Successful Day For Champion Lifesavers
Saturday 25 Feb 2017 by Surf Life Saving NSW
The first medals for the 2017 NSW Surf Life Championships have been awarded after a highly competitive Champion Lifesaver Event at Blacksmiths Beach on Saturday.The first medals for the 2017 NSW Surf Life Championships have been awarded after a highly competitive Champion Lifesaver Event at Blacksmiths Beach on Saturday.
With only the first two finishers earning a starting position at The Aussies in April there was a lot at stake for the competitors in the decidedly overcast conditions that greeted them on the competition’s opening day.
The Champion Lifesaver event is for individuals (both male and female) in the U15, 17, 19, Open, 30-39 and 40+ Age groups. It consists of three parts; a multiple choice exam, CPR scenarios, and a skills competition in a Beach Sprint, Surf Race, Board Race, and Tube Race.
To be crowned champion, a lifesaver must perform at a highly competent level throughout the entirety of the event.
2017 Champion Lifesaver Event – Medallists
Open Male
William McCance – Bronte SLSC
Leigh Ryan – Bronte SLSC
Peter Euers – Newport SLSC
Open Female
Phoebe Savage – Newport SLSC
Clare Freakley – Freshwater SLSC
Alanna Street – Cronulla SLSC
U19 Male
Jackson Borg – Newport SLSC
Harry Hickey – North Steyne SLSC
Alex Malm – Freshwater SLSC
U19 Female
Mollie Murphy – Umina Beach SLSC
Tahlia Dearden – Freshwatrer SLSC
Sophia Tonoli – Newport SLSC
U17 Male
William Davison – Coogee SLSC
Christopher Curulli – Manly LSC
Max Moon – Manly LSC
U17 Female
Vicki Cuthbert – Manly LSC
Andrea Malm – Freshwater SLSC
Samantha Goldrick – Maroubra SLSC
U15 Male
Joe Jenkins – North Steyne SLSC
Lachlan Braddish – Umina Beach SLSC
Jethro Mulder – South Curl Curl SLSC
U15 Female
Kirsten Miller – Umina Beach SLSC
Emily Thornton – Queenscliff SLSC
Sarah Murdoch – Manly LSC
30-39 Male
Michail Papadopoulous – Coogee SLSC
Stephen Iannazzo – Bronte SLSC
Maxwell Gonzalez – Bronte SLSC
30-39 Female
Amy Teale – Coogee SLSC
Shelley Smith – Umina Beach SLSC
Emma Larssen – Cronulla SLSC
40+ Male
Anthony Shubitz – Coogee SLSC
Robert Illidge - Coogee SLSC
Guyren Smith – Newport SLSC
40+ Female
Christine Bishop – Umina Beach SLSC
Deborah Foote - North Steyne SLSC
Jan Proudfoot – Newport SLSC
A full list of results is also available here
The 2017 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships proudly supported by your Local Club continue at Blacksmiths Beach, Swansea tomorrow Sunday 26 February with the Patrol Teams Competition
Ausgrid And Local RFS Working In Pittwater After Recent Storms
Ausgrid: After intense storms hit Sydney and the Central Coast on 17 and 18 February, Ausgrid emergency crews responded to more than 400 hazards across our network. 45,000 customers lost power as trees brought down powerlines in multiple locations. In some areas like the Western Foreshores the damage to the network was unprecedented.
We'd like to thank customers for their patience during the storm response. If you still don't have power please call us on 13 13 88 Here is a look at some of the jobs our crews handled.
Monday February 20, 2017 - 7pm UPDATE: Crews have restored the supply to Scotland Island. A small final pocket of homes will be connected tomorrow when crews complete repairs to local low voltage powerlines.
6pm UPDATE: Power is back safely to homes around Elvina Bay. Crews working on connecting generator for homes around Towlers Bay and will be back tomorrow to finish the repairs to the final customers.
Crews are also getting close to re-energising the high voltage lines at Scotland Island, which should restore supply to most of the area. Again they will need to come back tomorrow to complete repairs on the low voltage network and get power back to the final few homes.
Thanks for your patience with us, it has been a big few days for us and you.
3pm UPDATE: Power has been restored to all homes in Avalon and Palm Beach.
Repairs are going well at Elvina Bay and Lovett Bay and we expect power to be restored there early this evening. Crews will have to connect a generator to the network to get the power back around Towlers Bay. To help do this safely we are urging residents to turn off their hot water mains switch. This will help reduce the immediate load on the generator and allow it to come on safely. Once connected and the load is steady later tonight you will be able to safely switch it back on. A small number of customers at Towlers Bay will not have supply restored tonight as crews have found another tree branch which has brought down low voltage powerlines.
On Scotland Island crews are restring the high voltage powerlines, after removing a large tree, which will restore the supply to the majority of the Island. They will then continue the work on the low voltage lines, however these repairs will go into tomorrow so a small number of customers won't have supply back tonight.
10am STORM UPDATE: Our crews go to great lengths to get the power back as quickly as possible for our customers. Crews working near Mangrove Creek borrowed a kayak to retrieve a fallen 11,000 volt powerline. The kayaker was able to repair the damaged section of line from the kayak and work with his crew mates who were waist deep in water to lift it back up. This saved the time it would have taken to drive back to Ourimbah to pick up a boat or crane and travel back up the creek to do the repairs.
Crews are continuing work today on Scotland Island, with a barge transporting equipment this morning to remove large trees from both the high and low voltage networks.
Damage to the network on the western foreshores of Pittwater is unprecedented. Crews are attempting to get an EWP (cherry picker) and crane safely down the access tracks this morning so they can begin repairs.
Power is out to about 1,000 homes in total in Scotland Island, the western foreshores, Avalon and Palm Beach. Crews hope to get the majority back today.
Ingleside Rural Fire Brigade:
February 18 at 7:37pm - Scotland Island ·
Ingleside NSWRFS aren't sure what's going on. Storms on the coast, both our tankers are out currently in the field doing storm damage from the large hail. We have two crew in the field at Oberon Bushfires assisting out there. Another busy weekend for our volunteers.
February 19, 2017: Ingleside NSWRFS volunteers are still in the field today. In the last 48 hours, our volunteers have put in over 150 hours service with 20 members attending to assist with RFS duties, many of these call-outs have our truck responding within 7 mins from the time we are called. We've seen some of the biggest hail most of us have ever seen too with the storm Saturday afternoon.
Check out our video on our page if you missed it.
Thanks to all our volunteers and the many other volunteers within the RFS & SES who have given up a lot of time during their weekends to help our community. Many thanks too to Ausgrid for their tireless efforts to restore power to those affected by these storms; clearly not an easy task either.
Avalon Beach RSL Sub Branch AGM
Saturday February 25th, 2017
Today the AGM of our Sub Branch saw all the committee members elected unopposed. Welcome to our new President Michael Maley, Treasurer Roger Digby and Vice Presidents Drew Martin and Tamara Sloper-Harding.
Andrew McGregor now looks after the library and memorabilia, John Denham and Phil Ivey are committee members and Greg Atwood will continue in his very busy role of Pensions and Welfare Officer.
Thank goodness our fabulous secretary Lynn Murphy who practically runs the place. We musn't forget our trustee Peter Kelly and John Denham who looks after Nelson Bay and is an alternate District Council Delegate.
Pittwater Ocean Swims Winner For 2016-17 Swims
Pittwater Ocean Swims organisers had the draw earlier this week for the winner of the Pittwater Ocean Swims 2016-2017 Series and announce Jason Tan from Northbridge as our winner of two return air tickets to Byron Bay thanks to TravelView at Avalon Beach 3 nights accommodation at luxury Bay Royal Apartments Byron Bay and entry to the Byron Bay Classic the first weekend in May.
Jason swam at Avalon, Mona Vale and the Big Swim.
Rob Berry Whale Beach SLSC, Kylie Ferguson, NBC and Gail Kardash TravelView Avalon Beach. Photos courtesy Warren Young, OAM
Vale
Shelagh Champion OAM
Apology
Apologies to those waiting on History page changes on Pittwater Art, Clifton Gardens and the first two in our Poets of Australia associated with our area - Emile Theodore Argles ('Harold Grey-Pasquin-The Pilgrim-Talbot Marshall') and Victor Daley. Emile's, 'Theo's' research has turned up facts, shifts he helped create and prose that should be restored to Australia and made into a decent record and as such has amounted to so many pages of materials, the loading and setting of which will take a while, we have had to hold this over for a whole 7 more days.
Next Issue - we promise! Ditto on next page of Pittwater Art and Artists.
Clifton Gardens we'd like to do as well as we can too - this will run in Autumn.In the meantime; a taster already found (again with the hundreds of pages!) on the gentleman who once owned and stood on Clifton Garden grounds before all that gaiety began, Captain Edmund Harrison Cliffe:
In the race last week between Captain Finnis's gig, 'Challenger' and Capt. Cliffe's whale-boat, 'Black Diamond', the former was the winner by between two and three hundred yards; the vanquished is however, it is said, about to take up the cudgels once more with a different crew. Domestic and Miscellaneous Intelligence. (1835, November 27). The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36854264
Apologies to those waiting on History page changes on Pittwater Art, Clifton Gardens and the first two in our Poets of Australia associated with our area - Emile Theodore Argles ('Harold Grey-Pasquin-The Pilgrim-Talbot Marshall') and Victor Daley. Emile's, 'Theo's' research has turned up facts, shifts he helped create and prose that should be restored to Australia and made into a decent record and as such has amounted to so many pages of materials, the loading and setting of which will take a while, we have had to hold this over for a whole 7 more days.
Next Issue - we promise! Ditto on next page of Pittwater Art and Artists.
Clifton Gardens we'd like to do as well as we can too - this will run in Autumn.
In the meantime; a taster already found (again with the hundreds of pages!) on the gentleman who once owned and stood on Clifton Garden grounds before all that gaiety began, Captain Edmund Harrison Cliffe:
In the race last week between Captain Finnis's gig, 'Challenger' and Capt. Cliffe's whale-boat, 'Black Diamond', the former was the winner by between two and three hundred yards; the vanquished is however, it is said, about to take up the cudgels once more with a different crew. Domestic and Miscellaneous Intelligence. (1835, November 27). The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36854264
Join The Fight Against Foxes
27 February 2017: Media Release - Greater Sydney Local Land ServicesNorthern Sydney residents are being urged to join the fight against foxes in the lead up to an autumn baiting program in March.
Run by Greater Sydney Local Land Services in partnership with the Sydney North Vertebrate Pest Committee, National Parks and Wildlife Services and other land management agencies, the annual program coincides with fox cubs leaving the den and adults finding a mate for the winter breeding period.
Greater Sydney Biosecurity Manager Graham Wilson said coordinated, large-scale baiting programs had proven most effective in limiting the impacts of foxes in urban areas.
“Past experience has shown foxes are more likely to take baits in autumn but the support and cooperation of local residents is vital to the program’s success.”
Mr Wilson said there were simple things residents could all do to minimise the impact of foxes.
“Foxes are attracted to food scraps and domestic pets like chickens and rabbits. You can help by ensuring compost bins are properly closed, keeping household rubbish in a secure location, feeding domestic pets inside, ensuring food is not left outside and wherever possible, keeping pets inside overnight.
“Pesticide restrictions mean baiting can’t be undertaken on the average suburban block which is why coordinated programs like this are crucial to limiting the damage foxes can cause to native wildlife, infrastructure, livestock and domestic pets,” he said.
“Keeping yards in check by tidying gardens, weeding to reduce fox harbour and housing backyard chickens in secure, fox-proof enclosures rather than free ranging will also help.”
The Northern Sydney baiting program will be in place until the end of March. It is important for residents to keep their domestic pets away from sign-posted bait sites and walk their dogs on a leash during this time.”
The baiting will take place in The Hills Shire, Northern Beaches, North Sydney, Willoughby, Ku-Ring-Gai, Mosman and Hornsby areas.
For further information contact Greater Sydney Local Land Services on 1300 795 299.
Photo: Fox courtesy James Doumtsis Invasive Animals CRC
27 February 2017: Media Release - Greater Sydney Local Land Services
Northern Sydney residents are being urged to join the fight against foxes in the lead up to an autumn baiting program in March.
Run by Greater Sydney Local Land Services in partnership with the Sydney North Vertebrate Pest Committee, National Parks and Wildlife Services and other land management agencies, the annual program coincides with fox cubs leaving the den and adults finding a mate for the winter breeding period.
Greater Sydney Biosecurity Manager Graham Wilson said coordinated, large-scale baiting programs had proven most effective in limiting the impacts of foxes in urban areas.
“Past experience has shown foxes are more likely to take baits in autumn but the support and cooperation of local residents is vital to the program’s success.”
Mr Wilson said there were simple things residents could all do to minimise the impact of foxes.
“Foxes are attracted to food scraps and domestic pets like chickens and rabbits. You can help by ensuring compost bins are properly closed, keeping household rubbish in a secure location, feeding domestic pets inside, ensuring food is not left outside and wherever possible, keeping pets inside overnight.
“Pesticide restrictions mean baiting can’t be undertaken on the average suburban block which is why coordinated programs like this are crucial to limiting the damage foxes can cause to native wildlife, infrastructure, livestock and domestic pets,” he said.
“Keeping yards in check by tidying gardens, weeding to reduce fox harbour and housing backyard chickens in secure, fox-proof enclosures rather than free ranging will also help.”
The Northern Sydney baiting program will be in place until the end of March. It is important for residents to keep their domestic pets away from sign-posted bait sites and walk their dogs on a leash during this time.”
The baiting will take place in The Hills Shire, Northern Beaches, North Sydney, Willoughby, Ku-Ring-Gai, Mosman and Hornsby areas.
