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No images? Click here   A message from our Mayor Sue Heins It was wonderful to see the Taste of Manly back last weekend. Some 22,000 people across the Beaches, Sydney and the state, descended on Manly over the two days to enjoy food, fun, music and sunshine. The event showcased our idyllic destination, all nine of the Beaches local breweries, two local distilleries, 14 local eateries, and nine Aussie wineries. Destination events like this are so beneficial to stallholders, surrounding businesses and the local economy. I’d like to thank everyone involved for making the event a great success. Continue reading >> Latest news  Branching out to keep our canopy lush The Northern Beaches has one of the highest tree canopies in Sydney and we need your help to keep it that way.  Say watt? Ausgrid’s proposed community battery in Warriewood Honeyeater Reserve is being considered as a potential alternate battery site. Sustainability and environment  Soft plastic collection days
Bring your clean, soft plastics along to a collection day at Avalon Beach, Dee Why, Frenchs Forest and Terrey Hills.  Celebrate World Environment Day
We’ve got events across the Beaches all week with rock platform tours, Sugar Gliders Club and Manly Dam talks. What’s on  Picnic in the Park
Come along this weekend! Make sure you grab your $10 tickets online.  BABBA: An international ABBA spectacular
Grab your dancing shoes, dust off your flares and enjoy ABBA’s hits. Arts and culture  Inaugural Emerging Curator’s Exhibition
Curator Jodie Dowd presents For Our Elders: Honouring our Knowledge Keepers during NAIDOC week.  Ink in the Lines opening
Hear veterans’ stories, told through the tattoo, an artform used to express feelings of both loss and connection. Community  Dive in to swim school Warringah Aquatic Centre Swim School is offering all new swimmers FREE assessments for the month of June.  National Reconciliation Week events
Acknowledge Aboriginal history and culture by participating in local events across the area.  Author talk with Charlotte Ree
Charlotte discusses her latest release – part memoir, part cookbook, Heartbake. Your say  Road safety improvements Fisher Rd and Lismore Ave, Dee Why
We’re looking to improve traffic and pedestrian safety.  Guganagina Lookout We’re proposing to name Balgowlah lookout Gu’nagina’ to recognise the Aboriginal word for kookaburra. Council Extraordinary Council meeting
Streamed live on our website.   From NSW Government  Draft Bush Fire Risk Management Plan – NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS)
The draft plan identifies the risks and the plans to protect the Northern Beaches.  Northern Beaches Council (Pittwater Ward) countback election
The NSW Electoral Commission is conducting a countback of the ballot papers to fill the casual vacancy.    |
