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Newsletter for Offshore Residents of Pittwater, Australia Volume 7, Issue 107; December 2005
Three items were omitted from your recent newsletter. And there is another reminder here about the online diary. Please remember the username and password!
For those of you who enjoyed the sunshine on Saturday and braved the rain on Sunday for the Island H’Arts at Tarrangaua - thank you - it was a great event and for those who missed it ?????? Hopefully we will see you next time.
A big thank you to Bob and Susan Story who allowed us to take over their wonderful house and showcase the work of 23 of our local artists. Also thanks to Lovett Bay Boatshed for providing boat parking and banking facilities. Despite the far from perfect weather the weekend saw a constant stream of visitors from near and far. The Saturday SMH Leunig cartoon even had a Dorothy Mackellar theme to mark the day – “a land of flooding rains” weekend, but at least our water tanks are now full and the farmers are a bit happier.
The official opening by Tim Storrier on Saturday afternoon was “full house” and over the weekend there were probably about 700 visitors despite the rain.
It was wonderful to see the diverse styles and media of each artist and to see these works hanging in a domestic space gave one a better sense of how they would look in a home environment. This was reflected in the large number of sales that were made over the two days. If you could not afford a large piece of art you could buy wine labels specially designed by some of the artists and get a free bottle of wine or there were Gwyn Perkins’ delightfully drawn local images and June Lahm’s photo image cards.
Susan and her team of workers provided some delicious fare for everyone and raised funds for the Western Shores Fire Brigade and the proceeds of a raffle of a lino cut by Katie Clemson added to the funds raised. Thank you to Brigade members who assisted visitors up and down the steps when necessary and co-ordinated the ferry.
Another successful Show from our very talented community.
Till next year.
Goshin Ryu Karate on Scotland Island 2005
Congratulations Scotland Island Goshin Ryu Karate
Erin Ricketts was double graded last month at a karate grading held
in Manly Vale earning herself her purple belt.
Lachlan Hamilton and Joshua Nowland were double graded from white
belts and were awarded provisional green belts earlier this year.
Gina Seres, Margaret Urlich, Megan Brown and Erin Ricketts were
double graded to green belt earlier in 2005. Gina and Erin both
received medals for excellence at their green belt grading.
Luke Atkins and Erin Ricketts will train and compete this weekend at
Blackheath in Goshin Ryu's annual Black Belt training camp.
Junior White Belt Grading coming up on Wednesday 14 December at
4.45pm - 5.45pm at Scotland Island Community Hall. Two of Goshin
Ryu's highest graded Black Belts Sensei Ross James and Sensei Mick
Seaton will be examining our junior white belts at their first
grading!
Goodluck to Jaime, Tommy, Riley, Ben, Emily, Hugo, Taylor, Mallee
and Jay who have been training hard throughout 2005 Bring a plate
and we will celebrate afterwards!
Photos of the SIRA 50th Birthday
Thanks to Lisa McDonald and her small
crew of volunteers, the SIRA 50th birthday celebrations were a huge
success. It was an afternoon (and night) of joyous music, film and
food. Some photos have been posted on the web at
http://juicepulp.bigpondhosting.com/photos/custom_004.htm
Online Diary - Add your
function
An online
diary has been created for readers of this newsletter. This facility
will allow you to enter
details
of any upcoming function that might be of interest to the offshore
community. For example you might be having a BBQ to raise funds for
the kindie. To let everyone know that you have "reserved" a
particular day(s) simply find the date on the calendar and enter the
detail. Then click submit at the bottom of the page. You can
colour your entry, make an entry span over a number of days and much
more.
The calendar is in development and should you have any problems, please let the editor know. You will need a username and password. The username is 'island' (without the quotes) and the password is 'island' (without the quotes.) Clearly you should only add items that are of interest to all of our community. Please remember these details for the future! This is the last time the username and password is published. Please write it down somewhere!
To add information about your
function and to check what is happening in the offshore community,
visit
http://www.scotlandisland.org.au/calendar.htm or just click the
link from the Scotland Island home page at
www.scotlandisland.org.au
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| Local Real Estate Agents: |
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| Government Organisations: |
| Local Pittwater Council, or email them at pittwater_council@pittwater.nsw.gov.au or by clicking here. |
| Federal: Bronwyn Bishop, Member for Mackellar, or email her by clicking here or Bronwyn.Bishop.MP@aph.gov.au or |
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Local Transport: Scotland Island Community
Vehicle: Info:
click
here. Phone 0404-103-700
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Emergency Contact Numbers
Emergency Scotland Island Water Contacts: click here for information (while online) |
Airlines,
Buses and Railways
| Sydney Airport: Arrivals and Departures | Qantas Information Jetstar Information |
| Sydney Buses information. | Virgin Blue Information |
| City Rail Timetables and Information. | Country Link Rail Timetable |
Weather
- Tides, Moon phases, Sun rise & set for Sydney
- Weather Forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology in Sydney, Australia
- Radar weather for Sydney (128k circle)
| Join SIRA You can now join the Scotland Island Residents Association by clicking here. Please print the page you see and return the completed form to SIRA at this address: The Treasurer, SIRA, PO Box 70, Church Point 2105. Please NO CASH. Contact SIRA at sirapittwater@hotmail.com | Join WPCA To join the Western Pittwater Community Association, contact Larry at larrye@aftrs.edu.au or click here or phone 02-9979-5026 for more information. (in revision) |
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