Issue 117 of Wyong Regional Chronicle

Issue 117 May 23, 2017

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Coastal Zone Management Plan identifies areas at severe risk of erosion entral Coast Council has revised its Coastal Zone Management Plan for the northern coastal areas, extending 33km from just south of Catherine Hill Bay to Crackneck Point, and is seeking community feedback on the proposed changes.

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Council has worked with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage to review the Wyong Coastal Zone Management Plan (WCZMP 2017) in response to changes to NSW legislation and improved information about coastal hazards.

The Plan was placed on public exhibition on May 15 and will remain on exhibition until June 13.

Council’s Group Leader of Assets, Infrastructure and Business, Mr Mike Dowling, said the draft plan aimed to address risks from coastal hazards and outline actions to improve the environmental and community benefits for the Coast. “This process started under the former Wyong Council and we must

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The northern end of the Wyong coast showing areas of natural coast (green), hot spots (red), recreation and urban (yellow) “A plan for the former this plan is similar in move this plan forward to provide certainty for our Gosford City Council design and intent, we residents who live on the area has now been sent must and want to seek Coastline,� Mr Dowling to the Minister for the community feedback on Environment for final the changes. said. endorsement, but while

“Without a proper plan in place to cover our coastal areas, we cannot apply for State Government funding to help manage coastal hazards,� Mr Dowling said.

After 2011, it was apparent that the potential risk from coastal and landslip processes was not clearly defined.

Council undertook a review of the hazards information to better define the coastal and geotechnical risks in the former Wyong local government area.

The revised hazards mapping is documented in the draft WCZMP 2017 currently on exhibition.

To assist the community to review the draft WCZMP 2017 and to discuss their concerns and ideas, community drop-in sessions will be held during the public exhibition period on Friday, May 26 (4:00pm to 6:00pm) at Tuggerah Lakes Community Centre, 1 Bay Village Rd, Bateau Bay, and on Monday, June 5 (6:00pm to 8:00pm) at The Entrance Community Centre, Building A Classroom, 15 Battley Ave, The Entrance.

The Plan will be available for viewing at

Council’s offices and local library branches and at yourvoiceourcoast. com.

Submissions will close at midnight on Tuesday, June 13.

The CZMP for the northern part of the new Central Coast Local Government Area (former Wyong Shire) has been prepared by a different consultant to the plan for the former Gosford LGA, which has already been sent to the NSW Minister for final approval.

According to the latest version of the Wyong CZMP, five locations within the former Wyong LGA are at severe risk from erosion and have been classified as erosion Hot Spots by the NSW Government. “To assist with how actions in this CZMP will be applied, the Wyong coast has been organised into four management precincts‌ defined in terms of their different values and level of risk that ‌ support different levels and types of community usage, development, and ecological function, and which require different management intent and actions.

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The new Member for Gosford, Ms Liesl Tesch, with her team of volunteers Photo: Noel Fisher

Ms Tesch won 49.5 per cent of the primary vote consisting of 22,931 votes that translated to 62.5 per cent of the two-party preferred vote.

She won the primary vote in every polling booth in the electorate except four (Kulnura, Mangrove Mountain, Mount White

and Peats Ridge).

Her popularity on the Peninsula, where she resides, was resounding.

Four of her six biggest poll results were at Ettalong Public School (1216 primary votes out of a possible 2360), 1063 votes at Woy Woy South Public School (out of 1808), 1053 at Umina Uniting (out of 1806) and 1049 at Umina Public School (out of 2096).

Full booth-by-booth results are available on the NSW Electoral Commission’s website.

Liberal candidate, Ms Jilly Pilon achieved 14,202 primary votes,

an 11.9 per cent swing against the Coalition.

The Greens, who ran a strong candidate in corporate lawyer, Ms Abigail Boyd achieved 7.5 per cent of the primary vote but that was a swing of 1.5 per cent against the party in the Gosford electorate.

Shooters, Fishers and Farmers candidate, Mr Larry Freeman, whose family has strong ties to the Peninsula, achieved 2376 primary votes or 5.1 per cent of the primary vote.

Ms Skyla Wagstaff from the Animal Justice Party and Mr Andrew Church for the Christian

Democratic Party both polled under 2000 primary votes.

The number of formal votes counted on the day was 46,279 representing 97.3 per cent of those registered to vote.

Ms Tesch celebrated her victory with supporters at Everglades Country Club, Woy Woy, on April 8.

Ms Tesch said she felt fantastically supported by the community and that she would be ďŹ ghting for Gosford in NSW parliament for years to come. “I will do all in my power to keep the Government accountable for the decisions they make that affect

the lives of people on the Central Coast,� Ms Tesch said.

Ms Tesch outlined the key issues identiďŹ ed by the people of her electorate during her time on the campaign trail, including feeling ripped off by the Council amalgamation and the removal of services throughout the electorate by the Liberal Government.

SOURCES: Press conference, 9 Apr 2017 Liesl Tesch, Member- for Gosford Website, 13 Apr 2017 Gosford by-election results NSW Electoral Commission

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The Lederer Group acquired Kibbleplex and adjoining vacant land from the former Gosford Council for $13 million on March 1, 2016.

The Sydney-based property owner and developer owns the adjoining Imperial Centre and has demonstrated longterm commitment to the enhancement of the Gosford CBD including the recent refurbishment of the Imperial Centre.

An $850 million Stage One Masterplan for the Kibbleplex property was lodged with Council by Lederer Group on March 6, 2016 which consisted of nine buildings including mixed-use residential, commercial and retail and the demolition of existing structures.

The DA was advertised and public comment invited in June and, according to the Central Coast Council’s Gosford online development application tracker, nine submissions were received during the month-long public consultation period.

Thirteen months after unveiling its grand plan for the site, the Lederer Group’s Development Manager, Mr Steve McGillivray, said the developer was waiting, along with others with development sites in the Gosford CBD, for Central Coast Council to ďŹ nalise its new planning controls. “We made our Master Plan application on the basis that

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osford could be on its way to being the $1.6 billion city, but several key developers are running out of time to commence their projects.

From left: The empty Kibbleplex looking across Kibble Park and the Lederer Group’s impression of how the site could look

the Local Environment Plan (LEP) would be changed before now,â€? Mr McGillivray said. “We can’t do anything until the Council’s planning proposal is ďŹ nalised,â€? he said.

The proposed changes to the Development Control Plan (DCP) and the LEP were expected to be ďŹ nalised during 2016.

However, Central Coast Council extended the public consultation period for the proposed new planning controls until January 20 and held a public information session.

The planning controls sought to move the commercial core of the CBD to Kibble Park, create a living city and revitalise the CBD, according to Council.

They also involved changes to oor space ratios and height restrictions which were loudly opposed by the Community Environment Network (CEN).

CEN’s manager, Ms Jane Smith called the proposal “alarming� including the proposal for heights in the CBD of “up to 99 metres�.

CEN was critical of the fact the Council’s exhibition of the proposed changes to development controls came

out of a Statement of Strategic Intent that had been adopted without any public consultation.

Coast Community News has asked Central Coast Council’s Group Leader Environment and Planning, Mr Scott Cox, for an update on the proposed new development controls for Gosford’s CBD. His response will be reported in our next available edition.

The Lederer Group’s Master Plan also included a redevelopment of Kibble Park “to maximise its green footprint and create a popular family destination and event space that is the green heart of the CBD.�

Former Gosford Councillor and member of the Central Coast Council’s Local Representation Committee, Ms Vicki Scott, said she had asked for a discussion about any proposed redevelopment of Kibble Park to be placed on the agenda for discussion at the LRC’s April meeting. “I am concerned there are things in the pipeline to happen sooner rather than later with Kibble Park,� Ms Scott said. “I am concerned about the lack of consultation with the

public,� she said.

She said she believed the future of Kibble Park was “too big of an issue for an unelected council� to decide.

Between October 2015 and the following March, the details surrounding the sale of Kibbleplex were kept conďŹ dential by Gosford Council.

Negotiations surrounding the sale of the property had been delegated to then Chief Executive OfďŹ cer (CEO), Mr Paul Anderson.

At an ordinary council meeting on October 27, thenCouncillor Vicki Scott resolved that the CEO was to present a detailed report to Council by the end of November detailing the original price Council paid for the building, why its sale was not put out to tender, why there had been no public consultation about its sale and the details of the sale.

A report was provided in November but, for conďŹ dentiality reasons, was not made public until after the sale to Lederer was settled on March 1.

According to that report, Kibbleplex was acquired by Gosford Council in February

2011 for $11 million, consisting of $4 million of Council’s own funds at $7 million from the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

A condition of the government funding was that the two upper levels provide 400 commuter parts for ďŹ ve years.

That commitment expired on February 29, 2016 but Lederer has continued to keep the carpark open to the public.

The building was not put out to tender because Council received “a strong expression of interest� and commissioned a valuation report which valued the property in the range of $11.5 million to $13 million.

The report also revealed that “there would be limited market depth if the property was offered for sale, the report suggested looming market risks.

Gosford Council also appeared to be racing against the clock as development incentives including 30 per cent bonuses on oor space and heights in the CBD were due to expire in April 2016.

The former Gosford Council

opted to go with the Lederer offer based on its knowledge of “a considerable looming oversupply of units proposed in Gosford� and “the assessed value may change unexpectedly over a relatively short period of time. “Based on the valuation report, Council formed the following views: the assessed value may not be sustainable going forward and had more downside than upside risk. “Time periods for any sale should be sensibly minimised if possible. “The pool of potential purchasers would likely be very shallow. “A proactive approach to buyers showing real interest would therefore likely be the best way to maximise price.�

Source: Interview, Apr 20, 2016 Steve McGillivray, Lederer Group Gosford Council report, March 2016 Kibbleplex (IR 21591089) Interview, Apr 19, 2017 Vicki Scott, Local Representation Committee Jackie Pearson, journalist

Ms Chrissy Fitzgerald with her superstar Halley

Peninsula exhibitors win at Royal Easter Show Ms Chrissy Fitzgerald of Umina has won the Best Baby Puppy of Breed title for her Finnish Lapphund Baby Puppy Bitch in the dogs section of the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Ms Fitzgerald is a seasoned exhibitor at the Show and said she was thrilled with the result for her puppy Halley. “Dogs have been my passion for all my life,� Ms Fitzgerald said. “I’ve been showing dogs for

years and I’m a dog groomer by trade, but Halley represents almost 10 years of planning and effort and I’m delighted with the result at the Royal. “She exceeded all my expectations. “When she was placed in the Top 10 out of the 309 entrants for the category and then went on to win the title, I was amazed and so very humbled by the experience,�

Ms Fitzgerald said.

Since the Show, Ms Fitzgerald

and Halley have been competing at events across NSW, with the most recent being at the Deniliquin and District Kennel Club, which yielded three champion in show titles.

Their recent success sees Halley ranked third on Dogzonline’s Rising Star list.

Brisbane Waters High School were also big winners at the Royal Easter Show, winning Champion Senior Boar of Show as well as the Grand Champion Purebred Heavyweight Steer.

Riverglen Herman, the 260kg boar, is currently under the jointownership of the school and his breeders, Mr and Ms Richard and Heather Cole.

Sheraton Skippy, the black limousin steer, 600kg, 14-month old Steer, fetched an impressive $8000 at the Show’s auction on April 6.

Skippy was handled at the Show by Year 10 student Kynesia Stapelton.

Mr Ron Unsworth and Mr

Richard Mckay, the school’s agricultural department assistants, have been helping the students prepare cattle and pigs for the Show for 23 years.

Mr Unsworth described Skippy’s win as the pinnacle of the cattle events at the show.

SOURCES: Media release, 16 Apr 2017 Sydney Royal Easter Show Media Centre Interview, 16 Apr 2017 Chrissy Fitzgerald, Umina Reporter: Dilon Luke

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Fifty six fully approved developments each valued at over $1.5 million in Gosford

he Lederer Group’s master plan for the empty Kibbleplex building on Gosford’s Henry Parry Drive cannot progress until Central Coast Council gets NSW Planning approval for its proposed new Gosford CBD planning controls.

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A map prepared by Central Coast Council’s Environment and Planning Team shows the site of every approved development in Gosford City with a value of $1.5 million or more.

That includes 22 development sites on the west side of the train line and another 34 approved DAs east of the train tracks.

The total value of those 56 developments, according to Central Coast Council, is $1.6 billion. “Council has laid down the platform to encourage development and the revitalisation of the Gosford CBD,� said Group Leader, Environment and Planning, Mr Scott Cox. Mr Cox said Council’s vision is to see Gosford become a “vibrant, smart, regional living city centre, and we will continue to lay down that foundation, particularly with the Central Coast Regional Plan that looks into the five different precincts in the Gosford CBD, and we will look at doing further planning around the five precincts,� he said.

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ModiďŹ ed consent granted to $ 300m development odiďŹ ed consent has been granted to Development A p p l i c a t i o n 1 0 8 0 / 2 0 1 4 (DA1080/2014), for a mixed use development comprising shop top housing, a hotel tower, a multipurpose function space, a restaurant, a shopping centre and parking, and the demolition of several existing structures.

This DA entails a complete overhaul of the existing Lakeside Shopping Centre, The Entrance, and adjoining land located at: 102-104 The Entrance Rd, 106110 The Entrance Rd, 96 The Entrance Rd, 100 The Entrance Rd, 118 The Entrance Rd, 1 Glovers Lne, 3 Glovers Lne, 19-21 Taylor St, 23 Taylor St, and the existing Lakeside Plaza (78-94 The Entrance Rd) and is valued at around $300 million.

The proposal includes a new and expanded retail shopping centre, hotel and convention/function space and residential apartments, with two levels of basement parking.

According to the DA’s Amended Statement of Environmental Effects 2015 (SEE), the proposal comprises: An expanded shopping centre from 5,000m2 to a total of

An artist’s impression of the development at the Lakeside Plaza site approximately 13,250m2, anchored by a new larger Coles supermarket.

It will also include 270 residential apartments in a tower building on the corner of The Entrance Rd and Dening St., 168 residential apartments and 108 hotel rooms

in a tower building on the corner of Taylor and Dening St, and 48 residential apartments over three levels above the podium fronting The Entrance Rd. A restaurant and function/convention space in/with the hotel

lobby level is also proposed.

The “Oasis� level below the lofted tower buildings will provide outdoor space and amenities.

Car parking is provided for within two basement levels and a section of

rooftop parking.

The project includes the creation of a piazza public space at the northern end of the site fronting Dening St, the creation of the Bus Hub on The Entrance Rd providing an attractive public transport area and creation of a publicly

accessible viewing platform on top of the tower on the corner of Taylor and Dening St. The 2015 proposal also stipulates total parking spaces generated through the development as 1,325 parking spaces.

