Community News: August 2023

August 27 - September 2, 2023: Issue 596

This Issue: full list in Contents page 

Front Page Issue 596: Congratulations Narrabeen FC On Winning The Manly Warringah Football Association's 2023 Premier League Grand Final

24 Hour Row 2023 For Mental Health Runs September 9-10: Join In Creating Hope Through Action This Spring

Protect Pittwater Association Ramps Up Its Case For Council ‘De-Merger’

Pittwater MP Calls For Blitz On Vape Stores 

From The Council Chamber, August 22, 2023 by Pittwater Greens Councillor Miranda Korzy

NSW Government States It Will Continue With Shark Mesh Program

Sydney Water's North Head facility to increase fertiliser production for farmers 

Council's Support For Young Writers Produces 'Promising' Results In 2023 Competition 

Aquatics: The Myra + Merinda II: Pittwater Ferries Of The Palm Beach Ferry Service (Commenced 1976)- A Few Other Verrills Ferries Of The 1980'S To Early 2000'S + Palm Beach Boatshed Insights

Pictures: Vietnam Veterans Day Services 2023 - 50th Anniversary Of The End Of The Vietnam War: Collaroy, Narrabeen, Palm Beach, photographs by Michael Mannington OAM,  Commemorative  Addresses supplied

DIY Ideas DIY Father's Day 2023 Gift Ideas: Some For Little Hands + Those Now Grown + The Best Gifts For The Best Dads From JBH

Food Country Womens Association Manly's Edible Exhibition: 100 Bakers To Celebrate 100 Years Of Our Local CWA - The Cakes! by Selena Griffith

Park Bench Philosophers Slower ageing, but slower economic growth: the Intergenerational Report in 7 charts

World's Biggest Lego Store Coming To Sydney + Lego Braille Bricks Launched

Environment Wallaby On Station Beach - Lives In Dunes At North Palm Beach,  NSW Government States It Will Continue With Shark Mesh Program, The Powerful Owl Project:  It’s Fledging Time!, Sydney Water's North Head Facility To Increase Fertiliser Production For Farmers, Smoke In Air-On Horizon - Red Sunsets Already: August 23-24, 2023, Get Ready Weekend 2023: Know Your Risk This Bush Fire Season, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Aurora Australis At Mawson Station: August 2023, Bioluminescence at Station Beach, Saving Native Species Grants, Invitation For Public Comment: Mt Gilead Stage 2 Residential Development, Time Of Wiritjiribin, Bushcare Training Day At North Narrabeen: September 16, Palmgrove Park Avalon: New Bushcare Group Begins, 2023 Banksia Foundation NSW Sustainability Awards Open For Nominations, Northern Beaches Clean Up Crew: Sunday August 27 2023 From 10:00-12:15 - Turimetta Beach Clean Up, Waste and Sustainability In Schools NR37040: At Kimbriki, Stony Range Spring Festival 2023: Sunday September 10, Seen Any Glossies Drinking Around Nambucca, Bellingen, Coffs Or Clarence? Want To Help?: Join The Glossy Squad, Statutory Reviews Into NSW Native Vegetation Management and Biodiversity Laws Tabled, $850,000 In Funding Open To Improve Fish Habitat, Fast Tracking Feasibility Study For Prospect Reservoir, Blue Mountains National Park and Kanangra-Boyd National Park Draft Plan Of Management: Public Consultation, Areas Closed For West Head Lookout Upgrades, Bush Turkeys: Backyard Buddies Breeding Time Commences In August - BIG Tick Eaters - Ringtail Posse Insights, PNHA Guided Nature Walks 2023, Report Fox Sightings, Marine Wildlife Rescue Group On The Central Coast, Watch Out - Shorebirds About, Possums In Your Roof?: Do The Right Thing, Aviaries + Possum Release Sites Needed, Bushcare In Pittwater, I’ve spent 40 years studying Antarctica; The frozen continent has never needed our help more, Disease in the dirt: how mange-causing mites decimated a Tasmanian wombat population, What harm could one coal mine do? Plenty – 1.7 million Hiroshima bombs of heat for starters, Greenhouse gases are changing air flow over the Pacific Ocean – raising Australia’s risks of extreme weather, Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be extended under a new agreement, without Victoria – but an uphill battle lies ahead, Bushfires focus public attention on climate change for months but it’s different for storms and floods, Is it worth investing in a battery for your rooftop solar? Here’s what buyers need to know (but often can’t find out), 5 tips for getting off gas at home – for a cleaner, cheaper, healthier all-electric future Move Over Lithium-Ion: Zinc-Air Batteries A Cheaper And Safer Alternative, Intergenerational report highlights the threat of a hotter less productive Australia due to global warming, Leakage or spillover?; Conservation parks boost biodiversity outside them – but there’s a catch, new study shows, How bees can monitor pollution for us – everything from toxic metals to antimicrobial resistance, America's Wealthiest 10% Responsible For 40% Of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Win-Win: Study Quantifies Benefits Of Enhanced Weathering, Pittwater Reserves: Histories + Notes + Pictorial Walks, + more

Inbox News Calories and kilojoules: how do we know the energy content of food and how accurate are the labels?, Ballet flats are back; Here’s what the research says about how they affect your feet, E-Scooters Roll Into Armidale, Parliament Must Give Immediate Relief To Stop GP Clinics Closing: NSW Liberal Party, Our older population will triple in 40 years; But a social insurance model won’t fix the aged care funding crisis, Collaboration To Deliver For Community At Rozelle Parklands, Driverless Cars Are No Place To Relax New Study Shows, Breast Size Affects Australian Women's Attitudes To Exercise, Poor Report Card For Children’s Wellbeing Post Lockdowns: University Of SA, Strict Tech Rules At Boarding School A Bonus For Teens' Sleep, 10th Reunion Day On The Gold Coast: Local Legends Get Together, Concessions Now Available To Pensioners For Council Rates, Val's Story – Ageing Against Adversity, Wyvern Music Forestville: Delightful Discoveries, Federal Government Needs To Lead Action To Improve Services For Australians Of All Ages, Hotline To Report Food Quality In Aged Care Now Live, Intergenerational Report - Opportunity For Change, 2024 NSW Seniors Festival Grants Program Applications Open, Act Now For A Dementia-Friendly Future This Dementia Action Week, As ABC chair, Ita Buttrose stood up for the broadcaster’s independence. It’s time others did the same, Taking more than 5 pills a day? ‘Deprescribing’ can prevent harm – especially for older people, Champagne is deeply French – but the English invented the bubbles, Council's Support For Young Writers Produces 'Promising' Results In 2023 Competition, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo at Careel Bay, Cricket Story: 1961, Aurora Australis At Mawson Station: August 2023, Luminescent!!, Fire and Rescue NSW Delivers Car Crash Simulations To ‘Drive Home’ Safety Lessons For Teenagers, Students Name Final Mega-Boring Machine For Western Sydney Airport Metro After Dr Marlene Kanga AO, School Leavers Support, Word Of The Week: Rascal, Painting the unfamiliar: why the first European paintings of Australian animals look so alien to our eyes, Trampling plants, damaging rock art, risking your life: taking selfies in nature has a cost, Birdwatching, immune responses and evolutionary mapping honoured at 2023 Eureka Prizes, This cave on Borneo has been used for 20,000 years – and we’ve now dated rock art showing colonial resistance 400 years ago, Ballet flats are back; Here’s what the research says about how they affect your feet, Just the beginning: 7 ways the Women’s World Cup can move the dial on women’s sport forever, Edwardian local press invented the ‘middlebrow’ with a lively mix of local news, reviews and fiction, World's Biggest Lego Store Coming To Sydney + Lego Braille Bricks Launched

Profile of the Week Ringtail Posse 7: August 2023 - Geoff Searl OAM: Tawny Frogmouth, Peter Macinnis: Ringtail Possum, Peter Carter: Ringtail Possum, Nathan Wellings; Kookaburra

Readers have pointed out that the Ringtail Posse Rounds run so far have been ladies heavy – so this Round, a blokes only focus – because blokes love our wildlife too and it’s more than ok for them to say so.

The gentlemen who run in the August 2023 Ringtail Posse have all grown up in our area, some even have connections to this place that go back over several generations and 100 years.

Definition from:

Ringtail: from the 'Common Ringtail Possum' which is not so common anymore in urban areas. The Common Ringtail Possum is found along the entire eastern part of Australia and south west Western Australia. They are also found throughout Tasmania. The western ringtail possum is a threatened species under State and Commonwealth legislation. In Western Australia the species is listed as Critically Endangered fauna under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

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Posse: noun. 1 : a large group often with a common interest 2 : a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency 3 : a group of people temporarily organised to make a search (as for a lost child) 4 : one's attendants or associates.

Historical 75th Anniversary Of Avalon Beach Sub Branch Insights Collated From Sub Branch Records By Lynn Murphy, Avalon Beach RSL Sub Branch - Commodore Richard Menhinick AM CSC

On Monday August 21 2023 Members and special guests gathered at the Avalon Beach RSL Club to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Sub Branch, with a core mission of looking out for and after Members and their families.

The Loyal Toast was given by Adrian Harding, The Toast to Members and Absent Friends by Tamara Sloper-Harding OAM, who had also organised a slide presentation of photographs taken over the years, which included every single member, past and present, of the Sub Branch.

Special guests included The Hon Bronwyn Bishop AO, Dr. Sophie Scamps, MP for Mackellar, Rory Amon, MP for Pittwater, Rob Stokes, past MP for Pittwater and wife Sophie Stokes, along with serving and retired Members of the Avalon Beach Sub Branch.

This Issue, the Address given by Avalon Beach Sub Branch President Commodore Richard Menhinick AM CSC on the History of the formation of this SubBranch

Pittwater Offshore Newsletter: August 1, 2023

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The Marquise of Scotland Island (with thanks to Pittwater Online), Building Scotland Island Community Hall, Scotland Island Coffee Club? Island Playgroup, The Tuesday Discussion Group, Scotland Island Fire Brigade: Monthly Training, International Folk Dancing, Scotland Island Café

To contact Roy:  editor@scotlandisland.org.au

Avalon Beach SLSC Boat Crew Looking For New Members

Peter Carter and Nathan Wellings are Sweeps and Surf Boat Captains for the Avalon Beach SLSC Boat Crew, a division of the club which has members from U19’s through to Masters. Currently Pete and Nathan are seeking new members to join the team and crews for the upcoming Season- anyone from Avalon to Newport is welcome to come and have a try rowing and see if they like it. After all, Summer sports are a great way to keep fit and with rowing a surf boat, you will also keep cool.

We spoke to ABSLSC’s Sweeps this week about what’s involved.

So Pete you’re looking for new members for the Boat Crew?
Peter: Always, always looking for new members to come and join in in this great sport.

It sounds as though you’re looking for young innocents to induct this Season?
Peter: Not necessarily. If we can get older members involved as well then they can tell their kids how good it is, and that brings the kids in as well.

Doesn’t Avalon Beach SLSC already have one of the larger Boat Crews in our area?
Peter: yes and no, we go through periods when members have other commitments they need to meet and as we try to keep it local – we were always taught by Rick (Millar) to keep the local kids involved so they can help build great boat crews. 

The sport has been good to us so we’re trying to give that back to the community by offering new spots for new members. There’s some details in that poster and they can just contact us via the numbers listed there and come and have a go and have some fun.

What are you two looking forward to this Surf Boat Season and Patrol Season?
Nathan: We’re looking forward to getting some new members involved and setting up the Avalon Boat Crew for a great future. Most years all the kids coming in either lived in Avalon beach, Bilgola, Clareville or Newport. So we do try to take members from the local community and get the kids here involved, give them that opportunity to have a go and be a part of it. 

What’s the best part about being involved in a surf boat crew or division within a surf club?
Peter: It’s a variety of things;’ the camaraderie, the getting top meet and spend time with people from different interests and all ages. Within a crew itself you  have a tight knit team – you have 4 people in a boat and you can’t let each other down and this really promotes a mindset where you have 4 people committed to a cause, to each other and doing their best. Then you have the community side of that where you become a member of a Volunteer Patrol where you become an integral part of a bigger team, all working together to fulfil their Patrols. There again you meet great people who are doing something for the community and building a community, even by each person doing their bit. You get to learn how to save a life, you get to learn how the water works, you get to meet and work with the people you see on the street in the village and be a part of what this community does. Just through giving back to the community a little bit you learn some self discipline and how you can apply that in every other part of your life. It’s great stuff. Come and have a row!


Pete Carter(centre) at Bilgola Surf Boat Carnival


Nathan with one of his women's crews - winning at Aussies


Their poster

10th Reunion Day On The Gold Coast: Local Legends Get Together

Past Profilee of the Week Paul Cunningham shares some photos this week of a get together that happened August 17 in what Paul describes as 'a top day at Manos restaurant in Surfer’s Paradise.'


North Palm Beach surf champion in the sixties Peter Lewis 


With Tony Holt; a lot of fond memories


With the legend Larry (Flash) Corowa 

Larry Corowa MBE (born 5 August 1957 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. An Australian international and New South Wales representative winger, he played club football at the Balmain Tigers for six seasons between 1978 and 1983, with two games for the Gold Coast Seagulls in the 1991 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership. Playing on the wing, Corowa became one of Rugby League's most prolific try scorers of his era. He is one of a select few players to have scored more than a try a game in a season of football in Australia.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1980 New Year Honours for service to sport.

Larry was selected as a member of the 1978 Kangaroo tour, though he did not play a test on tour. He made his test debut for Australia during the 1979 Ashes series against the touring Great Britain Lions at Lang Park in Brisbane with the Kangaroos winning 35–0. He played in the first two games of the series for his only test appearances, scoring a try on debut at Lang Park. Nicknamed "The Black Flash", Corowa was considered during his time with Balmain to be 'the fastest player in the game' not only in Australia but the rest of the rugby league world. Larry Corowa is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 516.



Catching up with Ken Arthurson and legend Peter 'Hollywood' Byrnes at Manos Surfer’s Paradise brought back a lot of good memories.

Kenneth Richard "Arko" Arthurson AM is an Australian rugby league football identity. Affectionately known as "The Godfather of Manly", he played, coached and was later an administrator at the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles club in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership.

Peter played for the Newtown and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Bradman Best, who plays as a centre for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL, is his grandson.

Great photos of those still kicking up their heels - thanks Paul!
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Vale Mark 'Blocka' Houlder
1961 - 2023

Son of Robert Charles Houlder (passed away December 1, 1979, formerly of Queenscliff) and Edna Grace Houlder nee Corr (passed away July 21, 2013, formerly of Avalon Beach) uncle to many.

Former Club Captain at Palm Beach Golf club, former fire Chief at Avalon Fire Station, current President at Avalon RSL. A Dolphin Crescent original.

First Clasp - Honours List 18th March 2005 of NSW Fire Brigades, Fire Brigade Officer 5647, Mark Houlder.

A kind and gentle man who will be missed by many in the community of Avalon Beach.


Laying a wreath on behalf of Avalon Beach RSL Club Ltd. Mark attended numerous Dawn and 11am Anzac Day Services, along with VP Day and Remembrance Day Services at the Cenotaph


Smoke In Air-On Horizon - Red Sunsets Already: August 23-24, 2023

NSW Rural Fire Service - Plan and Prepare
It's been another busy weekend for firefighters, as high fire danger and strong winds fanned several fires in the northern parts of the state. As of 3pm today, August 22nd, there are currently more than 300 firefighters working to contain over 60 fires burning across NSW.

There are also a number of Hazard Reductions taking place out west and closer to Sydney.
If you suffer from asthma please take proper precautions to protect your health at this time.
If there is a hazard reduction burn planned for your area, please take the following steps:
  • Keep doors and windows closed to prevent smoke entering homes
  • Keep outdoor furniture under cover to prevent ember burns
  • Retract pool covers to prevent ember damage
  • Remove washing from clotheslines
  • Ensure pets have a protected area
  • Vehicles must slow down, keep windows up, turn headlights on
  • Sightseers must keep away from burns for their own safety
  • If you have asthma or a lung condition, reduce outdoor activities if smoke levels are high and if shortness of breath or coughing develops, take your reliever medicine or seek medical advice
For health information relating to smoke from bush fires and hazard reduction burning, visit the NSW Health website or Asthma Australia.

With the fire season just around the corner, it's important you prepare your property for the threat of fire. For more information on how to prepare, visit the RFS website: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare


Photo: view west from Pittwater

Get Ready Weekend 2023: Know Your Risk This Bush Fire Season

The risk of bush fires is returning. With several years of wet weather grass and scrub has grown across NSW. Talk to your local RFS members about the likely risk of bush or grass fire in your local area.

In September every year RFS members are out in the community hosting Get Ready Weekend events. Contact your local brigade to find out when and where they are holding an event.

Get Ready Weekend is held across NSW in around 500 locations and its aim is to encourage residents and landowners to plan and prepare for the upcoming bush fire season.

In 2023, the majority of Get Ready Weekend events will be held on the weekend of September 16 and 17.

If you live in an area near grasslands or farms, recent rain has caused widespread grass growth. As this dries out the risk of grassfires increases. Grass fires can start easily and move quickly. Farmlands may be at increased risk.

Even if you live in an area affected by the 2019/20 bush fires, you may be at risk this bush fire season. Many areas are seeing new growth among grasses and shrubs. It takes only a few days of hot dry and windy weather for these to dry out. Fires may start quickly and move quickly.

If you live in an area near bushland that was not affected by recent fires you may be at higher risk this Summer. Recent wet weather has encouraged growth and has hampered efforts for fire agencies to reduce hazards.

With hot and drier conditions expected this Summer, you may be at higher than normal risk of bush and grass fire. Know your risk this bush fire season and prepare well ahead.

Get prepared now at myfireplan.com.au

Wallaby On Station Beach - Lives In Dunes At North Palm Beach

Photos by and courtesy Paul O'Keefe, taken Thursday August 24 - going into the dunes and North Palm Beach. 

Residents have stated they have seen its paws in the sand at Station Beach and on North Palm Beach but now someone has caught this 'local' on a camera. 

Interestingly 'Barrenjoey' headland's name derives from a indigenous word meaning 'little kangaroo' - ergo: the wallaby! 

Thanks Paul - great pictures - another Urban Wallaby of Pittwater, and Barrenjoey!

  

Narrabeen Sports High Car Boot Sale

Sunday 27th August is the day to pick up some great bargains. Gates open to shoppers at 7am and there is also on-site parking for just $2 (another bargain but also contributes to the school).



Concessions Now Available To Pensioners For Council Rates

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Eligible pensioners across NSW can now apply for a rebate on their council rates to help with the rising cost of living.

An annual concession of up to $250 per property is available to pensioners for ordinary rates and domestic waste charges.

A further rebate of up to $87.50 is available for annual water rates and up to $87.50 for annual sewerage rates, where councils provide those services.

The NSW Government funds 55 per cent of the pensioner rebate, while councils pay the remaining 45 per cent. The Government’s share of the funding is provided to councils, which administer the entire rebate to eligible ratepayers.

Eligibility for the pensioner concessions is determined in accordance with the Australian Government’s policies on pensioner eligibility and income thresholds.

A range of further savings and support is available from the Government to help ease the cost of living for NSW pensioners.

Find out more on the Savings Finder page of the Service NSW website 

Applications for payment of the Pensioner Concession Subsidy to local councils are now open. Councils have until Friday 6 October 2023 to submit their claims covering concessions provided to pensioners for the 2023-24 year.

Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig said:

“The NSW Government understands people are doing it tough right now, with pensioners especially vulnerable to rising cost of living.

“The rate rebates provided each year by the Government and councils are an important relief measure to help ease the financial burden of day to day living expenses for pensioners.

“Councils also have the discretion to provide and fund further rebates for pensioners should they wish to do so.

“I encourage councils to submit their concession subsidy forms to the Office of Local Government before the October deadline and take full advantage of the funding available.”

ABHS 40th Anniversary Celebrations

The Avalon Beach Historical Society will be celebrating its RUBY ANNIVERSARY on 12 SEPTEMBER – almost 40 years to the day since we held our first meeting in the Avalon Beach RSL.
 
As usual there will be little formality other than the election of office bearers for the coming year (and that’s rather informal anyway!) and ‘just a dash’ of General Business. 

We have planned an enjoyable and historic evening with some wonderful photos to illustrate:
 
                       THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 
For example (and your interest) we have some from the Observation Tower on top of the RAN Torpedo Testing Station at Taylor’s Point when, in October 1983, we witnessed the 2nd last firing of a torpedo from the station.
 
We also have some great photos of our early Xmas parties held in Palmgrove Park and a ‘member’ Father Christmas. Our get-togethers and outings at Carmel’s By The Sea (Boathouse), Palm Beach RSL before it became Club Palm Beach, Albert’s Hideaway, Ibiza Café and even on board the ‘Barbie-A’ and the ‘Lady Hopetoun’. 

We will also have several members from that first night to assist in the celebrations.
Guests Welcome.
Meetings held in the Avalon Annexe, Dunbar Park.

Geoff Searl OAM
President Avalon Beach Historical Society.
Find out more at: abhs.org.au


Teen Mental Health: Free Parent Seminar

Presented by Dr Kirstin Barchia - Clinical Psychologist
Helping parents and carers with teens who are struggling with mental health challenges

You are invited to a FREE SEMINAR to help equip parents and carers of teenagers who may be facing mental health challenges. 

During this seminar you will learn…
  • How to improve your teenager’s resilience in the face of mental health challenges
  • How to support your teenager when they are feeling anxious or depressed
  • How to support teenagers with ADHD and/or ASD
Seats are limited so please book in using the link below:

DATE: Thursday 7 September 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
WHERE: St Mark's Anglican Church, 1 Kevin Avenue, Avalon Beach

Dee Why 'Shared Space' To Be Permanent

The Council has announced it will make the changes at pedestrian and traffic changes to The Strand at Dee Why permanent. The Council has announced it will now look at future projects to improve walkability and parking in the area.

The 12-month trial kicked off in August 2021 via funding from the NSW Government and was extended for another 12 months to allow a thorough assessment to be completed in a traditional summer period, not affected by COVID-19 restrictions and patron hesitancy and months of wet weather.

The changes included replacing the two-way traffic along the beachfront to one northbound traffic lane, a two-way side-by-side cycleway, a boardwalk and other measures to enhance the amenity of this popular restaurant precinct.

Northern Beaches Mayor Sue Heins said the feedback from the trial has been positive overall.

“The trial has been assessed against the project outcomes and resulted in reduced overall vehicle traffic by up to 2000 cars a day as well as improved pedestrian and visitor experience along The Strand. It also supports local businesses by allowing them to expand their outdoor offering,” Mayor Heins said.

“Overall, the feedback received from both businesses and the community has been positive; however, there has been some divided opinion regarding the traffic and parking arrangements. 

“On balance, Council has made the decision to implement this initiative permanently due to the benefit to the community and businesses. We will take on board the feedback received and investigate options to address the impacts associated with the changes in traffic flow, in consultation with the community and more pedestrian crossings to be considered in our future works program.”

Council will also seek funding to allow the installation of permanent infrastructure along the extent of The Strand and will work with Transport for New South Wales on broader improvements to the walkability of the Dee Why area to assess and refine improvements required to increase the liveability of the area.


Monika's Doggie Rescue Pets Of The Week

Frannie

7-8 months Mini Foxy X

Since we have had Frannie we have found her a typical bouncy happy pup. She is social with other small dogs and has lots of energy for play. However, when she came from the pound she came with a caution that she can fear bite. People are important to her as she has separation anxiety and screams if left alone, even if other dogs are around. She needs to sleep in the bedroom. She has a short coat and weighs 5.2kg. She suits apartment living and needs a home based worker. All our dogs come 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 DoggieRescue Vet. Her adoption fee is $700. 

Luka 

4yo Mini Foxy X Chihuahua


Luka is a timid skittish boy who is slowly coming out of his shell. Slow movements toward him are a must and he needs to trust you before you can pick him up. He is currently in a foster home with small active dogs and he is coming out of his shell in leaps and bounds and leaning to play and relax. He really enjoys the company of other dogs and is particularly attracted to older dogs who do not mind him snuggling up beside them. Luka is quite needy of human company and is happiest sleeping in the bedroom with you. He has a short coat and weighs just under 5kg. He needs fattening up! He suits apartment living and needs a home-based worker. All our dogs come with desexing, all puppy vaccinations, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DoggieRescue Vet. His adoption fee is $500.

To find out more call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email  Monika@DoggieRescue.com.  RON R251000024

Roadworks

SCHEDULED ROADWORK Power pole/line repairs: Ingleside - Mona Vale Road between Tumburra Street and Chiltern Road; Mon 21 Aug 2023 to Fri 8 Sep 2023, Sun to Wed: 9:00pm to 5:00am, Thu and Fri: 10:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions. Advice: Reduced speed limit (40km/h), Check signage, Exercise caution. Contraflow traffic conditions will be in place.



SCHEDULED ROADWORK: Brookvale, Old Pittwater Road - Pedestrian Safety Upgrade. Mon 14 Aug 2023 to Fri 1 Sep 2023; Advice - Expect delays, Exercise caution. Reported By Northern Beaches Council. Ph: 1300 434 434. E: council@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au



SCHEDULED ROADWORK: Manly - Belgrave Street between Sydney Road and Gilbert Street. Wed 16 Aug 2023 to Fri 1 Sep 2023; 10:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions. Advice; Reduced speed limit (40km/h), Check signage, Exercise caution. Changed traffic conditions will be in place at various times along Belgrave St. These changes will include a combination of lane closures and stop/slow traffic control. Reported By Transport for NSW.


Proposed Parking Restrictions: Central Road Avalon Beach

Opened: August 4, 2023
Closes: Sunday September 3, 2023
Residents and bus operators have voiced concerns affecting traffic flow and driveway access due to the narrowness of Central Road when vehicles park on both sides of this road, in Avalon Beach.

At the meeting of 24 May 2022, Council resolved to analyse car parking along Central Road, and consult with the community on plans to resolve these concerns.

Council have reviewed the location and are proposing 'No parking' restrictions along some sections of Central Road. These restrictions will improve safety and access for residents and the 192 Avalon Beach to Stokes Point bus loop service.

The recommended 'No parking' zones are indicated in blue on the plan below. Sections of parking will alternate between each side of the road to assist with traffic calming and to share the available parking.
Council would like to hear your feedback on the proposal. 
You can have your say by:
All comments in their entirety are made publicly available in the Community Engagement Report. Personal identifying information and inappropriate language are redacted.

Once Council have reviewed all feedback on the proposal, we will prepare a report for Council’s Local Traffic Committee and notify you of the outcome.


NSW Government Announces Inquiry Into Healthcare Funding

On Thursday August 24 the NSW Government announced the creation of a new Special Commission of Inquiry tasked with conducting a review of healthcare funding in NSW.

The Inquiry will also be tasked with identifying opportunities to deliver higher quality, more timely, and more accessible patient-centred care.

On the recommendation of Premier Chris Minns, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of NSW, has issued Letters Patent that establish a Special Commission of Inquiry into healthcare funding to conduct a holistic review of the funding of health services in NSW.

Mr Richard Beasley SC has been appointed as Commissioner of the Inquiry and will deliver a final report to the Governor on or before 24 August 2024.

Mr Beasley is a highly regarded senior barrister and has previously worked as Senior Counsel Assisting the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess as well as being appointed as the Commissioner for two Local Government Inquiries.

Health expenditure in NSW takes up more than any other part of the NSW Budget.

This will be the first time that a detailed independent analysis of that expenditure and its correlation to health outcomes is examined.

As part of the comprehensive review, the Inquiry will examine:
  • the existing governance and accountability structure of NSW Health;
  • the way NSW Health funds health services delivered in public hospitals and community settings; and
  • strategies available to address escalating costs, limit wastage and identify areas of improvement in financial management. 
While the Inquiry conducts its work the NSW Government will continue to focus on improving the services communities need and giving healthcare workers the recognition and support they deserve.

This announcement builds on the Government’s commitment, in the lead up to the September budget, to prioritise budget repair to rebuild essential services in New South Wales.

Minister for Health and Regional Health Ryan Park said:

“Our government is committed to making the right policy and investment decisions. To do that, we need to understand the complex issues and challenges faced by essential services and workers.

“This inquiry is about taking a once in a generation look at how our health system is funded so we can ensure patients and our essential healthcare workers are getting the support they need.

“The purpose of the Inquiry is to help us determine what steps we need to take to move forward and how we can continue to deliver the essential health services our community deserves.

“I want to acknowledge the 178,000 staff who work tirelessly each and every day to provide the best care possible to their patients and consumers.”

