MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AND DISTRICTS COMMUNITY NEWS No. 874 Ph: 4374 1039 Mo: 0412 669 649 Email: [email protected] Web: cnews1.com.au 16th April 2021 years. Mangrove Mountain Union Church The affection of the community toward the Church was demonstrated What Next? by the number of people who filled the Church hall at the meeting held on Fri 1 Sep 1911 - The Gosford Times and Mrs. Kelynack for their kindness Friday 10th April and who were very in offering their home for this purpose. and Wyong District Advocate passionate about it’s future. The Treasurer (Mr. G. Hunt) read a (NSW : 1906 - 1954) The on-line discussions elicited a very satisfactory balance sheet. The Page 9 - District News. host of fond memories from people President in an address foreshadowed [From Our Correspondents.] still living in the district and others that the Church (which would hold long moved away but still in touch. Mangrove. The annual general 80 persons) would be completed The Church has for over a century meeting of the Mangrove Mountain by Xmas, and urged all to further served the community hosting local Union Church was held on Sunday the success which had so far been weddings, christenings, funerals, last, when there was a large gathering attained by co-operating heartily, Church services and for many years, of members present. The President both financially and otherwise. Monday school (Sunday School) (Major W. Cowlishaw) presided, and Election of officers resulted as follows for local children in the area. More offered apologies for absence from : Committee, Messrs. W. Cowlishaw recently, the Church and Church hall Revs. P. Davis and W. G. Clark-Duff, (President), G. Hunt (Treasurer), W. has also hosted singing and craft both of whom had services elsewhere. H. and. L. A. Kelynack, J. U. Wood, groups, Poet’s breakfasts, cooking The Secretary (Mr. Hugh P. Hallard) H. W. Roughley, and H. R. Hallard workshops, Harvest festival activities in his annual report pointed out that (Secretary) ; Auditor, Mr. ,W. H. J and more. the Church was formed in August, Kelynack ; Trustees, Messrs. Hunt, A meeting is to be held on Thursday exactly a year ago. Representatives Cowlishaw and Hallard 22nd of April at Mangrove Mountain from the Church of England, Methodist Hall at 7pm to field ideas and and Presbyterian denominations The Union Church has been part of suggestions and discuss the future of had conducted services during the the district for a very long time and the Church and how as a community year, and at the present time regular from the time of it’s conception and we can better support our historic services were being conducted. The construction has been a focal point for community buildings to ensure they Minister for Lands had approved of a the local community. are not lost for future generations. 2-acre block as a site for the erection Usage of the Church and hall has Please bring your ideas and of the church, and the Committee had declined over the years but it is still enthusiasm to support the future of the accepted the tender of Mr. Gibson for greatly valued by the community and Mangrove Mountain Union Church. £182 10s, and would result in a suitable is seen as a testament to the efforts of It would be a shame to see the edifice and make a further landmark the early settlers and a symbol of the Mangrove Mountain Union Church in the progress of the district. .During district’s heritage. go the way of the Golf course and the the year in the absence of a Church Credit is to be given to the current Country Club. building service had been held at the committee who have continued to residence of Mr. W. H. Kelynack, J.P., raise funds and maintain the Church, and thanks are due to that gentleman buildings and grounds over the recent DOORALONG UKE JAM + PICNIC
YOU ARE INVITED. Lake Macquarie Ukestra is having another Uke Jam at the Dooralong Community Hall from 11-4 on Saturday 17 April. All locals welcome. Lots of performers and strum / singalongs. The church in its original form ANZAC Bring your voice, plus uke or guitar if you have one. BYO picnic lunch. COMMEMORATION BBQ, urn and fridge will be on. STOP ! Kids’ play area nearby. Gold coin Next issue Published SERVICE donation to cover hall cost. Will be 7th May 2021 Covid compliant. ** DEADLINE ** Sunday 18th April 2021, 2pm If possible please let me know if ** 30th April ‘21 ** Afternoon Tea served afterwards you are coming (or just turn up for all Send adverts & copy by All welcome or part of the day). email or post. Held at Mangrove Mountain [email protected] Email or phone for Memorial Club Limited Rodney Gray enquiries 1 Australian Blues and Roots legend coming to the Mountain Popular Australian Blues and Roots legend, Ash Grunwald, will be performing two special shows at the historic Mangrove Mountain Hall on Saturday the 24th of