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6 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 22 August, 2018 Eastwood’s new Rowe St Car Park TWT EXCLUSIVE Here is a sneak preview of what the proposed new Eastwood car park in Rowe Street East could look like. Ryde Mayor Jerome Laxale told The Weekly Times the local community consultation process will start today with residents, visitors and businesses of Eastwood invited to provide feedback by completing an online survey, which is available in English, Chinese and Korean. He said the survey asks visitors and residents to detail their purposes for visiting Eastwood town centre, their accessibility needs and how they normally travel to Eastwood, while businesses are asked about the needs of their business and customers. The community will also be asked to provide comment on the proposed design concepts for the new short stay car park, which is located on the east side of Rowe Street, within the famous Korean business district. “The feedback we receive during this consultation process will enable Council to deliver on its promise to bring shoppers back to Eastwood and revitalise the local economy,” Mayor Laxale said. “In 10 months this Council has achieved what others haven’t in 10 years and this new short stay car park will be the biggest increase in public parking spaces in Eastwood in nearly 50 years.” The survey will help the City of Ryde identify the needs and expected usages of the new short stay car park. The Weekly Times recently and exclusively announced that the City of Ryde has committed to build a new multi-storey short stay car park on the current car park site at 53-71 Rowe Street, Eastwood. “I know that providing parking in Eastwood is essential and well overdue,” Mayor Laxale added. Apart from the online survey, the City of Ryde will also engage with Eastwood business groups as part of the consultation process on the short stay car park. All feedback on the new short stay car park must be received by Sunday 23 September 2018. WIN DAD A HOLIDAY 2 September 2018 12:00pm - 3:00pm 152-160 Rowe Street, Eastwood Shopping Centre Visit our website and Facebook for more information When you spend more than $30 between 27th AUG - 2nd SEP within Eastwood Shopping Centre (excl. Woolworths & BWS): 1. Keep your receipts 2. Bring it back on 2nd SEP for a chance to spin the wheel of fortune 3. Win a Father's Day present! On 1st SEP we have a FREE kid's craft activity located adjacent to OK Supermarket and in front of Q Flow Computers between 11am-2pm. EASTWOOD COMMUNITY NEWS with Rev MARION GLEDHILL OAM Locals visit the Big Dry WATER!! We cannot live without it and everyone wants it. In early August my husband Malcolm and myself from Eastwood, Carol and Philip Bickerstaff from East Ryde and Margaret McCartney from Epping, joined a Uniting Church bus tour to the northern Murray Darling Basin. From Dubbo we headed for Charleville in south-west Queensland via Gilgandra and Walgett, returning via Roma, Moree and Condobolin. The Murray Darling Basin is Australia’s most important agricultural region, producing around one-third of the national food supply. The health of the Basin and its dependent ecosystems is integral to the future wellbeing of Australia – its people, its economy and its natural environment. The Murray Darling Basin Plan is all about striving for fairness in water distribution. But what if there’s no water? On our tour we saw vast stretches of NSW farmland barren of crops or grass, with mulga trees pushed over for stock to reach the leaves. We saw few sheep or cattle, and most of those were in poor condition. Rivers were low, a series of pools, or completely dry. We had conversation with farmers and residents of rural communities. They were glad that people from the other side of the ‘sandstone curtain’ cared enough to visit. Most were stoic in face of the effects of the drought, but tears were not far away. On return home, media concentration on the drought was challenging. A Chinese student of our English classes at Eastwood Uniting Church asked me in faltering English “Dry….farmers?’ By then some of our volunteers were planning a drought fundraiser – a Multicultural Luncheon at the Church on Monday September 3, 1pm to 2.30. All are invited, tickets are $10 per person, with additional donations welcome. Enquiries to Eastwood Uniting Church office 9858 5732. - MARION GLEDHILL Barwon river near Walgett, Murray Basin
Wednesday 22 August, 2018 THE WEEKLY TIMES 7 Lane Cove MP Anthony Roberts launches the celebration of 150 years of Catholic education in Hunters Hill with a blue ribbon event at Villa Maria Catholic Church in Hunters ill on Friday, alongside teachers, parents and students. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO Anthony Roberts MP launches celebration of 150 years of Catholic education The celebration of 150 years of Catholic education in Hunters Hill was launched by Lane Cove MP Anthony Roberts at Villa Maria Catholic Primary School in Hunters Hill on Friday. Mr Roberts said the celebration will culminate on Sunday, October 28 with a “Back to Villa” day and a Mass to recognise Hunters Hill’s Marist Fathers, Brothers, Sisters and laity. A special feature of the celebration will be the tying of ribbons - in the navy blue of the Marist Order – on schools, churches and homes. “This huge stretch of ribbons will represent the 150 years of the Marist’s teaching in Hunters Hill and I will also be planting 150 trees to commemorate the 150 years,” Mr Roberts said. “This will acknowledge the contribution the Marists and the Sisters of St Joseph