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MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS 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. See page 16.

SARAH DEITZ

is the owner of Reclaim your space, a home organisation and design business based in the Northern Illawarra. She is a member of the Institute of Professional Organisers (IOPO) and an interior decorator, holding a Cert IV in Colour & Design and a Diploma in Interior styling from ISCD. Combined with her background in project management, she can help you transform the space you live in to create a home that looks great and makes life simple. See page 18.

BRENDAN BATTY

is the editor/publisher of ROAM, the nation’s most successful caravan and camper-trailer magazine and, as such, this Bulli resident has experienced more of Australia than most of us could ever dream to – but he still loves NSW’s South Coast more than any other destination. Brendan shares his top three favourite South Coast camping destinations on page 10.

DUNCAN LEADBITTER

is a director of fisheries and natural resource consulting company, Fish Matter, which advises industry, government and NGOs on the sustainable use of fish. Most of Duncan’s work is in based in Asia where he is involved in fisheries projects in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines and India. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of Wollongong. A keen scuba diver, snorkeller, spearfisherman and photographer, Duncan has lived in Stanwell Park for 20 years. See page 6.

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SUMMER CINEMA & BOOKS

Enjoy films under the stars and books on the beach.

JAMBEROO DIVE IN MOVIES Relax at “Dive-In-Movies” after an action-packed day at the water park. On Saturday nights at 6pm during the school holidays; entry included in your pass. January flicks include Monster Family, Early Man, Sherlock Gnomes and Tad the Lost Explorer. www.jamberoo.net. SUNSET CINEMA Cosy up on a beanbag and watch latest hit films (such as A Star is Born) or kick back with a classic (Dirty Dancing). Sunset Cinema is on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until February. Bring your own picnic or buy dinner and snacks from food trucks there. This is a licensed event so no BYO drinks. Fig Lawn, Wollongong Botanic Garden, www.sunsetcinema.com.au MOONLIGHT MOVIES Wollongong City Council presents free family fun at various locations. Just bring a blanket and enjoy. The next one is fantasy film, Neverending Story (PG), on 16 February at Robert Ziems Park, Corrimal. Visit www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au.

TOP 10: LIBRARIANS’ SUMMER READS 1. Half Moon Lake by Kirsten Alexander 2. The Nowhere Child by Christian White 3. Waiting for Elijah by Kate Wild 4. Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee 5. Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton 6. The Love That I Have by James Moloney 7. The Book Ninja by Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus. 8. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. 9. April in Paris , 1921 by Tessa Lunney 10. Less by Andrew Sean Greer. JANUARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN AT THIRROUL LIBRARY Thirroul Library reopens Wednesday, 2 January 2019. Checkout the Library website for bookings. Coding Activity: Tues, 8 January, 10.30am. Who is smarter a human or a robot? Come and find out as you learn some new coding skills. Wacky Science Workshop: Tues, 15 January, 10.30am. Find out why things fizz, float, sink, ooze or even pop. Bonjour Illawarra: Wed, 16 Jan, 2pm. Join us to make some French food and have some fun with French/English bilingual dances, games and stories. Lego Competition: Tues, 22 Jan, 10.30am. 2515 WATER WORX, DAPTO SHOWGROUND Splash out in themed inflatable pools or slide down the Epic Racer at Water Worx. Grab something to eat at the onsite cafe or enjoy a picnic under the shady trees. Water Worx is open daily until Monday, 28 January. Enter via southern end of Mulda Street, Dapto.

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JAMBEROO ACTION PARK Remember your fun side and join your kids hurtling down watery tunnels. There are options for all ages with toddler areas, wave pools, golf, bobsleds or the fast and thrilling “Perfect Storm” and the “Funnel Web” water slides.

SYMBIO WILDLIFE PARK It’s wet and it’s wild – a splash park and a zoo! Helensburgh’s award-winning, family-owned zoo is home to summer’s coolest attraction – a grand new splash park with water fountains, squirters, a giant dump bucket and a snake tunnel.

SUTHERLAND LEISURE CENTRE The new $1.5 million facility includes water slides and fountains for kids of all ages. Access to the Water Fun Park is included in the standard pool entry fee and is open Monday to Friday, 10am to 12pm & 3pm to 6pm and 10am to 6pm during the school holidays and weekends. 2515

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Look for yellowtail (inset) in the bay south of Coalcliff rock platforms. Photos courtesy of the Australian Museum and Chris Duczynski

HELLO FISH

With Duncan Leadbitter. Part 1 in our new underwater discovery series! This is the first in a series on good snorkelling and scuba dive sites in the Illawarra and South Coast. The region offers a fantastic variety of sites to get in the water and visit the fish. With a few exceptions (such as Bushrangers Bay near Shellharbour), the sites access the open ocean and care needs to be taken to ensure safe entry and exit from the water. SAFETY TIPS There’s no substitute for common sense and it pays to watch the entry/exit spot for 10 minutes or so to see how it performs as the wave height varies. It also pays to think about how conditions may change as the tide comes in or out or if the wind changes. Look for alternative exit points in case the place you entered the water becomes unsuitable for exiting an hour or so later. A couple of general tips include: 1. Avoid sloping rocks as the waves will wash up and down, taking you with them and possibly rubbing you over a field of sharp barnacles. 2. Vertical drops into the water are good because the waves will simply rise and fall against the face but make sure that if the tide drops the wall is not too high to get out. Ledges potentially make it easier. 3. Bide your time. There should be no hurry getting in or out. Watch how and where the water moves while getting in to avoid being carried to a place you don’t want to be. When getting out it’s easier to wait in the water for the right moment than risk getting scraped along the rocks. 4. Wear a wetsuit even if the water is warm. It’s your protection against rocks, barnacles, sea urchins and other critters. Gloves are also important. 5. Tell someone where you are going. WHAT LIES BENEATH: COALCLIFF One of my favourite sites is Coalcliff. Park on Paterson Road and walk through Leeder Park

