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2515 CONTENTS NEWS 04 Live at the Library Fascinating guest speakers 05 Behind the Scenes Of a historical documentary LIFESTYLE 06 Then and Now Clifton’s Imperial Hotel is for sale 08 Cover Feature Sculptor Gaby Porter 10 Who’s got your vote?

Meet some Keira candidates 12 Dr Rip What’s the chance of a rockfall?

13 Writers Festival Essential pull-out guide!

18 Gardening Work now,

less maintenance later 20 Coast Watch New series on marine creatures 21 Socratic Lecture Richard Denniss on ‘Affluenza’ 22 Grand Drama Fun and laughter with U3A BUSINESS 23 Business Directory Find a local supplier SPORT 26 Tides 27 Pop-up Skate Park Comes to Thirroul 28 Challenge Cup! New comp tipped to attract crowds

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Philip Comans

is a dog behaviour therapist and trainer with the Illawarra-born and now the world’s largest international dog training organisation Bark Busters.

His region covers Helensburgh to Gerroa and inland, including Goulburn.

Dogs are a passion and his mission is to save them from being surrendered and euthanised when all they need is a little training. He believes every dog deserves to be trained so it can enjoy a relaxed, fulfilled life in its human/dog pack. Turn to page 20 for pet advice.

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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. Send us a photo, we’ll pass it on. See 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 22.

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live at the library Thirroul Library is bringing books to life, with a fascinating series of guest speakers.

The talks are free, from 5pm to 6pm on Wednesdays. Bookings are advisable, call the library on 4227 8191.

March 4: Talk by Geoffrey Sykes, documentary maker of Father of Flight: Lawrence Hargrave and the Flying Machine (see opposite page, “Behind The Scenes”).

March 18: Lifelong traveller Garry McDougall talks about walking sections of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. He’ll include photos and anecdotes of people and places along the way. The ancient walk ends in Santiago de Compostella (St James in the Field of Stars) in Northern Spain and has

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become very popular in the past 10 years. Garry has written two books on his experiences, Spanish Pilgrimage and French Pilgrimage.

March 25: High school English teacher Kit Cullen talks about his book, Jack’s Journey: an ANZAC’s descent into death, disaster and controversy at Gallipoli.

The result of 10 years of research, the book tells the story of the 4th Battalion’s Private Jack Collyer, who landed at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. Jack was wounded a week later and died on a hospital ship on May 4. The author – who has two family members who landed in Gallipoli in 1915 – used Jack’s three diaries and his service record to piece together an almost unknown ANZAC action.

April 1: Craig Cormick will talk about his two

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2515 NEWS latest books, Ned Kelly: Under the Microscope and Uncle Adolf.

The Ned Kelly book explains the scientific research used to unravel the bushranger’s story, including the forensic identification of his remains. Uncle Adolf is a satirical, fictional re-imagining of Adolf Hitler living on the south coast of NSW during the Falkland’s war in the 1980s. Expect to hear anecdotes about interesting stories that arose in the writing of each book. Author of 20 books, Craig was born in Wollongong, now lives in Canberra and has travelled to all seven continents as a science communicator.

NEW! FUN FOR KIDS

Thirroul Library has a new Tweens Club.

Children aged eight to 13 are invited to come along after school to share books, games, music, movies, magazines, audio books, apps and craft. Held during school-term time, the Tweens Club will run fortnightly on Thursdays, 3.30 to 4.30pm. 12 & 26 March. No need to book. 2515

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behind the scenes with documentary director Geoffrey Sykes.

Father of Flight is a high-quality, full-length documentary about Australian legend Lawrence Hargrave, an internationally renowned aviation scientist and a pioneering resident of Stanwell Park. I believe a documentary should be entertaining as well as informative. It is important to bring science to life, and capture the character, family and ideals of Lawrence. There is an amazing amount of rich material – including aerial and hanggliding as well as footage from Dayton, Ohio, where the Wright Brothers worked. Cameraman Richard Jones was able to include rich local scenery. The production commenced more than a year ago and used specially designed interiors and studio shots to recreate models and the work of Hargrave. Stephen Goldrik, an ex-Helensburgh resident, plays Lawrence.

For screening times, see the ad on page 19.

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2515 NEWS Better days … The hotel in 1981. Photo: From the collections of the Wollongong City Library and the Illawarra Historical Society

circa... 1981 Renovator’s delight, anyone?

Clifton’s run-down old Imperial Hotel is for sale and expected to fetch millions.

“Breathtakingly perched high above the Pacific Ocean, this once in a lifetime opportunity …” begins the pitch by Colliers International

Wollongong, who are managing the sale on behalf of owners WIN Corporation. The Colliers ad reads: “It has current council approval to renovate and trade as a hotel but also offers many potential opportunities – subject to Heritage and Council approval.”

There’s been a building on this site since 1884, when the Imperial opened as a coal miner’s pub. The hotel has been closed since 2003, after a landslide shut down Lawrence Hargrave Drive for more than two years until Sea Cliff Bridge opened in December 2005.

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Chugging through history … this picture of Clifton, with the Imperial Hotel in the background, is circa 1960. Photo: From the collections of the Wollongong City Library and the Illawarra Historical Society

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GABY PORTER

Bright and bubbly, hard-working and humble – Gaby is the perfect (unofficial) ambassador for the 24th Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival.

Gaby Porter was all smiles despite the wind – and a sprinkle of rain – during our photo-shoot.

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Artists – and their art – can be intimidating.

