Breeze Magazine Central Coast Issue 12

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food. dannielle mills

is a qualified chef, having trained at Manfredi at Bells and The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay. Also a food stylist and recipe writer, Coast local Dannielle brings our readers delicious recipes each issue. fashion. carla king-turner

is a presenter on TVSN, personal stylist and fashion and beauty blogger.

Each issue Carla and her TVSN team bring Breeze readers seasonal fashion tips and advice on what’s hot.

visit the tvsn website health. dr. diana treece

is a GP working at Kariong Medical Centre. She has worked in the UK, Borneo, India and Malawi and has a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Child Health. Diana shares her knowledge on health and general wellbeing with our readers.

beauty. wendy ward

is a lover of all things beauty, and has written for women’s magazines and weekend supplements across Australia. She lives on the Coast with her American husband and her pooch and currently working on a book of beauty tips for mature women.

contributor. jayne moloney

is a freelance journalist, events guru and blogger. She is an avid people watcher, communicator and over-talker who can be counted on to laugh at inappropriate moments. read jayne’s blog

OUR PEOPLE

Adri’s Shop

You and James have been playing music together for around 8 years now. Can you tell us a little bit about how Winterbourne came to be?

Yeah, so James and I met in year 8 at school, which was quite early. We were friends first and then we started playing guitar at the same time and working with the same guitar teacher… But then our music teacher actually put together as a duo, just singing with each other experimenting with harmonies. And then when we finished school we just continued writing songs together and doing the busking thing, and just playing music together properly.

I understand you previously went under the name Everything After… Why the name change?

We just called ourselves Everything After just for the sake of having a name at the start of our careers when we were doing local gigs; so we sort of stole that one off the Counting Crows album ‘August and Everything After’ [laughs] so we didn’t really put much effort into it and we were never really proud of it, so we thought a bit of an image and name change was appropriate.

And you both grew up on the Central Coast?

Yep, well James is originally from England and moved over here when he was nine.

Your debut EP “All But The Sun” was released back in May… Can you tell us a little bit about the recording process?

Yeah! We recorded it locally on the Coast at a place called The Grove Studios with a mate of

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ours, Andy Mak. And it was just a really cool experience! The studio is just up in the bush, it’s really secluded, there’s nobody around for miles. So it’s really quiet and we kind of just lived up there for a couple of weeks while we recorded, which was a good little escape for us creatively.

As a duo, how are the song writing dynamics handled?

James tends to be better at writing songs by himself, so he’ll go away by himself for a while and come back with some awesome ideas to show me, and then we tweak them a little bit and try them out live ... But we’re constantly fixing them and changing them up until they are ready to be recorded, that’s one of the ways. Whenever we get together we are able to put something together so we usually just jam out whatever we feel like playing at the time and trying putting those pieces together to make a song however we can.

There’s an obvious folk vein that runs through your sound ... Who influences Winterbourne?

Both James and I both started out being influenced by rock music ... we’re both really into a Welsh band called Stereophonics and that’s one of the ways we bonded early on then we started writing songs together in that kind of style. And then we later discovered the folk thing that is going on from older influences like Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby Stills & Nash. It was those kinds of artists that pushed us into the whole idea of the harmonies and folk sound. So yeah, they’re kind of our main influences.

Image: Lucy Johnston

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After spending the past two years busking up and down the East Coast, were there any strange encounters along the way? I can imagine there would have been a few colourful moments there ...

Yes, well ... there are quite a few homeless people who are never shy of telling you what they really think, that’s for sure. That’s always fun. [laughs] But mainly busking has been pretty good, nothing ever really went wrong.

Where we tend to busk is in very central places like Bourke St Mall and Pitt St Mall so they are quite safe. Although ... we did once have a woman have a seizure on our gear, that was quite a while ago and wasn’t much fun at all.

That’s probably the craziest thing we’ve had happen ... We haven’t done much rogue busking, I think that’s where you get most of the action.

You guys recently supported Patrick James on his national tour. It must have been a pretty wild feeling to go from busking those city streets to gracing national stages in venues right around the country?

Yeah! It was really cool. We had never toured before so it was our first proper touring experience and it was a whole heap of fun.

Patrick James and his band were all really cool and really welcoming, so yeah it was a lot of fun! It really gave us that taste for touring because now we don’t really want to go back busking after doing such a big tour. [laughs]

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Well not to worry because you’ll be doing it all again as of next month with Little May who have just announced you folks as support for their national tour. That must be exciting!?

That is very exciting, yeah! We are quite keen to head out on the road with those guys too.

But before that, you’ll be heading home to visit a new venue, Baker St at Gosford.

Which I understand will be your first ever headline local show?

Yeah it will be fun to see some familiar faces and play to a local crowd, so they can see where we are at with our music.

It’s good to see more venues cropping up on the Coast also, especially ones that are willing to support the abundance of local talent we are so lucky to have here.

