The Bugle 15 November 2014

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The Bugle 15 November 2014

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

Anyone you want to say thanks to?

Each year, Kiama seeks to recognise the contributions made to the richness of our community by individuals and groups.

The Australia Day Awards are particularly for individuals, while the Kiama Council Achievement Awards are open to both individuals and groups.

As Mayor Brian Petschler says, “It is important that we recognise the valuable support our local heroes make to our community and I urge you all to take the time to nominate them for an award.”

So consider the unsung heroes you

Inside this issue Gerringong land sell-offs? p 3

Chinese TV chef visits farms p 3 The recipients of the 2014 Awards

know, and nominate them for an award this year. Nominees must be residents of the Kiama Municipality. Winners will be chosen by a panel of local judges, with the Awards being presented at a special function on Thursday 15 January at the Pavilion.

Australia Day Awards Citizen Award For an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the community, either during the previous 12 months or over many years of service.

2014 recipient: Warren Turner, SES team leader

Details: Nominations close Fri 28 Nov. Forms are available online at www.kiama.nsw.gov.au. Printed copies are available from Council’s Administration Centre or can be sent to you if you phone 4232 0444.

Young Citizen Award For an individual aged 24 years or less who has made an outstanding contribution to the community, either during the previous 12 months or over many years of service. 2014 recipient: Sally Fitzgibbons, achievements in surfing

Walk over the Omega flyover

Sports Award For an individual who has achieved an outstanding performance (as a participant or administrator) in the field of sport, either during the previous 12 months or over a number of years. 2014 recipient: Emily Robinson, young track and field athlete

Heads up for the Illawarra Folk Festival p 4

Community Arts Award For outstanding achievement or effort by an individual or group in the field of the arts. 2014 recipient: Bobbi Miller for her work with the Lloyd Rees Festival

Kiama Council Achievement Awards

Year 12 Formal p 6

Community Achievement Award For an individual or group of volunteers who have undertaken a project in the past two years to improve the provision of services or amenity to a particular section of the community (such as services to the aged), or the wider community. 2014 recipients: Chris Moore and Ian Pullar

Youth Achievement Award For a group, organisation or committee whose endeavours have benefited the young people of our Council area. Individuals may also be nominated for the award for outstanding academic achievement or effort in either primary or secondary school. 2014 recipients: Sarah-Jayne Forrest and Gwilym Price

With work on the impressive Omega flyover bridge nearing completion, Gareth Ward, Member for Kiama, has announced the new bridge will be open for the community to walk across on the morning of 13 December.

Arrangement are still being finalised, and more details will be in the next edition of The Bugle. It is expected the bridge will be operational in time for the Christmas traffic.

Service to the Environment For an individual or group that contributes to improving the environment within our community. New Award.

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Sat 22 Nov

Sun 7 Dec Music in the Park Hindmarsh Park

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

Kiama Produce Market Kiama Harbour 8-1pm David Christopher CD Launch, Jamberoo Pub, 8.30pm

Til Sat 16 Nov

Sun 23 Nov

South to Sapphire: a Photographic Celebration of the South Coast of NSW Old Fire Station, Kiama 10-4pm

Wongawilli Bush Band Sat 20 Dec and Colonial Dance Club Gerringong Christmas Gerringong Town Hall, Street Parade from 2pm Combined with the Mon 24 Nov monthly market Australian Legends Tour Pro Am Kiama Golf Club

On weekends

Thurs 13 Nov Kiama Bush Dance Community Centre, Hindmarsh Park, 7.30-10

Fri 14 Nov Pics And Flicks: Charlie’s Country Gerringong Town Hall

Sat 15 Nov Gerringong Village Markets 8-2pm, Gerringong Town Hall & Park

Sun 16 Nov Kiama Seaside Market Kiama Harbour

Tues 18 Nov Alan Baxter Visit Kiama Library, 6pm Campfire Sessions Aussie bush songs

Sun 30 Nov Jamberoo Art & Craft Market Kevin Walsh Oval, Jamberoo Indent Tour Kiama Pavilion, 5pm (see below)

Mon 1 Dec Spirit of Christmas Seniors Concert Wollongong Town Hall, 10am

Fri 5 Dec Pics and Flicks: Still Life Gerringong Town Hall (see right)

Tell us what’s happening Let us know if there’s an event you’re organising. Just email the details to emailthebugle@gmail.com

Weds 10 Dec Kiama Carols Hindmarsh Park, 7.30pm

Sun 14 Dec Kangaroo Valley Farmers’ Market, 9-2pm

See you at the Farmers’ Market over Christmas

Free entry to National Parks to mark 40th anniversary

With Christmas and New Year’s eves falling on Wednesdays this year, the Kiama Farmers’ Market has planned ahead and moved its markets in those weeks to the Tuesday.

