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HELENSBURGH’S SPOOKY CARNIVAL IS BACK Helensburgh | Otford | Darkes Forest | Stanwell Tops | Stanwell Park | Coalcliff

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MERILYN HOUSE is a bush regenerator and horticulturist, and she is passionate about enjoying and protecting of our local bushland. In 1993, Merilyn, along with her husband Allan, started the Helensburgh & District Landcare Group, as they were concerned with the increasing presence of environmental weeds in our bushland. Merilyn believes everyone has a responsibility to become aware of exactly what they have growing in their gardens, and to remove any problem plants. See page 22.

IAN PEPPER has a long and distinguished career as a finance professional specialising in mortgages, self-managed superannuation and insurance. Ian became a Chartered Accountant in 1995 and trained in one of the largest accounting firms in the world working in Sydney and London. Ian also has an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management and has diplomas in Finance Broking and Financial Planning. Ian also volunteers a lot of his time to local community groups including school P&C’s, sporting clubs and business chambers. See page 21.

MICHELLE WALSH is a Helensburgh local and the founder of The Chilli Project which manufactures a range of chilli sauces from fresh Australian produce.

She is a self-confessed foodie and is passionate about supporting Aussie farmers, reducing food waste and getting more people to eat and love chilli! Michelle is also the Cookery Officer for the Stanwell Park branch of the CWA and believes everyone has a responsibility to research where their food is coming from. See page 12.

Cover: Helensburgh’s Spooky Car nival is on Friday, October 26. Photo by Anthony Warry Photography

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YOUR Letters THANKS TO HELENSBURGH FIRIES AND VET I would like to send three cheers to the Helensburgh Fire Brigade for rescuing my kitten from a very difficult little cavity under the house.

They responded immediately to my call for help and worked tirelessly to try to reach the little cat.

Unfortunately, the poor little cat died from tick poisoning but at least we reached the very kind Helensburgh Vets for his final needle.

Thank you again to the wonderful kind Helensburgh Fireman. We are so lucky to have you.

I would also like to say a special Thank You to Dr Coleman and the staff at Helensburgh Vets for their extreme kindness and consideration when my little cat had to be euthanised due to tick poisoning.

Their sympathy and understanding was wonderful and greatly appreciated and helped me a lot.

– Anne Brown FAYE’S FUNDRAISER ON OCTOBER 21 I would like to let you know of my beautiful family friend who has worked tirelessly and quietly in fundraising for the Sydney Children’s Hospital.

Each year for the past 10 years Faye Cruickshank from Stanwell Tops has held a high tea exchange, each year we change the item that is to be exchanged on the day ie milk jug, tea cup, tea pot etc.

This year is her 10th year and we are hoping to raise much needed funds for the Hospital.

ZIVA NEEDS A HOME!

Gorgeous Ziva is a mixed breed of unknown origin; some terrier, some cattle dog and goodness knows what!

She is less than a year old and has not had a great start to life. Can someone give this girl a forever home full of love?

Want to adopt or foster?

Email Julie-ann on ccarpetrehoming@tpg.com.au or Helensburgh’s Country Companion Animal Rescue.

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It will be at the Panorama House at Bulli Tops on the 21st of October. Every year Faye hand-makes a quilt and we raffle it off, we also include a lucky door prize and smaller raffle prizes generously donated by local businesses, so everyone goes away with a gift. Panorama House has been very generous in giving us a very good deal for endless cups of tea and high tea savouries and sweet, they also donate generously to this cause.

– Sarah Oakley

COMMUNITY NOTICES COMMUNITY MEDIA WORKSHOPS A series of workshops and activities in media production will occur over the next 12 months.

Residents are invited to participate. The aim is to create a catalogue of short video, audio and photos that captures life in the Helensburgh area. The work will build on previous video making for Black in Time, a history of Helensburgh and its mine.

Content will be created by community members, with a focus on current life and environment, as well as stories and history. Experience is not required; some workshop/training will occur.

There will be youth and adult groups. The results will be shared online and screened in the community. This project is supported by a cultural grant from Wollongong City Council. Expressions of interest to Geoffrey Sykes and Angela Fagerstrom at communitymedia25@gmail.com CALLING LOCAL MUSOS! Helensburgh’s Raya Thai is looking for musicians to fill live entertainment spots on weekends. Email Chelsea at info@rayathai.com.au. 2508

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'100 WINES TO TASTE'

Lara McCabe chats to Coledale Wine Fair organiser Michael Stagni.

How long have you been operating Coledale Fine Wines?

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

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

We also run wine tastings most Saturday nights.

Have you always loved wine?

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

How did the Coledale Wine Fair come about?

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

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

LORD MAYOR ATTENDS NF1

Wollongong Lord Mayor councillor Gordon Bradbery addressed a wide range of issues during a lively September 12 meeting of the Helensburgh Neighbourhood Forum (NF1). 2508 reports More than 25 people attended the NF1 meeting held at the Helensburgh Community Centre.

NF1 co-convenor Warwick Erwin said he had

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Are there any trends in wine?

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

What do you recommend as a great value wine?

We have lots of terrific value wines. The 2 for $30 bracket comes to mind. Come to think of it most 2 for anything sell well. We’re a small wine store full of interesting things. n Coledale Fine Wines, 746 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, 4267 1331, coledalefinewines.com 2508 received four pages of questions about community issues that locals wanted Cr Bradbery to respond to. Some of the more noteworthy issues included: • A feasibility study into proposed work on the Otford-Stanwell Park tunnel to create a link between the Grand Pacific Walk and Coastal Walk.

The study will cost about $400,000.

• Early-stage preparation for an integrated community and library centre for Helensburgh.

• Concerns raised about the pedestrian crossing near Coles and illegal parking in the ‘No Parking’ area near the crossing.

• Poor playing surfaces on local courts that need to be fixed.

Cr Bradbery encouraged dents to use the Wollongong City Council website – www. wollongong.nsw.gov.au – and raise their concerns via the proper channels, so council could act on any issues officially brought to their attention.

NF1 meets the second Wednesday of the month at Helensburgh Community Centre at 7pm. 2508

COLEDALE FINE WINES

ANNUAL COLEDALE WINE FAIR Sunday 14th October 1pm-5pm Coledale Community Hall $20 Entry (Includes Riedel Crystal Wine Glass & Tastings)

COME AND SAMPLE OVER 100 GREAT WINES, BEAUTIFUL CRAFT BEERS AND CIDER SPECIAL PRICES ON ALL PRODUCTS PURCHASED ON THE DAY

MORE SHADE, PLEASE

2508 investigates the cost of hotter summers in the playground and how designers beat the heat.

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

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

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

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

Children, of course, still want to play outside.

2508 found playground makers are adapting their designs to beat the heat – but at a cost.

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

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

But man-made shade is expensive.

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

It pretty much doubles the price of the playground.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photos: Unicorn Studios, Moduplay

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

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

ON THE GROUND Moduplay uses four materials: sand, synthetic grass, bark and soft-fall rubber. Reece said bark is best at beating the heat, and it’s cheaper. “It keeps the heat away and it offers a better cushioning, a soft fall, as far as protecting kids.” However, it does require a lot of maintenance. “Councils are usually a bit more willing to take it on, like Wollongong Council has a fantastic playground-maintenance schedule.” 2508

Photo: Uluwatu Blue

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scarborough Wombarra Bowlo For barefoot bowls, unbeatable views and easy multi-generational entertaining, the Bowlo can’t be beat. With Thai street food and classic Aussie options. 578 Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Wombarra, bowlo.com.au Be a keeper for a day at Symbio Wildlife Park Symbio’s Junior Keeper program allows kids to get close to the animals and learn about wildlife and conservation. 7-12 year olds, 9.45am to 3.30pm, $130 per child. 7-11 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Helensburgh, symbiozoo.com.au, (02) 4294 1244.

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

Crawchy’s swim school in Helensburgh Give swimming skills and confidence a boost with a holiday intensive. 2-5 October, $72 per child. Facebook: Crawchys Swim School or call 4294 9999.

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

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Michelle Walsh with Andrew Ayoub, founder of the Mr Chilli Awards, at the Nowra festival.

