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Q Station Sydney – Meetings Conferences & Event Facilities located on Manly’s Northern Beaches – Video

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Q Station Sydney - Meetings Conferences Event Facilities located on Manly #39;s Northern Beaches
A video tour of this iconic Sydney Conference Event Venue located on Manly #39;s Northern Beaches including the accommodation function rooms, Boilerhouse Harbourside Restaurant, sandy beaches ...

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Push made to keep beaches, pools open after Labor Day

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It's no day at the beach for New Yorkers looking for sun and sand after Labor Day but one city pol wants to change that.

A bill to be introduced Thursday by Councilman Mark Levine would require the city to keep city beaches and pools open until the first day of school, and on weekends through the end of September.

Beaches and pools officially close on Labor Day, when lifeguards leave their posts.

Levine, chairman of the parks committee, recalled that last September, beaches and pools closed on Monday and school didnt open until Thursday.

The days in between were glorious late-summer days, the Manhattan Democrat said. Many New Yorkers wanted to go to beaches and pools, and couldnt.

Under the bill, the Parks Department would also have the option to open beaches on weekdays in September after the start of school, but would not be required to.

The department has objected to extending the season because many lifeguards are students who head back to school at the start of September.

But Levine said not all lifeguards are schoolkids, and plenty who attend classes in the city could still work weekends.

With enough planning, they could manage to fully staff the swimming spots, he said.

He could not say how much the proposal would cost, and the Parks Department would not comment.

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Auckland builds new beaches

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Auckland will have a new beach spot when the Onehunga Restoration Project is completed, adding to the already popular Mission Bay and Orewa beaches.

Auckland's beaches might look natural but 20 popular spots have ongoing maintenance or in the case of a major new project in Onehunga project, are completely manmade.

Nine entirely new beaches are being created as part of the Onehunga Foreshore Restoration Project, which is thought to be the world's largest foreshore reclamation project for recreational purposes.

When finished, a 6.8 hectare seaside park on reclaimed land will feature nine beaches.

Three of the beaches will be sandy for swimming, requiring about 11,000 cubic metres of sand to be trucked in from Ports of Auckland.

The new coastline will stretch more than 1 kilometre. The project is costing $28 million - $18m from NZTA and $10m from the council's Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board.

The foreshore, which is Auckland Council's parks department's largest capital project, will open in time for next summer.

Auckland Council parks manager Jane Aickin said the Onehunga project might be the biggest beach development, but numerous other beaches across Auckland were "nourished" with sand brought in from other places or redistributed along the beach.

Auckland had more than 1600km of coastline and some of them needed intense management to provide coastal protection and make the beaches look better, Aickin said.

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More beaches closed due to high surf, warning in effect

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It was a big day of surf for Hawaiis north- and west-facing shores Wednesday.

A high surf warning was in effect for north- and west-facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu and Molokai, and north-facing shores of Maui and west-facing shores of the Big Island.

The swell was expected to peak Wednesday night and fade Thursday to 20-30 feet for the North Shore and 12-18 feet for the west shore.

Due to hazardous conditions, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and City and County of Honolulu announced the following closures:

Meanwhile, State Parks personnel are monitoring Lapakahi State Historical Park and Kekaha Kai State Park to determine if any action is needed in those areas.

But that didnt keep surfers out of the water.

On Oahu, ocean safety officials recorded 34 rescues in West Oahu (12 in Makaha) with 447 preventative actions, nine rescues on the North Shore (three at Sunset Beach, six at Waimea Bay) with 1,403 preventative actions and several broken boards.

Its so strong out there, just pulling you in so many directions, and if youre not sure which way to go and instead youre fighting it, youll become so tired and weak that theres just not much you can do, said Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services spokeswoman Shayne Enright.

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