Newcastle & Lake Macquarie | August 2016

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WALLSEND WINTER FAIR

Fun-filled, Family-friendly and Free!

Pipe Bands, Marching Koalas, Variety Bash cars and “It usually takes 30 to 45 minutes to get down the main street, community groups will converge on the main street of Wallsend it’s very diverse and just brings everyone together.” this month to officially open the town’s 31st annual Winter Fair.

A host of community groups will also march from the corner of Thousands of people are expected to line the footpaths along Bunn and Nelson streets to the Cowper Street intersection, with Nelson Street from 9am on August 14 to take in the sights and the grand parade giving them the opportunity to showcase who sounds of the traditional grand parade, which marks the start they are and what they do in the Wallsend area. of one of the largest street events in the Newcastle area.

With Daracon joining the list of event sponsors this year, Organised by the Wallsend Town Business Association, the Rhonda said they have been able to make the most of the Wallsend Winter Fair is held on the second Sunday in August company’s support of Variety, the Children’s Charity, with a each year and has become a favourite family-friendly event for host of Variety Bash cars joining in the fun of the parade before Of course, what’s a Winter Fair without a fairground? There’s sure to be no shortage of thrills on offer at this year’s event, residents and tourists alike, attracting around 30,000 visitors setting up a static display for the rest of the day. with the renowned Paviers Family Amusements setting up two throughout the day.

Rhonda said the Wallsend Winter Fair would not be possible sites to provide rides for all ages.

Organiser Rhonda Campbell said the Fair was a great way without its sponsors, which in 2016 also include Stockland The Tyrrell Street car park will appeal to the younger members of showcasing what was on offer in Wallsend and put its Wallsend, McDonalds Wallsend, Greater Bank, and the of the family, while rides in the Kemp Street car park will thrill popularity down to the diverse mix of top quality market stalls, Wallsend Town Business Association. the older kids and adults alike! amusement rides, cultural displays and musical entertainment.

Aside from taking on the naming rights for the grand parade, “It’s huge, we get around 30,000 people throughout the day and Stockland Wallsend will also provide a selection of great prizes Those keen to set a slower pace will also be well catered for, with more than 120 market stalls providing hours of browsing there’s really something for everyone,” she said. for its three best entrants, while Greater Bank has thrown its support behind the Schools Art Competition, which was open to pleasure along the main street. Shoppers will have their hands “It brings people to the western suburbs of Newcastle and full trying to decide what to take home, with a range of unique all infant, primary and high schools in the Wallsend area. showcases what’s over there, the uniqueness of Wallsend – it’s arts, crafts, gifts, clothing, jewellery and more on offer at the just a great day for people to come and explore the area.”

Students were asked to create artwork around the theme of stalls and within the local businesses throwing open their doors what the Wallsend Winter Fair meant to them, with a display of for an extra day of trading.

Opening up the event in style will be the Stockland Wallsend all the artworks on show at Rotunda Park throughout the Winter Grand Parade, a spectacle the likes of which Rhonda said you Rhonda said only the highest quality vendors had been Fair. won’t find anywhere else in the Hunter. accepted for the event, with spaces booked out well in advance The finalists for the art prize will then be exhibited at Stockland for what is always a very busy day for stallholders.

Led by a NSW Police highway patrol car, this year’s parade will Wallsend following the event. feature at least 30 different groups including the Marching Taking in the sights and sounds of the Winter Fair is sure to Koalas, pipe band, local pre-school and school groups as well Rotunda Park will also be home to a community mosaic art help you work up an appetite, and there will be plenty on offer as crowd favourites such as Prime Possum, Healthy Harold, project demonstration by Art Mania Studio, while a blacksmith to tickle the taste buds of visitors as well.

Ronald McDonald and NSW Fire Brigades mascot Bernie will be bringing the age-old art of iron forging to life.

A multicultural food alley filled with 22 vendors will showcase Cinders, who will of course be accompanied by a resplendent The Daracon main stage will be set up next to Rotunda Park flavours from all over the world, including Asian, Turkish, red fire engine. in Tyrrell Street, featuring a host of music and entertainment Mediterranean, Spanish and Argentinian fare as well as those “You just don’t see parades like this anymore, it’s the only one throughout the day including performances by the popular local classic Aussie favourites. still going in the Hunter,” Rhonda said. act, high energy, four-piece pop band Sundays Record, as well as some of the best buskers you will encounter.

“People love it, they line the streets to watch it go by and The Wallsend Winter Fair will run from 9am to 4pm this year we’ve got 30 entries, most of which have 20 to 30 A second entertainment precinct will be on offer at the other on Sunday, August 14, with free entry and wheelchair individuals in each, so it’s a really big thing. end of Tyrrell Street, where the McDonalds Community Stage accessibility. For more details visit www.winterfair.com.au will feature local schools, choirs and dance groups. www.intouchmagazine.com.au | 3

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From the Editors...

Newcastle Museum is known for its ability to highlight a milestone through exhibition and this month celebrate a milestone of their own - 5 years since the doors of the Honeysuckle facility opened. Much has happened over that time. Countless exhibitions, alterations, permanent displays and special events have seen the Museum welcome hundreds of thousands of people through those doors, all excited to discover what lies behind.

This month we speak to Museum Director Julie Baird about the hard work that goes on behind the scenes to put an exhibition together, her favourite exhibitions and what lies ahead for the Museum.

Variety is known for many different things and a quick poll of locals about what Variety does for the community produces a wide range of responses – many of them centred on highly decorative bash cars and big parties! It becomes apparent that this muchloved children’s charity is difficult to place in one bucket, but in short, Variety helps kids and their families by providing financial support for things and experiences when they can’t afford it and no government assistance is available. This month we welcome the Variety of Chefs Gala Dinner to Newcastle with 5 incredible chefs providing diners with a night of culinary delights and the big audacious goal of raising $100K for this amazing organisation.

Pipe bands, Marching Koalas, Variety Bash cars and community groups will all be out in force converging on the main street of Wallsend this month for the annual Wallsend Winter Fair with over 30,000 people expected to turn out across the full day of this family-friendly event. Keep an eye out for baby dinosaurs that will pop up at Stockland Wallsend throughout the day!

At this time of the year there’s a major focus on our health and wellbeing, probably due to the cold weather and proliferation of bugs and lurgies that make their way into our workplaces, schools and homes. We speak to the professionals about how to safeguard ourselves and why having an open conversation with your GP may be a better idea than consulting Dr. Google!

Finally, for all the Pokèmon hunters out there, you will find one amongst our pages this month, so get hunting! Enjoy!

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Features

ISSUE #14 AUGUST 16

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Cover Story - Newcastle Museum Turns 5!

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Get Running! And Shake off Those Winter Blues!

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Variety of Chefs

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Special Feature - Wallsend

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Simple and Effective Tips to Stay Well this Winter

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Health Trends - Forget Dr Google and Keep Your GP Informed

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Strength Training - A Woman's Best Friend!

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Unforgettable Canada and Alaska

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Newcastle Food & Wine Expo 2016

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National Skills Week - Creativity Pop-up at the Playhouse

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From Small Ideas to Big Business

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Cheer on our Local Sporting Heroes this Month!

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Regulars 5

Top Five on Five

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What’s on Guide

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Fashion + Beauty

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Health + Wellbeing

30 Travel 32 Eat//Sip//Savour 38

On Your Doorstep

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Education + Training

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Family + Community

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Contributors When we set about creating a cover that accurately celebrates 5 years of fun and learning at Newcastle Museum it became clear that we had loads more memories than space! This cover, created by our talented designer Jess, brings together some of our favourite memories and highlights the colourful ‘M’ logo that we’ve all grown to love. Happy Birthday Newcastle Museum!

Carla Elkin Jess Codrington Therese Ferry Andrea Ciotti Chloe Sullivan Sarah Saffo Christal Stride

Michelle Meehan Di von Essen Sonya McNaughton Deborah Bartlett Sarah Knight Claire Edwards Alyce Cowell

Megan O'Sullivan Quentin von Essen Emily Gallagher Mel Murray Dana Fischetti Anne Ward

TOPFIVEONFIVE Top Book BUSHRANGER TRACKS By Gregory Powell Local author and retired school teacher Gregory Powell combined his interest in bushwalking and history to explore (on foot) scenic and historic regions to create this book – which was 40 years in the making.

Powell delves into the movements of individuals and gangs through time. Read about the Ned Kelly gang, Captain Starlight, Ben Hall and many other bushrangers of our colonial past. With a keen imagination, each historic location can transport the modern day explorer back to the wild days of the early settlement when gold glittered, guns blazed, and men and women struggled just to survive.

Bushranger Tracks is possibly the most comprehensive record of bushranger sites ever published. The fascinating journey into Bushranger history begins at a farm at Boorolite near Mansfield in Victoria where the author came face to face with the Kelly story. Available at all good bookstores. RRP $24.99.

Top Gig

Snow at Barrington Tops This beautiful image was taken by Adam Williams on June 28th, 2016 and provided courtesy of Barrington Tops Tourism (www.barringtontopstourism.com.au). Check out the video link for more Winter wonderland inspiration!

Top Drop

DAMI IM - YESTERDAY ONCE MORE Belmont 16s

MEEREA PARK 2015 ‘Terracotta’ Chardonnay

2013 X-Factor winner, singer songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Dami Im not only has an incredibly distinctive voice, but she possesses an innate understanding of how truly great songs are created.

This month, Dami and her band come to Belmont 16s with her 'Yesterday Once More' Classic Carpenters album tour, where she pays a breathtaking homage to one of her idols, Karen Carpenter. With her intention not to copy the Carpenters voice or tone, Dami has set out to reinvent the joy, innocence and rawness of classics such as There's a Kind of Hush, A Song for You, plus many more.

Don't miss your chance to see why Dami Im has become one of Australia's favourite musicians! See her live at Belmont 16s on Saturday, August 27th.

Meerea Park Chardonnays are usually sourced off the sandy river bed loam soils of the Lower Hunter region. This is the first ‘Individual Vineyard’ Chardonnay they have purposely made from the lower yielding red clay/basalt soil, giving it the ‘Terracotta’ name. 2015, while not perfect ripening conditions, has still produced great fruit off well-kept old-vine vineyards.

Tasting - Bright mid-straw in colour, this wine possesses aromas of stone-fruit, nuts and spice. The palate is refined and features nectarine and peach fruit flavours. Oak is very secondary and in harmony with the fruit. Clean zesty acid completes the package.

The perfect accompaniment to fresh seafood, in particular, ocean trout and salmon.

Cellaring - Drink now or cellar for 5 to 10 years.

Top Spot

Top Movie

CARRINGTON PLACE - Carrington

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS - THE MOVIE The ever glamorous, self-indulgent and absolutely fabulous Edina and Patsy, are now in their 60's, with Edina still running her (dying) PR agency.

They still ooze glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, the two become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi.

Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!

Absolutely Fabulous is in cinemas August 4th.

Photo of the Month

A complete renovation and restoration of the property transformed this disused former dockworkers hotel in one of Newcastle's rapidly developing harbourside suburbs into a beautiful and modern guest house with its own, very popular, wine bar, café and dining room. The formula for success was completed when the owner, Scott Webster, returned to his hometown of Newcastle to offer patrons the benefit of his 30 years experience working in and owning, some of the best restaurants in the world.

A stone's throw from the harbour with its yacht club, the local fishing fleet and Fisherman's Co-op, Carrington Place offers guests high-quality guest house style accommodation coupled with an exceptional food and wine experience, all at reasonable prices and close to transport and beaches.

Perfect for a great night out, your next ‘stay-cation’ or a top spot to park the rellies when they next visit!

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INTOUCH COVERFEATURE STORY NEWCASTLE ROSS NOBLE MUSEUM TURNS 5

NEWCASTLE MUSEUM TURNS 5!

WORDS: MICHELLE MEEHAN

It’s not hard to feel a sense of belonging when you visit the Museum – after all, many of the stories it tells are so uniquely our own and Julie says that highlighting this sense of who we are and where we come from is at the Museum’s core.

Newcastle Museum is known for its ability to acknowledge a milestone through exhibition - 25 years since the Newcastle earthquake, 40 years of “Our whole vision and mission statement is about how to be a the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. But this centre for and about Newcastle,” she said. month the Museum will turn its focus to a more “We connect with the community in a couple of different ways personal anniversary – five years since it opened we’re always trying to tell local stories, and we’re always trying the doors to its home at the historic Honeysuckle to have exhibits that reflect Newcastle’s experience because Railway Workshops. that’s the one thing that makes us different and makes us so

Some of these stories are told through the Museum’s permanent displays, including one of its founding exhibitions, Fire and Earth.

Bringing to life two major industries that have dominated the identity, landscape and people of the Hunter, Fire and Earth invites visitors into the belly of the beast, allowing them to experience the heat, danger and hard work of coal mining and the BHP’s Newcastle Steelworks.

Another permanent feature at the Museum is A Newcastle Story – a multifaceted depiction of the true character of the city in all special - we’re about Newcastle and the Hunter and that’s what its beauty, grit, colour and life.

A lot has happened in that time: countless exhibitions have we do. come and gone, new additions and alterations have been made Visitors are taken on a journey through time as they explore to the permanent displays, and hundreds of thousands of “For us, we don’t think we can do this in isolation, we see Newcastle’s natural environment, early Aboriginal life, history people have passed through those doors excited to explore all ourselves as being part of a greater net. and beliefs; discovering the answers to how and why we are a the Museum has to offer. distinct and fascinating community.

“Newcastle has changed an awful lot over the past few years And while it is clearly high on the to-do lists of tourists in the city, and certainly this area has changed a lot since we’ve been here The themes covered in A Newcastle Story were developed the core of its visitors - around two-thirds - come from within the and I think it’s like a weird symbiotic relationship – we tell the following extensive community consultation – once again Newcastle and Hunter local government areas. story of Newcastle and as Newcastle changes, we change as reinforcing the community’s crucial place within the heart and well.” soul of the Museum.

Newcastle Museum Director Julie Baird said there is no doubt the venue occupies a special place in the hearts of the region’s The Museum opened in its current location on August 4, 2011. The grassroots community focus has also been responsible residents. for many of the locally curated exhibitions put on during the It is funded by Newcastle City Council and forms a “core part” past five years according to the Museum manager, including “I call the Museum my big brick baby and I find that when I run of the “long-term vision to create and improve cultural facilities” the recent Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service display The into people on the street, they tend to have their own stories for residents and visitors alike according to Newcastle Lord Community’s Own. about the Museum,” she said.

Mayor Cr Nuatali Nelmes.

This has not only ensured that the Museum connects with its “There is a real sense of ownership. That’s not by accident, “We recognise that cultural activity is part of our city’s identity. community, but that the community connects with the Museum, that’s the community and the Museum working together to Through our Museum we celebrate our history as a city, tell our and each other, as well. make the place something of their own. stories, from the earliest of Aboriginal settlements through to today,” she said.

“We’ve been doing lots of work with community groups. We say: “We’ve got this one kid that literally, for the paid blockbuster ‘If you’ve got a story to tell we’ll work with you so you can learn shows, comes 17 times with his Dad, he walks behind the “Newcastle is a city of culture, with enthusiastic audiences how to do an exhibition’, and we’ve been finding those ones counter and introduces himself to people as being part of the who appreciate a diversity of exhibitions and experiences... really rewarding,” Julie said.

Museum… There’s a kind of sense that everyone thinks it’s The Newcastle Museum is a custodian of the stories and their place and that they belong.” experiences that have made us who we are as a modern city and region.”

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INTOUCH COVERFEATURE STORY NEWCASTLE ROSS NOBLE MUSEUM TURNS 5 family or people from within the Worker’s Club, and it all came out while we were doing the photos, so the photos are really traumatic.

“We also managed to get some people together that hadn’t seen each other for 25 years, the head of police and the cave rescue guy that went in looking for bodies in the Worker’s Club, they had never actually had a chance to talk to each other about what had happened at that time.

“As a historian, of course, I knew about the earthquake and as a Novocastrian I knew people affected, but that show and doing those photographs and talking about what had happened - some people were really joyous, some so incredibly traumatic – when I look at those photos, I’m right back there with them and I don’t think that will ever leave me.”

Another exhibition that made its mark on Julie, for a very different reason, was Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family.

A travelling exhibition that settled in at the Museum from October 2015 through to March this year, it was an innovative, multimedia experience developed and co-presented by the Australian Museum.

