The Bugle Jan 23 2015

Austraia Day issue of The Bugle

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The Bugle 24 January 2015

A fortnightly celebration of people and places on the Upper South Coast of NSW

Serving the communities of Kiama, Gerringong, Jamberoo, Kiama Downs, Minnamurra and Gerroa

Congratulations to our Australia Day Award winners Kiama’s strength of community was on full show at a ceremony to honour locals who have made a contribution to its betterment.

The Chair of the Australia Day Committee Neil Reilly says that the quality of the nominees was outstanding and it was hard to make a decision.

Well known local identity Gerry McInerney (pictured) was named our Australia Day Citizen, for his contribution to many organizations over the years. They have included the Jaycees, Kiama Lions Club, Kiama Jazz Club, his local church and the Kiama Hospital Board. He came to Kiama as a pharmacist in 1966, and never left.

“Kiama is a beautiful community,” he says. “You couldn’t ask for a better place to raise your children.”

He grew up in a family dedicated to public service, and it rubbed off on him early. “I like to do my bit to get make things better for everyone,” he says.

Emily Stratten received the Young Citizen Award for her achievement in establishing the Kiama Actors Studio, which has over 130 students. After scoring 100 in Drama for the HSC, she has continued her studies at the Australian Institute of Performing Arts and the Actor’s Pulse in Redfern.

The Kiama Council Community Achievement Award was won by Derek and

Nicole McMahon, who over the last four years have raised more than $400,000 for Camp Quality, as part of its annual Convoy.

Bjorn Myers was presented with the Youth Achievement Award, for his work coaching and mentoring junior tennis players.

At 17, the Kiama High student is currently ranked 11th in the state and 36th in Australia in his age group.

The Service to the Environment Award went to former Councillor Howard Jones, for his many years of tireless effort to protect our local environment.

The Australia Day Community Arts Award was awarded to sculptor John Cornwell. John’s work

All of those nominated for the Awards deserve recognition Australia Day Citizen Award Annette Young Clint Rogers & Steve Conti Gerry McInerney Winner Joan Blair Mahin Hasheemi Margaret Sharpe Jerry Granger-Holcombe Sue Granger-Holcombe Wendi & Peter Scifleet Betsy Coroneos Col Burgin Glen Haworth Geoffrey Boxsell Bill Popple Derek and Nicole McMahon Ian Yabsley Katherine Gorrie-Lockey

Australia Day Young Citizen Award Emily Stratten Winner Joel King

Sports Award Greg Harris Monique Isemonger Aiden Zingel Winner

Australia Day Community Arts Award John Cornwell Winner Kiama Probus Men’s Choir Cassidy Richardson Merelyn Pearce

Community Achievement Award Barrie Proctor Derek and Nicole McMahon Winners Dorothy O’Keefe Gwen Hinchliffe Ian Yabsley Katherine Gorrie-Lockey Kiama Meals on Wheels Volunteer Management Committee Trevor Fredericks and Carmel Goldsmith Warwick Sporne

Service to the Environment Award Adrian Rowe Edwin Humphries Howard Jones Youth Achievement Award Bjorn Myers Winner Kiama Actors Studio

can be found at the Pilots Cottage Museum, at Rotary Park on Storm Bay, at Council’s Chambers, on Kiama’s Memorial Arch and outside the State Library in Sydney, where he was commissioned to make a sculpture of Matthew Flinders’ cat, Trim.

Volleyballer Aidan Zingel, who plays in Italy for half

the year, was recognized for his achievements in the sport, which include playing for Australia over 140 times, including at the Olympics.

Last year he captained the national team to win the World League.

Inductees to Kiama’s Arts Honour Roll were also announced - see page 5

Inside this issue Opportunity to Stomp the Grapes p3

Johnny Warren remembered p 3

Australia Day festivities near you A variety of Australia Day celebrations have been organised throughout the Municipality by Council and local service clubs.

On the evening prior, the quintessentially Australian film The Castle is being shown at Kiama Harbour for the cost of a gold coin (program starts 8pm).

BBQ breakfasts are being offered in Jamberoo (8.30noon), Kiama (Surf Beach, 7.30-10), Kiama Downs (Jones Beach SLSC, 7.30) and Gerringong (south end of Werri Beach, 7.30-noon), followed by activities such as thong throwing, sand modelling, and egg and spoon races.

