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NEWS 04 Run for life Two mothers share causes close to their hearts 08 Cool season style 5 top trends 10 Detox body and soul How spa treatments can help 12 My Favourite Things Top spots to eat, play, shop 14 Cover story Austinmer artist at Comic Gong 2018 18 Talent hunt Local florist blooms on Instagram 20 Gardens Be weed wise 21 Lifeology With Terri Ayliffe 22 Where Song Began Concert inspired by a book 25 Cider spider A winner!

26 Spotted At Summer Salt

28 Ice magic Antarctic cruise caps off leadership program 30 Time to ... quilt Meet a Thirroul Craft Group member 32 Volunteer Local options, and well done to NINA 35 Surfrider Gromfest a success 40 Beetling About The lillypilly beetle – a local pest?

41 Wings Over Illawarra It’s show time!

BUSINESS 42 Local directory Your ultimate guide to small business SPORT / RECREATION 47 Coledale SLSC IRB name day

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MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS LARA McCABE

DR CHRIS REID

worked in marketing for more than 20 years but wanted more creativity. Since studying photography at Ultimo Sydney Institute, Lara has worked as a freelance photographer for the past 10 years. Lara’s work includes editorials for magazines, portraits, food and web photography. Living in Coledale with her three children and husband, Lara is inspired by the abundance of natural beauty. “I love meeting people through diverse projects.” This month, Lara meets volunteers, festival goers and a pilot.

lives in Helensburgh and works in the Australian Museum in Sydney as a research scientist specialising in beetles. His job is a combination of research, teaching or supervising students, and dealing with public enquiries. A NSW government beetle expert, Chris describes his identifying beetles as “a bit like detective work”.

“Working on insects means I get to indulge in two favourite pastimes: travel and bushwalking.” Read his column on page 40.

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CATH HILL

is a volunteer co-director at the Flame Tree Community Food Co-op in Thirroul. In her day job, she runs a health and wellbeing program for a mental health organisation across the Illawarra where she sees first-hand the positive influence that access to healthy and sustainable food can have on individuals and communities. You will find Helen either at the co-op shopping for fresh produce, cooking for her family or hanging with her puppy Pepper down at Scarborough beach.

Read her report on page 38.

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was born in Bulli – a fact she readily shares with any locals – and has now returned to the beautiful Illawarra with her husband and two children.

She currently works for the Communications and Media Law Association and previously worked as the Editor’s Assistant at Good Weekend magazine and The Bulletin. Cath writes the monthly News Bites column about local restaurants and cafes.

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Two local mums will be running for causes close to their hearts this May. THE RUN: MOTHER’S DAY CLASSIC, WOLLONGONG THE CHARITY: NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION A mum of two young boys, Donna McManus walked her first Mother’s Day Classic in 2015 while she was still undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. She’ll be doing her third fundraising walk this Sunday, May 13 in Wollongong with a group of local mums and children.

The Mother’s Day Classic is a nationwide run/ walk that raises money for breast cancer research.

It’s about families coming together to support, honour and remember women who’ve suffered.

Donna was just 40 when she found a lump “the size of a grain of rice” in her breast. Initially, doctors thought it was a blocked milk duct but then – just a week after her second son was born – she received devastating news.

“My doctor phoned me up and told me I had breast cancer. It was as if time stopped and I just stared into space and eventually I muttered, ‘no’.

That was in October 2014. I was only 40 so it was a shock, I was not expecting that,” Donna said.

Two lumpectomies and a mastectomy followed.

Donna had six months of chemotherapy, then six weeks of radiation daily.

“It was a tough year,” she said.

“My sister-in-law, Kirrilee, said to me, ‘Why don’t we do this fun run, I think it would be really good for you, and we can do it as a family.’

“And my whole family came in – all the husbands, all the kids, my Mum and Ewan’s parents in their 70s, and we did our first breast cancer walk for the Mother’s Day Classic up in Bowral in 2015.

“I was still doing chemo when I did it. I was concerned I might not be able to get around the lap, because I was quite weak by then. But I did it, and it was such an uplifting experience.

“I felt so loved and supported by my family and it felt like we were making a difference, with all the sponsorship going into breast cancer research.”

“There’s research to suggest if you do exercise through treatment and afterwards, it actually helps, not just with your mental health but to actually help the treatment circulate around your body.”

One of Donna’s gym partners was another local mum with breast cancer, Mandi Holman, an inspirational Helensburgh resident who did much to raise awareness of breast cancer in the media and the community, and tragically passed away in 2016 at age 44.

“We met at the gym and we ended up using the same trainer. We kind of egged each other on,”

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Adults from left to right: Sarah Marriott, Jean McCarthy, Donna McManus. Kids from left to right: Emilie, Molly, Aria, Charlie and York.

Donna said. “Mandi was amazing – she’d be pedalling, saying, ‘Come on, Donna!’, going a million miles an hour.”

Donna will do the 2018 Mother’s Day Classic with group of friends who supported her through the tough times. The team are running under the name of “Coal Coast for the diagnosed” and their goal is to raise $2000.

“It gets a bit embarrassing asking for money,” Donna said, “but I still feel strongly it’s important.

At the moment there’s no cure once breast cancer spreads to any organ other than the breast.

“One in eight women will get breast cancer, so even if it’s not you, it’s probably someone you know – your mum, your wife, your gran, your sisters, friends. It’s likely to affect all of us at some point.”

A mum of two boys, a project manager at ANZ and an Otford resident for the past seven years, Donna will always live with the risk that the cancer will return. “Don’t let any doctor tell you you’re too young [to get breast cancer],” she said.

“There’s quite a high statistic of young mums who get it. Be extra vigilant when you’re pregnant.

Check at least once a month, in the shower standing up and lie down too. It’s not always a round ball, it can be tiny as a grain of rice.”

The Mother’s Day Classic will start and finish in Stuart Park, Wollongong on Sunday, May 13.

It’s $30/$20 to enter on the day, registrations open 7am and there will be a sausage sizzle, facepainting, jumping castle plus craft and gift stalls.

Donna encourages people to go along and join in the run/walk – all funds raised go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a not-forprofit organisation that supports research into the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. n Two local businesses – Burgh Healthy Hub and Switched On Mechanical – are sponsoring Donna. Want to help? Go to www.everydayhero. com/au and search for “Donna McManus”.

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THE RUN: SYDNEY MORNING HERALD HALF MARATHON THE CHARITY: PREMATURE BABIES FOUNDATION Gratitude is a powerful motivator. So much so it will have two local parents up and running 21.1km on Sunday, May 20 – just six months after the birth of their son.

New parents Amber McGraw and Stuart McWilliam are planning to run the SMH Half Marathon on May 20 in aid of the Premature Babies Foundation, the charity that helped their baby boy survive.

Nix Brad McWilliam was born nine weeks early last year on November 17 – coincidentally, annual World Prematurity Day. “My little cousin was born the same day and I was like, ‘That’s such a cool date”.

Be careful what you wish for,” Amber said.

Amber was 31 weeks pregnant when she gave birth at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick. “Nix was 1.5kg and he dropped to 1.3kg. He was really little. I was looking at videos last night and I was like, he’s such an incredible little human, it’s crazy. I just remember holding him, it was so awkward because he was that tiny – what do I support?”

Nix spent his first days in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Royal Hospital. He slept in a humicrib and breathed with the aid of a ventilator – both life-saving pieces of equipment donated by the Premature Babies Foundation.

“Miracles really do happen in those wards,” Amber said.

“Nix has been back since. He’s had bronchitis, barking cough, struggling to breathe. I was just sitting in the back of the ambulance, going ‘Don’t you do this to me, not now.’

“It wasn’t until I spoke to Sophie [Smith], the founder, a couple of weeks ago about registration for the run, that I found out the machines that he was on when he was first born, and then when he went back into intensive care later on, they were all funded by the charity, Running for Premature Babies.

“Without that, he might not have been here.”

Nix spent the first 45 days of his life in hospital during which time the Helensburgh couple – who run local business Sydney & Southern Tree Services – went into “survival mode”. Both of their families were a great help as the pair juggled hospital visits and caring for their eldest boy, Hendrix, just 17 months old at the time.

“Honestly, I don’t know how we did it – the whole thing is just a blur,” Amber said. “Everyone rallied, it was incredible.”

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Parents Amber McGraw and Stuart McWilliam with baby Nix.

something back. As part of a Facebook group of mums of babies born in 2017 at the Royal, Amber knows not every premmie baby story has a happy ending. “Some have bigger issues. It’s very sad.

“Nix was tiny but no other complications. We are very lucky.

“He’s just a bit more susceptible. It doesn’t help having an older sibling who comes home with things, wants to put his fingers in his mouth!”

Both families are again getting involved, by donating and taking part in the half marathon, held each year in the Sydney CBD since 1992.

“My sister’s going to do it, I have roped my uncle into doing it, their daughter was born on the 17th as well, so they are the same age,” Amber said.

“None of us are runners – Stuart will do it out of sheer stubbornness, the rest of us will be lucky to just finish. I’ve started doing a little bit of running – we did 2km in 20 minutes the other day, running with the pram, but you can’t run with your kids in the actual marathon.

