A Cruel Sea by Gordon Wellings Q.C., B.C.
Brian Friend 'Friendly' Profile Roper Scott Lars 'Buster' Brown Profile
The Story of the making of the paintings illustrating the “Falcon” rescue of “Votan” and her crew – Sunday 9th June 1974 by Christine Hill FASMA
Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater
The Aboriginal Support Group Manly Warringah Pittwater (ASGMWP) - Profile
ASG - MWP Public Meeting 14.11.11: Misinformation and the media by Neil Evers A Night To Remember by Neil Evers
ASGMWP Tribal Warrior Evening by Michael Mannington Laurie Bimson's Marinated Kangaroo Recipe
The Story of Bob Waterer and his Family 1803-2010 By Nan Bosler Meeting Bob Waterer and Nan Bosler
Bob Waterer Profile Neil Evers Profile 8th Bush To Beach at South Narrabeen SLSC by Michael Mannington
Live Life Loudly - Guringai Festival 2013 Begins with Positivity - NT Intervention Discussion and Cathy Freeman and Preston Campbell attend Peninsula Schools Gift of 'Play' to fellow schoolchildren
ASGMWP - Sorry Day 2013 Peninsula CommUNITY of Schools Art Exhibition
Northside Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition by S Evers and Michael Mannington
2014 Guringai Festival - “Wellness and Wellbeing for all People”
Water Water Water - Issue 190 Pictorial
Guringai Festival 2015 – Pittwater Events
Guringai Festival 2016 – Pittwater Events: May 29 to July 11
Bungaree was Flamboyant by Neil Evers
Sarah A. Biddy Lewis and Martha Catherine Benns Pittwater Matriarchs
Moon Rock Declared An Aboriginal Place - Photos of by Neil Evers + Garden Island dedicating a park to King Bungaree on November 26 + Friends of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Forum on November 28 on expansion of Narrabeen Lagoon catchment parklands and Narrabeen State Park
Guringai Festival 2017: Pittwater and Surrounds Events
6th Peninsula Community Of Schools Art Exhibition At Warriewood Square - Silent Auction now open
Front Page Issue 335: Bad News Story Turns Into GREAT News Story: Sacred Ochre At South Avalon Beach To Be Retained Through Immediate Positive Actions
Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Community Club Grants 2017
The Initial “Ride For Aboriginal Peoples”: January 26, 2018 - join in 2019's run!
Budawa Aboriginal Signage Group
Budawa Sign Unveiled: The First In A Series To Be Installed Here - A striking new piece of signage at Mona Vale Library that honours thousands of years of Aboriginal history and cultural diversity was unveiled at a ceremony on Monday 9th of April, 2018, with more than two hundred members of the local community and visitors in attendance. Addresses and pictures.
National Reconciliation Week 2018 + NAIDOC Week 2018: Local Events, Commemorations And Celebrations
NAIDOC Week 2018 - Local Celebrations And Some From Further Afield: ASGMWP Monday July 9th at Mona Vale hosts 'Aboriginal Rock Engravings', Guest speaker Ian Jacobs
Why We Should Remember Boorong, Bennelong’s Third Wife, Who Is Buried Beside Him by Meredith Lake, Honorary Associate, Department of History, University of Sydney
From Palm Beach To Pasadena: Mick Glasheen's Drawing On The Land - GARIGAL COUNTRY Opens - December 2018
Alwyn Doolan’s Message Stick Walk Brings Reconciliation Ideals To Pittwater
Aboriginal Support Group Manly Warringah Pittwater 2019 Festival: Program of Events
Welcome To Country: Neil Evers – NAIDOC Week 2020
2021 NSW Australian Of The Year Awards: Shane Fitzsimmons Awarded States’ Highest Honour
Marine Rescue Broken Bay Naming Ceremony for the new BB30 - The Michael Seale
Adriaan van der Wallen ArticlesPictures Issue 337 November 2017: Pittwater: A Very Aquatic Life! - Palm Beach Longboarders Old Mal - Old Log Rally 2017
Winter School Holidays 2018 Fun: Issue 368 Pictorial by Adriaan van der Wallen
Adrian Boddy Articles
Adrian Boddy Profile Traudi Line Profile
Adrian Boddy's Bird Backyard King Parrots in Our Front Yards
Out of the Ashes by Adrian Boddy Val Harrold — Artist and Sculptor by Adrian Boddy
The Mopoke or Tawny Frogmouth – For Children - A little bit about these birds, an Australian Mopoke Fairy Story from 91 years ago, some poems and more - photo by Adrian Boddy
Japan : Australian Perspectives 6 May 2015-24 May 2015 at the Incinerator Art Space, sample of works by Pittwater photographer Adrian Boddy and date/s for talk by same gentleman and other participants
JAPAN: AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVES by Adrian Boddy: an insight into Adrian's inspirations, where they began and why this transmutes into even how his works will be displayed
Avalon Art Carnival: A Visual Celebration Avalon Market Day Dog Show 2015 + Front Page Issue 241
A Body of Work - Photographs by Adrian Boddy - A major new exhibition will open July 18th featuring one of Pittwater's best photographers. This collection of photographs charting a life's journey as seen through a lens. 10 screens scrolling over 300 images of landscapes, fauna and portraits fill the space with haunting beauty; Wednesday 18 July 2018 - Sunday 2 December 2018 This Issue Adrian shares a collection of short essays, written to compliment the final curatorial selection
(Sir) Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters Carnival
Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters 2012 
Adrian Curlewis Jean Curlewis Ian Curlewis The Breakers at Beach Beyond, 1901 – 2011 by Philippa Poole Palm Beach - The Rock Pool by Ethel Turner 1926
Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters 2013 and Palm Beach Surf Life saving Club Open Carnival 2013
Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters Carnival 2014 Front Page Issue 145
Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters 2015 the 5th Annual Celebration of the 'father of surf lifesaving' + First Few Days of 2015 In Pittwater - Pictorial+ Front Page Issue 196
Front Page Issue 245 - Adrian Curlewis circa 1930 + Adriaan van der Wallen circa 2015 - Summer in Pittwater
Front Page Issue 249: The 6th Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters Carnival: Ian Curlewis with Cr. Bob Grace and Fi Rae
The 6th Adrian Curlewis 2016 Twilight Masters Carnival hosted by Palm Beach SLSC - Report and Pictures
Andrew Tiede Articles
Give Pittwater and our Kids a Chance by Andrew Tiede
Pittwater Your Voice has been Heard by Andrew Tiede
Summer is Channel-billed Cuckoos Season - Fledglings 2013 by Jeffrey Sabri and Andrew Tiede
ANZAC Day In Pittwater
ANZAC Day in Pittwater 2012 ANZAC Day In Pittwater 2012 Pictorial
ANZAC Day in Pittwater 2013 ANZAC Day in Pittwater - 2013 Pictorial
ANZAC Day 2014 - Dawn Service and Commemorative Service and Address at Avalon Beach R.S.L Club
Anzac Day 2016 Address - Services - Avalon Beach and Palm Beach RSL's
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2017: Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Commemorative Dawn and 11 A.M. Services: Address given by Jason Falinski MP for Mackellar - Photos by Sandra May, Julie Hegarty, Sally Mayman, Rebecca Fitzgerald and Alison Guesdon
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2019: Commemorative Services and Activities from south to north - events lists
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2019 - Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch Address by Jennifer Wittwer CSM RAN Rtd.
Pictorials: ANZAC Day 2012 ANZAC Day 2013 ANZAC Day 2014 ANZAC Day 2015 ANZAC Day 2016 ANZAC Day 2017 Anzac Day 2018 ANZAC Day 2019
100 Years 100 Boats – Thousands Attend Gallipoli Landing Commemoration - One Hundred Surfboats to Mark 100 Years - report + photos by Jamie Nilsson
ANZAC Centenary Commemoration Service - Warringah and Mackellar Federal Electorates April 19th, 2015 at Warriewood: transcription of Governor of New South Wales' Address and ANZAC CENTENARY PROLOGUE by Mr. Bill Hardman
Front Page Issue 159 Front Page Issue 160 Front Page Issue 188 Front Page Issue 210 Front Page Issue 211
Warringah Rugby Club Signs Up To United We Stand - Member for Pittwater Rob Stokes commended Warringah Rugby Club for signing up to United We Stand, a NSW Government initiative which encourages sporting clubs to participate in local Centenary of Anzac activities.
Warringah and Mackellar Federal Electorates ANZAC Centenary Commemoration 2015+ 100 Years 100 Boats Anzac Beach Memorial + Pittwater RSL's Centenary Poppy Wall + The first ANZAC Commemorations
Front Page Issue 210: ANZAC Centenary Commemoration Service - Warringah and Mackellar Federal Electorates, Sunday 19th of April 2015 - Warriewood for ANZAC Week
The Landing at Anzac Cove 24th April, 1915 - Fateful decisions and lost opportunity by David James (CR.)
ANZAC COVE (ARI BURNU) 25 April, 1997 by George Repin - Issue 210
ANZAC Day 2015: - Three Generations will be Marching at Avalon Beach this year to Honour Three Generations who served: The GEE Family Are Proud of Our Service to Australia by V Gee
Poems About Gallipoli from 1915 - for 2015 Centenary
For Anzac Day 2016: The Porter Family of Newport: Five Brother Soldiers Serve in WWI + Aussie Hero Quilts and Laundry Bags: Handmade Comfort from Home for Aussie Service men and women Currently Serving Overseas: you can help!
2017 Pre Anzac Day Profiles: Walter (Wal) Williams John Seaton MBE William (Bill) Fitzgerald OAM
Richard Harwin Nossiter DSC OAM - 2019 Pre Anzac Day Profile
Aquatics
R-Marine Riley RMYC 2014 Pittwater Festival - Events Overview
The High Cost of Dredging the Future (look West Barrier Reef) and Marine Nation 2025
Pilbara Region Marine Health Check by CSIRO
Surfboat Shoot-out - Pittwater Festival Launch Event by Dennis O'Toole
Arrival of the Mal - 1956 Surf Boards: the Avalon Beach Historical Society held a special meeting with Talks given by David Lyall and Bob Head providing some great insights into the Arrival of the Mal or Malibu surfboards in Pittwater.
Fitzgibbon's charm offensive creates unique opportunity by Di Pearson
Go Fast Cigarette Boat Visits Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay
Australian Dolphins Employ Sponges to Go Fishing - It's All in the Blood! by UNSW
5,000 Gear Up for Iconic Surf Life Saving Competition - The Aussies 2014 by SLS Australia + The Original Reports from the March 1915 1st Australian Carnival at Bondi and the 1953 one at Newport Beach
The Evolution of Powered Surf Craft In New South Wales by Roper Lars Scott (Buster) Brown Q.C.B.C.
The Prison Hulk Success - (1891) Article
50 Years of Girls at Bell's - Another Easter Tide to Consider
The BIG TOW - April 2014 by Adam Digby and Jacqueline Andronicus
Vanity is Killing Our Oceans and All In Them - No More Microbeads
Palm Beach Ferry Rides to the Western Shores of Pittwater on the Myra - 2014 - Pittwater Wharves
Palm Beach Ferry Rides - The Ferry to Wagstaffe and Ettalong - 2014
Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage to Engage Island Earth World Environment Day 2014
RMYC Multihull Division Celebrate 21st Year at Annual Prizegiving by Alan Brand
Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay - Grand Opening of Lounge Bar by Sally Bacon
Landing Practice Incidents on HMS Ravager 1943-44 Framed Photographs Picture
Port Jackson's Pleasure Fleets - No 1 and 2 (1907) - Ancient and Modern
Port Jackson Pleasure Fleets No:11 and 12: Clubs, Flags and the Advantages of Sailing
The Good Ship Packham - Part I
Bayview's Team Windcraft Offers Amazing Grace - A Hanse 345 to Support Sailors With DisABILITIES
Christmas Comes Early for Sailors with disAbilities Thanks to Windcraft Raffle
Sandy Menzies Elected President of Newport SLSC
Regional Boating Plan Draft Launched For Community Comment
The Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean - A Definitive Reference and Data Base - Launched
New South Wales Pioneer Photographer and Photographs Milson's Point in 1854 by Robert Hunt
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's 2014-15 Sailing Season Opening Day
Front Page Issue 183 - Palm Beach Wharf Upgrades Begin
Palm Beach Wharf Upgrade October 2014
The State of the Beaches Report 2013- 2014
Opening of the Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay 88th Boating Season 2014-2015
Marine Estate Bill 2014 Introduced Into NSW Parliament
Don McManus - 55 Years In Surf Boats - 'The Don' of Rowing & Sweeping
ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy Awarded To Australian David Kellett AO
Painting the Bollards at Avalon Beach SLSC
Michael King - 43 Seasons in Surfboats
RPAYC's Milly Bennett Skippers the First All Female Team to Victory - HARKEN 2014 Youth Match Racing by Stephen Collopy
Star Performance Seals Blackmores MC38 Open Win by Lisa Ratcliff
Blinder for Farr 40 newcomer by Lisa Ratcliff
The Gun Patrol of Avalon Beach Surf Life Saving Club! - A Short History by Roger Sayers
A Salty Tale of the Kathleen Gillett A Small Reminder and Celebration of Our 70th Sydney to Hobart by A J Guesdon
Pittwater Sailors First, Second and Fourth So Farr in 70th Sydney to Hobart
Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Ocean Race 2015 by Lisa Ratcliff
The Little Bugler boy saved by the first Australian-born Captain of the Royal Australian Navy - Aboukir WWI
Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs race prizewinners confirmed by Lisa Ratcliff
Ropers Lars Scott Brown Q.C.B.C. (Buster) Memorial Service - Tribute to a Waterman Extraordinaire by Eric Brown Family, Charlie Chicka Kuhn (South Curl Curl SLSC), David Harrison (Life Member Marine Rescue Broken Bay) and Brian Friend OAM QCBC - Retired Water Police
Palm Beach SLSC's Brats, Brutes and Bruisers Carnival 2015 - the annual fun carnival for members of one of our oldest clubs
Sea-Change; Young Life Savers Participate In Exchange Program - Aidan Clark Bungan Beach, Aimee Clarke South Narrabeen, and Clive Cooper Palm Beach - from SLS NSW
World Whale Day 2015 at Mona Vale SLSC
Broken Bay Marine Rescue Vessels Maintained Thanks to Pittwater RSL Community Club Grants Program
Sydney 38 Championships 2015 - Hosted by RPAYC by Lisa Ratcliff
Concerns Over On Water Speed Regulations at Middle Harbour by John Vaughan
Surf Life Saving NSW 2015 Age Championships - Ocean Beach-Umina
2015 NSW Surf Life Saving Opens Championships - Ocean Beach-Umina - Newport Seal The Deal At Open Champs!
NSW Surf Life Saving Masters Championships 2015
Cabbage Tree Aquatic Reserve: An Eco Treasure
Twice the coral trout in Great Barrier Reef protected zones
New junior series at Sail Port Stephens by Lisa Ratcliff
Walk the Plank On 'NOTORIOUS' at RMYC Broken Bay
100 Years 100 Boats Thousands Attend Gallipoli Landing Commemoration - One Hundred Surfboats to Mark 100 Years - report + photos by Jamie Nilsson
Avalon Beach SLSC's 90th Anniversary Dinner and Dance Brings Together Legends from Near and Far - Exhibition Focus On Outstanding Contributors to Surf Life Saving itself
The Quiet Revolution Or Making Waves? by Roger Sayers
Champion International Sailors Return To Inspire Objective Future Champion Sailors at RPAYC
Harbour Trust wins another prestigious heritage award; for the Excavation, Conservation, Reconstruction and Interpretation of the Cockatoo Island Solitary Confinement Cell + Cockatoo Island History from the pages of yesterday
Fitzgibbon and Tesch Clinch Gold at Delta Lloyd Regatta - Medemblik
Sydney’s First Natatorium (Indoor Swimming Baths)
RPAYC members excel at Australasian Etchells Championships by Jill Connell
New faces in pivotal roles for MC38 Winter Regatta by Lisa Ratcliff
R Marine Riley Tasmania Experience: leaves Sydney (NSW) on December 27
RPAYC members shine at ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth & Portland: Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin - Gold!
RMYC MULTIHULL DIVISION ANNUAL PRESENTATION EVENING by Alan Brand
Sea Birds off the Pittwater Coast: Albatross, Gannet, Skau
SLS Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Awards of Excellence 2015 by SLS SNB
Pittwater Sailors in Queensland Youth Week: Decides 2015 Australian Sailing Youth Team - 29er: Kurt Hansen - Jim Colley, Hobie 16: Shaun Connor- Sophie Renouf
Waterhouse/Darmanin win Silver at Nacra17 World Championships - in Aarhus, Denmark
Front Page Issue 222: PBSC + RPAYC Sailors Triumph
RMarine Riley Hosts Pre Sydney International Boat Show at The Quays, Bayview: Saturday July 25th, 2015
Wild Oats XI and Raggamuffin 100 In Iconic 48th Transpacific Trade Wind Race: WILD OATS XI WINS MERLIN TROPHY
Pittwater students take Hollywood by 'storm': Pittwater Council’s Coastal Environment Centre has been working closely with local schools to engage and educate them on stormwater education - Mini eco-film project
The Inaugural Sydney Harbour & Coast Walk A Year On: Inspirational Invitation to Enjoy Sydney’s Coastal Walks by Phil Jenkins OAM and John Illingsworth
Pittwater Sailors Among 339 Set For Second Olympic Test Event in Rio: Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin + Front Page Issue 227
Sydney Park Water Reuse Project: Wetlands and wildlife thrive thanks to Captured Stormwater-Great Green Ideas
Rare Nautilus Sighted For the First Time in Three Decades off of Ndrova Island in Papua New Guinea by James Urton, University of Washington
Plastic in 99 percent of seabirds by 2050 by CSIRO
Global Marine Technology Trends 2030 Report Released this Week: Understanding the world’s oceans more essential than ever to secure the future of our planet - read in full online here
Avalon Beach RSL Fishing Club Wins 2015 3-Way Fishing Competition by Paul Sinclair
El Niño and La Niña will exacerbate coastal hazards across entire Pacific: New Study states there may be severe beach erosion along the New South Wales coast
Darren Bundock and Nina Curtis Win Silver Medal at 2015 Nacra 17 European Championship
State of the Beaches 2014-2015 - Northern Beaches of Sydney
The 'Coutas Are Coming! by Lisa Ratcliff
Yachting Australia Awards 2015: Pittwater Sailors Nominees and Finalists
Yachting Australia Awards 2015: Female Sailor of the Year, Sailor of the Year with a Disability and Lifetime Achievement Some of Pittwater's Finest Recognised
Rare Speartooth Sharks Caught and Tagged in Cape York - First Ever Adults - by CSIRO
HARKEN International Youth Match Racing 2015: hosted by RPAYC - Day 1, 2, 3 and 4 Reports by Stephen Collopy
Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs fleet surges before entries close (December 15) by Lisa Ratcliff
Bilgola's 'Billy Swim' has Launched the Pittwater Ocean Swim Series 2015-2016: Four More Opportunities to Dive this Summer + some great pictures taken by Bilgola SLSC Members
Pittwater to Coffs 2016 - the winners and challenges + the infamous 'squid incident'! reports by Lisa Ratcliff
A Marine Escapade by Robyn McWilliam
Palm Beach SLSC’s Brats Brutes Bruiser’s Carnival 2016
Timber Heritage Surfboats Require Storage or Museum Home: 1947 N & E Towns + 1971 Bill Clymer by Kim Marsh
MC38 Australian Championship 2016 Hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club by Lisa Ratcliff
SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES Branch JUNIOR Surf Lifesaving Carnival PALM BEACH February 2016 - results and pictures (courtesy Richard Cole - Pres. Avalon Beach SLSC) Plus: Results
Bungan’s Holly Wawn, Avoca’s Wade Carmichael Win Komunity Project Great Lakes NSW Pro Surf Series - report and Photos by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW
Sailability NSW stages Presidents Cup regatta to mark 20th Anniversary by Graeme Adam
New South Wales Surf Life Saving Age Championships 2016
Rock Pools: Adventure Grounds for the Young and Those Now Grown by Adriaan van der Wallen
2016 Beko Best of the Best Surf Boat Challenge Hosted by SLS NSW
‘Feather Map of Australia’: Citizen scientists can support the future of Australia's wetland birds: for Birdwatchers, school students and everyone who loves our estuarine and lagoon and wetland birds
Australian Surf Life Saving Championships – the Aussies 2016
Australia's New Ice-breaker and the Australian Antarctic Strategy and 20 Year Plan
The Basin, Pittwater: A Reprise: Historical Records and Pictures
IRB Season 2016 Takes Flight - SLS NSW Report, pictures and Progressive Point Score after Round One
Coral Reefs Updates: Nemo May Be Lost- Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems May Be Potential 'Lifeboats'- Great Barrier Reef Water Science Taskforce Final Report Studies Released May 24-25, 2016
Coastal Management Bill 2016 Passes
Successful Summer For Sydney Lifeguards: Pittwater Statistics by Surf Life Saving New South Wales
MC38 Winter Regatta 2016 on Pittwater - Hosted by RPAYC - by Lisa Ratcliff
Club Marine Pittwater To Southport Race Replaces Coffs Race In 2017 by Lisa Ratcliff- RPAYC
RMYC Multihull Division 2016 Presentation Evening by Alan Brand, RMYC Multihulls Race Secretary
Matthew Hastie Named Pittwater’s Top Lifeguard from SLS NSW
2016 Ocean & Earth NSW State School Titles - Surfing by Surfing NSW
Governor's Cup 2016: RPAYC Team Awarded Sportsmanship Trophy
Surfing (and Skateboarding) to be Official Olympic Sports from Tokyo 2020: A Dynamic 2020 Vision for Future Sports by IOC and Surfing NSW
Surf Life Saving NSW Awards Of Excellence 2016 - Local Awardees
Our Silver Medallist Sailors - Rio 2016 Olympics - Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's 150th Sailing Season Opening: A Few Notes Of Old
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club Opens 150th Sailing Season - The Sesquicentennial Year
Australian Paralympic Sailing Team: Rio 2016 Paralympic Games - overview, articles from World Sailing on whom they're up against and Opening Ceremony Vid.