April! Ash Grunwald has transformed the Blues and Roots scene for modern times, bringing Blues and Roots music to a whole new generation of fans at major festivals all over the world and collaborating with artists across multiple music genres such as The Living End, Kram, The Funkoars, Joe Bonamassa, Kasey Chambers, and of course most recently with Josh Teskey of the Aria Award winning band the Teskey Brothers. Heralded as one of Australia’s great Blues and Roots performers Ash Grunwald will be performing songs and we cannot wait for Ash to take available for the 9pm show, which has from his 9 studio albums, 3 live albums the stage at the Mountain’s very own just been announced due to popular and his newly released #8 debuting historic hall for the first time” Ryan demand and features special guest album “Push The Blues Away” with Howard – organiser of Blues on the Brandon Dodd (Grizzlee Train, Kasey Josh Teskey. Mountain said. Chambers). “Bringing Ash Grunwald to Ash Grunwald's early 6pm show, Great food and light refreshments Mangrove Mountain Hall has been a featuring special guest Taj Farrant has will be available for purchase on the long held goal and years in the making, already sold out, but tickets are now night, with thanks to The Hub of
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3 Kulnura & Districts Garden Club What a lovely visit we had to Paul’s Linga Longa at Yarramalong…… very interesting garden with its own amphitheatre and the beautiful home dating back to 1875! Our Show and Tell was great with several Members contributing. It was the largest number of Members we had seen for some time – its was such a beautiful day and folk were glad to be out and about again. It was well worth the effort and so good to catch up again after the Covid restrictions. We have members from Chatswood,
4 Forresters Beach and Dural who come Our April meeting will be held plant/veggie competition and Show all the way to join in! The formal part on Monday 12th April at Kulnura and Tell where Members bring along of our gatherings is much shorter now Cottages, 61 Finns Road, Kulnura something they have grown and tell due to Dept Fair Trading’s easing of and as usual will begin with a cuppa us about it or ask questions – we have the rules for taking Minutes etc and at 9.30. Please bring your own mug, several very knowledgeable gardeners this makes it much quicker and allows chair and a small plate of morning tea. in our group and they are always has more time to view the property we are Are hosts will be serving home made happy to help. visiting and more time for mingling pizza! Look forward to seeing everyone! too of course! As usual we will be having our Glynnis Golsby
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So what’s involved? What can you Some of the jobs don’t require any do to help make it happen this year? physical exertion. All we need is For starters contact either Crystal, our someone to make a few phone calls fabulous Secretary, or myself, and from home one afternoon. Or offer tell us what you might be able to do to drive around to pick up supplie the to help. week before the Fairs. Or help Jodie WILL WE HAVE A take details for the Arts and Crafts Just coming to one of our monthly competition entries the days before COUNTRY FAIR? Country Fair meetings - which are held the Fair. Or decorate the Hall for a few on the 2nd Thursday of every month hours. Or help put up signs. Or string Are we going to have a Country at 7.30pm at the Mangrove Mountain barrier tape between star stakes. Get Fair this year? This is a question I Union Church hall on Wisemans Ferry your older kids involved. They’ll am getting asked all the time right Road - will let you see and hear how appreciate the Fair even more if they now. And the answer lies somewhere we’re progressing on getting the DA are involved in the set-up. between “Yes we want to” and “Only to hold the Fair, getting permission if enough people volunteer to help from the Hall and the Reserve Trust So if you want our Country Fair to make it happen”. to hold the Fair on their grounds and happen this year, now is the time to negotiating affordable fees, working get involved. If everyone reading this Everyone I speak to wants the out what the entertainment line-up article could give us 2-3 hours help Country Fair to happen this year, will be, how we are going to raise between now and the end of the Fair but are you one of the ones helping much-needed sponsorship money. – which will be on Sat 16th October to actually make it happen? Or just this year –then we could definitely say sitting back waiting for other people Your input might help us determine YES our community WILL be having to do all the work? how we’re going to be able to a Country Fair in 2021. implement Covid social distancing Like so many of our “community and crowd control