This will mean that fresh local produce will be available for Christmas and the holiday period, without adding to the usual holiday traffic chaos.

All NSW national parks are open for free on 15 and 16 November to mark the 40th anniversary the National Parks and Wildlife Act and the holding of the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organisation and the week long Congress has attracted 4000 delegates from around the world - some of whom visited National Parks in our area prior to the Congress.

Since 1967, when the National Parks and Wildlife Service was first established, NSW has grown its parks system from one per cent to nine per cent of the total state, or more than 7 million hectares. More parks have been announced in the lead up to the Congress.

Take advantage of the celebration to reacquaint yourself with at least one of the beautiful national parks within an hour’s drive of here.

While some, like Macquarie Pass National Park, have no entrance fee others usually charge a per vehicle amount to assist with upkeep: Budderoo National Park This 7,120ha park 5km west of Jamberoo is the home of Minnamurra Falls. Entry via Minnamurra Rainforest Centre is usually $11.

Morton National Park Stretching behind Nowra and up to Fitzroy Falls. Usually $7 entry at Bundanoon and $3 at Fitzroy Falls.

Royal National Park The Royal is the second oldest in the world, beaten only

by Yellowstone in the US. Instead of driving through or by it, use the weekend to stop and enjoy one of its many walks or beaches. Usually $11 a car.

Bungonia National Park and Conservation Area Next to Morton, with great camping, rock climbing and hiking. Usually $7 entry (more to camp).

Still Life

December’s Pics & Flicks is a movie that would never be seen at the major cinemas, even though it won Best Film and the Critics’ Prize at the 2013 Venice International Film Festival and other accolades.

Still Life is a tender film about someone who cares for the lonely when they die. The performance of English actor Eddie Marsan has been highly praised. He plays John May, a council worker who has – for 22 years – been looking after the affairs of those who have died alone: people with no friends or family to decide what to do with possessions, body or memories.

The November film is Charlie’s Country is on Fri 14 November.

Details: Fri 5 Dec, 7.30 for 8pm Gerringong Town Hall, $10 at the door.

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For the first time, Music NSW’s Indent Tour has included Kiama in its five show itinerary.

Now in its fifth year, the Indent Tour is a skills development opportunity for young people in regional NSW, as teams of young local people aged 12-25 are encouraged to stage each show of the tour under expert mentoring.

The teams will walk away with practical and transferable skills in event management, music business and live performance through working alongside leading industry professionals.

This year, ARIA charting hardcore quintet, In Hearts Wake, will be headlining the drug and alcohol free all ages shows. They will be supported by local bands Prototypes, Amodeus and Portraits.

Date: Sun 30 Nov, from 5pm The Pavilion Kiama. Tickets available from www.indent.oztix.com.au, $13.30 inc fees

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For more information about the fee free weekend in NSW national parks, please visit the website at: www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/Whats-On/ fee-free-weekend

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What’s on?

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

The Bugle Editorial: Cathy Law t 0412 415 101 Sales: Steve Law t 0428 662 499

emailthebugle @gmail.com Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this publication, but we are only human

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Chinese chef discovers our great food producers

Land sell-offs: necessary or short-sighted?

Mayor Brian Petschler believes that protests being made about the possible sell-off of parcels of land in Gerringong are premature.

“We are auditing the land we have throughout the Municipality to assess what is surplus to requirements,” he says, “But that process has a long way to go and there are a lot of options to consider.”

If any parcels of land are recommended for sale, a formal process of consultation will have to be carried out because of the community land status afforded to reserves.

However these reassurances aren’t enough for Alma MacPherson, one of the people organising petitions to help keep two of the areas she believes are being earmarked for

development: the reserve beside the Uniting Church on Fern St and the reserve behind the Gerringong Rural Fire Service Building (adjoining Jubilee Park).

“The short term monetary gain to the Council by selling off these two parcels of land can in no way compensate for the loss of these green spaces, which are currently enjoyed and used by the community and its visitors,” she says.

She fears the process is well underway, and that the community has to act now to derail the proposed development. She is keen to talk at a Public Access meeting once the development is listed in the papers for the following day’s Council Meeting.

