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Meet Our Contributors

Jeremy Lasek has decades of experience in media, marketing, events and PR. His career began in the Illawarra with the Lake Times, ABC Radio and WIN-TV. He later became WIN’s national news director before joining the National Capital Authority as head of media and events. Jeremy was executive director of ACT Government Communications, Events, Arts, Heritage and Protocol for many years, and Chief of Staff to the ACT Chief Minister. Before returning to Wollongong, he was CEO of the National Australia Day Council and head of communications for the Australian Federal Police.

He’s now pinch-hitting at Waples and looking for some great volunteering opportunities.

Dr Julie Blaze graduated from Newcastle University in 1986 and worked as a General Practitioner in Sydney until she took over Bulli Medical Practice from the late Dr William Feneley in 1999. She has a special interest in Chronic Disease Management, Travel Medicine, Women’s Health, Weight Management and Aged Care. Julie supervises medical students from the University of Wollongong and General Practice Registrars from GP Synergy. In her spare time Julie enjoys family life, cooking, yoga, reading, exercising, walking her dog and travelling.

Jamie Madden is a creative strategist developing digital content, products and brands for some of Australia’s most recognised organisations and co-founder one of Sydney’s leading digital agencies Circul8. Jamie is also a wanna-be urban veg and poultry farmer, and mad inventor.

Caitlin Sloan is studying a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of International Studies at the University of Wollongong. Born in Helensburgh, she was the fifth generation of her family to attend the local public school. Caitlin has a passion for writing, travel and wine, and works as a bartender at the historic Helensburgh Hotel.

Andy Sharp is an urban strategist and landscape architect. He works with communities to solve transport, planning, urban design and sustainability issues. He is a member of A Better Coal Coast Community Group, which wants to enhance the natural beauty and economic potential of our coastal villages – not see them destroyed by poor traffic and development decisions by government agencies with no local interest. The group is actively recruiting members.

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The children’s spoonville on Buttenshaw Drive at Coledale aims to raise awareness.

Who gives a hoot?

Our children do, and they’re taking on Bunnings to save owls, Jamie Madden reports After years of drought, the wetter La Niña climate cycle brings with it a boom in insects, birds, rats and other animals who breed up and gorge on the abundance a warm, wet year provides. In most cases this is a win for nature and a chance to claw back numbers of rare and endangered animals along the Escarpment. However, when an explosion of rodents collides with suburbia and a well-stocked hardware megastore, it has proven deadly for some of our most precious wildlife.

In the past 12 months there has been a huge increase in black and brown rats in the Northern Illawarra. Both are introduced species, known for their hardiness through bust years and ability to populate and spread quickly in boom years. While our local rat ‘plague’ hasn’t been anything like the mice plague of western NSW, local social media has been filled with people lamenting their sudden abundance, and asking how to get rid of them.

Understandably, most people travel to their nearest Bunnings and look for the fastest acting, best rat poison available. Even locally, the rat problem has been so bad that Bunnings was often completely sold out of rat poison, leaving bare shelves reminiscent of the great toilet paper crisis of 2020.

The problem is, the newest rat poisons are not only extremely effective at killing rats, but have devastating collateral impacts.

Five weeks ago, my kids found the body of a sooty owl near our chook pen.

This was a tragedy. Sooty owls are one of the rarest owls in Australia and are a stunningly beautiful stealth hunter of rodents on the rainforest floor.

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Mostly they live nowhere near humans, but in the Northern Illawarra we have rainforest, and sooty owls, literally at our back door.

The owl was exquisite, its feathers perfect and its body robust and healthy, but its tightly clenched claws and a small trail of vomit suggested something sinister had occurred. We called WIRES who collected the body and sent the liver for analysis as part of BirdLife Australia’s effort to understand the impact of a new type of rat poisons, Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs).

A few weeks later, the devastating news arrived – our sooty owl had indeed died needlessly via ingesting poisoned rats. He was a male, we discovered, and otherwise as healthy as he looked.

We heard his mate calling for him for a few nights, but then… nothing…

How does rat poison kill owls?

All rat poisons kill rats by stopping their blood from clotting. However, particularly with SGARs, this process can take some time. Rats and mice walk around for up to three days laden with poison.

These “Walking Dead” rodents are easy targets for owls, the poison then builds up in the owls.

Owls either die outright, or become so sick and impaired that they injure themselves and bleed out, or starve to death. And while we hadn’t used rat poison, owls will travel many kilometres in a night foraging for food.

We quickly discovered our dead sooty owl was just the tip of the iceberg.

Days later, a dead tawny frogmouth was reported

on the Thirroul Living Facebook page. Now knowing what we did, we raced to collect the body so it could also be autopsied.

Sadly, it was one of many tawny frogmouths, powerful owls and even possums that WIRES expects have been poisoned by SGARs in the Northern Illawarra over recent months.

Our kids were shocked that this could happen and that owls were dying. They didn’t understand how this poison could be sold so freely.

So, they decided to do something about it. Each one wrote a letter to Bunnings asking them to remove these deadly SGAR poisons from sale.

Their story has been shared thousands of times on social media and used by BirdLife Australia to help promote their concern about SGARs – with 37 out of 38 powerful owls recently autopsied having poison in their bodies.

Bunnings eventually wrote back informing us that they are in the process of separating the products on their shelves and working with producers to improve warning labels.

However, the kids are not satisfied that this will be enough. They are asking everyone to sign the BirdLife Australia petition asking Bunnings to totally remove these owl-killing poisons from their shelves. The kids think everyone would do better if they only knew they had killed our sooty owl.

“People don’t know they are killing owls because the bad poisons are on the shelf with the other ones,” said Monty.

All the kids love a trip to Bunnings, but now they run to the rat poison shelves to see if there has been any change. So far, they have seen nothing.

Monty says: “We will not stop until they stop selling the poisons that kill owls.” 2515 READ IT AND ACT: Sign the petition to Bunnings at www.actforbirds.org/ratpoison Save owls & safely manage rats: www.actforbirds.org/ what-else-can-you-do

Monty Madden (at left) and Bon Madden with their letters to Bunnings.

L to R: Bon Madden, Millie Schulz and Monty Madden with a dead tawny frogmouth. Photos: Jamie Madden

Help our owls and keep rats in check

Second Generation Rat poisons – including Talon, Fast Action RatSak and The Big Cheese Fast Action brand – have been banned from general public sale in the US, Canada and the EU, but are sadly available to purchase from Bunnings and other retailers. Thankfully there are lots of ways to minimise the risk to owls.

Reduce dependence on poison baits: • Consider other, non-poisonous pest control, like snap traps and only put out baits when you have too.

• Do not use and tell your pest controller not to use any products that contain SGARs. • Read labels on any poisons. Only use first generation anticoagulant rodenticides with “better choice” ingredients – Warfarin (Ratsak Double-strength) and Coumatetralyl (Racumin) or natural constituents like Sodium Chloride (Ratsak Natural).

• If you have SGARs, return them or dispose of them safely.

Make your house and garden less friendly for rodents: • Seal potential roof/wall cavity access points that rodents might be using • Pick up any fallen fruit, & ensure excess pet food isn’t accessible; • Rodent-proof chook pens and aviaries; • Tidy up garden waste and limit access to compost heaps 2515 November

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We did it!

Together, we #vaxedtheillawarra, writes Jeremy Lasek It’s been said many times before but COVID-19 has thrown a myriad of unprecedented challenges our way – and what a truly magnificent response to this once-in-acentury health emergency from the people of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven.

Emerging from the fog of our 100-plus day lockdown, I’ve been testing my memory. Let me test yours. Other than wartime, can anyone recall a time in your lifetime, when, as a community, we’ve had to band together – and bond together – for a common goal, just as we’ve all done over the past 20 months or so?

