, held on Saturday, June 12, in recognition of the many surf club achievements.

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A former Central Coast police officer received an Australian Police Medal, one resident was awarded a Meritorious Award and one received an Emergency Services Medal.

We present profiles on each of the recipients in the Central Coast News area.

For profiles of Tony Younglove, who was awarded the Emergency Services Medal (ESM) and Peter Rubin and Bob Wilson, who each received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), see this week’s Central Coast Chronicle.

For a profile of Dr Leon Wakefield Clark, who was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), see this week’s Pelican Post.

This year’s awards recognised 1,190 Australians, 44 per cent of whom are women.

Governor-General David Hurley said each recipient had stories which deserved to be shared widely and celebrated.

“On behalf of all Australians, congratulations to all recipients,” he said.

“Collectively, they speak to who we are as a nation.

“There are countless examples of selflessness, commitment and dedication.

“There is diversity and there are examples of exceptional achievement in almost every

field imaginable.

“I am pleased that this list includes the highest ever percentage of women recognised through the General Division of the Order of Australia.

“It is important that the Order of Australia represents the diversity and strength of Australia – for this to happen we need to ensure outstanding women, members of our multicultural community and First Nations people are nominated by their peers in the

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Hundreds of nurses and midwives walked off the job at Wyong Hospital and Long Jetty Continuing Care centre in Toukley on Wednesday, June 16, over the need for safe staffing levels, and called on the NSW Government to introduce nurse to patient ratios.

Nurses on strike at Wyong Hospital

community.

“I am prioritising increasing awareness of and engagement with the Order of Australia amongst groups that have been historically underrepresented.

“We are seeing positive progress and I am determined that it continues.”

Source: Media release, Jun 14 Office of the Governor-General

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Central Coast receives little joy from NSW Budget

Alen Stajcic and Nahuel Arrarte have stepped down from their roles as Head Coach and Assistant Coach respectively of the Central Coast Mariners A-League side.

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Highlights of the NSW 2021-22 Budget are $4M for the Wyong Town Centre Pacific Highway upgrade, $17.8M for extra commuter car parking at Tuggerah Station and $8.1M for social housing on the Central Coast.

Treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, handed down the Budget on Tuesday, June 22, which Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, says will help the Coast continue its recovery from COVID-19 by focussing on jobs.

“NSW’s approach is to lock down the virus, not lock down the state, and this will continue.

“The best way to help the local economy bounce back from COVID-19 is to create new jobs and this will be achieved through the significant share of Budget funding being allocated to the Central Coast,” Crouch said.

In the health sector there is $32.8M to complete the redevelopment of Wyong Hospital, a new hospital security package for staff safety and the continuation of

Patient Experience Officers at Wyong and Gosford Hospitals, as well as a new program to convert existing paramedics to Intensive Care Paramedics.

There’s funding for the Police Ambulance and Clinical Early Response (PACER) program to operate in both Tuggerah Lakes and Brisbane Water Police Districts, and a new Safeguards Child and Adolescent Mental Health Response Team.

The Budget includes the 2.5 percent wage increase previously promised to 8,000 staff at Central Coast Local

Health District, as well as thousands more public sector employees including police, firefighters, paramedics and teachers.

There is $830,000 to continue the upgrade of Brooke Avenue Public School at Killarney Vale and $16.1M to complete construction of the new Porters Creek Public School at Warnervale.

Families will welcome free preschool for the remainder of 2021 and all of 2022, as well as the new $100 learn to swim voucher for every preschool

aged child.

A new infrastructure contributions system will be implemented to collect levies on local developments.

Continuation of the $1,500 fees and charges rebate scheme will allow small businesses to cover the cost of government fees and charges.

There is $45M to continue planning the fast rail program between Sydney, Canberra, Bomaderry, Newcastle, Central Coast and the Central West.

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Celebrations for the NAISDA Graduating Class of 2020 was expected to be full of emotion, following a year of learning unlike any other...

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Sport

The end of season transfers for the Mariners have begun, spearheaded by the stepping down of Head Coach, Alen Stajcic.

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A new exhibition called Home has opened at the Art Container in Memorial Park at The Entrance.

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Education

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Mixed reactions to State Budget

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The Australian Reptile Park is experiencing a baby boom, with baby animals centre stage in the daily show line up during the school holidays.

Deepwater Dragon Boat Club President, Kathy Cummings, has been awarded the NSW Coach of the Year at this year’s annual Dragon Boat State Championships.

The State Budget, handed down on June 22, has met a mixed reception on the Central Coast.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the Budget would help the region continue its recovery from COVID-19 by focusing on jobs.

Among highlights for the Coast, he cited $3.4M to build a new, all-weather training surface at Gosford Racecourse, upgrades to five Coast surf lifesaving clubs, $32.8M to complete the redevelopment of Wyong Hospital and funds to continue major roadworks on the Pacific Highway at Lisarow, along Manns Rd, along the Pacific Highway at Wyong and on Blackwall Rd and Memorial Ave, Woy Woy. But the region’s Labor MPs say the budget falls short on funding for new infrastructure,

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, looks over the budget papers with Premier, Gladys Berejiklian

schools and social housing.

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, says it is a “major disappointment” containing “re-announced promises”.

Crouch said the best way to help the local economy bounce back from COVID-19 is to

create new jobs and this will be achieved through the significant share of Budget funding being allocated to the Central Coast.

“We know that many people are still doing it tough,” he said.

“That’s why the budget provides cost of living support

like free preschool and $100 Learn to Swim vouchers, which will help to take the pressure off families and individuals.”

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the budget included $43.9M for a new $100 Learn to Swim voucher for children

aged between three and six, and $150M for the Free Preschool program to continue until the end of 2022.

“This is a budget which supports and protects our families and communities through record investments in health, education and transport,” Berejiklian said.

“The biggest infrastructure pipeline in Australia now tops $108.5B and continues to be the backbone of our recovery, with NSW now adding more jobs than were lost during the height of the pandemic.”

Business NSW Central Coast also hailed the budget for its reduced deficit, solid economic management and strong commitment to infrastructure spending through the COVID recovery.

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COVID restrictions bite as school holidays start

A Central Coast grandmother of five has hailed the support she received from a free online service provided by Central Coast Health Promotion Service.

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Sport

The Central Coast Crusaders have won five out of six matches over the weekend from Saturday - Sunday, June 19 & 20, with the Youth Men also winning Team of The Year at the Sport NSW Awards.

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The timing of a two-week Covid lockdown on the brink of school holidays could not have come at a more inopportune time for both families, businesses hoping for a lucrative holiday period, and their employees.

Due to rapid spread of the Eastern Suburbs Covid cluster in Sydney, NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, on advice from NSW Health, imposed lockdown restrictions on the Central Coast, effective from 6pm on Saturday, June 26, until 11.59pm on Friday, July 9.

Within hours of the announcement, the panic buying at supermarkets started, shelves were cleared of toilet paper and queues grew

longer outside waiting to get inside to stock up on groceries before the stay-at-home order came into effect.

Many businesses, pubs and clubs, closed their doors and sent employees home, with some eateries being able to pivot to contactless takeaway orders.

As a result of the lockdown orders, the COVID-19 Disaster Payment will become available on July 4 for Coast residents who can’t attend work as a result of state imposed health restrictions.

Eligible people will receive $500 if they’ve lost 20 hours or more of work, and $325 if they’ve lost less than 20 hours of work.

According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, seven out of 10 children have been bullied at least once within a year, making it a serious issue in schools around the country.

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Lawn Bowls is an emerging competition sport being introduced to primary and high school students through the Let’s Play Bowls program.

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“No change to the draft plan” was the standard reply to people’s submissions to Central Coast Council’s Operational Plan, or Budget, for the 2021-22 financial year.

A Summary of Submissions at Council’s meeting on Tuesday, June 29, said 140 submissions were received and of the 34 topics, Council made only four amendments to the Operational Plan.

Some of the decisions Council would not budge on included a five percent increase in sports fees, an increase in childcare fees, more money for implementation of Norah Head Masterplan and closure of The Entrance library.

Objections to the closure of the library included a petition signed by 1,106 people but Council said it counted it as one submission.

In its response to submissions, Council said patronage of The Entrance Library had declined greatly over recent years and the ageing premises were not suitable to meet the needs of a modern library or that of an inclusive community facility

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Council ignores an 1100 signature petition and 136 submissions

A strong community campaign could not save the library

due to lack of accessibility, parking or space for collaboration.

The library is to be replaced with a visiting mobile library service.

Council’s customer service point, available on Thursdays and Fridays, will be relocated to the Visitor Information Centre.

Investigations are also underway on the possibility of making public access computers available at the information centre.

Although The Entrance library will close, Council has increased its 2021-22 capital budget by $73,000 for library resources.

“This will not impact Council’s overall Budget and is a result of the re-allocation of funds within the Libraries and Education Unit,” Council said.

The Entrance MP, who led the community campaign to save the library, said Council ignored 55 submissions and two petitions opposing the closure.

“The only concession in relation to libraries is a $73,000 increase to library resources but this is only due to lower than expected costs of other library upgrades such as a new return chute for Toukley and air conditioning at Tuggerah,” he said.

Meanwhile, Council has told local sporting bodies facing a five percent fee rise that there would be no change to the draft plan.

Council says the Community Sport Hire fees have been

increased by five percent in 2021-22 due to nil increase or reduced fees over previous years, reducing the minimal subsidy the sporting community provides towards the full cost of maintenance and operation of sporting facilities.

Representatives of Central Coast Sports Council met with the Administrator and Council staff to discuss lighting fees and sports fees in general.

The Administrator informed the Sports Council that Central Coast Council fees were lower

than many other councils’ and there would be no changes.

“Whilst there is a proposed five percent increase, the fees for 2021-22 have been benchmarked against other surrounding local government areas and are considered reasonable and fair,” a Council report said.

Business people were the one group that did get a change to the Operational Plan, following submissions about the impact of the Special Rate Variation on the business rates category.

Council changed the rating for the business sub-category of Major Retail.

The sub-category has been re-based against the Ordinary Business Rate, providing better equity across all the business categories, Council said.

The 2021-22 Operational Plan which includes the 15 percent rates rise and rates harmonisation, the fees and charges schedule, financial income and expenditure, as well as the four-year Capital Works Program, takes effect from Thursday, July 1.

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COVID restrictions bite as school holidays start From page 1 They must not have liquid assets of more than $10,000 or be in receipt of other payments.

Other payments that might be available to eligible people include Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment and JobSeeker Payment.

Residents can now only leave home to shop for food or other essentials, for medical care or compassionate needs (including to get vaccinated unless you have been identified as a close contact), for exercising outdoors in groups of less than 10 or for essential work or education, where you cannot do this from home.

School children have been left at a loose end with holiday

events cancelled, as well as other community events such as Naidoc Week.

Sport matches are not permitted and the streets and centres are near to empty.

Penalties for not following restrictions are enforceable by Police, and this includes leaving the home for non-essential reasons, not social distancing and non-essential travel.

Everyone is encouraged to be tested if they exhibit any symptoms.

Central Coast Health said that there would be limits on visitors to hospitals and healthcare centres during the stay-athome orders.

Visitors will only be allowed for patients receiving end-of-

life care or palliative care, patients with dementia requiring additional carer support, parents visiting children and partners supporting women giving birth.

Funerals are limited to one person per 4sqm with a cap of 100 people and masks must be worn indoors, except at home.

Central Coast Council has temporarily closed a number of its facilities but assures the community it will continue to deliver all essential services.

Council services that will continue during the current lockdown include water and sewer; waste collection; road repairs; public toilets; parks, playspaces and beaches for exercise only; emergency callouts and customer inquiries

through the call centre, although the council administrative buildings are closed.

The Council meeting on Tuesday, June 29, went ahead via zoom.

Libraries are closed, as well as leisure centres, gyms and pools, theatres and the Regional Gallery, The Entrance Visitor Information Centre, senior and youth centres, and all community centres such as halls.

Holiday parks remain open for essential travellers only, however, any visitors to the Central Coast from June 21 must adhere to Public Health Order requirements and follow stay-at-home orders for a period of 14 days after leaving

the region.

With the school holidays now underway, Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, is calling on Sydneysiders to stay away and not visit the Central Coast region.

“The school holidays are normally one of the busiest times of the year for local businesses and accommodation providers, but unfortunately the COVID-19 outbreak means that people must stay at home,” he said.

“If you are on the Central Coast right now but your home address is not a Central Coast suburb, please go home.

“The only reasons to leave home are shopping for

essentials, medical care or compassionate needs, outdoor exercise, and essential work or education commitments.”

Crouch said the Public Health Order specified that “taking a holiday is not a reasonable excuse” for leaving home.

“We need everyone to abide by the restrictions so that our Health experts can stop COVID-19 from spreading any further,” he said.

“Central Coast residents are the eyes and ears for Police, which is why I’m encouraging people in our community to report any possible violations of the Public Health Order to Crime Stoppers.”

Sue Murray

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

From Council It was great to see Harvest Festival return to the Coast over the long weekend showcasing over 30 event hubs in the hinterland. Over 48,000 people attended across the weekend, with majority from out of region, which is an increase of 16,000 from the 2019 event. The economic impact for the region was $5.3M! These figures are impressive - despite venue number restrictions due to COVID.

17-23 May was National Volunteer Week where I had the pleasure of presenting Gabrielle Greiner as Volunteer of the Year at Central Coast’s National Volunteer Awards 2021, along with many other great volunteers being recognised for their hard work and dedication. I congratulate all volunteers!

I joined the CEO in attending the Central Coast Economic Breakfast hosted by Business NSW to hear where the Central Coast fits in the global, federal and state context for growth.

I continue to meet with local members of parliament to discuss their key concerns and grant opportunities, and one of Council’s key stakeholders, Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council’s Acting CEO and COO to discuss future opportunities and Council’s MOU.

As I work through the submissions received on the Tranche 3 Asset Sales, I am also visiting sites of contention to gain a thorough understanding of the issues raised.

Rik Hart Administrator, Central Coast Council

New Community Recycling Centre now open The Central Coast now has its first Community Recycling Centre (CRC), with householders now dropping off their problem wastes for free at the Buttonderry Waste Management Facility in Jilliby.

The CRC has been established by us with the support of a NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Environmental Trust grant of $160,000. This now expands on our popular Chemical Cleanout Events and other recycling initiatives across the Coast which make problem waste disposal easier for Central Coast residents.

Our community is passionate about closing the loop on waste and ensuring its safe and environmentally responsible disposal and we are proud to be able to actively find opportunities that help our community do this.

We encourage everyone to make use of this great new, permanent facility.

The Central Coast CRC is located at 850 Hue Hue Road at Jilliby and is purpose-built for residential customers only. It is open 7 days a week. The Central Coast CRC accepts the following problem wastes for free: • water-based and oil-based paints • used motor oils and other oils • lead-acid and hand-held batteries • gas cylinders and fire extinguishers • conventional tube and compact fluorescent lamps and • smoke detectors For more information, search ‘waste’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

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.

Water planning – what did we hear?

It’s important that we continue to plan for the Coast’s future water needs – and understanding our community’s values is a vital part of this.

Between December 2020 and April 2021 we sought community feedback on the Central Coast Water Security Plan – our plan to secure the Coast’s water supply for future generations.

A representative sample of our community was taken on a journey so we could learn about their water values, educate them on the different water supply and demand options, and find out their support level of the water portfolios we’re considering.

Five portfolios, or groups of options, were presented.

From community consultation, you told us that: • you valued reliability, environmental impact and cost to operate most • you were most interested in water conservation, recycled water (non-drinking) and water sharing • you preferred portfolios that provided high reliability for all climate conditions, including drought • you were less interested in portfolios that included the raising of existing dams due to environmental impacts and lower reliability during drought Now, all feedback plus other ongoing investigations, modelling and analysis will be used to to draft the Water Security Plan, that will go on exhibition in late 2021 for final community feedback.

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Bipartisan support for offshore artificial reef for recreational fishing The Central Coast has answered the call from Minister for Agriculture, Adam Marshall, who wanted Expressions of Interest to install a million dollar offshore artificial reef for recreational fishing.

Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, presented a petition to the Minister and Shadow Minister for Central Coast, David Harris, wrote a joint submission with Gosford MP, Liesl Tesch.

Minister for Agriculture, Adam Marshall, said artificial reefs greatly enhanced local tourism opportunities.

“They truly are remarkable structures, creating a vibrant underwater oasis for fish and aquatic organisms to flourish in, creating significant ecological and economic benefits,” he said.

Harris said he supported an artificial reef off the Central Coast and preferably in the northern part of the Coast given that there was an ocean boat ramp at Norah Head.

“Also, we don’t think it would be a good idea to have a fishing

site side-by side the Adelaide,” he said.

The sunken HMAS Adelaide is a recreational diving site about 32m down, offshore Avoca Beach.

“There’s nine other artificial reefs for recreational fishing off the NSW coast, so it just makes sense to have one, too, on the Central Coast,” Harris said.

The artificial reef being towed to its location off Swansea Heads in 2019

“Research shows that artificial reefs are actually good for the environment and that they increase fish stocks, which are always under pressure.

“The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is monitoring them all the time, so if there were any unforeseen impacts they would have been picking

that up, and fishing inspectors monitor catch limits or any illegal fishing.

“Recreational fishers pay through their fishing licences and part of that is for increasing facilities for recreational fishing,” Harris said.

Adam Crouch presented a petition to the Minister, signed by hundreds of recreational

fishers, spearfishers, commercial operators and local residents supporting an artificial reef.

“Other regional areas like Merimbula and the Tweed Heads already have an artificial reef, and I don’t want the Central Coast to miss this opportunity,” Crouch said.

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recreational fishing is about 29m down, offshore from Blacksmiths Beach and about 3.5km north-east of the Swansea bar, which was installed in 2019.

“The ex-HMAS Adelaide Artificial Reef off Avoca Beach is quite rightly designated a marine reserve, but I want to ensure that local fishers have a similar type of reef to enjoy,” Crouch said.

“We know that about one in four residents hold a recreational fishing licence, which is why fishing is such an integral part of our community’s lifestyle and economy.

“I am now calling on the Agriculture Minister to positively respond to my petition by providing an artificial reef for our section of NSW coastline.”

The Department of Primary Industries has been receiving expressions of interest for new artificial reef locations, and will now conduct an ecological, biological and socio-economic evaluation of potential reef locations.

Sue Murray

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Council flags plan to make temporary 15 percent rate rise permanent

Central Coast Council was expected to officially rubber stamp its plans to increase rates by 15 percent and introduce harmonisation of the rates across the former and Gosford and Wyong local government area.

At its meeting on Tuesday, June 29, Council was also expected to adopt plans to make the rate increase

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The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) only allowed the increase for three years.

Council says its income will be reduced by $22.8M in the 2024-25 financial year, unless it gets a further rate rise.

Council also adopted its operational plan and budget at the meeting.

In the operational plan, Council says it will need to apply to the IPART for a further rate rise or special rate variation (SRV), as it is called.

“It should be noted that whilst the approved SRV provides Council short term stability for three years, it does not provide for long term financial sustainability beyond 2024-2025 and a further SRV will be required,” a Council

report said.

It said Council might resolve “at a future point in time” to apply once again for a special rate variation for the 2024-25 financial year and onwards.

Adopting the plan on June 29 enables the Council to levy rates and charges prior to July 31.

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The amount by which a ratepayer’s rates will change will depend on two factors, the land value, as determined by the NSW Valuer General, and whether the property is in the former Wyong Shire or former Gosford City Council area.

“On average, property owners in the former Wyong will see a decrease in ordinary rates while property owners in the former Gosford will see an increase in ordinary rates,” Council said.

In May, IPART approved a rate peg increase of two percent for 2021-22 and a temporary one-off 13 percent increase to Council’s rating income for three years.

Fees and charges will go up with the adoption of the plan.

Local sporting bodies tried without success to stop a five per cent increase in fees.

Council said the Administrator, Rik Hart, informed Central Coast Sports Council representatives that Central Coast Council fees were lower than many other Councils’ and there would be no changes to the way the fees were administered.

“Whilst there is a proposed five percent increase, the proposed fees for 2021-22 have been benchmarked against other surrounding local government areas and are considered reasonable and fair,” the report said.

The revenue to be raised from Ordinary Rates is estimated to be $199,347,000 and the revenue from Special Rates is estimated to be $2,869,000.

The revenue from Annual Waste charges is estimated to be $80,977,000.

The operational plan explains that Council’s external loan balances are forecast to be $347M at June 30.

The report also says that “cost shifting continues to place a significant burden on Council’s financial situation, to the tune of about $45M per annum”.

The higher levels of government “shift costs” without providing corresponding funding or adequate revenue raising capacity.

Council expects its deficit at the end of this financial year will be $103M, down from $115M first projected in the first quarter of this year.

Next year’s budget projects a modest surplus of $7M with a capital works program of $175M. The May investment reports showed Council’s current cash and investment portfolio totals $483.01M at May 31.

The portfolio earned $408,000 in interest.

A total of $430M were restricted funds and $52.2M was restricted.

Merilyn Vale

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Central Coast Community Recycling Centre opened at Jilliby

A new, and free, Community Recycling Centre is now open at Buttonderry Waste Management Facility at Jilliby, which takes problem wastes such as paints, oils, gas bottles, fluoro lights, smoke detectors and batteries..

It was established by Central Coast Council with the support of an Environmental Trust grant of $160,000 and work with the Environment Protection

Authority (EPA).

The centre, just past the Toukley exit on the M1, expands on the popular travelling chemical cleanout events held regularly.

Administrator, Rik Hart, said the recycling centre offered a permanent, free drop-off solution, complementary to existing services, that would make problem waste disposal easier for residents.

“Our community is passionate

about closing the loop on waste and ensuring its safe and environmentally responsible disposal and this was evident when we consulted on our Waste Resource Management Strategy.

“We are proud that 87 percent of our community thinks it is very important to reduce the amount of waste that households generate and dispose of, and we are also proud to be able to actively find

opportunities that help our community do this.

“I encourage everyone to make use of this great new facility,” Hart said.

EPA Director Circular Economy, Kathy Giunta, said the Central Coast Community Recycling Centre was part of a network of more than 100 facilities established across NSW. “Most of the items accepted at community recycling centres

can be reused or recycled.

“That also helps us save water, energy and other resources.

“If any of the problem waste dropped off at a centre can’t be recycled, it is properly treated before safe disposal,” Giunta said.

Problem wastes accepted, free of charge, are water-based and oil-based paints, used motor oils and other oils, leadacid and hand-held batteries,

gas cylinders and fire extinguishers, conventional tube and compact fluorescent lamps as well as smoke detectors.

The centre is purpose-built for residential customers only and open every day from 7am to 4pm on weekdays and 8am to 4pm on weekends.

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Support package for Covid affected businesses Small businesses impacted by the current COVID-19 restrictions breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday, June 29, when the NSW Government announced a support package and a major new grants program to help them through this latest two week lockdown.

The package includes grants of between $5,000 and $10,000 for small businesses, payroll tax deferrals for all employers, an extension of the Dine & Discover vouchers to August 31, which will also be valid for home delivered takeaway meals.

NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said the centrepiece of the package was the small

business support grants which would help businesses by alleviating cashflow constraints while trading is restricted.

This can be used for business expenses such as rent, utilities and wages, for which no other government support is available.

Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the Central Coast’s hospitality and tourism sector will be targeted in the rescue package.

“Tourism, hospitality and accommodation providers rely on the busy school holiday period to keep afloat and that’s why this support package is targeted at helping them,” he said.

The NSW Government’s

financial rescue package includes one-off payments of $5,000 for businesses with a 30 percent decline in turnover, $7,000 for businesses with a 50 percent decline in turnover and $10,000 for businesses with a 70 percent decline in turnover.

“The one-off payments are designed to be flexible and will allow business owners to cover the cost of utilities, Council rates, telecommunications bills, insurance payments, wages and any other bill,” Crouch said.

Central Coast Regional Director for Business NSW, Paula Martin, said the business community would welcome the rescue package, especially those in tourism, events and

hospitality industries.

“This will be one of the fastest and largest business support packages from any state in Australia in response to the pandemic and we look forward to a speedy implementation,” she said.

“The package is particularly well targeted and will start to hit the accounts of business owners from July.

“Larger businesses haven’t been ignored either, with a number of State Government taxes and charges deferred, with payments due later in the year.”

Martin said Business NSW had been working with the Government on this initiative since the lockdown was confirmed on Saturday, June

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“By using the real experiences of our members, we were able to demonstrate the widespread need for a quick turnaround for this package,” she said.

“It’s often easy to sit back and criticise the Government but when they act quickly and for the benefit of business owners and their employees, they rightly deserve credit.

“This will provide enormous relief to business owners who’ve suffered so much over the past 15 months and were slowly starting to bounce back.

“This latest Covid development has been a hammer blow to them and their confidence, but at least they know that some support is on its way,” Martin said.

The Small Business COVID-19 Support Grant is available to businesses and sole traders with fewer than 20 full-time equivalent employees and a turnover of more than $75,000 per annum but below the NSW Government 2020-21 payroll tax threshold of $1.2M as at July 1, 2020.

The Hospitality and Tourism COVID-19 Support Grant is available to tourism or hospitality businesses with a turnover of more than $75,000 and an annual wages bill of below $10M as at July 1, 2020.

Businesses will be able to apply for the grants through Service NSW from later in July.

Sue Murray

Community Environment Network SPECIAL PLANT SALE – SAVE THE DATE

Our usual plant sale on the first Saturday of the month has been postponed due to the NSW Government COVID Lockdown BUT we’ve decided to celebrate the end of the lockdown by holding a Special Wildplant Sale on Saturday, 17 July.

MEANWHILE, if lockdown is giving you green thumbs, you can order plants from our nursery online.

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Due to COVID restrictions, CEN has had to postpone the COSS Connections and Rehabilitation Project: Riparian Planting Event which was scheduled for 7th July, 10am-12pm on Pat’s property at Copacabana. We will advise of the new date as soon as we are able so keep an eye on the CEN events calendar for the lates information.

The Swift Parrot Bird Survey Walk, which was scheduled for 8 July has also been postponed. If you have registered for this Simply email: nursery@cen.org.au, place your event we will advise you of the new date as soon as it is order, pay online and we will available. arrange for you to pick up your order from our office at Ourimbah.

NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE Next Wildplant Nursery Sale Day: Saturday, 17 July 9am to 12pm, off Brush Road, Ourimbah (Saturday, 3 July sale day postponed due to COVID restrictions)

EVENTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO:

ABORIGINAL CULTURAL BURNING TALK AND WALK, NARARA

Friday, August 13, 10am-12.30pm Cost: FREE, includes scrumptious morning tea.

An introduction to managing fire on your property the Aboriginal way with Den Barber from Yarrabin Cultural Connections.

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From our CEO

We were lucky to hold our Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 19 June, before the NSW stay-at-home orders resulted in a two-week lockdown of the Central Coast.

I’d like to personally thank Hale Adasal for her contribution to CEN as our Chair for the past two years and acknowledge her efforts to established CEN Youth.

Gary Chestnut was elected Chair. Gary is well known to many locals as a former Director of Environment at Gosford Council and a strong advocate for ecologically sustainable development through the Central Coast Community Better Planning Group.

We said farewell to Michael Conroy who decided to stand down from the committee and we thank Michael for his contribution to the network, particularly his excellent submissions on crucial local planning matters.

CEN Youth executive member, Zina Harije also officially joins the CEN executive committee and we are lucky to have her enthusiasm and skill as a campaigner.

All CEN executive committee members are volunteers with busy lives who give freely of their time, expertise and experience for the benefit of the whole community.

CEN’s focus on representing individuals and community groups to support ecologically sustainable development and oppose threats to it remains strong.

In addition to our usual programs and activities, we will continue to advocate for sustainability and diversity.

Protecting and expanding the Coastal Open Space System (COSS), protecting Porters Creek Wetland, looking after all our waterways and preserving our precious bushland will continue to be our focus throughout the new financial year.

- Sam Willis, CEO

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Consultant reports on more than 4,000 Council expense accounts In August 2020, Central Coast Council had more than 4,000 expense accounts, according to a consultant’s report released in June 2021.

There were expenses such as materials, contracts, consultants, electricity, fuel, advertising and so on.

The consultants explained that there were more than 5,000 account lines when viewing the financial reports at unit level, with more than 4,000 of these being expense accounts.

Of the expense accounts, about one-third reported an

increase when comparing the 11 months to May 2020 with the 2018/19 full-year expenses.

About 730 expense accounts had an annual expense of less than $1,000 in 2018/19.

These accounts totalled $238,000 in 2018/19 and in the 11 months to May 2020, the same accounts increased to a total of $1.3M. Of the expense accounts with a total of less than $1,000, about 460 accounts had no change or reduced by a total of $159,000.

However, the remainder of expense accounts increased by a total of $1.3M, negating any benefits achieved elsewhere.

About 460 expense accounts increased by less than $1,000 in the 11 months to May 2020 which had the impact of increasing total costs by $138,000.

About 120 expense accounts increased between $1,000 and $2,000 in the 11 months to May 2020, with the increase totalling $173,000.

About 900 expense accounts increased by less than $10,000 in the 11 months to May 2020, with the increase totalling $1.8M. The draft report from August last year which reviewed Council’s financial capacity has recently been released as part

of Council’s response to the Public Inquiry into its financial situation.

The consultants said the figures highlighted the importance of monitoring all accounts, not just the larger material accounts.

“There is the opportunity to maintain or reduce costs at all levels which will have a significant cumulative impact and be relatively easy to implement change,” the report said.

“Often the small changes are easy to implement yet yield rewards and financial discipline can assist in reducing costs without materially impacting

services.”

The report was commissioned in April 2020 to look at the possible impact on Council from the economic downturn due to the pandemic.

The report highlighted cash flow issues and flagged what it thought was about $60M in internal restricted funds being used for operational matters which is against the Local Government Act. That report set the ball rolling for another review that eventually uncovered more than $200M of restricted funds being wrongfully used for operational purposes.

That review, by DMB

Consulting, is not one of the reports that has been released.

The councillors were suspended in October 2020 when the extent of the financial debt was uncovered.

Earlier in 2021,the suspension was continued and a Public Inquiry started.

Meanwhile, an Administrator has taken the place of the councillors and the Central Coast will not be participating in the local government elections in September this year.

Merilyn Vale

Changed traffic conditions on Toukley Bridge There are changed traffic conditions on Main Rd, Toukley while maintenance work is being done on Toukley Bridge over July.

Work started on Monday, June 28, and it includes painting, graffiti removal and joint maintenance.

To minimise impact on

motorists, work is being done from 7pm to 4am on Mondays to Thursdays.

Changed traffic conditions will include single lane closures

with stop/slow arrangements and a 40km/h speed limit is in place, which might affect travel times.

Closure of pedestrian

footpaths will also be required while work is carried out, with one footpath open to allow pedestrians to cross the bridge.

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Four-year capital works

Central Coast Council’s 2021-22 capital works budget has been bumped up by $1.5M to $175M, thanks to some of the planned projects being fully funded by grants.

The airport will get $487,000 for relocation of Central Coast Aero Club at the Warnervale site, and over the four years of the capital works program, a total $1.8M has been allocated for upgrades.

There’s $2M for shared pathway construction at Magenta in 2021-22 and for each of the following three financial years there will be $2.5M, all coming from developer or other contributions.

An upgrade of the amenities building at the Adelaide St Oval sportsground at Killarney Vale to the tune of $1.4M will be jointly funded by Council and a government grant.

In 2021-22, an allocation of $6.9M will go to construction of new cell at Buttonderry Waste Management Facility and an additional amount of just over $5M will be spent across the years 2022 to 2025 The Mardi water treatment plant major upgrade has been allocated $6.8M in 2021-22, $25.8M in 2022-23 and $7.7M in 2023-24.

There will also be major electrical renewal at the water treatment plant costing $1.6M over the three years to 2024.

