Voice of the Peninsula 10 MARCH 2022
ISSUE 050
REAL INDEPENDENT LOCAL WEEKLY NEWS
Coastal Twist brings the Love to Sydney Mardi Gras
News
Former editor and journalist of Central Coast Newspapers and local resident, Jackie Pearson, has received funding from the Walkley Foundation to help promote public interest journalism. See page 3
Out & About
Thunderstorm, floods and predictions of heavy rain did not deter a group of ladies from the Roving Red Hatters from gathering at the Kincumber Pub last week to celebrate the 98th birthday of Edna Fowler of Woy Woy. See page 14
Locals joined the Coastal Twist festival team in a flurry of feathers and glitter last weekend, celebrating all things ‘Love’ at the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Business
See page 13 Photos: Lisa Haymes
Peninsula survives wet weather but leaves drivers frustrated With the wet weather continuing to wreak havoc across NSW Coastal areas, the Peninsula has survived the worst of what was expected, even gaining an extra pothole or two. Over the past week of wet and wild conditions, some drivers were unable to return home due to significant flooding on roads leading into the Peninsula, swimmers have been unable to visit popular beaches, and sea foam has inundated the beaches. President of Killcare Surf Life
Saving Club, Craig Sheppard, said the high tide has brought out the foam with waves reaching over the new sand dunes at Killcare. “Generally it’s not harmful (although it can be depending if algal blooms are decaying near the coast) but given the pollution reads the recommendation is to err on the side of caution and give it a wide berth,” Sheppard said. Central Coast Council said roads crews have been responding to a large increase in general service requests
with the current weather pattern, repairing 1,481 potholes across the Coast since February 24. During this emergency weather event, Council has formed an Emergency Incident Committee to collectedly address impacts and has liaised with Transport NSW around state road matters within the region. Report any potholes or road damage caused by weather events by calling Council on 1300 463 954 or submitting online centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
via the ‘Report an issue’ page. In the 24 hours preceding March 9, the Bureau of Meteorology recorded 65 millimetres of rain at Woy Woy Tip, 54 millimetres at Ettalong Public School, 51 millimetres at Killcare Heights Reservoir, 66 millimetres at Pearl Beach Reservoir. As of the morning of March 9, swimmers at Pearl Beach, Ocean Beach, Umina Beach and Killcare Beach were told to avoid swimming due to likely pollution in the water. Large and powerful surf
The owner of a Daleys Pointbased in-home care provider has received an honour for her dedication to the local community. See page 23
conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as swimming, rock fishing and surfing. Council said a large tidal anomaly is being experienced at Brisbane Water, with the evening high tide expected to be ‘very high’ over the coming days. Council said this means that Woy Woy Town Centre, parts of Booker Bay, Davistown, and Empire Bay will have some sea water flowing up the drains into the streets causing a nuisance. Continued page 5
Sport
It was a great day for the Woy Woy Peninsula Netball Association on Sunday, March 6 with its teams putting up an impressive performance against their regional rivals of the HART Regional League. See page 31
Puzzles page 18
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