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towards the rock pool, then turn right. About 100m south is a small bay. On the northern side of the bay are a number of relatively easy entry/exit spots that are protected from northerly winds and waves and drop into about 4 or 5m of water. Often there are anglers gathered along this area so it pays to swim south towards the other side of the bay. You will cross a channel and after about 20m or so the seabed will rise to a rocky, seaweed-covered terrace about 2-3m deep. In the channel may be schools of yellowtail, garfish and the occasional black reef leatherjacket. After about 50m the terrace will start to break up into a boulder field where white-eared drummer are common, as well as the occasional black drummer, bream or luderick. On the southern tip of the bay a shallow reef juts north. Depending on the tide it may be less than 1m deep so it pays to keep an eye on how the swell is being affected. However, there are commonly lots of fish including drummers, sea pike, one-spot pullers, hulas and occasionally surgeonfish and rabbitfish. If you’re feeling adventurous head out to sea about 30m across the deep (6m) channel and the reef will rise up to a depth of about 3m. Head north and, especially in late summer there may be big schools of yellowtail and the occasional kingfish. If the water is clear you may see the occasional morwong or leatherjacket in among the rocks. As you head back to the exit site you will be over a barren terrace that breaks up into gullies on the eastern side. Australian salmon, migrating north, may be seen in a school hoping to avoid predatory dolphins. The visibility at Coalcliff can be very variable. The geology is comprised of sandstone and shale and the shales contribute fine sediments to the water that can make the visibility poor after rain or windy conditions. If so, head south towards Bellambi. Like the whole coast, the abundance of life varies from place to place and from season to season. 2515

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2. LITTLE GARIE Starting at Garie surf club, take a short walk south along the bottom of the cliff. Stay on the marked track as you pass by the shacks and take note of the original architecture and materials used to maintain them. There are about 30 huts and, if you’re still feeling healthy, walk up and over the hill to Era. Remember that “shackies” are often in residence, so give them some space on your way through.

This month, Bulli photographer Chris Duczynski shares aerial images of three historic shack communities in the Royal National Park, each very different and all fantastic places to explore on a day trip. Prints available at www.malibumedia.com.au or email chris@malibumedia.com.au 2515

1. ERA Era is a small collection of Heritage-listed shacks in the Royal National Park. They can be accessed from the car park by a solid 30-minute walk downhill – which means uphill all the way back. The half-day trip is definitely worth it to see this wonderful collection of restored and maintained huts. There are lifeguards on duty on weekends, so you can cool down with a quick swim. 1

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SET UP CAMP

A local travel writer shares his top 3 spots on the South Coast. As the editor/publisher of ROAM, the nation’s most successful caravan and camper-trailer magazine, Bulli resident Brendan Batty has experienced more of Australia than most of us could ever dream to – but he still loves NSW’s South Coast more than any other destination. In this issue, Brendan shares his top three favourite camping destinations on the coast. BENDALONG POINT I’ve been coming to this isolated, beachside holiday town for nearly 20 years and it’s become a fast favourite with the kids, too. The caravan park, which is right out on the point, has a great surf beach to the south (for the grown-ups) and on the north, a sheltered bay where semi-tame stingrays swim past to be hand fed (for the kids). It’s where we go when we just want to relax and have a bit of fun. 2

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MURRAMARANG NATIONAL PARK I don’t think I could pinpoint just one part of the park that’s the best, as there are so many great places to camp. If you like it simple, spots like Pretty or Pebbly Beach are stunning, beachside camps among the coastal gums, while any of the caravan parks between Bawley Point and South Durras are absolute beachfront, surrounded by the bush and frequented by kangaroos. 3

TATHRA There are few places where there is so much fun to be had. The beaches around Tathra have great surf, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wide variety of camping, from world-class caravan parks to simple national park campgrounds where phone reception is scarce. In the hills above there are great mountain bike trails, which are being rebuilt after fire decimated so much of this area earlier in 2018. 2515

1. Picture-perfect at Murramarang NP 2. The serenity of Tathra 3. Camping life at Tathra 4. Getting ready for a cuppa at Bendalong 5 Catching a wave at Bendalong 6 Meeting locals at Bendalong. Photos: Brendan Batty

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‘BOOKS THAT CHANGED ME’

Three local children’s authors presenting at January’s Kids Day Out share the stories that have shaped them. SUE WHITING Stanwell Park’s Sue Whiting is a children’s author and editor. She has written numerous books in a variety of genres: fiction and nonfiction, picture books through to YA, including the best-selling The Firefighters and Missing and the award-winning A Swim in the Sea. Her latest book is Beware the Deep Dark Forest. 1. The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton I loved the adventure and also the freedom and courage of the characters in these books and it was when I discovered how reading could transport you to another world. I also credit the series for turning me into an avid reader, which ultimately led to a love of language, story and books and laid the foundations for my writing later in life. 2. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak When I started out as a young primary school teacher, I immediately fell deeply in love with children’s literature. Where the Wild Things Are was my first crush, and in all honesty it is this book that set me on the path to eventually becoming a children’s and YA author myself. When I saw how engaged and immersed my young charges were in this story, I was consumed with a desperate need to create my own stories. 3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee This has been a huge influence on me. It was probably the first book I read as a young teen that put me out of my comfort zone, that made me think about the world around me differently. It taught me about racism, injustice and social inequality and much about human nature, but most importantly, it taught me about the power of the written word. I strive to write a story as powerful. SANDY FUSSELL Sandy is the author of 14 children’s books, including the Samurai Kids series. She has been shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year and reviewed in the NY Times. Sandy is often found in a school library waving her practice sword or teaching a Minecraft-based writing workshop.

