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Activities for Australia Day
A range of activities will be held on the Peninsula on Australia Day, Saturday, January 26, from 10am until 5pm.
The Woy Woy jetty and surrounding waterfront area will be closed to traffic for the day as the focus for activities and stalls.
At 8pm, a free family bush dance with the Sydney-based Bunyip Bush Band will be held at the Woy Woy Masonic Hall.
As well as a flag-raising ceremony, the day will feature a parade of fire fighters.
More than 400 personnel will attend from the volunteer Rural Fire Service, the NSW Fire Brigades, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the State Emergency Service, all involved in recent bush fire fighting.
They will arrive in a convoy of 50 to 60 vehicles along Brisbane Water Drive shortly after 11am.
Free activities on the day will include the opportunity for people to try their hand at lawn bowls, golf and volleyball.
Children will be able to try their hand at painting and children's rides will also be available.
TS Hawkesbury Naval Cadets will have water-based activities throughout the day and the Local Studies Librarian will mount a historic photographs display in the CWA Hall providing residents with an opportunity to see what the area was like 100 years ago.
Other highlights on the day will include free oyster farm tours, a vintage car display and the presence of the Nambus.
Dance demonstrations will be given by Lovetts Dance Academy, the Peninsula Dance and Theatre School and belly dancers.
Performances will also be given by singer Hanna Gibbs, native American drummers and folk singers John Currie, Duncan Chalmers and Us Not Them.
The Pretty Beach, Wagstaffe and District Progress Association is also planning a flag raising ceremony and free breakfast from 8am on the day.
At 7.30pm, it will hold a free colonial bush dance with Central Coast band Fair Dinkum at the Wagstaffe Hall.
Cec Bucello, January 12