Manly Jazz Festival To Run Over First Weekend Of Spring School Holidays

Manly comes alive with the sounds of Australia’s longest running jazz festival, Manly Jazz. Over three music-filled days, the Manly Corso and beachfront as well as the surrounding streets and laneways will become the setting for locals and visitors to enjoy some great music from a range of legendary artists.

Mayor Sue Heins said Manly Jazz is sure to be, once again, a festival that offers something for all jazz and music lovers.

“This iconic festival with its stellar line-up of local and Australian artists, celebrates the diversity and creativity of jazz music.

“Manly Jazz is a signature event for our community and a major attraction for visitors from near and far.

“We are proud to deliver this event for our community and visitors, and look forward to seeing everyone enjoy the music and atmosphere."

Now in its 46th year, the Festival will be held from 22–24 September, and will feature more than 50 outstanding artists across four stages.

“From smooth saxophones and sultry vocals to the roar of big bands on stage, the diversity of talent guarantees an unforgettable experience for every jazz aficionado,” Mayor Heins said.  

Featured artists include:
  • Sydney Conservatorium Big Band
  • Geoff Bull Finer Cuts with Kate Wadey
  • House of Bop
  • Big 'Ol Bus Band
  • Cope Street Parade
  • The Spelunkers
  • Blaine Whittaker
  • Eamon Dilworth's Crawfish Po' Boys
  • JC Stylles & Andrew Dickesons Manhattan Project
  • Greasy Chicken Orchestra
  • Hot Potato Band
  • Tribute to Don Burrows – special guest Johnny Nicol
  • Clayton Doley Bayou Billabong
  • John Morrison All Stars Featuring John Hoffman
  • Queen Porter Stomp
  • Andy Firth Quartet
  • Celebrating Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
  • Dave MacRae and Joy Yates Quintet
  • Andy Gander 4tet
  • School and community bands … and so much more!
There will be stages at Manly Beachfront, Sydney Road, Manly Town Hall forecourt, St Matthews Church, plus roving performers along The Corso, laneways and Manly Wharf.  

Visitors are also encouraged to drop into local pubs and venues for even more live jazz music.

There will be eight Manly Jazz official venues and each venue will have its own unique jazz atmosphere and theme.

Manly Jazz is non-ticketed and free to attend. 

Better Entitlements On The Table For Community Service Workers In NSW

The Minns Labor Government stated on Friday August 25 it is moving towards extending the established and successful portable long service leave system in NSW.

The government is taking the first step towards fulfilling its election commitment, establishing a consultation process around the introduction of the system in the community service sector.

The move responds to the rise of insecure work in the disability and community sectors and forms part of the government’s commitment to attract and retain key workers in NSW.

Community sector workers are often employed on short-term contracts with multiple employers and don’t have access to long service leave, despite some working in the sector for more than a decade.  

Led by Industrial Relations Minister Sophie Cotsis, the government will engage with stakeholders, including unions and employers, about the best way to extend the system to the community service sector.

A portable long service leave system for the community sector could follow the model for NSW contract cleaners, introduced by the previous Labor government in 2010, which provides a portable long service entitlement to workers who have performed work in the NSW contract cleaning industry for 10 years, regardless of whether they have worked for multiple employers or as a contractor, and includes casuals.

Our plan will bring NSW in line with other jurisdictions (ACT, Victoria and Queensland) that have already established portable leave schemes for these sectors. NSW cannot be left behind and must value these essential workers.  

The disability sector has an annual turnover of 25% and the highest levels of casualisation in the care economy.  

It is also experiencing a rise in gig work via platforms and apps that provide no leave provisions for workers.  

And 75% of the 250,000 strong social services workforce in NSW are women.

A recent survey conducted by the NSW Council of Social Service said the care sector in NSW could lose up to 120,000 workers over the next 5 years, with poor pay and insecure work driving staff out.

The Minns Government is looking to find a solution to the high level of churn in these sectors, the cost this high turnover brings to employers and the impact it has on the continuity of care to clients. 

The government will start work on the consultation process immediately and aim to have a bill to parliament in early-mid 2024, subject to the consultation process.

The announcement forms the first step towards the government implementing its broader commitment to introduce portable entitlements, including long service leave, for the community sector and gig economy.

Minister for Industrial Relations Sophie Cotsis said:

“There’s a predicted mass exodus in the community services sector. We are setting up a consultation process that cares about what the industry has to say.

“Workers in these industries have felt abandoned by the former government, which deprived them of basic entitlements, affecting their ability to get a loan, secure rental accommodation and support their families.

“We want to be getting the best out of our workforce, and it’s well known that a portable entitlements system for these industries recognises the service of these workers and helps retain staff.”

Lock Up Your Cars: Thieves About

Please Join Us In Celebrating 100 Years  Of  Creative Leisure: 1924 – 2024

What are your memories of Creative Leisure?
Calling past participants in any Creative Leisure Movement activities, to send us your stories or experiences.

By Post: Northern Beaches Creative Leisure & Learning Inc
PO Box 1718  WARRIEWOOD 2102
Phone: 9944 6027


JP Public Register

You can find a Justice of the Peace (JP) using the online Public Register. You can search by postcode, name of a JP, day of availability, language spoken and JP registration number. The register lists a JP’s location, availability and telephone number. Please note that JPs are volunteers and may not be available at all times. ​Click here to access the JP Public Register
NB: There are  3 J.P’s working in Pittwater RSL Sub-Branch office, we work every Monday (10:30am to 15:30)except on public holidays:
  1. Terry Jones J.P.
  2. Robert (Bob) Wood J.P.
  3. Deborah Hendy(Carter) J.P

The Lifeline Classic Is On Again For 2023!

Get on board and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches.
This year, we’re holding the Lifeline Classic on Saturday, 14 October 2023 at Queenscliff Beach. Kick-off at 8am.

The Lifeline Classic is an event for everyone. Join in and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches’ crisis support and suicide prevention services.
There are four ways you can support the Lifeline Classic:
  1. Register a team and start fundraising for Lifeline
  2. Join a team and help with the fundraising
  3. Donate to a team or directly to Lifeline Northern Beaches ($2 and over is tax deductible)
  4. Share the event, particularly in support of the teams who are fundraising for Lifeline Northern Beaches
Your support helps Lifeline Northern Beaches save lives from suicide in our local community.

Need support? Lifeline is here to listen and help. Anytime.
Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14.

Ongoing support is available through local services, including counselling, support groups and financial counselling. Visit www.lifelinenb.org.au/get-help


Report Hate Crimes

NSW Police Force: 
If you are subjected to hate on social media or online you should keep evidence by taking screen shots of the abuse including usernames, URLs and any other relevant information. 

You can report the abuse directly to the platform and report in person at any Police Station. 

If you witness a hate incident or hate crime but are not the victim, you can still make a report to the NSW Police.

In an Emergency call Triple Zero (000). If not urgent, you can report online at crimestoppers.com.au or call 1800 333 000 or report in person at any Police Station. 

Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary Needs Volunteers

The Auxiliary is looking for new members to help with our fund raising efforts.  New ideas and assistance with our stalls are very welcome.  Contact 0407 216 253 for more information.

The Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary members host a stall at Pittwater Place on the first Saturday of every month from 9am to 3pm selling knitting for babies and children, beanies, bedsocks and scarves for oldies, sewing items, craft and jams, raising funds for the rehabilitation and palliative care units.


InTune With TonyB 

InTune is a radio programme about our local community, culture and music.
 
Each week, Tony chats with guests from local community causes and charities, about how they make a difference. We also get to hear a great line up of predominantly home-grown music.

In this week's programme, we heard from Lauren Barber about Needle Phobia and also from Peter Watson about The Men's Kitchen. You can stream this and all previous programmes on demand here InTune on Demand.

Stay tuned for more great programmes on InTune.  
 
Radio Northern Beaches
Fridays at 6pm
FM 88.7 or 90.3
Or live stream at: www.rnb.org.au

Warriewood SLSC Open Days 2023

The new season is almost upon us, so come check us out at our open days in September:
  • Sunday Sept 10th 11-2.00pm
  • Sunday Sept 17th 11-2.00pm
Our club will be open and ready to answer any questions you may have about our wonderful club community and the many opportunities on offer at WSLSC. Nippers, Patrols, Training, Lifesaving etc.

If you are all set and ready to register for the new season, please head over to the following link for further info: http://www.warriewoodslsc.com.au/membership-fees/
or your members portal: https://members.sls.com.au



R U OK?Day 2023: September 14

R U OK?Day 2023 is Thursday 14 September and is our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, 'are you OK?' and start a meaningful conversation whenever they spot the signs that someone they care about might be struggling with life.

Register here: www.ruok.org.au/join-r-u-ok-day to access resources including posters, the Guide to Supporting R U OK?, social media tiles, activity sheets, videos and more.

You'll also receive a reminder and a link to the 2023 R U OK?Day virtual event where we'll share real stories as well as tips on how you can be here to hear for those you care about. This event will have an Auslan translator and closed captions available.


New Student Behaviour Policy To Address Disruptive Classrooms Available From Next Term

August 24, 2023
A new policy to manage student behaviour and support safe and positive learning environments will be available to NSW public school teachers before the end of the year.

The Department of Education is now sharing its proposed Student Behaviour Policy with school leaders for feedback, following extensive consultation with education partners including the NSW Teachers Federation, the Primary Principals Association, the Secondary Principals Council and the Special Education Principals and Leaders Association.

The policy overhaul initiated by the Minns Labor Government earlier this year followed widespread feedback from teachers and principals that the former Liberal National Government’s behaviour strategy undermined teachers’ authority to maintain calm in their classrooms and impacted student learning.

The review delivers on a key commitment of the NSW Government to improve student behaviour management procedures so teachers can support safe, responsible and respectful student conduct.

It also reaffirms a commitment to help all students, including those with complex learning and support needs, to reach their full potential.

The proposed changes provide teachers and principals with the authority they need to appropriately manage student behaviour. This includes a scale of measures schools may use to address problem behaviour, including suspension and expulsion as critical safeguards where necessary.

Schools will continue to employ positive teaching strategies in classrooms to minimise disruption and encourage a productive learning environment.

The new policy will be released to NSW public schools in Term 4, 2023, for teacher training and familiarisation, before coming into effect in Term 1, 2024.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car said:

“Students and teachers have a right to learn and work in safe classrooms.

“We have heard loud and clear from teachers and principals that the procedures introduced by the former government did not enable safe and respectful classrooms to be maintained for students and staff.

“Our schools must be safe learning environments and our staff must have the support and authority they need to manage disruptive and challenging student behaviours.

“It’s important all students have a classroom environment that minimises disruptions, maximises teacher instruction time and enhances learning.”

NSW Government Moves To Pause Payroll Tax Audits For GPs For 12 Months

August 24, 2023
Minister for Finance Courtney Houssos has announced the NSW Government will move to pause payroll tax audits for GPs and their practices for 12 months to allow for ongoing consultation with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Australian Medical Association.

This follows the release on Friday 11 August 2023 of a practice note by Revenue NSW on payroll tax rules affecting GPs. The note was released after the conclusion of a series of court cases contested by the former government on the matter.

There will also be a 12-month pause on tax penalties and interest accrued on outstanding payroll tax debts incurred before and at the commencement of the 12-month period.

The change will be implemented through an amendment to the Revenue, Fines and Other Legislation Amendment Bill.

NSW GPs face cost pressures due to the former federal Liberal government’s decision to freeze rebates for many years.

Any threat to bulk-billing rates for NSW patients is a concern for the government, given the potential flow-on increase in presentations to emergency departments and hospitals, which are already under significant strain.

Minister for Finance Courtney Houssos said:

“This matter is historic and dates back to before 2018. Its resolution has been hampered by multiple court hearings and the neglect of the previous Coalition government. We understand this neglect has created great uncertainty in the GP community.

“That is why we will need time to satisfactorily resolve the matter.

“We also want time to assess the effects of the bulk-billing changes being introduced federally by the Albanese Government.

“The former federal Liberal government’s failure to index the bulk-billing rebate for Medicare against the CPI for a decade imposed cost stresses on GPs and patients alike.

“We are working hard to rebuild and restore essential services ignored by the previous government.

“This will take time but we are committed to doing this carefully and thoughtfully to achieve the best result we can.”

Appointments To The High Court Of Australia

On Tuesday August 22 the Hon Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia, announced the appointment of Justice Stephen Gageler AC as the fourteenth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. Justice Gageler will commence as Chief Justice on 6 November 2023 upon the retirement of Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC.

Mr Albanese stated:

''Justice Gageler has an outstanding reputation as a jurist. He is highly respected for his leadership abilities and deep knowledge and understanding of constitutional law. Justice Gageler is currently the most senior puisne Justice of the High Court. He has served on the High Court with distinction since 2012. Prior to this, Justice Gageler was the Commonwealth Solicitor-General.

Justice Gageler holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Economics from the Australian National University and a Master of Laws from Harvard University. Justice Gageler was admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1989 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2000.

We are also pleased to announce the appointment of Justice Robert Beech-Jones to the High Court of Australia. Justice Beech-Jones will fill the vacancy created by the appointment of Justice Gageler as Chief Justice and will also commence on 6 November 2023.

Justice Beech-Jones has served on the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2012. In 2021 he was appointed Chief Judge of the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and a Judge of Appeal. Justice Beech-Jones spent his childhood in Tasmania, before moving to Canberra to study. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University. Justice Beech-Jones was admitted as a Barrister in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1992 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2006.

The Government consulted extensively in the lead-up to this decision, including with all state and territory Attorneys-General, the Shadow Attorney-General, the heads of the Federal Courts and state and territory Supreme Courts, state and territory Bar associations and law societies, National Legal Aid, Australian Women Lawyers, the National Association of Community Legal Centres and deans of law schools across the country.

The Government thanks all those who provided nominations for these significant appointments. Justice Gageler and Justice Beech-Jones were strongly supported in the consultation process.

We also acknowledge and thank Chief Justice Kiefel for her exceptional service as Chief Justice of the High Court since 2017, Justice of the High Court since 2007, and as a former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Supreme Court of Queensland and Supreme Court of Norfolk Island.

On behalf of the Government and the Australian people, we congratulate Justice Gageler and Justice Beech-Jones on their appointments, and wish Chief Justice Kiefel all the very best for the future.''

Nominate An Unsung Community Hero

August 1st, 2023
Nominations open today for the 2024 Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals, honouring the unsung community heroes who work in the field of multiculturalism in NSW.

Submissions are also open for the 2024 Multicultural Honour Roll, giving posthumous recognition for significant achievements by members of NSW’s vast and diverse society.

The awards program is one of the most prestigious in the state. Medal recipients and Honour Roll inductees are celebrated at a gala awards ceremony attended by hundreds of community members and cultural, faith and political leaders.

There are 12 categories for the awards, including business, local government, not-for-profit and a special category to recognise the achievements of an outstanding and innovative language teacher who instils knowledge and a lifelong love of language and culture in students.

Nominations close on Thursday 7 September.

For further information on how to apply, please visit The Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals on the Multicultural NSW website.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said: “Right across NSW, there are unsung heroes working to make their communities better, and I want to bring their stories to the front and centre.

“These awards recognise not only the incredible leaders in NSW right now, but also those who have come before us, whose impact is still being felt decades later.

“I’m proud to endorse the awards this year and I encourage everyone in NSW to nominate a friend, family member or colleague.”

NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper said: “In NSW we believe that multiculturalism is good for everyone, it binds our communities and makes our society more vibrant.

“Unfortunately, not everyone survives to see the impact they’ve had on the lives of those around them and the Honour Roll is an opportunity for us to thank their families for their work in uniting us in a common belief that everyone has something to contribute to our rich social fabric.”

Multicultural NSW Advisory Board chair emeritus Dr GK ‘Hari’ Harinath OAM said: “I’d like to voice my support of the Dr G.K. Harinath OAM Not-For-Profit Business Excellence medal.

“NSW has been very generous to me and my family, and to have an award named in my honour is very humbling.

“As a migrant myself I can attest to the work done within and across volunteer communities by so many from a multicultural background who want nothing more than to see everyone thrive and reach their aspirational goals.”


Auslan Syllabus To Become Available To NSW Schools For First Time

August 22, 2023
The first Auslan (Australian Sign Language) syllabus for primary and secondary students has been released to NSW schools by the Minns Labor Government.

Developed in consultation with the Deaf community, teachers, students and parents, this new syllabus will give NSW students the opportunity to experience a unique part of Australia’s linguistic heritage and learn a valuable communication skill.

Teachers will have up to a year in extra time to plan and prepare before the syllabus is taught in classrooms at the beginning of 2026, as part of the Government’s decision to extend the Curriculum Reform delivery timeline.

Giving schools extra time to deliver these reforms to the curriculum is key to improving outcomes for teachers and students in NSW, after the previous government ignored advice from teachers and experts that curriculum reform timelines were unworkable and had been hastily rushed through the system. 

Auslan is an optional course and decisions about teaching the syllabus will be made by schools and education sectors in consultation with the Deaf community.

The clear and explicit presentation of the Auslan syllabus supports teachers to plan their lessons and new evidence-based support materials, including teaching advice, will be available online through the NSW Curriculum website.

The syllabus enhances the languages offering in NSW schools following the redevelopment of the Aboriginal, Classical and Modern Languages syllabuses into frameworks covering all languages. 

Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car said:

“As well as beginning learners of Auslan, this new syllabus will give students who are first language Auslan users the opportunity to formally study the language of their community, and I am delighted to see it being released to NSW schools.

NSW offers one of the most comprehensive school languages curriculum in the world and I am committed to exploring how we can make that even better, in a way that is accessible for all students.

“Studying a language at school gives students the skills to participate in our linguistically dynamic world and improves broader communication and literacy skills.”

Minister for Disability Inclusion Kate Washington said:

“This is a really exciting initiative, where students will have the opportunity to learn Auslan at school.

“By rolling out a K-10 Auslan syllabus, we’re delivering on our commitment to create a more inclusive community.”

Bowel Cancer Screening Push

The Government is investing $10.8 million to encourage eligible Australians to complete their potentially lifesaving bowel cancer screening as new data reveals screening rates dropped in 2020–2021 and natural disasters impacted screening rates.   

Australia’s national bowel screening rate dropped to 40.9 per cent during 2020–2021. While more than 6 million Australians were sent a test, only around 2.5 million returned their samples for screening. That’s around 179,000 fewer people returning their tests in 2020–2021.  

The Government is partnering with Cancer Council Australia to roll out a national bowel screening campaign to remind Australians to ‘Get2It’, as research shows most people intend to do the test, but life gets in the way.   

The campaign begins as preliminary data from Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) shows the impact recent major natural disasters had on participation rates in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.  

The bushfires which devastated Australia in 2019–20 drove down participation rates by 27 per cent during that period in affected areas, while widespread flooding across the country led to a 23 per cent drop in participation rates.  

Get2It will run from now until November this year. Preliminary results show that around 37,000 reminders to screen were sent to people during the 2022 campaign, and an additional 89,500 people completed their screening test during the campaign period. 

Bowel cancer is Australia’s second biggest cancer killer, yet 90 per cent of cases could be successfully treated if detected early.  Increasing the screening rate to 60 per cent could save 84,000 Australian lives by 2040.   

It is important when the kit arrives in the mail Australians complete and return it promptly. Health care providers can also now bulk order National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kits and issue them to eligible patients.   

For more information on bowel cancer or the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program campaign, go to www.bowelcancer.org.au.    

The campaign will air on tv, radio, digital and social media, along with partnerships with media and sporting organisations including the NRL to promote bowel cancer screening to a range of audiences. The campaign will be available in Arabic, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Volunteers Needed: Meals On Wheels

Meals on Wheels have lost a lot of volunteers in the last few months due to COVID regulations etc. so they are desperate for some new people on the roster. The local service covers all the way from Manly Vale up to Palm Beach, so a run takes around 60-90mins. 

You leave from and return to the warehouse in Bassett Street, Mona Vale.
You don’t need to sign on to permanent shifts, even once a month would help them out greatly.
All drivers need an unrestricted license, must be fully vaccinated and will require a volunteer police check.
If you are able to assist please call Milly on 9457 3900 or email 
NBeachesVolunteer@kmow.org.au and she can give you more info and send you through training paperwork.


Become A Volunteer Radio Operator: MRNSW

Are you looking for a new challenge? With the busy summer boating season coming up Marine Rescue NSW units up and down the coast want to hear from you! And if you live in Sydney, our State Communications Centre in Belrose is especially keen to hear from you, just drop a line to: base.sydney@marinerescuensw.com.au 

Prior radio and boating experience is not required, and as a Radio Operator you'll play a vital role in helping to keep our waterways safer. If you want to take the plunge and join a dedicated volunteer team helping to save lives on our waterways, then go here for more information: 
www.marinerescuensw.com.au/become-a-volunteer/ or contact your local Marine Rescue NSW unit directly.


Letters To The Editor

Letters should preferably be 150 to 175 words, but considering the magazines inability to word limit itself - that remains optional.
Letters must include the writer's address and phone number and 'permission to publish'.
Letters should not contain attachments - these will be requested if required to illustrate content/subject.
Letters should be exclusive to Pittwater Online News.

The editor's prerogative includes editing letters for length, grammar or legal reasons, among other considerations. 

August 20 - 26, 2023: Issue 595

This Issue: 

Front Page Issue 595

Newport Breakers Colts: Robertson Cup Winners Season 2023

Mona Vale Road (East) Upgrade: Fauna Bridge Supports Installed

NSW Government Releases First Bus Industry Taskforce Report

A Stunning 64 Medals Sees Australia Atop The Medal Tally At Trinbago 2023 Youth Commonwealth Games

VP Day Service At Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph; Conducted By Avalon Beach Sub-Branch, 2023

Aquatics: Local Surfers Excel At Australian Surf Championships 2023

Pictures: The Chiltern Trail On The Verge Of Spring 2023 by Kevin Murray and Joe Mills

Food Classic Trifles May Be For Sale At Country Womens Association Manly's Edible Exhibition: 100 Bakers To Celebrate 100 Years Of Our Local CWA On Saturday August 26th - Starts At 12:30pm

Park Bench Philosophers Mark Twain, J.F. Archibald and Henry Lawson - Did They Go Fishing At Narrabeen In The Spring Of 1895: Probably!

Environment The Powerful Owl Project:  It’s Fledging Time! ; keep dogs away, Mona Vale Road (East) Upgrade: Fauna Bridge Supports Installed, Mother and Calf Southern Right Whales Expected To Take A Breather In Sydney Harbour This Weekend: Please Stay Away From Them, Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference 2023: Local Papers Presented, Saving Native Species Grants, Invitation For Public Comment: Mt Gilead Stage 2 Residential Development, Gilead, Time Of Wiritjiribin; August, Stony Range Spring Festival 2023: Sunday September 10,  Bushcare Training Day At North Narrabeen: September 16, 2023 Banksia Foundation NSW Sustainability Awards Open For Nominations, Pittwater Garage Sale Trail Returns: Repurpose Your Items, Northern Beaches Clean Up Crew: Sunday August 27 2023 From 10:00-12:15 - Turimetta Beach Clean Up, Waste And Sustainability In Schools NR37040: At Kimbriki, Seen Any Glossies Drinking Around Nambucca, Bellingen, Coffs Or Clarence? Want To Help?: Join The Glossy Squad, Department Of Planning and Environment To Become Two New Departments  From January 1st 2024, More Councils To Recycle Food and Garden Waste, $850,000 In Funding Open To Improve Fish Habitat: closes September 29, Alcohol Washing Confirms New Varroa Detection Near Kempsey: Palm Beach now in eradication zone, Blue Mountains National Park And Kanangra-Boyd National Park Draft Plan Of Management: Public Consultation, Plans For New Wind Energy Project At Spicers Creek On Public Exhibition, Nauseous Territory: Outfoxing Predators Using Baits That Make Them Barf, Areas Closed For West Head Lookout Upgrades, Bush Turkeys: Backyard Buddies Breeding Time Commences In August - BIG Tick Eaters - Ringtail Posse Insights, PNHA Guided Nature Walks 2023, Bushcare In Pittwater, Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Activities, Community Gardens, Environment Groups and Organisations In Pittwater, Report Fox Sightings, Marine Wildlife Rescue Group On The Central Coast, Watch Out - Shorebirds About, Possums In Your Roof?: Do The Right Thing, Aviaries + Possum Release Sites Needed, Trapped: Australia’s extraordinary alpine insects are being marooned on mountaintops as the world warms, Two new Australian mammal species just dropped – and they are very small, Thick ones, pointy ones – how albatross beaks evolved to match their prey, Nearly two-thirds of the top fossil fuel producers in Australia and the world aren’t on track for 1.5 c climate target, Yes, climate change is bringing bushfires more often; But some ecosystems in Australia are suffering the most, Giant old trees are still being logged in Tasmanian forests; We must find ways of better protecting them, More Than 250 Scientists Call For An End To Land Clearing, Letters Show Need For Urgent Action To Protect Threatened Species, A green roof or rooftop solar?; You can combine them in a biosolar roof, boosting both biodiversity and power output, Rising seas and a great southern star: Aboriginal oral traditions stretch back more than 12,000 years, Thousands of migratory birds will make NZ landfall in spring – will they bring a deadly bird flu with them?, Montana youth win unprecedented climate case: What does this ruling mean for Canada?, Trees, rivers and mountains are gaining legal status – but it’s not been a quick fix for environmental problems, Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’, Why moths might be more efficient pollinators than bees and butterflies, Pittwater Reserves: Histories + Notes + Pictorial Walks, + more

Inbox News Vale Mary-Louise McLaws: Researcher and Global Advocate In Infectious Diseases and Public Health, 9 signs you have inflammation in your body; Could an anti-inflammatory diet help?, Surf group found safe after days at sea in Indonesia; A sea survival expert on what it takes to survive being lost at sea, 1 in 6 women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes; But this diagnosis may not benefit them or their babies, 3D-Printed Vegan Seafood Could Someday Be What's For Dinner, Arterial Stiffness May Cause And Worsen Heart Damage Among Adolescents By Increasing Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance, China's Oldest Water Pipes Were A Communal Effort, We can and should keep unemployment below 4% says our survey of top economists, Urban sprawl is ‘not a dirty word’?; If the priority is to meet all kids’ needs it should be, Source Of Hidden Consciousness In 'Comatose' Brain Injury Patients Found, NSW Government's BASIX Pause To Help Home Buyers and Builders, The Rions: Profile of the Week, Bring Back Memories Not Measles, un Little Wave At South Av. - Tuesday August 15, Pictures From The Past: Palm Beach In 1921, Canberra Today and Tomorrow, Find What You're Looking For During Skills Week, School Leavers Support, Word Of The Week: Credo, Hip-hop at 50: 7 essential listens to celebrate rap’s widespread influence, Hip-hop at 50: how the sights, sounds and moves of the music spread across the world, Australia just won the netball world cup; Why isn’t there room for multiple women’s world cups in our sports media?, Connection, camaraderie and belonging: why the Matildas could be making you a sports fan for the very first time, A dramatic volcano eruption changed lives in Fiji 2,500 years ago; 100 generations have kept the story alive, Arithmetic has a biological origin – it’s an expression in symbols of the ‘deep structure’ of our perception, Can human moderators ever really rein in harmful online content? New research says yes, Friday essay: what do publishers’ revisions and content warnings say about the moral purpose of literature?, How Joaquín Sorolla’s paintings shed light on social realities, Discrimination, internment camps, then deportation: the end of the second world war did not mean peace for Japanese-Australians, Running This Week: The Chiltern Trail On The Verge Of Spring 2023 By Kevin Murray And Joe Mills, Rod Stewart - Rhythm of My Heart, Vietnam Veterans Remembered 50 Years On From Australian Troop Withdrawal, Reminder: Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 50th End Of The War March At Palm Beach - All Welcome, All Belong Anniversary - Sunday August 20 at 10:45 am, The Stories of the Dat Do Dogs is a photographic exhibition with online stories, 2024 NSW Seniors Festival To ‘Reach Beyond’, APSC Releases Capability Review Report For The Department, Financial Report On The Australian Aged Care Sector 2021-22, Wildfires and Farming Activities May Be Top Sources Of Air Pollution Linked To Increased Cases Of Dementia, Australia's Progress In Advance Care Planning: Challenges and Innovations, Interested, curious and empathetic, Michael Parkinson helped bridge the gap between Australia and England, Digital Puzzle Games Could Be Good For Memory In Older Adults, 95% male conductors, 70% ageing classics and zero appetite for risk: what’s wrong with elite Australian opera, 

Public Art: Midget Farrelly Recognition At Palm Beach - Have Your Say - closes August 24

Profile of the Week The Rions

Website: therions.com/home
Instagram: www.instagram.com/therionsband
Tik Tok: www.tiktok.com/@therionsband
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheRionss 

There will be no better way to spring into Spring and Summer 2023 than tuning in to the sounds coming from Pittwater band and former Barrenjoey High School alumni The Rions this September through November. To back up newly released EP 'Minivan' the boys will be on the road, taking it to the streets, and nightclubs, in a tour that stretches from Queensland to Tassie and even a jaunt over to Western Australia. Although only one local gig is scheduled so far, at Dee Why and 18+, included are performances with the Grapevine Gathering national tour, indicating The Rions are happy to inspire locals to join the road trip phenomenon to 'see and be in other places' during Australia's warmer months.

