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2515 CONTENTS NEWS 04 Freedom! Last issue’s cover stars release their shark 06 Celebrate Coledale Markets hit a milestone 10 Luncheon Marking the Lawrence Hargrave centenary

Scour your old albums, please 16 Clubs Reports from U3A and Probus 18 Net result! Campaign for better internet 20 Wild Women On Top The trek to Sublime Point

LIFESTYLE 08 Cover feature Meet the owner of Egg & Dart 10 Dr Rip Revealed: he really is mad about sand 12 Gardening How to make a terrarium 14 Catch Up Fabulous Fashion @ Twilight 15 Reader Photo comp

BUSINESS 22 Business Directory Find a local supplier SPORT 26 Tides 27 League Butchers get serious in lead-up to finals 28 BMX Saya Sakakibara wins third world title

Cover image by Anthony Warry Photography; www.anthonywarry.tumblr.com

MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS LYNNE TUCK NICKY WAY

has always had a fascination with the ocean and its animals.

A resident of Coledale, she loves roaming the shores, finding flotsam and jetsam, creating jewellery and sculptures from resin and shells (Facebook: Urchin Creations). Lynne was a founding staff member of Sydney Aquarium and worked with marine animals, collecting and looking after them for display, for more than a decade. If you find something on the shore (or in the sea), maybe she can help identify it. Lynne is our resident shark saviour – see page 4.

Dr Rob Brander

– aka ‘Dr Rip’ – is a coastal geomorphologist and Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. A resident of Stanwell Park, he’s been studying beaches for 25 years, starting in Canada where water temperatures convinced him to come to Australia to do his PhD. He is an international expert on rip currents and runs a beach safety education program called The Science of the Surf (www.scienceofthesurf. com). He wrote Dr Rip’s Essential Beach Book. Read his column on page 10.

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is a freelance writer, blogger and social media organiser. With 40 moves in 40 years she is passionate about discovery and connecting and writes about it over on her blog nickywaywrites when she is pursuing her other interest for social media. She lives in the northern Illawarra where she is outnumbered four to one by her boys and a dog named Goliath. Find her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and at nickywaywrites.com. Read her report about hiking to Sublime Point with Wild Women On Top on page 20.

Janice Creenaune

is a retired English teacher of 35 years, who has lived and worked in the Illawarra, and completed three year-long overseas teacher exchanges (in Minnesota, Oxford and Cornwall). A wife and mother of three, she sees the life of a retiree as an evolution, something to be cherished, enjoyed.

The Publicity Officer for Northern Illawarra University 3rd Age (U3A) her personal interests include travel, Letters-to-the Editor SMH, letterpress printing and film study. See page 16.

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FREE POrtia!

The Coledale family who ‘shark sat’ a washed-up egg for 87 days – keeping it in a bucket in their laundry – have released the pup back into the sea. Lynne Tuck reports.

Coledale’s little shark pup “Portia” the Crested Port Jackson Shark hatched out of her egg on Sunday, June 28. She was 15cm long and felt very soft. Her skin will toughen up and feel a bit like sandpaper as she gets older. She will grow to 130cm. We looked after her for 87 days.

During the day we took her down to the baby’s rock pool to see if she would have something to eat. We also took some lovely photos.

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The next day, in the late afternoon 2515 Coast News magazine and WIN News came out to cover her release back to the ocean.

Placing her in a clear zip-lock plastic bag (nets cause injuries), we snorkelled out to the back of the waves and released her where the rocks and the seaweed end and the sand begins.

As soon as she was free she swam east and kept going. Conditions were quite surgy and we saw her get tumbled over, but she picked herself up and kept going. It only took a minute and we lost sight of her. Good luck, Portia!

We would like to thank all the locals and visitors who have kept track of our little shark and 2515 for being there every step of the way. 2515

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birthday markets!

By Candice Greenwood, publicist for the Coledale Markets.

Long-time residents Jenny Briscoe-Hough and Lara Seresin founded Coledale Markets 13 years ago. It is now a fixture on the calendars of locals and visitors alike.

Lara and Jenny are neighbours, best friends and business partners. They started the markets inspired by a shared, heart-felt vision to showcase local talent and encourage a sense of community. Today’s markets are still guided by these principles.

Says Jenny: “Coledale Markets are many things, some tangible and some intangible.

