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Sixteen year old, 

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World Cup tour 

The Iteramnia World 

Cup is considered the 

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this year 108 countries 

will compete in the event. 

A Handball team 

comprises seven players, 

including the goalie. In 

Australia, the sport is 

rapidly gaining in 

popularity. It is currently 

played in seven states and 

territories and Australia 

has competed at the 

Sydney Oympics, the 

Youth Olympic Games in 

Singapore and in many 

senior world 

championships. 

“This development 

tour is a key part of the 

AHF’s (Australian 

Handball Federation) 

ongoing strategy for 

athletes like myself now 

and for gaining Olympic 

representation for 

Australia in the future,” 

Carter said before leaving 

for Europe. 

Carter’s tour was selffunded 

and in the weeks 

leading up to it, he raised 

almost $1,000 towards his 

costs. 

In early May, Greg 

Donnelly, Labor MLC 

and local resident, placed 

a Question on Notice in 

the Legislative Council 

requesting information 

about the number of 

demountable classrooms 

in public primary 

schools, high schools and 

TAFE Colleges within 

the Hornsby electorate. 

He was ‘gobsmacked’ to 

find that Cherrybrook 

Technology High School 

has a total of 37 such 

classrooms onsite. 

“I almost fell off my 

chair when I saw this 

figure. Demountable 

classrooms do have a role 

in accommodating 

students in certain 

circumstances, but 37 at 

one school. It is like 

having a demountable 

school within a school,” 

Mr. Donnelly said on June 

18. 

A school parent with 

whom we spoke, broadly 

confirmed Mr. Donnelly’s 

assertion, 

“I can’t say exactly 

how many but there’s a 

‘sh..load’,” he said. “It 

isn’t fair to the kids but 

what do you expect when 

nothing is being spent on 

Education, Hospitals, 

Roads etc.” 

“Demountables are only 

supposed to be a short 

term solution for schools 

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“Refusing to replace 

them with air conditioned 

and well equipped 

permanent classrooms 

will only disadvantage 

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Mr Donnelly said and 

quoted from an October 

2009 press release from 

Education Minister 

Adrian Piccoli who at that 

time in Opposition said: 

“Every parent, teacher 

and student knows that 

learning in a demountable 

classroom is no 

alternative to learning in 

a real classroom.” 

Other local public 

schools with large 

numbers of demountables 

include: Hornsby South – 

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Asquith Girls’ High – 9; 

and Hornsby North – 7. 

“I am not criticising 

school staffs who are 

doing their best in 

difficult circumstances. 

“My criticism is 

directed towards the State 

Member for Hornsby, 

Matt Kean. He either does 

not know about these 

unacceptable school 

accommodation matters 

or he is ignoring them. 

Either way, he should be 

condemned for failing to 

deal with this important 

issue in his electorate. 

“This of course comes 

on top of the O’Farrell 

Government’s 

announcement in January 

this year to scrap the 

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POSTBOX 

Sir, 

Ron Koutchavlis of 

herrybrook is dead 

ight that two key points 

n the ‘Third Track’ 

etition are noise and air 

ollution from freight 

rains. He’s right, too, 

hat signatories include 

any who deplore 

rowing diesel traffic 

long Pennant Hills Road. 

or can anyone dispute 

is point that noise 

ollution is ‘already 

here’. 

TIDC – the State body 

esponsible for the NWRL 

n 2006 – officially 

eported the alreadyxcessive 

noise levels 

long the Epping to 

eecroft portion of the 

ain North Line: In this 

ection of existing track, 

the current noise levels 

already exceed the DEC’s 

“Maximum Levels”. The 

report also confirmed that 

quadruplication and 

reduced offset distances 

can lift the future average 

noise to 2½ times its 

former level. 

Significantly, the 

maximum noise levels to 

be imposed on residents 

are not subject to any 

effective regulation. The 

government knows it 

cannot meet ‘reasonable 

and feasible’ criteria. The 

loudest, most grating 

component – wheel squeal 

– is nowhere properly 

addressed. Is that 

omission due to 

carelessness, 

incompetence, bias or an 

intention to deceive? 

CROSS~tALK 

KidsGames 

Yes, it’s on again this year 

– 

KidsGames – the best kid thing on earth 

Each year many excited children meet at 

Thornleigh Community Baptist Church for a 

week long holiday club based on sport, games 

and the creative arts. 

The sports activities are held at Headen Park – 

weather permitting. 

KidsGames are held in over 150 countries 

throughout the world! And this holiday club has 

an added ‘compassion’ dimension – the children 

are encouraged to bring in small items to help fill 

shoe boxes – these shoe boxes are then 

distributed by Operation Christmas Child to 

needy children in many countries. 

Our local KidsGames will be held from 

9th – 13th July from 9.00am – 12.30pm daily. 

A number of local churches combine to run the 

club where children from Year 1 to Year 6 have 

lots of fun playing games, improving their skills in 

soccer and other sports or being involved in 

creative activities, as well as a Bible Discovery 

time with stories, drama and small group 

activities. 

So don’t miss 

out ! 

- registration is essential and places are limited - 

contact Sue on 0438 841 868 for more 

information, or pick up a registration form at 

Thornleigh Community Baptist Church Office 

15 – 17 Duffy Ave. Thornleigh. 

2 — Monthly Chronicle, June/July 2012 

It’s easy to pull the wool 

over the eyes of a 

community who do not 

regularly grapple with 

decibels. The government 

buys time by masking the 

permanent and 

predictable damage 

inherent in their plans – 

relying on us not to ‘wake 

up’ figuratively until we 

are repeatedly woken up 

physically, with the 

damage already 

irrevocable. 

The ethical crux of the 

matter is plain: we’ve 

been systematically 

deceived. Worse, we 

leave the deception 

unchallenged. 

Plainly, the ‘public 

consultation’ sessions – 

which skim over damage 

to health, well-being and 

the environment – are a 

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Representatives of 

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pressure, identified their 

short-sighted proposal as 

predestined, with a 

definite start date. We’re 

being duped and run over 

roughshod. 

Our residents are not 

selfish, as Mr Koutchavlis 

claims. We actively 

support the proposed 

NWRL, for example. We 

did, however, thoughtfully 

and successfully campaign 

against the profoundly 

disfiguring ‘above-ground’ 

option that was the 

government’s first 

incompetent plan. 

Residents were heard 

because they had 

responsibly informed 

themselves about its ugly 

foreseeable consequences. 

There’s a known 

solution, too, to the 

government’s freight 

problems – though there’s 

no lazy ‘quick fix’. The 

excellent solution is the 

Western Option – 

officially recommended 

for an early start by the 

late Mahla Pearlman. An 

impatient freight industry 

cannot brutally trample 

health rights and quality 

of life, to the detriment 

of communities who’ve 

scrupulously respected 

their environment for a 

century. The 

government’s clumsy 

proposal to retrofit a 

Third Rail trivializes the 

permanent physiological 

stress and sleep disruption 

that will result. 

More importantly – for 

the sake of the whole 

State – the government 

must live up to its 

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avowed goal of 

accountability. We look 

forward to the day when 

Ms Berejiklian notices the 

unethical nature of 

‘consultations’ founded on 

a hidden fait accompli, 

and stops them dead in 

their tracks. We applaud 

Greg Smith for his 

immediate recognition of 

the problem. 

A community gets what 

it settles for. It’s only too 

late if we don’t act now! 

J.Cox 

Cheltenham 

Sir, 

I am astounded the 

Northern Sydney Region 

of Councils (NSROC) 

supported by way of a 16 

page A4 coloured booklet 

and 36 page ‘Supporting 

Research Update by 

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 

based on the Hon Mahla 

Pearlam AO’s 2007 

review of the 2004 SKM 

study, recommends two, 

two lane tunnels to 

connect the F3 and M2 at 

West Pennant Hills. 

Both the SKM and 

Pearlman reports found 

that regardless of the 

tunnels a western 

connection of the M7 to 

the F3 near Somersby 

should be completed by 

2121. 

This NSROC report did 

not disclose that if the 

tunnels were to be built, 

the F3 and Hawkesbury 

bridges would have to be 

widened, speed limits 

reduced and Pennant Hills 

Road widened to six lanes 

to James Ruse Drive. 

Why waste money and 

increase traffic delays on 

Pennant Hills Road 

whilst the NSROC 

proposal is carried out 

when a far better, quicker 

and cheaper option exists 

that would also cause 

minimal traffic 

disruption? 

Peter Waite 

Pennant Hills 

Sir, 

In response to Mr 

Koutchavlis’ letter in last 

month’s Chronicle, I also 

had hoped that the 

proposed dedicated 

freight rail track would 

give relief from the 

number of trucks on 

Pennant Hills Road. 

On enquiry at a meeting 

with Mr Justin Maguire, 

Principal Manager Freight 

and Regulation at 

Transport for New South 

Wales, Mr Maguire stated 

that both road and rail 

freight will increase 

incrementally by 1.5% 

annually, along the 

north/south route. Trains 

mainly convey containers 

and trucks carry goods 

directly to their required 

destination. 

We’d all love a magic 

bullet to relieve Pennant 

Hills Road, but this isn’t 

it! 

The main thrust of the 

petition referred to, was in 

fact to ask for the removal 

of the exemption for 

freight-related noise 

pollution, either by rail or 

road, within N.S.W... The 

track through Pennant 

Hills Station is flat and 

straight...not a good 

position to observe this 

problem. Whereas on the 

track winding up the 

steep incline from Epping 

all the way to Pennant 

Hills, the noise pollution 

can be unbearable. 

Bronwen. Murray-Prior 

Pennant Hills 

Sir, 

There could not have 

been a more auspicious 

date for release of the 

news in May about 

Australia’s involvement in 

the Square Kilometre 

Array (SKA). The 

decision must surely rate 

as the most important 

event of this year, a 

landmark in history that 

will be remembered long 

after all other recent 

news stories are 

forgotten. 

The proposal envisages 

the biggest and most 

advanced instrument in 

radio astronomy, a 

technological leap of 

hundreds of years. It is 

the culmination of a new 

branch of science that 

started right here, in 

what is known among 

overseas scientists as 

Hornsby Valley. 

In the late 1940’s, the 

(then) CSIR set up nine 

radio astronomy stations 

around Sydney, including 

one at Hornsby Valley 

from 1948 to 1955. 

One of the many 

pioneering projects here 

was the 1946 Moonbounce 

experiment, when 

radio emissions directed 

at the moon from 

Shepparton were received 

in Hornsby Valley and 

provided an accurate 

measurement of the 

distance from Earth to the 

Moon. 

In 1952, the 

International Union of 

Radio Science Congress 

was held in Hornsby 

Valley, the world’s 

birthplace of radio 

astronomy. 

The historic radio 

astronomy array was lost 

in a bushfire that swept 

up the valley. 

And what about the 

date of last month’s news? 

Because Monday 28th 

May 2012 marked one 

hundred years after a key 

member of that team of 

explorers, Ruby Payne- 

Scott, was born in 

Grafton. 

The third woman to 

graduate in physics at 

Sydney University, and the 

world’s second radio 

astronomer, Ruby Payne- 

Scott was a pioneer of 

RADAR and radio 

astronomy, described by 

another leading physicist 

as: “One of the best 

physicists that Australia 

has ever produced.” 

