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Voice of the Peninsula 28 OCTOBER 2021

ISSUE 033

REAL INDEPENDENT LOCAL WEEKLY NEWS

News

Woy Woy residents have been given a Pelican Park update but it didn’t give timeframes about a promised consultation or anything concrete about the future of the playground located at Fisherman’s Wharf.

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Out & About

All afloat in Woy Woy Woy Woy is finally home to a state-of-the-art wharf featuring a floating pontoon, accessibility features, solar lighting and smart benches with mobile phone charging capabilities.

The wharf opened to a fanfare of music, chatter and anticipation on a sunny Monday morning (October 25).

A COVID restricted crowd of 50 invitees attended the opening, with guests such as local MPs, Council directors, business leaders, ferry operators and representatives of the local Aboriginal Land Council, treated to a jazz band on arrival.

The $5.6M project, which aims to improve the daily commute for locals and visitors,

was officially opened by Council Administrator, Rik Hart, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch.

Hart said the wharf would help draw more locals and visitors to Woy Woy. “It’s terribly important because it is a major commuter belt within Brisbane Water and so I’m expecting people to utilise it and you will see a lot of people here,” Hart said.

“It makes [Woy Woy] a destination now … people will come here and travel on the ferry, it makes a huge difference …it allows other retail, such as the food and beverage industries, to thrive so that’s what I expect will happen.

“It couldn’t have been done without the State Government’s contribution.

“The $1.6M that comes from us is renewal money – this is a renewal of an existing asset which means we have not had to find new money for it.

“Because it’s a renewal project, the existing maintenance and operating costs are still all built into our current budget, so it won’t have any impact.”

The upgrade also features mounting points for wheelchair lifting devices on the pontoon, a covered pontoon gangway and passenger shelter and a dedicated fishing area located on the corner of The Boulevarde and Brisbane Water Dr. Crouch said the NSW Government was proud to contribute $4M to the project from the Regional Communities Development Fund.

“It’s so important the

community has the necessary infrastructure from one end of the Central Coast to the other … to ensure we have state of the art facilities for locals but also for the thousands of people who visit,” Crouch said.

“It’s a testament to us as a community to deliver amazing infrastructure like this for everyone to use.

“I think most of us, at some point, have stood here looking like we’re walking on water in a high tide and no longer will that be the case.

“I know Central Coast Ferries will benefit greatly from this – it’s a wonderful economic investment, but it’s not just about the money, it’s about the jobs this has created during the COVID pandemic.

“It’s a great facility for our community to enjoy well into

A Woy Woy student has completed a donation drive to help support those in need, collecting groceries and supplies to deliver to Mary Mac’s Place.

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Health

the future.”

Senior Master for Central Coast Ferries, Daniel Rond, said he had been campaigning for the wharf upgrade since 2012.

“This upgrade has improved [the wharf] so much that everyone now can actually catch the ferry,” Rond said.

“We had bad problems with the old wharf being [immersed] by the tide and disabled people had no access to the ferry because the gangplank was just too steep, and under water at sometimes!

“Central Coast Ferries and I have been campaigning for this right up until this moment … along with Liesl Tesch, we organised a petition with 4,000 signatures to be tabled in NSW Parliament.

Continued page 4

A St Huberts Island resident has received national recognition for her work in designing Woy Woy Fishermen’s Wharf after she was tasked with revitalising the iconic restaurant.

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Education

Students across the Peninsula have returned to face-to-face learning from October 18 after spending term three learning from home.

See page 29

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Smokey Mountain facing the bulldozer

Despite fears that a major upgrade of the Tumbi Rd/Central Coast Hwy intersection at Wamberal could spell the demise of the nearby Valley Fruit, the popular fresh food outlet will remain and may gain a new carpark.

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Bakehouse 2000 at Kincumber has been keeping smiles on customers’ faces throughout lockdown with its zany theme days and intends to keep up the fun right through to December 1.

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Central Coast residents flocked to their favourite retail outlets, hairdressers, cafes, restaurants and watering holes as the region emerged from its 15week lockdown on October 11.

Business

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Mr Persson said the financial crisis that resulted in him being installed in November 2020 was “I don’t want to be crude – a cluster mess”.

Under cross examination, he warned his interrogator not to treat him in a “smart-arse” way.

He described suspended

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inquiry,” Persson replied.

“Ultimately, yes,” the Commissioner said.

Persson said the Councillors weren’t up the job and gave special mention to suspended Councillors Greg Best and Jane Smith.

“He’d been around for a long time,” Persson said of Cr Best.

“Asking questions on notice was his modus operandi.

“I said to him – he probably showed you the 56 motions he’d moved, or whatever.

“I said, ‘Well, after the first 20 didn’t work, did you think about some other way of dealing with it, because clearly it wasn’t working, yet you claim to be

she wanted to employ a woman but, ‘If I can’t get a woman, I’m going to get a non-alpha-type male’.

“She acted to a large extent like a pre-’93 mayor.

“She attended ELT meetings, took over the meetings to a large extent, you know, was tough on staff directly.

“Mr Murphy (former CEO Gary Murphy) didn’t intervene, in my view, from all accounts, to provide the balance that the chief executive should do under the Act between that, and I think that was sort of the beginning of when it went off the rails.”

Continued page 4

Two homes in Calais Rd, Wamberal, have sold for a combined total of more than $5.5M. See page 31

Sport

The sixth event in this season’s Sail Grand Prix (SGP) has been won by the Australian team, helmed by Gosford Sailing Club Alumnus and Olympic Gold Medallist, Tom Slingsby.

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The former Smokey Mountain and Grizzly Flats Railroad has closed after five decades of providing a place for locomotive enthusiasts, and tourists to enjoy the joys of steam trains.

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The $8.25M redevelopment of the Peninsula Recreation Precinct at Umina promised in the 2019 election campaign has not commenced and community groups are beginning to ask questions.

Health

See page 26

“I handed out cash rewards totalling about $166,000 in the first year because I had to and because it was a very nice thing to do, but a similar system wasn’t in place for people who might have been performing to the same level at Wyong,” he said.

Noble suggested that the Gosford Council staff had more anxiety and it was more of a feardriven culture than the Wyong Council where he had been CEO before the merger.

“As a result of that, they were

heavily unionised,” he said.

“I recall that at the time of the amalgamation, the Gosford Council had about 31 matters in front of the state Industrial Relations Commission, and Wyong had zero,” he said.

“It was very difficult and highly expensive to harmonise the salary and wages systems and conditions across the two councils.”

He said it was somewhere in the vicinity of “20-something million dollars”.

Noble revealed he had contemplated the idea of selling the water, sewerage and drainage system because of the massive backlog of infrastructure works at both former councils.

“I used to have regular meetings with the CEO of Hunter

Water,” Noble said.

“We had, you know, a shared water pipeline arrangement and other collaborations.

“I raised the idea as a potential for the future with him and he thought it was well worth pursuing.

“I suggested that one option might be to sell the business to either Hunter Water or to Sydney Water, if the complexities of the government’s permissions and all that sort of thing could be gotten through.

“If that could have been achieved, I thought that there might well be a multi-billion dollar benefit for the general fund to Council that would remain at the Central Coast, which would not only cover all of the infrastructure backlogs many, many times over, but provide a

See page 10 Max Green and Jakobie Gadd taking a break from home schooling want to know when the new facilities at the Peninsula Recreation Precinct will be built

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Rob Noble, who took over as Acting CEO in 2016 when Central Coast Council was created, told the Public Inquiry he was surprised to discover a cash reward system in place for Gosford staff.

whole new lifestyle and way forward and quality of life for the citizens of the Central Coast with fabulous infrastructure and wonderful service levels and maintenance levels.

“I’m throwing that out there as something that, you know, the CouncilandtheStateGovernment may wish to think about into the future,” he said.

The inquiry continues this week.

Council commissioned an independent review of the model governing its water and sewer operations late last year.

CEO David Farmer said at the time that the review would explore if there are opportunities to produce better value and return on investment for the community.

He said Council’s water and sewer assets are valued at close to $4B. “Our obligation to the community is to ensure we are maximising the value of these assets, and improving efficiency and performance in how water and sewer services are delivered,” Farmer said.

“This review is about gathering and assessing all the data to get an informed view of all the possible operating structures.”

The United Services Union was concerned that the review could open the door to privatisation.

Administrator, Rik Hart, said in August last year that he was against any sell-off.

The review has yet to return to a public meeting.

Merilyn Vale

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Sport

Local fundraisers Bryan Dorfling and Matthew Johnstone were so impressed by Anton Nootenboom, also known as the Barefoot Dutchman, that they joined him when he passed through the Central Coast last week.

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Puzzles page 18

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Brewing up new engineers

Rob Noble, who took over as Acting CEO in 2016 when Central Coast Council was created, told the Public Inquiry he was surprised to discover a cash reward system in place for Gosford staff.

“I handed out cash rewards totalling about $166,000 in the first year because I had to and because it was a very nice thing to do, but a similar system wasn’t in place for people who might have been performing to the same level at Wyong,” he said.

Noble suggested that the Gosford Council staff had more anxiety and it was more of a fear-driven culture than the Wyong Council where he had been CEO before the merger.

“As a result of that, they were

heavily unionised,” he said.

“I recall that at the time of the amalgamation, the Gosford Council had about 31 matters in front of the state Industrial Relations Commission, and Wyong had zero,” he said.

“It was very difficult and highly expensive to harmonise the salary and wages systems and conditions across the two councils.”

He said it was somewhere in the vicinity of “20-something million dollars”.

Noble revealed he had contemplated the idea of selling the water, sewerage and drainage system because of the massive backlog of infrastructure works at both former councils.

“I used to have regular meetings with the CEO of Hunter Water,” Noble said.

“We had, you know, a shared water pipeline arrangement and other collaborations.

“I raised the idea as a potential for the future with him and he thought it was well worth pursuing.

“I suggested that one option might be to sell the business to either Hunter Water or to Sydney Water, if the complexities of the government’s permissions and all that sort of thing could be gotten through.

“If that could have been achieved, I thought that there might well be a multibillion dollar benefit for the general fund to Council that would remain at the Central Coast, which would not only cover all of the infrastructure backlogs many, many times over, but provide a whole new lifestyle

and way forward and quality of life for the citizens of the Central Coast with fabulous infrastructure and wonderful service levels and maintenance levels.

“I’m throwing that out there as something that, you know, the Council and the State Government may wish to think about into the future,” he said.

The inquiry continues this week.

Council commissioned an independent review of the model governing its water and sewer operations late last year.

CEO David Farmer said at the time that the review would explore if there are opportunities to produce better value and return on investment for the community.

He said Council’s water and sewer assets are valued at

close to $4B. “Our obligation to the community is to ensure we are maximising the value of these assets, and improving efficiency and performance in how water and sewer services are delivered,” Farmer said.

“This review is about gathering and assessing all the data to get an informed view of all the possible operating structures.”

The United Services Union was concerned that the review could open the door to privatisation.

Administrator, Rik Hart, said in August last year that he was against any sell-off.

The review has yet to return to a public meeting.

Merilyn Vale

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School’s back See page 3

In less than a year after moving to Lisarow and setting up a brewery five times larger than its previous operation, Hawkesbury Brewing Co (HBC) has grown to a staff of more than 70 employees, four of them engineering apprentices.

Health

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Business

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News

Woy Woy residents have been given a Pelican Park update but it didn’t give timeframes about a promised consultation or anything concrete about the future of the playground located at Fisherman’s Wharf.

See page 5

Out & About

All afloat in Woy Woy

A group of Central Coast women have come together to knit for climate action, crafting scarves.

See page 26

Education

Students from across the Coast have returned to face-to-face learning from October 18 after spending term three learning from home.

See page 29

Wicks votes against debating Bill to kill off PEP11 Local emergency doctor, Ash Bowden, also known as Doctor Do More, helped raise over $100,000 during September for Cancer Council Central Coast.

See page 31

Sport

The Central Coast Dragon Boat Club is welcoming new members, catering for those looking for a social experience as well as those with aspirations to compete in racing.

See page 37

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At 11am in the Federal House of Representatives yesterday, (Thursday, October 21), the Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, rose to speak against a motion that would have paved the way for a Private Members’ Bill to permanently kill off the PEP11 offshore drilling permit.

Strongly opposed by the Central Coast community, Petroleum Exploration Permit 11, known as PEP11, is a work permit granted under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.

PEP11 covers 4,575 square kilometres of ocean from Newcastle through the Central

Member for Warringah, Zali Steggall

Coast to Manly.

Wicks and Prime Minister Scott Morrison have said they will not allow PEP11 to be extended under a Morrison Government but yesterday Wicks voted with the government to stop the Bill from being considered.

Zali Steggall, Independent

Member for Warringah, moved to suspend standing orders so her Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Stopping PEP11) Bill 2021 could be given priority for debate.

“This motion must be debated today because it deals with vital issues: climate change; environmental destruction; and the fate of the economy for a significant portion of the east coast of Australia,” Steggall told the House.

“PEP11 comes as close as five kilometres to the shore in places.

“Human line of sight on the horizon is over five kilometres, so gas rigs may well be seen from our headlands and beaches.

Students returning to Tuggerah Public School

giving enough assurance to Advent Energy that they are An application to add a sixth seeking tenders for equipment storey to a development to drill the works on PEP11.” already underway at 5-7 Steggall said over 60,000 Church St Terrigal is once people had lent their names to more in the spotlight.

See page 27 a petition calling for PEP11 to be stopped.

“Our ecotourism, our tourism, our hospitality all need confidence and certainty, and having this risk hanging over Aerial Photograph (Note: This photograph shows the former Figure 2: Locality public car park on the subject site and pre-dates the current them is impacting construction their of shop-top housing on the site). confidence in the rebuild.”

Steggall saidApplication the Member for 8.3 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 requesting 4 pursuant to Section Central Coast Council to review its decision to refuse DA 52083/2017 – Part 4 for shop top housing and car Robertson parking had on Lots told the7861, Nos. 5 & 7 Church Street, Terrigal.

19 & 20 DP community she opposed theLtd – August 2021.

Doug Sneddon Planning Pty An introduction to the world of project.

“Yet here we are: we are still ocean racing in outrigger canoes will be held at in the hands of Minister Pitt.”

Sport

Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks

“As recently as October 20, comments in the media by David Breeze, the Executive Director of Advent Energy, indicated that Advent has every intention to proceed with the project.

“PEP11 is still on foot, and Minister Pitt, a Queensland Liberal-National MP, is still

Continued page 4

Gwandalan this weekend, as part Veterans’ Health Week.

See page 37

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Out&About

Central Coast artist, Yuley Buist, has been painting since she was a child, but in the past five years her work has taken off, with a series of exhibitions at various venues.

See page 17

News

Nurses and midwives hold grave concerns for safe patient care in Wyong Hospital’s new Block H building, after serious staffing shortfalls were not addressed.

See page 5

Out&About

Woy Woy’s Troubadour Folk Club will bring a carnival atmosphere to Woy Woy by hosting a night of live music from Australian-Brazilian band – Brazil and Beyond Trio – on October 30.

See page 17

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A $5,000 grant from O’Brien Electrical and Plumbing will help Coast Shelter keep its emergency accommodation in peak condition.

Waiting times at the Services Australia Centre in Blackwall Road have soared over recent weeks as people have encountered difficulties accessing their COVID-19 vaccination certificates.

See page 5

Former Council CEO wanted to sell water assets Two Central Coast nurses have travelled to the furthest reaches of outback NSW, as part of a COVID response health team to help the remote community of Wilcannia.

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News

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News

Out & About

Public comment is being sought, under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act), in relation to a development proposal

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Where’s our precinct?

Train services will be disrupted on Wednesday, October 20, when rail workers take industrial action following the breakdown of negotiations between the NSW Government and the union...

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Former Council CEO touts selling water assets

aware that there was a financial calamity?’.”

He said Cr Jane Smith acted to a large extent like a mayor from the 1990s when the mayor was chief executive under the Local Government Act. “In my view – and I’ve talked to all the Executive Leadership Team and quite a number of other people – Mayor Jane Smith, who I believe has a very fine record as an environmental activist, and I consider myself a bit of one as well – she came in determined to effect changes.

“She employed a person, and one of the Councillors on the Inquiry mentioned to me that

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News

CCN employees, Harry Mulholland and Lucillia Eljuga, at Hotel Gosford

Complete ‘cluster mess’ Deputy Mayor Jane Smith as a fine environmental activist and said he considered himself a bit of one too.

Persson published three reports when he was Interim Administrator.

“Sometimes when you write a document, time passes, you look at it and you go ‘Ouch’, or whatever. Well, I’m very comfortable with every word in those documents,” Persson said.

Commissioner Roslyn McCulloch said: “Although you did change your opinion about whether an inquiry was appropriate?”

“No, no, I recommended an

21 OCTOBER 2021

Business

Out&About

Former Central Coast Council Interim Administrator, Dick Persson, called an article critical of his work at Central Coast Council “academic wankery” during his evidence at the Public Inquiry on October 13.

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News

Future Sooner fights power station’s licence to pollute Environmental group, Future Sooner, is campaigning to have nitrogen oxide emissions halved at Vales Point Power Station, which it says is “one of the region’s dirtiest power stations” and putting children’s health at risk.

