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As a local, small publication, run by a not-for-profit charity, TVO relies on our advertisers and partners to come to life every month. We’d like to extend a big thank you to this month’s supporters:

helloFor goodness’ sake. That year could not have gone any quicker. Maybe it was because we were locked inside for ages and then we packed in too much when we were set free.

Rain or shine (more rain than shine, in fact) we got through mostly unscathed. That’s always a bonus isn’t it? To get through without being struck down by a rainstorm, or the c-word.

So, here we are, mere days from the seasonal holiday. There’s a few nods to Christmas inside. Local comedian Carolyn Swindell takes on the notion of Christmas traditions and we have tried to offer up some recipes for the challenging, diverse needs of a 21st century family.

Lane Cove Bowling Club celebrates 70 years this month and President Bevan has put together a tidy history of what is a local institution.

We interview local photographer and former chair of Lane Cove Historical Society and advertising executive, Bill McLaughlin, plus we have included news about the Lane Cove History Prize winner. It’s a fantastic story – please check it out.

We want to say a special goodbye to Lane Cove Chaplain Karen Paull who is moving on to pastures new within Uniting Church. Karen will be sorely missed by us. Her columns were always a joy to read and gave us pause to contemplate something beyond our computer screens. On behalf of many of our readers, we thank you and wish you well.

We trust you have a lovely holiday and we will see you back here on February 1.

In the meantime, we will publish a digital edition with a best-of wrap of the year and some holiday inspiration, so log on to www.thevillageobserver.com in January.

Nicola and Sharon

We’re GOING PLACES - come with us

Our front cover

competition

This month’s cover art is very special. TVO teamed up with Greenwich Public School and gave their students a brief: design the front cover of TVO with a seasonal holiday theme.

We received submissions from more than 24 students across stage two. Michelle Braude, Class Teacher, who assisted TVO with this competition, said:

“At Greenwich Public School we believe that our artwork is so special that the students’ work should be recognised and appreciated within the wider community.

“The Village Observer is a wonderful resource for our community, so having our art published here is a privilege.

“This was a project for Stage 2 students, and they were asked to make artworks that reflected the seasonal holiday theme. They made choices about the forms and techniques used to best represent the qualities of the subject matter.”

The quality of the submissions was excellent, and it was very hard to choose a winner. We selected the one on the cover because it suited its purpose so effectively, particularly because of the eye-catching contrast between the array of colours and the dark branches.

The winner of the competition is a student called Lennox. We all want to say a special well done to him for his fantastic work and to all the students who took part. What a talented bunch you are!

And that's a wrap!

Hunters Hill Theatre brought the curtain down on its final production for the year - Secret Bridesmaids Business - on 27 November.

Since relocating to Club Ryde at Top Ryde in mid 2021, the Theatre has been embraced and welcome by locals in the Ryde and surrounding areas and would like to thank everyone for the support they have given.

The Theatre will be back next year with a full schedule of plays to excite and entertain from comedies to drama - more details will be included in the February issue of TVO.

CONVEYANCING SERVICES

"What a great experience! We can honestly say that Anna made our journey of purchasing our home easy and stress free from start to finish. We were always a priority, she always kept us informed and maintained exceptional service every step of the way. We cannot thank you enough for helping us making our dream into a reality". ELLY AND IAN

RetireAustralia lodges Development Application for 40A Cope Street – the old Caroline Chisholm Retirement Village

RetireAustralia has lodged a Development Application to redevelop the former Caroline Chisholm Retirement Village. The development will be independent living apartments for seniors.

You can view the Development Application on the Lane Cove Council’s Website – DA 134/2022.

Where is the Development?

The Caroline Chisholm Retirement Village backs onto Burns Bay Ray Road. However, the official address is 40A Cope Street Lane Cove. The 52-apartment retirement village closed in 2017. The Caroline Chisholm Nursing Home (next door) is still operating.

The new plans include the following:

Construction of two buildings of six storeys and four storeys in height. 52 independent living units, or apartments (ILAs).

There will be eight x one-bedroom apartments and 35 x twobedroom apartments and nine x three-bedroom apartments. It will include a lower ground floor gym, treatment room and associated amenities, ground floor lobby and reception area; sales office; resident kitchen, café and undercover barbeque area; and outdoor communal areas.

There will be parking for 54 vehicles in a single basement car parking level constructed below both buildings and accessed off Caroline Chisholm Lane via a ramp in the south-eastern corner of the site. Thanks to In The Cove for the reporting

Expensive bottle of wine stolen from MS Cellars

Last month, a $12,500 bottle of French red wine was stolen from MS Cellars on Longueville Road. It was a Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru 2015.

According to reports, the wine was stolen by “a well-dressed man and woman,” who walked out with it hidden in the man’s jacket.

MS Cellars staff contacted Police immediately after the incident, who are now investigating the theft.

For those who are wondering what a $12,000 bottle of wine tastes like, here is a description from the MS Cellars website:

“Sumptuous and soaring, it is certainly already firing on all cylinders, beginning with the magnificent nose of violets and voluptuous red fruits. The palate is resplendently dramatic, with a fanfare of sweet raspberry coulis, dark cherry, bilberry and graphite. Plush, rippling tannins and gorgeous freshness provide the structure that frames this imperious monopole. It displays impeccable balance, class, concentration and sublime finesse. Drinking Window 2023 – 2040.

Someone, somewhere, is opening that bottle on New Year’s Eve, we think.

What to Expect in 2023

McNamara Senior Sales Agent/JP

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Thinking of selling or looking for a price update for your home?

Thinking

Call me today on 0402 913 537 or email hazelm@lns.rh.com.au

Call me today on 0402 913 537 or email hazelm@lns.rh.com.au

What to Expect in 2023

What to Expect in

2023

The recent changes to Stamp Duty laws for first home buyers, combined with increasing rents, will see tenants looking to bring their property purchase forward. We should expect to see an increase in buyers wanting to get into the property market in the New Year.

The recent changes to Stamp Duty laws for first home buyers, combined with increasing rents, will see tenants looking to bring their property purchase forward. We should expect to see an increase in buyers wanting to get into the property market in the New Year.

Buyers will be looking to purchase renovated or modern homes due to the increase in construction costs and the lack of available trades people. Anyone thinking of selling in the next 12-24 months, should start preparing their home well in advance of wanting to list their property for sale.

Buyers will be looking to purchase renovated or modern homes due to the increase in construction costs and the lack of available trades people. Anyone thinking of selling in the next 12-24 months, should start preparing their home well in advance of wanting to list their property for sale.

While we are still in a downturn of the property cycle, as property owners hold onto their homes or investments, we will see those that come to market will still sell well.

While we are still in a downturn of the property cycle, as property owners hold onto their homes or investments, we will see those that come to market will still sell well.

We should see a change in consumer sentiment when there are no further interest rate increases and inflation peaks.

We should see a change in consumer sentiment when there are no further interest rate increases and inflation peaks.

Homeowners will be more comfortable selling their homes and buyers who have held off, will be more confident.

Homeowners will be more comfortable selling their homes and buyers who have held off, will be more confident.

For advice on preparing your home for sale, call Hazel on 0402 913 537.

For advice on preparing your home for sale, call Hazel on 0402 913 537

For advice on preparing your home for sale, call Hazel on 0402 913 537.

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Hazel

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Sol-mate

by Liz Foster

Hard on the heels of my worm farming success, our house now runs off solar energy, generated from our newly installed panels. Before you know it, I’ll be converting the front garden into a veggie patch fed with my very own worm compost.

We still use some fossil fuelled energy (after dark) but it’s a start. I’m not about to put greenwashing boasting signs outside the house.

Sometimes I wonder what this period of history will be known as. The Age of Annihilation? Will our obsession with digging up millennia-old fossils and choking our atmosphere with greenhouse gases seem absurdly abhorrent to future generations? In a sort of, they didn’t know any better/ that’s how things were then, kind of way? Meanwhile we continue to learn, creating new and progressive ways to live. Bitcoin, only invented in 2009, already encompasses a carbon emissions footprint bigger than Norway.

In our household, however, it’s all about thinking global and acting local. Our new solar app shows us the exact moment we start to generate energy – when the sun comes up, around six o’clock. It’s a giddy shift from not thinking about your energy consumption to obsessing with it. As long as you dodge the screen-wielding person pointing to the daily peaks and troughs (‘there’s a storm coming over at three, don’t use the washing machine then!’) - you’re fine.

I mentioned our new panels to work colleagues. We all know that politics and religion are taboo areas for small talk (you never know where you might uncover a secret Trump fan) but it seems we still need to add climate sceptics to the list.

‘I’m still not sure about all that solar stuff, it’s so expensive and a bit of a rort’ declared my colleague Val.

I assured her that the panel costs were offset by the reduced bill. So, no upfront payment or out of pocket. This only seemed to fuel her argument.

Val: ‘Aha! So, you DO have to pay for the panels!’

Me: ‘Well yes, but your new bill is a quarter of what it was, so…’

Val: (arms folded, nodding triumphantly) ‘See, there’s always a trap. They get you somewhere, somehow!’

Me: (glancing round the table at several pairs of eyes watching the discussion) ????

by Grace Kopsiaftis

Val: ‘You can’t win me over; I’m still not convinced.’

Me: ‘Mother Earth is the winner!’

(Relieved laughter round the table)

Global efforts to find consensus and set deliverable targets beyond many of our lifetimes and well exceeding any span of political power are simply meaningless. Satirical website The Shovel posted the below article prior to the Glasgow COP26 last year.

Man announced he will quit drinking by 2050.

The programme will see Greg Taylor, 73, continue to drink as normal for the foreseeable future, before reducing consumption in 2049 when he turns 101. He has assured friends it will not affect his drinking plans in the short or medium term.

‘It’s not realistic to transition to zero alcohol overnight. This requires a steady, phased approach where nothing changes for at least two decades,’ Taylor said, adding that he may need to make additional investments in beer consumption in the short term, to make sure no night out is worse off.

My own household solar sceptic has vanished overnight in a final puff of CO2. It might not be realistic to reach zero emissions, but everyone can get pretty close pretty quickly. If we want future generations to remember us well, let alone live well, we have no choice. It’s on us to remake our world and sow our own seeds to change our culture of consumption.

Liz Foster is a local writer. You can find her at lizfoster.com.au and www.facebook.com/lizfosterwriter, or email her at liz@lizfoster.com.au

Illustration

ASPECTS

What: Sydney’s favourite Christmas Tree – for those who can’t, or don’t want to brave it into town. When: on display from now until January 1 (watching it being dismantled would be fun – squeezing ours back in the box is an annual show of strength, patience, and determination)

Thank you to Destination NSW for supplying this beautiful photo

interview: Bill McLaughlin

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Where did you grow up?

I was born and grew up in North Bondi. I was a saltwater boy: beaches, surfing, swimming, sailing, free to roam the cliffs and headlands. It was a wonderful childhood.

I married a Sydney Girls High School girl, Elaine Dargan. When we met, I was 17 and she was 16. We spent 65 years together before she passed away after suffering brain cancer in January 2019.

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What brought you to this area?

We married young, had our son and daughter early. On a beautiful Sydney day in 1973 we flew back over Sydney Harbour returning from a great European holiday. I said, “wouldn’t be nice to move to somewhere near the water”.

A year later I rang our Real Estate Agent, who had found us a waterfront block that had just come on the market. It was there, in Northwood, that we built our third home. Today, I am sitting in that home where our children grew up, very happy about life in Lane Cove.

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How did you spend your working years?

I started my career in 1954 as a messenger boy in a small advertising agency in Phillip Street right at the Quay. I studied advertising, marketing, and business at night, but my real training came by learning on the job. Over the years I worked with international advertising agencies, like Foot Cone and Belding. I was on the Board, CEO of NSW and a Director of the Victorian business. On the client side, I regard 3M Company as my “finishing school”.

One way or another, advertising, marketing, public relatations, government relations, media relations and good business practice led to the last 20 years at AGL, finishing my working years as Group Manager Public Affairs. It was a wonderful period in my life.

 Tell us about your love of photography…

It started with a Box Brownie, a very basic camera. But living with advertising revolves around the use of photography and art, they go hand in hand. Really the creation of good advertising can only come from the knowledge of how to use those skills. It was only after I gave up working that I started to concentrate on photography and sell pictures as a hobby. I like to print the pictures on canvas then show them framed and on a wall.

Usually, we think about art imitating life, of people, places and things. I try to demonstrate that art also colours the way we see the world around us. I try to take photos that people will think are paintings. I do not manipulate my work. I show it as I take it. I love it when someone asks, “did you paint that?”

I see making pictures as the Art of Mother Nature, my show name. She has a hand in creating all the images we see. I try to use colour, light and shade that, added together, give us an insight in to the beauty of our world.

I have always had an interest in buildings being kept and maintained to show us where we have been. I was involved in the creation of The Museum of Sydney, was on the Board of the Historic Houses Foundation and and an active member of the National Trust. Lane Cove’s Carisbrook House is a case in point. That museum is a fine example of saving history and taking you back in time. For me, LCHS became a family project. My wife’s father Jim Dargan lived in Greenwich and was very active in the Society. There is a plaque celebrating his life and his historical publications, near the Lane Cove Library. The Lane Cove Historical Society is important as the guardians of Lane Cove’s history. It is all too easy to destroy those many markers of our history.