The story about our 

local hero was detailed in 

the book by Claire 

Hooker: Women in 

Australian Science, 

published by Melbourne 

University Press, ISBN 0 

522 85107 and sold in 

ABC shops. 

Gordon Limburg, 

Mount Kuring-gai 

Sir, 

Commuter Parking in 

Pennant Hills 

So the NSW 

Government is to spend 

$170m on nine commuter 

parking projects but not 

including Pennant Hills. 

The selection criteria is 

not known but if it is 

based on the availability 

of State Rail land we 

know that they have 

different plans for 

Pennant Hills. The 

proposed new rail freight 

rail track on the western 

side of the station will 

mean substantial 

construction works, a 

narrowing of Yarrara 

Road, significantly 

impacted commuter 

accessibility, the loss of all 

the significant tree growth 

and the station one of the 

best features of the 

Pennant Hills centre 

being lost. 

Interestingly Hornsby 

Council in its new LEP 

work were proposing the 

rezoning of the Pennant 

Hills Hotel site to permit 

the development of a 

public car park. This idea 

was subsequently 

retracted with Council’s 

Business Papers reporting 

that “provision of public 

carparking within the 

Centre would be reviewed 

as part of the Pennant 

Hills Masterplan.” 

In its 2009 Housing 

Strategy, Council 

concluded that the 

Pennant Hills centre 

required detailed 

masterplanning because 

“known traffic problems” 

were a severe limitation or 

prohibition to increased 

residential density, but in 

2010 they back-flipped 

and approved 5 storey 

residential development 

in Fisher Avenue/Trebor 

Road immediately 

adjacent to the Pennant 

Hills centre. Now in 2012 

Council appears to be 

suggesting that commuter 

traffic and parking is 

adding to the “known 

traffic problems” in and 

around the centre. 

The mind boggles! 

Brian Ash, 

Pennant Hills 

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Monthly Chronicle, June/July 2012 — 3 

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HIGH 

RANGE 

About 7.40pm on 

aturday, June 16 a 61 

ear old male was driving 

green ford motor vehicle 

outh West on Pennant 

ills Road at Thornleigh 

hen he lost control of 

he vehicle and collided 

ith the median strip. 

This caused the vehicle 

o spin around and the 

ront to collide heavily 

ith a power pole, damage 

as such that the vehicle 

equired towing. 

The rear of the vehicle 

hen collided with the rear 

f an unattended motor 

ehicle causing minor 

amage. 

The male was conveyed 

o Hornsby police station 

here he recorded a 

ositive breath test 

eading of 0.200. 

He will appear at 

ornsby Local Court on 

hursday, July 12 charged 

ith ‘Drive with High 

ange PCA’. 

Shovel Ready, (l-r) Paul Fletcher MP, Dr. Leon Clark, 

Federal and State Health Ministers, Tanya Plibersek and 

Jillian Skinner prepare to turn some sods at the Education 

Centre’s Ground Breaking ceremony. 

COUNCIL TO ACQUIRE CLUB 

Hornsby Shire Council 

is in the process of 

acquiring the West 

Epping Bowling Club 

from the Panthers Group. 

Settlement is expected to 

occur in August. 

Council intends to 

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space and will work with 

the community to develop 

a recreational facilities 

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The site is adjacent to 

Council’s West Epping 

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NEW HOUSING 

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The community is being 

invited to comment on 

design controls for a new 

housing subdivision on 

the former B2 freeway 

lands site in South 

Turramurra. 

The site, owned jointly 

by Ku-ring-gai Council 

and the NSW Department 

of Planning, was 

previously part of the 

planned B2 road corridor 

to link the F3 and M2 

motorways. This option 

was abandoned by the 

then State Government in 

1996. 

The 3.5 hectare 

undeveloped site between 

Chisholm and Barwon 

Avenues will be turned into 

a subdivision for more than 

20 new homes. 

“The new subdivision 

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The project, initiated by 

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Stage 1 of the Education 

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large and small soccer 

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fields are used for cricket. 

Next to these fields is an 

indoor sports centre run 

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provides a range of indoor 

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Part of the site also 

incorporates a pre-school. 

The lower part of the Park 

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homes on single lots. It’s 

very rare for new low 

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For the Epping 

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local community for over 

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Patricia is the 

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machine for Hornsby 

Hospital. 

Castle Hill MP Dominic 

Perrottet nominated Bev 

Cole of West Pennant 

Hills as his electorate’s 

Woman of the Year in 

recognition of her 

dedication and 

commitment to helping 

the frail aged and 

disabled as Manager 

of Pennant Hills 

Neighbour Aid. 

DECISION DEFERRED 

Beecroft residents 

acked Hornsby Council 

hamber on Thursday, 

June 7 for a determination 

by the Joint Regional 

Planning Panel (JRPP) of a 

proposed 51 unit 

affordable housing 

development for seniors 

proposed by Uniting Care 

Ageing on property 

abutting Hannah Street 

and Copeland Road, 

Beecroft (behind the 

existing Uniting Church 

on Beecroft Road). 

While allowing that there 

is a need for affordable 

housing for seniors within 

the local area, residents 

supported by Local MP 

Greg Smith, objected to the 

development on many 

grounds, the over arching 

argument being the 

development’s failure to 

pass ‘The Character Test’. 

It was stridently argued 

that the placing of five 

storey buildings on this 

site would destroy the 

existing character of this 

heritage precinct which 

contains a number of fine 

Federation homes. 

The proposed 

development had 

previously been refused by 

Hornsby Shire Council and 

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Greg Smith MP and Epping 

Woman of the Year, Patricia Long 

Clr. Hutchence in his 

address to the Panel said 

that Council’s Housing 

Strategy allows for five 

storey development on the 

eastern side of Beecroft 

Road not on the western 

side where this site is 

located amongst sensitive 

bushland and heritage 

housing. 

“If you want this type of 

development this (the 

Eastern side of the road) is 

where it should go,” he 

said. 

David Clark, representing 

Beecroft 

Cheltenham Civic Trust 

agreed, 

“It uses the pending 

rezoning of the Beecroft 

Shopping Village in an 

attempt to justify 

development on land 

which is subject to totally 

different zoning 

requirements,” he said. 

The applicant’s 

representatives attempted 

to downplay these 

criticisms claiming little of 

the housing stock 

surrounding the site was of 

worthy heritage 

significance and that 

plantings would eventually 

soften views of the 

development. 

Neighbouring owners 

and residents also argued 

Dominic Perrottet MP and Castle Hill 

woman of the Year, Bev Cole 

against the development on 

the following grounds: loss 

of trees; loss of privacy for 

local residents through 

overlooking from both the 

proposed buildings and 

driveway; noise; the impact 

of the buildings on the 

Copeland Road streetscape; 

concern for pedestrian 

safety on the development’s 

shared access road and 

concerns about parking and 

traffic on the already 

crowded Hannah Street and 

Copeland Road. 

BIG GUNS FOR 

BIG QUESTIONS 

Economics, Ethics and 

the Good Society is the 

title of a special 

discussion/forum to be 

held from 7.30pm until 

9pm on Thursday, July 26 

in the Cathedral Hall at 

the end of Yardley 

Avenue, Waitara. 

Two major questions to 

be considered are: Why 

worry about Spain, Ireland, 

Greece and China? And 

are we truly the Lucky 

Country? 

Those leading the 

discussion are among the 

top economists and 

business writers in 

Australia today. 

Professor Emeritus Ian 

Harper one of Australia’s 

best known economists 

will set the scene and 

lively discussion is 

expected to follow from 

both the audience and : 

Peter Martin, Economics 

ASSAULT 

A 63 year old 

Thornleigh man and his 

wife walked across 

Pennant Hills Road from 

The Commenarra 

Parkway at about 1.50pm 

on Sunday, June 3. They 

were followed by a male 

in his early 20’s, slim to 

medium build, 6 feet tall, 

dark eyes, clean shaven, 

olive skinned, possibly 

European and wearing a 

light grey ‘hoodie’ with 

dark pants. 

The couple stopped to 

look at the caryard on the 

corner and at this point 

an argument arose with 

the young male suspect 

spitting towards the man’s 

face and throwing 4-5 

In his conclusion, David 

Clark said, 

“The Trust is not 

opposed to an appropriate 

higher density than 

currently exists on this site 

but at a scale which can be 

accommodated within the 

surrounding location. The 

present proposal is 

completely out of scale.” 

After almost an hour’s 

deliberation, the JRRP 

decided to defer its decision 

on the development for one 

month giving the applicant 

an opportunity to submit 

amended plans to address 

issues including: height, 

privacy (overlooking), 

pedestrian access and 

drainage. 

correspondent for The Age 

(Melbourne); Monica 

Attard formerly of the 

ABC and the Global Mail 

News website (http:// 

www.theglobalmail.org) 

and Matthew Wade, 

Economics writer for the 

Sydney Morning Herald 

who has a particular 

interest in aid and 

development issues. 

You are invited to bring 

your questions (and 

answers). If you require 

further information 

contact Joan Pavitt 

9483 2314 

(joan.pavitt@dbb.org.au). 

punches at his head. 

A passer-by saw the 

commotion and stopped to 

render assistance. The 

suspect then commenced 

walking north along 

Pennant Hills Road. 

BUDGETS - 

AN UNDERRATED BUSINESS TOOL 

By Sid Edwards 

No doubt many of you 

have heard stories of 

organisations preparing 

budgets. Many of these 

stories relate to unrealistic 

budgets being forced onto 

various managers or 

organisations of which 

they have no hope of 

meeting. This type of 

story gives a bad name to 

what is actually an 

important management 

tool. 

The use of a properly 

calculated and constructed 

budget is a great 

management tool to guide a 

manager to both improve 

income and expense 

control. Further, the 

budget is a realistic target 

for the manager or business 

owner to try and achieve. 

The fact that a budget is 

not met, that is a problem. 

The budget can show that 

an expectation generated 

earlier in the financial year 

has not been achieved. 

As an example, the 

budget could be set on the 

basis that the business sold 

a specific number of units 

of a product during a 

specific month of the year. 

If the budget expectation is 

not met then the business 

operator can examine why 

something that was 

thought to occur did not 

occur. The reason why 

something did or did not 

occur is the important fact. 

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ongoing basis to ensure 

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KEYS TO CREATIVITY By Bill Aitken 

(l-r) Sean Xiao Gong, Natasha Ivanovsky – Perkins, Christina Brown and Sidney 

McDonald at the Trinity College Award Ceremony at The King’s School. 

The keys of her piano 

have stimulated the 

creativity of 

Normanhurst Pianist, 

Music Teacher and 

Composer Natalia 

(Natasha) Ivanovsky – 

Perkins throughout her 

life. 

For over 30 years, 

Natasha who holds both 

performance and teaching 

qualifications from Trinity 

College London (ATCL 

and LTCL), has taught 

piano in the Normanhurst 

area. Among her students 

have been her daughters, 

Christina (Brown) and 

Devi (Marmak), both of 

whom attended 

Normanhurst Public 

School and Hornsby Girls’ 

High School and both of 

whom have established 

their own teaching careers 

in Piano and Dance. 

Natasha was born in 

Shanghai of Russian 

parents. After a year in 

Hong Kong, the family 

migrated to Australia in 

1958. Later Natasha, who 

commenced her Music 

studies in China, lived in 

USA where she studied 

under Vecheslav 

Leonidovich Ordynsky 

and with the pianist 

composer, Peter Coraggio. 

