Pittwater Online News commenced its 9th year on April 1st 2019 - April Fools Day was chosen deliberately to launch the first official Issue as it would stay as a great reminder to not take ourselves too seriously and stick to delivering news and letting people make up their own minds. What is taken seriously is getting the work done (it doesn't do itself) and hopefully getting a bit better at it each week.
The focus remains Honouring and Celebrating the wonderful people who do great work here as volunteers and sharing the insights of our elders and our youngsters as we are all wanting to know each other - to see what happened here before we were born and hear that from those who lived it, and hear from those who are looking forward and what their aspirations are.
Some of those who have run as Profiles have left us now - so their stories, in their stories told by them by their own voices, have extra richness.
Trilby and Philip Bond, 2013.
Karen Draddy in 2012. Photo by Michael Mannington.
Doug Crane and wife Joan in 2011
Herminie Swainston in 2011
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Photo: Bernard "Midget" Farrelly (R) with good friend Matt Giblin (Palm Beach).
The focus remains creating a series of History pages that are interlinked via the platform the internet and its components allow so that these are gradually creating an ever unfolding 'history map' of here and this demonstrates how all those threads are intertwined with places far from here as much as demonstrating an inter-generational unfolding of how this place has changed. To be able to inspire residents to stand on that same hill in that same Spring or Winter breeze and gaze in that same direction knowing a little more about that someone who stood in that same place and season, looking in that same direction 100, 200 or 50 years ago and seeing what they saw, how they spoke, what they said and how they said it, makes apparent the knowledge that all considered 'history' is still alive. That 'map' is getting bigger, starting to take shape now.
David Lyall, Geoff Searl and John Illingsworth with David's Model of the Inner Stewart Tower at Barrenjoey
The focus remains on trying to find as much as we can each week at a local, state and national level of what has been happening or is about to happen to keep Readers informed on matters that may affect them and their lives, or merely be of interest to them. The social, the healthful, the quirky.
The focus remains on keeping an eye out for Pittwaterians far from home endeavouring to do great things that will inspire us all to reach a little higher, try a little harder - and celebrate not only their triumphs but also their triumph in trying.
The focus remains on providing a platform where people may share their Notices, their News, their hopes and dreams and discussions without having to jump through hoops, be interpreted or shouted down by those who would deny all others a Voice. That is extended to giving up and coming 'journo's a go too as we all know - someone has to give you a go somewhere for you to get a go somewhere else - the next generation needs an opportunity to build a portfolio - in and of words!
The focus remains on trying to cram in as many of the great photographs by all the brilliant photographers who live here; to share their wonderful captures of what's been happening with each other and especially for all those ex-pats who check in from every country around the world each week and for all those here who aren't as limber of limb and cannot run up that hill over yonder. That too is a Celebration.
All you allow us to share is what may inspire another 48 thousand hours of work done for nothing - because it needs to be done, it was way overdue.
So thank you, - for a small 400th Celebration we'd like to share a few of those Visions of you - there's thousands more listed in the Past Features page should you wish to delve deeper.
Michael Mannington, 'photographer at large' at Woody Point Yacht Club's annual Putt Putt Regatta, January 2012, with Cheeky 'pooch at large'.
Joan Reid and Lynleigh Greig
Brian Friend, Pete Verrils, Tom Gilbert
Mermaids of Palm Beach; Day 2 of 2018 B to B Bash - and Beryl's 20th year of being part of Variety the children's Charity B to B events
On the road, from West Wyalong via the Weethalle grain silos, Ivanhoe for lunch then some great dusty bumpy roads from Menindee to Broken Hill. Photo by them!
The christening ceremony of 'Another Challenge' with the Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MP and Liesl Tesch OAM while Dan Fitzgibbon looks on - photo by Damian Devine - launch was/is part of RPAYC's IdS Program.
Kayleigh Greig with a swamp wallaby joey
The Gee Family
President of The Friends of the Palm Beach Bible Garden Memorial Jill Taylor with Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO on Saturday afternoon (29.9.2012). Photo by Michael Mannington.
Whale Beach SLSC - the next generation in 2015!
Whale Beach SLSC's afternoon patrol the ‘Grey Whales’ - 2015
Warriewood SLSC's Patrol 8 in 2015
Newport SLSC - 'Mad Dogs' - with Rob Emerson, sweep in 2014
Nippers Age Manager - at Avalon Beach SLSC - Adriaan van der Wallen
Avalon Beach SLSC Youth Inspirer - Mike Stanley-Jones
Governor of New South Wales.
Bob Langbein
2013 President of Whale Beach SLSC Phil Schmidt with grandchildren Merrick and Torsten.
Cedric Vincent Williams
Member for Warringah Tony Abbot when Prime Minister giving Address at ANZAC 100th Commemoration in Warriewood
Rob Berry
Beryl and Don Imison
Australia Day At Newport's Bert Payne Reserve:
Mike Kitching
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club 2012-13 Sailing Season Opening Day
Left to right: Peter Haig (Cmdr. RMYC), Colin Bansgrove, Richard Hudson (Cmdr. RPAYC 1994-96), John Paul (Past Cmdr. RPAYC), Ian Audsley (Vice Cmdr. RPAYC), John Allanson (Cmdr. RPAYC 1990-92), Volker Aebischer (Cmdr. WPYC), Howard Piggott (Cmdr. CYCA), Fred Bidwell (Director RPAYC), Peter Bennett (Rear Cmdr. Centreboard, RPAYC), Rob Curtis (current Cmdr. RPAYC ) Jim Cormack (Rear Cmdr. Cruising, RPAYC), Malcolm Levy (Cmdr. RSYC), Peter McAdie(Rear Cmdr. Membership RPAYC), Ken Hudson (Cmdr. RPAYC 1977-79), Jack Gale (Life Member RPAYC), Ken Moxham (Life Member RPAYC), 1981-84), John Berry (Past Cmdr. RPAYC), Simon Grosser (Director RPAYC), Kevin Smith (Cmdr. RPAYC).
Olympian Nina Curtis and Hon. Bronwyn Bishop firing the cannon.
