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 Pittwater Offshore Newsletter Update 25/3/2018 

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To contact Julian:  editor@scotlandisland.org.au

New SIRA President

THANK YOU - AND HELLO 

May I first say that I am deeply honoured to have been selected to step into the Presidency of the Scotland Island Residents’ Association. I come in to the role having spent not so many years on the island as others, however I am dedicated to the principles and vision of the Association and am proud to be in service to you.

Some of the residents who do know me will also know something of my passion and energy in relation to social justice, equity and environmental issues. It is my commitment to give the same such energy and passion to the Island, the Association and the issues facing us all on our unique and extraordinary Island home.

For those who do not know me I’ll give a little of my background.

I am, and have been a working single mum for the better part of the last

20 years. My daughter is now of course a grown woman in her own right and quite independent but we never stop being parents do we? She is the source of my greatest pride.

In terms of my working history I have worked in community based welfare with children and adults with disabilities; in the criminal justice system – again with children and young people; I have worked in Government Relations and Village Operations with the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and I have also worked in

a range of retail and hospitality settings over many years. I have qualifications in Health Sciences (counselling) and in Teaching (primary).

Since commencing work as a Primary school teacher in south western Sydney less than a decade ago I have also become very active within the union (NSW Teachers Federation) and hold a positions with them at the association and state level. I am currently working in a relief capacity for the NSWTF as a City Organiser.

Over the course of this history, I have, and continue to serve on a number of committees and in a range of capacities. I have a strong understanding of democratic processes and in implementing policy and procedural fairness. I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet and negotiate with both local and state government representatives in relation to a broad range of issues.

I look forward to serving out the remainder of the current term working alongside the executive team, the various sub-committees and working groups and in getting to know all of my neighbours better. I am fortunate to be supported by so many warm, wise and well informed others and can only benefit from their greater experience.

I thank you for this opportunity.

Neelica Raffel

SIRA President.

Colour Run / Obstacle Course

ANZAC Day In Pittwater 2018

Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary 2018 Stalls

Andrew Wiseman Memorial 

28 January 1966 – 18 March 2018 

Suddenly, while surfing in Lombok. A place he loved - distant but not removed from his hometown of Avalon. 

Loving father of Jack, Skye, Joshua and Nathan (dec); Much loved eldest son of Jan and Dick (dec); Brother and best mate to Steven and Richard; and cherished partner of Jacqueline. 

One who lived his life to the full, told a tale like no other and enjoyed the best of this world. Taken too soon. 

Friends and family are invited to a Memorial celebrating Andrew's life at Avalon Bowling Club, Thursday 29th March 2018 from 3 pm. 

A Memorial Paddle Out will take place at North Avalon on Thursday 29th of March, meet at 9 a.m. North Avalon car park.

Gathering For Jervis

Bridget is bringing Jervis home.

Friends and Family are gathering at Barrenjoey Lighthouse, Cottage 2, on Friday April 27th. An informal celebration will take place from 11 a.m.

ALL WELCOME

Please contact Bridget should you need to discuss: Email here

B-Line Bus Service To Newport Update

March 2018 – The Newport Residents association reports a Disturbing Commentary re B-Line to Newport in Final Greater Sydney Commission District Plan for our area

From the North District Plan, page 77 heading 'Mona Vale'

‘Mona Vale strategic centre is a mixed use area including retail, commercial, community, light industrial and residential uses. It is a thriving centre during business hours, providing amenity, convenience and a sense of community for residents.

Mona Vale’s connectivity to Brookvale-Dee Why and the Harbour CBD has improved with the commencement of the B-Line bus service which operates more frequent buses both during the day and into the evening. Further improvements to travel times, especially for those within the northern part of the peninsula, will be made when operations are extended to Newport.’

"The fact that the GSC Final Plan includes a statement that effectively says the B-Line will be extended to Newport flies in the face of government insistence that that decision will not be made until after an REF is released and commented upon." the community organisation has said this week.

"The NRA is writing to the Greater Sydney Commission to request a written assurance that the above statement is incorrect and we have also contacted our local member Rob Stokes seeking the same assurance."

Read the full District Plan for North

'Imagine this bus turning around at the corner of Neptune & Barrenjoey Roads Newport’ - NRA.

BYRA News 

March 24 & 25 NSW Optimist State Championships.

It will truly be a sight to see, 200 Optimists and their helms on Pittwater during one weekend.

Run by Royal Prince Alfred Sailing Club the main fleet will be in the North whilst the Green Fleet will be on the south course.

Six BYRA Juniors will be taking part  in the Green fleet. Susie Lawson our Registrar and Will Doyle have been organising for some weeks now. Their boats will be towed over to RPA and left overnight.

A terrific experience and right on our doorstep!

As it's a green fleet they are allowed some coaching and I hear that there may be a prominent National Champion Crew, BYRA member, doing some of it. They have all been equipped with a ' BYRA TEAM ' singlet  and our best wishes and good luck to all of them.

NS14 State Championships At BYRA Easter 2018

Friday 30 March to Monday 2 April.

Entry closes 1 March 2018 for those wishing to order shirts.

Notice of Race  Entry Form 

Monday 2 April is a reserve DAY for if the scheduled races have not been completed by Sunday. Saturday social function is a spit roast at BYRA being organized by the Association. The NS14 is an Australian designed sailing dinghy, intended for competitive family sailing. It has a simple rig, is light enough to be lifted from a trailer into the water by 3 persons of average strength, requires only reasonable fitness to sail, and is affordable by the private sailor.

April 8th Portuguese Beach Picnic

It wont be long now until our annual visit to Portuguese Beach between Longnose and the Basin.

For new members it is a time when all three dinghy clubs, Avalon, RPA and BYRA, get together at the end of the racing season to mingle in day clothes without their wetsuits on.Some of us sail there, some take the club launches some even hike there! There are the inter-club sports challenges, the egg hurling/catching contest, the tug of war, the hessian sack race and of course the Lace Monitor spotting pastime. I'll give more details of  times and transport nearer the date.

Peter Loft Marathon Race 2018: May 6th Fundraiser

BYRA's annual Peter Loft Marathon Race takes place annually on the first Sunday in May. This is a great event and sailors from all clubs are welcome. All race fees benefit the Peter Loft Foundation.

This year the Peter Loft Marathon Race Will take place on May 6th from 8am to 4pm

Peter Loft, a talented young sailor and member of BYRA was tragically killed in a plane accident in 1990. He appears on BYRA's honour board multiple times. In the 1986-87 season, Peter was the Manly Junior National Champion. The following season Peter switched to the 420 and proceeded to become the 420 National Champion that year and the next.

In Peter's honour, the Peter Loft Foundation was set up to help young sailors compete in national and international sailing regattas. Since the 1990s the marathon race has become an institution on Pittwater, and thousands of dollars have been passed on to the foundation.

One of the most popular aspects of the race is the Le Mans start. Competitors line up on the beach beside the clubhouse and, on the dropping of the BYRA flag, sprint to their boats to begin. Clearly this gives the less-old sailors an advantage, but history shows that experience soon wins out.

After the race, please join us for prize-giving and a barbeque dinner on the BYRA deck. Refreshments will also be available.

The Bayview Yacht Racing Association (BYRA) is a sailing club based on Pittwater. We specialise in dinghy sailing and offer learn to sail courses and racing for Lasers, Spirals, Flying Elevens, Manly Juniors, Optimists and other classes. We also offer twilight racing on Pittwater for keel boats.

Visit: www.byra.org.au  - Profile

Newport Residents Association April Meeting

The next meeting of the Newport Residents Association will be held on Tuesday 17th April 2018 at the Newport Community Centre, The Boulevard Newport at 7 pm. All Community members are encouraged and most welcome to attend.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

The aims and objectives of the Newport Residents Association Incorporated include:

• To provide a forum for all interested residents, ratepayers and resident groups in the Pittwater Ward area and particularly in the Newport area.
  
• To represent the interests of ratepayers and residents on local issues at all levels of government but particularly at the local government level.
  
• To work for responsible planning, environmental protection and the enhancement of the environment of the Northern Beaches Council and in particular the Pittwater Ward area.
  
• To achieve community awareness and involvement in Council’s decision-making processes and planning.
  
• To take any other action not elsewhere included to further the interests of the Newport Residents Association Incorporated and its members.
  

MEETINGS

3rd Tuesday of each month at 7.00 pm at the Newport Community Centre (The Boulevarde Newport).

RMYC Construction Works Commence In April

Nautical Natter, the RMYC's monthly Newsletter, March 2018 update, announces their 'Marina Extension and Redevelopment' will commence in April with an anticipated start date for piling in late April early May, which will be the first stage of the extension. The club plans 3 main stages to the building works construction to limit the impact on their members.

In September 2015, the Royal Motor Yacht Club (RMYC) lodged a development application (N0379/15) with Pittwater Council, now Northern Beaches Council (the Council), for consent to alter and extend its berthing and mooring facilities in Newport. The existing facilities included fixed berths for 217 vessels that were located on land and waterway leased from the State of New South Wales and 49 swing moorings located in the waterway to the west of the leased area. The DA was to expand the RMYC existing 50,000m2 marina another 13,300 sq metres and 56 metres westward into Pittwater. 