On her return to Sydney, 

she studied with Isador 

O GRASS ALLOWED TO GROW 

The meeting was 

djourned, the Mayor left 

he Chamber and a 

elligerent resident in 

avour of maintaining the 

tatus quo of the former 

ornsby Pony Club site 

n Schofields Parade, 

ennant Hills was 

emoved when a report on 

he future use of the site 

as considered at 

ornsby Council’s 

eeting on June 20. 

State Minister for the 

nvironment, Robyn 

arker has confirmed that 

he land in question will 

e included in the 

roposed Berowra 

ational Park. However, 

his does not rule out the 

ventual use of the land 

s a sports-ground, nor 

oes it rule out the 

ossibility of the 

stablishment of a 

ountain bike track 

hrough Stringybark Ridge 

currently under 

onsideration. 

To excise the land for a 

portsground, a new Plan 

of Management would 

need to be prepared and 

adopted by the Minister 

and this would require a 

Review of Environmental 

Factors (REF) or an 

Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to assess 

the impacts on flora and 

fauna including: land 

modification; sowing and 

maintenance of exotic turf; 

increased water and 

nutrients; weed plumes; 

further clearing for 

infrastructure; sewage 

treatment; lighting upon 

nocturnal animals; 

improvements to the 

access road; provision of 

parking and the impact of 

increased traffic on 

neighbouring streets. 

Similarly an EIS or REF 

would need to be carried 

out regarding a Mountain 

Bike Track. 

Council’s report states 

that the process outlined 

here would typically take 

around 18 months to 

complete. The report also 

estimates the cost of 

developing the land as a 

sportsground (including 

lighting and amenities) to 

be approximately $2 – 3 

million plus a further 

$200,000 - $500,000 for 

an on-site system to 

capture and re-use water 

and a possible further $1 

million for upgrades to 

the site access road and 

parking. 

Clr. McMurdo moved 

that the Council again 

write to local MPs and the 

Minister advising them 

that whilst Council 

recognises a shortage of 

playing fields in the 

Pennant Hills/ 

Cherrybrook area, Council 

does not support the 

creation of a sports ground 

at the former Pony Club 

site at Stringybark Ridge, 

or anywhere else in the 

Berowra Valley Regional 

Park, due to impacts on 

surrounding high quality 

bushland. Instead, Council 

supports the creation of 

sports grounds only on 

degraded lands. The letter, 

she said, should also 

request the State Members 

to advise Sydney Water to 

WE’VE DOUBLED 

IN 46 YEARS! 

According to the 

nternet’s McCrindle 

pdate, Australia will hit 

ts new population 

ilestone of 23million 

eople around 7am on 

unday August 26, 2012. 

In 1966 our population 

had just hit 11.5 million, 

so it has doubled in 46 

years and it has taken just 

over two and a half years 

to add our most recent 

million. 

enter into negotiations for 

the transfer to Council of 

its land at Quarter Sessions 

Road, Westleigh to enable 

the creation of sports 

grounds on that site. 

This was lost. 

An amendment from 

Clr. Hutchence was passed 

unanimously. It contained 

the following: to request a 

further report as to budget 

implications should the 

Pony Club land be excised; 

to instruct Council staff to 

continue to explore all 

options including less 

environmentally sensitive 

sites and use of school 

facilities and other lands 

not currently under 

council’s control for sport 

in the southern end of the 

Shire and to pursue the 

use of the Water Board 

land at Westleigh for the 

creation of community and 

recreational facilities. 

No grass was allowed 

to grow on this 

controversial item and the 

following day the Mayor 

along with Greg Smith 

MP, Matt Kean MP and 

representatives of 

Beecroft Rugby Club, 

Beecroft Football Club 

and Pennant Hills Soccer 

Club met with Minister 

Parker to discuss the 

creation of the Berowra 

Valley National Park and 

the management process 

to follow, including the 

future of the old pony 

club site 

“It is now time for the 

community and Council to 

fully support the Minister 

in the establishment of the 

Berowra Valley National 

Park and the management 

process that will follow,” 

In 1966, 40% were aged 

under 21, today it is just 

27%. The Queen was a lot 

less busy writing to 

Australian Centenarians in 

1966 - there were just 184 

back then compared to 

4,248 today - that’s 23 

times as many. 

Goodman and Jean 

Pollock. 

Five years ago, Natasha 

began composing and 12 

of her pieces are now part 

of the Australian and New 

Zealand Cultural Arts 

Examination syllabus. 

Some of her works have 

also been performed for 

School Certificate 

examinations. 

Christina began lessons 

with Natasha when she 

was almost five. By the 

age of 10, she had 

completed 8th Grade 

Piano. At 12, she had 

achieved her Performer’s 

Certificate and started 

giving piano lessons. At 

14 she gained her ATCL. 

Devi who was born in 

San Francisco also holds 

the ATCL (Performer) and 

LTCL (Teacher). Both she 

and her sister teach piano 

in the Blue Mountains but 

Devi also teaches Dance 

and this takes her all over 

the world presenting 

workshops. She 

introduced Tribal Belly 

Dancing (a fusion of 

Spanish, Gypsy and 

Ballet) to Australia from 

America and she has 

featured in numerous 

DVDs. 

The highest Award 

given by Trinity College is 

its Exhibition prize. It is a 

rare distinction awarded 

to students who receive 

the highest marks in the 

Mayor Berman said. 

“It is essential that the 

community is fully 

involved in the preparation 

of the plans to manage the 

site to ensure the new 

National Park achieves its 

full potential in meeting 

the needs of Hornsby 

Shire’s diverse community. 

“Hornsby Shire residents 

will welcome the Minister’s 

commitment to an open, 

transparent and fully 

informed process.” 

College’s rigorous 

examinations. This 

includes all musicians and 

singers, not just pianists. 

Only two of these awards 

were made throughout 

Australia this year. 

One award went to 10 

year old Sean Xiao Gong 

of Hornsby, a Grade 7 

Piano student who began 

lessons with Natasha three 

years ago. While this in 

itself would be a life 

achievement for any 

teacher, the second award 

went to 13 year old James 

McDonald a Grade 8 

student of Christina. 

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HEARING FROM A PEER 

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P Wyatt Roy, the 

youngest person in 

Federal Parliament, 

addressed student leaders 

at the inaugural Bradfield 

School Leadership Forum 

held at Turramurra High 

School in partnership 

with Paul Fletcher MP, 

Member for Bradfield on 

Monday, June 4. 

The forum gave over 40 

student leaders from 

Turramurra, Killara and St 

Ives High Schools the 

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who won the Sunshine 

Coast seat of Longman at 

the 2010 Federal Election 

at the age of 20 – making 

him the youngest person 

ever to be elected to the 

House of Representatives. 

Wyatt spoke to the 

students about his journey 

into federal politics and 

the issues he is 

concentrating on at the 

national political level. 

Noting that he and the 

assembled students 

(mostly aged 16 to 18) 

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As your Federal representative, I would be pleased to – 

• Assist with personal representations to Federal Government Ministers, 

Departments and Agencies regarding such subjects as Centrelink or 

Child Support Agency issues, Foreign Affairs, Defence, Immigration and 

Taxation; Passports, Employment & Training, Medicare, Health, Higher 

Education, Communications or any other area of Federal responsibility. 

• Arrange Congratulatory Messages for 50th and 60th wedding 

anniversaries, plus 90th and 100th birthday celebrations. 

• Actively participate with local organisations, schools and community 

events; as well as meet with constituents on local Federal issues and 

concerns. 

Please do not hesitate to contact me at my Electorate Office. 

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were members of the same 

generation, Wyatt also 

discussed some of the 

challenges their generation 

will face as they become 

the dominant group in the 

workforce in coming years 

– particularly with 

demographic change likely 

to increase the 

dependency ratio (the 

ratio of those out of the 

workforce to those in the 

workforce.) 

In the question and 

answer session, Mr. Roy 

was asked a number of 

questions including how 

he deals with the media; 

why he joined the Liberal 

Party; and the Coalition’s 

policy on asylum seekers 

arriving by boat. 

“Issues such as 

disability reform, refugee 

Wyatt Roy MP addressing young leaders at Turramurra High School after being 

introduced by Paul Fletcher MP (right). 

policy and our response to 

climate change are issues 

that resonate with me very 

strongly, both as a younger 

Australian and one who 

wants a strong future for 

this country,” Wyatt Roy 

said. 

“I was very impressed 

by the quality of student 

leaders who attended the 

forum. They showed great 

insight, passion and 

humour in their 

comments and question,” 

JUBILEE HONOURS 

This month, in the 

Sixtieth Jubilee year of 

HRH Queen Elizabeth 11, 

540 Australians were 

recognised with honours 

in the General Divisions 

of the Order of Australia. 

Eight Australians 

received the Companion 

of the Order of Australia, 

(AC); 53 became Officers 

in the General Division of 

the Order, (AO); 182 were 

made Members of the 

Order of Australia (AM) 

and 297 received the 

Order of Australia Medal 

(OAM). 

Among those honoured 

were a number of people 

from our local region. 

Those receiving the AM 

included: 

Dr. Robert Care of 

West Pennant Hills for 

service to engineering, to 

business, to international 

humanitarian programs 

and to athletics. Dr. Care 

is Chairman and CEO, 

UK, Middle East and 

Africa for Arup, an 

independent, global 

company providing 

engineering, design, 

planning, project 

management and 

consulting services. The 

company has over 10,000 

employees based in 37 

countries and 92 offices. 

Dr. Care has held and 

holds a number of 

Executive positions with 

organisations such as 

Engineers Australia and 

the Australian 

Construction Industry 

Forum. He also has held 

academic and advisory 

positions with the 

University of New South 

Wales (UNSW ) where he 

was a Professorial Visiting 

Fellow (2010 -11); a 

member of the Dean’s 

Industrial Steering 

Committee (2009-10) and 

a Member of the Industry 

Advisory Committee, 

School of Civil and 

Environmental 

Engineering (2006-10). 

Dr. Care is a huge 

supporter of Little 

Athletics at a local, 

regional and state level 

and is a Life Member of 

both North 

Rocks/Carlingford Little 

Athletics and of the 

Northern Metropolitan 

Zone. 

Former Managing 

Director of Blue Star Line 

Pty Ltd (Australia and 

Asia) Lancelot Graham 

Lightfoot of Wahroonga, 

received his AM for 

services to the container 

shipping industry and to 

the development and 

promotion of Australia’s 

international trade 

networks. He is also 

recognised as a supporter 

of the welfare of merchant 

mariners. 

Mr. Lightfoot was the 

National President of the 

Australian Chamber of 

Shipping, now Shipping 

Australia Ltd. and has 

been National President 

and Chairman of a 

number of business 

chambers linking 

Australia with the USA 

and Middle Eastern 

countries. 

Since 2002, he has been 

Chairman of the Board of 

Trustees of Sydney Bethal 

Union which provides for 

the welfare of visiting 

seafarers in the ports of 

Sydney, Newcastle and Pt. 

Kembla. He has also held 

executive positions and is 

a member of the 

Australian Mariners 

Welfare Society. 

Mr. Lightfoot is a Past 

President of the Rotary 

Club of Sydney Cove and 

a board member of 

Warrawee Bowling Club. 

Well known Waitara 

car dealer, Philip (Phil) 

McCarroll receives his 

AM for his financial 

support and fund raising 

for a range of charitable 

youth, health and 

educational organisations. 