measures, and The more people we have to help, assets”, the Mangrove Mountain & adhere to our mandatory Covid Plan. the less work there is for everyone. Districts Country Fair is coming Who will run the parking areas? Who Let’s make 2021 a great Country Fair!! perilously close to becoming a thing will actually help sell drinks, t-shirts, Either email Crystal at secretary- of the past. There a very real thing raffle tickets, plants at the Plant stall, [email protected], or call me to called volunteer burn-out and a lot of make coffees etc? Who will physically have a chat. the people who put up their hands to help string up the power leads across Shane Eastman help make the Country Fair happen the grounds, unpack, move and put 0417 436 529 are getting older, have done it for so up all the gazebos, put out and then Mangrove Mountain & Districts Country many years that they want a “break”, collect all the star steaks, the tables Fair, President or have moved away from the area, or and chairs, erect the animal enclosures
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We had a great knitting needles, and by the end of the SEASON IN A turnout and everyone really enjoyed session quite a few patches brightly- themselves. coloured expanding circles and DECADE Over cups of coffee and tea and squares were already taking shape. delicious tarts and slices of cake, The plan is to make knitted or people really got into the spirit, crocheted “sleeves” for the trees The end of March marked the showing newbies how to knit or outside The Hub of Mangrove official end to the quietest fire season crochet, sharing stories about how Mountain as a brightly-coloured art in more than a decade, a stark contrast to the devastating 2019/20 season. NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Commissioner Rob Rogers said this bush fire season had been welcome change in terms of fire activity, property damage and hours committed by volunteer firefighters. “Firefighters have responded to just over 5500 bush and grass fires burning 30,963 hectares across NSW, considerably less than the 11,400 installation. Our theme is to highlight the importance of mental health in our community, particularly as over the past 18 months we have been through the devastating bushfires, then storms, Covid and more recently torrential rains and severe flooding. Staying positive and resilient through all this has been hard for many of us, and this is an opportunity to make new friends, talk about things generally and just Studio Kreadiv Studio venue in Mount White offering regular artist workshops, portrait photography, audio/video studio hire and more! For upcoming events & more info see: www.studiokreadiv.com 8 fires and 5.5 million hectares lost last the low instances of bush and grass outside the BFDP, property owners season”, Commissioner Rogers said. fires across the season high grass fuel conducting private hazard reduction “There has been just 11 days of total loads remained west of the divide. burns are usually required to have fire bans compared to 60 days last “Over the coming weeks and months a Hazard Reduction Certificate season, marking the quietest bush fire crews will begin hazard reduction before lighting up. Hazard Reduction season since 2010/11. burning when weather opportunities Certificates are free and can be Commissioner Rogers said that are more favourable to reduce these obtained from NSW RFS Fire Control despite the low level of fire activity fuel loads. Centres. this season, our members had been “It is vital for people living near “While firefighting agencies will kept busy over recent weeks assisting Bush Fire Prone Land to not become be looking to conduct as many hazard flood affected communities across the complacent and to ensure they take reduction activities as possible, I state. the time now to clear, prepare and encourage landholders to do the “Time and time again when called maintain their properties.” same.” said Commissioner Rogers. upon, our members have stepped up While Fire Permits are not required NSW RFS Media Release to help. “As communities up and down the coast were inundated by flood waters, our firefighters were there to help, both on the ground and in the air. “I am humbled by their want to serve locally and the broader NSW community. “To see hundreds of our firefighters travelling across the state to help communities in need is testament to their dedication and commitment. Commission Rogers said that despite have a fun time. We will be meeting every Monday from 2-4pm at The Hub of Mangrove Mountain. It’s free to come and join us, and refreshments will be served, also at no cost to the participants. So, don’t be shy, come along on any Monday and join us to have some fun. No experience necessary! ɵ Shane Eastman 9 entered in this year’s Sydney Royal. Mountain Witnessing the judging of your own birds is a little stressful, yet extremely exciting watching the results of firstly Parrots Win the breed classifications and then it is narrowed down to ten champions, one from each class to again be closely at the Sydney inspected to determine the Grand Champion Parrot. They are judged Royal! on confirmation, plumage has to be perfect, bright eyes, perfect beak Ross Pratley of Mangrove Mountain and nails, even their mannerism is is a specialist breeding Eclectus considered. A bird that is animated parrots and has won again at the catches the judge’s eye. After about Sydney Royal. 