- June 2000 -
Volume 1, Issue 2; June 2000
Editorial
Thank you all for your kind words about the first edition of the newsletter. I am encouraged by the feedback and have taken to heart your suggestions. This newsletter update is the sum of the contributions you have made, and I thank all those who have added to this edition. If you want an item included simply e-mail the editor by clicking here. The deadline for this and all future newsletters will be the 20th of the month. This will mean that it can be distributed a couple of days later.
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In this Issue:
- Your Subscription Information
- Len Duck retires
- Roads and Drainage Survey and Water Survey
- Island Pictures
- Tennis Wharf Pontoon work
- Broken Bay Water Police
- Neighbourhood Watch News
- Church Point Carpark
- Scotland Island Players
- Delicious delivered food!
- Confidentiality - Shhhh!
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After many decades of service, Len Duck, Ferry Master extraordinaire, is to retire. Len is known to ALL of you. Through thick and thin, in all weather and with a unique charm, Len has provided us with a lifeline to the mainland. But more than that, he has been a friend to all, a fountain of knowledge, has done more for the tourist trade on the peninsula than any other and above all - a really decent, sensible and loving human being.
Len's final trips will be on Friday June 30th 2000.
Roads and Drainage Survey and Water Survey
As planned, these surveys were either delivered directly to households by the famous '32' distributors, or sent by post to all non resident owners.
By the 18th of June, all these surveys should have been collected by the distributors or posted back.
If you haven't filled in and returned your survey please do so without delay and get it to Brian Cross (9997-8820), Barry Haycock (9979-9025), Shirley Page (9997-1875), or Greg Roberts (9979-9599) by Sunday 25th of June
Grahame Cover is developing the format for the analysis and he is looking for some residents who would have a little time to help. Please phone Grahame on 9997-8724.
We plan to present the finished information to both residents and council by mid to late July.
Island Pictures
So far, the answers in the negative
Response to our request for historic (or even interesting) pictures of the island has been spectacularly underwhelming. But then, we are all so contemporary aren't we? Perhaps you have a relative who clicked a Kodak on these shores all those years ago? Or even banged off a Box Brownie at the cavorting at Bells wharf in the summer of '26?
Woodcuts, etchings, watercolours, acrylics, oils of the Island or its activities would be immensely valuable contributions to compiling the history of the Island now in the pipeline. Remember old Uncle Bert and Aunt Frederica who were so taken by the Pearl of Pittwater that they screamed their delight as the blazed away. The results would be turning brown in an album somewhere.
Carmen Ky (9997-5643) and Leicester Warburton (9997-4489) are standing by the phone waiting for your call. And our legs are aching something horrible.
Jennifer Knox Reports: The Tennis Wharf team has completed the new pontoon which is of great benefit to all who use it. It is stable and floating beautifully. Congratulations to all concerned.
Neighbourhood
Watch
A reminder that neighbourhood watch area coordinators will meet in late July. Brian Cross will contact each person concerned.
Church Point Carpark:
Further to public enthusiasm expressed for more car parking at Church Point, with some private spaces being available for lease, a proposal for a new car park for the community has been developed by Barrelle Partners Architects for Scotland Island resident Ron Barrelle. This proposal has reached a stage where it should be put on public exhibition reasonably soon to get a community response.
The
broad principles of the proposal are :
An
extra 100 – 120 cars are proposed in addition to the existing
300 now in the car park.
However, 400 (plus) cars will not fit in the existing car park.
Therefore, 200 spaces will stay in the current car park and the rest
will be in a ground plus one level car park located between Mini Mart
and Mitchells.
Some
of these (on the bottom layer) will be available to purchase as lease
- probably 21 years. Dinghy tie up / storage is also proposed,
with bike storage, etc.
A
shelter at commuter wharf is proposed as a drop off point for kids /
parcels, etc. The upper deck will be 2.4m above the existing road
(about the same height as “No Parking” signs) and will be
landscaped to minimise any impact from the water or the houses above.
The extra space in the existing car park (generated by the car numbers there reducing) is to go into a parkland proposal for a public recreation. This was a primary condition to get mainland agreement.
Confidentiality - A Guarantee:
The mailing list associated with this newsletter is protected by Microsoft and they offer a guarantee that no one will ever get a copy of the list. SIRA also agrees that the list will never be published. In all truth - they don't even have a list :) No attachments are included with this, or any future newsletter.
News from the Broken Bay Water Police:
Brian Cross reports: The police report that they are shortly to take delivery of five new vessels to vastly improve the functionality of the service in our area. It is expected that the new boats will be delivered in the near future and that at least one of the new 56' vessels and one of the 27' cats will be permanently based at Church Point
The players are looking for keen people to take part in their next planned production. Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' is on the bill and should prove to be a great show, if previous productions can be used as a guide! If you are interested in participating, either as a player or behind the scenes, please give Jillian Unwin (9979-8578) or Rod Charls (9488-9791) a ring.
Takeaway or Home Delivery:
For those times when you are just plain exhausted after a day’s work, or you want to entertain someone without the hassle of cooking, Iris Ong – Andersson will look after you. Specialising in Asian food (Curries, Laksas, Stir-fries), she will prepare it for collection, or will deliver it to you if you prefer. Ring Iris on 9979 6821 or 0412 666 083 for details of her menu and prices.
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