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And now there is a book?

It all began as a family project started by Jim Dargan. I took it up and delved into our history.

I discovered that Elaine had two convict relatives, Osborne Bush and Thomas Forbes. I had two more, Richard Wild and James Clapson. To fill in the gaps, we decided to go to the other side of the world to get a proper picture of their lives. Stories from the Black Dog Inn are not about genealogy, they are about life and its foibles, not just of the four convicts but many other people who tell their stories. I felt I could only do them justice if I could let them speak for themselves. The book took shape when I decided to make it a series of stories, short or long, fact and fiction, of their lives.

The books are about crime, punishment, and redemption. I see it as a critique of the troubled relationship between Great Britain and Australia from 1820 to 1890. The two volumes tell 101 stories, one story every night in the Black

 You’re involved with Lane Cove Historical Society…

Dog Inn. The “Dog” was a real pub in the Rocks. It has taken me about 10 years to go from idea to published book. A good friend managed the production, finding a very good book printer in Lithgow, at a very good price. Nice to know we can make a good product right here. Copies are available.

 Tell us where you go out to eat in Lane Cove, and where you seek a moment’s solace. I dare not be a judge of restaurants in the Lane Cove area. Some are good, some not so.

It would be wonderful if we had a few more fine dining establishments. For peace and quiet, I cherish the lovely bushland that Lane Cove has been able to preserve. There is always time to be spent on the many bays on a boat. “There is absolutely nothing like simply messing about in boats,” said the Water Rat.

Emma Grimes, Michael Fitzgerald & Peter Louridas

A family business, now in our 48th year in Lane Cove

Musings on summer and the festive season

BY LOCAL COMEDIAN CAROLYN SWINDELL

It’s coming. The Sweaty, I mean Festive, Season is upon us. For most of us, a time of joy, tempered by well, tempers. So, dear neighbours, I have pulled together some hot tips to make this December a pleasant and successful one.

End-of-Year Family newsletters

It is enthralling to me that in this age of social media, I can still expect to receive printed newsletters tucked inside Christmas cards from various pals around the world.

Now, it is easy to mock these missives, but I love a wellwritten update from people I care about. Did you see it though? Did you see that qualifier in there? Well-written.

In a quote often falsely ascribed to Mark Twain, English philosopher John Locke apologised for a long letter way back in 1690, admitting that he was too lazy or too busy to make it shorter.

Brevity never goes out of style.

So, for the love of everything that is Summer, please DO NOT list your year’s activities chronologically in your Christmas newsletter. No one will read it and it will simply add to paper and electronic waste. Take your time, curate the highlights, ruthlessly edit, cut excess words. Check for tpyos.

If confused, perhaps consider this handy standard format.

1. Opening Line – reference how fast the year has gone and your surprise at it being time to write this newsletter again. If you have children (and I have never seen a childless person write one of these – they’re too busy with fulfilling careers, exotic travels and varied social lives while the rest of us are telling ourselves over and over that our children compensate for those losses), this is the time to write about how fast they are growing up and how you don’t feel any older but you guess you must be hey?

2. The spouse report – list successes on and off the golf course, amazing promotions or disappointing redundancies (if included, MUST reference your spouse’s positive attitude to life here).

3. The child report – best to break this down by child, adding many photos of achievements.

4. Your worries about the world – you should say that you avoid discussing politics, but then make a statement about

the Government/past Government/Government of another country that you saw on Sky News/ABC and are now an expert on.

5. What? Little old me? This is time for you to detail how little time you have for anything other than looking after your family. Follow with a statement about how blessed you are.

6. Finish – a wish of love and peace and a reference to how much you must prepare before Christmas (insert tribute to your Thermomix if that’s your thing).

Tra la, you’re done. Hit PRINT.

Another Pan-demic

Don’t panic, I’m not talking about the C-word again, although do please keep social distancing and washing your hands – that’s just good sense.

Nope, I’m talking about Panettone. The stacks of human head-sized, fruit breadslash-cake in beribboned-boxes that dominate retail stores over summer, and no one knows what to do with.

I know many people love it, especially when it’s drowned in alcohol, or smothered in butter or cream. Both good solutions. But if you’re not a Pan-fan, what to do?

Simple, regift it.

Don’t feel bad, that’s what everyone else is doing. Each Panettone thrust into your hands has likely already been thrust into the hands of your gift-bearer by another giftbearer into whose hands it had been thrust by another giftbearer. It is the way of the Universe.

I say we treat this as a social experiment. Place a distinctive mark on the bottom of the gaudy box before you regift it and see how long it takes to come back to you. Report back to me next December please.

Public Service Announcement

None of us has been to a work Christmas party in years. Literally years. We’re out of practice and there is danger

Brevity never goes out of style

that getting back on the horse on Friday night could be followed by a meeting request from HR on Monday morning.

Follow these simple tips to get through the silly season with your promotion prospects intact.

Tip 1: Remember that the boss is not as hammered as you think.

Tip 2: ‘Tis a far far better thing to be thought a bit boring than wildly inappropriate with your Secret Santa gift.

Tip 3: You are not as quiet, and the music is not as loud as you think. Gossip quietly.

Tip 4: You’re a great singer? Now is not the time to showcase these talents. Trust me on this.

Tip 5: When faced with the hell that is the boat-trip party, drink half as much as you usually would.

Tip 6: Do not touch anyone on the dance floor with any part of your anatomy.

Keep your cool in the Summer months and we’ll see you in the new year.

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The Birth and Evolution of Lane Cove Bowling and Recreation Club

WORDS BY PRESIDENT, BEVAN PIPER

The Lane Cove Bowling and Recreation Club is celebrating its 70th anniversary.

However, the enormous changes to the society since then have seen the demise of all the others and it is now the only competitive bowls club left in Lane Cove. In 2008, the club dropped the ‘West’ in its name and became Lane Cove Bowling and Recreation Club.

In 1951, a relatively young chap named Phillip Smyth decided to take on the time-honoured sport of lawn bowls. He applied for membership of the Lane Cove Bowling Club, but they had, what seemed, an endless waiting list. Not deterred, he decided to investigate the possibility of establishing a bowling club in Lane Cove West.

After checking with local residents, Phil found many who not only thought a bowling club was desirable, but it was necessary. And so, after such an enthusiastic response, a meeting was held in the Presbyterian Hall in Figtree Street on 17 July 1952 attended by 75 people (men only at the time) where it was decided to form a Bowling Club.

On 16 December 1953, an agreement was executed by the Council and the Club giving the Club tenure of Charlish Park for 25 years through to 30 June 1978.

The Club was constituted on 30 October 1952 at a General Meeting held in the School of Arts building in Longueville Road, Lane Cove and the foundation office

bearers were duly elected. The Foundation President was Frederick “Stan” Hendy. The Club had 139 members on the books, of which only 36 had paid their subscribed fee. The newly-formed Lane Cove West Bowling Club’s evolution was now well on the way.

Funds were tight in the early years and prior to occupying our present building in 1962 the Club operated from “The Old Tin Shed” an Econo-hut purchased for 2,037 pounds. After much hard work by dedicated members in the construction of this prefabricated building the first Annual General Meeting in the Club’s new premises was held in November 1954. The official opening of the Clubhouse, by Hilton Richardson, President Royal NSW Bowling Association, took place on 10 December 1955.

In 1960, Lane Cove Council agreed to the Club building a new clubhouse on our present site in Burns Bay Road, Lane Cove West. Construction of the new Clubhouse commenced in June 1961.

With Club savings, a bank overdraft and member guarantees, plus a Bill of Sale over the Club’s property covering the Bank’s lending criteria, a new Clubhouse was completed at a cost of 43,614 pounds.

The new Clubhouse was officially opened on 7 April 1962 by W.S. Kay, President of the Royal NSW Bowling Association.

Construction of the Club’s first green was commenced by Lane Cove Council in 1953 and handed over by Council in May 1954. Council paid for the green and work was carried out by Council staff. Play commenced in March 1955 with the first bowl delivered by President F.S. Hendy.

A second green was opened in 1956 at a cost to the Club of 3,855 pounds.

The Club purchased two parcels of land in 1959 and 1960 for 600 pounds and 1,024 pounds, respectively. With the addition of two more parcels of land for a cost of 2,500 pounds, a third green was constructed in 1965, facilitated by an interest free loan of 7,000 pounds over 10 years from Council.

In July 1955, Ida Smyth was elected President of the Ladies Auxiliary at their inaugural meeting.

In August 1955, a liquor licence was granted through the NSW Licencing Court

On 1 August 1955 the Club was affiliated with the Royal NSW Bowling Association.

The Club was incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act on 13 October 1971.

At an Extraordinary General Meeting in September 1979, a decision was made for the formation of a Lane Cove West Women’s Bowling Club. And so, on 17 October 1979 the Lane Cove West Women’s Bowling Club was officially affiliated with the NSW Women’s Bowling Association. Joanne Kemp was the inaugural President of the Women’s Club.

In April 1983, 78 members transferred from the Lane Cove Country Bowling Club after the winding up of the Club after 19 years.

In 1985, Lane Cove Council extended the Club’s lease to 30 June 2003.

The Club was incorporated on 24 September 1989 and

the inaugural Board of Directors, under the Chairmanship of Roy Wark, was elected at the Annual General Meeting.

The Club now operated under the Licenced Clubs Act, the Anti-Discrimination Act and the Company Code. The Board was responsible for all matters of business and overseeing the Men’s and Women’s Bowling Clubs who continued to operate under the auspices of their duly elected committees.

In 1990, the Lane Cove West Women’s Bowling Club won the Bennelong District pennant competition.

In June 1991, the Lane Cove RSL Bowling Club voluntarily wound up their Club with 27 women and 15 men joining Lane Cove West Bowling Club.

Club under threat

In 2006, out of the blue, Council proposed that developers be invited to build 86 units on the bowling club site.

The Club mounted a major public protest against the proposal and support was forthcoming from the wider community (as it does today).

A public meeting packed the Lane Cove Council offices to debate the issue attended by 300 people most of whom spoke vehemently in opposition to the project.

After much angst, the Director of Planning withheld approval for the project. The advice was received with relief and enthusiasm by members and the local community with assurance from the Council that the Club was not under threat and any development of Charlish Park would not affect the Club’s function. The relief was manifest and the cordial relations the Club traditionally enjoyed with Council was restored and that fine relationship continues to this day.

Accordingly, in August 2007 Lane Cove Council extended the Club’s lease to 20 June 2012.

In 2012, Lane Cove Council extended the Club’s lease to 30 June 2017.

In 2018, Lane Cove Council extended the Club’s lease for 10 years to 30 June 2028.

Today the Club is home to 80 bowlers and some 200 social members as well as hosting community groups such as Ready Steady Go Kids, Shinbukan, Zumba, Tai Chi, Vintage Fitness and Health, Little Legends, Lane Cove Physical Culture and Probus as well as senior dancing and scrabble groups.

Our plan to make our club the sporting and community venue servicing Lane Cove West and the greater Lane Cove community continues.

Our Vision

The Lane Cove Bowling and Recreation Club (LCBC) will maintain and enhance the Club's respected standing in the NSW Bowling fraternity and the local community.

Our Mission

The LCBC will –

• play, promote and encourage the sport of lawn bowls in the community and encourage club membership and participation;

• provide a friendly, welcoming, competitive, recreational and social environment that has facilities and funds to meet the current and future needs of members, visiting clubs, visitors and the wider community;

• develop a culture of pride and passion for the club;

• attract and conduct high class events and programmes;

• be financially successful; and

• be a responsible member of the Bowls NSW and the general community.

Women’s Teams

The admission of women, as bowlers, was not without a great deal of discussion at the time.

On 5 October 1979, at a meeting chaired by President, Alan Hodge, a motion that a Lane Cove West Women’s Bowling Club be formed was carried.

And so, after 27 years of being a men’s club, the decision was made in September 1979 to admit women members on a similar basis to social members thus opening the way for the formation of a Lane Cove West Wemen’s Bowling Club. The decision to admit women as full bowling members was passed by an overwhelming majority of 94%.

The Lane Cove West Women’s Bowling Club was officially affiliated with the NSW Women’s Bowling Association on 17 October 1979 and with 31 eager members the club was in ‘business’.

At the Club’s inaugural meeting Joanne Kemp was elected President along with 21 other officers.

Those hardy women pioneers paved the way for a progressive club working in tandem with the Men’s Club and the Board of Management.

In 1983, some 55 women transferred from the Lane Cove Country Club Bowling Club thus embellishing the Club’s administration and bowling experience. In May 1991, with the demise of the Lane Cove RSL Bowling Club, another 27 women were welcomed to the Lane Cove West fold. In 1995, with the closure of the Lane Cove Ladies Bowling Club 45 ‘ready made’ bowlers swelled the Women’s Bowling Club membership to 122.

