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It’s hard for journalists to write about themselves. It feels self-indulgent. Wrong. Our natural instinct COAST NEWS www.2515mag. is to be at one with the wallpaper. Opinions are for com.au other people. EDITORS Gen Swart, Marcus Craft But May’s Editors’ letter, in which we shared some of the trials of print publishing today, was CONTACT editor@2515mag.com.au. Ph: 0432 612 168 rather well received. 2515mag. PO Box 248, Helensburgh, 2508. “I loved it,” one reader said. “It makes it seem as ADVERTISING 0432 612 168. www.2515mag.com.au. T&Cs apply. if we’re all in this together.” DEADLINE 18th of month prior. So, as there’s no shortage of troubles to share, here’s part 2. COVER Caroline Baum & Tanya Stubbles. Photo: Unicorn Studios Making media industry headlines last month: 2515 is published by The Word Bureau, ABN 31 692 723 477. “More than 150 Australian newsrooms shut since Disclaimer: All content and images remain the property of 2515 Coast January 2019 as Covid-19 deepens media crisis” News unless otherwise supplied. No part of this magazine may be – Guardian Australia; “Australian media closures reproduced without written permission. Views expressed do not reflect spark fears important local stories will not be told” those of the publisher. – ABC News; “Big tech, pandemic crush niche websites” – The Australian; “Bauer Media axes 60 Pac Mags positions via Zoom meeting” – Sydney MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS Morning Herald. In a glimmer of hope that tech MURRAY JONES giants may be forced to pay for news they put on Aged 69, Murray was born in Bulli Hospital and their platforms, an SMH piece on the Australian lives in Thirroul. He attended Bulli High and Competition and Consumer Commission’s new UOW, graduating in Maths. Murray is a software code of conduct led with, “The ACCC is facing a developer and has been Secretary of the devilishly complex task in forcing Google and Thirroul Village Committee since 2004. Facebook to pay publishers”. DAVID ROACH is a visual artist and awardIt may be too late for many. In the past month, winning screenwriter and director. His films more regional papers have closed. Bauer has have been released internationally, including ‘paused’ printing of magazines including Men’s the documentary Red Obsession (narrated by Health, Harper’s Bazaar and NW. Two online news Russell Crowe), Beneath Hill 60 (starring Brendan Cowell) and The Surgeon and the Soldier about surgeon, sites, BuzzFeed Australia and 10 Daily, are no Dr Munjed Al Muderis. David lives on the Illawarra coast with his more. And, at press time, we – and several local photographers – were still waiting to hear if wife, author and broadcaster, Caroline Baum. David is part of a team caring for and revitalising the lovely Clifton School of Arts. 85-year-old news agency Australian Associated Press would be shut down or rescued in a AMANDA DE GEORGE is a naturalist, writer and last-minute bid by philanthropists. photographer based in the Northern Illawarra. Why then, amid global media carnage, is our Her passion lies in discovering interesting little community magazine still going? critters in urban environments and bringing Is it because in times of trouble and isolation, them to the followers of her Facebook and community news provides the connection we all Instagram page Backyard Zoology. Oh, and adventures and crave? Is it because writers feel a duty to readers to naps and wine; she’s passionate about those things too! keep them informed – and not let major DR LORRAINE JONES came to NSW after an developments slip by under cover of Covid-19? Is it internship in the Royal Brisbane Hospital. She because advertisers are readers too, and loyal worked at the Prince Henry Hospital before supporters of local business? Or is it simply going into general practice in Regents Park in because no one else still hand-delivers the news to Sydney. Lorraine moved to Stanwell Park in 1970. After retiring, she joined the Helensburgh Historical Society your letterbox? Really, we wouldn’t like to venture an opinion. and has published a booklet on the 1919 influenza epidemic. Perhaps you can tell us. We always love to hear from readers, please write to editor@2515mag.com.au Stay safe, The editors, Gen & Marcus 2515 WANT TO GET PAID TO EXERCISE? We’re looking for local walkers to deliver 2515 mags to letterboxes in Thirroul. For more details, please email editor@2515mag.com.au or call Gen on 0432 612 168.

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On ANZAC Day this year, a single representative of 1st Austinmer Scout Group, Eleanor, laid a wreath on behalf of the Group as the Dawn Service had been cancelled due to Covid-19.

SCOUTS SHOW RESILIENCE By Stephen Turner, Group Leader, 1st Austinmer Scout Group The Coronavirus changed everything for everyone early in 2020 including Scouting. On advice from our Chief Scout, 1st Austinmer Group along with every other group Australia-wide ceased face-toface Scouting, in line with the schools shutting down. As a result, we have seen incredible displays of the ingenuity, resilience and creativity as we’ve transitioned from face-to-face Scouting to Scouting@Home. From virtual camps and online meetings, to stop-motion films and scavenger hunts, we’ve seen our members create and deliver dozens of new ways of practising Scouting and keep connected to Scouts from their homes through mediums like Zoom. Our Leaders have been holding Zoom virtual meetings, sometimes twice a week, to ensure the continuity of Scouting in Austinmer until we can once again meet together face-to-face. Scouts NSW has worked in close collaboration with the other Scout Branches to ensure that no youth member is disadvantaged in completing their Peak Awards while we adhere to social distancing policies. The Peak Award Requirements for Joey Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts and Venturer Scouts while Scouting@Home have been modified to accommodate this. A Camp@Home 2020 was held over the Anzac

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weekend with over 3000 Scouts across NSW and interstate (and from as far as South Africa!) taking part in the event to commemorate ANZAC Day 2020. Scouts NSW were blown away with the creativity, resourcefulness and acts of service, and enjoyed seeing the hundreds of amazing photos and videos of their campsites, memorials and activities posted on the Facebook page. As the Dawn Services were cancelled Australia wide, one Scout from 1st Austinmer Scout Group, Eleanor, attended the Austinmer Beach Cenotaph on behalf of the entire Group, and laid a wreath to honour those who served our Country. There are Weekly Challenges on Scouting@ Home, challenging Scouts to channel their inner home cooks, exercise instructors, film producers, modern-day map-makers, among many others for which a certificate/virtual badge is awarded. As we moved through May, there were positive signs of the easing of lockdown restrictions. If we all as a society move forward with caution and good hygiene it might not be too long before we can get back to the great Scouting way of life. 2515 The way it was: Austinmer Scouts traditionally gather at the Cenotaph after the Anzac Day Dawn Service, as pictured here in 1935 (below left) and 2015. Photos thanks to Stephen Turner

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Before you rush into a DIY project, find out what you can and can’t do to your property, writes architect Ben Wollen.

