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BRENDAN SEXTON is a swimming and triathlon coach and former Olympic triathlete. After completing high school, he relocated from Newcastle to Wollongong to begin his journey as a professional triathlete. He competed on the international World Triathlon Series circuit for 12 years and was selected on the 2012 Australian Olympic Team in London, where he finished 35th. He ‘retired’ from the sport as an athlete in 2015 and returned to Wollongong in 2017 to begin his career as a triathlon coach for Triathlon Australia and swim coach for UOW UniActive. Read his article on page 45. WARWICK ERWIN is convener of NF1, on the executive of NICC and a strong believer in protecting our community. He holds advanced certifications in Community Engagement and volunteers in running WCC’s accessible viewing areas on New Year’s Eve and Australia Day. With over 40 years’ experience in technology, and a Microsoft certified partner, Warwick hates technobabble and tries to never use it. He is a self-confessed ‘Christmas lights and heritage train nut’. See page 26. DR CHRIS REID lives in Helensburgh and works in the Australian Museum in Sydney as a research scientist specialising in beetles. His job is a combination of research, teaching or supervising students, and dealing with public enquiries. A NSW government beetle expert, Chris describes his identifying beetles as “a bit like detective work”. “Working on insects means I get to indulge in two favourite pastimes: travel and bushwalking.” Read his column on Christmas beetles on page 22. Cover: Symbio W ildlife Park’s new Splash Park. Photo by Kevin Fallon

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DISTRICT NEWS EDITORS Genevieve Swart, Marcus Craft CONTACT PO Box 248, Helensburgh, 2508; editor@2508mag. com.au www.2508mag.com.au There is a contributor’s drop box at Helensburgh Newsagency. ADVERTISING Karen McDougall, 0403 789 617. Book via www.2508mag.com.au. Terms and conditions apply. DEADLINE 15th of the month prior 2508 is hand delivered in the first week of each month and published by The Word Bureau. ABN 31 692 723 477 Disclaimer: All content and images remain the property of 2508 District News unless otherwise supplied. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Views expressed do not reflect those of the editors. Articles of a general nature only; seek specific advice on an individual basis.

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THANK YOU We would like to express our gratitude to our sponsors for their support in sharing the cost of our WWI Book Our Boys Not Forgotten. With the Helensburgh Tradies sharing the cost of printing we were able to sell the book at half price at the Armistice Day Service. We must also thank Genevieve Swart, the editor and journalist of the 2508 Magazine, for her professionalism in putting the book in order for publication as this was something beyond our expertise. Many people contributed to the book in one way or another and they all need a special thank you because Our Boys Not Forgotten is a valuable historic record for future generations that will want to know ‘who were they?’ Thanks again to you all, Authors Jenny Donohoe & Mary Steenson, 11 November 2018. ENTER 2508 VALENTINE’S DAY LOVE POEM COMPETITION Tis a reason to get creative. Karen Lane reports. The 2508 Valentine’s Day Love Poetry competition is an opportunity for you to express your thoughts and feelings about love – the light, the dark, the sweet, the bitter. There’s no entry fee and no prize money, just a chance to have your poem published in the 2508 Magazine and on display in the waiting room of the Helensburgh Train Station. The winning poem will also be posted on the Helensburgh Help Facebook page and the Otford Facebook page. The competition is open to all 2508 residents. Closing date is noon on Wednesday, 2 January 2019. Please read all terms and conditions. Terms and conditions. 1. The poem must be the original work of a resident currently living in the 2508 post code area. 2. The comp is open to children and adults. 3. Only one poem per person. 4. The poem must include a title and author – you cannot be ‘anonymous’. 5. The poem must not be published somewhere else and must not be on the internet (it is OK if the poem is published on the writer’s website or blog). 6. Email the poem to WritersBootCampOtford@ gmail.com and in the subject line use the words “Love Poem”. The poem must not be sent in the body of the email but attached as a Word document. The poem must

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be written in a font size of 12 (or greater) and fit neatly onto one single A4 sheet, with the top line of the poem clearly showing the title of the poem in CAPITAL LETTERS and the author’s name in Mixed Case e.g. ROSES ARE RED by Gammer Gurton. 7. Closing time is 12 noon, 2 January 2019. 8. Poems will be judged by four writers from the Helensburgh Writing Haven: (pictured, below left) Karen Lane, Vivian Sackett, Matthew Derbridge and Julie Davis. 9. Current writers of the Helensburgh Writing Haven can not enter this comp. 10. The judges’ decision will be final. Good luck. Any questions, email Karen at WritersBootCampOtford@gmail.com or call 0412 787 873.

COMMUNITY NOTICES BEE SWARMS: Local registered bee keeper is asking 2508 residents to be on the look-out for bee swarms. We need all the bees we can get, so please don’t spray them. For free safe removal and rehoming of honey bees, call Col on 0418 635 251. Also offers removal of old hives. 2508

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Bertie is one of the many rescued kittens we have. All of our kittens are desexed, vaccinated, microchipped and life-time registered. Want to adopt or foster? Email Julieann on ccarpetrehoming@tpg. com.au or Helensburgh’s Country Companion Animal Rescue. 2508 Write to 2508! Send your letters to PO Box 248, Helensburgh, 2508, or email editor@2508mag.com.au

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4 6 2 3 7 1 FOR OCEAN LOVERS Above and below, our coastline is inspirational. For aerial fine art, check out works by our Eye In The Sky contributor, Bulli’s Chris Duczynski (www.malibumedia. com.au). For underwater imagery, head to www. mattysmithphoto.com to find award-winning shots by Stanwell Park ocean wildlife photographer Matt Smith. Don’t forget to frame it! Call Robyn at Beach Framing in Thirroul, 0422 865 648. 2 FOR COOL KIDS Pop in to feed Symbio’s roos, check out the cheetah or enjoy the amazing new Splash Park whenever you like. A season pass gives 12 months of unlimited

5 FOR YOUNG READERS Scarborough children’s author Pat Simmons has a charming new picture book, Little Spiral, 3 FOR SUNNY DAYS illustrated by Patrick Just in time for Shirvington and Christmas, See Side Optical’s new sunglasses published by Little Steps. range has arrived. From Pat uses haiku-style poetry interspersed with $14.95. Gift vouchers available; call 4268 3933. rhyme to tell the story of a snail’s rainforest journey. $16.95, 4 FOR BEACH GOERS Local surf scientist and www.littlesteps.com.au 2515 contributor 6 FOR THE DOGS Rob Brander is the Buy an embroidered author of Dr Rip’s dog collar made of Essential Beach Book: high-quality spun Everything you need to polyester (looks and know about surf, sand feels like cotton but is and rips ($29, UNSW stronger, according to Press). Buy this excellent book online at local supplier Robyn, of Diamond Dog Wash). www.scienceofthesurf. Collars are water com. And remember: friendly and machine “White is Nice, Green washable. Helensburgh is Mean”. Pet Food & Produce has entry to Helensburgh’s award-winning zoo. $52 for a child, $99 adult.

