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NEWS 04 What’s On Art on show, council elections, have your say 06 AC/DC book Local author pens another hit music memoir 08 Time to… do yoga 10 Cover feature Meet the inclusive, positive cricket club 14 Bake-off! Tasty apple pie comp at Glenbernie Orchard 15 Official guide Thirroul Readers and Writers Festival 20 Gardening How to grow an awesome edible hedge 22 Special – Small Business Make marketing work for you 23 Special – Small Business The importance of a good Will

24 Special – Small Business Accounting tips from an expert 25 Food A delicious berry and banana bread recipe 25 Lifeology Stop trying so hard to be happy BUSINESS 26 Local directory Your ultimate guide to small business SPORT / RECREATION 30 Tides 31 Dr Rip Beach mystery, part 2 32 Surf lifesaving Thirroul lifesaver heads to UK titles 32 Dog needs a home Friendly Selina is lovely and well-behaved

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MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS 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). His column is on page 31.

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.

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 interests include travel, Letters-to-the Editor SMH, letterpress printing and film study. Janice writes the monthly ‘Time to...’ article – see page 8.

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is a permaculture and native garden designer, horticulturalist and educator who is passionate about creating ‘living’ spaces that are nurturing, productive and sustainable.

A local resident, Narelle spends her time designing gardens and teaching workshops as A Garden for Life. Narelle also designs gardens for Sydney Wildflower Nursery, a native nursery, and volunteers in schools and community garden projects. Narelle writes about edible hedges on page 20.

SUSIE FAGAN

lives and breathes all things marketing, media and communications and is particularly passionate about working with local businesses.

Following an exciting international career in media and comms, Susie settled on the South Coast with her family and started a marketing consultancy. She also runs ‘What’s On South Coast’ and ‘Creatives on the Coast’ Facebook pages. Visit au. linkedin.com/in/susiefagan. Read Susie’s marketing tips on page 22.

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What’s on

Fresh like a Southerly: Out of the Illawarra 2017 will showcase the work of 27 contemporary professional artists from the Illawarra at NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney. Open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, from August 1 to 25.

All artists are members of the Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts (IAVA), a co-operative organisation led by Lara Seresin and formed seven years ago to cultivate and promote the region’s outstanding contemporary visual art.

The exhibition will feature paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and multimedia works.

Want to run for Wollongong City Council? On Wednesday, August 2, Local Government NSW will hold an Election Candidate Briefing Session to inform potential candidates about the election process, the role and responsibilities of elected

councillors. It will be in the Level 9 Function Room, Council Administration Building, 41 Burelli Street Wollongong from 5.30pm. For more information call council’s customer service line on (02) 4227 7111. The council elections will be held on Saturday, September 9.

Have your say The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is preparing a new plan of management for Royal National Park, Heathcote National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area. NPWS has prepared six discussion papers, with topics including recreational activities, Aboriginal heritage and mountain biking. To have your say, read the papers and send comments to NPWS before 5pm, August 28, 2017 by post (send to The Planner, NPWS, PO Box 144, Sutherland, NSW 1499); email royal.plan@environment. nsw.gov.au; or use the submission form at www. environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/royalnew-plan-management.htm. 2515

JOIN THE PHOTO CLUB

Cameron Campbell, communications officer at Stanwell Park Arts Theatre (SPAT), chats to Deborah Edward about the SPAT Photography Club.

What is the SPAT Photography club?

The SPAT Photography Club is about a year old. That this area – surely one of the most beautiful and photogenic places in the country (OK, if not the world) – doesn’t already have a club is a bit astonishing when you think about it.

The club’s aim is really simple and it’s still nicely small and intimate. It is for people who enjoy taking photos to have some fun, get together and get to know their cameras a bit better. It doesn’t really matter what kind of camera you have or what your level of expertise is – although we have some professional members, most of us are newbies in one way or another. If you’re happier using your smartphone, a drone, top-of-the-line equipment or a point-and-shoot, it doesn’t matter. In fact, it’s a good thing because it gives us all a chance to learn a little bit more and be excited by all the things we can do with all the different technologies available.

How can I get involved?

We have a monthly theme, which allows everyone to find their own places and best times. The theme for July was water – any kind of water: water in a cup, flowing from a shower, in a bath, shooting from a fountain, in a puddle, on a leaf, the ocean, a swimming pool, a lake, a creek.

We then get together at the end of the month to have a look at what we’ve each done, have a chat, some wine and nibbles.

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SPAT 2017 SCHEDULE

• SPAT Film – Perfect Strangers (Italian), Sat, Sept 2 • The Importance of Being Earnest - Fri Oct 13 & Sat Oct 14; Fri Oct 20 & Sat Oct 21 • SPAT Film Society Screening – Sat, Nov 4 • Christmas Pantomime – Sat & Sun, Dec 9 & 10; Fri, Sat, Sun, Dec 15, 16 & 17 There is also an opportunity during the month to get together for a photoshoot which is also great fun. That’s all there is to it. Just go out and take photos, then join us for a fun evening.

I’m more than happy to answer any questions. You can get in touch via SPAT’s infoline (0429 921 562) or email debpageturner1248@gmail.com.

When is your next meeting?

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Words that rock!

Renowned biographer Jeff Apter is one of the authors appearing at the 2017 Thirroul Readers and Writers Festival, being held from August 25 to 27. 2515 reports.

Jeff, tell us a little bit about yourself.

I’m a former Sydney-sider, the father of two school age kids, and I’ve been living in the Illawarra for the past 10 years. I’ve been a professional writer for some 30 years and have written more than 20 books, many of them dealing with music and musicians. I also write for Rolling Stone (I was on staff there for four years), the Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald. I’m a regular on Nick Rheinberger’s ABC Illawarra morning show; I’ve also spoken at various writers festivals and libraries in and around the Illawarra and beyond.

Thirroul that I appreciated how useful this interaction is: you can gauge from your audience’s reaction what parts of your work connect – and what parts don’t. Interestingly, despite the somewhat wobbly state of publishing these days You’ve produced such an enormous volume of work about (sales declining, authors’ earnings likewise), writers festivals are as popular as ever. There’s an audience the music industry. How did your career begin? out there for writers: you just need to connect with Ever since I can remember, I wanted to write.

At the same time I had a decidedly geeky interest in them. Festivals are a great chance to do that. music – I grew up on Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, David Is there a place for traditional publishing in the future?

Bowie and the Beatles, the classics. In my teens I Of course there is. It’s just that writers and read a book called No One Here Gets Out Alive, a publishers need to adapt to the 21st century and biography of the Doors’ Jim Morrison. have a presence on social media, etc, and be willing It was then that I realised you could write about to interact with your readers. People will always music and musicians in a thrilling way, without pandering to the subject. That book was the perfect read books, and I believe that readers still prefer ‘real’ books (printed works) than ebooks – I have melding of my two key interests: music and writing. It was the starting point for me, although it the sales figures to back it up! But writers do need to be more visible these days. wasn’t until the early 2000s that I wrote my first book. The appeal for me is the same as it is for so many music fans: who are these people that make High Voltage is due out in August 2017. What’s it about? music? What is it that inspires them? What It’s a biography of Angus Young, the oldest man to hardships have they endured to get to where they ever wear a schoolboy’s uniform, a guy who’s the are? What are they like? sound, the face and sometimes the bared spotty backside of AC/DC. It’s the first biography totally Why is it important that festivals – like the Thirroul focusing on Angus and his journey — he’s now the Readers and Writers Festival – continue? last original member of the band left.

From an author’s perspective, festivals such as these are a rare and incredibly useful opportunity n For more details on the 2017 Thirroul Readers to interact in a very direct way with your audience. and Writers Festival, turn to page 15 of this issue It wasn’t until I started appearing at events such as for the official guide. 2515

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Di Talty once worked in community welfare and education and training in the Illawarra. In retirement, she is enjoying the quiet intensity of yoga. Janice Creenaune reports.

Di Talty is passionate about studying yoga.

“At 63, I am still learning and I’ve commenced teaching and continue to be awakened to a whole new world and way of living.”

Di started practising yoga more than 20 years ago but it is only now, in retirement, that she has let it envelop her life.

“I wish I had found yoga years ago when I was much younger because I certainly would have used it as a career path.”

Di started yoga as a form of exercise, but now she has developed a deeper understanding of yoga and what it can bring to her life.

“I initially only used yoga as a form of exercise and I enjoyed it, but as I progressed with learning, greater knowledge and experience, I have realised that the poses are such a small part of the yoga experience.

“Yoga is a science, a philosophy and a way of life.

The yoga style I practise focuses on the mind, breath and body movements.”

Di attends three yoga classes a week with Rachael Noakes and Rebecca Blackman in the Ray of Light studio in Bulli and practises daily at home.

Di teaches two mornings a week at Manic Organic in Woonona, as well as teaching a group of Austinmer women.

Di will commence her Level 2 Teacher Training with Rachel Noakes in early 2018.

Di has attended several retreats and workshops in India, Bali and within the Illawarra with local and international teachers.

“These retreats and workshops offer the opportunity to become fully immersed in all aspects of the yoga practice – the poses, breath work and meditation.