First forming as a band following a 2016 high school talent show, when they were in Year 7, their music teacher Mr Stone (father of Angus & Julia) saw something special and encouraged the boys to get gigging.

The name stems from the inability of Harley to pronounce the word ‘lion’ when a toddler; he would pronounce it ‘rion’. He had been telling fellow band members about this when the organisers asked them what they were going to be called and the spontaneous response from his band mates was ‘The Rions!’.

The band consists of Noah Blockley (lead vocals, bass guitar), Harley Wilson (guitar), Asher McLean (guitar), and Tom Partington (drums).

This Issue a few insights into the road leading to releasing their first EP, Minivan.

Ever wondered how the Stokes Point 'house with a view' changed from a hut built by/for founding member of the RSYS Isaac Josephson, who purchased the Lots in December 1881, to the Heritage listed Finisterre? 

Merchants, wool brokers, MD's and even a Sir is involved - along with Australia's first registered lady Architect's August 1934 completed 'upgrades' into the home people see on the point today - more in;  ''Stokes Point Careel Bay: The Shift From Warner's Hut In 1813 To Finisterre In 1924; 1934 Additions Probably Designed By Australia's First Women Architect, Beatrice (Bea) May Hutton - A Pittwater Rendezvous Site For Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Members Is Still A Home With A View For Those With A Passion For Sailing'' 

Pittwater Offshore Newsletter: August 1, 2023

Click on Logo to access the latest PON:  

The Marquise of Scotland Island (with thanks to Pittwater Online), Building Scotland Island Community Hall, Scotland Island Coffee Club? Island Playgroup, The Tuesday Discussion Group, Scotland Island Fire Brigade: Monthly Training, International Folk Dancing, Scotland Island Café

To contact Roy:  editor@scotlandisland.org.au

Josh Holmes Appointed Head Coach Of Warringah Rugby Club

Warringah Rugby Club announced on Monday August 14;
  · 
''It's with great pleasure we introduce Josh Holmes as the new Head Coach of the Warringah Rugby Club.

With a legacy spanning over 25 seasons, Josh embodies the heart and soul of our Club. From his early days as a junior player, he progressed through the Colts, Grade and onto Super Rugby and National representative honours. More recently, his journey over the last two years has seen him transform the Warringah Colts program claiming the club championship and minor premiership in 2023.



With a deep understanding of the Club's values, a sharp eye for recruitment and high performance, the Rats are excited to see Josh continue the fantastic work of Mike Ruthven over the next two seasons.''

Earlier in August the WRC announced  Mike Ruthven had decided to step down and remove himself from the Head Coach application process for 2024. 

''With a commitment spanning over two decades as a player and the past six years as a coach for the Rats, Mike's contributions have been nothing short of remarkable. His unwavering dedication, alongside his family's deep-rooted passion for the green and white, has left an indelible mark.'' WRC said

''Over the course of the last six years, Mike and Carly have devoted themselves to nurturing the upcoming generation of players, both on and off the field. They have fostered a sense of kinship among players, offering them not just a team but a second home. Mike's efforts have extended beyond the local arena, forming strong connections with the Scottish Rugby Union. In addition, he has identified and nurtured local talent, propelling them towards realms such as Super Rugby, Australian 7s, and international leagues.

On behalf of the Rats Community, we are excited to follow and support your future coaching endeavours.''

Avalon Craft Cottage At St Ives Shopping Village

Monday, 21st August will see our return to St Ives Shopping Village.

We will be trading from Monday, 21st August to Sunday, 27th August downstairs outside the Newsagent 
 Normal shopping hours , and until 7pm on Thursday, and we will pack up at 4pm on Sunday.

Our “pop-up” stall will showcase a variety of handcrafted goods including hand painted silk, jewellery, warm hand knits, cross stitched, embroidered and appliqued towels, unique decorative weaving, handcrafts for the home, screen printing, patchwork quilts, children's and baby wear , local art and Australiana.

We hope to see you there.

Avalon Craft Cottage Members

Local Nurse Announced Winner Of 2023 Health Minister’s Award For Nursing Trailblazers

A Clinical Nurse Specialist who created a revolutionary device that helps reduce the fear, stress, pain and anxiety associated with needles has taken out one of the Australian nursing profession’s most prestigious honours.

Lauren Barber MACN was named the 2023 winner of the Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers in recognition of her work as Founder and CEO of NeedleCalm.

The innovative medical device was developed to help alleviate the mental and physical problems associated with needle phobia. The award-winning innovation improves patient comfort and safety by reducing the risk of needle sticks and decreasing procedure time.

The Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers is a national award recognising nurses whose leadership has led to innovative solutions addressing key challenges facing our health and aged care systems.

The announcement was made at the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) National Nursing Forum in Adelaide by The Hon Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Aged Care.

ACN CEO Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN congratulated Lauren on becoming the fifth nurse – and the first from NSW – to win the Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers.

Watch the Minister’s video announcement here and Ms Barber speaking about her work below.



Above: Lauren accepting her award.

Cottage Point Mobile Base Station Installation Finally Commences

Great news this week out of the Office of Mackellar MP Dr. Sophie Scamps that the construction of the mobile phone base station commenced on Monday August 14.

A campaign commenced by Jason Falisnki in 2016 after a residents death, persistently  pursued by Dr.Scamps, along with the relentless efforts of Jon Russell, Captain at the Cottage Point RFB over many years, backed up by Tony Gordon of Marine Rescue Cottage Point, the talkfest that can be 2GB and just retired Brady Halls of A Current Affair speaking his usual plain English, have galvanised the way too slow into action - finally.

Great work JR! TG! and Dr. Scamps.

The Mackellar MP stated in June; ''It’s a disgrace that over three years after the federal government allocated funding to improve mobile and internet coverage to Cottage Point that the community is STILL waiting for this infrastructure to be installed. 

It’s not good enough, lives are at risk without effective mobile coverage. 

I’ve written to the Communications Minister Michelle Rowland asking that she step in to push the Telcos, energy companies, councils and NSW National Parks to stop playing games and get this sorely needed infrastructure built. 

This is about the health and safety of the Cottage Point community and everyone that visits this beautiful part of Mackellar.''

 

Narrabeen Sports High Car Boot Sale

Save the date for Sunday 27th August to pick up some great bargains. Gates open to shoppers at 7am and there is also on-site parking for just $2 (another bargain but also contributes to the school).
We always appreciate volunteers both on the day and on the Saturday morning the day before to help us set up. If you'd like to help for just an hour or so, and meet other parents and community members, please let us know on the volunteers sheet here

If you're interested in booking a space you can also do that here:


ABHS 40th Anniversary Celebrations

The Avalon Beach Historical Society will be celebrating its RUBY ANNIVERSARY on 12 SEPTEMBER – almost 40 years to the day since we held our first meeting in the Avalon Beach RSL.
 
As usual there will be little formality other than the election of office bearers for the coming year (and that’s rather informal anyway!) and ‘just a dash’ of General Business. 

We have planned an enjoyable and historic evening with some wonderful photos to illustrate:
 
                       THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 
For example (and your interest) we have some from the Observation Tower on top of the RAN Torpedo Testing Station at Taylor’s Point when, in October 1983, we witnessed the 2nd last firing of a torpedo from the station.
 
We also have some great photos of our early Xmas parties held in Palmgrove Park and a ‘member’ Father Christmas. Our get-togethers and outings at Carmel’s By The Sea (Boathouse), Palm Beach RSL before it became Club Palm Beach, Albert’s Hideaway, Ibiza Café and even on board the ‘Barbie-A’ and the ‘Lady Hopetoun’. 

We will also have several members from that first night to assist in the celebrations.
Guests Welcome.
Meetings held in the Avalon Annexe, Dunbar Park.

Geoff Searl OAM
President Avalon Beach Historical Society.
Find out more at: abhs.org.au


Transfer Of Crown Land To Transport For NSW: Manly

NSW Crown Lands is seeking feedback on the transfer of Crown land at Davis Marina and Manly Boatshed. Crown Lands are proposing to transfer existing leased lands to Transport for NSW as part of a broader land exchange program designed to consolidate ownership under a single NSW Government landlord.

The businesses currently operating at Manly Boatshed (Bolingbroke Parade, Fairlight) and Davis Marina (Gourlay Avenue, Balgolwah) have leases with both Crown Lands and Transport for NSW. 

The proposed Crown land transfer will consolidate ownership under Transport for NSW, delivering greater efficiency and cost savings by solving the operational problems associated with dual ownership tenures.
The lands above the high water mark are currently held under lease from Crown Lands and the lands below the high water mark are held under lease from Transport for NSW.
The lands will continue to be used under leases from Transport for NSW.

Have your say by Monday 4 September. At: https://oeh.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9poYoIQXlO18mQ6


Pittwater High School 40th Reunion

Did you graduated Pittwater High School in 1983 (1981 for year 10)? If you did, have we got news for you. The 40 year School reunion is happening on 11th November 2023 at Mona Vale Bowling Club.


Beach2Beach 2023 Charity Fun Run + Festival Set To Bring Community Together

On Sunday August 27th this year, the iconic Beach2Beach Charity Fun Run and Festival celebrates its 29th year of raising much needed funds for fabulous local charities on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Organised by the Rotary Club of Brookvale, over those 29 years, the event has raised over $3.5 million dollars for wonderful organisations including Life Education Australia, Northern Beaches Interchange (NBI), Surf Life Saving Northern Beaches, Without A Ribbon, Bear Cottage, OneEighty and Sunnyfield. The event has three course options, catering for everyone from serious runners to families – 13km from Dee Why Beach to Newport Beach; 6km from Warriewood to Newport Beach; and 3km from Mona Vale to Newport Beach. 

This is undoubtedly Sydney’s most scenic fun run, taking in many of the spectacularly beautiful northern beaches. A huge Family Festival is held at the Newport Beach finish line with live music, a licensed bar area, international food options and plenty of fun rides and games for the kids, with our own Rotary Cub of the Upper Northern Beaches doing the honours there.

Background – where it all started
Initiated by Hotel Proprietor Mark Bayfield and his family, the original Pub2Pub route ran between the family’s Dee Why Hotel, along Pittwater Road, to what was then The Newport Arms. “The Bayfield Family is very proud that the Beach2Beach is a major legacy we’ve left on the Northern Beaches, embraced by the community every year and raising much needed funds for some vitally important charities. 

“I’m extremely pleased that over the last decade, Brookvale Rotary has made it their major fundraising event and that the Beach2Beach was ‘reborn’ with the help of Cameron Bayfield, by introducing an amazing coastal course to avoid any main roads issues. “Our whole family looks forward to seeing the Beach2Beach continue for many years to come. It will be nice to be able to tell the grandkids why they’re running in their 1st Beach2Beach in years to come.” – Mark Bayfield, Race Founder 

Today
The Beach2Beach Team is led by a group of passionate Rotarians who believe this event is a great way to give back to those less fortunate, while hosting the most popular participation event on the northern beaches. 

The whole Team volunteers both time and skills with no financial benefit to themselves, some working all year round to ensure a successful annual event. The Beach2Beach / Rotary Club of Brookvale relationship was initiated by Michael Olofinsky who was instrumental in evolving the event to its great standard today. For the last few years, organisers Phil Jackson and Robert van Geest have worked alongside an incredibly enthusiastic team, who make the Beach2Beach so successful. 

Philosophy
The aim of the Rotary Club of Brookvale is for 100% of your registration fees to go back to local and other needy charities and service organisations. They are blessed with some generous sponsors who cover the necessary overheads involved with such an event.

Pull on your joggers and take a stroll
Now is a great time to ensure you run, walk, skip, hop or dance your favourite leg of the Beach2Beach, or simply pop down to Newport and enjoy the festivities with a soft shoe shuffle.

Details on how to enter and more here: beach2beach.com.au


Roadworks

SCHEDULED ROADWORK Power pole/line repairs: Ingleside - Mona Vale Road between Tumburra Street and Chiltern Road; Mon 21 Aug 2023 to Fri 8 Sep 2023, Sun to Wed: 9:00pm to 5:00am, Thu and Fri: 10:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions. Advice: Reduced speed limit (40km/h), Check signage, Exercise caution. Contraflow traffic conditions will be in place.



SCHEDULED ROADWORK: Dee Why- Pittwater Road between Lismore Avenue and Hadleigh Avenue. Thu 17 Aug 2023 to Fri 25 Aug 2023: 10:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions.  Advice; Check signage, Reduce your speed, Exercise caution. Traffic lights at the intersection of Pittwater Rd and South Creek Rd will be flashing yellow with alternating (stop/slow) traffic conditions in place to allow motorists to pass in one direction at a time.



SCHEDULED ROADWORK: Brookvale, Old Pittwater Road - Pedestrian Safety Upgrade. Mon 14 Aug 2023 to Fri 1 Sep 2023; Advice - Expect delays, Exercise caution. Reported By Northern Beaches Council. Ph: 1300 434 434. E: council@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au



SCHEDULED ROADWORK: Manly - Belgrave Street between Sydney Road and Gilbert Street. Wed 16 Aug 2023 to Fri 1 Sep 2023; 10:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions. Advice; Reduced speed limit (40km/h), Check signage, Exercise caution. Changed traffic conditions will be in place at various times along Belgrave St. These changes will include a combination of lane closures and stop/slow traffic control. Reported By Transport for NSW.




SCHEDULED ROADWORK Utilities at Seaforth; Wakehurst Parkway between Castle Circuit and Burnt Street. Sun 20 Aug 2023 to Mon 21 Aug 2023, 9:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions. Advice; Reduced speed limit (40km/h), Check signage, Exercise caution. Alternating (stop/slow) traffic conditions will be in place. Reported By Transport for NSW


InTune With TonyB 

InTune is a radio programme about our local community, culture and music.
 
Each week, Tony chats with guests from local community causes and charities, about how they make a difference. We also get to hear a great line up of predominantly home-grown music.

Over recent weeks, we have heard from some amazing guests, including Greg Page (former yellow Wiggle) about his amazing charity - Heart of the Nation and Shannon Nevin of Walk 'n' Talk For Life, stream them all here: InTuneWithTonyB on Demand.

Stay tuned for more great programmes on InTune.  
 
Radio Northern Beaches
Fridays at 6pm
FM 88.7 or 90.3
Or live stream at: www.rnb.org.au

National Consumer Engagement Strategy For Health And Wellbeing

Submissions are now open to give feedback on the draft National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing.

The Federal Health Department are developing the National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing to strengthen partnerships between health policymakers (in government and non-government) and the community.

The strategy will support policymakers and the community to work with consumers to design and develop health and wellbeing policies and programs.

You can now give feedback on the draft strategy. 
''We value the diverse perspectives, experiences and knowledge of all stakeholders and interested members of the community. We will use the feedback from this consultation to help develop the final strategy.'' the Department states

You can complete the consultation survey online at their Consultation Hub until 4 September 2023.

Monika's Doggie Rescue Pets Of The Week

Frannie

7-8 months Mini Foxy X

Since we have had Frannie we have found her a typical bouncy happy pup. She is social with other small dogs and has lots of energy for play. However, when she came from the pound she came with a caution that she can fear bite. People are important to her as she has separation anxiety and screams if left alone, even if other dogs are around. She needs to sleep in the bedroom. She has a short coat and weighs 5.2kg. She suits apartment living and needs a home based worker. All our dogs come 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 DoggieRescue Vet. Her adoption fee is $700. 

Lady Bug 

19 weeks Domestic Short Hair


Lady Bug is one of our Bug litter. She is a sweet easy to handle kitten who came from the pound with her Mum Queen Bee who is also listed on our web site. All our cats come desexed, wormed, F3 vaccinated, FIV/FeLV tested if over 6 months old and microchipped. Her adoption fee is $220. She is located at The Cottage Animal Hospital in Parramatta. Ph 9890 7220.  

To find out more call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email  Monika@DoggieRescue.com.  RON R251000024

Two New Judges Appointed To NSW District Court

Sydney senior barristers Paul McGuire SC and Greg Waugh SC have been appointed judges of the District Court of NSW, bringing many years of skill and expertise to the bench.

Mr McGuire is an experienced trial and appellate advocate whose specialist areas include criminal law, white-collar crime, Ponzi schemes, tax and revenue fraud, money laundering, terrorism, and commericial and equity matters.

Mr Waugh’s areas of expertise include contract law, negligence, trusts, unconscionable conduct, real property, estoppel, wills, probate and family provision.

Mr McGuire will replace his Honour Judge Hoy SC, who retired on 2 June 2023, and Mr Waugh will replace his Honour Judge Levy SC, who retired on 26 June 2023.

Mr McGuire will be sworn in on August 23 and Mr Waugh will be sworn in on August 25.

NSW Attorney General Michael Daley said, 
“The District Court of NSW is fortunate to have two Senior Counsel of such high calibre appointed to the bench.

“Mr McGuire and Mr Waugh have amassed almost 75 years of experience between them, bringing their incisive legal minds to matters in almost every jurisdiction in NSW.”

Paul McGuire SC
Mr McGuire has practised at the private bar for 24 years, the last eight of which as Senior Counsel. He has worked extensively in the Supreme and District Courts of NSW, particularly in the criminal jurisdiction.

He has appeared in a number of high-profile matters, recently appearing for the Crown in the Plutus Payroll $105 million tax fraud conspiracy trial, involving multiple accused, in the Supreme Court of NSW.

Before being called to the bar, Mr McGuire was a solicitor in large commercial firms in Sydney, Brisbane and London for 10 years.  

Greg Waugh SC
Mr Waugh was called to the bar in 1990 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2017. His broad areas of practice include commercial, equity and common law and he has conducted cases before the Local Court, the District Court, the Supreme Court and the Family Court.

Mr Waugh’s work in the District Court focused on conducting common law personal injury claims. Before coming to the bar, Mr Waugh was a solicitor in Wollongong and Sydney for six years.

Lock Up Your Cars: Thieves About

Please Join Us In Celebrating 100 Years  Of  Creative Leisure: 1924 – 2024

What are your memories of Creative Leisure?
Calling past participants in any Creative Leisure Movement activities, to send us your stories or experiences.

By Post: Northern Beaches Creative Leisure & Learning Inc
PO Box 1718  WARRIEWOOD 2102
Phone: 9944 6027


JP Public Register

You can find a Justice of the Peace (JP) using the online Public Register. You can search by postcode, name of a JP, day of availability, language spoken and JP registration number. The register lists a JP’s location, availability and telephone number. Please note that JPs are volunteers and may not be available at all times. ​Click here to access the JP Public Register
NB: There are  3 J.P’s working in Pittwater RSL Sub-Branch office, we work every Monday (10:30am to 15:30)except on public holidays:
  1. Terry Jones J.P.
  2. Robert (Bob) Wood J.P.
  3. Deborah Hendy(Carter) J.P

The Lifeline Classic Is On Again For 2023!

Get on board and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches.
This year, we’re holding the Lifeline Classic on Saturday, 14 October 2023 at Queenscliff Beach. Kick-off at 8am.

The Lifeline Classic is an event for everyone. Join in and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches’ crisis support and suicide prevention services.
There are four ways you can support the Lifeline Classic:
  1. Register a team and start fundraising for Lifeline
  2. Join a team and help with the fundraising
  3. Donate to a team or directly to Lifeline Northern Beaches ($2 and over is tax deductible)
  4. Share the event, particularly in support of the teams who are fundraising for Lifeline Northern Beaches
Your support helps Lifeline Northern Beaches save lives from suicide in our local community.

Need support? Lifeline is here to listen and help. Anytime.
Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14.

Ongoing support is available through local services, including counselling, support groups and financial counselling. Visit www.lifelinenb.org.au/get-help


Bring Back Memories Not Measles

August 18, 2023
​NSW Health is urging people planning to travel overseas to ensure they are fully protected against measles before they go, following two recent cases in travellers who have returned from Bali.

While rare in Australia, measles remains a common illness in many parts of the world, including locations popular with Australians such as Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Thailand.

The Middle East, Africa, parts of Europe and the UK, are also considered higher risk for measles due to ongoing circulation of the virus, or current outbreaks.

Dr Christine Selvey, Director Communicable Diseases Branch NSW Health said measles is highly infectious.

“Anyone who is not immune is at risk of developing the disease if they are exposed,” Dr Selvey said.

“Measles can be very severe and people with measles often require hospitalisation, however it is almost completely preventable through vaccination.”

Anyone arriving from overseas, who develops symptoms of measles, are advised to contact their GP urgently to arrange measles testing, particularly those arriving from known areas of high risk for measles such as South-East and Southern Asia or Africa.

“Travellers who develop symptoms, should call ahead to their GP or Emergency Department to ensure they don’t wait in the waiting room with other patients,” Dr Selvey said.

Symptoms of measles include fever, sore eyes and a cough, followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash spreading from the head and neck to the rest of the body.

Two doses of measles vaccine provide long term protection to 99% of people vaccinated.

The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is safe and is included on the National Immunisation Program for children at 12 and 18 months of age.

Anyone in NSW born during or after 1966 who does not have evidence of having received two doses in the past can access free measles vaccine from their GP (all ages) or pharmacies (people over 12 years of age).

People born prior to 1966 are likely to have had measles infection and are generally considered immune. People who are unsure of whether they have had two doses should get a vaccine, as additional doses are safe.

People travelling with young children should discuss travel plans with their GP as the measles vaccine schedule can be started from 6 months of age for children travelling to areas which are a risk for measles.

More information on measles can be found on the measles factsheet.

Age Diversity Is Good For Business

On August 17 2023 the Federal government's Business.gov.au stated new research shows that employing mature age workers is good for small businesses. Information and support is available for small businesses looking to embrace age diversity.

With employment trends always changing, it’s important for employers to provide a workplace culture that will attract employees of all ages. 

New research shows that hiring older employees can open up a range of opportunities for small businesses, helping to increase productivity, innovation, and workforce reliability and stability. 

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) ran a research project to get more information about employing mature age workers.  The research worked with 15 small businesses to explore whether targeted awareness raising would encourage them to consider employing mature age workers. The businesses that took part in the report were from the care, hospitality , and wholesale and retail industries, and were based  in regional and city locations across Australia.

Initially, all participating employers held some positive views of mature age workers. However, through taking part in the project, most realised that they had some biases and had been excluding this group.

The research found that the best support for small business wanting to hire mature age workers are short fact sheets, tailored supports and good news stories from their industries.  

Check out DEWR’s Mature Age Hub to learn more about the research and see what tools and strategies your small business can use to attract more mature age employees.

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

business.gov.au is a whole-of-government website for the Australian business community. It is a simple and convenient entry point for information, services and support to help businesses succeed in Australia.

$1 Million In Grants To Support Disability Advocacy Now Open

The NSW Government is delivering on its commitment to improve the lives of people with disability with the launch of $1 million in local advocacy grants.

The NSW Government already delivers $12 million annually to 19 advocacy organisations across the state to assist people with disability better access services and supports.

This separate funding stream – up to $1 million for Special Purposes and Projects, and Sector Development grants – will help community groups and not-for-profit organisations provide more localised and innovative supports, in addition to the broader Disability Advocacy Futures Program.

One-off grants between $20,000 and $100,000 are available for projects and activities to assist people with disability and further develop the advocacy sector in NSW.

The Special Purposes and Projects, and Sector Development grant program has three key objectives:
  1. Increase available supports to enable greater community engagement for people with disability.
  2. Further develop the disability advocacy sector through quality improvement, collaboration, and innovation.
  3. Build stronger networks and learning opportunities for the disability advocacy sector.
Minister for Families and Communities, and Minister for Disability Inclusion Kate Washington said this funding demonstrates the Minns Labor Government’s commitment to improving accessibility and inclusion for people with disability.

“This grant program is about helping people with disability overcome barriers affecting their ability to fully participate in our community”, Ms Washington said.

“We want people with disability in NSW to be connected with organisations that can empower them with information and access.”

“This program will allow disability advocacy organisations to innovate and collaborate to support more people with disability to live full and fulfilling lives.”  

Applications close on 28 August 2023.


Proposed Parking Restrictions: Central Road Avalon Beach

Opened: August 4, 2023
Closes: Sunday September 3, 2023
Residents and bus operators have voiced concerns affecting traffic flow and driveway access due to the narrowness of Central Road when vehicles park on both sides of this road, in Avalon Beach.

At the meeting of 24 May 2022, Council resolved to analyse car parking along Central Road, and consult with the community on plans to resolve these concerns.

Council have reviewed the location and are proposing 'No parking' restrictions along some sections of Central Road. These restrictions will improve safety and access for residents and the 192 Avalon Beach to Stokes Point bus loop service.

The recommended 'No parking' zones are indicated in blue on the plan below. Sections of parking will alternate between each side of the road to assist with traffic calming and to share the available parking.
Council would like to hear your feedback on the proposal. 
You can have your say by:
All comments in their entirety are made publicly available in the Community Engagement Report. Personal identifying information and inappropriate language are redacted.

Once Council have reviewed all feedback on the proposal, we will prepare a report for Council’s Local Traffic Committee and notify you of the outcome.


Exhibition Notice: Warriewood Development Proposal

At: 20-22 Macpherson Street WARRIEWOOD
Description: Demolition works, civil and infrastructure works, subdivision into 53 lots and one community title road, the construction of 53 dwellings and associated works.
Consent Authority: Sydney North Planning Panel
Applicant: Urbis Pty Ltd
Assessing Officer: Thomas Prosser, Principal Planner
Exhibition Start Date: 1 August 2023
Exhibition End Date: 29 August 2023
Application Number: DA2023/0976

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The proposal is ‘Nominated Integrated Development’ and approval is required from the Department of Planning and Environment - Water under s91 (Controlled Activity Approval) of the Water Management Act 2000.

Submissions can be made to Council during the exhibition period. Any submission must specify the grounds for objection.

The application and the documents accompanying the application, including any environmental impact statement, are available on Council’s Application Tracking for the minimum period required under the Act.



Nominate An Unsung Community Hero

August 1st, 2023
Nominations open today for the 2024 Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals, honouring the unsung community heroes who work in the field of multiculturalism in NSW.

Submissions are also open for the 2024 Multicultural Honour Roll, giving posthumous recognition for significant achievements by members of NSW’s vast and diverse society.

The awards program is one of the most prestigious in the state. Medal recipients and Honour Roll inductees are celebrated at a gala awards ceremony attended by hundreds of community members and cultural, faith and political leaders.

There are 12 categories for the awards, including business, local government, not-for-profit and a special category to recognise the achievements of an outstanding and innovative language teacher who instils knowledge and a lifelong love of language and culture in students.

Nominations close on Thursday 7 September.

For further information on how to apply, please visit The Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals on the Multicultural NSW website.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said: “Right across NSW, there are unsung heroes working to make their communities better, and I want to bring their stories to the front and centre.

“These awards recognise not only the incredible leaders in NSW right now, but also those who have come before us, whose impact is still being felt decades later.

“I’m proud to endorse the awards this year and I encourage everyone in NSW to nominate a friend, family member or colleague.”

NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper said: “In NSW we believe that multiculturalism is good for everyone, it binds our communities and makes our society more vibrant.

“Unfortunately, not everyone survives to see the impact they’ve had on the lives of those around them and the Honour Roll is an opportunity for us to thank their families for their work in uniting us in a common belief that everyone has something to contribute to our rich social fabric.”

Multicultural NSW Advisory Board chair emeritus Dr GK ‘Hari’ Harinath OAM said: “I’d like to voice my support of the Dr G.K. Harinath OAM Not-For-Profit Business Excellence medal.

“NSW has been very generous to me and my family, and to have an award named in my honour is very humbling.

“As a migrant myself I can attest to the work done within and across volunteer communities by so many from a multicultural background who want nothing more than to see everyone thrive and reach their aspirational goals.”


Second Community Fire Unit For Mckay Reserve

The Palm Beach Whale Beach Association states a second community fire unit (CFU) has been approved for Mackay Reserve. The first unit is located at the Ebor Rd end of Mackay Rd and the second unit will be located at the Ralston Rd end. 

