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www.lennoxwave.com Community news & events for the people of Lennox Head and surrounds.

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Bonza Holiday Period

Tour De Cure Raffle

New Businesses

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Cover shot this month is from Kirra Pendergast

From The Publisher Hello 2017! Happy Everything as a friend of mine says. It's been an absolutely bonza holiday, maybe a little bit on the warm side, but so great to be able to get outside and enjoy the summer. Our visitors have certainly been making the most of it, as have our businesses.

At The Lennox Wave we are welcoming a few newbies this year.I met Lois Delaney one day in town through friends and learned about her amazing social media activity. She is a natural cook, yoga practitioner, and amazing photographer, so I look foward to what she will offer readers this year.

The other addition to the family is Trent Chapman, local trainer, and inspirational leader, loved by many.

He'll be penning some inspiring words to help you get cracking and quit the bull**** this year.

No more excuses! Hey Trent?

Finally behind the scenes we welcome Monique Hartman who will be managing the digital side of the business, and hopefully kicking my butt into gear to get organised a bit more on the OSTEO_Dean_Business Card_55x90_FINAL_V4FA.indd administrative side of things.

Many people around here already know that she's a star.

And I'm fast finding out.

Til next month,

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The Lennox Wave - Issue 146. Feb 2017 Publisher & Editor: Helen Fry Email: publisher@lennoxwave.com Ph: 0425 221 570 Advertising: publisher@lennoxwave.com Contributors: Vic Leto, Michelle Mahon Published 11 times a year by Helen Fry PO Box 368, Lennox Head NSW 2478 web: www.lennoxwave.com

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Australia Day Awards The 2017 Ballina Shire Australia Day Awards were announced at the official celebrations held in Lennox Head on Thursday 26 January 2017.

Forty-four nominations were received across the categories of Sports, Arts Cultural, Young Citizen, Senior Citizen, Community Event and Local Hero.

The Awards program celebrates the achievements and contributions that our unsung heroes make to our community.

Mayor David Wright with special guest, and former Winter Olympic Gold Medallist and inspiring guest speaker, Alisa Camplin presented the awards to the all the nominees, category winners and the overall 2017 Ballina Shire Citizen of the Year.

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR – Doug Stinson SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR – Shirley O’Brien SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR – Russell Priddle ARTS CULTURAL AWARD - Kim Michelle Toft

LOCAL HERO OF THE YEAR - Kirk Trease YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR -Emily Somerville SENIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR Beatrice Gray COMMUNITY EVENT OF THE YEAR Tintenbar Up Front Music Nights Below: Horace Bevan, Don Monro and Doug Stinson. Top right: Citizen of the Year, Doug Stinson with special guest Alisa Camplin.

Bottom right: Tracey Armstrong-Everingham, Horace Bevan and his mum Judy Bevan.

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Lennox Head Residents’ Association BY robyn hargrave

We welcomed visitors to our 5 December Christmas meeting.

Proposed winter Olympic ski jump training facility. Following a robust discussion at the November meeting, correspondence was referred to Minister Stuart Ayers, Department of Trade, Tourism, Major Events and Sport, seeking updated information on the development. Contact will also be made with local member, the Honourable Tamara Smith and Jason Dwyer, General Manager of Lake Ainsworth Sport and Recreation on the current status.

Landcare and Coast Care members are dismayed at major damage to dunes opposite Williams Street by persons making firepits and creating multiple tracks to the beach. This is a fragile environment and will not survive destruction of natural vegetation. Action by BSC, Landcare and Coast Care has commenced to reinstate the area with fencing and signage to be installed.

Destruction of protected bushland at Williams Reserve has been inspected by members of Lennox Head Residents’ Association Inc (LHRA Inc) and Ballina Shire Council (BSC) who agreed on action to remove garden rubbish dumped there and protect vulnerable plants.

Kerbside gardens in Lennox Head have been subject to a vibrant discussion on the LHRA Inc facebook page with further comments encouraged from the Community as to potential street locations.

A pedestrian crossing in Park Lane between the skate park and adjacent shopping area has been proposed to BSC. Christmas lights on the Ross Park pine tree are a welcome sight once more and appreciation is extended to BSC for their installation during the festive season. The Surfing Santa made his annual appearance on his pole adjacent to the Byron Street entrance to Lennox Head just prior to Christmas.