LOCAL MUM’S CHILLI WIN! Michelle Walsh is a Helensburgh local and the founder of The Chilli Project which manufactures a range of chilli sauces from fresh Australian produce. She is a self-confessed foodie and is passionate about supporting Aussie farmers, reducing food waste and getting more people to eat and love chilli! Michelle is also the Cookery Officer for the Stanwell Park branch of the CWA and believes everyone has a responsibility to research where their food is coming from. In this article, Michelle shares the story of her success at the 2018 Nowra Chilli and Chocolate Festival.

The old adage “necessity is the mother of invention” certainly rings true for me! After an unsuccessful attempt to return to the corporate workforce after having children in 2017, I needed a job and fast. My husband encouraged me to follow my true, long-term dream of owning a food business, so I researched all the requirements and took a chance. What began as a single tried-andtested chilli sauce that friends and family had received many bottles of over the years, became the first product of The Chilli Project; our Signature Blend Hot Sauce. The first batch sold out to very supportive 2508 locals within two days, which gave me the confidence to move forward and stop applying for other jobs in the background.

One year on, The Chilli Project currently has a range of six fresh and flavoursome hot sauces in varying heat levels and we have just taken out our first award. We won 1st place in the category of Best Chilli Sauce at the Nowra Chilli and Chocolate Festival 2018. The festival was held on 29th July and featured some of the top chilli sauce makers in Australia, so winning the highly coveted Mr Chilli Awards trophy was an incredible result.

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The winning sauce, The Chilli Project Habanero & Orange Sweet Chilli Sauce, was also a huge hit on the day with festival attendees, with a record number being sold from our stand. Featuring the delicious pairing of Australian-grown fresh navel oranges, and fiery Habanero chillies, the sauce is a spicier and more flavoursome take on your regular store-bought sweet chilli sauce and pairs well with fish, chicken, tofu, pork and roasted vegetables.

You can also pour it over cream cheese for a quick and easy dip when entertaining, mix it with mayonnaise and spread on your lunchtime sandwiches, or simply use it as a fiery dipping sauce for fried chicken wings or spring rolls.

As a thank you to all our amazing local supporters, we continue to offer free delivery in the 2508 area and we also have our sauces stocked locally at both Helensburgh Butchery and Binners Farm.

Whether you like your sauces mild, super-hot or somewhere in between, we will have something to please your palate! Visit The Chilli Project website – www.thechilliproject.com.au – for more information. 2508

Do your children need more stimulation? Try some scientific exploration, writes Elkie Crick.

Congratulations to Big Fat Smile Helensburgh Community Preschool on becoming a Little Scientists House!

On Wednesday, September 12, Sibylle Seidler, project director of Little Scientists Australia, was pleased to visit the preschool to award them a ‘Little Scientists House’ certification.

Ms Seidler said: “Big Fat Smile, Helensburgh Community Preschool has shown excellence and commitment to Early STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in their service.

“They are now among the growing number of Little Scientists Houses Australia-wide and it is wonderful to welcome them into the Little Scientists House community.”

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RAISING LITTLE SCIENTISTS

Department of Education and Training through the National Innovation and Science Agenda. The Little Scientists project aims to increase children’s development and enjoyment of STEM subjects.

Little Scientists believe that, to discover the joy of STEM, children need to be given the opportunity to explore the world in a nurturing and playful setting that boosts their natural eagerness to learn.

Their goal is to enable access to high-quality education for all children from an early age and to ensure the competitiveness of Australia’s workforce in the future.

Helensburgh Community Preschool entered the Little Scientist Early STEM Awards, open to all Early Childhood Services throughout Australia.

Helensburgh was awarded a Little Scientist House accreditation immediately because their STEM content was already of such a high standard.

Jane Morgan, Centre Director at Big Fat Smile Helensburgh Community Preschool, said of the announcement: “We are so pleased to receive this recognition of our STEM curriculum which is embedded in our day-to-day practice, encouraging scientific exploration by our children.”

For more information about the preschool, contact Big Fat Smile on 1300 002 237 or visit www.bigfatsmile.com.au 2508

IT’S A SCREAM!

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Helensburgh Public School has taken the best of Halloween and created a hugely popular family fundraiser, packed with fun, fantasy and fairground rides. 2508 reports.

For one night only, Helensburgh Public School (HPS) will become the Haunted Place of Screams!

The popular Spooky Carnival returns on Friday, October 26 and the kids are already excitedly planning some fantastical costumes.

“The Spooky Carnival has been hugely successful at capturing imaginations,” said the school’s P&C president, Naomi Burley.

“It’s not your ordinary, everyday fete. It’s got that carnival feel, an evening thing, families being able to go out and enjoy themselves together.”

Spooky Carnival also provides a safe place for young kids to get their Halloween kicks.

“Trick or treating is a funny one – kids in Helensburgh have been doing that more and more, but it’s not necessarily a family thing,” Naomi said.

“Whereas at the Spooky Carnival, you can go to event together, have dinner together, watch the kids do something fun, have their showbag and

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talk about it afterwards – so it’s a really familyfocussed event.”

Dressing up is a big part of the fun. “We’ve had loads of princesses, quite a few Ninja Turtles. Loads of ghosts, witches and boys tend to like the old zombies, anything where they can put scarves on and green paint all over their faces.

“Kids also like to feel like they’ve been part of something with their peers. It’s part of their social interaction to talk about shared experiences – the scary thrills, the dressing up, what they did at the carnival – they talk about it for weeks afterwards.”

Spooky Carnivals are held every two years; 2018’s event is the third of its kind.

“We were lucky that first one in 2014, the Friday happened to be Halloween – it was like all the planets aligning to move from a Saturday fete, which hadn’t been hugely successful, to an event with a really strong theme,” Naomi said. “We’ve had about a 50 percent growth each year in both

WHY I LOVE SPOOKY CARNIVAL NIGHT Asher Stone: I like all of the rides and games. And the Haunted House is a really cool one because it is so freaky.

In the Haunted House, I remember from when I was in year one, there was this butcher, with lots of meat and kidneys and stuff. I dressed as a skeleton - it’s the spookiest costume I have.

Ella Neill: I love the Spooky Carnival because of the rides and all the fun stuff there. I’m going to dress up as a skeleton because it’s just spooky.

Anna Stone: I’m a witch. A sparkly witch.

Zara Bowen: I like the Haunted House the best, because you get scared. Last time I scared all the people back!

Nicola Neill: I really like it because it’s lots of fun and it’s an opportunity for little kids and big kids to all have fun and get spooked together.

participation and profits. Halloween is growing in popularity in Australia and we’ve been able to build up a bit of excitement around the event. The Friday night seems to really suit the kids.”

Helensburgh Public has nearly 500 students, so the P&C guesstimates about 300 families could attend, plus a few visitors.

“Last one was amazing, we had people coming up from Dapto. I think we ended up selling a bit over 400 rides, and a phenomenal amount of food.”

Spooky Carnival has raised a lot of money for the school. “It’s been great – it’s enabled us to fit in two new playgrounds,” Naomi said.

The no. 1 attraction is the rides, she said.

“The other is that they like playing with these ideas of stories and I think the attraction of Halloween is more around that storytelling and making up identities. And the dressing up!

“Not everyone comes in a scary theme. The kids just want to draw on a character who is part of a story and not anything to do with ghosts or ghouls.

Kids are always engaged in that kind of play and merging that with all these opportunities for fun and thrill-seeking has worked really well.

“We have had quite a few parents dress up too – they do tend to get into it.”

Look out for the popular, parent-run Haunted

House – it’s going to be even bigger and better this year, Naomi said.

“The imagination of our parents is amazing, as they put it together in secret and plan and collect things. Then we build it over three days in the lead up, and have to keep the hall under lock and key.

“That’s our biggest thrill for the kids and it’s all down to parents and their imagination and reliving their childhood.”

Previous Haunted Houses have had eerie music, a butcher’s room, a graveyard and a “few gruesome things about the place”.

“Last time we had a bit of an obstacle course with volunteers hidden to scare people. We use a special code: so if it’s little kids we adjust the scare factor and if it’s bigger kids we amp it up a bit. We have kids who go through it six or seven times!”

This year they are also looking forward to a dunk tank: “We are working on having some teacher volunteers, and some school captains and prefects, and you can also pay to dunk a friend.”

Carnival rides will include a giant slide, bungee trampolines and a jumping castle. Kids can capture the moment in a spooky photo booth and, for preschoolers, there’ll be a “Side-Show Alley” run by Year 6 students featuring carnival games, such as Pick a Nostril, Bowl an Elf and Eyeball Surprise.