For further information contact Greater Sydney Local Land Services on 1300 795 299.
Photo: Fox courtesy James Doumtsis Invasive Animals CRC
Sea Eagles 2017 Season Launch
Manly Junior Rep. Teams Round 3
Manly Win 32-4 In SG Ball
Manly Crush Western Sydney In Harold Matthews
Congratulations!
AFMA’s New School Of Fish
22 February 2017: from AFMA
At the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) we just love our graduates. Each year participants of the AFMA Graduate Program partake in three rotations across AFMA and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
Today we introduce one of our graduates, Elisa Plati, who is spending her first rotation in the Foreign Compliance Policy Section of AFMA’s Fisheries Operations Branch. During this time she will be working with Parks Australia and the Australian Border Force on ghost net activity.
ELISA PLATI – A 2017 AFMA GRADUATE- originally from Davidson High School !
Elisa shared with us what she looks forward to in her graduate year with AFMA.
Can you tell us a bit about your background?I’m originally from Sydney and have only recently moved to Canberra to take up this fantastic opportunity with AFMA grad program. I completed an undergraduate degree in Marine Science and a postgraduate Diploma in Biodiversity and Conservation at Macquarie University. After a break for a couple years I went on to complete a Masters in Fishing Policy at Wollongong University. It was during my masters course that I discovered a passion for fisheries management.
Outside of my six years of study, I spent an exciting year in South Africa working for research/conservation groups. My main focus was examining great white shark behaviours off the south coast of South Africa. I also worked on turtle conservation in Guatemala as a research intern.
What made you interested in coming to AFMA for the grad program?As my background is very hands on and research based, I am looking forward to understanding the other side of things, how policies and procedures work and putting theory into practice. For my grad year I hope to increase my understanding of how Australian fisheries works alongside other countries and Regional Fisheries Management Organisations to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing and reduce bycatch.
What are you looking forward to the most for your Grad year?I think participating in the grad program will be an interesting and eye-opening experience to learn about the Commonwealth regulator side of fisheries management and how AFMA works with its various stakeholders, but especially industry, recreational fishers and environmental organisations.
I am very interested and passionate about conservation and sustainability, so that will definitely be something that drives me at AFMA. Working on policies and management that strive for best practice and reduces the impact on bycatch and the environment are key areas that interest me and I can’t wait get involved.
AFMA welcomes Elisa!
Every year AFMA runs a graduate program to help develop the next generation of AFMA leaders. For the past few years, AFMA has partnered with our portfolio agency, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources on this program giving AFMA graduates an opportunity for an external rotation, and departmental graduates a chance to do a rotation at AFMA.
Want to know more about working at AFMA? Visit afma.gov.au or follow us at Facebook. Details on how to apply for next year’s Graduate Program will be released soon.
22 February 2017: from AFMA
At the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) we just love our graduates. Each year participants of the AFMA Graduate Program partake in three rotations across AFMA and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
Today we introduce one of our graduates, Elisa Plati, who is spending her first rotation in the Foreign Compliance Policy Section of AFMA’s Fisheries Operations Branch. During this time she will be working with Parks Australia and the Australian Border Force on ghost net activity.
ELISA PLATI – A 2017 AFMA GRADUATE- originally from Davidson High School !
Elisa shared with us what she looks forward to in her graduate year with AFMA.
Can you tell us a bit about your background?
I’m originally from Sydney and have only recently moved to Canberra to take up this fantastic opportunity with AFMA grad program. I completed an undergraduate degree in Marine Science and a postgraduate Diploma in Biodiversity and Conservation at Macquarie University. After a break for a couple years I went on to complete a Masters in Fishing Policy at Wollongong University. It was during my masters course that I discovered a passion for fisheries management.
Outside of my six years of study, I spent an exciting year in South Africa working for research/conservation groups. My main focus was examining great white shark behaviours off the south coast of South Africa. I also worked on turtle conservation in Guatemala as a research intern.
What made you interested in coming to AFMA for the grad program?
As my background is very hands on and research based, I am looking forward to understanding the other side of things, how policies and procedures work and putting theory into practice. For my grad year I hope to increase my understanding of how Australian fisheries works alongside other countries and Regional Fisheries Management Organisations to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing and reduce bycatch.
What are you looking forward to the most for your Grad year?
I think participating in the grad program will be an interesting and eye-opening experience to learn about the Commonwealth regulator side of fisheries management and how AFMA works with its various stakeholders, but especially industry, recreational fishers and environmental organisations.
I am very interested and passionate about conservation and sustainability, so that will definitely be something that drives me at AFMA. Working on policies and management that strive for best practice and reduces the impact on bycatch and the environment are key areas that interest me and I can’t wait get involved.
AFMA welcomes Elisa!
Every year AFMA runs a graduate program to help develop the next generation of AFMA leaders. For the past few years, AFMA has partnered with our portfolio agency, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources on this program giving AFMA graduates an opportunity for an external rotation, and departmental graduates a chance to do a rotation at AFMA.
Want to know more about working at AFMA? Visit afma.gov.au or follow us at Facebook. Details on how to apply for next year’s Graduate Program will be released soon.
Jude Rose - Alchemy Exhibition At Rust
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The 'Alchemy' exhibition opened Friday February 4th and is on for 4 weeks. These are beautiful works well worth a look at. Jude will be adding more work during that time. There are 20 linocuts and several cushion covers and lampshades. Jude is also doing a range of homewares in linocut designs, as well as the framed linocuts.
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Cactus - Jude Law
Rust
45 Avalon Parade
Avalon
The 'Alchemy' exhibition opened Friday February 4th and is on for 4 weeks. These are beautiful works well worth a look at. Jude will be adding more work during that time. There are 20 linocuts and several cushion covers and lampshades. Jude is also doing a range of homewares in linocut designs, as well as the framed linocuts.
Cactus - Jude Law
Development Application (DA) Service Integration
Environmental Planning And Assessment Amendment (EPlanning) Regulation 2017
NSW Wins 2017 Surf Boat Interstates
2017 ASRL Open Results
Newport Breakers 2017 Player Registration
Are you looking for a game of rugby?
The Newport Breakers are gearing up for a super season of rugby with 4 teams chomping at the bit to play in 2017!
Do you want to play with a passionate club rich with over 54 years of history? How about a club that has long been the Suburban Production Line for Wallaby and Super Rugby Representatives?
Or how about a club that is home to many generations of players who all share pride in the Blue and White jersey and wouldn't dream of playing for another club? Then Newport Breakers Rugby is the club for you.
To register your interest email registrar@newportrugby.com.auAll players will need to fill out a Registration form for 2017 which can be downloaded here.
Formal Pre-Season Training commences in February down at Porter Reserve and then every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30pm [TBC].
Spread the word and let’s rip in!
2017 Subbies Fees... Early Bird Registration, Pay Before 28th Feb 2017 Colts: $150 Seniors: $200After 28th Feb 2017 Colts: $180 Seniors: $220
We've got 3 options for you to pay your fees this year. Pay either via EFT to the Account Number below with your name in the reference, via Direct Debit or even easier with cash at training:
EFT Details...Newport Rugby ClubBSB 082-116Account #63760 2084Please put your name in for us to reference.
Any questions please contact Newport's Registrar:Matt Wellings Email: registrar@newportrugby.com.au
Registration Form: PLAYER REGISTRATION FORM 2017.pdf
Are you looking for a game of rugby? The Newport Breakers are gearing up for a super season of rugby with 4 teams chomping at the bit to play in 2017!
Do you want to play with a passionate club rich with over 54 years of history?
How about a club that has long been the Suburban Production Line for Wallaby and Super Rugby Representatives?
Or how about a club that is home to many generations of players who all share pride in the Blue and White jersey and wouldn't dream of playing for another club?
Then Newport Breakers Rugby is the club for you.
To register your interest email registrar@newportrugby.com.au
All players will need to fill out a Registration form for 2017 which can be downloaded here.
Formal Pre-Season Training commences in February down at Porter Reserve and then every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30pm [TBC].
Spread the word and let’s rip in!
2017 Subbies Fees...
Early Bird Registration,
Pay Before 28th Feb 2017 Colts: $150 Seniors: $200
After 28th Feb 2017 Colts: $180 Seniors: $220
We've got 3 options for you to pay your fees this year. Pay either via EFT to the Account Number below with your name in the reference, via Direct Debit or even easier with cash at training:
EFT Details...
Newport Rugby Club
BSB 082-116
Account #63760 2084
Please put your name in for us to reference.
Any questions please contact Newport's Registrar:
Matt Wellings Email: registrar@newportrugby.com.au
Registration Form: PLAYER REGISTRATION FORM 2017.pdf
Donations Of Bodyboards Needed
VANUATU SOCCER GIG
Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary Stalls 2017
Greater Sydney Commission District Dialogues
Live Online
Draft Education And Child Care SEPP
Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment
February 2017 Forum: Narrabeen Lagoon State Park – Endangered animals 7pm Monday Feb 27, 2017
Coastal Environment Centre
Pelican Path, Lake Park Road, Narrabeen
Book now— email@narrabeenlagoon.org.au
Jacqui Marlow will update us about local threatened species and methods to mitigate against road kill of animals. She will describe the connections between patches of habitat and the threats looming for some of those habitat areas. Lynleigh Grieg will bring some live animals and tell us about caring for injured animals.
Entry is free but we ask for a donation to cover expenses. Make sure you get a ticket preferably by emailing Judith Bennett email@narrabeenlagoon.org.au or by phoning Judith on 9905 2135 or text 0402 974 105
Our first meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday, 14 March and as usual will be held in the Avalon Beach Bowling Club in Bowling Green Lane.
This year for the first time we have decided to schedule our meeting dates for the year – simply, they will be held on the second Tuesday of the months of March, June, September and December.
GOVERNOR PHILLIP AND WEST HEAD BEACH
The prevailing view among historians and writers has long been that Governor Phillip most likely spent his first night in Pittwater at Resolute Beach. In fact there is strong evidence to suggest that West Head Beach is where Phillip, in March 1788, first set foot on land in Pittwater, made first contact with local aborigines on land and camped for two nights.
Geoff and member Roger Sayers have spent a good deal of time at the latter site and, as Phillip would have, approached it by water on several occasions. Recent photographic evidence, along with pertinent documents eg. Lieu. Bradley’s journal and Phillip’s diary, provide for compelling discussion.
The completed document including photographs, have been submitted for publication in the June issue of ‘History’, the magazine of our parent body, the Royal Australian Historical Society.
We would like to present to the meeting our finished work including an accompanying photographic essay on the big screen in the Avalon “Bowlo”.
Geoff Searl
President, Avalon Beach Historical Society
Pittwater Offshore Newsletter Update 20/2/2017
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To contact Julian: editor@scotlandisland.org.au
Cliff Side Fun Run
On April 9, 2017
About The Fun RunThis event is run by the AVAAL 4 Life Foundation in collaboration with the Mona Vale Surf Life Saving Club.
To raise much needed funds to directly support of our foundations activities in Mental Health and to support Breast Cancer with our corporate support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation's and their goal of Zero deaths to breast cancer by 2030.
We would like to invite you to come join our annual community based charity Cliff Side Fun Run (or walk), held on Sydney’s Stunning Northern Beaches.
Starting beside the beach at Long Reef, the course takes you up and around the picturesque ocean front taking in Sydney’s most iconic Cliff Side track with the 10k course featuring not 1 but 2 Headlands.
There are two Fun Runs on the same day. A 10km run for a great challenge, and a 3km family friendly course - PLUS an amazing Family Festival.
Our events attract all walks of life: young and old, fit or not, from near and far.
Become a Cliffside Sponsor
We would like to invite you to join us as a sponsor of the annual community based charity Cliff Side Fun Run – Contact Us. info@avaalgroup.com
Find out more and sign up at: cliffsidefunrun.com.au
Petition: Keep Maternity Services In Mona Vale!
As many of you may know both Manly and Mona Vale hospitals are due to be closed towards the end of 2018 and replaced by the large hospital currently under construction in Frenchs Forest. This means losing both the maternity units from our local hospitals as all services are transferred to the new site, creating a gap in maternity services and further limiting local women’s choices regarding where they choose to give birth.
This petition seeks to provide a platform for our voices to finally be heard. It has long been proven by countless research studies that midwifery-led continuity of care models for low-risk women SHOULD be the gold standard of maternity care. Why should women accept any less? As a community, we want to see a midwifery-led freestanding birth centre that provides continuity of midwifery care and CHOICE for families on the Northern Beaches.
We are concerned that the commute to the new hospital in Frenchs Forest will put women at risk due to travel time during peak traffic and the flooding that occurs during heavy rain on the main access route to the new hospital. Studies have already proven that the closure of maternity units across Australia has been significantly associated with increased 'birth before arrival' (BBA) rates. The distribution of studies undertaken has not been limited to rural and remote areas, but includes large urban populations. Given the high risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with BBA, it is time to stand up against the closure of units.
A birth centre that is based at Mona Vale Hospital, centrally located on the beaches would allow women with low risk pregnancies the option of Midwifery Continuity of Care which research also shows to be cost-saving. In 2012 a multimillion-dollar investment was made to upgrade and modernise the Mona Vale maternity unit. The investment has been made in the right location already. We therefore propose that the Northern Beaches Health Service Redevelopment (Mona Vale Hospital site) be the ideal location for such a service.
This is such an important issue! It is a fundamental human right to have CHOICE when it comes to childbirth.
Both local and regional support is welcome, you may not use this service or live on the beaches but if we rally together for the future we can see this dream become a reality for our daughters, granddaughters and the wider community as a whole.
We need to be heard, but to be heard we need your voices! We need as many voices as possible so that NSW Government take notice. Please,sign and share this petition today and be the change.