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CHRISTMAS CAROLS

by the Beach 1GetCarols (Thirroul Beach Park). along for markets, live music, food, fireworks and Santa! Sun evening, 9 Dec. Carols in the Burgh (Rex Jackson Oval, Helensburgh). Food and entertainment for everyone. Sat, 15 Dec from 6pm. Austinmer Carols by the Sea (Austinmer Beach). Bring a blanket, chair and picnic dinner. In the event of wet weather, Carols will be held at Austinmer Anglican Church. Sun, 16 Dec, 7.30-9.30pm

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a lovely stash of chewy treats (4294 1477). Need help with walking and feeding over the holidays? Call Karen (0419 432 482) or Linda (0407 897 947). 7 FOR PONCHO PALS Velour hooded towels help protect children from the sun with UPF 50+ rating. Printed with a cute Australian Galah print & G Day Mate Crocodile and packed in a matching plastic castle bucket. $29.95 at Boho Chic & Emporium in Stanwell Park, 4294 3111. 8 FOR HISTORY BUFFS To mark the Centenary of Armistice, Helensburgh and District Historical Society has published a terrific book of over 400 World War One servicemen. Our Boys Not Forgotten, from $10 plus postage, historic helensburgh.org.au 9 FOR YOUR CAR Mothers Clay Bar: Created to clean and restore your vehicle’s

paint. $45, from Helensburgh’s Switched On Mechanical & Switched On Tyres, 4294 4444. 10 FOR CONSURFATIONISTS Choose an organic cotton tee and support Surfrider Foundation Australia, the not-forprofit sea-roots organisation dedicated to the protection of Australia’s waves and beaches. Coledale’s Susie Crick is the national chair and writes a monthly column for 2515 mag. See page 12. 11 FOR BOARD RIDERS Looking for a new surfboard or stand up paddle board (SUP)? Head to Helensburgh’s SUP specialist Surefire Boards (1800 896 352, surefireboards.com.au), as well as Thirroul master shapers Byrne Surf and DP Surfboards. 12 FOR GARDENERS Give a gift that keeps on growing: buy native plants from Sydney Wildflower Nursery in

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FESTIVE FUN

Make a Gingerbread 1Library House. Thirroul hosts a free

family-friendly event on Fri, 7 Dec, 3.30-4.30pm. Bookings required and materials provided. Let them eat cake. J & C cafe at Helensburgh Business Park hosts Christmas Kid’s Club high teas (Dec 1, 8 & 15, 9-11.30am). Make cards, decorate cakes then eat them, $20. Enter a Ham Raffle. Visit Tradies Helensburgh on Dec 6 & 13. All profits to Helensburgh Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade. Buy a tree. Girl Guides are selling Christmas trees at Helensburgh Guide Hall (4 Chippendale Place) on Fri 7 Dec, 2-8.30pm and Sat 8 Dec from 8am until sold out. Enjoy Christmas Storytime. Wed, Dec 12 at Helensburgh Library, 10.30am, free, ages 0-5.

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North Wollongong). Sat, 1 Dec, 8.30am-4pm Christmas Twilight Market, Thirroul (St Michael’s School and Parish, Thirroul). Fri, 7 Dec, from 4.30pm Twilight Market Foragers Market (Grevillea Park Road, Bulli Showground). Sun, 16 Dec, 5-10pm Puckeys Night Market (UOW Innovation Campus, North Wollongong). Wed, 19 Dec, 4-9pm Christmas Twilight Market (Coledale Public School), Fri, 21 Dec, 2-8pm

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Rod Herbert has again organised the famous Helensburgh Santa photos! At the Red Shed at Sunrise Nursery, find times online at helensburghsantaphotos.as.me. HelensburghStanwell Park Surf Club are also doing Santa photos on Sunday, 16 December. Follow the club’s Facebook page for further details.

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year OUR STORES ARE PACKED WITH GREAT CHRISTMAS IDEAS. We stock only the best quality wetsuits, ladies surf capsules, surfboards, bodyboards, and more! We have cruisers, skateboards, performance skaters and scooters! We’re fully stocked with clothes, shoes, hats for all the family! Come in and let our staff help you find that Christmas gift. PURCHASE A SOFTBOARD BEFORE 25TH DECEMBER, RECEIVE 1 X ESSENTIAL SURF SCHOOL GROUP LESSON VOUCHER, GREAT SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Hours of trade December HELENSBURGH: MON-FRI 9-5.30; SAT 9-4; SUN 10-3 SUTHERLAND: MON-FRI 9-6 (Thursday 9-7.30); SAT 9-5; SUN 10-4

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Headlands (Cnr Headland Ave & Yuruga St, Austinmer). Say ‘Au Revoir 2018’ with a Grey Goose vodka cocktails, canapés and live DJ at Headlands’ French themed cocktail party. Packages from $149/head. Wollongong fireworks (Belmore Basin). A family friendly event with a circus theme, live music, performers and rides. Free! Tradies (30 Boomerang St, Helensburgh). Celebrate in the Burgh with Marty Simpson (former Australian Idol finalist) playing from 8pm.

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SEASON TO GIVE

City of Wollongong’s 1Christmas Giving Tree. is a time of

giving especially for those in need. Donate an unwrapped gift or gift cards for children aged 0-16 years until 20th Dec. Presents will be distributed to the St Vincent de Paul Society and Anglicare. For collection points, visit: www.wollongong. nsw.gov.au Little Ray of Giving is Ray White Helensburgh’s annual appeal for donations for the needy - pop your gift under the tree in the office at 1/131 Parkes St, Helensburgh.

Heathcote (9548 2818). Accessorise with a gift, including ceramic pots & rustic critters, $10-$50.

neutral Christmas cards made of recycled paper with vegetable-based ink. Gifts from $3-$30.

13 FOR SURFERS & SKATERS Great sporty gifts for all budgets at Essential Surf & Skate (Helensburgh store, 4294 2778). From wax ($5) to SmoothStar ‘Skateboards for Surfers’ ($354).

16 FOR YOUR FEET Handmade shoes from Marrakech, Morocco. Lightweight raffia uppers, perfect for summer. $135, from Cocoon in Thirroul, 4267 1335.

14 FOR JUNIOR SAVERS This unicorn money box will make a magical gift! $14.95 at Helensburgh Pharmacy, 4294 2772.

17 FOR THE STOCKING FILLER A parliament of owls cute enough to kiss! Miki Mysterious Owl Lip Gloss Pot set, $12.95 Thirroul Pharmacy.

15 FOR THE ECO CONSCIOUS Thirroul’s Flame Tree Co-op is your one-stop shop for ethical goodies, including carbon

18 FOR ROMANTICS Toast to love! Honey Mead Gift pack (1 bottle each of Spotted Gum & Mallee Mead), $50 at Darkes Appleshack.

THE LOLLY RUN

Santa delivers joy and lollies to all from the back of a fire truck covering Helensburgh, Stanwell Tops and Bald Hill. A wonderful local tradition. Sat, 22 Dec from 9am.

19 FOR ART LOVERS Thirroul’s Egg & Dart Xmas Show open 7th Dec, 6-8pm; get in quick. Articles Fine Art Gallery is a Stanwell Park icon, exhibiting paintings by owner John Vander and other artists for almost four decades. 2508

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We want to see them! Every year local residents get more creative with their Christmas light displays. Email your photos to editor@2515mag.com.au for a chance to win $150 worth of ad space for the charity of your choice! Prizes for Best Business and Best Residential. In the meantime, check out the streets that have put on a great show in the past. 1 Helensburgh: Shannon Dr, Parkes St, Laurina Ave 2 Stanwell Tops: Annesley Ave 3 Thirroul: Bean St or Cochrane Rd 4 Woonona: Edgewood Estate

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FAB FILMS BY THE COAST On November 10, students from several local schools received the red carpet treatment at Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul when their short films featured at the Film by the Coast festival. Cath Hill reports. The audience were treated to 22 short films on a variety of topics including first day of school nerves, solid environmental advice, teachers having a bad day and some crime stories too. Local schools involved included Austinmer, Coledale, Helensburgh, Otford and Stanwell Park. Helensburgh Public School received an award for their historical film, Helensburgh Mine, winning a $480 Media gift voucher from PipeWolf Media. The statewide “Film By...” festival is run by the Department of Education in collaboration with The

Arts Unit and encourages children to get creative with digital and visual media to tell a short story. It expanded this year, connecting regional and remote communities through film, with more events planned for 2019. This was the first year for the Illawarra. The program also aims to support teachers in developing their own film-making so they can teach students these increasingly valuable skills. We look forward to seeing the kids back on the big screen next year! 2508