The P&C Monster Raffle will be drawn on the night with the major prize being a family holiday to the Gold Coast (valued at $3300), plus many other fantastic prizes on offer. Tickets will be sold on the night before the draw, unless sold out prior.

Food on sale will include pulled pork rolls, falafels, and a sausage sizzle. “There may be a cake stall where we invite people to submit Halloweenthemed cakes,” Naomi said.

Money raised will go towards updating the school’s technology resources and the final installment of the playground that opened earlier this year, made possible by funding from Metropolitan Coal and Tradies Helensburgh. The P&C will be supporting the school’s commitment to buy six new interactive white-board projectors, 20 digital cameras/scanners, and extra laptops.

“We are calling on the community to support the school by coming to the 2018 Spooky Carnival and having a whole heap of fun for a great cause,” said Naomi. “It will be a fabulous event for all ages.”

Want a shot at winning a costume prize? “Do something a bit clever, a bit quirky,” Naomi recommends. “You might not win if you just come as a ghost. Put a bit of thought into it!” n Spooky Carnival will be held at Helensburgh Public School, Fletcher Street, Helensburgh on Friday, 26 October, 4-9pm. Carnival goers can pre-purchase tokens and ride passes, or buy them on the night. Visit www.helensburgh-ps.com 2508

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Manager Trevor Gorman (left) and licensee John Rougas.

HOTEL MAKEOVER Check out the fresh new rooms at the pub.

Built in 1915, the Helensburgh Hotel – originally Hanleys, then the Centennial – is affectionately known to most residents simply as “the pub”.

A local landmark, it has been a hotel for more than 120 years and, as an example of architecture from the Victorian period, it is listed with the Office of Environment and Heritage for historic and aesthetic reasons.

Now its rooms have had a revamp and, with a combined 40 years of experience in hospitality, John Rougas (licensee) and Trevor Gorman (manager) aim to make Helensburgh’s only hotel suitable for all. John told 2508 more.

What’s the appeal for visitors?

That feeling of a country pub only 30 minutes from Sydney.

Great news for the town that the hotel is offering fresh accommodation – please tell us what was involved.

All nine rooms have been tastefully restored with the building’s heritage in mind. Unfortunately, there are no en suites.

What other services does the hotel offer?

Newly renovated accommodation, children’s play area, daily Bistro specials, cold beer, functions space available. 2508

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Do you think Helensburgh has potential to grow as a tourist destination? And what do you see as its main attractions?

Most definitely. There are great walking trails, the construction of the new mountain bike riding course will be sure to attract the enthusiasts.

Any more plans for the hotel?

Hopefully, start to renovate the Bistro area along with the Main Bar.

THE HOME FRONT HOW TO MAXIMISE YOUR SALE PRICE One question sellers inevitably ask me is: “What can I do to my home to ensure that I get the best price?” This is a good question and one I’m glad you asked…

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

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

Step 2 The emotional response a buyer has to a property is largely based on visual appeal. Below are some relatively low-cost improvements that can greatly increase the aesthetic appeal of a home.

• Paint internal and external walls, gutters & fence.

• If carpet is worn, faded or stained, consider replacing it (especially in living areas).

• Polish floorboards if required.

• Stain timber decking.

• Clean any light grout around internal tiles.

• Remove mouldy silicone around sinks and bathtubs, then re-silicone those areas.

• Clean external pavers, paths and driveway.

• Ensure lawn is kept neat and tidy.

• Trim existing foliage, add more plants to garden beds where necessary and add fresh mulch.

Step 3 Consider updating or renovating some areas, spending money where it will be most appreciated. According to buyer surveys, the room expected to give the best return on your investment is the kitchen, followed by the bathroom. A quick update that does not require moving pipes – e.g. new tiles, benchtops and taps – can provide a fresh look at an affordable price.

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SUPPORT FARMERS AMID FOOD TAMPERING CRISIS Australia’s strawberry contamination scare has now spread across six states and the discovery of needles in an apple and banana have broadened the concern. As the fruit sabotage crisis widens to apples, 2508 asks Jo from Darkes Glenbernie Orchard what measures are being taken on their farm.

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Tamper-evident and tamper-resistant packaging for some types of fruit is a real challenge. To absolutely guarantee the safety of some fresh fruit, it would need to end up in a can. This is not what consumers would really want as it would no longer be ‘fresh’. The fresh food marketing chain involves a degree of trust on all sides.

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

HONEY FRAUD We feel for all the farmers and other people The community is still getting impacted by this terrible act. This affects the whole over the recent honey fraud crisis, industry and could have far-reaching ramifications where a large Australian honey for all food handling and packaging. packing company stands accused Consumers need certainty and to have of importing and selling confidence. Small local producers are trying their adulterated honey. best. Buying direct at the farm gate is only one of No one wants to buy honey that the strategies to use to stay safe from these terrible is not actually honey or honey situations. Sure, you can come visit us direct for labelled as Australian that is not. apples, but we still need supermarkets and other The moral to this story is, and has always been, sellers, so we need strategies to ensure our food to buy from local honey producers. Get to know chain is free from tampering at any point. who is “real” and who is not. 2508

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RAINBOW RUN 2508 The Otford Public School fundraiser attracted a colourful crowd – many ran, some watched.

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The event included 10km, 5km and 1.5km runs, plus food stalls, carnival rides and a DJ. It raised $9534 for Otford Public School. 2508

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IS IT TIME TO FIX YOUR MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE?

Note some of the lenders have announced rate rises not effective yet (between 0.14%-0.17%) and some offer different rates for existing or new customers and different loan amounts.

So, the question is: will variable rates keep rising Personal finance consultant Ian Pepper reports. and go higher than these fixed rates offered? Well, I have written about this topic many times in my if I knew the answer to that then I could probably 20-year career in mortgages and it always seems to make a lot of money on the money markets! be a heated topic of discussion around the barbecue However, I can tell you some historical facts that with friends. But what are the facts and who is might provide some guidance to the future. right? Hindsight being a wonderful thing has According to Reserve Bank of Australia statistics, generally shown a variable rate achieves a lower the average basic variable interest rate of all overall cost but then in more recent times a fixed Australian lenders has tracked below the average rate may prove better.

3-year fixed rate of all Australian lenders. But this Consider the table below sourced from Cannex has changed since January 2016 where the 3-year on 17 September 2018: fixed rate has tracked lower than the basic variable rates. So, if you think this trend is going to FIXED RATE BASIC continue then it could be a good time to fix.

3 YEARS 3 YEARS BASIC VARIABLE Rate Comparison VARIABLE Comparison Having said all the above there are downsides to Rate* Rate Rate* fixing. One is missing out on the savings offered by ANZ 3.99% 4.90% 3.65% 3.66% variable rates should interest rates drop CBA 3.89% 4.89% 3.99% 4.01% dramatically and for a long time. Another is the NAB 3.94% 4.83% 3.69% 3.74% break costs involved to exit the fixed period early St George 3.85% 4.84% 3.68% 3.73% and also the limited ability to pay extra off your Westpac 3.89% 4.89% 3.59% 4.46% loan. And, finally, it’s best to consult your mortgage ING 3.93% 4.59% 3.73% 3.76% broker or financial adviser to find the right solution *comparison rate takes into account interest for you. 2508 and fees for $150,000 loan over 25 years.

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BE WEED WISE

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

With horticulturalist Merilyn House.

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

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

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

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

ASK BOHMER Q: I have bought a frangipani for my office but the leaves look like they are going brown – why?

Frangipanis usually are best planted outside where they have direct sunlight to grow.

They grow approx 6m in height and up to 5m wide, but they do tend to grow slowly – usually about 20cm per year.

They tend to grow well in pots, so having them on balconies, roof terraces and patios are ideal.

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

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

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

Dwarf date palm (Phoenix roebelenii) A neat dwarf palm, which is slow growing and cold hardy. It will thrive in heavy shade and gives a tropical feel to almost any garden space. n More info at www.helensburghlandcare.org. au, or call Merilyn on 0414 819 742. 2508

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

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

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

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

To reduce the risk, avoid watering them. n Get in touch with Bohmer’s Tree Care via email (info@bohmerstreecare.com.au) or give Bohmer a call for a friendly (no obligation) chat about any concerns or queries: 0432 789 530. 2508

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Berry Jazz Festival On October 6 & 7, highlights include a children’s workshop by Eric Dunan, of Wollongong Conservatorium, a free big band concert in scenic Apex Park and a lunchtime Sunday concert featuring singer and pianist Frances Madden at Coolangatta Estate Winery. www.sima.org.au Scarborough Art Show The 20th school fundraiser, with regular exhibitors including painter Ashley Frost and mixed media artist Tanya Stubbles.