Charity Golf Day 2017
Friday, March 31 at 7:30 AM - 3 PMBayview Golf Club
1825 Pittwater Rd, Mona Vale
Join us at beautiful Bayview Golf Club for a morning of golf and fun with lunch to follow. All proceeds go to the projects of Rotary Club of Upper Northern Beaches. We support the Palliative Care Centre at Mona Vale Hospital and other local and international causes.
SPONSORS WANTED!
Support us with a hole sponsorship at $1,500. You’ll get:
- Sign at the hole and on our sponsor board during lunch acknowledging your support
- Four registrations for golf and lunch
- Gift bags and post-match drinks for your players
Other sponsorship levels are also available - each with its benefit to you!
To sign up as a sponsor, call Simon on 0402 037 032.or Patrick 0405 457 950
Golf experience optional! A great day out for men and women of all skill levels!
Format: 4- ball Ambrose / Shotgun start
Teams of four: Register your own team or join one of ours
Golf + Lunch package: $150 per person includes:
- 18 holes golf (Ambrose format)
- Morning tea
- Snack/drinks cart
- Gift bag
- Two course lunch
Golf only: $100
Lunch only: $60
To register: Download our PDF registration form here and send it to us with your payment before March 23rd.
Hand your completed form and payment details to an UNB Rotary club member OR drop it at Bayview Golf Club reception during business hours
OR post it to: The Rotary Club of Upper Northern Beaches, P.O. Box 321, Mona Vale N.S.W. 1660
OR scan it and send it as an email attachment to: golfday@rotaryuppernorthernbeaches.org
For more details, email Simon at golfday@rotaryuppernorthernbeaches.org
Board Collector Surf Swap
Avalon Beach
Sunday 9 April 2017
Boards Bands Beers Burgers
Featuring
- STAB Magazine Filmlyfe Film festival
- Films and Q&A with surfing and shaping legends
- "Show and Shine" 100 Vintage surfboards display
- Pre-1990 surfboards for sale and swap.
- Warung of Knowledge
- Free Vintage appraisals
- "The best of the cutting edge", new surfboards and contemporary shapers
- Photography, art, clothing and accessories stalls
- Micro brewery beers and gourmet food stalls
Calling on collectors the reserve a spot to display and sell their boards and volunteers to be part of the family and help us wrangle surfboards and crowds
If your interested in coming along, having a stall, displaying some boards or volunteering, drop us a line - Email: info@boardcollectorsurfswap.com
Find out more or get involved at: www.boardcollectorsurfswap.com
Pet of the Week
Zara
AGE/SEX: 3 years / F
BREED: Cattle X Lab
Zara is a well mannered girl who has had some training. She fetches, sticks and ball and comes when called. She is very intelligent and loves water. She knows sit, lie down. She walks on loose lead. She prefers women to men. She would be best in a home with no cats or pocket pets. She has a short coat and weighs 25.8kg. She comes desexed, C5 vaccinated, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DR Vet. Her adoption cost is $450.
For further details or to meet all dogs at call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email monika@DoggieRescue.com. Visit www.DoggieRescue.com to see all our dogs.www.facebook.com/doggierescue
Avalon Boomerang Bags 2017
From Tuesday February 7th workshops will be run at:
Sewcraft
Unit 20/14 Polo Ave , Mona Vale.
9.30-2.30
We would like to say a big welcome from Avalon Boomerang Bags to Kate at Sewcraft and a HUGE Thank You for offering us the use of this fabulous space.
For those that cannot attend our regular workshops but still want to be involved, get together 2-6 friends and we can run a workshop for you at a mutually convenient time. Or perhaps you would like to donate some nice bright fabric or some thread or help out in other ways behind the scenes.
If you can help call Laurel on 0410 608 315 or reply to this email.
2017 is going to be great, can't wait to see all our baggers again.
Just quick reminder that we are running a bag SHARING program. The bags are called Boomerang Bags because we would like the ones you're not using to Boomerang back into our boxes , so that there are always plenty available for shoppers who may have forgotten their own.
Join us, and let's rid our beautiful coastal suburb of polluting, wild life entangling plastic bags.
Clean Up Australia Day 2017
SUNDAY 5 MARCH
SCHOOLS CLEAN UP DAY 3 MARCH
BUSINESS CLEAN UP DAY 28 FEB
Register or join a site at: www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au
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Coasters Retreat
Meeting Point: The fire brigade shed
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Contact Wilma Taylor - Email: warwiskataylor@yahoo.com
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Avalon Beach
Meeting Point: Avalon Beach SLSC.
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:00 AM
End time: 10:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Guy Williment - Email: gwilliment@live.com.au
Avalon Dunes Careel Creek
Meeting Point: near Avalon Skate Park
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 8:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Marita Macrae - Email: marita.macrae@gmail.com
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Bayview Shore Front
Come For Half An Hour Or As Long As You Can Manage. Plastic Is The Number One Material Caught In The Mangroves, Buried In Mud And Sand And Mixed In With Shore Debris.
Meeting Point: Bayview Baths - in the park to the right of Gibsons Marina
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 08:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Louise Smith - Email: le_gbsmith@optusnet.com.au
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Coastal Environment Centre
Representing: Upper Northern Beaches Rotary Club
Meeting Point: Volunteers will meet at the Coastal Environment Centre and work north towards Warriewood SLSC
This Clean Up is a recurring one which takes place yearly.
Next Clean Up: March 5th 2017
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:30 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Michael Baxter - Email: mdbax@hotmail.com
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Mona Vale Beach
Representing: Blackmores Ltd
Meeting Point: Car park next to Bronze Cafe
Date: March 2nd 2017
Start time: 7:00 AM
End time: 2:00 PM
Site Coordinator Details
Jackie Smiles - Email: jsmiles@blackmores.com.au
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Narrabeen Lagoon State Park
Representing: Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment
Meeting Point: Berry Reserve
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 8:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Judith Bennett - Email: email@narrabeenlagoon.org.au
Indian Myna Action Group
Indian or Common Mynas are one of the world's most invasive species, not a cute bird. Many communities in NSW, QLD, ACT and overseas are taking action against these pests, sometimes called flying rats.
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Pittwater Natural Heritage Association set up the Northern Beaches Indian Myna Action Group, as these birds are a common pest in local shopping centres, on private land and in schools and parks.
Now a grant from Greater Sydney Local Lands Services has enabled our campaign to take a leap forward, with more publicity and more traps available for people wishing to trap on private land.
These aggressive birds are pests because they breed in great numbers, nesting in hollows in houses and in trees, displacing native birds and animals. They can spread diseases and lice and scavenge in rubbish bins.
Our Myna information is welcomed by cafes that are pestered by birds fouling tables. This term we will deliver a pamphlet to alert schools about Mynas.
See our Facebook page for what we are doing and how people can get involved.
For more information contact us on pnhainfo@gmail.com or phone Nick Halkyard on 0416 288 874
International Women's Day 2017 Breakfast At RPAYC
Wednesday March 8th, 2017
Hosted by Zonta Club of Northern Beaches
7am - 9am Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Newport. Tickets $42.Pittwater
Speaker: Superintendant Doreen Cruickshank APM
Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc will host the annual Pittwater International Women’s Day Breakfast on Wednesday 8 March 2017 at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, 16 Mitala St, Newport.
Zonta Club of Northern Beaches is a member of Zonta International which is a global organisation of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy. Zonta International is affiliated at the United Nations with other major women’s organisations.
This breakfast marks International Women's Day. It is a day to acknowledge women's contribution to making Australia, and the world, a better place. Everyone is invited to celebrate the day. The 2017 Pittwater Woman of the Year will be announced at the breakfast.
The guest speaker at the breakfast will be Superintendent Doreen Cruickshank APM. With over 45 years of service, Doreen is Australia’s longest serving policewoman. Growing up in country NSW, and being focussed on a career in the police from an early age, Doreen has witnessed revolutionary changes for women in the profession from policewomen being a segregated group to now being fully integrated into the force. Doreen was Pittwater Woman of the Year in 2008. She will speak on her life story and her career.The IWD Breakfast will be held at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club at 7am till 9am on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The cost is $42. The delightful location looks over the waters of Pittwater and across to Bayview and Scotland Island. The breakfast is always well attended by the local community. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Enquiries topittwateriwdbreakfast@gmail.com or Sue on 0407 850 860. Proceeds from the breakfast will support service projects of Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc assisting local women in need, and Zonta International projects in developing countries. Come by yourself, bring a friend or make up a table of 8 to10. We will seat you.
WIND, BRASS AND PERCUSSION PLAYERS!!!!!
Northern Beaches Concert Band is looking for flute, clarinet, saxophone, tuba and trombone adult players. We cater for players from beginner to advanced and have a varied and exciting repertoire.
Come and join us during school term time at 7.30pm, Pittwater High School, Mona Street, Mona Vale.
Details 9970 7131 or 0414 560 263.
Friends Of Bungan Beach Restoration
Bungan Beach's superb backdrop of bushland is being cared for by donations from the Pittwater Environmental Foundation (PEF) and the determination and hard work of local people who love this wonderful place. Volunteers and contractors remove weeds and plant native plants where natural regeneration is unlikely because of dense weeds for many years.
Can you lend a hand to Friends of Bungan? go tohttp://www.friendsofbungan.org.au/about-us/
New Season for Sailability Pittwater
Sailability Pittwater is a volunteer organisation which provides sailing for people with a disability. Our main recreational sailing activities are at Rowland Reserve, Bayview, and we run competitive sailing for people with a disability out of RPAYC Newport.
We are currently looking for new volunteers for our Saturday morning program at Rowland Reserve and Tuesdays at RPA. Visit our website for more information at www.sailability.org/au/pittwater or call John on 9982 5656
The purpose of www.westpittwater.com.au - is best defined by the vision of the West Pittwater Community Association.
To be a supportive community, encouraging and promoting civic pride, interest in community affairs and goodwill amongst residents.
To protect local fauna and flora and generally preserve West Pittwater and its environs.
To secure essential facilities including public wharves and reserves and to protect private and public property.
To speak with one voice and represent the interests of the Western Foreshore community when in discussion with Pittwater Council and other relevant government bodies. The WPCA website provides a forum for the better realisation of these objectives. Visit: www.westpittwater.com.au
Congratulations!!
Congratulations to Ben Simmonds, who has become our latest Ferry Master after passing his Coxswains Certificate on the 25th of January.
Ben has been working with the Ferry Service since January 2014, and we are very pleased and proud of his achievement. Ben is a long-time resident of Scotland Island, and son of Dave and Jacquie Simmonds, who have a long history on the island.
Please join us and welcome him as a Ferry Master – first official shift Friday February the 17th. He becomes the fourth Ferry Master to start as a
deckhand and gain their qualifications, following our beloved Carrie Towers, Kieren Springthorpe and Ian Laughton-Smith.
PO Box 243, Church Point NSW 2105. Ferry Master 0408 296 997
Administration 0433 038 408
Website www.churchpointferryservice.
Pittwater Offshore Newsletter Update 19/2/2017
click on Logo:
To contact Julian: editor@scotlandisland.org.au
Newport Breakers 2017 Player Registration
Are you looking for a game of rugby? The Newport Breakers are gearing up for a super season of rugby with 4 teams chomping at the bit to play in 2017!
Do you want to play with a passionate club rich with over 54 years of history?
How about a club that has long been the Suburban Production Line for Wallaby and Super Rugby Representatives?
Or how about a club that is home to many generations of players who all share pride in the Blue and White jersey and wouldn't dream of playing for another club?
Then Newport Breakers Rugby is the club for you.
To register your interest email registrar@newportrugby.com.au
All players will need to fill out a Registration form for 2017 which can be downloaded here.
Formal Pre-Season Training commences on in February down at Porter Reserve and then every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30pm [TBC].
Spread the word and let’s rip in!
2017 Subbies Fees...
Early Bird Registration,
Pay Before 28th Feb 2017 Colts: $150 Seniors: $200
After 28th Feb 2017 Colts: $180 Seniors: $220
We've got 3 options for you to pay your fees this year. Pay either via EFT to the Account Number below with your name in the reference, via Direct Debit or even easier with cash at training:
EFT Details...
Newport Rugby Club
BSB 082-116
Account #63760 2084
Please put your name in for us to reference.
Any questions please contact Newport's Registrar:
Matt Wellings Email: registrar@newportrugby.com.au
Registration Form: PLAYER REGISTRATION FORM 2017.pdf
Cliff Side Fun Run
On April 9, 2017
About The Fun RunThis event is run by the AVAAL 4 Life Foundation in collaboration with the Mona Vale Surf Life Saving Club.
To raise much needed funds to directly support of our foundations activities in Mental Health and to support Breast Cancer with our corporate support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation's and their goal of Zero deaths to breast cancer by 2030.
We would like to invite you to come join our annual community based charity Cliff Side Fun Run (or walk), held on Sydney’s Stunning Northern Beaches.
Starting beside the beach at Long Reef, the course takes you up and around the picturesque ocean front taking in Sydney’s most iconic Cliff Side track with the 10k course featuring not 1 but 2 Headlands.
There are two Fun Runs on the same day. A 10km run for a great challenge, and a 3km family friendly course - PLUS an amazing Family Festival.
Our events attract all walks of life: young and old, fit or not, from near and far.
Become a Cliffside Sponsor
We would like to invite you to join us as a sponsor of the annual community based charity Cliff Side Fun Run – Contact Us. info@avaalgroup.com
Find out more and sign up at: cliffsidefunrun.com.au
Charity Golf Day 2017
Friday, March 31 at 7:30 AM - 3 PMBayview Golf Club
1825 Pittwater Rd, Mona Vale
Join us at beautiful Bayview Golf Club for a morning of golf and fun with lunch to follow. All proceeds go to the projects of Rotary Club of Upper Northern Beaches. We support the Palliative Care Centre at Mona Vale Hospital and other local and international causes.
