Coast Community News 350

15 JULY 2022

ISSUE 350

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The clean-up begins

The future of Parklands Community Preschool at Kariong is up in the air with stalled negotiations on renewal of its lease, which is set to expire in January.

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Once more the Central Coast is in clean-up mode, following a powerful east coast low which drenched the region last week.

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Recovery centres to help flood victims As Central Coast residents face the huge task of coping with the effects of last week’s devastating storm event, two Recovery Centres have been set up at The Entrance and Spencer to help negotiate the many issues.

Mel Gore has been appointed as Recovery Coordinator for the Central Coast, the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions.

With more than 20 years’ experience in emergency management, particularly working directly with

community, she intends to be out and about as much as possible.

“I’m making sure I get around personally to the most affected places to hear direct from communities and make sure we are tailoring our support and services to meet their needs,” she said.

“At the centres, people can come in and discuss their requirements in recovering from the storms, with a variety of services available, including representatives from Central Coast Council and Resilience

NSW and people able offer mental health and legal counselling.

“It’s important for floodimpacted members of the community to be able to talk to different services about what support they might need to assist in their recovery.

“People are presenting with a range of problems.

“Some are still in temporary accommodation and might need to discuss their temporary housing needs as repairs are done on their homes.

IGA Xpress at Kincumber has taken out two major gongs at the IGA Metcash state awards and is set to proceed to the national finals next week.

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The Recovery Centre at The Entrance

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Soggy conditions on June 9 saw three Premier 1 matches played back to back at Woongarrah Oval, resulting in wins for Terrigal, Avoca Beach and competition leaders Kariong.

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Recent heavy rains on the Central Coast have seen dam levels reach a record breaking high – with the Upper Mooney Dam and Mangrove Creek Dam at full capacity.

Central Coast Council Director Water and Sewer, Jamie Loader, said this is the first time Mangrove Creek Dam has reached full capacity since construction was completed in 1982.

“This storage increase places the Central Coast water supply in a secure position for years to come,” Loader said.

“While the overflow from the Mangrove Creek Dam will contribute to the level of the already flooded rivers, it is a relatively low rate and small in comparison to existing

catchment flows.

“For comparison, the current flow over the spillway is less than 2 gigalitres per day,with theWarragamba Dam spilling at 515 gigalitres per day at its peak.

“Although rising water levels are unpredictable during a natural disaster, Council crews are on the ground monitoring the situation and providing daily advice to impacted communities as required.

“The dam level remains significantly below any levels that require activation of the Dam Emergency Plan.”

Loader said the Mangrove Creek Dam Picnic Area remains open, but the spillway is not visible from this area.

Although storm flow has increased

the turbidity and colour of water supply sources, Council’s two treatment plants are performing well, Loader said.

“Council is selecting best quality water sources to use and is currently drawing water from Mardi Dam and the Upper Mooney Dam,” he said.

Council staff continue to monitor and optimise treatment processes to ensure the safety of the water provided.

If anyone experiences a water or sewer system disruption, call Council immediately on 1300 463 954.

For all current water or sewer service interruptions please go to Council’s Water Outages webpage.

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Recovery centres to help flood victims From page 1 “We can also help with a referral pathway if people have insurance concerns and offer a range of counselling services.

“Mental health support is especially important, with the compounding impact of the most recent disasters.”

Gore sad centre staff could also help with applying for State or Federal grant funding.

She said a temporary Recovery Centre, which operated at Mari over the weekend and is now closed, attracted more than 100 visits over three days and the centres at The

Entrance and Spencer are receiving 10-20 visits per day.

“A lot of people are still trying to clean out their homes and we estimate these numbers at the centres will grow in coming weeks,” she said.

“We will be there while ever the community needs us and the demand is there.”

Gore said no appointment was necessary during the centres’ opening hours.

The centres, at The Entrance Community Centre in Battley Ave and the Spencer Community Hall, are open from 10am-4pm on weekdays and

from 10am-2pm on weekends.

Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery, Steph Cooke, said the centres had been established to ensure that flood-affected communities receive support in a timely and efficient way.

“Our first priorities are to undertake rapid damage assessments of flooded homes and businesses, begin the mammoth task of cleaning up and ensure residents displaced by the flooding can access emergency accommodation,” she said.

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Future of preschool up in the air The future of Parklands Community Preschool at Kariong is up in the air with stalled negotiations on renewal of its lease, which is set to expire in January.

Director, Phoebe Wilby, said the preschool was concerned that it had not received an update on lease renewal from Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation (HCCDC) in six weeks.

“At the beginning of June we put together a submission, at HCCDC’s suggestion, outlining a business case for renewing the lease and outlining how the befits to the community,” she said.

“We were also asked to outline what sort of amount we could afford to pay connecting with our funding, but we’ve heard nothing since.

“We were told this was the start of the process and we’re hoping to hear back quite quickly.

“Enrolments for next year are set to be processed next week and if we don’t come to an agreement on lease renewal we could be forced to try to relocate.”

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, has called for a quick resolution and met onsite with

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, Parklands Community School President, Adrian Sexton, and NSW Labor Leader, Chris Minns, discuss the preschool’s future

Preschool President, Adrian Sexton, and NSW Labor Leader, Chris Minns, last week.

“Parklands Community Preschool is a not-for-profit community-run service in the Mount Penang Parklands and has served Kariong and the surrounding area for nearly 40 years,” she said.

“Its facility is leased from the NSW Government through the HCCDC.

“The fee-free service is one of only three community-based preschools left in the southern end of the Central Coast and has 96 children enrolled.

“Seventeen highly-trained educators are employed by the service, many of whom have worked at the service for decades and have taught generations of local children.”

Tesch said HCCDC’s Place Vision, outlining several key priorities for the future of the

Parklands, could put the preschool at risk, with one of its priority actions listed as “optimising leases”, to be achieved through “review and (rationalisation of) leases where appropriate to streamline occupancy, encourage intensification of uses in key areas”.

Tesch said she is concerned the document could see the lease go to market, forcing the not-for-profit organisation to

compete for the lease, which could blow out to a price it could not afford.

“It is outrageous that a preschool which has been an essential service to Kariong for over 40years (could) be forced to relocate, close down, or pass on higher fees to parents already struggling with the rising cost of living,” she said.

Tesch said in 2017 the Parklands Community Preschool’s lease was

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increased from one dollar per year to over $19,000.

“Only a few years later they’re facing another blow at the hands of the Liberal Government,” she said.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said HCCDC’s Place Vision supports education uses within a natural and heritage setting.

“The action in the Place Vision around rationalising leases is not about relocating tenants off site,” he said.

“It is focused on working with all tenants to combine and standardise leases where possible, and to provide clarity around long-term tenancy options.

“In addition, HCCDC (is) continuing to work closely with the Parklands Community Preschool in reviewing (its) recent proposal for a long-term lease, including proposed rent, in line with appropriate processes.

“As always decisions about rent made by HCCDC for any new lease will be made considering matters beyond just financial ones – they also include the benefit to the community.”

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The clean-up begins

Once more the Central Coast is in clean-up mode, following a powerful east coast low which drenched the region last week.

As rainfall eased this week, Central Coast Council swung into recovery mode, working closely alongside Resilience NSW to support the community through the clean-up, while continuing its work alongside the NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) and other emergency agencies to support those still isolated or evacuated.

Although evacuated residents were given the all-clear to return with caution to their homes early this week, floodwaters are still receding at multiple locations around Tuggerah Lakes and the Lower Hawkesbury River.

With the Central Coast included in the NSW Government’s Natural Disaster Declaration on July 5, people in the community who have been affected by the severe weather and flooding event can access a range of special

Council crews clean up at Killcare Beach

assistance measures.

For details on State Government assistance available for individuals, small businesses, not-for-profit organisations, sporting clubs and more go to nsw.gov.au/ disaster-recovery/naturaldisaster-declarations.

Those who have suffered a significant loss because of the floods can also access a oneoff Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment of $1,000 per eligible adult and $400 per eligible child.

Council and NSW SES have been providing ongoing support

to communities still isolated because of flood waters including organising drops of food hampers, toiletry packs and fuel.

Fodder drops have been made over isolated areas in Yarramalong to ensure any isolated animals have access

to feed and fly overs have continued to help locate any missing animals.

Council’s regular waste collection services continue as normal, and Woy Woy and Buttonderry Waste Management Facilities remain operational as per normal opening hours.

For properties located on sections of road currently closed to vehicles, kerbside services will resume as soon as the roads re-open and resources are available.

Council is working with Cleanaway to cater for increased demand for bulk collection services in flood impacted suburbs during the clean-up phase.

Households which have been inundated by flood waters will received a dedicated flood waste collection service over the following weeks– residents will receive detailed information about this via a letterbox drop.

Homes which experienced seagrass (wrack) and vegetation debris from lake and river flooding can prepare

this debris in piles on their kerbside for Council to collect, while smaller volumes of uncontaminated seagrass and vegetation debris can be placed into green waste bins.

For sandbag disposal, split the hessian bags to remove sand and place in your garden somewhere it won’t wash away, if possible; then place empty bags in the red lid garbage bin.

As roads open in the Spencer and Gunderman area, impacts from any landslide/rockslides or trees down will be assessed.

Residents are urged to stay up to date with the latest closures before travelling on roads and avoid impacted roads as flash flooding may still be occurring.

Council is also asking residents to continue to report developing potholes as crews undertake temporary repair works and attending to the roads by priority for safety.

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Community pitches in to help As the rains began to ease, Clean4Shore volunteers, residents and various community groups were out and about on the region’s waterways, cleaning up debris including sea wrack, assorted pieces of furniture, a large mattress, building materials and polystyrene.

Clean4Shore worked for days at Patonga Beach, aided by residents collecting smaller items in plastic bags.

Several large sheets of aluminium cladding consistent with the March Floods were washed up on the previously cleaned sections of the beach.

With surges from the ocean swell making access to

beaches difficult, volunteers worked hard to stack piles of debris along the beach including lounges, fridges, plastic drums and car tyres and bags and bags of smaller litter.

At Macmasters Beach, the team cleared an assortment of rubbish including two plastic rainwater tanks, car tyres, treated pine, metal and plastic drums, smaller plastic and hard plastics.

All debris was loaded and delivered to Woy Woy tip.

At Umina Beach on July 9, residents and members of various community groups worked alongside Central Coast Council workers to clear the beach of multiple items of debris.

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effort and member Tony Trichter, said some unusual items, including a drum of pesticide and an iphone in divers’ housing, were found.

Trichter said it was a true community effort to clean up

the beach.

“This is by no means the first time our community has rallied together to clean up our beautiful beach,” he said.

“It was all-hands on deck for

the last two major flooding events earlier this year and last and was the same this time around.

“The Peninsula Ocean Swimmers and the other users of the beach always feel very privileged to have such a beautiful place to do the activities that we love, be it swimming, or surfing, or simply enjoying the beach.

“We feel it is the least we can do to give something back to what nature has provided us.”

Trichter said some very large objects left on the beach had to be removed.

“Council got into it quickly, as did the community, and the beach looks a lot better,” he said.

“It is remarkable considering

we had to remove some very large items, including a spa, a shed, a box trailer, and a lot of trees and sticks.”

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, thanked the Peninsula Ocean Swimmers, the community, and Council, after efforts were made to ensure that the beaches on the Peninsula were restored as soon as possible.

“Community spirit has come through again,” she said.

“Council was fantastic with the beach clean-up after the February floods, and it is great to see them working with the community to coordinate the clean-up this time around.”

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Firefighters to the rescue mopping up after flood

FRNSW crews are helping clean up homes around the region

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Strike Teams have hit the streets to help residents struggling to deal with flood damage to their homes as floodwaters recede.

The firefighters have been helping neighbourhoods around Tuggerah lakes and other areas of the Central Coast as well as the Hawkesbury region to mop up water, hose out silt and move ruined furniture from flood-

damaged homes.

Three teams have been following up damage reports, offering a hand and at Chittaway Bay fire crews were even cleaning up weed and wrack washed up into their backyards.

Fire and Rescue NSW Strike Team Leader, Inspector Bob Mey, said the teams were following up flood assessments and investigating silt and mud damage, with about a metre of flood water inundating some properties.

“I’ve got my crews doorknocking and cleaning out, hosing driveways and inside houses and helping wherever they can,” he said.

“The damage is quite excessive we’ve had floodwaters come up to a metre high in some of the houses so that’s caused quite a bit of damage.

“We’ve had seaweed and all sorts of debris throughout the houses.

