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MEET THE COLEDALE COUPLE BEHIND THE BIG EVENT Clifton | Scarborough | Wombarra | Coledale | Austinmer | Thirroul

MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS MATT O’DONNELL

is a Coledale resident who has worked in the Illawarra as a veterinarian for over 20 years. He is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (small animal surgery chapter). With his wife, Jenny, Matt runs Northern Illawarra Veterinary Hospital (332 Princes Highway, Bulli, call 4238 8575 or visit nivh.com.au). Read his story about Dashi the Fox Terrier on page 25.

MERILYN HOUSE

is a bush regenerator and horticulturist, and she is passionate about enjoying and protecting of our local bushland.

In 1993, Merilyn, along with her husband Allan, started the Helensburgh & District Landcare Group, as they were concerned with the increasing presence of environmental weeds in our bushland. Merilyn believes everyone has a responsibility to become aware of exactly what they have growing in their gardens, and to remove any problem plants. See page 20.

JANICE CREENAUNE

is a retired English teacher of 35 years, who has lived and worked in the Illawarra, and completed three year-long overseas teacher exchanges.

A wife and mother of three, she sees the life of a retiree as an evolution, something to be cherished, enjoyed.

Janice is a volunteer for PKD Australia and her interests include travel, Lettersto-the Editor SMH, letterpress printing and film study. Janice writes articles about creative retirees – see page 18.

LARA McCABE

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.” See her photos on page 16.

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How long have you been operating Coledale Fine Wines?

I bought Coledale Fine Wines in March 2003, operating as a retail shopfront only at that stage.

In 2016 online sales were introduced. Online sales are not a big part of our profile yet, but we will endeavour to expand this market going forward.

We also run wine tastings most Saturday nights.

Have you always loved wine?

Whilst I’ve no background in wine making, I have always loved wine. I did a wine appreciation course a long time ago. Wine is part of my culture.

How did the Coledale Wine Fair come about?

The fair used to take place prior to 2003 but the Lawrence Hargrave Drive closure (for the building of Sea Cliff Bridge) made us postpone activities.

The event offers over 100 wines to taste, as well as craft beers and food for $20. Plus, event goers can buy all wines at discount prices – what’s not to like?

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Are there any trends in wine?

The lightly bubbly, often cloudy style of sparkling wine called pétillant-naturel – aka “pét-nat” – seemed to come out of nowhere to stake its claim as the wine trend of the moment. We love it.

What do you recommend as a great value wine?

We have lots of terrific value wines. The 2 for $30 bracket comes to mind. Come to think of it most 2 for anything sell well. We’re a small wine store full of interesting things. n Coledale Fine Wines, 746 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, 4267 1331, coledalefinewines.com 2515 JOIN THE CREATIVE JAMBOREE! Local social enterprise Wild Rumpus, founded five years ago by Lizzie Rose and Caitlin Marshall, will hold Jamboree 2018, a creative workshop weekend at Mt Keira Scout Camp from October 26-28.

Expect feasts, fire, wine and forest magic. See www.jamboreesouthcoast.com.au REMEMBER ME BRIDGE WALK On Sunday, Oct 14, wear white and walk Sea Cliff Bridge in support of bereaved families. Starts 10am in Clifton, with 11am ceremony at Coalcliff Community Centre. The annual event coincides with International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day on Oct 15. $10, funds go to Red Nose and a local community group. More info: “Remember Me Illawarra” on Facebook. 2515

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MORE SHADE, PLEASE

2515 investigates the cost of hotter summers in the playground and how designers beat the heat.

It’s that time of year when parents start telling the kids: “Put your shoes on, or you’ll burn your feet.

Wear your hat, or you’ll toast your face. Stand still for your sunscreen!”

Yes, it’s going to be a long, hot summer. Again.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a warmer end to the year, with the above-average daytime temperatures we’ve had so far likely to continue for the rest of 2018.

Children, of course, still want to play outside.

2515 found playground makers are adapting their designs to beat the heat – but at a cost.

IN THE SHADE “More shade” is the no. 1 request from parents, said Reece Conley, marketing coordinator at Moduplay Group, a Unanderra company that designs and manufactures playgrounds. Wollongong City Council is its biggest client.

“The biggest complaint we hear from parents, as far as beating the heat goes, is shade. So we’re taking that on board,” said Reece. One way Moduplay does this is by using built-in shade sails in playgrounds.

But man-made shade is expensive.

“If you were to incorporate a shade sail into a playground, it pretty much doubles the cost,” Reece said. “You can either have a mediocre playground covered by shade or a great playground without it – so it’s a very big trade-off and that’s what a lot of people don’t really understand … it’s actually sacrificing a lot of the play value from the unit itself.

It pretty much doubles the price of the playground.”

Tradies Group recently invested $35,000 in a shade sail at the playground at its Helensburgh club.

“The reason we decided to install a shade sail was our Helensburgh members,” said Clare Capponi, of Tradies marketing department. “Helensburgh has so many families in the area with children and we’ve

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FOR THE MATERIALS Reece said local companies have a big advantage over importers: “Because we are Australian made and Australian owned, we understand the conditions. A lot of companies that come from Europe seem to be fascinated with using stainlesssteel slides … which act just like an oven on hot days. That’s something we avoid. We use a lot of plastic slides.”

In the main structure, using timber is ideal, but requires lots of maintenance, he said. “You’ve got to look after it like a car – wash it once a month and give it the once-over, but long term, as far as beating the heat, timber is your best bet.”

Moduplay recently completed a job for the City of Wollongong at St James Park, Coledale, which has ocean and escarpment views and, luckily, a stand of established trees casting welcome shade on slides.

“It obviously helps to have natives and other plants around a playground,” Reece said. “Sandstone blocks are a pretty big feature, especially around our playgrounds locally, because they don’t absorb as much heat. They offer an aesthetic, they look nice, and they are also a seating/play area as well.

“St James, Coledale – that ’s a great example of the use of sandstone, and it’s in a beautiful shaded area.”

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received great support from the community so we decided to make the investment.

“The playground cover is approximately 14m by 9m and was installed by Rhino Shades in Fairy Meadow using heavy-duty Comshade. In total, the club invested over $35,000 to get it custom-made and installed.”

ON THE GROUND Moduplay uses four materials: sand, synthetic grass, bark and soft-fall rubber. Reece said bark is best at beating the heat, and it’s cheaper. “It keeps the heat away and it offers a better cushioning, a soft fall, as far as protecting kids.” However, it does require a lot of maintenance. “Councils are usually a bit more willing to take it on, like Wollongong Council has a fantastic playground-maintenance schedule.” 2515

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CHOOSE YOUR OWN HOURS, SAVE CASH Lara McCabe reports on a new Big Fat Smile initiative that could help families reduce out-of-pocket costs and make the most of the government’s child care subsidy.

Big Fat Smile – one of Australia’s leading providers of early childhood education and care – is now offering Attendance Blocks, designed to give families flexible options so they achieve the most benefit from their Child Care Subsidy.

Currently, families can access the subsidy for up to 100 hours of care per fortnight. However, some long day-care services are using the centre’s operating hours as the framework for the subsidy rather than how many hours a child actually attends. As a result, the out-of-pocket costs for affected families have increased.

Big Fat Smile’s CEO, Ms Jenni Hutchins, said that making affordable, quality childcare accessible to all families has always been a priority for the organisation.

“At Big Fat Smile, we recognise that all families are different and therefore our care options need to reflect this. Under our new Attendance Blocks offering, we’re giving families the option to choose an Attendance Block that suits their unique circumstances.

“This means they avoid exceeding their eligible hours which can potentially lead to a reduction of out-of-pocket costs,” Ms. Hutchins said.

Big Fat Smile is offering three Attendance Block options including nine hours, 10 hours and a full day across its Child Care Subsidy-eligible long day-care Centres.