Spokesperson, Will Belford, said Future Sooner had collated data from 2019 and 2020 about children presenting to emergency departments with respiratory illnesses at the region’s five main hospitals – Wyong, Gosford, Belmont and John Hunter.

He said the data showed that 2,954 children presented with

Vales Point Power Station at Mannering Park

asthma and related conditions between January 2019 and December 2020.

“A study in January this year

by epidemiologist, Dr Ben Ewald, found nitrogen oxide (NO2) emissions from coalfired power stations were

responsible for up to five per cent of asthma cases in children on the Central Coast and six per cent in Lake

Macquarie,” Belford said.

“It’s not possible to say how many of the almost 3,000 emergency department presentations can be attributed to coal-fired power station emission, but they clearly play a role.

“The frustrating thing is that a number of these children would never have become ill if power stations had installed filters to stop NO2 emissions.”

The Future Sooner emergency department research data shows that at Wyong Hospital in 2019 there were 275 children presenting with asthma or respiratory illness, and 242 in 2020.

Continued page 10

Bateau Bay resident and teacher at Central Coast Community College, Erin Jacob, has been named Vocational Education Teacher of the Year at the 2021 Annual NSW Training Awards.

See page 27

Sport

On Saturday, October 23, the Central Coast Mariners played their opening pre-season match against the Western Sydney Wanderers at Wanderers Football Park, falling behind in the heat by 2-0.

See page 31

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Woy Woy is finally home to a state-of-the-art wharf featuring a floating pontoon, accessibility features, solar lighting and smart benches with mobile phone charging capabilities.

The wharf opened to a fanfare of music, chatter and anticipation on a sunny Monday morning (October 25).

A COVID restricted crowd of 50 invitees attended the opening, with guests such as local MPs, Council directors, business leaders, ferry operators and representatives of the local Aboriginal Land Council, treated to a jazz band on arrival.

The $5.6M project, which aims to improve the daily commute for locals and visitors,

was officially opened by Council Administrator, Rik Hart, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch.

Hart said the wharf would help draw more locals and visitors to Woy Woy. “It’s terribly important because it is a major commuter belt within Brisbane Water and so I’m expecting people to utilise it and you will see a lot of people here,” Hart said.

“It makes [Woy Woy] a destination now … people will come here and travel on the ferry, it makes a huge difference …it allows other retail, such as the food and beverage industries, to thrive so that’s what I expect will happen.

“It couldn’t have been done without the State Government’s contribution.

“The $1.6M that comes from us is renewal money – this is a renewal of an existing asset which means we have not had to find new money for it.

“Because it’s a renewal project, the existing maintenance and operating costs are still all built into our current budget, so it won’t have any impact.”

The upgrade also features mounting points for wheelchair lifting devices on the pontoon, a covered pontoon gangway and passenger shelter and a dedicated fishing area located on the corner of The Boulevarde and Brisbane Water Dr. Crouch said the NSW Government was proud to contribute $4M to the project from the Regional Communities Development Fund.

“It’s so important the

community has the necessary infrastructure from one end of the Central Coast to the other … to ensure we have state of the art facilities for locals but also for the thousands of people who visit,” Crouch said.

“It’s a testament to us as a community to deliver amazing infrastructure like this for everyone to use.

“I think most of us, at some point, have stood here looking like we’re walking on water in a high tide and no longer will that be the case.

“I know Central Coast Ferries will benefit greatly from this – it’s a wonderful economic investment, but it’s not just about the money, it’s about the jobs this has created during the COVID pandemic.

“It’s a great facility for our community to enjoy well into

A Woy Woy student has completed a donation drive to help support those in need, collecting groceries and supplies to deliver to Mary Mac’s Place.

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the future.”

Senior Master for Central Coast Ferries, Daniel Rond, said he had been campaigning for the wharf upgrade since 2012.

“This upgrade has improved [the wharf] so much that everyone now can actually catch the ferry,” Rond said.

“We had bad problems with the old wharf being [immersed] by the tide and disabled people had no access to the ferry because the gangplank was just too steep, and under water at sometimes!

“Central Coast Ferries and I have been campaigning for this right up until this moment … along with Liesl Tesch, we organised a petition with 4,000 signatures to be tabled in NSW Parliament.

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A St Huberts Island resident has received national recognition for her work in designing Woy Woy Fishermen’s Wharf after she was tasked with revitalising the iconic restaurant.

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Students across the Peninsula have returned to face-to-face learning from October 18 after spending term three learning from home.

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Woy Woy carpark still ‘to be decided’ Questions have been raised over the Woy Woy Commuter carpark again after recent FOI documents indicated that the project had no confirmed timeframe or total cost and that no community consultation had occurred.

The long-awaited $5M project was expected to create 140 carparking spaces for Woy Woy commuters following bipartisan calls for more commuter carparks on the Coast.

Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, first announced the project on March 27, 2019, 15 days prior to the Federal Election being called on April 11.

According to Transport for NSW documents, the project remains at the design stage with upcoming activities to focus on cost estimation and risk adjustment and the draft development PPR. Dates surrounding the commencement of construction, or its completion are still deemed ‘to be decided’, however the document showed the project was still on schedule to meet its next federal milestone.

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total estimated cost was still ‘to be decided’ with no funds to be contributed from the NSW Government.

The project however will be delivered through Transport for NSW. When asked about the delays and uncertainty surrounding the project, Wicks said the project would be 100 per cent funded by the Federal Government.

“TfNSW is well progressed with planning and is undertaking investigations to deliver the best solution for the community and the local environment,” Wicks said.

“I’m incredibly disappointed and frustrated by the delays that we’ve seen to this project.

“Currently, the car parking is in the design and planning phases, and some engineering issues have been identified across possible sites.

“These include all of the potential sites being flood prone due to their proximity to Brisbane Water, the requirements for extended retaining walls and the need to relocate rail assets.

“Community consultations will commence once a suitable site is finalised.

“As is typical when delivering

infrastructure, construction start, and finish dates will be announced once planning is complete and when the final design is developed; and the local community will be informed as soon as there are any developments.

“It is normal practice in the delivery of infrastructure projects for there to be a significant lead time between the announcement of the project and construction commencing.”

In an interview with CCN at the start of July, Wicks said the concept design of the carpark, including details on the chosen site, would be finalised within days and a more realistic idea of construction timeframes would be known.

Reports suggested the decision over the chosen site would be either an existing carpark located next to Deepwater Plaza, or a piece of vacant land owned by Transport for NSW on Railway St. Transport for NSW were said to be considering a number of factors such as the distance of the site from the railway station, the impact on nearby properties and rail assets, the exact number of car spaces possible and social and environmental impacts of the project.

The New Liberals Candidate for Robertson, Vania Holt, said the commuter carpark program was a mess.

“I’m not sure when the Member of Robertson was last

in Woy Woy but there isn’t a lot of room for a big new carpark and if the idea is to upgrade Deepwater Plaza, what happens to parking in the meantime?” Holt said.

“The commuter carpark program is a mess … the Auditor-General has cast doubt on its transparency.

“How can they plan without community consultation?

“And, in three years they’ve managed to finish only three of these projects.

“In the case of Woy Woy, the Federal Government may have promised $5M, but we’re still waiting on a figure for a NSW Government contribution and there’s no construction timetable.

“It’s all a bit ‘Scotty from Announcements’ with no follow through.

“Surely, a well-thought-out transport plan for the Peninsula – with adequate, green public transport to get commuters to the station and home on time – would be a better use of the money.

“Frankly, the legendary Ettalong to Circular Quay ferry project has more chance of becoming reality than this does.”

The Australian National Audit

Office’s (ANAO) report identified that the Department of Infrastructure had looked at four other potential sites – an existing Transport for NSWowned carpark on Railway St, an existing carpark opposite The Pavilion, an existing carpark next to the Peninsula Plaza, and existing carparks opposite Woy Woy Oval.

The report identified the car park would cost more than $210,000 per space under the Urban Congestion Fund, which is 430 per cent above the benchmark figure.

Labor Candidate for Robertson, Gordon Reid, said “Coast commuters should not have to bear the brunt of empty political promises.

“These carparks promised by Lucy Wicks and the Federal Government in the last federal election have been exposed as a lie,” Reid said.

“There’s been no costings and there’s been no timeline and that has been absolutely crushing for our local hardworking community.

“I feel that when you are elected to represent your community [that] trust is everything and promises do matter.”

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“I was notified this morning that the wharf is up for some national awards – it’s a great thing for our community and the Peninsula.”

Rond said he was very happy with the wharf’s design but would like to see some fire suppression systems be installed.

“We had the poles recessed into the wharf so the gap between the vessel and the wharf wouldn’t be so large,” he said.

“We also had some proper bollards installed which were strong enough to hold our vessels and other boats.”

The official opening followed criticism levelled at Council and the NSW Government by Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, when the wharf’s opening was delayed.

“The wharf has been a long journey for the community, and it is the community who deserved to open the wharf and witness this historical event,” Tesch said.

“This has been in the pipeline since 2011 and in 2018 we pushed the NSW Liberal Government to give us our wharf with 4,000 people signed our petition.”

“People were already fishing off the wharf, riding their bikes along the path, enjoying their morning coffee on the benches and looking at the magnificent view off our wharf.

“It is a shame our community were not able to enjoy this facility during lockdown and I hope that other community resources are not put on hold again for ribbon cutting and formalities.”

Council Director Infrastructure Services, Boris Bolgoff said the project had been delivered under “challenging circumstances” given the current COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions at times halting construction.

“Within the last week, Council has been able to have contractors on site to finalise the wharf

project and is pleased to open this long-awaited wharf upgrade to the public,” Bolgoff said.

“The original wharf would become submerged during King Tide’s and severe weather conditions but the new wharf is designed to ensure this no longer occurs.

“We have also future-proofed this important amenity by ensuring it can dock vessels up 35-metres and 250 tonnes.”

Local resident and president of the CWA Woy Woy, Jane Bowtell, said it was great to have a service accessible to all in the community.

“It’s something that we feel has been desperately needed for a long time,” Bowtell said. “[The] contractors have bent over backwards to accommodate us so that we could still access our driveway and hire out the hall …Tom and the team, I just thank them immensely.

“We have members who travel on the ferry to the CWA … it’s wonderful, its lovely, its right on our doorstep and we couldn’t be prouder.

“It is well worth the wait.”

Gwen Dundon, a 91-year-old local historian and researcher, attended the opening and said it was a significant moment for the people of the Peninsula.

“I am so happy for the ferry owners that come in here because it really has been terrible for them at high tides for so many years, with the old wharf often going under the water,” Dundon said.

“This wharf is a huge improvement and can only bring more tourists to Woy Woy. “The wharf has always been of importance to Woy Woy in the past, and in the present to some extent, with people who came to the Coast for holidays always getting off at Woy Woy station because Woy Woy had all the ferries that kept the Coast connected.”

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Still no detail on future of Pelican Park Woy Woy residents have been given a Pelican Park update but it didn’t give timeframes about a promised consultation or anything concrete about the future of the playground located at Fisherman’s Wharf.

Central Coast Council said the community would hear from it when its consultation process was ready.

Council gave no date for this “upcoming engagement” but said it was “listening to the

community” although it didn’t explain how.

“Council is listening to the community and acknowledges the community’s concerns and questions around the play space and other projects as part of Woy Woy’s masterplan, which will be addressed as part of upcoming engagement to consult with the broader community,” Council said.

“Until then, the play space continues to be open for use.

“More information on upcoming projects as well as timing for the

Pelican Park consultation will be announced by Council when ready, and all opportunities for community participation in engagement activities will be promoted.

“Learn about Council’s strategic direction for the development and sustainable management of play spaces across the coast, search ‘play space’ at centralcoast.nsw. gov.au,” the Council said.

Pelican Park was saved from demolition earlier this year and its future is still up in the air.

Residents rallied when it got a

whisper of the demolition only days before the contractors working on the nearby wharf upgrade were due to remove the playground.

As part of the wharf upgrade a new playground was built adjacent to the wharf.

The information about Pelican Park was part of a press release about the play spaces Council intended to complete this year which included one at Turo Close Reserve, Pretty Beach.

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L-plate backlog needs to be cleared says Tesch Thousands of young locals itching to get their L-Plates and Provisional licenses have had their future put on hold after Service NSW scrambled to deal with a backlog of cancelled tests tracing back to June, according to a local MP. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said she had heard reports of students booking in for their tests in Newcastle only for those tests to be cancelled once Central Coast was classified as part of Greater Sydney for regional travel purposes.

Michelle Mitchell, a mother of a 16-year-old who had been trying

to get his Learners Permit since his birthday in August, said the delay is putting a whole community at a disadvantage.

“It’s just ridiculous, you know there’s a whole community out there who are in the same situation, so many of my son’s friends have just turned 16 and have been forced to wait,” Mitchell said.

“It is putting so many of our kids, who have already been through enoughthisyear,atadisadvantage.

“We were told the backlog would not be cleared until January, that’s a huge and unacceptable delay.”

Tesch said young people on the

Coast will be disadvantaged.

“We unfortunately do not have a seamless transport network like in Sydney, with less bus and train services and lengthy routes to cover,” Tesch said.

“Many of our students hope to complete a trade and for many a driver’s licence is their ticket to success.

“While not having a Learners Permit for a few months does not sound like a lot in the grand scheme of things, when you add the fact that one must hold a Learners Permit for 12-months prior to applying for a Provisional Driver Licence test this is going to have a huge impact on 16, going on 17-year-olds who will be

unable to get the trades and jobs they want because of a huge backlog.”

Tesch said the backlog needed to be cleared sooner rather than later.

“Even if it means making it available for people to do their Learners’ Permit test online or hosting mass testing days so we can fast track this, something needs to be done to get rid of the backlog so our youth are not delayed any more in their crucial development and success,” she said.

“It’s the 21st century and it is about time the NSW Liberal Government start adopting a more innovative approach, so

Coasties aren’t let down anymore.”

Tesch said she has written to the Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello, to ensure the community’s concerns are communicated.

Reports suggest that individuals who had a booking during lockdown will be prioritised, with those who did not have a booking during that period unable to make one yet.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said once the backlog had been cleared, Service NSW will reopen driving tests to the wider community.

“I want to thank the Central Coast community for their resilience and patience during the lockdown,” Crouch said.

“Unfortunately, the Public Health Orders meant that driving tests had to be significantly scaled back, creating a backlog of approximately 17,000 throughout Regional NSW. “Now that the lockdown has ended, Service NSW is actively working towards clearing this back log, including hiring additional staff in regions of need.”

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Mary questions Council on consultation Peninsula resident Mary Doherty told an inquiry into water prices that she had complained to Central Coast Council about dirty water and Council responded by sending her two packets of washing powder.

Doherty was talking on zoom at the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) public hearing into Central Coast Council’s request for a 34 per cent rise in the amount they could charge for water, sewer and drainage.

IPART said part of its role was

to assist the community to keep Council accountable for what it delivers.

“Well, where have you been for the past few years?” asked Doherty.

“What are we going to see that is any different,” she asked, if IPART granted Council the increase.

She said residents were tired and wanted to know what would change.

Council’s Water and Sewer Director, Jamie Loader, answered by talking about ways Council was accountable, including an online mapping tool and monthly reports to

Council meetings.

Doherty, who has lived on the Peninsula for 30 years, said the community had heard this all before, many times.

“You say you consult the community but I am part of the community and I haven’t seen any survey and never been asked my opinion and so obviously you are not reaching the community,” she said.

The comments section of the zoom meeting showed others agreed with her sentiments.

More than 70 people logged on to the public hearing on October 26 but at least half of the participants were either

Council staff or IPART staff.

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Residents tell IPART how Council needs to improve The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) was told – during a public hearing into a proposal submitted by Central Coast Council to increase water and sewer charges by 34 per cent – that it should be careful it doesn’t incentivise poor performance.

Kincumber resident Kevin Brooks made the comment during the hearing, which was conducted via zoom.

IPART hosted the zoom meeting which saw about 75 people attend the three-hour session but at least 35 of the participants were either Council staff or IPART staff.

Brooks was given five minutes to give a presentation on behalf of the facebook group Protest Against Extreme Rates of The Central Coast.

He told the hearing that Council didn’t have a revenue problem, it had a management problem.

“Council needs to earn community trust by improving performance, productivity, efficiency, and culture,” he said.

“This will liberate internal savings that can be directed at front line services.

“Only if Council proves it can deliver and offer value for money can it ever be trusted with more money.

“Until then, IPART, which exists to protect customers from monopoly pricing, should

be careful not to incentivise poor performance and low productivity.”

Brooks said Council treated complainants as enemies.

“That’s my dirty brown water,” he said, showing a photo.

“When I first complained about it I had to go through my Member of Parliament just to get a reply.

“This Council treats complainants as enemies not customers.”

He said Council had the highest number of complaints “by some distance” for water utilities in the 2019/20 National Performance Report.

Timothy Kemp from the NSW Farmers Central Coast horticultural branch said ratepayers west of the M1 should not be charged for stormwater management as the farmers, not Council, manage it.

