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NEWS 04 Welcome! A dedicated group of volunteers is helping refugees 06 Sweet music A Wombarra girl is delighting music lovers 08 Cover feature: Parrish Byrne The bloke behind the surf brand 10 Dr Rip Everyone’s favourite academic wants your photos 12 Food A tasty apple crumble recipe using local produce 14 Gardening Six small fruit trees to plant in your yard 16 Time to Carve Joe Papac’s intricate works in wood 17 The Tree Whisperer On the job with Bohmers Tree Care 18 Flo Girls The search for positive role models

19 My Vinyl Revolution Passion for records of old – and new 20 Steve Brine Photo-real art 20 That’s My Life Filmed bios 21 Make a marketing calendar Do it now, reap rewards later 22 Bollywood Boogie! To help victims of domestic violence BUSINESS 26 Business directory Your ultimate guide to local small business operators 29 Chamber wins grant To buy defibrillators for our community SPORT 30 Tides 32 Rugby League All Stars

Cover image courtesy of Anthony Warry, www.anthonywarryphotography.com.au

MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS STEPHANIE MEADES

is the founder of Life Wellness Co., an exercise physiologist, nutritionist, rehabilitation consultant, wellness coach and food writer. She is a happily married, mother of two, Thirroul resident, who is actively engaged in local activities including volunteering at the food co-op, running wellness workshops and delivering real food inspiration to the community through a variety of written mediums.

She is passionate about creating a happier and healthier community. Find her apple crumble recipe on page 12.

DR ROB BRANDER

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

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JANICE CREENAUNE

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

The Publicity Officer for Northern Illawarra University 3rd Age (U3A) her interests include travel, Letters-to-the Editor SMH, letterpress printing and film study. Read her ‘Time to Carve’ article on page 16.

JENNA CLAIRE FLETCHER

is founder/director of Flo Girls. She inspires and empowers girls through high-energy, high-impact coaching sessions, workshops and programs.

With a Bachelor of Psychology and Graduate Diploma in Education, as well as being an accredited teacher and holistic health and life coach, Jenna is on a mission to educate and equip our girls with tools and techniques to live in ultimate self-worth (being independently content, radiantly healthy and authentically unique). Read her article on positive role models on page 18.

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From left: Armita, Rahimeh, Pat and Sherryl.

Happy Harmony Day! To mark the annual celebration of cultural diversity on March 21, 2515 spoke to a refugee family, a local volunteer and the dedicated leaders of Strategic Community Assistance to Refugee Families (SCARF).

Armita is 10, bright and bubbly, the youngest of six sisters. She loves spelling, English and “really funny stories”, like those by Andy Griffiths.

“Armita is a brilliant speller, excellent for a young girl who has been here not even three years. Her spelling is intuitive … it’s wonderful,” says SCARF volunteer Pat Mirabito, a retiree from Coledale who uses her experience as a teacher’s aide to help Armita with her homework.

“We both love English and we both love literature, don’t we?” Pat says. “And reading.”

2515 meets Pat, Armita and her mother, Rahimeh, at SCARF’s new Atchison Street offices in Wollongong. Armita and her family found refuge in Australia in 2012. “It’s, like, the best place I have ever been,” the schoolgirl says today.

Then, Armita spoke no English; today she’s full of smiles, excited to act as translator for her mum.

“My mum and dad were born in Afghanistan.

Mum was small when she left,” Armita translates for her mother, who speaks quietly in Persian. “There was a lot of fighting in Afghanistan and they had to.

She came with her family to Iran.”

Armita and her sisters – the eldest is 27, studying midwifery and nursing – were all born in Iran, home to one of the world’s “largest and most protracted”

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refugee populations, according to the UN. Now their family is scattered around the world.

For the widow Rahimeh and her daughters, SCARF has been a lifeline, helping them start new lives, learn English and build a sense of belonging.

Pat started helping Armita with her homework three years ago and the families’ lives are now intertwined.

“It’s a friendship,” says Pat, who spends Monday and Thursday afternoons with Armita, often staying on for dinner. “Beautiful Persian food,” she says. “I eat with the family, but Rahimeh always sends home a meal for my husband, Ray.” Ray and other volunteers taught Rahimeh how to drive – she recently passed her test, a life-changing achievement that will make rainy days, school pick-ups and grocery shopping so much easier.

Pat and Rahimeh have a celebratory baking day planned. “On Thursday for the first time we are going to cook a cake together,” Pat says.

Pat loves her SCARF role. “It started off as a relationship where I was a teacher helping someone – but it’s gone way beyond that. Through Armita I now know the whole family. Armita’s next two sisters are twins who are 15, they often spend time with us.”

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Pat has taken the girls to Luna Park, trampolining at Hangtime, boating at Audley, exploring in the Blue Mountains and to the zoo at Symbio in Helensburgh. Every holiday, they go to the movies.

“I’m loving that, because I don’t have any grandchildren, so suddenly I’m back into the swing of what’s happening with movies that are a lot of fun for this age. It’s great,” Pat says.

This year, SCARF faces big changes and will rely on the steadfast generosity of volunteers like Pat more than ever. Over the past decade, since founder Sharyn Mackenzie first met a South Sudanese family through her church and helped them learn English, SCARF has helped more than 1120 refugees from 13 countries, aided by more than 700 volunteers, ranging from uni students to retirees. It has grown to become a strong, secular not-for-profit, an independent, community-based organisation that provides refugees with practical support, from swim classes to driving school to English lessons.

