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MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS CALLUM CHAMPAGNE

is a permaculturalist and the Farm Manager at Green Connect. He has been the driving force behind the farm since its start in 2014 and is very passionate about fair food (food that’s good for those who grow it, those who eat it and the planet) and a fair go for everyone, and enjoys working with young people and former refugees to improve their skills, work experience and confidence. See page 8.

KRISTIN WATSON

is Green Connect’s Fair Food Coordinator. She has worked in hospitality for 18 years and is passionate about food and the environment. Which is why she joined Green Connect in May 2018 as a fair food coordinator, working with the sales and events around the Green Connect produce. In her career, which started out as a chef in London, she has worked mainly in fine dining restaurants, but since starting at Green Connect, she has found a new love for more simple, fresh and seasonal produces. See page 8.

AMANDA DE GEORGE

is a naturalist, writer and photographer based in the Northern Illawarra. Her passion lies in discovering interesting critters in urban environments and bringing them to the followers of her Facebook and Instagram page Backyard Zoology. Oh, and adventures and naps and wine; she’s passionate about those things too! Read her article about cicadas on page 10.

JACQUELINE DEE

is an authorised marriage celebrant with boundless energy and a creative heart. Jacqueline and her husband of 24 years, Mark, moved to the Northern Illawarra to raise their two children in the close-knit community of Helensburgh 21 years ago. Working with couples and families since 2005, in her role as a Senior Counsellor, family has been at the forefront of Jacqueline’s life personally and professionally. Her celebrant role underlines the importance and value of ceremony and ritual within our culture and society. See page 4.

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Local authorised marriage celebrant Jacqueline Dee shares some tips for couples. With Valentine’s Day falling this month it’s a great time to think about renewing your wedding vows! Wedding renewal ceremonies can be as formal or informal as you like. There’s no legal paperwork required, so you can be as creative as your imagination allows. Five, 10, 15, 20 years on, many couples have become parents, some may have become grandparents even, you’ve journeyed together, changed, and perhaps overcome hardships. A vow renewal ceremony is a lovely way of reaffirming your commitment to each other and creating some specific vows that encompass and reflect on all the milestones you’ve reached together. The kids too can be part of the ceremony and it’s a great opportunity for family photos. Of course, if you’re on the pre-marriage end of things, V-Day is a favourite date for popping that big question and there are no rules with proposals either! I hear some fabulous stories from the couples I marry about where and when they proposed, and this is always an important component of the “couple’s story” that I help create as part of the wedding ceremony. If you’re planning to get married and not quite sure what the process is, here’s a few tips. 1. Book your venue! 2. Book your photographer! 3. Book your celebrant! With so many celebrants around these days, I think it’s important to get a sense of who they are and if they are a good fit for you. I always encourage a phone conversation first, before we meet in person. There are three lots of legal paperwork to be completed when marrying: 1. First interview – Notice of Intended Marriage Form 2. Last interview – Declaration of No Legal

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1 1. Local celebrant Jacqueline Dee with Helensburgh business owner Chris and Laura, married in November 2018 at Samson Point Reserve, Bulli. 2. Rod and Janelle, married November 2018, at Headlands Hotel, Austinmer. 3. Helensburgh’s Erin and Cameron, married Oct, 2018 at Coledale Community Hall (a plan B option as wet weather did not permit an outdoor ceremony). Photography: Ainslee Burke, Michael Boyle, Dan Vrubel

Impediment to Marriage 3. Wedding Day signing – Official Certificate(s) of Marriage I have an online software program that takes the fuss out of the initial paperwork, allowing you to complete the documentation electronically. This saves lots of time and hassle and means we can spend most of your first interview discussing ceremony plans, ideas, hopes and dreams! Dates for 2019/20 are filling fast so please get in touch if you’d like to talk about your wedding plans or renewing your vows. I’m always happy to chat. n Email jacquelinedeecelebrant@gmail.com or call 0415 517 012.

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Lara McCabe meets a Corrimal-based ceramicist making a national name for herself. Please introduce yourself to our readers. I’m Rhiannon Gill and I make small runs of functional ceramics from my home studio in Corrimal. I started working with clay after I was introduced by a friend to a community pottery group. From then on I was working with clay every moment I could and I moved on to purchasing my first little kiln so I could fire as much work as possible. Most of what I know has been learnt from making mistakes! I had no idea I’d follow this path of making ceramics as my job and own small business. Really, I just fell into it after I leaving an unfulfilling office job. From that moment on I have never looked back! What inspires you about pottery? What inspires me the most about pottery is how you can turn what’s essentially the earth into something you can physically hold and use in your everyday life. Something that in your eyes you think is beautiful. This new-found role has also forced me to slow down a little, which I never expected. I try to capture in my work colours that reflect nature, specifically Australian natives. My glazes are completely unique, all mixed and made myself and I’m constantly experimenting to achieve new patterns and palettes. I try to operate as sustainably as possible when creating my pieces. For instance, I pay for green energy, I recycle all my clay and any work that doesn’t quite measure up is donated to artists to be smashed up and used in mosaics. I upgraded my kiln earlier this year in order to expand my output – she’s now roughly a big