“This is a special time to really connect with yourself.

“It is beautiful when people begin to hold an interest in the journey with the realisation that

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there is a lot more to yoga than a mere physical practice.”

Di explains that yoga can keep one’s body healthy and flexible, but more than this, “it calms me and gives me a steadiness of the mind. It is here where I can become aware of living more mindfully and connecting to who I am.’’

Di is a volunteer with A Sound Life, a not-forprofit organisation that states its “purpose is to share the healing power of music, yoga and meditation with people in need”.

The organisation focuses on hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes and units for those with disabilities. There is also a group of A Sound Life volunteers working in the Illawarra with the disability service provider, House with No Steps, and Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation providing early intervention mental health services to 12- to 25-year-olds.

“The ambition to teach yoga with A Sound Life was a major stimulus to my achieving my Level 1 Yoga Teacher Certificate this year,” Di says.

“We are blessed in the Illawarra with a fantastic network of yoga teachers who are all supportive and nurturing within the yoga community. It is a very special community.”

Di continues to be inspired by the Illawarra’s non-competitive community of yoga students and teachers; each brings something different to this beautiful discipline. Yoga is available to anyone regardless of age, body shape or level of fitness.

And Di herself continues to inspire all who are fortunate enough to spend any time with her. n Writer Janice Creenaune is also the publicity officer for the Northern Illawarra University of the Third Age, which holds talks on Wednesdays in the Excelsior Room of Thirroul Community Centre, 9.30-noon. For more NIU3A info, contact janicecreenaune@gmail.com. 2515

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“Once a Butcher, always a Butcher!” is the catch-cry of the Northern Districts Cricket Club and its popular junior club builds a positive atmosphere for players right from the start. 2515 reports.

The Northern Districts Junior Cricket Club has a proud history dating back almost 60 years. The club had a rough trot eight years ago – it was almost broke. But then, through the hard work and determination of parents, with support from the senior club, the NDJCC bounced back to become the Illawarra’s largest junior cricket club.

When 2515 and our photographer arrive at Hollymount Park’s east nets, Woonona, for a photo-shoot with Butchers’ players – junior and senior – it’s clear these are happy cricketers and that they form part of a positive, inclusive club.

In attendance are: Jack Collimore (played u16 last season and made his first grade debut); Mark Smith (the Butchers’ oldest registered player, 4th grade Gold legend and has just attended the World Championships in Barbados); Justin Brancato (first grade player who helps with Juniors, and won

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Senior Club batting average last season); Jamie Phillipson (played in the Premiership-winning u14A team, and was selected to represent Illawarra); Cleo Fien (played u11 and was selected to represent the South Coast Primary School team); Tom Partland (played Junior Hardball and is son of a Senior Butcher); Levi Fien (played T20 Blast); Zachary Bond (loved playing Milo, and is son of first grader Steve Bond and grandson of NDJCC Life Member Allen Bond).

Chris Collimore, Life Member of NDJCC, kindly took the time out of his busy schedule to answer 2515’s questions.

Give our readers a brief history of the club.

We are part of the Butchers Northern Districts Cricket Club, but we run as a separate group, so as to ensure the active focus on junior Cricket

Photos by Anthony Warry Photography

Jack Collimore

Mark Smith

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Cleo Fien

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development. Only eight years ago, we were almost broke as a club. Now, we are the largest junior cricket club in the Illawarra, a fantastic turnaround resulting from a great group of dedicated parents, the senior club engagement and a culture of being a club that is more than just cricket.

We are active supporters of Cricket NSW development plans and have developed Milo (4-7 year olds), T20 Blast (6-9), Junior Hardball (8-10) and junior age groups right up to u16. We even have a transition plan with the Seniors to keep those budding Butchers as Butchers, with almost half of the Senior first grade team, and many others in lower grades, involved somehow in training or managing junior teams. The great thing about this development pathway is that it allows for full engagement from everyone at their level. That is, at a club level, your children can play to their competency, not just their age group.

We support the training of all coaches to at least a Level 1, and engage the Seniors where able so that there we ensure some technical as well as team development.

Zachary Bond

We have developed a lot of representative players in recent years, but that is in parallel with just getting the kids to enjoy their cricket.

What’s your involvement with the club?

My son [Jack Collimore] has been playing cricket since he was six years old in Milo. I started helping out with that and then just fell into the committee and have been here ever since. He just finished u16 last year and is now playing Seniors.

I was made a [NDJCC] Life Member last year, which was a nice surprise, and I will continue to help foster cricket at the Butchers whenever I can.

Why should people join NDJCC? Once a Butcher, Always a Butcher! Culture is what happens when no one is watching, thus it is key to developing a great club. What the kids do on the field and off the field, during training, game preparation and how they engage with each other and the other teams and umpires are just as important as the results of the game. For example,

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the Australian cricket team is well known for its sledging, something too often seen at the junior level. So, we have a no-sledging policy, and it has made a massive difference to the kids’ focus on their own game, versus trying to change the game of others. (We have now won the Illawarra Club Championship three times in the last five years after not winning the title in more than 60 years.)

We do a huge amount of extra-curricular activity to further push our culture, such as an annual trip for Milo to u16 to a Big Bash match at the SCG (we have partnered with the Sydney Sixers); training sessions in the SCG nets and tours of the SCG to foster the broader love of the game (for parents too!); holiday training camps; and Gala days.

We have also partnered with Cancer Council NSW and support SunSmart via broad-brimmed hats, uniforms and sunscreen, as well as assisting Cricket NSW with its development courses at local schools in 2515. In fact, our uniforms have been made very Sydney Sixers-like with the kids’ names on the back and more colourful, though still Butchers. If you wander around Thirroul on a Saturday, just count the names!

Girls can play with boys all the way through juniors, and can play up to two years below their age if they want. There is also a large focus on developing women’s cricket, and the club is certainly keen to have more girl-only teams to mirror the success of the Australian women’s team.

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you can play with your child at a competitive level.

There are many dads who bide their time for the day they can walk out onto the field with their child in 4th grade seniors. I managed to play two games in 4th grade with my son, before, sadly, I realised I had reached my peak and he hadn’t, but we got the photo and the memory!

Why should parents encourage their kids to join your club?

Cricket is a sport for boys and girls that teaches a huge range of skills. Not just the hand-eye coordination attributes, but it is an individual sport in a team environment. It teaches accountability, responsibility, strategy, patience, focus and sportsmanship.

Junior cricket is only one and a half to three hours on a Saturday morning, depending on age groups. It is also inclusive of everyone and their talents, so everyone gets a go and is made to feel part of the team. We don’t grade teams until u14, so in the younger years it is involvement focussed.

For parents, it is a great way to relax, have a coffee and chat to other like-minded parents, and watch the bonds your kids will form in a competitive, though not threatening environment.

Best of all, we keep registration costs as low as possible and don’t have lots of fundraising.

How can people register and join the club?

Visit ndcc.nsw.cricket.com.au, click ‘NDCC Juniors’ and follow the directions. 2515

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Best pie bake-off!

Dust off your rolling pins. The search is on for the Illawarra’s best apple pie and Sunday, August 20, is judgement day. Jo Fahey reports.

Calling all local apple pie champions!

Darkes Glenbernie Orchard and Stanwell Park Country Woman’s Association are teaming up again to look for the best apple pie in the Illawarra.

Last year’s champion pie makers will be looking to defend their titles!

The orchard packing shed will be transformed on August 20 to become a judging area and to serve slices of delicious pie with lashings of custard cream and ice-cream. Wash the pies down with great local coffee, while the kids have fun in the jumping castle. Lunch will be available, as well as a few other surprises and entertainments. Winning entries will be auctioned in an effort to raise money for the Country Women’s Association.

To register as a competitor or pre-purchase pies and other entertainment options, pop into the Apple Shack where you can register in person, or go to the events booking at www.darkes.com.au where you can do it all electronically and get additional info about the day. 2515

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AUGUST 25 – 27 2017

Thirroul Readers & Writers Festival thirroulreadersandwritersfestival.org

AT T H I R R O U L DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND L I B R A RY

All profits will be donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation

The festival is run in partnership with Wollongong City Libraries and we gratefully acknowledge their contribution

Artwork on cover (Yellow Vespa) and at top of this page (Thirroul Sandbar) by Donald Keys / www.donaldkeys.com.au / www.facebook.com/donald.keys

PROGRAM OF EVENTS

EXCELSIOR HALL, THIRROUL COMMUNITY CENTRE FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 7.30pm: Welcome to the Festival.

David Malouf will speak about the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

Sally Forth, a local a cappella group, will sing.

Jeff Apter will launch his new book, High Voltage: The Life of Angus Young, ACDC’s Last Man Standing.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 MORNING SESSION 10.15am – 11.15am: Michael Adams will introduce us to his prize-winning essay on freediving, Salt Blood.

11.30am – 1pm: Gideon Haigh (A Stroke of Genius - Victor Trumper and the Shot that Changed Cricket) will talk cricket with Jeremy Wilshire (Test of Character; Confessions of Cricket Legends).