The original 2014 SEE proposal included: the expanded shopping centre at a total of 10,650m2, still anchored by a Coles supermarket, and 250 residential apartments in the building on the corner of The Entrance Rd/Dening St. It also included 110 residential apartments and 100 hotel rooms in a tower building on the corner of Taylor St/Dening St and 36 residential apartments over three levels above the podium fronting The Entrance Rd. Also included are the same plans for the restaurant/convention space, the Oasis, the piazza public space and the Bus Hub, but stipulated total parking spaces generated through the development as 1,375 parking spaces.

The masterplan provided in the 2015 SEE lists the proposal as a staged development, with conceptual approval only, meaning no physical works have been authorised or approved

by Council or the JRPP.

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he NSW Government nt has announcedd St Hilliers as thee successful proponent too acquire and develop thee remaining 1.1 hectaress of the former Gosfordd Public School site.

Pearl Beach properties vulnerable, says coastal plan Multi-million dollar waterfront properties built on the beachfront dune in Coral Cres, Pearl Beach, are vulnerable to storm erosion and little can be done to protect them, a management plan adopted by Central Coast Council has found.

Options such as building up a dune in front of the properties to create a buffer against storm erosion were “not likely to be feasible in this location�.

Some of the properties already had erosion protection measures installed and the plan does allow for properties to complete erosion protection works.

Such works would be completed

at the cost of the landowner and would require development approval by Council or the NSW Coastal Panel.

Residents at a similar location on Wamberal Beach are currently in the Land and Environment Court challenging the NSW Coastal Panel’s deemed refusal of their application for protection works.

The immediate and future erosion risk is identiďŹ ed as the main hazard to be addressed in this area of Pearl Beach.

Post-storm management measures were included in the plan and beach scraping would be used to build up sand from the beach berm to re-establish protection to the erosion escarpment and assist natural recovery of the beach.

Dunecare groups would be encouraged to maintain and revegetate any existing dune after a storm “using appropriate endemic vegetation�.

The recommendations in the Gosford Beaches Coastal Zone Management Plan have been endorsed by Central Coast Council administrator Mr Ian Reynolds, but not yet approved by the NSW Government.

Some strategies in the plan, such as dune care and dune revegetation, are to be completed across the whole new local government area, even though the former Wyong Shire had a completely different approach to coastal hazard management and its draft plan has not yet been

sent to the NSW Government for approval.

If the plan is approved by the NSW Government, in the ďŹ rst few years of its implementation, Central Coast Council will be responsible for redeďŹ ning a building line and development controls for development within a hazard zone for this portion of the beach.

New buildings will be required to be built in a 2100 Stable Foundation Zone, which is not deďŹ ned in the plan.

In the long term, Council, NSW Government and landowners will be required to design erosion protection works which would be “implemented once the erosion escarpment reaches a set trigger distance from the building line� but

were “likely not to be required for several years�.

No budget has been allocated for such works prior to 2025.

The plan divides the management of Pearl Beach into four precincts.

Precinct 1 covers the area south of Green Point Creek; Precinct 2 is the area between Green Point Creek and Middle Creek entrances; Precinct 3 is between Middle Creek and the Pearl Beach Lagoon outlet; and Precinct 4 covers the Coral Cres beachfront properties.

SOURCE: Management Plan, 26 Apr 2017 Gosford Beaches Coastal Zone, Worley Parsons,

Group granted $100,000 to solve doctor shortage A working group has been given $100,000 in the Federal Budget to ďŹ nd solutions to the Peninsula’s doctor shortage.

The working group consists of three local doctors, two practice managers, a local nurse and Mingaletta’s health manager, as well as representatives of the government’s Primary Health Network, which extends as far as New England.

The doctors are Dr Paul Duff from Woy Woy, Dr Roger Molesworth from Ettalong, and Dr Cherie Castaing from Umina.

The practice managers are Ms Cate Nesbitt from Woy Woy and Ms Jill James from Umina.

The nurse is Ms Gaylene Parsell and Mingaletta’s health manager is Auntie Di (Ms Dianne O’Brien).

The $100,000 will be managed by the Primary Health Network but the funds have been quarantined to address the needs of the

Peninsula.

Primary Health Network CEO Mr Richard Nankervis said: “The funding will allow the network to develop both short and long term strategies to ensure people on the Peninsula are able to access to quality primary health care. “With a number of GPs nearing retirement, our short term focus will be on recruiting more full time general practitioners to the Peninsula. “Longer term solutions will

involve the network working with stakeholders to increase the number of GP registrars coming to the area and working with practices to implement strategies to increase the utilisation of other primary health care professionals. “For example, we know the use of practice nurses frees up a GP’s time so they can focus on more acute or serious cases.�

Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks said: “The Network has found that at least ďŹ ve new

full-time equivalent doctors are needed locally. “This funding will help ensure the right resources are available to support this need,� she said.

SOURCES: Media release, 10 May 2017 Tim Sowden, ofďŹ ce of Lucy Wicks Interview, 11 May 2017 Media statement, 11 May 2017 Scott White, Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network Reporter: Jackie Pearson

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The remaining land was soldd for $9.5 million.

NSW Minister for Finance, e, Services and Property, Mr Victor Dominello, said the the announcement meant th thee State Government was a ste stepp closer to delivering its election on commitment to relocate 3000 government jobs to Gosford.

Property NSW conďŹ rmed salee contracts had been exchangedd with St Hilliers and settlement nt was due towards the end of 2017.

Work on the mixed-usee commercial building was as expected to commence by thee end of May. “There is no timeframee conďŹ rmed for the development nt of the remainder of the site,â€?â€? according to a Frequently Asked Questions document produced by Property NSW. “There are no restrictions on any further sale of the land,â€? a statement from Property for NSW said. “Any subsequent sale of the land would be a matter for St Hilliers,â€? it said.

Mr Dominello announced that the Australian-based property and construction group had been chosen to develop the site, which would include the new 7,000 square metre mixed-use commercial building at 32 Mann St. “This is a big win for Gosford, and the project will provide the area with long overdue commercial development that will provide new jobs and economic stimulus,� he said. “Not only will the development

St Hilliers has paid over $9m for the remaining 1.1 hectares of the former Gosford Public School land Photo Noel Fisher

create construction ion jobs, jo but the building’s employees will engage with local traders, retailers and eateries, which is good news for small business.�

The mixed-use commercial building will accommodate public servants from the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation from late 2018.

The development is expected to create 90 construction jobs and more than 330 ongoing indirect jobs, and inject an additional $1.4m in retail expenditure to the Gosford CBD, and a further $4.2m to the broader region per annum.

St Hilliers has more than 20 years’ experience in major developments, including 155 Clarence St, Sydney, the Thornton Precinct in Penrith and Atelier at Kingston Foreshore, Canberra.

Property NSW said it would work with St Hilliers and the Central Coast Council to realise the Government’s vision for the site.

In terms of how Property NSW knows that St Hillier’s will deliver that vision, it issued the following statement: “As part of the detailed tender process last year, the successful proponent had to indicate how it would deliver on the NSW Government’s vision for the remainder of the site, including providing generous public open space, residential and retail and hospitality uses (cafes and restaurants). “This formed part of the Property NSW evaluation process and is consistent with the Central Coast Council’s Development Control Plan for the site,� the statement said. “The community will have

the opportunity to comment on the DA of each subsequent phase of development of the site as it is proposed,� the FAQ document said.

The Gosford/Erina and Coastal Chamber of Commerce met with the NSW Government and St Hilliers.

Chamber President, Ms Alison Vidler, said it had been “a very successful meeting ‌discussing the future of the site, local jobs and the company’s history with the area, including the building of Kariong High Schoolâ€?.

According to Ms Vidler, the development had the potential to act as a catalyst to create ongoing economic and employment opportunities for the region.

This development will provide employment opportunities and

support economic growth in the Gosford CBD,� Ms Vidler said. “Workers will be using local suppliers, traders, retailers or eateries before and after work or during their lunch hours, which is good news for local businesses,� she said.

St Hilliers announced the success of its tender on its website, describing itself as the “successful proponent to develop a mixed-use precinct at 32 Mann St. “The ďŹ rst stage of the development will comprise a new commercial ofďŹ ce building, with subsequent stages of mixed use residential and retail offerings,â€? the website said.

St Hilliers described itself as an integrated property and construction group providing

expertise and service in design management, cost planning, civil and building construction, refurbishment, property development and funds management. “Our commitment to developing long-term, sustainable and collaborative relationships with our clients and our ability to deliver projects wherever our clients take us, has contributed to over 995 per cent of our business bei being through repeat clients,� the group’s website said.

An interview request from Coast Community News was referred back from St Hilliers to Property NSW. The Expression of Interest and Request for Tender for the land were issued by Property NSW in the latter half of 2016 to seek private sector interest in delivering the DA building and develop the rest of the site. “St Hilliers was selected following an extensive tender process,’ said the FAQ document.

It posed the question: “why did the Government seek to build on the old school site?� and responded: “As one of its 2015 election commitments, the Government committed to relocating at least 300 public sector roles from the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation to Gosford by late 2018. “As the central agency responsible for management of the Government’s commercial accommodation requirements, Property NSW undertook a detailed assessment of the Gosford commercial market to determine existing and potential development sites able to accommodate the relocated staff by 2018.

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Coastal Zone Management Plan identiďŹ es areas at severe risk of erosion C

entral Coast Council has revised its Coastal Zone Management Plan for the northern coastal areas, extending 33km from just south of Catherine Hill Bay to Crackneck Point, and is seeking community feedback on the proposed changes.

Council has worked with the NSW OfďŹ ce of Environment and Heritage to review the Wyong Coastal Zone Management Plan (WCZMP 2017) in response to changes to NSW legislation and improved information about coastal hazards.

The Plan was placed on public exhibition on May 15 and will remain on exhibition until June 13.

Council’s Group Leader of Assets, Infrastructure and Business, Mr Mike Dowling, said the draft plan aimed to address risks from coastal hazards and outline actions to improve the environmental and community beneďŹ ts for the Coast. “This process started under the former Wyong Council and we must

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move this plan forward to provide certainty for our residents who live on the Coastline,� Mr Dowling said. “A plan for the former Gosford City Council area has now been sent

to the Minister for the Environment for ďŹ nal endorsement, but while this plan is similar in design and intent, we must and want to seek community feedback on the changes.

“Without a proper plan in place to cover our coastal areas, we cannot apply for State Government funding to help manage coastal hazards and other issues effectively,� Mr Dowling

said.

After 2011, it was apparent that, for some areas of the former Wyong Shire coastline, the potential risk from coastal and landslip processes was not clearly deďŹ ned.

Council undertook a review of the hazards information to better deďŹ ne the coastal and geotechnical risks to the entire coast in the former Wyong local government area.

The revised hazards mapping is documented in the draft WCZMP 2017 to go on exhibition.

To assist the community to review the draft WCZMP 2017 and to discuss their concerns and ideas, community drop-in sessions will be held during the public exhibition period on Friday, May 26 (4:00pm to 6:00pm) at Tuggerah Lakes Community Centre, 1 Bay Village Rd, Bateau Bay, and on Monday, June 5 (6:00pm to 8:00pm) at The Entrance Community Centre, Building A Classroom, 15 Battley Ave, The Entrance.

The Plan will be available for viewing at Council’s ofďŹ ces and local library branches and at yourvoiceourcoast.

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Submissions will close at midnight on Tuesday, June 13.

The CZMP for the northern part of the new Central Coast Local Government Area (former Wyong Shire) has been prepared by a different consultant to the plan for the former Gosford LGA, which has already been sent to the NSW Minister for ďŹ nal approval.

According to the latest version of the Wyong CZMP, ďŹ ve locations within the former Wyong LGA are at severe risk from erosion and have been classiďŹ ed as erosion Hot Spots by the NSW Government. “To assist with how actions in this CZMP will be applied, the Wyong coast has been organised into four management precincts‌ deďŹ ned in terms of their different values and level of risk that ‌ support different levels and types of community usage, development, and ecological function, and which require different management intent and actions.

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Developer uses Biobanking to try to obtain development approval in Glenning Valley T

he Say No to Glenning Valley Development and Save Our Wildlife Campaigns have continued to mount a multi-faceted fight against a residential development on 64 hectares of bushland at Glenning Valley.

The Development Application (DA 1438/2015) at 79 Berkeley Rd, Glenning Valley, is a residential subdivision being considered by Central Coast Council under Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act).

The Federal Department of Environment and Energy has agreed to consider the subdivision as a controlled action under the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

The project will

Ms Kylie Boyle and other protestors at the site of the proposed Glenning Valley residential subdivision be assessed assessed by the NSW the NSW Government’s subsequently require will scheme preliminary Office of Environment and Biobanking assessment and using approval under the EPBC documentation, but the Heritage (OEH) and has will protect the right Department subsequently resulted in bushland.

Act which will give all Federal stakeholders another will call for community a Land and Environment “The bushland is Court Hearing set down home to a variety of opportunity to put their submissions. case to the Federal Meanwhile, a for May 20 to 26 being flora and fauna, of the Environment Minister, Mr Biobanking Statement deferred.

159 identified species, Josh Frydenberg. from the developer, However, the Say at least 35 of them are threatened or The project Newquest Projects Pty No to Glenning Valley either Ltd, is currently being Group does not believe endangered,” said Say

No organiser, Ms Kylie Boyle.

“The amalgamation of the Wyong and Gosford Councils and the appointment of an Administrator gave the residents of Glenning Valley a new window of opportunity to stand up and say no and a new hope our voices would be heard”, she said.

“There is a need for more affordable housing on the Central Coast, but our region has certainly felt the impact of councillors who do not utilise our unique bushland for enhancing the community.”

Say No to Glenning Valley wrote to the NSW Minister for the Environment, Ms Gabrielle Upton, regarding the site of the proposed subdivision being core Koala habitat.

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Developer uses Biobanking to try to obtain development approval in Glenning Valley From P3 The email was referred to the Central Coast Director of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), Ms Sharon Molloy.

Ms Molloy wrote in response to the Say No letter to Ms Upton: “Council deemed the development was likely to have a significant impact on threatened species, ecological communities and their habitat,” she said.

“Council therefore requested the proponent to prepare a Species Impact Statement (SIS).”

According to Ms Molloy, the developer requested OEH to provide a list of requirements as set out by the Chief Executive of the OEH for an SIS. OEH provided the document on August 26, 2016, but, to date, Newquest has not submitted an SIS. An alternate

approach to the SIS is the submission of a BioBanking Statement under the TSC Act, Ms Molloy said.

“In December 2016, OEH received an application for a BioBanking Statement for the subdivision.

“OEH notes that this application development footprint differs significantly from the proposed DA, in that the most-western lot, which has a small population of Melaleuca biconvexa, has been omitted and all Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on coastal floodplain endangered ecological community on the northern part of the original proposal, will be retained under the existing environmental zoning.