Over Mothers Day weekend I paid a visit to my local Bunnings store and was blown away at the amount of people there. While a lot of plants and flowers were heading out the door, there was all sorts of other items in trolleys as well. Paint, timber, chicken wire and gardening products seemed to top the list. It’s a clear indication that in this time of COVID, people are getting stuck into DIY projects to keep themselves busy. Refreshing the inside of your bedroom with a new lick of paint might not pose a problem with Council. But a lot of people would be surprised by what you can and can’t do on your house without “development approval” (not that that has stopped anyone erecting a chookpen in the backyard before!). While the safest way is to check with Council and apply for a development application, in New South Wales there is state legislation called the State Environmental Planning Policy SEPP (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008, which outlines a number of developments that you can do on your property, which do not require Council’s permission. Exempt development are low-impact things you can do without requiring any external permissions. They can include such things as decks, rainwater tanks, sheds, fences, painting and general repairs. But! Be careful as this can vary from property to property. For example, generally you can go and re-paint your house whatever colour tickles your fancy. However, if you happen to live in a heritage-listed property or in a heritage area then

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painting it to match your favourite footy team’s colours will probably not fly. Complying development is a combined planning and construction approval such that if you abide by the planning rules under the SEPP and your property allows for complying development, then you can skip the Council and get approval from a private certifier. This can save up to $15,000 for new homes and up to $2600 for renovations, not to mention saving a lot of time as well. Easy peasy, right? Well, not quite – as always there’s the fine print! Let’s say I want to build a chicken coop in my backyard. Under the legislation, this is considered an Animal Shelter and has development standards that the chookpen needs to abide by. For example, it can’t be more than 1.8m high, and not more than 10 square metres in area. It can’t be closer than 450mm to your boundary, be built of non-reflective materials, and if it has a roof that needs to connect to your stormwater system. If it’s in a bushfire-threatened area, it needs to be constructed of non-combustible materials. There might be the odd prepper out there now thinking that their apocalypse-saving chookpen might need some design modifications! So, whilst there are things we can do to ‘Emoh Ruo’ without asking permission, the onus is on us to familiarise ourselves with the fine print, so call your local council. For more details on exempt and complying development visit https://pp.planningportal.nsw. gov.au/ To read the fine print head to https://www. legislation.nsw.gov.au/ 2515

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Wollongong City Libraries offer a range of eResources that you can access right now from the comfort of your own home. Here are just a few you may not have heard of to try out today. Kanopy is a free online streaming service, giving you access to hundreds of movies and documentaries, such as Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia. Library members are able to download 12 movies per month. Indyreads is our newest platform, providing hundreds of eBooks and eAudiobooks. While you won’t find popular author’s like James Patterson here, you will find Tara June Winch’s brand newie The Yield, as well as books by other great, independent authors. If you are a fan of local history, check out Illawarra Stories to take you on a trip down memory lane. Listen to local stories told by local people, as they reminisce about life in the Illawarra “back in the day”. From growing up at Glennifer Brae to immigrating to Australia to live in the Nissen huts, there is a slice of history within

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Artist Tanya Stubbles (left) and author Caroline Baum. Photo: Unicorn Studios

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‘LIKE A CHAT BETWEEN FRIENDS’ The Clifton School of Arts launched Clifton Conversations last month and the simple, intimate format of this online event is already a hit, 2515 reports.

2515’s contributors are a talented bunch. At a Thirroul Probus Club talk earlier this year, someone asked us, “Where do you find them?” The answer is through a combination of luck and skill-spotting: they are subjects we’ve interviewed and wanted to hear more from; community-minded academics; business owners sharing local knowledge. At least one has come from friendships formed on the school run (hi, Dr Rip!). But sometimes they fall into our pages like gifts from the writing gods and we simply hang onto them and ask for more. Wombarra filmmaker David Roach is one of those. David first wrote a letter to 2515 in December 2019 to raise awareness of a controversial development proposed opposite Coledale Hospital. This year, as a member of the Clifton School of Arts

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team, David has written a series of eloquent tributes to the historic building at Clifton and its value to our coastal community. Last month the School of Arts launched a new online event for its members called Clifton Conversations. David kindly took time to answer our questions. The new fortnightly Clifton Conversations online event launched on May 14, with journalist Caroline Baum live in Zoom conversation with artist Paul Ryan. How did it go? Doing anything for the first time is always slightly nerve-wracking. Some of us feel we have become Zoom masters over the lock-down, dashing out far too many invites to family and friends. But it’s a different thing to set up an interview with an artist in their studio in front of a live online audience. What if we have a technical glitch? Can you even share images of the artworks during a live conversation? What could have been a disaster turned out to be a relaxed and insightful conversation. Go to our website for highlights: www.artsclifton.org In Clifton Conversations, the CSA has put together a great event, featuring big names in the arts, hosted by a literary star in her own right. In fact, the whole affair is more like something you’d expect on national television than from a small community group. How did this come about? Cultural institutions, even tiny ones like the Clifton School of Arts, play a crucial role supporting creative people and connecting them with the broader community. The Covid-19 pandemic meant that we had to shut our doors. We had no idea how long the lock-down would last. This part of the world is fortunate to have an extraordinary array of artists, writers, musicians, choreographers and filmmakers. With art makers and audiences isolated from each other we needed to come up with a plan to keep everyone connected. We wanted the ideas to keep flowing. While we have an amazing amount of experience in our team, including Caroline who is a seasoned interviewer, we had no interest in producing something slick like TV. We wanted the Clifton Conversations to be low-key, low-tech and local. Like a chat between friends. Because that’s exactly what it is.

In June, Caroline will interview another famous local artist, Tanya Stubbles. Please tell us more. Tanya Stubbles will be our third conversation after Paul Ryan and Ashley Frost and we’re thrilled she has agreed to participate and we’re really looking forward to talking with her. She’s a longstanding local artist with a unique style and a growing international reputation. The School of Arts has a dramatic association for her which makes it extra special that she agreed to do this.

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Examples of Tanya Stubbles’ work.