“Apparently people are really competitive, I’ll just wear my game face.” n Running for Premature Babies Foundation was founded by grieving parents Sophie and Ash Smith in memory of their prematurely born baby triplets Henry, Jasper and Evan in 2006. The charity raises funds for life-saving hospital equipment and research to advance the care of premature babies.

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2. FLOWERS ARE SMALL Florals are shrinking – look for prints of small clusters of flowers, some so tiny they form an abstract pattern.

TOP 5 TRENDS

Wendy Roche (pictured with Boho dog Chico) shares seasonal styles.

Boho Chic Boutique is the place to shop for good quality clothing – think stunning Italian linen, soft viscose pyjamas, woollen hats or Fair Trade gifts.

“I don’t tend to follow the mainstream trends, because people like to come here and get something different that they’re not seeing everywhere else,” store owner Wendy Roche says.

“That’s why I’m bringing in a range from Italy.

I’m getting in some floral linens – linen is going to be huge in spring/summer.”

In the meantime, Wendy kindly took time to share a few trends for autumn and winter 2018.

1. COLOURS ARE HOT Look out for mustard, khaki and a lot of maroons, burgundies and bright reds.

TREAT YOUR MUM

You cannot go wrong with a massage or beauty voucher as a Mother’s Day gift, writes Cath Hill.

Spoil your mum with a Thai massage using aromatherapy or hot stones at popular Helensburgh Massage Therapy (recently moved to 9c Walker Street, Helensburgh, 0455 415 775).

Receive 10% off vouchers for Mother’s Day here.

Open daily, 9am to 7pm. Or try Helensburgh’s Nurture Reflexology (0405 810 168). Clare Bowley has created a relaxing space for her excellent reflexology treatments to balance mind, body and spirit. Splash out with a voucher for The Salon by Bec Lissa (755 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Coledale, 0400 282 320). Near Sharkeys Beach, this glamorous, pastel parlour is dedicated to beauty, brows and bronzing. Live Life Health Co (2/91 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Stanwell Park, 4294 2217) has a Mother’s Day special too – a 1.5-hour pampering massage for $100. The lovely Kerrie gives intensive remedial massages too. Or give your mum the works at Thirroul’s Ibah Day Spa (2c McCauley Street, 4267 4224). This tranquil spa offers various packages. Desserts are included for a

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3. SLEEVES ARE RUFFLED The romantic ruffle sleeve, which starts out close-fitting then flares like a bell, is big, bold and beautiful.

Every kind of top – from tees to knitwear – is getting the boho ruffled sleeve treatment.

4. FIBRES ARE NATURAL Look out for linens, soft bamboo basics, stretchy viscose and hemp cardigans. “Hemp knits are coming in, they last forever!” Wendy says.

5. ACCESSORIES ARE UPCYCLED As the world’s war on waste continues, fashion that is earth friendly is increasingly in demand. Look for the Mona B range at Boho Chic – including bags cunningly crafted from old Scout tents, army tarps and recycled leather. n Find Boho Chic at 1/111 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Stanwell Park and keep an eye on the store’s Facebook page for new arrivals. 2515 totally indulgent and luxurious experience.

The great team at Harmony Naturopathics - Health Beauty Massage (257a Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul, 4268 1928) also have Mother’s Day specials either in person or via their online store, www.harmonynaturopathics.com. Choose a Facial Deluxe or the Harmony Package that includes a foot soak, exfoliation, Swedish relaxation massage, face pamper and scalp massage.

Or indulge in retail therapy at unique boutiques catering to our coastal lifestyle – think clothing in natural fabrics, from bamboo basics to silk kaftans.

Check out the super-soft viscose sleepwear sets at Boho Chic Boutique (1/111 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Stanwell Park; gift vouchers available). At Bulli’s lovely Trinity Row boutique, Marcelle offers personal styling by appointment at 18 Trinity Row, Bulli (0427 287 398). For fit mums or mums with very good intentions to exercise, look no further than Thirroul Active Wear (2/271 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, 4268 5803). After receiving your fashionable active wear for Mother’s Day, sign up for the Carr Brothers Motorcycles Bulli Burn fun run on Sunday, May 27. Choose from the 2km, 5km or 10km course. Register here: www. bulliburn.com and support mental health charity beyondblue in the process. 2515

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From sweet smelling candles, beautiful soaps and creams, soft sleepwear to gorgeous photo frames and trinket bowls we have something for every mum.

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2515 asks Ibah Thirroul owner Sophie Bennett about the benefits of ‘me time’ for mums.

Sophie Bennett is an expert in the business of relaxation. The daughter of Rita Bennett, founder of the original Ibah Spa at Austinmer, Sophie has worked in the wellness sector for a decade, starting in her mum’s salon at age 16. Now she’s an experienced therapist, with a diploma in beauty, a hard-working entrepreneur with an eye for harmonious interior design.

Sophie, 26, has drawn on all these attributes to set up her own little oasis of tranquillity on the South Coast. Founded in 2014, Ibah Thirroul is a flourishing enterprise, a popular escape for mothers and daughters, as well as an ultra-relaxing alternative for birthday girls and brides-to-be opting for spa days over hen nights.

As the awful truth about stress – and the toll it takes on our physical and mental health – increasingly makes headline news, more and more people are starting to take time out seriously, making “me time” a priority in our lives.

2515 asked Sophie to tell us more.

What’s trending in the relaxation industry?

A trend that really stands out at the moment is detoxing. I find clients are being more aware of their health, mentally and physically, which goes hand in hand with our Ibah Detox Package, which is truly a treat for your all-round wellbeing.

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and application of Australian green clay, while you are cocooned in muslin cloth to let the product infuse. We then perform a head massage or mini facial, followed by soaking in a Cleopatra milk bath, leaving your skin feeling soft and supple!

To unwind even further, you then have the Bali hut in the spa gardens all to yourself to indulge in a dessert and herbal tea before your departure.

Total experience is two and three-quarter hours and costs $265.

What are three key benefits of regular massage for mums? l Aids soft tissue strains and injuries l Helps get rid of regular headaches and insomnia due to stress l Massages and treatments are great for your mental health, helping busy mums that can be subjected to things such as anxiety, depression and everyday stress. Let our Ibah therapists melt all your troubles away!

As a busy business owner, what are your favourite ways to relax and de-stress?

Spend a few hours at the beach, it’s always great for the soul! Getting in touch with nature – such as bush walks and finding waterfalls.

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What’s to love about family life on the South Coast? 2515 asked Austinmer mum and Green Connect general manager Kylie Flament, 32, to share her local knowledge.

What brings you here: We moved here just over a year ago for my husband’s work, and after 12 years of living in different places around the world, the Illawarra immediately felt like home. It was worth the commute back to Sydney for a few months to return to our house near the ocean every day and the amazing community we were welcomed into every weekend. We’re still pinching ourselves over how lucky we are to have settled here.

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What keeps you busy: Our toddler and baby keep us very busy! Also, my new role as General Manager of Green Connect, a local social enterprise working in sustainability, waste management, labour hire and growing fair food. My volunteer directorships at Flame Tree Community Food Co-op and Our Community Project. My passion for sustainability and sharing knowledge throughout the community, including running the Sustainable Illawarra Facebook group. Talking to interesting people doing interesting things. And cooking!

Favourite place to eat: Ruby’s at Mount Kembla. It’s a fine dining restaurant that sources food locally and serves up these incredible degustation menus. Every single dish we’ve tried there has been a delight. I missed out on the matching wines because I was first pregnant and then breastfeeding when we went, so have promised ourselves a third visit soon.

Favourite place to shop: Flame Tree community food co-op. I love knowing where my food comes from

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and trusting that it is the best mix of local, organic and unpackaged that can be found. Plus there’s a real sense of community in the shop and I’ve met some amazing people there.

Favourite place to play: Austinmer ocean pool and the rock pools around it. We walk down there as a family every weekend, swim if we can and play with the kids in the rock pools. There’s something for everyone and it’s such a happy, social place!

We absolutely love it.

Favourite life hack: Keep the bottom inch of leeks and spring onions, pop them in half an inch of water in a glass for a week and then plant them in a pot or your garden and they will keep growing.

One thing I would change: I’d make our society more mindful about waste. I grew up in the disposable era but I’m now acutely aware of the damage that we’re doing to the planet by just throwing things away (there is no “away” – it all goes somewhere).

I see the craziness of things like plastic straws, which take so much to produce, are used for a few minutes at best, then thrown into landfill where they won’t break down for hundreds of years, if ever, or – worse – blow or float into our waterways, poisoning and killing plants and animals.

If we are mindful about what we buy, consume, support and do, we can turn it around. It is pretty easy to start small – refusing single-use plastic, for example – and take it from there. 2515

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Cath Hill reports on action at local eateries.