Artists can seem deeply introspective, sometimes even highly emotional; they are individuals who can tap unseen creative reserves that others can only dream of – artists can almost seem otherworldly.

But sculptor Gaby Porter, of the Wombarra Sculpture Garden, is a perfect reflection of our coastal arts community: she’s clever and insightful, but also very witty. She’s great company.

Gaby has lived in the area for 18 years and is the perfect (unofficial) ambassador of the Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival, which will be held on March 20, 21 and 22. The festival is a project of the Austinmer – Thirroul Lions Club.

It is a not-for-profit event run by a volunteer committee and all funds raised are donated to the community. (See breakout, at right, for more details on the festival.)

Gaby kindly took time out of her day to have a chat with 2515.

What piece are you submitting for the festival?

I’m doing … a big pear with sticks and steel and mesh, rusty steels – that’s a nice sort of organic colour – and there’s rope and lots of mixed media, but it’s quite fun. I hope people enjoy it.

Where do you get your inspiration from?

Life, life.

You don’t have to work hard at it?

If you work hard at it, nothing comes. I just have to empty my head, almost child-like, just empty it, and just play. The more I can do that, the better the work is.

It’s reflected in your work.

Absolutely – that pattern has repeated itself very much over the years.

Do you enjoy the process? You must…

Oh yeah and I get ideas anywhere: I might just see a shaft of light on something and I’ll think: ‘It’d be a great idea to do it big, do it in mosaic or do it in bronze or do it in sticks’ – I get ideas all the time, just by seeing life around me. People think that because of the sculpture garden, it must be inspiring but I can be just as inspired sitting at traffic lights, watching something on the side of the road. There’s stuff everywhere.

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thirroul seaside and arts festival

The festival will be held on March 20, 21 and 22. The line-up includes everything from art shows to street art, craft displays to carnival rides, as well as dancing, live music and more.

Friday: The Festival’s official opening will be at The Art Show at the Thirroul District Community Centre.

Saturday: 9am-4pm Thirroul Township “The streets come alive and transform Thirroul into a living canvas of art and displays,” according to festival publicity.

“Wander the trail from Art Show to Talent Quest, watch demonstrations of art, get the kids involved in activities, sing, dance and play. Browse the markets. Thirroul is packed with great boutique shops and food outlets and the Lions club will cook all day for you as well. Thirroul’s eateries and entertainment venues take over the night.”

Sunday: 9am-4pm Thirroul Beach “Breakfast on the beach courtesy of Thirroul Surf Club then spend the day scrutinising the sculpture ‘on the shore’, listening to live music on the main stage, dancing in the park, browsing 180 market stalls, sample international cuisine, get your face painted, ride a carnival ride, watch some talented junior surfers compete, admire photography and hand-made surf board exhibition in the surf club or just wander and enjoy this piece of paradise.”

Visit www.thirroulfestival.com

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Where are you from originally?

Sydney. Oh, my dad had a little weekend cottage down at Lake Illawarra and my brother and I – people say a shack, this truly was a shack, first house on this Little Lake Crescent … and my brother and I say that was the best part of our childhood. So I’ve always loved the Illawarra … living in Surry Hills was fun but part of me was longing to get back down to the forest and the ocean … I love this place.

No matter how busy it gets, it’s nice and peaceful.

It’s unique: that amazing escarpment, the rainforest and the ocean, all within a kilometre of each other … it’s wonderful. [Train goes past us, loudly] And a railway! How good does it get? [laughs]. 2515

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race on for votes The NSW State Election is on Saturday, March 28.

Voters will be choosing NSW’s 56th Parliament. Ninety-three candidates for the Legislative Assembly (Lower House) will be elected, and in the Legislative Council (Upper House) 21 of the 42 seats will be contested.

An electoral redistribution means boundaries have changed: Heathcote electorate now covers 407.04 square kilometres, stretching roughly from Menai in the north to Wombarra in the south.

From Coledale down to around Figtree is Keira (204.43 square kilometres). For detailed electorate maps, see elections.nsw.gov.au.

Currently, Heathcote is held by Liberal MP Lee Evans and Keira by Labor’s Ryan Park. But will they be back? Here are snapshots of some Keira candidates vying for your vote. To read about Heathcote’s candidates, go to 2508mag.com.au Ryan Park – Labor Age: 37.

Resides: East Corrimal.

Known for: I am someone who fights to ensure our community gets its fair share and fights for the issues that are important to local residents and families. Over the last four years I have secured nearly $15 million in funding to upgrade Bulli Hospital. I have secured over $1.2 million in funding for local community and sporting groups.

Why should people vote for you? As someone who is born and bred in the region I have the passion and commitment to fight for the issues that are important to our community. Over the last four years I have worked very hard with the community to secure funding for local community groups, upgrades to schools and save Bulli Hospital.

I have campaigned to stop Coal Seam Gas mining from occurring in our local water catchment and to have the South Coast Timetable changed.

I am committed to ensuring our local TAFE campuses get the funding they need and students are not faced with massive fee hikes as is the case under the current Liberal Government.

I’ve worked extensively across Government so I know how to get things done and I have the passion, energy and enthusiasm needed to fight for our community to ensure we get our fair share.

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Elena Martinez – Greens Age: 55.

Resides: Keiraville.

Known for: I am an optometrist in Wollongong. I have done voluntary work at the local public school, teaching about the environment and bushtucker for many years. I am one of the founding members of Wollongong Climate Action Network and organised Sustainability Street in my street. I helped on the Stop CSG campaign, more in its early days.