It was also the largest exhibition Newcastle Museum had ever hosted – a real blockbuster that featured large-scale, immersive projections, multi-touch technologies and a dramatic array of fossils and casts of tyrannosaurs including more than 10 life-sized dinosaur specimens.

“It takes a lot of time – the Westpac Rescue Helicopter one that ran through June and July, that’s a year that we were talking to them and working together.

“No-one’s going to come to the museum and learn everything there is to know about one thing, but people are going to come to the museum and they’re going to learn a lot about all the different stories that we’ve got in our town, they’re going to start a fascination with science, they’re going to learn about what their grandad did at BHP.

Of course, it’s not all about looking back, with an exciting line-up of exhibitions set to descend on the Museum in coming months.

First up will be Circle, which brings to life the latest book (of the same name) by children’s author and illustrator Jeannie Baker (see more about this fascinating exhibition on page 8).

“But that kind of end result of being able to let other people tell their story in our space creates a nice warm and fuzzy feeling.

Its opening will coincide with the ‘Five on Five’ event being Greg Ray did the same thing, he’s got a photographic collection and we had this huge 12m panorama of Newcastle in 1912 up “And the longer that people keep coming in, the more they learn. held from 5pm on August 5th to celebrate the Museum’s 5th on the wall.

You come in and you might have done something in Supernova anniversary. once, then the second time you get the concept and the third Designed as a mini festival on the Museum’s lawn, it will “We didn’t label it because we wanted people to talk to each time you’re teaching other people. feature food and drink vendors, free live bands, light displays, other about it, and that was the best thing, just watching projections, art installations and more. people talk to random strangers about ‘Is that the Obelisk? Is “We try and keep turning things over as much as possible and that Strzelecki?’ and little kids trying to find how many toilets keep running special events so you don’t get bored when Julie said apart from allowing them to celebrate the milestone and chooks there were in the picture. you keep coming back, but there’s also a kind of sense of with the community, it will also enable the museum to ownership and we’re ok with that. showcase some of the changes that have been made to the “We know that people come here for a social event, people spaces within. don’t come here to quietly sit and reflect about something, they “Some places don’t like to share, but we have this sense that come here to spend time with their family and friends, to learn we’re here for Newcastle, not the other way around. I know The venue is undergoing a bit of an update, with new items something new, to have a chat. that sounds really, really basic, but in our industry, I think it’s going out on display including a major object donation of a actually pretty significant.” grocery collection that will completely change the look of the “It’s a kind of sense of bringing Newcastle people together in a Museum café. place that’s real; there’s not a lot of that anymore. There’s a lot While Julie was hard-pressed to narrow down the highlights of digital engagement but for us, we’re something completely of the last five years because of the sheer volume of quality With the 1870 J&A Brown Locomotive No.4 continuing to be different.” exhibitions that have graced the space, a few clear favourites such a huge hit at the Museum, they are also planning to add did come to light. some additional transport artefacts to their displays, while the This focus on engagement – and the refreshing informality of the Museum that means visitors are more likely to raucously, One that hit close to home for many Novocastrians – and had a Fire and Earth galleries have recently been updated. rather than reverently, enjoy the space – set it apart, in the best particularly strong effect on Julie herself was Earthquake: Then In coming months, some new travelling exhibitions will also of ways, from the norm. and Now. pass through the Museum, including an interactive show focussed on the human body, a 1950s textile display and an They’re also key factors as to why people come back, time and Curated by Newcastle Museum to commemorate the 25th time again. anniversary of the Newcastle earthquake, the exhibition was an exhibition from the United States looking at Japanese tattoos. attempt to discover how Newcastle and its people had changed Julie said the Museum was focussed on keeping things fresh “We’ve had evaluations done by independent museum experts, since that fateful day on December 28, 1989, examining and ensuring there was always something for everyone. and we do break the mould. Our visitors tend to be younger, stories of growth and recovery, loss and change. our visitors are more likely to come in a group, they spend “We’re trying to pique people’s interest, we’re trying to say ‘Hey, longer than normal and also how many people come to us is “I don’t think I’ll ever get past the Newcastle earthquake try this entirely new thing that you didn’t know that you wanted.’ completely different in terms of the understanding of what anniversary show for the 25th year. We went and got photos We try to do that with shows, so we’ll have a big family science percentage of a population would go to a museum.” Julie said. from the newspaper at the time and then I tracked the interactive show in and at the same time we’ll put something people down and found out what had happened to them completely different in another gallery, so hopefully it doesn’t “We do kind of break the mould – but really what we are is on the day and what had happened to them since and then matter who in the family likes what, there really is something for accessible. we photographed them holding the photograph from the everybody,” she said “It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from, you come newspaper. It was a really simple concept and it shouldn’t have “Newcastle Museum is kind of a little outside the norm, it’s here and there’s always something new, or you might not be affected me that much,” Julie said. a little bit like Newcastle really; it’s not exactly what people into Victorian Newcastle but you might really be into Japanese “But in three days we photographed 25 people - a lot of them expect it to be - but it’s more.” tattoos, or you might not be into the sport, but you might be really hadn’t thought about the earthquake very much, some into the music.

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WINTER MARKET

AUGUST 6TH 9am - 3pm

art | design | music | food WHAT'S ON //

CIRCLE a fusion of art, literature and science Award-winning children’s author and artist Jeannie Baker's latest, much anticipated picture book, Circle, is coming to Newcastle Museum as a remarkable exhibition this month. Circle opens Friday 5th August as part of the Museum's 5th birthday celebration and will run to 30th October.

Experience the wonder of the Bar-Tailed Godwit as it undertakes the longest unbroken migration on earth as seen through the artwork of award-winning children’s book artist and author, Jeannie Baker.

Each year, Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica baueri) undertake the longest unbroken migration of any animal when they fly from their breeding grounds in Alaska to Australia and New Zealand. They follow invisible pathways in the sky, which they have followed for thousands of years.

5 August – 31 October 2016 Newcastle Museum

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theolivetreemarket.com.au In order to create Circle, Jeannie Baker made her own journeys across the globe to observe godwits. “I travelled to the wild, remote landscapes of Alaska and then to China and South Korea, where it was alarming to see the enormous extent of the reclamation and rapid loss of mudflats, the godwits (and other birds) depend on for food," she said.

Baker's work conveys the sheer wonder of this giant migratory ‘circle of life’, but also reminds us to reflect on the importance of the world’s remaining wetlands. "Everything in nature is interdependent and connected and changes we make in one place can cause a chain reaction in other places, even at the opposite end of the world.”

The combination of exquisitely detailed and textured collages with the fascinating science of our natural world has created an exhibition which not only celebrates the Godwit’s remarkable flight as it comes full circle, but also travels following the flight path of the Bar-tailed Godwit at venues nationally and internationally. The exhibition tour is organised

by Newcastle Museum.

Meet the Author!

Author-artist Jeannie Baker will visit Newcastle Museum to speak about her latest book Circle and her journey around the globe observing the migratory journey of the Bar-tailed Godwits. Come and meet her from 5:30pm8pm Thursday 25th August in the Museum Theatrette. This is a free event however bookings are essential. Phone 4974 1401.

achievement in the production of innovative, inter-disciplinary and visual theatre.

This month they bring Encoded to the Civic Theatre on Thursday August 11th, 8pm.

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An exhibition organised by Newcastle Museum

CIVIC PARK NEWCASTLE

The Visually Stunning Encoded Stalker Theatre is one of Australia’s pre-eminent physical theatre companies, celebrating over two decades of outstanding

Encoded is an aerial dance performance that uses the latest interactive technologies to build a projected digital environment that responds to the movements of the performers.

Visually stunning, it creates a ravishing immersive world of shimmering images that dissolve and reform as the performers sweep across space.

Encoded is a meditation on the fragility of space and our place within it. It explores how digitised space alters our perceptions of physical space, and how digital media change our relationship to the body. For tickets visit www.civictheatrenewcastle.com.au

local with fundraising going to the John Hunter Children’s Hospital and our business supporters and sponsors are local. It truly is a great local community event,” he said.

“The course is great and very scenic around the lake, without many hills to cause too much heartache. It’s a great way for people to shake off winter and get their fitness back on track for summer.”

Almost 2,000 runners soaked up the sun and the vibe in 2015 with some pace runners leading many competitors to some great PB times. All runners soaked up the beautiful conditions out on our course, with the sun shining and small breeze around the lake. Event organisers hope to see all those happy, smiling faces back again this year.

Someone once said, you’re only cold if you’re standing still, so get running in 2016. There are plenty of running groups around for people to join in and have a go, you don’t have to be a marathon runner - you just have to start.

GET RUNNING

So get your runners on and shake off those Winter blues! Registration is available right up to event day on Sunday, August 28, 2016. For more details, head to www.lakemacrunning.com

And shake off those Winter blues!

3 GOOD REASONS TO START RUNNING

The Lake Macquarie Half Marathon commenced in 1984 and this year will see the 32nd consecutive running of the event.

The event, which will be held on Sunday, August 28th, has become somewhat of a flagship community event for the region.

Event organiser Chad Griffith said he loves how the community has embraced the event as one of their own over the years.

“It’s great that the community is as passionate about this annual event as we are. We are proud that the community really gets behind it, the residents along the Esplanade come out on their lawn to cheer the runners on, our fundraising is

Stuck in a rut - If your feeling stuck and are after some kind of change, sign on up to a running festival! Setting a goal is vital for change, and running can help your motivation!

Stress relief - Many people have said going for a run clears the mind, and they are right! Running helps to release stress, anxiety and tension in the body.

Hunter Business Development Forum Find out what it takes to break into the big world of business from a small idea.

Supported by BusinessBasics, the Hunter Business Chamber hosts a monthly Business Development Forum to provide education, professional development and up to date information on issues important to business in our community.

Highlighting small business month in September, the Chamber will proudly host Jennifer Holland as their guest speaker.

Jennifer is the Founder and CEO of Throat Scope, the world’s first all-in-one light and tongue depressor medical device.

Jennifer will share her insights and business story, from giving everything you’ve got to winning government grants and securing investment on Channel 10’s Shark Tank.

Don’t miss out. Early bird tickets for members are out now till 26 August or until sold out. Non members welcome.

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Wednesday 14 September 2016 7am to 8:45am Watt Street Arc, 45 Watt St, Newcastle $40.50 - $65.00 www.hunterbusinesschamber.com.au

Healthy mind, healthy body - You may not be able to outrun a bad diet, but running is a sure fire way to feel better about your body!

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MONDAY, AUGUST 1

Black, White & Restive Cross-cultural initiatives in Australian contemporary art. Newcastle Art Gallery until August 7th.

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THURSDAY 4TH Neville Staple The Cambridge Hotel FRIDAY 5TH Bow Wow The Cambridge Hotel Alias Mezz Bar, Wallsend The Owls Newcastle Museum SATURDAY 6TH The Angels + Mi Sex Belmont 16s The McClymonts 10 Years of Hits Wests New Lambton Neato Burrito Live Music + Mexican ft TORA The Small Ballroom Kings Of Kong Wickham Park Hotel King Tide The Cambridge Hotel TUESDAY 9TH Lambton High Showcase Lizottes, Lambton WEDNESDAY 10TH Sleepmakeswaves The Cambridge Hotel Alex Martin Lass O'Gowrie Hotel THURSDAY 11TH Newcastle Music Festival FRIDAY 12TH Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos Belmont 16s Trophy Eyes The Cambridge Hotel Freewyo The Small Ballroom Ben Murphy Wickham Park Hotel Vanishing Shapes Lass O'Gowrie Hotel SATURDAY 13TH TommyGun Mezz Bar, Wallsend Paces The Cambridge Hotel Rolling Thunder Vietnam Civic Theatre THURSDAY 18TH Luca Brasi + Moose Blood + The Hard Aches The Cambridge Hotel FRIDAY 19TH Black Heart Breakers Lass O'Gowrie Hotel SATURDAY 20TH Melinda Schneider Does Doris Day Wests New Lambton Crimson Tide Wickham Park Hotel Alex Johnson Northern Star Hotel War On Happiness The Commons Soweto Gospel Choir City Hall SUNDAY 21ST Dead Letter Circus The Cambridge Hotel Greg Bryce Mezz Bar, Wallsend MONDAY 22ND Kotara High Showcase Lizottes, Lambton TUESDAY 23RD St Pius High Showcase Lizottes, Lambton WEDNESDAY 24TH Cute is What We Aim For The Small Ballroom Melody Feder + Red Sugar + Byren Lizottes, Lambton THURSDAY 25TH Belmont High Showcase Lizottes, Lambton FRIDAY 26TH Viper Creek Band The Cambridge Hotel The Smarts Mezz Bar, Wallsend SATURDAY 27TH Dami Im Yesterday Once More Classic Carpenters Tour Belmont 16s The Cassettes Mezz Bar, Wallsend Cruzers Wests Cardiff Operation 40 Wickham Park Hotel

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 2

Choir of Trinity College Cambridge Presented by Musicaviva, City Hall.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3

The Wiggles - Wiggle Town Tour The Wiggles are celebrating their 25th birthday in the best way possible! Emma, Simon, Anthony and Lachy will be performing in over 100 locations around Australia, including City Hall in Newcastle.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7

Run Newcastle Run, walk or roll around the foreshore to raise funds for the adolescent ward at John Hunter Hospital. www.runaustralia.com.au

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10

Blood Bank by Christopher Harley The waiting room of a hospital. Is there anywhere worse in this world?

This romantic comedy promises to make audiences laugh and cry! 10—13 August, Playhouse Theatre.

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Aspire Featuring a host of colourful characters, exciting musical arrangements and an array of interesting locations, Aspire’s Production for 2016 is a play about acceptance not only of each other but ourselves. Civic Theatre, 4—6 August.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

Your Collection: 20 years of the Sculpture Park This exhibition marks the 20-year anniversary of the establishment of the sculpture park in the gallery grounds. Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery until Sep 25.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 AUG 6

Newcastle Cystic Fibrosis Race Day Broadmeadow Racecourse. www.njc.com.au Newcastle Knights V Bulldogs Hunter Stadium, 3pm.

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Newcastle Music Festival 11 days, 21 great events!

Local, national and international singers, musicians and performers. 11 - 21 August, various locations. www.newcastlemusicfestival.org Encoded by Stalker Theatre An aerial dance performance that uses the latest interactive technologies to build a projected digital environment responding to the movements of the performers.

Don't miss this visually stunning, immersive performance at Civic Theatre.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12

Dr Willy Wonka and the Medical Factory A night of comedy, singing, dancing and music as the five lucky students make their way through Dr Willy Wonka's Medical Factory! 12 + 13 August, Griffith Duncan Theatre, UoN. www.unms.org.au/willywonka

Hunter Valley Electric Festival 2016 This festival is all about sustainable transport in fun innovative ways, supporting electric vehicle industries in the Hunter.

Newcastle Kart Racing Club, Cameron Park, 13 + 14 August. www.hunterevfestival.net Rolling Thunder Vietnam Songs That Defined A Generation will be touring to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The Battle Of Long Tan. Civic Theatre.

Buried Country - Live in Concert The long-awaited stage-show presentation of Clinton Walker’s classic book/film/CD, telling the story of the deep tradition of Aboriginal country music. Playhouse Theatre.

Newcastle Time Walk Participants will have the chance to be field geologists and explore the history of Newcastle's landscapes. 2pm - 5:30pm (2hr tours leave on the half hour from 2pm - 3.30pm). More info at www.newcastlemuseum.com.au

Wicked Awe-inspiring and spectacular, Wicked is the untold story of the witches of Oz. 24 Aug - 3 Sept, Civic Theatre, Newcastle.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26

Newcastle Food & Wine Expo 2016 A 3-Day event with celebrity chefs, food & wine, cheese, cocktails and everything gourmet! Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Aug 26 to 28. www.foodandwineexpo.com.au Newcastle Health Harmony Soul 2016 Three Sensational days of health, wellbeing and spirituality, along with free entertainment and workshops.

Newcastle Entertainment Centre, August 26 to 28.

29th Annual Newcastle Jazz Festival 30 Bands, Jazz Pianists and Jazz Guitarists will present more than 30 hours of music over the weekend! Fri 26, Sat 27+ Sun 28, Wests New Lambton. Tickets at www.westsnewcastle.com.au Newcastle Animation Festival Award winning, weird and wacky; the best short animated films from around the globe are coming, thanks to the UoN. Tickets $10. Tower Cinemas, Newcastle, 26 + 27 Aug.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 AUG 27

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14

Wallsend Winter Fair A grand parade, market and food stalls, rides, prizes, entertainment - a fun day out for the whole family! 9am to 4pm.