He is Chairman of the 

Board and founding 

member of the Novus 

Foundation and a 

Member of the Sydney 

Adventist Hospital 

Foundation. He was a 

member of the 

Archbishop of Sydney’s 

Appeals Committee from 

1997 until 2001 and has 

supported St. Edmund’s 

School with both fund 

raising and support for 

students through their 

work experience 

programs. 

Phil McCarroll is 

heavily involved with 

Rotary and was awarded a 

Paul Harris Fellowship in 

2005. He has been a 

supporter of the Special 

Olympics since 2005 and 

is a supporter of Merry 

Makers Australia, 

Hornsby PCYC, the 

Petrea King Quest for 

Life Foundation and 

Studio Artes, Hornsby. 

Among those receiving 

the citation OAM were 

retired Police Officer, 

Senior Sergeant Ray 

Phillipson of Hornsby. 

Ray retired from the 

Police after 31 years in 

1992. He was the 

inaugural 

Secretary/Manager of 

Paul Fletcher, Member for 

Bradfield said. 

In thanking Wyatt Roy 

and Mr. Fletcher for 

organising this event, 

Turramurra High School 

Captain Mitchell Bazzana 

said 

“Wyatt Roy was an 

impressive speaker who 

proved to us, that no 

matter your age, you can 

be a leader.” 

Hornsby/ Ku-ring-gai 

PCYC and co-ordinator of 

Blue Light Discos for 

many years. As Police 

Community Relations 

Officer he established 163 

Neighbourhood Watch 

programs in the 

Chatswood, Eastwood and 

Hornsby areas. 

Ray is a Life Member of 

Hornsby and District Life 

Education. He has been a 

Director of Asquith 

Bowling and Recreation 

Club since 2009; 

President of Probus and 

has held many executive 

positions including that of 

President during his long 

association with Hornsby 

Lions Club. 

Other OAM recipients 

of local interest include: 

President of Ku-ring-gai 

Community Shed and 

former President of Kuring-gai 

Historical 

Society, Kevin Callinan 

of St.Ives; Creative 

Consultant, Raymond 

Black of Dural who 

received his OAM for 

services to the advertising 

industry through the 

development of talent in 

writing and art direction 

and Margaret Leong of 

St.Ives Co-founder of the 

Nova Youth Orchestra. 

HUGE 

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1st Turramurra Scout 

Group will be holding its 

huge annual Garage Sale 

on Saturday 7th and 

Sunday 8th July, at the 

Karingal Hut in Sheldon 

Forest, Warragal Rd, 

Turramurra – just down 

from the railway bridge. 

Buyers looking for a 

bargain are welcome to 

visit the Hut between 

10.00am and 5.00pm on 

Saturday or 9.00am to 

2.00pm on Sunday. 

Any donated goods 

would be much 

appreciated, including 

books, toys, CDs, DVDs, 

vinyl records, kitchen 

items, china, furniture, 

tools, linen and general 

bric-a-brac. Goods can be 

dropped off at the Hut 

between 12 noon and 

6.00pm each day up until 

Friday, July 6th or call 

Julie on 0429 608 050. 

1st Turramurra is one of 

the oldest and strongest 

Scout Groups on the 

northside with active 

programs for boys and 

girls aged from 8-11 (Cub 

Scouts), 11-15 (Scouts) 

through to young men 

and women 15-17 

(Venturer Scouts) and 18- 

25 (Rovers). With an 

outstanding leader team 

and excellent facilities, the 

Group is celebrating its 

92nd year, having first 

been formed in 1920. 

The Group welcomes 

all enquiries from new 

members, visit 

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HIS PASSION IS THE PINS 

AMF Hornsby Manager, 

Dion Alexander 

AMF Hornsby’s new 

Centre Manager is Dion 

Alexander, an Australian 

representative tenpin 

bowler and a young man 

who is passionately 

committed to the sport 

and the development of 

younger players. 

Dion, who only recently 

moved to Sydney from 

Adelaide, has been 

bowling for 14 years – 

since the age of ten. In that 

time he has won four 

National Junior and Youth 

titles and has been a state 

representative player on 12 

occasions. In 2011, he 

represented Australia at 

the Asian Adult 

Championships. 

“I bowled my first 

perfect 300 game at the 

Australian Junior National 

Championships at the old 

AMF Bankstown Bowling 

Centre when I was 14,” 

Dion said. He now has 

five career 300 games to 

his credit. 

Dion’s enthusiasm for 

his sport is infectious and 

after speaking with him 

you are convinced that you 

should be out there, 

AT HOME 

WITH INTRUDERS 

Around 5.15pm on 

riday, June 1 a 27 year 

ld woman was watching 

V in the downstairs 

ounge area of her home 

n Muraben Road, Dural. 

he heard two loud 

oises coming from 

pstairs and went to 

nvestigate. 

Finding nothing she 

eturned downstairs. 

ithin moments she 

eard two more loud 

oises and started back up 

he stairs to investigate. At 

his point she saw a pair 

f legs in boots at the top 

f the stairs. 

The woman quickly left 

he premises and observed 

male (no further 

escription) running into 

ushland opposite the 

remises. 

On Monday, June 4 two 

eople were at home in 

evon Street, Wahroonga. 

Between 10.30pm and 

6.50am the next morning, 

a person/s unknown 

entered the premises via a 

closed but unlocked 

TOMAH IN 

POCHOIR 

Carnivorous Beauty 

by Mel Jones 

ground floor front 

window. A handbag, 

containing wallet, cash, 

glasses and credit cards 

was taken. 

Artist Mel Jones will 

complete her year as 

artist in residence at the 

Blue Mountains Botanic 

Garden, Mount Tomah 

with a stunning 

exhibition of her 

trademark Pochoir 

stencils entitled Tomah 

in Pochoir. 

The exhibition opens 

on June 30 and runs until 

August 12. It will feature 

30-40 of Mel’s bright 

landscapes and still life 

using the French 

stencilling technique 

Pochoir, characterised by 

crisp lines and brilliant 

palettes. Mel combines 

this bold technique with 

COMPUTER TIP 

Courtesy of Wyvern Technology 0418 421 202 

One of my lovely 

female clients (in her 

eighties) the other day 

as quite miffed when 

she was doing some sort 

of business and the young 

oman serving her was 

overheard to say that she 

ouldn’t be able to do 

hatever it was online as 

she was an old lady. She 

is very computer literate. 

ust goes to show that 

ou must never assume 

anything. We wrinklies 

have the wisdom and the 

capabilities. I find that 

though a lot of young 

people are very good at 

hat they know how to 

do on the computer, they 

can’t beat me when it 

comes to experience and 

persistence. 

Ken has just been trying 

out the pre-release version 

of Windows 8. MicroSoft 

releases these early 

versions of products for 

the public to test for bugs 

and usefulness. 

We found that the 

installation itself was 

fiddly and ended up only 

possible on a completely 

blank hard disc - this 

would not be the case 

with the final version. The 

desktop looks similar to 

the recent Windows 7 BUT 

where is the Start button 

that we are all very 

familiar with and many 

rely on for most functions. 

It is hidden down in the 

bottom left corner and 

www.wyverntech.com.au 

pops into view when you 

point down there. It is not 

the usual list of recent 

programs, etc. but a rather 

garish screen with large 

rectangles of colour each 

with a function/ program 

listed. Not a pleasant 

sight! Shutdown is now 

part of the ‘Settings’ screen 

which is similarly hidden 

at the bottom right 

corner. They don’t like 

you turning off this 

version of windows. 

With only a couple of 

days of playing, it is early 

days yet and as has been 

suggested on feedback 

sites, when Windows 95 

came out many people 

complained about the 

radical change to the user 

interface. We shall see. 

Other comments decry 

the apparent emphasis on 

an interface that is 

designed for tablets/ 

phones and this means 

that this operating system 

may work well there but 

not on a desktop/laptop 

machine...to be continued. 

Be careful when taking 

as gospel an opinion on 

any of the media relating 

to computers hardware 

and software. The 

speaker/writer may not 

fess up but they are often 

paid to have a positive 

opinion. 

Vale my wonderful 

friend, Frank Walker, a 

very intelligent and honest 

man, but best of all he was 

compassionate and caring. 

Like many of us he never 

forgot what it was like to 

struggle as a family in the 

forties and fifties. We shall 

never forget you and the 

difference you made to so 

many. 

Don’t forget to backup, 

keep your internet 

security up to date and to 

keep smiling. It is already 

tomorrow somewhere else 

in the world. 

Cheers, 

Your friendly Dragon, 

Deirdree 

getting some all-weather 

exercise and enjoying the 

excellent food and facilities 

at AMF Hornsby. 

“My last job was as the 

Sports Development 

Officer for Tenpin SA 

(South Australian State 

Tenpin Bowling 

Organisation) and I have a 

great passion to get people, 

especially Juniors, involved 

with the sport of tenpin 

bowling. 

“Here, in Hornsby, I am 

also keen to invigorate our 

competition teams and we 

will be out there recruiting 

new league bowlers,” Dion 

said. 

To encourage Junior 

bowlers and their 

families, AMF Hornsby 

has two offers for the July 

school holidays - $15.90 

for one game of bowling 

and a hot dog meal or 

take advantage of the 

special Early Bird offer 

and play before 10.30am 

for $7.95 per person per 

game. 

AMF Hornsby Bowling 

Centre is located at 116 

George Street, Hornsby 

(opp. Office Works) for 

bookings phone 9477 

3914 

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Dion Alexander in action 

FIRE FIGHTER HONOURED 

Group Captain of the 

Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai 

District Rural Fire 

Service, William (Bill) 

Lea of Dural is the 

recipient of the 

Australian Fire Service 

Medal (AFSM) in this 

year’s Queen’s Birthday 

Honours. 

Mr. Lea began his 

firefighting career in 1979 

when he joined West 

Pennant Hills Bush Fire 

mixed media elements to 

produce unique and 

vibrant images of the flora 

of the Blue Mountains 

region. 

Brigade where he served 

as Deputy Captain. 

Mr. Lea has served 

with distinction across 

every key function of the 

Fire Service and his 

career includes seven 

years’ service with NSW 

Fire Brigade (1983 – 

1990) and, before taking 

up his present role, 

service with both 

Galston and Dural 

Brigades. 

This free exhibition is 

open daily 9.30pm – 5pm 

at The Blue Mountains 

Botanic Garden, Bells Line 

of Road Mount Tomah 

NEXT DEADLINE - JULY 16 

DELIVERY- JULY 29 

As the District’s Senior 

Group Captain he has 

committed many hours to 

improving training, 

operations and 

management and he was 

also instrumental in 

establishing the District’s 

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DOWN THEY COME MYSTERY 

SHOPPER 

COLLECTS 

The built environment 

f Pennant Hills Road, 

etween Bellevue and 

tation Streets, 

Thornleigh disappeared 

this month as a 

demolition team moved 

in to prepare the site for 

the planned Aldi 

supermarket 

COMMENT 

ON PARK PLAN 

CALLED FOR 

Ku-ring-gai residents are 

being invited to comment 

on a 10-year vision for 

Wahroonga Park, and two 

adjoining smaller parks, 

McKenzie Park and 78 

Coonanbarra Rd.. 

A draft landscape 

masterplan detailing a host 

of improvements to the 

precinct is currently on 

public exhibition. 