“We manage the stormwater so there shouldn’t be a rate

increase,” he said.

“I would like it to be shown to us what Council does to manage the stormwater in our area.”

Director of Infrastructure Services, Boris Bolgoff, said there were 39,000 drainage pits in the network and table drains and culverts and pipes that people did not see.

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Border failure leaves family devastated

A Woy Woy man was denied entry into Queensland earlier this month to visit his terminally ill stepdad who had suddenly been told he had only a week left to live.

Elijah Stevenson said it was a shock for his family to learn of his stepdad, Rick Campbell’s diagnosis after a routine checkup turned into a nightmare for the family.

Rick, 57, had visited his doctor in Longreach after experiencing shoulder pain, only to be told he had cancer, tumours in the brain, spine and back and bleeding on the brain with only a week to live.

After learning of his stepdad’s illness, Elijah along with his partner and daughter who were in lock-down on the Coast applied for an end-of-life exemption to cross the Queensland border.

He said he wanted to go and spend his stepdad’s last days with him and introduce him to his five-month-old granddaughter for the first time.

“We had to get all the appropriate documents for Queensland Health like the diagnosis and the letter from the doctor confirming he was terminally ill,” he said.

“We did all that [and] got it all sorted … he was very [quickly] deteriorating.

“When I was applying for the border passes – I got one – it said we didn’t have to

Rick Campbell

quarantine on arrival to Queensland, that it was valid till October 13.

“I also had an application in for the exemption for an end-oflife visit.

“We started driving at about 7pm on the Friday night and got to the border the very next morning.

“We went to go through the border, presented our pass and they said to us the G Pass is no longer relevant, that we needed an X Pass.

“So, they moved the goalposts on us.

“We went back over the border and started making phone calls – the first time I called up [Queensland Health] said, ‘We want to get you across the border as soon as possible because we know this is a timerestricted thing,’ and so from there we were told to call back at 8am Queensland

Elijah Stevenson with his daughter Sienna

time,” he said.

“They called us back and said, ‘Okay you did get a COVID-19 test in NSW but we need you to get another one,’ and I said that’s not a problem.

“We went to get a test in Queensland, but the hospital was on the other side of the border, so that presented more problems …[they] then realised it was closed till Monday.

“Another Queensland Health officer then called, and he began by stating that the doctor’s letter that I got wasn’t good enough, so it said that he was terminally ill, but it didn’t have a diagnosis.

“I needed another letter from a doctor breaking down the medical conditions.

“I thought it was ridiculous, you have a doctor’s letter from a Queensland Hospital, from palliative care, saying, ‘Yeah, he’s dying’ … what more do

you want?

“We had another letter from the doctor and the hospital – it was basically a letter of recommendation for the endof-life exemption.

“The [officer] then said, ‘Well this isn’t good enough either’, because it needs to be from Queensland Health, and this is from Queensland Telehealth.

“We were told we needed to get those letters re-done by different people and by that point I was very angry.”

Elijah was then told by the officer that he couldn’t physically and legally drive the 10-hour trip to Longreach before the weekend was over.

His family began organising the new documents in Queensland whilst he checked into a local motel but he then got the phone call he was dreading.

“I got a phone call from my

Mum about lunchtime, and she said he had passed, and that Ricky was gone … I felt so upset,” he said.

“I got another phone call from the officer who asked me to get all the new letters and he very nonchalantly said, ‘Oh sorry about your loss, unfortunately because your stepdad is no longer alive, you are no longer eligible for an end-of-life visit exemption’.

“I was given options – postpone the funeral and fly up and quarantine in a governmentsanctioned hotel for two weeks … or bring his body to NSW and have a funeral here.

“I already looked at doing [hotel quarantine] and the costs for us as a family, including flights and their accommodation, would have been about $15,000 – who has the money to go and do that?

“I don’t want my mum to have to wait to bury her husband.

“I didn’t want to sit in the reality that I’d just lost my stepdad.

“And now I had to perform his eulogy over a Facebook chat where I’m over 1,500 kilometres away.”

CCN contacted Queensland Health for comment regarding Elijah’s exemption which they said they received on September 29.

“We are unable to comment in depth on individual cases however Queensland Health did receive an exemption application from Mr Stevenson

on 29 September,”a Queensland Health spokesperson said.

“The Queensland Health Exemptions team works incredibly hard, under very difficult circumstances, seven days a week.

“We understand the impact of our decisions, and we are working within the boundaries of legislation, health directions and protocols to ensure public health remains a top priority.

“We are doing everything possible to process exemption requests as quickly as we can.

“Every individual decision is made by clinicians who are equipped to deal with extenuating medical circumstances or to assess requests based on compassionate grounds.

“End-of-life visits receive absolute priority, and we process these applications as quickly as possible.”

Elijah said he was disgusted at the treatment his family received from Queensland Health. “[Rick died] 10 days after I applied for the exemption and got the border pass,” he said.

“I think it’s disgusting.”

“We did everything right – we got all the tests, all the paperwork – for nothing.”

A full video report and interview with Elijah is available on CCN’s website.

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Vouchers needed now says Harris Every adult in NSW will receive a new $50 “Stay & Rediscover” voucher from the NSW Government intended to help boost local tourism.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the vouchers would be available through the Service NSW app in March 2022.

“When unlimited travel is allowed from November 1 onwards, all tourism operators will experience a significant bounce,” Crouch said.

“By providing these vouchers in March 2022 we will prolong the bumper summer season following a long winter in lockdown,” Crouch said.

“The vouchers can be spent on accommodation anywhere in NSW and given our proximity

to Sydney, this means that many thousands of people will choose our region as their destination of choice.

“We have some of NSW’s best beaches and tourism attractions here on the Central Coast, and I am looking forward to seeing our local businesses come back with a bang.”

NSW Labor said the new vouchers would not offer the necessary support for tourism

operators to recover because the scheme doesn’t launch for five months.

NSW Shadow Minister for Jobs, Investment and Tourism, David Harris, said the tourism industry was going to need as much support as possible as soon as possible.

“The Premier said … that NSW would not just bounce back, they would fly back, but it’s hard to fly with clipped

wings, with vouchers not available until March next year,” Harris said.

“A $50 voucher in six months’ time isn’t exactly the stimulus tourism operators and accommodation providers were expecting.

“The government should have had these vouchers ready to go by November 1 when regional travel resumes and well ahead of the Christmas/

New Year holiday period when families will be able to travel.

“It’s incumbent the government gets this stimulus right and get the vouchers out the door by November 1.”

More information about the voucher scheme is available on the NSW Government’s website.

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New funding announced for most vulnerable Grassroots organisations can now apply for the latest tranche of a record $43.2M funding package to support vulnerable people and multicultural communities across NSW. Minister for Multiculturalism, Natalie Ward, said communityled grassroots initiatives will be able to share in this latest round of $3.6M funding to provide immediate and essential services.

These include food and school products, services to help those experiencing domestic and family violence and seniors facing social isolation, wellbeing checks and community activities such as youth groups.

“The NSW Government has responded urgently to support those in need during the pandemic.

“This is the second round of funding for vulnerable people and multicultural communities delivered through our Empowering and Supporting Local Communities program,” Ward said.

The first round of the program has been finalised and will deliver more than $3.4M to 194 grassroots community organisations across the state.

“This latest round builds on the initial funding and will support communities big and small across our metropolitan, rural and regional areas with grants of up to $30,000.

“As we continue racing towards our vaccination targets and look at easing restrictions, we want to make sure no one is left behind,” Ward said.

Attorney General and Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Mark

Speakman, said communities across NSW have stepped up like never before to support and care for each other, and to stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“These grants will help ensure critical support for some of our most vulnerable, including women and children impacted by domestic and family violence and other hardships during the pandemic, thanks to the many dedicated frontline services working across the state,” Speakman said.

Applications close at 11am on October 11.

For more information, visit multicultural.nsw.gov.au/ grants/ Source: Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans, Natalie Ward

Public servants given leave to help farmers Local public servants will receive five days’ special leave to assist the region’s farmers ahead of a record harvest season.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said this was another important step in helping the Coast’s farmers.

“We know the agriculture sector will play a key part as the economy recovers from the impacts of COVID-19,” Crouch said.

“The five days of special leave will be offered to the NSW Government’s public servants

without it coming out of their yearly allocation.

“This is the first time this initiative has been offered to Department of Regional NSW staff based in both Gosford and Wyong offices.

“I would encourage anyone in either Gosford or Wyong offices, who may be eligible, to take up this fantastic offer and be part of the team that is doing their bit to help our local farmers.”

The initiative was announced

by Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW, Paul Toole, and Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall.

“Nearly 80 per cent of staff from the Department of Regional NSW already live and work in regional NSW, so chances are many of them know their way around a header or chaser bin and how important this busy time of year is for regional communities,” Toole said.

“This will be a record season and Harvest Leave provides another positive incentive to ensure this year’s crops are harvested.”

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

Woman found safe A missing woman from Peats Ridge was located safe and well on October 27 after being reported missing earlier in the week.

Kim Azzopardi, aged 54, was last seen leaving a property on Peats Ridge Road, Peats Ridge, about 4pm on Monday, October 25.

Officers from Brisbane Water Police District commenced inquiries after her vehicle was

located near the Peats Ridge property.

She was located by police at approximately 10am on Wednesday.

Police said they would like to thank the public and media for their assistance.

Source: Social media, Oct 27 NSW Police Force

New helicopters may assist local police district The launch of the NSW Police Force (NSWPF) Aviation Command’s newest high-tech helicopters may be called upon to assist Brisbane Water Police District in the future.

The three Bell 429 helicopters – PolAir 1, 3 and 4 – will be used to support police with patrols, search and rescue, surveillance, and specialist operations.

The choppers carry the latest technology in airborne law enforcement, including a Trakka beam, FLIR HDc 380 camera system, advanced mapping systems, tactical radios, and a rescue hoist winch.

The equipment enhances the

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helicopter’s capabilities and allows a greater response to any job, at any time, be it search and rescue or surveillance, whereas previously a change of aircraft may have been needed.

The helicopters are also fitted with twin-engines making them faster, more comfortable and safer to fly than some of their predecessors.

The helicopters were funded by the $50M Future Light Helicopter Program.

NSWPF Commissioner Mick Fuller said each helicopter had been purpose-built to policing specifications.

“Each one has been customised with the most sophisticated equipment, including a FLIR camera system, advanced mapping systems, tactical radio and rescue hoist winch,” he said.

“We know that these aviation resources are a vital component to our policing responses, and I am confident that PolAir 1, 3 and 4 will play a critical role in our future operations.”

Source: Media release, Oct 26 NSW Police

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Looking for a ‘sensible balance’ In PP032 (Oct 21), the Pearl Beach Environment Group [PBEG] has raised concerns with the CCC over the loss of bushland in Pearl Beach and its impact on the environment due to “inappropriate development”.

They are seeking a meeting with the Central Coast Council Administrator over their concerns.

Hopefully he will be aware of the history of Pearl Beach and the several volunteer organisations within the village, focused on looking after the natural and native attributes of the village – Arboretum team –Bush Care – Dune Care – Progress Association, which with the aid of the Council have achieved great results and a beautiful environment.

As a resident for some 35 years and a bush lover I and many others within the village have concerns about the balance of village bush and risk management.

When one looks back on aerial photographs taken over the past 30 t 40 years the increased tree canopy enveloping the village is clear to see, in fact if Ausgrid didn’t trim trees on the roadside to protect power cables – today the roads would not be visible from the air – like many of the

FORUM See Page 2 for address and contribution conditions.

Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily of the newspaper homes.

Now the National Park and Council bush land basically runs right around the village and out to Patonga and Kariong so risk management is a very important factor given the location of this village just look at aerial views of the village and surrounding areas of the Peninsula.

Crown fires or ground level fires present a massive challenge to the village and more with overly developed coverage then add global warming!

Trees and plants in close proximity to dwellings simply add to the risk.

The Council basically requires you to obtain a permit to remove a tree on your own property, but you can plant trees without one!

How sensible is that, in terms of safety zones and future risk factors?

Trees are regularly planted on streetscapes by locals, on the edge of intersections/tight

corners [impairing driver visibility] directly in the path of pedestrians –pushing them onto the road way- planted under powerlinesandoverunderground service connections.

The village originally was home to a lot of little beach cottages and fibro shacks overtime these have naturally been upgraded to more suitable modern homes, which naturally cover a larger area of the original site – but not excessively – so some trees have to be removed.

The houses both original and today’s are sited close together a feature of the original development, but also extra challenging for neighbours, if a property catches fire.

Come on tree lovers, planners and residents, let’s stay within sensibility, safety and balance and focus more on the issues of village safety and preparedness for climatic challenges.

Hopefully Mr Hart and his team will consult with the Council and RFS Fire Committee and also take a drive around the village prior to meeting with this PBEG for the writer and a lot of residents the village requires a sensible balance of natural bush and nature with a strong reality of risk management and accompanying limits.

Email, Oct 25 Vic Brown, Pearl Beach

No site, no design, no shovels Do politicians shame?

have

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We have Lucy Wicks bragging about the Government’s Parking Station rorts scandal as part of a full-page political advertisement, as though corruption is the common experience that we should expect these days (“Lucy Wicks and the Morrison Government are delivering for the Central Coast”, PP 032).

This is a “program” that the Auditor-General found to be one of the most egregious examples of pork-barrelling ever seen (along with the sports rorts affair and the great swimming pool boondoggle), but Wicks is proud to claim that the Government is providing “up to 140 car spaces in Woy Woy Train Station”, as an example of the goodies being handed out to us in exchange for our tax dollars.

The fact that this promise was made in 2019 and that we are no closer to seeing these mirage-like spaces than we were then does not deter her from claiming credit for their existence in the wonderland of Australian political fantasy.

Some might recall that, many months ago, we were promised that the specific site and arrangement for these spaces would be made known within days, yet nothing has transpired.

The reality is that only $5M was budgeted for this exercise, with the state government expected to kick in a contribution,

FORUM and the state government has made it clear that it is not interested in participating.

There is no site for the facility (certainly nowhere that would qualify as being “in Woy Woy Train Station”), no design for the building, no cost estimate of any substance and no indication that we shall see shovels in the ground prior to the 2022 election, which has the advantage that it can be promised again, without costing any more.

Much the same can be said for the 600 car spaces that were promised for Gosford.

The project was predicated on an equal contribution from Central Coast Council, and the

Council has made it clear that there is nowhere in our budget for an outlay of this magnitude.

I fear that Gosford residents will also hear more in 2022 about these fanciful spaces in the exchanges of electoral rhetoric.

It is worth noting that, out of the 47 parking projects that made up this scheme, only three have been built, so Central Coast is not the only electorate being dudded in this shemozzle.

Unspent money counts as savings in the federal budget, so the Government will be able to point to its frugality, when it comes to defending its record.

Email, Oct 24 Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy

Seeking clarity about dogs on beaches FORUM

I have been a resident of the Peninsula for over 60 years so have seen a lot of change to our area – a lot of things for the worst in particular the pets off leash areas on our beaches.

Don’t get me wrong, I love dogs although I do believe they should be under strict guidelines when visiting our beautiful beaches.

The area of concern for us is in between Kourung St and

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Bangalow St, Ettalong, and other places I’m sure.

There are a couple of signs displaying ‘dogs on leash area’ in between those two streets but dog owners are letting their dogs go as soon as they enter this area and turn a blind eye to their pets defecating and urinating (pooing and weeing) all over the place.

I’m forever having to move poo away from where we sit [and] have lunch, sunbake etc.

Council needs to display these signs more prominently at eye level so everyone is clear about the rules so then hopefully the beach can be enjoyed by all.

Email, Oct 24 Ray Alborough, Woy Woy

FORUM The Jacaranda November one, your work is done, Your purple beauty shines.

Tiny petals say g’day To uplift your head with smiles.

Avenues of beauty, take photos of this cutie.

November ends – The petals blend To carpet our streets.

November is special when you appear – Wait now until next year.

Email, Sep 18 Vivien Sale, Ettalong Beach

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Callum driven to help those in need

A Woy Woy student has completed a donation drive to help support those in need, collecting groceries and supplies to deliver to Mary Mac’s Place.

Callum Conroy, aged 11, said he wanted to help out the Woy Woy-based charity after witnessing his older sister’s support for the charity four years prior.

Callum’s parents, Shannon and Brett, said they were very proud of their son’s commitment to the community.

“The only thing he could think of was doing a letterbox drop to neighbours and asking if they

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could donate,” Shannon and Brett said.

“Neighbours placed their supplies on our veranda, and then we took them down to Mary Mac’s.

“He ended up with three boxes of groceries… we had a great response, it’s probably more than he expected.

“It didn’t just stop after the first day, it ran for about three weeks until the end of lockdown.

“We had people knocking on the door asking how they could donate, we got to meet neighbours we didn’t even know we had.

“It really brought the community together … we want to say a big thanks to all our neighbours who contributed.

“We’re proud of [Callum] – it’s good that he’s now got a sense of what’s going on in the community, that not all people are as lucky to have what he has, a roof over their heads, food on the table … and that every now and again, people need a bit of extra help.”

