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Call to end age discrimination

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Quarry tragedy remembered p7

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Bike Skills Track opens in old Quarry Local youth now have a new recreational facility, with the opening of the Minnamurra Bike Skills Track. “Our recent surveys showed strong support in our community for projects that deliver sporting facilities, especially those that cater to young people,” says Mayor Mark Honey. “Thanks to our strong working relationship with our State and Federal local members, we have a new facility that helps meet that need.” Council’s previously disused Minnamurra Quarry, at Sanctuary Place, has been transformed for use by cyclists of all abilities, school aged and above. It features two downhill tracks, with senior and junior courses, as well as a balance skills course. There are also picnic shelters, park benches, amenities and a carpark. There is room for a pump track and areas members and key stakefor pre-schoolers when furholders” says Megan Peters, ther funds become available. Community Liaison Officer “Council has received for L’Étape Australia. numerous requests for a bike “We appreciate the input of skills track in recent years, the many people we spoke to and it is great to be able to in relation to the date, some have it up and running,” says of whom amended arrangeMayor Honey. ments to accommodate us, “This new track compleand we would like to thank ments our many other bike them for their support of and skating facilities and bringing L’Étape Australia to infrastructure throughout the life in the region.” Municipality.” November has been idenThe track includes features continued on page 4 suggested during community

L’Etape sets dates for 2021 and 2022

Organisers have confirmed the next L’Etape Australia event will be held on Sunday 28 November, as well as foreshadowing that it will hold an event on the same weekend in 2022. The date, and the change of day to Sunday, was first mooted in community consultation meetings in midApril, which were followed by extensive consultation with the three councils involved and community members.

Keen to avoid the logistical criticisms of their previous attempt to hold the event (which had to be called off at the last minute due to torrential rain), there will now be no road closures on the Saturday. Saturdays are particularly busy for sport and weddings in our area. “This date has been confirmed following a number of considerations brought to our attention through our discussions with community

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consultation with residents, community groups and local schools. The design was finalised by bike track specialists Dirtz Track, which has built more than 120 mountain bike, pumptrack and BMX facilities in Australia and overseas. The 250 metres of track was constructed by Council workers, who used more than 2,000 tonnes of clean soil sourced from other local sites. Minnamurra Lions Club helped by repairing existing picnic shelters and building the timber balance skills section. At the opening, the Federal Member for Gilmore, Fiona Phillips MP, said she was happy to support the community project with $150,000 from the Australian Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program. The Member for Kiama, Gareth Ward MP, said he was pleased to see the new track officially open in time for the school holidays. “I was very pleased to help secure $50,000 funding from the NSW Government for this fantastic project, which will make a real and lasting difference in our local community.” Councillor Mark Way, who championed the project from the start, is now keen to get associated work done to

enhance the experience. Bryan Goddard, a former professional BMX rider now running B’s Bike Worx, was given the honour of being the first to try out the track. He has plans to run courses and coaching programs there for local kids, ranging from basic to advanced skills, through an eight week Active Kids program. “I’ll be able to host some competitions as well and hopefully we can connect with the local youth services and we can do some really cool things together,” says Bryan. Bryan also teaches kids with disabilities to ride bikes and is hoping to use the new Minnamurra track for this purpose. “I have a lot of people with disabilities that I work with who are racing BMX and mountain biking, so this is another really good platform for them to excel in their riding and get out in the community, be social, have friends and build networks,” says Bryan. The tragic history of the Quarry has been remembered with a plaque and a song (see page 9). The Minnamurra Bike Skills Track is open 8am to 5pm, seven days a week. Riders must wear a helmet and appropriate safety gear when using the track.

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Erica Warren is very impressed 23-25 July with the young see page 5 people she’s been working with to What’s On is compiled make YouthFest by Jack Wallner. a reality. If you have any events “Lucy Marron, coming up, please Joelie Robson and contact him on jack@ Mateo Goytizolo thebuglenewspaper.com.au saw the need for a or 0491 686 975. youth event where Items are published young people can at the Editor’s discretion. have fun and feel comfortable with a like-minded community,” she says. “These three people have been an integral part in putting this festival Mateo Goytizolo, Lucy Marron and Joelie Robson what to get the word out together. To celebrate their 150th “They have been unbelievbusiness owner Glenn HayTiarnie, Blackout Fun Club, year, the Freemasons of able and they are proof that worth. A mix of speakers will Jocean Music, Catarina Loss Lodge Kiama are having an young people are passionate talk about their challenges and Giles Robinson. open day for visitors. and really care about their with mental health, their “Music is so important in a Permission has given community and want to be successes and failures and lot of people’s lives and when permission for the Worship- involved in it.” how they deal with it, includ- you play certain songs, they ful Master and Officers YouthFest is a free event for ing Dan Hunt from Mental evoke emotions or feelings of Lodge Kiama No 35 to locals, with the goal of conHealth Movement, Tamara about something that might open the lodge in the 1st necting our youth, parents Campbell from KISS Arts, have happened,” says Erica. degree, designed to accom- and community members in and Jack Brown from Talk“It’s really good for your modate visitors. an entertaining way to under- 2meBro. There will also be brain activity and I think The aim is to better instand, support and develop an audience Q&A and meet that’s why music festivals and form members of the public positive strategies for mental and greet afterwards. live music are so important about the early days of health. “We thought it’d be great because they really bring Freemasonry in Kiama and “We’re not looking to start to have a forum style event people together.” some of the rituals which the conversation on mental where you have guests from There will also be a mobile are fundamental to their health because it’s already the local community who SmashLab Rage Room that meetings. been started by such amazhave had an experience with has been put together specifiOfficers will be in their ing local groups, organisasuicide or mental health and cally for the event. regalia to act as guides, and tions and individualsl,” says people that are passionate YouthFest is being supporthope to dispel some of the Joelie Robson. in that space together on a ed by Kiama Council, Kiama myths about Freemasonry. “We’re just looking to conpanel so that they can be in& District Stronger CommuThe afternoon will tinue it in a space that literterviewed and we can really nity, Kiama Leagues Club conclude with light refresh- ally everyone enjoys – a free start to talk openly about it,” and the Kiama Farmers’ ments and questions in the forum and music festival.” says Erica. Markets. YouthFest is on Saturday function hall. A survey by the Kiama After the forum, there will 10 July. The forum is at Kiama District Stronger Commube an intimate music festival Pavilion from 12-4pm and the Sunday 4 July, nities showed that people at Surf Beach with live art, music festival is at Coronation Kiama Masonic Temple, wanted more events to bring market stalls, food trucks Park, Surf Beach from 3-9pm. 46 Collins Street, 2pm. the community together – and more. It is free and open to all ages. and YouthFest has evolved in Local indie rockers Pacific Register for a ticket now at: RSVP to John Cosgrove at response to that. Avenue are headlining the www.eventbrite.com.au search john_illawarra@bigpond.com From midday there will night with supporting artists ‘Kiama’ or ‘YouthFest’. or 0414 363 879 be a mental health forum Joe Mungovan, Quite Like at The Pavilion led by local Pete, Ocean Astronauts,