“OEH acknowledges that surveys for the proposal indicate the subject site contains a number of recorded threatened species and

is considered potential habitat for others.

“However, their presence or potential occurrence alone is not grounds for refusal.

“The BioBanking Statement provides a pathway for these entities to be considered and utilises the BioBanking Assessment Methodology to quantify potential impacts.”

Ms Molloy said BioBanking was a marketbased scheme that provides a biodiversity assessment process for development and a “rigorous and credible offsetting scheme”.

“BioBanking enables biodiversity credits to be generated by landowners who commit to enhance and protect biodiversity values on their land through a BioBanking agreement.

“Credits can be used to counterbalance (or offset) the impacts on

biodiversity values that are likely to occur as a result of development.

“OEH is currently assessing the Glenning Valley BioBanking statement application.

“Many of the species you have listed in your correspondence are ‘ecosystem’ species under the above process.

“This means that if suitable vegetation habitat is present on site they are automatically considered and appropriate biodiversity credits are generated.

“Species such as the Swift Parrot and Squirrel Glider are considered due to suitable habitat being present, and under the BioBanking scheme they will require biodiversity credits to be offset by the proponent.

“The proponent must obtain and retire all biodiversity credits, as specified in the BioBanking statement,

before the development can commence.

“With respect to Koala, the species was not considered in the current process as the proponent indicated the scat collected during surveys in 2008 was a mis-identification.

“Nevertheless, all potential core Koala habitat on the subject site (Swamp Mahogany forests) are being retained.

“The Spot Assessment Technique, used to determine Koala activity, has been undertaken on the subject site in 2008.

“This process indicated that Koalas were unlikely to be present,” Ms Molloy said.

Mr Martin Ball, Assistant General Counsel for Central Coast Council, recently advised the Say No campaigners that the Land and Environment Court hearing set down for May 22-26 had

been vacated due to the delay in the OEH’s determination of the Biobanking application.

“If a successful Biobanking statement is issued by OEH, it will, ..have the consequence that the court ... must assume the development is not likely to have a significant impact on species are covered by the statement.

“The precise implications of any such statement will not be known until a statement is issued by OEH. Mr Ball said he was not aware of whether or not Central Coast Council had made any submission to the Commonwealth Department of the Environment in respect of the EPBC Act referral.

Source: Email, Apr 7 Heather Robinson, office of Emma McBride Email, Apr 21 Sharon Molloy, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

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entral Coast Council has revised its Coastal Zone Management Plan for the northern coastal areas, extending 33km from just south of Catherine Hill Bay to Crackneck Point, and is seeking community feedback on the proposed changes.

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The southern half of the Wyong coast showing which areas are classified as natural coast, recreation and urban coast, hot spots and The Entrance Channel

The Hot Spot Precinct covers the five hot spot embayments of Blue Bay, Toowoon Bay, North Entrance Beach, Hargraves Beach and Cabbage Tree Harbour. “These embayments are already at imminent risk of erosion. “A key action is for detailed costbenefit analyses to select a feasible and financially viable erosion management action to be implemented prior to irreversible damage from

erosion,� the draft CZMP said.

The second precinct is called the Recreational and Urban Precinct which covers those beaches and coast that are more intensively used for recreation, more accessible for adjacent urban land, and support more intensive urban use. “This precinct has higher community and economic values and requires better, more numerous and more varied facilities. “The precinct would also benefit from dune management that will improve the erosion protection provided.�

The Entrance Channel Precinct covers The Entrance Channel, including the dynamic sand bars within it ‌�is affected by catchment inputs, Tuggerah Lake mixing and currents, and tidal currents, in addition to the waves, currents and water levels of the open coast.

“This makes the channel and sand bars highly variable and complex, requiring a different management approach from the adjacent coastline�.

Finally, the Natural Coast Precinct covers the undeveloped and natural landscapes along the coastline which support higher ecological values and the scenic value of the entire coast. “Management actions in this precinct are aimed at maintaining and rehabilitating the natural habitat and landscapes and reducing anthropogenic impacts including sympathetic low-key recreational facilities.�

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Warnervale residents still awaiting promised Woolworths retail centre after ten years

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esidents in Wa r n e r v a l e â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newer housing estates will be asked to petition Woolworths to fulfil its promise to develop a shopping centre in the b u r g e o n i n g residential area.

State Member for Wyong, Mr David Harris, said it was time to ramp up the pressure on Woolworths to deliver on its promise to develop a retail presence in Warnervale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will be writing to residents to petition Woolworths to put Warnervale at the top of its list for future retail developments on the Central Coast, instead of at the bottom of its list,â&#x20AC;?

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Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impression of Warnervale Town Centre but since then, another has also reported being 4,000 people have moved in the final phases into the area, purchasing of negotiations with homes on the basis proponents interested in of promised retail and buying and developing infrastructure,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Council-owned land in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Urban Growth has also the area, also touted for confirmed that it has sold residential development. its land at Warnervale, Source: so there will be at least Interview, another 130 houses on Apr 21 David Harris, Member for top of what is already Wyong there.â&#x20AC;?

Jackie Pearson, journalist Central Coast Council

Actions listed in the plan include the development of a monitoring program for sites at high risk of land slip and geotechnical hazard

by June, particularly at Cabbage Tree Harbour, behind Bateau Bay and behind Blue Bay. The monitoring program could involve drilling boreholes and installing inclinometers to detect land movement, and piezometers to detect groundwater depth and flows to provide a warning of likely landslip.

Another action is to undertake an options feasibility study for each Hot Spot â&#x20AC;&#x153;to determine the action required to manage the existing coastal erosion risk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Following the storms

in June 2016, Hot Spot beaches may be at or below the sand volume buffer required to protect existing land and properties from a subsequent erosion event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is, the trigger for more decisive action at some or all of the Hot Spots may have been breached. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The breaching of a trigger requires that an economic cost benefit analysis and funding model be completed to identify a site-specific risk management action that is financially and technically viable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Option Study should be promptly followed by sourcing the appropriate approvals, funding, etc to implement the preferred action before the remaining

sand buffer is breached and irrevocable damage to land and assets occurs,â&#x20AC;? it said.

The plan also undertakes to review the structural integrity of The Entrance seawall by 2018 and schedule structural upgrades as necessary.

Where feasible, the plan would require Central Coast Council to establish conservation agreements for high value ecological communities in coastal reserves, by June 2021 and to liaise with the local Aboriginal community to determine the information to be used in interpretative signage along the coast,

by June 2021.

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Gateway determination sought for a 102 lot development at Chain Valley Bay A

p l a n n i n g proposal that will see land at Chain Valley Bay rezoned from E2 and E3 to E2 and R2 Low Density Residential, was endorsed by Central Coast Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, at the April 26 Council meeting.

Mr Reynolds recommended that Council forward the planning proposal to the NSW Minister for Planning requesting a gateway determination.

The subject 16-hectare site comprises a single dwelling and shed, and is located south of Mulloway Rd, bound to the south by Karignan Creek, which flows into Lake Macquarie.

The Planning Proposal seeks to amend Wyong Local Environmental Plan 2013 (WLEP 2013) to rezone the site and any road reserves, from E3 Environmental Management to R2 Low Density Residential, and amend the minimum lot size to 450 square metres.

According to a report to Mr Reynolds: “The original concept plan submitted with the request, proposes an indicative lot yield of 174 lots, with the standard lot size ranging from 450 square metres to

The connectivity of the proposed R2 low density residential site 580 square metres, and corner allotments from 700 to 812 square metres.

“Following a site inspection undertaken on February 17 … it has been identified that the site is heavily constrained by existing vegetation.

“Some parts of the site qualify as an Endangered Ecological Community (EEC), and those areas which, whilst not identified as an EEC, still provide potential habitat for a wide range of threatened flora and fauna, and form part of a local wildlife corridor which provides a transition of vegetation types from the riparian area of Karignan Creek to the drier vegetation in the Lake Macquarie State Conservation Area, located north of the site.

“The original Concept Plan for the

redevelopment of the site did not consider the environmental value of the land.

“This Concept Plan would allow for 174 residential lots, and if built, would result in an overdevelopment of the site that would adversely impact on the environmental values of the land and the existing wildlife corridor.

“The applicant was advised on March 14, that this concept could not be supported.

“In response, a revised concept plan was lodged with Council on March 15.

“This concept plan introduces a corridor through the central portion of the site and reduces the potential lot yield from 174 lots to 102 lots, with the standard lot size ranging from 450 to

1,200 square metres and corner allotments from 617 to 830.

“The inclusion of the proposed wildlife corridor represents an improvement to the original concept, however the location, extent and functionality of the proposed corridor requires further investigation to validate its appropriateness.

“This investigation can occur post Gateway Determination.

“The request to amend WLEP 2013 has been informed by preliminary studies relating to site ecology, land contamination, bushfire, Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and traffic.

“This information has been considered against Council’s strategic planning and relevant urban, environmental,

infrastructure and social planning considerations.

“The outcome of Council’s assessment is that there is sufficient high level strategic justification for Council to prepare a Planning Proposal to issue to the Department of Planning and Environment (DP&E) to seek a Gateway Determination.

“It is considered that based on the information and studies provided, that a rezoning of the site, as now proposed, would achieve Council’s strategic vision for the site as a residential development precinct.

“However, it is acknowledged that the following investigative studies would be required post Gateway Determination: targeted searches and/or trapping for squirrel gliders, spotted tail quolls, koalas, large forest owls, Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Wallum Froglet; expansion of the microbat surveys beyond the farm dam, cryptic orchid species and Tetratheca juncea; a connectivity assessment of the local corridor links; a revision of the bushfire assessment to reflect retained vegetation on the site; an Aboriginal Heritage Assessment which complies with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) requirements; determination of the

presence or absence of potential or actual acid sulfate soils; general soil investigations; and, site specific flooding assessments.

“It is also likely that in order to address matters relevant to the site, a site specific chapter of Development Control Plan (DCP) 2013 and a Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) may be required.

“The preliminary assessment identifies that the southern portion of the subject site qualifies as Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains Endangered Ecological Community (EEC) and comprises approximately 3.54 hectares of the overall site area.

“This community is also recognised as an Endangered Wetland Community (EWC) and subject to additional buffer requirements under the NSW Department of Primary Industries (Water) Guidelines for Controlled Activities.

“The remainder of the site is comprised of cleared paddocks (approximately 3.58ha) and vegetation consistent with the Narrabeen Doyalson Coastal Woodland (approximately 9.52ha),” the report to Mr Reynolds said.

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Coastal Management Plan includes Sea Level Rise predictions T

he Draft Wyong Coastal Zone Management Plan includes a directional shift in terms of Sea Level Rise policy for residents of the former Wyong Local Government Area.

The repeal of the NSW Sea Level Rise Policy Statement 2009 means that prescribed state-wide sea level rise benchmarks no longer apply to coastal hazard assessments, such as in the draft plan.

The NSW Government indicated that local councils “have the flexibility to determine their own sea level rise projections to suit their local conditions” but didn’t provide any guidance about how to determine such benchmarks.

“In lieu of prescriptive sea level rise benchmarks, the Office of the Environment and Heritage (OEH) advised that councils should adopt sea level rise values that are ‘widely accepted by competent scientific opinion’,” the draft plan said.

“The CSIRO released new regional projections for Australia in 2015, and these are the most relevant to the Wyong Coast,” it said.

“The CSIRO (2015) suggest a ‘likely’ range for sea level rise of 0.45 to 0.88m by 2090 for the highest emission scenario, along which sea level rise is currently tracking.

“These benchmarks have been adopted as policy by the majority of local coastal councils in NSW.”

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High and low hazard lines (red, orange and yellow) are based on new Sea Level Rise predictions According to the report, the Wyong Shire Council ‘“that Council maintain the hazard lines it used Ordinary Council Meeting the existing hazard lines were based on sea level of Council on October 10, removing reference to rise of between 0.4m and 2012, Council resolved 2050 and 2100, adopting 0.9m above 1990 levels by under Section 7.2 Notice an immediate, high and of Motion – Sea Level Rise low Coastal Planning 2090.

“At the next update of Removal “that its sea level Zone”’ and ‘“that Council this CZMP, any revisions to rise interim policy consist amend the development sea level rise projections of compliance with the 1% control plan to reflect or further guidance from AEP flood level and 500 a risk based approach the NSW or Federal mm freeboard allowance”. to develop land rather “In regard to this interim than sterilise it, which Governments should be incorporated into the policy, a ‘“review of current requires the applicant to suitability hazard estimates at that adopted Council policies demonstrate that incorporate provisions within the zone”’. time.”

“Through the May 22, This is a departure from in respect of sea level rise, including the adopted 2013 resolutions, Council the policies put in place by the former Wyong Council. Wyong Shire Coastal has retained consideration The draft plan further Zone Management Plan”’ of sea level rise within its coastal hazard planning said: “Following on was requested. lines, using a risk based “During the Ordinary from the repeal of the rather than time based Council Meeting of NSW Sea Level Rise approach.

Council on May 22, 2013, Policy Statement 2009 in Council then resolved “This is important September 2012, during

because, even though sea level rise projections are given at particular timeframes with a stated level of certainty, there remains uncertainty about how the coastline will respond to sea level rise.

“Therefore, the actual timeframe of change and impact to the coast is uncertain.

“The Council resolution also required developers to demonstrate how their proposed development shall manage, remove, treat, or accept the coastal risk.

“This allowed for maximising the development potential of land until such time as coastal impacts to the land are evident.

“Similarly, the immediate, high and low hazard lines provided existing land owners with information about the potential risk to their land and property from coastal hazards.”

However, according to the new draft CZMP for the Wyong Coast, under Section 733 of the Local Government Act 1993 (the LG Act), Council has a duty of care to inform its local constituents of known risks and receives an exemption from liability for acting in good faith with respect to known hazards (including coastal hazards).

“Under Section 733(4) of the LG Act, Council is considered to have acted in good faith where decisions are made substantially in accordance with the relevant manual for the hazard, in this case, the CZMP Guidelines.

“The incorporation of

sea level rise into the assessment of coastal hazards is a requirement of the CZMP Guidelines.

“This legislation provides Council with a legal imperative to consider sea level rise, as it is a known and measured coastal process that will affect the likely occurrence and severity of coastal hazard impacts.

“Global mean sea level rose about 1.6mm per year on average during the 20th Century.

“Since 1992, high quality measurements of sea level rise have been made by satellite altimeters.

“From 1992 to present, Global Mean Sea Level has risen at a rate of around 3.2 ± 0.4 mm/year.

“The rate of sea level rise over the past 20 years is therefore about double that of the previous century.

“If the rate of sea level rise were to remain at its present level of 3.2 mm/ year, sea level can be expected to be nearly 0.3 m higher than today by 2100.