Some projects have been cut, deferred or reduced in 2021-22, including the renewal program for boat ramps, jetties and swimming enclosures which went from $75,000 to zero, the $735,000 intersection upgrade at Ocean Pde and Boondilla Rd at Blue Bay has been abandoned and the shared pathway and footpath renewal program has been cut from $512,472 to $375,000.

Council declined to adopt its

$80,000 for refurbishment.

Hamlyn Terrace A $2.5M drainage upgrade will take place on Louisiana Rd. Jilliby

Greener Places Strategy as requested during the public exhibition period of the plan.

Council said the strategy had been due for adoption but its budget and resources had been allocated to higher priority projects.

The Wyong Town Centre Structure Plan has been removed from the operational plan, another victim of other priority projects needing to be delivered within budget and resources.

However, the draft Lake Munmorah Structure Plan should be ready for endorsement

by June 30, 2022, and the draft Greater Warnervale Area Structure Plan should be put on public exhibition during the 2021-22 financial year.

Region-wide, roadworks will see $2.1M for resealing, $1.3M for asphalt resurfacing, $275,000 for the heavy patch program, the car park renewal program will get $200,000 and bus stop improvements have been allocated $400,000.

Listed here is a summary of specific key community projects in the four-year capital works program, with all figures relating to 2021-22 unless otherwise noted.

Bateau Bay

Noraville Cemetery

Upgrade of a gross pollutant trap in Eastern Rd, $50,000 in 2024-25.

Grant funding of $78,012 will go to roadworks on Jonathon Cl and maintenance on drainage pipes in Yakalla St will cost $25,000.

A $70,000 allocation in 202324 will go towards designing and constructing a new playground at the Cynthia Street Community Centre.

Berkeley Vale Lakedge Ave will be upgraded with $837,000 for drainage, kerb and gutter, footpath and pavement works as well as $6.4M spread over the four years until 2025 for a major drainage upgrade.

A new $30,000 concrete ramp will go in at Myrtle Brush Community Hall.

Blue Haven Funding from the Environment Restoration Fund of $50,000 will continue work including a gross pollutant trap in Olney Cres, followed by another $131,000 in 2022-23.

Budgewoi As part of Stage 3 of the Budgewoi Town Centre, $30,000 has been budgeted for a kerb ramp upgrade.

Kala and Walu Aves will get some attention with road upgrades, kerb and gutter, footpath and drainage with an allocation of $1.5M in 2022-23 and $550,000 in 2023-24.

A $300,000 allocation in 2022-23 will see renewal of the playspace at Mackenzie Reserve.

Buff Point An Environment Restoration Fund grant of $10,000 for improvements in Barega Cl. Canton Beach In 2023-24, $300,000 has been allocated for drainage and irrigation improvements at Darren Kennedy Oval.

Cedars Brush Creek Maloneys Bridge will be replaced with grant funding of $900,000 and another $200,000 in 2022-23.

Another grant of $770,000 will cover the cost of replacing Yorkys Creek bridge.

Chain Valley Bay Grant funding of $525,671 will pay for the pavement renewal and road resurfacing at Chain Valley Bay Rd during 2021-23.

There will be a car park upgrade in Mulloway Rd, costing $435,000, partially funded by a grant as well as resurfacing of Dedman Lane at $43,810.

The community hall will get an internal fitout with a $60,000 budget allocation in 2023-24.

Colongra

The timber bridge on Little Jilliby Rd will be replaced with grant funding of $900,000 over the next two financial years.

The cemetery lawn burial section will be upgraded with $12,000 from restricted funds, followed in 2024-25 with $50,000 for boundary garden areas and fencing including memorialisation options.

A sum of $12,000 has been allocated the same year to prepare a development application for car parks, an entrance and drainage at the cemetery.

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Development of a sporting facility has been allocated $2.5M in 2024-25.

Gorokan

Fowlers Rd bridge will be replaced, thanks to a grant of $450,000.

Lake Haven

Skyline St will be resurfaced at $356,514, a cost shared by Council and a government grant.

Gwandalan

New drainage will go in at the Tennis Centre, costing $20,000.

Gym equipment at the Recreation Centre will be replaced in 2023-24 with a $300,000 allocation.

Lake Munmorah

Charmhaven

Developer contributions of $100,000 will fund work at the playspace at Tunkuwallin Oval.

In 2023-24, another $300,000 will go to upgrading the car park, as well as $85,000 for a dog exercise area.

Also that year, the local skate park will get a $300,000 upgrade.

Halekulani In 2023-24 there will an upgrade of gross pollutant traps in Sunrise Ave and Macleay Dr, costing $250,000.

Almost $300,000 will go towards a drainage upgrade on Walu Ave, as well as $248,500 for road improvements, kerb and gutter and footpath.

Sports facilities at Halekulani Oval has been allocated

The budget has allocated $80,000 for construction of a shared pathway along the Pacific Highway, a project continuing from 2020-21 Long Jetty There will be intersection upgrades at Grandview St and Bonnieview St, costing $954,000, and at Tuggerah Pde and Archbold Rd, costing $652,000.

A grant of $450,000 will go to resurfacing Nirvana St. Establishment of a pedestrian refuge on Grandview St has been allocated $105,000 in 2021-22 and again in 2023-24.

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program details released Toowoon Bay Rd and Tuggerah Pde intersection will be upgraded with $800,000 in 2022-23 and the following year $765,000 will go to the Toowoon Bay Rd and Watkins St intersection.

Foreshore public toilets have been allocated $150,000.

Mannering Park

Leonard Ave. Two sections of Moss Ave will be upgraded, totalling just over $1M, and parts of Peel St will be resurfaced from grant funding of $615,334.

Amenities at Harry Moore Oval will get $80,000 for refurbishment and $50,000 will go to refurbishment of the Neighbourhood Centre.

Tuggerah

A $260,000 grant will cover the cost of traffic safety improvements on Ruttleys Rd. An open channel upgrade on Gymea Cres has been allocated $95,000.

Mardi Grant funding will cover road safety improvements on Old Maitland Rd at $1.9M. There will be $105,000 improvements to the playspace in Woolmers Cres.

Norah Head Paterson St will be resurfaced with a grant of $409,680.

Noraville A sum of $234,000 from restricted funds will go towards memorialisation gardens and walls, as well as $164,000 from 2021-23 for an upgrade of the lawn burial area at Noraville Cemetery.

From 2022-24, $605,000 has been allocated for amenities and an outdoor chapel at the cemetery.

About $30,000 will be spent on drainage pipe maintenance in Reynolds Rd. Ourimbah Palmtree Grove will get a $350,000 trash rack and Frederick St will get a $25,000 footpath as well as maintenance on drainage pipes at a cost of $45,000.

Sohier Park will see some improvements over the fouryear operational plan starting this year with new playground equipment, costing $110,000;

Construction of Tuggerawong shared pathway

in 2022-23 there is $50,000 for the community hall and in 2023-24 a sum of $35,000 will go to improving drainage and irrigation.

San Remo In 2024-25, there’s $30,000 for drainage and irrigation improvements at Northlakes Oval.

Shelly Beach Over the next three financial years, a total $6M from grant funding will go towards upgrading Shelly Beach Rd with improved drainage, kerb and gutter, footpath and pavement works.

Tacoma There’s $200,000 this year for the public toilets at Don Small Oval, and in 2024-25, there is $30,000 for drainage and irrigation improvements at the oval.

Tacoma South Just over $1.7M over the next two years will go towards installation of the new low pressure sewerage system.

The Entrance A $2.4M upgrade and renewal of the Visitor Information Centre is planned in 2021-22, along

with street light planter boxes installed in the Town Centre, costing $38,400.

Memorial Park will get trees to the tune of $36,720, boat ramp tree seating at $45,000 and in 2023-24 there’s $500,000 to upgrade the car park.

The Waterfront Plaza will get some attention with synthetic turf ($27,200) in 2022-23 and then the next year $540,000 for outdoor awnings, followed by $100,000 in 2024-25 for main street outdoor dining.

Lighting upgrades in Coral St will cost $68,400.

A total $940,000 over the two years 2023-25 will go to an intersection upgrade at Boondilla Rd and Gosford Ave. Pavement renewal and resurfacing on McGirr Ave will cost $571,824 and, in 202223, the same work will be carried out on Oakland Ave with a $177,000 allocation.

Taylor’s Bay public toilet replacement at $190,000 has been brought forward as a higher priority, there’s $80,000 to refurbish Memorial Park public toilets, however, improvements at Karagi Point public toilets have been reduced from $300,00 to

$50,000 for design only at this stage.

Female toilets and changerooms at Grant McBride Baths will be refurbished, costing $167,000, and the men will get their turn in 2022-23 with a $100,000 allocation.

Renewal of the Pelican Wharf Fish Co-op at The Entrance North is planned with $180,000 in 2023-24.

A total $950,000 over 202224 will see a redevelopment design for the surf lifesaving club and boatshed.

Toukley A sum of $60,000 has been allocated in 2023-24 to undertake a detailed design and development application for a new art studio at Toukley Tourist and Art Centre.

There’s $18,000 for kerb upgrade in the Town Centre and in 2022-23 there is $120,000 for lighting in the northern section of Coles’ carpark.

In 2024-25, the gross pollutant trap will be renewed in Palomar Ave at a cost of $100,000.

Over the next two financial years, $737,040 will go towards pavement renewal and road resurfacing on

Sections of Mildon Rd will be resurfaced with grants totalling $554,400.

Traffic safety improvements at the Tonkiss St access to Westfield will go ahead with a $65,000 grant and Gavenlock Rd pavement renewal and resurfacing is funded from grants totalling $727,056.

Tuggerawong Construction of the foreshore shared pathway will continue with $1.4M in 2021-22, then $3.9M over the following two financial years.

Tumbi Umbi A grant of $131,340 will cover the cost of roadworks on Brenda Cres and there will be embankment stabilisation on The Ridgeway, costing $55,000.

Wadalba In 2024-25, there’s $100,000 for a sports facility at Wadalba East.

Warnervale Sewer infrastructure at the Town Centre has been allocated $4.1M in 2021-22, then $391,00 and $50,000 in the following two financial years.

Grant funding will cover the $1.8M for water infrastructure at the Town Centre over the next three years.

Drainage upgrades on Warnervale Rd between 202325 have been costed at almost $2.4M.

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Woongarrah Developer contributions of $100,000 will fund the district park development at Hilltop Park.

Wyong Improvements at Wyong Town Centre includes upgrades to seating ($56,000), bin enclosures ($79,170) and kerb ramps ($30,000).

In 2022-23, decorative lighting to the tune of $25,000 with go in the Town Centre.

Grant funding will cover the $605,893 cost of pavement renewal and road resurfacing on Hue Hue Rd, as well as resurfacing of Hely St at $327,240.

A raised intersection will be installed on Alison Rd with a $140,000 grant and the drainage pipes on Waratah St will be rehabilitated, costing $150,000.

The old tennis building at Baker Park has been allocated $120,000 in 2024-25 to put on a new roof.

Wyong Pool will also get some upgrades over the 202224 period with $135,000 for the grandstand and 120,000 to renew the filtration system and the changerooms.

Wyongah An amount of $174,000 has been allocated over 2021-23 for upgrade of Murrawal Rd, including drainage, kerb and gutter, footpath and road pavement works.

In 2024-25, there’s $330,000 to upgrade the playspace at Tuggerawong Hall.

Yarramalong Embankment stabilisation along Yarramalong Rd will cost $40,000.

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Whales are migrating north along the NSW coast Central Coast water users are being urged to be aware of surroundings and maintain safe distances during this season’s whale migration along the NSW coast.

The reminder follows a significant increase in the number of whales migrating north through NSW waters and a serious incident involving a recreational vessel on the state’s South Coast on June 6.

Just after 9am, a breaching whale landed on top of a recreational vessel off the coast of Narooma.

The 39-year-old male skipper advised that his 18-year-old

male passenger had sustained a serious head injury and was trying to navigate back to the boat ramp despite the vessel taking on water.

NSW Ambulance paramedics met the vessel at the boat ramp and treated both men before taking them to hospital for treatment.

The younger man was later airlifted from Moruya Hospital to Canberra Hospital, in a critical but stable condition, while the older man was treated at Moruya Hospital for facial lacerations and concussion.

Maritime NSW has launched an investigation into the

circumstances surrounding the incident.

It’s believed the whale may have also been injured during the incident and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will work with Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA) to monitor the situation and ensure assistance is provided, if required.

Anyone who sees a stranded, entangled or distressed whale is urged to contact call NPWS on 1300 0 PARKS. Water users are reminded they must not approach a whale any closer than 100m on

a vessel, including boats, surf skis and kayaks, or 300m on a ‘prohibited vessel’, which includes jet skis.

Swimmers and divers must not enter the water within 100m of a whale and must maintain a distance of at least 30m in any direction.

Unmanned aircraft (drones) must not encroach closer than 100m, while other aircraft must maintain a distance of 300m, except helicopters and gyrocopters, which must maintain a distance of 500m.

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Wilfred Barrett Dr lives up to its reputation Just weeks after the NSW Government announced a $22.5M safety upgrade to Wilfred Barrett Dr at Magenta, emergency services were again cleaning up after a nasty car crash on the notorious stretch of road.

On Monday, June 28, four vehicles were involved in a collision on Wilfred Barret Dr, near

Cannabis plantation uncovered Two people have been charged after Police located a hydroponic set-up during a search warrant at Lisarow on Thursday, June 17.

About 7.30am, officers attached to the Brisbane Water Proactive Crime Team executed a search warrant at a house on The Ridgeway at Lisarow.

While searching a large shed on the property, Police located a purpose built room housing hydroponically grown cannabis.

There were also three further rooms set-up and ready for cultivation.

Officers seized 36 plants.

A 41-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were arrested at the house and taken to Gosford Police Station.

The man was charged with cultivate cannabis, deal with proceeds of crime, possess prescribed restricted substance and possess prohibited weapon.

The woman was charged with cultivate cannabis.

They were both granted conditional bail to appear in Gosford Local Court in July.

Source: Media release, June 17 NSW Police

Pelican Beach Rd. No people were trapped in their vehicles, nor were there any serious injuries reported, however, one person with minor injuries was taken by ambulance to hospital for further treatment.

The road was closed in both directions for some time causing major traffic snarls and delays until diversions were put in place.

Safety roadworks have started

on the stretch of road from Pelican Beach Rd to Wyuna Ave, aimed at reducing the risk and severity of crashes.

The work includes widening of Wilfred Barrett Dr to provide a one metre wide central median as well as three metre wide southbound shoulders and roadside safety barriers.

Rumble strips will also be installed along the centre and

edges of the road, which carries about 17,000 vehicles a day, to alert drivers when they are drifting out of their lane or off the road.

Work started at Pelican Beach Rd, where this recent crash happened, and will progress towards The Entrance over the next 12 months.

Sue Murray

Minister for Police and Emergency Services, David Elliott, congratulating new recruits

Tuggerah Lakes Police District missed out on getting any new recruits when 192 new probationary constables were sworn in at the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn on Friday, June 18.

However, Lake Macquarie Police District has six new probationary constables and Brisbane Water Police District one, from the total 22 stationed in the Northern Regional Police Area Command.

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Deep trauma on victims and pets that survive dog attacks The recent news story of a woman was killed in Queensland by a dog attack brought tears to my eyes.

The horror that poor soul suffered in her final moments is unimaginable.

Just over six months ago I had real fear myself, when two dogs were attacking me, and then my little dog in my arms.

My little dog, Buddy, is gone forever.

It’s something that will always haunt me and it’s something that happens too much on the Central Coast.

The ranger that attended my attack told me that we, on the Central Coast, have the most dog attacks in NSW. The official figures from 2020 are published online and, frustratingly, we top the records for dog attacks going back through Central Coast Council’s history, and even in former Gosford and Wyong councils.

I recently had a meeting at Wyong Council Chambers and

FORUM took stories with me of other victims to show the impact on people’s lives that these attacks have.

There is deep trauma both physical and psychological on victims and pets that survive these attacks.

People like myself that lose a pet in those circumstances are left with deep anger and heartache.

Of all the stories that have been shared with me when I’ve been speaking out about dog attacks locally. the ones where children were involved have affected me the most.