Join us, share your views and hear our news on Mondays 6 February, 6 March (AGM) and 3 April 2017 from 7pm in the CWA Hall.

Feedback is encouraged by email to lhrainc@gmail.com or facebook at Lennox Head Residents’ Association.

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Bonza Holiday Period

by Vic Leto

Last month we asked various Lennox businesses about visitor numbers over the holiday season and whether they felt that the recent discussion about increased shark activity in the region had affected business.

Lennox Surf Shop, Gav: Busier. Sales up on last year. Yes for many of my customers sharks and mitigation are a topic of conversation, many specifically asking ‘where exactly are the nets located’.

The general consensus was visitor numbers (and spending) were way up on previous years, some even reporting record levels. All agreed that this season’s weather was a contributing factor to a big year. Regarding sharks, some visitors had absolutely no idea or didn’t mention them while many were aware of it.

Point Café, Staff: Yes definitely busier than last two years. Seemed like more Europeans in town.

Here is what some of the local businesses had to say (sorry to those we missed):

Milko Dave: It’s been BIG!!! Up I reckon 15%. I do hear a few conversations amongst visitors about all things sharks related including happier now with nets.

Mi Thai, Andrew: No doubt it was the best holiday period we’ve had ever since we opened. Seemed like more foreigners.

Former Lennox Head Butcher Frank Hughes now a casual driver for Ballina Taxis: Reports from taxis are that visitor numbers are up and yes quite a few ask about sharks, but after telling them about ‘your chances’, offering info and advice of measures in place, they relax.

Lennox Pizza & Pasta: A couple of days we broke records for numbers of Pizzas made!

Elders, Nick - Holiday Rentals Manager: Yes busier this year and already quite a few re-booked again for next year. Some enquiries prior to bookings do ask about sharks. But explaining increased mitigation actions has helped restore confidence.

LeChelle Boutique, Michelle: Definitely busier and for longer period. Noticed a change in type of clientele, they seemed so much nicer this year. One customer mentioned ‘feeling safer with nets’.

Lennox Bakery, Caroline: Booming to BUSTING it’s been that BUSY!!! Nothing is stopping them.

Newsagent and Bottle Shop, Lee and Karen long time staff: People numbers definitely compare with one of the busiest we have ever seen. Sharks don’t seem to come up in our conversations.

Fishy Fishy, Staff: Crazy busy this year and for a longer period. Know of two different usual visitors from Goldy and Melbourne saying some of their friends ‘didn’t come because of sharks.’

Riley Burnett, Jason: Numbers on-par with consistent continued growth on each year we trade.

L.J. Hooker, Alisa: Very good numbers and consistently high into the January weeks. Yes handful mentions sharks, one commenting ‘concern with the nets on marine life.’

Quattro, Jo: Consistently high numbers and pattern changed to more customers at night than day.

Headlands Resort: Record numbers through peak and more than average past mid-January. Great weather and completion of the northern section of highway these days definitely a big factor. Sharks haven’t really been a deterrent and if mentioned we advise and pass on the info.

Lennox Holiday Park, Debbie: AWESOME. There generally seemed a happier, more positive vibe in the air. Our numbers always are at peak this time of year but stayed higher into past mid-January. With 80% of clientele coming from a 2 hour drive of the 2478 postcode radius, they are already aware of local ‘shark issue’.

Santa-Fe Motel, Manager: Yes much busier this season and longer. Most guests, including internationals, ask about shark info/advice of mitigation in place.

Lennox - Alstonville Surf Life Saving Club, Patrol Captain Brian Dell: Huge, probably record numbers swimming between the flags. Also lots more in the Lake.

Crowds concentrated between the flags, rather than the usual amounts of people scattered further along the beach. A lot of people specifically asked Patrols about the nets and the nets definitely have had a positive effect on raised confidence.

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Landmarks Of Lennox

By Robyn hargrave

Village Heritage Trail Lake Ainsworth has been reported as being over 100,000 years old and held a special place in Aboriginal heritage with separate sections specified for men and women. It is one of eleven places of heritage interest in Lennox Head village contained in the Lennox Head Heritage Committee (LHHC) Heritage Trail brochure.