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“We loved interviewing Mr Hendry from school,” says Will, who spent time looking through old maps and hearing stories of the mining conditions and how hard they had to work. “We spent time planning, producing and editing the film together,” says Harry, who says that working together as a team was a highlight. “We won a prize from PipeWolf Media to learn more about making films and learning new skills,” says Brayden. We can’t wait to get started on our next film, we are brainstorming our next project! A big thanks to Miss Blakey from school who helped us. We are so excited that we could represent Helensburgh Public School and that the whole school has watched our film! 2508

By Kaelan, Will, Brayden and Harry (Year 4, Helensburgh Public School). Recently we had the chance to enter the Film By The Coast competition run by The Department of Education. It was the first year and we were pretty excited to make our first short film. Our film was called Helensburgh Mine. We decided to do the film about our town Helensburgh. We knew about the mine but we had no idea it had been operating for 130 years and that Helensburgh was originally called Camp Creek. “We learnt about the history of our small town,” says Kaelan, who researched how technology has changed over time for the mine.

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The author of this year’s pantomime is 13-year-old Matilda Dickson. Stanwell Park Arts Theatre’s Beth Farmer reports. A longstanding tradition, the panto is our biggest event and always goes off with a BANG! Written by 13-year old Matilda Dickson, directed by her dad Matt and produced by her mum Rhiannon, this year’s show is truly a family affair. I sat down for a chat with one of SPAT’s busiest members. How did you come to be involved in SPAT? Years ago my grandmother was a founder of SPAT so it’s in my blood; I didn’t have much choice about it! Four years ago I was in the chorus of my first panto, Babes in the Wood, and I was hooked. What are you involved in altogether? Apart from panto, this year I was in SPAT Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, SPAT Singers’ Love and Other Frustrations, and I play tenor saxophone in the SPAT orchestra. It’s been a busy year! Tell us what inspired you to write Liesl and the Lost Melody? I like to write and I’ve tried writing scripts before,

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SYMBIO SPLASHES OUT! It’s wet and it’s wild! Just in time for summer, Helensburgh’s Symbio Wildlife Park has opened a really cool new feature. 2508 reports.

Symbio Wildlife Park has opened summer’s coolest attraction – a grand new splash park with water fountains, squirters, a giant dump bucket and even a snake tunnel. Over the past five years, Symbio, owned and operated by the Radnidge family, has transformed from a small park to an innovative zoo, famous for “getting you closer”. Helensburgh’s wildlife park has won plenty of accolades – most recently, the Excellence in Sustainability prize at the 2018 Illawarra Business Awards. The past 18 months have been particularly exciting as Symbio has opened its Farmyard Zone and welcomed a host of babies, including emu chicks, dingo pups and its first-ever Tasmanian Devil joeys. Symbio has also been busy building a

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playground, with flying foxes, swings, spinners, a castle with climbing walls and slides, and see-saws. The splash park is the icing on the cake, the biggest project in the park’s 45-year history. Symbio’s general manager, Matt Radnidge, told 2508 the goal was to have it ready for the Christmas holidays. They sure smashed that deadline – the Splash Park opened on Saturday, November 24, just as this issue was going to press. Matt kindly took time to answer 2508’s questions. How big is the Splash Park? It’s about 400 square metres and all of the water features are on there, so it’s got cannons and water umbrellas and a big dumping bucket, plenty of interactive stuff too so that the kids can have a bit

PROJECT NUMBERS 7 months to complete 1.2km of water pipe 600 tonnes of concrete 6km of reinforcing steel $750,000+ to build (including $150,000 of funding awarded through the Destination NSW Regional Tourism Product Development Fund) 210,000 views of Splash Park video in the lead-up Opened Saturday, November 24

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of a play and cool off in what are – and have been typically the last few years, especially – pretty warm summers. And even if you look at some of the days we had in July – beautiful days, 25°C – you’d be under there as well. How much has it all cost? By the time we’re finished it’ll be three-quarters of a million for sure – it’s huge. Have you given the Splash Park a test-run yourself? Well, I’ve got a seven-month-old [baby] and I’ve got an absolute dad bod – it hasn’t seen sun in a year, so it’s not coming out in public. But my niece has had a run through and one of the builder’s kids gave it a bit of a trial too, so we know they like it. What sort of safety measures are in place? It’s in replacement of the pool and the pool was a safety concern; even though it was fully fenced and licensed there was always that element of risk, whereas this [the Splash Park] has zero depth of water so it eliminates any drowning risk. It’s all certified; the flooring is textured so there are no slips, but there’ll be some human element at play – kids running around and slips and trips – so you’ve got to make sure everyone is safe. This is an all-new attraction for the region, isn’t it? I’m really surprised that there hasn’t been much in the Wollongong region around these splash parks. We’ve been thinking for many years, more so in the last two, and yeah, we just figured if anyone is going to do it, it may as well be us. Certainly, in the zoo industry, I think we’re only the second anywhere up and down the east coast of NSW to do it. It’s a big investment, it’s a calculated risk and we hope people come out and enjoy it – and we’re sure they will. What’s Symbio planning for 2019? We’re sort of at the business stage at the minute where it’s all about serviceability and infrastructure and accessibility. We’ve built the children’s playground – a decent sized one; double flying fox and plenty of bells and whistles – so if we’re going to continue to get increased visitation, we need to service that… We’d really love to build a beautifully designed and sustainable commercial kitchen and start to grow a lot of the produce we need to use on-site as well as start to produce on-site, so our cakes and slices and muffins and pies and sausage rolls ... try to keep bit more of a closed-loop system and reduce food miles, reduce energy. Beyond that, we’ve got a few things that will be of interest but we’ve got to finalise a few bits and pieces first. 2508

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Montbretia is a long-lived bulbous plant that is often mistaken for Watsonia.

BE WEED WISE With horticulturalist Merilyn House.

WEED AWAY: Montbretia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) Montbretia is a vigorously growing, long-lived bulbous plant which dies back annually. It is grass-like in appearance and often mistaken for Watsonia. It has strap-like leaves about 30-80cm long and 1-2cm wide. It was a popular garden plant due to its bright orange trumpet-shaped flowers, which form in two rows along each stem. The above-ground foliage is short-lived, and grows back each year from underground ‘bulbs’ (i.e. corms) and creeping stems (i.e. rhizomes). Montbretia grows in dense clumps and is capable of adapting to a variety of conditions. It out-competes native plants, particularly in native bushland and riparian areas. Montbretia can sometimes still be found for sale at local fetes,

nurseries and markets, despite the ban on sale in NSW. Dispersal: Montbretia mostly spreads from underground runners and bulbs. Bulbs can be transported to new locations by dumped garden waste, water and movement of contaminated soil. New plants also develop from the tips of the creeping underground stems (i.e. rhizomes). Removal: To save you time and energy, the most effective removal of Montbretia is just before full flowering occurs around Spring and Summer, digging out bulbs when the soil is wet. Hand removal is only practical for small clumps of the weed. Use a garden fork to dig all corms and underground stems to ensure complete removal. Cut stems first if the plant is in seed. Spraying with herbicide or using a weed wand is another option. GROW ME INSTEAD Leek lily (Bulbine bulbosa) An Australian native plant, leek lily is an attractive species with fragrant yellow flowers. It is especially suited to rockeries and cottage gardens and is also excellent as a container plant. Blue flax lily (Dianella spp) Flax lily is native to Australia. It has richly hued blue flowers with delicate yellow anthers which contrast well with the long linear form of the leathery leaves. Day lilies – Hemerocallis species and hybrids. Day lilies have generous clumps of strappy leaves, and tall flower stems with double or single flowers in a wide range of colours. n More info at www.helensburghlandcare.org.au, or call Merilyn on 0414 819 742. 2508

ASK BOHMER Q: What’s the story with mistletoe at Christmas?

