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Meet Our Contributors Janice Creenaune is a retired English teacher, 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.

Janice is a volunteer for PKD Australia and her interests include travel, Letters-to-the Editor SMH, letterpress printing and film study.

Duncan Leadbitter is a director of fisheries and natural resource consulting company, Fish Matter, which advises industry, government and NGOs on the sustainable use of fish. Most of Duncan’s work is in based in Asia. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of Wollongong. A keen scuba diver, snorkeller, spearfisherman and photographer, Duncan has lived in Stanwell Park for 20 years.

Brian Kelly first stepped into the Illawarra Mercury office as the new kid from Thirroul nearly 40 years ago and is still managing (just) to hold on tight to a career he is grateful has dragged him to the UK (10 years), then Perth and Melbourne before a return to the district in 2008.

He deems it a pleasure to get back into the grassroots stories of the northern suburbs and surrounds, dipping a literal toe in the waters of sea pools and a metaphoric one into local theatre or playing bass in a rock band when possible.

Dr Michael Hanson has a special interest in men’s health and a strong background in the treatment and prevention of skin cancer. Michael moved to the northern Illawarra in 2015 and began working at Bulli Medical Practice.

He is married with three children and enjoys bush walking and travelling.

Ben Wollen is the director of Wollen Architecture, an architecture studio with a focus on sustainable design.

“Only build what you need to” is one of his driving mantras. He feels deeply his accountability, as an architect and environmental scientist, to work towards a sustainable future. When he’s not working, Ben’s enjoying the natural wonders of the Illawarra escarpment with his wife and kids.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The publishers acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their cultural and spiritual connection to this land. Their stories are written in the land and hold great significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, from the mountains to the sea.

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Like a Fight Club

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Janice Creenaune chats to Jeramy Pope and Gideon Rogers, enthusiastic members of the Austinmer chapter of the Tough Guy Book Club.

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Standing: Jeramy Pope (left) and Simon Abbott.

Seated: Gideon Rogers (left) and Tim Jones.

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There are only two rules within the Tough Guy Book Club charter: there is to be no talk about work, and respect is essential for others and the opinions they offer… always.

“We read books. That is our central focus,” Jeramy Pope says. “The big rule is we don’t talk about work because we consider each other as more than just our jobs. It doesn’t really tell us much about any person, it just limits the conversation to the surface-level.

“It is also important that when discussing our featured books there is no judgement on each other. Respect is essential for views and opinions.

We do, however, veer off course into hobbies and personal interests.”

The common interest for the Tough Guy Book Club is definitely books.

“I have read more books in the last year than I have in my entire lifetime,” Gideon Rogers says.

“Sharing and talking is confronting in book clubs, but I am surprised at the joy and elation from reading and discussion of books in our group.

“It is always fiction.

“Fiction tells a story and it can tell the truth even better than ‘truth’ in a documentary-style piece.”

“The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien,” Jeramy says, “encompasses Vietnam war stories, but this fiction work depicts it far better than any historical piece could ever do.

“Fiction gives the opportunity to offer the periphery of the story rather than just the story.

The group reads books by tough guys, rather than as tough guys and is loosely guided by a central theme of masculinity. Even this is broadening within the club. Ernest Hemingway, John le Carre, Tim Winton, James Baldwin, John Steinbeck, Ray Bradbury, Zadie Smith, Ahmed Saadawi, William Faulkner and Jennifer Egan are just a few of the authors featured in the Tough Guy Book Club collection.

Both Gideon and Jeramy recognise that each book will not be embraced by all readers, but often it is the ‘texture’ of the book, the themes and the thoughtful discussion that is important.

“White Teeth by Zadie Smith and Neuromancer

by William Gibson, immediately come to mind, too, where perspectives changed personally and within the group,” Jeramy says.

“It is also very nice not to have to choose a book.

It is offered to us for a reading,” he says.

Their enthusiasm for reading is palpable.

About 12 men attend the Tough Guy Book Club meetings, held at Headlands Austinmer on the first Wednesday of the month. The pub gatherings provide a safe place for discussion and trust is imperative.

“We find connections between and within each other and the texts,” Jeramy says. “We are a group of men, of all ages, feeling comfortable in our discussion of books. We essentially find common ground and, though we start with a number of starter questions, it is a huge release to discuss and find common ground together.”

The gentlemen agree on one thing. “It is completely respectful in manner and thoughtful in response,” Gideon says. “It is about acceptance and inclusion in discussion, but we can gently challenge each other too.

“We are dealing with opinions on a fiction book, and disagreement is just another perspective. It is the fiction which is important.”

Both men are quick to point out that the club’s aim is not to provide a mental health solution, it is rather about making connections in the community thanks to a shared personal relationship with books.

Jeramy was initially a member of a Sydney chapter of the Tough Guy Book Club, and he and Dan Mowbray brought the idea to the Illawarra.

There are about 500 members in the Tough Guy June

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Book Club network, with an impressive 41 chapters in Australia and three overseas. A Melbourne chapter chooses books each month. Books are borrowed, some are bought, some utilise audio readings and some venture further on various authors or themes.

“Like a Fight Club for your mind, a book club for the thinking tough guy” reads the website.

“The Tough Guy Book Club has been going for over five years now and is growing all the time both here in Australia and overseas,” Jeramy says.

“There is no cost involved to attend and no compulsion to buy the books. Some read the book, some half, some not at all.”

Spend even a short amount of time with Jeramy and Gideon and their positivity and enthusiasm for books will rub off on you.

Every Tough Guy Book Club Chapter meets on the first Wednesday of every month.

The local chapter meets at Headlands Austinmer Beach Hotel. New members are always welcome – go along to meet these generous, enthusiastic and increasingly well-read gentlemen. 2515 Visit the website toughguybookclub.com and follow @ToughGuyBookClub on Facebook.

MY FAVOURITE BOOK CLUB BOOK

Tim Jones

Simon Abbott

Gideon Rogers

Jeramy Pope

Breath by Tim Winton.

“I love Tim Winton’s style of writing because I can relate to it.”

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck.

“A beautiful story about a time and place and the characters found there. Made me appreciate the brilliance of Steinbeck and that sometimes the beauty is not so much in the story but in the words used to describe it.”

Breath by Tim Winton.

“Because of how relatable the story was.”

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien.

“It used the lie of fiction to create the devastating truth of what life was like for young soldiers in the Vietnam war.

It has stuck in my mind more than any other book I’ve recently read.”

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Queerstories at Thirroul The national LGBTQI+ storytelling project curated by Maeve Marsden is coming to our local library on June 4. Brian Kelly reports

He’s no first-timer, but Alex Groombridge fully expects to be nervous, and when it’s over, chances are he’ll feel elated.

Speaking frankly about matters relating to sexuality cannot be easy, but the Illawarra music teacher has every reason to be confident when he fronts the microphone as one of six speakers at Queerstories on June 4 at Thirroul library.

“I was pretty heavily involved in a piece of verbatim theatre a few years earlier, which means I’ve shared stories with an audience before,” he said.

“It was a really beautiful experience, so I really leapt at the opportunity to do something similar.”

Queerstories is a national LGBTQI+ storytelling project curated by Maeve Marsden and features a book and award-winning podcast alongside the live events.

Maeve said she was aware that the Illawarra LGBTQI+ community was clearly thriving.

“I know quite a few queer people now who’ve made the move from Sydney to the Illawarra looking for a better quality of life,” she said.

“I was lucky to be part of Wollongong Writers Festival in 2019, where there was a great queer presence.

“This is the third Queerstories in the Illawarra and the events always have a wonderful vibe with brilliant local storytellers.”

Without giving too much away, Alex said his story covered an unlikely friendship that had spanned several years. He said it revealed how you could mean so much to many without realising it.

“I feel like there’s certainly people who will relate

to parts of my story and probably get a little choked up,” he said.

“I have a few friends speaking, too, and can’t wait to hear what they have to say.”

The 28-year-old feels Australian society has taken several small steps towards more respectful attitudes towards LGBTQI+ community, “but we still have so far to go”.

“I think Mark Latham’s education legislation amendment bill is not something we should be ignoring as it could cause a lot of harm to LGBTQI+ young people,” he said.

Maeve feels that for gay and lesbian cisgender people the end of the same-sex marriage debate meant less discussion of the community’s rights, which has led to a reduction in public vitriol.

“But for trans members of the community, there has been an ongoing public debate about their rights that has been incredibly damaging, and I worry that with marriage ‘achieved’, cis LGB people haven’t maintained the necessary focus on reform and change required to support trans folk,” she said.

In the meantime, there is Queerstories, and the opportunities it brings to advocate, attest and uplift.