Built in the 1920s, the 

park has significant 

heritage value as an 

example of the ornamental 

built landscape style 

common in that era. 

Proposed long-term 

improvements include: a 

playground upgrade to be 

completed in 2013; a new 

toilet block; new LED 

lighting; new landscaping; 

picnic shelters and 

furniture and new path 

networks to better link 

facilities. 

Several surveys of 

residents, park users and 

local businesses have 

already been conducted 

and feedback from the 

public exhibition will be 

considered as Council staff 

prepare a final landscape 

masterplan. 

The draft masterplan is 

available at www.kmc. 

nsw.gov.au/exhibition, 

Council Chambers and 

libraries. 

development. Despite 

enquiries we were not 

able to discover the 

anticipated commencement 

and completion 

dates. 

Last month’s Mystery 

Shopper at Thornleigh 

Farm Markets was Narelle 

Bowly known to many 

locally for her work as a 

Waste Education Officer at 

Hornsby Council. 

Narelle was photographed 

with her son 

collecting her prize from 

Thornleigh Rotary Club 

President (2011 – 12) 

Robin Duce at the Markets 

on June 17. 

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July and visit the Rotary Club 

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BETTER AND 

BETTER! 

Holiday Workshops at 

The Children’s Bookshop! 

Photo: (l-r ) Mark and Sue Buckle, Karen Spooner and Kirsten Carter, the team at the 

award winning Just Better Care Hills District. 

Just Better Care Hills 

District, located upstairs 

in Pennant Hills 

Marketplace just gets 

better and better at what 

they do and this has been 

recognised with an 

accolade across all Just 

Better Care franchises for 

Outstanding Achievement. 

Owners/Directors, Sue 

and Mark Buckle put the 

recognition down to their 

focus which is: 

“Building a strong team 

of carers and providing 

client satisfaction.” 

Just Better Care Hills 

District has 45 carers 

servicing 100’s of clients 

from Rouse Hill through 

to Brooklyn. 

“Our Clients include: 

the frail, the aged, the 

disabled and those 

convalescing – in fact, 

anyone who needs help in 

the home and this may 

include primary carers in 

need of respite,” Sue 

Buckle said. 

“Our education and 

training program for carers 

concentrates on an 

‘enabling approach’ and 

where possible, getting our 

clients back on their feet,” 

Mark Buckle added. 

If you, or someone you 

know, needs home care 

call Just Better Care Hills 

District on 9484 8788 to 

find out more. 

THE EXTRA MILE 

E-Mail or phone for full details of July 

holiday workshops at The Children’s 

Bookshop with authors John Larkin and 

Aleesah Darlison. The Wizard of Oz is 

here for the little ones and there are HSC 

Advanced English Revision workshops 

6 Hannah Street, Beecroft 

Ph: 9481 8811 

staff@thechildrensbookshop.com.au 

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Beecroft POW awardees (l-r) Gary Choy, Jim McMahon, Gordon Jones, Justin Lowry, Rotary President Di Hammond, 

Vocational Service Chairman, Bill Grant, Sonia and Juan Bravo. 

Local Rotary clubs have 

just completed their 

annual Pride of 

Workmanship (POW) 

presentations. On these 

evenings Rotary 

recognises those 

employees, professionals 

and business people in 

their local communities 

who offer exceptional 

service and are prepared 

to go ‘the extra mile’. 

This year, Beecroft 

Rotary Club’s awardees 

were pharmacist, Gary 

SILENT FLICKS 

IN EPPING 

Australia’s Silent Film 

Festival comes to Epping 

in July and August. 

At 3 pm on Saturday, 

July 28 the program is 

titled Silents are Golden 

and includes: 

Magic Roses (1906) 

Segundo de Chomon – a 

contemporary of Georges 

Méliès and pioneer of early 

cinema, experimenting 

with colour and camera 

tricks! 

The Bank (1915) Charlie 

Chaplin in a bitter-sweet 

romance with lots of 

hilarious gags and antics as 

he carries out his job as a 

janitor in a bank. 

One Week (1920) 

featuring Buster Keaton’s 

amazing skill and talent 

and 

Circus Today (1926) 

Australia’s Billy Bevan 

(born in Orange, NSW) 

stars in this action-packed 

adventure with monkeys, 

lions and elephants in a 

crazy circus! 

At 3pm on Saturday, 

Choy (Denny Pharmacy); 

NSW Fire Brigade Service 

officers Gordon Jones and 

Jim McMahon (Beecroft 

Fire Station); Justin Lowry 

(Raine and Horne, 

Beecroft) and Sonia and 

Juan Bravo of the Beehive 

Café/ Restaurant. 

The Rotary Club of 

Pennant Hills also held its 

August 18, the program is 

titled The Kings of Comedy. 

It features: 

Excursion to the Moon 

(1908) Segundo de 

Chomon; The Cure (1912) 

Charlie Chaplin; Dog Shy 

(1926) Charlie Chase was 

a popular comedian in the 

1920s with a more 

sophisticated style of 

comedy, but still plenty of 

good laughs! 

Now You Tell One (1926) 

Charley Bowers is a unique 

and talented animation 

artist and comedian whose 

work just has to be seen to 

presentation evening and 

the awardees were: Joanne 

Chu and Shani Hashemi 

from By-Dezign; Bev Cole 

from Pennant Hills 

Neighbour Aid; Dalip 

Kaur from the CBA 

Pennant Hills; Dean 

Kinney from Pennant Hills 

Golf Club; Lee-Anne 

Mathie from Kath’s 

Kitchen and Cameron 

Taylor from Barry Smith 

Automotive. 

be believed! 

Both programs will 

screen at the Epping 

Baptist Church 1-5 Ray 

Road Epping and will 

feature amazing theatre 

organ accompaniment 

performed by the 

celebrated Cliff Bingham. 

Tickets: $20/$15 

concession are available 

through the website 

www.ozsilentfilmfestival. 

com.au Inquiries 0419 

267318 

KEEPING YOUR FAMILY IN THE PICTURE By John Bell 

It seems there are many more health issues to consider 

than there are weeks in the year; so it's probably no 

surprise that some days and weeks have to be shared 

around. For instance the recent World No Tobacco Day 

fell squarely in the middle of Macular Degeneration 

Awareness Week. 

Nevertheless, these two events are a very comfortable 

fit; because smokers and people who have smoked are 

three times more likely to develop macular 

degeneration. 

Macular degeneration (MD) – sometimes known as 

age-related macular degeneration (AMD) because of its 

high prevalence in older people – is the name given to a 

group of diseases of the retina which cause 

progressive, painless loss of central vision. Thus the 

ability to see fine detail, drive, read and recognise faces 

is slowly but surely lost. It's the leading cause of 

irreversible blindness in Australia and other Western 

countries. 

Presently there is no cure for AMD; and treatments to 

delay or stop its progression have met with limited 

success; so there is increasing interest in identifying risk 

factors which, when modified, may reduce the chance 

of getting AMD, or stop the condition becoming worse 

when it does occur. 

A family history of macular degeneration gives us a 50% 

chance of developing the disease - as a consequence 

the theme this year for Macular Degeneration Week was 

"keep your family in the picture". We can’t do too much 

to change our parents, so if one or both of your parents 

has or had AMD, a regular and frequent check up by 

your optometrist or eye specialist is important for early 

diagnosis and the best available treatment. 

On the other hand, prevention strategies are essential. 

Something we can address is a commitment to become 

a non-smoker. Many studies have clearly demonstrated 

the link between smoking and AMD. Also, there is 

ongoing debate about the relationship between AMD 

and obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol 

levels; but research certainly suggests that diet is 

significant. 

In particular the likelihood is that the pigments betacarotene, 

lutein and zeaxanthin found in carrots, 

pumpkin, corn and some green leafy vegetables are 

beneficial. Other antioxidants of interest include vitamins 

A and E and the trace elements zinc and selenium. 

Proprietary preparations containing these substances 

are now available, but the use of anti-oxidants in high 

doses are not without risk. Beta-carotene has been 

found to increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers; 

and vitamin E has been associated with an increased 

risk of heart failure in people with diabetes or disease 

affecting circulation. Check with your pharmacist before 

you choose a specific product. 

On the other hand, there is evidence that fish oil 

(containing so-called omega-3 fatty acids) might provide 

protection against AMD. So, the Macular Degeneration 

Foundation advises eating fish two or three times a 

week, eating dark-green leafy vegetables and fresh 

fruit, eating a handful of nuts once a week and 

protecting your eyes from sunlight exposure; and of 

course, if you’re a smoker, then quit! You can get more 

good advice from the Foundation at 

www.mdfoundation.com.au 

Check out their publication Slips, 

Trips and Falls. It's an excellent 

guide for people with low vision on 

how to avoid some of the inevitable 

problems. 

Call into the pharmacy for the card 

Vision Impairment. This gives 

details about not only AMD but also 

glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic 

retinopathy and refractive error. 

Owner 

Halimah Shams 

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QUEEN’S PHOTOS LEVY EXTENDED 

Federal Member for 

erowra, Philip Ruddock 

aid he is ‘delighted’ by 

he number of people 

ho have contacted his 

lectorate Office to 

btain the official 

iamond Jubilee photos 

f Her Majesty Queen 

lizabeth and Prince 

hillip, Duke of 

Edinburgh. 

Mrs Vivienne Truelove 

of Dural was the first 

person to call and 

request the photographs 

which Mr. Ruddock 

presented (photo). She 

and her husband George, 

who is President of 

Galston Rotary, were 

very pleased to receive 

FROM THE 

TRUST 

On May 30, 

epresentatives of the 

ennant Hills and Beecroft 

heltenham Civic Trusts 

et with the Minister for 

ransport, Gladys 

erejiklian, and Attorney 

eneral and Minister for 

ustice, Greg Smith, to 

discuss very significant 

concerns regarding air and 

noise pollution, 

environmental degradation 

and loss of amenity and 

property values due to the 

proposed Third Track 

Project and the solutions 

to those concerns. 

The Ministers expressed 

their awareness of and 

interest in the concerns. 

Discussions will 

continue with the various 

ministerial, planning, 

technical and project 

officers to work toward the 

resolution of these matters, 

the assessment of the 

them and say the photos 

will be very special 

additions to their 

memorabilia collection 

which will, one day, be 

passed down to their 

grandchildren. 

Diamond Jubilee 

photographs can be 

obtained by telephoning 

99801822. They are 

being made available to 

service and charitable 

organisations as well as 

to individual residents. 

suitability and cost 

effectiveness or otherwise 

of the third track solution 

and possible alternative 

solutions. 

This project is the 

major issue facing the area 

at the present time and 

deserves the serious 

attention of all concerned 

residents who should 

make their concerns 

known to their state and 

federal representatives. 

BOOK FAIR MONTH 

It seems that in the 

ocal area, July has been 

esignated Book Fair 

onth and certainly 

inter offers the best time 

o curl up in a blanket 

ith a good book. 

Leading off during the 

ast week of school 

olidays - July 12 until 

uly 15 is Lifeline 

arbour to Hawkesbury’s 

uge annual Book Fair at 

nox College. 

As in past years, there 

will be over 80,000 books, 

presented in 52 categories 

- something for 

everybody!This is your 

chance to bag some great 

bargains, while supporting 

Lifeline’s life-saving work. 

The Rotary Club of 

Galston will be staging its 

14th Annual Book Fair on 

July 28 and 29 in a new 

venue – Galston 

Community Centre, 37 

Arcadia Road, Galston. 

