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loved living in the 2508 area for nearly 12 years. Loving all sport, he’s been enjoying helping to coach and volunteer with the Helensburgh Junior Cricket Club for the past few years with his son Liam currently in the Under 11s. Away from sport, you catch Graeme on the radio as the Weeknights Presenter on Radio Station Hope 103.2 from 7pm. Sue Whiting is the author of numerous children’s and young adult books, including the bestselling Missing, the award-winning A Swim in the Sea and a number of CBCA Notable Books. Sue’s latest novel, The Book of Chance, was recently shortlisted for the 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. As a storyteller, workshop leader and schools’ performer, Sue has informed, inspired and entertained thousands of kids. She lives and works in the Northern Illawarra. Kieran Tapsell was born in 1945 and spent his childhood in Cronulla. He was a solicitor at Kirrawee, specialising in commercial litigation from 1973 to 2013. He came to live in Stanwell Park in 1972 and started learning Spanish in 1998. He is the author of Potiphar’s Wife: The Vatican’s Secret and Child Sexual Abuse (2014) and of Tales Old and New from Stanwell Park (2021), and has had translations of six books by Colombian authors published. His hobbies have been surfing, hang gliding, travelling, sea kayaking, ceramics and bush regeneration. Iris Huizinga migrated to Australia from The Netherlands, where she was a screenwriter. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. Since 2009 she has been involved in the local area as a volunteer at the surf club and later with the local fire brigade. After a stint in New Zealand she returned with her family to the 2508 area in January 2020, because she missed the raucous cockatoos, the big eucalyptus trees and the ocean. Dr Lorraine Jones came to NSW after an internship in the Royal Brisbane Hospital. She worked at the Prince Henry Hospital before going into general practice in Regents Park in Sydney. Lorraine moved to Stanwell Park in 1970. After retiring, she joined the Helensburgh and District Historical Society and has published a number of booklets, including one on the 1919 influenza epidemic.

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A Day in the Life Nurse Rachel Qi shares her story.

You may think it’s a monotonous job to give hundreds of patients COVID-19 vaccines a day, but for me, a nurse immunizer, it’s an honor to care for all of the people who are struggling through this pandemic and another round of lockdown. My day working at Parkes Street General Practice normally starts with a half an hour train ride from Wollongong to Helensburgh, if the sky is clear, the morning view outside of the train window is quite enjoyable. But that’s as much leisure time as I can get before finishing a day’s work, because the day is going to get really busy with hundreds of patients coming into our clinic to get their shots. After arriving at work, my first job is drawing up the vaccines, which is a very important preparation process so that patients don’t have to wait that long and can get their shot as soon as they arrive. Some patients find the online registration difficult, and that’s when our lovely receptionists’ step in and help these people with registration on their arrival, they then give them queuing tickets and help them sit down in the waiting room. Most of the time there would be three nurses working on giving injections simultaneously. Sufficient working staff combined with our great queueing system reduces patients’ waiting time greatly and makes our work more effective and efficient. The majority of patients who we have cared for have been excited to be able to come and receive their covid-19 vaccination here. I can feel their excitement from the laughter coming out from each injection room from time to time. We also know how satisfied the patients are with us from all the chocolates and “thank you” cards that we receive from them. It’s really heartwarming to hear how appreciative they are. In times of

Dr Cindy Htet, owner of Parkes Street General Practice, gives the Pfizer vaccine to Nurse Rachel Qi, a frontline healthcare worker at Helensburgh Respiratory Clinic.

lockdown, it makes it even more special to see happy, smiling patients. Of course, sometimes I have patients coming into our clinic feeling anxious and nervous about having the vaccine, in which case, I try to talk to them and comfort them with patience and my professional knowledge, to make sure the patients are completely comfortable to receive the shot. At Parkes Street General Practice and Respiratory Clinic, I work with an amazing group of super-human people, and we are a family here. Here, we provide the best service to our patients and do our absolute best to help them to get through this tough time. To our patients, I would like to say: the impact of COVID-19 is very difficult, but just know that we’re here. 2508

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By Fran Peppernell, Publicity Officer, Helensburgh Lions Club Hi Everyone, We hope our community is coping the second time round in lockdown. Let’s hope necessary steps will get us back to normal eventually. With that said we are keeping positive and still putting plans in place for our Helensburgh Country Fair this October. So to keep up to date

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go to our Facebook page. We’ll still keep you all updated here too. So if you want to have a stall at the Fair please register on our website www. helensburghlions.org.au In the meantime stay safe and well everyone. See you next month. 2508

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Go Saya! Go Kai!

Helensburgh brother and sister BMX stars are in Tokyo, the Olympic city, for two different but very special reasons

Saya (above) leaving for Tokyo, and (below) Saya and Kai Sakakibara. Photos supplied

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July was a huge month for Helensburgh’s Saya Sakakibara as many years of hard work and dedication culminated in the top-level BMX champion getting ever closer to her dream of representing Australia at the Olympic Games. Saya boarded a flight on July 22 to compete at the Tokyo Games, which were officially opened on July 23. She was set to compete for Australia in BMX, which has been included as an Olympic sport for the first time. Saya, 21, has long been a local role model and sporting hero. Now the nation is showing its love too, with Australia’s Women’s Health magazine featuring her on the cover of its August 2021 issue. This year’s Games represent a life-long milestone not only for Saya, but for her brother Kai, who was an Olympic BMX hopeful before he suffered a serious brain injury as result of a crash during a race in February 2020. He was then 23 years old. Since his accident, Kai has endured six weeks in ICU, two weeks in the Acute ward, seven months in the Brain Injury ward, and eight months in the Transitional living unit, but he is now based at his family’s Helensburgh home. Kai’s recovery and rehabilitation remains a draining one – physically, emotionally and financially draining – and the Ward-Sakakibara family has been through hell, with Covid-19 risks and restrictions adding even more stress to the situation, but their positive spirit remains. Kai flew to Tokyo in July as he has been invited to take part in the torch relay for the Paralympic Games in Fuchu this month. A special honour for a truly remarkable young man. Saya has seemingly been training non-stop for her Olympic dream since she started BMX as a toddler. Training, competing, as well as gruelling but rewarding mental and physical preparation. Her dedication to the sport and her steely determination to achieve her goals, despite whatever massive setbacks her family has suffered, is admirable. Saya was scheduled to compete at the Olympic Games as this issue went to press (July 29). All of Australia – and especially the residents of 2508 –are very proud of the Sakakibara brother and sister and all there is left to say really is: Go Kai! Go Saya! 2508

Inspired by a true crime Sue Whiting’s tale has been shortlisted for a ‘Book of the Year’ award by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Here, the local author shares the story behind her book.

