The Davistown ferry will resume service in October under the operation of Palm Beach Ferries. The Minister for Transport Mr Carl Scully came to Woy Woy wharf last Thursday, June 13, to announce that authority had been granted to provide ferry services. The Minister was accompanied by the Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews and Gosford Mayor Cr Robert Bell. "Palm Beach Ferries will run daily services between Woy Woy, Saratoga, Davistown and Empire Bay, resuming a service which ceased operating in August last year," Mr Scully said. "This provides an important public transport option for an area which is experiencing an increase in population. "It will provide commuters, families, tourists and others with improved access to a range of services." Mr Scully said that he had received many requests for the restoration of the ferry service from Member for Peats Marie Andrews. Ms Andrews said that she was pleased that the Government had given the green light for a return of services. "This is good news for ferry commuters," Ms Andrews said. "The new ferry will be a 24m catamaran, currently under construction in Queensland. "It will be an environmentally- friendly low-wash vessel, with a capacity to carry 140 passengers." Ms Andrews said that the ferry would operate 10 daily return journeys between Monday and Friday from Woy Woy to Davistown and six return journeys on weekends and public holidays, plus a number of one-way journeys from Woy Woy. The Government go ahead for a new commuter ferry service is most welcome," said Cr Bell. "Residents in Davistown, Empire Bay, and Saratoga will have the option of going to Woy Woy to catch the train or going to Woy Woy by ferry to do some shopping. "This means a few less cars on the road and an alternative form of transport is provided to residents. "The saving in time of residents not being on the road is significant. "A trip from Davistown to Woy Woy takes 15 minutes by ferry and no car worries whereas to drive to Gosford is 15 to 20 minutes or Woy Woy 20 to 25 minutes and you have to leave the car in the carpark. "Many more residents will be able to catch the ferry to work and leave the car at home," he said. "The other big advantage of the new service is expanded tourist opportunities and potential linkage to a fast ferry from Ettalong to Sydney," Cr Bell said. "I thank residents for constantly reminding me through letters, petitions and phone calls about the need for a ferry service and I congratulate them for achieving this outcome. "The Minister has responded to the calls and personal representations we made to the Minister's office," he said. "This is where I wanted to make sure bureaucracy and government didn't get in the way of services the community wanted and are prepared to pay for," said Mr Scully. Palm Beach Ferry Service managing director Mr Peter Verrills said that the new ferry had been under construction for 11 weeks and another 13 weeks of construction is foreseen, with completion expected in mid- September. Following trials, an October 1 launch is anticipated. Robert Whiteman, June 13 Gosford Council has approved a plan for a nursing home on Railway St, Woy Woy, in the area between Shoalhaven Dr and the Hillview St reserve. The council approved the development application for the aged care facility which will house up to 84 residents with dementia. The facility will consist of six dwellings, all single storey, each housing 14 residents all linked by a secure enclosed staff and services walkway. A central building will house common areas including social and meeting rooms, coffee shop, hairdresser, staff room and toilets. Each residence will have a ‘Y’ shaped plan with two wings of accommodation linked to a central activity area and the third wing to a front door for visitor access. The building is designed to make it easy for residents to find their way around and for staff to supervise patients without being obtrusive. Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews has welcomed the unanimous approval by Gosford Council for the construction of the $5.7million facility. Ms Andrews said that she believed that the big demand for dementia care places on the Woy Woy Peninsula would be partly addressed by the construction of the new dementia care facility. "There will still be a need for further specialised care facilities on the Woy Woy Peninsula as the waiting list is continuing to grow," she said. She stated that people living on the Woy Woy Peninsula suffering with dementia had to be placed in nursing homes either in other parts of the Central Coast or in the Sydney metropolitan area. "I have heard of some instances where residents have been allocated a nursing home as far away as the Blue Mountains," she said. A local community committee, chaired by Ms Marie Andrews, had previously determined that the proposed site, formerly owned by the Department of Education and Training, was to be sold under the condition that the land be used for an aged care facility. Ms Marie Andrews stated that it was fortunate for the local community that the Hammond Care Group saw the need in the area and purchased the land for facility. "Now, at long last, the community's wishes are coming to fruition and I couldn't be more delighted," she said. The site covers approximately 1.9 hectares of flat to gently sloping land. A drainage reserve adjoins the site to the east, residential land is to the south and west, and the main northern railway separated by Railway St is located to the north. About half the site is below the 1-in-100-year floodline. The proposal will involve filling in part of the site, moving the floodline so only a small area in the north eastern corner of the site would be flood-prone. This would be used for landscape and open space area and eight car parking spaces. A condition has therefore been included in the recommended consent requiring a landscaping plan to be submitted, for approval of the tree management officer, prior to release of the construction certificate. Council agenda DH.070, June 4 Peninsula News COMMUNITY ACCESS PAPER INC Postage Paid Australia No 44 Phone 4342 2070 Fax 4342 2071 18 June 2002 Print Post Approved PP255003/04388 Everglades Davistown ferry service set to resume Transport Minister, Carl Scully, Member for Peats, Marie Andrews and Gosford Mayor, Robert Bell inspect the new Woy Woy to Davistown ferry. Nursing home approved for Railway St
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The Davistown ferry will resume service in October under the operation of Palm Beach Ferries.
The Minister for Transport Mr Carl Scully came to Woy Woy wharf last Thursday, June 13, to announce that authority had been granted to provide ferry services.
The Minister was accompanied by the Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews and Gosford Mayor Cr Robert Bell.
"Palm Beach Ferries will run daily services between Woy Woy, Saratoga, Davistown and Empire Bay, resuming a service which ceased operating in August last year," Mr Scully said.
"This provides an important public transport option for an area which is experiencing an increase in population.
"It will provide commuters, families, tourists and others with improved access to a range of services."
Mr Scully said that he had received many requests for the restoration of the ferry service from Member for Peats Marie Andrews.
Ms Andrews said that she was pleased that the Government had given the green light for a return of services.
"This is good news for ferry commuters," Ms Andrews said.
"The new ferry will be a 24m catamaran, currently under construction in Queensland.
"It will be an environmentally-friendly low-wash vessel, with a c a p a c i t y t o c a r r y 1 4 0 passengers."
Ms Andrews said that the ferry would operate 10 daily return journeys between Monday and Friday from Woy Woy to Davistown and six return journeys on weekends and public holidays, plus a number of one-way journeys from Woy Woy.
The Government go ahead for a new commuter ferry service is most welcome," said Cr Bell.
"Residents in Davistown, Empire Bay, and Saratoga will have the option of going to Woy Woy to catch the train or going to Woy Woy by ferry to do some shopping.
"This means a few less cars on the road and an alternative form of transport is provided to residents.
"The saving in time of residents not being on the road is significant.
"A trip from Davistown to Woy Woy takes 15 minutes by ferry and no car worries whereas to drive to Gosford is 15 to 20 minutes or Woy Woy 20 to 25 minutes and you have to leave the car in the carpark.
"Many more residents will be able to catch the ferry to work and leave the car at home," he said.
"The other big advantage of the new service is expanded tourist
opportunities and potential linkage to a fast ferry from Ettalong to Sydney," Cr Bell said.
"I thank residents for constantly reminding me through letters, petitions and phone calls about the need for a ferry service and I congratulate them for achieving this outcome.
"The Minister has responded to
t he c a l l s and pe rs ona l representations we made to the Minister's office," he said.
"This is where I wanted to make sure bureaucracy and government didn't get in the way of services the community wanted and are prepared to pay for," said Mr Scully.
Palm Beach Ferry Service
managing director Mr Peter Verrills said that the new ferry had been under construction for 11 weeks and another 13 weeks of construction is foreseen, with completion expected in mid-September.
Following trials, an October 1 launch is anticipated.
Robert Whiteman, June 13
Gosford Council has approved a plan for a nursing home on Railway St, Woy Woy, in the area between Shoalhaven Dr and the Hillview St reserve.
The council approved the development application for the aged care facility which will house up to 84 residents with dementia.
The facility will consist of six dwellings, all single storey, each housing 14 residents all linked by a secure enclosed staff and services walkway.
A central building will house common areas including social and meeting rooms, coffee shop, hairdresser, staff room and toilets.
Each residence will have a ‘Y’ shaped plan with two wings of accommodation linked to a central activity area and the third wing to a front door for visitor access.
The building is designed to make it easy for residents to find their way around and for staff to supervise patients without being obtrusive.
Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews has welcomed the unanimous approval by Gosford Council for the construction of the $5.7million facility.
Ms Andrews said that she believed that the big demand for dementia care places on the Woy Woy Peninsula would be partly addressed by the construction of
the new dementia care facility. "There will still be a need for
further specialised care facilities on the Woy Woy Peninsula as the waiting list is continuing to grow," she said.
She stated that people living on the Woy Woy Peninsula suffering with dementia had to be placed in nursing homes either in other parts of the Central Coast or in the Sydney metropolitan area.