When the #vaxtheillawarra team launched its grassroots campaign we had one single objective: to get as many people in the region to roll up their sleeves as possible, and as quickly as possible. It remains the only regional campaign of this type in the nation, and it’s been an honour and a privilege to have been a part of it.

The support we’ve received from day one has been phenomenal. From our Olympic superstar, Emma McKeon, who was the first of our 150 #vaxtheillawarra ambassadors, and who launched the campaign, to the dozens of businesses, regional media, not-for-profits, community groups and dedicated volunteers who’ve helped take a bright idea and turn it into a high-profile, life-saving community health campaign. All of this – an engaging website, Facebook page, weekly live Facebook events, videos from local legends, and regular media reports – has been delivered in less than two months at the time of writing.

When we started the campaign, Wollongong was 35.3% fully vaccinated – well under half-way to our ultimate goal of 80%. As I write this on Friday, October 22, through a concerted effort, this week Wollongong has joined our neighbours in Shellharbour, Kiama and the Shoalhaven by hitting that magical 80% target. That’s cause for great celebration, and how special that the lifting of lockdowns for the fully vaccinated means we can celebrate with friends and family at the newly reopened cafes, pubs and clubs – and in our homes, of course. FREEDOM AT LAST! As the headline above reads: ‘We did it!’ So, why not wrap up #vaxtheillawarra and take a moment to reflect on a job (and many tens of thousands of jabs) well done?

As my fellow #vaxtheillawarra volunteer, Toby Dawson, said: “We’re not at 80%, till we’re all at 80%.” There are still significant pockets of our community lagging behind with vaccination rates

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still in the 60 and 70s. These are some of our multicultural communities, mainly in the suburbs that wrap around Lake Illawarra, and our First Nations people. Vaccination hesitancy was always going to be our biggest challenge and getting that last 25% to commit to roll up their sleeves is our one remaining task over the next few weeks.

We are asking anyone who knows someone who hasn’t started the vaccination process to ask them politely and respectfully, ‘why not?’ The reasons will be many and varied. It may be nervousness about how quickly the vaccines were produced. It may be that they’ve heard that there might be a risk of complications. It may be as simple as they don’t know how and where to get the vaccine.

Should they have concerns, please, encourage these people to visit their GP. You may also be able to assist by finding a place close to them where there is now a plentiful supply of every vaccine, and maybe even offer to help make an appointment. Better still, drive them to a place where you can now get a vaccine just by walking in.

The website www.vaxtheillawarra.com.au is the place to go. Click on the ‘Vaccine Finder’ button and you’ll find a number of local vaccine options by simply punching in your postcode.

The success of the #vaxtheillawarra campaign is a classic example of that old African proverb, ‘It takes a village’.

In my memory, never before has this wonderful community of people faced a challenge as big as the fight against COVID-19. Never before have tens of thousands of individuals been asked to rise to the challenge, and make one/two unselfish sacrifices to protect the health and wellbeing of everyone else in their lives.

To the people in our ‘village’ – every one of you living in Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama and the Shoalhaven who have rolled up your sleeves and armed yourself to fight Covid – the #vaxtheillawarra team salutes you! 2515 The #vaxtheillawarra team is Vicki Tiegs OAM, Toby Dawson, Kylie-ann Haynes, Grant Plecas and Jeremy Lasek.

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GARDEN MAKEOVER: PART 2

Fruits of labour

They pick peas straight off the plant to see who can get the most prolific pods, giggle as they eat pansies and other edible flowers, collect eggs from the chicken coop with big smiles, and say hello and thank you to the bees they see. I feel like we have managed to create this little slice of heaven in a suburban backyard. Just enough to keep us interested, engaged and tasting great food straight from the garden. Not so much that it feels like a burden.

Liam and the Good Gardens team at Green Connect have been busy, even through lockdown, designing, building, transforming and maintaining gardens around Wollongong. We hope it’s a service that brings you as much joy from your backyard as we have had. Happy growing! 2515

Turning lawn and rose bushes into a vegetable garden has been hugely rewarding, writes Green Connect general manager Kylie Flament The past 12 months have been about implementation.

My husband and I spent three full weekends sheet mulching the front and back yards. I lost count of how many wheelbarrows full of soil and mulch we shifted around. There was so much that we couldn’t get up our driveway until we’d done it.

It was exhausting, and some of our early backyard garden consultation customers said the same thing – which led to Green Connect launching garden blitzes. We send in a team to do all the hard stuff Contact: www.green-connect.com.au, like sheet mulching, weeding, pruning and mulching. enquiries@green-connect.com.au, 02 4243 1537 We will have been in our new house for two years in January and it is everything I hoped it would be and more.

The front yard is filled with flowers, herbs, peas, rocket, citrus, fig, jaboticaba (look it up – they’re amazing) and a native plum tree.

Just sitting at the front door is a joy, and in those crazy times when we were at home 24/7, I took to eating my lunch out there in the sun so I could watch the bees contentedly buzzing around collecting nectar and pollen from the purple basil, Kylie’s backyard: lavender and calendula.

Before and after.

In the back, we have fruit and vegetables, and I’m eagerly awaiting Green Connect’s next crop rotation workshop so I can learn more about what order to plant things in for best results. The chickens are happy and healthy and productive.

The bees are even more so – our pantry is quickly filling up with honey this spring, and I know what all our friends and family will be getting as Christmas presents!

Hardly a day goes by that the kids, Nico and I aren’t in the garden watering, planting, picking and eating. And no mowing! Absolutely none. The kids can name almost every plant, take great joy choosing what seeds to plant next, and even greater joy tasting the end results.

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DGR Ride Host Jane Sim with Wollongong’s ‘The FC’s’, who are among the world’s top fundraisers. Image by Keogh’s Vision Photography.

Distinguished Gents Ride In May, classic and vintage motorcycle enthusiasts paraded through Wollongong’s suburbs raising funds for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health. The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride is a global spectacle connecting hundreds-ofthousands of motorcyclists from over 100 countries around the world. The annual event raises funds on behalf of charity partner Movember and some of the world’s top fundraisers hail from the Illawarra.

In five years, the local event presented by City Coast Motorcycles has raised over $350,000.

“Our riding community have big hearts and are prepared to dig deep and make a difference,” says DGR Wollongong Ride Host Jane Sim.

Classic car owners join the Movember drive The first Distinguished Gentleman’s Drive was set to take place on 26 September 2021 at locations around the world, but due to Covid restrictions, some Australian events were postponed.

Organisers hope to go ahead with Wollongong’s first DGD on Sunday, 14 November. Like the motorcycle ride, the Distinguished Gentleman’s Drive will focus on sartorial style and vintage vehicles. The event is for cars built before January 1980. Drivers are urged to carry on the dapper style that complements classic cars and raise funds for men’s health on behalf of charity partner, Movember. Visit www.gentlemansdrive.com 2515

Fire & Rescue. He’s also a member of Austinmer’s Tough Guy Book Club and a streetwear entrepreneur, running the Illawarra-inspired Grand Pacific Customs with his partner, Gill.

Gideon started cultivating his moustache on March 1, in preparation for the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride in May, a stereotype-shattering event he described as “joyous”.

Gideon, who rides a Harley-Davidson Low Rider S, wore his granddad’s 1950s tweed suit, a lemon-yellow shirt and his father’s cravat.

“Everyone looked dapper as all hell,” he said.

The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride was lots of fun, but it was also a serious conversation starter.

“I’ve been very open about my own demons and the stuff that I’ve been through,” Gideon said.

2515 met Gideon Rogers, a Thirroul local passionate This has meant that friends and colleagues will about promoting mental health increasingly come to him for a chat.

Movember isn’t just a month of mo’s. It’s a year“Men of my generation and before were not round global movement to promote men’s health. taught to have social intelligence, emotional Which is how Thirroul local Gideon Rogers intelligence. Or to do anything other than work. came to hang up his razor way back in March 2021. My father was not expected to be a father – he was “I’ve been doing Movember for over 10 years expected to be a provider. now,” Gideon said.