Volunteers are needed to join the team. 
The Palm Beach CFU is a team of local residents who are concerned about the potential danger we are in by living so close to Mackay Reserve. They are supported by Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW). 

As a volunteer CFU member you will learn how to prepare yourself, your family, and your home ahead of the bushfire season. You will learn how to make informed decisions about whether to leave early or stay and defend your property when bushfires threaten.

''Given the current extreme weather conditions being experienced in the northern hemisphere the importance of preparation for a long hot summer here cannot be underestimated.'' Richard West AM, President of the PBWBA said

For further information please contact Wendy Q on 0408 483 307


Public Art: Midget Farrelly Recognition

Comments close: Thu 24 Aug 2023
To celebrate the achievements of the late inaugural Australian world surfing champion Bernard “Midget” Farrelly in Palm Beach.

Council are supporting a community led public art project and are seeking your feedback.

The Midget Farrelly Recognition Organising Committee is planning to install a rock cut relief commemorating the achievements of the late inaugural Australian world surfing champion Bernard “Midget” Farrelly in Palm Beach.

The project is funded by the Midget Farrelly Recognition Committee and supported by his family.
The artwork aims to celebrate an icon in Australian surfing history, promote a distinct sense of local identity and engender a sense of community pride.

Artwork location
The Midget Farrelly Recognition Committee propose the artwork be located on the western face of the northern rock on Barrenjoey Road at Palm Beach (Black Rock).

It is envisaged the artwork will be a permanent relief sculpture carved into the rock face, designed to soften with the natural effects of weathering.




About Midget Farrelly
Midget lived at Palm Beach for 54 years and surfed there almost every day on one of his many short or malibu surfboards. He was a member of the Palm Beach and Whale Beach Surf Lifesaving Clubs for over 20 years and was an accomplished sweep and mentor to the clubs' young rowers.

Midget Farrelly was the first Australian to win a major international surfing title, the 1962 Makaha International Surfing Championships, the unofficial world surfing championship of the day. In 1964 he won the inaugural World Surfing Championship at Manly Beach in Sydney in the men’s division, alongside Phyllis O’Donnell who won the women’s title. In 1985 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Born in 1944 and growing up in our area, he started his first surfboard business in Palm Beach at the age of 18 after working for renowned Barry Bennett surfboards in Brookvale from the age of 15. He was considered a major player in the shortboard revolution.

Have your say
Share your thoughts on the proposal by:
completing the comment form here: yoursay./public-art-midget-farrelly-recognition
writing to Council marked ‘Public Art Midget Farrelly Recognition’, Northern Beaches Council, PO Box 82 Manly NSW 2095.

All comments in their entirety are made publicly available in the Community Engagement Report. Personal identifying information and inappropriate language are redacted.






Photos: Bernard "Midget" Farrelly at Warriewood Surf Boat Carnival, 2014 and SLS SNB Branch comp at Palmy in 2016 (top). Midget Farrelly at Palm Beach, 1964 – photo by by John Witzig, reproduced with permission of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Midget surfing Palmy in 2015, just near Black Rock - one of his favourite breaks, and at PBSLSC fundraiser in 2016 with wife Beverlie - coloured pics: AJG

Bowel Cancer Screening Push

The Government is investing $10.8 million to encourage eligible Australians to complete their potentially lifesaving bowel cancer screening as new data reveals screening rates dropped in 2020–2021 and natural disasters impacted screening rates.   

Australia’s national bowel screening rate dropped to 40.9 per cent during 2020–2021. While more than 6 million Australians were sent a test, only around 2.5 million returned their samples for screening. That’s around 179,000 fewer people returning their tests in 2020–2021.  

The Government is partnering with Cancer Council Australia to roll out a national bowel screening campaign to remind Australians to ‘Get2It’, as research shows most people intend to do the test, but life gets in the way.   

The campaign begins as preliminary data from Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) shows the impact recent major natural disasters had on participation rates in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.  

The bushfires which devastated Australia in 2019–20 drove down participation rates by 27 per cent during that period in affected areas, while widespread flooding across the country led to a 23 per cent drop in participation rates.  

Get2It will run from now until November this year. Preliminary results show that around 37,000 reminders to screen were sent to people during the 2022 campaign, and an additional 89,500 people completed their screening test during the campaign period. 

Bowel cancer is Australia’s second biggest cancer killer, yet 90 per cent of cases could be successfully treated if detected early.  Increasing the screening rate to 60 per cent could save 84,000 Australian lives by 2040.   

It is important when the kit arrives in the mail Australians complete and return it promptly. Health care providers can also now bulk order National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kits and issue them to eligible patients.   

For more information on bowel cancer or the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program campaign, go to www.bowelcancer.org.au.    

The campaign will air on tv, radio, digital and social media, along with partnerships with media and sporting organisations including the NRL to promote bowel cancer screening to a range of audiences. The campaign will be available in Arabic, Cantonese, and Mandarin.


August 13 - 19, 2023: Issue 594

This Issue: 

Front Page Issue 594

Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 50th End Of The War March At Palm Beach - All Welcome, All Belong Anniversary - Sunday August 20 at 10:45 am

Avalon Rec Centre Cracking Up, Rusting - Dunbar Park Annexe Walls Green With Mould, Even After Months Of No Rain

From The Council Chamber June 27- August 1, 2023 By Pittwater Greens Councillor Miranda Korzy

Local Events Funded By Council Grants For 2032-24: Newport Australia Day Fun To Remain A Breakfast Only Event With No Return Of Citizenship Ceremony - Urban Night Sky Park At Barrenjoey Now A Dark Sky Event At Frenchs Forest

Police Investigation Underway After Boat Fire At Church Point Pittwater: Pittwater Fireboats Deployed

Aquatics: Pittwater Athletes Among Australian Team For 2023 Sailing World Championships: A Chance To Secure Quota Spots For Paris 2024

Pictures: Turimetta Moods: July Becomes August by Joe Mills

Rob Stokes Appointed Chair Of Faith Housing Alliance To Address Housing Crisis

Local Doctors March On Canberra To Warn Against Beetaloo Basin Fracking, Middle Arm: 'Dump It In The Sea' Bill Passed By Albanese Government The Day Before Garma 2023 'Facilitates Expansion Of Fossil Fuels' - Endangers Tiwi Sacred Sea Country

Park Bench Philosophers Framing The Universe: David Malin Astrophotography Awards 2023 - 2024 Open Theme Is ''Working With Light In The Night''

DIY Ideas DIY Worm Farm: Spring 2023 Garden Prep. + Father's Day 2023 Gift Ideas

Environment Saving Native Species Grants: close September 7, Time Of Wiritjiribin, Bushcare Training Day At North Narrabeen, Palmgrove Park Avalon: New Bushcare Group Begins, 2023 Banksia Foundation NSW Sustainability Awards Open For Nominations, Pittwater Garage Sale Trail Returns: Repurpose Your Items, Northern Beaches Clean Up Crew: Sunday August 27 2023 From 10:00-12:15 - Turimetta Beach Clean Up, Waste And Sustainability In Schools NR37040: At Kimbriki, Seen Any Glossies Drinking Around Nambucca, Bellingen, Coffs Or Clarence? Want To Help?: Join The Glossy Squad, NSW Government Takes Next Steps Towards Future Jobs & Investment Authorities In Coal-Producing Regions, Cleanup Of Former Wallis Lakes Oyster Growing Site, Feedback Sought For Strategic Plan  Along The Hume and Hovell Track; Introducing Mountain Bikes Proposed, Community Input To Deliver The Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Blue Mountains National Park And Kanangra-Boyd National Park Draft Plan Of Management: Public Consultation closes September 26, Plans For New Wind Energy Project At Spicers Creek On Public Exhibition, Areas Closed For West Head Lookout Upgrades, Bush Turkeys: Backyard Buddies Breeding Time Commences In August - BIG Tick Eaters - Ringtail Posse Insights, PNHA Guided Nature Walks 2023, Bushcare In Pittwater, Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Activities, Gardens + Environment Groups and Organisations In Pittwater, Report Fox Sightings, Marine Wildlife Rescue Group On The Central Coast, Watch Out - Shorebirds About, Possums In Your Roof?: Do The Right Thing, Aviaries + Possum Release Sites Needed, Meet 5 marvellous mammals of the South Pacific you’ve probably never heard of, Bats are avoiding solar farms and scientists aren’t sure why, ‘Australia is sleepwalking’: a bushfire scientist explains what the Hawaii tragedy means for our flammable continent, How climate change will affect your pet – and how to help them cope, Darwin’s ‘sustainable’ Middle Arm project reveals Australia’s huge climate policy gamble, Maui’s deadly wildfires burn through Lahaina – it’s a reminder of the growing risk to communities that once seemed safe, Pause In Recent Coral Recovery On Much Of Great Barrier Reef, Is the Great Barrier Reef reviving – or dying? Here’s what’s happening beyond the headlines, Controversial ‘forever chemicals’ could be phased out in Australia under new restrictions; Here’s what you need to know, The Kimba nuclear waste plan bites the dust; Here’s what went wrong and how to do better next time, The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from devastating ocean heat, Forests are breaking up in the tropics but coming together elsewhere – here’s what it means for wildlife and the climate, One of 2023’s most extreme heatwaves is happening in the middle of winter, Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods, Pittwater Reserves: Histories + Notes + Pictorial Walks, + more

Inbox News Ageing in a housing crisis: growing numbers of older Australians are facing a bleak future, What is POTS? And how is it related to long COVID?, Is red meat bad for you? And does it make a difference if it’s a processed burger or a lean steak?, ACCC Denies Authorisation For ANZ To Acquire Suncorp Bank, Worldcoin is scanning eyeballs to build a global ID and finance system. Governments are not impressed, Study Highlights Importance Of Mineral Iron In Ocean Ecosystems, State-Of-The-Art Technology Arrives At New Nepean Hospital Pathology Laboratory, Whale-Like Filter-Feeding Discovered In Prehistoric Marine Reptile, Australia’s First Purpose-Built Cystic Fibrosis Specialist Service Ward Opens At Westmead Hospital, $2 Million To Support Motor Neurone Disease Research In NSW, Out With The Life Coach- In With The Chatbot, Dear Lord, New App Is A Step Towards Helping People With Parkinson’s Disease Walk More Confidently, VP Day + Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern): 2023 Services, Call Of The Surf: 1932, AMA Welcomes Successful 60-Day Dispensing Vote, Older People Must Be Consulted On New Aged Care Act; Peak Aged Care Advocacy Bodies, Government States That Nurses Are Back In Nursing Homes, Pittwater’s Warmest Welcome!, AI Can Improve Healthcare For Australians But With Robust Rules In Place: AMA, Aged Care Taskforce Principles Welcomed, Pharmacy UTI Prescribing Clinical Trial Misses The Mark For Quality Care: NSW AMA, 10,000 Older Patients To Avoid EDs: Urgent Care Services Expand Across Sydney: Northern Sydney Local Health District Included, First Fuel Discount Helps Seniors Across NSW Fill Up For Less, 2024 NSW Seniors Festival Grants Program Applications Open, Pictures From The Past: Bilgola- Newport -Manly, Sydney Scientists Name New Species Of Giant Amphibian Found In Retaining Wall, Remember When Pittwater Online Ran ''WRITTEN IN STONE: A 245 Million Year Old Mass Breeding Event?'' In 2022?, Texting While Walking Makes College Students More Likely To Fall, ACCC: Record Penalties Of $438m Ordered Against Phoenix Institute And CTI For Acting Unconscionably and Misleading Students, Kickstart Your Dreams With A $3,000 Grant To Follow Your Inspiration, Best And Brightest To Help Build Schools For The Future, Guess Who Runs As Profile Next Week? The RIONS!, Call Of The Surf: 1932, School Leavers Information Service, Word Of The Week: Surf, What’s in vapes?: Toxins, heavy metals, maybe radioactive polonium, Do I have the right bicycle helmet and how can I tell if it’s any good? A bike helmet researcher explains, ‘City killers’ and half-giraffes: how many scary asteroids really go past Earth every year?, The strange history of ice cream flavours – from brown bread to Parmesan and paté, Foreign interference through social media is an active threat; Here’s what Australia can do, A brief illustrated guide to ‘scissors congruence’ − an ancient geometric idea that’s still fuelling cutting-edge mathematical research, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is a potent reminder that the internet is not real life, Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment, Efforts to find safe housing for homeless youth have gone backwards; Here’s what the new national plan must do differently, 10 years of homegrown horror hits: Talk To Me and the golden age of Aussie horror, A spectacular fireball just streaked across Melbourne – but astronomers didn’t see it coming, Prosecraft has infuriated authors by using their books without consent – but what does copyright law say?, Book Of The Month - August + September 2023: Australia Circumnavigated : The Voyage Of Matthew Flinders In HMS Investigator, 1801-1803 by Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814, author of Volumes I and II

Public Art: Midget Farrelly Recognition At Palm Beach - Have Your Say - closes August 24

Profile of the Week Gwenyth Sneesby: WWII Veteran - VP Day 2023

This coming Tuesday, August 15th, is VP Day in Australia - Victory in the Pacific Day. Held each year this date commemorates Japan’s acceptance of the Allied demand for unconditional surrender on August 14 1945. For Australians, it meant that the Second World War was finally over. The following day, 15 August, is usually referred to as VP Day. In August 1945 Australian governments gazetted a public holiday as VP Day and most newspapers reported it as such.

There are 122 names on the Mona Vale Primary School WW2 Roll of Honour, young men and young women who all enlisted to serve during this conflict.

Of those 122 listed only one is still with us, Gwenyth Sneesby, née Forster. Gwen turned 99 on June 17th, 2023. She enlisted in the Navy and was seconded to HMAS Kuttabul - fortunately she was at home in Mona Vale when the Kuttabul was sunk on Sydney Harbour in 1942 by Japanese submarine torpedoes. HMAS Kuttabul was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) depot ship, and former Sydney harbour ferry. During the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour on 31 May- June 1 1942, Kuttabul was torpedoed and sunk, with 21 Commonwealth naval personnel aboard. Some state the torpedo was most like intended for the Cruiser USS Chicago.

May Francis Rita Clarke, also a Mona Vale girl, was a coder with the Kuttabl too. This one instance is all the more poignant when residents recall that a sacred war grave for one of these miniature submarines rests off our shorelines between Bungan Beach and Newport.

The others on the Mona Vale PS Honour Board have, in many cases, passed away after returning home from this conflict. They came home to their wives and children.

Others lost their lives in Service during WWII. For instance, Kenneth Collinge died at Fall of Singapore, on February 9th 1942 aged 22. Eric Coulter died at the Fall of Singapore, on February 15th 1942, aged 26. Clifton Salisbury Roby died at the Fall of Singapore, aged 25. 

Clifton's loss must have been keenly felt by his mother as his father had died of wounds in WWI. Clifton Salisbury Roby was born January 23rd 1917, to Charles Frederick and Ella Roby.

Others were POW's of the Japanese after the Fall of Singapore, in some cases brothers were captured - Francis Paul and Roy James Byron for instance.

Their brother Neil Alfred Byron, born August 13th 1918 also enlisted as soon as he turned 21 and served 968 days outside of Australia in the Middle East as part of the 2/13th and in New Guinea as part of the 9th Division. His war records show the RSL he was a part of in his latter years was trying to track down a 'Rats of Tobruk' acknowledgement for him. Their mother Ida, who lived at 75 Park Street Mona Vale, must have had some very tense years. The Byron family men had all been fruit growers prior to enlistment.

Others from Mona Vale were among those sent into the Middle East in 1941 then ripped out and sent back to Australia in 1942-3 and sent into New Guinea from there – to Port Moresby to defend Australia from invasion. Some died serving in New Guinea, notably Harry Frederick Alwyn Howlett on the Kokoda Trail at just 23 years of age, his War Service Records stating 'died from wounds January 20 1943’.

This Issue Gwen's Profile from 2013 shares her story in her words.

It may seem obvious that a nation with such a combustible landscape and an integral maritime history would have a fire-boat or fire-float fleet to protect waterside facilities and the vessels on the water, however, many a fine vessel burned to the waterline and sank before such response agencies were established here. 

Given the Thursday August 10 2023 Fire at a Church Point tie-up for vessels in which three cruisers were burned, and the brilliant multi-agency response to this which saved a further 20 vessels, see; Police Investigation Underway After Boat Fire At Church Point Pittwater: Pittwater Fireboats Deployed, a few insights this Issue into Fireboats in NSW is appropriate.

This page originally ran in 2013 in a round of four focus history pages of On Water Organisations. HUGE thanks, again, to 2013 Captain of Scotland Island NSWRFS Ian White, for sharing insights into the fireboat for that RFB.

The history of fire brigades in NSW, at first following the UK system during the 1830's-40's where insurance companies provided fire fighters and people had to pay to have them attend, did not become a Government overseen and regulated practice until 1884. Although discussed in parliament as early as June 15, 1854 after the Tooth and Co brewery on Broadway burnt for five days, prior to 1884 most fires were fought by convicts and soldiers. Insurance company brigades would only attend fires with their badges affixed to the premises.

News of another fire in the Summer of 1850, which was racing towards Pittwater, tells how ill-equipped people were to defend life and property from bushfires

Pittwater Offshore Newsletter: August 1, 2023

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The Marquise of Scotland Island (with thanks to Pittwater Online), Building Scotland Island Community Hall, Scotland Island Coffee Club? Island Playgroup, The Tuesday Discussion Group, Scotland Island Fire Brigade: Monthly Training, International Folk Dancing, Scotland Island Café

To contact Roy:  editor@scotlandisland.org.au

VP Day + Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern): 2023 Services

Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch VP Day Service 
Service: Tuesday 15th 11.30 am - RSL Cenotaph

Palm Beach RSL sub-Branch Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 
Sunday August 20, 2023: 11am
Muster at Iluka (north end) for March to Cenotaph

Newport Broken Breakers News: 1sts And Colts Through To The Grand Finals At Concord Oval!

Sunday August 13, 2023
1st Grade and Colts both took on UNSW yesterday in the Preliminary Finals. Both sides held on for wins and a secured themselves a ticket to next weekend’s Big Dances and a chance for the silverware against competition heavy weights Lindfield.

1st Grade got up 25 - 24, only a Jeremy Allen drop goal separating the teams. Colts won 10 - 8 in a 2 tries to 1 win.  

The Barraclough Cup side get the chance to defend their 2022 Premiership, and an opportunity to make it 3-peat of Grand Final wins in a row! While Colts get a chance to go one-better than last season.

Colts
Colts had a classic win with Riley Wilson leading the way from the Second Row in a performance reminiscent of Dad Luke’s efforts in bringing home the Kentwell Cup back in 1999. Kye Gale had a huge game at No. 8 and was well supported in the Backrow by Harry Allanson at Blindside Flanker. 

Halfback Cooper McMichael continued his try scoring season, picking up his 9th Try for the year. Jack Hunter was Newport’s other try scorer, adding to his 2 Try effort in the Major Semi the week before.

It was a monster game by everyone and they’ll be back out at Concord Oval on Saturday taking on the Old Soldiers again. 

After having the weekend off Lindfield’s Colts will be concerned with our abilities, with memories of having only just scraped through for the 12 - 13 win against our boys the week before.
But Barraclough…

As defending Premiers we were always in the game. With both teams equal at half time on 14 - 14 coaches Simon Kacimeiwei and Jim Allen pulled a master-stroke getting in the sheds for strategy with the Southerly behind us.

Once again, the Allen Bros Jeremy and Seb delivered the goods in spades, controlling the game marvellously from Fly-half and Halfback respectively. The kicking for field position superb and near-perfect. With scores close throughout the match UNSW was in panic mode.

Our broken-field running was awesome. Then the last 7 minutes of STRUGGLE with our scrum going backwards with our wonderful warrior Tighhead Prop Max Fletcher getting a Yellow in the dying stages.  

Considering UNSW had dominated us in both rounds this was a performance that goes down in the Breakers history.

Little did UNSW know of our tough resilience, led by our wonderful band of tenacious forwards who paved the way for our famous victory. Second Rower Ek Lambert-Leplastrier was the Coaches pick for Best and Fairest, superb and dominant. Next was our Champion #8 Tim Anstey, and Max Fletcher gets a point for being such a Warrior.

Try scorers for Newport were Jed Cram, Ek Lambert-Lepastrier and Callum Bowden. Jeremy Allen added two conversions, plus a penalty goal and a 35-metre drop goal to secure the one-point win.

The Grand Finals!
On to next week….
Colties have been chasing the Lindfield team for two years now and have pushed them to the edge on several occasions. Our blokes are assassins and will throw everything but the kitchen sink at this. Colts have been the heart of this club for so many years and will be ferocious in trying to steal the premiership off a much bigger Lindfield pack. Sound familiar? 

First Grade’s season was written off before it had started, but the Preliminary Final win against UNSW sent tingles up the spine of every ex-Breaker. 

Making the Grand Final in both Barraclough and Robertson Cups is a word for word re-written story about us having no chance; as we all know, there is no such thing. 

This season has seen the Breakers battle away with a smaller pack (✅), loosing enough 1st-Team players to injury and travel to fill every position plus the reserve bench (✅), playing with less structure (✅), battled just to make the semis (✅), throwing the ball around from wing to wing (✅)… no chance of winning (✅).

Transport To Be Confirmed… but if you have worn the jersey or been apart of the club, please get out there to help us bring back the THIRD PREMIERSHIP IN THREE YEARS..

WE NEED YOU!



Warringah Rats News: Colts Shield 2023

On Wednesday evening, August 9, representatives of the Warringah Rugby Club attended the 2023 Ken Catchpole Awards which was also a special celebration commemorating 100 years of Shute Shield.
On the night Colts Club Captains Darcy Benefield and Fin Hurd accepted the 2023 Colts Club Championship while Conor Hickey presented this years Rookie of Year award.

The awards night highlighted the significant part the Shute Shield plays in the Australian Rugby eco system and the importance each club has in growing and fostering the next generation of rugby talent.
Congratulations to all the winners on the night.



All 3 Warringah Colts teams take to Pittwater Park today in the first of three rounds of qualifying finals. Match times are:


Boat House At Palm Beach To Return To Being Barrenjoey Boatshed

Restaurateur and publican Ben May, cashed-up after the sale of his Manly Wharf Hotel in June, confirmed he has teamed up with hospitality veteran Rob Domjen on a buying spree.

They have bought the site of the Reef Restaurant and Cove Cafe, where they’ll open the multi-level Terrigal Pavilion, which backs onto the sand, as well as the waterfront eatery on Pittwater in Governor Phillip Park at Palm Beach.

“It was built in 1947, we’ll bring back the original name, the Barrenjoey Boatshed. It’ll be a smart cafe,” Mr. May said.

Barrenjoey Boatshed will open in time for the Palm Beach holiday season, on December 1, 2023.
“I feel like I’m more of a restaurateur these days than a hotelier.” May stated

May and Domjen were outsiders to snare the boat shed site at Palm Beach, where the now sprawling Boathouse Group (which has nine venues, from Patonga to Rose Bay) started and was tipped to return after the boat shed’s $7 million refurbishment.

On June 28th 2023 it was revealed Ben May and TMG Developments have sold the landmark Manly Wharf and Hotel to the owners of Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharves.

HSW has reportedly paid $80 million for the freehold in a sale through CBRE’s Simon Rooney and James Douglas. And separately, the new landlords are thought to have paid circa $30 million for the Hotel operation.


Fundraising Strategy To Support Manly Art Gallery & Museum

On August 1st, at the reconvened June 2023 Council Meeting, Council last night adopted the draft Manly Art Gallery and Museum Fundraising Strategy 2024-2030 to maximise opportunities by local creatives to showcase our arts and culture, to support public art and to continue growing our creative spaces.

Mayor Sue Heins said the long-term strategy is hoped to raise funds that contribute to the development and exposure of the arts and culture sector not only on the Beaches but wider afield.

“MAG&M is a treasured local icon that has been a vital part of Sydney’s cultural life on the Northern Beaches for almost 100 year – celebrating its centenary of collections next year,” Mayor Heins said. 

“We know through our recent Culture Map Live which has over 600 listings that art and culture is a thriving on the Beaches and we support this industry of creatives. Council also values public art through the Northern Beaches Walk Art Trail which we have continued to make additions to.

“Sadly, the capacity for local government to provide for arts and culture has traditionally been limited to self-funding, income generating activities, grants from other levels of government, and business partnerships which means we have limited capacity to develop new programs or seek further exposure to wider audiences.

“This new strategy will give priority to minimise cost to Council and give the opportunity to use funding received for specialised staff to increase initiatives to fundraise, build and maintain donor relationships and broad marketing initiatives to promote MAG&M, its programs and collections, the Coast Walk Art Trail, and other arts and cultural experiences across the area.”

MAG&M is the oldest metropolitan purpose-built regional gallery in New South Wales. Both a proud gallery and museum with a nationally significant collection of over 5,000 objects including painting, ceramics, works on paper, photographs museum objects, documents and public art.

Council is also considering participation in the Sydney Film Festival, Sydney Writers Festival, Festival of Sydney and VIVID, in addition to our current participation in Heritage week and NAIDOC Week.  Further investigation is required before Council can commit to these additional activities.

The Strategy was prepared in consultation with local arts and culture organisations and will evolve over time, depending on the fundraising climate over the next 5 years, Council states.

Vietnam Veterans (Northern) March And Service 2023: 50th Anniversary Of The End Of This Conflict- ALL WELCOME - Show Your Support For Our Local Vietnam Veterans

A very special Vietnam Veterans (Northern) Commemorative Service takes place on Sunday August 20th, with a March to the Cenotaph of the Palm Beach RSL (Commencing at 10:45 am from Iluka corner near General Store) led by Knox Old Boys Pipe and Drums Band. The 2023 Commemorative Service will commence at Palm Beach Cenotaph at 11:00am. 

Organisers are asking all in the community to support local Veterans by attending this year’s March and Service as 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

All sub-branches in the Northern Beaches District Council of RSL sub-Branches will be attending.

On 11 January 2023, the 50th anniversary of the then Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck proclaiming an end to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War occurred. This milestone marked the beginning of recognising in 2023, the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s commitment to the war and to acknowledge Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War.

More than 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam, over 3,000 wounded and 523 gave their lives in the longest conflict Australians were involved in during the 20th Century. 

Vietnam Veterans’ Day, 18 August 2023, recognises the service of all Australians in the Vietnam War and honouring the sacrifices that they and their families made. The Vietnam Veterans (Northern) Service always occurs on the Sunday immediately following – in 2023 that is Sunday August 20th.


Beach2Beach 2023 Charity Fun Run + Festival Set To Bring Community Together

On Sunday August 27th this year, the iconic Beach2Beach Charity Fun Run and Festival celebrates its 29th year of raising much needed funds for fabulous local charities on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Organised by the Rotary Club of Brookvale, over those 29 years, the event has raised over $3.5 million dollars for wonderful organisations including Life Education Australia, Northern Beaches Interchange (NBI), Surf Life Saving Northern Beaches, Without A Ribbon, Bear Cottage, OneEighty and Sunnyfield. The event has three course options, catering for everyone from serious runners to families – 13km from Dee Why Beach to Newport Beach; 6km from Warriewood to Newport Beach; and 3km from Mona Vale to Newport Beach. 

This is undoubtedly Sydney’s most scenic fun run, taking in many of the spectacularly beautiful northern beaches. A huge Family Festival is held at the Newport Beach finish line with live music, a licensed bar area, international food options and plenty of fun rides and games for the kids, with our own Rotary Cub of the Upper Northern Beaches doing the honours there.

Background – where it all started
Initiated by Hotel Proprietor Mark Bayfield and his family, the original Pub2Pub route ran between the family’s Dee Why Hotel, along Pittwater Road, to what was then The Newport Arms. “The Bayfield Family is very proud that the Beach2Beach is a major legacy we’ve left on the Northern Beaches, embraced by the community every year and raising much needed funds for some vitally important charities. 

“I’m extremely pleased that over the last decade, Brookvale Rotary has made it their major fundraising event and that the Beach2Beach was ‘reborn’ with the help of Cameron Bayfield, by introducing an amazing coastal course to avoid any main roads issues. “Our whole family looks forward to seeing the Beach2Beach continue for many years to come. It will be nice to be able to tell the grandkids why they’re running in their 1st Beach2Beach in years to come.” – Mark Bayfield, Race Founder 

Today
The Beach2Beach Team is led by a group of passionate Rotarians who believe this event is a great way to give back to those less fortunate, while hosting the most popular participation event on the northern beaches. 

