Light up the dawn & Access to Garie

ANZAC DAY

We are going to miss running Two-Up this year at Engadine Tavern, but as soon as the Pub's open again we are going to hold a Garie Old Boys Reunion Drink at Engadine Tavern.

Well those that survived WW1 also survived the Spanish Flu which lasted 2 years from 1918 to 1920 and is estimated to have killed anywhere from 17 million to 50 million people.  We are doing a lot better than anyone thought, but cabin fever as well and truely be a problem.

The ABC will be broadcasting a 5.30am service from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra ANZAC Day.

So at 6am on 25 April go to the end of your driveway or stand on your balcony and listen to a brief commemorative service. Together – even while apart – we’ll remember those who served and sacrificed. You can sign the pledge to light up the dawn at rslanzacspirit.com.au

There will also be a 10am service from the Anzac Memorial in Sydney that will be broadcast on ABC and streamed live.

Reach out to a mate who might be alone. Many people are alone during this time of isolation. It’s an opportunity to invoke the ANZAC value of mateship and check to see how a mate is doing.

Access to Garie

As has been the case, up and down the coast, surfers have flocked to other beaches that are open and Stanwell Park coped a heavy load as did Cronulla outside of the Easter Weekend from travelling surfers.  Closing Sydney beaches to surfers just forced the surfers elsewhere.  This was counter productive and the Northern Beaches saw a massive influx of Eastern Sydney surfers, as did Kurnell.

Any way, as the worst of the infection numbers now appears to be declining Councils have opened all their beaches to surfers (but for Bondi & Tamarama) and it now seems logical that the NPWS open Garie for surfing.

We have written to Lee Evans MP asking when Garie will be open again for surfing as Sutherland, Randwick and Woollongong Councils beaches are open to surfers.

We will post on this website, any news as soon as we hear from LeeEvans or NPWS.

There will be no events at Garie until the Minister for Health lifts the social distancing rules but we are ready to resume point scores as soon as possible.