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Our third Olympian Call to end NDIS age discrimination Minnamurra skateboarder, Kieran Woolley, has been chosen to represent Australia and compete for gold in this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. At only 17 years old, Kieran is the youngest of the five Australian skaters to be chosen, after a series of high results in national and international skateboarding contests. There will be 80 skaters from around the world competing in the Games, with 20 skaters in each category. The four disciplines are Men’s and Women’s Street and Men’s and Women’s Park. Kieran will be competing in the Park event, after he raked in a few great results this year including 1st in the 2021 Bowlzilla Gold Coast Open, 1st in the 2021 AustraKieran showing off his early lian Skateboarding League Our other Olympians for form in 2019, at the launch of (ASL) Street Championships this year are Grace Stewart the first Kiama Skatefest Open Final and 3rd in the (hockey) and Sally FitzgibFollow him @kieranwoolley 2021 ASL Street Champion- bon (surfing). by Jack Wallner ships Open Qualifiers.

Kiama Lions get behind KDSC Kiama Lions Club have surprised Kiama & District Stronger Community (KDSC) with a generous $15,000 donation to show their continued support for the mental health initiative and the wider community. “We got involved with KDSC when it was first set up last year in response to the issues we were dealing with in the community,” says Veronica Dzelde, President of Kiama Lions. “In wanting to show that we are here for all of our community, we are very pleased to be giving KDSC this donation.” The donation comes from the Lions Club and late mem-

ber Harry Budd, who left funds to be used by them. KDSC plans to use the money to train the community to help each other out with mental health and to organise future events. “We are extremely grateful for such a generous contribution from the Lions and from Harry Budd and his family,” says Cameron McDonald, a board member of KDSC. “We are grateful to each and every member who has enabled us to receive this

Cam McDonald accepts the cheque from Kiama Lions President Veronica Dzelde

incredibly generous donation which will go a very long way.” The Kiama Lions Club gives about 70 per cent of the funds it raises to local community-based activities. To find out more about KDSC visit: www.thekdsc.com.au/ To find out more about Kiama Lions Club visit: www.kiama. nsw.lions.org.au/ by Jack Wallner

After years of doing the most she could as an individual, Bobbie English is overjoyed with the launch of a $250,000 media campaign to remove the age discrimination stopping people over 65 having access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Spinal Life Australia Chief Executive Officer, Mark Townend, who is leading the national campaign, says an Senator Jordan Steele-John (front) with Kristie Turner (Chris and Bobbie’s amendment to the Age Discrimination Act daughter), Bobbie English and Mark Townend, CEO of Spinal Life Australia when the NDIS was brought through a freak accident She is concerned for all the in makes it lawful to refuse when he was 69, only qualfamilies who have already funding to disabled people ified for a Level 4 My Aged found themselves in this over the age of 65. Care package. nightmare situation, where “Disability can impact any“When I told one of my the costs and responsibility one at any time and doesn’t friends this she burst out cry- of looking after their disabled discriminate, so why should ing, as this is what she gets. relatives falls to them. age matter? It is unfair, unIt only pays for her cook“So many people have conjust, and unacceptable, and it ing, cleaning, being taken tacted me asking me to lobby must end now. shopping and going on social for them – it is heartbreaking “It is unconscionable that outings,” says Bobbie. to hear their stories. Just a younger person with the ”How can a high level think how you would cope if same spinal cord injury can disabled person manage on it happened to someone you qualify for the NDIS and Level 4 funding?” loved.” receive a funding package of Bobbie says they were The discrimination also up to $250,000 a year while lucky to have family and applies to people who have older Australians struggle friends who helped care for been on NDIS, but turn 65. to afford care, wheelchairs, Chris, who passed away last “It is just not fair,” she says. equipment, and other supyear, and that she doesn’t “The thinking behind port. At Spinal Life Australia know how they would have granting the exemption to we hear these heart-breaking coped without them rallying the Age Discrimination Act stories every day.” around to provide 24 hour was that people could live 44.5 per cent of the one care. off their superannuation, but in five Australians, approx“I had to stop work, bethat doesn’t last long in these imately 4.4 million people, cause I didn’t want Chris to circumstances.” living with a disability are be alone,” says Bobbie. Bobbie has just returned over 65. “There is no way I could from a trip to Canberra with They are excluded from the have put Chris in a facility, the Spinal Life Australia NDIS, and are forced onto because of the experience we CEO to launch the campaign, the My Aged Care Scheme, had in hospital when I wasn’t where she says they had prowhich provides a maximum there.” ductive meetings with Zali of $52,000 a year in support Chris and Bobbie’s Steggall MP (who presented packages and has a waiting situation achieved national a petition with 19,000 signalist of up to 18 months. prominence with a story on tures to the House last year), Bobbie’s husband Chris, the 7.30 Report in December Senator Jordan Steele-John, continued p8 who became a quadriplegic 2020.