This year Gerringong will host the Australia Day Ambassadors, with an address and performance by the Special Olympics Dance Performance Group. Activities for all the family will continue throughout the morning, including entertainment by Rusty Hinges and a talk by Australian publishing legend Richard Walsh, who lives locally.

A Citizenship Ceremony will be held in front of the Joyce Wheatley Community Centre in Hindmarsh Park from 11-noon.

See p4 for our Australia Day recipe.

New names on Arts Honour Roll p5

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What’s on?

Every Wednesday

Tues 27 Jan

Kiama Farmers’ Market Kiama Harbour 3-6pm

Open build Lego night for the whole family Kiama Library, 6-7.30pm.

See below

On weekends Live music at The Sebel, Kiama Leagues Club, The Mecure, Jamberoo Pub and other venues.

23 - 24 Jan Kiama Show Kiama Showgrounds

Sat 24 Jan Gerroa New Year Market/Fete 8.30am–12.30pm, Gerroa Neighbourhood Centre, Stafford St Kiama Produce Market Kiama Harbour

Sunday 25 Jan Jamberoo Art & Craft Market Reid Park First Summer Outdoor Movie: The Castle Black Beach, 8 for 8.30pm start.

Gold coin donation

Monday 26 Jan Australia Day activities throughout the region see page 1 or the Council website Three bands in the Pub Beergarden Jamberoo Pub 4-8pm $30

26 and 27 Jan U3A enrolment 2pm, North Kiama Neighbourhood Centre t 4237 8422

Sun 1 Feb Grand Golf and Croquet Rotunda Benefit Day Jamberoo Golf and Croquet Benefit Day Contact the Clubs for details.

Friday 6 Feb Pics and Flicks: The Lunch Box See right

6 - 8 Feb The Johnny Warren Memorial Cup See p3

Sun 8 Feb and other weekends in Feb Stomping of the Grapes Festival Crooked River Winery, see p3

Sun 15 Feb Cologne Chamber Orchestra See right

Tues 17 Feb Author Talk at the Library See right

If you would like to list an event in What’s On, send the details to emailthebugle@gmail or phone 0412 415 101

Walking the Camino De Santiago

Lunch in Mumbai Pics and Flicks’ first movie for 2015 is The Lunch Box, with the plot centred around Mumbai’s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system which transports thousands of meals every day from kitchens to offices.

A Harvard University study found that just one in a million lunchboxes is ever delivered to the wrong address. This is the story of one of those lunchboxes.

Ila, a neglected housewife, attempts to spice up her marriage by preparing a special lunch for her husband.

When it is accidentally delivered to Saajan, a lonely widower on the brink of retirement, they exchange notes to each other to get to the bottom of the mistaken delivery.

Their notes gradually evolve into a series of intimate little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears and small joys. Still strangers physically, Ila and Saajan become swept up in a relationship built on the fantasy of their letters.

Details: Fri 6 Feb, 8pm, with tickets on sale from 7.30pm.

Buy tickets for $10 on the night, or a yearly subscription for 11 movies is $60. Enjoy discussing the film afterwards over tea, coffee and cakes for just $3.

Lego for all the family

Sun 22 Feb

Dreaming of exploring the pilgrim trails of Spain and France?

Join veteran global traveller Garry McDougall as he discusses his travels along the Camino De Santiago pilgrim path (the Way of St James) in his new travel books, Spanish Pilgrimage and French Pilgrimage.

Described as “lyrical, humorous and poetic… travel tales and town portraits, extraordinary and divine… high-spirited and imaginative”, this is an opportunity to see a beautiful part of the world through another’s eyes.

Be prepared to be entertained and inspired to book your ticket there, as Garry recounts some of his many adventures.

Details: Tues 17 Feb, Kiama Library, 6pm. Free.

The books will be available for purchase.

Call 4233 1133 to book.

World class musicians come to town Once again the Cologne Chamber Orchestra has included Kiama on its Australian tour.

With them playing a program of Vivaldi, Mozart and Tchaikovsky, Christ Church promises to sound like heaven.

Sydney Soloists at Bundanon See p4

Sat 28 Feb Kiama Rugby 7s Nominations close 30 Jan More detail next edition

Details: Sun 15 Feb, Christ Church, end of Terralong St, 8pm. Tickets from the Visitors Centre.

Fat Albert

New art classes Machteld Hali, a visual artist, printmaker and teacher, has recently moved to Kiama and set up a studio here.