Australian Life Saving Team At World Life Saving Championships 2016 - by SLSA and Newport SLSC President
Excitement Builds As Lifesavers Return For New Season: Raising of the Flags Ceremony 2016 + 2016 Surf Life Saving New South Wales Coastal Safety Report by SLSNSW
BL's Blast Off 2016 - report, pictures, links to albums
Lock Crowther Multihull Regatta 2016 Results by Alan Brand and A J Guesdon
Couta Week Returns To Pittwater by Lisa Ratcliff
Next Phase For The Farr 40s (Pittwater One Design Trophy: 17-18 December 2016) by Lisa Ratcliff
Artists, Scientists And Children Celebrate Restoration Of Underwater Forests by UNSW - follow up on Palm Beach Seaweed Contributes to Reef Restoration - Bald Reef Gets New Growth With Seaweed Transplant by UNSW Ran in Issue 146 - January 2014
MC38 Summer Series Championship: Act 2 by Lisa Ratcliff
2016 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championships: hosted by RPAYC by Stephen Collopy
2016 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championships At RPAYC by Stephen Collopy - the regatta reports and results
PBSC Bullets Regatta 50th Anniversary - results and wrap by Michael Henman
Club Marine Pittwater To Southport Race Length Draws Keen Skippers by Lisa Ratcliff
Sailing World Cup 2016 Final In Melbourne - Pittwater Sailors Bring Home More Medals
Jubliees Come To Pittwater: the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in 1938 and Huntingfield Cup of 1946 and 2017
Pittwater To Southport Yacht Race 2017 by Stephen Collopy and Lisa Ratcliff
International Etchells 2017 Australian Championship Hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club by Stephen Collopy and Lisa Ratcliff
North Narrabeen Hosts Rip Curl GromSearch National Final: The Triumphant! by Surfing NSW
World Wetlands Day 2017: the 20th Year - February 2nd is World Wetlands Day each year, commenced in 1997 as a way to raise awareness of these vital ecosystems - this Thursday, get in a Pittwater wetland!
Up the River by Robyn McWilliam
Youth Development & Intermediate Youth Development Programs at RPAYC - 2017 Training Program is now OPEN and EOI Forms available
MC38 Australian Championship, February 17-19 hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club with racing on Pittwater - by Lisa Ratcliff
Grommets Shine At The 2017 Australian Open Of Surfing At Manly by Surfing NSW
Sydney Harbour Regatta 2017 by Di Pearson, photos by Andrea Francolini
2017 NSW Surf Life Saving Opens Championships at Blacksmiths Beach - reports and photos by SLS NSW
Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrates 85th Birthday: A Few Pittwater Connections - That bridge across the harbour turns 85 today, Sunday March 19th. The National Film and Sound Archive has launched an Online Exhibition and we've compiled a few insights too.
New Life Members Honoured At 2017 Surf Life Saving NSW State Championships: Garry Andrew (Dee Why SLSC and Copacabana SLSC) Terry Aldridge (North Curl Curl SLSC and Black Head SLSC) Rhonda Lycett (Mona Vale SLSC) Rod McDonagh (South West Rocks SLSC) Craig Susans (Queenscliff SLSC) and ...
Aussies 2017: Warriewood Rustys Prove They Are Really A GOLD Aussie Surf Boat Team + A Whole Lot of other Masters Aussies Bling and some Opens news
Sail Port Stephens 10th Anniversary Regatta: Classic Yachts and Classic Sailing - Some great reports by Lisa Ratcliff
The Caley Wetlands QLD. - Going, Going...GONE - Adani Abbot Point coal loading facility given licence to kill nationally important wetland
Six New SUP Surfing Champions Crowned At Ocean & Earth Southern Cross SUP Festival - Marty Cole (Newport), Tammy Montgomery (Elanora Heights) and Steven Piper (Narrabeen) among place-winners by Surfing NSW
Inaugural Lifeline Classic An Investment In Waves Of Hope For Everyone's Loved Ones
Whale Migration Season Commences: tips on how to enjoy a whale watching experience - ORRCA Humpback Whale Migration Census Day 2017: Sunday June 25th
Singapore Nippers Initiative Supported By Avalon Beach SLSC
Palm Beach Sailing Club 2016/2017 Season
An Australian and RPAYC Commodore Aboard an America's Cup Challenger of 1908 and 1914 by The Father of the Pittwater Regatta, John Roche - 1930 + Extras
IRB Season Heats Up by Surf Life Saving NSW
Club Marine Pittwater To Paradise 2018 Regatta Entry Now Open
NSW IRB (Inflatable Rescue Boat) Premiership Series 2017: Round 4 by Surf Life Saving NSW
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club Marine Bluewater Series Prepares Sailors For Competitive Ocean Racing by Stephen Collopy
RPAYC's Nexba For Melbourne To Osaka Double-Handed Crusade by Lisa Ratcliff
Club Marine Pittwater To Paradise Regatta: Oldies And YD Combine On Le Billet by Lisa Ratcliff
Shifting Storms To Bring Extreme Waves, Damage To Once Placid Areas - new UNSW Water Research Laboratory study: “If you have waterfront property or infrastructure that has previously been sheltered from the impacts of extreme waves, this is worrying news” said Mitchell Harley, lead author and a senior research associate at UNSW’s Water Research Laboratory (WRL). “What this study confirms, is that simply by changing direction, storms can be many times more devastating. And that’s what we’re facing in many locations as the climate continues to change.”
2017 Pantaenius Newport To Coffs Coast Yacht Race Entries Now Open by RMYC BB
Kialoa II’s Revival At 47th Rolex Fastnet Race by Lisa Ratcliff - Elvina Bay resident Paddy Broughton and a superlative crew are racing in this prestigious old race, starts Sunday August 6th
Plymouth Revisited for Owners of the Classic 1963 Built Kialoa II
Narani, Captain Cook Celebrations At MVPS And Elvina Bay Memories - 1970s from and by Kathyrn Ryan
Leopard Seal On Bungan Beach: Please Maintain At Least 40 Metres From Seals That Come Ashore At This Time Of Year
Nautical Treasure In Suburbia by Roger Wickins - is there a better place for the housing of this artwork celebrating Claude Chouls?, last of the last of our WWI Veterans
NSW To Stage The First-Ever Couta Boat Nationals Outside Victoria by Lisa Ratcliff
Step Two For Kialoa II by Lisa Ratcliff & Marina Johnson
Freemantle To Pittwater And On To Paradise With Stealth by Lisa Ratcliff
Put On Your Sailing Shoes: Pittwater's 2017-2018 Sailing Season
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2017 by Lisa Ratcliff
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club 151st Opening Day For The 2017-18 Sailing Season
Woolworths Surfer Groms Comp presented by Wahu on Northern Beaches This Weekend by Surfing NSW
Mona Vale SLSC To Be Completely Renewed - from Office of MP for Pittwater, Rob Stokes + A Few Insights from the Pages of the Past
Club Marine Pittwater To Paradise Regatta - Rikki's New Aussie Adventure by Lisa Ratcliff
State Of The Beaches 2016-2017: Northern Sydney (Pittwater To Manly)
MC38s Draw Record Fleet And A Bevy Of Superstars: Summer Series Act 1 2017 by Lisa Ratcliff
Couta Boat Australian Championship And Wattle Cup 2017: On Pittwater - Hosted by Avalon Sailing Club by Lisa Ratcliff
Operation Crayweed October 2017 Update: Success As North Bondi Restoration Works Produce Next Generation Of Crayweed - Also This Week: Green Globe Award For UNSW SIMs Operation Crayweed Project by Wendy Frew UNSW - Visit: Palm Beach Seaweed Contributes To Reef Restoration - Bald Reef Gets New Growth With Seaweed Transplant - Issue 146, 2014 and Artists, Scientists And Children Celebrate Restoration Of Underwater Forests - Issue 287, 2016
The Admiral’s Cup Anniversary Regatta on Sydney Harbour Will Celebrate First Australian Win of 1967
Vestas 11th Hour Racing Wins Leg 1 Of The Volvo Ocean Race!
Kialoa II Crew Growing Mo’s For The Bro’s: November 1 is the start of Movember - by Lisa Ratcliff
Pittwater: A Very Aquatic Life! - Palm Beach Longboarders Old Mal - Old Log Rally 2017, North Avalon Surfriders Association Vs. Newport Plus Boardriders in the 'Battle of Bends 2017, SLS SNB and Palm Beach SLSC Hosts Fast Fives, RPAYC Hosts Opti Chicks Weekend; Speakers Tash Bryant and Annie Wilmot
2017 Harken International Youth Match Racing Regatta: Hosted By The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Wednesday 22 November to Sunday 26 November 2017 - Eligible Skippers Finalised!
2018 Pittwater To Paradise Regatta: Entries Closing December 1st, 2017 - Blink And You Might Miss The Entry Cut-Off by Lisa Ratcliff
MC38 2017-18 On Pittwater: Hooley Dooley: Hooligan’s MC38 Summer Series First Day by Lisa Ratcliff
25th Anniversary Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship hosted by The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on Pittwater by Lisa Ratcliff
2017 Surf Dive n Ski Australian Junior Surfing Titles at Culburra Beach by Surfing NSW
Woolworths Australian Junior Surfing Team Announced
The 2017 Sydney to Hobart: Classics, Supermaxis, an All Women Crew and an Invictus Games 2018 Prelude, the Ashes on Water Test + Some Pittwater Sailors
Frantic Double Back For Club Marine Pittwater To Paradise Regatta by Lisa Ratcliff
Surf Life Saving Australia’s 2017 National Coastal Safety Report
A Broken Boom Could Not Stop An Emotional Return For Kialoa II by Bruce Montgomery, RSHYR
Frantic Digs Deep To Take Line Honours In The Club Marine Pittwater To Paradise Regatta 2018
Rip Curl GromSearch Pres. by Flight Centre National Final from Surfing NSW + great Action photos by Ethan Smith / Surfing NSW
Surfing Australia Completes Historic Olympic Readiness Camp - North Narrabeen surfer Cooper Chapman along with Matt Wilkinson (Copacabana), Adrian Buchan (Avoca Beach) and Wade Carmichael (Avoca Beach) have attended Surfing Australia's highly successful three-day Olympic Readiness Camp as the journey toward the Tokyo 2020 games ramped up this week in Northern New South Wales at the Hurley Surfing Australia High-Performance Centre (HPC)
Woody Point Yacht Club's 2018 Putt-Putt Regatta
Avalon Sailing Club Hosts Pittwater Leg Of Australia Day Regatta 2018
A Long Weekend ON Pittwater: January 2018 by Peta Wise, Neil Johnston, Jools Farrell, Penny Gleen, Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay, Avalon Sailing Club, Woody Point Yacht Club, Zonta Club of the Northern Beaches
RPAYC Women Skippers In 2018 Hardy Cup Sydney International Match Racing Regatta
Local Sailors Excell At 2018 World Cup Series Miami: More Medals For Olympians Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin, first hitout for Natasha Bryant and Annie Wilmot in 49er in World Cup events
Marcus Blackmore's Ammonite Wins The 2018 New Zealand Millennium Cup - on Australia Day 2018!
2017/18 Hobie 14, Hobie 16, Women and Youth State Titles hosted by Palm Beach Sailing Club - Day 1
Clare Costanzo WINS Hardy Cup 2018: First Female Skipper - First All Female Team To Take Out Prestigious Match Racing Event
Coastal Connection Key To Conservation: Connecting the Chinese community with the coast was the theme behind an interactive rock pool walk at Long Reef Aquatic Reserve recently
Spotted On Pittwater: Michelle Lee's Different World's Canoe: This Lady is Getting Ready To Row Solo Across The Atlantic - Fundraiser at The Quays Marina, Bayview on March 24th
Change As Good As A Holiday For Young Lifesavers: City to Country and Country to City Exchange Program - Hamish Christie (Long Reef SLSC), selected to represent NSW at the Annual Lifeguard Exchange in New Zealand next month - from Surf Life Saving NSW
Tiny Membrane Makes Sydney Harbour "Drinkable": New Graphair Technology Has Potential To Save Lives Worldwide - from CSIRO
2018 Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Championships Results for Surfboats and Masters - photos by Bill Sheridan
2018 Interstate Surfboat Championships, Trans-Tasman Test And Navy ASRL Open: Results, Winners Snaps and Wraps - Reports by Surf Life Saving NSW and Navy ASRL. Photos by Avalon Beach SLSC, Surf Life Saving NSW, Navy ASRL, Julie Hegarty and Bill Sheridan, 2018
Naming Faceless Fish From The Australian Eastern Abyss from CSIRO
Key Sun Zinke Sydney Pro Junior Vissla Sydney Surf Pro. At Manly: 24th of February to 4th of March - bringing top level, international surfing back to the historic and iconic Manly Beach in 2018; over 20 countries will be represented in local, junior and World Surf League Qualifying Series 6000 events. The Vissla Sydney Surf Pro will also host a number of off-beach activations and festivities that will be centralised around the Corso area for the whole family
Vissla Sydney Surf Pro. At Manly: 2018 - Full Reports
Pittwater's Jimmy Spithill Joins Luna Rossa Challenge For 2021 America's Cup In NZ - James’ first interview since the news broke
2018 Pacific Boating NSW & ACT Optimist Championship heads to RPAYC: by Brendon Rourke
Seismic Testing Off Our Coasts Set To Blast Early Migrating Whales and Newcastle Fishermen's 'Farm'
Bilgola SLSC Salutes Bruce Robertson's 76 Years Of Service: Lifesaving Legend and Australia's Oldest Active Member Hangs Up His Patrol Cap
Alyse Saxby Set To Sail At 2018 Special Olympics National Games In Adelaide (April 16-20) - final hitout at Combined Australian Hansa Class Championships over Easter weekend + Pittwater's own Allan Jones is now the current Hansa 2.3 State Champion!
Lifesavers Welcome Rock Fishing Announcement: Surf Life Saving NSW has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of the second stage of the Rock Fishing Safety Act made in Sydney on Friday morning. Following the completion of a 12-month trial of mandatory lifejackets in the Randwick Local Government Area, coastal councils can now opt-in to make the legislation active in their area.
2019 Club Marine Pittwater To Paradise Regatta First Entry: Nexba Racing! by Lisa Ratcliff
Aussies 2018: Great Local results
Ducks Away As Lifesavers Gear Up For IRB Season 2018: Bilgola and Mona Vale Entering For First Time by SLS NSW
Let There Be Whales! + Five facts about mother whales and their calves + National Parks deals for whale watching season + ORCCA Whale count 2018
New Zealand Has Its Own Population Of Blue Whales: New study
Manly Dam Had The Highest Concentration Of Neurotoxin BMAA In Testing For Study: BMAA Links With Neurodegenerative Diseases by Brendan Main, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
World Sailing Launches Into The Digital World With The Inaugural ESailing World Championship
Rubber Ducky Racers Soar At Round 2: 2018 NSW IRB Premiership Season by Surf Life Saving NSW
World Environment Day And World Oceans Day 2018 June 5th & 8th - For An Aquatic Community Beating Plastic Pollution Is Essential: If You Can't Reuse It - Refuse It! + Become an Ocean Friendly business
Over 30% Decline In Fish Catches In Australian Waters: New Study Finds
Pittwater Winter Regatta Incorporating The NSW 2.4mR Class Championships Hosted By Sailability Crystal Bay + Invictus Games Training Sessions To Be Held On Pittwater This Week
Caves Beach Claim 2018 IRB Premiership Series: Skills Practiced in Winter Keep Our Beaches Safer in Summer
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2018: all the recognitions + a lot else!
2018 NSW Sharkskin IRB State Championship: Avalon Beach and Newport SLSC's among Medal winners
Living Ocean’s Community Celebrate Living A Plastic Free Life!: Next Saturday, July 28th, 2018 - on Avalon Beach and at Barranjoey High School
Top Aussie Athletes Dominate Prestigious Hawaiian Event (Molokai 2018: Newport!) by Surf Life Saving NSW
Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 – Denmark: Australian Sailors Secure Qualification Places For Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Marine Parks Phase 3 Consultation Commences: Local Changes Details - from Lion Island to Barrenjoey, Narrabeen, Long Reef, Manly and Chowder Bay at Mosman
The 2018 Surf Life Saving NSW Awards of Excellence - Avalon Beach SLSC named Club of the Year, Nigel Penn (Bilgola SLSC) awarded President's Medal
Woolworths Surfer Groms Comps Series 2018-19 Kicks Off: Event 1 by Surfing NSW
Surfers and Lifesavers Reach Historic Agreement: MOU Signed At NSW 2018 Board Riding Championships + Results
North Narrabeen Hosts Event Three On The Nudie Australian Boardriders Battle Series 2018/19 by Surfing NSW - North Steyne Boardriders have taken out the nudie Australian Boardriders Battle central qualifying event, Avoca, North Avalon and North Narrabeen claimed second, third and fourth. As a result, the top three clubs have qualified for the upcoming National Final in Newcastle.
Bungan's Holly Wawn Surfs Solid Week At UR ISA World Surfing Games In Japan: Sally Fitzgibbons Wins Gold And Team Australia Secures Silver Medal
Flags Are Up As Surf Lifesavers Hit The Beach For The 2018/19 Patrol Season; NSW Coastal Safety Report released by Surf Life Saving NSW
Lock Crowther Multihull Regatta 2018 - The Lock Crowther Regatta has been hosted by the RMYC since 1996 and offers multihull owners both exciting racing and cruising programs. This Labour Day long weekend is the 23rd edition of the popular regatta
Ocean Turns On a Cracker Wave for Rick Millar Memorial: Benchmark Made Permanent
Invictus Games Sydney 2018 Honours The Optimistic Generation: Cycling and Sailing on Today (FREE Events) whole Programme broadcast on ABC's iView for those who missed out on tickets -Pittwater and Narrabeen links
State Of The Beaches Report 2017-2018: Barrenjoey/ Station Beach Shows Highest Level Of Animal Droppings of all Estuary Beaches, Elvina Bay Polluted After Rainfall Events - All Pittwater Coastal Beaches Rated 'Very Good' Except Warriewood and Turrimetta
NSW Sports High Schools Association And Surfing NSW Form Partnership
Living Seawall Tiles Installed On Sydney Harbour Are Turning The Habitat Tide
NBI's Pittwater Paddle 2018 by Lisa Ratcliff
Palm Beach Longboarders Old Mal/Old Log Rally 2018 by Palmy Longboarders, Fiona Roberts, Adriaan van der Wallen
Palm Beach Sailing Club's Beware The Bullets Regatta 2018: Report, Results, and Pictures by Dick Clarke, Trevor Gourlay and A J Guesdon
2018 Tradies Surfmasters at Cronulla: Local Champions Crowned by Surfing NSW
Cedar Takes Out A 1st At 2018 Surf Dive ‘N Ski Australian Junior Surfing Titles - Jamie Thomson and Tru Starling secure placings as well - by Surfing Australia
Pittwater Ocean Swim Series 2019: A Chance To Get Into The Swim Of Things and Enjoy A Celebration Of Beautiful Beaches and Surf Life Saving
Palm Beach SLSC Hosts A Summer Of Surf Life Saving Carnivals
2019 Best of the Best Surf Boat Interbranch Championships - on today (Sun. Jan. 20th from 8am) at Queenscliff by Surf Life Saving New South Wales
SLSA 2019 Interstate Championships on Newport Beach this Thursday ( Jan. 24) will be live Streamed - NSW Team
Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Wins 2019 Interbranch Surf Boat Crown by Surf Life Saving New South Wales
Important Community Event: 3D Seismic Testing Planned For Australia's East Coast - Living Ocean screening of Sonic Sea + Panel of Speakers
Future Of Streamwatch In Pittwater and Across Sydney In Doubt: Funding Ceases In June 2019 - Petition By Streamwatch Volunteers
NSW Win Interstate Surfboat Championships: Local Surf Club Crews Dominate 2019 Team Navy ASRL Finals
2019 Mothernest Great Lakes Pro. by Surfing NSW - Matt Banting and Cooper Chapman on podium
Archie's Pittwater Clean Up Fundraiser - To Install 20 Seabins On Our Estuary: Inspirational 13 year old, every $1 counts, every marina could have one (or two!)
Great News Story Of The Week - she did it!: Michelle Lee, First Australian Female To Row SOLO Across The Atlantic - this time last year Michelle was rowing around Pittwater!
A Sea Of Nippers Hit 2019 State Championships by Surf Life Saving NSW
2019 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships: The 2019 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships proudly supported by Your local club Patrol Competition and Champion Lifesaver has kicked off 10 big days of events at Swansea Belmont SLSC. The 2019 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships continues this weekend with the Juniors and Inclusive events and from 6-10 March with Masters and Opens. You can watch all the action from the event live on SLSNSW Facebook
Sydney Harbour Regatta 2019 - Pittwater yacht Conspiracy wins Boat of the Day by Di Pearson
Epic Racing and A Changing Of The Guard At The International 5.5 Metre Australian Championships - hosted by RPAYC - With the impeding 5.5m World Championships to be held in the Palm Beach Circle in January 2020 hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Newport, more and more Fives are being bought and renovated and joining the Australian fleet
Vissla and Sisstrevolution Central Coast Pro. runs February 27 – March 4; reports and photos so far by Surfing NSW
NSW Win Interstate Surfboat Championships: Local Surf Club Crews Dominate 2019 Team Navy ASRL Finals
Harold Nossiter's Classic Yachts: Harold Nossiter Snr, Dick Nossiter and Harold Nossiter Jnr. were the first Australians to circumnavigate the globe in an Australian built yacht - the Sirius. What yachts did he own prior to the Sirius though?
Kelly Slater to Start 2019 Season at Vissla Sydney Surf Pro. + World's Best Shapers Return to Manly + Sisstrevolution to support Female Surfing at Avoca and Manly from Surfing NSW
2019 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships: Masters - Results For Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Clubs by Surf Life Saving NSW
Dee Why Rockpool To Become Isa Wye Rockpool: Naming Ceremony of March 9th, 2019
Pro Surfing to Descends on Manly - 2019 Key Sun Zinke Sydney Pro Junior on opening weekend of Vissla Sydney Surf Pro. by Surfing NSW
2019 Vissla Sydney Surf Pro Goes Off!: Jordy Lawler of Narrabeen WINS!!!
Warriewood SLSC Surf Boats Carnival: End Of Season Pre-Aussies Training - Homage To Legendary Warren Molloy
2019 Australian Surfing Awards Finalists Announced - locals listed
Aussies 2019: Youth Weekend - list of local participants and some results
Youth Sailing In Pittwater: March 2019 Update - What's Been Happening At NLSC, BYRA, RPAYC, ASC and What's Coming Up For Autumn School Holidays
More Surfers Saving Swimmers Across The State: Surfers Rescue 24/7 funding commitment announced
Australian Sailing Team Prepares For Palma 2019 by Di Pearson
Funding Needed For North Sydney Olympic Pool
SLSA Australian Championships -The Aussies 2019: Masters and Opens!
Australian Sailing Team Members Heading To Medal Races At 2019 Princess Sofia Trophy: Gold Medal For Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin by Di Pearson
Pittwater's Little Penguin Colony: The Saving Of The Fairies Of Lion Island Commenced 65 Years Ago This Year - these delightful creatures continue to be seen at estuarine and coastal beaches - something to look out for and celebrate this school holidays!
The Sirius Circumnavigation (1935-1937): Nossiter Trio Make Australian Sailing History
Team Australia WINS The Worrell 1000 Reunion Race 2019: Rod Waterhouse, and Beau White, of Palm Beach Sailing Club and Brett White, Speers Point Amateur Sailing Club, Lake Macquarie are in 1st place!
Restoring Sydney Freshwater Wetlands, near Careel Bay - This project, commenced in 2018, has removed weeds and installed a habitat corridor from the bay to the creek. The last Field Day was Saturday May 25th, when a Buff Banded Rail, the first one seen here ever, was spotted. Volunteers are still needed for maintenance and weeding along the creek - a great way for Duke of Edinburgh Award students to contribute a few hours once a month and actually get to see the changes they have made grow!
