February 12 - 18, 2017: Issue 300

Profiles Of The Week: Issue 300

Artists, Writers, Surfers, Surf Life Savers, Community Groups, Clubs - everyone from those just in their teens to those who have passed the 90 years + mark. Histories and places we've never seen, the way people spoke, what they dreamed. The way it was then, the way it is now, the way we want it to be.

A Rather large page this Issue filled with rather large pages.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Every single group, club, organistaion and individual has and continues to enrich us all.

Previous Profiles: Profile interviews, unless otherwise indicated, are by A J Guesdon

Barton Lynch  

Shane Withington 

Commodore Graham Sloper 

Herminie Swainston 

Teresa Cutter 

Joanne Brigden-Jones  

Tamara Sloper Harding  

Katie Spithill 

Chris Salisbury 

Doug Crane 

Henry MacPhillamy 

Aim for the Stars Foundation 

Broken Bay Marine Rescue 

Pittwater Environmental Foundation 

Rotary Club of Pittwater  

Sophie Haythornthwaite 

Joan Fisher  

Mark Ferguson Veteran   

Carolyn McKay  

Christine Hopton 

Ian White  

Jack Elsegood 

Robert Grace  

Colin Casey  

Bob Waterer  

The Surfers Group  

The Palm Beach Yacht Club  

Pittwater Natural Heritage Association 

Pittwater Friends of Soibada  

Pam Bayfield  

Denise Casey  

Lynda Hill  

Belinda Grundy  

Paul Christie  

Neil Evers  

Andrew Holder  

Ian Curlewis  

Lange Theory  

Phil Colman-Peter Mitchell and Exploring tidal waters on Australia’s temperate coast  

Geoff Clarke  

Palm Beach Sailing Club  

The Bopulaters  

Pittwater Camera Club  

Dragonfly Environmental  

Pittwater Community Hub  

Pittwater Community Arts   

Hayley Turner   

Samantha Shaw   

Danielle Du Bois  

Mumpreneurs 

Neil Johnston  

Simon Hyland  

Paul Wheeler  

Ian McGiffen 

Brian Friend  

Pittwater Council 

Zonta Club of Northern Beaches  

Sydney Northern Beaches Symphonic Wind Ensemble 

Bei Loon Dragon Boat Club   

Margaret Molloy OAM   

Patricia Giles OAM   

Doreen Cherry   

Cindy Goode Milman   

Stephen Marr  

Bob  (Robert) Hamilton  

Simon Abbott  

Peter Rumble  

Graham Spong  

Sailability Pittwater  

Mona Vale Hospital Auxiliary  

Avalon Active Seniors Group  

Northern Beaches Orchestra  

Sonja Elwood  

June Lahm  

Valerie Vickers  

Karen Draddy  

Betty King  

David Hanley  

Les Ball  

Paul Webb  

Malo Legardinier  

E G Constructions   

Integrity Candles  

Monatones  

The Narrabeen Lakes Ladies Probus Club 

Nina Curtis   

Robyn McWilliam  

Gretel Pinniger  

Ted Blackall  

Edwin Barnard  

Doug Elliott  

Anthony Patrick Chandler 

Walter 'Wal' Wardle  

Avalon Beach RSL Fishing Club  

Avalon Voices 

Surfing Mums Inc. 

Northern Beaches Social Riders  

Stephanie Brown  

Judith Bennett  

Gemma Rasdall  

Gwynneth Ross  

Peter Verrills  

Tom Gilbert 

Tony Carr 

Gwenyth Sneesby  

Bobbie Squire 

Philip Bond  

Save Mona Vale Hospital Committee  

Southern Cross Wildlife Care 

Wingala Lapidary Club 

Surfers Against Suicide 

Tracy Ponich 

Katerina Cosgrove  

Christina Stewart  

Mermaids of Palm Beach  

Rob Romer   

Bert King OAM   

John L Gordon 

Jackson Davies  

Mona Vale Mountain Cub Scouts  

Sydney Wildlife  

Henry John Chisholm  

Easy Transport Manly - Warringah - Pittwater  

John and Bob Johnson - The Johnson Brothers  

Meredith Scott 

Shelagh Bokenham  

Brenda Allsop  

Elly Willan  

Cade Turner  

Jervis Sparks  

John Black  

Gary Cook 

John Ogden  

Doggie Rescue  

Marine Rescue Sydney - Terrey Hills Radio Base  

Manly Warringah Radio Society 

Pittwater Model Yacht Club  

Jan Roberts 

Romilly Madew  

Elizabeth (Liz) Daly  

Karen Baldwin 

Kate MacDonald 

Owen Ravenscroft 

Hon. James Joseph Macken (Jim)  

Allan Collins 

Narrabeen Youth Club 

Northern Beaches Creative Leisure and Learning Inc. 