Bridal Expo at Newcastle Showground Exhibition Centre Proceeds to Westpac Helicopter Service. $10 entry, www.hunterweddingspecialists.com.au

MONDAY, AUGUST 15

Snugglepot & Cuddlepie The Gumnut babies are on a mission to see a human! On their journey to the big city they meet friends and foes including Professor Kookaburra, Mrs Fantail, Mr Lizard, Little Ragged Blossom plus more! Civic Theatre, 15—16 August.

Baby Boomers & Seniors Expo with Disability Options Presented by the AgeingLife Network. The Hunter’s over 50’s are invited to this unique and exciting event showcasing all things health, wellness, travel, lifestyle, entertainment, retirement living, technology and more! Tickets $5, enter the promo 'IN-TOUCH' for tickets online! 10am - 4pm, Newcastle Entertainment Centre. www.ageinglife.com.au

Soweto Gospel Choir One of the world’s greatest and award winning vocal ensembles. City Hall.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13

Olive Tree Markets, Civic Park Discover the emerging artists section, take home amazing gourmet artisan produce and sit back and take in the sounds of talented local musicians! www.theolivetreemarket.com.au

Arj Barker - Get in My Head Nelson Bay Diggers.

Marion Borgelt Memory & Symbol Newcastle Art Gallery, 20 Aug to 23 Oct.

A Chorus Line Pantseat Performing Arts brings this nine-time Tony Award®-winning singular sensation to the Playhouse Theatre, 4—6 August.

RAW Newcastle Reveal Central 145, 6.30pm.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16

Tyrrell’s Wines Race Day FREE ENTRY Broadmeadow Racecourse. www.njc.com.au

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19

Arj Barker - Get in My Head Australia's favourite American comedian is back! Belmont 16s.

Girl Friday Race Day Broadmeadow Racecourse.

Kilgour Prize 2016 Annual art prize for figurative and portrait painting that awards $50,000 for the most outstanding work of art. A People’s Choice of $5000 is also awarded to most popular voted by the general public. Newcastle Art Gallery, until Nov 13.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28

Pooch Picnic for Dog Rescue Newcastle Bring your dogs and a picnic for a relaxing day amongst the vines! Activities include competitions, dog training demos, pet pampering and more. Entry is a gold coin donation to Dog Rescue Newcastle. Pepper Tree Wines, 86 Halls Road, Pokolbin. 10.30am - 2.30pm.

Lake Macquarie Running Festival Lake Macquarie Foreshore. More info at www.lakemacrunning.com

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SATURDAY 3 Olive Tree Markets, Civic Park Dave Hughes - Sweet Belmont 16s. www.16s.com.au Watsons Demolition Newcastle City SuperMoto Fast and furious SuperMoto action at Newcastle Foreshore on a specially constructed Dirt and Tar track. Free event, Sep 3 + 4, 10am - 4pm.

Elsewhere The Rooftop Lifting live music to a whole new level.

Tickets at www.goelsewhere.com.au

31 Morehead Street, Lambton Doors open from 6pm FULLY LICENSED

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WEDNESDAY 7 Youth Rockin the Black Dog A music competition designed to raise awareness of youth mental health issues among young people in the Hunter and surrounding regions held at Lizottes, Lambton. www.himh.org.au

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Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA Based on the opera by Giuseppe Verdi, Aida is a timeless love story, featuring an award-winning pop/ rock score from the seasoned pop duo who brought musical life to Disney’s The Lion King. 8­—10 September, Playhouse Theatre.

Othello by Bell Shakespeare In 2016 the world will commemorate 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare. This anniversary year see one of his greatest plays brought to life by this outstanding Australian theatre company! 8—9 September, Civic Theatre.

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THE EAGLES SHOW Friday 12

ONE LOVE - THE MUSIC OF BOB MARLEY Saturday 13

Let's Spend The Night Together... History of the Rolling Stones From their early material to the well known hits, the irrepressible Damien Lovelock (The Celibate Rifles) and crew have put together a show that covers the very best of the Stones catalogue. Hear a part of history being performed by the best at Lizotte’s Newcastle on Friday 16th September 2016.

Highlighting some of Sydney's best musicians including Rex Goh, Lloyd G, Steve Bull, Danny Marx Young and more, audiences have enjoyed the show with its blues origins to its pop hits.

You can't always get what you want but you can be sure you'll get a damn fine show with satisfaction guaranteed! For more information and tickets visit www.lizottes.com.au

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FRIDAY 9 Home Lifestyle & Outdoor Living Show Featuring master classes, DIY demos, industry experts, a variety of exhibitors and entertainment. Fri 9th 12pm - 7pm, Sat 10th + Sun 11th 10am - 4pm. Adults $12, concession $10 at the gate, Newcastle Entertainment Centre.

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LOCAL HARVEST - THE SONGS OF NEIL YOUNG Saturday 20 COREY HARRIS (USA) Sunday 21

DAMIEN LEITH Friday 26

NICK SAXON Saturday 27

THE WHITLAMS Tuesday 30

SEPTEMBER VINCE JONES Friday 2

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understand it ourselves. His stand-up is both insightful and pointed, like a mind-reading thumb tack, if there was one of those.

Arj has gained major International exposure from his role as ‘Dave’ on HBO’s Flight of the Concords. This, as well as dozens of appearances on popular Aussie TV shows like the original Hey Hey It’s Saturday (yep, he’s been coming here for a while), Thank God You’re Here, The Glasshouse, Good News Week, Rove Live, The Project, Talkin’ Bout My Generation, Spicks and Specks, The Great Debate and of course the MICF Gala have resulted in Arj becoming a household name in Australia.

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In his home country (well, country of birth at least), he has appeared regularly as a guest on many popular shows including those hosted by David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brian, Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Maher. He has also had three of his very own comedy specials on Comedy Central.

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Entries can be placed in the barrel on Saturday, 27th August between 4.30pm - 7.00pm The major draw will commence from 7.30pm onwards.

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Get in My Head Tour Join Arj as he contemplates everything from the social evolution of humanity to the fondue at Wests New Lambton for one night only on Sunday, 21st August 2016.

Arguably Australia’s favourite American comedian, in recent years, he has spent more time in our country than his own and has come to understand our culture perhaps better than we

Often asked why he spends so much time on our shores, Arj has this to say: “From my first show, I knew I wanted to be a comedian for life, and set out to find my audience. At the moment, the bulk of that audience is in Australia, so that’s where you’ll find me. I don’t know exactly why it turned out this way, but I’m very thankful to have found my fans, even if they happen to be on the other side of the world!”

Collectively, Arj’s stand-up clips on YouTube have garnered millions of hits, and his popularity is likely to rise even further given his manic touring schedule.

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The last time it was held at this track was way back in 1984, so fans are excited to get a look at all of the nation’s best riders gathered together to compete.

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Dirt track racing, formerly called short circuit racing, has a great history around the Hunter region with some of the most successful riders, most iconic tracks and most famous clubs in the history of this discipline of racing having emerged from this area.

Sunday, 14th, 21st and 28th August

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Legends of the sport like Herb Jefferson, Greg Primmer, Keith Davies and Chris Watson all came from clubs in the Hunter region, and significantly, two of them will be involved in the staging of this title meeting.

Davies is still involved as President of the host club, the Hunter Motor Cycle Club amongst his official involvement at national, state and club level.

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Countries best battle it out at Australian Championships Dirt track motorcycle racing will be in the sporting spotlight in the Hunter region this month, when the most pre-eminent riders in the country converge on the Barleigh Ranch Raceway for the 2016 staging of the Australian Senior Dirt Track Championships.

Sponsored by Chris Watson Motorcycles - Yamaha and supported by Port Stephens Council, the championship meeting will be staged on the weekend of August 13th and 14th, 2016.

Riders from Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and throughout New South Wales will battle it out for honours in an exciting round of two, three and four-wheel competitions.

This will be the first time since 2006 that this annual Championship meeting has been staged at Barleigh Ranch.

Watson still ranks as the most successful rider in the history of dirt track racing in this country and through his successful motorcycle dealerships he has joined with Yamaha as naming rights sponsor for the championships to continue his support of the sport that he graced so prominently for over two decades.

Dirt track racing remains a great spectacle for fans who are able to view the entire track, and when an Australian Championship is on the line high-speed, extreme action is guaranteed!

Teenagers through to vastly more experienced campaigners will battle it out for honours.

WHAT Australian Senior Dirt Track Championships.

WHERE Barleigh Ranch Raceway situated off Italia Road, Eagleton which runs off the Pacific Highway north of Raymond Terrace.

WHEN Saturday, August 13th - $20 per car admission and Sunday, August 14th. $30 per car admission, 10am start both days.

three Group 3 feature races, the Australian Bloodstock Cameron Handicap, the Yarraman Park Tibbie Stakes and the historic XXXX Gold Newcastle Cup with the day offering a generous $650,000 in prize money and attracting some of the best horses in the country.

RACING FEVER TO HIT NEWCASTLE this SPRING! Australia’s premier provincial racing club will celebrate thoroughbred racing, stunning fashion, entertainment and hospitality when it hosts the prestigious Hunter Jaguar Land Rover Spring Racing Carnival on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 September 2016.

Newcastle Jockey Club CEO Matt Benson said he was delighted to welcome naming sponsor Hunter Jaguar Land Rover to the racing fold.

“Newcastle Spring Racing Carnival is undoubtedly a highlight of the social and racing calendar in Newcastle. It attracts the glorious spectacle of horse racing at its best, with unmissable action on the track and fabulous style and glamour alongside it, a perfect fit for luxury vehicle brands”, said Mr Benson.

The premier two-day racing event commences on Friday 16 September with CUP Day and

Newcastle Spring Carnival is recognised as a valuable lead-up to the Sydney and Melbourne spring carnivals, attracting trainers and thoroughbred owners keen to race at Broadmeadow. Nominations for all races on both days close at 11am Monday 12 September.

Saturday 17 September is Ladies Day and will feature prize money of $176,000 across eight races including the Broadmeadow Mile, the Hurricane Stakes and the Provincial Cup to name a few.

While Friday focuses on serious racing, Saturday is set for a day of fabulous fun with a range of entertainment and activities taking place including the effervescent Westfield Kotara Fashions on the Field, which attracted around 100 entries last year.

With over $10,000 in prizes including an overseas holiday to be won, NJC offers the highest regional prize money for Fashions on the Field outside of Flemington. Entrants vie to win Best Dressed Female, Best Dressed Local Entrant, Best Dressed Male and Best in Millinery.

Actress, Singer and Television Host, Natalie Bassingthwaighte will perform for racegoers late in the afternoon to end what will be a spectacular Spring Racing Carnival.

Tickets for Newcastle Jockey Club’s 2016 Hunter Jaguar Land Rover Spring Racing Carnival are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.njc.com.au Grab your girlfriends and book your place at the Spring Fashion Workshop to find out everything you need to get prepped for the Hunter Jaguar Land Rover Spring Racing Carnival with fashion advice from Newcastle’s leading stylist, milliner and beauty consultants.

Fashion and the Field Meet for Cystic Fibrosis Newcastle Jockey Club will host the Newcastle Cystic Fibrosis Race Day on Saturday August 6th.

Book now for the Tyrrell's Wines - Wine and Food Matching Lunch, which will be hosted

by Chris Tyrrell within the lovely Chevals Restaurant. Tickets are $89 per person for Members and $99 per person for NonMembers and include a three-course lunch with five matching Tyrrell’s Premium wines.

Hosted by Westfield Kotara’s resident stylist, Kate Kohler will present items from the spring range available at Westfield Kotara.

Local Milliner Fashion Eight Fascinators will be on hand to discuss spring racing style, along with a display of her elegant custom design hats and fascinators. There’ll be tips for entering Westfield Kotara Fashions on the Field competition, as the races are one of few institutions left with fashion rules that are worth sticking to. With beauty and makeup advice from Pandora’s Hair, you’ll be armed with all the knowledge you need to get Spring Carnival racing ready! Enjoy tastes of the Westfield Kotara Ladies Day Marquee menu washed down by Tyrrell’s Wines and groove along to the smooth DJ tunes.

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HELPING KIDS THROUGH VARIETY NSW PROGRAMS Variety is known for many different things. If you posed the question to 100 different people, you would get varied responses. "They are the Variety Bash!" "They hold that Christmas party every year!" "They granted my child a trampoline to help with his breathing condition!" "They are the heart in the top hat!"

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of the families currently part of the Variety Case Management Service in Sydney.

Indulge in a gourmet extravaganza - the Variety of Chefs Newcastle, Saturday 27th August, Newcastle City Hall to support kids in the local region with a rare disease or condition.

Logan and Jordan’s grandfather, Chris, said “Finding time to understand and navigate the system is impossible when you are a 24/7 carer, especially when you are without access to respite and other services available to higher profile diseases.”

“It has been wonderful to have the services of a Case Manager Your taste buds will be taken on a journey of culinary delight who has been able to meet the family in our home, gain an with a decadent four-course meal prepared by top-class chefs understanding of the hospital at home type environment and Justin North, Clayton Donovan, Chris Thornton, Tim Montgomery the associated issues we face on a daily basis. and our very own Scott Webster, matched with premium wine “The Case Manager has helped coordinate between the from the Wine Selectors. multidisciplinary team we require, offered advice on what Along with exquisite food from some of the best in the business, supports are available and then helped with the many forms prepare to be entertained with live demonstrations from the and applications required to access these support options. This chefs, music from the Hunter School of Performing Arts Choir has helped to relieve some of the stress on our family.” (featuring Variety scholarship recipient, Connor Wink) and Variety NSW CEO Tam Johnson said Variety of Chefs will raise a performance by speed painter Brad Blaze. Then get your much-needed funds for Newcastle kids. dancing shoes on and dance the night away with well-known local band Misbehave.

“Variety NSW is committed to helping children who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs and the Case Variety aims to raise $100,000 at this extraordinary event to Management Service is another way we help tailor support for provide a Case Management Service for families who have a child with a rare disease or condition in the Newcastle region. kids in need,” said Johnston.

When a child has a rare disease, diagnosis is often difficult “We are looking forward to a fantastic night in Newcastle where or extremely delayed. Subsequently, families can experience locals can help locals by raising funds to provide the muchisolation along with psychological and financial stress. A Variety needed Case Management Service in Newcastle.”

Case Manager can help relieve some of the stress by helping Indulge your sense of heart and secure your seat at this navigate the medical and social services system to get the best exclusive event! Individual tickets are $180, or $1,700 support for a child with a rare disease or condition. for a table of 10 (corporate packages available). Visit The Weir family has two boys - Jordan, seven, and Logan, four, www.varietyofchefs.com.au for more information. who both have a rare intestinal genetic condition and are one

It becomes apparent when having these kinds of conversations that Variety is hard to place in one bucket.

And that's why this top hat-wearing, outback-driving, partythrowing, grant-giving organisation is so close to the hearts of so many different people.

In short, Variety helps kids and their families by providing financial support for things and experiences, such as equipment, therapy, and medical supplies when they can’t afford it, and when government assistance isn’t available.

But that is really just the tip of the iceberg.

•Wigs for Kids - Variety provides wigs for children that have lost their hair due to a medical condition, for example, alopecia. Variety aims to instil a sense of confidence, independence, and self-esteem for children who have lost their hair through the provision of specialised wigs.

•Freedom Program - Through the Freedom Program, Variety helps children gain independence by providing financial support for mobility, positioning, and in-home care needs.

This includes manual wheelchairs, vehicle modifications, in-home therapy (trampoline, spa, pool), positioning systems (hi-lo chairs, side-lyers, seating systems), modified tricycles, standing and walking frames, hoists and postural splints.

•Future Kids Program - Through our Future Kids Program, Variety helps children realise their full potential by providing financial support and scholarships for education and communication needs. Families can apply for academic, athletic and arts scholarships, Braille note takers and specialised software, communication devices, including iPads and educational equipment including laptops.

•Caring for Kids Program - Variety helps parents care for their sick children at home by providing financial support for medical items and equipment. Families can apply for feeds, nappies, orthotics, seizure alarms and monitors, prostheses, sensory equipment, health care items and respite care.