SPONSORS WANTED!
Support us with a hole sponsorship at $1,500. You’ll get:
- Sign at the hole and on our sponsor board during lunch acknowledging your support
- Four registrations for golf and lunch
- Gift bags and post-match drinks for your players
Other sponsorship levels are also available - each with its benefit to you!
To sign up as a sponsor, call Simon on 0402 037 032.or Patrick 0405 457 950
Golf experience optional! A great day out for men and women of all skill levels!
Format: 4- ball Ambrose / Shotgun start
Teams of four: Register your own team or join one of ours
Golf + Lunch package: $150 per person includes:
- 18 holes golf (Ambrose format)
- Morning tea
- Snack/drinks cart
- Gift bag
- Two course lunch
Golf only: $100
Lunch only: $60
To register: Download our PDF registration form here and send it to us with your payment before March 23rd.
Hand your completed form and payment details to an UNB Rotary club member OR drop it at Bayview Golf Club reception during business hours
OR post it to: The Rotary Club of Upper Northern Beaches, P.O. Box 321, Mona Vale N.S.W. 1660
OR scan it and send it as an email attachment to: golfday@rotaryuppernorthernbeaches.org
For more details, email Simon at golfday@rotaryuppernorthernbeaches.org
Board Collector Surf Swap
Avalon Beach
Sunday 9 April 2017
Boards Bands Beers Burgers
Featuring
- STAB Magazine Filmlyfe Film festival
- Films and Q&A with surfing and shaping legends
- "Show and Shine" 100 Vintage surfboards display
- Pre-1990 surfboards for sale and swap.
- Warung of Knowledge
- Free Vintage appraisals
- "The best of the cutting edge", new surfboards and contemporary shapers
- Photography, art, clothing and accessories stalls
- Micro brewery beers and gourmet food stalls
Calling on collectors the reserve a spot to display and sell their boards and volunteers to be part of the family and help us wrangle surfboards and crowds
If your interested in coming along, having a stall, displaying some boards or volunteering, drop us a line - Email: info@boardcollectorsurfswap.com
Find out more or get involved at: www.boardcollectorsurfswap.com
Pet of the Week
Benette
AGE/SEX: 4 years / F
BREED: Bullmastiff x Shepherd
Benette is a shy girl who is slowly learning to trust people. She is looking for a quiet home with people who have patience and time to bring her out of her shell. She walks on loose lead, paying no attention to passing dogs or cars. She enjoys pats & cuddles with various volunteers but she is nervous with men she does not know and backs away. She still gets spooked by loud noises. She has a smooth coat and weighs 25.9kg. She comes desexed, C5 vaccinated, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DR Vet. Her adoption cost is $450.
For further details or to meet all dogs at call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email monika@DoggieRescue.com. Visit www.DoggieRescue.com to see all our dogs.www.facebook.com/doggierescue
Avalon Boomerang Bags 2017
From Tuesday February 7th workshops will be run at:
Sewcraft
Unit 20/14 Polo Ave , Mona Vale.
9.30-2.30
We would like to say a big welcome from Avalon Boomerang Bags to Kate at Sewcraft and a HUGE Thank You for offering us the use of this fabulous space.
For those that cannot attend our regular workshops but still want to be involved, get together 2-6 friends and we can run a workshop for you at a mutually convenient time. Or perhaps you would like to donate some nice bright fabric or some thread or help out in other ways behind the scenes.
If you can help call Laurel on 0410 608 315 or reply to this email.
2017 is going to be great, can't wait to see all our baggers again.
Just quick reminder that we are running a bag SHARING program. The bags are called Boomerang Bags because we would like the ones you're not using to Boomerang back into our boxes , so that there are always plenty available for shoppers who may have forgotten their own.
Join us, and let's rid our beautiful coastal suburb of polluting, wild life entangling plastic bags.
Clean Up Australia Day 2017
SUNDAY 5 MARCH
SCHOOLS CLEAN UP DAY 3 MARCH
BUSINESS CLEAN UP DAY 28 FEB
Register or join a site at: www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au
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Coasters Retreat
Meeting Point: The fire brigade shed
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Contact Wilma Taylor - Email: warwiskataylor@yahoo.com
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Avalon Beach
Meeting Point: Avalon Beach SLSC.
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:00 AM
End time: 10:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Guy Williment - Email: gwilliment@live.com.au
Avalon Dunes Careel Creek
Meeting Point: near Avalon Skate Park
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 8:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Marita Macrae - Email: marita.macrae@gmail.com
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Bayview Shore Front
Come For Half An Hour Or As Long As You Can Manage. Plastic Is The Number One Material Caught In The Mangroves, Buried In Mud And Sand And Mixed In With Shore Debris.
Meeting Point: Bayview Baths - in the park to the right of Gibsons Marina
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 08:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Louise Smith - Email: le_gbsmith@optusnet.com.au
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Coastal Environment Centre
Representing: Upper Northern Beaches Rotary Club
Meeting Point: Volunteers will meet at the Coastal Environment Centre and work north towards Warriewood SLSC
This Clean Up is a recurring one which takes place yearly.
Next Clean Up: March 5th 2017
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:30 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Michael Baxter - Email: mdbax@hotmail.com
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Mona Vale Beach
Representing: Blackmores Ltd
Meeting Point: Car park next to Bronze Cafe
Date: March 2nd 2017
Start time: 7:00 AM
End time: 2:00 PM
Site Coordinator Details
Jackie Smiles - Email: jsmiles@blackmores.com.au
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Narrabeen Lagoon State Park
Representing: Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment
Meeting Point: Berry Reserve
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 8:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Judith Bennett - Email: email@narrabeenlagoon.org.au
Indian Myna Action Group
Indian or Common Mynas are one of the world's most invasive species, not a cute bird. Many communities in NSW, QLD, ACT and overseas are taking action against these pests, sometimes called flying rats.
Pittwater Natural Heritage Association set up the Northern Beaches Indian Myna Action Group, as these birds are a common pest in local shopping centres, on private land and in schools and parks.
Now a grant from Greater Sydney Local Lands Services has enabled our campaign to take a leap forward, with more publicity and more traps available for people wishing to trap on private land.
These aggressive birds are pests because they breed in great numbers, nesting in hollows in houses and in trees, displacing native birds and animals. They can spread diseases and lice and scavenge in rubbish bins.
Our Myna information is welcomed by cafes that are pestered by birds fouling tables. This term we will deliver a pamphlet to alert schools about Mynas.
See our Facebook page for what we are doing and how people can get involved.
For more information contact us on pnhainfo@gmail.com or phone Nick Halkyard on 0416 288 874
International Women's Day 2017 Breakfast At RPAYC
Wednesday March 8th, 2017
Hosted by Zonta Club of Northern Beaches
7am - 9am Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Newport. Tickets $42.Pittwater
Speaker: Superintendant Doreen Cruickshank APM
Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc will host the annual Pittwater International Women’s Day Breakfast on Wednesday 8 March 2017 at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, 16 Mitala St, Newport.
Zonta Club of Northern Beaches is a member of Zonta International which is a global organisation of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy. Zonta International is affiliated at the United Nations with other major women’s organisations.
This breakfast marks International Women's Day. It is a day to acknowledge women's contribution to making Australia, and the world, a better place. Everyone is invited to celebrate the day. The 2017 Pittwater Woman of the Year will be announced at the breakfast.
The guest speaker at the breakfast will be Superintendent Doreen Cruickshank APM. With over 45 years of service, Doreen is Australia’s longest serving policewoman. Growing up in country NSW, and being focussed on a career in the police from an early age, Doreen has witnessed revolutionary changes for women in the profession from policewomen being a segregated group to now being fully integrated into the force. Doreen was Pittwater Woman of the Year in 2008. She will speak on her life story and her career.The IWD Breakfast will be held at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club at 7am till 9am on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The cost is $42. The delightful location looks over the waters of Pittwater and across to Bayview and Scotland Island. The breakfast is always well attended by the local community. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Enquiries topittwateriwdbreakfast@gmail.com or Sue on 0407 850 860. Proceeds from the breakfast will support service projects of Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc assisting local women in need, and Zonta International projects in developing countries. Come by yourself, bring a friend or make up a table of 8 to10. We will seat you.
Greater Sydney Commission: North District
Have your say on the draft District Plans!GSC: We invite you to attend one of our upcoming community drop-in sessions across Sydney's six districts to learn more about planning for Sydney’s long-term future, and how to provide feedback.
Follow the link to find out more details on your local session.
North District
The North District is a place of coastline suburbs, harbour communities and bushland neighbourhoods located around vibrant urban centres with lively high streets, busy shopping districts and employment hubs.
From document, Full Draft District Plan, available to read and download in full at 'North district' link above:
Mona Vale Proposed priorities:
• protect and enhance the commercial and retail function of the centre to provide employment growth and maintain high job containment
• ensure sufficient retail and commercial floor space is provided to meet future demand
• leverage the Mona Vale B-Line stop to facilitate intensification of uses in the centre, with an emphasis on the provision of housing affordability to retain 18 to 35 year olds
• explore opportunities to increase residential diversification around the centre
• improve access and linkages to local destinations, such as Mona Vale Hospital, through priority pedestrian networks
• promote walking and cycling to the centre and within it
• retain and protect the industrial precinct to the north of the centre to serve the growing population
• investigate feasibility of existing planning provisions and controls as they relate to mixed-use and residential development within the centre
• prioritise place making initiatives to promote mixed-use activities, urban activation and more diverse housing, and improve connectivity and integration with existing networks.
Brookvale-Dee Why Proposed priorities:
• maintain the mix of uses so that Brookvale-Dee Why continues to perform strongly as a well-balanced, self-sustaining combined centre
• encourage and support improvements to Warringah Mall and better integrate it with the fabric and life of Brookvale-Dee Why
• encourage provision of affordable housing to attract and retain key workers in local industries, particularly in Brookvale
• recognise and enhance the economic and employment opportunities along Pittwater Road and encourage revitalisation along this commercial strip
• promote walking, cycling and public transport to Warringah Mall, the Brookvale industrial area and Dee Why to alleviate traffic congestion on Pittwater Road and to reduce car dependency
• encourage the establishment of new, innovative and creative industries in the Brookvale industrial area
• encourage new lifestyle or entertainment uses to activate local streets in Brookvale-Dee Why
• improve connections between Brookvale-Dee Why and Northern Beaches Hospital and beyond.
Manly Proposed priorities:
• further develop Manly as a cultural, tourist, retail and entertainment precinct
• improve transport connections to Manly Wharf from other lower Northern Beaches suburbs
• provide faster public transport to Chatswood, Frenchs Forest, St Leonards, Macquarie Park and Macquarie University
• encourage diversified commercial activity to improve economic resilience
• encourage eco-tourism around North Head and the Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve.
3.5 Prioritising Northern Beaches Hospital as the catalyst for a new centre
The Northern Beaches Hospital will anchor a new health and education super precinct for the North District and Greater Sydney.
Associated road upgrades are intended to ease congestion and improve travel times to, from and within the super precinct as it develops.
The Northern Beaches Council is preparing a Northern Beaches Hospital Precinct Structure Plan to consider the wider land use implications of this investment. The Structure Plan will analyse opportunities and constraints to plan for future development around the Hospital.
2016-2021 Housing Target - Northern Beaches 3,400
The NSW Government is also accelerating the capacity for housing supply across the District through the following projects:
• Cherrybrook Station Precinct: which is part of the Sydney Metro Northwest Priority Urban Renewal Corridor to maximise access and opportunities for more housing and jobs
• Ingleside Precinct: in the Northern Beaches Local Government Area.
From page 16:
1.1.3 Status of the draft District Plan
While councils are required to give effect to District Plans as soon as practicable after a District Plan is made, draft District Plans will guide the preparation of planning proposals under Part 3 of the Act. This is established by the Department of Planning and Environment’s Guide to Preparing Planning Proposals (August 2016).
The Guide lists assessment criteria for a planning proposal, which include but are not limited to consideration of the strategic merit of the proposal, the site-specific merit of the proposal and consistency with strategic plans, including draft District Plans, State environmental planning policies and Ministerial directions.
Local environmental plans will continue to determine whether development is permitted or prohibited on land. While a draft District Plan or District Plan is not a mandatory matter for consideration in the determination of a development application, a consent authority may decide to consider a draft District Plan or District Plan to the extent it relates to the objects of the EP&A Act.
The inclusion of Our vision – Towards our Greater Sydney 2056 in Chapter 2 of this draft District Plan foreshadows our research and the evolution of our thinking that will inform the review of A Plan for Growing Sydney during 2017. It does not replace the legal status of A Plan for Growing Sydney as the current Greater Sydney Region Plan.
NB: More details are available by downloading the Full Draft District Plan - (PDF: 8.95 MB)
Australia Post Features Aussie Jetties In New Stamp Issue
15th February 2017
Australia Post is profiling four Australian jetties in the newest stamp issue. The four featured jetties from around the country, all wooden, include those at Busselton, Western Australia; Tumby Bay, South Australia; Shelley Beach near Portsea, Victoria; and Kincumber, New South Wales.
Many of the countless jetties and piers that punctuate Australia's coastline and waterways were originally built in the 19th century to moor vessels transporting goods and passengers.
Australia Post Philatelic Manager Mr Michael Zsolt said: "While some of our great Aussie jetties have fallen into disuse, others are still popular for recreational fishing, diving, snorkelling and other tourist activities. We trust this stamp issue will be of interest to all Australians and especially to local residents and tourists visiting these areas."