She is offering to share her experience through art classes for K-6 and printmaking classes for adults.

“My purpose is to enhance the cultural/creative life of fellow residents and give something back to my new community,” she says.

Details: Contact her on 0422 542 943

In-Home Computer Tutor In your home, on your computer

$65 per hour No solution, no charge.

With 15 years’ IT teaching experience, Jim Carney (aka Fat Albert) can help you learn to get the most out of your electronic devices • Internet • Microsoft Office (Apple a specialty).

• iTunes Available for sessions 8am-8pm.

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Blowhole Point: My Kind of Icon

by Graham Mackie

The Bugle Get the family together for a big night of Lego building at the Library - a great way to end the school holidays.

They have a massive collection, so you’ll only be limited by your imagination.

It’s a free event, open to all ages over five.

Details: Tues 27 Jan, 6-7.30pm Kiama Library Bookings essential - call 4233 1133

Kiama's history, centred on the Blowhole Point

Get in touch

Now for sale at Kiama Library & Kiama Visitors Centre or, for a signed copy, email grahammackie@bigpond.com or post your order to 3A Braunton St, Bicton 6157 ($30 posted).

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Or email us at emailthebugle@gmail.com

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Join in the Stomping of the Grapes Festival Each year Crooked River Wines celebrates the end of the harvest with a traditional Stomping of the Grapes Festival.

Festivities are held in the beautiful grounds of the winery, overlooking the mountains and ocean.

There will be a variety of baby farm animals for children to pat and hand feed, and adults can partake in a free wine tasting. Bookings are not required for this event, just come along and join in the fun.

All proceeds from this family friendly event go to the Westmead Children's Hospital and Bear Cottage.

Details: 8th, 14th, 15th, 22nd and 28th Feb, 10.30 - 2.30pm Crooked River Winery, Cnr Princes Highway & Willowvale Rd, just south of Gerringong Adults $10 Children $5 t 4234 0975

Living the dream: in the Members’ at the Sydney Test Not surprisingly, Kiama Lions’ President Peter Scifleet didn’t have any trouble finding Club members to volunteer to take Adam Regal to the first Day of the Sydney Test. Adam was taken for a tour of the Members’ Pavilion and enjoyed a drink at the Members’ Bar. He was lucky enough to be standing by the Players’ Entrance just as openers David Warner and Chris Rogers walked past.

Lions have been active in raising money to help fund research into Motor Neurone disease and assist Adam’s family.

Kiama Lions is also set to enjoy its moment of international fame, having been host to Rick Stein at their Driver Reviver stand. Rick’s crew filmed the visit for inclusion in his new series, to be screened in the UK in three months time.

Vale Arthur Campbell: A community gives thanks Consensus is that Kiama has lost a favourite son with the passing of former mayor Arthur Campbell.

“I had the honour of working with Arthur in the latter part of his local government career and his commitment and dedication to the Municipality, and particularly Gerringong, shone through at all times,” Arthur Campbell said Mayor Brian Peschler.

“He was a true gentleman in every sense of the word.

His passing is a loss to our municipality and the Illawarra region.”

Arthur received an Order of Australia Medal in 2010 for his service to local government, to his church and to Gerringong RSL. Importantly, he should also be remembered as a good farmer and family man. He took over his family farm, Elambra, running dairy and then vegetables for the Sydney market. He was devoted to his wife Loma, his children Sandra and Garry, and their families.

He is remembered by his neighbour and good friend Malcolm Weir as someone who always remained calm in a crisis and who had extraordinary success as a fisherman.

“We’d be two foot away from each other in a boat with the same equipment and he’d catch all the fish,” he says.

Just before Christmas, The Bugle asked him what the most contentious issue was when he was mayor. He said with a smile, “Parking.” Some things never change.

Spirit of Johnny Warren to be celebrated on the field If the Asian Cup has revived your interest in soccer, or you’re a soccer tragic from way back, then get along to Jamberoo over the first weekend in February for the 18th Annual Johnny Warren Memorial Cup. Sixty six teams (both mens’ and womens’) will be playing over the three days - that’s 660 players. The teams come from all over, and the players range from enthusiastic locals to Tony Henderson, former Australian captain, and Ernie Campbell, one of the 74 Socceroos.

All share a deep respect for the legacy of Johnny Warren, who did so much to popularise the game in Australia.