Couta Boat Club - Pittwater Chapter   

Mums For Mums Inc.   

Rob Brown OAM    

Nick Carroll   

Ray Gascoigne  

Reginald Charles Wood 

Roper Lars Scott (Buster) Brown Q.C.B.C.  

Northern Beaches Mums Market   

Northern Beaches Youth Bands 

Crew With Me 

Avalon Quilters 

Palm Beach SLSC Surf Boat Crews 2014  

Geoff Searl 

Tony Edwards  

Ken Beashel 

Rick Millar 

Lucinda Rose  

Lynleigh Grieg 

Beryl Driver 

The Antiques Masters Womens Boat Crew of Avalon Beach SLSC 

John Stephen Ayliffe 

Woolly Wednesday Community Knitting Group at Mona Vale Library 

Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay - Multihull Division 

Community Care (Northern Beaches) 

Peninsula Music Club 

Takashi Tachibana 

Bryan Webster 

Harry Bragg 

Ken Davidson 

Andrew (Andy) Cross  

Carol and Don McManus 

Gordon Lang  

Graham Howard  

June King  

Nada Herman 

Virginia Head 

Patrick McGrath  

Frances Black  

Pittwater Community Gardens  

Veterans Centre Sydney Northern Beaches (VCSNB) 

Barrenjoey Breakers Swim Group 

Michael King 

The Maritime Model Museum at Mona Vale  

Avalon Palm Beach Business Chamber Inc.    

Roger Sayers     

Adriaan van der Wallen    

Bob Head     

Robert Berry    

Ed Wells  

Louise Lindop  

Sandy Menzies   

Debby Waters  

Katherine Roberts   

Marian Purvis  

Warren Young OAM   

Matthew Sheridan  

Richard Stewart OAM 

Whale Beach SLSC 

Julie Janson  

Jamie Nilsson   

EcoTreasures   

The Palm Beach & Whale Beach Association Inc.   

Nan Bosler 

Tim Hixson     

Martin Lynch  

Fiona Rae, Annabelle Chapman, Diane van Ooi and Karen Begg: Palm Beach SLSC – Ladies Masters  

Adrian Boddy  

Reese Halter  

Avalon Art Gallery  

Manly Warringah Netball Association  

Daniel Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch  

Lisa Wilkes-Hunter  

Traudi Line  

Michael Stringer AM  

Jane Rosenson 

Ann Howard  

Cedric Vincent Williams 

Peter Carter  

Nat Bromhead 

Four New Presidents and A New Club Captain in our Sydney-Northern Beaches Branch: Andy Cross, Richard Cole, Frank Traugott, Peter Kinsey, Alex Tyrrell  

Pittwater Outrigger Racing Club  

Pittwater Dragon Boat Racing Club  

Palm Beach Longboarders Club 

Katarina Wells 

Computer Pals for Seniors Northern Beaches  

Christopher Chubb    

Jason Waterhouse    

Michelle Ball    

Brett Crowther    

Richard Cole     

Mona Vale SLSC Boat Club   

Antonia Hoddle  

West Pittwater.com.au - West Pittwater Community Association Website   

Thomas Victor Carroll - Tom Carroll  

Kayleigh Grieg 

Linda Haigh  

Northern Beaches Concert Band  

Michael Stanley-Jones  

Paul Collins  

Jessica b Watson  

Louise Park 

Warriewood SLSC Boat Section  

Liz Muir  

Anne Sargeant OAM  

Alexandra Tyrell  

Lorrie Morgan  

Permaculture Northern Beaches  

Cottage Point Rural Fire Brigade  

Penel Bigg  

Isabelle Wise 

Julie Hegarty   

Peninsula Community Gardens: Woolcott Reserve Newport   

Sydney Wildlife Rehabilitation Facility at Waratah Park 

Sydney Northern Beaches Woodturners Inc  

Megan Webster 

John W Stone  

Av Green Team   

Michael Kitching 

Avalon Boomerang Bags  

Jools Farrell  

Blaze Roberts 

Newport Arms Fishing Club 

Sarah Tait  

Avalon Bulldogs 2016 Premiership Teams Celebration 

Elanora Players 

Kurt and Robin Ottowa  

David Whiteman 

Avalon Computer Pals (AvPals) 

Narrabeen RSL Fishing Club 

Pittwater Pinks Dragon Boat Team and Club 

Mignon Parker  

J. L. Lennard Pty Ltd.   

Pumped for Life  

Russell Lamb  

Linda Buchan  

Bill Phillips  

Kamikaze Corner Roundabout Pop Up Art  

Jacqueline Andronicus 

Bob Langbein  

Paul Hughes 

Christine Hopton OAM: 2017 Reprise  

Meredith Rasdall