Why should people vote for you? Without knowing me personally, the fact that I have been chosen as a candidate for the Greens should say a lot about me. If elected I must follow our four principles of: Ecological sustainability, Social equality and economic justice, Peace, nonviolence and disarmament, and Grassroots democracy.

There will be no surprises, as all our policies can be viewed on our website (nsw.greens.org.au/policy) and any decisions or new policies must be made by consensus using our policy of grassroots democracy. I offer honesty, integrity, hard work and a love for this area.

Philip Wayne Clifford – Liberal Age: 63.

Resides: Woonona (home town Thirroul).

Known for: A typical family guy, passionate advocate for Federal seat of Cunningham and Keira electorate, keen interest in local neighbourhood forums, property consultant and small business proprietor, associate member of Woonona surf club, Thirroul toastmasters and Corrimal business chamber. Very determined, with common sense and a straight-forward, reliable disposition.

Why should people vote for you: I have a strong working class ethics with Liberal values. I have lived locally all of my life, raising two children with my wife, Patricia. I understand the importance of making the Keira electorate the best it can be in necessary community infrastructure to ensure the area can cater for the predicted future growth of the Northern region of the Illawarra. Having worked in the coal/steel industry and owning a small business in the real-estate sector for over 35 years, I have a broad suite of life skills built around practical resolutions. I have been actively involved with the Illawarra Business Chamber and Illawarra Regional Development Leaders forums. I have for the past six years attended local neighbourhood meetings dealing with real local issues. As a proud resident, I remain always passionate about using my experience to give back to the community by being a strong voice and delivering real results for the people of Keira.

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Dr Rip’s Science of the Surf

bowl-shaped depression that we now call the Sydney basin.

Slowly, the basin started to fill up with layers of sediments carried by ancient river systems.

Some of the material was organic and turned into coal layers, which explains why coal is found at the surface to the north, south and west of Sydney, but only at depths of 900m in Sydney itself. However, the dominant layer was a 300m-thick layer of sand that turned into what we now call the Hawkesbury sandstone, which is mostly what we see today.

By Rob Brander As dinosaurs ran amok, Australia eventually broke away and started to move slowly The stretch of coast from northwards thanks to the conveyor belt-like Stanwell Park to movement of the earth’s crustal plates. About Wollongong has to be one 120 million years ago, New Zealand began to of the most scenic in the split from Australia, creating the Tasman Sea world and it all has to do and leaving our eastern coast with a with the geology. steep and narrow continental shelf.

Most of our coast is made up of Did Now exposed to waves and salt sandstone rock (with layers of coal, of you spray, the Hawkesbury sandstone course!) and we tend to assume that know? cliffs slowly eroded back, creating this rock is pretty stable. Well, it is …

Cliff retreat is on a coastline full of nooks and sort of. You only have to look at the the order of a few millimetres per year crannies and leaving behind a evidence: rockslides in the escarpment and can take wide, flat rock platform that got face, a rock falling onto a car on the millions of covered with sand delivered to the Bulli Pass, red warning tape below the years. coast by more ancient rivers. cliff at Stanwell Park and the biggest The cliffs are still moving back and the giveaway of all – the need for the Sea Cliff escarpment is still flattening out – so should Bridge – to realise that our cliffs are both people worry about setting up their towels moving backwards and flattening out. under an overhanging cliff or building a It’s not a recent phenomenon either. We are multi-million dollar home on top of one? Well, surrounded by a massive deposit of rock called the odds are in your favour. Cliff retreat is on the Hawkesbury Sandstone, whose origins can the order of a few millimetres per year and can be traced back 300 million years to when take millions of years, but every now and then, Australia was connected to Antarctica as part of something’s got to give, and does. So I guess a supercontinent called Gondwanaland. you have to ask yourself: do you feel lucky? 2515 Our landscape was already being shaped back then with lots of thrusting, bending and Visit www.scienceofthesurf.com. folding activity going on, eventually creating a Our cliffs are still moving backwards, hence rock slides and the need for Sea Cliff Bridge.

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YOUR essential pull-out guide

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PROGRAM OF EVENTS The first Thirroul Readers and Writers Festival will be held at the Thirroul Community Centre on March 7 and 8.

Tickets $20/$10 per morning or afternoon session; $50/$20 for all sessions. Tickets on sale at the Thirroul Community Centre from 8.30am on Saturday, March 7. To book tickets, go to thirroulreadersandwritersfestival.org.

Any profits will be donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

Friday, March 6

6pm Picnic on the Point (Sandon Point, Bulli near picnic tables.) Bring a little food.

Saturday, March 7 SESSION 1

8.30am Registration.

9.30-9.45 Welcome to country: Carol Speechley.

Denise Russell welcomes participants.

9.45-10.20 Opening talk by Noel Beddoe. Chair: Rick Mohr.

10.20-10. 50 Diana Wood Conroy interviews Adrian Newstead on The Dealer is the Devil.

10.50-11.10 Morning tea.

11.10-11.40 Dr Auntie Barbara Nicholson to read her poems, talk about the Junee prison project and read from their book. Chair: Friederike Krishnabhakdi-Vasilakis.

11.40-noon Dianne Bates: Writing for children.

Chair: Chloe Higgins.

Noon-12.30 Paul Sharrad ‘Reading the World: A life in books’. Chair: Anne Collett.

12.30-1.30 Lunch.