The Book of Chance is my 18th trade book for children and my ninth children’s novel. It took three years from first idea to printed book and was released into the wild when the world was reeling from the news that we were in the midst of a global pandemic and Australia was flung into a national lockdown. Talk about impeccable timing! Now, 15 months on, we are in the grips of another outbreak and in lockdown once again. This time on the eve of the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year announcement, for which I am happy to report The Book of Chance has been shortlisted. Again, impeccable timing! But,

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truly, not even the dreaded Delta strain can take the shine off my book being recognised in this way. I am both humbled and delighted. For this story I made a conscious decision to go local. (Who knows maybe this was my “magic” ingredient?) After some location scouting, it soon became apparent that Wollongong suited my needs perfectly. Besides, I thought, how often is the Gong featured in Aussie books? Here was my chance. Even though I have lived in the area for 30+ years, I still needed to spend much time roaming the streets, noting details, taking photos and sound grabs and videos. The houses that my main character, Chance, and her neighbour, Alek, live in are based on two actual houses in Wollongong and I am certain the occupants must have wondered about the strange woman with backpack, notebook and phone camera who seemed to be constantly lurking about. Apologies! But getting to know the Gong from a different perspective and trying to bring it to life within the pages of a book, throwing in local references to WIN TV, WIN Stadium, the beaches, the rocky sculptures in the mall, Stuart Park, etc. was a lot of fun. We really do live in a vibrant area. The Book of Chance was inspired by a true crime, and so the opening scene is set inside Wollongong Police Station. The “true” crime that started it all was committed in 1998 but wasn’t solved until 2017 – some 19 years later. As the story of this crime unfolded in the world media, I followed it intently. The more I found out about the case, the more intrigued I became, particularly with the teenage girl caught in the centre of the crime. She wasn’t the criminal – she was the victim and I began to wonder – and worry – about her. How was she going to cope? What would become of her? And that’s how The Book of Chance began. The crime in my book is slightly different to the crime that inspired it, but the devastating impact of the crime is very similar. Except for the fact that it happened to a fictitious teen in a seaside city on the other side of the world! Our very own Gong. 2508 The Children’s Book Council of Australia has short-listed The Book of Chance for 2021’s Book of the Year in the Younger Readers category (ages 7-12). Winners will be announced on 20 August. Visit www.cbca.org.au and suewhiting.com

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Fieldwork and video analysis has shown sulphur-crested cockatoos are copy-cats. Photos: Australian Museum

Contact-tracing cockatoos Research has revealed the spread of the foraging culture, writes Dr Richard Major, one of the authors of a cockatoo study published last month in the journal Science.

It may seem as though the action of a cockatoo flipping a bin-lid is a simple one – but recent research has discovered that this behaviour is far more significant than first thought. If I had a cracker for every question I received about cockies behaving badly, you’d be calling me ‘Polly’. And after years of fruitless war on my local citrus pickers, new behavioural research provides a possible window to freedom. What started as an interesting observation of bin-opening has resulted in a significant advance in our understanding of animal learning. Video analysis and intensive fieldwork on 500 colourmarked cockatoos, in combination with a community survey, demonstrated that mastering the wheelie-bin puzzle is not something that clever cockies just work out for themselves. Instead, sulphur-crested cockatoos are copy-cats and after one individual solves the lid-flip puzzle, other birds in its social network imitate the new foraging innovation. What started out just south of Sydney spread quickly – within two years, bin-flipping had gone viral across 44 geographically linked suburbs. Some birds modified the technique, perhaps walking the lid up the left side of the bin rather than the right, or holding the half-open bin with their foot, not their beak. These subtle differences in the behaviour were the key to contact-tracing, showing how geographically localised variants arise in the cockatoo community. While the behaviour seems largely to be learnt, more than one cockatoo has solved the puzzle. A later, and independent innovator on the northern beaches of Sydney started a similar

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bin-opening cluster. And although it looks to the casual observer in these areas as if all cockatoos are bin-ravaging villains, colour-marking of individuals showed that fewer than 10 percent of birds learn the art, with most swooping into the open bin after the pioneers do the tricky bit. As video evidence shows, cockatoos also have to stay on the learning curve, to cope with the wild cards that people deal them. And this is where you can help, by participating in the 2021 cockatoo bin-opening survey and reporting if you have, and if you have not, observed this behaviour in your suburb. We are also continuing to research urban bird behaviour and value your reports of birds, nests, marked individuals (e.g. wing-tags), and behaviours including bin-opening, using the Big City Birds app or website. So how does this help the backyard battler save their cedar window frames, flyscreens, solarheaters or citrus crops? Be alert, and a little bit alarmed – lock it down immediately! Wave and shout the first time you observe bad behaviour, while you only have one challenger to contend with. Don’t give the flock the opportunity to share it with their close contacts, because we know they will – and you might be saving your neighbours as well as yourself! Read more in Innovation and geographic spread of a complex foraging culture in an urban parrot. Science: 23 July, 2021. Authors: Barbara C. Klump, John M. Martin, Sonja Wild, Jana K. Hörsch, Richard E. Major and Lucy M. Aplin. Visit www.sciencemag.org 2508

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A small group of Year Five students are involved in our Future Leaders program. The Future Leaders program is designed so that the students develop leadership skills through opportunities to engage with older student role models and staff, as well as provide a valuable avenue for student voices within our school. Our Year Five Leaders have been working closely with Year Nine students from Bulli High. Last term, the Year Nine students visited our school and spent

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'Rainbow Cottage is my passion' Helensburgh's Robyn Paynter shared her story with Jessica Nelson. happen. Our son was on life support for two days until we let him go to a higher love, a peaceful place. The Helensburgh Anglican Minister at the time, Tim, was by our sides while we made that very final decision. Tim is always in our thoughts for his kindness and compassion. I battled for the next eight years to have another child, it wasn’t meant to be. Those years taught me how precious our children are, and every child is a blessing. There was overwhelming support from so many people in 2508 who shared their stories of loss, and I soon realised that I wasn’t alone and there were many kindred spirits in our local community, and life goes on. While we had our business, I wanted to give back to the community so I became a volunteer with NINA, visiting the elderly and learning so much history about the early days of the South Coast. I also escorted them on the community bus shopping trips. My daughter was at Helensburgh Public School before I knew it, and I then became a canteen mum once a month. Floods and fire came to our town; we tried to do our bit by feeding the rural fire and emergency Family day care services, opening the shop at all times of the night. provider Robyn Paynter. We sold the butcher shop and I went on to be an Photo supplied aged care nurse, working five years with dementia residents at Goodhew Gardens at Woolooware. It was a very rewarding job looking after the My name is Robyn Paynter. I recently turned 60 vulnerable elderly while sustaining their dignity. years of age and I have lived in and loved I wanted to work in my own community and Helensburgh for 30 years. I moved on to Kennett Home on the clifftop at Martin and I came to Helensburgh in 1991, after Stanwell Park until my own parents both became we purchased Helensburgh Butchery. We wanted very ill and were unable to care for each other. to work and raise our family in a country I went on to nurse them in my home for the next environment. We were welcomed and supported by decade. our local community for close to 16 years while After my dad had passed, and during the many operating our business, supplying meat to many long nights while I was up giving mum her other businesses including Helensburgh Workers treatments, I thought about the next chapter of my and Bowling Club, our local supermarket Clancy’s, life. My heart was in childcare not aged care any Stanwell Tops conference centre and Leo’s kiosk at more. Stanwell Park, just to name a few. Helensburgh I started to create and renovate the whole Butchery also supported many local sporting clubs downstairs level of my home; it was in the making and events. for two years prior to opening. Before Mum passed, Two years after we arrived in Helensburgh our she helped me name it – Rainbow Cottage 4kids. world stopped. My daughter was very happy and Mum always said to me: “Whenever you see a attending the local preschool, Kids Korner, and I rainbow, you see me watching over you all.” was heavily pregnant with my second child, Rainbow Cottage is my passion to provide the Lincoln. On 23rd of June 1993, Lincoln decided to highest level of care to hard-working families living come into our world three weeks early. A simple in 2508. Parents can go to work knowing their C-section was all that was needed to save him, child is happy and being cared for in a safe and however, due to medical negligence, that didn’t loving environment. 2508

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I have a simple point to make – that vaccination is freedom. Freedom mentally, financially and existentially. The alternative is constant lockdown, and I think we are all beginning to agree that is not much of an alternative. My mother was three years old when her sister Ellen got the measles. Unlike now, there was no choice to vaccinate or not to vaccinate. Measles is a viral disease, contracted through air droplets. Sound familiar? Ellen died, and my grandmother’s heart was broken. That was 1940. Fast forward to now, and I got vaccinated as soon as I could, and I was lucky enough to be in the first wave (1b) because I am a volunteer firefighter. I visited the lovely nurses at Parkes Street in March to receive my first AstraZeneca shot. I was surrounded by a busload of cackling seniors, all 80 plus, who had come down from Wollongong to make a day out of it and to avoid the long lines at their local clinics. They were all gorgeous, just like the nurses. After the jab, which I hardly noticed, I waited dutifully for fifteen minutes in the area set aside to Iris’s grandmother, with Ellen Margot, who died of measles, and Iris’s mother as a baby.