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1. Lord of the Rings by J.R. R. Tolkien A book I read for the first time in primary school. And I’ve been re-reading it ever since. I was always an avid reader, but this was the book that woke up the writer inside me and made me want to create story magic, too. 2. On Time and Being by Martin Heidegger A book of philosophical writings that I found in a secondhand bookshop in Year 11 when I was young and pretentious. It showed me I couldn’t know or understand everything and that it was okay to fail sometimes. 3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon A book that opened my eyes to a world I didn’t know and made me feel an empathy for others that has never left me. I developed a lifelong love for similar books that continue to reinforce and teach me this lesson. PAT SIMMONS Pat lives at Thirroul. She writes poems, short stories, flash fiction and children’s picture books. Pat’s books – Ziggy’s Zoo (Little Pink Dog Books) and Little Spiral (Little Steps Publishing) – entered the world in 2018. 1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll From childhood to the present, this book has continually reminded me that stories can be whimsical, weird and wonderful. 2. The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris A beautiful feast of poetry and pictures. I have this book permanently open to a new page every day in my writing room. It’s both inspirational and nostalgic. 3. Earthly Delights and all subsequent Corinna Chapman books by Kerry Greenwood The characters, the setting and the delightful stories make me happy and I can smell those breads baking! n An annual free event, Kids Day Out will be on January 17 at Dapto Ribbonwood Centre – book workshops online at wollongongcitylibraries. eventbrite.com 2515

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go questing with Sue Whiting, find their writer super powers with Allison Tait or Minecraft a story Author Sandy Fussell has the lowdown on the free with Sandy Fussell. festival of storytelling for ages three to 13. If they like illustrating, The Illawarra and South Coast branch of the they can create 3D using Children’s Book Council is holding their annual light and shade with Dale Kids Day Out on 17th January at Dapto Newman or design comic Ribbonwood Centre – and everything is free. characters with Marcelo Baez. Those who like both The 2019 program has a range of activities for can do both! kids aged from three to 13 led by local authors, Kids of all ages can get their groove on with illustrators, poets and storytellers. It’s all about Gabe Journey Jones’s drumming and poetry craft, writing, books and stories. session, be entertained by storyteller Lilli Pang, Sessions have age guidelines to help parents and build with Lego or drop into the Story Tent for kids decide what to do. stories and craft at any time. Young kids can choose from story time, drama The day has become so popular that this year it’s and maker sessions. They can venture into the necessary to book for each session in advance deep, dark forest with Sue Whiting, make a cute or (except Lego and the Story Tent). To book and find creepy bug with Pat Simmons or enjoy interactive out more about particular sessions, visit http:// storytelling and games with Karen Hendriks. wollongongcitylibraries.eventbrite.com. If they are animal lovers, there are craft and story If you are interested in helping local children sessions based around dinosaurs and whales with to connect with literature and in joining a Kylie Westaway or dogs and crocodiles with welcoming group of volunteer children’s literature Dianne Ellis. lovers, new hands are always needed for events For older kids, there is a selection of writing and such as Kids Day Out. Please contact the iscbcbca@ illustrating workshops. If they like writing they can gmail.com 2515

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(At left) Emily Wurramara; (below) Hello Tut Tut; (right) Irish Mythen.

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ILLAWARRA FOLK FESTIVAL Get ready for awesome music and plenty of fun in a great family-friendly atmosphere at the 34th Illawarra Folk Festival, from January 17 to 20 at Bulli Showground. 2515 reports.

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Four days, 140 acts and a fabulous atmosphere – the annual Illawarra Folk Festival is back! The festival kicks off on Thursday, January 17 with a Charity Concert and finishes on Sunday night, January 20 with a performance by the Festival Choir, Orchestra and special guests. Billed as “four exciting summer days of folk, world, roots, bluegrass, gypsy and Celtic music, as well as poetry, comedy and dance”, the annual knees-up will star local and international artists, who’ll perform more than 400 concerts at 11 on-site venues. There will also be international food stalls, craft stalls and a festival bar. New Australian faces include 2515’s cover star Emily Wurramara, plus The Mission Songs Project plus Broads, Cigany Weaver, Co-cheol, Hello Tut Tut, Highlander, Jodi Martin Band, Kate Pass Kohesia Ensemble, Liam Gerner, Matt Katsis, Michael Waugh, Miriam Lieberman Trio, Rob Longstaff, Super Rats, Tin Star and The Long Johns. There will another strong showing of international acts including Albi & The Wolves, Coral Reid, Dana Sipos, Dennis J Leise, Fru Skaggerak, Irish Mythen, Jenny Mitchell, Ken Field’s Hoot Band, Lindsay Lou, Mensch, Monique!, Moussa Diakite and Wassado, Sophie & Fiachra, The Fretless and Winter Wilson. Past festival favourites returning include Ted Egan, Ballpoint Penguins, Cloudstreet, Dave de Hugard, Gleny Rae Virus & Her Playboys, Junior, On the Stoop, Sarah Humphreys and The Pigs. Fringe events include the Folk Music School (January 16 and 17), Green Music Train (January 19 and 20), Tripe Dinner and Concert (January 17) and more. David de Santi, the Illawarra Folk Festival’s artistic director, kindly took time out of his hectic schedule to have a chat with 2515.

Photos: Hannah Brontë Photography, Illawarra Folk Festival

Congratulations on organising another Illawarra Folk Festival. Is it a logistical nightmare? Yeah, but we’ve done it before … we’re not daunted by it – we’ve done it 33 times before. So, it’s good, it’s pretty exciting, this is a pretty good program … we’ve got about 40 percent new acts, about 45 percent are female acts, so we’ve really sort of structured it a bit to be a bit more gender balanced and it’s exciting to have new talent come along plus some old favourites as well. And the atmosphere is family friendly? Yeah, that’s the nice thing about it: we try to cater for the whole family and there’s lots of great food, the bar, but it’s a very sort of pleasant atmosphere, everyone is really well behaved normally. What can people expect? We have international acts, acts from around Australia and we’ve also booked 50 or 60 local acts. There’s lots of dance groups and performers and we try to give people at least one gig to be part of … but also for a punter who pays for a ticket they’re going to get a great choice of music they’ve never heard before and some old favourites as well. Top-class acts? Yeah and we put a lot of effort into the sound. We spent $20,000-plus providing quality sound engineers at the venues to make sure people’s experience is good. You all must be proud? Yeah, and the thing is we do it as a team – there’s a team of about 40 people during the year, all volunteering and putting their passion into it – and

