June 1 - 30, 2025: Issue 643
Week Three June 2025 (June 10 - 15):
Aquatics Sea Waters off NSW retaining sustained above average heat: BOM States May 2025 Sea Surface Temperatures are highest on record + ‘Like an underwater bushfire’: SA’s marine algal bloom is still killing almost everything in its path + As Antarctic sea ice shrinks, iconic emperor penguins are in more peril than we thought
Warriewood Community Centre Build: June 2025 Update - photos by Joe Mills
Warriewood resident to receive Sport NSW Distinguished Long Service Honour - Collaroy Tennis Club Finalist in Inclusion Achievement of the Year Award
School Excursion to the Surf Club by Year 2 Maria Regina Primary School during the Club's 100th Anniversary Year - Encouraging Future Surf Lifesavers & Promoting Surf Safety + June Reflections by Rogers Sayers OAM, ABSLSC Life Member
Pictures Cremorne Point Walk: June 2025 by Joe Mills
Park Bench Philosophers ON Accelerate 9 showcases national innovation potential in deep tech: CSIRO
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Week Two June 2025 (June 2 - 9): King's Birthday Honours Edition
Council announces single service for lifeguards across the Peninsula
VW State Classic 2025: Local Surfers among Winners in NSW State Surfing Titles + Results
Rockfisher Drowns at North Head
Aquatics NSW Government announces Beachwatch program to continue under current model for another two years
Marine Rescue NSW commends caution as missions drop in May 2025
Operation Snow Safe 2025 launches For opening of ski season: NSW Police
High Schools Get Hooked on New Fishing Program
North Narrabeen in 1911 - Panoramas taken for West's Lakeside Estate
Australia Post prioritises Postie safety with introduction of new dog attack deterrent
Park Bench Philosophers Snow Season 2025: Local Connections with the Sport of Skiing beginnings in Charles Kerry, Percy Hunter and Herbert Schlink
Pictures Long Reef Sunrise Headland Walk by Joe Mills
DIY Ideas 11 Ways to keep your home warm, safe and save money this Winter
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Week Five May 2025 - Week One June 2025 (May 26 - June 1): Issue 643
Profile: A Celebration of Jack McCoy
History: Avalon Beach Camping Ground Gave a Lot of Legends to the Pittwater Community
2025 Environment Art & Design Prize Finalists announced
Pictures A Few Waves for Jack: Little, South + North Av.
World Oceans Day 2025 at Bongin Bongin Bay Mona Vale: The Janice Mason Memorial Swim + Family-Friendly Activities - Sunday June 8, from 8am
Aquatics RPAYC's Gwen Slade Regatta 2025 + Upcoming Inaugural Kay Cottee Women's Development Regatta - June 29
Park Bench Philosophers Labor approves Woodside's North West Shelf extension: 'a prelude to approval for Woodside's Browse Project carbon bomb' + Green light for gas: North West Shelf gas plant cleared to run until 2070 + How the North West Shelf expansion risks further damage to Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art
Feedback Invited on Council's Climate Change Policy + Changes to Development Control Plans (for Manly-Warringah-Pittwater) - closes June 22

Monika's Doggie Rescue
2 Cowan Road, Ingleside
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Although here are a variety of reasons people may give up a beloved pet, just as they were after Covid re-openings, pet re-homing facilities across Australia are currently full as owners surrender dogs and cats, this time stating they do so due to the cost-of-living impacts.
Across Sydney there has been an uptick in dogs aged just 12 months, not just older dogs whose owners may have passed away, who are being dumped. Although some flinch or avoid being touched by people, indicating they have been abused, owners being unaware how much a pet costs has become the primary reason there are a lot of homeless dogs.
According to the Australian Veterinary Association, the average dog owner spends more than $25,000 caring for their canine companion. Cat owners could spend $21,000 on average. The RSPCA states within the first year of dog or cat ownership, people could face up to $3,500 of expenses on vaccinations, vet visits, food, de-sexing, grooming, bedding, toys and treats.
This is also causing a massive slow-down on rehoming animals - and for shelters being able to take on new dogs and cats that need a home. Numerous full shelters are reporting a wait-list of people who want to surrender their dog.
RSPCA national data shows around 81,000 pets were surrendered in the 2023/2024 financial year, with only 27,000 finding new homes.
However, in Pittwater, for over a quarter of a century, Monika's Doggie Rescue has sought to find the homes for these pets.
Monika's DoggieRescue is a registered charity that believes in saving and re-homing as many pets as they can from the council pounds. For many years Monika Biernacki and a group of volunteers have been rescuing pets from death row and successfully re-homing them with permanent and loving owners.
Their motto at present is 'don't shop - adopt'.
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NSW residents urged to get vaccinated as flu levels rise
- children aged six months to under five years
- pregnant women
- Aboriginal people aged six months and over
- anyone aged 65 and over
- people with serious health conditions
- staying up to date with their vaccinations
- staying home if they’re sick and wearing a mask if they need to go out
- avoiding crowded spaces and getting together in well-ventilated spaces
- consider doing a rapid antigen test before visiting those more vulnerable
- making a plan with their doctor if they’re at higher risk of severe illness
- practicing good general hygiene, like regular handwashing.
A new National Immunisation Strategy