watch for side effects. One by one, all the seniors marched right out. “Aren’t you going to wait fifteen minutes?” I asked them. They chuckled. “Time for coffee!” they replied. To hell with any side effects. They had Helensburgh to explore and life to live. I was half expecting to see them all again when I returned in early June. But the vaccination rate had slowed to a crawl and the clinic in Parkes St was empty. I didn’t have to wait. The nurse asked me how I went after my first jab. I told her I had gone down to the flooded Hawkesbury River region the day after, dragging debris into stinking piles. I was hot and sweaty, but I didn’t know whether it was hard work or fever that caused it. The nurse said that was probably a good thing, as I couldn’t dwell on it. I had never thought of myself as a “dweller”, but had a long think about it. In comparison, my husband was nauseous and miserable for two days after his first AstraZeneca jab. We had a face-off about what that said about him versus me. Of course it meant I had a superior constitution. According to him the vaccination hadn’t worked properly with me. I wasted a good hour investigating this claim. It turned out to be untrue, but by then he had been grinning the whole morning. A lot of people have had AstraZeneca. More than six million doses of that vaccine have been administered in Australia. On the Australian government’s health website ( health.gov.au) you can find out more: “AstraZeneca can be used in adults aged under 60 years where the benefits clearly outweigh the risk for that individual and the person has made an informed decision based on an understanding of the risks and benefits.” A talk to your GP can also help you overcome any fears you might have about vaccines and he or she can work with you on a clear plan to manage your worries afterwards. Friends and family can help too. Even if there still are no vaccines available to you, it might help to stay well-informed and proactive, so you are ready to seize a vaccination opportunity when it opens up. 2508 For more facts about vaccination: www.health.gov.au; ncirs.org.au; covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au

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Heathcote Community Update A letter from Lee Evans – your State MP

The COVID-19 lockdown has hit our community hard and I appreciate this is a difficult time for all. There is help for those feeling the pressure of the lockdown please contact my office if you need information about all available mental health services. Also, please be mindful of the vulnerable in our community and reach out if needed. For those who have lost hours of work or businesses who’ve experienced a loss of income due to the lockdown please contact Service NSW for financial assistance at www.service.nsw. gov.au/covid-19 or by phone on 13 77 88.

To all parents home schooling I sincerely appreciate your efforts. The NSW Government’s priority is the safety of our citizens so I thank you for your patience. I urge everyone to get vaccinated and follow any current relevant health advice. For all latest updates visit NSW Health at www.health.nsw.gov.au/ Infectious/covid-19/Pages/ latest-update This pandemic has caused a massive hit to all NSW citizens but we as New South Welshmen will get through this COVID-19 challenge together. Lee Evans, Member for Heathcote

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Who has inspired you? First and foremost, my parents. Both are altruistic, driven, kind and believe that small changes can make the world a better place, values that have been instilled in me and inspired me. My mum has always been so passionate about human and animal rights, the power of education and social justice, How did growing up in the Burgh shape you? and her drive to make a difference has always been It has such a strong sense of community. I a source of inspiration for me. My dad, humble yet remember so many times when the community laser-focused, whose dedication to issues that affect rallied around to support people in need. I’m sure us all (such as water quality in the catchment) and this influenced my attitude to life and my ‘giving his constant perseverance in the face of adversity, back’ mindset. From age eight, I was involved in inspires me everyday. My brothers, Simon and many events, such the Lions’ Country Fair and the Calum, also help me keep it real! wonderful Twilight Christmas Market at Sunrise Other people who have inspired me include Nursery, where all stall fees went to charities. Dr. Jane Goodall and Sir David Attenborough, I was lucky enough to find a second family in my Lawrence Anthony and countless others who are job at Grima Brothers Fresh Produce. When I was constantly working to conserve our natural world. 16, they helped me get to the University of Gigi Hadid, Angelina Jolie, Ben Stiller, Emma California, Berkeley, both by donating and giving Watson have all used their platform to work to me a chance to work hard to largely pay my own speak up on behalf of others and make vital way into the prestigious pre-collegiate program. changes to communities around the world with For my trip to UC Berkeley, the community UNHCR and UNICEF, and other smaller rallied around, even those who didn’t know me, to organisations, as did Chadwick Boseman, and the help achieve my first huge dream. Raya Thai held a particular characters he played inspired millions. huge fundraiser and have consistently supported Sally Sara, Rupi Kaur, Michelle and Barack me. They’re also like family, we have known Dede Obama, Martin Luther King, Ruth Bader-Ginsberg, and Irwan for the best part of 20 years. Malala Yousef are all people whom I admire, and Helensburgh Public School was also such a my list could be even longer. community-orientated school, and I remember always being encouraged by all of my teachers Why are you passionate about helping there. Bulli High School allowed me to thrive; my children in Tanzania? teachers weren’t only mentors but also friends, We are so lucky to live in a country where we have most of whom I still keep in contact with today. access to free, quality education. I want to be able

Maeve Turner, 21, grew up in Helensburgh and is now studying wildlife conservation at the University of Sydney. Many residents would know Maeve as the daughter of long-serving Helensburgh Lion Gina Krohn. Last year, Maeve started her own charity, called sayari nyuki.

sayari nyuki charity founder Maeve Turner says growing up in a community that rallied round to support people in need helped foster her ‘giving back’ mindset. All photos supplied

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to provide these children in Arusha with the same. Every child should be able to access education, in a safe and secure environment. Working with Zuma (someone who also inspires me) through Cheti Schools allows this to happen, though it’s hard work and is very challenging. I see the potential in these children, but without help they can’t access education, simply because of where they were born. What are your plans? For sayari nyuki: to expand our projects and to help more people and communities in need. I plan to finish my studies, become a wildlife veterinarian and explore the world. I want to make a difference in the lives of others, and help protect and preserve our natural world and the animals that roam the earth. I want to leave this world a better place. How can we help? Equilibrium Healthcare is selling beanies with all profits donated to sayari nyuki and funds used to buy food for the children at Cheti schools. For some, this is the only meal they get a day. You can buy the beanies from the reception desk, or order online at www.sayarinyuki.org/ donate/beanies 2508

Lockdown Listings With the current lockdown likely to be extended beyond 30 July, what is permitted in our area for the sale of real estate? Traditional open homes and in person auctions are not permitted however private inspections by appointment only and online auctions are. A private inspection must only be undertaken with one buyer at a time and strict COVID-safe procedures adopted. Masks and QR codes are to be used. Agents should also utilise 3D virtual tours of their properties for buyers to navigate their own way around a property online from the comfort of their own home. Then only genuine buyers need to arrange an appointment for a private inspection. The current demand to leave Sydney and move to our area has not shown any signs of easing despite these lockdown restrictions. August

Baking class

By Stephanie Meades, functional nutritionist at Thirroul’s Life Wellness Co. One of my sons’ favourite home-schooling subjects has been ‘Mummy’s Home Economics’ class. Each day they look forward to creating something new from the wholefood ingredients in our pantry and fridge and working out how to put them together. This recipe was one of their best efforts and they gave me permission to share with the other kids!