It may come as a surprise but one origin theory for the word mistletoe is that it comes from two Anglo Saxon words: Mistle (horse poo) and Tan (stick). Originally used by druids to ward off evil spirits and Norsemen as a token of love and friendship, mistletoe has given rise to the modern-day tradition of ‘snatching a pash’ under a wreath. But before you pucker up, spare a thought for our little people and furry friends as it can be as toxic as it is romantic. The accidental ingestion of this yuletide plant can bring on all kinds of nasty

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side effects, ranging from diarrhoea and vomiting to seizures. So during this festive season, keep your ‘poo on a stick’ far away from tiny people and pets and pucker up instead so you can enjoy a safe and happy, well-deserved holiday season. n Contact Bohmer at info@bohmerstreecare.com. au or 0432 789 530. Keep an eye on his socials for this year’s Surprise Tree Delivery to another local, very deserving family. 2508

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

The reality TV show Bondi Rescue has run for 13 seasons and is extremely popular with kids. It’s also educational. We did a study on the beach-safety benefits of the show and found that it greatly improved viewers’ awareness of rips and the importance of swimming between the flags, particularly overseas viewers. One of the main lifeguards on the show is Trent Maxwell, aka ‘Maxi’, who started off at 16 and is now 27 and one of the more experienced crew. He’s also Ambassador for Tourism Australia and Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, and a firefighter for NSW Fire and Rescue. Now Maxi is working with children’s book author David Lawrence on a Maxi the Lifeguard series. I had the pleasure of being asked to review the first book, In Deep Water. The book ($12.99) targets kids aged 6-9. It’s 155 pages, but the text is large, chapters are short, and there are black and white illustrations. The book is a rollicking story of Maxi as an 11-year-old, joining Buckler Ocean Swimming Club to have some fun with his friends. He ends up competing in the Junior Ocean Challenge to win funds to keep the club going and to spend a day with legendary lifeguard Mick Hawk. Maxi has to face his arch-enemy, the school bully, and on competition day, he has to make some hard choices.

There’s a lot of good themes beyond beach safety in the book and there’s an accompanying teacher’s guide available online with some great activities. At the end of the book there’s a word-search puzzle, as well as helpful rip current and beach safety tips. In Deep Water will make a great stocking stuffer for any kid who likes the beach and surf, does nippers, or is a fan of Bondi Rescue – it’s a fun read for any child. The next instalment, The Stormy Protest, is also out now and you can get an autographed copy of the books from www.lifeguardmaxi.com.au Good on you, Maxi! For older kids, it’s hard to beat Dr Rip’s Essential Beach Book, a fascinating, fun and colourful book about everything you wanted to know about surf, sand, beaches and rips, but, of course, I’d say that – because I wrote it! n Dr Rip will host one of his award-winning ‘Science of the Surf ’ presentations at Coalcliff Surf Life Saving Club on Saturday, 15 December, from 10am to 11.15am. Suitable for 8 yrs up. Cost: $2 donation to Coalcliff SLSC. Signed copies of Dr Rip’s Essential Beach Book ($30) will be available to buy at the club on the day. To buy a copy of his book any time, visit www.scienceofthesurf.com.

NF1 ASKS: WHAT DO RESIDENTS WANT IN A TOWN PLAN?

meeting to look at the changes to planning laws. The goal is to form a workshop in the new year about the changes and their impacts. Caravan Park at 2 Lawrence Hargrave Drive was discussed and the applicant, Nevil Busser, answered questions. NF1 will make a submission asking that the duration of stays be limited to no more than six weeks duration on the site; that a condition be that a sewage connection for the capacity of all possible occupants and their visitors/guests be required, with conditions to contain any failure and possible overflow so it does not flow to the Hacking catchment; and that the park presentation to Lawrence Hargrave Drive be attractive to passing traffic. Next NF1 meeting is Wednesday, 13 February 2019. Merry Christmas! 2508

Warwick Erwin, convener of Neighbourhood Forum 1 (NF1), reports on the November meeting. Council is looking at a “Town Plan for Helensburgh”, which has been promised for more than six years. This is a CBD plan and not a real Town Plan. I understand that there is $40,000 in the current budget for this plan. NF4 did not let Council use a consultant for their “Town Plan” but took it on with a committee of locals. What do Helensburgh residents want in their “Town Plan”? NF leaders across the Wollongong LGA are

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Bring family and friends on a ‘pick your own experience’ tour any weekend before Christmas (or visit the orchard Appleshack shop) and pick your own fresh fruit to give as a healthy present! Arranging the fruit that you picked into an amazing basket or box and wrapping creatively will keep the kids occupied with something ‘hands on’. Ask the kids to design a card and maybe include a photo of your family picking the fruit. Selfies are great here! It will look amazing, taste great and you can tell the story of how you selected them yourself! To show or develop your creative culinary talents further and spend even more time with your family, try cooking with your picked fruit! A fresh pie or flan will impress everyone and making chutney, sauce or jam will be a winner! Who doesn’t love being given something homemade and you’ll teach your kids some great skills while you are at it. Take a few selfies of the cooking and include that in your homemade card to go with your gift! Here are a few easy ideas to try. 1. Nectarine or peach pie. 2. ‘Peach cobbler’ or ‘peach cake’. 3. Stew nectarines for an easy dessert. Cut them up, skin on or off. Place in a saucepan with sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and grated orange rind to taste. Add enough water to stop them sticking to the

bottom of the pan and simmer until tender. Can be frozen to eat later. 4. Fresh seasonal salsa. Combine chopped yellow nectarines, finely chopped red onion, torn fresh mint and fresh lime juice. Serve with fish. 5. Roast slices on the barbecue. Drizzle with honey or maple syrup or brown sugar. Serve with cream or ice-cream. 6. Peach Margarita. Blend or mash two peaches to a paste with 1 tablespoon of sugar. Add a little squeeze of lemon juice to stop it going brown. Pour 45g tequila, 15g each triple sec and lime juice, and 30g peach puree in a cocktail shaker. Shake well, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with a peach slice. For a variation blitz with a cup of ice. 7. Peach chutney. Delicious served alongside curries. Also terrific with soft, mildly pungent cheeses such as brie on a platter.

We all want to spend more time with our kids – away from screens – so here are some ideas to help with that and gift ideas for the person who has ‘everything’. Jo Fahey reports.

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BEETLING ABOUT

Australia is home to about 40 different kinds of Christmas beetles – how many have you seen? Local entomologist Dr Chris Reid reports. Tis the season to be jolly and, with the rains over the last few months, beetles should be particularly jolly. Because of the rains there’s a big leaf flush going on right now (mid-November) and new leaves are much more palatable to leaf-eaters than old leaves. The reason for that is accumulation of tannins as leaves get older – tannins are the same chemicals that make your tea, coffee, chocolate and red wine dark (and bitter) and they are also used to make leather out of animal skins. Tannins don’t taste good to many leaf-feeding animals so, for them, the new leaves are the way to go. OK, that’s enough chemistry. What I was trying to say is that it ought to be a good summer for herbivorous insects, but I suspect that the very dry winter and early spring may have killed off a lot of the larvae of these insects. One type of leaf-feeding insect is often particularly prominent at this time of year – the Christmas beetle. These are scarabs, with white curl grubs feeding on roots in the soil, that slowly

turn into adults in spring but rely on rains for the soil to be soft enough for them to push their way through to the surface. There are about 40 different kinds of Christmas beetles in Australia. In the past I’ve seen seven different kinds at the local railway station lights, but so far this year, nothing. Hopefully they are just late, or my eyesight has deteriorated. Pictured below are some of the species I’ve seen locally. If you want to know what these are, try identifying them using our free app (with great images by my colleague, Mike Burleigh). The app available for both android and iPhones. Search Google Play and Apple’s App Store for the “Xmas Beetle ID Guide” by the Australian Museum. I’d be interested to hear about what you find locally. Meanwhile, have a great Christmas. n Have a question for Chris? Email editor@2508mag.com.au. 2508

Christmas beetles seen at Helensburgh Railway Station lights. Top left: Anoplognathus concolor (the Plain Christmas Beetle); top right: A. olivieri (Olivier’s Christmas Beetle); bottom left: A. porosus (known as The Washerwoman); bottom right: A. viriditarsus (known as The Queen Beetle).