The Woy Woy South Public School student said he wants to do the donation drive again soon.

Mary Mac’s Place said they

were appreciative of the hard work Callum had put into the drive.

Communications and Engagement Manager, Melissa Sabian, said the charity receives no funding and relies on community support.

“Mary Mac’s Place is open to anyone who is homeless, transient or needing a helping hand,” Sabian said.

“We provide meals, a place to wash clothes and to shower and access to outreach services like Legal Aid, housing and health supports.

“The people who visit Mary Mac’s have many faces.

“These faces include homeless people, couch surfers, train sleepers, rough sleepers, and people sleeping in cars or residing with family or friends in overcrowded situations.

“They’re seeing more women and children who are escaping domestic violence and sleeping in their cars because it’s not safe at home.

“They have families where the main income earner has fallen ill, needing surgery or treatment and cannot afford rent and food and pensioners that lose a partner and now cannot afford rent, food or bills on a single pension and people

who simply cannot afford the rising cost of rent.

“People also come simply to have a chat and for the friendship opportunities as they are lonely or isolated.”

Mary Mac’s Place is currently aiming to raise funds to cover the costs of the meals they provide.

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Umina club wants to restore whale sculpture The Rotary Club of Umina Beach is back … and with plenty to discuss!

The club returned to the Everglades Country Club on October 20 for their first faceto-face meeting since June.

President, Bruce Croft, discussed an idea to rejuvenate the Whale Tails sculpture at the Umina Precinct.

Croft said Central Coast Council has expressed an interest and has the budget to complete the works.

“Pat Lewis distributed a well written paper on the history of

the Tails and the previous involvement of our club in their construction plus other work completed around the Precinct,” he said.

“A site meeting is being arranged with Council to progress the rejuvenation.”

Croft also welcomed a new member to the Club, Dave Tanare, a frequent visitor from the East Gosford Rotary Club.

He will be officially signed up on January 1.

Source: Bulletin, Oct 27 Rotary Club of Umina Beach

Anne and David recognised for Arboretum contribution Two locals were crowned Life Members of the Pearl Beach Arboretum last week in recognition of their dedication to the community and local environment.

Ann Parsons and David George were presented with the awards by Arboretum President, Victoria Crawford, at the Arboretum’s AGM on October 17.

Parsons joined the Arboretum in 2009 and soon took up a management position on the committee, before becoming Secretary in 2015.

She remained in the post until September 2019 when she then took on the position of Vice-President – a position she still holds.

As soon as Parsons joined the committee, she set about researching the plants in the

Arboretum and increasing her knowledge – particularly local threatened species.

“Ann has worked extensively with Robert Payne to maintain the spreadsheet of plants and their location,” Arboretum secretary, Mary Knaggs, said.

“One of Ann’s early achievements was the establishment of the flowering shrub area which is a haven for small birds.

“More recently Ann has been instrumental in obtaining a grant from the Commonwealth Government to initiate research into the feasibility of reintroducing koalas into the Pearl Beach Area – a project that is still ongoing with other stakeholders – including the University of Sydney and Central Coast Council and National Parks and Wildlife Service.

“The grant also allowed the Arboretum to provide habitat support for both koalas and native bees.

“Ann was also instrumental in obtaining Commonwealth funding to rebuild the Arboretum’s propagation area.

“Throughout her involvement with the Arboretum Ann has participated enthusiastically in working bees, arranged guest speakers, managed anniversary functions, encouraged others to join and promoted the Arboretum through the web and on facebook.”

Fellow honorary life member, David George, joined the Arboretum in 2001 and became treasurer from 2002 until 2005.

He re-joined the committee in 2010 for a short two-year stint.

“David’s greatest achievement whilst on the

committee was coordinating volunteers known as the ABC (Arbo Boys Club) who met Tuesdays and Thursdays every week to help establish the Wildlife Corridor followed by a cuppa and a chat,” Knaggs said.

“David was the leader of this group for six years [and] was on the wildlife corridor funding and fundraising subcommittee.

“He purchased plants for the wildlife corridor which were recorded in the daybook by name, quantity and location planted making it easy to create a plant database.

“Although David has retired from the committee, he still maintains an interest in the Arboretum.”

Source: Media release, Oct 20 Pearl Beach Arboretum

BOOK REVIEW

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Beautiful World, Where are You Author: Sally Rooney Publisher: Faber

Sally Rooney wrote the very popular Normal People, which was less popular with me.

I didn’t like how Marianne, the female protagonist, who was supposed to be smart, allowed herself to be used.

However, since it received so many glowing reviews, and was made into a television series, I thought it might just be my issue.

Also, since I read that book years ago I forgot how much I didn’t connect with it.

That was until I read Beautiful World, Where are You. Alice and Eileen are friends from university who seem to have a relationship based on long drawn out emails discussing anything from how plastics have made the

world ugly to politics to the Bronze Age. You know, the typical emails between twenty-year-old women who are trying to impress the reader with how smart they are.

Smart that is until they form relationships with men.

Eileen is beautiful and intelligent, won academic awards while attending university but now works for a literary magazine and her sister feels she is not living up to her potential.

Simon is her childhood friend and her lifelong crush, and he is a very devoted Catholic (I mention that because it is mentioned often in the book).

Their relationship is platonic until he invites her to Paris when things get hot.

But for some reason, although they really like each other and meet for the occasional booty call, Simon has various girlfriends throughout the years and Eileen spends a few years living with her

boyfriend Aidan.

After three years Aidan and Eileen break up and now she shares a flat with some flatmates that don’t seem to care for her.

Alice on the other hand was a troublemaker at university, called a professor a “fascist pig”, did not make friends easily – the opposite of Eileen.

However, she became a very successful author and moved to New York.

She kept in touch with Eileen until she stopped replying to emails and deleted her social media.

It was Simon who notified Eileen that Alice was back in Dublin and had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital for a mental breakdown.

When Alice is discharged, she rents a rectory in a small town a few hours outside of Dublin.

This is when the emails with Eileen pick back up.

Alice meets Felix through a dating app and the smart, successful woman then allows this tosser to use her (and the penny drops on why I didn’t like Normal People).

I found this book annoying.

The emails between Alice and Eileen were ridiculous.

Really?

Do people write emails like these to each other?

Do friends not pick up the phone (or am I showing my age with that sentence).

I mean these emails went on and on and I lost interest.

Long emails are bad enough, but books of long emails are even worse.

The characters were not very likeable, maybe Simon a little bit, but the others… jeez.

Other reviews refer to the new notion of “millennial romance” – some with intrigue, others with disdain – in which reflections on

temporary relationships are interwoven with reflections on all the ways in which human civilisation is facing collapse.

“We are standing in the last lighted room before the darkness,” says Alice, “there is no chance for the planet, and no chance for us.”

To which Eileen replies, “Maybe we are just born to love and worry about the people we know … in fact it’s the very reason I root for us to survive – because we are so stupid about each other.”

Oh please.

Sally Rooney will probably come out with another book in a few years and I will forget how I felt about this one until I start to read it and then recall, “oh yeah, I didn’t like her last book, or the book before that either.”

One to avoid.

Kim Reardon The Reluctant Book Critic

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NINE (C81/80)

6:00 Today [s] Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] Seven Morning News [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Movie: “Dying To Be Loved” 12:00 The Block: Front Garden And Facade Week (PG) [s] (M v) (’16) – Jill’s daughter takes up with a bad boy whose 1:00 Desperate Housewives: A violent behaviour lands the Spark. To Pierce The Dark (M) 2:00 Pointless (PG) [s] couple in trouble. To avoid prison, they appear to commit a 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] double suicide, but Jill sets out 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] to prove they’ve gone on the 6:00 NINE News [s] run. Stars: Lindsay Hartley Kochie’s Business Builders 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 RBT: Morning After (PG) [s] Border Security 8:30 Paramedics (M) [s] – Cam International (PG) [s] responds to a call for help from The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] parents desperate to save their son who is bleeding to death.

The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] 9:30 Love Island Australia (M) [s] 10:30 Love Island Australia Home And Away (PG) [s] America’s Got Talent: Afterparty (M) [s] Audition 6 (PG) [s] 11:00 NINE News Late [s] 11:30 Reported Missing: Archie (M) The Latest Seven News [s] Chicago Fire: (M) [s] 12:40 Rivals [s] 1:05 A Current Affair (PG) [s] Black-ish (PG) [s] Home Shopping 1:30 Home Shopping 6:00 Today [s] Sunrise [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] The Morning Show [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Fallen Hearts” (M s,v) 12:00 Movie: “Benny & Joon” (PG) (’93) Stars: Johnny Depp, Mary (’19) Stars: Annalise Basso Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, House Of Wellness (PG) [s] Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, The Chase UK (PG) [s] CCH Pounder, William H Macy Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 2:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Better Homes And Gardens 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] [s] – Joh catches up with artist 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] Elise Cameron-Smith. Adam 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] creates some curvy shelves.

7:30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Fast Ed makes a mango Zoo: Giraffe Migration (PG) [s] no-bake cheesecake tart.

Movie: “Hacksaw Ridge” (M v) 8:30 Movie: “Marley & Me” (PG) (’08) Stars: Owen Wilson, (’16) – The extraordinary true Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, story of Desmond Doss, an Kathleen Turner, Alan Arkin army medic in Okinawa during 10:50 Movie: “The Big Sick” (M l,s) the bloodiest battle of WWII, (’17) Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, who saved seventy five men Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray without firing or carrying a gun.

Romano, Anupam Kher Stars: Andrew Garfield 1:05 Destination WA [s] Program To Be Advised 1:30 Home Shopping Home Shopping 6:00 Animal Tales (PG) [s] Home Shopping [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 Today Extra - Saturday (PG) The Morning Show [s] 12:00 Animal Embassy (PG) [s] Seven’s Horse Racing: 12:30 Destination WA [s] Rosehill/ Eagle Farm [s] 1:00 Good Food Kitchen [s] Seven News At 5 [s] Border Security - Australia’s 1:30 My Way [s] 2:00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Front Line (PG) [s] Zoo: Giraffe Migration (PG) [s] Seven News [s] 3:00 The Block (PG) [s] Repco Supercars Championship 2021: Sydney 4:30 The Garden Gurus [s] Supernight *Live* From Sydney 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] Motorsport Park, Eastern 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] Creek, NSW [s] Movie: “Harry Potter And The 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Mamma Mia: Here We Order Of The Phoenix” (PG) Go Again” (PG) (’18) Stars: (’07) – With the wizarding Amanda Seyfried, Andy Garcia community in denial over 9:40 Movie: “Pitch Perfect 3” (PG) Voldermort’s return and a ghastly new teacher, Harry and (’17) Stars: Anna Kendrick his friends secretly help train 11:35 Movie: “40 Days And 40 their fellow students to combat Nights” (M l,s) (’02) Stars: Josh evil. Stars: Daniel Radcliffe Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon Program To Be Advised 1:10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Repco Supercars Everything (PG) [s] Championship: Highlights [s] 2:05 Home Shopping

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

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

TEN (C13)

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Program To Be Advised 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bachelorette Australia (M) [s] 9:10 Gogglebox (PG) [s] 10:10 Program To Be Advised 11:10 The Project (PG) [s] 12:10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS Mornings [s] 6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 2:00 The Living Room [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Graham Norton Show (M) [s] 8:30 Program To Be Advised 9:30 Just For Laughs (M) [s] 10:30 Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview Show (MA15+) [s] 11:00 The Project (PG) [s] 12:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 6:00 Reel Action [s] 6:30 Religious Programs [s] 7:00 Healthy Homes [s] 7:30 Escape Fishing With ET [s] 8:00 All 4 Adventure [s] 9:00 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] 9:30 Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] 12:00 Horse Racing: Penfolds Victoria Derby Day *Live* [s] 6:00 10 News First [s] 7:00 Making It Australia [s] – It is the semi final and there is only one more episode before one Maker wins the $100,000 and the patch for Master Maker.

8:30 Program To Be Advised 9:30 Ambulance UK (M d) [s] – A cocaine binge, a horrifying traffic collision and a shocking accident are just some of the cases that the team of skilled paramedics must attend to.

11:30 Program To Be Advised 1:30 Home Shopping 5:00 Religious Programs

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

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SBS (C30)

5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00 2:15 3:40 4:10 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 10:30 11:00 11:55 1:55 4:00 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 3:40 4:10 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:35 8:30 10:00 11:00 11:30 12:25 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:00 2:30 3:35 4:05 5:35 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:25 10:20 11:15 1:15

France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Destination Flavour China Bitesize The Eviction (PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Secrets Of The Railway: The Deadly Liverpool To Manchester Railway (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Coastal Devon And Cornwall With Michael Portillo (PG) Red Election (PG) SBS World News Gomorrah (MA15+) (In Italian) Mr Mercedes (MA15+) The Name Of The Rose (MA15+) Ainsley’s Australian Market Menu France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Back To The Moon NITV News: Nula The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) Secrets Of The Railway: The Cairns Kuranda Mining Railway (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Legends Of The Pharaohs: Mystery Of The Great Pyramid (PG) Titanic’s Lost Evidence (PG) Hindenburg - The New Evidence (PG) SBS World News 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) The Eagle (M l,v) (In Danish/ Swedish) France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Small Business Secrets Athletics: Marathon De Paris Highlights Going Places With Ernie Dingo The Architecture Of Ra The Buildings That Fought Hitler (PG) SBS World News Celebrity Letters And Numbers (M) Dambusters With Dan Snow (PG) Secret Life Of Lighthouses: The Bell Rock 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) Movie: “Harry Brown” (MA15+) (’09) Stars: Michael Caine Movie: “Lost City Of Z” (M) (’16) Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller

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

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ABC (C20/21)

6:00 7:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:30 2:30 3:30 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:30 7:00 7:40 8:40 9:35 10:20 11:10 11:55

PRIME (C61/60)

rage (PG) [s] 6:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 7:00 Insiders [s] 10:00 Offsiders [s] 12:00 The World This Week [s] Compass [s] 12:30 Songs Of Praise [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Landline [s] 2:30 Gardening Australia [s] Rick Stein’s Secret France (PG) [s] 5:30 Secrets Of The Museum [s] 6:00 Roger Swainston: Drawn To 7:00 Water (PG) [s] Art Works [s] 8:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] Back Roads [s] 8:30 ABC News Sunday [s] Restoration Australia [s] 10:30 Fires (M) [s] We Hunt Together (MA15+) [s] 11:30 Stateless: Incognita (M l,v) [s] 12:30 Talking Heads (M) [s] Sherlock: The Final Problem 1:30 (M v) [s]

Home Shopping Weekend Sunrise [s] The Morning Show Weekend Seven’s Motorsport Classic: Kiwi Classics [s] Repco Supercars Championship 2021: Sydney Supernight - Pre-Race [s] Repco Supercars Championship 2021: Sydney Supernight - Race [s] Sydney Weekender [s] Seven News [s] 7News Spotlight: Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pulli (M) [s] Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] Grace: Looking Good Dead (MA15+) [s] Criminal Confessions: Cold Justice Confessions (M v) [s] The Blacklist: Godwin Page (MA15+) [s] Repco Supercars Championship: Highlights [s] Home Shopping

TEN (C13)

NINE (C81/80)

6:00 7:00 10:00 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:30 5:00 5:30 6:00 7:00 8:30 9:30 10:00 11:00 11:50 12:40 1:05

Animal Tales (PG) [s] Weekend Today [s] Sports Sunday (PG) [s] The Xtreme CollXtion (PG) [s] Fishing Australia (PG) [s] Ultimate Rush (PG) [s] World’s Greatest Journeys (PG) [s] The Block: Front Garden And Facade Week (PG) [s] NINE News: First At Five [s] RBT: Banana Wine (PG) [s] NINE News Sunday [s] The Block: Front Garden And Facade Week Reveal (PG) [s] 60 Minutes (M) [s] NINE News Late [s] The First 48: Deadly Morning (M) [s] Cold Case - New Leads Wanted: Jane Furlong (MA15+) [s] Chicago Med: Heavy Is The Head (M) [s] The Garden Gurus [s] The Xtreme CollXtion (PG) [s]

6:00 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 12:00 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 4:10 4:30 5:00 6:30 7:30 9:10 10:00 11:00 12:00 4:30

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “His Perfect Obsession” 12:00 (M v) (’18) Stars: Arianne 1:30 Zucker, Ali Skovbye, Mikael 2:00 Conde, Deborah Grover Police - Hour Of Duty (M) [s] 3:00 4:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 7:00 Seven News [s] 7:30 Home And Away (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised Movie: “The Meg” (M) (’18) – When the members of an underwater research facility are under threat owing to a seventy five feet prehistoric shark, Jonas Taylor, a deep sea diver, 9:00 is hired to save them. Stars: 10:00 Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, Li Bingbing, Jessica McNamee 11:10 The Goldbergs: 11:40 Dee-Vorced (M) [s] Home Shopping 12:30

Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] The Block: Front Garden And Facade Week Reveal (PG) [s] Getaway (PG) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] – Ally Langdon and parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson team up with ten brave sets of parents with very different parenting styles, putting their methods to the ultimate test.