“They are a place to buy, rummage, trade and eat, but equally they are a space for people to come together, to be familiar with each other, to talk, laugh and play.”

The Coledale Markets showcase a mix of artisans, hobbyists, food, growers, professional traders and one-off second-hand stalls. All this alongside performers, DJs and children’s

Market founders … from left, Lara Seresin and Jenny Briscoe-Hough.

Photo: John Corker entertainment, set against the backdrop of the escarpment and ocean in the grounds of Coledale Public School, makes for a magical experience.

Coledale Markets are held every fourth Sunday of the month between 9am and 3pm.

The August 30 market will include a special 13th Anniversary Celebration marking the start of a new chapter, with more fun to be had! 2515

Meet a maker Julie Lee Sye will have her first Coledale market stall this month.

Julie is a handloom weaver, with a label called Little Loom. She started only last October (“I taught myself how to weave from Google”).

Her craft began partly as “an inspiring and meditative” creative outlet, says Julie, who is a mother of two children and works from home in Stanwell Tops.

Julie sells her work via Instagram (she has about 2300 followers @little_loom), at markets such as Foragers and in local stores (Plume in Thirroul and Ciao Bella Bubs in Cronulla).

She has also recently made rope jewellery for a

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Cleo magazine photo shoot.

Julie’s latest venture is sideways weaves, wall art hung on driftwood she collects on jaunts along the beaches between Stanwell Park and Austinmer.

Julie only uses natural and recycled yarns (such as T-shirt offcuts). Woven pieces in raw linen are her best sellers.

She’s looking forward to the Coledale Markets.

“It has a really nice vibe and great stalls with pre-loved, handcrafted and new items.” 2515

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hargrave luncheon More than 80 people celebrated the lawrence hargrave centenary.

There was little to no wind for kite-flying but spirits were sky-high at the Lawrence Hargrave Centre’s centenary luncheon at HelensburghStanwell Park Surf Club on Sunday, July 5.

Secretary of the Lawrence Hargrave Centre, Michael Adams, said more than 80 people attended the luncheon.

Food, entertainment and atmosphere were excellent. The day had only been made possible, Michael said, through the sponsorship of IMB, represented at the function by Thirroul branch manager Naina Mistry and her husband Jay. (IMB has committed $20,000 sponsorship to the LHC for centenary events and projects.)

Highlights included original Hargrave songs

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Artist Peter Mulder, with his box-kite painting. performed by Michael Blanche and Stephen Goldrick; and Peter Mulder’s paintings. 2515

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2515 REPORT cover feature

art insider

Aaron Fell-Fracasso, of Thirroul’s Egg & Dart Gallery, is a huge talent.

He’s also a bloke with big ideas. 2515 reports.

What do you do to relax?

Well, last night we went to an art exhibition

opening so [laughs] … I try and get away. We have been known to do a bit of road-tripping, get the camper on the back of the ute …

But realistically having your own business can be all-consuming, can’t it?

Yeah, well, when I said “we have been known to” [laughs] … it’s few and far between.

Last time was in January, so that was over the Christmas break and that was the first time in a year, so it can be a while.

Were you always drawn to art?

I did a bit of art in high school. I always was into doing things, growing up, by myself

Ann and Aaron

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Photos by Anthony Warry Photography; www.anthonywarry.tumblr.com

Art comes in many shapes and forms, textures and type-faces, mediums and methods.

As do artists.

But until this 2515 Coast News staffer met Aaron Fell-Fracasso, painter, picture-framer, surfer, traveller, and owner-manager of Egg & Dart gallery in Thirroul, I’d never expected an artist to look like someone who is just as likely to pummel you as paint you.

Aaron kindly took time out of his busy schedule – as did his lovely partner Ann Eklund – to have a chat with 2515.

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2515 REPORT – I didn’t mind my own company, mucking around with Lego, making little landscapes and creations, and things like that. If I was off from school or it was a rainy day or whatever, I’d draw but I didn’t really think too much of it.

The opportunity came after I finished high school to either work on the railways through my old man or go to art school. I didn’t really know what to expect from art school but I thought I’d do that – and I upset everybody in the family, really, because no one understood it.