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Send your listings to editor@2508mag.com.au. Sign up for weekly events updates at 2508mag.com.au THE SONGBIRDS: Take time out from the frenetic festive season to enjoy a beautiful concert. Accomplished local vocalist Marissa Dikkenberg joins her twin sister, Marla Kavanaugh (arriving from a recent performance at Carnegie Hall, NYC), and mother/special guest Kathi Craig on Friday, 21 December, 7pm at Stanwell Park CWA Hall. $20 per ticket and $30 per family. “A classical crossover Christmas concert from our family to yours!”

Stanwell Park CWA Meets 1st Tuesday each month, 10am at CWA Hall. Call Lynette Loo, 0413 166 244. Toastmasters meets at Tradies Helensburgh every 2nd and 4th Monday, at 7pm. 0408 961 392. View Club Next VIEW Club lunch meeting 10.45am for 11.15am start, Tuesday, 15 January 2019, at Tradies, Helensburgh. See page 31. PLAYGROUPS • Mondays 9.30am-noon, Stanwell Park Children’s Centre. Call Eleanor: 04 3443 4481. • Tuesdays 10am-noon, H’burgh Community Centre, Walker St. Call Rosemary, 4294 1290. • Tuesdays 9.30-11.30am, Helensburgh Anglican Church, 75 Parkes St. Call 4294 1024. • Thursdays 10am-noon, H’burgh Community Centre, Walker St. Call Rosemary, 4294 1290.

HELENSBURGH LIBRARY, 57 Walker Street, 4294 2185 The library will be closed from 1pm Monday, 24 December and will reopen 10am Wednesday, 2 January. Have a happy and safe holiday. Tue 4 Steam Punks, 3.30pm, free, ages 5+. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math Fun Fri 7 Knitting group: Drop-in Knitting Morning, 11am-1pm, all welcome. Wed 12 Christmas storytime, 10.30am, free, ages 0-5 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. Email mflarey@gmail.com 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 Monday at Helensburgh Youth Centre, 26 Walker St. www.helensburghlions.org.au Helensburgh Men’s Shed Mondays and Tuesdays 9am-3pm at Stanwell Park Anglican Church Hall. Call Mike Croft 0413 401 522, Ron Balderston 0410 564 752; visit www.helensburghmensshed.org.au. Helensburgh Scout Group Open to new members. Meetings during school term: Joeys (ages 6-8) Tues 4.30-6pm. Cubs (ages 8-11) - Thurs 6.30-8pm Contact groupleader@helensburghscouts.org.au Northern Illawarra U3A Stanwell Park Mondays (during school terms) 9.30am-noon at Hillcrest House, Stanwell Park. Contact: Jenny Lee-Robins on 0406 350 025/4294 3475.

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COUNCIL STATEMENT ON E3 LAND SALES “E3-zoned land parcels in beautiful Helensburgh” are for sale. Wollongong City Council recommends prospective buyers seek ‘separate independent legal advice’.

“Apart from Otford Road, there are no public roads that provide access to these lots. “We urge anyone considering the purchase of “50 Otford Road, Helensburgh is an estate that this land to seek separate independent legal advice comprises 26 individual vacant bush blocks before proceeding. ranging in size from 696m2 to 1797m2,” read the “Under the provisions of the Wollongong Local land sale listings on Domain and RealEstate.com. Environmental Plan 2009 the land use zoning is E3 au. Block prices are listed at “$44,000 to $77,000”. Environmental Management. While it may appear However, land in this area has been a source of you could build a dwelling in this area under the E3 controversy for more than three decades. A Wollongong City Council spokesperson issued zoning, the specific lots do not meet the minimum lot size provisions (40 hectares minimum) to the following statement last month: enable a dwelling entitlement to be established. “Wollongong City Council has no plans to “Anyone considering purchasing land at this purchase the land at 50 Otford Road, which is location would be doing so on a speculative basis currently on the market, at this time. that the planning controls may change in the “Prior to 2010 the land was zoned 7d Hacking future. Reference to Council’s past plans to River Environmental Protection. It is now zoned consider purchasing formerly zoned 7d lands do E3 Environmental Management. Since the not relate to this site.” introduction of planning controls in the 1940s, it The selling agent is Belle Property Illawarra. 2508 has never been zoned for residential development.

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SPOOKY THANKS Helensburgh Public School P&C would like to thank everyone involved in creating such a memorable and successful 2018 Spooky Carnival. What an amazing event it was, with so many kids and adults getting into the spooky theme, dressing in costume, soaking up the buzz and having a blast! Highlights of the night were the enormously popular Haunted House, spooky photo booth, carnival rides, delicious food and, of course, the Dunk Tank. The kids took great satisfaction in trying to dunk the teachers and special recognition should go to our principal, Mr Neild, for his extended sessions in the hot (or cold) seat! A special thank you to our wonderful sponsors including Tradies, Red Nectar, Coles Helensburgh, Switched on Mechanical, Raine and Horne Helensburgh, Able Hire Kirrawee, Flipout North Wollongong, Revolution Laser Arena, Novotel Hotels and Resorts, Mogo Zoo, Trees Adventure Shoalhaven Zoo, and TreeTop Adventure Park Western Sydney. To all the parents, friends, teachers and community members who volunteered their time before the event with set-up, during, and after with the clean-up – this event could not happen without you. With the support of our fantastic community, the P&C have raised enough funds to cover the remaining instalment for the playground and updated technology resources in the classrooms. Thank you, everyone! 2508

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Charles Harper Park in Helensburgh will be the venue for a community sleepout to raise money and awareness of the issue of homelessness in the Illawarra. Lauren Martin reports. The event is being organised by Hope Kitchen, which provides a hot meal for between 45 and 65 people every Friday night in Port Kembla. Those who attend are either experiencing homelessness, living in boarding houses or pub accommodation. Emmanuel Bakenga coordinates Hope Kitchen and said: “Many of the people who attend have mental illness, intellectual disabilities and for some it is the only hot dinner their receive in the week. They struggle to make ends meet and this is happening right in our own backyard here in the Illawarra. “We want to raise awareness of this local issue and bring 2508 locals together for a great cause,” he said. “It’s going to be a family-friendly event, with money raised being used to purchase food for

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Hope Kitchen and provide follow-up counselling and support for those who attend.” The sleepout is designed with families in mind – small tents and sleeping bags are permitted and it’s planned for February while the weather is still warm. “We want the community to come together and have a great social night out where they can connect with friends and family and know that they’re supporting a great cause.” n The Sleepout for the Homeless will be held from 6pm on 23 February 2019 to 8am on 24 February, Charles Harper Park, $10 per person – and why not get your neighbours to sponsor you as well! Register via Facebook – Sleepout for the homeless or via email: shonabri@gmail.com 2508

LIONS CLUB REPORT By Fran Peppernell and Tracy Campbell, Publicity Officers for Helensburgh Lions On Sunday, 21 October, Lions Libby, Nurina and Tracy attended the 10th annual fundraiser for the Children’s Hospital at Westmead held at Panorama House where they presented a cheque for $250 to be donated to the Research Unit at the Children’s Hospital. On Saturday, 27 October the Lions roared, the birds sang, and another year for the Helensburgh Lions Country Fair began. This year’s Fair was officially opened by State Liberal MP for Heathcote Mr Lee Evans. Mr Evans electorate also donated $4000 to our Lions club.