Please tell us about the format for the online Conversations - what can audiences expect? Clifton Conversations, first and foremost, are for members. But becoming a member is as easy. So join us. Email our secretary Vivian Wilson – vyvwilson@ gmail.com. As a member, each fortnight you will receive an invite to Clifton Conversations. On that Thursday you log in at about 10 to 5 and that’s all there is to it. Interviews last between 20 and 30 minutes and there’s always time for audience questions. We will be posting highlights of the conversations on our website as well as Facebook and Instagram. Will these events switch to real-life Conversations at the CSA after coronavirus restrictions are lifted? While we can’t wait to get back to hosting live events like our screenings and our “Meet the Maker” series, these online conversations are proving popular so I think they will always be part of the mix. Who else is lined up in 2020, and how are subjects chosen? Coming up in Clifton Conversations will be choreographer Frances Rings. She has a long association with Bangarra Dance and lived in this area for about 10 years. We choose people who feel strongly about how this place has been a part of their creative lives and whose work we think others may like to know more about. We’re a bit spoilt for choice when it comes to talent. We’d love suggestions from members too. Clifton Conversations are free for CSA members – so how are events financed? To “low-key”, “low-tech” and “local” you can also add “low-cost”! Everyone involved is volunteering their time. We’re pretty innovative when it comes to technology and we believe that too much

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whizzbanging can sometimes get in the way of a great story. We keep it simple and intimate. Clifton School of Arts has long been a beloved community venue, but has fresh energy in 2020. What’s driving this? We have a fabulously focussed and motivated committee. When you join a community organisation like Clifton School of Arts you realise that you are part of a chain of committees stretching back 110 years. We jokingly call it the “unbroken chain of love”. And as much as we’d like to believe that our committee brings new agility to the running of the CSA, just look at what the little place has survived; two pandemics, two World Wars, depressions, recessions, bushfires, floods and landslides. Talk about agile! And through all of that, those past committees kept a firm grip on the CSA and made sure that it would never slip out of community hands. How is the CSA team coping amidst the pandemic? First, we are all looking out for each other and making sure that everyone in our local community can get the support that they need. We’re also taking the opportunity to refurbish the inside of the CSA. We’re upgrading lighting and access and we’re putting in a new kitchen, storage and display areas. Any other news you’d like to share? We do have some exciting news! But we can’t say anything yet, sorry. Look out for an announcement in the coming months. We know that many local artists, writers and musicians have been doing it tough over the lock down. So when we finally get to re-open our doors we would love it to be a kind of celebration of local talent. We can’t wait for that day. 2515

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ART AND CALAMITY By David Roach

As I write this, the restrictions that have been in place for months are being eased. We are tentatively venturing out of isolation, visiting neighbours, making plans. The world before Covid-19 now seems like a distant place. It was a time when we were spoilt for choice, when FOMO, the “fear of missing out”, was commonplace. So for some the lock-down came with a curious side effect. With nowhere to go, with nothing to miss out on, a pressure lifted. This hiatus in the normal rush of our lives was an opportunity to think more deeply about what we consider essential. Around 1911 the coal miners of Clifton downed tools and went on strike. The campaign was long and difficult and the union and local community had to work hard to keep the village operating. The striking miners, freed for the moment from the everyday dangers of going down the pit, found they had time on their hands. Someone, (I like to think it was one of the miners’ wives,) came up with an idea: why not put this time to good use? Why not build something for the community? Proposals would have been put forward; a community hall, a Mechanics Institute, a Sunday School. By most accounts Clifton at the time was a hard-scrabble place. A rudimentary village of weatherboard cottages and dusty streets. Life for

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most miners and their families was a daily struggle of finding work, putting food on the table, keeping your kids safe. These things were essential. So the community’s final decision was as surprising as it was far-sighted. They decided to spend their precious time and limited resources on building a School of Arts. Once the idea was out there, it must have become irresistible. A public building of their own. Not for functionaries or administrators, but a place where everyone in community was welcome. A place with light and spacious rooms, a piano to play, books to read, a place to learn, a place to go dancing on a Saturday night. We are what we leave behind. And what these miners left us was a modest jewel on the hillside at Clifton. They must have known instinctively what all human beings have known over thousands of years, that art connects us over time and space. Our much loved cultural institutions play a crucial role in nurturing artists and disseminating their ideas. Having them in the heart of a community builds social resilience and cohesion. And whether they are vast and magnificent like the Opera House and Carriageworks or tiny and magnificent like the Clifton School of Arts, each one of them is essential. Stay safe, everyone. 2515

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These possums are noisy – but very cute – little critters. Photos: Amanda De George

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REDEVELOPMENT OF THIRROUL PLAZA By Murray Jones, secretary of the Thirroul Village Committee

The development application (DA) for a new Thirroul Plaza was recently placed on the Council website. With three storeys above ground, two levels of basement parking and 82 apartments requiring an investment of $60m this is obviously a significant development. The old Thirroul Plaza is past its use-by date and Thirroul’s Coles needs at least twice the floor space to compete with Bulli’s Woolworths so this proposal has momentum. The reality is the land owners can build what they like as long as Council agrees, and they are spending $60m which will mean lots of jobs, especially during the construction phase, but should we allow this to have negative impact on Thirroul Village? Members of the Thirroul Village Committee (TVC) are disappointed that a lack of advertising or public consultation by the developers meant that news of this was not disseminated earlier before the May 27 close-off date. However, Council has indicated that it can receive communications from any interested persons at any time during the assessment period which will continue until the determination. There is also a later opportunity for oral submissions, but more on that later. This DA was represented on the Council website as a lengthy and complex set of documents divided into 35 files. The actual DA document was not included. After taking considerable time to download, sort and rename files, the TVC placed the plans on their website Thirroulvillage.com. More than 1000 people took the opportunity to try

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and wade in. Viewing a plan for a shopping centre on a laptop is not easy. Nor is wading through thousands of pages to find specific information. For example, what happens to the current 1950s public toilet that appears on the plans directly in front of, but outside the DA’s boundary. Is it now the centrepiece? Let’s consider several concerns. TWO-STOREY LIMIT The DA proposes three storeys with 11 apartments on the top floor. Page 23 of Chapter 12 of the Wollongong Development Control (DCP) plan clearly marks this area as having a two-storey limit and this is the first new building to be built in this part of Thirroul. Now the DA claims that this two-storey height limit does not need to apply for numerous reasons listed over six pages in words that appear to me as planning gobblespeak. Isn’t it up to the staff at Wollongong City Council to say that if they want three storeys then they need to get the Wollongong DCP changed? The construction of a three-storey building in this part of Thirroul will certainly obscure the view of the Illawarra Escarpment, which is identified as a State Heritage Conservation area. REDUCTIONS TO PARKING The proposal includes traffic lights at the corner of King Street and Lawrence Hargrave Drive (LHD). This leads directly to the loss of almost all street parking in central Thirroul (King Street from the

THIRROUL PLAZA: THE DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE Illustrations provided by Thirroul Plaza

doctors surgery east, and on LHD, both sides of the road from the Commonwealth Bank to Raymond Road will be clear of parking). Does this DA consider the impact on main street traders who depend on this parking and, if so, how will they be recompensed? Also where will the patrons of Beaches and Anita’s Theatre park? IMPACT OF EXTRA TRAFFIC We all experience the results of the disconnect between development and traffic. This connection was mentioned once by one brave chairman of the Wollongong Local Planning Panel (WLPP) when rejecting a development in George Street, Thirroul. No action was taken by Council and Thirroul is now drowning in cars. LHD could be widened to cater for more cars except for the single narrow bridge across the railway in the middle of Thirroul. This bridge has no bypass. If an accident occurs and traffic backs up across this bridge then there will be instant grid-lock. In an emergency, timely access will not be possible. Thirroul residents have been concerned about this issue for more than 50 years and keep asking for another route to Bulli on the eastern side of the railway. Is it not time for Council to connect existing roads through to Bulli? This would double as a bypass to the Thirroul CBD and as an improvement to the Grand Pacific Drive.