- equity and access to immunisation, especially among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other priority populations
- strengthening the immunisation workforce to be prepared for future health emergencies
- building trust, understanding and acceptance of immunisation through engagement with communities
- making better use of data to more effectively target immunisation strategies and monitor performance
- harnessing new vaccine technologies to respond to an evolving communicable disease and vaccine landscape
- implementing sustainable reforms in vaccine programs.
2026 Australian of the Year Nominations now open
- Australian of the Year
- Senior Australian of the Year (aged 65 and over)
- Young Australian of the Year (aged 16 to 30)
- Australia's Local Hero
Renewing the water main in Old Barrenjoey Road: Update
Next week, we’ll continue our night work to install the new water main along Old Barrenjoey Road. Once the concrete pour near Simmonds Lane is completed, we’ll continue progressing down the road towards The Crescent.
We’ll also continue to set up our work zone at the northern end of Old Barrenjoey Road. This will include installing sheet piles at both our lunch and receive shafts. This work will be done during the day, please be aware that this work is typically quite noisy.
Night work (8 pm – 5 am, Monday to Friday mornings):
- temporarily closing Old Barrenjoey Road during our night work hours – see map below. General traffic will be diverted via local streets. Access to driveways, businesses and parking spaces will be maintained at all times. Our traffic controllers will be on site to assist and to help keep traffic flowing safely.
- using saw cutters or jackhammers to open the road for our work. Use of the saw cutter and jack hammer will finish by midnight.
- digging using an excavator and installing the new water main in sections.
- temporary rolling storage area consisting of up to eight parking spaces, located out the front of 52 – 54 Old Barrenjoey Road.
- pouring concrete near a section of the water main located in front of Simmonds Lane.
- placing a temporary road plate over a part of the trench to allow the concrete to set. We will remove the plate and cover the area with hot mix as soon as possible.
- at the end of each night shift, we will temporarily restore Old Barrenjoey Road to allow for continued use during the day.
If we finish next week’s planned night work early, we may keep moving further down Old Barrenjoey Road towards The Crescent.
Day work (7 am – 6 pm weekdays, 8 am – 1 pm Saturdays):
- work zone between Avalon Fire Station and Woolworths.
- one-way traffic (southbound) with traffic diverted through the Woolworths car park (see “Temporary traffic changes – Section 2” map below).
- parking restricted along Old Barrenjoey Road between the between the Fire Station and Avalon Parade. Parking will be suspended for the duration of our work in this area.
- to keep the community safe, we need to temporarily close up to eight car spaces in the car park next to Woolworths for one shift while we do the sheet piling work. During this time, we’ll reopen some spaces on Old Barrenjoey Road as reverse parking only to maintain overall parking availability. We will reopen the eight car spaces as soon as we can.
- parking inside the car park next to Woolworths will be maintained at all other times.
- we will maintain access to the loading zone outside the Avalon Recreation Centre.
- temporarily closing the footpath outside the Woolworths for safety while this tunnelling work is underway. The footpath on the opposite side of the street (near Dunbar Park) will remain open at all times.
- these traffic changes will be in place 24/7 for 12 to 16 weeks while the tunnelling work is underway.
- potholing using a vacuum truck to confirm the location of underground services within our work area.
- road sawing and excavating to create launch and receive shafts for the tunnelling work (see map below).
- installing sheet piles at both shaft locations to reinforce the shaft walls. This work is typically quite noisy and will take place over approximately 10 shifts, with noisy activity occurring intermittently.
- truck movements to transport excavated material away from our work site.