“There’s been a change now. It’s about creating “It’s just about promoting that conversation. And a space where it’s not just okay to have these there’s been a marked change – men talk about conversations – it’s the right thing to do. And it’s stuff that they never used to.” kind of cool.” 2515 Originally from Wales and with a long history in To raise funds and awareness, visit movember.com the charity sector, Gideon is now a firefighter with

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Enjoy the silence?

Join calls to stop traffic noise After some respite in lockdown, residents near Lawrence Hargrave Drive (LHD) are braced for the post-pandemic onslaught of motorbike riders and their mufflers, writes Andy Sharp, a local resident who has started a survey to gather data and suggest a fix. It’s not ear plugs …

Traffic numbers dropped significantly during lockdown. Neighbours and friends commented on how quiet it had become. The villages were almost idyllic. Except, they said, for noisy motorcycles.

This got me thinking about the impact traffic noise has on our health and wellbeing.

To test the level of community angst about noisy vehicles, a group of concerned residents created an online survey. After just two weeks “A Better Coal Coast Community Group” received more than 250 survey responses, and the number is growing daily.

We used geographic information systems (GIS) to map and examine the extent of the problem. Our data indicates there are over 2450 dwellings within a 200-metre catchment of LHD. This equates to some 6000 residents living within the noise catchment of LHD. Considering the amphitheatre effect, the potential impact could extend to over 12,000 residents living in the noise amphitheatre.

Here is a small sample from the survey results. “[They] intentionally ride to be as disruptive as possible. It can be terrifying for pets, kids and the aged, not to mention our abundance of native species...”

“There is major noise from hoons, racing and enjoying the noise. I used to think they were young people not from this area, but I think there is an element of locals making noise as well...”

“Grow the f*** up and buy some ear plugs you baby...”

“Noise abatement program rejected our application. Yet noise is extremely intrusive...”

Our aim is to gather solid evidence from residents and businesses to present a logical and cohesive community view to our elected members to implement positive change.

Feedback we’ve had from transport and mobility experts suggests that the following solutions are all possible and easily implemented. They are: 1. Stronger regulatory enforcement This is about good old-fashioned policing.

A bigger stationary presence in known impact areas to issue fines would be a great start. Other solutions could include noise cameras – perhaps in each of the villages. This might also extend to speed monitoring, so our village centres are safer.

2. Physical improvements to the street This is about modifying the road conditions to change driver behaviour. Things like the

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introduction of proper footpaths capable of taking kids on bikes. How many footpaths have you seen that have a light pole bang in the middle of it?

Walking along LHD is a third-class and dangerous activity, and as a result many people choose to drive rather than cycle, adding more trips to the road network than would otherwise be necessary.

Other interventions may include variable speed signs that change the street speed on certain conditions. This may include summer weekends, when the speed in each village drops from 50 to 40km/hr. Speed and noise are known to go hand in hand, so dropping speed helps reduce noise.

Additional physical changes could include formalised roadside parking bays, bicycle lanes, traffic calming devices, and streetscape beautification programs, including street trees and alfresco dining. These well-known methods cause drivers to decrease speed. The upside for the community is that our villages become much more attractive and vibrant as a result.

Our community has the power to speak up.

With a collective voice we can set the agenda for government and establish a clear vision on what we want our place to look and feel like. Help us gather 2000-plus responses so Ministers Lee Evans and Ryan Park are compelled to act. 2515

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Trash to treasure

Meet reuse craftsman Steve Glendenning, manager at Reviva Moss Vale, one of 10 reuse shops run by national social enterprise Resource Recovery Australia What do you like about your job?

I love my job, how many jobs allow you to help people as a social enterprise and save the environment by minimising landfill at the same time? Part of that is, of course, upcycling and reuse. As Resource Recovery Australia grew from its starting place in the MidCoast of NSW to run some 10 sites across ACT, NSW and Queensland, I had to opportunity to help set up most of the sites to be a Reviva-style reuse shop.

Tell us about your reuse art.

Apart from the tidying, my job is “to make stuff ”, with collaboration and direction from our General Manager Matt and Deputy General Manager [my wife] Ally, of course. The idea is to have a tidy and pleasant shopping experience but also to highlight how you can upcycle things to make other things. The counters are a prime

example of this. I use pallets, tin and framing all from the waste stream and often utilise the base bench that was previously onsite so as not to waste anything. Ally’s idea of the piano water feature (pictured) at our Noosa site was brilliant and it looks great.

Any favourite ‘finds’?

We get a lot of eclectic items at Moss Vale but the most unusual was an ashtray Salvador Dali was commissioned by Air India to make in the 70s for first-class customers.

Top 3 second-hand stores on the South Coast?

Well, Reviva Moss Vale and Dunmore are two! The third would be Lifeline in the Gong, as I love books. 2515

Reuse and Win! Celebrate Recycling Week (November 8-14) and enter the comp at www.resourcerecovery.org. au/competition – entries close November 12.

Wild with excitement

By Symbio’s Kevin Fallon

Photos: Symbio Wildlife Park

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With Covid restrictions easing, we were so excited to be able to finally open up our doors to visitors once again, after 15 weeks of lockdown.

It has been a long road for everyone, so it’s great to see so many smiling faces getting wild here at Symbio.

Visitors are still able to use their Discover Vouchers, which have been extended until the end of this financial year, and the NSW Government has recently announced that everyone in NSW will be receiving two more Dine & Discover Vouchers from 1 December 2021, just in time for the Summer Holidays.

With the splash park, adventure playground, and all the animals that call Symbio home, there has never been a better time to become a Season Pass holder. Not only will you receive express entry into Symbio and discounts, you can enjoy everything there is on offer all year round!

For more zoo news, follow us on Facebook or visit www.symbiozoo.com.au 2515

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‘Pramenade’ at Russell Vale

By Kristen McDonald, of Extinction Rebellion Northern Illawarra

Francis says: “I want my kids to grow up in a thriving economy with local job opportunities, and that means getting a just transition underway in the Illawarra and all over Australia. If we kick it off now we could be a renewable energy superpower by 2050, but if we keep opening coal mines instead we’ll be left behind.”

It’s not just rebels who think this. This is what mining magnates like Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and the International Mining Council think; it’s what the Business Council of Australia, the Reserve Bank and even Murdoch agree on now. The world has woken up, but our own environment minister has the audacity to appeal her responsibility to protect our environment and our kids’ futures.

Our ‘Pramenade of Care’ was designed to reflect our collective care for kids’ futures, for local residents who will be impacted by this mine and also our care for the workers of the mine who need government support to transition to a clean energy economy. 2515 XR are joining Stop Russell Vale Mine group in a picket on November 6 to send a strong community message ahead of the COP26 meetings. Join us! Visit our website at www.xrnorthernillawarra.org

Photos thanks to @billielikes

Late October a group of Illawarra residents joined us in wheeling out 50 children’s prams to line the driveway of the Russell Vale Mine, with a simple message to the Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley: Kids Not Coal.

The action coincided with the first day of the Environment Minister beginning a legal appeal of her ‘Duty of Care’ court order to consider children’s futures when approving projects. The concerned Illawarra mothers, fathers and grandparents accompanying the prams have been wondering where Ley’s consideration of her Duty of Care of their children was when she approved the Russell Vale Colliery. As the closest coal mine to residential areas in Australia, it poses a serious risk to children’s health from air and water pollution, not to mention the impact on our climate.

No matter what people think of those who protest, take action or use creative confrontation, in the end it is simply about our kids. Nothing extreme about that. Extinction Rebellion organiser and Thirroul resident Francis Vierboom puts it like this: “I want my kids to grow up shelling prawns and going to the beach at Christmas time, not huddling around ABC radio listening to bushfire updates, which is what will become the norm as is expected on our current trajectory.”