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The budget for Kiama’s Heritage review, due to be finalised shortly and put before the July Meeting of Council, has been increased to broaden its scope. “Council agreed to the consultants’ suggestions to expand the existing Pheasant Point Heritage Conservation Area (HCA) by adding a tified as the quietest month couple of more properties; of the year behind the winter expand the proposed months, as well as providing Manning St Civic HCA to ideal event conditions. pick up some other sites on Road closure information, Terralong Street and make including hard closure times, it a Civic/Commercial HCA; will be released in July foland create a new Southern lowing an extensive approval Residential HCA,” says process. Council’s Manager Strategic The organiser, Lateral Planning, Edward Paterson. Events, is keen to keep “The Southern Residential people informed throughout area is an interesting addithe leadup to the event, ention, as it is demonstrative couraging people to sign up of the original street pattern for their mailing list at www. and layout, and there are letapeaustralia.com/commu- already a number of heritage nity-2021 items listed within it.” Local businesses are also The new area lies roughly being encouraged to contact between Akuna and Barney the organisers at communiStreets, and Shoalhaven and ty@letapeaustralia.com to Thomson Streets. discuss ways in which the Mr Paterson says that the increased visitation can have report will be tabled with a positive impact on their the proposed Development operations, and how the Control Plan Chapter, so that event can increase exposure people will not only be able for their business through on to see which properties have ground activities. been assessed as worthy of listing, but also what that means.

“I am very aware that individual property owners will sometimes get quite frightened when they see proposed listing, whether individually or in an area. “To ensure we can allay any fears, the report that will go to the July Council Meeting will not only include recommendations for amending the Local Environment Plan Heritage list, but also the whole new Development Control Plan chapter, so that the community can see what it means to be a heritage item by being able to read all the guidelines.” For those worried that only buildings over 100 years old have been considered,

age is just one of the criteria for a listing. Other criteria include a building being a classic representation of that building style or technique or having cultural significance because of someone notable living there. With Council going into caretaker mode in August, ahead of the September local government election, Mr Paterson says that his plan is to put the recommended changes on exhibition after the election. “We were very conscious of the commitment we had to the community to have this document in the public realm by the end of the financial year.”

“They will be designed so that people will have both ways access to and from their driveways.” Depending on the impact

of this work, a roundabout at the Bong Bong St and Railway Parade may be considered at a later date. Residents are relieved.

Much criticised speedbump to go After a year, it has been decided the controversial high impact speed hump in Bong Bong Street, between Railway Parade and Shoalhaven Street, is going to be removed in favour of other traffic calming devices. Council’s Acting Director Engineering & Works, Darren Brady, has told The Bugle that the first step will be to install a raised pedestrian crossing on Bong Bong Street, on the the bridge side of Railway Parade. “Then we will remove the speed hump and replace it with some median islands and curb extensions to narrow the lanes down.

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Readers Festival brings great writers to town The Kiama Readers’ Festival 2021has secured an excellent line-up of writers to speak, as well as offering a masterclass and workshops by some local talents. Stephen King has said Michael Rowbotham “is an absolute master” of the crime thriller. His edge-ofthe-seat, twisted psychological tales led his wife and three daughters to call his office, overlooking the tropical garden in his home in Sydney’s northern beaches, ‘the cabana of cruelty’. Hence the name of his presentation on the Saturday afternoon at the Festival, Tales from the Cabana of Cruelty! Michael Brissenden, another journalist turned novelist, will talk to Dr Sarah Nicholson, Director of the South

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Coast Writers Centre, about his latest novel. Dead Letters is a compulsive thriller that takes us from the seedy streets of Sydney to the corridors of power in Canberra – kind of like Peter Temple meets Michael Connelly. Kiama’s Clayton Comber will run a Creative Writing Workshop on the Sunday. Clayton’s new YA fiction, 100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze, was recently launched to great reviews. Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Stories of Hope will launch the Festival on Friday night at the Kiama Library. Other speakers on Saturday and Sunday at The Pavilion include Hugh Mackay (to be interviewed by Caroline Blum), Jonica Newby (in conversation with ABC Science journalist Robyn Williams), Susan Duncan (talking to Nick Hartgerink), Richard Fidler, David Dufty, Caroline Overington, R.A. Spratt, poet Ivy Ireland and Tahlia Newland. Mary Moody will be the guest author for the Festival dinner on Saturday night, to be held at the Kiama Leagues Club. Mary, an author and presenter on Gardening