After celebrating SCARF’s 10th anniversary in 2015, Sharyn Mackenzie officially retired last month and the new CEO is Sherryl Reddy, who comes from the front-line of humanitarian aid, having spent the past 10 years working in hot spots such as Darfur, Gaza and Burma, for the likes of the UN High Commission for Refugees and Unicef.

Sherryl takes over at a challenging time. The not-for-profit – which currently receives no government funding – hopes to welcome a “significant number” of the 4000 Syrian refugees to be settled in NSW. Already, more than 200 Syrian refugees are registered with SCARF, most having arrived over the past two years, Sherryl says.

“This Syrian community – it is really very sad because their trauma is being relived every day on the news, we haven’t had that before. That’s something that’s very different,” she says.

SCARF’s services are vital, because finding a safe haven does not necessarily mean “happily ever after”.

“It’s very different kind of challenges that you face, but still really demanding and confronting, because you have left everything behind,” Sherryl says.

“I think it’s really hard for us to imagine what it would be like to leave your home, your country, your family, your social networks and then to come to a place where it’s safe, but everything is foreign.

Everything, from the language to the culture, the customs, the physical environment, school systems, economic processes. I think that’s really where the SCARF volunteer network is really incredible … it’s amazing, the compassion and the generosity and the willingness to help.”

Friendship is the most important thing volunteers can offer refugees, Sherryl says. “They want smiling faces, that sort of warmth, that’s what counts. If you also happen to be a retired educator – well, then that can be a bonus!

Especially as we “Pat has taken the girls to have homework Luna Park, trampolining at clubs for high Hangtime, boating at Audley, school kids. But for home tutoring exploring in the Blue and family Mountains and to the zoo at mentoring, just Symbio. Every holiday, they people who care go to the movies.” and want to make this new community feel very included in the place that they’ve come to settle.”

Many refugees, Sharyn says, see SCARF as their new family in their new home. “I think it is beautifully expressed by more than one of the Syrians, who’ve said that they have two birthdays: their natural birthday and their arrival in Australia.”

“That’s a really great analogy,” Sherryl says.

“Because it’s really beautiful in terms of what their expectations are, but it also captures how challenging it is.”

“Yes, starting from the beginning again,” Sharyn says. n After reading 2515’s last article about SCARF, Austinmer Anglican Church ran a fundraising family fun program in January. Want to help too?

Visit SCARF at 26 Atchison St, Wollongong, go to www.scarf1.org.au or call 4224 8646. 2515

From founder and former CEO Sharyn Mackenzie: “SCARF’s original volunteers were almost exclusively 2515 and some of those are still volunteering with us. We are so grateful … they have contributed in so many ways over these past 10 years and continue to contribute in all areas of our volunteering program.” 2515

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Sweet music

A young Wombarra girl is part of a curtain-raising musical act for Wollongong’s Steel City Strings orchestra.

Steel City Strings performs a concert three times a year in the Wollongong Art Gallery. Before each concert, a junior string quartet, Les Courdes d’Or, performs in the art gallery foyer.

The quartet’s 12-year-old leader, Wombarra’s Cedar-Rose Newman, gave 2515 an insight into the hard work involved in being a star on the rise.

What instrument(s) do you play?

I started violin with Sarah Hindson.

At the end of last year I gained entry to Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where I now study with Janet Davies. I study piano with Gian-Franco Ricci.

I also sing in the Wollongong Conservatorium

Cedar-Rose Newman loves to practise while walking around the garden.

Junior Choir and Sydney Children’s Choir.

At what age did you start playing?

Violin at six and a half; piano at five.

How many times do you practise a week?

Six days a week. I like to spend three to four hours a day practising violin. I try to spend two hours on the piano. Some of the work on the piano is designed to develop musical skills which are important for the violin. All the practice time is not spent playing; I have to study the scores, practice through visualisation, sing my pieces and listen to the music.

At what age did you start performing?

Seven.

Which is your favourite piece of music to perform? Why? At the moment my favourite piece is Beethoven’s Violin Sonata Op.24 for violin and piano. I like how the melody shifts between the violin and piano. I also really enjoy the sonatas form because they are a form of chamber music in which each instrument has an equal part.

I also love performing with my chamber group [Les Courdes d’Or] and enjoy the rehearsals with our tutor from Steel City Strings Ilir Merxhushi.

My favourite piece with this group at the moment is Haydn’s Sunrise Quartet.

What it’s like to perform in front of a crowd?

I love performing but it is nerve-racking. My first violin teacher Sarah Hindson encouraged us to perform almost as soon as we started to learn. She also had regular studio concerts which were always fun, these concerts gave me confidence and performing is now much easier. I still remain nervy for the first few lines and then I just start to relax, though every performance is different.

■ Steel City Strings will perform at the Wollongong Art Gallery on March 12. 2515

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Parrish Byrne

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He is Thirroul born and bred. He’s a former competitive surfer, a well-renowned master craftsman of boards, and his family’s business Byrne Surf is going great guns, 2515 reports.

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At what age did you start surfing?

It’s been such a big thing for my family since before I was born. I was consumed by it from such an early age, but my dad [Phil] has told me he pushed me into my first wave when I was two.

I was born into surfing but … I started surfing every day because I wanted to hang out with my dad. He’s been my hero since I can remember, so I guess I started surfing to have some one-on-one time with him and I wanted to make him proud.

Where were you living at the time?