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Adelaide Perry’s work features in the new Ways to Water exhibition.

Photo thanks to Wollongong Art Gallery.

‘Ways to Water’ inspires poetry prize

By South Coast Writers Centre director Sarah Nicholson The South Coast Writers Centre’s Poetry Award returns in 2022 with the theme ‘ways to water’.

Ways to Water is the title of the major exhibition at Wollongong Art Gallery from October 2021 until February 2022.

Many of us have living connections to the places where the land meets the sea. We live and breathe the salt air; we swim and surf; we snorkel and fish; we walk and think and dream. We are part of Sea Country, a place of deep time, stories and memories.

Ways to Water is an exhibition that asks us to look at the coastal places we belong to: our past, present and our imagined future.

We’d like you to tell us about your experiences on the coast, on the beach, in the lake or ocean.

What is your ‘way to water’?

Submissions open 31 October 2021 and close on 1 January 2022. The winning entry will receive $1000 and a special award will be given by Wollongong Art Gallery for the entry that best responds to an artwork from the exhibition.

Winners will be announced on 29 January 2022 at an event at Wollongong Art Gallery and the winning entries will be published in the South Coast Writers Centre’s 2022 Anthology. 2515 Visit southcoastwriters.org

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Happily married, then and now

Hints for a happy marriage

By Tony Ryan As I scanned through The Facebook the other night I saw some great photos of my nephew’s wedding as he celebrated his anniversary. I remember before he got married that, as I had been married to his aunty for over 20 years at the time, he asked me if I had any secrets to a successful marriage.

I suggested that you have to marry a wonderful, funny, loving, patient and caring woman, which I certainly did and I was sure he was doing as well.

I could not think of too many things to do right, but I gave him a few examples of what not to do.

Example One: Our first house. On a cold wet stormy night in Melbourne, the house would shake and one could think someone was outside. One such night, I went to the MCG for a Friday footy game then decided a few more beers were needed.

Fair to say I had the ‘wobbly boot’ upon arrival and the bride was not happy. I asked what was wrong; she said she was worried being by herself. She then said, I said I would be home by 12. I asked what the time was. She said it was 4am. I managed to say, “woo whooo, I am eight hours early!”

Hint 1: When you are that late and arrive in the condition I did … don’t try to be funny.

Example Two: Driving home after a Christmas party the petrol light was on and the bride said we should stop and get petrol. With the trip computer on the car stating we had 30km of fuel left and being 12km from home, I decided to fill up in the morning. But as we turned off the freeway, the trip computer started counting down like a rocket launch and the car crawled to a halt, 3km from home. Making the bride walk this distance at 1am in high heels – not the best way to end the night.

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Hint 2: Have enough petrol to get home and don’t have too much cockiness in your own ability.

Example Three: Upon arriving home late (maybe very late) one night, I realised I had left my keys at home. Not wanting to wake the wife or the baby, I thought it would be a good idea to sneak in the back window. All went to plan until I knocked over a pot plant and I heard my wife saying: “Don’t worry; it’s my stupid bloody husband.” She’d rung the police as she had thought (correctly) that someone was breaking into the house.

Hint 3: Despite what you might think … we do not have ninja-like stealth qualities.

Example four: Children come into your life and we are lucky to have two terrific kids. At my father’s 70th birthday, the daughter was two years old and I was swinging her up and down, like you do with the ‘cow bells’ at the gym, when her head crashed into the bottom of a table. The scream that echoed through the venue made the crowd fall silent.

Another time I was sure I had locked the bottom of the pram before carrying it up a set of stairs. Just at the top, the boy slid out of the unlocked pram and concertinaed down the 13 steps, banging his head on each one. Both escaped (relatively) unharmed. Both can honestly answer ‘Yes’ if ever asked: Were you dropped on your head as a child?

Hint 4: Wives are not happy when you injure kids.

Some people must wonder if my wife’s first name is “Oh-poor” as many conversations start with “Oh-poor Terrie”. The best advice I have is from my beautiful grandmother, who told me, “God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason.” 2515

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A ‘brave move’ from admin to art

“I was fortunate enough to be head-hunted by a designer from Studio ISGRO who was contracting for a hotel chain at the time,” Josephine said.

“This commission involved five large artworks in various sizes and styles, which reflected impressions of the Illawarra and greater South

By Caitlin Sloan Coast.”

Helping Josephine along the way is a community Artist Josephine Dash describes life as a celebration of more than 1000 like-minds in the Creatives on and art as a soulful contribution to the party. the Coast Facebook group, founded by publicist She doesn’t limit her gift to one medium – Sue Fagan during the first wave of Covid in 2020. immersing herself in painting, sculpting, The group aims to connect and inspire artists photography, textiles, installation and fibre arts, from across the Illawarra and South Coast. among other endeavours. Her work involves the “It is a way to empower others to explore art in abstract expression of meditative and dreamlike their own personal lives, through mentorship and states of consciousness and her love for the peer support within an extended community Dharawal coastline. group,” Josephine said.

Josephine moved from inner-city Sydney to the “It has helped me to stay connected and to Wollongong region 13 years ago while pregnant continue my visual arts journey, with the possibility with the eldest of her three children, working in to work collaboratively on future contemporary office administration by day and creating art environmental issues.” by night.

Through her formal art studies and continued Five years ago, she decided to turn her passion development of her skills, Josephine hopes to into a full-time occupation.

“I was making art by night and on the weekends become a more intuitive artist and wants to inspire other creatives to “share their own artistic voice.” in my spare time [and] my family were like ‘you “What I have gained so far from this journey is really love this’, and I remembered my dream as a an understanding of how art can educate, heal and kid, wanting to be an artist,” Josephine said. connect communities,” she said.

“I took a very brave move and decided to put “Life is short, create something with every myself through university as a mature age student, breath you draw – after all, life is a gift and a to learn how to write about my art and explore celebration.” 2515 contemporary art and globalisation.

“I am now working on my art every day.”

As a child, Josephine was inspired by the artistry To see more of Josephine’s work, follow her on Facebook and Instagram @josephine_dash_art within her family, watching her mother sit and draw while she played games in the park. It was thanks to her grandmother, who taught Josephine to sew, that she grew to love textile art.

Josephine first explored her own creativity through floristry and cake decorating before spending most of her working life in the managerial and administration fields, but she doesn’t regret the hiatus from working in the arts.

“I have never viewed skills or experience as lost or a waste and everything prior to this moment in time has helped me to become the person I am today,” Josephine said.

“Even though I may not be in an administrative role right now, the administration experience has helped me understand the ins and outs of running a business as an artist.”

Since 2018, Josephine has had her artworks on show at more than 20 exhibitions, including at Josephine Dash Wollongong Art Gallery, Scarborough Art Show, in her garage art the UOW Gallery, and at many establishments and studio, working events within the Illawarra. on ‘Undulation: Among her recent clients is Redcape Hotel Oil on Canvas’.

Photo supplied Group, who commissioned five original artworks for their venues.

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Q&A with a marketing entrepreneur Meet Tahnee Valentine, owner of #tahneesocial

You grew up in Thirroul – how did this shape you?

I went to Waniora Public School and Bulli High School. I wasn’t great at school, definitely misunderstood by a lot of teachers, sometimes naughty, was labelled the “ring leader” and was told that unless I changed my behaviour I would never get a good job or have a career of any kind. But I knew that if I enjoyed what I was doing, I would do it VERY well. I thrived in sport, art, photography and design and technology.

In my earlier years my family lived on Lachlan Street in Thirroul. When I was 12 my parents bought an acreage behind Bulli Pass (where my step-dad Terry owned and ran Jackson Swim School, which is now iSwim Swimming School).

