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Celebrate spirit of
Bennelong on waterfront
6 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 1 November, 2017
The spirit of Aboriginal leader Bennelong and our harbourside heritage
will be celebrated on Sydney Harbour on Saturday November 11.
The celebration will
be held at Vaucluse
House and is titled the
Sydney Living Museum’s
Whale Festival.
“The Whale Festival
is located on Aboriginal
country whose harbour
side bays have
deep and continuing
cultural value and
meaning to Aboriginal
people,” Sydney Living
Museums said.
“The Whale Festival
celebrates the annual
Gawura (Eora word
for whale) migration
season with a day of
interpretive stories and
dance inspired by a
series of distinctive engravings,
carved thousands
of years ago into
the Sydney Harbour
landscape.
“The Gawura migra-
tion
and birth of a new
generation, a unique
and ongoing story of
Aboriginal connection
to country.”
Sydney Living Museums’
annual Whale
Festival invites visitors
on a journey of interpretation
to help understand
this special
story shared by many
communities.
“Join us on Vaucluse
Beach for the traditional
Smoking Ceremony
by Dwayne ‘Naja’ Ban-
non-Harrison and Welcome
to Country by,
Aunty Vivian Mason.
“As the tide of Sydney
Harbour slowly begins
to rise, experience
whale to Aboriginal
culture through dance
performances from
Ngaran Ngaran Cultural
Awareness and the
Djaadjawan Dancers.
“Fred’s Bush Tucker
will cook up local
a cultural connection
to the harbour for
the local Birrabirragal
people, while inside
the Vaucluse House
kitchen, Sydney Living
Museums’ colonial
Sydney’s local Eora Nation will celebrate the spirit of Bennelong and Sydney Harbour’s heritage on November 11.
gastronomer, Jacqui
Newling will be cooking
up some traditional
whaler’s ‘pot luck’ seafood
stew referencing
Sydney’s early whaling
industry.
“Be inspired by the
whale engravings
and create your own
scratch art and don’t
forget to visit historic
Vaucluse House, and
take a special tour offering
a snap shot of
how the products of
whaling were part of
the Wentworth’s lifestyle
over a century
ago.”
HUNTER’S HILL COUNCIL
HUNTER’S HILL COUNCIL
WILDLIFE PROTECTION AREAS DECLARED
FOR BORONIA PARK AND BUFFALO CREEK
RESERVE - PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Notice is hereby given that Hunter’s Hill Council has
resolved to support the proposal to declare Boronia
Park and Buffalo Creek Reserve as Wildlife Protection
Areas under NSW Companion Animals Act 1998. If
declared, residents living near these reserves will
need to keep their pet cats out of these reserves. The
proposal is now being placed on public exhibition for
a period of 30 days from Wednesday 1 November
to Thursday 30 November 2017. Council is inviting
community input. A copy of the report considered by
Council as Item 6.1 at Ordinary Meeting 4428 held 23
October 2017 can be found on Council’s website www.
huntershill.gov.au.
Written or emailed submissions must be received
before 4.00pm on Thursday 30 November 2017, and
should include a daytime phone number and address.
Please address all submissions to the General
Manager, Hunter’s Hill Council, PO Box 21, Hunters
Hill NSW 2110 or emails to council@huntershill.nsw.
gov.au.
Enquiries should be directed to Councils Bushland
email vollmerj@huntershill.nsw.gov.au.
Steve Kourepis
ACTING GENERAL MANAGER
Bus services come and go in major
shake up in Lane Cove electorate
More than 140 new weekly bus services will
but some existing services will be scrapped,
Lane Cove MP Anthony Roberts announced this
week.
“This big increase will
be seen on route 292 be-
Sydney CBD via Lane
Cove, with more than 140
additional weekly services
added to the timetable,”
Mr Roberts said.
“The route has also
been altered slightly to operate
via Mowbray Road in
Lane Cove North, providing
customers with an allday
service to Lane Cove
Interchange, the Sydney
CBD and Macquarie Park
seven days a week.”
Mr Roberts said that to
accommodate changes,
route 285 will now operate
in both directions during
the morning and afternoon
peak periods between
Mars Road in Lane Cove
and the Sydney CBD via
Epping Road.
He said services on
route 289 between Mowbray
Road and the Sydney
CBD will no longer operate
but some morning peak
services on route 294 will
be adjusted to start from
the intersection of Epping
and Mowbray Roads instead
of Macquarie Park.