Chunky Choc Banana Bread Serves 12-14 slices Ingredients:

3 ripe bananas (mashed) 3 eggs (whisked) ¼ cup coconut oil (melted) ¼ cup maple syrup 1 tsp vanilla extract (organic) 2 cups almond meal ¾ cup buckwheat flour 1 ½ tsp baking powder 2 tsp cinnamon 100g dark choc chunks (>80% cacao)

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Note: The higher the cacao content of the chocolate your use, the more health-boosting benefits you will receive as Cacao is super mineral-rich, being one of the highest food forms of magnesium and contains more than seven times more antioxidants than green tea. Not that we needed an excuse, right? Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C; line a loaf tin with baking paper. Mix all wet ingredients (bananas, eggs, oil, maple syrup and vanilla) then set aside. Mix all dry ingredients (except the choc chunks) in a separate bowl and then combine with wet ingredients. Mix well. Add 80g of the choc chunks to the mixture and stir to combine, saving the remaining choc chunks for the topping. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and then sprinkle choc chunks on top for decoration. Put the bread into the oven and bake for 45 minutes. Enjoy! 2508

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How to donate and help children in need

Log on to symbiozoo.com.au/paydiscoverforward, redeem your unused Discover NSW vouchers, and choose one of five charities to receive a $25 Symbio Zoo Ticket. Your chosen charity will then receive two-entry passes to the wildlife park, valued at $78, and Symbio will absorb the entirety of the price difference.

Ask the RFS

Questions about the coming fire seasson will be answered on Saturday, September 12.

Free to a good home! By Jan Lee, of the Historical Society

A huge pile of unwanted mulch is engulfing the site of the Old Mine Surgery Museum at 78 Parkes Street Helensburgh. Can you help us get rid of it? The pile is now only one metre away from our heritage wooden building, the 1935 consulting rooms of Dr Frederick Cox, mine doctor and GP from 1910 to 1942. Helensburgh Landcare spend hours each week weeding and caring for the creek and bushland of the Band Hall Reserve. The huge, ugly pile of mulch spreading over the block has killed the grass, is disrespectful to the miners’ memorial and a fire hazard for summer. The many trucks entering the site have damaged the driveway crossing. Tree lopping services, and council trucks, if you have been dumping mulch on the reserve, please find another site. We have been informed that it is a service for Helensburgh residents, but already there is enough mulch there for Helensburgh gardens for several years! 2508

SOOPIE NEEDS A HOME!

This Australian bulldog is a happy friendly girl who loves people. She is about a year old, has not had much training in her past but is looking forward to her future! FOR MORE INFO: email ccarpetrehoming@tpg.com.au or visit Helensburgh’s Country Companion Animal Rescue.

Helensburgh Rural Volunteer Fire Brigade will hold an online information session with Q&A on the Saturday morning of September 12 from 10-11am. Please send all your questions regarding the coming fire-season via Facebook to @NSWRFSHelensburgh or email secretary.helensburghrfs@ gmail.com 2508

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Tribute to ‘the Local’

The general store at Stanwell Park started in 1924, writes Dr Lorraine Jones, Vice President of Helensburgh and District Historical Society The Stanwell Park shop in the 1920s (left) and the 1980s. Photos: Helensburgh and District Historical Society

The local shop was once a feature of every small settlement. These shops sold everything from toothbrushes to potatoes. The local post office at Otford functioned as a general store. Passengers could go to the Coalcliff store on the way home from the station. Gradually these shops shut due to the increased use of cars and the rise of supermarkets. Stanwell Park shop was first opened in a small weatherboard building (now Loaf cafe) by John and Annie Anger in 1924. A few years later they built a larger store next door, on the corner of Station Street. It was truly a General Store. In the 1950s it had a downstairs hardware area where you could buy gravel, cement and wood. Upstairs was for general store items. In the 1970s the Stanwell Park shop was really multi-functional. The shop owners at the time started early, driving around delivering newspapers. Then parents with their children called in on their way to school to order school lunches. As bread at home from Friday was quite stale by Monday morning (if there was any left), Monday morning was peak order day at the Stanwell Park shop. My children were old enough to order their lunch on Mondays unsupervised. My son chose peanut butter sandwiches. The shopkeeper at the time was amused that one of my daughters chose jam sandwiches as her lunch. This was a time when supermarkets shut at midday on Saturdays and did not re-open until 8.30 Monday mornings. The local shop was a good place to buy

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necessities and to bump into neighbours, catching up on the local gossip. Business for the local shop became much more difficult when Bilo (now Coles) opened in Helensburgh. Opening hours for supermarkets were extended to seven days per week and to late closing hours. The local shop’s demise was also accelerated by the increased usage of the internet. Newspaper delivery was dramatically reduced as online newspaper reading became popular. Supermarkets commenced home deliveries as smart phones became increasingly used to order online. Services such as bread and milk runs became uneconomic. The choice of items to purchase at Stanwell Park General Store became more limited. The business had been bought by a shopkeeper who was quite unsuccessful at opening at the advertised opening hours. The downward trend continued and the new purchasers of the business decided to turn the Stanwell Park shop into an Italian Pizza Shop/ Restaurant. Sadly 2020 brought Covid-19 and custom diminished. Unable to negotiate an acceptable reduction in rent, the lease was not renewed. The owners of the building updated it with a splendid renovation. After about a year a new lease was entered into, and the Stanwell Park shop is now a Thai Takeaway and Restaurant. The next door cafe, Loaf, sells long-life milk and a few necessities. Milk can also be bought from Uluwatu Blue Cafe and, somewhat surprisingly, from the local bottle shop. 2508

Dying To Know Day

Dying to Know what this is? Join H.Parsons on Friday, 6 August to find out … Dying to Know Day is an annual campaign initiated by the Groundswell Project, an organisation that works with communities, groups and individuals to improve how people in Australia die, care and grieve. Dying to Know Day takes place on 8 August, and during the month of August, communities across Australia will be holding events as part of this campaign. H.Parsons is joining the Dying to Know Day campaign and on Friday, 6 August we’ll be holding our own online event and creating a welcoming space for the Illawarra community to have conversations about death. Everyone has their own experiences and questions when it comes to end of life, but many people don’t have the opportunity to share these experiences or ask the questions. We’ve talked to so many families and members of the community over the years, and many, many topics come up. For our Dying To Know Day event, we’ve selected some of the more common topics to be the conversation starters and we’re lucky to have some fantastic community leaders to lead these conversations. Here’s an overview: • At top of mind for many people is the care of pets. Knowing that your pet will be looked after can alleviate so much stress. Maria Natera, from the RSPCA, will be leading this discussion and talking about some options in this space. • Carolyn Vaughn has led a number of projects for Compassionate Communities and is a practising end-of-life doula. Carolyn will be inspiring conversations around the topics of death and dying and the choices and decisions that we can make to improve our end-of-life journey, for ourselves and those we love. • Being in control of the practical details can also remove much stress. Margot Kennedy from NSW Trustee and Guardian will cover Will

preparation and the roles of enduring guardianship and other related topics. Advanced Care Planning is another topic that comes up often and Selen Akinic from Multi Cultural Communities Illawarra will lead this conversation. • We’ll be holding a virtual tour of the crematorium at Mountain View Crematoria and there’ll be opportunities to talk with some of our Funeral Directors. We invite the community to join us online and participate in these conversations and virtual tours. H.Parsons is committed to supporting the local community and we look forward to welcoming you at Dying to Know Day, on Friday 6 August, from 9.30-11.30am. The event is free and will be held online via Zoom. To register and find out more, please go to Eventbrite: https://hparsons.com.au/ dying-to-know-day/ and register online by Wednesday, 4 August.