By choosing a shorter Attendance Block, families can make the most of their eligible Child Care Subsidy hours, using only the number of hours in their selected Attendance Block. The Attendance Block can start at any time within the Centre’s operating hours of business. n More information about the new Child Care Subsidy is available via the Australian Government’s Department of Human Services, visit www.humanservices.gov.au. Call Big Fat Smile on 1300 002 237 to find out about its eligible child care centres. 2515

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DREAM HOLIDAYS Where to catch all the school holiday action. By Cath Hill.

Dreamcatcher Workshops at Uluwatu Blue Uluwatu Blue will be again running their popular Dreamcatcher workshops on Thursdays, 4th and 11th October, at 11am. Cost is $40 which includes a Mexican lunch, gelato and your own windowsill succulent too.

1/109 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Stanwell Park, uluwatublue@gmail.com or 0456 526 607.

Drama Classes at The Playhouse Drama fun where kids can explore their individuality and creativity through play. Full days and half days available ($70-$120). At Thirroul Community Centre, 352/360 Lawrence Hargrave Drive. www.the-playhouse.com.au/ Big Fat Smile Artspace Studio for Kids Get creative with different art forms at Big Fat Smile. Workshops include Rockpool Painting, Fairy Wonderland, Superhero Capes, Feathered Friends and Dogs in Uniform. For kids 3 to 14 years old from $22 to $76, 98 Railway Street, Corrimal. bigfatsmile.com.au/artspace/ Scarborough Art Show Scarborough Art Show is celebrating 20 years with craft, food and fun set against a beautiful ocean backdrop. Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October, 10am-4pm. $5 adults, $3 concession and children under 13 free.

Scarborough Public School, 381/371 Lawrence Hargrave Drive. www.scarboroughartshow.com Guinea Pig Show On Sunday, October 14, go to Russell Vale Community Hall (36 Keerong Ave) for a show by Greater Sydney Cavy Club (find them on Facebook). Prizes for craziest hairstyle, heaviest guinea pig and more. Register your pet by 11.30am, show starts at noon. Look out for pics next month!

Free fun at your local library Helensburgh Library will host a Dream Catchers session on Wednesday, 3 Oct and French Knitting on Wednesday, 10 Oct. Library members can also pick up a family pass for Wollongong’s Early Start Discovery Space. Thirroul Library will host the following, with bookings required: Dreamcatchers on Tuesday, 2 Oct, 10.30am; Miss Zoe Dance workshop, Thursday, 4 Oct,12.30pm; Lajos Hamers – Storyteller, Wed 10 Oct, 10.30am; Stop Mo, Wed, 3 October, 10.30am.

Rumble in the Jungle The Botanic Gardens always have a terrific program for kids (3 to 10 years).

Enjoy the Tree Musketeers play, join the Jungle Treasure Hunt and create ‘Rumble Tumble’ crafts.

Monday-Friday, 8-12 October (10am to 1pm daily). Children must be accompanied by an adult. $13 per child (parents are free) or $24 for family of

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two or more children. Duck pond, Wollongong Botanic Garden Discovery Centre (Murphys Ave, Keiraville), www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au Surf school with Illawarra Surf Academy Spring into surfing and get a Rip Curl participant pack. Choose from Nudie Surf Groms (5 to 12 years) and ISA Surf Teens (13 to 17 years). Lessons are held over 5 sessions at Thirroul, East Corrimal and Warilla. www.illawarrasurfacademy.com.au or 0409 111 665.

Surf lessons with Essential Surf & Skate Locals Fiona and Peter Hunt are passionate surfers creating surfing lessons for all ages and levels. Learn ocean skills safely and have a whole lot of fun at the same time! www.essentialsurfandskate.com.au or call 0407 283 117.

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Roller Rink, Wollongong Central Get your skates on to Wollongong Central’s pop up Roller Rink! Themed days include circus, superhero and outer space galaxy. Until 14 October, 10am to 5pm. There are fun retro nights for adults too! Level 4, Crown Car Park, www.wollongongcentral.com.au BURGH Healthy Hub Choose your own adventure: be an Outdoor Ninja on an obstacle course or a Sky Dancer on aerials. Half days and full days available ($40-$60). 338 Cemetery Rd Helensburgh, www.burgh.com.au or (02) 4294 1282.

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Kids Gross Science Party Make fake wounds and gooey slime! At Woonona Bulli RSL Club, 455 Princes Highway, Wednesday 3 October, 10:30am.

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FESTIVAL OF WOOD

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There’s something for everyone from amateurs to artisans at this year’s event. 2515 spoke to organiser Suzanne Montague to find out more.

The first Illawarra Festival of Wood at Bulli Showground successfully carved itself a niche on our local calendar. This year the festival – tagged “every tree has a story” – has been extended to a three-day weekend celebration of wood work.

2515 spoke to organiser Suzanne Montague about the Coledale family’s long history of working with timber, and how various branches – including the woodworkers, the arborist and the florist – have all come together to put on another spectacular event.

Please tell us a bit about yourself.

We moved to the Wombarra in 1987 because we wanted to be close to the beach plus we got the added bonus of the beautiful escarpment. We moved to Tasmania for three years so Stuart could attend university and returned to the Illawarra in 1993 when we started our family.

Stuart is a third-generation woodworker with a trade background in fine furniture and a Fine Arts degree from the University of Tasmania. He is the director/teacher at the Illawarra Woodwork School and The Illawarra Furniture and Joinery Shoppe.

I’m a Visual Arts, Photography and Digital Media teacher who has been teaching for over 30 years in the Illawarra and Sydney.

The Montague men: Brad, Doug and Stuart.

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It’s a family effort this year – who will be joining you and Stuart at the 2018 festival?

Stuart’s brother Brad, of Montague Furniture and Restorations, whose workshop is in Coledale; our nephew Stuart McWilliam, of Sydney and Southern and Tree Services, who will be milling timber for sale and donating all proceeds to Headspace, and his partner Amber McGraw, of Amber Louise Floristry, who will create beautiful floral arrangements. Amber and Stuart are both from Helensburgh. Stuart’s sister, Jenelle McWilliam, will be the festival photographer.

My brother Chris and his wife Shayne will fly down from the Gold Coast to help with administration assistance, as well as our children, Dane, Travis and Jasper, who will be involved in the set up and during the entire festival.

What inspired you to start the Festival of Wood in 2017?

This inaugural event was the brainchild of Stuart and I, and Christian and Tomako Timbs from Japanese Tools Australia. Part of the inspiration behind the festival is to rekindle the style of woodworking shows from years ago where they mean more than just an opportunity to sell finished products but provide an authentic experience. Also the concept of bringing together the traditional and

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The festival is a family affair, including Amber McGraw (with her sons Hendrix and Nix) and (from left to right) Brad, Doug, Suzanne and Stuart Montague. unconventional woodworkers in one place.

We wanted it to be a family-friendly affair with a festival feel that would showcase local and regional wood artisans, as well as celebrate a variety of wood-related crafts and forest industries. The iconic Bulli Raceway/Showground was the perfect location, plus the Illawarra has a strong timber history. We asked local graphic designer Jane Smith from Artsmith to create our logo and then decided on the statement “Every tree has a story”.

How did the first one go?

It was a roaring success with 4000 people in attendance (especially with Bulli Pass being closed at the time); 2000 sets of chopsticks were made; 200 bush critters were produced; Stuart and his apprentice Ed Oliver built a super-sized dining table and chairs, “ode to Claus Oldenburg”. The Constant Whittler carved a canoe from a solid log; we had 40 exhibitors that ranged from the traditional tool-makers to an unconventional timber spear-gun maker; workshops were a sell-out. Parents complimented us on the opportunities we provided for children to learn about woodworking and the new sport of parkour.

People could buy quality timber from local and interstate merchants, and enjoyed watching the chainsaw carver and the milling of timber.

What’s new at this year’s festival?