Opening night party on Friday, Oct 12; 10am-4pm Oct 13-14. www.scarboroughartshow.com Living The Change Community event at GovInda Valley Retreat in Otford on Sunday ,14 October, 10.30am-2pm. Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery, GovInda Valley director Andre Melis and faith leaders will talk about how they are reducing carbon emissions. There will be tours of the property, music by the Kirtan team and a How To Make A Bird Box workshop by Beth Mott from Birdlife Australia. Lunch is by donation but please call Wendy on 0412 614 684 for catering purposes.

HORCC ROCK NIGHT FOR MENTAL HEALTH

Helensburgh Hotel will be rocking on Saturday, October 20, with three local bands playing for Mental Health Awareness.

The night has kindly been supported by Helensburgh Off Road Cycling Club (HORCC), Helensburgh Hotel and Heathcote Handyman Timber, with all proceeds going to Beyond Blue.

Mental health is a growing problem from the beach to the bush. Most of us have known someone who has been affected by depression, anxiety or another mental disorder. Mental health support groups like Beyond Blue are essential, thanks to them help is a phone call away. You don’t need a ticket to attend, just rock up, buy a raffle ticket or 10 and dance the night away. Our first band ‘Dribs’ starts playing at 4pm, followed by ‘Oldmates’ and ‘The Skids’. See you there! bookings via Eventbrite. Stephen Green will discuss his book The Coherent Past.

CLUBS & MEETINGS Helensburgh & District Probus Club meets every second Thursday of the month at Tradies Helensburgh.

Visitors welcome, please first contact Brent Percy on 0419 604 576 for further information.

Helensburgh Girl Guides Fridays at Guide Hall, Chippendale Place. malynda@exemail.com.au Helensburgh Historical Society Meets third Thursday of the month; 4pm, at Old Mine Surgery, 78 Parkes Street, Helensburgh. Phone Jan 0418 681 384.

Helensburgh Lions Club Meets 7.30pm every second HELENSBURGH LIBRARY, 57 Walker Street, 4294 2185 Monday at Helensburgh Youth Centre, 26 Walker Wow, the library is bursting with activities! We are St. www.helensburghlions.org.au excited to start our six-week Born to Read program Helensburgh Men’s Shed Mondays and Tuesdays for babies up to 12 months old at 10.30am on 9am-3pm at Stanwell Park Anglican Church Hall.

Thursday, October 18. Bookings are essential.

Call Mike Croft 0413 401 522, Ron Balderston 0410 Tue 2 Steam Punks, 3.30pm, free, ages 5+. Science, 564 752; visit www.helensburghmensshed.org.au.

Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math Fun Helensburgh Scout Group Open to new members.

Wed 3 School Holiday Activity. Dreamcatchers Meetings during school term: Joeys (ages 6-8) 10.30am, free, 5+, bookings via Eventbrite Tues 4.30-6pm. Cubs (ages 8-11) - Thurs 6.30-8pm Tue 9 Be Connected: Technology Help. 5pm. Book Contact groupleader@helensburghscouts.org.au in and get help with the subject of your choice.

Neighbourhood Forum 1 7pm, second Wednesday of Wed 10 School Holiday Activity. Beginners Knitting the month, Helensburgh Community Centre.

10.30am, free, 5+, bookings via Eventbrite Northern Illawarra Chamber of Commerce Networking Tue 16 Plugged In! 5pm. Free. Bookings essential. night on Tuesday, 30 Oct, Headlands Austinmer.

Develop tech skills, learn how to safely navigate the Northern Illawarra U3A Stanwell Park Mondays (during internet and connect with friends and family. school terms) 9.30am-noon at Hillcrest House, Thu 18 Born to Read 10.30am, ages 0-12 months.

Stanwell Park. Contact: Jenny Lee-Robins on Fri 19 Drop-in Knitting, 11am-1pm, all welcome.

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Tue 23 Evenings@yourlibrary, Trivia Challenge, 5pm, Stanwell Park CWA Meets 1st Tuesday each month, bookings via Eventbrite. Teams of 4, a fun evening 10am at CWA Hall. Call Lynette Loo, 0413 166 244. for all. Light refreshments provided.

Toastmasters meets at Tradies Helensburgh every Wed 24 Preschool Storytime, 10.30am, free, ages 0-5 2nd and 4th Monday, at 7pm. 0408 961 392.

Thu 25 Born to Read 10.30am, ages 0-12mths.

View Club Next lunch meeting Tuesday, 16 October Tue 30 Evenings@yourlibrary, author talk, 5pm, at Tradies Helensburgh. See page 30. 2508

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HELENSBURGH LIONS CLUB REPORT

By Tracy Campbell

In July a new Board of Directors was elected at the Helensburgh Lions Club. Out-going president of two years, Gina Krohn, stepped down from her role and Rod Peppernell is the new president. Rod has a big heart, is a team player and his vision for the club and the community has us all excited.

The club would like to thank Gina for her incredible efforts and we are pleased to say she is still a valued member.

Gina took on her role when the club was doing it tough and down in membership. Now we are happy to report it is back and flourishing, gaining three new members: Brian Henstock, Valerie and Keith Hawkins. And our former foundation president, Dennis Weatherall, has returned to the club with passion, pride and community spirit.

We are all busy continuing our centennial project, working with National Parks on maintenance and improvements at Kelly’s Falls.

HELENSBURGH COUNTRY FAIR: 27 OCTOBER The Annual Country Fair will be on Saturday, 27 October with stalls operating from at 8am. The Fair will be officially opened by our local State Member

Mr Lee Evans. The fair will have rides, stalls, arts and crafts, food, entertainment by local artists, Irish dancers, bands and the Symbio Reptile Show.

Lots of fun for everyone at Charles Harper Park.

LIONS FASHION SHOW: 6 OCTOBER The Fashion Show will be at Holy Cross School Hall at 2pm. Tickets at the door $20; entry includes light refreshments. Proceeds will go to drought relief and we are also collecting non-perishable toiletries to go in hamper packs for farmers.

LIONS CLUB DROUGHT RELIEF In August, the Lions joined forces with the CWA and ran a cupcake stall for drought relief. We raised $1200. The Lions donated a further $1800, so we sent $3000 to 200 Bales.

On Wednesdays in August, Tony from Alcara Cafe & Restaurant offered a special to his customers with every donation to drought relief.

Tony wishes to thank his hard-working staff, Shai, Samantha, Liam and James, for their incredible work and for donating their tip jar for the month.

Thank you to Tony and staff! With this and the Lions market stall on the final Wednesday, we raised $1400 for Need a Feed. A final thank you goes to our generous community. 2508

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WINNING HISTORY OF A HELENSBURGH BUILDER

This year’s Wollongong City Libraries’ $5000 Biennial Local History Prize has been awarded to three historians: Lorraine Neate, Josh Howes and Stanwell Park’s Jan Lee, who wrote a paper titled George Rickett, Master Builder.

The secretary of Helensburgh & District Historical Society, Jan told 2508 how her prize-winning article came about.

In 2017 I edited a booklet for the centenary of Stanwell Park Public School (History Rewritten). While researching at State Archives, I came across George Rickett as being one of the main masterminds behind the establishment of the school.

This year I decided to write a short article about George Rickett for the front page of Helensburgh Historical Society’s newsletter. It grew to a 36-page book including many photos from our collection.

National Library’s website TROVE has many newspaper articles concerning George Rickett and his exploits, beginning in the 1880s and ending with his death in 1930. I started with his obituaries

‘MORE THAN TEA AND SCONES’

The CWA welcomes new members, Carol Pugh reports.

Hello from the Country Women’s Association (CWA) in Stanwell Park; just a few updates on what we have been doing. We are holding our AGM on Tuesday, October 2 at 1pm. We welcome women to come along and find out all about us – we are more than just tea and scones!