have made to local schools like St Joeys, Villa Maria and Marist Sisters (Woolwich) and through the Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church in Hunters Hill and the Church of St Peter Chanel in Woolwich. “It will especially recognise the contribution of our priests, brothers and sisters as well as our teachers, parents and students.” The Marists were founded in Lyon, France in 1816 as the Society of Mary by Father Jean-Claude Colin. The Society’s name derives from the Order’s devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose members imitate her spirituality in their own spirituality and daily work. The Marists were assigned by the Holy See to carry out missionary and teaching work in Oceania (including Australia) in the early 19th century and were welcomed to the French Village of Hunters Hill by French speaking settlers. The most famous of the Oceania Marists is the Martyr Saint Peter Chanel who was killed by natives on the Island of Futuna on April 28, 1841. His body was brought back to the Procure Chapel in Gladesville on the ship “Maukin” and then transferred to Lyon in 1850. Futuna Street in Hunters Hill is named in his honour and the Church of St Peter Chanel in Woolwich honours the Saint with a statue of him placed above the alter, over looking a stained glass window of French saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and a statue of St Therse of Lisieux. Saint Peter Chanel is recognised as the patron saint of Oceania and - because Australia is part of the Oceania region - this Marist priest has some claim to be our first Catholic saint. Tossers fines welcomed by Lane Cove MP In the last three years, tossers have been hit with more than $8.3 million in fines and the NSW EPA has handed out over 29,000 penalty notices to people littering from motor vehicles thanks to increased public reporting. The latest figures were welcomed by Lane Cove MP Anthony Roberts on Monday. “The figures show the community has had enough of people trashing their streets and the environment, with 84 per cent of the NSW population agreeing litter fines should be issued,” he said. “There are more than 33,000 registered EPA litter reporters out there, so if you get caught littering then you should expect a fine.” The increase in public reporting is a ringing endorsement of the EPA’s Don’t be a Tosser! campaign and the Report to EPA system, which allows people to report littering as it happens. The Honourable Anthony Roberts MP Member for Lane Cove Boronia Park is undoubtedly one of the most pleasant and utilised amenities in Hunters Hill – a wonderful waterfront parkland with natural bushland, a lovely creek which tumbles down a waterfall along the river’s edge. But Boronia Park is also the site of much more. It’s the home of many sporting and recreational activities enjoyed by so many citizens of the Lane Cove electorate. And that’s why I was so pleased to recently announce a $1 million funding injection for Hunters Hill Council that will deliver a much needed upgrade to the grandstand and sporting fields at Boronia Park at Hunters Hill. I am passionate about all of my constituents having access to participate and enjoy active recreation and physical activity. Playing sport increase a child’s physical fitness; and it’s a great way to learn important life skills like self-esteem, respect, collaboration. It is a way to learn how to be a good sport, and a fair human, and our government values this, with the Active Kids program we launched last year to encourage and support greater participation in organised sport and fitness activities. Boronia Park is one of the most popular sport and recreation facilities in the Municipality of Hunters Hill, and a much loved asset to our local community. Over 2200 local residents are registered in the many organised sports clubs that call Boronia Park home. These local champions are cheered on, coached and supported by another 1800 people weekly. When you add to these numbers the visiting players and supporters who have the fortune to experience the beauty of Boronia Park, there’s enough people to fill every seat in a world class stadium. I strongly believe that our community deserves first-class sport and recreation facilities, and this funding boost will help the council to deliver just that. Boronia Park is long overdue some TLC. The upgrade to the iconic heritage grandstand will bring it into the 21st century grandstand will not only benefit local residents but the broader Ryde community for many generations to come. The upgrades will ensure that our facilities work for all ages, abilities and genders, so that there is no barrier to participation in the joy of organised sport. Women’s sport at Boronia Park is growing fast, and we need to ensure our amenities are both inclusive and accessible to all people. It will also support the clubs to continue to host important regional sports events. The money will also go to upgrading sporting fields where rugby, cricket, netball, touch football, school sporting events and athletics carnivals, and even ultimate frisbee are played with passion and vigour. Boronia Park is the place many learn their skills, make lifelong friendships, and learn the value of belonging to a team. I am thrilled to be able to help facilitate greater community connection to the active pursuit of sport and recreation, whether it is through participation or supporting the importance of belonging by coaching and officiating or organising. Anthony Roberts Phone: 9817 4757 | email: lanecove@parliament.nsw.gov.au
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