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Collapse Issue 421 - 12 Jun 2017Issue 421 - 12 Jun 2017
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Tenants selected for affordable housing project
Kathy Smith dies
Ferry wharf closed for upgrade
Proposal to landscape Hardys Bay foreshore
Environment group objects to aged care proposal
Mingaletta holds Naidoc Day events
Cable fencing installed around bushland reserve
Coastal zone management 'in chaos', says candidate
Consolidated planning is urgently needed, says Wales
Greens start council pre-selection
Safety bollards for Melbourne Ave
Renovations at Leisure Centre
Night work on bridge
Wicks visits oval amenities project
Gosford Council financial statements presented
Bouddi history project now on the internet
Opportunity to encourage flying foxes, says rescuer
Red Cross presentation at library
Mother's Day success at Mary Mac's
Highly-commended at Easter show
Pursuing a career as a florist
Store has 10th birthday
Italian restaurant opens in Ettalong
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Woy Woy will stagnate as Wyong booms
Cardboard to landfill?
Shaken after attempted break-in
Time for tree policy is now
Open air public areas are a valuable commodity
Consistent with what?
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Donation to shuttle service
Hospital redevelopment to be finished by December
Improving the future for muscular dystrophy sufferers
New welfare team co-ordinator
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Foundation announces arts grants program
Village choir performs at Somersby school
Documentary about boxer re-broadcast
Two invited to folk club
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College wins Landcare award
Counting chickens as they hatch
Arguing against watching the news
More fun than most schools, says principal
Students encouraged to write about Anzac centenary
Soccer selection
Search for new principal starts
Environment day at Ettalong
Visits to Men's Shed
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Woy Woy causes minor upset
Local bowling clubs raise funds for cancer services
Bridge club elects new committee
Ocean Beach hosts rescue boat champs
Surf club holds fundraiser
Grade wins for Ettalong and Woy Woy
Triathlon club meets Peace Run
Women's bowling club celebrates 60 years
Annual prostate cancer charity day
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Booker Bay burial site may be considered by council

Proposal to landscape Hardys Bay foreshore

A proposal to reinvigorate the foreshore of Hardys Bay has been developed by local residents and community-minded landscape architects.

Local community groups have supported the project, including Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association, Killcare Wagstaffe Trust, and the Hardys Bay Residents Group.

"The concept design brings into focus the bayside setting through themes of identity and connection," said Community Association president Ms Peta Colebatch.

"Celebrating the region's beach and bay culture, the foreshore and the Yum Yum trees, this special place has the potential to become a vibrant node within the region providing new pathways, foreshore access and planted with new vegetation," Ms Colebatch said.

"The site beneath the Yum Yum trees beside the public wharf is highly valued by the community as a gathering place and the design proposes to renew this area with paving, furniture and pathway connections to both the foreshore and the bus stop," she said.

Connecting Wagstaffe to Hardy's Bay along a continuous foreshore walk through "simple clarity of space and accessibility" was an "essential component of the concept".

"Access to Brisbane Water is provided at multiple points along the bay with the design drawing on the robust coastal vernacular of the region with local sandstone, timber detailing and indigenous species.

"The site is envisioned with shared pathways, green open space, indigenous trees and shrub plantings and the restoration of mangrove habitat.

"Sandstone steps provide people with access to the water, opportunities for play and invites local ecologies to take up residence amongst the thoughtfully placed blocks.

"Indigenous trees are proposed to be situated throughout the area with careful consideration of the views from the properties that overlook the bay, providing amenity for the fore-shore users and habitat for local wildlife.

"The renewal of this site will provide the community with an open and inviting foreshore place that can be used for gathering and events, celebrating this place as the setting of some of our fondest memories," she said.

Detailed plans can be viewed and commented at website: sites.google.com/view/hardysbayforeshore.

The cut-off date for comment is August 15.

Plans will be refined in the light of input received.





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