SESSION 2

1.30-2pm Lesley Head talking about her new book on climate change, Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene. Chair: Helen Wilson.

2.00-2.15 Patricia Baillie: A talk about reading, with photographic illustrations. Chair: Lois Hagan.

2.15-2.30 Poetry reading: Ali Smith. Chair: Yasmin Mobayad.

2.30-2.50 Caroline Baum interviews Shady Cosgrove on her book What the Ground Can’t Hold.

2.50-3.00 Afternoon tea.

3.00-3.35 Captured: The animal within culture.

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Melissa Boyde (lion), Graham Barwell (albatross) and Anne Collett (dogs). Interview panel with co-ordinator Alison Moore.

3.35-4.30 Play reading and writing for the theatre.

(Tim Allen and Zac Linford). Chair: Karine Shellshear.

4.30-5.00 Beach Walk, led by Helen Wilson 5.00-6.30 Literary Quiz, run by Tim Douglas and Michele Moore. At the Thirroul Community Centre foyer.

6.30pm Festival Dinner, with Noel and Vivienne Beddoe, The Deck, Ryans Hotel.

Sunday, March 8 SESSION 3

9.30-9.50am International Women’s Day talk: Dorothy Jones: ‘Living with Literature.’ Chair: Jane Lymer.

9.50-10.10 Readings from memoirs (Karine Shellshear and Alison Haynes). Co-ordinator: Jenny Jones.

10.10-10.25 Joe Davis: ‘A brief history of the sex life of Frieda Lawrence’. Chair: Denise Russell.

10.25-10.35 Film by Rick Mohr with introduction: ‘Responding to Place: Culture & Colonialism.’

Pictures and music about D.H. Lawrence and Thirroul (Dharawal). Chair: Zac Linford.

10.35-10.55 Morning tea.

10.55-11.20 Panel on citizen journalism: Rob Carr, Chloe Higgins and Helen Wilson. Chair: Ann Collaery.

11.20-11.40 Anne Collett, ‘Love and vision: seeing Australian wildflowers through Kathleen McArthur’s painting and prose.’ Chair: Michele Moore.

11.40-12.30 The Great Debate: Is the printed book doomed? Chair: Josie Castle.

Affirmative: Noel Beddoe and Nadia Szimhart.

Negative: Liz Jacka and Jane Lymer.

Judges: Jenny Jones, Ann Collaery, Rob Castle, Daisy Loomes and two students from Smith’s Hill School.

Drawing of raffles.

Finish: 12.30pm

On-going

Photographic exhibition on reading by Patricia Baillie.

Drawing exhibition on the Lawrences in Thirroul by local artists.

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MEET THE PRESENTERS Noel Beddoe

published his first work in the 1960s, as a student of Sydney University. In those days, his writing consisted of pulp fiction short stories and paperback westerns. Since then his published work includes poetry, journalism and a series of five novels for adolescents. His recent adult literary novel, On Cringila Hill, has been nominated for the Miles Franklin Award and the NSW Premier’s Prize for fiction. The sequel, Luz’s Song, is due for publication in 2015. His work in progress is Leaving the River, set against the background of the dock wars in Fremantle in 1919.

Denise Russell is

the director of the inaugural Thirroul Readers and Writers Festival. She is the author of two non-fiction books: Women, Madness and Medicine and Who Rules the Waves: piracy, overfishing and mining the oceans, many articles in philosophy journals, and one short story about her cat, Tom. She edited the journal Animal Issues for many years and now runs a website on alternatives to animal experimentation.

Tim Allen trained at the Drama

Centre, London and completed his honours degree in English in 1998 at Wollongong University, where he is enrolled in a masters of special education. He lives with his partner in Mangerton, supports Arsenal Football Club and directs Shakespeare for fun.

Patricia Baillie’s first career was as a lecturer in philosophy. More recently she has been a book dealer (Da Capo Music). In semi-retirement she has turned to street photography, and her photos are in the National Library and various state libraries.

Graham Barwell recently published a book on albatrosses and human cultures. He works in the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts at the University of Wollongong.

Dianne 'Di’ Bates has

published over 120 books, mostly for young readers, over the past 30 years. She writes for a living and lives with her award-winning husband, young persons author Bill Condon, at

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Cordeaux Heights. Their website is www.enterprisingwords.com.au.

Caroline Baum is the

editorial director of Booktopia. She was the founding editor of Good Reading magazine, writes about books for The Sydney Morning Herald and interviews writers at the Sydney Writers Festival and other events. In 2013 she contributed to the memoir anthology My Mother My Father - On Losing A Parent.

Melissa Boyde is a senior research

fellow in the School of the Arts, English and Media at the University of Wollongong. Melissa is the chairperson of the Australian Animal Studies Group and founder and editor of Animal Studies Journal.

Robert Carr is a

politics academic and journalist. He was the founding editor of Illawarra News Blogspot in 2012. This is a citizen journalism website specialising in local government analysis, the arts and community stories.

Josie Castle is a retired Wollongong

University history academic with publications on women in nursing and factories and the history of UOW. Her interests are reading, opera and dressage.

Rob Castle is a retired economics professor from the University of Wollongong with publications on economic history and the employment of disadvantaged groups. His interests are travel, opera and horse racing.

Ann Collaery moved to Bulli recently

after 40 years in Canberra, where she taught English at Narrabundah College and Telopea Park School. She also taught French, having lived in France for four years in the 1970s. She has now found a great book club and says that she plays bridge too much.