“A lot of the storytellers at Queerstories aren’t professional writers or performers so it can be a nerve-wracking experience,” says Maeve. “But it’s ultimately a positive one as the audience is so supportive.” 2515 Queerstories is at Thirroul library, June 4, 6-8pm.

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Queerstories’ Alex Groombridge and curator Maeve Marsden. Photos: Mick Goddard / MickG Photography and Patrick Boland

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Booderee National Park is a stronghold of these amazing birds of prey.

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Backyard Zoology With Amanda De George

I’ve been craving a half-decent White-Bellied Sea Eagle sighting for a while now. And considering our wedding anniversary was fast approaching, I decided to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, and book a little mini break down at Jervis Bay with the husband.

We have White-Bellied Sea Eagles locally. You might have seen them flying up to the escarpment, a freshly caught fish (or sea snake, octopus or very occasionally a penguin) between their talons, a line of noisy crows following them. That is pretty much the extent of my luck here; a brief sighting as they fly past or soar over the ocean. However, Booderee National Park is a stronghold of these amazing birds of prey, so much so that they are classed as the guardians of the Indigenous people living in Wreck Bay and are also the emblem for the park itself. Given that we could stop off at Silos Estate for a spot of wine-tasting on the way down, my lack of Sea Eagle sightings was a problem that I could not only easily solve, but the solution could turn out to be pretty damn tasty too!

I usually spot the WBSE pretty much as soon as we get into Huskisson, but to increase our chances we decided to make our way to Murray’s Beach in the National Park itself. The first bird we saw swooped in after circling high over the ocean and headed for a tree off in the distance. Now, if you’ve never seen one of these birds in the wild, it has to be said they are huge with a wing span of up to

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2.2 metres and are Australia’s second largest bird of prey after the Wedge-Tailed Eagle.

Matt and I looked at each other, then back to the newly landed bird, then back at each other and, before a thought had even formed in my mind, my husband was making his way down and starting the long, soft-sand walk. It was starting to spit with rain, a break after we had battled torrential downpours. I quickly followed after him.

We had no sooner travelled maybe a quarter of the way towards the bird than it took to the air again and we watched as it swept past us, around the corner and out of sight. We haven’t had a moment like this for a while, a real chase, and there was no way we were going to give up and head back to the car. And so we turned and walked VERY briskly towards the rock shelf to gain a better view.

By the time I caught up to my husband he was already pointing excitedly at not one, but two beautiful eagles sitting in a nearby tree! WBSEs pair up permanently and they maintain their territory year round so it was kind of lovely to see these two together with the one I’ve chosen to pair up permanently with by my side. It’s breeding season right now (May-October) so love was definitely in the air, but as much as I love my husband, he better not get any ideas. My nesting days are most certainly over! 2515 Visit www.backyardzoology.com

Soul Laid Bare

Austi muso Margaret Anne tells it like it is on her debut album. 2515 reports.

Austinmer singer-songwriter Margaret Anne King – who pub goers will know from 70s and 80s covers band Firefly – is set to showcase her first solo effort at Thirroul’s Beaches Hotel on June 19.

Soul Laid Bare is the debut album by Margaret Anne and the Rock It Man (aka the multiinstrumentalist, producer and Mythbusters screenwriter Doug Weaver).

“He is amazing, he is a musical genius,” Margaret Anne says. “We do have a bit of an Americana vibe, but on the album we have a real mix. Some songs have a bit of a country beat, then it ramps right up into some rocky, funky sounds.”

The album’s first single, Don’t Look Back, marked a turning point in Margaret Anne’s life.

After 20 years of marriage, she split up with her husband. “Three months after that, I went up to Tamworth to a songwriters retreat and I wrote a song with Shane Nicholson. Don’t Look Back has a really cool video, filmed on Sea Cliff Bridge.

“My daughter actually did the filming, she’s very talented. We had some real laughs.”

The clip opens with sunrise shots of Margaret Anne driving a Mazda sports car, then mixes footage of her sea kayaking, cycling past Headlands and barefoot on the rock platform with poignant scenes from her Austinmer childhood.

“I played classical piano as a child. My mother was a pianist and my dad was a singer. He was born in Austinmer; my grandfather owned Thirroul service station in the 1920s.”

The album includes a duet, The Ones You Love, co-written and sung with 13-time Golden Guitar winner Luke O’Shea. White Haze was written for US skier Dan Egan; The Tree was inspired by a stay at a historic monastery-turned-hotel in Utrecht.

Most of the lyrics draw on Margaret Anne’s travels and experiences, especially the past three

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years, which have been “a roller-coaster ride”.

She joined her daughter, Tenaya, on a gap year in the US, writing the song Soul Laid Bare on the road, and later using photos from this trip as album artwork. “We got a two-woman tent and an esky – we did three months, 14,000km, we went to all the national and state parks all along the west coast.”

Low times have included a run-in with the law (even that proved inspirational; listen out for Prison Day). The album’s final song is an emotional ballad called My Mumma, dedicated to her late mother. “My brother is a really beautiful guitarist.

It’s an acoustic, just two of us.”

The album launch at Beaches on June 19 stars Margaret Anne and the Rock It Man (7.308.30pm), then Firefly from 8.45pm (70s, 80s dance gig with Margaret King, Will Tibben, Andrew Jackson, Cohen Brown and Paul Williamson, plus guests Doug Weaver and Mark Allen). 2515 Follow @margaretannesmusic on Facebook and Instagram, visit www.margaretannesmusic.com

Fight to keep wall safe

Members of Thirroul Village Committee argued against development at The Gables. They lost the battle to retain the house but had a small win with its sandstone boundary wall, writes Annette Jones.

The developers of 342-344 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul (otherwise known as The Gables) recently requested an amendment to the condition imposed by an earlier Wollongong Local Planning Panel (WLPP) relating to the historic dry sandstone boundary wall.

The Structural Engineers expressed concerns about retention of the wall during the construction phase due to safety issues and noted that substantial portions of the wall would need to be removed in order to install two openings in the wall for access to the proposed units. They recommended that the wall be carefully removed ensuring that no damage occurs to the blocks and that construction of the wall be recorded.

Revisiting the conditions of approval pertaining to the wall, the WLPP on 11 May determined that the modification to the development application be approved subject to a number of conditions.

The modified condition (6a) states that the existing dry sandstone wall shall be retained in-situ where possible in its original height and form; and that parts of the wall may be dismantled and reconstructed, as needed and be rebuilt or made good to match its original height and form, utilising the original blocks or like for like in matching sandstone where required.

Understandably like for like would be difficult to achieve given the age of the blocks so retention is the best solution.

Pleasingly, the latest WLPP added a new condition that should the blocks have to be

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temporarily removed due to construction requirements that they be retained and securely stored on site. This is an important condition as both the Heritage Section of Council and locals want to ensure that the 394 sandstone blocks are retained and handled in a safe manner during the dismantling and construction phases.

The latest WLPP went further than the previous adding additional requirements including that the location of the dry-stone wall be surveyed prior to any works to establish the location of that wall relative to the boundaries; and that a survey report from a Registered Surveyor be conducted prior to reconstruction and at completion.

The community argued against this development, but unfortunately lost the battle to retain The Gables. We had a small win with retention of the dry sandstone boundary wall which made the effort worthwhile. By acknowledging the sandstone wall and its importance, not only has a piece of local history been retained, but so too the streetscape. It also shows that concerted community action can make a difference.

If you love living in Thirroul and want to help maintain its village atmosphere come and join the Thirroul Village Committee (TVC). Face-to-face meetings have now recommenced after a lengthy hiatus due to Covid-19 restrictions. 2515 Check the website for meeting dates: www.thirroulvillage.com

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Mandy Nolan and Dr George Catsi will present a class for creatives who want to become better public speakers on June 12 and 13. Photo supplied

What’s on this Winter

By Dr Sarah Nicholson, director of the South Coast Writers Centre at Coledale

Coledale Community Hall is abuzz this month with visits from brilliant out-of-towners who will warm up our wintry weekends: from stand-up comics Mandy Nolan and George Catsi, to novelist Linda Jaivin and political cartoonist Fiona Katauskas.

Our first visitors, on the afternoon of Sunday, 6 June, are Linda Jaivin, a novelist and an expert in Chinese politics, language and culture, and political cartoonist, and producer of Talking Pictures on ABCTV’s The Insiders, Fiona Katauskas. They will be in conversation about Linda’s new book The Shortest History of China.

The Shortest History of China is a pacy history that covers the ways that China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics and philosophy across the world for thousands of years: from kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk. Chinese history is sprawling and gloriously messy. It is full of heroes who are also villains, prosperous ages and violent rebellions, cultural vibrancy and censorious impulses, rebels, loyalists, dissidents and wits. Linda distils a vast history into a short, readable account that tells you what you need to know, from China’s philosophical origins to its political system, to the COVID-19 pandemic and where the PRC is likely to lead the world.

