Welcome to our week in review.
Australia Day 26th January 2023
Australia Day started with 65 locals becoming Australian Citizens. The ceremony was held in The Canopy.
Uncle Terry from Tribal Warrior commenced proceedings with a special smoking ceremony, which was then followed by official remarks from Mayor of Lane Cove, Clr Andrew Zbik, Australia Day Ambassador, Mary-Ruth Mendel, Federal Member for North Sydney, Kylea Tink, State Member for Lane Cove, Hon. Anthony Roberts MP, Clr David Roenfeldt and Rotarian, Lalitha Warren.
Each new citizen each took home a native seedling from Lane Cove’s Community Nursery and a native plum cupcake.
Lane Cove Rotary then held a BBQ with face painting and entertainment in the Lane Cove Plaza.
On Friday night James Blundell and his son played in The Canopy.
No Australia Day Honours for Lane Cove Residents
Usually, we would announce some Lane Cove/Greenwich locals who received an Australia Day Honour – there were no Lane Cove/Greenwich locals this year. There are so many residents in our area that devote their time to worthwhile charities and causes who deserve recognition. Why not nominate them?
HOW DO YOU NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR AN ORDER OF AUSTRALIA?
The Order of Australia recognises Australians who have demonstrated outstanding service or exceptional achievement.
Anyone can nominate any Australian for an award in the Order of Australia. If you know someone worthy, nominate them now at gg.gov.au.
The Order of Australia also has a Military Division. Awards in the Military Division are recommended to the Governor-General by the Minister for Defence.
There are four levels of award:
AC: Companion of the Order of Australia, for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity at large
AO: Officer of the Order of Australia, for distinguished service of a high degree to Australia or to humanity at large
AM: Member of the Order of Australia, for service in a particular locality or field of activity, or to a particular group
OAM: Medal of the Order of Australia, for service worthy of particular recognition
Soft Plastic Recycling Thornleigh CRC
As many of you know there are very few places that now accept soft plastics for recycling. The Community Recycling Centre at Hornsby were taking soft plastics but they have become overwhelmed with the drop offs so now you can only drop off soft plastics if you live in the Hornsby Council Area – they released the following statement:
Users of Hornsby Shire Council’s Community Recycling Centre (CRC) at Thornleigh will need to demonstrate they reside in the Local Government Area (LGA) as the Council works to manage local processing in the wake of the collapse of soft plastics collection company, Red Cycle.
Council says residents will be required to show a copy of their NSW driver licence or rates notice in order to recycle soft plastics, hard plastics and Styrofoam at the Thornleigh facility.
The new rule follows the November 2022 closure of Red Cycle, which previously collected soft plastics from Coles and Woolworths.
Residents will also be subject to a weekly limit of one normal shopping bag full of soft plastics (40cmx40cm bag) per week.
“With the close of this service, councils and residents across Sydney are struggling to find alternative collection services for their soft plastics as they try to maintain their recycling practices,” Council said in a statement.
“Due to the scarcity of alternative collection systems in Sydney, Council’s CRC, which has a viable soft plastics recycling service, has faced an unprecedented spike in users of the facility.”
Council says the quantity of soft plastics has more than doubled since November last year and, based on the increasing trend, it is estimated the CRC facility will accept around 50-80 tonnes of soft plastic material over the next 12 months.
“Council has established a strong partnership with Plasmar, a plastics recycling specialist, which sorts soft plastics, pelletises them and then makes a broad range of products including posts, boards, sleepers, bollards, wheel stops and other construction materials,” it said in a statement.
Lunar New Year This Friday
Get ready for the famous Lion Dance on 3 Feb 2023. More details here.
Lane Cove Sport
Rugby Union
Lane Cove Rugby Union Club would like you to know about the opportunities in 2023. They have Senior Rugby, Colts U/21 and Women’s 7’s.
Colts Rugby
The club is rebuilding its colts group with the assistance of The Diddy, playing as the Diddy Colts and benefitting from associated Diddy sponsorship, membership and support.
Women’s Rugby
This season introduces two new programs to encourage new players into rugby and better support the more experienced and those already in rugby. The season commences with the SportsFit program, the free 5-week pre-season fitness program being run by Fitrev on the bottom green of the Diddy for Lan Cove Rugby that also caters for all sports-minded women 17+ probably living on the lower north shore of Sydney simply keen to build their fitness in preparation for their 2023 sporting season.
The season then moves into the special Try Rugby Program catering for both those new to Rugby who may be interested or those with rugby experience SportsFit spots are limited.
Colts and Seniors
The club plans to engage Sam Wykes of Waratah and Sunwolves fame to run his special “ Rugby reconnect “ program of skills based training for all current and former rugby players particularly those not progressing much beyond school or district junior rugby.
FREE preseason fitness Program in February 2023
Sports-playing women 17+ of the Lane Cove district are invited to join a free pe-season fitness program being run by Lane Cove Rugby on the greens of the Diddy through February 2023.
It would interest those keen to build their fitness in preparation for their 2023 sporting season.
The Program consists of 5 weekly Tuesday evening sessions from 6.30 to 7.30 commencing on Tuesday 31st January 2023 and finishing on Tuesday 28th February 2023 and run by Fitrev at The Diddy Cnr River Road West & Kenneth Streety Longueville Sydney.
Fitness Revelation is a well-known fitness studio located at the Diddy, and the program is free due to the sponsorship of the Lane Cove Rugby Union women’s rugby group.
Places are limited to the first 30 applicants.
Contact: Bella.: 0466 111 165. Email: [email protected].
Info: www.lanecoverugby.com
Crime and Incident Report
This week ITC has been notified of a few attempted break ins. Remember to lock your door and cars.
An ITC follower advised:
Yesterday morning (Thursday 26th January) our garage on the cnr of Pacific Highway & Innes Road was broken into at 630am. Tools & a bike were stolen. We have CCTV & has been reported to the police. Stay vigilant & stay safe!(Tue 31st Jan ).
UPDATE- they came back at 6am this morning & stole another bike! Also reported to Police?”
On Saturday 28th Jan 2023 a person tried to break into a premises in Cope Street Lane Cove West at around 9 pm. All doors and windows were locked so they went away, but broke a gate trying to get in.
On 31 January 2023 there were six police cars and an ambulance at the Corner of Mowbray Road and Greenland Road Lane Cove North. A man was arrested after allegedly trying to steal a motorbike (while a person was stopped at the lights).
Our cover photo is a King Parrot spotted in Lane Cove.
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