Variety of chefs Gala Dinner Saturday 27 Aug 2016 | Newcastle City Hall

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In 1996, teenage siblings Ella and Jesse Hooper (aged 13 and 15) started a band, won a Triple J competition and signed to a major record label. In 1999 that band, Killing Heidi, released their debut album Reflector, which spent several weeks at the top of the ARIA charts. Two more albums followed before the band split in 2006. Since then, Ella Hooper has collaborated with a series of musicians, landed a few TV and radio gigs, a spot on Spicks and Specks and forged her own solo career.

act route, Ella and Gena will play their new material together, teaming up on electric and acoustic guitar, while delivering harmonies that will knock your socks off.

Together they are aiming to create a heady moody atmosphere for audiences with performances that are raw, rocking and entrancing.

"Making in Tongues has been an incredible journey for me, and a massive learning curve I needed to go through as an artist. It's been at times difficult and terrifying but also incredibly Up-and-coming indie rock songstress Gena fun and freeing. It was the best of times, it Rose Bruce is making serious waves with her was the worst of times, haha. But I'm so proud live shows and evocative vocals. With an EP of where it's ended up, being as intensely and two singles already to her credit, 22-yearpersonal and sonically adventurous as it is," old Gena has just recorded four tracks live and says Hooper. loud in the studio and shared the stage with Gena's Mad Love EP smacks of sad-eyed Bonjah, Timberwolf and Pierce Brothers to femme fatales, off-kilter heroines and home name a few. wreckers, delivered with a touch of twang.

In support of their respective new releases, Bonding over an appreciation of the fragile Ella and Gena will team up for a run of dates vs. fierce nature of femininity, these Calamine around the country under the banner The Sisters are itching to go! For more information Calamine Sisters. You can catch this gig at and tickets visit www.lizottes.com.au Lizottes on Sunday, August 7th.

In this series of stripped back shows, rather than take the traditional main and support

THE BOOTLEG BEATLES Direct from London, The Bootleg Beatles, the world's first and finest homage to the Fab Four are returning to Australia in 2016. Over their almost 40 year career, The Bootleg Beatles have performed over 5,000 shows worldwide.

Their stunning authenticity coupled with their musical credibility has seen them play at some of the world's best-known venues such as Wembley Stadium, the Royal Albert Hall, Knebworth, Glastonbury Festival and the Budokan Stadium in Tokyo, where The Beatles originally played. They also performed on The Graham Norton Show in London.

The legendary English Record Producer/ Arranger/Composer Sir George Martin sometimes referred to as "the fifth Beatle", said: "I enjoyed their act enormously.”

The Bootleg Beatles re-create, with precision, the hits and image with costumes reflecting The Beatles' evolution, as well as from note to note using original instruments and with uncannily accurate vocals. Against a stunning video backdrop, they will be accompanied by a 9-piece orchestra, enabling them to faithfully re-create many of the songs The Beatles never

Thanks to Estellar Promotions and Wests New Lambton we have 3 double passes to giveaway for the The Bootleg Beatles on Wednesday, September 14th, 2016. Visit www.intouchmagazine.com.au and head to the GIVEAWAYS page to win. Competition ends August 31st, 2016. Good Luck!

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played live on stage, such as Eleanor Rigby, Penny Lane and All You Need Is Love.

The Bootleg Beatles are truly one of Britain's most popular bands, with fans of all ages across the globe greeting their note-perfect performance with scenes of Beatle-like hysteria. The concerts will feature renditions of the greatest songs from the entire Beatles catalogue.

All Beatles fanatics since childhood, The Bootleg Beatles consist of: •Adam Hastings (John Lennon) - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards •Steve White (Paul McCartney) - Bass, Vocals •Stephen Hill (George Harrison) - Guitar, Vocals •Hugh Degenhardt (Ringo Starr) - Drums, Vocals Catch The Bootleg Beatles live on stage when they perform at Wests New Lambton on Wednesday, September 14th, 2016. For more information visit www.westsnewcastle.com.au

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Corey Harris has earned substantial critical acclaim as one of the few contemporary bluesmen able to channel the raw, direct emotion of acoustic Delta blues without coming off as an authenticity-obsessed historian. Along with Keb 'Mo' and Alvin 'Youngblood' Hart, he raised the flag of acoustic guitar blues in the mid-1990s.

variety of influences - from New Orleans to the Caribbean to Africa - into his richly expressive music.

Harris was prominently featured in the Martin Scorsese film ‘The Blues: A Musical Journey’ and has performed, recorded, and toured with many of the top names in music such as Billy Bragg & Wilco (on the acclaimed ‘Mermaid Avenue' albums), BB King, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, R.L. Burnside, Ali Farka Toure, Dave Matthews Band, Tracy Chapman and Olu Dara.

Don’t miss your chance to see Corey Harris live at Lizottes on Sunday the 21st of August, 2016 – or you may have to wait another 16 years! Visit www.lizottes.com.au for more information.

With one foot in tradition and the other in contemporary experimentation, Harris is a truly unique voice in contemporary music. He is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and band leader who has carved out his own niche in blues.

Harris began his career as a New Orleans street singer, traveling throughout the southern U.S. In his early 20s, he lived in Cameroon, West Africa for a year, which had a profound effect on his later work. He has recorded many of the older songs while also creating an original version of the blues by adding influences from reggae, soul, rock and West African music.

Although well versed in the early history of blues guitar, he's no well-mannered preservationist, mixing a considerable

In 2016 the world will commemorate 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare. This anniversary year sees one of his greatest plays brought to life by this outstanding Australian theatre company. With only three performances at Newcastle’s Civic Theatre (8th and 9th September), Othello is a saga that probes the human capacity for petty jealousies and revenge, while revelling in the sheer wickedness of malicious manipulations.

A violent exploration of the thin line that separates love and jealousy, Othello is a relentless journey of vicious passion.

A warrior on the fields of war, felled by the sharpness of whispered words, Othello is a man swept up in desire, quickly turned to murderous rage when he is betrayed by his military brother-in-arms, the cynically destructive Iago.

One of William Shakespeare’s most famous and passionate tragedies, Othello will be directed by Bell Shakespeare’s Artistic Director Peter Evans, in a gripping production that will touch audiences to their core, as envy is a weapon wielded with brazen savagery, and the complex, contradictory nature of humanity is tested.

Starring Ray Chong Nee (Bell Shakespeare’s The Dream and MTC’s I Call My Brothers) as Othello and Yalin Ozucelik (Bell Shakespeare’s Henry IV and STC’s Cyrano de Bergerac) as Iago in one of Shakespeare’s most captivating and devastating pairings, this astonishing epic tragedy will rage with jealousy on stages across Australia in Bell Shakespeare’s 2016 National Tour.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, you’re about to meet some of Shakespeare’s greatest characters: The ultimate flawed hero, his brave and devoted wife, and his conniving, deceitful best friend. Othello includes several lines and phrases that are still well known today, including “the green-eyed monster,” “a foregone conclusion” and “I will wear my heart upon my sleeve.”

For more information and tickets visit www.civictheatrenewcastle.com.au Thanks to the Civic Theatre Newcastle we have a double pass to giveaway to the Opening Night of Othello on Thursday, September 8th, 2016. To win visit the GIVEAWAYS page at www.intouchmagazine.com.au. Competition closes August 31st, 2016. Good Luck!

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Although settlers moved inland and westward from the coast shortly after 1797, little or no development of the area took place until the early 1820's following a survey by Mr Harry Dangar, who was the surveyor for the district.

Following the establishment of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company’s first coal mine in 1860, the town grew rapidly. The coal mined at Wallsend was of very good quality and the town prospered creating the commercial hub it is today.

With little consideration given to the controlled development of the town, the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company set aside a portion of their grant aside for residential and business purposes which led to the first subdivision in 1860.

The Coal Company subdivided land in and around its ‘A’ Pit with the first blocks selling for up to 160 pounds per acre. What followed was considerable building activity in the area and the development of commercial buildings, shops and hotels to service the needs of the growing number of miners arriving from as far away as Scotland, England and Wales.

In the 1860s, following a period of long-drawn-out disputes with management, a group of disgruntled miners began the Co-operative Mine on the present site of Wallsend High School in Macquarie Street. The mine ceased production in 1934 and was the first and only attempt to work a coal mine on the cooperative principle.

Wallsend, at this time, was a thriving township with a population of 6,000 people which at that point (1868) equalled the population of Newcastle. There were also eight churches, two public schools, several friendly societies, one denominational school, one co-operative society and a bank. ►

Like many Newcastle suburbs, Wallsend is named after a place in England and in this case a small coal mining township in Durham, Northumberland which is located in the north of England and situated at the end of Hadrian’s Wall which stretched across England – hence the name "Walls End".

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The name was given to the area by Alexander Brown, originally a native of Northumberland when, in the 1850s, he purchased land bordering what is now Newcastle Road, Boundary and Croudace Streets and beyond Gunambi Road. The company he formed to operate the colliery which opened in January 1861 was called the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company.

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As a coal mining centre, Wallsend coal equalled the best there was and its development as a coal mining centre played a critical role in the early development of Newcastle as a port. So important was Wallsend as an industrial hub, that at one point in time its population equalled that of Newcastle.

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The Australian Agricultural Co. opened their first pit at Hamilton, five miles from Wallsend, in 1849 and following the seam, extended their activities to Wallsend.

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The original inhabitants, the Awabakal people, called the area now known as Wallsend "Nikkinba" - the place of the coals, and was no doubt part of their traditional hunting grounds owing to the fish, game and native vegetable being plentiful.

Soon after completion of the survey in 1823, an area in Wallsend was selected for land grant purposes and settlement developed rapidly, both as an agricultural and cattle raising area until coal was first discovered.

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The suburb began as two mining towns, Wallsend and Plattsburg. Wallsend was the more developed and as it grew it linked to Plattsburg via Nelson Street. Wallsend was declared to be a separate municipality in early 1874, but this had changed by 1915.

W. Horne's Grocer Shop, Nelson Street, June 1899. Photo taken by Ralph Snowball.Part of the Norm Barney Photographic Collection, Cultural Collections, University of Newcastle.

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In 1874 Wallsend was incorporated, and the first council formed with James Fletcher elected Mayor.

The first Catholic Church at Wallsend was opened in 1876, the stones for it being sourced from the old quarry in Nelson Street.

This Church, though not used, stood opposite the present brick church until 1954. The priest came from Newcastle and celebrated Mass every three months and as there was no public transport, the people thought little of walking to Lambton or Newcastle when there was no Mass at Wallsend.

The push for a hospital in Wallsend started around 1885 and was finally constructed on land donated by Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co. and opened in 1893. With around 190 beds, Wallsend was one of the best equipped and most efficient hospitals in NSW outside the Sydney region.

Until the mid-1960s it was a community hospital supported by local donations and mineworkers' levies, as well as funds from the state government and run by a local community board. The hospital was eventually closed in September 1991.

Amalgamation of the two councils occurred in 1915 with the new council being known as Wallsend Municipal Council. This continued until 1938 when Wallsend joined with Newcastle City Council. Steam trams from Newcastle to Plattsburg replaced regular rail

services in 1887. When the line was extended to West Wallsend and Speers Point, it was supposedly the longest suburban steam tram line in the world.

Unfortunately, the December 1989 earthquake resulted in the demolition of many century-old buildings. However, Wallsend still retains much of the atmosphere and character of its ‘coal mining village’ years.

Today, Wallsend has outgrown the historic main street and received investment and expansion from local business and national companies. The main street of Wallsend has also experienced a constantly changing arrangement of business with new restaurants, real estate agencies, trendy coffee shops, hairdressers, flower stores and many professional services occupying previous local businesses that have since moved to the larger Stockland Wallsend shopping centre.

Wallsend is also at the heart of Newcastle’s property market with more properties sold in Wallsend than any other Newcastle suburb in the 2013-14 financial year, according to Australian Property Monitors.

Local property experts put this growing demand down to a number of factors that include affordable housing and the town’s close proximity to the city and other Newcastle suburbs. They also add that the suburbs access to good schools, the University and the close community meant it was a great place to raise a family. ■ Acknowledgement: Thanks to Wallsend Heritage Group Inc. for historical information and also the University of Newcastle Archives for providing images.

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The Mezz Bar at Wallsend Diggers is now open after over 15 months of construction and is wowing guests with its classy design and entertainment areas.

Wallsend Diggers has spared no expense on the Mezz Bar with staging, dance floor and a state of the art audio and lighting system to give revellers the very best in sound quality.

The multi-million dollar project features an architectural design that is stunning, with nothing else like it in Newcastle. Continuing the theme of “style over two levels,” the Mezz Bar offers guests two full-service bars, a mezzanine level and has been specifically designed and purpose-built to provide patrons with the ultimate entertainment experience.

The venue’s goal is to provide guests with all of their entertainment needs in the one place, including free live bands every Friday and Saturday from 8.30pm and relaxed Sunday afternoon entertainment from 1.30pm until 5pm. ►

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With a growing demand for houses and an increasing number buyers entering the market, sellers and landlords are understandably cautious with what real estate business they list their property with and are increasingly putting their properties on the market with certain expectations and a desire to be informed.

Mulligan Property Group is the expression of Jesse Mulligan’s dream to create and build a boutique real estate agency with an attentive and courageous culture.

MPG is evolving into a full-service firm focusing on Residential Sales, Property Management and Project Development work for many clients in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter Valley regions.

Our vision is to set the benchmark for Property Services in our local areas. we will exceed our clients’ expectations through a new, practical approach resulting in nothing short of an A Grade experience.

We will deliver first-class systems and will provide industry-leading concepts by employing people who have the courage to disagree with established models and who strive to implement different ideas resulting in our client’s in front.

Our office and future office’s to come will be an environment where achievement and innovation is only the beginning.

The complete network of Mulligan Property Group’s business holds a strong value system.

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The Wallsend property market is heating up, thanks to its close proximity to the city, Hunter Expressway, good schools and University, as well as value for money housing.

The median sales price for houses in Wallsend in the last year was $406,500.

When comparing this to same period five years ago, the median sales price for houses has increased 30.1% which equates to a

Wallsend property firm, Mulligan Property Group pride themselves on putting their clients first. They believe it is of utmost importance to manage their client's expectations and provide upfront answers to any questions and concerns owners and landlords may have before any marketing of the owners property takes place.

"Honesty and openness are critical to any relationship", says Jesse Mulligan – Director of Mulligan Property Group.

"As a result, we like to meet with our clients, answer any questions they may have with the aim to understand just what it is they are hoping to achieve, what return they have in mind and over what time period. Once we have that clear understanding of our client's motivations, we are able to work toward an effective and positive result for our clients."

Mulligan Property Group has recently opened their new office at 108 – 110 Nelson Street in Wallsend.

Those attending the fair will also be entitled to receive a Stockland promotional bag for choosing to join the Stockland Shopwise Database. Promotional bags include Stockland giveaways and promotional gear as well as retailer offers.

In celebration of the Wallsend Winter Fair’s 31st year, Stockland Wallsend will also be hosting their own festivities.

Shoppers will enjoy an array of retailer offers, giveaways and meal deals available all day.

Families can also Discover Dinosaurs at Stockland Wallsend from 11am to 2pm. There will be a Baby T-Rex and Velociraptor available for meet and greets in the centre.

Stockland Wallsend Marketing Manager, Dana Irving, said that Stockland Wallsend will be in full party mode for the Fair.

Coming up in this month you’ll enjoy: •Friday Feels Alias (5th), The Big Bang Quartet (12th), Rubber Bullet (19th) and The Smarts (26th) •Saturday Sounds 4 Letter Word (6th), TommyGun (13th), Snape Trilogy (20th) and The Cassettes (27th) •Sunday Sessions Talk of the Town (7th), Karen O’Shea (14th), Greg Bryce (21st) and Stephen Boyd (28th) The Mezz Bar is also great value for money with craft beers from $6, cocktails from $7 and a fabulous snack menu to choose from that includes share platters such as chicken and mushroom dumplings, twice fried pork scratchings and prawn twisters. Discover the very tempting Mezz Plate for Two which includes cured meats, cheeses, antipasto, grilled sourdough and crisp bread – the perfect accompaniment to a delicious cocktail (or two!).

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Stockland Wallsend Sponsors Winter Fair Parade Stockland Wallsend will once again sponsor the much loved Wallsend Winter Fair parade. The parade will commence at the Stockland Wallsend carpark with the Stockland Shopper Shuttle Bus leading the parade down Nelson Street to Cowper Street.

