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Collapse Issue 421 - 12 Jun 2017Issue 421 - 12 Jun 2017
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Tenants selected for affordable housing project
Kathy Smith dies
Ferry wharf closed for upgrade
Proposal to landscape Hardys Bay foreshore
Environment group objects to aged care proposal
Mingaletta holds Naidoc Day events
Cable fencing installed around bushland reserve
Coastal zone management 'in chaos', says candidate
Consolidated planning is urgently needed, says Wales
Greens start council pre-selection
Safety bollards for Melbourne Ave
Renovations at Leisure Centre
Night work on bridge
Wicks visits oval amenities project
Gosford Council financial statements presented
Bouddi history project now on the internet
Opportunity to encourage flying foxes, says rescuer
Red Cross presentation at library
Mother's Day success at Mary Mac's
Highly-commended at Easter show
Pursuing a career as a florist
Store has 10th birthday
Italian restaurant opens in Ettalong
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Woy Woy will stagnate as Wyong booms
Cardboard to landfill?
Shaken after attempted break-in
Time for tree policy is now
Open air public areas are a valuable commodity
Consistent with what?
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Donation to shuttle service
Hospital redevelopment to be finished by December
Improving the future for muscular dystrophy sufferers
New welfare team co-ordinator
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Foundation announces arts grants program
Village choir performs at Somersby school
Documentary about boxer re-broadcast
Two invited to folk club
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College wins Landcare award
Counting chickens as they hatch
Arguing against watching the news
More fun than most schools, says principal
Students encouraged to write about Anzac centenary
Soccer selection
Search for new principal starts
Environment day at Ettalong
Visits to Men's Shed
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Woy Woy causes minor upset
Local bowling clubs raise funds for cancer services
Bridge club elects new committee
Ocean Beach hosts rescue boat champs
Surf club holds fundraiser
Grade wins for Ettalong and Woy Woy
Triathlon club meets Peace Run
Women's bowling club celebrates 60 years
Annual prostate cancer charity day
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Booker Bay burial site may be considered by council

Pursuing a career as a florist

Every week, Chelsea Trindall-Scott of Woy Woy travels to the Sydney flower markets to collect the various flora for her floristry studies.

The 19-year-old aboriginal woman said she loved to demonstrate her cultural heritage through her work by using native foliage and bird feathers.

Ms Trindall-Scott said she had always loved flowers and was determined to be a florist since high school, but completing her Certificate III Floristry was not easy when balancing it against her family commitments, finances, travel and assessments.

Despite the difficulties she faced, the ability to make a difference to someone's day with flowers made it worth it, she said.

Throughout her course, Chelsea tapped into the Aboriginal student support program that enabled her to finish the theoretical elements of her course.

She has since been a part of the Gamarada Aboriginal Education and Training Unit, attending their office regularly and inspiring other students to continue with their studies.

Chelsea is now beginning her Certificate IV Floristry and is looking to do a business course to assist her in staring her own florist shop.

She was educated at Woy Woy Public School and attended Brisbane Water Secondary College where, in year 12, she started to explore what vocation she wanted to pursue and came to the conclusion floristry was her chosen field.

Ms Trindall-Scott said she did not believe she would have completed her studies without the support of an Aboriginal liaison officer who convinced her not to quit and provided tutoring to enable her to successfully complete the course.

"The support helped me mentally because I was struggling and worrying and so close to dropping out but they told me to stay positive and keep working and it was all worth it in the end," she said.

"It was a huge struggle but I had a lot of support from my Nan and uncles who helped me to buy flowers.

"My dream, one day, is to open my own flower shop," she said.

"I find floristry very relaxing and creative at the same time because you can do anything you want with flowers.

"I love working with native flowers because they are hardy and don't bruise like other flowers, like roses and I have been incorporating emu feathers sent to me from a family member in Moree," she said.





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