Profile of the Week Peninsula Seniors Toy Recyclers: Call out for Toys - 50th Year to be Celebrated in 2025
History Boulton's Jetty on 'Old Mangrove Bay' + Newport hotel jetty + Newport Public wharf: Some history
Park Bench Philosophers Troubled waters: how to stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct
Pictures Turimetta Moods: November 2024 by Joe Mills
Food Spinach (or Kale), Ricotta and Chicken (or Mushrooms) Cannelloni: Spring Dishes to give you Vim!
If you may find a roast chicken on Sunday now means leftovers. Here is a simple recipe to turn leftovers into a feast that’s loaded with a few ancient ingredients that are still proving their worth in beneficial health today. We also make this dish with mushrooms for lighter fare - and it's perfect for those one day hot next day cool days of Spring - littlies will love it too.
Community News Appeal for information after projectiles thrown at B-Line buses, Carols on the Green 2024 at Av. Bowlo, Libs Announce former RSL NSW President as 2025 Candidate for Mackellar, Boondah Road, Warriewood - Upgrade: feedback sought, Government ends unfair ticketless parking fine system, Peninsula Seniors Toy Recyclers: Call out for Toys, New information to support strata communities and assist with property owner strata debt, Australia Post unveils festive new stamp collection for Christmas 2024, Hon Michael Knight AO appointed to Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Tribunal, Newport Community Garden, Elanora Heights Christmas Market: Saturday November 30, Just Launched: Living Ocean's OceanSounds!, Monika's Doggie Rescue Pets of the Week: Charlie + Cara, New household battery incentives now available for NSW, Boost for Faith community safety with $5 million funding, Legal matters made easier with new Legal Aid NSW client portal, Marine Rescue Broken Bay New Leading Crew, VXOne NSW State Championship 2024-2025, Avalon Boomerang Bags: Festive Bags, Newport Residents Association Meeting: Guest Superintendent John Duncan, Anticipation builds for the Hansa World and International Championships, Dippers at Warriewood Beach, Pittwater Ocean Swim Series 2025, Children's Art Class With Meredith Rasdall, Council's Draft Child Safe Policy and Child Safe Code of Conduct: Have your say, Safer Neighbourhoods Program: Narrabeen to Mona Vale, Avalon Beach to Palm Beach Safety Zone - have your say, 2024 Spiral NSW State Championships: Pittwater, Shoosh for Youngsters: Calling all junior summer sports!, New technology to detect floods and bushfires: Grants open, Council's Draft Managing Unreasonable Conduct by Complainant Policy: Have Your Say, Pittwater Offshore Newsletter: November 2024, Eramboo Artist in Residence program applications, Life-saving defibrillators available for NSW sports facilities, $5 million available for NSW Surf Clubs, 2024 Anzac Community Grants applications open, Marine Rescue Broken Bay: Christmas Raffle 2024, Whale Beach SLSC: Members Needed, Pittwater Organisations, Sports, Social, Environment and Groups Lists
Environment Ruskin Rowe Tree Vigil Update: November 2024, NCC: NSW must strengthen Biodiversity Offset laws as threatened species list grows: 48 uplisted in 2024, NSW Government Approves HumeLink transmission link, Framework to support NSW’s clean energy future announced, Birds at Our Window: Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Helping map Monaro koala populations, Crown Reserves Improvement Fund Grants now open: Closes November 22, NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the management of cat populations in New South Wales: open for submissions until November 22, Garigal National Park: ‘1080 pest management’, Events: Invitation to NBCAN Picnic and Soapbox Sunday 17 November + The Koalas: Film Screening at Collaroy - Nov. 17 + African Violet Show and sale + Introduction to Permaculture Course: Nov. 23-24 at Narrabeen, Avalon Film Festival 2024 + Silver Surfers + Ocean Festival 2024: 30 November - 8 December + Free Festive Fun at the Coastal Environment Centre: 1 December 2024 + Solar & Energy Roadshow – Narrabeen Tramshed: Dec 12, NSW Water Consultations open for Public Submissions: Billabong Creek EIS; NSW Recycled Water Roadmap; Murrumbidgee water sharing plan; Gwydir water sharing plan; Macquarie/Wambuul water sharing plan; Namoi-Peel water sharing plan; Macquarie-Wambuul Water Security Project, Hunter Coast national parks now hiring, Science To Revive Our Oceans: SIM's has a PHD Opportunity - operation Crayweed, Discussion paper: Review and report into the NSW wildlife rehabilitation sector, ‘Catastrophic declines’: massive data haul reveals why so many plants and animals suffer after fire, ‘Death hotspot’: we found 145 koalas killed along a single Queensland highway last year, Tiny oceanic plankton adapted to warming during the last ice age but probably won’t survive future climate change – new study, The COP29 climate talks are about to kick off in Baku; Here’s what to expect, A single atom can change the colour of a bird; These are the genes responsible, Mangroves in the Maldives have been drowning as sea level rises – new study, You will soon be able to power your house with your electric car; Here’s how, If our hot water heaters ran off daytime solar we would slash emissions and soak up cheap energy, Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the 2024 Booker prize – a short but powerful story urging us to save the planet, A beginner’s guide to greenwash and four ways to avoid falling for it, Scientific models trust the land to soak up lots of CO₂ – the reality is a lot more messy, Companies are buying up cheap carbon offsets − data suggest it’s more about green-washing than helping the climate, Authoritarian fossil fuel states keep hosting climate conferences – how do these regimes operate and what do they want?, Prime time for cicadas: what a once-in-1,547-year bug population surge tells us about the nature of reality, Plastic Bread Ties For Wheelchairs, Volunteers for Barrenjoey Lighthouse Tours, Stay Safe From Mosquitoes, Mountain Bike Incidents On Public Land: Survey, Report fox sightings, Marine Wildlife Rescue Group on the Central Coast, Watch out - shorebirds about, Possums In Your Roof?: do the right thing, Aviaries + Possum Release Sites Needed, Bushcare in Pittwater: where + when, Friends Of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Activities, Gardens and Environment Groups and Organisations in Pittwater, Ringtail Posses, Pittwater Reserves: histories + Notes + Pictorial Walks, Pittwater's Birds, + more
Aquatics Australian Boardriders Battle Central Round at North Narrabeen: Freshwater Boardriders win
Children Sunday Cartoons: "Laika & Nemo" - by Jan Gadermann & Sebastian Gadow, All 4 One at Schools Spectacular first combined rehearsal, Christmas Ads 2024: clebrating the most wonderful time of the year, Curious Kids: how did spoken language start? + Why do we need soap? + What is dew? + How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths + Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?, Stories this Issue: If Mice Pulled the Sleigh (kids books read aloud) + 'Fresh Juice' read by Da'Vine Joy Randolph + More.