EMILY WURRAMARA 2515 had a chat with the Northern Territory singer-songwriter, on the road in between summer festivals. Please tell us about your debut album, Milyakburra. I’m really grateful and thankful for everyone who’s involved in making it happen, It takes a team effort, I can’t take all the credit [laughs], I want to acknowledge them and give them love and respect because it’s hard, it’s such a long process. I’m really proud of it – and it being nominated for an ARIA [in the Best Blues and Roots Album category] is a huge surprise. It’s pretty full-on [laughs]. What are you looking forward to about the 2019 Illawarra Folk Festival? I’m really excited to meet new people and share my music. I hear it’s a beautiful festival and I’m really excited just to be there and listen and show my love and support as much as I can and do as much as I can. Everyone is really excited to see you live on stage – what can people expect from your gigs? It’s very intimate. I am a bit of a storyteller – I do like telling stories when I perform and it’s really important for me to connect with the audience with each song and let them know the background and foundation of the songs and what they mean and who I wrote it for because every song is different. I’ll be bringing a lot of new songs as well so I’m really excited for everyone to hear those and hear my new, kind of, style [laughs]. So it’s going to be lovely, it’ll be really beautiful. 2515 that’s what drives it. The Illawarra Folk Club that presents the festival is turning 40 this year – there’s a concert actually celebrating that as well. A lot of people don’t quite recognise that the festival is run by the Illawarra Folk Club; they tend to see the festival as an entity on its own but it’s through the efforts of the club that it goes ahead. Is there any one act that you’re really happy to have locked in for the festival? There’s a couple really: Emily Wurramara, she’s a singer on her way up – she’ll be great. [See Emily Wurramara, at top of this page.] Irish Mythen, she’s coming back, she’s from Canada, she’s a pocket dynamo performer, she came a couple of years ago. It’s great to have someone like [Australian country music legend]

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Ted Egan come back, Ted’s an amazing performer and he’s a bit of an icon for the festival because he’s been involved with lots of the early festivals. There’s a couple of highlights and then we’ve got 15 international acts that are playing the festival scene during January, so it’s great to grab them. Something for everyone? We think so – if anybody likes acoustic music, there’s always going to be something, and there’s always a bit of choice: you can go to the acoustic things, or the Celtic punk-style bands if you want to get a bit jumpier; we’ve got some world music bands. One of the bands I do think will be a big hit is a band called Hello Tut Tut, from Melbourne: fantastic vibe, good fun, good music.

So, what an event! Oh, it’s unique … people have to really understand and realise and need to support it because we do a lot of paperwork behind the scenes with council to get permissions. There are times when we think ‘My gosh, what are we going through all these hoops for?’ but it is an amazing event and it brings together a lot of people and we always say, “lots of old friends get together and lots of new friends are made” at the festival and that’s definitely the sort of atmosphere that happens … it’s a peaceful place too, so it’s a good place to escape for a couple of days in this crazy world. n For more details, visit www.illawarrafolkfestival. com.au. Performer applications for the 2020 festival will open in March 2019. 2515

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In season: nectarines at Darkes Glenbernie Orchard.

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Jo Fahey answers the most frequently asked questions about the summer stone fruit – peaches, nectarines, plums and apricots – at Darkes.

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Where do I store my stone fruit and how long will they keep? In the coldest part of your refrigerator between 1°C and 4°C to keep them crunchy or on the bench in your house to allow them to ripen. Kept outside the fridge they will keep their juiciness. No matter what you do they will only be at their best in the first two weeks from the date of picking and sometimes it’s way less than that.

How can I tell which ones taste the best and sweetest? Please don’t squeeze the fruit. That tells you nothing and just damages them. Some fruits are quite firm to feel when they are ripe to eat. Smelling the fruit won’t work either as your nose will not work after the first one you sniff! And some fruits don’t have much smell anyway. It’s all about colour and background colour. Come with us on a picking tour experience and you’ll get a chance to see the variation on the trees and learn about what to look for. If you visit our shop on our farm or your local grocer ask them to advise you. The Apple Shack farm shop is open daily, 10am-4.30pm, at Glenbernie Orchard, 259 Darkes Forest Road, Darkes Forest, www.darkes.com.au, (02) 4294 3421. 2515

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How quickly will my stone fruit ripen? Stone fruit can be ripe and ready to eat at the time you buy it. You need to learn how to tell its maturity level by its colour and then either eat it or sit it on the kitchen bench for a few days to ripen naturally in the ambient air temperature in your house. It’s really hard to know exactly how fast it will ripen as factors such as age of the fruit, maturity at picking and temperature will all influence it.

If their skin is damaged in any way they can deteriorate really fast. My best advice is eat them quick or cook them and freeze them! Once cooked and frozen you can defrost and eat them for another six months or more. Our grandparents’ generation used to cook and bottle them and keep them in the pantry for years!

At this time of year we have such an array of amazing fruit to choose from! We are rapidly heading toward apple harvest at the end of January but before we leave stone fruit behind for another year we thought we’d answer our top three questions.

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RECLAIM YOUR SPACE Cut the clutter with the help of home organiser Sarah Deitz. Do you feel overwhelmed with the amount of stuff in your home? Is it causing your family stress? You’re not alone. The Choosi Clutter Report found that more than 50 percent of Australians admit that clutter causes tension and disagreements at home. Who wants to live like that! Well, you don’t have to. Here are five simple steps to kickstart decluttering your life. 1. Stop the cycle. Think about what you're buying and if you really need it. Follow the one-in-one out rule. If you’re buying new pants, donate old ones and give them a second life. 2. Set up a “to fix” box for broken items and make time to mend them. Set a time limit – then if you haven’t fixed them, get rid of them. 3. Set up a donation box for any unwanted items in good condition. Once it’s full, take it to the charity shop or try selling or giving things away online.