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12 cubic metres. This new kiln is also great as it uses less energy per piece, compared to putting a small one on dozens of times. You’ve been receiving national interest – how does that influence you? I’ve had my work featured in Country Style and House & Garden magazines and it lets me know my work is appreciated, it’s a huge validation! It also lets me know I’m on the right track which I need to sell my work, in order to keep being able to run this business and continue to do what I’m doing! I showcased my work in the Autumn/Winter edition of Finders Keepers Market and meeting people who actually sought me out was so amazing! One lady actually returned the next day and she’d even brought a friend. I’m an extremely shy person so having these people come up for a chat, to ask me about myself and the process of making ceramics has been incredibly inspiring. My greatest supporter though has been my partner, James. He’s the not-so-silent partner, providing me with endless ways of improving my business. Where can people find your creations? My current stockists include Design Twins in St Peters, Station St Store in Blackheath and as far as The Trend Shed all the way in Tasmania and Courthouse Gallery in WA. Closer to home, and supporting small local business, you can find my pieces at Noel & Gladys in Thirroul, Sketch Coffee Art in Towradgi & This Old House Studio in Berry. You can find some special pieces on my Etsy store: www.etsy.com/au/shop/ RhiannonGillCeramics. Or follow me on Instagram @ rhiannongillceramics 2515

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IN SEASON With the Green Connect team

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With Farm Manager Callum Champagne The summer quartet of tomato, zucchini, eggplant and cucumber are in full flight this year. Because of the fruit fly issues posed by the Illawarra’s high humidity, we only grow cherry tomatoes (which are less susceptible to fruit fly) at Green Connect’s Warrawong farm. The first eggplants also started to fruit around Christmas – appearing like shiny Christmas decorations throughout the farm. We are trialling some varieties of African and Burmese eggplant, cultivated by some of our staff, which will complement the standard large purple fruit. The yellow ‘patty-pan’ squash, which was a bit of a hit over spring, will continue into summer, and our green beans that were such a success last year will be fruiting very soon. We can grow a lettuce in four weeks over summer, so the only barrier to getting our soft leaf oak, or crunchy cos lettuce into veg boxes is picking them fast enough! We also grow salad mix, kale and silver beet and we are excited to try our first crop of radicchios from the farm this month. We have had a great carrot season with both Dutch and purple carrots jumping out of the ground. Also still in season are our red and yellow beetroots, red radishes and spring onions. In January we started offering farm tours to show both adults and kids what we do at Green Connect, and send them home with some produce and a potted seed to grow their own veg. We encourage you to do the same. There’s nothing quite like home-grown produce! In February we will also have our free-range pork available for purchase. The only free-range, chemical-free local pork in the Illawarra. Find out more via our website, www.green-connect.com.au.

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EAT SEASONAL

With Fair Food Coordinator Kristin Watson Summer is the easiest time of the year to eat seasonally. There are so many delicious vegetables and fruits in season during summer. When you taste cherry tomatoes that are in season there is just no comparison to the rest of the year. I like to stock up and make the season last as long as possible. Roasted cherry tomatoes drizzled with olive oil and garlic can easily be mashed up to a quick pasta sauce or served on toast with some crumbled feta and basil. I also like to halve the cherry tomatoes, toss them in olive oil, salt and some thyme, then spread them out on a tray and leave overnight in the oven at just 50 degrees to make semi-dried tomatoes. n Green Connect is a social enterprise that employs young people and former refugees to grow fair food and reduce waste. Our 10-acre chemicalfree permaculture farm spreads out behind Warrawong high schools and is home to not just a large range of vegetables and fruit but also pigs, sheep, bees and chickens. Our weekly veg boxes are available for pick up at Flame Tree Co-op in Thirroul. To order, visit our website, www. green-connect-vegbox.com.au 2515

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Q: We’ve just moved from Sydney and bought a block of land to build our ‘dream home’ on, but there are a few trees in its way. What direction should we take from here if we need to remove them?

I would firstly read up on the DA procedures from Wollongong City Council (see link below). You would also have plans and direction from your architect and they can assist you in regards to the DA process – which is handy as it is a lengthy process! (If this is too daunting for you, there are professional Town Planners that can help you fill it out and ensure you are compliant in all areas.) As part of the DA application, Council requires elements such as drawings. Should trees be included in these, then it will consider removal based upon your application. Other information the Council may require from you are: flood study; geotechnical report; heritage impact assessment. However, it’s always best to wait for requesting correspondence from Council before you spend any additional or unnecessary money. These applications can take some time, and you can wait and request the removal of the trees

within this DA application OR you can request it separately as the land/tree owner through regular methods (see also your local Council’s guidelines regarding removing trees and any restrictions). Note: there is no guarantee that if you go through the regular channels via Council to request removal of a tree on your property that permission will be granted – particularly as the DA will contain all the evidence as to why you are requesting removal. Visit council’s website: wollongong.nsw.gov.au/ development/da/Pages/default.aspx n Contact Bohmer at info@bohmerstreecare.com. au or 0432 789 530. 2515

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Backyard Zoology blogger Amanda De George photographed the amazing emergence of this adult cicada on her deck in Thirroul.