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Apple Art: fun for kids and big kids too! Apples can be made into a fun art exercise. Get creative with cutting shapes and then get the kids to build something with the shapes. Think a bit like it’s fruit Lego. Use a toothpick or a skewer to hold together. Dip or drizzle apple pieces in chocolate and use muesli, oats or other fruits to add some fun highlights or create features. Dip your apple slices in a little lemon juice to stop browning and add extra zing and Vitamin C. If soaking a lot of apple, use up to two cups of water and juice of one lemon to make the lemon go a bit further, and soak for a few minutes.

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A hit in lockdown

Helensburgh Cricket Club shows what its young Tigers are made of. When we first decided to feature Helensburgh Tigers Cricket Club on the cover of 2508 District News, we had grand plans for photography. Local professional snapper Anthony Warry was all set to shoot portraits of club members and capture keen young players in action at Rex Jackson sportsfields. Then came the cruel Delta strain, squashing all hopes of gathering together a group of people for weeks and weeks. Cue cricket parents to the rescue. Club volunteer Graeme Burrill took his son, Liam, down to the pitch at Rex Jackson oval for his daily exercise, and to shoot the cover photo. In homes around Helensburgh, young Tigers donned their cricket whites to practise batting, bowling and fielding in their backyards. Their parents took photos. We love the result. These poignant images of kids playing at home have wound up telling far more than the original story, of a local sports club calling for registrations – they tell a tale of mateship in lockdown, of kids determined to represent their club against the odds – true Tigers in the face of adversity! Thank you to everyone who contributed, including Graeme Burrill and Ian Hoy (secretary of the Junior Committee), who kindly took time to also answer our questions.

In the club’s first season, we fielded teams in the Seniors – a 4th and 5th Grade Team – and in the Juniors, an Under 10s and 12s side. In its first season the 4th Grade side made it through to the Semis. At the time, the club needed to be affiliated with another existing local club, so Helensburgh was together with Thirroul. How did the club go last season? Last season for the Helensburgh Junior Cricket Club was one of our best in recent years. With lockdown behind us and restrictions eased, we were thankful we were able to proceed with our season proper from mid October, with just a few small adjustments around hygiene and players not being able to share equipment.

Highlights... • Our Under-15 team were Minor Premiers and made it to the final but lost to a strong Port Kembla side. • Warren Craig was selected into the Under 15s Illawarra Highlanders team for the Greater Illawarra Youth Championships. • Austin Snell, of the Under 14s, also made the Illawarra Highlanders team in the same championships. • Jack Cattley, of the Under 13s, made the Illawarra Highlanders Team How old is Helensburgh cricket club? • Ella Cattley was in the Under 11 Girls The Helensburgh Cricket Club commenced and Illawarra team took part in the 1984-85 Cricket Season. • And Alana McEnearney made U19 Girls Greater It was brought together by locals Mick Duffy and Illawarra team for the Country Championships Ron Campbell with sponsorship from the Centennial Hotel. Others who helped included Jeff Looking ahead, we’re hoping restrictions will ease Bragg, Jim Chaplin, Richard Paine and Bob in time for our season to get underway in October. Proudfoot. In the early days at Rex Jackson, the We assume the adjustments we made last season, club played on a concrete wicket with mats. This around hygiene and the non-sharing of equipment, continued until a turf wicket was established. will continue to be in place. August

Players practise in backyards and driveways; in the fields and in the streets of Helensburgh.

What are your goals for the 2021 season? Looking ahead to the new season, we’re hoping to have an increase in players. We’re always excited to see new kids step up and give cricket a try for the first time. In the Junior Club, ages range from 5 to late teens. In the Junior Blasters for ages 5 to, they learn the skills of cricket whilst having fun. In Master Blasters (for those old enough to remember, similar to the old Kanga Cricket), we play a modified game of T20 with teams of six to eight. Each player gets a turn to bat, bowl and field, stepping up their skills before they start in Junior Cricket with the Under 11s. Once they reach Junior Cricket, it’s into the Whites and the games are longer. For the Helensburgh Junior Cricket Club, we have teams in the Under 11s, 13s, 15s and 17s. Skill levels improve and so do the rules. Players go from having seven on the field and a limited number of balls to face whilst being a batter and not getting out (though adding four runs to the opposition’s total when this happens!) in the Under 11s to being out first ball and more on the field as they progress through the age groups.

What are the club’s strong points? The club’s strength lies in its identity. All our kids strongly identify with playing for the Tigers with their mates. All players are encouraged and supported regardless of whether they’re learning the fundamentals or representing their region. Does the club have any famous alumni? First grade legend Mitch McRae (Illawarra first grade player of the year), current president Tim Lloyd and many more who have competed successfully at first grade level and beyond. There is currently a strong contingent of coaches setting the world on fire in fourth grade. What challenges do you face? Each season, disappointingly, we will have a game missed due to car carnage on our ovals. We were subject to much rain in the 20/21 season and excessive heat the year before, so it’s anyone’s guess what we will get this year, but our kids deal well with whatever confronts them.

Are there many girls in the club? We currently have a few girls playing for the club. In the Under 11s, Ella Cattley joined last season How many members have you got and how has this and a highlight for her was playing and taking four changed over the years? wickets in the Illawarra’s first ever Under 11 Girls Our number remains steady at around 85 kids. Cricket Representative Match.

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Alana McEnearney was selected in Greater Illawarra’s U/19 Female Country Championship team. She also got to play in the Blackwell-Mir Cup at Bradman Oval in March.

scoring, umpiring and coaching. Our sponsors – their financial help keeps the club going too! Long-term sponsors include the Tradies Club, Onsite Safety sponsored last year and Embroidery Why would you recommend joining the club? Plus helped with the hats for our presentation. Cricket’s a great sport for kids to be involved with. Other sponsors who have supported the club Learning skills, having fun and meeting new include… friends. Also, it is a sport that teaches them how to • Stewart Building play fair, respect the umpire and how to be a part of • John Dark Tiling a team, looking out for their teammates and • Cattley Plumbing supporting one another, not just when they’re • Luke Jones Electrical winning, but also when they might be on the losing side as well. How to help the club And for parents too – games are played on a Anyone in our community who would love to Saturday morning. Times range from 90 minutes support the Junior Club financially through with the Junior and Master Blasters and then two sponsorship, please get in touch via email, to three hours for the older kids. helensburghjuniorcc@gmail.com Anyone you’d like to thank? We’d like to thank our volunteers and parents. Without their help and support, there wouldn’t be a club. This includes everyone from those who help on the committee to mums, dads and grandparents helping out on game day with

How to join the club Sign up to be a part of the Helensburgh Junior Cricket Club this season. Registrations are now open through the club’s website, helensburghcc.nsw.cricket.com.au and details are also on the club’s Facebook page @Helensburghjuniorcricket 2508

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A new eucalypt-feeding potential pest has just turned up in New Zealand – Trachymela. Photo: Jon Sullivan/ Wikicommons CC BY 4.0

Beetling About With Helensburgh entomologist Dr Chris Reid Working with biosecurity agencies is fun, you never know what is going to come up next. Biosecurity (the old name is animal and plant quarantine) is not the prime focus of my work, but as an expert in a plant-feeding insect group I regularly get called upon to help out. At present I have two cases on my metaphorical desk (writing this in lockdown). A new eucalypt-feeding potential pest has just turned up in New Zealand. New Zealand doesn’t have any native eucalypts but, as anyone knows who’s been there, Australian eucalypts are planted all over the place and several species are important timber trees for their forestry industry. In the absence of eucalypt-feeding insects these trees grow really tall and straight, often nothing like our own venerable gnarly trees. My first experiences of eucalypts were in Northern Ireland, where we had Tasmanian Blue Gums in the school grounds. Even though such trees could not have been in the UK for more than 150 years, they were already regarded as the source of a ‘traditional’ cure for colds. We would gather and crush the gumnuts, pour boiling water over them in a basin, then breathe in the fumes with a towel over our heads for maximum efficacy. They certainly cleared the nose, if nothing else! There also were young forestry plantations nearby at the foot of the Mourne Mountains and later I saw plantations of ramrod-straight trees in Portugal and in Colombia (yes, with hummingbirds visiting the flowers). It was a shock coming to Australia and seeing crooked trees. That’s the effect of native insects. I digress. The Australian beetle that’s turned up in NZ is a species of the leaf beetle Trachymela.