Love Island Australia (M) [s] Kath & Kim: The Wedding/ The Announcement (PG) [s] NINE News Late [s] New Amsterdam: Cavitation (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s]

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “Dangerous Matrimony” (M) (’18) Stars: Emily O’Brien, Rob Mayes, Sabina Gadecki Police - Hour Of Duty (M) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised Conjoined Twins (PG) [s] – This documentary explores the world of conjoined twins, discovering how families cope with the extraordinary circumstance of being parents to the rarest of babies - one of every 200,000 live births.

The Latest Seven News [s] The Goldbergs: Eracism (M) God Friended Me: Instant Karma (PG) [s] Home Shopping

6:00 9:00 11:30 12:00 1:30 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:40

10:35 10:50 11:05 12:10 1:40 3:10 4:25 5:25

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Four Corners [s] 12:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Grantchester (M l,v) [s] 2:00 Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] Love On The Spectrum (PG) 4:00 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 5:00 6:00 The Drum [s] ABC News [s] 7:00 7.30 [s] 7:30 The Greek Islands With Julia 9:00 Bradbury: Rhodes [s] Going Country (PG) [s] Just Between Us: Family Is What You Make It (PG) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Q&A [s] Revelation (MA15+) [s] 11:00 Midsomer Murders (M v) [s] 11:30 rage (MA15+) [s] 12:00 The Drum [s] 7.30 [s] 1:00

Today [s] 6:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 7:00 NINE’s Morning News [s] 10:00 Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Good Food Kitchen [s] Pointless (PG) [s] 5:30 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 6:30 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 7:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Love Island Australia (M) [s] – For the first time Love Island Australia will be filmed in Australia, in the stunning 8:30 location of northern NSW. 9:25 Hosted by Sophie Monk.

Travel Guides: Tropical North Queensland (PG) [s] NINE News Late [s] Damian Lewis - Spy Wars: A 11:25 Perfect Traitor (M v) [s] 12:25 Tipping Point (PG) [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:30

6:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:30 1:35 2:00 3:00 4:05 5:05 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:05 9:50 10:20 11:00 11:15 11:30 12:20 12:35 1:20 2:20

News Breakfast [s] 6:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 9:00 Monash And Me (PG) [s] 11:30 Monty Don’s French Garden 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] National Press Club Address Media Watch (PG) [s] Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] ABC News Afternoons [s] 2:00 Love On The Spectrum (PG) 3:00 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 4:00 The Drum [s] 5:00 ABC News [s] 6:00 7.30 [s] 7:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 7:30 Gruen [s] Frayed (MA15+) [s] 9:00 Back (MA15+) [s] Adam Hills: The Last Leg (M) 11:00 ABC Late News [s] 11:30 The Business [s] Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] Father Brown (M v) [s] Without Limits (PG) [s] Program To Be Advised 12:30

Sunrise [s] The Morning Show [s] Seven Morning News [s] Movie: “I Do, Or Die: A Killer Arrangement” (M v) (’20) Stars: Ana Golja, Rachel Wilson, Raoul Bhaneja, Eric Osborne, Ehren Kassam, Noam Jenkins Police - Hour Of Duty (M) [s] The Chase UK (PG) [s] Seven News At 4 [s] The Chase Australia (PG) [s] Seven News [s] Home And Away (PG) [s] Highway Patrol: Crusher!/ Diarrhoea Disaster (PG) [s] America’s Got Talent: Audition 7 (PG) [s] The Latest Seven News [s] Chicago Fire: No Survivors (M) [s] – The firehouse reacts to some exciting news; a mysterious stranger arrives, and a shocking call takes Severide’s breath away.

Home Shopping

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 11:30 Landline [s] 12:00 Restoration Australia [s] ABC News At Noon [s] Shetland (PG) [s] Doctor Foster (M l,s) [s] 2:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] Love On The Spectrum (PG) 3:00 Grand Designs Australia (PG) 4:00 5:00 The Drum [s] 6:00 ABC News [s] 7:00 7.30 [s] 7:30 Australian Story [s] 9:30 Four Corners [s] Media Watch (PG) [s] The Detectives (M) [s] ABC Late News [s] The Business [s] Big Deal (M l) [s] We Hunt Together (MA15+) [s] The Accident (M l,s,v) [s] How To Build A Time 11:45 Machine [s] 2:40 rage (MA15+) [s] 12:30 4:25 The Drum [s]

6:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:10 5:10 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:15 9:35 10:35 10:50 11:05 12:05 12:50 1:40

6:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:05 5:05 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:05 8:30 9:25

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)

9:40 10:40 11:10 12:05 1:00 1:30

2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:40 9:40

10:40 11:10 12:05 1:00

Today [s] Today Extra (PG) [s] NINE’s Morning News [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Desperate Housewives: Look Into Their Eyes And You See What They Know (M) [s] Pointless (PG) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] NINE’s Afternoon News [s] Millionaire Hot Seat [s] NINE News [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s] Parental Guidance (PG) [s] Love Island Australia (M) [s] Botched: Obsessed (M) [s] – Dr Nassif and Dr Dubrow look back at patients obsessed with everything being bigger, nothing ever being enough, to even being obsessed with looking like a celebrity.

NINE News Late [s] Pearson: The Fixer (M) [s] Tipping Point (PG) [s] A Current Affair (PG) [s]

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

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Religious Programs [s] Three Veg And Meat [s] Left Off The Map [s] Destination Dessert (PG) [s] Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] Jamie & The Nonnas [s] Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn [s] Healthy Homes Australia [s] The People’s Cup - Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour [s] Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] Program To Be Advised My Market Kitchen [s] Farm To Fork [s] 10 News First [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Celebrity MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] CSI: Vegas: Long Pig (M) [s] FBI: Never Trust A Stranger (M) [s] The Sunday Project (PG) [s] Home Shopping CBS Mornings [s]

6:00 The Talk [s] 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Program To Be Advised 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Celebrity MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (MA15+) [s] 9:40 Melbourne Cup Preview Show (PG) [s] 10:40 Program To Be Advised 11:40 The Project (PG) [s] 12:40 The Late Show (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:30 CBS Mornings [s] The Talk [s] Studio 10 (PG) [s] Horse Racing: Lexus Melbourne Cup Day Early Session *Live* [s] 10 News First [s] The Project (PG) [s] The Dog House Australia (PG) [s] – How will flat mates Mercedes and Jason decide between exotic Catahoula pups Brynn and Bristol? And Is Vada a cattle x bull mastiff the right dog for Correan and her adorable son Rocco?

The Cheap Seats (M l) [s] Movie: “Ride Like A Girl” (PG) (’19) – The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. Stars: Teresa Palmer The Project (PG) [s] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] Home Shopping CBS Mornings [s]

SBS (C30)

5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 5:30 6:30 7:35 8:30 10:05 11:05 12:10 1:00 3:40 5:00 5:15 5:30 2:00 3:00 3:40 4:10 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:35 8:30 9:30 10:25 10:55 11:40 1:40 5:00 5:15 5:30 1:00 2:05 3:00 3:40 4:10 5:05 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

6:00 The Talk [s] 5:00 7:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 5:15 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5:30 (PG) [s] 1:00 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 2:00 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 2:30 1:00 Program To Be Advised 3:30 2:40 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:40 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 The Bold And The Beautiful 4:10 (PG) [s] 5:05 5:00 10 News First [s] 5:30 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 6:00 7:30 The Bachelorette Australia 6:30 (M) [s] 7:30 8:40 Lie With Me (M l,s) [s] – Seeking a fresh start, Anna and her husband, Jake, relocate to 8:35 9:30 Australia. They hire a young nanny to care for their kids, but 10:25 the newcomer isn’t the innocent 10:55 stranger she pretends to be.

9:40 Bull: Uneasy Lies The Crown/ 11:55 2:10 A Higher Law (M) [s] 4:10 11:40 The Project (PG) [s]

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

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

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France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch Speedweek Motor Sports: The AusMoto Show/ W Series Highlights Bushfire Animal Rescue (PG) Small Business Secrets (PG) Inside The SS Intoxication (PG) (In English/ German) SBS World News Inside Central Station: Mardi Gras (M) Australia Uncovered: Incarceration Nation (PG) Marry Me, Marry My Family (M l) (In English/ Hindi/ Maori/ Urdu) Untold Australia: Lebanese Beauty Queens (PG) 24 Hours In Emergency: Too Close For Comfort (M) Kevin McCloud - Rough Guide To The Future (M l) (In English/ Japanese/ Mandarin) Ainsley’s Australian Market France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch Inside Central Station: Mardi Gras (M) Where Are You Really From?

(PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) The Supervet (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Britain’s Most Historic Towns: Restoration London (PG) Saved By A Stranger (M) The Best Of 24 Hours In Emergency: World’s Collide (M) SBS World News Bosch: Triple Play (MA15+) An Ordinary Woman (M l) (In Russian) Deep State (MA15+) France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour The Queen And The Coup (M) Where Are You Really From?

(PG) The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) My Grandparents War: Helena Bonham Carter (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Great Canadian Railroad Journeys: Halifax To Prince Edward Island (M) Insight: I Still Do Dateline: Desperately Seeking Sperm The Feed SBS World News The Point Before We Die (M d,l,v) (In Swedish) France 24 Feature News NHK World English News Worldwatch PBS Newshour Dateline Insight Destination Flavour Japan Bitesize The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) My Grandparents War: Kristin Scott Thomas (PG) Jeopardy! (PG) Letters And Numbers Mastermind SBS World News Michael Mosley: Truth About Sleep (M) Michael Palin In North Korea Before We Die (MA15+) SBS World News Atlantic Crossing (M v) (In Norwegian/ English) The Killing (M l) (In Danish) The Handmaid’s Tale (MA15+) Food Safari

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

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OUT & ABOUT

The Country Women’s Association’s (CWA) Umina Beach branch has helped raise over $2,000 to support action on social and affordable housing.

The funds were raised in response to Branch President, Rikki McIntosh’s, sleep out on October 6 (as reported in PP028).

Over two weeks, members delivered letters to mailboxes across the Peninsula asking residents to donate money to support McIntosh’s nocturnal adventure and raised $2,403 raised.

Funds helped the CWA branch purchase sleeping swags for Mary Mac’s Place.

“Thank you to all the residents who supported Umina Beach CWA fundraising for sleeping swags for Mary Mac’s,” Branch publicity officer, Margy Logan, said.

“The CWA of Umina Beach set out to highlight the issue of increasing rents on the

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CWA fund raising highlights housing crisis

Peninsula and how more and more Australians are finding themselves homeless.

“We need many different options to provide a roof for every citizen in our community.

“Our community needs to provide more housing options, so our community remains diverse, vibrant and welcoming.

“This can be low-cost accommodation in single rooms to rent, social housing and low-income housing options.”

The CWA purchased 15 swags with sleeping bags, mattresses and carry bags plus 16 extra sleeping bags with carry bags to help support the

local charity.

Practice Manager for CatholicCare’s housing and homelessness programs, Sean McKinnon, said the COVID-19 pandemic and the rental crisis ‘have made for the perfect storm’ for a significant increase in demand for local properties.

“It is thought that the owner-

occupancy rates have increased locally, as long-term rental properties have been sold to become family homes,” McKinnon said.

“This, combined with more people shifting into the area, has made the rental market super competitive, and as a result, rent has increased.

“We have seen some rents increase by as much as 20 per cent26 since the pandemic.

“It has turned into a landlord’s market, leaving tenants even more vulnerable.

“The issue is both a Central Coast and regional NSW reality.

“There is speculation that the Central Coast has grown by 40,000 people since the pandemic commenced.

“As a result, demand for rentals has increased everywhere on the Central Coast; this has been further exacerbated by reduced rental stock that has been sold for owner-occupation.

“The Peninsula has been one of the most impacted communities on the Central Coast, and this has been reflected by entries into emergency accommodation by local people.”

Source: Media release, Oct 20 CWA Umina Beach

NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS 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

Open 7 days 9am – 3pm.

Terrigal.

4385 5027 ccmdc@bigpond.com www.ccmdc.org.au

Peninsula men’s shed Open Monday - Thursday 8am - 4pm 117 Memorial ave, Ettalong Cnr koolabah.

Come along and join us for coffee and biscuits 0411 242 242 Community Groups

ABC “The Friends” Support group for Public

Broadcaster.

Aims: Safeguard ABC’s independence, adequate funding, high standards.

Meetings through the year + social mornings Well-known guest speakers 0400 213 514

10.30am For seniors. Gentle exercises, quizzes, games, social activities, guest speakers, entertainment and bus trips - 4344 3277 Volunteering Central Coast Refers potential volunteers to community orgs. Supports both volunteers and community orgs. Training for volunteers & their managers.

4329 7122

recruit@volcc.org.au

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

all. 1800 558 268 or www.grow.org.au

hydrotherapy, bus trips 1300 650 594

Meals on Wheels Delicious meals delivered free - Join us for a midday meal - Help with shopping and cooking classes 4341 6699

S.A Is Internet porn destroying your life.

We may be able to help.

We are a 12 step fellowship like AA. Meets every Sat at 7pm on the Central Coast Contact for further details 0473 631 439

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

newcastlesagroup@gmail.com

Schizophrenia & Bipolar Fellowship For Schizophrenia Bipolar & Mental Health sufferers.

Family carers & friends.are welcome.

Meetings 1st Thursday Inquires re-venue please ring 4344-7989 or 4368-2214

troubadourfolkclub@gmail.com

Soundwaves chorus Male singers wanted No experience required, rehearsals 7pm Mondays at Parkview room Central Coast Leagues Club 0431 225 489

Political Groups

Central Coast Greens Active regarding ecological sustainability, social & economic justice, peace & non-violence, grassroots democracy & getting Greens elected 3rd Thur centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au centralcoastgreens@gmail.com

Australian Labor Party Political discussions, national, www.ebacc.com.au state and local government www.fabcnsw.org.au Central Coast Asbestos ebacc.email@gmail.com info@wagstaffetokillcare.org.au issues Diseases Support Central Coast Central Coast Group Peninsula Day Branch Entertainment Watercolour Society Support for those suffering Caravanners Inc 1pm 2nd Mon Art society for artists LEARN TO DANCE with asbestos diseases and 3rd Sun - Jan to Nov CWA Hall Woy Woy Peninsula Village Meals painting in watercolour Social ballroom dancing for all others interested in asbestos Visitors - New Members 4341 9946 Delivered daily to your door Workshops, beginners issues. You are not alone, welcome, Trips Away, Social ages, all you need is a desire Nutritious, great for the elderly classes and paint outs to learn and dance, meet with others who can Outings, friendship with like Service Groups 4344 9199 Details on our website no partner required. share their experiences. Bring minded folk ccwsinc@gmail.com meet every Wed at Tuggerah a family member or friend.

Lions Club of Woy Woy Details from Geoff www.centralcoastwatercolour.com.au Peninsula Village community hall, 2:00pm 1pm at Ourimbah RSL on Everglades Country Club 0447 882 150 Community Centres Anne - 0409 938 345 fourth Wed of each month.

3rd Monday of each month Carer’s Support Group anneglazier@y7mail.com Make new friends and For carers of loved ones with Maree 0419 418 190 Empire Bay Probus Club Peninsula Village have fun while serving your dementia - 1st Wed - 10 to Friendship, fellowship, Health Groups Playgroup Music community.

11.30am and fun in retirement.

Carers, Grandparents, Alcoholics Anonymous 0478 959 895 Coastal a Cappella Paula 4344 9199 Very active club, outings, parents & children Award winning women’s a - Someone cares. excursions, dining - 3 ‘Intergenerational Playgroup’ cappella chorus.

Wed-Thurs-Fri - 12.30pm, times a month Rotary Clubs Tues 10-11.30am Prostate Cancer Music education provided.

1st Thur 1.30pm Progress Hall Henry Parry & International service club 4344 9199 Support Group Rehearsals Tuesday 7pm @ improves lives of communities Club Umina, Melbourne Wells Street East Gosford (Gosford) Red Tree Theatre Tuggerah.

Ave, Umina Beach in Aust. & o/seas. Fun-filled Last Fri, Terrigal Uniting Peninsula School Performance opportunities.

Visitors Welcome. activities, fellowship and Grow Mental Church, 380 Terrigal Drive, for Seniors Hire us for your next event. friendship.

0414 280 375 Health Support Terrigal Community Centre, 0412 948 450 Rotary Club of Woy Woy 9.30am to 12 noon Small friendly groups formed coastalacappella@gmail.com McMasters Road, Woy Woy Tues 6pm Everglades Central Coast Marine 4367 9600 to learn how to overcome Discussions, rumikin, craft, Country Club. www.pcfa.org.au Discovery Centre history, walks, & coach trips anxiety, depression and Troubadour Central Don Tee 0428 438 535 The revamped CCMDC is Tues & Wed loneliness and improve Coast Folk, Woy Woy Stroke open. Schools and Group 4341 5984 or 4341 0800 mental health and well being.

Traditional & Acoustic Recovery Club Special Interest bookings welcome by Weekly meetings at Woy Music and Spoken Word Everglades Country Club appointment.