The self-guided Heritage Trail walk commences at Williams Reserve adjacent to the Community Centre and proceeds clockwise to the Bora Ring in Gibbon Street, Lake Ainsworth, Lake Ainsworth Sport and Recreation, Seven Mile Beach, the site of the Tea Tree fence, Ross Park, the Boat Channel, the former Small Lagoon, General Store and Post Office. Energetic souls may wish to continue along the Boardwalk to Lennox Point.

At a comfortable pace, the walk takes approximately three hours meandering back along the foreshore. Of course, there are many excellent places to enjoy drinks, treats or meals along the way.

Copies of the brochure are available from the Community Centre reception, Library and on line at https:// lennoxheadheritage.com/.

Tea Tree Fence 50th anniversary In June 1967 powerful cyclones scoured dunes and vegetation from Lennox Head beach. A dedicated group of volunteers, at the suggestion of Bill Tresise, local businessman and Lennox home owner, spent winter weekends constructing a tea tree log fence along the beach between Byron Street and the then National Fitness Camp. Not visible 50 years later, the fence backfilled with sand thrown up by the sea and trapped by the tea tree logs, giving us the dunes and beach we enjoy today.

To commemorate its 50 year history, photos and memories from those who have knowledge of this remarkable achievement are sought by LHHC. Please contact Robyn Hargrave on 0412 660 994 or Malcolm Milner on 0400 412 273. Sources: LHHC. Photos courtesy of: A and B. LHHC, C. Malcolm Lowe.

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Dear Editor Lennox Localism Last week, while discussing a particularly contentious community issue on a public forum, I was accused by another Lennox local of being a ‘tourist’.

The implication was that I couldn’t possibly understand how the community felt, because I didn’t live there anymore.

I must admit, it stung a little, especially since Lennox is the place where I grew up and have spent most of the past 30 years.

Like most people who grew up in Lennox, I have come and gone a number of times. I moved away to go to university, then came back. I moved overseas to see the world, then came back. I moved interstate for a job, then came back, and now I have moved overseas again to start a family. I have no doubt that one day soon I’ll be back, and that things will be pretty much the same as they have always been.

Sadly, accusing some people of being ‘less local’ than others is a common strategy used to make them feel like their opinions and ideas are less important, and discourage them from having a say on community issues.

Yes, there are still those who like to sort Lennox residents into an hierarchy of importance, based not on their contribution to the community, but on how long they have lived here. It seems that even the briefest absence is enough to relegate you to the bottom of the pile – the dreaded ‘tourist’.

All that this ‘localism’ really serves to do is to make certain people feel more important and entitled to an opinion that others. The fact is, localism is futile, divisive and does nothing to build a sense of community in Lennox Head. In my experience volunteering for business and community groups, I have

found that some of the most active and committed people are new arrivals and expatriates, keen to make a contribution to this town we all love.

In April, I’ll be coming back to Lennox for a few months with my partner, who is a citizen of Solomon Islands. It will be his third time to Lennox Head (which he calls ‘Lee-nox’ despite my best efforts).

He loves our town and we both hope that one day we can come back for a bit longer. I can only hope that the people of Lennox Head make us feel welcome.

In the meantime, let’s make an effort to welcome everyone’s ideas, options and contribution to issues affecting our community, regardless of how many years they have lived here.

Kiri Dicker

Club Lennox Raises Money For Heartfelt Homes A cheque for $646 from Club Lennox was presented last month to Caroline Meehan from local charity Heartfelt Homes.

The money was raised through the sale of Christmas trees last year.

Club Lennox donated 100% of the profits of the sale of fresh cut Christmas trees to Caroline and her cause.

Kevin Watts (pictured above with Caroline), the board and staff at Club Lennox began the initiative to help club families access real pine trees, and to help other families in need at their most difficult times—finding accommodation when a family member is ill and in hospital.

According to Caroline this money is already being used to keep two families

of four together for three nights each.

‘Now, more than ever, it is so important for local businesses to look to supporting community causes. Community organisations like ours increasingly have to function with little or no government financial support meaning that we can’t always achieve our mission.

‘Heartfelt Homes exists to serve and support families throughout regional and rural communities and many of the families we have supported are from our very own region.