I finished that, worked a bit more and went back to art school to do the degree [Bachelor of Creative Arts, majoring in Painting] at Wollongong Uni and then it’s all just kind of happened; it’s always been like an itch that I’ve needed to scratch, so as I’ve got older and somewhat mature, I’ve found that I really enjoy getting in the studio and having that time to deal with … all these issues that arise in there.

I wouldn’t say it’s an enjoyable experience – it’s a hard slog but it’s rewarding, I guess, and that’s why I keep going back.

Aaron Fell-Fracasso

Are there moments of sheer bliss?

Few and far between.

How do you balance the creative and the commercial side of things?

Never expect to make money and just do things that I find interesting. I’m always going [to Ann]: ‘What about this as an idea?’ and she will go “Oh, god …”

Is Ann an honest sounding board?

She’ll say ‘Well, why don’t you just finish that and that first? And we’ll get to that afterwards’. I think you’ve just got to have a lot of things that are just cooking along the way and you finish a few of them. If you’re not interested then there’s no reason to do it really.

Do you have a preferred medium, a preferred material?

Currently, I’m working a lot with paper, and collage; I do enjoy water-soluble mediums; there’s something that’s nice when things kind of break down or dissolve in water – there are nice things that happen, purely by chance and accident, and that keeps me interested.

Almost a spontaneous thing, out of your control?

Well, yeah, absolutely. I’m just along for the ride. 2515

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2515 COLUMN

Dr Rip’s Science of the Surf

sand grains are quartz minerals because the most common type of rock on the earth’s surface is granite, which just happens to be made up of mostly quartz minerals (silica oxide for the geologists out there), which are exceptionally hard and resistant. So it’s really a matter of what you see is what you get.

Most beach sand tends to be lighter in colour because pure quartz crystals are white.

Generally the older the sand is, the whiter it is as all the darker coating material gets worn off the grains over time. Sand with a reddish tinge usually has some iron staining around the Rob Brander is quartz grain. Black sand grains are heavy mad about sand. minerals, like zircon and rutile, that are volcanic in origin and derived from basalt rocks (old I’ve started collecting lava flows) and yes, Australia had beach sand again. plenty of volcanic activity in the When I was a kid I past. Because they are heavier, they used to get sand Did you winnow down through the sand from the beaches know? and tend to concentrate, becoming we visited and put it in my mum’s old Generally the older exposed as black streaks on a spice jars. My friends would always the sand is, the beach after big storm waves have laugh about my collection until they whiter it is. eroded the lighter sand on top actually saw it and were immediately offshore. Sands, particularly near impressed because no two sands were coral reefs, are also often made up of exactly the same. My collection grew until I carbonate grains from broken down bits of moved to Australia where Customs and shells and corals.

Quarantine effectively put a stop to it! But as a The size of the sand grains is also important scientist I have a permit to bring in clean beach to the beach. Very fine sands tend to promote sand, so the collection is back on and it’s wide and flat beaches. Coarse sand grains tend reminded me how amazing the variety of beach to cause steep beaches with nasty shorebreaks. sand can be.

Medium size sand, which dominates the NSW Next time you go to the beach, pick up a coast, tends to produce lots of sandbars, which handful of sand and look at it. What do you helps make our coast such a good one for see? What’s it made of? Do you ever wonder surfing. So all sand has a story to tell and if where it came from? Beaches are nature’s you’ve got some sand samples you’d like to dumping ground and are made up of end donate to my collection, I won’t say no! 2515 products of thousands, sometimes millions of Visit www.scienceofthesurf.com. years of erosion of rocks. The vast majority of Dr Rip’s sand collection – can you tell which one is from Stanwell Park?

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Gardening with sara Stay warm – practise Indoor gardening this August, writes Sara Newnham.

It’s too cold to be outside in August. Now is the perfect time to do some stylish indoor gardening.

Follow the interior design trend and invest in some indoor plants. Look out for Fiddlewood figs, they have made a big fashionable comeback and are definitely the “must have” in any home. A real statement piece, the deep lustre of the tree’s glossy green leaves not only improves the decor but also purifies the air quality of your home.

Seventies-inspired macramé hanging baskets are back, bolder than ever. You can complement them with any plant, from trendy succulents to funky ferns, that suits the spot where you’ll hang it.

However, the ultimate “must have” for any indoor gardener is a terrarium.