It’s the sound of summer, that pulsating, often ear-piercing hum of hordes of cicadas calling for a mate. If you’re lucky and they’re not too close by, the sound can be both nostalgic and exciting; a reminder of great summers past and yet filled with the promise of all the sun-filled fun still to be had. However, if they have chosen to visit your yard en masse, the days can instead be filled trying to block out the cacophony, hands over your ears, windows and doors slammed shut. In stark contrast, the final stage to adulthood for the cicada is an almost silent, arduous process. The nymph, dressed in that brown outer shell so familiar in many backyards, tunnels up and out of the ground where it has lived for several years. It begins its determined climb upwards; up trees, up walls, up any vertical surface where it will

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cling for the next hour or so. And this is where one of the most incredible but rarely seen transformations begins. Locked in this final position, the cicada’s exoskeleton begins to split. Barely detectable vibrations and movements widen the split and the soft body of the emerging adult can be seen for the first time. But this is not a simple process and many things can go wrong. If the cicada does not free itself in time, the shell hardens around it and it is trapped, frozen, half changed. But if the moult proceeds as expected, the head is freed next and the face of its previous self sits like a mask just underneath. And if that wasn’t strange enough, the cicada then arches its body, very slowly backwards, and hangs in that position, stretching its legs gently in

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OUT COMES A BEAUTY!

MYSTERY OF NATURE: We asked 2515’s local entomologist Dr Chris Reid to help identify the species, but that’s hard to do at this stage, he explained. “The colours of the soft adult at emergence are very different from the matured hardened specimen.” Amanda photographed this cicada in Thirroul, where she commonly sees green grocers, floury bakers and black princes. Out of those three, Chris picked ‘black prince’ Psaltoda plaga – they’ve been abundant in the Illawarra this year.

and out, waiting for them to harden. Once dry, it will pull itself up in one motion, again quite slowly, grabbing the old shell and freeing the remainder of its abdomen. Jutting out from the body are four small wing buds, which the cicada inflates by pumping them with fluid until they finally resemble actual insect wings, transparent and veined. It stays like that until they harden enough

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to make its maiden flight, the entire moulting process taking about an hour and a half and often carried out under the cover of darkness. And then finally the transformation complete, the adult leaves behind its old exoskeleton and heads off to spend its final few weeks looking for a mate and, if it is a male, singing very, very loudly. 2515

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Susie in the Barrel of Marine Debris; a sculpture made out of rubbish found on the beaches of Hawaii. Above right: Susie with Australian Maritime Museum curator Emily Jateff and Santiago Fuenzalida, an intern from Chile.

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By Coledale’s Susie Crick, chair of Surfrider Foundation Australia. Hey 2515ers! We’ve had an amazing summer of Surfrider and the South Coast crew have been keeping salty, recruiting new members to keep our beaches sparkling. Over the summer, our takeaway message is to drink out of a BYO stainless-steel reusable water bottle and to refuse single-use plastic water bottles. On that note, we held a fun beach clean at Thirroul that was sponsored by Sydney Water. A huge thank you to the volunteers who came to support and the children from Planet preschool in Coledale. We’ve got a few stainless-steel water bottles left over as prizes for the first three readers who become a member and post it on their social media. Remember to ‘Follow’, ‘Like’ and ‘Tag’ @ surfrider_southcoast on Instagram, or on Facebook at ‘SurfriderSouthCoast’. Joining is easy: go to https://surfrider. nationbuilder.com/25membership and select ‘SOUTH COAST ‘as your preferred branch. MUSICIAN SHARES SURFRIDER MESSAGE Australian musician and avid surfer Ziggy Alberts reached out to local Surfrider ambassador Stella when he recently played in Wollongong as part of his world tour. He did a podcast interview about the things that the

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Surfrider Foundation is doing in our region to make a difference. It was really heartwarming to be able to share our mission of marine conservation with a new audience. COLLABORATION IS KEY The biggest news that I have to report are the great collaborations that we’ve been working on to achieve our message in ocean conservation. We can’t do this alone so collaboration is key. This year sees us teaming up with the Australian National Maritime Museum, Clean Up Australia, Parley for the Ocean and the biggest one of all – YOU!! We can’t grow our organisation without people and we need more volunteers to get out there to help us at our events to get the message out about saving marine biodiversity. TOURING THE NATION In January we went to Phillip Island in Victoria and teamed with Parley and the Phillip Island park rangers and over 100 volunteers to clean their beaches focusing on microplastics. This was the first stop of a national tour where we will be working alongside Parley, encouraging and educating beachside communities around Australia about the importance of the marine environment and why we must all work together to keep our beaches clean. Two out of every three breaths we take come from the sea so let’s keep it clean! CLEAN UP ON MARCH 2 Join us on Saturday, 2 March at the Beach Cove Belmore Basin from 9am when we team up with the UOW Surfrider Club, the Wollongong Free Divers, Plastic Free Wollongong, Fair Food Foragers and Rotary to Clean Up Wollongong Harbour as part of the Clean Up Australia campaign. BYO surfboards, SUPs and watercraft to help out on the beach and in the harbour to clean around the rocks, the beach and, for those who like to get wet, the seabed. BYO gloves, hats and zinc. Visit www. surfrider.org.au 2515

LIFEOLOGY With Terri Ayliffe. This month: Do we ever really know ourselves?