AFTERNOON SESSION

12.15pm – 1pm: Simon Luckhurst will talk about his book, Charlie’s Wives.

2pm – 3.30pm: Panel: Writing As Activism with Simon Luckhurst, Denise Russell and Jane Lymer, chaired by Josie Castle.

THIRROUL LIBRARY FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 5pm: PJ and Pizza Party For children 8-12 years, siblings welcome.

Children will move around a series of stations in the library, as directed by library staff.

At each station, one of six different guests will offer book signings and a simple relevant activity.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 10.30am – 12.30pm: Book tasting: Thirroul librarians have selected some delectable morsels from our favourite novels for you to ‘taste’ (i.e. read a snippet).

BOOKING INFORMATION

1.45pm – 2.45pm: Caroline Baum in conversation with Catherine McKinnon about Catherine’s book, Storyland.

Online bookings for sessions in the Excelsior Hall are available through:

3pm – 3.45pm: Ashleigh Wilson, Kerrie Davies and Jeff Apter discuss their biographies on Brett Whiteley, Bertha Lawson and Angus Young with Tim Douglas. Tom Wilkie-Black will read poems by Henry Lawson.

thirroulreadersandwritersfestival.org Note: All library sessions are free but please register for the PJ and Pizza Party as numbers are limited. For more, visit www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/Pages/default.aspx

EVENING SESSION

COSTS FOR PAID EVENTS ARE:

6pm – 6.30pm: Canapes with the authors.

Full weekend: Friday – Sunday, including festival opening and Cabaret Gothique: $150 per person.

6.45pm: Judy Stubbs, the director of Eklektika, will give a short talk about madness and how it informs her music.

7.30pm: Cabaret Gothique – Edge of Madness, an inspiring performance combining literature with modern songs.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 11am – 12pm: Libby Gleeson will share some insights about what it takes to be a successful writer.

Friday night festival opening: $25 per person, includes a glass of wine and canapes.

Morning events: $40 per person.

Afternoon events: Saturday $40; Sunday $25 per person.

Full day: Saturday or Sunday $70 per person.

Student concession: Morning or afternoon events $15 per person.

MEET THE PRESENTERS Michael Adams Michael is a human geographer at the Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research at the University of Wollongong.

He also teaches at the Nan Tien Institute. While much of his writing has been within the framework of academic geography, he is strongly influenced by his first degree in English literature. He has published in Meanjin, The Guardian, and Australian Book Review.

Jeff Apter Wollongong resident Jeff Apter is the author of more than 20 books, including biographies of the Finn brothers, Johnny O’Keefe, the Bee Gees, and John Farnham. His latest book is High Voltage: The Life of Angus Young. Jeff has also co-written and/or ghostwritten memoirs by the musicians Kasey Chambers, Richard Clapton and AC/DC’s Mark Evans, the boxer-turned-soldier Paul Warren and cricketer Michael Slater. Jeff helped with the memoir Somebody That I Used to Know: Love, Loss and Jack Thompson by Bunkie King, which was the bestselling non-fiction title in Australia on its release in early 2015. Jeff was also the creative consultant for the 2015 live show, A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley, which was nominated for a Helpmann award.

Caroline Baum Caroline is a respected journalist and presenter. She has worked for the BBC, ABC, Time Life Books, Vogue magazine (UK and Australia), was the founding editor of Good Reading magazine and the Editorial Director of Booktopia. She has been a judge of the Stella Prize, the Ned Kelly and Kibble Awards.

She is in demand as a presenter at writers festivals across Australia and has interviewed many of the world’s top international authors. Her writing has been published in major national publications and online media. She is researching a biography for a DCA in Creative Writing at University of Wollongong and is the recipient of the Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2015. She lives on the South Coast of NSW. Her most recent book is Only – A Singular Memoir.

Josie Castle Josie is a retired University of Wollongong history academic with publications on women in nursing and factories and the history of UOW. Kerrie Davies Kerrie is a journalist and media academic at UNSW and the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, where she teaches multimedia journalism and social media. She has written for Collective magazine, Elle, Vogue Australia and The Weekend Australian Magazine, among others. She is completing her Doctor of Arts (Literary Journalism) at the University of Sydney and is co-author of the Colonial Australian Literary Journalism Database. The Wife’s Heart: The Untold Story of Bertha and Henry Lawson is her most recent book.

Tim Douglas Thirroul resident Tim is editor of Review. He was The Australian’s deputy arts editor from 2011 to 2013, and has worked as a reporter, features writer and editor on newspapers including The Scotsman, The Edinburgh Evening News, Scots national arts magazine The List, and the Illawarra Mercury.

Libby Gleeson Libby Gleeson AM has published more than 30 popular, highly acclaimed books for children and teenagers, been shortlisted for 13 CBCA Awards, and won three. Libby has been a teacher and lecturer and contributes regularly to national conferences. She won the 2011 Dromkeen Medal, awarded for contributions to children’s literature.

Gideon Haigh Gideon is a journalist from Melbourne, who has contributed to more than 100 newspapers and magazines, and written 32 books, most recently Stroke of Genius: Victor Trumper and the Shot That Changed Cricket (2016).

Simon Luckhurst Simon is a prolific and award-winning writer, researcher, journalist, filmmaker and playwright. He has had several plays produced on ABC Radio National and is the author of Eddie’s Country, described

by John Pilger as ‘one of the most important Australian books of his lifetime.’

Jane Lymer Jane is a feminist philosopher working as a Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong and an Academic Program Co-ordinator at the UOW College. She will be on the Sunday panel, Writing as Activism, discussing her book The Phenomenology of Gravidity: Reframing Pregnancy and the Maternal through Merleau-Ponty, Levinas and Derrida, which aims to support women’s reproductive freedom while simultaneously supporting the importance of the mother/foetus relationship.

David Malouf David is an awardwinning poet and novelist whose books include Johnno, Remembering Babylon and Every Move You Make. For David, “Reading brings the world to us. But reading can also open up a new world of people and events we have never imagined but which we can enter and become part of. This kind of reading takes us out of ourselves ... into other skins. Reading is a form of magic.”

Catherine McKinnon Catherine is an award-winning writer of novels, plays and short stories. Her play Tilt was selected for the 2010 National Playwriting Festival, and another of her plays, As I Lay Dreaming, won the Mitch Matthews Award in 2010. In 2015 she was co-winner of the Griffith Review Novella 111 Award. Her short stories, reviews and articles have appeared in Transnational Literature, Text Journal, RealTime and Narrative. Catherine teaches performance and creative writing at the University of Wollongong.

Her latest novel, Storyland, is published

by HarperCollins Australia.

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designed this guide for the 2017 Thirroul Readers and Writers Festival.

Denise Russell Denise was the director of the first two Thirroul Readers and Writers Festivals (and, thankfully for us, is still on the committee!) She is the author of two non-fiction books, Women, Madness and Medicine and Who Rules the Waves: Piracy, Overfishing and Mining the Oceans, as well as many articles in philosophy journals and one short story about her cat, Tom. She also runs a website on alternatives to animal experimentation.

Judy Stubbs Dr Stubbs is a composer, classically trained singer and teacher, and an expert in research, consultation, planning and development of innovative affordable housing solutions in diverse housing markets. The first performance of her first full orchestral piece, Fenguiang (The Phoenix Suite), was given by the Steel City Strings in June. She is the musical director of the Eklektika Choir that will perform Cabaret Gothique on Saturday.

Jeremy Wilshire Jeremy completed a cadetship with News Limited and was a sports journalist and features writer for newspapers, agencies and magazines, before forging a career in sports marketing, public relations and events. His first book, One of Those Days, about a single day in the career of Australian sporting heroes, was published in 2002. His latest book is: Test of Character; Confessions of Cricketing Legends.

Ashleigh Wilson Ashleigh has been a journalist for almost two decades. He began his career at The Australian in Sydney before spending several years in Brisbane. He moved north in 2004 to become the paper’s Darwin correspondent, during which time he won a Walkley Award for reports on unethical behaviour in the Aboriginal art industry. He has been the paper’s arts editor since 2011. His first book is Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing.

CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHORS Dianne Ellis Over the past 10 years, Dianne has written many children’s picture books and chapter books, with two published: Rusty Rumble and his Smelly Socks and Rusty Rumble’s Day at the Beach.

Sue Whiting Sue is an author and editor who lives and works in a small coastal village in the Northern Illawarra. Sue has written numerous books in a variety of genres: fiction and non-fiction, picture books through to YA, including the best-selling The Firefighters, and the award-winning A Swim in the Sea. Her latest book, Platypus, illustrated by Mark Jackson, was a 2016 CBCA Notable Book. Her new middle grade novel, Missing, will be released next year. Sue loves sharing her passion for stories and storytelling, reading and writing with people of all ages.

Gabrielle Jones Gabrielle ‘Journey MC’ Jones will bring drum beats and rhymes to a storytime circle in which everyone will get to add their own words and create a rap story together!

Journey MC has been using poetry and drumming to talk about social issues for more than 20 years. She is a social worker, spoken word performer and percussionist who believes we all have rhythm inside us and important stories to share.

Pat Grant Pat is a cartoonist, writer and a designer based in Austinmer.