Peninsula The Krait Club Concerts, Ukulele meets, Woy and Wyong. Grow is 2nd Tues 11am Building has special needs Environment Group and Sessions Community Centre - Cooinda anonymous, free and open to Company, up-to-date info, access and toilets Environmental projects, 4342 6716 Village, Neptune St, Umina

(incl. Woytopia), Woy Woy community garden, social events, workshops, organic food buying group www.peg.org.au

Sport Umina Beach Bowling Club Learn to play lawn bowls Male, Female and Mixed.

All ages and abilities.

Free coaching. Social or competition bowls. Make new friends and have fun Phone 02 4343 9940 mens_bowls@clubumina.com.au

Veterans Veterans’ Help Centre’ Assist all veterans & families with pension & welfare issues.

Mon & Wed 9am-1pm 4344 4760 Cnr Broken Bay Rd & Beach St Ettalong. centralcoastveterans@bigpond.com.

Women’s Groups Blackwall Girl Guides Girl Guides meets near you!

Blackwall Girl Guides Unit For girls 7-13 years old Mondays 5:30 – 7:30pm Blackwall Guide Hall, 120 Memorial Ave, Ettalong Beach (Cnr Lurline) 0414 863 183 blackwallgirlguides@gmail.com

Country Women’s Association Woy Woy 30 The Boulevarde, Woy Woy Craft & Friendship: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Wed 9AM Meetings: 4th Wed 9.30 Ph: 0411 434785 woywoycwa@gmail.com

Peninsula Women’s Health Centre Counselling, therapeutic and social groups, workshops, domestic violence and abuse issues. All services by women for women 4342 5905 www.cccwhc.com.au

If you would like your Community Organisation listed here call us on 4325 7369 Entries in the Not For Profit Community Organisations Directory are free. However, we require each organisation to subscribe to each newspaper to ensure that someone from that organisation keeps their entry up to date. Subscription rates $75 for 25 editions.

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DOWN IN THE GARDEN: Grow Frangipani, a Tropical Garden Favourite How to Grow a Frangipani

CHERALYN DARCEY

While staying on our tropical journey, I thought we could explore the frangipani as it provides what many of us are looking for in a Coast Garden with a bit of jungle theme.

Unusual branching, glossy deep foliage, exotically perfumed flowers and when we want the sun’s warmth in winter, most species comply by shedding their leaves.

No wonder the frangipani has become almost synonymous with this part of the world, so much so that many believe this South American tree to be a Sydney native.

Although they only grow approximately 20cm a year, they do have a small noninvasive root-ball and can easily be grown in large containers.

They just love the conditions over here and have settled right at home and so let’s explore this rather lovely favourite indepth.

First up, a little housekeeping: frangipani sap is toxic and a skin irritant so care must be taken with placement and with handling during gardening.

You will also need to be aware that frangipani will take a few years until the first flowers appear and that the vast majority are deciduous, meaning they will lose all their foliage in winter.

Most standard types attain a height of up to 6m with an umbrella shape to them and while they will tolerate light frosts, frangipani do far better in frost-free areas.

They need a free-draining sandy soil and detest getting wet feet so be careful not to overwater.

In winter, watering should be ceased altogether unless a succession of usually dry or hot days occur.

If you have a clay soil, they will struggle, and this is the number one reason this beautiful tree fails to thrive and can even die and although they can grow in most places, sun is critical and full sun most of the day is required.

They also respond very well to a fishbased fertiliser and seaweed-based boosters.

You will also find that an increase in phosphorus in your soil can boost your summer flower show.

Ensure that the root area is well mulched but allow space around the trunk to avoid water pooling.

Cuttings can be taken at any time but will do best if removed in late spring to early summer.

Select a nice firm branch and cut a section about 30cm in length.

Carefully remove any flowers and leaves from the lower 6cm of your cutting

GARDENING BOOK REVIEW

Costa’s World, Gardening for the soil, the soul and the suburbs -Costa Georgiadis, October 2021 HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780733339998

and then place upright along an outside shaded wall or fence that is protected from rain and water for about a month.

Once the end has completely dried out, plant into a pot of course sand and water well.

Continue watering weekly and once roots form, transplant into your desired final position.

Never tip-prune a frangipani tree, always remove entire branches if needed.

This tree can suffer from what is known as ‘frangipani rust’.

A fungicide is the answer and must be applied to all surfaces and dropped leaves disposed of in the regular rubbish bin.

Using a copper-based fungicide can also slow the rate of spread but if the tree overly effected, unfortunately you may have to remove entirely.

If your frangipani is failing to flower it

YOU AND YOUR GARDEN: Carol, Point Clare

Sadly, Carol lost her gardening partner when her husband passed and now all the work rests on her shoulders.

I had a delightful conversation with Carol about the ways she has adapted.

“I keep it going and while it is harder, it keeps me fit and I love it.

I grow all my own vegetables year-round and that also keeps me busy” She added that while she can’t do the heavy work that her husband used to do, she has found ways to get it done and I love it!

“I get together with my friends, and we make a day out of it. We go to each other’s homes and have a gardening day. We help each other with what needs to be done and it’s also a great way to catch up.” This gardening working

bee means that Carol, and her friends, don’t have to give up the type of garden they have previously enjoyed, and it saves a lot of money. Other tips we chatted about included having a smaller lawn and popping in raised garden beds instead to increase self-sufficiency, save money and cut down on lawn upkeep.

How do you find gardening friends if you don’t have any?

Try your local community garden. Joining up will help you find like-minded souls to garden alongside with and form your own gardening bees. Carol’s joy with her gardening and the sharing of tasks with friends was so uplifting to hear!

I am back on the road with ‘You and Your Garden’ so if you would like me to visit your plants and you, (private & public gardens) please drop me a line: gardeningcentralcoast@gmail.com

could just be that it is still too young or that it is not obtaining enough sunlight each day.

Another reason could be a lack of phosphorous.

Try These Frangipani Aside from its delectable perfume, frangipani is now available in over 300 identified colours.

They will generally flower across the Central Coast and much of Australia from late November through until mid-April.

From whites through to creams, yellows, oranges, apricots, pinks of all shades to vibrant reds and on to even purple shades.

Here are a few that you might consider for your garden.

A little tip, any named ‘ruba’ will have the strongest scent.

Common Frangipani (Plumeria alba) are big, beautiful trees and the stuff that millions of artworks, textile and home décor designs are based on.

Fruit Salad Frangipani (Pulmeria acutifolia ‘Rubra’) is what grows in my garden and is my firm favourite.

They are a tricolour plant variety that has a yellow centre melting to white and then tinged in pinks.

Petite Pink Frangipani (Plumeria obtusa Dwarf) a popular potted frangipani that also works well as a hedge.

Singapore Plumeria (Plumeria obtusa) also known as PagodaTree and Singapore Graveyard Tree; this frangipani grows sweetly fragrant flowers in bunches.

Darwin Blood Red Frangipani (Plumeria ruba) is probably a must for tropical inspired gardens with its brilliant re blossoms and deep coloured branches.

North Queensland Blue Frangipani (Plumeria spp) with its intoxicating fragrance and what appear to be blue flowers, this rare variety is much desired plant collectors and the frangipani obsessed.

The blooms are not blue but rather a light dusty purple that appear blue to the eye.

Native Frangipani (Hymenosporum flavum) is not related to what we think of as ‘frangipani’ and although the fragrance is similar, closer observation will bear this out.

The trees have a distinctive bark, are evergreen and the flowers are a lot smaller in size.

Do you need this book? Yes! Costa embodies all that is good about gardening with the earth and his book is a joyful companion for any gardener, would be gardener or complete brown thumb.

It is brimming with solid advice while every page brings a smile to the reader’s face.

Personally, I think every child should have a copy of this stuffed in their stocking as it speaks about gardening and the local things everyone can do to care for our planet in such a friendly, fun way that is inspiring without at all talking down to kids or alienating others.

Make no mistake, it’s not a kid’s book, it’s an ‘everyone’ book and I was impressed with the sections on garden design including exercises to help you determine your microclimate and test your soil along with brilliant planning advice to help your garden thrive and not waste your money when selecting plants and making landscaping decisions.

Easily gets my 5 leaf out of 5 rating.

TASKS & TIPS FOR YOU THIS WEEK Get that compost moving because now the days are warmer, your compost will be decomposing faster.

Turn more regularly to get that air in to do its job.

Just a few things you could plant this week include herbs, Asian greens, asparagus, globe and Jerusalem artichoke, beans, beetroot, broccoli, cabbages, capsicum, carrot, celeriac, celery, cucumber, eggplant, endive, fennel, horseradish, kale, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, marrow, mustard greens, okra, parsnip, potato, pumpkin, radish, rhubarb, rocket, salsify, silverbeet, spring onion, sweetcorn, sweet potato, taro, tomato, turnip, warrigal greens, zucchini, sunflower, aster, bedding begonia, calendula, California poppy, carnation, celosia, chrysanthemum, coleus, cosmos, dahlia, dianthus, everlasting daisy, gaillardia, gazania, gerbera, honesty, inpatients, kangaroo paw, marigold, nasturtium, phlox, portulaca, salvia, snapdragon, waratah, zinnia.

Next Week: Grow Your Own Christmas Lunch Cheralyn Darcey is a gardening author, community garden coordinator and along with Pete Little, hosts ‘At Home with The Gardening Gang’ 8 - 10am every Saturday on CoastFM963.

She is also co-host of @ MostlyAboutPlants a weekly gardening podcast with Vicki White.

Send your gardening questions, events, and news to: gardeningcentralcoast@ gmail.com

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Business & Property

Designer gains national recognition for restaurant revamp

The revamped Woy Woy Fishermen’s Wharf - (inset) Louise Williams with award

A St Huberts Island resident has received national recognition for her work in designing Woy Woy Fishermen’s Wharf after she was tasked with revitalising the iconic restaurant.

As the principal designer of the project, Louise Williams received an award for Best Commercial Design at the Australian Building Designers Award on Friday, October 22.

Williams, along with her

business Law Building Design, worked on the Wharf in 2017 in partnership with building company, Parkwood PreFabricated Homes, and interior decorator, Xanthe Highland.

She was tasked with modernising and expanding the existing restaurant over the water with overhanging decks and caves.

She said she was very proud to be part of the project to help revitalise the family-owned business and create an overwater dining experience

for patrons.

“This was a one-of-a-kind project because you don’t often get the chance to build on top of the water,” Williams said.

“I’m never afraid of a challenge, but it was tough – it was hard because we had to retain the takeaway and restaurant section, but also replace the wharf at the end which was falling down.

“I had to make a structure that was striking and smart.

“It was a challenge to make

all three sides of the structure as attractive as possible as it was visible from every side.

“And you know people are going to talk about it.

“This was the type of project where you put your whole skill on the line because everyone is there to critique it.

“I’m proud to be a part of such an iconic restaurant – it’s been there forever, it was built over the water, and it will be there for a long time.”

Williams said she was offered

the six-month project after completing work for the Wharf’s owners previously.

“I originally did a renovation on their house in the early 2000s and then they said they needed some renovations on the wharf too,” she said.

“The main need for the renovation was to maintain the existing pier and create a new restaurant out back.

“There were a lot of challenges with government departments as we had to get approval from several government bodies – it

was a lot of paperwork and logistics.

“Whilst we were putting the pier into the water, the same time the actual building was being built off site by Parkwood Pre-Fabricated Homes.

“It was craned into position over the water and brough down on a truck in three parts.”

Williams will now feature as one of the winners in the upcoming edition of Winning Design magazine.

Maisy Rae

Package to support events needs to be targeted says Martin A further $500M support package from the NSW Government to help a postCOVID economic recovery has been welcomed by Business NSW Central Coast.

This package includes a $50 voucher to be provided to every adult to spend on accommodation anywhere in

the state.

“Business NSW has been telling government since the start of the pandemic that different industries were being impacted in different ways, but the tourism, hospitality and events sector has been the hardest hit,” Regional Director, Paula Martin, said.

“What is particularly pleasing

is this is not a Sydney centric package but recognises that all of NSW has a part to play in the economic recovery through regional events and tourism, with support for satellite CBDs a cornerstone of this funding.

“Central Coast businesses in this sector will be delighted with the Event Saver Fund which allows for immediate financial support for organisers

of events that are disrupted or cancelled due to a Public Health Order this summer.

“This will allow confidence in investment and employment without a fear of being left footing a huge bill.

“The exciting part about this support package is that it will actually encourage more business investment and drive

a collaborative partnership between business and government in securing events and once again making NSW the number one destination in the Asia Pacific region for both business and travel.

“What is crucial is the targeted approach the NSW Government takes from here in deciding where the money is spent – this needs to be on a

needs-based approach to ensure maximum return on investment.

“A united approach using insight from stakeholders on the ground will be crucial to ensuring this package delivers for all of NSW. Source: Media release, Oct 20 Business NSW Central Coast

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How baby boomers are cashing in on meme stocks WITH

Julia NEWBOULD Managing Editor • Money magazine Baby boomers and Generation X are making money on meme stocks, while millennials are losing money on average, according to analysis from Openmarkets Group.

The analysis covered 11 meme stocks - stocks whose share prices skyrocketed due to social media hype on Reddit, Twitter and Facebook - not fundamentals.

Based on an evenly weighted basket of the 11 stocks, investors over 40 would have experienced an average gain of 1.29%, according to Openmarkets, with these stocks comprising a total of 3.8% of the share of their total trades.

This is compared to investors under 40, who would have experienced an average loss of 1.93%, with these stocks comprising 5.14% of their total trades.

This means that the younger and less experienced traders who were acting with two times as much risk, their return was 2.5 times worse.

Millennials were generally more likely to be duped and trade on the hyped status of these stocks, compared to their older counterparts.

The 11 stocks selected for the analysis were 88 Energy (88E), Creso Pharma (CPH), Douugh (DOU), Lake Resources (LKE), Brainchip (BRN), Vulcan Energy (VUL), Digital Wine Ventures

(DW8), Zip Co (Z1P), Cirralto (CRO), Mesoblast (MSB), and Latin Resources (LRS).

“With all the hype around meme stocks, it is no surprise that the younger traders and investors are getting caught up and caught out,” says Openmarkets chief executive Ivan Tchourilov.

“And considering we are seeing the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history; this is a very worrying trend. We would advise caution, and for investors to research, seek professional advice, and gain experience before trying to time the market or make quick gains, especially in meme stocks.

“This opens up a significant

need for scalable online advice solutions that can be provided to online investors in the comfort of their own homes by well-informed and experienced

advisers, brokers, and fintechs.”

To develop this analysis, Openmarkets took an anonymised population of 600 customers from its Opentrader

trading platform and assessed their buys and sells. The split by age was 51% over 40 and 49% under 40.

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR

Using the Future Fund as a default fund is not the answer NSW Liberal senator Andrew Bragg last month renewed calls for the Future Fund to become the default super fund for all Australians, which would provide workers with access to high returns and some of the best investment talent. Yet new research from Rainmaker Information, publisher of Money magazine, shows that could be a “fool’s errand”.

Founded in 2006 and boasting $200 billion in assets under management, the Future Fund is the country’s wealth fund.

While its ostensive purpose is to help fund the whole of future Australia, its real purpose is to fund the future superannuation liabilities of Commonwealth public servants, forecast to be $428 billion by 2050.

But comparing the Future Fund to a regular future fund is apples and oranges: it doesn’t pay tax, has no fund members, and isn’t constrained by the same laws and regulations.

“Directly comparing the Future Fund’s investment returns to those of regular super funds is a fool’s errand,” says

Alex Dunnin, executive director of research and compliance at Rainmaker Information.

“Nevertheless, the Future Fund’s 22.2% annual return for 2020-21 was a remarkable result.

But Australia’s super fund sector also achieved remarkable results, delivering the best returns in 34 years.”

While this return is exceptional, it would by no means put it on the top of the superannuation leader board.

In fact, it would place it 10th.

The top MySuper product this year was CBA’s Essential Super, achieving an amazing return of

26.5%. If the Future Fund’s performance was then corrected for the tax paid by other super funds, this relative performance would drop further still.

It would also likely charge extremely high fees to members.

“For one of Australia’s leading investment groups and biggest fund managers, with so much scale on its side, to have such high costs is perplexing,” says Dunnin.

“There’s only a few MySuper products in Australia with fees so high. And let’s not forget that running a super fund equivalent of the Future Fund would come

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with even higher costs due to having to administer fund members, comply with the superannuation laws and act as a regulated fund.”

Rainmaker estimates that if the government was to establish and run a national default MySuper product, based on the Future Fund’s current costs and the member fees charged by the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, it would likely charge 1.3% per annum in annual fees.

“Fees this high mean the Future Fund Management Agency, the public sector

agency that runs the Future Fund, would most likely create a bespoke indexed investment solution. This would probably be assembled on indexed exchange traded funds with very low investment fees,” says Dunnin.

All told, a Future Fund dressed up as a MySuper product would probably perform as well, and cost as much, as to make the debate mute.

He says that “as a MySuper product where all the investments are indexed, its performance ranking would slip to around the middle of the pack”. DAVID THORNTON

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Two developments “not in the public interest” face planning panel Two potential developments on the Peninsula were due to go to the Local Planning Panel on Thursday, October 28, for adjudication with recommendations from Central Coast Council to reject each one.