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Australia, will also conduct a memoir writing masterclass, Writing from the Heart, on Sunday at Kiama Library. R. A. Spratt, the best-selling author of Shockingly Good children’s stories, will delight a younger audience on Saturday afternoon. Fans of Nanny Piggins, Friday Barnes and the courageous Peski Kids series won’t want to miss this event! Aspiring poets will want to Richard Fidler be part of the Poetry Reading and Workshop facilitated by Ivy Ireland. The Kiama Readers Festival, a joint project by the Friends of Kiama Library and Kiama Library, is sponsored by the Kiama Municipal Council and Destination Kiama. It is presented in association with Bouquiniste bookshop and cafe and the Mary Moody South Coast Writers Centre. Books will be available for purchase from The Bookshop Kiama and Bouquiniste, and authors will be available to sign your books and chat.

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Surf Rescue 50, also known as the Kiama Jet Rescue Boat Service, has received an $18,000 grant from Fiona Phillips MP for a new roller door and upgrade of the concrete in their shed. The volunteer rescue service has been crewed since 1975 and operates 24/7 doing coastal surveillance, rescues and lifesaving support.

“A new roller door will help with the reduction of response times for emergencies and other critical incidents,” says Bradley Dawson, Captain of Surf Rescue 50. “We already have a five minute response time from first call to boat on the water, which is pretty phenomenal compared to the response time of other surf lifesaving and call out emergency services.” The Federal grant was given to the service under the Stronger Communities Program, which is to help community organisations and small capital projects that deliver social benefits for local communities. “That building at Kiama Harbour has been operational since the mid 1970s and not much as changed with it,” says Bradley. “We’ve had a new roller

door since then but this one was in dire need of repair. “And anything that we can spare from the grant will be used to work towards the overall work health and safety improvements and response time in the shed.” Surf Rescue 50 have provided an important service to the local area for decades and their jet boat is one of two in the State.

“Marine rescue has boats around but their agreement with emergency services is that they have to respond within the hour but with drownings, people don’t have hours they have minutes,” says Bradley. “We are one of the only three lifesaving assets in the state that respond 24 hours a day.”

The June Meeting of Council has accepted staff’s recommendation to no longer proceed with a Planning Proposal to rezone land on the western side of Dido St for residential development. It was proposed for the 1ha site (a portion of a larger block) to be rezoned from RU2 Rural Landscape to R2 Low Density and R5 Large Lot residential, resulting in six lots. The Planning Proposal was originally endorsed to proceed for a Gateway Determination in August 2019, as it had similar characteristics to an adjoining lot that had already been given a Gateway Determination. However in December 2020 the latter Proposal was dropped due to bushfire constraints. This resulted in the strategic merit of the remaining proposal needing to be assessed as a stand alone project, outside of the urban expansion area and opposed by residents concerned about access, traffic and flooding. The staff report concluded, “It is now the view of staff that this Planning Proposal no longer satisfies the Strategic Merit test and should therefore no longer proceed.”

The owner of the land, Tony Scopelitti, is disappointed but philosophical about the outcome, which he describes as coming out of the blue. “Up until May, everything was running well, as we had a green light from the RFS,” he says. “I have nothing against council. They have a job to do. But I would have liked to have had a bit more time to prepare and understand why the decision changed in the last couple of weeks of a three year process that cost us over $50,000. “We only had four business days’ notice of the change of heart.” He is happy for the conces-

sion the councillors made to encourage him to apply for a building entitlement on his land. “I thank them for their consideration, as I can still push on to retire to Kiama.” At the same meeting, a Planning Proposal to rezone part of a 3.12 ha of land on Henry Parkes Drive, Kiama Downs, from E2 Environmental Conservation to R2 Low Density Residential was endorsed and the necessary changes will now be made to the Local Environment Plan. This site had been identified in the Kiama Urban Strategy, and then the Local Strategic Planning Statement, as being suitable for residential development.

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Local Honours recipients Four Kiama residents have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours: Norma Stead has been awarded a Medal in the General Division (OAM) for service to tennis, and to the community of Kiama. Judi O’Brien, long time president of the Kiama Red Cross, has been awarded a Medal in the General Division (OAM) for service to the community of Kiama. Peter Masterson has been awarded a Public Service Medal (PSM) for outstanding public service through leading engagement with local business communities, linking them to Government and Industry business grants and support programs. Chris Warren, the leader of the Kiama SES, has been awarded the Emergency Services Medal. Our congratulations and thanks to them all for their contributions. Here we focus on the contributions made by our latest Order of Australia recipients:

shocked to hear of my nomination,” says Judi. “There are so many people who do so much work in the volunteer arena, that for me to be one of them makes me feel very humbled.” During her years of volunteering, Judi has helped out in many different ways including Red Cross handson programs, disaster relief and door knocking as well as organising competitions for the local golf clubs. She also helps to organise the annual Kiama Red Cross Fun Run which raised more than $5,000 this year. “I’ve done a hands-on program helping out with aged residents for more than 10 years,” says Judi. “I’ve also helped out in emergencies and disasters where evacuation centres have been set up and I have been one of the many people who have gone out after the disaster to help others to understand what grants are available to them and what medical or mental health assistance is available for them.” The Kiama Red Cross group has won the prestigious Chairman’s Shield, an award given in recognition of it being the country branch to raise the most money for Red Cross Calling, seven times under Judi’s leadership. JUDI O’BRIEN “We have a small group of about 20 members but we work very well together,” says Effective 1 July, local Gerrin- months, and will ensure that Judi. gong chartered accounting the services and expertise “One of our fundraising firm Number$ Count is our clients have come to efforts is door knocking and merging with Hindmarsh expect will continue.” over the years we have door McDonald, a chartered Both she and Hindmarsh knocked with the assistance accounting practice with McDonald’s Principal, Steof community groups and offices in Wollongong, Shell- ven Coelho felt the ‘fit’ and sometimes we have raised in harbour and Nowra. opportunity was right and excess of $15,000 so winning “This merger provides the timing is good. that Chairman Shield has great opportunity for the “I believe that Steve and been a great achievement.” Number$ Count team, the team at Hindmarsh McJudi has no plans to stop allowing our younger Donald will bring a new but volunteering and says she accounting staff to become complementary energy into will continue to volunteer part of a larger team; with the business, which will also with Kiama Red Cross and much greater opportunity to create new opportunities the golf clubs for years to grow and develop within the for Number$ Count clients,” come. Kiama resident and Red accounting profession in a says Ms Mitchell. “I’ll volunteer with the Red Cross president, Judi regional area,” says Leanne The news comes shortly Cross for as long as I can and Mitchell, who established after Ms Mitchell was named O’Brien, has received her I’m still quite involved with Medal of the Order of the firm 28 years ago and as a finalist in Accountant’s golf as well so that keeps me Australia for her service and busy,” she says. led it to be the largest Daily’s Australian Accountvolunteering efforts with accounting practice in the ing Awards for Public “We have a Red Cross Kiama Red Cross and the Gerringong area. Accountant of the Year. Bunnings barbeque coming local golf clubs. “This is also part of my fuIn addition, the firm up but it’s a difficult time due She has been a volunteer of to COVID. I hope we can get ture transition to retirement; itself was a finalist in two the Kiama Red Cross for 17 back into our normal running but I’m not leaving just yet! categories: Regional/Subyears and for the local golf “I’ll continue to be part urban Firm of the Year and of fundraisers again soon.” of the team on a part-time Wellness Program/Initiative committees for 30 years. by Jack Wallner “I feel thrilled to be thought basis for at least the next 12 of the Year. of in that regard and was

Norma, who is now 96, was surrounded by tennis from a young age with both her parents playing competition tennis. Her father even played with Australian champion Harry Hopman. “I grew up in the war years and when I was twelve I won the school championship in Berry which started things off,” says Norma. “My teacher was the church hall wall across the street from where I lived. “My name when I was playing ladies midweek was The Brickwall and that’s because and player. She has volunI would always hit it back.” teered in various roles, Before the Kiama Tennis including caretaker and trea- Club moved from Hindmarsh surer for the local club. Park in the 1990’s, Norma “It’s absolutely wonderful would also coach kids and and I’m thrilled to pieces run competitions for them to receive the medal,” says when she wasn’t playing. Norma. “My early days, before we “As long as Kiama Tennis moved the club to where it is Club has been here is as long now, were more or less taken as I’ve been involved which up with coaching the kids is nearly 70 years. I’m one of and running competitions,” the only original members says Norma. around at the moment. The OAM was also award“The tennis club moved ed to Norma for her service about 30 years ago from to other community groups NORMA STEAD Hindmarsh Park and I was in Kiama. She is still involved Norma has been involved treasurer then so I was with the Kiama Tennis Club with the Kiama Tennis Club organising, collecting money, and Evening View Club, and and Kiama and Shellharbour making bookings and making was a long time volunteer for District Tennis Association sure that somebody else did the Kiama Surf Lifesaving for years as both a life member the hard work.” Club. She is also a life member of the Kiama Knights Rugby League Club.

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Awards for 25 years of commitment Barry and Val Mathers from Kiama Downs have been recognised for their 25 years of volunteering for the Kiama Friends of Vision Australia fundraising group. “I’m absolutely stunned – it was such surprise to get the award,” says Val. “I’ve supported Barry Val and Barry Mathers who’s the one that has gone to the meetings in the how small the amount, is last 10 years or so and I’ve a dollar that they wouldn’t helped out with the organishave.” ing for fundraising functions Barry and Val have not only and catering for dinners for volunteered for the group but the events.” have also helped their friends Barry and Val first joined by recommending them to the Kiama group in 1996 and visit Vision Australia when have had a strong role in it they need help. ever since. They have helped “We have been able to put out with various fundraisers some of our elderly people such as the High Tea, Christ- onto Vision Australia when mas in July and Bunnings their sight was going and barbeques to raise money Vision Australia have really for Vision Australia. Barry helped them out,” says Val. became the secretary of the Many of their fundraisers Kiama group in 1998 and had to be canceled last year held that position until 2015. but in 2019, Kiama Friends “Since we started 25 years of Vision Australia raised ago, we’ve had a lot of fund$9,000. raisers, including mammoth They are planning to hold golf days early on,” says more fundraisers later this Barry. year. Anyone wishing to join the “In that time, we have Friends of Vision Australia raised over $100,000 for should contact 0402 800 679 Vision Australia. “I’ve often said that every by Jack Wallner dollar we earn, no matter

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The Kiama branch of the Commonwealth Bank, arguably the most scenically located bank in the country, is moving to the former ANZ Bank premises on Terralong St in August. Customers have yet to be formally informed of the move, but The Bugle has had the relocation confirmed by staff. While the site is a prime redevelopment opportunity, it is understood there are no immediate plans. The zone is in the process of becoming a Heritage Conservation Area, which will impose conditions to protect the integrity of the streetscape (see page 4).