“Our crews are mainly helping with removing rubbish

and any of the damaged goods from inside the houses and putting them on the kerb for Council pick-up.

“They’re also assisting to wash out all the mud and any other debris from inside,” Inspector Mey said.

Resident Rachael Stanton said the help was “pretty special”.

“We’ve actually been out of home since the first flood in February/March because we didn’t have any help after that flood,” she said.

“To have the help now and to have it so quickly, within a matter of days from the flood, and to have everything taken out in one afternoon, well, it’s obviously devastating but just a sigh of relief to have people help us and then we can move on with our lives now.

“We’ve had an army of firefighters and even members of the local football clubs to help out all around our community.

“It’s a really special community that’s come out to

help us and no-one blinked an eye when I asked for help, yeah, really amazing.

“When it comes to the firies, many hands make light work, and they’ve done it in about two hours.

“The flood went pretty high, above my hips, so we lost everything but they’ve cleared it all out and everyone’s been here to help.

“Now we can just clean up and keep going,” Rachael said.

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Bid to halt industrial action on trains fails

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) is calling for an immediate return to negotiations over safety on the Sydney and Central Coast rail network after the Fair Work Commission declined to ban future industrial action last week.

On July 8, Commission Deputy President, Bryce Cross, dismissed an application from the State Government for a termination of any further industrial action by unions over safety conditions.

The Government had applied for an order to suspend or terminate protected industrial action on the grounds of endangering life and the economic impacts.

But Cross found that “no part of the protected action of the unions (either individually or together) … has threatened, is

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threatening, or would threaten to endanger the life, the personal safety or health, or the welfare, of the population or of part of it, or cause significant damage to the Australian economy or an important part of it”.

RTBU NSW Secretary, Alex Claassens, said that while the ruling is a positive for rail

workers who have done everything by the book, the victory means little unless it finally forces the NSW Government to act.

“We’ve won in the Commission, but we still don’t have a commitment from the NSW Government that it will make the safety changes required to the New Intercity

Fleet, and confirmation that any changes made won’t come at the expense of workers’ take-home pay and conditions,” Claassens said.

He said there is no action currently planned and unions were seeking a return to “proper negotiations” as soon as possible.

“This has been a remarkable waste of taxpayer dollars,” he said.

“The NSW Government ran, and lost, a case aimed at stopping protected industrial action that doesn’t even currently exist.

“They stopped the entire network in February, and they’ve been caught out deliberately withholding services again this past week, all to make an ideological political point.

“We need to sit down at the table and get a resolution that delivers safe trains and fair wages and conditions; it’s as simple as that.”

Claassens said the Government appeared to have deliberately held back commuter services late last week and tried to blame union action for it, despite the fact the

unions had toned down industrial action in light of severe weather conditions.

While the Government claimed the unions had lifted many bans last week in light of the impending Fair Work Commission hearing, Claassens said the decision had been made in the public interest as savage storms ravaged Sydney and the Central Coast.

Acting Minister for Transport and Metropolitan Roads, Natalie Ward, said the unions have received a signed letter of commitment from the NSW Government for reconfigurations to the safety regulator approved New Intercity Fleet trains and urged the unions to continue negotiations to resolve the dispute.

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Petition calls for earlier Council elections Greg Knott of Ourimbah is determined to see elected councillors returned to the Central Coast as soon as possible and, together with his wife Justine RudstonBrown, has launched an e-petition asking the State Government to rethink its decision to defer elections until September 2024.

Launched just a week ago, the petition had already attracted almost 300 signatures as CCN went to press.

“I wanted to stop procrastinating,” Knott said.

“Like a lot of people, I have

been saying we need to do something to get local representation back and I finally decided to take action.

“We may not agree with our elected representatives but at least we get to choose them to be our voice.”

Knott said without elected councillors, he feared Central Coast Council has a confused agenda.

“Council starts to lose touch with the community with no clear lines of communication,” he said.

“That community aspect is missing – Council feels like a business and not a

representation of community like-minded individuals.”

Knott said with regard to the financial difficulties which led to the eventual sacking of councillors and the extension of the period of administration earlier this year, following a public inquiry into Council’s financial difficulties, there was more to the story “than we’ll probably ever know”.

“I’d like to be somebody who can try and find that out,” he said.

Knott said without elected representatives to approach, community members were hampered in raising issues of concern.

He said he would like to have seen an election in September this year.

“However, that is no longer realistic based on the timeframe, so (a more realistic time) might be February or, more likely, March, next year.,” he said.

Knott is hoping to attract 20,000 signatures to the petition, at which time it would be debated in Parliament.

Directed to the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, the petition is on the NSW Parliament petitions page and outlines the fact that the councillors were first

suspended, and an administrator appointed in October 20.

“The Central Coast Council has been without leadership since it went into administration in October 2020,” it says.

“Recently it was announced that elections would be held in line with the next round of local council elections on September 14, 2024.

“This will leave Central Coast residents without a voice for almost four years and no local democracy “Currently Central Coast residents have no input into local issues.

“The Central Coast is in a state of disrepair with dangerous potholes on major roads, local parks overgrown, vandalised and some closed for extended periods.

“I would request a review of the decision to delay Central Coast Council elections for two more years.”

If you would like to sign the petition, you can find the link on the Petition for Central Coast Council elections Facebook page.

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Battle against weeds wins national Froggatt Award Budgewoi Beach Dune Care volunteers have received special acknowledgement from Australia’s Invasive Species Council for their decades of work in weed eradication.

The Council is dedicated to the control and eradication of invasive plants and animals and each year presents the Froggatt Awards for major contributions to environmental protection.

Budgewoi Beach Dune Care (BBDC) has received a special commendation in the Control and Eradication category, “in recognition of decades of carefully planned and well implemented weed eradication and sand dune restoration along the high-energy Budgewoi coastline”.

Prior to 1995 Budgewoi Beach sand dunes were mined for rutile.

BBDC team member, Neil Bevege, said that when this

activity finished, the mining company planted bitou bush, an invasive South African weed, to revegetate the disturbed dunes and then abandoned the area to do its own thing.

“As a consequence, more invasive species including lantana, asparagus fern and fleabane became established in the dunes, creating a degraded, weed infested wasteland that did nothing to support the native environment, nor protect the dunes from erosion,” he said.

In 1995 BBDC started coastal rehabilitation works along Budgewoi Beach.

Since its inception, this small group of volunteers have transformed 32ha along 3kms of Budgewoi coastline into a balanced coastal ecosystem.

Following dune stabilisation, herbicide spraying of bitou bush infestations was carried out, followed after the die off by environmental burns involving fire fighters from Rural Fire

Volunteers work across the Central Coast, maintaining bush, parks and sand dunes

Service and NSW Fire brigades.

Bevege said this broke the bitou bush cycle and allowed BBDC to rehabilitate the dunes with local provenance tube stock which was propagated by the group from native plant species that had survived in the area.

“Restoration techniques, including the use of fire, has made the rehabilitated Budgewoi dunes a demonstration site for

the eradication of invasive species and the benefits of planting endemic native species,” he said.

By the end of 2000 BBDC had built fenced beach accessways and boardwalks to viewing platforms at the end of four streets.

These protect the dunes and adjoining vegetation, by keeping pedestrians off foredune areas

when accessing the beach.

With new native plantings established in the dunes the BBDC volunteers engaged in follow-up hand weeding of reemerging weed species while preparing to repeat the rehabilitation process in the remaining areas.

Rehabilitating and extending the site’s ephemeral wetlands and littoral rainforests (EEC) continues to play a large part in protecting the native fauna, expanding biodiversity and reducing the opportunity for invasive species to re-establish.

Critical to the success of this 27-year project has been BBDC’s commitment to the continued maintenance of its area.

“This includes repetition hand weeding of the dunes, bagging and removal of any weed material that may regenerate if left where it was removed,” Bevege said.

“Where appropriate, weeds are composted at BBDC’s compound

while other non-compostable materials are bagged and collected by Central Coast Council for disposal.

“As with all successful enterprises, nothing happens without a vision, a plan and effective leadership.

“From the beginning and continuing, Budgewoi Beach Dune Care has been ably led by Phil Heaton, and his leadership and dedication was recognised last year with Phil being awarded the Order of Australia (OAM),” Bevege said.

Budgewoi Beach Dune Care volunteer team meets weekly on Tuesday mornings from 8 am, at their compound next to the Budgewoi Holiday Park in Mimosa Rd. New volunteers are very welcome and can contact team member Neil Bevege on 0427 022 168.

Information source: Budgewoi Beach Dune Care

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Central Coast Council’s weekly news and community information

Recovery underway for flood impacted communities

Following the recent severe weather and flooding event that took place across the Central Coast, impacted residents have turned their sights toward recovery and clean-up efforts.

The Resilience NSW recovery team with Central Coast Council, Service NSW, Services Australia and a range of other support teams remain stationed at these rapid recovery hubs, offering recovery assistance, providing access to information and services for flood-affected Central Coast residents.

• The Entrance Hub - located at The Entrance Community Centre, Battley Ave, The Entrance and open Monday to Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday to Sunday 10am-2pm.

Health and safety during a flood clean-up A reminder to never enter a damaged building or structure, unless deemed safe to do so by authorities and take great care around electricity. If removing or moving waste, always use appropriate personal protective equipment, including dust mask, gloves, covered shoes or boots and fulllength clothing to cover your arms and legs.

For further information on maintaining health during and after floods and storms, go to NSW Health’s website health.nsw.gov.au/emergency_ preparedness or call 1800 health direct on 1800 022 222.

• Spencer Hub - located at Spencer Community Hall, 4776 Wisemans Ferry Road, Spencer and open Monday to Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday to Sunday 10am-2pm.

Council would like to thank the many volunteers with local SES, Rural Fire Service, and other local support services who continue to provide invaluable assistance to keep our community safe. This includes the many Council crews on ground working in severe weather conditions.

To stay up to date with recovery and clean-up efforts taking place across the Central Coast, search ‘weather event’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Clean-up of flood affected waste Clean up and recovery efforts continue in flood impacted communities across the Central Coast.

Council and its contractors undertook letterbox drops to flood inundated properties, with information on collection days of flood affected waste. These clean-ups will continue for a few weeks to allow residents time to clean up and remove waste.

Council’s waste facilities are open to receive self-hauled waste from residents and businesses. Reduced fees of $210.24 per tonne (down from standard rate of $377 per tonne) apply for flood impacted mixed waste.

Homes that experienced seagrass (wrack) and vegetation debris from lake and river flooding can prepare this debris in piles on their kerbside for Council to collect. Smaller volumes of uncontaminated debris from lake and river flooding can be placed into green waste bins, with larger volumes bagged or boxed and placed on the kerbside as part of a bulk green waste collection. Collections should be booked through 1Coast.com.au.

Council’s regular waste collection services continue as normal including bulk kerbside collections, public litter bins and household bins.

For more information on waste services available to flood impacted communities, search ‘weather event’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Financial aid following a disaster The Central Coast local government area (LGA) is included in the NSW Government’s Natural Disaster Declaration announced on 5 July 2022, meaning people in our community who have been affected by this severe weather and flooding event can access a range of special assistance measures.

Assistance is available for individuals, small businesses, not-for-profit organisations, sporting clubs and more.

For more information, head to the NSW Government’s website nsw.gov.au/disaster-recovery/natural-disaster-declarations

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Compensation for beekeepers hit by deadly virus

An $18M compensation package is available for registered beekeepers affected by the deadly varroa mite, including an outbreak detected in Calga.

The mite arrived in Australia via the Port of Newcastle on June 22 and since then 24 locations have been affected including Calga.

Beekeepers in ‘eradication zones’ were instructed to euthanise honeybee colonies and destroy internal hive equipment such as brood and honey frames.

The infected premises identified have resulted in a larger emergency zone, with a 10km inclusion zone around the Calga site, and a 25km surveillance zone with all local beekeepers encouraged to “sugar-shake” their bees to detect varroa infestations.

The emergency map can be located on the Department of Primary Industries website on www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/varroa

Owners of honeybees acquired from within the 50km emergency notification zone of the Port of Newcastle in the past 12 months are being urged to report the honeybees to NSW DPI, while community reporting will facilitate the monitoring of honeybee movements in the rest of NSW. Gosford MP and amateur beekeeper, Liesl Tesch, said all beekeepers on the Central Coast needed to check their beehives for varroa mites, which look like ticks, as soon as possible and report back to the NSW Department of Primary Industries because of the serious biosecurity breach and outbreak in our community.