We have Marcus Tatton from Tasmania, who is a regular Sculpture by the Sea exhibitor, creating one of his famous wood chunk sculptures over the three days; Noel Wellington, a Nowra-based Indigenous woodcarver; Maori Woodcarvers Kapene Alexander and Hape Kiddle.

MC will be local cabaret performer Heidi Hula Hoop and she has some special things in store for the festival goers. A Cobb & Co coach to ride in; learning to crack a whip with Master Whip cracker Brad Harper; Dear Violet Music are playing; and we have a wooden carriage wheel repairer. There will also be an open house in Coledale, a beautiful innovative renovation by Barnacle Studios on Saturday, 13 October, 11am-3pm. Don’t forget early bird tickets for sale online until 7th October.

The workshops look like fun. Please tell us more about what you can learn, and who may attend.

Our workshops can be booked through our website; the booking fee is being donated to local charity OZ Harvest.

There are 16 workshops in total this year. We have a three-day workshop making a Jimmy Possum chair with Dr Mike Epsworth; the Spoonsmith teaching taster tree-craft courses

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making functional items; learn to wood-turn a bowl with Woodstories; Total Tools will be presenting courses on basic wood-turning, router table basics and joining timber. SALT (Supporting and Linking Tradeswoman) are back with their skills-based workshop for women. Styro Pyrography will teach the art of decorating wood with heat. There’ll be a Log Drum workshop; carving a wooden crochet hook from a twig, spoon-carving with green or seasoned timber; wooden bucket making from scratch; build a shaker box; learn to mill your timber; learn the art of bodging with a pole lathe; correct sharpening of tools; children’s milking stool workshop; and learn about bee keeping from the Austinmer Bee keeper.

Who are some of the interesting local makers who’ll be there?

Aidan Morris Furniture, P.C.A furniture, Meraki Makers, Thirton Morris Furniture & Speciality Timbers, Coasties Big Shed, Traditional Timber Frames, GWS Timber Surfboards, Cvestkovski Spearguns, Malle Design, Woodstories, Ian Ellis Antique restorations and Trunkabella Cheese factory.

What do you love about wood (and wooden goods)?

The thing that we love about timber is the natural qualities that can vary from its texture, colour,

grain and figure. Timber can be purple, white, pink, yellow and no two pieces are quite the same.

As a woodworker you have an amazing palette to work with. Timber is so versatile, it can be used to build wharves, to build aeroplanes or carve a spoon. Timber is a beautiful material to have in your life.

Will the Festival of Wood be an annual event from now on?

Wollongong City Council has approved a five-year DA, 2018–2022, for the second weekend in October at Bulli showground so we see the festival continuing as an annual event. Destination NSW and Destination Wollongong are very supportive and wish us to continue with the festival. n Visit illawarrafestivalofwood.com. 2515

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There are some very cost-effective methods of ensuring that your home is presented in its best light and will assist in appealing to buyers’ emotions.

Step 1 The most important step is to fix anything that is damaged or defective. This may be something as small as a broken tap. However, when the buyer sees small problems, they begin to question the upkeep of the home and wonder what other issues they may be missing.

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MAKE BAGS AND BEADS Joan has many projects ‘on the go’ at once.

“Sometimes I feel like bag-making, other times it is the beads which draw me in, sometimes I recycle and make paper.” She spends a couple of hours each day producing bags, beads or other crafts.

Joan arrived in Thirroul more than 25 years ago, Joan is often inspired by the environment but now, at 79, she has time to pursue her love of around her. “I do love nature’s beauty, the broad the environment.

“I work to lessen my footprint on this earth on a expanses of this land, but also the smallest detail of personal level first, so now I make material bags to the pansy and other tiny flowers. There is a creative urge to just keep doing and making in me. It encourage and assist others in lessening their use probably helps to keep me young really.” of plastic,” Joan says.

Though Joan teaches and shares her skills she is Her beautiful handcrafted bags “are lovingly happiest when alone. “I love working in a solitary crafted and lined for sturdy use”, Joan says. “They environment. I am happy and comfortable in my can be used for shopping, a hold-all for crafts, own skin and with my own company. I think a lot, folders for university and school students and and there is no need for other background noise in artists’ sketch-pads.”

The simple yet elegant bags are available in many the house. Silence helps me work and create.”

Joan grows her own herbs, spinach and different sizes for different purposes. “I make to order as well if people would like. They are strong, tomatoes. “I have barrels placed strategically around my yard for differing light conditions and light, double stitched for extra strength, easy to my veggie garden flourishes all year. reuse and wash and are individual and unique.”

“I try to grow what I can and conserve at all Most of the work is in the preparation, Joan says. levels. My chooks in the yard have an enormous “The cutting has to be accurate, equally the run and I get a great deal of satisfaction from construction, the pinning and other assembly and knowing I am making my own individual effort for the final touch in the ironing. The sewing actually our environment. My daughter, too … her life becomes a small part of the assembly,” she says.

Joan was taught the basics of sewing by her mother, reflects similar values. It has really been the development of three generations: my mother, but the creative exercise has taken her further.

“I enjoy seeing others with my bags and also my myself, and my daughter. We have all tried to be self-resilient and lessen our footprint.” necklaces. It gives me a real thrill to see others Joan is someone we should all emulate. “By each using my designs.” of us lessening our personal footprint on this earth Joan has made beaded necklaces, earrings and we can only make it better.” bracelets for decades and she has often taught the craft as well. “We have had courses at NIU3A (Northern Illawarra University of the 3rd Age) and n Writer Janice Creenaune is a voluntary ‘local hero’ for the PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) many retirees have easily learned the skills and Foundation, helping to raise awareness in the wear their own creations out and about.

Illawarra. For more details, contact Janice on “It gives me a great deal of satisfaction, both in janicecreenaune@gmail.com. 2515 making and the teaching of the craft.”

Janice Creenaune meets Joan Fleming who, after a lifetime in retail, has reduced her personal footprint and is encouraging others to do likewise. Photos by Jannine Vincent.

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THE DARKES FAMILY: Back row: Casey, Brandon, Ruth and Ted. Front: Glenn and Jo-Anne.

SUPPORT FARMERS AMID FOOD TAMPERING CRISIS Australia’s strawberry contamination scare has now spread across six states and the discovery of needles in an apple and banana have broadened the concern. As the fruit sabotage crisis widens to apples, 2515 asks Jo from Darkes Glenbernie Orchard what measures are being taken on their farm.

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We are confident in the procedures we have for This tampering event amounts at present to a packing our fruit, but we have no control after the form of “commercial terrorism”. This will not just fruit leaves our farm. affect farmers, but many other hardworking people, We could invest in such things as metal detectors such as packaging companies and associated on the farm but that won’t stop tampering after it suppliers. People will lose jobs in this crisis. leaves here. This scare highlights how vulnerable Keep buying fruit, the advice is to cut it up first our food chain is and we haven’t even begun to talk to check that it is OK. about other forms of tampering or other types of fresh food.

HONEY FRAUD We feel for all the farmers and other people The community is still getting impacted by this terrible act. This affects the whole over the recent honey fraud crisis, industry and could have far-reaching ramifications where a large Australian honey for all food handling and packaging. packing company stands accused Consumers need certainty and to have of importing and selling confidence. Small local producers are trying their adulterated honey. best. Buying direct at the farm gate is only one of No one wants to buy honey that the strategies to use to stay safe from these terrible is not actually honey or honey situations. Sure, you can come visit us direct for labelled as Australian that is not. apples, but we still need supermarkets and other The moral to this story is, and has always been, sellers, so we need strategies to ensure our food to buy from local honey producers. Get to know chain is free from tampering at any point. who is “real” and who is not. 2515

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BE WEED WISE

Canary Island date palm (left) and a Cocos palm.

With horticulturalist Merilyn House.