IRB 2019 Premiership Round 2 on the Central Coast by Surf Life Saving NSW
Australian Sailing Names Olympic Test Event Team For Enoshima 2019
Hat-Trick For Kiama Downs At 2019 IRB Premiership: Round 3 by Surf Life Saving NSW
NSW IRB Premiership Won & State Team Announced by Surf Life Saving New South Wales, photos by Richard Black
Sydney To Auckland Yacht Race 2021: The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are excited to announce their partnership for the 1250nm Sydney to Auckland Yacht Race 2021. The race will start on Sydney Harbour on 30th of January 2021 and finish in Auckland Harbour in time to help the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron celebrate their 150th Anniversary and enjoy the 36th Americas Cup.
Newport SLSC Presentation Evening 2019 by Jan Proudfoot - includes President Rob Emerson's Address
Grassroots Sport Honoured At Prestigious NSW Community Sports Awards: Avalon Beach SLSC Named The Community Club Of The Year - report by NSW Sports
Surf Life Saving Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2019 - full list
Lion Island's Little Penguins (Fairy Penguins) Get Fireproof Homes - thanks to NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Fix it Sisters Shed
Mackerel Beach RFB Captain Bob Mitchell Steps Down After 46 Years Of Service To The Community - words and photos courtesy Ingleside RFS
New Resuscitation Kit Handover To Northern Beaches Surf Clubs report by Surf Life Saving NSW
Winners Of The 2019 NSW/ACT State Sailing Awards Announced: Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's Richard Slater recognised as Official of the Year Award, Tom Spithill the Sports Professional Award, Daniel Links is recipient of the Youth Sailor of the Year Award and Annie Wilmot and Tash Bryant are joint Female Sailor of the Year. The club was also part of the great contingent of yacht clubs that made the sailing divisions of the Invictus Games Sydney such a success - another award!
2019 NSW School Surfing Titles Wrap Up With A Bang At Coffs Harbour + 2019 NSW Junior Titles News: The NSW School Surfing Titles ran this week with Cedar Leigh-Jones (Avalon) shone in the Under-16 Girls All-Stars division, taking out the division. Prior to the schools titles Narrabeen natural-footer Jamie Thomson put on an impressive display of backside surfing in the Under-18 Boys to win the NSW Junior Titles.
SLS NSW Board Riding Championships Return To Iconic North Narrabeen
Australians Secure Winners Medals In Molokai To Oahu 2019
Avalon Beach SLSC's 2019 AGM Honours Volunteers Dedication To Community by Roger Sayers and Avalon Beach SLSC
Vale Geoff Ruggles (13.11.24 - 30.7.19) by Di Pearson
2019 SLS NSW Board Riding Championships at North Narrabeen: Opens and U's - Palm Beach SLSC equal 3rd
Airlie Beach Race Week: Fun for all on Pioneer Bay by Di Pearson
Pittwater's Sailing Season About To Begin: North To South Clubs Information It's time to put on your sailing shoes Pittwater- Although many of the local sailing and motor boat clubs have events year round the official Sailing and Boating 2019-2010 Season is set to launch with membership for new members, Open Days, Try Sailing and Opening of Season events scheduled over the next few weeks. This week an overview of where and how you can get amongst those salty airs and skip upon the water fantastic!
Australians Ready For 5.5 Metre World Championship 2020 at RPAYC by Di Pearson
Waterhouse-Darmanin in Enoshima 2019: Ready Steady Tokyo, Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima (25 August – 1 September) + Australian Sailing Team Final Results by Liz Owen, World Sailing
The 2019 SAE Group Australian Surf Championships: Part 2 - Adaptive Surfing, Longboards and Loggers by Surfing NSW - NB: Australian Longboard Titles and Australian Logger Titles run 19-26 of August
Historic Insights From The Australian National Maritime Museums 1890 Pitt Water 'Era' Yacht Collection: The Basin Regattas
Georgie Rowe, in Australian Rowing Women’s Eight, Wins Silver In World Rowing Championships; Now Heading To Tokyo 2020 Olympics from Romilly Madew AO
Newport SLSC Athlete Scoops Major Lifesaving Award in Surf Life Saving NSW Awards of Excellence 2019: Athlete of the Year - Jackson Borg, Newport SLSC, Youth Athlete of the Year - Naomi Scott, Manly LSC, Official of the Year - Louis Tassone, North Curl Curl SLSC, Assessor of the Year - Mike Le Geyt, South Curl Curl SLSC
Bilgola SLSC Celebrates 70 Years next weekend: Some Anecdotes From Early Members
Arts
also see Pittwater Community Arts section Pittwater Community Arts Profile and Manly Art Gallery and Museum Section
A Dream by Michael Larkin
Applications Now Open For Artists In Residence At Kimbriki Or Eramboo - closes November 12, 2018
Archibald, Wynne And Sulman Prizes 2016 Finalists Announced: Young Archie Finalists And Honourable Mentions - One for our inspired and inspiring up and coming young Artists featuring Young Archie works!
Art Depot's Chelsea Lane Gallery Opening
ArtFest 2012 - Biannual Children's Art Exhibition
Art in Open Places 2013 Art and Soul's 'Coffee Break' Installation for Art in Open Places 2013 from Cindy Goode Milman
Art in Odd Places - Some images from the Dee Why Art in Odd Places Event last weekend, from Cindy Goode Milman and photos by Susan Milne, Local Curator - AiOP and Artistic Director, ERAMBOO artist environment
Artists Encouraged To Join Northern Beaches Public Art Artist Panel by Northern Beaches Council: Panel artists will have the chance to develop integrated artworks for sites along the 36km Northern Beaches Coast Walk from Manly to Palm Beach as well as other potential public art projects on the peninsula
Arts North Primary Camp 27th and 28th of June, 2012
Artspot
2013:
Artspot 2013 - an exhibition of 17 artists on the Northern Beaches Pittwater Online News has linked up with three locally established artists to overview their planned ‘summer art exhibition’ coming to Avalon Recreation Centre January 5 – 13, 2013 called'Artspot'. Over the next six Issues leading up to the opening night feature on January 4, 6-9pm, we will cover all the exciting elements of this upcoming exhibition.
Artspot 2013 - The Ceramicists Artspot 2013 - Established Artists Artspot IV - Emerging Artists Artspot 2013 - Book Launch and Superstroke Art Movement Artspot VI - Charity Spots for Cobra and Mongoose
Author Talk for Face of Extraordinary: Volunteers
2015:
Artspot 2015 by Cindy Goode Milman
Artspot 2015 Supports Sharing Stories by Cindy Goode Milman - G Brothers at Mona Vale have a display of this year's silent auction artworks!
Artspot 2015- Figure and Form Artists by Cindy Goode Milman
Artspot 2015 - Australian Bush, Wildlife and Towns: Artists Profiles by Cindy Goode Milman
Artspot 2015 - Opening Night, Interactive Talks, Demonstrations and Workshops for Kids and Adults by Cindy Goode Milman
Artspot 2015 Opened with Aplomb + Front Page Issue 196 + First Few Days of 2015 in Pittwater Pictorial
ARTZPACE 2012 Images by Michael Mannington
ArtZpace 2014 by Michael Mannington - Pittwater Council's bi-annual emerging artists exhibition an eyeful of delights!
Avalon Art Carnival: THE GAME - A public art festival around Avalon Village, Saturday 7 November – Saturday 21 November + Front Page Issue 238
Avalon Art Carnival: The Game Launched: 7 November to 21 November
Avalon Art Carnival: A Visual Celebration by Adrian Boddy
Avalon Art Show 2017 - the Mixed Palette Art Show and Sale
Avalon Art Show 2018 - the Mixed Palette Show and Sale
Avalon Beach Confirmed As A Creative Hub + Student Art Show by Sue Boaden
Avalon Craft Cottage Celebrates 50th Year in 2019
Avalon Quilters 2016 Exhibition of Members Work and Raffle Quilt - March 11-12, 2016
Avalon Quilters 2018 Exhibition Of Members Work and AMDF Raffle Quilt Touches Stars: Friday 9th and Saturday 10th of March 2018
Be Brave Artspace - North Avalon
Be Brave Artspace and Gallery Launches 'BRAVE' 2018 Exhibition;14 Artists, First Night snaps, Open until December 23rd + Front Page Issue 385
Be Brave Artspace June 2019 THE FABRIC OF LIFE - Group Exhibition
Broadfoot - Artists of the month June 2017
Call Out For Artists And Writers - Art & Words Project: Saltwater Theme, Closing date for entries is March 15 from NBC
Church Point's Jacquie Maynard Wins Northern Beaches Art Prize
Community Invited To Comment On Creative Art Space North Concepts: Avalon Annexe or Avalon Golf Club House?
Community Invited To Comment On Creative Art Space North Concepts: Avalon Annexe or Avalon Golf Club House? Consult Now OPEN (until Nov. 11, 2018) and Pop Up Info. Sessions available
Creative Creatures Film Festival 2016: A Case of Oranges and Apples Stealing the Show!!
Danielle Ryan & James Sherwood - The Map To Paradise
Enliven your Easter with the Newport Art Festival
Expanding Horizons – Visual Arts at the Beach-
Express Yourself 2015 - a vibrant, fascinating and dynamic exhibition showcasing the immense talent and creativity of the 2014 crop of HSC Visual Arts students from Sydney’s Northern Beaches - at Manly Art Gallery until March 22 + Front Page Issue 202
From Palm Beach To Pasadena: Mick Glasheen's Drawing On The Land - GARIGAL COUNTRY Opens - December 2018 - + Front Page Issue 386
Front Page Issue 204: Pittwater Artists Trail Fires Up for 2015
Front Page Issue 246: Avalon Recreation Centre Summer Art 2016
Gone Fishing Gallery; an Artist's Font - Offshore Artists Exhibition at The Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Hidden Women Of History: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Prodigiously Talented Painter
HSC and Established Artists Offer Summer DeLIGHTfulness in Avalon Recreation Centre Exhibitions
JAPAN: AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVES by Adrian Boddy: an insight into Adrian's inspirations, where they began and why this transmutes into even how his works will be displayed
Keepers Of The Flame: The Legacy Of Murch & Miksevicius - At MAG&M, May 3rd to June 9th
KEEPING COMPANY: SALTWATER - new works by 45 Northern Beaches artists + 'Metamorphosis': exhibition of ceramics by fourteen students graduating from Northern Beaches Campus in Brookvale @ Manly Art Gallery & Museum 30 October — 29 November 2015
Lime Cordiale Set To Rock Narrabeen RSL (The Nazza) On November 9th - A Catch Up with Oliver Leimbach on new song 'Following Fools' and what the home crowd can expect
Lloyd Rees Painting with Pencil 1930 – 1936 Exhibition at Museum of Sydney: 12 December 2015–10 April 2016
Ludlites Love Utopia: Tim Hixson and Sally Mayman two Avalon photographers and members of the Ludlites group are currently exhibiting work at Bondi pavilion as part of the Head On Photography Festival. This year the Ludlites are proudly supporting the work of the Arrow Foundation, in keeping with the theme of Utopia - creating a better world. All profits from the opening event on May 7th will be donated to the foundation.
MAG&M Exhibition Celebrates Australian Figurative Artist Robert Dickerson: opens this week, includes Sydney Chamber Music Festival 2018: Figuratively Speaking + Poets Paint People as part of Special Events Program
Manly Art Gallery & Museum May - June 2015: Juliet Holmes A Court: A Sense of Here Saltwater Artists Connecting to Country
Manly Art Gallery & Museum Makes Appearance In New Midnight Oil Doco - from Northern Beaches Council
Michael Glasheen Art Exhibition To Go On The Road - To Support Newport Acquisition Of Crown To The Sea Land Add-In To 'Complete The Loop': Governor Phillip Park, Palm Beach weekend of December 1/ 2, Porter Reserve, Newport December 8/9 and outside Pasadena for December 15/16
Mega Month Of Artist Exhibitions Opening In April 2017 At Manly Art Gallery & Museum Set To Celebrate Earth And Water Delights: Frank Hurley: Photographer & Gardener + Shoufay Derz' s In Memory of Water + Gerry Wedd: Kitschen Man - Opening Night dates + Curators and Artists in Conversation (NB: A Day with Gerry Wedd: Free but Bookings essential)
Newport Teenager A Finalist In Young Archie Competition 2018
Newport Village and Beach: Easter Saturday 2016 - Art Festival and Rock Pools
Newport Sculpture Trail 2018: Artists Sought - Theme 'Spirit': entries open to students and artists until September 23rd
Newport Sculpture Trail 2018 Now Open
Northern Beaches Music Festival 2019 Will Be At Narrabeen RSL: May 3-5, 2019
Official Opening Of The Tramshed Arts and Community Centre - October 2018 by Northern Beaches Council
Offshore Artists Exhibition at The Manly Art Gallery and Museum
OnIslands Exhibition at Eramboo
Outdoor Installation At Manly Art Gallery & Museum Showcases Artist’s Work: Art lovers are invited to attend a talk and afternoon tea with Peta Dzubiel on Sunday 9 December from 3-4pm
Painting in the 3rdi - Everyone Can Create - Ted Blackall - Ted Blackall Profile
PCA Profile PCA Art Show in Avalon 2011 PCA Annual Art Show and Sale 2012 Pittwater Community Arts 2014 10th Annual Exhibition and Birthday
A Week in Pittwater - November 2014
Front Page Issue 189 - 10th Art Show and Birthday - Avalon
Pittwater Community Arts 11th Art Exhibition and Sale – 2015: Open Today - Sunday November 22nd
Pittwater Artists Trail Exhibition At Newport Easter Art Festival: Open Easter Sunday and Easter Monday
PITTWATER ARTISTS TRAIL - HOME STUDIOS: Open Weekend March Sat 7 - Sun 8, 10am - 5pm by Vicki Ratcliff
Pittwater Artists Trail: Meet the Makers Spring 2015 Weekend - by Vicki Ratcliff: September 5th & 6th: open from 10am until 5pm
Pittwater Artists Trail Spring Open Studios Weekend 2016: 10am to 5pm on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September featuring a 'crab-off' this Spring with a dinner for 2 to be won!
Pittwater Artists Trail Open Studios Weekend Summer 2016: December 3rd and 4th by Cindy Goode Milman
Pittwater Artists Trail Winter Exhibition Opening Night at Bilgola SLSC
Pittwater Artists Trail Winter Exhibition 2015 - Now Open at Avalon Beach SLSC (Sunday and Monday June 7-8): Opened by Richard Cole, Architect of the Clubhouse with Inspirational Address
Pittwater Artists Trail Winter Exhibition 2015 - Pictorial
Pittwater Artists Trail Winter Exhibition 2016: at Avalon Beach SLSC - Friday June 3rd to Sunday June 5th 2016
Pittwater Artists Trail Winter Exhibition 2016 Opened With A Giggle Courtesy Of Jim Pike: closes 3pm Sunday June 5th + Front Page Issue 266 + Social Pittwater June 2016
Pittwater Artists Trail – Winter Group Exhibition 2017 At Newport by Kylie Ferguson - includes Opening Address by Katherine Roberts (MAG&M)
Pittwater Artists Trail 2016: Autumn Open Studios Weekend (10am – 5pm on Saturday March 5th and Sunday March 6th)+ all 2016 dates + New Artists + sharing studio space: meet two at once
Pittwater Artists Trail Artists for 2017- some brilliant old favourites and great new Artists this year across many mediums - Group Launch Exhibition to be held in Newport, June 9 -12
Pittwater Artists Trail June Long Weekend Winter Exhibition 2018: New Artists and Silent Auction of Great Works to Support OneEighty - preview of auction items here
Pittwater's Inaugural PCA Ceramics Awards
Pittwater YHA Murals By World Renowned Muralist, Kim Polomka, Part Of Pittwater YHA 50 years 1967-2017 Celebrations - Join in the Bush Regeneration and Enviro Fun weekend August 25th-27th
6th Peninsula Community Of Schools Art Exhibition At Warriewood Square - Silent Auction now open
Social Pittwater June 2017 - Opening of Chuck Bradley's Instrumental at Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Summer In Pittwater 2016: Cicadas Birds Beaches Peoples Artists: Fresh Art HSC Students, A Tale of Two Sisters, Simon Barlow New Works
Summer In Pittwater: January 2019 - Tony Edwards Exhibition Of Paintings Launch
Sydney Art Space (Mona Vale) 2018 Exhibition Of Sculpture, Drawing And Painting
Sydney Northern Beaches Woodturners - Profile
The Gone Fishing Gallery - Church Point
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club Sesquicentenary Welcoming Sculpture By John Woulfe Unveiled - by Stephen Collopy
The Story of the making of the paintings illustrating the “Falcon” rescue of “Votan” and her crew – Sunday 9th June 1974 by Christine Hill FASMA
The Newport Sculpture Trailblazers 2017: runs from October 27th to November 13th
The Wild Temple of Yam Art Installation by Bea Pierce
This is Avalon - Winter Solstice Festival: Sunday 21st of June
2016 Pittwater Woman Of The Year: Lorrie Morgan and the Zonta Club of Northern Beaches International Women's Day Breakfast + Front Page Issue 255
2016 Manly Arts Festival - Art, Music, Performance And Chocolate!
Winter Solstice Festival Warms Avalon’s Heart by Jayne Denshire
Art Spaces and Groups
The Gone Fishing Gallery - Church Point Sydney Northern Beaches Woodturners - Profile Sydney Art Space (Mona Vale) 2018 Exhibition Of Sculpture, Drawing And Painting Pittwater Artists Trail Artists for 2017 PCA (Pittwater Community Arts) Profile Be Brave Artspace - North Avalon Art Depot's Chelsea Lane Gallery Opening Northern Beaches Art Society Katherine Roberts, Manly Art Gallery & Museum Avalon Craft Cottage
Profiles on Artists:
Sophie Haythornthwaite Cindy Goode Milman Stephen Marr June Lahm Ted Blackall Anthony Patrick Chandler Adrian Boddy Stephanie Brown Gemma Rasdall Tracy Ponich Jackson Davies Meredith Scott Cade Turner John Ogden Avalon Quilters Geoff Searl Lucinda Rose June Lahm Takashi Tachibana Nada Herman Debby Waters Marian Purvis Jamie Nilsson Gretel Pinniger Tim Hixson Avalon Art Gallery Lisa Wilkes-Hunter Nat Bromhead Katarina Wells Michelle Ball Adrian Boddy Antonia Hoddle Linda Haigh Jessica b Watson Liz Muir Lorrie Morgan Penel Bigg Isabelle Wise Megan Webster Michael Kitching Blaze Roberts Dave Whiteman Mignon Parker Jacqueline Andronicus Meredith Rasdall Jude Rose Chris Raggatt Trent Morgan Chuck Bradley Adriaan van der Wallen Sally Mayman Dale Kentwell Adriana Labate Willi Michalski Coco Elder Lara Duncan Peter Sharp Michael Glasheen Barry Leef Jessica Birk Michelle Perrett Jordan Upton Bill Leimbach Tony Edwards Be Brave A Little Brave 2019-2020 33 Artists
Aurora Australis 2013 - A Great Year For Southern Lights
The 2018 CWAS "David Malin Awards" as part of AstroFest: Wide-Field winner: Barrenjoey Milky Way Arch by Tom Elliott
FARM AID 2018 (Bales from the Beach) - happening next Saturday, August 25th at Avalon Beach RSL - lots on for all ages!
Community News Issue 373: Successful Farm Aid event held for Aussie Helpers
Australia Day In Pittwater
Australia Day 2013 2013 Pittwater Australia Day Awards
Australia Day at RMYC by Robyn McWilliam
Pittwater's Australia Day 2014 - we like Seeing each other more then merely Looking at each other in Pittwater - the four compass points of Pittwater Australia Day Celebrations, including some from those who ventured to Sydney Harbour + Australia Day Honorees (10!). Visions courtesy of WPYC, RMYC, Joanne Seve, Michael Mannington, Michael Brown of SurfWatch + A.J.G.
Australia Day In Pittwater 2015
Australia Day 2016 - Breakfast by the Beach in Bert Payne Park, Newport
Australia Day by Selena Griffith- 2017
Australia Day Awards 2017: Recognising Outstanding And Long-Term Service - our chat with John McInerney OAM and the full list of Northern Beaches Honours
Australia Day in Pittwater 2018 Pictorial
Australia Day Awards 2018 Recognise Outstanding Community Service Of Ken Hughes AFSM, OAM + List of Awardees includes Angus Gordon
Australia Day in Pittwater 2019 - Pictorial
Australia Day 2019 Honours: The Recognition Lists of Inspirational Local Residents
Australian Bush Flower Essences
Ian White - Founder of ABFE Profile
Ingleside Wildflowers - August 2013
Pittwater Gentleman’s Vision Brings International Recognition: a chat with Ian White, Founder of Australian Bush Flower Essences about The Love System, a range of Certified Organic Skincare and Bodycare formulations that has won an acclaimed Natural Health Beauty Award 2015 in the UK
Spring Equinox 2015: A Wonderful Time To Walk Among Australia’s Bush Flowers - interview with Ian White, Founder of Australian Bush Flower Essences on his recent visit to the ruins of Saint Hildegard von Bingen, first recorded European to have used Flower Essences and what Australian Bush Flowers are out now and why a walk in the bush is so therapeutic
Front Page Issue 232: Black eyed Susan flowering in Pittwater
Mother's Day Flowers 2016: Pittwater Bush Flowers out in Autumn
Avalon Active Seniors
Avalon Amnesty International Branch - Avalon Baptist Church
OUR GENERATION Documentary and Jeff McMullen at Avalon by Kath Moody
Avalon Beach Bowling Club
Avalon Beach Historical Society
Avalon Beach Historical Society Profile Geoff Searl OAM 2019 Profile
Avalon Beach Historical Society's 30th Anniversary and 8th Exhibition from ABHS
Arrival of the Mal - 1956 Surf Boards: the Avalon Beach Historical Society held a special meeting with Talks given by David Lyall and Bob Head providing some great insights into the ‘Arrival of the Mal’ or Malibu surfboards in Pittwater.
Geoff Searl Profile Front Page Issue 163 John W Stone Profile + Front Page Issue 271
Bi-Centenary Commemoration of Governor Phillip Honoured In Pittwater
Uncovering The History of West Head - new signage unveiled this week and announcement of new works to improve access to soldier's tracks
Spring Becomes Summer 2014 West Head
The South Coast Track of Tasmania - Geoff Searl’s pictures
Avalon Beach SLSC's 90th Anniversary Dinner and Dance Brings Together Legends from Near and Far - Exhibition Focus On Outstanding Contributors to Surf Life Saving itself
Pittwater Artists Trail Winter Exhibition 2015 - Now Open at Avalon Beach SLSC (Sunday and Monday June 7-8): Opened by Richard Cole, Architect of the Clubhouse with Inspirational Address
Pittwater Artists Trail Winter Exhibition 2015 - Pictorial
2015 Pittwater Community Service Award – Commodore Graham Sloper (RAN Rtd.), President of Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch + Community Leaders High Tea
Pittwater Reserves, The Green Ways: Clareville Wharf and Taylor's Point Jetty
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 by Roger Sayers and Geoff Searl
Retracing Governor Phillip's Footsteps Around Pittwater: The Mystery Of The Cove On The East Side by Roger Sayers and Geoff Searl - Do Not Miss this Readers!