This was accepted by the Lions President, Rod Peppernell, and these funds will be used for upcoming community projects and will also off-set the cost of the Fair. Residents, children and our visitors all enjoyed a fun-filled day, along with the talented musicians and dancers. Our entertainment is always well co-ordinated by our good Lions friend, Dave Oliphant. Our group of Lions members worked tirelessly throughout the day providing great food on the BBQ and other activities to ensure our yearly event went smoothly. We would also like to thank Councillor Leigh Colacino for attending our Fair. Finally we thank you our community for supporting Helensburgh Lions Fair. Please keep an eye on our Facebook page for the total tally of funds raised for drought relief. 2508

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2508’s man in the Shed, Paul Blanksby, reports. This year has been very rewarding in so many ways for the Men’s Shedders. Great friendships grown, loneliness banished, and lives opened. They have shared their load of Spring has been a busy time for us, organising grief, loss or illness. There has been laughter, fun, renovations to the interior of the hall and a new and meaningful work. And so many Dad jokes! awning completed over the front door. The hall has |We have made our bodies tip-top by removing any been the centre of our community for many years, ‘Spanner in the Works’, gained from visiting Health and it’s always very gratifying to have support from Care professionals, and puffed away at our exercise local trades people. We must acknowledge John classes on Monday afternoons. Merritt from Merritt Construction Solutions for his It has been pleasing to see our new metalwork patience while we sorted out the lease problems. facility develop. The ability to weld, fabricate or We would also like to acknowledge the repair machinery has increased the interests and generosity of Dylan Cope from D.C. Pest and skills our members can practise, as well as the Building Inspections who gave us a free inspection range of products and services the Shed can offer of the hall and sprayed for bugs and other invasive the community. pests. Thank you, Dylan! Your Men’s Shed has completed commissions We have also had very successful fundraising and projects for the 2508 community, what an mornings in Helensburgh with our stall for honour! We thank Alcara Cafe, Stanwell Park Arts drought-relief, and again it’s the support of local Theatre, Lynda Babister, Lilli Pang, Julie York, people that makes our community unique. Raya Thai, Fay Prideaux, Helensburgh RSL and Our country of study this year was Poland, and the Arthur McGuire Estate for their support, we held a very interesting afternoon with a guest plus all the people who had their little jobs done by speaker. Children from Stanwell Park School Shed members. Another privilege has been joining entertained us with traditional Polish dancing in this year’s ANZAC and Remembrance Day’s, watched by proud parents and grandparents. plus creating and presenting ANZAC Perpetual Preparations everywhere for Christmas. We will Awards to children at our four local schools. be assisting with various functions in our area and We thank our sponsors: Hope Church 2508, having our own celebration in early December. Helensburgh and Stanwell Park Anglican, We are a small group of very dedicated women newsXpress, the Tops Conference Centre, who are interested in creating a friendly and Razamataz Mobile Car Wash, Gary Laker, relaxed way of working with our community. If you and Bunnings Bellambi and Kirrawee for would like to join us, meetings are at 10am on the sausage sizzles. first Tuesday of each month. 2508 Thank you all for your continuing and generous support, helping us improve men’s health and well-being, and giving back to our Community. As we approach Christmas, just think; 1st Helensburgh Cub pack has continued a humble carpenter its adventures this term, with several evening called Jesus banded adventures around the local bush tracks. together a shed of Cubs have been learning map-reading and the blokes without much importance of staying on the trail, following on in common, got them from the practical demonstration by Bagheera working shoulder to about how to get lost late last term. Eventually shoulder, and turned the world upside down and the cub pack found themselves. Late November we can still trust Him, and His promise of eternal will have seen two evenings by the sea, at life. He’s one trusted Tradie! Coalcliff rock pool for a swimming night and a Our Christmas Party and last day of operation is sandcastle competition at Stanwell Park Beach. the 17th of December. Thank you to Bagheera and Harry from all the The Shed will start afresh on January 14 2019, cubs for a great year of scouting. Cubs meets at at the Anglican Church Hall, Stanwell Avenue 6.30pm on Thursday nights, and will be back Stanwell Park, 9am to 3pm. 2508 early in term 1 2019. More info: cubs@ helensburghscouts.org.au. 2508

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Heather McNaughton reports. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … And in true Helensburgh tradition, the Girl Guides will be selling quality live Christmas trees at the Guide hall again this year. Sales will commence on Friday 7th December from 2pm to 8.30pm, continuing from 8am on Saturday 8th December until sold out. This is the major annual fundraiser for the Helensburgh Girl Guides, and helps support the running costs of the Guide unit throughout the year. The guides will also be selling beautiful hand-made Christmas fairies as well as other craft items, and a limited number of Christmas tree stands will also be available. Make sure you don’t miss out! A Bodyshop at Home pamper party was held at the Guide Hall in November, providing the guides and their families with a fun and relaxing way to shop for Christmas gifts. This also gave the girls the perfect opportunity to pamper their family members under the guidance of local consultant Lee Lees. The girls have also enjoyed a ‘Holly Jolly Christmas Funday’, full of games and Christmas Craft – including making their own baubles, sweet treats and gift tags. Many thanks to Natalie Kelly for sharing your skill and providing artistic support! Girl Guide meetings have now ended for 2018 and will resume again in term 1 of 2019. A huge ‘thank you’ and ‘Bravo’ goes to Brolga and the Guide leaders for another fantastic year of Guiding. Thanks also to all parents, and to the wider Helensburgh community who have supported the Guides in their fundraising and other community activities throughout 2018. 2508

Publicity Officer Virginia Dowson reports. Christmas arrives early for Helensburgh VIEW Club. Our final lunch meeting for 2018 in November – with singer Virginia Kidd, decorated tables, and traditional Christmas fare – was due to be held at the time of writing. Our Trading Tables this year have been loaded with yummy cakes and slices, plants and books. Proceeds from these sales and raffles, and all VIEW fundraising, go to The Smith Family ‘Learning for Life’ program, where this Club supports two students. Donations are also forwarded to The Smith Family for their Winter Appeal and Christmas Toy Appeal, together with books and stationery. We have some very talented members who make beautiful rugs, quilts and coat-hangers. Elaine and her helpers fill several boxes with hand-knitted and crocheted bonnets and booties for premature babies, which go to local hospitals. We enjoy meeting and lunch on the third Tuesday of each month. Make it a date in the New Year to join VIEW. Current members, how about nominating yourselves for a spot on the new Committee! There is no December meeting. The first meeting for 2019 will be 15 January at Tradies Helensburgh, for an earlier time of 10.45am for 11.15am start. If you have booked, you must pay for your meal if you don’t turn up. For new bookings or cancellations, call Lyn Pearson on 4294 1815 by Monday, 7 January. 2508

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Publicity Officer Anita Fry reports. Our monthly guest speakers have been terrific, Stephen Love from Peabody Metropolitan Helensburgh Coal Mines; our Treasurer who spoke of her life/career and her work with Habitat for Humanity; Ron Raye who is a volunteer from the Australian Maritime Museum on the lives of George Bass and Matthew Flinders. Over the last few months our walking tours have been to Cremorne Point to Mosman Bay Wharf, Mount Kembla Memorial Walk and Fairy Meadows to Wollongong with members all enjoying lunch together. Our activities group has been busy, with members enjoying visits to Kiama; the Jewish Museum; the theatre to see The Book of Mormons, with some members staying in the city for the weekend; and the Melbourne Cup Race lunch, with a lucky member winning the door prize. Our club meets every second Thursday of the month. Visitors are welcome. 2508

