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A clean up project at Lion Island last month has resulted in a record amount of debris collected, and local wildlife to bounce back...

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Out&About

It’s now smooth sailing for the Bay Gallery in Ettalong Beach after a brand-new makeover left the exhibit with a unique attraction.

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Sporting clubs across the Peninsula participated in a ‘Shoosh for Kids’ campaign last month to help raise awareness about poor spectator behaviour at community sport matches.

Education

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Super Mums in dramatic surf rescue A daring rescue at Umina Beach last month has led to calls for increased signage at a popular tourist spot after a family was involved in an almost fatal accident.

Super Mums! Friends Zoe Hauptmann (left) and Chrystal Lynch (right) helped rescue the family at Umina Beach

Friends Zoe Hauptmann and Chrystal Lynch were out surfing near the NRMA Ocean Beach Holiday Resort on Monday, May 10, when they discovered several people struggling in a nearby rip.

The family was holidaying at the Resort and was set to return to Sydney later that afternoon.

But as the children played, running in and out of the waves, trouble struck, and they found themselves caught up in the strong rip.

The children’s father then

entered the water to help, before succumbing to the rip himself.

Chrystal said her memory of the overall event was hazy, but she can firmly remember the panic she felt as she saw what was happening.

“I had gone out surfing with Zoe and had gone further down the beach to practice in the shories … and I remember a man coming out towards me in the water,” Chrystal said.

“He asked me to help as there were some people struggling.

“I heard there were a couple of kids and I just bolted up the beach and stopped when I heard them calling out for help.

“I could see they were all scared and exhausted – the man, Cheyne, looked absolutely panic-stricken.

“He knew it was bad.

“I remember running with my board to them and thinking ‘Is this real, is this really going to be up to me?’ because there were literally several other, far more capable board riders only 50 metres up the beach.

Chrystal said she found four people out there treading water, with another man Mick out trying to keep the older boy afloat.

She said her heart sank when she realised there was another man out there.

“I realised that I didn’t have a board anymore…I’m tired, I’m in a rip, I’m with a man who couldn’t talk.

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Staff at Woy Woy Public School will wear a special shirt each Wednesday in a nod to local Indigenous communities.

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Sport

In the Women Tens Rugby conference, the Gosford-Woy Woy side have won two games in a row to establish themselves as third on the table and one point below Terrigal in second.

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The Terrigal Trojans have moved to the top of both the Men’s and Women’s rugby ladders with convincing wins at The Haven last weekend.

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With harmonisation of rates between the former Wyong and Gosford councils on track to proceed in tandem, Peninsula residents, along with all those in the former Gosford local government area, can expect to see a rate rise of 41.6 per cent.

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal agreed to Council’s request for a Special Rate Variation (SV) of 15 per cent, inclusive of the 2 per

cent cap, but for three years only.

Despite receiving multiple private submissions protesting the rate rise, IPART said it had assessed the Council’s application against guidelines issued by the Office of Local Government (OLG) and had decided to approve a temporary SV of 15 per cent in 2021-22, which is to be retained for three years and then removed.

“During this three-year period, the Council will be able to implement its proposed business recovery plan, consult with its ratepayers regarding appropriate service levels, and if required, apply for a permanent SV,” a statement from IPART said.

The statement clarified that,

together with the rates harmonisation process, businesses in the former Gosford LGA will see a 50.2 per cent rise and agriculture will face a whopping 53.2 per cent hike.

Residents and businesses in the former Wyong LGA will actually see rate reductions as part of the harmonisation process.

“Many submissions we received vocalised ratepayers’ concerns about the proposed higher rates in light of the Council’s current financial position,” IPART said.

“These concerns need to be balanced against the Council’s financial need and its requirement to deliver ongoing community services.

“Without the special variation, the Council’s financial position (would) continue to deteriorate and it may have difficulty repaying its loans.

“However, there is some uncertainty around the Council’s long term financial modelling as (it) has only recently started implementing a program of substantial cost containment measures.”

IPART said it had considered all the concerns and issues raised in submissions.

“Stakeholders considered that ratepayers should not be responsible for the Council’s mistakes,” it said.

“Most of the submissions from stakeholders opposed the SV and raised concerns

around the Council’s financial mismanagement of funds and the Administrator’s assertion that the use of restricted funds was unlawful.

“Some also argued the Council should be more accountable for its actions which led to its poor financial situation, or that the Audit Office should have done more to prevent the mismanagement including restricted reserves being unlawfully spent.

“We acknowledge these concerns and the understandable anger ratepayers feel.

“Nevertheless, the Council clearly does have a financial need for the SV.” Continued page 4

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Sport

A Killcare teen has put the pedal to the metal and clinched silver at Round Two of the Newcastle Club Championships last weekend.

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IPART decides Residents of the former Gosford local government area looking at a rates hike of more than 40 per cent from July 1, following an IPART decision on May 17 to approve a 15 per cent rate rise for Central Coast Council.

With harmonisation of rates between the former Wyong and Gosford councils on track to proceed in tandem, those in the former Gosford LGA can expect to see a rate rise of 41.6 per cent.

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal agreed to Council’s request for a Special Rate Variation (SV) of 15 per cent, inclusive of the 2 per cent cap, but for three years only.

Despite receiving multiple private submissions protesting the rate rise, IPART said it had

assessed the Council’s application against Guidelines issued by the Office of Local Government (OLG) and had decided to approve a temporary SV of 15 per cent in 2021-22, which is to be retained for three years and then removed.

“During this three-year period, the Council will be able to implement its proposed business recovery plan, consult with its ratepayers regarding appropriate service levels, and if required, apply for a permanent SV,” a statement from IPART said.

The statement clarified that, together with the rates harmonisation process, businesses in the former Gosford LGA will see a 50.2 per cent rise and agriculture will face a whopping 53.2 per cent hike.

Residents and businesses in the former Wyong LGA will actually see rate reductions as part of the harmonisation process.

“Many submissions we received vocalised ratepayers’ concerns about the proposed higher rates in light of the Council’s current financial position,” IPART said.

“These concerns need to be balanced against the Council’s financial need and its requirement to deliver ongoing community services.

“Without the special variation, the Council’s financial position (would) continue to deteriorate and it may have difficulty repaying its loans.

“However, there is some uncertainty around the Council’s long term financial modelling as (it) has only

recently started implementing a program of substantial cost containment measures.”

IPART said it had considered all the concerns and issues raised in submissions.

“Stakeholders considered that ratepayers should not be responsible for the Council’s mistakes,” it said.

“Most of the submissions from stakeholders opposed the SV and raised concerns around the Council’s financial mismanagement of funds and the Administrator’s assertion that the use of restricted funds was unlawful.

“Some also argued the Council should be more accountable for its actions which led to its poor financial situation, or that the Audit Office should have done more to prevent the mismanagement

including restricted reserves being unlawfully spent.

“We acknowledge these concerns and the understandable anger ratepayers feel.

“Nevertheless, the Council clearly does have a financial need for the SV.” Even so, IPART found that Council’s application for a permanent increase in general income was not appropriate given the purpose of the SV and uncertainty around the Council’s financial position, hence the three-year limit.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said if the rate rise had been a decision for the State Government to make, it would not have been approved.

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Two successful businesswomen have started a female founders - women in business community group called Sub Rosa – Real Women’s Business.

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Sport

The Terrigal Avoca Panthers have emerged triumphant in the top of the table clash against the Killarney Vale Bombers in both the Black Diamond Cup Women and Men’s leagues.

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The consultation forms part of Council’s business recovery plan which required a review of property assets that could be sold to assist with the current financial situation.

Administrator, Rik Hart, said that to date there had been more than 800 responses from the community, along with spreading of misinformation.

“There has been a lot of concerns raised from the community based on hearsay, which are completely

inaccurate and creating unnecessary distress,” Hart said.

“It must be stressed that Council is only considering selling one percent of its property portfolio, and of what is listed for potential sale, there are only 13 open space areas listed to be rezoned before sale, which are all in close proximity to other open space areas.

“I implore the community to get the facts and take the time to read the frequently asked questions and the interactive map, which provides specific details for individual parcels, such conditions of sale to allow for continued public parking.

“It is also important to note that only parcels classified as operational land and zoned for

the correct purpose of sale, will initially go back to Council for endorsement to sell, and these can be identified as the blue pins on the online interactive map.

“Other properties that need to be rezoned or reclassified prior to sale require an in-depth, lengthy process that can take up to 18 months and include further chances for the community to have their say.

“I want to emphasise the significant liquidity issue that Council is facing, which needs to be resolved as quickly as possible in order for community infrastructure to be maintained and community services to continue.

“The sale of assets, along with the 15 percent rate rise, are crucial components of our

business recovery plan, which was adopted by the last Council sitting, and will allow us to deliver much needed capital to improve Council’s financial position and provide assurance to our lenders.

“This urgent need for income may override historic strategic direction, with potential for the community better realised by the private sector.

“Any parcels sold will not only provide economic return from the sale of land, but also provide opportunity to raise income from future rates as well as realise savings from maintenance costs and loss of depreciation of assets.

“Properties are either being sold through a competitive sales and marketing campaign to ensure the best sale price, or

in the case of direct sales with a proposed buyer, properties are sold at no less than the market value determined by an independent valuer.

“I encourage the community to inform themselves and if you are still concerned over any land that is earmarked for potential sale or have ideas about how the land could be better utilised, make sure to have your say,” Hart said.

He said Bateau Bay Library would remain open at its current location until an improved service was relocated within the shopping centre, where it will continue to be managed and operated by Council.

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Sport

“It was a great economic boost for the region, the weather was perfect for both pilots and the spectators, everything flowed smoothly

In a season defining match at AAMI Park on Saturday evening, Melbourne City have beaten the Central Coast Mariners 1 – 0...

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Council has exhausted all other avenues to recover these rates available under the Local Government Act and will now move to sell 123 properties by public auction.

Council Administrator Rik Hart said the sales were the option of last resort.

“We understand that some members of our community are

genuine hardship or entered into an arrangement that meets Council guidelines for payment.

“In such a dire financial situation, we can no longer expect other ratepayers to subsidise these unpaid properties.”

Council said it would not proceed with the sale of any land owned by pensioners but it noted that pensioner land meeting the criteria for sale for rates equal the value of $2,249,609.

Council said collections for

unpaid rates follow two processes: Internal collections for unpaid rates start at 15 days in arrears for amounts over $10.

Unpaid rates balances that exceed $2,000, inclusive of both water and rates charges, are outsourced to a legal services provider for recovery at two or more quarters in arrears (about 6-7 months overdue).

There are several strategies that are used by the legal service provider to settle

arrears with rate payers with starts with a contact letter and moves on to a notice of legal action and many steps later it may end with a recommendation for sale.

Council requires that arrangements to pay must not exceed nine months, inclusive of new bills, unless supported by an application for genuine hardship.

Source Press Release; Central Coast Council Meeting Highlights Email May 25.

A clean up project at Lion Island last month has resulted in a record amount of debris collected, and local wildlife to bounce back...

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Out&About

It’s now smooth sailing for the Bay Gallery in Ettalong Beach after a brand-new makeover left the exhibit with a unique attraction.

Sport

123 properties to be sold by public auction to recover unpaid rates Central Coast Council has moved to recover more than $1.7M in unpaid rates and charges.

In the first home game for the Sydney Ice Dogs at their new home venue, the Erina Ice Arena, the team has recorded its first win.

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Council has exhausted all other avenues available under the Local Government Act to recover these rates and will now move to sell 123 properties by public auction.

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said the sales were the option of last resort.

“We understand that some members of our community are suffering from genuine hardship, and for those behind on rates in that circumstance,

our teams have worked with them to plan repayments,” Hart said.

“However, more than half of the properties targeted in this sale have outstanding rates for more than five years, and all other attempts by Council to address this has failed.

“It also includes 50 vacant properties that are more than one year in arrears and have not provided an application for genuine hardship or entered into an arrangement that meets Council guidelines for payment.

“In such a dire financial situation, we can no longer expect other ratepayers to

subsidise these unpaid properties.”

Council said it would not proceed with the sale of any land owned by pensioners, but it noted that pensioner land which met the criteria for sale to recover rates, equalled the value of $2,249,609.

In the former Wyong local government area, there are a total 80 properties with outstanding rates, and 46 with outstanding water rates.

There are 25 vacant properties, seven business properties, 14 residential properties and 34 pensioner residential properties.

Education

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Super Mums in dramatic surf rescue

The burnt truck (Inset - The Truck on fire - Photo: Sarah Stock)

Surf Life Saving NSW’s Australian UAV Service (AUAVS) has partnered with She Maps and launched a drone program for school students in Years 5 to 9.

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Sporting clubs across the Peninsula participated in a ‘Shoosh for Kids’ campaign last month to help raise awareness about poor spectator behaviour at community sport matches.

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suffering from genuine hardship, and for those behind on rates in that circumstance our teams have worked with them to plan repayments,” Mr Hart said.

“However, more than half of the properties targeted in this sale have outstanding rates for more than five years, and all other attempts for Council to address this has failed.

“It also includes 50 vacant properties that are more than one year in arrears and have not provided an application for

Education Three road workers were hospitalised after a B-double semi-trailer crashed into two work trucks on the M1 Pacific Motorway in the early hours of Tuesday, June 1.

Photo: Allan Cooper

like see this type of event to be held on a regular basis,” Codrington said.

One of the major events at the show was the RAAF display, the formation displays of the Air Force Roulettes and it was the first time an F-35A fighter jet had been on display in an air show like this one.

Council moves to recover unpaid rates Central Coast Council has moved to recover more than $1.7 million in unpaid rates and charges.

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need to give a shout out to them as well,” Codrington said.

He said community support was exceptionally good.

“It certainly demonstrates that we have the capacity to put these shows on for the benefit of the Central Coast and that the airport is truly a community infrastructure.

“As a way of giving back to the Central Coast, we would

News

The moon put on a show on May 26, as it was not only a super moon, it was also a blood moon and a total lunar eclipse.

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Education at train stations and other locations.

“The shuttle buses from the off-site parking areas worked pretty much perfectly and feedback on social media was saying how well organised the event was.

“We were very thankful to local landholders who allowed us to use their property for spectator car parking, so we

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The $172M Northside Private Hospital at West Gosford has been approved by the State Government.

and all in all it was an enormous success,”said John Codrington, Chairman of Your Central Coast Airport Association.

“We haven’t got the economic figures in yet but there were many local businesses benefitting from the air show, both the vendors on site and the money flowing around the businesses off-site such as those around the parking areas

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John Peter Howard Reserve play space at San Remo and Helen Reserve dog park at Gorokan are temporarily closed while Central Coast Council does some improvement works.

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The air show held at Central Coast Airport last weekend was a resounding success, attracting an estimated 15,000 people from near and far over the two days of May 22 and 23.

This National Volunteer Week, children’s education charity, The Smith Family, is celebrating the contributions of more than 8,000 volunteers who make its work possible.

B-double semi-trailer crashes into two work vehicles

Business

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Administrator implores the community to get the facts around asset sales Central Coast Council is reminding the community to have their say on the next stage of the asset sales program, Tranche 3, which closes for consultation at 5pm on Friday, May 28.

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An endangered green sea turtle rescued by a diver from (AASRCC) has been released back into the ocean after a month of rehab.

Education

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Tumbi Umbi based artist, Carmen Jackson, is being recognised on a national scale for her artwork on the television show, Colour In Your Life, with Graeme Stevenson.

The air show held at Central Coast Airport was a resounding success, attracting an estimated 15,000 people from near and far over the two days of May 22 and 23.

Photo: Allan Cooper

This week is the final instalment in our six-part series on the topic of birth and we’re hearing from Michelle Nicolaou-Newman, cofounder of the Central Coast Montessori School and owner of Mammabearth, where she offers birth and postpartum support to families.

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15,000 people attend Coast Air Show

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Ocean Alley, Spacey Jane, Dear Seattle, Merci Mercy, and the CLEWS will perform at the NEXT EXIT festival at the Entertainment Grounds in Gosford, on May 23.

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The NSW Rural Fire Service’s Central Coast District has celebrated the achievements of 71 dedicated volunteers on Sunday - (Dan Franich - Inset)

IPART decides on special rate increase

Rain didn’t deter scores of school students from their rally on Friday, May 21, to make a stand against Federal Government funding for what they claim to be dangerous gas and coal projects.

Out&About

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It’s official; Peninsula residents are looking at a rates hike of more than 40 per cent from July 1, following an IPART decision on May 17 to approve a 15 per cent rate rise for Central Coast Council.

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Air show deemed a resounding success

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The Central Coast Sky Surfers (CCSS), based at Point Clare, will just one of the many groups exhibiting at the inaugural Central Coast Airshow at Warnervale over the weekend of May 22 and 23

In celebration of National Volunteers Week, Mary Mac’s Place at Woy Woy is putting out the call for volunteers to help provide support and companionship.

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A local fireman has been awarded a prestigious longservice medal for his dedication to helping the community at an awards ceremony at Mingara Recreation Club on Sunday, May 16.

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In the former Gosford Council area, there are 25 vacant properties, two business, 50 residential and 110 pensioner residential.

Council said collections for unpaid rates followed two processes.

Internal collections for unpaid rates start at 15 days in arrears for amounts over $10.

Unpaid rates that exceed $2,000, inclusive of both water and rates charges, are outsourced to a legal service provider for recovery at two or more quarters in arrears (about 6-7 months overdue).

When Trevor Wrightson, 87, of Wyee Point retired as electrical foreman at Vales Point Power Station, he turned his hand to writing books and is now a globally recognised author..

There are several strategies that are used by the legal service provider to settle arrears with ratepayers, which starts with a contact letter and moves on to a notice of legal action and many steps later it may end with a recommendation for sale.

Council requires that arrangements to pay must not exceed nine months, inclusive of new bills, unless supported by an application for genuine hardship.

Source: Media release, May 25 Central Coast Council

Sport

The Central Coast Roosters have come away with a Round 12 win against the Cronulla Sharks...

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A daring rescue at Umina Beach last month has led to calls for increased signage at a popular tourist spot after a family was involved in an almost fatal accident.

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Super Mums! Friends Zoe Hauptmann (left) and Chrystal Lynch (right) helped rescue the family at Umina Beach

Friends Zoe Hauptmann and Chrystal Lynch were out surfing near the NRMA Ocean Beach Holiday Resort on Monday, May 10, when they discovered several people struggling in a nearby rip.

The family was holidaying at the Resort and was set to return to Sydney later that afternoon.

But as the children played, running in and out of the waves, trouble struck, and they found themselves caught up in the strong rip.

The children’s father then

entered the water to help, before succumbing to the rip himself.

Chrystal said her memory of the overall event was hazy, but she can firmly remember the panic she felt as she saw what was happening.

“I had gone out surfing with Zoe and had gone further down the beach to practice in the shories … and I remember a man coming out towards me in the water,” Chrystal said.

“He asked me to help as there were some people struggling.

“I heard there were a couple of kids and I just bolted up the beach and stopped when I heard them calling out for help.

“I could see they were all scared and exhausted – the man, Cheyne, looked absolutely panic-stricken.

“He knew it was bad.

“I remember running with my board to them and thinking ‘Is this real, is this really going to be up to me?’ because there were literally several other, far more capable board riders only 50 metres up the beach.

