March 17-23, 2024: Issue 618
Profile of the Week Tom Borg McGee 

Tom is a Physiotherapist, Fitness Trainer, local creek cleaner (Careel Creek) and WIRES wildlife rescuer and carer. He is one of millions of young Australians who are calling for a shift in local, state and federal politics to put our environment first and save what remains of local wildlife, habitat and forests, especially in Tasmania, across New South Wales, and in Pittwater.

For the third year in a row Tom has taken part in the takayna/Tarkine Trail marathon – the sixth annual running of this event - which sets out from Waratah, Tasmania. Tom has again raised thousands of dollars for the Bob Brown Foundation which will be used to raise awareness of plans to log thousands of hectares of a place which has been recommended for a World Heritage listing for decades.

Tasmanians are heading to the polls this coming Saturday, March 23, and have the two-party usual choice, both of which have stated during campaigning they intend to ensure the destruction of Tasmanian forests on an even larger scale continues. 

Tom also supports the North East Forest Alliance, a volunteer organisation working since 1989 to protect rainforest, old-growth forest, wilderness and threatened species in north-east NSW.

Locally Tom is the one who makes you aware another old tree has gone from our area, for development of a house or because it was in the way of 'the view'. If a tree is felled in Clareville, you will hear Tom bellow from Palm Beach.

This week a few insights from and into a gentleman many consider a 'local legend'.

History The Old Road To Narrabeen - The Unspoilt Days Of 100 Years Ago When You Could Still See The Sea

In recent years the rush to fill every residential block with cheek by jowl concrete and go higher has led to a loss of the views earlier visitors and residents had of our beaches, their headlands, and the green bush inland, towards the west.

In fact, once you cross the Narrabeen bridge, it's hard to see any ocean unless you are glancing quickly down the streets that lead to the beach. If you do, there is a flash of blue and great open sky before the moment has passed and is blocked by multi-storey townhouses all the way south to each horizon until you get to Long Reef. 

In areas that do not have that recourse to the shady tree and chirruping creek or views over bush and water, the living indoors, and turning ever inwards, has been worked on in everything from playgrounds for children to providing 'something for people to do, somewhere for them to go' since this city began to be developed. Bayview's Maybanke Selfe-Wolstenholme-Anderson was a champion of the Kindergarten Union way back in 1890's Sydney. Better health and clearer thinking for youngsters was the result.

Around here we call it 'running into the arms of God', or Mother Nature, whichever name you choose - for what is experienced during that embrace.

As soon as many people cross the Narrabeen bridge into Pittwater they begin to relax, they feel as though they are 'home'. The same occurs on the long slide down the hill from Ingleside and Tumbledown; as soon as that first glimpse of ocean and salt air drifts in through the car window, a sense of coming home and relaxation begins - it's a natural response to something that was missed for the day or longer.

The perils of NOT sticking up for the places you live in, whether that's joining your local residents group, helping out for a few hours once a month with your bushcare group, or keeping across changes proposed at local, state or federal government level are obvious - you can see them from here.

Although the PON History pages for 2024 will share some of these changes through a focus on local creeks and beach reserves, having commenced with an overview of Mona Vale's Black Swamp, the first Pittwater camping reserve set aside for all for all time, and the  Avalon Beach Reserve, the first Pittwater beach reserve set aside for all people for all time, it's worth looking into other causes of these changes that saw green landscapes threaded with sparkling creeks built upon to the point where the shape of the hills disappears and those creeks entombed in concrete pipes, channels and stormwater drains.

The rapid changes were lamented by those who were here before us, most especially by our First Nations people who felt the breaking of songlines with every carving into and cutting up of each place. 

A few photos from past photographers, and words from the pens of those who could see what was coming, reveal those who witnessed the shift from this area being a place of farms and weekenders to the 1920's rush to build roads to access everywhere for development as the horse was overtaken by the motor vehicle, the movement to beaches and tents during the 1930's as at least there you could fix canvas over their heads when it rained and draw fish from the sea for their bellies, and then again in the post World War Two need for suburban plots for new families, called for better planning then, as people do today.

To whet your appetite for what will come, in between other history subjects, a few glimpses into a Run to Narrabeen.

Pictures 2024 NSW Surf Life Saving Masters Championships

Park Bench Philosophers  The Sydney Royal Easter Show Showbag Began As An Australian Sample Bag - The Royal Easter Sydney Show opens this coming Friday,March 22
Inbox News Short-Term Exposure To High Levels Of Air Pollution Kills 1 Million Globally Every Year: Monash University, Blood-Based Marker Developed To Identify Sleep Deprivation: Monash University, Cost Of Living and Digital Economy Shape 2024-25 Compliance And Enforcement Priorities: ACCC, Fertility: Skin Cell Turned Into An Egg - Research Sheds Light On New Strategy To Treat Infertility, Indigenous fire management began more than 11,000 years ago: new research, 2024 could be the year the Fair Work umpire properly values Australian women’s work – here’s how, Australia’s restrictive vaping and tobacco policies are fuelling a lucrative and dangerous black market, Prefabricated and build-to-rent houses could help bring rents down, Let’s not kid ourselves that private investors or super funds will build the social housing we need, Hundreds of tariffs to go from July 1 in biggest unilateral tariff cut in decades, ACCC Extends Wholesale Price Controls To Superfast Fixed-Line Broadband Networks, NBN upgrade: what a free speed increase for fast broadband plans would mean for consumers and retailers
Events Music at all compass points, Scotland Island Cafe, Scottish Dancing, Fundraisers, Social Groups, Dancing classes + more.

Community News Congratulations Bob & Christine - 50 Years Service + 50 Years Of Marriage: That's Golden!, Woody Point Yacht Club's (WPYC) 2024 AGM, Mona Vale Road Update, Narrabeen Super Cup 2024, Updates: Land & Environment Court Hearings on DA's, Avalon Beach Historical Society: March 2024 Meeting, Clareville & Bilgola Plateau Residents Association (CABPRA) AGM 2024, Avalon Public School Road Safety: Proposed Changes, Barrenjoey Lighthouse Volunteer Tour Guides Needed, Avalon Bulldogs Open Day, Tree Killers In Public Reserves: For Views?, AED Now In Governor Phillip Park Palm Beach, E-Bikes On Footpaths, Congratulations and Thank You to Jennifer and Elton, Proposed Roundabout At Foley Street And Warriewood Road Intersection: Have Your Say, Supporting Students With A Disability: Audit Office Of NSW - Have Your Say, Save The Date: 2024 PHS Reunion/Catch-Up!, Congratulations Corrine; Thank You For Your Service!, Naming Proposal - Syncarpia Court, Newport: Have Your Say, Naming Proposal - Spotted Gum Lane, Avalon Beach: Have Your Say, GST Revenue Sharing Relativities Report Released: NSW GST Reduced From 92.4 Per Cent To 86.7 Per Cent, Monika's Doggie Rescue Pets Of The Week: Kelsey + Magic, NSW Government Introduces Laws To Ban Harmful LGBTQ+ Conversion Practices, Planning Proposal: Dee Why - increase from 12m to 32m: have your say, Wakehurst Parkway Improvements: Update On Site Investigations- March 2024, Webinar: Play Our Way Program Grant Opportunity, Proposal To Name Fairlight Lookout After Former Manly Mayor, Avalon Bulldogs Open Day, Pittwater Offshore Newsletter March edition: Secret Island Opening Night: 'a Triumph',  ACCC Supermarkets Inquiry Invites Consumer, Farmer And Industry Views, Have Your Say: A Heritage Strategy For NSW, Have Your Say: Travel To And From School In NSW, Local Organisations + Groups