“Projections for sea level rise of about 0.9 m by 2100 (above 1990 sea level), as given by CSIRO (2015) and IPCC (2014), are based on the rate of sea level rise more than doubling from its present rate of 3.2 mm/year.

“This is not unreasonable given that the rate of sea level rise has already doubled over the last 20 years.

Source: Website, May 22 Yourvoiceourcoast, Draft Wyong Coastal Zone Management Plan

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Greg Best to stand for

Council’s Operational Plan to spend over $750m C

entral Coast Council’s first integrated draft Operational Plan and Budget to deliver $551 million in essential services, and a record $208 million in capital works is now on public exhibition.

Seventy-three per cent of the record $208 million capital spend will be in the key areas of roads, transport and drainage projects, water and sewer and open space and recreation; with $55.3 million spent on new strategic projects for the benefit of the whole community.

Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said the financially sound draft Operational Plan strikes the right balance between delivering essential services in local areas and focussing on big picture regional projects to benefit the entire Central Coast community.

“One of the key priorities for this new Central Coast Council is to build a solid foundation in preparation for the newly elected Council in September, and we are well on the way,” Mr

Reynolds said.

“Our finances are sound and strong.

“We have significant buying power and one of the biggest asset bases in the State.

“We are using this strong position to tackle our infrastructure backlog and deliver bumper investment in our local road network, parks, playgrounds, sports fields and water and sewer assets to secure our water supply into the future.”

“There is also a strong investment in regionally significant assets that will drive investment, growth and tourism for the Central Coast.”

Regionally significant capital projects earmarked for funding in the Plan include $16.5 million to complete the Tuggerah Regional Sports Complex, $3.8 million to start construction of the Mardi to Warnervale Trunk Water Pipeline, $2 million for Adcock Park upgrade, $1.5 million to progress the Performing Arts and Conference Centre and $600,000 to progress the Regional Library in Gosford.

Budget Fast Facts and key spending areas outlined in the draft Plan

include: $552.9 million operating income; $551 million operating expenditure; $1.9 million surplus; $28.2 million capital grants and contributions; $207 million of capital works program; $55.3 million on regionally significant projects; $71.7 million of capital on roads, transport and drainage projects (total spend of $189 million on roads); $53.6 million of capital spend on water and sewer (total spend of $213 million); and $27.1 million of capital on open space and recreation (total spend $54 million) “Everything we are doing is designed to improve the quality of life for our residents, while helping to create jobs and opportunities for our growing community,” Mr Reynolds said.

“I would encourage anyone interested in the future of the Central Coast to take a look at the Plan and have their say.”

The draft Plan can be viewed at both Council Offices, all library branches or online.

Source: Media release, May 16 Central Coast Council Media

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ormer Wyong Councillor, Mr Greg Best, has thrown his hat in the ring to stand for election to the new Central Coast Council.

Mr Best launched his campaign by taking a “Pig with Lipstick” to the Wyong Chamber of Central Coast Council.

He said he believed the administration period of the new Central Coast Council had not delivered what it was supposed to.

Mr Best said he believed

the Administrator’s job should have been to merge the two organisations and not make any major planning or long-term decisions that the newly-elected Councillors could be locked into.

The public exhibition of a revised Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) during the Administration period was a case in point, Mr Best said.

He questioned why a newly-merged Council should be moving ahead with two Coastal management plans, one for the former Gosford LGA and one for the

former Wyong LGA, with different approaches to dealing with coastal hazards such as sea level rise.

“There has been no explanation about why they are moving ahead with two plans in one Council,” Mr Best said.

“It is just another example of the nonsense they think we trinketloving natives will accept from them,” he said.

Mr Best said he intended to stand as an independent in the Budgewoi Ward.

Source: Interview, May 18 Greg Best, Toukley

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Budgewoi foreshore being upgraded section of foreshore at Budgewoi will be transformed with the much anticipated boardwalk set to activate the lakeside town.

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The new boardwalk, a key initiative of the Budgewoi Masterplan, will run along the waterfront of Budgewoi Creek near Budgewoi Circle.

Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said the boardwalk was an exciting part of reactivating the Budgewoi Town Centre.

“Budgewoi is a very important part of the Coast and much-loved for its relaxed coastal village atmosphere,” Mr

Reynolds said.

“Council has listened to the community and is delivering a project that will help re-activate this popular part of the Coast so it is attractive to both residents and tourists alike,” Mr Reynolds said.

Council is investing more than $600,000 on this project, expected to be finished in July.

Works include a new floating pontoon with concrete decking and gangway as well as a fixed timber jetty.

The nearby footpaths are being replaced and a section of the rockwall will be rebuilt, greatly improving the overall amenity of the area.

The existing seating has been refurbished

and new bin enclosures installed.

The works are aimed at improving the site’s recreational and aesthetic values, providing boat access, and ensuring safe, long-term use for pedestrians, fishermen and other visitors to the area.

The Masterplan has 33 initiatives to enhance the distinctive character of the Budgewoi Village, including creating dedicated public spaces, facilitating pedestrian and cyclist activity as well as encouraging greater utilisation of the public space.

Source: Media statement, May 17 Melanie Sutton, Central Coast Council Media Dilon Luke, Journalist

Other Regional News - In brief Wyong Regional Chronicle focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262, & 2263.

Given the arrival of new Central Coast Council, following is a summary of news articles published in the

most recent edition of each of our sister Central Coast publications.

The full articles and more, as well as all previously published editions, can be seen on line on our website

www.CentralCoastNews.net Copies of these other publications may be obtained from our offices in Gosford, by subscription, or from a myriad of locations in the areas covered by each publication.

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Peninsula News focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2256 & 2257.

Pearl Beach properties vulnerable, says coastal plan

Group granted $100,000 to solve doctor shortage

New levy with rates

Multi-million dollar waterfront properties A working group has been given $100,000 A new levy will be charged from July 1 built on the beachfront dune in Coral in the Federal Budget to find solutions to with rates this year.

Cres, Pearl Beach, are vulnerable to storm the Peninsula’s doctor shortage. erosion and little can be done to protect them, a management plan adopted by Central Coast Council has found.

New dune to be built at southern end of Pearl Beach

Dredging needed now to keep ferry, says Chamber

The Lower House of State Parliament erupted with cheers in a bipartisan show of support as Ms Liesl Tesch was sworn in as the Member for Gosford on Tuesday, May 2.

Central Coast Council will build a new dune in front of beachfront properties south of Green Pt Creek at Pearl Beach to help protect them from beach erosion and coastal inundation, according to a recently adopted coastal management plan.

Ettalong could lose its ferry service and other businesses could suffer unless action is taken immediately to dredge the Ettalong channel, according to the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce.

Council could divert Budget money away from Peninsula

Ettalong residents in long-distance drive for charity

Liesl Tesch is sworn in

Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks Ettalong residents Ms Lyn Reid and Ms has announced that $7.2 million from the Sandra Lewis will be driving in the 2017 Federal Budget would go to road projects Belmore to Buffalo Creek Variety Bash on the Peninsula.

Commercial fisherman starts digital publication Peninsula commercial fisherman Mr Dane Van Der Neut has started an online publication to publicise the interests of the commercial fishing industry.

The full articles and more can be seen on line on our website www.CentralCoastNews.net They can also be seen on www.PeninsulaNews.info

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Coast Community News focuses on news specifically relating to post code areas 2250, 2251 & 2260

St Hilliers chosen to develop the remainder of the former Gosford PS site

Building rubble potentially including Council’s Operational Plan to spend bonded asbestos at Wamberal over $750m on essential services Beach remains exposed and capital works

The NSW Government has announced St Hilliers as the successful proponent to acquire and develop the remaining 1.1 hectares of the former Gosford Public School site.

Building rubble, potentially including bonded asbestos, and dangerously overhanging materials, remain exposed at Wamberal Beach six weeks after Council and the EPA said they were

Central Coast Council’s first integrated draft Operational Plan and Budget to deliver $551 million in essential services, and a record $208 million in capital works is now on public exhibition.

Minister for the Environment questioned in Parliament over Mangrove Mountain landfill NSW Labor Opposition spokesperson on the Environment, Ms Penny Sharpe, has put questions on notice to the Minister for the Environment about the landfi ll at Mangrove Mountain.

Federal Treasurer visits Gosford to sell the budget

Council welcomes Federal Budget

Federal Treasurer, Mr Scott Central Coast Council welcomed Morrison, has visited the the confirmation of funding for key Central Coast during the week projects in the Federal Budget. commencing May 15 to sell the Government’s 2017 budget.

Residents seek to have Lake Lucy Wicks provides details Labor slams Federal View Village Development on Federal Budget Budget as unfair Application re-advertised St Hilliers has paid over $9m for the remaining 1.1 hectares of the former Gosford Public School land Ms Lea Lawler, an Avoca Beach resident who has been battling with Central Coast Council to have the Lake View Village Development Application (DA51538/2017) readvertised, said her enquiries

The Turnbull Government is making the right choices to ensure our nation’s economic growth story continues to secure better days ahead for the Central Coast, according to Member for

Noel Fisher Labor’s Photo candidate for the Federal Electorate of Robertson, Ms Anne Charlton, labelled the 2017 Federal Budget as unfair towards Medicare, education, and TAFE and training on the Central Coast.

The full articles and more can be seen on line on our website www.centralcoastnews.net Coast Community News focusses on news specifically related to post code areas 2250, 2251, 2260 and articles can also be read and shared on your mobile phone by going to www.coastcommunitynews.com.au.

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House fire caused by child New bridge over rail line at playing with a lighter Tuggerah to be opened M

otorists are advised of changed traffic conditions on the Pacific Hwy and Wyong Rd intersection, as work progresses on the $84 million upgrade to improve traffic flow and safety.

Roads and Maritime Services will open the new bridge across the rail line with all traffic diverted onto to the new lanes to allow upgrade work to start on the existing bridge on the southern side of Wyong Rd. The new shared footpath across the bridge from Tuggerah

Station to Bryant Dve will also open to pedestrians and cyclists.

The diversion will take place at night to minimise disruption to motorists as some road closures are required.

Source: Media release, May 15 Roads and Maritime Services Media

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amlyn Terrace Firefighters who assisted with the containment of a house fire on Cutler Dve, Wyong, confirmed that the fire was caused by a child playing with a lighter in his bedroom.

that the fire had been contained and that no one inside the house had been injured.

The posting expressed a need for better vigilance when it came to children and fire starting devices and tools.

According to the posting, the home owners lost everything.

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Source: Website, May 17 434 Hamlyn Terrace Fire Station Facebook page

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learner rider has died after being injured in a serious motorcycle crash at Tumbi Umbi.

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At about 12:15pm, Saturday, May 6, a 45-year-old woman was riding her motorcycle south along Tumbi Umbi Rd when she attempted to turn left into Bellevue

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Just after 7:40pm, Tuesday, April 25, an argument started between two men in the car park of a tavern in Wyong Rd, which erupted into a fight.

It is alleged a 33-yearold man punched a 24-year-old man to the face causing a large laceration to his cheek.

Another 24-yearold man attempted to intervene and was allegedly hit in the face with a schooner glass by the 33-year-old man.

The man received lacerations to his face and upper arm and emergency service were called.

He was taken to Gosford Hospital and remains in a stable condition.

A short time later police arrested a man walking in Cygnet Dve, Berkeley Vale.

He was taken to Wyong Police Station and charged with reckless wounding and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

He was granted conditional bail to appear at Wyong Local Court on May 17.

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t is with much chagrin that we, Mannering Park Progress Association, write to you to refute the content of Greg Best’s interviews in both the Express Advocate on Friday, May 12 and previously the Wyong Regional Chronicle on March 28.

We are appalled that this ex-Wyong Counsellor of 20 years standing, can be so shamelessly hypocritical.

Mr Best’s vote to amalgamate has put us in this position.

Even though he claims to have had serious reservations about the former Gosford City Council’s financial position, and he certainly had privy to the ratepayers’ views on amalgamation, which they soundly rejected.

Mr Best simply had to vote “No” and we would not be where we are now; paying on average 19 per cent more per annum in rates than Gosford ratepayers and being under administration.

It was also widely acknowledged that the $20 million carrot offered by the State Government was never going to be enough to pay for merging such huge councils.

We, the reluctant ratepayers, will now bear the extra cost associated with the merger.

Now Mr Best wants to be the saviour of the ‘forgotten north’ Budgewoi ward, a rerun of a slogan used by a previous council hopeful from 18 years ago.

This man has already cried out about the

FORUM unacceptably high youth unemployment all of his years in Council and how something must be done about it, yet unemployment rates are still on double digits and getting worse after all these years.

Secretary of Central Coast Group Training, Mr Greg Best, which provides services targeted at this group, became a not for profit charity in 2012.

A look at the charity’s annual report reveals that Central Coast Group Training has received vast sums of Federal Government assistance since 2012.

The not for profit charity’s retained operation surplus is currently over $6 million.

In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Central Coast Group Training’s goal was to reach a certain number of trainees.

Each year they fell short and provided the same statement on their accounts, training exactly the same number of people, 179.

Only in 2016 they made 206 trainees.

A lot of apprentices could have been trained through our TAFE system for this same amount of Federal Funding.

Mr Doug Eaton, former Wyong Mayor, was appointed to the board of Central Coast Group Training at the end of April 2016.

An employee of one of Doug Eaton’s companies registered the ‘Save the Tuggerah Lakes’ party name in 2002.

This was while Doug Eaton was a Liberal Party Councillor.

Greg Best, Doug Eaton and their wives were the sole donors to the Save the Tuggerah Lakes party for the 2012 local Government elections, each contributing $1500.

Lloyd Taylor and Adam Troy, who were supposedly independent, were elected as members of the Save Tuggerah Lakes party.

Were they following the party’s doctrine established by Mr Best and Mr Eaton?

Did this make them feel indebted to Greg Best and Doug Eaton whilst on Wyong Council, and, if so, were they truly acting, and, more importantly, voting, after independently assessing each item and motion put before them?

Another motion which Greg Best voted for, in the Wyong Council of 20122016, was to remove the recording of the names of counsellor’s who voted for or against items and motions on the agenda.

This means, we, the public have lost the ability and transparency to see who voted which way on a particular issue helping those that don’t want to disclose their voting patterns.

Unless they were recording the vote or they want to tell you, you will never know.

Imagine how important this decision is in matters such as the amalgamation.

It would be in the ratepayer’s best interest to think carefully, in full possession of the facts, about who is the best choice to represent them in the Central Coast Council.

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ormer Wyong Councillor, Mr Greg Best, is hoping to make a return as a representative of the community on the Central Coast Council after having such a chequered historyofuneducated outbursts against those in the community who volunteer their services.