The weekend of Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, 13 is jam packed. During the day Mandy Nolan and Dr George Catsi will present an intensive two-day

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masterclass for creatives who want to become more powerful and engaging public speakers. And during the evening, South Coast Writers Centre presents George’s comedic memoir stage show, Am I Who I Say I Am? Mandy and George are multi-talented powerhouses. Mandy is a comedian, writer, comedy teacher, columnist, mother of five, and now Greens Candidate for the Federal seat of Richmond. SMH writer Bruce Elder described her as “Australia’s wittiest comedic columnist”.

George is a creative producer, performer and social entrepreneur, an AWGIE winner and a lecturer at UTS in Design Thinking, Performance and Communications . Together they will teach performance techniques to create rapport and real audience connection.

On the evening of Saturday, 12 June, George will immerse you in his tales of multiple names, a wayward father and how hopeless a Greek he is, in Am I Who I Saw I Am? The show is a ripping yarn centred around his father journeying from Crete to Cairo to Detroit to Sydney. The result is a funny, lively and heartfelt evening of stories that, has delighted audiences at the Sydney Comedy and Sydney Greek festivals. 2515 For more info and bookings, visit southcoastwriters.org

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Cosy reading time

By the team at Collins Booksellers Thirroul We can look forward to some cosy reading time this June with a bumper month for new titles in the bookstore. Topping our list is Animal, the longawaited novel from Lisa Taddeo. Other must reads are from Bri Lee, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Alice Pung, Matthew Evans and Campbell Mattinson.

We’re looking after book-lovers of all genres, and our children’s section is constantly growing.

To celebrate World Ocean Day on 8th June, we recommend the beautiful, large-format illustrated book from Helene Druvert, Ocean – a beautiful addition to family home libraries.

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‘Help in paradise’

The Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens is in need of fresh volunteers, writes Brian Kelly.

While the burgeoning red, pink and purple blooms of spring are still a few months away, the work never seems to end at Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens.

And don’t site managers David and Pat Stanton know it.

On a picture-perfect late autumn morning, lawns pristine, lake glistening in the dappled sunlight that Pat says rhododendrons enjoy most, it’s easy to see why more than 50 couples are enticed to get hitched here every year.

There is zero sound from the nearby freeway, a Thermos and well-worn gloves on a picnic table before us – and a trailer-load of mulch that needs shifting off a driveway.

“My father had big eyes,” says David with a smile, referring to the vision of Don Stanton, a rhododendron enthusiast who started the gardens more than half a century ago. The resulting horticultural sprawl over 13 hectares at Mt Pleasant is one of the Illawarra’s most brilliant and, in some ways, unsung gems.

David and Pat know every blade of grass and rock on the premises, and while they have no plans to hang up the trowels just yet, they could always do with an extra hand. Volunteer labour developed and maintains the gardens, the brochure proudly proclaims. Even more importantly, it follows up, “new members always welcome”.

“Help in paradise,” says Pat, viewing the lush surrounds and summing up what’s required.

“It’s the weeding – nobody likes the weeding.

The men like projects, moving soil, building walls … the wall-building and so on.

“Nothing’s flat round here. And everything needs to be wheeled uphill.”

Experience with rhododendrons or even

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gardening is not required, and nor are tools or equipment. Tasks that require sweat can be easily be found (talk among the men turns all too easily to hernia surgery), but there are also lighter duties.

Volunteer Ken, who shows up two or three times a week, takes a break from a machine and relates tales of mighty eucalypts inclined to take a tumble and damage the gardens’ fence, erected for deer protection.

“You need a sense of worth … and this keeps us off the streets,” he says, with a chuckle.

Apart from its namesake bloom, the gardens also provide a home for bountiful azaleas, native orchids, fig varieties, rainforest and a camellia garden.

Pat points out that Don was the first to grow azaleas in Wollongong after having been told the popular bloom would not thrive in this climate, and David mentions that the gardens are possibly the only ones in the world where three of the various types of rhododendron, including tropical and deciduous, can thrive outdoors.

With annual rainfall of 1420mm (56 inches), the centrepiece lake has never run dry, although levels were low during the recent drought.

As we chat, former volunteers Vi and Sue, with decades of volunteering at the gardens between them, show up for a visit. Vi, 96, appears recharged after beating a recent bout of vertigo. If she’s giddy today, it’s from being in such a wonderful natural setting that holds many memories.

“I see the weeds keep coming,” she says. “But what can you do?” 2515 Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens are in Parrish Ave, Mt Pleasant. Open Tuesdays (8am-5pm) and Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays (10am-5pm).

Be Weed Wise With horticulturalist Merilyn House

Remove it: Canna lily (Canna indica, Canna x generalis) Canna lily is native to tropical America. It is considered an environmental weed in many areas of eastern and south-eastern Australia. It is also a problem on many Pacific islands, New Zealand and southern USA. It forms large dense clumps, particularly along waterways, and replaces native aquatic and wetland species.

It is a large, long-lived, herbaceous plant growing up to 2m tall and spreading laterally by means of fleshy underground stems (i.e. rhizomes).

Canna lily is native to tropical America.

Canna lily can flower from spring to autumn.

Flowers are orange, yellow or red.

Dispersal: Seed and rhizomes spread by water, humans, contaminated soil (earthmoving equipment, car tyres etc) and garden refuse dumping.

Control option: Dig out clumps ensuring all the rhizomes are removed. If you wish to grow this plant in your garden, please remove spent flowers before seeds form and do not dump seeds or rhizomes in local bushland.

Grow Me Instead Gymea lily – Doryanthes excelsa. A local native plant which thrives in poor sandy soils and full sun or partial shade. The red trumpet-like flowers are borne in a terminal head 300mm in diameter on a leafy flowering stem 2–4m high.

Swamp lily – Crinum pedunculatum.

This Australian native plant has rosettes of broad leaves and clusters of white, highly fragrant, flowers on 1m stems. Suits any soil, full sun or dappled shade and is mildly frost tolerant, it also grows well near ponds.

Day lilies – Hemerocallis species and hybrids.

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Reasons to celebrate on

World Ocean Day By our ‘Hello Fish’ columnist Duncan Leadbitter

Our part of the world is very connected to the sea.

We surf, dive, fish, kayak, watch and talk about the sea. As we drive along Lawrence Hargrave Drive it’s hard to avoid the sea and it’s in our subconscious, even if our minds are on something else. Is it windy? Are the waves big? There were lots of boardriders at Sharkeys. Do I really need to go to work right now?

If we tune into the internet or read a newspaper or listen to the radio it would be easy to gain the impression that all the world’s oceans are in terrible trouble and the only way of fixing things is to stop doing everything we do now.

How does this square with what we see? We see increasing numbers of whales and seals. Some species of fish are doing well. The biomass of lobsters along the NSW coast is the largest it’s been since the 1960s. Some people are complaining about too many sharks!

The amount of plastic I see on the beach is negligible compared to what I have seen in some other countries. The volume of sewage pollution entering the sea off our coast has declined

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significantly over the past couple of decades. The Bellambi wastewater treatment works now only discharges during periods of high rainfall as most of the sewage is piped to the steelworks for re-use.

So too for the Port Kembla plant, which only receives a flow during storm events as most sewage is re-used after treatment.

It’s true that much remains to be done and significant threats remain, such as climate change, which is already affecting the marine environment off our coast, but World Ocean Day on June 8 provides an opportunity to think about the gains.

Whilst the turn-around for whales and seals resulted from a ban on hunting, the turn-around in the number of lobsters is due to a mix of tough decisions and sacrifices by regulators and fishers, supported by good science. This is also true for some other fish species, like bluefin tuna and snapper. As is the case for the reduction in ocean sewage disposal, the gains may take many years but the wins become subsumed by the latest crisis in the media and it seems that there is no progress being made.

When we look at the ocean we turn our backs on the land. A recent streaming program exhorted us to stop eating fish and it supported this advice by focusing on a bunch of problems in the world’s oceans, including plastic pollution, overfishing, illegal fishing and mistreatment of workers in the seafood sector. It simplistically assumed that a plant-based diet was a better option without exploring how the same issues we can find in the ocean can also be found on the land.

In Australia, for example, land-clearing is a major source of biodiversity loss and many species and ecological communities on land are listed as threatened or endangered, with agriculture the most common threat.

For some plant communities there is only 5% of the original area left and Australia has the worst record globally for the extinction of small mammals. There have been regular media stories about illegal land-clearing and water theft plus mistreatment of farm workers.

Turning our backs on eating fish and looking to the land may not be a step forward for the planet and simple solutions may have unintended consequences.