This year we have been busy with plans to refurbish our very popular hall to make facilities more accessible. Our Hall is available for hire, so we have celebrated weddings, parties and hosted meetings and conferences. It also hosts seniors exercise classes, Hapkido and yoga.

We are proud to be associated with the local theatre group SPAT and, yes, we do serve scones at some of their very popular performances!

Every two years we organise The Festival of Flight Festivities, which celebrate Lawrence Hargrave’s enterprises into flight.

We were successful in passing a motion at our CWA State Conference, which was forwarded to State Parliament, about our region’s deer problem.

This year our country of study was Poland.

We had a wonderful guest speaker who gave us a

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and worked backwards. I concentrated on his private life, the buildings he was responsible for, and the many community and public organisations he was involved with.

George Rickett was a very well-known character during his lifetime, but virtually unheard of in 2018. I wanted to find the real George Rickett and bring him back to our attention. I wish to thank the Friends of Wollongong Libraries for encouraging the writing of local history.

Since the draft story was entered into the competition, the completed book has been published and is available from Helensburgh Historical Society, as well as History Rewritten and our latest publication, Dr Frederick Cox, Mine Doctor, by his granddaughter Robin Wines, for $15 each (plus postage). If anyone has a photo of George Rickett, or any other information, please contact us..

Email: info@historichelensburgh.org.au 2508 Maura O’Sullivan-Wells and Katherine Simms at the cake stall for drought relief.

great insight into this country. We enjoyed a great afternoon tea with visiting CWA members, parents, grandparents and friends of Stanwell Park primary school, who entertained us with Polish songs and dances – a fun afternoon for everyone.

We have a great eclectic mix of young and older members, women of many talents: modern art, handicrafts, and fantastic cooks, so we get to sample new healthy dishes and much more.

We have been really successful with our Farmer’s Drought relief fundraising and our Helensburgh stalls demonstrated the generosity of local residents. Thank you to Binners Family Farm for donating a raffle prize. The raffle was won by a local – Amy – with ticket number 0124105.

We welcome women to come along, have a chat and cuppa, find out more about us, and perhaps offer your talents to our group. For more details, please call Carol Pugh on 0432 385 524. 2508

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CLUB REPORTS

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At time of writing, Helensburgh VIEW Club will be heading for their September lunch with sister club Nowra, at Gerroa Fisherman’s Club. This is a yearly get-together and always an enjoyable outing.

Any reportable doings will appear in November 2508 District News.

Meanwhile, back in August, news was received of the VIEW National Convention for 2019, which will take place at the Novotel on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Also received was The Smith Family Research Report on school attendance with special attention to year 9 and making the decision to going on or leaving in year 10. Maintaining high attendance and high achievement is important and if any support is needed it is available. Also in August, congratulations went to Pat Clark who received her VIEW membership badge.

There are still tickets available for Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the new musical at the Capitol, 2pm matinee on Saturday, 23 March 2019, to be paid for by 25 January 2019. So make plans early for this new year treat by phoning Chris on 4294 1103 or mobile 0419 282 264 for bookings.

The next VIEW Club lunch meeting will be Tuesday 16 October at Tradies Helensburgh at 11am for 11:15 start, the speaker being member Jennifer Donohoe on the history of Helensburgh and WW1. At this meeting please bring unwrapped gifts for Christmas hampers so they can be ready for the Christmas meeting in November. For new bookings or cancellations please phone Lynne Pearson on 4294 1815 by Monday, 8 October. 2508

An update from the Cubs.

Cubs are coming to the end of Term 3 with a special dinner for parents planned for our last night, to go toward our cooking badges. We’ve all learnt a lot this term and worked toward our First Aid, Travellers and Weather badges as well as our bigger Boomerang badges, which can take a whole year to complete. Before our end of term we will be having another Pack Council, where our Sixes will work together to suggest activities, badgework and special nights they would like to have in Term 4 and Term 1 next year. It is an important learning part of Scouting that as everyone progresses through from Joeys, to Cubs to Scouts and beyond, they get to take on more and more responsibility for planning and developing their own programs and goals. At Cub level the 1st Helensburgh Cubs have done very well at working together to come up with ideas and listen to each other’s suggestions and compromise and give the leaders plenty of material to work with to come up with an exciting program for each term. We will be looking to see if we can squeeze in another camp in Term 4 and we are sure that Cubs will enjoy planning the activities and menu for this one!

If you have an 8 - 11 year old interested in attending Cubs, we meet Thursday nights from 6.30 pm 8 pm. Please do check with Bagheera first just in case we are away from the hall on a particular night: cubs@helensburghscouts.org.au. 2508

SPAT FILM SOCIETY

Come see Summer 1993, writes Beth Farmer.

This month we are presenting the multi-awardwinning autobiographical film Summer 1993, written and directed by Carla Simón. Following the death of her parents six-year-old Frida is sent from her urban life in Barcelona to live in the countryside with her aunt, uncle, and younger cousin Anna. This coming-of-age drama is an extraordinarily moving snapshot of being a child in an adult world, anchored by flawless performances by its two young stars.

Rating: PG. Language: Catalan Spanish Date: Saturday, 13 October. Time: 7.30pm Venue: CWA Hall, Stanwell Park Tickets: Available at spat.org.au

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Publicity Officer Virginia Dowson reports.

HELENSBURGH GIRL GUIDES

Learn to make cards! Heather McNaughton reports.

Come and spend a fun afternoon making beautiful hand-crafted greeting cards for different occasions, using a range of techniques and products. This adults card-making workshop will be held at Helensburgh Guide Hall from 11am to 1pm on Sunday, 7 October, with all proceeds going to the Girl Guides.

The afternoon will include light refreshments and some great prizes – and it will be lots of fun.

The workshop costs $15pp, and places are strictly limited, so book your spot quickly to make sure you don’t miss out. All welcome!

To register, or for more information please contact Natalie on 0403 150 088. 2508

HELENSBURGH MEN’S SHED

Our man in the Shed, Paul Blanksby, reports.

While your Helensburgh Men’s Shed is open to men from 18 years of age and up to when they go to that great Shed in the sky, we often have much younger, shorter and noisier visitors.

Our wives, partners, friends and visitors sometimes pop in with their youngest family members to see what Grandpa is up to at that Shed place, and sometimes they draw him creating something there. This month’s article is devoted to ‘The Little Shedders’.

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FESTIVAL OF WOOD

There’s something for everyone from amateurs to artisans at this year’s event. 2508 spoke to organiser Suzanne Montague to find out more.

The first Illawarra Festival of Wood at Bulli Showground carved itself a niche on our local calendar in 2017. This year the festival – tagged “every tree has a story” – has been extended to a three-day weekend celebration of wood work.

2508 spoke to organiser Suzanne Montague about the Coledale family’s long history of working with timber, and how various branches – including the woodworkers, the arborist and the florist – have all come together for this spectacular event.

Please tell us a bit about yourself.

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

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

and donating all proceeds to Headspace, and his partner Amber McGraw, of Amber Louise Floristry, will create beautiful floral arrangements.

Amber and Stuart are from Helensburgh.

Stuart’s sister, Jenelle McWilliam, will be the festival photographer.

My brother Chris and his wife Shayne will fly from the Gold Coast to help with administration assistance. Our children, Dane, Travis and Jasper will be involved during the entire festival.

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

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

Stuart’s brother Brad, of Montague Furniture and It was the brainchild of Stuart and I, and Christian Restorations, whose workshop is in Coledale; our nephew Stuart McWilliam, of Sydney and Southern and Tomako Timbs from Japanese Tools Australia.

We wanted to rekindle the style of woodworking and Tree Services, will be milling timber for sale shows from years ago where they mean more than just an opportunity to sell finished products but provide an authentic experience. Also the concept of bringing together the traditional and unconventional woodworkers in one place.

We wanted it to be a family-friendly affair with a festival feel that would showcase local and regional wood artisans, as well as celebrate a variety of wood-related crafts and forest industries.

The Montague men: Brad, Doug and Stuart.

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What’s new at this year’s festival?

We have Marcus Tatton from Tasmania, who is a regular Sculpture by the Sea exhibitor, creating one

Photos: Anthony Warry Photography

The festival is a family affair, including Amber McGraw (with her sons Hendrix and Nix) and (from left to right) Brad, Doug, Suzanne and Stuart Montague. of his famous wood chunk sculptures over the three days; Noel Wellington, a Nowra-based Indigenous woodcarver; Maori Woodcarvers Kapene Alexander and Hape Kiddle.