Here’s how to make one: Step 1: Chose a container for your plant to grow in, preferably a glass one. The possibilities are endless: you can have an open vessel like a bowl, vase, hanging sphere, artistic light bulbs, cups, jars, test tubes, bottles.

Or you can have a closed terrarium with a lid, such as a fish tank, lolly jar or specially designed vessel (find one at Helensburgh’s Sunrise Nursery). The closed variety will created a micro climate for your plant.

Step 2: Chose a plant to suit the size of the vessel and to meet the growing requirements for the position. For example, if you have a warm, well-lit spot, an open container full of cacti or succulents would work, and in a low-light area opt for a fern or moss combination that would appreciate the humidity created in a closed vessel environment.

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Air plants look good and can be placed in any container – I have them hanging in glass spheres. They look magic!

Step 3: Plant medium. Find a mix to suit your plant and decor. Peat moss or sphagnum moss is very versatile as it can hold moisture around your plant’s roots. But if your plant likes to be on the dry side, find a pebble mix to suit your colour scheme. Place your medium in the container then plant your plant in it. Feel free to add interesting decorations to the terrarium scene, such as shells, rocks, driftwood or, for fun, make a fantasy world with mini statues such as fairies or animals.

Step 4: Maintenance is easy! Lightly water and keep medium moist, not wet. If planting ferns and moss, water sparingly every 1-2 weeks. For succulents even less, for cacti 3-4 weeks. Air plants love to be misted once a week. Please don’t over-water as you don’t want your plants to drown. The easiest maintenance of all is to do none and that is possible if growing plants in a closed container as the condensation continually waters itself.

There is a terrarium that has been unopened for more than 40 years and still growing strong – now that’s low-maintenance gardening!

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citrus tips

By A Garden for Life’s Narelle Happ Love citrus? Start with a lemon.

Citrus is in everything from food, drinks, oils, disinfectants, dish-washing liquid to candles. Lemon juice was used for bleach, fading freckles, in many perfumes and cosmetic and the variety Etrog is used by Jewish people in the feast of the Tabernacles.

There are four dominant ‘Lemon’ varieties: Eureka, Citrus limon ‘Eureka’, produces 2 or 3 flushes a year; Lisbon, Citrus limon ‘Lisbon’, one major flush a year in winter; Meyer, Citrus x meyeri ‘Meyer’, a cross between a lemon and an orange with smaller, sweeter fruit; Lemonade, Citrus limon x reticulate ‘Lemonade’, sweet juicy fruit that bears several crops a year.

All of the above trees are available in a dwarf form that can be grown in pots, using the best quality potting mix and mulching well.

Citrus need long, sunny days with at least six

hours’ sunshine a day. When planting, dig in aged manure such as cow manure. Maintain water and feed with compost several times a year. Grow companion plants such as dill, yarrow, thyme, marigolds, borage, cosmos and calendula in the immediate area. Companion plants encourage beneficial insect pollinators while deterring pests. 2515 Narelle is running two upcoming workshops: ■ How to grow a Bushtucker Garden, August 15, Sydney Wildflower Nursery, www.trybooking.com/142031 ■ Introduction to Permaculture 2 - Design, Sept 5 in Thirroul, www.trybooking.com/145788

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catch up

On what’s been happening in our district.

CHAMBER TAKES UP FIGHT FOR BETTER INTERNET

By Northern Illawarra Chamber of Commerce (NICC) president Greg Watts NICC presented at a Ministerial Roundtable on July 15 re issues affecting small business in our region. Attendees included the Hon. John Barilaro MP, Minister for Regional Development, Skills and Small Business, and Gareth Ward MP, Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast.

NICC stated that, without question, the major issue for small business in our region is reliable internet connection and speed, now with Telstra and into the future with the NBN. We know of instances where business owners have had to travel out of our region to obtain service to run their business or been without connection for days. The chamber will meet politicians, Telstra and others to work on resolving the problems.

FASHION @ TWILIGHT: More than 130 people gathered at Thirroul Surf Club on July 18 for the Illawarra’s most stylish fundraiser. Models strutted spring fashions from local boutiques – such as Corrimal’s Utopia – while show-goers enjoyed champers and canapes. Money raised will help Thirroul Neighbourhood Centre stock its Emergency Relief/Community Pantry. TNC co-ordinator Emily Messieh, pictured above left, with Twilight organiser Tracey Straw of Bevans Thirroul, said the Community Pantry is now entirely funded by community donations. “We have approximately 85 families coming in every month for assistance with food and hygiene packs,” Emily said. “Without the community’s support, we could not meet their needs, and we would have to send them away empty-handed.”