Pittwater Council heard from members of the community and Community Residents Associations who objected to the proposal with the club pointing out in reply, through their representatives in February 2016 that;

"The proposed extension is outside the existing Crown lease boundary, and is within the part of the waterway zoned W1 Natural Waterway, where marinas are prohibited. However, it has been relied upon, that as this part of the waterway has operated consistently for the purpose of mooring vessels in connection with the marina, since prior to the zoning coming into force, and therefore this area of the waterway has ‘existing use rights’, as defined under Section 109 of the EP&A Act 1979. In this regard, it is proposed to expand the mooring facilities into this area in exchange for the swing moorings that operate in that area, expanding the existing use, as permitted by the Act."

While the expansion can only be viewed as a positive for the club it was seen as a negative for the community by opponents which may allow similar expansions into the Natural Waterway zone. The matter ended up in court.

In mid 2017 Chief Judge Preston of the Land and Environment Court of NSW published his decision in Royal Motor Yacht Club (Broken Bay) Pty Ltd v Northern Beaches Council [2017] NSWLEC 56 with a focus on determining whether an existing use exists to authorise the making of a development application to enlarge, expand or intensify that use.

The case has since become a reference point on Existing Use Rights and what determines the definition of 'a building' in other cases.

The deeper water moorings will allow an increased number of vessels that are 17m and longer to berth - currently 20, after the Extension; 39. In its 2016 reply to council the club noted that the Pittwater estuary is a public waterway, which does attract visitors outside the area. The RMYC BB itself was initially comprised of members who came to Pittwater from outside the area to revel in Easter Cruises in the late 1890's and a few decades on, at Pittwater Regattas.

Emotional Health Community Forum At BHS

Barrenjoey High School are organising a community forum for the Northern end of the beaches focusing on supporting emotional health for our youth. Please join them on the 28th March at 5.30pm in the Barrenjoey High School hall for this highly valuable evening.

National Advance Care Planning Week: MVH Event

Advance Care Planning Week runs from the 16 - 22 April to raise awareness of advance care planning across Australia. Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) is a national program funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, enabling Australians to make the best choices for their life and health care.

Advance care planning is invaluable because it ensures your voice is heard if medical decisions have to be made for you. Having a plan means your friends, family and doctors aren't guessing what's important to you or what an acceptable outcome is for your life.

The research shows that families of people who have done advance care planning experience less anxiety, depression and stress and are more satisfied with the care their loved ones receive.

YOUR CHOICE-YOU DECIDE.

We spend a lot of time preparing for occasions in life: holidays, weddings, the birth of a baby. Death and dying is a significant life event and to do it well we need to talk about it.

Have you ever thought about:

-Who will make choices about your care if no longer have the capacity to speak?

-Will it be your family? Your medical practitioner? Your neighbour?

-Will that be easy for them because you have previously discussed your thoughts and wishes which they can easily follow. Or will it be stressful and distressing for your family?

YOU can make your own directives involving documenting your personal values about end of life care. Join us for morning tea during the upcoming first annual Advance Care Planning week for Australia.

HammondCare will sponsor a workshop at Northern Beaches Palliative Care. Kelly Arthurs, Clinical Nurse Consultant, will lead the group through the process and answer any questions you may have about: Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Directives, Medical Interventions such as: artificial feeding, ventilation, renal dialysis, organ donation, and what is: a natural death. We will introduce and go through the NSW Government  package “Making An Advance Care Directive” which is a ten page information booklet covering all the topics relating to Advance Care Directives.

 

The morning will involve a very open conversation about end of life care and death and dying. You will have the opportunity to reflect and discuss what you would really want.  

All are welcome at The Cora Adcock Palliative Care Centre Mona Vale Hospital 10am-noon Thursday 19th April. Entry is free with morning tea and the NSW booklet provided. 

RSVP by 13th April to Friends of Northern Beaches Palliative Care at: fonbpc@hammond.com.au

or Sue or Colleen office hours 1800 427 55 option 3.

Paintback Collection Event: Johnson Bros Mitre 10 Mona Vale

Saturday, April 7 at 8 AM - 4 PM

73 Bassett St, Mona Vale

The problem of unwanted paint & packaging has been solved. 

Trade painters and householders are invited to dispose of unwanted paint and packaging responsibly at the following collection event. 

Mona Vale Collection Event

Date: April 7, 2018

Time: 8am to 4pm

Location: Johnson Bros Mitre 10, 73 Bassett Street Mona Vale, NSW 2103

Drop off is FREE

For more info on Paintback go to paintback.com.au.

Paintback accepts up to 100 litres per visit, secured in containers of 20 litres or less.

Please Help: Contribute To Significant Trees Register For Our Area

Significant trees listings wanted

February 28, 2018: Avalon Preservation Association

The next step in the Avalon Preservation Association's Avalon Cultural Audit is to identify and list significant trees in the area.

Roger Sayers has nominated the Spotted Gums in the reserve opposite Careel Bay Wharf.

Please help us by contributing your pick of significant trees in the area so we can map them and enter into our database.

You can either post a picture/s on the APA Facebook page and identify location of tree/s and species type if known or email us with same at secretary@avalonpreservationassociation.org.au

Our new Avalon Preservation Association Noticeboard is finally installed on corner of Belle Property Building near Herforts Chemist Old Barrenjoey Rd Avalon Beach. Many thanks to Mark Griffin Belle Property for use of wall and Robert Adema for installation.

IMPORTANT NOTICE !

Due to the predicted strong winds and high seas, we have unfortunately had to postpone ALL ocean swim events this Sunday 14th Jan.  The new date for all Avalon Beach SLSC swims including the AROUND THE BENDS swim is set for Sunday APRIL 8th.

We hope to see you then !

The Pittwater Swims Series with Avalon Beach SLSC hosting their round of swims includes the third ‘destination swim’ in the Pittwater Swim Series, the ‘Around the Bends Challenge’ which sees swimmers leave Newport and swim to Avalon. The inaugural Around the Bends Challenge was held last year in brilliant conditions.

Then follows Avalon's 1km swim, starts at 10.00am and the 1.5kms. at 10.30am.

Grants To Assist Heritage Home Owners

February 23rd, 2018: Media Release - NBC

Owners of Northern Beaches properties listed as items of heritage significance are invited to apply for Local Heritage Funding assistance worth up to $3,000 to carry out repair or conservation works.

Northern Beaches Council’s Local Heritage Fund, with support from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, provides grants of between $200 and $3,000 per property, but no more than 50 percent of the total cost of the project.

Mayor of Northern Beaches Michael Regan said to be eligible, a property must be listed as a heritage item in Schedule 5 of the Manly, Warringah or Pittwater Local Environmental Plans.

“The Northern Beaches has a rich and diverse built heritage that is a source of great pride to the owners of heritage-listed properties and to the community as a whole.

“Council has established an internal panel consisting of a Strategic Planner, Heritage Planner and Grants Officer, to review all applications for assistance under the Local Heritage Fund.

“This team will make the call on which projects will be offered a grant, and how much that grant will be, on a case by case basis,” Mayor Regan said.

Eligible projects include repairing structural components such as underpinning walls and repointing brickwork; repainting external walls; repairing or reinstating walls, windows, verandas, external balustrades, roof cladding, roof plumbing and decorative elements; and repairing historic fences, walls, drainage and bridge structures.

To apply, owners should complete a Northern Beaches Local Heritage Fund Application Form and return it to Council before 31 March.

To discuss your project or grant application, please contact Council’s Heritage Planner on 1300 434 434.

For further details, please visit ‘Local Heritage Fund Grant’ webpage at northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

Community Heritage Grants Round Opens

March 5th, 2018: Australian government Department of Communications and the Arts

Applications are now open for the 2018 Community Heritage Grants Program.

Grants of up to $15,000 are available for community organisations such as museums, libraries, archives, genealogical and historical societies, and Indigenous and multicultural groups.

The grants assist community organisations in the preservation and protection of locally owned but nationally significant cultural heritage material such as archives and records, oral histories, textiles, paintings, drawings, objects, photographs and audio visual material.

Funding is also available for training workshops, preservation assessment of collections and related conservation activities.

The Community Heritage Grants Program is administered by the National Library of Australia, with support provided by the Department of Communications and the Arts, the National Archives of Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive and the National Museum of Australia.

Applications close on Monday, 7 May 2018 at 5.00 pm.

To find out more visit the National Library of Australia’s website.

At:www.nla.gov.au/awards-and-grants/chg

DoggieRescue.com

Pet of the Week

Axle

AGE/SEX: 8-10 months / M

BREED: Kelpie X

Axle would suit a family with 8+yo kids. He has a friendly relaxed manner but can get overstimulated and mouthy with lots of handling. He walks nicely on loose lead, ignoring cars and lunges playfully at passing dogs. He likes to jog and loves a cuddle with volunteers. He sits on command. Volunteers say "Love him, beautiful boy!" He has a short coat and weighs 16kg. He comes desexed, C5 vaccinated, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DR Vet. His adoption cost is $400.  

