Peninsula Profile: How we see ourselves
Natural Environment
( Extract from
Councils Strategic Plan
Councils Strategic Plan
CommunityiInput received September/October
1999:)Peninsula: Woy
Woy Bay, Phegans Bay, Horsfield Bay, Woy Woy, Umina, Pearl Beach, Patonga, Wagstaffe,
Pretty Beach, Hardys Bay, Killcare, Killcare Hights, Ettalong Beach, Booker Bay,
Blackwell, Daleys Point, St Huberts Is.
Strengths - Current &
Future
District Level issues
- Safe clean beaches, swimming areas, bushwalks,
- Potential walking trails across Mountain
- National Parks, Coastal Open Space , tree cover & bird
habitat
- Recognised need for environment monitoring systems
Pearl Beach, Patonga, Wagstaffe, Pretty Beach, Hardys
Bay, Killcare
- Resident input - maintaining dunes, tree cover, creeks &
development
- guidelines (Pearl Beach)
- Community facilities well maintained, dog leash free areas,
cycling
- Absence of kerbing, guttering. Waterfront pool, views, unique
- atmosphere
Weaknesses -
Current & Future
District Level issuesWeaknesses -
Current & Future
District Level issues
- Flooding and bushfire risks
- Environmental pressure - increased visitors
- Expansion of Woy Woy tip
- Pollution monitoring, not enough drain filtration/ filtration
traps
- Quality of management of lagoons & foreshores
- Unsympathetic development affects vegetation, fauna
- Inadequate tree planting, sedimentation
- No residential green waste mulching and/ or collection
- Untidy entrance to the Peninsula via Woy Woy Road
- Failure to keep roads clean
- Lack of good roads, kerb and gutters and drainage (Umina/Woy
Woy
- area of Peninsula)
Pearl Beach, Patonga, Wagstaffe, Pretty Beach, Hardys
Bay, Killcare
- Pressure through over-promotion of area
Opportunities for Council
District Level issues
- Maintain parks, beaches, more tree planting &
- environmental balance
- Develop kerb & gutter strategy for Umina/ Woy
- Woy area of the Peninsula
Pearl Beach, Patonga, Wagstaffe, Pretty Beach, Hardys
Bay, Killcare
- Maintain present zonings & restrict waterfront
- development
- Encourage community to report environmental
- infringements
- Improve access to Half Tide Rocks (Wagstaffe)
Opportunities
for the Local Community
Pearl Beach, Patonga, Wagstaffe, Pretty Beach, Hardys Bay, KillcareOpportunities
for the Local Community
Pearl Beach, Patonga, Wagstaffe, Pretty Beach, Hardys Bay, Killcare
- Encourage environment practices & submit Pearl
Beach