I spent a lot of time riding my horses after school and playing outdoors. If I wasn’t in my own backyard I was at Pony Club, TDA Dance Academy, Swim Club at Thirroul Pool and loved spending time with my friends at the beach. I’m still close with my Bulli High friends to this day.

Just after finishing high school, I lost my father, Neil, to brain cancer and this definitely shaped my belief in hard work and independence to create a secure future for myself.

I was very lucky to be surrounded by family support – living very close to my nan and pop, uncle Perry, Aunty Kellie and my cousins Hannah, Kasey, Joel and Josh. We are all still very close. My sisters Renae and Siena and my step-dad Terry and my mum are my best friends.

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Tell us about your career path, and how it’s led you to open an office in town.

I didn’t know what I wanted to do after school …

I moved to Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and secured a job in a real estate admin position. I gravitated towards marketing, assisted the marketing manager within the office and after a while the marketing manager left and I was promoted to her position. It was here I fell in love with web design, graphic design, photography, property styling and event management. My last position was at Laing and Simmons Double Bay and Bondi Beach. On the day I resigned, I decided to start my own business, #tahneesocial. I drew upon the networks and contacts I had gained along my journey.

Thirroul has always been home to me so I decided to move back with my husband, Shane, with hopes of starting a family.

I gave birth to my daughter, Zadie, all while working from home.

I had always envisioned opening my own office, but was waiting for the perfect space. Thanks to the help from Jennifer at AM RUTTY Austinmer who helped me find my dream space, a beautiful office with amazing natural light, on Raymond Road, Thirroul. The new home to #tahneesocial.

How has the pandemic changed your life/work?

Luckily my business has thrived during the pandemic, everyone now knows the importance of having an online presence and a lot of retail stores that have had to close their doors are coming to me to set up a Shopify website.

Like everyone, I haven’t been able to travel for work or holiday or see much of my friends or family but we are lucky to have technology where we can pick up the phone and Facetime or Skype.

In business, what are you passionate about?

I want to build an all-female team and business.

I love being surrounded by strong women with a good work ethic. Any way that I can support women’s empowerment in their careers I am all for it, including promoting a flexible work/life balance.

I thrive on the social aspect of what I do. I’m a people person and love building connections.

Where are your 3 favourite places in the Illawarra?

Thirroul pool, I have been going there with my mum since I was a baby and now I take my daughter there. My office, a dream come true.

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Arrange a funeral without the stress

By Edwina Ellicott, Community Engagement Manager at H.Parsons

Most people will only ever have to organise one funeral in their life, and understandably this can be an overwhelming prospect. Here is a guide to help minimise the stress.

Find out if your loved one had plans in place A pre-planned funeral can be as simple as indicating a specific wish, or pre-paying for a service. Any form of pre-planning will alleviate a huge amount of stress for the organisers.

Looking After It All – Unplanned If no pre-plans are in place, then remember you don’t have to do it alone. The best place to start is to select a Funeral Provider.

Work with a Funeral Director Good Funeral Directors combine professionalism and empathy. They are highly trained, will make you feel comfortable and help with all of the arrangements. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Make sure they have a good reputation in the community. They will ensure that you are able to have the funeral that you want, without any unnecessary expense and will guide you through the following: Determine who the Applicant is. This person oversees the service and is the primary contact for all funeral-related authorisations. They are usually the executor of the estate, next of kin or someone acting on behalf of the next of kin.

Legal Paperwork. This can include organ donorship, an advanced care directive, the Will and registering the death with NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Cremation or Burial. A choice often driven by religious and personal beliefs or affordability.

Cremations are usually less expensive.

Type of coffin or casket. These largely depend

on budget and personal preference – there are so many options.

Type of service. It can be as elaborate or as simple as you wish. It’s important to keep in mind what is affordable and what your loved one would have preferred.

Transportation, storage and preparation of the deceased. The level of preparation depends on whether your loved one will be cremated or buried, and if there will be a viewing.

Notifying Companies. The Australian Death Notification Service allows you to notify many organisations online of a person’s passing.

Seek Support Talk to family and friends, and your GP. Resources include Griefline (griefline.org.au), Australian Centre for Grief & Bereavement (grief.org.au), Beyond Blue (beyondblue.org.au).

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Find travel inspiration

Make a Paper Menagerie

By David Roach

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Finally the doors of the Clifton School of Arts are opening. And what better way to celebrate the end of lockdown than to come together in this iconic building overlooking the ocean to participate in an art workshop?

“Paper Menagerie” is the brainchild of well-known Wollongong artist, Kathryn Orton.

She will be working with participants to create their own paper zoo, a menagerie of small, magical animals straight out of the imagination.

Kathryn says she chose the materials, cardboard, paper, masking tape and gesso, because they are easy to play with and stress free and they allow for experimentation and fun.

In this workshop she will be encouraging participants to “think with their hands”.

Everyone will have a chance to take something home at the end of the day.

As well as being a much-loved teacher, Kathryn has racked up more than three decades of solo exhibitions, national group shows and artist residencies. Her work is in public and private collections across the country.

Kathryn says she is looking forward to being back in a group again, inventing things. She says she often learns as much from her students as they do from her.

Paper Menagerie will be held at Clifton School of Arts on Thursday, 25 November from 10am to 4pm. Places are limited, so Kathryn is encouraging those who are interested to book early to assure a place.

The workshop is for adults. Full price $85, CSA members $75.

Email Prue: pruewat2@gmail.com or find more details at www.artsclifton.org 2515

With the team at Collins Booksellers Thirroul As we transition from lockdown, many of us are starting to plan again and haven’t we missed doing that?! Our travel section has a strong Australian flavour for those putting international travel on the backburner for the moment.

Camping, hiking, touring, relaxing, exploring – there are books covering all aspects of travel around Australia. For those bursting to add to their international bucket lists, we have lots to inspire and plan. Even Staycationers are catered for with plenty of ideas for things to do locally.

We’re so pleased to be able to invite you back into the bookstore, you are once again welcome to browse. 2515

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New: Host a party in a tipi at Darkes!

Fresh from the farm!

By Jo Fahey of Darkes Glenbernie Orchard

Pick Your Own stone fruit Glenbernie’s shop has reopened and the orchard is gearing up for the new season’s fruit.

The ‘Pick Your Own’ stone fruit season starts in mid November. You can redeem NSW Discover vouchers for your picking experience on the day!

Pick Your Own tours will take place under a Covid Safe plan. These are perfect for young and old, and something fun to do together.

Old-fashioned farm stuff – love it!

Shop online, with local delivery Online orders will be delivered on Tuesdays and Fridays. We’re also offering Click and Collect.

Plan a party!

Book a special event at the orchard. We’ve partnered with South Coast Tipis and have the ability to tailor your special corporate day out, wedding or birthday. With all-weather wow factor!

Taste the latest in cider and mead B-Sting sparkling honey mead is now available.

Book a cider tasting and try our new Heritage Cider in 750ml bottle.

For booking or enquiries, go to darkes.com.au

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Where to buy world’s best ciders Shop online www.darkes.com.au Visit local bottleshops Helensburgh Hotel, Stanwell Park Cellars, Coledale Fine Wines, Thirroul Cellars and Ryans Hotel Sit and sip, if Covid restrictions permit At Tradies Helensburgh, Helensburgh Hotel, Scarborough Wombarra Bowlo, Coledale RSL, Headlands Hotel, South Sailor, Franks Wild Years, Two Mountains Merchants and Ryans Hotel

What's On Lunchbox magic

By Stephanie Meades, functional nutritionist at Thirroul’s Life Wellness Co. With the kids at school after months of home learning, it’s time to get back in the swing of making ‘school friendly’ snacks. This recipe is one of my favourites, as it is a cinch to make, contains a great balance of carbs, fats and fibre, and uses fresh seasonal produce. The recipe can be made with any fruits you have in the fruit bowl, including apples, bananas, passionfruit, but our favourite combo is raspberry and coconut flakes.