For further details or to meet all dogs at DoggieRescue call  9486 3133 or email monika@DoggieRescue.com. Visit www.DoggieRescue.com to see all our dogs.www.facebook.com/doggierescue 

Draft Code Of Council Meeting Practice - 2018

Demanding Weekend Pushes Lifesavers To Limits

Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship

From The Pages Of The Past

Sponsor Pauly For The World's Greatest Shave

Residents Want 'Welcome To Pittwater' Sign Returned

Petition: Save Ingleside From Over-Development

 Pittwater Offshore Newsletter Update 18/3/2018 

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Congratulations Nina Curtis

Welcome To The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club

Pittwater Community Alliance

Congratulations Jo Brigden-Jones

On Monday August 12th Australian Canoeing announced the 2018 National Teams Canoe/Kayak Sprint following the conclusion of the Senior Sprint Selection and 2018 National Sprint Championships at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith.

Amongst those named was Jo Brigden-Jones as a member of the Australian Senior Sprint Kayak Team. This marks 15 years of National Team representation for Jo.

Congratulations and well done Jo!

Congratulations to all our National Champions and to those selected to represent Australian Canoeing at the international canoe sprint competitions this year.

View team list 2018 Sprint Team Announcement.

Open Day: Couta Boat Club Pittwater And Avalon Sailing Club 

Saturday March 24th

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The ASC and Couta Boat Association NSW, Pittwater chapter, are hosting an Open day for families to visit and see all the things the club does. 

You can enjoy a ride on one of these historic couta boats, one of the best sailing boats going, on Pittwater, easily the best estuary on mainland Australia! 

Come and get the feel for what classic boats are about and how to be part of one of the best family friendly sailing clubs in Pittwater.

safety equipment provided.

For more information contact Larry, not Clint, Eastwood: 

0417 244 406

Avalon Sailing Club

28B Hudson Parade, 

Clareville

Newport Residents Association March Meeting

The next meeting of the Newport Residents Association will be held onTuesday 20th March 2018 at the Newport Community Centre, The Boulevard Newport at 7 pm. Residents and non- members welcome

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

The aims and objectives of the Newport Residents Association Incorporated include:

• To provide a forum for all interested residents, ratepayers and resident groups in the Pittwater Ward area and particularly in the Newport area.
  
• To represent the interests of ratepayers and residents on local issues at all levels of government but particularly at the local government level.
  
• To work for responsible planning, environmental protection and the enhancement of the environment of the Northern Beaches Council and in particular the Pittwater Ward area.
  
• To achieve community awareness and involvement in Council’s decision-making processes and planning.
  
• To take any other action not elsewhere included to further the interests of the Newport Residents Association Incorporated and its members.
  

MEETINGS

3rd Tuesday of each month at 7.00 pm at the Newport Community Centre (The Boulevarde Newport).

RMYC Construction Works Commence In April

Nautical Natter, the RMYC's monthly Newsletter, March 2018 update, announces their 'Marina Extension and Redevelopment' will commence in April with an anticipated start date for piling in late April early May, which will be the first stage of the extension. The club plans 3 main stages to the building works construction to limit the impact on their members.

In September 2015, the Royal Motor Yacht Club (RMYC) lodged a development application (N0379/15) with Pittwater Council, now Northern Beaches Council (the Council), for consent to alter and extend its berthing and mooring facilities in Newport. The existing facilities included fixed berths for 217 vessels that were located on land and waterway leased from the State of New South Wales and 49 swing moorings located in the waterway to the west of the leased area. The DA was to expand the RMYC existing 50,000m2 marina another 13,300 sq metres and 56 metres westward into Pittwater. 

Pittwater Council heard from members of the community and Community Residents Associations who objected to the proposal with the club pointing out in reply, through their representatives in February 2016 that;

"The proposed extension is outside the existing Crown lease boundary, and is within the part of the waterway zoned W1 Natural Waterway, where marinas are prohibited. However, it has been relied upon, that as this part of the waterway has operated consistently for the purpose of mooring vessels in connection with the marina, since prior to the zoning coming into force, and therefore this area of the waterway has ‘existing use rights’, as defined under Section 109 of the EP&A Act 1979. In this regard, it is proposed to expand the mooring facilities into this area in exchange for the swing moorings that operate in that area, expanding the existing use, as permitted by the Act."

While the expansion can only be viewed as a positive for the club it was seen as a negative for the community by opponents which may allow similar expansions into the Natural Waterway zone. The matter ended up in court.

In mid 2017 Chief Judge Preston of the Land and Environment Court of NSW published his decision in Royal Motor Yacht Club (Broken Bay) Pty Ltd v Northern Beaches Council [2017] NSWLEC 56 with a focus on determining whether an existing use exists to authorise the making of a development application to enlarge, expand or intensify that use.

The case has since become a reference point on Existing Use Rights and what determines the definition of 'a building' in other cases.

The deeper water moorings will allow an increased number of vessels that are 17m and longer to berth - currently 20, after the Extension; 39. In its 2016 reply to council the club noted that the Pittwater estuary is a public waterway, which does attract visitors outside the area. The RMYC BB itself was initially comprised of members who came to Pittwater from outside the area to revel in Easter Cruises in the late 1890's and a few decades on, at Pittwater Regattas.

Draft Code Of Meeting Practice - 2018

Key Dates

Public Exhibition of Draft Code commences

10 March 2018

Public Exhibition of Draft Code completed

08 April 2018

Preparation of Report to Council following public exhibition

04 May 2018

Scheduled adoption of Code at Council meeting

22 May 2018

The draft Northern Beaches Council Code of Meeting Practice is based on the meeting requirements from the Local Government Act, 1993 and the Local Government (General) Regulations, 2005. This draft leaves the majority of key meeting procedures unaltered from the current Code andincludes the Public Forum and Public Address.

The draft Northern Beaches Code of Meeting Practice will be available online for a public exhibition period of 28 days.

View the Draft Code of Meeting Practice - 2018

Have Your Say

Make an online submission

Make a written submission to The CEO, Northern Beaches Council, 725 Pittwater Road, Dee Why NSW 2099, marked “Draft Northern Beaches Code of Meeting Practice”

Submissions close Sunday 8 April 2018

National Advance Care Planning Week: MVH Event

Advance Care Planning Week runs from the 16 - 22 April to raise awareness of advance care planning across Australia. Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) is a national program funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, enabling Australians to make the best choices for their life and health care.

Advance care planning is invaluable because it ensures your voice is heard if medical decisions have to be made for you. Having a plan means your friends, family and doctors aren't guessing what's important to you or what an acceptable outcome is for your life.

The research shows that families of people who have done advance care planning experience less anxiety, depression and stress and are more satisfied with the care their loved ones receive.

YOUR CHOICE-YOU DECIDE.

We spend a lot of time preparing for occasions in life: holidays, weddings, the birth of a baby. Death and dying is a significant life event and to do it well we need to talk about it.

Have you ever thought about:

-Who will make choices about your care if no longer have the capacity to speak?

-Will it be your family? Your medical practitioner? Your neighbour?

-Will that be easy for them because you have previously discussed your thoughts and wishes which they can easily follow. Or will it be stressful and distressing for your family?

YOU can make your own directives involving documenting your personal values about end of life care. Join us for morning tea during the upcoming first annual Advance Care Planning week for Australia.

HammondCare will sponsor a workshop at Northern Beaches Palliative Care. Kelly Arthurs, Clinical Nurse Consultant, will lead the group through the process and answer any questions you may have about: Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Directives, Medical Interventions such as: artificial feeding, ventilation, renal dialysis, organ donation, and what is: a natural death. We will introduce and go through the NSW Government  package “Making An Advance Care Directive” which is a ten page information booklet covering all the topics relating to Advance Care Directives.

 

The morning will involve a very open conversation about end of life care and death and dying. You will have the opportunity to reflect and discuss what you would really want.  

All are welcome at The Cora Adcock Palliative Care Centre Mona Vale Hospital 10am-noon Thursday 19th April. Entry is free with morning tea and the NSW booklet provided. 

RSVP by 13th April to Friends of Northern Beaches Palliative Care at: fonbpc@hammond.com.au

or Sue or Colleen office hours 1800 427 55 option 3.

Emotional Health Community Forum At BHS

Barrenjoey High School are organising a community forum for the Northern end of the beaches focusing on supporting emotional health for our youth. Please join them on the 28th March at 5.30pm in the Barrenjoey High School hall for this highly valuable evening.

Paintback Collection Event: Johnson Bros Mitre 10 Mona Vale

Saturday, April 7 at 8 AM - 4 PM

73 Bassett St, Mona Vale

The problem of unwanted paint & packaging has been solved. 

Trade painters and householders are invited to dispose of unwanted paint and packaging responsibly at the following collection event. 