The Stewart Towers On Barrenjoey Headland
Community Seeks To Acknowledge Historic Groundbreaking Contributions- November 18, 1956 and November 2nd, 1969 - what do these dates mean to you? - feedback sought
Avalon Beach North Headland Indian Face 'Falls': An Everchanging Coastline (August 2017)
Early Pittwater Surfers: Avalon Beach I - 1956: The Carnival That Introduced The Malibu Surfboard And Being Able To Surf Across A Wave Face - In autumn 2014 a report on the Arrival Of The Mal - 1956 Surf Boards, the Avalon Beach Historical Society Meeting with speakers David Lyall and Bob Head, who witnessed a revolution in riding waves here, recorded the introduction of the Mal. Through Roger Sayers and courtesy of Reg Wood, an insight into that 1956 Avalon Beach SLSC carnival adds more to that record of how seeking to highlight the great work of surf lifesaving in conjunction with the Melbourne Olympics brought with it a giant wave of a surfing change
Bad News Story Turns Into GREAT News Story: Sacred Ochre At South Avalon Beach To Be Retained Through Immediate Positive Actions: Angophora Reserve Dedication of 1938
Avalon Preservation Association History by Geoff Searl
WWI Historian Presents New Film On The Beersheba Charge At Avalon Beach Historical Society Meeting: Dr. Jonathon King's new documentary focuses on those glorious horses and experiences of Light Horsemen from interviews with those men - final edit will include 2017 re-enactment
A Late Spring Stroll Through Kosciuszko National Park: The Main Range Walk by Geoff Searl - ever the mindful and passionate Historian, captured some images of what was seen along the way that has a local connection in one particular instance.
Retracing Governor Phillip's Footsteps Around Pittwater: 2018 Edit -The Mystery Of The Cove On The East Side by Geoff Searl and Roger Sayers - This coming week marks the 230th anniversary of Governor Phillip sailing past Avalon and Palm Beach on 2 March 1788 and entering Pittwater for the first time on 5 March 1788. This Issue a revised version of the earlier story in Pittwater Online News ...includes a map showing Geoff Searl and Roger Sayers assessment of his most likely routes in out and around Pittwater on 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 March 1788. When you're out and about on Pittwater this week - have a look around and think about what occurred here 230 years ago this week!
The Roads and Tracks Of Yesterday: How The Avalon Beach Subdivisions Changed The Green Valley Tracks
A Visit to Bungan Castle Spring 2018 by ABHS Members
Front Page Issue 393: Mr. Macken, Mr. Searl and Mr. Champion, Historians of Pittwater
Avalon Beach Historical Society March 2019 Meeting: Focus On Trappers Way by Roger Sayers
Geoff Searl OAM Investiture Ceremony May 2019
Avalon Beach Historical Society June 2019 Meeting: A Fascinating Look Into Local History Through Old Photos by Roger Sayers
Avalon Beach RSL
Profiles: Commodore Graham Sloper Tamara Sloper Harding Colin Casey Neil Johnston Doreen Cherry John and Bob Johnson - The Johnson Brothers Jan Roberts Harry Bragg Christopher Chubb Veterans Centre Sydney Northern Beaches (VCSNB) Kenneth Lindsay Wright Flight Sergeant, PRU and POW WWII by 'Lofty' Wright and compiled by Brad Fisher Honorary Rank for World War II pilot Ken Wright John Seaton MBE William (Bill) Fitzgerald OAM John McInerney OAM Tamara Sloper Harding OAM Veteran
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2012 Pictorial
ANZAC Day in Pittwater - 2013 Pictorial
ANZAC Day 2014 - Dawn Service and Commemorative Service and Address at Avalon Beach R.S.L Club
ANZAC Day 2014 Pictorial - Dawn Service - 11am March and Commemorative Service
ANZAC Centenary Commemoration Service - Warringah and Mackellar Federal Electorates April 19th, 2015 at Warriewood: transcription of Governor of New South Wales' Address and ANZAC CENTENARY PROLOGUE by Mr. Bill Hardman
ANZAC Day 2016: Avalon Beach and Palm Beach RSL Clubs March and Service and Get-together's
Anzac Day 2016 Address - Services - Avalon Beach and Palm Beach RSL's
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2017: Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Commemorative Dawn and 11 A.M. Services: Address given by Jason Falinski MP for Mackellar - Photos by Sandra May, Julie Hegarty, Sally Mayman, Rebecca Fitzgerald and Alison Guesdon
Anzac Day in Pittwater 2018: Addresses and Marches
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2019 - Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch Address by Jennifer Wittwer CSM RAN Rtd.
Australia Day Awards 2017: Recognising Outstanding And Long-Term Service - our chat with John McInerney OAM and the full list of Northern Beaches Honours
Australia My Country Awards 2014 - Four Pittwater Schools have a combined 378 entries in the Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch sponsored competition this year
AVALON BEACH RSL CLUB CROWNED PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR 2015!
Avalon Beach RSL Fishing Club - Profile
Avalon Beach RSL Club’s Pikachu Triumph
Avalon Tattoo 2011 Feature: the annual Avalon Tattoo is a chance for young and old to listen to great music and observe ancient traditions.
Eagle One Iroquois Huey UH1H at Avalon Tattoo
Photos and 'video' - 2011
Avalon Tattoo 2012 Avalon Tattoo 2012 Pictorial
Avalon Tattoo 2013 - Avalon Tattoo 2013 Pictorial
Avalon Tattoo 2014 - Events Schedule
Avalon Tattoo 2014 - Report - Avalon Tattoo 2014 Pictorial
Avalon Tattoo 2015 - the 10th Annual Celebration - A 10/10 Community Event - Lead Pipe Band this Year is Burwood RSL Sub-Branch Pipe Band - also celebrating their 10th year: Schedule
Avalon Tattoo 2015 – 10th Celebration - Pictorial and Report + Front Page Issue 218
By The Left Veterans Initiative: Younger And Female Veterans Have Served Too - Avalon Beach ANZAC Day March 2018; Sub-Branch encouraging all female Veterans to March With Us
Eagle One Iroquois Huey UH1H at Avalon Tattoo
Avalon Tattoo 2012 Avalon Tattoo 2012 Pictorial
A Week in Pittwater - November 2014 Pictorial
COMMODORE Graham Sloper AM RAN (Rtd.) - on being presented Life Membership of the RSL of Australia + upcoming ANZAC Centenary, the newly established Veterans’ Centre – Northern Beaches, and what is coming up in the only annual Military Tattoo in NSW, the Avalon Tattoo - INTERVIEW
FARM AID 2018 (Bales from the Beach) - happening next Saturday, August 25th at Avalon Beach RSL - lots on for all ages!
Front Page Issue 160 Front Page Issue 166 Front Page Issue 167 Front Page Issue 176 Front Page Issue 209
Front Page Issue 213 : AVALON BEACH RSL CLUB CROWNED PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR 2015!
Front Page Issue 228: Pittwater Community Service Award 2015: Commodore Graham Sloper Rtd.
Front Page Issue 356: Tamara Sloper Harding OAM and Jan-Maree Ball OAM
Front Page Issue 372: VP Day 2018 and Farm Aid 2018
In Advance Of ANZAC Day... My Two Cents Worth by Jan-Maree Ball OAM
Palm Beach RSL Sub-Branch Opens New Memorabilia And Military Heritage Library - Addresses by NSW President of the RSL, Mr. John Haines AM, State Minister of Education, Mr. Rob Stokes, MP for Pittwater and Mark Ferguson, President of Palm Beach RSL Sub-Branch - also the presentation of a 6th Light Horse shield
Parkview Restaurant: Avalon Beach RSL Club
Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Community Club Grants 2017
Pittwater Student and Land Army Lady Attend Service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans 2016 - 10th annual NSW Commemoration ceremony
Remembrance Day 2011 at Avalon Beach RSL Pictures
Remembrance Day 2013 Commemorative Service at Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph
Remembrance Day 2014 Service at Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch - A Wonderful Mayoral Address
Remembrance Day Service at Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph: 2015 Mayoral Address
Remembrance Day 2016 Commemorative Service At Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph - 2016 Commemorative Address by The Hon. Natasha Maclaren-Jones, MP, MLC, Government Whip
Remembrance Day In Pittwater 2017: Addresses by Barrenjoey high School Captains Elijah Thomson and Ella Couston
Remembrance Day Writers 2011: family anecdotes from Doreen Cherry, Margaret Millar and David James
Social Pittwater - Land Army Ladies Attend 2017 Aboriginal Commemorative Service at Hyde Park Cenotaph
South-West North East - Issue 176 Pictorial
Summer In Pittwater: January 2019 - Avalon Beach RSL Wheat Straws
The Sydney Northern Beaches Veterans Centre Inaugural Resilience Luncheon April 2017
True Champion Of All Honoured: CDRE Graham Vaughan Sloper AM RANR
2018 Poppy Wall For Avalon Beach RSL To Be Hand-Knitted And Hand Made With Love: knitting/crochet group meets on Mondays at 12, Craft group meets Wednesdays at 2pm; donations of handmade poppies can be dropped in; red wool also needed
Veterans Centre - Sydney Northern Beaches - Profile
Veterans Centre - Sydney Northern Beaches at Dee Why RSL Official Opening: October 16, 2015
VP Day 2011 at Avalon RSL Pictures VP Day
Victory in the Pacific Day 2012 at Avalon Beach RSL
Victory in the Pacific Day - 2013 Commemorative service at Avalon Beach RSL
VP Day Commemorative Service 2015 – at Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph: 70th Anniversary + Front Page Issue 227
VP Day 2016 VP Day 2017
VP Day 2018 - Commemorative Service at Avalon Beach RSL By Sub Branch: While Victory in Europe was declared in May 1945, fighting in the Pacific region continued until August 1945. This week members of Avalon Beach Sub Branch held a Commemorative Service to mark the 73rd year since the end of the Second World War II, known as Victory in the Pacific Day, and observed each year on August 15th + Front Page Issue 372
Avalon Beach RSL Fishing Club Wins 2015 3-Way Fishing Competition by Paul Sinclair
Veterans Centre Sydney Northern Beaches Open All Christmas and New Years - Ben Webb, Manager of the Centre, asks that anyone who is in need of any assistance, is having a problem, or simply needs to be somewhere comfortable for a chat or a cup of tea, drop in or contact him
Avalon Beach SLSC
Profiles
Adriaan van der Wallen Profile Antiques Womens Masters Boat Crew Profile Bob Head Profile Chris Hopton Profile Richard Cole Profile Doug Crane Profile Ken Davidson Profile Stephan (Steve) Jacek Louise Lindop (Spencer) Profile Mike Stanley-Jones Profile Peter Carter Profile Chris McGuckin Rick Millar Profile Virginia Head Profile Blaze Roberts Geoff Searl Profile Roger Sayers Profile Tim Hixson Profile Reginald Charles Wood Profile Max Watt Warren Young OAM Christine Hopton OAM 2017 Reprise Volker Klemm Roland Luke Don and Beryl Imison Avalon Beach SLSC's Surfboat Division 2017-2018 Season Avalon Beach SLSC's U14 Girls Beach Relay Team 2018 Rick Millar Tribute 2018 Ashley Cardiff Profile Ocean Turns On a Cracker Wave for Rick Millar Memorial: Benchmark Made Permanent
Christine Hopton - 2014 Pittwater Woman of the Year Adriaan Van Der Wallen - Nipper Age manager at Avalon Beach SLSC - Saves Lives at Foster Warren Young OAM - Queens Birthday Honours 2014 Rick Millar 2018 Tribute
History
Arrival of the Mal - 1956 Surf Boards: the Avalon Beach Historical Society held a special meeting with Talks given by David Lyall and Bob Head providing some great insights into the Arrival of the Mal or Malibu surfboards in Pittwater.
Avalon Beach SLSC - The First Clubhouse - History Avalon Beach SLSC - The Second and Third Clubhouses - History
Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Paddon Family
Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners of Bliss - A History
The Gun Patrol of Avalon Beach Surf Life Saving Club! - A Short History by Roger Sayers
The Quiet Revolution Or Making Waves? by Roger Sayers
130th Anniversary of Australia’s Sudan Contingent - Local Connections of the first Australians to Serve: July 28th 1885 Thank you Feast from Citizens
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Anzac Day in Pittwater 2012 Anzac Day In Pittwater 2012 Pictorial ANZAC Day in Pittwater 2013 ANZAC Day in Pittwater 2014 ANZAC Day in Pittwater 2015 ANZAC Day in Pittwater 2016 ANZAC Day in Pittwater 2017 ANZAC Day in Pittwater 2018 ANZAC Day in Pittwater 2019
ANZAC Day in Pittwater - 2013 Pictorial ANZAC Day In Pittwater 2014 ANZAC Day 2015: Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch's Dawn Service and 11am March and Commemoration Service - Hon. Robert Stokes Commemoration Address ANZAC Day 2016: Avalon Beach and Palm Beach RSL Clubs March and Service and Get-together's Anzac Day in Pittwater 2017 Anzac Day in Pittwater 2018
Avalon Beach SLSC Big Swim 2013
A Week In Pittwater - June 2014 Issue 168 A Week in Pittwater - November 2014 Pictorial
Lion Island Challenge 2012 - hosted by Avalon SLSC Lion Island Challenge 2013 Lion Island Challenge 2014 Lion Island Challenge 2015 Lion Island Challenge 2016: Results and Interviews
Nature's Gentlemen Dwell In Pittwater The Doug Crane Classic Double Blade Handmade Paddle Avalon Beach SLSC - A New Era and close of 2012'13 SLS Season RMYC's 9th Annual Marine Art Exhibition is Officially Open with over 300 Great Works on display
Avalon Beach SLSC's Lion Island Challenge 2013 Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters Carnival 2014
SLS SNB Boat Premiership 2013 - Round One at Bilgola SLS SNB Boat Premiership 2013 - Round Two at Newport SLS SNB Boat Premiership 2013 - Round Three at Warriewood
Pittwater Surf Life Saving Masters at 2014 NSW Championships - A Toast To The Masterful
A Week In Pittwater March 2014 Issue 54 Front Page Issue 154
Surf Patrol Season 2013-14 Closes Today - Front Page Issue 160
Surf Patrol Season for 2013-2014 Season Closes Today (27th of April, 2014) - A Tribute to Our Volunteer Pittwater Surf Life Savers
ANZAC Day 2014 Pictorial - Dawn Service - 11am March and Commemorative Service
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2014
Avalon Beach Surf Life Saving Club House - the 3rd Changes Into the 4th - Celebratory Pictorial precursor for Official Opening August 31st, 2014 Front Page Issue 177 Avalon Beach Surf Life Saving Club Opening - Sunday 31 August 2014
First Week of Spring 2014 Pictorial
Pittwater Masters Training Group - Fit for Rescue 2014 World Life Saving Championships and for LIFE!
Pittwater Council Supports 2014-2015 Pittwater Ocean Swim Series by John Guthrie
Rescue 2014 World Life Saving Championships - Australian Teams Golden Moments: Day 1 of National Teams Ocean and Beach Events concluded 1.30am Australian Time - great results for our Open Team on the beach... Front Page Issue 181
Front Page Issue 184 - Lion Island Challenge 2014
Round One of 2014-15 Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Boat Premiership - at Bilgola Surf Life Saving - Sydney Northern Beaches Boat Premiership 2014- 15 - Round Two Hosted by Newport SLSC
SLS SNB Surfboat Premiership 2014-2015 Round Three hosted by Warriewood SLSC
Painting the Bollards at Avalon Beach SLSC
A Week In Pittwater - November 2014 Pictorial Water Water Water - Issue 190 Pictorial
Carols by the Sea 2014 - Hosted by Avalon Beach SLSC - Front Page Issue 194
Avalon Beach SLSC Cadets - A Year of Self Empowering Self Sufficiency
The 12 Days of a Pittwater Christmas - 2014
Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters 2015 the 5th Annual Celebration of the 'father of surf lifesaving' + First Few Days of 2015 In Pittwater - Pictorial
From Near and Far - Issue 198 by Warren Young OAM and Steve Jacek
Rock Pools: Adventure Grounds for the Young and Those Now Grown by Adriaan van der Wallen
SLS SNB 2015 Branch Championships The Wrap and Results
Surf Life Saving NSW 2015 Age Championships - Ocean Beach-Umina
2015 NSW Surf Life Saving Opens Championships - Ocean Beach-Umina - Newport Seal The Deal At Open Champs!
NSW Surf Life Saving Masters Championships 2015 - Front Page Issue 206
Beko Best of the Best Surf Boat Challenge 2015 presented by SLS NSW: close of the surf boat racing season, Mona Vale and Avalon Beach winners + VALE Robert Meijer, surf boat gentleman
Aussies 2015: Avalon Beach SLSC's Antiques Women's Boat Crew Win Branch, States, National and Worlds in One Year - + Front Page Issue 210
100 Years 100 Boats Thousands Attend Gallipoli Landing Commemoration - One Hundred Surfboats to Mark 100 Years - report + photos by Jamie Nilsson
Avalon Beach SLSC's 90th Anniversary Dinner and Dance Brings Together Legends from Near and Far - Exhibition Focus On Outstanding Contributors to Surf Life Saving itself + Front Page Issue 212
SLS-NSW's IRB Premiership 2015 - Windang Action by Jamie Nilsson
Pittwater Artists Trail Winter Exhibition 2015 - Now Open at Avalon Beach SLSC (Sunday and Monday June 7-8): Opened by Richard Cole, Architect of the Clubhouse with Inspirational Address Pittwater Artists Trail Winter Exhibition 2015 - Pictorial
Avalon Beach SLSC Women's Antiques Boat Crew Rescue Rock Fisherman
2015 IRB NSW State Championships: Caves Beach places 1st, Newport SLSC’s Novice Mass Rescue team win Silver, Avalon Beach SLSC wins Gold and Bronze - places 7th overall
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2015
Warriewood and Avalon Beach Win NSW Rescue of the Month - May/June 2015 - by SLS NSW
The Avalon On The Beach in Avalon Beach SLSC Opens - Food
Changing of the guard at Avalon Beach SLSC: New President and Director of Lifesaving (Club Captain) 2015 AGM report by Roger Sayers and Warren Young OAM + Front Page Issue 225
South, West, East in Pittwater by Christine Hopton, Paul Wheeler
Front Page Issue 226: Peninsula Paddlers are Pure Inspiration and Fit for Summer 2015/16
Surf Life Saving New South Wales Board Riding Championships 2015 - the results, some pictures
2015 Pittwater Community Service Award – Commodore Graham Sloper (RAN Rtd.), President of Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch + Community Leaders High Tea
NSW Clubbies Honoured For Top Rescues: Warriewood Avalon Beach SLSC's
Avalon Beach SLSC Membership now Open for 2015/16: Nippers, New Members Welcome + Lion Island Challenge by Roger Sayers + Front Page Issue 231
Lion Island Challenge 2015 - 10th Birthday - hosted by Avalon Beach SLSC + Front Page Issue 235
Pittwater Dragon Boat Racing Club Members Win Silver medals at International Dragon Boat World Championships 2015 - Virginia Head, Septuagenarian, brings home three!
SLSA Awards of Excellence 2015: Warriewood and Avalon Beach Life Savers Receive Meritorious Awards
Bilgola Surf Life Saving Club Hosts Round One of 2015-16 Season Boat Premiership: A Great Day of Competition by Kath McKenzie
SLS SNB Surfboat Premiership 2015-2016 Round Three hosted by Warriewood SLSC
Front Page Issue 245 - Carols by the Sea 2015
Bilgola's 'Billy Swim' has Launched the Pittwater Ocean Swim Series 2015-2016: Four More Opportunities to Dive this Summer + some great pictures taken by Bilgola SLSC Members
Carols by the Sea 2015 Hosted by Avalon Beach SLSC
Summer In Pittwater 2016: Cicadas Birds Beaches Peoples Artists: Avalon Beach Members on Patrol
Front Page Issue 246: Avalon Beach SLSC Masters Members in 2016 George Bass Marathon
Avalon and Warriewood Masters Women and Long Reef Open Mens and Womens Crews Complete the 2016 George Bass Surf Boat Marathon 2016 - over 7 days with 170km's rowed
Front Page Issue 247: Link to Avalon Beach SLSC Ocean Swim 2016 Photo Album for Participants
Front Page Issue 248 - Avalon Beach SLSC Launches Daryl Johnson Surfboat - Pinkies 1st into States 2016
Avalon Beach SLSC's Ocean Swim 2016
Palm Beach SLSC's Four Teams Representing NSW in 2016 Interstate Surf Boat Carnival - + Avalon Beach SLSC Pinkies Under 23's Reps.