The two domestic base rate ($1) and two international rate ($2.10 and $2.95) stamps were designed by Melbourne-based Andrew Hogg Design and feature:
Busselton Jetty is situated at Busselton, which lies on Geographe Bay on the southwest tip of Western Australia. At nearly two kilometres in length, the Busselton Jetty is one of the longest wooden jetties in the world. Originally built in 1853, the historic jetty has been rebuilt and renovated and is now a popular attraction. The old rail line along the pier now carries tourists to an underwater observatory near the end of the jetty, which is listed in the State Register of Heritage Places.
Tumby Bay Jetty is situated in Tumby Bay, a town on the Spencer Gulf on the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The 133-metre long jetty was constructed in 1874 and dismantled for safety reasons in 1999. The new wooden jetty is well known as a diving destination for viewing an array of sea creatures.
Shelley Beach Jetty is situated near Portsea, a popular resort town located 95 kilometres from Melbourne near the end of the Mornington Peninsula and close to the Heads, the region of water connecting the protected Port Phillip Bay with the wild ocean of Bass Strait. The picturesque private jetty on the stamp is located at Shelley Beach, a small secluded beach between Portsea and Sorrento.
Kincumber Jetty is located on the Brisbane Water, an estuary in the Central Coast region of New South Wales. The small wooden jetty, once used for the transportation of wood in the early 19th century, can be found from the walk and cycle track between the towns of Kincumber and Davistown. The scenic estuary and nearby Kincumba Mountain Reserve is a major attraction.
The products associated with this stamp issue are a first day cover, stamp pack, set of four maxicards, two postcards, sheetlets of five $2.10 and five $2.95 self-adhesive stamps, booklet of 10 x $1 and a roll of 100 x $1 self-adhesive stamps.
The Australian Jetties stamp issue is available from participating Post Offices, via mail order on 1800 331 794 and online at auspost.com.au/stamps from 21 February 2017 while stocks last.
Visit the Australia Post Collectables website auspostcollectables.com.auand stay up-to-date with new Australian stamp issues. The Australia Post Collectables website is a central resource for stamp collectors and philatelic enthusiasts across the globe.
E86 Timetable
Transport for NSW have changed the pickup time of the E86 bus to 6.47 am. This means our customer catching the 6.40 from Bells Wharf will now be in time to ctahc it. If you want to catch the E86, you must have a valid Ferry ticket, and an OPAL card.
Church Point Ferry ServiceFerry Master 0408 296 997
Administration 0433 038 408
Website: churchpointferryservice.com
RPAYC Takes Club Racing To A New Level & Announces Global Search For A Race Director
Wednesday, February 8, 2017: RPAYC
As a further commitment to yachting and to the growth of the sport, the RPAYC will increase the resources it commits to sailing and yacht racing and intends to appoint a professional Race Director.
The Race Director will oversee all aspects of member racing in a very operational capacity both on and off water by ensuring that race management teams are supported and that all operational areas are co-ordinated to deliver programs that satisfy members, encourage new boats to join the fleets and increase participation in the sport.
The RPAYC has one of the most comprehensive year round sailing programs in the country, offering up to five keel boat club racing days each week, a solid centerboard racing fleet, an extensive cruising program, a training program training well in excess of 700 people annually, a busy regatta schedule and has a multi award winning program committed to supporting disabled sailing.
“This role will ensure that RPAYC remains a leader in providing exceptional yacht racing and regatta management” commented Vice Commodore Michael Lockley after addressing a meeting of the Club race management teams last week.
“Our race management teams are very supportive of this move and are excited about the further investment we are making in our sport”.
Within the organisational structure, this position will be 2IC to the General Manager ensuring that the sailing activities of the Club are elevated above all other aspects of this very diverse operation, while retaining the balance required to ensure that satisfaction and funding is maintained across all areas.
The recruitment firm Sportspeople has been exclusively appointed to conduct a full international search to present the best candidates to the Club. Details of the role and how to apply can be found atwww.sportspeople.com.au or specifically on THIS PAGE
Applications close 1 March, 2017. All enquiries should be directed to Robert McMurtrie at Sportspeople.
While experience working in a yacht club is not necessary, the Club seeks an experienced manager with significant international yacht racing experience and a thorough knowledge of (and network of connections in) the international yachting industry.
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Newport Breakers 2017 Player Registration
Are you looking for a game of rugby? The Newport Breakers are gearing up for a super season of rugby with 4 teams chomping at the bit to play in 2017!
Do you want to play with a passionate club rich with over 54 years of history?
How about a club that has long been the Suburban Production Line for Wallaby and Super Rugby Representatives?
Or how about a club that is home to many generations of players who all share pride in the Blue and White jersey and wouldn't dream of playing for another club?
Then Newport Breakers Rugby is the club for you.
To register your interest email registrar@newportrugby.com.au
All players will need to fill out a Registration form for 2017 which can be downloaded here.
Formal Pre-Season Training commences on in February down at Porter Reserve and then every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30pm [TBC].
Spread the word and let’s rip in!
2017 Subbies Fees...
Early Bird Registration,
Pay Before 28th Feb 2017 Colts: $150 Seniors: $200
After 28th Feb 2017 Colts: $180 Seniors: $220
We've got 3 options for you to pay your fees this year. Pay either via EFT to the Account Number below with your name in the reference, via Direct Debit or even easier with cash at training:
EFT Details...
Newport Rugby Club
BSB 082-116
Account #63760 2084
Please put your name in for us to reference.
Any questions please contact Newport's Registrar:
Matt Wellings Email: registrar@newportrugby.com.au
Registration Form: PLAYER REGISTRATION FORM 2017.pdf
Charity Golf Day 2017
Friday, March 31 at 7:30 AM - 3 PMBayview Golf Club
1825 Pittwater Rd, Mona Vale
Join us at beautiful Bayview Golf Club for a morning of golf and fun with lunch to follow. All proceeds go to the projects of Rotary Club of Upper Northern Beaches. We support the Palliative Care Centre at Mona Vale Hospital and other local and international causes.
SPONSORS WANTED!
Support us with a hole sponsorship at $1,500. You’ll get:
- Sign at the hole and on our sponsor board during lunch acknowledging your support
- Four registrations for golf and lunch
- Gift bags and post-match drinks for your players
Other sponsorship levels are also available - each with its benefit to you!
To sign up as a sponsor, call Simon on 0402 037 032.or Patrick 0405 457 950
Golf experience optional! A great day out for men and women of all skill levels!
Format: 4- ball Ambrose / Shotgun start
Teams of four: Register your own team or join one of ours
Golf + Lunch package: $150 per person includes:
- 18 holes golf (Ambrose format)
- Morning tea
- Snack/drinks cart
- Gift bag
- Two course lunch
Golf only: $100
Lunch only: $60
To register: Download our PDF registration form here and send it to us with your payment before March 23rd.
Hand your completed form and payment details to an UNB Rotary club member OR drop it at Bayview Golf Club reception during business hours
OR post it to: The Rotary Club of Upper Northern Beaches, P.O. Box 321, Mona Vale N.S.W. 1660
OR scan it and send it as an email attachment to: golfday@rotaryuppernorthernbeaches.org
For more details, email Simon at golfday@rotaryuppernorthernbeaches.org
Board Collector Surf Swap
Avalon Beach
Sunday 9 April 2017
Boards Bands Beers Burgers
Featuring
- STAB Magazine Filmlyfe Film festival
- Films and Q&A with surfing and shaping legends
- "Show and Shine" 100 Vintage surfboards display
- Pre-1990 surfboards for sale and swap.
- Warung of Knowledge
- Free Vintage appraisals
- "The best of the cutting edge", new surfboards and contemporary shapers
- Photography, art, clothing and accessories stalls
- Micro brewery beers and gourmet food stalls
Calling on collectors the reserve a spot to display and sell their boards and volunteers to be part of the family and help us wrangle surfboards and crowds
If your interested in coming along, having a stall, displaying some boards or volunteering, drop us a line - Email: info@boardcollectorsurfswap.com
Find out more or get involved at: www.boardcollectorsurfswap.com
Marine Rescue Broken Bay Unit NSW Rescue Revue
Rescue Revue for December 2016 and January 2017
By Alan Turner-Morris
Mid afternoon on Saturday 3rd December Marine Rescue were informed that a Bayliner cruiser had an engine breakdown at Portuguese Beach. There were two people on board. They were advised to drop anchor until a rescue vessel could reach them. Rescue vessel Broken Bay BB20 took them in tow and delivered them safely to Snapperman's Beach.New Years Day At 11:00am a 14m fishing trawler with 2 people on board phoned in reporting engine problems. The vessel was located off Bayview and taken in tow by BB30 to a mooring near Church Point.
At 5:10pm a 4.2m runabout at Currawong beach radioed for assistance. BB20 attended and the 2 people on board advised that they could not start their outboard motor. The vessel was towed to Clareville beach.
Monday 2nd Jan. At 12:10pm the crew onboard BB20, doing training exercises off Scotland Island, sighted an Etchells yacht in difficulties. The 10m racing yacht, which has no motor, and with only one person on board, was floundering in the high winds. It was towed to Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club.
At 3:30pm a radio call was received from 2 people on board a 5.3m runabout with outboard engine problems. BB20 located the vessel at anchor off Towlers Bay. It was initially towed then side-rafted to the jetty at Careel bay.
At 6:10pm a call was received from the skipper of a 12m Beneteau cruising yacht with battery problems. BB30 attended and was able to jump-start the inboard engine.
Sat 7th Jan A radio call at 8:30am was received from a vessel at Portuguese beach. The 5.4m Bowrider with 3 people on board was having gearbox problems with their inboard engine and could not manoeuvre. BB20 was despatched and took it in tow to Bayview.
Sunday 8th At midday, during training exercises off Coasters Retreat, the crew of BB20 saw a man waiving for assistance from an 11m yacht. He was having engine problems and requested a tow. The vessel was taken to Refuge Cove.
At am on Sunday 22nd January. Rescue vessels BB30 & BB20 responded to a call from a 7m-cruiser vessel in trouble with one person on board in relation to water flowing through a loose screw in bow section of the hull. Rescue vessel BB30 commenced pumping for over an hour until the hole could be repaired and water was pumped out. The vessel left on its mooring in Careel Bay.
At 4pm, a 7m vessel was found adrift off Portuguese Bay with no one on board. The vessel was taken under tow to an emergency mooring off Clareville Beach.
At 5:45pm a 9m vessel with 2 people on board was taken in tow off Paradise Beach and towed to its mooring off Paradise Beach.
At 5:17 pm a rescue vessel that was already engaged in a an assist was directed to proceed to Box Head to search for a possible fisherman in the water. The search was later cancelled, as there were a number of search vessels in the area.
At 3:30 pm an 8m Bar Cruiser in difficulty about 2 nautical miles outside Broken Bay. The vessel was towed to Royal Motor Yacht Club wharf and left on the emergency wharf as a higher priority job took precedence. This vessel was attended to later.
At 5:30 pm a 11m yacht was towed from a mooring south of Stokes Point to their mooring on the south side of Scotland Island.
The situation was managed by only two rescue vessels with crews operation under stressful conditions.
On 26 January 2017 late in the afternoon Marine Rescue Broken Bay were contacted by a member of the public about a 7m half cabin vessel with no one on board at the Basin. The vessel adrift close to the ferry wharf and had collided with another yacht while adrift. Broken Bay rescue vessel BB20 rafted the vessel alongside and took it to the ferry wharf. Here a person who knew the owner boarded the vessel and took control. Rescue vessel Broken Bay planned to anchor the vessel in shallower waters. Water police were on the scene and took control.
Late morning on 28th January 2017, a 6.5m runabout with one person on board was anchored off Stokes Point with engine problems. Rescue vessel Broken Bay BB20 towed the vessel to a mooring in Careel Bay.
On 29th January, an 8m cruiser with engine problems with two people on board was towed by Rescue Vessel BB20 from Towlers Bay to the ramp at Bayview.
To find out more about Marine Rescue Broken Bay Visit:http://www.mrbrokenbay.com.au/
Newport SLSC Wins A $60,000 Gym Fitout & Maddie Spencer Qualifies For The Nutri Grain Iron Woman Series
February 10, 2017
By Jan Proudfoot, Newport SLSC
Words extracted from Riptide
Newport have brought Queensland giants Northcliffe back to earth and emerged from the Summer of Surf Series as the top club in Australia. The Sydney Northern Beaches club won the point score and earned a state of the art gym fit-out, courtesy of Technogym and worth $60,000. Just to measure how much it meant to Newport and Sydney northern beaches, Northcliffe have won 10 Australian club champion titles.
Also on the final day at Surfers Paradise last Saturday, it was great news for Newport with Maddie Spencer qualifying for the Nutri Grain iron woman series to be held at North Cronulla from February 24-26.
‘’I am just stoked,’’ Maddie said. ‘’I am a year ahead of where I wanted to be.’’
Also in the water, Newport were series winners in both the female board relay and ski relay. Both ski paddlers Mitchell Trim and Hannah Minogue were on the verge of winning the series in their respective events but countbacks came into the final equation after the last round. Trim was just pipped in the run up the beach by Avoca’s Lachlan Tame, while Minogue had kayaking commitments. Trim finished level on points with Tame, as did Minogue with Northcliffe’s Danielle McKenzie.
On the beach, Blake Drysdale was unbeatable in the beach flags, as was Jake Lynch in the beach sprint. Laura Shorter couldn’t make the trip north because of illness, which meant Bree Masters caught her on points.
Members of the successful Newport club at Surfers Paradise
Pictures by CHRIS BORG
Pittwater Offshore Newsletter Update 12/2/2017
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To contact Julian: editor@scotlandisland.org.au
Lifesavers Gearing Up For Heatwave
Friday February 10, 2017: From Surf Life Saving NSWExtreme heatwave conditions across much of NSW have volunteer surf lifesavers bracing for what could be one of the busiest weekends of the season.