Mona Vale Collection Event

Date: April 7, 2018

Time: 8am to 4pm

Location: Johnson Bros Mitre 10, 73 Bassett Street Mona Vale, NSW 2103

Drop off is FREE

For more info on Paintback go to paintback.com.au.

Paintback accepts up to 100 litres per visit, secured in containers of 20 litres or less.

Please Help: Contribute To Significant Trees Register For Our Area

Significant trees listings wanted

February 28, 2018: Avalon Preservation Association

The next step in the Avalon Preservation Association's Avalon Cultural Audit is to identify and list significant trees in the area.

Roger Sayers has nominated the Spotted Gums in the reserve opposite Careel Bay Wharf.

Please help us by contributing your pick of significant trees in the area so we can map them and enter into our database.

You can either post a picture/s on the APA Facebook page and identify location of tree/s and species type if known or email us with same at secretary@avalonpreservationassociation.org.au

Our new Avalon Preservation Association Noticeboard is finally installed on corner of Belle Property Building near Herforts Chemist Old Barrenjoey Rd Avalon Beach. Many thanks to Mark Griffin Belle Property for use of wall and Robert Adema for installation.

IMPORTANT NOTICE !

Due to the predicted strong winds and high seas, we have unfortunately had to postpone ALL ocean swim events this Sunday 14th Jan.  The new date for all Avalon Beach SLSC swims including the AROUND THE BENDS swim is set for Sunday APRIL 8th.

We hope to see you then !

The Pittwater Swims Series with Avalon Beach SLSC hosting their round of swims includes the third ‘destination swim’ in the Pittwater Swim Series, the ‘Around the Bends Challenge’ which sees swimmers leave Newport and swim to Avalon. The inaugural Around the Bends Challenge was held last year in brilliant conditions.

Then follows Avalon's 1km swim, starts at 10.00am and the 1.5kms. at 10.30am.

Grants To Assist Heritage Home Owners

February 23rd, 2018: Media Release - NBC

Owners of Northern Beaches properties listed as items of heritage significance are invited to apply for Local Heritage Funding assistance worth up to $3,000 to carry out repair or conservation works.

Northern Beaches Council’s Local Heritage Fund, with support from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, provides grants of between $200 and $3,000 per property, but no more than 50 percent of the total cost of the project.

Mayor of Northern Beaches Michael Regan said to be eligible, a property must be listed as a heritage item in Schedule 5 of the Manly, Warringah or Pittwater Local Environmental Plans.

“The Northern Beaches has a rich and diverse built heritage that is a source of great pride to the owners of heritage-listed properties and to the community as a whole.

“Council has established an internal panel consisting of a Strategic Planner, Heritage Planner and Grants Officer, to review all applications for assistance under the Local Heritage Fund.

“This team will make the call on which projects will be offered a grant, and how much that grant will be, on a case by case basis,” Mayor Regan said.

Eligible projects include repairing structural components such as underpinning walls and repointing brickwork; repainting external walls; repairing or reinstating walls, windows, verandas, external balustrades, roof cladding, roof plumbing and decorative elements; and repairing historic fences, walls, drainage and bridge structures.

To apply, owners should complete a Northern Beaches Local Heritage Fund Application Form and return it to Council before 31 March.

To discuss your project or grant application, please contact Council’s Heritage Planner on 1300 434 434.

For further details, please visit ‘Local Heritage Fund Grant’ webpage atnorthernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

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Pet of the Week

Maisy

AGE/SEX: 2-3 years / F

BREED: French Bulldog X

Maisy is a sweet affectionate girl but shy with strangers and often unwilling to walk with them. Once she knows and trusts you she pulls on lead and barks and lunges at other dogs. She has the energy of a staffy and loves to jog with you. She is very affectionate and kissy. She needs a family who will improve her sociability with other dogs. She has a smooth coat and weighs 10.5kg. She comes desexed, C5 vaccinated, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DR Vet. Her adoption cost is $450. 

Residents Want 'Welcome To Pittwater' Sign Returned

BYRA NEWS

NS14 State Championships At BYRA Easter 2018

Peter Loft Marathon Race 2018: May 6th Fundraiser

Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary 2018 Stalls

Petition: Save Ingleside From Over-Development

 Pittwater Offshore Newsletter Update 1/3/2018 

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To contact Julian:  editor@scotlandisland.org.au

Pittwater Artists Trail 2018

Return And Earn - Reverse Vending Machine Now At Warriewood And One For Dee Why Coming Soon

Tour De Cure Through Pittwater

Vale Herminie Swainston

The Pittwater community recently lost one of its staunchest advocates and allies of many decades in the passing of a wonderful lady.

Herminie Swainston (nee Gillham) toiled for decades in The Bible Garden, Palm Beach as a volunteer, was a long term member of the congregation of St. David's, Palm Beach, a member of the Palm Beach Whale Beach Association and an outspoken speaker and letter writer on anything that affected the personal wellbeing of others and our environment from a local focus to a state and nation wide focus.

Although genteel in her manner, Herminie could get her point across when required. She embraced life and all its possibilities, training herself to use any advances in technology to further communicate with local, state and federal government bodies on matters that affect today and tomorrow. 

Known to many as one of the sweetest nicest women you could have the good fortune to meet, Herminie loved her garden, her children and grandchildren and keeping the community in our community.

Herminie was also a bit of a sketcher, a talent she pursued all her life and which won her notices when younger:

Certificate of Commendation

Herminie Gillham (13), Barranjoey Road, Palm Beach; Sketching Competition (1950, March 26).The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953), p. 1 (Playtime). Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18477040 

Colouring and sketching Competition

Herminie Gillham, Three Winds, Barrenjoey Rd., Palm Beach;PADDLE Childrens SHOES (1950, June 26). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), p. 6 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved fromhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229612775 

Her gentleness and spirit of determination will live on in we who were fortunate enough to have met her.

The community, particularly the Palm Beach community, extends its sincerest condolences to her husband John, sister Jenny, her children and grandchildren.

Herminie Susan SWAINSTON

19.01.1937 - 01.03.2018

of Palm Beach

R.I.P.

Draft Code Of Meeting Practice - 2018

Key Dates

Public Exhibition of Draft Code commences

10 March 2018

Public Exhibition of Draft Code completed

08 April 2018

Preparation of Report to Council following public exhibition

04 May 2018

Scheduled adoption of Code at Council meeting

22 May 2018

The draft Northern Beaches Council Code of Meeting Practice is based on the meeting requirements from the Local Government Act, 1993 and the Local Government (General) Regulations, 2005. This draft leaves the majority of key meeting procedures unaltered from the current Code andincludes the Public Forum and Public Address.

The draft Northern Beaches Code of Meeting Practice will be available online for a public exhibition period of 28 days.

View the Draft Code of Meeting Practice - 2018

Have Your Say

Make an online submission

Make a written submission to The CEO, Northern Beaches Council, 725 Pittwater Road, Dee Why NSW 2099, marked “Draft Northern Beaches Code of Meeting Practice”

Submissions close Sunday 8 April 2018

More HERE

Northern Beaches Council CEO Mark Ferguson Steps Down From Role

March 7th, 2018: NBC Media release

Mark Ferguson is stepping down from the position of CEO of the Northern Beaches Council.

Mayor Michael Regan said Mr Ferguson had led the new organisation as interim General Manager, then CEO, to form the fourth- largest Council in NSW.

“The Northern Beaches is considered the most successful of all the councils amalgamated in 2016.

“I would like to thank Mark for his service and wish him well in his future endeavours,” Mayor Regan said.

Mark Ferguson said he would leave the organisation on 16 March.

“Two years into the amalgamation, the time is right for a change,” Mr Ferguson said.

“It has been a privilege and a pleasure to lead the Northern Beaches Council for the last two years.

“I am very proud of the Council’s achievements since amalgamation and the success of the merger to date demonstrates my level of commitment and passion for the organization.

“In leaving I would like to pay tribute to the incredibly talented, hard-working Council staff who strive every day to make our community the best it can be.”

Mayor Regan said Council will put in place interim CEO arrangements while a recruitment process is undertaken.

Emotional Health Community Forum At BHS

Barrenjoey High School are organising a community forum for the Northern end of the beaches focusing on supporting emotional health for our youth. Please join them on the 28th March at 5.30pm in the Barrenjoey High School hall for this highly valuable evening.

Bayview-Church Point Residents Association AGM

Notice:   THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of our Association will be held at Bayview Yacht Racing Assoc (BYRA)         

TUESDAY  13th MARCH 2018

7.00 pm  Registration Desk for members to sign the Attendance book 

Sub's for 2018  $25 per family at one address  $50 for 2 years  $75 for 3 years

The AGM will commence at 7.30 pm

Minutes from 2017 AGM to be read and confirmed.

Treasurer's Financial Statement to be presented.

President's Report for 2017 to be presented.

ELECTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Financial members are invited to join the Committee by submitting their own or another financial member's name to the Secretary by post at

PO Box 348 Church Point 2105    

or email to   fandm.makin@bigpond.com 

Applications must be signed and received by Monday 5th March 2018

The AGM will be followed by our Question and Answer session.  It will be

appreciated if questions are forwarded to the Secretary at least 1 day prior.

