Ben Grozier - Your Northern Beaches Independent Team

5 months ago, I did not think I would be writing a thank you message after wrapping up an election campaign!
I feel outrageously lucky to work with and be in the company of some awesome people. The are yet another group of humans straight out of the top drawer.
I’ve learnt so much, made new friends and been completely overwhelmed by the support of the team, my friends and family.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU ❤️🧡❤️🧡

Local government should be run by locals, in our opinion. We believe that excellent work has been done and we have a very strong team to guide the Northern Beaches towards an even better future.
Vote 1 Above The Line for Your Northern Beaches Independent Team.

Outlaws at the polling booth! How good is family support?!
Michael Regan Northern Beaches Mayor

This is my day job…. running a software company that now offers online tutoring.
Tonight we had our kick off meeting with >250 teachers who are joining the ClassCover team to deliver 32,000 hours of teaching to 530 severely disadvantaged children via our collaboration with The Smith Family. A pretty humbling moment being around these awesome educators and our equally capable team that have managed this massive scale up

Pre-poll venues open tomorrow. Get in early and forget about Election Day rush.

Things get real from tomorrow. Beat the crowds and casts a pre-poll vote.

Election Day getting closer!

I wouldn’t sign up for a 27k (thought it was 23) paddle to fundraise for a team unless it was to help people of the highest quality, a belief that locals should be on local council and that big parties don’t belong in local government.

The are humans of the highest order who just want to do their very best for our area. It’s a complete privilege to represent them.

As for the paddle. Thanks for joining me, for her endless support of me (❤️), for the board and and for keeping me in good enough nick to take this on.

Oahu - Molokai next!







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Always a great chat with Mazz from however this time they hit record. Thanks for the opportunity!

Plenty of ways to vote early and easily for these upcoming council elections folks. Have your say!







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IT'S TIME TO VOTE! Compulsory Local Government Elections are on 4 December 2021. Postal vote applications are now open. You can apply here for a Postal Vote if you will be unable to attend a voting centre on election day during voting hours (8.00am – 6.00pm). https://opva.elections.nsw.gov.au/default.aspx Want to miss the queues on Election Day? You can vote early in person (pre-poll) from Monday 22 November to Friday 3 December 2021. Any person enrolled to vote may vote by pre-poll. For the 2021 Local Government elections, you will only be able to vote for a person in your council area. Postal voting is open right now and voting packs are already being sent out, right up until 29th November at 5pm. If you can't return a postal vote - then jump online from next Monday and (if you qualify) vote online! For more information on where to vote in your area and all the links visit our info page on the website. https://www.yournorthernbeaches.com.au/how-to-vote 🎯

Doing some coastal / shark net inspection this morning as part of my candidate challenge training.
Turned before Shelley so I wasn’t late for a meeting.

Met plenty of really good people today down at today and was appreciative for everyone’s positive response to us candidates.
Always good speaking with and learning more from and .ynbt
Love the artwork as always.

I loved these art installations. They brought so much joy to the kids and are what I call low effort / high impact initiatives in our areas thanks to
As residents, when we look around our area and ask ourselves, have things gotten better or worse? What do you think? Are the footpaths wider, are the ocean pools clean, is there more infrastructure?
My answer is a resounding yes. I’ve now spoken to many NB residents who have recently moved from other LGAs and their sentiment is we don’t know how good we have it with our council. Responsiveness is good, consultation is good and action is good.
Let’s keep it going with

There needs to be some balance brought to some of the complete mistruths being asserted by some Northern Beaches Councillors. In this instance it’s regarding the bin replacement scheme that was voted for unanimously (which obv includes the councillor im referring to).
As an aside, it would be nice if the childish nicknames and un-evolved slogan style of scare tactic politics could be replaced with a grown up approach that respects the intelligence of the electorate.
One can only hope I guess.

For months, we would see , one of favourite cafes on the beaches, shuttered up as we drove past. I thought so many time if their lovely owners, Mel and Tony and if they were coping ok with the lockdown.
It was so good to see them again today with an optimistic outlook on the months and years to come.
If elected, I will do my best to help local business be more successful, more profitable and less stressful for the owners.
If you would like to learn more about some of my ideas for how we can do this, please be in touch.

6k hit out from Dee Why to South Curly.

Thanks The Tawny Frogmouth. The kids are super excited about their photo being in the mag ❤️

- some of our favourite people who whip up some of our favourite food…
Kids saw with a ute full of stock, they had a cuddle then started unloading XL tins of Jalapeño’s. Nachos for afternoon tea closely followed the unload.
I am super passionate about supporting our businesses and community orgs to thrive in this new post-corona landscape -

Back on the bike for a Friday ride with a great crew we’ve known a long while now. The variety of activities you can partake in to stay fit and healthy in these parts is world class (best?).

5k hit out from Dee Why to the top of Long Reef. My turning buoy was a big seal 🦭.
Thanks for the prone board, for making this plan to paddle from Shelley to Palmy achievable and thanks for the 📸

Sydney's coast is under threat from oil & gas drilling in a project called PEP11. Join us and our friends Surfrider Foundation Australia to say no to PEP11 by signing the petition now: https://www.benandjerry.com.au/values/issues-we-care-about/say-no-to-pep11

The childishness of this is staggering for an elected official. Can we organise for some grown ups to be our decision makers please?
Agree or disagree with fireworks / rates etc, please just be a little more sophisticated in your communication. It’s embarrassing to our LGA
Councillor Rory Amon - Fighting For Pittwater

Pragmatic action being taken to allow our businesses to reopen and thrive.
Great work. See you soon Bucketty's Brewing Co. 🍺

BREAKING NEWS! Our application for increased capacity is approved by Northern Beaches Council!

We can now welcome up to 200 of you thirsty legends into our taproom, which means less lines and more good times!

A special thanks to the good people at council who helped us get it through in Rebecca Englund, Louise Kerr and Michael Regan. Our council gets a lot of flack, but my experience this time around was that they want to see more local businesses like us thrive, and thrive we shall!

Cya for pints at 4pm today to celebrate 🍻

Yeow! 💥🍻💥

Repping the wherever I go. The orange hat gets a workout at the workouts.
Great sesh crew!

Posted • Your Northern Beaches Team] CALLING ALL RESIDENTS OF BEACON HILL AND NARRAWEENA!!

YOUR TOWN HALL IS HERE AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND 👌🏻

How do you feel about your local parks and sporting fields? What are your thoughts on how we can support our local businesses? Think anything of our bin service? Love the new coastal walkway? How is access to work? What do you love, loathe and long for in our community?

Join us this Wednesday 13th October, 7.30pm to talk to your candidates.

Register via the link below or in our bio 👊🏻

https://bit.ly/3Bvwtoz
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TIMECAPSULE THURSDAY 🕯

On the morning of the 21 November, 1944, a local student arrived at Narrabeen Public School to find the school had been deserted. News had broke that a plane had made an emergency landing on Narrabeen Beach.

Pilot Captain "Jimmy" Broadbent, of Point Piper, famous Australian airman who was piloting the mail plane with eight passengers onboard had to make a forced landing on Narrabeen Beach after one motor died and the other started failing….