His attack in Council on the Disabled Surfers’ Association of Australia Inc. (Central Coast) and the organisation behind the building of the Lakes Beach Disability Access Ramp, the Northern Lakes Disability Tourism Precinct Committee Inc., on September 24, 2014, are a testimony to his approach towards our community and its residents.

Mr Best orchestrated an uneducated, misguided and relentless attack on a wheelchair bound community representative of both organisations who was addressing Council on the ramp.

Mr Best put forward misleading information suggesting the structure

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FORUM was unsound and would fall apart soon after.

His offensive accusations were irresponsible and he never apologised for his public attack.

Well, some three years later, the ramp still stands after several major climatic events.

Not the same can be said for Council’s structure at Budgewoi Beach.

The Lakes Beach ramp is used every day by both locals and visitors to the coast who have a disability, mobility or aging issue, as well as mums with prams, the Surf Life Saving club, surfing groups and the general community.

The ramp is a much more manageable access-way than that which the former Wyong Council supplied for the

community in the past, which was nothing more than a goat track.

Neither Mr Best, nor the former Wyong Council, ever attempted to sit down with either group to discuss Council’s concerns, forcing the community groups to approach former NSW Planning Minister, Mr Brad Hazzard MP, and having him override Council’s stifling processes.

At no stage during the 66 consecutive days of construction by volunteers did Mr Best approach the project.

He waited until it was built before launching his negative and destructive attack.

If Mr Best thinks he can get away with his outrageous attacks against community members and ratepayers wishing to make the Central Coast world leaders with “Inclusion” and “Accessibility” or represent them in the future, then pigs may fly.

Email, May 17 Gary Blaschke OAM, National President Disabled Surfers Association of Australia Inc, and President Northern Lakes Disability Tourism Precinct Committee Inc

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Psychology clinic opens iling Central Coast mental health services in the former Wyong LGA have been given a boost with the opening of a new psychology clinic at the University of N e w c a s t l e ’s Ourimbah Campus.

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The Ourimbah Psychology Clinic is the first of its kind on the Central Coast and opened in April.

The clinic is run by the University of Newcastle’s (UON) School of Psychology and is overseen by clinic director and clinical psychologist, Dr Sean Halpin.

Psychological assessments, individual and family based therapy and group based programs aimed at addressing parenting issues, childhood behavioural issues and intellectual and n e u ro d e v e l o p m e n t a l difficulties, are some of the services the clinic will provide at a discounted rate.

The clinic will also provide opportunities for clinical postgraduates to gain practical experience in a working clinic, fully accessible to anyone in the community, regardless of whether or not they have a referral.

Dr Halpin said the clinic represented a fantastic opportunity to boost the state of mental health services on the Central Coast by acting as both a training ground for postgraduates and as

a highly affordable and easily accessible clinic.

“The Ourimbah Psychology Clinic is a casual space open to any and all people with concerns about their mental health,” Dr Halpin said.

According to Dr Halpin, the clinic is available on Mondays and Tuesdays at the Ourimbah Campus, and appointments outside this time can be made for the Callaghan Campus Clinic which operates in the same way.

“Often times people live such busy lives that they find themselves unable to stop and consider the state of their mental health.

“The Ourimbah Clinic provides Central Coast residents unsure of how to go about exploring their mental health, with a casual service that is both professional and accessible.

“It also has the added benefit that people who did know about the Callaghan Clinic now have an alternate location to attend for mental health services,” Dr Halpin.

Dr Halpin also dispelled any concerns regarding the extent of the postgraduates’ professionalism, ensuring that they were of a high calibre within the School of Psychology and fully supervised.

“All postgraduate students on placement in the Psychology Clinic are either fully or provisionally registered psychologists, enrolled in a Master of Clinical Psychology degree at UON.

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“Their work is supervised by fully qualified and registered clinical psychologists with extensive experience.

“Each student receives daily individualised supervision on their clinical work from their clinical psychologist supervisor,” Dr Halpin said.

Along with Dr Halpin, clinical psychologists Dr Michelle Kelly and Ms Lara Keogh act as the Ourimbah Clinic’s supervisors.

The Clinic was officially opened on April 26 with services starting from $15 per session depending on the type of service.

Source: Interview, May 8, 2017 Dr Sean Halpin, University of Newcastle Dilon Luke, Journalist

he Life Without Barriers Amaroo Centre at Tuggerah has launched a new Sensory Room for clients with disabilities, thanks to a $64,500 grant from the Newcastle P e r m a n e n t C h a r i t a b l e Foundation.

The sensory room provides a space for clients with intellectual, sensory and physical disabilities that is safe, stimulating and engaging.

Life Without Barriers Manager of Day Programs, Ms Christine Peruch, said the room provides a controlled environment that helps people with a disability interact with specific objects and people.

“Time spent in a sensory room has also been shown to increase concentration, provide security, focus attention, improve alertness, awaken memories, and to improve mobilisation, creativity, social relations, communications and general awareness.

“Life Without Barriers plans to operate day programs for 51 weeks a year out of the Centre at Morton Cl. “All these clients would have the opportunity to use the sensory room and sensory programs through the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

“We also plan to make the room available to special needs schools and units on the Central Coast,” Ms Peruch said.

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Charitable Foundation Chairman, Phil Neat, said the project helped improve the lives of people from the Central Coast living with disabilities.

“Everybody needs stimulation and enjoyment, including people with disabilities.

“I’m proud that the Foundation could help bring this project to fruition and in turn provide what will be a very important support service for the 79 clients of Life Without Barriers’ Day Programs at Amaroo, and all the other clients who will eventually get to benefit from this fantastic facility,” Mr Neat said.

particularly well-suited to regional and rural areas because care is able to be provided by local care staff in patients’ own communities,” Mr James said.

As part of the initiative, 64 people in the Central Coast LHD have also been trained as carers in palliative care.

An educational website has also been developed, which includes up to date information about palliative care for health professionals and the community.

The program provides a free package of 48 hours of end of life care, for people at home, who are in the deteriorating or terminal phase of their illness.

Hours can be provided consecutively or in smaller blocks as needed over time, with

care including overnight care, domestic support, personal care and basic nursing care.

Mr James said research shows that with an ageing population, the number of people to die in Australia is expected to double over the next 25 years.

“This service, which provides people with choice and flexibility at a critical time of their lives, has the potential to be significantly expanded throughout the State and beyond.

“Australians deserve the choice to die at home – and it is through innovative Programs like this that we can make a significant difference in the lives of many families,” Mr James said.

The PCHSP is funded by the NSW Ministry of Health, as an initiative under the NSW Government’s $35m commitment to increase access to communitybased palliative care.

Funding for the HammondCare PCHSP is guaranteed until July 2018.

utism Central Coast is hosting an Open Day at their Killarney Vale office on June 24.

The disability care group will be announcing their new family day care service and National Disability Insurance Scheme services at the event.

There will also be family fun activities including a sausage sizzle, arts and crafts and a jumping castle.

he latest figures released by HammondCare, to coincide with National Palliative Care Week, showed that since the Palliative Care Home Support Program (PCHSP) began in late 2013 in the Central Coast Local Health District, nearly 80 per cent of people referred have fulfilled their wish of dying at home.

General Manager, Health and Hospitals, HammondCare, Mr Stewart James, said the results were very pleasing, particularly for people in regional areas, where there is a significant need for community palliative care services.

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entral Coast Council is running three C a n d i d a t e Awareness Sessions to provide information for people interested in considering running for election as Councillors in the election on Saturday, September 9.

The sessions will give an understanding about the responsibilities associated with this important role.

Central Coast Council CEO, Mr Rob Noble, said the election of Councillors represents the next step for the Central Coast and will build on the achievements of Central Coast Council so far.

“In the past year, we’re proud to have achieved more efficient and

streamlined services, significant cost savings and a stronger regional voice for our residents,” said Mr Noble.

“The election of 15 Councillors will provide the opportunity to build on these achievements and meet the ongoing challenges and expectations of our local community,” he added.

Candidate Awareness Sessions will feature presentations from the NSW Electoral Commission and are designed to help potential candidates understand what being a Councillor means, as well as highlighting the impacts of this role on the broader community.

Sessions will be held from 6pm-8pm on: Monday, May 29, Central Coast Council Wyong Administration Building,

2 Hely St, Wyong; Thursday, June 1, Central Coast Council Gosford Administration Building, 49 Mann St, Gosford; and, Tuesday, June 6, Shelly Beach Surf Club, Shelly Beach Rd, Shelly Beach.

Nominations to stand for election as a Councillor open on Monday, July 31, and close at midday on Wednesday, August 9.

Nominations can be lodged with the Returning Officer appointed by the NSW Electoral Commission.

The election is being run by the NSW Electoral Commission.

Those interested in attending the sessions must register online through Eventbrite.

Source: Media release, May 17 Central Coast Council Media

Manfred Wolscher aims for his third win 3-year-old Mr M a n f r e d Wolscher, of Woongarrah, will be participating in his 11th Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn this year.

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He was encouraged by locals and the event’s creator, Wallaby great, Phil Kearns AM, to take part.

The 420 metre uphill run of Awaba St was a natural fit for him and his wife, but it was what the cause stood for that really made him get involved: purchasing much-needed, life-saving medical equipment for children’s hospitals and health services across Australia.

At the time, one of his family’s close friend’s

daughter needed open heart surgery.

It was this personal experience which drove them to participate.

Not only will Mr Wolscher be marking his 11th year, but he currently holds two event records.

In 2009, he won the 40 to 49 year-old male race in one minute and 34 seconds, and in 2014, he won the 50 to 59 year old male race in one minute and 39 seconds.

He likes to compete against his own age group, but he loves the training sessions with his sons the most.

Training is serious.

Starting in February, they do runs in the sanddunes of Soldier’s Beach and a replica run in Jilliby, near their house, that consists of alternating

high and low intense running, interval training and circuit, to work on strength endurance.

On top of his two wins, Mr Wolscher is currently the top individual fundraiser for this year’s event.

His fundraising is spurred on by having had family and friends who have required medical assistance, and most recently, a neighbour whose two-year-old son, due to complications at birth, spent some time in hospital with much of the medical equipment keeping him alive having been donated by the Humpty Dumpty Foundation.

Source: Media release, May 12 Adele Feletto, Adele Feletto Publicity

Mr Kevin Spiteri hopes his new book will help businesses succeed in digital marketing

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yong based d i g i t a l marketing expert, author, investor and founder of Menace Marketing, Mr Kevin Spiteri, launched his new book ‘I Just Want It To Work: A Guide to Understanding Digital Marketing and Social Media for Business Owners, Managers and Marketers’, in April.

Mr Spiteri has mentored hundreds of marketing professionals on developing and executing world class digital marketing strategies.

His ‘dangerous’ take on the digital world has seen countless clients build an engaged and loyal following.

Mr Spiteri went on to achieve undergraduate and post-graduate qualifications in business and marketing, including an MBA. By age 25 he was heading up the Australian

marketing department for a NYSE, Fortune 500 multi-national corporation and Australian franchise business.

This experience and his entrepreneurial spirit told him it was time to take the leap, and he eventually founded Menace Group.

Since founding Menace, Mr Spiteri has become actively immersed in the startup scene, co-founding and investing in several Australian start-ups, including a handful of Central Coast businesses that have since broken into the market.

Mr Spiteri first came to the Central Coast in 2008 and spent years helping businesses grow their marketing and digital media platforms in the wake of the digital age.

This is where the inspiration to pen his new book came from.

“Having worked with hundreds of businesses over the years, I saw countless businesses experiencing the same concerns and frustrations when it came

to their digital marketing strategies.

“The prevalence of these issues rose with the digital age.

“Often, decision makers were unfamiliar with how to best go about creating effective marketing, digital or social media strategies and were becoming frustrated when what they chose to implement didn’t work, or meet their expectations.

“I interviewed over 40 businesses, generating over 100 problems they faced when it came to their marketing, digital and social media.

“Hence, I set out on a mission to write a book which would help these business owners, managers or marketers within these businesses set the right foundation and make pointed, well educated, and strategic decisions,” he said.

Source: Media release, May 8 Elise Hendrikson, Publicist Interview, May 8 Kevin Spiteri, Menace Group Dilon Luke, Journalist

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The Art House to be transformed into the Nights Watch Parliament T

he Art House at Wyong will be transformed into the Nights Watch Parliament when it hosts a new exhibition that will bring birds of the night into the light.

Visitors will be transported into the hidden world of the Powerful, Barking, Grass, Masked and Sooty Owls.

Local artists Marta C Lett and Therese Wilkins have been working on the exhibition since April 2014.

“This show is using art as a focus to highlight these vulnerable species of owls,” Ms Wilkins said.

“Free community presentations will be occurring during the duration of the show, so community can come along, view the art work, immerse themselves in the sights and sounds, and listen to talks by

Indigenous Art Showcase to kick off National Reconciliation Week celebrations

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a t i o n a l Reconciliation Week celebrations will kick off in Wyong with the official opening of the Maliga Indigenous Art Showcase at The Art House at 10:00am on Friday, May 26.

Therese Wilkins working on a painting for the Nights Watch Parliament exhibition at The Art House paintings, 11:00am on July 11, 13 artists and other groups prints, to bring these creatures drawings, mixed media and 19. and sculpture in this into the light,” she said.

The exhibition will be “We have schools show, using art as a open from Friday, July to highlight 7 to Sunday, July 30, already booked to vehicle environmental awareness Monday to Friday from attend presentations from members of the of these vulnerable owls. 10:00am to 5:30pm, Powerful Owl Project and during all Art House Aboriginal community from Gudjagang Ngara Li- Officer, Dr Beth Mott, will events on weekends. dhi, including storytelling officially open the show Source: on July 6. and activities on owls.

Media release, May 1 Presentations by “We have 2.3 metre Therese Wilkins, Tuggerawong panels, hand printed Wildlife ARC and the and painted, handmade artists will take place

Maliga, which means Shine in Darkinjung, is a school-based art showcase, promoting local Indigenous students’ multimedia art and craft that reflects their identity and cultural connection to the Central Coast.

The project commenced in 2014 and has created a platform for young Indigenous people to share their own stories of cultural identity.

It presents a multidisciplinary narrative of identity and connection to place in the visual, literary and performance arts.

Maliga has engaged with local schools, youth services, cultural leaders and elders and is open to all community to acknowledge and celebrate the stories.

Special guests at the opening will include Mr Gavi Duncan, whose career as an Indigenous artist spans 30 years; Ms Mayrah Sonter, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and journalist, and Ms Jenni McEwen, elder, cultural leader and artist.

Source: Newsletter, May 19 Central Coast Council media

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2017 Red Shield Appeal underway

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or over 95 years, the Country Women’s Association of NSW (CWA) has been working to improve the living conditions of women and their families.

The policy of the CWA is debated at its annual conference, the next one of which will be held at Mingara Recreation Club from May 22-25.