The stories I’ve heard of children watching their pets being mauled by roaming dogs coming on to their property, or the boy who was in the same situation as me.

He’s just a child and has to deal with the horror of having a pet ripped from his arms.

Other shocking stories were of the racehorses at Wyong Racetrack that were attacked and the poor Shetland pony that was viciously killed by two dogs.

It doesn’t matter how big or small you are, these dogs see you as prey and they will attack to kill.

There are hundreds more stories like these on the Central Coast.

This hasn’t been easy to write and it isn’t a nice story to read but it’s a reality of the Central Coast and I want it to change.

I’m not waiting until someone is killed before Central Coast Council demonstrates better outcomes.

There is a growing group of concerned residents that are always willing and ready to help each other, and anyone who needs support or help is welcome to email me.

Email, June 23 Judi Roxburgh, Hamlyn Terrace

Council has neither the expertise nor the resources to solve housing problems According to the Community Housing Industry Association, Central Coast has a backlog of 3,000 affordable housing units (“3,000 households on the Coast waiting for social housing”, Chronicle p15 June 23).

One might doubt the exactitude of the figure, but, in response to the problem, the Council proposes to rehabilitate two (yes, two) cottages, as its contribution to a solution (“A range of positive outcomes on affordable housing achieved”, Chronicle p3 June 23).

In order to manage this mammoth undertaking, the Council proposes to hire an Affordable Housing Officer who will also be responsible for implementing the Central Coast Affordable and Alternative Housing Strategy (phew!) which was adopted two years ago, shows no sign of having had any impact on the situation and is highly unlikely to have

Can’t find out which vaccine best suits my condition As a cancer patient, along with thousands currently going through treatments, I have tried to find out which Coronavirus shot best suits my treatment of immunotherapy.

I have spoken with my GP, three specialists, Cancer Services, Wyong Vaccination Clinic, the Cancer Council and called both the NSW and Federal Covid Hotlines.

I have, through sheer frustration, called the office of NSW Minister for Health, Brad Hazzard, and he has had Lucy from the Vaccine Operations Centre Taskforce Division of the Department of Health contact me.

Yet the best I can get is that they do not offer individual advice and to speak with my

FORUM GP, as it is up to me to make the appropriate decision.

Unfortunately, I have been speaking with my GP for over six months, as his clinic has been promised delivery of the vaccine three times now, without success.

I attended the Wyong Hospital hub after being directed by the Wyong Vaccine Clinic to speak with a specialist doctor.

I was directed through to triage, only to be told to go home and book an appointment, which was not the answer I was wanting or needed.

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ignoring the plight of hundreds of people each day on the Coast alone, going through hell with cancer treatments and nobody has any real answer.

We are told we are a top priority by being of the age with underlying health issues, yet it does seem that the authorities simply want us to die or simply go away.

Over 250 Central Coast residents each day are going through radiation, chemo or immunotherapy in two only regional hospitals.

We had 1,142 acute paediatric asthma presentations (0-15) at Gosford and Wyong hospitals over a two year period (20192020), yet they and their parents are not getting the information required to make a safe decision whether to get

vaccinated or not.

I am in favour of having the shots, yet with so much uncertainty, I am reluctant until I can be assured of which treatment suits my condition.

The findings of a recent bipartisan NSW Legislative Council Public Works Committee stated that NSW Health should immediately undertake an epidemiological assessment of the health of residents near coal ash dams.

It was also scathing of NSW Health and the NSW Environment Protection Authority to publicly comment that the NSW Government had a complete disregard towards the health of its citizens.

Email, June 28 Gary Blaschke OAM, Lake Munmorah

FORUM any more impact in the future.

Housing is not a local government responsibility, and Central Coast Council has neither the expertise nor the financial resources to play a part in any solution to the housing problem worth speaking of.

The current action is the worst kind of tokenism and typical of the footling endeavours of the Council to become involved in matters that should be left to more competent authorities.

This kind of inappropriate behaviour is one of the reasons that we are in the mess that we are, and it might have been hoped that our Administrator Mark 3 would put an end to these aspirations.

Instead, he is squandering our money to add another unneeded Council employee to an already top-heavy roster, when what we are looking for is operational economies.

It is all very well to spend time attending the Harvest Festival, visiting Full Circle Farm, meeting the Darkinjung Local

Aboriginal Land Council, participating in a Central Coast economic breakfast meeting and presenting the Volunteer of the Year Award: perhaps, these might be considered worthy ways for our Administrator to use up his time.

However, we want to hear about his knuckling down to the hard work of restoring our budget, apart from selling off our community assets and recklessly closing libraries.

It is depressing that the Administrator is determined to waste a significant sum of money on a pointless referendum, and we seem to have no assurance that other worthless expenditures aren’t still being encouraged.

It is commendable that Council has completed a Davistown and Empire Bay Climate Change Adaptation Study and that this study was carried out using expert Council resources.

This is the sort of action we should be encouraging, but could we have shorter titles in future?

Email, June 21 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

Leasing Buttonderry Tip is worth a look Suspended Councillor Greg Best’s idea of leasing Buttonderry Tip (“Best has an idea that believes will solve Council’s financial issues”, Chronicle p12 June 23) is the most sensible suggestion to come from anyone exCouncil for many years.

It’s a pity it took so long to think about it.

It would cut our massive debt and also receive royalties for years to come, with no upkeeping costs or wages, and may well ease the burden on

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SWAMPies to participate in Coast Shelter Sleepout Members of the Sustainable Wetlands Agricultural Makers Project, commonly known as SWAMP, are participating in an upcoming 10th Annual Coast Shelter Sleepout, raising money for the service that helps vulnerable people facing homelessness, domestic violence and family violence.

Cassie Harris said that SWAMP was a community project dedicated to giving back to the community and supporting it in many ways.

“I’ve known about the Coast Shelter sleepout for years but I’ve never participated, and this year I wanted to get the team involved to give back to the community,” she said.

“There’s about eight of us participating, but we will be advertising it on our socials to try and get as many of our SWAMPies involved as we can,” Harris said.

Everyone over 18 is encouraged to register and ask friends, colleagues and family to sponsor them.

To be eligible to join the sleepout at Central Coast Stadium, teams will need to raise at least $1,000, something that Harris is hopeful the

SWAMP team can achieve.

“We’re hoping to get a few thousand, we have a very generous community of SWAMPies,” she said.

“For the sleepers who raise more than $1,000 it will be a cold night and uncomfortable,

but it will give participants a taste of what it is like to be homeless.”

Homelessness comes in many forms such as people experiencing domestic and family violence and having to leave their home, young people couch surfing because their

family home is not a safe place, or people experiencing mental health problems.

Central Coast Council’s CEO, David Farmer, said he was delighted to be able to host the Central Coast Shelter Sleepout and to be able to contribute Council’s facility to this

fantastic event.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said he would be joining in on August 6 for the sleepout.

“I’ll be donning my sleeping bag that night to sleep rough to help raise funds for this fantastic cause.

“Let’s be really clear, everyone could be only one pay cheque away from finding themselves in that situation.

“So I encourage all of our businesses in our fantastic community to give generously to this amazing event,” Crouch said.

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, also showed her support for the event.

Across the Central Coast, Coast Shelter runs nine refuges including Elandra Women and Children’s Refuge in Toukley and Wyong Youth Refuge.

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Refugee Week exhibitions A new exhibition called Home has opened at the Art Container in Memorial Park at The Entrance.

The collaborative project marks Refugee Week which was June 20 to 26 and showcases the diverse voices of the migrant community.

The exhibition is open until July 6 and brings together the works of two projects, 2019’s PhotoVoices and 2021’s Yaama Ngura and shares powerful stories of refugees, new arrivals and established migrant communities that call the Central Coast home.

PhotoVoices is a partnership project between South African born,Coast based photographer, Hilda Bezuidenhout, and Northern Settlement Project, a service that promotes social inclusion and diversity.

Yaama Ngura is a special welcoming project in collaboration with Local Elder, Uncle Gavi Duncan, Bezuidenhout, and writer, Mel Harwin.

These stories share experiences of adversity,

strength, and cultural diversity, creating a place which is inclusive and welcoming to everyone in our community.

If These Walls Could Talk is an online multicultural project that is also celebrating and showcasing the culturally diverse businesses here on the Coast.

This project focuses on business owners from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds in The Entrance and Woy Woy and gives them an opportunity to share their origin stories and how they started their businesses.

Featured business owners include Robbie who comes from Bangladesh and owns the Mexican restaurant, Los Dos Hombres and the café next door, Café Escape, as well as the iconic Franks Pizza.

Other featured business owner include Kenny from Vietnam, who runs Saigan Chopsticks, Sean from South Africa who owns The Entrance Lake House and Tuk from Thailand who runs Satang Thai Café and Restaurant.

Kenny from Saigan Chopsticks said in his interview that in The Entrance there are plenty of opportunities to experience many different cultures through food.

“We have Mexican, Chinese, Thai, Indian, Italian and Lebanese.

“Food is our pride and our identity,” Kenny said.

If These Walls Could Talk was created by Central Coast Council and can be viewed online.

The theme for Refugee Week 2021 is Unity, with the aim being to highlight aspects of the refugee experience and help the broader community to understand what it is like to be a refugee.

It also promotes harmony and togetherness with the theme uniting individuals, communities and organisations from many different backgrounds to remind everyone that regardless of our differences, we all share a common humanity.

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Covid strikes again affecting family history classes Wyong Family History Group has been forced to postpone its Beginning Your Family History classes, due to start on July 2, because of the Covid restrictions.

The group has been holding the classes for the past few years and after unfortunately having to postpone and then readjust the course in 2020 because of Covid, this is the second time the course has been postponed.

Last year there was a group of 12 eager students ready to go and Week 1 of the course went well, as did Week 2 on March 13.

Then the Government announced that classes such as these could not be held and the group’s meeting rooms closed to everyone on March 17.

“We hoped that we would resume normal activities in a month or two, but this was not to be,” said Publicity Officer, Lynda Smith.

Fast forward to March 2021.

“We had maintained contact with our 2020 students as some had opted to stay on our books and become members while they waited for the classes to resume,” Smith said.

changed the way they presented their material, making good use of our new laptop and large interactive TV screen.”

At the end of the four week course, students who attended this version of the course had extremely favourable comments about the professionalism of the instructors and the friendly atmosphere.

Wyong Family History Group went on to organise another course to start in July 2021, with the possibility of additional expert or specialised sessions later in the year.

“We now have students lined up, instructors ready to go and our rooms are in tip top, Covid–safe condition,” Smith said.

“Sadly, Covid restrictions announced this week have put our next Beginning Your Family History course in jeopardy again.

“We expected to start on July 2 but must now wait to see how the next Covid announcement affects our plans,” Smith said.

Sophie Doyle giving a talk to the morning tea group

“We decided to begin again with the Week 1 course content on March 5, 2021, as additional people had joined the group.

“Covid restrictions were still in place, so we could not structure the room as we had done previously, with people sitting in rows.

“This turned out to be a very good thing, as our students ended up having either a small table to themselves or two sharing a very long table.

“They could also bring their own laptops or tablets along to use during the classes.

“Our instructors also

Source: Media release, June 28 Wyong Family History Group

Unauthorised Pelican marking needs to be stopped Pelicans across the Central Coast, from The Entrance to Woy Woy, are appearing with red patches from an unknown cause.

Cathy Gilmore from Australian Seabird Rescue Central Coast has some ideas as to why this is happening.

She says that it looks like someone in the community is marking the pelicans and releasing them into the wild, which is having detrimental effects on the birds and the marine environment they call home.

“Someone is marking them

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with chloromide, which we used about 30 years ago on scalped pelicans to keep the flies away, and we used that until the vets said it wasn’t good for them,” she said.

“Whoever is doing this has no idea what they are doing, they are clearly not qualified, and they need to be stopped.

“Chloromide is highly toxic to birds and marine life and if it were to spill into a waterway it will kill life in a marine environment,” Gilmore said.

It is an antiseptic commonly used in larger animals such as horses, cattle, pigs, sheep and dogs to treat topical

infections, bacterial skin diseases, wounds, cuts and abrasions.

Gilmore, who has been a co-ordinator for Australian Seabird Rescue Central Coast for 30 years, also explained that these pink and red markings not only can be poisonous, but it can also make affected pelicans an easier target for predators.

“If anyone sees this kind of activity, take a photo and report it to Central Coast Council and National Parks and Wildlife Service,” Gilmore said.

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David Irving received Service Above Self Award David Irving has received the Northlakes Toukley Rotary Club Neville Royal Service Above Self Award for his volunteer work at Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve.

Rotary President, Jan Pryor said that Irving, like all other recipients of the award in past years, was nominated by an organisation for their volunteer work.

“Neville Royal was a very dedicated Rotarian, and he introduced the award,” she said.

“He sadly passed away last year.

“As part of the award, our club donates $500 to the charity of the recipient’s choice and past recipients have been marine rescuers and surf lifesaving volunteers,” Pryor said.

Chair of Norah Head Lighthouse Land Manager Board, Neil Rose, said it would be hard to find anyone who was more passionate than David Irving about the lighthouse reserve.

He was an electrical engineer

Northlakes Toukley Rotary Club President, Jan Pryor, with Chair of Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve Land Manager Board, Neil Rose, David Irving and Rotary District Governor, David Clarke

in a previous life, working initially for Sydney Water before moving to Budgewoi in 2003 to take up a position at the former Wyong Shire Council.

Irving heard about the Norah Head Lighthouse from Volunteering Central Coast.

He started as a maintenance volunteer in 2017 and in early 2018 switched to be a tour guide, a vocation he loved.

On March 23, 2018, Irving was appointed to the Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve Trust (now the Land Manager Board)

and was elected Secretary at the initial meeting of the new Trust.

“As Secretary, David worked tirelessly for the Board, bringing to bear his skills in report writing, financial analysis and information management,”

Rose said.

“Thanks to David, the lighthouse tower has never looked better.

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COVID-19 and hence no visitors to admire how good the tower looks now,” Rose said.

The loss of the lighthouse tower tours due to COVID-19 smashed the Reserve’s income by about 30 percent.

Irving, with tour guides Ken and Cheryl Greenwald, got their heads together and decided to open a small gift and snack shop to assist fill this revenue loss.

“That is where you would find David most weekends, selling ice creams, bottles of water, other cold drinks and souvenirs,” Rose said.

“He recently resigned from the Land Manager Board and will be sorely missed by the Board and all the friends he has made through volunteering,” he said “Although he was with us for only a few short years, David did more than his fair share.

“The Board wishes to publicly thank him for all his hard work, friendship and guidance that he has provided us with,” Rose said.

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8:45 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Night Caller - Eric Edgar Cooke (MA15+) [s] 10:00 The Real Manhunter: The Murder Of Bridie Skehan (M) [s] 11:00 Criminal Confessions: Professional Suspect (M v,l) [s] 12:00 The Blacklist: Dr. Laken Perillos (M v) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

6:00 Easy Eats [s] 6:00 Religious Programs [s] 5:00 France 24 Feature News 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 8:00 Destination Dessert [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 8:30 Freshly Picked With Simon 5:30 Worldwatch 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] Toohey [s] 7:00 Cycling: Tour De France: 1:00 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball: 9:00 Australia By Design: Morning Update Lightning v Vixens *Live* From Innovations [s] 8:00 Worldwatch USC Stadium [s] 9:30 Studio 10 Sunday [s] 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France: 3:00 NRL: Wests Tigers v South 12:00 Left Off The Map [s] Stage 8 *Replay* Sydney Rabbitohs *Live* From 1:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 1:00 Speedweek Leichhardt Oval, Sydney [s] 1:30 Three Veg And Meat [s] 3:00 Sportswoman: Catharine 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 2:00 Buy To Build [s] Pendrel 7:00 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) 2:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 3:35 Cycling: Giro D’italia Donne 8:50 60 Minutes [s] – 60 Minutes is 3:30 Hotels By Design (PG) [s] Highlights Stage 2 Australia’s leading current 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:35 Hitler’s World: The Post War affairs programme, with a 4:30 Three Blue Ducks [s] Plan: Recreation, Leisure, And proven record of excellence 5:00 10 News First [s] Nazism (PG) over four decades.

