2017 Records
| NOVEMBER 2017 | |
| * | STONECROP RE-INFESTATION: The Bushland Crew of Bayside City Council’s contractor, Citywide, has meticulously removed a re-infestation of Stonecrop (Sedum sp.) on the foreshore just south of the top of the ramp opposite Tramway Parade, Beaumaris. |
| SEPTEMBER 2017 | |
| * | MRS JOAN MACRAE: Joan Macrae, nee McIntosh, BCS Inc. Life Member since 1997, resident with a bush garden in the unkerbed part of Point Avenue from 1949, and widow of BCS Inc’s Second President, Colin Macrae, died on 2017-09-18 at the age of 99. |
| * | MRS JOAN PALMER: Joan, of Rosemary Road, Beaumaris, a BCS Inc. member since 1996 – and mother of Sue Raverty, BCS Inc’s Facebook Manager – died on 2017-09-03 at the age of 91. |
| * | 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: See the draft minutes of the 2017 AGM and the President’s Report. |
| * | NAMING & REZONING HOLDING ST. PUBLIC LAND: A letter to Bayside City Council seeks to protect 3 areas of public land here. |
| AUGUST 2017 | |
| * | KEN RENDELL: Murray Thompson MLA’s speech in Parliament honoured a BCS Inc. Honorary Life Member’s conservation efforts. |
| * | A CELEBRATION OF BEAUMARIS MID-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE: Beaumaris Modern’s event was SOLD OUT! |
| JULY 2017 | |
| * | FOUR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS: The BCS Inc. Management Committee has filled four vacancies with new members. |
| * | JULY NEWSLETTER ISSUED: The July 2017 newsletter of Beaumaris Conservation Society is viewable here. |
| JUNE 2017 | |
| * | MRS RUTH EWART: The funeral service for Ruth, a BCS Inc. member since 1996, will be on Friday, 2017-06-23, at 10 a.m. |
| * | VOW FOR NRZ: See video of Shadow Planning Minister, Hon. David Davis, vowing to restore Neighbourhood Residential Zoning. |
| MAY 2017 | |
| * | ‘WE OPPOSE INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT”: Order a free sign for your front garden or fence. Email info@bcs.asn.au |
| * | CONCOURSE GREEN DEFENCE MARK III: BCS Inc. thanks all councillors and petitioners for working to keep the Green, green. |
| * | ‘THE FOSSILS OF THE URBAN SANCTUARY’ 2016 book on Ricketts Point fossils has a Beaumaris palaeontologist as an author. |
| * | CONCOURSE GREEN ON COUNCIL AGENDA: BCS’s 861-signature petition, & Master Plan threats to the Green to be voted on. |
| * | RICKETTS POINT BYO BARBECUE: BCS asks members to celebrate National Volunteer Week at noon on Saturday, 2017-05-13. |
| APRIL 2017 | |
| * | CONCOURSE PETITION: BCS Inc’s KEEP THE CONCOURSE GREEN, GREEN petition, over 4 weekends, has been lodged. |
| * | MARINA EES DATE NOTED: Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron Ltd. expects its marina EES to be lodged in June 2017. |
| FEBRUARY 2017 | |
| * | QUIET CORNER: BCS Inc. letter supports Bayside Council plan to protect vulnerable slope, saved earlier by sand, not boulders. |
| * | CONCOURSE GREEN THREATENED: BCS Inc. has six major concerns with the Draft Master Plan proposals for the Concourse. |
| * | VACANCY FILLED: The Committee has elected Ms Annie Price as Acting Zone 6 Leader to replace the late Adrian Cerbasi. |
| * | ARTICLE IN THE AGE ON TREE REMOVAL: BCS Inc’s President wrote of excessive, unnecessary tree loss at the College site. |
| JANUARY 2017 | |
| * | DEATH OF IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Adrian Cerbasi, BCS Inc. President 2002-10 and 2014-16, died on 2017-01-26. |
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