Mayor Petschler warns that if the Council doesn’t proceed with selling land that it holds that is surplus to requirements then its financial position will suffer.

“We don’t have the income from long term land development that we’ve had in the past,” he says.

“We have a substantial amount of land that just isn’t being used and is costing us money to keep. It makes sense to look into what should be sold.”

Kel Grey’s The Pines Gelato is about to get exposure on Chinese TV

Two local farms, The Pines on Saddleback and Schottlanders Wagyu at Rose Valley, recently had a visit from one of China’s most popular TV personalities, Steven Liu. A highly respected chef, he shot to fame as one of the three judges on Master Chef (China). He now hosts a show on the Travel Channel called Master is Coming, focusing on food trails when travelling in different countries.

The visit is part of a national tourism campaign to ‘Bring the World to Dinner’, which has seen a number of influential TV presenters, magazine writers and bloggers travel to Australia to help spread the word about the quality of the food experience here.

Jacqueline Weiley of Foodscape Tours worked with Destination NSW to show the visitor the best our region has to offer. They visited our local farms to see the provenance of the produce used by David Campbell at his Wharf Rd Restaurant in Nowra.

Tell the state planners what you think The Kiama community is being urged to take the opportunity to comment on the Draft Illawarra Regional Growth and Infrastructure Plan.

“Residents need to understand that these planning proposals affect their ‘backyard’,” said Mayor Brian Petschler. “The proposed increase to the number of dwellings, the height of buildings and our southern boundary at Gerringong, are issues which will have an impact on our community. Council believes that the southern boundary of Gerringong has been agreed in the current Local Environmental Plan and is surprised to see it raised again. It is imperative that Kiama residents know about these proposed changes and voice their opinion while they have the chance.”

The Department of Planning and Environment is holding a community forum in Kiama as a chance for people to ‘Have Their Say’ or you can complete a survey online.

The Gerroa Environmental Protection Society (GEPS) is also holding two public meetings to outline their grave concerns about the Draft.

Recognition for going above and beyond Five Islands Secondary College Careers Adviser (and Kiama resident), Mark Nicholl, has been named as the 2014 NSW/ACT Careers Adviser of the Year.

As the orchestrator of the Annual Illawarra Trades Show that is hosted by the College, Mark has helped thousands of students in this region make choices for their post school life.

Mark was awarded with a cheque for $1000 which he generously donated back to the students of his College.

Details: Dept of Planning meeting - Weds 19 Nov, Kiama Leagues Club 6.30-8.30pm.

For more info - www.strategy.planning.nsw.gov.au/illawarra GEPS public meetings at Gerringong Town Hall Weds 12 Nov, 7.30pm and Gerroa Neighbourhood Centre Weds 26 Nov, 7.30pm. See geps.happenings.id.au

Living the dream

Many dream of travelling around Australia, but only the hardy decide to do it on a bike.

Even less with a young family in tow.

And probably only one family with the aim of foraging for their food along the way, and making the whole effort a performance art piece.

A free talk has been organised, to give you a chance to meet this extraordinary family and hear of their adventures so far as they pass through Kiama. They are on their way home to Daylesford in Victoria, where they teach foraging and other accountable living skills.

The family has cycled 7,300kms (and regrettably travelled another 2,800kms by car to keep to their time commitments).

Details: Little Blowhole Café, Tues 18th Nov 6pm. Free entry

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Free Mental Health First Aid Course

My Kiama Foxground is home to a plethora of wildlife, often unseen and hiding in the forest. When descending from the mountain one day, I came across this cute little echidna meandering across the road.

He looked truly befuddled, as if suddenly thrust into the big wide world to fend for himself. Lacking any fear of humans, he was happily guided off the road. I've not seen him again since, but it's a timely reminder to slow down and watch out for our native spring babies.

Erinna Ford, Foxground

30th Illawarra Folk Festival to be a Pearler The Illawarra Folk Festival will be celebrating its Pearl Anniversary in 2015, and planning is well underway for it to be a great celebration and gathering of Australian and overseas folk talent.

The highlight of the Festival is certain to be the Friday night costumed Pearl Ball, where the weekend will kick off in style with a fantasticDanish band Afenginn are in the international line-up ally flamboyant concert, and run into the wee hours with gypsy dance bands and a sea shanty session for the stayers.

Artists have already been confirmed from Canada, the United States, the UK, Denmark, Switzerland and India, as well as an impressive line-up of Australian artists, including Stephan Pigram, Eric Bogle and Ted Egan.