6:00 WIN News [s] 5:30 Cycling: Tour De France: 9:50 NINE News Late [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Preview Show 10:20 Australian Crime Stories: The 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 6:30 SBS World News Hunter (M v,l) [s] 9:10 FBI: Clean Slate (M) [s] 7:30 Treasures Of Malta (PG) 11:25 Killed By My Stalker (M v,l) [s] 10:10 FBI: Ties That Bind (M) [s] 8:30 Cycling: Tour De France: 12:15 Dr Christian Jessen Will See 11:10 FBI: Doomsday (M) [s] Stage 9 *Live* From Cluses To You Now (MA15+) [s] 12:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Tignes, 145km (Mountains) 1:05 Postcards (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 1:40 French Food Safari 1:30 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS This Morning [s] 2:10 Food Safari: Thai 2:40 Rick Stein’s Spain

6:00 Sunrise [s] 6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 10:00 Landline [s] 12:00 Program To Be Advised 11:00 Grand Designs [s] 1:30 World’s Deadliest Weather: 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] Caught On Camera (PG) [s] 1:00 The Durrells (PG) [s] 2:30 Highway Cops (PG) [s] 2:00 Mystery Road (M l,d) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Farmer Wants A Wife (PG) [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 9:00 9-1-1: Lone Star: Friends With 8:00 Courtney Act’s One Plus One: Benefits (M) [s] – The 126 is on Nat’s What I Reckon [s] the scene when a disastrous 8:30 Four Corners [s] wedding comes crumbling 9:15 Media Watch (PG) [s] down; Grace helps a dominatrix 9:35 Murder 24/7 (M l,d,v) [s] and her slave involved in a 10:35 ABC Late News [s] shocking situation; Owen and 11:05 Finding The Archibald [s] Gwyneth struggle to label their 12:05 The Australian Dream relationship.

(MA15+) [s] 10:00 S.W.A.T.: Monster (M) [s] 1:10 MotherFatherSon (M l,v) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 2:05 rage (MA15+) [s] 11:30 Filthy Rich: Proverbs 20:6 (M) 4:25 The Drum [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Today [s] 6:00 The Talk [s] 5:00 France 24 Feature News 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 5:15 NHK World English News 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5:30 Worldwatch 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] (PG) [s] 6:30 Cycling: Morning Update 1:00 Talking Honey: Princess 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 7:30 Worldwatch Diana: Diana Wedding (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France: 1:10 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] Stage 9 *Replay* 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 2:40 Entertainment Tonight [s] 1:00 Worldwatch 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 2:00 Going Places With Ernie 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] Dingo 6:00 NINE News [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With 3:30 The Cook Up (PG) 7:00 A Current Affair [s] Justine Schofield [s] 4:00 Cycling: Giro D’italia Donne 7:30 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful Highlights Stage 3 9:20 Emergency (M) [s] – An (PG) [s] 5:00 Jeopardy! (PG) extraordinary team of real-life 5:00 10 News First [s] 5:30 Letters And Numbers medical heroes fight to save 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:00 Mastermind desperate patients suffering life- 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 6:30 SBS World News threatening injuries, in one of 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 7:35 Secrets Of The Tower Of Australia’s biggest and busiest 8:40 Have You Been Paying London (PG) emergency hospitals, The Royal Attention? (M s,l,n) [s] 8:30 Secret Scotland: Ayrshire And Melbourne.

9:40 Steph Tisdall - Identity Steft Arran (PG) 10:20 100% Footy (M) [s] (MA15+) [s] 9:25 24 Hours In Emergency: 11:20 NINE News Late [s] 10:40 The Project (PG) [s] Enduring Love (M) 11:50 Tennis: Wimbledon: Day 7 11:40 The Late Show (PG) [s] 10:20 SBS World News *Live* From All England Lawn 12:30 Home Shopping 10:50 The Investigation (M l) (In Tennis & Croquet Club [s] 4:30 CBS This Morning [s] Danish/ Swedish)

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Four Corners [s] 11:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Sanditon (PG) [s] 2:00 Mystery Road (M l) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) 8:30 Firestarter: The Story Of Bangarra (M l) [s] 10:05 You Can’t Ask That (PG) [s] 10:25 China Tonight [s] 10:55 ABC Late News [s] 11:25 Q&A [s] 12:30 Blue Water Empire (M v) [s] 1:20 Black Comedy (M l,s) [s] 2:20 Australia Debates [s] 3:05 rage (MA15+) [s] 4:25 The Drum [s]

6:00 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Explore: Regensburg Walking Tour [s] 1:10 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair [s] 7:30 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) 9:20 The Weakest Link (PG) [s] 10:20 Kath & Kim Kountdown: The Glitz & The Glama (PG) [s] 11:20 NINE News Late [s] 11:50 Tennis: Wimbledon: Day 8 *Live* From All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club [s] – Our expert commentary team will bring you all the action.

2:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 2:30 A Current Affair [s] 3:00 Home Shopping

Saturday 3 July

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

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Program To Be Advised 1:30 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera (PG) [s] 2:30 Highway Cops (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Farmer Wants A Wife (PG) [s] 9:00 The Rookie: Consequences (M) [s] – Nearing the end of his training, Nolan faces his biggest challenge as a police officer yet when he must come to terms with the choices he has made in pursuit of the truth.

10:00 Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack (M v,l) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:30 Filthy Rich: Hebrews 9:15 (M s) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

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

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

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

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5:00 France 24 Feature News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The Djarn Djarns (PG) 2:30 Living Black 3:00 Jeopardy! (PG) 3:25 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:00 Cycling: Giro D’italia Donne Highlights Stage 4 5:00 Cycling: Tour De France: Preview Show 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Uncle Jack Charles (PG) 8:30 Cycling: Tour De France: Stage 10 *Live* From Albertville To Valence, 186km (Flat) 1:50 Italian Food Safari 2:20 Food Safari: Lebanese 2:50 Rick Stein’s Spain 4:00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo: Wet Tropics/ Great Ocean Road

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

ARTS & CULTURE 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

Learning Club

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

4358 8390

4392 4666

Wyong Writers

Long Jetty Over 50s Club

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.

4333 7489

meilingvenning@hotmail.com www.wyongwriters.org

Central Coast Watercolour Society Art society for artists painting in watercolour Workshops, beginners classes and paint outs Details on our website

ccwsinc@gmail.com www.centralcoastwatercolour.com.au

Wyong Drama Group

Meetings first Tuesday of month at Red Tree Theatre 160-162 Pacific Highway Tuggerah at 7.30pm.

For productions: www.wyongdramagroup.com.au

General enquiries:

1300665600

COMMUNITY GROUPS Central Coast Caravanners Inc

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

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

Mon - Fri 9am to 5pm

4353 4988

contact@centralcoastclc.org.au

The Creative Compassion Centre

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

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

0437 048 815

Country Women’s Association-Toukley

4353 0977 thelakes.net.au

COMMUNITY CENTRES Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre

Long Jetty Senior Citizens’ Club

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

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

6 Pioneer Ave, Tuggerah

4332 5522

Indoor Bowls, Table Tennis, Yoga , Computer lessons, exercise classes, Tai Chi, Zumba Gold and much more.

Free WI FI - 9am to 3 pm

4332 5522

RSL Pelican Day Club Killarney Vale

Friendly social club, various activities, occasional outings, bus pickup Wednesdays 9.30 - 1.30 Phone Betty on

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 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.

380 Terrigal Dr, Terrigal 9.30am to 12 noon

4367 9600 www.pcfa.org.au

Grow Mental Health Support

Small friendly groups formed to learn how to overcome anxiety, depression and loneliness and improve mental health and well being. Weekly meetings at Woy Woy and Wyong. Grow is anonymous, free and open to all.

1800 558 268 or www.grow.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

4385 5027

4332 3789

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

HISTORY GROUPS

Toukley Presbyterian Church

Toukley Neighbourhood Centre

Museum & Historical Society, Wyong District

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

4392 9904 toukleypc.org.au

Do you have a caring heart and time to visit a resident in an aged care facility? Volunteering is a worthwhile and rewarding opportunity.

Groups/schools welcome Morning tea/lunch for group bookings, wheelchair friendly, Alison Homestead 1 Cape Rd, Wyong Sun-Thur 10am-2pm

Wyong Neighbourhood Centre

www.alisonhomestead.com.au

4396 1555

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

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

Open community garden.

4353 1750

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 Toastmasters’ Club

Improve your public speaking, leadership skills & confidence.

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

0421 216 952

wyongtoastmasters@gmail.com

Wyong Uniting Church

HEALTH GROUPS Alcoholics Anonymous - Someone cares.

Wed-Thurs-Fri - 12.30pm, Progress Hall Henry Parry & Wells Street East Gosford 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 fourth Wed of each month.

Maree 0419 418 190

Weekly Sunday Service 9am - All welcome!

Mthly Market 2nd Sat 9am-3pm Wheelchair and Walker accessible Better Hearing Australia 175 Main Rd Hearing loss management Bible Study group Books, bric-a-brac, cakes, Support and educational groups 62 Watanobbi Road, Wyong Devonshire tea, handicrafts, providing practical experience and 0421 785 599 plants, preserves, sausage sizzle, confidence. wyonguca@gmail.com fun, fellowship, fundraising www.wyong.uca.org.au 4321 0275 Meet 1st Wed 10am The Lakes Church Hall available for hire.

Central Coast Prostate All Welcome! Sundays - 8:30am, 4976 1642 Cancer Support Group 10:30am & 5pm, (Wyong) Kids church, youth group, cafe, Lake Munmorah Last Fri, Terrigal Uniting Church wheelchair friendly, 50s Plus Leisure and

4352 1886

Wyong Family History Group Inc. Interested in researching your family history in Australia and overseas?

Come along and learn how.

Building 9/6 Rankens Court, Wyong.

Tues - Thurs at 10am - 3pm.

Bookings essential

4351 2211

secwfhg2@westnet.com.au

MUSIC Coastal a Cappella

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 The Entrance Probus Club

4352 3692

probuswyong55090@gmail.com

Lisarow Probus Club

Join us for fun, friendship & fellowship. Monthly meetings, lunches, outings and activities.

Ourimbah RSL 4th Tuesday each month

0421 310 411

SERVICE GROUPS Inner Wheel Club Wyong Inc

Join a team of dedicated women, sharing fun and friendship and a passion for community service 10am 3rd Wed at Wyong Golf Club 4393 2755 iiw.au.wyong@gmail.com

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

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

The Entrance Markets Sun Mornings, behind The Entrance Cinema.

coastalacappella@gmail.com

theentrancelions@gmail.com

Soundwaves chorus

The Lions Club of Gwandalan

Male singers wanted No experience required, rehearsals 7pm Mondays at Parkview room Central Coast Leagues Club

0431 225 489

POLITICAL GROUPS Labor Party Ourimbah/ Narara Branch Discussion/action community Issues – 3 levels of Government

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 Budgerigar

Central Coast Budgie Club, meets 2nd Tues of the month at Tuggerah Hall - 7:30pm talking about breeding budgies Contact David 0466 267 573 Wendy 0431 398 778

Ladies and gentlemen welcome.

Tuggerah Lakes U3A Guest speakers, morning tea and The Entrance - cryptic many activities. crosswords, play reading 9.30am 4th Tues Bateau Bay - Memoirs, Reading Bateau Bay Bowling Club Group - Killarney Vale - Talks, Mah Jong - Toukley - Creative Writing 0478 228 914 Berkley Vale - Music appreciation - Chittaway Bay - Movies Wyong Probus Club 4390 2451 Wyong Golf Club, 4th Mon, www.tugglakesu3a.info Morning Tea, Guest Speakers, regular monthly outings

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

www.wyong.nsw.lions.org.au

0488 286 006

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

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

www.kidomingarajudo.com.au

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

0404 257 702

play@wyonglakesafc.com.au

Canton Beach Sports Club Lawn Bowls

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

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

VENUE HIRE

Central Coast Wetlands – Pioneer Dairy

Central Coast Wetlands is located in Tuggerah. We have several buildings for hire.

They would be suitable for weddings, seminars, markets & fund raisers.

0408 271 957

Newspapers

pioneerdairy@bigpond.com

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: How Not to Kill an Orchid orchids that you will find on the market are epiphytes that originate from the tropics and to then grow them successfully you will need to emulate their natural environment.

They usually live by attaching themselves to the bark of trees with good air circulation, plenty of light and high humidity.

Growing Your First Indoor Orchid

CHERALYN DARCEY

Your gardening writer is not an avid orchid collector and grower, but I am slowly coming around to them as I begin to understand the passion and seducing attraction of these other-worldly looking plants.

For those of you who many have been swept up in the wonderfully exciting houseplant wave that is still rolling along nicely, you may find orchids your next level challenge.

For everyone, I hear that once you have stepped into the world of orchids and found success in your horticultural efforts, there is no turning back.

A Short Story of Orchids At present we believe that orchids date back over 200 million years from around the Equator and have since spread throughout the world and don’t we love them!

There are over 30,000 species identified now, and we have created over 200,000 varieties.

The first written record of orchids was Ancient Greek Theophrastus 371–287 BC, considered the ‘father of botany’, in around 300BC in his title ‘Inquiry into Plants’.

Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist Dioscorides (40–90 AD) was the first that we know of to have defined and named these plants ‘orchids’ in his work along with their possible uses in his ‘De Materia Medica’ which was the standard herbal medicinal text until the Middle Ages.

Both the Ancient Greeks and Romans revered them as plants that helped the reproductive systems in humans.

Once glass, and more importantly glasshouses, became possible in the 19th Century, growing orchids was possible almost anywhere as they could be transplanted, propagated and cared for in a similar environment to their origin.

Which Orchid for You? The vast majority of orchids that people grow are ‘Epiphyte Orchids’.

These grow upon trees and rocks and in a little stricter botanical term, a plant growing upon rock void of soil is further classified as a ‘Lithophyte’.

The second group, the ‘Terrestrial Orchids’ makes up the rest of the population and they are not always as well represented in collections as they can be a lot more difficult to cultivate.

As their name suggests, they grow upon the ground. Most cultivated

We have all been there or seen it happen.

Someone gifts a beautiful orchid with its divine arch of perfect flowers that look too beautiful to be real and then, the flowers die, and the plant follows.

It doesn’t have to be that way and by remembering the conditions that orchids naturally grow, you should be able to easily keep yours alive as well.

The problem is that most people treat them like other houseplants, although I will point out here that all plants need varying types of care.

The majority of plants we use as houseplants are those which can live in a level of shade, require earth-based potting mix and usually a very moist soil and so we go wrong by providing these things for our orchids.

We also like things neat and so quickly lop off the gnarled looking aerial roots that seem to escape the pots and the bulbs that appear, and we think are excellent opportunities for propagation.

Both are food storage system of your orchid plant and must be left alone and once your flowers fall, leave those

canes to themselves to because they storge energy for your plant as well.

Orchid Don’ts To grow most orchids you need good air circulation, sunlight, dedicated orchid mix or bark, careful watering and special orchid food. * don’t use regular potting mix * don’t place in direct sunlight * don’t let water pool on leaves * don’t trim aerial roots * don’t let their pot stand in water * don’t cut spent canes or pseudobulbs How to Grow Orchids in Your Garden First, find a tree!

No tree, or no desire to grow your orchid in a tree?

That’s ok, you can simply use old branches, sticks and even rocks artfully placed in pots.

Under this structure, you will need a medium and that is not going to be soil.

Your epiphytes will recoil in horror if you plant them in dirt so fill your pot with a chunky medium like bark chips, gravel or charcoal.

There are specialty orchid growing mediums which are made up of these things and having a look at them will give you the idea or a solution.

This is rather general advice so make sure you seek out individual care tips for your species. Feed your orchid with a specialised orchid fertiliser but at half strength, (because this is a native plant), from mid spring until midautumn. You will find that most of this

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type of orchid need daily watering through the hottest summer months then a couple of times a week in mild weather, to once a fortnight through the winter months.

Got a tree? Maybe a big rock in the garden?

Just tie your orchid to it … and follow the rest of the instructions I have given but also make sure the position suits the species you have chosen.