REPAIRS TO WOMBARRA BEACH SEAWALL

Wollongong City Council is working to fix the 70-year-old sea wall at Wombarra Beach.

The seawall was built of stone and grout in the 1930s to protect the beach foreshore at Wombarra Point during high tides and storms.

The wall needs to be replaced for safety and environmental reasons, Council said. The work should be done before summer.

what’s on

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Bookings essential; call 4227 8191.

What’s on Wednesday for 5- to 8-year-olds, 3.304.30pm, on August 5 (Lego), 12 (Big Games), 19 (Chatta-Boxes) and 26 (Book Week Celebration).

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COUNCIL WAIVES OVER $5500 IN LIBRARY FINES

During June’s Food for Fines amnesty, Wollongong Libraries knocked $5 off a member’s fines in exchange for a can of food.

More than 640 library members donated 1100 cans, which were then donated to St Vincent De Paul. One fine dated from July 2007. 2515 VIEW CONVENTION Last chance to book for the VIEW Clubs of Australia National Convention in Wollongong from September 11-13. Registrations close on August 31. See view.org.au or call 1800 805 366.

A stellar line-up of speakers includes Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs.

THE BIZ DAY OUT 2515 is a big fan of small business. This month we’ve teamed up with Small Biz Connect to plan The Biz Day Out on September 15 (see ad, right). Come along and learn how to boost your performance and your profits. We’ll be giving a workshop on how to write effective press releases – see you there! Bookings: 4223 0316. 2515

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REmember when?

Seacliff Bridge was a work in progress …

Coledale’s Lynne Tuck (yes, our resident shark saviour) sent in this old photo of her children on the rocks at Coalcliff, with cranes and construction work in the background. The photo was taken in 2005.

Rockfalls had closed the old road in August 2003, cutting off the Northern Illawarra’s coastal villages. The new 665m, $49-million Sea Cliff Bridge opened on December 11, 2005.

But the northern end is still plagued by problems. In late June, Heathcote MP Lee Evans announced the NSW Government had allocated $3 million to improve safety and reduce future maintenance needs. Roads and Maritime Services are transporting more than 45,000 tonnes of rock to be used to stabilise the embankment north of the bridge, at Coalcliff.

Work was expected to be completed by the end of October, weather permitting. 2515

THE BIZ DAY OUT

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READER PHOTO COMP!

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2515 CLUBS

western film study

By Northern Illawarra University of the 3rd Age publicity officer Janice Creenaune.

Everyone has watched a western film. They are iconic on our TV screens as well as the larger screen and have often been part of our childhood. But re-looking at the western from an adult perspective is unnerving. “They are wider in genre and time frame than you at first think,” says Ireena Hardy, a member of the Northern Illawarra University of the 3rd Age (NIU3A).

Rick Thompson and Aileen Harland are offering a nine-week course in western film discussion at Thirroul Library on Fridays, 11.30-12.30 through U3A. Rick is an internationally recognised expert in the western film genre, with many published articles, countless associations with film societies, schools, universities and museums. Aileen is a well-respected teacher and speech-maker and writer.

“Western films have such a long history,” Aileen says, “far longer than the actual historical western period. We also look at the hero

Probus trip report By publicity officer Jean Doherty

Each year the Probus Club takes a short sixday trip locally. We have visited Eden, Parkes, Bellingen, Montville, and Wangaratta, to mention a few. These are wonderful holidays.

It is nice to have breakfast and dinner with a bunch of friends while on holiday. Our “Coach Captain” ferries us to places of interest and tour guides often join us. The whole set-up is terrific, especially for people who may have spent most of their lives organising and transporting families, fighting traffic, searching for parking, and unable to enjoy the scenery as much as they should.

Recently, about 40 of us returned from Griffith, also exploring Narrandera, Leeton and the Riverina. What an interesting area with enormous

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Course leaders: Aileen Harland and Rick Thompson.

and women in westerns. And let’s not forget about the landscape. John Ford’s landscapes are often seen as another character in many of his western films. They are just so iconic. But we also discuss race and cultural differences … and the Eurocentric perspectives that continue to overshadow western issues.”

