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Collapse Issue 400 - 22 Aug 2016Issue 400 - 22 Aug 2016
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Residents gather for action on roads
Peninsula fuel prices comparable with Coast
Property prices could increase with tunnel - Chamber
Local anglers support research program
Chamber calls Ocean Beach masterplan
Patonga hotel is listed for sale
Administrator calls for Brisbane Ave report
Improvements planned for Woy Woy restaurant
Wine bar proposal refused due to lack of information
Go-ahead for 11 flats
Certificate granted
Peninsula excluded from disability inclusion talks
Vets hold memorial service
Discovery program explores National Park
Cake stalls and community talks
Rotary installs solar at PNG school
Residents urged to make NBN submissions
New trains on order
Students return from Anzac tour
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Woy Woy oval white elephant
Same old story
Fill the hole in the Australian Budget
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Free hearing checks offered at Umina and Woy Woy
Walk to be held on Suicide Prevention Day
Health centre acts against sexual assault
Child care service to extend hours
Workshops to help fathers build relationships
Peninsula may benefit from domestic violence clinic
Women's morning coffee
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Arts alive in Umina
Professor appointed curator at State Library
Jimmy Barnes to sign books in Umina
Thomsons' show at Troubadour
New movement retreat at Wagstaffe
Art show to be staged over three days
Wagstaffe to host gig tour
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Bush classroom may re-open at Pretty Beach
Primary school holds classes for mums and dads
Athletics carnival held
Ninety years at Pretty Beach
Debating team is undefeated
Families wanted for Rotary exchange
Touch of magic
Umina placed sixth in netball
Pencils planted in garden
Prizes for Fathers' Day
Umina school raises $2000 for Stewart House
Girls' tower beats 22 others
Liesl Tesch speaks to Ettalong students
Knockout teams eliminated
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Third loss in a row for Woy Woy
Jemma is young athlete of the year
Preparing for 50th anniversary in 2018
Life membership of bowling club
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Peninsula News after 17 years and 400 editions
The role of Peninsula News - 16 years ago
Congratulations from Chamber of Commerce
Congratulations from Lucy Wicks

Woy Woy oval white elephant

What has happened to the Woy Woy Oval cafe-coffee shop?

When the wonderful advantages of the new Woy Woy Oval precinct were being espoused, they included the fantastic cultural and financial benefits which would flow from the new cafe situated in the forecourt.

You will recall that this now extravagantly landscaped area used to be 50-plus much-needed car parking spaces.

The loss of this facility, we were told, would be vastly exceeded by the economic benefits which would flow from this new enterprise.

Well, the oval has been operating for six months and to-date there is no sign of the cafe opening.

If, as we were told, this business opportunity is such a goldmine for a hard-working entrepreneur, where is he or she?

Could it be that far from being an economical proposition, it is in fact a white elephant, and Council was conned into its construction?

Several million dollars have been wasted and parking is now almost impossible to find on some days of the week.

Some of this inappropriately-used funding should have been spent on the construction of a scoreboard and other missing facilities.





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