Thousands are expected to flock to the beach as they attempt to beat the heat over the weekend with the mercury forecast to be in the high 30s.
These extreme temperatures means that heat stress is a very real risk for those out in the sun, and if left untreated it can lead to the more serious condition of heat stroke so it is important to take immediate steps if you start to experience distress from the heat, and to closely watch family members and friends, lifesavers urged.
Surf Life Saving NSW Operations Manager, Andy Kent, said the welfare of the public including volunteer lifesavers themselves will be a high priority in coming days.
“Our active patrolling members do an amazing job, often in very trying conditions and their health and safety is something we take very seriously,” said Andy Kent.
“Following the Deputy State Emergency Operations Controller activating the NSW State Heatwave Sub Plan SLSNSW communicated this information to all our clubs and branches.
“Additionally all Patrol Captains have been advised to watch out for signs of heat stress among their fellow team members and for volunteers to seek shade and stay hydrated while on patrol,” Mr Kent said.
A number of surf carnivals and championships are scheduled over the weekend and Surf Life Saving NSW has advised Branches and clubs to monitor conditions and manage their events to ensure the safety of competitors, officials and volunteers.
There is a possibility some carnivals may be condensed, postponed or even cancelled if heat becomes an issue, particularly for Junior Championships and Nippers.
It has been a challenging month for the lifesaving community with a series of drownings in recent weeks and while surf conditions are forecast to be moderate, lifesavers are urging the public to be “beach aware.”
“Lifeguards and lifesavers have been extremely busy over the last few weeks and we are urging the public to do what they can to help lessen the load by taking some responsibility for their own safety,” said Andy Kent.
“Some practical ways people can protect themselves and their family are to swim at a patrolled beach between the red and yellow flags, watch out for children around any body of water and stay alert to the early signs of heat stress,” he said.
Volunteer surf lifesavers will be out in force each weekend and public holiday until the end of the patrol season on Tuesday 25 April 2017. For patrol times and locations visit www.beachsafe.org.au
Tips For Beating The Heat
- Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water
- Avoid the diuretic effects of alcohol
- Bring a long sleeve shirt to cover up after spending time in the sun
- Stay out of direct sunlight where possible during the hottest parts of the day
- Apply plenty of sunscreen and reapply regularly
- Know the warning signs of heat stress (excessive sweating, rapid heart rate, nausea etc)
- Seek medical attention from lifesavers or lifeguards if feeling unwell
- Remember SLIP on some protective clothing, SLOP on some sunscreen, SLAP on a hat, SLIDE on a pair of sunglasses, SEEK some shade, and SIP on lots of water
Pittwater Mens Probus Club February Speaker
Tuesday 14th February 2017 at 11AMNuclear Power and Australian Energy
Speaker Martin Thomas
Martin will speak on where nuclear power could fit into Australia's energy needs. He has toured the world with Ziggy Switkowski looking at nuclear plants.
In 2006, Ziggy Switkowski was appointed to chair a Commonwealth Government inquiry into the viability of a domestic nuclear power industry. The inquiry concluded that Australia is well positioned to increase its production and export of uranium as well as adding nuclear power to its own energy mix.
Five Minute Speaker
Club member Roman Zwolenski will talk about sailing in the Bahamas.
Pittwater Mens Probus Meetings
10am 2nd Tuesday every Month
Venue: Mona Vale Golf Club
Pittwater Mens Probus
Our Probus club is an association for active members of the community, and for those no longer working full time, to join together in clubs for a new lease of life. Its basic purpose is to advance intellectual and cultural interests amongst adult persons; to provide regular opportunities to progress healthy minds and active bodies through social interaction and activities, expand interests and to enjoy the fellowship of new friends.
Our club membership is for men only, however partners are welcome at our social events and activities including our monthly guest presentation following each meeting.
Visitors Welcome
Monthly Meetings
Our monthly meetings are followed by a guest presentation that will interest our members. Meetings conclude at 12noon followed by an optional lunch at the Golf Club. Partners are invited to attend the presentations.
For more information, Visit: http://probus.pittwater.org.au/
Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary Stalls 2017
February:
17th - Stall foyer Mona Vale Hospital: Baking, knitting, craft, books, sewing 9am to 3pm
18th - Bunnings, Narrabeen: Sausage sizzle 8am to 3pm
March:
4th - Stall, Pittwater Place, Mona Vale: Sewing, knitting, craft 9am to 3pm
11th - Bunnings Narrabeen: Sausage sizzle 8am to 3pm
17th - Stall foyer Mona Vale Hospital: Baking, knitting, craft, books, sewing 9am to 3pm
April:
1st - Stall, Pittwater Place, Mona Vale: Sewing, knitting craft 9am to 3pm
8th - Bunnings Narrabeen: Sausage sizzle 8am to 3pm
21st - Stall foyer Mona Vale Hospital: Baking, knitting, craft, books, sewing 9am to 3pm
May:
6th - Stall, Pittwater Place, Mona Vale: Sewing, knitting, craft 9am to 3pm
13th - Bunnings Narrabeen: Sausage sizzle 8am to 3pm
19th - Stall foyer Mona Vale Hospital: Baking, knitting, craft, books, sewing 9am to 3pm
June:
3rd - Stall, Pittwater Place, Mona Vale: Sewing, knitting, craft 9am to 3pm
10th - Bunnings Narrabeen: Sausage sizzle 8am to 3pm
16th - Stall foyer Mona Vale Hospital: Baking, knitting, craft, books, sewing 9am to 3pm
Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment
February 2017 Forum: Narrabeen Lagoon State Park – Endangered animals 7pm Monday Feb 27, 2017
Coastal Environment Centre
Pelican Path, Lake Park Road, Narrabeen
Book now— email@narrabeenlagoon.org.au
Jacqui Marlow will update us about local threatened species and methods to mitigate against road kill of animals. She will describe the connections between patches of habitat and the threats looming for some of those habitat areas. Lynleigh Grieg will bring some live animals and tell us about caring for injured animals.
Entry is free but we ask for a donation to cover expenses. Make sure you get a ticket preferably by emailing Judith Bennett email@narrabeenlagoon.org.au or by phoning Judith on 9905 2135 or text 0402 974 105
Pet of the Week
Romeo
AGE/SEX: 12 months / M
BREED: Kelpie X Staffy
Romeo is a slightly timid but friendly boy. Once he knows you he is affectionate and sweet but still does a bit of puppy nipping. He is social with other dogs and has lots of energy. He has a short coat and weighs 17.7kg. He comes desexed, C5 vaccinated, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DR Vet. His adoption cost is $400.
For further details or to meet all dogs at call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email monika@DoggieRescue.com. Visit www.DoggieRescue.com to see all our dogs.www.facebook.com/doggierescue
2017 WRC Memberships Are On Sale Now
This year will see Warringah Rugby Club (WRC) play nine home games at Pittwater Rugby Park with Colts joining grade for Super Saturdays against Penrith, Easts, University and Manly. Don't miss out- sign up as a Warringah member today.
Available at: www.warringahrugby.com.au/online-store
Avalon Boomerang Bags 2017
From Tuesday February 7th workshops will be run at:
Sewcraft
Unit 20/14 Polo Ave , Mona Vale.
9.30-2.30
We would like to say a big welcome from Avalon Boomerang Bags to Kate at Sewcraft and a HUGE Thank You for offering us the use of this fabulous space.
For those that cannot attend our regular workshops but still want to be involved, get together 2-6 friends and we can run a workshop for you at a mutually convenient time. Or perhaps you would like to donate some nice bright fabric or some thread or help out in other ways behind the scenes.
If you can help call Laurel on 0410 608 315 or reply to this email.
2017 is going to be great, can't wait to see all our baggers again.
Just quick reminder that we are running a bag SHARING program. The bags are called Boomerang Bags because we would like the ones you're not using to Boomerang back into our boxes , so that there are always plenty available for shoppers who may have forgotten their own.
Join us, and let's rid our beautiful coastal suburb of polluting, wild life entangling plastic bags.
Clean Up Australia Day 2017
SUNDAY 5 MARCH
SCHOOLS CLEAN UP DAY 3 MARCH
BUSINESS CLEAN UP DAY 28 FEB
Register or join a site at: www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au
2108
Coasters Retreat
Meeting Point: The fire brigade shed
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Contact Wilma Taylor - Email: warwiskataylor@yahoo.com
2107
Avalon Beach
Meeting Point: Avalon Beach SLSC.
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:00 AM
End time: 10:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Guy Williment - Email: gwilliment@live.com.au
Avalon Dunes Careel Creek
Meeting Point: near Avalon Skate Park
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 8:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Marita Macrae - Email: marita.macrae@gmail.com
2104
Bayview Shore Front
Come For Half An Hour Or As Long As You Can Manage. Plastic Is The Number One Material Caught In The Mangroves, Buried In Mud And Sand And Mixed In With Shore Debris.
Meeting Point: Bayview Baths - in the park to the right of Gibsons Marina
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 08:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Louise Smith - Email: le_gbsmith@optusnet.com.au
2103
Coastal Environment Centre
Representing: Upper Northern Beaches Rotary Club
Meeting Point: Volunteers will meet at the Coastal Environment Centre and work north towards Warriewood SLSC
This Clean Up is a recurring one which takes place yearly.
Next Clean Up: March 5th 2017
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:30 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Michael Baxter - Email: mdbax@hotmail.com
2102
Mona Vale Beach
Representing: Blackmores Ltd
Meeting Point: Car park next to Bronze Cafe
Date: March 2nd 2017
Start time: 7:00 AM
End time: 2:00 PM
Site Coordinator Details
Jackie Smiles - Email: jsmiles@blackmores.com.au
2101
Narrabeen Lagoon State Park
Representing: Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment
Meeting Point: Berry Reserve
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 8:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Judith Bennett - Email: email@narrabeenlagoon.org.au
Indian Myna Action Group
Indian or Common Mynas are one of the world's most invasive species, not a cute bird. Many communities in NSW, QLD, ACT and overseas are taking action against these pests, sometimes called flying rats.
Pittwater Natural Heritage Association set up the Northern Beaches Indian Myna Action Group, as these birds are a common pest in local shopping centres, on private land and in schools and parks.
Now a grant from Greater Sydney Local Lands Services has enabled our campaign to take a leap forward, with more publicity and more traps available for people wishing to trap on private land.
These aggressive birds are pests because they breed in great numbers, nesting in hollows in houses and in trees, displacing native birds and animals. They can spread diseases and lice and scavenge in rubbish bins.
Our Myna information is welcomed by cafes that are pestered by birds fouling tables. This term we will deliver a pamphlet to alert schools about Mynas.
See our Facebook page for what we are doing and how people can get involved.
For more information contact us on pnhainfo@gmail.com or phone Nick Halkyard on 0416 288 874
International Women's Day 2017 Breakfast At RPAYC
Wednesday March 8th, 2017
Hosted by Zonta Club of Northern Beaches
7am - 9am Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Newport. Tickets $42.Pittwater
Speaker: Superintendant Doreen Cruickshank APM
Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc will host the annual Pittwater International Women’s Day Breakfast on Wednesday 8 March 2017 at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, 16 Mitala St, Newport.
Zonta Club of Northern Beaches is a member of Zonta International which is a global organisation of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy. Zonta International is affiliated at the United Nations with other major women’s organisations.
This breakfast marks International Women's Day. It is a day to acknowledge women's contribution to making Australia, and the world, a better place. Everyone is invited to celebrate the day. The 2017 Pittwater Woman of the Year will be announced at the breakfast.
The guest speaker at the breakfast will be Superintendent Doreen Cruickshank APM. With over 45 years of service, Doreen is Australia’s longest serving policewoman. Growing up in country NSW, and being focussed on a career in the police from an early age, Doreen has witnessed revolutionary changes for women in the profession from policewomen being a segregated group to now being fully integrated into the force. Doreen was Pittwater Woman of the Year in 2008. She will speak on her life story and her career.The IWD Breakfast will be held at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club at 7am till 9am on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The cost is $42. The delightful location looks over the waters of Pittwater and across to Bayview and Scotland Island. The breakfast is always well attended by the local community. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Enquiries topittwateriwdbreakfast@gmail.com or Sue on 0407 850 860. Proceeds from the breakfast will support service projects of Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc assisting local women in need, and Zonta International projects in developing countries. Come by yourself, bring a friend or make up a table of 8 to10. We will seat you.
WIND, BRASS AND PERCUSSION PLAYERS!!!!!
Northern Beaches Concert Band is looking for flute, clarinet, saxophone, tuba and trombone adult players. We cater for players from beginner to advanced and have a varied and exciting repertoire.
Come and join us during school term time at 7.30pm, Pittwater High School, Mona Street, Mona Vale.
Details 9970 7131 or 0414 560 263.
Friends Of Bungan Beach Restoration
Bungan Beach's superb backdrop of bushland is being cared for by donations from the Pittwater Environmental Foundation (PEF) and the determination and hard work of local people who love this wonderful place. Volunteers and contractors remove weeds and plant native plants where natural regeneration is unlikely because of dense weeds for many years.
Can you lend a hand to Friends of Bungan? go tohttp://www.friendsofbungan.org.au/about-us/
Click on logo above to visit their website.
New Season for Sailability Pittwater
Sailability Pittwater is a volunteer organisation which provides sailing for people with a disability. Our main recreational sailing activities are at Rowland Reserve, Bayview, and we run competitive sailing for people with a disability out of RPAYC Newport.
We are currently looking for new volunteers for our Saturday morning program at Rowland Reserve and Tuesdays at RPA. Visit our website for more information at www.sailability.org/au/pittwater or call John on 9982 5656
The purpose of www.westpittwater.com.au - is best defined by the vision of the West Pittwater Community Association.
