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Photos from St Huberts Day held on Sunday 2nd November at Long Arm Park can be found on the Events & Reports page.

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.