The following information is from a May 11 media release, titled “Thirroul Plaza Transformation”, with additional comments provided by Thirroul Plaza media liaison officer Emma Foster. WHAT’S THE PLAN FOR THIRROUL PLAZA? “A true community hub … Under the plans which have been submitted, 302-304 and 282-298 Lawrence Hargrave Drive also known as Thirroul Plaza, will be reimagined as a mixed-use village precinct. • Supermarket floor space increased from 1241 sqm to 2820 sqm • Retail and commercial shop fronts along both Lawrence Hargrave Drive and King Street • Parking improved by construction of basement level with over 350 car spots • One-, two- and three-bedroom apartments around a 2400 sqm central courtyard WHO OWNS THIRROUL PLAZA? “Thirroul Plaza was purchased in 2017 by Thirroul Plaza Pty Ltd*, which is owned by multiple shareholders, with the main shareholder living in the area, and has for 25 years. He has a personal interest in maintaining the integrity of the Thirroul Village community and lifestyle and preserving the amenity in the local area.” * Emma later said the full company name was Thirroul Plaza Investments Pty Ltd (formerly Mainland Civil Nominees Pty Ltd, according to ASIC).

A NEW RAT RUN? Traffic lights at King St will give many northern suburbs residents controlled access onto LHD and a way to bypass slow traffic that often backs up through Austinmer. This route could be used from as far north as Morrison Avenue, Wombarra by driving along Buttenshaw Drive and down Asquith

WHAT ABOUT TRAFFIC CONCERNS? “RMS [Roads & Maritime Services, now Transport for NSW] were consulted during the design phase and are a referral agency in providing consent conditions for DA. “There has been some controversy surrounding the traffic generated … “Traffic generation from the Thirroul Plaza Development Application is not going to generate an extra 550 vehicle movements both morning and evening peaks, and 730+ on weekends. These numbers are not new to the area, the 550 includes the 300 vehicle movements currently visiting the plaza. “The Traffic Impact Assessment which was conducted by an independent traffic consultant, stated the current retail area at Thirroul Plaza is generating over 300 vehicle movements in morning and afternoon peaks and there is

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already a need for King Street to be signalised, so if the development proceeds the traffic lights installed will greatly alleviate the existing road conditions.” “The current owners have reviewed the previous owner’s DA application as a comparison. The previous owners DA application included 5,900m2 of retail space and 312 car spaces, and it was approved by council. The previously approved DA would have generated approximately 30% more vehicle movements in the area than the current DA.” WHAT’S THE DESIGN AESTHETIC? “Careful consideration has been given to building design to ensure the development presents as a two-storey street wall along Lawrence Hargrave Drive, with the third-storey set back by 6m from the site boundary,” said a spokesperson from Loucas Architects. “Visual impact studies have also been conducted to ensure the design follows Council’s DCP [Development Control Plan] strategies to retain views of both the Escarpment and Kennedy Hill and maintain the existing street scale, as shown in the illustrations. “The materials chosen in the design are inspired by the coastal area and include a light colour palette, timber finishes, metal cladding and detailed brickwork.” 2515

View of proposed Thirroul Plaza heading south along Lawrence Hargrave Drive (above). View of proposed Thirroul Plaza heading north along Lawrence Hargrave Drive (below).

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Street. This will be an undesirable outcome for those living in the back roads, including Redman Ave. Additional back-street traffic will also adversely affect cyclists and pedestrians. AN ACOUSTIC REPORT THAT DID NOT LISTEN The Acoustic Report did not consider noise emanating from adjacent local music venues. This must concern the owners of Beaches Hotel and Anita’s Theatre. It was suggested that the unit sales process should include explicit disclosure that this development is close to large and loud venues as a means to halt complaints once they move in. Another concern is the sound of the trains. The coal trains regularly pass the site and often idle metres from the window level of the Plaza’s first floor for long periods at night. Shouldn’t prospective buyers need to be made aware of this fact, especially if they purchase a unit on the western side of the development? Double-glazing of windows and higher spec insulation could assist. Inclusion of office space, rather than apartments at the northern end, could create a sound barrier between the residents and music venues. 82 APARTMENTS? Yes, that seems too many. Shouldn’t a development this size include space for offices away from the noisy street frontage? Why not replace those on the northern edge with office space to act as a barrier between Thirroul’s music venues? Also, is there really a need for so many one-bedroom apartments? Couldn’t some be enlarged?

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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Submission to Council closed on 27 May, 2020. However, the Council has discretion to receive commentary beyond that date. As the development’s value is more than $30 million this DA will go to the Southern Region Planning Panel (SRPP). Council will consolidate all submissions and make a recommendation to the SRPP. This could take several months. The panel will then convene to hear concerns the local community may have about a development application and to hear how the applicant addresses those concerns. In making a determination, the planning panels will have regard to the Council staff assessment report, public submissions made during exhibition, relevant planning legislation and policies, and the views heard from the community at the public meeting. Anyone who wishes to address a planning panel at a public meeting must register with the Secretariat beforehand. For more information email enquiry@planningpanels.nsw.gov.au. Please view the news section of Thirroulvillage. com for further information on this DA and links to the plans. You can also keep up to date about the progress of this development by adding your email address to the mailing list. If you can help in analysing a specific section of the DA, or intend to speak to the SRPP when convened could you please advise by sending an email to tvc@internode.on.net. 2515

MEET THE TVC

The Thirroul Village Committee (TVC) is a group of local residents who share an interest in the future of Thirroul. The Committee first met in 1991. The first meeting was called by Don Gray OAM, a long-time resident, who was concerned that the “Town was looking rather tatty”. As an informal group, the Committee has no mandate and does not claim to act on behalf of Thirroul’s residents. Instead action is only taken where there is a clear majority of attendees in support. The main effort is in gardening, graffiti removal and improving the appearance of Thirroul. Meetings are normally held every second month on a Sunday afternoon at 4pm at the Thirroul Railway Institute Preservation Society (TRIPS) hall in Railway Parade, Thirroul and all residents are most welcome to come along. Check the TVC website (www.thirroulvillage.com) for further information. 2515

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Real estate update RESTRICTIONS EASING & OPEN HOUSES ARE BACK Property owners and buyers in the area have welcomed the removal of the COVID-19 ban on open homes in May. Onsite auctions are also permitted again although most properties are not making it to auction with plenty of buyers around moving quickly to secure their exit from the city. There is talk of prices being down slightly in Sydney but this is not the case in our area with good figures coming in across 2508 and 2515 postcodes in April and May. The next few months will see JobKeeper payments continue until September as the government assists the economy transition to a new normal. Lenders have also played their part by freezing repayments on a large number of home and business loans while the Reserve Bank is tipped to drop interest rates again in June. All this support should be positive for the local real estate market.