Front Page Issue 249: The 6th Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters Carnival: Christine Hopton making surf ski art
The 6th Adrian Curlewis 2016 Twilight Masters Carnival hosted by Palm Beach SLSC - Avalon and Newport win
Front Page Issue 251: SNB SLS Branch Championships 2016: Juniors
Sydney Northern Beaches Surf Life Saving Branch Carnival 2016 - Juniors, Masters, Opens, Boats
SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES Branch JUNIOR Surf Lifesaving Carnival PALM BEACH February 2016 - results and pictures (courtesy Richard Cole - Pres. Avalon Beach SLSC) Plus: Results
Pittwater Surfboat Crew Retain Trans Tasman Title in International Surfboat Test Match: Mona Vale SLSC Wins - Avalon Beach SLSC Under 23's Win Development Squad Races and NSW State Races + Front Page Issue 252
New South Wales Surf Life Saving Age Championships 2016 New South Wales Surf Life Saving Masters Championships 2016 by NSW SLS 2016 NSW Surf Life Saving Open Championships by NSW SLS New South Wales Surf Life Saving Surf Boats Championships 2016 and Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Wrap
2016 Beko Best of the Best Surf Boat Challenge Hosted by SLS NSW
End of Season for Northern Beaches Life Savers: A Celebration and Thank You For A Safe 2015/16 - from SLS SNB and Hon. Rob Stokes
Aussies 2016: Australian Surf Life Championships - some Results and Pictures
IRB Season 2016 Takes Flight - SLS NSW Report, pictures and Progressive Point Score after Round One
Australian Life Saving Team for World Championships 2016 Announced - Newport SLSC has five members chosen for Youth and Open teams
Avalon Beach SLSC at IRB Premierships 2016: Front Page Issue 265
Kiama Downs Takes Control Of IRB Premiership by SLS NSW
Mollymook To Host 2016 IRB State Championships + Kiama Downs Claims IRB Premiership: Queenscliff claims 3rd and Newport Team A wins 3rd in 35+ tube rescue
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Awards Of Excellence: 2015/2016 - full list + Front Page Issue 270
NSW IRB Championships 2016: Local Crews make Finals, Win Medals + NSW Announce Young IRB Interstate Team by SLS NSW + Front Page Issue 271
Community Seeks To Acknowledge Historic Groundbreaking Contributions- November 18, 1956 and November 2nd, 1969 - what do these dates mean to you? - feedback sought
Pittwater Pathways by Adriaan van der Wallen, Christine Hopton, Marita Macrae and John Illingsworth
Avalon Beach SLSC AGM 2016 by Roger Sayers
Surf Life Saving NSW 2015-2016 Awards of Excellence: Avalon Beach SLSC Awarded Initiative of the Year: Mike Stanley-Jones
Northern Beaches Lifesavers Earn State Recognition by Surf Life Saving New South Wales
Surf Life Saving World Championships 2016: Gold Medal Surf Boat Crews: Avalon Beach SLSC Antiques, Pinkies, Long Reef SLSC Reserve Grade and Queenscliff SLSC's All Butt One crew
Front Page Issue 284 + Lion Island Challenge 2016: Results and Interviews
Bilgola Beach SLSC's SLS SNB Surf Boat Carnival 2015-2016 Season
Newport SLSC Hosts Round 2 Of SLS SNB 2016-2017 Surf Boat Premiership
It's Beginning to Sound A Lot Like Christmas - Carols At The Beach 2016
Front Page Issue 293: The Doug Crane Swim 2016
Summer in Pittwater 2017: Palm Beach SLSC's Sir Adrian Curlewis Twilight Masters Carnival
Summer in Pittwater: Avalon Beach SLSC's 2017 Ocean Swim- the 25th Anniversary - by Tim Hixson, Warren Young OAM and Roger Sayers + Front Page Issue 297
Australia Day Awards 2017: Recognising Outstanding And Long-Term Service - our chat with John McInerney OAM and the full list of Northern Beaches Honours + Christine Hopton OAM
Around The Bends Newport To Avalon Ocean Swim Challenge - March 19, 2017: don't miss out on being part of History, join the Inaugural First Swim
2017 NSW Surf Life Saving Age Championships at Blacksmiths Beach - reports and photos by SLS NSW + Front Page Issue 303
2017 NSW Surf Life Saving Opens Championships at Blacksmiths Beach - reports and photos by SLS NSW
2017 NSW Surf Life Saving Masters Championships at Blacksmiths Beach - reports and photos by SLS NSW
Aussies 2017: Warriewood Rustys Prove They Are Really A GOLD Aussie Surf Boat Team + A Whole Lot of other Masters Aussies Bling and some Opens news
Around The Bends Ocean Swim Challenge - The Inaugural Swim Report by Rogers Sayers with great photos by Warren Young OAM, Christine Hopton OAM and Tim Hixson + Front Page Issue 309
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2017: Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Commemorative Dawn and 11 A.M. Services: Address given by Jason Falinski MP for Mackellar - Photos by Sandra May, Julie Hegarty, Sally Mayman, Rebecca Fitzgerald and Alison Guesdon
Pittwater Athletes Excel At 2017 World Masters Games In New Zealand - on the sand, in the water and on the water!+ Front Page Issue 310
Avalon Beach SLSC And Avalon Surfing Mums Biggest Morning Tea with a “bring a teacup with a story” theme: Donations still welcomed - find out more - Photos courtesy Christine Hopton OAM - Report and Photos by Leanne Austin, 2017
Lifesavers Launch Into IRB Season 2017: by Surf Life saving NSW Bungan, Newport and Avalon Beach SLSC's among finalist placers in Round 1 - report includes great action pictures by Richard Black and Richard Cole, President Avalon Beach SLSC + Front Page Issue 311
Surf Lifesaver Treats Rock Fall Victim at Palm Beach: Nick Sampson, one of our resident volunteers reminds us skills learnt in surf clubs save lives elsewhere and that SLS NSW offers First Aid Courses to the public
Singapore Nippers Initiative Supported By Avalon Beach SLSC
IRB Season Heats Up (Round 3 - including finals of Round 2) by Surf Life Saving NSW
NSW IRB (Inflatable Rescue Boat) Premiership Series 2017: Round 4 by Surf Life Saving NSW
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Awards Of Excellence: 2016-2017 Season
Newport SLSC IRB Under 23 Team Win Bronze In 2017 State Championships - a Bronze for Bungan SLSC too
Avalon Beach SLSC 2017 Annual General Meeting - Two new Life Members by Rogers Sayers, ABSLSC Publicity Officer
Early Pittwater Surfers: Avalon Beach I - 1956: The Carnival That Introduced The Malibu Surfboard And Being Able To Surf Across A Wave Face - In autumn 2014 a report on the Arrival Of The Mal - 1956 Surf Boards, the Avalon Beach Historical Society Meeting with speakers David Lyall and Bob Head, who witnessed a revolution in riding waves here, recorded the introduction of the Mal. Through Roger Sayers and courtesy of Reg Wood, an insight into that 1956 Avalon Beach SLSC carnival adds more to that record of how seeking to highlight the great work of surf lifesaving in conjunction with the Melbourne Olympics brought with it a giant wave of a surfing change
Board Riders All Class At State Champs: Palm Beach SLSC Wins Point Score by Surf Life Saving NSW
Lion Island Challenge 2017 hosted by Avalon Beach SLSC
Bilgola SLSC's 'Billy Boat Carnival' 2017
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches And Palm Beach SLSC Host Fast Fives On Palm Beach: November 11, 2017
Pittwater Ocean Swim Series 2017-2018: Bilgola December 10th, Newport January 7th, Avalon January 14th, Mona Vale January 21st, The Big Swim January 28th
Avalon Beach SLSC Fun Gala Day 2017, Launching 'DIGGER' IRB, Life Members' Ken Davo And Don Imo 90th Birthdays by Roger Sayers
Newport SLSC Hosts Round 2 Of The SLS SNB Surf Boat Premiership 2017-18
A Late Spring Stroll Through Kosciuszko National Park: The Main Range Walk by Geoff Searl + Front Page Issue 339
Carols at the Beach 2017 Hosted by Avalon Beach SLSC
Summer in Pittwater 2018 by Warren Young OAM
SLSSNB Branch Begins 2018 Branch Championships: Masters, Boats, Belles & Outstanding Junior Lifesavers: Avalon Beach Boat Crews and Masters
Avalon Beach SLSC Launches A New Surf Boat - The Roland Luke
Front Page Issue 348: Avalon Beach Avocados Win Their Trans Tasman Test Debut + NSW Wins the Surf Boat Interstates + More
2018 Interstate Surfboat Championships, Trans-Tasman Test And Navy ASRL Open: Results, Winners Snaps and Wraps - Reports by Surf Life Saving NSW and Navy ASRL. Photos by Avalon Beach SLSC, Surf Life Saving NSW, Navy ASRL, Julie Hegarty and Bill Sheridan, 2018
Youngsters Gearing Up For State Champs 2018 Glory: Surf Life Saving NSW + Front Page Issue 350
Avalon Beach Ocean Swims 2018: Includes the Around the Bends Challenge
Aussies 2018: A Mass Exodus West! - Newport SLSC already winning gold, local surf boat crews moving across the Nullabor
Aussies 2018: Outstanding Local results
Front Page Issue 357: End of Patrol Season 2017-2018 - Avalon Beach SLSC's Outstanding U14 Girls Beach Relay Team
Ducks Away As Lifesavers Gear Up For IRB Season 2018: Bilgola and Mona Vale Entering For First Time by SLS NSW
Rubber Ducky Racers Soar At Round 2: 2018 NSW IRB Premiership Season by Surf Life Saving NSW
Caves Beach Claim 2018 IRB Premiership Series: by Surf Life Saving NSW
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2018: all the recognitions + a lot else!
2018 NSW Sharkskin IRB State Championship: Avalon Beach and Newport SLSC's among Medal winners + Front Page issue 367
24 Hour Row For One Eighty and Gotcha4Life: happening at Av. Surf Club on 18/08/2018 - Local businesses who want to support or sponsor this great initiative can contact Melissa Wellings at mel_wellings@hotmail.com donate at: https://avalonrowers24hr.raisely.com/
Avalon Beach SLSC Annual Report And AGM 2017- 2018
Avalon Boaties Set For 24 Hour Row; Next Saturday, August 18/08/2018 - webcam live feed - every $10 donated gets you into the draw for some great raffle prizes!
Front Page Issue 372: 24 Hour Row completed
Avalon Beach SLSC Boat Rowers Complete Their 24 Hour Marathon Row For One Eighty And Gotcha4Life
The 2018 Surf Life Saving NSW Awards of Excellence - Avalon Beach SLSC named Club of the Year, Nigel Penn (Bilgola SLSC) awarded President's Medal + Front Page Issue 373
Surfers and Lifesavers Reach Historic Agreement: MOU Signed At NSW 2018 Board Riding Championships + Results
Surf Life Saving Australia Awards Of Excellence 2018: Avalon Beach SLSC Named DHL Club Of The Year - Front Page Issue 381
Bilgola SLSC Hosts Round 1 Of The 2018-2019 SLS SNB Surf Boats Premiership
A Fresh Salt Spray From Freshwater SLSC's Surf Boat Carnival Event 3 Of 2018-2019 SLS SNB Premiership+ Boaties Big Food Drop 2018. Next Is Autumn 2019
Carols at the Beach 2018: Santa Pops by Avalon Beach SLSC's Annual Family Event to say Ho Ho HO!
Summer In Pittwater: January 2019 - Tony Edwards Exhibition Of Paintings Launch, One Eighty Fund Raising Gala at Whale Beach, Club Palm Beach Summer Hospitality, Avalon Beach RSL Summer Hospitality, Blackmores Billy (Bilgola) Swim 2019, Pittwater Estuary Sea Mist, Learn to Sail, Elanora-Ingleside Native bee, Flagstaff Hill Lovett Bay, Palm Beach, Avalon Beach by Adriaan van der Wallen, Kylie Ferguson, David Madew, Rowan Jacobs, Selena Griffith, Lynleigh Greig and A J G.
Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Wins 2019 Interbranch Surf Boat Crown by Surf Life Saving New South Wales
Australia Day in Pittwater 2019 + Front Page Issue 391
Australia Day 2019 Honours: The Recognition Lists of Inspirational Local Residents
Successful Resuscitation Of 57 Year Old Man By Avalon Beach SLSC Bronze Squad Member: Highlights Value of AED Awareness Courses Available at ABSLSC by Roger Sayers
A Sea Of Nippers Hit 2019 State Championships by Surf Life Saving NSW
2019 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships: Masters - Results For Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Clubs by Surf Life Saving NSW
2019 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships: Opens - Newport Wins!! + Gold medals for PBSLSC in Boats ++
Warriewood SLSC Surf Boats Carnival: End Of Season Pre-Aussies 2019 Training - Homage To Legendary Warren Molloy - photos by Ashely Cardiff, Avalon Beach SLSC President
Aussies 2019: Youth Weekend - list of local participants and some results
SLSA Australian Championships -The Aussies 2019: Masters and Opens!
Easter Monday Mass Rescue at Avalon Beach Members
Kiama Downs Take Out First IRB 2019 Premiership Round + Front Page Issue 404
IRB 2019 Premiership Round 2 on the Central Coast
Hat-Trick For Kiama Downs At 2019 IRB Premiership: Round 3 by Surf Life Saving NSW
NSW IRB Premiership Won & State Team Announced by Surf Life Saving New South Wales, photos by Richard Black
Grassroots Sport Honoured At Prestigious NSW Community Sports Awards: Avalon Beach SLSC Named The Community Club Of The Year - report by NSW Sports
Surf Life Saving Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2019 - full list
Avalon Boomerang BagsFront Page Issue 199 - January 2015
Living Ocean’s Boomerang Bags for a No Plastic Please Avalon
World Environment Day And World Ocean Day 2016: Taking Action For A Living Ocean And Living Earth Locally + Front Page Issue 266 Environment News Issue 319 - 1st Birthday Celebrations and Plastic Free July
Front Page Issue 268: Invite to Boomerang Bags Launch Front Page Issue 316 - Boomerang Bags expnanding
Related - Previously:
Vanity is Killing Our Oceans and All In Them - No More Microbeads
Avalon Bowling Club
Avalon Festival of Surf
Adrenalin 360 Surf and Skate Competition and Kids Festival - 2013
Avalon Festival of Surf 2014 Set to Rock the Waves
Avalon Festival of Surf 2014 - Day One Goes Off in the Ocean and Skate-rink
A Week In Pittwater March 2014 Issue 54
Avalon Festival of Surf 2014 - The Wrap and Results by Joshua Axford
The Green Team - (formerly Av. Green Team)
Avalon Junior Rugby League Club - The Bulldogs
Profiles: Brian Friend (Friendly)
Anzac Day in Pittwater 2012 Anzac Day In Pittwater 2012 Pictorial
ANZAC Day in Pittwater - 2013 Pictorial
Avalon Bulldogs Season Open Pictorial 2013 Junior Rugby League Season Opens
A Super Saturday at Hitchcock Park!Junior Rugby League Season - and Senior Rugby League - the rounds of semi-finals have begun and we asked award winning photographer Michael Mannington to "get some of the action" yesterday - A Pictorial for all our younger readers, and their mums and dads, of some of the action of the Avalon, Narraweena, Forestville, Harbord, Manly Cove and Mona Vale teams.
Haka Vists Hitchcock Avalon Bulldogs and Ngongotaha Chiefs Friendly Match at Hitchcock Park
A Week In Pittwater March 2014 Issue 54
Front Page Issue 154 - Hybrid Football Match Postponed
Avalon Bulldogs J.R.L.F.C.’s Under 15’s on 2014 Tour to New Zealand Front Page Issue 156
Super Saturday at Hitchcock Park 2014
Front Page Issue 160 - ANZAC Day March 2014
ANZAC Day 2014 Pictorial - Dawn Service - 11am March and Commemorative Service
Avalon Grade Play Willoughby April 27th 2014
Sea Eagles Players Join In Avalon Bulldogs J.R.F.L.C. Training Session Front Page Issue 165
Polo by the Sea 2015 at Hitchcock Park Careel Bay
Avalon Bulldogs and Mona Vale Raiders Run Rampant In Hitchcock Park! + Front Page Issue 210
Front Page Issue 224: Avalon Bulldogs Members raising funds for Club through Volunteer BBQ
Avalon Bulldogs - Rugby League Semi-Finals 2015 and Grand Finalists 2015 + Front Page Issue 229
Avalon Bulldogs Junior Teams WIN!! Their 2015 Grand Finals - Front Page Issue 230
Avalon Bulldogs Massive 2015 Season: Grand Final Premiers 2015 + Front Page Issue 231
'Battle of the Bends' Hybrid Match Set to Rock Rat Stadium Next Weekend
2016 Hybrid Match Battle of the Bends Front Page and Pictures
Front Page Issue 258: Football Season 2016 Kicks Off
Avalon Bulldogs Host Opening Season Games 2016 - Including Manly Sea Eagles Development Squad Match
ANZAC Day 2016: Avalon Beach and Palm Beach RSL Clubs March and Service and Get-together's
A Grade Game against Forrestville - 14. 8. 2016 Photo Album
Avalon Bulldogs Win Semi Final at Hitchcock Park - Sunday August 28 - Photo Album
The Avalon Bulldogs - Premiers 2016 in A Grade and Under 17's - Historic Profile Article + Front Page Issue 280
Avalon Bulldogs JRFLC Supports Walk it Off - Community News Issue 285
Walk It Off Fundraiser For Suicide Prevention Australia: Positive Messages Shared
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2017: Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Commemorative Dawn and 11 A.M. Services: Address given by Jason Falinski MP for Mackellar - Photos by Sandra May, Julie Hegarty, Sally Mayman, Rebecca Fitzgerald and Alison Guesdon
Avalon Bulldogs Get Semi-Finals Fever 2017
Front Page Issue 327: Avalon A Grade Win 2017 Premiership
Avalon Bulldogs A Grade Win Again: 2017 Premiership - some great action photos by Bernadette Johnson McAlinden
Manly Warringah District Junior Rugby League Football Club Presentation Evening 2017 by Brian Friend OAM
Winter Sports Season 2018 Opens - Some action at Hitchcock Park with the Avalon Junior Rugby League Football Club: The Bulldogs
Anzac Day in Pittwater 2018: Avalon Beach March
Avalon Bulldogs Gala Day 2018: End of Season Games and Fun at Hitchcock Park, Careel Bay
Avalon Bulldogs JRLFC Presentation Day 2018 - two new Life Members + Players of the year + some great preso day fun! by Brian Friend OAM
Avalon Bulldogs has an A Grade Team for 2019 Season - Trail Match Vs. Ourimbah Magpies on March 23, April 6th Kickoff
Avalon Market Day
This is Avalon - Winter Solstice Festival: Sunday 21st of June
Avalon Market Day Dog Show 2015 by Adrian Boddy
Pittwater Kaleidoscope 2015 - November - Avalon Market Day 2015
Avalon Market Day 2016 Avalon Market Day Dog Show 2016 - Four Legged Furry Fun!
Avalon Public School
Avalon Public School History Jordan Upton Profile
Heart Song an Anthology of Pittwater Poetry Book Launched
Peninsula CommUNITY of Schools Art Exhibition - Guringai Festival 2013 - Front Page Issue 117
6th Peninsula Community Of Schools Art Exhibition At Warriewood Square - Silent Auction now open - 2017
Avalon Beach R.S.L. Sub-Branch ANZAC Day 2015 Commemorative Services
ANZAC Day 2016: Avalon Beach and Palm Beach RSL Clubs March and Service and Get-together's
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2017: Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Commemorative Dawn and 11 A.M. Services: Address given by Jason Falinski MP for Mackellar - Photos by Sandra May, Julie Hegarty, Sally Mayman, Rebecca Fitzgerald and Alison Guesdon
Anzac Day in Pittwater 2018 Anzac Day in Pittwater 2019
Avalon Tattoo 2015 – 10th Celebration - Pictorial and Report + Front Page Issue 218
Vietnam Veteran's Day (Northern) 2011 at Palm Beach RSL Pictures
Vietnam Veteran's Day (Northern) 2012 at Palm Beach
Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 2013
Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern.) 2014
Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 2017 Commemorative Service + Front Page Issue 326
Avalon Quilters
Avalon Quilters - Profile
Avalon Quilters Annual Show 2013 – Antique American Quilts by Michael Mannington
Avalon Quilters 2014 Show Raises Thousands For Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation - on Thursday 20th of March the ladies met Margie Lingard of AMDF and heard about the vital work of this organisation and about this disease
Front Page Issue 249: Avalon Quilters 2016 Exhibition of Members Work and Raffle Quilt
Avalon Quilters 2016 Exhibition of Members Work - a wonderful display of Antique, Contemporary and Traditional Quilts seen at Avalon Beach this week
Avalon Quilters 2018 Exhibition Of Members Work and AMDF Raffle Quilt Touches Stars: Friday 9th and Saturday 10th of March 2018: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Avalon Uniting Church
Avalon Quilters 2018 Exhibition Of Members Work A Bright Star Of Handmade Love: The Avalon Quilters Exhibition of their work and show was open on Friday and Saturday 9th and 10th March 2018. See some of the quilts that were on display!
Avalon Sailing Club
Avalon Sailing Club; eloquent history by Hon. Rob Stokes
Avalon Sailing Club History by Norm Field
Avalon Sailing Club Teaches A Novice To Sail Australia Day 2013
Avalon Sailing Club Celebrates 75 Years
Avalon Sailing Club Celebrates 75 Years - Pictorial
Gemma Rasdall - Profile
The Johnson Brothers - Profile
John Black - Profile
John Vaughan - Profile
Natasha Bryant and Annie Wilmot - Profile
David Henry Lyall PSM ESMM FAIB - Profile
Pirates Ahoy – Avalon Sailing Club Opens its 2014—2015 Sailing Season by Tracy Walker
Grand finale for 2014 Yachting NSW Youth Championships by Lisa Ratcliff
James Spithill - ISAF Sailor of the Year
Water Water Water - Issue 190 Pictorial
ASC, BYRA, and RPAYC Youth Sailors at 2015 Yachting NSW Youth Championships This Long Weekend - Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 Reports by Lisa Ratcliff
Submariner, sailor and boating safety advocate take out NSW Maritime Awards: Manly's Captain Tim Swales, Avalon's David Lyall, and Peter Hunter + Front Page Issue 234
Front Page Issue 245 - Sail Sydney 2015
Sail Sydney 2015: ASC, BYRA, RPAYC, NLSC by Lisa Ratcliff: Four Pittwater sailors will then head off as members of the Australian Sailing Youth Team to be part of the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships (December 27, 2015 - January 3, 2016) in Langkawi, Malaysia
Put On Your Sailing Shoes: Pittwater's 2017-2018 Sailing Season
Eclipsed Rudder Replaced In Time For Couta Boat Nationals by Lisa Ratcliff
Couta Boat Australian Championship And Wattle Cup 2017: On Pittwater - Hosted by Avalon Sailing Club by Lisa Ratcliff
A Long Weekend ON Pittwater: January 2018 by Peta Wise, Neil Johnston, Jools Farrell, Penny Gleen, Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay, Avalon Sailing Club, Woody Point Yacht Club, Zonta Club of the Northern Beaches
Avalon Sailing Club Hosts Pittwater Leg Of Australia Day Regatta 2018
Fusion Racing Team: are Clare Costanzo, Hannah Lanz, Jess Angus and Ruby Scholten. Today they fly out to Sweden to compete in the first ever women’s competition in the high-performance M32 catamarans for the GKSS Women’s Trophy. Straight after that they fly to the US to compete in the prestigious Governor’s Cup hosted by the Balboa Yacht Club in Newport Beach(International Youth Match Racing Championship). After that it's the Chicago Grand Slam, followed by the Detroit Cup hosted by the Bayview Yacht Club. This all women Match racing team is hoping to see a World Match Racing Tour be developed for women, along with other sailing pathways for female sailors. Started sailing at Avalon Sailing Club
Australia Day in Pittwater 2019
Youth Sailing In Pittwater: March 2019 Update - What's Been Happening At NLSC, BYRA, RPAYC, ASC and What's Coming Up For Autumn School Holidays
Avalon Soccer Club
Roland Luke Profile Avalon Soccer Club Profile
Avalon Soccer Club - Vanuatu Tour 2013 - W16 Teams 2012 & 2013
ANZAC Day in Pittwater - 2013 Pictorial
ANZAC Day 2014 Commemorative Service at Avalon Beach RSL Club - 11am March
ANZAC Day 2016: Avalon Beach and Palm Beach RSL Clubs March and Service and Get-together's
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2017: Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Commemorative Dawn and 11 A.M. Services: Address given by Jason Falinski MP for Mackellar - Photos by Sandra May, Julie Hegarty, Sally Mayman, Rebecca Fitzgerald and Alison Guesdon
Narrabeen Football Club Premier League Champions for 2015: Avalon Soccer Club Members awarded
Avalon Soccer Club Ready To Send 7th Under 16' Womens Team To Vanuatu + Front Page Issue 314
Avalon Soccer Club - Another Brilliant Season: 2017
Avalon Soccer Club Super Sunday - A Celebration of Female Football - May 2018
Avalon Tattoo
Avalon Tattoo 2011 Feature: the annual Avalon Tattoo is a chance for young and old to listen to great music and observe ancient traditions.
