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Support Bakers Delight Centro Warriewood with your bakery purchases, and express your gratitude for their ongoing support of our Club. Karin from Catering by Design has been assisting the Club in various ways, from donating the use of a mobile cool room during the Narrabeen Beach Junior Carnival, to helping us with catering for our annual Senior Presentation Night. We offer modern facilities available for any event, from weddings to anniversaries, corporate function, birthdays to fashion parades.

Enjoy the outdoor balcony to take in the spectacular views of Narrabeen beach. The beachfront and the shopping strip opposite the beach have been revitalised with new landscaping and a variety of cafes and restaurants along The Strand.

The town centre of Dee Why is yet to undergo the same transformation. In there was a proposal to redevelop the town centre of Dee Why by building a series of residential towers. The proposed height would facilitate open space at the base of the towers. This site, known as Dee Why Square, was originally developed in by Westfield with McDowells later Waltons as the flagship department store of the centre. The shopping area of Dee Why has always struggled to compete with Warringah Mall, which also opened in in the neighbouring suburb of Brookvale.

The diverse nature of the community in Dee Why is reflected in the diversity of the built environment. Shops include Italian restaurants and delicatessens, Vietnamese bread shops, Asian and Indian supermarkets. A broad range of churches can be found in Dee Why, including Tongan congregations, a mosque, a Jehovah's Witness Hall as well as the continuing presence of the Salvation Army.

Dee Why is home to the largest Tibetan community in Australia. The dominant non-English speaking country of birth is China. The Dee Why Surf Life Saving Club, with the black swan as its emblem, came into being in after the Salvation Army had relinquished ownership of the beach.

The Norfolk Island pines along the beachfront were planted at this time by surf club members. The club was also responsible for building the rock pool at the southern end of Dee Why Beach. Work began on the pool in and Warringah Council helped with its enlargement and modernisation in A war memorial and flagpole were built on the beachfront reserve by the club to commemorate those members who served in World War I.

Natural forces have taken their toll on Dee Why Lagoon which once boasted sand dunes about twenty metres high. The Dandenong gale of resulted in much of the sand from the dunes being blown into the lagoon. The wetlands surrounding the lagoon, once considered useless swamp, have been reclaimed. As a result, conditions in the lagoon are no longer ideal for the growth of sea grasses on which the black swans feed.

The black swan became the symbol of Dee Why as the suburb developed, appearing on the emblems of many local organisations, including Dee Why Public School. Sandstone carvings of the black swan mark the boundaries of the suburb on the southern and northern approaches along Pittwater Road. Today the black swan is a rarity, and the presence of a family of black swans on Dee Why Lagoon in recent years caused great excitement in the local community.

The lagoon was recognised for its environmental value in , when it was proclaimed as a wildlife refuge by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service.

The refuge has since been placed on the Register of the National Estate. Another of Dee Why's hidden treasures is the area now occupied by Stony Range Botanic Gardens, which was gazetted as a public recreation reserve in The name Stony Range was in use as far back as when a traveller documented the trip from Manly to Pittwater:. After crossing the Manly Beach lagoon there is a rather rugged bit of road over what is termed the Stony Range; and beyond some severe undulations, there is little to interest the traveller until he arrives at Dewi Lagoon.

Attractions included a Grand Procession on Boxing Day, 'a popular man competition to determine the King of Deewhy', baby show, tug-of-war, sand modelling, great illumination display, continental concerts, community singing and 'all the latest carnival attractions'.

Stony Range Reserve was the beneficiary of some of the funds raised. Other projects to benefit were the Dee Why sea wall, the rock pool, Dee Why Park, dressing sheds and shelter kiosks. The lodge wanted to use the reserve as a sports ground for the use of the Juvenile Lodge and other children in the district.

The plan, to level the site for cricket and football, [15] did not proceed, and Stony Range was developed as a flora reserve from onwards and officially opened in Today Stony Range Botanic Garden is a tribute to the many volunteers who have worked to develop and maintain the 3. James Bailey was a trustee of the rock pool from onwards and also the collector of parking fees at the beach in a voluntary capacity.

The shop catered for residents and holiday-makers alike and in the family expanded their business to include holiday flats, a restaurant and a milk bar. The shop on the northern corner of The Strand and Howard Ave was called The Strand and sold groceries, fruit, confectionary and tobacco products and also served afternoon tea. The intention behind this project is to bring people together, and to help them feel part of a bigger picture — a broader human and environmental story of Dee Why.

To visit History Hub, click here. Students are finally back in the classroom — but so now is Covid. During the s and s, the Manly Wildflower Shows were hugely successful, raising thousands of pounds, but the cost of the shows was far greater than their income — the rape of the bush.