"I have heard of some instances where residents have been allocated a nursing home as far away as the Blue Mountains," she said.
A local community committee, chaired by Ms Marie Andrews, had previously determined that the proposed site, formerly
owned by the Department of Education and Training, was to be sold under the condition that the land be used for an aged care facility.
Ms Marie Andrews stated that it was fortunate for the local community that the Hammond Care Group saw the need in the area and purchased the land for facility.
"Now, at long last, the community's wishes are coming to fruition and I couldn't be more delighted," she said.
The site covers approximately 1.9 hectares of flat to gently sloping land.
A drainage reserve adjoins the site to the east, residential land is to the south and west, and the
main northern railway separated by Railway St is located to the north.
About half the site is below the 1-in-100-year floodline.
The proposal will involve filling in part of the site, moving the floodline so only a small area in the north eastern corner of the site would be flood-prone.
This would be used for landscape and open space area and eight car parking spaces.
A condition has therefore been included in the recommended consent requiring a landscaping plan to be submitted, for approval of the tree management officer, pr ior to re lease of the construction certificate.
Council agenda DH.070, June 4
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Nursing home approved for Railway St
What's wrong with being a recreational cyclist?
I bought a bike a few years ago after my cardiologist urged me to get more exercise.
With my crook knees, a brisk walk is out of the question.
I quickly learned to fear for my life on the roads.
Caught between impatient hoons, elderly drivers with tunnel vision, and ordinary folks who just happen to hate cyclists, I found myself taking to the footpath.
This turned out to be not good. Then I had a couple of
enjoyable rides along the waterfront.
Most residents were beaut, smiling cheerfully as they returned my waves.
Until I turned the corner and rode alongside the Woy Woy channel.
An elderly resident with a yapping dog screamed abuse at me and shouted that he’d call the rangers.
Eh? I didn't know it was illegal. So I went back and looked at
the signs. Apart from the activities
forbidden by the pictograms,
there's a long list of other things banned, and riding cycles is one of them.
The sign says it lists only some of the things that are banned.
What else is banned? I too would like to see the
council consider alternative materials to soften the visual impact - crushed sandstone, perhaps.
But let’s not pretend the construction would despoil pristine wilderness.
Except for very short sections of mangroves, the reserve has already been heavily modified with seawalls, lawns and private jetties.
Concrete is not as ugly as claimed - one has only to look at the impact on other reserves at Point Clare, Long Jetty and Warners Bay, or around Lake
Burley Griffin in Canberra. My observation also has been
that cyclists on those paths usually are mature adults or very young children, and they are considerate of other users.
I think the wilder groups of children riding without helmets will still prefer to hang around the shopping centres.
A final point, we keep calling it a cycleway.
It's to be a shared pathway. The point is not unimportant. At times, there are so many
walkers on the "cycleway'' along the Ettalong beachfront there's no room for cyclists.
When I've ridden on the Point Clare path, it was providing recreation to as many walkers as cyclists.
It will be the same with the Woy Woy waterfront pathway.
Ian Skinner, Woy Woy
Welcome to Edition 44 of Peninsula News We’ve had some good news for the Peninsula in the last
few days, with the announcement by the State Minister for Transport, Mr Carl Scully, that authority has been granted to a new operator to provide ferry services between Woy Woy, Saratoga, Davistown and Empire Bay.
For an area such as ours, this is much more important than people realise, not only for the few commuters that use the service but as part of the total transport infrastructure that a viable community situated on the waters’ edge must have.
Services provided for locals that tourists can also enjoy are of benefit to all concerned and we wish the new service provider as much success as he has had with the popular Ettalong to Palm Beach ferry service.
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Cyclist wants shared pathways
The article headed "Six-storey rezoning plan for Ettalong" in the last issue of Peninsula News was inaccurate, according to Mr Matthew Wales and Cr Debra Wales.
"The article incorrectly reported that Rezoning Application No. 2000-84 by Wales & Associates w a s i n t e n d e d f o r t h e redevelopment of the Ettalong Beach CBD for six-storey development," they said in a statement forwarded by their solicitor Mr David Steele of Peninsula Law.
"The application in fact was for changes to the current floor space ratios that may lead to improved development outcomes for the town centre.
"Further, concept plans attached to the rezoning application did not show six storeys on The Esplanade.
"The plans showed building envelopes that may have
resulted in a possible five storeys with underground parking adjacent to The Esplanade and a possible four storeys with underground parking off Ocean View Rd.
"Wales & Associates was not seeking Council approval of these building proposals as these were ind ic a t i ve bu i ld ing envelopes only.
"This paper also reported that the rezoning application was prepared for the Ettalong Beach Heritage Committee and the Ettalong Beach War Memorial Club. This was in error.
"The application was not prepared for the Ettalong Beach Heritage Committee. It was prepared for the property owners within the precinct subject to the rezoning application.
"The purpose of the report on the Council Business Paper was for the preparation of a Development Control Plan under Section 72 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and the Regulations based upon the current Ettalong Heritage 'Old World' theme
guidelines. "The recommendation by the
Director was not for the rezoning of the precinct or for six-storey construction in the town centre."
The statement also contained wording for an apology which the Wales asked Peninsula News to print.
In his covering letter, Mr Steele said the article had "the tendency to bring our clients' reputation into disrepute".
Should anyone have drawn such an inference, Peninsula News apologises.
However, Peninsula News stands by the article as a fair and accurate report of the council agenda item.
The agenda is a public document available on the council’s internet site and through local libraries where the item can be read in full.
In the event, the application was withdrawn and was not discussed by Gosford Council on June 4, despite having been listed in the agenda.
Council agenda DH.076, June 4, and letter, June 13
The Umina fire station at Woy Woy will get a new $250,000 fire engine, as a result of the State Budget.
Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews said: "This is great news for fire protection for local families, businesses and visitors to the local area.
"The fire engine for Umina is part of the a $72 million expenditure program to upgrade the vehicle fleet over the next four years, including $18 million this year.
"In another major initiative, the NSW Fire Brigades will spend $975,000 over the next year to establish about 80 more Community Fire Units around the
State, training and equipping residents to help protect their homes during bushfires."
Ms Andrews said that the Government had continually increased funding for the State Emergency Service in its eight Budgets since coming to office, with this year's allocation of $29.8 million an increase of 106 per cent over the Service's $14.4 million in the last Coalition Budget.
"Now for the first time the Government will assist in meeting the day-to-day expenses of operating SES units, such as fuel, utilities and equipment maintenance."
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The Mobil service station at Umina
Brisbane Waters Police have arrested a 21-year-old man following an armed robbery in Umina on the Queen's Birthday public holiday
Police were called to a service station at the corner of West St and Ocean Beach Rd at about 5pm, responding to reports that a robbery was in progress.
Service station staff told police they had been threatened by a man armed with a knife, who took a sum of cash before leaving the scene on a bicycle.
Acting on information from the public, police went to a house in
Bullion St where they arrested a 21-year-old man a short time later.
A man from Keperra in Queensland was charged with robbery whilst armed.
He was refused bail and appeared in Gosford Local Court the following day.
At the appearance, he was again refused bail so that he may undergo psychiatric treatment.
The matter will be mentioned again at Gosford Local Court on July 25 for the purpose of assessing whether the man is in a fit mental state to stand trial.
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New fire engine promised
The Lascaris Association was formed to re-unite Royal Navy men and women from all branches of the service who have at some time served ashore in Malta.
If there are any ex-sailors or Wrens living in the area who would like to get in touch with
former friends - or would be interested in attending a reunion planned for later this year - please contact: The Secretary, Lascaris (Malta) Association, 54c Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Kent. UK. CT20 1DD.
The secretary's e-mail address is: [email protected] and the association website is: www.lascarisassoc.britanianet.co.uk
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Gosford Council deserves c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s f o r planning to go ahead with the proposed concrete pathways around the Woy Woy-Blackwall waterfront in spite of the petitions submitted in opposition.
I walk that waterfront on most mornings and the usual reason if I do not do so is because there has been rain or a high tide
during the night before and the ground is consequently either muddy or in fact under water.
I meet a few walkers like myself but never any bike riders or baby-pushers or ‘gophers’ and more's the pity.
The more users the better. That is the whole idea, surely. As for the natural environment
being spoiled by a pathway, that is a false argument because the natural environment was a mud and mangrove swamp which was landfilled over and walled-in long ago.
It was a shame that it was not filled up to above high tide mark at that time.
Some say that the pathway will not go directly to anywhere.
They do not realize that those using the pathway are already where they want to be and are
out enjoying what Woy Woy has to offer.
As an example look at the pathway through the mangroves and along the water at West Gosford, it's beautiful.
Far from knocking this forthcoming facility, let us anticipate and hope for more in the way of picnic tables in that area and you never know, maybe even an electric barbecue or two.
There is little public facility in the erstwhile resort town of Woy Woy at the present.
