The Bugle Jan 28 2017

The Bugle 28 January 2017

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 and now at www.thebugleonline.com

Kiama’s Australia Day Award recipients Col Rathbone, Kiama’s Citizen of the Year, is someone who gets involved in causes with an enthusiasm that never wanes.

For example, he has been President of the Kiama & District Sports Association since 1980, shortly after he and his family moved here.

He’s also a long time fundraiser and volunteer for the Red Cross, Friends of Blue Haven and Friends of Vision Australia.

But, with Col, there always seems room for more. When the Centenary of ANZAC was approaching, he not only was the driving force behind the creation of the Kiama Light Horse but was one of the horsemen.

Since 2014, the troop has remained a feature of Kiama ANZAC parades.

This year he is beginning preparations for commemorating the Charge of Beersheba, the last calvary charge ever, in October.

Mayor Mark Honey says Col is a worthy recipient of the Award.

“Col is a highly-respected member of the community, who is approachable, uncomplicated and helpful, with the patience and willingness to go ‘above and beyond’ when required.”

Col is originally from Griffith and was the manager of the Cakuna Timberyard in Shoalhaven Street for many years.

As someone who loves to help others, he wants to encourage others to get involved too.

“You get a lot out of it yourself from helping people out,” he says. “It’s good to see the difference just a little bit of effort can make.”

Imogen Bakewell, Kiama’s Young Citizen of the Year, is showing early indications of commitment to the community through her leadership roles.

The Australia Day address was given by local artist Megan Seres, winner of the 2016 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, who argued the case for Kiama initiating its own art prize (see article on page 5).

Inside this issue Time to stop the Jones Beach erosion p3

Megan Seres: Let’s get serious about an Art Prize p5

Ward on the new Premier p5

Other Australia Day Award recipients Sportsperson of the Year Vince Hardman, Kiama Surf Lifesaving Club Community Arts Award Dave Evans and Tamara Campbell

Climate activist paddling in p4

Kiama Council Achievement Awards Photo: NEG Photography

Service to the Environment Howard R Jones Community Achievement Jean Pratt Youth Achievement Ryan North

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150th anniversary of Jamberoo Anglican Church More next issue

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Pics & Flicks (see right)

27-28 Jan

Friends of Kiama Library Talk: Colin Woodcroft on Travelling with Parkinsons 2.30pm, Kiama Library Auditorium, $5 members or $8 for guests, including afternoon tea

Gerringong Lions’ Motorfest & Car Show Mick Cronin Oval, 9-1pm $5 Gerringong Village Markets In and around Gerringong Town Hall

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

Til 29 Jan

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Sun 19 Feb Kiama Seaside Markets Kiama Harbour, 9-3pm Gerringong Music Club presents Duo Historie More next issue

Fri 24 Feb Green Day Out (see right)

Sat 25 Feb Kiama Sevens More next issue

Travel down the Amazon The first Pics & Flicks for the year is the South American film, Embrace the Serpent.

We are told it ‘meditates on both the beauty of nature and the devastating impact of colonial interference on native culture.’

Details: Gerringong Town Hall, 7.30 for 8pm. Tickets $10 or take advantage of a multi-ticket deal.

Have a Green Day Out Gerringong Golf Club is hosting its annual course management and charity fund raising event, The Green Day Out. The Children’s Medical Research Institute Gerringong will again receive a portion of the money raised on the day, with the rest of the money going towards the Club, including for its the new 5th hole.

The Event is a three person Ambrose open to all players, with or without handicap, at a cost of $95 per person plus share cart hire. Breakfast, lunch and green fees are included.

Sponsorship of a hole is $440 (tax deductible) and includes advertising rights, team fees, motorised carts, lunch and presentation at the Gerroa Boat Fisherman’s Club.

Breakfast and registration will commence at 7am in preparation for an 8am start.

There is a chance to win a new car with a hole-in-one, compliments of the Harrigan Motor Group.

Donations of items for prizes, raffle or auction are most welcome.