High tea is an elegant way to celebrate this Mother’s Day (May 13). Book for the High on Tea Mother’s Day afternoon (noon-2pm) with Liz (0450 188 208); at the Scarborough Hotel, $70 includes high tea, champagne and one lucky woman will win a prize too. Across the road, Scarborough Wombarra Bowlo is child-friendly and will have a live band playing on Mother’s Day Sunday. You can also please the whole family at the Tradies Helensburgh Mother’s Day Lunch Buffet ($30 adults/$15 children, bookings essential, 4294 1122). The Postmans (258 Lawrence Hargrave Drive Thirroul, 4268 5546) are doing a four-course Mother’s Day

lunch and dinner for $70 with their usual focus on seasonal and “contemporary regional cuisine”. The Postmans now has a special Autumn menu too.

We recently enjoyed burritos and mojitos at Escondidos Mexican (Shop 2 / 372-374 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul). This great addition to Thirroul is bustling with a relaxed coastal feel and family friendly too (kids can get fish and chips if they are not up for Mexican).

Going to Anita’s Theatre for a show? Start with dinner and drinks at Thirroul Bowling Club (2B Station Street). The Boatshed Bistro opens at 5.30pm and the courtesy bus is available from 4pm.

In Helensburgh, don’t miss the Op Shop for a Cause nights at Salvos (123-127 Parkes Street).

Over dessert plus tea and coffee, get great op-shopping tips from fabulous local stylists, Sammy Mahler (May 3) and Leonie MacDonald (May 17). Entry is $15 on the night (7-9pm).

In sad news, Helensburgh institution Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant will remain closed for good. The community thanks Pauly, his family and staff for their support and service and wish them all the best. More changes coming up: after opening just over a year ago, Stanwell Park’s health food shop Coal Coast Organics has been listed for sale ($40,000 neg) on Gumtree.com.au. 2515

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Meet the super storyteller from Austinmer bringing his special drawing powers to the Comic Gong pop culture festival on Saturday, May 19. 2515 reports.

The force of storytelling is strong in Wollongong.

Each year, thousands of fans descend upon the Comic Gong pop culture festival. They come as superheroes, cartoon characters and film stars (in 2017 one cosplayer turned up as Princess Leia and her dog as an Ewok). Even Wollongong City Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery (a Batman fan) gets in on the fun, dressing up for the launch.

Last year more than 10,000 people flocked to Wollongong Town Hall to celebrate their love of comics, graphic novels, gaming and cosplay. A far cry from the festival’s small origins in Corrimal Library in May 2012. It truly is a super success story for the organisers, Wollongong City Libraries.

Austinmer comics creator Louie Joyce has been part of Comic Gong since the very start. He kindly took time to tell 2515 more.

Please tell us a bit about yourself.

I’m a comics creator and illustrator, I get to draw all day as my job, which is pretty cool. My eight-yearold self would be stoked! I’ve always been a big fan of comics and animation and that passion has really driven me to where I am today. I live in Austinmer with my wife and son and feel very

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lucky that I get to work and live in such a lovely part of the world!

Growing up, what comics did you read?

Oh, so many! My Dad collects comics so I got into them when I was really young. While I was mainly into the capes stuff as a kid (X-Men, Justice League, Batman etc.), he had a really diverse collection so I was also exposed to stuff by Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Mike Allred, Jamie Hewlett, The Hernandez Bros, etc. Lone Wolf & Cub and Frank Miller’s Ronin were favourites growing up and when I discovered the works of Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud that had a huge influence on me artistically.

I was also finding lots of inspiration in Japanese animation from movies like Akira and the Studio Ghibli films. So I was very lucky in what I had access to, especially as a lot of that stuff wasn’t as readily available as it is today.

How did you come to be a comics creator?

I’ve always drawn to some degree since I was a little kid, and coming out of high school I was really into animation so I went on to study 3D Animation in Sydney. While it was interesting I found it wasn’t

quite what I wanted to be doing, so I worked in graphic design for a few years before going to study Illustration at the Enmore Design Centre.

It was during that time that my drawing skills really progressed to the point where I was able to work as a freelance illustrator when I was finished.

Mostly that meant storyboarding and previsualisation type stuff, which is a great learning experience in itself.

Comics being what I was really passionate about, I continued to create my own and collaborate with other writers in my spare time. I would self-publish and go to zine fairs and comic conventions to get my work out there (and also put my work online).

Now it’s gotten to the point where comics accounts for a major part of my workload too!

What do you love about your job?

There’s a lot I love about my job (and don’t get me wrong, it’s still a job so there’s a bunch I don’t like, too) but my favourite times are probably when I just draw a hand really well, or nail an expression perfectly. When I finally manage to draw something I’ve been struggling with for ages. Those small moments of satisfaction and excitement that

take me back to when I was a kid and was just having fun drawing and learning! Also it’s cool being able to work from home and spend time with my son and see his excitement to draw too.

What are you working on at the moment?

I just finished up a storyboard job (where I provide drawings that visualise the company’s campaign to pitch to their client) and am working on a five-page short comic that’s going to be in an anthology in the States. Other than those I have a few ongoing projects that I work on in and around other stuff, including a personal graphic novel project that I’ve been developing for a while. All fun stuff!

Tell us about the creative process and technology you use.

Sure thing! I always start by sketching out my rough ideas/compositions in pen on paper. It’s the best way to get as many ideas as possible out and not be precious with what I’m putting down. Once I’ve settled on a composition, I’ll usually develop the idea further in a drawing program called Clip Studio on my tablet. This allows more flexibility in nailing down the details of the drawing. From there I might finish the linework traditionally (if time

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allows) and move onto colours. Most of my work is done digitally and especially with storyboarding and comics stuff I spend a lot of time on a screen as it’s faster to work that way. So I try to include traditional elements in my work wherever possible.

I have fun painting days with my wife and son where we make all kinds of marks and textures with watercolours/inks/paints that I then scan in to utilise in my colours. My graphic design background influences my illustration work greatly and that combination of traditional and digital mediums allows for a lot of flexibility and fun experimentation.

events and I’m really happy to have been a part of it from the start. That first year it was just a tiny event on for a couple of hours at Corrimal Library but I could tell it was the start of something great. It’s amazing to see how much it’s grown every year and what a great job the organisers do. My favourite thing about it is the crowd that comes along to the event. It’s always such a diverse group! Die-hard fans, cosplayers, people who have no idea what’s going on and lots of families and young kids who are just heaps excited to be there!

What will you be doing at Comic Gong 2018?

I’ll be in the artist alley sketching, chatting, selling How has life in Austinmer inspired your art? my comics and having a great time along with an Hugely! I think you can see the transition in my epic line-up of local and interstate creators – and work when you look at what I was producing hopefully I’ll get a chance to look around too! around the time we moved down here. A lot of my I think I might be on a panel at some point too. stuff was very dense, urban, gritty. Lots of buildings There’s so much for people to check out, so make and characters filling every crevice. Then after we sure to look at the program on the day! moved you start to see the sky and the ocean creeping into my work. My compositions started to Who are some other local artists to look out for? calm down and flow a bit more. I created a short Marcelo Baez, Lesley Vamos, Pat Grant, Queenie zine called Seechange which reflects this. Since my Chan – to name a few! It’s such a great time for son was born family life has been my main source Aussie comics, there are so many creators all over of inspiration. Spending time down the beach or Australia making such good work and heaps of playing in the park! them will be at Comic Gong on the 19th. So I’d definitely recommend coming along to the artist You’ve taken part in Comic Gong since it launched. How has alley to chat with the creators! the event has grown, and what do you like about it? n Comic Gong will be on Saturday, May 19, Comic Gong has always been one of my favourite 10am-4pm. Visit its Facebook page for more. 2515

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THE HOME FRONT THINKING ABOUT BUYING YOUR FIRST HOME? If so, it is probably helpful to know how the State Government is willing to help you achieve your dream of home ownership. The level of assistance that they are willing to provide is continually evolving and does vary from state to state.

From 1 July 2017, the NSW Government announced several reforms to improve affordability for first home buyers. Chief among these are: • A $10,000 First Home Owner Grant for builders of new homes up to $750,000, and for purchases of new homes up to $600,000 • No stamp duty for all homes up to $650,000 • Stamp duty reductions on homes up to $800,000 • No insurance duty on lender’s mortgage insurance

Note: You must live in the home you buy for at least 6 months in the first year of owning the property in order to receive the grant (unless you work in the Australian Defence Force).

You may also be eligible for an exemption from transfer duty if you buy a new home valued up to $550,000, or vacant land up to $350,000.

You can get a concession on the transfer duty for new homes valued between $550,000 and $650,000, or vacant land valued between $350,000 and $450,000 (ref: www.canstar.com.au).

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MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL FEATURE

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Ones to watch on social media. By Lara McCabe.

PROFILE OF AMY HARRISON

BUSINESS: The Local Posy INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS: ~600 LOCATION: Helensburgh Please tell us about business.

I run ‘The Local Posy’ a flower delivery business in the Illawarra. We offer a weekly arrangement of fresh and beautiful seasonal blooms from local growers and wholesale markets. Our ethos is to make beautiful seasonal flowers affordable and easy, we also provide florals for all types of events and weddings.

I am formally trained as a registered nurse and continue to work in nursing alongside running my business. The Local Posy begun after creating the floral arrangements for my own wedding and the enjoyment I got out of creating and playing with beautiful flowers and foliage.