Look at our swimming pool which cannot be used because of the growth in it and which cannot be dredged (or whatever) because Fisheries maintain that the enclosed 50 metres of weed growth is essential to their industry.
John Brooks, Woy Woy
Firstly let me congratulate both the organizers-participants and the police concerning the bonfire held at Rogers Park over the long weekend which was an enjoyable "family" evening.
Unfortunately, anti -social
people are now a presence at all public events.
To minimise problems next year, at the conclusion of the actual fireworks, all field lights should be turned on.
This would assist families with young children to navigate their way off the playing fields and
also greatly assist the police, who relied on hand held torches and police car headlights to locate and move on the few hundred, who were using the cover of the darkened fields to be anti-social while eluding the police.
J Porter, Woy Woy
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Storm water trap works The storm water trap at Ocean Beach collects 100 kilograms of rubbish a month.
That’s 100 kilograms of rubbish that doesn’t pollute the ocean and that abatement program contributed to Ocean Beach receiving a Litter Prevention Award earlier this year.
While the litter trap system is not unique to Ocean Beach, the fact the storm water drain and trap is clearly visible is a stark reminder to people of the amount of rubbish that if unchecked would be flowing into our water ways.
Congratulations to Ocean Beach, one of three local beaches acknowledged in
Summer 2002 by Keep Australia B e a u t i f u l C l e a n B e a c h Challenge.
Council is committed to curbing the amount of waste flowing into our waterways, and presently is investigating the installation of an underground storm water trap at Ettalong Beach before next summer.
Cr Robert Bell, Mayor
Council meeting raises questions
Some of us recently attended the meeting arranged by Council on the City Management Plan 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 7 a t t h e Community Hall in Umina.
This was originally scheduled to be held in the Christian Life Centre next door but sadly the Council could not find the key.
At the meeting, the Strategic Population Plan for the city was explained as opting for minimal population growth.
One does not need to be an expert in demographics to know that this means an aging population.
As a result, we are at a loss to understand why the Council is intent upon bulldozing a four year
old hydrotherapy pool, which is extremely well patronised by seniors already, to make way for two basketball courts, a gymnasium and an eight-lane indoor competitive swimming pool at enormous cost to the ratepayers.
Perhaps the Council expects a growing number of seniors to get their exercise pumping iron or slam dunking baskets.
Those councillors looking for re-election will have to answer this question.
Those not standing for election should look for their monument elsewhere.
Northpower Stadium perhaps? David M Casey, Ettalong, and JC
Chivers, Woy Woy
I have been working with a group of bush carers along the dunes at Ettalong-Ocean Beach for a year now.
It is tiring work trying to rid the area of weeds which are largely the result of householders dumping their garden refuse.
It is made even more difficult and even dangerous where people have cut down the trees and shrubs to enhance their view.
We have to climb over these and even dig down between them.
I suppose that it is only ignorance but these people seem not to realize that this last dune is the only buffer left between them and the ocean.
If we do not save it, erosion will undermine first the road and then the foundations of their homes, which incidentally are built on the second row of dunes.
The Council seems to be
equally ignorant by using, in some areas, large machinery to clean the beach. These heavy machines not only crush any life beneath the sand but they remove much of the sand and take it away.
It is quite noticeable, despite the fact that it is now winter and the machines are not in use, that where they were used last Summer, the beach is devoid of any greenery.
Other areas have plants spreading out onto the beach thus conserving it.
Perhaps we should just let nature and man's ignorance continue the destruction.
Let the sand blow into the lounge rooms and onto the roads, allow the erosion to continue.
Present landholders may enjoy the view and the clean beach but there will be little left to hand on to their children.
Margaret Lund, Woy Woy Bay
Congratulations to council for going ahead with pathways
Problems with beach dunes
Bonfire night was enjoyable
Service personnel sought
A draft Ettalong Beach Plan of Management is now on publ ic exhibit ion at Ettalong War Memorial Club, Umina Library and the council offices at Mann St on the ground floor.
The exhibition period will be for six weeks from June 10 to July 23.
Comments will be accepted in writing until July 31.
Written submissions should
quote "Ettalong Beach Plan of Management" and should be addressed to the General Manager, Gosford City Council, PO Box 21, Gosford NSW 2250, for the attention of Mr Peter Hickman.
Anyone requiring further information should contact the council's manager of recreation services, Mr Hickman on 4325 8471.
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Police Minister Mr Michael Costa has failed to directly answer a question about putting general duties officers back at Woy Woy police station.
Mr Costa was asked the question in parliament on June 6 by Upper House Liberal member, Dr Brian Pezzutti.
He asked what action the Government had taken to put general duties police back into Woy Woy police station.
Dr Pezzutti said that almost 9000 local residents had signed a petition in support of their reinstatement.
Mr Costa responded by saying, among other things, that local area commands will be reduced across the state from 11 to five on July 1 to enable up to 1,000 pol ice in those regional commands to be deployed through local area commands to increase police visibility.
Dr Pezzutti then asked: "Are you going to answer the question?"
Mr Costa replied by telling Dr Pezzutti to "just sit down" as he was answering the question.
"You asked me what we were doing to increase police visibility and I am telling you," he said.
"All over the State, we are doing many things," he said.
Mr Costa was asked by the President during question time to keep his answer relevant to the question.
Mr Costa replied to the Presidents order saying that he was always relevant.
"Woy Woy is part of the State of New South Wales," he said.
Mr Costa then asked Dr Pezzutti if he could give him the address of Woy Woy police station.
"He does not even know where Woy Woy police station is," Costa said.
"Clearly this is another stunt by an Opposition that has no policies on policing," he said.
Liberal candidate for Peats Cr Debra Wales later said that Mr Costa had virtually dismissed concerns over the lack of police presence in the area by refusing to respond directly to the question.
"Mr Costa showed his contempt for the area by treating the Coalition's question, on what is a very serious problem, with disdain," she said.
"Woy Woy station remains an administrative base for the highway patrol whose primary role is traffic law enforcement, not walking the beat in Woy Woy, Ettalong and Umina.
"Despite the obvious lack of police on the Peninsula, the Minister refused to answer the question directly even after being ordered to give a relevant answer by the President of the Legislative Council," she said.
"The State Budget provided no funding for general duties police for Woy Woy police station," Cr Wales said.
"It is obvious that the Carr Government shares the views of Marie Andrews who refuses to
acknowledge the law and order problems in our area.
"We have a perfectly good police station at Woy Woy, with charging facilities, provisions for staff, parking and a central location in the CBD.
"The only thing missing is the general duties police officers.
"Woy Woy police station is now simply an administrative base for the highway patrol, whose primary function is traffic law enforcement, not walking the beat in Woy Woy, Ettalong and Umina.
"Currently general duties police clock on at Gosford and have to make a 25-minute journey if they are coming to the Peninsula.
'The lack of budget funding for general duties police is a clear example of how this area is taken for granted by Marie Andrews and her Labor Party colleagues.
"The Coalition's plan, in contrast to Ms Andrews and Labor, is to put locally based and locally led police back into Woy Woy police station.
"We will also put police back on the beat at Woy Woy, Ettalong and Umina and at Woy Woy railway station," Cr Wales concluded.
Press release and transcript, June 11
Minister avoids police issue
Brisbane Water police commander Superintendent G r e g A s h u r s t h a s expressed confidence in the service of the Woy Woy-based highway patrol and its staffing levels.
“The Brisbane Water Highway Patrol has an authorised strength of 22 positions of which 17 are currently filled,” Supt Ashurst said.
“Two officers are currently on short term sick report and there are four vacant positions which have been recently advertised internally."
The four positions were to be filled from 24 applications that had been received and the successful o f f icers were expected to be working shortly.
“ I and the Com mand management team are extremely proud of the manner in which the highway patrol have been able to continue to provide a high level of service to the community.
“They have a p roven commitment to the safety of road users throughout the command under testing circumstances,” Supt Ashurst said.
He expressed disappointment about comments in a local newspaper about the patrol staff levels.
He said the newspaper c l a i m e d n u m b e r s w e r e plummeting following the death of one of its members at Woy Woy in April.
Supt Ashurst did not name the paper, but the Central Coast Express Advocate of May 31 ran an item on page 3 headed "Highway patrol on the skids".
“There are a number of inaccuracies in the story this morning and I am concerned that these unfounded allegations have been publicised," he said.
“The effect that these headlines have on the staff will be profoundly negative at a time when we are all attempting to move on after the tragic death of our colleague Senior Constable Chris Thornton.
The Express Advocate reported the filling of the vacancies in its issue of June 5 under the heading "Criticism prompts action – Four new officers for patrol".
Editor of the Express Advocate Ms Nicole Cowan told Peninsula News: "We stand by the information supplied by our source.
"We did give Supt Ashurst a chance to comment at the time," she said.