The gains for the ocean are testimony to the hard work of all those involved, whether it be conservationists, fishers (commercial and recreational), scientists and/or natural resource managers. A mix of commitment, skillful leadership, goodwill and some funding makes all the difference. In our part of the world we also have some great communicators who can write, paint, film and photograph to help get the messages across. We also have plenty of individuals who pitch in, whether it’s taking rubbish home, using biodegradable plastics or buying sustainable seafood.

The solutions may be complex and take time but that’s just how it is. It’s understandable to want quick solutions and want them imposed everywhere, but spare a thought for those in other countries who have few choices about what to eat and from where to make a living. We affect their lives by how and where we holiday and the food we buy, whether it’s seafood or landfood.

On World Ocean Day this year celebrate the gains made in managing our oceans better. It’s way more fulfilling to celebrate the successes than focus on the gloom.

Declaration of interest: I photograph fish, catch fish, eat fish, watch fish and work on fisheries. I got married in a pair of octopus socks and goldfish underpants because I couldn’t wear a fish tie. 2515

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Spice up your Winter Jo Fahey reports from Darkes Glenbernie Orchard As it gets colder we look for rich flavours and there’s nothing better than a mulled cider!

If you’ve never had a go at mulling it’s worth the effort and if you have some chai spice around – use that! You can mull any of our ciders or mead.

You can spice your apple in a hot apple pie too!

At the Darkes Apple Shack we currently have this year’s first fresh-picked pumpkins from our favourite chemical-free potato and pumpkin farmer, Luke. To celebrate pumpkin season and for something a little different, bake a spiced pumpkin pie. They are popular in the United States and Canada. Here’s a recipe to have a crack at.

Spiced Pumpkin Pie

Use a 23cm pie dish, line with baking paper

Crust ingredients

1 1/4 cups Plain flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons margarine 4 tablespoons cold butter (or substitute) 4 to 5 tablespoons ice water

Filling ingredients

2 tablespoons plain flour 1/4 to 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon to taste; use the larger amount if you’re a cinnamon lover Small pinch ground cloves 1/8 teaspoon to 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger optional 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed 1 1/2 cups pumpkin purée (make beforehand by baking the pumpkin and mashing it in a blender) 2 tablespoons maple syrup, honey or golden syrup 1 1/2 cups (340g) milk or a 12-ounce can evaporated milk 2 large eggs, lightly beaten

Use your fingers to quickly squash it in, in thin chunks. They don’t have to be mixed in properly.

Drizzle ice water, tossing the mixture as you add water. When it comes together, stop. Mixing dough too much or adding too much water toughens it.

Squeeze it into a ball. Wrap dough in a beeswax wrap, baking paper or other plastic alternative, and refrigerate for about 30 minutes, before rolling it out to make the pastry base in your pie dish.

Filling instructions: Mix flour, spices and salt in a bowl. Add sugar and pumpkin, blend thoroughly.

Stir in syrup and milk. Allow the mixture to rest for an hour at room temperature; or leave overnight in the fridge. This develops the flavour and helps with consistency of the filling.

Add beaten eggs, whisk till combined. Pour filling into prepared crust. Cover the edge of the crust with a crust shield, or aluminum foil.

Preheat oven to 230°C. Place pie on the bottom rack, bake it for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 180°C, move pie to the middle rack, then bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a knife inserted 2.5cm from the edge comes out moist, but clean. Remove pie from oven, cool to room temperature (or chill) before serving. Serve with whipped cream. 2515 Visit www.darkes.com.au

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Chicken Noodle Soup

By Stephanie Meades, functional nutritionist at Thirroul’s Life Wellness Co.

Now that winter is upon us our bodies start to crave warming and nourishing meals. One of the best ways to get a tonne of immune-boosting ingredients into our little cherubs over winter is to find a really delicious (and nourishing) chicken noodle soup recipe. It’s funny how the addition of noodles tends to make soup far more acceptable to kids, why is that? What I love about this recipe is it’s a super-easy family meal and it can also be warmed up and packed in a thermos for the kids to enjoy a hearty, warm meal at school too.

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Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, finely diced 1 tbsp fresh turmeric, minced 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced 1 tbsp butter 1 tsp of sea salt 1.5 litres of chicken broth (for a recipe, see my website at lifewellnessco.com) 500g chicken mince 1 tbsp coconut aminos (or soy sauce) Rice noodles / soba noodles / zucchini noodles (let the kids decide) 1 cup blanched broccoli florets Method: 1. In a large saucepan, melt the butter and add garlic, turmeric and ginger and cook until fragrant (1-2 minutes).

2. Add chicken stock and bring to the boil.

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Orchestra celebrates youth

By Steel City Strings’ Lyndall Fowler

Steel City Strings biennial youth program returns in 2021, showcasing some of the region’s most talented young musicians.

Hana Lee, winner of the recent Concerto Competition at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, will play a movement of the Mozart Violin Concerto in A Major and Tomas Phillips will play a movement from the achingly beautiful Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the orchestra that includes a number of young players.

Young violinist Elliot Winn will be playing some Bach and Vivaldi duets with Artistic Director Kyle Little and vocalist Daisy Pring (featured artist in the NSW Schools Spectacular last year) brings her contemporary style to the program, with special arrangements by composer John Spence of the Wollongong Con. This year the orchestra held a Composition Competition, advertised statewide and open to those under age 25. It attracted 19 entries. The winner was Recovery by 17-year-old Western Sydney composer Adriel Sukumar, who earned the $1000 prize and the opportunity to have his work performed in three concerts across our region. His composition was inspired by the pandemic – given the situation in India it will be even more poignant when performed.

Artistic Director Kyle Little says it is really pleasing to see such promising young performers featured in this year’s program.

“It is important for us to continue to provide performance opportunities for emerging artists in our region,” he says.

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Hana Lee (violinist) and Adriel Sukumar (composer).

Photos thanks to Steel City Strings

Cedar-Rose Newman of Wombarra, who has been a soloist in previous programs, certainly values her performance experience with the orchestra and says that opportunities like this program have been pivotal to her development as a performer.

Celebration of Youth is proudly supported by Create NSW. Concerts will be held at Chevalier Performing Arts Centre, Burradoo (2pm, Sun 20 June); Wollongong Town Hall (7.30pm, Sat 26 June); and Nowra School of Arts (2pm, Sun 27 June). 2515 Bookings via www.steelcitystrings.com.au or www.wollongongtownhall.com.au

Meet a meditation teacher Working at Coledale Community Centre

Sharon Harrison (also know by her Yoga name of Srinath to her students) lives in Corrimal and has been practicing meditation and incorporating the yoga philosophy into her everyday life for over 40 years. She has been teaching yoga asanas and meditation in Sydney and Wollongong for over eight years with the Australian School of Meditation and Yoga at their Sydney Centre in Broadway and more recently at the Coledale Community Centre.

At Coledale, Srinath’s classes are all offered by donation and it is her hope to help the community by teaching physical, mental and spiritual well-being via the yoga lifestyle.

At the weekly Deep Peace Meditation classes on Mondays at 6.30-7.30pm, Srinath offers gentle yoga stretches, mindfulness techniques, a beautiful Yoga Nidra relaxation, Japa meditation (chanting mantra on beads) and Kirtan Meditation (singing mantras as a group with musical instruments). It’s a great opportunity to unwind, meet others and start the week feeling relaxed and refreshed.

The monthly Kirtan Dinner and Community evening is on the last Saturday of each month at 6-8pm. It’s a chance to experience the ancient and soul-stirring practice of Kirtan meditation and enjoy a delicious vegan/vegetarian meal.

Everyone is welcome to come along and experience the benefits that yoga and meditation have to offer. Srinath hopes to meet you soon! 2515

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What’s On

Events at Thirroul Library Places are limited and bookings are essential via Eventbrite. Go to www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/ library/whats-on/events Music in the Library: Saturday, June 5, 11am-noon.

Settle in on the first Saturday of each month for an hour of live music in the library featuring local musicians playing some mellow tunes.

Beading Therapy for Mindfulness: This mindfulness workshop will teach you how to make a beautiful collection of polymer clay beads strung as a necklace with experienced local maker Chrystie Longworth.

Thursday June 10 6-8pm in the library.

Author Talk: Peter Gray: Join us as author Peter Gray talks about the background and writing of his Charlie Robertson thriller series. June 16, 5.30-6.30pm in the library School Holiday Activities: There is plenty to keep the kids entertained at Thirroul Library these holidays.

Monday, June 28, 1-2.30pm: Gumaraa – experience Aboriginal culture through a ‘show and tell’ of traditional weapons, bush tucker, language, and dance.