2 hours of judging the decision was 2021 Sydney Royal has been handed down and Ross’s Ambon Grand described by the news media as the Eclectus was the Grand Champion biggest event to take place in the World Parrot for 2021. This meant his during the COVID 19 pandemic. 800 winning Reserve Champion Eclectus birds in all were exhibited with 80 was brought into contention for the entries in the parrot category. Ross Reserve Grand Champion and as the entered four Eclectus parrots that he contestants were being eliminated, had bred and hand reared, about 300 including three past Grand Champions feeds each, before they were weaned it was down to an African Grey and the and moved into an aviary. One cannot Eclectus. No hard feelings, it went to keep all that are bred and many sold the African Grey. Ross with his main with a few kept, in hope of improving interest in numismatics was extremely a particular sub species. 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She has been exhibiting in the Old Fireshed Gallery Below: Woman with Wombat Below Right: Oasis for 15 years or more, we welcome her back. Now in her eighties, Julia’s art spans two continents, her work draws on her life experiences in India, the UK, and Australia. This exhibition is a celebration of her life and art. “My individual inner experience as a woman is within these works, personal experience feeling tones. A world which may be unnoticed is set in ideas and images all related to one another, with connections to places with spiritual and metaphorical links. 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GINA GILMOUR TONY GILMOUR 15 Peats Ridge Venturers, Scouts and Cubs go hiking Peats Ridge Scout Group have had a wonderful first term to the year, with four new members joining being the highlight, and with the easing of Covid restrictions we were able to start meeting together again and having a lot of fun. This term all sections got back on track, quite literally and all did night time hikes; the Venturer section (15-18 years) tackled the difficult Piles Creek Loop track at Somersby, and smashed the four hour hike in two hours; the Scouts (11- 14 years) set off from Walkers Ridge Road at Bucketty and followed the Great North Walk down to Cedar Brush (10-14years); and the Cub section (8-10years) did the Hieroglyphics walk at Kariong. Whilst the Cubs were on their night time hike, we checked out all the carvings on the cave and bush rock walls and discussed all the possibilities on who carved them. Was it the Egyptians who visited our shores before European settlement? Was it our indigenous or first people? Was it a WWI soldier returned from Egypt? Or was it university students in the 60’s and 16 70’s, which would describe the space ship carvings? After debating the truth we also found a small cave that the Cubs could climb into, inside was a geo case where we were able to read some notes recent visitors had left, and we were also able to leave a little cloth badge with our logo on it as a momento of our visit. Before leaving the caves, we invested our two newest Cubs into our group. Next term the adventure will continue with a lot more activities since the weather is cooling down. Campfires and camp cooking is sure to return; camping and overnight hikes are on the program; plus many ! more nights of fun, excitement and 5 # %) adventure. ! 5 # * !+ If you feel that your children would 5 , !# like to join us on our adventures, and join one of the best youth organisations " ! # $ 5 -# !. % % in the world, why not get in touch with # me? 