Chrystal said she found four people out there treading water, with another man Mick out trying to keep the older boy afloat.

She said her heart sank when she realised there was another man out there.

“I realised that I didn’t have a board anymore…I’m tired, I’m in a rip, I’m with a man who couldn’t talk.

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Staff at Woy Woy Public School will wear a special shirt each Wednesday in a nod to local Indigenous communities.

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Sport

In the Women Tens Rugby conference, the Gosford-Woy Woy side have won two games in a row to establish themselves as third on the table and one point below Terrigal in second.

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Ettalong Beach is THE top town

The Galleria at Ettalong Beach

Ettalong Beach was named as a ‘Top Town’ at the inaugural NSW Top Tourism Town Awards last month.

The beachside town won the ‘Most Compelling Itinerary’ honour in the Judges Choice Awards for their three-day program which featured ideas for food, fun and relaxation.

NSW Tourism Industry Council

Executive Manager, Greg Binskin, said Tourism Associations, Councils, Local Chambers and Visitor Information Centres collaborated to enter their towns in the awards.

“Entrants submitted a short video, itinerary and editorial article which was reviewed by a judging committee of 14

industry experts and it was always going to be very competitive with a field of 52 nominations,” Binskin said.

“The public then had their say, with more than 15,000 people casting a vote for their Top Tourism Town.”

The awards, which are managed by the NSW Tourism Industry Council, aim to

celebrate towns with a population of less than 5,000, and those with a population of more than 5,000.

Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, said the Awards help recognise the importance of ‘tourism towns’.

“These vibrant communities with unique visitor experiences,

authentic hospitality and world class tourism operators make NSW the envy of all other states, and the place to be when it comes to regional Australian escapes,” Ayres said.

“These awards showcase NSW’s strengths, and with the ‘visitor-first’ approach shown by the 52 entrants, the program

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Super Mums in dramatic surf rescue

From page 1 “I called out for help and for Zoe but I couldn’t see her, I didn’t know she was on her way.

“I had this moment where he was grunting and one of the moments that haunts me is that ‘no ones coming’ and I immediately thought of my kids - I have 2 sons.

“So, when Zoe rocked up, I honestly felt like she had saved my life.”

She also said it was important to note there had been three other ‘incredibly brave’ people jump in at different times to help the family.

Zoe said she had been watching Chrystal surf before things took a drastic turn, spotting a man holding up his kids in the deep waters.

“I remember sprinting up the beach and by the time I had gotten there, Chrystal had already got the kids on the board,” Zoe said.

“I saw the dad floating, he was out past the breakers, and he was putting his hand up.

“We paddled out to him and found he was totally unresponsive, we somehow managed to get him on the board, and started paddling in

straight against the rip.

“I felt strong, I felt in control …we both went into action Super Mum mode.

“This young lady ran over and helped pull him over on his side.

“The helicopter came and took him to Gosford Hospital; … his lungs were full of water.”

The man was later discharged that night and was given the ‘all clear’ from medical staff after regaining consciousness.

But the consequences of the rescue didn’t just stop there.

Chrystal said the after effects of the rescue have been surprisingly challenging, with her immediately seeking support from her regular counsellor and people from the surf club who have experienced these type of traumas.

“It’s been really really hard,” Chrystal said.

“We’re both just waiting for this good feeling to kick in and it hasn’t.

“I’ve been experiencing sounds of the kids calling out in my head and that’s really rattled me.

“I have felt concerned that I was impulsive, and I didn’t think about my safety or my family - and I thought, ‘gosh is

Council has refused to put up more signage in the area, assessing that it is currently ‘sufficient’

this okay that I responded in this way?’

Zoe said she has experienced similar effects, with the similarity in ages between her children, and of the Sydney family, hitting a little bit too close to home.

“I’ve just been really anxious, but apparently it’s a normal reaction to trauma like that,” Zoe said.

“It doesn’t seem logical to me

to be so upset when everything seemed to turn out okay.

“One of the kids was the same age as my eldest.”

The duo have now returned to the water, with Chrystal saying it was ‘essential’ for both of their recoveries.

“Getting back into the water that first time took everything - it felt impossible,” Chrystal added.

“When I was getting ready to

go in, I was shaking and I thought I was going to vomit.

“I wanted to show my boys though that I could, and I want them to have the same love of the ocean that I do … and not to be scared of it.

“My surf coach Ron, from Sal’s Surf School, has gifted me my first ever board to help me get back into the surf and I love it – it’s a beautiful bright yellow board [and] hopefully I’ll eventually teach my kids and my nieces on it too.

“When I went down for my first surf a few days after the event, I just heard this ‘Oh my god’, and I turned around and it was Zoe, and it was the most perfect coincidence.”

In the days after the rescue, both Zoe and Chrystal have kept in touch with the family.

“Being in touch with the family has been beautiful - for me it’s been a big part of getting through it,’ Chrystal said.

“The dad has been sending us messages every day … they’re just a beautiful family.”

Zoe called for more signage to be placed along the pathway, or at the caravan park to warn visitors of the danger.

“That rip is literally there outside of the path …when you

don’t know the ocean and see it ‘calm’ – you just go out,” Zoe said.

Chrystal echoed Zoe’s calls for increased signage in the area.

“I spoke to a local in the carpark briefly [afterwards] and he said that six months ago he’d saved a nine-year-old girl in the same spot,” Chrystal added.

“And we’ve since found out that the day before there had been another close call with another family.

“I don’t want it to take an actual tragedy to get a sign up, we do it on the roads to stop wildlife from being hurt so what is the hesitation here?”

“Where these people were the water looked calm, it’s understandable that people thought it was safe to swim in.”

Council, however, maintains there is sufficient signage at the caravan spot.

“There are no plans to extend this level of service,” a Council spokesperson said.

“Following a review, there is currently sufficient signage at this location,which is consistent with all other beach locations.”

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Flood mitigation works commence on the Peninsula

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A number of flood mitigation works have begun on the Peninsula this month with Council taking a ‘priority’ based focus to issues at Woy Woy and Umina.

Since its commencement on May 29, works will focus within the Kahibah Creek and Everglades Main-drain drainage systems.

The works are expected to be completed by June 30.

A Council spokesperson said the works will focus on drainage infrastructure including sediment removal and general maintenance, plus bushland restoration and weed control.

“The works are specific and confined to drainage infrastructure within these two systems, where the drainage

infrastructure is blocked or requires maintenance due to sediment build up and vegetation growth,” the Council spokesperson said.

“Both drainage systems have received programmed and reactive management and maintenance works in the past to mitigate the risk of flooding and ensure they are functioning as intended.

“These works will the reduce risk of significant blockages, water to back-up and localised flooding that could impact and inundate nearby properties and other associated infrastructure.

“Specialist bush regeneration contractors have been engaged to undertake bushland restoration works including revegetation maintenance.”

Works are expected to include

a range of required Bush regeneration activities, high risk weed treatment including the removal of aquatic weeds and exotic vines, and the removal of built up debris and stockpiling.

Council is also currently undertaking works to beach accessways including fencing maintenance, sand-scraping and foreshore nourishment, bush regeneration, weed

control and dune stabilisation at both Umina Beach and Ocean Beach.

Teams are also expected to conduct a final sweep of the beaches to collect the remaining storm debris.

Work at the two beaches is expected to be completed in early June.

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Barrenjoey local boy hauls out in Patonga A seal has been spotted at Patonga Beach!

The Central Coast Dolphin Project received a call about the seal on May 31 and dispatched a team to check on the seal and assess its condition.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service was also alerted.

On arrival, the Project found

A seal was spotted at Patonga Beach

the long-nose fur seal to be ‘one of the local boys’ from the Barrenjoey Seal Colony.

Reports suggest that despite having an old ‘cookie-cutter’ wound on his chest, the seal was in good condition.

The Project said with the recent rough seas and high swells, it was not unusual to have seals hauling out on our coastline.

They advised locals to give seals plenty of space and stay back at least 40 metres, and never get between them and the water.

It is also advised to keep children and dogs well away from the seal and never try to touch or feed them.

Source: Media release, May 31 Central Coast Dolphin Project

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Come along to our plant sale at the CEN Office, Ourimbah, buy a few local native plants and chat about local environment issues. Check out our revamped library while you are here.

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BERKELEY VALE FORESHORE WALK AND TALK Join Central Coast Waterwatch on Friday 4th June 2021 to celebrate World Environment Day. Come along on a guided foreshore walk and learn about your local waterway and wetland ecosystems with Central Coast Council Estuary Management Officer.

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WYONG RIVER CATCHMENT CRAWL Join Waterwatch Central Coast for a fun and hands on tour of the Wyong River.

Participants will travel by bus and explore the river for native flora and fauna, conduct water testing and learn about the local area.

When: Saturday, 19th June 2021 Time: 8.30am-3pm Where: Meet at Wyong, to travel by bus Cost: $5 - includes bus travel, morning tea, lunch and report of information collected on the day.

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DO YOU NEED HELP MANAGING THE NATIVE BUSH ON YOUR LAND? Find out how you can get FREE bushland management help on your property to conserve our native flora and fauna.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 OF THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT NETWORK INC When: Saturday, 19 June, 2021 Where: Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre, Terrigal Drive, Terrigal Time: 9:00 am Current financial members of CEN are eligible to nominate.

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From our Chair Volunteers and staff at the Community Environment Network come together because we share similar values and want to use our knowledge and skills to benefit our community and region.

We hope to leave the legacy of a healthy environment and community for future generations.

Australia’s First Nations people have given the legacy of one of the most spectacular countries on earth. If we call ourselves Australians, we should be looking after Country and all who live in our communities to continue that legacy.

During my time as Chair of CEN our committee meetings have included lively discussions about how to respond to challenging and unsustainable developments in our region.

Committee members have varying view on how we, as a voluntary communitybased organisation, should respond.

This diversity is essential in any community organisation, just as biodiversity is vital for sustaining the natural environment’s resilience.

Community and environment will need resilience to combat extreme weather and unsustainable developments encroaching on our inherited wetlands, native forests, and oceans.

I will not be renominating as Chair at our upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) but I hope to stay on the committee to focus on CEN Youth, which I created two years ago as Chair.

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Lion Island clean-up clears the waters for Little Penguins

1660 cubic metres of waste has been removed from the Hawkesbury River

A clean up project at Lion Island last month has resulted in a record amount of debris collected, and local wildlife to bounce back, following severe flooding in March.

The works,which commenced in early April, was part of NSW’s largest ever clean up of its shorelines, waterways and

beaches following heavy rain.

The Planning team identified that the Little Penguin habitat on the Island would require specialist planning.

NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Director Incident Management and Environmental Health, Arminda Ryan, said the clean-up had made waterways safer for the community, but also safer for

wildlife.

“The shorelines of Lion Island in Broken Bay, home to many native species including threatened penguin colonies, has been cleared of washed-up debris including building materials, broken wood, contents of sheds,” Ryan said.

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“The removal of debris will significantly reduce the possibility of entanglements and ingestion of plastics by wildlife and also allows the penguins easier access to their breeding spots on the island.

“Approximately 1650 cubic

metres of waste has been removed from the Hawkesbury River since clean-up works commenced in early April.

“The Lower Hawkesbury and Central Coast waterways are now cleared of an enormous amount of flood debris and the benefits are clear to see.”

As the island continues to be monitored for the remobilisation of storm debris, clean up works

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Central Coast ranks in top three for dog attacks in NSW Lake Macquarie was the worst Local Government Area for dog attacks in the last quarter of last year.

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Central Coast Council and Wollongong were next with 59 each.

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Ten people on the coast were involved in serious attacks where medical attention was needed while another 37 people were involved in less serious attacks and 43 animals were

attacked.

The figures were released last week by the Office of Local Government.

State wide, the breeds most involved in attacks were American Staffordshire Terrier (198 instances); Bull Terrier (Staffordshire) 107; Australian Cattle Dog 56 and German Shepherds 45.

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New PSN Radio tower installed at Umina Beach A new emergency communications tower has recently opened at Umina Beach in a bid to expand the Central Coast’s Public Safety Network.

The new radio site, which is located at 51 Castle Circuit, Umina Beach, was delivered by the NSW Telco Authority.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the new radio site is vital to ongoing community safety.

“Alongside Australia’s triple zero emergency hotline, the Public Safety Network is the most critical communications network in our State,” Crouch said.

“Public Safety Network sites provide emergency services organisations with a single, integrated network upon which they communicate.

“During the Black Summer of bushfires, the Public Safety Network allowed the Rural Fire

Service, Police Force, Fire and Rescue, Ambulance and SES continue to communicate even when the general mobile network stopped functioning.

“This is technology that saves lives – by expanding the footprint of this critical infrastructure, we are ensuring that frontline responders have a more reliable network to help keep people and property safe.”

Minister for Digital and Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello, said the State Government was investing more than $600 million in essential infrastructure.

“The new radio site at Umina Beach will make it easier for our local emergency services to communicate when it matters most,” Dominello said.

“During an emergency, every second counts.”

Source: Media release, May 26 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch

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DELIVERING FOR THE CENTRAL COAST Lucy Wicks and the Morrison Government are backing Central Coast businesses to invest and create more local jobs.

Supporting around 16,600 businesses in Robertson to write off the full value of any eligible asset they purchase.

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Beds go from beach to Beirut

Seventy hospital beds have made the trip from the Beach to Beirut this month in a joint partnership with the Rotary Club of Umina beach and Peninsula Villages.

The surplus beds, which were transported to Beirut via Castle Hill, were used to aid in reconstruction works on the

ground.

Rotary Club members collected the beds and loaded them into the rental truck and drove them to the depot for transportation.

Publicity officer, Pat Lewis, said the Rotary organisation collects materials from clubs throughout Greater Sydney, and sends them in bulk to

countries in need.

“There is urgent need for hospital equipment in Beirut due to the recent destruction of infrastructure by the chemical explosion in the port, but also due to the ravages of COVID-19,” Lewis said.

“The beds we sent will be part of a much larger combined shipment from many Rotary

clubs so it would be very difficult for each club to receive individual feedback but the reputation of Rotary International for constantly supporting such causes throughout the world is well known.

“We have every confidence that these beds will reach their source and be immediately put

to use.

“We thank Village CEO Shane Neave for his generosity in donating these beds.”

Lewis said the Club takes every opportunity they can to send goods to people in need in overseas countries.

“In the past we have collected and donated books and educational materials to Pacific

Island countries, survival kits to countries hit by natural disasters, and even on one occasion, bras to women and girls in Fiji,” Lewis added.

“On another occasion, we sent knitted clothing for AIDS affected babies in South Africa through Rotary friends we have there.”

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Central Coast Friend of Democracy is a community initiative and not affiliated with any political body. The Central Coast Friends of Democracy (CCFoD) was launched on 12 May 2021 by Jane Smith, a community advocate for over 20 years and elected to Central Coast Council in 2017.

The aim of CCFoD is to restore local democracy to our Central Coast community and reclaim our Council.

So What Now? Administration, De-Amalgamation, and Other Options

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Street flags to ‘shine’ in Reconciliation and NAIDOC Weeks

A collaborative street flag presentation will be held in Umina Town Centre to help mark Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week.

First Nations children and young people from across the Coast are having their creative expression celebrated through ‘Maliga’ – an annual visual storytelling program that helps mark the two Weeks.

Maliga sees First Nations young people share stories of culture and identity through

visual, performance and literary expression.

Central Coast Council Acting Director Community and Recreation Services, Phil Cantillon, said this year’s artworks showcase both a traditional and contemporary style.

“Council is thrilled to once again help celebrate the stories and talent of our young First Nations people aged three to 18 through the Maliga program,” Cantillon said.

“The street flag presentation is an annual highlight for the Coast and this year we can enjoy pieces by local artist Kyle Waters and the work of students from Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College (The Entrance and Berkeley Vale), Kincumber Public School, Wyong High School and Wadalba Community School.

“Maliga means Shine in Darkinjung language and the Maliga visual storytelling program is a community led initiative that provides an

outstanding platform for young First Nations people on the Coast to shine.”

Maliga is made possible through collaborations with local Elders, cultural leaders and educational institutions and the participation of First Nations families.

This year’s flags include a representation of ‘Tiddalik the Frog’ brought to life through the illustrative skills of local artist of Kamilaroi descent, Kyle Waters.

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said Council is committed to supporting reconciliation and celebrating young First Nations peoples from the Coast.

“The Coast is home to a growing First Nations peoples community – including many talented young people – and it is wonderful to be able to hear their stories and experience their work through important initiatives such as Maliga,” Hart said.

“It is important to mark

Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week and encourage everyone to enjoy the artworks across the Coast and attend the featured exhibitions at our galleries.”

The artworks will also be shown at street flag presentations in Wyong, Toukley, Long Jetty Town Centre and along Tuggerah Straight.

Source: Media release, May 31 Central Coast Council

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“An oasis in a badly designed, malfunctioning desert of concrete” This was how one resident described Blackwall Reserve in their objection letter to council, trying to save the site from development.

Lots 23 and 23A Memorial Avenue, Blackwall are on the Council list of tranche three assets for sale.

“Since the announcement of the planned sell-off of our Reserve, many people have visited and understood the importance of these beautiful trees.

“Not just for the wildlife or as a jigsaw piece in the fight against global heating, but as a breathing space for us,” resident Jane Hendy wrote.

The letter explained that nearby land was recently cleared to allow 12 dwellings to be built.

“One swamp mahogany was so massive it was estimated to have been 150 years old,” Hendy said.

“Let us hope that the builder allows for enough parking to avoid utter chaos in the unnamed, unlit and extremely narrow laneway.”

More than 270 people signed

a petition to save the reserve.

Their reasons included: • It is only a small area however, there are over 40 mature trees including Blackbutts, Melaleucas and Swamp Mahogany.

• These trees are remnant vegetation of the Endangered Ecological Community (EEC) existing across the road on

Blackwall Mountain, the Narrabeen Coastal Blackbutt Forest.

• On Council’s website this Reserve is listed as a bushfire buffer Category 1. It is marshland, subject to flooding, and the lowest point in Blackwall. Selling it for more high-density housing will lead to drainage and

flooding problems affecting surrounding homes.

• There is no direct access to the Reserve except by a narrow, one-way, unnamed laneway.

• The Reserve is home to wildlife including microbats, flying fox, channel billed cuckoos, currawongs, magpies, native pigeons, blue

tongue lizards, marsupial mice and more. The loss of this habitat will mean homelessness and death for many of these animals as this is the last piece of remnant level forest in Blackwall’s residential area.

• The neighbourhood surrounding the Reserve has been degraded by lack of

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planning, overcrowding, and neglect by Council. The loss of our greenness, our breathing space, our views of amazingly beautiful trees, will be a clear loss of amenity to the area.

The petition asked: How will we wake up in the mornings without the kookaburra to sing Reveille?

With public submissions now closed on tranche three asset sales, residents across the coast now await the next step.

Council said only land classified as operational and zoned for the correct purpose of sale, will initially go back to Council for endorsement to sell.

That includes this reserve which is zoned general residential. It was acquired by council for road widening.

Council says the reason for sale was because the land was no longer required for road widening as this had been completed.

Council said the land would be better utilised as residential housing sites.

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Calls for tougher dog laws intensify Calls for dog laws to be introduced on the Central Coast have been heightened after reports suggest local dog attacks occur more than once a day.