4. Break it down into small tasks. Set a timer and spend 15 minutes sorting one small space, like the top drawer in your kitchen or bedroom. Do this at least once a week. 5. Set limits on items. Sort like-with-like so you can see how much of one item you have. Do you really need 10 wooden spoons?! Pick your favourites, get rid of anything that’s broken or out-of-date and donate items in good condition. If it’s all too much to tackle on your own, call in a professional organiser. Think of it like hiring a fitness coach. Anyone can go for a run, but a coach will help you set realistic objectives and achieve them by motivating and supporting you, and providing personalised techniques. Need some help reclaiming your space? Call Sarah on 0415 492624, or email sarah@ reclaimyourspace.com.au. I’m here to help. 2515

CLEAR OUT GUIDE How to lighten your load and be kind to the earth.

WOLLONGONG CITY COUNCIL SERVICES Each year each household is entitled to two free on-call household clean ups – you can put up to four cubic metres of waste out for collection. Council’s Community Recycling Centre at Whytes Gully offers a free solution for residents to dispose of household waste items for recycling. You can drop off paints, gas bottles and fire extinguishers, fluoro globes and tubes, household and car batteries, motor and other oils, smoke detectors, mobile phones, cardboard and paper, mixed recyclables, scrap metal, fridges and freezers, as well as computers and televisions. Scrap metal includes many whitegoods that are made mostly of metal, such as microwaves, washing machines, dryers and dishwashers. Council also offers two Chemical Cleanouts per year in conjunction with the EPA. For more information, call council on 4227 7111.

Helensburgh/Stanwell Park SLSC collects on Sundays, 8-10am. For every drink container, 8c goes to the surf club, the remaining 2c are used to fund SLSC equipment, education programs and train lifesavers. Visit www.envirobank.com.au. Surfrider has a CitizenBlue.org.au collection bin in the foyer at Planet Childcare in Coledale. Mobile phones: Don’t add to Australia’s pile of 22 million unwanted phones lying around; drop to your local library, including Helensburgh and Thirroul, more info at www.mobilemuster.com.au. Batteries: Aldi stores have collection boxes. Plastic bags: Soft, shiny, clear and coloured bags and wrappers go in the REDcycle bins at Coles. Fridges: Fridge Buyback collects working second fridges and upright freezers (which may add $300 to power bills and one tonne of carbon pollution a RECYCLING TIPS year). 1800 708 401, fridgebuyback.com.au. Bottles & cans (with the 10c label): Surf Life Saving Printer cartridges: Helensburgh Post Office. NSW has partnered with Envirobank to give surf Tyres: Helensburgh’s Switched On Mechanical club’s a fundraising channel through the NSW and Helensburgh Tyres are TSA accredited, so tyres Government’s Container Deposit Scheme. Coledale may be reused in projects such as road repairs. SLSC collections are on Saturdays, 8-10am; n Any tips? Email editor@2515mag.com.au 2515

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CHEERS TO SUMMER TREATS Cath Hill reports.

Lou and Bobby (368 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul) are hosting some fabulous pop-up nights. On January 11th, they will team up with Fanny’s food trailer to serve modern Australian/Asian cuisine with cocktails. There is also collaboration with Moe’s Burgers on January 25th. Coledale cafe Mr & Mrs Smith (748 Lawrence

Hargrave Drive) is opening on Friday and Saturday nights over summer with a fresh modern Australian-Italian menu from chef, Filippo Tommasi. Dishes include stuffed zucchini flowers, mozzarella meatballs and buckwheat arancini. Dining out with kids is easy at Scarborough Bowlo (try barefoot bowls!) and Helensburgh Tradies, with its shady playground and summer ‘kids eat free’ deal. The Stanwell Park cafe formerly known as 16 Feet, Loaf Kitchen, has a new Summer Boozy Menu, from 10am! Pair a deluxe sandwich or salad with wine or beer. Cocktails are available from Friday to Sunday, from 10am to 3pm. And don’t fear! Beloved Thirroul institution (since 1961) M.A.R.S (Meals Are Really Satisfying) may be changing owners but will remain a Chinese restaurant and the name will live on. Other ways to relax include new moon meditation with Louise Charman-James of Soul Signature (Monday, 7 January, 8pm-9.15pm at Helensburgh’s Bushland Chapel). Stretch out at Karen McDougall’s yoga classes with ocean views at Stanwell Park Surf Club (Facebook: Yoga Stanwell Park) or go with the vinyasa flow at Stanwell Park’s CWA Hall (Facebook: Yoga with Renata). And do treat yourself at Thirroul’s Samui Thai Massage (0411 097 758), open daily. 2515

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A digital mapping expert, Dr Sarah Hamylton is next in our series celebrating women with awesome jobs in coastal science. Looking at photos of Sarah Hamylton at work, it’s hard not to suffer job envy (even though she says most of her year is spent at her desk). Sarah is an associate professor in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) at the University of Wollongong’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, co-founder of the Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering network and a resident of Thirroul. She kindly took time to answer questions. What inspired you to work in coastal science? I was brought up in Leicester, a landlocked county in the middle of the UK and discovered a love of the ocean, including a passion for spending time on boats and scuba diving, in my early 20s. A few things about coastal science appealed. Coasts are really dynamic and exciting environments that are constantly changing due to the people and natural processes that are found there. Every time I go for a walk on the beach it is a different place and I am driven to understand how and why the biology and landscape processes come together to form the interesting patterns that we see there, particularly how they fluctuate both across time and space and what that can tell us about the broader way that the environment functions. My path to coastal research has been a winding, rewarding process underlain by a simple strategy of following pursuits that interest and stimulate me. It has included an undergraduate degree at Southampton University (Environmental Sciences), where I took some subjects at the National Oceanography Centre and first developed an interest in marine sciences. Then I volunteered for a year on a coral reef conservation project in Fiji, where I learned to dive and developed an