Environment NSW Passes Historic Legislation To Ban Offshore Drilling and Mining, Volunteers For Barrenjoey Lighthouse Tours Needed, Narrabeen's 'Occy', Manly Freshwater World Surfing Reserve Relaunches, 2024 Ocean Lovers Festival At Bondi: March 20 To 24, Environment Protection Legislation Amendment (Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Bill Introduced To NSW Parliament, Increase Tree Vandalism Penalties: NSW Parliamentary Petition, EPA Fines Forestry Corporation $45K, Newcastle Company Fined $15,000 Over Harbour Coal Spill, Eastern Blue Groper Changes: Have Your Say, Driving A Cleaner Future: Vehicle Emissions Star Ratings Website Launched, New International Report Records Australia's Coal Mine Methane Emissions Are Underreported, Removal Works On All Macquarie River Rafts To Begin Soon, Harvest Seeds & Native Plants: Education Sessions 2024 -  "The Harvest Huddle", Notice Of 1080 Baiting: February 1 - July 31 2024, Pittwater Natural Heritage Association: Second PNHA Nature Event 2024, Upcoming Events At Permaculture Northern Beaches, Stony Range Nursery, More Green Space To Enhance Liveability In NSW Communities: Metropolitan Greenspace Program + Community Gardens Program Grants Now Open, Meet the kowari: a pint-sized predator on the fast track to extinction, Large old trees are vital for Australian birds. Their long branches and hollows can’t be replaced by saplings, The Great Barrier Reef’s latest bout of bleaching is the fifth in eight summers – the corals now have almost no reprieve, The Lows and Lows Of Antarctic Sea Ice, Tennis anyone? Bad news for skiers as snow season could shrink by 78% this century, Who Knew That Eating Poo Was So Vital For Birds’ Survival?, The surprising key to magpie intelligence: it’s not genetic, China’s green steel push could crush Australia’s dirty iron ore exports, Surviving fishing gear entanglement isn’t enough for endangered right whales – females still don’t breed afterward, Petrol, pricing and parking: why so many outer suburban residents are opting for EVs, Ultra-fast fashion is a disturbing trend undermining efforts to make the whole industry more sustainable, Sweden has vast ‘old growth’ forests – but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon, Can earth-covered houses protect us from bushfires? Even if they’re a solution it’s not risk-free, Redwood trees are growing almost as fast in the UK as their Californian cousins – new study, Vinegar and baking soda: a cleaning hack or just a bunch of fizz?, New evidence for an unexpected player in Earth’s multimillion-year climate cycles: the planet Mars, Rock Weathering and Climate: Low-Relief Mountain Ranges Are Largest Carbon Sinks, Stay Safe From Mosquitoes, Mountain Bike Incidents On Public Land: Survey, Please Look Out For Wildlife During Heatwave Events, Palmgrove Park Avalon: New Bushcare Group, 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; where and when, Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Activities, Gardens and Environment Groups and Organisations In Pittwater, Ringtail Posses 2023, Pittwater Reserves: Histories + Notes + Pictorial Walks, + more

Aquatics All Abilities Shine At Inclusive Surf Championships

Children Sunday cartoons and animations - This Issue: The Key to A Dog's Heart, Some Narrabeen Nature Things by Joe Mills, Royal Easter Show 2024, Home For NSW’s Rail History Opens In Sydney’s West: It's A Train Hospital Youngsters!, A brief guide to birdwatching in the age of dinosaurs, Curious kids: Why do trees need sunlight? An environmental scientist explains photosynthesis, Curious Kids: Why do our ears pop?, Curious Kids: why do spiders have hairy legs?, Stories this week: When The Sky Roars! + 'Arnie The Doughnut' Read By Chris O'Dowd, Books Of The Month - March 2024: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid By Jeff Kinney, Published 2007 + What To Draw And How To Draw It By Edwin George Lutz, (Born 1868) Published 1913, Local Groups and fun for you

Youth Congratulations!; RPAYC Placing At 2024 RNZYS Match Racing Cup, Congratulations: Local Australian Boardriders Battle Grand Finalists Looking Forward To Next Comps., The Royal Easter Show Began As The Royal Agricultural Society Of NSW, SW Youth Week 2024: Express. Empower. Get Loud!, Northern Composure Band Competition: Entries Open Until March 17, Expressions Of Interest For The 2024 RPAYC Youth Development Program Are Now Available!, Word Of The Week: Aspire, What we know so far about the rumoured Apple smart ring, TikTok claims ‘tongue scrapers’ can cure bad breath – here’s what the evidence actually says, From fast fashion to excessive earrings, these trends might be harmful to your health, Want to build muscle? Why carbs could be just as important as protein, Australian music festivals are increasingly affected by climate change. But is the industry doing enough to mitigate its impact?, A brief guide to birdwatching in the age of dinosaurs, From malaria, to smallpox, to polio – here’s how we know life in ancient Egypt was ravaged by disease,  Books Of The Month - March 2024: Oscar And Lucinda + Popular Mechanics Issues from 1946, Local Services for you +

Seniors Avalon Beach Historical Society: March 2024 Meeting,  Helping seniors make safer transport choices,  Council's Seniors Festival 2024, Avalon Beach Ladies Probus Club: April 2nd 2024 Speaker, Pan Pacific Masters Games 2024, Aged Care Taskforce Final Report Released, Celebrate Seniors Festival at Pittwater RSL, Computer Pals For Seniors At Narrabeen: What Is AI?, Dr. Scamps Offering Free Anti-Scam Seminar, Aged Care Taskforce Report 'Misses The Mark': NSWNMA, The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is exposing older Australians to the risk of financial abuse, Aged Care Taskforce Report Released, Federal Government Must Deliver Robust Aged Care Act Without Delay, What will aged care look like for the next generation?; More of the same but higher out-of-pocket costs, Russia is about to hold another presidential election; It needn’t bother, Could many dementia cases actually be liver disease?, What can we expect from six more years of Vladimir Putin?; An increasingly weak and dysfunctional Russia, 2024 Seniors Card Discount Directory, Ukraine war: Pope Francis should learn from his WWII predecessor’s mistakes in appeasing fascism, Hotline To Report Food Quality In Aged Care Now Live, Pittwater-Narrabeen Parkinson’s Support Group, Local events, services and groups for you

DIY Ideas Go Outside & Play!: Creating Garden Spaces To Connect Children With Nature This Autumn

For many of us having children, and now grandchildren, what we heard while growing taller was “Go outside and play!” This remains one of the best bits of advice any generation can pass on to the next. Features that enable children to explore and experience the natural environment are a great way to keep your young adults in touch with the real world and get plenty of fresh air and roses into those cheeks. This Issue, a few Garden ideas to make your garden a place your children will want to enjoy year round. With Australia heading into Autumn, and weather cooling down, now is a great time to get outdoors and get the youngsters involved in designing and helping install their own ideas in their own backyard.

Food Early Autumn Pears: William's + Packham's

Williams Pears are coming into local shops meaning the crop is starting to come in and high quality sweet fruit is now available at a great price, averaging around $2 to $3 a kilo. The Williams pear is thought to date from 1765 to 1770 from the yard of an Aldermaston, England, schoolmaster named John Stair, giving rise to the now-obscure synonyms 'Aldermaston' pear and 'Stairs' pear. A nurseryman named Williams later acquired the variety, and after introducing it to the rest of England, the pear became known as the Williams Pear. However, the pear's full name is Williams' Bon Chretien, or "Williams' good Christian."  Packham pears were developed in Molong, New South Wales. Today the town has fallen out of cultivating pears in orchards as a source of income, but the townspeople are still proud of their pear’s global notoriety and have developed several events to continue the celebration and awareness of the sweet pear. The Molong Historical Society has held events such as cooking fundraisers and heritage weekends to promote Packham pears and encourage tourists to visit the town to learn about the variety.

