September 29 - October 27, 2024: Issue 635

 

Spring in pittwater: October 2024 


Issue 635 - Week Three:

NSW set to welcome Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen CamillaNSW Premier Chris Minns is inviting members of the public to join Their Majesties at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday afternoon, 22 October - Fleet Review

Avalon to Palm Beach: Proposed Roads - Walkways Safety Changes

Warriewood Community Centre: Build Update - October 2024  + Build photos July to Oct. 1 2024

Bayview Sea Scouts Hall History: Updated with insights provided by 'T of Church Point'

From the Council Chamber - Meeting Held October 8, 2024 by Pittwater Greens Councillor Miranda Korzy

Pictures: A Walk on the Duffy's Wharf Track by Kevin Murray and Joe Mills

2024 NSW Youth Sailing Championships: Local Place-getters + Strong Representation in a Big fleet

Rat poison kills family of 3 kookaburras in Avalon

2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Approaching 100 Entrants: Entries Close October 25 by Di Pearson

Almost 550 people safely returned to shore by Marine Rescue NSW crews in September 2024

Quantock Triumphs in CYCA's Flinders Islet Race Wild Rose Division by Emily McCutcheon

NSW SES, NSW RFS, VRA, Surf Life Saving, NSW Ambulance, Fire & Rescue NSW Members Shine At UK Rescue Challenge 

Social Media's adverse impacts on communities - young people: October 2024 Post-Summit Update

NSW Introduces electronic monitoring for DV Offenders Granted Bail

DIY Ideas Spring Garden Care + A Salad Garden For Children: Inspire them to Grow what they will Eat this Summer

Food Asparagus: Spring Vegetable Recipe Ideas -The new Spring asparagus crops have come in and with the price now cheaper than it was a month ago, and the peak of the variety now readily available, a few insights into this Spring vegetable and a few recipe ideas to try out as sides or main course celebrations of the many ‘fruits’ of Springtime.  Food: October 2024 - Weeks One and Two: 10 Minute Spring Salads

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Issue 635 - Week Two:

Profiles of the Week October 2024 - No.2:  Giles Stoddard's Avalon Honey

Pictures: A Saturday Morning Stroll around Bongin Bongin - Mona Vale's Basin, Mona Vale Beach by Kevin Murray

Three Candidates for Pittwater By-Election 2024 + Information on Early Voting and where, Postal Voting, Declaration of Results: Also - how did they get your phone number/email address?

NSWRFS to Conduct internal Review Into Oxford Falls HR: lower your fire risk with a Bush Fire Survival Plan this Bushfire Season

Reminder: $5 million available for Local Surf Clubs Under Facility Program - James Griffin, Manly MP

Women In Emergency Management & Response  Empowered Through NSW SES Network

Make this Summer your Safest Boating Season yet: Water Rescue Agencies ask all to 'Get on Board'

Local Government Election 2024: Results + Statistics + Pittwater by-election updates

Red and yellow flags Go Up as Volunteer Patrol Season 2024-25 commences

‘Beat the bite’ helps youngsters stay mosquito safe: free book available from NSW Health

Social Media Summit Update: Survey highlights growing concerns 

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Issue 635 - Week One:

Profiles of the Week October 2024 - No.1: Tamara Sloper-Harding OAM: 25 Years After Being Deployed to Timor as part of INTERFET

Former Palm Beach fish & chip shop site DA proposal Update: Plans Supported by Council's Experts, Again

Aquatics: Study shows what stresses Pittwater's seagrass meadows (and the fish that love this estuary habitat)+ Review of Jetty Design to Protect Seagrass

NSW Government delivers millions in funding to support all recreational fishers + fish habitat: Kids Gone Fishing Day through RMYC this October

''Pittwater At Place''- Craig Burton by Pittwater Pathways - John Illingsworth

Hawkesbury Nepean River Coastal Zone Management program: Feedback Sought - community sessions at Church Point, Bayview + Palm Beach this October

Next Generation zero-emissions Freshwater vessels For Manly Ferry route: Narrabeen to return in 2025

Supermarkets Inquiry: Next Phase Commences as ACCC takes Woolworths and Coles to court over alleged misleading ‘Prices Dropped’ and ‘Down Down’ claims

NSW Government Consultation for Aboriginal people on desire for a treaty process: Commissioners appointed

Pictures Paradise Beach Wharf + Taylor's Wharf renewal projects: October 2024 pictorial update - update pics of Paradise Wharf and Pool renewal, pre-renewal Taylors Point wharf + a few others of Pittwater on a Spring Saturday afternoon

Park Bench Philosophers Harry Wolstenholme; Ornithologist Of Palm Beach, Bird Man Of Wahroonga

Profile of the Week 2024 Pittwater By-Election Candidates: Doug Rennie, Jacqui Scruby, Georgia Ryburn - about the candidates + their Policies  information by the Candidates in the Pittwater By-Election. The sections run in Ballot Paper order, as published on the NSW Electoral Commission. 
    History Pittwater Electorate Placenames History: from the West to the East

    The electoral district of Pittwater was created in 1973 and is named after Pittwater, the estuary the district surrounds. Located in the traditional Liberal stronghold of Sydney's northern beaches, for the majority of its existence it has been a comfortably safe Liberal seat – a ‘blue ribbon seat’.

    The first Member for Pittwater was Sir Robert William Askin, then Premier of New South Wales. The Electorate of Pittwater had been created out of a large portion of Askin's old seat of Collaroy, and was the natural place for Askin to transfer to when the seat was abolished. 

    The seat was held by New South Wales Opposition Leader John Brogden until his resignation in 2005. The Liberal stranglehold on the seat was lost in the resulting by-election when the Mayor of Pittwater Council, Alex McTaggart, standing as an Independent candidate, defeated the Liberal Paul Nicolau in a landslide.

    The seat reverted to form at the 2007 general election, with new Liberal candidate Rob Stokes comfortably regaining the seat for his party. Mr. Stokes held the seat without serious difficulty until the 2023 NSW state election, when he retired on a majority of 20.8 percent, the third-safest in the state for a Coalition-held metropolitan seat.

    At the 2023 election, Liberal Party member and former Northern Beaches Council councillor Rory Amon was elected by just a few hundred votes. Mr. Amon was forced to resign a year and a half later. Mr. Amon's departure has triggered a by-election for the seat of Pittwater.

    As residents of Pittwater head towards another election on Saturday October 19 to decide who will represent them at a state level, a few insights into the placenames of the Electorate of Pittwater may be of interest.


    Community News NSW set to welcome Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Bilgola Plateau Probus Club Celebrates Their 2nd Birthday, Re: Pittwater Online News Issue 624 - Bayview Sea Scouts Hall, Avalon Beach to Palm Beach Safety Zone Proposed, Pittwater Offshore Newsletter:  October 2024, Church Point Ferry rides, PNHA AGM 2024 + 30th Anniversary picnic, Bilgola Surf Life Saving Club: Long Weekend at Billy’s, Mayor and Deputy Mayor elected, Scotland Island Garden Festival 2024: Sunday October 20, Warringah's Coaches for 2025, Eramboo Artist in Residence program accepting applications, Draft Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy: amendments, Critical incident declared after man suffers severe burns - Pittwater, Proposed lease: KU Avalon Preschool, Carols at the Beach announcement, New multi-use court for Beverley Job Park, NBWS Expands with Narrabeen House, Professor Paul Kelly retirement, Northern Beaches Police Area Command Updates: Oct. 11, Pharmacists prepared to help Australians quit vaping, Carols at the Beach, Monika's Doggie Rescue Pets of the Week Humphrey + Luigi and Mario, School Email Changes, Mental Health Month 2024: Theme 'Let's Talk About It',  Thank You Kerry McEwan, Election Notice 1: Receipt of writ, Pittwater by-election: no NSW Labor Candidate, Barrenjoey Artwalk, Oxford Falls Fire, Oxford Falls Bushfire:  Wakehurst MP Sounds a Warning, Former Palm Beach fish & chip shop site DA proposal Update: Plans Supported by Council Again, Naming proposal: Ronda Alterator Reserve, Warriewood, Barrenjoey Headland Amenities, Computer Pals NB needs Volunteers, Exhibition Notice: 1 Careel Head Road, Cabbage Tree Road Bayview Safety: Update, Catherine Park, Scotland Island Landscape improvements plan: Have Your Say, Life-saving defibrillators available for NSW sports facilities, $5 million available for NSW Surf Clubs, 2024 Anzac Community Grants applications open, Marine Rescue Broken Bay: Christmas Raffle 2024, Northern Beaches Para Surfer Boardriders Inc. First Annual General Meeting, Avalon Preservation Association AGM 2024 + Help needed, Entries Open for the Hansa World & International Championships 2025: to be held on Pittwater, Whale Beach SLSC: New Members Needed, Pittwater Organisations, Sorts, Social, Environment and Groups Lists

    Environment 41 koalas killed on Appin Rd in the last year: Koala 'visit' to Casula train station a sign of habitat clearing - still no fauna crossings in place, Scotland Island Garden Festival 2024: Sunday October 20, Yes nature is complex; But saving our precious environment means finding ways to measure it, Australia is hosting the world’s first ‘nature positive’ summit; What is it, and why does it matter?, Unprecedented peril: disaster lies ahead as we track towards 2.7°C of warming this century, Will the Earth warm by 2°C or 5.5°C?; Either way it’s bad and trying to narrow it down may be a distraction, Australia will protect a vast swathe of the Southern Ocean, but squanders the chance to show global leadership, Whale sharks on collision course as warming seas may force them into shipping lanes – new study, 700 million plastic bottles: we worked out how much microplastic is in Queensland’s Moreton Bay, Ocean protection accounts for 10% of fish in the world’s coral reefs – but we could save so much more, Humpback Whale Pod off Avalon Beach: filmed October 1 2024 - heading south!, New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too much water, New video shows sharks making an easy meal of spiky sea urchins, shedding light on an undersea mystery, How we created a beautiful native wildflower meadow in the heart of the city using threatened grassland species, The medicines we take to stay healthy are harming nature; Here’s what needs to change, More consumption, more demand for resources, more waste: why urban mining’s time has come, The biodiversity jukebox: how sound can boost beneficial soil microbes to heal nature, Endure – or peter out? Here’s what Northern Rivers organisers and Stop Adani can teach us about building climate groups, ‘Vegetarian’ possums eat meat when the weather’s cold, Discussion paper: Review and report into the NSW wildlife rehabilitation sector - feedback closes November 30,  Bushfires on the Manly to Barrenjoey Peninsula: MP for Wakehurst Sounds a Warning, Mona Vale Road East Fauna Crossing: A bridge to …where?, Catherine Park Scotland Island Landscape improvements plan: Have Your Say, New Books by local author for Primary students On our natural environment, PNHA AGM 2024 + 30th Anniversary picnic lunch, Katandra Bushland Sanctuary By Night: October 30, Katandra Bushland Sanctuary Open Season 2024, NSW Forestry Industry Action Plan: Have Your Say until October 13, Next steps to tackle problematic plastics for a cleaner and safer NSW: Have Your Say until November 4, It’s magpie swooping season: how to avoid that click near your ear, Select Committee on PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances) opens for submissions, Aussie Bird Count 2024: 14-20 October, Barrenjoey access trail closed on weekdays until November, NSW community's opinion sought on coal mine regulation, Echidna Love Season, Plastic Bread Ties For Wheelchairs, Volunteers for Barrenjoey Lighthouse Tours needed, Stay Safe From Mosquitoes , Mountain Bike Incidents On Public Land: Survey, Report fox sightings, marine wildlife rescue group on the Central Coast, Watch out - shorebirds about, Possums In Your Roof?: do the right thing, Aviaries + Possum Release Sites Needed, Bushcare in Pittwater: where + when, Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Activities, Gardens and Environment Groups and Organisations in Pittwater, Ringtail Posses, Far south coast of NSW preparing for potential bird flu outbreak in wildlife, Countdown is on for world-leading Australian environmental summit, 'Extinct' mammals return to Sturt National Park, NSW Government grants ACEREZ transmission operator’s licence for Central-West Orana REZ, A name for the state’s newest National Park: Cuttaburra, NSW Government states Koalas protected under agreements with New England landholders, Australia may be facing another La Niña summer, Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study, Release of zoo-bred birds boosts critically endangered Regent Honeyeater numbers, NSW Consumer Energy Strategy to save money and power across NSW, $1.1 million awarded to NSW Environmental Researchers, Discover the secret lives of grey-headed flying foxes with new flyingfoxcam, Types of land on the Biodiversity Values Map: September 2024 Update, Threatened Species Framework annual report, EPA invests over half a billion dollars to build a circular future, Illawarra illegal tyre dumper caught Red-handed, New funding for Councils to go FOGO, Failure to clean up waste costs Central Coast man nearly $200,000, Supporting businesses to drive down food waste: Info session on October 17, Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics; Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice, With a million home batteries, we could build far fewer power lines, Our electricity workforce must double to hit the 2030 renewables target; Energy storage jobs will soon overtake those in coal and gas, ‘Breakthrough discovery’: Indigenous Rangers in outback WA find up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds, Scientists discover heat-tolerant corals hidden in plain sight; Could it help protect the Great Barrier Reef?, Pittwater Reserves: histories + Notes + Pictorial Walks + more, 

    Aquatics Study shows what stresses Pittwater's seagrass meadows (and the fish that love this estuary habitat)

    Children  Sunday Cartoons- A CGI 3D Short Film: "Plum", The ‘best comet of the year’ is finally here – here’s everything you need to know, Word Of The Week: Bird + Aussie 2024 Bird Count + Bird Words, School Holidays Reading: Blinky Bill, the quaint little Australian, Avalon Bilgola Amateur Swimming Club: 2024/2025 Season, Narrabeen Amateur Swimming Club Season, Curious Kids: Can chameleons change colour in their sleep? Curious Kids: What does the edge of the universe look like? Daylight saving is about to start; But why do the days get longer?, The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast + Does magic really exist? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast + Curious Kids: how high could I jump on the moon? + Will your phone one day let you smell as well as see and hear what’s on the other end of a call? + Why can’t it always be summer? It’s all about the Earth’s tilt, Stories this Issue: So Much Slime + 'Rodeo Red' read by Gillian Anderson, book of the month October 2024: Dot and the Kangaroo by Ethel C Pedley, published 1899, + More.

    Youth School Email Changes, NSW Softball U16's Team 2025, Record HSC cohort begin exam preparation as the end of Term 3 completes their formal schooling, HSC Online Help Guide, 2024 ARIA Teacher Nominees Announced: Vote for all your favourites now, World Teachers' Day: October 25, Training programs to plug jobs gap in the visitor economy, Digital platform regulators release working paper on multimodal foundation models, Young Australians embrace national online gambling self-exclusion register, TAFE NSW to provide free professional learning for early childhood educators, Newport SLSC's Surf Rowers Youth Development Programme opportunity, Avalon Beach SLSC Surf Boat Crew Opportunity, Whale Beach SLSC: New Members Needed, Science To Revive Our Oceans: SIM's has a PHD Opportunity - Operation Crayweed, Study subsidies: NSW’s health workforce, season 3 of She’s Electric competition now open for female surfers, Word Of The Week: Bird (Ausse Bird Count 2024), Is owning a dog good for your health?, The woman who revolutionised the fantasy genre is finally getting her due, The extraordinary life of Alfred Nobel, Six ways to holiday like an old-school travel journalist – without using the internet, How to recognise burnout – and what to do if you’re affected, How 19th-century French novelist Balzac mastered the multiverse long before Marvel, The Terminator at 40: James Cameron’s dark vision is more relevant than ever, What is bankruptcy?, What is special consideration for exams?; How does it work?, Being on TikTok is a modern political necessity; Look no further than Peter Dutton, NASA is launching a major mission to look for habitable spots on Jupiter’s moon Europa, The Australian government has introduced new cyber security laws; Here’s what you need to know, Sound and abundance shape the poetic vision of Judith Beveridge, Clare Wright’s history of the Bark Petitions is a work of intimate storytelling, written with ‘charismatic authority’, In Vogue: the 90s was a boom time for Australian fashion and faces; What happened?, Book of the Month - October 2024: Encyclopaedia of Biodiversity - 5 Volumes (1st Edition) published in 2000, + More

    Seniors Bilgola Plateau Probus Club Celebrates Their 2nd Birthday, Smoky Dawson's heritage listed gates at Ingleside: Fundraiser, Australian ‘MemoryAid’ project awarded share of $2.9 million as finalists in UK’s prestigious Longitude Prize on Dementia, Retirement villages should be recognised as a financial product, "Pittwater at Place" - Craig Burton, Almost $18 million for world-first Australian research project for heart attack protection, Get Online Week with AvPals: October 15, Number of aged care homes falling short on minutes of care targets deeply concerning, Seniors’ champ Wayne turns grey into gold, New cheaper medicines for autoimmune conditions, cancer, arthritis and heart disease, The dangers of voice cloning and how to combat it, A Call to Volunteer Trainers and Students, Registration for Walking Netball Open, How to archive your photos in the digital age, Is owning a dog good for your health?, Cambodia: journalist arrest signals false dawn for democracy as the country slides into authoritarianism, Six ways to holiday like an old-school travel journalist – without using the internet, An unbroken night’s sleep is a myth; Here’s what good sleep looks like, Pittwater-Narrabeen Parkinson’s Support Group, Manly Sailability needs volunteers, Local services and groups for you + 

    Pictures A Saturday Morning Stroll around Bongin Bongin - Mona Vale's Basin, Mona Vale Beach by Kevin Murray

    Park Bench Philosophers Harry Wolstenholme; Ornithologist Of Palm Beach, Bird Man Of Wahroonga

    DIY Ideas Spring Garden Care + A Salad Garden For Children: Inspire them to Grow what they will Eat this Summer

    Spring has definitely Sprung, the air smells sweet, days are getting warmer, and people are wanting to get outdoors and enjoy the day.  This is a time to enjoy your garden and get ready for a brilliant crop of your own salad ingredients or just do those little chores that will mean your garden is a great place for the family and visitors to enjoy over the coming months. Children can be engaged in planting out 'mini' crops such as grape tomatoes or baby carrots or be helped to plant out luscious herbs such as parsley and basil to make great salads even better.

    For those aiming for a tick-free Spring and Summer, now is the time to put in some bird attracting native plants that will eat these insects ( Attracting Insectivore Birds to Your Garden: DIY Natural Tick Control ) or plant out some of those herbs and flowers that repel these biters (Reducing Ticks in Your Garden: Garden care, Plants that Repel, What to Wear Outdoors) or think about having a few chickens for fresh eggs - chooks also eat ticks.

    A few ideas about little things you can do now that will make a big difference for Spring and Summer runs 

    Inbox News CHOICE Analysis of Car Brands shows they are harvesting then selling your Data, Federal Court orders Qantas to pay $100m in penalties for misleading consumers: NB - Scam Warning, The Australian government has introduced new cyber security laws; Here’s what you need to know, Research shows people believe lab animals have less mental capacity than other animals, Nobel prize in medicine awarded for discovery of microRNAs, Physics Nobel awarded to neural network pioneers who laid foundations for AI, Building companies feel they must sacrifice quality for profits, Tourism to become $91 billion cornerstone of NSW economy, World first vehicles boost capability for NSW Ambulance, Should you need a permit to protest?; Here’s why that’s a bad idea (and might be unlawful), Government to put pressure on opposition with legislation to ensure NBN stays in public hands, The hidden costs of building a home: what every family should know, Fatima Payman’s new Australia’s Voice party to appeal to the ‘unheard’, Final budget outcome shows 2023-24 surplus of $15.8 billion, Bhutan’s king is set to visit Australia for the first time. Here’s why thousands will line the streets to see him, NSW Government's Property audit finds more sites for over 1,100 new homes: Some sites at Seaforth, NSW Government states Health insurers rorting public hospital beds, There’s a renewed push to scrap junior rates of pay for young adults; Do we need to rethink what’s fair?, NSW will remove 65,000 years of Aboriginal history from its syllabus; It’s a step backwards for education, XEC is now in Australia. Here’s what we know about this hybrid COVID variant, ADHD prescribing has changed over the years – a new guide aims to bring doctors up to speed, Is big tech harming society?; To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself, Down and under pressure: US and UK artists are taking over Australian charts, leaving local talent behind,  The design tricks keeping your kids hooked on games and apps – and 3 things you can do about it, Gas supply for Q1 2025 tightens: risk of shortfall in short-term remains; re-shaping of export volumes, Finalists announced for the NSW Health Awards 2024, More paramedics and call takers to join NSW Ambulance, Government boosts access to the contraceptive pill at pharmacies across NSW, $2.1 million to help boost cancer research in NSW, Operational Expenditure Review into icare findings released, Boosting support for children affected by domestic violence: NSW Government, Digital platform regulators release working paper on multimodal foundation models, Joint investment in NSW adult literacy and numeracy, EnergyAustralia to pay $14m for making misleading statements and breaching the Electricity Retail Code, ACCC proposes not to authorise industry code on marketing of infant formula, Australians on fixed wireless services enjoy broadband speed boost, Why are we seeing more pandemics? Our impact on the planet has a lot to do with it, Costly defamation action looms large over Australian newsrooms; It’s diminishing press freedom, What are ‘rent tech’ platforms?; Action on reining in these exploitative tools is long overdue

    Food Asparagus: Spring Vegetable Recipe Ideas

    The new Spring asparagus crops have come in and with the price now cheaper than it was a month ago, and the peak of the variety now readily available, a few insights into this Spring vegetable and a few recipe ideas to try out as sides or main course celebrations of the many ‘fruits’ of Springtime. 

    October 2024 - Weeks One and Two: 10 Minute Spring Salads

    Events Music at all compass points, Scotland Island Cafe, Scottish Dancing, Fundraisers, Social Groups, Dancing classes + more

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