BAYVIEW-CHURCH POINT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC 

PO Box 348 Church Point NSW  2105  e:  bvcpra@gmail.com

The First Royal Visitor To Australia 150 Years Later

150 years ago, on the 12th March 1868, an Irishman named Henry James O’Farrell attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria’s son, Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, the first member of the royal family to visit Australia. 

Twenty thousand people made the long journey to Hyde Park, mostly by foot, to protest the assassination attempt. Parliament quickly legislated a response to O’Farrell who had pulled the trigger. Community relief after Prince Alfred survived saw large sums donated to establish a hospital in his name – the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital opened in 1882.

In 2015 Pittwater Online ran a history page; 

The First Royal Visitor To Australia: The Incident At Clontarf March 12th, 1868 

This week Parliamentary Education’s evening program ‘A Little Night Sitting’: to be held at the Parliament of NSW on Tuesday 13 March between 5 – 7 pm, will also focus on this event - details below.

Please Help: Contribute To Significant Trees Register For Our Area

Significant trees listings wanted

February 28, 2018: Avalon Preservation Association

The next step in the Avalon Preservation Association's Avalon Cultural Audit is to identify and list significant trees in the area.

Roger Sayers has nominated the Spotted Gums in the reserve opposite Careel Bay Wharf.

Please help us by contributing your pick of significant trees in the area so we can map them and enter into our database.

You can either post a picture/s on the APA Facebook page and identify location of tree/s and species type if known or email us with same at secretary@avalonpreservationassociation.org.au

Our new Avalon Preservation Association Noticeboard is finally installed on corner of Belle Property Building near Herforts Chemist Old Barrenjoey Rd Avalon Beach. Many thanks to Mark Griffin Belle Property for use of wall and Robert Adema for installation.

IMPORTANT NOTICE !

Due to the predicted strong winds and high seas, we have unfortunately had to postpone ALL ocean swim events this Sunday 14th Jan.  The new date for all Avalon Beach SLSC swims including the AROUND THE BENDS swim is set for Sunday APRIL 8th.

We hope to see you then !

The Pittwater Swims Series with Avalon Beach SLSC hosting their round of swims includes the third ‘destination swim’ in the Pittwater Swim Series, the ‘Around the Bends Challenge’ which sees swimmers leave Newport and swim to Avalon. The inaugural Around the Bends Challenge was held last year in brilliant conditions.

Then follows Avalon's 1km swim, starts at 10.00am and the 1.5kms. at 10.30am.

Seeking Volunteers For Permaculture NB Committee

Permaculture Northern Beaches is currently seeking volunteers to fill a couple of committee roles for 2018:

 

Finance & Fundraising Team Leader (shared role)

The Finance & Fundraising Team Leaders:

• Coordinate the identification and pursuit of ethical fundraising opportunities for the group by the Finance & Fundraising Team.
  
• Collates any membership and other monies collected at PNB events or activities and deposits the funds into the PSN account.
  
• Supports the PNB Committee to identify and apply for suitable funding grants to deliver special projects or to support existing key functions of the group. Provides the Committee with a monthly update on the financial health of the group and supports project teams with budgeting.
  
• In 2018 they will additionally oversee the finances of the Green Home project grant.
  

This role is currently being shared, and is likely to be in the future if a single person is not able to take on the full responsibility.

 

Publicity Team Leader  

The Publicity Team Leader:

• Develops a strategy and oversees the publicity for PNB  including special events, meetings, workshops and tours.
  
• Liaises with media contacts as necessary to promote PNB activities including news releases.
  
• Builds up a contact list for PNB for use for such events.
  
• Works closely with the communications, events and education team leaders for publicising activities at least three months in advance.
  

If you have not heard about permaculture, or the organisation, have a look at the website: www.permaculturenorthernbeaches.org.au

 

Please email  P.N.B@hotmail.com if you think this is something that you may be able to help with!

Stop Seismic Testing Newcastle Public Rally

Sunday, March 18 at 1 PM - 2 PM

NOBBYS BEACH, NEWCASTLE

Public · 

Hosted by Stop Seismic Testing Newcastle

In only two weeks seismic testing is to commence off the beautiful coast of Newcastle. The severity of the underwater air gun blasts leads to devastating affects on marine life and fisheries. 

If successful it may lead to a foreign oil and gas field off our coast. 

Help us keep our oceans alive!

Visit:

NOPSEMA Acceptance Decision for Seismic Testing off Newcastle and Central Coast Paves Way for Gas Exploration in our Waters - Pittwater Online News, Issue 343, 2018

Seismic Testing Proposal Slated For During Whale Migration Season Off Our Coast - Pittwater Online News, Issue 320, 2017

Grants To Assist Heritage Home Owners

February 23rd, 2018: Media Release - NBC

Owners of Northern Beaches properties listed as items of heritage significance are invited to apply for Local Heritage Funding assistance worth up to $3,000 to carry out repair or conservation works.

Northern Beaches Council’s Local Heritage Fund, with support from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, provides grants of between $200 and $3,000 per property, but no more than 50 percent of the total cost of the project.

Mayor of Northern Beaches Michael Regan said to be eligible, a property must be listed as a heritage item in Schedule 5 of the Manly, Warringah or Pittwater Local Environmental Plans.

“The Northern Beaches has a rich and diverse built heritage that is a source of great pride to the owners of heritage-listed properties and to the community as a whole.

“Council has established an internal panel consisting of a Strategic Planner, Heritage Planner and Grants Officer, to review all applications for assistance under the Local Heritage Fund.

“This team will make the call on which projects will be offered a grant, and how much that grant will be, on a case by case basis,” Mayor Regan said.

Eligible projects include repairing structural components such as underpinning walls and repointing brickwork; repainting external walls; repairing or reinstating walls, windows, verandas, external balustrades, roof cladding, roof plumbing and decorative elements; and repairing historic fences, walls, drainage and bridge structures.

To apply, owners should complete a Northern Beaches Local Heritage Fund Application Form and return it to Council before 31 March.

To discuss your project or grant application, please contact Council’s Heritage Planner on 1300 434 434.

For further details, please visit ‘Local Heritage Fund Grant’ webpage atnorthernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

Apply For An Investing In Women 2018 Grant

March 9th, 2018: NSW Government

Grants between $25,000 and $100,000 are on offer to support women in the workforce.

The Investing in Women program funds organisations to develop and implement projects that support economic opportunity, participation, empowerment and leadership.

Projects should address at least one of the seven focus areas:

• women’s economic opportunity and advancement
  
• equitable workplaces for women and men
  
• women in small business
  
• women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers
  
• women in male-dominated trades
  
• women in leadership roles
  
• leadership pathways for young women.
  

Minister for Women Tanya Davies said the NSW Government wants to further support gender equality in all industries and at every level.

“We want this funding to have a renewed focus on supporting proven projects that are sustainable, as well as helping new initiatives come to life,” Mrs Davies said.

Eligible organisations are encouraged to apply by 22 April 2018.

Find out more about the grants program

Community Heritage Grants Round Opens

March 5th, 2018: Australian government department of Communications and the Arts

Applications are now open for the 2018 Community Heritage Grants Program.

Grants of up to $15,000 are available for community organisations such as museums, libraries, archives, genealogical and historical societies, and Indigenous and multicultural groups.

The grants assist community organisations in the preservation and protection of locally owned but nationally significant cultural heritage material such as archives and records, oral histories, textiles, paintings, drawings, objects, photographs and audio visual material.

Funding is also available for training workshops, preservation assessment of collections and related conservation activities.

The Community Heritage Grants Program is administered by the National Library of Australia, with support provided by the Department of Communications and the Arts, the National Archives of Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive and the National Museum of Australia.

Applications close on Monday, 7 May 2018 at 5.00 pm.

To find out more visit the National Library of Australia’s website.

At:www.nla.gov.au/awards-and-grants/chg

Getting To The Sydney Royal Easter Show From Mona Vale

Sydney Olympic Park Major Event Buses will run each day during the 12-day Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Services start running between 07:00 and 07:30, depending on the route, each day. Services run every 15 to 25 minutes and more frequently during peak times and begin arriving at the precinct from around 08:45 each morning until 17:30 in the evening.

Return services start running from Olympic Park at around 12:45, with the last bus on each route leaving the precinct at 23:00 each night of the Show.

Note: scheduled wheelchair accessible buses will travel on each route. Find the closest stop to you using the Major Event Bus interactive map. 

Route To / from SOP (Forest Coach Lines)

1A Warriewood via Dee Why

1B Warriewood via Mona Vale

You can also view:

• Sydney Olympic Park major event bus routes map (pdf 940KB)  

• Major event buses interactive map

Travel to the Royal Easter Show

All pre-purchased ShowLink tickets include return public transport for your trip to the Royal Easter Show on any one day.

You can pre-purchase your ShowLink ticket on the Sydney Royal Easter Show website. ShowLink tickets are not sold at train stations, ferry wharves or on buses.