Johnny’s relationship with the Brazilian community is always on show over the Cup weekend, with dancing and Brazilian BBQs popping up on an ad hoc basis.

Friday night at the Pub should be very entertaining.

Details: Fri 6 to Sun 8 Feb Kevin Walsh Oval, Jamberoo and surrounds, including the Pub. For details check out The 18th Johnny Warren Memorial Cup facebook page, or call the Pub.

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Left: The Brazilian community showing their respect at Johnny’s state funeral

Sydney Sololists to perform at Bundanon

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This year’s Riversdale Concert Series at Bundanon is beginning on a classical note, with some of the finest musicians in the country performing as the Sydney Soloists.

The group composes principal players of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (including SSO Concert master Andrew Haveron) and has been hailed as a world class chamber ensemble by critics and music lovers from around the country.

The Sydney Soloists have performed at the finest concert venues and festivals across the country including the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Festival, the Canberra International Chamber Music Festival, and recently to sellout audiences in China. They have recorded and performed numerous live broadcasts for ABC Classic FM.

The program they have selected for the Riversdale Concert Series includes Brahms and Mozart clarinet quintets and the Cantilena Pacifica for String Quartet by Australian composer Richard Meale.

A great opportunity to enjoy music in an intimate setting with a spectacular view of the Shoalhaven River. Get online quick to get a ticket as they are selling fast.

Details: Sun 22 Feb, Boyd Education Centre, Riversdale. Entry from 1.30pm; concert 2.30pm $35 adult, $30 concession available at www.bundanon.com.au Cafe and bar on-site

Taken too young We would like to take the opportunity to express our sadness at the death of Amanda Zoratto, wife of Craig Higbid. Most recently she joined Craig in the establishment of the One Agency in Kiama, having previously been a hospitality teacher.

A wide group of family and friends will miss her greatly.

Donations to the Melanoma Institute of Australia would be very appreciated. www.melanoma.org.au

Book now for next term commencing 10 February Tuesdays 1-2.30pm; 6.30-8pm

Just $10 per session* Ph 4237 5776

0466 014 292

stephen-burke@bigpond.com * payable in full per term

Get involved with tourism after hours Following the success of the networking event held before Christmas to welcome the new Tourism Manager, Council is introducing a monthly Tourism After Hours initiative.

With so many small businesses involved in the local tourism industry, and the long hours they work, it’s a sad fact that many participants don’t get much chance to socialise with their compatriots.

The informal gathering will provide an opportunity for participants in the wider tourism industry to build relationships and share knowledge.

The venue will change each month, giving people an opportunity to get to know each others’ businesses.

The first meeting will be held at the Little Blowhole Café on Tues 3 Feb.

In addition to the Concert Series featured above, during January, the Arthur Boyd Estate area of Bundanon is open on Saturdays as well as the usual Sundays.

If you haven’t been down to this special place yet, then take the time to drive down to the Shoalhaven River one weekend soon.

You can bring a picnic lunch, see Arthur Boyd’s Studio and various exhibitions, or go bushwalking.

Details: Open 10.30-4pm on weekends in January. $12 entry fee. www.bundanon.com.au

Details: If you are interested in coming along, contact suew@kiama.nsw.gov.au to join the mailing list.

Make some Lamingtons for Australia Day

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Amongst the traditional fare served at the recent Australia Day Awards Ceremony, the Lamingtons proved a big hit.

Here’s the recipe used by the Little Blowhole Cafe:

• Buy some sponge cake (or make your own if you are keen). Trim off the browned edges and cut into preferred shapes.

Akuna St, Kiama

• Mix up the icing based on the following ratios, with

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the base size depending on how much sponge you have: 1 part cocoa, 8 parts icing mixture, 2 parts boiling water and 1 part melted butter.

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• Put the icing into one tray and coconut into another.

Take each piece of sponge, coat it in the icing, drain off excess icing, then toss in the coconut.

Lamingtons can be kept in the fridge, but taste best at room temperature. Worth the effort!

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Art creating a ripple effect

Four names added to the Kiama Arts Honour Roll

Established in 2013, the Kiama Arts Honour Roll provides a way of honouring outstanding achievement within Kiama’s arts community, past and present.