The muffins last for up to a week in the fridge, or up to three months in the freezer. Hot tip: if you pop them in the freezer and pull one out each morning, it will be too frozen for the kids to eat on their way to school (which my kids have a bad habit of) yet perfectly defrosted ready for recess.

Raspberry & Coconut Muffins

Surfing Mums are back!

The Coal Coast Surfing Mums (and dads) group has started meeting again weekly on Thursdays and Fridays. Parents with little ones buddy up so the other can get in the water. It’s a great way to meet like-minded salty people, so there's always someone to surf with ANY day of the week.

Bodyboarders and swimmers also welcome.

We’re part of the non-profit organisation Surfing Mums Australia, memberships are just $1 per week. If you'd like to know more, email Desiree at coalcoastsurfingmums@gmail.com Starstruck – Digital Stargazing Go on a digital tour of the night sky to see what’s happening in Space! Learn about moons, stars, planets and more. Discover what can be seen on the night and in the upcoming month from around Wollongong. You can tune into the library’s next Starstruck live stream event on November 25 via our Facebook page @ wollongongcitylibraries This event occurs every 4th Thursday of the month from 6.30-7.30pm via Facebook livestream. 2515

Makes 20 mini muffins

Ingredients: 3/4 cup coconut flour (sifted) 1/2 tsp of baking soda 1/4 tsp of sea salt 6 eggs lightly beaten 1/2 cup coconut oil (melted) 1/2 cup raw honey 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2-3/4 cup of fresh (or frozen) raspberries 1/4 cup coconut flakes (or shredded) Method: Line a 24-hole mini muffin pan with baking paper squares or patty cases.

Preheat oven to 180°C (or 160° fan forced).

Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.

Lightly beat eggs in a separate bowl, then add honey, vanilla and coconut oil and stir.

Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix well.

Leave to sit for 5 minutes so the mixture thickens and the coconut flour absorbs the moisture.

Add berries and coconut flakes and stir gently.

Spoon mixture into muffin cases.

Cook for 20-25 minutes, watching closely to ensure they do not burn.

Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before storing in the fridge or freezer. 2515 November

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Illawarra Remembers Ahead of Remembrance Day on 11 November, Local Studies librarian Jo Oliver shares a story from the city’s archives

Illawarra Remembers is a Wollongong City Council Libraries website that commemorates those who served in World War I from our region. It has become a great resource for families, researchers and students. Members of the public have contributed information to the website and a number of scan and share days were held.

Contributors shared a variety of family keepsakes ranging from photographs, diaries, letters and drawings to medals, badges and ID bracelets. These items have been added to the digital resources.

You can create an account on the website to add new content and tags. We also have some photographs of unknown soldiers on the website that you may be able to identify.

Visit www.illawarraremembers.com.au or click through the library’s website under the Explore Our Past tab. Any questions contact localhistory@ wollongong.nsw.gov.au or 4227 7414. 2515

Robert Sparkes Best was born in 1890 in Thirroul to Frederick Best and Agnes Rebekah Reid (nee). He was a builder prior to the war. He enlisted on 4 December 1916 at Thirroul at the age of 26. Robert joined the 1st Pioneer Battalion 6-10 Reinforcements and embarked from Sydney on 24 January 1917 on HMAT Anchises A68.

Robert was discharged on 11 August, 1919. Service number: 3807A. He subsequently received the British War and Victory medals for his service. He married Mary Smith (nee) and together they had two children.

Photo thanks to Wollongong City Libraries Illawarra Images

Travel in the time of Covid

By Dr Julie Blaze, of Bulli Medical Practice

With state and national borders re-opening over the coming weeks, many are excited by the prospect of travel.

This is a rapidly changing situation and details are still being finalised by state and commonwealth governments. Double vaccinated Australians can travel overseas without an exemption. The details for the returning traveller have not been finalised but we expect a relaxation of our current quarantine restrictions.

The first countries we can travel to will include the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Singapore due to their higher vaccination rates and robust health infrastructure. It is predicted that travel to popular destinations, such as New Zealand, Bali, Fiji, Japan, and other Asian destinations, will be possible early in 2022. It is unlikely travel to countries with low vaccination rates, such as those in Africa and South America, will be recommended for some time.

Due to the devastating effect of Covid-19, public health programs of many developing countries to eliminate illnesses such as malaria, TB, polio and typhoid have been disrupted. The monitoring and reporting of these illnesses have also been affected, as countries divert their resources to treating Covid illness and delivering Covid vaccines.

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Bulli Medical Practice offers a comprehensive travel medicine service and can advise on vaccinations and preventative measures, such as malaria prophylaxis.

Ensure that routine vaccinations such as tetanus, measles, polio and influenza are up to date prior to travel. We stock the full range of travel vaccinations, including Yellow Fever, Rabies, Japanese Encephalitis, Typhoid, cholera and Hepatitis A and B. Do consider how your destination is managing the pandemic and how stretched its health infrastructure is. You may face problems accessing health care if you become ill or have an accident while overseas. Travel insurance will need to be closely scrutinised. Smarttraveller has partnered with Choice to give advice for buying travel insurance, including cover for travelling during the Covid pandemic. According to Choice, some travel insurers now offer limited cover for Covid-19.

Acquaint yourself with the entry requirements for each country you intend to visit. You will need an International Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate and a recent negative Covid test. You may be required to quarantine upon entry. Change is the only constant with Covid, so seek reliable advice before you go. Visit www.smartraveller.gov.au 2515

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Record prices for real estate continue to be broken across our area. One I was involved with at 6 Young St, Coledale went for $4.15m at auction setting a new record for the suburb. It was a special property with amazing architecture and design, however, a significant price for a non-waterfront. Recently in Helensburgh a new record was set for a house with the sale of 51 The Ridge for $1.7m. So, what does this mean for your property? These records provide a benchmark for other properties to be measured against when you need a bank valuation for loan purposes or looking to sell. With more properties coming on the market now and changes to lender servicing criteria by the banks, it is likely these prices will stabilise for the time being.

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Time to Janice Creenaune meets Sharelle Quinn, who at age 32 became the first female captain for Qantas airlines in 1992. Now retired, Sharelle is not about to rest, as she still wants to fly. Photos supplied Long-time Scarborough resident Sharelle Quinn stands tall in the annals of Qantas history. Hers is a story of firsts and she is not about to stop. She was one of the first female pilots for Qantas and in 1992 became the first female Captain for Qantas, when there were only 18 female pilots out of about 900.

Sharelle was also the first to apply and fight for maternity leave as a Qantas pilot. Mixing motherhood and a long-term flying career, Sharelle has become a leader in her field and an inspiration for a younger generation.

Sharelle never envisioned the hurdles and they never stopped her. “I just always wanted to fly, and I still do,” she says.

“I was an only child and my parents were ever supportive, but I worked hard. They knew education was important, offering opportunities, so going to university was essential. But I knew what I wanted, I wanted to fly, and I was ambitious and somewhat driven from an early age.”

At age 10, Sharelle won second prize in a stamp

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competition and was included in a flight over Sydney. It was then she realised her ambition was to sit in that cockpit and take control of planes and fly… anywhere. She was determined to succeed.

Near the end of her university studies in 1980 she began the theory course at TAFE. “It was free at that time, but supporting myself and the cost of flying lessons was prohibitive for many of us. I held night jobs at Betta Bake, just to make ends meet, and I had a motorbike to get me from A to B because it was cheaper.”

At TAFE Sharelle was surrounded by others who were like-minded. The fact that they were all male was irrelevant.

“As an only child I was used to being alone. I had no real barriers but I didn’t provide any either. I did not initially tell my parents. I wanted to live, to possibly make my own mistakes and live through them. But I was not to be swayed.”