Once the Parade concludes, prizes will be awarded to the best entrants, with up to $500 in Stockland gift cards to be won.

Judging of the winners will be carried out by Michelle Thomas, Stockland Wallsend Centre Manager, Sonya Hornery MP, Federal Member for Shortland and a member of the Wallsend Town Business Association.

“We will have a host of retailer offers and sales taking place, freebies for shoppers and entertainment all day in centre. Our Discover the Dinosaurs show is perfect for families and gives kids the opportunity to get up close and personal with the Baby T-Rex and Velociraptor. We encourage everyone in the local community to join in the fun and celebrations at Stockland Wallsend,” she said.

Special Winter Fair offers* at Stockland Wallsend will include: •Pearl Nails - Receive 20% off all services. Sunday 14th August only •Michel’s Patisserie – Buy one main meal and receive 20% off second main meal •Donut King – 6 Cinnamon Donuts for only $4 •Simply Pharmacy - Huge discounts on cosmetics and perfumes •Hot Bargains – Check out their discount tables for savings on homewares, knick knacks and stationery *Retailer offers subject to change.

Discover the Dinosaurs Meet Baby T Rex & Velociraptor at Stockland Wallsend To celebrate the Wallsend Winter Fair’s 31st year, you can meet and greet the dinosaurs at Stockland Wallsend. There will be some great retailer offers, meal deals and bargains available on the day.

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This month Art Mania is offering a variety of classes – something to feed everyone’s passion for creativity and learning: Resin Art - Join one of the fun 4-hour workshops where you will create your very own piece of Resin Art. All materials are supplied for this workshop, including your choice of either a 40cm Round or Hexagonal primed panel. You will be instructed by highly qualified teachers about the safe use of resin, pigment dyes and application techniques.

UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY AT ART MANIA! Art Mania Studio is a creative hub offering adults, children and teenagers the opportunity to engage in their own artistic adventure in a welcoming, inclusive and supportive space. Art Mania provides a diverse range of art and craft classes and workshops across many different formats to cater for varied and busy lifestyles, and across a number of different mediums to appeal to many artists passions.

The studio is a very large warehouse based premises, offering a spacious working space with a variety of classes running at the same time. There is a designated glass area catering for up to 12 students at any one time and the teacher to student ratio is 1:6, enabling instructors to be attentive to different learning styles and enabling students to reach their desired outcome.

After School Art Skills - This program coincides with each school term and offers kids and teens a 10-week program focusing on renowned artists and specific techniques.

The Teens class builds on existing skills and techniques, providing passionate young artists to further develop their abilities in any given area.

Glass Fusing - Warm Glass Practice - Art Mania Studio has been offering Glass Fusing Courses for over 4 years. The Glass Fusing program runs continuously as a weekly class and can be purchased for casual attendance or by a block of 5 classes. While this course is still relatively new to Newcastle, there are always students who want to progress their fusing skills further in a Master Glass Course.

The first Master Glass Course commences on Wednesday 10th of August.

Visit www.artmaniastudio.com.au or phone the studio on 4955 0509 for more information about times and costs and unleash your creativity at Art Mania!

NOT JUST AN ART STUDIO! Art Mania Studio is a creative hub offering adults, children and teenagers the opportunity to engage in their own artistic adventure in a welcoming, inclusive and supportive space.

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Don't Take Your Eyes for Granted Imagine what life would be like if you couldn't see well, read a book, watch television or focus on the face of a loved one!

The number of people losing their vision is growing, yet experts say much of this vision loss could be prevented with a regular eye examination.

pop vinyl, comics, figurines, wallets, hats, keychains and so much more!

Featuring Batman, Marvel, Walking Dead, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Deadpool and DC Comics (just to name a few), Heroes and More at Wallsend is like having a mini-ComicCon on your doorstep – every day!

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Free your inner child, find cool things to buy or chat about your favourite shows with other likeminded people. If you’re a fan of cosplay, you’ll find a range of handmade suits on display in store including Batman, Ironman, First Order Storm Trooper, Lego Spiderman (and new additions popping up all the time). You’ll also find a kid's play area so parents can browse in peace while the kids play happily!

EyeMax EyeCare

Owned and operated by licensed optical dispenser Max Guernier, EyeMax EyeCare in Wallsend has been providing professional optical care and advice for Newcastle and Hunter residents for many years.

Services include examinations (bulk billed), personalised frame fitting, glaucoma testing, pressure testing, macula and retina checks, retinal photography and field testing.

There really is no excuse – as eye testing is covered for Medicare card holders.

Good vision is something all of us need!

Max provides professional and experienced service. Specialising in wrap prescription sunglasses for the outdoor adventurer or sporting enthusiast!

Brands include WileyX, Spotters, Bolle, Mako and now Ugly Fish.

EyeMax EyeCare is Independently Owned and Local.

Time for new sunnies, call us!

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H&M AND NEW COTTON ON FLAGSHIP STORES - NOW OPEN The Hunter’s largest shopping destination just got even better.

With over 100 of your favourite fashion stores including Myer, there’s even more choice.

Plus shop longer on Sundays – Charlestown Square now open until 5pm.

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Non-Touring

Why Contouring is on its Way Out

By Sarah Saffo for #WestfieldKotara So here’s the deal: we are completely over contouring!

Enough is enough; we want to take it back to naturallooking skin. Even the queen of contouring, Kim Kardashian, is trying to channel a more laid-back makeup vibe. This is where non-touring comes into play. (Praise!)

Non-touring is basically laying off overboard contour on the face and opting for a more illuminated and strobed look. It’s all about shimmery illuminators, the perfect tinted moisturiser or luminous foundation, and eye-brightening concealer. We still recommend adding a light and very soft bronzer to the hollows of your cheeks for a bit of definition – it's all about balance!

THE PRODUCTS WE RECOMMEND FOR DEFINING THE FACE It's all about keeping your makeup soft with highlighting products and using a light mineral powder to keep your t-zone matte. Use bronzer on the hollows of your cheeks and apply a soft peach blush and blend. All you need to finish is a touch of mascara and some light eyebrow shading to complete your non-tour look!

Shoedrobe: The Only 3 Boots You'll Need this Winter

By Alyce Cowell for #WestfieldKotara Ah, boots. We love them, but it's hard to keep up with the different styles, heights, trends and prices every winter! Should we stick to the basics, or do we need that thigh-high lace-up stiletto pair?

If you're looking to streamline your winter wardrobe (and not spend your entire life savings on a collection of boots), I've picked the top three styles you need this season: a black ankle boot for every day, a lace-up bootie for nights out and an overthe-knee boot, because they're definitely the biggest trend of 2016!

work with everything. On the other hand, if you tend to wear a lot of monochrome and minimal prints, you can have fun with embellishments and hardware to make your look pop!

Pictured top left: Windsor Smith Edme Boot. This boot is too good to be true! We are obsessed with the elastic lacing detailing. Featuring a leather upper and small 6cm heel, it's perfect in every single way. Style with trousers, knitwear or pencil skirts.

THE LACE-UP BOOTIE A high-heeled lace-up bootie is the perfect choice for nights out. They're a bit edgier than your standard pump, take every outfit to the next level and are trending big time right now, so there are lots of options to choose from! Go for classic black, or try a tan boot if you wear lighter shades or think you'll wear them a lot during the day too! Pictured top right: Windsor Smith Caressa Booties.

THE OVER-THE-KNEE BOOT

A lot of women avoid the over-the-knee boot, but they're not as scary as you think! Avoid sky-high stiletto heels and go for a You'll most likely wear these every day, so pick a good pair! medium chunky heel or a small block heel instead. A slouchy or Look for a small, chunky heel (not too flat and not too high), an stretchy leg is best and when it comes to fabric, opt for a soft almond-shaped or pointed toe and a slim fit around the ankle. If suede over a patent leather. Follow these tips and you'll feel you wear a lot of fun outfits, go for a simple boot that will much more chic in this typically daunting boot!

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Well, what a month July was at Charlestown Square with the opening of the first H&M and Cotton On flagship stores! Were you among the thousands of eager shoppers who flocked to the centre to enjoy international fashion in our backyard, plus snapped up a bargain or two?

The Brands They (and you) Will Love

By Claire Edwards for #WestfieldKotara Trying to find age-appropriate clothing for your tween girl? You're not alone! They no longer fit into kids’ sizes, and they’re going to be a little fussy while they're trying to find their own sense of style – so generally pink, all-black or anything too skimpy is out.

Let’s face it – you're going to need to bring your negotiation skills into play here, as what they want to wear and what you want them to dress in are going to be different.

Where to next? We’ve rounded up the best places to buy tween clothing for your daughter's (8-16 years old) style, whether it's for a party, concert, the weekend, or something that feels a little more tomboy.

PARTY Send her off to that birthday or end of primary school disco with confidence in an outfit that has a modern twist.

She'll feel like the belle of the ball with a gorgeous dress with a classic print (such as floral), paired with a trendy faux fur vest.

CONCERT The first concert you take her to is a big deal and going to be something she remembers forever. She (and secretly you) can't wait to see P!nk, Taylor Swift or 5SOS live, and she's going to want an outfit to wear with a rock edge. Look for pieces with a touch of sparkle or embellishments.

WEEKEND Relaxing over the weekend at a friend's place or on the couch, she'll want to mix and match bright colours and fun prints. Easy-to-layer leggings, hoodies and tees make cosy pieces for whatever look she's after.

Pictured left to right: Pumpkin Patch Pom Pom Beanie, Typo Headphones, Country Road Cable Tights, Country Road Pocket Front Dungaree.

“When we were given the tribal brief for the Wearable Art assessment I wanted to do something that wasn’t cliché or classically tribal. So I designed something that told the story of the warrior character in Princess Mononoke, the spirit of the forest and how they interact,” she said.

Wearable Art a Hit at Wool Awards Hunter TAFE fashion students have dominated the catwalk in the Wearable Art section of the 2016 Australian Wool Fashion Awards.

The opening of unique stores continues at Charlestown Square in August. Beauty lovers will be thrilled to hear Mecca Maxima will open its first location in the Hunter, while Swarovski will bring its world famous crystal cut creations. Both stores will open mid-August on Level 2 near Myer and H&M respectively.

TOMBOY Pink is not an option for the tween who has a tomboy style. Think overalls, classic sneakers and a fun print sweater for hanging out with the squad.

When describing the design process of her Wearable Art winning entry Sally, 22, said her favourite Japanese anime film, Princess Mononoke, was her inspiration.

Sally Paull with her award winning design.

In case you’ve missed the excitement, the centre is now home to fashion favourite, H&M in a huge two level store with the latest looks from global runways in women’s wear, menswear, childrens and homewares.

Plus, the large format Cotton On flagship store on Level 1 is stocked with great value ladies, mens, kids, shoes and Cotton On Home.

Over the past 12 months, there has been multiple changes and enhancements during the development works and we thank you all for your co-operation during the project.

And now, there’s even more time to enjoy all that Charlestown Square has to offer with shops open until 5pm on Sundays. The South Piazza cafes and restaurants plus Readings Cinemas, Strike Bowl and Timezone trade later every evening for your enjoyment.

Due to complete her Advanced Diploma of Fashion Design and Technology at Hunter TAFE this November, Sally created the 90-percent Merino Wool garment as part of her coursework assessment during the first semester, finishing the entire project from concept and pattern making to the final product in under a month.

And there’s even more to come… we’re pleased to announce that Valleygirl will return the centre later this year on Level 2 in a large format store between Virgin Mobile and H&M, plus there will be another first to the Hunter international fashion retailer at Charlestown Square next year… stay tuned!

Ashleigh’s wearable art entry was another favourite with the judges, with its inspiration coming from “the armour, fighting techniques, and lifestyle of the Bushido samurai warriors”.

Recalling the challenge of using wool to create the entire piece, Ashleigh said it was a “challenge,” with the main braided section of the outfit having to be stitched together while it was draped over a model.

Experience more at The Hunter’s favourite place during August!

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Therese,

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Garment entries from across Australia and New Zealand were paraded at the Awards, which are designed to showcase the use of Merino Wool by national and international fashion Singleton’s Sally Paull received first place for her textural design designers and students. Entries were judged by a panel of entitled ‘Mononoke’, while Ashleigh Pratten, from Cooks Hill, fashion elite headed by the editor of InStyle Magazine, Emily received second prize.

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Simple and Effective Tips to Stay Well this Winter WORDS: SONYA MCNAUGHTON Naturopath & Medical Herbalist at Mayfield Medical Connection As the temperature dial plummets, the fear of the dreaded lurgy skyrockets. If you are shivering in your shoes scared of the latest bug, it’s time to strengthen your underlying health with these 3 steps to stay strong in germ-filled workplaces, schools and homes this winter.

1. Immune Boosters Fermented foods like unpasturised sauerkraut help support the proper functioning of the immune system. If noshing on food alive with healthy bugs doesn’t appeal, pop a high strength probiotic capsule this winter making sure to choose one specific to upper respiratory tract infections.

harness its deliciousness as well as its ability to fight against illness, crush and chop a garlic clove, mix it into extra virgin olive oil add a squeeze of lemon and drizzle over your veggies or protein daily.

3. Danger! Avoid Powerful Immune Weakeners The sugar in your sweetened yoghurt, breakfast oat sachet or commercially produced juice reduces your ability to fight off the germs people cough and sneeze over you for up to half a day. Someone at school or work sick?

Avoid the cupcakes at morning tea!

4. When do you raise the white flag?

If you have been feeling under the weather for 5 days or more it is important to speak with or get checked out by your GP. For specific advice on nutritional and herbal remedies to keep you well this winter speak with a registered naturopath.

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Tongue tingling Echinacea can significantly increase your body’s ability to resist infections.

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One way to combat this risk is to encourage greater collaboration between primary health carers and professionals involved in the complementary therapies industry.

Kath and Chris have been working towards this goal since they took over the Hanbury Street practice four-and-a-half years ago. Since that time Mayfield Medical Connection has operated as an integrated medical practice with both GPs and complementary therapists under the one roof. In addition to an evidence-based naturopath, the centre also offers the services of a dietician, psychologists and is about to welcome an osteopath into the fold.

“It was always our intention to create a platform where people work hand-in-hand. It’s about the balance in health and the balance in looking after yourself; the balance in advice that you get,” Kath said.

The dedication to balanced advice is such that the practice is currently researching the possibility of launching into a new era of collaboration, where patients are able to see an evidencebased naturopath and a GP in the room at the same time.

Aside from saving the patient time, money and angst by avoiding the back and forth of having to attend separate appointments at different places, on different days, the initiative will also deliver a range of other benefits.

“We expect that there’s a massive advantage to having two people who are educated in their own particular field discuss your health holistically in the same room,” Sonia said.

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“The GPs here are certainly very open to this conversation, but this doesn’t mean that they will automatically accept everything I recommend. I have to back up every request with evidence. If, and when, we are able to offer collaborative appointments we hope that when there are differences of professional opinion, we are able as a team to assist the patient to decide which is most appropriate to them. It’s actually a case where the sum of the whole is greater than the parts.”

Kath said the Mayfield practice, like many others, has expanded over the years to maintain its viability, with the employment of additional doctors to increase turnover rather than cutting services or reducing care. But the Federal Government’s failure to increase the Medicare rebate beyond $37.05 for a standard appointment, combined with years of rebates failing to keep up with the market rate of appointments, has forced the practice to re-evaluate its billing procedures.

Whether patients are reluctant to discuss this use with their GP out of concern it will be discouraged, or merely because they don’t realise they need to, this can be putting them at risk of doing more harm than good according to naturopath Sonia McNaughton, who also works at the Mayfield integrated “None of the major political parties are particularly supportive of General Practice. The health budget isn’t coping with medical centre.

Australians’ health needs, which are only increasing. It’s short“It’s not unusual for someone to take multiple supplements sighted to try to save on General Practice though because it’s based on an internet article they’ve read that may not be the preventative health measures that it delivers that will keep specific to their health or may not mention that they’re contrapeople well for longer and reduce the need for very expensive indicated with medicines,” she said. hospital and emergency department options,” Kath said.