Kiama born Orry Kelly dresses Tony Curtis for Some Like It Hot

Left: John Downton (2nd from left) with Gareth Ward MP, Anne Sudmalis MP and Mayor Brian Peschler on the Awards Night Above: Charmian Clift Below: Dennis Koks

Jenny Asquith’s new exhibition, Ripples: The Second Wave, is no ordinary exhibition. It seeks to show how the arts can each influence and inspire each other… like a ripple effect.

As Jenny explains it, her art is influenced by music, poetry and dance.

“So I invited poets, musicians and dancers in our community to respond to my artwork in their own way, using their own special artistic medium,” she explains.

The project brings together members of our community from groups who may not have otherwise linked up: building and expanding connections, communicating through art and inspiring each other along the way.

This ripple effect is in its second wave with the first wave being exhibited two years ago with great local interest and enthusiasm.

The second wave includes Aboriginal dancer, Bronty Smith, who choreographed a dance to original music by local youth musican, Sam Marlton.

Their collaboration was inspired by an artwork which was then projected onto the stage during the filming of the dance. The resulting video performance will be screened during the exhibition along with live music

This year’s inductees include two Kiama born arts practitioners who achieved international prominence in their lifetimes, Orry Kelly and Charmian Clift.

Kelly reached the heights in Hollywood in the Forties and Fifties with his extraordinary costume designs, for which he won three Oscars. Clift also left Kiama to find fame as a novelist and essayist, spending many years in the Greek Islands with her husband, author George Johnston.

There to accept their awards were artist John Downton, whose landscapes of the ocean and country are represented in private and public collections in Australia and overseas, and Dennis Koks, the founding president of the Kiama Jazz Club, constant driving force behind Kiama’s music scene and weekly music presenter on VOX FM. They join Gerringong’s adopted son, artist Lloyd Rees, on the Honour Roll.

Key strategic site secured Council has confirmed The Bugle’s report that it has purchased the Mitre 10 site in Terralong St (which extends back to the Akuna St carpark). Contracts have been exchanged for a purchase price of $3.4 million.

The almost 2000sqm parcel has been identified as key to long term strategic town centre planning.

In the meantime, the hardware business will continue to operate on the site as tenants.

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performances by Simon Dios, Alex Hallahan and John Litrich (among others). Poetry will be on display with some of the artwork and there will be poetry recited along with the live and video performances on Saturday 24 February from 6 to 8pm.

There will be a variety of colourful paintings and contemplative etchings on display for sale. The image pictured is called Notes of Nature.

Details: 21-26 Jan, The Old Fire Station, Terralong St, Kiama, 10-5pm. jenny.asquith@hotmail.com www.jennyasquith.wix.com/artwork

Out & about At the Carney 21st At the Antique Fair

The third of Jim and Sue Carney’s children, Ellie, has turned 21. A large group of family and friends gathered at the family home to celebrate the milestone. Ellie is soon to take up a position at Prince of Wales Hospital, having graduated from nursing at the UOW.

Rotary’s Annual Antiques, Art & Retro Charity Fair is the largest on the South Coast and always attracts an interested crowd. It is Rotary’s main fundraiser for the year.

Above: The Carneys - Ben, Jim, Wiliam (back), Ellie, Sue, Jessica and Sally

Sue Bezzina enjoying morning tea at the Fair with Winsome Barker

Above: Aunties Nancy Waters, Margaret Carney and Sister Colleen Carney Right: Wendy Crowl, with her daughters Katie and Olivia

At the Twilight Jazz & Blues Concert A very large crowd enjoyed music at Hindmarsh Park on a perfect summer’s evening.

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The Bugle Crossword Across 1. Relating to shapes and space (9) 5. Writes incorrectly (9) 9. A professional that works with flowers (7) 10. “____ and ivory” (5) 12. Money doesn’t grow on it (4) 15. Four wheeled transport to wear on your feet (11) 16. Short comic act (4) 18. Holds leaves to make a hot beverage (3,3) 21. Without a thick skin (9) 23. Arcade game with flippers (7) 25. Cloth alternative to a tissue (12) 28. Type of mollusc (4) 30. Bryon’s daughter - ___ Lovelace (3) 31. Organ used for hearing (3) 32. Curly hairdo (4) 34. “Brand spanking ___” (3) 36. Don’t panic! A universal hitchhiker’s must have accessory (5) 37. Homemade alcohol (5) 39. Epidemic in West Africa (5) 40. The country the USA declared war on in 2003 (4) 41. Product to prevent sweating (9) 43. A glowing hot coal from a 24. Healthcare professional (5) dying fire (5) 26. Unfortunate consequence 44. Hallway (8) (8) 45. Throw (4) 27. Third rock from the sun (5) 28. Delicious, soft cheese (9) Down 29. Plants from Harry Potter 2. Person who looks at others whose roots look like people and desires them (5) and whose cry you should never 3. Put your name down (5) hear (9) 4. Program for assigning jobs 30. Able to change to suit the (6) environment (8) 6. Act of breaking “God’s” 33. Not see-through at all (6) rules (3) 35. With integrity (6) 7. Type of colourful Australian 38. Carpe diem (in text speak) bird (8) (1.1.1.1.)