I grew up in a house on McCauleys Beach. It was the best place ever to live as a surfer. McCauleys is … one of the most consistent waves on the Coal Coast. You can surf it any size, any tide, any wind and it’s a predominant left-hander and, well, I’m a goofy [surfs right-foot forward]. [laughs] At what age did you start competing?

I surfed in my first contest at Sandon Point Boardriders in 1996; I was eight years old. I remember that year I was awarded Most Improved in the under-14s at the end-of-year presentation.

Why did you retire from competitive surfing?

At the end of 2012 I came home after the season and had an honest think [about] if I could qualify for the World Championship Tour. I had seen five guys I grew up competing with – Julian Wilson, Owen Wright, Matt Wilkinson, Jordy Smith and Dusty Payne – qualify that year. I felt like I had over-achieved, if anything, for my natural talent as I always had made up for it in other ways … my preparation for every event was spot-on. Also, I was mentally tough and a smart competitor. Even though I had won a professional contest and beat some of the world’s best, my conclusion was that surfing was going to progress beyond my talent … and it was going to get too hard winning heats on just preparation and heat tactics.

Why turn to shaping/boardmaking?

I told my nan when I was five that my life plan was to: 1) be a pro surfer; and 2) when my surfing career was finished, I was going to take over Byrne Surfboards just like my dad. So, that’s what I did.

The board-shaping side of things came natural to me. I had watched my dad shape since I can remember. I always had a strong interest in board design and construction as I was a bit of a guinea pig for my dad as he would make something new and I would always be the test pilot. I learnt a lot about board design doing this.

Also, I admired the relationships my dad has with his team riders … I just loved how much respect these guys had for him, so again I got into shaping because of my dad. Also, I feel shaping and designing is like surfing in a sense that it is constantly changing and you never actually master the craft because you’re constantly looking for improvement.

Which competitive surfers use your boards?

I am working with WQS [World Qualifying Series] and big-wave charger Dean Bowen and our next local hope Luke Wrice. I’ve had a great relationship with Luke since he was about eight. He’s battling away at becoming a World Tour surfer and is on the right track. I’m so stoked and constantly looking for ways I can help him ultimately achieve his goal.

I have worked with some pretty high-profile surfers for someone who has only been shaping for four years, I guess. I worked very closely with Owen Wright at the start of my shaping career and working with him really accelerated my learning as his demand on boards and how in tune he was with what was under his feet was so precise.

I’ve also worked with World Tour surfers Sebastian Zeitz (Hawaii) and Wiggolly Dantas (Brazil).

What’s the future hold for Byrne Surf?

Our new store and factory in Thirroul has been open for a year now and I’m so stoked to be out in the Northern Suburbs. This part of the coast has now become the surfing focal point of the Illawarra. As for the future for Byrne Surfboards, I’m currently working with my dad on some retro board designs. We are going to release a board from … the 70s, 80s and 90s. This has been a massive learning curve for me as I wasn’t even alive when two of the boards were surfed but dad has all his old templates and rockers, which we are applying to these models, so he knows the boards will work as they have been tested and proven.

For more, visit www.byrnesurf.com 2515

Photos courtesy of Anthony Warry Photography

You can’t blame the bloke for smiling. Thirroul’s Parrish Byrne has grown up on one of the world’s most beautiful stretches of coastline. He is also an integral part of a successful family business, Byrne Surf, that has become one of Australia’s most respected surf brands.

Parrish was raised in the waves, tasted life as a competitive surfer and has parlayed his deep passion for his sport into the next phase of Byrne Surf ’s strategy to build on its rock-solid reputation in the cut-throat world of surf-culture business.

2515 managed to drag Parrish away from work long enough to have a chat.

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Dr Rip’s Science of the Surf

Anyone taken beach photos from Bald Hill? Dr Rob Brander is doing a survey of Stanwell Park beach and he needs help.

If you visit beaches regularly, you’ll notice the amount of sand changes rapidly in response to changing wave conditions.

As a result, so does the shoreline position.

Sometimes the beach is steep and narrow, sometimes it’s wide and flat. But are there any long-term changes that we should be worried about? Is the combination of sea-level rise, climate change and increasing human development and usage making things even worse? Is there less or more beach around than when you were a kid? It’s difficult to say because how long is “long-term”?

We know that big storm waves can strip sand from the beach, narrowing it considerably in a matter of days. Fortunately, beaches recover on the order of about 1m every 10 days although it can take months to get back to normal. We know that many beaches “rotate” in response to changing wave directions associated with El Nino and La Nina cycles. One end experiences a build-up of

sand and the other a reduction for a number of years before swapping over during the next cycle.

We also know that climatic fluctuations, like the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, lasting over 20-40 year periods, cause changes to beach sand volume.

Some people think that dune revegetation practices can reduce the sand on the beach. I wrote a column on this a few years back and was slandered on social media by people who should have known better. Clearly it’s a touchy subject!

Thep roblem is we don’t really know how beaches behave over the long term because we haven’t been able to measure them for long enough.

Only a handful of global studies exist that have surveyed beaches regularly even for over 40 years.

That’s not very long to base many conclusions on.

But there’s a beach in our backyard that’s an exception: Stanwell Park. Thanks to the amazing view from Bald Hill, a long and impressive history of photos exist. Ted Bryant, a retired academic from the University of Wollongong, did a study on the beach based on pictures from 1890 to 1980 acquired from a variety of sources. He found that the shoreline position of the beach didn’t change much overall during that time.