Press release, May 31
Highway patrol staffing defended
A petition, with 1049 signatures from residents o f B e n s v i l l e a n d surrounding areas, has been collected opposing the proposed development of school and church facilities at Bundaleer Cres, Bensville.
The petition, which has been received by Gosford Council, stated that Empire Bay Dr was a
main arterial road with serious traffic congestion problems, with a journey from Empire Bay and Bensville to Gosford being extended by up to 25 minutes due to the congestion.
The petition requested that Council allow no more traffic generating developments on Empire Bay Dr or on roads that feed directly onto Empire Bay Dr.
Council agenda P.059, May 28
Ettalong plan on display
News
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Fabric Price Cutters
Gosford Council has granted an application for a café in Hardys Bay despite the proposal not complying w i t h a m i n i m u m requirement for the number of car parking spaces.
The proposal had a shortfall of 1.8 parking spaces.
The site is located on the southern side of Araluen Dr approximately 40 metres west of the intersection with Killcare Rd.
Council staff supported the application with the car parking shortfall because the shortfall was minor.
They said compliance with the parking requirement was not possible due to the topography of the site.
The application had been supported by a parking demand assessment carried out by Rhodes Thompson Associates
showing that while parking in the immediate vicinity of the shopping centre was occupied during survey times, there were ample opportunities to park within easy walking distance of the centre.
The applicant spoke at the council meeting claiming that the café would create employment and tourism in the region and would also be a service to residents.
The local progress association, representing over 100 members, advised of support for the proposal as it would retain a building that was part of the heritage of the area.
The application was advertised for a period of 14 days.
Public submissions were summarised as being 400 people in support of the proposal and 95 people objecting.
An existing two-storey timber
building presently housing Mary McKinney Real Estate was located on a flat area at the front of the site.
The proposal involved the retention of the existing ground f loor rea l estate of f ice, refurbishment and additions to accommodate a 16-seat café-refreshment room, as well as a 14 square metre building addition.
The original house on site had been previously converted and used for a variety of commercial and residential uses since 1983 when it was used for the purpose of professional consulting rooms and a doctors surgery.
It was built over 50 years ago and the subsequent use of the premises for commercial use had been without formal development consent.
Council agenda DH.073, June 4
Ron Sinclair of St Huberts Island has been elected president of the Brisbane Water Historical Society, after the previous president for many years, Elaine Fry, retired.
Ron has only been a member for a comparatively short time, but has had wide community experience and has just retired as president of Gosford Blue Water Probus Club.
He feels that the society – the repository of the bulk of the history of the Gosford area – needs to take a look at its past to position itself for the future.
He said the society is appealing to all residents of the area to be mindful of the changes taking place at such a rapid pace.
He asked people, where possible, to preserve items, bric-a-brac and photos showing our heritage for future generations.
Ron sa id i t was our responsibility to our children and their children that we save and cherish items of historic interest.
"We should not let them be discarded, when families move or when elderly people move to a retirement village, where space is limited, so that these important things are saved for the future," he said
"The Henry Kendall Museum is a magnificent repository of our district's heritage and all items donated and loaned will be acknowledged."
For further information, phone Ron Sinclair on 4341 7039.
Press release, May 31
T he Na t ion a l Pa rk s Association of NSW is holding a bush walk at Bouddi National Park on Wednesday, June 25.
The walk will be approximately 13km, from Wagstaffe to Box
Head, then on to Little Tallow Beach and back to Wagstaffe via Killcare and Putty Beach.
Most of the walk is on a rough, uneven, undulating bush track, but should be easy for those used to bush walking.
People with a reasonable level
of physical fitness should be able to manage this walk.
Walkers will have the chance to see ocean views from a cliff top where eagles can be seen soaring, wildflowers, natural rock formations and native Sydney red gum (angophora) trees.
There may also be a chance of whale sightings.
Participants will need to bring hats, water, lunch and good walking shoes.
Friends and non-members are welcome to come along, however after two or three activities,
participants are expected to join the association.
Anyone wishing to participate should contact Helen Hawkes on 4329 2420 to book a place.
Jonathan Reichard, June 6
New president for historical society
Hardys Bay café approved
Bush walk at Bouddi from Wagstaffe to Box Head
Coastal EcoTours at Koolewong has donated a prize package for the forth-coming Central Coast Community Chest Golf Day.
The prize is a family Eco-Adventure package for two
adults and two children valued at $390.
It includes a guided tour, bushwalks, a visit to Aboriginal dreaming trails and cave paintings, a printed Aboriginal history guide, National Parks and Wildlife entry fees, kayaking equipment hire, morning tea and lunch.
Coastal EcoTours collaborated with Ocean Beach Outdoor Sports Hire in providing the prize.
Letter, May 15
St John Ambulance Australia (NSW) Peninsula Division is holding a recruitment drive and fundraiser at Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy, on Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22.
There will be a display from 9am to 3pm of first aid kits and products, books and manuals and dates of first aid courses held in Gosford will be available.
Demonstrations of Expired Air Resuscitation (EAR) and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) will be held at 10am, 12 noon and 2pm on both days.
All money raised will be used to purchase much-needed safety vests for all members.
Enquiries should be directed to the officer in charge on 4341 3341.
Press release, June 11
The women of the Woy Woy area have been asked to participate in a national investigation into the new way of taking Pap smear tests.
Pap smear tests take samples from a woman’s cervix to test for cancer and women over 18 are advised to have one every two years.
The new way of taking the tests, using the Vedascope speculum has already been widely advertised as a more comfortable alternative to the traditional duckbill speculum.
Anne Zele from SSH Medical, the company which makes the new speculum, said that all the evidence is that both speculums take the same samples.
“SSH is just looking to formally validate this,” she said.
She said that Woy Woy GP Dr Janet Royal would be conducting the tests.
Woy Woy was chosen partially becaus e o f D r Roya l ' s involvement in women’s health issues in the area.
“The Woy Woy area was also chosen for the research because of the varied age mix of women in the area,” she said.
She said that so far response to the advertisements for participants in the research had been low.
The research team was looking for any women 18 years of age or over, not pregnant or had a baby or miscarriage recently.
In addition to assisting research, participants would receive their Pap smear test free of charge.
They would also receive a $50 gift voucher in consideration of their time and contribution.
For more information, call 1800 777 073.
Alison Branley, May 30
Health
18 June 2002 – Peninsula News – Page 7
Chemmart
Gosford Skin Cancer Clinic
Judi Weaver
Pap smear investigation
St John ambulance recruitment drive
From left, Damien Meyer, Chris Holstein and Wayne Peters
Prize donated for golf day
A number of Peninsula people were involved with Reconciliation Week events in Gosford recently.
Ray McMinn of Ettalong told stories about the Aboriginal Dreaming.
Ray said that Aboriginal Dreaming is like the religions of other cultures. He showed the similarit ies with Christian, Buddhist and Islamic religions.
He said that while "Dreamtime" is now used to refer to the period before creation of living things,
"Dreaming" refers to Aboriginal spirituality.
Ray also referred to the local Guringai and Darkinjung peoples, their relationships and history.
Ray and Susan Carnell presented Aboriginal storytelling at the last of a series of five Aboriginal art and culture workshops.
These workshops were sponsored by Gosford Council a n d o r g a n i s e d b y t h e Purrimaibahn Unit of TAFE.
As well as attending Ray’s workshop, Peninsula residents Denise Markham and Shirley Hotchkiss were closely involved in the workshop series.
As Gosford TAFE’s aboriginal student support officer, Denise was one of the workshop organisers.
She said: “These workshops have been a good way for non-aboriginal people to learn about aboriginal art and culture.
"It’s also been a great experience for the aboriginal teachers”.
Shirley Hotchkiss attended all of the workshops.
She said that each had been highly regarded by participants.
“The workshops have shown how working and learning together can break down barriers between different groups.
"The presenters had such knowledge and enthusiasm, it was hard to tell that some of them had never taught before”.
Shirley Hotchkiss, June 12
Locals attend Aboriginal activities
Page 8 – Peninsula News – 18 June 2002
Telecommuting on the Peninsula
Connect org
Connect IT
Up to half of the Peninsula commuting workforce of 7000 is in service jobs capable of telework or telecommuting, according to Mr David Abrahams, c h a i r m a n o f Connect.CentralCoast.org.
"Telecommuting is a name given to the act of using computer technology to eliminate the need to travel between the home and office," said the industry group chairman.
"Even a modest goal of capturing 10 per cent of these that equates to the same as 350 full time positions in the area.
"This would, of course, do wonders for the local community both economically and socially," he said.
“Why are over 40,000 people commuting daily out of the Central Coast?” asked Mr Abrahams.
"Everyone is running on the assumption that it’s just the way it is.
"As many as half those commuters could be working much of their time on the Coast", he said.
M r A b r a h a m s s a i d technological advances and modern work practices had made i t b o t h p o s s i b l e a n d advantageous to both employers and employees.
Recent studies showed that employers actually got the most out of a good telecommuting regime, he said.