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

The workshops look like fun.

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

There are 16 workshops in total this year. We have a three-day workshop making a Jimmy Possum chair with Dr Mike Epsworth; the Spoonsmith teaching taster tree-craft courses making functional items; learn to wood-turn a bowl with Woodstories; Total Tools will be presenting courses on basic wood-turning, router table basics and joining timber.

SALT (Supporting and Linking Tradeswoman) are back with their skills-based workshop for

women. Styro Pyrography will teach the art of decorating wood with heat.

There’ll be a Log Drum workshop; carving a wooden crochet hook from a twig, spoon-carving with green or seasoned timber; wooden bucket making from scratch; build a shaker box; learn to mill your timber; learn the art of bodging with a pole lathe; correct sharpening of tools; children’s milking stool workshop; and learn about bee keeping from the Austinmer bee keeper.

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

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

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

Wollongong City Council has approved a five-year DA, 2018–2022, for the second weekend in October at Bulli showground so we see the festival continuing as an annual event. Destination NSW and Destination Wollongong are very supportive and wish us to continue with the festival. n October 12-14, Bulli Showground, visit illawarrafestivalofwood.com. 2508

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FUR REAL!

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

Port Kembla is the unlikely gateway to a snorkelling hotspot. 2508’s Gen Swart reports from Martin Islet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was a sign of things to come: on September 17, Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair declared fishing lockouts were “off the table”. 2508

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However, my career took a little detour into hospitality and tourism to fulfil a need I had, and to do something different. After owning and working in restaurants and cafes, the hours took a toll.

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I have also had the pleasure of being on the Board and Vice President of LNA Master Landscapers Association for close to six years and have enjoyed giving back to the industry through training and providing mentorship.

I am consistently in awe and proud of others in our industry doing quality work and driving this great profession forward. I am very lucky to be in a great job that’s outdoors, has fresh air and that puts smiles on faces.

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Swimmers head out to sea from Coalcliff - 2016 swim

OCEAN SWIM IS BACK SUNDAY, 17 MARCH 2019

Helensburgh-Stanwell Park SLSC’s Harley Dreghorn reports The 2.3km ocean swim from Coalcliff to Stanwell Park is back on again after a lapse of two years.

The swim, run by Helensburgh-Stanwell Park SLSC with assistance from Coalcliff SLSC, is expected to attract up to 300 participants.

The 2019 swim is sponsored by Equilibrium Healthcare, a 2508 business promoting a healthy and active lifestyle.

Billed as “The Big Swim of the South” in the calendar of NSW ocean swims, past swims have attracted participants from Sydney suburbs, the Central Coast and as far south as Canberra.

The swim is spectacular, along the foot of the Illawarra Escarpment with Bald Hill and hanggliders visible in the background as swimmers head north to Stanwell Park.

Participation between 2508 sporting bodies and local businesses is encouraged with HelensburghStanwell Park and Coalcliff Surf Life Saving Clubs both aiming to enter teams of three swimmers to compete against teams from the league, soccer, cricket, netball and other local sporting groups.

Pre-swim training opportunities will be hosted at Stanwell Park beach on selected Sunday mornings between mid-December and early March to allow intending swimmers to train and feel competent to complete the swim on the day.

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NETBALL SUCCESS!

Helensburgh netball club has had another successful year, winning three out of four grand-finals. Club secretary Judy Skiller reports We had seven teams playing semi-finals, with one going straight through to the grand-final after their major semi-final win. The six other teams battled through to the finals with four teams reaching the grand-finals. During the finals series, the girls all demonstrated that passionate Helensburgh sporting spirit, with great teamwork and sportsmanship on the court. During the season, they all demonstrated their commitment to the club, attending weekly training sessions and playing games on Saturday.

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Helensburgh’s Kai and Saya Sakakibara compete in the USA as part of World Cup preparations. Kai reports.

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The Helensburgh Hotel has become our major sponsor this year and we are looking forward to developing a strong supportive relationship with the local establishment.

Our Saturday morning skills-based training sessions – for ages five to nine – have been very successful thanks to Kinya and her amazing team of coaches. The well-organised program will be back in term 2 next year.

We would like to thank our coaches, managers, committee and especially our amazing fundraising committee.

Our presentation day is on Saturday, 20th October at Tradies Helensburgh, from 1pm.

Note: we have cancelled our summer netball comp due to the courts’ unsafe condition. 2508 We have jetted off to the USA for our last international stint of the year, and it’s been an exciting couple of weeks so far.

We first landed in Dayton, Ohio to visit our team sponsor, DK Bikes, before heading to Louisville, Kentucky for a USA BMX Pro race.

We then flew to San Diego, California for the second race of our trip, and have based ourselves here in preparation for the final 2018 World Cup round in Argentina.

Over two race weekends, Saya has been consistent (three 3rds and a 5th), while I’ve been a little inconsistent with a 9th, 4th, 8th and 6th.

I was initially disappointed with the results.

When I arrived in the US, I was in the best shape that I have ever been, physically and mentally.

Although making three out of four finals in the USA is a great result, it didn’t measure up to the dominant performance I was hoping for.

My belief that I could win had turned into over-thinking and over-trying, and consequently I was performing far short of my true capabilities.

My task now is to shift my mind-set from fear of failure to excitement to win. And to enforce within myself that to perform well, I just have to be Kai, not Kai + 10%. 2508

‘They keep me motivated’: Erin Hargrave, with coach Bree Jones, and her family at the Gold Coast.

LOCAL TRIATHLETE UP WITH WORLD’S BEST! Erin Hargrave finished 11th in her event on September 13 at the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final on the Gold Coast.

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“I went into the race saying I’d be happy with top 50, top 20 I’d be over the moon, but to finish 11th was just such an amazing result,” Helensburgh triathlete Erin Hargrave told 2508.

Competing in the 35-39 Female Age Group Sprint – comprising a 750m swim, 20km bike ride, and 5km run – Erin finished in a time of 01:10:17.

She was 11th overall and the sixth Australian.

The swim was the hardest part, the 36-year-old said. “I’ve always struggled with my swim but I have been training extra hard, the 5am swim squads have really paid off.

“The run is my strongest point, I come from a running background. I have represented Australia 20 years ago, I won a number of national track events when I was an elite junior in athletics.”

Bree Jones, of Helensburgh Physiotherapy, is Erin’s coach. “I don’t think I would have got such an amazing result without her,” Erin said.

Erin took up triathlons about 10 years ago.

“I was getting a bit bored with just constantly running and one of my friends said, ‘Well, why don’t we just go and try a triathlon out?’ And I fell in love with the atmosphere and the challenge of doing straight disciplines. It’s good to have the variety in training instead of just one sport.”

A mother of two girls who works part-time as a dental nurse at Dudley Lai’s Dental Surgery in Helensburgh, Erin’s commitment to her sport is inspirational. “My alarm goes off at like 20 past 4, I swim at 5am, I’m back home by 7, I get the kids ready for school… I do train twice a week in my lunch break at work. Sometimes the girls ride their bikes while I run. My girls are so supportive.