“An additional 50 weekly
services will be added to
route 251 between Lane
Cove West and the City via
Lane Cove, with an extra
six services during each
weekday morning peak
and another four extra
services during each
weekday evening peak.
“Lane Cove North customers
on Mowbray Road
will also see more services
to and from Chatswood
with over 80 additional
weekly services on routes
533 and 534, resulting in
increased frequencies and
later night services.”
Ferry services into Lane
Cove are also receiving a
boost with 58 new weekly
ferry services along the
Parramatta River.
“For train customers
there will be more late
night services on the T1
Northern Line between
North Ryde and the CBD,
with an extra two trains
every hour and we are
doubling the number of
weekend
services operating from
North Ryde to the CBD,”
Mr Roberts said.
“ An extra two trains an
hour will also be added
on weekends for customers
travelling between
Chatswood and the CBD
via the North Shore Line
on Saturdays and Sundays,
during the day.”
Changes to bus, ferry
and rail timetables may result
in some minor changes
to existing timetables
to provide better connections
to other services.
Mr Roberts said customers
should plan their journey
ahead by visiting
www.transportnsw.
info, using the trip planning
apps on their mobile
devices or phoning the
Transport Info Line on 131
500.
“The NSW Government
is committed to delivering
better public transport
services and from November
26 we’ll be seeing one
of the largest uplifts in services
that Sydney has ever
seen.”
$8000 award for budding
HUNTER’S HILL COUNCIL
HUNTER’S HILL COUNCIL
NOMINATIONS FOR COMMITTEES & GROUPS
Council has recently adopted a Committee, Advisory Committee and Working Party structure for the next three
years. Council now invites interested local residents to nominate to serve as a community representative on
these Committees, Advisory Groups and Working Parties for a three year period until September 2020.
Nominations will be received up until Friday 17 November 2017 for the following Committees and Groups:
Committee/Advisory Group
Art Exhibition Advisory Committee
Events Committee
Conservation Advisory Panel
Public Art Committee
Hunters Hill Village Mainstreet Committee
Gladesville Mainstreet Committee
Hunters Hill Access Advisory Group
Seniors Advisory Group
Bushland Regeneration Working Party
Meets
Monthly (Evenings)
As required Monthly (Evening)
Monthly (Evenings)
As required (Daytime)
Quarterly (Evening)
Quarterly (Evening)
Bi-Monthly (Daytime)
Bi-Monthly (Evenings)
Monthly (Daytime)
Monthly (Mornings)
For nomination forms and descriptions of committee function visit www.huntershill.nsw.gov.au. Nomination forms
are also available from Hunter’s Hill Council Customer Service Centre at 22 Alexandra Street, Hunters Hill or by
phoning 9879 9400. Forms can be returned by post to Hunters Hill Council PO Box 21 HUNTERS HILL NSW
2110 or by email to council@huntershill.nsw.gov.au
Steve Kourepis
ACTING GENERAL MANAGER
horticulturalist Joel
charity BBM Youth Support to travel and develop his horticultural knowledge
overseas.
The award will allow
him to work, study
and grow his confidence
through international
work experience.
He plans on travelling
next March and
will receive his award
at an exclusive ceremony
on November
6 at Sydney’s Parliament
House.
“This award gives
me opportunities I
never would have otherwise
experienced,
and I can’t wait to
learn about different
methods of horticulture,”
Joel said.
“It really is a once in
a lifetime opportunity
for me, and over the
next few months I will
be planning and preparing
myself for my
trip abroad.”
The Award is designed
to be a self-directed
learning experience
to give young
people a chance to
not only improve their
professional development,
but to grow in
confidence and build
their own aspiration
for the future.
Awardees bring this
knowledge back to
inspire others in their
community to build a
better future for Australia.
BBM Youth Support
CEO Melanie Stray
feels that these kind
of development opportunities
are all too
rare for the young
people of Australia.
‘We believe that successful
young people
create more opportunities
for themselves
and others, and we
know that these
award experiences
help young people
grow both personally
and professionally,”
she said.
“These awards have
been running since
1983, and many
of our alumni have
brought back skills
and new perspectives
to Australia, inspiring
other young people
to go out there and
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This ripple effect will
help Australia have a
better future, and I’m
proud to be a part of
this.’
BBM Youth Support
performing arts, agriculture,
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and trades. To learn
more visit bbm.asn.au.