A tragic accident at a local quarry, forgotten by most over time, has been brought back to prominence in two ways – with the unveiling of a plaque at the new Minnamurra Bike Skills Park (in the disused Eureka quarry) and through a song by local band, The Water Runners. One of the songs on their much anticipated third album, Further Down the Road, tells the sad tale of the Eureka Quarry disaster of 1912 when a premature explosion killed five men immediately, one a week later, seriously injured three more, and maimed several. And in a tragic epilogue, Ganger Eyles, who was one of the men in charge of the explosion, threw himself under a train at Minnamurra station about two weeks after the accident. Songwriter John Littrich says: “We love the bluegrass style genre, but I always wanted to write about Australian stories, preferably local, rather than writing about the Mississippi, ’cause that’s not who we are.” He read the story about the Eureka tragedy in the Kiama Pilot’s Cottage Museum near

Gareth back at work The Member for Kiama, Gareth Ward, has returned to his duties, after a break he took following him stepping down from his ministerial role and moving to the cross bench. That action was taken after it was revealed he is the subject of a police investigation into sexual violencerelated allegations dating back to 2013. Mr Ward has denied any wrongdoing. On his return to work, Mr Ward revealed that he is yet to be spoken to by the Police about the allegations.

“I took a couple of weeks off to deal with the initial shock,” he says. “I’ve been meeting with constituents and making representations on all manner of issues. “In my 10 years in Parliament I’ve rarely taken leave, and under the circumstances I hope that people would understand why a short period away was necessary. “I can’t comment on the allegations as I don’t know what they are. “The Police have a job to do – but so do I and I’m getting on with it.”

the Blowhole and in 2006 his wife Jane had been part of a Roo Theatre production called Quarry written by Gordon Streek. “I thought it was such a sad story and Bluegrass is often about telling sad tales – my dog has died and my woman has done left me!,” says John. “Local people know a lot about our shipwrecks but not much about our industrial history. “We forget that Kiama was semi-industrial at one time, with four to five quarries in Barney St, Bombo, Minnamurra and at the back of the Leisure Centre where the sports fields now are. “Largely these quarries provided gravel for the railways in NSW including the South Coast rail line. “Back in the early 1900s, to have six men killed and several injured in a small town would have been a horrific thing.” The Broken Hill newspaper The Barrier Miner published an article on Friday, 31 May, 1912, part of which reads: “On receiving news of the accident, all the quarries in the district suspended working operations, and flags are flying at half-mast. Many harrowing scenes were wit-

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nessed at the railway station when relatives and friends of the killed arrived.” Recorded in Sydney by renowned country music producer Matt Fell, The Water Runners’ new album includes songs by John and Neil McCann. Its launch on July 9 will see the full band reunited, a rare thing as violinist Danita Harris has started teaching violin at the Conservatorium of Music in Wagga Wagga and drummer Dom Littrich regularly plays with his band Pacific Avenue. Their next show is Sat June 26 at the Joyce Wheatley Centre, 7pm and the new album will be launched Fri July 9 at the Kiama Leagues Club, 7pm. Book at www.thewaterrunners.com/ shows

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More butcher news As a follow up to the story in our last edition about the Jamberoo Butchery changing hands, we can now introduce you to the new owners and tell of a change of ownership at Kiama’s Rosebank Meats. Steve McCure (and on Saturday’s his wife Erin) will be the new faces at the renamed Jamberoo Valley Meats when it reopens mid-July after some renovations. Steve isn’t exactly a ‘new’ face in Jamberoo, as he has been a volunteer for the Jamberoo RFS for some time now and he lives close by in Kiama Downs. Steve has inherited previous Jamberoo butcher Peter McInerney’s famous sausage recipe, but plans to add sausage recipes of his own as well as other new offerings.

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Show off your garden This year’s Kiama Spring Garden Festival is an allinclusive competition, open to children; seniors; lovers of natives, fruit, herbs or bush tucker; large landholders; or those who garden in pots. The 2021 competition was launched at Walandi, the Jamberoo Mountain property of Rod and Kim Ayling, which was last year’s winner of the Garden over ½ acre category (right). Their garden is filled with colourful maple trees and beautifully bright camellias. By September, it should be bursting with new bright green growth. “The weather has really been on our side this year,” says Geoff Wilson, President of the Kiama Garden Club. “Apart from one day which was over 40 degrees in summer, this year has been quite wet which has been good for most gardens.” “In a way, COVID has also helped, with people staying at home and doing more in their garden,” says club member and past winner Vivienne Marris. “We are so fortunate to live in such a terrific environment, which offers us such a wide range of categories for entry in the competition.” The Club is expecting even more entries this year than last year.

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Opening the Minnamurra Bike Skills Track last week certainly was a crowd pleaser, with those cutting the ribbon having to jump out of the way for the horde of young and old kids on their BMX and mountain bikes. Thanks to everyone involved in what has been an instant hit with our community. This includes our local members Fiona Phillips and Gareth Ward who helped secure funding from the Australian and NSW governments, as well as the Minnamurra Lions who helped with the balance skills course and fixing up the shelters. Most importantly, thank you to our Council construction, outdoor and waste services crews who built the track and will be servicing it. They ‘enjoyed’ some quite frosty mornings turning more than 2,000 tonnes of soil into 250 metres of track. And it was all done in time for the holidays.

