The Association received an email from NSW Department of Fair Trading regarding upcoming events of interest.

There will be a free session Ask the Experts: Living in Retirement Villages, Strata & Land Lease Communities on Tuesday, 23rd September at Mingara Recreation Club, Tumbi Umbi. This event will help attendees better understand their rights and responsibilities in community living, including recent changes to NSW strata laws and retirement village regulations.

There will also be a community barbecue on 26th September from 11.30am to 2pm at Mingaletta Community Centre, 6 Sydney Avenue, Umina Beach to discuss government services.

For more information visit NSW Fair Trading.

Save the date: Sunday 3 Noverber at Long Arm Park, 3pm - 7 pm.

Click to view the Flyer for the event.

On Saturday, the 26^th the Association held another very successful Christmas in July dinner with sixty-six attendees. Organised by our head of Events – Brian Ireland – and decorated by our Treasurer – Wendy Mason – the Pretty Beach Room at Ettalong Diggers was festive and welcoming.

This year, through the generosity of sponsors Raine & Horne and Empire Bay Cellars the Association was able to gift a bottle of wine to one lucky person per table. The Diggers Club kindly donated a dinner voucher and two show tickets for a Lucky Door Prize, and our resident artist – Chris Ireland – kindly donated two vouchers for a free art class. Together with an art book on Max Mannix donated by our President – Kevin Hill OAM – four lucky people were sent home with a prize.

The Association provided three wonderful raffles; and a beautiful art work – donated by Kevin and Cheryl Hill of Kevin Hill’s Top Ten Australian Artists – rounded out a wonderful evening for the lucky raffle winners.

If you missed this event, be sure to keep July 2026 in mind.

Margaret Doughman

Click this link to see the report with images.

The NSW Government is investing $19 million towards intersection upgrades on the Woy Woy peninsula Transport for NSW will deliver upgrades to the following intersections along Blackwall Road, Woy Woy:

• Intersections at Memorial Avenue, Barrenjoey Road and Maitland Bay Drive
• Intersections of Blackwall and McMasters Road
• Intersections at Blackwall, Allfield and Farnell Roads.

Click this link to see details of the planned works.

The NSW Government is investing in essential maintenance work on Rip Bridge on Maitland Bay Drive, Blackwall, to ensure the safe operation of the bridge.

Transport for NSW will carry out the work which includes general routine bridge maintenance and drilling work.

What work are we doing?

Work includes:

• Establishing a temporary work site
• Using machinery to cut into the Bridge.
• Installing pipes (drainage) underground
• Restoring the works when our investigations are relocations are finished.

When and where we'll be working

We'll be working on Rip Bridge from Monday 7 July. Work is expected to be completed in three weeks, weather permitting. Working hours are 7pm to 5am, Sunday to Thursday.

Click here to see the NSW Government Notice