Travel public transport with ShowLink tickets

Present your ShowLink ticket for travel on:

• Train services (bounded by Bomaderry (Nowra), Goulburn, Bathurst and Dungog stations)
• Sydney Olympic Park major event buses
• Regular bus services
• Sydney Ferries services
• Light rail services.

Keep your ShowLink ticket for your return trip home as you will need to present your ShowLink ticket or have a valid ticket when travelling on public transport.

IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION

ShowLink tickets are not available for purchase on-board transport services or at train stations. ShowLink tickets are only available at selected Woolworths outlets or online via Ticketmaster. Alternatively, you can purchase your ShowLink ticket at the Sydney Showground ticket booths located at the entry gates to the Show, however we strongly encourage you to pre-purchase your ticket where possible as there will be queues.

Remember to keep your ShowLink ticket safe for your return trip home as you will need to present your ShowLink ticket or have a valid ticket when travelling on public transport.

Single day, two-day or Twilight (after 4pm entry) ShowLink tickets are available. For more information on all the available ticketing options, seeTicket types. For more information on the terms and conditions that apply to ShowLink tickets on public transport, visit transportnsw.info. Please note there are no exchanges, refunds or cancellations on purchased ShowLink tickets.

Early Bird ShowLink: Available online until 22 March 2018

www.eastershow.com.au/tickets-deals/tickets

Avalon Beach Petangue

We have played at Avalon Beach Bowling Club for over 10 years.

We play on Wednesday and Saturday mornings starting at 10:00 a.m. until we get thirsty or hungry at about 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. 

The name comes from “pieds tanqué”, which in the dialect of Languedoc in South West France means 'Feet Fixed'.

New players always welcome. We have spare boules if you need them and instruction is free

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Pet of the Week

Raven

AGE/SEX: 5-6 years / F

BREED: Staffy X

Raven is a calmer Staffy, than most and is social with other dogs. She walks nicely on loose lead ignoring cars and dogs. She walks at a good pace and enjoys a cuddle. She has a smooth coat and came in very thin at 21kg. She comes desexed, C5 vaccinated, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DR Vet. Her adoption cost is $450.

Loosely Woven Joins With Amnesty International

Residents Want 'Welcome To Pittwater' Sign Returned

BYRA NEWS

NS14 State Championships At BYRA Easter 2018

Peter Loft Marathon Race 2018: May 6th Fundraiser

Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary 2018 Stalls

Consultation Draft Of The New Model Code Of Meeting Practice For Local Councils In NSW

Petition: Save Ingleside From Over-Development

 Pittwater Offshore Newsletter Update 1/3/2018 

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To contact Julian:  editor@scotlandisland.org.au

Congratulations: Australian Surfing Awards Finalist Is Local Filmmaker

Plans Accelerate For Mona Vale Road East Upgrade

Local Avalon Lad Does Us Proud!

Bayview-Church Point Residents Association AGM

Notice:   THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of our Association will be held at Bayview Yacht Racing Assoc (BYRA)         

TUESDAY  13th MARCH 2018

7.00 pm  Registration Desk for members to sign the Attendance book 

Sub's for 2018  $25 per family at one address  $50 for 2 years  $75 for 3 years

The AGM will commence at 7.30 pm

Minutes from 2017 AGM to be read and confirmed.

Treasurer's Financial Statement to be presented.

President's Report for 2017 to be presented.

ELECTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Financial members are invited to join the Committee by submitting their own or another financial member's name to the Secretary by post at

PO Box 348 Church Point 2105    

or email to   fandm.makin@bigpond.com 

Applications must be signed and received by Monday 5th March 2018

The AGM will be followed by our Question and Answer session.  It will be

appreciated if questions are forwarded to the Secretary at least 1 day prior.

BAYVIEW-CHURCH POINT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC 

PO Box 348 Church Point NSW  2105  e:  bvcpra@gmail.com

Please Help: Contribute To Significant Trees Register For Our Area

Significant trees listings wanted

February 28, 2018: Avalon Preservation Association

The next step in the Avalon Preservation Association's Avalon Cultural Audit is to identify and list significant trees in the area.

Roger Sayers has nominated the Spotted Gums in the reserve opposite Careel Bay Wharf.

Please help us by contributing your pick of significant trees in the area so we can map them and enter into our database.

You can either post a picture/s on the APA Facebook page and identify location of tree/s and species type if known or email us with same at secretary@avalonpreservationassociation.org.au

Our new Avalon Preservation Association Noticeboard is finally installed on corner of Belle Property Building near Herforts Chemist Old Barrenjoey Rd Avalon Beach. Many thanks to Mark Griffin Belle Property for use of wall and Robert Adema for installation.

Pittwater Ocean Swims Success

The Pittwater Ocean Swim Series is organised as funds-raisers by the Surf Life Saving Clubs at Bilgola, Newport, Avalon Beach, Mona Vale and Whale Beach. The 6th season of these ocean swims has again been very successful in attracting over 3000 entrants and bringing their supporters to the Northern Beaches to benefit local Clubs and businesses.

Sponsored overall by Northern Beaches Council and with local business sponsorship for individual Clubs, the swims provided a shared income for the Clubs of around $160,000

“ This was the sixth season of our swim events’ explains John Guthrie, the 

Newport Swim Director, “ We have swimmers from 10 to 80 years participating and expect to have growing numbers for our 2018/2019 Series.”

Encouraging swimmers to enter was a special prize offered in a lucky draw for those swimmers who swam in at least three events. The Prize is a trip for two to Bryan Bay with entry in that ocean swim in May. Sponsored by TravelView Avalon with Bay Royal Apartments at Bryon Bay, the prize winner’s name came from a random computer draw of all who 

went in three of the swims and that included entrants for Avalon Beach which had to be cancelled because a extremely rough seas.

The lucky draw! 

This season’s winner was a 52 year old man from Avalon, James Campbell.

James came from the UK as a backpacker when in his twenties and with wife Catherine, lives in Avalon. He only took up swimming when in his thirties.

James won this trip by swimming in at least three of the five events. He actually swam in four of the events including ‘The Big Swim’ from Palm Beach to Whale Beach and he plans to go in the ‘Around the Bends’ Newport to Avalon Beach swim on April 8th. “What a great thing to win,” said James,” Catherine and I have not been to Bryon Bay since backpacking and I very much look forward to going in that ocean swim.

Swimming is just the best way to keep fit, keep weight under control and to relax”

James Campbell. Photo by Warren Young OAM

IMPORTANT NOTICE !

Due to the predicted strong winds and high seas, we have unfortunately had to postpone ALL ocean swim events this Sunday 14th Jan.  The new date for all Avalon Beach SLSC swims including the AROUND THE BENDS swim is set for Sunday APRIL 8th.

We hope to see you then !

The Pittwater Swims Series with Avalon Beach SLSC hosting their round of swims includes the third ‘destination swim’ in the Pittwater Swim Series, the ‘Around the Bends Challenge’ which sees swimmers leave Newport and swim to Avalon. The inaugural Around the Bends Challenge was held last year in brilliant conditions.

Then follows Avalon's 1km swim, starts at 10.00am and the 1.5kms. at 10.30am.

Seeking Volunteers For Permaculture NB Committee

Permaculture Northern Beaches is currently seeking volunteers to fill a couple of committee roles for 2018:

 

Finance & Fundraising Team Leader (shared role)

The Finance & Fundraising Team Leaders:

• Coordinate the identification and pursuit of ethical fundraising opportunities for the group by the Finance & Fundraising Team.
  
• Collates any membership and other monies collected at PNB events or activities and deposits the funds into the PSN account.
  
• Supports the PNB Committee to identify and apply for suitable funding grants to deliver special projects or to support existing key functions of the group. Provides the Committee with a monthly update on the financial health of the group and supports project teams with budgeting.
  
• In 2018 they will additionally oversee the finances of the Green Home project grant.
  

This role is currently being shared, and is likely to be in the future if a single person is not able to take on the full responsibility.

 

Publicity Team Leader  

The Publicity Team Leader:

• Develops a strategy and oversees the publicity for PNB  including special events, meetings, workshops and tours.
  
• Liaises with media contacts as necessary to promote PNB activities including news releases.
  
• Builds up a contact list for PNB for use for such events.
  
• Works closely with the communications, events and education team leaders for publicising activities at least three months in advance.
  

If you have not heard about permaculture, or the organisation, have a look at the website: www.permaculturenorthernbeaches.org.au

 

Please email  P.N.B@hotmail.com if you think this is something that you may be able to help with!

Grants To Assist Heritage Home Owners

February 23rd, 2018: Media Release - NBC

Owners of Northern Beaches properties listed as items of heritage significance are invited to apply for Local Heritage Funding assistance worth up to $3,000 to carry out repair or conservation works.

Northern Beaches Council’s Local Heritage Fund, with support from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, provides grants of between $200 and $3,000 per property, but no more than 50 percent of the total cost of the project.

Mayor of Northern Beaches Michael Regan said to be eligible, a property must be listed as a heritage item in Schedule 5 of the Manly, Warringah or Pittwater Local Environmental Plans.