Women have been instrumental in the success of the

Club with two, Jo Deahm and Joy Lush, being appointed to the inaugural Board of Directors in 1989. In 1992 Jo Deahm was elected Chair and served 11 years as a Director – quite an achievement.

Other women who have provided invaluable service as members of the Board of Directors are: Libby Scahill, Norma Wark, Gwen Driver, Dorothy Russell, Daphne Brady, Judy Carroll and Vicki McDonald. Maureen Terrey was elected at the last Annual General meeting thus joining an esteemed list of women.

In a radical move for bowls in New South Wales in May 1921 the members of New South Wales Women’s Bowling Association Incorporated and Royal New South Wales Bowling Association Limited voted to merge their two associations into one new entity, which will be known as Bowls New South Wales Limited.

Sarah Hobson became the first woman President of the “unified” Bowling Section being elected in July 2022. She had previously served a term as President of the Bowling Section as the Club had long recognised the “unification” of the Men’s and Women’s Clubs at Club level as in 2011 updated the constitution to consolidate the men’s and women’s clubs under one banner.

Many notable bowling achievements over the years include winning the Bennelong District Women’s No. 4 Pennant in 1993, Bennelong District Women’s No. 1 and No. 2 Pennants in 1997, Bennelong District Women’s No. 2 Pennant in 1990 and again in 2006 and Bennelong District No. 3 Pennant in 2000 and 2011

Many other achievements include being runners up in the Metropolitan Triples in 1986, winning the District Pairs in 1987 and 1989, the Wolinski Shield in 1987, 1988, 1995 and 2005, the District Triples in 1988, 1996 , 1999 and 2001.

Wonderful achievements for a small and developing club.

Men’s Teams

The Men’s Bowling Club whilst never winning a Pennant continually punches above its weight with many fine bowlers representing the Club over the years.

Some of the Club’s most recent achievements include runners-up in Zone 9 Mid-Week Triples in 2010 and 2017 and making the final four of the Zone 9 Grade 6 Pennant in 2019.

Other recent achievements by members are the Zone 9 Reserve Singles 2019, Zone 9 Reserve Pairs in 2009 and 2022, Zone, and Zone 9 Reserve Fours in 20.

Spice up your journey

Travel, it’s the gift that keeps on giving. What’s more, with Christmas nearly upon us and a carefree emergence from Covid still less than assured, having something to look forward to nourishes our optimism for better, more enjoyable days sometime in the future

By Adrienne Witteman.

As many of you know, I’ve just returned from a protracted stay of 110 days in Europe and America. It was most definitely challenging, with a daily schedule of managing office emails and client travel files from 4am to 7am then 9pm to 11pm, while bookending group escort duties. Despite this, I got to enjoy a raft of new experiences, see places I’d never been before, taste foods new to my palate and have fun with clients who quickly became friends.

Relationships forged from shared experiences are wonderful to behold and I’m thrilled to see how many of our group tour participants keep in touch long after the tour has finished. Even more so when we’ve had “foreigners” from the US and England join us as happened twice this season – and now, when they are all coming to Australia over the summer, invitations for them to enjoy some downunder hospitality and for us to join in, keep appearing in my inbox.

It matters not whether you pay a little or a lot for your trip – you will get out of it what you put into it. For me, the relationships, friendships made spice the journey to negate sometimes inherent stresses. Group travel has its pluses.

On this big trip, there were two other highlights … real treats in fact. Constantly on-the-move, living out of a suitcase for much of the time is tiresome so I allowed myself a couple

of rewards … two luxury hotel stays where I could chill a little, and enjoy being cossetted while I worked in gracious surroundings with exemplary service.

The first of these was the historic Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg, which sits resplendently lakeside with gorgeous views of the little cruise boats, ancient trees, and its landmark fountain. The picturesque outlook provided a calm respite, as did the lovely, large room. It was luxurious and so well thought out. I made time to do a site inspection and was impressed by the Chef’s Kitchen dinner space, the wine cellar with a wine collection conservatively estimated as being worth EUR2.5M, the Veuve tasting room (for another special dinner perhaps?), the elegant restaurants and on-trend bar. What a joy it must be to work here.

My second treat was a stay at the Mandarin Oriental Ritz in Madrid. I first stayed here a decade ago when this elderly dowager had clearly seen better days but still had great bones and fabulous food and service. It reopened in 2021 after a EUR115m renovation and wow, what a transformation.

The spaces are simultaneously contemporary and classic, there’s a Michelin starred restaurant, a hip bar frequented by young and old, a luxuriant garden restaurant, jazz and piano music and more. My room overlooked the Prado, though you

would be equally happy in a park view room or even the now light filled interior rooms with views into the lounge. Staff are fabulous, and the Australian born general manager guarantees a special welcome to Aussies.

In fact, both hotels will guarantee you a very warm welcome, especially as Virtuoso guests of Trendsetter Travel. When planning your next trip ask me about adding a little finishing spice to really make your journey sing.

Change to bus driving rewarding for Richard

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A few years ago, local resident Richard Au-Yeung swapped working with petri dishes for working with passengers, and he hasn’t looked back.

The change so far has been a good one.

“Being a bus driver with Busways has given me a lot of opportunities. The people and culture make it a place where you can be supported and have a laugh and it’s given me a sense of purpose every day in serving the community, ” Richard said.

A good gut feeling.

Richard has been driving with Busways for the past two years at Willoughby depot and has since experienced career advancement as a Roster Maintenance Officer, helping him to further provide a community service supported by a leadership team that cares for the development of its workers and positive experience of its customers.

“Driving with Busways has been enjoyable with the team at Willoughby depot. It’s great that we can provide a service to the public especially when buses are the backbone of transportation.”

Bus drivers come from all walks of life.

Richard’s bus driving colleagues come from all walks of life including chefs, data management and glaziers, just to name a few.

“It’s an easy career change. Training is all provided. We have a great team of mentors and trainers who teach us the way,” Richard said.

Driver trainer Andrew Curnow explains it’s easy to become a bus driver. “It’s not as hard as people think it is to drive a bus service. Busways provides suitable applicants with all the training and all the support needed to operate a heavy vehicle and succeed!".

“If you have a good driving record and pass our initial assessments,

you can complete a fully paid driver competency course to qualify and get out on the road dropping off and picking up passengers in about four-six weeks. Busways drivers also receive ongoing on-the-job training to continually hone bus driving skills.

“Right now we are looking for people to become a bus driver at our Willoughby and Ryde Depots and we strongly encourage anyone interested to apply!” Mr Curnow said.

Apply today and join the Busways team at Ryde and Willoughby Team!

Busways is actively recruiting Full time, Part time and Casual drivers in Ryde and Willoughby and encourages anyone who loves driving and is seeking a stable career serving their community to apply.

www.busways.com.au

I couldn’t believe it. Milton, the nerdy guy from IT, had actually taken my dare seriously and built a time machine! I volunteered to be his first passenger, if he ever achieved it.

Boldly stepping into the chamber, there was no turning back. The controls were set to my desired era, but any malfunction could find me face to face with a plesiosaur.

Upon arrival, I tentatively opened my eyes to a familiar scene, New York City, on a humid, Summer evening. I put on my headphones, grasped my Sony Walkman, and walked down Eighth Street, back into my past.

Perihan Bozkurt, Lane Cove

At eight in the morning, Enid was the first one to go. “This is the lady,” the nurse told the orderly. He took Enid's bed and rolled it in the direction of the operating theatre. In her seventy-four years, she hadn’t had an operation and couldn’t stop her heart from beating fast. As they passed the staff room, the smell of coffee came out floating in the air. Enid closed her eyes, inhaled the smell and her tense face transformed into a pleasant one. The doctor waved to Enid and he pushed the bed into the operating theatre.

Conchita GarSantiago, Lane Cove

SAYING ‘GOODBYE’

Our daughter soon leaves home to be married. There’s so much anticipation in the air! I ponder how we best say ‘goodbye’ to this phase of our lives with her, whilst celebrating her marriage to the man of her dreams. My husband and myself are also saying our ‘goodbyes’ to the many friends we have here, as we prepare to leave Sydney after Christmas. The big celebrations planned for both occasions are wonderful rites of passage, yet it is the personal conversations I treasure most, which convey deeper meaning.

Reflection and appreciation of what has occurred is important. Joyful times, learning and growth, disappointments and struggles, all combine to weave the rich tapestry of life we have spent together. We have changed during our 8+ years of dwelling amongst you. As we move on, we seek to take with us those insights to helpfully share with others. We look forward to what is new, while grieving what we leave behind.

Immersing ourselves in the community here, we’ve sought to construct something new, beneficial and sustainable. It has been rewarding to see others thrive, find new friends, a love for the natural environment and, in some cases, find a deeper faith to enrich their lives. Many are telling me it is a valuable initiative. Lane Cove Uniting Church, who undergird the Community Chaplaincy, agree. They have committed to sustain the wide range of Chaplaincy activities and to continue to care for the participants. They hope to engage a new Chaplain shortly, who will bring their own giftedness to the role. Exciting times!

May the hope and joy of friendship we have found here, be yours also, as you reach out to one another – especially during this Christmas and holiday season.

‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’ The Bible, Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

Rev Karen Paull 0400 299 751 lanecovechaplain@gmail.com www.lanecovecc.com Lane Cove Community Chaplaincy Supported by Lane Cove Uniting Church

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Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is special in the Lane Cove community and the Rotary Club raised $570 for the local RSL sub-branch .

The bountiful crop of handmade poppies were crocheted by Lane Cove Crafters and friends from donated wool and MBE Lane Cove donated and printed the backing card design. Thank you for your support.

Lane Cove Music

For 78 years Lane Cove Music has provided six first class classical and semi-classical concerts annually for the Lane Cove community and beyond. We look forward to 2023 when yet another year of musical enjoyment awaits you!

Tuesday nights, 7.30pm

• 14th March: “A Frolic with Gilbert & Sullivan” – your favourite solos, ensembles, choruses.

• 9th May: “Bach to Beatles”

• 20th June: “Echoes of the Picture Palace” Charlie Chaplin silent film background with (real!) music!

• 8th August: “Airs & Dances” – harp, flute, voice.

• 10th October: Winning solo instrumentalists aged 12-15 from the 2023 Eisteddfod.

• 28th November: The Taverner Consort of Voices – sacred & secular music 14th-21st centuries. Venue for each concert is: LCM Anglican Church, Rosenthal Ave. opp. Canopy Carpark entrance Enquiries welcome at 9428 4281. www.lanecovemusic.org.au

LOST: Oval Opal ring, blue with red specks on thin gold band, in Lane Cove Shopping Centre or between centre and lights at Tambourine Bay Rd. Marie De Lepervanche 9427 1701

Ruth Benfield wins Lane Cove History Prize

It’s good news that the Lane Cove History Prize was awarded in October. The event, organised by Lane Cove Historical Society, had been abandoned in 2021 due to COVID.

The prize was awarded to Ruth Benfield, for an affectionate and sensitive account of Ruth’s family connections with Carisbrook Historic House in the 1950s and 1960s.

Her entry involved both a recorded interview with her mother, Leah, talking about Ruth’s two uncles, Wes and Jim, and an associated written account.

Wes and Jim lived together as life partners at Carisbrook, where they lovingly managed and maintained the house. Wes ran a bootmaker’s business in Crows Nest, while Jim was a renowned milliner, famous in the city of Sydney as a skilled and creative man.

They were artistic, hospitable, and generous with their home. Uncle Wes organised the wedding of Ruth’s parents in 1959, and this included preparing a wonderful celebratory dinner, for Wes was a skilled cook. Wes and Jim had a large number of artistic friends, and they introduced Ruth’s mother, Leah, to a world of theatre and ballet.

The interview between Ruth and Leah makes clear the great affection they felt for the two men. Ruth wanted to pay tribute to two generous men who once lived in, and loved, Carisbrook Historic House.

Ruth gave a talk at the award presentation night when she received her certificate and a cheque for $1000 from LCHS patron and Lane Cove Mayor, Councillor Andrew Zbik.

www.carisbrookhouse.com Enquiries 0418 276 365

Carisbrook Historic House

An interesting way to make a difference www.carisbrookhouse.com/society www.lanecovehistoricalsociety.com.au 0418 276 365

[Photo: LCL LHP2492

Councillor Andrew Zbik, Mayor of Lane Cove

P 0411 894 788 E azbik@lanecove.nsw.gov.au DECEMBER 2022

Merry Christmas and happy new year to everyone in Lane Cove. Thanks to all the community groups, volunteers, businesses and residents who made 2022 a memorable one. As I reflect on this year, it started out with many pandemic restrictions and a lot of uncertainty, particularly among businesses. But as the year progressed, we emerged with a sense of revitalisation and optimism. I’m proud of the work Council has done this year. For example, the outdoor dining trial on Longueville Road helped to provide opportunities for businesses recovering. The opening of the 12ft Sailing Skiff Club was a great milestone. The new Friedlander Place and the Tantallon Oval Pavilion are also significant achievements. We installed new solar PV systems at the Lane Cove Aquatic Leisure Centre and at the Council Depot. Council now runs on 100% renewable power.

All the best to you and your family for 2023. Here’s to another great year.