Close to 800 delegates, members, observers and

visitors are expected to descend on the club.

The conference will be officially opened by CWA joint patrons, His Excellency General the Hon, David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), and Ms Linda Hurley.

Ms Hurley will also be delivering a keynote speech at this event.

In addition to policy debates, there will also be art, china painting, handicraft and “The Land Cookery” entries on

display.

It will be open to the public until the morning of Thursday, May 25, with some items available for purchase.

The 2016 State Conference was held in Cowra which injected $2.5 million into this NSW rural City over the five days of the event.

Source: Media release, May 17 Margaret Heathcote, CWA Toukley

Entries now open for Lakes Artsfest E

ntries are now open for the 8th annual Lakes Artsfest, with prizes to be won.

Cash prizes will be given for first, second and third in each category with a total prize pool of nearly $2,500.

Open categories include acrylics, oil painting, photography,

digital art, textiles, quilts, watercolour, paper tolle, pen, wash and more.

Children are encouraged to enter as either primary or high school age in acrylics, water colour, charcoal/ pastels and the other category, which includes photography, digital/ urban art.

Artsfest organisers are

also seeking persons to demonstrate various art or craft during the festival.

Entry fee is only $5 per exhibit and entry forms must be in by July 14.

Artsfest will be held on August 4-6 at Lakes Anglican Church in Wallarah Rd, Kanwal.

Source: Email, May 9 Susan Jeans, Artsfest

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Gosford MP Liesl Tesch delivered an inspiring speech at the 2017 Red Shield Appeal

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he Salvation Army launched the 2017 Red Shield Appeal at a business f u n d r a i s i n g breakfast at Mingara Recreation Club on May 5.

Central Coast business leaders came together from 7am to raise much needed funds for the Salvos’ vital social welfare programs.

The Red Shield Appeal runs throughout the month of May and culminates with the iconic Doorknock weekend on May 27-28.

Central Coast residents are urged to spare a few hours of their time to help the Salvos collect door to door or at various community collection points across the region.

Salvation Army Central Coast Area Officer, Captain Mark Everitt, says hard times for some families can simply be just one pay cheque

away, with many local families relying on The Salvation Army’s front line for support.

“People’s lives can change so quickly,” said Cpt Everitt.

This financial year, The Salvation Army has invested $2.7 million of Red Shield funding to their Central Coast welfare services, but according to Cpt Everitt, to meet the growing demand on these services, the community’s support is needed now more than ever.

“We are simply asking people to help those Aussies in desperate need by lending a hand and supporting the Red Shield Appeal Doorknock.

“In just a few hours, you can give hope where it’s needed most by collecting vital funds for our services.

“Get some friends, team-mates or work colleagues together and

have fun fundraising for a worthy cause,” Cpt Everitt said.

The Central Coast Doorknock goal is $208,000.

Salvos’ Central Coast welfare services include counselling, emergency relief, drug and alcohol treatment, homelessness support and crisis financial planning.

Youth services are also a key focus with Oasis Wyong delivering an extensive portfolio of programs aimed at providing immediate support and long term empowerment through personal development and vocational training courses.

To volunteer for this year’s Red Shield Doorknock, call 13 SALVOS (13 72 58) or register online at salvos. org.au/volunteer.

Source: Media release, May 4, 2017 Nicole Jenkinson, Salvation Army

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ANIMAL CARE Central Coast Cat Care

$20 Desexing Special Cats only No Pedigrees

dinner, dancing - BBQs & Socialising each w/e.

Monthly programme for all areas of the coast 0412 200 571 0437 699 366

managers of volunteers Information Sessions held regularly across the Coast 4329 7122

Toukley RSL Club, Holmes Ave Toukley 10.00am to 12 noon 4356 9300

recruit@volcc.org.au

www.pcfa.org.au

Wyong Neighbourhood GROW Support Groups Centre Small friendly groups Central Coast Supporting disadvantaged formed to learn how Social Group vulnerable and isolated to overcome anxiety, members of our community depression and loneliness Social contact, COMMUNITY GROUPS offering a range of entertainment events, new and to improve mental ARPRA community services, events, friendships, for 30’s-60’s health and well-being.

ARPRA is the peak body projects, workshops, arts Live music, house parties, Anonymous, free and open representing residents living dinners, BBQs, picnics, trips programs and an open to all. Weekly meetings at in Residential Land Lease community garden. away etc.

Bateau Bay and Wyong Communities in NSW. 4353 1750 Monthly Meet & Chat 1800 558 268 We are a non-profit org 0422 243 101 www.grow.org.au email cco30s@live.com.au providing advice and Wyong Toastmasters advocacy and training Club Gambling Solutions 4358 8246 Vibrant, progressive group.

Gambling help counsellors Conquer your fears of public arpranorthlakes@outlook.com.au Soundwaves providing free confidential speaking in a supportive Men’s acapella 4 part professional service to Bateau Bay harmony chorus - all gamblers, family and friends learn-by-doing environment.

Men’s Shed 10.30am - 1st, 3rd and 5th ages 7pm Mon Woy Woy, Kincumber, Environment for mature Friday Central Coast Gosford and The Entrance aged men to repair items, Leagues Club Wyong RSL 4344 7992 share and learn skills and John 0413 276 698 Anzac Ave Wyong jbthomson51@gmail.com socialise 4328 8297 Lake Munmorah Senior joppa@theorchards.com.au 9am to 1.30pm Citizens Club Coastal a Cappella Tue to Thur Computer Classes, dancing, Dynamic award winning 1 Bay Village Road, exercise, pilates, yoga, craft, women’s a cappella chorus Bateau Bay carpet bowls and Tai Chi. new members 0435 807 633 Central Coast Cactus 4358 8390 always welcome. bateaubayshed@gmail.com and Succulent Club Music eduction provided 3rd Sat 1 to 3.30pm Long Jetty Senior Bateau Bay Lots of Performance Plants for Sale, Raffl es, Citizens Club Neighbourhood Centre opportunities, or hire us afternoon tea Computer classes, line Financial Counselling, Tool for your next event.

Charmhaven dancing, tai chi and zumba Library, Computer Hub 0412 948 450 Community Centre gold - M-F, 9am to 3pm coastalacappella@gmail.com and Computer Lessons, 0401 544 052 for full list of activities Private Art Therapy 4399 2420 4332 5522 Sessions, Homework Help, Self Esteem Group, Central Coast Long Jetty Over Grandparents Raising Australian Labor Party Permaculture 50s Club Grandchildren Group, Ourimbah/ Narara meet friendly like minded Indoor bowls, computers, EAPA-Energy Accounts Branch people at our information exercises, yoga, lineDiscussion/action Payment Assistance, Early night held at Tuggerah dancing, tai chi and more community issues Links Outreach Worker, Community Hall on the 3rd 9am to 3pm 3 levels of Government Tax Help, Holiday activities Tuesday of each month.

4332 5522 Niagara Park Primary for kids and young people, 6:30 for 7pm start School 7.30pm 1st Mon Community Garden, Events, Bob on 0412 133 808 0410 309 494 Mingaletta Aboriginal Referral Services, Op Shop kyle.macgregor@hotmail.com Torres Strait Islander and Food Store.

Corporation Community BBQ on first Central Coast Greens Meeting place and The Central Coast Greens Thurs Better Hearing referral hub for education, For a fairer, more transparent 4332 7450 Australia Central Coast health, well-being and and accountable government http://bbnc.org.au cultural programs through Hearing loss management based on democratic principles Support and educational consultative services and Local, state-wide, national Berkeley Vale group providing practical community programs and international issues and Neighbourhood Centre experience and confi dence Mon-Fri 9am 4pm campaigns - Council and Indoor bowls, mahjong, Learn the benefits to parliamentary representation 4342 7515 walking for pleasure, hearing aids Developing a new economy admin@mingaletta.com.au slimmers support, hand and Protecting our environment 4321 0275 foot Bolivia cards, Toy library www.centralcoast.betterhearing Peaceful conflict resolution The NSW Justices australia.org.au and community garden Community participation Association Inc 4388 5801 We meet monthly every 3rd Seeking volunteers for 8 manager@bvnc.org.au Thu - Details and info: Central Coast Prostate community JP Desks in www.bvnc.org.au centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au Cancer Support Group Wyong Area centralcoastgreens@gmail.com (Gosford) Free Insurance and training Central Coast Meet last Fri provided Community Legal NSW Labor Party Terrigal Uniting Church 0418 493 388 Centre The Entrance Day Branch benefits@nswja.org.au 380 Terrigal Drive, Terrigal Not for profit service Monthly meetings to 9.30am to 12 noon providing free legal advice. discuss and debate policy Volunteering 4367 9600 Monday to Friday as well as campaign for Central Coast www.pcfa.org.au 9am to 5pm local labor candidates and Refer potential volunteers 4353 4988 Members of Parliament. centralcoast@clc.net.au to community organisations Central Coast Prostate 2nd Mon 2pm The and provide support to Cancer Support Group Entrance Leagues Club Central Coast 50+ volunteers and community (Wyong) 4332 2907 Singles Social Group organisations.

Meet last Mon Invites Ladies & Gents for Training for volunteers and 50pssg@gmail.com

4388 6448 4325 3163

MUSIC

GARDEN CLUBS

POLITICAL GROUPS

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Warnervale Branch - NSW Labor Party To support and promote NSW Labor within the Warnervale area.

1st Tue 7pm Hamlyn Terrace Community Centre 0419 128 497

provided 4334 3877 cvscc@nsservices.com.au

members.

14 Y/O and up for Training Thur, Sat, Sun (weather permitting) Bloodtree Rd Mangrove Mountain 0412 164 082 0414 635 047

Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes Volunteers wanted, challenging conditions, interrupted meals, early www.ccsoaring.com.au starts, breathtaking warnervale.labor@gmail.com Tuggerah Lakes views.

Bridge Club Rewards: - Saving Social bridge Tues, 9.45amdistressed boaters or maybe 1pm saving a life Toowoon Bay The Greens The Entrance 0488 442 051 Probus Club (with or without a partner) uc.tuggerahlakes@marinerescuensw.

Morning tea, guest speakers Len 4332 6989 com.au talking on topics relevant to David 4392 0606 Seniors, as well as regular SPECIAL INTEREST exciting social events. 4th Tuggerah Lakes U3A Biz Plus Networking Thur 10am.

Long Jetty - Discussions, Association Anglican Church Hall, play reading, cryptic Grow your business crosswords, talks, readers Cnr Brooke Ave & Eastern and in the process build group, Mahjong Rd., Bateau Bay worthwhile relationships.

Toukley - Creative writing, 4334 3979 Biz Networking breakfasts French conversation Every Thur 7:15- 9am Berkeley Vale - Music Tuggerah Combined Erina Leagues Club Appreciation Probus Club Inc Geoff Neilson Chittaway Bay - Movies Meet new friends and enjoy network@bizplus.com.au 4390 2451 social events. www.tugglakesu3a.info 2nd Thur., 10:30am, guest Central Coast Tenants’ speakers.

Mingara Indoor Advice and Advocacy Social outings 3rd Thur.

Bowls Club Service Woodbury Park Community Daily competition (singles, Free telephone advice and Hall, Mardi pairs & triples) Winner’s advocacy for all tenants 4351 0450 Prize Strongly social. Sun as well as residents in 9.30am- Noon. residential parks Mon 6.30–9pm.

4353 5515 Wed 9.30am-2pm cctaas@hotmail.com Inner Wheel Club Ray 4389 2567 Wyong Mingara Club National Parks Women’s club with the 4349 7799 Association common interest of giving raymurphy1935@hotmail.com Central Coast back to the community Twice weekly bush walks, while developing lasting varying distances and friendships. grades of difficulty.

7.00 pm 3rd Wed Wyong KI-DO Mingara Judo Explore, enjoy scenery, Uniting Church Academy fauna, flora, history. Keep 4393 2755 Junior boys and girls fit and make friends iiw.au.wyong@gmail.com Mon and Wed Two classes 4389 4423 & 6-8.30pm from 7yrs Kangy 4332 7378 The Rotary Club of the Angy Entrance Inc. 0413 237 010 Naval Association A small, friendly and www.kidomingarajudo.com.au of Australia effective club supporting Tuggerah Lakes SS many local organisations, Meeting of serving and WOMENS GROUPS and international Rotary ex-serving naval personnel Activities.

BPW Central Coast male and female who will Meetings 6.30 pm Tues Empowering women of all have an interest in naval Mingara Recreation Club ages in the areas of work, ways and discussing the 0409 449 498 education, well-being and ways of the present Navy rotarytheentrance@gmail.com friendship.

2nd Sat monthly at Diggers Monthly dinner meetings, Club, The Entrance Torchbearers for two course meal and 4389 4004 Legacy Toukley speaker.

Raising funds for Brisbane Central Coast Lapidary Community transport avail.

Waters Legacy. Harry Chris Levis Club Minerals & Gems Moore Golf Day, Garage 0438 989 199 Learn silverwork, bpwcentralcoast@hotmail.com markets and street stalls.

Cabochons, Faceting, www.bpw.com.au/central-coast 2nd Mon 9.30am Norah Enamelling, Stone Fieldtrips Head Legacy & fossicking Weekly Northern Women’s 0414 701 489 Workshops Tues and Thurs Health Centre hartas@bigpond.net.

8.30am-2.30pm aurotarytheentrance@gmail.com Family law advice, Thurs 6-10pm 10 Ourimbah counselling, therapeutic and Creek Rd Ourimbah Northern Settlement social groups, workshops, 4362 2246 Services - Volunteers domestic violence and cclapidary@optusnet.com.au Friendly visits to the elderly abuse issues. in nursing homes.

All services are provided by Central Coast People with a second women for women Soaring Club Inc language encouraged to 4351 1152 Gliding Club, Learn to www.cccwhc.com.au apply. Training & support fly, Instruction FREE to

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Mahmood Khan to perform at the Art House Berlin is the new single released by Australian s i n g e r- s o n g w r i t e r Mahmood Khan to support his recently announced solo Oz Tour, which includes a performance at the Wyong Art House on May 27.

Originally from Pakistan, Mahmood grew up in Los Angeles, where he developed his skills in the music industry as a sound engineer, producer, and writer,

before embarking on a solo career.

He is the only Asian Artist to have recorded a Live album at the Sydney Opera House and to have scored a number one song called ‘Like the River’ on the ARIA pop charts.

Berlin is a new, culturally diverse, song that has an amazing story and was written in Pakistan and recorded in the US and Australia.

Mahmood said that he

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Over 1,400 years of service recognised

was quite terrified at the announcing of this tour.

“I knew I had to be good, be skilled, songs had to be good and I needed to grow to that next level as a person, to be brave enough to meet my ‘dream’ halfway.