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López-Sánchez  Terry Kirkpatrick  George Repin  Luke Whitington  Avalon Beach Culture Collective Inc + Avalon Beach Centenary Events   Steve Jacobs  South West Lovett Bay Coastcare Group   Warren Young OAM 40 Years of Patrols at ABSLSC  Joan Reid OAM: Sydney Wildlife Rescue Volunteer  Alpine Odyssey - Trekking For Wildlife  Lynette Millett OAM    Mona Vale SLSC Boaties Need An Aussies 2022 Boost: MV's Fluffy Ducks, Venom + Drifters  The Community Capital Foundation Is Driving A Campaign To Change The Dial On Local Youth Mental Health  2022 Pittwater Woman Of The Year: Sarah Morris, Co-Founder Of Acts Of Kindness Community Outreach - AOK  Brad Johns  William (Bill) Fitzgerald OAM 2022 Tribute  Amnesty International Avalon Group  Melinda Akehurst   Newport Rugby Club’s Breakettes  Captain Michael Maley CSC DSM President of Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch   Walter 'Tom' Kirsop Of Narrabeen: Guardian Of The Green and Blue, Statesman For The Environment and Surfing  Ray Henman ACS  Judith Charnaud - 2022 Update  Federal Election 2022: Candidates For Seat Of Mackellar     Careel Multi Layered Coastal Assessment CMCA  Gemma Rasdall 2022 Catch-up  Robyn Friend   Walter 'Wal' Williams Tribute 2022  Elijah Thomson  StreetWork - Turning Young Lives Around: The Change Your Course Program  Gretel Pinniger 2022 Celebrations  Midget Farrelly Recognition Committee Alyson Bell  William John Berge Phillips 1943-2022 Tribute  Pittwater Motor Enthusiasts Association  Eileen Gordon  Greg Lee  Manly Lagoon Friends  2022 24 Hour Row for Mental Health  Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - A Tribute Of Local Connections  Wingala Lapidary Arts & Crafts Group  Damian and Lucie Geyle: The Barrenjoey Swim School Youth Up Front at Ingleside  Bushcare in Angophora Reserve by Geoff Searl OAM  Stony Range Regional Botanical Garden: A Great Place To Get Involved As Volunteer This Spring  Paul Bailey  Bilgola Plateau Probus Club  Women's Resilience Centre   Margaret Mulvey (Lady Schlink) of Careel Bay 1916 - 2001  Emma Dieters  305 Squadron, Australian Air Force Cadets   David Madew  Guyren Smith  Jackson Borg  Jeremy Black  Australia Day 2023 Honours List: Four New OAM's For Pittwater - Gail Lonnon,  Alan Hill, John and Pamela Ward + Council's Recognitions  Ride For Youth Mental Health In The First-Ever Manly Spin-A-Thon!  Ringtail Posse: 1 – February 2023; Anna Maria Monticelli: King Parrots/Water Dragons - Jacqui Scruby: Loggerhead Turtle - Lyn Millett OAM: Flying-Foxes - Kevin Murray: Our Backyard Frogs -  Miranda Korzy: Brushtail Possums   Country Women's Association Manly Branch Celebrates Its 100th Year: 1923 To 2023  Margaret Fraser-Martin  The Newport Leatherjackets: Social swim groups in Newport SLSC Welcome all Community Members  Ringtail Posse: 2 - March 2023; Kevin Murray: Tawny Frogmouth - Kayleigh Greig: Red-Bellied Black Snake - Bec Woods:  Australian Water Dragon - Margaret Woods: Owlet-Nightjar - Hilary Green: Butcher Bird -  Susan Sorensen: Wallaby  Candidates For Seat of Pittwater in 2023 State Election - Responses to Community's Questions: Rory Amon (Liberal), Jacqui Scruby (Independent), Hilary Green (The Greens), Jeffrey Quinn (Labor) and Craig Law (Sustainable Australia – Stop Overdevelopment/Corruption)  MoWaNa Safe Space Officially Launched By Safe Space Community Champions   Margaret Cliff OAM  Sally Mayman  Ringtail Posse 3  - April 2023: Jeffrey Quinn: Kookaburra, Tom Borg McGee: Kookaburra, Stephanie Galloway-Brown: Bandicoot, Joe Mills: Noisy Miner   Doug Ferris   Robert Hunter Grace - 'Bob'  Avalon Palm Beach Business Chamber Inc   Sailability Manly's Eli Demeny OAM  Ringtail Posse 4 May 2023 - Andrew Gregory: Powerful Owl, Marita Macrae: Pale-Lipped Or Gully Shadeskink, Jools Farrell: Whales & Seals, Nicole Romain: Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo  Margaret Anne Molloy OAM 2023 Tribute  SeadragonSearch:  Weedy Seadragons Citizen Scientist Project  Richard Menhinick AM CSC - Commodore RAN, (Retired), President Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch  John McFadden - World Food Champion   Northern Beaches Creative Leisure & Learning: Centenary Celebration 1924 To 2024  Ringtail Posse 5: June 2023 -  Lynleigh Greig OAM: Snakes, Dick Clarke: Diamond Python, Selena Griffith: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Eric Gumley: Bandicoot  Narrabeen JRLFC's 90th Celebratory History A Shark’s Tale Book Launch Featured A Legends Q&A With Alan Thompson, Anthony Watmough, Mark Gerrard, Anthony Balkin  Northern Beaches Para Surfer Boardriders Inc. Ringtail Posse 6: July 2023 - Sonja Elwood: Long-Nosed Bandicoot, Dr. Conny Harris: Swamp Wallaby, Neil Evers: Bandicoot, Bill Goddard: Bandicoot  Electrify Mackellar  Gwenyth Sneesby: WWII Veteran - VP Day 2023  Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 50th End Of The War March At Palm Beach - All Welcome, All Belong Anniversary  The Rions  Ringtail Posse 7: August 2023 - Geoff Searl OAM: Tawny Frogmouth, Peter Macinnis: Echidna, Peter Carter: Ringtail Possum, Nathan Wellings; Kookaburra  Avalon Beach Ladies Probus Club  The Hub At Kimbriki Includes: Bikes4Life - Peninsula Toy Repair Group - Reverse Garbage - Boomerang Bags Kimbriki    Ringtail Posse 8: September 2023 - Saving Sydney's Last Koalas; Logging Now Stopped In Future Koala Park By Minns Government - ''Is There Time To Save Sydney's Last Koalas Too?'' Asks: John Illingsworth, WIRES, Sydney Wildlife Rescue, Save Sydney Koalas, The Sydney Basin Koala Network, The Help Save The Wildlife & Bushlands In Campbelltown Group, Appin Koalas Animal Rescue Service, Patricia and Barry Durham, Sue Gay, Save Mt. Gilead, Paola Torti Of The International Koala Intervention Group  Frank Johnson, Bayview Golf Club Champion  John Forbes: Pittwater Olympian - NSW Sport Hall Of Champions Inductee 2023  Seal Pup Rescued At Newport Named 'Narrang' Rehabilitated By Taronga Zoo, Re-Released - Returns To Our Area: A Reminder To Maintain 80 Metres Distance From Seal Pups - The 'Seabirds To Seascapes Project'  Brian Friend OAM, Q.C., B.C.: An 80th Birthday Celebration  Ringtail Posse 9: October 2023 - David Palmer OAM: Bandicoots, Helen Pearce: Brushtail Possum, Amina Kitching: Goanna, David Goudie: Ringtails Possums + Bandicoots + Owls   Lindsay Dufty  Mother Brushtail Killed On Barrenjoey Road: Baby Cried All Night - Powerful Owl Struck At Same Time At Careel Bay During Owlet Fledgling Season: calls for mitigation measures - The List of what you can do for those who ask 'What You I Do' as requested  Chaplain Robert (Bob) Durbin; President Of War Vets Sub-Branch Narrabeen John Grainger  Ringtail Posse 10: November 2023 - Stop Wildlife Roadkill Group: You Can Help By Using The Wildlife Incident Mapping Website  Craig Boaden Mrs Masek's Marionettes By Lyn Levy Profiles of the Year 2023  Australia Day 2024 Honours List  All In The Family: Avalon Beach SLSC's  Remo and Alexandra Adoncello (Father and Daughter) UAV Pilots Are Keeping People Safer On Our Beaches This Summer Palm Beach SLSC: The Summer Traditions Of A Local Surf Club In The 2023/24 Season - a talk with Alexandra Tyrrell, Peter Spence and Gordon Lang (with 117 Years Volunteer Service for Surf Lifesaving between them)  Save The Northern Beaches Bushlands: Community Group  RPAYC's DragonForce 65 Group: Radio Controlled Yachting  2024 International Women's Day Events: Four Local Organisations Working To Raise Funds To Help Women - Count Her In: Invest In Women - Accelerate Progress!: Northern Beaches Womens' Shelter - Zonta Club NB - The Women's Resilience Centre - Women Of Whale  North Avalon Surfriders Association Storage Space At The Beach Finally Realised  Ah Honey  Chelsea Hedges (née Georgeson) Australian Surfing Hall Of Fame Inductee 2024  Palm Beach Golf Club Putts Off Year Long Celebration Of Their Centenary: 1924 To 2024   2024 International Women's Day Recognitions For Local Champions - Pittwater Woman Of The Year: Laura Enever - NSW SES Warringah-Pittwater Unit Award - Manly Woman Of The Year: Georgie Furze  Tom Borg McGee

Previous History Pages:  