Preparing for Summer

Take a look at the advice on our website on how to get prepared for storms. Prepare yourself, family and your home. Consider clearing your yard of loose items that could blow about. Check and secure tiles or roofing sheets. Prepare an emergency kit, which should include a torch, first aid kit, battery operated radio, and your emergency phone numbers. A small amount of work now could make a big difference. Find out more at www.lanecove.nsw. gov.au/emergency

New St Leonards library takes shape

I had a tour of the new St Leonards library that’s under construction. Opening next year, it’s going to be an amazing space with children’s reading areas, study and community spaces. It’s well placed alongside Coles, other specialty shops and the new park, with playground.

Under construction – the new library at St Leonards

Artists impression of the new sport and recreation facility at 180 River Rd

New Sport and Recreation Facility

The proposed 8 multi court sports facility for 180 River Road is moving to the development application phase. At the October Council meeting, it was resolved to lodge a development application and to run a community workshop for potential user groups. Keep an eye on the Council website for updates.

Plastics & recycling

You may have heard that REDcycle – the company that recycles soft plastics – has stopped work due to challenges exacerbated by the pandemic and because their partners have temporarily stopped accepting soft plastics. For the time being, you need to put your soft plastics into the red lidded general waste bin. Our Sustainability team has put together some tips on our website to help you find alternatives to using soft plastics. Visit our website.

Did you know?

You can drop your old Christmas tree to Council for wood chipping in January. The wood will be used in Council parks and gardens. See the website for drop off dates and location.

What’s on Lane Cove December 2022

For more information and to book, please visit www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

Christmas Craft

Available throughout December at Lane Cove Library, Greenwich Library or The Yarn Hunters Hill

Be inspired this silly season with craft bags for kids, teens and adults.

Bluey Live Christmas Experience

Friday 2 December, 3 shows at 3:00pm, 3:40pm & 4:40pm, The Canopy

Get ready to play Veranda Santa, Keepy Uppy and more with Bluey and Bingo. No bookings required.

Lighting of the Christmas Tree

Friday 2 December, 3:30pm - 8:00pm, Lane Cove Plaza

The annual Christmas celebration in Lane Cove for the whole family! Featuring free kids activities, entertainment and some very special performances finishing with the Mayor lighting the Plaza Christmas Tree.

English Conversation Classes

Tuesdays 6 December to 13 December, 10:00am – 2:45pm, Lane Cove Library

These classes aim to improve English conversation skills for people with English as a second language. You will cover everyday conversation and information about Australian society, culture and customs.

Find out more: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/library Christmas Concert with the Lane Cove Choristers

Wednesday 7 December, 10:30am - 12:00pm, Living and Learning Centre, 180 Longueville Road, Lane Cove

Join the Lane Cove Choristers singing your favourite traditional carols whilst enjoying morning tea.

Book online: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

LaVoce Community Choir Carols

Thursday 8 December, 6:30pm – 7:30pm, Lane Cove Library

Enjoy a free Christmas performance from LaVoce – a community choir who sing for fun and good health. Book online: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

Sustainability Lane

Sunday 4 December, 9:00am – 4:00pm, The Canopy

Sustainability Lane showcases sustainable living through a variety of stalls, demonstrations, and live entertainment.

Find out more: www.lanecove.nsw. gov.au/sustainabilitylane

Powerful Owl Project 2022 Season Update

Wednesday 7 December, 7:00pm – 8:00pm, online

Join us for an end-of-year owly update and see what our Sydney Basin Powerful Owls have been up to throughout 2022.

Book online: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

Synergy Youth Centre Christmas Party

Friday 9 December, 3:00pm –8:00pm, Synergy Youth Centre

Young people aged 11-17 are invited to celebrate the festive season wtih fun activities, delicious food and great music. No bookings required.

Saturday Sounds: Cam Atkins

Saturday 10 December, 10:00am –12:00pm, Lane Cove Plaza

Join Cam Atkins as he brings festive cheer to the Plaza. No bookings required.

Child Car Seat Safety Check

Saturday 10 December, 9:00am –1:00pm, Civic Centre Car Park

Make sure your child is safe this holiday season with a free car seat/ harness/booster seat inspection by Authorised Restraint Fitters.

Bookings essential: Council's Road Safety Officer on 9911 3536.

What’s on Lane Cove December 2022

For more information and to book, please visit www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

Tinkercad, a free online collection of software tools and design your very own makers stamp. Cost: $5.00 per person.

Book online: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

Rumours: Fleetwood Mac Tribute

Saturday 10 December, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, The Canopy, $10 Sydney's best Fleetwood Mac tribute show, capturing the sound from the legendary Rumours album and more! All proceeds go towards Delvena Women and Children's Refuge.

Book online: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

7:30pm, Lane Cove Library

Join our Lane Cove Poets in Residence group to discuss your writing and share poetry. No bookings required.

Sydney Mandolin Orchestra

Lane Cove Bush Kids – Ordinary Caterpillar

Tuesday 13 December, 9:45am –11:15am,Tambourine Bay Park, Tambourine Bay Rd, Riverview

We'll be learning about different species of caterpillar, what they eat, what they become and make one of our very own. We'll also see what we can find on our bush walk.

Book online: ww.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

Christmas Crafternoon Tea

Tuesday 13 December, 2:00pm – 3:30pm, Greenwich Library

Enjoy afternoon tea while making Christmas themed craft or working on your latest craft project. No bookings required.

Introduction to 3D printing: Design your own makers mark or stamp

Tuesday 13 December, 2:30pm – 4:30pm, Lane Cove Library Learn the basics of 3D Printing and

Military

History

Talk – Falklands War

Tuesday 13 December, 6:15pm –7:45pm, Lane Cove Library

Hear Maj. Andrew Brayshaw (Retd) discuss the Falklands War and its implications for British military history and diplomacy. Maj. Brayshaw served 24 years with the British Army as a combat medic in theatres such as the Falklands, Eastern Europe and the Gulf.

Book online: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

Christmas Card Making for Kids

Wednesday 14 December, 3:30pm –4:30pm, Lane Cove Library

Decorate your own Christmas cards and gift tags for your friends and family. Free event for children of all ages, and their families. No bookings required.

Christmas Storytime

Thursday 15 December, 11:00am –12:00pm, Lane Cove Library

Join us for our annual Christmas Family Storytime featuring festive stories and songs. Free event for children of all ages and their families. Book online: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

Writers in Residence Group

Thursday 15 December, 6:00pm –7:30pm, Lane Cove Library

Join our Lane Cove Writers in Residence group to share stories, discuss creative writing ideas and writing methods. No booking required.

Ride-on Mechanical Animals

Saturday 17 December, 10:00am – 3:00pm, The Canopy

Have fun riding on Mechanical Animals. $8 for 10 minutes or $16 for 20 minutes. Weather permitting. No bookings required.

Poets in Residence Group

Monday 19 December, 6:00pm –

Saturday 17 December, 3:00pm – 4:30pm, Lane Cove Plaza

Join the Sydney Mandolin Orchestra for this regular Christmas event in Lane Cove. Listen out for your favourite carols and sing along.

Chanukah in the Plaza

Monday 19 December, 3:00pm – 4:30pm, Lane Cove Plaza

You are invited to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. Enjoy free kids activities, live music and a donut giveaway.

Evening Christmas Storytime

Wednesday 21 December, 5:00pm – 6:00pm, Lane Cove Library

Join us for our annual Christmas Family Storytime featuring festive stories and songs. Free event for children of all ages and their families.

Book online: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events

Garden Games

Thursday 22 December, 9:30am – 11:30am, The Canopy

Young Lane Cove locals will enjoy playing these garden games on the Village Green. Weather permitting – no booking required.

Save the date: Sunset in the Village

January and February: Sunset in the Village is your handpicked guide to events and activities in and around Lane Cove this summer including the popular annual Lunar New Year celebration.

Find out more from 20 December: www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/festivals

Christmas in Lane Cove

Proudly brought to you by Lane Cove Council

CHRISTMAS BREAK

Council’s Civic Centre will close from 12:30pm on Friday 23 December and re-open to the public on Tuesday 3 January 2023.

In case of emergencies, please call Council on 9911 3555. For waste collection services, please call 1300 655 006.

 Lane Cove Library opening hours:

- Friday 23 December – Saturday 24 December:

9:30am – 1:00pm

- Sunday 25 December – Tuesday 27 December: closed

- Wednesday 28 December – Saturday 31 December: 9:30am – 5:00pm

- Sunday 1 January – Monday 2 January: closed

- Tuesday 3 January – Thursday 5 January: 9:30am – 5:00pm

- Friday 6 January: normal hours resume

 Greenwich Library hours:

- Will be closed from 23 December 2022 until 9 January 2023.

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Tree of Joy

Share Christmas joy with those who are less fortunate by selecting a gift tag from the Tree of Joy. Donate your gift (unwrapped) at the Lane Cove Civic Centre and Library until Thursday 8 December. We appreciate your kindness and generosity.

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Tree chipping

Council is offering Lane Cove residents the opportunity to have their live Christmas trees chipped for free in early January. Find out more details on Council’s website.

The Perfect Christmas Gift A

Talking Dentistry

This month we’re talking restorative dentistry with Dr Andrew See who combines passion, artistic flare and extensive knowledge of dentistry to answer any questions you may have. He has advanced training in aesthetic and implant dentistry.

Reader’s question:

“When I smile, I don’t show much teeth and they are crooked and not level. Is there anything I can do about it besides orthodontics?”

Dr See says: Orthodontics is always a good idea to help straighten crooked teeth that are not level. However, I understand that a barrier to having orthodontics as an adult is the length of treatment as it can take 1-2 years depending on the severity of crowding.

An alternative option is placing veneers. Veneers are tooth-like materials placed over teeth to mask what is underneath in order to improve function, appearance and protect from tooth wear. It is very similar to house rendering and cladding. Once a rarity, adding render and cladding to your home is now the new normal to transform the appearance, mask any visual imperfections, increase curb appeal and protect your home from the elements. Similarly, placing veneers on crooked healthy teeth can do the same thing.

However, these techniques to mask crowding with veneers are not easy, are more time consuming and requires additional advanced training to create results that are both healthy and conservative. On the contrary, when done sub optimally it will result in over preparation of teeth and create a situation for future gum problems.

At Advanced Dentistry Sydney, with years of experience and with specialised techniques, we perform only conservative and minimally invasive techniques in our aesthetic and surgical procedures.

Let’s look at a case that we completed using conservative techniques for veneers. Leslie came to see us because her teeth were crooked, uneven levels and she felt that she couldn’t see any teeth when she smiled or spoke. We used specialised techniques to analyse precisely her bite and facial aesthetics to help decide which treatment was appropriate for her.

THE PROBLEMS:

• Crooked teeth

• Teeth on different angles and not level

• Showing very little teeth when smiling

THE SOLUTION:

• Full Mouth Rehabilitation with porcelain veneers and tabletops.

Leslie’s smile is now more balanced and harmonious. Advanced qualifications and experience ensured we achieved the results that Leslie wanted.

** Any surgical or invasive procedure caries risk. Before proceeding, you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner **

9816 4885 dr.andrewsee advanceddentistrysydney.com.au

DR

ANDREW

SEE BDS Hons (Syd), FRACDS, MSc(Lond), PGDipDentImplantology, FCGDENT(UK), FICOI, MFDS RCSEng

HOW ARE WE DIFFERENT?

Dr Andrew See has dedicated the last 20 years to Aesthetic Dentistry and has unique qualifications in cosmetic dentistry and rehabilitation.

This includes a three year Masters in Aesthetic Dentistry from the prestigious King’s College London and a Postgraduate Diploma in Dental Implantology.

Dr See completed his Fellowship by primary and secondary examinations for The Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (FRACDS). FRACDS is the mark of professional achievement in dentistry and demonstrates attainment of an advanced level and skill in Dentistry.

If you have any questions you have always wanted to know about aesthetic or implant dentistry write to us at: info@ advanceddentistrysydney. com.au

Travel Advice

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DR CARL WONG

Dr Carl Wong is a Lane Cove-based GP and sits on the board of Sydney Community Services

Travel advice assesses your health risk, including discussions about eating/drinking safely, insect avoidance, managing traveller’s diarrhoea, and of ALWAYS getting travel insurance!

To help assess your own health risk, my three travel tips are the three Ps: Person, Place, Prescriptions

PERSON (OR PEOPLE)

• Is it just yourself travelling, or are you travelling with others?

Congratulations! We’ve made it to the end of 2022! After another exhausting (read: COVID) year, I think it’s fair to say that we all could do with a long holiday break! And for many people I suspect, after years of border closures and travel uncertainty, that overseas travel will be high on the priority list.

Over 11 million international trips occurred out of Australia in (pre-COVID) 2019, according to the ABS. More than half of these destination choices were to countries where vaccinepreventable diseases were prevalent.

From a health and wellbeing viewpoint, ‘travelling safely’ can be a complicated process, where very many things need be considered. Travellers will often seek information from various sources, including friends and family, travel agents, and Google.