The whole Team volunteers both time and skills with no financial benefit to themselves, some working all year round to ensure a successful annual event. The Beach2Beach / Rotary Club of Brookvale relationship was initiated by Michael Olofinsky who was instrumental in evolving the event to its great standard today. For the last few years, organisers Phil Jackson and Robert van Geest have worked alongside an incredibly enthusiastic team, who make the Beach2Beach so successful. 

Philosophy
The aim of the Rotary Club of Brookvale is for 100% of your registration fees to go back to local and other needy charities and service organisations. They are blessed with some generous sponsors who cover the necessary overheads involved with such an event.

Pull on your joggers and take a stroll
Now is a great time to ensure you run, walk, skip, hop or dance your favourite leg of the Beach2Beach, or simply pop down to Newport and enjoy the festivities with a soft shoe shuffle.

Details on how to enter and more here: beach2beach.com.au


Proposed Parking Restrictions: Central Road Avalon Beach

Opened: August 4, 2023
Closes: Sunday September 3, 2023
Residents and bus operators have voiced concerns affecting traffic flow and driveway access due to the narrowness of Central Road when vehicles park on both sides of this road, in Avalon Beach.

At the meeting of 24 May 2022, Council resolved to analyse car parking along Central Road, and consult with the community on plans to resolve these concerns.

Council have reviewed the location and are proposing 'No parking' restrictions along some sections of Central Road. These restrictions will improve safety and access for residents and the 192 Avalon Beach to Stokes Point bus loop service.

The recommended 'No parking' zones are indicated in blue on the plan below. Sections of parking will alternate between each side of the road to assist with traffic calming and to share the available parking.
Council would like to hear your feedback on the proposal. 
You can have your say by:
All comments in their entirety are made publicly available in the Community Engagement Report. Personal identifying information and inappropriate language are redacted.

Once Council have reviewed all feedback on the proposal, we will prepare a report for Council’s Local Traffic Committee and notify you of the outcome.


Exhibition Notice: Warriewood Development Proposal

At: 20-22 Macpherson Street WARRIEWOOD
Description: Demolition works, civil and infrastructure works, subdivision into 53 lots and one community title road, the construction of 53 dwellings and associated works.
Consent Authority: Sydney North Planning Panel
Applicant: Urbis Pty Ltd
Assessing Officer: Thomas Prosser, Principal Planner
Exhibition Start Date: 1 August 2023
Exhibition End Date: 29 August 2023
Application Number: DA2023/0976

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The proposal is ‘Nominated Integrated Development’ and approval is required from the Department of Planning and Environment - Water under s91 (Controlled Activity Approval) of the Water Management Act 2000.

Submissions can be made to Council during the exhibition period. Any submission must specify the grounds for objection.

The application and the documents accompanying the application, including any environmental impact statement, are available on Council’s Application Tracking for the minimum period required under the Act.



Roadworks

SCHEDULED ROADWORK Resurfacing: Mona Vale - Park Street between Pittwater Road and Barrenjoey Road - Road closed all directions. Mon 14 Aug 2023 to Fri 18 Aug 2023; Mon  and Tuesday: 8:00pm to 5:00am, Thu: 9:00pm to 5:00am. Advice; Check signage, Expect delays. Diversions; Eastbound use Pittwater Road, Westbound use Pittwater Road



SCHEDULED ROADWORK Power pole/line repairs: Ingleside - Mona Vale Road between Tumburra Street and Chiltern Road; Mon 21 Aug 2023 to Fri 8 Sep 2023, Sun to Wed: 9:00pm to 5:00am, Thu and Fri: 10:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions. Advice: Reduced speed limit (40km/h), Check signage, Exercise caution. Contraflow traffic conditions will be in place.



SCHEDULED ROADWORK: Dee Why- Pittwater Road between Lismore Avenue and Hadleigh Avenue. Thu 17 Aug 2023 to Fri 25 Aug 2023: 10:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions.  Advice; Check signage, Reduce your speed, Exercise caution. Traffic lights at the intersection of Pittwater Rd and South Creek Rd will be flashing yellow with alternating (stop/slow) traffic conditions in place to allow motorists to pass in one direction at a time.



SCHEDULED ROADWORK: Brookvale, Old Pittwater Road - Pedestrian Safety Upgrade. Mon 14 Aug 2023 to Fri 1 Sep 2023; Advice - Expect delays, Exercise caution. Reported By Northern Beaches Council. Ph: 1300 434 434. E: council@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au



SCHEDULED ROADWORK: Manly - Belgrave Street between Sydney Road and Gilbert Street. Wed 16 Aug 2023 to Fri 1 Sep 2023; 10:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions. Advice; Reduced speed limit (40km/h), Check signage, Exercise caution. Changed traffic conditions will be in place at various times along Belgrave St. These changes will include a combination of lane closures and stop/slow traffic control. Reported By Transport for NSW.




SCHEDULED ROADWORK Utilities at Seaforth; Wakehurst Parkway between Castle Circuit and Burnt Street. Sun 20 Aug 2023 to Mon 21 Aug 2023, 9:00pm to 5:00am. Traffic affected both directions. Advice; Reduced speed limit (40km/h), Check signage, Exercise caution. Alternating (stop/slow) traffic conditions will be in place. Reported By Transport for NSW


InTune With TonyB Talks To Greg Page

InTune is a radio programme about our local community, culture and music.
 
Each week, Tony chats with guests from local community causes and charities, about how they make a difference. We also get to hear a great line up of predominantly home-grown music.

In this week's programme, we heard from Shannon Nevin, of Walk 'n' Talk For Life, which aims to bring people together and provide a safe space for caring and connection via regular walks in our community.. You can stream this and all previous programmes on demand here 

Stay tuned for more great programmes on InTune.  
 
Radio Northern Beaches
Fridays at 6pm
FM 88.7 or 90.3
Or live stream at: www.rnb.org.au


National Consumer Engagement Strategy For Health And Wellbeing

Submissions are now open to give feedback on the draft National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing.

The Federal Health Department are developing the National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing to strengthen partnerships between health policymakers (in government and non-government) and the community.

The strategy will support policymakers and the community to work with consumers to design and develop health and wellbeing policies and programs.

You can now give feedback on the draft strategy. 
''We value the diverse perspectives, experiences and knowledge of all stakeholders and interested members of the community. We will use the feedback from this consultation to help develop the final strategy.'' the Department states

You can complete the consultation survey online at their Consultation Hub until 4 September 2023.

Monika's Doggie Rescue Pets Of The Week

Pugsley 

12mths Pug X


Pugsley is a supper happy bright little boy. He is social with other dogs but can be a bit annoying as he is SUPER ACTIVE. Pugsley follows his human everywhere, so he is quick through doorways and just wants to be part of what you are doing. He is a bit like velcro. When he came from the pound he was very nervous and came with a warning he will bite. Since being in his foster home this behaviour has dissipated. He is good to bath, pick and generally handle. He is learning stay and wait. He has a very shiny short coat and weighs 8.8kg. He suits apartment living but looking for a home-based worker and preferably rescue experience. All our dogs come 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 DoggieRescue Vet. His adoption fee is $600. 

Smeagol 

adult Abyssinian Guinea Pig

Smeagol, named after a character in The Lord of the Rings,  is a sweet little piggy who has lived alone but with a lot of human company. He is a young adult Abyssinian. He is looking for a home as an indoor piggy with a family who have time to play with him. His adoption fee is $30.

To find out more call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email  Monika@DoggieRescue.com.  RON R251000024

Acts Of Kindness Community Outreach: Winter Blanket And Coat Drive 2023

Can you help our homeless friends? It’s getting cold on the streets for our Homeless street friends and we need YOUR help. Do you have any Blankets, Sleeping bags, doonas or Coats you don’t use? We accept New or Clean Good Condition second hand items 

Drop off points at Warriewood, Inner West and Mount Annan. Please get in touch for details, at: https://aokcommunityoutreach.com/


Lock Up Your Cars: Thieves About

Please Join Us In Celebrating 100 Years  Of  Creative Leisure: 1924 – 2024

What are your memories of Creative Leisure?
Calling past participants in any Creative Leisure Movement activities, to send us your stories or experiences.

By Post: Northern Beaches Creative Leisure & Learning Inc
PO Box 1718  WARRIEWOOD 2102
Phone: 9944 6027


JP Public Register

You can find a Justice of the Peace (JP) using the online Public Register. You can search by postcode, name of a JP, day of availability, language spoken and JP registration number. The register lists a JP’s location, availability and telephone number. Please note that JPs are volunteers and may not be available at all times. ​Click here to access the JP Public Register
NB: There are  3 J.P’s working in Pittwater RSL Sub-Branch office, we work every Monday (10:30am to 15:30)except on public holidays:
  1. Terry Jones J.P.
  2. Robert (Bob) Wood J.P.
  3. Deborah Hendy(Carter) J.P

Edible Exhibition: 100 Cakes For 100 Years Of Manly CWA - Get Involved!

Would you like to help Manly CWA celebrate their centenary? We invite everyone to be involved in our Edible Exhibition.

On Saturday 26th August we are holding our Edible Exhibition at St Matthew’s Manly. It will be a celebration of Manly Branch of the Country Women’s Association throughout the last 100 years with an exhibition and sale of 100 different tea cosies and 100 aprons. The focus will be the 100 cakes – each representing a different year and an event in the history of our area, state or the world.

The Edible Exhibition is a celebration of 100 years of community support by Manly Branch of the Country Women's Association. You are invited to nominate yourself to create a cake. Once you are registered you will then be given a year and information of things that might be represented for that year. Think: 2000 - Sydney Olympics - make 5 ring cakes and decorate to look like the Olympic rings; 1966 - Decimal currency - create a cake that is a coin or a note from the new currency.

You are welcome to knit, crochet, or sew a tea cosy or make an apron to donate to our exhibition. Contact manlycwa@gmail.com if you have any questions.

For the centenary of cakes, you are requested to register online to participate and in early July you will be given a year to create in a baked form.  

To assist in your creative decisions a list of things that happened in the year you are given. Cake will be delivered on the morning of 26th August and displayed along with the aprons and tea cosies which will be available for sale to raise funds to assist women and families throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. 



Report Hate Crimes

NSW Police Force: 
If you are subjected to hate on social media or online you should keep evidence by taking screen shots of the abuse including usernames, URLs and any other relevant information. 

You can report the abuse directly to the platform and report in person at any Police Station. 

If you witness a hate incident or hate crime but are not the victim, you can still make a report to the NSW Police.

In an Emergency call Triple Zero (000). If not urgent, you can report online at crimestoppers.com.au or call 1800 333 000 or report in person at any Police Station. 

$1 Million In Grants To Support Disability Advocacy Now Open

The NSW Government is delivering on its commitment to improve the lives of people with disability with the launch of $1 million in local advocacy grants.

The NSW Government already delivers $12 million annually to 19 advocacy organisations across the state to assist people with disability better access services and supports.

This separate funding stream – up to $1 million for Special Purposes and Projects, and Sector Development grants – will help community groups and not-for-profit organisations provide more localised and innovative supports, in addition to the broader Disability Advocacy Futures Program.

One-off grants between $20,000 and $100,000 are available for projects and activities to assist people with disability and further develop the advocacy sector in NSW.

The Special Purposes and Projects, and Sector Development grant program has three key objectives:
  1. Increase available supports to enable greater community engagement for people with disability.
  2. Further develop the disability advocacy sector through quality improvement, collaboration, and innovation.
  3. Build stronger networks and learning opportunities for the disability advocacy sector.
Minister for Families and Communities, and Minister for Disability Inclusion Kate Washington said this funding demonstrates the Minns Labor Government’s commitment to improving accessibility and inclusion for people with disability.

“This grant program is about helping people with disability overcome barriers affecting their ability to fully participate in our community”, Ms Washington said.

“We want people with disability in NSW to be connected with organisations that can empower them with information and access.”

“This program will allow disability advocacy organisations to innovate and collaborate to support more people with disability to live full and fulfilling lives.”  

Applications close on 28 August 2023.


Nominate An Unsung Community Hero

August 1st, 2023
Nominations open today for the 2024 Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals, honouring the unsung community heroes who work in the field of multiculturalism in NSW.

Submissions are also open for the 2024 Multicultural Honour Roll, giving posthumous recognition for significant achievements by members of NSW’s vast and diverse society.

The awards program is one of the most prestigious in the state. Medal recipients and Honour Roll inductees are celebrated at a gala awards ceremony attended by hundreds of community members and cultural, faith and political leaders.

There are 12 categories for the awards, including business, local government, not-for-profit and a special category to recognise the achievements of an outstanding and innovative language teacher who instils knowledge and a lifelong love of language and culture in students.

Nominations close on Thursday 7 September.

For further information on how to apply, please visit The Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals on the Multicultural NSW website.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said: “Right across NSW, there are unsung heroes working to make their communities better, and I want to bring their stories to the front and centre.

“These awards recognise not only the incredible leaders in NSW right now, but also those who have come before us, whose impact is still being felt decades later.

“I’m proud to endorse the awards this year and I encourage everyone in NSW to nominate a friend, family member or colleague.”

NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper said: “In NSW we believe that multiculturalism is good for everyone, it binds our communities and makes our society more vibrant.

“Unfortunately, not everyone survives to see the impact they’ve had on the lives of those around them and the Honour Roll is an opportunity for us to thank their families for their work in uniting us in a common belief that everyone has something to contribute to our rich social fabric.”

Multicultural NSW Advisory Board chair emeritus Dr GK ‘Hari’ Harinath OAM said: “I’d like to voice my support of the Dr G.K. Harinath OAM Not-For-Profit Business Excellence medal.

“NSW has been very generous to me and my family, and to have an award named in my honour is very humbling.

“As a migrant myself I can attest to the work done within and across volunteer communities by so many from a multicultural background who want nothing more than to see everyone thrive and reach their aspirational goals.”


Second Community Fire Unit For Mckay Reserve

The Palm Beach Whale Beach Association states a second community fire unit (CFU) has been approved for Mackay Reserve. The first unit is located at the Ebor Rd end of Mackay Rd and the second unit will be located at the Ralston Rd end. 

Volunteers are needed to join the team. 
The Palm Beach CFU is a team of local residents who are concerned about the potential danger we are in by living so close to Mackay Reserve. They are supported by Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW). 

As a volunteer CFU member you will learn how to prepare yourself, your family, and your home ahead of the bushfire season. You will learn how to make informed decisions about whether to leave early or stay and defend your property when bushfires threaten.

''Given the current extreme weather conditions being experienced in the northern hemisphere the importance of preparation for a long hot summer here cannot be underestimated.'' Richard West AM, President of the PBWBA said

For further information please contact Wendy Q on 0408 483 307


Public Art: Midget Farrelly Recognition

Comments close: Thu 24 Aug 2023
To celebrate the achievements of the late inaugural Australian world surfing champion Bernard “Midget” Farrelly in Palm Beach.

Council are supporting a community led public art project and are seeking your feedback.

The Midget Farrelly Recognition Organising Committee is planning to install a rock cut relief commemorating the achievements of the late inaugural Australian world surfing champion Bernard “Midget” Farrelly in Palm Beach.

The project is funded by the Midget Farrelly Recognition Committee and supported by his family.
The artwork aims to celebrate an icon in Australian surfing history, promote a distinct sense of local identity and engender a sense of community pride.

Artwork location
The Midget Farrelly Recognition Committee propose the artwork be located on the western face of the northern rock on Barrenjoey Road at Palm Beach (Black Rock).

It is envisaged the artwork will be a permanent relief sculpture carved into the rock face, designed to soften with the natural effects of weathering.




About Midget Farrelly
Midget lived at Palm Beach for 54 years and surfed there almost every day on one of his many short or malibu surfboards. He was a member of the Palm Beach and Whale Beach Surf Lifesaving Clubs for over 20 years and was an accomplished sweep and mentor to the clubs' young rowers.

Midget Farrelly was the first Australian to win a major international surfing title, the 1962 Makaha International Surfing Championships, the unofficial world surfing championship of the day. In 1964 he won the inaugural World Surfing Championship at Manly Beach in Sydney in the men’s division, alongside Phyllis O’Donnell who won the women’s title. In 1985 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Born in 1944 and growing up in our area, he started his first surfboard business in Palm Beach at the age of 18 after working for renowned Barry Bennett surfboards in Brookvale from the age of 15. He was considered a major player in the shortboard revolution.

Have your say
Share your thoughts on the proposal by:
completing the comment form here: yoursay./public-art-midget-farrelly-recognition
writing to Council marked ‘Public Art Midget Farrelly Recognition’, Northern Beaches Council, PO Box 82 Manly NSW 2095.

All comments in their entirety are made publicly available in the Community Engagement Report. Personal identifying information and inappropriate language are redacted.






Photos: Bernard "Midget" Farrelly at Warriewood Surf Boat Carnival, 2014 and SLS SNB Branch comp at Palmy in 2016 (top). Midget Farrelly at Palm Beach, 1964 – photo by by John Witzig, reproduced with permission of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Midget surfing Palmy in 2015, just near Black Rock - one of his favourite breaks, and at PBSLSC fundraiser in 2016 with wife Beverlie - coloured pics: AJG

The Lifeline Classic Is On Again For 2023!

Get on board and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches.
This year, we’re holding the Lifeline Classic on Saturday, 14 October 2023 at Queenscliff Beach. Kick-off at 8am.

The Lifeline Classic is an event for everyone. Join in and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches’ crisis support and suicide prevention services.
There are four ways you can support the Lifeline Classic:
  1. Register a team and start fundraising for Lifeline
  2. Join a team and help with the fundraising
  3. Donate to a team or directly to Lifeline Northern Beaches ($2 and over is tax deductible)
  4. Share the event, particularly in support of the teams who are fundraising for Lifeline Northern Beaches
Your support helps Lifeline Northern Beaches save lives from suicide in our local community.

Need support? Lifeline is here to listen and help. Anytime.
Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14.

Ongoing support is available through local services, including counselling, support groups and financial counselling. Visit www.lifelinenb.org.au/get-help


Bowel Cancer Screening Push

The Government is investing $10.8 million to encourage eligible Australians to complete their potentially lifesaving bowel cancer screening as new data reveals screening rates dropped in 2020–2021 and natural disasters impacted screening rates.   

Australia’s national bowel screening rate dropped to 40.9 per cent during 2020–2021. While more than 6 million Australians were sent a test, only around 2.5 million returned their samples for screening. That’s around 179,000 fewer people returning their tests in 2020–2021.  

The Government is partnering with Cancer Council Australia to roll out a national bowel screening campaign to remind Australians to ‘Get2It’, as research shows most people intend to do the test, but life gets in the way.   

The campaign begins as preliminary data from Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) shows the impact recent major natural disasters had on participation rates in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.  

The bushfires which devastated Australia in 2019–20 drove down participation rates by 27 per cent during that period in affected areas, while widespread flooding across the country led to a 23 per cent drop in participation rates.  

Get2It will run from now until November this year. Preliminary results show that around 37,000 reminders to screen were sent to people during the 2022 campaign, and an additional 89,500 people completed their screening test during the campaign period. 

Bowel cancer is Australia’s second biggest cancer killer, yet 90 per cent of cases could be successfully treated if detected early.  Increasing the screening rate to 60 per cent could save 84,000 Australian lives by 2040.   

It is important when the kit arrives in the mail Australians complete and return it promptly. Health care providers can also now bulk order National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kits and issue them to eligible patients.   

For more information on bowel cancer or the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program campaign, go to www.bowelcancer.org.au.    

The campaign will air on tv, radio, digital and social media, along with partnerships with media and sporting organisations including the NRL to promote bowel cancer screening to a range of audiences. The campaign will be available in Arabic, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Volunteers Needed: Meals On Wheels

Meals on Wheels have lost a lot of volunteers in the last few months due to COVID regulations etc. so they are desperate for some new people on the roster. The local service covers all the way from Manly Vale up to Palm Beach, so a run takes around 60-90mins. 

You leave from and return to the warehouse in Bassett Street, Mona Vale.
You don’t need to sign on to permanent shifts, even once a month would help them out greatly.
All drivers need an unrestricted license, must be fully vaccinated and will require a volunteer police check.
If you are able to assist please call Milly on 9457 3900 or email 
NBeachesVolunteer@kmow.org.au and she can give you more info and send you through training paperwork.


Become A Volunteer Radio Operator: MRNSW

Are you looking for a new challenge? With the busy summer boating season coming up Marine Rescue NSW units up and down the coast want to hear from you! And if you live in Sydney, our State Communications Centre in Belrose is especially keen to hear from you, just drop a line to: base.sydney@marinerescuensw.com.au 

Prior radio and boating experience is not required, and as a Radio Operator you'll play a vital role in helping to keep our waterways safer. If you want to take the plunge and join a dedicated volunteer team helping to save lives on our waterways, then go here for more information: 
www.marinerescuensw.com.au/become-a-volunteer/ or contact your local Marine Rescue NSW unit directly.

August 6 - 12, 2023: Issue 593

This Issue: full list in Contents page 

Front Page Issue 593

Congratulations Warringah Rats: 2023 Colts Club Champions!!

Life Electric Net Zero Expo + Forum - Dr. Sophie Scamps MP, In Conversation With Dr. Saul Griffith, John Grimes: Mackellar MP Calls For Albanese Government To Put Young Australians Before Fossil Fuel Lobbyists - Senator Pocock's Duty Of Care and Intergenerational Equity Bill

Old MP For Wakehurst Announces Funds For Specialist Mental Health Beds At Northern Beaches Hospital In 2022/23 Budget: New Wakehurst MP Asks As New Financial Year Begins - 'Where Are They?'

Pittwater’s Warmest Welcome - at Newport Bowling Club!! - $55 membership + lessons offer

Commonwealth Youth Games 2023: Local Athletes Set To Shine In Trinbago - Trinidad

Aquatics: Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program 2022/23 Annual Performance Report - 143 Animals Found Dead In The Nets In 2022/23; Trigger Point For The Objective Of ‘Minimising The Impact On Non-Target Species and Threatened Species’ Was Tripped In 2022/23 For 'Seals' - Whales Getting Caught In Nets - Smooth Hammerheads Dying By The Hundreds

Pictures: Avalon Beach and Village On A Sunday Afternoon

Park Bench Philosophers The Tasmanian Countess and Marquise of Scotland Island - an oldie but goodie from 2015

Public Art: Midget Farrelly Recognition At Palm Beach - Have Your Say - closes August 24

Environment Time Of Wiritjiribin, Bushcare Training Day At North Narrabeen, Palmgrove Park Avalon: New Bushcare Group Begins, 2023 Banksia Foundation NSW Sustainability Awards Open For Nominations, Pittwater Garage Sale Trail Returns: Repurpose Your Items, Northern Beaches Clean Up Crew: Sunday August 27 2023 From 10:00-12:15 - Turimetta Beach Clean Up, Waste And Sustainability In Schools NR37040: At Kimbriki, Seen Any Glossies Drinking Around Nambucca, Bellingen, Coffs Or Clarence? Want To Help?: Join The Glossy Squad, NSW Clearing 640 Football Fields Of Land Per Day: The Majority Unexplained, NSW Land Clearing Data Released, Forestry Corp Taking A Wrecking Ball To Gumbaynggirr Culture and The Great Koala National Park, 80-Plus Groups Worldwide Demand End To Greenwashing Maugean Skate Extinction With Farmed Salmon Accreditations, Critically Endangered Fledgling Hooded Plover Takes Long Haul Flight To North Coast, New Outback Park In NSW Protects Important Wetlands, Blue Mountains National Park and Kanangra-Boyd National Park Draft Plan Of Management: Public Consultation, Plans For New Wind Energy Project At Spicers Creek On Public Exhibition, Green Light For Two New Batteries To Help Secure Power For 100,000 Homes, NSW Landholders To Be Rewarded For Private Land Conservation, Areas Closed For West Head Lookout Upgrades, Bush Turkeys: Backyard Buddies Breeding Time Commences In August - BIG Tick Eaters - Ringtail Posse Insights, PNHA Guided Nature Walks 2023, Bushcare In Pittwater, Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Activities, Gardens, Environment Groups and Organisations In Pittwater, Report Fox Sightings, Marine Wildlife Rescue Group On The Central Coast, Watch Out - Shorebirds About, Possums In Your Roof?: Do The Right Thing, Aviaries + Possum Release Sites Needed, Leaving dog and cat poo lying around isn’t just gross; It’s a problem for native plants and animals too, Unique study shows we can train wild predators to hunt alien species they’ve never seen before, Wild bird feeding surged worldwide during lockdowns; That’s good for people but not necessarily for the birds, Antarctica is missing a chunk of sea ice bigger than Greenland – what’s going on?, A carbon tax can have economic not just environmental benefits for Australia, Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water, Why is Australia having such a warm winter? A climate expert explains, Here’s how wastewater facilities could tackle food waste + generate energy and slash emissions, Cooking (and heating) without gas: what are the impacts of shifting to all-electric homes?, The ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got wrong, Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide, Do phrases like ‘global boiling’ help or hinder climate action?, ‘Limitless’ energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots, Call of the huia: how NZ’s bird of the century contest helps us express ‘ecological grief’, A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab; Here’s what we found, Many global corporations will soon have to police up and down their supply chains as EU human rights ‘due diligence’ law nears enactment, Net zero: direct costs of climate policies aren’t a major barrier to public support, I’ve spent 50 years studying one seabird colony fight its way back from near extinction – now it faces new threats, Rishi Sunak’s green backtracking contrasts strongly with previous prime ministers’ efforts, Pittwater Reserves: Histories + Notes + Pictorial Walks, + more

Inbox News 10,000 Older Patients To Avoid EDs: Urgent Care Services Expand Across Sydney: Northern Sydney Local Health District Included, Mapping The Future Of Cancer Care In NSW, NSW Finalists Of The Excellence In Nursing and Midwifery Awards Announced, From Down Under To Underground: Surprising Daddy Long-Legs Spiders Discovered In Australia and Réunion, Monash's Immune Cell Discovery Could Lead To Improved Chronic Worm Treatment, AIDA and AMA Sign Agreement To Help Close Indigenous Health Gap, Breaking Down The Barriers To Achieving Gender Equity In Healthcare Leadership, AMA NSW: Pharmacy UTI Prescribing Clinical Trial Misses The Mark For Quality Care, ACCC: $20m Penalty For Meta Companies For Conduct Liable To Mislead Consumers About Use Of Their Data, ACCC: Record Penalties Of $438m Ordered Against Phoenix Institute And CTI For Acting Unconscionably And Misleading Students, ACCC: Australian Banks Allowed To Collaborate On Development Of Industry Standards To Combat Scams, Bid-rigging is rife in Australian construction, but the process itself is partly to blame, What is food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome or FPIES? And are more babies getting it?, A drink each day or just on the weekends? Here’s why alcohol-free days are important, Representing Australia, Ah Honey – Local Band With Sweet Sounds, Turimetta Moods, South Av. On A Sunday Afternoon, Pittwater's Aquatic Birds, ACCC: Record Penalties Of $438m Ordered Against Phoenix Institute and CTI For Acting Unconscionably and Misleading Students, Young TAFE NSW Graduate Wins Sydney Cook-Off, Unveiling of the Manly memorial, 16/10/1916 Australian Gazette. No.312., Word Of The Week: Trope, Shared horse and human burials show how deeply the vikings cared for their animal companions, Ingleside Rider's Group, Oppenheimer the actor: the curious 1946 film Atomic Power featuring the scientist as himself, How swarming animals can help humans and AI make better decisions, Meg 2: the truth about the extinct mega shark – why even this ridiculous film could inspire future palaeontologists, We need more than a definition change to fix Australia’s culture of permanent ‘casual’ work, Australia is about to set its first full employment target – and it will define people’s lives for decades, Australia has had school nurses for more than 100 years – but we don’t use them enough, Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth; Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’, Ned Kelly’s descendants claim cultural heritage rights over the site of his last stand; The Supreme Court disagrees, In Restless Dolly Maunder, Kate Grenville recreates the enterprising life of an obscure historical figure, Book Of The Month - August + September 2023: Australia Circumnavigated : The Voyage Of Matthew Flinders In HMS Investigator, 1801-1803 by Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814, author of Volumes I and II, Pittwater’s Warmest Welcome!, Unveiling Of The Manly Memorial, 16/10/1916 Australian Gazette. No.312, VP Day + Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern): 2023 Services, First fuel discount helps seniors across NSW fill up for less, 10,000 Older Patients To Avoid EDs: Urgent Care Services Expand Across Sydney: Northern Sydney Local Health District Included, 2024 NSW Seniors Festival Grants Program Applications Open, Lump sum, daily payments or a combination?; What to consider when paying for nursing home accommodation, People with dementia in care homes aren’t getting enough help with their hearing loss – new survey, In Restless Dolly Maunder, Kate Grenville recreates the enterprising life of an obscure historical figure, Ketone drinks: why we’re testing the effects of this supplement used by elite athletes on older adults, Counting the wrong sheep: why trouble sleeping is about more than just individual lifestyles and habits

Profile of the Week Electrify Mackellar

Website: www.electrifymackellar.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/electrifymackellar 

On Sunday July 30th The Life Electric Community Net Zero Expo organised by the Avalon-Palm Beach Business Chamber hosted stall holders providing expert advice on solar, EVs and other renewables solutions.   