Central Coast Council reported that from the period of April 1 to May 1, Council investigated 32 dog attacks.

The suburbs resulting in most of these attacks include Umina and Woy Woy. Last month, Central Coast Council announced they would develop a Responsible Pet Ownership Policy with a zerotolerance approach to dog attacks.

At a Council meeting back on April 27, former Administrator, Dick Persson, said that with the Coast having the highest population of dogs in NSW, this was an important community safety issue.

“I have been deeply disturbed by the trauma caused to a pet owner through a dog attack resulting in the fatality of their pet,” Persson said.

“Whilst the overall number of dog attack incidents on the

Coast has decreased over the previous four years, given our high rate of dog ownership, dog attacks are still a serious issue for the community and Council’s community safety staff.”

It’s a situation Ettalong local, James Foster, knows all too well.

Foster said he was sat with his dog, Max, on May 12 at Ettalong when a large dog approached them, and grabbed his small dog.

“We were just sat there on the wall when a man approached and let the lead go loose,” Foster said.

“The dog ran in, grabbed Max by the head and shook him around like a rag doll – Max is blind, he would have had no idea.

“Seven people, as well as myself, tried to get the dog off him but he just wouldn’t let go.

“His chest and throat was torn open and he had five drainage tubes him for 14 days after.

“At one point I thought it was best to put him down because

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he was so stressed, but luckily he’s settled down.

“He’s a fighter!”

Fortunately, Max is on his way to a full recovery, but Foster says it’s not enough, something must be done.

“It’s very important that we get these laws passed so dogs liked mine can never get attacked like that again,” Foster said.

“Rangers want those powers to be able to seize the dog.

“I heard this particular dog who attacked mine attacked another last Thursday – it had a muzzle on, but it still attacked another small dog.

“It’s a hunter.”

The Policy is said to include mandatory penalties where an attack has led to the fatality of another dog unless they are extenuating circumstances – this would be reviewed by an

Enforcement Review Panel led by a Council Executive.

The possible consequences for owners of attacking dogs include a $1,320 fine and a Dangerous and Menacing dog order.

These orders require owners to comply with control requirements that are enforceable by law.

A Council spokesperson said this Policy is planned to go before Council in July, where it will then seek approval for public exhibition and comment.

Council has also written to the State Government, seeking a review of dangerous dog breeds – they are still awaiting a reply.

But Woy Woy local, Dick Rijnsburger is calling for more, asking Council to put up security cameras in and around Lions Park.

Rijnsburger and his partner were walking their six-monthold puppy at the Brisbane Water walkway on May 18 when they were attacked by a dog.

Rijnsburger said they were walking 10 metres away from a man who then lost control of his dog.

“The dog came charging at us, all the while making no sound whatsoever, nor did his owner for that matter,” Rijnsburger said “There was no call back attempt made by the owner.

“When the dog came charging at us, I [attempted] to pick up our pup to protect it from the unavoidable and unprovoked attack.

“Whilst I was bending down to do so, the dog latched on to my upper arm - I threw the dog off my arm leaving a massive laceration and deep punctures.

“As soon as the dog landed on the ground it went straight for our pup and latched on to her behind.

“This dog was still not making any sounds, it was out for blood.

“My partner was in a position to plant her knee down on the dogs neck.

“Whilst trying to free our pup, the owner finally acted and put his full body weight onto his dog to restrain it.”

The pair then picked up their dog and jumped the fence of a nearby property to put a barrier between themselves and the dog.

They said they then reported the incident to the police.

“After the police visit, both the

dog and I spent a considerable amount of time in the emergency room getting cleaned up,” Rijnsburger added.

“Neither the police nor council rangers were of much help.

“This would predominantly be [because] the current legislation does not give them the proper tools to be of any help.

“It’s created a lack of trust and confidence in the institutions that are meant to protect and serve.

“Council needs to put up security cameras in and around Lions Park …if these were in place we would’ve had a chance of tracking down the man and dog responsible.”

Rijnsburger said he would also like to see owners of dangerous dogs have to follow a mandatory course on how to manage their dog in public, and ensure their dog wears a harness and muzzle.

“It is worth noting that this man was clearly aware that his dog is uncontrollable, extremely aggressive, powerful and dangerous,” Rijnsburger said.

“This attack was completely unprovoked and could have been a lot worse.

“This man had no ability to control his dog … [he] is basically walking around with a lethal weapon and has no means to control it.”

Council have asked locals to urgently report roaming or uncontrolled dogs by calling 1300 463 964.

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Council’s Climate Action Plan and Greener Spaces strategies dropped Plans to develop Central Coast Council’s Climate Change Action Plan have been put on hold as has its Greener Places Strategy.

And the adoption and commencement of its Sustainability Strategy has been put off “until future years”.

The policies have not been included in Council’s plans for the coming financial year after being axed as part of the third quarter review of this financial year’s operational plan.

The Climate Change Policy adopted in 2018 stated it would allow council to align its planning with NSW State policy to transition towards a net zero emissions region by 2050.

Council was to develop strategies on climate actions, to respond, to adapt and to build resilience to changing

risks to the community, council assets, infrastructure and the environment.

The Sustainability Strategy was meant to enable sustainable urban development that valued energy efficiency, heritage, local character, the environment, transport, safety and liveability.

The Greener Places Strategy focused on mitigating the impacts of climate change on the coastal ecosystems, infrastructure, health, agriculture, and biodiversity.

Administrator Rik Hart said the council was unable to continue to do some things as it continues to downsize.

Suspended councillor Jane Smith said the community had made it clear in the Community Strategic Plan (CSP) that action on climate change and protection of the environment were important to them.

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“The CSP identifies the main priorities and aspirations for the future of the region,” she said.

“It is concerning that Council is axing important programs around Climate Change and Greener Places.

“The Central Coast is one of the highest risk areas for extreme weather events and impacts of climate change including flooding, coastal erosion, bushfires and storms.

“These are not issues for the future – they are here and now – and have a significant social and economic impact on our local community,” Smith said.

Council’s third quarter Q3 review highlighted other strategies have been deferred or delayed.

A draft rural lands audit and strategy for the region has been deferred for completion in 2022 or 2023 depending

on staff and resources.

The council’s Landcare Program has been delayed as have elements of the Biodiversity Strategy.

At the end of Quarter 3, which was March 31, the overall performance shows that out of the 108 actions or targets, council completed four and 68 are on track.

Of the rest, one action one has not started; 11 are delayed, 23 are on hold and one is closed.

A tourism opportunity plan which was to launch a one year campaign called “1,000 things we could do” to encourage tourism was closed.

Programs delayed include a Wyong Town Centre Structure Plan and ones for Woy Woy, East Gosford and West Gosford.

The good news is that installation of solar power systems on council assets,

while slightly delayed, is likely to be completed by the end of May. And more than 99 per cent of rubbish bins were collected on time in the third quarter despite public holidays and roads closed due to flooding.

By the end of the financial year on June 30, the council reckons it will have constructed 2.7kms of drainage infrastructure, 5.5kms of curb and guttering; resurfaced 20kms of roads and renewed 15kms of road pavement this year.

Five kilometres of shared footpaths will also reportedly have been constructed by June 30.

A holiday parks business strategy and master plan is on hold and the report notes that occupancy rates of all the parks have risen this year compared to last year.

Budgewoi Holiday Park occupancy rate for instance

is up more than eight per cent on the same time last year while Norah Head and Toowoon Bay have both already exceeded their annual targets by 11 per cent.

Council is required to prepare and submit a quarterly budget review statement to the Council within two months of the end of each quarter (excluding June).

It is the mechanism whereby the community is informed of Council’s progress against the Operational Plan and the budget along with recommended changes and reasons for major variances.

The report on the updated plan was adopted by the administrator at the May 25 council meeting.

(See separate story on the financial statements from Q3.)

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Police wish to speak to this man in relation to Ettalong Beach theft

Police have released CCTV images of a man they wish to speak to in relation to a series of thefts last month in Ettalong Beach.

The man was spotted entering a store on Ocean View Rd at about 6:25pm on Wednesday, May 26, and again between 4:52pm and 4:55pm on Friday, May 28.

The man allegedly took alcohol from a shelf in the store and left without paying on both occasions.

Following investigations, police from Brisbane Water

Woy Woy man charged in relation to fraudulent vehicle safety reports

Police District have obtained images of a man who they believe may be able to assist with their enquiries.

Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page.

Source: Social media, June 2 Brisbane Water Police District

A 45-year-old man from Woy Woy has been charged after allegedly issuing over 100 fraudulent vehicle safety reports.

An audit was conducted on May 25 at an Authorised Inspection Station at Woy Woy after a joint investigation between Mt Druitt Highway Patrol and Transport for NSW revealed at least four vehicles had been issued with unseen vehicle safety reports.

The audit revealed a number of breaches and detection of a possible 167 fraudulent vehicle

Local Government Act 1993 NOTICE OF PUBLIC INQUIRY – Central Coast Council The Minister for Local Government has appointed Ms Roslyn McCulloch as Commissioner to hold a Public Inquiry under section 438U of the Local Government Act 1993 (LG Act) into Central Coast Council.

The Terms of Reference of the Inquiry are:

Anyone with information about these incidents should call

Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

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safety reports having been issued over the previous month.

The man was arrested and subsequently charged with

‘Publish etc false misleading material to obtain advantage T1’ and is to appear before Gosford Local Court at a later date.

The man was granted strict conditional bail and is prevented from operating as an examiner at any AIS. Anyone with information about motor vehicle crime is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Source: Social media, May 31 Traffic and Highway Patrol Command – NSW Police Force

To inquire and report to the Minister for Local Government with respect to whether: 1. In exercising its functions pursuant to sections 21, 22, 23, 23A and 24 of the LG Act, the governing body met its obligations in a manner consistent with sections 8A(1)(b), 8B(a), 8B(c) and 8B(d) of the LG Act, particularly in relation to: a. Whether the governing body acted in a manner that maximised the success of gaining efficiencies and financial savings from the merger process, b. Whether the governing body disregarded the financial consequences of its decisions, and c. Whether the governing body’s decisions since 2017 contributed to the financial position which the Council now finds itself in.

2. In exercising its functions pursuant to section 223 of the LG Act, the governing body ensured: a. As far as possible, that decisions taken by it had regard to the financial sustainability of the council, and b. That it kept under review the performance of the council, including that council spending was responsible and sustainable by aligning general revenue and expenses.

3. Any other matter that warrants mention, particularly those that may impact on the effective administration of Council’s functions and responsibilities or the community’s confidence in the Council being able to do so.

The Commissioner may make recommendations as the Commissioner sees fit having regard to the outcomes of the Inquiry, including whether all civic offices at Central Coast Council should be declared vacant.

Submissions are invited from persons with an interest in putting forward points of view relating to the Terms of Reference. Submissions received by the Inquiry will be made available to the public at the Commissioner’s discretion.

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Written submissions should be forwarded to the Office of the Commissioner, Central Coast Council Public Inquiry, Locked Bag 3018, Nowra NSW 2541. Submissions may also be emailed to centralcoastcouncil.publicinquiry@olg.nsw.gov.au

Council's 2021-22 Community Grants Program opens 1 July until 31 July 2021. Funding is available to support community groups and organisations to deliver worthwhile projects, programs and events across the Coast.

Submissions should be received by 21 June 2021.

Persons intending to make a submission are encouraged to review the Information Paper available from the Office of the Commissioner.

Persons seeking to appear at the Public Hearings are asked to give advance written notice of their desire to make oral submissions, either within their written submission or in separate written advice. Such notice is to include a brief outline of the topics the person wishes to address, having regard to the Terms of Reference of the Inquiry. It should be noted, however, that the Commissioner is not obliged to automatically give a right of appearance to all persons wishing to appear before her.

Interested in applying? Attend an upcoming grant writing workshop or information session, designed to help you better understand the application process.

Further enquiries regarding the Inquiry can be made to the Office of the Commissioner at the address given, or email at centralcoastcouncil.publicinquiry@olg.nsw.gov.au The Information Paper on the conduct of the Inquiry is also available on the Public Inquiry website at olg.nsw.gov.au/public-inquiries/central-coast-council-public-inquiry/

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An open letter to Central Coast Council I am a native animal rescue volunteer here on the beautiful Central Coast based in Umina.

I have seen first hand the large amount of native animals that come into our organisation’s care through destruction of their native habitat; displaced animals that have nowhere to go and so end up in trouble.

More and more I see vulnerable, threatened or endangered species coming into our care including the Eastern Long Eared Bat, the East Coast Freetail Bat, the Eastern Pygmy Possum, the Brush Stone Curlew, the Little Lorikeet and the Grey Headed Flying fox.

Each one would be using any of these reserves up for sale on the Coast, either for habitat or for food.

I get called out often to rescue animals that have wandered in to people’s homes looking for a place to sleep, as we humans encroach more and more on their habitat and way of life, cutting down more and more of

FORUM their trees and habitat they sleep and forage in.

Members of the public get distraught and sometimes so emotional that the animal has come into their home, that I have to play the role not only as animal rescuer, but as councillor and negotiator too, usually in the night.

Our carers, particularly possum and glider carers, must go out every night, sometimes in the rain, to gather foliage, native fruit and flowers for their animals in care.

Most of these reserves are where they find them.

Members of public can sometimes become abusive when they see carers picking from their verge trees and bushes, so the more the carers can gather from reserves the safer it is for them.

I am very upset and sad that Central Coast Council is yet again making less and less native habitat available for our animals and that can only

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Trees on the Peninsula need to be preserved

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mean more animals coming into care.

We are over burdened as it is; we don’t get paid, we are volunteers who do this out of compassion and love for our beautiful native wildlife.

But we also get burnt out with trying to cope with the large amount of animals we have in care every day.

There is always a consequence to an action; the sell off of our last remaining reserves would mean more displaced native animals, more animals coming into people’s houses and more burden on our volunteers.

Not to mention that the Central Coast will go from being a green place to live, renowned for its natural beauty, to being a concrete jungle.

I for one don’t want to live in concrete.

I ask and beg that you put a stop to the selling off of these reserves; give nature a chance to settle and grow, and us a chance to breathe.

On the Woy Woy Peninsula over a number of years, there has been an increasing trend to replace single dwelling houses with multi-unit developments (including a number of Council approved (developments) larger than LEP parameters.)

temperatures on the Peninsula have already been increasing and obviously the situation will deteriorate further over time.

There can be no doubt then that every single tree on public land should be preserved.

It is reported that Council intends to sell a parcel of land between the back of Peninsula Plaza and Woy Woy oval.

This has on it a precious, long-term, mature stand of paperbark trees.

It is reported further that land

is to be resold to the owner of the shops.

There can be only one conclusion – that the trees will be bulldozed to allow extension of the parking lot.

There are many very good reasons why these trees should be preserved, especially that they are a counter to summer heat from the parking lot.

I wish to strongly protest and express my opposition to this proposal.

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In connection with the coming rates rises, Adam Crouch says that ‘it’s completely unfair for ratepayers to have to pay for the mistakes and failings of the councillors’ (“IPART decides on special rate increase”, PP 014), but this is just standard political bunkum and not to be taken seriously.

Who voted these nincompoops into office, if it wasn’t the ratepayers?

You get the government you deserve, and, if donkey voters

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are going to prevail in our elections, we shall continue to have a city run by incompetent political hacks, motivated only by self-interest and ideological

animosity.

Even if none of the ousted crop ever runs again, the Parties will replace them with similar, faceless clones and rely on mindless above-theline voting to engineer much the same kind of representation as we have had before.

The idea of reducing the number of councillors is one of the worst ever put forward, because it will lay even more emphasis on political affiliation as an identifier.

What we need is elimination of party affiliations being

Should council rezone land for sale for the highest return?

How about the council rezone the land for sale of tranche 3 properties to high density commercial and residential with mandatory parking and a portion for low income rent controlled renters.

This will maximize the revenue from the sale for council.

NSW Box Hill Council and the ACT government have a relevant precedent (‘The Game of Mates’ by Cameron Murray,

FORUM Paul Frijters).

In the ACT when an area is rezoned, 70% of the sale price increase is returned to the government.

If the owner is not happy with the 30% windfall, they don’t get the rezoning and the land cannot be developed.

If this idea were done on the sites near the council sale sites it would reduce the local land holder objections to tranche 3

rezoning and sale as they would have a vested financial interest in gaining the rezone for the area and the possibility to sell with increased profits due to a higher density zoning.

The building activity and real estate sales generated from the rezoning would be an income maker and job creator for the people of the Central Coast.

Source: Email, May 25 Simon Lane, Daleys Point

shown on the ballot paper and discontinuance of above-theline voting.

Even better would be the institution of 15 one-member wards and a requirement that any candidate live in the ward for which he/she is standing.

Local government is supposed to be about connection with the community, but it would be an odds-on bet that the big majority of ratepayers couldn’t name one councillor from the ward in which they vote at present.

This is how candidates can

promise to be “open and transparent”, while knowing that they will never be brought to account, because nobody will remember their names.

Of course, I agree with Adam Couch to the extent that making good for the current financial imbroglio shouldn’t fall on ratepayers at large: that is completely unfair.

The burden should fall on those who elected the late, unlamented cabal into office.

Unfortunately, with a secretballot system, we can’t identify them, and none of them is

going to own up to the calamitous result of their poor judgement, although, if they had a shred of conscience, they would take the blame honestly and let the rest of us off the financial hook they have caught us on.

I’d lay money that some of those now most vehement in opposition to the rate rises were enthusiastic supporters of the candidates who have brought us to this pass.

Email, May 25 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

Maintain book budget I was shocked to see in Central Coast Council’s operational plan and budget currently on exhibition, that Council propose to not only close The Entrance branch library and sell off the Bateau Bay library premises but also to cut the whole Central Coast Library Service book/ resources budget by a massive $720,000 over the next four years (see Draft Operational plan p

FORUM 102).

Expenditure per head of population is already well below recommended State Library standards for local libraries and this savage cut will have a huge impact on the availability of books and other resources for recreation and study.

The community has until May 26 to object to this

foolhardy proposal by making a submission on the Council’s operational plan and budget at https://www. yourvoiceourcoast. com/2021-22_ OperationalPlan.

The book budget should be retained at the pre-COVID level, and gradually increased as resources allow in the future.

Email, May 18 Sue Ellis, Umina Beach

In the line of Friendly fire Controversial political comedian Friendly Jordies recently visited the Central Coast and delivered one of his live, funny, and engaging performances.

Friendly Jordies is a comedian and Youtuber who has made headlines across the country for his controversial criticism of Australian politics and interviews on his YouTube channel with politicians Jodi McKay, Bill Shorten, and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

In his recent show at the Gosford Leagues Club, Friendly Jordies spoke all about bias in the media and how it is hard to know where “news” comes from these days.

He points out how the former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is currently drawing attention to the fact the media is controlled by one billionaire who doesn’t live here, Rupert Murdoch.

Friendly Jordies has studied the media landscape for a long time including, it seems, Central Coast Newspapers.

“You guys are actually talking about cabinet dramas, and people are reading the paper more as a result, aka the council imploding in on itself – it shows people want to know about this.

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and he explains simply that “someone needs to do it”.

“Self-help is the way out of it, it’s very necessary for our generation to learn that you’re not actually special, you actually have to accumulate a skill in life, and that skill has to be valuable to the community, you can’t just make pottery with your face on it and hope people are going to buy it,” he said.