To be a supportive community, encouraging and promoting civic pride, interest in community affairs and goodwill amongst residents.
To protect local fauna and flora and generally preserve West Pittwater and its environs.
To secure essential facilities including public wharves and reserves and to protect private and public property.
To speak with one voice and represent the interests of the Western Foreshore community when in discussion with Pittwater Council and other relevant government bodies. The WPCA website provides a forum for the better realisation of these objectives. Visit: www.westpittwater.com.au
Bushcare in Pittwater
For further information or to confirm the meeting details for below groups, please contact Council's Bushcare Officer on 9970 1367
BUSHCARE SCHEDULES
Where we work Which day What time
Avalon
Angophora Reserve 3rd Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Avalon Dunes 1st Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Avalon Golf Course 2nd Wednesday 3 - 5:30pm
Careel Creek 4th Saturday 8:30 - 11:30am
Toongari Reserve 3rd Saturday 9 - 12noon (8 - 11am in summer)
Bangalley Headland 2nd Sunday 9 to 12noon
Bayview
Winnererremy Bay 4th Sunday 9 to 12noon
Bilgola
North Bilgola Beach 3rd Monday 9 - 12noon
Algona Reserve 1st Saturday 9 - 12noon
Plateau Park 1st Friday 8:30 - 11:30am
Church Point
Browns Bay Reserve 1st Tuesday 9 - 12noon
McCarrs Creek Reserve Contact Bushcare Officer To be confirmed
Clareville
Old Wharf Reserve 3rd Saturday 8 - 11am
Elanora
Kundibah Reserve 4th Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Mona Vale
Mona Vale Beach Basin 1st Saturday 8 - 11am
Mona Vale Dunes 2nd Saturday+3rd Thursday 8:30 - 11:30am
Newport
Bungan Beach 4th Sunday 9 - 12noon
Crescent Reserve 3rd Sunday 9 - 12noon
North Newport Beach 4th Saturday 8:30 - 11:30am
Porter Reserve 2nd Saturday 8 - 11am
North Narrabeen
Irrawong Reserve 3rd Saturday 2 - 5pm
Palm Beach
North Palm Beach Dunes 3rd Saturday 9 - 12noon
Scotland Island
Catherine Park 2nd Sunday 10 - 12:30pm
Elizabeth Park 1st Saturday 9 - 12 noon
Pathilda Reserve 3rd Saturday 9 - 12 noon
Warriewood
Warriewood Wetlands 1st Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Whale Beach
Norma Park 1st Friday 9 - 12noon
Western Foreshores
Coopers Point, Elvina Bay 2nd Sunday 10 - 1pm
Rocky Point, Elvina Bay 1st Monday 9 - 12noon
Where we work Which day What time
Avalon
Angophora Reserve 3rd Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Avalon Dunes 1st Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Avalon Golf Course 2nd Wednesday 3 - 5:30pm
Careel Creek 4th Saturday 8:30 - 11:30am
Toongari Reserve 3rd Saturday 9 - 12noon (8 - 11am in summer)
Bangalley Headland 2nd Sunday 9 to 12noon
Bayview
Winnererremy Bay 4th Sunday 9 to 12noon
Bilgola
North Bilgola Beach 3rd Monday 9 - 12noon
Algona Reserve 1st Saturday 9 - 12noon
Plateau Park 1st Friday 8:30 - 11:30am
Church Point
Browns Bay Reserve 1st Tuesday 9 - 12noon
McCarrs Creek Reserve Contact Bushcare Officer To be confirmed
Clareville
Old Wharf Reserve 3rd Saturday 8 - 11am
Elanora
Kundibah Reserve 4th Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Mona Vale
Mona Vale Beach Basin 1st Saturday 8 - 11am
Mona Vale Dunes 2nd Saturday+3rd Thursday 8:30 - 11:30am
Newport
Bungan Beach 4th Sunday 9 - 12noon
Crescent Reserve 3rd Sunday 9 - 12noon
North Newport Beach 4th Saturday 8:30 - 11:30am
Porter Reserve 2nd Saturday 8 - 11am
North Narrabeen
Irrawong Reserve 3rd Saturday 2 - 5pm
Palm Beach
North Palm Beach Dunes 3rd Saturday 9 - 12noon
Scotland Island
Catherine Park 2nd Sunday 10 - 12:30pm
Elizabeth Park 1st Saturday 9 - 12 noon
Pathilda Reserve 3rd Saturday 9 - 12 noon
Warriewood
Warriewood Wetlands 1st Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Whale Beach
Norma Park 1st Friday 9 - 12noon
Western Foreshores
Coopers Point, Elvina Bay 2nd Sunday 10 - 1pm
Rocky Point, Elvina Bay 1st Monday 9 - 12noon
Northern Beaches ADHD Support Group
January 2017 Speaker
Our first speaker evening for 2017 starts with a gentle and holistic approach to helping both children with ADHD and their parents.We welcome Ian White, B.Sc., N.D., D.B.M.. Naturopath & Founder of Australian Bush Flower Essences, who will be presenting 'Enhancing Your Child's Learning, Behaviour & Wellbeing' on Tuesday 7th February 2017 at 6.45pm - at Pittwater RSL.
As usual $5 on the door but bookings essential via the websitewww.northernbeachesadhdsupportgroup.com.au or Eventbrite via this link
2017 WRC Memberships Are On Sale Now
This year will see Warringah Rugby Club (WRC) play nine home games at Pittwater Rugby Park with Colts joining grade for Super Saturdays against Penrith, Easts, University and Manly. Don't miss out- sign up as a Warringah member today.
Available at: www.warringahrugby.com.au/online-store
Avalon Boomerang Bags 2017
January 2017
Time to turn the tide, and in Avalon we are trying to do our bit.
Boomerang Bags workshops are starting again in the Avalon Recreation Centre on Tuesday 24th January 2017, 11.30am - 5pm.
Can't sew?
We can teach you, plus we need people with all sorts of different skills...stamping, cutting, chatting, stalls, admin...
Workshop: Change of Venue
Regular workshops resume this Tuesday.
For the next 2 weeks ( Tuesday January 24th and 31st) workshops will be at Avalon Recreation Centre at the new time of 11.30am until 3.30pm.
From Tuesday February 7th workshops will be run at:
Sewcraft
Unit 20/14 Polo Ave , Mona Vale.
9.30-2.30
We would like to say a big welcome from Avalon Boomerang Bags to Kate at Sewcraft and a HUGE Thank You for offering us the use of this fabulous space.
For those that cannot attend our regular workshops but still want to be involved, get together 2-6 friends and we can run a workshop for you at a mutually convenient time. Or perhaps you would like to donate some nice bright fabric or some thread or help out in other ways behind the scenes.
If you can help call Laurel on 0410 608 315 or reply to this email.
2017 is going to be great, can't wait to see all our baggers again.
Just quick reminder that we are running a bag SHARING program. The bags are called Boomerang Bags because we would like the ones you're not using to Boomerang back into our boxes , so that there are always plenty available for shoppers who may have forgotten their own.
Join us, and let's rid our beautiful coastal suburb of polluting, wild life entangling plastic bags.
Clean Up Australia Day 2017
SUNDAY 5 MARCH
SCHOOLS CLEAN UP DAY 3 MARCH
BUSINESS CLEAN UP DAY 28 FEB
Register or join a site at: www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au
2108
Coasters Retreat
Meeting Point: The fire brigade shed
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Contact Wilma Taylor - Email: warwiskataylor@yahoo.com
2107
Avalon Beach
Meeting Point: Avalon Beach SLSC.
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:00 AM
End time: 10:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Guy Williment - Email: gwilliment@live.com.au
Avalon Dunes Careel Creek
Meeting Point: near Avalon Skate Park
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 8:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Marita Macrae - Email: marita.macrae@gmail.com
2104
Bayview Shore Front
Come For Half An Hour Or As Long As You Can Manage. Plastic Is The Number One Material Caught In The Mangroves, Buried In Mud And Sand And Mixed In With Shore Debris.
Meeting Point: Bayview Baths - in the park to the right of Gibsons Marina
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 08:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Louise Smith - Email: le_gbsmith@optusnet.com.au
2103
Coastal Environment Centre
Representing: Upper Northern Beaches Rotary Club
Meeting Point: Volunteers will meet at the Coastal Environment Centre and work north towards Warriewood SLSC
This Clean Up is a recurring one which takes place yearly.
Next Clean Up: March 5th 2017
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 9:30 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Michael Baxter - Email: mdbax@hotmail.com
2102
Mona Vale Beach
Representing: Blackmores Ltd
Meeting Point: Car park next to Bronze Cafe
Date: March 2nd 2017
Start time: 7:00 AM
End time: 2:00 PM
Site Coordinator Details
Jackie Smiles - Email: jsmiles@blackmores.com.au
2101
Narrabeen Lagoon State Park
Representing: Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment
Meeting Point: Berry Reserve
Date: March 5th 2017
Start time: 8:00 AM
End time: 11:00 AM
Site Coordinator Details
Judith Bennett - Email: email@narrabeenlagoon.org.au
Indian Myna Action Group
Indian or Common Mynas are one of the world's most invasive species, not a cute bird. Many communities in NSW, QLD, ACT and overseas are taking action against these pests, sometimes called flying rats.
Pittwater Natural Heritage Association set up the Northern Beaches Indian Myna Action Group, as these birds are a common pest in local shopping centres, on private land and in schools and parks.
Now a grant from Greater Sydney Local Lands Services has enabled our campaign to take a leap forward, with more publicity and more traps available for people wishing to trap on private land.
These aggressive birds are pests because they breed in great numbers, nesting in hollows in houses and in trees, displacing native birds and animals. They can spread diseases and lice and scavenge in rubbish bins.
Our Myna information is welcomed by cafes that are pestered by birds fouling tables. This term we will deliver a pamphlet to alert schools about Mynas.
See our Facebook page for what we are doing and how people can get involved.
For more information contact us on pnhainfo@gmail.com or phone Nick Halkyard on 0416 288 874
International Women's Day 2017 Breakfast At RPAYC
Wednesday March 8th, 2017
Hosted by Zonta Club of Northern Beaches
7am - 9am Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Newport. Tickets $42.Pittwater
Speaker: Superintendant Doreen Cruickshank APM
Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc will host the annual Pittwater International Women’s Day Breakfast on Wednesday 8 March 2017 at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, 16 Mitala St, Newport.
Zonta Club of Northern Beaches is a member of Zonta International which is a global organisation of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy. Zonta International is affiliated at the United Nations with other major women’s organisations.
This breakfast marks International Women's Day. It is a day to acknowledge women's contribution to making Australia, and the world, a better place. Everyone is invited to celebrate the day. The 2017 Pittwater Woman of the Year will be announced at the breakfast.
The guest speaker at the breakfast will be Superintendent Doreen Cruickshank APM. With over 45 years of service, Doreen is Australia’s longest serving policewoman. Growing up in country NSW, and being focussed on a career in the police from an early age, Doreen has witnessed revolutionary changes for women in the profession from policewomen being a segregated group to now being fully integrated into the force. Doreen was Pittwater Woman of the Year in 2008. She will speak on her life story and her career.The IWD Breakfast will be held at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club at 7am till 9am on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The cost is $42. The delightful location looks over the waters of Pittwater and across to Bayview and Scotland Island. The breakfast is always well attended by the local community. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Enquiries topittwateriwdbreakfast@gmail.com or Sue on 0407 850 860. Proceeds from the breakfast will support service projects of Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc assisting local women in need, and Zonta International projects in developing countries. Come by yourself, bring a friend or make up a table of 8 to10. We will seat you.
Pet of the Week
Pearl
AGE/SEX: 10 years / F
BREED: Silky x
Pearl is a shy girl who needs gentle slow hand movements. She is a sweet affectionate girl but she needs to know you are not going to hurt her. She is social with other dogs but people are most important to her. She does not want to be left alone for long. She weighs 4kg. She comes desexed, C5 vaccinated, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DR Vet. Her adoption cost is $450.
For further details or to meet all dogs at call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email monika@DoggieRescue.com. Visit www.DoggieRescue.com to see all our dogs.www.facebook.com/doggierescue
Greater Sydney Commission: North District
Have your say on the draft District Plans!GSC: We invite you to attend one of our upcoming community drop-in sessions across Sydney's six districts to learn more about planning for Sydney’s long-term future, and how to provide feedback.
Follow the link to find out more details on your local session.
North District
The North District is a place of coastline suburbs, harbour communities and bushland neighbourhoods located around vibrant urban centres with lively high streets, busy shopping districts and employment hubs.
From document, Full Draft District Plan, available to read and download in full at 'North district' link above:
Mona Vale Proposed priorities:
• protect and enhance the commercial and retail function of the centre to provide employment growth and maintain high job containment
• ensure sufficient retail and commercial floor space is provided to meet future demand
• leverage the Mona Vale B-Line stop to facilitate intensification of uses in the centre, with an emphasis on the provision of housing affordability to retain 18 to 35 year olds
• explore opportunities to increase residential diversification around the centre
• improve access and linkages to local destinations, such as Mona Vale Hospital, through priority pedestrian networks
• promote walking and cycling to the centre and within it
• retain and protect the industrial precinct to the north of the centre to serve the growing population
• investigate feasibility of existing planning provisions and controls as they relate to mixed-use and residential development within the centre
• prioritise place making initiatives to promote mixed-use activities, urban activation and more diverse housing, and improve connectivity and integration with existing networks.