As part of the Expo Dr. Sophie Scamps, MP for Mackellar, hosted a Q and A with Dr. Saul Griffith, Inventor and Rewiring Australia Founder and Founding member of Electrify 2515, and John Grimes, Chief Executive of the Smart Energy Council, Australia's peak independent smart energy body. The Life Electric Community Net Zero In Conversation with Dr. Scamps report runs this Issue. 

Among the stalls showcase was Electrify Mackellar, officially launching at the event, with Founder and Academic Selena Griffith GAICD FEAD FSSE FIH, sister of Saul Griffith, and past Pittwater Councillor, on hand to introduce the organisation to visitors. 

This Issue Selena Electrify Mackellar provides some information on what Electrify Mackellar is and can do to support our community on its journey to a decarbonised future right now.

Representing Australia

Good luck to our Pittwater Baseball Club boys Kai R, Hamish M and Jack K as they represent Australia at the Babe Ruth League, Cal Ripken World Series in Branson, Missouri, USA.



How good do they look in the Aussie gear?
Great work, boys make sure you share some Pittwater love while you are there!
We look forward to hearing all about it when you get back.
If you would like to follow Kai, Hamish and Jack, you can get all the info here: https://baberuthworldseries.org/#/event/687

Zonta NB News

The Zonta Club of Northern Beaches is looking forward to restarting the packing of Birthing Kits in 3 local schools. Barrenjoey, Mater Maria and Mackellar have all fundraised to buy kits. 

These kits will then be sent to developing countries allowing the Mums to have a clean birth. The impact on our students is very big!

We would be very grateful for any donations to pay for Birthing kits
Corporate can be tax deductible 
 
June was a big month for us as we chartered a Zclub at Mater Maria College Warriewood with 43 girls and 3 boys inducted. It was a very rewarding event, greatly supported by the school, teachers and members. 
 
Zonta believes young people are critical to achieving gender equality and ending violence against women and girls around the world. To truly change the lives of women and girls globally now and for generations to come, we must invest in youth development and mentor young leaders. 
 
Guest speaker was a 23 year old past College captain who has just graduated in Aeronautical Engineering. Her powerful  message was to believe in yourself.
 
Members have collected second hand books for the children’s refuge and fundraised for Birthing Kits. 


Zclub at Mater Maria College Warriewood 

Tumbledown Dick Rural Fire Brigade Join Coasters Working Bee

A crew from Tumble headed across the water to join an RFS working bee to help put in interconnected water tanks behind houses at Coasters Retreat, Ku-Ring-Gai National Park earlier last week. 

These tanks will provide water for firefighters on the park side if the houses were being impacted by fire. It was a great day that included a lunch BBQ overlooking the Pittwater. 




During the past few days crews from our local NSW RFS brigades have been pat of hazard burns across the area. However, last nights downpour of 75mm, which extinguished any remnant embers and closed the Wakehurst Parkway soon after the storm broke, means planned HR's will be delayed for a few days.

The community thanks all these volunteers for putting in the hours to keep us all safer.

Photos: Tumbledown Dick Rural Fire Brigade

Mural For Sound Barriers On MVR Upgrade Update

A few months back Stephen Perry sent in an idea to place a mural on the sound barrier at the eastern end of Mona Vale road. The grey walls have been installed as part of the MVR East Upgrade and have attracted the attention of graffiti artists tagging the concrete - as they have also done on the base of the new fauna bridge currently being constructed a little further up the hill.



The idea was to welcome visitors to our area and welcome Pittwaterians home with something a little bit delightful that epitomised reaching that salty air of bush and beaches.

Pittwater MP Rory Amon approached the new Minister for Transport, the Hon. John Graham MLC on the community's behalf. Minister Graham responded that he appreciated Mr. Perry's passion for our community but that Transport for NSW has confirmed that graffiti deterrent was considered during the development of the Mona Vale Road noise wall and that the area between the road and noise wall will be mass planted with shrubs. 

The use of landscaping has proven to discourage graffiti attacks at other noise walls and as such, there are no plans for it to include an art mural.

Minister Graham noted that the noise wall is nearing completion and has a ribbed finish to align with the sandstone rock cuttings along the road. 

Whilst Mr Perry's sentiment is appreciated by the Minister, he pointed out that a mural requires a smooth surface and as, the noise wall is located 10kms east of the Northern Beaches border, it is not located at the start of the Northern Beaches LGA. 

New Law Banning Religious Vilification Passes NSW Parliament

August 3, 2023
Landmark legislation to prohibit religious vilification passed NSW Parliament on Thursday August 3rd.

The amendment to the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 makes it unlawful to, “by a public act, incite hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group of persons, because of their religious belief, affiliation or activity”.

A “public act” includes any form of communication to the public, verbal and non-verbal.

The legislation mirrors existing provisions in the Anti-Discrimination Act that make vilification unlawful on the grounds of race, homosexuality, transgender status and HIV/AIDS status.

People who do not have a religious belief or affiliation or do not engage in religious activity are also protected under the new law, which recognises that these are also positions in relation to religion which should be respected.

A wide range of stakeholders were consulted on the amendment, including faith-based organisations, community groups, multicultural associations, legal advocates and NSW Government agencies.

The new law comes into effect three months after the date of assent to the Act.

NSW Attorney General Michael Daley said, “We are lucky to live in a harmonious society that values respect, tolerance and inclusivity.

“Vilification on the grounds of a person’s religion (or no belief) is completely unacceptable in our community. Now we have a clear law to protect people from public actions that incite hatred or serious contempt or severe ridicule of them on the basis of their religious belief or lack of belief.”

NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper said, “NSW is one of the most successful multicultural states in the world. Our vibrant multicultural and multi-faith communities enrich our society.

“It is regrettable to see any expression of vilification towards certain groups based on their beliefs.

“This legislation sends a strong message to those people who seek to stir hatred and division in our community. It won’t be tolerated.”

Mona Vale’s Palliative Care Unit Treats 600th Patient

Mona Vale Hospital’s palliative care unit recently passed another impressive milestone, admitting and treating its 600th patient since opening in 2021.



The unit has a multidisciplinary team, which cares for the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of patients with life-limiting illness. 

The unit is no stranger to making progress and reaching milestones. The unit benchmarks itself against other palliative care units and has integrated the Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) into its practice to help benchmark the service against other palliative care services, and has maintained a very strong collaboration with the Northern Beaches Community Palliative Care Service and the palliative care in-reach Team at Northern Beaches Hospital.

The unit has also established as a supporter of corneal donation and the generosity of patients and families in giving this gift has been felt by those who work within the unit.

''The unit keeps making inroads in palliative care and is such a great asset to the Mona Vale and Northern Beaches community. '' Mona Vale Hospital’s A/General Manager Mathivanan Sakthivel said

Palliative Care staff specialist Dr Peter Roach said it was warming for the staff to receive regular positive feedback.

He said that the unit is also now accredited for Advanced Training in Palliative Medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and currently has two advanced trainees working in the unit. 

Mona Vale Hospital’s A/General Manager Mathivanan Sakthivel commended the service for reaching the important milestone of treating 600 patients.

“The service does a fantastic job for patients, their families and carers,” he said.
“I’d like to congratulate the entire unit reaching this fantastic milestone and I look forward to seeing the unit continue to treat patients to such a high standard.”

Photo courtesy Northern Sydney Local Health District/MVH

New Chief Executive For LGNSW 

Following a strongly contested recruitment round the Board of Local Government New South Wales (LGNSW) yesterday appointed a new Chief Executive.  

He’s David Reynolds who joins the peak body of local government from The Hills Shire Council, where he has been Group Manager, Shire Strategy for five years.  

Prior to this, he was the Director Customer and Corporate Strategy at Camden Council for three years. 
The President of LGNSW Darriea Turley welcomed Mr Reynolds’ appointment. 

“David’s extensive experience and drive for excellence will ensure that LGNSW can continue to deliver for our members right across NSW,” Cr Turley said. 

“Very importantly, his commitment to further building the positive culture within LGNSW will make him a terrific leader and colleague for the team at LGNSW.   

 “I am especially glad that we have been able to fill this position from within the local government sector and I am confident that David will be a great fit for the organisation.” 


Photo: LGNSW President Cr Darriea Turley AM welcomes new Chief Executive David Reynolds and thanks outgoing CE Scott Phillips.

On Thursday August 3rd, he joined local government colleagues at the Local Government Week Awards which were handed out at an event in Doltone House. 

Fourteen city and regional councils took home 14 awards out of 116 entries. 

The big winners were Singleton City Council, Gunnedah Shire Council, Wingecarribee Shire Council, Penrith City Council and Hawkesbury City Council which each took home two awards. 

“These awards help move the conversation beyond the traditional roads, rates and rubbish by demonstrating the far-reaching role councils' play in their communities,” Cr Turley said.  

“The real winners are the communities which the councils represent.” 

The Awards covered included: 
  • The RH Dougherty Events and Communications Awards 
  • The Leo Kelly OAM Art and Culture Awards 
  • The LGNSW Planning Awards, and 
  • The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) NSW Youth Week Awards 
  • On hand were the Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig MP as well as the Minister for Youth Rose Jackson MLC. 
All of the awards were judged by panels of experts who commented at the high standard of entries. 

Proposed Parking Restrictions: Central Road Avalon Beach

Opened: August 4, 2023
Closes: Sunday September 3, 2023
Residents and bus operators have voiced concerns affecting traffic flow and driveway access due to the narrowness of Central Road when vehicles park on both sides of this road, in Avalon Beach.

At the meeting of 24 May 2022, Council resolved to analyse car parking along Central Road, and consult with the community on plans to resolve these concerns.

Council have reviewed the location and are proposing 'No parking' restrictions along some sections of Central Road. These restrictions will improve safety and access for residents and the 192 Avalon Beach to Stokes Point bus loop service.

The recommended 'No parking' zones are indicated in blue on the plan below. Sections of parking will alternate between each side of the road to assist with traffic calming and to share the available parking.
Council would like to hear your feedback on the proposal. 
You can have your say by:
All comments in their entirety are made publicly available in the Community Engagement Report. Personal identifying information and inappropriate language are redacted.

Once Council have reviewed all feedback on the proposal, we will prepare a report for Council’s Local Traffic Committee and notify you of the outcome.


Exhibition Notice: Warriewood Development Proposal

At: 20-22 Macpherson Street WARRIEWOOD
Description: Demolition works, civil and infrastructure works, subdivision into 53 lots and one community title road, the construction of 53 dwellings and associated works.
Consent Authority: Sydney North Planning Panel
Applicant: Urbis Pty Ltd
Assessing Officer: Thomas Prosser, Principal Planner
Exhibition Start Date: 1 August 2023
Exhibition End Date: 29 August 2023
Application Number: DA2023/0976

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The proposal is ‘Nominated Integrated Development’ and approval is required from the Department of Planning and Environment - Water under s91 (Controlled Activity Approval) of the Water Management Act 2000.

Submissions can be made to Council during the exhibition period. Any submission must specify the grounds for objection.

The application and the documents accompanying the application, including any environmental impact statement, are available on Council’s Application Tracking for the minimum period required under the Act.



InTune With TonyB Talks To Greg Page

InTune is a radio programme about our local community, culture and music.
 
Each week, Tony chats with guests from local community causes and charities, about how they make a difference. We also get to hear a great line up of predominantly home-grown music.

In this week's programme, we heard from the amazing, former yellow Wiggle, Greg Page. Greg spoke about his charity and passion, Heart of the Nation, Empowering Australians to save lives of victims of Cardiac Arrest through widespread access to AEDs. You can stream this and all previous programmes on demand here : InTuneWithTonyB on Demand.

Stay tuned for more great programmes on InTune.  
 
Radio Northern Beaches
Fridays at 6pm
FM 88.7 or 90.3
Or live stream at: www.rnb.org.au





National Consumer Engagement Strategy For Health And Wellbeing

Submissions are now open to give feedback on the draft National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing.

The Federal Health Department are developing the National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing to strengthen partnerships between health policymakers (in government and non-government) and the community.

The strategy will support policymakers and the community to work with consumers to design and develop health and wellbeing policies and programs.

You can now give feedback on the draft strategy. 
''We value the diverse perspectives, experiences and knowledge of all stakeholders and interested members of the community. We will use the feedback from this consultation to help develop the final strategy.'' the Department states

You can complete the consultation survey online at their Consultation Hub until 4 September 2023.

Monika's Doggie Rescue: Pets Of The Week

Boomer


3yo Pug X Jack Russell
Boomer is a happy dog but needs time to warm up to people. He is true to his breed, active, smart and very food motivated. Indeed, he is best fed away from other pets as he can get a bit possessive. Boomer does growl if he is nervous of a situation, so an experienced adult handler is a must. Overall, he is a very compliant boy, especially if you use treats. Once he knows you, he is a lovely friendly dog social boy. He has a short coat and weighs 11.8kg. He suits apartment living but needs a home-based worker. 
All our dogs come with desexing, all puppy vaccinations, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DoggieRescue Vet. His adoption fee is $500. 

Mozzie 


17 weeks DSH kitten
Mozzie is one of our Bug litter. She is a sweet easy to handle kitten who came from the pound with her Mum Queen Bee who is also listed on our web site.  All our cats come desexed, wormed, F3 vaccinated, FIV/FeLV tested if over 6 months old and microchipped. Her adoption fee is $220. She is located at The Cottage Animal Hospital in Parramatta. Ph 9890 7220. 

To find out more call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email  Monika@DoggieRescue.com.  RON R251000024

VP Day + Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern): 2023 Services

Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch VP Day Service 
Service: Tuesday 15th 11.30 am - RSL Cenotaph

Palm Beach RSL sub-Branch Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 
Sunday August 20, 2023: 11am
Muster at Iluka (north end) for March to Cenotaph

NSW To Go Green And Gold As Matildas Score Sydney Final

Following the Matildas’ triumphant win over Canada in their final pool match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, the NSW Government is getting behind the team in the lead up to their round of 16 match on Monday 7 August which will be played in Sydney at Stadium Australia.

Buildings will turn green and gold, and messages of support will be displayed across the transport network, with everyone encouraged to wear green and gold to show their support!

The Matildas have already made history with the biggest ever Australian winning margin in a World Cup match.

It is only fitting that the Sydney Opera House is illuminated next Monday from 6pm.

The Central Station Clock Tower will go gold and the lighting inside the Central Station Concourse will go green and gold in tribute.

A message of support will be amplified across screens on the transport network, in Metro and train stations, buses and bus stops, at light rail platforms and on ferry wharves, as well as across more than 100 Service NSW centres.

The NSW Government will also turn its social channels green and gold for the day.

In addition, everyone is urged to wear green and gold where they can, as we barrack for the women’s team to make the quarter-final round.

Next Monday’s match will also be screened at the FIFA Fan Festival at Tumbalong Park, in Darling Harbour, which is providing a lively and very popular destination for crowds to join in on the FIFA Women’s World Cup atmosphere.

The FIFA Fan Festival site shows every game for free on large screens, along with live performances and street food.

The Matildas qualification for the round of 16 comes with Sydney in the grip of Women’s World Cup fever.

The Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) has hosted 2 sell-out matches in a row while crowds have been growing at live fan sites.

As the mighty Matildas toppled Olympic champions Canada on Monday night in Melbourne, a crowd of 4000 fans watched from the Tumbalong Park live site in Darling Harbour.

A combined total of 80,853 fans attended the epic Colombia versus Germany game along with the England versus Denmark match at the SFS over the weekend – both full crowds.

Upcoming matches are expected to continue breaking World Cup viewing records across the world, with Sydney hosting games in all remaining stages right through to the final at Stadium Australia on Sunday 20 August.

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 is firmly on track to be the biggest ever, with 1.65 million tickets across the tournament’s 64 games sold.

At 550,800, Sydney has already sold more tickets than any other host city for the tournament ever.

Outside the stadiums, the atmosphere is building towards the knockout rounds. More than 118,000 people have so far attended the free FIFA Fan Festival site at Darling Harbour.

Live sites are being hosted in many local government areas to ensure fans across NSW get their taste of World Cup fever.



Premier of NSW Chris Minns said:

“We are so proud of the Matildas making the final 16.

“We are celebrating this achievement by turning Sydney green and gold next Monday.

“NSW is proud to be part of this World Cup and we are so proud of what the Matildas have achieved so far.

“Sydney has come alive and we are taking this to the next level.

“Let’s take the Matildas to the next round.”

Minister for Jobs and Tourism John Graham said:

“The atmosphere in Sydney is electric and rising by the day. This was a huge weekend in which every seat for both games in Sydney was taken followed by an incredible win by the Matildas in Melbourne which takes them on to the next round.

“This is a defining moment for the rise of women’s sport and we are proud Sydney is the main stage where it will play out, including hosting the Final.

“I couldn’t be more thrilled for the Matildas who will now look ahead to their next game in Sydney."

NSW Minister for Sport Steve Kamper said:

“The Matildas kicked off their campaign in Sydney in front of a record crowd of 75,000 people, and we can’t wait to see another packed house at Stadium Australia.

“NSW is undoubtedly the sports capital of Australia, and the entire state will be behind the Matildas as they go for glory.

“I encourage everyone to don the green and gold, get to the game or a community fan site, to witness this once in a lifetime opportunity.” 

NSW Minister for Women Jodie Harrison said: 

“The Matildas have made Australia proud and we’re all getting behind the team for their match next Monday.

“It’s truly an exciting time for women’s sport. The Matildas are superb athletes and great role models that women and girls can aspire to.”

Football NSW CEO John Tsatsimas said:

“It’s been fantastic to see so much support for the Matildas from across the NSW community.

“We are incredibly proud of their achievements and of the role our NSW representatives have played in getting the team this far.

“We are excited to see the state turn green and gold on Monday and look forward to the ongoing implementation of the NSW Football Legacy Program to ensure we can cater for the next generation of female football stars.”

$1 Million In Grants To Support Disability Advocacy Now Open

The NSW Government is delivering on its commitment to improve the lives of people with disability with the launch of $1 million in local advocacy grants.

The NSW Government already delivers $12 million annually to 19 advocacy organisations across the state to assist people with disability better access services and supports.

This separate funding stream – up to $1 million for Special Purposes and Projects, and Sector Development grants – will help community groups and not-for-profit organisations provide more localised and innovative supports, in addition to the broader Disability Advocacy Futures Program.

One-off grants between $20,000 and $100,000 are available for projects and activities to assist people with disability and further develop the advocacy sector in NSW.

The Special Purposes and Projects, and Sector Development grant program has three key objectives:
  1. Increase available supports to enable greater community engagement for people with disability.
  2. Further develop the disability advocacy sector through quality improvement, collaboration, and innovation.
  3. Build stronger networks and learning opportunities for the disability advocacy sector.
Minister for Families and Communities, and Minister for Disability Inclusion Kate Washington said this funding demonstrates the Minns Labor Government’s commitment to improving accessibility and inclusion for people with disability.

“This grant program is about helping people with disability overcome barriers affecting their ability to fully participate in our community”, Ms Washington said.

“We want people with disability in NSW to be connected with organisations that can empower them with information and access.”

“This program will allow disability advocacy organisations to innovate and collaborate to support more people with disability to live full and fulfilling lives.”  

Applications close on 28 August 2023.


Nominate An Unsung Community Hero

August 1st, 2023
Nominations open today for the 2024 Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals, honouring the unsung community heroes who work in the field of multiculturalism in NSW.

Submissions are also open for the 2024 Multicultural Honour Roll, giving posthumous recognition for significant achievements by members of NSW’s vast and diverse society.

The awards program is one of the most prestigious in the state. Medal recipients and Honour Roll inductees are celebrated at a gala awards ceremony attended by hundreds of community members and cultural, faith and political leaders.

There are 12 categories for the awards, including business, local government, not-for-profit and a special category to recognise the achievements of an outstanding and innovative language teacher who instils knowledge and a lifelong love of language and culture in students.

Nominations close on Thursday 7 September.

For further information on how to apply, please visit The Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals on the Multicultural NSW website.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said: “Right across NSW, there are unsung heroes working to make their communities better, and I want to bring their stories to the front and centre.

“These awards recognise not only the incredible leaders in NSW right now, but also those who have come before us, whose impact is still being felt decades later.

“I’m proud to endorse the awards this year and I encourage everyone in NSW to nominate a friend, family member or colleague.”

NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper said: “In NSW we believe that multiculturalism is good for everyone, it binds our communities and makes our society more vibrant.

“Unfortunately, not everyone survives to see the impact they’ve had on the lives of those around them and the Honour Roll is an opportunity for us to thank their families for their work in uniting us in a common belief that everyone has something to contribute to our rich social fabric.”

Multicultural NSW Advisory Board chair emeritus Dr GK ‘Hari’ Harinath OAM said: “I’d like to voice my support of the Dr G.K. Harinath OAM Not-For-Profit Business Excellence medal.

“NSW has been very generous to me and my family, and to have an award named in my honour is very humbling.

“As a migrant myself I can attest to the work done within and across volunteer communities by so many from a multicultural background who want nothing more than to see everyone thrive and reach their aspirational goals.”


Second Community Fire Unit For Mckay Reserve

The Palm Beach Whale Beach Association states a second community fire unit (CFU) has been approved for Mackay Reserve. The first unit is located at the Ebor Rd end of Mackay Rd and the second unit will be located at the Ralston Rd end. 

Volunteers are needed to join the team. 
The Palm Beach CFU is a team of local residents who are concerned about the potential danger we are in by living so close to Mackay Reserve. They are supported by Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW). 

As a volunteer CFU member you will learn how to prepare yourself, your family, and your home ahead of the bushfire season. You will learn how to make informed decisions about whether to leave early or stay and defend your property when bushfires threaten.

''Given the current extreme weather conditions being experienced in the northern hemisphere the importance of preparation for a long hot summer here cannot be underestimated.'' Richard West AM, President of the PBWBA said

For further information please contact Wendy Q on 0408 483 307


Public Art: Midget Farrelly Recognition

Comments close: Thu 24 Aug 2023
To celebrate the achievements of the late inaugural Australian world surfing champion Bernard “Midget” Farrelly in Palm Beach.

Council are supporting a community led public art project and are seeking your feedback.

The Midget Farrelly Recognition Organising Committee is planning to install a rock cut relief commemorating the achievements of the late inaugural Australian world surfing champion Bernard “Midget” Farrelly in Palm Beach.

The project is funded by the Midget Farrelly Recognition Committee and supported by his family.
The artwork aims to celebrate an icon in Australian surfing history, promote a distinct sense of local identity and engender a sense of community pride.

Artwork location
The Midget Farrelly Recognition Committee propose the artwork be located on the western face of the northern rock on Barrenjoey Road at Palm Beach (Black Rock).

It is envisaged the artwork will be a permanent relief sculpture carved into the rock face, designed to soften with the natural effects of weathering.




About Midget Farrelly
Midget lived at Palm Beach for 54 years and surfed there almost every day on one of his many short or malibu surfboards. He was a member of the Palm Beach and Whale Beach Surf Lifesaving Clubs for over 20 years and was an accomplished sweep and mentor to the clubs' young rowers.

Midget Farrelly was the first Australian to win a major international surfing title, the 1962 Makaha International Surfing Championships, the unofficial world surfing championship of the day. In 1964 he won the inaugural World Surfing Championship at Manly Beach in Sydney in the men’s division, alongside Phyllis O’Donnell who won the women’s title. In 1985 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Born in 1944 and growing up in our area, he started his first surfboard business in Palm Beach at the age of 18 after working for renowned Barry Bennett surfboards in Brookvale from the age of 15. He was considered a major player in the shortboard revolution.

Have your say
Share your thoughts on the proposal by:
completing the comment form here: yoursay./public-art-midget-farrelly-recognition
writing to Council marked ‘Public Art Midget Farrelly Recognition’, Northern Beaches Council, PO Box 82 Manly NSW 2095.

All comments in their entirety are made publicly available in the Community Engagement Report. Personal identifying information and inappropriate language are redacted.






Photos: Bernard "Midget" Farrelly at Warriewood Surf Boat Carnival, 2014 and SLS SNB Branch comp at Palmy in 2016 (top). Midget Farrelly at Palm Beach, 1964 – photo by by John Witzig, reproduced with permission of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Midget surfing Palmy in 2015, just near Black Rock - one of his favourite breaks, and at PBSLSC fundraiser in 2016 with wife Beverlie - coloured pics: AJG

Demerit Point Reduction Trial Gets NSW Parliament Green Light

August 2, 2023
More than 1.7 million drivers will be eligible to have a demerit point scrubbed from their licence after Parliament on Wednesday endorsed the NSW Government’s trial to encourage safer driving.

The Road Transport Amendment (Demerit Point Reduction Trial) Bill 2023 passed both houses and will come into effect 6 months earlier than originally flagged.

To qualify for a demerit point to be wiped, drivers who have not incurred any demerits since 17 January will need to continue that spotless behaviour until 17 January next year. It normally takes 3 years for a demerit point to be expunged from a driver’s record.

The trial, which was announced as a policy during the state election, had originally been slated to start on July 1, but the Government is determined to allow drivers who do the right thing the chance to shed a demerit point sooner.

It is expected to take about 3 months to finalise offences, so eligible drivers will start seeing one demerit point removed from mid-April 2024.

Learner and provisional licence holders are not included in the trial given they are subject to strict conditions of the NSW Graduated Licensing Scheme.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said, “This is good news for safe driving. We want to encourage drivers to do the right thing which is why we are adding this incentive into the licence system rather than only relying on deterrents and demerits to get the road safety message through.

“Reducing the road toll and rewarding safe driving across the state is the aim of this trial and I am pleased the parliament agreed, with bipartisan support.

“It’s time we put safety back at the centre of our road rules, not revenue raising.”

Minister for Roads John Graham said, “The demerit trial is an important carrot for drivers to remain offence-free over a 12-month period and we will closely watch the results to see if there is a net safety benefit for motorists, pedestrians, and communities.

"Under the previous government, there were almost a million demerit points on record and the road toll still rising. We are trying something different to encourage drivers to do the right thing and improve safety on our roads. We can’t expect to keep doing the same thing and get different results.”


Drone Privacy Guidelines For Public Consultation

The Federal Government are seeking feedback on privacy guidelines which will help drone users and the community to understand the privacy impacts of drones, encouraging drone use that is in line with community expectations.

The Issue
When flying drones, it is important to respect privacy and we want to make it as easy as possible for everyone to understand safe and considerate drone use that is in line with community expectations, whether flying recreationally or for business.

The Privacy Guidelines for drone use bring together information about relevant legislation to provide drone users with a set of easy to follow measures to enable them to operate drones in line with the community’s reasonable expectations of privacy. In some cases, existing privacy laws refer to drone use, but others are more general. The Guidelines aim to assist drone operators to understand existing and best practice privacy obligations when using drones. The intention is not to impose any additional obligations.

The draft Guidelines include 6 Drone Privacy Principles (DPPs), underpinned by existing Commonwealth, state and territory provisions relating to privacy and surveillance devices. The DPPs include guidance on how they apply to commercial and recreational drone operators.

The draft Guidelines also aim to be a resource to educate and inform the community on what is and isn’t privacy considerate drone use and the steps they can take to find out more, or report their concerns.

The draft Guidelines have been developed through targeted engagement and consultation with state and territory governments and industry. The Guidelines and DPPs are not meant to be exhaustive, but a way to inform drone users and the community of best practice privacy considerate drone use, within existing legal settings.

How you can voice your opinion
After reading the draft guidelines linked here clicking the ‘have your say’ button will lead you to multiple fields to fill out and provide your feedback by Friday 11 August 2023. You can also email us at drones@infrastructure.gov.au.

The Lifeline Classic Is On Again For 2023!

Get on board and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches.
This year, we’re holding the Lifeline Classic on Saturday, 14 October 2023 at Queenscliff Beach. Kick-off at 8am.

The Lifeline Classic is an event for everyone. Join in and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches’ crisis support and suicide prevention services.
There are four ways you can support the Lifeline Classic:
  1. Register a team and start fundraising for Lifeline
  2. Join a team and help with the fundraising
  3. Donate to a team or directly to Lifeline Northern Beaches ($2 and over is tax deductible)
  4. Share the event, particularly in support of the teams who are fundraising for Lifeline Northern Beaches
Your support helps Lifeline Northern Beaches save lives from suicide in our local community.

