What to preserve, and how to preserve it?

Questions of this sort have long animated residents and politicians around Ku-ring-gai in Sydney’s north – the council does, after all, host an annual St Ives Medieval Faire.

But Ku-ring-gai councillors may not have expected the political joust that has taken place over the past year, after the council started to push for greater heritage protections for hundreds of houses in the area.

Development controversies in Sydney often take the form of community resistance to the willingness of authorities to push communities toward developers and development.

full article in the Sydney Morning Herald

Looking the opposite direction from the previous photo.

As with the Easter Market there was a significant crowd today inspecting what stallholders had to offer and these covered a big range of artisan products as well as food and drinks, soaps, fragrances, skin cleansers and the like.

Sue Lusk says stallholders were happy with sales, “and if they’re happy, I’m happy.” 🙂

The weather looks like it will be OK. Sue Lusk and her helpers put a lot of work into this, and the offerings from traders should reflect that. 🙂

Raumati Paraparaumu Community Board Deputy Chair Guy Burns is angry that the latest Kapiti Coast District Council Annual Report shows he received full remuneration for the previous financial year.

“’During the period I was away I received no payment, as I asked to be not paid, unlike Councillors who continue to receive payment when on a leave of absence”

“I’m horrified and embarrassed that the KCDC Annual Report shows I was paid, when this was not the case.

“Such a basic error reflects badly on the financial reporting system used by Council and I wonder what other errors have been made.”

Ernst & Young auditors were paid $300,000 for checking the accuracy of the KCDC’s financial reports and projections: poor value in our opinion. — Eds.

It may be just just a drill, but it’s good emergency preparedness training at 9:30 today.

Those who live in Wellington get used to the real thing, particularly those who inhabit tall buildings.

Fortunately, the last significant earthquake in 2016 occurred in the small hours so office workers weren’t affected, except of course those whose newer office buildings weren’t as good at coping as people thought they would be.

The two mantras are:

• Drop, cover, hold
• If it’s long or strong, get gone — for those who live on or near the coast

And it’s also a good reminder to ensure framed pictures and heavy items of furniture will stay put by securing them to the wall; and that there is enough food and drink to last three days, emergency flashlights and first aid supplies retained in your house!

See the earlier posts on the subject.

“The 16th year of the Rotary Club of Paraparaumu Labour Weekend Art Show will allow the Club to pledge a further $10,000 to the Kapiti Performing Arts Centre which will be a truly magnificent public/college community asset.

“Prizewinners will be announced at the opening canapé and drinks function at Southwards at 7:30 pm Friday, 19 October, with tickets being available from Coastlands’ service desk. By attending this function you also get first chance to purchase some excellent art (and sample some delicious nibbles!)”

Many deciduous trees not yet in full leaf.