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BEETLING ABOUT With entomologist Dr Chris Reid

While we’ve been stuck at home, nature has continued on its merry way. In the last few weeks, before the current cold snap, you may have seen swallows gathering over the coastal lagoons on their way north and also many butterflies ‘passing through’. Last week I picked up a drowned wanderer butterfly from the strandline at Stanwell Park. Wanderers (or monarchs, or milkweeds) seem to have an inbuilt desire to wander. These are the butterflies that migrate from the USA into dense winter aggregations in Mexico, aggregations that were in millions 50 years ago but are now only 10s of thousands. The same butterfly reaches the UK in some years, although whether it is crossing the Atlantic or flying from colonies on the islands west of Africa is in dispute. Whatever! It’s still a long way for a butterfly. Sadly, mine didn’t get far at all. What is an American butterfly doing in Australia? That’s a good question which can only be solved by guesswork. It hasn’t flown here from the US so almost certainly it was brought in as eggs or small caterpillars on leaves with a host plant, something pretty for the garden. We’ve had the butterfly well established in Australia since at least 1871 and there must have been suitable hosts for it to breed on when it first arrived. Its native hosts, in the US, are species of asclepias or milkweed. There are no Australian natives of this genus, but a couple of US species are occasional weeds. However, waste ground in eastern Australia commonly has a South African

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relative of this plant, called Gomphocarpus or, well, since this is a family magazine I can’t say, except that it’s named after fruits that are round and hairy. It’s a common weed here and at present almost every plant has a caterpillar on it, brightly striped in black, yellow and green. That’s the wanderer caterpillar. The gomphocarpus is poisonous, to us and to livestock, so it’s a serious nuisance to farmers and people with horses. So here we might have a great outcome – an introduced American butterfly with caterpillars helping to get rid of a nasty African weed. Except… How does a flower develop seed and create new plants? By pollination of the flowers. And what pollinates gomphocarpus? Yes, you got it, wanderer butterflies. They are not entirely stupid, they aren’t going to eat themselves out of food and leave nothing for the next generation. 2515

Top: The Wanderer (or monarch, or milkweed) as a caterpillar. Photo: Burkhard Mücke, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Above: A wanderer from underneath. Photo: Chris Reid

ON BOARD WITH SURFRIDER By Coledale’s Susie Crick, chair of Surfrider Foundation Australia.

This month we celebrate World Oceans Day on Monday, June 8 and the theme this year is “Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean”. Ocean lovers around the globe are calling on world leaders to protect 30% of our blue planet by 2030, (30 x 30). In doing so, this will ensure a healthier home for all. ENTER OUR PHOTO COMP To celebrate our care for the ocean, we have partnered with our friends from Aquatech Imaging Solutions in Thirroul to host a beach clean. Due to the current restrictions on large gatherings we can’t organise a community beach clean, so instead we are asking you to head down to your beach with a bucket and pick up any rubbish that might make its way to the sea. Our beaches are pretty clean because our community is mindful of the environment, but I’ll ask you to look for the things that are not always obvious such as dirty cigarette butts, foam balls, microplastics and the small bits of plastic that wash up on our shores. Do what you can to make our beaches cleaner especially on World Oceans Day. Follow us on instagram @aquatech_imagingsolutions and @surfrider_ southcoast to find out about a fun photo competition to celebrate World Oceans Day.

WATCH FOR FREE! As a special treat for the first 100 readers who register, I have organised a screening of The Story of Plastic. This film tells the story of how this most versatile material is slowly polluting our planet. Email me at southcoastnsw@surfrider.org.au if you would like to watch the movie for free and I will send you the link! The film tells how not all plastics are created equal, and that plastic has become a silent partner in our daily existence. Plastic is made up from fossil fuels like oil and gas, and its production creates climate impacts from its extraction right through to its disposal and beyond. Plastic equals big money and the big producers plan to expand. We use so much unnecessary plastic and recycle so little. Plastic film and styrofoam can’t be feasibly recycled so much of these products will never break down. Do you want this for your children, do you want this for you? The first step in cleaning up our planet (and our oceans) is to eliminate the low-value single-use plastics. Return to offender! We can change this with our spending habits. It is up to all of us to get our planet healthy, so that we can be healthy. One person can do a lot, and eight billion can do so much more. Start around your home; reduce your plastic dependence. Save your glass jars to store food. Wrap in beeswax wraps instead of cling wrap. Make your own washable and reusable face masks for those days when you need to wear a mask! When you shop, choose items that are not packaged in plastic. Start to refuse and make a conscious decision to avoid plastic. We all live downstream; our beaches are where many plastics and microplastics end up and wash up. Next month is Plastic Free July so give yourself a head-start and wean yourself off plastics now. The oceans and the planet will thank you for it! 2515 Become a member and get involved! For more info: www.surfrider.org.au

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PAINT

Janice Creenaune meets Susan Papac, a retired visual arts teacher and resident of the Northern Illawarra, who now lives for her painting. Photos supplied. Susan Papac, 60, radiates a joy and a gentle passion when approached to examine her paintings. After 30 years with the NSW Department of Education, her world has broadened by her work and her travels, enabling her talent to explode on canvas in oils. “I loved teaching drawing and painting as my favourite techniques and can now use the experience and technical expertise to develop my own body of work,” Susan says. Her subject matter reflects observations of the landscape while driving through rural NSW, the harbour at Wollongong, travelling in Europe, and the objects in her home. “I am presently pursuing a focus on the visual qualities of the sky and water. I am painting the structure of clouds, effects of light and dark determined by the time of day and weather, and capturing the layering that occurs as clouds form and move across the sky. “The reflection and effects of light and movement that I can see in the water have become an integral element of my Wollongong harbour compositions. To add to this interest in the local scape, I am keen to convey the harbour as a safe haven for the many very attractive boats, both recreational and working varieties, which are moored there. Having been fortunate to live by the coast for the last 10 years, I never lose the initial realisation I had that this is a very beautiful part of NSW. Thus, my painting will always reflect the appreciation I have for the physical landscape and the character of the Wollongong coastline.” Susan, though largely self-taught, began her training at Riverina College of Advanced Education. “I can be very objective of my own work and ultimately very constructive. I have been doing it all my life as part of the processes in evaluation. I know it is the hard work which dominates in the learning process.” She chose oil painting for specific reasons. “I gain definitive effects in the layering of colours, as well as transparencies in the paint, but I am affected by the sheen it offers, the wetness and liquidity of oils continues to fascinate me. I also love experimenting with glazes and feel the oils are