If you haven’t tried the track yet, give it a go, but please wear a helmet and appropriate safety gear. I have been encouraging people to consider running for council at the local government elections on 4 September. An important part of this is, of course, knowing what you are in for if you are elected. Kiama Council has organised an information session for people intending to stand as a candidate next month (Thursday,15 July at 5.30pm). I’ll be able to provide an insight into the responsibilities of councillors, while our CEO Jane Stroud will give an overview of the day-today business of running a council. We’ll be joined by our management executive, who will be available to answer questions as well. Please register online: www.kiama.nsw.gov.au/candidateinformationsession Our Municipality has once again managed a few green ticks, further strengthening our status as a waste wise community. We have recorded (another) jump in the recovery rate from Household Bulky Waste Drop Offs, with a 5 per cent increase in the March event. Another green tick came from the recent Clothes Swapping Party at The Pavilion, where organisers were

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The Jamberoo Valley Ratepayers and Residents’ Association ( JVRRA) will start the ball rolling in the run up to the Council elections in September with a ‘meet the candidates’ session at its next meeting in early July. JVRRA’s chair, Stuart Richards, says the candidates and prospective candidates would have an opportunity to briefly explain their policies and then answer members’ questions in a session to last at least an hour. The meet the candidate sessions we are aware of are: • JVRRA Tuesday 6 July, upstairs meeting room of Club Jamberoo, 7pm. Members and non-members will need to register to attend at: jvrrasecretary@gmail.com • Central Precinct Tuesday 27 July, Joyce Wheatley Centre, 7pm • Minnamurra Progress Association Tues 3 August, Progress Hall, Charles St, 7.15pm • Kiama & District Business Chamber Monday 9 August, The Pavilion Kiama, 5.30pm • South Precinct Yet to set a date. We also understand that KiKi Bitofabitch is planning to hold a series of interviews with the candidates at the Art Bar Kiama over July/August. They are sure to face an entirely different set of questions to those at the meetings above. The Council election will be held on Sat 4 September.

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Jamberoo’s spice girls As locals well know, Jamberoo’s mild-mannered Post Mistress has a superpower. On the last Saturday of each month, Reena Kumar steps out of her Post Office and into the kitchen at Jamberoo’s Youth Hall to cook up some of the best Indian food you will ever taste. Since 2017, Reena and fellow super cook, Archana Nakhate, have supplied Jamberoo households each month with a selection of curries, dal, samosas and roti. They have now launched their own brand of spice, rice and bean blends that you can cook from home. These ready-to-cook vegetarian meals, with a unique blend of spices, are branded Swad, which means taste in Hindi. At this stage, their range includes Mung Dal, Black-Eyed Beans and Khichdi (a simple classic Indian dish made with rice and yellow mung lentils). You just add water and cook. Reena’s Australian story began in 2011 when she and husband Deepak moved from Varanasi, India, to be closer to their children and grandchildren. They bought the Jamberoo Post Office in 2013 and Reena helped her husband in the business while also working as a Montessori Primary school teacher in Thirroul. “This community is so warm and so interested in our culture. Customers started asking us ‘How do you make dal?’,” Reena says. “Both Deepak and I were very fond of cooking, and we thought ‘How can we cook for such a large community?’. “I had a fun stall in the Jamberoo Markets selling Indian bangles and bindis. It was like a picnic day! People kept asking me, ‘Why don’t

you do food?’ and at that time there were no food stall in the markets.” But just as Reena started to research Council’s food regulations, her beloved husband Deepak was diagnosed with cancer and in 2016 he passed away. “I’m so blessed to be in this warm community. The Jamberoo community held me in their hand and helped me through this time. I kept running the Post Office, trying to learn different aspects of the business. Even when there were big queues in the shop, not one person put pressure on me. I thought I was living in heaven,” Reena says. Then came the time to decide what to do about the business ongoing. “When I decided to go on with it, my sons thought I was being emotional. I resigned from my teaching job and that was it. Every day I jump up and love being in here. Australia Post has been so supportive.” Reena channelled her grief into cooking. “Cooking with Deepak was such a big bond we shared. So, I pursued with our cooking plan and gathered more information from Council –

doing it on a smaller scale, so that it was still going for when Archana recovered,” says Reena. ”Her husband supported me during that time and my children helped. Archana got better – she’s a very strong woman – and here we are!” From this month they are cooking at the renovated Youth Hall, as it now has a commercial kitchen. “We will cook on the last Saturday of the month [the day before the Jamberoo markets] and people collect their food that afternoon,” says Archana. everyone was so great.” Orders need to be placed When another Indian early the week before and the family moved into Jamberoo, menu, which changes each a friendship began between month, is available in the Reena and Archana, a softJamberoo Post Office. ware engineer, over their love Swad ready-to-cook vegof cooking. etarian meals are available “I told Archana about my anytime from the Jamberoo dream to start the Jamberoo Post Office. Indian Kitchen. We did a “We created these handy food supervisors course. She packs of dried ingredients was hesitant initially, but she because Indian cooking uses did say yes and in 2017 we so many different spices that started cooking and selling many people may not have our curries. in their cupboard. And if you “The kitchen at the Youth are not using these spices evHall wasn’t commercial so ery day, then they can quickly we hired the School of Arts get stale,” Reena says. Jamberoo Markets, held on on the last Saturday of the month to cook the food, then the last Sunday of every month, are located at Reid Park and moved the food to the Youth operate from 8am-3pm. Hall kitchen to serve and sell by Perrie Croshaw from there at the Sunday morning market day,” says Archana. Spring into a healthier you. “It became very popular.” Archana’s husband helped • Want to move more & do more? set up the bain marie in • Planning a new exercise programme? the Youth Hall and the two women would serve up dal • Tired of feeling stiff & sore? (red lentil curry), aloo gobhi (cauliflower and potato), samosas, vegetable khichdi, sweet rice with nuts, roti and plain rice. However, just before COVID, Archana was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I keep up the cooking,