Brookvale-Dee Why Proposed priorities:
• maintain the mix of uses so that Brookvale-Dee Why continues to perform strongly as a well-balanced, self-sustaining combined centre
• encourage and support improvements to Warringah Mall and better integrate it with the fabric and life of Brookvale-Dee Why
• encourage provision of affordable housing to attract and retain key workers in local industries, particularly in Brookvale
• recognise and enhance the economic and employment opportunities along Pittwater Road and encourage revitalisation along this commercial strip
• promote walking, cycling and public transport to Warringah Mall, the Brookvale industrial area and Dee Why to alleviate traffic congestion on Pittwater Road and to reduce car dependency
• encourage the establishment of new, innovative and creative industries in the Brookvale industrial area
• encourage new lifestyle or entertainment uses to activate local streets in Brookvale-Dee Why
• improve connections between Brookvale-Dee Why and Northern Beaches Hospital and beyond.
Manly Proposed priorities:
• further develop Manly as a cultural, tourist, retail and entertainment precinct
• improve transport connections to Manly Wharf from other lower Northern Beaches suburbs
• provide faster public transport to Chatswood, Frenchs Forest, St Leonards, Macquarie Park and Macquarie University
• encourage diversified commercial activity to improve economic resilience
• encourage eco-tourism around North Head and the Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve.
3.5 Prioritising Northern Beaches Hospital as the catalyst for a new centre
The Northern Beaches Hospital will anchor a new health and education super precinct for the North District and Greater Sydney.
Associated road upgrades are intended to ease congestion and improve travel times to, from and within the super precinct as it develops.
The Northern Beaches Council is preparing a Northern Beaches Hospital Precinct Structure Plan to consider the wider land use implications of this investment. The Structure Plan will analyse opportunities and constraints to plan for future development around the Hospital.
2016-2021 Housing Target - Northern Beaches 3,400
The NSW Government is also accelerating the capacity for housing supply across the District through the following projects:
• Cherrybrook Station Precinct: which is part of the Sydney Metro Northwest Priority Urban Renewal Corridor to maximise access and opportunities for more housing and jobs
• Ingleside Precinct: in the Northern Beaches Local Government Area.
From page 16:
1.1.3 Status of the draft District Plan
While councils are required to give effect to District Plans as soon as practicable after a District Plan is made, draft District Plans will guide the preparation of planning proposals under Part 3 of the Act. This is established by the Department of Planning and Environment’s Guide to Preparing Planning Proposals (August 2016).
The Guide lists assessment criteria for a planning proposal, which include but are not limited to consideration of the strategic merit of the proposal, the site-specific merit of the proposal and consistency with strategic plans, including draft District Plans, State environmental planning policies and Ministerial directions.
Local environmental plans will continue to determine whether development is permitted or prohibited on land. While a draft District Plan or District Plan is not a mandatory matter for consideration in the determination of a development application, a consent authority may decide to consider a draft District Plan or District Plan to the extent it relates to the objects of the EP&A Act.
The inclusion of Our vision – Towards our Greater Sydney 2056 in Chapter 2 of this draft District Plan foreshadows our research and the evolution of our thinking that will inform the review of A Plan for Growing Sydney during 2017. It does not replace the legal status of A Plan for Growing Sydney as the current Greater Sydney Region Plan.
NB: More details are available by downloading the Full Draft District Plan - (PDF: 8.95 MB)
Pittwater Offshore Newsletter Update 5/2/2017
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To contact Julian: editor@scotlandisland.org.au
Sydney Wildlife: February 2017 - Rescue, Rehabilitate And Release
Sydney Wildlife's charter is to rescue, rehabilitate and release any injured, sick or orphaned native wildlife. The rescue part forms only 10% of the process; the rehabilitation part can be long and arduous depending on the injury sustained or the age of the orphan; the release part should be the best part of the process but it can actually present the most challenges:1. In hand-raised orphans, we can't release them until they are 'dehumanised'.
Raising orphaned joeys (such as wallabies, kangaroos, wombats and possums) means that we provide them with nourishment, protection, warmth and love - everything their mothers would offer. This is Phase 1 of their rehab. Unfortunately in Phase 1, they become humanised and reliant on us. This is why Phase 2 is important: the 'dehumanisation' process. The hand-raised joeys are taken up to our Sydney Wildlife Pre-Release Facility to become ready for the wild. They are only in contact with humans once a day and here they learn to deal with all types of weather, parasites and finding food - all in a controlled environment, without predators. Our wonderful facility manager, Joan Reid, has hand-raised countless joeys and she knows the importance of Phase 2 for the joeys to have a seamless assimilation into the wild.
Ringtail possum joey - very vulnerable and in need of feeds around the clock.
Brushtail possum joey.
Our Pre-Release Facility manager, Joan Reid, with a wombat joey.
2. Releasing baby birds that have 'fallen from the nest'
Humans often 'kidnap' fledgling birds that are learning to fly. They mistake the process of learning to fly for falling and snatch up the babies with the parent birds watching on in horror as their fledging bubs get whisked off to the nearest vet. Sydney Wildlife is then called to care for the chicks but we often bring them back to the 'scene of the crime' to reunite the babies with their parents so that their flight lessons can continue.
Fledging lorikeets being reunited with their parents.
3. Capture and release of snakes in unwanted locations
We regularly get called to relocate snakes that pop up in backyards, on construction sites, in offices or inside homes. We have no problem removing them from dangerous situations but it's often tricky to know how far to take them or where a safer place would be. Each species of snake has a different-sized home range and it's important not to take them out of it. Releasing snakes at the correct time of day is also essential. If the snake is nocturnal, it must be released at night.
Diamond Python removed from a dangerous construction site and relocated to nearby bushland.
4. Finding suitable habitat for release
Sometimes our rescuers hand-raise orphaned bats or invest countless hours rehabilitating venomous snakes - but these species and many others are deemed a 'nuisance' or 'undesirable'.
Bats often have their habitats chopped down to discourage them from roosting. Finding suitable habitat to release hand-raised pups is becoming impossible. One also needs to consider adequate food sources when releasing wildlife.
Flying fox habitat decimated in an attempt to discourage them. Photo by S. Thorpe.
Some venomous snakes, like this eastern brown snake, are treated cruelly and many people feel they should be killed instead of captured and released. Photo by N. Wedlock.
Sydney Wildlife do not discriminate. We love all our wildlife. We treat them all as priceless treasures and we adhere to our charter for all species: rescue, rehabilitate and release.
Sydney Wildlife: www.sydneywildlife.org.au Phone: 9413 4300
By Lynleigh Greig
Sydney Wildlife
Sydney Wildlife do not discriminate. We love all our wildlife. We treat them all as priceless treasures and we adhere to our charter for all species: rescue, rehabilitate and release.
Sydney Wildlife: www.sydneywildlife.org.au Phone: 9413 4300
By Lynleigh Greig
Sydney Wildlife
60th Anniversary Of Club Palm Beach
Club Palm Beach is going to celebrate the 1957 opening, its 60th anniversary and we would like to get as many people from the past and present as possible to join us in a reunion here at the Club. This includes old friends, relatives, neighbours, local sports clubs, sailing mates, students from local schools, campers from the old camping ground near the Golf course, EVERYONE!
Leading up to the reunion we want to hear your old stories & share your photos from the good old days. Stories from the camping grounds, for example some families lived at the camping grounds while their family homes were built. John Oliver was one, he says the camping ground was a community in itself. Other campers such as the Trainor family loved the camping community so much they moved permanently to Palm Beach.
Camping at Palm Beach - photo courtesy National Library of Australia
Palm Beach RSL started off as a shed, it was originally built in Lucinda Park, Nabilla Rd Palm Beach. The shed, built from weather board by Dick Martin, Jack Martin and Fred Verrills, was then moved to Barrenjoey Rd, the current Club site, sitting approximately where the bistro dinner room is now. The land purchased in Barrenjoey Rd was instigated by Carl Gow. The little Club traded there from the very early 50's until the current Club opened in December 1957. The original shed was removed by Peter Verrills and Bill Martin then transported by Bill's semi-trailer to Wisemans Ferry and there it was used as a cabin for the Verrills family & friends for their water skiing holidays. In the early days the Cub (shed)l opened daily at 4pm and operated on an honour system, any purchases were fixed up on pay day.
The Club as it is today was built by R. Martin & Sons. It was opened on the 14th December 1957. The president at the time of the opening was Alf Curtis and the secretary was Ron Vance. Some of the early committee members were Harold Richardson, Ken Wardrop, Fred Verrills, Jack Martin, Bill McTaggart, Ron Vance, Jack Henman, Brian Oxenham and Chic Whitchard. Some old local family names were the Gonsalves, Martins, and Goddards. There was a big variety of local businesses including the chemist, butcher, bakers, doctors and the fruit and veg shop.
Apparently there were two garages as well. To Peter Verrills' recollection, the Palm Beach bottle shop is the only shop still operating as it was when opened. The original owners were the Goddard's.
Lola was their daughter who married Jack Martin.
We would love to hear all the history on the ferry service, fishing charter boats, builder's ship wrights etc... before it is all lost.
Please start posting any stories, pictures or memories to our Facebook page - Club Palm Beach. Save the date and come down and join us and tell us a bit about it. We can't wait to see what you have in store for us!
This is a great time to catch up with that old Palm Beach friend of yours - you always say you will but never seem to get the chance.
John Sinclair
Club Palm Beach Secretary - Manager
NB: Contributors may also email High Res photos to Pittwater Online News and we'll forward them to the club.
We will be running some Historical insights into aspects of the formation of Club Palm Beach/Palm Beach RSL in August 2017, in the lead up to the 60th Anniversary Celebrations.
A few examples run here
A J Guesdon
Editor - Pittwater Online News.
Bushcare in Pittwater
For further information or to confirm the meeting details for below groups, please contact Council's Bushcare Officer on 9970 1367
BUSHCARE SCHEDULES
Where we work Which day What time
Avalon
Angophora Reserve 3rd Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Avalon Dunes 1st Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Avalon Golf Course 2nd Wednesday 3 - 5:30pm
Careel Creek 4th Saturday 8:30 - 11:30am
Toongari Reserve 3rd Saturday 9 - 12noon (8 - 11am in summer)
Bangalley Headland 2nd Sunday 9 to 12noon
Bayview
Winnererremy Bay 4th Sunday 9 to 12noon
Bilgola
North Bilgola Beach 3rd Monday 9 - 12noon
Algona Reserve 1st Saturday 9 - 12noon
Plateau Park 1st Friday 8:30 - 11:30am
Church Point
Browns Bay Reserve 1st Tuesday 9 - 12noon
McCarrs Creek Reserve Contact Bushcare Officer To be confirmed
Clareville
Old Wharf Reserve 3rd Saturday 8 - 11am
Elanora
Kundibah Reserve 4th Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Mona Vale
Mona Vale Beach Basin 1st Saturday 8 - 11am
Mona Vale Dunes 2nd Saturday+3rd Thursday 8:30 - 11:30am
Newport
Bungan Beach 4th Sunday 9 - 12noon
Crescent Reserve 3rd Sunday 9 - 12noon
North Newport Beach 4th Saturday 8:30 - 11:30am
Porter Reserve 2nd Saturday 8 - 11am
North Narrabeen
Irrawong Reserve 3rd Saturday 2 - 5pm
Palm Beach
North Palm Beach Dunes 3rd Saturday 9 - 12noon
Scotland Island
Catherine Park 2nd Sunday 10 - 12:30pm
Elizabeth Park 1st Saturday 9 - 12 noon
Pathilda Reserve 3rd Saturday 9 - 12 noon
Warriewood
Warriewood Wetlands 1st Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Whale Beach
Norma Park 1st Friday 9 - 12noon
Western Foreshores
Coopers Point, Elvina Bay 2nd Sunday 10 - 1pm
Rocky Point, Elvina Bay 1st Monday 9 - 12noon
Where we work Which day What time
Avalon
Angophora Reserve 3rd Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Avalon Dunes 1st Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Avalon Golf Course 2nd Wednesday 3 - 5:30pm
Careel Creek 4th Saturday 8:30 - 11:30am
Toongari Reserve 3rd Saturday 9 - 12noon (8 - 11am in summer)
Bangalley Headland 2nd Sunday 9 to 12noon
Bayview
Winnererremy Bay 4th Sunday 9 to 12noon
Bilgola
North Bilgola Beach 3rd Monday 9 - 12noon
Algona Reserve 1st Saturday 9 - 12noon
Plateau Park 1st Friday 8:30 - 11:30am
Church Point
Browns Bay Reserve 1st Tuesday 9 - 12noon
McCarrs Creek Reserve Contact Bushcare Officer To be confirmed
Clareville
Old Wharf Reserve 3rd Saturday 8 - 11am
Elanora
Kundibah Reserve 4th Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Mona Vale
Mona Vale Beach Basin 1st Saturday 8 - 11am
Mona Vale Dunes 2nd Saturday+3rd Thursday 8:30 - 11:30am
Newport
Bungan Beach 4th Sunday 9 - 12noon
Crescent Reserve 3rd Sunday 9 - 12noon
North Newport Beach 4th Saturday 8:30 - 11:30am
Porter Reserve 2nd Saturday 8 - 11am
North Narrabeen
Irrawong Reserve 3rd Saturday 2 - 5pm
Palm Beach
North Palm Beach Dunes 3rd Saturday 9 - 12noon
Scotland Island
Catherine Park 2nd Sunday 10 - 12:30pm
Elizabeth Park 1st Saturday 9 - 12 noon
Pathilda Reserve 3rd Saturday 9 - 12 noon
Warriewood
Warriewood Wetlands 1st Sunday 8:30 - 11:30am
Whale Beach
Norma Park 1st Friday 9 - 12noon
Western Foreshores
Coopers Point, Elvina Bay 2nd Sunday 10 - 1pm
Rocky Point, Elvina Bay 1st Monday 9 - 12noon