“We’ll also be looking at the role of the law and lawmen and other issues in achieving social change,” Aileen says. “There is so much to discuss… It is the discussion which is so fun.”

The course is free to NIU3A members.

Everybody is welcome.

For more details, email janicecreenaune@ gmail.com or call 4267 4880. 2515 cotton and rice fields, wineries and orchards. At one orchard we discovered the Sumo Orange; with a round body and a small knob on top, it really does look like a limbless wrestler.

Narrandera is a town with a rich heritage.

Griffith and Leeton were designed by Walter Burley Griffin. Irrigation arrived in 1913 and changed the once-barren landscape into the fertile oasis of today. Thus the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.

At Southern Cotton, we “collided” with Landline, who were making a documentary. Caught on film, I’m told a few of us became instant TV stars!

I loved the Griffith Pioneer Park Museum. How surprising to learn it is a non-profit, largely staffed by volunteers and supported by Griffith Council, community fundraising and Arts NSW. ■ The Probus Club meets each second Thursday of the month at Tradies Helensburgh. Go to helensburghprobus.org or phone 9526 7086.

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Pro-active locals are taking the fight for better internet right to the top. 2515 reports.

The region’s internet problems are so frustratingly woeful and damaging to local businesses that disgruntled locals have set up an action group on Facebook called 2508+ Disconnected. The group say they “are dedicated to getting more reliable internet and mobile phone services for the people living on the North Illawarra Coast (Helensburgh to Thirroul)”.

2515 spoke to one of the masterminds, Stanwell Park resident Mark McKenzie.

How long have you suffered with the internet?

Well, it’s been ever since we bought the house. We bought the house down here in Stanwell Park in December 2010. In the week prior to the purchase, we’d been in touch with Telstra to check that ADSL 2 was connected because the agent had told us it had been. When we actually moved in, which was in February 2012, we were then told ‘We’ve got a new protocol: we can’t connect because of drop-out’ – the ADSL line being so far away. So in a way it actually was ... it would have been material to us actually purchasing the home, because we ran a home business, but we love living down here so much we thought ‘We'll just persist with this’ and we’ve been fighting them since 2011.

So we’re just coming into our fourth year now.

Has the support for Disconnected surprised you?

From my perspective, I’m stunned at the response from such a small community; it proves this is a system-wide issue.

So, how are things going?

There was a meeting with Sharon Bird [MP] – Karen, my wife, met with Sharon. Basically, she gave us guidance around preparing a submission for accelerating our area for NBN consideration – effectively following what Bundeena had done: they did a very similar thing, in partnering with the Chamber of Commerce.

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Campaign leader … Stanwell Park's Mark McKenzie.

The meeting with NBN – we’ve had an informal meeting but … the preliminary advice from NBN is that we’re not listed before 2021; we are not on any work programmes before 2021. David Oliver, who is on our team, has a follow-up meeting with them on the 6th of August … to clarify what the current position is.

Because we've got that advice, basically our view was to pursue an alternative which is this fixed wireless network – it’s a Helensburgh resident who has a carrier’s licence … and they’re proposing what’s called a fixed wireless network. It runs a bit like the way the TV signal works: it’s received by a dish on your roof, completely separate from the mobile data network, so you can only receive it if you’ve got these little dishes.

■ On July 24, 2508+ Disconnected received good news: work on the Helensburgh exchange, which had been set down to start in March 2016, will now start this month [August] and is tipped to finish in a month or so.

Also, if residents take part in ‘‘almost a suburb-by-suburb audit’’ to help pinpoint problems between the exchange and their home (eg, damaged copper lines), Telstra has indicated ‘‘it would then engage a programme of works to progressively repair the copper line system from the exchange to the homes’’.

On July 25, more than 15 locals attended a two-hour information session, organised by 2508+ Disconnected, at Tradies Helensburgh.

The session included a presentation by WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider) 2508 on the possibility of a fixed wireless solution. 2515

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art from the heart Thirroul’s Lexie Watt juggles two very different jobs. 2515 reports.