How are you different to a traditional florist?

The Local Posy is run differently to a traditional florist with a retail space. I run my business from a spare room in our home and deliver our flowers within the Illawarra to homes and business. I was originally inspired by Petalon Flowers based in

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London whilst I was living in the UK, they deliver their arrangements by bike all over London (sadly the Illawarra is too hilly for this).

My model of business means I heavily rely on social media and other local business to grow my client base and source new customers. We are very lucky in the Illawarra to have such a fantastic network of small businesses supporting and learning from each other.

Do you have a favourite flower?

Such a difficult question, I absolutely adore using Australian natives in my arrangements. At the moment my favourite flower has to be flannel flower, they are so delicate and textural. I grew up in country NSW and the beautiful green and silver foliage of eucalyptus reminds me of home.

What other creative hobbies do you have?

I have always loved nature and being outdoors, so either bush walking, swimming or bike riding. I love exploring all the amazing bush we have on the Illawarra escarpment and seeing what’s growing wild in the seasons, we are lucky to have some amazing species growing on our doorstep.

Where can people find out more?

The best place to see what we are up to and any upcoming events or workshops is through our Instagram and Facebook pages (@thelocalposy).

All weekly posy purchases can be made through our website www.thelocalposy.com.au. 2515

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Saturday, 5 May 11-noon: Music in the Library featuring musicians from the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music. No bookings required Wednesday 16 May 10.30am-noon: German conversation. Come and learn about the many German resources available in your library, while enjoying a selection of tasty German delights. Bookings via Eventbrite.

Wednesday, 23 May 5.30pm: author talk by Darian Zam. Bookings required.

WORD SALAD PRESENTS AUTHOR TALKS

Word Salad, the South Coast Writers Centre group that meets Wednesday nights at The Philanthropy Tribe Cafe in Wollongong, will present two author events in Thirroul this month. On Wednesday, May 23, Lynne Cook will talk to author Eleanor Limprecht about her new book, The Passengers, and on May 30, Ron Pretty chats to author Mark O’Flynn about his new book, The Last Days of Ava Langdon. Both start 6pm for 6.30pm in the Escarpment Room, Thirroul Community Centre, $10/$5 for SCWC members. Bookings through the Word Salad Facebook event page, via Trybooking or tickets at the door. 2515

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An invasive weed from South America, Easter cassia has bright yellow flowers with five large petals.

WEED WISE With horticulturalist Merilyn House.

WEED IT OUT: Easter cassia (Senna pendula var. glabrata) Easter cassia is native to tropical South America and was widely cultivated as a garden ornamental.

Unfortunately, it has become invasive in eastern parts of Australia especially along the coast.

It is a weed of waterways, gardens, disturbed sites, waste areas, roadsides, closed forests, forest margins and urban bushland. It is a fast-growing plant that can suppress the growth of native species and displace them. It produces large amounts of long-lived seeds.

Easter cassia is an upright, spreading or sprawling shrub usually growing 2-4 m tall, but occasionally reaching up to 5m in height.

The compound leaves are arranged alternately along the stem, each leaf is composed of three to six pairs of dark green leaflets with rounded tips.

The flowers are bright yellow (about 30mm across) with five large petals (20-25mm long) that are clustered at the end of the stems. Flowering occurs throughout the year, but is most prevalent during autumn (i.e. at Easter time).

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green to pale brown in colour as they mature.

Dispersal: Easter cassia is spread by seed, in garden waste, and sometimes by suckers.

Removal: Hand-pull small individual plants, particularly in moist soil. Remove roots and consider applying mulch to discourage regrowth.

Dig out larger plants with mattock or similar garden tool. Seeds and seed pods should be placed in your red bin, other parts are safe to place in your green bin.

GROW ME INSTEAD Golden honey myrtle, Melaleuca bracteata ‘Revolution Gold’ This beautiful golden-foliaged Australian native plant grows to 3m brings colour all year round.

Requires free-draining soil and a sunny position but will accept light shaded areas.

Heath banksia, Banksia ericifolia Large orange flower heads , needle-like foliage and a dense growth habit make this a very useful banksia for the garden. It attracts birds and flowers in autumn/winter.

Pincushion bush, Leucospermum species Several species and hybrids of these dramatic shrubs from southern Africa are available. n More info at www.helensburghlandcare.org.au, or ring Merilyn on 0414 819 742. 2515

LIFEOLOGY With Terri Ayliffe.

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”

– Corrie ten Boom, resistance leader in Nazioccupied Holland, author of The Hiding Place As I grow older, I realise worry isn’t worth its costs. Sleeplessness, tension, irritability, fatigue and general unhappiness often come with our attempt to predict the future. I wonder about the futility of worry and I can see that no matter how much energy I put into thinking about what is coming, I can’t change it.

I sit with a Buddhist monk in a temple in Angkor Wat. He twists threads of red cotton as I watch on in silence. As he ties the gift around my wrist, he studies my face. After some time he says: “You are wasting your experience of living. Worry

will not stop what is to come.” As I rise to my feet, he adds: “The odds of adversity is not 50 percent, it is 100 percent. Do not concern yourself with tomorrow, there is no point.”

I walk away, intrigued by this concept and I wondered why I believe difficult times may come, rather than accept they will come. I want to avoid painful experiences, but what if I can’t? Can I accept negative experience will occur and if I do will it ease my worried mind? “Yes!” my mind yells.

“You have managed painful experiences in the past, so why be concerned with the future?”

We serve ourselves better to embrace the good moments, accept life will be difficult at some points and appreciate it as part of our existence. If we bring our attention to the present, we are easing tension and enhancing happiness. We are all skilled at handling adversity because we have done so, and past problems built our resilience for future issues.

Today is a good day, tomorrow will be what it will be and no amount of thinking will change that. n Read more of Terri’s work at https://lifeology.blog 2515

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Anthony Albrecht and Simone Slattery, creators of Where Song Began, the musical tribute to the book.

WHERE SONG BEGAN

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Inspired by ornithologist Tim Low’s award-winning book, musicians Anthony Albrecht and Simone Slattery have created a unique show exploring the origins of songbirds. It’s coming to Clifton School of Arts on May 6. Anthony told 2515 more.

Please tell us a bit about yourself.

I’m a cellist from Newcastle and have been very fortunate to enjoy a life of music. Recent highlights include studies at Juilliard in New York City and, as some of your readers will recall, my Bach to the Bush tour in 2017 when I first performed in Clifton at the School of Arts. This was a tour of 30 solo concerts connecting with audiences and beautiful, historic venues in regional Australia.

Simone Slattery is an extraordinary violinist from Adelaide with a PhD in performance studies.

We often play together in Sydney-based groups such as the Australian Haydn Ensemble and Pinchgut Opera. We share a love of nature and a desire to tell stories with our music, connecting with and inspiring audiences in new and exciting ways.

How did Where Song Began, the musical celebration, come about and what is your role?

All credit to Simone who originally came up with the idea. I was lucky to get involved when she realised I was good at organising tours and dealing with technology, as well as making didgeridoo sounds on my cello! I’ll leave the rest to her…

Simone: “The moment I finished reading Tim Low’s incredible book, Where Song Began, I knew I had to put the story of Australian songbirds into a

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performance piece. Like many Australians, I have long admired our native avian friends, and it is their sounds that I miss most when I’m travelling and working overseas. I knew I would be far from the first person to ever program a performance around bird song, but I hoped to create a performance that especially highlighted the extraordinary history of songbirds in Australia, using music, visuals and text to tell the story and take people on a journey. I was fortunate to be the recipient of the Kevin Taylor Legacy Fund in 2017 in support of the project, and in November last year the premiere performance took place in Melbourne. Since then, we have continued to expand and develop the piece into an evocative musical celebration of one of Australia’s oldest and most extraordinary species.”

What does Where Song Began author Tim Low think about the show?

Tim has been very enthusiastic from the outset. He is quite an extraordinary man – scientist, ornithologist, author, bird watcher, among many other things. He loved the idea of putting his book into sounds and images, and plans are afoot to include him as guest speaker at future performances of the work.

What are some of your favourite birds featured?

This is a very hard question to answer! We would like to say that we love all the birds equally, but the truth is that some do hold extra significance. The Superb Lyrebird, for example, considered by some to be “a Shakespeare among birds”, will never cease to amaze with its impressive repertoire. And, of course, who can look past the gentle warbling of a magpie? Surely this is one of the sweetest sounds Australia has to offer. One of our favourite moments in Where Song Began however is what we call the “chaos of cockatoos”.

Any challenges involved in celebrating birds with human instruments?

Definitely. But good challenges! In Where Song Began we have combined a selection of music both old and new, pairing some of the many bird inspired works from the baroque, classical and romantic periods with newer works and our own improvisation. We utilise a number of extended instrumental techniques to emulate the sounds of gulls, the piercing call of a Grey Strike Thrush, and a new work commissioned especially for this project creatively emulates the rhythmic song of the Red Wattle Bird. In many moments throughout the performance, we are accompanied by field recordings of several different species,

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taking the audience into the sound world of a rainforest dawn chorus, and into the heart of a murmurati of budgerigars.