Details: Friday 24th February. To enter your team contact Daryl Hobbs on 0417 471 800 or 4272 1800 bh.

You can also ring the Clubhouse on 4234 3333.

German chamber orchestra returns

The Cologne Chamber Orchestra has again included Kiama on its annual Australian tour. Make the most of the opportunity to hear world class musicians play a program of Vivaldi, Mozart, Borne and Paganini in the intimate setting of the little white church on the hill.

Details: Sun 12 February, 8pm Kiama Anglican Church, 2 Terralong St Ticket from Visitors Centre, $25

Charity Fashion Parade The first Friends of Blue Haven event of the year is on Sat 11 February, 1.30 pm, in the Activities Room at the Blue Haven Hostel, Havillah Place, Kiama.

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Purchase of hospital site draws near At an Extraordinary Meeting, Kiama Council has given authority to its General Manager to proceed with the exchange and settlement of the purchase of the Kiama Hospital site from the Area Health Service.

Once the site is owned by Council, which is expected to happen at the end of February, work on the demolition of the old hospital and construction of the new Centre of Excellence for Aged Care will begin. Work is scheduled to be completed in two and a half years.

Construction of the Area Health Service’s new community health centre, at the front of the site, is also expected to be completed at the end of February.

Plans are being made for an Open Day to mark the end of an era at the Hospital.

More details next issue.

More DAs to come under the spotlight Any DA with more than three submissions or a value over $2 million will now come before a Council meeting for approval.

A motion by Councillor Neil Reilly was successful in reducing the bar from the previous level of five objections and a $5 million value.

“All of us have said we want to stand up for the character of our area, and this will help do it,” he says.

Time to stop the Jones Beach erosion Paradoxically, members of BeachCare Kiama believe that measures put in place to stabilise Jones Beach after major storms in 1974 are now responsible for a litany of on-going problems.

“Time has shown the solution was well-intentioned but ill-informed,” says Anthony Hourigan, a senior member of the Kiama Downs Surf Lifesaving Club.

He says wrong plants were used, their growth wasn’t monitored, and the whole beach has suffered.

“Now when we are setting up our patrol at the northern end of the beach it is probably a good six or eight foot lower than it was just three years ago because of what has happened here.

“The big surf has dragged all that sand out to sea as the vegetation has gotten closer and closer to the waves. If you stand there at the northern end, you can just see the tip of the Club roof.

BeachCare Kiama members Julie Hume, Anthony Hourigan and Bill Wells with Councillor Mark Way (second from left).

“It is now a much more dangerous beach to swim at, with flash rips a huge problem, while at the same time the vegetation has blocked off the Surf Club’s view of the length of the beach.”

Julie Hume, who uses the beach every day, shares his concerns.

Councillor Mark Way demonstrating how far the vegetation has moved past the original boundary, and the lower sand level.

“If nothing is done, we will be locked into an irreversible cycle of erosion.

It was once a really great surfing and swimming beach, and it can be remediated back to good health.

“In the last storm in June there was a lot of scarping (where cliffs are formed when the vegetation holds onto the sand). People say that is a normal process, but it is the reason the beach is shrinking.

“We know the sand dunes play a vital role in the health of a beach, and we believe the uncontrolled vegetation is impacting negatively on the area.

“We are about trying to

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rehabilitate and restore the dune system.

“If we get rid of the weeds and the inappropriate vegetation, if we cull back the overgrowth and have foredunes planted with spinifex, then we can replant with more appropriate species.”

The group is lobbying Council to leverage off the work already done by Wollongong Council on its northern beaches.

Woonona Beach, which was suffering similar problems to Jones Beach, has been vastly improved with new dune management.

Work is now being implemented on five other beaches.

The group hopes that once

suitable investigations have been made, the Plan of Management can be amended to reflect the new philosophy.

The dunes are Crown Land, managed by Council.

“We have someone who is prepared to be the Landcare coordinator for the area, and there are plenty of people who love the beach who will help,” says Julie. “The Plan will help us apply for any necessary funding.”