Large sums of money were saved by reduced CBD office costs.
Happier employees meant increased staff productivity and reduced staff attrition, he said.
" In fact, the American telephone giant AT&T saves $3000 per teleworker annually," he said.
"In California, an innovative employer has recently issued thousands of employees with a letter informing them that their desks will no longer be available to them.
"Far from retrenchment, it is a major move to save the company millions by having employees work from outlying serviced offices, home or at customers premises.
" I n n o r t h e r n E u r o p e , telecommuting and telework are long established practices," said Mr Abrahams.
"In the country that brought us the mobile phone giant Nokia, it is reported that 17 per cent of Finns telework.
"Employees telecommute to work from their own homes or from satellite offices, with the help of computers, modems, internet access, phones or fax machines.
"Many employers will subsidize or contribute the necessary equipment, knowing that they too will benefit from increased productivity."
Mr Abrahams said the Peninsula along with much of the Central Coast was now in a position to utilize large scale telecommuting.
Mr Abrahams said: “The Connect group under the former Economic Development Board has been working on getting high quality telecommunications assets on the Coast for almost three years now.
"We’re pleased to say that the suppliers have responded and invested many millions of dollars in the necessary infrastructure.
“We now have not only the i n f ras t ruc tu re bu t m any competing companies and this is driving down prices and increasing service."
Connect.CentralCoast will hold a breakfast forum about telecommuting on the morning of June 25 at The Boathouse restaurant, Koolewong.
People will be able to hear first hand from specialists in the field, telecommuters themselves and a little about the technologies that make it possible.
If you’d like to attend the meeting or simply receive info about telecommuting register your interest by sending an email to [email protected].
More information is available o n t h e w e b s i t e www.connect.centralcoast.org or phone 4342 9599.
David Abrahams, June 12
OTS
Half of commuters are capable of teleworking
A p r o p o s a l f o r a development of a house over two blocks in Wagstaf fe Ave was unanimously rejected by Gosford Council recently.
The site is located on the eastern side of Wagstaffe Ave, nearly 50 metres north of the intersection with Pretty Beach Rd.
The house was to have two dwellings connected by one roof, joining together into one building at the border between the two subdivided property lots.
Both the architect and a development consultant told the council that the design did conform to council standards and guidelines, highlighting how many changes had been made to the original plans in order to conform.
Fay Gunther from the Pretty Beach Wagstaffe Progress Association said that it would be a gross over-development, that the area was meant to be low-density residential and that the plans in fact did not conform to council standards.
Cr Debra Wales moved for rejection of the application on the grounds that it was "an inappropriate over-development for that area" and was seconded by Cr Lynne Bockholt.
Cr Bockholt said: "In approving this development, we would be approving terraces on the waterfront at Wagstaffe.
"Wagstaffe is an area that we need to preserve. Approval would set a precedent and there would be 10 of these all along the waterfront, which is something we don't want."
The two 6m wide lots on which the house was to be constructed were originally supposed to be for boatsheds for the landowners on the other side of the street.
Council, however, did not have to consider the original intention when considering the proposal as the land was zoned residential.
Gosford Council officers reported they were concerned about a section of the roof which did not comply with the building envelope requirement for detached dwellings.
The report recommended approval despite the fact the
design did not comply with regulations regarding detached dwellings.
Reasons for this included that the proposal was the "best design solution" given that the blocks were too small for an acceptable sized dwelling "with regard to modern standards and market requirements".
The report also stated that "the proposal is an attached dwelling for which the council has no policy or DCP".
T h e c o u n c i l r e c e i v e d s u b m i s s i o n s o n t h e development, concerning loss of views, the setback from the waterfront, the bulk and scale of the development being out of c h a ra c te r w i t h e x i s t i n g development, the architectural style being out of character with surrounding homes, flooding and over-development.
The council report addressed these concerns stating that more than half the house design was single storey and would replace the current two-storey house on one block of land.
The existing house on one of the sites was set back 40 metres from the waterfront. Council regulations only required that homes be six to 10 metres from the waterfront.
The design reflected traditional cot tage archi tec ture and replaced garages with carports, the council was told.
The design stepped in the upper storey to provide view corridors to the water.
The pitched roof, waterfront setback and colour scheme were all amended in accordance with commun i ty requ i remen ts , according to the report.
The proposed house would occupy 44 per cent of the site, well under the maximum of 66 per cent of the site allowed under council regulations.
The council report concluded that the proposal was "in conformity with both the existing character and desired future character" of the surrounding area.
It also stated that the proposal provided the "most satisfactory design solution" for the two blocks.
Council agenda DH.074 and DH.075, June 4
Two-block house unanimously rejected
Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews has handed over a $2890 grant to the Patonga Public Hall and Bush Fire Brigade Trust.
Ms Andrews said she was advised of the funding by the Minister for Land and Water Conservation Mr John Aquilina.
"This money will help pay for the cost of painting works at the hall," Ms Andrews said.
Ms Andrews said that the funds were provided by the
government under the Public Reserves Management Fund, which is administered by the Department of Land and Water Conservation and supports the development and maintenance of Crown reserves.
" I a m d e l i g h t e d t h e Government has made the project possible through this funding," Ms Andrews said.
She also congratulated the trust on its hard work in managing the reserve.
Press release, June 12
Grant for painting the Patonga hall
The Winter Solstice marks the time of year when the sun is furthest north giving us the shortest day of the year. Ancient civilisations marked this time with special ceremony and many festivities. In the Northern Hemisphere the
time of year is known as Yule and was used by Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The Romans worshipped the feat day of Saturn in mid winter and this is where the phrase Santa came from. Much of our modern culture cab be traced back to celebrations marking the movement of the Sun. Stone Henge is one, there are also similar things in Ireland, the Middle East and both North and South America. In modern times we have come to ignore the seasons. Our commercially driven lifestyle sees us stretching the seasons and now we are able to access all sorts of things that would naturally be out of season in the winter. We have most fruits and vegetables all year round, the price being the only clue to what's in "season". With our advanced heating and cooling techniques, we no longer have to face the harsh changes in temperature that the seasons bring. We don't even acknowledge the "seasons" of our temperament. With the shorter days and longer nights our moods become darker and not so bright. People with mental disorders f ind the winter months particularly difficult, Doctors have proven that winter is a time for depression and treat patients accordingly. We should be advised to allow seasons in our lives and even worship the changes in behaviour that the seasons bring. Winter could be seen as a time for reflection, and we could decide which aspects of our personalities we will allow to die off. Making way for the spring and the budding of new potentials. We may even decide to take a new direction as things brighten
with the longer days, and allow personal growth as the earth allows new growth during the spring. As we move toward the shortest day of the year, take time to consider the patterns in nature and use these energies to connect to the patterns of our own nature. Become empowered to cultivate the things in your life that you desire and allow the increasing hours of sunlight to help your dreams grow as we move out of winter.
18 June 2002 – Peninsula News – Page 9
News
Solaris
Anthony and Joan
Esmarelda
Gnostic
In honour of the winter solstice and as part of the New Age Advertising Feature, Mary Holstein of Gnostic Mana cafe in Woy Woy writes about this ancient event.
The Umina Beach Police and Community Youth Club (PCYC) has invited fathers of adolescent boys on the Central Coast to a discussion evening on the theme "Old Man, Young Man".
It will be held on Wednesday, July 3, from 7:30pm to 9pm at the PCYC in Osborne Ave, Umina.
"The purpose is to bring
together the men who will raise our teenage males and to discover what is common, what are the problems and what methods of dealing with young males are effective," according c l ub s pok es man Sen io r Constable Paul Hanna.
Fathers are asked to tell the PCYC how they feel the PCYC could assist in meeting the needs of young males.
Paul Hanna, June 6
Fathers discuss sons
Winter Solstice important to New Age
Bremen Patisserie of Umina has been named the Champion of Champions in the Bakery-Cake Store category at the fourth annual Small Business Award Champion of Champions on Friday, May 31.
This year over 300 small business finalists from across the
state vied for the ultimate accolade to be the Champion of Champions in their industry category.
Judging was carried out by an independent panel of industry experts whose assessment was based on business history, bus iness marke t ing and promotion, customer service, c o m m u n i t y i n v o l v e m e n t , b u s i n e s s g r o w t h a n d
achievements, staff training and motivation, and highlights of the past 12 months.
The evening was held at the Sydney SuperDome with an audience of 2000 people, with an array of personalities and entertainment.
The program was supported by the NSW Department of State and Regional Development.
Press release, June 3
Bakery champion of champions
Advertising Feature
House features ad
What’s on in and around the Peninsula i Compiled by Winsome Smith Following is a comprehensive listing of events planned for the Peninsula over the next four weeks.
To have information about your group's events and activities included, let us know by fax, email, or post, or drop in to our office.
Contact details and deadline date are shown on page two.