What do you enjoy about performing at the Clifton School of Arts?

I first saw the Clifton School of Arts from the train window on my way to Sydney after a concert in Berry one day and thought “I have to play there!”

The CSA team are wonderful and very supportive, they have an excellent website and the beautiful space itself has been so lovingly restored. I was stunned to have a completely sold out performance in June 2017 for Bach to the Bush; even more so to be able to see whales jumping from my seat as I performed.

What can the audience expect on May 6?

To be taken on a journey of sights and sounds, telling the story of Australia’s birds and how they shaped the world. n Where Song Began will be at Clifton School of Arts, 338 Lawrence Hargrave Drive on Sunday, May 6 at 11am. For all ages: tickets $30/$10/ children under 10 free, book online at wheresongbegan.com 2515

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WEEKEND BREAK Lauren Martin recommends Wingello State Forest family fun less than two hours away!

When I heard about a campsite in a state forest of the Southern Highlands with no water and only one pit-toilet, I have to say, I wasn’t entirely enthused! However, since first camping at Wingello State Forest three years ago I have been back many times and love recommending it to friends.

Wingello State Forest is just outside of Wingello township, off the Hume Highway, about 140km from Helensburgh. It’s a free campsite situated in a pine forest with plenty of dirt for the kids to play in, trees to climb and ample areas for cubby houses to be built and forest to be explored. If you’re a mountain-bike rider, the place is a mecca of cross-country trails for all skill levels, from fire-trails to more than 20km of single track to explore. All the trails are signposted and marked on a map at the campsite. People with horses can also ride a number of marked trails in the state forest. There is also rock-climbing close by.

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at nearby Paddy’s River, a beautiful deep waterhole featuring a rope swing and rocks jumps. At night, the kids play spotlight and toast marshmallows around the fire. Camping at its best!

WHAT TO DO: – Mountain Bike Riding – Bushwalking – Horse Riding – Swimming WHAT TO PACK: – bikes – swimmers – lots of changes of clothes for kids who like getting dirty!

– toilet paper (the pit toilet is very well looked after, but sometimes runs out of paper) – water (there is no drinkable water available at Wingello State Forest campsite).

CONTACT: 1300 655 687, www.forestrycorporation.com.au n Do you have a top tip for a weekend break?

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CELEBRATE WITH DARKES CIDER Darkes Cider is inviting readers to send in tips, stories and recipes based around any of their ciders. Glenbernie Orchard’s Jo Fahey reports on the competition’s first winner.

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We’d like to congratulate Tamara for her ever so simple recipe that has given us a real thrill and a bunch of laughs while judging this competition.

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Toby’s ultrasound revealed Cushing’s disease.

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The question is: is this normal or is there something wrong? This came up in conversation recently when I was asked to look at Toby, a lovable little Maltese cross Shih Tzu dog.

Toby is 14 years old but until recently has been healthy. His owner was concerned he had become lethargic, put on weight, panted a lot but was very hungry and thirsty. He had started to wet inside overnight and his coat had become thin and dull. None of these symptoms are remarkable by themselves, yet it was enough for us to suspect a medical problem. We performed blood tests and an abdominal ultrasound, which revealed he suffers from hyperadrenocorticism or Cushing’s disease, where adrenal glands produce too much cortisone.

The good news is this can be managed and most dogs will return to their sprightly selves. Many With Dr Matt O’Donnell. owners come back saying their dog has a new lease Is your dog unwell or just getting old? on life after treatment. If untreated, they are prone We have had a few dogs in of late with symptoms to complications such as infections, pancreatitis, that are vague but also distinctive. Most of us might diabetes, liver disease and high blood pressure. recognise when dogs slow down and presume this Toby is about to start daily medication. We will is the normal ageing process. We may notice they keep you updated. If you are unsure of your dog’s are slower to get up, not as energetic on a walk, health, please give us a call for a chat. putting on weight, feeling the heat and not having n Northern Illawarra Veterinary Hospital, 4238 8575. 2515

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longer as rare on sub-Antarctic islands and, hidden beneath, giant blocks of ice are scraping the seabed, badly damaging underwater biology.

“Antarctica is a continent designated to peace Two local scientists have sailed to Antarctica, capping off a and science, so when you see the effects of climate year-long leadership program for women. 2515 spoke to change happen in front of you in this absolute Rachelle Balez (pictured above left) and Sarah Hamylton (right). pristine wilderness you can’t palm it off,” Rachelle said. “That really resonated with me.”

Rachelle, 32, grew up in Wombarra, went to Take one ship and 80 strong-minded women, Scarborough Primary, Wollongong High School of including a vet, a curator, a physicist, a cancer the Performing Arts, then to UOW for a double biologist, and a pilot who flies into hurricanes for degree in creative arts and science. She is a PhD a living. Add icebergs, whales and penguins. student at UOW’s Faculty of Science Medicine and Mix for 21 days in a uniquely inhospitable Health and Illawarra Health and Medical Research environment of arid land and icy seas.

Institute, working towards understanding the It’s a recipe for leadership, collaboration and an overarching euphoria that still shines through three molecular changes of Alzheimer’s disease.

Sarah, 36, is a geographer in UOW’s School of weeks after journey’s end, when 2515 meets Earth and Environmental Sciences, originally from Rachelle Balez and Sarah Hamylton at the Leicester, who did her PhD at Cambridge and has University of Wollongong.

On February 18, the pair sailed from the port of lived in Thirroul for the past seven years.

Both women gave a three-minute presentation Ushuaia in Argentina, on the MV Ushuaia, crossing aboard ship as part a “Symposium at Sea.” the notorious Drake Passage, to the Antarctic Rachelle provided insights into her Alzheimer’s Peninsula. There they visited US, Chinese and research: “I take patients’ skin cells and I turn them other bases as part of Homeward Bound, a back into a stem cell by giving it certain chemicals.

12-month program for women in science headed And I direct my stem cells to grow into brain cells

by Australian leadership expert Fabian Dattner. so I essentially get living human brain cells in a Homeward Bound aims to address the gender dish that I am then able to study.” imbalance in science’s top jobs, forge bonds Sarah said: “I talked about the fact that I make between influential women and work on solutions to global problems – including climate change, the maps of islands for a living, that I’ve done that for about 15 years. One of my main research areas is effects of which are most obvious in Antarctica.

Rachelle said their captain described the area as coral reefs, I talked about the Great Barrier Reef all uncharted waters “because every time a chart is having had two back-to-back bleaching episodes in made it is quickly out of date – new islands appear 2016 and 2017, and how about half of the coral is now dead on the reef. as ice melts”. Glaciers are retreating, rainfall is no

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Rachelle said Symposium at Sea served a dual purpose: “We got to tell other people what we were doing, see what others doing, and where opportunities for collaboration lay. Sarah is going to work with a bacterial scientist, that would never have happened…”

“This trip was really rich in terms of making personal connections,” Sarah said. “There’s this lady who works in Scotland – Kate Duncan, of University of Strathclyde – she does genetic coding of bacteria. Well, I know nothing about that, but I can make maps of things … We have a research grant that we’re writing together about mapping the genetics of the bacterial communities that live within the skin of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef. They have a really important role to play in how corals respond to environmental stresses.”

Rachelle summarises the brilliance of Homeward Bound into the three Ps: the program, the people and the place. “Part of what made that process so rich was that you were sharing it with these 80 other incredible women who were all having their own lightbulb moments.”

Sarah: “It was amazing the transformative moments we had on that ship. Unhooking from the world, not having social media, was a big part of it.”

Rachelle: “All of that delivered in the majesty of Antarctica, where all of a sudden there’s icebergs the size of buildings floating by and there’s pods of whales surrounding you, feeding; seals, penguins coming up to you and pecking your gloves.”

Sarah’s highlight was “Rothera-gate”, when sea ice blocked a channel south and the group had to decide whether to risk an open ocean detour.

Ultimately, they made it to Rothera, a British research station at 67° south, but the return was fraught with danger as the ship carved slowly through thickening sea ice. “I have quite a high

threshold for adventure, and I was beyond my comfort zone,” Sarah said.

As a bonding and leadership-building experience, the trip was unmatchable. “You can’t workshop that situation is a safe and predictable environment like a conference hall,” Rachelle said.

“It’s something that has to come about naturally from being in a place where the environment is throwing different curve balls at you all the time, we had to work with real leadership skills, we had to put into practice what we were learning.”

The program costs U$16,000 per person; UOW funded Sarah’s trip, while Rachelle received $6000 from the uni and raised the rest via crowdfunding.

It was an incredible journey, but work needs to be done on lowering its carbon footprint and finding new sponsors, so the experience is not limited to scientists from wealthier nations, Rachelle said.

The voyage – which included about five hours of course work a day – gave the women a chance to set goals and share career stories. These included harrowing accounts of gender bias, but Sarah – who set up the Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering network – said this has only given her “a renewed energy and momentum to focus more on what we can do to get to a solution”. n Inspired by Sarah and Rachelle, German PhD student Claudia Kielkopf, 26, who also works in Alzheimer’s research at UOW, has joined the 2018/19 Homeward Bound crew. 2515

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QUILT Before retirement, Pam Pearce worked as a registered nurse, then in advertising and retail. Now 76, she enjoys creating detailed quilts. Janice Creenaune reports.