Marie Byles Lucy Gullett Kookoomgiligai Frank Hurley Archpriest JJ Therry Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor Bowen Bungaree W. Bradley 1788 Journal  Midholme Loggan Rock Cabin La Corniche La Corniche II Lion Island Bungan Beach Botham Beach  Scarred Trees  Castles in the Sand Dame Nellie Melba lunches at Bilgola Spring, 1914  First to Fly in Australia at North Narrabeen  Mona Vale Golf Club's Annual Balls  Governor Phillip camps on Resolute Beach  Ruth Bedford  Jean Curlewis  Mollie Horseman  Charlotte Boutin  May Moore  Neville W Cayley  Leon Houreux  Frederick Wymark  Sir Adrian Curlewis  Bilgola Heron Cove  Mullet Creek  Shark Point  Woodley's Cottage  A Tent at The Basin Collin's Retreat-Bay View House-Scott's Hotel  Bilgola Cottage and House  The First Pittwater Regatta  Women Cricketers Picnic Filmed In Pittwater  Governor Phillip's Barrenjoey Cairn  Waradiel Season The Church at Church Point  Governor Phillip's Exploration of Broken Bay, 2 - 9 March 1788   Petroglyths: Aboriginal Rock Art on the Northern Beaches  Avalon Headland Landmarks  Steamers Part I  Pittwater Aquatic Club Part I  Woody Point Yacht Club  Royal Motor Yacht Club Part I  Dorothea Mackellar  Elaine Haxton  Neva Carr Glynn  Margaret Mulvey Jean Mary Daly  Walter Oswald Watt Wilfrid Kingsford Smith John William Cherry George Scotty Allan  McCarrs Creek  Narrabeen Creek  Careel Creek Currawong Beach Creek  Bushrangers at Pittwater Smuggling at Broken Bay  An Illicit Still at McCarr's Creek  The Murder of David Foley  Mona Vale Outrages  Avalon Camping Ground  Bayview Koala Sanctuary  Ingleside Powder Works  Palm Beach Golf Course  Avalon Sailing Club  Mona Vale Surf Life Saving Club  Palm Beach SLSC Part I - The Sheds  Warriewood SLSC  Whale Beach SLSC Flagstaff Hill Mount Loftus Pill Hill Sheep Station Hill  S.S. Florrie  S.S. Phoenix and General Gordon Paddlewheeler   MV Reliance The Elvina  Florida House  Careel House Ocean House and Billabong  Melrose-The Green Frog  The Small Yacht Cruising Club of Pittwater  Canoe and I Go With The Mosquito Fleet - 1896  Pittwater Regattas Part I - Dates and Flagships to 1950  Shark Incidents In Pittwater  The Kalori  Church Point Wharf  Bayview Wharf  Newport Wharf Palm Beach Jetty - Gow's Wharf  Max Watt  Sir Francis Anderson  Mark Foy  John Roche  Albert Verrills  Broken Bay Customs Station At Barrenjoey  Broken Bay Water Police  Broken Bay Marine Rescue - Volunteer Coastal Patrol  Pittwater Fire-Boats  Prospector Powder Hulk at Towler's Bay  Naval Visits to Pittwater 1788-1952  Pittwater's Torpedo Wharf and Range Naval Sea Cadets in Pittwater S.S. Charlotte Fenwick S.S. Erringhi  P.S. Namoi  S.Y. Ena I, II and III  Barrenjoey Headland - The Lessees  Barrenjoey Lighthouse - The Construction Barrenjoey Broken Bay Shipwrecks Up To 1900 Early Surf Lifesaving Reels  Surf Bathing in Australia and the Advent of ‘Swim Between the Flags’ Surf Bathing And The Advent Of Manly’s First Surf Carnival - 1907 Barrenjoey Light Keepers  Douglas  Adrian Ross Newport SLSC 1909 - 1938 Part I Overview  North Narrabeen SLSC - The Formative Years  First Naval Exercises by New South Wales Colonial Ships –The Wolverene at Broken Bay  Bilgola SLSC - the First 10 years  North Palm Beach SLSC  A History of Pittwater Parts 1 and 4 Pittwater Regattas - 1907 and 1908  Pittwater Regattas - 1921 - The Year that Opened and Closed with a Regatta on Pittwater Pittwater Regatta Banishes Depression - 1933  The 1937 Pittwater Regatta - A Fashionable Affair  Careel Bay Jetty-Wharf-Boatshed Gow-Gonsalves Boatshed -Snapperman Beach  Carl Gow’s WWI Service in AIF  Camping at Narrabeen - A Trickle then a Flood  Pittwater's Parallel Estuary - The Cowan 'Creek' RMYC Broken Bay Boathouse and Boatshed Barrenjoey Boat House The Bona - Classic Wooden Racing Yacht Mona Vale Hospital Golden Jubilee - A Few Insights on 50 Years as a Community Hospital Far West Children's Health Scheme - the Formation Years  The First Scotland Island Cup, Trophy and Race and the Gentleman who loved Elvina Bay  Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay NSW - Cruiser Division History - A History of the oldest division in the Royal Motor Yacht Club   Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay Early Motor Boats and Yachts, their Builders and Ocean Races to Broken Bay, the Hawkesbury and Pittwater  The Royal Easter Show Began As the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales   The Mail Route to Pittwater and Beyond  The Wild Coachmen of Pittwater - A Long and Sometimes Bumpy Ride on Tracks Instead of Roads  The Fearless Men of Palm Beach SLSC's Surf Boats First Crews - A Tale of Viking Ships, Butcher Boats and Robert Gow's Tom Thumb 'Canoe'   Furlough House Narrabeen - Restful Sea Breezes For Children and Their Mothers   From Telegraphs to Telephones - For All Ships at Sea and Those On Land Mona Vale Training Grounds - From Lancers on Horses to Lasses on Transport Courses Fred Verrills; Builder of Bridges and Roads within Australia during WWII, Builder of Palm Beach Afterwards   Communications with Pittwater  Ferries To Pittwater  A History of Pittwater - Part 4: West Head Fortress   Pittwater's Lone Rangers - 120 Years of Ku-Ring-Gai Chase and the Men of Flowers Inspired by Eccleston Du Faur  Early Pittwater Launches and Ferries Runs Avalon Beach SLSC - The First Clubhouse Avalon Beach SLSC The Second and Third Clubhouses  From Beneath the Floorboards at Hyde Park Barracks Bungaree Was Flamboyant  Andrew Thompson - 'Long Harry'  Albert Thomas Black  John Collins of Avalon Narrabeen Prawning Times - A Seasonal Tide of Returnings  Oystering in the Pittwater Estuary - Oyster Kings and Pearl Kings and When Not to Harvest Oysters  Yabbying In Warriewood Creeks  Eeling in Warriewood's Creeks (Includes A Short History of community involvement in environmental issues/ campaigns in and around Narrabeen Lagoon - 1974 to present by David James OAM)  Eunice Minnie Stelzer - Pittwater Matriarchs  Maria Louisa Therry - Pittwater Matriarchs  Manly's Stone Kangaroo, Camera Obscura,  First Maze and 'Chute' - Fun Days in Sea Hazes from 1857 On  A Salty Tale of the Kathleen Gillett – A Small Reminder and Celebration of Our 70th Sydney to Hobart   Katherine Mary Roche - Pittwater Matriarch  Sarah A. Biddy Lewis and Martha Catherine Benns Pittwater Matriarchs A Glimpse of the Hawkesbury.(1883) By Francis Myers. Illustrated by J C Hoyte   Pittwater's New Cycle Track of 1901 Manly to Newport  The Rock Lily Hotel  Barrenjoey House The Pasadena Jonah's St Michael's Arch  The First Royal Visitor to Australia: the Incident at Clontarf March 12th, 1868  Pittwater: Lovely Arm of the Hawkesbury By NOEL GRIFFITHS - includes RMYC Wharf and Clareville Wharf of 1938 + An Insight into Public Relations in Australia George Mulhall First Champion of Australia in Rowing - First Light-Keeper  at Barranjuey Headland  Captain Francis Hixson - Superintendent of Pilots, Lights, and Harbours and Father of the Naval Brigade  The First Boat Builders of Pittwater I: the Short Life and Long Voyages of Scotland Island Schooner the Geordy  The Marquise of Scotland Island  Boat Builders of Pittwater II: from cargo schooners and coasters to sailing skiffs and motorised launches  130th Anniversary of Australia’s Sudan Contingent - Local Connections of the first Australians to Serve  The Riddles of The Spit and Bayview/Church Point: sailors, boat makers, road pavers and winning rowers The Currawong: Classic Yacht VP Day Commemorative Service 2015 –  at Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph: 70th Anniversary  Captain T. Watson and his Captain Cook Statues: A Tribute to Kindness  Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways; Hordern, Wilshire Parks, McKay Reserve: From Beach to Estuary  Pittwater Reserves, The Green Ways: Clareville Wharf and Taylor's Point Jetty Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways Bilgola Beach - The Cabbage Tree Gardens and Camping Grounds - Includes Bilgola - The Story Of A Politician, A Pilot and An Epicure by Tony Dawson and Anne Spencer  Pittwater Reserves - The Green Ways: Mona Vale's Village Greens a Map of the Historic Crown Lands Ethos Realised in The Village, Kitchener and Beeby Parks Pittwater Regatta Air Race Trophies: from 1934 and 1935 and The Pilot Who Saved William Hughes  Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways; Bungan Beach and Bungan Head Reserves:  A Headland Garden  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Green Family  Elanora - Some Early Notes and Pictures The Stewart Towers On Barrenjoey Headland  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Williams Family  Early Cricket in Pittwater: A small Insight Into the Noble Game from 1880's On  The Pacific Club's 2016 Carnival in Rio Fundraiser for Palm Beach SLSC Marks the 79th Year of Support  Bert Payne Park, Newport: Named for A Man with Community Spirit  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Fox Family  Surf Carnivals in February 1909, 1919, 1925, a Fancy Dress Rise of Venus and Saving Lives with Surfboards  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Paddon Family of Clareville  Mermaid Basin, Mona Vale Beach: Inspired 1906 Poem by Viva Brock  Early Pittwater Schools: The Barrenjoey School 1872 to 1894  The Royal Easter Show and 125th Celebration of Hawkesbury Agricultural College: Farmers Feed Us!  