Anne Collett teaches English Literature at the University of Wollongong. She has a particular interest in poetry, women’s writing, visual art and the post-colonial world, editing Kunapipi (a journal of creative and scholarly work from post-colonial cultures) for the last 13 years.

Diana Wood Conroy is an artist and

writer with a background in archaeology. Her art explores relationships between classical, Aboriginal and personal worlds in tapestry and drawing, and has been shown nationally in Australia, and internationally. She is emeritus professor, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, UOW.

Shady Cosgrove lives in the Illawarra and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong. Her novel What the Ground Can’t Hold was published in 2013 (Picador) and her memoir She Played Elvis (Allen & Unwin, 2009) was shortlisted for the Australian Vogel award.

Joseph Davis’s first book, D.H. Lawrence at Thirroul, was published in 1989 and his most recent is John Brown of Brownsville (2012). His doctorate was in English Literature but he writes mostly about art, history and the environment.

Tim Douglas edits The Weekend Australian Review. He has written widely on the arts and culture during his 15-year career as a journalist in Australia and Scotland. He lives in Thirroul with his wife and children.

Alison Haynes has worked as a journalist and editor, and is the author of seven books. She studied law at the universities of London and Paris and after working in magazine and book publishing returned to university to study conservation biology.

Lesley Head is a

geographer and the Director of the Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research at the University of Wollongong. Her recent writing focuses on the cultural dimensions of sustainability and climate change issues; in books, academic papers, essays for general readers, blogs and on twitter.

Chloe Higgins is the Wollongong Writers Festival Coordinator and South Coast Writers Centre project management and admin assistant.

In 2013 she was the co-editor of UOW’s student magazine, Tertangala.

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Liz Jacka is a former communications academic at UTS. She is the author or co-author of several books on Australian film and television. In retirement she has been a keen participant in book groups and sees little sign of the demise of the book.

Dorothy Jones is an

expatriate New Zealander who has been reading since the age of four. She considers herself fortunate that her entire working life involved reading and studying literature which she taught to students at the universities of Adelaide, NSW and Wollongong. Books have continued to enrich her in retirement.

Jennifer Jones is a retired Illawarra

education academic who loves reading and travel.

Friederike KrishnabhakdiVasilakis is the director of the South

Coast Writers Centre, editor, publisher and author of fiction and non-fiction.

She taught in Creative Arts and Indigenous Studies at the UOW. She published Dreaming Inside – Voices From Junee Correctional Centre, Volume 1 (2013) and 2 (2014), including writing by Indigenous inmates and the Black Wallaby Indigenous Writers and guests.

Zac Linford is a

Geelong-based writer.

He was a participant in the 4x4 playwriting mentorship of 2013 and a finalist in the ATYP National Studio into the production of Bite Me. He recently graduated from Deakin University with a degree in professional and creative writing. He is a board member for Courthouse Arts.

Jane Lymer is a research fellow at the University of Wollongong and an academic program co-ordinator at the UOW College. Her main area of research is French philosophy, which she applies primarily to contemporary feminist concerns.

Yasmin Mobayad is a Geelong-based writer and perpetual student. She

produced this guide for the Thirroul Readers and Writers Festival. See 2515mag.com.au studied professional and creative writing and literary studies at Deakin University and began her PhD in 2014.

She is working towards a study on magical realism and the human condition that focuses on existentialist and feminist theory as taboo.

Richard Mohr has been an academic,

co-ordinator of a community health service and a social policy consultant.

He has lived in Wollongong for 20 years, and is a member of the Red Point Artists Association at Port Kembla, and the Scarborough Wombarra Surf Club. With Nadir Hosen, he edited Law and Religion in Public Life: The Contemporary Debate.

Alison Moore is a functional linguist who has mostly written about interaction in health care, including HIV medicine, psychotherapy, and surgical teamwork, but recently she has also begun working on animal issues. She says there is a link between these topics.

Michele Moore studied fine arts, then horticulture and for two decades managed Sydney Wildflower Nursery at Heathcote. She then worked for the National Parks and Wildlife Service at Audley and Botany Bay. She also enjoyed her work as an art tutor in mental health. Michele continues to pursue her interest in art and gardens.

Adrian Newstead

established Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Australia’s oldest continuously operating Aboriginal art gallery, in 1981. An Aboriginal art consultant, dealer and art commentator based in Bondi, he has 30 years’ experience working in Aboriginal and Australian contemporary art. Adrian is a widely published arts commentator and author.

Dr Aunty Barbara Nicholson is a senior

Wadi Wadi Woman from the Illawarra.

Primarily a poet, Barbara has also published academic writing. She worked as a lecturer in Aboriginal Studies at UNSW and UOW

and has been active across the spectrum of Aboriginal disadvantage.

In 2014 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Wollongong University.

Paul Sharrad has recently retired. He taught literature at Flinders University, the National University of Singapore and Wollongong University. He has published books on Indian and Pacific writers and a host of articles. Paul is also known to sing and write poems.

Karine Shellshear

was born in the 1950s, raised by the sea at Bronte. Karine dedicated a great part of her life to the creation of a viable community housing sector in NSW as both activist and advocate, assisting the growth of a co-operative housing movement. She now writes about her own unusual story of mixed heritage and being brought up in a house of language, music, history and the sea.

Ali Jane Smith is a poet and critic.

She is the author of the chapbook Gala (Five Islands Press 2006). She lives in Wollongong.