“When I cross the finish line, it’s just amazing to see the little smiles on their faces.” 2508

OCTOBER 2508 45

TH 1714 1.70 Time

0.32 0.39 0.39 0.53 0.24 1.71 0.21 0.28 MO 1335 WE 1456 SU 1332 FR 1637 TU 1515 TH 10 FR 1758 1.50 SA 1755 SU 1252 WE 1354 TU 1416 1.50 1.40 1.59 1.46 1.66 1.52 1.89 Time 1950 Time 1954 m Time 2124 m 2018 Time 2234 m 21 m 1902 m Time 2100 m 1949

SA 0.38 FR 1142 1811 1.80

0.21 0.21 0.36 0.27 SU 0.50 MO 0.30 TU 0.45 TH 0.25 FR 0.30 SA 1720 MO 1425 TU 1413 WE 1603 TH 1538 SA 1216 SU 1331 MO 1335 TH 1438 WE 1505 FR 10 1958 2043 0.55 1947 2120 2210 0.53 2104 2225 2318 0.48 21 1910 2026 0.431942 2222 2141 0.312034 1.85 1.74 1.59 1.49 1.57 1.47 1.47 1.41 1838 1.55

0045 0228 1.18 0030 0215 0337 1.07 0224 0345 0414 1.12 00 0541 0.410035 0.37 0006 0214 1.240127 0328 0305 1.170150 0.06 0.16 0.27 0.34 0.18 0.25 0.28 0.32 0.24 16 1.25 1 25 16 1.39 1 25 16 1.66 10 10 10 22 7 22 7 7 0001 7 01 0635 0.56 0737 0.68 0906 0.75 1203 22 1.430636 0555 0817 0.500738 0857 0921 0.620815 0950 1.65 1042 0830 1.52 1.43 1.63 0845 1.68 0739 1.46 06021 1.30 1311 1.42 1414 1.40 1525 1.34 1814 0.51 1227 1.53 1522 1.55

0446 0448 1.18 00 0014 1.310110 0.33 0146 0311 1.09 0215 0112 0245 1.160200 0323 0415 1.06 0301 0440 0341 1.230229 0.26 0.30 0.09 0.13 0.27 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.14 17 1.75 17 1.32 2 26 17 1.48 2 26 11 11 11 8 23 8 0054 8 01 8 23 1019 0.72 0625 23 0.460711 0727 0.63 0654 0852 0.570812 0843 0.72 1014 1000 0.590854 0917 1.55 1.48 1.68 1032 1.65 1119 0824 1.54 06552 1.39 0925 1.71 1630 1.33 1255 1.44 1409 1.39 1329 1.51 1516 1.36 1634 1.55

2018

1515 0.22 0.33 0.24 0.25 PORT KEMBLA –KEMBLA NEW SOUTH WALES 1415 SA 0.23 SU 0.30 MO 0.44 TU 0.24 WE 0.38 FR 0.24 TH 1652 SU 1804 TU WE 1453 FR 1622 SU 1257 MO –1424 TU SA 1239 SA 10 TH 1552 FR 1524 PORT NEW SOUTH WALES 2315 0.44 2 1917 0.541915 1.58 2107 0.57 2026 0.422020 2224 2256 0.52 2150 2322 2225 0.282121 1.45 2018 2130 1.75 2103 1.55 1.50 1.42 1.39 2036 1.72 1903 1.87 1.39 LAT 34° 29ʼ LONG 150° 55ʼ LAT 34° 29ʼ LONG 150° 55ʼ Times and Heights of High and Low Waters Local Time 0259 1.05 0230Waters 1.13NOVEMBER 0434 0452 1.08 0338 0537 Time 1.26 01 0115 1.220143 0540 0418 1.320309 0353 0.16 Low 0316 0.28 0.29 0.35 0.34Local 0142Times 0.08 0.29 0232 0258 0.14 0.36 and Heights of High and OCTOBER DECEMBER SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2018 18 3 18 18 0.33 3 12 27 12 12 0002 9 07443 1.46 24 24 9 10 9 9 24 0830 1002 0.67 0908 0806 0928 0.590845 0957 1113 0.72 1003 1125 0.66 0718 0.510745 1.38 1125 1040 0.520936 1.63 27 1.56 1.61 1.52 1.55 1.71 0526 1.72 1.82

PORT KEMBLA TIDAL CHART

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1513 1.38 1441 1.52 1625 1.35 1729 1.34 1355 1.461335 1739 1.56 OCTOBER MBERSU 1332 1740 0.31 1607 0.27 0.33 1710 0.24 1456 1612 TU WE TH 0.32 SU 0.17 MO 0.24 SA 0045 1.180.39 0215 0.21 1.07 1.20DECEMBER 0345 0417 1.300.26 0541 0.41 1.24 1515 0328NOVEMBER 1.17 WE0006 TH 1534 FR1.12 SA 0349 MO 1158 MO WE SU 11 TU FR 1637 SA 161950 1 0555 16 12034 10.37 12234 1000 0.59 16 0925 0635 0.561.59 0737 2141 0.68 2142 0.732211 0906 0.75 1203 1.43 0.50 2124 08572100 0.62 16 0.54 2321 0.48SA 2359 1849 0.41 20 0.52 2341 1.33 2218 1.62 1.50 2313 1.36 1.50 Time 1954 m SA1.89 Time m1414 1.66 Time m 1.491.32 Time Time m1.422215 Time Time m 1.37 1611 1.40 1.31 1525 1.34 1814 0.51 1.53 TIME 1522 1.55m FRTIME SU 1311M MO 1227 TU SU 1529 TH TIME M M TIME M 2252 0.30 1958 0.55 2120 0.53 2215 0.45 2225 0.48 1910 0.43 2222 0.31

0412 0433 1.07 0337 0349 0351 1.170305 0620 0049 1.35 01 0230 0006 1.160214 0015 0500 0.250352 0534 0528 1.15 0414 0.26 0.31 0.44 0.40 1.18 0.06 0215 1.07 0.18 0345 1.12 0.43 0349 0417 1.300.36 1.240.27 0328 1.170.28 171.63 21042 1711125 170817 2 1048 17 20857 19 4 28 19 19 421.52 4 28 13 13 13 10 10 10 25 10 0228 25 10 25 16 0045 1 16 16 1 16 0938 0.66 0924 0.570921 1220 0.58 1106 0.68 0823 0.54 0631 1.431021 1.55 1006 1.55 1154 1.59 0606 1.71 1.70 0950 1.65 0830 0906 0.75 0925 0635 0.56 0737 0.68 0555 0.501.43 1000 0.591.85 0.62 1616 1700 1.40 1603 1553 1619 1.571538 1819 1238 1.37 11 1727 1830 1.38 1720 1502 1.511413 0.36 1229 1802 0.431702 0.34 0.21 0.34 0.27 0.38 0.29 0.26 0.15 1425 0.21 0014 0625 SU 1255 1917

1.31 0.46 1.44 0.54

0146 0727 MO 1409 2107

1.09 0.63 1.39 0.57

0112 0654 TU 1329 2026

1.16 0.57 1.51 0.42

0323 0843 WE 1516 2224

1.06 0.72 1.36 0.52

0440 1014 FR 1634 2322

1.23 0.59 1.55 0.28

0446 1019 SA 1630 2315

1.18 0.72 1.33 0.44

0516 1113 SU 1716 2343

1.39 0.55 1.44 0.31

0444 1036 MO 1632 2302

1.28 0.69 1.28 0.43

3 0718

0.51

18 0830

0.67

3 0806

0.59

18 0957

0.72

3 1125

0.52

18 1125

0.66

3 1219

0.48

18 1142

0.62

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

1529 MO 1 1939 2215 20

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

1632 TU 1 1.39 0 2032 2302

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

1732 WE 1 1.40 10 2130 2346

0.37 01 0444 11 10 17 0142 17 11 5 226 20 14 17 11 5 29226 20 14 17 11 5 29226 20 14 1.45 0655 1036 0.49 11 1325

0146 0727 TU MO 1409 2107

0350 1.16

0511 1.12

0456 1.25

0010 0.43

0101 0.23

0037 0.37

0112 0.34

0030 0.38

0.34 01 0533 12 00 18 12 6 30327 21 15 18 0241 18 12 6 327 21 15 18 12 6 30327 21 15 1.56 0755 1142 0.39 11 1421 0259 0830 WE TU 1513 2215

1902 1.46

2018 1.52

1949 1.40

2048 1.30

2014 1.33

0035 0534 0.37 0528 0030 0015 0.160500 0127 0620 0.34 0049 0150 0618 0.32 01 0001 0349 0.240351 0224 0213 0.250100 1.17 1.35 1.13 0030 0.321.24 1.07 0.26 1.170.31 1.15 0.44 0.250.40 221006 7 1106 22 221.71 2240742 70631 70606 22 22 771.55 22 7 1.59 7 31 13 00 13 13 28 13 0433 28 28 19 19 19 0412 4 19 4 0636 1.25 0739 1.461125 0738 1.39 0815 1.66 0602 1.30 0845 1.680629 0.60 1154 0.64 1048 0657 1.570.53 1240 1220 0.58 0938 0.66 0924 0.571.55 0.68 1.43 1216 0.50 1830 0.38 1331 0.301802 0.26 1335 0.45 1238 1.52 1438 0.30 1 1142 0.381619 0.34 1505 1411 0.251255 1.58 1.73 1700 0.34 0001 0602 FR 1142 1811