His graphic novels have been published all over the world and translated into French and Italian. He teaches in the design and animation school at UTS. Sean Williams Sean, the author of new release My Nanna Nelly Will Tour the Illawarra Tomorra, is a keen outdoor enthusiast with a love

for his local surroundings. His work is a celebration of the setting’s scenery, history and natural beauty, and his individual style of rhyme gives the adventures of lovable character Nanna Nelly and her narrating granddaughter a secretive and wonderfully immersive sense of exploration. “Illawarra Tomorra is one story in a four-part series. Nanna Nelly has a lot more adventuring to do in Australia and all around the world,” Sean says.

Jo Oliver Jo’s first book Pilgrim, released in 2008, was commended as a Notable Book by The Children’s Book Council of Australia and Jo was shortlisted for their Crichton Award for new illustrators in 2009.

Pilgrim is about a boy’s first journey out to sea on their boat with his dad and together they share the power and beauty of the natural environment.

Jo’s latest book, The Light, (released in March 2013), is about a family living at Montague Island Lighthouse in the early 1900s and how music draws them together and the lighthouse becomes a safe haven for others.

Lisa Thompson Dragon & Bat is a set of illustrated chapter books that follows the humorous adventures of Dragon and Bat. The books have full colour illustrations, chapters and glossary. Each book has guided reading discussion points and narrative notes to help enrich and extend the understanding and reading of each book, making them perfect reading.

Sean Farrar Sean’s journey to first-time published children’s book author has taken a mere 45 years, collecting plenty of life experience through international travel, parenting, varied work experience and study along the way. Sean has written and produced real stories and profiles for programs, such as ABC Radio National, The Sports Factor and Racing and Sports Australia.

He also writes about horse racing on a weekly basis.

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Lilly pillies

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The edible hedge Now you can grow your hedge and eat it too, writes Narelle Happ, owner of A Garden for Life.

One of the biggest requests I get as a landscape designer is for a hedge. Whether it is to be used as a wind break, privacy screen or in place of a fence, there are so many species to choose from.

When considering your hedge, why not include plants that are native, can be harvested to be eaten and create a habitat for birds.

PLANTING A HEDGE Consider the style of hedge you would like.

Do you want a hedge to be a more natural style with several species used or a dense hedge using one species only?

If using the plants to create a dense hedge then plants are usually planted at one metre centres or one metre apart, starting half a metre from the outside edge.

To ensure a healthy hedge and uniform growth I dig a trench, rather than individual holes. This allows for soil improvement with compost, native soil if required and manure, such as cow manure.

This can all be mixed into the soil removed from the trench before backfilling once plants are put in place.

Once planted, water in well. NEVER stomp around your plants as this compacts the soil that the new roots need to move through to establish themselves.

Mulch the plants well with 100mm of mulch of your choice, ensuring you keep it 50mm from the stems of the plants to prevent collar rot.

Water through the first hot season to ensure they send their roots deep into the soil.

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3 OF THE BEST NATIVE EDIBLE HEDGE PLANT CHOICES 1. Lilly pillies There are two varieties of lilly pillies which are great for hedges, Acmena smithii and cultivars and Syzygium species and cultivars. Two favourites in these groups are: Acmena smithii (or Cherry Surprise) can be pruned to anything from 1-4 metres. It has cherry-red new growth and creates a dense hedge with foliage to the ground. White flowers in spring are followed by an edible berry used in jams and cordials.

Syzygium paniculatum (or Backyard Bliss) grows 3-4 metres with bronze new growth and larger edible fruit used in baking, jam and cordials.

Prune regularly to maintain a bushy habit to the ground and dense foliage.

2. Backhousia species Backhousia citriodora, Lemon Myrtle; Backhousia myrtifolia, Cinnamon Myrtle; and Backhousia anisata, Aniseed Myrtle are all great hedging plants with edible leaves.

Lemon Myrtle is a favourite of mine and can be used in drinks, baking and main dishes.

3. Podocarpus elatus, Illawarra plum Dense fine foliage with edible berries in summer.

Slower growing but makes a stunning hedge. The fruit makes delicious jam and dessert syrup.

PLEASE NOTE: Correct identification must be made before eating any wild foods. Seek specific, individual advice before consumption. 2515

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The M Word

Marketing needn’t be scary, Susie Fagan writes.

Social media, SEO, specialty publications – have I lost you yet? I wouldn’t blame you if I had, as the big, bad but wonderful world of marketing can be a scary one.

Particularly for small businesses that have enough stress trying to stay in the plus without worrying about how to get another Like on Facebook.

The good news (hurrah!) is the amount of low-cost and even free (double hurrah!) opportunities to connect with your customers, or potential customers, are massive – you just need to know where to start.

The first step is to ask: “What?” What is it you want to achieve exactly? Be specific.

Then ask: “Who?” Who is your target market?

Be really specific here. You can get creative, but be real. Base it on your current most common customers or clients or your ideal customer.

Then ask: “Why?” Why would they want to purchase your product or service? Ask them or

look at reviews online and take note of the common themes and language (and trends) and use this in your marketing. Research others in your industry and find your point of difference.

Then ask: “Where?” Where are they hanging out – both on and offline? Next, choose where you will be present, but be realistic. Don’t try to be on or at everything. It’s much more effective to do less but to do it well and with a purpose.

Have a plan. The thought of creating a lengthy marketing plan and calendar makes most small business owners cringe, but there are lots of basic yet very effective ones (and free examples online).

Print and review your plan regularly (including with staff, if applicable) and stick the calendar in your workspace to ensure you stay on track, plus remember what the hell you’re supposed to be doing, when and why. Think of it like putting together the pieces of a puzzle to create a picture – and what that looks like is to tie in with your overarching business goals. n Susie Fagan provides marketing advice and services to a range of people and organisations in the Illawarra, so that they can focus on what they need to succeed. For more, visit au.linkedin.com/ in/susiefagan 2515

6 TIPS FOR START-UPS

Thinking of launching your own business? Stanwell Park accountant Matthew Faulkner shares some advice.

1. Have a job as well at the start.

You will know when the business has become big enough to take a year’s leave without pay or resign.

registering is waving a flag to say you are relatively small. Depending on the industry you operate in, choosing to register for GST with a low turnover might be a good thing to do to keep everyone guessing.

2. Assuming the business itself is something you can do, the hardest part will be ‘hunting and gathering’ for clients. You may consider buying an existing business so that you have a client base to work with. Not everyone can do that, but starting from scratch is much harder and that’s where the other job is handy. A Facebook page (which is free!) is becoming more important than a website or getting onto the first page of a Google search. The best form of advertising you can do is look after existing clients. Love the ones you’re with! They will spread the word about whether you are good or bad. Be happy for the business to live or die by its reputation.

4. ‘Failing to plan is a plan to fail’. Find business plan templates and more at www.business.gov.au.

5. There are several compulsory issues to tick off: obtaining all appropriate licences, arrange public liability insurance, get an Australian Business Number (ABN) from the Australian Business Register and maybe a Trading Name from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission if you don’t just use your own name. A tax agent is another must!

6. Lastly, as an entrepreneur, accept that the majority of your current leisure time will be replaced with work!

3. If your turnover (sales ignoring expenses) is at least Note: Advice given is of a general nature and specific $75,000 per annum, you must register for GST. But not advice should be sought on an individual basis. 2515

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SM A L L B U SINE SS SP E C IA L F E AT U R E

Plan for a good Will Solicitor Neil Lyon has been helping people write their Wills for 40 years. Here, he offers expert tips.

1. If you have children under 18 years consider appointing one or more persons as their guardians.

If both of their parents then die a family relative can act as the guardians of the children until the children attain 18 years.

2. Investigate whether your superannuation entitlements need to be mentioned in your Will or need to be mentioned in a separate document called a Binding Nomination of Beneficiaries form, which should be provided to the manager who keeps the records of the superannuation fund in which your monies are invested.

If you have any doubts, please discuss them with your solicitor when you make your Will.

Sometimes such forms may be out of date and need to be replaced. Sometimes such forms may be legally ineffective because they don’t comply with the rules of the superannuation fund where your monies are invested.

3. If you operate a business as either a sole trader or in partnership consider whether the business would need to be closed down after your death.

Discuss this with your solicitor.

4. Consider whether or not your executor will need to borrow monies after your death, especially if you run a business. If so normally your Will may need to specifically authorise your executor to borrow monies from a bank and this can apply to the continuation of any overdraft accounts or other loan accounts which you may now have but not want to be cancelled by the bank soon after your death. If you have such loans discuss them with your solicitor and ask if a power to borrow monies is required in your Will.

There are sometimes many different issues which a solicitor can help you with to ensure that your Will is legally valid and going to be effective to achieve what you want it to do after your death.

Obtaining legal advice may help you to deal with the particular issues or concerns that you have. 2515

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Voice of experience Helensburgh’s John Carlson, of Small Business Accountants, has been an accountant for 50 years. Here are his five top tips.

1. Know and understand the reporting timelines for your business. Know when your BAS are due, when your tax return is due, when your insurances are due, when your registration and renewals are due. Ensuring you meet your reporting deadlines will help you avoid penalties and fines from the Australian Taxation Office and other government bodies.