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The economy is doing well, the Despite the most rapid surge in vaccine roll-out is looking good and home prices in 32 years, the Reserve the virus isn’t running amok here. Bank of Australia is to hold the He can take a more nuanced role later record low interest rate of 0.10 per in the year when we’ve got through cent steady, it announced after its this period.” Australian Prudential monthly meeting on April 6. In good Regulation Authority (APRA) news for first-home buyers trying to chairman Wayne Byres has already break into the market, and continued said that trying to curb rising house encouragement for investors to return, prices isn’t its role, and at the moment RBA governor Philip Lowe has he doesn’t see the 2.8 per cent national indicated he’s determined to resist jump in March on Core Logic figures calls to raise the rate in order to cool — with Sydney prices rocketing up red-hot property prices. “It’s all about 3.7 per cent and Melbourne prices ‘steady as she goes’,” said Westpac jumping 2.4 per cent — as any threat senior economist Matthew Hassan. to financial stability. “He’ll want to get us over the end With that kind of narrow mandate, of JobKeeper and JobSeeker … and and the RBA’s broader wish list of 18 factors such as a stronger labour rising confidence levels, government market and wages growth, the decision incentives and a lack of supply. “Those not to raise the interest rates has come rising prices will end up acting as a as no surprise. shock absorber for first-home buyers Dr Shane Oliver, chief economist who are currently making up 43 per of AMP Capital, said he believed cent of the market,” said Mr Reardon. Mr Lowe would also like to see an “But as capital growth improves and inflation rate of between two and three rents pick up, we’ll see investors per cent, rather than its current rate of returning. “We’re now seeing a around one per cent. “But this could demographic shift in the country, too, well be the lull before the storm,” with a move away from apartments said Dr Oliver. “You never know and capital cities with the restriction whether there might be rougher seas on overseas migration and the drop in ahead with bond yields rising again, hospitality employment and number of as they did before, and a few clouds students, and an increase in popularity gathering on the horizon, like a pick- of detached houses in residential areas up in headline inflation or the housing as people want more space.” boom gathering pace and putting more First-home buyers are, as a result, pressure on the RBA and APRA. being driven further away from the “Already we see headline inflation middle-ring suburbs of cities, into outer heading up to maybe 3.5 per cent or suburbs or regions, as unaffordability 4 per cent with the Consumer Price gradually edges out the advantages Index coming back up as a result of low interest rates and grants. With of childcare costs no longer being investors facing uncertainty, Real frustrated and unhappy unsuccessful covered, the excise tax increase Estate Institute of Australia president buyers. We simply need to build more and petrol prices up. And they will Adrian Kelly said first-home buyers houses.” be keeping an eye on the housing were making hay while the sun shone. All these factors make it a great market as they don’t want to see any “On the plus side for them, there’s also time to sell. If you would like to have deterioration in lending standards.” a bit of talk about the ‘relaxation’ of a chat about your property, with a no There would also need to be decisions lending restrictions, and we’ve had obligation appraisal, please feel free to made about when quantitative easing a few conversations with the Federal call me anytime on 0414 079 220 or might end before any change in the Government around that,” he said. email [email protected] interest rate could even be considered, “But mostly, the difficulty we’re I look forward to the opportunity of said Tim Reardon, chief economist of facing at the moment is a supply catching up with you soon! the Housing Industry Association. problem,” he said. “In a normal See you next month, Jay But at the moment, the low interest market, you have a happy seller and a By Jay Talbot Licenced Real rate is helping drive the market, along happy buyer. Now, you have a happy Estate, Stock & Station Agent and with improving economic conditions, seller and a happy buyer … and 19 Auctioneer 19 REGULAR ACTIVITIES & MEETINGS RURAL FIRE SERVICES Butter y Magic II Bucketty RFS Weekend Training 3rd Sat, 9am-12 pm, breakfast 8.30am Station Maintenance Every Thurs as required, generally 10am-1pm Creating a magical story - It is General Meeting 3rd Sat in even months, at 1pm, All welcome so easy when you just let your mind [email protected] (02) 4998 8130 fly anywhere, with no boundaries or Calga-Mt. White RFS General meeting 3rd Monday of the month, limitations to clutter you, or restrict 7.30pm at Pacifi c Hwy Fire Station Mt. White you in any way. You can do anything Kulnura VBFB General meeting 1st Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm at Greta Rd Station Training 3rd Wednesday of the month 7.00pm and go anywhere with anyone or be Mangrove Mountain RFS General Meeting Last Wednesday of the month, 7 pm, anything else at all. 