He quotes Plato - “The unexamined life is not worth living” - and exclaims that self-help forces you to observe yourself and become better.

“I would not have created the public service I have created without self-help.”

Friendly Jordies

“The problem is that a lot of newspapers won’t report like that,” he said.

Friendly Jordies doesn’t just talk about the media but speaks on topics such as freedom of speech. He said his shows are more focused on what is going on right here in NSW, rather than in global politics like stories involving Donald Trump or Julian Assange.

“I’m focused on what’s happening in NSW and they don’t live here.”

Training at a theatre school, completing International Studies at the University of NSW, and moving in modelling and comedy, life has already been a whirlwind for the 31-year-old.

He said his motivation and desire to achieve comes down to his belief in self-help and duty,

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Smooth sailing for Bay Gallery

Sculptor, Leasha Craig, welding the design, Inset: Finished sculpture Photos: Lisa Haymes

It’s now smooth sailing for the Bay Gallery in Ettalong Beach after a brand-new makeover left the exhibit with a unique attraction.

The gallery received a major transformation last month including new decking, a new

awning and the finishing touches of a stainless-steel sculpture.

The ‘Smooth Sailing’ sculpture, which adorns the front awning of the Broken Bay Rd Gallery, is the latest creation of local artist Leasha Craig.

The sculpture, which took

over two months to create, is said to be inspired by the leadlight, stained glass windows which have been placed throughout the gallery.

The design also incorporates a new labour-intensive technique from Craig – spotwelding stainless steel round

bar and braided stainless-steel wire.

Craig said she is passionate about highlighting the importance of art in our society.

“I enjoy the public art component of my practice which gives me the opportunity to create art that the whole

community can enjoy and a way of contributing to the beautification of the residential and commercial areas on the Coast,” Craig said.

Craig has also installed public artworks at the War Memorial at Terrigal Foreshore and the Cenotaph at Club Toukley.

Locals can visit the new sculpture at the Gallery which is open from Thursday to Sunday, 10am till 3pm.

Source: Media release, May 7 Art Studios Cooperative

Local restauranteur returns to stage Hardys Bay restauranteur, Rupert Noffs, will be stepping back into a past life and sharing the stage with best friend and downtown Manhattan cabaret icon Amber Martin, for the Bette Milder show, BATHHOUSE BETTE, at the Naughty Noodle Fun Haus on June 26.

The award-nominated show will feature Martin playing the Broadway chorus singer who got her first headline gig singing weekend shows to men in towels at the legendary Continental Baths in NYC, with Noffs singing songs performed

by Bette’s house accompanist, Barry Manilow.

Bathhouse Bette was written

by Martin and pays tribute to the bawdy, sometimes naughty comedy, and beautiful music of Bette Midler in a celebration of the earliest bathhouse performances.

Noffs is the owner of The Lucky Bee in Hardys Bay and said he is excited to be reunited with Amber Martin on stage. “[Amber] is a talent unlike any other,” Noffs said.

“She has the best comedic timing then a voice like Barbra Streisand in the 60’s plus a

brash Texan attitude – take no prisoners.”

Noffs met Martin when he first moved to NYC in 2010 and lived across the famous Bar, The Lucky Strike.

“The Lucky Strike was where Moby started DJ-ing and where Madonna would hang out,”

Noffs said.

“Super old school, relaxed with incredible food and cocktails... and always amazing DJs. “Amber was a bartender and DJ there, when Matty and I just got off the plane, literally, and walked by.

“Amber was in the window, like a mannequin.

“She turned to us and flashed us her tits; It was love at first sight.

“Matty and I walked in and danced to her tracks … she’s an encyclopaedia of music.

“Like my mentor, Mark

Trevorrow (Aka Bob Downe), Amber became one of my closest friends in New York, like a big sister I always wanted.”

Noffs wrote and performed multiple shows with Martin in New York.

He said he has a background in music and started when he left school and was accepted into the Conservatorium of Music and trained in Classical Performance.

“I then went onto NIDA and studied Acting, Singing and Dancing and got a job on a P&O boat in Europe.

“Since then, I’ve done a few cabaret shows in NYC and Sydney.

Noffs says hospitality is much the same as auditioning for shows - you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

“Everything you do in life is an audition.”

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Local volunteer recognised A Woy Woy volunteer has been recognised at the Volunteering Central Coast (VCC) 2021 Awards Ceremony last week for her dedication to the local community.

Gabrielle Grenier from Mary Mac’s Place took out the ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award at the May 26 ceremony at Erina Centre.

Since starting with the organisation at three days a week, picking up food rescue for the community, to extending her voluntary hours to five days a week through COVID-19, Gabrielle has been a constant force within Mary Mac’s.

Gabrielle said it was a complete surprise to win the award.

“My boss, Sally Liedberg, nominated me in complete secrecy and only informed me two days prior to the award ceremony that I should go,” she said.

“At this stage, I knew I would receive something but maybe a nomination certificate, which would have been awesome.

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Gabrielle also volunteers her time to two other services for aged care and every week goes from one service to another.

She said she started volunteering two years ago after going through a divorce.

“Volunteering has helped me to get out of sadness and find a purpose in life,” she said.

“Being there and caring for others is amazing and woke a force in me I didn’t know I had.

“It has been just as rewarding getting to know all of the volunteers I work with at Mary Mac’s; I have met the most awesome people and am proud to call them my friends, we are like a big family all with the same goal and good hearts to give and help others.”

Manager at Mary Mac’s Place, Sally Liedberg, said Gabrielle goes above and beyond to help the program and the local community.

“We are very lucky to have her on our team and would

love to show her recognition,” Liedberg said.

Other categories nominated at the Awards Ceremony were: Young Volunteer, Volunteer Team and ‘Living Legend’ Volunteer as well as Excellence in Volunteer Managers and Corporate Volunteers for 2021.

Nominations are currently being accepted for Statewide awards and close on Friday, July 9.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said it was important recipients were recognised for their commitment to community service.

“The Central Coast is home to more than 46,000 volunteers and our community has a higher rate of volunteering than any other region in Australia,” Crouch said.

“From local sporting groups and school P&Cs to environmental groups and not-for-profit organisations, volunteers are the silent army that keep the Central Coast going.”

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“As I told Sally, just being nominated was amazing on its own and honestly, I never expected anything else.

“So, winning the Volunteer of the Year 2021 award was a total surprise!

Gabrielle described her experience of volunteering at the Centre through COVID-19 as challenging but rewarding.

“When COVID-19 hit the Central Coast in March 2020, we went from a team of 10 volunteers to only one with the Catholic Care staff of two.

“This was challenging but keeping Mary Mac’s open became obviously essential during the pandemic.

“We were unable to continue to cook hot meals, so we made up to 120 sandwiches Monday to Friday for people in need.

“At Mary Mac’s the challenging times can be difficult, but seeing people who are homeless, sleeping in parks and streets and come to us for essentials such as food, shower, washing machine or social

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After hosting the fair on behalf of the PCYC for the last five years, the Rotary Club of Woy Woy said they are looking forward to welcoming back both regular customers and new, at the two-day fair.

The PCYC team will also be operating a cafe alongside the Fair, with all proceeds going towards the youth club.

For locals wishing to stop by and grab a bargain, the fair will

be hosted in the clubhouse which is located at the end of Osborne Ave. On Saturday, June 12, the fair will be open from 9am till 4pm, whereas on Sunday, June 13, the fair will run from 9am till 12pm.

Source: Media release, May 23 Vic Brown, Rotary Club of Woy Woy

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Funding boost for live music venues Two venues on the Peninsula have received thousands of dollars in funding to support their live music ventures.

Both the Hardys Bay Community Club and the Link and Pin Café in Woy Woy received $7,500 each as part of the State Government’s Live Music Support Package.

Owner of the Link and Pin Café, Mark Fraser, said he thinks the grant is a great initiative for local venues to get involved with.

“We are very happy to be one of the recipients of this grant,” Fraser said.

“Live music is pretty much our main staple – we put on four events a week and so this funding will allow us to build a PA system and provide a better experience for both punters and performers.

“Having this government support is invaluable … every little bit helps.”

Committee member of the Hardys Bay Community Club,

Live music at Hardys Bay Community Club will receive a cash boost

John Brown, said the Club was thankful for the funding after experiencing a tough time through COVID-19.

“It’s going to have a big impact – we haven’t been able to pay our performers

since COVID-19 – we didn’t have any money, it was shut for four months,” Brown said.

“And since, the bands have been surviving on tips and free drinks and food.

“People at the club have been generous in giving tips, but obviously it’s not enough to live on.

“We will use the money to pay bands and reward them … we’ll also be able to have

bigger ticketed events.”

Applications were assessed by an industry and NSW Government inter-agency panel, with funding allocated based on the size of individual venues, and whether the

venue operates exclusively for live music or whether live music forms a significant part of the venue operations.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the venues are among the 77 regional venues to receive a cash boost.

“COVID-19 had a significant impact on every single business, but the pandemic has particularly devastated the live music industry,” Crouch said.

“Without a stage to perform on and audiences to entertain, there are no artists and support teams, so the Live Music Support Package is a lifeline for tens of thousands of people across NSW.” A total of $150,000 was spread across the Coast with Shady Palm’s receiving $15,000 and Avoca Beach Theatre being allocated the remaining $120,000.

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Tea Cosy expo returns The Lions Club of Woy Woy Peninsula’s Annual Tea Cosy Expo is back!

With a three-day expo held over the June Long Weekend, the Club aims to help raise funds for local community projects as part of their major fundraiser.

Sponsored by Animal Talent, the Expo will be held at Umina

Beach Surf Club on Ocean Beach Rd. Visitors can expect to find a range of tea cosies and tea pots on display and for sale, with purchases to be collected at 3pm on Monday, June 14.

The event was cancelled last year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

For locals wanting to enter

the expo, there is a gold coin donation box on-site.

The event will open on Saturday, June 12 from 1pm to 5pm, Sunday, June 14 from 9am to 5pm, and Monday, June 14 from 9am to 4pm.

Source: Media release, May 25 Lions Club of Woy Woy Peninsula Inc

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France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour How The Victorians Built Britain (PG) 3:00 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 The Great House Revival (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Robson Green - Walking Hadrian’s Wall (PG) 8:30 The Unusual Suspects (M) 9:30 The Handmaid’s Tale (MA15+) 10:25 SBS World News Late 10:55 The Sleepers (M l,v) (In Czech/ English) 12:00 Dublin Murders (MA15+) 2:15 Cruising Iceland 3:05 Alex Polizzi Chef For Hire 4:15 Vice Guide To Film (MA15+) 5:00 France 24 Feature News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize 2:05 How The Victorians Built Britain (PG) 3:00 NITV News: Nula 3:30 Nulla Nulla (PG) 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 The Great House Revival (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Life And Death In Herculaneum (M s) 8:30 World’s Most Beautiful Railway 9:25 The Windsors’ Lost Letters: Family First (PG) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Beforeigners (MA15+) (In Norwegian) 5:00 France 24 Feature News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 SBS News Flood Special: Hard Rain 2:30 Rhythmic Gymnastics: World Cup Tashkent 4:00 Trail Towns 4:30 Planet Expedition Mexico 5:30 Hitler’s Holy Treasure 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: New Zealand 8:30 Australia’s Biggest Singalong *Live* (PG) 10:30 Movie: “Florence Foster Jenkins” (PG) (’16) Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant 12:30 Great British Railway Journeys: Larne To Dumfries (PG) 1:05 Movie: “Babel” (MA15+) (’06) Stars: Brad Pitt (In English/ Spanish/ Arabic/ French/ Japanese/ Russian)

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

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5:00 France 24 Feature News 6:00 Tennis: Roland Garros: Day 7 6:00 Religious Programs [s] 6:00 Home Shopping 5:15 NHK World English News *Live* From Roland Garros 7:30 The Call (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 5:30 Worldwatch Stadium [s] 8:00 Pooches At Play [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 1:00 Speedweek 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 8:30 Freshly Picked With Simon (PG) [s] 3:00 Football: FIFA World Cup Toohey [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 2022 Magazine 1:00 Kochie’s Your Money & Your 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 9:00 Australia By Design [s] 3:30 Motor Sports: Andalucia Rally 1:00 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball: 9:30 Studio 10 Sunday [s] Life [s] Highlights Giants v Swifts *Live* From Ken 12:00 Advancing Australia [s] 1:30 Program To Be Advised 4:00 Great British Railway 12:30 Left Off The Map [s] 3:00 Dog Patrol (PG) [s] Rosewall Arena, Sydney [s] Journeys (PG) 1:00 My Market Kitchen [s] 3:00 NRL: Newcastle Knights v 3:30 Border Patrol (PG) [s] 4:35 Hitler And Churchill (PG) 1:30 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] Parramatta Eels *Live* From 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 2:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 5:35 How The Nazis Lost The War McDonald Jones Stadium, 5:30 Sydney Weekender (PG) [s] (PG) 3:30 Hotels By Design (PG) [s] Newcastle [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 6:30 SBS World News 4:00 Fishing Australia [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 7:00 7News Spotlight: 7:30 Anne Boleyn: Arrest, Trial, 4:30 Taste Of Australia With 7:00 Celebrity Apprentice Ride Of Your Life (M) [s] Execution (PG) Hayden Quinn [s] Australia (PG) [s] – Which 8:15 Crime Investigation Australia: 10:10 Vitamania: Truth About team can create an irresistible 5:00 10 News First [s] Most Infamous: The Killer Vitamins 6:00 WIN News [s] puppy video which has the Punch And Contract To Kill 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 11:45 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does potential to be the next viral (M v,s) [s] Countdown (M l,s) 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] social media movement?

9:40 The Real Manhunter: The 9:00 FBI: Never Trust A Stranger (M) 1:35 24 Hours In Emergency (M) Murder Of Clare Bernal (M v) [s] 8:35 60 Minutes [s] 2:30 Movie: “The Two Escobars” 9:35 NINE News Late [s] 10:00 FBI: Outsider (M) [s] 10:40 Criminal Confessions: The 11:00 FBI: Pilot (M) [s] (MA15+) (’10) Stars: María 10:05 Law & Order: Organized Worst Betrayal (M v,l) [s] 12:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Ester Escobar, Alexis García V. Crime (M) [s] 11:40 The Blacklist: The Wellstone (In Spanish/ English) 11:05 Tennis: Roland Garros: Day 8 1:00 Home Shopping Agency (M v) [s] 4:30 CBS This Morning [s] 4:25 Vice Guide To Film (M l,v) *Live* [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Landline [s] 10:30 Operation Overlord [s] 11:20 Stan Grant’s One Plus One [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 The Durrells (PG) [s] 2:00 Little Women (PG) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Australian Story [s] 8:30 Four Corners [s] 9:15 Media Watch (PG) [s] 9:35 Baby Surgeons (PG) [s] 10:25 ABC Late News [s] 10:55 Love On The Spectrum (PG) 11:50 MotherFatherSon (M l,d,s) [s] 12:50 No Offence (M l,s) [s] 1:40 rage (MA15+) [s] 4:25 The Drum [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Framed For Murder” (M s) (’07) Stars: Elisa Donovan, Susan Walters 2:00 Autopsy USA: Johnny Cash (M) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Big Brother (M) [s] – The new heads of house embrace their role, joining forces to create havoc. Meanwhile past alliances are thrown out the window. Big Brother is hosted

by Sonia Kruger.

9:00 9-1-1: Survivors (M) [s] 10:00 S.W.A.T.: Kingdom (M) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:30 Station 19: Louder Than A Bomb (M l) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

5:30 Today [s] 6:00 Headline News [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 1:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 1:30 Celebrity Apprentice 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] Australia (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 7:00 A Current Affair [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 7:30 Celebrity Apprentice 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] Australia (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 9:00 Emergency [s] – Contestants must pair up with 10:00 100% Footy (M) [s] – Phil another contestant to form Gould, Paul Gallen, James seven teams, each team must Bracey and more debate the create crayfish two ways. biggest issues in Rugby League 8:40 Have You Been Paying alongside the games most Attention? (M s,l,n) [s] influential figures.

9:40 Program To Be Advised 11:00 NINE News Late [s] 10:10 Just For Laughs (M) [s] 11:30 Tennis: Roland Garros: Day 9 10:40 The Project (PG) [s] *Live* From Roland Garros 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] Stadium [s] – Join us as live 12:30 The Late Show (PG) [s] play continues during Day 9.

1:30 Home Shopping

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Four Corners [s] 11:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Sanditon (PG) [s] 2:00 Little Women (PG) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Michael Kirby (PG) [s] 8:30 Love On The Spectrum [s] 10:20 China Tonight [s] 10:50 ABC Late News [s] 11:20 Q&A [s] 12:25 A Life In Ten Pictures [s] 1:15 rage (MA15+) [s] 3:30 Ice Wars (M d) [s] 4:25 The Drum [s] 5:25 7.30 [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Deadly Secrets By The Lake” (M v,s) (’17) – A decorated NYPD detective returns to her hometown after her sister is charged with the murder of her boss. Stars: Stefanie von Pfetten, Steve Byers, Tahmoh Penikett, Fulvio Cecere, Claire Rankin, Ferelith Young, Chris Gillett 2:00 Autopsy USA: Roy Orbison (M) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Big Brother (M) [s] 9:00 The Good Doctor: Vamos (M) 10:00 Ambulance: Code Red (M l) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:30 Filthy Rich: Pilot (M d,s,l) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 The Pet Rescuers (PG) [s] 1:30 Celebrity Apprentice Australia (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair [s] 7:30 Celebrity Apprentice Australia (PG) [s] 9:05 The Weakest Link [s] – The Weakest Link returns to Australian screens with a brand new series and new host, comedian and actress Magda Szubanski.

10:10 Kath & Kim: Fame (PG) [s] 10:40 Kath & Kim: Holiday (PG) [s] 11:10 NINE News Late [s] 11:40 Tennis: Roland Garros: Day 10 *Live* From Roland Garros Stadium [s]

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] – The four contestants cooking in today’s elimination challenge discover they will be cooking a vegetarian dish.

8:40 How To Stay Married (M) [s] 9:10 NCIS: Rule 91 (M v) [s] 10:10 NCIS: Mona Lisa (M v) [s] 11:00 The Project (PG) [s] 12:00 The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Catalyst [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:35 Media Watch (PG) [s] 2:00 Little Women (PG) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Hard Quiz [s] 8:30 Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (M) [s] 9:00 You Can’t Ask That (M) [s] 9:35 QI: Rock ’n Roll [s] 10:05 Program To Be Advised 10:45 The Set [s] 11:20 ABC Late News [s] 11:50 Four Corners [s] 12:35 Media Watch (PG) [s]

5:30 Today [s] 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Salem Falls” (M s) (’11) 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] – A man with a troubled past 1:00 Driving Test: Atia (PG) [s] tries to settle down in a small 1:30 Celebrity Apprentice town, finds love and then ends Australia (PG) [s] up being the target of a witch 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] hunt. Stars: AJ Michalka, James 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Van Der Beek, Sarah Carter 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] – Who 2:00 Autopsy USA: Christopher will survive the Millionaire Hot Reeve (M) [s] Seat? Six contestants go head 3:00 The Chase UK [s] to head to win the cash.

