November 15 - 21, 2020: Issue 474
Out And About In Pittwater: November 2020
A Late Spring verging on Summer mix From Readers and staff, For Residents and About what's been happening this week
Remembrance Day 2020 At Pittwater RSL Cenotaph
Hosted by Pittwater RSL Sub-branch and Pittwater RSL Club
Photos by Michael Mannington, Community Photography
Deborah Carter, President Pittwater RSL Sub-branch, and Livia Burns reading "A poem for Remembrance Day".
Bert Brownlie WWII Veteran and Pittwater RSL Sub-branch Member laying a wreath at Cenotaph
Pittwater RSL Cenotaph Wreaths for Remembrance Day 2020
Bert Brownlie WWII Veteran Celebrating his 95th Birthday on 11/11/2020
Remembrance Day 2020 At Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph
Hosted by Avalon Beach RSL Sub-branch and Avalon Beach RSL Club
Photos by and courtesy Tamara Sloper-Harding OAM
Captain Michael Maley CSC DSM
Barrenjoey High School Captains for 2021 Ben Ritchie and Astrid Twibill Hall with Vice-President of Avalon Beach RSL Sub-branch, Tamara Sloper-Harding OAM
William (Bill) Fitzgerald OAM with Rebecca Fitzgerald - Bill was a Navy Clearance Divers RAN who commenced his training at Clareville, the RAN's Pittwater Annex and formerly the Torpedo Testing Range
First night swim of the season - at North Narrabeen Rock Pool - photo by Selena Griffith, November 14, 2020
Newport Community Garden
Turimetta Reflection photo by Joe Mills, November 9 2020
Sea Snail North Narrabeen Rock Pool photo by Joe Mills, November 9 2020
Grey Morning Swim North Narrabeen Rock Pool Photo by Joe Mills
Corellas feasting on Coastal Banksias at Turimetta Reserve photo by Joe Mills, November 12, 2020
Official Naming Of The New BB30 Marine Rescue Broken Bay - The Michael Seale
Ceremony held at RMYC BB on Saturday November 14, 2020
photos by A J Guesdon
1st Bayview Sea Scouts
L to R: Marine Rescue Broken Bay Unit Commander Jimmy Arteaga, Marine Rescue NSW Senior Chaplain Richard Wrightson, Marine Rescue NSW Deputy Commissioner Alex Barrell
L to R: Marine Rescue Broken Bay Unit members Brian Alexander and Bruce Hale
L to R: Marine Rescue NSW Directors - Bob Wilson, Jim Wright, John Lynch, Keven Marshall, Glenn Felkin
The Board of Marine Rescue NSW is democratically elected from the organisation’s volunteer membership. The Board comprises three General Directors, elected by eligible members across the State, and six Regional Directors, elected by eligible members in their respective regions.
The 2019/2020 Board is: General Directors: James Glissan AM ESM QC (Chair), Patricia Fayers ESM and Robert Wilson. Regional Directors: Darcy Henriksen (Northern Rivers), John Lynch ESM (Mid North Coast), Jim Wright (Hunter/Central Coast), Kenneth Edwards (Greater Sydney), Keven Marshall ESM (Illawarra) and Glenn Felkin ESM (Monaro).
L to R: Marine Rescue Broken Bay Unit Commander Jimmy Arteaga and retired Marine Rescue Broken Bay member Michael Searle who served since 1980 with the RVCP and MRNSW
L to R: Marine Rescue Broken Bay Unit Commander Jimmy Arteaga, Marine Rescue NSW CEO Stacey Tannos ESM, NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable David Elliott MP
Marine Rescue NSW CEO Stacey Tannos ESM and MP for Mackellar Jason Falinski
L to R: Marine Rescue NSW Director Patricia Fayers ESM and Mike Seale
NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable David Elliott MP, Marine Rescue NSW Senior Chaplain Richard Wrightson, NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces and Pittwater MP Rob Stokes
Marine Rescue Broken Bay member Rochelle Ward - organised the function
The Seale Family