2. Discuss with your accountant the best reporting methods for your business. There is no hard and fast rule on this and there are many products available to assist small business from a simple spreadsheet through to Cloud-based accounting software. Do what you feel comfortable with; the focus of your business should be your business not the reporting of it.

3. As we start a new financial year take some time to assess your business, write a budget, review your branding, know your market and your business’s place in it, update your business plan, know where you want your business to take you, discuss with your accountant any concessions you may be eligible for. In short, plan.

4. Keep a line of communication open with your accountant. A quick call can save you time and money down the line. We are here to help, here as a business partner.

5. Make time for family and holidays. Take some time to turn off your phone and take a break, spend time with family, have a holiday. Don’t let your small business consume you because then you will become stale. 2515

Money for bags Three local businesses are stepping up to fund sustainable change.

Symbio Wildlife Park, Hillen Staff Solutions and Belle Property Thirroul have funded the launch of Boomerang Bags Coal Coast, a local initiative to turn pre-loved fabric into sustainable alternatives to plastic bags.

Donations have been used to buy labels and store displays, and about 150 bags are already in stores, from Manic Organic in Woonona to Coal Coast Emporium in Helensburgh.

“I think it is a wonderful idea and something that brings the community together,” said Wendy Lepre, of Belle. “I think the more people that start to use them will encourage others to do so as well, so it becomes a chain reaction – and before long everyone will want one.”

Karen Hillen, owner of Hillen Staff Solutions, said: “I am very happy to support local organisations that are doing great things in the community and I love the fact that I can help in some small way.”

Facebook: Boomerang Bags Coal Coast. 2515

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MONEY TALKS

The next generation of business leaders is off to a good start, thanks to the power of live theatre.

In June, St Michael's Primary School in Thirroul was one of 10 schools that enjoyed a free performance of Showdown at Two Bob Billabong, a show about money and how to save it. Horizon Credit Union and the National Theatre for Children (NTC) partnered to deliver the show to schools in our region.

“If your goal is to share information with kids that you want them to remember for a lifetime, live theatre is the ideal format,” said NTC managing director, Tobias Benn.“The teaching points are packaged in fun.

The story moves quickly to keep kids excited, and it’s that excitement that makes them so ready to absorb what they’re hearing and inspires them to take positive action on their financial future.” 2515

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BERRY & BANANA BREAD

Makes one loaf tin – or 5-6 muffins.

Real food with Steph Stephanie Meades has a recipe for berry and banana bread.

INGREDIENTS • 1½ cups almond meal • 2 ripe bananas, mashed • 1 cup frozen berries, any will work • ¼ cup coconut oil, melted (or butter/ghee) • 2 tbsp maple syrup • ½ tsp vanilla extract • 3 eggs, lightly beaten • 1 tsp baking soda • Pinch of salt and ground cinnamon • Shredded coconut or chopped almonds to place on top.

METHOD

Preheat oven to 180°C; line baking tin (muffin, friand or loaf tin) with baking paper.

In one bowl, mix all dry ingredients – almond Banana bread is often seen as a meal, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In a separate healthy choice at a cafe, but bowl, mix bananas, coconut oil/butter, maple (warning – kill joy alert!) so many syrup, vanilla and eggs until well combined. Then recipes are no better for us than a sweet, nutrientadd dry and wet ingredients together, mixing well. poor cake. The key ingredients are often refined Fold in berries then spoon mixture into your tin. white flour and white sugar, both of which hold The mixture will not rise very much during baking, little nutritional value and will result in our blood so fill tin to just below the top. Sprinkle with sugars going haywire. additional nuts or shredded coconut. Bake for 35 Here is a more nutritious alternative that tastes minutes (small tin) or up to 60 minutes for loaf tin. as good, if not better, than the traditional recipe.

Once cooked (insert a skewer – if it comes out Enjoy! clean it’s ready), turn out onto a rack and cool. 2515

Lifeology

fairytales that leads us astray – perhaps we aren’t supposed to live happily ever after.

Not long after my return from Bali, a friend came to see me, feeling depressed. She said: “I try to be happy. I do everything the books tell me to Terri Ayliffe asks: Is the need to be do, positive mantras in the morning and vision boards, but I just can’t maintain it, I am hopeless.” happy just another social pressure?

“Why do you want to be happy all the time?”

“Because that is what we are supposed to be, isn’t I met a Balinese woman on a beach in Bali; she asked what I do everyone striving to be happy. Aren’t you happy?”

“Happy?” I thought for a moment: “I am not so back home. “I help people resolve much happy as I am at peace … I accept life is both their problems and find happiness,” I said. misery and joy. I have equal amounts of happiness She looked puzzled. “Do people in Australia have so little to worry about they can choose to be and sorrow, and I enjoy them both.”

“I am scared that if I am not happy I will become permanently happy? Are they afraid of being sad?”

I said: “I guess people think feeling anything but depressed,” she said.

“But you feel depressed now,” I pointed out. happiness is wrong somehow.”

“Perhaps it is the denial of your other emotions Her reply: “Trying to be happy all the time is like trying to ride on the back of a fish – it’s impossible.” that makes you feel depressed, not the absence of happiness. It is OK to feel sad or angry; what isn’t I began to wonder if our idea of happiness was OK is if you deny that you do. correct. I watched and listened to the mantra of “Come on, tell me what makes you angry – let’s happiness in our society and started to understand the pressure we had placed on ourselves to achieve get you out of this emotional straitjacket.” n Read on at https://lifeology.blog 2515 an unachievable goal. Perhaps it is the last line of

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Please tell us a bit about yourself.

I am a Northern Illawarra native via Stanwell Tops, now living in Helensburgh.

Metallurgist by profession with a couple of stints in the corporate world, including overseas assignments in the US and China with a USmultinational in supply chain, product management and global pricing, before coming home to become the licencee of the Helensburgh Post Office a little over 13 years ago.

How long have you been an NICC member? Over 12 years.

What do you enjoy about being part of the chamber?

I have always had a keen interest in what other people do for a living and over my time as a small business owner I have developed the view that small businesses must work together, buy from each other and form business and social relationships, support each other and solve mutual or common problems. NICC provides the perfect forum for networking and developing those links.

What can NICC offer a local business?

Our main aim is to drive business to our membership. NICC is the ideal forum for local small business to connect to develop and expand

local commerce and industry.

We have an outstanding online presence and are active on social media to promote members.

We see NICC as the “voice of small business in the Northern Illawarra” and have valuable relationships with other community entities such as Council, Police, Destination Wollongong, RMS and local politicians.

Any recent achievements to report?

A major success was the relaunch of our new website [www.nicc.net.au]. It is outstanding and showcases our membership professionally.

NICC successfully worked with Wollongong City Council to have or website address included on public information signage at Bald Hill reserve.

NICC was a finalist in the 2016 Illawarra Business Awards and in the 2017 Australia Day Awards which we see as formal recognition of the excellent standing of our Chamber within the wider Wollongong business community.

One major focus that continues to be successful for us is our “Buy Local/Buy Chamber” initiative to brings business to our member businesses. n The AGM will be on August 1. Visit www. nicc.net.au or NICC’s Facebook page. 2515

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Dr Rip’s Science of the Surf The Mystery of Coalcliff, part 2, by Dr Rob Brander.

There is a fantastic video on YouTube called Coalcliff – Paradise Found by Noel Leeder, who was works manager of the Cokeworks back in the 1960s and a prominent Coalcliff resident (hence Leeder Park near the pool). It has amazing footage of Coalcliff Beach from the early 1960s, including this poorly stitched together screen grab above (by me). It’s hard to believe it’s the same beach we see today! Last month the mystery of Coalcliff was ‘Where have all the gravels and boulders come from?’ This month it’s ‘Where has all the sand gone?’

This picture and the movie footage shows a lovely, wide, flat, golden sandy beach with a low foredune and a bunch of shacks that no longer exist. There’s lots of sand, it’s nice and shallow, and conditions are perfect for bodysurfing and splashing around with kids. It looks almost like Coledale Beach and is dramatically different to what it looks like today. There’s no steep beachface, no gravels and no boulders in the shallows. So what happened?

Once again, I’m a bit stumped. It’s possible that a massive coastal storm occurred and large waves and currents eroded the sand from the beach and

What a stitch-up: Dr Rip has pieced together 1960s film footage of Coalcliff Beach.

dumped it far enough offshore that it either couldn’t return or was transported up or down the coast and out of the local system. There were some famous storms in 1974 that wreaked havoc all along the NSW coast. Were these the cause? Or was it a storm in the 1960s? Would a catastrophic storm strip away all of the sand, revealing gravels and boulders that were lying underneath? Probably not, if anything it would expose the underlying sandstone rock platform. Regardless, after a storm all beaches experience sand recovery and Coalcliff still has some sand so it didn’t all disappear, but the gravels and boulders certainly didn’t move from the seabed onto the beach. They must have come from somewhere else.