DAILY EVENTS
Visitor Information Centre,
Watersedge Gifts and Souvenirs, 18-22 The Boulevard, Woy Woy.
Enq: 4341 2888 Woy Woy Pelican Feeding , 3pm
Pelican Park, Fishermans Wharf.
WEEKLY EVENTS
EVERY FRIDAY Old Wags Bridge Club , Wagstaffe
Hall each Friday except 4th 130pm Enq 4360 1820 or 4360 1612
PCYC Doubles Pool Comp 5pm 14+ boxing/fitness (gym) 5.30pm. Girls boxing class 7pm.
Card Club Euchre 1pm Ettalong Memorial Club
Card Group Ettalong Senior Citizens Centre Enq 4341 3222
EVENT CALENDAR Tuesday June 18
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Club Umina
Phegan's Bay doctor and pianist Tony Bourke is selling a CD of his "Classical Favourites" to raise money for fire fighters.
Tony lost his home to bushfires two years ago.
In January this year as the "black Christmas" bush fires raged across NSW, he was reminded again of the efforts of volunteer fire fighters as they gave up their Christmas holidays to again defend people’s homes.
“Tony’s Classical Favourites” is a CD with 21 classical recordings from composers such as Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann and Mozart.
Long-time friend and patient Bob Williams is distributing the CD.
“Tony did aspire, at one time, to be a great pianist,” he said.
Bourke’s parents had different
ideas and Tony Bourke became a doctor instead.
“But he’s always kept a great love for the piano,” Bob Williams said.
He said it was important to Dr Bourke that people did not forget the efforts of those people, especially young fire fighters, who gave up their Christmas to fight the black Christmas bushfires.
“He’s a guy who cares about people,” Bob said.
He said that Bourke hoped his CD not only raises money for the fire fighters but also raised fire fighters' profile in the community.
“They need our recognition, need our help” he said.
The CD costs $10 and can be purchased from Retravision Woy Woy, Gnostic Mana Café or by phoning Bob Williams on 4341 4667.
Woy Woy Hospital Auxiliary Winter Woollies Sale, outside Instep Footwear 327 West St., Umina Beach Enq 4341 2739
Friday June 21 Legacy Ladies Ettalong Memorial
Club at 8.30am (3rd Fri) Enq 4343 3492
W h o l e W o m e n W o r k s h o p Peninsula Women’s Health Centre Fridays May 17 to July 5 Bookings 4342 5905
Peninsula Theatre musical, “Here Comes Showtime” life of Jack O’Hagen 8pm. Bookings 4323 3233
Saturday June 22 Troubadour Folk Club one day
workshop. 10am – 5pm CWA Hall, Woy Woy, Opposite Fisherman’s Wharf. In Search of the Lost Voice, FUNdamentals of Singing, Preparing for the Gig. $25. $15 single session. Enq 4340 1060
Wagstaffe Bushcare Group Half tide rocks sign, cnr Albert and Bulkara Sts (4th Sat) 8am
St John Ambulance Australua (NSW) recruitment drive and fundraiser Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy 9am to 3pm displays, books, manuals, dates of first aid courses Enq 4341 3341
Peninsula Theatre musical, “Here Comes Showtime” life of Jack O’Hagen 2pm and 8pm. Bookings 4323 3233
Sunday June 23 St John Ambulance Australua
(NSW) recruitment drive and fundraiser Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy 9am to 3pm displays, books, manuals, dates of first aid courses Enq 4341 3341
Dancing Old Time/New Vogue, 1pm – 4pm (4th Sun) Ettalong Senior Citizens Centre. Enq: 4341 3222.
Burrawang Bushland Reserve bushcare group meets 9am on the fourth Sunday of the month at the corner of Hillview and Railway Sts, Woy Woy. Meet in the Nambucca Dr playground. Phone 4341 9301.
Peninsula Theatre musical, “Here Comes Showtime” life of Jack O’Hagen 5pm Bookings 4323 3233
A group of 12 r e s i d e n t s o f Sp r ingw ood S t , Ettalong, have lodged a petition with Gosford Council, objecting to the p r o p o s e d development of new housing for the elderly in the street.
The petition stated that t h e p r o p o s e d development was totally unsuited to the current resident population of aged pensioners.
Council Agenda P.057, May 28
B r i a n S i m m o n s passed away at Brisbane Waters Private Hospital on Thursday, May 16, leaving wife Jenny and three daughters Amanda, Kim and Tracey.
Brian was a golfing member at Everglades and a member of the Men’s Golf Committee.
As a young junior at Bankstown Golf Club, he soon established himself as a single figure golfer and throughout his life maintained his love of golf and his proficiency in the game.
He was also a member of Eastlakes Golf Club, then Northbridge Golf Club, and Gosford Golf Club before joining Everglades.
Brian’s passionate support of the South Sydney Rabbitohs began as a youngster, when with his two older brothers and father, he travelled all over Sydney to see them play.
Brian started his working life in the public service and made it his career.
He retired and moved his family to St Huberts Island where he was able to indulge in his golf, sometimes playing three and four times a week.
As his brother Noel said: “He was a good bloke, a staunch friend, a good husband and father, a completely mad Souths supporter, a great lunch companion, a fair judge of c h a r a c t e r , a n d a reasonable golfer who rarely beat his brother.”
On behalf of his fellow members at Everglades, and his many friends, we extend our deepest sympathy to Brian’s family.
Judy Andrews, May 29
Obituary
Petition
Woy Woy South Public School has told parents that results from last year’s literacy and numeracy Ba-sic Skills tests have shown "growth" from year three to year five as being well above the State average.
Six children received offers of placement at selective high schools, three students received offers of placement at selective sports or performing arts high schools and the school's stu-dents made up almost 50 per cent of the places in the "Super
7s" classes at Umina campus in year 7.
One year six boy gained the gold medal for the highest score in the Australia-wide Computer Studies Competition
Already this year, Woy Woy has had four students selected to represent Sydney North area in sport.
Michael Jones has been se-lected in the NSW Dance En-semble and the dance group has auditioned successfully for the Central Coast dance festival.
Newsletter, May 28
18 June 2002 – Peninsula News – Page 13
Education
A cross country run has been held at Brisbane Waters Secondary College Umina campus.
Some outstanding personal best times have been posted, which should result in the campus being well represented in the upcoming college championships.
The athletics unit will follow for
all PD/H/PE classes. Students involved will need to
throw javelin, shot put, and discus, jump high, long and triple and run relays of 100m, 200m and 400m distances.
The assessment from both athletics and cross country will be recorded for the half-yearly reports.
School newsletter, May 2002
College holds cross-country run
(L to R) Martin Gleeson, Mitchell Cairns, Elise White, Brendan Chipperfield, Alex Shepherd and Drew Taylor testing water quality
Woy Woy Creek water tested
A group of year 5 and 6 stu-dents from Woy Woy South Public School conducted a thorough investigation of Woy Woy Creek on Thurs-day, June 13.
The day-long "Catchment Crawl" included visits to the Woy Woy Tip and Treatment Works, which are both located on Tip Creek, which flows into Woy Woy Creek.
"Catchment Crawls such as these provide a great opportunity for the kids to learn about their local environment, and how it is affected by human activity," said Central Coast Waterwatch edu-cation assistant Steve Gero.
"The students from Woy Woy South Primary School heard about how the tip and sewage treatment plant are working to ensure they have minimal impact on the creeks," he said.
After hearing about the theory
all morning, the students then tested the water quality them-selves.
The tests carried out were for temperature, pH, salinity, and turbidity.
In the afternoon, the students visited the Bulgandry Aboriginal Engraving Site, to see evidence of the area's earliest inhabitants.
"On these all day field excur-sions, we encourage the stu-dents to think about how the area might have changed since the time of European settlement, and how they themselves might be able to help keep their local creeks clean," said Central Coast Waterwatch co-ordinator Sally Hunt.
"Some of the easy actions sug-gested include washing the car on the lawn, picking up after their pets, and not allowing rubbish to run into stormwater drains," she said.
Press release, June 13
Woy Woy South Public School year two children participated in a walking excursion on Monday, June 3.
The excursion, held between recess and lunch, was to the
Woy Woy waterfront to study the pelicans.
The children had a picnic lunch at the end of their nature study before walking back to school.
Newsletter, May 30
Year two on excursion
A $5 million upgrade of Brisbane Water Secondary College will start within the next 12 months.
The project is one of a number of capital works projects valued at more than $9.8 million in the Peats electorate announced in the State Budget
Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews said: "I have been ad-vised by the Minister for Educa-tion and Training, Mr John Wat-kins, that the $5 million stage 1 upgrade will provide the students and teachers at the college with greatly improved educational resources and facilities."
"When this project is com-pleted, the College's Woy Woy campus will see its canteen up-graded into a cafeteria style eat-ing facility, other specialist learn-ing spaces will also be upgraded and new information technology facilities will be implemented.