The Council assessment reports said neither development was in the public interest.

The first one is a development application for 18 two-storey units at Farnell Rd, Woy Woy, on a site that already has approval for a development that has almost twice the number of dwellings.

A five-block site at 170-176 Blackwall Road and 8 Farnell Road Woy Woy received development consent in May 2019 for a three-storey residential flat building with 27 units and seven two-storey townhouses but the development has not gone ahead.

The latest proposal for the 18 two-storey units estimated at $5.58M was lodged with Council on February 12 and has attracted 17 submissions objecting to it.

In the report to the LPP,

Streetscape of Ocean View Rd, Ettalong site looking west

Council said the applicant, Wales and Associates, was sent a letter on April 28 that raised a number of issues.

“No response was received from the applicant,” the Council said.

The proposal was assessed having regard to the relevant goals and directions set out within the Central Coast Regional Plan 2036.

“Whilst the proposed development would provide additional housing for the Central Coast community, it has not demonstrated this can be done … via good design that adequately addresses its impacts,” Council said.

“Given the above, and for the

reasons identified in the assessment report, the proposed development is not considered to be in the public interest,” the report to the planning panel said.

Key Issues included: noncompliant Floor Space Ratio and traffic and arborist reports that refer to the earlier approved development.

The Transport for NSW has upgrade plans for the intersection which will impact on the design.

The second development on the corner of Ferry Rd at Ettalong Beach also has not been recommended by Council.

“The development is best characterised as a mixed-use

North (Ocean View Rd) perspective drawing

development that comprises shop top housing, retail premises, and serviced apartments,” the report to the planning panel said.

Council’s reasons for recommending refusal include: a height non-compliance between 23 per cent and 33 per cent on part of the site; a floor space ratio noncompliance between one per cent and four per cent and building separation which has a 36 per cent variation from the standard.

The site is located on the southern side of Ocean View Road, Ettalong on the corner of Ferry Road and consists of two lots – and each has different zonings which mean each has different planning guidelines.

The Council report to the planning panel said the planning controls provided the corner lot (B2 zoning) a height limit of 11.5 metres, that is three metres higher than the surrounding R1 zoned land.

“Therefore, a compliant design may also provide a prominent corner design treatment,” the report said.

The proposal is compliant with the B2 zoning but the height is above the R1 zoning.

The report was critical of neighbouring amenity impacts due to the visual bulk of the building and its incongruous relationship to existing and future development of directly adjoining sites.

“The applicant’s request does not provide adequate justification that compliance with the height of buildings development standard is unreasonable and unnecessary and has not demonstrated that there are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify the variation.

“The development is not consistent with the objectives of the standard, and as a result is not in the public interest,” the report said.

The report said the proposed development, owned by Peter Steliou/KHMS Corporation Pty Ltd, included characteristics that were identified as ‘detracting elements’.

“This includes overscale and bulky residential buildings.”

At another point, the report notes: “The development relies heavily on screening of windows and balconies in order to resolve the poor relationship to neighbouring properties.”

The planning panel was due to meet on October 28 at 2pm and the CCN will report the outcome in the next available edition.

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Council reports its finances are on track for year to date Council was tracking in a satisfactory way against its 2021-22 budget according to the financial statement tabled at the October 26 meeting.

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said the operating surplus (excluding Grants and Contributions for capital purposes) year to date was $10.4 million compared to a forecast deficit of -$1.9 million.

“We are operationally tracking at a steady pace as we continue our path of prudent financial management and keeping costs down,” Hart said.

“More importantly staff are consistently implementing efficiencies through better management of staff time, processes and utilisation of technology.

“This is so we can continue to find productivity gains, and our community see minimal impacts

on service delivery, despite the recent cost cutting.

“We expect to have some setbacks once the reduction in fees and charges as a result of the closure of most of our paying facilities since late June 2021 due to COVID are fully realised.

“Staff have been managing these impacts and this will be reflected in the Quarter 1 financial reports coming to Council in November this year.

“We promised our community that we would provide a clear line of sight into our financial management and that is what we are doing,” Mr Hart said.

Key points from the Finance Monthly Report for September 2021 included that Council recorded a favourable variance to budget of $2.4M net operating result excluding Grants and Contributions for capital purposes.

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variance to budget of $12.2M and an increase from year-to-date September 2020 of $25.6M in its net operating result, excluding Grants and Contributions for capital purposes.

A favourable variance to budget of $6.7M net operating result includingGrantsandContributions for capital purposes.

Year to date, a favourable variance to budget of $12.3M and an increase from year-to-date September 2020 of $20.4M in its

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Source: Media release, Oct 26 Central Coast Council

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Local escapes available for every taste

Algarve at Killcare Heights

From an eco-lodge to a lake house and an array of beach houses, luxury holiday home provider, Belle Escapes Central Coast, has added new properties on the Peninsula to its portfolio just in time for a post-pandemic summer sojourn.

The addition of new homes in new holiday hot spots such as Killcare Heights, Daleys Point and Pretty Beach have come as a welcome option for Belle Escapes with 80 per cent of properties already booked over the

Tranquillity at Pretty Beach

Christmas and New Year period.

General Manager of Belle Escapes Central Coast, Ryan South, said the holiday homes offered the privacy, exclusivity, and space that travellers were craving after months in lockdown.

“Since Freedom Day was announced, we have experienced never-before-seen demand for our stunning waterfront properties, which are located in the best positions along the Central Coast from Macmasters Beach to Blue Bay and Killcare to Daleys Point,” South said.

“Belle Escapes holiday homes cost between $300 and $2500 per night over summer and cater for between four to 14 guests, making them perfect for family reunions, couples or groups of friends wanting to catch up on lost time and missed milestones this year.

“From what we’re already seeing, holiday homes are only going to grow in popularity as groups of holidaymakers want to travel in their own bubble and spend quality time together.

“At Belle Escapes, we can throw in extra bells and whistles

to ensure our guests enjoy the same service as a five-star hotel such as arrival by seaplane, helicopter or boat,and a concierge who can secure a table at the hottest restaurant, tee up a private yoga class or organise a private chef or personal trainer.”

The Algarve at Killcare Heights offers holidaymakers the chance to escape to a summer in Portugal or any other coastal gem.

From a cost of $1,085 per night, the four-bedroom home also has an expansive entertaining terrace with lush level lawns, a heated pool and outdoor showers.

For others hoping to stay at the beachside suburb, the Eau De Vie borders on 30 acres of private bushland.

With five-bedrooms, an azureblue saltwater pool and beautifully landscaped grounds, the home could be yours for $743 per night.

With enviable views overlooking Brisbane Water, the Tranquillity property at Pretty Beach is a striking, architecturally- designed home at a cost of $750 per night.

Travelling north, Fisherman’s Cottage at Daleys Point provides holidaymakers with something a

little different.

From $321 per night, the traditional fisherman’s cottage offers views over Brisbane Water and Booker Bay with a short meander down the garden path to the water.

Minimum stay restrictions apply to these properties.

More information on these properties can be found at: www. belleescapes.com.au/ Source: Media release, Oct 26 Belle Escapes Central Coast

Audit Office tells Council to seek an extension for audited reports At the request of the Audit Office of NSW, Council has submitted an extension request until December 17 to the NSW Office of Local Government to lodge its audited 2020-2021 Financial Reports.

The Audit Office said the extension was needed due to the

fact that the audit of Council’s 2019-2020 financial reports did not conclude until May 10 and the significant planning and interim work that would normally occur in the January to May period did not commence until June.

This then impacted the timeframes for the completion of the audit of 2020-2021 Financial Reports by the legislated deadline

of October 31, according to Council.

On October 12 Council considered the draft 2020-2021 unaudited Financial Reports for both the Council and its Water Supply Authority and referred them to external audit.

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said Council was comfortable complying with this direct request

from the Audit Office.

“Council’s financial staff have delivered the unaudited 2020-21 Financial Reports within the timeframe required,” Hart said.

“This has been no small feat, considering everything else that has been going on.

“They have literally had no breathing space between the

past two financial year audits, and have also been preparing the intricate financial information that has been required to support Council’s submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) about water, sewerage and drainage prices.

“I want to take this opportunity to thank Council’s financial staff

for their professionalism, diligence and dedication.

“This includes producing new monthly financial reporting that is helping our community have a clear line of sight about Council finances,” Hart said.

Source: Media release, Oct 26 Central Coast Council

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Local MP one of many to sponsor Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, has co-sponsored a Bill on voluntary assisted dying which has been deferred by the NSW Parliament for consideration next year.

The NSW Upper House has referred to the Standing Committee on Law and Justice an inquiry into the provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021.

Tesch said the Bill was important for those who would like the right to choose when their time comes.

“I’ve heard so many heartbreaking stories about loved ones who go on for years suffering silently in pain with terminal illness,” she said.

“We should give people the choice to pass on if their suffering is so unbearable.

“Giving them this right ensures that the people we care about most may leave us with the dignity and timing of

their own choosing.”

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, is encouraging people across his electorate of Terrigal to have their say and will launch a survey on his website, asking residents to register whether they are for or against the bill.

Crouch said he will vote in accordance with how the majority of his electorate feels.

Dying With Dignity NSW Central Coast Chair, Stephanie Short, said the delay was frustrating.

“We’re obviously disappointed with the delay but we’ve been advocating for law reform for 25 years and will continue to do so,” she said.

Short said more than 80 per cent of the Central Coast community had expressed support for the Bill in a Vote Compass survey.

“NSW is the last state to consider (such a) Bill, similar to the Act passed in all other

Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, co-sponsored the bill on voluntary assisted dying

states,” she said.

She said the delay would affect many people who desperately want the Bill passed, including those who are suffering right now.

“We are confident that the NSW Bill will be found to be robust and safe,” she said.

“In the long run it is highly unlikely that the NSW Parliament will deny terminally ill people in NSW the rights that those in every other

state now have.”

The Bill seeks to: enable eligible persons with a terminal illness to access voluntary assisted dying; establish a procedure for, and regulate access to, voluntary assisted dying; and establish the Voluntary Assisted Dying Board to oversee matters relating to voluntary assisted dying.

The Bill is currently being considered by the NSW Legislative Assembly [Lower

House], and if it passes, it will then come to the Legislative Council for consideration.

The Chair of the Law and Justice Committee, Wes Fang, said the inquiry will allow community members to have their say on an “important and deeply felt issue”.

“The committee’s report is intended to inform the Upper House’s consideration of the bill,” he said.

The committee’s reporting date is the first sitting day in 2022, with the date to become known when the House adopts the 2022 sitting calendar in November.

Tesch said she was cosponsoring the Bill with Independent Member for Sydney, Alex Greenwich, Member for The entrance, David Mehan, and 25 other cross-party MPs. The Bill, which will give terminally-ill people the option to end their lives at a time and

place of their choosing, now holds the record for the highest number of co-sponsors to a Bill in the history of any Australian parliament.

Premier for NSW, Dominic Perrottet, has allowed Liberal MPs a conscience vote on the issue.

There will be three public hearings for the inquiry, to be held on December 8, 10 and 13.

Full schedules will be published on the inquiry’s webpage at www.bit.ly/VADinquiry closer to the time, and all hearings will be streamed live via the Parliament’s website at www.bit.ly/ webcastnsw.

Members of the community can have their say on the Bill via an online questionnaire at https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/XRQNHFZ before November 22.

Terry Collins

No details on how mental health package might help Peninsula A recently announced State Government $130M mental health package to combat the effects of COVID-19 has been welcomed on the Peninsula, despite some concerns that there are no measures targeted specifically at the elderly.

The package is designed to provide immediate access to help for anyone whose mental health has been impacted by

the pandemic.

It is intended to provide more appointments for psychology and psychiatry services, address the sharp rise in eating disorders and self-harm presentations, free up more mental health beds and launch the biggest suicide prevention training program ever undertaken.

Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the package wuld “go a

very long way towards meeting the increased demand for mental health services right now”.

“The mental health impacts of COVID-19 have been enormous for people of all ages and stages in life.

“That’s why it is critical to fund additional mental health services which help the Central Coast community bounce back from the pandemic,” Crouch said.

Shadow Minister for Central Coast, David Harris, said there wa no detail about programs or funding for the Coast.

“Our local health system is struggling with community mental health outreach already, with volunteer and community groups …trying to desperately fill the gaps,” Harris said.

“This Government has not provided resources based on statistical needs previously, so we cross our fingers that this

might finally change,” he said.

Crouch said that in the coming weeks he would update our community on what this $103M commitment specifically means for the Central Coast.”

NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet, said the lockdown, combined with working from home and home schooling, has seen a record number of people reach out to crisis lines.

“This funding means that

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“As we navigate the economic recovery from this pandemic we must also support people’s mental wellbeing along the way.”

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Headspace helps build careers During Mental Health Month, Headspace Gosford has been raising awareness of its Individual Placement and Support Program (IPS).

This program helps clients of the service find meaningful employment and study opportunities no matter where they are in their mental health journey.

The service includes vocational support planning, professional resume writing and skills building, and ongoing employment support and mentoring.

The IPS program works in with the client’s clinician throughout their entire employment journey.

Rosemary Tropiano is one client who has found work through the program, becoming involved when she turned to headspace to seek help for

Rosemary Tropiano

anxiety, which was compounded by the loss of her job.

Thanks to the service and encouragement from her IPS Vocational Specialist, she has

now landed her dream job in IT support.

“I really wanted a job in the IT industry, but I thought my standards for a job were way too high.

“When I called her, all worried about the interview, she relieved my anxiety and made me feel confident.

“She really made the difference.

“Against all the odds, I got my dream job in IT support.

“I now work for an amazing company that is willing to train me from the ground up and that values my input.

“I’ll always be grateful for how the team at headspace let me make my own decisions and considered my feelings when helping me make decisions,” Tropiano said.

Tropiano is one of more than 200 local young people on the Central Coast who have found employment and study opportunities through th IPS program, which is funded by the Department of Social Services.

Headspace also offers a Work a Study Service where participants can receive support from a Work and Study Specialist with searching and applying for jobs, preparing

resumes and cover letters, career planning, support for transitioning from school to the workforce, navigating Centrelink and other government support options as well as balancing mental health and wellbeing with work or study.

They have a Career Mentoring Service where participants work with a mentor to develop industry specific skills, access advice around work, employer expectations and career progression as well as growing professional networks, understanding the recruitment process and improving professional communications skills and career confidence.

More information about these programs can be found at https://headspace.org.au/.

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MPs and charities want specifics on domestic violence funding Central Coast Labor MPs and local charities have called on the NSW Government to detail how new domestic violence funding will be allocated to support organisations struggling to support victims.

The recently violence years to Cluster

NSW Government announced domestic funding over four expand the Core and program ($426.6M),

Community Housing Innovation Fund ($52.5M) and a trial in two districts to support accompanied children and young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

According to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research – BOCSAR, the Central Coast had the secondhighest number of domestic violence Apprehended Violence Orders in NSW in figures issued for the 12 months prior to June 2020.

NSW Labor said there were local concerns that funding and solutions would not arrive immediately, nor have flexibility to deliver locally appropriate support programs.

“The combination of COVID and the housing crisis on the Central Coast has exacerbated the stress on domestic violence organisations across our community, who are already stretched beyond capacity,” Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said.

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“I commend the work of our outstanding professionals working in the DV sector across the Coast and encourage the government to allow flexibility within this funding to deliver locally-designed initiatives targeting specific needs in our community.”

Tesch said she encouraged the government to fund specific resources supporting older women fleeing domestic violence as this cohort continues to increase.

There are local concerns that funding and solutions will not arrive immediately, nor have flexibility to deliver locallyappropriate support programs.

Natasha McDowell, CEO of Ettalong-based domestic violence charity, Peninsula Lighthouse, said she would like to see the funds be delivered on a targeted local level.

“I wish I could be able to consult at the appropriate level to get the resources, including

accommodation, that are needed,” McDowell said.

“Resources seem to go to the far north of the Coast as opposed to on the Peninsula … we have a housing crisis on the Peninsula.”

McDowell said the charity has seen a significant increase in calls for support during COVID-19.

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Starting over in Spring: mindset ‘big rocks’

GEORGIA LIENEMANN This is the fourth part of our post-lockdown wholistic health reset.

We’re focusing on simple mindset and lifestyle shifts that have the power to create significant results.

Recently we introduced the concept of ‘big rocks’ and the benefits associated with ‘crowding out’ unproductive or harmful habits with beneficial ones.

This week we’re applying it to

lifestyle shifts and the small steps we can take in this area, to radically improve our health.

Now, don’t get your hopes up for some trendy new hack that you haven’t yet tried that promises to finally resolve everything. The two areas I couldn’t bring myself to sidestep are those we already know we’re supposed to be prioritising: sleep and movement.

However here we are in postlockdown Spring and if you’ve been engaged in this series at all, you’re probably keen to clamber back onto the wagon in some area of your life. And if that’s the case, perhaps you need a reminder of why these ‘big rocks’ are indeed big rocks.

And look, don’t get me wrong, I have lots of time for hacks. But if we can apply them to the fundamentals instead of thinking we can hack our way out of actually doing what works, we’ll be miles ahead.