WEED AWAY: Cocos palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) and Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) Cocos palm is native to South America. It is invasive in Queensland and NSW. This palm is a single-stemmed palm that grows to an average height of 12m. Tall fronds up to 5m-long bear leaves with a green upper surface and greyish undersides. The Cocos palm is known for its bunches of orange yellow fruits (each fruit 2.5cm in diameter), and often has an untidy appearance due to hanging dead fronds and fermenting dropped fruits.

Canary Island date palm is naturally found in the Canary Islands. It has also naturalised in many countries and is regarded as a weed in Australia and California. This palm has a strong trunk that is scarred with old leaf bases and long gracefully arching fronds. The lower leaflets on each frond are reduced to stiff sharp spines. Large goldenstemmed panicles of small, three-petalled, often yellow flowers are followed by soft, single-seeded, orange to near-black fruits.

Dispersal: These palms reproduce entirely by seed. These seeds are spread by bats and other animals that eat the fruit. The seeds are also dispersed by water and in dumped garden waste.

Removal: Small palms can be dug out, larger ones will require specialised equipment,

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e.g. a registered tree removalist. If you wish to keep your palm, please remove inflorescences before fruit appears. Both these palms are on the Exempt Tree list for Wollongong City Council. This means that once the palm is positively identified, you can remove it without having to apply to Council for permission.

GROW ME INSTEAD Bangalow palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana) This palm has a solitary stem and reaches a height of up to 30m and a diameter of up to 30cm. It has a prominent crownshaft and arching fronds up to 4.5m long with many leaflets, giving it an attractive feathery appearance.

Cabbage tree palm (Livistona australis) This local native palm has fan-shaped leaves and generally a smooth trunk, although old leaf bases are retained on young plants. Remnant trees, sometimes as much as 30m high, can often be seen in gullies in cleared paddocks on the coast.

Dwarf date palm (Phoenix roebelenii) A neat dwarf palm, which is slow growing and cold hardy. It will thrive in heavy shade and gives a tropical feel to almost any garden space. n More info at www.helensburghlandcare.org. au, or call Merilyn on 0414 819 742. 2515

They can flower from December to April and thrive on well-drained soil and plenty of sun.

Water them only during spring and summer and hold off completely in winter months.

During the wet and cooler months, frangipanis can be at risk of root, branch and tip rot, which is caused by a fungus.

You can tell this by touching the stem and seeing if it becomes too soft; if a tree’s stem is firm then it’s healthy.

To reduce the risk, avoid watering them. n Get in touch with Bohmer’s Tree Care via email (info@bohmerstreecare.com.au) or give Bohmer a call for a friendly (no obligation) chat about any concerns or queries: 0432 789 530. 2515

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ran a WICGE survey that revealed barriers to women’s careers in coastal science, ranging from the “maternal wall” to “the boys’ club”.

“We had over 300 responses. Wading through the answers, I was in tears after about 10 minutes.

There was really horrible stuff in there – including bullying, harassment and the fact that women have had abortions because they fear for their careers in academia.

Gender inequality may be holding back “Women get sexually harassed on field trips, female scientists, but an international women get blatantly stereotyped on field trips, network group has a plan to bust through women very rarely have the opportunity to go on a the glass ceiling. field trip. It’s kind of a big boys’ club who gets invited on ship voyages and things like that.”

Last month the findings of the WICGE survey were published in a paper, titled Steps to improve gender diversity in coastal geoscience and engineering, in Nature Publishing Group’s social In May, 2515 interviewed Thirroul’s Dr Sarah sciences journal, Palgrave Communications. The Hamylton about her trip to Antarctica – the paper highlighted problems, from gender highlight of Homeward Bound, a prestigious stereotyping (women in STEM not being viewed as leadership program for women in science. competent) to the fact that women are underAs a founder of the Women in Coastal represented in leadership roles. Of the 314 Geoscience and Engineering (WICGE) network, respondents, 81 per cent perceived the lack of Sarah found it interesting that many of the 73 highly talented women on board had faced gender female role models as a hurdle to gender equity.

The paper suggested seven practical steps bias at work. “A lot of women had suffered in their towards achieving equity: advocate for more career because they’d had children or moved women in prestige roles; promote high-achieving around to follow their husband’s jobs,” she said at women; create awareness of gender bias; speak up; the time. “Coming out of Homeward Bound has get better support for returning to work after given me a renewed energy and momentum to maternity leave; redefine success; and encourage focus less on the sad stories and more on what we more women to enter the discipline at a young age. can do to get to a solution.” n Look out for a new series of articles starting Back at the University of Wollongong, where Sarah is a coastal geographer at the School of Earth next month in 2515, as we profile local leaders in and Environmental Sciences, the UK-born scientist coastal geoscience and engineering. 2515

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LIFEOLOGY With Terri Ayliffe.

Communication issues may arise due to the listening styles we use in conversations.

There is a difference between hearing and listening.

We can hear a person speak while we calculate a response in our minds, or we can listen to understand and empathise with their experience or alternative point of view. Listening to others and being heard ourselves is validating.

Conflicts occur in conversations when one or both people feel they are not understood. If we take part in conversations feeling, we need to provide a solution for the issue discussed or defend our own point of view, then it is likely one or both of us are hearing rather than listening. Here, frustration at not being heard can manifest in anger, which leaks

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into the interaction. If we listen with the intent to understand another person’s point of view or experience, conflict is far less likely.

I have many heartfelt conversations with my dogs; they listen to every word I say without understanding. Animals are not capable of providing a solution to my problem, nor are they calculating a response; they hear me and I walk away feeling better. Their listening style – giving me their undivided attention – validates me.

Listening to each other connects us, it diminishes feelings of isolation in all of us.

We all want to be valued, being heard and understood gives us what we seek.

Our pets get it right, they listen intently. Active listening allows us to empathise and connect. Each of us can provide each other with our time, attentive ears and perhaps a hug. We bring comfort to others with ears that listen rather than hear. n Read more of Terri’s work at https://lifeology.blog 2515

ART SHOW TURNS 20!

One of the most successful school fundraisers on the coast, the Scarborough Art Show started as a P&C initiative and remains a much-loved annual event on the Illawarra calendar. 2515 reports.

The 20th annual Scarborough Art Show will feature the work of more than 170 artists, including school parent Andrew Rich (whose work features in the ad, below right), and craft exhibitors.

Known for its vibrant body of work, including painting, sculpture, photography and ceramics, the show has grown from an event for parents and curious locals to an exhibition attracting art lovers from all over. Wombarra artist Paulineke Balez (who exhibits as Paulineke Polkamp) was among the parents who started the art show 20 years ago.

“It was a huge effort, just a whole incredible team of people,” she remembers. “Back then we did not have the resources that the current art show has – the current art show is fabulous. It’s got track lighting and track hanging and it’s a very smooth operation now. Back then we cobbled it together, we just plastered the walls with calico to give it a gallery sort of feel. We had to beg, borrow everything. And we spent a fortune on postage!

“Probably the first 10 years of the art show,

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Scarborough students will show works from their iCreate program at the annual Art Show on October 13 and 14.

I’d say that the craft room carried the art show.

People were doing really funky different stuff 25 years ago. They were very creative with their hands, I think it’s coming back now because I see there’s a lot of ceramics and macramé.”

This year Paulineke will again join the hardworking team of school parents to help curate and hang artworks. She’ll also likely display her own new works. “I spent 20 years doing ceramics, now I’m doing some abstract oil paintings.”

Local artists who have been “very supportive” include painter Paul Ryan, as well as Ashley Frost and Tanya Stubbles (both back in 2018). “That’s really helped built the quality of the show too.”