The National Management Group (NMG) for Emergency Plant Pests has endorsed a National Response Plan to eradicate Varroa Destructor from NSW. Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Murray Watt, said the

Image: ANU Science Blog

The varroa mite looks like a tick on a honeybee

agreement would see registered commercial beekeepers reimbursed for all equipment, hives and bees that are destroyed in the eradication process.

“We are firmly committed to the national response plan,” he said.

“Varroa mite is the most significant threat to our honey bee and pollination industries

and we unanimously agree that it is both technically feasible and economically beneficial to remove it from our shores.”

NSW Agriculture Minister, Dugald Saunders, said eradication was the primary goal, and the NSW Department of Primary Industries’ strong initial response measures and contact tracing work have made this possible.

“We still have an unbroken chain of infected premises and have extensive surveillance operations in place to find and destroy any further cases,” he said.

“I want to thank the entire beekeeping community for their commitment and vigilance during this time.”

Danny Le Feuvre from the Australian Honey Bee Industry

Council said it was great to see the recognition from all governments and industries of the importance of the bee industry.

“Industry fully supports the eradication efforts and appreciates the professionalism and commitment of DPI’s incident management team,” he said.

“Agreement to provide reimbursement costs to our members will ensure the success of the eradication program.

The National Management Group also endorsed compensation for licensed recreational beekeepers in recognition of their critical role in the response to this incursion.

The NSW Government is putting on an additional 26 compliance and surveillance officers to manage risk to facilitate key pollination events and ensure business continuity.

Sue Murray

Mount White bridge to be named after engineer A bridge over the Pacific Hwy at Mount White is set to be named after former bridge engineer Ray Wedgwood in recognition of his contribution to the transport industry and the community.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the bridge was designed by Wedgwood in 1964 and, 62 years later, is still serving motorists well.

“It is testament to his professionalism as a bridge designer,” Crouch said.

“He designed dozens of bridges throughout his working life and was held in the highest regard by his peers.

“We sought community feedback and received overwhelming support for the name change, with 92 per cent of the respondents backing the proposal.

Ray Wedgwood had a lifelong passion for bridges

“Transport for NSW will move forward with naming the bridge Ray Wedgwood Bridge in recognition of his important work and long and illustrious career as one of the state’s leading bridge designers.”

The bridge was Wedgwood’s first design, completed when he was just 22.

He was directly involved in several major constructions including Sheahan Bridge at Gundagai, Macarthur Bridge at Camden, Captain Cook Bridge at Taren Point and Glebe Island (Anzac Bridge).

Wedgwood was well-known in academic, civil engineering consulting and bridge

construction circles and was a key figure on various Austroads and Australian Standards committees until his passing in March, 2020.

Carol Wedgwood said her late husband had a passion for family and bridges.

“He was a gentle, caring and very funny man, proud of his

family and always supported them in various educational and sporting endeavors,” she said.

“His passion for engineering and bridges was constantly shared with family and friends.

“When travelling around NSW on family holidays, Ray would stop to take photographs and describe the history and design features of the bridges that were encountered.

“In many cases, he had some personal connection with the bridge from his distinguished career at the Department of Main Roads and its successor organisations.

“As a family we are all proud of Ray’s academic and professional achievements, but most of all we value and are thankful for our time together as ‘family’.”

Transport for NSW colleague and friend, Vince Taranto, said Wedgwood was respected by all

his workmates.

“He was an effective and hard-working manager, and reliable source of technical information and assistance on all matters bridge-related,” he said.

“Ray had a keen interest in the history of bridges and was an active participant on the Roads and Traffic Authority/Roads and Maritime Services Heritage Committee.

“He was able to condense complex technical issues into simpler terms, for the benefit of the non-engineers on the committee.

“Ray was a natural communicator, equally at home talking to bridge workers, junior office staff, senior managers and politicians.”

More information can be found at nswroads.work/ mtwhitebridgenaming.

Terry Collins

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Bendigo Bank supports Coast Shelter’s youth mental health services Over the past financial year, Bendigo Bank branches at Ettalong Beach, East Gosford, Lisarow, and Kincumber have provided financial support to Coast Shelter’s mental health youth clinical services and has pledged its support again for the coming financial year.

In an effort to address growing public health wait times and the prevalence of mental health concerns among young people accessing its crisis housing on the Central Coast, Coast Shelter built a clinical services team to address alcohol and other drugs, mental health, homelessness and domestic violence.

Mick Gage, Chairman of Ettalong Beach Community Bank Chairman, Mick Gage, said the bank had been pleased to help with the employment of a Mental Health Youth Worker for the clinical services team.

“The team has provided alcohol and drug counselling and services to address presenting health issues of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder,” he said.

Coast Shelter CEO Michael Starr accepts the latest cheque from Bendigo Bank staff

Bank Treasurer, Don Wilson, said the project was about giving people a leg up when they most need it with holistic support services to allow them to thrive and regain their independence.

Ettalong Beach Financial Services Limited is the franchise for the Ettalong Beach Branch of Bendigo Bank

trading as Ettalong Beach Community Bank, with 80 per cent of profits returned to the community.

Coast Shelter CEO, Michael Starr said waiting times to see an external mental health provider on the Coast could be up to eight months.

“Even then the cost of a psychologist or counsellor with

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a mental health care plan can be too expensive for our young people,” he said.

“Clients are often better off travelling to Sydney or Newcastle to access immediate mental health care.

“In order to negate this, we have partnered with Bendigo Bank to deliver immediate mental health support and

planning for young people on the Coast.

“Madi Parrot started in this specialist position in October, 2021, and has already provided much needed personalised care and support to 80 young people in our crisis housing services.

“This is a vital part of our clinical services team and we

are thankful for Bendigo Bank’s continued and generous investment in the health of young people on the Coast.”

We are honoured to be able to support this cause for another year.”

Parrot said 75 per cent of clients she sees, aged between 17 and 22, present with anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder and have experienced long-term homelessness.

“Twenty young people have been linked in with external support, which varies from NDIS to AOD counselling and psychology; this is due to the wait times for external services across the Central Coast region.”

Michael Bell, CEO of East Gosford, Lisarow, and Kincumber Community Banks, Michael Bell, said the past two years had been difficult for the community, especially young people experiencing mental health concerns.

For more information go to www.coastshelter.org.au.

Source: Media release, Jul 7 Coast Shelter

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Man charged following glassing incident A man has been charged following a glassing incident on the Central Coast.

About 9.30pm on Friday 8 July, police were called to a premises on Lumby Drive, Bateau Bay, following reports of a man had been injured during a glassing incident.

On arrival, officers attached

to Tuggerah Lakes Police District were told a 20-year-old man had allegedly assaulted a 27-year-old man with a glass.

The 27-year-old man attended Wyong hospital with a laceration above his left eyebrow.

Following inquiries, a

20-year-old man was arrested at Wyong Police Station on Saturday, July 9 where he was charged with one count of reckless wounding.

He was granted conditional bail to appear before Wyong Local Court on Wednesday 17 August 2022.

Source: NSW Police Media

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We’re not as stupid as the authorities think we are The lack of sensible nonpolitical planning and investment for electricity will not only seriously damage our economy but give us great times to dine by candlelight in the next few years.

Hospitals cannot be created overnight – the facilities have to be built and trained staff have to be found.

It is the same with electricity

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Substantial electricity generators cannot be created overnight and competent people are needed to man them.

Shutting down the old coalfired power stations prematurely will hurt us all.

Modern coal-fired power stations, although they still emit carbon dioxide, are much more efficient than in the past and are needed in the medium term.

But because of the political risk no one is silly enough to invest in them.

Email, July 6 Charles H

Citizen science at work in Mannering Park A citizen science day to investigate the impacts of power stations thermal pollution on seagrass in Lake Macquarie will be held at Mannering Park on Saturday, August 6.

This is an event run by Hunter Community Environment Centre and postponed from early July because of the heavy rain and resulting turbidity in the lake.

“We need the help of citizen scientists to complete an inaugural seagrass survey and launch a seasonal seagrass monitoring project to track thermal pollution impacts in

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Wyee and Myuna bays,” Centre co-ordinator, Jo Lynch said.

“The effects of thermal pollution on marine ecosystems are well-documented and the adverse effects of both Lake Macquarie power stations (Vales Point and Eraring) include altered seagrass assemblages and reduced seagrass cover near to the thermal outlets.

“Vales Point, due to the more enclosed receiving waters, has had the greatest impact.”

Lynch said that in October 2021 the Environment Protection Authority reduced allowable discharge

Participants being briefed in a previous seagrass survey

temperatures from 38.5C to 35C due to the almost complete

loss of seagrass from Wyee Bay.

“We estimate that since 2001 about 50ha of seagrass has been lost from Wyee Bay and about 15ha from Myuna Bay, however, historical losses could be much greater,” she said.

“The comprehensive restoration of affected seagrass beds is of significance to the future productivity and health of the lake ecosystem, with seagrass providing a reliable carbon store, fish breeding grounds and habitat, shoreline stabilisation and antiacidification effects.

“We look forward to working with the wider community to

ensure seagrass rehabilitation is on the agenda of Origin Energy and Delta Electricity, as the question of environmental rehabilitation requirements and planning is being posed with more urgency,” Lynch said.

Participants in the seagrass survey will meet at Mannering Park boat ramp on August 6, starting at 9.30am to 5pm.

To register for the event go to the Hunter Community Environment Centre facebook page or phone 02 4962 5316.

Source: Hunter Community Environment Centre

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As Australians begin the grim task of cleaning up and rebuilding, some for the fourth time in two years, I suggest that, at the very least, they are entitled to know what the science says about these floods and the ones which will follow.

First, these floods were predicted by scientists 34 years ago.

Second, these same scientists told us what we needed to do to prevent them, but we decided not to follow their advice.

Third, these floods are not the new normal - they are just the beginning.

More than 30 years ago, scientists from NASA told the world what climate change was, what was causing it, and what it would do if we continued emitting

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Everything they predicted has come true – the heat, the drought, the fire, the storms and the floods.

Each of these has increased in frequency and severity across the planet in lock step with rising air temperatures which, in turn, have risen in lock step with rising greenhouse gas levels.

Thirty years ago, world leaders met at the first UN climate change conference and solemnly agreed that we needed to urgently reduce greenhouse emissions to avoid future climate disasters.

Thirty years later we haven’t just failed to reduce our emissions as agreed, we are now emitting them 50 per cent faster than we were back then.

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The Next Flood

Australia has always been a land of drought and flood, but it is the extra flood depth, over that of a historically “normal” flood, which causes havoc and destruction.

The link between temperature and rain intensity is pretty simple.

At higher temperatures water evaporates faster, the air holds more moisture and storms have more energy.

The current level of flood frequency and intensity has been delivered by 1.1 degrees of global warming.

But we have already emitted enough greenhouse gases to get us to 1.5 degrees due to the lag between emitting the gas and the temperature response it produces, and because of temporary shading by sulphate aerosols (a.k.a. yellow smog) over

the more industrialised parts of Asia and Europe.

If 1.1 degrees of warming has delivered the current flood levels and frequency, what will 1.5 or 2.0 degrees deliver?

If we stroll out the current emissions reduction program, to net zero by 2050 using dodgy carbon credits while still growing the fossil gas industry, for example, we will very likely get to 3.0 degrees.

But that’s not all.

The Arctic ice is melting before our eyes and the region is now warming at four times the global average rate.

Right next to the Arctic is Greenland.

Its ice sheet is now melting as the Arctic climate warms and snowfall, which created the ice sheet, turns to rain.

The melt water flows into crevasses and falls to the bed rock where it melts the ice sheet from below and lubricates the flow of the ice sheet to the sea.

As the centre of the ice sheet drops the air temperature there rises due to the drop in elevation and algae grows, darkening the surface and absorbing more heat.

Total loss of the Greenland ice sheet would result in about 7 meters of sea level rise.

How long would this take?

We don’t know. We have never seen a continental ice sheet collapse before.

What we do know is that sea level rise from this process has already started.

The latest IPCC report forecasts sea level rise of 21 to 71 cm over the next 50 years.

Unfortunately, temperature rise

has been at or above the top of the IPCC forecast range over the past 30 years and scientists are now reporting that loss of the Artic Sea ice and destabilisation of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets is occurring 100 years ahead of schedule.

As residents face the awful decision of whether to rebuild their homes and businesses once again or relocate to higher ground, they would be wise to factor at least 70 cm of further sea level rise plus significantly more intense rain fall events and flood levels into their planning.