A reader contacted me after last month’s article with some fascinating information. A long-time local, he remembers a large flood in Stony Creek in the 1960s that carried gravels and boulders onto that lovely sandy beach and after that, the beach was never the same. I’d like to know more about the cause of that flood!

If it was related to a coastal storm, then it’s possible that the combination of storm erosion of the beach and the addition of gravels and boulders from the Creek flood would have immediately created a steeper beachface. This would have completely changed the wave and current dynamics along the beach that, along with the boulders, would have inhibited the return of sand to the beach. But I’m just guessing – please contact me if you have any more info or ideas! One thing about those boulders – they could be the key to returning Coalcliff to its natural state, but that’s a story for next month’s issue.

Help Dr Rip solve the Mystery of Coalcliff. Email info and pics to rbrander@unsw.edu.au. 2515

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Lifesaver set for GB titles!

Thirroul SLSC’s Jake Beaumont is heading to England to compete in the national surf lifesaving championships.

The club’s director of surf sports (and Jake’s dad), Troy Beaumont, reports.

Jake, one of several Thirroul lifesavers featured on the cover of 2515 in September 2016, will compete in the SLSGB (Surf Life Saving Great Britain) Youth National Championships on August 18 and 19 and the Open championships on August 26 and 27.

The Youth comp will be held in Holywell Bay, Cornwall; the Open will be held in Portreath, Cornwall.

Jake will compete in all events, including Ironman, board, ski and surf swim. His main event is the board race; he managed to get a silver medal at the World Surf Lifesaving Championship in The Netherlands last September.

Jake is hoping to make the finals in his age group, as well as in the Open events.

The trip all came about when Jake was talking to his grandfather (Gary, my father) about his desire to compete in England. My father also wants to travel to England but for a different reason: he is researching our family’s heritage. The timing worked out and the trip was booked.

Jake has been training over the past two months with the Thirroul SLSC Surf Sports Academy, which included attending a five-day training camp with nine other athletes in the first week of the July school holidays at Kiama. The camp was also part

Ready for the UK: Troy Beaumont.

Photo: April Boughton Photography

of the academy’s pre-season program.

The athletes stayed at Kiama Surf Life Saving Club. The week included two-hour squad sessions each day, followed by a gym session or a highintensity aerobic class. Then the athletes did a body balance class or yoga and stretch classes. All programs were done at the Kiama Leisure Centre.

The athletes then did a ski or board session in the afternoon.

Keep up to date with the team on Instagram @ thirroulslscsportsacademy. 2515

SELINA NEEDS A HOME!

Selina, a three-year-old kelpie, has already been trained to sit and stay. She is a lovely friendly girl, who loves hanging out with people and gets on well with other dogs. She walks really well on a lead and pays attention to commands. She will make a wonderful addition to anyone’s family, as she is so adaptable and so easy-going. Want to adopt or foster? Email Julie-ann on ccarpetrehoming@tpg.com.au or visit Helensburgh’s Country Companion Animal Rescue. 2515

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OFFICIAL GUIDE

AUGUST 25 – 27 2017

Thirroul Readers & Writers Festival thirroulreadersandwritersfestival.org

AT T H I R R O U L DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND L I B R A RY

All profits will be donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation

The festival is run in partnership with Wollongong City Libraries and we gratefully acknowledge their contribution

Artwork on cover (Yellow Vespa) and at top of this page (Thirroul Sandbar) by Donald Keys / www.donaldkeys.com.au / www.facebook.com/donald.keys

PROGRAM OF EVENTS

EXCELSIOR HALL, THIRROUL COMMUNITY CENTRE FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 7.30pm: Welcome to the Festival.

David Malouf will speak about the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

Sally Forth, a local a cappella group, will sing.

Jeff Apter will launch his new book, High Voltage: The Life of Angus Young, ACDC’s Last Man Standing.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 MORNING SESSION 10.15am – 11.15am: Michael Adams will introduce us to his prize-winning essay on freediving, Salt Blood.

11.30am – 1pm: Gideon Haigh (A Stroke of Genius - Victor Trumper and the Shot that Changed Cricket) will talk cricket with Jeremy Wilshire (Test of Character; Confessions of Cricket Legends).

AFTERNOON SESSION

12.15pm – 1pm: Simon Luckhurst will talk about his book, Charlie’s Wives.

2pm – 3.30pm: Panel: Writing As Activism with Simon Luckhurst, Denise Russell and Jane Lymer, chaired by Josie Castle.

THIRROUL LIBRARY FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 5pm: PJ and Pizza Party For children 8-12 years, siblings welcome.

Children will move around a series of stations in the library, as directed by library staff.

At each station, one of six different guests will offer book signings and a simple relevant activity.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 10.30am – 12.30pm: Book tasting: Thirroul librarians have selected some delectable morsels from our favourite novels for you to ‘taste’ (i.e. read a snippet).

BOOKING INFORMATION

1.45pm – 2.45pm: Caroline Baum in conversation with Catherine McKinnon about Catherine’s book, Storyland.

Online bookings for sessions in the Excelsior Hall are available through:

3pm – 3.45pm: Ashleigh Wilson, Kerrie Davies and Jeff Apter discuss their biographies on Brett Whiteley, Bertha Lawson and Angus Young with Tim Douglas. Tom Wilkie-Black will read poems by Henry Lawson.

thirroulreadersandwritersfestival.org Note: All library sessions are free but please register for the PJ and Pizza Party as numbers are limited. For more, visit www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/Pages/default.aspx

EVENING SESSION

COSTS FOR PAID EVENTS ARE:

6pm – 6.30pm: Canapes with the authors.

Full weekend: Friday – Sunday, including festival opening and Cabaret Gothique: $150 per person.

6.45pm: Judy Stubbs, the director of Eklektika, will give a short talk about madness and how it informs her music.

7.30pm: Cabaret Gothique – Edge of Madness, an inspiring performance combining literature with modern songs.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 11am – 12pm: Libby Gleeson will share some insights about what it takes to be a successful writer.

Friday night festival opening: $25 per person, includes a glass of wine and canapes.

Morning events: $40 per person.

Afternoon events: Saturday $40; Sunday $25 per person.

Full day: Saturday or Sunday $70 per person.

Student concession: Morning or afternoon events $15 per person.

MEET THE PRESENTERS Michael Adams Michael is a human geographer at the Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research at the University of Wollongong.

He also teaches at the Nan Tien Institute. While much of his writing has been within the framework of academic geography, he is strongly influenced by his first degree in English literature. He has published in Meanjin, The Guardian, and Australian Book Review.

Jeff Apter Wollongong resident Jeff Apter is the author of more than 20 books, including biographies of the Finn brothers, Johnny O’Keefe, the Bee Gees, and John Farnham. His latest book is High Voltage: The Life of Angus Young. Jeff has also co-written and/or ghostwritten memoirs by the musicians Kasey Chambers, Richard Clapton and AC/DC’s Mark Evans, the boxer-turned-soldier Paul Warren and cricketer Michael Slater. Jeff helped with the memoir Somebody That I Used to Know: Love, Loss and Jack Thompson by Bunkie King, which was the bestselling non-fiction title in Australia on its release in early 2015. Jeff was also the creative consultant for the 2015 live show, A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley, which was nominated for a Helpmann award.

Caroline Baum Caroline is a respected journalist and presenter. She has worked for the BBC, ABC, Time Life Books, Vogue magazine (UK and Australia), was the founding editor of Good Reading magazine and the Editorial Director of Booktopia. She has been a judge of the Stella Prize, the Ned Kelly and Kibble Awards.

She is in demand as a presenter at writers festivals across Australia and has interviewed many of the world’s top international authors. Her writing has been published in major national publications and online media. She is researching a biography for a DCA in Creative Writing at University of Wollongong and is the recipient of the Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2015. She lives on the South Coast of NSW. Her most recent book is Only – A Singular Memoir.

Josie Castle Josie is a retired University of Wollongong history academic with publications on women in nursing and factories and the history of UOW. Kerrie Davies Kerrie is a journalist and media academic at UNSW and the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, where she teaches multimedia journalism and social media. She has written for Collective magazine, Elle, Vogue Australia and The Weekend Australian Magazine, among others. She is completing her Doctor of Arts (Literary Journalism) at the University of Sydney and is co-author of the Colonial Australian Literary Journalism Database. The Wife’s Heart: The Untold Story of Bertha and Henry Lawson is her most recent book.

Tim Douglas Thirroul resident Tim is editor of Review. He was The Australian’s deputy arts editor from 2011 to 2013, and has worked as a reporter, features writer and editor on newspapers including The Scotsman, The Edinburgh Evening News, Scots national arts magazine The List, and the Illawarra Mercury.

Libby Gleeson Libby Gleeson AM has published more than 30 popular, highly acclaimed books for children and teenagers, been shortlisted for 13 CBCA Awards, and won three. Libby has been a teacher and lecturer and contributes regularly to national conferences. She won the 2011 Dromkeen Medal, awarded for contributions to children’s literature.

Gideon Haigh Gideon is a journalist from Melbourne, who has contributed to more than 100 newspapers and magazines, and written 32 books, most recently Stroke of Genius: Victor Trumper and the Shot That Changed Cricket (2016).