I would humbly always recommend seeing your regular GP or a travel health clinic, for up-to-date tailored travel health advice - for the period before, during, and the often neglected after, any overseas travel. This travel consultation/s should ideally be done no later than 6-8 weeks prior to the departure date. So what does the advice involve?

• Are you at ‘higher-risk’? Examples are those who are pregnant, children, the elderly, those with chronic disease (like heart, lung disease or diabetes), immunosuppressed travellers, expatriates/longer-term travellers, and those visiting friends and relatives (migrants returning to their country of origin are at higher risk of developing travel illnesses and getting more severe disease - due to remote area travel, having prolonged visits, exposure to unsanitary food and water, and often having barriers in seeking travel health advice)

• How healthy are you? Are you fit and physically-able enough to undertake your planned activities? Always ask your GP for a one page printout summary of your past/current health conditions, current medications, and allergies, in case you have to attend a local hospital. A medication list is often needed to take medications on the airplane and to get past customs.

PLACE (LOCATION/DESTINATION)

• When are you leaving and for how long? This will determine whether you have time to have vaccinations done prior, and how much of your usual medications you need to bring

• Which countries are you travelling to? Are you going to city areas or rural areas?

• Are there areas where malaria is prevalent?

• Are you travelling to places where sanitation and hygiene are an issue? Are you staying at five-star accommodation or ‘roughing it’?

The encouraging news though is that deaths from heart disease have been decreasing over the last 10 years. This is due to a number of factors including identification (and modification) of heart disease risk factors and ongoing advancements in cardiac treatments and care.

• What’s the local season of travel? (seasonal diseases are often in the wetter months)

• What time of day will you be travelling? (will affect medications that require regular dosing times eg oral contraceptive pill, insulin for diabetics)

• What’s the reason for your travel? Holidaying, for business, moving overseas, visiting family/friends, occupational/ volunteering/missionary work, adventure trip, medical tourism?

• Any special activities? Shopping holidays have different risks compared to adventure travelling!

PRESCRIPTION (VACCINATIONS/MEDICATIONS)

Non-modifiable risk factors include: a family history of coronary artery disease (especially if you have affected firstdegree relatives less than age 60 years), being male, being a post-menopausal woman, and of certain racial ethnicities, including South-East Asians, and Middle Eastern. Heartrelated events and death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders occur on average about 10 to 20 years earlier compared to non-indigenous Australians. I advise these patients there is nothing we can do about these risk factors, but we need to be extra careful. But what is more important is concentrating on the modifiable risk factors.

Vaccines are the most cost-effective measure a traveller can take. The choice of which vaccinations (or whether even to vaccinate at all), is dependent upon the traveller’s itinerary, their financial budget, and their ‘risk-appetite’. Traveller-worry may lead to more vaccinations, or vice versa. Vaccinations can reduce some communicable risks but not all.

The Heart Foundation of Australia succinctly explains this in 5 simple steps that reduces your risk of heart disease:

1. Having a healthy diet: by eating more fruit and vegetables, wholegrain cereals and less saturated fats. Using herbs and spices as a salt-substitute (salt increases your blood pressure). Eating less processed foods (up to 35 percent of the current Australian diet is made up of highly-processed foods – cakes, biscuits, lollies, potato chips, sugary drinks). Watch portion sizes and food group proportions – the average meal size has increased significantly compared to back in the day of our grandparents!

Communicable risks are those diseases/illnesses that are passed onto a traveller from someone or something else. Some are vaccine-preventable whilst others are not. Examples of vaccine-preventable diseases are: yellow fever, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid, cholera, influenza, meningococcal, measles/mumps/rubella, rabies, measles, Japanese encephalitis, diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis, and polio. Yellow fever vaccination is especially important as it is a legal entry requirement for certain countries.

2. Doing more exercise. Current evidence indicates that two thirds of the Australian population are obese and

On the other hand, communicable diseases such as sexual transmitted infections (STIs), dengue fever, and schistosomiasis (from contaminated water), have no vaccination protection.

Other risks include: Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) on longhaul plane flights, motion sickness, flying phobias, altitude sickness from mountain trekking, local weather exposures, and accident/injury risks.

that 80 percent don’t do enough exercise. Aim for 30-60 minutes of moderate-intensity activity (eg brisk walking) at least 5 days a week. Choose activities that you enjoy. Find an exercise partner or enrol in a gym membership/ hire a personal trainer to keep yourself motivated and accountable. Sit less – doing so throughout the day has a lower risk of early death, particularly from heart disease. Being active will help you feel energetic, mentally healthy and reduce depression.

Bring a basic medical kit to deal with simple issues. Paracetamol, sunscreen, insect repellent, wound dressings/’band-aids’ are a must; Also consider: anti-nausea and ant-diarrhoea medicines, anti-reflux medications from eating exotic foods, antihistamines for hayfever and rashes. In today’s post-COVID world, also don’t forget face masks and hand-sanitisers.

3. Quit smoking. There are immediate benefits of reducing your risk of once you’ve quit. One has to be personally motivated to quit and to stay quitted. Whether you’ve already had a ‘heart attack scare’, wishing to keep up physically with the children or even from a cost savings –whatever it takes to make you make that change to quit, do it! See your GP for help if needed.

Finally once you arrive home, it is important to be on the lookout for symptoms that might indicate that you have brought something home with you other than your luggage. Fevers, rash, vomiting, diarrhoea, breathlessness, and coughing are just some symptoms that you must see your doctor about to investigate further.

4. (and 5.) Understand and control cholesterol and blood pressure. I put these two together as they share many characteristics – both have no symptoms when elevated, are major risk factors for heart disease, are controlled by the above-mentioned steps, are assessed by your doctor and are well-managed with medications if needed.

Australians love to travel, but only a minority of people seek proper health advice before departing. Having the right information will help you have a happier and healthier overseas trip (sadly no guarantees on cancelled flights and lost luggage!)

Wishing all TVO readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you in 2023!

Finally, see your GP and ask for an annual comprehensive ‘Healthy Heart Check’ especially if you are age 45 years and above. They will be able to properly calculate and explain your personal risk of heart disease and importantly ongoing prevention and management.

WEBSITES TO USE: • https://www.smartraveller.gov.au • who.int/en • https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel

Happy New Year to all our TVO readers and wishing you all a healthy heart!

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Come you Spirits

Coming to the lower north shore with shows at Castlecrag: The Tempest, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream – with wisdom, heart, energy and healing.

A troupe of Sydney actors is touring Australia, giving fresh voice to the greatest stories that have stood the test of time: the work of Shakespeare - retold with a unique, elemental approach to performance.

And thanks to the overwhelmingly positive response, they are taking their repertoire across the State for six weeks of Summer through December and January.

Returning to the charmed natural amphitheatre of The Haven in Castlecrag, a sunset sail on Sydney Harbour on majestic tall-ship Southern Swan, to the glamour of the distillery of Hickson House in The Rocks… and the enchanting bushland reserve of Cooper Park, Woollahra.

After sell-out shows at the magical outdoor space of The Haven Amphitheatre and the tunnels of The Coal Loader, this ground-breaking company will introduce their fourth show A Midsummer Night’s Dream into their repertoire, including performing at sunrise for the Summer Solstice at 6.30am Thursday morning 22nd December. Having given dawn performances to ever growing crowds in Kangaroo Valley in April, and at The Haven for Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, the sunrise tribe is a very special thing to be part of. It happens nowhere else in the world.

Their other shows: Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest and Macbeth will all play at The Haven Amphitheatre, satisfying the increasing demand and support from the community.

Jo Bloom, Charles Mayer, Sontaan Hopson, Alec Ebert and Ciarán

O’Riordan with composer Brandon Read unite ancient tradition and the basic human energies. Co-founding performer Jo Bloom describes their work: “Simplified plot, amplified magic! Four actors playing four characters,

one muso, a 90-min edit, live soundhealing instruments, enchanted spaces… and buckets of heart and Chi!”

Says co-founding performer Charles Mayer: “Shakespeare has included in his writing so much ancient wisdom and knowledge of the universe, natural magic hidden in plain sight, at a time when saying such things in public had serious consequences…We share this with audiences as witnesses to the wonder and recipients of the energy.”

He’s not wrong. As Laura Heuston of Theatre Travels said after the dawn performance at the Spring Equinox, “Utterly indistinguishable from magic…an experience that spiritually rejuvenates while also entertaining.”

Come you Spirits is a passionate, independent theatre troupe challenging the status quo and taking their shows around Australia. Each venue in the summer tour provides a fully immersive experience as the actors weave around the audience - in January, adventurous seafarers onboard tall-ship Southern Swan will sail across Sydney Harbour at sunset while a three-course meal served on deck, with Shakespeare’s The Tempest shimmering around, among and above them!

The glamorous guests of Hickson House Distilling Co in The Rocks will soak up the soaring brickwork and girders of the scene of many infamous warehouse parties; a venue that now houses new creative spirits in the shadow of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and just a stone’s throw from the harbour. The experience offers exceptional cocktails, impressive food and Shakespeare’s Macbeth exploding from the staircase and across the tables and chairs.

Families and day-time dates at Cooper Park experience the enchanting

bushland reserve with a creek which follows a Jurassic volcanic dyke, with Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed during the day followed by an optional meditative walking tour of the Nature Wellness Trail. This rejuvenating experience refreshes and rebalances mood, energy and focus, and will be led by the cast under the cooling shade of rainforest tree ferns, past waterfalls and creek beds in this ancient natural oasis.

The naturally dynamic landscape of each setting is complimented by Brandon Read’s spine-tingling soundscapes and original scores.

Sound healing is a universally acknowledged way to improve physical and emotional health and wellbeing. Cultures the world over have used these practices for thousands of years. Come you Spirits takes the principles of sound healing and - working with the amazing international composer Brandon Read - creates a soundscape that takes the audience on a journey supported

– the magic of Shakespeare as you’ve never experienced it!

by music that matches the specific frequencies of each of the energy centres (chakras). Large stones are positioned at specific points that hold the principles of sacred geometry, reflecting and resonating sound in the space. Says co-founder and performer Jo Bloom: “We’ve drawn on the practice used in ancient temples, where they used giant stones to ensure sound was not just heard but felt throughout the body.”

Come you Spirits features experienced professional actors who have worked internationally and across Australia, all seasoned in Shakespeare and classical theatre, film and TV. Front and centre are Jo Bloom (The British Shakespeare Company, Australian Shakespeare Company) Charles Mayer (Pop-Up Globe, ANZAC Girls) Sontaan Hopson (Risen, Atomic Kingdom), Alec Ebert (God of Carnage, Of Mice and Men), Ciarán O’Riordan (Chimerica, What Have You Done).

They have walked their own paths of healing and Sontaan and Jo are both working registered energy

practitioners. They’ve all done and continue to do the work, done the research and are combining it all for a unique collective experience. As Sontaan Hopson says: “We’ve combined everything we know to be true, and are gathering wisdom from all around the world to put into our shows’ action, to lift us all out of this foggy haze of madness.”

Come you Spirits (after William Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth).

• With Jo Bloom, Alec Ebert, Sontaan Hopson, Charles Mayer & Ciarán O’Riordan.

Soundscape by Brandon Read

SYDNEY DATES:

• The Haven, The Barricade, Castlecrag 17 December–15 January: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth

• Southern Swan Tall Ship sailing Sydney harbour at sunset: 3, 4, 10, 11 January: The Tempest

• Hickson House Distillery 5th January (evening): Macbeth

• Cooper Park Reserve Woollahra (daytime) 5, 6, 12, 13 January: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo & Juliet

Bookings and Information www.comeyouspirits.com

Critical Elements: navigating the creativity of being untethered fibre artists inc.

November16 December

Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios presents its final exhibition for 2022, Critical Elements: navigating the creativity of being by untethered fibre artists inc.

Featuring experimental textile works from 20 women artists, Critical Elements seeks to showcase the diversity and rephrase traditions of fibre art. Artworks are a mix of new and previously exhibited works from untethered fibre artists inc., in varying sizes and configurations, curated as an interrelated exhibition.Through these diverse works, the group aims to extend the viewers language of textile and fibre art, and elicit personal thoughts and journeys through contemporary, innovative and expertly crafted works.

Critical Elements is a formative experience into navigating the creativity of being - the process in the growth of one’s personal art practice. The exhibition yields significant reflections and thoughtful projections as women artists, exploring connections with the personal and the intimate, as well as social and historical stories that have touched the individual lives of our artists.

The distinctive concept of this exhibition lies in its unique blend of capturing those elusive creative elements by allowing artists to either reveal a previously exhibited artwork that resonated or create new art in response to the theme.

Every artwork interrelates with the structure or state of another within the narrative, reacts to its scale and personality and seems to socialize and interrelate within the space. The exhibition encourages the audience to interact and reflect on these personal, physical, and psychological stories.

LOOKING FOR SOME UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS?

Shop local this festive season and support your creative community at Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios! The Gallery Foyer Store stocks a wide range of functional and decorative wares including ceramics, jewellery, scarves, tote bags and cards. Spoil a loved one with a unique gift, all while supporting local artists and helping to grow our creative community.

Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios also offer gift vouchers for

Critical Elements: navigating the creativity of being by untethered fibre artists inc. runs to 16 December. Proudly sponsored by Bernina Australia.

*Gallery Lane Cove will be closed to the public from 17 December 2022 - 1 February 2023 for maintenance.

www.untetheredfibreartists.com www.gallerylanecove.com.au

workshops and term classes, so if you are buying a gift for that person who has everything, why not give a creative experience they will never forget!

Pictured artists: Karen Tam, Pru Gedeux, Kelcie Bryant De Guid, Karina Vallins, Romanda Newman, Marisa Loon, Millie Mitchell, Sophie Kinston.

Shouldering the Burden by Jane Bodnaruk

First You Must Burn by Pam De Groot

Debbi, Courtney and the whole Ashes clan headed to Vanuatu recently for a 10-night stay on Erakor Island a favourite destination of theirs for many years.

Erakor Island Island has been delightfully upkept during the COVID-19 closures, with the resort being maintained for the couple of years that overseas travel was limited.

Erakor Island resort is a 3.5 – 4 star resort which has been improved even more so by a recent addition of a pool on the lagoon side of the resort.

The resort boasts a range of accommodation options including four Family Bures with a King/Queen bed downstairs and three single beds upstairs, all of which are beachfront so are ideal for families. The Deluxe Spa Beachfront room, where Courtney and her family stayed, is also beachfront and has a spa bath outside as well as an outdoor shower.

Debbi and Rob stayed in a 5 star, Deluxe Honeymoon Pool room which faces the reef. These enormous rooms each have a plunge pool, an outdoor and indoor bathroom making this room type ideal for couples. For larger groups Erakor Island offers 3 or 4 bedroom houses, perfect for the extended family holidays.

Erakor offers a free Kid’s Club as well as movie and pizza

nights for the children on the beach. While there, the Ashes family visited the Central School and donated a number of laptops and iPads for the students. Debbi and her family have been involved with supporting the schools in Vanuatu for a number of years, so it was great to finally have the opportunity to get back and be involved again.

Whilst visiting, Courtney and Debbi visited Tamanu on the Beach, approximately 25 minutes from Port Vila. The rooms are very modern and have a Hamptons feel, the Beachfront Rooms with “dip” pool the perfect option. A stay here for a few nights would be perfectly combined with a stay on Erakor Island. Tamanau on the Beach is secluded and peaceful and they do cater for children.

If you would like to know more about travel and accommodation in Vanuatu, staying on Erakor Island or family travel in general, don’t hesitate to contact Debbi and Courtney at Helloworld Travel .

Festive Season Opening Hours at Helloworld Lane Cove

Wishing everyone a safe and happy festive season, enjoyed with your family and friends. Helloworld Lane Cove will be open and trading as normal over the Christmas and New Year period with the office only closed on the Public Holidays. If you would like to come and see us to discuss your travel plans please make an appointment in advance by emailing lanecove@helloworld.com.au

What I watched on TV…

Here again, six of the best from TV critic Stephen Miller. Also worth a watch is Todd Sampson’s documentary Mirror, Mirror – Love & Hate on (10 play), the drama Faking Hitler on (SBS OnDemand) and the movie-length documentary Fastest Woman on Earth (Binge).

The Cleaning Company (SBS OnDemand)

Ever wondered who cleans up after suicides, murders and hoarders’ houses once the police investigations are over?

The Cleaning Company explores the complex world of trauma cleaning. These professional cleaners maintain dignity, sensitive care and compassion while they remove hazards and harmful health risks such as blood, biofluids, rats and syringes.

★★★★

Why you should watch it: Excellent, well-made fly-on-the-wall documentary.

Lambs of God (Binge and Foxtel Now)

I didn’t know what to expect when I started this, apart from knowing Jessica Barden played Alyssa in The End of the F***ing World. I suggest you watch it and expect the unexpected. Essie Davis (Australia), Jessica Barden (UK) and Ann Dowd (US) head up the global cast in what is an international co-production. It purports to be set in Ireland but was beautifully filmed in Tasmania and NSW. Plot holes appear often but can easily be overlooked in the spirit of entertainment.

★★★½

Why you should watch it: Different, highly engrossing, and beautifully filmed.

The White Lotus – Series 2 (Binge and Foxtel Now)

In some ways, it’s a less frustrating experience than the first series but maybe not as punchy. While the vibe is different, class, racial and sexual politics continue to demonstrate the flaws, fickleness and fallibilities often displayed by the over-privileged superrich. The characters are wonderfully flawed and dishonest but occasionally endearing.

★★★★

Why you should watch it: Fresh with a strong cast and beautifully shot in Sicily.

Fisk – Series 2 (ABC iView)

When writer, actor, producer, director, comedian, satirist, author, and podcaster Kitty Flanagan puts out a show, you can be sure it will be good. I think she’s the country’s most watchable, creative, and talented comedian. This second series carries on from the first and is equally as fun.

FUN FACT: The show rates exceptionally well in France because French women say they closely identify with her character.

★★★★

Why you should watch it: Funny, light and entertaining.

Only Murders in the Building –Series 2 (Disney+)

Only Murders in the Building is a classic murder mystery parody that gets a new lease on life while retaining the core charm and wit of the first series. It’s clever, carefully observed, self-aware humour, which season 2 continues to develop further. Once again, Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short deliver great chemistry and laughs in a solid follow-up season that supplies more background on their characters and the building itself.

★★★★★

Why you should watch it: One of the more unique and expertly crafted comedies on the telly.

Now into its fifth season, it’s hard not to feel that this series has lost some of its crown jewel sparkles. Peter Morgan’s drama does continue to be immensely entertaining, just not what it used to be. A sterling cast makes this a must-see, especially if you’ve watched previous seasons. So, how accurate is it? Well, Dominic West, who plays Charles, is way too handsome for a start, but as to what he says and does… I’ll leave that to conjecture.

★★★★

Why you should watch it: An addictive drama with excellent production values, acting and sharp

The Crown – Series 5 (Netflix)

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Greening your Christmas table

Want to create a stunning natural table display from the garden? This may be a good Christmas project for you. Create this tealight branch centrepiece for your Christmas table using plants from your garden (or nature strip!).

What you need

• tree branch (length to suit your table)

• tealights

• glue gun/glue stick

• vine cuttings (I have used Ivy)

• succulent cuttings/flowers

• preserved moss (optional)

• Christmas decorations

Find a suitable branch. Trial it on your table and trim if necessary. Don’t worry if it is too short as you can always extend its length with plants/ decorations.

With a texta, mark where you want to place your tealights and figure how many you need.

Light up a spare tea light and drip the wax along the edges of the tealights to be used. This will make them look more attractive and authentic!

Fire up your glue gun. Place blobs of glue on areas you have marked. You may need to build up an area with glue so the tealight sits evenly. To do this once your glue ‘blob’ has cooled, add an extra layer to it until it is at the right height for the tealight to sit evenly. Hold the tealight in place (level) for around 1minute until the glue dries and it is stable.

Once you have glued on all the tealights, you can then glue on preserved moss. Loop your vine

cuttings around the branch. Add succulents/flowers and decorations

Make sure all vegetation is well clear of the tealights.

You are now ready to impress your guests!

Once lit - DO NOT LEAVE UNATTENDED!

Also be aware that wax will drip on your table. The easiest way to remove this is to GENTLY skim table surface with a razor blade and then wipe with hot water.

happy gardening/christmas!

Christmas dinner sorted!

10 people will be around our Christmas table this year. It’s not a daunting number. What is daunting is catering to their individual tastes. Let’s unpack that:

There’s seven-year-old James whose favourite meal is Saladas and Cornflakes. He occasionally eats carrots.

Then, there’s 60-year-old Stephen who doesn’t think it’s Christmas unless fresh anchovies, capers, gazpacho, polenta and partridge eggs aren’t involved.

88-year-old mother-in-law wants the full roast: turkey or lamb, perfect roast potatoes, brussels, carrots and homemade gravy.

The mid-20s nieces are vegan and prefer gluten and dairy-free. A nourish bowl would most likely suffice.

Husband will do whatever it takes to occupy himself in the garage with an ‘urgent job that needs to be done now’ and will have the gall to ask for a plate of leftovers that he could eat in private, uninterrupted. He won’t get his way of course.

The other four, including me, just want to sit down, play games, maybe drink some wine and think about ordering pizza. That’s a dream on hold for Boxing Day.

This is what they’re getting. They will have to make compromises, but you can’t please all the people all the time.

Honey roasted carrots with labneh (on the side)

• 10 medium carrots (1.2kg), peeled, cut into chunky lengths on the diagonal

• 1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil

• 2 teaspoon cumin seeds

• 1 tablespoon honey

• 1/4 cup (40g) currants

• 1/4 cup (60ml) red wine vinegar

• 335 gram labneh (purchased from the shops)

• 1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley sprigs

• 2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)

Method

• Preheat oven to 200°C. Grease two large oven trays; line with baking paper.

• Divide carrots, olive oil and cumin seeds between trays; season, then toss to combine. Roast 30 minutes, turning once. Drizzle honey over carrots; roast a further 10 minutes or until golden and tender.

• Meanwhile, stir currants and vinegar in a small saucepan over medium heat for 2 minutes or until hot. Cool. Combine currant mixture and extra virgin olive oil in a small bowl; season to taste.

• Transfer carrot mixture to a serving platter; spoon currant mixture over carrots, then dollop with labneh. Serve topped with coriander.

Rocket, chicken and date salad (chicken can be removed)

• 300 gram chicken breast fillet, trimmed

3 cup (750ml) water

• 1 large orange (300g)

• 1/2 medium pomegranate (160g)

• 70 gram baby rocket leaves (arugula)

• 4 fresh dates (80g), seeded, quartered lengthways

• 12 dry roasted natural almonds (15g), chopped coarsely Dressing

• 1 1/2 tablespoon orange juice

• 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice

• orange rind

• 3 teaspoon fresh lemon thyme

• 2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil

• pinch pepper

Method

• Place chicken and the water in a small saucepan over high heat; bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Remove from heat; cool for 20 minutes.

• Meanwhile, using a zester, zest rind from half the orange in long thin strips. Peel orange, cut orange into segments, reserving 1½ tablespoons of juice.

• To make dressing; combine juices, rind, thyme and oil in a small jug. Season with pepper.

• Remove seeds from pomegranate; reserve.

• Remove chicken from poaching liquid; shred chicken coarsely. Arrange rocket on a large serving plate. Drizzle with a little dressing. Top with chicken, orange segments, dates, pomegranate seeds and nuts. Drizzle with remaining dressing.

WORDS AND SELECTION: NICOLA RICHES

Slow-roasted lamb leg with soft polenta/roast potatoes

Slow-roasted lamb leg

• 3 kilogram leg of lamb

• 1 wedge of preserved lemon

• 2 medium brown onions, chopped coarsely

• 4 clove garlic, chopped

• 600 gram can chopped tomatoes

• 1/4 cup (70g) tomato paste

• 3 bay leaves

• 1/4 cup (40g) currants

• 1/4 cup (60ml) red wine

• 1 teaspoon ground corriander

• 1 teaspoon ground cumin

• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1/4 teaspoon loosely packed saffron threads

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamon

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 2 tablespoon olive oil

• 1/3 cup (45g) slivered almonds

•3/4 cup loosely packed coriander leaves

• 80 gram persian feta

Soft polenta

• 1 litre (4 cups) milk

• 1 clove garlic, bruised

• 3/4 cup (120g) polenta

Method

Preheat oven to 160°C/325°F.

Trim excess fat from lamb, if necessary. Pull away flesh from preserved lemon; discard flesh. Rinse rind well, then chop finely. Combine rind with onion, garlic, tomatoes, tomato paste, bay leaves, currants and wine in a large oven bag.

Combine spices in a small bowl. Rub oil all over lamb, then spice mixture; place lamb in oven bag. Place lamb in bag on a large oven tray. Seal the bag using the tie provided, then pierce five or six times near the top of the bag to allow steam to escape during cooking. Roast 5 hours or until lamb is very tender.

Half an hour before serving, make soft polenta. Bring milk and garlic almost to the boil in a large saucepan. Gradually add polenta, whisking continuously. Stir over medium heat for 10 minutes or until thickened; discard garlic. Season with salt. (Stir in extra milk if required for consistency.)

Meanwhile, place nuts in a single layer on an oven tray; roast 8 minutes or until browned.

Pull meat from lamb leg in large chunks. Divide polenta among shallow bowls, top with meat and remaining sauce. Sprinkle with nuts, coriander and drained feta.

Hamming it Up!

WITH BERN THE CHEF

Here we are again for another year of vinegary rinsed pillowcases and decisions about cloves and glazing. A big, glossy glazed ham can make the festive table celebration jaw dropping as a centrepiece. It’s about tradition, the spiced sweet smells, the impressiveness, the versatility, and of course, it’s deliciousness.

My ham glaze combines maple syrup, Dijon mustard, ground cloves, ground fennel, orange marmalade and a little brown sugar. The ingredients are mixed and slathered over the scored fat. In a hot oven then turn down the heat and cook gently to get the sugars to bronze over an hour, and while cooling, continual basting of the syrup over the ham to maximise the sticky shine from every angle.