Opening night will be on Friday, October 12, visit scarboroughartshow.com. 2515

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Coledale’s Susie Crick, chair of Surfrider Foundation Australia, reports on a successful Clean Up Day. HEY, OCEAN ILLAWARRIORS! Surfrider had the busiest month in September with movies, beach cleans and community education opportunities. We raised $747 for our Victor Harbour (SA) branch who are campaigning to stop the oil-drilling licences in the Great Australia Bight. We also screened Never Town, which featured wild coastlines around Australia and interviewed the people fighting to keep them wild, including our campaign for the surf break at Martha Lavinia on King Island where TASSAL has put in a licence application for fish farms. The movie night was held at Stanwell Park CWA and special thanks to Grant Drinkwater and Anna Phillips for organising the night. While our branch could have kept the money for local projects, we have to think bigger picture and send help and campaign materials where they are needed. Out of sight is not out of mind. #cleanwaterhealthybeaches #drillingiskilling #longlivethebeach WE CLEANED UP! On World Clean Up Day, we hit Wollongong Harbour and heaps of volunteers came to North Wollongong beach to take part in what turned out to be the world’s biggest civic action in human history. World Clean Up Day brings millions of people from 150 countries and six continents together to clean up their part of the world.

Surfrider was there in mighty force with our friends from the Wollongong Free Divers and

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mermaids and mermen descended deep into the harbour’s murky waters and cleaned the seabed.

Surfboards and SUPs were used as collection barges for rubbish-hunting free divers. We will do the same thing again at the big daddy of all beach cleans on Saturday, 20th October. Save the date for the Illawarra Clean Beach Festival #icbfest. Come on Illawarriors, let’s get our ocean clean on!

NEXT CLEAN BEACH FEST The Illawarra Clean Beach Festival will be held at North Wollongong beach (and the harbour) and this year we plan to have a bigger and better event.

We will have a lot of help from our friends at Plastic Free Wollongong, the Wilderness Society, Fair Food Forager, Intrepid Landcare lllawarra, Sea Shepherd and Green Connect.

There will be micro-plastic sampling on the day, as well as the Finals of the GromFest series. Watch junior surfers in action as they compete to see who can have the most fun out in the water. We even have a team of preschoolers entered with the help of their siblings and parents.

It’ll be a great day! Join the Illawarriors Keepers of the Coast and the renowned Keepers of Clean to bring a sheen to our sparkly beaches. *Remember to BYO gloves, hats, oxybenzone-free and reef-friendly sunscreen and sunsafe clothing, but no plastic!

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VET AT WORK

With Dr Matt O’Donnell.

This month: A crystal find leads to a ‘precious’ stone.

Dashi, a five-year-old female Fox Terrier, is a bright bouncy dog but sometimes a little anxious.

Her owner went away for a short time and Dashi stayed at the kennels. When she came back, she had a few accidents where she urinated on the floor inside. As she seemed otherwise well, it was put down to anxiety. However, the accidents became more frequent and suddenly her urine was bright red.

We performed a urine test and discovered an infection and a few microscopic crystals in her urine. Dashi was placed on antibiotics and we suggested an ultrasound of her urinary tract. After six days of antibiotics, Dashi was still straining to go to the toilet often and still passing red urine.

We performed an ultrasound and discovered a large stone in a very thickened and inflamed bladder. Poor Dashi was in lots of discomfort so we took her to surgery to remove the stone.

Bladder stones can be removed without too much difficulty and Dashi soon bounced back to her normal energetic self with no symptoms.

Bladder stones can occur in dogs due to infection, but certain dogs and particular breeds can be prone to forming stones spontaneously.

A careful check of the dog’s history, breed and age, urine tests and imaging can usually find the problem. We have analysis on the stone showing it was caused by the infection, so we have made plans to prevent Dashi getting a bladder stone again. n Northern Illawarra Veterinary Hospital is at 332 Princes Highway, Bulli. Phone 4238 8575 or visit nivh.com.au. 2515

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FUR REAL!

Photos: Martin Islet by Chris Duczynski (www.malibumedia.com.au), seal by Victor Hawk.

Port Kembla is the unlikely gateway to a snorkelling hotspot. 2515’s Gen Swart reports from Martin Islet.

Each year, from about June to October, the Five Islands off Port Kembla become a marine tourism hotspot when a colony of bachelor fur seals take up residence at Martin Islet. Sydney company Abyss Diving has been running trips here for 18 years – yet locally the seals are still something of a secret.

Each week Abyss brings about 60 scuba divers and snorkellers, mainly from Sydney, to Port Kembla. Boats depart from a wharf on Foreshore Road, and the trip from industrial mainland to Five Islands wilderness takes 10 minutes.

On September 9, travelling courtesy of Abyss, I went snorkelling with the seals, an assignment that would land me in deep water – up to 15m, with visibility about 8m. It was magical. Seals twirled, spun and dived like jets, leaving white trails underwater. I took first-class photos of bubbles.

With comical big eyes and long whiskers, it was easy to forget these playful creatures are also swift predators (and the reason you’ll never see the little penguins from nearby Big Island here). As well as dozens of seals, we saw a huge stingray, shimmering jellyfish, colourful sea fans, sponges, kelp and little stripy fish.

Yes, there was something about dressing up hoodie to booties in a black wetsuit that felt like asking for a case of mistaken identity at the apex end of the food chain. But, no, in 18 years Abyss divers have never seen a dangerous shark here.

Reassuringly, everyone had a shark shield strapped to an ankle ($700 apiece for peace of mind).

Snorkelling with seals is an adventure for confident swimmers as conditions may range from balmy to challenging. On our boat, a nine-year-boy was in his element, while older, more fearful visitors battled in the current. Thanks to great gear

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(5mm-thick wetsuits and battery-powered heated vests), in two hours in wintry 16°C water I never felt cold. The Abyss dive boat is small at 8m but designed for comfort, with hot showers, spray jackets, and cheese, biscuits and chocolates for afters. It was what glamping is to camping – experiencing the great outdoors in great comfort.

There are only a few weeks left of seal season – so grab your mask and snorkel, and get out there to meet the ocean’s most charming predator. Just remember to set your camera to sport mode.

NEED TO KNOW When: June to October, $99 to snorkel, $120 to dive, call (02) 9583 9662, www.abyss.com.au.

Where: Five Islands Nature Reserve, a sanctuary for seabirds (little penguins, sooty oystercatchers and white-bellied sea-eagles). From 0.5 to 3.5km off the coast, the Five Islands are: Big Island and Flinders, Bass, Martin and Rocky islets.

MARINE PARK MAYHEM Last month, the Five Islands’ Flinders (Toothbrush) islet was a small emblem of a bigger controversy.

The NSW Government’s proposed Sydney marine park, a network of 25 sites, was slammed as offering too little (by conservationists) and too much (fishing groups). At a September 3 meeting, Wollongong councillors voted not to support a motion from the Greens’ Cath Blakey to develop a submission in support of the Five Islands section, including a 123-ha sanctuary zone (ie, no fishing except Aboriginal cultural use) around Flinders.

It was a sign of things to come: on September 17, Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair declared fishing lockouts were “off the table”. 2515

TH 1714 1.70 Time

0.32 0.39 0.39 0.53 0.24 1.71 0 0.21 0.28 MO 1335 WE 1456 SU 1332 FR 1637 TU 1515 TH 14 FR 1758 1.50 SA 1755 SU 1252 WE 1354 TU 1416 1.50 1.40 1.59 1.46 1 1.66 1.52 1.89 Time 1950 Time 1954 m Time 2124 m 2018 Time 2234 m 20 m 1902 m Time 2100 m 1949

SA 0.38 FR 1142 1811 1.80

0.21 0 0.21 0.36 0.27 SU 0.50 MO 0.30 TU 0.45 TH 0.25 FR 0.30 SA 1720 MO 1425 TU 1413 WE 1603 TH 1538 SA 1216 SU 1331 MO 1335 TH 1438 WE 1505 FR 15 1958 2043 0.55 1947 2120 2210 0.53 2104 2225 2318 0.48 21 1910 2026 0.431942 2222 2141 0.312034 1.85 1.74 1.59 1.49 1.57 1.47 1.47 1.41 1 1838 1.55