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Jacqui Sadly, they now face extinction as Maxwell 0455364262 [email protected] Mangrove Mountain & Districts First Thursday of the Month, 8pm, Mangrove the “milkweed” has almost been wiped Community Group Meeting Mountain Hall. No meeting in January. Hon. out and without that food source, they Sec Danny Willmott 0407275653 cannot exist. I rarely see them any Mangrove Emergency Planning Committee Third Wednesday bi-monthly, Mangrove Hall more in my locality. Mangrove Mountain Country Fair 2nd Thur of month except Jan, 7:30pm, Union Back in 2013, I wrote my first book, Committee Meeting Church Hall. Pres- Shane 0417 436 529 Mangrove Mountain RSL Women’s Auxiliary Third Tuesday of the month, 2pm Mangrove and it was published in May of 2013. Mountain Memorial Club New Members It was for children in the genre 4 to 8. welcome. Secretary Keitha Coty 43771773 Because the genre was for such young Mountain District Football Club Meeting Second Tuesday of the Month 6.30pm at the children there are some wonderful Mangrove Memorial Club River Cares for the Lower Hawkesbury President Robyn Downham 0414248224 illustrations meant to help their River District Email [email protected] imaginations. The location for the Rotary Club Meeting Friday 7.15am at Phillip House. 43404529 magical side was the Somersby Falls Spencer Community Progress Group Inc President Brad Maisey, Community Meetings, area and the standard time story was 4377 1167, [email protected] on Dangar Island (just off Brooklyn). Spencer Community Ladies Social Club Last Fri of month. 12.00 noon Spencer Community Centre, Jennifer Dayes 4377 1364 When in “magic mode” time stood still Newsletter Articles to: [email protected] (and still does in the sequel). The only The Mountain Tuesday Social Tennis Group Tue 9.30am-12.30pm, Kulnura Tennis Courts. differences between the two books is Ph Glenys Palmer on 4374 1441 for enquiries. that the first one took place in one Somersby Equestrian Club Every 2nd month. Check website for further day, and there are no illustrations. Club & Committee Meeting details.www.somersbyequestrianclub.org.au Wisemans Ferry Community Men’s Shed Tues & Sat, 9am-5pm. Contact: Alan Hunt Older children are more imaginative 4566 4626 or Adrian Acheson 0448 833 781 and should be encouraged to create SPIRITUAL their own images. The second book is Anglican Service - Mountain Districts Every Sun 8am at Peats Ridge Scout Hall, Sunday School during school terms longer and takes about six (6) weeks to - Wollombi 2nd & 4th Sun 10am; Holy Eucharist at St play out. In the first book they are on John the Evangelist, Wollombi. 0481269 653 earth, however the second book takes Serbian Orthodox 2nd & 4th Sun. of the month. 10 am, followed them out into the Universe, where by luncheon, tea, coffee, cakes (cost $15). George Downes Drive, Peats Ridge the butterflies are as if they take on Kariong Community Baptist Church Sun @9.30am, Church & Kid’s Program, the form of aliens who travel through Kariong Public School Hall, Jonathan the Universe keeping the balance and Houston 0427 731277 helping to avoid disasters. Their leader Divine Retreat Centre (Ph 04 6848 6782) 1st Fri, 5:30pm-8:30pm Divine Mercy Friday 160 Hensons Road, Somersby 3rd Sat, 8:00pm to 12:00am, Night Vigil is the Universal Queen Samantha. www.divineretreatcentre.org.au Last Sun, 9am to 4:30pm, One Day Retreat In this book you can all go out into (cont’d next page) space with the children and, I hope, 20 feel their excitement experiencing REGULAR ACTIVITIES & MEETINGS (cont’d) the adventure. The second book Catholic Service -Spencer Holy Trinty Church, 2nd Sat of the month also captures more of the character 4pm, Contact 43771374 or 43771168 as times of the magnificent giant creature may change each month. “Wonambee”, who is reputed to be the - Wollombi 2nd & 5th Sunday of the month, 4.30pm Mass at St Michael the Archangel, Wollombi. precurser of the “Rainbow Serpent” - Somersby Every Sat. evening vigil – 5.30pm St. Francis which was in existence 100,000 years of Assisi Centre, 30 Lutana Rd, Somersby. ago only in the southeast region of - Yarramalong 1st Sunday each month, 11.15am St. Barnabas Catholic Mass All welcome. Enq 4356 1321 south Australia. Uniting Service Union Church 9.00am second, fourth and fi fth I will not spoil the story for you. Sundays. Mangrove Mountain However, I will give you the websites St Barnabas Non-denominational Service 3rd Sunday each month, 11.00am. (Easter & from which you are able to order either Yarramalong (Christmas Carols dates to be advised) of the books, (Kindle would probably YOUTH Junior Girl Guides 5-10 Kooree Guide Cabin, every Monday in school be the cheaper option,): term, 5.00pm – 6.30pm https://www.amazon.com/ Girl Guides 10-15 Kooree Guide Cabin, every Monday in school Butterfly-Magic-II-Rhonda-Hillyer/ term, 6.00pm-7.30pm Scouts, Cubs & Venturers Cubs meet 6.30pm – 8.30pm Wednesdays dp/1952269482/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1& Peats Ridge Scout Hall Scouts meet 7.00pm – 9.00pm Tuesdays keywords=9781952269486&sr=8-1 Venturers meet 7.00pm – 9.00pm Mondays hhttps://www.barnesandnoble. Contact 0438 476 562 Mangrove Mountain Playgroup Every Tues (except school holidays) 9am to com/w/butterfly-magic-ii-rhonda-hill 11.30am, Kooree Guide Cabin. 