If your ham has a bone you know it’s been grown in Australia. Bone-in is great for presentation and flavour, but can get a bit tricky with carving. Bone-out is more convenient as it’s easier to carve and the size is easier to manage, but you lose a bit of the flavour with the removal of the bone.

To prepare for glazing, prepare your strongest oven tray with a double layer of foil and baking paper. Unwrapping the ham onto a kitchen board, place the ham skin side up.

At the opposite end to the hock, feel with your hands, peel under the rind around the bottom and each side of the ham about half way, then peel the rind back till the bend of the hock bone.

I like to score a zig zag pattern here for decoration. The rind can be removed, and I like to lay this in the base of the oven tray and place the ham on top to cook.

Scoring diamonds in the fat, half a centimetre deep allows for the glaze to burnish the lovely crispy fat. While cooling, prepare your serving platter. A sturdy holder, lined with a little baking paper for easy cleaning later. Lay the ham on the platter and decorate the base with any or all of the following: fresh rosemary sprigs, bunches of grapes, sliced oranges, cherry tomatoes, sliced pineapple, mango cheeks and wrap the hock with a cuff of baking paper, and a beautiful ribbon stolen from under the tree.

Carols

Sunday 4 December: Christmas in the Park – from 6:00 pm

Join the Lane Cove Concert Band as they perform festive music and carols at Hughes Park Lane Cove.

Wednesday 7 December: Christmas Concert with the Lane Cove

Choristers

Join the Lane Cove Choristers singing your favourite traditional carols whilst enjoying morning tea at the Lane Cove Library.

Thursday 8 December: LaVoce Community Choir Carols Enjoy listening to the LaVoce Community Choir’s annual Christmas performance at the Lane Cove Library.

Sunday 11 December: Tambourine Bay Traveling Band Watch out for the Tambourine Bay Travelling Band as they walk around Lane Cove and spread joy and collect for charity.

Sunday 11 December: Carols in The Canopy

The combined churches of Lane Cove invite you to Carols in the Canopy. Carols in the Canopy is an evening in the open air for the whole family.

Monday 12 December: Greenwich Christmas Carols

The popular Greenwich Christmas Carols are on again this year and sponsored by Stone Real Estate Greenwich. Head to Leemon Reserve, Robert Street Greenwich rom 6:00 pm.

Sunday 18 December: Christmas Carol Night with the Metropolitan Baptist Church Join the Metropolitan Baptist Church with their Carols Service at their church, 223 Burns Bay Rd, Lane Cove West.

ST AIDAN’S: Sunday December 11: Carols and Lessons Sunday December 18: Christmas Pageant all welcome. Come dressed as an angel, wise man, shepherd or sheep, or 1st Century villager.

Sunday 24 December (9pm): Carols and Cocktails

All at St Aidan’s Longueville 1 Christina St, Longueville

C3 LANE COVE CHURCH: December 24 7pm - Christmas Eve Service. At Terrace Room 1 Pottery Lane, Lane Cove

LCM Churches: 24 December: 5:00pm Family Carols at St Andrews 19 Rosenthal Ave, Lane Cove

time out

TOP 4 BOOKS TO READ THIS MONTH

How to carve out Time for Joy

WORDS BY LOCAL ARTIST ROS GERVAY

The Passsenger by Cormac McCarthy

The publishing event of the year – a new book from one of the most admired writers of the literary world after a wait of 18 years. What’s more, there will be a follow up novel released in December. (Stella Maris.) “This is a glorious sunset song of a novel” The Guardian

The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama

In her inspiring follow up to her best selling memoir, Becoming, Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world.

Marple – Twelve New Stories

A brand new collection of stories featuring legendary detective Jane Marple penned by 12 leading crime writers including Val McDermid, Kate Mosse and Leigh Bardugo. A perfect holiday read!

Jim’s Spectacular Christmas by Emma Thompson and Alex Scheffler

A delightful new book that will surely become a classic. Jim, a very special, grubby dog who lives in the Victoria and Albert Museum. A warm, funny Christmas story about the sending of the first ever Christmas cards and will appeal to children and adults alike.

If you are like the majority, you enjoyed making art as a young child. Finger painting and butterfly prints and a dollop or ten of Clag glue would most definitely have been on the must-do list. Beyond just cause and effect and sensory feedback, art is such a simple pleasure for young children because the inner critic is nowhere to be seen and comparison to others is not all-powerful. Very young children haven’t internalised any external criticism they may have received about their creations. But once that internalization does begin, that is when our inner critic starts to form and affect our decision making and self-perception. No longer are we simply enjoying immersion in the beautiful, pure experience of artmaking, now we are juxtaposing our art against others’ and tuning into those mean voices in our head which are calling us away from experimentation and exploration.

I believe that the inner critic holds many creative beings back from following their heart. The critical voice can easily dominate and keep you “in your place” in keeping with the tall poppy syndrome. It takes away the joy, the play, the pleasure. It forces you to confirm and dare I say it, be “normal.” A safety mechanism, our inner critic wants to keep us safe from harm, danger, risk but the fact is art is not a risk.

So, how can you tame that inner critic and tap into joy again? Here are a few pointers:

1. Name your inner critic. A fellow artist Rachel Moodie of Darling Mills Studio has a podcast on this very topic where her podcast guests cast their inner critic like characters in a play. This process of naming your inner critic allows us to take a step back and see the inner critic as separate to ourselves.

2. Find some affirmations that work for you. Perhaps “Art is not a risk” or “I am worthy of finding joy” would suit you. Handwrite it and pop it up somewhere visible. You can also create a phone background with an affirmation or even use it as your computer password.

3. Notice when your inner critic pops up and come up with a respectful but firm response, asking him/her politely to butt out. Now before you get on with quietening that inner critic, I have a joke for you.

When an artist meets his rival, what does he say? I am challenging you for a doodle.

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DEFIBRILLATORS IN LANE COVE

Tantallon Oval

LANE COVE NORTH

• Blackman Park

• Lower Field

LANE COVE WEST LINLEY POINT

– Blackman Park Hughes Park Burns Bay eserve

LANE COVE RIVERVIEW

NORTHWOOD

LONGUEVILLE

Kingsford Smith Oval The Diddy River Road, West Longueville

Lane Cove Plaza

Living and Learning Centre

Pottery Green Oval Lane Cove Council Civic Centre Lane Cove Library The Canopy Sydney Community Services Lane Cove Aquatic Centre Woolworths Lane Cove

GREENWICH

Bob Campbell Oval (Gore Creek)

Greenwich Baths

UNITING CHURCH PIZZA + MOVIE NIGHT

Our 100th movie since our first screening in December 2011 !

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Where: Lane Cove Library

Where: Lane Cove Library

Carols @ the Library 2022

When: 6.30 pm, Thursday 8th December

When: 6.30 pm, Thursday 8th December

@ Longueville UC Hall, 47A Kenneth St, Longueville Time : 6.30pm Pizza, 7.15pm Movie.

• Tuesday 6 December

A free carol concert presented by LaVoce, a Lane Cove community choir and hosted by the Lane Cove Library.

A free carol concert presented by LaVoce, a Lane Cove community choir and hosted by the Lane Cove Library. Enter the Christmas spirit early by joining us to hear some carols from around the world, some of our favourite songs and sing some carol standards along with us .

For more information on the Choir and the Concert contact Adrian Lee on 0424507321, adrianlee2@mac.com or visit our website https://www.lavocelanecove.com/

Enter the Christmas spirit early by joining us to hear some carols from around the world, some of our favourite songs and sing some carol standards along with us .

For more information on the Choir and the Concert contact Adrian Lee on 0424507321, adrianlee2@mac.com or visit our website https://www.lavocelanecove.com/

Where: Lane Cove Library

When: 6.30 pm, Thursday 8th December

A free carol concert presented by LaVoce, a Lane Cove community choir and hosted by the Lane Cove Library. Enter the Christmas spirit early by joining us to hear

- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) A Christmas fantasy drama, based on a short story The Greatest Gift in turn loosely based on Dickens' A Christmas Carol starring James Stewart and Donna Reed. Bookings : 9428 4287/9427 4740

Cost : $10 – the best value pizza/movie combo anywhere !

BYO drinks

Lane Cove Mens Shed

You are invited to sing your heart out at

are invited to sing your heart out at

A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO, GILL BATT

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…………. The tree is up in the Lane Cove Plaza, the big present is back in The Canopy and all the lampposts have got sparkly clothes on. Of course this sun shiny thing at Christmas is totally weird and not in keeping with my own childhood in England where everything is dark and cold and magical and twinkly!

Over the years I have got used to the heat and the prawns and the Barbeques – but yes we still have turkey and roast potatoes at lunchtime on the big day.

Not everyone looks forward to Christmas. It can be a very lonely time of year and also very expensive. Here at Sydney Community Services we try to do our best to help people get by.

Once again we have a decorated trolley in Woolworths at Lane Cove for you to donate tinned and non-perishable goods, including

Christmas treats and chocolates. These will then be used to put together hampers and food parcels for local families and individuals.

We have a Tree of Joy at Gladesville Shopping Centre where we are looking for gifts and presents for children and families who are doing it tough at this time of year.

We also welcome personal donations at our Offices at 1, Pottery Lane, Lane Cove (opposite the Swimming Pool) and the Office at 46, Gladevsille Road, Hunters Hill between 8.30am and 4.00pm.

Well after three years of pandemic we once again look to the next year with excitement and dread!! Let’s hope we can have a normal year with normal weather and normal illnesses!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

POSITION VACANT - REGISTERED NURSE

Registered Nurse - Lane Cove Sydney Community Services

• Up to $40.53 p/h + an additional 25% + super and tax benefits

• Permanent part-time and casual work with flexible hours to suit you

• Opportunity to work for a local aged care provider

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING IN THIS ROLE

Sydney Community Services provides high standards of clinical care for older Australians living at home in the Lane Cove, Willoughby, North Sydney, Hunters Hill and Ryde areas. Our aim is to keep people living at home for as long as possible.

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Developing and evaluating individualised clinical care plans

• Providing clinical services such as wound management and medication management

• Liaising with medical and allied health professionals and residents’ family members

T 02 9427 6425

E general@sydneycs.org www.sydneycs.org

Lane Cove Hub

HEAD OFFICE

1 Pottery Lane, Lane Cove

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• You will have previous registered nursing experience in aged or community care, or a passion to begin a career in aged care if you have nursing experience in the wider health sector.

• You’ll be adaptable, empathetic, resourceful, a great time manager, and be able to live Sydney Community Services’ everyday values of being compassionate, respectful and inclusive

• You will hold a nursing degree with current AHPRA registration.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Please know that employment requires: A National Police Check. Reference checks. APHRA registration checks. Other pre-employment screenings. Full COVID-19 vaccination (3 doses).

HOW TO APPLY

If you see yourself in this role, we would love to hear from you. Please email Cathy Commins on: ccommins@sydneycs.org or call on 9427 6425

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.sydneycs.org/join-the-sydney-community -services-team/

Hunters Hill-Ryde Hub 46 Gladesville Road, Hunters Hill

Meeting House Hub 23a Strokes Street Lane Cove North

WHAT’S ON DECEMBER

Our offices will be closed from: Friday 23 December 2022 and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January 2023. Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season and a healthy and prosperous New Year.

Table Tennis

Concludes: Fri 16 Dec 2022

Recommences: Fri 6 Jan 2023

Lane Cove Hub Activities

HEAD OFFICE

1 Pottery Lane, Lane Cove

P: 9427 6425

Book Club

Recommences: Mon 17 Jan 2023

Social Bridge/Solo/ Rummikub

Concludes: Thurs 15 Dec 2022

Recommences: Thurs 5 Jan 2023

Scrabble

Thursdays: 1 + 15 Dec 2022

Recommences: Thurs 12 Jan 2023

Mah Jong

Concludes: Wed 14 Dec 2022

Recommences: Wed 4 Jan 2023

Movement Matters

Tuesdays + Wednesdays

Term starts in Feb 2023. Call for details.

BOOMers Mens Group

For senior mobile men to socialise and visit interesting places. When: Fridays Departs: 10.00am2.00pm from Lane Cove Hub, Pottery Lane Cost: $20 including morning tea and lunch

E: hheggie@ sydneycs.org

Hunters Hill Seniors Hub

Hunters Hill-Ryde Hub Activities

46 Gladesville Road, Hunters Hill

P: 8598 7051

All-day tailored program for seniors, from Monday to Friday. The program includes excursions, picnics, and wellness activities. Door-to-door transport and nutritious meals and snacks catering for all dietary requirements are included.

Cost: $35.00

Contact us for a monthly program.

E: rliu@sydneycs.org

Seniors Social Support:

For Afghan, Chinese, Iranian, Italian, and Spanish seniors

Each group is supported by bilingual staff and volunteers to meet and share their cultural heritage and interests. Social inclusion activities such as excursions, cultural celebrations, English language conversation classes, wellness activities and information sessions are offered at: City of Ryde, Hunters Hill, and Parramatta LGA venues.