Now I want to continue that study because there’s been a LOT of change in the 36 years since then, particularly to the dunes. Unfortunately, I’m actually finding it pretty hard to source images with decent dates after 1980. So I’m putting a call out to anyone out there reading this that may have a photo of Stanwell Park Beach taken from Bald Hill they’d like to share. If you know the exact date it was taken, great. Even the month and year is good.

If you’d like to help, please contact me at rbrander@ unsw.edu.au. Thanks! 2515

Visit www.scienceofthesurf.com.

Stanwell Park in 1952. Changed much?

Photo courtesy of Ted Bryant

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From tree to table…

Steph’s delicious and nutritious apple crumble.

Real food with Steph Stephanie Meades recommends a family day out at our local apple orchard, followed by yummy crumble.

Glenbernie Orchard has opened up their fourthgeneration family farm to the public, with special ‘Pick Your Own’ experiences on weekends.

It is well worth the short drive to Darkes Forest.

Apple picking is a great family excursion that kids and parents will enjoy. And at the end of the day, you’ll come home with a bag of the most delicious, crunchy, fresh apples – all hand-picked by you and your family!

On the picking tours, led by farm staff, you will also learn about the fruit’s journey from tree to table – and so appreciate the time and effort that goes into growing the perfect apple.

Afterwards, treat your family to a wholefood apple crumble that is delicious and nutritious. This recipe uses the orchard’s cloudy apple juice, so be sure to pick up some at the Apple Shack farm store.

My favourite ‘Pink Lady’ apples are expected to be ready to pick in early April – keep an eye on Glenbernie Orchard’s Facebook page for updates.

APPLE CRUMBLE Ingredients: 6 apples (I prefer ‘Pink Lady’ apples) 1 cup 100% apple juice 1 tsp vanilla extract, paste or vanilla bean

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon Crumble topping: ½ cup walnuts ½ cup almonds ½ cup flaked coconut 2 x ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla extract, paste or bean 2 tablespoons of maple syrup (omit if avoiding sweeteners) 2 tablespoons of coconut oil METHOD:

Cut apples into wedges, leaving skin on for extra fibre. Remove the core.

Place the apples in a large saucepan with apple juice, vanilla and cinnamon.

Cook over medium heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Lid on for the first 10 minutes, then removed for the last 10 minutes.

To make the crumble, combine the nuts, coconut, cinnamon, maple syrup and coconut oil and blitz for a few seconds.

Spoon the cooked apple into a pie dish and scatter the crumble on top.

Pop in a pre-heated oven at 180˚C and bake for 30 minutes until crumble is golden and crunchy.

Top with your choice of yoghurt, whipped coconut cream or coconut ice-cream. Enjoy!

■ Stephanie Meades is a health and wellness coach and founder of Life Wellness Co. Visit www. lifewellnessco.com, Facebook “lifewellnessco”, or pop into Flame Tree Community Co-Op and check out the Wholefood Recipes folder. 2515

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Grow your own

Permaculture expert Narelle Happ picks her top six small fruit trees to plant in local gardens.

Autumn is the best time of year for planning. Why not add one of these six small fruit trees to your garden?

To ensure a long-lived, healthy tree that produces prolific fruit, improve your soil with compost, try well-composted animal manure, mulch well and maintain irrigation while establishing.

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Angel Peach Tree – Donut Peach – Prunus persica Sweet donut-shaped fruit in either yellow or white varieties.

Fruits from November to January depending on variety. Height: 2-4m.

Black Sapote – Chocolate Pudding Fruit – Diospyros digyna Eaten when ripe, it goes well with vanilla ice-cream. Definitely one the children will enjoy.

Fruits in spring. Height: About 4m.

Cherimoya – Annona cherimoya Closely related to the custard apple, but with very few seeds. A juicy fruit with a flavour of pineapple.

Fruits from March to June. Height: Up to 6m.

Davidson’s Plum – Davidsonia pruriens – native Small tree that produces prolific fruit along its trunk. Often made into desserts and jam.

Fruits in summer. Height: 4-8m.

■ Save the date: Narelle will hold a Bush Tucker Gardening Workshop on Sunday, March 6, and a Native Garden Design Workshop on Saturday, March 19.

To book, visit www. agardenforlife. com.au 2515

Peanut Butter Tree – Bunchosia armeniaca Small fruit to 2.5cm in length with a texture similar to peanut butter when ripe. Great fresh or in smoothies.

Fruits from December to August. Height: 3-6m Pomegranate Tree – Punica granatum Sweet fruit that are high in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. There is also a native variety called Capparis arborea.

Fruits from February to April. Height: 3-5m.

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Janice Creenaune meets Joe Papac, a former metallurgist and teacher who is dedicating his retirement to perfecting the art of wood carving.

Joe Papac is an award-winning wood carver who lives in Woonona. He’s immensely skilled and a master of intricate detail.

“Currently, my particularly focus is Australian birds and flora. I have a lifetime love of birds as a breeder (of 35 years) but now my passion for birds is encompassed within the wood.”

A former metallurgist, Joe began work with BHP in 1969 and later moved to teaching at TAFE for 25 years, winding up his career at Holsworthy High School as a design and technology teacher.

Now retired, Joe has time to perfect his carving skills. “I will admit there is a compulsive element which keeps me motivated,” he says.

“I feel the passion to complete my pieces to the very best of my ability. It is incredibly time consuming, something I could not afford, while I was working and an active father. But now I have retired and my three children self-sufficient, I can focus about 45 to 60 hours a week on my passion.

And I can tell the difference within my work.”