Wednesday, June 30, 10.30-noon: Movie Thursday, July 8, 2-3pm: Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban Break In Tuesday, July 6, 10.30-11.30am: Water Colour Circle

Discover U3A

By Peter Heaven

What is University of the Third Age (U3A)?

U3A is a worldwide movement where people from all walks of life in their “third age” – active or semi-retirement after youth and employment – get together to enjoy life-long learning and social opportunities. There are NO assessments, and NO examinations or certificates.

U3A Northern Illawarra, based in Thirroul, is open to anyone in their third stage of life. We host physical, social, and educational activities in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.

Our wide range of activities are held during school terms – see our “Programs” and “Newsletter” pages on our website. There is

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International Day of Yoga On 21 June, yogis around the world will celebrate the International Day of Yoga. To mark the event Otford’s Govinda Valley will host a weekend of special events on 19 and 20 June, and raise funds for the charity Heart and Soul Care, in support of domestic violence survivors.

Anyone interested in yoga, wellness, meeting your yoga community, colleagues, supporting local holistic businesses and supporting domestic violence survivors is welcome to attend.

The weekend will start on Saturday morning with the traditional 108 Sun Salutations, followed by a vegan breakfast. Guest speakers include Abi Poulton, trauma-informed yoga teacher, who will speak about her experience teaching with the Heart & Soul Care Trauma Retreats.

If you would like to attend either Saturday 19th or Sunday 20th, or reserve your space for the Yoga Expo, please contact Wendy on 0412 614 684 or email wendyhscare@gmail.com JPs available The NSW Justice Association Wollongong Branch offers free JP services. Monthly meetings for members and other JPs are on the second Tuesday of each month at City Life Church in Jardine Street, Fairy Meadow from 7pm. Community Desks are held at Thirroul Library, (1st Thursday of the month, 11am-12.30pm); Corrimal Library (2nd Wednesday, 10am-1pm); Wollongong Library (1st and 3rd Saturdays, 10am-1pm); Dapto Library (2nd and 4th Fridays and 3rd Saturday, 10am1pm). Contact Ray Vaughan on 0419 293 524.

Council’s Draft Community Engagement Policy This is out for comment via Council’s website with feedback due by 11 June 2021. 2515 something for everyone: our group activities include physical fitness, philosophy, current affairs, language conversation classes, book club, brain games, and movie discussions.

Weekly talks by local and invited experts cover the full range of human experience, including travel, health and well-being, science, history, biography, sport and leisure, and creative arts.

Research has shown that as we age, it is important to maintain our physical and mental health. U3A provides the mental stimulation and social interaction that contribute to positive ageing and wellbeing. So, join us now! U3A helps keep your mind alive!

U3A Northern Illawarra, Thirroul, is proudly supported by Wollongong City Council. 2515 Visit northernillawarra.u3anet.org.au/newsletter

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Developer myths explained What are developers looking for in a property, and is your property going to sell for more to a developer? This question is often asked by home owners looking to sell their property. I’ve been dealing with a few development sites recently and talking to a lot of developers. Generally, these types of buyers don’t buy in booming markets like this one so in most cases a house will sell more as a house than a development site. However, in certain cases, such as properties in zonings allowing units or townhouses, then a premium price may be achieved if marketed as a development site. Also, large street frontages, larger land sizes over 1,000 square metres and dual street accesses may also attract a developer’s interest. If in doubt make sure you seek out a real estate professional with the appropriate experience to advise you.

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NINA thanks volunteers

By Sharon Gissane, of Northern Illawarra Neighbour Aid Inc

May 17-22 was National Volunteers Week. NINA chose to celebrate with a beautiful lunch for our community volunteers at the lovely St George Motorboat Club.

Nina has a group of 40 volunteers from Helensburgh to Thirroul (and a few that live outside those areas as well). We service more than 300 clients with various support needs in the Northern Illawarra.

Volunteers graciously drive hundreds of kilometres to ensure the elderly, disabled and those considered to be transport challenged are able to make important medical appointments, can independently do their own weekly shopping, or just spend time with family or friends.

We have volunteers who happily go into the homes of isolated people and give them comfort and companionship for a couple of hours each

week. Many older people who live alone and aren’t close to family depend on a volunteer who comes and has a cuppa and a chat once a week.

Lastly, we have a special group of volunteers who facilitate activities and events for the elderly to be part of. All of this equates to more than 500 hours of time a month.

This year we celebrated the efforts of volunteers who have been with us from three weeks to an amazing 31 years of service. Chances are you know someone who uses the NINA service, or you know a volunteer. Take a minute to say thank you.

NINA clients showed their appreciation by sending volunteers a thank you Telegram. Come into the office and see what they had to say! 2515 Visit NINA at 18 Walker St, Helensburgh or phone 4294 1900.

NINA volunteers at St George Motorboat Club.

Women of Steel screening In 1980 Robynne Murphy and a group of friends tried to get a job at the BHP and were turned away because they were women. The BHP, she was told back then, was not a place for women because they could get dirty and break fingernails. Oh, and they couldn’t lift more than 16kg – the weight of a four-year-old. With the backing of the AWU, Robynne and her band of migrant and workingclass women took on Australia’s most powerful company. Their simple argument was that it was illegal to discriminate based on sex. BHP fought them every step of the way in a battle that would go all the way to the High Court and last 14 years.

Robynne documented their story of perseverance and comradeship in her inspirational, award-winning film, Women of Steel.

On Thursday, 15 July at 7pm, the Clifton School

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of Arts will be screening Women of Steel in a special fundraising event at the Coledale Community Centre. Steel worker, crane driver and filmmaker, Robynne Murphy will be in conversation with journalist and broadcaster, Caroline Baum. Come along and meet a hero.

Book now at https://fan-force.com/box-office/.

More information: email pruewat2@gmail.com 2515

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By Kevin Fallon at Symbio Wildlife Park

Our kangaroos don’t hibernate in winter but we’d understand if you would like to.

So Symbio Wildlife Park is offering all animal lovers the chance to spend their Discover NSW vouchers with us and effectively extend their lifespan by 36 months – without leaving the comfort of your couch.

Here’s the process: Step 1: Panic. The NSW Government’s Discover NSW vouchers are only valid until June 30. That’s soon!

Step 2: Relax. You can spend your vouchers online and do the actual discovering later.

Simply go to our home page at symbiozoo. com.au and click on the orange text that says, “Click here to redeem your NSW Discover voucher.” Redeem your voucher for a $25 Symbio Gift Card, which is valid for 36 months.

This gift card can be used on any purchases at Symbio – the same way you’d use a normal debit card. Use it at the gift shop, kiosk or as a discount on a Close Encounter with a monkey, meerkat or red panda. Or invest in some quality time with our kangaroos and put it towards a Season Pass, so you can pop in and feed them any time. Winter or summer, they’ll be ready to welcome you. 2515

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SCARF shares healthy food facts

By Cristina Sacco, of SCARF Refugee Support

SCARF Refugee Support won the major award at the International Women’s Day awards ceremony in the Illawarra this year.

The award funding will go towards continuing to deliver programs that support healthy eating and lifestyle for refugee women in the Illawarra. The programs are the Lunchbox for Learning and the Healthy Communities initiatives, which may also lead to employment opportunities for SCARF community members.

SCARF’s Lunchbox for Learning program seeks to improve nutritional awareness and to provide healthy, budget-friendly cooking and food preparation information and practical skills for refugee families. The focus is on preparing healthy school snacks and meals.

The Healthy Communities initiative is an online forum that encourages refugee women to make healthy and happy lifestyle choices. Healthy food recipes, information about local health services and programs and tips are shared to encourage physical activity, building confidence to access local health services when needed.

Refugee women settling in Australia face many disadvantages when it comes to healthy food and eating choices. These may be language and literacy barriers, a lack of familiarity with Australian supermarkets and food products, existing health conditions, lack of nutrition and diet education in

From left to right: Caroline Dempsey, Rana Al lmoughayzel, Sophie-May Kerr

their country of origin, basic food-preparation facilities and limited financial resources, which can in turn result in food insecurity. All these factors can contribute to less healthy eating habits and poorer health outcomes.

These two programs seek to break down barriers and provide opportunities to make healthier choices.

Thank you to the volunteers, staff and partner organisations that make our programs possible. 2515 It is World Refugee Day on Sunday, June 20. F ind ways to help locally at www.scarfsupport.org.au

My Favourite Places Coledale local Daniel Hillyer shares his top 3 in the Illawarra.

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Papi’s is a favourite for their burgers and some fun banter with Ash, Barry and their team.

We tried Bar Franco on their opening night and have fallen in love with it.

Sharkeys Beach – a great place to take our dogs.