Complementary therapies are becoming an increasingly common part of the treatment process for a growing number of “I believe Australians have an entitlement attitude towards Australians, but while more people are turning to areas such as “When patients visit their GP they may worry that it’s not ok to healthcare, which has been fostered by the government for naturopathy and herbal remedies to help fix what ails them, few share that they’re on these complementary medicines firstly, years and that the Medicare rebate needs to be seen as a are sharing this information with their General Practitioner (GP). or secondly they just forget to mention it. We often think that if we buy it from the supermarket, or we buy it online, that it’s safety net for those who truly can’t afford to pay for care and as With more than $1 billion being spent on the complementary harmless. But while some supplements are relatively benign, a rebate on their Medicare Levy for those who can pay an out of therapies industry each year, the time has come to create some supplements aren’t, and shouldn’t be taken without pocket fee. a more collaborative approach to healthcare according to serious consideration.”

“As the Medicare rebate hasn’t kept up with rising costs GPs Mayfield Medical Connection owners Kath and Chris Teagle.

Sonia said it was particularly important for people with chronic have been expected to pick up the slack, which by and large “The face of general practice has had to change to diseases or those who are taking a range of other medications they have. Unfortunately, this has resulted in a perceived accommodate the way people treat their health. Compared to to tell their GP that they are also using complementary devaluing of the service. These guys are specialists who have a generation or two ago when you went to see the GP, you were therapies. chosen general practice as their specialty, they go to university told what to do, and you went home and did it,” she said. for a very long time, they listen to people’s problems day in and “Some supplements should not be taken with certain day out and they carry a huge burden of responsibility. Plus “But now information is readily available online - Dr. Google medications as they can reduce the effectiveness of both,” running a good practice is really expensive. What they do is is out there in force, supplements are everywhere, and diets Sonya said. enormously valuable to all of us and we should be supporting are changing. People are diversifying their interests in health them. and where they get their information and advice from, but that “An example is thyroid medication – a relatively common doesn’t mean they should be excluding their GP’s expertise – in medication but one that can’t be taken within 4 hours of a calcium supplement – also a very common supplement. If you “Your one or two local General Practices are the ones that won’t fact, they should be bringing their GP in on that.” be able to survive, which is why we’ve had to get bigger. As don’t disclose to your GP when you’re taking a supplement, Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be happening as often as it they may end up giving you an instruction for thyroid medication much as we want to help the people who can’t pay (and we do try to help) the fact is that Australians need to pay for their should. A survey conducted by independent national body NPS and wondering why your thyroid isn’t correcting on this dose,” health care and we need to change the way we value the work MedicineWise in 2014 revealed that while 66% of respondents she said. of our GPs.” had taken a multivitamin or mineral supplements in the past 12 months, only 14% had talked about it with their doctor. www.intouchmagazine.com.au | 25

experience involving the release of stress hormones that mobilise us for action. When the threat has passed, our system calms down, and things can return to normal. So anxiety has a purpose – to keep us safe by problem-solving our way out of situations that might threaten our safety and wellbeing. Our alarm system generally works well in situations that involve a threat to physical safety, as long as we can take some form of action.

The What-if’s

DEALING WITH ANXIETY WORDS ANNE WARD At a time when advances in technology have raised the general standard of living, anxiety is on the increase, across all age levels. Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia, affecting, on average, 1 in 4 people.

Anxiety is a natural state, so why do so many people struggle with it? There is not a simple answer to this question. However, having a better understanding of anxiety can go a long way in helping to manage it, so that it does not become overwhelming and debilitating.

Our Alarm System Anxiety is an inbuilt mechanism that is designed to alert us to potential threats in our environment. When we encounter situations we perceive to be threatening, a structure in the brain called the amygdala, sets off an alarm, called the fightflight response. The fear response is a powerful whole-body

However, in our society, we have become accustomed to being able to plan our lives and the sense of threat often comes from the uncertainty of not knowing what is going to happen. These situations involve the what-ifs of life. Trying to solve what-ifs can lead to a pattern of negative thinking called rumination, whereby we keep thinking about the problem, without actually coming up with a solution.

What-if questions lead to more what-ifs, and this can result in feeling overwhelmed and helpless. In other words, our imagination begins working against us, not for us. Rather than solving the problem, our imagination enlarges the problem in our mind. The cycle of negative thinking often causes sleep interruption and can lead to other problems such as depression as we become further absorbed in a state of uncertainty.

People with chronic anxiety tend to overestimate the risks and underestimate their own resources and ability to cope. This results in a passive form of coping called “avoidance” which temporarily reduces anxiety, but also lowers self-confidence so that the anxiety returns. Avoidance can take the form of procrastination or emotional avoidance such as emotional eating or self-medicating with alcohol or drugs.

It’s not possible to predict or have control over everything around us. So, it’s not whether we deal with uncertainty, but HOW we deal with it that is important. In other words, the question is not whether we will experience anxiety, but HOW we manage it.

Managing Anxiety Active coping strategies can help us to deal with uncertainty and anxiety by helping us to think about problems from different perspectives and by taking action to solve problems.

This might involve: • Identifying whether you are over-estimating the risks in the situation.

• Putting your anxiety into words, turning it from a feeling into a concrete problem to be solved.

• Breaking down the problem into its components.

• If you don’t know how to address the problem, get input from others.

• Rather than trying to eliminate anxiety, ask yourself: what can I do to reduce the problem to unpleasant but manageable?

• Interrupt rumination by asking the question: what does this mean I should actually do?

• Persevere, if something doesn’t work, find out what you need to do differently. Sometimes the wisest course of action is to seek help from a professional.

Children have active imaginations, and it is common for them to experience anxiety. Parents can help by teaching children: • How to tell the difference between a real threat versus an imagined one.

• How to put fears into words to turn anxiety into a problem to be solved.

• How to solve problems rather than avoid them.

• How to ask for help if you don’t have the answer to a problem.

• How to “self-soothe” and calm down when feeling upset and scared.

Anne Ward is principal psychologist of Mindinsight, providing evidence-based psychology services to adults, children and adolescents. Mindinsight is located in the T&G Building at 45 Hunter Street Newcastle.

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Data from a forthcoming poll from Research Australia, an “That’s why an app like Pokémon Go has got our attention, alliance of health and medical researchers, shows nearly one because if the statistics translate to gamers then we have a in five Australians use an activity tracking device daily or almost whole dataset that we can catch (pun intended) for research. daily.

The annual Research Australia Opinion Poll was conducted by Roy Morgan from 30 May to 4 June, with a sample of 1040 people. Data is now being collated. The poll will be released in coming weeks.

This is where Pokémon Go – the wildly popular app that gets users out and about instead of behind their tablet or TV - has got the attention of the Australian health and medical researchers.

“There are a couple of things running in parallel here,” explains Research Australia CEO Nadia Levin.

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“A lot has been said up until now about the privacy implications of Pokémon Go, but not the incredible potential applications for the health and medical community. This is our Pikachu.”

Ms Levin said obviously people need to be safe and aware of their surroundings, and the excitement from researchers is not about one particular product or game, but the broader possibilities.

“Firstly, you have an app which is getting gaming – often a “What we are excited about is highlighting the potential of sedentary affair – out of the living room and into the world, and personalised medicine, and the power to be derived from that can only have immediate health benefits. harnessing technology to understand personal and global “Walking has been described as the nearest thing to a perfect health,” she said. exercise as it costs nothing, can be done almost anywhere and Levin explains that personalised medicine will be the way of is suitable for people of all fitness and skill levels. the future so we will need personalised health data, which “But more broadly, the interactive and inherently social nature will involve participation of patients and the public outside of Pokémon Go has implications for walking and running apps laboratory settings. which often don’t really give back.

“Researchers are investigating innovative methods for collecting “Our survey showed that 19 percent of the population currently data from ordinary people going about their day-to-day activities, actively tracks their exercise, and three-quarters of those and this kind of technology holds promise,” says Levin. would be willing to share that data with health and medical “At the moment, the data that could construct a picture of researchers.

Australian exercise and health trends is somewhat constrained “Collecting mass data of a diverse segment of the Australian by people who actively engage with exercise apps and tools. population is no easy feat – but with a mainstream app to “If you can take away the markers of personal identification, do the heavy lifting, furthering that collection for research then suddenly we could have a resource that could be used in purposes is feasible. the planning of personalised medicine.”

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gut. For optimal gut health, a diet that is low in inflammatory foods such as wheat, dairy, sugar and processed foods, while high in healing foods such as bone broths, sauerkrauts, kefirs, and kombuchas is recommended. Identifying any food intolerances or allergies will also allow you to create a diet that is best suited to you and your gut health.

The health of your gut also depends on other factors; chronic unmanaged stress decreases your gut health by undermining your immune system; lack of balance in your gut microflora (good vs. bad bacteria) caused by processed foods or antibiotic use; or a decrease in functioning of your digestive system due to medications, chemicals and parasites.

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Healing your gut is essential for both mental and physical health. To do it right, it does take some time. Considering the entire digestive system is up to 9 metres long it’s not surprising that it takes time to get all those metres working well again! Interestingly, the cells in our gut are replaced every 1-3 days so you should feel some benefits immediately even if you make small changes to your diet and lifestyle.

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WORDS CHRISTAL STRIDE Personal Trainer at Planet Fitness Belmont I will admit that I was a late convert to the world of strength training. I was often intimidated by the weights area and thought that group fitness classes and cardio were the answer to keeping me fit and in shape and that lifting weights was just for the men.

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By Megan O'Sullivan itravel The Junction was invited to attend the prestigious ‘world naming ceremony’ of Royal Caribbean’s brand new, billion dollar megalinerOvation of the Seas last month.

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Devil Ark is the largest conservation breeding program for the Tasmanian devil on mainland Australia and may just be key to the Devils survival. Located at an altitude of

1,350 metres in the Barrington Tops, Devil Ark provides the perfect breeding environment for Devils. The Tasmanian-like vegetation and cool, wet and snowy conditions mean the Devils feel right at home!

There are plenty of other things to see and do in this area including whitewater kayaking, horseriding and mountain biking, and you’ll certainly need the whole weekend to do it all (or nothing!) Throughout the colder months occasional dustings of snow turn this area into a winter wonderland.

In the midst of the wilderness, you'll be lucky enough to find comfortable accommodation options, including camping sites in spectacular locations, rustic cottages, B&Bs and mountain retreats. When hunger strikes, the area also offers good restaurants and cafes. For more information visit www.barringtontopstourism.com.au

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Newcastle Food & Wine Expo Cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs?

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Tasia and Gracia Winners of My Kitchen Rules 2016

The Newcastle Food & Wine Expo has all the ingredients to tantalise your tastebuds and it’s heading back to Newcastle Entertainment Centre this month from Friday 26th August until Sunday 28th August.

Welcome back to the Eastern Tiger Restaurant!

Located at Cardiff RSL Club, the Eastern Tiger Restaurant is one of Newcastle’s favourite all-you-can-eat Asian restaurants with a long standing reputation for providing a delectable buffet menu which now includes a delicious new Sushi Bar. Open every day of the year for lunch and dinner with mid-week Member discounts available, the Eastern Tiger Restaurant’s menu can also be incorporated into private and corporate function bookings and is a popular venue of choice for weddings, birthdays, family get-togethers, special celebrations and Christmas Day. We look forward to welcoming you to the best value restaurant in the Newcastle where you will be treated to quality, variety and freshness like no other.

Open 7 days – lunch and dinner!

Cardiff RSL Club, 45 Macquarie Road, Cardiff PH (02) 4956 7183 . www.cardiffrsl.com.au

Bring a friend and get a FREE class!

Visit the Expo and explore aisles jam-packed with Australia’s finest food and liquor companies who will all be offering samples and advice to take home to your own kitchen and wow your friends at your next dinner party. Businesses in all areas of food, wines, homewares and kitchenware will come together to show you the latest products and trends.

Enjoy free cooking demonstrations from Masterchef and MKR contestants, as well as presentations from some of Newcastle’s best local chefs. Grab a front row seat, sit back, relax and watch celebrity chefs cook up a storm on the main stage and don’t forget to take your recipe cards after each demonstration. Sessions run all day throughout the expo and are open to 18+ visitors only as alcohol is being served at some sessions. Celebrity Chefs include: Ben Milbourne – Master Chef & TV Host Ben appeared on MasterChef 2012, the series which his best mate Andy Allen went on to win. In the years since the TV juggernaut, Milbourne has produced two cookbooks – last year’s Mexican Craving and Tasmanian Trail – and travelled the country and the world. Ben now has his own TV show on Channel 10, ‘Ben’s Menu.’ This exciting new foodie series is filmed at Ben’s picturesque farmhouse in north-west Tasmania. Find Ben on stage at the Food & Wine Expo, or purchase a Taltarni Celebrity Dining Room ticket to enjoy a degustation with Ben himself!

Jessie Spiby – Master Chef Travel is a huge part of how Jessie came to be so passionate about food. Since MasterChef 2015 Jessie has become a regular contributor for RipItUp.com. au,Broadsheet and Clique Magazine. You'll also see her hosting intimate dinners and food events in and around Adelaide, as well as popping up at markets and working at the Botanic Gardens Restaurant (Adelaide) under Chef Paul Baker. Jessie has a paddock to plate mentality and with her love for South East Asian cuisine, she is determined to create a 'new' Australian/Asian cuisine by melding Asian flavours and techniques with Australian native ingredients.

Carly & Tresne – My Kitchen Rules Appearing on My Kitchen Rules in 2014, the bubbly and positive couple won the nation's hearts with their down to earth demeanours and love for everyone around them and each other. Carly, with her lucky charms and

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magical affirmations, has been affectionately dubbed ‘Kooky Carly’. They have even been known to assist rival teams in a sudden death showdown – “a competition first”, as Pete Evens called it. After coming out publicly during the airing of the show, they unknowingly created a media frenzy with their story inspiring many others all around the globe.

Tasia & Gracia – Winners 2016 My Kitchen Rules There is no doubt that Tasia and Gracia Seger, also known as the “Spice Queens”, love their chillies. They specialise in Asian food, especially cooking their heritage of Indonesian cuisine. However having grown up in Indonesia, India and Australia, Tasia and Gracia like to incorporate international influences in their cooking. They are constantly developing new fusions within traditional Asian cuisine, combining innovative dishes and modernising plating. Their most used ingredients: chilli, garlic, onion, shallots and rice — are reflective of their Asian heritage.

In between demonstrations – head over to the “appreciation area”, which gives visitors an opportunity to sit in on intimate sessions with our exhibitors who are more than willing to share their advice and passion for their products. Who knows - you might just discover a new favourite wine or cheese!

The Clover Hill Oyster Bar is also back – grab a glass of Clover Hill sparkling, a half dozen oysters and a table in front of the Celebrity Main Stage.

Feeling hungry? Join in on all the festivities in the Taltarni Celebrity Dining Room* where you can enjoy a 5-course degustation hosted

by Ben Milbourne. Settle in and relax while Ben takes you on a gastronomic adventure with paired wines from Goelet Estate. It’s the perfect way to take a break from the busy exhibition and get one-on-one with Ben. If you ask nicely, he might even tell you a few Masterchef secrets!

WHERE Newcastle Entertainment Centre WHEN 26-28 August 2016. Friday, 26th – 11am-8pm; Saturday, 27th – 10am-6pm and Sunday, 28th – 10am-5pm TICKETS www.foodandwinewexpo.com.au Check out the special intouch discount offer, available online only - type INTOUCH into the promo box and pay only $17 for a full day pass! *Celebrity Dining Room Degustation requires an additional ticket and a pre-booking.

Make your own gourmet healthy food!

Seeds Newcastle offers a kick start to your journey to the most abundant and healthy life ever!

Sign up now for a Plant Based Nutrition & Cooking Class series, followed by an excellent Food Tasting! Contact us for our special August discounts.

You will have a dietitian and a Plant Based Chef showing you how you can take control of your health and wellness by learning to create nutritious, satisfying, and flavour-packed meals.

Next class August 13th. Limited seats available.

Seeds Newcastle offer a variety of Plant Based Cooking Classes and can cater according to your diet needs: glúten free, oil free, vegan, raw and more! We offer individual and group classes.

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Braised Chickpeas & Sun-dried Tomatoes in Coconut Cream INGREDIENTS: 1 brown onion, diced

1 tbsp coconut oil (or water)

4 cloves garlic, minced

230 gm fresh spinach, chopped

1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced

400ml can coconut milk

1 whole lemon, zest & juice

1 tsp ground ginger

1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes

sea salt, to taste

2 cups cooked chickpeas

freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1/2 tsp chilli flakes, or to taste

1/2 bunch coriander (to garnish)

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SEEDS: Developing a Flourishing Community for Newcastle The Personal Development industry isn’t new by any means. In an age where we are all looking to improve ourselves, whether it be through diet and exercise, developing existing talents or expanding our horizons by taking a course or going back to study, buying self-help books or even visiting a ‘life-coach.’ It’s a burgeoning industry that straddles the fence between community service and education.