While it true to call Pam Pearce a quilter, it is far more accurate to call her an artist in textiles. Pam uses both hand and machine to create quilts with stunning decoration and great skill.

Appliqué, machine quilting, embroidery, dress-making skills and sand-paper stencilling all feature in her works.

“My mother taught me to sew when I was only 10 years old and I worked on stiffened belts. I just kept going in other directions,” Pam said. “I also completed a Fine Arts Degree at UOW majoring in ceramics, but then I concentrated on textiles and all my skills now revolve around that. But my art training certainly features in all my work.”

About six years ago Pam joined the Thirroul Craft Group at Thirroul Community Centre and attends each Wednesday. “I love the camaraderie.

I have made many friends and we workshop ideas, teach each other skills and really enjoy each other’s company. It’s the getting together which makes it all really enjoyable.

“It is the first ‘women’s group’ I joined and they are all like-minded. We talk colour, thread and fabric and I admire many of the skills of others which I don’t often use.”

Pam attends two other groups during the month and also enjoys teaching others. “I love giving away my skills and passing on ideas and methods. I have a natural nurturing capacity and willingly help anyone wanting it,” Pam said.

Pam regularly enters quilting competitions around the country and has won many awards.

Most recently she had success in the 2017 Australasian Quilting Competition, The Quilting Guild in Sydney and the Melbourne Quilt

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Thirroul Craft Group member Pam Pearce and one of her quilts.

Competition. “Sometimes the competitions offer a challenge: ‘Colour Collision’ was one such example and ‘Fantasy Quilt’ another.”

Pam would consider selling her work, “but most won’t pay for the finished product. The silks, other materials, and time, some of my quilts take up to four years to complete. The embroidery and hand-sewing in particular are so timeconsuming… but I also ‘live it’. I grieve for it when it’s finished. I really miss doing the actual project.

My thought, creativity and heart are all wound up in the project. So much work and so much of me are all intertwined. So generally I keep it.”

Pam often has up to 10 projects ‘on the go’. The ocean, and the trees of the escarpment provide inspiration. “I can look out from my work-room and see it all. When you are at peace with yourself, you are at peace with everything.”

Quilting and sewing has helped her during life’s difficult times, Pam said.

Pam and her groups often work together for charity quilts.

“We often donate our works for charity raffles, the Seaside Festival in Thirroul, SCARF, men’s and women’s refuges are a few we recognise and work for,” she said.

“We often work together for about four hours on a Saturday. We accept donated fabric to assist the projects, but largely we are self-funded and just work for others. It is never a lonely hobby.” n Writer Janice Creenaune is also a volunteer for the PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Foundation Australia, helping to raise awareness. Email janicecreenaune@gmail.com. 2515

MAGIC OF THE MUSIC HALL

Cameron Campbell reports on Love and Other Frustrations at Stanwell Park Arts Theatre (SPAT).

This year, SPAT Singers presents Love and Other Frustrations – book your tickets now! The SPAT Singers group has been meeting for many years, enjoying singing together at the end of the week (Friday nights) in Stanwell Park’s CWA Hall.

We learn some new and challenging songs, revise some old favourites and generally enjoy each other’s company for a few hours. Everybody is welcome to join, young and old, professional singers and tone-deaf beginners. All that is needed is enjoyment of making music together.

And then, there usually emerges, from the songs we have chosen, a program for our annual show, which is likely to include Victorian ballads, light opera, modern classics and raucous choruses.

Past shows have had various themes such as Beasts and Bedlam (including a mad scene), Sins and Sensibility and last year’s offering, Geri and the Pacemakers. This year’s show is called Love and Other Frustrations which is probably self-explanatory. (But we are not singing I can’t get no satisfaction – Mick Jagger can have that for himself).

Ken and Cathy Edwards will yet again be in charge of catering the three-course meal and guests will enjoy a glass of wine to lubricate their tonsils (and may also BYO to keep them lubricated). Lisa Baraldi will again be mistress of the keyboard. The dinner show will cost $35 and the performance dates are Friday 25th and Saturday 26th May and Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd of June at the CWA Hall (with new padded seats). Pre-dinner drinks will be served at 6.30pm.

Book early at www.spat.org.au as last year we were sold out!

IN OTHER NEWS The next SPAT Music show will be on Saturday, September 22, an outdoor event like February’s Broadway to the Beach. The theme is the music of

the Beatles. Fortnightly rehearsals will start in the last week of May (we are looking at Monday or Wednesday evening, no rehearsals in July). Musicians interested in getting involved should email Alison Garvie, agarvie@aapt.net.au.

SPAT’s production of Are You Being Served? is in full swing. The last two shows on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th May at the CWA Hall in Stanwell Park. Book at www.spat.org.au We are also looking for a new Communications Officer. Could this be you? Email spartstheatre@ gmail.com. 2515 SPAT Presents Oscar Wild’s SPAT Singers Presents The Importance of being Earnest Love and Other Frustrations

A music-hall all singing Dinner Show

Friday and Saturday 25th & 26th May Friday and Saturday 1st & 2nd June Doors open at 7.00pm

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PICTURE POWER Photos: Bear Hunt Photography, supplied

Madeleine Burkitt, communications officer, at Strategic Community Assistance to Refugee Families (SCARF) reports on a new storytelling project.

To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, SCARF launched an important storytelling project that we’ve been working on with Bear Hunt Photography and women in the SCARF Community called The More You Know.

The More You Know is a series of photo essays giving a platform to women from refugee backgrounds to share stories and anecdotes that are as full of life as they are. In this first instalment of the project, we featured three wonderful women: Narges, Masoumeh and Golsoum. To check out the photo essay, head to www.bearhuntphotography. com/themoreyouknow-1/ A heartfelt thanks is owed to Narges, Masoumeh and Golsoum for sharing their home and their stories for this project. Bear Hunt Photography is the business of the Illawarra-based documentary photographer, Sarah Pulling. To read more about Sarah and see her work, go to www.bearhuntphotography.com. 2515

GIFT OF TIME Want to volunteer your services?

Lara McCabe suggests local options.

Have you ever wondered who looks after many of the flowering garden beds around our Thirroul shops? Or who has been removing the graffiti and posters? It’s Thirroul Village Committee. They are a group “for those who share an interest in Thirroul” and they organise a number of local initiatives (visit www.thirroulvillage.com).

Maybe you could start up a public garden group in your patch of 2515? There are many community gardens supported by Wollongong Council where you can learn about growing your own food in a hands-on patch. Visit the Thirroul Community Garden’s next working bee and if you think it’s for you, consider becoming a member (email thirroulgardeners@gmail.com).

Flame Tree Co-op in Thirroul unites the community, local farmers and small producers through selling locally sourced produce and specialty bulk household products. It aims to reduce packaging waste and provide diverse and sustainable products. And the co-op rewards regular weekly volunteers with a 25 percent discount in store!

If you’re great at communicating with children, consider volunteering with the Discovery Space at the University of Wollongong. Matt Ball, Volunteer and Community Programs Coordinator at UOW, encourages people of all ages to contact him: “Our volunteers span in age from uni students through

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to more mature community members. We have a really diverse pool of people and we value their unique input to the Discovery Space.

“Volunteers are involved in a range of play-based learning activities – creative, musical, storytellers, crafty and will be supported with training and guidance to grow those skills.”

Visit the website at earlystartdiscoveryspace.edu. au/get-involved/.

Other options in the 2515 area include Need a Feed, Thirroul’s Girl Guides (phone 1300 447 548), local Surf Life Saving Clubs and the Thirroul/ Austinmer Lions Club, which has been supporting the community for more than 30 years.

SCARF in Wollongong provides support for refugees (register interest in coaching, mentoring or befriending refugees at www.scarf1.org.au).

Want more options? Visit www. volunteeringillawarra.com.au, www. govolunteering.com.au and makeadifference. volunteering.nsw.gov.au. 2515

Minister for Volunteering Ray Williams and Heathcote MP Lee Evans presented Northern Illawarra Neighbourhood Aid with a Premier’s Award.

THANKS TO NINA’S VOLUNTEERS

The Minister for Volunteering, Ray Williams, visited Northern Illawarra Neighbourhood Aid (NINA) to praise the group’s contribution to the community. Sarah James, manager at Northern Illawarra Neighbour Aid, reports.

Northern Illawarra Neighbour Aid (NINA) will celebrate National Volunteer’s Week (May 21-27) to acknowledge the generous contribution of our volunteers. This year’s theme – “Give a little.

Change a lot.” – represents the millions of volunteers who make a profound impact in their communities and on society.

We are extremely fortunate to have wonderful, kind and generous volunteers here in Helensburgh, without whom, NINA would not exist.

On Tuesday, April 17, the Minister Ray Williams (Minister for Disabilities and Volunteering) and our local member, Lee Evans, put on an appreciation ceremony and morning tea to acknowledge the volunteers. Minister Ray Williams presented NINA with the Premier’s Award, which we were excited to receive as these aren’t given out lightly.

