The tree-planting pany of 1932 . the company ofD . C . Brockhofr and they had since decided to lake the manager of the Botanic Gardens to Green Point to get his suggestions regarding the com : cl trees to plant . lL was resolved that ' the tree plan1ing at Green Point be left in 1he hands of D . C . Brockhoff and F . F . Buchanan ', A tree-planting day was held at Green Point on 20 November . A lorry was provided by C . Plowmun and the trees were planted and listed under the names of the ireeplanting pany . On 22 June 1933 , Mr Wenbom visited the property and reported that only two trees had died . The majority of these trees still stand today .
During 1934-35 the Newpon propeny was getting very little usage . At thal time most club members Jived close to Sydney und they could see little future in the Newport project . The cry was ' sell it '. The usage was such thnt it was agreed 1bat only one mooring be left down and that the others be brought ashore until funber notice .
Ku-ring-gai Trust was not helping much either . Requests to dredge the cntrlltJCC to the Basin had fallen on deaf ears and a letter was received on 2 August 1934 saying :
The Trust proposes to close the inner Basin at Broken Bay to yachts . To allow ! he entrance to silt up and to build a footbridge across the entrance . Also to extend the Bonnie Doon Wharf and to erect baths in the Outer Basin .
On 15 May 1934 it was resolved lltnt ' the moorings now ashore at Newport be repositioned and leased to anybody interested-not necessarily club members '. And on 6 December 1934 it was resolved that ' theNewportlicensesberelinquished '. This was noc carried . But it does give some indication of ! he lack of interest in the Green Point property . Members seemed to bcquitebappy sailing on the Harbour with