There will be some noise from our equipment and machinery as our work progresses along Old Barrenjoey Road. The level of noise you may experience will vary based on how far you live from our work area and what type of property you live in.
We will make every effort minimise noise where possible. We will finish the noisiest work (including saw cutting or jackhammering) by midnight, avoid unnecessary loud noises where possible and turn off vehicles when not in use.
- Visit our project website.
- Call us on 1800 943 119 or email confluence@sydneywater.com.au. For other Sydney Water repairs or faults, please call 13 20 90 (24 hours).
- Speak to us in person at one of our monthly drop-in sessions in Dunbar Park. They are held on the first Wednesday of every month, between 1 pm and 3 pm.
The 2025 CWAS "David Malin Awards"
- General Section (Open only to Australian residents):
- Wide-Field
- Deep Sky
- Solar System
- Theme - "People and Sky"
- Junior Section (Australian residents aged 18 years or younger):
- One Open Category (can be of any astronomical subject)
- International Section (Open to all Australian and overseas resident astrophotographers)
- Nightscapes
Water exemptions made to speed up new homes
- coastal construction projects until June 2029
- essential infrastructure projects including road, rail, utility and other works delivered by public authorities across NSW
- water infrastructure projects delivered by private bodies with approved schemes under the Water Industry Competition Act 2006.
Monika's Doggie Rescue Pets of the Week
Coral
17 weeks Staffy X
Cookie, Sally, Coral and Ginger, four girls were dumped in a night deposit box at the pound. Coral, the smallest and shyest of the litter, is growing in confidence. She is very calm for a staffy and has been socialised with a lot of small dogs in her foster home. Coral weighs 7.6kg. She sleeps quietly through the night and is currently on 3 meals per day. She comes with desexing , 3 puppy vaccinations, heartworm free and chipped. Her adoption cost is $800.
Doris
12yo Terrier X
Doris came from the pound terribly scared, and they reported her as snappy. She is a very nervous girl who is just looking for the quiet life. Doris never barks and needs a calm person with experience to take her under their wing. Despite her age, she can still run! She can still see and hear reasonably well and despite loss of muscle mass on hind legs she can certainly move. She has been used to eating tinned food and we are slowly getting her used to cooked chicken, rice and veggies. We have also commenced nutraceuticals to help her joints and mobility. Doris is social with other small quiet dogs. She is afraid of being picked up but copes with it once she knows you. It does take time to build that relationship. She has just had a dental and is enjoying her food more. Doris never asks for anything. She has a scruffy coat and weighs 4kg. She suits apartment living and FT hours alone and is looking for someone with rescue dog experience. All our dogs come with desexed, fully 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 $500.
For further details call DoggieRescue on 9486 3133 or email Monika@DoggieRescue.com. RON R251000024
Proposed Road Reserve Lease - Wilga Street and Powderworks Road, Elanora Heights
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More funding available for war memorials in NSW
Bilgola Beach Carpark Accessible parking upgrade: Feedback Invited

Slow Down: Wildlife Crossing

Speed humps on McCarrs Creek Rd: share Wildlife Data
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- The date
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Narrabeen Youth Club's 60th: Call for old photos

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Call for Information: Mona Vale Theft

Hats on for Soibada

Council Wins Award for Partnerships-Collabs in Rethink-reduce-reuse North Sydney Council Recognised for Innovative Citizenship Ceremonies

- pilot a circular economy hub for repairing and reusing household items, including working with charities, community groups and other interested groups
- help the community to reduce household waste by 10% by 2030 and by 20% by 2040
- halve the amount of household food waste sent to landfill by 2030, with a phased approach to food waste collection
- implement regular and accessible collections of electronic waste, textiles and household chemicals by 2025
- provide local drop-offs or kerbside collections for the most common household plastics where there are reliable markets for the recycled products
- advocate for the phase out of single use unrecyclable plastics
- Adult clothing and accessories; Manchester (new or quality used); Hygiene items (New only); small homeware items
- Essential nursery items and clothing for babies and children
- Bikes, scooters and E-Bikes
- Cardboard
- Small metal items
- Plastic plant pots
- Raw timber, flat pack furniture and raw pallets
- Plastic storage containers with lids (34L and above), hand tools
- Separate your items into categories above before you arrive.
- Pack them into your boot or rear of your vehicle so they can be safely removed by staff.
- Drop and drive to the event, and stay in your car. When you arrive at the event our collection staff will unpack your vehicle to get you on your way faster.

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Nominations open for the 2025 Australian Mental Health Prize
Pothole Problems: How to report
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- Ocean Road, Palm Beach
- Barrenjoey Road, Palm Beach to Mona Vale
- Pittwater Road, Mona Vale to Manly
- Warringah Road
- Condamine Street (Brookvale to Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation)
- Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation and Myrtle Street overpass
- Forest Way
- Wakehurst Parkway
- Mona Vale Road
- McCarrs Creek Road (From Terrey Hills to McCarrs Creek Reserve)
- Liberator General San Martin Drive
- Sydney Road
- Belgrave Street
- Manly Road
- Frenchs Forest Road, Seaforth