A foot in the door Sharelle eventually received her Private Licence, continued her studies and further theory, then earned her Commercial Licence. She had a ‘foot in the door’ and could absorb her surrounds and take any opportunity that came her way. It may have been a slower journey but her mentors encouraged her to push on. “1000 hours seems like a lot – well, it is, but it is a process of experience.”

Sharelle also held a flying instructor job at Bankstown Airport, teaching others all while commercially flying. Earning more money meant more hours of flying.

“I did have to find my own students (often from the North Shore of Sydney).

Sharelle also completed ‘Blood Runs’ in NSW, flying a doctor to Orange, Parkes or Rylstone, for example, and many other commercial runs. A stint in the NT and Gove Peninsula was also great experience. More hours and all different sorts of airplanes and training followed.

Sharelle also completed many courses of emergency training under pressure such as ‘feathering’ and making the airplane ‘clean’ to fly.

Back to TAFE, all while instructing, and sitting the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) exams, to make herself more employable. Typically, Sharelle passed all six exams with the highest marks, winning the Sir Donald Anderson Trophy.

‘I really loved instructing and flying others, such as architects who may have had their own planes, but not themselves instrument-rated as pilots.

Really I always just wanted to fly.

“Anywhere, anytime.

“However I saw an advertisement in the Sydney Morning Herald and I had all the qualifications so I applied to Qantas. Psych tests, maths tests, flight simulators, but I also had my mentors such as Captain ‘Golly Gosh’, who always managed to place me at ease. Finally an interview came, armed with its own hurdles.”

enthusiasts, and he understood the pressures and commitments that Sharelle was under.

“Fighting for maternity leave, for example, became a battle. Nobody had ever asked before as a pilot. But we succeeded and my son, James and I continue to share a great love for learning.”

Flying high in retirement In retirement Sharelle is still learning. She is back at TAFE to study ‘The Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Certificate’.

“I still just want to fly and it is something Wayne and I can share together. I am still ambitious, albeit in a single engine, a Piper Tomahawk, but my maintenance knowledge is steadily growing and we have time to connect and share with others of similar interests, often in beautiful Mudgee.”

Sharelle says she has had a very fortunate life.

She encourages younger girls, too, along similar pathways.

Talks, training, general encouragement offer the young a view forward which may open pathways in their minds as well as to the skies.

Forging new pathways are never easy but Sharelle Quinn certainly never saw the hurdles and stalled, she saw the hurdles and flew. 2515 Writer Janice Creenaune is a volunteer for the PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Foundation. For more info, contact janicecreenaune@gmail.com

First woman captain at Qantas In 1984 Sharelle became the first of two women pilots joining Qantas as a Pilot Under Initial Training (PUIT). Then in 1992 she became the very first female Captain for Qantas.

Sharelle admits there were a few incidents in her career – one was coming into Sydney with major turbulence and diverted to Williamtown, tired but prepared for any emergency as safety procedures just ‘kicked in’.

“We were low on fuel, there were shorter runways, other airplanes too were diverted and a 15 knot-plus tailwind complicated matters. We all just manage the problems and get on with it.

“Qantas opened my world, we flew everywhere, but changes happen and my planes have run their course. I was fortunate to be chosen to fly the last 747 from Sydney to LA and its final resting place in the Mojave Desert ‘Graveyard’. It was a great honour and we also flew the ‘kangaroo’ coordinates for that journey.”

Remarkably, 600,000 people shared this journey on Instagram and Twitter.

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Bulli’s 2021 Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition By visual arts teacher Tony Cabassi

We thought last year was a challenge for year 12 students but none of us expected that this year would prove to be even tougher. Nor did we expect that this year’s Year 12 students from Bulli High School would still manage to produce the quality of work they did.

Having to complete their major artworks while at home, without all of the materials and resources at hand, or the direct support of their friends and teachers, and all the while having to socially isolate would be a challenge that many would find too hard to overcome. But not this year’s cohort.

Not only did they complete all their artworks on time, they still managed to produce the high standard of work that the Bulli High School community have come to expect from Bulli High School Visual Arts students.

Their teachers were continually impressed at how resourceful these students were. Finding ways to improvise with whatever materials were at hand, changing artwork approaches and ideas due to Covid restrictions and dealing with the continual emotional and intellectual challenges showed just how committed and resilient these students were.

Not to mention how talented.

Once you view their artworks you will understand just how good a job they have done under the circumstances and why their teachers consider themselves incredibly fortunate to work with such talented students.

Sophia Potts was one of the students who found ways to deal with a tough year. She said she “found it particularly difficult breaking up my days so that I wasn’t stuck inside staring at a screen constantly”.

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“However, doing my Art major work gave my day variety and gave me a sense of stability as I found it therapeutic and fun to work on It was so rewarding to see my body of work come together after working on it for months and overcoming a few obstacles in the process. I am especially thankful for the support I have received from the art teachers throughout lockdown.”

Laura Golding was another student who appreciated working on an artwork in a tough year.

“I’m so glad I chose to do Art for the HSC; art is something I’ve always enjoyed, especially painting, and being able to complete a major work that I could shape in any way to reflect my specific passions in art was amazing. I’ve never thought of myself as being a particularly good artist but through studying art over the past two years as well as taking a whole year to focus on my BOW [body of work], I’ve definitely gained more confidence in my skills as an artist.”

The Visual Arts Faculty would like to congratulate the Year 12s and wish them all the best for the future.

Pictured: Sophia Potts created lino prints inspired by locations in the northern suburbs (including Garie Beach, on the cover). To do this, she took lots of photos, drew up her favourite onto a large piece of lino and carved out sections to create the white areas. It was a long and intricate process as each print is quite large, measuring 60cm x 45cm, but she was really happy with the results. So was her teacher! Sophia is shown above holding ‘All Roads Lead to Home’ – the vertical numbers on the telegraph pole are based on her birthdate. She did this to create a personal connection to her local area within the work.

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Dr Rip’s Science of the Surf There’s no such thing as a freak wave, writes Rob Brander

There’s been a lot of talk about freak waves lately, particularly in regards to some of the tragic incidents involving rock fishers being swept off rock platforms and beloved locals being injured on the rocks.

Whenever these incidents happen, it’s inevitably attributed to a ‘freak wave’. The thing is, there’s no such thing as a freak wave. It’s a very misleading term.

Freak, or ‘rogue’, waves are unexpectedly large waves that seemingly appear out of nowhere, but there’s logical explanations about why they occur.

Mostly it comes down to constructive interference. It’s not hard to imagine that many different wave ‘trains’, formed by distant storms,

Great sign at the Figure 8 Pools warning people of unexpected large waves. But is it effective? Photo: Rob Brander

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travel across the ocean from various directions. When the different wave trains intersect, they merge and if their crests align, they can form a larger wave. So every now and then, you can get a random wave that’s larger than the rest. In the middle of the ocean, they can sometimes flip boats and damage oil rigs.

However, you tend to get more ‘freak’ waves when there are messy and chaotic conditions, such as during storms. But these conditions are also common near rock platforms and rocks.

Rocky coastlines are very irregular in shape and reflect wave energy back offshore. When a reflected wave interacts with an incoming wave, it forms a larger wave. This combination of constructive interference and wave reflection is happening next to rock platforms all the time and when you factor in wave sets (groups of larger waves) arriving at random times, then rock platforms become dangerous places to be.

So I was horrified a month or so ago to see a bunch of local kids (including my own!) playing on the rock platform at Coalcliff during a Hazardous Surf Warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology!

I got them out of there quickly, as it was a disaster waiting to happen no matter how ‘careful’ they told me they were being.

The Figure 8 Pools in the Royal National Park is another example. I went there one weekend recently (first time since it became a social media destination – it ain’t what it used to be!) only to find a carnage of damaged limbs and bleeding wounds.

