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Collapse Issue 226 - 19 Oct 2009Issue 226 - 19 Oct 2009
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Chamber calls for investment results
Council agrees to remove car spaces
Council should finish UCSW plan, says ACF branch
Plans for open day at Umina oval
Police called in on sports ground vandals
Mt Ettlong Rd stable, says council
A sign of climate change
Planning scheme on display in new year
Infringement notices issued
Uniting Church spring fair
Rotary raises $2000 for Indonesian children
Church starts playgroup and kids' club
Two weeks of rain
Golden Oldies
Volunteering information
Volunteers wanted for wildlife rescue
Centre to lease dementia building
Boot sale
Rock pool benefits from weekend
Group holds spring weekend
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Lower speed is unnecessary
Not the right setting
Intruder apprehended
Good bike track
Holstein should stand down
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Woy Woy becomes centre of excellence
Springtime fete at Empire Bay
Aboriginal transition to school program
Public speaking at Woy Woy
In spelling final
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Mini soccer fields for bowls club?
Fun run held in strong winds
Condren Trophy will be highlight
Umina Beach wins Weekend of Surf
Exercise campaign at leisure centre
Malibu results
Nominations
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Making candles
Church opens Art Space
Folk club hosts annual favourite
Children's pottery proves popular
Tutor leaves for overseas
Folk music at The Bays
Interested in new workshops?
Exhibition at the Botanic Gardens
Songwriters' evening held in Ettalong
Short and Sweet shows sold out
Blues for Black Friday
Final photo workshop
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Aged Care celebrates 20 years' service
Blood service has 66 donations
Churches offer healthy eating courses
Course supports young mothers
Meditation continues
Pink ribbon sellers wanted
Yoga to aid multiple sclerosis
Cholesterol tests
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Swancott wrote about Woy Woy
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Double passes
Winners

Exhibition at the Botanic Gardens

An exhibition featuring Pearl Beach artist Ms Marijke Greenway will be held at the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens from October 23 to November 5.

The exhibition will be held in the Palm House and showcase 150 paintings of Ms Greenway's journey along the waterways, bush and beaches of the Central Coast.

According to Ms Greeway, the Peninsula landscape has provided a huge amount of inspiration for her artworks.

"How can I not be inspired with the sea in front, the bush behind, creeks and lagoons, wetlands and forests with magnificent gums, the beautiful mangroves, and tidal lines on mud and beaches," Ms Greenway said.

"Then there is the evidence of habitation, especially early settler's cottages and jetties with moored boats or anchored boats that urge you to hurry before the wind pulls them around and the water gets too ruffled to see their reflections, as the reflections themselves are a good enough reason to paint boats.

"There are the many boat sheds that change their coats of paint as the years go by, as do several of the old boats that have been around for years.

"Each time you return to a painting spot, something has changed and sometimes you are glad that you recorded it in paint before it changed too radically."

Ms Greenway and her husband John moved to Pearl Beach to retire in 1999, where they continue to make themselves busy in the local community.

She said the Peninsula was such a wonderful place to live and paint because of accessibility and variety of subject matter.

"I am sure that Sydney and surrounds offer as much beauty as our Peninsula, but can you get there easily, park your car close enough to the chosen painting spot and feel safe enough to stand there, even alone?" Ms Greenway asked.

"Ninety per cent of my work is done in front of the subject.

"I much prefer being outside, on site.

"My personal heaven is brush in hand, bush in front and the song of magpies overhead."


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