One tip I will share with you, don’t tie that orchid to a Paperbark Tree or other bark shedder.

There are different types of orchids, and each has slightly different needs and a good chat with your supplier or hopping along to a local Orchid Growing Club or Society will open the world of growing, collecting and maybe even a whole new hobby for you.

Mingara Orchid Club Inc.: facebook. com/mingaraorchids Australasian Native Orchid Society Central Coast: anoscentralcoast.com I also highly recommend ‘Understanding Orchids’ by William Cullina (in print of digital) for those wanting to learn more at home and grow their first orchids.

This will help with selection of type as well as care.

TIME TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY You could plant artichokes, asparagus crowns, broad beans, broccoli, cress, cabbage, carrot, English spinach, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mid and late season onion`s, parsnip, peas, radish, rhubarb crowns, shallot bulbs, snow peas, spring onion, turnip, English daisy, candytuft,Canterbury bells,delphinium, dianthus, forget-me-nots, lobelia, gypsophila, honesty, lupin, nemesia, nigella, pansy, poppy, roses, snapdragon, statice, stock, sweet pea.

PLANT HAPPENINGS AROUND THE COAST

After winding down the hill into Umina, through the busy afternoon school traffic, I find Katerna’s home with its sky hugging frangipani and stands of lavender out front which give me no hint of the tropical secluded forest I am about to be enchanted by.

Once inside, the tinkling sound of water fountains artfully placed in rooms that are hugged by great collections of indoor plants delight me.

The transition between this indoor oasis and back outdoor paradise is seamless. “This is my secret

sanctuary.” Katrena Friel tells me. “I feel protected, I feel private, it’s my green sanctuary.”

Current gardening plans that I noticed include the removal of a large fishpond that was leaking and as Katrena and her husband were concerned about the environmental impact, they are replacing it with a fernery.

Interestingly Katrena does not consider herself a ‘gardener’ but rather a person who has learned to live with plants and it shows in her ability to select and encourage the botanical beauties that form both her indoor and outdoor gardens.

There is a naturalness to everything that just seems ‘right’ and is, as she says, ‘a perfect green secret sanctuary’.

I didn’t want to leave!

Three Big Gardening Questions: One Plant You Can’t Live Without: Tree Fern, I think it’s so delicate, beautiful and I love the shade.

Piece of Advice: Take a walk and see what is flourishing in everybody else’s garden and get to know the rhythm of an area.

What Do you Think Your Garden Is Missing: A better plan for my hydrangeas, I really want them to go ballistic this year.

The 18th Annual Mingara Orchid Fair and Show 2021 Saturday 26 June 9am – 4pm & Sunday 27 June 9am – 3pm presented by The Mingara Orchid Club Inc. Join us for a great day out and view the most spectacular floral displays you will ever see, and ENTRY IS FREE!! facebook.com/mingaraorchids At Home with the Gardening Gang Broadcasting Live at The 18th Annual Mingara Orchid Fair and Show 2021 Saturday 26 June 8am – 10am. Come to the Orchid Fair and meet the Gang as they share their popular live 2 hour show straight from the heart of the orchid wonderland.

Sale Day of The Central Coast Cactus & Succulent Society 10am - 2pm 26th June, Gosford Showground under cover, free entry & lots of parking.

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 Coast FM 96.3.

Contact Cheralyn gardeningcentralcoast@gmail.com with your questions, events, news or if would like to be a part of ‘DOWN IN YOUR GARDEN’.

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Business & Property

Berkeley Vale company fined for storing asbestos waste

Stockpile of asbestos at Berkeley Vale

A company that unlawfully stored asbestos waste on a Berkeley Vale property has been fined by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA).

EPA officers noticed 13 bags marked with asbestos warnings on top of a stockpile of other waste while carrying out a routine inspection of EBH

Environmental Services Pty Ltd on October 14, 2020.

EPA Director Regulatory Operations, Adam Gilligan, said more than15 tonnes of waste was confirmed to be asbestos waste which should not have been held at the property.

“One of the bags had split and unwrapped fibrous sheet material could be seen inside,” he said.

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The Sanatorium

Author: Sarah Pearse Publisher: Bantam Press

If someone tells you that they have book for you to read, set in a hotel in the Alps during winter, just run away - no good book ever come from such a setting.

A few months ago, I reviewed One By One by Ruth Ware, another book set in the alps (French) during winter in which a blizzard cuts off access and communication.

I am not sure if I have Alps issue or blizzard issues, but so far these settings have not yielded much.

This is the point I usually describe the plot but, warning, this one is so convoluted I am not

sure I am going to make any sense. But Here goes …

The Sanatorium once housed tuberculosis patients, but now in 2018 it has been converted into a five-star hotel, Le Sommet.

It is extremely difficult to get to in good weather so near impossible when there is a blizzard.

The property developer is Lucas Caron and his friend, Daniel Lemaitre, the architect, has gone missing.

Elin Warner and her boyfriend Will are on the funicular heading up to Elin’s brother’s engagement party at Le Sommet.

Isaac is marring Laure, who works at the hotel.

Elin and Laure were friends when they were younger, but something happened that drove them apart.

Elin thinks the engagement party, up in a secluded hotel,

“The EBH Berkeley Vale site is not permitted to receive or store asbestos waste.

“A special licence is required if a waste facility wants to manage asbestos waste, and all these facilities must adhere to strict rules and conditions to ensure the health and safety of the community and the environment.

“Asbestos material can be a

serious health risk – especially if asbestos fibres are airborne and you inhale them.”

During its investigation, the EPA identified that the asbestos waste had been temporarily stored at a nearby property before being moved to the EBH site.

“The EPA considers this to be a serious incident,” Gilligan said.

“The EPA expects all waste, and especially asbestos waste, to be stored and disposed of lawfully to ensure that we are keeping our community and the environment safe.”

Gilligan said EBH was fined $15,000 and has been issued with an official caution for breaching their environment protection licence.

EBH has been fined three

times by the EPA since 2017.

Penalty notices are one of a number of tools the EPA can use to achieve environmental compliance, including formal warnings, official cautions, licence conditions, notices and directions and prosecutions.

She isn’t sure if she will return to the force, but she has to decide quickly as the they can’t extend her leave any longer.

More people go missing and then some begin to show up dead.

The Swiss police are unable to reach the hotel because there was an avalanche which means no one is coming in or going out.

Elin is on her own to solve these murders.

She doesn’t have jurisdiction and the Swiss police do not know that she is currently on leave.

While investigating the murders Elin discovers the sanitorium has a terrible secret and that her recollections about Sam might not be what they seem.

She makes many mistakes while investigating that make her doubt herself.

But if she doesn’t uncover the truth, who will?

This was a Reese Witherspoon book recommendation and seems to get pretty good reviews but some of the readers on Good Reads had the same opinion as I did.

Elin isn’t very likeable – she is basically a pain in the neck (and you know what I think about books whose main characters I really don’t like).

I am not sure why her boyfriend, who seems pretty amazing, puts up with her.

The issue with Sam went on too long, why wasn’t this resolved years ago?

I also found the ending was so improbable that when it actually came I didn’t care anymore, I just wanted it to be over.

A big no from me – strike another cross against the Alps.

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miles from anywhere, might be a good time to confront her brother about Sam. Sam was their younger brother, and something happened years ago when they were children.

And, of course, there is no better time to confront someone about a long-ago issue than at an engagement party (read that with all the sarcasm that is intended).

Elin overhears Laure arguing on the phone one night and the next morning Isaac reports her missing.

It also just so happens that Elin is a police officer … convenient right.

However, she is on leave because of an error she made in the line of duty … a bit less convenient.

Source: Media release, June 29 Environmental Protection Authority

Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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September referendum set to cost Coast ratepayers more than $1.7M A referendum to be held on the Central Coast on September 4 will cost an estimated $1.775M and if you don’t vote, you risk a fine.

Residents will be expected to go to their local polling booth to answer a referendum question asking them if they want to reduce the number of Central Coast councillors from 15 to nine and if they want to reduce the wards from five to three.

The Coast will not be voting for councillors this time around.

Thirteen of the current 15 councillors were suspended in late October last year.

Two resigned days earlier.

Central Coast Administrator,

Rik Hart, agreed at the Council meeting on June 15 to engage private provider Australian Election Company Pty Limited to conduct the referendum.

Hart said that while Council had previously resolved to engage the NSW Electoral Commission, it had since advised Council that it was no longer in a position to provide the referendum services on September 4 as originally planned and costed.

“The NSW Electoral Commission advised that it may be able to conduct a stand-alone referendum in March 2022,” Hart said.

“While serious consideration has been given to this option, this creates a challenging

timeframe.

“Should the referendum be carried forward to March, this would leave insufficient time for review and consultation of ward boundaries in time for a potential Council election in September 2022.

“Council has identified an appropriate provider who is able to deliver the referendum service in September 2021 and at a slightly lower cost than the NSW Electoral Commission has quoted.

“For these reasons, and to provide the Central Coast community the opportunity to have their say on this important issue, Australian Election Company Pty Limited will be engaged for the conduct of a

Referendum on September 4, 2021, when local government elections are being conducted in NSW.” Voting in the referendum is compulsory for all Australian citizens over 18 who reside in the Central Coast Local Government Area.

Hart said that realistically a lower turnout just for a referendum could be expected but even if only 10 per cent of voters turned out it would still be a valid referendum.

“The same rules apply, you risk a fine if you don’t vote,” he said.

Merilyn Vale

Social housing properties refurbished A social housing property at Long Jetty is one of 73 properties managed by Pacific Link Housing to benefit from a grant of more than $1.2M from the NSW Government.

The Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) Capital Works Program over recent months has delivered maintenance works such as roofing, fencing, painting, flooring, bathroom and kitchen renovations.

Minister for Water, Property and Housing, Melinda Pavey, and Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, visited the newly refurbished complex of seven dwellings at Long Jetty on Thursday, June 17.

Pavey said the combined efforts of the NSW Government and Pacific Link Housing had significantly improved the property, creating a safe and secure home for older single women.

“I continue to be very impressed by the way that a regional community housing provider like Pacific Link

Parliamentary Secretary Central Coast Adam Crouch (left), Pacific Link Housing tenant Barbara, Minister for Water, Property & Housing, Melinda Pavey, in Long Jetty

Housing can flex and innovate to lead the local community and produce such fantastic outcomes,” she said.

Crouch said Pacific Link had utilised the NSW Government funding as a catalyst to attract additional in-kind support from businesses, including a local landscape supplier and Westfield.

“To walk through this facility

and see the work that Pacific Link Housing has undertaken in a very short timeframe is just fantastic.

“This project has not only created better social housing but has also supported local jobs at this critical time as we continue to recover from COVID-19,” Crouch said.

CEO of Pacific Link Housing, Ian Lynch, said the NSW

Government funding enabled it to gain the additional in-kind support from corporate donors, to go the extra step and turn the property into a place where new residents could feel completely at home.

“Pacific Link hosted a corporate volunteer day with a team from Westfield Tuggerah who helped to revamp the gardens, as well as providing individual raised veggie

gardens and household items for the new tenants.

“In addition to this support, the Community Greening team at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens donated plants and Treecorp Solutions provided mulch at no charge.

“Lead contractor on this site, Termi Mesh, also upgraded the new kitchen bench tops to stone at no cost,” Lynch said.

Due to the extensive renovations, Pacific Link relocated the previous tenants to other suitable housing to allow for the works to be completed.

“New tenants are already moving in and all residents at this site will be single older females, a cohort over represented in the housing waitlist,” Lynch said.

Pacific Link is partnering with Baptist Care in relation to the allocation, transition into community housing and ongoing support, ensuring that the new tenants have all the resources and assistance to live independently in the local community.

Pacific Link Housing is the only Central Coast based Tier 1 Community Housing Provider and manages more than 1,100 properties across six local government areas, the Central Coast, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Maitland and Cessnock.

Source: Media release, June 24 Pacific Link Housing

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Berkeley Vale is the most wild weather impacted town The Wild Weather Tracker, a seasonal analysis of insurance claims data showing the impact of severe weather, has placed Berkeley Vale as the most affected area on the Central Coast.

New Autumn data shows Central Coast as the fifth worse in NSW affected by wild weather and the most impacted towns are Berkeley Vale, Terrigal,Bateau Bay,Gwandalan and Kincumber.

Of the 16 NSW regions, Central Coast came in 12th in terms of how well residents were prepared for severe weather events, according to the NRMA’s Autumn 2021 Wild Weather Tracker report.

Executive General Manager Direct Claims, Luke Gallagher, said the fact that many people still didn’t feel prepared to respond to wild weather, especially after the devastating storms this Autumn, was concerning.

The NRMA tracker report says that NSW experienced its most damaging Autumn for more than five years with 76 percent of all home claims the result of severe weather.

This is well above the average of 50 percent for the previous

five years, 2016 to 2020.

Gallagher said the NRMA created the tracker to help communities understand that wild weather was getting more severe and happening more often.

“However, we can learn from these events and people can take practical steps to be better

prepared which could ultimately help save lives and property.”

NRMA research on community preparedness reveals that nearly two-thirds, 65 percent, of NSW residents are worried that natural disasters are becoming more frequent and severe.

Yet only 39 percent took steps during Autumn to prepare their homes and families and 41 percent said they didn’t feel ready to respond to a severe weather event.

Only 33 percent had an emergency plan, while even less, 27 percent, had an emergency kit.

NRMA Insurance and the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) have partnered on disaster preparedness with the First Saturday campaign.

This campaign encourages people to dedicate one Saturday every month to carry out a small task to make their homes safer.

The June and August tasks are focussed on getting storm ready, by tying down any loose items in the yard, such as outdoor furniture, which could make a big difference when a storm hits.

In July, it’s all about getting the home fire ready, by checking electrical appliances.

NSW SES Commissioner, Carlene York, said the Wild Weather Tracker provided valuable insights for communities.

“Taking the time now to prepare can go a long way towards keeping you, your family and even your animals safe, when the next severe weather event hits.

“There are a lot of handy resources available on the SES website that can help guide people in what they can do now,” York said.

The most impacted region by severe weather was the mid north coast, followed by Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, then north-west Sydney and the Blue Mountains, then central northern Sydney, with Central Coast coming in as the fifth most impacted.

Sue Murray

95 residential lot subdivision at Berkeley Vale approved A $9M development of a 95 residential lot subdivision at Berkeley Vale has the green light after a Land and Environment Court determination.

The proposal finished up in Court as the applicant, GV Nominee No 1 Pty Ltd, appealed the deemed refusal by Central Coast Council.

The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act allows an applicant to take matters to Court within the first six months of lodging an application if Council hasn’t made a decision.

The proposed residential lots in stages two and three of The Glades housing estate at 5 Scribbly Gum St, will range in size from 451sqm to 1126sqm, with an average allotment size of 591sqm.

The Glades housing estate is about 2.8km south-west of Chittaway Bay, 2.9km from Berkeley Vale and 1.4km northwest of Glenning Valley and has an area of 9.499ha.

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Proposed staging plan (Source: ADW Plan Set)

The staged subdivision will firstly see 56 residential blocks (lots 201-256), internal roads, and one stormwater management facility, with the next stage creating 39 residential blocks, internal roads, and one stormwater management facility.

The land was rezoned for

residential development in 2015 and when the first development application (DA) was lodged, a biodiversity assessment discovered a nesting White-bellied Sea Eagle on the property.

Plans were changed to accommodate a 250m buffer zone around the nest which

took up some of the residential land.

Afterwards, the ecologists who were monitoring the eagle’s nest found it was no longer nesting there and it was an abandoned breeding site.

The applicant lodged a new DA (465/2020), modifying the previous approval, to be able to

develop over that part of the land which had been set aside for the buffer zone around the eagle’s nest.

Along with the new DA, the applicant completed all biodiversity credits, which was part of the original development approval.

Under the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme, it is sometimes required for a developer to offset environmental impacts by paying an amount of money to the Biodiversity Conservation Trust which uses the contributions to embellish other environmental areas.

In the Court ruling by Commissioner Chilcott, it said he was satisfied the development would not significantly impact on the biophysical, hydrological or ecological integrity of the adjacent coastal wetland or littoral rainforest, nor the quantity and quality of surface and ground water flows to and from the wetland and rainforest.

