Garbage
Residents need to take recycling and garbage from their homes to the council provided garbage and recycling bins adjacent to the Residents’ Carpark on the eastern foreshore.
These facilities are not to be utilised for large items or building waste. Council and residents alike consider this illegal dumping.
Illegal dumping does happen from time to time around the residents’ garbage facilities. We should all understand that this illegal behaviour puts our garbage service in jeopardy.
The etiquette of garbage then is critical to keeping our environment pleasant and to the continuation of this critical resident service.
If you feel safe to do so then you are welcome to let another resident or visitor know if they are doing the wrong thing, alternatively contact the Progress Association or Council to report illegal dumping or abuse of the residents’ garbage facilities.
The bins and skips on the western foreshore are not to be utilised for household rubbish.
Garbage etiquette
The recycling and rubbish bins provided by Hornsby Shire Council near the Residents’ Car Park on the Eastern Foreshore are for general household rubbish only.
Large items, furniture, building rubbish, whitegoods, paints, poisons, electronic items etc. must not be deposited in the bins or left in the area. If it does not fit in the bin, then it should not be left there.
Hornsby Shire Council provides a free general clean-up service for residents twice a year, usually in May and November. At this time large items can be deposited at the Western Foreshore.
If you cannot wait for Council Clean up, then you will need to take your large goods to the tip or organise a skip bin to have them removed.
Please do not spill rubbish or leave it outside the bins. It is your neighbours who will be picking up your mess – so please be thoughtful.
The bins on the Western Foreshore are not for household garbage, they are for visitors. The large skip bins near the Public Pontoon on the Western Foreshore are owned and provided by the Berowra Waters Inn for their garbage only.
If you need to organise a skip bin for building or household waste, be sure to organise it such that the bin arrives after Sunday Night and is gone by Friday night. You can place skip bins in the turning circle near the Public Pontoon on the Eastern Foreshore or in a parking spot on the Western Foreshore for a period of 48 hours mid-week only.
Electricity
Coba Point and Marramarra Creek are not supplied by mains electricity.
Silverwater to Neverfail Bay have standard residential connections to mains maintained by Ausgrid.
Services are interrupted a little more often than ‘mainland’ services given the terrain and challenges for Ausgrid to perform maintenance and manage storm damage.
It is recommended that you be prepared for power supply interruptions. As mobile coverage is sporadic around the river, an old fashioned non-powered dialing phone that will work without power can be a useful item around the home, even if you just keep it in the cupboard and plug it in when the power goes off.
Ensure that you have plenty of candles, torches and spare batteries to keep things lit up at night in the event of a power outage. Whilst the BBQ is a great meals preparation option when the power goes out, a trip outdoors however on a cold winter night to boil some water for a cuppa is hardly desirable. A small gas camping cooker with one or two gas burners running off camping gas pressure packs can be packed neatly away in the cupboard and is often more valuable than a BBQ in the event of a black out.
Many residents purchase and maintain a small generator. In the event of a blackout this offers the ability to connect to fridges and freezers to maintain their contents, to run pressure pumps, some lights or even your computer internet and TV (make sure your generator is designed to run sensitive electronic equipment before plugging in your computer and TV!).
Generators are also useful in the event of a bushfire. You should expect a bushfire to cut off power and with a generator you can at least run a pressure pump. You should prepare a Bush Fire Survival Plan and consider if fire pumps or other bushfire mitigation should apply to your property.