Beachside Bugle April 2012

4 Tingira Cres

t: 4232 4990

littleblowholecafe@westnet.com.au www.littleblowholecafe.com April 2012

Beachside Bugle Brought to you monthly by Cathy and her team at your local cafe

National recognition for our great landscape Kiama's own Cathedral Rocks, at the southern end of Jones Beach, is the only NSW location to rank in the top ten of a list of the 100 best views in the country. The list, published by Australia’s best-selling travel magazine, Australian Traveller, promises to reveal the most beautiful places to holiday in Australia.

The 9th ranking is way ahead of Sydney Harbour which features twice, once from the air (60) and the other from the newly opened Park Hyatt (20). It is streets ahead of Macquarie Lighthouse (48), Bondi Beach (81) and La Perouse (88).

According to Australian Traveller’s Managing Editor Quentin Long, “The atmosphere at Cathedral Rocks is overwhelming. You sense a beginning-of-time feeling when viewing the distinctive volcanic rock formations rising eerily from the ocean.”

The Top 100 was determined by a panel of distinguished Australian photographers ranking over 1000 favourite 'best view' entries

from the magazine’s readers, tourism operators, and local and international travellers.

Thanks to whoever nominated Cathedral Rocks. We live in such a beautiful area, sometimes we take it for granted. At the Cafe I'm privileged to talk to many visitors blown away by the natural beauty of our region.

So at the risk of causing a traffic jam, sometime soon pop down and have another look.

Enjoy the fruits of the sea We are already almost half booked out for our Seafood Night, so if you and your friends would like to come along you had better make a booking soon.

We are holding it in Autumn rather than Spring this year, so we can enjoy a different variety of fish.

Don’t ask me what we will be having - it really depends on what is running at the time. All I know is that it will be delicious!

Details: Friday 20 April, from 7pm. $50/head. t: 4232 4990 littleblowholecafe@westnet.com.au

Easter opening hours We will be closed on Good Friday and on Easter Monday, but open on the Tuesday after Easter and as usual from then on.

All that Jazz: Dr Don just the medicine It was great to see so many of you come along to the CafĂŠ to enjoy one of the events of the 2012 Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival recently. The music was fabulous, and it was a opportunity for our local community to get together. Given the numbers are growing each year, I think it is time to apply to block off the street and build the event next year (thinking along the lines of an off-Terralong St Fringe Festival). Will let you know what transpires.

April happenings

Try our new menu items

Easter goings on at the Harbour

Come and check out our new menu. There are some interesting new dishes, like this one Cohen created: Sourdough French Toast with stewed fruit and yoghurt. It’s become an instant hit - helped along by the fact we all rave about it.

Looks like we are in for an unusually fine Easter Weekend. The Lions Club is again holding an Easter Egg Hunt on the Saturday, in support of the Humour Foundation’s Clown Doctors. The family fun day, with traditional activities such as egg & spoon and potato sack races, tug o’ war and egg throwing (and catching), kicks off at 10am. Cadbury’s have donated 1000 Easter eggs and heaps of Freddos for the Hunt! Entry by donation.

An extra Seaside Craft Market is also being held on Easter Monday.

Choir returns by popular demand Doesn’t seem long since the Sydney Male Choir visited Kiama, but they are back again soon.

This time they are being supported by a wonderfully named female a capella quartet, The Fantastic Glamma Rays.

Details: 15 April, 2.30pm at the Pavilion Tickets are $30, and funds raised are going to support HIV/AIDS relief in Welkom, South Africa.

Opportunity to rummage around Bit cranky that as Cohen is away on holidays I won’t be able to get down to my favourite Rummage Sale, being held at the Anglican Church at the end of Terralong St on Saturday 14 April. Always interesting things there.

But while there are some new dishes, we just couldn’t bring ourselves to drop our most popular dishes, most of which have been around since we opened in 2007.

Movies without the hype Tired of the blockbuster offerings at the big commercial cinemas? Gerringong Pics and Flicks is a movie club which shows monthly movies at the Gerringong Town Hall.

Movies are screened 7.30 for 8pm on the first Friday of each month (except January). $10 on the night, or $50 for 11 movies.

April’s movie, Of Gods and Men, is being held on the second Friday of the month, because of Easter. Enquiries to Charles 0421 593 897

Help Legacy: Buy some ANZAC Biscuits For the fifth year, the Little Blowhole Café will be getting the rolled oats and golden syrup out to make ANZAC biscuits in support of Legacy.

As our regulars will know, we do this every year as our little bit to help the wonderful ladies of our local Legacy branch who raise money all year.

The entire sales proceeds go to them.

Everyone loves ANZAC biscuits, so it is a win:win situation. Available from mid April.

May’s just around the corner To take the stress off me getting the May edition out, I want to alert you a few things happening early in the month.

Feel your entertaining area isn't quite complete?

Foodies with some DIY skills (or access to them) will be interested in a workshop being held in early May to teach you all you need to know about building your own wood fired oven, at a fraction of the cost of one which is ready-made or in kit form. The workshop will consist of a series of ‘hands-on’, realistic activities interspersed with discussions and practical demonstrations related to wood fired oven design; construction; material selection; and temperature control, as well as oven operation and cooking tips.

Participants will be involved in the construction and completion of two ovens using different techniques – an adobe oven using readily available cheap materials and a high temperature castable ‘concrete’ oven with other sophisticated refractory materials.

The latter oven will equate to a ready made oven of approx $5000, but will be built for well below a fifth of that cost. And the marvellous thing is the workshop will leave Kiama with a valuable community asset, given where the course is being held.

Details: 5-6 May, Kiama Community Garden $200 ($340 for couples), including detailed handbook, and a pizza feast on the Sunday.

Details www.woodfiredovenworkshops.com Bookings and enquires to Alan at woodfiredovenworkshops@bigpond.com

Wings over the Illawarra ’12 This Festival is growing bigger and bigger each year, with a continuous program of ground and air events across the whole day.

The Gates open at 9am and the formal Fying Program will commence at 11am.

Details: Sunday 6 May, Albion Park Airport.

Book ahead and save 10% on your admission price. Visit www.woi.org.au for details.

Tenor recital in Gerringong Gerringong Music Club has given advance warning so you can enjoy the dynamic tenor voice of Pascal Herington (accompanied by Michael Curtain on the piano). Pascal and Michael will be performing lieder, opera and songs from shows.

Details: 6 May, Gerringong Town Hall, 2pm Tickets $15, (no charge for students, children & music club members). More information at GerringongMusicClubBlogspot.com.au

Noticeboard Beachside gets a revamped Salon I was amongst the first to book in with Roz and Chris, the new hairdressers at the Salon on Tingira. It was great to be in such experienced hands, with both of them having worked as hairdressers, and run their own salons, for decades. Roz has only been out from Glasgow for a year, so her accent can be a bit challenging, but she’s working hard at speaking slowly.

Take advantage of the opening specials.

There are plans to introduce beauty services soon. t: 4232 3918 If you are interested in advertising to the Beachside community through future editions of the Bugle, pop in and talk to Cathy.

Please note: While we try to get everything right, we are only human and cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions.