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Front Page Issue 535  - Tranquil Turimetta Beach by Joe Mills

Anzac Day In Pittwater: 2022

Aquatics:  VALE Walter 'Tom' Kirsop Of Narrabeen: Guardian Of The Green and Blue, Statesman For The Environment and Surfing

Covid Update: Cessation Of Daily Covid Update Announced Same Day Three Seniors From Our Area Die Of Coronavirus + Updated Settings + Millions Of Free RATs For Vulnerable Groups

The Avalon Story: Shane Oliver - Marita Macrae

Pictures Mona Vale Road East Upgrade: April 2022 Pictorial Update

Park Bench Philosopher How To Control Invasive Rats and Mice At Home Without Harming Native Wildlife

Food The Old Civic Café and Diner, Mona Vale

Environment  Green Grants To Expand Urban Forest Allocates 50k To Council, Barrenjoey Headland Amenities Concept Plan, The Story Of Narrabeen Lagoon: Part 1 (2011), Mackellar Candidate Forum 2022:  Managing The Big Issues Facing Our Community, Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Forum: Speaker - Prof. Dennis Foley On The Aboriginal Heritage Of The Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment, Pittwater Natural Heritage Association (PNHA) Autumn 2022 Newsletter, Cassia Flowering Now: Dispose Of This Weed To Stop The Spread, Darkinjung Plans For 600 Homes On Central Coast's Lake Munmorah Now On Exhibition: Closes May 24, Perrottet Government Quietly Renews Massive Santos Gas Licences On Liverpool Plains Farmlands-Extends Piliga Range While Most Of The State On Holidays, Upper Hunter Community Wins 22 Year Battle Against Yancoal Mine Expansion, Have Your Say On Key Environmental Legislation Reviews, EPA Statement On Recovered Soil Fines, Study Suggests Tree-Filled Spaces Are More Favourable To Child Development Than Paved Or Grassy Surfaces, Critically Endangered Spotted Tree Frogs Hop Back Into The Wild, NSW Releases Australia's Largest Investment In Koalas, Humans Disrupting 66-Million-Year-Old Ecosystems, Breakthrough In Estimating Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Emissions, New Global Forecasts Of Marine Heatwaves Foretell Ecological And Economic Impacts, Frozen sperm and assisted reproduction: time to pull out all stops to save the endangered koala, Listen to the Albert’s lyrebird: the best performer you’ve never heard of, China’s demand for seaborne coal is set to drop fast and far. Australia should take note, To make our wardrobes sustainable, we must cut how many new clothes we buy by 75%, Aviaries + Possum Release Sites Needed, Sydney Wildlife Rescue: Helpers Needed, Bushcare In Pittwater, Local Environment Groups, Reserves and Environment History pages

Inbox News Crucial link found between arthritis, liver disease and a common genetic condition, Anglo-Saxon Kings Were Mostly Veggie But Peasants Treated Them To Huge Barbecues, Microplastics In The Food Chain: Blue Mussels Absorb Pollution In Southern Australia, Nylon Cooking Bags, Plastic-Lined Cups Can Release Nanoparticles Into Liquids, Cortisol In Shelter Dog Hair Shows Signs Of Stress, Indiana Jones Was Right All Along: Research Shows The Smaller The Scorpion The Deadlier, Fewer Smartphones = More Well-Being, Spatial Maps Of Melanoma, Designing The Perfect Piece Of Chocolate, Australian Orthopaedic Surgeons Not Complying With Advertising Guidelines, Windows To The Soul: Pupils Reveal 'Aphantasia' - The Absence Of Visual Imagination, Extracellular Vesicles Offer New Insights Into Treating Endocrine Disorders

Eramboo Residency Artists Return To Offer Weekend Workshop by Selena Griffith

Learn How You Can Help Marine Life: ORRCA Workshop At Newport April 30th 

Framing Avalon Beach: Avalon 100 - Take Yourself On A Walking Tour Of The Then & Now Of Avalon: Launches April 11th

Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize 2022 Open For Entries: Prize Pool Over $40,000 - Entries From Across Australia Invited - Entries close May 11

Profile of the Week Captain Michael Maley CSC DSM, President Of Avalon Beach RSL Sub Branch 

Captain Michael Maley CSC DSM, President Of Avalon Beach RSL Sub Branch, joined the Royal Australian Navy from Bega High School in 1983 and graduated from the Naval College in 1985.

After completing training in Navigation, Seamanship and Warfare he served in a variety of ships as Officer of the Watch, Navigator and Executive Officer.

In 1994, he undertook the Clearance Diving Officers’ qualifying course, which encompassed diving, explosive ordnance disposal and mine warfare.

Following that course he had two commands - HMAS Shoalwater and Australian Clearance Diving Team One.

When in command of Team One it was awarded a Fleet Award, the Rushcutter Shield for proficiency and efficiency. 

In 2012 while a Commander, Capt. Maley gave the Anzac Day Address at Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch's Commemorative Service. It was the community's initial introduction to a gentleman who has been serving our community and Service personnel through this Sub-Branch for 10 years this coming Monday April 25th, Anzac Day 2022.

Capt. Maley was asked by Commodore Graham Sloper AM RAN to take up this position during Commodore Sloper's final time here with us. Captain Maley, like Graham had, includes everyone and seeks to bridge the gap between ignorance and understanding for those who have served and those who have not, which that 2012 Address clearly illustrates. 

This week we'd like to share a few insights into the current President of Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch from that gentleman himself, along with what will be coming up in this year's Avalon Beach RSL Sub-Branch Commemorative Services at Dawn and at 11am.

History Mona Vale War Memorials: A School Honour Board, A Victory Tree, A Cenotaph

In almost every suburb within Pittwater there is some form of a Memorial to those who served in WWI, the 'Great War'; in parks, schools and churches. Younger readers may wonder why there are so many memorials to so many in each place. The simple reason is that of those who lost their lives in this conflict none came home. There were no places their relatives could go and place flowers on a grave and have a quiet word with their loved ones - their brothers, sisters, and fathers.

Research into Pittwater residents who served in World War One (the Great War), some of whom survived Gallipoli and went on to serve in France, and whose War Record shows they were wounded once, and sent back into battle, wounded again, and sent back into battle, and again, and died in action, or who were hospitalised due to diseases, again thrice in some cases, would indicate those wounded, those who came home ill, and the thousands who died afterwards once home, could triple the amount of people estimated to have been wounded: Around 420,000 Australians enlisted for service in the First World War - 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner - AWM. 

One figure that remains constant is that over 60 thousand Australians died in this conflict, some stating now over 62 thousand. This represented, as Australia was estimated to have had a total population of nearly five million citizens then, 38.7 per cent of the male population aged between 18 and 44. (AWM) 

Of those tens of thousands of men and boys who fell only two bodies are confirmed to have had their remains repatriated, that of the 'unknown Australian soldier' who lies at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and Major General William Throsby Bridges who died at Gallipoli in May 1915. His horse, Sandy, was the only one of 169,000 Australian war horses to come home.

Everyone else was buried at sea (if aboard a hospital ship and died of wounds there), or in the earth of the country they fell in.

When you take into account horrors such as the Battle of Fromelles, where on the 19th of July 1916 a total of 5,533 casualties (with around 2,000 dead) occurred in one night, to remove those lost from a battlefield while a battle was going on, in those numbers, to then ship those men home, a journey of weeks, was not going to happen. 

These Memorials were a means for those who had lost someone to honour them and have a place to lay a wreath and for those who had fought to honour the mates they had lost or survived with. Many were raised during the 1920's with Memorial Committees overseeing the planned works. Families here had sons who enlisted and those at home did all they could to support them prior to realising what was actually happening. A Conscription referendum, which failed twice, is one instance of how those here, losing so many so quickly, began to react to losing their family members.

This Issue a few insights into how Mona Vale residents Remembered and Honour them all, still.

• Northern Beaches Urban Tree Plan
• The Tiny Forest Project

• to improve our tree canopy and wildlife habitats;
• to create healthy and diverse landscaping in our streets and parks; and
• to contribute to the health and wellbeing of all that enjoy our area.

• Christopher BALL - United Australia Party
• Paula GOODMAN - Australian Labor Party
• Ethan HRNJAK - The Greens
• Dr. Sophie SCAMPS - Independent
• Barry STEELE - TNL (formerly The New Liberals)

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from six months of age
• Children from six months to under five years of age
• People with serious health conditions (including severe asthma, diabetes, cancer, immune disorders, obesity, kidney, heart, lung or liver disease)
• Pregnant women
• People aged 65 and over.