“The Northern Beaches has a rich and diverse built heritage that is a source of great pride to the owners of heritage-listed properties and to the community as a whole.

“Council has established an internal panel consisting of a Strategic Planner, Heritage Planner and Grants Officer, to review all applications for assistance under the Local Heritage Fund.

“This team will make the call on which projects will be offered a grant, and how much that grant will be, on a case by case basis,” Mayor Regan said.

Eligible projects include repairing structural components such as underpinning walls and repointing brickwork; repainting external walls; repairing or reinstating walls, windows, verandas, external balustrades, roof cladding, roof plumbing and decorative elements; and repairing historic fences, walls, drainage and bridge structures.

To apply, owners should complete a Northern Beaches Local Heritage Fund Application Form and return it to Council before 31 March.

To discuss your project or grant application, please contact Council’s Heritage Planner on 1300 434 434.

For further details, please visit ‘Local Heritage Fund Grant’ webpage atnorthernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

VALE Ben Castle

The sad news has reached Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club that Ben Castle died January 17, 2018 at Mona Vale, after a long illness.

Ben was a major figure in the history of the Australian Sailfish Class Owners Association and an important figure in the history of sailing at Narrabeen Lakes in Sydney.

On April 24, 1967, the meeting to establish the NSW Division of the Australian Sailfish Association was held at Ben’s home on Collaroy Plateau. Ben was the powerhouse behind this new division. He became its first president and publicity officer. He was also a key figure in the re-activation of Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club (NLSC), which occurred at the same time as the formation of the NSW Sailfish Division. The Australian Sailfish was the class of boat around which the club was re-formed.

Ben subsequently organised and competed in the first National Sailfish Titles to be conducted on Narrabeen Lakes. That was in 1969/70, and he competed on his home-built Sailfish, “Gus”, sail number 1414. He also organised the following two National Titles sailed on Narrabeen Lakes, and was an advisor to the Race Committee for the titles after that, in 1975/76.

Ben was president of Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club from 1967 to 1972. In 1968, Ben was one of a number of members who loaned the monies to purchase the old Green Boatshed on The Esplanade, Narrabeen, which subsequently served for many years as the storage facility for start/rescue craft, equipment and a few member boats. Ben also contributed to the lobbying of Warringah Shire Council for approval and funds for the building of the current clubhouse. For his services to Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club, Ben, in 1970, was awarded a Life Membership.

Ben Castle will be remembered by sailors in and beyond the Sailfish fraternity as an athletic, energetic and enthusiastic man, full of ideas and optimism and restless drive. Those of us associated with the Sailfish class generally, and with Narrabeen Lakes sailing specifically, owe him a very great deal.

It was an enormous privilege to have Ben attend our NSW Class Reunion in April last year at Narrabeen Lakes, on the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the NSW Division. It gave us all great pleasure to welcome him and thank him, and his attendance that day is a major highlight of the Sailfish ‘revival’. We are very grateful to Ben’s partner, Marjorie, for her generosity in making the arrangements that allowed Ben to attend.

The Sailfish fraternity extends our condolences to Marjorie, and Ben’s wider family and friends, for their loss upon the passing away of Ben.

Thank you to the dedicated staff of Mona Vale House for their exceptional care of Ben.

Finally free to get back to messing about in boats!

Ozzie Mozzie Nets Closing

Shop 2/36 Old Barrenjoey Rd Avalon

Closing Sale continues. Still another month until closing. Come in for some Bargains. 10% - 50% off entire shop. All furniture 30 - 50% off. Most Jewellery 50% and Italian clothing 10 -20% off. Bargain clothing basket.

We will be continuing our online store and doing some pop ups from time to time.

B-Line Newport Update

Transport NSW have advised they do no expect the REF to be finalised for 4 – 6 weeks, around Easter 2018.

Transport NSW have also advised of impending day and night drilling works as follows;

In March, Roads and Maritime Services will be conducting some geotechnical surveys around the intersection of Barrenjoey Road and Neptune Road, and through the Newport Beach car park.

This is to collect data and soil samples to inform the Review of Environmental Factors (REF) being prepared for the proposed roundabout at the intersection of Barrenjoey Road and Neptune Road. The REF will completed in the coming months and put on public display. The community will then have the opportunity to make submissions.

Night work: Tuesday 6 March (weather permitting)

Day work: Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 March (weather permitting)

This investigative work is separate to RMS drain maintenance work taking place at the intersection of Barrenjoey Road and Burke Street and further north on Barrenjoey Road, about 160 metres south of The Serpentine. The RMS contractor, DM Roads, will be using a section of the Newport Beach carpark as a site compound. This work is not associated with the B-Line project. 

Work hours:

 Night work: 7pm to 5am

 Day work: 7am to 6pm

The work will involve drilling into the ground to conduct service investigations and soil sampling.

How will the work affect you?

There may be some noise associated with this work but we will make every effort to minimise it by completing the noisier work before 11pm.

Equipment being used includes:

 concrete saws

 power and hand tools

 lighting equipment

 generators

 drill rig

Traffic and pedestrian changes

There may be some temporary traffic changes to ensure the work zone is safe. Please keep to speed limits and follow the direction of traffic

controllers and signs.

For the latest traffic updates call 132 701, visit livetraffic.com or download the Live Traffic NSW App.

Contact information

For more information on the work or the

Northern Beaches B-Line Program:

 call 1800 048 751 (24 hours),

 email projects@transport.nsw.gov.au

or

 visit b-line.transport.nsw.gov.au

North Steyne Wins Rescue Of The Month

Monday 26 February 2018: From Surf life saving NSW

Two off-duty surf lifesavers who assisted in the successful resuscitation of a swimmer at Shelly Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches have been recognised for their efforts as January’s winners of the NSW Rescue of the Month Award.

It was a case of right place, right time North Steyne SLSC members Tracey Hare-Boyd and her son Trae who had to call upon all their skills and knowledge in what was a dramatic incident on January 5. 

It was around 9am on that Friday and the pair had just finished a morning swim when they heard a scream and saw a man collapse on the edge of the water.

Instinct honed by their experiences as lifesavers kicked in and they immediately went to work by commencing CPR treatment.

While keeping bystanders clear of the scene, Trae was tasked to get a defibrillator from the club. He raced to the nearby Manly surf club to get the equipment and also alerted lifeguards to the unfolding incident.

As luck would have it the incident could not have happened in a more fortunate location. Off-duty health professionals including two nurses and an anaesthetist were breakfasting nearby and rushed over to offer their assistance when they saw what had occurred. In fact the two lifesavers were ultimately the only non-medical professionals on-scene, but their training and knowledge was such they were still able to assist in an effective way.

During the incident, which lasted an agonising 40 minutes, CPR treatment was rotated through several trained health professionals to ensure the first responders did not fatigue from their efforts.

Eventually an Ambulance helicopter was able to land nearby and after several cycles of the defibrillator and some thorough work from the attending paramedics, the man was stabilised sufficiently to be airlifted to hospital.

This story does have a happy postscript. After being flown to hospital in a critical condition, the patient went on to make a full recovery, and was even reunited with his rescuers.

Tracey Hare-Boyd said it was an honour to receive the award on behalf of her club, and that it was a reminder of how lifesavers never know when their skills will be needed.

“It’s a special moment to be able to do that rescue with Trae. We’ve done rescues together before but this is the first time that we’ve needed to do a CPR after hours,” said Tracey Hare-Boyd.

 “I think what this should reinforce to all of our lifesavers, and it’s certainly a message I will be using in my training going forward, is that what we teach you isn’t just for the here and now they are skills for life.

“We were really just two of the many people involved that day and it was great that everybody came together on the common goal to get the best possible outcome for the patient,” she said.

The SLSNSW Rescue of the Month is a prestigious award that recognises excellence in Surf Life Saving. Each month a ‘Rescue of the Month’ is awarded at State level for the most outstanding rescue performance for that period. Monthly winners are eligible for the National Rescue of the Month, and are also in line to be named the NSW Rescue of the Year which is announced at the season-ending Awards of Excellence.

Avalon Beach Petangue

We have played at Avalon Beach Bowling Club for over 10 years.

We play on Wednesday and Saturday mornings starting at 10:00 a.m. until we get thirsty or hungry at about 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. 

The name comes from “pieds tanqué”, which in the dialect of Languedoc in South West France means 'Feet Fixed'.

New players always welcome. We have spare boules if you need them and instruction is free

Loosely Woven Joins With Amnesty International

FREE CONCERT in AVALON 

SUNDAY 11th March. 4 p.m.

at Avalon Baptist Church 2 George St.