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the disappearance, Lucie has disappeared, they all talk about her, the sort of black hole in middle. It’s in a style called implicit dialogue. I wanted the structure quite modern, quite challenging.” Catherine, who has been writing since she was a teenager, said reading Djuna Barnes’s book Nightwood, was a “turning point in my life – I wanted to be as good as that.” Married to local painter Tom Lynch, her ties to the Australia date way back to 1912, when her LOVERS grandparents immigrated to Perth. The family later moved back to France, where Catherine was born, studied and began a successful writing career. Shifting to Australia 20 years ago, she found being a writer of dual nationalities presented many challenges. “I am still wondering where I belong.” Catherine had to start over – “no one knows who you are, you have to explain it every time” – and found it simpler to tell people she was a teacher, a social worker, a volunteer. “I was losing track of myself by not talking about writing. You have to really own that part of your personality.” Catherine did her PhD on writers changing Hidden in the rainforest valley of Otford, a Frenchlanguages at the University of Western Sydney, Australian novelist is hard at work. 2508 reports. where she also taught. “In another language, there Catherine Rey rose to literary star status in France. is a disconnection … you don’t have an emotional link to the language. Your only emotional Yet she is relatively unknown in Australia, where she lives the secluded life of a writer, working from connection is with your mother tongue, with another tongue it is just a tool.” an Otford house shaded by rainforest, visited by To find the right English words, she enlisted the birds in search of biscuit crumbs. aid of her husband.“Tom helped me with the “The writer’s life is very solitary, being a writer, manuscripts and he proofread for me.” it’s like being a monk, your life is consumed by It took “years of agony” before she found the it,” she says over coffee and conversation about her new work. The Lovers is Catherine’s ninth book and perfect format for The Lovers. “I must have done five or six drafts of the manuscripts with Lucie in it. her first written in English. Hailed as a “sophisticated psychological thriller” But it just didn’t work, because Ernest is a very in the Sydney Morning Herald, the story unfolds in overpowering character. It’s like a colour, you statements to police about missing Lucie Bruyere, a know, his colour was just running over the other colours, spreading himself, and she has no room. Frenchwoman dating a famous Australian artist. “I couldn’t find her voice. She was always out of “It’s about an abusive relationship, but I don’t tune. He was perfect. The other people, the stupid want to fall into a cliché, you know, perpetrator and poor little woman,” Catherine says. “So I put it ones, they were perfect, but I couldn’t find her. in a context of two strong personalities, two artists. Oh, it was driving me nuts and I thought one day I said, all right, let’s remove her, let’s take her away. He’s an ageing artist and she is a young expat, a But completely away, not only from the story but young French writer. So you’ve got the conflict of also from the life of people, so she disappears. two personalities coming in together. She is much “And I thought, oh my God, that’s interesting. younger, beautiful … he tries to suck her energy.” She’s a heroine and she’s not there. I thought, oh ho. “All my books are very satirical and I always try The day she disappeared, the manuscript worked. to have a bit of black humour. It’s really dramatic, “When I was in Canberra [at the Writers and satirical at the same time. I put it in the Festival], a lady came after the talk and she had structure of a theatre – it’s in five acts, like a been working in domestic violence. She said, tragedy, you have got the exposition, with a twist, ‘It’s interesting when you say your character everything is unfolding according to the classic disappears because in domestic violence women (structure). I studied literature so it’s easier for me slowly disappear.’ And I said, yes, that’s exactly maybe to draw on that base. “I didn’t want a formal narration from A to B, so what happened.” it’s only statements from other people. It’s all about n The Lovers is published by Gazebo, $24.99. 2508 Catherine Rey

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Helensburgh Tigers rugby league football club will hold a special community event on December 15. It will be held from 4pm on Saturday, December 15, at Rex Jackson Oval, prior to the Helensburgh Family Christmas Carols. n In other news, the Tigers have already secured a couple of crucial signings for the 2019 season with Michael Doolan and Luke Williams joining the club. Mick, 21, has a wealth of rugby league experience despite his young age. This former Indigenous Player of the Year was a member of the Parramatta Eels’ top squad from the age of 17, had an impressive NYC with the Eels in 2016 before moving to the Bulldogs. Luke played his junior reps with the West Tigers and most of his senior footy with the Western Suburbs Magpies in the Ron Massey Cup, winning their best and fairest award in 2017. For more details on the Tigers and the 2019 season, visit Helensburgh Tigers. 2508

Improvements to the project’s sustainability will also be undertaken with particular attention to drainage, removal of weeds, planting of new trees and protection of sensitive vegetation. These tracks, a first for the Illawarra, provide a huge social and sporting benefit for 2508 residents. HORCC continues to promote cycling at the facility for all ages and skill levels. We remain committed to the promotion of cycling for children by offering a safe area for them to learn to cycle and develop their skills and a safe environment where they can ride with their mates. 2508

CLASSIFIEDS BAZZA’S CARPENTRY & HANDYMAN SERVICES: All handyman repairs. Decks, pergolas, tiling, fencing, plastering and all other timber work. Local, reliable, quick and fully insured. Free quotes. Ph. Barry [Bazz] 0414 492 509 or 4294 8164. GARDEN SERVICE: Rejuvenate your garden: pruning, weeding, hedging, clean ups, rubbish removal. Regular mowing, edge trimming and gardening service also available. Call AJ on 0433 897 600. YOGA - PILATES - STRETCH CLASS: * increase flexibility, balance & general wellbeing * strengthen & tone the whole body *calms the mind, improves memory & concentration * Suitable for all levels of fitness & flexibility @ Stanwell Park Surf Club. All classes 1 hour: Sat 8am / Sun 4.30pm / Tues 9am & 7pm / Thurs 7pm. Contact Karen 0403 789 617.‘Yoga with a view’. yogastanwellpark 2508

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CLUB WELCOMES NEW CAPTAIN Peter McDonald reports on the action at Helensburgh-Stanwell Park SLSC.