Coledale local Daniel Hillyer and his wife Maryanne Harris are the founders of tappON, an online platform connecting people with disabilities and additional needs with high-quality service providers. tappON was created as a result of their own struggle with a fragmented healthcare system after Daniel became a quadriplegic following an accident in 2010. 2515

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Men’s Health Week

By Dr Michael Hanson

Men’s Health Week is celebrated in mid June. It is a chance for our community to reflect on the different health needs of men who, on many measures, have poorer health than women.

In Australia, men die from coronary artery disease and lung cancer at twice the rate of women.

Men’s rate of hazardous alcohol consumption is twice that of women. Men suicide at four times the rate of women and men are killed in motor vehicle accidents at three times the rate of women.

There are many reasons men should visit their GPs at least annually. For physical issues like blood pressure checks, health screening and optimising a healthy lifestyle. Men also need to develop a trusted relationship with their GPs and seek help when problems arise.

Health Care Assessments Men aged 45 to 49 who are at risk of developing chronic disease and all men over 75 years can have comprehensive health assessments with their GP and practice nurse. These are funded by Medicare and incur no out-of-pocket expenses. 2515

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Hearth in this sense is the heart of the family, the civilisation. I think most of us feel a primal connection when we sit around a fire and it’s often why we all end up in the kitchen at parties – a relic of the days when the hearth was in the kitchen!

So back to our little fireplace. It was a revolution for us. It didn’t come easily though. After one fateful Gumtree purchase, we discovered the benefits of spending extra on premium wellseasoned firewood. Firewood purchasers beware!

Only buy from reputable firewood merchants listed with the Firewood Association of Australia (www. firewood.asn.au). By doing this you know you’re buying properly seasoned wood from sustainable (koala free) sources and reducing smoke pollution by burning efficiently – your neighbours and the koalas will love you for it! Burning unseasoned wood and not maintaining your fireplace and flue can contribute to air pollution.

The other benefit of not burning with gas was our health. Recent research conducted by the Climate Council has found that portable gas By architect Ben Wollen heaters and gas cooktops are attributable to about Some winters ago, my family and I were feeling 12% of the childhood asthma burden in Australia down. Towards 3pm, we’d all jump in the car and (and is comparable to living with a smoker in the drive down to the beach to catch the last rays of house!). When natural gas or LPG is burned, there sunshine before the sun fell behind the escarpment. are pollutants emitted including carbon monoxide, We’d often see other families out on peninsulas too, formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide. If you read the absorbing as much of the sun’s energy as possible operating instructions for most of these units, before heading back into the shadow of winter. you’ll find you’re supposed to leave a window open While we had a pretty efficient gas heater in our while its operating. Kind of defeats the purpose! house, it just wasn’t a pleasant heat. We would visit A glance at the research out there suggests that friend’s homes that had wood heaters and were heating a room with wood fuel is low in cost and ice-cold with envy. So, as you probably guessed, we has minimal CO2 emissions when compared with installed a fireplace, and never looked back. other space heaters. However, when the jump is The word hearth comes from the Protomade to central heating (i.e. entire house systems) Germanic – hertha, “burning place”– and can be we start to see other options out-perform wood traced to a Proto-Indo-European root – ker, “heat, and even gas. The push these days is to go electric. fire” (think of words like carbon and cremate).

Reason being the advances that have been made in While all this sounds like gobbledy goop a Viking the renewables sector and especially solar. Ideally, might say, it evolved in a number of languages to be we harness the free energy from the sun and warm tightly connected to home and the family unit. At our house during the day or store that energy in a one time it became a measure of tax per household battery to heat it at night. This opens up a number – the more hearths you had, the more tax you paid! of options but two stand out in particular – efficient I had thought for sure that hearth and heart were reverse-cycle air conditioning and in-slab somehow linked in language but, alas, I found gas-boosted hydronic heating. Their are pros and otherwise – at least etymologically speaking. cons to each, but my personal preference is for I’m not the first architect to do this either. Back in-slab heating. The radiant heat from a slab is, in in 1851, Gottfried Semper wrote a book titled The my mind, a much nicer feeling.

Four Elements of Architecture. The first of these was We love our fireplace now, and it has become the hearth. He wrote: “Around the hearth the first something of a winter ritual to collect sticks and groups formed: around the hearth the first groups prepare the fire before the sun sets behind the assembled; around it the first alliances formed; escarpment. On weekends we gather around the around it the first religious concepts were put into hearth to warm up from winter escapades. It truly the customs of a cult... Throughout all phases of becomes the heart of our home. 2515 society the hearth formed that sacred focus around which took order and shape. It is the first and most For more info on heating options, go to important element of architecture.” www.yourhome.gov.au/energy/heating-and-cooling

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Rise of the unique funeral

By Edwina Ellicott, Community Engagement Manager at H.Parsons

Everyone has the right to a dignified and respectful farewell. In the past we have seen this delivered predominantly through traditional funeral services, steeped in custom, religion or belief.

While many people still prefer this style of funeral, more and more we’re seeing families wanting to put a unique, personalised stamp on their funeral. In essence, they want the funeral to be a reflection of their loved one and they are getting very creative about the ways they do this.

We encourage families to think about their loved one’s personality and what made them special. Great ways to reflect this uniqueness is through the style and colour of the coffin. From cardboard boxes, wicker baskets, right through to plush wooden caskets with all the trimmings, there are no limits to what can be provided.

Cardboard coffins are a wonderful canvas to decorate or paint and we’ve delivered these to families’ homes, allowing them to do just that.

The outcome is beautiful, creative and often very healing. It brings friends and family together to reminisce about their loved one.

Themed coffins are popular too. Surfing themes, favourite comic book characters, nature

themes or footy team logos emblazoned on the coffin – it can all be done, as long as it’s legal. A popular choice is the Habitat Casket (pictured).

Environmentally friendly, it uses dowels instead of nails or screws and features an innovative split-lid design.

Active involvement in the process is another trend we’re witnessing. The option to dress the deceased in their favourite outfit or assist with washing their loved one is a touching way to say farewell. Many families will bring in personal items to be placed in the coffin or displayed at the funeral. There are sometimes requests for the deceased’s hair to be styled in a certain way and their favourite lipstick and makeup to be applied. H.Parsons has a mother/daughter embalming team and many families find this very reassuring. Luan and Shawnee are happy to help families with their requests where possible.

With this trend towards more unique funerals, many people are planning ahead.

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Art On the Other Side

By Caroline Baum

Clifton School of Arts members and volunteers are gearing up for what they hope will be an annual event – the first ever CSA Contemporary Art Fair.

Curated by David Roach and Vyvian Wilson, the Art Fair’s theme is “On the Other Side”. The idea was initially developed last year to support local artists during the Covid lockdown. While some artists found the isolation of lockdown extremely challenging, others saw it as a time to reflect.

Painter Ashley Frost said it gave him space to experiment without the pressure of exhibiting.

Showcasing some of the finest (and most collectable) artists of our region, the 2021 Clifton Contemporary Art Fair will be opened by Professor Tim Flannery on Friday, 2 July at 6.30pm.

The Art Fair is a fundraising event with a percentage of all sales going towards the CSA’s ambitious new building project.

With the buzz already building from collectors, the CSA is offering a special Early Bird preview on Friday, 2 July, from 4-6pm. Tickets $20, $15 for CSA members. Booking is essential.

Email Vyvian: vyvwilson@gmail.com.

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Meet the artists Paul Ryan (image no. 4) has been dubbed “one of the most sought after contemporary painters in the country”. A finalist 13 times in the Archibald Prize, Paul’s powerful and provocative paintings feature in collections around the world. As a long-time surfer, Paul’s work draws on the Illawarra’s wild coastline and its sometimes brutal history.

Stephen Dupont’s (9) searing photographs have earned him the most prestigious prizes in the world including a Robert Capa Gold Medal, first place in World Press Photo and the 2015 Olivier Rebbot Award. Drawn to fragile cultures and hostile environments, Dupont’s images urge us not to look away.

Ivor Fabok (11) takes inspiration from the freewheeling improvisation in jazz: “When I listen to music I see colours. I read music as forms and structures.” A teacher at the National Art School, Fabok’s studio practice sees him moving seamlessly between sculpture, painting, drawing and collage.

Michele Elliot (8) creates emotive textile works.

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poignant rituals around bereavement, Michele steeps cloth in natural dyes, weaves and stitches, transforming familiar materials into complex meditations on love, loss and memory.

Ashley Frost (2) says he immerses himself in “a convergence of light and space”. This year he is a finalist in both the Wynne and Sulman prizes. His evocative paintings are almost as tactile as the environments that he is drawn to: reflective coastal landscapes, gritty city streets, the serpentine limbs of angophora on the edge of the escarpment.