The Fair will open from 

8.30pm – 5pm both days 

and lunch, BBQ and 

coffee will be available. 

A Clearance Sale will be 

held from 3pm Sunday. 

For further information 

contact the Book Fair 

Chairman Harley Newham 

on 0412 135 224 or 

email:newhamh@iprimus. 

com.au 

THE BUDGET LOCALLY 

While the spin 

urrounding the NSW 

aird Budget released this 

onth has centred on the 

ig ticket policies – 

impact on public service 

obs, removal of 

conditions from frontline 

orkers such as police 

and nurses and the first 

stages of the North West 

Rail Link (NWRL), 

Member for Epping and 

Attorney General, Greg 

Smith said he welcomed 

the Budget’s focus on 

infrastructure to get the 

State moving again and 

particularly for projects 

in his electorate. 

“While the Federal 

Government is 

contributing less to NSW 

infrastructure, the NSW 

Budget increases 

infrastructure spending by 

17 per cent over the next 

four years, compared with 

the last four years,” Mr. 

Smith said. 

Mr.Smith went on to list 

the NWRL ($360 million) 

and improvements at 

Epping Station, Pennant 

Hills Station and 

Normanhurst Station, as 

part of the $148 million 

Transport Access Program 

as of direct benefit to local 

rail commuters. 

“At Karonga School, 

$893,000 is allocated to 

complete a $3.2 million 

project to build new 

classrooms,” he said. 

“Road improvements 

costing $16 million will 

accelerate the delivery of 

up to 4,000 new 

properties for Epping 

Town Centre. Upgrades to 

the intersection of 

Carlingford and Beecroft 

Roads; Epping and Essex 

Roads; and Epping and 

Blaxland Roads will 

address existing 

congestion issues and 

provide capacity for 

growth. 

“The Budget includes a 

$30 million boost to our 

Local Government 

Infrastructure Renewal 

Scheme, which helps 

councils with the cost of 

loans to address 

infrastructure backlogs. 

Parramatta City Council 

was one of the 69 councils 

that applied in the first 

round. 

“I was particularly 

pleased to see $540,000 

allocated toward the 

installation of traffic 

lights on Boundary Road, 

Kitchener Road, and 

Cherrybrook Road. Many 

of my residents have been 

concerned about this 

intersection for some 

time so it’s great to see 

that it will be fixed up 

and made safer for 

pedestrians,” Mr. Smith 

concluded. 

Eighty thousand native 

plants planted, 131 small 

grants awarded, 486,000 

sq/m of bushland 

regenerated and 4.6km of 

walking tracks 

constructed – these are 

just some of the benefits 

of the first seven years of 

Ku-ring-gai’s 

environmental levy which 

has recently been 

independently reviewed 

and extended to 2019. 

According to Mayor 

Jennifer Anderson the five 

per cent levy on rates was 

well supported by the 

community with a recent 

Pennant Hills 

Physiotherapy Centre 

Mon-Fri 8.00am - 5.30pm 

David Young 

Merren Coad • Robyn Willcock 

Wendy Mackenzie 

Physiotherapists 

2/374 Pennant Hills Road 

Pennant Hills 

9484 6300 

survey showing 80 per 

cent of residents in favour 

of continuing it 

“In its first seven years, 

the levy generated $12.4 

million and attracted an 

additional $6.2 million in 

federal and state grants. 

“Some of the major 

environmental benefits 

have been a reduction in 

urban impacts on riparian 

zones, a drop in potable 

water use, healthier creeks 

and streams, regenerated 

bushland and reduced 

waste dumping. 

“Many local 

organisations have also 

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small grants scheme that 

provides grants up to 

$5,000 for activities such 

as street tree planting, 

*Personal shoppers only 

(Available for July only or until stocks run out) 

TALKING 

TEETH 

With Tsen-wei Yap BDS (Syd) Dental Surgeon 

Our Teeth As We Age 

wildlife protection and 

projects to cut water and 

power use,” the Mayor 

said. 

Geriatric dental care is something that we are passionate 

about at the Pennant Hills Dental Centre and our sister 

clinic the Village Dentist at Castle Hill. With all the 

advances in dentistry, people are continuing to keep their 

teeth well into their 70’s and beyond. Maintenance of a 

problem free dentition is even more crucial in this age group 

and there are subtle differences in the techniques that should 

be employed. 

Teeth are important both functionally and aesthetically. 

Having a well balanced diet and enjoying our favorite foods 

are very important to our well being. Having enough teeth or 

adequate dentures is vital to your health. Being able to smile 

and not having to feel embarrassed by broken or missing 

teeth is something that no one should have to put up with. 

At the Pennant Hills Dental Centre, we understand that as 

we age, our dental needs also change. We can’t stress often 

enough, the importance of twice yearly check-ups. Complex 

and lengthy dental treatment can often be avoided if we can 

detect the problem early and intervene. No matter how old 

we are, these checks help us help you maintain your teeth 

with minimal fuss. Often, a change in toothbrush or 

toothpaste or simple diet advice can aid in preventing dental 

disease. 

Although, it is often tempting to ignore dental problems if 

they don’t hurt, I would strongly urge that all dental concerns 

be addressed as soon as possible. The longer we leave a 

problem untreated, the more complicated and difficult the 

treatment will become. So don’t delay and make an 

appointment now to see us and let’s talk teeth. 

pennant hills dental centre 

356 Pennant Hills Road, Pennant Hills 

Ph: 9484 1132 Fax: 9980 7847 

Email: info@phdc.com.au www.phdc.com.au 



QUALITY FOODS 

DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC! 

Finally you now get the opportunity to buy 

Restaurant quality food direct from the 

wholesaler. 

If it’s time for a Celebration, Gathering, 

Bar-B-Que or a PARTY 

Then it’s time to call 

“FOOD ON THE MOVE” 

for everything you need to make your 

EVENT A SUCCESS 

Massive Range of Quality Products 

• Asian • European • Australian 

Sauces, Condiments, Tofu, Pastries, 

Mustards, Flours, Salts, Chocolate, Essences, 

Sugars, Jams & Spreads, Dressings, Olives 

• Huge Range of Cooking & Specialty Oils 

Herbs • Spices • Vinegar • Pastas •Tinned 

Goods • Frozen Foods 

• Dairy/ Small Goods & Chiller Products 

• Dried Items • Drinks & Flavourings 

EVEN CLEANING PRODUCTS! 

Rebecca Pincott Michael Bolton 

Your local 

Funeral Directors 

“Service & Integrity” 

Australian Family Owned & Operated 

301-303 PENNANT HILLS ROAD, THORNLEIGH 

ALL SUBURBS 24 HOURS 

www.albertmeyer.com.au 

EVERYTHING MADE ON THE PREMISES 

Whether it’s Coppa 

Amarena (wild cherries, 

vanilla bean gelato with 

whipped cream and 

kirsch liqueur) from the 

Gelato Counter or a 

hearty breakfast of Bacon 

and Eggs, everything on 

the menu at the newly 

opened Piero’s Cafe, 

Gelateria & Ristorante is 

made on the premises 

using only natural 

ingredients, including 

free range eggs. 

The restaurant located 

opposite Coles on the car 

park at 558A Pennant 

Hills Road, West Pennant 

Hills is spotlessly clean 

and has been fitted out to 

take advantage of the 

length of the site. 

The restaurant seats 80 

both indoors and alfresco 

on an outside terrace that 

captures the winter sun. 

Using natural timber 

tables with soft beiges and 

browns Piero’s offers a 

welcoming and warm 

ambience for both the 

casual coffee break and the 

more serious dining 

experience. 

Your hostess, Giovanna 

Giovanna Viscardi serving her gelato from the kitchen to you at Piero’s in West Pennant Hills 

Viscardi has gained 

experience in a number of 

Sydney restaurants and 

most recently has been 

engaged in the 

manufacture of desserts 

and gelato. She, with her 

father, Paul has opened 

Piero’s with a passion to 

provide fresh, traditional 

Italian food with wide 

appeal. 

Piero’s opens seven 

days (8am – 9pm Monday 

– Friday and 10am – 9pm 

Saturday and Sunday) it 

is fully licensed and BYO. 

Breakfast including: 

Pancakes; Piero’s Special 

(oats, nuts, soaked dried 

fruits, wild berries and 

honey served with yoghurt 

or cream) and an 

assortment of egg dishes 

with lashings of toasted 

Pane Di Casa and aromatic 

casa del caffe coffee make 

up the morning fare. 

Throughout the day, a 

selection of Focaccia and 

Insalatas (salads) are 

available along with a 

delicious array of 

traditional homemade 

Italian cakes, biscuits, 

slices and pastries. 

From midday the white 

board menu of entrees, 

mains and desserts with a 

regularly changed 

selection of pasta and 

other specialty dishes is on 

offer. 

From noon, Antipasti 

and a huge range of Pizza, 

veal, seafood, pasta, 

chicken and lamb dishes 

are available both for 

KEEPING 

WARM ON THE INSIDE 

The Food on the Move factory store where you can 

buy at wholesale prices. 

With the crisp cold of 

Winter descended, Food 

On The Move Hornsby’s 

wholesale food suppliers 

to the restaurant industry 

and direct to the public 

from the factory store at 

Unit 6/28 Leighton Place, 

Hornsby has introduced a 

new range of Latin 

American products to 

help keep you warm on 

the inside. 

Among the quality 

ingredients and products 

available are: Tomatillos; 

Jalapenos; Palm Hearts; 

Pan Flour (boiled corn 

flour from Venezuela and 

other maize flour); black 

beans and Yucateco sauces. 

Food on the Move also 

has Currymasters 

Complete Mixes; Soup 

Stocks and hearty, 

delicious Pastas and 

Lasagnas to enliven your 

tastebuds and warm the 

cockles. 

The store carries a full 

selection of Asian, 

European and Australian 

products including 

dining in or take away. 

Perhaps, the greatest 

attraction for children and 

their families from the 

local school is Piero’s 

Gelato counter offering a 

wonderful selection of 

traditional Gelato made on 

the premises. 

Whether it’s coffee with 

friends, an easy take away 

for the family, a hearty 

breakfast, an elegant 

dining experience, a 

private function or simply 

a cone of gelato, you will 

always be welcomed at 

Piero’s. 

For bookings phone 

9980 7155. 

groceries; spices; herbs; 

tinned goods; frozen foods, 

dairy and drinks. 

There is also a wide 

range of gourmet oils and 

vinegars and Food on the 

Move has a selection of 

Couverture Chocolate 

available. 

Couverture Chocolate is 

high quality chocolate 

containing extra cocoa 

butter. This combined with 

proper tempering, gives 

the chocolate a higher 

sheen, a firmer ‘snap’ when 

broken and a creamy, 

mellow flavor. It is used by 

professionals for dipping, 

coating, moulding and 

garnishing and is the 

perfect comfort food on 

harsh wintry days and 

nights. 

Food on the Move is 

open Monday – Saturday, 

8am until 2pm, phone 

9482 1701 or visit 

www.foodonthemove. 

com.au 

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THE BEST IS POSSIBLE AT THE BEST POSSIBLE PRICE 

Award winning designer, Brian Patterson offers The Kitchen Broker a service that will give 

you the best possible kitchen for the best possible price. 