Each time I believe I have reached a milestone in my personal development, I discover there is more to know. And like a child in the back seat on a long car ride I think: “Oh, aren’t I there yet?” I have to agree with the saying, “The older we get the less we know.” No, it is not a sign of dementia, it is an understanding that truth is subjective and everything we know will be questioned as our youthful idealism draws its final breath. As I’ve grown older, I have realised looking for the finish line of who I am is futile. Rather than pushing myself to some point in the distance where I sit back and say I made it, I have thrown the idea away that I must be more than I am. We seem to spend a lot of time and money pushing ourselves to be a better version of ourselves. To do so we must dig through our inner world with a critical eye to find the faults that need

correcting. What a paradox, judge yourself so you might fix yourself. Kind of defeats the purpose, really. I am tired of the long drive, stepping out of the car I take a seat on a hill at the side of the road to watch the sun rise. No longer am I in search of perfect me, I invest my time and energy getting to know my imperfect self. I no longer have a goal to be more than I am, I am perfectly fine as is. I don’t feel the sting of criticism anymore and the whisper of self doubt has fallen silent. I am not perfect, not by a long shot and I am just fine with that. n Read more of Terri’s work at https://lifeology.blog 2515

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EYE PHOTOS BY CHRIS DUCZYNSKI

IN THE SKY

Early morning golden light at Austinmer pool on a hot summer’s day. One of the swimmers heads down the concrete path for a dip. The regulars start their laps around 5.30am all year round and the pool is a gathering place to catch up with news from the day and night before. The ocean pool is a classic old-school design carved into the rock platform, one of many on the coast between Sydney and Wollongong. Prints available at www.malibumedia.com.au or email chris@malibumedia.com.au 2515

SHARE THE LOVE OF READING

Passionate about children’s books? Volunteers are urgently needed to join the local CBCA branch, which will hold its AGM on Saturday, 23 February from 2pm at Corrimal Community Centre.

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You’ve probably heard of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) and seen their metallic awards stuck on quality Australian children’s literature. But many people don’t realise we have our very own Sub-branch of the CBCA here in the Illawarra. The Illawarra South Coast Sub-branch strives to instil a love of books, stories, illustration, creative writing and poetry among local children and their families. This dedicated group of volunteers has worked hard over 10 years, organising events and activities to promote literacy, a love of reading and an appreciation of Australian books among children and young adults. Some of the branch’s annual activities include a fundraising dinner, the primary school literary lunch, and the free ‘Kids Day Out’ every January in Dapto. Members also facilitate an author visit program to schools of socio-economic disadvantage and donate books to schools and early childhood facilities.

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“As well as promoting books and a love of learning, we’ve helped to support emerging local authors and illustrators,” said CBCA’s Margaret Wolfe. “But sadly, our Sub-branch is at risk of closing next year unless we find new volunteers who are passionate about children’s books to join our committee. Some of our current committee members are retiring for health, family or work reasons. “Anyone interested in joining is encouraged to contact us via isccbca@gmail.com or they can attend our AGM on Saturday, 23 February from 2pm at Corrimal Community Centre.” Those who attended last month’s Kids Day Out at Dapto Ribbonwood Centre and Library would have come away with a taste of what the sub-branch does. Held on 17 January from 10am to 2pm, the free event included storytelling workshops, craft, creative writing, poetry, illustration, music and more. 2515

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FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONFIDENCE Entering the 2019 Equilibrium Healthcare Ocean Swim? Openwater coach Lawrence Stubbs, of Thirroul Swim Adventures, shares tips to get you to the starting line. How do you prepare athletes for their first open water race? You can’t prepare for everything, but you can prepare for things most likely to occur. It’s usually a combination of things going on during a race that get us flustered and cause panic. The best thing we can do is simulate them in training. My biggest tip for anyone taking on a new open-water challenge is – train for the worst and hope for the best. So it is normal to get pre-race jitters? Yes of course, but most jitters arise from fear or doubt: those burning questions we pose ourselves in the days and hours leading up to a race – have I done enough training, will my goggles fog up, is my swim cap too tight, will these new swimmers chafe, is the surf too rough, is the water too cold, are there big fish around? Feeling anxious at the start of a race is perfectly normal; ending up in a panic during a race is disastrous for everyone, especially if you’re 100 metres off the beach. How important is it to know about the local conditions? In my view this is the most important part of preparation, and with knowledge of the conditions you can lay foundations for a training strategy that will ensure you get to the start line confidently and have a “safe and enjoyable swim”. How would you prepare a new swimmer for the Stanwell Park to Coalcliff swim on March 17? Register early, this shows you are committed to doing the training, and you’ll be a legend amongst your friends, but the pressure will be on if you are to retain that status! My top 6 training tips are: 1. Study the event – get to know the course challenges. You will get a race-brief on the day but do your homework beforehand. Ensure you know the course direction, how many buoys, and what conditions to expect on the worst possible day. 2. Train for the event – it’s a 2.4 km swim around a cliff face; you should be able to swim at least 2.4km in a pool without stopping! A coach