There will be 400 concerts over four days, so if you want to get involved as a volunteer there is sure to be work for you to help with.

The Rotary Club of Kiama is offering you the chance to gain a better understanding of how to help and comfort persons suffering a mental illness.

The free two day new edition certificate course is suitable for both members of the public and professionals. An earlier course focused on youth, but the December course has general application.

Bookings are essential, with both days and the purchase of a $35 manual necessary to attain the course certificate.

Details: 15-18 January, Bulli Showground www. illawarrafolkfestival.com.au

Council lays fibre optic cable

Details: Weds 10 and Thurs 11 Dec, 9-5pm, Kiama Leagues Club.

Contact Marilyn Jarrett 4237 5180 or marrajarrett@gmail.com

If you’ve been wondering what’s been happening with all of the deep holes being dug around town, you can rest easy - the Council is installing a network of fibre optic cables to connect all of their CBD buildings, including the community centre, the library, the Pavilion and, of course, the Administration Centre.

Research established it would be much more effective to lay a private network then rent from another party.

Tenders have been called for the installation of CCTV in the CBD area, and that service (and the proposed wifi) will also use the new network.

Sourdough store opens Flour Water Salt, which already has popular stores in Milton and Bowral, is all set to open its Kiama outlet in Shoalhaven St. “We have wanted to open in Kiama for a while,” says Kirsty Hilkemeijer (left), who owns the business with her husband Joost. “When we saw this site become available we knew it was perfect for us.”

Flour Water Salt is an an off-shoot of Berry Sourdough Bakery, and will source its bread from the bakery there. Other items and meals will be made in-store. Manager Lisa Wisken (right) says the store will be trading from Tues to Sat from 8-4pm.

In other Kiama CBD news, a Rip Curl outlet is being installed in the shop previously rented by Telstra and Mosstique’s closure will see a new pizza restaurant open in its place.

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Helping Cambodian children

Sue and John Moore have been running a Kiamabased charity called Helping Cambodian Children Abroad for six years. They were inspired to help after a visit to Siem Reap and a subsequent short period as volunteer teachers.

In the last six years they have raised much needed funds for the children in the poverty area around Siem Reap through pie drives, garage sales and markets stalls.

All of the funds raised goes straight to the project, where they have supported a soup kitchen, and provided bikes, lights and educational material.

Just recently, they have built a school house in Siem Reap with three classrooms for the 100 students. It will be formally opened in February.

The next fundraising event is a market with handmade Christmas gifts, soap and candles, face painting, collectables, jewellery, clothes, iridology and more.

Donations of quality mechandise for the event are welcome.

Details: 22 and 23 Nov, Kiama Masonic Hall.

From 9-5 on Sat and 9-3 on Sun. www.hcca49.wix.com/ hccacharity

A little Ray of Giving 2014 Last year’s Little Ray of Giving Christmas giving tree drive was a huge success, collecting over 120 presents from the Gerringong community for children and families in need.

This year, Ray White Gerringong and the Rotary Club of Gerringong Sunrise have joined forces again and are aiming to beat last year’s result.

From 1 December you can donate to less fortunate families in our community by wrapping up a gift and placing the gift under the Christmas tree in Ray White Gerringong’s office.

Indicate if the gift is for a boy or girl and their age and your gift will be delivered, thanks to the Rotary Club of Gerringong Sunrise, to a local family who will appreciate the lift at Christmas time.

Details: Presents can be dropped off at Ray White, 94 Fern St, Gerringong. Enquires to 4234 4000

Jeanna McEwan of the Red Cross is one of the volunteers working at the shop this year.

Just a reminder that the best place to buy your cards this year is the Combined Charities’ Christmas Card Shop, now in its 45th year.

A beautiful selection of cards are available, ranging in price from 45c to $1 each. All of the proceeds go to the charities involved. Get in early to avoid disappointment.

The charities are grateful to the Mens’ Shed for providing their new sign.

Details: Open weekdays til Fri 5 Dec, Old Council Building, Manning St, Kiama, 10-4pm

Opposition to new sushi bar

on Facebook, Woolworths said, “Ultimately customers will make decision about where they shop and we The Bugle has been know that people tend to contacted by a number of people about the head office shop around at a wide variety of food outlets. In fact decision by Woolworths there are many small busito install a sushi bar in its Kiama store. They are con- nesses - bakers, fruiterers butchers etc who survive cerned for the Akira Sushi bar operating in the Centre and thrive outside the front door of our supermarkets, and point out there is aldespite in many instances ready another Japanese selling the same or similar restaurant in town. product to Woolworths.”