I suggest this advice would apply equally to CC council given that 210 local roads were closed by flooding over the past week.

Email, 13 July Geoff Cameron, Narara

Time for a future traffic plan for Kariong The resubmitted plans for the fast-food outlets at Mount Penang is a side issue of a far greater problem on the Coast.

For years now development of the Coast has been allowed to fast track with the excuse that we need the jobs and infrastructure has to play second fiddle.

We now have reached a point where we have too many jobs and

not enough people to fill them and also bad infrastructure.

The traffic at Kariong is a case in point.

We have possibly the ugliest and most badly planned entrance to the Central Coast possible.

We have a strategic plan which just does not stack up with the present road system.

We have both political parties who simply refuse to address the

issue because the cost of fixing it is so mind boggling huge that ignoring it is the best policy.

The Maccas at Penang plans are a case in point.

The proposal to enter the site from the highway without any future traffic plan for the highway is ridiculous.

The idea of exiting the outlets via The Avenue is an even worse idea.

The traffic is already at breaking point in morning and afternoon rush hours and the suggestion that in future The Avenue may need to be expanded to three lanes to cope with the volume without considering the impact on the main highway is ludicrous.

The whole nature of the development in the area by the Government under the auspices of the Hunter Development Corporation is development by

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It is time that we had a comprehensive plan of the future of this area which includes a traffic plan as well as a complete plan for the highway and the relocation of the Woy Woy Road to the rear of Kariong. Until this happens no further development in this area should proceed.

The projections for traffic increase in this area for the next ten years does not need statistics to work out.

At least double the present volume would be expected, yet the population who either live or drive through this area are expected to put up with it and keep quiet.

Email, July 10 Geoff Mitchell, Kariong

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Motown hits come alive

A singing and dancing show with all the greatest motown hits is coming to the Central Coast at venues in Wyong and Ettalong.

Songs In The Key Of Motown, one of Las Vegas’ most outstanding shows, features eight international awardwinning soul singers to

transport the audience back to an era where music was life.

Spectators will hear the harmonies like The Temptations and the Four Tops, the soul of songs from Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye,along with choreographed dance moves reminiscent of the Jackson 5 and The Supremes.

The live concert stars two first-class vocal quartets – Spectrum and Radiance.

Spectrum has spent six years recreating the sound and style of the Four Tops in multi-million dollar production shows in Las Vegas called American Superstars and Legends. With the versatility to cover the music of groups from the

Platters, to the Temptations and Boyz 2 Men. It is this versatility that has propelled them to the status of headlining their own shows in which they perform stirring renditions of all the best cover tunes.

Spectrum has teamed up with Radiance who specifically pay tributes to the disco and

motown era with the music of The Supremes, Martha and The Vandellas, The Marvelettes and other female artists from that era.

Together they have created Songs In Key Of Motown, highlighting American music of the 60s and 70s which formed a major cornerstone of the era.

The costuming,choreography,

Mounties Group celebrates local talent with $20,000 vocals competition Determined to create opportunities for local community members, Mounties Group is supporting home-grown talent with a new 13-week singing competition, The Vocalist.

Held every Thursday at Mounties in Mt Pritchard and Halekulani Bowling Club on the Central Coast, solo vocalists aged 12 years and over are urged to take the mic and try their luck for the chance to win their share of a $20,000 prize pool.

From trending hip hop to Australian classics, Mounties

Group invites people from all musical backgrounds to perform in front of a panel of judges and a live audience.

Successful entrants from each venue will be invited to participate in Heats, SemiFinals, Finals and then a Mounties vs Halekulani Grand Final on Thursday 27 October 2022.

There is no denying in recent years, the performing arts industry has been hit hard with closures and live music is only now beginning to re-emerge.

This competition will be an opportunity for young talent to have a stage to share their talent with the local community.

Mounties Group CEO, Dale Hunt said he is excited to be able to create opportunities for local talent and encourage the next generation of Australian musicians.

“We feel extremely privileged to be able to put on such exciting events for our members and guests after emerging from such challenging times,” said Dale.

“Not only are we able to encourage a new wave of talented musicians to follow their dreams, but also find a way to support the performing arts industry after it was hit hard throughout the last two

years of lockdowns.

“We cannot wait to see what talent emerges from Sydney and Central Coast communities.

Who knows, Australia’s next biggest performer may be walking through our doors,” he concluded.

The competition will be held every Thursday at Mounties and Halekulani Bowling Club from August to October.

Solo vocalists aged 12 years and over are invited to apply for The Vocalist on the venue’s official casting page, with registrations closing before 31 July 2022.

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harmonies, the energy and excitement are second to none.

Australian tour dates throughout July and August include The Art House in Wyong on Wednesday, July 27 and Ettalong Diggers Club on Sunday, July 31.

Source: Lionel Midford Publicity

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Funding boost for Roundabout Circus

For more than six years, Roundabout Circus has provided people from across the Central Coast with an outlet to unlock their personal and creative potential, as well as deliver social inclusion through circus arts.

After taking out the June round of Greater Bank’s #GreaterCentralCoast Community Funding Program, the Wyoming-based community circus will use the $2,000 prize to offer discounted classes and programs for disadvantaged groups in the community such as people with disabilities and at-risk youth.

Roundabout Circus was founded by Rachel Peters and Andy Long in January 2017.

Roundabout Circus encourages people to get out of their comfort zone and learn new skills

It provides participants with a mix of sports and art that brings

together physical activity and creative expression in a non-

competitive atmosphere.

“Our focus at Roundabout

Circus is on promoting the benefits of social circus arts in our community, which includes developing skills that improve confidence, self-esteem, attention span, creativity and co-ordination,” Peters said.

“Social inclusion is really important to us which is why we offer an atmosphere for everyone to explore their creativity and self-expression.

“We are delighted to receive this funding from the Greater, which will help support our Spiral Coast program that offers circus to the wider community for free at our monthly Gosford events.”

Also benefiting from the June round were runners-up, Central Coast Sporting Horse Association and Symphony Central Coast, each receiving $500.

Greater Bank’s Central Coast Regional Sales Manager, Josh Swetnam, said it was good to see such diversity among the organisations receiving support through the #GreaterCentralCoast Community Funding Program.

Online voting in the July round of the #GreaterCentralCoast community funding program is open until 5pm on Wednesday, July 27, with Capes4Kids Australia Inc, Milly’s Search Trap and Rescue Group and Technical Aid to the Disabled to share $3,000 in monthly funding.

The public can vote at greater. com.au/greatercentralcoast.

Source: Media release, Jul 12 Greater Bank

Roaring ’20s Rotary fundraiser THE “roaring ‘20s”, that wild time of glamour, freedom and colourful criminal characters, will be revisited at a sparkling event in Umina in October, with tickets now on sale.

Brought to you by Rotary Brisbane Water, the 1920s Shindig will highlight the era Sydney-style, focusing on tales of the “Razor Gang’s” Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh, who ruled in their world of sly grog

shops, prostitution and illicit drugs.

But, for law-abiding citizens, there was the fun side of the uninhibited era where people let their hair down after the austerity of World War 1.

There was wild fashion for women, just perfect for the jazz-time dancing such as the frenetic Charleston, and sharp suits and trilby hats for the gentlemen.

Rotary Brisbane Water will hold the major fund-raising

event at Ocean Beach Surf Club from 6pm on Saturday, October 29.

Apart from music and tales from the era, there will be magic and a three course dinner.

Club president, Cherie Simpson, said the night would be a good way to enjoy the frivolity of the 1920s, amid the tough times we are facing in the 2020s.

“So come on and let’s enjoy ourselves, dress the part and

let your hair down,” Simpson said.

“Money raised will go towards local youth projects and other Rotary causes.”

There will be prizes, raffles and a silent auction.

Check out Rotary Brisbane Water Facebook page for details and book tickets at www.eventbrite.com.au Source: Media release, Jul 12 Rotary Brisbane Water

Enjoy the fun fashion and music of the Roaring ‘20s

Entry date for CEN film and photo comp extended Due to ongoing concerns about the current wave of COVID-19 cases, along with a particularly bad flu season, the Community Environment Network (CEN) has postponed its 25th anniversary celebrations, planned for July 23, until later in the year.

The deadline for entries in the film and photo competition has been extended

“We all seem to know someone who is suffering through COVID or a bad dose of

the flu right now,” CEO, Samantha Willis, said.

“We are excited to celebrate our 25th birthday with our members and supporters but this just doesn’t feel like the right time.

“CEN is also concerned for the many Central Coast locals who have been impacted by the recent floods.”

However, CEN’s #Reconnect short film and photography competition is going ahead

with the deadline for entries extended until July 29.

“Entries will now be exhibited and the winners announced at our Wildplant Nursery on Saturday, August 6,” Willis said.

“Please visit our website for more information about how to enter the #Reconnect competition.

“We are offering a $500 prize for the best short film and the best photograph able to convey the theme of ‘reconnecting

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“Between now and the end of 2022 we will be announcing other events including a forum in September and our annual awards in November.

“Meanwhile we hope everyone stays safe and well and we look forward to sharing our birthday celebrations with you soon.”

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Naughty Noodle Fun Haus up for two major awards Awards success could be in the immediate future for the Central Coast’s Naughty Noodle Fun Haus, which has been announced as a finalist in the Performing Arts category of the 2022 Australian Small Business Champion Awards.

The Coastal Twist Festival has earned a finalist’s berth at The Honour Awards Photo: Lisa Haymes

The Fun Haus has also been named as a finalist in the Community Organisation category of the state’s Leading LGBTQ Community Awards, The Honour Awards, for its work with the Coastal Twist Festival.

Presented by ACON and SBS, the awards are now in their 15th year and acknowledge outstanding achievements

within, or excellent service to, LGBTQ communities in NSW. “It sounds cliché to say we are thrilled, but we are,” Board Cochair and volunteer Juan Iocco said.

“Behind the vibrancy and positive culture shift there is a lot of very hard work.

“We landed here because the intention was to fill a genuine need for the Central Coast community.

Iocco said the support across the Central Coast surpassed ages, family structures, social economic backgrounds and represented a community ready to show its best side.

“Tackling multigenerational

neglect through existing gaps in contemporary multi-arts and culture with community-led initiatives has not been easy but it has been necessary.

“Nothing highlighted this more than the data coming out of the region, from youth suicide to violence against women, Coasties travelling outside the region for contemporary culture and artists bypassing the region on east coast tours.

“Working with artists, local and national organisations as well as some of the largest corporate and government employers.”

He said the Fun Haus had created “fabulous, new and unexpected” working

relationships and outcomes for the region including a new tourism product.

“These two awards mark the momentum and efforts of a region moving forward, of our collaborating artists and facilitators, working board, paid teams, dedicated volunteers, beloved audiences and fearless leader, Mother of the Haus, Glitta Supernova,” he said.

Winners in the Honour Awards will be announced on August 17 and Australian Small Business Champion Awards will be presented on September 3.

Source: Media release, Jul 13 Naughty Noodle Fun Haus

Local brand giving back to alleviate homelessness Mitch Connelly founder of the local clothing brand Flayme Industries is raising money for Coast Shelter this month as a way to help alleviate homelessness on the Central Coast.

There’s a heartfelt reason Mitch is doing this.

Having been helped by Coast Shelter as a younger man, he thought he could now give

back by donating two dollars of every item he sells in July.

Flayme Industries is a two year old company with a big social conscience says Mitch who promotes clean culture through his designer branded clothing at his shop in Chruch St, Terrigal.

“The company is all about clean culture and giving back,” says Mitch “Coast Shelter helped me out

M O U N T I E S

when I was younger, staying at a lot of refuges and so on..

“Now that I’ve built this streetwear brand, I want to help out and give back to Coast Shelter” Mitch talked passionately about the brand of t-shirts, caps and streetwear he has developed over the last two years.

“I’ve always wanted to build a brand, working up the idea for

G R O U P

about 10 years now.

“It’s all about family and community, I didn’t want it to be a blingy brand” Flayme Industries has a new shopfront at Chuch Street in Terrigal which is proving popular with locals already.

More information about Flayme Industries can be found on their website: flaymeindustries.com/ David Abrahams

Mitch Connelly with partner Kandis and Khayal in their Terrigal store

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6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Secrets In The Attic” 12:00 (AKA ‘Boy In The Attic’) (M v) 1:45 (’16) Stars: Abbie Cobb, Max Lloyd-Jones, Gina Holden Kochie’s Business Builders 2:00 3:00 Border Patrol (PG) [s] 4:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 7:00 Seven News [s] 7:30 Home And Away (PG) [s] Inside Chernobyl (PG) [s] – Ben Fogle spends a week living 9:50 10:35 alone inside the Chernobyl 11:05 Exclusion Zone, gaining privileged access to the doomed Control Room 4 where 12:00 the disaster first began to 12:40 unfold.

1:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 1:30 The Front Bar (M) [s] The Taxi Cab Rapist (MA15+) 4:00 4:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Today [s] 7:00 Today Extra [s] 7:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Beauty And The Geek (PG) [s] 8:00 9Honey - Queen Elizabeth: 8:30 The Queen And Her 12:00 Challenges [s] 2:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 2:30 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 3:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 3:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 4:00 NINE News [s] 4:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s] NRL: Eels v Broncos *Live* From CommBank Stadium [s] 5:00 6:30 NRL: Knock Off [s] NINE News Late [s] 7:30 The Equalizer: Chinatown (MA15+) [s] 8:30 Cold Case - New Leads Wanted: Ernie Abbot (M v) [s] 9:30 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 10:30 Driving Test (PG) [s] Home Shopping 11:30 Religious Programs 12:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s]

The Talk (PG) [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Dr Phil (M) [s] Entertainment Tonight [s] Farm To Fork [s] Judge Judy (PG) [s] My Market Kitchen [s] Everyday Gourmet [s] The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 10 News First [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Dog House Australia (PG) [s] Law & Order: SVU: Tangled Strands Of Justice (MA15+) [s] Program To Be Advised Law & Order: SVU: Wolves In Sheep’s Clothing (M v) [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s]

5:00 Worldwatch 7:00 Cycling: Tour De France 2022: Highlights 8:00 Worldwatch 9:05 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft (PG) 10:00 Paddington Station 24/7 (PG) 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France 2022: Stage 17 *Replay* 1:00 Worldwatch 2:10 First Australians: We Are No Longer Shadows (PG) 3:05 Off Country (PG) 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 4:30 Letters And Numbers 5:00 Cycling: Tour De France 2022: Evening Highlights 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Scenic Coastal Walks With Kate Humble: St Abbs (PG) 8:30 A Shot In A Starry Night Van Gogh Case (M) (In English/ German)

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “The Office Mix-Up” (M) (’20) Stars: Kate Mansi, Matthew Lawrence Criminal Confessions: Mountain City, Tennessee (M) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] The Best Of The Best And Worst Of Red Faces (PG) [s] 9-1-1: Lonestar: Prince Albert In A Can (M) [s] 9-1-1: Lonestar: Negative Space (M) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] The Blacklist: Marvin Gerard (M) [s] The Jonathan Ross Show (M l,s) [s] Home Shopping

6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:45 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30

8:45 9:45 10:45 11:15 12:05 1:00 2:00 4:00 4:30

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “A Killer Among Us” (M v) (’12) Stars: Jasmine Guy, Anna Maria Horsford, Dwight Schultz, Mykelti Williamson, Richard Riehle Criminal Confessions: Largo, Florida (M) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] ABBA vs Queen (PG) [s] The Good Doctor: My Way (M) [s] The Good Doctor: The Shaun Show (M) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Autopsy USA: Rue McClanahan (M) [s] The Jonathan Ross Show (M l,s) [s] Home Shopping

6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:15 1:45 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:50

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Frantic” (M d,l,v) (’88) Stars: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Djiby Soumare, Dominique Virton, Gérard Klein, Stéphane D’Audeville,Laurent Spielvogel, Alain Doutey Surveillance Oz (PG) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Highway Patrol - Dreadful Drivers (PG) [s] Britain’s Got Talent: Semi-Final 5 (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Inside Belmarsh Prison (MA15+) [s] Reckoning: You Should Be Dancing (MA15+) [s] Home Shopping

6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:10 1:40

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

9:50 10:50 11:20 12:10 1:00 1:30

2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 9:10 10:10 11:10 11:40

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

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

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

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

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Elsa the koala has her first joey The Australian Reptile Park’s world famous koala, Elsa, has had her first joey emerge from the pouch.

Photo: Australian Reptile Park The joey emerges from Elsa’s pouch

A dad at 71?

Staff at the Australian Reptile Park are excited at the thought of hearing the patter of tiny tortoise feet, with Hugo the Galapagos tortoise likely to become a dad at the age of 71.

After years of searching for the one, the world’s most famous tortoise finally met his girlfriend Estrella in October 2021, after she arrived from Germany.

Nine months later, Estrella is showing follicle development meaning she is ready to breed very soon.

Hugo and Estrella became world-wide news back in 2019 when keepers at the Australian Reptile Park put Hugo on Tinder in hopes of finding a mate for the eligible bachelor.

Zoo Rostock in Germany saw this and swiped right on behalf of Estrella.

Since Estrella’s arrival from Germany, Park staff have been keeping a close eye on Estrella as she adjusts to life in Australia.

Last week, keepers noticed a change in Estrella’s behaviour, and she was taken to the vet for assessment.

When an ultrasound was performed it was discovered that inside her ovaries the beginnings of healthy follicles was found.

Park Head of Reptiles, Jake Meney, said the presence of the follicles was positive for Estrella, both as an indicator of her mental and physical wellbeing and for her reproductive health.

“Now we know what caused Estrella’s shift in behaviour, we can monitor and change her care to align with her needs as she enters mating age,” he said.

“Estrella’s doing really well, and I am so happy with how she

The fluffy bundle of joy is the first to emerge from the pouch for this year’s koala breeding season at the Park.

Elsa melted hearts all over the world in 2019 when she first made her debut into the world.

In a tough start to life, she was hand raised by Keeper Hayley Shute to ensure she was going to survive as her mother Irene was unable to produce milk.

Videos of the fluffy koala were

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seen over 15 million times.

Shute said seeing the joey emerge made her emotional.

“Elsa has spread so much joy to everyone all over the world but most importantly has raised awareness for koalas as a species in peril that needs our help now more than ever,” she said.

“Koalas are (predicted) to be extinct by 2050 and we need all of the help we can get protecting these amazing animals.

“We know Elsa has made an impact on people and we love sharing her story with the world.”

Elsa lives in one of the many koala yards at the Park and is frequently spotted by visitors either enjoying a deep sleep or eating some fresh leaves for lunch.

Visitors will now be able to see Elsa and her joey cuddling.

The Australian Reptile Park continues to breed koalas in an effort to help boost population numbers for the endangered species and educate Australians.

Primary source: Media release, Jul 8, 2022 Australian Reptile Park

Photo: Australian Reptile Park

has progressed since arriving at the Australian Reptile Park.

“We are certainly hoping this leads to the pitter patter of tiny tortoise feet in the next year or two.”

Estrella is due for another ultrasound in a couple of weeks, which will give final confirmation to whether she is ready to mate with her partner Hugo.

Hugo and Estrella are paired as part of Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia’s prescribed species breeding program.

Hugo has called the Australian Reptile Park home since 1963 after arriving as an infant.

He has now reached middle age and at 181kg is fully grown and one of the Park’s most popular animals.

Source: Media release, Jul 11 Australian Reptile Park

Hugo and Estrella bonded over a meal when they first met

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It is a game of thought, patience and strategy.

LEARN BRIDGE WITH US The course comprises of six fun lessons starting from Tuesday 26th July at 9.30am that will provide an intellectual challenge.

Public consultation on the draft NSW Groundwater Strategy The NSW Government is developing

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Winners announced in Pearl Beach’s Ephemeral Art Trail

The winners of Pearl Beach Arboretum Ephemeral Art Trail (PBEAT2022) were announced on July 9, with 20 installations in the arboretum inspired by the theme Only One Earth judged by Gosford Regional Gallery Director, Tim Braham.

The winner of the $3,000 prize for PBEAT2022 Best Installation was Which Super Wildflower are You? by Anna Westcott and Cecile Ferguson.

“When encountering this work on my walk through the Arboretum the scale and colour of this installation bought joy,” Braham said.

“On returning I was impressed by the use of materials and the playfulness of the forms.”

The artists’ statement said: “Majestic vibrant waratah, melodic velvety flannel flower, brilliant banksia or a wild dancing echinacea? May these

The winning installation was Which Super Wildflower are You? by Anna Westcott and Cecile Ferguson

rising psychedelic flowers inspire us to play more, be vibrant and to care for this land we are lucky to call home”.

Westcott is the founder of Aneau, an ethical design and clothing company, and Ferguson is a successful

painter whose work can be seen on Instagram.

Second prize went to Tide Rising by Jojo Fuller, with Braham saying the ethereal nature of jellyfish was perfectly captured in the floating ceramic forms.

“Their fragility and delicate balance is a reminder to keep vigilant on the need to protect every ecosystem,” he said.

Fuller said the signature umbrella forms and trailing tentacles of jellyfish, bleached

white and suspended in the trees, were a stark reminder that, on earth, even the oldest and most resilient of life forms are fiercely battling for territory, for survival.

“Jellyfish can draw on over 500 million years of collective wisdom,” she said.

“Scientists confirmed last year that biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history.”

Fuller is an experienced ceramic artist who often exhibits in the Pearl Beach Art Trail held at Easter and on the October long weekend.

Highly commended was Colin Husband’s (Re)presenting Earth.

“We have a visceral, complicated relationship with snakes,” Husband said.

“Not just here and now, but in old and new cultures on all the lands they slither.

“They convey power over life

and death, being portents of evil and destroyers, yet symbols of regeneration and immortality.”

Taking out the People’s Choice Award of $1,000 was Octopus’s Garden by local Pearl Beach artist Malcolm Davison.

“Oceans and waterways have been battered by the floods and storms,” Davison said.

“Plastic has been caught up in this rubbish.

“I want to draw attention to the hazard this brings to our marine creatures.”

The prize money was sponsored by Belle Property Central Coast and PBEAT2022 also received a Central Coast Council Small Community Support Grant.

Source: Media release, Jul 12 Pearl Beach Arboretum

Apply now for Seniors Festival grants Parliamentary Secretary for the Central coast, Adam Crouch, is encouraging organisations and community groups across the region to apply for grant funding to host events and activities as part of the 65th annual NSW Seniors Festival.

Crouch said organisations can apply for grants up to $10,000 to help see their event be part of the largest celebration of seniors in the Southern Hemisphere.

“For 65 years, this festival

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Trust Author: Hernan Diaz Publisher: Picador Why buy one book when you can have four?

Trust is comprised of four parts; “Bonds” which is a novel

by Harold Vanner, the autobiography “My Life” by Andrew Bevel, “A Memoir, Remembered” by Ida Partenza and a journal “Futures” by Mildred Bevel.

The first section, “Bonds” is the story about the Rask family, in particular Benjamin and his wife Helen.

“Because he had enjoyed almost every advantage since birth, one of the few privileges denied to Benjamin Rask was that of a heroic rise.”

The Rask family were very wealthy making their fortune from tobacco.

has been celebrating our state’s older people in recognition of the contributions they have made and continue to make to our great state,” he said.

“These grants give an opportunity for local organisations and groups to join in this massive celebration and help seniors connect with like-minded people, meet new friends, and even rekindle a passion for an old hobby.

“During 2022 we saw a number of organisations receive a share in almost

$8,000 in grants towards their 2022 Seniors Festival Events.

“These organisations included Hume Community Housing Association Company Limited, One Direct Connect Limited, Toukley 50 Plus and Naughty Noodle Fun Haus Inc.” Crouch said the grants were part of the NSW Government’s commitment to ensuring older people remain active and connected within their communities no matter where they live or the language they speak and irrespective of their abilities.

Local councils, community groups and not-for-profit organisations across NSW are among those who can apply for a grant.

The Seniors Festival will run from February 1-12, 2023.

Applications for grants are open until August 1.

To apply and for more information about the grants, visit www.nsw.gov.au/seniorsfestival.

Source: Media release, Jul 11 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, with members of Terrigal Rotary Club at Terrigal Rotary Hall

BOOK REVIEW However, tobacco didn’t thrill Benjamin.

Actually, nothing really interested Benjamin until he learned about how the market worked with its fluctuations and manipulations.

The biproduct of his fascination was making extraordinary amounts of money.

But the money wasn’t the reason he did it.

Rask was a loner “and failed where most of his acquaintances thrilled, he was an inept athlete, an apathetic clubman, an unenthusiastic drinker, an indifferent gambler, a lukewarm lover.”

Ouch!

Helen’s family was from Albany, but her parents took her to Europe for her education.

When Helen’s father deteriorated, he was left in a sanitorium in Switzerland.