'Fly Away'

The local music group LOOSELY WOVEN, led by Wayne Richmond, will be giving a free community concert in Avalon Baptist Church (2 George St.) on Sunday 11th March at 4 pm. Wayne Richmond, the leader of the group, is one of the Peninsula’s inspirational leaders in giving live music to the community. The group will include 21 instrumentalists and singers. Wayne and his musicians have been contributing to Amnesty's great work for more than 23 years. Last year Wayne received an award from Amnesty International for his wonderful work! This concert will celebrate those 23 years of making music and helping human rights work. Some of the items will be very relevant. Loosely Woven encourage audience participation in their concerts which are always lots of fun, and you can enjoy a musical treat and also support human rights by coming because voluntary donations will go to Amnesty International. 21 instrumentalists and singers will bring to Avalon their new concert, ’Fly Away’. This is a very special celebration of the group’s 23 year old past reliving some real gems!

The program includes a number of songs which address social injustice and other important issues. There are also some well known songs made famous by The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Barnes, Wilson Pickett and Neil Young, and some really beautiful folk songs and a bit of fun with Tom Lehrer’s hilarious ‘The Irish Ballad'. Instruments will include violins, flutes, saxophones, harp, clarinet, concertina, accordion, harmonium, recorder, melodica, guitars, keyboard and percussion. Avalon Amnesty International group works for the rights of: refugees and asylum seekers; indigenous people, many victims of unjust treatment; those at risk of torture and execution; and to gain human rights for disadvantaged people all over the world. Avalon group have been working hard to change the prison incarceration of children as young as 10 years old. At the concert we will have petitions to sign.

Audience at last concert

Spotted On Pittwater: Michelle Lee's Different World's Canoe

Of all the vessels you see plying their ways on the estuary, this one, caught by Regina Renfree of Palm Beach Sailing Club whole capturing Day 2 of the NSW Hobie State Titles on Pittwater last Sunday, must have caused a bit of 'what the?'.

Michelle Lee was on a visit to The Quays Marina at Bayview to raise awareness of a challenge she is undertaking, commencing December 2018 -  the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge, one of the world’s toughest nautical challenges, and the ultimate test in mental and physical strength and endurance.  This Challenge is a 2900 nautical mile (5371km) ocean row will start from La Gomera, Canary Islands and finish 60-90 days later in English Harbour, Antigua.

Michelle will be one of the solo rowers that make up about 30 crews - comprising of solo's, pairs or fours. The race is professionally organised and fully supported with strict rules and regulations with mandatory courses to give you the best chance of completing this mammoth challenge safely. 

The Ocean Rowing boats are specifically designed with self righting and self draining abilities. Michelle's boat has been built from scratch and is of full carbon fibre. It has all of the latest safety and navigational equipment on board and able to sustain her for the duration of the row.

Michelle is the current world record holding for the one million metre row. She beat the previous record by 10 hours and 29 mins.

Michelle has an impressive history of athletic achievements and has proven time and again her ability to push beyond her boundaries, to take on bigger and bigger challenges, to go through the gruelling training required to prepare for them, and to succeed.  All of these challenges have required not only top physical fitness, but a mastery over her emotional and mental states. 

In 1996, Michelle did a 9-day trek covering 160km to the peak of the Annapurna Circuit, through the Himalayas hiking a 14kg pack the whole time.

In 2012, she trekked the 96km Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea, completing the ruggedly relentless trek of constant undulations, in just 5 days – a trek normally only able to be done in 9 to 12 days. Again all the while carrying a fully loaded backpack.

For fun she has done many Mini-Triathlons, long distance ocean swims, parasailing and white water rafting.  Throw in weekly 40-60km cycling, along with 14-18km runs, and you know the lady is taking this challenge seriously.

If she gets through Michelle will be Australia's first female to row solo across the Atlantic ocean.

Michelle can't focus on getting across the line without some help though - she's looking for sponsors and even donations.

Find out more here: www.differentworlds.com.au

Follow her journey on Facebook OR: let's help get this Australian lady closer to where she wants to go - 

Tickets went on sale Friday February 16th. 22 sold. 78 remaining. 

Please call 0416 209 928 to purchase.

Environmental Restoration And Rehabilitation Grants

February 6th, 2018: NSW O&H

The Restoration and Rehabilitation grants program is now open to applications, and will close on Monday, 26 March 2018

Purpose

To assist in the ongoing sustainable management and stewardship of significant environmental assets and services in NSW.

Funding

Individual grants of up to $100,000 with a total of $2,000,000 for community organisations and $2,000,000 for government entities. 

Who can apply

Community groups and organisations, incorporated associations, non-profit organisations, non-commercial cooperatives, Trusts and government entities.

Guidelines and application forms

Planning Alerts

Planning applications: Pittwater

Find out what's happening in your area. Get alerts of new applications near here straight in your email. It's free!

Course For A Cause At Avalon

Just beyond the Bilgola Bends as you are about to enter the Avalon Village, nestled in behind a strip of nature that separates it from the often busy Barrenjoey Road – you have the Royal Avalon Golf Course.

Not only 9 holes of golf open to the public every day of the year, with no membership required but also one of the best located venues available for hire on the Northern Beaches, or even Sydney!

Recently we have begun a program called “Course for a Cause”. The initiative is designed to help local charities by offering free use of our facilities to raise money and/or awareness for a worthy cause.

Do you have a cause close to your heart?

Nominate your charity to become part of this program by calling 9918 2606 or emailing manager@avalongolfcourse.com.au

If you don’t want to play golf, but are still after a venue for your function, the clubhouse is available for extended hours. So with plenty of parking on sight, the time of day shouldn’t be a problem when promoting your personal cause. If you don’t have a charity, but are still looking for somewhere to party, the clubhouse can be hired to celebrate all kinds of occasions.

The bar is available and serving some of your favourite beer and wine, or take advantage of our BYO option. Day time events can always incorporate games to raise some extra money with the practice putting green beside the clubhouse being utilised for competitions or a bit of fun for the kids.

If you are interested in our Course for a Cause initiative OR would just like to hire Avalon Golf Course and clubhouse for a function, please emailmanager@avalongolfcourse.com.au or call 9918 2606

New Season for Sailability Pittwater 

Sailability Pittwater is a volunteer organisation which provides sailing for people with a disability. Our main recreational sailing activities are at Rowland Reserve, Bayview, and we run competitive sailing for people with a disability out of RPAYC Newport. We are currently looking for new volunteers for our Saturday morning program at Rowland Reserve and Tuesdays at RPA. For more information at  www.sailability.org/au/pittwater or call John on 9982 5656

 

Click on logo above to visit their website.

Red Cross Shop Newport

The Newport Red Cross shop desperately needs your quality, discarded clothing items. Now that spring is almost springing, perhaps you are all set to 'declutter' your offshore abode. But what to do with all those gems that are no longer you. Well donate them of course. The Red Cross shop at Newport is very excited to receive your cast offs. We also take small household items but alas, no electrical or furniture. 

Did you know that all profits from Red Cross shops stay in Australia? Profits from Red Cross shops support worthy programmes like providing breakfast for school kids, Telecross - a daily call to elderly people in need of contact, youth services, disaster relief, mental health services and much, much more.

Should you need assistance please feel free to call me or just leave your items in our boat. We live on the northern side of Lovett Bay between Now and Zen and Therese and John. The house is called 'Foreshore' and our boat is a Stabicraft for purposes of identification! 

Don't hesitate to call in to the Newport Red Cross shop with your donations - close to Woolworths petrol station at 334 Barrenjoey Rd Newport or call Lesley Scott to help with donations - 0410 687864

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 Gone Fishing Gallery at Waterfront Store Church Point

Open again TODAY in the top room Waterfront Store. Open mainly weekends as an addition to the waterfront cafe. Keep up to date on theirFacebook page

The purpose of  www.westpittwater.com.au  - is best defined by the vision of the West Pittwater Community Association.

To be a supportive community, encouraging and promoting civic pride, interest in community affairs and goodwill amongst residents.

To protect local fauna and flora and generally preserve West Pittwater and its environs.

To secure essential facilities including public wharves and reserves and to protect private and public property.

To speak with one voice and represent the interests of the Western Foreshore community when in discussion with Pittwater Council and other relevant government bodies. The WPCA website provides a forum for the better realisation of these objectives. Visit: www.westpittwater.com.au

Sponsor Pauly For The World's Greatest Shave

Improving The Quality Of Preschool Learning Spaces

Avalon Quilters 2018 Exhibition Of Members Work

DoggieRescue.com

Pet of the Week

Webster

AGE/SEX: 9 years / M

BREED: Jack Russell X

Webster is a sweet attentive boy, who is very social with other dogs and also enjoys the company of kids. He walks well on loose lead and enjoys a belly rub from strangers. Volunteers say: "Very lovely dog, well behaved and calm". He has a short coat and weighs 10.3kg. He comes desexed, C5 vaccinated, heartworm free and microchipped. Also included for the love and health of our dogs is a free Health and Wellness Voucher with our DR Vet. His adoption cost is $400.

Residents Want 'Welcome To Pittwater' Sign Returned

BYRA NEWS

NS14 State Championships At BYRA Easter 2018

Peter Loft Marathon Race 2018: May 6th Fundraiser

Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary 2018 Stalls

Consultation Draft Of The New Model Code Of Meeting Practice For Local Councils In NSW

Petition: Save Ingleside From Over-Development

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