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can help you put together the bones of a program to get you distance ready, but make sure the training includes open-water technique work. 3. Train in the environment you expect to race in – You need to get out of the pool at least once a week. Training in still water is a great way to start your open-water journey. Register for a still water event first, or get to the harbour with some friends and do laps around boats or moorings. Stay safe; identify all the hazards before you jump in. When you’re confident in calm water, step it up to rougher water, and take a short trip outside the harbour to the back of the Continental baths. Build your distance each time you swim. 4. The race is a beach start – you’ll need to practice getting through the break, both ways! Head to a patrolled beach and practise. The golden rule of open-water swimming is never swim alone. Start off in small surf, then make your way up. Ask the local lifeguard for a few dolphin diving tips if you have problems. If you’re still not confident, grab an openwater swimming or surf coach to help you out. We work out of the University pool and various ocean baths along the coast, and we run these classes on a regular basis. 5. Test your equipment in training – don’t turn up to an event with a new set of goggles, or the latest racing suit. Likewise, get your pre-swim nutrition down pat, don’t try something new on the day, you might end up feeding fish. 6. Stay calm at the start line – When you have done the training, tested your equipment, and studied the course, it’s all about staying calm. It’s normal to be anxious, it’s your first surf race, but change your focus away from negative thoughts, think about the work you have done during preparation; we can choose how we respond to these jitters! Read up on parasympathetic breathing techniques – it really works. If you haven’t done the training and are not prepared, don’t do the race; it’s not right a safety team should be rescuing people who haven’t prepared. n The 2019 Equilibrium Healthcare Ocean Swim is a 2.3km swim, from Coalcliff Beach to Stanwell Park Beach on Sunday, March 17. Check out “Stanwell Park Ocean Swim” on Facebook and Instagram. 2515

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT NINA

All of us at NINA would like to welcome back all our clients and volunteers for 2019. It will be another exciting year with lots of great outings to attend, along with Café Club at the Tradies, an in-home meal service and individual transport. If you were thinking about volunteering this year, we would love to hear from you and if you are over 65 and would appreciate some social support or transport, call into the office at 18 Walker Street Helensburgh (opposite Coles) or give us a call on 42941900. – Sarah James, Manager at NINA 2515

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HOW THE GARDEN GROWS Volunteers have dug in to create a thriving urban farm at Thirroul Community Garden. 2515 reports. Not everyone has the space, skill or time to maintain a veggie patch. Enter Thirroul Community Garden, a former wasteland transformed through people power into a small but flourishing urban food farm. Initially, the land – next to a creek on the corner of Lawrence Hargrave Drive and High Street – had only about 50mm of topsoil, so the first step was to produce enough soil to support the plants. Volunteers have also built up a good pile of compost, with the help of local arborists who drop off mulch, and cafes which save kitchen scraps that might otherwise go to landfill. “One of our members goes around to most of them on a Friday and drops off clean buckets and picks up dirty buckets,” says local architect Matt Dickson, president of the not-for-profit’s seven-strong committee. Working in this garden is not just about planting a seed and watching it grow. It’s about creating the soil to support plant life. “The composting program is immensely rewarding,” Matt says. The garden is lovingly cared for by volunteers, aged from seven to 80, who meet on Tuesday

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afternoons and Sunday mornings. “What’s important to understand about this garden is that it’s a collective, that nobody actually has their own plot. Everybody shares,” Matt says. There are so many reasons to love working here. “Some people are here because they want to grow food, make a difference to the economic system whereby food is provided and reduce food miles and make sure that the food you’re eating is healthy and pesticide free,” Matt explains. “Other people are here for social reasons. Other people are here for exercise. It is hard work, in particular when you’re building beds and you’re shovelling mulch and bringing the buckets up through here every Sunday.” This year the gardeners plan to set up an annex in a scrap of land near Thirroul Post Office. “There’s so much wasted space, around the whole of Australia really, but just in this municipality, you drive around and you think, that could be a stand of corn there, that could be eggplants. The whole idea of urban farming has got such great potential.” Matt kindly took time to answer more questions.

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How long has the garden existed and how has it changed? Not sure exactly what year it started, but it has changed from being a bare strip of grass floodplain to a very productive source of food and pleasure for its members. What jobs do volunteers perform in the garden? Tasks include: food-scrap collection from local cafes; weekly compost building; weekly compost turning; seedling propagation; bed maintenance and upgrade; mulching of paths; annual crop rotation; planting and mulching beds; watering and water management; manufacture of weed tea; worm-farm management; crop harvesting; pest management; food-scrap bucket washing; fundraising; administration; council liaison; and bushcare. Why is a shared garden such a valuable community asset? It is operated as a collective. All the labour, materials and resources are shared by members. All the harvest is shared as well – there are no private allotments and we all work together. Collective effort maximises the overall crop yield and makes this garden extremely productive. What do people enjoy about belonging to this group? The benefits are varied, and include: • general satisfaction of growing plants from seed to maturity;

• satisfaction of growing one’s own food; • contribution to a healthier, more seasonal diet; • regular physical exercise whilst achieving a tangible outcome; • broadening of social networks; • building a stronger and more resilient community; • community-focussed stewardship of neglected public landscape. How is the garden funded? Through annual membership fees and fundraising events. What’s coming up on the garden calendar? The Great Musical Compostition; Streamwatch/ Waterbug Blitz; wood-fired pizza oven building workshop; outreach projects (Thirroul Post Office side strip); open day. When does the group meet and how can people join? Tuesday afternoons 3pm and Sunday mornings 9.30am. Come along and participate. After a few weeks you will need to join as a member to cover insurance, fill out form and pay an annual membership fee, $25 concessions, $40 individuals. n Visit the garden’s blog at https:// thirroulgardeners.wordpress.com. 2515