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richer than the acrylics in pigmentation and lustre.” They are slow-drying so Susan sometimes works on two paintings simultaneously. “There is a sense that I model the surface to achieve a form of depth on a flat surface, and a sense of movement in the water and the clouds, reflexions and all included in changing weather is intrinsically fascinating, but can be difficult to capture in my work. “There is satisfaction when it happens, exasperation, however, when it falls short.” Susan attempts to capture the essence of her subject, but often moves away from the actual. “My paintings have been influenced by the styles and philosophies of modern European and Australian artists. Bonnard, Matisse, Monet, Cezanne and Preston to list a few. But throughout my practice, I have mostly found that a strong drawing lays a structural foundation for the painting, that can then be transferred into the surface manipulation of light and colour through paint.” Susan shares her studio space with her wood-carving husband, Joe, where they offer each other constructive advice. Susan’s work may be seen at the Thirroul Seaside Festival, Scarborough Art Show and Bowral District Arts Society. For more, email susanpapac@optusnet.com.au n Writer Janice Creenaune is a volunteer for the PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Foundation Australia, helping to raise awareness. For more details, email janicecreenaune@gmail.com. 2515

’TIS THE SEASON

With Green Connect Fair Food Coordinator Kristin Watson

stir-fries. They taste better cooked than raw as they can be a bit bitter on their own. So next time, before you discard the leafy crown of greens on your veggies, have a taste. Be adventurous, your gut will thank you for it. LEAFY GREEN DAHL 1 cup red lentils 1 litre vegetable stock 2 cloves garlic, crushed 20g fresh ginger, grated 3 tbsp vegetable oil or ghee 2-3 dried chillies, or 1 tsp chilli flakes ½ tsp turmeric 1 tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp graham masala 1 onion, finely chopped 2 small carrots, chopped 4 tomatoes, quartered 1 bunch radish tops 1 bunch sweet potato leaves To taste, coriander and lemon juice.

Hail the leafy tops! At Green Connect we are all about Zero Waste and constantly try to encourage our customers to eat outside their comfort zone. By that, I don’t mean ants or spiders, but vegetables that grow well in the Illawarra and are in season. We have been thrilled to see a healthy crop of radishes, turnips, carrots and beetroots, which all have more than one thing in common. All of these have edible tops. So often to we discard the leaves of plants and throw them to the chickens or in our compost, but in fact, they are very nutrient-dense and full of antioxidants. Carrot tops are great a great substitute in pestos – just add some lemon, garlic, toasted nuts, parmesan and a generous lug of olive oil. The radish, turnip and beetroot leaves are a great substitute for kale and spinach in soups, stews and

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METHOD: Rinse the lentils well in cold water. Wash and pat dry the leafy greens and separate leaves from the stem. Finely chop the stem of both the radish tops and sweet potato leaves, and roughly chop the leaves. In a large pan, heat up the oil/ghee to medium heat. Add cumin seeds, turmeric, garam masala and onion and let cook for a 2-3 min and become fragrant, add garlic, ginger and chilli and cook for another minute or two, then add the carrots and tomatoes. Let cook for another 5 min on medium heat, then add the chopped stalks. Stir well and let cook for 2-3 minutes before you add the lentils. Give it a good mix then add the vegetable stock. Bring to the boil (skim off any scum), simmer and cover for about 30 minutes, then add in the rest of your leafy greens and cook for another 10 min. Season to taste with salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice. Add any fresh herbs you might have at home and serve with fluffy millet or rice and some warm naan bread. 2515

Packed with fresh produce from the urban farm in Warrawong, Green Connect’s weekly veg boxes are available for pick up at Flame Tree Co-op and at Taylor’s Healthy Grocers in Thirroul. To order, visit www.green-connect-vegbox.com.au

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THEN & NOW

Dr Lorraine Jones looks at two dark economic times: the Covid-19 crisis of 2020 and the Great Depression of 1929-1933. The current unemployment situation where about 1 million jobs have been lost since March 2020 is due to the shut-down from Covid-19 infection control. This shut-down was preceded by full employment and a burgeoning stock exchange. Yet there was a dark side to being unemployed in Australia – before the coronavirus stimulus measures, the Newstart Allowance was less than $300 per week for a single person. In the Great Depression, unemployed single men were forced to become swaggies and walk from one town to another to seek employment. If they did not walk a certain distance, they did not receive their unemployment benefit, the dole. In the 2508 area and along the South Coast, unemployed families built shacks at Bulgo, Wattamolla or Garie beaches to survive. They fished, grew vegetables, kept chickens, and picked wild blackberries to sell. Tents were erected and shacks were built at the camping area at the south of Stanwell Park. During the Depression, electricity was connected to Stanwell Park in 1932, and a kiosk was built as the depression lifted in 1933. Henry Halloran developed a quarry on Bald Hill in 1931, which provided stone for structures he had erected in and near Stanwell Tops. In 1931, Helensburgh’s Metropolitan Colliery reduced its number of employees from 400-500 to 80. People left Helensburgh. School numbers

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This photo of Stanwell Park was taken after Christmas 1930. Photo: Helensburgh & District Historical Society

shrank. Once a month, a truck would distribute second-hand clothing to the families. During the Great Depression, Australia’s 30% unemployment rate was the second highest in the world after Germany. Australia and the South Coast slowly climbed out of this Depression, but it took until WWII for full employment to return. The Australian Government in 2020 has increased the unemployment allowance and is providing subsidies to keep people employed. The financial outcome of this Covid-19 crisis is yet to be seen. 2515

initiating change. Perhaps this situation has shifted us, as an individual, a community and a country. We, as individuals, had the time to examine our With Terri Ayliffe. This month: the upside of the downside. values. Maybe we get our vulnerability and the shortness of our lives. And the need to live it in a way that honours what we value. The pandemic has held us in one That is where happiness and fulfilment is, when place for a while. The need to we live our values. isolate ourselves has also given us I have realised I’m not living as authentically as the opportunity to re-evaluate the I believed I was. That’s the upside of the downside, way in which we live. I have had time to listen to myself and a willingness Change is not something many to value what I have to say and the desire to of us seek. It can be an uncomfortable experience. embrace change and build a life of value. But if ever there was a time to alter our lives, it is Control is an illusion as this pandemic has shown now. This pandemic forced us to relinquish control, we had to accept that no matter what we did, forces us. It is better for our mental health to accept that and to relinquish control and embrace change and outside of ourselves were determining our lives. enjoy the freedom that comes with that. Anxiety is born of a want to predict future Things will improve from here. Life will get back outcomes. The pandemic took that ability away to normal, is normal enough for you? from us. If we could accept our lack of control in these circumstances, we may have found our n Read more at https://lifeology.blog or get in touch with anxiety lessened and our minds able to Terri: Terriayliffe@gmail.com or 0431 488 914. 2515 contemplate change and freedom that comes with