Karen Hook’s (5) practice ranges across digital media, drawing, painting and analogue photography. Subtle and delicate in tone and colour, Hook’s work is inspired by flaws and imperfections that she says can sometimes hold the key to beauty and mystery.

Anita Johnson (Larkin) (12) uses salvaged, familiar objects in her sculptures as a kind of shorthand material language. She imagines the parallel lives of these objects and out of them constructs intimate, playful and poetic sculptures that connect powerfully to feelings of longing and evoke memories of place and experience.

Hal Pratt (3) draws in graphite and paints in watercolour. A Thirroul local, Hal spends much of his time on painting trips to the Outback, sleeping under the stars. His work captures that country’s brilliant colours and sculptural forms.

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David Roach (6) is a filmmaker as well as a visual artist. Interested in implied motion and choreography, he works in “two and a half dimensions” constructing organic repeating forms that blur the boundary between painting and sculpture. Utilising wax, cedar and pigments, he starts from detailed studies then allows chance, accident and serendipity to lead the work in unexpected directions.

Catriona Stanton (10) says weaving her delicate skeletal forms of cane and bamboo is like “drawing in space”. She constructs works out of a maelstrom of toothpicks that appear to flow in swirling eddies.

Catriona has recently completed major public commissions in the Northern Territory.

Vyvian Wilson’s (7) is “intoxicated and seduced by light”. Her dappled, layered work reflects a deep connection to land and memory. Shifting gestural surface markings and sometimes collaged elements appear to float above a candescent strata of colour.

Tanya Stubbles (1) describes wandering into Arthur Boyd’s paint-splattered studio when she was 4 and watching him paint. She has been making artwork almost ever since. Her intricate, abstract constructions are a vivid expression of the rural and industrial landscapes where she fossicks for her materials. 2515 Visit www.artsclifton.org

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Mini Mack Auction A retired teacher is offering up the work of a lifetime – a hand-crafted wooden replica of a Mack Super-Liner. 2515 reports.

John Wilson’s wooden Mack Super-Liner is meticulously crafted, from its wheels on steel axles to the aluminium bulldog on the hood.

It’s involved hundreds of hours of work and the skills of a lifetime.

John is a Woonona local, an SES volunteer and a retired industrial technology teacher. In his youth he worked as a truck driver and a mechanic.

“My dad was a carpenter. He died just before I turned five, but I just seemed to have that in my blood, working with wood. I was top of my class in woodwork at school and just went from there. Just always loved working with wood.”

Made mostly from silky oak, as well as storm-felled trees and discarded timber, the Super-Liner is almost 2m long and weighs 29kg.

John started the project in 1993. “There were years when I did nothing on it, but I got stuck into it mid last year and finished in November.

“It’s definitely an artwork. A serviceable piece of art, because the trailer opens up. It could be converted into a display cabinet, have little Matchbox models in there, or it could be used for a spirits cabinet. The lid and the one wall fold down

to create a little desk. So you could use it as a writing desk, for that matter.”

It’s too big to keep, so John has decided to sell the truck via an online auction, with some proceeds going to Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds Foundation, a mental health initiative.

Years ago, John drove 12-tonne trucks in New Zealand and he has family in WA who drove long-haul road trains. He understands the pressures truckies face, from tight deadlines and fatigue to loneliness and depression.

“Then there’s the stress of being on the road amongst people who don’t respect trucks and how long it takes them to stop, the amount of space they take up. Truck drivers have to be hyper vigilant.”

The starting price for his Super-Liner is $4500.

“I’m hoping for $20,000. It’s worth at least that. I estimate probably 450 to 500 hours I’ve spent on it.

I could see it sitting in a boardroom or a trucking company’s office. Or a truck enthusiast’s den.” 2515 Make a bid! Go to www.myminiauction.com/ fine-wood-creations#item-87705 Or email questions to thewilsonic@gmail.com

John’s wooden Super-Liner, based on a 90s model, pictured at Unanderra’s Southern Truck Centre alongside a 2021 Mack Super-Liner. Photos: John Wilson

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Left: Pontomyia male (illustration from Carpenter, 1926). Right: Halobates (illustration from White, 1883)

Beetling About With Helensburgh entomologist Dr Chris Reid

My esteemed editor informed me that the 8th of June is World Ocean Day. Initially I thought I’d ignore that, as so few insects live in the ocean, but a bit of reading has shown that some are really interesting animals.

I hope you all realise by now that insects dominate the terrestrial living world (or biome), including freshwater. But for all their success on land they have been a great failure in the sea, with only a few hundred marine insect species known and only five open ocean species (none of which actually live in the water).

Most insects living in the sea do so at the margins, between the tidal limits. For example, worldwide many beetle species burrow in estuarine mud (and are cylindrical) or live under flakes of slaty rock (and are flattened). These species don’t seem to occur here in the Illawarra, possibly because we have the wrong rock or the wrong mud.

We do have a pale sand-coloured beetle, Sartallus, living along the high tide mark where it feeds on dead things or possibly fly maggots. And a few other strandline insects such as seaweed flies.

But these are not really marine.

In our rockpools there are a few insects whose freshwater ancestors have jumped into the marine environment. One of the most extraordinary is a non-biting midge, Pontomyia.

I have to say that I’ve never seen one, so if the following seems like I’m pulling your leg I can only say I trust the scientists who’ve studied it. The Pontomyia adult male is only 1mm long and fast moving. It uses its short wings as oars, not for flight, skimming across a pool surface to find a female and mate.

The female is legless and wingless and mating is

back to back (they manage). Both adults live less than three hours – yes, that’s hours – with the poor old female laying eggs immediately after mating and living only about an hour after that.

The entire life cycle is 30 days and linked to the moon. So, if you want to find one, remembering it’s only 1mm long, you are recommended to visit a weedy rockpool on an evening with a full moon, wait until 15 minutes after sunset, then shine a strong torch over the water, looking for fastmoving white streaks (the males). I think it best to avoid rain and storms.

There’s a popular science account of Pontomyia online (www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wondermonkey/ 2011/04/some-animals-are-so-odd.shtml).

The five truly oceanic (pelagic) insects are species of water striders, in genus Halobates.

Halobates is also a small insect, with adult body length of about 3mm, and can be relatively abundant (up to 150,000 per km²). Curiously, they are not aquatic at all. Their whole life history is above the sea surface, with the long-lived eggs being laid on flotsam.

Halobates are covered in dense minute hairs, forming a plastron which traps air as a large bubble.

So that if splashed or soaked by rain they remain unwetted and don’t sink into the water. Halobates also have the ability to jump away from predators.

There’s some interesting film of Halobates online (Mahadik et al. 2020; www.nature.com/articles/ s41598-020-64563-7). 2515 For general insect enquiries, contact the Australian Museum’s Search And Discover team at sand@austmus.gov.au. Have a question specifically for Chris? Email editor@2515mag.com.au

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‘A true inspiration’ Kate Garrard, of Tuberous Sclerosis Australia, shares the story of the organisation’s founder, Lynn Wilson.

Lynn Wilson has lived in the Illawarra for almost 70 years and is the founder of the Australasian Tuberous Sclerosis Society – now known as Tuberous Sclerosis Australia (TSA). Back in 1981, Lynn set up the organisation because she, “just wanted to make sure another family didn’t go through what I have been through.”

As TSA marks its 40th anniversary, we look back at how far the organisation has come and how Lynn’s vision, determination and dedication has helped hundreds or even thousands of families living with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC).

When Lynn was diagnosed most doctors in Australia had not heard of Tuberous Sclerosis and families were instructed to write to doctors in England to get information on this rare disease.

Lynn’s vision and hard work changed all that.

Families now have access to peer support programs, accurate and up-to-date medical information on TSA’s website, a dedicated free telehealth nurse service.

This is Lynn’s story.

with her and it was suggested that perhaps she needed to visit the psychiatric ward.

Lynn left school after Year 8 and married Andrew McKinnon on her 19th birthday. Her daughter Tracey was born on 1 September 1971.

Lynn soon observed differences and delays in Tracey’s development. By the time Tracey was a few months old, she was experiencing epileptic seizures and the seizures worsened as time passed. Tracey was originally classed as ‘epileptic’.

Lynn continued to seek medical help. Tests were done. Finally, in February 1973, Lynn and Tracey were diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.

Lynn was 21 years old and Tracey was 17 months old. The doctor told Lynn and Andrew that these were the first cases of TSC he had diagnosed.