4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 7:00 Rugby League: State Of Origin 6:00 Seven News [s] *Live* From Melbourne Cricket 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] Ground [s] – It’s State v State, 7:30 Big Brother (M) [s] Mate v Mate. Wide World Of 9:00 Movie: “Sweet Home Alabama” Sports presents Game One of (PG) (’02) Stars: Candice The 2021 State of Origin Bergen, Jean Smart, Fred season. *Live* From Melbourne Ward, Ethan Embry, Mary Kay Cricket Ground.

Place, Josh Lucas 10:10 Rugby League: Post Match [s] 11:15 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:10 Tennis: Roland Garros: Day 11 11:45 The Front Bar (M) [s] *Live* From Roland Garros 1:00 Home Shopping Stadium [s]

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 Bull: Pillar Of Salt (M) [s] – Bull must convince a jury that an alleged murder was actually a tragic accident.

9:40 Bull: Labor Days (M) [s] 10:30 The Project (PG) [s] 11:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS This Morning [s]

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6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 9:00 Insiders [s] 10:00 Offsiders [s] 10:30 The World This Week [s] 11:00 Compass (PG) [s] 11:30 Songs Of Praise [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 Landline [s] 1:30 Gardening Australia [s] 2:30 Doc Martin (PG) [s] 3:30 Restoration Australia (PG) [s] 4:30 Back Roads [s] 5:00 Art Works [s] 5:30 Antiques Roadshow [s] 6:30 Compass [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:40 Spicks And Specks [s] 8:30 Wakefield (M l) [s] 9:25 Smother (M l) [s] 10:20 Unforgotten (M l) [s] 11:05 Glitch (MA15+) [s] 12:05 Dark Money (M l,v) [s] 1:05 rage (MA15+) [s] 3:40 Movie: “Psychics In The Suburbs” (M) (’15)

Monday 7 June

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Tuesday 8 June

PRIME (C61/60)

Wednesday 9 June

ABC (C20/21)

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

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

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

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France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch How The Victorians Built Britain: The Birth Of The Machines (PG) 3:00 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 The Great House Revival 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Secrets Of The Tower Of London (PG) 8:30 Secret Scotland: Skye (PG) 9:25 24 Hours In Emergency: You Can’t Buy Love (M) 10:20 SBS World News Late 10:50 Darklands (MA15+) 11:45 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games: The Mirror Cracked (M d,s,v) (In French) 1:30 Years And Years (M l) 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:15

France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour How The Victorians Built Britain: The Railway Revolution 3:05 Living Black 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 The Great House Revival 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Celia Pacquola (PG) 8:30 Insight: Amnesia 9:30 Dateline: Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 10:00 The Feed 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The Point 12:00 Taken Down (M d,l) 1:00 Movie: “Blue” (PG) (’17) Stars: Tim Silverwood (In English/ Filipino/ Indonesian) 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:15 2:45 3:45

France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Dateline Insight The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:15 Tony Robinson’s Coast To Coast 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Britain’s Cathedrals With Tony Robinson (PG) 8:30 The Secrets Of The Cadbury Chocolate Factory: Inside Cadbury 9:25 Bloodlands (M l) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Stella Blomkvist: Murder At Harpa (Part 1) (MA15+) (In Icelandic/ English) 11:55 The Night Manager (M s,v) 3:20 Alex Polizzi The Fixer (PG)

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: THE PERFECT POTS

CHERALYN DARCEY

No matter how or where you garden, or if you barely garden at all, I’m pretty sure that nearly all of us have a plant living in a pot somewhere in our homes.

Maybe it’s thriving but more often than not, it could be struggling and one of the major reasons is that it is living in a pot that just isn’t suitable for it.

This week let’s explore the types of pots you might consider for your plant friends.

Size Matters While it is very tempting and seemingly cost saving to put your baby plant into a big pot for it to ‘grow into’, don’t.

For many plants the more soil you have around them in a container, the more opportunities for diseases and arising problems with drainage.

Ensure that your pot fits the dimensions and scale of your plant and that once potted up it will be stable and not prone to falling over easily.

There are actually some plants that love being root-bound like the Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii) and Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum), so check with your species and what they prefer to ensure you give them a happy, perfectly fitted home.

Materials Matter Too What your pots are made of will have a huge influence on your plants.

Plastic: The bad thing about them is that they are, well, plastic but they are cheap, reusable, light and retain water perfectly. Holes can easily be drilled or punched into bases, and they can be hung, mounted on walls and are available these days in a huge range of textures as well as colours. Recycling by making plastic containers your new plant pots is also an exercise in sustainability that helps us all.

Fiberglass: These are usually textured to look like stone or terracotta and are a cheaper and much lighter alternative when looking for over-sized pots for small trees and the like. You will need to ensure they have adequate drainage holes and will find they work better if placed upon drainage material like a thick layer of gravel.

Terracotta, Ceramic and Cement: Unless this popular trio is lined or has been sealed inside, they will quickly drink up the moisture from your potting soil. In saying that, they work well for Mediterranean plants and others that like to stay on the drier side.

Timber: Wine barrels have been popular in the past and any timber container you decide to use will last longer naturally if it is created in hardwood but will need to be lined. Stay well clear of treated timbers and any that may have been painted with lead or toxic paints.

Metal: They may get very hot so use in shady spots and don’t upcycle metals which may be toxic if growing potted edibles. Many upcycled items made of metal can make really quirky and interesting containers and most can be drilled easily to provide drainage holes.

Recycling: Of course, you can reuse old plant pots and you may find containers previously used for other purposes to suit your plant but don’t reuse the problems that might be hiding in them. Scrub recycled containers and pots in hot soapy water and then soak for in a solution of one part bleach and nine parts water for 15 minutes. Rinse very well and leave to air dry in the sun.

Self-Watering Pots and Pots Without Holes These can be good for those who are away a lot, very busy or forgetful.

They work by holding a water in their

base so that the soil draws it up.

Usually made of plastic, often a bit expensive, they are light, great for beginner gardeners and for those who find watering difficult to manage.

In my opinion all pot plants should have holes because all plants and soils don’t live naturally in pots.

Holes help the soil breath as well as releasing water that is not taken up and they keep your home, office desk and patio drier and cleaner.

If you do have a gorgeous pot without holes that you just must use, then put a layer of pebbles in the base and place a pot with a hole into it.

Getting it All Together The best way to grow potted plants of any type, it’s to group them together in relation to their needs.

This creates a microclimate which enables the plants to thrive.

You are also cutting down on work and guesswork if all the plants that need almost daily watering are together and the ones that prefer dry feet live in another area together.

For an aesthetically pleasing arrangement, use odd numbers of pots and vary the textures while sticking to colours and tones that reflect your style and surrounds.

Perhaps you want a Mexican fiesta on your balcony or a white-washed

beachy look in a corner of your garden.

Stick with one look and your potted plants will become a beautiful mobile garden that will take you anywhere.

TIME TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY May is moving month and right now you can plant and transplant your gardenias, azaleas and other small shrubs.

Reduce watering of indoor plants and move them into warmer positions.

Lily bulbs can go in now and you can also plant: artichokes, broad beans, broccoli, cress, cabbage, carrot, English spinach, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mid and late season onion`s, parsnip, peas, radish, snow peas, spring onion, turnip, forget-me-nots, lobelia, gypsophila, honesty, lupin, nemesia, nigella, pansy, poppy, snapdragon, statice, stock, sweet pea, viola, wallflower.

PLANT HAPPENINGS AROUND THE COAST THIS WEEK Planting for Wildlife Workshop: 10am - 12pm, Saturday 29th May. Plant it and they will come! Join CEN (Community Environment Network) to learn how to start creating habitat gardens that will be beautiful spaces to enjoy. Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre, 149 Donnison Street, Gosford. To Book: cen.org.au/events Woy Woy Produce Swap 10am 11am Sunday 30th May, Woy Woy

Peninsula Community Garden. 85 -87 Moana Street Woy Woy. A produce swap works by having a set time and place for backyard growers to bring their excess food to share with other growers. facebook.com/ WoyWoyPeninsulaCommunityGarden SWAMP (Sustainable Wetlands Agricultural Makers Project) Community Garden Open Day - 9.30 to 11.30, Sunday 30th May, Central Coast Wetlands, South Tacoma Road, Tuggerah. Morning tea is provided!!

Come help us round the garden and enjoy this stunning space, on this day you have the opportunity to join as a member or pop in and say hi and see what is happening in the garden. More details: swampcentralcoast.com.au The 2021 Central Coast Harvest Festival Program See what’s on, plan your weekend (12th - 13th June). The program is now available online at: info.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/ harvestfestival Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 - 10am every Saturday on Coast FM 96.3.

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

DOWN IN YOUR GARDEN Each week, I chat with Central Coast Gardeners about their plants, passions and get a bit of local advice from them for the rest of us!

This week, I visited a Liesl Tesch, MP, Member for Gosford, proud Australian representative at seven Paralympic Games and proud Central Coast gardener.

Liesl has been interested in nature and gardening since she was a child inspired by her Mum’s clever gardening trick of planting peas and beans so she and her sister could ‘find’ them.

Flowers run through our conversation as vibrantly as the blossoms I find in every nook and cranny of her flowing, soft organic garden.

“Fresh flowers are a part of my every day, she told me.

“I’ve always found them super-important and bought them into work always.

“I used to bring them into my classrooms when I was a teacher and I continue bringing them into my office and NSW Parliament – I have to have flowers.

Her garden was a barren urban plot when she made it home in 2012.

“I’m not a plant-buyer, I collect cuttings from friends and family.

“I have the beautiful old lavender from my mother’s garden and many of her plants as well as interesting cuttings that friends share with me.”

The garden is soft, fragrant with not only

flowers but herbs and interesting foliage which Liesl’s chickens happily free-range through in the Woy Woy sunshine.

She also keeps bees and currently has two hives which prompts her to include lots of bee-friendly flowers as well.

Q: One Plant You Can’t Live Without: A Fragrant plants. Anything you can brush past and release fragrance.

Q: A Piece of Advice: A Improve the soil, but don’t get a truckload of compost on the day you move in!

Q: What Do you Think Your Garden Is Missing: A More vegetables! The chickens find a way to get into everything.

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Arts award recipients to perform Wagstaffe concert Recipients of the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts Award will perform in a special concert at Wagstaffe Hall on June 13.

Singer-songwriter, Ebony De Luca

After a year away from the stage, the young musicians will headline the event which begins at 2pm.

Performers include vocalist and guitarist Riley Lovell, pianist Kimberly Gilbert, and singer-songwriters Lucy Parle,

Ella Powell, Ebony De Luca and Jacinta-Rose Burley.

Local jazz musician and author Dorian Mode will present and also perform at the concert.

Tickets will available at the door with proceeds going towards the administrative costs of running the Foundation.

Source: Media release, May 19 The Bouddi Society

Vocalist and guitarist, Riley Lovell

COASTAL DIARY EVENTS ON THE CENTRAL COAST

FRIDAY, JUN 4 Central Coast Waterwatch: World Environment Day Berkeley Vale Foreshore Walk and Talk, Blue Bell Park, 10am - 12pm

SATURDAY, JUN 5 Central Coast Mariners v Western United, Central Coast Stadium, Ticketed, 5pm

WEDNESDAY, JUN 9 GEBC June Event: Special Guest Speaker Roy Maslen, The Entertainment Grounds, Ticketed, 12:15pm

Naughty Noodle Fun Haus Online tickets only, 7pm Australian Plants Society June meeting: The bigger picture - Identifying local native trees, Phillip House kariong, 1:30pm, $2 entry June Long Weekend Bushdance with “Ryebuck”, East Gosford Progress Hall, Ticketed, 7:30pm

HARVEST FESTIVAL 12 - 13/06

Pick your own pecans, The Pecan Lady Orchid, Ticketed, 12 - 13/06, 9am - 4pm pecanlady.com.au

Sustainable Natives, 94 Keighley Avenue, Somersby, 12 - 13/06, 9am - 4pm sustainablenatives.com.au

Coachwood Nursery, 900 Wisemans Ferry Road, Somersby, 12 - 13/06, 9am - 4pm

ticketed, 10am - 4pm Hot Saw Action, eastcoastbeverages.com.au Think Water, 1109 Peats Ridge Road, Iris lodge alpaca Peats Ridge, 12 - 13/06, farm experience, 10am - 3pm 33 Dunks Road, Jilliby, thinkwaterpeatsridge. com.au 12 - 13/06, Ticketed, 9am - 3pm Mountain Growers irislodgealpacas.com.au Market – Come and try archery, Bonza Market, 1109 Peats Ridge Road, POMs Camp - Brothers Peats Ridge, 12 - 13/06, Road, Jilliby (off Little Jilliby Road) 8am - 3pm 12 - 13/06, Ticketed, multiple sessios, Book your spot by emailing secretary@tlfa.com.au

FRIDAY, JUN 18 Grace Springs SATURDAY, JUN 12 Pauly Fenech’s HOUSO’S Farm Tour, coachwoodnursery.com / FAT PIZZA Comedy 1128 George Downes Glenworth Grazing Spectacular, Alliance Française Food and Wine Festival, Gale Citrus Wholesale Dr, Kulnura, 12 - 13/06, French Conversation, ticketed, 9:30am - 3pm Nursery, Glenworth Valley Diggers Club Ettalong, Outdoor Adventures, 1265 Wisemans Ferry gracespringsfarm.com.au/ SATURDAY, JUN 19 10am – 12pm farmtours Road, Somersby, Ticketed, 12 - 13/06, RSVP: 0416 303 804 12 - 13/06, 10am - 4pm 11am - 5pm Lions Club of Woy Peninsula Inc: Tea Cosy Expo, Umina Beach Surf Club, 12/6 at 1 -5 pm, 13/6 at 9am - 5pm 14/6 at 9am - 4pm Crown Jewels Cabaret (Fundraiser)

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Taste Of Harvest Retro Tapas, Bush Tucker - Bush The Springs, 1080 Medicine Walkabout, Peats Ridge Road, Australia Walkabout Peats Ridge, 12 - 13/06, Wildlife Park, Multiple sittings Ticketed, 12 - 13/06, walkaboutpark.com.au

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Wood Chopping and

Tom Burlinson in Day on the Farm & Swing That Music, Eastcoast Tours, The Art House Theatre, Eastcoast BeveragesTicketed, 8pm 993 George Downes www.thearthousewyong.

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SATURDAY, JUL 3

SUNDAY, JUN 20 Bay to bay running festival, Woy Woy to Gosford register online

SATURDAY, JUN 26

5 Lands Walk, MacMasters Beach, Copacabana, Avoca Beach, North Avoca and Terrigal, 25/06 - 27/06, register online www.5landswalk.com

Mingara Orchid Club 18th annual Show and Fair - Exotic and Native Australian orchids, Mingara Recreation Club, Free event, 26/6 - 9am - 4pm, 27/6 - 9am - 3pm

Naidoc Nylon, Naughty Noodle Fun Haus, Ticketed, 8pm NAUGHTYNOODLE.COM.AU

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Amber Martin in Bathhouse Bette, Naughty Noodle Fun Haus, Ticketed, 7pm NAUGHTYNOODLE.COM.AU Amber Martin NYC Naughty Noodle Fun Haus Online tickets only, 7pm

Phoenix Collective Quartet: Tales of war, SUNDAY, JUN 27 Greenway Chapel, Ticketed, 2:30pm Lions Club of Woy 0402 544 016 Peninsula Inc: PCMUSIC.NET Dunban Rd Carpark Cnr Ocean Beach Rd Woy Woy,

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New exhibition captures local migrant stories

A new exhibition that explores the role of migrant communities on the Coast has been launched – with four Woy Woy businesses right at the very heart of it.

The ‘If These Walls Could Talk’ exhibit uses visual storytelling to shine a light on the experiences and contributions

of the four migrant business owners.

The four businesses highlighted in the project are: Soulfood Café and Grocer, Satang Thai Café, Kitchen Chic Antiques, and Spices 29.

Central Coast Council Director Community and Recreation Services, Julie Vaughan, said the project ‘beautifully and

powerfully’ captures a series of important local migrant stories.

“Through photographs and written narratives, you will be immersed in the stories of eight local business owners that helped make our region a wonderful place to live, work and play,” Vaughan said. “’If These Walls Could Talk’ provides insight into the

Owner of Satang Thai Café, Tuk, grew up in Nonthaburi just next to Bangkok

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Originally from the Cook Islands, Mata now lives and works in Woy Woy, owning local business, Kitchen Chic Antiques and Vintage

cultural, social and economic perspectives of migrant business owners who have chosen to call the Coast home.

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said migrant communities make an invaluable contribution to the Central Coast.

“Cultural diversity helps to make the Coast a dynamic place and will play a crucial

role in the region’s bright future,” Hart said.

With additional contributions of four migrant business owners from The Entrance, a demountable storyboard at Memorial Park will showcase elements of the project to compliment the visual storytelling featured online.

‘If These Walls Could Talk’

launched on May 21 to coincide with ‘World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue’, an international day to acknowledge cultural diversity within the community.

Source: Media release, May 26 Central Coast Council

Owner of Spices 29, Nelson, grew up in Goa, India

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Railway Street

Kristina, a Norewegian-Sami American-Choctaw, is the founder of Soulfood Café and Grocer

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Local author brings lavender to life A Pretty Beach author has brought lavender to life with a new illustrated novel on how to grow, care and use the popular herb.

Marian French’s ‘A Lavender Affair’ is a part-journal, partgardening book that unpacks her experience of moving from the city to the countryside.

The book, which was released on May 15, details her journey through gardening, travelling, renovating homes and gardens, and her love of the environment.

French said she created it not just as a reference book for gardeners, but also for those looking to understand and evoke a ‘complete way of

natural living’.

“A gardening book, yes, but with interspersed stories and trials that were encountered as we restored a derelict farmhouse and establish a flower farm,” French said.

“Along the way, we met with tentative locals, dealt with perverse builders and ventured into beekeeping.

“I wrote the original book in 1989, purely as a garden book, a textbook on Lavender’s cultivation.

“Through a set of unfortunate circumstances, it was never released.

“The watercolour artwork Robin has so brilliantly created

for my book.

“I enjoyed writing and reliving the vibrant, emotional enthusiasm we needed in ‘bucketfuls’ to achieve what we created at Beach Farm.

“We settled into a life where each day was a new experience, nothing planned, nothing expected; more importantly, we grew to know who we were in that idyllic time.”

French said ever since she was young, she had been obsessed with all forms of plant life and critters; she later went on to become a beekeeper and a reptile handler for Wires Central Coast.

French said the book was

Source: Media release, May 25 Shawline Publishing Marian French’s ‘A Lavender Affair’ was released on May 15

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written in a warm conversational style. “[My] biggest challenge was to introduce a personal storyline into what was once written as a Gardening book,” French added.

“A complete structural change was essential to keep the text interesting, flowing and readable.

“Whether the main characters in your story are people, animals or plants, your readers must relate to them on some level.

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And besides fiction, he has also published two nonfiction works.

Seems the man is multitalented.

Set in Mullinmore, a small town in Cork in the late 1980’s a group of people set out for a day trip to the beach.

Among the group is Bernie and David, who are getting married tomorrow.

Bernie is worried about getting sunburnt but David is hoping the day will take Bernie’s mind of the wedding – she is getting a little too anxious about it.

Carmel has been asked to be part of the wedding party which has caused some ire because Linda, Carmel’s sister did not get such an honor.