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PLAY WOODWINDS Lori Lebow is a teacher – of literature, music and ESL in the Ilawarra – yet still finds time to pursue a passion in music, nature and all that surrounds. Janice Creenaune reports. At 70, Lori Lebow is not about to miss anything in life. Her passion delights in ‘the everything’, from the minuscule in nature to the enchantment of music. Hers is a world that is completely full and inspirational for all of us. Lori came to Australia in the 1970s, part of a contingent from the US to cover a shortfall in the teaching profession. She transferred to the Northern Illawarra and felt the area was almost perfect. “I needed a critical mass of people to pursue my orchestral music interests especially in the Broadway shows. The Illawarra is also close to the bush. I have swamp wallabies in my backyard and ring-tailed possums and many, many birds. And I have continued to teach, both in schools and privately. I have been so fortunate,” Lori says. “This area has everything and to top if off there is no need to commute very far for anything.” Lori Lebow performs in a number of local orchestras in which she finds great joy just from participating and enjoying others’ company with similar interests. The ‘Soap-Opera Company’ is one that draws from all over the Illawarra and the Sutherland Symphony Orchestra is another. “We are preparing The Messiah right now and our results are world-class in performance. But just to work under the direction of conductor Dr Anthony Clarke is a remarkable privilege,” she says. Lori loves the involvement with people. “They are wonderful people who play music, and in the amateur world it is all about the love of music, playing together as one. I have made wonderful friendships and in 60 years of playing I just feel terribly fortunate.” Lori plays and teaches woodwind, oboe, flute,

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Lori Lebow. Photo: supplied. clarinet saxophone and the English Horn. “I believe I had a wonderful family background and we did everything together: camping, music, sport. There were aims for perfectionism and my parents were wonderful role-models,” Lori reminisces. “My passion for music comes from my mother, who was a pianist. But it was the instruments in a box that really attracted me. The clarinet is a very social instrument, but it is the oboe, with a very mellow tone in which I fell in love and then the sound of the English Horn.” Lori practises in some form every day. “I have to ‘keep my lip’ and even just using a reed makes it all possible. “I am not religious but I enjoy great art, great literature and certainly great music.” Lori has special interests in The Romantics, particularly the women. In Jane Austen, Dickens, Bill Bryson, Shakespeare, Dante, Runyon. “Humour and laughing are important but I love making interconnections between people, science and music. I love learning about chaos because through that I can find reality,” Lori says. Finding narratives which create meaning, which have a cause and effect is important to Lori Lebow. She has published four books and is working on Fractal Life, about recurring circumstances in her life, where decisions are made and choices met. Lori also writes poetry and loves learning. “I still feel the same as when I was 12. I won’t be giving things up. I just want to keep going. To keep playing and to keep being creative. And, with a slight twinkle in her eye, she adds: “I am still looking for Mr Terrific.” n Writer Janice Creenaune is also a volunteer for PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Foundation Australia. For more, call Janice on 4267 4880. 2515

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own reusable bottle, bag or cup. Thirroul is the home of surfers and ocean lovers, and is located literally on the beach, so the community is directly impacted by the health of our oceans. CORRECTION Surfrider has many campaigns you could help to Great new edition of 2515 – so positive to hear the run and develop. For example, the Ocean Friendly news about the Illawarra Folk Festival increasing Campaign is becoming bigger and bigger around the proportion of great local and female Thirroul. More cafes are being certified by giving performers. up single-use plastic in favour of reusable items. Our job is to go round cafes, tell them about the I noticed a small error on page 18 about the Fridge Buyback scheme. It was discontinued by the initiative and help them getting there. You don’t state government some years ago and replaced with need to be a surfer to volunteer with Surfrider, you just have to be passionate about our ocean. a scheme that targets low income households to replace their appliances with more energy efficient – Megan Bryce 2515 models. See the info here: https://energysaver.nsw. gov.au/households/rebates-and-discounts/ appliance-replacement-offer Plastic Bags can also be dropped off at any IGA or Woolworths for recycling. Plus the Household Clean Up service that Council offers (2 per household per year) includes AT THIRROUL LIBRARY, CALL (02) 4227 8191 the collection of the following for recycling: Mattress or Ensemble (Remove legs and / or MUSIC IN THE LIBRARY • Sat, 2 February, 11-noon. wheels. Max. 8 per collection), Television (Max. 4 With musicians from the Wollongong per collection), Computer (Max. 2 per collection), Conservatorium of Music. Tyre (Car & Motorcycle only. Max. 6 per collection), and Small Scrap Metal Items (Max. COLOUR, COFFEE, CALMER • Wed 6 & 20 February, 1m3 per collection). Anything else that is put out is 9.30am-noon. No bookings required. sent to landfill. All the details here: https:// KIDS CONNECT – THIRROUL • Wednesdays 6, 13, 20, wollongongwaste.net.au 27 February from 3.30pm. Drop in and create, Better yet – swap, donate or sell online play games, meet new friends. For ages 5 to 12. (numerous Facebook groups, and the marketplace function), or if it’s decent, to a local charity. Try STORYTIME & CRAFT • Fridays 8, 15, 22 February recyclingnearyou.com.au – this website has some 10.30am. Drop in and enjoy preschool great tips. storytime. – Cath Blakey KNIT, STITCH, YARN • Wed, 6 February, 10.30am. Drop in. MY LIFE AS A VOLUNTEER TECH HELP • Tuesdays 5 ,12, 19, 26 February, My name is Megan Bryce. I’m a 20-year-old 1-2pm. Wednesdays 6, 13, 20, 27 February, French student interning at the Surfrider 9.30-10.30am. . Learn new skills. Bookings Foundation for four months with Susie Crick. required. When Susie emailed me and told me I had to come down to Thirroul to volunteer, I had never SENIORS FESTIVAL WEEK • 13- 24 February heard that name before, and didn’t really know Re-useable Shopping Bags Workshop: what to expect. Wednesday 13th 10am-noon. A sociable sewing Verdict five months later : I have been living my session – make a re-usable shopping bag. best life volunteering with Surfrider ! Bookings essential. I have always been deeply passionate about the Tech and Tea: Monday 18th 10am-noon. Come ocean. However, living down the South Coast has along and try a smartphone, iPad or laptop made me realise that I love it even more than I while enjoying a cup of tea. Bookings essential. thought. I had never seen a whale in my life before I arrived here. Never surfed with dolphins neither. Senior Living Talk: Wednesday 20th, 4pm. Join Thirroul’s marine wildlife is incredible. And by the Susan Jantos, an aged care social worker, for a way, the Illawarra community knows it : I had conversation about staying at home and in the never seen so many people getting involved in community as you age. Bookings essential. 2515 beach cleans before, never seen so many using their