Lynn received very little support. It was a lonely and isolating time. Health professionals advised her not to have more children and performed a tubal ligation to block her fallopian tubes and prevent any further pregnancies. This resulted in many infections and a need for Lynn to take round after round of antibiotics. Two years on, just before Lynn cannot remember a time when she didn’t her 23rd birthday, she had a full hysterectomy. have facial angiofibromas. At school, as a child and Despite wanting a big family, because of TSC, Lynn a teenager, she always felt very self-conscious of her could also not adopt or foster children. red and marked face. She recalls that she was In those pre-internet days, Lynn and Andrew tormented and called names by other children wanted to find out more about tuberous sclerosis simply because she looked different. Lynn sought and took themselves off to the Mitchell Library, advice and help from a doctor, but was told that she part of the NSW State Library. A helpful librarian simply had blood vessels that were too close to the told them there were lots of books – all but one skin and that nothing could be done about it. turned out to be books on tuberculosis! And the As she got older, Lynn had fairly frequent one book that did reference TSC, told them Tracey ‘niggles’ with her kidneys, but having been would not reach adulthood and Lynn herself would X-rayed, she was told that there was nothing wrong deteriorate to the level of a high-grade schizophrenic, become mute and die in her 30s.

Tracey’s TSC took a very different path to Lynn’s.

Tuberous Tracey, has never achieved seizure control and Sclerosis she has severe behaviour and sleep issues. As a Australia founder child there were times when Tracey would go for Lynn Wilson. days or even weeks on end sleeping one hour in 24.

Photo supplied Because of this, escalating issues with epilepsy and behaviour and lack of support, Tracey was admitted into a private nursing home facility permanently when she was seven years old.

On a trip to a bookstore in Wollongong, Lynn found the name and address of the British TSC Association and got in touch with them. She recalls that, when she read the information from Britain, she felt as if she had won the lottery. It was clear that everything Tracey was experiencing was a part of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex – it wasn’t her

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imagination and it wasn’t because she was a bad mother. The British Association didn’t believe Tracey would be dead by the age of 16 or Lynn would deteriorate. Thankfully, they were right.

Lynn was determined that others should have more support than she had and she says that’s what led her to set up the society. She started by writing to New Idea magazine, who printed her letter. As a result, 30 or so people who believed they or one of their family had TSC contacted Lynn.

Lynn devoted herself to helping these people, working long hours and always being available.

As a result of her efforts, Australia was the fourth country in the world to register a TSC charity, joining the UK, the USA and Holland. Lynn’s husband, mother-in-law both served as presidents.

Lynn served as secretary-treasurer for 19 years and was also on the committee after that. Other family members and friends served on the committee at times. Lynn deeply appreciates the unwavering support her husband gave for so many years.

At one time, Lynn wrote to every Federal Member of Parliament in Australia to get laser treatment for angiofibromas on the Medicare schedule of item numbers. She compiled a quarterly newsletter for 15 years. In the early days of TSA, she even crocheted items for raffle prizes.

Lynn admits to being pretty astounded TSA now has a dedicated nurse service, a website, education events, a magazine and newsletters. The organisation has, she proudly says, come “a very long way indeed!”

In 2000 Lynn was awarded an Order of Australia medal. TSA General Manager, Jackie Gambrell, says: “Thank you, Lynn Wilson. You are a true inspiration to us all.” 2515

Photo: Jo Oliver

Winter Ocean Pool Swimmers

By Local Studies Librarian Jo Oliver

Several hardy swimmers continue to swim in our wonderful ocean pools through winter. Some have been interviewed as part of Wollongong Libraries Illawarra Stories Project including Peter McDonald at Stanwell Park, Max Ackerman and Joseph McGarity at Austinmer, Kevin Waddingham at Coledale, Barry Adams at Bulli and Greg Tuchin at Woonona.

You can listen to their stories online at: illawarrastories.com.au/ocean-pools-ofthe-illawarra Wollongong Library has just received a copy of Nicole Larkin’s new book The Wild Edge: a survey of Ocean Pools in NSW, which includes 11 pools from the Illawarra.

You can download the survey and read more at www.nicolelarkin.com 2515

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Country ovals, take me home

By Tony Ryan, the Northern Districts Tigers’ women’s coach

Driving through the country you can’t help but admire what the families in the bush go through year after year. Battling drought, floods, bushfires and trade deals made in Canberra that affect their livelihoods and their lives. I remember AFL great and MND campaigner Neale Daniher said his father was not a farmer but a man who helped feed our nation. One thing that always strikes me when you go into these small towns is the pride they take in their sporting arenas, whether it be footy ovals or netball or tennis courts. Sport is usually the glue that binds these small towns.

My father spent the early part of his life on a farm near Rennie, about 40km north of Yarrawonga on the Murray River. Rennie consisted of a railway grain site, a post office/general store, a pub and three houses.

I spent many a school holiday at the farm with two brothers who were life-long friends of my Dad and who owned and operated their farms. This is where I learnt to drive a car at 12, milking cows by hand, dipping sheep, amongst other farm work and embraced the community spirit that Australian bush people are renowned for. All a pretty good experience for a city lad.

At 16 I travelled to the farm on my own for the first time. The train trip from Melbourne to Yarrawonga took about four hours and I was picked up by Ol’ Jimmy. It was Friday night and he took great delight in telling me that the Rennie U19 footy side was a few short and he’d mentioned to the coach the “Rhino’s boy” was up and would be keen for a run.

On Saturday morning we set off on the 50-minute drive to Wahgunyah. On arrival, not knowing one person in the team, I quietly sat in the corner of the change rooms. I looked at these hard-working farm boys who had men’s bodies compared to my 55kg stick-thin frame. I waited to be allocated a jumper and tried on the borrowed shorts, socks and boots that Jimmy had organised.

The coach was a big old Bushy. The first thing I noticed was that he didn’t have a great relationship with a toothbrush, but had one of the strongest

handshakes I’d ever encountered. He opened his speech by welcoming the new gun player who was superbly skilled and fast.

As I looked around to see who this player was, he pointed to me and there was a huge round of applause as he handed a jumper to me. It seemed Jimmy, who had never seen me play, had been singing my praises at the Rennie Hotel late on Thursday night.

The jumper, which I think was woollen, had been used for at least 20 years; its green was faded and its white ‘V’ was a dull yellow. After I warmed up, it was as rough on my skin as the sand paper our cricketers used in South Africa.

Whilst the town was surrounded by dark brown dusty soil, the oval had superbly manicured green grass that would easily be relocated to Kirribilli.

The game was tough, fast and furious. Whilst I did not live up to the hype of the coach’s pre-game speech I played all right, kicked a couple of goals and had a hand in a few more. We won comfortably in the end and I mimed the words of the team song that I did not know.

After the game we stayed and watched reserve grade, then first grade, before heading to the Rennie pub. Upon arrival the publican poured two glasses of beer – country blokes only drank “ponies”. One for me and one for Jimmy. He said he heard I played all right and deserved a beer.

So there I was thinking: Life does not get better than this! I was 16 years old, had played a good game of footy, and was having my first beer at a pub. After about four beers the publican thought I might have been getting a bit rowdy so my next drink was a coke.

Many country footy teams and leagues have now folded or merged. The Rennie pub and general store has been closed for decades, but every time I see a well-kept country footy oval, I wonder how many other young men and women are making memories like I was given the luxury to do. 2515 Visit the Northern Districts Tigers website at www.ndafc.com

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Vice President Shaun Warren with the Werri Slash trophy.

Photo: Ian Pepper

Success at Werri Slash

By Scarborough Boardrider Ian Pepper

A busy month for Scarborough Boardriders with the Werri Slash teams event 1st May, Ocean & Earth Junior Regional Surfing Titles 8th May and nudie Boardriders Battle National Final on 15-16 May. Firstly, this year’s annual Werri Slash in Gerringong was a tag team event, with six different teams from four South Coast boardriding clubs

competing for prizes and an overall winner. About 25 of our members competed against Werri, Culburra and Jones Beach and we won five of the six divisions: U14 girls, U14 boys, U20 Boys, Open Women and A grade team (3 x open men, 1 x women and 1 x over 35). We also won the overall trophy for the event. Well done, team!

Next, well done to all Scarborough groms who took part in the regional surf titles at Bellambi Harbour. Jesse Fitzgibbons, Mannix Squiers and Zahlia Short won their age divisions, and Anna Chamberlain, Shyla Short, Oscar Hargreaves, Kye Kulmar, Macey Jolley and Ashton Mekisic all made the finals. Best of luck in the state titles.

Finally, after winning our region in the Australian Boardriders Battle Regional Qualifier in October 2020, our team travelled to Newcastle, along with 23 other teams from across the country, to compete in the national finals. The event was held over two days with the final tag event on the Sunday when the surf was double plus overhead, testing the abilities of most surfers. In the end we finished equal 17th overall.

Congratulations to our surfers who worked well as a team and put their heart and soul into doing their best for the club. 2515 Follow @scarboroughboardriders on Instagram Licence No. 95628C / ARC Licence No. AU09136 ABN 62 078 105 978

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