Carmel is hoping that the trip settles some of Linda’s anger.

The owner of the car is Martin.

He is the son of the town doctor and has a year left in medical school.

Some say he is a bit strange, a bit off, while others just think he is handsome.

The final member of this group heading to the beach is Connor.

The others don’t really know Connor well, even though his parents own the local pub.

Martin has invited him along and since it is Martin’s car, they can’t say otherwise.

On the way back from the beach there is an accident, the car didn’t manage to negotiate Barry’s

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with Connor that she doesn’t want them to stress about her marriage.

Fast forward to 2012 and Connor is now in New York, getting over the end of a long-term relationship.

While drowning his sorrows at the local bar he meets a fellow Irishman which will change the course of his life and make him think of the past that he has been running from for decades.

For some of us, the 80’s don’t seem that long ago, but times were different and people were less tolerant.

I really enjoyed the pace of the book and the writing.

It turns out that besides being a witty talk show host, Graeme Norton is a gifted writer.

Also, If you decide to read this book please continue onto the acknowledgements.

They are pretty powerful.

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roundabout, “judging from the battered roof, it had rolled once, maybe more.”

There are casualties, there are injuries, there is blame.

Connor goes to court and receives a two-year suspended sentence.

His family agree that he is lucky, but he has become a pariah and the family decide that it is best for him to get out of town for a while.

His father finds him a construction job in Liverpool.

In Liverpool things go sour pretty quickly and we don’t hear from Connor again until 1995, when is turns up in London.

Meanwhile Ellen, Connor’s sister, marries Martin and they have two children.

Martin becomes the town doctor and Ellen is his dutiful wife.

But the marriage isn’t a happy one.

Martin keeps secrets and Ellen prefers not to pry.

Her parents have had so much to deal with already

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Business & Property Insight into the world of mushrooms

The Rotary Club of Woy Woy welcomed local business owner, Kim Margin, to their May 18 meeting to share his experiences of mushroom growing within a family business.

Kim, who is the owner of Woy Woy business, Margin’s Mushrooms, spoke about his involvement in the farming sector and how he became interested in mushrooms particularly.

He shared that the business initially started off as a ‘bit of an

experiment’ to see if a cool room from the old ice cream factory would be suitable for them to grow mushrooms.

Club president, Joan Redmond, said the talk was ‘fascinating’ and helped members understand the processes of mushroom

farming.

“Kim gave us a fascinating insight into the world of the mushroom, and I am sure we will never look at them the same in the supermarket again,” Redmond said.

“It is a complex growing

process, with requirements for temperature control.

“There was much interest from the audience, and many questions for Kim, with many going home with a delicious bag of fresh mushrooms picked that morning.

“Kim’s a busy man and takes mushrooms to markets all over Sydney, so a big thank you to him for giving up his time to visit us.”

Source: Newsletter, May 25 Rotary Club of Woy Woy

Last month to redeem Dine & Discover vouchers With Dine & Discover NSW vouchers due to expire at the end of June, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, is encouraging Peninsula residents to redeem their vouchers before it’s too late.

Crouch said a total of 213,974 vouchers, each worth $25,

have already been used at local businesses.

“The NSW Government’s Dine & Discover NSW initiative has injected $5,349,350 into our local economy,” Crouch said.

“We know there are thousands more ‘unspent’ vouchers which local residents must redeem at one of the 438

local businesses signed up to accept the vouchers as an alternative form of payment.

“189,811 residents have received their $100 worth of vouchers, but not all have been used, so I’m urging everyone to ‘dine’ and ‘discover NSW’ before the vouchers expire in four weeks’ time.”

Crouch said the top

businesses to benefit are cafes, restaurants, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs.

“The hospitality industry is one of the Central Coast’s biggest employers and I’m delighted to see 166,331 of the $25 ‘dine’ vouchers redeemed at local businesses,” Crouch said.

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NSW’ vouchers have also been redeemed at museums, galleries, historical sites, cinemas, and sport and recreation activities, including several thousand at the recent Central Coast Air Show.”

Every NSW resident aged 18 and over is eligible to receive two $25 ‘dine’ vouchers which can be used for eating in at

restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs and clubs and two $25 ‘discover NSW’ vouchers which can be used at cultural institutions, live music and arts venues.

Vouchers will expire after 30 June.

Source: Media release, June 2 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch

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Julia NEWBOULD Editor-at-large • Money magazine It all started with a big win.

Iron ore miner Fortescue had caught my mum’s eye as a possible sharemarket investment. She’d read that China was going to build its economy out of Covid-19 through domestic construction. Building takes steel, and steel takes iron ore, she deduced.

“And the big iron ore mine in Brazil, Vale, was having some problems after that tragic dam collapse, so maybe China would prefer to ask for some of our iron ore?”

So in she bought at about $18 in August last year, and watched as the price climbed to $26 in early January before settling at around $23.

I was more than a little impressed by this. My mum, who until now had shown precious little knowledge or interest in investment finance, had read the macro winds of change and backed a beneficiary of it.

She had a hot hand and was primed to go again.

My brother, meanwhile, had watched her Fortescue success from the sidelines, eager to jump on the bandwagon.

At this point, I thought it prudent to let them both know that while buying single companies offers the prospect of high returns, it also risks big losses due to concentrated risk.

“It’s like putting everything on black,” I tried to explain in language they’d understand.

A safer way to go, I proposed, was to go for an indexed exchange traded fund. You get exposure to the market but with diversification.

“Just like a bag of mixed lollies,” my mum replied. “If you don’t like the taste of one there will still be others that will make the bag worth buying.”

“More or less,” I agreed.

They listened intently – at least I thought they did.

Months later I found out that

they’d decided to put it all on black, again, by buying shares in the investigative analytics company Nuix, last year’s headline market launch.

“It was the big new thing, and I didn’t want to miss out,” recalled my mum.

Such was her conviction that she advised my brother to follow her lead. “She told me it was going to be the next Afterpay, and that I needed to get in now because they’re going like hot cakes,” he laments.

Unfortunately, Nuix fell off a cliff when it missed its prospectus profit forecasts early this year. This has since been followed by reports of company infighting. Two law firms that specialise in class actions, Quinn Emanuel and Phi Finney McDonald, are now investigating the debacle.

Things were not going well for my family of buddinginvestors, but that wasn’t the end of it. My brother, in all his wisdom, decided to double down; this

time on my father’s advice to “average down” and buy new shares. “It’s a good company. I have a mate who works there,” was the fatherly advice.

The whole experience has been a hard pill to swallow, more so for my brother: “I took the advice of one parent, which screwed me, then I took the advice of the other parent, which also screwed me.”

The whole episode shouldn’t come as a surprise. A 2019 report from the Australian

Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) found that 31% of us get financial advice from friends and family.

There is a good end to this story: both mother and brother have figured out that picking individual stocks is a mug’s game. It’s ETFs all the way from now on.

“I’m not discouraged, Dave, I view it as an expensive lesson, and I won’t make the same mistake again,” says mum. M DAVID THORNTON

Want to buy your first home? Here’s what’s in the Budget for you Home loan affordability has inched further within reach of first home buyers and single parents, but whether it will do much to narrow the gender and socioeconomic divides is an open question.

The federal Budget’s housing piece has three key parts.

First, 10,000 home loan guarantees will be provided

for single-parent households, allowing them to put down a deposit of 2%.

Second, a further 10,000 guarantees will be rolled out, allowing first home buyers to put down a deposit of 5%.

Finally, the maximum amount of voluntary contributions that can be released under the First Home Super Saver scheme has risen from $30,000 to $50,000.

Ultimately, the barometer of success for these reforms will be the extent to which they narrow the gender and socioeconomic divides.

“The policy seeks to build gender and socioeconomic equality by offering more opportunities for home ownership which, you would expect, would lead to greater economic security and would be very

important as people age,” Zareh Ghazarian, from the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, tells Money. “Women tend to have less superannuation than men, so having such housing policies will go some way to provide greater social and economic security.”

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Council fails to receive unqualified audit report Out of 128 local government areas, Central Coast was the only NSW Council that did not receive an unqualified audit report in 2020-2021.

A qualified report means the Audit office is unable to give an unqualified, or clean, audit opinion.

An unqualified opinion is issued if the financial statements are presumed to be free from material misstatements.

The report from the Auditor General was released on May 27.

The qualified opinion on Central Coast Council related to two matters.

Council did not conduct the required revaluation to support the valuation of roads.

Council recognised $1.4B of roads, $37.1M of bridges and $99.1M of footpath assets within Infrastructure, property, plant and equipment in the Statement of Financial Position at June 30, 2020.

But the Council was unable to

provide sufficient evidence to support the carrying value of these assets.

The last valuation of these assets was in the year ended June 30, 2015.

“As a result, this is a limitation on the scope of the financial statement audit, which meant our audit was unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to demonstrate the roads, bridges and footpath assets were measured at fair value in accordance with AASB 116 in the Statement of Financial Position at 30 June 2020, or determine the impact on the Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 30 June 2020,” the report said.

The Auditor General said Council also disclosed a prior period error relating to restrictions of monies collected for their water, sewer, and drainage operations.

The Auditor General said that “error” should be considered a

“change in accounting policy”, based on the NSW Crown Solicitor’s advice.

Originally Council showed total consolidated unrestricted funds of $50.9M at the end of June 2019 for Central Coast Council.

A $93.9M adjustment related to unrestricted funds in the Water Supply Authority that were not reported as Restricted Funds in the General Purpose Funds Statement saw the 2019 statements amended.

The statements now show a total consolidated unrestricted funds of minus $43M at the end of 2019.

By the end of June 2020, that sum was minus $170M. “The Auditor General recommends that the Office of Local Government should clarify the legal framework relating to restrictions of water, sewerage and drainage funds (restricted reserves) by either seeking an amendment to the relevant legislation or by issuing a policy

instrument to remove ambiguity from the current framework,” the report said.

Council was also mentioned as one of the eight councils which had to correct errors in their statements for financial errors above $30M. Council did not update its crown and community land to reflect the most recent NSW ValuerGeneral’s valuations as at July 1, 2019, resulting in an understatement of $39.4M. But it got fixed.

Council received one extreme risk rating for the way its investment reports did not include forecasts of expected cash and investment positions compared to restricted funds.

The extreme risk rating included some repeat findings which were labeled as high risk in the previous year.

“Council spent restricted funds for unrestricted purposes during 2019–20,without the appropriate approvals under the Local

Government Act 1993,” the NSW Auditor General’s Report into Local Government said.

“This indicated the council’s oversight of its current and forecast cash flow situation was not always effective.

“Council used a monthly ‘InvestmentReport’tounderstand its historical cash and investment position compared to restricted funds.

“However, these reports did not include forecasts of expected cash and investment positions compared to restricted funds, impacting effectiveness of cash flow management.”

Council also received a repeat high risk rating this year for not having a policy document or framework setting out legislative and operational requirements for each category of externally restricted funds.

“Council was unable to provide the basis for some externally restricted funds,” the report said.

The report said the Council

submitted its financial statements for the audit on November 13 2020, one month after the initially agreed date.

“The financial statements included significant presentation issues, material misstatements and disclosure deficiencies,” the report said.

“There was no documented evidence of timely quality review of the financial statements and associated supporting workpapers.”

Within IT, the Council was highlighted for privileged user access reviews not being performed for one of the key financial systems and privileged user accounts’ activity logs not being reviewed.

Many other councils have their own problems.

The report said 61 NSW councils required material adjustments to correct errors in previous audited financial statements.

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Oyster growers call for support Labor has called on the State Government to help struggling oyster growers on the Coast following the March floods that impacted the industry just days before the usually lucrative Easter break.

Labor’s Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Jenny Aitchison, met with oyster growers from across the Brisbane Water and Hawkesbury River on May 19 to hear their concerns.

According to a release from NSW Labor, the oyster growers said one of the biggest issues faced following the floods was

that the quality of water ‘had been destroyed’.

They also claimed they had not been able to access all or part of the $75,000 Primary Producer Recovery grants due to the ‘complex’ eligibility requirements.

Owner of Whittens Oysters, Tyron Whitten, was at the meeting and said although he had received the grant, there are still issues arising within the industry.

“I’m happy with it – the [Department] got back to me quickly and it wasn’t too difficult to apply,” Whitten said.

“One of the main issues we

continue to have is the sewer spills into the waterway – it results in a 21-day closure.

“Once council notifies the Department, they shut us down and we can’t sell any oysters in that period.

“Post-floods it went on for longer than [the 21 days] … we had to lay 30 people off for a month.

“There’s no compensation – they don’t help us out, we do nothing wrong, but we’re the ones being penalised.

“If they can’t fix it, they should offer something.

“They should be talking to us and offering some sort of

solution, some sort of compensation to local farmers.”

Aitchison said these growers desperately need fee relief and practical support after the floods.

“They need urgent help to get their businesses back on track and to pay the bills.

“As usual, the Government is all announcement and no real support for primary producers.

“With a small window to catch spat again in June 2021, such assistance is critical.”

Aitchison said she would like to see the Government provide an immediate waiver of all

government fees payable by oyster growers and relief from the Local Shellfish Program Levy over the next 12 months.

She has also asked for additional support from the Department of Primary Industries to local oyster growers to assist them in applying for grants and coordinating restocking.

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, was also in attendance at the meeting.

Speaking afterwards, Tesch called on the State Government to ‘step up and protect the affected businesses.

“Oyster growing in the

Brisbane Water and the Hawkesbury is vital to our waterways and local ecology,” Tesch said.

“It supports hundreds of local jobs and a number of businesses which have been in our community for more than four generations.

CCN has reached out to the Department of Primary Industries for comment following the concerns raised by local oyster growers.

However, a reply had not been obtained by the time of publication.

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Council clears confusion around asset sales Community consultation has now closed on the next stage of the asset sales program, Tranche 3.

The consultation formed part of Council’s business recovery plan which, along with the rate increase, required a review of property assets that could be sold to assist with the current financial situation.

Administrator Rik Hart said that as of May 24, there had been more than 800 responses from the community, along with a spreading of some misinformation.

“There has been a lot of concerns raised from the community based on hearsay, which are completely inaccurate and creating unnecessary distress,” Hart said.

“It must be stressed that Council is only considering selling one percent of its property portfolio, and of what is listed for potential sale there are only 13 open space areas listed to be rezoned before sale, which are all in close proximity to other open space areas.

“I implore the community to get the facts and take the time

to read the frequently asked questions and the interactive map, which provides specific details for individual parcels, such as conditions of sale to allow for continued public parking.

“It is also important to note that only parcels classified as operational land and zoned for the correct purpose of sale, will initially go back to Council for endorsement to sell and these can be identified as the blue pins on the online interactive map.

“Other properties that need to be rezoned or reclassified prior to sale require an in-depth, lengthy process that can take up to 18 months and includes further chances for the community to have their say.

“I want to emphasise the significant liquidity issue that Council is facing, which needs to be resolved as quickly as possible in order for community infrastructure to be maintained and community services to continue.

“The sale of assets, along with the 15 percent rate rise, are crucial components of our business recovery plan, which was adopted by the last sitting

Council, and will allow us to deliver much needed capital to improve Council’s financial position and provide assurance to our lenders.

“This urgent need for income may override historic strategic direction, with potential for the community better realised by the private sector.

“Properties are either being sold through a competitive sales and marketing campaign to ensure the best sale price or, in the case of direct sales, with a proposed buyer that properties are sold at no less than the market value determined by an independent valuer.”

On specific assets, Hart said Bateau Bay Library would remain open at its current location until an improved service was relocated within the shopping centre, where it will continue to be managed and operated by Council.

“Norah Head Community Centre reached its end of use in early 2020, given the level of termite damage causing the building to be structurally unsafe and beyond repair,” Hart said.

“Before Covid hit, the building

was vastly under-used receiving only 10 percent of bookings against available hours.

“Wyong Racecourse sale would provide better economic use of the land, without the golf course holes or greens being reduced.

“With the building of a new horse stable complex, which is where the golf course tenants will reside, the development of this new complex will result in additional economic and social benefits, including $5M-$7M in economic activity, and approximately 50 direct, and indirect jobs.

“The Race club is aware there is a State Environmental Planning Policy Coastal Wetland and is committed to managing and not encroaching on the land.

“Any land sale price will be determined by an independent valuer.

“The sale will be negotiated by an independent real estate agent acting on Council’s behalf.

“No valuations will be provided to the community prior to the sale as this is commercial-in-confidence

information.

“While Council will not publicise the sale price achieved on any one sale, this information is freely available to the public, similar to any other land sale.

“Any land that was purchased using restricted funds will require that money is returned to that fund.”

Hart said that Council’s car parking strategy involved an assessment of the current and future needs of parking for various town centres through various studies and analysis of usage and predicted growth.

With respect to ‘community’ land, he said that under the Local Government Act 1993, Council is required to classify all public land as either ‘community’ or ‘operational’, which impacts how the land is used, managed and if it can be leased or sold.

“Community land must not be sold except in the limited circumstances referred to in section 45(4) of the Local Government Act 1993, must not be leased or licensed for more than 21 years and may only be leased or licensed for more than five years if public

notice of the proposed lease or licence is given.

“Land automatically becomes ‘community’ land if it is not otherwise classified within three months of being acquired

by Council.

“As such there are still some parcels of land that have been incorrectly classified or are now outdated and need to be changed in order to put the land to better use.

“Changing the classification of ‘community’ land to ‘operational’ land is an indepth process that can take up to 18 months and includes formal exhibition, providing another opportunity for the community to have their say, followed by a public hearing with an independent facilitator.

“The NSW Governor’s approval is also required when a reclassification proposal seeks to remove public reserve status and/or the discharge of any identified interests.”

For more information, go online to yourvoiceourcoast. com/asp Source: Media release, May 24 Central Coast Council

Seafood businesses encouraged to apply for grants Local seafood businesses and commercial fishers are being encouraged to apply for grants through the NSW Government’s Eat More NSW Seafood program to help boost the value of the NSW seafood industry.

Grants between $10,000 and $100,000 are on offer to

businesses designed to go towards marketing and promotion capabilities.

The aim is to increase consumption of NSW seafood, drive the value of NSW seafood through increased awareness and consumption, and build industry capabilities and cohesiveness.

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Crouch, said the $500,000 on offer is to see more local seafood on more plates in more restaurants.

“The Central Coast’s seafood industry is worth millions, and we must support and protect it from the impacts of flooding, COVID-19, trade disruptions, bushfires and drought,” Crouch said.

“Grants will be provided for anything that promotes seafood caught in NSW waters, including events and marketing campaigns.

“There’s never been a better time to back our local seafood suppliers, restaurants and shops.

“Many of our local fishing businesses were hit hard by recent floods, and this is just

one way we are helping them recover.”

Crouch said local fishing businesses recovering from the recent floods and storms could also receive support through the Special Disaster Grants.

“Up to $75,000 is available to all eligible primary producers on the Central Coast that were adversely

impacted by the flooding in March,” Crouch said.

“The NSW Government is also offering low-interest loans of up to $130,000 through Service NSW for primary producers and other small businesses.”

Source: Media release, May 26 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch

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Killcare DA approved A development application to alter an existing dwelling at Killcare has been approved under delegation following concerns from locals about privacy issues and overshadowing impacts.

The site at 46 Grandview Crescent currently contains a single dwelling which is to be demolished to make way for a new dwelling.