"A new covered outdoor learn-ing area (COLA) will also be pro-vided at the College's Umina campus and accessibility for stu-dents with disabilities will be im-proved," she said.
A further $1.5 million will be spent on major intersection im-provements at Blackwall and Allfield Rds, Woy Woy.
Press release, June 4
$5 million upgrade for college A peer support program is
being implemented at St John the Baptist School this term.
The objective of the program is to build bonds across the school, develop relationships and encourage assertive behav-iours that strengthen the whole school community.
The program runs for 30 min-utes each week.
The children work in groups of eight, from Kinder to year 5 with a year 6 leader.
Year 6 students attended a two-day group leadership course to prepare them for the program.
The groups work in classes and participate in organised activities under the supervision of a teacher.
The program this year is based on "Friends" and has been co-coordinated by year 6 teacher Cherriene Turnbull.
Suzanne Hancock, June 4
Peer support program
Senior school assistant Suellyn Swan of Woy Woy South Public School has been presented with the Business and Management Faculty Award from the Hunter Institute of TAFE.
Suellyn received the medal on Thursday, May 24, for her achievements in a tertiary study course she has been undertak-ing along with about 8000 oth-ers.
Newsletter, May 28
Business and management
award
Ryan Maskill has repre-sented Woy Woy Public School and the Sydney North Open Rugby League team at the NSW State Car-nival in Lismore.
Ryan contacted the school from Lismore to say that his team was undefeated.
School newsletter, June 5
Ryan in state rugby league
A program review of teach-ing and learning in years 10,11 and 12 which will soon take place at Brisbane Water Secondary College.
Letters have gone home to parents inviting them to take part.
Twenty parents have been randomly selected and sent indi-vidual invitations in the mail.
Other parents should have received a letter which was re-cently issued to students to take home.
This letter is an open invitation to be interviewed if parents would like to.
Students and staff have also been randomly selected and issued with individual invitations to be interviewed by the review team.
Some of the school's Student Representative Committee mem-bers and all of the executive staff have also been invited to be in-terviewed.
The team will analyse the teaching-learning programs in all courses, years 10 - 12, the school management plan, and student work samples from each year.
They will also be observing classes in action.
The program review team will record the impressions that stu-dents, parents and teachers have of teaching and learning in years 10,11 and 12, consider the analysis of the documents and the lessons observed.
They will then draw up a list of recommendations on how the school might improve.
These will be presented at a staff meeting after school on Monday, June 24.
The review team will be led by Ms Trish Donahue, Central Coast District CEO School Im-provement.
Others members of the team are CEO Parramatta district Mr Dave Wasson, Henry Kendall HS principal Mr Wayne Ible, Tug-gerah Lakes College principal Mr Andrew Newman, The Entrance senior campus deputy principal Mr Dave Beatty, Henry Kendall HS head teacher Ms Kerrie Fra-ser, and Woy Woy senior cam-pus head teacher of creative and performing arts Ms Sueanne Matthews.
School newsletter, June 7
Review of senior learning and teaching
Skills growth above average
Woy Woy Public School's arts program will include a major creative arts per-formance involving all stu-dents.
It will be held at the Ettalong Beach Memorial Club in the entertainment centre on Thurs-day, September 12.
Two shows will be performed. There will be a matinee and
an evening performance, dem-onstrating music, dance, drama and other entertainment.
Newsletter, May 30
Creative art
Education
Page 12 – Peninsula News– 18 June 2002
Brisbane Water Secondary College held a learning con-ference recently.
Staff said they were pleased to have the opportunity to learn some new ideas, to have profes-
sional discussions and to plan ahead for the future.
The organising committee en-gaged two academic researchers who spoke about issues "at the leading edge of teaching and learning practice".
The committee was Ms McAl-ister, Mr Dent, Ms Matthews, Ms Shand, Mr Secomb, Ms Pierce, Ms Fletcher, Mr P Jones, Ms Murphy, Mr R Murray and Ms Harvey.
School newsletter, June 7
Grades one and two at Umina Public School have held a "Just Imagine Day", dressing up as imaginary characters from nursery rhymes and fairy stories on Thursday, June 6.
The day was held as part of a study unit students are undertak-ing on imagination in literature.
Year one teacher Mrs Gillian Clarke said that the day was to go with the whole theme of the students' unit of study.
"We have looked at imagina-
tion in literature, different types of children stories with imagination, and we have had the children do writing and art projects associ-ated with imagination," she said.
"The children love it. "They're having a wonderful
time. "They enjoy the writing. "They enjoy reading stories
and doing the art and craft," she said.
She said that the children have looked at classic children's books such as "Where the Wild Things Are", "Drack the Gremlin" and
"Magic Beach". Local storyteller Pam Brown
entertained the students on "Just Imagine Day", playing the fairy godmother for year one and Myr-tle the witch for year two.
Mrs Clarke said: "She's excel-lent. She just had the children enthralled.
"She was wonderful, making fairy wishes. She's great."
The children ended the day with "Just Imagine" food including fairy bread, spiders and humpty dumpty faces.
Alison Branley, June 6
Umina students and teachers enjoying a story being told on “Just Imagine Day”
Imagination runs wild at Umina
Nine staff members of Bris-bane Water Secondary Col-lege (BWSC) staff set out for Dubbo on a recent Sun-day afternoon.
The group was greeted with the sight of fire engines gathered in the street outside their motel, with the kitchen burning out in the hour before they arrived.
This meant the group had to walk two blocks down the street to another motel each morning for breakfast.
"The group found the trip abso-lutely worthwhile," according to college principal Mr Pat Lewis.
"Dubbo College has been op-erational in some form for three years now.
"Since 2000, Dubbo High, which became the senior cam-pus, has not taken Year 7 stu-dents.
"These have gone to Delroy and Dubbo South.'
The new Dubbo senior campus now had years 10 to 12, with Delroy and South Dubbo having Years 7 to 9 and Year 12.
The delegation visited each site and spoke to teachers in-volved in a wide range of pro-grams.
It was able to gather a number of ideas which were worth inves-tigating in BWSC context, said Mr Lewis.
"Each of the group kept a jour-nal during the visit and these will be collated and a document made available throughout the college," he said.
"As well as gathering new ideas, discussions and observa-tions also validated a great deal of what has already begun in the college and highlighted what ex-traordinary progress has been made since last August."
Pat Lewis, June 7
College staff visit Dubbo College
Woy Woy Public School's three dance groups, Break of Day, The Yow Boys NK2, and Starlight, have all been selected to perform at the Central Coast Dance Festi-val later this month.
The Break of Day group were also chosen to dance at the Night of Excellence.
Mrs McGinley and Ms Camp-
bell have choreographed and trained all three groups, spending their own time to enable the stu-dents to participate in the festival.
Woy Woy South Public School also has a group of 22 boys and girls selected to perform.
They have been choreo-graphed by one of their former students, Samantha Hilder.
Samantha now attends Bris-bane Waters Secondary College
Woy Woy Campus. The festival will be held at the
Laycock St Theatre, Gosford, on the evenings of Monday, June 24, and Tuesday, June 25.
Anyone wanting to support the children by attending one of the performances may purchase tickets from Laycock St Theatre on 4323 3233.
School newsletter, June 5
Kathryn Keen of Bensville has received a bursary of $500 from Gosford Council to continue studying for an Information Technology Certificate II at TAFE.
The council's tertiary education bursary is awarded each year to students of low income enabling
them to pursue tertiary educa-tion.
A total of $1000 dollars is available to one TAFE student and one University student each year.
For more information, contact Evelyn Sharpies at Gosford Council on 4325 8222.
Press release, June 5
Students of St John the Baptist school at Woy Woy South took part in work-shops and a performance by a popular aboriginal per-formance group on Friday, June 7.
The Maluerindi Clan, who come from the Daingatti tribe in north western NSW, have carried out their program "Let's Bridge the Gap".
They have visited schools throughout NSW and Queen-sland, promoting a positive per-spective of aboriginal culture to thousands of students.
St John the Baptist school has four aboriginal families, who re-ceive grants from Aboriginal Stu-dent Support and Parent Aware-ness (ASSPA), to be used for educating the schools' students about Aboriginal culture, values and history.
The school has an authentic aboriginal site, a traditional Abo-riginal flag erected adjacent to the main courtyard of the school, and aboriginal paintings erected on school walls, according to school spokesman Mr Robert Whiteman.
Led by Fred Reid, who trained the performance group, the Clan took a hands on approach to teach the children about three different aspects of aboriginal culture - art, dance and didgeri-doo, and story-telling.
Students from all Years were split into small groups, and each spent half an hour in each work-shop.
In the art workshop, students
worked together in teams to cre-ate their own animal and dot paintings.
In the dance and didgeridoo workshop, they participated in animal dances and were taught the significance of each dance, with the didgeridoo and clapping sticks used to demonstrate the many sounds of the bush.
In the storytelling workshop, they discussed artefacts, history and culture, and had a question and answer session.