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interest in mapping. From there I went to Cambridge University to do a Masters in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Sciences (digital mapping) and stayed on for a PhD so that I could apply my mapping skills in the Seychelles. I’ve been lucky to work in over 20 countries on a range of different coastal environments since then. Any career highlights? There have been a few memorable adventures on field trips in remote places! My favourite place to work has been Aldabra Atoll, an isolated World Heritage Site in the West Indian Ocean. It’s largely pristine, having fought off a proposal to build a military air base there in the late 1960s. Among the interesting and mysterious wildlife, you really feel as though you are part of the ecosystem. I camped with two other researchers for three weeks to map the atoll lagoon. One evening I drove a kilometre offshore out of the marine protected area so that I could catch a large Jack Trevally fish for dinner. We had to fight with a Great White shark, a black-tipped reef shark, a coconut crab, a Giant Tortoise, a whole moving beach made of hermit crabs and a frigate-bird to keep it! How has your research made a contribution? My fundamental contributions have expanded the basic paradigm for working with spatial information to address topics such as sea-level rise, ocean acidification and warming, coastal vulnerability and marine ecology. I write models that respond to increasingly large volumes of complex information in environmental research, including satellite and drone-based remote sensing datasets. For example, I recently applied machine

learning algorithms to aerial drone images of Wollongong’s Five Islands Nature Reserve to recognise thousands of planted Lomandra grasses as part of a weed rehabilitation project. I really enjoy thinking analytically and critically about contemporary research problems, both individually and as part of a team. What do you love about your job? I love science. To address contemporary coastal research challenges, scientific frameworks of analysis offer the sort of structured enquiry that forces me to be creative, while thinking critically. Activities might involve working in the field, making digital maps from aerial images or developing spatial statistical models to express my understanding of coastal phenomena. All of this makes for an exciting career that never gets boring. Has gender bias been an issue, and do you have any advice for young women wanting to work in coastal science? Gender bias is something that I’ve increasingly noticed and felt a responsibility to address. Fieldwork is an exciting and inspiring part of the job that often comes with challenges for both male and female researchers. These include negotiating a work-life balance (particularly for parents) and being excluded from networks of established researchers. Field trips can develop unique cultures and behavioural norms and, unfortunately, reports of discrimination and sexual harassment seem to be more common from the field. When I recognise gender bias, I try to respond constructively to address the issue to hand and, ideally, prevent it happening again, for myself and others. That might mean having a difficult conversation or working toward changing institutional culture and policy. Field trips throw up all sorts of unique situations and I am currently working on a set of best practice guidelines for researchers in field leadership roles, outlining ways to establish an environment in which people can truly thrive and learn. My advice to young women interested in a career in coastal science would be to follow your passion. Try out a lot of different ways of doing science (there are many!) and fashion yourself a role in which you can add creative value by combining the activities that you enjoy. That approach has helped me to find a research niche that gets me excited to get up and go to work. n Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering (WICGE) aims to inspire, support and celebrate women in their careers via networking, mentoring, and pushing for equal representation and opportunities. Visit womenincoastal.org 2515

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Considering a career in insects? Local entomologist Dr Chris Reid, a research scientist specialising in beetles at the Australian Museum, presents some options.

run service for agriculture and human health, employing many entomologists. This is a particularly important career in Australia because as an isolated island we lack many of the world’s pests. And because of this, Australian quarantine officers also work in neighbouring countries, training and monitoring. Forensic entomology is well known through crime series on TV, particularly in determining time of death. The idea is that as a body decays it is eaten by a succession of different species of insects especially flies, depending on time of year, habitat, climate etc. It’s tricky, but sometimes it works. A career as an academic is tough these days – KPIs are all about grants, graduate students and publishing in high-impact journals. That means academic entomologists, at least those who are not in one of the applied fields listed above, tend to be asking ‘big’ questions about evolution or ecology using insects as their models. Why do some male beetles have horns? How do herbivorous insects respond to elevated CO2? A museum entomologist like myself is a rarity. There aren’t many museums and even fewer employ entomologists. We are often involved in a little bit of everything listed above, through having expertise, that other people need, in particular groups of insects. There are at least six universities in Sydney and Wollongong with staff working with insects of some sort. So, no excuses! In the next issue I’ll try to deal with entomology as a hobby (which is how many of us started).

It’s time to talk about jobs and insects. The study of insects is entomology (not etymology, the study of words like entomology). Some of my readers will be going to university for the first time and some entering the last two years of school when decisions have to made about choosing subjects for careers. But remember there are many different ways of entering the field – I’ve been a lifelong natural history nerd, but actually as a teenager I really wanted to be an archaeologist and wasn’t particularly good at school biology because I was Have a question for Chris? only interested in whole organisms (I used to say, Email editor@2515mag.com.au. 2515 ‘Who cares about plant physiology?’ – but of course that is now a key to our understanding of global warming). I worked in many jobs for five years before deciding to get a degree in agricultural entomology. So here are some careers in insects, in no particular order. Agriculture and forestry are linked and this field (excuse the pun) is the biggest employer of entomologists. The focus is not just on insect pests (of plants AND animals), but also other insects that might control those pests, the use of insects in the control of weeds, and special associations like pollination of crops and production of honey. Another productive field for employment is medical entomology, although little is done in Australia. It’s big overseas, because many serious tropical diseases are carried by flies (think: malaria, Above: Working in medical entomology may involve studying yellow fever, dengue, filariasis, Japanese mosquitoes and other disease carriers. Photo: Stuart Humphreys, encephalitis, river blindness etc). Flies have the Australian Museum. Top left: Demonstrating agricultural biggest direct impact of all insects on humans. entomology techniques in PNG. Photo: Celia Symonds, UNSW. Quarantine (or ‘biosecurity’) is a government-

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No flags here: Sharkeys is a busy, unpatrolled beach. Photo: Chris Duczynski, www.malibumedia.com.au

DR RIP’S SCIENCE OF THE SURF With Prof Rob Brander.