Some time before we arrived – at low tide as you are meant to – a ‘freak’ wave had overtopped the rock platform sending all those standing near the edge skidding across the platform getting shredded. Unfortunately, I don’t think the warning signs have deterred anyone from getting their Instagram shot.

From a safety perspective, the key words when it comes to ‘freak’ waves are that they are random and unexpected. You can’t predict them, but you should always be aware that they can occur under any conditions.

When it comes to rocks near the ocean edge, always expect the unexpected, no matter how experienced you are. 2515 Have a question for Dr Rip? Email rbrander@unsw.edu.au

Imperial Hotel and Uniting Church (photos by Ben Wollen and the old Headlands (photo from the collections of the Wollongong City Libraries and the Illawarra Historical Society)

The Ones I Hate to Love By architect Ben Wollen

Last month I listed my ‘Love to Hate’ list of buildings and some questioned why I only included public buildings. The answer is pretty straightforward – a person’s house is their castle (the woke version of ‘a man’s house is his castle’). While there are plenty of houses about that could make it on the list, it’s in bad taste to call these out. Similarly, there are some incredibly designed houses in our neck of the woods, but it’s perhaps not in the best interests of these homeowners to blow their trumpets. And so I present a few of my favourites. They’re the ones I hate to love (only because I wish I could have designed them), in no particular order.

1. Imperial Hotel I haven’t even been inside this place and I’m still excited about the prospect of drinking a beer on its balcony. Judging by their Instagram account, I’m not the only one. I just love it when someone spends good money on good design and quality construction. I also love a heritage restoration that blends the contemporary with the original fabric and interweaves the history of a place in a tasteful and considered way. The heritage front has been respectfully renovated to keep its traditional appearance and then you can see from the sides and the back the clean crisp lines of gill-like bay windows and some vaulting arches dancing at its base. Some sweet internal details await inside this iconic clifftop pub. Can’t wait to join you for a drink on the balcony this summer!

2. The old Headlands Hotel Sadly this one doesn’t exist anymore but it lives on in the memory of many of us who frequented its hallowed halls. I recall entering the main bar and being transported to another world of yesteryear.

While I only visited late in the history of the pub, you could feel its federation-style roots with generously sized rooms and repeated fenestration. The classic V-shape emanating from a central entry portico. Even though it had multiple bastardisations applied to it, there was still a sense of grandeur and it was respectful of the Headland, keeping its distance from the cliff edge and hunkering down on the more protected side of the bluff, facing the majesty of the escarpment. It was a great loss to see this beautiful old building be left to the elements and then eventually demolished. Ahhh – nostalgia!

3. Old Uniting Church, Thirroul I love 20th Century modernist-style buildings and I especially love religious ones! There was a bit of a trend back in the day to have these pyramidshaped churches with the roof forming both the walls and the ceiling, kind of in the shape of a robed clergyman. At one end of the triangle there would be a tall vertical wall of glass that was a modern interpretation of the large leadlight windows in the cathedrals of old. The former Uniting Church in Thirroul is one of the better examples of these. Now a private home, we don’t get to experience the inside, but you can’t miss it heading south out of Thirroul along Lawrence Hargrave. I love the entry bridge and how it looks like a carved-out brick pyramid with a crystal core – sort of like those amethyst crystals you see in hippie shops. It’s almost six storeys high and it used to have a 40m-high steel cross on the top of it.

There’s a great history of modernist churches and this is one of my local faves, but if you want your mind blown google ‘Jorn Utzon Bagsværd Church’.

That’s one I really hate to love! 2515 November

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RE: REMEMBER THE 1968 BUSH FIRES, published in September 2021’s 2515 Coast News I read Brian Kelly’s recollections and personal experience of the 1968 bushfires with interest.

I was a teenager living in Mt Gilead Road at the time. From Bulli High School we had watched the smoke rising from the escarpment with a sense of curiosity and detachment during the day.

As we travelled home on the school bus at the end of the school day, we passed the bottom of Bulli Pass and started to see things differently.

There were fire trucks everywhere, people standing in groups and the smoke smell and eerie colours from the sun blocked by smoke made it suddenly much more real.

The fire was odd in that it came down the hill and it seemed to be creeping ever so slowly to me.

Some houses had been reduced to piles of smoking ashes while two or three houses would be standing… some a bit blackened and singed but some looked completely untouched before the next pile of smoking ash. How did random houses burn while houses on either side had survived?

I have more vivid memories of the impact on the old Excelsior mine site, which extended from the old horse stables at the end of Fords Rd, to the main mine site at the end of Phillip Street, to the washery down by the bend of Sea Foam Ave. The stables area had been reclaimed by the bush but the remnants of wooden structures with a fallen down corrugated iron roof and post and rail fences were still evident. My father and I went up there two evenings in a row along with other locals and used wet hessian potato sacks to beat out the low flames, which were licking at the paling fence of the home immediately next door.

To the south of that, along a dirt road was a piggery. We all reckoned we could smell pork and bacon when it burned. Awful!

The area had formerly been an orchard, as kids we had raided pears, apples and peaches from the gnarled, abandoned old trees. Many a time I gathered peaches into the front of my T-shirt and ended up with an itchy tummy from the peach “fur”.

Our escarpment is SO beautiful now and as kids we just took it all in. But I guarantee that at the first hint of the smell or sight of bushfire smoke each summer, just as Brian’s mother does, the people who were here for the fires of 1968 share their memories of that fire, and hope it’s not going to happen again.

– Ineka Wiffen, via email

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Smith’s Hill Teens Sweeten Lockdown MEDIA RELEASE: September 27, 2021 Two Illawarra teenagers used the Covid lockdown to establish a ‘sweet’ little business.

Smith’s Hill High School students Will Haynes and Sarah Tootell came together over their love of French pastry to establish ‘Matin’, baking and delivering cookies, cakes and tarts right across the Wollongong region.

At just 13, Will aspires to own his own restaurant one day, so has taken over his family kitchen to start up his own business venture.

“We have called the business Matin, which is French for morning because we want to reflect our love of the commitment that pastry chefs have for getting up in the middle of the night to make everyone’s croissant or bread,” Will said.

“We are learning so much about customer service and business.”

Will said the Matin menu is constantly evolving.

“We want our food to reflect the love we both have for the nostalgic aroma of freshly baked biscuits, and the taste of chocolate and cake. We both love the idea of sitting next to a roaring fire on a rainy day with a delicious slice of cake to eat and we want to create that same feeling for our customers.”

Order via Instagram (@matin.bakery), Facebook (@matinbakeryau) or email matinbakes@gmail.com.

Sweet life after lockdown: On the eve of this issue going to press, on 24 October, Will said: “The business is doing very well! We will definitely continue when school goes back, obviously with some changes to when we work.” 2515

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legal requirements to navigate, which are completely out of our control, but overall we agreed it was best to finish the year off and get together again based on overwhelming feedback from our membership. We are stoked to be able to make some announcements regarding the remainder of the 2021 season: 1. Pointscore Number 6: Sunday 24th October 2. Pointscore Number 8: Sunday 7th November – A juniors-only event with finals for 14s, 12s and Junior Girls including micro groms.

3. Pointscore Number 8: Sunday 12th December – Seniors only for under 18s and up. Finals for all divisions this day.

Boardrider Michael Croft, who turned 70 in September, with his new DP surfboard especially made for his birthday. Photo: Ian Pepper

Stoked to be back

By Scarborough Boardrider Ian Pepper

We are back! After a great committee meeting Tuesday, 19 October, where every scenario was tabled and discussed in depth, we made the decision to complete our season and crown champions. We have numerous challenges and

Presentation to be sometime in early 2022, stand by for confirmation of date and venue.

Meanwhile, Surfing NSW has confirmed a range of other events that our club will also be participating in before the end of 2021.

• Woolworths NSW Junior State Titles presented

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