Eagle One Iroquois Huey UH1H at Avalon Tattoo Photos and 'video' - 2011
Avalon Tattoo 2012 Avalon Tattoo 2012 Pictorial
Avalon Tattoo 2013 - Avalon Tattoo 2013 Pictorial
Avalon Tattoo 2014 - Events Schedule Avalon Tattoo 2014 Report - Avalon Tattoo 2014 Pictorial
Front Page Issue 167 Avalon Tattoo 2015 - the 10th Annual Celebration - A 10/10 Community Event - Lead Pipe Band this Year is Burwood RSL Sub-Branch Pipe Band - also celebrating their 10th year
Avalon Tattoo 2015 – 10th Celebration - Pictorial and Report + Front Page Issue 218
Aviation in Pittwater
Eagle One Iroquois Huey UH1H at Avalon Tattoo Photos and 'video' - 2011
Avalon Tattoo 2012 Avalon Tattoo 2012 Pictorial Avalon Tattoo 2013 - Avalon Tattoo 2013 Pictorial
Avalon Tattoo 2014 Report - Avalon Tattoo 2014 Pictorial Front Page Issue 167
Neil Johnston Cedric Vincent Williams
Deep Down Among the Coral - By Christopher Corr - A Limited Edition Print in Celebration of the seventy fifth anniversary of QANTAS Airways - Collectors Corner
History:
Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor Walter Oswald Watt Wilfrid Kingsford Smith John William Cherry George Scotty Allan
First to Fly in Australia at North Narrabeen
The 1937 Pittwater Regatta - A Fashionable Affair
Pittwater Regatta Air Race Trophies: from 1934 and 1935 and The Pilot Who Saved William Hughes
Pittwater Summer Houses: The Cabin, Palm Beach - The Pink House Of The Craig Family
The Man Who Saved Smithy - Fighter pilot, pioneer aviator, hero: the life of Sir Gordon Taylor MC, GC by Rick Searle - a few insights from the biographer of this new Allen&Unwin book on a local hero
Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Williams Family of Bayview - Friend of P G Taylor
Pittwater Mens Probus - Visit To The 2018 Temora Warbirds Airshow by Ron Seldon and Michael Mannington
AvPals - Computer Pals for Seniors
Avalon Computer Pals (AvPals) Profile
AvPals: Computers, Yes You Can ! Seminar for Seniors
AvPals Seniors Week Seminar March 2012 by Michael Mannington
Barrenjoey Headland
Ah Me-The Beauties Of Nature! By JUDY TUDOR January 13, 1945
Barrenjoey Headland - Amendments Alarming Community
Barrenjoey Headland Bushfire - Pictorial Update - Phoenix Landscape arises
Barrenjoey Commercialisation Canned by NSW Heritage and Environment Minister - Issue 123
Barrenjoey Headland - Bushflowers Spring 2012
Barrenjoey Headland Old and New Pictorial
Barrenjoey Headland Thriving After Bushfires - On Friday Environment Minister Rob Stokes announced more than $3 million over four years to restore the historic Barrenjoey Lighthouse and revitalise the Barrenjoey Headland heritage precinct. Friday was also the day the NSW Environment Minister announced the adoption of the amendment to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves Plan of Management.
Barrenjoey Headland Slated For Accommodation and Conferences (March 2016 Issue 257): Public to Be Excluded From Keepers, Boatmans and Fishers Cottages and Areas Around These - 30-40 people/beds on Architects Plans - NO Specification Documents Published to accompany these - " We have not excluded the provision of spaces within some of the buildings for community use and small scale gatherings." - OEH/NPWS
Barrenjoey Headland Keepers Cottages Slated for Accommodation Development feedback on the concept plans can now be made until Saturday 30 April (OEH Page updated April 18) - Community News Issue 263 (May 2016): Barrenjoey Plans Not Going Ahead - Community Rejects enmasse, again.
Front Page Issue 257: Barrenjoey Slated for Development AGAIN
Front Page Issue 259: Community Feedback on Barrenjoey 2016 Open Day on New Development Proposal Causes Concern
Barrenjoey Headland - The Lessees - History
Barrenjoey Lighthouse - The Construction - History
Barrenjoey Lighthouse Walk by Geoff Clarke
Barrenjoey Light Keepers - History
Barrenjoey Rally Against Proposed Ammendments to Plan of Mangement and Commercialisation of Barrenjoey Headland - For the Record
Barrenjoey Rally Pictorial Issue 120
Bi-Centenary Commemoration of Governor Phillip Honoured In Pittwater - Barrenjoey Repairs and Renovations Announced
Broken Bay Customs Station At Barrenjoey - History
Front Page Issue 120 Front Page Issue 188 - Barrenjoey Rejuvenation continues Front Page Issue 196 - Barrenjoey Lighthouse Rejuventaions 1.1.2015 - A stroll Around the Headland + First Few Days in Pittwater 2015 Pictorial
George Mulhall - First Lightkeeper at Barrenjoey and First Rowing Champion of Australia - History
Governor Phillip's Barrenjoey Cairn - History
International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2013 at Barrenjoey
Jervis Sparks - Profile
Jervis Sparks: A Tribute: On April the 27th, 2018 a Memorial and Tribute was held for Jervis Sparks at Barrenjoey Lighthouse.
John Black - Profile
Marine Parks Phase 3 Consultation Commences: Local Changes Details - from Lion Island to Barrenjoey, Narrabeen, Long Reef, Manly and Chowder Bay at Mosman
My Holiday by Charles de Boos - 1861
Palm Beach Golf Course - History
Photographers of Early Pittwater: Henry King
Pittwater Fishermen: Barrenjuie Days - from six weeks after Europeans landed here until a few years ago, fishing off this landmark has been the site of historic moments in our fishing development
Pittwater Summer Houses: A Tent At Palm Beach's Governor Phillip Park 'Neath Barrenjoey
Roads In Pittwater: The Barrenjoey Road
State Of The Beaches 2015-16 Report: Northern Beaches, Estuarine and Lagoon by Beachwatch, NSW Dept. of Environment & Heritage: Barrenjoey Beach
State Of The Beaches Report 2017-2018: Barrenjoey/ Station Beach Shows Highest Level Of Animal Droppings of all Estuary Beaches, Elvina Bay Polluted After Rainfall Events - All Pittwater Coastal Beaches Rated 'Very Good' Except Warriewood and Turrimetta
Station Beach Off Leash Dog Area Proposal Ignores Current Uses Of Area, Environment, Long-Term Fauna Residents, Lack Of Safe Parking and Clearly Stated Intentions Of Proponents (to gain access to Barrenjoey Headland National Park) have your say until February 28, 2019
Palm Beach Protection Group Launch, Supporters Invited: Saturday Feb.16th - Residents Are Saying 'NO' To Off-Leash Dogs In Station Beach Eco-System - reports over 50 dogs a day on Station Beach throughout December-January (a No Dogs Beach) small children being jumped on, Native birds chased, dog faeces being left, families with toddlers leaving beach to get away from uncontrolled dogs and 'Failure of Process' in council 'consultation' open to February 28th
The Barrenjoey School (1872 to 1894) - History
The Red Light Of Palm Beach by Jervis Sparks
The Stewart Towers On Barrenjoey Headland
Woodley's Cottage - History
Barrenjoey High School
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2012 Pictorial
ANZAC Day in Pittwater - 2013 Pictorial
ANZAC Day 2014 Pictorial - Dawn Service - 11am March and Commemorative Service
ANZAC Day 2016: Avalon Beach and Palm Beach RSL Clubs March and Service and Get-together's
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2017: Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Commemorative Dawn and 11 A.M. Services: Address given by Jason Falinski MP for Mackellar - Photos by Sandra May, Julie Hegarty, Sally Mayman, Rebecca Fitzgerald and Alison Guesdon
Avalon Youth Hub: The Door Is OPEN
Barrenjoey High School Students planting Avalon to Careel Bay Wildllife Corridor
Barrenjoey High School Concert Band to Tour Northern Territory in 2013
Living Oceans Boomerang Bags for a No Plastic Please Avalon + Pittwater!
Women's Land Army Lady and Barrenjoey High School Student Attend 2014 Indigenous Commemorative Service at ANZAC Cenotaph-Hyde Park by Oliver Wyatt Front Page Issue 165
Royal Australian Navy scores Barrenjoey High School gig: musicians workshop precedes Community Concert performance of The Movies show by the Navy Band then the Concert Band and Stage Band - on Saturday May 23rd
Indigenous Veterans Commemoration Service 2015 - Pittwater's Doreen Cherry OAM and Barrenjoey Highs School's Oliver Wyatt attend to pay their respects
2015 Pittwater Community Service Award – Commodore Graham Sloper (RAN Rtd.), President of Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch + Community Leaders High Tea
Pittwater Student and Land Army Lady Attend Service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans 2016 - 10th annual NSW Commemoration ceremony
Barrenjoey High Students And Community Break Longest Line Of Surfboards World Record: Raise Big Funds For DSA + Front Page Issue 305
6th Peninsula Community Of Schools Art Exhibition At Warriewood Square - Silent Auction now open
Surf Collective BHS Initiative
Funds For Barrenjoey Community Performance Space - from Office of Hon. Rob Stokes, MP for Pittwater
$1 Million For Barrenjoey Community Performance Space from Office of Hon. Rob Stokes MP for Pittwater
Remembrance Day In Pittwater 2017: Addresses by Barrenjoey high School Captains Elijah Thomson and Ella Couston
Emotional Health Forum At Barrenjoey High School Launches Wellbeing Spaces: Three organisations have come together with one thing in mind: the emotional health of youth on the northern beaches. Thanks goes to the Hon Rob Stokes, Councillor Kylie Ferguson, members of OneEighty Avalon, The Youth Hub Avalon and Barrenjoey High School for their hard work and dedication to meet the needs and shift the tide for our younger citizens.
The Barrenjoey High School Winter Night Market: A 50th Anniversary Celebration by Sally Mayman and Sean Mulcahy
FARM AID 2018 (Bales from the Beach) - happening next Saturday, August 25th at Avalon Beach RSL - lots on for all ages!
Barrenjoey High School 50th Celebration - Some History Notes + The Original Barrenjoey school at the Lighthouse
Barrenjoey High Performance Space Funding Tops $1.2 Million - from Member for Pittwater, The Hon. Rob Stokes
It takes more than a village to raise a Performance Space! from the Barrenjoey High School P&C and Community Performance Space (BCPS) Steering Committee
Barrenjoey High School Across The Decades Staff Meeting by Sue Martin (Barrenjoey 1970 - 1996)
Surf Collective's High School Business Initiative: 2018 Winner's Product Now Available - The Squid Handplane!
Barrenjoey Performance Space Closer: Builder to be Named within Weeks - March 2019
Front Page Issue 400: Barrenjoey High School Students to the Rescue on Avalon Beach
Bilgola Surf Life Saving Club
Profiles
Romilly Madew - President of Bilgola SLSC - Profile Carol and Don McManus - Profile Don McManus - 55 Years In Surf Boats - 'The Don' of Rowing & Sweeping The Bilgola SLSC' s Sweet Cheeks – Young Ladies With A Great Attitude Pittwater's 2016 Australia Day Awards Pittwater Citizen of the Year is Romilly Madew, President of Bilgola SLSC Bilgola SLSC Boat Division 2017 Bruce Robertson OAM David Henry Lyall PSM ESMM FAIB Peter Fenley - Profile
Bilgola Beach SLSC Launches the Anthony O'Toole Surfboat
Bilgola Gold Surf Boat Crew to Represent Australia in 2014 Trans-Tasman Test Match Series
Bilgola Gold Surf Boat Crew Wins 2014 Trans-Tasman Test Match Series by Dennis O'Toole
Bilgola SLSC - the First 10 years - History
Front Page Issue 139 Front Page Issue 148 Front Page Issue 149 Front Page Issue 187 Front Page Issue 188
Surfboat Shoot-out - Pittwater Festival Launch Event by Dennis O'Toole
2014 Pittwater Festival Launched by Hon. Bronwyn Bishop and Surf Boat Shoot Out on Pittwater
Inaugural Surf Boat Shoot Out at RMYC - Opening Event of the 2014 Pittwater Festival
Arrival of the Mal - 1956 Surf Boards: the Avalon Beach Historical Society held a special meeting with Talks given by David Lyall and Bob Head providing some great insights into the ‘Arrival of the Mal’ or Malibu surfboards in Pittwater.
Pittwater Surf Life Saving Masters at 2014 NSW Championships - A Toast To The Masterful
Surf Patrol Season 2013-14 Closes Today
Surf Patrol Season for 2013-2014 Season Closes Today (27th of April, 2014) - A Tribute to Our Volunteer Pittwater Surf Life Savers
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2014
Pittwater Council Supports 2014-2015 Pittwater Ocean Swim Series by John Guthrie
SLS SNB Surfboat Premiership 2014-2015 Round Three hosted by Warriewood SLSC
SLS SNB 2015 Branch Championships – The Wrap and Results
2015 NSW Surf Life Saving Opens Championships - Ocean Beach-Umina - Newport Seal The Deal At Open Champs!
NSW Surf Life Saving Masters Championships 2015
Aussies 2015: Avalon Beach SLSC's Antiques Women's Boat Crew Win Branch, States, National and Worlds in One Year
100 Years 100 Boats – Thousands Attend Gallipoli Landing Commemoration - One Hundred Surfboats to Mark 100 Years - report + photos by Jamie Nilsson
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2015
Bilgola Surf Life Saving Club Hosts Round One of 2015-16 Season Boat Premiership: A Great Day of Competition by Kath McKenzie
Local Boaties In Ocean Thunder Opener: from SLS NSW and Beko Ocean Thunder Surfboat Series
SLS SNB Surfboat Premiership 2015-2016 Round Three hosted by Warriewood SLSC + Front Page Issue 243
SNB Branch Lead After Day One of 2015 Interbranch Championships by SLS NSW
Front Page Issue 245 - Bilgola Ocean Swim 2015 Opens Pittwater Swim Series 2015-2016 Bilgola's 'Billy Swim' has Launched the Pittwater Ocean Swim Series 2015-2016: Four More Opportunities to Dive this Summer + some great pictures taken by Bilgola SLSC Members
Sydney Northern Beaches Surf Life Saving Branch Carnival 2016 - Juniors, Masters, Opens, Boats SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES Branch JUNIOR Surf Lifesaving Carnival PALM BEACH February 2016 - results and pictures (courtesy Richard Cole - Pres. Avalon Beach SLSC) Plus: Results
Pittwater Surfboat Crew Retain Trans Tasman Title in International Surfboat Test Match: Mona Vale SLSC Wins - Avalon Beach SLSC Under 23's Win Development Squad Races and NSW State Races
New South Wales Surf Life Saving Age Championships 2016 New South Wales Surf Life Saving Masters Championships 2016 by NSW SLS 2016 NSW Surf Life Saving Open Championships by NSW SLS New South Wales Surf Life Saving Surf Boats Championships 2016 and Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Wrap
Front Page Issue 258: 2016 Beko Best of the Best Surf Boat Challenge Hosted by SLS NSW
End of Season for Northern Beaches Life Savers: A Celebration and Thank You For A Safe 2015/16 - from SLS SNB and Hon. Rob Stokes
Aussies 2016: Australian Surf Life Championships - some Results and Pictures
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Awards Of Excellence: 2015/2016 - full list + Front Page Issue 270
Bilgola SLSC's Lady Of Pure Determination: Jane Huang
Bilgola Beach SLSC's SLS SNB Surf Boat Carnival 2015-2016 Season
Newport SLSC Hosts Round 2 Of SLS SNB 2016-2017 Surf Boat Premiership
Front Page Issue 294: Bilgola's Billy Swim: An Open Inspiration To Get Into The Summer Swim Of Things - Pictorial
2017 NSW Surf Life Saving Age Championships at Blacksmiths Beach - reports and photos by SLS NSW
2017 NSW Surf Life Saving Opens Championships at Blacksmiths Beach - reports and photos by SLS NSW
2017 NSW Surf Life Saving Masters Championships at Blacksmiths Beach - reports and photos by SLS NSW
Aussies 2017: Warriewood Rustys Prove They Are Really A GOLD Aussie Surf Boat Team + A Whole Lot of other Masters Aussies Bling and some Opens news
Bilgola SLSC 68th Annual General Meeting from Romilly Madew, President
Bilgola SLSC's 'Billy Boat Carnival' 2017
Pittwater Ocean Swim Series 2017-2018: Bilgola December 10th, Newport January 7th, Avalon January 14th, Mona Vale January 21st, The Big Swim January 28th
2018 Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Championships Results for Surfboats and Masters - photos by Bill Sheridan
2018 Interstate Surfboat Championships, Trans-Tasman Test And Navy ASRL Open: Results, Winners Snaps and Wraps - Reports by Surf Life Saving NSW and Navy ASRL. Photos by Avalon Beach SLSC, Surf Life Saving NSW, Navy ASRL, Julie Hegarty and Bill Sheridan, 2018
Youngsters Gearing Up For State Champs 2018 Glory: Surf Life Saving NSW
2018 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships Masters and Opens Competitions: Newport Cleans Up Competition in Opens The 2018 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships has continued at Blacksmiths Beach, Swansea Belmont from 7 - 11 March with the Masters and Open Competitions. Over 1,000 of the state's finest Masters and over 2,000 Opens athletes have been having a great time being great athletes. A few of the highlights, reports and photographs, courtesy of Surf Life Saving NSW
Bilgola SLSC Salutes Bruce Robertson's 76 Years Of Service: Lifesaving Legend and Australia's Oldest Active Member Hangs Up His Patrol Cap
Aussies 2018: A Mass Exodus West! - Newport SLSC already winning gold, local surf boat crews moving across the Nullabor
Aussies 2018: Outstanding local results
Ducks Away As Lifesavers Gear Up For IRB Season 2018: Bilgola and Mona Vale Entering For First Time by SLS NSW
Rubber Ducky Racers Soar At Round 2: 2018 NSW IRB Premiership Season by Surf Life Saving NSW
Caves Beach Claim 2018 IRB Premiership Series: by Surf Life Saving NSW
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2018: all the recognition + Patrol of the Year
The 2018 Surf Life Saving NSW Awards of Excellence - Avalon Beach SLSC named Club of the Year, Nigel Penn (Bilgola SLSC) awarded President's Medal + Front Page Issue 373
Community News Issue 380: Lifesaver saves Life and Nigel Penn Life Membership
Bilgola SLSC Hosts Round 1 Of The 2018-2019 SLS SNB Surf Boats Premiership + appointment of Romilly Madew to the Surf Life Saving Foundation Board! + Front Page Issue 382
Lifesavers Support Environmental Message: mobile collections are taking place during Summer - see where and when for here
A Fresh Salt Spray From Freshwater SLSC's Surf Boat Carnival Event 3 Of 2018-2019 SLS SNB Premiership+ Boaties Big Food Drop 2018. Next Is Autumn 2019
Summer In Pittwater: January 2019 - Tony Edwards Exhibition Of Paintings Launch, One Eighty Fund Raising Gala at Whale Beach, Club Palm Beach Summer Hospitality, Avalon Beach RSL Summer Hospitality, Blackmores Billy (Bilgola) Swim 2019, Pittwater Estuary Sea Mist, Learn to Sail, Elanora-Ingleside Native bee, Flagstaff Hill Lovett Bay, Palm Beach, Avalon Beach by Adriaan van der Wallen, Kylie Ferguson, David Madew, Rowan Jacobs, Selena Griffith, Lynleigh Greig and A J G.
Bilgola SLSC's 2019 Ocean Swim by David Madew and Rowan Jacobs + Front Page Issue 390
Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Wins 2019 Interbranch Surf Boat Crown by Surf Life Saving New South Wales
Australia Day 2019 Honours: The Recognition Lists of Inspirational Local Residents - Romilly Madew AO
A Sea Of Nippers Hit 2019 State Championships by Surf Life Saving NSW
2019 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships: Masters - Results For Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Clubs by Surf Life Saving NSW
SLSA Australian Championships -The Aussies 2019: Masters and Opens!
Bilgola SLSC 2019 Presentation evening
Bilgola SLSC Celebrates 70 Years next weekend: Some Anecdotes From Early Members
Barrenjoey Peninsula
Week of Golf 2014 by Robyn McCormick
Bayview and Church Point Residents Association
Bea Pierce Articles
McCarrs Creek Reserve Pictorial
The Wild Temple of Yam Art Installation
Nerang Track: Terrey Hills - Nature and Tree Abstracts
Neverfail Creek Pollution - Community Finds Councils Response Inadequate
Front Page Issue 304: Turrimetta Beach Sculptures - photos by Bea Pierce
Front Page issue 350: When it finally rains; Wet Rain Trees, at Ku-Ring-Gai Chase
A Winter Week in Pittwater July 2017 by Paul Wheeler, Bea Pierce, Mia Dalby-Ball
The Family That Cosplays Together Stays Together At Lithgow Historic Ironfest - School Holidays April 2019 - Weekend away that proves History is FUN!