E: tliu@sydneycs.org

Day Trips for Seniors

Tuesdays and Fridays

Weekly, full and half-day trips, including door-todoor transport. Visiting places of interest and beauty, around Sydney and its surrounds. Contact us for a monthly program.

E: hheggie@ sydneycs.org

Meeting House Hub Activities

23a Strokes Street Lane Cove North

P: 9003 1399

Senior Services

Seniors Social Bus Outings

Mondays and Wednesdays

Monthly Trivia and lunch at the Meeting House Hub Cost: $30

E: jvenn@sydneycs.org

Seniors Shopping Bus Tuesdays and Thursdays

RECOMMENCES

3RD JANUARY 2023

Return trip from your home to Lane Cove shops. Cost: $12

E: jvenn@sydneycs.org

Contact

Seniors Hub every Friday

Centre Based Service for over 65 year olds.

Providing a safe, warm and engaging environment for people who would like to spend more time with other seniors. The hub offers a tailored program providing a break for family carers.

For more details contact Rosemary E: rliu@sydneycs.org

ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS FOR ACTIVITIES:

9427 6425 support@sydneycs.org

Buses available for Hire

 21 seat Toyota Coaster Buses x2

 18 seat Toyota Coaster Bus x 1 - with wheelchair hoist

 12 seat Toyota HiAce Vans x4

Our vehicles are fully maintained, sanitised, COVID-19 safe and available seven days a week. We have safe accredited drivers also available for hire.

Pricing and info please contact: P: 9003 1399

E: support@sydneycs.org

Older Women

Exercise Class

Tuesdays 10.00 am – 11.00 am Cost: $12.00

E: ccampion@sydneycs.org

Disability Supports

Group community access activities from Monday – Friday in centres and community. Cost: based on the NDIS pricing schedule.

E: gstarkey@sydneycs.org or ccampion@sydneycs.org

Festive Food Donations

As your local community centre, we have been supporting people for more than 50 years, wherever they are on life’s journey. This festive season you can help us continue to support those most in need.

Donation Points:

• Trolley at Woolworths, Market Square

• Trolley at IGA, Lane Cove

A big thank you to Woolworths, IGA and the Lane cove community.

Save the Date

A Month of Activities in February 2023 for NSW Seniors Festival. Celebrating with Sydney Community Services

EVENTS:

• Monday 7 February 2023: Stay Balanced. Falls Prevention with Sally Castel.

• Monday 13 February 2023: Celebrating Seniors Luncheon, Parkview Room.

• Wednesday 15 February 2023: High Tea at the Meeting House.

• Friday 24 February 2023: Celebrating Together with the Lane Cove Choristers Enquiries and Bookings - P: 9427 6425 E: support@sydneycs.org

Christmas Events Christmas Hamper Donation Drive

Sydney Community Services is calling for Christmas hamper donations to help support those in our community who are in need this holiday season.

Donation Point - 46 Gladesville Rd, Hunters Hill, by 10 December 2022. Phone: 8598 7051 Email: support@sydneycs.org

Your gift will provide extra joy for a family, couple, or a single person on Christmas morning.

 Movie and Morning Tea

Monday 19 December, 9.00am-1.00pm

@ The Meeting House

Movie: The Duke, starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren in this wonderful film. Morning tea will be provided. Call 90031399 to book Limited transport available

 Christmas lights

Tuesday 6 December, 5.00pm-10.00pm Dinner at Forestville RSL followed by a bus tour of Borgnis Street Christmas lights. Be quick to book as this one books out fast!! Call 90031399 to book your seat

Children’s Services

- Playgroups

Cost: $10 casual visit, or $60 one session per term, or $100 per term for multiple sessions.

Tuesday Playgroups

Ages 0-5 - 9.30-11.30am

Thursday Possiblities Playgroup

All inclusive Ages 0-5, 9.30-11.30am

Room available for Hire

@ TheMeeting House

23a Stokes st Lane Cove

Large double room, outside area, plus kitchen

$55 per hour incl GST

For pricing and info please contact: P: 9003 1399

• Wednesday 18 January 2023, 10am-12pm

• At the Meeting House Hub, 23a Stokes St, Lane Cove North

Includes ingredients and a decorating kit. Morning tea included. Ages 6-12 welcome. Bookings and enquiries: 9427 6425

E: support@sydneycs.org

Email: support@sydneycs.org

Limited spaces available

E: jvenn@ sydneycs.org www.sydneycs.org

ZAC MILES MAYOR OF HUNTERS HILL

P: 9879 9400

E: mayor@huntershill.nsw.gov.au

Summer in Hunters Hill

If you’re looking for ways to spend your free time over summer, there’s plenty on offer right here in Hunters Hill.

From our parks to local events, we’re lucky to have so many great places to enjoy the warmer weather and longer daylight hours.

As is tradition, the first Sunday in December marks the start of the festive season in Hunters Hill, when Carols in the Park is being held at the Boronia Park grandstand.

The event is a great way to kick off the lead up to the Christmas holidays and relax with family and friends.

There will be entertainment from local acts, food stalls and markets on offer, as well as a visit from a very special guest dressed all in red.

The night will be capped off with an exciting fireworks display – the finale to this ever-popular and free community event.

Check the events page on our website for details: www. huntershill.nsw.gov.au/events.

New Year’s Eve is always a big occasion on the festive calendar for many of our residents and visitors to Hunters Hill.

Clarkes Point is a popular vantage point for watching the fireworks displays and is seeing in the new year with the best that Sydney has to offer.

Due to the geography of our area, road closures and changes to parking are necessary to ensure that the peninsula remains accessible for emergency services throughout the New Year’s Eve period.

Please check our website in the lead up to the date for all the details.

Outside of these holiday events, our beautiful parks, waterways and walks are an excellent way to appreciate Hunters Hill and take advantage of some time off over the festive period. You can check out the newly constructed Kelly’s Bush walking track, take a walk around Boronia Park, Clarkes Point or the Riverglade Reserve, or cool off at Woolwich Baths.

From all of us at Council, we wish all in our community a safe and enjoyable Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year ahead.

ANTHONY ROBERTS

MP

P: 9817 4757

E: lanecove@parliament.nsw.gov.au

One New Doctor and One Million Trees

As some of you may know national tree day passed us by a couple of months ago. It was a milestone moment for the NSW Government as the day put us within reaching our 1 million tree commitment, by the end of the year. On the 5th of November I spent the day with locals from the Camden community doing another mass planting and commemorating the One Millionth Tree that was planted under the program I announced when I was previously the Minister for Planning.

This program has been incredibly successful, it brought communities, industries and local schools together and it has resulted in the creation of incredible spaces.

One of the great signs of a healthy society, is when they look ahead, and they plant trees that they know they’ll never sit under, but their children and grandchildren will. We now look to continue this process in Western Sydney and increase the tree canopy in those Local Government Areas.

The Electorate of Lane Cove is home to some of our state’s most vulnerable residents, and our local aged care homes and medical practises did an incredible job managing the health of our neighbours and ourselves during the pandemic.

Early last month the Boronia Park Doctors practise was opened by the children of my Electorate Officer Gretta, and myself. Gretta’s Husband, Dr John Holt is the new head General Practitioner of the Practice just next to Woolworths on Pittwater Rd.

Gretta and Dr Holt have put in months of work to prepare and organise the overall management and opening of the new practise, in order to provide the best medical care within their capacity.

I would like to acknowledge and pay tribute to the well respected and loved Dr Dennis Grinius who operated what was known as Boronia Park Medical Practice for 45 years. His sudden passing last year was felt by all residents around Boronia Park particularly his patients and family. Dr Holt is committed to providing the long-term health care to the local community just like Dr Grinius did. On the opening day we were accompanied by Boronia Park locals, Mayor for Ryde, Jordan Lane and Mayor for Hunters Hill, Zac Miles. The opening was a great success with many local businesses in the area dropping by with flowers welcomed with a glass of bubbles.

Thank you, Gretta and Dr John, for taking on this very important service for our community and congratulations.

kylea.tink.mp@aph.gov.au

Earlier this month, I spoke in the House about what is perhaps the most significant industrial relations reform proposed since the Work Choices legislation in 2006, the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022.

Coming from a family of small business owners, and having managed, built and grown multi-employee businesses across several sectors, I was immediately concerned the due process that should support a robust consideration of legislation of this magnitude is being severely truncated.

The overwhelming theme coming from our community is that reform such as this should be duly prosecuted and duly reviewed. To do that, we need time to consider the implications of the Bill.

If we are to learn anything from the failed Work Choices legislation it is that it is worth doing the work to get it right in the first place, rather than rushing headlong into significant reform not tested for its unintended consequences.

There are elements of the Bill which I support, such as measures to improve job security and gender equity and enhancing the anti-discrimination framework. But I have heard concerns from our electorate about the potential

for small businesses to be caught up in what may be a complicated process of bargaining as part of a multi-employer agreement, and how the construction industry will be regulated following the abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission.

Ultimately, to drive wage growth we need a gamut of changes, not the ideological pursuit of a single reform. We need improved workforce planning. We need to strengthen education and skills to meet the needs of employers in our ever-evolving economy, and we need to support business innovation and investments in new technology.

To address cost of living concerns we must also tackle the root cause of inflation and consider where the Government’s mantra of getting wages moving sits in the broader economic circumstances: if wage increases, driven by increased bargaining, are not backed by productivity gains, the result may well be a weaker economy and there will be no benefits for workers.

In the words of a local constituent, “we need to develop a plan that makes Australia more productive, equitable and happy” and I look forward to working with the Government to develop that plan that will support our community - one that will extend well beyond the scope of this Bill.

SOLD PRIOR TO AUCTION FOR A NEW STREET RECORD

• Sleek open plan interiors with free-flowing living zones

• Gourmet kitchen with integrated Miele, Bosch, V-Zug fittings

• Sun-soaked alfresco spaces perfect for entertaining

• Self-contained granny flat with moder n kitchen, lounge and private entry

Simon Harrison 0433 100 150 E: simon.harrison@belleproperty.com

Kim Walters 0499 014 886 E: kim.walters@belleproperty.com

SOLD AT AUCTION FOR A NEW STREET RECORD

• Refreshed interiors, generous formal and informal living zones

• Luxe in-ground heated mineral swimming pool

• Chic kitchen equipped with six bur ner Smeg gas cooktop and butler's pantry

• Master suite with walk-in robe and private ensuite includes oversized bath with peaceful outlook

Patrick Lang 0434 990 307 E: patrick.lang@belleproperty.com

Simon Harrison 0433 100 150 E: simon.harrison@belleproperty.com

SOLD PRIOR TO AUCTION

• Premium entertainers' kitchen, gas cooktop and outdoor servery

• Five bedrooms, custom fitted robes, ground floor study/fifth bed

• Keyless entry, Tesla battery,

AUCTION: SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER AT 12.00PM

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21 Cullen Street, Lane Cove 3 Bed 2 Bath 2 Car

Positioned on a level block within one of the area’s most desirable pockets, this idyllic property of ultimate lock-up and leave lifestyle highlights a superb entertainer’s kitchen, multiple entertaining areas, beautifully landscaped gardens and child-friendly lawns.

Rebecca Mitchell 0412 257 625 rebeccam@lns.rh.com.au

AUCTION: SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER AT 9.00AM

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106 River Road, Greenwich 4 Bed 2 Bath 2 Car

Full brick home set on a delightful elevated parcel swathed in northerly sunshine and greenery from every window, this property is wrapped by beautifully landscaped level gardens with a flexible floor plan with modern updates and timeless character charm. Mary-Anne Fitzgerald 0418 648 654 maf@lns.rh.com.au

AUCTION: SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER AT 11.00AM

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10 Coolabah Ave, Greenwich 5 Bed 5 Bath 3 Car 1 Study 1 Pool

AUCTION: SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER AT 10.30AM

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21 Baringa Road, Northbridge 4 Bed 2 Bath 1 Car

Embracing remarkable proportions with serenity to match, this tri-level family entertainer is nestled in a peaceful harbourside culde-sac, a short stroll to Wollstonecraft station, buses, ferries, village shops and the local primary school.

Mary-Anne Fitzgerald 0418 648 654 maf@lns.rh.com.au

TVO IS DELIVERED TO KEY LOCATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY

Lane Cove’s Canopy and Market Place, Boronia Park’s Harris Farms, Gladesville Shopping Village, Garibaldi Square on the Hunters Hill peninsula, Crows Nest Woolworths, various newsagents and the head office of Sydney Community Services at 1 Pottery Lane, Lane Cove. LANE COVE NORTH

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2/26 Best Street, Lane Cove 3 Bed 2 Bath 2 Car Superbly designed villa providing a low maintenance haven for families and downsizers combined.

Hazel McNamara 0402 913 537 hazelm.rh.com.au

A generous 657sqm north-to-rear level block on the high-side of the street, this renovated Federation beauty is bordered by sprawling child-friendly lawns with space for an in-ground pool, granny flat or the potential to extend up or out as your needs grow (STCA). Stuart Bourne 0415 887 114 stuartb@lns.rh.com.au 8318 7888 rh.com.au/lns

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