In response to a complaint

What next for Manning St?

Secret mens’ business

Railcorp has finally sold its land on the south-west corner of Bong Bong and Manning Streets, after a tender for its sale closed in May. The 5,488 square metre block of land is suitable for mixed-use/residential development.

Andrew Hunter, of selling agent Chestertons, says that the details of the sale, including price and purchaser, are still confidential.

He is not aware of what is planned for the site, but expects that a DA will be lodged shortly.

The property has long been a prominent eyesore, and there will be great interest in what is proposed for the site.

Kiama-Jamberoo Uniting Church is holding a Men's Movie Night showing the Angus Buchan film Ordinary People.

The film looks at the lives of men who are struggling to understand what life is all about. You are invited to come along and bring a mate.

Help Council get its messages across There is so much information competing for your attention nowadays, it is difficult for organisations to get their important messages across effectively.

Kiama Council is examining the way it currently communicates with residents in an effort to improve its effectiveness in the future.

“The process is to create improved channels of engagement, so the community can receive the information from Council in the form they want or need it,” says Andrew de Montemas, head of Council’s Communications Unit.

“It also gives the community and visitors the opportunity, through various means, to engage with us.”

One way it is doing this is through an on-line Engage Kiama Survey. It is seeking to know how you learn about Council news and events (feel free to mention The Bugle), how you would prefer to hear about them and what topics you are most interested in.

Details: Survey is available on-line at www.kiama.nsw.gov.au - search for Engage Kiama Survey. Closes 4pm Fri 30 Jan 2015

Details: Sat 15 Nov, 7.30pm $10 inc supper Contact Rev. Rob Buchan 0423 121 984 for details.

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Out & about

Diamond Anniversary

At the Kiama High Year 12 Formal An overcast night didn’t dampen the excitement of the Class of 2014 at the traditional gathering for photographs down at Black Beach before leaving for their Formal. Congratulations!

Pam and Bill Hughes, who moved to Kiama from the UK in 1972, have celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary. The couple met at university and were married in North Wales. Their family got together from Canberra, Brisbane and Albion Park to mark the Diamond occasion.

Engagement congratulations

Will & Georgia Worthington

Lauren Andrews & Lauren Mulhall

Shari Hampton & Mitchell Eastment

At the Jazz & Blues Club Beach Party A colourful crowd enjoyed a fundraising party for the Jazz & Blues Club at Kiama Downs Surf Club.

Left: Doug Faulkner, Linda and Peter Holmes, Meryll Faulkner & Avron Inwood Below: Sue Howse, Ross Eggleton & Leanne Mitchell Below right: Chris Johnson, Joan Johnson, Les Rogers, Claire Channels, Marie Smith, Brian Smith & Annette Rogers

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Hamish Armytage, co-owner of South Coast Holidays, chose a holiday at Noosa (where he was competing in the Noosa Triathlon competition) to propose to Harriet Heffernan. They recently bought a home in Bong Bong St, and plan to marry late next year. Harriet is originally from Junee and Hamish from Sydney.

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The Bugle Crossword Across 1. Sweet treat (5) 3. First national park in the world (11) 9. Regularly recurring succession (8) 10. Road; Pub where Rockwiz is filmed (9) 11. Place (8) 15. 568.26 mL (4) 17. Feral species (4) 18. Long necked mammal (7) 21. Clay building material (5) 22. To an alarmingly grave extent; in an earnest manner (9) 26. Snake like fish (4) 28. Ox like ruminant (5) 29. A cloth that protects clothes from food (3) 31. Australian marsupial bear (5) 33. Japanese seaweed wrapped roll (5) 35. To set evidence down in writing (7) 36. Positioned with knees on the ground (5) 37. Swedish pop band (4) 39. Naming word (4) 41. Church (9) 43. Wizard (5) 44. Give up (5) 45. Insect with hard forewings; Coleoptera (6) 46. Most beautiful woman in 23. Pertaining to the medical the world; _____ of Troy treatment of animals (10) (5) 24. Sacred bird of ancient Egypt (4) Down 25.Southern hemisphere 1. Close by (5) constellation named after a 2. Words to a song (5) colour changing lizard (10) 4. Woven cotton fabric (5) 27. Style of food cooked in 5. _____ and Gromit (7) a special Indian oven (8) 6. To carry or move (9) 28.