Having no use for her husband any longer, Helen’s mother takes Helen to New York in the hope of marrying her off to someone wealthy.

Seated beside each other at a dinner Benjamin and Helen meet and decide they are fond enough of each other to form a union.

Helen has taste in art, music and literature and fills her days with her philanthropic endeavours.

Benjamin does what he does best and makes money but when the market crashes in 1929 and he is the only one left standing the rumours fly that he was to blame for overthrowing Wall Street so he could profit.

This makes their friends flee and makes Helen despair.

“My Life” is Andrew Bevel’s autobiography written in 1938.

He isn’t writing this to dispel rumours or just to talk about

himself but rather to set the story straight about Mildred, “the quiet, steady presence in my life that made so many achievements possible.”

This section will run through the history of the Bevel family so Andrew can show they are not the Rasks as depicted in Vanner’s book in the hopes he can prove it was a complete hack job.

I guess an autobiography wasn’t enough for Bevel because he ends up hiring Ida Pretenza to help write his memoir.

Ida’s story is quite interesting, and I would have loved a book devoted just to her.

She grew up in Brooklyn to an Italian father who is subversive and against the finance industry and all it stands for.

He feels betrayed that Ida gets a job on Wall Street and they argue but, in the end, love

each other so come to an agreement.

At least Ida thinks they do but something happens that makes her feel she has no one to trust.

The book ends with a journal from Mildred, “Futures”.

This is the first time we get to hear from Mildred in her own words when she is towards the end of her life.

Some sections of this book worked for me, namely “Bonds” and “A Memoir, Remembered” however the other two sections dragged on.

In particular, I found “My Life” dry and uninteresting, much like Bevel himself.

I also found Mildred’s journal forced, trying too hard to tie the book together.

Sorry, not thrilled by this one (these four I mean).

Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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Business & Property IGA Xpress at Kincumber has taken out two major gongs at the IGA Metcash state awards and is set to proceed to the national finals next week.

Part-owner Chris Clark said he very proud of what the staff have achieved.

“They all love helping our customers,” he said.

Store manager, Kerry Beck, said the store had taken out the 2022 Store of the Year and Store Innovation awards for NSW and the ACT. “We are absolutely over the moon with the two wins,” she said.

“We have really great staff and everyone is really passionate about what we do … we rely on good old fashioned customer service.”

Beck has been manager at the family-owned store for two years after working for 20 years at the Umina Mall.

“I worked for the Laundy Group as manager of its Foodtown and Cellarbrations stores and it was a sad day when the mall burnt down,” she said.

“But I love working at

Kincumber – the IGA people are fantastic and there are area and department managers to help you out when you need it.”

Taking up her new role shortly after COVID-19 first made its appearance, Beck said the store had managed to thrive.

“We were still renovating and trading during the first COVID lockdown,” she said.

“But we did quite well, we have a really good local community who got behind us.

“It’s a friendly store – you get to know a lot of the customers by their first names (and) everyone says is has a really nice atmosphere.”

With a staff of 12, the store continues to thrive with a community focus and provides online shopping and DoorDash with competitive catalogue specials and wheelchair access.

It sponsors the Kincumber Colts and supports the local tennis club.

“We are now in the running for the national awards which will be announced on July 19,” Beck said.

IGA Xpress Kincumber takes out two state awards

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Store manager Kerry Beck and part-owner Chris Clark with the awards

Key 2 Realty preferred agency for student rentals The University of Newcastle has named Key2 Realty as its preferred real estate agent to actively source long-term residential rental property options for its students on the Central Coast.

Key2 Realty is a social enterprise specialising in managing residential investment properties across the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie regions.

Business Manager, Ashleigh Williams, said finding rentals in the current market can be challenging but Key2 Realty has been forming partnerships with property owners and developers, and is in a position

education scholarships, learner driver courses and a sports program that encourages young people to participate in sport.

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PO Box 3275 Robina Town Centre Qld 4230 University Executive Dean Tel: 1300 36 0867 Fax: 1300 81 8962 Central Coast, Professor Mike email: artwork@localdirectories.com.auBowyer, said while the partnership will assist students www.localdirectories.com.au at the Ourimbah Campus, the university will be seeking student rental options for the Key2 Realty Business Manager, Ashleigh Williams, and Professor Mike Bowyer growing campuses in the heart to offer a range of tenanting estate agency to pursue rental services to any residential of Gosford, including the properties for students on the landlord, and our profits are student medical campus and options to their clients. directed to community support the CBD campus when it is “Key2 Realty is extremely Central Coast,” she said.

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“The need for affordable housing on the Central Coast is crucial,” he said.

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“Working with an agency such as Key2 Realty, with an in-depth knowledge of the local area, combined with unique expertise in affordable housing, will ensure we are notified of suitable accommodation as soon as it becomes available,”

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New application for commercial and housing development at Umina A new application for a shop-top housing development at Umina Beach has been lodged with Central Coast Council after the initial DA was rejected by the Local Planning Panel in December.

With an extended date for submissions until July 30, the new application addresses the main reasons for refusal cited by the panel, reducing the overall bulk and scale of the project.

Located on a T-shaped block at1-3 Alfred St and 315 West St, the development would see commercial premises at street level topped by four levels of housing, providing 14 apartments.

A Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE) lodged with the application says the development would provide much-needed commercial space and housing in the Umina CBD. The site presently contains an existing single-storey chemist shop with a shopfront to West St and parking at the rear with access to Alfred St.

An artist’s impression of the proposed development

To the rear of the chemist shop, with frontage to Alfred St, is a prefabricated building used as a pathology collection facility and an older singlestorey brick house.

The proposal is for demolition of the prefab building and house and relocation of the parking spots at the rear of the chemist shop.

A new commercial development fronting West St would retain the chemist shop and be topped by four levels providing two one-bedroom units, four two-bedroom units and eight three-bedroom units.

The new application sees a reduction in commercial space and floor space ratio and increased setbacks to address

concerns over the appearance of the building from West St. While the overall height of the development remains unchanged, the fifth story has been set back sufficiently that it is not visible from the West St frontage.

Basement level car parking spaces have been increased from 35 to 37.

“Where possible materials will be salvaged during the demolition process and recycled,” the SEE says.

More than 10 submission protesting the development, some of them with multiple signatures, were received after it was first proposed last year, including an online petition with 67 signatories.

Residents’ main concern was over the height and scale of the development.

“I believe that the height limit should be preserved at two storeys to allow light and breeze and preserve the village like area,” one submission said.

“The development is too big and too high in an area that is already saturated with medium density accommodation,” said another.

One submission raised the issue of strain on infrastructure, saying the village was already struggling to cope with traffic and parking.

Among other issues raised was shadowing and the setting of an “unfortunate precedent”.

Another submission said the development was out of keeping with the “breach town vibe” Council has been trying to create at Umina.

“It is out of keeping with the area and would have adverse effects on the surrounding community and the environment,” it said.

Source: Central Coast Council DA tracker DA/615440/21

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Funding boost for affordable housing providers on Coast Community Housing Providers on the Central Coast will receive relief from rent rises in the private market with a $7.5M funding boost from the State government to keep properties available for social housing tenants.

The investment will be used to retain rental properties that are home to families in social housing.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW, Paul Toole, said the assistance will be welcomed in the regions and help community housing providers continue to provide stable accommodation for those who need it the most.

“This boost will ensure tenants in 500 properties across regional and rural NSW will be able to remain in their homes,” Toole said.

“This will help keep communities together and make sure vulnerable people have a roof over their heads.”

Minister for Families and Communities and Minister for

A Pacific Link development at Woy Woy

Disability Services, Natasha Maclaren-Jones, said the boost would ensure quality social housing continues to be available for those in need.

“We know the pandemic, floods and bushfires brought on cost of living pressures,” she said.

“That’s why this money is important; it makes a real difference and means that social housing tenants can continue to be accommodated in a challenging rental market.

“These additional funds will assist providers facing increases in rent and rental property shortages in the

private market.”

The funding boost is in addition to the $86M that community housing providers receive each year to fund leasing subsidies.

Ian Lynch, CEO of the Coast’s only locally based Tier 1 community housing provider,

Pacific Link Housing, said the region would benefit from the funding.

“We have been advocating for additional funding assistance, to enable us to continue to rent properties from the private market, that create homes for families in social housing settings,” he

said.

“The Central Coast has seen one of the most substantial year on year rental price rises in the country, let alone the state, creating an extremely difficult financial equation for us to continue to provide private rental properties for those eligible for social housing, as the gap was simply too large to sustain.

“Our portion of the funding was received prior to June 30 and will ensure that we will be able to continue the main quota of 315 properties for social housing tenants sourced from the private market.

“The funding is crucial for Pacific Link Housing to remain nimble and respond to certain situations in the community, such as the scenario last year which saw 40+ elderly tenants living in premises previously owned by the Presbyterian Church properties being able to remain in place, at subsidised rental rates.”

Terry Collins

Application to replace fire-damaged oyster processing facility The lessee of land at 15 Kowan Rd, Mooney Mooney, has lodged a development application with Central Coast Council for the replacement of a shed on the industrial site which was gutted by fire in September last year.

The site is located within a strip of industrial zoned land located along the foreshore of the Hawkesbury River and has been developed along with the adjoining lots to undertake the processing of oysters that are grown and harvested within the Hawkesbury River.

The site includes a fire damaged shed and driveway and hardstand areas surrounding the damaged building.

A Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE) lodged with the application says the proposed development involves removal of the existing fire-damaged industrial building and the erection of a new industrial building of a site and scale commensurate with that of the existing building to the rear of the site.

“The metal framed warehouse would be cladded masonry

blocks with colorbond roof sheeting per previous construction,” the SEE says.

The building would be fitted out for processing of oysters and include a light vehicle parking bay, entry, store rooms, crib room and bathroom.

The upper floor would include an office space with bathroom and open mezzanine.

The proposal includes an awning located to the end of the driveway, located on the northern side of the lot.

“Once the building is constructed the shed would be utilised for the processing of

oysters that have been harvested from the Hawkesbury River, cleaned graded and bagged and for wholesale distribution only,” the SEE says.

“The shed is also used to for repair and pre-assembling infrastructure such as plastic baskets, long line, boat repairs and fabrication of jigs and fixtures (as well as storage).”

Submissions will be accepted until July 29.

Source: Central Coast Council DA tracker DA1093/2022 The building was gutted by fire last September

New Strata Hub to benefit Coast residents Central Coast residents of strata properties stand to benefit from a new digital Strata Hub, with more than 83,000 strata schemes across the state able to register in the interests of stronger accountability and transparency.

Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government, Victor Dominello, said with more than one-in-seven NSW residents living in strata, it was crucial they were provided with accurate and up-to-date information.

“Buying and living in a strata scheme is a significant

investment of time and energy and relevant information can be difficult to find,” Dominello said.

“The Hub will evolve to act as a one-stop shop for those living in, or looking to, purchase a strata property.

“Strata living is a popular option for couples and families and this platform will enable them to make more informed decisions about where they live.

“NSW, after Ontario in Canada, is the only place in the world to offer something like this for its people.”

Minister for Fair Trading, Eleni

Petinos, said the Hub would be a game changer for prospective buyers and homeowners.

“The Hub will be easy to use and allow people to access a wealth of clear information on strata issues anywhere, anytime,” she said.

“Whether you’re after the facts on keeping a furry friend, renovating, or repairs and maintenance in strata, you’ll be able to find it at the click of a button in one centralised hub.

“This a big win for those living in or wanting to live in strata – it will provide them with more transparency and hold strata schemes to account.”

The reporting platform is now open for registrations, which means owners corporations or their managing agents can register their details and do a proof of identity check to complete their profile on the strata portal.

In August, strata schemes or their managing agents can submit regulatory information such as fire and safety information and occupation certificates.

The search function will also feature geo spatial mapping so people can locate strata schemes faster.

From 2023: the nominated emergency service contacts

will be shared with emergency services agencies; and all people wanting to buy, live and work in strata can register on the strata portal to access tailored general information about strata living at www. nsw.gov.au including, basic strata information about plan numbers, street addresses, number of lots and registration dates.

Strata scheme residents and owners will also be able to register on the strata portal to review: all the information available to the general public; webinars and how to information for strata scheme

reporting;.date of issue for the latest annual fire safety; whether the scheme has formed a strata renewal committee and its date; and contact details for the strata manager and building manager (if any).

All strata schemes in NSW will soon need to report key information online each year.

For more information visit www.nsw.gov.au/housingand-construction/strata/ annual-reporting.