Carol Speechley is a local Aboriginal elder and a local historian. She is a published author and has worked in the field of Aboriginal education for over 30 years. She currently works at Kemblawarra Public School as the full-time permanent Aboriginal Education Officer. She also teaches the local language, Wadi Wadi, at the school.

Nadia Szimhart was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1977. She studied at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. She has taught modern history, ancient history and extension history in NSW from 2003 and currently teaches at Smith’s Hill High School.

Helen Wilson is a former media studies academic who has become an environmentalist, completing a Masters degree at UOW in 2012 on environmental politics. She was a Greens candidate in the 2013 federal election and writes occasional pieces on cultural and environmental issues for Illawarra News Blogspot.

THANKS to festival supporters: Sharon Bird MP, DH Lawrence Society of Australia, Ryan Park MP and Friends of the Wollongong Library, Austi Beach Café, Cucina Café, Thirroul Cellars. In kind: 2515 Coast News, Destination Wollongong, Sydney Writers Festival, Ali Smith, Dianne Bates, University of Wollongong, Deborah De Santis, Queensland University Press, Susan Barnett, Josie Castle, Patricia Baillee, Lesley Head, Tim Douglas, Lois Hagan, Michele Moore, Diana Wood-Conroy, Jenny Jones, Kathe Robinson, Marion Jacka, Yasmin Mobayad and Zac Linford. COVER ILLUSTRATION by Hal Pratt

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Gardening with sara To enjoy a lowmaintenance garden the rest of the year, you need to work hard in March, says Sara Newnham.

The most sought-after garden is a low-maintenance one. If that is your style, then the least amount of maintenance would be tending to your garden twice a year, in March and September. These are the most crucial times as they are key growth periods.

Feed your garden and give it a light prune before it gets too cold. Prune anything that has finished flowering or is out of shape. Trim shrubs as they grow; this will help plants to be bushier and promote more flowers in the long run. Be kind to your lawns – they have done a great job of handling summer activities. They would definitely benefit from a light top dressing if spongy or uneven under-foot. A good feed is beneficial to ensure optimum health and deep green lustre.

Start considering the bulbs you’d like to have in the garden as they will need to be planted in autumn. To do this, enrich the soil to give the nutrients back to the earth that will give you amazing flower displays. If you still have bulbs in the ground from last year, be sure to give the area an extra handful of fertiliser.

Most roses are putting on their last show: dead-head and feed now before you give them a major haircut when they hibernate for winter.

I’m excited, I can’t believe it’s nearly St Pat’s Day. I have a few beautiful ‘Mammoth Mix’ sweet pea seeds I will be sowing. I tried this variety last year and had bunches of fragrant flowers for nearly six months. I even had them on the Christmas table centre pieces! Truly amazing that a few seeds that cost so little could give so much colour, joy and perfume.

It’s time to pull out any summer crops that have done their job to make way for cool season crops. Beans, carrots, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower are just a few. Be sure to turn the soil over with composted manure before

Sara recommends these organic products.

replanting. Rotate crops – don’t plant the same crop in the same spot as this can create a breeding ground for plant disease. Plant a potato crop before it gets too cold and harvest it in spring. You can grow them in the ground or potato sacks.

March means choko time in our house – we will be eating them for breakfast, lunch and tea considering the yield from one plant. The robust vine seems to engulf everything in its path, but only for a few months.

Many weeds are thriving after the summer rain. Don’t worry, there is an organic weed spray to do the job. Amgrow Weed Blitz is fantastic. It works fast when applied on a sunny day – it’s totally natural, made out of Australian/New Zealand pine oil. No more harmful chemicals with deadly residue – give it a go!

I’m very pleased with the organic choices on the market; there are great products in the Eco range that will kill just about all your garden pests. Eco biological controls are a “backyard bug” range – you buy a packet of good insects that will eat the bad ones. Win win for you and the eco system. Happy gardening! 2515

March means choko time in our house – we will be eating them for breakfast, lunch and tea.

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Most people know what bluebottles are, but if you take a closer look on the shoreline you will also find other animals with the same beautiful oceanic blue colouring.

This group of animals is called the Blue Tide or Blue Armada. It includes By the Wind Sailors, Blue Suns, Glaucus and Purple Pelagic Snails. Medusa fish also have the pretty blue colouring and “hang around underneath” these animals. I was lucky enough to find a Medusa Fish in the Coledale pool earlier this summer.

Bluebottles are carnivorous and use their trailing stinger to paralyse small fish and plankton. Bluebottles are not jellyfish, but are related to corals, a single bluebottle is a colony of four different kinds of modified polyps.

These polyps depend on each other for survival. A bluebottle’s float will angle to the left or to the right. This means the same wind

dogs and kids always put safety first, writes Philip Comans.

At the end of the day, the adults are in charge! It’s their responsibility to manage their dogs, and their children. Even if you aren’t a dog owner, you should teach your kids how to behave around other people’s dogs.

No matter how well-trained your dog may be, it is wise to be safe when children are about.

Any dog is capable of biting a child in the right (or wrong) circumstances. Dogs are simple creatures and, as they can’t explain when they are feeling stressed or overwhelmed, they have only limited ways to respond. Usually a dog will try to get away from an irritating kid. If that isn’t possible, a growl may be issued. If the

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One bluebottle is actually a colony of polyps.

will push the ones angled one way onto the shore, and the ones angled the other out to sea, ensuring the survival of half of the “flotilla”.