Councillor Mark Way says he is championing the cause for a simple reason, “If we don’t fix it, we won’t have a beach.”

Similar erosion problems are being experienced at Werri Beach.

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Correction: Wrong Mark In the 14 January edition of The Bugle, on our front page, we inadvertently referred to the Mayor as Mark Way, rather than Mark Honey. Our apologies to both for the error.

On New Years Day Australian climate activist Steve Posselt set off on his kayak from Ballina. His goal is to journey 1,200 kilometres down the coast to Moruya, and then to drag the wheeled kayak 180 kilometres over the mountains to Canberra.

During the eight week trip, he is aiming to collect and deliver 100,000 signatures for the Climate Emergency Declaration petition.

The petition was launched in June 2016, with the support of an open letter from 24 eminent Australians, including Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty, Ian Dunlop, former Chair of the Australian Coal Association, Carmen Lawrence, and Professor Tim Flannery.

Paul Barratt, a former Secretary of the Departments of Defence and Primary Industries & Energy, and a former CEO of the Business Council of Australia said at the time, “Just as we have faced fire, flood, drought and military threat in the past we now need to throw everything we can at the climate crisis. We must make action on global warming the nation’s highest-level priority.”

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Posselt, a water engineer, gained world attention when he kayaked 5,000 kilometres to the Paris Climate Summit through the United States and Europe. He does not believe the measures agreed to in Paris are enough.

“We need to accept the science, ask our government to declare a climate emergency, and immediately mobilise resources,” he says.

“I must be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say once we knew the extent of the problem, we did everything we possibly could to address it.”

Tom Hunt, of the Wollongong Climate Action Network, shares Posselt’s concerns and says that his group has arranged events to drum up support for the petition while he is in the Illawarra.

“We’re encouraging people to come down to the Harbour and meet Steve when he arrives, then stay for his talk,” he says.

Details: Thurs 2 February. Gather at the Harbour for the arrival at 6pm. Kayakers welcome.

Presentation in Scout Hall at 6.30pm. Petition can be signed online at www.climateemergencydeclaration.org

As someone who has known our new Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, since 1998 through Young Liberals, Gareth Ward MP is very proud of his friend’s ascension to the top job.

“I can’t tell you how strongly I feel about her personally as well as her style of leadership,” the Member for Kiama says.

“Glad is some who I think will inspire people. She has fought for everything she has ever achieved. When she came to this country with her Armenian parents she couldn’t speak English.

“She won her seat in 2003 by 144 votes, and has gone on to being a very strong and popular local member.”

Mr Ward is full of praise for her achievements as both Transport Minister and Treasurer, which he says have shown her intellect and capacity for work.

“I think she has demonstrated in both the service and the administration sides of government that she is incredibly competent and she will bring those skills to the office of Premier.”

He says she has been a frequent visitor to the Illawarra and Shoalhaven and understands the region’s particular issues.

“She was a great help to me when Blue Scope was facing challenges, and she put together the package of payroll tax deferals that I was working on as Parliamentary Secretary,” he says. “She listened to what

I wanted at that time and helped me deliver it in the Parliament.”

The new Premier is yet to announce her Cabinet reshuffle, but ahead of it Mr Ward says being a local member will always be his number one focus.

“Labor has only put leaders in when they are down and out. We are changing leaders at a time when we are ahead in the polls and less than half way through the term.

She has a real chance to put her stamp of authority on the state.”

Kiama would benefit from a major art prize: Seres Our Moran Prize winner, Megan Seres, used her Australia Day Address at the 2017 Awards Ceremony to float the idea of Kiama establishing its own regional art prize, as a way of fostering the arts and giving a kickstart to the economy.

She cited the success of the Glover Art Prize, in the Tasmanian village of Evansdale, an acquisitive prize and exhibition which showcases hundreds of contemporary landscape paintings and has been a boon for the once sleepy town.

“We could name it after a famous artist who has lived here or been inspired by the area - we have Conrad Martins, Nicholas Chevalier, Tom Roberts or Lloyd Rees, Grace Cossington Smith, Brett Whitely or Colin Lanceley,” she said, “Or it could be the Kiama Open Art Prize or the Wodi Wodi People Art Prize.