A new player in the local industry is SEEDS Newcastle, a non-profit organisation that has been created to facilitate community, personal, and spiritual growth within the city of Newcastle through community service, education, empowerment, development, and spirituality (SEEDS).

Recognising the power of a flourishing community, the SEEDS team works hard to develop and support relevant initiatives aimed at social wellness, including their Plant Based Nutrition & Cooking Course. These courses have proven very popular and are booked out each and every month and judging by the amazing recipes that are demonstrated (and tasted) we can see why! Here’s one of our favourites!

Take Your Tastebuds on a Journey...

The unique fine food and casual atmosphere of The Persian Place will take your senses on a journey you won't soon forget.

Teamed with the Hunter region's wine and craft beer, The Persian Place has something to offer from a quiet night for two to a function that is sure to impress.

Experience the sharing style Persian menu...

•99% gluten free •Vegetarian and vegan heaven •Best sharing banquet around •Lunch specials from $10 weekdays

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1. If the sun-dried tomatoes are in oil, drain off the oil and slice into fine strips.

2. Heat a large sauté pan, or heavy frying pan, over medium heat, and then add the oil* 3. Add the onion to the pan with a generous pinch of salt. Let the onions cook for around 10 minutes, or until they become clear.

6. Turn the heat down and add the spinach a handful at a time, letting it wilt each time before adding the next handful.

7. Once the spinach is all in, add the coconut milk and bring to a simmer.

Stir and then add the ground ginger and lemon juice (to taste). You can add extra salt or pepper as needed.

8. Serve with brown rice, and garnish with fresh coriander.

4. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for *Oil can be substituted for water for a another minute or so, then add the sundried tomatoes, lemon zest and chilli flakes, healthier version. and leave it to cook for another minute.

5. Add the chickpeas to the mixture and then turn up the heat as you stir them through, just so that they get a little colour.

Keep an eye on them so they don’t burn.

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cook" – with a passion for food that remains core to everything he does and is as involved in his kitchen as any of the other chefs he employs.

Image Credits: www.theledbury.com Photography by Jake Eastham, Peter Bartlett and Jonathan Glynn-Smith

His hometown of Newcastle continues to stay close to the acclaimed chef’s heart. Not only does his family live here, but generations of local chefs and talent are looking to him for inspiration as the local lad who made it happen and has successfully taken on the international culinary world.

Graham does his bit to inspire and train the next generation of Hunter chefs through Newcastle TAFE's annual Brett Graham Scholarship. studying at Hunter TAFE. He later moved to Sydney for a threeyear stint under Liam Tomlin at Banc Restaurant where he won the highly prestigious Josephine Pignolet Award, which included a trip to the UK where he secured a job at The Square, working for Chef Philip Howard. Further awards followed, including Britain’s “Young Chef of the Year” in 2002.

Newcastle Raised Chef Voted Amongst the World’s Best

With the desire to go out on his own and at just 25 years old, Graham opened The Ledbury in the trendy suburb of Notting Hill, West London. Renowned for its world-famous events, restaurants, galleries and theatres the area was made famous by the 1999 romantic comedy "Notting Hill" starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.

Eleven years ago Newcastle-raised Brett Graham opened his London restaurant The Ledbury. With a reputation for serving up refined, inventive and unpretentious British food, the restaurant has gone on to earn two coveted Michelin stars and ranks fourteenth amongst the best restaurants in the world – up six places from the 2015 ranking where it was placed twentieth.

After its first year of operation, the restaurant was named Tatler Restaurant of the Year and the Restaurateurs' Restaurant of the Year.

Growing up in Williamtown, Graham commenced his culinary career as a teenager at Scratchleys on the Wharf while

Despite the awards, Graham does not consider himself to be a restaurateur. Instead, he describes himself as "a chef" and "a

A partnership between Hunter TAFE and Hunter Culinary Association, the scholarship is open to third-year apprentices either currently enrolled at Hunter TAFE or who have completed an apprenticeship within the past 12 months.

Past recipients of the award include Troy Rhoades-Brown, of Pokolbin's two-hatted Muse Restaurant and also Muse Kitchen, and Chris Thornton, of Newcastle’s one-hatted Restaurant Mason.

Scholarship winners are also given the opportunity to work in London with Graham and his team at The Ledbury. It is Graham’s hope that the award raises the standard and inspires young chefs to go even further, to try new things and bring those skills back to Newcastle's culinary scene.

When not in the kitchen, Graham enjoys hunting and gardening and goes for regular walks around Richmond Park in southwest London, which is known for its wild deer. In 2017 Graham is reportedly planning on opening a deer park (with a collection of rare white, red deer that will form part of the herd).

SWANSEA - 69 Lakeside Drive, Ph 4971 4762 • OPEN Tues - Fri 8.30am to 4pm + Sat 8.30am to 1pm

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WICKHAM - 97 Hannell Street, Ph 4965 4229 • OPEN Mon - Fri 8.30am to 5pm, Sat 8.30am to 3pm, Sun 10am to 2pm • www.fishcoop.com.au

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The Blind Monk - Anonymous Wine Lover

Raising the bar of authentic, experienced based dining and drinking. With 14 rotating beer and cider taps and the largest whiskey collection in Newcastle, the team at The Blind Monk have become renowned for excellence in the growing craft beer market… but it doesn’t stop there!

The Blind Monk boasts an extensive range of cocktails and spirits. A new cocktail is added each and every week!

The funky rear courtyard and separate function area are perfect for all types of functions from birthdays to corporate events.

ADDRESS 76 Beaumont Street, Hamilton OPEN Monday 5pm - Midnight, Tues to Sun 11.30am - Midnight PH (02) 4023 5290 W www.theblindmonk.com.au

Browse a premium selection of local & imported wines, craft beer, cider & cigars.

enhance your experience with delicacies including fine french cheeses, spices, oils & balsamics, plus much more.

Inner City Winemakers Inner City Winemakers is a totally unique cellar door and winery situated at Wickham and within walking distance of Newcastle’s bustling CBD and harbour.

Stop in today for a tasting of our quality wines crafted from grapes sourced from only the best vineyards throughout NSW Wine Regions and enjoy not only fine wines but fine art in our gallery!

1/38 bolton street, newcastle. ph 4048 0455 open 10am - 7pm sunday to wednesday + 10am - 8pm thursday to saturday

ADDRESS 28 Church Street, Wickham OPEN Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 5pm PH (02) 4962 3545 W www.innercitywinemakers.com.au

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Wine Dine Stay

THE RETURN OF SUGAR MAN Legendary singer-songwriter Rodriguez will be back in Australia for an extensive run of performances with his band this November and December, including a very special a day on the green performance in the Hunter Valley.

Promoter Roundhouse Entertainment has assembled an amazingly talented group of fellow music luminaries, the likes of Xavier Rudd, Russell Morris, Archie Roach and Mark Wilkinson to join Rodriguez under the stars at Bimbadgen, Hunter Valley on Saturday, November 19th, 2016.

This will be the first time Rodriguez has performed in the Hunter region for more

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than 25 years, having previously played the Newcastle Civic Theatre in 1979 and then again in 1981.

The legendary self-taught guitarist’s love affair with Australia is no secret; Rodriguez first toured our shores in the late 1970s, long before the rest of the world caught onto his talent thanks to Malik Bendjelloul’s Oscarwinning film Searching for Sugar Man. Lauded as the downtown Bob Dylan, Rodriguez’s blend of social politics, emotional insights and street observations, showcased in songs like Sugar Man, I Wonder and Cause, vividly captures a particular time and place, all complemented by his impeccable voice.

Visit www.adayonthegreen.com.au for more information.

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Premium Hunter Valley wines Cellar Door Open 10am - 5pm Daily Beautiful farm fresh olive and providore products for tasting and sales Fabulous accommodation overlooking the vines Emersons Café & Restaurant and Hunter Valley Reflections Day Spa on-site Centrally located 3 minutes from M15 Hunter Expressway (Lovedale exit) ADDRESS 492 Lovedale Road, Lovedale OPEN Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm PH (02) 4930 7473 W www.adinavineyard.com.au

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Chocolate We invite you to indulge in our fine range of unique hand-made chocolate products and our huge variety of freshly made fudge, or relax at our factory and retail centre at 2320 Broke Road, Pokolbin.

Tempranillo | Nebbiolo | Sangiovese Get your taste for adventure today at ...Pokolbin Estate.

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BOUTIQUE FACTORY & SHOWROOM 2320 Broke Rd, Pokolbin Ph 4998-6999 Also at Peterson Champagne House Ph 4998-7301 and Shop 5 Hunter Valley Gardens Village Ph 4998-7221

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Magic Under the Stars

OPERA IN THE VINEYARDS 2016 The wait is over! 2016 heralds the return of this much loved annual celebration of food, wine and opera! Since its humble beginnings in 1996 at the historic Wyndham Estate Winery, almost 100,000 people have converged into the beautiful Hunter Valley for an evening of passion and romance.

Opera touches the heart and stirs the emotions. Add the breathtaking surrounds of the superb vineyards, great food, fine wine and good company, and you have an experience not to be missed!

After a two year hiatus, Opera in the Vineyards will return to the Hunter Valley on Saturday October 8th at the stunning Roche Estate (formerly Tempus Two), right in the heart of Pokolbin amongst all the accommodation and popular vineyard destinations.

Presenting four of our most famous and popular opera singers, sopranos Natalie Aroyan, Greta Bradman, star tenor David Hobson, together with special guest international tenor Richard Troxell (USA), Opera in the Vineyards is sure to live up to the enviable reputation it has previously earned.

Maestro Brian Castles-Onion is back to compere proceedings in his own inimitable

TOP Coffee Spots in the Hunter The Deck Café at Gartelmann’s Estate in Lovedale take their coffee very seriously. To make sure they serve one of the best blends around they use Piazza D'Oro Espresso premium coffee blends, which are consistently exceptional and each display a distinctive espresso character.

Known for their outstanding breakfasts and lunches (served with a glass of sparkling wine or two), Restaurant Cuvee also come highly recommended for their coffee which comes from local provider Crema Coffee Garage in Newcastle. The blend used is “Altitude” - a blend dominated by Brazilian beans.

way and present a programme of romantic arias, duets and comic ensembles by the great composers Mozart, Puccini and Verdi.

Let your spirits soar as their stunning voices lead you on a journey through some of the most beautiful arias and duets ever written.

Even the ‘opera-shy’ will be familiar with these unforgettable masterpieces, brought to vibrant life with a full orchestra under the stars.

To add to the whole experience, guests are invited to arrive early to savour the exceptional delights of some great local food and wine at the stunningly architecturally designed Roche Estate. Or why not head to the nearby magnificent Hunter Valley Gardens with over 60 acres of spectacular international display gardens that will amaze you with sensational sights, colours, fragrances and adventures.

Then stroll through Hunter Valley Gardens Shopping Village with over twenty boutique shops and cafes.

Oishii Japanese Thai Restaurant Australia’s only Asian restaurant in a winery!

Located at the Tempus Two winery, in the heart of the Hunter Valley, Oishii has become a favourite for locals and visitors alike. Whether dining inside the minimalist Asian themed dining hall or on the outside undercover terrace overlooking the vines encircling the architecturally designed amphitheatre, Oishii has become a “must dining experience”.

Oishii’s Asian chefs have composed an extensive menu of lightly prepared fragrant dishes showcasing regional produce. In true Asian style dishes are perfect for sharing and ideal for families and friends.

The fast take away options are also delicious.

ADDRESS Roche Estate Complex, Corner of Broke and Mcdonald Rd’s, Pokolbin RESTAURANT 7 Days, Lunch and Dinner PH (02) 4998 7051 W www.oishii.com.au

Then, as the sun sets slowly over the vines, take your seats in the magnificent open-air amphitheatre, glass of wine in hand, and relax into a night of musical magic beneath the stars.

A truly memorable experience and a wonderful excuse for a day or weekend away, Opera in the Vineyards looks set to be a highlight of the Hunter Valley spring calendar.

Visit www.operainthevineyards.com.au for more information.

Apart from being the sweetest spot in the Hunter Valley and renowned for their selection of over 50 individually made desserts, Sabor in the Hunter Dessert Bar in Pokolbin also serve up a wonderful blend of coffee to complement their desserts. The blend they use is the Glinelli Specialty Coffee blend – an in-house, award-winning milk based coffee from Mill House Roasters.

Zaih’s Café in Lovedale know how to make a delicious coffee and they source their beans from the respected Bay Coffee Roasters in Sydney. The blend they use is the Bay Roast Blend, which happens to be the roasters original and full bodied espresso blend with citrus and dark chocolate notes.

James Halliday - TOP 100 WINERY Meerea Park is considered to be in the top echelon of boutique wineries, not only in the Hunter Valley, but Australia as well, carrying the rare and prestigious 5 Red Star and Red Name rating from James Halliday.

Established in 1991, Meerea Park has built a reputation on producing high quality Semillon, Chardonnay and Shiraz. Many of these wines are from ‘Individual Vineyard’ origin.

Visit the cellar door located within the Roche Estate complex to sample and purchase from the highly awarded range of wines.

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ing Now tast ous the fabul ter 2014 Hun Shiraz!

2014 - arguably the best vintage in 50 years or more!

MISTLETOE is a small family owned and run winery that was established by the current owners in 1989. Now in its 26th year, Mistletoe’s “no-compromise” approach to producing small quantities of “true to origin” premium quality wine has seen it rewarded with many, many hundreds of awards and accolades.

With over 20 different wines, including Sparkling, Whites, Reds, Rosés, Fortified and Dessert styles on tasting, Mistletoe has one of the most comprehensive ranges of wines to be seen in the Hunter.

• All wines are made in our onsite winery • Winery tastings available for larger groups – bookings essential!

• Mistletoe Wines are only available for purchase from the Winery Cellar Door • Knowledgeable and friendly staff to make you welcome

When visiting Mistletoe be sure to take time to visit POKOLBIN GALLERY and MISTLETOE SCULPTURE GARDEN also in the grounds of the Cellar Door.

With three generations now actively engaged in the day to day operation of Mistletoe, it is truly a unique family winery.

Come up and meet the Mistletoe Girls who will make your visit all the more special.

Mistletoe is now just 35 minutes form Newcastle – take the Hunter Expressway M15 which becomes the A15 (New England Highway) at Branxton and then take the Hermitage Road exit.

Open 10am until 6pm daily | 771 Hermitage Road, Pokolbin 2320

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EDUCATION + TRAINING //

NATIONAL SKILLS WEEK Creativity pop-up at the Playhouse Aligning with National Skills Week, Hunter TAFE’s Regional Institute of Performing Arts (RIPA), Regional Music Institute (RMI) and Newcastle Media and Film School are launching a pop-up creativity hub in the Playhouse Theatre for a four-day showcase, entitled ‘Creativity…what is it good for?’.

The Showcase presents a free series of daytime and evening workshops, music and dance performances, improvisation sessions and forum events, presented and produced by students and staff. Hunter TAFE staff will be available in the pop-up registration hub with information about the diverse raft of courses available in the creative industries.

RIPA, RMI and the Film School’s creative skills training hub will be in Newcastle’s city centre at the Playhouse Theatre, Hunter Street from the 24th to the 28th of August.

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“We want to showcase everything from the use of green screen in digital media to live performance and the development of the kind creativity that feeds back into the community and creates current and future jobs,” said Head Teacher, Teresa Conicella.

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You can now try a new area of study, find out if a career area is for you or upskill your workforce.

“Our pop-up creativity hub at the Playhouse opens us to a whole new section of the public that may not be aware of the training possibilities in creative arts at Hunter TAFE, and we are very excited to be representing creativity and its potential during National Skills Week,” she said.

Contact Hunter TAFE today to find out what courses are available.

‘Creativity…what is it good for?’ will include both day and evening sessions.

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*This training is fully subsidised by the NSW Government. You must meet eligibility criteria for training subsidised by the NSW Government. Fee-free courses are based on qualifications listed on the 2016 NSW Skills List, and have been developed to provide employment outcomes or lead to further study. Provider 90002 TAFE NSW Hunter Institute.