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These are mottled dull brown beetles that often cover themselves in a film of wax, so that they look dusted in flour or icing sugar. They generally stay hidden on dead leaves or bark during the day and feed at night. They all look similar but thanks to work by my former student in Queensland, we know there are about 160 species, of which about a third are described. So we are unlikely to get a name for this beast but, of course, the important thing is to know where it comes from in Australia, so that its natural enemies can be found. The hunt involves ecologists, taxonomists and foresters, professionals and amateurs, in six states and on online forums, such as i:Naturalist. The second case is an Asian beetle that has turned up in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. First notice of this animal was posted on i:Naturalist, and on the basis of the photos it has been identified as a seed predator of Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), but I’m waiting for specimens to confirm this. Honey Locust is, of course, American, but there are Asian species of Gleditsia and these are the natural hosts of the beetle. There is an interesting twist to this story. Honey Locust is (surprisingly) still widely sold in nurseries, yet it has become a serious weed in NSW. The usual story, today’s garden plant is tomorrow’s weed. So the beetle, though brought in accidentally and escaping our strict biosecurity measures, may actually be useful. The moral of the story: plant native. 2508 For general insect enquiries, contact the Australian Museum’s Search And Discover team at sand@austmus.gov.au. Have a question specifically for Chris? Email editor@2508mag.com.au

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Tree of the Month Welcome to our new native tree series, by Stanwell Park’s Kieran Tapsell. First up: the coastal wattle.

Acacia longifolia (Coastal Wattle)

The Stanwell Avenue Reserve

The Banksia Bush Care group looks after the central headland of Stanwell Park along which Stanwell Avenue runs. At the end of Stanwell Avenue there is a park of 4.5 hectares, which was denuded of practically all trees in the 1920s, but

regenerated from the 1940s onwards with some human assistance. At the present time, there are 107 species of trees within the Reserve. The purpose of this column is to provide a brief description of each of those species. Three species of Acacias (Wattles) are in the Reserve: Acacia longifolia (Coastal Wattle), Acacia binervata (Two-veined Hickory) and Acacia maidenii (Maiden’s Wattle). Acacia longifolia (Coastal Wattle)

Coastal wattle is local to the east coast of Australia from Queensland to Victoria. It often grows in sand dunes and is salt resistant. It is also used to stabilise sand dunes and other coastal areas. At Stanwell Park it mainly grows in the sand dune area off the northern lagoon where most of them were planted to stabilise the dune area. It is normally a small shrub, but it can grow to as high as five metres. They also grow on higher ground within the Reserve right on the point of the headland. Banksia integrifolia (Coast Banksia), Allocasuarina littoralis (Black Oak) and Acacia longifolia (Coastal Wattle) are the three main native trees that can withstand direct frontal salt attack. Wattles flower from late winter to early spring. It is common to see them in August before all the other flowers come out in Spring. 2508

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Lawrence Hargrave Society secretary Jenny Donohoe reports on aeronautical technologist, explorer, mason and astronomer, Lawrence Hargrave. In 1890s a small number of inventive technologists were working to translate infant aviation theory into airplanes. Leading the race was Hargrave. A gifted explorer, astronomer, amateur historian, and practical inventor, he devoted most of his life to constructing a machine that would fly. He believed passionately in open communication within the scientific community and would not patent his inventions, instead scrupulously published the results of his experiments. The first successful aircraft incorporated three crucial aeronautical concepts developed by Hargrave: (1) the cellular box-kite wing, (2) the curved wing surface, and (3) the thick leading wing edge (aerofoil). His successful experiments were well documented at Stanwell Park, New South Wales, Australia. In 1889 Hargrave revolutionised engine technology by inventing the ‘radial rotary’ engine,

which reappeared (unacknowledged) in modified form in 1908 as the French Gnome engine. His rotating radical engine was extensively used in military aircraft for many years. In 1893 Octave Chanute, another aviation pioneer, wrote that ‘if there be one many more than another who deserves to succeed in flying, that man is Lawrence Hargrave of Sydney’. Hargrave deserves recognition for his accomplishments and so our new International Terminal at Badgery’s Creek in Western Sydney should be named the Lawrence Hargrave International Terminal. Support this by sending a submission to our Federal Minister, The Hon Paul Fletcher. 2508 A copy of a submission is at the society’s website, www.lawrencehargrave.org Enquiries to lawrencehargravesociety@gmail.com

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Artist Christine Hill loves to paint ships and boats.

Artists of the Illawarra Painter Edith McNally meets Christine Hill.

Christine Hill has been painting since the early 1970s and her work largely features the coast and waterways of Sydney. She now lives in Thirroul on the NSW Illawarra Coast where the landscape continues to inspire her. The rugged coastline, escarpment and lifestyle of that lovely part of the world are depicted in her paintings and ‘plein air’ sketches. Timber boats and the maritime life are special interests and she is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Marine Artists (ASMA). Generally, Christine’s work could be described as being of a narrative contemporary style and she works in a variety of mediums. Being a ‘resident artist’ sketching at public exhibitions and festivals is an interesting aspect of

her art practice, and as well as painting for her own pleasure, she enjoys passing on her knowledge to others, conducting themed tutorials and general art classes – even on a cruise-ship. Christine’s series of paintings describing the journey of Matthew Flinders and George Bass in the tiny Tom Thumb II became a book that illustrates their adventure and the places they visited. The Journey of Tom Thumb II sure is worth a look. Visit www.christine-hill.com for more information. 2508 If you would like your art profiled in 2508 District News, please contact Edith McNally on 0477 778 289, or email mcnallyedith@gmail.com

View Club misses meeting By Barb Kitson, Publicity Officer for Helensburgh View club

Well, ladies, here we are: another month and a new Covid crisis. We had to cancel our meeting for July, so we didn’t get to see our Learning for Life team. As soon as this Covid situation is over we will have to get our school supplies out for the Learning for Life team. Forgotten your school donation? You’ll have time to shop after lockdown. Another item on our agenda is our trip to Farriers Arms Cottage, a Campbelltown craft shop,

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followed by lunch at the Catholic club. Our visit is in August – maybe second time lucky? Our Learning for Life team has requested tissues and hand sanitiser. If you can help that would be fantastic. Another bit of goss: I think Sheila has finished celebrating her 90th. Okay, ladies, bye for now. Be good and follow Covid restrictions. Stay safe and well. 2508