Need support? Lifeline is here to listen and help. Anytime.
Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14.

Ongoing support is available through local services, including counselling, support groups and financial counselling. Visit www.lifelinenb.org.au/get-help


Bowel Cancer Screening Push

The Government is investing $10.8 million to encourage eligible Australians to complete their potentially lifesaving bowel cancer screening as new data reveals screening rates dropped in 2020–2021 and natural disasters impacted screening rates.   

Australia’s national bowel screening rate dropped to 40.9 per cent during 2020–2021. While more than 6 million Australians were sent a test, only around 2.5 million returned their samples for screening. That’s around 179,000 fewer people returning their tests in 2020–2021.  

The Government is partnering with Cancer Council Australia to roll out a national bowel screening campaign to remind Australians to ‘Get2It’, as research shows most people intend to do the test, but life gets in the way.   

The campaign begins as preliminary data from Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) shows the impact recent major natural disasters had on participation rates in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.  

The bushfires which devastated Australia in 2019–20 drove down participation rates by 27 per cent during that period in affected areas, while widespread flooding across the country led to a 23 per cent drop in participation rates.  

Get2It will run from now until November this year. Preliminary results show that around 37,000 reminders to screen were sent to people during the 2022 campaign, and an additional 89,500 people completed their screening test during the campaign period. 

Bowel cancer is Australia’s second biggest cancer killer, yet 90 per cent of cases could be successfully treated if detected early.   

Increasing the screening rate to 60 per cent could save 84,000 Australian lives by 2040.   

It is important when the kit arrives in the mail Australians complete and return it promptly. Health care providers can also now bulk order National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kits and issue them to eligible patients.   

For more information on bowel cancer or the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program campaign, go to www.bowelcancer.org.au.    

The campaign will air on tv, radio, digital and social media, along with partnerships with media and sporting organisations including the NRL to promote bowel cancer screening to a range of audiences. The campaign will be available in Arabic, Cantonese, and Mandarin.


Roadworks

Changed traffic conditions on Pittwater Road at Mona Vale

Motorists are advised of changed traffic conditions from next week on Pittwater Road at Mona Vale. 
These changes are necessary due to asphalting along Pittwater Road, between Rowan Street and Coronation Street, to create a smoother road surface. 

To reduce the impact to motorists, work will be carried out between 8pm and 5am from Tuesday 13 June to Friday 11 August, for up to five night shifts, weather and worksite conditions permitting. Work is expected to occur for more than two consecutive nights per week. However, work will not be carried out on Saturdays or public holidays.

Temporary lane closures, traffic controls and reduced speed limits will be in place for the safety of pedestrians, workers, and motorists. 

Motorists are advised to drive to the conditions and follow the directions of signs and traffic controllers.

Transport for NSW thanks the community for their patience during this time.

For the latest traffic updates download the Live Traffic NSW App, visit livetraffic.com or call 132 701.

Utilities: Frenchs Forest
Warringah Road Underpass between Fitzpatrick Avenue West and Allambie Road - Wed 26 Jul 2023 to Sat 12 Aug 2023; 10:00pm to 5:00am; Tunnel closed both directions.

Diversions; Motorists will use Warringah Rd, in both directions. Advice; Reduced speed limit (40km/h), Check signage, Use an alternative route.




North Narrabeen to Frenchs Forest: Wakehurst Parkway between Pittwater Road and Warringah Road - For pavement works. Wed 9 Aug 2023 to Thu 10 Aug 2023; 8:00pm to 5:00am - ROAD CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. For pavement works

Check signage, Use diversions, Reduced speed limit (40km/h). 
Diversions: 
Heavy vehicles detour via Warringah Road and Pittwater Rd, Or Warringah Road, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd, Pittwater Rd. 
Light vehicles detour via Frenchs Forest Rd, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd, then Pittwater Rd, or Warringah Rd, Pittwater Road.



Ingleside: Mona Vale Road between Tumburra Street and Chiltern Road - for Power pole/line repairs. Mon 21 Aug 2023 to Fri 1 Sep 2023; Mon to Wed 9:00pm to 5:00am, Thurs to Fri 10:00pm to 5:00am. Check signage, Reduced speed limit (40km/h).


Acts Of Kindness Community Outreach: Winter Blanket And Coat Drive 2023

Can you help our homeless friends? It’s getting cold on the streets for our Homeless street friends and we need YOUR help. Do you have any Blankets, Sleeping bags, doonas or Coats you don’t use? We accept New or Clean Good Condition second hand items 

Drop off points at Warriewood, Inner West and Mount Annan. Please get in touch for details, at: https://aokcommunityoutreach.com/


Lock Up Your Cars: Thieves About

Please Join Us In Celebrating 100 Years  Of  Creative Leisure: 1924 – 2024

What are your memories of Creative Leisure?
Calling past participants in any Creative Leisure Movement activities, to send us your stories or experiences.

By Post: Northern Beaches Creative Leisure & Learning Inc
PO Box 1718  WARRIEWOOD 2102
Phone: 9944 6027


JP Public Register

You can find a Justice of the Peace (JP) using the online Public Register. You can search by postcode, name of a JP, day of availability, language spoken and JP registration number. The register lists a JP’s location, availability and telephone number. Please note that JPs are volunteers and may not be available at all times. ​Click here to access the JP Public Register
NB: There are  3 J.P’s working in Pittwater RSL Sub-Branch office, we work every Monday (10:30am to 15:30)except on public holidays:
  1. Terry Jones J.P.
  2. Robert (Bob) Wood J.P.
  3. Deborah Hendy(Carter) J.P

Edible Exhibition: 100 Cakes For 100 Years Of Manly CWA - Get Involved!

Would you like to help Manly CWA celebrate their centenary? We invite everyone to be involved in our Edible Exhibition.

On Saturday 26th August we are holding our Edible Exhibition at St Matthew’s Manly. It will be a celebration of Manly Branch of the Country Women’s Association throughout the last 100 years with an exhibition and sale of 100 different tea cosies and 100 aprons. The focus will be the 100 cakes – each representing a different year and an event in the history of our area, state or the world.

The Edible Exhibition is a celebration of 100 years of community support by Manly Branch of the Country Women's Association. You are invited to nominate yourself to create a cake. Once you are registered you will then be given a year and information of things that might be represented for that year. Think: 2000 - Sydney Olympics - make 5 ring cakes and decorate to look like the Olympic rings; 1966 - Decimal currency - create a cake that is a coin or a note from the new currency.

You are welcome to knit, crochet, or sew a tea cosy or make an apron to donate to our exhibition. Contact manlycwa@gmail.com if you have any questions.

For the centenary of cakes, you are requested to register online to participate and in early July you will be given a year to create in a baked form.  

To assist in your creative decisions a list of things that happened in the year you are given. Cake will be delivered on the morning of 26th August and displayed along with the aprons and tea cosies which will be available for sale to raise funds to assist women and families throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. 



Report Hate Crimes

NSW Police Force: 
If you are subjected to hate on social media or online you should keep evidence by taking screen shots of the abuse including usernames, URLs and any other relevant information. 

You can report the abuse directly to the platform and report in person at any Police Station. 

If you witness a hate incident or hate crime but are not the victim, you can still make a report to the NSW Police.

In an Emergency call Triple Zero (000). If not urgent, you can report online at crimestoppers.com.au or call 1800 333 000 or report in person at any Police Station. 

Letters To The Editor

Letters should preferably be 150 to 175 words, but considering the magazines inability to word limit itself - that remains optional.
Letters must include the writer's address and phone number and 'permission to publish'.
Letters should not contain attachments - these will be requested if required to illustrate content/subject.
Letters should be exclusive to Pittwater Online News.

The editor's prerogative includes editing letters for length, grammar or legal reasons, among other considerations. 

Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary Needs Volunteers

The Auxiliary is looking for new members to help with our fund raising efforts.  New ideas and assistance with our stalls are very welcome.  Contact 0407 216 253 for more information.

The Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary members host a stall at Pittwater Place on the first Saturday of every month from 9am to 3pm selling knitting for babies and children, beanies, bedsocks and scarves for oldies, sewing items, craft and jams, raising funds for the rehabilitation and palliative care units.

Rig Recycle: Fishing Gear Items

Are you tired of seeing fishing gear and packaging waste end up in landfill? (or killing local seabirds and turtles?)
Rig Recycle is the first Australian initiative that collects recreational fishing and packaging items and diverts them from landfill through a repair, reuse and recycle framework.

In partnership with Recycle Mate, they've made it even easier to recycle your fishing gear waste! Simply search for your nearest Rig Recycle bin on their app. 

Don't have one at your local fishing store? Let them know and they will reach out to them themselves.♻️
Visit their website for more information. Visit: www.rigrecycle.org
More in this Issue's Aquatics Feature.

July 30 - August 5, 2023: Issue 592

This Issue: 

Front Page Issue 592

Concerns About Delayed Hazard Reductions In High Fuel Loads Areas - Pittwater MP Calls For New Fireboat For Offshore RFS's

Newport Breakers Womens Rugby Team Win The Inaugural Joy Johnson Cup 2023

Wuthering Day 2023 At Mona Vale Shines A Light On The Women's Resilience Centre

'Empower You' App For Improved Support and Connectivity For DV Victims Launched By NSW Police

National Tree Day 2023: 3 Sites For Our Area This Year - Planting Out Takes Place Sunday July 30 At Avalon Beach + Duffys Forest + Curl Curl

Public Art: Midget Farrelly Recognition At Palm Beach - Have Your Say

Aquatics: Church Point Precinct Upgrade Scheduled To Be Completed This Financial Year: Boardwalk Completed In December 2022 Now A Popular Suntrap For Residents + Visitors Beside The Estuary + Scotland Island Bells and Carol Wharf Upgrades Completed

Pictures: Church Point, Pittwater: Winter 2023 + Some Photos and Snippets From The Past

Park Bench Philosophers 2023 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes Finalists Announced: The Full List Runs Here

Environment National Tree Day 2023: 3 Sites For Our Area This Year - Planting Out Takes Place Sunday July 30 At Avalon Beach, Duffys Forest, Curl Curl, The Life Electric Expo And Forum: July 30th At Avalon Rec. Centre, Northern Beaches Clean Up Crew: Dee Why Lagoon Beach Side Clean Up, 30th Of July, 2023, At 10am, Koala Vigil: Opposite Parliament House At Martin Place On Thursday 3rd August  12-1 pm, Endangered 4-Month Old Monk Seal Pup Found Dead In Hawaii Was Likely Caused By Dog Attack Officials Say, Turtle Conservation Program Named Eureka Prize Finalist, Seen Any Glossies Drinking Around Nambucca, Bellingen, Coffs Or Clarence? Want To Help?: Join The Glossy Squad, Rare Marsupial; Mulgaras Released Onto Island Safe Haven - The 'Return To 1616' Project, Endangered Dibblers Destined For Dirk Hartog Island National Park, WA's New Strategy To Crackdown On Feral Cats In Nation First, New Victorian Homes To Go All Electric From 2024, Get Off The Gas: Victoria Is Quitting Gas- NSW Should Follow Suit, New Trail In Yallock-Bulluk Set To Stun Visitors, Australia's First Commercial Hydrogen Refuelling Station Opens At Port Kembla, NSW Landholders To Be Rewarded For Private Land Conservation, Tasmanian ALP Continues To Back Wildlife Slaughter and Forest Destruction, Vital Swift Parrot habitat being logged in Tasmania, Rockliff Liberal Tasmanian Government States It Is 'Rock-Solid In Our Support For Tasmania’s Forestry Sector', Areas Closed For West Head Lookout Upgrades, Time Of Burrugin, Bush Turkeys: Backyard Buddies Breeding Time Commences In August - BIG Tick Eaters - Ringtail Posse Insights, PNHA Guided Nature Walks 2023, Bushcare In Pittwater, Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Activities, Gardens And Environment Groups And Organisations In Pittwater, Report Fox Sightings, Hottest July Ever Signals ‘Era Of Global Boiling Has Arrived’ Says UN Chief, Warming Trend In Asia Set To Cause More Disruption: UN Weather Agency, Seismic Testing + Exploration Drilling In Western Australia, Victorian, Tasmanian, Northern Territory Waters - Past And Currently Open For Feedback Proposals, NOPSEMA's Compliance Strategy 2023 Released, Why can’t we just tow stranded whales and dolphins back out to sea?, An expert explains the stranding of 97 pilot whales in WA and their mysterious ‘huddling’ before the tragedy, Gloomy Climate Calculation: Scientists Predict A Collapse Of The Atlantic Ocean Current To Happen Mid-Century, The Atlantic is at risk of circulation collapse – it would mean even greater climate chaos across Europe, Climate litigation is on the rise around the world and Australia is at the head of the pack, Through the magnifying glass: how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists understand baby corals, You’ve heard the annoyingly catchy song – but did you know these incredible facts about baby sharks?, Glide poles: the great Aussie invention helping flying possums cross the road, Keen to get off gas in your home, but struggling to make the switch? Research shows you’re not alone, Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?, The feral flying under the radar: why we need to rethink European honeybees, Tourists flock to the Mediterranean as if the climate crisis isn’t happening; This year’s heat and fire will force change, Pittwater Reserves: Histories + Notes + Pictorial Walks, + more

Inbox News Australian study backs AMA calls for a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, Improving Health Outcomes For People Living With Post-Acute Sequelae Of COVID-19 (Long COVID): New Expert Advisory Panel Announced By Australian Government, ‘Is the doggy angry?’ Research hints children under 5 can easily confuse dog emotions, The $500 million ATO fraud highlights flaws in the myGov ID system; Here’s how to keep your data safe, Ancient pathogens released from melting ice could wreak havoc on the world new analysis reveals, Puppy yoga? Goat meditation? An animal welfare scientist explores what these activities might mean for the cute creatures, A new TikTok trend has people drinking toxic borax; An expert explains the risks – and how to read product labels, Post-Menopause Orca Mothers Protect Their Sons From Being Injured By Other Orcas, Supermarket Tricks To Watch Out For As Cost Of Living Soars, Study Links Cadmium Levels In Women's Urine To Endometriosis, How burgers and chips for lunch can worsen your asthma that afternoon, Link Found Between Childhood Television Watching and Adulthood Metabolic Syndrome, Ground-Breaking E-Scooter Study Shows Surface Transitions As Most Common Hurdle, Risk Of Fatal Heart Attack May Double In Heat Wave and High Fine Particulate Pollution Days, 2024 NSW Seniors Festival Grants Program Applications Open, August 2023 Manly-Warringah Choir Concert, Wyvern Music Forestville: Delightful Discoveries: August 27, Appointment Of Elizabeth Cosson AM CSC To RSL LifeCare Board, The Water Dwellers, VP Day + Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern): 2023 Services, Jet V. Mull Of Kintrye, Korea 70 Years On – How RSL NSW Members Remember The Korean War, You're Never Too Old To Become An Artist!, Daily aspirin doesn’t prevent strokes in older healthy people after all, History Of Mona Vale Talk, Wanderers Walking Monthly Walk - September: Warriewood Valley, AvPals Term 3 At Newport, Two Charged Over Alleged $349,000 Defrauding Of Elderly Woman: Watsons Bay, Long before women police officers came police ‘matrons’: who were they and what did they do?, Not Eating Enough Of These Six Healthy Foods Is Associated With Higher Cardiovascular Disease And Deaths Globally, Pittwater-Narrabeen Parkinson’s Support Group, Church Point Seagulls, Unfinished Business: Australian Diamonds Netball World Cup 2023, Spring Netball Competition Coming Soon: Registration Opens July 31st, The Water Dwellers: Pittwater in 1967, Word Of The Week: Troubadore, Friday essay: how philosophy can help us become better friends, Fusing traditional culture and the violin: how Aboriginal musicians enhanced and maintained community in 20th century Australia, Tony Bennett: the timeless visionary who, with a nod to America’s musical heritage, embraced the future, National pride and sorrow: attending the 150th Latvian Song and Dance Festival as the daughter of refugees, How does ice cream work? A chemist explains why you can’t just freeze cream and expect results, In a Stone Age cemetery, DNA reveals a treasured ‘founding father’ and a legacy of prosperity for his sons, Who lived at Machu Picchu? DNA analysis shows surprising diversity at the ancient Inca palace, Australian ant honey inhibits tough pathogens, Why the media aren’t helping to solve the ‘youth crime crisis’ they’re reporting, Long before women police officers came police ‘matrons’: who were they and what did they do?

Profile of the Week Ringtail Posse 6: July 2023 - Sonja Elwood: Long-Nosed Bandicoot, Dr. Conny Harris: Swamp Wallaby, Neil Evers: Bandicoot, Bill Goddard: Bandicoot

Definition from
Ringtail: from the 'Common Ringtail Possum' which is not so common anymore in urban areas. The Common Ringtail Possum is found along the entire eastern part of Australia and south west Western Australia. They are also found throughout Tasmania. The western ringtail possum is a threatened species under State and Commonwealth legislation. In Western Australia the species is listed as Critically Endangered fauna under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
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Posse: noun. 1 : a large group often with a common interest 2 : a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency 3 : a group of people temporarily organised to make a search (as for a lost child) 4 : one's attendants or associates.

Almost 40 locals enjoyed the latest presentation to members of the Avalon Beach Historical Society by Geoff Searl OAM concerning the history of the mighty AVALON GOLF LINKS.

63 photographs comprehensively illustrated the history from Arthur Jabez Small’s purchase of 35 acres from Mary Canty in July 1921 to the present day.

Although he paid £3,300 for the parcel, it was sold after his death in 1953 and a great deal of haggling, to Warringah Shire Council (WSC) for £38,000. The 18 home sites backing onto the course from Old Barrenjoey Road were sold separately.

Mention was made of the attempt by WSC in 1947 to push a road through the course from ‘Kamikaze Corner’ to the village.

On July 26th 2023 filmmaker John Illingsworth made available a film, 'Royal Av', of the full presentation which runs this Issue, along with Geoff's notes, as reported in June 2023.

The ABHS have quite a celebration night planned for the September meeting on Tuesday the 12th because it will be 40 years since members met for the first time.
 
This will be a ‘HISTORY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY’ pictures extravaganza and the raising of a glass of bubbles - lemonade or sparkling wine - to toast the next decade of this great local history society. 

The Avalon Beach Historical Society’s aims and objectives have never wavered from day 1 - to collect the local history of our area in the pictorial, literary and oral history form and as it is collated, to make it available to our community and members of the community.

Pittwater Offshore Newsletter: July 1, 2023

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Whale Beach Road Coast Walk Update: Delayed Indefinitely

Despite the Palm Beach Whale Beach Association working with Council, viewing plans and walking up and down Whale Beach Rd with Council officers many, many times over the last five years the PBWBA have been advised that there is no money left from the State Government grant received by NBC to complete – or even start – the project.

Council’s response to the PBWBA's question – WHY? – follows:

“The budget identified for the Coast Walk project through Whale Beach Road was based on the provision of a footpath and kerb and gutter only. As the engineering requirements and the scope of the project have progressively increased the construction cost estimates now far exceed the available budget. Grant funding that was included in the overall budget for the Coast Walk did not anticipate the inclusion of a wider upgrade to the road and drainage infrastructure of Whale Beach Road. In addition to the section of Coast Walk along Whale Beach Road, works are also yet to be completed between Newport and Avalon. Due to insufficient funds being available, remaining works on the Coast Walk will need to be prioritised. Some sections will need to be deferred to future works programs and additional funding sought.”

Council has advised that the priority is to complete the Newport to Avalon section.

''The PBWBA are shocked and disappointed at the news that, after 5 years of preliminary work, investigation and discussion, the Whale Beach section will not proceed at present. We have requested a meeting with the new CEO, Scott Phillips, to discuss the matter as soon as possible.'' Richard West AM, President of the PBWBA, stated


Jason Falinski Elected NSW Liberal Party President

Statement released: July 7, 2023
NSW Liberal Party Members have elected successful businessman and former Member for Mackellar Jason Falinski as the Division’s State President.

Jason has been serving the community for decades as a Federal Member of Parliament, Warringah councillor, and a member of the Warringah Chamber of Commerce, Long Reef Surf Club and Australia-Asia Young Leaders Program.

As the Federal Member for Mackellar, Jason chaired two key House of Representatives economic committees, overseeing Treasury, the RBA, APRA, ACCC, ASIC and the ATO. As the Chair, he championed critical community issues such as housing affordability, the operation of the Reserve Bank, as well as taxpayer and shareholder advocacy.

Before entering Parliament he established and ran a health care furniture and equipment manufacturer. Since then he has established an in-home care company and a strategic advisory firm.

Newly elected NSW Liberal Party President Jason Falinski said, 
“I thank the members for their vote of confidence in me and my platform of delivering a renewed Party. Ahead of us all is a great task of promoting a simple but visionary idea that we should treat everyone the same as each of us want to be treated.”

“Our Party has been through two challenging elections, and now is the time to rebuild and revitalise - with new campaign techniques, technology and re-establishing fundraising networks; while countering the vast ecosystem of online front groups that pretend to be representative.”

“We will continue to work with the community and encourage people across the state to join us in fighting for a better future for NSW and Australia.”


Second Community Fire Unit For Mckay Reserve

The Palm Beach Whale Beach Association states a second community fire unit (CFU) has been approved for Mackay Reserve. The first unit is located at the Ebor Rd end of Mackay Rd and the second unit will be located at the Ralston Rd end. 

Volunteers are needed to join the team. 
The Palm Beach CFU is a team of local residents who are concerned about the potential danger we are in by living so close to Mackay Reserve. They are supported by Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW). 

As a volunteer CFU member you will learn how to prepare yourself, your family, and your home ahead of the bushfire season. You will learn how to make informed decisions about whether to leave early or stay and defend your property when bushfires threaten.

''Given the current extreme weather conditions being experienced in the northern hemisphere the importance of preparation for a long hot summer here cannot be underestimated.'' Richard West AM, President of the PBWBA said

For further information please contact Wendy Q on 0408 483 307


RPAYC Annual General Meeting Elects New Commodore

The 2023 Annual General Meeting was held on July 20th with a strong attendance from members.

Congratulations to new Commodore, Robert McClelland and Vice Commodore Julia Hornsby and welcome to our new Rear Commodore Yacht Racing - Peter Farrugia. Congratulations also to Robert Alpe on being elected for his second term as Rear Commodore Membership.

Rear Commodore Activities Kirsty Hunter, Rear Commodore Cruising, David Williams and Rear Commodore Centreboard, Mat Butterworth, will be continuing in their roles.

We also elected Robert Cole’s as a Life Member, recognised our 50 Year Members – Gary Fennen, Hugh Weir & Neville Wells and awarded Leon Wilson Club Member of the Year!

Special Resolution 1 amending the definition of a “Family” was passed. 

The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of John Bacon to the Board of Directors for 2023-24.  John will fill the role left vacant when Julia Hornsby was elected to Vice Commodore.  

John has a wealth of experience in the role having served on the RPAYC Board from 2012-15.  John brings a breadth of knowledge and professionalism to the role, currently serving on a number of boards, as an internationally respected businessman and as an accomplished sailor.   

The RPAYC also elected Robert Cole as a Life Member of the Club.

The Commodore had the great pleasure of inducting Robert Cole as a Life member of the club at this years AGM. 

A Senior member, Robert has been an active and committed club member for 48 years. During that time, he has competitively sailed at club level, represented the club at major races and regattas, such as Rolex Sydney Hobart and Pittwater to Coffs Harbour, and given his time and expertise as a member of the RPAYC Race Management Team.  

Robert has taken a leadership role on many major projects, including the Sesquicentenary History Wall, the Admirals Cup Trophy replica, the Olympic Display, soon to be unveiled and the display table located in the foyer, designed to showcase and protect the club’s most significant flags. Robert has previously also been awarded both the Volunteer of the Year and The Clubmanship Trophy.

RPAYC also recognised their 50 Year Members – Gary Fennen, Hugh Weir & Neville Wells.


RPAYC's new Commodore Robert McClelland welcomed by retiring Commodore Allen Storman

Layne Beachley Inducted Into Surfing Walk Of Fame At Maroubra Beach Breaks

Local and Australian surfing icon Layne Beachley AO was one of four well-known surfers and surf livesavers being inducted into the Australian Surfing Walk of Fame at Randwick City Council's annual Beach Breaks event on Sunday 23 July 2023.



Layne Beachley AO, Brenda Miley, Blake Thornton and Lisa McGuigan were recognised with bronze plaques along the Maroubra Beach promenade as part of an annual tradition honouring well known surfers and lifesavers dating back to 2006.

“Randwick City Council is thrilled to celebrate such incredible inductees this year, whose star power is right at home at Maroubra Beach,” Randwick Mayor Dylan Parker said.

“Maroubra is a premier surfing destination and a declared national surfing reserve recognising the area’s contribution to Australia surf culture.

“Congratulations to our inductees who have all contributed significantly to the sport of surfing and surf lifesaving in Australia.”

The 2023 Australian Surfing Walk of Fame inductees:

Layne Beachley AO
Layne Beachley AO is a revered figure in the world of surfing, widely acknowledged as the most accomplished female surfer in history. Her name is being immortalised in bronze on the Australian Surfing Walk of Fame for her significant contribution to surfing as a world champion surfer.
Throughout her illustrious career, Layne achieved an extraordinary feat unmatched by any other surfer, male or female, by securing an impressive six consecutive world championships from 1998 to 2003. She went on to add a seventh world championship in 2006 before retiring from the ASP World Tour in 2008.
Her remarkable accomplishments and lasting impact on the sport led to her induction into both the Surfing Hall of Fame in 2006 and the esteemed Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2011. Such accolades are a testament to her unwavering dedication to surfing excellence.

Beyond her esteemed career in the waves, Layne received an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2015. Layne also continues to inspire and empower individuals through her role as Chairman of Surfing Australia, a role which she has held since 2015. In her work as a philanthropist and as a motivational speaker, she advocates for mental health and environmental stewardship. In every facet of her life, Layne Beachley AO remains a true icon.

Brenda Miley
Renowned for having changed the face of women's surfing in Australia, Brenda Miley is being inducted into the Australian Surfing Walk of Fame for her significant contribution to surfing and for her continuous charitable work in the surfing industry.

An ex competitive surfer, Brenda Miley is a true surfing trailblazer whose passion for the waves began at Maroubra. In 1995, she took her love for surfing to new heights, founding the iconic Learn to Surf School, Lets Go Surfing, from a Kombi van on Bondi Beach.

In 1999, she went on to establish the Bondi Girls Surf Riders Club. Since then, she has mentored and nurtured the surfing dreams of thousands of women.

Brenda’s philanthropic efforts and tireless support for grassroots surfing have earned her a well-deserved reputation as a force for good in the surfing world. Throughout her career she has won numerous awards and earned herself a place in the prestigious NSW Tourism Hall of Fame.

Recently honoured as a life member of Surfing NSW, Brenda's dedication to giving back to the community remains as strong as ever. Her generous volunteer work spans across New South Wales, where she organises and delivers educational community initiatives, including beach safety and learn-to-surf programs such as Women on Waves and VETS Go Surfing.

Brenda's legacy as a surfing legend and community-focused champion will undoubtedly endure for generations to come.

Blake Thornton
As the only Maroubra surfer who went on to make a world title, Blake has earned his place in the Australian Walk of Fame for incredible contribution to surfing in the local Maroubra community and for being an excellent role model for younger generations, having coached numerous young surfers in the local area.

Blake is a passionate surfer whose love for the waves was ignited by his father Neil. He conquered the waves early on, becoming the 2003 Billabong Pro Newcastle Pro Junior Champion and the Billabong Pro Junior Series Champion, among other awards in his junior surfing career. His talent led him to represent Australia in the World Pro Juniors in 2005 and compete in the World Qualifying Series.

In 2009, Blake's breakout year arrived, with victories at the O’Neill Coldwater Classic Cape Town event and the series championship. His success secured him a spot on the prestigious World Championship Tour in 2010, making him the first surfer from Maroubra to achieve this milestone.

Blake's undeniable surfing talent led him to represent Australia in the ISA World Surfing Games, where he surfed with two winning teams in 2006 and 2012.

In 2014, he retired from full-time competition and embraced a new role as a professional ocean lifeguard for Randwick City Council, continuing his deep connection with the sand and sea.

Lisa McGuigan (nee Hardy)
Lisa McGuigan has earned her spot in the Australian Surfing Walk of Fame for her amazing contribution as a surfer and world class surf life saver.