If you get stung by a bluebottle, the latest research states it is best to remove all tentacles, wash the area with salt water, then run hot water over the stung area, or submerge in hot water for 20 minutes at a time. If hot water is not available, use ice packs. 2515

child persists then Fido may escalate the warning to a snap. Not meant to cause injury, but sometimes coming close to the child, this snap may alarm the child (and its parents).

If the snap is also ignored and Fido feels no other option exists, then a real bite is the likely next level of response. It would be great if dogs could talk and say, “Look here, little Cloe is really hurting me by pulling my fur, and if you’d be so kind as to move her that would be just grand!”

But all Fido can do if he can’t move away is communicate in canine, which means growl, snap and, if pushed, bite. And you don’t know what experiences Fido has had with children. If he’s been worried or hurt before, he may bite with little or no warning.

So my No.1 tip for parents is: never leave a child or baby alone with a dog. And my No.1 rule for children is: never pat a strange dog, even if its owner is present. 2515 Philip Comans is a dog behaviour therapist and trainer with Bark Busters Illawarra & Southern Highlands, 1800 067 710.

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The Illawarra Socratic Club, a group of retired people with an interest in philosophy and ideas, is hosting a free public lecture on March 17.

Dr Richard Denniss, of the Australia Institute in Canberra, will give a talk titled “Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough”.

The lecture will be from 4-5.15pm in the Thirroul Community Centre’s Excelsior Hall.

Our group of approximately 12 to 14 people meets each Friday at a local coffee shop in Thirroul for a couple of hours’ discussion and good fun, from 10am to 12 o’clock. Topics can be on subjects like, “Is there a meaning to life”; “The life and sayings of Seneca”, a discussion of the meeting between Albert Einstein and

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Last year, 11 of us travelled together to see some of the sights of ancient Greece and Turkey.

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“There’s lots of ways to stay fit and happy as a senior, but not all of them are fun,” says Joan Fleming, a member of the Northern Illawarra U3A drama group. “This drama group is just that. It’s really a lot of fun and our group performances are always enjoyed and well received by our audiences. We come together to enjoy the experience and to perform and it keeps us active in both mind and body. But most of the time we laugh.”

And so do the audiences, it seems. With varied small-scale and relaxed performances, the group is always looking for new participants. No experience is required, just an ability to practice, learn a few lines and cues – and laugh. “An ability to relax and laugh at yourself, as well as along with the others, is important in our group. There is no room for wall-flowers,” pipes up Margaret Stratton, a long-standing drama group member. That said, many participants have grown in confidence and the joy of performing.

The drama group is just one group on offer at the vibrant Northern Illawarra U3A. Weekly Wednesday meetings are held in the Excelsior

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Small groups are also available to join with varied interests. A philosophy discussion group, along with a very popular exercise group ‘Body and Bones’, Italian classes, table tennis, creative writing, current affairs, brain games, music appreciation and a vibrant and interesting film society, a choir, a book club and Australian Studies has evolved for the enjoyment of retirees. Various excursions are also organised throughout the year as well as special fund-raising nights.

All groups are optional and retirees can enjoy and participate in as many or as few activities as they wish. With more than 200 members, the NIU3A is growing consistently with new and enthusiastic members. For more information, contact 4268 2498 or Janice Creenaune, janicecreenaune@hotmail .com. 2515

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Local VIEW (Voice, Interests and Education of Women) clubs will mark International Women’s Day with a luncheon on March 7 at Wollongong’s Chifley Hotel. The speaker will be Wendy Machin, NRMA deputy president.

Enquiries: call Yvonne White on 0412 620 391 or email jywhite@bigpond.com This year VIEW Clubs of Australia celebrates its 55th anniversary, with the National Convention in Wollongong in September. See www.view. org.au. VIEW supports The Smith Family so young Australians in need can get the most out of their education. 2515

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One of our January 2015 covergirls and a great friend of the mag, Nakia Fleuren (above), has been busy in surf comps On Sunday, February 1 at Birubi Point, Nakia won the Open Women’s class of the Burton Automotive Pro Men and Women’s Trials to earn herself a wildcard entry into the Burton Automotive Women’s Classic on February 18.

Thirroul’s Kasey Martin was second in the Junior Women’s class.

Nakia’s win meant she was a wildcard in the round of 48 in the World Surf League (WSL) QS1000 (Qualifying Series)-rated event near Newcastle.

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1.48 1.61 0145 0434 1.35 0.41 1.49 0.20 0021 0103 0.38 0038 0308 0.560522 0615 1.66 0141 0141 0.470019 0.49 0.44 0755 1044 0953 0.52 1.58 0640 0734 1.78 0706 1.53WALES 1258 0.27 0813 0744 1.650630 1.50 0.30 1130 PORT KEMBLA –0.61 NEW1.52 SOUTH 1.46 1348 1.23 1545 1.13 1239 1416 0.17 1347 0.42 1902 1454 0.331238 0.37 0.36 MO 1349 WE TH WE 1.37 TU 1.54 MO TU 0.29 MO SU29ʼ1655 WE LAT 34° LONG 150° MO 55ʼ 1733 0.33 0.30 2000 0.51 2135 0.58 1.73 1835 2014 1.39 1946 1.25 2047 2014 1.251851 2308 1.47 2352 Times and Heights of High and Low Waters

1.60 0.36 1.47 0.41 0025 0035 0.32 0147 0133 0.52 0559 0440 11 26 26 11 26 11 11 17 2 17 17 2 2 8 23 8 23 8 23 0820 0.45 0.50 0717 0645 1.70 0755 1.51 1201 1041 1.34 1.27 – NEW SOUTH WALES