Lexie Watt is a lovely lady of many and varied talents, spanning, of all things, healthcare and the arts. You’ll certainly appreciate her calm manner, steady hand and supreme professionalism as a trained nurse and pathology Sister if you visit Southern IML Pathology’s Helensburgh branch for a blood test. But what you may not know – and would also certainly appreciate – is the fact that this unassuming lady is an award-winning artist, a children’s book author and illustrator, and a great photographer to boot. Lexie kindly took time out of her busy work and art schedule to answer our questions.

How did you get involved in book illustration?

One of the girls I worked with in Wollongong wrote a book called Jacob’s First Blood Test, for use in pathology and I was also at that same time starting to write my own book and Carol asked me to illustrate it and our company bought it. Southern Pathology is part of Sonic, then Sonic in Germany got hold of it somehow and now it’s been translated into German. So then I had to re-do some of those drawings because the things they use for taking blood and their set-up is different apparatus to what we use. But from there it’s gone to England,

Lexie with some of her published works, including the very popular Chookies, which she wrote and illustrated.

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Children’s book author and illustrator Lexie Watt.

France and other European countries.

Tell us about Chookies.

At the same time, as I said, I was illustrating my own book called Chookies, which was based on a true story of my sister and brother-in-law’s ladies and menswear shop in Kiama, about a chook that was locked in the shop. Once I heard the story, I couldn’t get it out of my head. That book got nominated from the publisher [Little Steps Publishing] for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards – I didn’t win but to be nominated was a great honour and it was extremely exciting – that was 2009/10. And then those same publishers asked me in 2013 to illustrate another book which was Sophie’s Prize.

Are you working on a new book?

At the beginning of this year I was asked again by those same publishers to illustrate the book that I’ve just finished [The Cat With No Tail, written by Kat Illich, due out in October 2015]. That’s about a manx cat – they don’t have a tail – and he gets bullied by a magpie, a carpetbag snake and a hairy dog – and the resolution is that they all become friends. 2515

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WILD WOMEN on top Nicky Way leaves her comfort zone behind and joins a trek to Sublime Point.

Jo Vartanian is a trek training leader at Wild Women on Top (WWOT).

I meet Jo and other trekkers – Michele, Christine, Mary, Karen, Barbara – at the new “Sublime Point Walk” sign at the end of Foothills Road in Austinmer. We’re all set for a wild workout in nature – a hike to the top of the escarpment.

I’m new to the group and one of the first things I learn is it’s not just about trekking.

“Wild Women On Top is about health, fitness, community, getting women out there in nature,” Jo says.

“It’s about setting challenges and goals and taking yourself a little bit out of your comfort zone. We try to make the weekly treks a little bit challenging.”

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And challenging it is.

We trek up the hundreds (OK, maybe only 100) tiny, wooden steps that lead to two metal staircases that feel as if they’re at right angles to the sky.

The view is amazing: a beautiful panorama from Sea Cliff Bridge to Port Kembla and beyond. I forget about how high up we are.

Christine tells me camaraderie is a big part of the appeal of WWOT. “We all have families and things going on, but you don’t often get to do something for yourself, so it’s nice to meet up with other ladies and put yourself first instead of others,” she says.

Barbara loves the texts before the treks, telling you to bring a mug.

“You know when that happens that there will be tea and Jo makes the best cookies to go with it,” she says.

Mary likes the inspirational text sent

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before every trek. “Quotes like ‘Come out of your comfort zone because nothing ever grows there’.”

No two quotes have been the same in two years, Christine adds.

Jo enjoys leading the group and says the women have a great attitude.

“I think it’s a really positive, ‘can do’ attitude group rather than ‘it’s too hard’,” she says.

“We try to really promote positivity, and to build a really inclusive group and all the ladies really come on board with that.”

So we all do sit-ups and push-ups, and stairruns along the way to the top, with big smiles on our faces.

The Sublime Point walk is the newest outing on the WWOT Illawarra itinerary, added to the trekking programme in January.

“We were already trekking to locations in Sutherland, Stanwell Park, Otford, Waterfall and Heathcote and all of these Wollongong girls kept telling us to come down

to Austi,” Jo says.

“It is a really great location and so we did.”

On our trek we pass teenagers in full make-up, two mums and their toddlers, and a man training with a 20-kilogramme pack.