The Newport School 1888 to 2016  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners of Bliss - A History  The Royal Botanical Garden Sydney Celebrates 200 Years in 2016 The Porter Family of Newport: Five Brother Soldiers Serve in WWI  Church Point and Bayview: A Pittwater Public School Set on the Estuary  The Basin, Pittwater: A Reprise: Historical Records and Pictures  Lighthouse Cottages You Can Rent in NSW - Designed or Inspired by Colonial Architect James Barnet: Includes Historic 'Lit' Days records   Bayview Days Ships Biscuits - the At Sea Necessity that Floated William Arnott’s Success  Mona Vale Public School 1906 to 2012    St Johns Camden: 176th And 167th Anniversaries In June 2016 - Places To Visit  Narrabeen Lagoon and Collaroy Beachfront: Storms And Flood Tides Of The Past  Avalon Beach Public School - A History   Muriel Knox Doherty Sir Herbert Henry Schlink  Shopping And Shops In Manly: Sales Times From 1856 To 1950 For A Fishing Village  Sir Edward John Lees Hallstrom   Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's 150th Sailing Season Opening: A Few Notes Of Old  A Few Glimpses Into Narrabeen's Past Beauties   Dr. Isobel Ida Bennett AO   Taronga Zoo 100th Birthday Parade: 1000 Reasons To Celebrate  War Memorials: Manly, October 14, 1916  Avalon Beach Golf Links: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II  War Memorials - Mona Vale, November 14, 1926  Annie Wyatt Reserve Palm Beach: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II Tumbledown Dick Hill  Waratah Farm and Narrabeen Plums: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II  Mark Twain, J.F. Archibald And Henry Lawson - Did They Go Fishing At Narrabeen In The Spring Of 1895?: Probably!  Bayview Baths Centenary Celebration in November 2016 hosted by Bayview-Church Point Residents Association  Dr. Jenny Rosen's Historical Timeline  Palm Beach RSL - Club Palm Beach Celebrating 60 Years  Early Years At Narrabeen: The Plane Sailing Day Of 1944 The  Five Ways- Six ways Junction; Kamikaze Corner - Avalon Bilgola  RPAYC Season on Pittwater and coming of Jubilees in Summer of 1938 Local Explorers’ Modern Day Discovery - Governor Phillip’s First Landing site, Campsite and contact with Local Aborigines in Pittwater: The Case for West Head Beach  Rendezvous Tea Rooms Palm Beach: links with 1817 and 1917: Palm Beach Stores  and Fishermen St Cloud's Jersey Stud: Elanora Heights: Pittwater Fields of Dreams  Roderic Quinn's Poems And Prose For Manly, Beacon Hill, Dee Why And Narrabeen  A Historic Catalogue And Record Of Pittwater Art I – Of Places, Peoples And The Development Of Australian Art And Artists: The Estuary Celebrating World Radio Day: The Bilgola Connection With The Beginnings Of Radio In Australia  Emile Theodore Argles - champion of all Australians without a Voice - a very funny Satirist, Manly Poet and Pittwater Prose Writer and Litterateur  Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrates 85th Birthday: A Few Pittwater Connections  Victor James Daley: A Manly Bard And Poet who also came to Pittwater and the Hawkesbury  Let's Go Fly A Kite !: Palm Beach Whistling Kites Inspire sharing How to Make Standard, Box and Whistling Boy Kites - school holidays fun with a bit of Australian and Narrabeen history  Clifton Gardens Mosman: An Eternal Green and Saltwater Space, and Of Many Captains  Historic Catalogue And Record Of Pittwater Art I: Coastal Landscapes and Seascapes  The Bayview Tea Gardens 1920 to 1923 When Run By Thomas Edward And Annie Newey (Nee Costello) An Australian and RPAYC Commodore Aboard an America's Cup Challenger of 1908 and 1914   Henry Lawson - A Manly Bard and Poet: on his 150th Birthday  Historic Catalogue and Record of Pittwater Art I: Artists and Artists Colonies  Opportunity To Visit Submarine War Grave Renews Memories Of 75 Years Ago  Early Bayview - insights courtesy Don Taylor and Margaret Tink Retracing Governor Phillip's Footsteps Around Pittwater: The Mystery Of The Cove On The East Side   Early Pittwater Surfers – Palm Beach I: John (Jack) Ralston and Nora McAuliffe  Patrick Edward Quinn: A Manly Prose writer who gave us A Run To Pittwater (1889) and Songs for the Federation of Australia  Avalon Beach North Headland Indian Face 'Falls': An Everchanging Coastline  Nautical Treasure In Suburbia  Pittwater: Where the Wild Flowers Are 1917 to 2017  Narani, Captain Cook Celebrations At MVPS and Elvina Bay Memories - 1970s  Early Pittwater Surfers: Alrema Becke Queen of Palm Beach  The Beachcombers Surfboard Riding Club: Palm Beach, NSW - 1959 to 1961 Year Dated Beer Bottles Found at Taylors Point  Early Pittwater Surfers: Avalon Beach I  - 1956: The Carnival That Introduced The Malibu Surfboard and Being Able To Surf Across A Wave Face - Reg Wood Anecdotes  Mona Vale SLSC To Be Completely Renewed + A Few Insights from the Pages of the Past  The Firecracker That Closed Narrabeen Hotel By Ken Lloyd (Savalloyd) + Narrabeen Hotel Licence Transfer Trail  Traces Of WWII Coast Watchers Found On Bangalley Headland - 1942   Early Warriewood  SLSC insights per Norman Godden + Extras  The Macphersons of Wharriewood and Narrabeen: the photo albums of William Joseph Macpherson  Angophora Reserve Avalon 1938 Dedication  Avalon Preservation Association History by Geoff Searl  Pittwater Summer Houses: 1916 Palm Beach Cottage and Palm Beach House Pittwater YHA: Some History  WWI Historian Presents New Film On The Beersheba Charge At Avalon Beach Historical Society Meeting  Newport's Bushlink 'From The Crown To The Sea' Paths: Celebrating Over 20 Years Of Community Volunteer Bushcare Results  Pittwater Fishermen: The Sly Family Narrabeen Exploits and Manly Community Contributors: The First Surfboat at Manly Beach  Women In The Surf Life Saving Movement As Life Savers: From At Least 1910 Locally - Awarded Medals For Saving Lives From 1880 In NSW  Windsor Bridge: Planned Destruction Of Historic Link With A Pittwater Connection  The Rise Of The Cruising Season: A Look At Some Early Australian sailers and Local Visitor Beauties   Pittwater Fishermen: Barranjoey Days Polo By The Sea 2018: Over A Hundred Years Of Loving This Game In Pittwater  Australia Day Regatta Began As Anniversary Day Regatta  Black Bakelite Telephone: Early Pittwater Phone Numbers  Hy-Brasil, Avalon Beach - Pittwater Summer Houses  Ferry Names for Emerald Class: The Gibbs-Turner Original Magic Button  Pittwater Summer Houses: A Tent At Palm Beach's Governor Phillip Park 'Neath Barrenjoey  Pittwater Summer Houses: The Cabin, Palm Beach - The Pink House Of The Craig Family  Manly's Early Sand Sculptors: How Pennies Can Become Pounds and Found A New Art   Retracing Governor Phillip's Footsteps Around Pittwater: The Mystery Of The Cove On The East Side 230th Anniversary Edit March 2018 by Geoff Searl and Roger Sayers Black-Necked Stork, Mycteria Australis, Once Visited Pittwater: Pair Shot in 1855  Butter Churns: Pittwater Dairies The Drainage System In Thompson Square, Windsor  Sydney Royal Easter Show 2018 Show Stopper Beer Brewed By Modus Operandi Mona Vale Extends Locals Input Into RAS Annual Celebration Of Local Products Sydney's Royal Easter Show Showbag Began As An Australian Sample Bag   Pittwater Fishermen: Great Mackerel, Little Mackerel (Wilson's Beach - Currawong) and The Basin  Motor Car Tours To And In Pittwater Show Us The Way This Place Once Was  Some Bayview Memories: The Lloyd Family  Taramatta Park Mona Vale: Opened 1904  The Collaroy Paddle Steamer: New Ephemera Added To Public Accessible Records - Her Connections To Pittwater  The Roads And Tracks Of Yesterday: How The Avalon Beach Subdivisions Changed The Green Valley Tracks  Australian Sailing's Barranjoey Pin Program; some insights into this Pittwater Yacht and owner, Sir W Northam who won Australia’s first Olympic sailing gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games  Avalon Beach Historical Society’s 9th Great Historic Photographic Exhibition: Thousands Of