Edge of a river; place to 7. Oldest (6) store money (4) 8. True (5) 12. Events of prophetic signifi- 30. Act of giving or taking a corrupting object to influcance (5) ence opinion (7) 13. * (8) 32.

Get; take; find (7) 14. Analogous structure to 34. Sound of a laugh (2) claws on humans (5) 38. Retrieve (5) 16. Just in the ____ of time; 40. Six sided gambling tool (4) ____ Di Girolamo (4) 42. Away without leave (4) 19. Emptiness (5) 20. Believer in equality of genders (8)

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Adventures in technology

Postcard home

Cloud storage: how Dropbox can help

Peter Izzard, of Peter Izzard Photography, has just returned from a trip to Iceland. Here’s his postcard: Well, it's been an incredible adventure here in this land of ice & elves… Epic waterfalls, gigantic mountains, volcanoes, lava flows, glaciers, thermal springs, magical horses and, of course, the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights.

I was fortunate to witness this elusive phenomenon on four of my seven nights here. This image - one of many I'll be editing in the coming months, is of the

Aurora reflected over Jökulsárlón glacial river lagoon. Making the moment even more unique, the glow in the centre is from the erupting Bárdarbunga volcano...

There's so much to experience and photograph here - like nirvana for a photographer! Next time I'd like to spend a bit longer and head north, where I hear its quite something...

Thanks Iceland, it was worth the trip, and the jetlag. I'll be back. Pete

N 9, ow 00 p 0 rin co tin pi g es !

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14 million people in Australia aged 18 years and older actively used cloud computer services in the past six months. That’s about 80 per cent of the adult population. However while cloud computing is something most people do, often they have little comprehension of what they are actually doing.

So, what is cloud computing? PC Mag put it well when it called it “a metaphor for the internet”. In simple terms, using cloud computing means storing your files on a place that is not your local hard drive.

The most common cloudbased system that people use is webmail, ie. Gmail.

If you have an iPad or iPhone, then the photos you take could be stored on Apple’s cloud, called (unsurprisingly) the iCloud.

If you have Windows system then you might have your files stored on Microsoft OneDrive.

If you use a Kindle, then the book you are reading is stored in the cloud. You’ve put holiday photos on Flickr? That’s the cloud.

Has someone, wanting to send you a large file, emailed you a Dropbox link?

That’s the ‘cloud’ we will look at more closely now.

To get a Dropbox account go to www.dropbox.com and register. Then download a desktop Dropbox application to your tablet and PC. Dropbox runs on Windows, Mac or Linux operating systems and gives you access to your Dropbox directly through a folder on your hard drive.

Using Dropbox on your computer is just like using any other folder on your

hard drive, except the files you drag into your Dropbox folder automatically sync online and to any other computers or mobile devices linked to your account.

The application runs in the background and automatically keeps your files in sync and backed up online. It's like having the same folder on all of your computers and mobile devices at the same time.

The desktop application is really convenient because you never need to manually upload or download changes to your files into your Dropbox folder.

The application automatically watches your Dropbox folder and keeps your files in sync for you. Any time you save a change to a file while connected to the internet, that change will sync everywhere you have Dropbox installed. It can be set up so that it automatically uploads your new digital pictures to the cloud.

The desktop application even works when you go offline. The next time you're online, it will sync changes made after it left off.

The great advantage of using Dropbox is the ability to share files with other people particularly those files that are too big to email.

When you create a shared folder and add other people to it, its files will appear in their Dropbox just as they do in yours. Any member of the folder can add, delete, or edit files within that folder if they are given that level of access.

You can also just share links to individual files, like photos.

To share a folder

Published fortnightly, The Bugle is the only newspaper home delivered throughout the entire Kiama Municipality.

It is also available in convenient locations around the area so visitors know what’s going on.

If you’d like to reach this market effectively, find out how to secure your space by sending a message to emailthebugle@gmail.com or calling Steve on 0428 662 499 10

1. Sign in to the Dropbox website.

2. Go to your list of files and folders and select the folder you want to share by clicking on the empty space to the right of the folder's name. (Clicking on the folder name or icon will open the folder instead.)

3. If the folder is currently unshared, click Invite to folder in the toolbar.

4. If the folder is already being shared, click Shared folder options 5. Click Shared folder options to invite more people 6. Enter the email addresses of the people you want to invite.

Thanks to Jim Carney, aka Fatalbert In Home Computer Tutor, for this column. We welcome contributions from other experts.