Joe began his wood-carving training by chance in 1994, with Estonian immigrant, Enn Muller, a master-craftsman and professional wood-carver who was willing to share his skills.

Joe works in relief, deep relief and in the round formats. His favourite wood is white beech.

“I particularly choose white beech, sourced from the Comboyne region west of Wauchope and Port Macquarie. It is a stand-out in terms of consistent tone, colour and texture, which has the ability to hold detail without splitting. I have worked with

other woods, like Australian red cedar, mahogany and camphor laurel, but it is the white beech which continues to inspire me and offer, what I believe, are the best results.”

Danish oils and a wax finish bring out the wood’s natural colours. “The natural wood allows the light to be drawn out and towards its audience. There is no need for paint, but it is exacting, with no room for error. I cannot cover up anything,” he says.

Joe’s wife, Sue, is also a talented artist. “We have a mutual respect for each other’s work and we act as great ‘sounding boards’. And apart from my original teacher, other wood carvers, (often well into their 80s) also inspire me. Age does not appear to be a great barrier. The skills are developed over time, and the trick is to continue to improve and learn new techniques.”

Joe has won numerous awards in the Illawarra, Bega, Canberra Woodcraft Guild and Goulburn Woodworkers exhibitions.

“Most of my work is usually up for sale and I do complete orders, but at the moment I am busy building up a body of work for a complete exhibition.”

■ Visit www.heirloomwoodcarving.com.au or follow heirloom_woodcarving on Instagram.

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The tree whisperer Bohmers Tree Care is the go-to crew for expert modern arboricultural services. 2515 reports.

Award-winning tree-climber and treemaintenance expert, Clive ‘The Tree Whisperer’ Woodnutt, has been working with trees around the world for more than 40 years.

The Illawarra’s best-known accredited arborist has worked in Australia, England, Sweden and he’s even helped out Hollywood star Clint Eastwood with his garden.

And Clive’s vast knowledge and wealth of experience shows. When 2515 arrives to have a chat with him on the property of one of his Coledale clients, the director of Bohmers Tree Care is busy discussing the safest set-up to cut and lower a big branch from a tall tree on a steep incline.

It’s impressive to watch Bohmer (Clive’s climbing name) and his crew in action: their movements around the job site are swift, confident and precise.

These blokes truly know what they are doing.

Safety is paramount to Clive; every step of every process on the job is meticulously planned out and executed according to stringent regulations.

“The primary focus is to work safely and for our boys to go home in one piece at the end of every day.”

Bohmers Tree Care approaches every job with a view to how the property will safely be sustained in the future. Tree removal is a last resort.

“We try to avoid bringing trees down as much as possible; we try and promote pruning and the other thing we promote is health and safety.

“By law, if you’ve got a climber in a tree, you have to have another climber on the ground, who could do an aerial rescue – we are one of the very few companies that follow that rule, and that is legislation.”

He says people should thoroughly check the credentials of someone claiming to be an arborist or tree-care specialist – and make sure that the business in question is properly insured for the work – before hiring them.

Penalties are high for businesses at fault and sometimes more than $3000 for the client.

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Let’s redefine ‘beautiful’

Move over, Barbie! More than ever before, girls in the social media age need positive role models, writes life coach Jenna Claire Fletcher.

We live in a society where we’re valued primarily for the way we look.

Nearly everything girls see in today’s culture promotes the bleached, waxed, tinted look of a Barbie or Bratz doll – from the products they buy to the so-called celebrity “role models”. It’s shocking to see the current physical ideals held up to girls, and how this image of “airbrushed perfection” is framed as aspirational.

So much pressure is being put on our girls (even our very young girls) to conform to this physical ideal of “beauty” that it is affecting the way they see themselves, the way they dress and behave.

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Social media is putting increased pressure on girls. Teenagers particularly are becoming emotionally invested in the comments and “likes” of viewers on sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. It has reached the point where girls are now seeking (and often reliant upon) external validation for their worth.

Most girls live in a constant state of selfconsciousness, worry about what others think of them and compare themselves to other girls. Their self-worth is subsequently minimised.

Girls need external positive figures of influence outside the family unit.

Yet finding positive role models can be challenging. In the news, we see more and more stars turning to alcohol, drugs and making bad choices. Girls need role models who are genuine and have admirable qualities.

Good Australian examples include Sydney cricket and soccer star Ellyse Perry (encourages strength in sport) and Jessica Watson, who sailed solo around the world at age 16 (inspires girls to dream big and pursue their goals).

Big screen examples are Hermione in Harry Potter, who shows smarts are more important than sex appeal, and Katniss in The Hunger Games, a strong woman who stays true to her personal values. My favourite positive Disney characters are Jessie (from Toy Story) and Tiana (The Princess and the Frog). I recommend avoiding “Reality TV” and US teen chick-flick movies (or at least educating girls on how to view them with detachment).

I believe it is essential for today’s girls to have a coach/mentor – someone outside the family unit to help guide and motivate them in a positive, healthy direction (based on self-worth).

Let’s redefine what it means to be “beautiful”, by helping our girls become independently content, radiantly healthy and authentically unique.

■ ThefounderofFloGirls,JennaClaireFletcher is a coach and mentor for girls in the Illawarra.

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My Vinyl Revolution Everything old is new again! A local couple are turning their passion for vinyl records into a popular business – operating in both a virtual store and a real-world bar. 2515 reports.

Erica Olson and Pete Pasqual.

for the cover … and I blog about vinyl art, so for me, it’s music and design.

When I met Pete, we found a kindred spirit in each other for music, vinyl.