It’s the ‘Staycation’ summer issue and I would normally write about basic beach-safety tips (always spend a few minutes thinking about beach safety when you arrive at a beach!) or the best local beaches to visit (all of them!), but really what’s on my mind is how we can better educate people about beach hazards and being safe on beaches. This is partly because I’ve just come back from a recent symposium by Royal Life Saving on reducing drowning in multi-cultural communities – sometimes known as Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) groups, which was fascinating. We all know we should swim between the red and yellow flags. Yet have you been to Sharkeys Beach (between Coledale and Austinmer) on a weekend lately? No flags and it’s packed with surfers, swimmers, families and dogs. It would be an interesting study to survey those beach users to find out why they chose to visit an unpatrolled beach – is it because they can bring their dog? Then there’s the issue of the increasing visitation by CALD communities to our beaches, which I discussed a few issues ago in relation to the drowning of an Indian national at Stanwell Park. What do these groups actually understand about the meaning of the flags, if anything? Watch an episode of Bondi Rescue and you can see how frustrated the lifeguards get with international tourists swimming outside the flags, but it’s not really their fault. How many cultural practices are

we completely ignorant of when we visit other countries and how easy is it to understand someone giving instructions in a different language about a topic that is completely new? We all know we should pay attention to beach safety signs. But we see signs all the time – it’s called sign pollution – and they just get ignored. There have been several studies done specifically on beach-safety signage and they all show that they are not particularly effective. So when a drowning occurs and the call goes out for more signage, it’s really not going to solve the problem. However, something is better than nothing and Australian beach-safety signage definitely needs improving. Then there’s face-to-face education. I have noticed that when I give my talks to CALD communities, they just don’t seem to be as effective. Whether it’s talks, signage, or flags, the key for educating CALD groups is that we need to first understand their culture and how this relates to their use and understanding of the beach. To do this, we need to engage with cultural brokers – members of their communities – to get beach-safety messages across in a relatable way. It’s a big challenge for sure. As for the rest of us who should know better – just do the right thing and swim between the flags. They are the safest place on the beach! Have a question for Dr Rip about the Science of the Surf? Email rbrander@unsw.edu.au. 2515

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2018 ended on a high note, with three ‘Rise and Shine’ awards. Susie Crick reports. Surfrider South Coast was thrilled to receive three awards at the Wollongong City Council ‘Rise & Shine’ awards. One for all of the branch’s events and beach cleans throughout the year; one for the GromFest surf tag team series; and one for our contribution to the community and marine environment. Thanks to everyone involved for making this happen and a huge thanks to all of the community for your support in all of the beach clean-ups. December was a busy month for the team; we helped out at the South Coast Disabled Surfing event in Thirroul, then backed that up with a beach clean the next day at Thirroul. Our beaches are for people of all abilities and collaborating with the Disabled Surfers is one of our annual highlights. December also marks the one-year anniversary since the Return and Earn/Container Deposit Scheme started in NSW and the Surfrider Foundation is proud to be a part of the scheme. In the first year over a billion containers have been refunded in NSW; while there are still many people throwing containers away, that is still one billion less containers going into landfill. Surfrider is a community member of the CitizenBlue not-forprofit group that is collecting the refundable beverage containers and we have a collection bin in the foyer at Planet Childcare in Coledale if you want to donate your unwanted drink bottles and

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cans. All monies raised go back into our Ocean Friendly and GromFest campaigns. Surfrider South Coast takes on interns and we have been most fortunate in having some amazing people come to volunteer for us. A huge thanks to Jessica Morgan and Jaime Askew from UOW, and Megan Bryce from France for rolling out Surfrider's Ocean Friendly program. Megan flew out from France for a university exchange and has been by my side for the past four months assisting me with all of our programs. These three amazing powerhouse students have given so freely of their time and energy to get the Surfrider environmental programs up and running. Thank you! As the holiday season is upon us, some of our visitors leave more than their footprints, so let’s make sure that we are careful with our rubbish so that it doesn’t end up in the sea. If you see rubbish anywhere you can report it by using the SNAP SEND SOLVE app. This little beauty informs Wollongong Council where rubbish is via geo-location and all you need to do is to upload the image of the offending litter; this is particularly useful with overflowing bins. You can report anywhere in our Council area, be it bush or beach, and you can remain anonymous. 2019 is going to be jam-packed with events and we hope that you will want to get involved. We are planning another paddle out to mark the 30th anniversary of Clean Up Australia in March so let me know if you want to help organise it. We are planning 5 huge beach clean events for our region for 2019 and need all hands on deck because these beaches don’t clean themselves. Come and join in the fun of volunteering, please email me at southcoastnsw@ surfrider.org.au 2515

VET AT WORK

With Dr Matt O’Donnell. This month: hazards of the holiday season. Many of us love to give gifts to our pets but sometimes our treats can go awry. One interesting case recently was Phyllis, a gorgeous cattle cross puppy who ingested an entire toy! X-rays showed not only was the toy in her stomach but there was also a rock there as well. When she presented, the X-rays showed that the toy was in a good position to be brought back up. We induced vomiting and the toy was expelled, however, the rock stayed put, so we had to remove it surgically. So make sure your pet’s toys are size appropriate; you’d be amazed what an eager young puppy or kitten can swallow. Here are some other common hazards we have encountered at this time of year. Decorations – especially with string attached, are very tempting to cats and kittens. The string can get caught around their tongue while the decoration is swallowed. In addition, the string can get bunched up in the bowel causing a blockage or even cut through the intestine! Rich food – especially fatty offcuts from the ham or roast. While these look extra delicious and hard to throw away with an eager companion at your side, we have seen many dogs hospitalised with gastrointestinal complaints and severe pancreatitis.

Phyllis the puppy swallowed a toy bone and a rock.