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intricately designed sun clock, second prize in the silhouette category for his depiction of Uluru and second prize in the ‘Other’ category for an impressive love bug and dragon design which he cut from one solid piece of wood. Ted describes his saw as like a sewing machine but with a blade instead of a needle. The timber is overlaid with a design, which he runs through the saw. After cutting the timber he punches it out. Then he assembles the pieces and finishes it off. He can also dye the timber to create different effects. “I used to be able to mill my own timber but today I work out of the small workshop here at IRT Harbourside,” says Ted. Ted spends about three

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At Kiama Rugby’s 60th Kiama Rugby’s 60th Anniversary celebrations kicked off with a lunch at The Sebel Harbourside. Over the 60 years, the Club has won 11 first grade premierships and produced six Wallabies – Jim Miller, Brian Weir, Geoff Shaw, Gary Grey, James Grant and Scott Fava – and a Walleroo, Ruan Sims. The first Kiama Rugby Football Club was

established in 1893. After a hiatus during war years, 1961 saw the club re-establish itself in the Illawarra District Rugby, NSW Country, NSW State and the Australian Rugby Union. On Saturday 19 June, the anniversary was marked by matches at the Kiama Showground against Shoalhaven, followed by a big reunion at The Pavilion. Richard Statham and Tony Hastings Wallabies Brian Weir, Gary Grey, James Miller and James Grant

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A Safe Haven in a crisis

POSTCARD HOME

Flinders Island in Bass Strait is not somewhere many of us think of visiting but in early May, when the weather was mild and sunny, we spent a week there and loved it! Flying from Shellharbour Airport to Essendon, then on to Flinders Island was so easy and convenient. We picked up our hire car at the small airport on Flinders and drove to our accommodation, a beautiful, scenic lodge at the base of Mt Strzelecki. Our first stop was the nearby Trouser Point. The clear aqua waters, rocks covered in bright orange lichen and the dramatic mountains in the background are made

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for postcard photos! Trouser Point was named after a young, trouserless lad who managed to come ashore there from a shipwreck. One of the many stories of historic shipwrecks in the area. The Flinders Museum was well worth a visit, with well-presented natural specimens, relics from shipwrecks and the fascinating history of the island’s settlement. It included the extraordinary story and artifacts from the wreck of the Sydney Cove in 1796 and the fight for survival of the crew. We also visited the Wybalenna chapel, all that remains of a tragically unsuccessful settlement established in

1831 for some of the last of Tasmania’s Aborigines. At Killiecrankie Beach we wandered along the wide, white sand, that we only shared with the large pacific gulls. Killiecrankie diamonds (topaz) are found here amongst the rocks and made into stunning jewellery. Climbing Mt Strzelecki, the highest point on Flinders, was a challenge for us. It was a steep five-hour hike to the top and back, but the scenery and views were spectacular! Wildlife abounds on the island. Red-necked wallabies and wombats frequently cross the roads requiring caution, especially in the evenings. Cape Barren geese

graze in the fields and mutton bird burrows can be seen on the vegetated dunes. Mutton birding still occurs on some of the nearby islands, such as Cape Barren Is. We were offered a taste and it was delicious. We also enjoyed the local crayfish – yum! Flinders Island was a special place to visit, to enjoy nature and a wonderful, relaxed lifestyle. Merin Korber, Kiama

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A special space has opened in Wollongong, literally a Safe Haven for people experiencing suicidal distress and mental health crises to drop into to feel safe and comfortable in the company of peer workers and mental health professionals. The non-clinical, calm and culturally sensitive space is purposely designed for anyone to go as an alternative to the emergency department. “Anyone who is in distress or who is experiencing suicidality can attend and feel like they have somewhere to be and also someone that they can connect with who has lived through an experience and has had that same journey,” says Sarah Holmes, Safe Haven Service Manager. This Safe Haven is being run by the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District and the mental health charity, Stride. It is one of 20 being trialled across the State as part of the Towards Zero Suicides Initiative by the NSW Government to help reduce the suicide rate by 20 per cent by 2023. “Recently I was supporting a guest who was initially quite distressed and we had really nice, long chat and towards the end they said

‘it was so different to have a conversation with someone who has lived it rather than someone who has read about suicide in a book’,” says Caitlin Kozman, Safe Haven peer worker. “To be relatable is really powerful in what we do as a peer worker. “We are here to support and I feel like we have already been successful because everyone that has come through the door has generally left feeling a lot better.”

Safe Haven is located at 55 Urunga Parade, Wollongong. Open from Wednesday to Saturday from 2-10pm, for all ages. No appointment or Medicare card is required. For more information call: 0401 561 164 If this story has raised issues for you, please contact Lifeline 131 114 or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 by Jack Wallner

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