0.24 1.30 0.38 1.80

0035 0636 SA 1216 1838

0.37 1.25 0.50 1.55

0030 0739 SU 1331 1947

0.16 1.46 0.30 1.74

0127 0738 MO 1335 1942

0.34 1.39 0.45 1.49

0224 0845 WE 1505 2104

0.25 1.68 0.25 1.47

0150 0815 TH 1438 2034

0.32 1.66 0.30 1.41

0229 0901 FR 1540 2132

0.40 1.73 0.28 1.27

0158 0830 SA 1511 2106

0.34 1.83 0.19 1.34

8 0655

1.39

23 0711

1.32

8 0824

1.54

23 0812

1.48

8 0925

1.71

23 0854

1.75

8 0939

1.74

23 0917

1.91

1318 0.41 1.57 0.43 SA SU MO MO 1819 TH WE 1829 FR WE WE TH 1 SA 1.38 TU 1.37 TH 1.40 FR SU TU WE WE 1616 TH 1553 FR 1727 SU 1229 1838 0215 1.55 1.74 1.49 1939 2034 1.41 1 1811 1.802225 21040245 1.47 2115 0.33 1911 1.370.23 2310 2305 0.49 1.46 2245 0.30 1837 1.57 1942 0054 0.14 0110 0.331.42 0.13 0200 1947 0.30 0301 0.30 0229 0.31 0305 0.440.45 0.341953 0511 1040 FR TH 1711 2356

1239 0.30 SU 1257 0.44 0.24 TU 1415 0.38 1552 0.24 FR 1524 0.23 1621 0.28 SU 1601 0.11 MO 1424 TH 0110 0.33 0215 0.13 0200 0.30SA0142 0054 0.140428 030121590112 0.30 0229 0030 0.31 00 0513 0.341.23 1.12 SA0.36 0456 1.25 0010 0.43 0037 0.371.241.10 0101 0.231.28 1903 1.87 1915 1.580.36 2036 1.72 0028 2020 1.22 1.50 21500006 1.39 2121 1.39 2215 1.340204  Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2016, of Meteorology 0925Bureau 1.71 0854 0701 1.75 01 0711 1.32 0824 1.54 0812 1.48 0655 0655 1.391047 0.58 1133 0741 1.65 0.62 1.52 1034 0.49 0622 1.22 0700 1.45 0718 1.530.47 0142 0.08 0143 0.291.56 0258 0232 0.54 0.29 0342 0.480.69 0334 0.14 0605 03380545 0.36 0309 0.33 0.340732 90.42 241709 24 91325 241.68 91325 24 9 0908 0744 1.46 0845 1.53 1.55 1015 1.721.45 10031213 1.72 0936 1.82 1006 1.951355 0745 1.380.37 1.61 1235 1552 0.24 1524 0.23 1257 0.44 1424 0.24 1415 0.38 1239 0.30 1754 1410 0.35 1.45 1.65 1204 0.61 1309 0.49 0.35 SU MO TU SASU TH FR 1.65 SU WESU TH FR 10 SA MO WE TH 1331 FR0.241658 SA TU0.17 MO FR Datum Predictions is Lowest 1332 1456 0.32 1700 0.29 Tide 1637 0.26 MO 1335 0.39 WE TU 1515 0.21of SA 1612 Astronomical MO 1652 0.08 215022532001 1.39 2121 1922 1.39 21 1915 2124 1.58 2036 1.72 2020 1.50 2032 1903 1.872312 2354 1.340.27 0.43 1.31 2342 0.22 1.42 1905 1.391.210.48 1.560.29 1954 1.89 2100 0.44 1.50 2256 22341900 1.32 2211 1.37 1.342056 1950 1.591.33 1.66 1921 LAT 34° 29ʼ 1818 LONG 150°1929 55ʼ

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

201

Times are in standard time (UTC +10:00) or daylight savings time 0418 0.53 0337 0.18 0305local 0.28 0414 0.43 0352 0.36 0.37 100145 251.21 100241 25 0427 250508 10 25 0232 0.29 0142 0.08 0143 0.29 0258 0.14 0338 0.36 0309 0.33Tim 0950 1.65High 0921 1.63 Low 1042 1.70 1021 1.85 1056 1.950313 1051 0.43 0117 1.13 0105 00 0114 0.341.691.09 0151 0.371.25 0114 0557 0552 1.19100.47 0550 1.35Heights 0050 0.38 0.23 Times and of and Waters Local New Moon First Quarter Moon Phase Symbols 1603 0.21 1538 0.27 1720 0.29 1702 0.15 1745 0.08 1740 0.32 WE TH SA TU 1003 1.72 0936 1.82 01 0845 1.55MO0755 0744 1136 1.461133 0745 1.38 0908 1.61 0737 1.561.180.73 0822 1.700.60 0745 1131 1220 0.57 1.47 0.401.55 0701 1.31 0802 1.62SU0.54 2210 1.57 0645 2141 0.62 1.47 23180638 1.25 2303 1.33 2348 1.330845 2337 OCTOBER PTEMBER 1637 0.26 1612 0.17 1456 0.32 1332 0.24 1335 0.39 1515 0.21 1.63 1.56 1354 0.39 1457 0.30 1.50 1.71 1252 0.53 0.28 WENOVEMBER SU 0.50 MO TU FR SADECEMBER SA 1852 SU 1804 MO TU TH 1421 FR SA 10 WE0.41 TH FR 1422 FR 1758 SA0.091755 SU0415 0311 0245 0.270.40 0.26 1320 0341 1.46 0.30TU 1416 04481308 0.51 0440 0456 0.571.38 0521 0.401501 0228 0830 MO 1425 2043

0.06 1.52 0.21 1.85

0214 0817 TU 1413 2026

0.27 1.43 0.36 1.59

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

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

m

2130 1.75

2103 1.55

2256 1.45

2225 1.42

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

1.30 0158 0.36 00 0.40 0352 16 01 25 22 22 16 10 7 1 25 22 16 10 7311 25 22 16 10 7 1 0417 1000 0.59 1.85 0830 1.73 1021 1611 1702 1.49 0.15 1

13 1048

1.55

28 1006

1.55

13 1154

1.59

28 1125

1.71

13 0606

0.64

28 0629

0.53

13 0621

0.66

0.28 SU 0 SU SA 1511 2252 0.30 2106 1.33 21 1.27 2303

28 0720 OF0.51HIGH HEIGHTS

.31 .46 .44 SU .54

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

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Golf NEWS HELENSBURGH SUNDAY SOCIAL GOLF CLUB

Robert ‘Indy’ Jones reports.

(This is a special edition of Indy’s monthly report: readers get two for one this issue – August and September.)

August 19th, was Round 3 of the SGC Championship. The last opportunity to post a score and become a 2018 champion was upset with the weather succeeding to blow everyone off course with many a drive sent the way of New Zealand.

Kevin Brown mastered the conditions with a 69, leaving Mark O’Conner way back in 2nd on 77, with John Brunton in 3rd place on 79. The rest of us were just happy to be back at the 19th out of the weather.

On a brighter moment, I did give the treasurer a scare, just 500mm from taking the money on the 9th – a miracle in the conditions which I doubt I will ever repeat again.

So, our “A”, “B” and “C” grade champions have been decided for 2018. See them at our Gala presentation, December 2nd.

The Gentleman Jim Stableford was the event on September 9th, the 2nd Sunday of the month, allowing Fathers to be indulged a week earlier.

On to the action, and close scrutiny will be paid to Mr Brown as to what is in his bag and putting.

Two wins in a row, what is going on?

Kevin scored 35 pts (a 26 hcp to be surely sliced), leaving 2nd placed Mark O’Connor on 33 pts wondering what could have been had the Sharks won and he had not drowned his sorrows.

Tony English on 32 pts came in 3rd to round off those receiving our sponsor’s prizes provided by Christian’s Premium Meats, Helensburgh Hotel and Helensburgh Golf Driving Range.

Those who stayed for the BBQ were treated with “O’Connor” burgers adding to Marks’ and Mark Buckley’s sponsorship of the day. Well done, mate!

The burgers vanished pretty smartly, like Kev’s putter… straight into the belly.

October 7th is the next date to be on course when the SGC Match play finalists will compete, deferred from September, and we all play for the Brenda & Norm Bell Plate.

Contact Tony on 4294 2696, or just arrive at 7.30am to tee off at 8am at Boomerang Public Golf Course.

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