Pete: It’s no different than going to a gig and seeing that artist … it’s that connection.

Vinyl is a physical thing that you’re putting on and it is a vibrational thing as well, because you are putting a needle that vibrates into a tone arm that vibrates into speakers.

It’s that whole physical thing that reconnects you again with the music. It’s a beautiful awakening, or reawakening for some, who’ve had records forever, turntable’s broken, they decide to get a new stylus … and start it again.

■ MVR have been resident DJs at Howlin' Wolf Bar in Crown Street, Wollongong on Saturdays from 9pm – playing jump blues, soul and funk, all on vinyl, of course – since February 7. 2515

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Stanwell Park residents Erica Olson and Pete Pasqual have taken their die-hard love of vinyl records to the next level.

In 2014, the couple, along with mates Charles Graham and Cellene Hoogencamp, formed My Vinyl Revolution, which is, in their words, “an online vinyl record label and social media music community, selling and sharing new re-issue vinyl records and experiences in Australia and around the world”.

Lovers of vinyl records can “buy, sell, auction and blog about all things vinyl and music through the shop, marketplace, blog and other social media channels”.

Basically, it’s a one-stop shop for music fans.

And Erica and Pete obviously bring their work* home with them. When 2508 visits the couple’s home, some rooms are stocked almost floor to ceiling with vinyl records; it’s a real labyrinth of music from numerous genres. *Newsflash: It’s not really work to them.

Why the interest in vinyl?

Erica: I’m motivated because there’s a memory for me … my father was American and we are American-Australian. I remember him playing vinyl, and he played James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Otis Redding … that’s what we grew up with.

I could also tell you he played Kenny Rogers and Merle Haggard but I’ve tried to wipe that from my memory. [laughs] That’s where it came from for me and I buy vinyl

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Fine Art

Steve Brine creates finely detailed, photo-realistic works.

The devil is in the details. Just ask Thirroul artist Steve Brine. His photo-realistic works, produced in acrylic, sometimes take up to three months to complete due to the level of detail in each piece.

2515 had a chat with the NZ-born Aussie.

How long have you been in the area?

I’ve lived in Wollongong now for eight years and in Thirroul for six. Thirroul is a hotbed of artists.

Your works are very striking.

Well, that’s what I’m aiming for … I like art where you really get in close. I want my artwork to be, where people can stand back and say ‘That’s

brilliant’ but also to get in really close and see the detail.

How painstaking is it to achieve that level of detail? [laughs] A few glasses of wine help. I didn’t do formal art training but I trained as an electrical engineer and spent many years in the drawing office, in the days before computers. We used to hand-draw buildings and architecture … so I’ve got a good steady hand, and an eye for fine detail and the patience to be able to do that.

■ “Stevebrineart” on or Instagram. 2515

That’s My Life

Through carefully considered interviews and a sensitive approach, an Austi couple are capturing the essence of people’s lives on film.

Paul English and Alison Crossley started That’s My Life filmed biographies last year. It was a positive knock-on effect of a milestone Austinmer’s Paul English and birthday in the Alison Crossley. family; Paul had made a slick DVD production about his mum for her 90th to mark the occasion.

That’s My Life aims to help people tell their life story in such a way that “your life or professional career is not only documented on film, but also becomes a joyful celebration”.

Paul and Alison discussed their work with 2515.

Do you find that you become a confidante for your clients?

Alison: If you can make someone feel comfortable and have good rapport with them, it’s amazing what people will talk about.

Explain the That’s My Life process.

Paul: After the initial contact, we arrange a first interview … to get a sense of what their story is.

We’ll have a look at photos, or movies, or documents that they have and then we scout the location … the people’s home or business. Then we work out a storyboard.

We do the interview, which may take an hour, an hour and a half [edited to 20-30 mins].

We then present [the finished product] at an event, like a big anniversary.

For more, visit www.thatsmylife.com.au. 2515

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Make a marketing calendar Do it now, reap the rewards all year, writes business advisor Kerrie Elliott.

Developing a marketing strategy as part of your overall business plan helps you focus on how you will sell your products or services.

It’s not always possible to predict what the year has in store, and the opportunities or threats your business may face. But, having a strategic marketing plan backed up by a calendar can help move your business through unpredictability and give you a foundation to succeed. Review and update it annually to keep your business on track.

Planning is the key to success. As the old saying says, failing to plan is planning to fail.

Marketing calendar tips: • Colour code to easily determine visually that you are on track – eg: Yellow for events, pink for social media, green for planning events, blue for a

theme of the month.

• Print it out, put it on a wall where you can see it. If you leave it as a digital copy it will be forgotten.

• Plan at least three months in advance to get your marketing more automated.

• If you’re not sure where to start, search online or contact Small Biz Connect for a template.

Small Biz Connect Illawarra will run a free marketing calendar workshop on Thursday, March 24, 9.30am-12.30pm at Tradies Helensburgh.

You will leave this workshop with a comprehensive marketing calendar for 2016, including what promotions you will be running, important marketing dates for your business, and the tasks to put your marketing plan into place, and ensure good communication with your clients.

This workshop is free, but bookings are essential.

Call Kerrie on 0408 893 761. 2515

Library fun

What’s on for kids at Thirroul Library this month. ● Wriggle and Jiggle – Tuesday mornings at 10am. Enjoy lots of songs, action, rhymes and stories. Wriggle and Jiggle is a fun activity for mums and bubs aged 12 months to two years. ● Toddler Time – Tuesday mornings at 10am. The Toddler Time program provides 30 minutes of fun stories, songs, finger plays and movement rhymes, designed especially for children aged two to three years. ● Storytime – Friday mornings at 10.30am. Come along and enjoy lots of fun with stories, rhymes, songs and craft. For preschool children aged three to five years.