“The way I am, can never be replicated and the only one who can better myself is me,” Mahmood said.

Media release, May 5 Mahmood Khan, PRLOG

Bagpipe playing at the annual blessing of the fleet

The Wyong Diary For events in post code areas 2258, 2259, 2261, 2262 and 2263

Tuesday, May 23 Central Coast Council Commuter Survey, Wyong Station, 4:30am to 9:00am National Seniors Australia Wyong Branch meeting, guest speaker Jeffrey Morgan Smith, Canton beach Sports Club, Hibbard St, Toukley, 2:15pm

Wednesday, May 24 Central Coast Council Commuter Survey, Tuggerah, 4:30-9:00am Red Cross Mobile Blood Donor Centre, Bateau Bay until May 27 Ben Woodham, Ourimbah Uni, 9:30am

Thursday, May 25 Wyong Senior Citizen’s Group Biggest Morning Tea, Old Primary School, 8 Rankens Court, Wyong, 9:30am to 11:30pm Community Choir Wyong, St James Church, Byron St, Wyong, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Wyong Drama Group presents The Children’s Hour, The Grove, Wyong, 7:30pm until May 27

Red Cross Mobile Blood Donor Centre, Bateau Bay Square, 1:30pm to 6:30pm and Friday and Saturday 10:00am to 3:00pm

Friday, May 26 Options Theatre Company presents the hits from Grease, The Art House Wyong, 7:30pm, bookings essential and May 27 Maliga Arts and Cultural Showcase, 19 to 21 Margaret St, Wyong, 10:00-5:30pm weekdays and 10:00am -2:00pm weekends to June 4 Northern Lakes Regional Business Chamber Biggest Morning Tea, Shop 9/219 Main Rd, Toukley, 10:00am to 11:30am C o m m u n i t y Environment Network P h o t o g r a p h i c Exhibition, Flora, Fauna and Foam opening night, The Entrance Gallery, Norberta St, 6:30-8:00pm bookings essential

Saturday, May 27 Mahmood Matloob, The Art House, Wyong Living Well With

Cancer workshop, Mingara, 10:00am to 3:00pm, RSVP essential to CoastCanCare

Sunday, May 28 Just for Fun Concert performed by the Lakes Singers, Toukley Presbyterian Church PWA Cnr Hargreaves St and Victoria Ave, followed by afternoon tea, 2:00pm

Wednesday, May 31 State of Origin on the big screen, Warnervale Uniting Church, Cnr Warnervale and Louisiana Rd, sausage sizzle, from 7:00pm

Friday, Jun 2 Ben Woodham, Mingara, 7:30pm Crawfish Stew featuring Todd Stewart, Wyong Leagues Club, 9:00pm Show it tell it and Speak Up arts forum and performance, The Art House, Wyong

Wednesday, Jun 7 Cyber Bullying Forum, Mingara Recreation Club, no children

See the Peninsula News for events in post code areas 2256 & 2257 and the COAST Community News for events in post code areas 2250, 2260 and 2251 If you’ve got something happening in the Wyong Region over the next few weeks, let us know about it and we’ll list it here for you, for free. Contact details are on page 2.

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he NSW Rural Fire Service, Central Coast District, held their 2017 Volunteer Appreciation Day at Doyalson/Wyee RSL Club on May 21.

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AISDA Dance College will present Ngangga Ya, Speaking to the Future, at The Art House, Wyong, in June.

This story, through dance, reflects the importance of the southern sky constellations to the peoples of the Torres Strait in culture, law and survival.

Told by the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers, NAISDA Dance College will share inspirational stories of resilience, preservation and reawakening of cultural heritage.

There will be three shows from June 28 to June 30 at The Art House.

Source: Media release, May 1 Emily Carryer, The Art House

The annual awards recognised over 1,400 years of service with the presentation of Long Service Awards.

The traditional blessing of the fleet also took

place.

Source: Website, May 22 NSW Rural Fire Service Central Coast Division Facebook page

CHRONICLE WYONG REGIONAL Issue 113

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March 28, 2017

April 11, 2017

Iconic chimney stacks demolished

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he Central Coast Council has determined 3,000 development applications since it was created in May 2016, worth over $1 billion to the economy of the new Local Government Area (LGA).

New housing opportunities will be available close to one of the Coast’s greatest attractions, the beaches, with residential unit developments approved for Canton Beach, with more to come.

The Central Coast also remains an ideal place to build the family dream home with 914 additional lots created since the merger.

Council Group Leader, Environment and Planning, Mr Scott Cox, said Council’s role was to ensure it had the right planning controls in place

to continue to grow and encourage sustainable development on the Central Coast.

“We have a huge challenge to meet the housing and employment needs of our growing community while maintaining the enviable lifestyle and environment we all enjoy here,” Mr Cox said.

“We are in the process of consolidating our planning controls so that there is consistency across the Coast, as we want to ensure that we can facilitate the right development we want to see here.

“The growth in housing, particularly unit style development, needs to be where transport connections and opportunities are, in our town centres and tourism hubs, and we want to encourage development there.

“The mix needs to be right in delivering

a range of housing options to match various household needs, but also ensuring that the unique environment on the Coast is enhanced and protected.”

Council held its first Developers’ Forum on Monday, February 27, with over 140 industry leaders in attendance to start the conversation as to how Council and the development sector can work together to deliver sustainable development for the Central Coast.

Due to the strong interest in the Forum from the development sector, a number of industry members were unable to fit in, so Council will hold another informal Developers’ Forum in Wyong in May on a date to be determined.

Source: Media release, Mar 23, 2017 Media update, Mar 24, 2017 Central Coast Council media

April 26, 2017

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Over $1 billion worth of development applications determined by merged Council

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request by the owner of Crangan Bay Quarry to rezone 79 hectares of land, was expected to be declined by Central Coast Council at its ordinary meeting on April 26.

Wycob Pty Ltd wanted to have the property at 475 to 535 Pacific Hwy, Crangan Bay, rezoned from E3 Environmental Management to RU1 Primary Production, as part of a draft Major Amendment to the Wyong

Iconic chimney stacks seconds before demolition

he most iconic remnants of the Lake Munmorah Power Station, the two 155 metre chimney stacks, were demolished on Sunday, March 26, as part of site clearing works.

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Each 6,500 tonne concrete chimney, which have been a part of the region’s skyline for decades, were stacked with explosives and toppled in seconds.

The impact was felt throughout Lake Munmorah.

Lake Munmorah Power Station was closed in 2012, leaving behind a reputation as one of the state’s oldest and dirtiest power plants.

During its prime in the 70s, the station supplied up to 40 per cent of NSW’s energy.

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have been handling the demolition, with the chimneys’ implosion signalling a half way point of sorts for the demolition of the entire plant, which is scheduled for completion in September 2018.

“Munmorah Power Station was built in the 1960s, and was closed in 2012 after 45 years of operation.

“Its ageing infrastructure and cost of operation meant that it was no longer economically viable to compete against newer and more efficient plants,” said Delta Electricity Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ray Madden.

“We’ve appointed Liberty Industrial to undertake this important work.

“Liberty Industrial have been selected for their expertise with large industrial

demolition projects and their impeccable safety record.”

Liberty Industrial Founder and Director, Mr Clinton Dick, said the project is in safe hands.

“We have a proven track record with large industrial demolitions and we understand this type of project extremely well,” Mr Dick said.

The demolition project aims to eliminate risks associated with any deterioration of the station, improve the visual impact of the surrounding environment and maximise the reuse and recycling of materials removed from site,” Mr Dick added.

What the cleared land could potentially be used for is currently unknown.

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Source: Media release May 20, 2016 Ray Madden, Delta Electricity Dilon Luke, Journalist

The rally outside the PAC public hearing into the amended DA for the Wallarah 2 coal mine

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he community stood united in opposition to the Wallarah 2 Coal Project at the NSW Planning and A s s e s s m e n t Commission (PAC) hearing in Wyong on April 5.

The hearing was conducted as part of the PAC’s process to determine whether or not to approve the amended development application for the Wallarah 2 longwall Coal Project.

The PAC will accept written submissions on the project until 5:00pm on Wednesday, April 12.

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Manager, Development Assessments, Ms Tanya O’Brien, was first to speak, and confirmed Council’s objection to the project.

Ms O’Brien said Council had serious concerns about the mine’s impact on the local water supply.

She said Council had enlisted two independent consultants, Earth Systems and Pells Sullivan Meynink, to review the amended Development Application, and the consultants found that the risks were greater than those outlined in the Environmental Impact Statement submitted by the developer.

“The predictions of the Environmental Impact Statement are

conservative,” she said.

Ms O’Brien said the Dooralong and Yarramalong valleys, which lay above the proposed mine, form part of the region’s surface water catchment area, and urged the PAC to consider the future health and safety of the water catchment for current and future residents.

“The Environmental Impact Statement underestimates the potential impacts on groundwater,” she said.

Ms O’Brien said Council was also worried about the project’s impact on subsidence and the nearby Buttonderry Waste Management Facility on Hue Hue Rd, Jilliby.

She said the weight of the waste when the facility is filled is expected to be approximately 40 million tonnes.

She said the Department of Planning and Environment’s draft development consent, which outlined 78 conditions of consent, were “light on at best”.

Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council’s CEO, Mr Sean Gordon, told the PAC hearing that the Wallarah 2 Coal Project was “unviable and unsustainable”.

Mr Gordon said Darkinjung were the largest private land owners around the mine, and that Wallarah 2 would negatively impact housing developments

that they have planned for the area.

He said Darkinjung wanted to use its land assets to develop land for its people and asked the PAC hearing, “do people want to buy next to a coal mine?”

Mr Gordon said Aboriginal people had suffered severe land dispossession since 1788, and had not been able to participate in its economic development, despite striving for years to turn their land into an economic opportunity.

Mr Gordon described the mine’s proponent’s offering of jobs and procurement as a “beads and trinkets offering”.

Former Wyong Councillor and current

Joint Regional Planning Panel member, Mr Ken Greenwald, also spoke against the amended DA. “I am against the proposal to mine in the Wyong valleys because of the risk that I believe it may have on the Central Coast Water supply, with a view that even the smallest risk is too big a risk to take.

“After the drought that occurred on the Central Coast from the early 2000s to 2008, when our water supply dropped to only 9 per cent, it had been proven that water and not coal was the number one resource produced in the Wyong Valleys.

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Ms Julie Vaughan, Council’s Group Leader of Connected Communities, said that the process of putting the plan together was in the first of its critical phases.

“Between April and June, we will be using a range of avenues to gather data from the community about what it wants to see in the strategic plan,” Ms Vaughan said.

“We are saying that here is your opportunity to shape the future of where you live,” Ms Vaughan said.

“Do you want to help shape the future of the Central Coast, share your thoughts to help us create a shared vision and direction for the whole Central Coast?

“We need to get this

right, we have got one opportunity.

“Part of the challenge is making sure we get broad representation.

“We need to plan as a region, but we also know that what is important to the community is their own local community and their own back yard.

“We understand the plan needs to consider what is great about Kulnura and about Terrigal, but also what those residents imagine for the broader Central Coast.

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“No strategic planning investigative reports have been submitted to Council to inform the proposed rezoning.

“RU1 Primary Production is not an appropriate zone for the site, as this land is not suited for any rural activity other than the current existing use,” the report said.

“Rezoning to RU1 Primary Production would create an isolated pocket of rural land.

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Residents’ meeting calls for more EPA air pollution monitoring

A recent Council pop up at Bateau Bay is one of the ways Central Coast Council is engaging with the community to put together its new strategic plan

esidents young and old from every one of the Central Coast’s diverse and interconnected communities, are being asked to contribute to the first ever combined Central Coast Council 10-year strategic plan.

Local Environmental Plan 2013 (WLEP 2013).

A report from Council’s Planning Department to the Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said Wycob’s request was “contrary to the existing strategic planning for the area as outlined in the Central Coast Regional Strategy (CCRS), North Wyong Shire Structure Plan, Central Coast Regional Plan 2036 and Council’s Settlement Strategy”.

Other reasons given for the recommendation to decline the rezoning request included that

h e a t e d community meeting of residents who live near the Eraring and Vales Point power stations has called for the NSW Government to get serious about monitoring air pollution from coalfired power stations.

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Residents at the meeting in Wyee were angry that there was only

one EPA air pollution monitoring station on the Central Coast and it is located far from the power stations.

The meeting called on the government to dramatically increase monitoring.

Community members also expressed concern that the power stations would continue to pose a public health threat long after their scheduled closure in the next decade or so.

They called on NSW Environment Minister, Ms Gabrielle Upton, to make sure power station owners were held responsible for the costs of decommissioning, rehabilitating and managing their toxic legacy.

“We urge the NSW Government to hold bonds to protect community health

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Play space and skate park upgrades in K Berkeley Vale nearing completion

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erkeley Vale will be a hub of activity when Central Coast Council finishes upgrading recreational facilities to meet the growing needs of the community.

Works from Council’s Play Space Strategy and Skate Strategy at Berkeley Vale are on track.

The upgrades, totalling $385,000, will be completed by June 30, as planned.

Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said Council was committed to delivering more opportunities for its active and growing community.

“We are making sure we continue to deliver on the services our residents want and need,” Mr Reynolds said.

“These works are part of Council’s fully funded operational plan, rolling out across the Coast to improve the quality of life for our community.

“Our draft Operational Plan for next financial year is now on exhibition and we are planning to spend more than $54 million on improving open spaces like these.”

The new look play space at Berkeley Park, off Bundilla Pde, near the traffic lights, has had the deteriorating play equipment removed and replaced with natural elements, creating a space for children to

play, climb and use their playful imaginations.

Work is expected to be finished before the end of May. Across the other side of the road, the popular skate park next to Berkeley Vale Oval is being expanded with extra elements such as ramps and a shade structure.

The improvements will give riders more diversity at the park and the park is expected to be open in June.

This upgrade was partly funded by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services through the Social and Community Housing Improvement Fund.

In Kurraba Pde, a district play space is being built at the oval to complement the existing facilities and local services.

A district play space is bigger than the average local park and caters for children of all ages and abilities.

The new play space is expected to be open in July and will see junior and senior climbing units, swings, including a combined toddler and adult one, see-saw, spinning toys and a large shelter and seating as well as a sports wall that can cater for basketball and soccer.

Source: Media release, May 19 Central Coast Council media

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illarney Vale resident, 25-year old Daniel Lloyd, made his professional debut in the top level of the AFL on Saturday, May 13, for Greater Western Sydney (GWS).

Lloyd, who stands at 186cm, was recruited after the assistant coach for GWS witnessed one of his games for the Killarney Vale Bombers.

Lloyd made his AFL debut at Spotless Stadium when the Giants took on Collingwood.

He was told on the Wednesday before the match that he’d play his long-awaited first game, following more than a season on the club’s rookie list.