“The flow-on effect would increase new audiences, increase tourism and visits to other attractions, and increase economic activity.”

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Photo: NEG Photography

Ward welcomes Premier Berejiklian

Our 2017 Doug Moran Portrait Prize winner, Megan Seres, with her daughter Scarlett.

Taking the opportunity to present her case to the local councillors, and the state and federal members present at the event, she said Kiama would need to finally build its regional arts centre to not only hold the new and growing art prize collection, but other local exhibitions, touring exhibitions, workshops and talks.

“This would help to create

a sense of belonging, provide new opportunities for collaborations with outsiders, and build strong networks, while reducing social isolation, population drift and unemployment.”

To start the ball rolling, Megan offered to donate $2000 towards the establishment of the prize.

Concept plans for an arts centre are being developed.

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Ken’s Brown Swiss continue to impress While other local dairy farmers prepare their cattle for the Kiama Show, Ken Osborne is back from his annual ‘holiday’ showing three of the family’s Brown Swiss cows at the International Dairy Week Show in Victoria.

“The Kiama Show focuses on the traditional breeds for our area, Holsteins, Jerseys and Illawarras,” says Ken. “I have to go further afield to compete.”

Ken’s late uncle Wayne Osborne, and his aunt Margaret, were the first to bring the breed to the South Coast, back in the 80s.

The Brown Swiss suit the hilly terrain at Curramore, near Jamberoo Action Park, as well as producing high protein and high butterfat milk.

It took decades to develop the pure breed animals they have been showing for the last four years.

“It was always my uncle’s intention to show them, so I’m pleased I’ve been able to make it happen,” says Ken, who manages his aunt’s 140 head farm as the 5th generation to do so.

“We’ve brought back rib-

bons from every show we’ve entered, including the Melbourne Show,” says Ken. At the latest show, they won a second and a third, with a very young cow coming a promising 8th.

Ken says 2016 was their best year, when all three of

of the cows he took down bagged ribbons. He’s planning to enter the Sydney Show for the first time this year.

Margaret has been involved with the Brown Swiss since the start, saying with a laugh that she always insisted they buy ‘pretty

ones’. While Ken is responsible for the breeding, she looks after the calf rearing, which gives her a lasting bond with the animals.

Like other local farmers, the Osbornes are waiting for some good rain. “One of our dams is empty. The drought hitting hard.”

Dual zoning dilemma A proposal to change the Local Environment Plan (LEP) to allow properties that have dual zoning (eg. both rural and residential zones on different areas of the one title) to be subdivided is being seen by some as another threat to Jamberoo’s rural village character.

Rather than being “a major amendment to the LEP”, as contended by Graham Pike in his Community Alert outlining his take on the situation, Council’s Director of Environmental Services, Phil Costello, says it is a minor change that only impacts less than ten properties in the Municipality.

The Druella Rd planning proposal is similar to the

Golden Valley Way planning proposal, that was rejected by Council in December, in that it looks to rezone land on the outskirts of Jamberoo identified in the Kiama Urban Strategy.

It differs from Golden Valley Way in its size (15 dwellings vs 100) and that it the rest of land in the parcel is to remain rural.

The proposal was endorsed for Gateway by Council and that has been granted by the Department of Planning. However, in order to proceed, there needs to be an amendment to the LEP so the rezoned land is able to be subdivided off.

Council’s Director of Environmental Services, Phil Costello, says that the

change will correct an oversight in the LEP by inserting standard clause used in other Local Government areas.

“At the moment, landowners who already have split zoning cannot give that residential component its own title, because of the minimum land requirements for rural land.

“There are less than ten properties that are in this situation.”

Graham Pike believes that Council should postpone consideration of all current and future development applications for the Jamberoo Valley until the proposed Jamberoo Development Control plan is completed.

The Planning Proposal is on public exhibition for comment until 17 February.