Neighbourhood Forum 1 report By NF1 convenor Warwick Erwin

Neighbourhood Forum 1’s 14 July meeting was cancelled due to lockdown restrictions. 4 September council elections postponed Local Government elections have been postponed until 4 December. Current councillors will remain in their roles until council goes into caretaker mode at its last meeting before 4 November. Liquor Licence Application by Liquorland Licence Application by LiquorLand (Coles Group) for the building on the corner of Short & Walker streets in Helensburgh – closing date for submissions has been moved to 10 August after NF1 requested an extension due to lockdown restrictions. Make a submission via. https://lngnoticeboard.onegov.nsw.gov.au/ searchresult/details/APP-0008817690 Your letter or email should be clearly marked with APP-0008817690 and it should be sent to:NSW Liquor and Gaming GPO Box 7060 Sydney NSW 2001 Email: new.applications@liquorandgaming.nsw. gov.au Another Packaged Liquor Licence Application has been made by Franco Wine Online for a Packaged Liquor Licence Delivery Only at 1 Murrawal Road, Stanwell Park with storage in a “downstairs area”. The ILGA application APP0008971459 lists trading hours as Mon-Sat 6am-midnight, Sun 10am-11pm. Submissions via ILGA at https://lngnoticeboard.onegov.nsw.gov.au/ searchresult/details/APP-0009871459 Update from Wollongong City Council Council has released the Helensburgh Update July 2021, which was to be distributed to all 2508 homes. Didn’t get it? call Council on (02) 4227111. Helensburgh Town Centre Plan – Phase 2 We are waiting of details of the Western Terrace (Pharmacy to Newsagent area) final plan. This has been delayed until the August meeting. New Helensburgh Community Centre and Library Council advised: Further investigations of the existing library site were required after the January 2020 bushfire season, in light of the proposed amendments to NSW Rural Fire Service requirements for construction in bushfire prone areas. These investigations have identified new regulations around identified bushfire zones, which

have created several constraints for this site which indicate that this site is unlikely to be a feasible location for the new Community Centre and Library (CC&L). Investigations continue into the viability of locating the CC&L on an alternative site in the Helensburgh Town Centre. The complexities involved … have resulted in delays with announcing an alternate site. Other aspects of the project’s planning continues. Council notes there is a budgeted commitment in the capital budget and Infrastructure Delivery Program. Expected timeframes moving forward: • Community engagement (2021); • Engage consultant design team (late 2021) • Development Assessment submission (early 2023); • Design completion (late 2024); • Construction commences (early 2025); • Completion and opening (mid 2027). Share your thoughts by 9 August at our. wollongong.nsw.gov.au/planning-for-a-newhelensburgh-community-centre-and-library You can also email the Engagement Team at engagement@wollongong.nsw.gov.au or call Council on (02) 4227 7111. Please forward your comments for discussion at the next NF1 meeting. Walker Street resurfacing A council officer has advised that the current resurfaced surface on Walker Street from Cemetery Rd to Lawrence Hargrave Drive is a temporary surface – Council has been asked to explain the surface, the quality of the work and the missing drainage for all the springs in the roadway. Stanwell Park Kiosk A new operator is up and running. NF1 welcomes feedback on its hours, pricing and value for money. Wildlife The body of a long-nosed bandicoot was discovered at Stanwell Tops in July. The bandicoot may have been poisoned. Locals say they haven’t seen any for years and feedback from Symbio was “Good to see they are still holding on in the area”. This has triggered questions from NF1 members about wildlife corridors between the Royal National Park and the Illawarra Escarpment. 2508 NF1 meets at 7pm on the second Wednesday of each month, except December and January, at the old Community Centre on Walker St. At press time, the August meeting was set for August 11.

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Where have all the wine memes gone? By Brian Kelly, a father of two teenage girls.

It’s the “wine o’clock!” memes that seem to be missing this time around. Last year’s lockdown (you remember – the fun one, the novel one, Anzac Day in the driveway etc) arrived with a flurry of artworks highlighting the joys of keeping a potentially deadly disease at bay, not going anywhere interesting AND having to suddenly be your kids’ teacher(s). There we were, asking if 10am was too early to fetch gin from the freezer, as if almost daring each other. Who would crack first? But now ... eerily quiet on that front. Maybe it’s just my newsfeed, but we’ve either gone cold turkey, hit the back of the booze cabinet or passed out. Which is a worry; when the laughs dry up, tears appear. Supervising the schooling of one’s offspring (NOT home-schooling, which appears to be a whole other extension of the very hot place, and hats off to those who do it all the time) can actually be very self-educational. Why is Year 7 algebra suddenly beyond me? When did I forget what the “subjunctive pluperfect” tense was ... and did I ever know? As my own teen queens are largely selffunctional (self-censorial might be nice on occasion, ladies), it’s parents of the younger tribe that I feel for most. People are seriously stretched. Stats speak loudly (a 27 per cent rise in calls to Lifeline, 40 per cent of parents ‘actively’ caring for children during work hours), but the one that matters most is that 100 per cent of us are Over It. Distinctly not helping are the wide-ranging views that it’s all so much easier/harder this time.

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You’ll be aggrieved for single parents trying to keep 16 balls in the air one minute, green with envy the next at the 11-year-olds who seem to be making an early start on their HSC as their parents punch out another batch of award-winning sourdough. There’s no doubt teachers are suffering, too, but some have gone out of their way to keep it fun. In at least one Illawarra primary school, three kinder teachers managed to dispatch learning packs to students’ homes, complete with a note that said “your work colours our day like a packet of SKITTLES”, with a pack of that kaleidoscopic confectionery attached. The mum sharing this on social media – who contends with chronic illness and has five kids at school “plus a 4-year-old rascal” to corral – was duly impressed. Then there was the dad who said his daughter had that day studied physics – along with “force, momentum, acceleration and resistance ... mostly on a scooter”. All followed by photos of a nasty knee scrape. File under life lessons, perhaps. Meantime, we should not underestimate the power of our abilities to brighten someone’s day through gestures grand and humble. US president Ulysses Grant (keen on a drink himself, coincidentally) said: “The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.” And while we inhabit a part of the world where we are free to wander into the great outdoors and witness a whale mumma and her bub (thank you, McCauley’s Beach), there is surely enough hope to justify looking forward to better times and the sound of clinking glasses once more. 2508

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On Board With By Coledale’s Susie Crick, board director at Surfrider Australia Happy Birthday to Surfrider. The first meeting of Surfrider activists was 30 years ago at Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast and soon branches started popping up all around Australia and our South Coast branch represented strongly. Back then, volunteers were busy with the ‘poo’ marches to protest about raw sewage on beaches. We have come a long way since then and have had many amazing volunteers help out with extraordinary efforts for all of our ocean victories! Thank you to all those legends who paved the way for us. Drain Buddies stop garbage en route to sea Last month I mentioned that we were successful in obtaining 12 ‘Ocean Friendly’ Drain Buddies that were installed in drain pits around locations surrounding Wollongong Harbour. The funding to buy the Drain Buddies was the result of a $20,000 Government Grant that the South Coast branch was awarded. Our aim was to collaborate with Wollongong City Council to trial Drain Buddies in our region and then provide our captured data to the Australian Marine Debris Initiative. These 12 Drain Buddies have prevented a huge amount of garbage from entering our harbour. The premise is simple: when it rains or even when it is very windy, loose bits of plastic and garbage end up on the side of the road. More often than not with a normal drain, the garbage goes straight down the drain and is carried into our waterways and makes its way to the beach. However, an ‘Ocean Friendly’ Drain Buddy captures debris in its ‘basket’. The

rain can still sieve through the drain, but rubbish, cigarette butts and even microplastics are trapped. Microplastics are any small bits of plastic that are less than 5 millimetres in length and can be derived from broken up bits of plastic, cosmetic scrubs and even clothing. Drain Buddies are doing a great job of preventing nasty plastics and pollutants from entering our beautiful Wollongong Harbour. Stop single-use stuff This isn’t about hating plastics, after all I have a phone and drive a car and it would be hypocritical of me to condemn all plastics. But unnecessary, single-use, non-recycled and littered plastics bother me. Plastic is an amazing and versatile material that lasts forever and therein lies the problem. Plastic never really goes away – it breaks ‘up’ into tiny pieces, too small to pick up. Even as the tiny plastic particles sink to the sea floor, they continue to wreak havoc, attracting other floating chemicals to become tiny toxic parcels. Marine life ingests this plastic, mistaking it for food, so anything we can do to prevent plastic from entering the ocean is a bonus. We have to stop plastics before they hit the beach or waterways because once they are there – it is too late. We can do beach cleans forever, but we can also be clever and come up with solutions that prevent rubbish from getting there in the first place. Please join us and get involved. You can help us to get more of these great initiatives happening in our area. Sign up to get involved at susie@ surfrider.org.au 2508 August