All these children’s programs are free and are held during school terms. Bookings are not required. For more information, call Thirroul Library on 4227 8191 or visit 352 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul. 2515

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Bollywood Boogie!

A personal stylist and an estate agent have united to put on a big fundraiser for victims of domestic violence. 2515 reports.

Spice up your life with a Bollywood Boogie on Saturday, March 19! Little Miss Boo personal stylist Sammy Mahler and Belle Property’s Wendy Lepre have teamed up to organise a fabulous ladiesonly night out at Tradies Helensburgh.

The event is the second big charity dance night they’ve run to raise funds for victims of domestic violence.

Last March, the theme was “Dance till you Drop” and more than 165 women put on their dancing shoes for a sparkling, high-energy event that raised more than $7000.

This year is set to be just as much fun.

2515 asked Sammy for more details.

What’s the theme for 2016? The theme for the night is a “Bollywood Boogie” Indian theme.

What can we expect on the night? Lots of love, laughter

Thirroul Neighbourhood Centre news

In January and February our centre reopened for business and it has already been a great year so far. We have new members for social groups and reopened our programs, such as Community Pantry, Opt 2 Shop and our youth project.

The young people at the youth project have epic, long-awaited excursions to Jamberoo Action Park and Paddy’s Markets on the cards; all of the youngsters are on their best behaviour. We’ve had some great activities, including celebrating World Nutella Day!

Bollywood Boogie org anisers Wendy Lepre (left) and Sammy Mahler.

and feel-good moments, a night of empowerment for women.

What should we wear? Anything Indian – think saris, silks, bindis – the brighter the better, I say!

Who’s it in aid of? This is in aid of SAHSSI, which is Supported Accommodation & Homelessness Services Shoalhaven Illawarra. It’s for women and children suffering domestic violence in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven.

Why choose this charity? Being a survivor of domestic violence myself, it was a subject close to my heart. I feel domestic violence has become a deadly epidemic in Australia. With funding limited it’s is imperative to help where we can.

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TNC welcomes all donations, including food and hygiene items for Community Pantry. These can be dropped off at our centre on Wednesdays and Fridays, and clothing for our Opt 2 Shop store can be given to us, or C3 Church across the road from the Neighbourhood Centre. We look forward to seeing you all soon. – Scarlet Charlton 2515

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Writer and printmaker Jo Oliver in her garden studio at Austinmer.

Art of the author

Jo Oliver will launch a new book and display her illustrations at Clifton School of Arts. 2515 reports.

Children love the quietness of Jo Oliver’s books.

“I was invited to be artist in residence at Bundanon, which is the Arthur Boyd property near Nowra,” Jo tells 2515. “I had massive groups that I was speaking to, because they bus in all these children, so you’d have 120 kids at once.

“They said when they’ve had people before it could get quite riotous. I read them The Light, which is my third book, about a lighthouse down the South Coast, and you could just feel this quietness descend. Afterwards the people there said, ‘You had them all, they were totally engaged.’

“Children can actually be quiet, they don’t need to be hyped all the time.”

All Jo’s picture books are set on the South Coast.

Her latest is The Dreaming Tree, a collection of poems celebrating the joy and freedom of being a child in the Australian landscape.

Jo illustrates her books using print techniques such as linocut, dry point and solar plate etchings.

The prints are then hand-coloured in watercolour washes. The result is serenely beautiful stories that will captivate young children.

Last year Jo – a mother of three grown-up boys who works part-time as a librarian – moved from

Camden to Austinmer, where she is revelling in a garden studio, the first work space she’s had all to herself. Jo kindly invited 2515 inside for a chat.

I’ve always written poetry and loved poetry, and really the text of a picture book is similar to a poem, because it is very spare language. You have to make sure that every word counts.

I would go walking in the morning and those poems [in The Dreaming Tree] all came in a period of a few months. The walking helps the rhythm.

When The Oil Runs Out is a humorous poem about responding to environmental issues. It was [my son] Edward who said, it’ll be great when all the oil runs out – there’ll be all these roads and we can just ride bikes… we won’t have to worry about traffic. It’s got all ideas of things you can do in that poem, growing veggies, things like that.

I’m writing a biography of Jessie Traill, the printmaker, I got a fellowship from the State Library of Victoria … I was doing some research in one of the places she worked when I wrote the last poem, Mooonrise over Mallacoota; it’s a very unspoilt place.

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My formal training is in literature. I have a masters in English literature from Macquarie University. I went to TAFE to learn print making.

[Being a librarian] has showed me children have very broad tastes, really. There are a lot of very funny books and rude books – you know, rude in inverted commas … I love Andy Griffiths.

But children do like really quiet books as well.

When I was looking for publisher for my first book, Pilgrim, the response was that it was too quiet. It’s too contemplative. Now it’s been published – and it’s in Chinese too – and when I share it with children, they really respond to the quietness of it. In fact, they go quiet.

Pilgrim was my first book. That’s linocuts, hand coloured with water colour. So very, very time consuming. Pilgrim was based on the experiences of my three sons, who’ve all gone out with their father in the boat for the first time out to sea, and that’s been a sort of rite of passage when they were very young, to go out to sea. It’s set at Sussex Inlet.