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Some of Kiama's iconic green space is again under threat of being sold by Council for development.

Help us to stop the sale, because who knows which reserve will come next.

Sign the petition at www.saveilukareserve.com Every signature counts.

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New Centre makes Mayoral Column recycling a breeze In case you missed it hearing about it, Kiama’s new Community Recycling Centre opened just before Christmas.

“Thanks to a grant from the NSW Government Waste Less, Recycle More initiative, our community now has a first-class recycling centre which accepts a wide range of problem waste,” said Mayor Mark Honey at its opening The new facility allows you to drive directly into the centre and, undercover, offload your waste into a wide range of specific recycling bins.

The Centre accepts the following for free drop-off: • water-based/oil-based paints • used motor oils and other oils • lead-acid and hand-held batteries • gas cylinders/fire extinguishers • conventional tube/compact fluorescent lamps • smoke detectors • polystyrene • aerosol cans • x-rays • toner cartridges • silage wrap • car batteries.

Residents from Shellharbour, Shoalhaven and Wollongong also have access to the free recycling services.

The Waste Less, Recycle More initiative is financed by waste levy payments made by councils to the NSW Government. Last year Kiama Council contributed $380,600 in waste levy payments.

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News for young families Minnamurra Playgroup meets weekly during the school terms on Thursday mornings from 9.30 until 11.30 at the Minnamurra Progress Hall, recommencing on 2 February 2017.

Parents and carers of children 0-5 are welcome to come along and join in.

The Breastfeeding Friendly Kiama Support Group now meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at Kiama Library, 10.30-noon.

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Thanks to everybody who entered our competition to win a family pass to the 169th Kiama Show.

The lucky winner was Susan Good.

To all the others, we hope you go to the Show anyway to make this year one of its best yet.

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Each edition, Mayor Mark Honey uses this column as a way of communicating directly with residents and ratepayers.

Earlier this week I attended a ceremony at the site of the old Kiama Hospital in Irvine Street.

Hospitals are special places, not just as places of healing, but as a record of how towns and their communities grow. The old Kiama Hospital is no different.

In the early days only the wealthy had ready access to medical treatment – with doctors attending residents in their own home. The nearest hospital was in Wollongong.

The need for a local hospital became apparent as the population of the area started to grow with the advent of the blue metal quarries and the farming communities With workplace accidents – and diseases such as typhoid and influenza – times were very tough in

our communities. With all that we have today it is hard to imagine life in those early times.

Through the foresight and hard work of members of the local community funds were raised – and matched by the government – and with much fanfare the hospital opened in 1887.

Over the years it was staffed by dedicated and tireless doctors, nurses and some very strong-willed matrons. The local community supported the hospital with donations of food, clothing and blankets.

Through the generosity of the Fuller family, who were pioneers of the area, a new wing was added to the hospital – and named the Sarah Fuller Ward. It opened on the 24th January 1917, and we celebrated its centenary this week.

In more recent years the hospital became the home of Stan and Elaine Keough, who ensured this historic building was kept in a state befitting its importance.

We are lucky in Kiama to have retained much of the history and character of our town, thanks to the efforts of such people.

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Kiama Council has decided to review of the structure and funding of tourism in the Kiama Local Government Area having regard to the new regional Destination Network. Kiama Council presently expends approximately $350,000 directly on tourism.

The primary options to be considered by Council are:

Appropriately enough, a Battle of the Bands being organised to help raise funds for Gerringong’s Bec Cupitt is going to be Mexicanthemed. Bec, who has MS, is booked in for a treatment there in June.

The stem cell transplant treatment (HSCT) she is to have is the same undergone very successfully in Russia last year by another local, Megan Rundback (as reported previously in The Bugle).

The 46 year old mother of three is well-known in the area, having taught at Ss Peter & Paul and at Gerringong PS. She is also one of the 11 Wales sisters.

Claire Kulyk is one of the organisers of Banding Together for Bec - Mexican Fiesta!