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Contact https://www.dymocks.com.au/ John 43921926 or Jon 43116254. book/butterfly-magic-ii-by-rhonda- The Pearl Beach Aboriginal History Group 3rd Fri each month 7.30pm Pearl Beach. hillyer-9781952269486 Peggy 0411754577 pbaboriginalhistory@ Rhonda Hillyer 21/3/2021 gmail.com Wyong District Museum & Open Sun to Thurs, 10am-2pm, other times Historical Society by appt. Contact 43521886 email info@ alisonhomestead.com.au. website: www. alisonhomestead.com.au ACTIVITY/HOBBY Central Coast GNU/Linux Users Group Meets fi rst Wednesday of the month www.cclug.org.au - all most welcome Coastal Communicators Toastmasters 1st & 3rd Thurs of month, 6:45pm to 8:45pm at Doyalson-Wyee RSL. Debbie 0421216952 Craft/scrapbooking Yarramalong Hall 4th Sat of the month 10am to 5.00pm cost $12per person ph 43561196 HALL BOOKINGS Kulnura Hall Hall bookings contact Annette Stackman 43561196 Committee mtg 3rd Thurs 7:00pm at Hall- Open to all from community. Mangrove Mountain Hall Hall bookings Ryan Howard 0405416289 Somersby Hall and Mountain Districts Hall Bookings: 0413 359 655 Culture and Heritage Centre or AH 4373 1488 Yarramalong school of Arts / Hall booking contact Fiona Mob 0422 865 041 ph 43561600 REMINDERS FOR YOUR DIARY Blues on the Mountain Saturday 17th of April at Mangrove Mountain Hall - Featuring Ali Penny and the Money Makers plus Lecia Louise. Tickets via www. trybooking.com/BJAOZ Tocal Field Days 2021 April 30, May 1 and 2. Tocal Agriculture Centre, 815 Tocal Road PATERSON NSW 2421. https://www.tocalfi elddays.com/ Phone Ray Hayward Mob: 0412 685 555 21 study: Do you snore? You could be If you are concerned about your snoring or worried you may be suffering from obstructive sleep suffering from sleep apnoea apnoea, the first step is to have an initial consultation with a dentist. and not know it You may be referred to a specialist to Sleep apnoea is a common sleeping air, excessive restlessness during the conduct a sleep study. After your sleep disorder caused when your regular night, morning headaches, waking study is completed, results will be breathing is interrupted during sleep. up feeling unrefreshed, and day-time reviewed and treatment options will This may be either a partial, or total, sleepiness. be discussed. temporary cessation in the ability to Health consequences of sleep Treatment options: breathe. An apnoea event is classified apnoea: There are three main treatment as an obstruction of the airway for ten Sleep apnoea can severely affect options for obstructive sleep apnoea. seconds or longer. Sleep apnoea is a your overall health and quality of These are a dental appliance, a serious medical condition, and should life. Research suggests it may be a Continuous Positive Air Pressure not be dismissed as “just” snoring or contributing factor in the development (CPAP) machine, or in some cases feeling tired during the day. It can of many systemic health conditions, surgery by an ear, nose and throat severely affect your overall health and including: high blood pressure/ specialist. The appropriate treatment quality of life. hypertension, heart disease, stroke, will depend on the cause and severity diabetes and depression. of each individual’s condition. During a sleep apnoea episode, Dentist consultation and sleep Article by VC Dental. sufferers will either: • Completely stop breathing (known as an apnoea), and/or • Have their breathing severely restricted (a hypopnea) These events can happen hundreds of times per night. During each breathing interruption cycle, the body is starved of vital oxygen and increases carbon dioxide (a waste product of breathing) levels in the blood. The lack of oxygen supply to the body signals the brain to “wake” the body to start breathing again. What is the difference between snoring and sleep apnoea? Not all people who snore have sleep apnoea, but most people who suffer from sleep apnoea will snore. Whilst snoring is a common symptom of sleep apnoea, sleep apnoea snoring is different from regular snoring. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA): The most common type of sleep apnoea is Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA). OSA occurs when the tongue, as well as the muscles and soft tissue at the back of the throat, relax during sleep. This causes them to collapse onto the airway, blocking the airway off. Luckily OSA is a treatable condition and for many patients the treatment may be as simple as wearing a dental appliance at night (which is also effective for the treatment of snoring). 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