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Upside of lockdown: epic waves

Lenny Golding during early lockdown swell at Coledale. Photo: Raylee Golding

By Scarborough Boardrider Ian Pepper After a busy May and June, the 2021 surf year came to a crashing halt with lockdown restrictions ending any form of competition. Our July pointscore was cancelled and the next one scheduled for August 15th will depend on restrictions currently in place being lifted on 30 July. State titles scheduled to be held in our area during July were postponed to August 25th to September 1st. Meanwhile, the first few weeks of the lockdown saw some epic waves along all our beaches providing a great opportunity to leave home and exercise. 2508 Follow @Scarbsboardridersclub on Facebook and @scarboroughboardriders on Instagram

Sea Eels grounded By publicity officer Christine McDonald Photos: Christine McDonald

After a promising start to the season, we have unfortunately once again come to a standstill. We missed out on our ‘competitive’ visit to the Bondi Icebergs, we were to host the South Coast Winter Swimming Championships on 18 July (postponed until 22 August) and our chances of going to Orange to compete in the Australian Championships in September are also up in the air. The biggest disappointment is the cancellation, for the second year in a row, of our annual visit to Tradies, hosting the residents and carers from CRAM Foundation, our major charity. We currently have a raffle for a fully installed Actron

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Air Conditioner(donated by Coral Air), which we were to draw at the CRAM event on 1 August but that has now been put back to the 12 September. Hoping everyone who has already purchased tickets will understand the situation that we are in. Thank you for your support with the knowledge that all funds are going to CRAM Foundation. Although we are unable to swim together at Coalcliff on Sunday mornings, we do have some members taking the plunge every Sunday to keep up their Winter Swimming routine. Hopefully we will be back on the ‘blocks’ soon! 2508

The Comeback!

By AFL coach Tony Ryan, of the Northern Districts Tigers As a 55-year-old bloke who has had more AFL comebacks than John Farnham has had comeback tours, I thought the days of me being asked “Do you reckon you can fill in for us?” were long gone. Apparently not. The Northern District Tiger’s men’s are fielding a thirds side this year to accommodate the influx of new players and, naturally, the side gets drained the most, due to injuries. Captain-coach ‘Trimmers’ asked me if I could sit on the bench and come on if needed. I agreed, but when I informed my lovely wife I heard muttering – it sounded like “stupid [naughty word] idiot” – and she informed me that I would receive no sympathy for any damage I did to myself. On game day, the weather was miserable at Woonona’s Hollymount oval so, after standing in the cold wind and rain for over 75 minutes, coaching the reserve grade women’s team, I had to get changed to go out to battle. Arriving on the bench half-way through the first quarter I was surprised to see that I was the only player there. A few late withdrawals from higher grades meant some players were playing up. A player put his hand up for a rest and I ventured onto the paddock. There were a few shouts from supporters, which I’m sure were followed by whispers of “What the hell is this old bloke doing?” Our team was performing well against the undefeated Bombaderry side as I shuffled my way to the back line to line up on a kid who looked like he’d just come out of puberty. His eyes lit up at the prospect of running this old bugger off his feet. Commonsense prevailed as I swapped onto their oldest player, who was only 20 years my junior. After a couple of handfuls of possessions by three-quarter time I was not dominating, but I was not embarrassing myself. ‘Trimmers’ said I was running hard, but looked like I was on a treadmill. I was playing up forward in the last quarter and the Tigers had firm control of the game. The Tigers women’s side were warming up on the adjoining oval, as I contemplated coaching them within the next 30 minutes. They yelled out some quite witty and complimentary comments to me. With about eight minutes to go, the ball was kicked into the forward line. A pack formed, ready for someone to take a strong mark. Experience had taught me I was not that ‘someone’ as I’d never really had a great leap and nowadays I was lucky to jump over a jam tin. With a strong wind blowing, I predicted that the ball might float over the pack and into my waiting arms, which it did. There were screams from my Tigers girls as they

stopped their warm-up to see what would happen. Being 30m out I went back and tried to remember all the things I had taught the girls about goal-kicking: aim to kick the ball at the trees behind the goals; go back far enough not to kick into the man on the mark, and get a bit of momentum in the delivery stride. I also hoped that my hamstring, more of a ham-thread, would carry the extended burden of a kick which would be at my full measure. The wind was blowing left to right so I aimed at the left goal post. And, last but not least, I thought to myself: “I have kicked 1000 of these, so let’s make it 1001.” The ball came sweetly off my boot and back with the wind to sail through the goals. I was delighted, and the cheers of the crowd, especially the girls, were pretty special. Most of the team ran towards me and rubbed my bald head like it was Aladdin’s lamp. Not long after, I realised my left foot was wet. I checked the sole of my 15-odd-year-old boots to find that it had snapped right across the middle. Within minutes the siren sounded. We had knocked off the top side, I got into the huddle and belted out the team song, and I’d played with some kids I had coached as juniors. I was stoked that I had kicked a goal in front of my AFLW side and I had survived the game pretty much unscathed. As I sat in the change rooms, observing my broken, worn-out boots, I wondered: were the footy gods, who can be so cruel at times, now saying to me: “We have granted you this good day but this should be the final time you should grace the field.” If so, I agree! (For now, anyway!) 2508 Tony’s old boot has kicked its last goal.

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Helensburgh Sunday Social Golf Club Robert ‘Indy’ Jones reports

Our next game day appears to be some time away with cancellation of July 4th and the rescheduled event on July 25th being lost with the continuing Covid restrictions. The golf course remains open Tradies Social Golf for business, however, to play, bookings must be Barry Thompson reports made and played in groups of two and you MUST ‘Orrible mate, it was ‘orrible. Icy winds straight off live within the 10km radius. This pretty much rules most of us out, resulting in no golf on July 25th the Antarctic and rained upon before we began. July and August 1st. Still mustn’t grumble … all 12 of us endured the The 15th of August appears our next ordeal and there is a slight chance that some of us opportunity for play as scheduled. For those of us will someday return to golf. Iain Birss got under the wind to record a credible subject to the President’s latest email … Tony, Tony, +4, Ron Easton scored a+1 and Dave Astill had a -1 Tony, words escape me. We can only hope everyone stays safe and avoids situations that for third. Hope you blokes enjoy the spoils of our expose us to contracting this virus. As always, once valued sponsors, Gallardo’s Pizzeria, Helensburgh things return to the abnormal, remember to book Butchery and Helensburgh Driving Range. your cart early with the club to avoid We ink-slingers depend on social contact to disappointment. Contact Tony on 0418 863 100 to gather our ammunition (sorry, information) and secure your spot on game day and membership having been deprived of same I have no gossip, either true or dubious, to offer this month. Oh, for information to join an expanding group of golfers enjoying the outdoors and good company. If all the good old days! goes well, August 15th followed by September 5th Full results of our endeavours will be posted on will be our next excursions on the fairways. Keep our Facebook page. Mick is arranging our weekend away in October an eye on our reports here at 2508 and via emails. Thanks to our sponsors Christian’s Premium Meats and we hope that the presentation night can be and the Helensburgh Golf Range, along with other held in December, so that things may return to local businesses that support the local community. some semblance of normality. Golf: Frequent disappointments … mostly due Boomerang is at its best (except for the holes to the lack of a shot. 2508 that sliver away just as I putt), so why not join us at our next round on August 14th, 7.30am Tee Off. Just ring Mick Carroll on 0414 734 353 for details. This will be a stroke event, second round of club championships. Stay safe, y’all! 2508

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