In the 1980s, she broke barriers as the first female to gain her Qualifying Certificate and compete in Surf Sports with men. Fearless and skilled, Lisa excelled in swimming and board paddling, even challenging men in men-only endurance events like the Forsters Iron Man and Kelloggs Nutri Grain Iron Man, where she and her sister Karen were invited to compete.

Her determination and talent paved the way for Women's open events in Surf Sports. Lisa competed at the highest level winning, numerous medals ranging from State, Australian and World Titles. Today, thanks to pioneers like Lisa, countless young women participate in Surf Life Saving.

Alongside her surfing achievements, Lisa's coaching career at Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club also spans a remarkable eighteen years. Lisa has made an invaluable impact on the surf culture of Australia.
The Australian Surfing Walk of Fame at Maroubra Beach was initiated in 2006 and is the first of its kind in Australia, it recognises and celebrates the outstanding achievements of Australia's leading Surfers and Surf Life Savers. The Australian Surfing Walk of Fame is a prestigious and sought after award within Australia's surfing beach culture. Inductees are highly regarded and considered 'Legends of Surf'.

The Surfers and Surf Life Savers inducted into the Australian Surfing Walk of Fame have a bronze plaque in recognition of their efforts laid into the promenade at Maroubra Beach at an annual or bi-annual ceremony, preferably associated with a high-profile beach and surfing event.



Photo:  The 2023 Australian Surfing Walk of Fame inductees Layne Beachley AO, Blake Thornton, Lisa McGuigan (nee Hardy), and Brenda Miley pictured with Randwick Mayor Dylan Parker and MC Mike Whitney AM. Image courtesy Randwick Council

Public Art: Midget Farrelly Recognition



Comments close: Thu 24 Aug 2023
To celebrate the achievements of the late inaugural Australian world surfing champion Bernard “Midget” Farrelly in Palm Beach.

Council are supporting a community led public art project and are seeking your feedback.

The Midget Farrelly Recognition Organising Committee is planning to install a rock cut relief commemorating the achievements of the late inaugural Australian world surfing champion Bernard “Midget” Farrelly in Palm Beach.

The project is funded by the Midget Farrelly Recognition Committee and supported by his family.
The artwork aims to celebrate an icon in Australian surfing history, promote a distinct sense of local identity and engender a sense of community pride.

Artwork location
The Midget Farrelly Recognition Committee propose the artwork be located on the western face of the northern rock on Barrenjoey Road at Palm Beach (Black Rock).

It is envisaged the artwork will be a permanent relief sculpture carved into the rock face, designed to soften with the natural effects of weathering.




About Midget Farrelly
Midget lived at Palm Beach for 54 years and surfed there almost every day on one of his many short or malibu surfboards. He was a member of the Palm Beach and Whale Beach Surf Lifesaving Clubs for over 20 years and was an accomplished sweep and mentor to the clubs' young rowers.

Midget Farrelly was the first Australian to win a major international surfing title, the 1962 Makaha International Surfing Championships, the unofficial world surfing championship of the day. In 1964 he won the inaugural World Surfing Championship at Manly Beach in Sydney in the men’s division, alongside Phyllis O’Donnell who won the women’s title. In 1985 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Born in 1944 and growing up in our area, he started his first surfboard business in Palm Beach at the age of 18 after working for renowned Barry Bennett surfboards in Brookvale from the age of 15. He was considered a major player in the shortboard revolution.

Have your say
Share your thoughts on the proposal by:
completing the comment form here: yoursay./public-art-midget-farrelly-recognition
writing to Council marked ‘Public Art Midget Farrelly Recognition’, Northern Beaches Council, PO Box 82 Manly NSW 2095.

All comments in their entirety are made publicly available in the Community Engagement Report. Personal identifying information and inappropriate language are redacted.

 
 

Photos: Bernard "Midget" Farrelly at Warriewood Surf Boat Carnival, 2014 and SLS SNB Branch comp at Palmy in 2016 (top). Midget Farrelly at Palm Beach, 1964 – photo by by John Witzig, reproduced with permission of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Midget surfing Palmy in 2015, just near Black Rock - one of his favourite breaks, and at PBSLSC fundraiser in 2016 with wife Beverlie - coloured pics: AJG

Former Yellow Wiggle Brings Life-Saving Mission To Northern Beaches

Northern Beaches Council has become one of the first councils in metropolitan Sydney to partner with Heart of the Nation to install defibrillators at bus stops and public spaces.

Council has joined forces with former yellow Wiggle Greg Page and his charity Heart of the Nation to roll-out publicly available defibrillators (AEDs) in 15 key locations. The AEDS have been generously donated by ClubGRANTS from Mounties Group, owners of the local Harbord Diggers.


Former yellow Wiggle Greg Page and Mayor Sue Heins at one of 15 new AED defibrillators at bus stops across the Beaches.  Photo: NBC

Around 28,000 Australians suffer sudden cardiac arrest each year and only 10 per cent survive. The former yellow Wiggle was one of them, when he collapsed during a performance in January 2020.

It was only one day after his 48th birthday when he ‘dropped dead’ from a sudden cardiac arrest. Thanks to a nearby AED, off-duty medical professionals and volunteers from the audience, his life was saved.

He’s now made it his mission to make AEDs available in more locations and to train as many people as possible on how to use them.

Heart of the Nation CEO Greg Page said anyone can learn how to use AEDs to try and save a life.

“Having AEDs that can be accessed at any time of the day or night such as those being rolled out by Northern Beaches Council thanks to funding provided by Mounties Group, means that lives can be saved,” Mr Page said.

“If residents download the Heart of the Nation app and sign up as responders they can be notified of nearby cardiac arrest events, access the AEDs and deliver it to someone in need.”

Northern Beaches Mayor Sue Heins said Council was proud to be a part of this life-saving mission.

“We are installing life-saving defibrillators, generously donated by Heart of the Nation and Mounties Group, in major public areas and bus stops across the Northern Beaches,” Mayor Heins said.

“This means any member of the public can access these life saving devices when they need them, no matter the time of day.

“If you can access an AED within three to five minutes of someone suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, you can increase their chance of survival to 70 per cent.

"We encourage everyone in the community to familiarise themselves with the locations because you just don't know when you may need to use one."

Heart of the Nation has launched a national campaign and free app to educate 20,000 Australians on how to perform CPR and use an AED.  

The new AEDs are being installed at:
  • Bus stop, 345 Barrenjoey Road, Newport
  • B-Line terminus, Village Park, Mona Vale
  • B-Line bus stop, 1472-1518 Pittwater Road, Warriewood
  • B-Line bus stop, 1417 Pittwater Road, Narrabeen
  • B-Line bus stop, 1060 Pittwater Road, Collaroy
  • B-Line bus stop, 890 Pittwater Road, Dee Why
  • The Strand, Dee Why
  • B-Line bus stop, Warringah Mall, Pittwater Road, Brookvale
  • B-Line bus Stop, 84 Kenneth Road, Manly Vale
  • 381-383 Sydney Road, Balgowlah
  • Bus stop, 138 Sydney Road, Fairlight
  • Bus stop, 1 Belgrave Street, Manly
  • Bus stop, 206 Pittwater Road, Manly
  • Bus stop, 681 Warringah Road, Forestville
  • Bus stop, 56 Glen Street, Belrose
There are three steps to take when someone suffers sudden cardiac arrest:

CALL – Call Triple Zero (000)
PUSH – Start CPR
SHOCK – Use an AED

AEDs are designed to be used by anyone. You do not need a qualification or certification to operate one. An AED will not shock a patient that doesn’t need to be shocked and it will not harm the responder.

For more information about Heart of the Nation and how you can help save a life visit  www.heartofthenation.com.au

To see a map of AED locations on the Northern Beaches visit www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/community/safety-and-wellbeing/defibrillators

VP Day + Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern): 2023 Services

Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch VP Day Service 
Service: Tuesday 15th 11.30 am - RSL Cenotaph

Palm Beach RSL sub-Branch Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 
Sunday August 20, 2023: 11am
Muster at Iluka (north end) for March to Cenotaph

Exhibition Notice: Warriewood Development Proposal

At: 20-22 Macpherson Street WARRIEWOOD
Description: Demolition works, civil and infrastructure works, subdivision into 53 lots and one community title road, the construction of 53 dwellings and associated works.
Consent Authority: Sydney North Planning Panel
Applicant: Urbis Pty Ltd
Assessing Officer: Thomas Prosser, Principal Planner
Exhibition Start Date: 1 August 2023
Exhibition End Date: 29 August 2023
Application Number: DA2023/0976

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The proposal is ‘Nominated Integrated Development’ and approval is required from the Department of Planning and Environment - Water under s91 (Controlled Activity Approval) of the Water Management Act 2000.

Submissions can be made to Council during the exhibition period. Any submission must specify the grounds for objection.

The application and the documents accompanying the application, including any environmental impact statement, are available on Council’s Application Tracking for the minimum period required under the Act.



New Footpath Sections For Narrabeen-Newport

Council's Footpaths Program webpage has been updated following the passing of the 2023/2024 Budget and advises that the following footpaths will be completed this financial year:

Gondola Road, North Narrabeen
Council are building a new footpath on Gondola Road, North Narrabeen as part of Council’s New Footpath Program to improve pedestrian safety and connect residents to transport, parks and shops.
The new 1.5m wide footpath will be constructed on the north-eastern side of Gondola Road between Venetian Road and Rickard Road.

Timing of works
Works are scheduled to commence within the 2023/2024 financial year.
Local residents will receive notification from the contractor at least 7 days prior to commencement of works. Council will be working closely with the contractor to help minimise potential impacts to pedestrian and vehicle access during the works.

Bardo Road, Newport
Council are building a new footpath to link the existing footpaths on Bardo Road, Newport as part of Council’s New Footpath Program to improve pedestrian safety and connect residents to transport, parks and shops.

The new 1.5m footpath will be constructed in Bardo Road between 41-47 on the southern side, connecting the existing footpaths on Bardo Road, linking King Street and Bishop Street.

Timing of works
Works are scheduled to commence within the 2023/2024 financial year.
Local residents will receive notification from the contractor at least 7 days prior to commencement of works. Council will be working closely with the contractor to help minimise potential impacts to pedestrian and vehicle access during the works.

Also on the schedule:
Gibbs Street, Manly Vale
Quinlan Parade, Manly Vale
Link Street, Manly Vale
Mildred Avenue, Manly Vale

Conservation Zone Review + LEP/DCP Program Update

Council advises that Council's Conservation Zone Review project and Local Environmental Plan (LEP)/Development Control Plan (DCP) program have encountered delays due to the necessary consultation process with the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE). 

Council expects to receive feedback and advice from the DPE, the authority with the final say about any proposed zoning changes, in the next month or two. We anticipate that this process will, in many cases, resolve concerns flagged in earlier submissions.

Once we receive advice, we will update mapping with relevant criteria and consider any changes alongside the community’s feedback from the consultation period.

The DPE's final views on the proposed environment and hazard criteria may lead to adjustments in the Conservation Zones Review methodology. 

In cases where disputes about rezoning persist, we will carry out an independent review with a site inspection, as per the resolution passed by Council on 22 August 2022.

Given the adjustments in time required, Council anticipates reporting an updated methodology for the Conservation Zones Review in late 2023 and presenting the draft LEP/DCP report to Council in 2024.  Consequently, the updated methodology for the Conservation Zones Review is likely to finalised by late 2023 and the draft LEP/DCP will now go to Council in 2024, with the statutory public exhibition expected in late 2024/early 2025.

For the latest updates, visit the dedicated webpage on Your Say.

InTune With TonyB

InTune is a radio programme about our local community, culture and music.
 
Each week, Tony chats with guests from local community causes and charities, about how they make a difference. We also get to hear a great line up of predominantly home-grown music.

In this week's programme, we heard from Chris Lake, of One Meal Northern Beaches. Chris told us all about the wonderful work that One Meal Northern Beaches does to provide meals to those in need in our community. You can stream this and all previous programmes on demand here : InTuneWithTonyB on Demand.

Stay tuned for more great programmes on InTune.  
 
Radio Northern Beaches
Fridays at 6pm
FM 88.7 or 90.3
Or live stream at: www.rnb.org.au

Australian Of The Year – Have Your Say

If you can think of somebody who deserves to be named Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year or the Local Hero of the Year, you have until the end of July to nominate them.

By putting someone forward, you are showing that the efforts of a fellow Australian have not gone unnoticed. It takes only one nomination to elevate their voice, help them access more support, or give them the recognition they deserve.

Shortlisted nominees will be considered – and the four category recipients selected – by State or Territory selection panels comprised of people who reflect the diversity of the population.

National recipients will then be selected by the National Australia Day Council Board.

Nominations for the 2024 Awards close at midnight Australian Eastern Standard Time on 31 July 2023.

State and Territory winners will be announced in October and November, ahead of the main event in January, which will see all finalists invited to Canberra for four days of activities.

If you want to nominate somebody visit: https://australianoftheyear.org.au/nominate

Roadworks

Changed traffic conditions on Pittwater Road at Mona Vale

Motorists are advised of changed traffic conditions from next week on Pittwater Road at Mona Vale. 
These changes are necessary due to asphalting along Pittwater Road, between Rowan Street and Coronation Street, to create a smoother road surface. 

To reduce the impact to motorists, work will be carried out between 8pm and 5am from Tuesday 13 June to Friday 11 August, for up to five night shifts, weather and worksite conditions permitting. Work is expected to occur for more than two consecutive nights per week. However, work will not be carried out on Saturdays or public holidays.

Temporary lane closures, traffic controls and reduced speed limits will be in place for the safety of pedestrians, workers, and motorists. 

Motorists are advised to drive to the conditions and follow the directions of signs and traffic controllers.

Transport for NSW thanks the community for their patience during this time.

For the latest traffic updates download the Live Traffic NSW App, visit livetraffic.com or call 132 701.

Roadworks: Coming Up - For Your Diaries

North Narrabeen to Frenchs Forest: Wakehurst Parkway between Pittwater Road and Warringah Road - For pavement works. Wed 9 Aug 2023 to Thu 10 Aug 2023; 8:00pm to 5:00am - ROAD CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. For pavement works
Check signage, Use diversions, Reduced speed limit (40km/h). 
Diversions: 
Heavy vehicles detour via Warringah Road and Pittwater Rd, Or Warringah Road, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd, Pittwater Rd. 
Light vehicles detour via Frenchs Forest Rd, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd, then Pittwater Rd, or Warringah Rd, Pittwater Road.



Ingleside: Mona Vale Road between Tumburra Street and Chiltern Road - for Power pole/line repairs. Mon 21 Aug 2023 to Fri 1 Sep 2023; Mon to Wed 9:00pm to 5:00am, Thurs to Fri 10:00pm to 5:00am. Check signage, Reduced speed limit (40km/h).


Acts Of Kindness Community Outreach: Winter Blanket And Coat Drive 2023

Can you help our homeless friends? It’s getting cold on the streets for our Homeless street friends and we need YOUR help. Do you have any Blankets, Sleeping bags, doonas or Coats you don’t use? We accept New or Clean Good Condition second hand items 

Drop off points at Warriewood, Inner West and Mount Annan. Please get in touch for details, at: https://aokcommunityoutreach.com/


Lock Up Your Cars: Thieves About

Please Join Us In Celebrating 100 Years  Of  Creative Leisure: 1924 – 2024

What are your memories of Creative Leisure?
Calling past participants in any Creative Leisure Movement activities, to send us your stories or experiences.

By Post: Northern Beaches Creative Leisure & Learning Inc
PO Box 1718  WARRIEWOOD 2102
Phone: 9944 6027


Volunteers Needed: Meals On Wheels

Meals on Wheels have lost a lot of volunteers in the last few months due to COVID regulations etc. so they are desperate for some new people on the roster. The local service covers all the way from Manly Vale up to Palm Beach, so a run takes around 60-90mins. 

You leave from and return to the warehouse in Bassett Street, Mona Vale.
You don’t need to sign on to permanent shifts, even once a month would help them out greatly.
All drivers need an unrestricted license, must be fully vaccinated and will require a volunteer police check.
If you are able to assist please call Milly on 9457 3900 or email 
NBeachesVolunteer@kmow.org.au and she can give you more info and send you through training paperwork.


JP Public Register

You can find a Justice of the Peace (JP) using the online Public Register. You can search by postcode, name of a JP, day of availability, language spoken and JP registration number. The register lists a JP’s location, availability and telephone number. Please note that JPs are volunteers and may not be available at all times. ​Click here to access the JP Public Register
NB: There are  3 J.P’s working in Pittwater RSL Sub-Branch office, we work every Monday (10:30am to 15:30)except on public holidays:
  1. Terry Jones J.P.
  2. Robert (Bob) Wood J.P.
  3. Deborah Hendy(Carter) J.P

Edible Exhibition: 100 Cakes For 100 Years Of Manly CWA - Get Involved!

Would you like to help Manly CWA celebrate their centenary? We invite everyone to be involved in our Edible Exhibition.

On Saturday 26th August we are holding our Edible Exhibition at St Matthew’s Manly. It will be a celebration of Manly Branch of the Country Women’s Association throughout the last 100 years with an exhibition and sale of 100 different tea cosies and 100 aprons. The focus will be the 100 cakes – each representing a different year and an event in the history of our area, state or the world.

The Edible Exhibition is a celebration of 100 years of community support by Manly Branch of the Country Women's Association. You are invited to nominate yourself to create a cake. Once you are registered you will then be given a year and information of things that might be represented for that year. Think: 2000 - Sydney Olympics - make 5 ring cakes and decorate to look like the Olympic rings; 1966 - Decimal currency - create a cake that is a coin or a note from the new currency.

You are welcome to knit, crochet, or sew a tea cosy or make an apron to donate to our exhibition. Contact manlycwa@gmail.com if you have any questions.

For the centenary of cakes, you are requested to register online to participate and in early July you will be given a year to create in a baked form.  

To assist in your creative decisions a list of things that happened in the year you are given. Cake will be delivered on the morning of 26th August and displayed along with the aprons and tea cosies which will be available for sale to raise funds to assist women and families throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. 



Report Hate Crimes

NSW Police Force: 
If you are subjected to hate on social media or online you should keep evidence by taking screen shots of the abuse including usernames, URLs and any other relevant information. 

You can report the abuse directly to the platform and report in person at any Police Station. 

If you witness a hate incident or hate crime but are not the victim, you can still make a report to the NSW Police.

In an Emergency call Triple Zero (000). If not urgent, you can report online at crimestoppers.com.au or call 1800 333 000 or report in person at any Police Station. 

Letters To The Editor

Letters should preferably be 150 to 175 words, but considering the magazines inability to word limit itself - that remains optional.
Letters must include the writer's address and phone number and 'permission to publish'.
Letters should not contain attachments - these will be requested if required to illustrate content/subject.
Letters should be exclusive to Pittwater Online News.

The editor's prerogative includes editing letters for length, grammar or legal reasons, among other considerations. 

Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary Needs Volunteers

The Auxiliary is looking for new members to help with our fund raising efforts.  New ideas and assistance with our stalls are very welcome.  Contact 0407 216 253 for more information.

The Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary members host a stall at Pittwater Place on the first Saturday of every month from 9am to 3pm selling knitting for babies and children, beanies, bedsocks and scarves for oldies, sewing items, craft and jams, raising funds for the rehabilitation and palliative care units.

Rig Recycle: Fishing Gear Items

Are you tired of seeing fishing gear and packaging waste end up in landfill? (or killing local seabirds and turtles?)
Rig Recycle is the first Australian initiative that collects recreational fishing and packaging items and diverts them from landfill through a repair, reuse and recycle framework.

In partnership with Recycle Mate, they've made it even easier to recycle your fishing gear waste! Simply search for your nearest Rig Recycle bin on their app. 

Don't have one at your local fishing store? Let them know and they will reach out to them themselves.♻️
Visit their website for more information. Visit: www.rigrecycle.org
More in this Issue's Aquatics Feature.


Mona Vale Residents Association

Mona Vale Residents Association is a community group encouraging involvement on important matters within the Mona Vale area.



Please Slow Down: Wildlife Crossing

Phoebe the Swamp Wallaby weighed less than a kilogram when she was orphaned on the roadside after her mother was hit and killed by a vehicle. Fortunately, Phoebe was uninjured, taken to a local vet and raised and then released by Sydney Wildlife volunteer Jane.

While Phoebe was fortunate, other native birds and animals are not so lucky. So, if you’re returning home after your summer holiday (or just out and about on Australia Day), please slow down - particularly at dawn and dusk and in areas identified with wildlife crossing signs, for your safety and the welfare of our wildlife.

Please contact Sydney Wildlife Rescue on (02) 9413 4300 for advice if you hit a native animal or come across an injured one while driving. It is helpful if you can provide an accurate location or landmark to assist our rescuers who will pouch check marsupials for joeys, so little lives like Phoebe can be saved. 



 
Photo: Phoebe the Swamp Wallaby by Jane
Notice by Sydney Wildlife Rescue

Speed Humps On McCarrs Creek Rd: Please Share Wildlife Data 

Local wildlife rescuers are asking all members of the public to report any roadkill on McCarrs Ck Rd or any other road in the NB (Wakehurst Parkway or Mona Vale Road for instance) on www.wildlifemapping.org

It records the GPS position, date, sex, species. Photos can be added as they help in identification
The data is then forwarded to OEH and Transport NSW as it can help establish the best places to place  mitigation. Thanking you all in advance for your help with this. There is so much wildlife on the move in our area at present due to various pressures. Although we have had pictures sent to us, many of these have no date or location. There is a database that volunteers maintain but this needs three pieces of information:
  1. The position via GPS or road and suburb
  2. The date
  3. The animal
The details can be entered into the database directly by you at: www.wildlifemapping.org

The Lifeline Classic Is On Again For 2023!

Get on board and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches.
This year, we’re holding the Lifeline Classic on Saturday, 14 October 2023 at Queenscliff Beach. Kick-off at 8am.

The Lifeline Classic is an event for everyone. Join in and raise funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches’ crisis support and suicide prevention services.
There are four ways you can support the Lifeline Classic:
  1. Register a team and start fundraising for Lifeline
  2. Join a team and help with the fundraising
  3. Donate to a team or directly to Lifeline Northern Beaches ($2 and over is tax deductible)
  4. Share the event, particularly in support of the teams who are fundraising for Lifeline Northern Beaches
Your support helps Lifeline Northern Beaches save lives from suicide in our local community.

Need support? Lifeline is here to listen and help. Anytime.
Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14.

Ongoing support is available through local services, including counselling, support groups and financial counselling. Visit www.lifelinenb.org.au/get-help


Community Invited To Have Their Say About Volunteering For Emergency Services And Disaster Response

Communities across NSW regularly band together to support each other through volunteering with emergency services organisations like the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) and Rural Fire Service (RFS), and spontaneous volunteering when natural disasters hit.

While almost five million volunteers in NSW contribute around 1.5 billion hours each year, the face of volunteering is changing, with existing participants growing older or having less time to help, and the growing frequency of disasters is also increasing the demand for volunteers.

The consultation aims to improve understanding of when and how NSW residents sign up to volunteer programs, and why they choose to spontaneously volunteer in the face of a crisis or recovery. It will explore volunteer experiences, motivations and any barriers to joining, to help the Government enhance recruitment, retention and recognition programs.

The consultation will also inform approaches to supporting volunteer efforts during disasters to leverage support available on the ground.

Emergency services agencies including the SES, RFS and Fire and Rescue NSW are being consulted along with volunteers across the state, with all community members also able to have their say online.

The consultation follows the Independent and Parliamentary Flood Inquiries which identified a need to strengthen emergency services volunteering and will inform a report which will address:

Emergency management volunteering in NSW and trends, including a particular focus in regional and remote NSW.
Opportunities to better integrate spontaneous volunteers into the emergency management framework.
How well-placed NSW is to meet projected future demand for emergency services volunteers, and additional actions that would assist.

Drone Privacy Guidelines For Public Consultation

The Federal Government are seeking feedback on privacy guidelines which will help drone users and the community to understand the privacy impacts of drones, encouraging drone use that is in line with community expectations.

The Issue
When flying drones, it is important to respect privacy and we want to make it as easy as possible for everyone to understand safe and considerate drone use that is in line with community expectations, whether flying recreationally or for business.

The Privacy Guidelines for drone use bring together information about relevant legislation to provide drone users with a set of easy to follow measures to enable them to operate drones in line with the community’s reasonable expectations of privacy. In some cases, existing privacy laws refer to drone use, but others are more general. The Guidelines aim to assist drone operators to understand existing and best practice privacy obligations when using drones. The intention is not to impose any additional obligations.

The draft Guidelines include 6 Drone Privacy Principles (DPPs), underpinned by existing Commonwealth, state and territory provisions relating to privacy and surveillance devices. The DPPs include guidance on how they apply to commercial and recreational drone operators.

The draft Guidelines also aim to be a resource to educate and inform the community on what is and isn’t privacy considerate drone use and the steps they can take to find out more, or report their concerns.

The draft Guidelines have been developed through targeted engagement and consultation with state and territory governments and industry. The Guidelines and DPPs are not meant to be exhaustive, but a way to inform drone users and the community of best practice privacy considerate drone use, within existing legal settings.

How you can voice your opinion
After reading the draft guidelines linked here clicking the ‘have your say’ button will lead you to multiple fields to fill out and provide your feedback by Friday 11 August 2023. You can also email us at drones@infrastructure.gov.au.

Monika's Doggie Rescue: Pets Of The Week

Pete

8yo Maltese X


Pete is a sweet boy once he gets to know you. He is gentle and loving but you need to handle him slowly, especially things like fitting jumpers where he feels restrained. He is very social with other small dogs however people are most important to him, and he needs someone around him and wants to sleep on your bed. Pete came in with a cherry eye which has been repaired. He would suit apartment living and needs a home-based worker. He has a non-shedding coat and came in weighing 5.4kg. He needs a bit of fattening up. All our dogs come with desexing, all puppy vaccinations, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DoggieRescue Vet. His adoption fee is $400. 

Fly 

16 weeks Domestic Short Hair

Fly is one of our Bug litter. She is a sweet easy to handle kitten who came from the pound with her Mum Queen Bee who is also listed on our web site. All our cats come desexed, wormed, F3 vaccinated, FIV/FeLV tested if over 6 months old and microchipped. Her adoption fee is $220. 


To find out more call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email  Monika@DoggieRescue.com.  RON R251000024

Bowel Cancer Screening Push

The Government is investing $10.8 million to encourage eligible Australians to complete their potentially lifesaving bowel cancer screening as new data reveals screening rates dropped in 2020–2021 and natural disasters impacted screening rates.   

Australia’s national bowel screening rate dropped to 40.9 per cent during 2020–2021. While more than 6 million Australians were sent a test, only around 2.5 million returned their samples for screening. That’s around 179,000 fewer people returning their tests in 2020–2021.  

The Government is partnering with Cancer Council Australia to roll out a national bowel screening campaign to remind Australians to ‘Get2It’, as research shows most people intend to do the test, but life gets in the way.   

The campaign begins as preliminary data from Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) shows the impact recent major natural disasters had on participation rates in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.  

The bushfires which devastated Australia in 2019–20 drove down participation rates by 27 per cent during that period in affected areas, while widespread flooding across the country led to a 23 per cent drop in participation rates.  

Get2It will run from now until November this year. Preliminary results show that around 37,000 reminders to screen were sent to people during the 2022 campaign, and an additional 89,500 people completed their screening test during the campaign period. 

Bowel cancer is Australia’s second biggest cancer killer, yet 90 per cent of cases could be successfully treated if detected early.   

Increasing the screening rate to 60 per cent could save 84,000 Australian lives by 2040.   

It is important when the kit arrives in the mail Australians complete and return it promptly. Health care providers can also now bulk order National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kits and issue them to eligible patients.   

For more information on bowel cancer or the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program campaign, go to www.bowelcancer.org.au.    

The campaign will air on tv, radio, digital and social media, along with partnerships with media and sporting organisations including the NRL to promote bowel cancer screening to a range of audiences. The campaign will be available in Arabic, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

 

Click on logo above to visit their website.

Become A Volunteer Radio Operator: MRNSW

Are you looking for a new challenge? With the busy summer boating season coming up Marine Rescue NSW units up and down the coast want to hear from you! And if you live in Sydney, our State Communications Centre in Belrose is especially keen to hear from you, just drop a line to: base.sydney@marinerescuensw.com.au 

Prior radio and boating experience is not required, and as a Radio Operator you'll play a vital role in helping to keep our waterways safer. If you want to take the plunge and join a dedicated volunteer team helping to save lives on our waterways, then go here for more information: 
www.marinerescuensw.com.au/become-a-volunteer/ or contact your local Marine Rescue NSW unit directly.


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