0045 0228 1.18 0030 0215 0337 1.07 0224 0345 0414 1.12 02 0541 0.410035 0.37 0006 0214 1.240127 0328 0305 1.170150 0 0.06 0.16 0.27 0.34 0.18 0.25 0.28 0.32 0.24 16 1.25 1 25 16 1.39 1 25 16 1.66 10 10 10 22 7 22 7 7 0001 7 0635 0.56 0737 0.68 0906 0.75 1203 22 1.430636 0555 0817 0.500738 0857 0921 0.620815 0950 1.65 1042 1 0830 1.52 1.43 1.63 0845 1.68 0739 1.46 06021 1.30 09 1311 1.42 1414 1.40 1525 1.34 1814 0.51 1227 1.53 1522 1.55

0446 0448 1.18 03 0014 1.310110 0.33 0146 0311 1.09 0215 0112 0245 1.160200 0323 0415 1.06 0301 0440 0341 1.230229 0.26 0.30 0 0.09 0.13 0.27 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.14 17 1.75 17 1.32 2 26 17 1.48 2 26 11 11 11 8 23 8 0054 8 8 23 1019 0.72 0625 23 0.460711 0727 0.63 0654 0852 0.570812 0843 0.72 1014 1000 0.590854 0917 1.55 1.48 1.68 1032 1.65 1119 1 0824 1.54 06552 1.39 09 0925 1.71 1630 1.33 1255 1.44 1409 1.39 1329 1.51 1516 1.36 1634 1.55

2018

1515 0.22 0.33 0.24 0.25 0 PORT KEMBLA –KEMBLA NEW SOUTH WALES 1415 SA 0.23 SU 0.30 MO 0.44 TU 0.24 WE 0.38 FR 0.24 TH 1652 SU 1804 TU WE 1453 FR 1622 SU 1257 MO –1424 TU SA 1239 SA 16 TH 1552 FR 1524 PORT NEW SOUTH WALES 2315 0.44 22 1917 0.541915 1.58 2107 0.57 2026 0.422020 2224 2256 0.52 2150 2322 2225 0.282121 1.45 2018 2130 1.75 2103 1.55 1.50 1.42 1.39 2036 1.72 1903 1.87 1.39 LAT 34° 29ʼ LONG 150° 55ʼ LAT 34° 29ʼ LONG 150° 55ʼ Times and Heights of High and Low Waters Local Time 0259 1.05 0230Waters 1.13NOVEMBER 0434 0452 1.08 0338 0537 Time 1.26 03 0115 1.220143 0540 0418 1.320309 0353 0.16 Low 0316 0.28 0.29 0.35 0.34Local 0142Times 0.08 0.29 0232 0258 0.14 0.36 and Heights of High and OCTOBER DECEMBER SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2018 18 3 18 18 0.33 3 12 27 12 12 0002 9 07443 1.46 24 24 9 1010 9 9 24 0830 1002 0.67 0908 0806 0928 0.590845 0957 1113 0.72 1003 1125 0.66 0718 0.510745 1.38 1125 1040 0.520936 1.63 27 1.56 1.61 1.52 1.55 1.71 0526 1.72 1.82

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0412 0433 1.07 0337 0349 0351 1.170305 0620 0049 1.35 04 0230 0006 1.160214 0015 0500 0.250352 0534 0528 1.15 0414 0.26 0.31 0.44 1 0.40 1.18 0.06 0215 1.07 0.18 0345 1.12 0.43 0349 0417 1.300.36 1.240.27 0328 1.170.28 171.63 21042 1711125 170817 2 1048 17 20857 19 4 28 19 19 421.52 4 28 13 13 13 10 10 25 10 0228 25 10 25 16 0045 1 16 16 1 16 0938 0.66 0924 0.570921 1220 0.58 1106 0.68 0823 0.54 0631 1.431021 1.55 1006 1.55 1154 1.59 0606 0 1.71 10 1.70 0950 1.65 0830 0906 0.75 0925 0635 0.56 0737 0.68 0555 0.501.43 1000 0.591.85 0.62 1616 1700 1.40 1603 1553 1619 1.571538 1819 1238 1.37 17 1727 1830 1.38 1720 1502 1.511413 0.36 1229 1802 0.431702 0.34 0.21 0.34 0.27 0.38 0.29 1 0.26 0.15 1425 0.21 0014 0625 SU 1255 1917

1.31 0.46 1.44 0.54

0146 0727 MO 1409 2107

1.09 0.63 1.39 0.57

0112 0654 TU 1329 2026

1.16 0.57 1.51 0.42

0323 0843 WE 1516 2224

1.06 0.72 1.36 0.52

0440 1014 FR 1634 2322

1.23 0.59 1.55 0.28

0446 1019 SA 1630 2315

1.18 0.72 1.33 0.44

0516 1113 SU 1716 2343

1.39 0.55 1.44 0.31

0444 1036 MO 1632 2302

1.28 0.69 1.28 0.43

3 0718

0.51

18 0830

0.67

3 0806

0.59

18 0957

0.72

3 1125

0.52

18 1125

0.66

3 1219

0.48

18 1142

0.62

1.53 1.55 WE TH FR FR MO TU MO 1227 SU SU TH SA TU SA 1.34 SU 1.49 MO 1.42 TU WE 1.40 TH SU 1311 TU 1414 TH 1522 FR 1525 SA 1611 SU 2310 0230 0.49 2245 0.30 2153 0.462026 183705332252 1.57 2305 1.46 1.42 2225 2318 0.481.481.25 1958 2043 0.55 1.85 2120 0.53 1910 0.43 0.301.33 2222 0.311.47 0609 1.372303 0115 1.22 0259 1.051.59 1.13 2210 0434 1.57 1.08 2225 05402141 1.32 0537 1.26

1529 MO 1 1939 0 2215 23

1816 1.41 TU 1732 1.28 1355 1.46 TU 1513 1.38 WE 1441 1.52 TH 1625 1.35 SA 1739 1.56 SU 1729 1.34 0037 0350 1.160245 0511 1.12 0456 1.250341 0010 0.43MO0448 01012346 0.23 0028 1.22 0513 0.36 0.36 0006 1.28 0311 0516 1.390.41 1.09MO0.09 0112 1.16 0323 1.06 0446 1.18 0.51 0440 1.230.30 0.410440 2215 0.540.27 2141 0.37 0415 2321 0.26 0.48 0428 2359 0.41 2034 0.52 0700 0934 0.52 1040 0.62 1034 0.49 0622 1.22 07180618 1.53 0605 0.54 1133 1.52 1.56 0545 0.47 0917 1113 0.551.85 0.63 1.55 06540852 0.57 0843 0.72 1019 1119 0.720.321.65 1014 0.591.68 0030 1.481109 0412 1.071.48 0349 1.17 1032 0534 1.65 1.15 1047 0620 1.35 0230 1.16 00151000 0.25 190.24 41804 19SU1240 40.22 191453 4 0924 19 41634 0938 0.660.33 0.57 1652 1106 0.25 0.68 1709 0823 0.54 06311622 1.43 0657 1.570.34 0.521756 1220 0.58 1309 1611 1.59 1711 1.45 1658 1.65 1204 0.61 1325 0.35 1235 1.53 1754 0.42 0.37 1213 1.68 0.16 1515 1716 1.44 1.39 1329 1.51 1516 1.36 1630 1.33 1.55 TU WETU TH FR SA MO SU WE FR SA MO SU MO WE TH FR MO TU WE SA FR 1502 1.51 WE 1616 1.40 1318 0.41 WE 1829 1.29 TH 1553 1.57 FR 1727 1.38 SU 1229 0.43 MO 1819 1.37 2302 0.352103 2356 0.43 2342 2312 0.22 1818 1921 1.42TU 1911 1.56 0.29 0.441.371929 1900 2354 1.31 1.33 2310 0.491.55 2245 0.30 2256 2153 0.46 18372225 1.57 2130 2343 0.31 1905 0.57 1.75 2026 0.42 2224 0.52 1.45 2315 2322 0.281.42