Stories Made Accessible  The Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge: Timely Winter Anniversaries and Commemorations For A Septuagenarian and her Predecessor  Photographers Of Pittwater Capture Historic Insights: A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan, 1859-1948  Roads To Pittwater: The Wakehurst Parkway Along Old Oxford Falls Track  Roads To Pittwater: The Pittwater Road  Roads To Pittwater: The Sandspit Punt and Spit Bridge  My Holiday by Charles de Boos – 1861  Shark-proof pools at Manly on the Harbourside  Dad's Fishing Shack At Long Reef  Historic Photographers Of Pittwater: Harold 'Caz' Cazneaux 1878 - 1953 Roads To Pittwater: The Mona Vale Road  My Singing Story Barrenjoey High School's 50th Year: History Notes + The Original Barrenjoey School  A Bunch Of Wildflowers: Historical Spring September Songs  Camden-Campbelltown Hospitals & Carrington Convalescent Hospital: A Mona Vale-Frenchs' Forest Hospitals Comparison With Pittwater History Links The Newport School: 1888 to 2018  A Visit to Bungan Castle by ABHS Roads In Pittwater: The Barrenjoey Road Remembrance Day 2018 - Pittwater Veterans WWI 100 Years From Armistice Day 1918  Filmed in Pittwater: A Sentimental Reprise + Narrabeen  Roads In Pittwater: The Bay View Road  The NSW Women's Legal Status Bill 1918: How The 'Petticoat Interference In Government' Came Of Age - A 100 Years Celebration Of Women Alike Our Own Maybanke Selfe-Wolstenholme-Anderson Scott Brewster Dillon: A Tribute - He Did It His Way  Pittwater Summer Houses: Rocky Point and Elvina Bay -  A Place Of  Holiday Songs and Operas In Ventnor, Fairhaven, Trincomalee and Maritana    Remains Of Captain Matthew Flinders Discovered: Links with Bungaree of Broken Bay   Isabella Jessie Wye MBE OAM (Isa)  Off To School In 2019 Quicker Than 104 Years Ago  Photographers Of Early Pittwater: Charles Bayliss  Harold Nossiter's Classic Yachts  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Scotland Island  Art Deco Inspirations In Palm Beach: The Palladium Dance-Hall, Cafe And Shop - The Surf Pavilion - The Beacon Store  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your Name - Newport Beach  Professor Christopher John Brennan: A Poet Of Newport Beach  M.V. Reliance Turns 100  Avalon Beach Historical Society March 2019 Meeting: Focus On Trappers Way   Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Clareville  Photographers of Early Pittwater: Henry King Photographers Of Early Pittwater: David 'Rex' Hazlewood  Richard Hayes Harnett - First Commodore Of The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and Designer Of The Yacht 'Australian' - Based On The Lines Of A Mackerel  Pittwater Summer Houses: Waiwera and Hopton Lodge, Bayview The Sirius Circumnavigation (1935-1937): Nossiter Trio Make Australian Sailing History  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Avalon Beach  Were Manly's Statues, Smashed For Road Ballast, Sculpted By Achille Simonetti?   Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Warriewood  Avalon Beach Historical Society June 2019 Meeting  Flint and Steel Guesthouse    Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - 'Green Hills', Elanora Heights, and Ingleside  Ethel Turner's Seven Little Australians Added To UNESCO Memory Of The World Register - The Missing Pages Restored by Matthew Curlewis RPAYC To Host 100th Year Of The Scandinavian Gold Cup and 5.5m Worlds In January 2020 - some Etchells Worlds and Gold Cup on Pittwater History  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name: Mona Vale  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Bungan  Shark Meshing 2018/19 Performance Report + Historical Pittwater Shark Notes  Anthony Thomas Ruskin Rowe, Spitfire Pilot (1919 To 1943) - Who Defended Darwin And His Mate: An Avalon Beach And Pittwater Hero  Newport Surf Club Celebrates 110 Years On October 19, 2019 - A Few Club Firsts  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Bilgola  Tram Memorabilia - Historic Daylight Run For Sydney Light Rail Begins 80 Years After Last Tram To Narrabeen Closed  Historic Insights From The Australian National Maritime Museums 1890 Pitt Water 'Era' Yacht Collection: The Basin Regattas  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Coaster's Retreat and The Basin Samuel Wood Postcards of Pittwater and Manly  Bilgola SLSC Celebrates 70 Years: Anecdotes from Early Members  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Great Mackerel Beach  G . E. Archer Russell (1881-1960) and His Passion For Avifauna From Narrabeen To Newport  A History Of The Campaign For Preservation Of The Warriewood Escarpment by Angus Gordon and David Palmer Mark Foy of Bayview 2019 Inductee into Australian Sailing Hall of Fame  The Victa Lawnmowers Story With A Careel Bay Link  Plaque Unveiled To Mark Phenomenal Surfing Revolution Commencement: the 1956  Carnival at Avalon Beach That Introduced The Malibu Surfboard  The Other Angels From Avalon: 50th Anniversary Of The IRB Marks The Saving Of Over 100 Thousand Lives The Eos: Classic Pittwater Yachts  Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Whale Beach  Palm Beach Pavilion To Be Renamed The Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Marks DSO, MC Pavilion - some historical insights Daniel Gordon Soutar's Influence On Local Golf Courses: Some History Notes  Pittwater Fire Boats History: January 2020 Tribute Palm Beach Pavilion Renaming Dedication Honours Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Marks DSO, MC  Ella McFadyen's Love Of Pittwater: An Environment, Wildlife and Children's Champion Ella McFadyen's Love Of Pittwater: A Children's Champion - shorter version for Children  Sydney Bus Museum Volunteers Helps Mona Vale Bus Depot Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Opening Dorothy Hawkins - a new film by John Illingsworth  Narrabeen Fire Brigade Celebrates 100th Anniversary + A Few Extra Insights Into Local Fires And Brigade Formations  Pittwater, Narrabeen Lagoon & The Collaroy Beachfront: Some Storms and Flood Tides Of The Past - With Pictures  The Wolverene At Broken Bay In 1885   Jack 'Bluey' Mercer (January 2nd, 1923 - February 17th, 2020) - West Head Battery in WWII  Manly Children's Festival Federation Of A Commonwealth Medals Of 1901  Maybanke Selfe-Wolstenholme-Anderson: 2020 International Womens Day + Pittwater Online 10 Years Celebrations  The Bona - Classic Wooden Yacht 2020 Answers  North Head Quarantine Station, Manly: Some History - Governor Ralph Darling Saved Australians Saved Australia Winnererremy Bay: Angus Gordon, the Sequel to Dorothy Hawkins by John Illingsworth Roderic Quinns Poems and Prose For Manly, Beacon Hill, Dee Why And Narrabeen - 10 Year Celebrations and all Manly-Pittwater Poets Series in One Place  Stargazing In Pittwater: Historic and Contemporary   The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffrey 1899  Harold Tristram Squire: October 28, 1868 - May 16,1938; Artist of Mona Vale  All Is Quiet On The Western Front by Roger Sayers Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Palm Beach   Large Sunfish Caught at Barranjuee in 1875  Grace Brook, 1921-2017 by Paul McGrath and Robin Bayes  The Pittwater Floating Hotels That Almost Were: Old Paddle Steamers, Fairmiles  + A Current 'Lilypad'  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners Of Bliss - A History: Updated 2020  Long Reef Aquatic Reserve Celebrates 40th Anniversary    Dr. Isobel Ida Bennett AO - a World Oceans Day 2020, Ocean Week 2020 (June 8-12) and Long Reef Aquatic Reserve 40th Anniversary Special Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Careel Bay   Careel Bay Reserves and Playing Fields in Careel Bay Playing Fields Reserve - Including Hitchcock Park: Birds, Boots & Beauty  North Narrabeen Rock Pool: Some History Narrabeen Lakes Amateur Swimming Club by Maureen Rutlidge, Life Member Avalon Beach North Headland: An Ever-Changing Coastline - Storm Swell Of July 2020  Anthony Thomas Ruskin Rowe, Spitfire Pilot (1919 To 1943) - 75th VP Day Tributes 2020  Walter ('Wal') Williams - VP Day 75th Tributes 2020 Gwenyth Sneesby (nee Forster) 75th VP Day Tributes 2020  Pittwater's Midget Submarine M24 War Grave Renews Memories Of 75 Years Ago   Avalon Beach and Surrounds in 1968 and 1970 - Photos Taken By Gary Clist  Muriel Knox Doherty of Avalon Beach 75th VP Day Tributes  Dundundra Falls Reserve: August 2020 photos by Selena Griffith - Listed in 1935  Binishells In Pittwater Schools Bairne Walking Track, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park (Trig Stations) photos by Kevin Murray  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your Name - Bayview  Perons' Tree Frog At Careel Bay - who is 'Peron'?  Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Church Point  Stapleton Park Reserve In Spring 2020: An Urban Ark Of Plants Found Nowhere Else Sydney's ACA Building Revitalisation Project Complete: Grand Old Building Has Links To Architects Of St. Patrick's College Manly - Some History Notes Harry Wolstenholme (June 21, 1868 - October 14, 1930) Ornithologist Of Palm Beach, Bird Man Of Wahroonga  Three Ferries Named Narrabeen (1883 To 1984) + One Named Barranjoey (1913-1985)  Rockley was Cricket for Girls 130 Years Ago - and this Team Visited Narrabeen as well  The Bus To Palm Beach: Some History  Surf Boats Season Kicks Off At Newport November 14; A Whole Range Of Local Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Carnivals Set To Roll Out Over The 2020-2021 Season + Some History Newport to Bilgola Bushlink 'From The Crown To The Sea' Paths:  Founded In 1956 - A Tip and Quarry Becomes Green Space For People and Wildlife Welcome To Country: Neil Evers – NAIDOC Week 2020  Marine Rescue Broken Bay Naming Ceremony for the new BB30 - The Michael Seale   Marine Rescue Broken Bay Unit's Beginnings In The Volunteer Coastal Patrol -  Some RMYC BB Connections  Stokes Point To Taylor's Point: An Ideal Picnic, Camping & Bathing Place  Boy Scouts - The Pre-Nippers Life Savers: Some Notes On Local Troops From 1909  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your Name - Narrabeen  Warriewood Historic Farmhouse 'Oaklands' by Krisitin Zindel  John Illingsworth's Local History; 'The Water Dwellers' 1967, Enemark panoramas of Palm and Whale Beach 1917, 'Paper Run' 1956, John Illingsworth 1921 - 2012: 'A Newport Story  Pittwater Summer Houses: 'Cooinoo', Bungan Beach  Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment: Worth Looking After Past Notes and Current Photos  Pittwater Summer Houses: Ocean Beach House - The Combers, Newport Beach  Pittwater Aviatrixes On The Eve Of The RAAF's 100th: A NSW Women's Week - Women Of Aviation Week Celebration  Florence Mary Taylor   Doreen Mavis 'Bobby' Squire  2021 Tribute   Avalon Beach Reserve Heritage Marker For Old Kiosk Installed  Landing In Pittwater: That Beach-Estuary-Lagoon Looks Like A Great Place To Touchdown!  Hawkesbury River: 1 In 100 Years Floods - What Washed Up On Pittwater Beaches   The Australian Air League Camps At Mona Vale Beach In The Old La Corniche Building + The Robey Family Of Manly; 'Always Looking Out For Younger People'  The Story Of Pittwater's Anti-Submarine Boom Net by John Illingsworth, Pittwater Pathways  Avalon's Village Green: Avalon Park Becomes Dunbar Park - Some History + Toongari Reserve and Catalpa Reserve Unseen Footage Of Nellie Melba To Celebrate Her 160th Birthday: The Day Dame Nellie Melba Lunched At Bilgola Cottage  Narrabeen Cenotaph + RSL History: 100 and 65 Years Markers Of Service In 2021  Avalon Beach Public School: Some History For A 70th Birthday  Bungan Head 'Bridge' and Tank Trap During WWII - by Malcolm Tompson  Currawong’s 10th Anniversary Funding: The Investment In Local Heritage Continues The Wakehurst Parkway: 75th Anniversary Of Gazettal As A Main Road In 2021   Pittwater's Tropical Fruits: From The Middle Of Winter  Turimetta Beach Reserve: Old & New Images + Some History  National Fitness Centres At Broken Bay, Mona Vale, Narrabeen: Local History Shows We Like To Move It! Move It!  Nautical Words and Phrases Transposed Into Other Uses: Can You Fathom That?!  Mona Vale Cemetery: Some History  Narrabeen Lagoon and Collaroy Beachfront: Storms and Flood Tides Of The Past + Collaroy Beach Reserve Gazettal  The Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge: 75 Years old in 2021 + the Beluba Dam and Oscar Schulze  The Clareville/Long Beach Reserve: some History  John William Pilbeam Goffage MBE ''Chips Rafferty'' Of Lovett Bay: Victory In The Pacific Day 2021  The Fern Creek - Ingleside Escarpment To Warriewood Walk + Some History  The Cowan ‘Creek’ + Lovett Bay Heights Tracks: Some Notes From The Pages Of The Past With Early Photos Trafalgar Square, Newport: A 'Commons' Park Dedicated By Private Landholders - The Green Heart Of This Community  The  Rock Lily Hotel Mona Vale - A Place and Hotel Named for a Local Flower  Whale Beach Ocean Reserve: 'The Strand' - Some History On Another Great Protected Pittwater Reserve  How Camping and Campers At Whale Beach Helped The Whale Beach SLSC Save Lives  Camping at Palm Beach  The Baird Family Of Mona Vale - The Wentworths Of Newport  The Rise Of The Surfboard As Life Saving Rescue Equipment: Some History  Opening Narrabeen Lagoon: Keeping The Community Safer For Over 100 Years  Ellis Rowan's Adventures In Painting Birds, Flowers and Insects: 'This Meant That I Was Tapu - Sacred - Because I Painted The Birds'  History Of The Modern Surfboat: Recognising The Surfboat Builders From 1950 To 2021 by Bert Hunt  The Bus To Palm Beach: Some History with Extras  The Landscapes Of Pittwater As Shown Through The Colonial Wandering Sketcher Artist  Remembrance Day 2021: Mona Vale's Hales-Smith Haynes Smith, Holding, Brentnall And Roby - A.I.F. Men Of World War One who died on the Fields of France  Pittwater Summer Houses: Gunjulla, Avalon Beach-Clareville by Helen and Deborah Grant  St. John's Anglican Church Mona Vale- Celebrating Its 150th Year In 2021   Original Sales Pamphlets Of Scotland Island, Mona Vale, Great Mackerel Beach, Bungan, Offer Images Into Our Past – A Pittwater Summer Idyll  Off To School In 2022 A Bit Quicker Than A Hundred Years Ago  Australia's First Tour Of England Cricket Team Was Indigenous: The Summer They Played At Manly - 1867  Narrabeen Lagoon Bridge No 1 History Notes  The History Films Of John Illingsworth: New Work 'The Newport Boys' + Past Features From Pittwater Pathways  Pittwater Regatta 2022 - Hosted By The RPAYC - Celebrates Over 130 Years Of Regattas On Our Estuary and Offshore Reaches  Lucinda Park, Palm Beach: Some History + 2022 Pictures  Barrenjoey House Celebrates its Centenary in 2022  Barrenjoey Boathouse In Governor Phillip Park  Part Of Our Community For 75 Years: Photos From The Collection Of Russell Walton, Son Of Victor Walton  Iluka Park, Woorak Park, Pittwater Park, Sand Point Reserve, Snapperman Beach Reserve - Palm Beach: Some History  February 22 To March 9 2022 Weather Event: Some Records  Wreck Of Shackleton's Endurance Found: First Images After Frank Hurley's Last Photos Of This Ship Published  Pittwater's Torpedo Wharf - Bill Fitzgerald 2022  Avalon Beach 100 - Ray Henman's 100 Years Centenary Film  Of The Family Of Arthur Jabez Small Talk On Their Grandfather + Extra A J Small Notes; Reserves, A Golf Course, A Surf Club  Dorothy Wilga Hawkins Tribute: 1921 - 2022  Barrenjoey Artists Commune In The Lighthouse Cottages: Post WWII Social Infrastructure Investment Enriched Australia's Cultural Evolution  Brookvale Oval Marks 111 Years As A Community Space With The Opening Of A New Stand and Performance Centre - Some Current + Older History  Avalon Beach Sand Dunes: Some History  Duck Holes: McCarrs Creek  The Sly Family Of Manly and Narrabeen + The First Surfboat At Manly  Mona Vale War Memorials: A School Honour Board, A Victory Tree, A Cenotaph  The Petrov Safe Houses In Pittwater   Warriewood Surf Life Saving Club Celebrates 70 Years  Dorothea Mackellar Of Lovett Bay - The Poet From Whom The Electorate Received Its Name  Wilshire Park Palm Beach: Some History + Photos From May 2022   Narrabeen Hotel: Some History About The Licensees  America Bay Track Walk: Some History + photos by Joe Mills  Mona Vale SLSC: The Clubhouses - Some History  Avalon Beach Village Shops: Some History  100 Years Of Girl Guides In Manly + Some History Of Local Units  Snow Season 2022: Some Local History Connections With The Sport Of Skiing Beginnings  A Glimpse Of The Hawkesbury in 1883 - the Art of John Clark Hoyte  Pittwater Pathways A History Of Pittwater Films Remastered Be The Boss: I Want To Be A Ship's Captain - Princes Albert and George August 1881 Visit to Pittwater + Coast Waiters in Pittwater History  The 1957 Girl Guides Centenary World Camp At Windsor: A 65th Anniversary Celebration Grand Old Tree Of Angophora Reserve Falls Back To The Earth  Topham Track History insights     Brock's The Oaks - La Corniche From 1911 to 1965: Rickards, A Coffee King, A Progressive School, A WWII Training Ground  The Sirius Circumnavigation: Nossiter Trio Make Australian Sailing History - Sirius Now Needs A Saviour  Bungaree was Flamboyant by Neil Evers - Commissioning of MRBB 'Bungaree' special celebration  Stony Range Regional Botanical Garden: Some History On How A Reserve Became An Australian Plant Park  Mona