Also, there is no evidence that core koala habitat exists on the site, the Court determination said.

The applicant said the proposed subdivision met the aims and objectives of the Central Coast Regional Plan and was in line with Central Coast Council’s plan for the further residential development of the area, consistent with Council’s rezoning of the land to R2 low-density residential.

“The social impact associated with the proposal is considered to be positive, bringing such benefits as an increased supply of new housing, creation of new neighbourhoods interconnected with walking and cycling facilities,” the report said.

The date of the Court determination was May 6 and consent took effect from June 2 when it was registered on the NSW Planning Portal.

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Don’t poke the bear at tax time – it will bite back WITH

Julia NEWBOULD Editor-at-large • Money magazine The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) took a lenient stance last tax season, but don’t expect it to do the same this year.

The message from the professional accounting body, CPA Australia, is simple: Don’t poke the bear.

“If you’re thinking of playing hide-and-seek with the ATO, don’t expect them to close their eyes and count to 10,” says Elinor Kasapidis , CPA’s senior manager of tax policy. “Assume they have full line of sight on your income.”

According to Kasapidis, it boils down to three simple principles: 1. If you earned money, you need to report it.

2. If you can’t prove an expense, you can’t claim it.

3. If you want to make sure

you’ve got it all right, see a tax agent.

“Claiming deductions for work expenses is the single biggest area where people go wrong, both by claiming too much or not enough,” she says.

“The way the tax system works, if you don’t claim a deduction, you won’t get it. Plenty of people miss out because they didn’t know to ask. Don’t copy and paste last year’s deductions into this year’s return; it’s another surefire way to poke the bear.”

While the ATO will be less lenient than it was last year, that doesn’t mean it’s business as usual.

“This is the first full income year in a Covid environment.

We expect many employees’ tax returns will include Covid-related items.”

Employees who spent time working from home may be entitled to claim a deduction for expenses such as electricity and the internet.

“The ATO’s shortcut method is suitable for many taxpayers and will save time and effort.”

The shortcut method allows you to simply claim 80 cents for every hour worked over

the last financial year. Other methods may be more suitable for employees who’ve spent a larger amount on home office expenses, such as furniture and air-conditioning.

“If you are intending on being lazy and just claiming the 80 cents per hours shortcut method, this only equates to a maximum deduction of $1440 based

on the 37.5 hours per week over 48 weeks,” says Adrian Raftery, from the accounting and tax service Mr Taxman. “However, if you were to take your actual expenses incurred for phone and internet, computer consumables, stationery and computer equipment and office furniture, as well as the heating, cooling and lighting

of your office, you probably could potentially claim up to $2500-$3500 depending on your circumstances.”

If itemising deductions, Raftery suggests that taxpayers use the ATO’s myDeductions app and ensure that they have logs for car, travel and mobile phone use as well as time spent in the home office.

“Times are tough during this Covid-19 pandemic, so every dollar saved counts more than ever before.”

Investment property has also taken a hit during Covid, and the likelihood that this will continue should trigger some forward planning ahead of the new financial year.

“Negative gearing losses might be quite high this year. It might be a good idea to complete a PAYG withholding variation form for 2021-22 if these increased losses are prolonged and you are struggling with cash flow, especially as the banks are no longer offering mortgage holidays.” M DAVID THORNTON

What the super changes will mean for you

Also, poorly performing funds will be unable to accept any new members, under the Your Future, Your Super changes.

One Nation and senator Jacqui Lambie voted with the government in favour of the

bill, while Labor and the Greens objected to it.

However, an amendment was passed which will delay benchmarking and stapling until November.

Independent Senator Rex Patrick failed to find support for his proposed amendment, which would have extended performance tests to more choice products in the retail super sector.

Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill strongly opposes the

changes. “How could it be that someone who calls themselves a Liberal could vote for this bill, could bring into this chamber a bill, which contains in it a provision to enable the Australian Treasurer to take control of Australian people’s savings and to give that Treasurer the power to direct the way their savings are invested?” she said.

After debate, it was agreed that Treasury power to direct investments would be carved out of the laws.

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and their families will likely only discover these exclusions when tragedy has struck and they try and fail to make a claim against cover they believed they had.”

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees originally supported the objectives of the reforms, but now says they create more consumer harm and do not deliver on their objectives.

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Five-storey residential flat building proposed Plans for a five-storey residential flat building at 16 Bayview Ave, The Entrance, are now open for public comment.

There will be 13 units on the vacant 800sqm block, comprising four one-bedroom units, seven two-bedders and two three-bedroom units, and including two accessible units The development proposes a variation to the maximum building height for the site, saying it is not out of character with other redevelopments in the area and comparable to the adjoining eight-storey building.

There will be basement parking and storage and all levels will each contain three units, except the top level

which will have just one threebedroom unit with a balcony.

In the design, almost half the area is communal open space on both the ground level and roof top, with more active areas clustered together and more passive areas together for acoustic privacy.

The development application (DA 578/2021) says it will be a high quality building using highly articulated facades to disguise its bulk, although it is compatible with the character of the surroundings, and landscaping will improve the streetscape.

Public comment on the DA is open until July 12.

Sue Murray

Business NSW welcomes NSW Budget A reduced Budget deficit, solid economic management, and a strong commitment to infrastructure spending through the COVID recovery, highlight this year’s NSW Budget, according to the state’s peak business organisation, Business NSW. The Treasurer has announced a deficit of $7.9B for the current year, less than half the $16B forecast in November.

This transforms into a forecast surplus of $466M by 2024/25.

“This Budget shows that strong financial management continues to position NSW as the powerhouse of the Australian economy as we

emerge from this once in a lifetime pandemic,” said Business NSW Central Coast Regional Director, Paula Martin.

“Strong stamp duty receipts through property transactions have meant that as a state, we are in a good position to recover strongly, however, the uncertainty over the re-opening of international borders, and the loss of skilled migrants and international students has the potential to impact heavily on future prosperity,” Martin said.

“It’s why Business NSW will continue its calls for a roadmap and timetable for the borders to open and stress the need for people to get vaccinated as quickly as possible.

“A commitment from the State Government of more than $260M for vaccine distribution

supports this important community measure.

“This time last year, Business NSW released our economic blueprint for recovery, Back on Track, and it is good to see that the Government has embraced many of those core initiatives, however, a reduction in TAFE funding, at a time of an unprecedented skills shortage across many industry sectors, is disappointing.

“From a business perspective, it is pleasing to see previously committed to extensions to the Payroll Tax threshold and rate of taxation have been confirmed.

“A tax on job creation and retention is the last thing business owners need during these difficult times.”

Key measures for NSW businesses include: ongoing payroll tax relief, the rate of which has been temporarily dropped from 5.45 percent to 4.85 percent for another year; the permanent increase to the payroll tax threshold to $1.2M, saving businesses an average of $34,000 per year; and, the continuation of a $1,500 rebate scheme to help small businesses recover the costs of NSW Government fees and charges; and funding for the NSW Small Business Commission to deliver a support program in partnership with TAFE to assist small businesses with their tendering skills.

“A further commitment of more than half a billion dollars to a Digital Restart Fund will

ensure that the move from paper to electronic transactions continues at a rapid pace and the State continues to lead the nation when it comes to the digital economy,” Martin said.

“Infrastructure spending is a key highlight of any State Budget.

“More than $100B over the next four years has been committed, which will turbo charge job creation and make NSW the premier destination to live and work.

“Whilst investment in Sydney is a clear winner in the budget, it is positive to see the Wyong Hospital redevelopment and continued widening of the Pacific Highway through key towns like Wyong and Lisarow are still in budget for continued development.

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“Tourism is also receiving a confidence boost with the creation of the State Significant Event Fund to attract major events that draw visitors to NSW. “Combined with the Regional Tourism Activation Fund and Regional Events Acceleration Fund, the events industry across NSW can benefit.

“As we continue to explore the budget further, we will be watching for key items that progress game changing projects for the Central Coast, including those that help to solve the skills shortage and acute housing shortage.”

Martin said.

Source: Media release, June 22 Paula Martin, Central Coast Regional Director, Business NSW

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HOW’S YOUR KITCHEN MOJO?

GEORGIA LIENEMANN What thoughts come to mind when you think about cooking? Does it bring up feelings of overwhelm?

Pressure? Joy? Creativity?

Sustenance? Duty? When you think about eating, do your thoughts turn to enjoyment and pleasure or do you often find yourself subconsciously categorising your diet into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ foods?

We’re diving headfirst into new territory, here on the column. For the next six weeks I’ll be teaming up with Danielle Abell from Lick The Plates and exploring the often self-imposed barriers that mess with our kitchen mojo - either sabotaging our efforts to cook or simply preventing us from enjoying the process as much as we’d like.

The stories ourselves

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tell

If you are the primary cook in your family, you’re likely preparing many meals each week and making countless decisions about those meals each day.

Have you ever really stopped to examine the subconscious thoughts and beliefs you have around cooking and eating?

They influence every single decision you make and play a central role in how you feel about cooking.

Rarely, if ever, do we take the time to truly acknowledge or question these thoughts – the

stories we tell ourselves, which often play like a constant track in the back of our minds.

Mostly, these stories are completely subconscious and were learned somewhere along the way, perhaps the seeds were planted by the primary cook in our household growing up and then the baton was passed to the media, whose relentless messaging we’ve likely been exposed to ever since.

Losing touch with tradition Spending time in the kitchen and cooking largely from scratch is a crucial piece of the health puzzle. For several generations there, we naively assumed we could juggle health and convenience, outsourcing the very thing that has been central to every culture since the dawn of humanity: preparing our own food from fresh ingredients.

Along the way, we’ve been aggressively marketed to by a soulless food industry, which has capitalised on (and greatly exacerbated) our inadequacies and frustrations. As a result, there’s a whole series of

counterproductive messages which seem to be deeply ingrained in the collective psyche with regard to spending time in the kitchen.

Undoing our programming

cultural

Think about it, we’ve been programmed for decades that it’s too hard, too timeconsuming, too boring, too expensive or simply not worth the effort, when none of these things are in fact, true. At least not relative to the inescapable fact that few things are harder, more time-consuming or expensive than poor health!

And due to this unfortunate loss of food culture (that inherent know-how and appreciation that has been passed from elders to offspring for millennia), coupled with the latest media trend of glamorising health and fancy food, I’m finding that the current generation of young parents are under enormous and unprecedented pressure to perform.

They desire good health for their families, a feeling of empowerment and fulfillment in the kitchen and perhaps, as of

late, a greater sense of selfsufficiency; but they often lack the knowledge, skills or inspiration to accomplish these things without overwhelm and exhaustion.

Re-establishing mojo

kitchen

What I’ve found over many years is that if people are taught how to make cooking at home quick, easy, delicious and inexpensive and if they’re educated around why cooking like our grandmothers did (with clever modern day hacks and technology) is not merely an optional practice but in fact, an essential one for good health – the counterproductive messages and stories soon fade away. And taking their place are feelings of joy, deep satisfaction and genuine inspiration.

And make no mistake, even those who have had the privilege of inheriting food culture directly from family or spent many years dedicated to learning and experimenting in the kitchen, can fall off the wagon at times.

The stresses of life can temporarily hijack our thoughts and lead us into an uninspiring rut.

Monkey see, monkey do I’ve found that it’s helpful to link in with a tribe who cook the way you’d like to. There are many downsides to social media but the potential of being drip-fed inspiring, educational content isn’t one of them. It has the power to shift our stories in an instant - and has, for me personally, on many occasions.

Research has found that the act of watching someone else do something is far more effective at motivating you to do it yourself, than simply possessing the knowledge and skills required to do so. Obviously when it comes to cooking, know-how is important, however don’t underestimate the importance of regular injections of inspiration to keep your kitchen mojo on fire.

So, what are your kitchen stories?

Take a moment to think about it: what are your repeating stories around cooking and eating? Is it too hard? Too timeconsuming? Are you a ‘bad’ cook? Or too overwhelmed to try something new?

Over the next five weeks, Danielle from Lick The Plates and I will be exploring the common stories we all tell ourselves in the kitchen, particularly the ones that aren’t serving us.

Each week we’ll delve deeply into one specific kitchen story, bringing it to light and turning it on its head, in order to rewrite it.

We’ll offer practical hacks to help disprove them and share how, we ourselves, have overcome our own versions of these same stories.

Hopefully you’ll find something in each of these stories that you can relate to, and as we unpack them, begin to find more flow in the kitchen again!

Hi, we’re Danielle

Georgia

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We are the primary cooks in our homes, and since getting to know each other have found uncanny similarities in how we cook. However when we delved deeper, the roads we have taken to get here and the subconscious stories we are working to overcome, are vastly different.

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Safeguards Child and Adolescent Mental Health Response Teams announced Central Coast Local Health District is to become home to one of 25 Safeguards Child and Adolescent Mental Health Response Teams announced in the State Budget to ensure specialised care for children and teenagers in the district.

Treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, said the funding

package would enhance specialist child and adolescent mental health services in every Local Health District over the next four years.

“We’re committed to improving the health and safety of our young people and this new model of care will be launched with an initial $18M investment, with a total of $109.5M allocated over the next four years,” he

said.

“The new multidisciplinary teams will be established across the state, providing rapid and flexible community care responses to children and adolescents in acute mental health distress.”

Minister for Mental Health, Bronnie Taylor, said the Safeguards teams would provide community based support to help children, teens and their families co-

ordinate all aspects of their care.

“This is a game changer in addressing mental health for children and teenagers,” she said.

“It’s all about bringing the right care at the right time and in the right place to children, adolescents and their loved ones.

“These clinicians will work with patients and their

families for six to eight weeks providing wraparound support at home and school as well as facilitating access to follow-up care as required.

“The teams will then transition the patients into longer term mental health community-based supports.”

Skilled child and adolescent mental health clinicians will also help families in coordinating other aspects of their child’s mental health

needs by linking them with appropriate services as needed such as GPs, private psychiatrists, headspace centres, education and vocational supports, NDIS providers, youth organisations or other needs such as housing providers.

Source: Media release, June 21, Treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, and Minister for Mental Health, Bronnie Taylor

Women’s Health Centre to receive domestic and family violence infrastructure grant Central Coast Community Women’s Health Centre at The Entrance has received a funding boost to help more victim survivors of domestic violence access critical help.

It will go towards construction of a new office

building for frontline counsellors and case managers who had previously been working in a portable building which will now be removed.

The centre shares in the $8.6M COVID-19 Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Infrastructure Grant Program,

announced by the NSW and Federal governments.

NSW Attorney General and Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Mark Speakman, said the investment would fund 50 projects across NSW, including upgrades at women’s shelters and new

crisis accommodation with enhanced security.

“This funding will allow service providers to renovate kitchens and bathrooms, repair plumbing and roofing damage, improve counselling areas, and most importantly, to offer more women a safe space and lifesaving

assistance when fleeing domestic violence,” he said.

Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, Anne Ruston, said the additional funding from the Commonwealth through its COVID-19 domestic violence response package meant many service providers

would be able to undergo refurbishments including to become accessible for people with a disability.

Source: Media release, June 29 Attorney General, Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Mark Speakman

Mini Vinnies work to help the homeless Students at St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School, Lake Munmorah, are taking part in the St Vincent de Paul Society’s Winter Appeal to provide warmth, food and a safe place to sleep for homeless individuals.

The Mini Vinnies are asking for warm clothes like jackets, pyjamas, scarves, socks and blankets that are clean and in

good condition.

The school is also seeking non-perishable food donations with at least six months left until the expiry date.

St Brendan’s Principal, Jacqui Fletcher, said the school had been supporting Vinnies for years, running two fundraisers a year for the charity organisation.

“We run a winter appeal

and one at Christmas,” she said.

“At our school, 20 students are in the Mini Vinnies group, which is run by four teachers.

“We had our Pyjama Day on Friday.

“That was organised by the Mini Vinnies team where students brought a gold coin donation to school.

“It raised around $400 for Vinnies.

“The teachers also organise fundraisers as the staff had a soup day where they brought in $5 and they got a bread roll and a lovely bowl of soup for lunch,” Fletcher said.