Award winning kitchen 

designer, Brian Patterson 

has spent the past 23 

years planning, designing 

and creating kitchens. It 

has been an auspicious 

career with numerous 

awards including the 

coveted Australian 

Kitchen of the Year and 

NSW HIA NKBA 

Designer of the Year on 

two occasions. 

He has also been a Board 

member of the National 

Kitchen and Bathroom 

Association (NKBA). Now 

Brian has established The 

Kitchen Broker to assist 

clients to achieve their 

dream kitchen with less 

stress and at the best 

possible price. 

“ As a kitchen designer, 

I am about creating highly 

functional space through 

the best possible design at 

the best possible price. I 

will work within the 

parameters of the client’s 

budget to find a company 

that can provide quality 

workmanship that adds 

value to the client’s 

property,” Brian said. 

Brian’s knowledge and 

his excellent connections 

with tradespeople and 

companies throughout the 

kitchen industry, enable 

him to source the most 

competitive prices for 

products and labour 

available. 

So what does The 

Kitchen Broker offer? 

For a flat fee of 

$1,500.00 plus gst, Brian 

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offers an initial 

consultation in your home 

to discuss your ideas and 

to view the site. He will 

then develop and design a 

plan for your approval. If 

you are happy to source 

your own tradespeople, 

fixtures and fittings, this is 

as far as his service goes. 

However, for no extra cost 

he will take the accepted 

plan to the industry and 

negotiate the best possible 

price on all aspects of 

construction and 

installation. In other words 

you have your own award 

winning designer and 

SPRING BOOK FAIR 

Epping Uniting Church 

will welcome Spring with 

its annual Book Fair on 

September 1. Organisers 

are seeking donations of 

books and CDs and are 

happy to receive all 

books, adult or children’s 

Better Hearing, Sydney, 

will be running Hearing 

Loss Management and Lip 

Reading Skills classes in 

Pennant Hills Community 

Centre (lower level) from 

project manager rolled into 

one with none of the stress 

and insecurity that can 

result from dealing with 

unfamiliar tradespeople. 

The service makes sense 

and it offers a very clever 

solution. 

The Kitchen Broker has 

a private showroom 

conveniently located in 

Pennant Hills and is by 

appointment only. To 

arrange an initial 

consultation phone 9484 

3464 and for more 

information visit: 

www.thekitchenbroker. 

com.au 

in good condition but 

can’t accept 

encyclopaedias, 

magazines or text books. 

For details or for 

collection please contact 

Guy and Carolyn Mallam 

on 9876 2141 after July 4. 

BETTER HEARING 

July 17 each Tuesday 

during School term from 

11am until 12.30pm. 


phone 9744 0167. 

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Under 18’s must accompanied by 

a responsible adult at all times 

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4 High Street Hornsby www.hornsbyrsl.com.au 9477 7777 

When Should I have my 

Children’s Eyes Tested? 

Children may suffer from a variety of different eye 

conditions and diseases. Among the more common 

conditions are: 

• Focussing problems (refractive errors)- shortsightedness 

(myopia) longsightedness (hyperopia), astigmatism 

(oval shaped corneas) and anisometropia (unequal focus 

between right and left eye) 

• Eye muscle problems - including squint (strabismus), 

convergence weakness, inaccurate tracking movements, 

nystagmus etc 

• Amblyopia (Lazy eye) - reduced vision in one or both 

eyes, often unrelated to eye disease. This is often caused 

by strong refractive errors or significant anisometropia. 

It is also a common side effect of strabismus. 

There are also a number of less common conditions 

including: 

• Eyelid and orbital diseases • Corneal diseases • 

Cataracts • Retinal diseases including blood vessel 

diseases • Neurological diseases with vision side effects 

• Ocular tumours or cancers • Iris and pupil 

abnormalities • Eye diseases secondary to systemic 

(general health) disease 

Some of these conditions will be congenital and some will 

develop during the early years of a child’s life. 

Some will be cosmetically obvious to parents, but some 

will be subtle conditions which will only be diagnosed 

accurately during a professional eye examination. 

Often an early diagnosis makes a big difference to the 

success in treatment of a disease or abnormality. 

We would recommend that children have their eyes tested 

at the following times: 

• at any time you are suspicious that your child may have 

a vision problem, strabismus or any kind of eye disease 

• early in life, as a baby, possibly by a paediatric 

ophthalmologist 

• prior to starting school, around age 4 years 

• every two to three years, as they go through their 

schooling 

• more frequently if problems or symptoms develop. 

This is especially important if there is a family history of 

eye problems, as many of these conditions have a genetic 

component. 

For further information or advice, please contact your 

local independent optometrist, 

David J Hendry Optometrists 

Westleigh Shopping Centre 

Phone 9481 8994 (business hours) 



TREATING TREES 

WITH PRIDE 

Lawn Mowing Subsidy 

Community Assist Lawn Mowing 

We give $20 back to you, 

to help with your lawn 

mowing Contractor visits, 

up to 12 cuts per year, 

totalling $240. 

If you are a pensioner, call 

Phone: 9488 8390 

Creative 

Solutions To Your 

Outdoor Living 

Requirements 

FREE DESIGN ADVICE 

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• External Federation Decor 

• Easy to Erect 

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• Stainless Steel Handrail 

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THORNLEIGH 9980 7611 

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There’s a chill in 

the air! 

Come and garden with 

Easy Care Gardening Inc 

call us on 9983 1644 

New volunteers are 

always needed! 

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OPEN 

7 DAYS 

KEN COLES 

EXCAVATIONS P/L 

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All earthmoving machinery 

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FOR HIRE 

AT SHORT NOTICE 

Back Hoes, Loaders, 4 W. D. & Crawler, 

Skid Steer (Bobcat etc...), Excavators, 

Tip Trucks - Large and Small 

FREE ADVICE 

GOOD OPERATORS 

NOW AT: 96 BOUNDARY ROAD 

PENNANT HILLS 

Fax: 9980 7144 

Thornleigh-based Arbor 

Pride specialises in all 

types of tree removal, tree 

pruning, consultation, 

pest/disease diagnosis 

and Level 5 Arborist 

reports. 

As Arbor Pride deals 

with councils regularly, 

they can assist with 

council applications for 

desired tree work and 

provide high quality and 

efficient teams to carry out 

that work. 

The company caters to 

both commercial and 

residential clients in the 

Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai and 

Hills Shire areas and has 

extensive knowledge of 

Tree Preservation Orders 

and their interpretation. 

For instance, many may 

not be aware that Hornsby 

Shire Council made a 

significant change to its 

Tree Preservation Order on 

September 6, 2011 with 

focus on preserving 

species indigenous to 

NATURE NOTES 

THORNLEIGH BIRDS 

A week or two ago I 

was taking my regular 

bushwalk from 

Cherrybrook to 

Hornsby Shire areas. This 

means many trees that 

were previously protected 

by the council are no 

longer, making removals 

and pruning much easier. 

As the name implies, 

Arbor Pride recognises 

the importance of trees to 

both the natural and built 

environments and while 

they will legally remove 

trees at an owner’s 

request, if pruning is all 

that is required that will 

be their recommendation. 

With the Level 5 

qualification in 

Arboriculture, Arbor Pride 

can offer expert tree 

consultations that fulfil all 

qualification requirements 

by any council or court of 

law. There is no higher 

qualification in Australia 

for consulting arborists. 

The custodian of Arbor 

Pride, Julian Parry has 

spent over 17 years 

honing the company’s 

management, business 

With Nick Hodges 

Thornleigh when a jogger 

panted to a halt. 

Noticing my binoculars 

(they always give the game 

away) he waved at the 

trees and said, “You don’t 

see much in here, I 

suppose?” 

I’m often asked if I’ve 

seen anything interesting 

and am just as frequently 

unsure how to reply. 

To a knowledgeable 

‘birder’ my answer is 

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Presently, Arbor Pride 

has two exceptional offers 

for July – see advert page 

3 and call Arbor Pride on 

1300 887 417. 

Arbor Pride is a 

member of the Tree 

Contractors Association 

of Australia; a member of 

the International Society of 

Arboriculture and a 

member of the Australian 

Association of Arboriculture 

(AA) and is committed to 

their high standards of tree 

care. 

HAPPENINGS 

AIR 

The Sydney Hills 

Branch of the Association 

of Independent Retirees 

will meet at Pennant Hills 

Bowling Club Yarrara 

Road, Pennant Hills on 

Friday, July 6 at 10am. At 

this meeting Sadhama 

Kuman from Centrelink 

will speak on the Budget 

Changes. If you’re recently 

retired, call in and be 

informed of any impending 

changes Find out more at 

www. hillsair.com 

President: Lauris Rennie. 

9634 -1186 

Stewart will open the 

NSW Camellia Research 

Society’s 43rd Annual 

Camellia Show, in the 

wheelchair friendly hall at 

SUPPORT GROUP 

The next meeting of 

Hornsby Kur-ing-ai 

Parkinsons Support 

Group will be held on 

Friday July 6 at 

Turramurra Uniting 

Church, Turramurra Ave. 

Turramurra between 10.am 

and 12.00 noon. 

This will be the AGM 

and it will be followed by 

the guest speaker who will 

be a Continence Advisor 

from North Sydney Home 

Nursing Service 

different from the one I 

give to a lessknowledgeable 

passer-by. 

But how do I know into 

which category the 

enquirer falls? 

On this occasion I was 

fairly sure so I tried an 

experiment. Ignoring the 

better-known rosellas, 

lorikeets and cockatoos, I 

mentioned some of the 

other common species I’d 

seen and would nearly 

always see on this walk: 

White-cheeked 

Ravenswood School for 

Girls, Henry St, Gordon 

at 2.30pm on Saturday, 

July 14. 

The Show will be open 

to the public from 1.30 to 

4.30pm on Saturday, and 

10am to 4pm on Sunday, 

July 15. Admission is $5, 

afternoon tea and lunch 

are available, and plants 

DIAL-A-MUM 

Dial-A-Mum, is a not for 

profit volunteer telephone 

support organisation that 

has been operating for 33 

years. For potential 

volunteers, a comprehensive 

training program 

will commence on Monday 

August 6. An information 

session will also be held on 

July 16. To find out more 

phone 9477 6777 email: 

dial_a_mum@hotmail.com 

or go to website: dial-amum.org.au 

If your trees need treating call the experts, 

Arbor Pride on 1300 887 417 

Honeyeaters, Whitethroated 

Treecreepers, 

Brown Gerygones, Brown 

Thornbills, Grey Fantails, 

Eastern Spinebills. 

“Really?” The jogger 

looked doubtful. 

It occurred to me later 

that many of the people 

living at the end of the 

path, where it leaves the 

bush in Thornleigh, may 

not have heard of - or seen 

- their avian neighbours 

either. And yet there they 

are, just into the bush: vey 

common and, with just a 

little effort, easy to observe. 

With a pair of binoculars 

will be for sale. 

More than a thousand 

beautiful specimen 

blooms will be on display 

and members of the NSW 

Camellia Research Society 

will be on hand to help 

with information about 

camellias and their culture, 

and with brochures and 

booklets on camellias. 