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CHEERS TO THE ORCHARD Historic Glenbernie Orchard turns 80 years old in 2019! Celebrations at Darkes will include the launch of a new cider, tractor train tours and other special events, Jo Fahey reports.

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These are exciting times for us. 2019 marks the property’s 128th year and our family’s 80th year of orcharding here across four generations. Three of these generations are still working on the farm. Ted, the eldest and the one whose vision it was initially to grow apples, is in his 86th year. Ted’s father moved his young family to Darkes Forest for a life away from the city. They cut and sold firewood, had a cow for milk, grew potatoes, chickens and a few backyard fruit trees. Ted worked incredibly hard all his life taking the mixed farm forward choosing to specialise in tree fruits. We feel he deserves to stick his feet up, but you can’t stop a farmer from farming. When you visit you may see him zooming around on his favourite mower or going for a trip in the orchard truck with grandson Brandon driving. He enjoys keeping abreast of everyone’s skills and overseeing some steps in the process of apple cider making. He’s really proud of his grandchildren and very satisfied recently, that granddaughter Casey has lured her new husband Callum to join the team! Casey and Callum staged their wedding on the farm mid 2018. Casey and Callum are keen to find their own special niche in the business and carve new territory. We hope to see them involved around events staged at the farm.

Q&A WITH JO FAHEY What’s happening at the orchard now? We’ve been picking nectarines and peaches since mid-November and February is the beginning of apple picking. It’s a great time of year. Kids are off to school and apples are perfect in lunch boxes. I do recall picking a huge apple and giving it to my children’s teacher… but these days it’s all about picking healthy snacks for the kids! Help kids develop a love of fresh food, connect with the farm and discover our world of fruit, cider and honey. Has the hot weather affected your fruit? The sunny days are great because it gives added sweetness and taste to fruit. The tricky bit for us is keeping up the watering when the trees are thirsty. Rainfall has been less than usual but we are coping. Our netting helps to protect our apples from sunburn just like a big umbrella. We hear that birds like your fruit as much as we do! Lorikeets and fruit bats love our fruit (who wouldn’t?). As habitat is lost or affected by the current dry weather we have seen increased activity within the orchard. We have been progressively netting our farm for about 30 years. There are only one and a half blocks not netted but those areas are on our netting plan! When we first started putting up nets it was to stop hail damage but now it’s more about locking out fruit bats and birds.

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simply take you for an interpretive ride or transport you to the best fruit to pick in picking season. Photography: Last year we were featured on The Bachelor and people raved about the beauty in the farm. We have an amazing backdrop. We have teamed with local Sasha Faint Photography to offer opportunities to document special days with your family at the farm. Sasha captures the essence of a day spent with us beautifully. She just “gets it”. Sasha can be booked for a private photography session where she join your fruit-picking adventure and weave wonder with the lens. Orchard Event Days and Weekends: In our 80th year, we are planning a series of events and weekend activities. We have had a lot of success with our Apple Pie Day but are keen to add other special days, such as a winter Wassailing fest. What a great place Darkes Forest is for that. Traditionally it’s a time to wake the fruit trees up for spring. Farm developments: We are planting more cider apple trees and planning further diversification in the orchard. We know people have fun and enjoy relaxing at the farm so we are going to provide spaces for exactly that! 2019 here we come! 2515

