News Briefs
SCG just “for people from Eastern Suburbs”
The O’Farrell government has approved a $186 million upgrade of the Sydney Cricket Ground, which will refurbish three stands and add almost 2000 seats. $86 million will come from state coffers and another $100 million from the federal government and the SCG Trust.
But a former NSW minister told The Sydney Morning Herald that Labor previously rejected an SCG revamp because it did not want to spend taxpayer money on a facility “for people from Sydney’s eastern suburbs and north shore'”.
A spokesperson for the SCG Trust told The Bondi View: “The SCG is a facility for everyone, not just people from the eastern suburbs.” They could not supply attendance data, but said the SCG was an international sporting venue which attracted visitors from across Sydney and NSW.
Waverley councillor Sally Betts agreed. “If you love cricket, then you love cricket at the SCG,” she said. “It doesn’t matter where you live.”
Migration to the Surf
Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club’s next “Migration To The Surf” program will held on Sunday, February 5. The half-day program is designed to assist anyone unfamiliar with the surf, specifically adult migrants. The course enables participants to develop a greater understanding of the surf in a safe and informed way.
The program will commence at 9 am and include a presentation from the Cancer Council and a practical component with a Bondi lifesaver, helping each participant become comfortable in the water. For more information or to register, email: bondieducationmanager@gmail.com
Lifesavers honoured
Club president Andrew Winters and life member Peter Stapleton presented awards for 60 years of service to Michael Guider, Les Hawkins, Pat Toolan and Warden Williams. An award for 70 years of service was accepted on behalf of Frank Jenkings by his niece, Dr Patricia Pollard.
Exhibition opening
Former Bronte-based artist Anthony Morrison will open his first major Sydney exhibition for 2012 on February 4 at Harrison Galleries in Paddington. Mr Morrison, a contemporary abstract artist who graduated from the Sydney College of the Arts in 1986, has entitled this set of works Illumination.
“For me, it refers to a deeper process of viewing, responding to and intuiting our surroundings whereby we allow ourselves to awaken – and thus become illuminated by light, love and truth,” he said. International playwright, director and author Wendy Beckett will officially open the exhibition, which runs until February 23.
Home invasion
A woman aged in her 60s was threatened by a man in a home invasion on Military Rd, Dover Heights. Police were called to the scene at about 2.15am on Wednesday January 4. The woman said the man woke her and demanded property.
The woman was unhurt, but the intruder escaped with items of jewellery. Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