• Stay at home if you are sick and avoid close contact with other people to protect yourself and the community from flu and COVID-19
• Wear a mask in indoor spaces if you are unable to physically distance
• Gather in well ventilated spaces or open windows and doors
• Sneeze into your elbow instead of your hands
• Wash your hands thoroughly and often.

• Do not visit aged care, hospitals, disability, and correctional facilities unless a special exemption applies;
• Wear a face mask in indoor settings outside the home;
• Undertake daily RAT tests before coming into close contact with people outside their household, where practicable;
• Avoid contact with elderly and immunocompromised persons where possible;
• Work from home where practical;
• Notify their employer/educational facility that they are a close contact, and that they are not required to isolate as long as they comply with the above.

• Always wear long, loose-fitting clothing to minimise skin exposure
• Choose and apply a repellent that contains either Diethyl Toluamide (DEET), Picaridin or oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE)
• Be aware of peak mosquito times at dawn and dusk
• Keep your yard free of standing water like containers, birdbaths, kids toys, and pot plant trays where the mosquitos can breed.

The Country Women's Association of New South Wales, was formed at the Bushwomen's Conference held in conjunction with the Royal Agricultural Show in Sydney in April 1922. This conference was initiated by Dr Richard Arthur, MP for North Sydney, and Miss Florence Gordon, who ran the Home Page of the Stock and Station Journal and penned the original Bushwomens Union articles.

Florence would later live at Ocean House/ Combers Newport and was living there in 1928 when she passed away. Florence Mary White Gordon had actually been a founder of a newspaper at Tamworth and taught music there from 1910. Florence was born in Tasmania and her mother signed her name with a ‘x’ mark on the marriage certificate – her parents married in 1851. One article found on a farewell for her in May 1918, when she was leaving Tamworth to come to Sydney, presumably to take up her work as 'Urbania' on the Stock and Station Journal, praised her 'literary style and intellectuality'. 

Mr. Arthur had been urging the need to improve conditions for rural women since 1904. Florence had had published a plan for a 'Country Women's Union of Help' in 1921 which received a flood of support from her readers. 

The Manly CWA was officially formed in June 1923.

These women were fighting isolation and a lack of health facilities. The members worked tirelessly to set up baby health care centres, fund bush nurses, build and staff maternity wards, hospitals, schools, rest homes, seaside and mountain holiday cottages - and much more. The women of the CWA have been initiators, fighters and lobbyists. They have made localities into communities by providing social activities and educational, recreational and medical facilities.

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Framing Avalon Beach: Avalon 100 - Take Yourself On A Walking Tour Of The Then & Now Of Avalon: Launches April 11th

The Secret At 6 Boanbong Road, Palm Beach by Steve Jacobs

Woolworths Avalon: Update On Plans For Exterior & Interior Of New Metro Store + Alternatives; IGA Supermarket Now Open At Bilgola Plateau

Ditching The NSW Design & Place Planning Reforms A Big Step Backwards Over 60 Organisations State

Council Launches the It Takes A Village Program

Aquatics:  Aussies 2022: Youth-Masters-Opens + Results

Black Jack Sets New Record In Club Marine Pittwater To Coffs Harbour Yacht Race by Di Pearson

Pictures Resolute Track Stroll by Joe Mills

Eramboo Residency Artists Return To Offer Weekend Workshop by Selena Griffith

Seniors Week 2022 Mini Expo At Newport: Meet Your Local Seniors Groups Showcase A Success  by Michael Mannington OAM

Park Bench Philosopher Pittwater Fishermen: The Sly Family Of Manly And Narrabeen + The First Surfboat At Manly

Duck Holes: McCarrs Creek by Joe Mills

DIY Ideas Fun Project Ideas for Youngsters for Autumn School Holidays: wooden cars, blackboards, bright painted herb pots, grow your own food, make a chessboard - A few classic ideas for engaged happy youngsters and those slightly older this Autumn school break