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The fundraising event will see four bands and two soloists battle it out to be voted most popular on the night Lauren Collyer, Hunter Auzins, Carefactor, Tropical Wax, Boyz n Berr and Men without Beards.

“It will be a huge night at the Pavilion, with Mexicanthemed drinks and food and a big Silent Auction,” says Claire. “We want as many people as possible to come along and show their support.”

Details: Saturday 11 March 2017, 6:30pm – Midnight, The Pavilion Kiama.

Premium table seating $75 pp.

Bar table/standing $45 pp.

Ticket includes entry, bands, dessert bar, tea and coffee.

Food and drinks can be purchased at the venue.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.trybooking.com/ONUK Donations to the cause can be made directly to: BSB: 012 628 A/C: Removing Barriers A/C NUMBER: 195535506

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Kiama Tourism being responsible for information services at the Visitor Information Centre, product development and marketing subject to a performance-based agreement or service contract with Council.

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Council establishing an in-house tourism unit to undertake the activities currently being undertaken by Kiama Tourism, implementing the Destination Management Plan, product development, marketing and infrastructure development, guided by an advisory committee of local industry and skills-based people.

Neither option would reduce Council’s commitment to tourism funding.

Council welcomes public submissions on the review and the proposed primary options.

In your submission, which needs to be received by 28 February, you may wish to address the following questions (please include your name and contact details):

Tourism in Kiama Are you a tourism related business operator?

Yes / No

Are you a member of Kiama Tourism?

Yes / No

If yes, what do you see as the value you receive from your membership?

If no, what tourism services would you like to see provided to make membership a value proposition for your tourism business?

What do you see as the priorities for the development and marketing of tourism in the Kiama Local Government Area?

Council is considering two principal options for the structure of tourism (outlined above) do you prefer and why?

What are the key services and strategies that you would like to see provided under either option?

Are there any other options that should be considered?

Submissions should be received by 28 February 2017 to: General Manager , PO Box 75, Kiama NSW 2533 Email: council@kiama.nsw.gov.au

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Out & about Marking a 100th anniversary

Details of the Historical Society’s program of events for the first half of 2017 are on page 12.

While the former Kiama Cottage Hospital, on the corner of Irvine and Barney streets, has long been a private home, its significance in the community’s history is not being forgotten.

Members of the Kiama & District Historical Society and local dignitaries were guests of the Keough family to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Sarah Fuller Memorial Ward, on 24 January 1917. Sarah was one of the first Millers in Gerringong, born at Renfrew Park in 1841.

She was the wife of George Fuller, and together they built the grand Dunmore House on the estate they owned, which encompassed most of Shellharbour. The ward was donated by her family, which included a NSW Premier.

Her descendent, Brian Fuller, has written a family history, Against All the Odds, which is available at local bookshops or from him on 4236 1123.

Heather Bell and Cathy Rolls

Anne Honey and Robyn Simond

Libby Eggins and Joan Fraser

Stan Keough and Brian Fuller at the entrance to the Ward, which led out to a verandah overlooking the hills and ocean.

Winsome Barker, Sue Eggins and Val Day

Sue Smith and Sophie Haggart

If you’d like to share your social event on this page, contact emailthebugle@gmail.com (preferably in advance).

We’d love to share more weddings, births and other important milestones.

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The Bugle Crossword ACROSS 3. New Federal Minister for Health (4,4) 6. City in Switzerland 8. Unplayable tennis serve 10. Regulator in grandfather clock 12. Name of main street of Jamberoo 13. Swedish retail furniture company 15. H2O 16. Metal alloy made of copper or zinc 17. Social insect living in colonies 18. Bird of prey 19. Male deer 21. Irish spelling of whisky 23. Long legged wading birds 24. Last Australian male eliminated from Australian Open 25. City in United Arab Emirates 28. Australian beach footwear 30. Superman's girlfriend (4,4) 32. Floating wreckage of a ship 33. Name of street on western edge of Hindmarsh Park 35. Informal term for a father 36. Long stretch of level ground beside the seaside 39. Name of street of location of Kiama Show 40. Great barrier made of coral 41. Two wheeled self balancing transportation 42. device for chopping wood DOWN 1. For Example (1,1) 2. National flag of UK 3. High army rank