The 790 metre squared lot is located on the western side of Grandview Crescent, with the adjoining development comprising of a multi-storey single residential development.

With an estimated cost of works set at $1,018,173, the new building when from street level and given excavation works and set back from the building

The site at 46 Grandview Crescent

alignment, will reportedly maintain the appearance of being three storeys.

This is considered in keeping with a number of dwellings in proximity to the

allotment along Grandview Crescent.

The development proposal was initially notified to adjoining landowners during the period of June 3-25,

2020.

During this period, two public submissions were received in relation to the application.

As a result of amended

plans being received, the development proposal was then re-notified to adjoining landowners during February 24 to March 18, 2021.

A total of two public

submissions were again received, reporting of issues such as: concerns regarding building height noncompliance and site coverage, boundary setbacks, visual privacy, overshadowing impacts, and character of the site.

A neighbour reportedly lodged an objection relating to potential loss of view from the dwelling proposal, as the proposal will affect views currently obtained in a south easterly direction from the objectors dwelling.

The assessment of the view loss caused by the development was considered to be minor given that the views are obtained across a side allotment boundary.

Source: DA tracker, May 28 DA58412/2020

Community groups invited to apply for Crown Land Improvement funding Community groups and land managers that use Crown Land across the Peninsula are invited to apply for a share of $17 million in NSW Government funding.

The Crown Reserves Improvement Fund will focus on projects which contribute to greater energy and water efficiency, contribute to environmentally sustainable practices, support Aboriginal communities and provide

greater recognition of Indigenous cultural heritage.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the funding could be used for a range of projects including upgrades,

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maintenance work, weed and pest control, and bushfire management.

“Applications will be accepted from reserve managers and users including Central Coast Council, community groups,

showgrounds and caravan parks, so I strongly encourage all eligible local organisations to apply,” Crouch said.

Applications remain open until Friday, June 25.

More information can be

found at: https:// reservemanager.crownland. nsw.gov.au/funding/crif.

Source: Media release, May 31 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch

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Delicious choko recipe: baked with maple, sesame & miso glaze hardy perennial - one that’s easy to propagate and grow at home. They’re rarely attacked by pests and provide a huge, abundant crop from each plant (often upwards of 50 fruit)!

GEORGIA LIENEMANN Did you know chokos have enjoyed a great season here on the coast? Possibly not.

I’ve been revelling in them this year and managed to come up with a delicious, easy choko recipe that will impress any skeptic. If you love miso eggplant, I promise this will win you over.

Granted, it won’t be featuring in any ‘world’s sexiest vegetable’ lists any time soon, but I think the choko is sorely underrated and deserves a more prolific renaissance than it’s had in recent years. This was a commonly consumed fruit only one generation ago in Australia – why has it fallen out of favour?

Perhaps it’s the urban legends dubbing it a cheap, subpar ‘filler’ substitute for apples - in McDonalds apple pie, for example.

Many a grandma was known to bulk out her best stews and pies with chokos as they are cheap as chips and incredibly versatile, taking on the flavour of whatever they’re cooked with.

The vine is an extremely

The fruit are also very inexpensive to buy. I’ve been buying two big locally grown chokos for only $1.40 for the past few weeks from the gorgeous girls at Nurtured Earth.

If you do have access to a vine, it’s not only the choko fruit that can be eaten, but in fact, every single part of the plant is edible and highly nutritious.

The seeds, stems and leaves have been shown in the literature to be bursting with powerful antimicrobial compounds, making it a great functional food to be consuming at this time of year as we head into flu season. The fruit itself is rich in a range of antioxidant phytochemicals as well as micronutrients like

vitamin C and folate.

cucumber.

Even the starchy roots can be harvested and cooked like other root vegetables.

As with many nutritious, inexpensive foods – it needs to be jazzed up in the kitchen before it can really be appreciated.

What does it taste like?

Well, let’s be honest: not much.

It’s flavour and texture is reminiscent of zucchini when cooked and when including the younger fruits raw in salads, it can be quite sweet, crisp and juicy – more like a

How to use it The best fruits are the younger ones, which admittedly are harvested a bit earlier in the season – I’m coming to you a tad late this year. The bigger, more mature fruits have a much tougher skin and the astringent sap that lies directly beneath it

becomes more abundant as they age, making them slightly harder to peel.

Peeling them is mildly annoying at the best of times. So, unless I’m adding tender young chokos into salads (which only happens at the beginning of the season in early Autumn), I tend to cook them first and slice the skin off afterwards - or simply eat around them.

That said, the skin isn’t inedible – just a bit tough.

However, if you’re baking or roasting it first, as we are in this recipe, it softens substantially and can

Baked Maple, Sesame & Miso Choko

This recipe is next level with toasted sesame oil, but if you don’t have any on hand, I’ve also made it with olive oil and it’s still pretty delicious.

Ingredients: 1 large choko Sesame oil for cooking (or olive) Pinch of salt Miso glaze: 1 tbsp miso paste (white ‘shiro’ miso is my favourite) 1 tbsp maple syrup (you can sub honey, but not quite as nice) 1 tsp toasted sesame oil

Method:

1. Heat the oven to 170C. 2. Slice the choko in half lengthways and remove the seed. Then slice each half into four long wedges, so you have eight total, roughly the same size.

3. Toss them in a drizzle of sesame or olive oil and a small pinch of salt (don’t overdo it as the glaze is salty enough), then lay them on a baking tray.

4. Place the tray in the oven and check them at the 20 minute mark.

Depending on your oven, you may need to flip them over at this point if they’re browning to quickly on the underside.

5. Cook them for an additional 15 minutes or so, until they’re cooked through, then smear the glaze over each piece - as if you’re spreading peanut butter on toast. It’s best to try and keep it off the pan if you can as being so high in sugar, it has the tendency to burn. The glaze is usually thick enough to stay put.

6. Bake for another 5-10 minutes, ensuring it doesn’t burn, then take them out and enjoy once they’ve cooled slightly

enjoyed much like the roasted skin of butternut pumpkin.

What I love about chokos is that they are actually quite versatile in a culinary sense and can be eaten in a number of ways: • S liced raw into salads • Pickled in wedges or diced into chutneys • A dded to soups (chunky or blended) • C hopped or diced into stirfries • Included in a raw vegetable juice • Steamed, then smeared with butter and salt • R oasted with olive oil or butter and salt • A dd to stewed fruit dishes like pies, compotes or apple sauce • S teep the leaves into an antimicrobial tea • S lice the seeds and include them in stirfries It’s possible to be allergic to the fruit and the sap in older fruits can be a mild skin irritant to those with sensitive skin so it’s always best to wash your hands if you’ve gone to the effort of peeling them.

Now, on to my latest discovery! Choko is a superstar substitute in the delicious traditional Japanese dish that is miso-glazed eggplant.

Anything that helps me dodge the chore of peeling them is a winner, but as anyone who relishes the regular version of this dish will know, it’s jam-packed with flavour. Something our humble little choko really calls for.

With only three ingredients in the glaze, this is such a quick and easy side dish to whip up without much effort.

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Mobile breast screening clinic in Woy Woy

A new mobile breast screening clinic has opened in Woy Woy to help provide free mammograms to women aged between 50 to 74 years.

The mobile van, which will be at the CWA Hall on The Boulevarde until Friday, July 2, includes the latest digital mammography technology and secure wireless communication

system.

Director of BreastScreen NSW in Northern Sydney, Meredith Kay, said a screening mammogram is one of the most important things women aged 50-74 can do for their health.

“Detecting breast cancer early increases your chance of survival while reducing the likelihood of invasive treatment,

such as mastectomy or chemotherapy,” Kay said.

“Around 90 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history and this is why breast cancer screening is so important for all eligible women.”

The appointment is expected to only take 20 minutes and no referral is required when making an appointment.

Kay said the mobile unit at Woy Woy will make it easier for local women to attend their recommended two-yearly screening.

“Bringing these vital services to Woy Woy means more local women can be screened.”

For the fourth year in a row, Woy Woy CWA are hosting the bus, with President Jane Bowtell happy to help facilitate

the service for the Peninsula and surrounding areas.

“We are extremely proud to be in our 4th year of screening at the hall,” Bowtell said.

“The partnership we have with BreastScreen NSW will continue to be one of service to women in the community.”

She said that BreastScreen NSW was also hosting an information day at Woy Woy

CWA on June 10, from 10 am to 12 pm.

The clinic will be open through Monday to Friday, 8am till 4pm, with some Saturdays also available.

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196 strokes in Robertson electorate in 2020 With new data revealing NSW is home to four of Australia’s top 20 hotspots for high blood pressure, locals across the Peninsula are being encouraged to be aware of the possibilities of strokes.

The data was released to coincide with World Hypertension Day on May 17, and to encourage people to roll up their sleeves throughout May and have a blood pressure check.

According to statistics from Stroke Foundation, almost 30,000 people in the area are living with high blood pressure.

The data also showed that 196 people in the Robertson electorate had a stroke for the

first time in 2020, with more than 3200 people living with the impacts of stroke in the community.

Woy Woy local, Brenda Booth, encouraged people to regularly check their blood pressure “Blood pressure checking is so important because it can prevent strokes … people don’t realise that,” Booth said.

“Strokes are preventable – there are some cases when it’s not, but the majority are.

“Keep a check on your blood pressure, if it is high (over 140) that’s considered high, don’t dismiss it.

“And all of the other things like not smoking, having a healthy diet and exercise …

simplicity can make such a difference.”

Booth suffered a stroke at the age of 41 in 2001 and said she experienced impacts such as speech, sight and mobility in her right arm.

“I didn’t have any obvious physical disability at first, people would assume I was okay … communicating was difficult and word finding was a lot worse back then,” Booth said.

“Hidden disabilities were the biggest challenge – speech, memory and concentration.

“Stroke in itself is a life changing event, everyone faces different challenges, but the impacts are the same.

“Having a stroke doesn’t just

affect the stroke survivor, it affects the entire family [so] preventing that is absolutely vital.”

Stroke Foundation New South Wales State Manager, Rhian Paton-Kelly, said blood pressure checks can save lives.

“More than 1.47 million people in New South Wales are living with high blood pressure, many unknowingly, putting themselves at serious and unnecessary risk of stroke,” Paton-Kelly said.

“You may think your health is fine but high blood pressure often has no immediate symptoms.

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New Medical Care centre opens in Woy Woy A new doctors’ clinic has opened up its doors in Woy Woy following concerns of a shortage in GPs across the Peninsula.

With a complex mix of an aging population and shortages in medical care on the Peninsula, eight doctors across the Coast have banded together to help create the new practice on Blackwall Rd. A range of services are on offer to patients including: women’s and men’s health, mental health, aged care, prenatal health,immunisations, pathology, and skin checks.

Dr Fady Tadros said the doctors had started to look into developing the ‘Perfect Medical Care’ Centre in mid-2020.

“We know that the Peninsula has suffered from a doctor shortage for years and that this

envisage for the Peninsula.”

The practice is said to be looking to expand its range of services, with a dietician, a podiatrist, nurse practitioners and physiotherapists set to join the team.

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said she is thankful residents will finally be able to see a GP. “For years I have experienced and heard of others experiences with trying to find a doctor on the Peninsula, even for the most basic care,” Tesch said.f The practice is currently open Monday to Friday, 9am till 6pm, with plans to extend its opening hours to Saturdays.

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, with the team at Perfect Medical Care

area was in desperate need of more services,” Tadros said.

“Three years ago, I decided to move to the Central Coast after working in rural Victoria and I

was warned I wouldn’t fit in with other general practitioners.

“I feel as though in some clinics, time and care invested into the patient was not

adequate, instead having a focus on getting patients the script they need, or treating a head cold, rather than providing ongoing support, checking

family history, monitoring blood pressure and making sure we’re acting as a preventative. “(In rural areas), a doctor is like family and that is what I

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Umina beach PS celebrates National Walk Safely to School Day Umina Beach Public School recently celebrated the 22nd National Walk Safely to School Day with a healthy breakfast and greetings from Salty – the school’s mascot.

Students participated in the 22nd National Walk Safely to School Day

The event was held on May 14 in an effort to encourage Primary School children to walk and commute safely to school.

President of Umina Beach Public School’s Parents and Carers Association, Lucy Lamont, said the lack of safe pathways.

“We unfortunately have a lack of crossings and safe pathways on the way to school and I hope that Walk to School Day will highlight this issue,”

Lamont said.

“If the walk to school was safe, I’d be in a better position to send my kids to school by themselves but at the moment I’m not confident because of the lack of safety.

“We want to see families get out of the house and take in the surrounds and appreciate the amazing wildlife we have around our schools.”

Several parents at the School were said to be concerned about their children’s safety following calls for the surrounds of the school to be upgraded.

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said it was great to see people making an effort to walk or ride to school.

“There were many families

walking to school, with some completing their daily routine, while others made a special effort to walk to school,” Tesch said.

“Walk to School Day was a huge success with some parents planning to get together once a month and make a morning of the walk to school.

“In the future I envision this being a daily routine for students but that must come with safe walkways to ensure our kids arrive at school safely.

Most schools across the Peninsula participated on the day.

Source: Media release, May 24 Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch

Free Safer Driver course on offer to BWSC Woy Woy students One hundred students at Brisbane Water Secondary College (BWSC) Woy Woy will have the opportunity to participate in the Transport for NSW Safer Drivers Course, thanks to a recent grant from Bendigo Bank Ettalong Beach.

PCYC Umina Beach was integral to the grant, securing

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The course, which is usually priced at $140, aims to help learner drivers better understand low risk driving strategies such as speed management, gap selection, hazard awareness and safe following distances.

Senior Activities Officer at PCYC Umina Beach, Susan Murphy, said students would

receive 20 hours of Logbook credit once the course is completed.

“As an Accredited Provider of the Transport for NSW Safer Drivers Course, PCYC NSW knows that our students will complete the course with a greater of understanding of how to be a safe P-plate driver,” Murphy said.

“We are very grateful that the team at Bendigo Bank Ettalong Beach have supplied us with

this funding to help our local youth.”

To apply for the course, students must be currently enrolled in the Woy Woy school, have a current NSW Learners Drivers Licence and have 50 hours of actual on-road driving in their Logbook.

Source: Media release, May 20 PCYC Umina Beach BWSC Woy Woy student, Ziv Raz, at PCYC Umina Beach

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A sea of blue shirts and happy staff smiles

Woy Woy PS staff build connection with aboriginal community Staff at Woy Woy Public School will wear a special shirt each Wednesday in a nod to local Indigenous communities.

The shirts, which were designed by local Aboriginal artist, Maurice Goolagong, showcase the school’s colours and the local whale totem.

Principals Ona Buckley and Dan Betts said the school was proud to show the community the new staff shirts.

“We are a school with 14 per cent of students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds and are proud to promote the culture of our First Nation’s peoples,” the Principals said.

“We have a wonderful school and working together ensures a positive, inclusive and supportive environment for our prime reason, which is the allround educational, social and emotional wellbeing of children in our care.

“Thank you to Maurice for this wonderful opportunity to show our pride in our local Aboriginal community and bring awareness to Aboriginal culture.”

From next term, students will also have the opportunity to purchase the shirts to wear as their uniform on Wednesdays.

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Source: Newsletter, May 28 Woy Woy Public School

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Mariners stuck in Jet-stream FOOTBALL The Central Coast Mariners suffered a home ground loss at Central Coast Stadium to their F3 rivals, the Newcastle Jets, on the evening of Tuesday, June 1.

After defeating the Jets twice this season already, most recently a fortnight ago, the Mariners failed to complete the triple, ending two goals behind at 0 – 2.

With the wooden spoon looming, the Jets went into this match as clear underdogs and the Mariners started the game with an attacking mindset, pushing players forward in search of an early goal.

Their attack was neutralised by a solid, efficient defensive set up by the Jets, cutting off the passing lanes that all season have set the Mariners up for scoring opportunities.

Unfortunately for the Mariners, the strategy created some holes at the back and made them vulnerable to the Jets’ strong counter-attack.

The visitors put away their first goal in the 27th minute, courtesy of Roy O’Donovan.

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A lobbed through ball was launched by Jordan O’Doherty in his team’s defensive half, finding the head of Mariners defender, Key Rowles, who inadvertently directed the ball into the feet of Archie Goodwin.

A wide pass to O’Donovan found the ex-Mariner on the outside of Jack Clisby in defence and his sharp strike beat keeper, Mark Birighitti, and into the net.

With the opening goal secured, the momentum continued to shift in the favour of the away team and it wasn’t long before they found the net again.

This came in the 33rd minute, put away by Lucas Mauragis, once again on a counter-attacking break.

The ball was stolen from Matt Simon on the half-way

Mariner Marcos Ureña is pushed off the ball by Nikolai Topor-Stanley

line, leading to a three-onthree attacking situation for the Jets.

Angus Thurgate advanced with pace before slicing in between Daniel Hall and Gianni Stensness with a through ball to find Lucas Mauragis on a 45 degree angle ahead of goal.

PUBLIC NOTICE Dear neighbours, Greater Sydney Local Land Services will be leading the Ourimbah/Palm Grove fox control program from the 22 May 2021.

This program is part of our ongoing work to reduce pest numbers and impacts on primary production and native wildlife in the area.

The below landholders are participating and will be laying 1080 ground baits on their properties. The program will commence on the 22 May and run until 6 June 2021. Please restrain all domestic pets and working dogs during this time. In the event of accidental poisoning seek immediate veterinary assistance.

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Birighitti was able to get a foot onto the low struck ball and Stefan Nigro tried valiantly to head the deflection clear, but neither was enough to prevent the goal.

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With the score remaining 2 – 0 at half time, the Jets returned to the field with the intention of sealing off their win through a careful defensive approach.

This allowed the Mariners more time on the ball, but they were let down by poor execution in their passing and crossing play.

The Mariners continued to suffer from a lack of shots on target.

An early substitution of Simon for Alou Kuol also failed to yield results with the young super-sub struggling to find the ball in recent appearances.

In the end, it was a

disappointing result for the Central Coast side, although they remain in third place on the A League ladder ahead of Macarthur on goal difference.

While a spot in the finals was all but confirmed by the Wellington-Perth draw (May 30), the result may well have cost the yellow and blue a home ground advantage in the Elimination Finals.

Their final game against Western United to be played at Central Coast Stadium on Saturday, June 5, starting at 5:05 pm, may well prove crucial in this respect.

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This program is part of our ongoing work to reduce pest numbers and impacts on primary production and native wildlife in the area.

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Art & Culture Central Coast Art Society Weekly paint-outs enquiries Tuesday.

Phone: 0428 439 180 Workshops: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 9.30 am to 12.30 pm, at Gosford Regional Gallery & Art Centre.

Phone: 0409 666 709 Social Meetings 1.30 pm on 4th Wednesday for demonstration 4325 1420 publicity@artcentralcoast.asn.au

Ettalong Beach Art & Crafts Centre Adult classes in Pottery Watercolours, Oils, Acrylics, Pastels, Silvercraft, Patchwork & Quilting 0412 155 391

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Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Protect and preserve the environment & residential nature of the Bouddi Peninsula and to strengthen community bonds 2nd Mon, 7.30pm Wagstaffe Hall 4360 2945

meal - Help with shopping and cooking classes 4341 6699 Overeaters Anonymous (OA) 12-step fellowship for those with eating disorders. No dues, fees, or weigh-ins.