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0.62 0.73 0.62 0.55 FR 0.30 FR 1342 SA 0.52 MO 0.53 TU 0.56 WE 0.57 TH 0.46 WE 1719 TH 1654 FR 1736 SU 1610 MO 1530 FR 1 TH 1357 SU 1458 MO 1428 TU 1521 WE 1500 0.79 2131 0.68 2154 0.59 2 0.57 2102 0.46 2130 1.79 2330 1.68 2344 1.79 2353 1.88 2245 1.74 2241 2019 2036 1.91 0.76 2011 2213 1.95 2202 1.86 2347 1.83 2320 1.91 2354

1.42 0424 1.30 0445 1.19 0 1.58 0351 1.37 0415 0.45 0532 0.33 0533 0.31 0445 0.41 0514 0247 0301 0.22 1.59 0245 0418 0.26 0452 0.32 0652 0.32 0615 0.20 0645 0.43 0535 17 17 17 2 2 2 11 26 11 11 26 8 23 8 23 81 8 1000 0.41 0838 1106 0.34 0949 1125 0.43 1017 1052 0.52 1115 0.54 1114 0.57 1300 1.22 1.30 1259 1137 1.28 1.26 0849 1.57 23 1023 1.31 1053 1.29 1044 1.27 1225 1.35 1.35 PORT KEMBLA –1716 NEW WALES 1618 1.32 1733 1.67 1802 1.80 1.38 SOUTH 1750 1.57 1754 1.63

2020 PORT KEMBLA TIDAL CHART 2020

0.65 0.66 SU 0.55 WE 0.58 SA 0.36 SA 1415 TU 0.60 TH 1812 MO 1657 TU 1613 FR 1441 MO 1544 TU 1513 WE 0.73 2349 0.47 2329 1.79 1.76 1.87 2106 2152 1.94 1.88 2145 1.78 PORT KEMBLA –2216 NEW SOUTH LAT 0.68 34°2045 29’ S2312 LONG 150° 55’2245 E WALES LAT 34° 29’ S LONG 150° 55’ E 1.41 0.60 0410 1.64Heights 0545 1.56 0633 0.39 0542 0.42 0020 0343 0.22 and 0515 0.32 0437 0.31 0035 0324 0509 0.41 Times of and High and Low Waters Times Heights of High and Low Waters 1130 0.51 0602 1.30 1153 0.34 1038 1236 1.22 1.23 0944 1053 1.47 0.34 1115 1.26 1145 1.28 0740 0920 1.32 MAY JUNE JULY JUNE JULY 1756 1.47 1152 0.54 1.44 Time 1822 1.79 1747 0.74 0.70 0.45 1601 0.59 MO TH SU 1712 WE TU Time FR 1353 WE SA 1525 TU WE m0.58 Time0.67 m 1702 Time m TH m 1630 Time m SU 1451 Time m 1.65 0.57 1911 1.72 1.94 2231 1.84 Time 2153 m 2259 Time m 04201.79 Time Time m Time m 1828 0320 1.32 0436 1.19 0150 1.57 1.59 2302 0428 1.41 TIME 2122 M1.441.79 0343 TIME M 2333 TIME M

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1.47 1336 0.48 0.54 0.55 1.79 1214 0.46 0.50 0.26 0.47 0.55 0.53 0.47 1543 1.24 1.32 1626 1.40 1.59 1622 1.48 1.23 1.34 1.29 0.74 0.70 MO1615 MO 1756 TH SA 1157 TU 1310 WE 1822 FR1449 TH 1310 WE 1313 SA 1411 SU 1345 MO 1436 TU 1412 FR 1152 SA MO TU WE FR 1353 SA 1322 SU 1347 TU 1747 WE 1702 MO 1351 WE 10 1828 1.65 1836 1.71 2010 1.83 2045 1852 1.87 2021 1937 1.690.24 1911 1933 1.82 2333 1.97 1.83 1928 2111 1.89 1.90 21 2105 0.8302272045 0.73 2232 0.75 0.55 2257 0.57 1941 0.81 1855 0.66 0.77 2235 1.72 0240 0126 0.53 0057 0.35 0.40 2020 0317 0.25 0248 0.26 0409 0.31 0348 0.111957

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PORT KEMBLA – NEW SOUTH WALES SA 1525 0.45 2153 1.94

SU 1451 0.58 2122 1.79

1751 0.64 MO 1837 0.44 0.59 0.48 SU+10:00) TU 1630 0.67 TH 1649 0.65 time FR 1645 (UTC Times areWEin1601 local or daylight savings time 2357 1.38 2302 1.79 2231 1.84 standard 2314 1.65 2305 1.80