The Wild Women On Top carry packs too. At the start of the trek, when Jo weighed all our packs, I was a little embarrassed to hand over mine, containing just a water bottle, muesli bar, notebook and rain jacket.

Some of the other women had packs weighing about 10kg.

I needn’t have worried – this walk is for everyone and it’s not the size of your pack that matters.

Wild Women on Top in the Illawarra is all about having a go and challenging yourself – whether you’re the youngest at 35 or the oldest at 62.

'we try to promote positivity, and to build a really inclusive group and all the ladies really come on board with that.’

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butchers fight on The Thirroul side has consolidated in the lead-up to the finals.

As the 2015 Illawarra Coal League finals drew nearer and grounds throughout the Illawarra threw their weight behind the Unite for Kurt campaign, the Butchers notched a 22-8 win over Wests.

Thirroul needed the win. The Butchers took on Wests at Parrish Park, after losing to

join in run for kurt swim instructor MEL WHITESIDE reminds us that there’s a run for a great cause on August 23.

A few district runners and anyone else we can drag along are going to Unite for Kurt Drysdale and compete in a 10km or 20km trail run at Woronora Dam on Sunday, August 23. (On June 7 Kurt, from Stanwell Tops, suffered a snapped C5 vertebrae and spinal fractures while playing rugby league. He is still in hospital.)

We have approached JORG, the organisers of the Woronora Dam Pipeline Trail Run, and they have been so unbelievably supportive and kind and let us pretty much take over the event they started last year.

In its inaugural year 2014 they had 167 entrants. We would love to see that – now the

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coal league draw Round 14 – August 9, Collegians 3pm: Thirroul Butchers vs Collegians Round 15 – August 15, Gibson Park 3pm: Thirroul Butchers vs Dapto Minor Semi-final – August 23 – TBC Major Semi-final – August 30 – TBC Final – September 6 – TBC Grand Final – September 13 – TBC

Corrimal in the previous round, and to old foes Tigers 18-12 in the match before that.

A few of the boys – including Trent Waterhouse – were back on deck after being missed badly in previous matches.

The Butchers dug deep against Wests and produced a tough, solid victory, much needed coming into the business end of the season. 2515

race has been dedicated to Kurt – we can get at least another 100 runners to join in and raise as much money as we can.

We have been training every Saturday at 6am, meeting outside Trevor Kissell’s Lifestyle Health and Fitness centre in Helensburgh.

On the trail run day, we will hold a barbecue, with all money donated to Kurt. 2508 Kurt Drysdale

Help Kurt & his family A Go Fund Me page has been set up to raise money for Kurt and his family. It had raised $59,885 of a $70k target, at time of writing.

Go to gofundme.com/wvjk5wc and pledge your donation. Or make a donation at one of several collection points in Helensburgh, including Coles, Crawchy’s and newsXpress.

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saya world champ Local bmxer Saya Sakakibara has faced off against the best riders from around the globe and she’s won her third world title in a row.

The World Championships this year were held in Zolder, Belgium from July 20 to 25 and it was the most important race of the year for me.

I had one goal: to defend my title as World Champion.

I had 60 riders in my class, which was the most I ever had there was going to be a lot of girls that I had never raced against before.

On my second race, I had a crash and hurt my leg. But a few minutes with the medics, I was okay to go. I was upset and angry with what just happened but I had to put it all behind and move on.

The rest of the races went well, I didn’t feel the pain at all while I was riding and the crash didn’t seem to affect my riding at all so it was really good.

After qualifying through the ¼ final and the semi-final it was finals time. I was a little nervous but excited at the same time.

When the gate dropped, all of the crowd

Saya wins her third World Title.

Photo: Motoyoshi Yamanaka

Saya showed great form in training and competition leading up to the world titles. Photo: Martin Ward

noises stopped and it was just me in my racing zone. I completed the best lap and I crossed the line 1st. That was when the noises came back and I was so relieved and over the moon. I couldn’t believe it.

The main races of the year are over and the rest of the year, I will be competing in races around New South Wales. Next year I’ll be moving up into the Junior Elite class, which will be a challenge. For the rest of the year, training and preparation for that will be my main focus.

Thank you to all of my sponsors Redline, Bont Cycling, Oakley, Michram Industries, G-Form, Peabody Energy. My mum and dad, brother, my coach Troy Fisher and all my family and friends at home. 2515

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