Beeby Park - Mona Vale
Pittwater Residents Trying To Save Beeby Park - by Save Beeby Park Committee
Concerns Over Beeby Reserve Mona Vale - New Car Park Flooding Issues - from Save Beeby Park Committee
New Car Parks at Warriewood+Mona Vale to Support B-Line Bus Service to Commence Construction in 2016 - details and diagrams - community information session on Mona Vale on Tuesday 31 May 2016 from 6pm to 8pm
Bilgola Plateau Public School
ANZAC Day 2016: Avalon Beach and Palm Beach RSL Clubs March and Service and Get-together's
Anzac Day In Pittwater 2017: Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Commemorative Dawn and 11 A.M. Services: Address given by Jason Falinski MP for Mackellar - Photos by Sandra May, Julie Hegarty, Sally Mayman, Rebecca Fitzgerald and Alison Guesdon
Anzac Day in Pittwater 2018: Avalon Beach 11 am March
Bilgola Plateau Public School - Sustainable Practices
Bilgola Plateau's NAIDOC Week Celebrations; Darinyung Sculpture and Under A Starry Sky
Cathy Freeman and Preston Campbell Attend Peninsula Schools Gift of 'Play' to fellow Schoolchildren
Peninsula CommUNITY of Schools Art Exhibition
6th Peninsula Community Of Schools Art Exhibition At Warriewood Square - Silent Auction now open - 2017
Pittwater Schoolchildren Help Create Taronga Wild! Rhino Sculpture Trail
100 Years 100 Boats – Thousands Attend Gallipoli Landing Commemoration - One Hundred Surfboats to Mark 100 Years - report + photos by Jamie Nilsson
Time Capsule Unearthed at Bilgola Plateau Public School - If you are a past Bilgola Plateau Public School student please come and help us celebrate 50 years of being amazing - Bilgola PPS: 1965-2015
Bird Stories
Australian Predators of the Sky by Penny Olsen - published by National Library of Australia
Australian Raven Australian Wood Duck Family at Newport
A Week In Pittwater Issue 128 A Week In Pittwater - June 2014 Issue 168
Baby Birds Spring 2015 - Rainbow Lorikeets in our Yard - for Children Baby Birds by Lynleigh Greig, Southern Cross Wildlife Care - what do if being chased by a nesting magpie or if you find a baby bird on the ground
Baby Kookaburras in our Backyard: Aussie Bird Count 2016 - October
Balloons Are The Number 1 Marine Debris Risk Of Mortality For Our Seabirds - Feb 2019 Study
Bangalley Mid-Winter Barrenjoey Birds Bird Antics This Week: December 2016
Bird of the Month February 2019 by Michael Mannington
Birdland Above the Estuary - October 2012 Birds At Our Window Birds at our Window - Winter 2014 Birdland June 2016
Birdsong Is a Lovesong at This time of The Year - Brown Falcon, Little Wattle Bird, Australian Pied cormorant, Mangrove or Striated Heron, Great Egret, Grey Butcherbird, White-faced Heron
Bird Songs – poems about our birds by youngsters from yesterdays - for children Bird Week 2015: 19-25 October
Bird Songs For Spring 2016 For Children by Joanne Seve
Birds at Careel Creek this Week - November 2017: includes Bird Count 2017 for Local Birds - BirdLife Australia by postcode
Black Cockatoo photographed in the Narrabeen Catchment Reserves this week by Margaret G Woods - July 2019
Black-Necked Stork, Mycteria Australis, Now Endangered In NSW, Once Visited Pittwater: Breeding Pair shot in 1855
Black Swans on Narrabeen Lagoon - April 2013 Black Swans Pictorial
Endangered Little Tern Fishing at Mona Vale Beach
‘Feather Map of Australia’: Citizen scientists can support the future of Australia's wetland birds: for Birdwatchers, school students and everyone who loves our estuarine and lagoon and wetland birds
Fledgling Common Koel Adopted by Red Wattlebird -Summer Bird fest 2013 Flegdlings of Summer - January 2012
Flocks of Colour by Penny Olsen - beautiful new Bird Book Celebrates the 'Land of the Parrots'
Friendly Goose at Palm Beach Wharf - Pittwater's Own Mother Goose
Front Page Issue 177 Front Page Issue 185 Front Page Issue 193 - Discarded Fishing Tackle killing shorebirds Front Page Issue 203 - Juvenile Brush Turkey Front Page Issue 208 - Lyrebird by Marita Macrae Front Page Issue 219 Superb Fairy Wren Female Front Page Issue 234: National Bird Week October 19-25 and the 2015 the Aussie Back Yard Bird Count: Australia's First Bird Counts - a 115 Year Legacy - with a small insight into our first zoos Front Page Issue 236: Bird Week 2015 Front Page Issue 244: watebirds Front Page Issue 260: White-face Heron at Careel Creek Front Page Issue 283: Pittwater + more birds for Bird Week/Aussie Bird Count Front Page Issue 284: Pittwater + more birds for Bird Week/Aussie Bird Count Front Page Issue 285: Bird Week 2016 Front Page Issue 331: Spring Visitor Birds Return
G . E. Archer Russell (1881-1960) and His Passion For Avifauna From Narrabeen To Newport
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Returns To Pittwater by Paul Wheeler Glossy Cockatoos - 6 spotted at Careel Bay February 2018
Grey Butcher Birds of Pittwater
INGLESIDE LAND RELEASE ON AGAIN BUT MANY CHALLENGES AHEAD by David Palmer
Issue 60 May 2012 Birdland - Smiles- Beamings -Early -Winter - Blooms
Jayden Walsh’s Northern Beaches Big Year - courtesy Pittwater Natural Heritage Association
John Gould's Extinct and Endangered Mammals of Australia by Dr. Fred Ford - Between 1850 and 1950 as many mammals disappeared from the Australian continent as had disappeared from the rest of the world between 1600 and 2000! Zoologist Fred Ford provides fascinating, and often poignant, stories of European attitudes and behaviour towards Australia's native fauna and connects these to the animal's fate today in this beautiful new book - our interview with the author
July 2012 Pittwater Environment Snippets; Birds, Sea and Flowerings
Juvenile Sea Eagle at Church Point - for children
King Parrots in Our Front Yard
Kookaburra Turf Kookaburra Fledglings Summer 2013 Kookaburra Nesting Season by Ray Chappelow Kookaburra Nest – Babies at 1.5 and 2.5 weeks old by Ray Chappelow Kookaburra Nest – Babies at 3 and 4 weeks old by Ray Chappelow Kookaburra Nest – Babies at 5 weeks old by Ray Chappelow Kookaburra and Pittwater Fledglings February 2020 to April 2020
Lion Island's Little Penguins (Fairy Penguins) Get Fireproof Homes - thanks to NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Fix it Sisters Shed
Lyre Bird Sings in Local National Park - Flock of Black Cockatoos spotted - June 2019
Magpie's Melodic Melodies - For Children (includes 'The Magpie's Song' by F S Williamson)
Masked Lapwing (Plover) - Reflected
May 2012 Birdland Smiles Beamings Early Winter Blooms
Musk Lorikeets In Pittwater: Pittwater Spotted Gum Flower Feast - May 2020
Nankeen Kestrel Feasting at Newport: May 2016
National Bird Week 2014 - Get Involved in the Aussie Backyard Bird Count: National Bird Week 2014 will take place between Monday 20 October and Sunday 26 October, 2014. BirdLife Australia and the Birds in Backyards team have come together to launch this year’s national Bird Week event the Aussie Backyard Bird Count! This is one the whole family can do together and become citizen scientists...
National Bird Week October 19-25 and the 2015 the Aussie Back Yard Bird Count: Australia's First Bird Counts - a 115 Year Legacy - with a small insight into our first zoos
Nature 2015 Review Earth Air Water Stone
New Family of Barking Owls Seen in Bayview - Church Point by Pittwater Council
Noisy Visitors by Marita Macrae of PNHA
Odes to Australia's Fairy-wrens by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen and Constance Le Plastrier 1884 and 1926
Oystercatcher and Dollarbird Families - Summer visitors
Painted Button-Quail Rescued By Locals - Elanora-Ingleside escarpment-Warriewood wetlands birds
Palm Beach Protection Group Launch, Supporters Invited: Saturday Feb.16th - Residents Are Saying 'NO' To Off-Leash Dogs In Station Beach Eco-System - reports over 50 dogs a day on Station Beach throughout December-January (a No Dogs Beach) small children being jumped on, Native birds chased, dog faeces being left, families with toddlers leaving beach to get away from uncontrolled dogs and 'Failure of Process' in council 'consultation' open to February 28th
Pardalote, Scrub Wren and a Thornbill of Pittwater
Pecking Order by Robyn McWilliam
Pelican Lamps at Narrabeen Pelican Dreamsong - A Legend of the Great Flood - dreamtime legend for children
Pittwater Becalmed Pittwater Birds in Careel Creek Spring 2018 Pittwater Waterbirds Spring 2011 Pittwater Waterbirds - A Celebration for World Oceans Day 2015
Pittwater's Mother Nature for Mother's Day 2019
Plastic in 99 percent of seabirds by 2050 by CSIRO
Plover Appreciation Day September 16th 2015
Powerful and Precious by Lynleigh Grieg
Red Wattlebird Song - November 2012
Restoring The Diamond: every single drop. A Reason to Keep Dogs and Cats in at Night.
Sea Birds off the Pittwater Coast: Albatross, Gannet, Skau + Australian Poets 1849, 1898 and 1930, 1932
Sea Eagle Juvenile at Church Point
Seen but Not Heard: Lilian Medland's Birds - Christobel Mattingley - one of Australia's premier Ornithological illustrators was a Queenscliff lady - 53 of her previously unpublished works have now been made available through the auspices of the National Library of Australia in a beautiful new book
7 Little Ducklings: Just Keep Paddling - Australian Wood Duck family take over local pool by Peta Wise
Shag on a North Avalon Rock - Seabirds for World Oceans Day 2012
Short-tailed Shearwaters Spring Migration 2013
South-West North-East Issue 176 Pictorial
Spring 2012 - Birds are Splashing - Bees are Buzzing
Spring Becomes Summer 2014- Royal Spoonbill Pair at Careel Creek
Spring Notes 2018 - Royal Spoonbill in Careel Creek
Station Beach Off Leash Dog Area Proposal Ignores Current Uses Of Area, Environment, Long-Term Fauna Residents, Lack Of Safe Parking and Clearly Stated Intentions Of Proponents have your say until February 28, 2019
Summer 2013 BirdFest - Brown Thornbill Summer 2013 BirdFest- Canoodlers and getting Wet to Cool off Summer 2013 Bird Fest - Little Black Cormorant Summer 2013 BirdFest - Magpie Lark
BL's Blast Off - Barton Lynch
Barton Lynch Profile The Surfers Group
World's Largest Grommet Festival Returns - an outline of the September 23-26 2013 Blast Off from BL and Co. BL's Blast off 2013
International Surfing Day 2014 – Hurley Champions Coach at Avalon Beach to Help Others Catch Their First Wave Front Page Issue 168
A Week In Pittwater - June 2014 - Issue 168 Pictorial
BL's Blast Off 2014 Report and Blast Off 2014 Pictorial and Front Page Issue 182
BL’s Blast Off 2015 – Celebrating 10 Great Years of Surfing Festival Fun + International Day of Surfing Celebration at Harbord Diggers on Friday June 19th + Front Page Issue 218
Front Page Issue 232: Hurley BL"s Blast off 2015 - 10th Year, begins!
BL's Blast Off 2015: 10th Celebration filled with Swell Decisions and Masses of Fun + Front Page Issue 233
BL's Blast Off 2016 - report, pictures, links to albums + Front Page Issue 283
Post Spring School Holidays Catch-Up On Pittwater Estuary and Beach Events: Palm Beach Sailing Club Hosts Round 1 WindsurfingCAA Summer Series 2019/2020 + Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay Multihull Division Hosts 2019 Lock Crowther Regatta + BL's Blast Off 2019 - Results!
Books:
Pittwater Authors and writers (Profiles):
Joan Fisher Pam Bayfield Lynda Hill Andrew Holder Phil Colman-Peter Mitchell Exploring tidal waters on Australia’s temperate coast June Lahm Robyn McWilliam Edwin Barnard Doug Elliott Katerina Cosgrove Jervis Sparks John Ogden Jan Roberts Nick Carroll Roper Lars Scott (Buster) Brown Q.C.B.C. John Stephen Ayliffe Takashi Tachibana Frances Black Katherine Roberts Julie Janson Louise Park Linda Buchan
New Free Street Library in Avalon - a tiny vestibule of literary happiness!
A Kind of Victory: Captain Charles Cox and His Australian Cavalrymen by Craig Wilcox - former Narrabeen resident and Military Historian releases new National Library of Australia book on a little known chapter in the Light Horse Regiment
A Strange Irony by Pam Bayfield
A Walk In The Bush - Written and Illustrated by Gwyn Perkins: Scotland Island resident Gwyn Perkins has dedicated this great book for young readers 'For Sabene - from Grandad' - written and illustrated by the author, adult readers may well recognise the places, plants and creatures that feature in this work and would enjoy some of the artists other illustrations created to depict humorous captures of island life in his 28 Days on an Island.
Australian Predators of the Sky by Penny Olsen - published by National Library of Australia
Launch of For The Love of Grace - Pam Bayfield's NEW Book
An Eye for Nature: The Life and Art of William T. Cooper by Penny Olsen, foreword by David Attenborough By Penny Olsen
Award Winning SMH Journalist Bringing The Dramatic Story Of The Sydney Opera House To Avalon This October In Time For 45th Anniversary: Author Event Oct. 4th, tickets just $20
The Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean - A Definitive Reference and Data Base - Launched
Badge, Boot, Button: The Story Of Australian Uniforms by Craig Wilcox - (former Narrabeen resident) follows the evolving to an Australian climate our uniforms have had to undergo - those thick woollen uniforms needed by British soldiers in 1788 may be well suited to Northern Winters but those wearing them here may be in dire straits during a mid-Summer heatwave. Sports uniforms have changed too. Another change in uniform is that of surf lifesavers...
Cayley & Son - The life and Art of Neville Henry Cayley & Neville William Cayley by Penny Olsen - great new book on the art works on birds of these Australian gentlemen and a few insights from the author herself
Collecting Ladies - Ferdinand Von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists By Penny Olsen - an extensive and well researched insight into some of our early lady Botanical Artists
Crime, Punishment and Redemption - A Convict's Story by Dr. June Slee - While researching her doctorate in 1990 on the transportation of young male convicts to Point Piper in Van Diemen's Land at the Australian National Maritime Museum's Vaughan Evans Library, June Slee was given a folder of typewritten pages entitled Manuscript Diary by John Ward CONVICT - this wonderful new book belongs in every Australian home - our interview with the author
Emporium: Selling the Dream in Colonial Australia by Edwin Barnard- Editor, Author, Historian and Avalon gentleman, Edwin Barnard's new book Emporium uses collections of advertisements as starting points in assembling a series of self-contained ‘snapshots’ to paint a lively and entertaining picture of everyday life in the Australian colonies.
Famous Detective Stories: True Tales Of Australian Crime - great new book by National Library of Australia
Flocks of Colour by Penny Olsen - beautiful new Bird Book Celebrates the 'Land of the Parrots'
Heartsong - an Anthology of Pittwater Poetry Launched Home Grown Food Program in Fruit and Veg Month by Jess Rosman
John Gould's Extinct and Endangered Mammals of Australia by Fred Ford
Journeys Into The Wild: The Photography Of Peter Dombrovskis - a wonderful new book from NLA
Moments In Time: A Book Of Australian Postcards - by Jim Davidson
Phil Colman-Peter Mitchell-Exploring Tidal Waters on Australia's Temperate Coast
Phil Colman-Peter Mitchell-Exploring Tidal Waters on Australia's Temperate Coast
Royal Visits to Australia by Jane Connors - A new book from the National Library of Australia that offers a catalogue of wonderful insights and rare images - our interview with the authoress
Sailing with Cook: Inside the Private Journal of James Burney RN by Suzanne Rickard - our interview with the author
Saltwater People of the Broken Bays by John Ogden
Seen but Not Heard: Lilian Medland's Birds - Christobel Mattingley - one of Australia's premier Ornithological illustrators was a Queenscliff lady - 53 of her previously unpublished works have now been made available through the auspices of the National Library of Australia in a beautiful new book
Spinning Tops & Gumdrops: A Portrait Of Colonial Childhood by Edwin Barnard - our chat with this local author about this wonderful new book for young and not so young
The Beach: An Australian Passion by Robert Drewe - great new book from NLA and an Award Winning Australian writer - perfect for Summer Celebrations
Taking Flight: Lores Bonney's Extraordinary Flying Career by Kristen Alexander - to be launched by Gaby Kennard OAM on International Women's Day, 8 March 2016 and coinciding with Women of Aviation World Wide Week, 7-13 March 2016
The Catch: The Story Of Fishing In Australia a new NLA book by Anna Clark: Berkelouw's at Mona Vale are hosting Anna on Thursday October 12th for a focus on this new work, details and how to book here
The Camino Diaries by Cilla Cole: a wonderful journal sharing this Ancient Way Pilgrimage from the point of view of four walkers
The Girl Who Stole Stockings by Elsbeth Hardie: a recent visitor to Manly shares a few insights on the best personal non fiction history of a relative transported at age 13 and insights into Green Hills post-Andrew Thompson - one for all Kiwis too!
The John Street Heroes by Warwick Dalzell - The introduction to a little volume Mr. Dalzell published online a few years ago - It is set in the North of Ireland and talks about life there during the Second World War
The Peregrine Falcon by Warwick Dalzell - one of the stories from The John Street Heroes - holiday reading!
The Man Who Saved Smithy - Fighter pilot, pioneer aviator, hero: the life of Sir Gordon Taylor MC, GC by Rick Searle - a few insights from the biographer of this new Allen&Unwin book on a local hero
The Story of Bob Waterer and his Family 1803-2010 By Nan Bosler
The writing of ‘Growing Up with Fragile X Syndrome: The Road to Marty Campbell’ by Dr Robyn Iredale
True Light and Shade: An Aboriginal Perspective of Joseph Lycett's Art by Professor John Maynard - Featuring 20 images from this renowned artist with wonderful commentary by Professor John Maynard, and a focus on the place where Bungaree originally hailed from, this new book should be of interest to all peoples of the Broken Bay and Pittwater regions - our interview with Professor Maynard
Walk With Us Book Review by Sabine Kacha
What Do We Want? The Story Of Protest In Australia by Clive Hamilton - new NLA book the first to look at the history of protest in Australia
Writers Day 2014 at Mona Vale Library: To celebrate Library and Information Week, budding writers, literary lovers and the young are being offered a wonderful series of free workshops and seminars at Mona Vale Library all on the one day - Wednesday 21st of May
Brian Friend OAM (Friendly) Articles
Brian Friend - Profile Brian Friend - OAM
A Cruel Sea by Gordon Wellings Q.C., B.C.
Avalon Bulldogs Season Open Pictorial 2013 Junior Rugby League Season Opens
Broken Bay Water Police - History
Friendly Toulouse Goose at Palm Beach - Yes! Pittwater has her very own 'Mother Goose' - for Children
The Story of the making of the paintings illustrating the “Falcon” rescue of “Votan” and her crew – Sunday 9th June 1974 by Christine Hill
Mermaids of Palm Beach July 2012 Fundraiser with JPY and John Williamson by Brian Friend and Michael Mannington
International Fleet Review Pictorial from RAN Fleet Entance on 4th of October 2013 to Sydney Harbour
Roper Lars Scott (Buster) Brown - ‘LEGEND of the SEA’ by Brian Friend, OAM-QCBC - On Friday 7th of February, at the Pt Clare Marine Rescue Base at Gosford, RLS 'Buster' Brown was presented with a his 'Life Membership' and 'Long Service' awards to the RVCP (now Volunteer Marine Rescue). Brian Friend, OAM, a fellow Retired Water Policeman was in attendance and shares an insight into one of Pittwater’s finest.
Ropers Lars Scott Brown Q.C.B.C. (Buster) Memorial Service - Tribute to a Waterman Extraordinaire by Eric Brown Family, Charlie Chicka Kuhn (South Curl Curl SLSC), David Harrison (Life Member Marine Rescue Broken Bay) and Brian Friend OAM QCBC - Retired Water Police
Avalon Bulldogs and Mon Vale Raiders at Hitchcock Park Opening Match Season 2015
Football Season 20916 Kicks Off in Pittwater: Avalon Bulldogs
June 2016 Storm - 1000's of Hands, Ten of 1000's of Community Kindnesses: One Objective - The Community's Record + Front Page Issue 267
Out and About in Pittwater - Local Heroes visit Doggie Dome
2017 Masters And 1967 A Grade Reunion; Belrose Eagles invited Narrabeen Sharks from Brian Friend
Manly Warringah District Junior Rugby League Football Club Presentation Evening 2017 by Brian Friend OAM
Warringah Touch Football Association (Inc.) Winter Comp. Grand Finals 2018: by Brian Friend OAM
Avalon Bulldogs JRLFC Presentation Day 2018 - two new Life Members + Players of the year + some great preso day fun! by Brian Friend OAM
Friendly's MO To GO! In 2019 World's Greatest Shave's 21st Year No one has seen that upper lip bare for over 48 years - an interview with Mr. Friend on all things MO - chip in to help out!!
World's Greatest Shave 2019: Mo, Fro and Lanky Locks GO! Over 20k Raised!! + Front Page Issue 397
Broken Bay Marine Rescue
Broken Bay Marine Rescue Long Service Awards
Broken Bay Marine Rescue (Volunteers) on Maintenance Wednesdays
Broken Bay Marine Rescue open new wharf and launch of new lifeboat the 'David B Harrison'
Broken Bay Marine Rescue Heroes
John Michael Armstrong Stringer AM, ESM, JP, CMILT, ASO - Profile Roper Lars Scott (Buster) Brown Q.C.B.C. - Profile
Marine Rescue Broken Bay The Vessels Pictorial
Broken Bay Marine Rescue - Volunteer Coastal Patrol - History page
Broken Bay Marine Rescue Vessels Maintained Thanks to Pittwater RSL Community Club Grants Program Front Page Issue 202
Submariner, sailor and boating safety advocate take out NSW Maritime Awards: Manly's Captain Tim Swales, Avalon's David Lyall, and Peter Hunter + Front Page Issue 234
West Head Soldiers Track Opened - May 14th, 2016
Boat Safety for Summer - Community News October 2016
Bayview Baths Centenary Celebration in November 2016 hosted by Bayview-Church Point Residents Association Dr. Jenny Rosen's Historical Timeline - BBMR Historic Association with these baths and area
Marine Rescue Broken Bay Marine: Promotions, Citations and 10 Tips for Boating Summer Safety by Lt. Alan Turner-Morris
Pittwater RSL and Avalon Beach RSL Community Club Grants 2017
State Government Pledges Funds For Marine Rescue NSW: Includes 38 New Vessel For 28 Units - MR Broken Bay and other local units named - February 2019
Bungan Beach SLSC
Front Page Issue 204: Whale Beach SLSC Hosts 2015 Inter- Schools SLS Carnival
SLS SNB 2015 Branch Championships The Wrap and Results
SLS-NSW's IRB Premiership 2015 - Windang Action by Jamie Nilsson
2015 IRB NSW State Championships: Caves Beach places 1st, Newport SLSC’s Novice Mass Rescue team win Silver, Avalon Beach SLSC wins Gold and Bronze - places 7th overall
Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2015
Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways; Bungan Beach and Bungan Head Reserves: A Headland Garden
Sydney Northern Beaches Surf Life Saving Branch Carnival 2016 - Juniors, Masters, Opens, Boats
New South Wales Surf Life Saving Masters Championships 2016 by NSW SLS
2016 NSW Surf Life Saving Open Championships by NSW SLS
Community News Issue 261: New ATV for Bungan Beach SLSC
IRB Season 2016 Takes Flight - SLS NSW Report, pictures and Progressive Point Score after Round One
Kiama Downs Takes Control Of IRB Premiership by SLS NSW
Mollymook To Host 2016 IRB State Championships + Kiama Downs Claims IRB Premiership: Queenscliff claims 3rd and Newport Team A wins 3rd in 35+ tube rescue
NSW IRB Championships 2016: Local Crews make Finals, Win Medals + NSW Announce Young IRB Interstate Team by SLS NSW + Front Page Issue 271
Lifesavers Launch Into IRB Season 2017: by Surf Life saving NSW Bungan, Newport and Avalon Beach SLSC's among finalist placers in Round 1 - report includes great action pictures by Richard Black and Richard Cole, President Avalon Beach SLSC + Front Page Issue 311
IRB Season Heats Up (Round 3 - including finals of Round 2) by Surf Life Saving NSW
NSW IRB (Inflatable Rescue Boat) Premiership Series 2017: Round 4 by Surf Life Saving NSW
Newport SLSC IRB Under 23 Team Win Bronze In 2017 State Championships - a Bronze for Bungan SLSC too
Ducks Away As Lifesavers Gear Up For IRB Season 2018: Bilgola and Mona Vale Entering For First Time by SLS NSW
Front Page Issue 359: The Col Rae launched
Rubber Ducky Racers Soar At Round 2: 2018 NSW IRB Premiership Season by Surf Life Saving NSW
Caves Beach Claim 2018 IRB Premiership Series: by Surf Life Saving NSW
Community News Issue 373: Col Rae Honoured Community News Issue 375: Vale Col Rae
Kiama Downs Take Out First IRB 2019 Premiership Round + Front Page Issue 404
IRB 2019 Premiership Round 2 on the Central Coast
Hat-Trick For Kiama Downs At 2019 IRB Premiership: Round 3 by Surf Life Saving NSW
NSW IRB Premiership Won & State Team Announced by Surf Life Saving New South Wales, photos by Richard Black
Surf Life Saving Northern Beaches Awards of Excellence 2019 - full list
Bungan Lane Car Park
How Can This Be? by Pittwater Alliance
NEW PITTWATER COUNCIL CAR PARK IN BUNGAN LANE AT MONA VALE - BRIEF SUMMARY SO FAR by Pittwater Alliance
Pittwater Council's Bungan Lane Car Park "Fine Tuning" by Phil Walker
Cancer Council - Australia
Articles from and about
Carols by the Sea 2014 - Hosted by Avalon Beach SLSC - Front Page Issue 194
NSW Community Members ask Premier Baird to Reduce the Burden- Cancer Council 'Saving Life' campaign gets major boost from Manly MP Mike Baird
11th Biggest Morning Tea for Palm Beach Couple - On Saturday May 23rd Janet and Max Petrie will host a Biggest Morning Tea event at their Pacific Road, Palm Beach home, a community event with their neighbours helping with the distribution of invitations and contributing cakes and finger food for the occasion as well as attending from 10 a.m. + Front Page Issue 214
Manly's Early Sand Sculptors: How Pennies Can Become Pounds and Found A New Art; It's finals day at the Vissla Sydney Pro in Manly today, Sunday March 4th - to celebrate all things surfing and getting on the sand, a look into what else has happened with the sands of Manly - and Palm Beach!; A few years ago Pittwater Online News ran a page on the annual Palm Beach Castles in the Sand event which would raise funds for Cure Cancer Australia Foundation.