Vale Library Celebrates 50 Years As A Community Hub  Mona Vale SLSC's Frederick Claude Vivian Lane Inducted Into Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame - A Few Insights Into A Local Legend  Newport Hotel Wharf Named For Queen Victoria  Bill Goddard Shares Family Insights  Avalon Beach in 1970-71 - more great photos shared by Gary Clist  Freddie Lane's granddaughter Visits Pittwater on Eve of Mona Vale SLSC's Centenary Celebrations  Harry Wolstenholme - Bird Man of Palm Beach  Duke Kahanamoku Celebrated In Our Area's First Blue Plaque At Freshwater SLSC   The Advent Of The Surfoplane Phenomenon On Our Beaches Led To An Increase In Lifesavers Responses, A Fatality, Along With Lives Being Saved  Gerald Joseph McPhee - A World War II 'M' Special Unit Member: Remembrance Day 2022  Goldthorpe & Smith Boatshed Becomes Port Jackson & Manly Steamship's Palm Beach Marine Service: Palm Beach Boatsheds  Avalon Recreation Centre History: 1954 to 2002  Wings Over Illawarra 2022: Some Brilliant New + Old Machines + Some History Of Pittwater's 'Aces'  Margaret Mulvey (Lady Schlink) of Careel Bay 1916 - 2001  St Michael's Cave - North Avalon Headland: Some History  Pittwater Summer Houses: The Cabin, Palm Beach - The Pink House Of The Craig Family (extra images added in)  Barrenjoey Lighthouse - The Construction: 2023 Reprise  The First Weekenders On The Palm Beach Beachfront + A Look Into Palm Beach SLSC Clubhouses In The Club's 101st Season  Broken Bay Customs Station At Barrenjoey: 2023 Reprise  Getting To School By Ferry - Australia's First 'School Boat' Ran In Pittwater - Some History  Hy-Brasil, Avalon Beach: An Alexander Stewart Jolly Hand-Built Home  Back To School 2023: Getting To School By Ferry - Australia's First 'School Boat' Ran In Pittwater - Some History  Pittwater Summer Houses: 'Billabong' + 'Ocean House', Ocean Street, North Narrabeen - The House At The End Of The Road - Became Site Of North Narrabeen SLSC's 'Batchelor Club   Country Women's Association Manly Branch Celebrates Its 100th Year - 1923 To 2023: Some History  A Community Memorial Hall For Mona Vale - A 22 Year Odyssey That Culminated In Victory: November 1944 To November 1966  New Marine Rescue Broken Bay Base Commissioned: A Building Designed To Look Like A Boat To Honour Its Purpose - The Work Of Marine Rescue Volunteers  Jack ‘Johnny’ Carter's Ashes Returned To His Palm Beach Home  Vale Sydney Fischer AM OBE  Early Mona Vale Constable Owned Mona Vale Hotel Site: Some History  The Mail Route To Pittwater + Establishment Of Local Post Offices: Some History   Narrabeen Prawning Times - A Seasonal Tide Of Returnings: New Found Records Added In  Mona Vale Woolworths Front Entrance Gets Garden Upgrade: A Few Notes On The Site's History  Angophora Costata Named Eucalypt Of The Year: The Tree One Of Our Local Reserves Is Named For - A Celebration    Avalon Beach Norfolk Pines: To Honour Those Who Served – Anzac Day 2023 History Precursors Lewis George Pimblett - Inventor Of Harbord + Mona Vale: Toymaker Of 'Pim's Toys' + First Speaking Robot Maker Of 1952   W. G. Taylor Memorial Home At Narrabeen: Some History (Wesley Taylor home for the aged)  The Mona Vale-Bungan Beach-Bayview Tank Traps: Coastal Defences Of Pittwater During World War Two - Some History  'Little Mountain' Bayview - The Modernistic Art Deco House William Watson Sharp Built For Kenneth Gordon Murray During The Rise Of The K G Publishing Empire  The First Boat Builders Of Pittwater: The Short Life and Long Voyages Of Scotland Island Schooner The Geordy  Historic Heritage Listed Bantry Bay Explosives Depot At Middle Harbor Falling Into Disrepair From Long Neglect  Early Pittwater Surfers: Alrema Becke, Queen Of Palm Beach  Lucy Edith Gullett (Dr.) 28 September 1876 - 12 November 1949   The Mona Vale Outrages by George Champion OAM  Sarah A. Biddy Lewis and Martha Catherine Benns: Midwives of Broken Bay and Pittwater - Reconciliation Week 2023 History  Pittwater's Tropical Fruits: The Estuarine Farmlets At Mona Vale-Newport That Kept Sydney Stocked With Hot Area Fruit In The Middle Of Winter Vivid Sydney 2023: World First Installation In Wynyard Tunnels Raises Spectre Of Long-Forgotten Train To Narrabeen Or Manly  State Government Announces The Return Of The Freshwater Class Ferries To Manly Route - Three Ferries Named 'Narrabeen' + One Named Barranjoey: Some Historic Manly Ferry Songs  Bilgola Beach - The Cabbage Tree Gardens & Camping Grounds + Bilgola The Story Of A Politician, A Pilot And An Epicure by Tony Dawson and Anne Spencer  Avalon Beach Historical Society's June 2023 Meeting: Avalon Golf Links   Snow Season 2023: Some Local History Connections With The Sport Of Skiing Beginnings - The Founders Kerry, Hunter, Schlink  The Cowan ‘Creek’ + Lovett Bay Heights Tracks: Some Notes From The Pages Of The Past With Early Photos  Narrabeen JRLFC's 90th Celebratory History A Shark’s Tale Book Launch Featured A Legends Q&A With Alan Thompson, Anthony Watmough, Mark Gerrard, Anthony Balkin  Mona Vale Road  George Mulhall First Light-Keeper At Barranjuey Headland - Commenced July 20 1868 - First Champion Of Australia In Rowing  Royal Avalon Golf Links: Geoff Searl OAM's Presentation - Film By Pittwater Pathways (John Illingsworth)  Church Point, Pittwater: Winter 2023 + Some Photos and Snippets From The Past  The Tasmanian Countess and Marquise of Scotland Island  Pittwater's Fire-Boats: Some History   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 Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 50th End Of The War March At Palm Beach - All Welcome, All Belong Anniversary      Avalon Beach RSL Sub Branch Celebrates 75 Years Of Members Looking After Each Other Vietnam Veterans Day Services 2023 - 50th Anniversary Of The End Of The Vietnam War: Collaroy, Narrabeen, Palm Beach   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   The Bayview Tea Gardens - When Run By Thomas Edward and Annie Newey (Nee Costello)  A Bunch Of Wildflowers: Historical Spring September Songs  The Wakehurst Parkway: 75th Anniversary Of Gazettal As A Main Road On May 29th 2021 - the Long and Winding Road   'Longa Linga' At Church Point - The John Lander Browne Pre-WWII Designed Linear Home For An Aunt  Dee Why Hotel Opens In 1930: Introduces 'Beer o'clock' For Thirsty Locals   Avalon Community Library Celebrates 40th Anniversary  Narrabeen Folk Arts Club In The Shack: Some History As We Head Into The 2023 Northern Beaches Music Festival Utzon's Pittwater: A Place Of Peace For A Plain Sailing Man - A Quieter Sydney Opera House 50th Birthday Celebration   Australian + English Women’s Cricket Teams Picnic In Pittwater- The 1934-35 First Women's Test Tour That Healed The Bodyline Rift     Barrenjoey High School Inaugural Students: 1968 To 1973 - 50 year celebration of Inaugural graduating class  Waiwera - Hopton Lodge, Bayview  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners Of Bliss + One Northern End Of Beach Rock Pool At Narrabeen: Some History  Pittwater High School Alumni 1963 To 1973 Reunion For 2023: A Historic 60 Years Celebration + Some History  Avalon Beach Historical Society: December 2023 Meeting Slide Night Featuring The Original Avalon Beach Community Library, The Avalon Stomp, The Hail Storm Of 1956 The Black Swamp Camping Reserve Becomes Kitchener Park, Beeby Park & Mona Vale Golf Course - Pittwater Creeks series opener  The Australia Day Regatta Began As an Anniversary Day Regatta  Back To School In 2024 Inspires A Look Back At  A Pittwater Public School Set On The Estuary  Barrenjoey Boatshed In Governor Phillip Park Has Been Part Of Our Community For 77 Years: A Few Photos From The Collection Of Russell Walton, Son Of Victor Walton, Pilot + A Few Insights Into This Evolving Station Beach Institution     Pittwater Summer Houses: Kalua, Palm Beach  Station Beach, Barrenjoey, Circa 1879  Section Of A Squire Mural From Dungarvon, Mona Vale, Held In Private Collection + A Few Notes About His Focus On In Situ Aboriginal Sculptures & Local Burial Grounds Of First Nations Peoples  Historic 100-Year-Old Mona Vale WWI 'Victory' Tree To Be Replaced   Palm Beach Golf Course 1924 To 2024: Some 100th Year History Celebratory Insights   Flora Of Coastal New South Wales: 1920 To 1944  Pictures From The Past: Views Of Early Narrabeen Bridges - 1860 To 1966  SS Nemesis: 120-Year-Old Shipwreck Mystery Solved -Search For Relatives Begins  Pittwater Beach Reserves Have Been Dedicated For Public Use Since 1887 - No 1.: Avalon Beach Reserve- Bequeathed By John Therry  The Old Road To Narrabeen - The Unspoilt Days Of 100 Years Ago When You Could Still See The Sea

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