4. Knight of The Round Table 5. Electric stun gun used by police 7. Transparent coating on internal timber in homes 9. Sodium Chloride 10. Clark Kent's editor (5,5) 11. NSW Premier as at 18th January 2017 (4,5) 14. Green Kiama Councillor (5,4) 16. Pacific Man o' War stingers 17. Noah's boat 20. Local village in which Anglican church is celebrating its 150th birthday 22. On which day of the week is the Kiama Farmers Market held?

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Postcard home Last October we had an enjoyable trip to the east coast of Canada to view the spectacular Fall Foliage.

This was followed by a voyage along the eastern seaboard of the USA on a luxury cruise.liner.

One day while sailing the Gulf of Mexico, we really felt the reality of life when our ship came across a tiny boat bobbing in the waves.

Close to nightfall, while admiring the sunset and sipping on cocktails, my companion remarked “What's that ahead, a whale?”

I was one of the few that also spotted the movement ahead and slightly to our port side. “No whale - that’s a tiny boat with people wildly yelling and waving at us!!”

Our ship sounded its horn to warn the vessel to keep its distance. (Probably so we didn’t run it over, or to avoid it capsizing in our wake).

As our ship continued on its course, I became quite distressed leaving such a little boat abandoned in open waters, but thankfully

If you’d like to share your travel story, send your postcard home (even when you are back) to emailthebugle@gmail.com

History for all The Kiama & District Historical Society has released its program of talks for the first half of the year.

The talks are open to members and non-members and always give food for thought.

If your new year’s resolution is to get more involved with the community, then the Society is a great place to start. It’s an opportunity for you to find out more about the area’s history and help safeguard it for the future, while mixing with like-minded people.

The Society is the custodian of The Pilot’s Cottage on Blowhole Point, and many of its members volunteer to work there as guides for visitors. At the end of last year the first moves were made to establish a sub-group to focus on heritage and planning issues, given the development happening in the area.

It costs just $8 for an individual or $12 for a family to join. Details are available from the Treasurer, Gordon Bell on 4233 1788. Meetings are monthly on the 3rd Saturday.

PROGRAM OF TALKS: FIRST HALF 2017

that was short-lived as the ship gradually came to a standstill. The captain made an announcement that he had been called to the Bridge, and advised all passengers that our ship was turning around to go back and look for the little boat and to give humanitarian aid if required.

By now it was dark as the sun had set, but after 20 minutes of panning with searchlights, the boat was

found and its occupants overjoyed to see us.

Providing humanitarian assistance at sea is an ancient custom. The little boat carried l5 Cuban refugees, all male, who hadn’t eaten for two days. They were brought on-board but confined to a crew-only area on a lower deck.

After being fed and watered, showered and given new white overalls, the US Coastguard Cutter Bear

arrived and a midnight transfer of the migrants to the patrol boat occurred.

This unexpected occurrence was unforgettable.

It’s a sad reminder that we are so fortunate and often take so much for granted. lt brings to mind Mark Twain’s famous quote.

It’s so true - “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrowmindedness.”

Diane Brown

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Saturday 18 February 2.30pm, Ss Peter and Paul Church, Manning Street, Kiama Eileen Radford: The History of Ss Peter & Paul Church Thursday 9 March 2.30pm afternoon tea at the Grand Hotel, Manning Street The Grand: Past, Present and Future Wednesday 29 March 2.30pm, Family History Centre, Railway Parade Sue Lark: The Origins of Kiama Street Names Saturday 29 April 2.30pm, Family History Centre, Railway Parade Mayor Mark Honey: How Times Have Changed Monday 1 May 3.15pm, Family History Centre, Railway Parade Michael Dorahy: In the Footsteps of Burke and Wills Saturday 20 May 2pm, visit to a Broughton Creek property Peter McAra: Kiama's Cedar- Yesteryear and Today