the Sydney Water surf series and After an absence of two seasons the points are accumulated each week. club has a new Club Captain: Competitors represented the HSP Anthony Rooskie. Anthony is new surf club with great skill, speed and to the club, but has been involved sportsmanship and 15 finished in in Surf Life Saving since he gained the top 10 for their age group. his Bronze Medallion at WarrillaA special mention and Barrack Point SLSC in 1990. As a congratulations to Sabina Rogers Junior, Anthony was a boat rower and Jack Bridges on being selected and he continued that for a number as part of the 2018 SLS Illawarra of years until joining the Army. Interbranch team. Sabina and Jack Anthony and his family have will compete at Black Head beach settled in Stanwell Park, and in on December 8-9. 2016 he joined HelensburghCheck our Facebook page and Stanwell Park SLSC and, with the team app for information about our assistance of the club Education Christmas celebrations, including Team, was able to upgrade his Anthony Rooskie is the new ‘Santa on the sand’ Christmas Bronze Medallion to current Helensburgh-Stanwell Park SLSC photos on December 16. standards. Both of Anthony’s club captain. daughters are Nippers. He is the Captain of Patrol 6, has been an Age Manager and IRB TEAM AT THE READY this season, apart from his new role as Club Our rejuvenated IRB team, under the guidance of Captain, he will focus on supporting the club Water Anthony Ashley, has been busy preparing the IRBs Safety Team for Nippers. (Inflatable Rescue Boats) for a hot summer ahead. Over the past few weeks the Surf Club has been training a new group of IRB crews who will be able REMEMBER: NO FLAGS, NO SWIM to assist in operating the IRB. Once they have After the tragic drowning death of a swimmer at passed their training, all will be able to ensure the the northern end of the beach, well outside of the patrolling area, we once again stress the message to safety of the beach and surrounding water-ways. This is a vital piece of equipment in the Surf Life the visiting public: swim between the flags. It may Saving Club and has been instrumental to be a 100m-plus walk down the beach, but this is maintaining a safe environment for the local where you will observed and assisted if necessary. community and visitors. The club has seven patrols on the beach The “Sea Wolves” IRB Racing team is about to patrolling on Sundays and public holidays, as well start training again and is getting ready for the assisting the WCC lifeguards on Saturdays in the winter competition in 2019. This is a fun, fast and peak season. Training is well under-way with 12 Surf Rescue Certificates and 10 Bronze Medallions, exciting sport involving the IRBs in a simulation rescue race. The Sea Wolves are eager to pick as well as a Mature Age Bronze Medallion course things up where they left off at the end of the last currently running at the club. Training is on Sunday mornings at 8am. If you are interested, visit season and hoping to grow the team. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, contact the club Facebook page or website. the Helensburgh – Stanwell Park IRB Captain Anthony Ashley at powercraft@ NIPPERS ARE UP! stanwellparksurfclub.com or visit the Facebook Nippers report a great start to the season at club page (“HSP Sea Wolves IRB Racing Team”) and and at competition level. We have 175 nippers watch some of the great videos of them in action. learning new skills in and out of the water every Finally, the HSP SLSC would like to thank our Sunday morning at Stanwell Park beach. Thank you sponsors for their ongoing support, Westfund to all of our age managers and volunteers who make sure the nippers are safe and having fun, and Health Insurance and Peabody – Boaties, Tradies, NSW and Australian Government, ARB (St Peters) to the BBQ and canteen volunteers. We saw 20 competitors represent our club in the – Patrols, Webbers Carpets , Stanwell Tops Conference Centre – IRB, Sth Hurstville – Winter Sydney Water surf series. There are four rounds in Swimmers, 2508 magazine – Community. 2508

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‘BIG SWIM OF THE SOUTH’

Save the date: March 17. Harley Dreghorn reports. Planning is well underway for the Equilibrium Healthcare Ocean Swim from Coalcliff Beach to Stanwell Park Beach – now just four months away, and a good time for intending swimmers to think about some training. It’s a 2.3km swim, so fitness will be important. Run by Helensburgh-Stanwell Park SLSC with assistance from Coalcliff SLSC, the swim is now in its 15th year. The “Big Swim of the South” is very popular with the ocean-swimming fraternity with participants coming from Sydney and the Central

Coast and as far south as Jervis Bay. This year as part of the swim, there will be food for sale and music to enjoy during the morning and early afternoon – plenty for the whole family to enjoy! Two training sessions are scheduled this month to help prepare you for the swim – Sunday 9th and 16th of December at Stanwell Park beach from 8.15am to 9.15am. On the first Sunday, Brendon Sexton, a local swimming and triathlon coach and former Olympic triathlete, will be on hand to provide knowledge of ocean swimming and fitness tips. The best part is the sessions are free! More training sessions are planned early in the new year. For the first time, you will also be able to enter a team of three swimmers in the event, so get your team mates from football, netball, cricket, or your gym training mates, running or cycling buddies, or make up a family team and challenge for the perpetual trophy! Make getting fit fun. For information contact Anthony Ashley at oceanswim@stanwellparksurfclub.com. Also, check out our Facebook and Instagram pages (look up Stanwell Park Ocean Swim). Online registrations will open soon at www.oceanswims. com. Minimum age to enter is 14 years. 2508

TRAINING TIPS

3. Stroke style To best get through the fun of ocean swell, ocean swimmers tend to revert to a shorter arm stroke that allows them to increase their stroke rate (think the “revs” in your car). Shortening hand By swimming and triathlon coach Brendan Sexton entry at the front of stroke and exiting hand closer to your hip rather than your thigh will allow you to So you’ve signed up to swim in one of the most pull on the water that you’re already in rather than picturesque ocean-swim events in the world. the air sitting behind the wave you’re navigating. Brilliant! But then you wonder if it might not be a tiny bit different to your usual dip between the flags A shorter, faster stroke can also be timed to the rhythm of the swell, helping conserve energy. or laps in your local pool. You wouldn’t be wrong! 4. Sighting In open water, sighting is key to But that doesn’t mean you should start to conjure knowing where you’re going and also taking the up excuses to back out or sign up for pre-emptive SES training. With a few extra skills and preparation shortest possible route. Swim sighting is best done by lifting your head up forwards immediately tricks you’ll be ready to dominate the seas! 1. Be aware of the conditions Any experienced seaman before taking a breath to the side. Ensure you know what you’re looking for (buoy, beach banner, fellow or seawoman will tell you of the unpredictable temperament of Poseidon. Ask officials about wind, swimmer up ahead). And take your time sighting – it’s better to pause to check your direction than temperature, tide, swell and currents before going in. By understanding what is happening in the water head off course for an extended period of time. Bonus pro tip Goggles can make a big difference to you’ll ensure your most enjoyable trip to the finish. 2. Breathing In the open water, breathing can take sighting effectiveness – tinted in bright sunlight, lighter when overcast. Clean and unmarked a bit more thought than standard pool swimming. goggles are like having GPS navigation versus a Ocean swell and wind can often make the water hardcover street directory. surface slightly wavy (or “choppy”). Breathing to both sides of your body can optimise oxygen Brendan will share fitness tips at intake. Also, adopting a style that brings your head the training session at Stanwell higher above the water surface will lessen the risk Park on Sunday, Dec 9. 2508 of copping the odd mouthful of salt water!

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Golf NEWS

TRADIES SOCIAL GOLF

John Towns reports. A big month for our club this month, a charity day at Russell Vale, two rounds of golf and the AGM. Ken Sandridge won with a net stroke score of 63 on a count-back from Laurie Thompson and Dennis Edwards 64, collecting prizes from Helensburgh Butchers and Gallardo’s Pizza. Front and back nine went to Jack and Paul, with Phil and Rod taking out the longest drives. Karl was back to claim his Bradman spot. The Helensburgh Driving Range prize went to Dave. The AGM was held after the game at Tradies and all of the committee were returned unopposed. The charity day at Russell Vale was a great success with the club entering three teams. The season’s last game is the fun day on the 8th December from 7.30am with a special prize for the most outrageous outfit. Remember to arrive early to allow Mick time to prepare the various cards. Full results at Tradies Helensburgh Sports and Social Golf Club where I can be contacted for further information. 2508

HELENSBURGH SUNDAY SOCIAL GOLF CLUB

Troy Gersback reports. The greens were cored recently (large holes placed across the green surface then covered with sand), which provided some tricky putting outcomes for many. The word “bugger” was used a lot. (We all think that coring is just an evil plot by the green staff to get back at us – revenge for us digging up their course the rest of the year.) We played for the much sought-after Silverware: the Brenda & Norm Bell Plate. First place went to Scotty G on 41, followed closely by Robbie C on 40 and The Zeeman on 38. Well done, guys. Mickey Bowron picked up more than his fair share of minor prizes. Well done, champ. The Match Play major semi was quite an event with Debbie Ross managing to ‘hold it together’ and sneak home and make it into the Grand final by a single shot over Tony English. Congrats, Deb. Well, the annual trip away is upon us. We are all ready to tackle Worrigee and Nowra’s best pubs – I mean, golf courses. This very social club meets on the first Sunday of every month at the Royal Boomerang. Visitors are and their friends are always welcome. Just ask for Mark or Tony – arrive 7.30am for 8am tee-off. Overheard on the 19th hole: “My swing is so bad, I look like a caveman killing his lunch.” 2508

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