OMNi 

Epping OMNi (Older 

Men’s Network 

Incorporated) is a 

discussion group for retired 

men 55plus. Meetings are 

from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm 

on the 2nd and 4th 

Wednesdays of each month 

at Epping Leisure and 

Learning Centre, below 

Epping Library. The first 

meeting of alternate 

months is followed by a 

lunch. New members 

welcome. Contact Jock 

9484 7041 

and only a hint of patience 

you will almost certainly 

see the above mentioned 

species. You will need a 

field guide to aid 

identification and even 

then you could have 

trouble with thornbills and 

gerygones but practice 

makes perfect and, whether 

or not you put a name to 

the birds you’ll still see 

them. And when, through 

your binoculars, you light 

upon a Spotted Pardalote - 

a tiny, jewel-like bird of 

dazzling reds and yellows - 

you’ll be glad you did. 

Bring your blooms for 

identification, or help with 

problems. 

This year, there is also a 

Photography Competition, 

and there will be displays 

of Sogetsu Ikebana. 

Anyone is welcome to 

exhibit, and the Show 

Schedule and Photography 

Competition details can be 

downloaded from 

www.camelliasnsw.org 

or posted. 

PROBUS 

Pennant Hills Men’s 

Probus Club meets on the 

fourth Friday of each 

month at Pennant Hills 

Bowling Club at 10.30am. 

There is a guest a Speaker 

followed by a meeting and 

lunch. A mixed outing is 

planned on each second 

Friday with partners and 

friends. On July 27 Paul 

Barclay will discuss The 

History of the Calendar. 


contact John Crane on 

9487 1385. 

As I write this in mid 

June, I’ve just returned 

from taking two ‘backto-back’ 

tours for Ross 

Garden Tours. First 

was 3 weeks in China 

exploring that 

fascinating country 

and visiting the 

incredible Peony Festival in Luoyang – a first for 

Ross Tours and an unbelievable experience. A 

few days at home and then it was the France tour 

– great gardens, food and glorious countryside! It’s 

good to be back for a while though! 

So…what to do in the garden though these rather 

dreary winter days: 

• Ornamental weeping maples are bare of leaves 

The Garden Edge by Peter Whitehead CNP 

and it is a great opportunity to look at the 

structure of the plant – a little trim here and there 

might be necessary to create that perfect shape. 

• Similarly, many deciduous trees and shrubs can 

be inspected closely for borer damage and given a 

trim to shape. Collect all the fallen leaves and 

either compost them or lay on garden beds as 

mulch. 

• Check out your local garden centre for different 

coloured varieties of Hellebore – the Winter Rose 

and one of my favourite perennials. These are 

ideally suited to growing beneath those weeping 

maples I was talking about and they are very easy 

to grow – plant and forget (apart from obvious 

watering etc!) 

• My Lots a Lemon is hanging heavy with masses 

of fruit. It grows in a large terracotta pot and I 

feed it regularly through the warm months with 

Yates Dynamic Lifter for Citrus and alternate 

with Manutec Fruit and Citrus Food. 

Remember that this is a Meyer Lemon variety, so 

once the fruit is picked it won’t keep as long as 

the common old thick skinned Eureka Lemon. 

The fruit keep better on the bush until you need 

them – but not for too long. Make up some 

preserved lemons, which is so easy to do or 

concentrated lemon juice cordial. 

• I know last month I wrote about all the fruit 

and veggies to plant. Do it now! These are: 

Potatoes, Strawberries, Rhubarb, Asparagus and in 

the flower garden get those Lilium corms planted 

as soon as possible as they can dry out in the 

packaging. 

• And now to the world’s most popular flower – 

the Rose! It’s pruning time at the end of the 

month. Firstly…don’t fret about it. It’s easy and 

remember that Roses are very forgiving plants and 

can cope with any sort of pruning! 

• So….arm yourself with a pair of sharp secateurs 

and loppers or saw for thicker stems. Also diluted 

lime sulphur spray. And of course some protective 

gloves! 

• Cut out all weak twiggy growth to the base, 

remove old stems and retain 3-4 stronger and 

younger stems. Cut these back to about 30-50cms 

from the ground depending on the age of the 

plant. If possible cut on an angle above an 

outward facing bud. Discard all the old stems and 

leaves on the ground. Spray the entire plant and 

ground with lime sulphur. Mulch with cow 

manure. This is ample nutrition for the time 

being. Proper feeding will begin in spring. You’re 

done – well done!


2013 EARLY BIRDS EUROPE AND CANADA 

That’s right the early 

irds are out for Europe 

iver cruising and 

anada/Alaska touring so 

ow is the time to grab a 

argain. 

Scenic Tours have 

eleased a special Europe 

arlybird flyer for their 

013 River Cruises & 

ours that includes the 

ly Free with Singapore 

irlines that can save you 

p to $5540 per person. 

The savings depend on 

he trip booked, the 

uration, and the cabin 

hosen. Basically if you 

JPs 

NSW Justices 

ssociation Hornsby 

ranch next monthly 

eeting will be at 7pm on 

onday July 9 at Asquith 

eagues Club opp. Waitara 

ail station. This will be a 

raining and Business 

eeting. JPs and visitors 

elcome. JP services are 

vailable at Cherrybrook 

hopping Village every 

aturday morning 10 am 

ntil noon and also at 

ornsby and Pennant Hills 

ibraries (check with 

ibrary for day and times). 

nquiries Gavin Moehead 

P, 94894662 or 

407289203. 

AGLOW 

The next meeting of 

glow International 

ustralia – Pennant Hills, 

ill be held in Thornleigh 

ommunity Centre, Cnr 

hyllis and Central Aves. 

hornleigh on Thursday, 

uly 26 Guest speaker – 

s. Rahel Landrum. Child 

inding available, 

$7.00 incl.morning tea. 

ART 

At 7.30pm on Monday, 

uly 9 Linda Baranov will 

ive a talk and demo titled 

esign and Texture Using 

crylics - Beatrice Taylor 

Hall (rear Wallarobba) $5 

visitors/ $3 members 

S.I. 

Soroptimist 

International (S.I.) of 

Hornsby’s next dinner 

meeting will be on 

ednesday, July 18 at 7.30 

pm at the Pennant Hills 

Bowling Club. Speaker, 

take the cheaper cabins in 

category E & D you can 

fly free all year round but 

higher cabin grades are 

more restrictive. If you 

are willing to travel in the 

off peak periods of March 

and October to December 

you can fly free. Other 

times of the year you 

either fly free and pay the 

taxes or partner flies free. 

So the basic 15 day 

Jewels of Europe river 

cruise from Amsterdam to 

Budapest in July 2013 will 

cost $7095 per person in 

the lower category E 

cabin and your airfares 

will be free including the 

airfare taxes! 

A great and popular 

cruise tour is the 28 day 

Dalmatia Discovery & 

Jewels of Europe River 

Cruise. This trip starts in 

Amsterdam and you 

cruise for 14 nights down 

the Rhine, Main, and 

Danube Rivers to 

Budapest where you then 

HAPPENINGS (cont’d) 

Theo Glockerman, Juvenile 

Justice Centre, will discuss 

East Timor and Rotary 

Youth. Contact : Pam on 

9945 0559 or Janet on 

9481 0052. 

GARDENING 

Beecroft & District 

Garden Club will hold its 

Monthly Meeting at 

Beecroft Bowling Club, 128 

Copeland Road, Beecroft at 

8pm on Friday, July 6. This 

will be the AGM and 

election of officers to the 

committee after which 

there will be the annual 

‘Harvest Festival’ with 

tables selling plants, preloved 

gardening books, 

home-grown fruit, 

vegetables and herbs. 

Homemade jams, chutneys, 

preserves – together with 

cakes and biscuits and a 

‘White Elephant’ stall. This 

will be followed by a 

home-made supper. All 

members should attend 

this important function 

and new members 

welcome. Details: Contact: 

Gillian Parsons on 

9484.7595. 

Pennant Hills Garden 

Club meets on the 4th 

Wednesday of each month 

at Pennant Hills Bowling 

Club, Yarrara Road, 

Pennant Hills. Friendly 

club, with regular expert 

speakers, tours and 

outings. New members 

welcome. For more 

information call Sue on 

9980-6562. 

AUSTRALIAN PLANTS 

The North Shore Group 

of the Australian Plants 

join a coach trip that 

travels south into Croatia 

and ends in Venice. The 

price for this trip starts 

from $14290 per person 

twin share in the lower E 

category cabin (upgrades 

to other cabin types 

available). The early bird 

deal for this trip is to fly 

free including taxes if you 

book category E or D 

cabin or Partner flies free 

if you wish to upgrade to 

another cabin type. 

All the 2013 European 

earlybirds must be 

booked and deposited by 

30 September 2012. 

For Canada and Alaska 

in 2013 Scenic are also 

offering their fly free deals 

also depending on when 

you travel and on which 

trip. 

If you travel in April, 

for instance, and book the 

18 day Canadian Rockies 

& Alaska cruise you can 

fly free including taxes on 

Air Canada. Travel 

Society meets every second 

Friday of the month 

(except January and 

December) at Willow Park 

Community Centre, 

Edgeworth David Avenue, 

Hornsby. On July 13 Geoff 

& Judy Lambert will 

discuss Flora of North 

Head. 

The group also has a 

weekly Walks and Talks 

program at the Ku-ring-gai 

Wildflower Garden. For 

details of all activities go to 

www.blandfordia.org.au 

V.I.E.W 

Visitors and new 

members welcome at all 

Clubs. 

The Hills District 

VIEW Club will meet at 

10.30am on Tuesday July 

10 at the Galston Club 

where there will be a 

display and sale of 

Jewellery and Scarves with 

Morning tea and Christmas 

in July lunch. Cost : $25. 

On Tuesday July 24 the 

Club will hold its monthly 

meeting at Dural Country 

Club from 10.00am with 

morning tea at a cost of $6 

and lunch at attendee’s 

cost. The speaker will be 

Faye Carroll who will share 

her journey of being 

hearing impaired and how 

the Bilateral Freedom 

Cochlear Implant changed 

her life. For bookings and 

more details please contact 

Robin on 9680-2690 - 

bookings are essential. 

Galston VIEW Club 

will hold a Bingo Day at 

10.30 am on July 6, cost of 

lunch $15. 

The July meeting will be 

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between May and 

September and you can 

fly free, just pay the taxes. 

The 18 day Canadian 

Rockies & Alaska cruise 

includes all the must sees, 

Victoria, Whistler, 

Vancouver, Jasper, Lake 

Louise and Banff; as well 

as a 7 night Alaskan 

cruise on Holland 

America Line. Scenic 

offer a full range of 

Fairmont hotels on the 

tour in nearly all of the 

overnight stops plus a 

guaranteed verandah 

stateroom on the cruise. 

The price for this trip 

starts from $9695 per 

person. 

The Canada/Alaska 

earlybirds must be 

booked and deposited by 

19 October 2012. 

If you would like a 

copy of the brochure for 

either destination or more 

information please call on 

9875 3775; email on 

sales@cherrybrooktravel. 

com.au or pop in to see 

me at the Westleigh 

Village. 

held at Dural Country 

Club at 11 am on 

Wednesday. July 25. Guest 

speaker, Major Robert 

Pearce will play and speak 

on the History of Bagpipes. 

Inquiries Vivien 9894- 

1189 of Jenny 9652-1110 

Pennant Hills VIEW 

Club will meet for lunch at 

Pennant Hills Golf Club at 

11am on Tuesday, July 10. 

Guest speaker Tom 

Sweeney’s topic is: 

The Boarders at Macquarie 

Park Cemetery. 

Bookings: Jacqui: 9481 

9124 

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