1632 TU 1 1.39 0 2032 2302

20 0701 200316 5 1034 20 50540 200.34 0700 1.45 0741 1.600000 0934 0.52 07180418 1.53 1040 0.620.28 0.49 0452 0622 0.35 1.22 0508 0557 1.19 0550 1.35 0050 0.3850002 0114 0502 1.21 0145 0.23 0552 0.47 0.43 0117 1.13 0105 1.21 0353 0609 1.481.28 1.05 50.16 0230 1.13 0434 1.08 0537 1.261.651.18 1.32 1410 0.35 TH 1331 0.40 FR 1658 1.65 SA 1204 0.61 WE 1611 1.59 TH 1711 1.45 MO 1325 0.35 TU 1309 0.49 1131 0.57 1136 0.40 0701 1.31WE0526 0737 1041 0.460928 08021922 1.62 1220 1.47 1.55 0645 0.62 0638 0.54 1002 1219 0.480.47 1125 0.661.340.58 0.67 1.56 0806 0.59 0957 0.72 1125 0.521.71 1905 1.39 2001 1.310531 2302 0.35 19291040 1.56 2356 0.431.52 2342 0.22 1113 1818 1.63 1.42 1133 1758 1.50 1755 1.71 1252 0.53 1354 1714 1.70 1416 0.28 1852 0.50 0.40 1320 1.46 1308 1.63 1607 1816 1.41 1729 1.34 1.38 1.52 1625 1.35 1739 1.56 FR SA SU 0.24 WE 1.81 TH 0.27 TU SA SU MO TU TH FR MO 1158 TU TH 1534 SA 0557 1.190.33 1.35 1740 0050 0.31 0.38 0114 0151 0.371.59 0114 0.361200 0502 01451710 0.23 MO TU WE1.211441 TH0550 SU0.34 SA1804 21 0745 212142 21 61.62 6 08022313 1131 0.571.506 1136 0.40 2341 0701 1.33 1.31 0737 1.56 0822 1.721853 1041 0.46 1.62 21 1902 1.4661849 1949 2018 1.52 2018 0.50 2005 0.32 0.19 2218 1.36 2359 0.411.700.40 0.54 TH 2141 0.37 2321 0.48 1714 1.70 FR 1758 1.50 SA 1755 1.71 SU 1252 0.53 TH 1457 0.30 FR 1422 0.29 TU 1416 0.28 WE 1354 0.39

1732 WE 1 1.40 19 2130 0 2346

0.37 04 1 0444 11 17 0142 17 11 5 226 20 14 17 11 5 29226 20 14 17 11 5 29226 20 14 1.45 0655 0 11 1036 0.49 18 1325 1

0146 0727 TU MO 1409 2107

0350 1.16

0511 1.12

0456 1.25

0010 0.43

0101 0.23

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0112 0.34

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0.34 00 1 0533 12 18 12 6 30327 21 15 18 0241 18 12 6 327 21 15 18 12 6 30327 21 15 1.56 0755 0 05 1142 0.39 12 1421 1

0259 0830 WE TU 1513 2215

1902 1.46

2018 1.52

1949 1.40

2048 1.30

2014 1.33

0035 0534 0.37 0528 0030 0015 0.160500 0127 0620 0.34 0049 0150 0618 0.32 01 0001 0349 0.240351 0224 0213 0.250100 1.17 1.35 1.13 0030 0.321.24 1 1.07 0.26 1.170.31 1.15 0.44 0.250.40 221006 7 1106 22 221.71 2240742 70631 70606 22 22 771.55 22 7 1.59 7 31 13 13 13 28 13 0433 28 28 19 19 19 0412 4 19 4 0636 1.25 0739 1.461125 0738 1.39 0815 1.66 0602 1.30 0845 1.680629 0.60 06 1154 0.64 1048 0657 1.570.53 1240 0 1220 0.58 0938 0.66 0924 0.571.55 0.68 1.43 1216 0.50 1830 0.38 1331 0.301802 0.26 1335 0.45 1238 1.52 1438 0.30 12 1142 0.381619 0.34 1505 1411 0.251255 1.58 1.73 1700 0.34 0001 0602 FR 1142 1811

0.24 1.30 0.38 1.80

0035 0636 SA 1216 1838

0.37 1.25 0.50 1.55

0030 0739 SU 1331 1947

0.16 1.46 0.30 1.74

0127 0738 MO 1335 1942

0.34 1.39 0.45 1.49

0224 0845 WE 1505 2104

0.25 1.68 0.25 1.47

0150 0815 TH 1438 2034

0.32 1.66 0.30 1.41

0229 0901 FR 1540 2132

0.40 1.73 0.28 1.27

0158 0830 SA 1511 2106

0.34 1.83 0.19 1.34

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1.39

23 0711

1.32

8 0824

1.54

23 0812

1.48

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1.71

23 0854

1.75

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1.74

23 0917

1.91

1318 0.41 1.57 0.43 SA SU MO MO 1819 TH WE 1829 FR WE WE TH 1 SA 1.38 TU 1.37 TH 1.40 FR SU TU WE WE 1616 TH 1553 FR 1727 SU 1229 1838 0215 1.55 1.74 1.49 1939 2034 1.41 19 1811 1.802225 21040245 1.47 2115 0.33 1911 1.370.23 2310 2305 0.49 1.46 2245 0.30 1837 1.57 1942 0054 0.14 0110 0.331.42 0.13 0200 1947 0.30 0301 0.30 0229 0.31 0305 0.440.45 0.341953

0511 1040 FR TH 1711 2356

1239 0.30 SU 1257 0.44 0.24 TU 1415 0.38 1552 0.24 FR 1524 0.23 1621 0.28 SU 1601 0.11 MO 1424 TH 0110 0.33 0215 0.13 0200 0.30SA0142 0054 0.140428 030121590112 0.30 0229 0030 0.31 01 0513 0.341.23 0 1.12 SA0.36 0456 1.25 0010 0.43 0037 0.371.241.10 0101 0.231.28 1903 1.87 1915 1.580.36 2036 1.72 0028 2020 1.22 1.50 21500006 1.39 2121 1.39 2215 1.340204  Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2016, of Meteorology 0925Bureau 1.71 0854 0701 1.75 07 0711 1.32 0824 1.54 0812 1.48 0655 0655 1.391047 0.58 1133 0741 1.65 1 0.62 1.52 1034 0.49 0622 1.22 0700 1.45 0718 1.530.47 0142 0.08 0143 0.291.56 0258 0232 0.54 0.29 0342 0.480.69 0334 0.14 0605 03380545 0.36 0309 0.33 0.340732 90.42 241709 24 91325 241.68 91325 24 9 0908 0744 1.46 0845 1.53 1.55 1015 1.721.45 10031213 1.72 0936 1.82 1006 1.951355 0745 1.380.37 1.61 1235 1552 0.24 1524 0.23 1257 0.44 1424 0.24 1415 0.38 1239 0.30 1754 1410 0.35 0 1.45 1.65 1204 0.61 1309 0.49 0.35 SU MO TU SASU TH FR 1.65 SU WESU TH FR 13 SA MO WE TH 1331 FR0.241658 SA TU0.17 MO FR Datum Predictions is Lowest 1332 1456 0.32 1700 0.29 Tide 1637 0.26 MO 1335 0.39 WE TU 1515 0.21of SA 1612 Astronomical MO 1652 0.08 215022532001 1.39 2121 1922 1.39 20 1915 2124 1.58 2036 1.72 2020 1.50 2032 1903 1.872312 2354 1.340.27 1 0.43 1.31 2342 0.22 1.42 1905 1.391.210.48 1.560.29 1954 1.89 2100 0.44 1.50 2256 22341900 1.32 2211 1.37 1.342056 1950 1.591.33 1.66 1921 LAT 34° 29ʼ 1818 LONG 150°1929 55ʼ