Peninsula Com. Cntr, cnr. Mc Masters Rd & Ocean Beach Rd. Woy Woy, Fri 8pm 0412 756 446 www.oa.org Peninsula Village Wellness Centre Offering holistic and complementary therapies including aromatherapy, massage and music therapy 4344 9199

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APPROX. TIME LAG AFTER FORT DENISON Ettalong 40 min, Rip Bridge 2hrs Wisemans Ferry 2 hrs 30 min, Koolewong 2 hrs 10 min In view of the variations caused by local conditions and meteorological effects, these times are approximate and must be considered as a guide only. They are not to be relied on for critical depth calculations for safe navigation. Actual times of High and Low Water may occur before or after the times indicated

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Roosters reign RUGBY LEAGUE The Central Coast Roosters have come away with a Round 12 win against the Cronulla Sharks in the Harvey Norman Women’s Premiership on May 29.

It was a brisk and windy Saturday evening match-up at Central Coast Stadium between the teams positioned second and third on the ladder.

Both teams went into the contest with seven out of seven

wins throughout their 2021 campaigns meaning one team was destined to go home with their perfect run of form at an end.

The opening try came for the visitors in the third minute due to the quick reactions of Corban Baxter, first onto the loose ball.

A high bomb on the try line was miscalculated by the Roosters defence and left bouncing on the grass.

Baxter snapped up the ball from her shin height and jogged

Funding available to encourage female sport participation Local community organisations are being urged to apply for funding for infrastructure projects with the recent announcement of a $3.5 million fund from the State Government.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said applications will be accepted from community organisations, Central Coast Council and the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council.

“A total of $3,537,518 has been specially allocated to our community through Round Four of the Stronger Country Communities Fund,” Crouch said.

“50 percent of this funding will be focused on female sports facilities and programs, to encourage greater participation and level the playing field for women and girls across all levels and codes of sport.

“Applications are also being

accepted for a range of projects that improve local amenities, boost community morale and improve health and wellbeing.”

Minister for Women, Bronnie Taylor, said providing facilities, particularly women’s changerooms, will ensure all female athletes are supported from grassroots to the elite level.

“Purpose-built facilities should be standard and not an exception, and better amenities will help address this barrier and encourage girls and women to participate in the sports and activities they enjoy and want to play,” Taylor said.

Applications for Round Four of the Stronger Country Communities Fund will close on Friday, June 25.

More information about the Fund can be found at www. nsw.gov.au/SCCF. Source: Media release, May 31 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch

it in for a try under the post.

The Roosters came close to a quick rebound through a powerful leg drive to the line by Tayla Predebon.

With three players clinging to her, the Prop reached for the white paint but lost control of the ball with the final downward push.

A second try shortly followed for Cronulla from quick passing along their attacking line, finding Andie Robinson on the wing with the overlap.

Despite this, a ferocious energy remained in the Central Coast’s play, with Roxette Murdoch straight away forcing a knock on through a fierce tackle.

The Second Rower followed this up with a strong run up the guts of the defence, taking her team over for their first try of the evening.

Alicia Martin also crossed the line for the Roosters before half time but the assisting pass was deemed forward and the teams went into the sheds at half time with the score still positioned at 6 – 10 in favour of Cronulla.

This lead was quickly overturned by the Roosters in the second half, with a try coming for Simone Simone in the 38th minute.

From the penalty touch, a number of well-timed passes and strong running receivers brought them within five metres of the line before Simone’s final carry finished the move off.

Having lost their lead, Cronulla hit back hard with a flurry of attacks from the restart, but two dropped balls quashed their chances at finding points.

The following six phases saw the Roosters advance 80

metres to put their visitors back on their hind legs.

A few minutes later, a third try came for the Roosters, once again scored by Murdoch.

The initial break came for Murdoch in-between Cronulla’s defensive line and it left Fullback, Tiana Penitani, alone to deal with an advancing two-on-one situation.

However, Murdoch didn’t need her support, instead steam rolling over Penitani en route to the tryline.

The third successful conversion by Hannah Southwell gave to the Roosters an eight point lead.

With ten minutes to go, another bulldozing run came from Predebon, taking the Roosters right up to the try line.

Although the four-pointer did

not immediately follow, the Sharks were kept in their defensive half for the remainder of the game and a try finally came for star Roosters Fullback, Isabelle Kelly, after constant territory pressure, solidifying her team’s win 24 – 10.

The win sees the Roosters overtake the Sharks to now sit beside league leaders, the Mount Pritchard Mounties, also undefeated so far this season.

The next challenge for the Roosters will be against the Mounties in a first verses second clash where, once again, only one team will emerge with their flawless campaign still intact.

This game will be played at Aubrey Keech Reserve, Sydney, on Saturday, June 5.

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Ettalong sweep in Pennants

Ettalong Grade One Winners

LAWN BOWLS The Central Coast Zone Pennants Season has come to an end with winners decided from Grades One to Seven, and with Ettalong Memorial Bowling Club finishing first in three of them.

With only one section in Grade One, there was no need for a

finals series, especially considering the clear margin with which Ettalong took out first place.

After losing only one match throughout the season, Ettalong finished on 74.5 points, with second place Halekulani behind on 51 points.

The winners performed strongly and consistently throughout the season with a

Humpback Highway Watch Ronny Ling and his Central Coast Dolphin Project and Central Coast Newspapers have combined to bring you a regular Humpback Highway report in each edition of this newspaper.

The rough seas and big swell have been keeping the whales out wide over the weekend.

Earlier in the week, we received reports of whales being sighted off the boardwalk at Putty Beach and in the mouth of Broken Bay. With the big seas, it has also meant that seals are hauling out to rest and recuperate.

They are fine but just need plenty of space.

Seals have hauled out at Ettalong, Pearl Beach and Patonga in the last couple of days.

If you see a seal, stay back at least 40m.

Dont get between it and the water.

Keep children and dogs well away and never try to feed or touch them.

If you are lucky enough to spot a whale, seal or dolphin, please text or call the Project on 0490 401 969 or email centralcoastdolphins@gmail.com

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Ettalong Grade Five Winners

good mixture of youthful and experienced players, including two junior bowlers in the team.

This is the eighth time Ettalong have taken out Grade One since 1995, when the Central Coast became a freestanding Zone.

A second win came for the Peninsula club in Grade Three after finishing ahead of second place Terrigal by 77 points to

74.5.

In Grade Five, Ettalong finished atop Section Two and had to face the Section One winners, Wyong club, in a deciding final.

In this contest, Ettalong took two of the three rinks with a big 34 – 18 win for skipper, Jason Rigby, on Rink Five.

The match finished in

Ettalong’s favour, 68 – 50, ensuring the club’s third Pennants victory this season.

This achievement equals the Central Coast record of winning three Zone flags in one season, a record that was set by Ettalong and has now been achieved for a third time.

The Ettalong teams are now set to compete in the State Pennant Finals in July, along

with the four other flag winners from the Central Coast.

These include Gwandalan in Grade Two, Ourimbah RSL in Grade Four, Halekulani in Grade Six and Bateau Bay in Grade Seven.

Source: Media Releases, May 31 Jim Phillips & Peter Springett, Bowls Central Coast & Umina Beach Bowls Club.

Shoosh Sporting clubs across the Peninsula participated in a ‘Shoosh for Kids’ campaign last month to help raise awareness about poor spectator behaviour at community sport matches.

The program, which ran throughout May, provided free resources to sports clubs and associations to help promote the positive message.

Peninsula Floorball Club is one of the clubs to have joined the campaign.

Secretary of Peninsula Floorball Club, Kate Hall, said the Club registered for the program to help raise awareness so the ‘good behaviour continues’.

“Our club will be focusing on Shoosh for kids during our finals season, which takes place in June, and sees our highest level of spectators,” Hall said.

“At Peninsula Floorball, I feel we’ve been very lucky to have had great experiences with our parents and spectators.

“I am of the belief that the campaign empowers our young athletes to report inappropriate behaviours and encourages them to have open conversations about this.

“This is achieved by teaching them it is not ok for spectators to display inappropriate behaviours, and that it isn’t something they need to be subjected to.”

Woy Woy Football Club, Woy Woy Peninsula Netball Association, Umina Junior Rugby League Football Club, Woy Woy Junior Rugby League Football Club and Peninsula Touch Association (PTA) were also among the 43 clubs that signed up across the Coast.

President of Peninsula Touch, Rod Dillon, said the Association was proud to be involved in the campaign.

“With increasing numbers of young people at PTA, we think it is really important that we do our bit to create a positive and supportive environment where all members feel safe

and enjoy being involved,” Dillon said.

We hope that by participating in Shoosh that all members will realise that we all play Touch because we enjoy it, and kids are no different.

“We hope that everyone listens to the messages and does their bit to support the campaign, and that is keeping quiet if what you are about to say isn’t positive!

“The Committee has been working hard over many years to support a positive culture and we are proud to say that issues of poor behaviour are not common.

“But no sport is immune, and no sport is perfect - it only takes one person to do the wrong thing and ruin the experience for everyone.

Dillon also spoke about the effect poor spectator behaviour has on budding referees.

“We also have a lot of young referees who do a fantastic job, so we are keen to do everything

we can to protect and nurture these young people,” Dillon added.

“But again, it only takes one person to be disrespectful and it can have a significant impact on a young referee.”

The purpose of the ‘Shoosh’ campaign was to promote providing positive environments for members, whilst also addressing issues which arise from poor behaviour such as abuse to officials, reduced volunteer numbers, and reduced participation rates.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said it was important to remind parents and spectators that poor behaviour from the sidelines would not be tolerated.

“We want to see all kids on the Central Coast have a positive experience when they participate in community sport and that involves parents and spectators doing the right thing,” Crouch said.

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The Central Coast Academy of Sport (CCAS) has combined with five other regional academies across NSW and with Underwriting Agencies Australia (UAA) for the development and refinement of an Indigenous Talent Identification Program for athletes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.

The program is designed to encourage an active lifestyle and provide assistance in advancing opportunities in sport.

As well as with CCAS, the program will be implemented with the academies of the North Coast, Northern Inland, Western Region, Hunter and Southern (Riverina region), all of whom seek to introduce it this year.

The Regional Academy of Sport expect the program to attract a total of 650+ indigenous athletes to their talent identification days and to then extend fully funded scholarships to 132 successful applicants across the whole network, 22 of which to Central Coast locals.

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about.

“Our ultimate goal is to identify people from the program who are wanting further education,” he said.

“Let’s say they want to study Construction Management at the University of Newcastle, UAA will providetheindividualaninternship which will avoid them racking up a huge HECS debt or avoid working at a fast-food outlet at the weekends.

“This will enable them to continue with their sporting

endeavours.

“The internship will enable them to see the ‘real world’, when they visit a construction site and can see firsthand what things look like when they’ve gone wrong.

“Our growth strategy around the regional academies is important because they are key region’s for UAA, we do a lot of business in the very towns the Academies of Sport operate.

Murphy says UAA’s approach to internshipsistoprovideindividuals with a career path which requires

discipline.

“Extreme discipline is required to be an elite athlete and it’s the same for an education.

“Unfortunately, within the indigenous community there is a high fall off rate between year 10 and year 12 and going to university.

“Using the Central Coast event as an example, on the day, there are a number of stations which focus on the different sports offered in the program and at each of these stations there is an

expert on the sport.

“The process starts at the schools with 100+ youngsters selected and from this 100+, twenty-two are offered scholarships.

“We all see the missed opportunities with today’s youth and there are lots of people with good hearts and best intentions but unless you get in and have a go, best intentions don’t amount to much and nothing will change. “‘Creating Pathways’ for our youth is today’s term and it’s true,

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they need to be able to see what steps they need to take.

In the eyes of Ian Robilliard, the Chair of the Regional Academies of Sport (RAS) and Managing Director of the CCAS, the UAA supported program is a part of a broader strategy to create pathways for young adults in regional areas.

“The RAS network is very unique in Australian sport, it is currently a collective of nine independently operated organisations and two government run organisations who’s reach throughout regional NSW is considerable, indeed this reach is potentially unmatched,” he said.

“Many organisations think RAS are totally driven around the delivery of sporting programs and while that’s important, we also do much more than that.

“Indeed, the RAS ‘More Than Sport Strategy’ provides a very clear focus on what is possible outside of our sport programs that help deliver work ready young adults across regional NSW.” Source: Media Release, May 18 Regional Academies of Sport media

Boxy, convenient and unassuming It may not be a show stopper, but if you are looking for a compact SUV that has it all, without too much ‘flash’, the 2021 Hyundai Venue Active is the car for you.

Before you read on though, a confession has to be made.

The car this reviewer drove before climbing into this Hyundai was the newest Range Rover Evoque. So it’s safe to say expectations were high, and that we realise the transition of jumping from a $100,000 car to a $20,000 vehicle can be difficult.

That’s why a conscious effort was made to come back to reality before being seated in the Hyundai Venue Active for the first time.

And it is pleasing to say that after five minutes of driving the Venue, there was a part that preferred it over the Range Rover.

Sure, they are aimed at entirely different target markets.

But the no-fuss, simple set up of this car does the job.

Boxy, convenient and unassuming, the Hyundai Venue Active is good for your everyday road car.

The automatic transmission and 1.6-litre 4-cylinder engine which delivers 90kW of power and 151Nm of torque mean its

not fast, but all you would need for the everyday.

It’s practical and travels smoothly on the road.

There’s even the option of a manual gearbox.

Even though it’s front-wheel drive, it does come with driving modes, including Eco, Normal and Sport, giving you control over your steering style.

As usual, you get more oomph in Sport (which is completely artificial).

That said, we preferred to stay there for most of our driving.

Eco and normal are good but don’t expect to be going anywhere in a hurry.

There are three traction modes as well (snow, mud and sand), to give more control over engine braking on loose terrain.

This feature didn’t see much action during our test, but it seemed to do okay on a dirt road. Its 46-litre tank will give you rough fuel economy of around 7.2-litres/100km. Its exterior design is well, unique.

Hyundai says that’s the “result of being open to exploring boundaries, going beyond conventional thinking, and having the desire to create something fresh and memorable.”

They definitely weren’t lying when they said it’s memorable.

Hyundai’s signature cascading front grille seems overly large on the Venue, and its boxy shape makes it look a little different to your average SUV. But is that really a bad thing?

Outside features include roof racks, a rear spoiler, cubeshaped headlights with daytime running LEDs, and throwing star style 17-inch alloy wheels.

We found the Venue easy to get in and out of, and not too high for children.

That’s thanks to it having a minimum ground clearance height of 170mm.

The boxy design comes in handy when turning and parking too.

Due to its snub nose bonnet, the Hyundai Venue has an

excellent turning circle.

It takes corners easily and does not create too much roll.

Inside, the first thing you notice is the fact it’s compact yet comfortable.

Manual adjustments are easy, which can make you feel quite snug in the seat.

It comes in cloth black trim.

That’s it. No choices.

It feels like it could handle anything though.

There’s an 8.0-inch multimedia touchscreen display in the middle of the dashboard, which comes with DAB+, Bluetooth connectivity, cruise control, and satellite navigation with SUNA live traffic updates.

It has wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

In addition, the Venue Active

comes with six speakers, a front centre console armrest, rear parking sensors and rearview camera display, powerfolding side mirrors with LED side repeaters, and a leatherappointed steering wheel and gear knob.

The dashboard display offers the usual information such as driving data, cruise control, fuel efficiency and the like.

There is enough room in the back seats to fit three small children comfortably, with the 60:40 splitting seats making it suitable for storage.

The 355-litre boot space you get with the seats down is enough to hold a bicycle or pram, or a tent and fold up mattress – all dependent on what you are using it for.

It’s a skinny spot with the seats up, but deep enough to

hold a decent amount of shopping.

Front, side and curtain airbags are fitted, as is electronic stability control, ABS, hill start assist, EBD and vehicle stability control.

Hyundai’s SmartSense safety suite adds driver attention warning, forward collision-avoidance assist and high beam assist.

It also includes lane-keeping assist.

The latter feature was a little annoying as it could be quite direct and demanding, so it was turned off for most journeys.

The 2021 Hyundai Venue Active starts at $26,268 drive away.

Our test vehicle came in Fiery Red, which we loved. Other colours include Intense Blue, Typhoon Silver, Phantom Black, Polar White, The Demin, and Cosmic Grey.

Our test vehicle was provided

by Hyundai Australia.

To find out more about the 2021 Hyundai Venue Active, contact your local Hyundai dealer.

Article is partnership with Exhaust Notes Australia.

For more reviews, head to the Exhaust Notes Australia www.exhaustnotes.com.au Jacinta Counihan

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Gosford-Woy Woy Tens set up showdown with Trojans Photo: Nick Friend

Women Tens Round 8 game between Gosford/Woy Woy and Hornsby Nalas

RUGBY UNION In the Women Tens Rugby conference, Gosford-Woy Woy have won two games in a row to establish themselves as third on the table and one point below Terrigal in second.

The first win came on Saturday, May 22, in a convincing showing against Hornsby that ended 55 – 10.

Travelling down the M1 for a spirited clash against the Nalas, Gosford/Woy Woy were pumped for the win after suffering their season’s first loss the week before against first place Avoca Beach.

The Nalas knew what was coming from the reputation that surrounds Gosford/Woy Woy: they play hard, fast and fair rugby.

It was an entertaining game that highlighted the strong abilities of both sides, particularly in the breakdown where clutch turnovers were made from each team.

It was Gosford/Woy Woy that dominated the game, scoring spectacular tries all over the field and exhibiting a speed and agility that proved too much for the hosts to handle.

With this win secured, the Gosford/Woy Woy team then

headed to Kariong on Saturday, May 29, to keep their positive momentum moving.

In this match, another dominant win was settled at 48 – 10, securing another bonus point for the Peninsula side to position them one more win away from overtaking Terrigal on the ladder.

Their opportunity to do this will come straight away in their next league game on June 5, against Terrigal, away at The Haven Oval.

Meanwhile, some stumbles are being experienced by the Woy Woy Lions Men’s team in the Swietelsky Premier One,

after two more losses have been suffered this fortnight.

The most recent loss was a close match against Kariong in a hard fought encounter that ended 48 – 19.

In this game, Kariong got away to a great start with several early tries to secure a scoreboard lead that lasted the whole 80 minutes.

With an unanswered 19 point lead, the Lions responded with a converted try, but conceded one more to go into half time behind by 26 – 7.

With this handy lead for Kariong, a stronger showing in the second half by the Lions

was not enough to upset the end result for the hosts.

The win places Kariong in second spot on the ladder in what is proving one of their best seasons in years.

For Woy Woy, two losses in a row has seen them drop to second last on the table and 12 points behind league leader, Terrigal.

Along with their women’s team, the Lions will face Terrigal in this weekend’s match that threatens to be an immense challenge for the visitors.

Nonetheless, Woy Woy have proven their ability to score

tries and win games this season, more so than last season, and not even Terrigal can boast of a perfect record in 2021.

Throw in a distinct rivalry between these two southern Central Coast sides and you have a recipe for a brilliant game.

Along with the Men’s Premier Two and President’s Cup games, The Haven Oval will be host to a grand day of rugby on Saturday, June 5.

Source: Media Releases, May 23 & 30, Bronte Doorn & Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union.