Sewage situation stinks
I refer to the article quoting Ann Attwater regarding the sewerage works at Bateau Bay CCN 430). I appreciate her concerns and support her thoughts. Unfortunately I have complained in…
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DA assessment times not good enough
I write in reply to the excellent article High DA wait times blamed on poor planning (CCN 429), quoting Kevin Brooks. With the national housing crisis surely the administrators have…
Whingeing achieves nothing
I take issue with noisy complaints to CCN about odours emanating from Bateau Bay treatment works (CCN 420). Council has indicated it has commenced works costing $35M and these will…
How effective is Return and Earn scheme?
In the article Coasties are recycling champs (CCN 428), local MPs Liesl Tesch and Adam Crouch both praise the NSW Government’s Return and Earn scheme for its great contribution to…
Wyoming Rd needs attention
I fully support Bob Hall’s comments regarding Wyoming Rd South (CCN 425). As a rate-paying resident for 50-plus years, I recall in the late 70s signing a petition for a…
Wasp nest a hazard
During Central Coast Council’s copious free time perhaps they could do something about the wasp nest located just under the seat of the bus shelter on the south-west corner of…
Mix of nuclear and renewables the way to go
Mr Castellari (“No thanks to nuclear” CCN 429) could very well be right. We are very nuclear-phobic, and that is politics and we might never have any nuclear electric power…
Cuts to palliative care heartless
“Mingy Minns” has done it yet again. It seems like taking taxpayers’ money, and therefore support, for the older generation and those who are dying makes for easy pickings. I…
No thanks to nuclear
The Opposition has identified two locations on the Central Coast for its nuclear power plant proposal, Eraring and Bayswater. An excellent way to ensure that Labor is returned at the…
We need to keep 15 councillors
This year we have the council election in September. In conjunction with this, we also have the local referendum about reducing the number of councillors from 15 to nine and…
Toukley McDonald’s a bad idea
The Council should not allow a McDonald’s restaurant at Toukley. The traffic is already congested with the school, Aldi, Service NSW and the coffee shop right near the traffic lights….
Search for Spoon Bay rescue heroes
On Sunday, February 25, at around 5-5.30pm my daughter and her friend were snorkelling at Spoon Bay and both got caught in the rip and almost drowned. The friend’s mother…
Good Samaritans save the day
Even before the NRMA had a chance to intervene, the local community raced to our rescue recently. We were out for a drive in our newly-acquired MX5, coasting down Empire…
We must keep 15 councillors
Federal and State parliamentarians state consistently they cannot be removed from their elected positions because in a democracy they are elected by their constituents. Fifteen democratically elected Central Coast councillors…
Where are the trees?
Good news: Council is upgrading 11 play areas around the Central Coast. Yay. Bad news: Council is NOT providing any shade at any of these areas. Boo. Email, Feb 26Phil…
Bulk-billing the solution to cashless woes
One solution to Peter Blyth’s conundrum (Trend toward cashless disturbing, CCN 426) is to find a GP who bulk-bills. I know that it can be difficult, but now that they…
Action on e-scooters needed
When is security at Bateau Bay shopping centre and the Police going to actually do something about the teenage delinquents riding e-scooters up and down the bus service area? Will…
Interesting rainfall analysis
Is Terrigal the wettest place on the Central Coast? As an old Bureau weatherman I’m always interested in the rainfall differences we experience across the Central Coast and on occasion…
Aussie manufactured is good news
I was surprised by the story on moving a 477-tonne transformer from Victoria to NSW (Giant transformer on 1,000km trip to Colongra, CCN 425), not just because of the massive…
Rugby league trial game a debacle
The trial game debacle that was Souths versus Manly at Gosford Stadium on Sunday, February 11, was a travesty to both the game and the thousands of rugby league supporters…