Cooked bones – always a no-no. Cooked bones become hard, break into sharp pieces that can get stuck or pierce the gut. Chocolate – even if it is safely wrapped up and hidden in the closet. Our clever pets are like a heat-seeking missile with their smelling super powers and will find that chocolate. So have fun this festive season with your furry companions and stay safe. No offence, but I hope not to see you as an emergency call out! n Northern Illawarra Veterinary Hospital is at 332 Princes Highway, Bulli. Phone 4238 8575. 2515

LIFEOLOGY

Perhaps our all-or-nothing belief in love contributes to the Venus and Mars origins of men and women. Maybe we have one view of love, one expectation of it and if the love we receive does not With Terri Ayliffe. This month: reach this high yard-stick we feel it is insufficient. Enthusiastic conditional love. Romeo and Juliet, a love willing to sacrifice life. Perhaps a mother feels that for a child but are we Unconditional love is described by romantics, asking too much for it to exist in every love. movie makers and literary writers as the one true Love should be enthusiastic but conditional, love, but is it? Unconditional love requires us to self-respect demands it. The love we share with sacrifice for the needs and happiness of the other another needs to be respectful and it should have person of primary concern; our needs and happiness are relegated to second place. Should any limits as to what we will put up with. We are important in our relationship and disrespect is not healthy love require this from us? the price we should be willing to pay for love. And am I unable to love unconditionally if If love asks us to devalue ourselves in its I consider my happiness as important as another company, it is not the right love. Love should be person’s? able to say: “No, that is not good enough.” It is said conditional love is related to hate … Unconditional love is the love we give to Wait, what? So, you either give yourself in a ourselves, love for others should be a wild sacrificial way or you love others with the uninhibited enthusiastic love... with boundaries. expectation they be respectful and if you include love for yourself in relationships this love is flawed? n Read more of Terri’s work at https://lifeology.blog 2515

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In 1918, Eleanor Fordyce Bird Pringle, known to one and all as Ella, began running Playden Guest House at Austinmer. Ella was reported to be the first woman to climb Sublime Point. She was the first president of the Austinmer Red Cross Branch, instrumental in establishing 1st Austinmer Scouts Group and Australia’s first Girl Guide Commissioner. Mr P J Moore became the first Scout master of 1st Austinmer. Some idea of his dedication, given he was also the Port Kembla Scout master, can be ascertained from the following timetable. 5pm: Finish work at E. R. & S. Co. Walk to railway. Train to Thirroul. 6pm: Meal in Thirroul. Walk to Austinmer. 7pm: 1st Austinmer Committee meeting, followed by Cub Pack. 8pm: Scout troop, and Court of Honour. 10pm: Walk to Thirroul. Catch 11 pm train to Port Kembla. Walk to Staff Quarters (where he lived) arriving about 12.30pm. 1st Austinmer is the Illawarra’s longest continually functioning Scout troop, its Scouts and Guides having many years ago been merged into the one troop. The dedication shown by 1st Austinmer’s first scout master has continued for nine decades with Neville (“Nifty”) Brown, 1st Austinmer’s current senior Scout Leader, having been awarded the Order of Australia for “Service to Youth through the scouting movement”. n 1st Austinmer would appreciate hearing from any of the descendants of those instrumental in the founding of 1st Austinmer and the erection of the fine hall that still stands today. Contact Ron Witton, rwitton44@gmail.com

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BOARDRIDERS CELEBRATE

Ian Pepper reports on the Scarborough Boardriders’ annual awards night and the club’s plans for 2019. Scarborough Boardriders capped off a great year with a presentation night on Saturday, 17 November at Beaches Hotel, Thirroul. All divisions’ top three placings were announced and each person received a nice, locally made wooden trophy produced by club member Stuart Montague, of Illawarra Woodwork School. Winners were also rewarded with a voucher to one of the Thirroul surf shops – DP Surfboards, FinBox and Gromz – who support the club. Preparations are underway by the committee for 2019. Registrations for membership open on Liveheats around 21 January and the first point-score will be on Sunday, 3 February. Watch the club’s Facebook page for announcements. In 2018, there were 189 members and the club had to close off membership, so make sure you register early if you want to join. The club will take part in the final of the nudie Australian Boardriders Battle in Newcastle on 16-17 February. And the committee is busy planning a celebration of the club’s 35th birthday, which takes place in 2019. 2515

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0137 1.42 0812 0.44 1458 1.62 MO 2053 0.28

0.40 TU 1 TH MO 1238 2033 1.28 1830 0.66 20 1.47 2250

1.26 0114 0.69 0706 1.30 1309 TU 0.47 1934

0303 0.48 0230 1.44 1.33 0411 0933 1.69 0900 0.59 0.59 1039 1613 0.31 1.18 1.36 WE TU 1626 TU 1452 2206 1.27 2048 0.52 0.46 2229

0312 1.48 0937 0.55 1615 1.19 TH 2217 0.58

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WE 1 TU 0.45 TU 1330 MO 1815 1.51 0.55 2106 1.33 1912 20 2218

0.33 0200 0.47 0329 0.242515 1.31 0339 1.47JANUARY 1.51 0247 1.21 0.49 0212 0230 1.41 0347 1.34 0512 0035 1.48 0.47 0146 01 1.45 0500 6 0910 6 0242 21 0902 6 30 21 0405 21 00 15 0947 15 1147 12 0112 12 12 27 1.64 0837 0918 1.72 0810 1.96 1008 1.68 1016 1028 1.95 0.69 0.56 0.50 0641 0.63 27 0.51 0802 0.63 1155 0649 0.52 27 0.58 1603 0.31 1547 1539 0.07 1.23 1645 1738 0.30 1.13 1700 1740 0.07 1.17 1540 0.33 1

WE 1.32 WE 1430 SU 1.47 SU 1414 MO 1.45 WE 1.27 TH 1.10 TH 1 TU TU 1400 WE WE 1603 FR TU 1249 SA 1257 1.38 2019 1.29 2146 1.54 1851 0.48 2241 0.55 2305 0.52 2139 1943 2154 0.42 1.22 2043 2145 0.38 2205 0.51 2323 0.51 1.37 2000 20 0.64 2324

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