8. The opposite of gullible (9) 42. Not part of the govern11. Mind control (9) ment, not-for-profit (1.1.1.)

13.Breakfast of champions; cereal (4-3) 14. Islamic State (4) 17. Person who flies a plane (5) 19. Cushy seat for one (8) 20. Not from here (5) 22. Sick (3)

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This crossword is a collaboration between Margot Law and Sarah Wagstaff.

Summer Tapas Nights Back by popular demand!

A delicious way to eat on a summer’s evening.

Changing multicultural menu of plates to share.

Fridays and Saturdays in January, from 6pm.

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Postcard home Safranbolu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site about five hours drive east of Istanbul. The old town is tiny, but we spent several happy days just wandering the winding streets and checking out what this delightful little town had to offer.

You might have guessed it from the name, but saffron is the main crop round here. And you’ll find it in everything: there’s saffron tea (delicious, by the way), saffron soap (also very pleasant on the skin) and best of all: saffron Turkish Delight, which we’d love to find somewhere back in Australia.

This is also where we had our first Turkish coffee, a very different experience from our daily flat white in Kiama. It’s a strong, thick concoction, brewed over hot coals and poured with great ceremony from a copper coffee pot. And of course you have to learn the Turkish 1-2-3: they serve the coffee with water

and grape juice (because it’s so strong, I’m sure), and the idea is that you drink a sip of water, take a taste of the coffee and then a drop of grape juice, presumably to ease the harshness of the coffee.

Safranbolu is full of wonderful historical buildings: there’s a working hammam (shown below) where you can still bathe away your troubles today; and a fabulous caravanserai, built in 1645. You can get a room there or have a cool drink as we did, while imagining the place full of weary travellers and camels 300 years ago.

We met a friendly bunch of Australians here too, in a tour group travelling around Turkey. So if you’re thinking of doing something similar for the Gallipoli centenary, don’t miss Safranbolu.

Simon Duffin and Anita Volkert

Adventures in technology This article is by Edwin Humphries of NetSense Computers. Part 2 will appear in the next edition.

What is browser hijacking?

As reliance on the internet for financial transactions and entertainment increases, the chances of being affected by malign individuals and organised crime grows, and the risk of theft of personal and financial information, or computers rendered unusable, grows with it.

Browser hijacking is the unauthorised changing of a web browser's settings, usually replacing the home page or search engine. They generally direct ‘hits’ to particular websites. The hijacked home page is often a search page, but many also capture or track personal information.

The source of the hijack is often a downloaded program with a ‘payload’ (a program that installs covertly whilst another program installs). Some installers provide a tickbox to reject the hijacker; however, it may be confusingly presented, tricking users into installing the hijack – or it may simply be ignored. The payload is often associated with free and seemingly useful software, or the seemingly useful software may itself be the hijack (‘malware’ or malicious software).

Some browser hijacks are easy to remove, whilst others may be much more difficult, requiring significant searching and removal time – or even complete system recovery and re-installation.

Another source of hijacks is ‘drive-by downloads’.

These may occur when clicking on links in websites or emails or by clicking, for example, a pop-up window believing it is an error report from the operating system, or by clicking a ‘close window’ button on an annoying but apparently innocent advertising pop-up.

In the next edition we will look at prevention measures.

Common symptoms of hijacking • Your home page or search engine has been changed, commonly to an unintended website or search page

• New bookmarks are added to your favourites, often to pornography or advertising sites

• Multiple pop-up windows appear in your browser • Your computer runs (much) slower than usual • Unsolicited new tools (such as search bars) appear • You cannot access certain web pages • Your browser becomes unstable with frequent errors.

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