23 20 14 8 529 23 20 14 8 529 23 20 14 8 529 20 14 PORT KEMBLA – NEW SOUTH WALES

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Times are in standard time (UTC +10:00) or daylight savings time 0418 0.53 0337 0.18 0305local 0.28 0414 0.43 0352 0.36 0.37 100145 251.21 100241 25 0427 250508 10 25 0232 0.29 0142 0.08 0143 0.29 0258 0.14 0338 0.36 0309 0.33Tim 0950 1.65High 0921 1.63 Low 1042 1.70 1021 1.85 1056 1.950313 1051 0.43 0117 1.13 0105 02 0114 0.341.691.09 0151 0.371.25 0114 0 0557 0552 1.19100.47 0550 1.35Heights 0050 0.38 0.23 Times and of and Waters Local New Moon First Quarter Moon Phase Symbols 1603 0.21 1538 0.27 1720 0.29 1702 0.15 1745 0.08 1740 0.32 WE TH SA TU 1003 1.72 0936 1.82 08 0845 1.55MO0755 0744 1136 1.461133 0745 1.38 0908 1.61 0737 1.561.180.73 0822 1.700.60 0745 1 1131 1220 0.57 1.47 0.401.55 0701 1.31 0802 1.62SU0.54 2210 1.57 0645 2141 0.62 1.47 23180638 1.25 2303 1.33 2348 1.330845 2337 OCTOBER PTEMBER 1637 0.26 1612 0.17 1456 0.32 1332 0.24 1335 0.39 1515 0.21 1.63 1.56 1354 0.39 1457 0.30 0 1.50 1.71 1252 0.53 0.28 WENOVEMBER SU 0.50 MO TU FR SADECEMBER SA 1852 SU 1804 MO TU TH 1421 FR SA 14 WE0.41 TH FR 1422 FR 1758 SA0.091755 SU0415 0311 0245 0.270.40 0.26 1320 0341 1.46 0.30TU 1416 04481308 0.51 0440 0456 0.571.38 0521 0.401501 0228 0830 MO 1425 2043

0.06 1.52 0.21 1.85

0214 0817 TU 1413 2026

0.27 1.43 0.36 1.59

21 15 9 630 24 21 15 9 630 24 21 15 9 630 24 21 15

11Time 26 0852 11 26 260.32 26 11482048 1128 0917 1.55 1.481950 1032 1.65 2018 1000 0.50 1.68 11 11192005 1.65 1109 1.85 1.892156 2234 1.32 2211 1.37 Ti 2100 1.50 1954 1.89 1.59 2124 1.66 2130 21 1.401.640.49 1.300.29 1 1902 1.46 2018 1.52 Time11 m m Time m Time m Time m 2014 Time m 1949 TU 1515 0.22 WE 1453 0.33 TH 1652 0.25 FR 1622 0.24 SU 1804 0.34 MO 1756 0.16 TU 1819 0.36 WE 1838 0.11

m

2130 1.75

2103 1.55

2256 1.45

2225 1.42

0215 1.07 .41 0035 0045 0006 1.240452 0328 1.17 041400450229 0.43 0228 0.06 0316 0214 0.27 0337 0224 0.18 0305 0.28 0345 0213 0150 0.321.161.12 0.37 1.18 0030 0.16 0127 0.251.17 0.35 0.34 0002 1.18 0000 1.28 0019 1.31 0353 0.16 0.28 0418 0.34 27 0928 12 1113 27 270.60 120906 27 06180901 .43 0636 0635 0555 0.50 0857 0.62 0536 0.610.75 1002 1.56 1.520817 10400.68 1.71 12 1.63 0737 05260742 0.58 0531 0.47 0.45 1042 1.70 0830 1.52 1.43 0950 1.65 0921 1.63 0815 1.66 1.25120.56 0739 1.46 0738 1.39 0845 1.68 FR 1740 0.31 SA 1710 0.24 MO 1158 1.59 TU 1200 1.81 WE 1206 1.58 TH 1242 1.79 WE 1607 0.27 TH 1534 0.33 .51 1227 1.53 1522 1.55 1720 0.29 1425 0.21 0.36 1603 0.21 1538 0.27 1438 0.30 0.50 0.30 1335 0.45 1505 0.25 1540 SU 1311 MO 2142 TU TH1411 FR 1525 SA SA MO 1.42 TU WE TH 1.58 1901 0.401.34 2218 1.501413 23131.40 1.36 1.33 1414 1849 0.40 1853 1932 0.18 TH0.19 SA 1216 SU1.621331 MO2341 WE WE FR TIMES AND 2120 0.53 1910 0.43 1942 2222 0.31 2318 1.25 2043 1.85 0351 1.59 1.57 2141 1.47 2225 2034 1.411.140.48 1838 1958 1.55 0.55 1947 1.74 2104 1.470.33 2132 0105 0433 0.26 0.312026 0528 0.44 1.49 0500 2210 0.40 00492115 1.13 0100 1.24 0144 1.31

1.30 0158 0.36 03 0.40 0352 16 0901 25 22 22 16 10 7 1 25 22 16 10 7311 25 22 16 10 7 1 0417 1000 0.59 1.85 0830 1.73 1021 1611 1702 1.49 0.15 15

13 1048

1.55

28 1006

1.55

13 1154

1.59

28 1125

1.71

13 0606

0.64

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0.53

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0.28 SU 0 SU SA 1511 2252 0.30 2106 1.33 22 1 1.27 2303

28 0720 OF0.51HIGH HEIGHTS

.31 .46 .44 SU .54

1247 1.50 FR 1338 1.66 1700 0.34 FR 1619 0.34 0.38 SU 1802 0.26 1238 1.52 WE 1255 1.73 SA 1830 0516 1.39 0112 1.16 0323 0440 1.23 044820280305 0.51 0311 0.09 2225 0.27 0415 TU 0.26 0.30TH0446 0.30 1.06 0110 0146 0.33 TH1.09 0215 0.13 0.44 0440 0301 0.30 0341 0229 0.310.431.18 1946 2305 1.46 1.420245 0200 1939 0.45 1953 0.23 0.25 AND LOW1.65 WATERS 1113 0.55 1019 0727 0654 0.57 0843 0.72 1014 0.59 1119 0917 1.55 0852 1.48 1032 1.65 1000 1.68  Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2016, Bureau of Meteorology 0812 1.48 0711 1.32 0.63 0824 1.54 0939 1.74 1109 0925 1.71 0854 1.751.140.72 0513 0.36 0428 0.36 0028 1.22 0006 1.28 0142 1.10 0204 1.23 0156 0245 01.32 LAT 34 29’ 1716 141630 14 29 14 29 291622 29SA 1133 1.52 1.561453 0605 0.54 1516 05451.36 0.47TH14 0655 0.69 0732 0.58 0714 0.701.33 0828 0.56 1.44 1409 1.39 1329 1.51 1.55 1804 0.34 1515 0.22 0.33 1652 0.25 0.24 1415 0.38 1257 0.44 1424 0.24 1621 0.28 1552 0.24 1524 0.23 SU SA MO TU 1047 WE FR 1634 SU MO 1756 TU WE TH FR TU MO FR SU Datum of Predictions is Lowest Astronomical Tide 1754 0.42 1709 0.37 1235 1.53 1213 1.68 1325 1.45 1355 1.65 1334 1.43 1438 1.53 SA SU MO WE SA 0 2026 0.42 0.28 2130 1.75 1.55 2256 1.45 1.42FR2315 LONG 1500.31 55’2343 2020 1.50 1915 2107 1.58 FR0.57 2036 1.72 2215 1.24 0.31 2150 1.39TH2225 2121 1.390.450.44 2354 1.31 2312 1.332103 1921 0.44 2224 19000.52 0.29 2032 2322 0.48 2056 0.27 2034 2123

0.41 04 17 1001 23 17 11 8 2 26 23 17 11 8 2 26 23 17 11 8 2 26 23 0245 1.85 0917 0.16 16

.22 .51 .46 MO .52

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