Environment  Barrenjoey Headland Amenities Concept Plan, Duck Holes, Ban The Release Of Balloons In NSW Petition, Ongoing Heavy Rains Are Tough For Us But Can Be Tougher For Our Wildlife, Long Reef Fishcare Free Guided Walks, Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Forum: May 2022, Pittwater Natural Heritage Association (PNHA) Autumn 2022 Newsletter, Cassia Flowering Now: Dispose Of This Weed To Stop The Spread, Aviaries + Possum Release Sites Needed, Sydney Wildlife Rescue: Helpers Needed, Bushcare In Pittwater, Rule Change For Emissions Reduction Fund: To Prevent Native Forest Regeneration Projects, Proposed Changes To Rules For Generator Closures, Federal Coal Closure Changes No Substitute For Real Roadmap, Air Pollution Inches Lower As Clean Energy Begins To Replace Coal Power In NSW, Government Loan Enables Development Of Australia’s Rare Earths Refinery, Critical Minerals Accelerator Initiative Guidelines: Have Your Say, ARENA Board Appointments, Approvals Another Significant Step In Woodside's Scarborough Joint Venture, Production Licence Moves Santos Dorado Oil Project Forward, Gippsland Area Announced As Priority For Australia’s First Offshore Wind Assessment, Tidal Wave Of Alarm For Tassie Oceans Amid Landmark Marine Law Review: Research, National Koala Recovery Plan Released, $5 Million In Community Grants To Help Koalas: opens May 2022, Devastating Floods Reinforce Need For Urgent Action On Climate Change AMA States, Another day, another flood: preparing for more climate disasters means taking more personal responsibility for risk, World-Class Herbarium Unveiled, Australia Has A Critical Role In Tackling Climate Change, On top of drastic emissions cuts, IPCC finds large-scale CO₂ removal from air will be “essential” to meeting targets, Time’s up: why Australia has to quit stalling and wean itself off fossil fuels, IPCC says the tools to stop catastrophic climate change are in our hands; Here’s how to use them, IPCC finds the world has its best chance yet to slash emissions if it seizes the opportunity, The Morrison government’s $50 million gas handout undermines climate targets and does nothing to improve energy security, New research shows planting trees and shrubs brings woodland birds back to farms from superb fairy wrens to spotted pardalotes, Climate change mental health services; a better education system: what marginalised young people told us needs to be fixed, Do you toss biodegradable plastic in the compost bin?; Here’s why it might not break down, Australia plans to be a big green hydrogen exporter to Asian markets but they don’t need it, Dolphins, turtles and birds don’t have to die in fishing gear – skilled fishers can avoid it, Local Groups, Reserves and Environment History pages

Inbox News Fatigue after COVID is way more than just feeling tired; 5 tips on what to do about it, Ozone May Be Heating The Planet More Than We Realise: Southern Ocean, How To Track A Shark, Engineers Point The Way To More Affordable And Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods, DNA Discovery Reveals A Critical 'Accordion Effect' For Switching Off Genes, Half Of Older Adults Now Die With A Dementia Diagnosis; Up Sharply, People Around The World Like The Same Kinds Of Smell, Scientists Connect The Dots Between Galilean Moon, Auroral Emissions On Jupiter, Honey Holds Potential For Making Brain-Like Computer Chips, Solar Cell Keeps Working Long After Sun Sets, The Secret To Better Coffee?; The Birds and The Bees

Learn How You Can Help Marine Life: ORRCA Workshop At Newport April 30th 

Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize 2022 Open For Entries: Prize Pool Over $40,000 - Entries From Across Australia Invited - Entries close May 11

Profile of the Week  Newport Rugby Club’s Breakettes 

In September 2018 Newport junior rugby forwarded a proposal and approved plans, with the support of the senior club, to extend the club house to build a girls change room and, if funds allow, other modifications.

''The introduction of girls rugby has been amazing and is growing. We want to do all we can to encourage more girls to play rugby and stay in the game. We also want to leave a bit of legacy behind as we pass through for future generations.'' the Newport clubs explained.

In July 2021 Pittwater MP Rob Stokes announced that community sport has received a major boost with the NSW Government announcing a $400,000 grant for facilities at Porter Reserve, Newport.

In 2021 Newport Rugby, the Breakers, also launched their adult womens teams, the 'Breakettes'. As they get ready to commence their second season, with all women encouraged to get involved, a few insights with thanks to Breakettes Team Manager Emma Matthews run this Issue.

History Avalon Beach Sand Dunes: Some History

The Avalon Beach Culture Collective continues its celebrations of the Avalon Beach Centenary with the launch of 'Framing Avalon Beach' curated by Jayne Denshire, featuring 16 signboards of 'then' photographs and 'right now' framing.  One of the spots on this trail is Avalon Beach Sand Dunes and features a great photo from the Avalon Beach Historical Society of elephants grazing at the dunes, from a visiting circus. The photo has been dated to be in the early 1960's but records show a circus visiting Avalon Beach was something that had occurred for decades prior to this.