LAT 34°0324 29’ S0227 LONG 150° 55’0321 E 0437 0126 0217 0.53 0343 0409 0.31 0501 0240 0.24 0.40 0317 0.25 0248 0.26 0.22 0515 0.32 0.31 0332 0526 0.37 0.21 00 0.410.39 0323 1.49 0129 1.63 0604 0421 1.24 0348 1.35 1.47 1.21 0040 0.31 0605 0.43 0548 0.24Moon 0625 0.50 1.41 First Quarter 0438 0.25 0407 0.40 Moon Phase Symbols New 250830 10 1207 25 0525 10 25 0651 0717 0923 1.39 100944 1008 1.30 1107 0952 0835 1.42 0817 1.29 0912 1.3025 0843 1.30 1.47 1115 1.26 1038 1.28100943 1128 1.26 1.38 Ti11 0920 1.32 1.23High 1130 1.29 Low 1212 1.25 1200 1.40 1250 1.33 0.411010 1040 1.37 1005 1.28 0.53 0.41 0.50Local 0955 0.54 0944 0.40 0.57 Times and Heights of and Waters 0.73 TH 1654 0.62 1742 0.51 1846 0.68 TU 1321 1.54 1610 0.55 MO 1530 0.62 WE 1719 FR 1736 0.70 0.50 1541 0.52 1411 0.47 1345 0.55 0.53 1412 0.47 0.45 0.67 1601 0.59 0.65 0.48 0.58 1.24 1.32 1.67 1.40 1615 1.59 1.46 TH 1310 TH1951 FR 1540 SA1.88 SU MO 1436 TU 1.69 SASU1525 TU WE SA TH 1649 FR 1645 SU1.791451 FR 1543 SA 1449 TH SA 10 MO TU WEMO1622 2347 1.68 1626 23201630 1.79 2354 1.54 2357 0.481652 2241 2202 AUGUST MAY JUNE JULY 1937 2105 1.69 2153 2205 1.67 2305 2200 2045 1.97 2122 2021 2111 1.89 2231 2045 1.90 1.94 2020 1.79 1.84 2257 2314 1.65 1.80 1 1.79 1.8306152302 0.83 0.73 0.75 2235 0.55 0.68 0146 0043 1.27 0535 0.31 0452 0.41 0652 0.45 2232 0.33 0645 0.48 0636 0.29 1.262343 0.43 26 1225 1.30 26 0745 0.50 Time m 0706 0.54 m 1.26 11 1.26 26 1254 Time11 1137 m 1.28 26 1053 T Time m 1300 1.22 m Time m 11 1259 Time m 1.43 11Time 1340 1.34 1657 0.65 1613 0.66 0.64 1845 0.55 1.55 0.35 0548 0432 FR 17510604 SA 1828 0.74 WE 1425 0205 0.47 MO0438 0332 0.24 0308 0402 0.27SU 0331 0443 0.25TU0236 0.39 0525 0.31 TU0.22 0605 0.43 0407 0.400.78 0.35 1.61TH 1812 0530 1.22 0.24 0 1952 0.70 2329 1.79 2245 1.76 2113 0.49 1.44 0436 1.19 0042 0.36 0420 1.32 57 0757 0320 0343 1.59 0428 1.41 1.37 1040 0930 1.36 1005 0902 0959 1.28 1130 0930 1045 1.30 1200 1.37 0926 1.23 1.29 1.33 1212 0304 1.25 1.40 01 1.281.57 1.2900131207 0.38 0035 1106 0.51 1041 0633 0.39 0542 0.42 1.72 0038 1.44 0053 1.55 0140 1.18 1.16 0.53 0.57 0630 1.23 0.54 48 1342 1010 1017 0.35 0.42 12 0740 27WE 271548 27 0.52 1458 0.53 1428 0.56 1521 0.57 1500 0.46 1621 0.55 0.55 0.73 1654 0.62121029 0.70 0.51 00 0.620.50 1036 1236 1145 07071719 0.34 0725 1034 0.51 0726 0754 0.561748 1.42 1.74 FR SU1.22 MO TU 12 WE 0.36 FR0848 SA 1634 SU121610 TH27 FR0.591736 SA 1742 MO1.231530 SU FR 1747 0.74 WE 1702 0.70 1.54 1.23 1710 1.34 1347 1710 1.29 MO 1.70 1351 1.48 1435 1.371.54 1.57 1200 0.51 FR 1353 SA 13222347 SUWE WE1710 TH 1532 1.30 1.49 22 2011 1643 1.74 TU2241 2131 1.95 2102 1.86 2154 1.83 2130 1.91 2241 1.58 2249 SA SA 1633 MO2134 SU 11 TU TH 1.88 1.68 2320 1.79 2354 1.54 2357 1.69 2202 1.79 0.67 2333 1.72 1911 0.81 1855 0.66 1928 0.77 1957 0.57 2108 0.69 2231 0.46 2213 0.79 1 2353 0.59 1840 1.79 2330 0.68 76 2245 0.57 2344 0.46 0020 1.68 0635 0.43 0126 1.47 0110 1.63 0128 1.35 0156 1.41 0249 1.12 0425 1.13 0515 0424 0.26 0351 0445 0.3228 0415 0245 0.43 130535 0.31 0.45 0615 0.33130.20 0645 0.48 0.29 0 0452 0.410.53 0.32 28 1243 13 0826 28 08000652 28 0955 0732 0.46 1.23 0.36 13 0809 0.54 0818 0.42 0848 0.62 0.58 0.40 0636 0516 1339 Commonwealth 1.19 0.73 1.40 1439 1.33 1451 1.53 1533 1.42 1.60 0131 SA 1446 SU 14211300 MO FR 1638 0.30 1130 0418 1.42 0514 1.30 1.19 59 0838 0445 1.58 0532 1.37 1124 1.31 1254 1023 1.31 0949 1.29 1044 1.27 TU 1017 1.35 1.35 WE1137  Copyright of 1.27 Australia 2019, Bureau of Meteorology 1.28TH 1800 1.22 1225 1.30 TH0533 1259 1.26 1.43 01 1053 1.26 1845 0.80 2017 0.83 2006 0.66 2037 0.77 2115 0.56 2222 0.64 2338 0.40 0722 1.25 0.52 1115 0.54 0.57 41 1415 1052 1106 0.34 1125 0.43 1704 0.60 1544 0.60 1513 0.58 0.61 0.46 0.55 1657 0.65 0028 1812 0.78 0.64 1114 1828 0.74 0.55 00 1613 0.661.40 SAAND SU 1733 MO1.57 TU 0223 WE 1605 TH 1551 SA MOof TH FR 1751 SA1.10 SU 1845 TU1.68 TIMES 0116 0307 1.30 0404 0532 HEIGHTS 1.15 0214 1.55 0227 1.27 Datum Predictions is Lowest Astronomical Tide 1.38 32 2045 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BOARDRIDERS GIVE WEB SURFING TITLES THEIR BEST SHOTS By Ian Pepper

During the last month the NSW junior Illawarra and state surfing titles were unable to run due to COVID-19, but instead an online competition ran in its place. Surfing NSW crowned the champions of the Ocean and Earth NSW Junior Web Surfing Titles with eight winners crowned across four different age divisions. Each surfer had to submit their best surfing clips at a beach in NSW from 2020. The Scarborough Boardriders had a bunch of our kids enter and we were proud of all our entries. Shyla Short won the under-14 girls, while sister Zahlia Short came 4th in the under-16 girls. Well done, girls! Advice from authorities and Surfing NSW is to continue event postponement, so we’ve cancelled our 17th and 31st May point-scores. There is a glimmer of hope our next scheduled pointscore on June 28th may run in a modified format. In the meantime, Surfing Australia’s advice for all surfers is: “COVID-19 or not, do not share rashies, drinks, towels, wax, sunscreen with others. Boardrider Clubs & Surf Schools – we recommend clubs advise their participants to use coloured T-shirts in place of rashies.” 2515 Ocean and Earth NSW Junior Web Surfing Titles: Zahlia Short (standing) came 4th in the under-16 girls. Her sister, Shyla, came top of the under-14 girls. Licence No. 95628C / ARC Licence No. AU09136 ABN 62 078 105 978

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