2015

1.5 0.4 1.20 1.30 1319 1.1 1303 1415 0.40 1626 TH 1418 SA 0.19 FR 0.61 TH 0.50 TH 1732 1959 0.50 1.60 1852 0.6 2027 1.45 0.62 1918 1.73 2251 Local Time

2015

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LONG 150° 55ʼ MARCH JANUARY FEBRUARY APRIL 0146and 1.26Low 0239 1.47 0230 1.52 1.65 0238m 0514 1.35Time0.43 0104 1.45 0126 1.5 1.47 0029 0.43 0158 Time 0.29 0126 0.52 0049 0.40 0130 0.24 0222 0.450111 0227 Time 0.47m0000 0.30 0618 0.27 0019 1.35 0526 s of High Waters Time Time m1.58 m 0414 Time m Time mLocal Time m0.44 Time m 0731 0614 0.64 0.53 0.50 0927 0.51 0.44 0900 0.6300051.45 0731 1126 0.54 0825 0.4 0.53 0707 1.67 0826 0055 1.88 0748 1.57 0712 1.75 0738 1.69 0851 1.670731 0832 0549 1.51 1.78 1223 0.39 1.28 0655 0525 1.45 0.46 1108 0514 1.55 1.68 0.501119 0617 1.50 1.44 0105 0.58 0608 0854 1.58 16 16 1 16 16 1 1 1 1203 0642 1.67 1703 1202 0.38 1215 1.621726 0.46 0715 1.49 1247 1451 0.44 MARCH UARY APRIL 1333 1.34 1.31 1527 1.14 1447 1.16 1327 1.22 1430 1.2 1.10 1352 1503SU 0730 0.08 1424 0.38 1347 1348 1529 0.31 1446 0.39 0.13 1818 0.40 1.42 1.37 0.40 0.55 MO 0.31 TU FR TH 0.18 SU 0.20 WE0.55 TU WE SA 1.21 TU TH FR0.43 TU1306 MO 1219 TUFR1333 MO THWE1706 FR0.221258 1746 1.15 TH 1327 FR 0.29MARCH 1416 0.37 MO 1342 1836 1.22 SU 1903 1.19 MO 1806 1.26 TH 1830 1.62

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23 20 14 8 5 29 23 20 14 8 20 14 8 5 LA – NEW SOUTH WALES

2015

0559 29 23 1.39 1201 0.50

0.36 1.27 1732 0.61 1.38 0.64

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1.47 0.50 1.31 0.42

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1.35 0.63 1.16 0.55

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pop-up skatepark Northern Illawarra Skateboarders Alliance President Barry Strachan skating at the wall at Thirroul Beach.

By Jodie Pryor, Volunteer Committee Member, the Northern Illawarra Skateboarders Alliance The Northern Illawarra Skateboarders Alliance (NISA), in conjunction with Thirroul Neighbourhood Centre, are excited to bring a pop-up skatepark to Thirroul Beach Reserve on Saturday, March 7, from 10am-4pm.

This free event is part of a series of community engagement events run by the alliance with the aim of raising general public awareness of the real need for a skatepark, providing interactive skate-related activities for skate enthusiasts, raising funds to hold future events, and keep the skatepark dream alive for the 2515 area for everyone.

The event is free, family friendly, all ages and will include general skating, as well as skate clinics for learners, both to be held on a mini ramp (half pipe). There will be a DJ, a fundraising sausage sizzle and the opportunity to meet known skaters, mix with other like-minded people and ďŹ nd out more about the alliance.

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We run community-engagement events every few months, but this is the ďŹ rst time we have organised a pop-up skate park in Thirroul. We did one at the Bulli Show last year, which the Bulli Show committee requested and paid for.

We are currently looking for sponsors to assist with the cost of hiring the ramp. If you are interested in supporting us, please contact Jodie on 0422 878 747 or via our website, www. skateboardoasis.com. 2515 For more information about the event Thirroul POPUP skatepark

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challenge is on!

Go to the footy and win $1000 just for being there? This season’s new Challenge Cup comp is tipped to attract the crowds.

Players from the eight clubs in the Challenge Cup gathered at the launch to check out the silverware.

Representatives from eight regional rugby league clubs gathered at Panorama House, Bulli Tops for the launch of the Cash Back App Illawarra Challenge Cup on February 12.

The comp – to be contested by Thirroul Butchers, Helensburgh Tigers, Dapto, Wests, Collegians, Corrimal, Gymea Gorillas and Engadine Dragons – kicks off at Rex Jackson Oval (Helensburgh) on March 21.

Round two will be staged at Gibson Park (Thirroul) on March 28; the semi-finals will be at Parrish Park (Figtree) on May 9; and the final will be held at Collegians Sporting Complex, Figtree on June 14.

Each match will be played in four 20-minute quarters.

Losers are eliminated and winners advance to the next stage of the competition.

The Cash Back App will conduct a draw on game day at each venue where Challenge Cup fixtures are hosted, and one lucky spectator will win $1000. 2515

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CHALLENGE CUP DRAW

Round 1 - March 21, Rex Jackson Oval, H’burgh: 3pm: Gymea vs Corrimal 4.30pm: Helensburgh vs Engadine Round 1 continued - March 28, at Gibson Park, Thirroul: 1.30pm: Dapto vs Wests 3pm: Thirroul vs Collegians Semi-finals (May 9, Parrish Park, Figtree) Final - June 14, Collegians Sporting Complex

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