In the 1960's permission to mine the dunes for sand saw the deterioration of these and the requirement to reinstate them, works which commenced in 1970.

This Issue a few insights and photos into the Then and Now of the Avalon Beach Sand Dunes.

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Aquatics: Pittwater's Turtles Impacted By Boat Strikes In The Pittwater Estuary: 4 Knots Speed Limit/Distance To Shore Being Ignored 

Long-Billed Corella - Pittwater Birds 2022

Australia SailGP Team Wins Season 2 Of SailGP

Cream Of Yachting To Take On Club Marine Pittwater To Coffs Harbour Yacht Race - Late entries available, commences Friday April 8

Avalon Beach “Luminaries” Have Climate Change On Their Mind: The Avalon Story Interviews With Professor Mark Howden and Nada Herman

New Look Australian Sailing Team Prepares For Princess Sofia Trophy 

World Surf League Announces 2022 World Longboard Tour Schedule - Manly First Stop This May 

Pictures East Coast Low - photos from along the coast show erosion on beaches and wave riders

Park Bench Philosopher Brookvale Oval Marks 111 Years As A Community Space With The Opening Of A New Stand and Performance Centre - Some Current + Older History

Learn How You Can Help Marine Life: ORRCA Workshop At Newport April 30th 

Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize 2022 Open For Entries: Prize Pool Over $40,000 - Entries From Across Australia Invited - Entries close May 11

Profile of the Week  Melinda Akehurst

The daughters of Peter Akehurst are renowned in Avalon Beach SLSC and the whole area for their sunny dispositions, hard work and service to our community. They're also well known for passion for surf sports and supporting the same through a variety of roles.

Peter Akehurst is a Life Member of Avalon Beach SLSC, having served the community for over 45 years on the beach and in educating the next generation in surf safety and IRB's, his passion.

His daughter Melinda, mum to gorgeous children, and wife of previous President of Avalon Beach SLSC, Ashley Cardiff, prefers surf boats. When Melinda is not rowing she's on the beach working as an Official, a role she has fulfilled for the Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Branch (SLS SNB) for some years. This year Melinda will also take on duties as an Official at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships being held in Queensland, her first outing as an Aussies Official. 

The Aussies is an annual event where members from Australia’s 314 Surf Clubs come together to compete in more than 480 beach and ocean events. It is the largest event of its kind, only comparing the likes of the Commonwealth Games.

Following the announcement that the 2022 and 2023 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships will be swapped between Perth and the Gold Coast, everyone is heading north instead of west.

Aussies 2022 Dates: 2 April – 10 April 2022
2022 Location: Broadbeach SLSC, North Kirra SLSC and Kurrawa SLSC

This weekend many of us not going north will be keeping an eye on what's happening in Queensland and cheering on Team SLS SNB. To get you in the mood a few insights from a local champion.

History Barrenjoey Artists Commune In The Lighthouse Cottages: Post WWII Social Infrastructure Investment Enriched Australia's Cultural Evolution

In late 1949 and early 1950 Collinridge and Sue Rivett, Bruen Finey, Fay Bottrell, David Hain, John Giles, Colin Brown and Betty McMillan formed the nucleus of what became known as the Barrenjoey Artists Commune in one of the caretakers' cottages atop Barrenjoey Headland and adjacent to the Barrenjoey Lighthouse. 

At Palm Beach they had a keen supporter in John ‘Johnny’ Morgan Hawkes, who had also served in WWII, was an early supporter of the Palm Beach SLSC, and a proponent of surfing at that end of the peninsula during the formative years of this sport. Mr. Hawkes also had a fondness for Art although, born in 1911 at Mount Lofty in South Australia, he was older than this group.

They were also joined by Moira Claux, an Artists model from aged 14, whose working career encompassed dancing, and then film and television production, and well over 50 years of working in the Arts. 

Bruen, Collinridge, Betty and Fay had served during the war in one capacity or another. This made them able to access and be beneficiaries of the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme (CRTS), introduced in March 1944 to provide educational and vocational training to those who had served in Australia's armed services during World War II. It was administered by the Central Reconstruction Training Committee (CA 357). The Scheme provided training for ex-servicemen and women necessary for them to be re-established in suitable civilian occupations. The last date for acceptance of applications was June 30th 1950 and by the middle of 1951 over 300,000 people had been accepted by the Scheme, making it one of the most significant strategies for social change in Australia.