Exactly! There’s really not much variety in the places you can play on the Coast ... We’ve done Lizottes a number of times and that’s sort of been the only venue on the Coast for a

while, which is a shame when we have all these family and friends that want to see us play but can’t always get to Sydney for it. But hopefully things will take off with Baker St because it sounds like a real cool way to get more live music to the Coast.

What will 2015 look like for Winterbourne?

Once the Little May tour is done, we will hopefully look into getting a tour of our own sorted for early next year, that’s the plan anyway. And hopefully that tour goes well and

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Breeze music news Central Coast live music legend Brian Lizotte has announced that both Kincumber and Dee Why Lizottes venues will be closing their doors in 2015, unless they are sold before hand…

“With the loss of my Dad early this year, who was passionate about his music, it just brings home that it’s a gift to be doing something you are passionate about for a living but there needs to be a work/family balance. This decision comes down to us finding that balance.”

Brian Lizotte said in his statement.

While Newcastle Lizottes will remain in business, the closing of these two venues will leave a definite sense of loss lingering over the Central Coast live music scene, as Kincumber is expected to close Friday 24th April and Dee Why to follow Saturday 30th May. For expressions of interest go to www.lizottes.com.au Sarah Humphreys has released her first single from upcoming album New Moon due for release November 14th! You can treat your ears to ‘Take Your Time’ here Woy Woy local and 2012 winner of The Voice Karise Eden has released her new album ‘Things I’ve Done’ Get hold of it here.

Daniel Lee Kendall will be doing a local show at Loo’s Loo’s Warehouse, Kincumber on November 29th as part of The Funeral Tour. Buy tix Local country darling Kasey Chambers’ upcoming Bittersweet Tour has been postponed until early 2015 under medical advice.

“I’m so disappointed that I will have to postpone the Bittersweet Tour due to two small nodules on my vocal chords ...

Thank you for the support over the last year, with some rest and ‘no yelling at the kids to clean their room’, I’ll be back on track in no time!” says Kasey. More information and rescheduled tour dates here.

Mountain Sounds Festival is back! Keep the weekend of the 21st of February free for this boutique and sustainable event featuring Australian music, art and culture at Mount Penang Parklands, Kariong. You can camp overnight on both Friday and Saturday nights. Tickets are now on sale and the full line-up has been announced. Go to the website for all the details. www.mountainsoundsfestival.com.au

NORAH HEAD REVISITED

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I couldn’t resist the pun in the title. And the truth is that Norah Head Lighthouse always makes me wish I’d packed a muslin gown or two ...

At Breeze we’re lucky to get to explore some pretty special spots on the Coast and this has definitely become one of our favourites. We explored it in Issue 10 and when the Trust told us they had updated the cottages we were eager to check them out and let you know about it. Of course we also took the opportunity to further explore this stunning location.

Let’s have a look around ...

Verandahs

The cottages feature beautiful wraparound verandahs that have been given some love with new potted plants and hanging baskets of flowering annuals.

There is plenty of outdoor furniture and a bbq – this was our favourite place for breakfast and lunch, looking out to that amazing view.

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Bedrooms

All the bedrooms are very spacious, with high ceilings and fireplaces with gas heaters. They now have luxurious new beds and bed linen in both cottages.

Each room has a king size bed and a king single, and these can be configured to suit your requirements.

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Kitchens Bathrooms AND

The kitchens, bathrooms and laundries have been updated in both cottages. The kitchens feature quality inclusions and are completely kitted out for your stay, perfect for taking advantage of the quiet location and self-catering. You can definitely cook up a storm in these kitchens!

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Wi - fi

Wi-fi is also available in the cottages, another upgrade for visitors. We took our own on our visit and had a good, strong signal, so that bodes well. Although, I have to say, a stay in the cottages is one of those times when you really should try and switch the devices off and enjoy the sound of crashing waves and calling birds.

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The rocky platform at the base of Norah Head is a fascinating natural structure, formed during the Permian and Triassic periods – more than 200 million years ago. A fact that’s sure to impress any little dinosaur enthusiasts in your family. They’ll probably be able to tell you all about it … The platform was formed from lava flow and the channels are where the waves have extruded the softer basalt from the surrounding granite.

Within the rock are a series of rockpools, perfect for exploration. And further around, either north or south, you’ll find lovely beaches – those to the north are best for kids.

Head south for a surf.

Exploring..

We found this beautiful little guy when we took to the sand for an early morning walk. Word got around and he eventually had quite an audience, which he was happy to ignore and get on with some sun snoozing.

The south end of Norah Head is a popular surf spot and Tim was drooling over the waves a little ‌ These gentlemen below were luckier than him and able to get amongst it.

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Wishing you and your family the very best for the festive season and new year.

Issue 13 out in Jan ‘14