What can we look forward to this year? We have so much to celebrate in our 80th year! Cider: We have a new Dry Cider (6% ABV) and a sparkling mead (6% ABV) called ‘B-Sting ‘ with new formulations. Last year we started trialling small batches. They are now available in 4 pack wraps and their own carton design. We have an imminent release of our newest cider – a ‘Methode Traditionelle’ that has been under wraps for the last three years as we waited for ageing in oak barrel and then secondary fermentation and aging on lees in the bottle. It’s made the same way as traditional champagne and we hope to release this ahead of Valentine’s Day! Orchard Tours: We will launch our new Orchard Explorer Tractor Train the first weekend in February! The tractor train will allow us to take everyone on a ride around the farm, get up close and personal with what is happening no matter what age or ability! This place is big and we just can’t walk around it in a short time-frame so this is really a revolution for us. It’s a pretty big step to take due to the cost involved but we are confident this is what visitors want. It will allow more access than we have been able to achieve previously. It can

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With Helensburgh entomologist Dr Chris Reid, a research scientist specialising in beetles at the Australian Museum. It’s too hot right now. Time to go to the beach, dip in the pool or turn on the air-con. But what do insects do in the heat? The answer to that depends very much on how they live and what stage they are in. Insects that feed on juices seem to survive. There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of mozzies in our garden and as long as we and the possums and birds keep feeding them they will do well. As adults. But mozzie larvae live in water. The stream at the back is now a series of small pools – if they dry up that’s it for the next generation of mozzies in our garden. Of course, the adults can fly (up to several kilometres) and there’s a larger stream further down, so it’s relatively easy for the mozzies to come back when we have rain. Australia being the driest habitable continent, it is particularly important for aquatic insects to be able to leave and find somewhere else, so almost all of these are strong fliers. Water beetles are commonly seen at lights on hot summer nights, exploring far from water. This scenario is played out on a larger scale with many flying insects. The breeding habitat becomes unsuitable at the edge of the range, they die out locally, to perhaps recolonise when conditions are better. Forests and heathlands have greatest insect diversity, so these places are core habitat and therefore refuges (generally called ‘refugia’ by conservationists) for many insects. Think national parks and other set-aside reserves. Once these refugia have gone, so have the insects dependent on them.

But flightless insects are stuck and these are the species of most concern to conservationists. Many species of insects have flightless adults. The reasons is that flying is a high-energy use cost, so, if suitable habitats are unvarying for millions of years, there is no need to go off flying. Rainforests don’t burn, stay humid, accumulate huge amounts of dead wood and leaf litter producing rich, deep soils, and are therefore comparatively stable systems. They are cool places too, much cooler than the surrounding bushland on hot days. Rainforests are full of flightless insects. These are often unique and species things, some only known from the Illawarra. However, the rainforests around the Illawarra are tiny and surrounded by highly flammable eucalypts. Heat and drought, threatening fire, will destabilise this system. On the next hot day, forget about the beach, step into a cool rainforest and think of the hundreds of species of insects which form a unique and dependant part of this ancient world. Have a question for Chris? Email editor@2515mag.com.au. 2515

Top left: Matthewsius illawarrensis, a 5mm flightless dung beetle found in Illawarra rainforests. Photo: Mike Burleigh, Australian Museum. Top right: The large diving beetle, Cybister tripunctatus, can fly hundreds of kilometres. Photo: Andy Donnelly, Australian Museum.

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DR RIP’S SCIENCE OF THE SURF Why do beaches look the way they do? Prof Rob Brander has some answers. No two beaches are exactly the same. You only have to travel from Stanwell Park to Wollongong to easily see that each beach is different. Some are narrow and steep, others are wide and flat, some get big waves, some are protected. So what are the controls on what makes a beach? The first is always the geology. Beaches are basically dumps of sand deposited by waves, but there needs to be a physical embayment that allows sand to be deposited in large amounts that will stay there for thousands of years. Our coast is heavily embayed due to the presence of sandstone headlands, which are ridges of ancient river valleys that used to flow to the ocean. The beaches occupy the old river valleys. So the spacing of the headlands really determines how long and wide the beach will be and deeper embayments tend to accumulate more sand. Then there’s the sand itself. Fine sand tends to form gentler beach slopes whereas coarse sand, pebbles (like Coalcliff) and shells tend to form steeper beaches. Stanwell Park has slightly coarser sand, which is why it tends to have a steep shoreline leading to dumping waves, deep channels and more pronounced sand bars. Coledale has slightly finer sand, which is why it’s a much flatter beach. The colour of the sand is a giveaway because the darker the sand, the coarser it tends to be because it’s actually younger in age and hasn’t been

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worn down to its pure quartz minerals (which are white). Hyams Beach in Jervis Bay is white because it has very old sand… and now it’s being ruined by social media promoting it as the whitest sand beach in Australia! The amount of shell content on beaches is strongly influenced by the size and location of rock platforms and reefs, which support marine life. But sand doesn’t tell the whole story. Waves are also a major control. Beaches with large waves most of the time tend to be wider and flatter, as the waves and currents spread the sand offshore. Beaches with small waves all the time are steeper as small waves can only move a small amount of sand shoreward, creating a steeper beach. The final control is the tide range. We have fairly small tides in NSW, but if you travel to northern Queensland, or anywhere there are very large tides (> 3 metres), the beaches are extremely wide and flat as the large tides tend to bulldoze the sand across the beach as they move the waves up and down the beach rapidly over larger distances. So ultimately what your beach looks like is a complex combination of the geology, sand size, wave action and tidal range, which is why beaches are so incredibly variable… and fantastic! Have a question for Dr Rip about the Science of the Surf? Email rbrander@unsw.edu.au. 2515

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