Simon Luckhurst Simon is a prolific and award-winning writer, researcher, journalist, filmmaker and playwright. He has had several plays produced on ABC Radio National and is the author of Eddie’s Country, described

by John Pilger as ‘one of the most important Australian books of his lifetime.’

Jane Lymer Jane is a feminist philosopher working as a Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong and an Academic Program Co-ordinator at the UOW College. She will be on the Sunday panel, Writing as Activism, discussing her book The Phenomenology of Gravidity: Reframing Pregnancy and the Maternal through Merleau-Ponty, Levinas and Derrida, which aims to support women’s reproductive freedom while simultaneously supporting the importance of the mother/foetus relationship.

David Malouf David is an awardwinning poet and novelist whose books include Johnno, Remembering Babylon and Every Move You Make. For David, “Reading brings the world to us. But reading can also open up a new world of people and events we have never imagined but which we can enter and become part of. This kind of reading takes us out of ourselves ... into other skins. Reading is a form of magic.”

Catherine McKinnon Catherine is an award-winning writer of novels, plays and short stories. Her play Tilt was selected for the 2010 National Playwriting Festival, and another of her plays, As I Lay Dreaming, won the Mitch Matthews Award in 2010. In 2015 she was co-winner of the Griffith Review Novella 111 Award. Her short stories, reviews and articles have appeared in Transnational Literature, Text Journal, RealTime and Narrative. Catherine teaches performance and creative writing at the University of Wollongong.

Her latest novel, Storyland, is published

by HarperCollins Australia.

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15

COAST NEWS

designed this guide for the 2017 Thirroul Readers and Writers Festival.

Denise Russell Denise was the director of the first two Thirroul Readers and Writers Festivals (and, thankfully for us, is still on the committee!) She is the author of two non-fiction books, Women, Madness and Medicine and Who Rules the Waves: Piracy, Overfishing and Mining the Oceans, as well as many articles in philosophy journals and one short story about her cat, Tom. She also runs a website on alternatives to animal experimentation.

Judy Stubbs Dr Stubbs is a composer, classically trained singer and teacher, and an expert in research, consultation, planning and development of innovative affordable housing solutions in diverse housing markets. The first performance of her first full orchestral piece, Fenguiang (The Phoenix Suite), was given by the Steel City Strings in June. She is the musical director of the Eklektika Choir that will perform Cabaret Gothique on Saturday.

Jeremy Wilshire Jeremy completed a cadetship with News Limited and was a sports journalist and features writer for newspapers, agencies and magazines, before forging a career in sports marketing, public relations and events. His first book, One of Those Days, about a single day in the career of Australian sporting heroes, was published in 2002. His latest book is: Test of Character; Confessions of Cricketing Legends.

Ashleigh Wilson Ashleigh has been a journalist for almost two decades. He began his career at The Australian in Sydney before spending several years in Brisbane. He moved north in 2004 to become the paper’s Darwin correspondent, during which time he won a Walkley Award for reports on unethical behaviour in the Aboriginal art industry. He has been the paper’s arts editor since 2011. His first book is Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing.

CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHORS Dianne Ellis Over the past 10 years, Dianne has written many children’s picture books and chapter books, with two published: Rusty Rumble and his Smelly Socks and Rusty Rumble’s Day at the Beach.

Sue Whiting Sue is an author and editor who lives and works in a small coastal village in the Northern Illawarra. Sue has written numerous books in a variety of genres: fiction and non-fiction, picture books through to YA, including the best-selling The Firefighters, and the award-winning A Swim in the Sea. Her latest book, Platypus, illustrated by Mark Jackson, was a 2016 CBCA Notable Book. Her new middle grade novel, Missing, will be released next year. Sue loves sharing her passion for stories and storytelling, reading and writing with people of all ages.

Gabrielle Jones Gabrielle ‘Journey MC’ Jones will bring drum beats and rhymes to a storytime circle in which everyone will get to add their own words and create a rap story together!

Journey MC has been using poetry and drumming to talk about social issues for more than 20 years. She is a social worker, spoken word performer and percussionist who believes we all have rhythm inside us and important stories to share.

Pat Grant Pat is a cartoonist, writer and a designer based in Austinmer.

His graphic novels have been published all over the world and translated into French and Italian. He teaches in the design and animation school at UTS. Sean Williams Sean, the author of new release My Nanna Nelly Will Tour the Illawarra Tomorra, is a keen outdoor enthusiast with a love

for his local surroundings. His work is a celebration of the setting’s scenery, history and natural beauty, and his individual style of rhyme gives the adventures of lovable character Nanna Nelly and her narrating granddaughter a secretive and wonderfully immersive sense of exploration. “Illawarra Tomorra is one story in a four-part series. Nanna Nelly has a lot more adventuring to do in Australia and all around the world,” Sean says.

Jo Oliver Jo’s first book Pilgrim, released in 2008, was commended as a Notable Book by The Children’s Book Council of Australia and Jo was shortlisted for their Crichton Award for new illustrators in 2009.

Pilgrim is about a boy’s first journey out to sea on their boat with his dad and together they share the power and beauty of the natural environment.

Jo’s latest book, The Light, (released in March 2013), is about a family living at Montague Island Lighthouse in the early 1900s and how music draws them together and the lighthouse becomes a safe haven for others.

Lisa Thompson Dragon & Bat is a set of illustrated chapter books that follows the humorous adventures of Dragon and Bat. The books have full colour illustrations, chapters and glossary. Each book has guided reading discussion points and narrative notes to help enrich and extend the understanding and reading of each book, making them perfect reading.

Sean Farrar Sean’s journey to first-time published children’s book author has taken a mere 45 years, collecting plenty of life experience through international travel, parenting, varied work experience and study along the way. Sean has written and produced real stories and profiles for programs, such as ABC Radio National, The Sports Factor and Racing and Sports Australia.

He also writes about horse racing on a weekly basis.

The Thirroul Readers & Writers Festival gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support of Caroline Baum, 2515 Coast News and the Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival (a project of the Austinmer/Thirroul Lions Club).

OFFICIAL GUIDE

AUGUST 25 – 27 2017

Thirroul Readers & Writers Festival thirroulreadersandwritersfestival.org

AT T H I R R O U L DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND L I B R A RY

All profits will be donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation

The festival is run in partnership with Wollongong City Libraries and we gratefully acknowledge their contribution

Artwork on cover (Yellow Vespa) and at top of this page (Thirroul Sandbar) by Donald Keys / www.donaldkeys.com.au / www.facebook.com/donald.keys

PROGRAM OF EVENTS

EXCELSIOR HALL, THIRROUL COMMUNITY CENTRE FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 7.30pm: Welcome to the Festival.

David Malouf will speak about the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

Sally Forth, a local a cappella group, will sing.

Jeff Apter will launch his new book, High Voltage: The Life of Angus Young, ACDC’s Last Man Standing.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 MORNING SESSION 10.15am – 11.15am: Michael Adams will introduce us to his prize-winning essay on freediving, Salt Blood.

11.30am – 1pm: Gideon Haigh (A Stroke of Genius - Victor Trumper and the Shot that Changed Cricket) will talk cricket with Jeremy Wilshire (Test of Character; Confessions of Cricket Legends).

AFTERNOON SESSION

12.15pm – 1pm: Simon Luckhurst will talk about his book, Charlie’s Wives.

2pm – 3.30pm: Panel: Writing As Activism with Simon Luckhurst, Denise Russell and Jane Lymer, chaired by Josie Castle.

THIRROUL LIBRARY FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 5pm: PJ and Pizza Party For children 8-12 years, siblings welcome.

Children will move around a series of stations in the library, as directed by library staff.

At each station, one of six different guests will offer book signings and a simple relevant activity.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 10.30am – 12.30pm: Book tasting: Thirroul librarians have selected some delectable morsels from our favourite novels for you to ‘taste’ (i.e. read a snippet).

BOOKING INFORMATION

1.45pm – 2.45pm: Caroline Baum in conversation with Catherine McKinnon about Catherine’s book, Storyland.

Online bookings for sessions in the Excelsior Hall are available through:

3pm – 3.45pm: Ashleigh Wilson, Kerrie Davies and Jeff Apter discuss their biographies on Brett Whiteley, Bertha Lawson and Angus Young with Tim Douglas. Tom Wilkie-Black will read poems by Henry Lawson.

thirroulreadersandwritersfestival.org Note: All library sessions are free but please register for the PJ and Pizza Party as numbers are limited. For more, visit www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/Pages/default.aspx

EVENING SESSION

COSTS FOR PAID EVENTS ARE:

6pm – 6.30pm: Canapes with the authors.

Full weekend: Friday – Sunday, including festival opening and Cabaret Gothique: $150 per person.

6.45pm: Judy Stubbs, the director of Eklektika, will give a short talk about madness and how it informs her music.

7.30pm: Cabaret Gothique – Edge of Madness, an inspiring performance combining literature with modern songs.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 11am – 12pm: Libby Gleeson will share some insights about what it takes to be a successful writer.

Friday night festival opening: $25 per person, includes a glass of wine and canapes.

Morning events: $40 per person.

Afternoon events: Saturday $40; Sunday $25 per person.