So, let’s take a look at these two areas with a fresh

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perspective signals to our bodies that it is peak daylight and time to be alert. This completely messes with our circadian rhythm and prevents deep sleep across the board.

So, the worst thing we can do is to look at a screen prior to bedtime (although TV is the best of the worst, if you must).

Ways we can lessen the impact:

perspective and see if we can’t inspire a little inclination to upgrade your existing relationship with them.

Sleep As someone who routinely used to glaze over at this suggestion, I’ve finally come to appreciate how crucial good quality sleep is to health. As a type A personality and former night owl, I had my head in the sand with this for many years, because I thought I could cheat – by ticking all the other health and lifestyle boxes and ignoring this one.

It turns out, you can’t.

There are hacks to be had, here, though!

The most important thing to realise is that quality sleep isn’t determined by the amount of time you spend sleeping, but by how long your brain is in its deepest brainwave state.

And the majority of us aren’t getting much deep sleep at all.

By redirecting your focus to facilitating better quality sleep, you can likely get away with a slight reduction in the total hours you’ve always been told is ideal (8-9 hours).

So, how do we set ourselves up to achieve deeper, more restorative sleep?

Timing The most important window of sleep is 10pm-2am. Anything that prevents the deeper

brainwave states being accessed within this window drastically decreases overall sleep quality and has huge, accumulative impacts on our hormones, energy and health.

If this occurs regularly in midlife, we’re drastically increasing the likelihood of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer, later in life.

To state the obvious, you can’t access deep sleep if you’re not actually asleep within this window. And if you’re hitting the sack at midnight, chances are that you’re foregoing deep sleep altogether.

You might have heard the phrase ‘every hour before midnight is worth two’ – well, it’s actually a great way to think about it. The impact of facilitating deeper brainwave states in this window can’t be overstated. Getting to bed as early as possible is worth everything you can throw at it.

Priming ourselves for deep rest To achieve a state of deep sleep within the 10pm-2am window, your body needs to be physiologically primed to get there, shortly after you fall asleep.

Unfortunately, many of our modern habits greatly undermine this process. Our screens and devices emit blue light,which from an evolutionary

• Aim to lengthen the gap between screen time and bedtime as much as you possibly can. Ideally, aim for a window of two hours.

• If you can’t avoid screen time at night, buy a pair of blueblocking glasses and wear them after sundown. (And early morning if screen-time is part of the routine, then.)

• Use the ‘nightshift’ setting on your devices, which can be automatically set to reduce the blue light emission in favour of warmer tones from a certain time of day.

Other ways to improve sleep: • Move electronic devices out of the bedroom where possible (or switch your phone on airplane mode if it’s beside your bed) to reduce the electromagnetic radiation in that space, which has been shown to interfere with sleep quality.

• Have a cool or tepid shower in the evening to reduce body temperature prior to sleeping.

Keeping your body temperature on the cool side during the night also facilitates better quality sleep.

• Natural fibre bedding such as cotton, wool and down go a long way in helping to achieve this. On this note: avoid polyester at all costs. It’s hard to comprehend how we arrived at the idea of sleeping wrapped in plastic!

• For the last 30 minutes before bedtime, try switching your light source to candlelight or have a red coloured light globe in a bedside lamp.

Surely, you’ve noticed during extended power outages how unusually relaxed and sleepy you feel by midevening? The complete removal of blue light (which

is also emitted by standard globes) makes a radical, very noticeable difference to sleep quality. If you have any issues with sleep – try this one hack and see for yourself.

• Aim to go to bed and wake earlier, at a consistent time as often as possible.

Movement One of the pitfalls of living in the information age and being relentlessly bombarded with theories and data, is the risk of disempowerment. When you’re out of the habit of moving regularly, there’s a tendency to overthink what needs to be done and create self-imposed barriers that interfere with actually getting started.

Stories like: “I need to join the gym to start exercising” or “I need to workout for 30 minutes for it to ‘count’”. All these ridiculous, arbitrary rules, when the truth is, if we look to the oldest, fittest people on the planet, it’s obvious that consistent, very low-impact movement is extremely effective. No gyms or active wear in sight.

The best way to reboot your routine is to start with just one thing – today. Donning your headphones and dancing to a single song. Running down and up a short flight of stairs. Doing a few squats whilst you clean your teeth in the morning.

It might seem inconsequential, but the dopamine hit from kicking that small goal, the endorphins released from that tiny sliver of movement is enough to invigorate and restore motivation. Then you can build on it, with ease.

If you have any resistance in this area, start by banishing the word ‘exercise’ from your vocabulary and replace it with ‘movement’. It evokes an entirely different response.

Find ways you love to move your body and simply build them into your daily life. As your fitness level starts to improve and the associated feel-good chemicals become a more natural state, you’ll instinctively desire more of both – and the need for discipline and regimented routine will become obsolete.

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Students welcomed back to local schools Students across the Peninsula have returned to face-to-face learning from October 18 after spending term three learning from home.

This return to the classroom has been staggered with kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 12 returning on October 18, and grades two, six and 11 returning on October 25, with the remaining grades returning on November 1.

Central Coast District P&C Spokesperson, Sharryn Brownlee, said she was excited to see students returning to the classroom.

“All the principals are really excited to see students return.

“They’re really pulling out the red carpet for the students, and I think term four will be a great one.

“Parents are feeling an incredible relief as well knowing their children will be back with their teachers, and I think the experience of homeschooling has given them a new sense of respect for their children’s teachers,”

Students from Ettalong Public School return to find a new game in their playground

Brownlee said.

She said schools have been proactive in incorporating the COVID safe measures into classrooms.

“The schools are trying to encourage students to wear masks, some teachers have been making masks part of the learning by painting on them and making them into superheroes like Batman.

“The high schools are also being proactive by teaching

lessons outdoors if possible, so the students don’t have to wear their mask all day, and they’re being proactive about good ventilation.

“Fresh air, being outside and being at school is safer for students than being anywhere else except their homes.

“I want to reassure everyone that schools are the safest place for our students to be.

“Every member of staff in a public school, all classroom

teachers, administration staff, and cleaners have all been double-vaccinated.

“Only a handful of staff on the Central Coast have been stood down for not getting vaccinated.

“The teachers have been proactive and productive in using this new opportunity to try some new things with classroom learning.

“For instance, teachers have been team teaching cross curriculum content like

incorporating maths and sports to really try some new things.

“If you can do activities outside, then why not take advantage of our beautiful weather,” Brownlee said.

While everyone is thrilled to be back in the classroom, Brownlee said some students have not engaged with any learning at all during term three.

“Some students and families have not engaged with any of

the home learning at all which we can see, so they will be playing catch up this term.

“The schools know who hasn’t been engaging, so there will be extra support in place for those students.

“For some students, it might feel like their first day of school again.

“Learning from home has been such a different experience and I think we will see a lot of wellbeing issues, and issues with students returning to that structure.

“Some parents have also raised concerns about sending their children if they have health issues, which they can discuss with the schools to work out an arrangement,” Brownlee said.

She said staff who lost their jobs due to thm not getting vaccinated will not be eligible to return to their positions in the future, even if there are no COVID outbreaks.

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Spending money for families with school-aged children Local families with schoolaged children will receive a $250 voucher in early 2022, as part of a $2.8B stimulus package announced by the NSW Government.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the vouchers would stimulate spending and revive the local economy.

“The $250 can be spent on recreation and accommodation so there are plenty of ways for

families to spend this voucher,” Crouch said.

“One of the biggest challenges for families during the threemonth lockdown was learning from home.

“As life begins to return to

normal, we want to encourage people to get out, enjoy what the Central Coast has to offer and hopefully boost the economy in the process.

“These vouchers form a key part of our new Premier’s Economic Recovery Strategy,

which has a strong focus on rebuilding and supporting businesses, helping the hip pocket and boosting jobs.”

The $250 vouchers will be available through Service NSW early next year and will expire in October 2022.

More information is available on the NSW Government’s website.

Source: Media release, Oct 21 Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch

Scholarships available for priority languages Central Coast residents who speak in-demand languages and would like to become qualified interpreters might be interested in a range of scholarships now available.

Minister for Multiculturalism, Natalie Ward, said the NSW Interpreter Scholarship

Program is supporting the training of up to 100 interpreters in 2021,as part of a commitment to train 400 new interpreters over four years.

“Our interpreters are the voice of our multicultural society and have played a critical role in making sure our communities receive highquality public health advice

during the COVID pandemic,” Ward said.

“We are calling on NSW’s next generation of interpreters.

“I urge anyone who speaks the priority languages and is interested in a career in interpreting to apply for the latest round of this outstanding scholarship program.”

Priority languages include

Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Lao, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Nepali, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

The scholarship recipients will benefit from subsidised world-class training at UNSW through an online course.

Course graduates will then be

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eligible to apply for entry to the Certified Practicing Interpreter level with the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.

The NSW Government has invested $650,000 over four years to train up to 400 interpreters as part of the NSW Interpreter Scholarship Program.

Expressions of interest for new and emerging languages are open until midnight on Friday, November 5.

For more details, see: https:// multicultural.nsw.gov.au/ services/nsw-interpreterscholarshipprogram.

Source: Media release, Oct 26 NSW Government

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Woy Woy junior announced as ambassador FOOTBALL Woy Woy Football Club was one of several local teams invited to the unveiling of the Central Coast Mariners’ new FFA Cup kit on October 17.

Woy Woy FC junior, Matt Hatch, was announced as a Mariners’ ambassador for the 2021-22 A Leagues season.

Hatch made his debut with the Mariners last season, scoring the winning goal in the

Pink Round against Macarthur FC at Central Coast Stadium.

He is joined at the Mariners by fellow Woy Woy junior, Adam Holmes, who is the strength and conditioning coach at the Mariners this season.

Woy Woy FC said they were looking forward to supporting the Mariners and wish them nothing but the best for their 2021-22 season.

Source: Social media, Oct 22 Woy Woy Football Club

Toohey in running for U-19’s world cup with scholarship in hand CRICKET Central Coast teenager, Nicholas Toohey has chalked up another impressive achievement, selected as a 2021-22 Basil Sellers Scholarship recipient.

The 17-year-old fast bowler, who plays for Terrigal Matcham Cricket Club, first represented NSW at the National Under 15s Championship in 2018-19, before competing in the ACT/ NSW Country Under-19s Squad.

Despite a lack of cricket last season due to injury, Toohey has been included in the Australian Under 19s World Cup extended Preliminary Squad for the Youth World Cup to be help in the West Indies in January 2022.

Toohey is one of 12 players that have been awarded with a Basil Sellers Scholarship in 2021-22, all the recipients

have gone through the Cricket NSW Pathway System, representing either NSW Metropolitan or ACT/NSW Country at various Underage National Championships.

The 17-year-old from Holgate said that he was thrilled to receive the scholarship that will help him transition from school into university and a professional career in cricket.

“I’ve been playing with Terrigal Matcham since I was eight, my Dad really got me interested in cricket as he used to play and growing up we were always playing cricket in the back yard.

“He was also the President of Terrigal Matcham Cricket Club a few years ago.

“I love training and I love the game and I love the people that I play with.

“As the bowler, I am really inspired by Pat Cummings.

“I’ve always been inspired by

Nicholas Toohey

how smooth his bowling is.

“I train twice a week and play on Saturday, and I go to the gym five days a week to work on my fitness,” Toohey said.

Toohey, who is in Year 12 at St Edward’s College in East Gosford, said that after he completes the HSC, he wishes to take a gap year to travel and work on his cricket skills.

“The scholarship will help me

with the transition from school into university and into a professional career.

“I plan on taking a gap year next year and focusing on travelling and my cricket before heading to university.

“I’m considering studying Sports Science or Construction Management, or even a business degree.

“I’d love to go professional and land a rookie contract and hopefully one day play for Australia,” Toohey said.

A big fan of the Sydney Sixers, Toohey said that he’s planning to play in the Central Coast Under 21’s competition as well as the Sydney premier league.

“Next year I want to play here on the Central Coast on Saturdays and play down in Sydney on Sundays.

“I’m really looking forward to playing down there,” Toohey said.

The Basil Sellers Scholarship

is in its 16th year, and the program awards scholarships to promising male and female cricketers under 19 and supports scholars and their families with expenses such as education, travel and the cost of relocation from regional areas.

The Scholars are offered a two-year Team Kookaburra equipment sponsorship, through the support of Kookaburra, one of Cricket NSW’s longstanding partners.

Founder and philanthropist, Basil Sellers, said each of the 12 Scholars have a great opportunity to pursue their dream of becoming elite cricketers.

“It’s been a challenging 18 months for the state’s best emerging cricketers, but it has also been a character-building time for these eleven recipients in their pursuit to represent their state and country at the highest level.

“The perfect cricketing allrounder is not just someone who performs in the middle but understand the importance of personal development away from the sport arena through education.

“By their actions, they are revered as role models and leaders amongst their peers, while conducting themselves in a manner which is in keeping with the spirit of our great game.

“I look forward to following with keen interest the progress of the year’s recipients and encourage all to seize upon the support and opportunities they have been afforded as they look to follow in the footpath of previous scholarship holders who have gone on to not only represent, but captain Australia,” Sellers said.

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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.

We are now in the peak of the humpback whale southern migration.

It’s still a wonderful time of year to head to the coast and get a glimpse of these magnificent creatures on their 5,000 klm

trek south.

Unfortunately, now that the shark nets are back out, it’s another obstacle that these whales have to negotiate.

If you think you see a whale caught in netting, or if you think it is in trouble, call 13 000 72757 (then option 4).

People have been enjoying passing whales this week from Killcare Heights, Boudi Boardwalk and in Broken Bay. Seals are still making themselves known around Brisbane Water, Umina and

Box Head.

The seal colony at Barrenjoey has 14 seals chilling there at the moment.

Some large pods of common dolphins have been observed off the coast.

Inshore, bottlenose dolphins have been seen at Ettalong, Killcare, Box Head and Broken Bay. If you’re planning to go whale watching, remember to comply with Health Regulations and police/government directions.

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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Umina’s rising star has one rival for Pismo title

Jack Jackson surfing, here captured by his devoted mother

SURFING The Australian Irukandjis para surfing team has been selected for the 2021 Pismo Beach ISA World Para Surfing Championship, and two of our best competitors are Central Coast locals.

Coast veteran, Matt Formston, returns to the team in search of his fourth World Championship since 2017; and Umina’s rising star, Jack Jackson prepares for his debut as an Irukandji.

This sixth edition of the Championship will run from December 7 to 11 in the city of Pismo Beach on California’s central coast between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The nine-person team will be dispersed across seven events and the Irukandjis are determined to improve on their overall seventh-place finish from last year’s competition.

The Irukandjis have targeted the events of Para Surfing Prone 1 and 2, Para Surfing Stand 2, Para Surfing Kneel and Para Surfing Vision Impairment 2, with both male and female athletes.

Formston and Jackson will be competing against each other in the Vision Impairment 2 (VI 2) category and they are each likely to be the other’s biggest rival for gold.

The two friends and rivals have been neck and neck in para surf contests for over

three years.

Jackson, who is 19 years old, is the only surfer to have defeated Formston in an international competition – in the final of the 2019 Bali Adaptive Pro. “From memory, I beat him by about 0.1 points,” said Jackson.

“So I only just got him – but that’s all you need!”

“For years it’s mainly just been me and (Matt) fighting it out in every event I’ve competed in.

“He’s a tough competitor but a great bloke too.”

Formston says he believes he must be at the top of his game if he is to walk away with another Title.

“There’s a couple of guys

now who are really pushing me more than before, including Jack Jackson from Umina,” said Formston.

“They’re really pushing me to make sure I keep pushing my surfing and innovate because if I skip on what I’m doing they’re going to pick me off.

“Having them is inspiring me to go harder and I’m spending two hours in the gym plus three or four hours of surfing every day.

“I’m making sure I tick every box so when I get to Pismo, if I lose it’s because they’re better surfers than me and not because I’ve missed anything.”

As VI 2 category para surfers, Matt, Jack and their other opponents will face the ocean’s

elements almost entirely solo, the only assistance coming from a personal spotter who must communicate the conditions with only words.

“With my coach, Cripsy, who is my spotter and one of my best mates (and also a WSL QS commentator), we use eight words: ‘North’, ’South’, ‘In’, ‘Out’, ‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘Left’, and ‘Right’,” explained Formston.

“In a 20- or 40-minute heat, we could do the whole heat whilst only using those words.”

The Championship will begin a new episode in the lives of Matt and Jack who will together take part in a documentary film project surrounding Matt’s life story and his passion for big wave surfing.

After Pismo Beach, the two plan on travelling the Californian coast, finding their way to the world renowned surfing hive at Lower Trestles before moving on to Fiji and Indonesia – “charging big waves on coral,” as Matt puts it.

The film, titled ‘The Blind Sea’ is being made by Australian filmmaking collective, Brick Studios and will be in production around the world over the next 12 months.

For now, the focus of the Irukandjis is on early December at Pismo Beach and the opportunity for both personal and team-based triumphs.

Source: Media release, Oct 12 Surfing NSW