NINA will be taking the volunteers to lunch at Windjammers this year in recognition of all their hard work. n If you would like to give a little of your time and become a volunteer with NINA just come into the Helensburgh office (18 Walker Street) or call 4294 1900 so one of the staff can explain the different roles currently available. 2515

NORTHERN ILLAWARRA NEIGHBOUR AID IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR VOLUNTEER DRIVERS AND BUS DRIVERS. We are looking for people who have: • a friendly caring personality with the ability to relate well to others • good communication skills • patience and an understanding of vulnerable people due to their age or disability • the ability to follow a map or use a GPS You will need to have a criminal record check (paid By NINA) and be prepared to undergo a simple medical clearance through your GP.

Please call into 18 Walker Street (opposite Coles) and speak to Sarah or Kim or call on 42941900.

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LOCAL HEROES

Bulli PCYC (Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW) has been a part of our community since 1959. The club provides activities for all ages but has a strong focus on youth working with young offenders or youth at risk.

“Its main goal is to get kids active in life,” club manager Matt Bourne said. “That may be through sport, art or social activities but also includes leadership and social services.

“As a community organisation we provide a range of activities such as gymnastics, basketball, driving courses, remote-controlled aircraft and even free psych services for children and young people. We also partner with NSW Police who provide specific services for youth around crime prevention and case management.”

Two of Bulli PCYC’s volunteers, Deniz Erglini and Amy Dunwoodie, told us more.

What inspired you to volunteer with Bulli PCYC? Deniz: I am a former Australian, International and World ISKA [International Sport Karate Association] Grand Champion with over 30 years martial arts experience. I work in policing and initially joined the PCYC to keep fit but, after seeing the great work they do, I became involved in volunteering, which I have been committed to over the past four years, running boxing, holiday programs and mixed marital arts (MMA).

Amy: I have been a member of PCYC Bulli since childhood which has always provided accessible and diverse activities for the local community.

Since then I have had a sustained interest in personal fitness and boxing and currently work in the physical rehabilitation sector. My involvement with the club was a natural transition from my use of the club as a member and wanting to continue the legacy of those that trained me. I have been involved as a volunteer for over six years as a

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As Australia prepares to celebrate National Volunteer’s Week from May 21-27, Lara McCabe gets a volunteer’s perspective on helping out at Bulli PCYC.

junior and adult boxing coach, as well as club committee member.

What do you enjoy most about working with young people?

Deniz: I volunteer at PCYC two hours per week running a Mixed Martial Arts program for kids and adults on Monday. Having had a long and successful history in competitive martial arts I am particularly passionate about helping people find and achieve their goals and develop their confidence.

Amy: I volunteer four hours per week running the Boxing for Fitness program which includes teens and adults. It’s very rewarding to see people increase their fitness level and to run a class that can have participants aged from 15 to over 60.

What would you say to anyone who is thinking of finding a way of giving back or becoming involved in the community?

Deniz: Volunteering is rewarding in so many ways.

Giving back to the community and imparting your knowledge and skills provides a great sense of fulfilment. It’s particularly rewarding to see young people develop through a program.

Amy: There are so many opportunities for volunteering in our community. Looking at the scope of volunteers at the PCYC you realise that most people can contribute in some meaningful way whether that be maintenance, administration or running a sports or arts activity. It’s also a great way for people to maintain connection with their community. n PCYC Bulli is always on the lookout for new activities to support and volunteers to drive the club’s services. Visit www.pcycnsw.org.au/bulli or drop in during opening hours Mon-Fri, noon8.30pm, 253 Princes Highway, Bulli. Email: bulli@pcycnsw.org.au Ph: 02 4284 3878. 2515

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SURFRIDER REPORT

The year’s first Surfrider GromFest on the South Coast was a big success, with Southbridge Boardriders taking out first prize, Susie Crick writes.

The Surfrider South Coast branch rolled out their first Surfrider GromFest event for 2018 at the Farm, Killalea State Park in Shellharbour on Saturday, April 21.

Five Boardriders clubs from Scarborough to Jones Beach entered eight teams of 40 grommets competing in this U14’s event. Each team consisted of five surfers and included at least one surfer of the opposite sex.

There were heaps of activities including continuous beach cleans, wheelbarrow races, rolling ‘crumbed cutlets’ and handstand competitions, so that in between the heats the kids were kept busy. All of the children got prizes donated by surf companies.

Southbridge Boardriders took out the 1st prize with Sandon Point B team coming in 2nd place and Scarborough taking 3rd place. Sandon Point A team was the 4th place-getter in the Finals.

Our next event is coming up on Saturday, June 9 (World Ocean Day) and we plan to include U16’s so as to include more surfers. Sandon Point Boardriders will be hosting the next event.

To find out more head over to our @surfridergromfest Instagram and Facebook pages. Get your teams in early and become a Surfrider member at www. surfrider.org.au 2515

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CHEF’S RECIPE

Method: Mix oil and dry ingredients together, rub into lamb shoulder, put in a roasting pan, add wine, cover with foil and cook for 4 hours on 160°C, Ian Draper, of The Palms Cafe in Stanwell Park, shares his basting every 45 min while cooking. Leave to cool recipe for slow-cooked lamb shoulder, a firm favourite on slightly, pull apart meat and discard fat. Pour stock from cooking over meat, cover until needed. Take the main menu. out of stock when serving.

Ian and Jo Draper run a South Coast restaurant FOR THE SALAD: that has stood the test of time. The couple, who’ve 600g hummus worked in the hospitality industry for decades, 300g pea shoots including at a Napa Valley vineyard in California, 150g rocket leaves have brought all that experience to the Palms – to 150g baby spinach leaves great acclaim! The food here is beloved by locals and tourists alike. It’s a popular lunch stop-over for 50g mint leaves 1x fennel bulb, finely shaved, keep tops visitors cruising down the beautiful Grand Pacific Drive – everyone from Harley riders to vintage car 1x bunch radish, finely shave radish, wash leaves enthusiasts to passing cyclists enjoys a pit-stop. The 1x pomegranate, seeds removed coffee is fantastic and a changing specials board 1x cup good quality allows the chefs to get creative with seasonal French dressing dishes. This autumn, Ian kindly shared his recipe Good splash of red wine vinegar for a year-round favourite.

SLOW-COOKED LAMB SHOULDER WITH HUMMUS, PICKLED RADISH AND PEA SHOOT SALAD SERVES 6 For the lamb: 2kg lamb shoulder 2 tsp ground cinnamon 2 tsp sea salt flakes 2 tsp ground black pepper 2 tsp ground smoked paprika 1 tbsp finely chopped garlic 2 tbsp dried oregano 2 tbsp finely chopped preserved lemon 50ml extra virgin olive oil 400ml white wine

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Method: Put shaved radish in red wine vinegar for approx 1 minute, then strain radish and discard vinegar. Toss all salad ingredients with salad dressing.

TO SERVE: Place hummus on base of six plates, top with the lamb, then the salad. n The Palms Cafe is open Wednesday to Sundays, at the Articles Fine Art Gallery complex at 111 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Stanwell Park, (02) 4294 3371, www.thepalmscafe.com.au 2515

ARTIST JOHN VANDER OF STANWELL PARK www.johnvander.com.au

John Vander and two of his popular works: On The Way Home (top right) and

By The Seashore.

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111 Lawrence Hargrave Drive (on the way to the Sea Cliff Bridge) Stanwell Park 2508 P: 02 4294 2491 E: articlesgallery@optusnet.com.au

Details of works by: (left) Judith Dalozzo, (below) David Brayshaw.

Possibly one of the most popular artists in NSW today, his work has been reproduced extensively in prints for many years and has attracted a large following among art collectors. Over the past 40 years, John has become a household name throughout Australia. Don’t miss the chance to view and buy one of his original paintings. Over the past 36 years, countless visitors to his gallery – Articles Fine Art Gallery – have had the great experience of meeting the artist himself.

The FINEST Gallery in the South OPEN 10am-5pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday and Public Holidays Situated on the lovely beach of Stanwell Park, the Gallery is a pleasant 30-minute drive from Wollongong and 60 minutes from Sydney. Artist John Vander and his wife Frances own “Articles”.

The gallery features the works of well established and emerging artists as well as ceramics and sculptures, glass and homewares.

Details of works by: (left) David Boyd, (below) Robert Dickerson.

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MAKUTCHEN RULES

Helen Piper, volunteer co-director at Thirroul’s Flame Tree Co-op, chats to one of the store suppliers, Carolyn Braid, of Sydney’s Makutchen Organics.

How and when did Makutchen come about?

After making fermented vegetables at home then sharing the knowledge with work colleagues and clients, I had a lot of interest in the process and its health benefits. So in 2012, I increased production with the help of my partner and later in 2013, a local organic café saw one my clients with a jar of sauerkraut and asked where she got it from. Within a few days they made what was to be my first order and a couple of days after that I decided to start a business.

I called it Makutchen – a play on my Kiwi accent (my kitchen), and also the name of my Great Granddad, who professed because of his healthy lifestyle he wanted to live to 100 – which he did!