Mini Vinnies is a program open to all primary schools to encourage students to become advocates within their school and the local community.

The program encourages students to learn about social

justice issues and develop leadership skills to engage with the wider community.

Mini Vinnies is about doing good work in the community that benefits people facing social injustice, and teaching young people to share ideas and concerns and to have fun and support each other.

“Mini Vinnies is really about developing a student’s sense of community by teaching them empathy and how to

give back to the community,” Fletcher said.

The program follows the model of See, Think, Do, and addressing issues facing their community through volunteering, and fundraisers.

In NSW there are 83 primary schools participating in Mini Vinnies.

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If you are eligible to be involved in the clinical trial, you will be randomly allocated to receive either the investigational product (ABP-671) or a placebo in the form of a tablet. Procedures that will be completed during the trial include blood tests, electrocardiograms (ECGs) on your heart, renal ultrasound, and measurement of your vital signs.

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Jack’s Magic Boots will help children overcome bullying According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, seven out of 10 children have been bullied at least once within a year, making it a serious issue in schools around the country.

To help combat this issue, Sister Marea Ross from MacKillop Catholic College in Warnervale has written a children’s book called, Jack’s Magic Boots.

The book is based on a student’s story about overcoming bullying.

“I had a boy at the school who was terrorised by bullies,” Sister Ross said.

“He was pushed over one day at bus lines, and he was traumatised, so he told me the story and said he didn’t go down, which inspired me to write this book.

“I went to Queensland for a therapeutic writing workshop and I thought I’d have a go at writing a therapeutic book.

“I wrote the book in one sitting and after I had completed it, I read it to Jack’s mother and then Jack and

Sister Marea Ross and her book, Jack’s Magic Boots

they both really loved it.

“When I read it to Jack, he said to me ‘I have a pair of green boots’, and he realised the book was about him.

“Jack’s mum even cried,” Sister Ross said.

After getting such a positive

reaction from Jack and his mum, Sister Ross decided that she wanted to publish the book, and with help from MacKillop’s Librarian, Bronwyn Sandeman, Bronwyn’s daughter, Ella, provided the illustrations for

the book.

“When I saw Ella’s drawings I loved them, they were so brilliant,” Sister Ross said.

“The pencil colourings were amazing and it really gave the book a childlike feel.

“We’re all really impressed

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with how the book turned out,” Sister Ross said.

Together the team created 100 hard copies with the internet program Snapfish.

Since giving Jack a hardcover version of the book, Sister Ross said that he reads it

every night, and reads it to family members that come to visit.

Not one to sit on her hands, Sister Ross said she has already written a second book which she hopes to make hardcover versions of as well.

“I’ve already written another one, I wrote it a few days ago,” she said.

“This one is called Tina’s Purple Power, and it’s about a girl called Tina who is very clumsy, and she finds these magic purple slippers that help her stay upright.

“I’m just waiting for Ella to have some time to do some more fantastic illustrations again as she is busy with university work,” Sister Ross said.

With the help of Bronwyn, the team have sent Jack’s Magic Boots to book publisher EK Books.

“I really want to get this book out to all the Jacks of the world.

“I just want to give it away; I don’t want any money for it,” Sister Ross said.

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School holiday activities severely restricted

With COVID-19 rearing its ugly head again, there is little that Coast students can physically do during the school holidays, as many previously planned events have been scrapped due to new lockdown measures.

However, for those who are crafty, there are some interesting activities that

children can participate in from the comfort and convenience of their homes.

One such activity is The Great Recycle Maker Challenge, which is an online challenge that requires using recycled materials that test participant’s design and engineering skills.

Participants will also receive a certificate of participation, and a photo of the creation will be shared on social media and

in library branches across the Coast.

This event is designed for children ages 6-12.

After registering for the challenge, an email with everything that participants need to know about the challenge will be sent.

This challenge ends on July 9.

Another thing you can do in the comfort of your own home

is a scavenger hunt.

Scavenger hunts can have a range of themes such as numbers that challenges children to find a certain number of things around the house, or a letters one that challenges students to find objects that start with a certain letter.

Scavenger hunt ideas can be found on the internet.

Another way to get creative at home is to make a cardboard weaving.

All you need for this is some cardboard, a pencil, some scissors, tape and various coloured wool in thick and thin variants.

Further instructions can be found on the internet.

Another fun activity is making a button bowl, all you need for

this easy activity is flat buttons of any size or colour, a balloon, mod podge, some glue, a large paintbrush, a roll of painter’s tape and some pins.

More instructions can be found on the internet.

For those looking for a bit of physical exercise, going for a walk or a bike ride is a good way to keep moving.

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New approach to hiring teachers Academics, high performing professionals and subject matter experts will be encouraged to choose teaching as a new career, thanks to the NSW Government’s new approach to hiring teachers.

Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the radical overhaul of how mid-career teaching entrants were employed would help to improve teacher quality.

“New pathways into secondary school teaching will be created on the basis of a person’s knowledge and expertise.

“Successful applicants will be in front of a class earning a salary within six months.

“This compares to the two years of study which is currently required for someone to re-skill as a teacher.

NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian and Parliamentary Secretary Central Coast, Adam Crouch, with local teachers and P&C representatives

“This change will attract more highly skilled people to the teaching profession, and it is part of the NSW Government’s

focus on four areas of reform, including removing barriers to enter the teaching profession, bringing trainee teachers into

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the classroom faster,supporting transitions from another career into a teaching career, and incentivising the transition into

teaching,” Crouch said.

Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell, said NSW had the highest standards in Australia

when it came to who could become a teacher.

“This reform keeps these standards in place, whilst recognising that prior experience and expertise in key learning areas should be acknowledged.

“We know that by being flexible in providing young people with tailored education and training programs based on their personal circumstances, we will attract more people to the teaching profession,” Mitchell said.

The reforms are in line with recommendations in the NSW Productivity Commission’s recent White Paper, which found that teacher quality could boost the State’s productivity.

Source: Media Release, June 16 Parliamentary Secretary Central Coast, Adam Crouch

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Mariners transfers and signings continue

Mark Birighitti

FOOTBALL Since the confirmation of Jack Clisby’s departure from the Mariners and singing with Perth Glory, there has been one further first team loss for the Central Coast side, along with a few re-signings.

On Thursday, June 24, the Mariners confirmed that starting left midfielder, Daniel De Silva, will leave the club at the expiration of his contract in June.

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“I have loved being a part of this club and amazing community,” De Silva said.

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After Clisby, De Silva’s departure has left open another wide position within the team’s starting line-up from this season.

Meanwhile, Mark Birighitti, Dan Hall and Matt Simon have all had their contracts extended, the first two for two years and Simon for only one.

For Birighitti, his re-signing was followed by receiving the Goalkeeper of the Year Award alongside Sydney FC keeper, Andrew Redmayne.

In season 2020/21, Birighitti gained eight clean sheets, made 66 saves from 99 shots on target and conceded 33 goals in 27 games.

“I am very happy to spend the next two years on the Coast,” Birighitti said.

“My family is happy and obviously it was an easy decision for me considering the year we’ve just had, very happy and really looking forward to another two years here.

“The leadership group we have here is a great group, and we can all pass on our experience to the younger boys in the Club.

“It was a massive year last season, now the hard work continues moving onto next season and hopefully we can go a few steps further.”

The club has also suggested their intention of re-signing Socceroo debutant, Ruon Tongyik, to solidify their penalty area defensive line-up around the three centre backs and goalkeeper with the most A-League minutes from 2020/21.

The movements within the

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Mariners’ squad are by no means finished, with key positions yet to be filled.

Regardless, with a finals finishing position to live up to and Stajcic’s goal of an AFC Champions League selection yet unfulfilled, all new additions

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New lawn bowls competition at primary and high school levels LAWN BOWLS Lawn Bowls is an emerging competition sport being introduced to primary and high school students through the Let’s Play Bowls program.

The high school competition originated in the Hunter Region in 2015, and in 2021 it expanded to incorporate all primary and high schools throughout the Central Coast, North Sydney, Hunter, and Manning and Western Regions, aiming to foster lawn bowls to

a wider and younger age group.

All schools have been invited to enter three-person teams into the competition.

Primary students will participate in an after school competition and high school students from Years 7-11 will compete in a separate inter schools event.

The competition will be held later this year, with the Term 3 Knock-Out Rounds slated to be held on October 11.

On the second week in Term 4, 16 teams will be competing

in the titles.

It appears that lawn bowls is going through a renaissance with players on representative teams having an average age of 28.

A Commonwealth Games recognised sport since 1930, the game promotes self discipline and concentration as well as being a fun and highly skilled game.

It is also inexpensive in comparison to other sports.

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Lawn bowls growing in popularity at schools

Razorbacks have a good day at the office From page 40

Humpback Highway Watch Ronny Ling and his Central Coast Dolphin Project and Central Coast Newspapers have combined to bring you a regular Humpback Highway report in each edition of this newspaper.

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In the eyes of Head Coach, Matt Hopkins, the game was a nerve wracking display of two teams very capable of scoring points.

“The score line is indicative of Woy Woy’s ability to score points and also their ability to trouble sides when they come round,” he said.

“For us, we took our opportunities off the back of a pretty dominant scrum, with Connor Pedan scoring twice from this, and it gave to us a platform to attack off.

“Off the fringes, Woy Woy are a really capable side and that score line shows that they can put points on you if you don’t match up to them physically.

“At times we didn’t and they really capitalised on that.”

For one of Ourimbah’s try scorers, Josefa Biu, the win marks a positive return to his club after playing for the Central Coast representative team and then being selected for the NSW Country Cockatoo’s Team, 2021, along with his team mate, Josh Martin, who has made the Under 19 Colts Country side.

“These are two guys that

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we’re very fortunate to have around the club so its excellent to see them recognised at a higher level,” continued Hopkins.

“For now, we have to keep moving forward and hoping that the representative form brings a continuation of our positive results over the last two months or so.”

Overall, the win, along with that in the Premier Two match, finishing 54 – 0, has elevated Ourimbah on the Club Championship tally from fourth to third, behind Terrigal and Avoca Beach in first and second respectively.

With a bye week across all four teams, The Lakes have dropped down to fifth, with Hornsby filling in fourth place.

Woy Woy remain in seventh place on the Club Championship tally, although they are holding firm due largely to the high quality play of their Women Tens team, Gosford/Woy Woy, who were successful over Ourimbah on the weekend.

The Ourimbah oval ‘pig pen’ lived up to its name on this day, with the winter mud well diced up by the time the Women met at 2:20pm for kick-off.

In the first 10 mins of the

game, the Razorbacks had great possession of the ball which allowed the ladies to display great ball skills through hands.

During this possession of the ball Razorbacks scored a quick thinking try by Lorna Martin, converted by Jaimi Elwin.

For Gosford/Woy Woy, Ella Carlisle was very quick on the wing, giving her team a quick couple of tries.

Both sides showed heart in their defensive efforts, forcing clutch turn overs and making try saving tackles.

Yet it was the visitors from Gosford and Woy Woy who came away with a three try win, 29 – 12.

It was another positive weekend for the Razorbacks, one that now sees them asking questions of Terrigal and Avoca.

As the Central Coast Rugby season launches into its second half, these three teams, along with Hornsby and The Lakes, are making themselves known as the major players in pursuit for the overall championship win.

Source: Media Releases, Jun 20 Larry Thomson & Bronte Doorn, Central Coast Rugby Union

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New milestone for Picklum

SURFING Shelly Beach local and pro surfer, Molly Picklum, has claimed the biggest victory of her newly budding career at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Qualifying Series (QS) 5,000 finals day on Friday, June 25.

As the last event on the

Australian calendar this season for the World Surf League (WSL), the 18 year old Central Coast dynamo went into the event seeking one final win ahead of her upcoming inclusion in the Challenger Series, 2021.

Coming up against Cabarita local, Zahli Kelly, in the finals, Picklum employed a powerful

rail game with smooth transitions between turns, in the end posting a two-wave total of 17.10, the highest combination in the entire women’s event.

With this final season win secured, Picklum has finished in the top spot on the regional rankings.

Now, she can shift her focus

to the upcoming Challenger Series, where qualification for the Championship Tour is up for grabs.

Upon receiving her win, Molly expressed delight with progress throughout the QS event.

“I’m over the moon,” she said.

“I had a bit of a rusty start to

the heat but was able to refocus on the little fine details then reset and go at it.

“When I struggled a little bit at the start I focussed on not getting down on myself because it’s surfing and anything can happen.

“Once I felt like I had reset I still had 15 minutes left, which was plenty of time to get my

feet in the wax and find a rhythm.

“Now it’s time for the Challenger Series, I just want to hold onto this confidence and form for the second half of the year.”

Source: Media Release, Jun 25 Tom Bennett, World Surf League

Northern clubs win Surf Lifesaving Awards SURF LIFESAVING On Saturday, June 12, the surf clubs of the Central Coast gathered for their annual Awards of Excellence evening to celebrate and recognise their combined

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Held at Mingara, all 15 clubs, from the Lakes in the north to Umina in the south, attended the event to look back proudly on a year that included zero drownings on patrolled

beaches.

This is despite an approximate increase in visitors during patrolled hours of 34%.

The night recognised the outstanding achievements in surf sports, education, lifesaving, youth activities and

patrols, with a number of clubs and individuals receiving awards in different categories.

The Lakes were successful in receiving three club awards, the Community Education Program of the Year for The Lakes & St Brigid’s Catholic College inflame SRC & Bronze

Medallion course, the Innovation Award for their Little Rippers initiative, and the Rescue of the Year award.

Paul Dowdell and Ramzy Fawzy from Shelly Beach each received individual awards, for Assessor of the Year and Facilitator of the Year,

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From Toowon Bay, Karen Hickmott was successful in winning the Administrator of the Year, whilst Soldiers Beach won the Presidents’ Award.

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Locals win all divisions in Wyong Classic and Shield

(L-R) Division Two winner, Suzanne Stuart; Classic Winner, Louise Mullard; and Division Three winner, Jan Troy

GOLF On Friday, June 18, the 28th year of the Wyong Classic and Shield went ahead, with 120 ladies from across the Coast and

beyond coming to Wyong Golf Club for the competition.

The event was rescheduled to this blue sky day after a necessary weather

postponement earlier in the year.

There were 23 clubs represented by their local golfers: Belmont, Breakers, Camden, Cypress Lakes, Eastlakes, Everglades, Forster/

Tuncurry, Gosford, Kooindah Waters, Kurri Kurri, Leonay, Magenta Shores, Mangrove Mt, Muree, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Pacific Dunes, Tanilba Bay, Toronto, Toukley, Shelly Beach, Waratah and

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Wyong club golfer, Louise Mullard, came away with the highly sought after Classic win on the day, with Suzanne Stuart of Everglades winning Division Two and Jan Troy of Kooindah

Razorbacks have a good day at the office RUGBY UNION The Ourimbah Razorbacks remain hot on the tail for Club Championships after two wins over the Woy Woy Lions in the Swieteslky Premier One and Premier Two divisions, on Saturday, June 19.

The First Grade Razorback team had a number of returnees after the previous weekend’s Representative rugby fixtures in Tamworth and the Lions were determined to make the most of their week’s rest by returning to the competition with an upset win.

The Woy Woy side came very close in the muddy, wet and windy conditions, but fell short to their hosts at Ourimbah Rugby Park by 29 – 22.

The first half of this match was very evenly fought and there was nothing between the

two teams at the halftime break.

The Razorbacks were first to score and able to establish an early lead of 10 – 5, but a late first half surge from the visitors brought two tries to take the half time score to 10 – 17.

A break was what the hosts needed to regain their composure, for they returned to the pitch with new energy put towards the scoring of three tries to find their top score of 29.

Woy Woy were not to be outdone and a late try put them within one converted try of tying up the game.

Nonetheless, the Razorbacks were able to hold on for an important victory that keeps them three points behind league leaders, Terrigal.

Continued page 38 Razorback Captain, Matt Martin, expressing his emotion after Connor Peden’s Try

Waters winning Division Three.

Source: Media Release, Jun 22 Jeni Kidd, Wyong Ladies Golf Committee