In order to be eligible for assistance under the Scheme, servicemen and servicewomen were required to have had a minimum of six months service and to have been honourably discharged. Training was available in one of three categories – professional, vocational or rural – and could be undertaken either full time or on a part time basis. Individuals embarking on full time training had tuition and other fees paid and received living allowances.

Bruen, Collinridge, Betty, Colin, John and Fay were creators in many different mediums from painting, to sculpture, to working with fabrics. 

Artist of the Month Artist Of The Month April 2022: Stephen Cooney - Unearthed

On February 25th 1972 Morning of the Earth first premiered at the Manly Silver Screen Theatre. Renowned as one of the great surf films of all time, this edge of the 1960's-1970's epic combines a great soundtrack with some of the best surfing from the best surfers of then and great breaks in Australia, Hawaii and the then as yet unsurfed Uluwatu on the very southern tip of Bali - with a young Stephen Cooney the first to do so.

During the Covid lockdowns Steve put pen to paper to chart a pretty unusual life and commenced sorting out his library of photographs with the result being Unearthed.

Stephen Cooney will be in conversation with Tracks editor Luke Kennedy this coming Wednesday April 6th at Rip Curl Narrabeen 6-8pm, 1270 Pittwater Rd, Narrabeen, which will be a bit like going home as Steve worked at Tracks, honing his skills as a writer and photographer soon after it commenced, when the office was still at Whale Beach.

Born in October 1955 Steve attended Narrabeen schools, lived at Collaroy then Long Reef and began surfing at Long Reef point before a move to Narrabeen put that beach at his toe tips.

His surfing naturally became better - he won the NSW junior title at North Narrabeen in 1971. 

However, it's not all  glory days - Steve's dad, afflicted with illness after an accident, took his own life when he was very young and his mother, with six children to raise alone in the mid 1950's, had no easy task before her. 

Steve charts his own beginnings, the places and times he has been and the works he has done, that also brought him into contact with trailblazers whether out in the world of surfing or communicating that and the rising culture and counter culture made available through Tracks.

• Always wear long, loose-fitting clothing to minimise skin exposure
• Choose and apply a repellent that contains either Diethyl Toluamide (DEET), Picaridin or oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE)
• Be aware of peak mosquito times at dawn and dusk
• Keep your yard free of standing water like containers, birdbaths, kids toys, and pot plant trays where the mosquitos can breed.

• NSW offers one of the most comprehensive school languages curriculum in the world. Across Kindergarten to Year 12, schools currently teach 34 different languages.
• Auslan will be available in the NSW Curriculum for the first time with Auslan syllabus content for students studying Auslan at school as their first language or an additional language.
• The Classical Languages and Modern Languages K–10 syllabuses have been revised as frameworks that can cover all languages taught in NSW.
• The new languages syllabuses aim to provide stronger foundations in learning, equip students for future learning and increase uptake in the senior years. The new syllabuses have been strengthened to support the application of knowledge, mastery of skills, and deepening understanding.
• Learning a language supports students to become better communicators and develop transferable skills for school and post-school life. It is also an opportunity for students to reflect on their knowledge and experiences to better understand themselves and others.
• The writing and development process has been in-depth and research-focused involving expert advice and a broad range of stakeholder consultation. The syllabus has been designed and produced by experienced teachers.

• Jayne Denshire’s Framing Avalon Beach Public art project with trail map launching 11/4/22
• Much Ado About Nothing – performed by Shakespeare-Live-on-the-Island to the music of Leonard Cohen 30/4/22 and 1/5/22
• Avalon Beach Historical Society mega Centenary Photo Exhibition -Avalon Recreation Centre-11-13th June Long weekend
• Our next Centenary Art Exhibition 3 with an Indigenous Theme will launch 17/6/22 at Avalon Art gallery -Cinema Arcade.
• Our BIG Event Saturday 18/6/22 9-5pm Dunbar Park is a showcase of our Community Groups – Solstice Celebration- sponsored by La Banette, Barrenjoey Insurance Brokers and NBC- and includes Art activities, dance, music and performance. If your community group/school, performance group would like to participate please confirm your attendance via email asap. E: asmallbizminder@bigpond.com
• 18/6/22 Evening Concert local bands Avalon RSL
• 24/7/22 Nature Talk John Dengate and Andrew Gregory - Avalon RSL

1. Terry Jones J.P.
2. Robert (Bob) Wood J.P.
3. Deborah Hendy(Carter) J.P