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its therapeutic value in health and aged-care, investigating it as a tool for empowerment and social inclusion, as well as the use of creativity as a tool for building community resilience.

The free events will be staged by staff and students from the schools of Music, Performing Arts and Digital Media and will be involving several of its industry partners throughout the creativity pop-up.

RIPA, RMI and film students not only work with organisations in the creative industries sector but also industries who are engaging with creative arts such as health, youth and community sectors.

One of the industry partners involved in ‘Creativity…what is it good for?’ is the national youth mental health foundation, Headspace.

Hunter TAFE Acting teacher, Dr David Brown (RIPA) is collaborating with Headspace to develop a performance piece that focuses on sexuality and gender issues, specifically, issues impacting on transgender young people in Newcastle.

This project is being created specifically for the pop-up and will showcase the skills of RIPA students who will facilitate creation and production of the work, and post-performance discussions.

“That is the wonderful thing about many of the skills that students gain from training in the creative arts at Hunter TAFE. These diverse and practical, creative skills are relevant and needed by many organisations across a broad range of industries,” said Dr Brown.

“Our students are working on projects with organisations such as mental health service providers, aged care facilities and management training facilities. Students work with people to help develop skills such as resilience and recovery. These are lifechanging skills.”

‘Creativity…what is it good for?’ will demonstrate the breadth of training in the During the day, a series of specialised creative arts available at Hunter TAFE; from workshops in music, dance, acting, writing, acting and writing to directing, from dance film and screen technologies will be available and choreography to producing, from sound for high school students across the region. recording, music performance and promotion The evening sessions will be open to the entire to music management, from cinematography and art direction to digital animation. community and will feature public dialogues, practice and performance showcase events that interrogate and celebrate the nature of Creativity…what is it good for? artistic training at RMI, RIPA and the Film WHEN Monday 24th to Sunday 28th School.

August.

The four-day symposium will explore the WHERE The Playhouse at Newcastle Civic traditional concepts surrounding the creative Theatre, 75 Hunter Street, Newcastle. arts, such as the expression of ideas, For further details, please visit the Hunter celebration of talent and connection with the TAFE website or follow the RIPA and RMI community. There will also be a focus on the pages on Facebook. broader context of creativity; acknowledging

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UoN... A Solid Foundation for Your Future The University of Newcastle (UON) has a passion for excellence and innovation and a host of exciting new initiatives across all campuses that inspire innovative thinking and new approaches to teaching aimed at meeting new challenges in the ever-changing world of education.

This month we spoke to the Future Students Team at UON, who filled us in on all of the exciting new programs, facilities and services for students that are currently being planned or launched. Here’s an outline of all the new offerings...

New Degrees – Preparing Students for the Future All of the University’s undergraduate degrees aim to prepare graduates to be global citizens and leaders who are eager for life's challenges and will change their world for the better.

In 2017, UON is offering new degrees that respond to the ever-changing employment market such as: •The Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship will enable you to think distinctively, creatively and critically in a business environment. Strong industry connections underpin the program and offer the practical workplace opportunities needed when starting your career.

•The Bachelor of Creative Industries is an interdisciplinary degree offering you the chance to pursue your creative interests through one discipline, or across a range of disciplines. The core courses emphasise innovation, business skills, digital literacy and entrepreneurship, all in a creative context.

NeW Space – Built for Teaching the Future NeW Space is a $95 million landmark education precinct under development by UON in the heart of Newcastle's CBD. From 2017, it will be home to the University’s Business, Commerce and Law students. Developed as a technology-rich precinct, NeW Space will provide a unique platform for world-class academics and students to develop and test innovative ideas and be part of the ‘next generation’ university experience.

New On-Campus Accommodation – Enabling Futures UON knows students need secure, affordable and comfortable accommodation when they are studying, which is why they have undertaken a $100 million investment in student housing. In 2015, UON opened a new residential precinct at the Newcastle (Callaghan) campus, which almost doubled the number of on-campus beds and incorporated new social and recreational spaces as well as formal and informal study areas.

New Global Opportunities – Expanding Worlds When you study at UON, you have the chance to study abroad and take part in exchange programs with one of 120 partner institutions in 30 countries. Over 1,000 UON students participated in an overseas student experience in 2015.

New at Open Day – Speed Mentoring It’s not every day that students have the opportunity to speak with professionals and ask questions about their careers. On Saturday 20th August, visit the Newcastle Open Day and talk to industry leaders during speed mentoring sessions. It’s the perfect opportunity to ask questions, learn about graduate opportunities and gain a greater understanding about which course to undertake at UON to start you on the path towards your dream career. The mentors come from a diverse range of backgrounds and industries.

Wondering what’s on offer at UON in 2017?

Visit www.newcastle.edu.au/study for information about the multitude of courses and degrees available for students and remember UAC applications open Wednesday 3rd August 2016.

Or why not go along to Newcastle Open Day this month and see UON for yourself?

Newcastle Open Day is your chance to learn about degrees and study options, speak with staff and current students, explore the campus and get a taste of university life. For more information, visit www.newcastle.edu. au/openday

embarked on her journey to develop a revolutionary tool for oral cavity examination.

Jennifer spent endless hours researching plastic and lighting technologies while ensuring patents were in place to protect her innovative idea.

FROM SMALL IDEAS TO BIG BUSINESS Find out what it takes to break into the big world of business from a small idea.

Supported by BusinessBasics, the Hunter Business Chamber, hosts a monthly Business Development Forum to provide education, professional development and up to date information on issues important to business in our community.

Highlighting small business month, the Chamber will proudly host Jennifer Holland as their guest speaker on 14 September. Jennifer is the Founder and CEO of Throat Scope, the world’s first all-in-one light and tongue depressor medical device.

Throat Scope was a light bulb moment that came to Jennifer in a doctor’s surgery in Brisbane back in 2009. The doctor pried her child’s mouth open with a wooden tongue depressor while Jennifer restrained her distressed child. At that moment, Jennifer thought there had to be an easier way, and

In 2011, Jennifer won $50,000 from the Queensland Government for ‘What’s The Big Idea QLD’ for the continued development of the Throat Scope technology. This allowed Jennifer to take Throat Scope to the next level and present her invention on the Channel 10 hit show Shark Tank in 2015.

Jennifer walked away from the show with backing from tech entrepreneur and investor Steve Baxter. This investment allowed Jennifer to welcome a new team of medical and corporate professionals to the Throat Scope family and she hasn’t looked back.

Following the success of Shark Tank, Throat Scope won the 2015 Sydney Design Awards and Jennifer officially launched her product into the Australian and New Zealand healthcare and consumer market.

Since then, Jennifer has secured healthcare and retailer distributors worldwide to introduce Throat Scope to medical professionals, hospitals and homes around the globe.

To hear Jennifer’s insights and business story, make sure you book your ticket for the Business Development Forum on the 14th of September. Early bird tickets for members are out now until 26 August or until sold out.

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I did my best to explain the electoral process to the Kid. We would be there a while, she was told, as mummy chooses to vote below the line on the senate paper - some people deserve to be last. This year's form was as long as Ben Hur's extras list. While standing beside me, I'm sure looking slightly bored, a nice man walked past the Kid and said, "Takes a long time, doesn't it?" I glanced up from my cardboard booth to see the Kid reply, "It's about who looks after my school and the hospital where Ma-Ma works. It's important you know." I smiled to myself and continued to number every box, all 151 of them.

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The Breakfast Team on morning radio are traditionally there to entertain while you go about your morning routine and commute, but that day was different. The crews stayed on air hours longer than usual. Some had members of their immediate family just blocks from the world trade centre, and we knew one young staff member was in Washington, where a third plane crashed. The announcers' first role was as news providers but, just as importantly, they were a community counseling service. On-air teams and their support crew were outstanding that day and in the days to follow.

Equally awe-inspiring is seeing a well-researched, powerful story shine light into the darkest of places and become a catalyst for action and change. Newcastle Herald journalist Joanne McCarthy wrote a series of investigative stories about abuse inside the Catholic Church. Her fearlessness and hard work, with the unwavering backing of editor Chad Watson, led We are incredibly lucky in Newcastle to still have local news to an historic and long overdue Royal Commission. I have no outlets, that not only bring us the stories of national importance doubt that the heartbreaking subject took its toll not only on but also explain how they impact us locally. I decided at that the writer but other staff members. However difficult, it was a moment, that since our project is really about spending time story that needed to be told and may never have happened at together and learning new things, that one of our budget another paper. friendly holiday activities would be taking my favourite tiny

BY CHLOE SULLIVAN In 2001, being online wasn't part of our social norm. In human some of those news outlets and spending the travel Australia today, 15 million of us use some form of social time talking about how they work.

Most Saturdays, the Kid and I head to Bunnings for our media. This means in one way, or another everyone has the weekend stroll around the garden department with big dreams Since my late teens, I have either worked in or with media means for their own public platform. But just like my friend of the changes we'll make at home. In the end, we usually outlets and there is nothing like being in the building when a screaming wildly into my phone on that warm September leave with a cactus planted in a ceramic boot and a delicious huge story breaks. One Wednesday morning in September, 15 morning, rants on Twitter and Facebook by someone on our sausage sandwich. The first Saturday of the recent school years ago, I was working at KOFM & NXFM. I was woken by a friend list should not make up the sum total of our knowledge holidays was different as, like the rest of the country, we 3am phone call from a friend who, without even saying hello, about an important subject. It should be a catalyst, a heads-up instead picked up our 'democracy sanga' at the local polling screamed: that there's something you should probably look into. It should place.

"We're all going to die!" Not the news you want to wake up to. I be your opportunity to dig a little deeper and form an opinion I'm from a family who is, what I would consider, politically turned on my TV to see footage of the two planes flying into based on facts found from reputable sources. aware. Every election Bob Hawke ever won I remember where I New York's Twin Towers. I got dressed immediately and drove to I hope when the Kid comes to cast her first vote that she does was and, even at a young age, being genuinely invested in the the station, not because there was anything I needed to do so well-informed and with a sense of social responsibility, the outcome. To this day my favorite household item is a red plastic but because being there where information was flowing into the way we all should. Let's face it, you don't want to go in with big drink dispenser in the shape of the former PM's head. Although newsroom felt safer than being home alone. dreams for the country and end up leaving with a cactus in a I'm not sure that last part has as much to do with political ceramic boot. awareness as it does with being a kitsch collector.

Later I was glued to the election results on the ABC and reaction on social media. I was shocked, even among my friends, by the number of people who didn't vote or seemed to have no clue about the parties they voted for or their policies.

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Cheer on our local SPORTING HEROES this month!

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Pictured: Matthew Dawson.

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After years of preparation and months of waiting, the entire Australian Olympic team was named in mid-July just three short weeks before the 2016 games kick off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Harradine finished 31st in Beijing when he was troubled by illness in the lead-up, and ninth in London when he missed out on the eight-man final by 13 centimetres.

The Australian team is made up of 410 athletes with 19 who grew up and played junior sport right here in the Hunter. Of those 19, ten athletes were members of the Hunter Academy of Sport’s elite training squads – enhancing their skills and learning how to walk and talk like a professional athlete before making their Australian debut.

The Eleebana native attended Warners Bay High School and earned a Bachelor of Physical Education from Newcastle University in 2006. Harradine made his first major international competition debut at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where the discus thrower finished eighth. In 2010, Harradine took home gold at the same Games breaking the Australian and Oceanian men's discus throwing record with a throw of 66.45m.

Matthew Dawson (Hockey)

The son of Australian cricketer Trish Dawson, Matt’s hockey His personal-best throw is 68.20 metres in 2013, which journey began at eight-years-old, following in his sister's would have been enough for a silver medal had he thrown it in footsteps on the Central Coast. At the age of 13, he continued London, or fourth place had he thrown it in Beijing. Harradine his training in Newcastle. Dawson played his senior hockey with is primed for a PB when he takes the field on August 12 and Newcastle club Norths in the Hunter Coast Premier League.

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He was the grand final man of the match for the Norths as recently as 2014.

Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (Sailing) Selection to the 2016 Rio Olympics came quickly for Dawson, who made his debut with the Kookaburra’s in November 2014 six months after the grand final in Newcastle. While a member of the Kookaburras, Dawson played on the winning teams for the 2016 Champions Trophy in London, England, 2015 World League Final in Raipur, India, and 2015 Oceania Cup in Stratford, New Zealand.

Dawson is one of six newcomers to the Men’s Olympic Hockey team of sixteen, who will look to take home the gold after back-to-back bronze medals in the previous two Olympic appearances.

Benn Harradine (Discus) The towering 198cm discus thrower will make his third Olympic appearance in Rio this month after qualifying in April for throwing a distance of 66.75m in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Four-time world titleholder, Outteridge, and three-time world champion, Jensen, are coming off a second placing at the world championships in Argentina last year and will look to defend their 2012 gold medal finish at the London Olympics.

Novocastrian Outteridge took up sailing at age five and won his first World Championships title in the 49er class in 2008. He repeated this success in 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Jensen, a Sydney local, put in the hard yards traveling to the Hunter to train with Outteridge at the Hunter Academy of Sport on Lake Macquarie before they both began their professional sailing careers.

Since their last Olympic performance the New Zealand team has taken gold in every regatta, they have entered – including four world championships, meaning Outteridge and Jensen need to be on top of their game to claim their title.

Join us in cheering on all our locally-grown and Hunter Academy alumni athletes when they march into Maracanã Stadium for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 5th. Go for Gold!

•Water polo - Richie Campbell and Nathan Power •Hockey - Matthew Dawson, Simon Orchard and Mariah Williams •Discus - Benn Harradine •Sailing - Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen, Will and Jamie Ryan •Triathlon - Aaron Royle •Marathon - Scott Westcott (who is also Hunter Academy athletics coach) •Swimming - Thomas Fraser-Holmes •Rowing - Spencer Turrin •Football - Emily van Egmond •Shooting - Blake Blackburn and Daniel Repacholi •Basketball - Damien Martin

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Like the look of Emerald Green?

WORDS: DEBORAH BARTLETT + CHRIS WILLIAMS insideout Newcastle A flick through all the latest interior design magazines sees a dramatic increase in the use of rich emerald greens in interiors. This on-trend, gorgeous jewel tone has always been a showstopper, but for the novice, it can be difficult to know just how to incorporate it into your décor without it overwhelming your space.

The charm of emerald green is that it goes with most colours.

Mixing different shades of green into our interiors creates the same feel as adding plants, it's like bringing a little bit of nature indoors. Blush pinks through to navy and blues also earthy tones of mustards and browns go together to create a look for different styles of interiors. Try Emerald Green feature walls, luscious green foliage motifs on wallpaper or a beautiful fabric.

Be brave, the colour green will definitely enhance the feel of calm and peace to your room! If you’re not brave enough to

paint a dark green wall, try a beautiful occasional chair or sofa in a rich emerald green velvet, or luxurious velvet cushions filled with feathers. Add in some botanical art pieces to bring in a sense of freshness and calm. Forget the saying “blue and green should never be seen unless there is a colour in between.” Blues used in a few different shades will add depth to the room, maintaining the peaceful feel.

A FEW TIPS TO USE GREEN AT HOME Create a moody room - A moody room doesn’t always signal dark coloured walls. Lighting, texture, comfort and colours all add to the feel. Navy and emerald green will create a feeling of comfort and calmness. An eclectic interior will feel cosier than a minimalistic one – so copper and brass accessories are an excellent choice to add to the finished look.

that fresh and welcoming feel. Use jute rugs to continue the natural feel and give the addition of texture.

A sophisticated look - Use layered greys and charcoals throughout a room splashed with emerald green pieces, such as cushions, upholstered chairs. Accessorise with luxury velvet cushions.

Add some blush pink with artwork and pink blush cushions this will add to an elegant look. An alternative to the blush pink can be geometric black and whites such as rugs to give a more dramatic look. Don’t forget the beautiful copper and brass accessories.

Emerald green has always been a favourite colour of mine, so I hope you have been encouraged to be brave and try out some of the wallpapers and beautiful fabrics in your home.

Neutral interiors - Don’t miss out on your little bit of green. Keep your neutral theme and add in a large occasional chair, sofa or ottoman upholstered in plush emerald green velvet. By adding too many green pieces, this will take away the wow and confuse your look.

Create a botanical look - We have some great wallpaper in store with palm leaves or ivy that work to bring in the colour green.

Add botanical prints and use earthy tones to accessorise.

Mustards and earthy toned cushions look great with this colour.

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