Cars
Classic Vehicles, Engines and Vintage Craft
A Trip to Newport by car - 1904
1926 Model T Ford Truck - Trevor Goodacre
1958 Bedford D Truck, GM Holden Australian made Car Bodies and the potential future for Holden
Avalon Tattoo 2011 - Photos and 'video' Avalon Tattoo 2012 Avalon Tattoo 2012 Pictorial
Franklin Comes Home to Pittwater by Michael Mannington - local gent raises 27K for CareFlight
Mermaids of Palm Beach July 2012 Fundraiser with JPY and John Williamson by Brian Friend and Michael Mannington
Millers Car Collection C/- W. A. Guesdon
Mona Vale Public School Centenary Festival Day 15th of September, 2012
Old Car by Gary Roach and Michael Mannington
RMYC Unique Car Show 2014 by Peter Storey
The Franklin Returns to Pittwater by Michael Mannington
Trevor's Engines are visual splendours
Vintage Car Centenary Celebration by Lisa Ratcliff
RMYC 2013 Unique Car Show - report by Sally Bacon, photos by Mark Farrell and Andrew Towner
F-100 Ford truck - 1977 Model, Australian built
Adam Bressington Profile - Touring Car Masters motor sports
Christine Hopton OAM Articles
Church Point
A Long Weekend ON Pittwater: January 2018 by Peta Wise, Neil Johnston, Jools Farrell, Penny Gleen, Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay, Avalon Sailing Club, Woody Point Yacht Club, Zonta Club of the Northern Beaches
A Tribute to the Curlew by Tracy Smith
Australia's First School Launch was in Pittwater
Building a car park in Church Point What's the Point? by Tarryn Priestly
Christmas Eve: The Dog Tide Cometh
Church Point and Bayview: A Pittwater Public School Set on the Estuary
Church Point Carpark Reserved Parking Space Scheme: EOI's Now Open+ we've included some Stage of Works News and Photos for younger Readers who may have an interest in Civil Engineering
Church Point Ferry Service and Offshore Autumn Picnics
Curlew Ferry leaving Pittwater for Central Coast - Spring 2012
Gone Fishing Gallery; an Artist's Font
Historic Catalogue and Record of Pittwater Art I: Artists and Artists Colonies
McCarrs Creek - History
Pittwater Regattas Part I - Dates and Flagships to 1950 - History
McCarrs Creek to Church Point To Bayview - Waterfront Reserves Path June 2018
Methodist Church at Church Point - History Page
Oystering in the Pittwater Estuary - Oyster Kings and Pearl Kings and When Not to Harvest Oysters
Photographers of Early Pittwater: Arthur James Vogan
Photographers of Early Pittwater: Henry King
Pittwater Restaurants You Could Stay At Pasadena Road House Church Point - History page
Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Scotland Island
Pittwater Volunteers Volunteer all Year Round - Volunteer Week 2015
2015 Pittwater Community Service Award – Commodore Graham Sloper (RAN Rtd.), President of Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch + Community Leaders High Tea
Scotland Island Demographics How Are We Different? A Comparison Between Scotland Island And The Rest Of Australia by Roy Baker
The First Scotland Island Cup, Trophy and Race and the Gentleman who loved Elvina Bay
The Mail Route to Pittwater and Beyond
The Marquise of Scotland Island
The Wild Coachmen of Pittwater - A Long and Sometimes Bumpy Ride on Tracks Instead of Roads
The School Ferry to Newport 2016 + The Newport School 1888 to 2016
Pasadena Park: To Be Or Not To Be? - August 2017
Heritage Grant For Church Point Cemetery from Office of Hon. Rob Stokes, MP for Pittwater
Pasadena On Pittwater Update: January 2018 - "PASADENA Waterside Boutique Hotel & Restaurant" set to open in March
Pasadena Acquisition Motion Rescinded - Owner Rejects Offer To Buy Iconic Venue; "Council made an offer to acquire the Pasadena voluntarily which was rejected. This means the Pasadena will be left alone." Cr. Rory Amon, Aug. 4, 2018
Church Point Ferry Service
A Tribute to the Curlew by Tracy Smith
Church Point Ferry Service Scenic Cruises: A Breath of Fresh Offshore Air - Pictorial Issue 232 + Front Page Issue 232
Church Point Ferry Service and offshore Autumn Picnics
Curlew Ferry leaving Pittwater for Central Coast - Spring 2012
Lenny Duck Tribute Ferrymaster of the Elvina
Off To School In 2019 A Bit Quicker Than A Hundred And Four Years Ago - for younger readers
Pittwater Ferry Services: OPAL Card for Pensioners Not Same as Public Ferries
Pittwater Ferry Services: OPAL Card for Pensioners Not Same as Public Ferries Problem Resolved - Community News September 2015
Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Scotland Island
2015 Pittwater Community Service Award – Commodore Graham Sloper (RAN Rtd.), President of Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch + Community Leaders High Tea
West Head Soldiers Track Opened - May 14th, 2016
Woody Point Yacht Club's 2012 Gentleman's Launch and Putt Putt Regatta at Treharne Point
A Long Weekend ON Pittwater: January 2018 by Peta Wise, Neil Johnston, Jools Farrell, Penny Gleen, Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay, Avalon Sailing Club, Woody Point Yacht Club, Zonta Club of the Northern Beaches
Collector's Corner
Blacksmiths and Tinsmiths Nylon Stockings Poster Art Furphy's Water Cart Mousehole Anvil Sapphire One Armed Bandit Gould's 1840 Single and Compound Microscope Tibetan Thangka Wheel Of Life Painting Cast Iron Seats Mabel Lucie Atwell Prints The Customs of Traditional Dining by Hans and Jenny Carlborg Albert Collins Landscape Boomerang Harmonicas Drinking: 18th Century Style Part I by H&J Carlborg Drinking 18th Century Style Part II by H&J Carlborg Fleece Shears Wood Case Crank Telephone 1803 Timepeice Vintage Guitars Milestones No.38 Rolls Royce Motor Oiler Christmas Postcards Seashells McCormick-Deering Horse Drawn Mower Rope Making Machine Marilyn Monroe 1955 Calendar Stubbie Holders Hill's Hoist Akubra Hat Fowler's Bottling Kit The Bold Autographed Script Fishing Tackle Arnotts Biscuit Tins Comic Books Silver Opium Pipe Mrs Beetons Book Souvenir Teaspoons Bendigo Pottery Gianelli Figurines Key Fobs Model Aircraft-static Porcelain Slippers Wagon Wheels Rhys Williams Painting Chinese Guardian Lions Australian Halfpenny Bud Vases Rolling Stones Still Life LP Autographed WL1895 Thinking Monkey Estee Lauder Ginger Jar Reel Mowers Surf Reels Millers Car Collection Hilton Lingerie - Slips Miniature Books of Verse - A Romantic Tradition REGA Pouring Can R O Dunlop - Sailing At Itchenor Painting Morning Shadows by C Dudley Wood The Father of Santa Claus - Xmas 2012 HMS Penguin Anchor at RPAYC - Newport SS Birubi Mast at RMYC - Broken Bay Helen B Stirling Ship's Wheel at Club Palm Beach Woomeras HMS Endeavour Replica Cannon at RPAYC The Doug Crane Classic Handmade Double Blade Paddle HMS Bounty Wooden Ship Model Collecting Ladies - Ferdinand Von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists Australian Bark Art Chinese Ginger Jars Hand Plough and Jump Stump Plough - Australian Inventions Frank Clune Books Frederick Metters - Stoves, Windmills, Iron Monger Trinket Boxes 1933 Wormald Simplex Fire Extinguisher is Pure Brass Chapman 'Pup' Maine Engines - Chapman and Sherack The Beach Ball Figureheads Salty Wooden Personifications of Vessels Binnacle at RMYC The Australian Florin - Worth More Than 20 Cents to Collectors Weathervanes; For Those Passionate About Seeing Which Way the Wind Blows Her Majesty's Theatre 1962 Programme - Luisillo and his Spanish Dance Theatre Cooper's Sheep Shower Enamel Sign and Simpson's and Sons of Adelaide Jolly Drover Sugar Bowl and English Pottery A Means to Gaze into the Past Chief Joseph and Edward S Curtis; His Remarkable Images of Native Americans an Inestimable Record of Images and Portrait Photographs His Masters Voice, Old 78's and Australia's Love of Music Jack Spurlings 'Tamar' Picture 1923 Resch's Beer Art - A Reflection of Australiana Now Worth Thousands The Compleat Angler - Izaak Walton's Discourse Inspires Generations of Fishers Portable Ice-Boxes and Coolers How Many Claim This Invention as Theirs? Malley's and Sons Ltd. - A Munificent Australian Family Company Vintage Paddles and Gigs Nautical Memorabilia Vintage Sheet Music William Stanley's Bay View Gavotte The Crinoline a 550 Year Old Fashion B.B. King - King of the Blues Goes Home: a Timely look into Photographs and Autographs and Being Buyer Aware Deep Down Among the Coral By Christopher Corr: A Limited Edition Print in Celebration of the 75th anniversary of QANTAS Old Chinese Rice Bowls for Marriage: Worth More Than You Think... Commandaria St. John: An Ancient Wine - From 1927 with Lineage to Cyprus in 1210/92 and Methods of Production to Greece in 800 B.C. Pittwater Regatta Air Race Trophies: from 1934 and 1935 and The Pilot Who Saved William Hughes Vintage Brass Mortar and Pestle 1958 Bedford D Truck, GM Holden Australian made Car Bodies and the potential future for Holden Heart Padlock Charm Bracelets for Newborns: A Golden Tradition Marvellous Marbles: An All Ages Preoccupation for Collectors Antique Silver Fish Servers: Artisans Past Tuckfield's Bird Cards; Swap or Collect Joseph Lyddy – Dubbin And O.B.B. Polish Vintage Wooden Tennis Racquets: A Collectors Item As Popular As Summer Australian Trade Tokens Record Enriching Colonial Histories: the Cascade Shilling First Art Form To Record 'Tasmania' And Kangaroos Australian Vinyl Singles: 1950-1960's Dicken's The Old Curiosity Shop bought at The Old Curiosity Shop Pear's Soap: Artworks for the Masses Collecting Vintage Photographs: Early Tasmanian Photographer - J W Beattie Cyclops Vintage Toys Year Dated Beer Bottles Found In The Estuary Adjacent To Taylors Point Collecting Matchboxes: Great Way to Explore History and Art Black Bakelite Telephone: Early Pittwater Phone Numbers Butter Churns and Milk Separators: Where Taste Comes From + Early Pittwater Dairies F-100 Ford truck Buttons Photographers Of Pittwater Capture Historic Insights: A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan, 1859-1948 Historic Photographers Of Pittwater: Harold 'Caz' Cazneaux 1878 - 1953 Photographers of Pittwater: The Macphersons of 'Wharriewood' Photographers Of Early Pittwater: Charles Bayliss Photographers Of Early Pittwater: Henry King Photographers Of Early Pittwater: David 'Rex' Hazlewood Were Manly's Statues, Smashed For Road Ballast, Sculpted By Achille Simonetti? Tablespoons - The Original Soup Spoons Tram Memorabilia - Historic Daylight Run For Sydney Light Rail Begins 80 Years After Last Tram To Narrabeen Closed Samuel Wood Postcards of Pittwater and Manly The Victa Lawnmowers Story With A Careel Bay Link Collecting Snow Globes
Community Care (Northern Beaches)
Community Care (Northern Beaches) Profile
Community Care Northern Beaches AGM CCNB AGM 20015 Report
Seniors Exercise Class Sets A World Record in Mona Vale’s Village Park Front Page Issue 168 World Record Exercise Class Pictorial
Hoarding and Squalor Program Expanded for Further Year - Community Care (Northern Beaches) (CCNB) is expanding its successful Hoarding and Squalor program for another year in order to help more Northern Beaches residents who are experiencing Hoarding Disorder; the program will now also help people aged under 70 and those living in the Lower North Shore areas
2015 Pittwater Community Service Award – Commodore Graham Sloper (RAN Rtd.), President of Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch + Community Leaders High Tea
New Mental Health Study Supports Planning and Innovation in Services for Northern Beaches: Mona Vale-based Partners in Recovery recently launched a new publication that shows the way forward for mental health on the Northern Beaches
Fun Day For Our Little Heroes: children of Veterans from recent conflicts enjoy a family fun day thanks to a partnership between; Partners in Recovery Sydney North Shore & Beaches, Homes for Heroes and Relationships Australia NSW
New mental health services a boost for Northern Beaches residents: Local Member Jason Falinski announced six new Australian Government-funded mental health and suicide prevention services at the Community Care Northern Beaches in Mona Vale this week
Currawong Beach and State Park
Shane Withington Profile Friends of Currawong Profile
Currawong Day Currawong Day Images
Patricia Nolan Remembers Currawong Holidays
Saving Currawong by Michael Mannington
Currawong's Creek - History
Currawong State Park Established Front Page Issue 208
Funds Begin Flowing To Pittwater’s Newest State Parks Front Page Issue 227
Mermaids Of Palm Beach Currawong Day Fundraiser 2014
Pittwater Fishermen: Great Mackerel, Little Mackerel (Wilson's Beach - Currawong) and The Basin - History
Pittwater's 2016 Australia Day Awards Pittwater Citizen of the Year is Romilly Madew, first Independent Chair of the Currawong State Park Advisory Board (NSW)
$1 Million For Currawong Beach Cottages - from Office of MP for Pittwater, Rob Stokes
Australia Day Awards 2018 Recognise Outstanding Community Service Of Ken Hughes AFSM, OAM + List of Awardees includes Angus Gordon
Dad's Army Battles On by Brian Kennedy
Dave Whiteman Articles
David James Articles
Remembrance Day Writers 2011: family anecdotes from David James
The Landing at Anzac Cove 24th April, 1915 - Fateful decisions and lost opportunity by David James (CR.)
From Strahan to Melbourne for the Union Steam Ship Co. by David James
David James OAM - Queens Birthday Honours 2014
A Stroll Through Warriewood Valley with David James OAM - A Living Wetland
David James Awarded Order Of Australia by Martin Byrne, Federal Secretary; Australian Institute Of Marine And Power Engineers
Dick Clarke Articles
DIY Ideas
by Bruce Crutcher of Johnson Brothers Hardware:
Decking Timbers Caring For Your Deck Decking Finishes Privacy Screens I Privacy Screens II Privacy Screening Hardwoods Autumn Paths and Lawns Insulation Batts Plasterboard Ventilation - Edmond's Ecofan Blackboards for Children and Home
DIY Ideas by Pittwater Online News:
Spring Lawn Care Shade Sails & Watering Basic DIY Tools DIY Tools - Power Drills Recycle Your Trampoline into An Air Bed How to Build Your Own Backyard Cricket Pitch Christmas Lights Displays around House and Garden Summer Mildew - Refresh, Renew How to Fix Things That Drip and Bump in the Night Time To Plant Winter Vegetables in a Raised Garden Beds Layout Orgainsing Your Tool Shed Make Your Own Weather Vane Prepare Your Yard For Winter How to Eradicate Noxious Weeds From Your Yard How To Fix Furniture Finishes Part I How to Repair Scratches, Dings, and Dents of Furniture Surfaces - Part II Make Your Own See-saw Make Your Own Trestle Table Winter Draughts Fix Install Your Own Skylight Make Your Own Classic Wooden Tool Carrier Spring Garden Checklist DIY Retaining Walls for Saving Soil and New Spring Garden Beds DIY Summer Salad Garden Native Plant Garden for A Fairy Arbour Renewing Short Flight of Exterior Stairs Deck Maintenance DIY Summer Tasks You Can Do In Time to Get to the Beach Garden Ponds for Attracting Birdlife, Dragonflies and for the Soothing Sounds of Water The Salt Air Factor: Maintenance and Protection Creating an Outdoor Dining Arbour, Gazebo or Patio Part I Creating an Outdoor Dining Arbour Gazebo or Patio Part II Autumn Garden Tasks Autumn DIY Jobs: Waterproof Your Home Checklist Dealing With Dampness Inside the Home Fixing Your Fences Repairing and Replacing Damaged Decking boards Toy Box and Snow Globes: School Holidays Fun - Winter 2015 DIY Wooden Toy Cars and Perfect Painted Flowerpots: School Holiday Fun - Winter 2015 Shoring Up an Under House Earth Bank – Installing a Basic Retaining Wall DIY One Shelf Sideboard Early Spring 2015 Garden Care Salad Garden For Children Keeping Your Garden and Home Cool in Hot Weather Classic Beach, Garden and Camping Chairs – 3 Portable versions anyone can make DIY Outdoor Furniture Mark I: Park Benches for Your Garden Make Your Own Scooter or Skateboard: Summer 2016 Fun How to Install a Solid Core Internal Door and Door Furniture Summer Garden Jobs: Pruning A Hedge How to Make A Swing Chair - With A Frame for Garden Setting Garden Jobs for March to Make A Beautiful and Healthy Spring 2016 Keeping Outdoor Nooks Warm to Prolong Alfresco Dining and Outdoor Enjoyment During Cooler Months Children’s Step Stool with Storage Stop Winter Rain Lawn Loss and Soil Erosion Build your own Shed Part 1 of 4: Part 1- Base DIY Garden Shed: Part 2 - Framing Walls DIY Garden Shed: Part 2b - Gable Roof Framing Garden Shed Part 3: Roof Installation DIY Garden Shed: Weatherboards - Door And Window Installation And Paint Finish DIY Coffee Table with Chess Board Inlay Spring Gardening - Feeding Your Soil And Plants; What Works For Each Plant DIY Sandstone Flagging Parking Area - Platform DIY Pre-Summer Checklist For A Safe Home Summer Spruce Up: Interior Paint Tips and Three easy steps to rejuvenate your timber deck The Perfect BBQ Garden Setting DIY Water Wise Garden DIY Side Gates DIY: Storm Preparation And Home Protection One To Two Day DIY Weekend Spruce Ups Vegepods For Autumn Planting + Easy To Make Lego Table Or Student Desk That Can Be Dismantled + Johnson Brothers Mitre 10 Online Store Johnson Brothers Mitre 10 Great New Mona Vale Store: Still In Bassett Street - at number 73 Johnson Brothers Mitre 10 New Mona Vale Store: The Greenlife Garden Centre Go Outside And Play: Creating Garden Spaces To Connect Children With Nature DIY Plasterboard Repair DIY Dolls House Or Garage Or Boatshed DIY Child's Waggon or use as a large planter mover DIY Bathroom Refresh: Zing For Spring Tips for Growing a Native Garden FireCrunch, Australian Developed Fire-proof, Sustainable, Durable and Reliable Building Board Now Available at Johnson Bros. at Mona Vale and Narrabeen School Holidays DIY Ideas for Children: Little Vegetables Garden, Swing, Windchimes Bushfire Season Preparation 2017: Home and Outdoor Areas Johnson Brothers Mitre 10 Trade Centre at Mona Vale + Issue No 1 of Mitre 10’s inSITE Magazine for Tradies and Handymen Preparing Al Fresco Areas for Christmas Get-Togethers and Summer Visitors Summer De-bug; Mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches and ants - how to keep the outdoors insects where they belong DIY Summer Projects: Install A Fountain Or Water Feature Late Summer and Early Autumn Projects: A Shed For All Storage Solutions + Garden Tasks + Keeping Our Waterways Clean Autumn Plantings for Winter Harvests + Johnson Brothers Mitre 10 are hosting a Mighty Helpful Information Night 2018 Paintback Collection Event: Johnson Bros Mitre 10 Mona Vale Saturday, April 7 Reducing Ticks in Your Garden: Garden care, Plants that Repel, What to Wear Outdoors Attracting Insectivore Birds to Your Garden: DIY Natural Tick Control Mother's Day 2018: DIY Rose Garden Winter Mould & Mildew Inside Your home: How to Keep Air and Surfaces Healthier DIY Traditional Rocking Horse Johnson Brothers Trade Day 2018 Mushrooms and Vege Kits: School Holidays Fun Winter 2018 for Curious Kids Woodworking Projects for Beginners: School Holidays Fun for Winter 2018 - Simple Storage Box + Wood Tool Box Spring Garden Prep: Soil Care Spring into Spring + JBH August 2018 Trifecta DIY Doggie Backyard Paradise Garden Care for Heavy Rain Days + Non-Toxic Snail and Slug Debug Ideas