Source: Media release, Jul 10 NSW Government

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Court to mediate over Toukley boarding house

The Land and Environment Court has called a conciliation conference in an attempt to resolve matters surrounding a boarding house proposal in Toukley.

It involves transforming a rundown old nursing home at 51 Peel St into a boarding house for up to 92 people.

Residents have always strongly opposed various forms of the development application dating back to 2018, which also have been rejected by Central Coast Council and the Local Planning Panel.

Owners G Ahadizadeh Pty Ltd, Mr A Ahadizadeh and Mr C Ahadizadeh, operating under the company name Seranin Group, have now submitted their fifth revised proposal.

At the same time the Ahadizadehs filed an appeal with the NSW Land and Environment Court against Council’s deemed refusal of this new DA. That appeal brought about a conciliation conference where a Commissioner of the Court will

meet with representatives of the residents, Council, the Panel and owners at the Peel St site on Wednesday, July 27 at 9.30am.

The plan is to redevelop the former nursing home, which has been vacant since 2018, into affordable rental housing with 55 rooms comprising 17 singles and 38 doubles, including three accessible rooms and a manager’s quarters.

There will be four communal areas and a 24-hour onsite manager operating the boarding house under a Plan of Management.

An upgraded rear car park, with access off Alice Pde, will have space for 32 cars, 13 motorbikes and 13 bicycles.

Over the years, the proposal has been scaled back from 72 rooms, to 65 and now 55, however, the number of potential residents has grown from 84 to 92, by including more double rooms.

Residents say this modification was subtly introduced in the hope it would be overlooked.

“We recognise the need for

The old nursing home in Toukley

housing, but 92 people in one building is an overload,” one said.

Residents have come together through a facebook group called Concerned Residents of Proposal for Boarding, Toukley to oppose the proposal.

Council has already received hundreds of individual objections and several petitions against the proposal.

They oppose the boarding house mainly because of a poor management model, overdevelopment, wellbeing impacts on mental health and isolation

leading to escalation of antisocial behaviour, among other things.

A spokesperson for the resident group said there was a shortage of support services which would lead to further disadvantage for lodgers at the boarding house.

“Doctors aren’t taking new patients, there’s long waits for bulk billed patients, and general support and mental health services are all but non-existent,” the spokesperson said.

“Local neighbourhood support services, such as the food hub,

are already overloaded.

“A major point in the Social Impact Statement, was that there were concerns relating to mental health issues that could occur by having a large number of males living within the one building.

“It’s not a supported boarding house like the ones run by professional housing providers, so there won’t be any wraparound support services, for example mental health, alcohol and drugs, which only places these vulnerable residents at further disadvantage.

Residents are concerned the lack of these services could lead to anti-social behaviour, spilling into the street and along the waterfront park where families and children played and seniors walked.

“The need for further lowincome boarding houses in the area is highly questionable and this Peel St development is higher-density than other similar accommodation in Toukley,” the spokesperson said.

“Recently a three-storey boarding house was completed

at 268 Main Rd, along with a 29room boarding house at Canton Beach and 34 affordable lowincome units in Dunleigh St. “Affordable housing is proposed at 139 Main Rd and further 24 units in Victoria St as well as many granny flats added to the rear of homes,” she said.

In 2020 when the Local Planning Panel rejected the development it said that as a concept, it was not opposed to a boarding house on the site, however, it was far too dense, amenity for residents was substandard, there was little effort to redress the institutional feel of the building, inadequate communal areas, and building design needed improvement.

This new DA addresses all the reasons for previous refusal, according to the development application, which says the building upgrade would set a good standard for urban renewal and reuse of institutional buildings.

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NFP grants open for northern suburbs Grant applications of up to $30,000 will open on August 1 for community projects in Summerland Point, Gwandalan, Chain Valley Bay and Mannering Park.

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Ltd), Central Coast Council and the communities of Summerland Point, Gwandalan, Chain Valley Bay and Mannering Park to provide funding for notfor-profit organisations to deliver projects that improve community infrastructure and services.

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Council will receive applications between August 1 and 31.

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Call for community to get behind ‘Free Trade Day’ An annual day-long campaign to help residents doing it tough and struggling with household repairs will take place on August 26 after a threeyear COVID-19 hiatus.

Member for Robertson, Gordon Reid, met with founder and owner of Terrigal Electrical, Ryan Wilson, to learn more about this year’s campaign and to offer support.

“Free Trade Day started in 2017 and for two years made a real difference to people in the community who were unable to repair household items or address maintenance issues due to financial circumstances” Reid said.

“Ryan Wilson and his colleagues from Free Trade Day have founded something very special which has previously materialised into a national day where tradespeople and sponsors band together and help people who may otherwise be unable to repair household items or undertake maintenance work.

“This year, Free Trade Day is coming back bigger than ever after being restricted by COVID-19 lockdowns.

Member for Robertson, Gordon Reid, with Ryan Wilson

“They are encouraging Central Coast businesses, large and small, to get behind the campaign.

“These tradespeople cannot undertake their work without the generous support of local businesses, and I urge our community if they can, to make a sponsorship to this lifechanging campaign”.

“I would like to thank all the tradespeople and businesses that have already contributed in previous years and look forward to the impact this year’s Free Trade Day will have.”

Wilson said Free Trade Day was a concept which was discussed after a job a few years ago where a blind 96-year-old war veteran had

an electrical fault in his hot water system.

“This gentleman went without hot water for 18 months and was showering with cold water every day,” he said.

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many others out there may be in similar circumstances and might not have the financial ability to get essential items or maintenance issues repaired; that led to the creation of Free Trade Day.” Wilson said there had been an unbelievable amount of support from local businesses, radio stations and even national breakfast shows.

“We’re planning on this year being our biggest day yet and we are encouraging members of the community to jump onto our website and nominate any family or friends who they think might need some assistance around the house to repair essential items or undertake some maintenance work,” he said.

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Nominations open on July 18 with the Lions Club of TerrigalWamberal helping to facilitate the day and organise the campaign.

To donate, volunteer or to nominate someone for Free Trade Day visit www. freetradeday.com.au Source: Media release, Jul 5 Member for Robertson, Gordon Reid

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The National Mental Health Commission will conduct a meeting at Green Point as part of its Making Connections for Your Mental Health and Wellbeing program (Connections2022).

Connections2022 is an outreach program seeking to connect with people where they live, learn and work across diverse Australian communities in every state and territory.

The Commission wants to hear from everyone, and Connections2022 will provide a platform for all to share.

This will include listening to people’s everyday experiences of the mental health and suicide prevention systems and discussing what improvements look and feel like for them.

Connections2022 will help the Commission deepen its understanding of the current status of national systems and provide it with critical insights as it develops a National Outcomes Framework.

“Understanding the impact of changes being made by all governments to the mental health system is critical to ensuring we are on the right track,” a spokesperson said.

“There is no substitute for understanding the reality of people who are engaged with the system, particularly from consumers and carers and

service providers.”

Over the next three months, people from communities across Australia will have the opportunity to participate in Connections2022 through inperson community meetings, group meetings with the Commission team, the National Connections2022 Survey and an interactive online portal for sharing stories and experiences and having conversations with the Commission.

“Connections2022 is an important connecting point for people to contribute their personal experiences,” Commission Co-Chair, Lucy Brogden, said.

“The program reaches beyond the key national data points such as those reported in the 2021 National Census, where mental illness was identified as Australia’s highest experience of chronic illness, to provide opportunities for everyone to share their life experiences in the context of their community.

“People’s experiences are vital when seeking to understand what is and isn’t working.

In addition to in-person community meetings, Connections2022 will also include meetings with sector and community leaders and a series of special focus webinars.

In 2019, the Commission’s inaugural Connections program informed the development of Vision 2030.

More than 3,000 voices participated in Connections2019 and contributed to the design of a conceptual shift in how mental health and suicide prevention services are delivered in Australia.

“Significant changes and investments have been made at national, state and territory levels since Connections2019 and the subsequent development of Vision 2030,” Commission CEO, Christine Morgan, said.

“For current and future commitments to have the greatest effect we need to assess the impact of those commitments on the ground.”

The Connections2022 program will include a particular focus on the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

The Commission and community-based organisations, family Elders and leaders are working together to ensure a deeper understanding of their experience of the mental health and suicide prevention systems.

“Recognising the diversity of experience as much as the common grounds for remote

There will be a focus on the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

and metropolitan communities will be critical to informing how improvements can be measured,” Commission CoChair, Professor Ngiare Brown, said.

“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people draw on thousands of years of healing knowledge that is deeply informed by culture, land, family and community.

“These diverse experiences across our nations can and should be incorporated into our community systems reform, to enable change that is lasting and effective for our peoples.

Originally scheduled for July 8, the Central Coast event has been rescheduled for October 18 from 5-6.30pm at Greenpoint Community Centre, 96 Koolang Rd.

To register to attend visit www.making-connectionsgosford.eventbrite.com.au.

Everyone who had already registered for the July 8 meeting will be invited to participate on the new date.

Source: Media release, July 5 National Mental Health Commission

Residents over 50 urged to get fourth COVID jab Member for Robertson, Gordon Reid, and pharmacist Stuart Anderson have added their voices to calls for Central Coast residents over the age of 50 to have their second COVID booster (fourth dose) with case numbers in the region expected to rise in coming weeks.

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eligible for the fourth dose, with those aged 30-49 also to opt for the booster.

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“Vaccines save lives and reduce the risk of severe illness and death; it is important residents understand that their risk is increased if they do not stay up to date with their vaccinations.”

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“Additional precautions can be taken when in confined or indoor settings with low ventilation; this includes wearing a face mask and physical distancing where possible,” he said.

“Regular hand washing and cleaning of high-contact surfaces are also of benefit.”

Anderson, who is the pharmacist at West Gosford Late Night Chemist, said a fourth dose was vital in fighting off severe COVID-19.

“There are plenty of free availabilities to get your vaccine and I encourage residents to go online and visit the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s website that lists pharmacies close to you with spots available for the COVID-19 vaccine,” he said.

Meanwhile, people aged 65 and over remain at a greater risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19 and it is important for them to stay up to date with their vaccinations.

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Bee Crisis, Help and Solutions Right now, one of our nightmares has become a reality with a serious threat to honeybees.

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Varroa mite, a tiny bee-killing parasite was first detected at the Port of Newcastle on 22 June, prompting widespread fears for Australia’s $70m bee industry.

Varroa mite can kill and weaken farmed bee populations and once an outbreak sets in, sadly varroa mite cannot be eradicated and your home beehive is under the same threat and restrictions as those in the larger scale bee industry.

For daily up to date information on what you need to do and for assistance go to the Department of Primary Industries at www. dpi.nsw.gov.au.

You will find that different restrictions apply depending on where your honeybees and hives are located.

If you have honeybee colonies or hives in the listed Notification, Eradication or Surveillance zones, you must tell NSW DPI where they are.

This includes queen honeybees in cages and packaged honeybees.

What do the emergency zones mean? When looking at the maps on the DPI website, the red represents the 10km eradication zones where honeybee hives will be euthanised.

The purple shows the 25km surveillance zones, where officials are monitoring and

inspecting managed and feral honeybees to limit the extent of these incursions.

The yellow represents the 50km biosecurity zones and beekeepers within that area must notify NSW DPI of the locations of their hives.

Note: beekeepers in all these zones must notify NSW DPI of the location of their hives.

If you find varroa mite in a hive you are responsible for, notify NSW DPI by: Calling the Exotic Plant Pest Hotline, 1800 084 881 (9am to 5pm, 7 days a week).

Make no mistake, this bee crisis will be dreadful for those directly involved with the European Bee industry and as home gardeners who may have hobby hives, it is up to each of us to do the right thing.

Step up and report your hive, keep abreast of the latest information for your area and act with swiftness.

What About Our Native Bees?

The good news is that Australia’s over 2,000 different species of Native Bees are not going to be affected by the Varroa Mite.

It is only a threat only to the ‘Apis mellifera’ honeybee which is an introduced species of bee.

Unfortunately, most of the honey the world consumes is

obtained via this species and they assure our food security via their pollination method.

In Australia, up to two-thirds of commercial agriculture depends upon bee pollination, including the European Honeybee.

Let’s explore the ways you can become more widely beefriendly by learning how to identify and become mates with our local native bees who may very well be the key to encouraging more diversity and less reliance on single solutions.

A team led by Dr Katja Hogendoorn at the University of Adelaide completed a threeyear research program* in 2006 breeding and using Blue Banded Bees in tomato greenhouses.