“It was a special moment,” he told Giants TV. “I had no idea when Leon announced it in the meeting that I was debuting, so it was a special moment.

“It’s a good occasion for me and my family, it’s an exciting time, and I just can’t wait to be out on the field on Saturday,” he said in the lead up to the match.

While playing for the Killarney Vale Bombers in the Black Diamond AFL, Lloyd kicked nine goals in a semi-final for the Bombers and also won Killarney Vale’s 2015 Best and Fairest award.

A busload of Killarney Vale Bombers travelled to the GWS game to support their former teammate, with chants of ‘Lloydy’ ringing throughout the stadium.

Lloyd, a former apprentice carpenter, managed to score one goal, while also achieving 17 possessions, as well as a valuable major in his debut match with GWS. When he was just 15, Lloyd signed with the Western Bulldogs on a NSW Scholarship after being spotted at a local carnival.

He spent four years training in Melbourne with the club during the school holidays, but it didn’t work out, and he returned home and took up a carpentry apprenticeship following school.

More than five years after that disappointment, he was shocked when Giants’ Assistant Coach, Mark McVeigh, approached him after a game in the Black Diamond League and asked him to come to Sydney and try out.

“Our relationship started when I was about 20, 21,” Lloyd said.

“He used to just pop

his head into the club every now and then, he never really said much to me, but he just had his eye there for a number of years.

“He just approached me one afternoon after a game and said there was an opportunity here.

“We have a great relationship, he’s a great mentor, he’s taught me a lot and it’s thanks to him that I’m in this position, because he gave me a chance.

“I’m forever grateful for that.”

Lloyd got time off work, began pre-season with the Giants and when the Rookie Draft came around, he was selected by the club with pick 26.

“It’s been a great journey, it’s a different pathway than a lot of AFL footballers take.

“I was rapt last year that I got the opportunity to be on the rookie list and I think I’ve just taken it week by week and worked hard.

“The club’s been great, they’ve helped me grow and develop in all aspects of the game and life, so I think it’s just been a great journey from there until now, and now my AFL journey is just beginning.”

While it was the opportunity of a lifetime and one many dream of, there were still other considerations for Lloyd.

He was 23 at the time, with a two-year-old son and a daughter just 10 weeks old.

But with now-wife Crystal’s support, they made the move to Sydney permanently.

“It was an exciting opportunity that I was presented with and I had no hesitation in taking it,” he said.

“The toughest thing was taking my family away from home, but we settled into Sydney well.

“The club’s been great, and looking back, I wouldn’t change any decisions to date.

“Crystal’s been on this journey with me, and my two kids.

“It’s just as much of an achievement for her as it is for me.

“She gets a lot of pride and joy out of this as well, she’s been a great support.”

“She never once second-guessed the decision to come here.

“It was a great moment telling her, she got a bit emotional, but we’re just excited and ready for what’s to come.”

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Council to host SportsFest T he Central Coast Council has recently opened Expressions of Interest for a new event, SportsFest, to celebrate all things sport.

SportsFest will be a weekend festival encouraging active participation in a wide range of sports across the Coast on September 23 and 24.

The festival will be held at Bateau Bay’s EDSACC sporting precinct and will showcase traditional and non-traditional sports.

It will include recreational opportunities which promote both team and/or individual participation.

Council Administrator, Mr. Ian Reynold, said the festival is designed to harness the passion for sport on the Central Coast and create more chances for the community to come together and be

active.

“This inaugural event is going to be a massive celebration of all things sport and will showcase different opportunities available on the Coast in one weekend”, Mr Reynolds said.

“It is a great opportunity for local sporting clubs to show their passion for their chosen sport and for the community to come along and find out more about the different sporting opportunities available on the Coast,” he said.

“This festival isn’t just about signing up new players and promoting your sport, it’s also a chance to show how sport can involve the whole community whether you’re a player, official, trainer, nutritionist or volunteer.

“It’s going to attract attention from across the state and we are hoping for a few celebrity professional players as

well.”

SportsFest will show the Council working with local and state sporting associations, clubs and organisations to promote their sport, attract new members and gain new volunteers.

There will be free activities, exhibition games, come ‘n try sessions, sporting goods stalls and displays, visits by sporting heroes, autograph sessions, professional demonstrations, live entertainment and food markets.

Expressions of Interest close on Wednesday, June 7, and are open to anyone who has an interest in sport, including coaches, volunteers, players, referees, retail outlets, market stalls, kids’ activities and not for profit organisations.

Source: Media release, May 16 Central Coast Council media

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epresentative Australian Rules Football made its welcome return to the Black Diamond Football League on Saturday, May 20, with the BDAFL hosting AFL Sydney in both women’s and men’s matches at the home of the Killarney Vale AFC, Adelaide St Oval in Tumbi Umbi.

In an outstanding game of men’s football, the lead changed several times in the first three quarters until AFL Sydney steadied in the last 30 minutes to eventually run out 26-point victors, with

Jacob Poscoliero signed by Perth Glory he Central Coast Mariners can today confirm that Jacob Poscoliero has accepted an

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Final scores were AFL Sydney 10.12.72 to the BDAFL 1.4.10.

The BDAFL side was able to match their more fancied opponents around the ground but struggled to convert their forward entries into scoring opportunities.

The BDAFL were best served by Alison Parkin, Kailee Goodwin, Paige Mathewson, Sarah Burns and Bec Ives, with Sarah Halvorsen also having a strong game, kicking BDAFL’s solitary goal.

Wyong Lakes achieved a win in the Black Diamond Plate.

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Mariners beyond this season.

The 27-year-old defender signed with the Mariners in October 2014 and has made 47 Hyundai A-League appearances in the Yellow and Navy.

Poscoliero thanked the club and reflected fondly on his time at the Mariners.

“I’m saddened to be leaving such a great club and bunch of players, with whom I’ve made friendships with for life,” Poscoliero said.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Central Coast Mariners and its fans, for the opportunity and fond memories.

“I wish the club all the success and I’m sure they will achieve great things,” Poscoliero said.

The Central Coast Mariners would like to thank Jacob for his services to the Club, and wish him all the best with his future endeavours.

final scores being AFL Sydney 17.12.114 to the BDAFL 14.4.88.

Killarney Vale playercoach Scott Reed chipped in with two goals.

Conor Haswell was named as the BDAFL’s best player, thwarting many AFL Sydney attacking raids with strong intercept marks.

He was ably supported by Corey Billins, Pat McMahon (who dominated the first half), Zac Metcalfe, Aaron Seen and Alex Mitchell.

The AFL Sydney women’s team produced four very solid and accomplished four quarters in despatching the BDAFL by 62 points.

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ork is well underway on the upgrade of a popular fishing platform at North Entrance.

Terilbah fishing platform is located on the northern side of The Entrance Bridge in a reserve along the edge of Tuggerah Lake.

The platform was in need of repair, and these works will help to stop the erosion of the bank and surrounding areas, and will prolong the life of the platform.

Works include the construction of a revetment wall to stabilise the foreshore on either side of the fishing platform.

Council will also be stabilising the ground under the existing paved section in addition to replacing the decking timbers on the actual platform.

To carry out these works safely, the platform and surrounding area has been closed to the public.

The public can still access the play space and fish along the bank

Source: Media release, May 14 Tyson Scott, Central Coast Mariners Media

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of the lake on either side of the platform.

The new look platform is expected to be open in July and is one of a number of other planned upgrades to jetties and wharves.

Council is in the final phase of designs for the replacement of the jetty at Diamond Head Dve, Budgewoi, and the construction of a new boat ramp and jetty adjacent to the Hot Water Outlet in San Remo.

Newsletter, May 9 Central Coast Council media

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Mixed fortunes for Warnervale and Ourimbah in two close matches T hings are beginning to sort themselves out on the Central Coast Rugby Union 2017 competition ladder after six rounds, and with the competition a third of the way through.

In the Match of the Day on May 20, Kariong defeated Ourimbah by 25 points to 19 at Kariong Oval.

Ourimbah, despite the loss, remain second on the ladder with 21 points, trailing Terrigal by three points.

In what many would regard as a minor upset, Kariong started off strongly and had secured enough points early in the match to be able to hang on for victory.

Kariong did play good rugby and took advantage of some hesitant Ourimbah play, to go to the break leading by 14 points to nil, a lead they deserved.

The home side went further ahead early in the second half when they were able to cross for another try.

Early in the second half they had gone to a match-winning lead of 22 points to nil and it all seemed over.

It was only then that Ourimbah started to put things together.

They were able to cross for three unanswered tries and suddenly the Kariong lead had been reduced to 22 points to 19 and the match was certainly very much up for grabs.

However, Kariong were able to settle the ship and, with a late penalty goal, were able to hang on for victory.

It was a wonderful team effort by the Kariong squad and this important win places them in the Top Four.

Ourimbah, after a disastrous start, came back extremely well and could have taken the match.

Best players for them were Clint Guyatt and Jarrod Grange.

It was an enthralling game of rugby and does show that any of the top teams can win on the day.

Warnervale hung on for a tight win over Gosford at Gosford Showground, running out winners by 21 points to 19.

Both teams made numerous errors, and the result was only secured on the fulltime whistle.

It was an entertaining match to watch because of the various changes in possession, but neither team would be happy with their overall performance.

The match was close throughout.

Warnervale went to the halftime break leading by 14 points to 12 and both teams knew victory was possible.

This remained the score for most of the second period, but when Warnervale scored a converted try late in the match, and led by 21 points to 12, it seemed to be all over.

However, Gosford stormed home, scoring a converted try and then missing a penalty shot at goal right on fulltime, which would have snatched the home side the win.

Best for Warnervale were centre Mitchell Johnson, who ran strongly all day and crossed for two tries, lock Mark Fittler, and flanker Ethan Sant.

The win sees Warnervale confirm their Top Four spot while Gosford need to secure a change in fortune soon if they are to threaten in the Finals this year.

In the President’s Cup, The Entrance recorded a pleasing win over The Lakes at Joseph Banks Oval by 10 points to nil.

The home side played good rugby in very wintery conditions on Friday night.

Source: Media release, May 21 Larry Thomson, Central Coast Rugby Union

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Scott Galloway in defence for the Mariners Photo: Noel Fisher

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he Central Coast Mariners have confirmed that defender, Scott Galloway, has been granted permission to trial with Willem II in the Netherlands.

Galloway was signed

with the Central Coast Mariners during the Hyundai A-league 201617 season under Head Coach, Paul Okon.

After the 22-year-old player was scheduled to join Josep Gombau’s Olyroos in camp recently, he was permitted by both Football Federation

Australia and the Central Coast Mariners to travel to Europe to trial with Willem II. The club competes in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Source: Media release, May 16 Tyson Scott, Central Coast Mariners

Five more departures from the Mariners

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he Central Coast M a r i n e r s confirmed on May 19 changes to the club’s football department with the completion of the Hyundai A-League 2016/17 season.

Jacques Faty, Mickael Tavares and Scott Galloway will all part ways with the Mariners following the conclusion

on their contracts.

Brice Johnson (head of strength and conditioning) and Andrew Nealon (head of medical) have both made the decision to finish their duties with the Mariners to pursue other opportunities.

Nealon’s physiotherapy centre on the Central Coast has grown into a full-time commitment whilst Johnson will commence a strength

and conditioning business venture of his own.

The Central Coast Mariners thanked all players and staff members who have been a part of the Hyundai A-League 2016/17 season and wish them all the best on their future endeavours.

Source: Media release, May 19 Tyson Scott, Central Coast Mariners

Norah Head, New South Wales May 2017 Daily Weather Observations Date

Day

Temps Min Max °C

°C

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Evap

Sun

Max wind gust Dirn Spd Time

Temp

RH

Cld

mm

mm

hours

km/h

°C

%

eighths

1 Mo 14.5 23.7 0.2 2 Tu 15.3 24.2 0 3 We 16.0 19.3 2.4 4 Th 13.9 20.5 7.0 5 Fr 14.4 21.8 0 6 Sa 13.3 24.0 0 7 Su 15.5 21.0 0.2 8 Mo 11.1 19.4 0 9 Tu 11.6 19.4 0 10 We 12.2 19.6 0 11 Th 12.2 19.7 0 12 Fr 14.2 18.9 9.2 13 Sa 14.4 23.3 0.8 14 Su 15.6 19.0 0 15 Mo 14.0 18.9 1.4 16 Tu 11.6 19.5 2.6 20.4 0 17 We 12.2 18 Th 14.3 22.2 0 19 Fr 17.4 1.6 Statistics for the first 19 days of May 2017 Mean 13.9 20.8 Lowest 11.1 18.9 Highest 17.4 24.2 9.2 Total 25.4

N S S SE NE N SSE S SSW SSW SSE S NNE SSE SSW S W E

S

33 35 63 41 28 30 35 37 35 30 41 31 30 43 50 30 22 39

63

local

14:02 17:26 06:03 00:01 19:31 15:13 18:34 17:47 13:43 11:41 22:30 00:15 20:31 12:30 13:46 18:16 02:05 17:42

9am Dirn

3pm Dirn

Spd

MSLP

Temp

RH

Cld

km/h

hPa

°C

%

eighths

Spd km/h

MSLP hPa

18.6 19.7 18.0 17.8 18.8 17.4 18.4 13.4 13.5 15.7 15.6 14.9 16.5 17.3 14.7 15.5 15.1 17.5 17.9

81 60 72 73 71 77 66 57 75 70 79 98 96 92 90 66 76 88 100

NNW WNW S SE WNW NW W WSW W W W NNE W WNW WSW WSW W SW NE

9 7 39 11 2 7 6 7 11 11 11 22 7 6 15 11 13 7 46

1019.5 1017.3 1025.9 1031.1 1030.8 1026.2 1023.6 1027.1 1026.3 1024.8 1024.0 1026.4 1024.8 1021.5 1016.1 1017.7 1023.0 1026.5 1025.1

22.7 21.8 17.6 19.0 19.5 22.5 19.2 17.8 18.7 18.9 18.8 18.0 20.4 18.0 18.2 17.9 18.5 20.4

49 61 70 63 61 58 40 66 63 68 70 81 74 73 65 61 73 74

N SE SSE ESE E N S S S S S SSW ENE ESE SSW SSE E ENE

22 17 11 15 11 22 19 22 24 20 24 11 15 19 26 15 11 28

1015.3 1015.4 1026.7 1029.0 1027.9 1021.8 1023.1 1024.6 1023.6 1021.8 1022.4 1023.9 1021.7 1019.0 1013.7 1016.4 1021.2 1024.1

16.6 13.4 19.7

78 57 100

WNW NE

13 2 46

1024.1 1016.1 1031.1

19.3 17.6 22.7

65 40 81

# ENE

18 11 28

1021.8 1013.7 1029.0

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