The day ended with a 45-minute dance performance in the main courtyard of the school.
Students wore hand made hair ribbons and headbands, as well as bandannas, with traditional aboriginal colours of red, yellow and black.
The Clan performed a dance to wake the spirits of the area, and then traditional animal dances of the kangaroo and emu.
Following this, one boy from each class, 16 in total, was asked to perform the dance of the kangaroo with the group in front of the school.
Girls were then asked to join a performance of the emu dance.
The students were told of typi-cal movements of the animals, but were also encouraged to think of their own movements, as in the dance they were told they were meant to become the ani-mal, symbolising their spiritual significance.
They began their dance laying on the ground, slowly rising, rep-resentative of creation from the earth.
Robert Whiteman, June 7
Three dance groups selected
College learning conference held
Bursary for Kathryn
Maluerindi Clan dancers perform at St John’s
School hosts Aboriginal workshops
St John the Baptist school's parents and friends asso-ciation will hold a sports auction in conjunction with their annual trivia night.
A South Sydney Rabbitohs Charity shield Jersey signed by the 2002 first grade team, a foot-ball signed by the 2002 South Sydney Rabbitohs first grade team, a Sydney City Roosters
jersey signed by the 2001 first grade team, a West Tigers jersey signed by the 2002 first grade team and a football signed by the 2002 NSW State of Origin team will be auctioned.
This year the funds raised from the auction and trivia night will go towards literacy programs, maths equipment and computer re-sources for St John the Baptist primary school.
The trivia night will be held on Saturday, June 22 at 7:30pm.
Tickets for the night have sold out, but the auction items are still open to bidders.
The items up for auction will be on display between 2pm and 3pm Thursdays and Fridays in the school office and on the trivia night.
Bids for the auction can be made any time up to and includ-ing the trivia night.
Any one interested in making a bid can phone David on 4341 0526 or Meredith on 0438 410 526 between 10am and 7pm Monday to Saturday.
Bidders will be informed of the
highest bid so far on a particular item when they ring, if they wish to better that bid, bidders have until 5pm on June 22 to top it.
Bidders must name the amount and leave their details.
There will also be an allotted time during the trivia evening for bidding.
Bidders are welcome to ring and check on the progress of their bidding and increase their bid throughout the week and dur-ing the trivia night.
Successful bids will be an-nounced at 9pm on the trivia night.
Successful bidders can collect their items from the school during school hours.
Payment must be made in the form of cash or bank cheque only.
Any items not collected by 3pm Friday, June 28, will be consid-ered unclaimed and the option given to the next highest bidder.
Press release, June 11
Sport
18 June 2002 - Peninsula News - Page 15
All Sports
The Everglades women's golf club championships were played over two weeks, starting Tuesday, May 14, and finishing Thursday, May 23.
Club Champion Hien McManus won with 329.
Runner up was Beverleigh Crowther with 339.
B Grade Champion was De-nise Dickson with 392 after a play-off with Marie Stokes.
C Grade was won by Joy Hall with 428 from Corinna Starkey with 430.
The conclusion of play was followed by a Cocktail Party and
Presentation function. After all the formality and ten-
sion of four days stroke play, about 60 players and friends gathered for dinner in the Ever-green Restaurant where the Ev-erglades Songquest was keenly contested.
The night was reportedly filled with fun and frivolity, and special guest for the occasion was the Central Coast numerologist Nellie Zellie.
Nellie unlocked the secrets of many personalities according to their numbers and provided valu-able insights into certain behav-ioural traits.
Judy Andrews, May 29
Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews has announced $18,000 in State Govern-ment funding to the Umina Surf Life Saving Club (USLSC) that will enable them to replace equipment that was stolen in March this year.
Ms Andrews delivered the good news to club president Mr Brian Paull and members at the club last Wednesday afternoon.
The club had a trailer contain-ing $30,000 worth of equipment stolen on March 2 this year, fol-lowing the State Nipper Champi-onships at Blacksmiths Beach.
The police later recovered the trailer and some of the equip-ment, however much of it had been damaged.
The funding would be used to replace five competition boards, a carnival tent, a march-past reel and repairs to other boards and the trailer.
Ms Andrews said once she heard about the theft she imme-diately set out to ensure the Umina Club would not be left in the lurch.
"To steal the equipment of a club that services the community and looks after local kids is a pretty low act," Ms Andrews said.
"The Umina Club has over 300
junior members and is attracting more kids every year.
"The last thing they need is to raise a further $18,000 on top of their regular fundraising pro-gram," Ms Andrews said.
Mr Paull thanked Ms Andrews and the State Government for their support.
"Like other surf clubs, we are already dependent on donations and community fund raising ac-tivities to meet our equipment and operating costs," Mr Paull said.
"To have to find this amount of money on our own would have been a huge hurdle," he said.
Press release, June 12
Club president Brian Paull with Memebr for Peats, Marie Andrews and club junior members, (L to R) Liam Jackson, Chris Mensforth and Alex Lavers
$18,000 for Umina Surf Club
Hien wins golf championships
Four sprinters from Killcare Beach surf club beat 36 other countries to win the world relay title at Daytona Beach, Florida, on Monday, May 20.
It was the second time in a row that the sprinters have won the title, winning it at Manly two years ago.
Andrew Hopper, Brice John-son, Steve Munnery and Marcus Kain qualified fastest for the final and beat the USA and South Africa to win the title.
Killcare surf club beach sprint coach John Bourke was pleased with the boys' wins.
“Winning this once is a really big deal but two times in a row is something very special,” he said.
“Unfortunately I couldn’t be there to see it but I spoke to them shortly after the race and they were ecstatic,”
“It’s a world title, so the compe-tition was strong, but they did it pretty well in the end,” he said.
Bourke, who has been in-volved with Ettalong surf club since 1968, said the club went to a lot of expense to send the team to the championships.
He said that trivia nights, black tie dinners and sponsorship by Ettalong Memorial club raised enough money to send the team to Daytona.
“The win makes it all worth-while,” Bourke said.
The sprint team, which has been together for the last three years, has also won three Aus-tralian titles.
They have positioned Killcare Surf Club as the premier club in Australia for beach sprinting.
All the team members are also professional sprinters.
Steve Munnery, one of the favourites for the individual sprint at the Daytona championships, finished third in his race.
A state and national champion, it was the first time he has been beaten in nearly two years.
Alison Branley, May 30
World title to Killcare
The NSW Department of Sport and Recreation is of-fering a number of activi-ties on or near the Penin-sula during the July school holidays.
An introduction to judo will be held at the new Peninsula Com-munity Centre at Woy Woy.
"This is an excellent activity for both girls and boys to develop fitness, flexibility, balance, self-confidence and discipline and to gain some self-defence ground-ing," said development officer Paul Fraser.
Indoor rock climbing will also be held.
"It’s a great boost to self-esteem to set and achieve a goal, under the safe supervision of an experienced instructor," he said.
"There is also the opportunity to paddle a canoe up the Mooney Mooney Creek, with mum and dad joining in if they wish."
A five-day fishing clinic will be held at Broken Bay Sport and Recreation Centre and different residential programs for primary and high school ages will also be held at the centre.
After the holidays, the Depart-ment is offering abseiling lessons for adults as well as children.
"There are also opportunities to experience other activities all over the Central Coast," said Paul.
Full information is included in a free brochure available by calling Sport and Recreation on 4362 3184.
Press release, June 12
School holiday activi-
Sports memorabilia auction
Ladies’ fours
finalised The Everglades Champion-ship Fours Final has been played, with Audrey Tucker (skip), Pat Walsh, Dot Stevens (sub for Sue Packer) and Mary Ellis win-ning by two shots from the new finals team of Joan Renehan (skip), Pat Wallis, Jean Lane and Barbara Renehan.
The scores were close all the way, 17 - 13 on the 16th end, 21 -18 on 21st end and 23 - 24 on the 24th.
Joan's team was holding on the last end when Pat Walsh bowled the ultimate shot to be one up and there it stayed.
Iris Bate, May 29
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The Patonga Federation Pavillion
Member for Robertson Mr Jim Lloyd and Gosford mayor Cr Robert Bell have officially opened the Federation Pavilion on the Patonga waterfront.
The pavilion is the result of joint funding between the council which contributed $80,000 and the Federal Government which contributed $20,000 in Commonwealth funding through the
Centenary of Federation Community Projects.
Cr Bell paid tribute to members of the Patonga Sports, Tennis, Social and Community Club, the progress association, Jan Purcell the grants co-ordinator, Debra and Mathew Wales, design engineer John Hancock and Robert Osborne from Patonga Fish Café for their assistance in making the project possible.
Cr Bell said: "The pavilion will provide shelter for many people: the local junior cricket clubs, other sporting groups, visiting tourists who come here via car, bus and ferry and of course the local residents."
A toilet block and dressing shed which were demolished to make way for the pavilion will be rebuilt within walking distance.
