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Heritage
landscaping at Barrenjoey Headland kicked-off on April 28 with a
Navy helicopter lifting a two tonne bobcat up to the Lighthouse
area.
While
heavy showers drenched national parks rangers, Navy officials, Foundation
staff and volunteers on the ground, they did not stop the Sea King
from taking off. “Rain may stop the Airforce, but we are the
Navy,” Ross Gillett, OAM, Defence Public Affairs NSW, explained
with a wink.
26
year-old pilot Lieut Simon Hook and his crew flew four loads of
equipment up to the summit before lifting the large bobcat.
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The
Sea King’s first delivery at the lighthouse is a crewman who
will manage the drop on the ground.
Photo: Max Herford |
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Thanks
to the generous support of the Navy, Project Manager Mark Watt
(DEC) will now start the landscaping work around the lighthouse.
The Foundation funds the landscaping works through a $51,000 donation
by the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation. The funds will provide
new paths, safe access points for visitors, panoramic vantage-points,
heritage signage and heritage landscaping at the historic lighthouse.
Photo
left: Ready for take-off: Sea King Pilot Lieut Simon Hook with
Ranger Mark Watt and the Foundation’s Carmen Welss.
Simon
Hook's mum Julie is so proud of her son that she arrived at the
Palm Beach carpark with breakfast for him and his four person
crew. His two grandmothers, an aunt and an uncle also arrived
to watch him carefully land the helicopter in the carpark and
then do the five delivery flights.
Photo: Max Herford
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The
current funding for this project will go a long way, but we need
to raise a further $16,000 to complete this first stage of the project.
The more we raise the more can be done – implementation of
the entire landscaping plan will cost about $250,000 , but let’s
take it step by step. Many thanks! |
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