My second one is Tatiara. That’s dry-point etching, where I’ve just physically cut into the plate. Then I hand colour with water colour, which is really fun.

Especially painting water, because it runs, so I will wet the page in the area, and just sort of let it run.

It’s set at Tathra on the far South Coast. The little girl is actually based on myself. I wore a back brace when I was young and I wasn’t allowed to swim for three years when I had it on. I had a curve in my spine, I’ve since been told they wouldn’t treat it that way now … which is a bit depressing!

[The book explores] the idea of healing. And also the healing of the environment. When I was young, we never saw whales, but in the last 20 years they’re coming back and there’s so many now. I was concerned children felt … more than concerned about the environment, I felt they were feeling like there was no hope. I wanted to give the message that things can actually heal, given time.

The Light is set on Montague Island, which is off the coast of Narooma. I’ve seen the light since I was a child in the distance on holidays, now you can go out to the island. But this was a story set 100 years ago, in 1913, about a family that lived on the island and the jobs they used to do, their schoolwork, churning the butter, cleaning. In the evening, they played music … I heard some Celtic music on the radio, and thought that’s so beautiful, I did that a print of the music. In the book it’s superimposed around the edges … it’s When Irish eyes are smiling, which came out in 1912, so I made it

Jo with some of her fans at Bundanon.

authentically what they might have been playing.

Solar plate is a wonderful process, because it’s so immediate. It’s a photosensitive metal plate …put it in the sun, expose it for a short period of time, like two and a half minutes. You bring it inside and then you wash it, and everywhere there’s been something stopping the light, it stays soft and it hardens where the light can get through.

So you wash it out and the texture is there, embedded on it. Then you expose it to harden the whole thing, and then it is ready to print as you would print an etching plate. Usually, if you made one of metal, it takes multiple acid baths … having blocked out the bits you don’t want the acid to get to. It’s a very slow and quite a chemical process, whereas this is so immediate and you can wash it out with your hands; it’s not so toxic.

For my last two books [The Light and The Dreaming Tree] I’ve used solar plate. n Jo Oliver’s exhibition and book launch is at Clifton School of Arts on March 19 and 20, 11am-5pm. Jo will sign books and talk about print making. Illustrations and books will be on sale (hardbacks $25, paperbacks $15; cash only).

Jo’s books are sold at Living Hearth in Thirroul. 2515

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NICC has won a major grant to buy two defibrillators to help save lives in our community.

Northern Illawarra Chamber of Commerce (NICC) is thrilled to announce that its application to Southern Phones for a $6200 grant has been formally approved

by Southern Phones and Wollongong City Council.

The money will fund the purchase of two Royal Life Saving Club defibrillators for the Northern Illawarra.

One will be located in Helensburgh Library, the other in Thirroul Community Centre.

NICC deputy president Tanya Parry, who runs

Helensburgh’s Switched On Mechanical with her husband, Brook Cheffirs, put many hours of hard work into the grant application. At press time, Tanya and NICC president Greg Watts were set to attend a cheque presentation ceremony, attended

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Times and Heights of High and Low Waters Local Time 1.73 1.64 0919 0819 1.79 1.69 0934 0650 1.86 1.62 1013 0756 1.63 1.58 0914 0701 1.84 1.75 0945 0743 1.54 1.46 0938 1.6 1.69 0830 0722 MARCH Y0.32 FEBRUARY APRIL 1513 0.27 1600 0.21 1611 0.11 1636 0.31 1542 0.10 1557 0.38 0.44 SA SA 1405 0.34 SA 1540 0.2 SU SU 1457 0.29 TU SU 1331 0.32 WE MO 1424 0.36 WE WE 1325 0.17 TH TH 1345

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Bring Kurt Home FUNDRAISING FOR

Kurt Drysdale

The Lord Mayor of Wollongong Council & Tradies Helensburgh welcomes the community to attend a “Bring Kurt Home” charity event.

Kurt’s family need to rebuild to enable Kurt to return home and we as a community could help him achieve this significant goal.

Tradies Helensburgh has kindly offered to host the dinner and 100% of funds raised will be donated to Kurt and his family.

6th April 2016 6.30 pm TICKET PRICE: $150 per person $1300 for a table of 10

(includes Buffet dinner and entertainment)

DRESS CODE: Smart casual TO MAKE A DONATION: BSB 082-184 Bank Account 141 660 897

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Thirroul forward Matt Syron prepares to meet the Illawarra Cutters defence. Photo: Blake Edwards

All Stars shine in huge Coal clash

February’s inaugural All Stars event, featuring players from the 2515 region, drew plenty of support.

Chris Bannerman, manager of Illawarra District Rugby League, reports.

A huge crowd packed into Ziems Park, Corrimal on February 12 to watch the inaugural All Stars rugby league event.

In an action-packed curtain-raiser, the Illawarra Women’s All Stars took on the Indigenous Female All Stars.

Women’s Player of the Year 2015 Erin Blackwell was one to watch in that thrilling match-up.

Final score: 20-8.

The Illawarra Coal League All Stars vs the Illawarra Cutters was the main event.

The bigger, fitter Cutters were 34-0 up at halftime but the All Stars had a better share of possession in the second half.

Final score: 44-4.

The All Stars event also raised funds for the Unite for Kurt appeal to support former Helensburgh junior Kurt Drysdale. 2515

Illawarra Women’s All Stars backrower Erin Blackwell tries to shrug off some determined defence from an Indigenous Female All Stars player. Photo: Rob Sheeley

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