Youth All 4 One at Schools Spectacular first combined rehearsal, Have a plan – 5 ways young people can stay safe at schoolies, National anti-vaping program for young Australians, TAFE Fee-free* courses - semester 1 2025 enrol now, TAFE NSW apprentice plumber gets a jump on career to join next-gen tradies, Natteisha waltzes into new career shaping young hearts and minds, Word Of The Week: Delightful, Government to impose ‘duty of care’ on digital platforms: Communications Minister Rowland, The Incas used mysterious stringy objects called ‘khipus’ to record data; We just got a step closer to understanding them, Why is the oboe used to tune an orchestra?; And other questions about tuning answered, A 41-million-digit prime number is the biggest ever found – but mathematicians’ search for perfection will continue, Meta now allows military agencies to access its AI software; It poses a moral dilemma for everybody who uses it, TikTok and WHO are getting together to help combat widespread health misinformation on social media, Stitched: from high-born women to crofters’ daughters, exhibition showcases two centuries of Scotland’s finest embroidered art, Five animals that behave differently in moonlight, Cacti are surprisingly fragile – and five other intriguing facts about these spiky wonders, Ancient Greece’s cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought – new research, Can you sleep your way to better decision making?; Here’s what the science says, London: Lost Interiors – new book provides a rare look inside of Victorian, Edwardian and early 20th century houses, A distant planet seems to have a sulphur-rich atmosphere, hinting at alien volcanoes, + local services for you
Seniors Pittwater Chillies winners in Pan Pacs 2024, Where and when no news is bad news, Ageing and Disability Commission data shows increased reports about abuse by relatives, Scam prevention framework crucial step towards protecting older Australians from scams, Report shows aged care providers’ concerns over Australia’s readiness for an ageing population, Aged & Community Care Providers Association requests delay in Nurses pay-rise, ASIC’s lawsuit against Cbus has put the big super funds on notice, Australia has backed away from plans to introduce local quotas on streaming platforms – again, Silver Surfers Event: November 29, Vale Leon Paroissien: the first director of the Museum of Contemporary Art who shaped how Australians experience art, AvPals Term 4 2024, Brain-training games remain unproven, but research shows what sorts of activities do benefit cognitive functioning, Local events, services, groups for you + more
DIY Ideas Spring Garden Care + A Salad Garden For Children: Inspire them to Grow what they will Eat this Summer
Inbox News NDIS providers put on notice about consequences of misleading advertising: ACCC, ACCC publishes ‘free range’ labelling guidance for poultry industries for a potential H5N1 outbreak, Online games should not be included in Australia’s social media ban – they are crucial for kids’ social lives: USyd., Increased support for women with severe menopause symptoms, Applications open for program to boost women’s employment opportunities in NSW, New appointees to Venues NSW board, More paramedics and call takers to join NSW Ambulance, Free dental check-ups for NSW children, NSW to rollout new free RSV prevention program in 2025, Our new study shows teen vaping is linked to childhood trauma; Here’s why it might be harder to quit, ACCC to livestream public hearings for Supermarkets Inquiry, Domestic airfares increase amid reduced airline competition, Mail order company Magnamail in court for alleged misrepresentations to hundreds of thousands of consumers, Blackstone’s proposed acquisition of I’rom raises concerns, Sigma and Chemist Warehouse proposed merger not opposed; subject to undertaking, Shortsightedness is on the rise in children; There’s more we can do than limit screen time
Events Carols-Carols-CAROLS!, Christmas Panto at MV for Littlies - get in quick, Introduction to Permaculture Course at Narrabeen, RPAYC and RMYC events, Regattas, Schools Hols sailing options, Solar & Energy Roadshow at Narrabeen Tramshed, Music -music - MUSIC!, Ocean Festival 2024, Christmas Markets, Book events, Flower Show, Local NYE options, Social Groups, Dancing classes + more.