Full day: Saturday or Sunday $70 per person.

Student concession: Morning or afternoon events $15 per person.

MEET THE PRESENTERS Michael Adams Michael is a human geographer at the Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research at the University of Wollongong.

He also teaches at the Nan Tien Institute. While much of his writing has been within the framework of academic geography, he is strongly influenced by his first degree in English literature. He has published in Meanjin, The Guardian, and Australian Book Review.

Jeff Apter Wollongong resident Jeff Apter is the author of more than 20 books, including biographies of the Finn brothers, Johnny O’Keefe, the Bee Gees, and John Farnham. His latest book is High Voltage: The Life of Angus Young. Jeff has also co-written and/or ghostwritten memoirs by the musicians Kasey Chambers, Richard Clapton and AC/DC’s Mark Evans, the boxer-turned-soldier Paul Warren and cricketer Michael Slater. Jeff helped with the memoir Somebody That I Used to Know: Love, Loss and Jack Thompson by Bunkie King, which was the bestselling non-fiction title in Australia on its release in early 2015. Jeff was also the creative consultant for the 2015 live show, A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley, which was nominated for a Helpmann award.

Caroline Baum Caroline is a respected journalist and presenter. She has worked for the BBC, ABC, Time Life Books, Vogue magazine (UK and Australia), was the founding editor of Good Reading magazine and the Editorial Director of Booktopia. She has been a judge of the Stella Prize, the Ned Kelly and Kibble Awards.

She is in demand as a presenter at writers festivals across Australia and has interviewed many of the world’s top international authors. Her writing has been published in major national publications and online media. She is researching a biography for a DCA in Creative Writing at University of Wollongong and is the recipient of the Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2015. She lives on the South Coast of NSW. Her most recent book is Only – A Singular Memoir.

Josie Castle Josie is a retired University of Wollongong history academic with publications on women in nursing and factories and the history of UOW. Kerrie Davies Kerrie is a journalist and media academic at UNSW and the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, where she teaches multimedia journalism and social media. She has written for Collective magazine, Elle, Vogue Australia and The Weekend Australian Magazine, among others. She is completing her Doctor of Arts (Literary Journalism) at the University of Sydney and is co-author of the Colonial Australian Literary Journalism Database. The Wife’s Heart: The Untold Story of Bertha and Henry Lawson is her most recent book.

Tim Douglas Thirroul resident Tim is editor of Review. He was The Australian’s deputy arts editor from 2011 to 2013, and has worked as a reporter, features writer and editor on newspapers including The Scotsman, The Edinburgh Evening News, Scots national arts magazine The List, and the Illawarra Mercury.

Libby Gleeson Libby Gleeson AM has published more than 30 popular, highly acclaimed books for children and teenagers, been shortlisted for 13 CBCA Awards, and won three. Libby has been a teacher and lecturer and contributes regularly to national conferences. She won the 2011 Dromkeen Medal, awarded for contributions to children’s literature.

Gideon Haigh Gideon is a journalist from Melbourne, who has contributed to more than 100 newspapers and magazines, and written 32 books, most recently Stroke of Genius: Victor Trumper and the Shot That Changed Cricket (2016).

Simon Luckhurst Simon is a prolific and award-winning writer, researcher, journalist, filmmaker and playwright. He has had several plays produced on ABC Radio National and is the author of Eddie’s Country, described

by John Pilger as ‘one of the most important Australian books of his lifetime.’

Jane Lymer Jane is a feminist philosopher working as a Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong and an Academic Program Co-ordinator at the UOW College. She will be on the Sunday panel, Writing as Activism, discussing her book The Phenomenology of Gravidity: Reframing Pregnancy and the Maternal through Merleau-Ponty, Levinas and Derrida, which aims to support women’s reproductive freedom while simultaneously supporting the importance of the mother/foetus relationship.

David Malouf David is an awardwinning poet and novelist whose books include Johnno, Remembering Babylon and Every Move You Make. For David, “Reading brings the world to us. But reading can also open up a new world of people and events we have never imagined but which we can enter and become part of. This kind of reading takes us out of ourselves ... into other skins. Reading is a form of magic.”

Catherine McKinnon Catherine is an award-winning writer of novels, plays and short stories. Her play Tilt was selected for the 2010 National Playwriting Festival, and another of her plays, As I Lay Dreaming, won the Mitch Matthews Award in 2010. In 2015 she was co-winner of the Griffith Review Novella 111 Award. Her short stories, reviews and articles have appeared in Transnational Literature, Text Journal, RealTime and Narrative. Catherine teaches performance and creative writing at the University of Wollongong.

Her latest novel, Storyland, is published

by HarperCollins Australia.

2

15

COAST NEWS

designed this guide for the 2017 Thirroul Readers and Writers Festival.

Denise Russell Denise was the director of the first two Thirroul Readers and Writers Festivals (and, thankfully for us, is still on the committee!) She is the author of two non-fiction books, Women, Madness and Medicine and Who Rules the Waves: Piracy, Overfishing and Mining the Oceans, as well as many articles in philosophy journals and one short story about her cat, Tom. She also runs a website on alternatives to animal experimentation.

Judy Stubbs Dr Stubbs is a composer, classically trained singer and teacher, and an expert in research, consultation, planning and development of innovative affordable housing solutions in diverse housing markets. The first performance of her first full orchestral piece, Fenguiang (The Phoenix Suite), was given by the Steel City Strings in June. She is the musical director of the Eklektika Choir that will perform Cabaret Gothique on Saturday.

Jeremy Wilshire Jeremy completed a cadetship with News Limited and was a sports journalist and features writer for newspapers, agencies and magazines, before forging a career in sports marketing, public relations and events. His first book, One of Those Days, about a single day in the career of Australian sporting heroes, was published in 2002. His latest book is: Test of Character; Confessions of Cricketing Legends.

Ashleigh Wilson Ashleigh has been a journalist for almost two decades. He began his career at The Australian in Sydney before spending several years in Brisbane. He moved north in 2004 to become the paper’s Darwin correspondent, during which time he won a Walkley Award for reports on unethical behaviour in the Aboriginal art industry. He has been the paper’s arts editor since 2011. His first book is Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing.

CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHORS Dianne Ellis Over the past 10 years, Dianne has written many children’s picture books and chapter books, with two published: Rusty Rumble and his Smelly Socks and Rusty Rumble’s Day at the Beach.

Sue Whiting Sue is an author and editor who lives and works in a small coastal village in the Northern Illawarra. Sue has written numerous books in a variety of genres: fiction and non-fiction, picture books through to YA, including the best-selling The Firefighters, and the award-winning A Swim in the Sea. Her latest book, Platypus, illustrated by Mark Jackson, was a 2016 CBCA Notable Book. Her new middle grade novel, Missing, will be released next year. Sue loves sharing her passion for stories and storytelling, reading and writing with people of all ages.

Gabrielle Jones Gabrielle ‘Journey MC’ Jones will bring drum beats and rhymes to a storytime circle in which everyone will get to add their own words and create a rap story together!

Journey MC has been using poetry and drumming to talk about social issues for more than 20 years. She is a social worker, spoken word performer and percussionist who believes we all have rhythm inside us and important stories to share.

Pat Grant Pat is a cartoonist, writer and a designer based in Austinmer.

His graphic novels have been published all over the world and translated into French and Italian. He teaches in the design and animation school at UTS. Sean Williams Sean, the author of new release My Nanna Nelly Will Tour the Illawarra Tomorra, is a keen outdoor enthusiast with a love

for his local surroundings. His work is a celebration of the setting’s scenery, history and natural beauty, and his individual style of rhyme gives the adventures of lovable character Nanna Nelly and her narrating granddaughter a secretive and wonderfully immersive sense of exploration. “Illawarra Tomorra is one story in a four-part series. Nanna Nelly has a lot more adventuring to do in Australia and all around the world,” Sean says.

Jo Oliver Jo’s first book Pilgrim, released in 2008, was commended as a Notable Book by The Children’s Book Council of Australia and Jo was shortlisted for their Crichton Award for new illustrators in 2009.

Pilgrim is about a boy’s first journey out to sea on their boat with his dad and together they share the power and beauty of the natural environment.

Jo’s latest book, The Light, (released in March 2013), is about a family living at Montague Island Lighthouse in the early 1900s and how music draws them together and the lighthouse becomes a safe haven for others.

Lisa Thompson Dragon & Bat is a set of illustrated chapter books that follows the humorous adventures of Dragon and Bat. The books have full colour illustrations, chapters and glossary. Each book has guided reading discussion points and narrative notes to help enrich and extend the understanding and reading of each book, making them perfect reading.

Sean Farrar Sean’s journey to first-time published children’s book author has taken a mere 45 years, collecting plenty of life experience through international travel, parenting, varied work experience and study along the way. Sean has written and produced real stories and profiles for programs, such as ABC Radio National, The Sports Factor and Racing and Sports Australia.

He also writes about horse racing on a weekly basis.

The Thirroul Readers & Writers Festival gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support of Caroline Baum, 2515 Coast News and the Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival (a project of the Austinmer/Thirroul Lions Club).