Tomato flowers rely on a method of pollination referred to as ‘buzz pollination’, something that European Honeybees cannot do.

Buzz pollination relies on strong vibrations, the ‘buzzing’ caused by the bee and the Australian Blue Banded Bee is perfect for the job.

Tomato pollen is encased within the flower in capsules, so it needs these vibrations to shake loose.

If your garden is open, this is achieved through wind but if you have a sheltered garden or a green house? You need to give them your plants a good shake and still, this is never as productive as the wonderful vibrations of a bee.

In the commercial industry, electric motors are used to shake the tomato plant.

This is just one of many examples of the amazing pollination qualities of our Australian Native Bees and of course, they are without doubt the best pollinator for the vast majority of our native flora and a big part of the environmental circle of the lands around us.

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these bees, so I asked Central Coast local Native Beekeeper and Bush Regenerator at CEN, (Community Environment Network), Ben DavisMacAndrew for his advice.

Ben teaches native bee workshops at schools, with private and public organisations and is a Native Beekeeper who provides hives on the Central Coast.

Ben is passionate about Native Bees and yet acknowledges the importance of European Honeybees to the economy.

What he isn’t passionate about is irresponsible European Honeybee keeping practices.

We talked about ways to encourage native bees into our gardens, provide homes for them and for those with the inkling, become beekeepers of native bees.

“Build it and they will come”, Ben told me.

He explained that native bees need a place to feel at home in and that you can’t just put a bee hotel into a space and hope that the bees will use it.

They probably won’t.

“First you need to observe which bees are coming through your garden.

Identify those and then research their requirements and provide them.

Then the native bees will be more likely to move in.

Grow a garden that suits the bees, not the other way around.”

Australian Native Bees fall

into two categories, solitary and social.

“People often think all bees are social, that they live in hives as this is what European Honeybees do, but the majority of our bees are solitary.

These types of bees, for example the Resin Bees and Leaf-Cutter Bees do not create hives.

There are no queens or workers.

A female solitary bee mates with a male and produces offspring which are nurtured in nests.

Your ‘bee hotel’ structures will be very welcoming to solitary bees but they not of intertest to social bees.”

Others have yet again very different types of nests.

“The Blue Banded Bee for example is a solitary bee that burrows into the ground to create their nests.” Providing clay soil areas will create a welcoming place for these bees to set up home in your garden but remember, you need to grow the garden first for any of these bees and that will mean natives.

“I focused on getting my garden right first.

As a Bush Regenerator, I planted local natives to encourage and support the local native bees.” Ben told me and this makes sense.

If you like your honey and native bees, then social bees like the very popular Stingless Bee (Tetragonula carbonaria) are a great option to set up in your garden.

Social bees in the wild form their hives in the hollows of trees.

Ben sources and sets up specialist-built hives that emulate these conditions for budding Native Beekeepers but did say his services are in high demand at the moment as people are creating gardens with a deeper and more respectful use of the environment.

You can find out more about Ben and his work at facebook. com/thewildpollinator *Academic Paper: K Hogendoorn, CL Gross, M Sedgley and MA Keller (2006) Increased tomato yield through pollination by native Australian Amegilla chlorocyanea (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae).

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Second place for Avoca surfer at Skullcandy

Bed sock bonanza for Wyoming ladies At the age of 83, Myra Corbett of Springfield still loves to knit.

Earlier this year she started knitting most beautiful colourful bed socks and decided to donate a pair to each of the ladies at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care at Wyoming.

Armed with 60 pairs of socks she visited Chamberlain Gardens just before Mother’s Day and discovered that there were 84 ladies living there.

So, she went home and kept on knitting until she had a pair for every lady.

She delivered the bed socks in a large suitcase and manager Sandile Nzimande accepted them gratefully.

To show his appreciation of her hard work and great kindness he invited Myra and her friend and neighbour Veronica Coyne to be his guests at the Christmas in July lunch held on Tuesday, July 12, where she met some of the residents and received a warm thank you from Nzimande.

Source: Media release, Jul 12 Veronica Coyne

Lennox Chell in action in the Pro Junior Boys final

SURFING Avoca surfer Lennox Chell narrowly missed out on taking out the Pro Junior Boys title at the 2022 Skullcandy Oz Grom Open, coming a close second to Long Reef’s Kobi Clements after leading for much of the final.

The six-day event ran from July 7-12 July and comprised a World Surf League (WSL) sanctioned Pro Junior Qualifying Series (JQS) event and an elite competition for promising grommets in the Under 14, 16 and 18 divisions.

While Chell sat in the lead for much of the final, Clements capitalised on the momentum he

showed in the earlier rounds of competition to leapfrog Chell.

Chell, 18, said coming runner-up was bitter-sweet.

“I would have loved to get the win but am still very happy with second place,” he said.

“I haven’t had a good year – this is my best result so far.”

Chell, who belongs to the Avoca Beach Boardriders, has been riding boards since he was about three years old, with both of his parents keen surfers.

“I’ve been competing since I was about eight – pretty much my whole life,” he said.

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“I’d love to go pro one day – that’s my dream,” he said.

“I hope to compete in a WSL competition later in the year.”

Chell competes in around nine events for the Avoca Beach Boardriders each year and hopes to return overseas later this year to once more try out the surfing action.

“Before COVID I did a lot of trips and have surfed in Indonesia, Hawaii, Fiji, Europe and South Africa,” he said.

“The biggest waves are definitely in Hawaii.”

The Skullcandy Oz Grom Open, presented by Vissla, concluded on

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Terrigal, Avoca Beach and Kariong notch up Premier 1 wins RUGBY Soggy conditions on June 9 saw three Premier 1 matches played back to back at Woongarrah Oval, resulting in wins for Terrigal, Avoca Beach and competition leaders Kariong.

The first match, kicking off at 12.30 pm, saw the Terrigal Trojans defeat Gosford 26-8.

The first half saw Terrigal in attack, but great Gosford defence kept the Trojans to just one converted try in the first half before Terrigal piled on three second half tries to Gosford’s one.

Three of the Trojans four tries scored by Blake Irwin.

Best players for Terrigal on the day were lock Macklan Collins, halfback Jye Cornish, prop Bailey Platt and flanker Noah Hughes.

Gosford gave one of its best performances of the year, despite the loss, built upon the work of centre Sam Underwood, who crossed for the team’s lone try, flanker Richard Cully and winger Michael Jones.

In the second match, Avoca Beach accounted for the Razorbacks 41-29.

Terrigal defeated Gosford in the first match of the day

Avoca Beach started off well and controlled much of the proceedings in the first 40 minutes, leading by 28-3 at halftime.

In the second half the Razorbacks outscored Avoca Beach by 26-10 but Avoca held on for the win.

Best players for Avoca Beach were hooker Cooper Elliott, flanker Fionn Henderson-Foley,

winger Shawn Townsend, who crossed for three tries, and winger Liam Jenkins while the Razorbacks were best served by fullback Edan Serone, No.8 Rob Peden and Josh Holman, in his return to rugby.

The final match on the day at 3.30pm saw Kariong continue its great recent form to defeat Hornsby 36-17.

The match was an even affair

for the first half with Kariong going into the halftime break leading by a narrow 17-12.

The further the match went on however, the more Kariong was able to take control on the paddock and on the scoreboard.

Kariong scored six tries to Hornsby’s three to take the match and maintain its lead at the top of the competition ladder.

Kariong had several good players, but none were better than centre Kane Williams, flanker Lachlan Peruch and lock Taylor Mildren.

Best for Hornsby were No.8 Talifolau Sitani, hooker Hosea Fotukava, who crossed for two individual tries, and centre Samuela Kanongataa.

The points ladder sees Kariong hold onto top spot on 37, closely

followed by Terrigal on 36 and Avoca Beach on 35.

The Razorbacks are sitting on 32, with The Lakes on 30, Warnervale on 27, Hornsby on 18 and Gosford on 10.

All lower grade fixtures, and the Women’s 10’s matches, were cancelled.

On July 16, the match of the day will be at Woongarrah Oval where competition leaders Kariong will take on home side Warnervale.

At Slade Park, The Lakes will play Terrigal and Avoca Beach will travel to Pennant Hills Oval to take on Hornsby.

Gosford will meet the Razorbacks at Ourimbah Rugby Park.

Meanwhile, The Bay Rugby Club meets Woy Woy at Joseph Banks Oval in the Presidents Cup competition on Friday night.

In the Central Coast Women’s 10’s competition Kariong/ Razorbacks will meet Warnervale at Woongarrah Oval, Avoca Beach will travel to play Hornsby, and Terrigal meets The Lakes in the match of the day.

Source: Media release, Jul 10 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

Killarney Vale Bombers celebrate 40-year flag AFL Killarney Vale Aussie Rules Club will celebrate its 40year premiership reunion on Saturday, July 23 with a home game at the Tumbi Umbi ground against Terrigal Avoca.

The club formed only four years before winning its first senior premiership in 1981, then followed up the next year with triumph in 1982 – a landmark year for the club.

Club spokesman Ian Granland said they had all their teams in their respective grand finals, winning the first Under-15 and Under-13 flags while the Reserve and Under-17 grades

were runners-up.

“Tony McVeigh, father of the current GWS coach, Mark McVeigh, was the club’s captain-coach in 1982-83 and enjoyed a very successful period as the club’s on-field leader,” he said.

“He came to the Bombers from VFA club, Williamstown and brought a wealth of experience with his appointment.

“Alongside him was former state player, Rex Imrie, who had represented Queensland the year before.”

Granland said both those identities would be at the celebratory function along with a number of other players from

that era.

“The club is also inviting players from the other grades to ensure the success of the weekend,” he said.

“The event will also serve as an old players day when former players and officials are invited to attend and meet up with old colleagues.

“For the 1982 group, a meet and greet function will be held at the club on Friday, July 22, starting at 6pm.”

For more information contact club senior coach, Corey Shackleton, on 0434 838 447.

Source: Media release, July 11 Killarney Vale Aussie Rules Club

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Molly Picklum wins all-Central Coast final

Molly Picklum in the Ballito Pro Final.

Ballito Pro runner-up, Macy Callaghan, and winner Molly Picklum, both from the Central Coast, July 10, 2022.

SURFING Central Coast surfer, Molly Picklum, has won her first Challenger Series event of the year in the Ballito Pro, South Africa, overcoming fellow Coastie, Macy Callaghan in the final on Sunday July 10.

In three-to-four foot waves on South Africa’s East Coast, the now familiar rivalry between the Central Coast surfers involved a back-and-forth showdown, with Picklum nudging in front at the end for

a final score of 12.40 to 12.17.

Callaghan got off to a strong start with a single, powerful backhand hit for a score of 5.00 (out of a possible 10), with a reply from Picklum falling closely behind for a 4.67.

Callaghan then improved her score with a similar short left movement, picking up a second wave worth 5.67.

Mid-way through, Picklum changed tact and took advantage of her forehand surfing down the right, posting a new heat best of 5.83.

Callaghan responded expertly, sticking to the left side to find a new high score of 6.50, edging closer to victory.

In the closing minutes however, Picklum found her opportunity with two quick turns down the left, posting the final’s top score of 6.57 to claim a slender and unmatched lead.

For Picklum, who started the year on the Championship Tour before being dropped down to the Challenger Series and finding mixed results in the first two events, the win is a return to confidence.

“I feel like in this event I really tried to just enjoy the process – back in Manly (Challenger Series Event 2) I struggled to enjoy it and came here feeling super happy and let my surfing do the talking,” Picklum said.

“Hats off to Macy, she put it to me the whole heat and I really couldn’t find an opportunity.

“Winning obviously is really good for qualification for 2023, but it’s just so good to get to the top - I try and go into every contest to surf every heat and to come out on top in the last one is really good.”

Photos: Pierre Tostee/World Surf League

For Callaghan, coming out second best against her hometown surfer was nonetheless a great way to finish the Pro. “It’s been an amazing day and an amazing trip to South Africa.

“Thanks to everyone who came out to watch, today was awesome,” Callaghan said.

The result has pushed both Central Coast surfers into the top five of the Challenger Series rankings, with Picklum in second behind American leader, Caitlin Simmers, and

Callaghan in fifth behind third place Australian Nikki Van Dijk and fourth place Teresa Bonvalet from Portugal.

With five more events upcoming across Europe and the Americas throughout the year, only the top five ranked will qualify for the top-tier Championship Tour 2023, meaning Picklum and Callaghan will need further top-end results to solidify their places.

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