Where did you learn to make fermented vegetables?

I learnt how to make fermented food as part of my job. I became really interested in the gut/brain connection as I was also suffering from post-natal depression, which had switched from depression to anxiety disorder. With my new knowledge and skills, I started my own personal gut-healing journey with these wonderful foods.

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How do you decide on what you’re going to ferment?

We started with three basic flavours and then added more as we grew. There are times when the cabbages are out of season, so we just try to prepare for that. We get all our vegetables from the organic markets in Sydney but are currently looking at working with a local Illawarra grower.

What are the benefits of eating fermented vegetables?

The lacto-fermentation process in which natural bacteria feed on the starch and sugars in the vegetables preserves the food and creates lactic acid. This process also creates beneficial enzymes, omega-3 fatty acids and various strains of probiotics. Eating fermented vegetables balances the gut flora in your digestive system which has a number of benefits from improved digestion, increase in nutrient absorption, boosting the immune system and helping with weight loss.

Fermented vegetables are easy to include in your diet because they go with everything and they bring out the flavour of the food you are eating. n Thirroul’s not-for-profit Flame Tree Community Food Co-op stocks Makutchen products. Visit 355 Lawrence Hargrave Drive or phone 4267 5792. 2515

Main photo: from left: Hayley Carrick (Bryan’s daughter), Bryan Carrick, Maureen and John Mercer.

Below: Maureen and John with the plaque dedicated to Dean

REMEMBERING DEAN A wood-carving and stone-masonry artist has helped to celebrate the life of Aussie Ironman legend Dean Mercer by creating an intricate carving of the much-loved Australian athlete for his parents.

Dean Mercer, who competed in Ironman from 1987 to 2010, won several Ironman titles, including two national championships and five New South Wales championships during his competitive career. He was also awarded the Order of Australia for services to life saving and inducted into the NSW Surf Life Saving Hall of Fame.

Dean died on August 28, 2017 after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 47.

For Dean’s memorial carving, John and Maureen Mercer, Dean’s parents, asked artist Bryan Carrick to use a piece of wood with a special story of its own.

John found the block of wood while staying at an old Queenslander on the beachfront at Kirra Beach one year when the lifesaving titles were called off.

“I had nothing to do but fossick around and I found it in the garage of this old place,” John said.

“It was covered in paint and everything. [John and Maureen’s grand-daughter] Jordan’s boyfriend’s granddad sanded it back for me and found this timber underneath, this piece of painted timber, so I brought it all the way home from Queensland.

I never knew what I was going to do with it.

“I was introduced to Bryan and Bryan said: ‘I can do carvings’.

John said no one was quite sure what type of wood it was. “It’s hardwood but it’s very hard to identify what timber it is – of course, it could be hundreds of years old.”

Maureen said it was “lovely” to know that people thought so highly of their son that they went to so much trouble to commemorate his life, including in Bryan’s carving and a permanent plaque, which Dean’s mates had organised to be placed on the southern headland at Austinmer Beach, overlooking the sea.

Bryan said the intricate wood carving had taken him “30 odd hours” to complete.

“I’ve been doing it as a business for 20-odd years – big sculptures, all sorts of things.”

Bryan is returning to the region after “a long stint” in Canberra and is keen to do more work for locals up and down the coast.

“I’m doing more stone masonry nowadays.”

At time of writing, Bryan was heading out to Broken Hill for six weeks to do the stone work as part of the refurbishment of on “an old 1880s heritage building”. n For more about Bryan’s work, email jcarrick@ihug.com.au. 2515

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BEETLING ABOUT

Local entomologist Chris Reid is an Australian Museum research scientist and our new columnist.

In this article, Chris looks at the Lillypilly beetle – a local pest?

Your lillypilly hedge may have become a bit sickly looking in the last few years, with all the new leaves chewed down to the base as if a shredder has been through them. The culprit is a pale green beetle, almost a centimetre long, and its similarly coloured larvae, which look like bald shiny caterpillars. This is the lillypilly beetle, more correctly called Paropsides calypso.

Pictured below are the adult and larva. Note how the larva lacks any false legs under the hind body – that distinguishes it from a moth or butterfly caterpillar.

It belongs to a group of beetles I work on, the leaf beetles. Why call it by the mouthful Paropsides calypso? There are more than 3000 species of leaf beetle in Australia. Imagine naming each one in English. Then think about the other 40,000 species outside Australia. Then try naming them in each of the world languages. The only way of communicating ‘lillypilly beetle’ to everyone in the world is to use a universal system.

So for unique worldwide name tags we use scientific names, which for historical reasons are based on Latin. The first name, in this case Paropsides, is a name for a group of species which are thought to be related to each other. Paropsides means ‘son of a dessert dish’, which sounds odd until you realise that Paropsis is another name for a group of beetles which look like upside down dessert dishes (with a bit of imagination). So Paropsides is more like ‘baby Paropsis’ because it’s smaller. With the name Paropsides comes a whole suite of information, such as appearance, basic life history, host plants, distribution.

But there are more than 20 different kinds (species) of Paropsides in Australia. So our Lillypilly beetle needs a unique name. The name was given in 1898 by an elderly cleric in the Anglican Church whose hobby was studying beetles. He named it after the nymph Calypso, who seduced Odysseus in the story of the Odyssey.

Why the Reverend Thomas Blackburn named an obscure Australian beetle after a legendary Greek beauty is outside my area of expertise, as they say.

Perhaps he was daydreaming.

For whatever reason, we have a beetle called Paropsides calypso. And it was genuinely obscure.

This was a rarely collected species until 10 years ago, and only known from a handful of specimens all collected in the rainforests of north-east New South Wales.

So what’s happened? My guess is that while the beetle was quietly munching away in some distant rainforest, humans discovered that lillypillys could be trained and clipped into hedges. And one day only about 10 years ago somebody planted a hedge or put a nursery too close to the rainforest. The beetle jumped the gap (well, it flew actually) and end of story. Except that’s really where the story begins because this little rainforest beetle has spread south down the whole east coast of Australia and into Melbourne and Adelaide.

It’s a native success story.

PS: I was asked why bees are often found crawling on the ground. It’s because they are old. n Have a question? Email editor@2515mag. com.au, subject line “Ask Chris”. 2515

Lillypilly beetle: Adult and larva. Photos by Max Beatson, Australian Museum

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LOOPS AND ROLLS!

Wings Over Illawarra 2018 is on Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6. Get yourself and the family to this annual jaw-dropping local event! For an insider’s perspective, Lara McCabe interviewed pilot Chris Clark from Five Point Aviation.

Please introduce yourself My name is Chris Clark. As a young kid I grew up moving around Australia as my father, also a pilot, progressed through his flying career. However, from primary school onwards I grew up in the Illawarra and have lived here ever since.

Tell us about the Wings Over Illawarra event.

I’ve been involved since 2012 in flying displays and in 2013 I was the Airside Coordinator when we first negotiated the approvals to do aerobatics at the show. I really enjoyed that role from a leadership and management perspective.

The show is such an important community event How did you become involved in aerobatic flying? and from an aviation point of view it’s an incredibly I had always wanted to be a pilot. From a young age important touch point for people to really see what I was obsessed with it, making pipe cleaner and egg the industry has to offer. cup headsets and turning anything and everything into some sort of flying machine. n Wings Over Illawarra 2018 is on Saturday and In adolescence I watched a movie called Never Sunday, May 5 and 6, at Illawarra Regional Airport, Tell Me Never, the story of Janine Shepherd. I was Albion Park Rail. transfixed by the flying school that was featured in The event program includes vintage and warbird that movie and I later found where it was and aircraft performing aerial aerobatics by Australia’s began flying lessons there. The school was the top solo and formation flying teams.

Sydney Aerobatic School at Bankstown and was See the fastest Australian Defence Force fighter run by former fighter pilots who taught in an jets and large heavy transport aircraft. Visit the adaptation of the military style. So my very first record-breaking Qantas 747, wonderfully restored flying lesson was ‘Loops and Rolls’ and I was war-time aircraft on display, exhibits and flight hooked on aerobatics from then on. simulators. 2018 will also include world-class freestyle motocross displays, carnival rides and What type of planes do you love to fly? more under the entry ticket price.

I have a soft spot for the Stick and Rudder types Gates open 9am-5pm. Airshow 10.30amlike aerobatic aircraft, bush planes and warbirds.

4.30pm. For program, event information and Anything that requires and fits the ‘seat of your ticketing go to www.wingsoverillawarra.com.au. pants’ style of flying.

Chris is chief instructor/pilot at Five Point Aviation Advanced Flight School, visit their What do you enjoy most about flying? website at fivepointaviation.com.au. 2515 I enjoy flying for the community, pursuit of mastery and the complete focus it requires. It’s a lot of fun!

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0030 0.52

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Times0347 are0.38in local standard time (UTC +10:00) or daylight savings 0512 0.19 0428 0.32 0402 0.08 0356 0.33 0542 0.43 0013 0.43 0 1.32 0157 First Quart1 1148 1.25 0554 1.27 0.44 0744

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