‘I always say when I meet people, “I hope you never need our service”, which is true, I really hope you don’t. But you just never know when a medical emergency will affect you or your family and it’s only with the generous support of local businesses like Club Lennox and Kevin Watts’ huge efforts, that we can help more families in need.’

If you’d like to donate, call Caroline on 0478 111508.

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Win A $2000 Prize And Help Find A Cure For Cancer It’s getting very close now—Grant Ferreira is coming to the pointy end of his quest—to raise the $12,000 needed to participate in the Tour De Cure in March. Thanks to all who have made donations so far, with special mention the Lennox Head Golden Oldies, he’s reached just over the half way mark.

The tour De Cure is a 9 day bike ride, where partcipants must meet certain requirements such as fitness, passion and fundraising. This endurance, charity ride takes them from Hotham to Hobart across close to 1300km of mountainous, gruelling terrain.

For Grant it is a particularly personal ride because it raises money that goes towards the fight to cure cancer, an illness he is way too familiar with. He has had a rocky ride through cancer diagnosis, complications and surgery.

Now feeling good, and fitter than most people you will meet, he still has several

other physical challenges that will make this achievement even sweeter. Not the least of those are a pacemaker and a genetic cholesterol level that would have most doctors calling for an ambulance.

But a rigorous training regime, strict diet and nutrition help him keep the doctors at bay.

Yes, the ride will be gruelling, but it’s Grant’s commitment to involving and communicating with our community that finding a cure for cancer would benefit us all.

With a goal of $12,000, he has had to get creative with his fundraising ideas.

In the final lead up to the event, he has decided to run a mega raffle, with a whopping $2000 prize at stake. Grant has secured the support of local retailers and offers this huge prize - which of course would be spent locally - and will be drawn on Saturday 25 February at a special breakfast at the local Lennox

Head, Williamsburg restaurant. There will be a guest speaker, spot prizes and a chance to buy last minute raffle tickets. Plus the opportunity to find out more about the Tour de Cure and Grant’s personal journey.

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Tom Gleeson - Cheer Up! A sure fire, killer stand-up at the top of his game. Star of The Weekly and host of Hard Quiz, Gleeson is also one of the finest stand ups in the country. He’s performed at every major comedy festival in the world, been three times nominated for a Helpmann Award and international stand-up legend Louis CK chose Tom to be his support act for his Australian tour.

Friday 10 March, 7:30pm Noodlenut - Frank Woodley’s show for kids (ages 8 and up) Now’s your chance to introduce little comedy fans to Australia’s most physical comedian in his natural habitat, on stage, performing for the pure joy of it. Comedy master Frank Woodley has kids rolling around laughing.

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QUACK The Film

Pictured above, cast and crew: Anne Shepperson, Nicole Sullivan, Miller Brand, Trevor Brand, Yasmin Honeychurch, Mark Robertson, Cassie Bennett, Keeley Baker & Bethany Mann.

Short film Quack was shot in Lennox Head late October and was a finalist in the short film festival Flickerfest last month.

The two main actors, Miller Brand and Yasmin Honeychurch both grew up and live in Lennox Head. Cameraman Mark Robertson is also from Lennox Head and has his production company One Vision based in Lennox (www. onevisionproductions.com.au/).

The remaining crew are from Byron Bay and the Gold Coast, all of whom came to Lennox for the two day shoot.

According to writer, producer and director Nicole Sullivan, ‘The Ballina Council have been very supportive - although at first a bit sceptical that there would be a youth cycling around town with shot gun.’

‘I needed to arrange an armourer to make sure all was well and safe during the shoot. So for a little film it had a number of tricky elements, guns, drones, animals (little ducklings) and youth! But all went really well and I am so proud of how all involved worked so hard to bring together the quirky little local film Quack is.’

Quack had its debut showing at Byron All Shorts, where it was a finalist. A short synopsis of the film is as follows: A young man heads out for his weekend sport of duck hunting when his world collides with an innocent nature loving girl.

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Sam Culver It’s all way too real for Sam Culver at the moment, with two of her family members currently undertaking treatment for cancer. But, as Registered Nurse who works in the Intensive Care unit at Lismore Base Hospital, she’s been exposed to its sometimes tragic effects for many years, and like all of us, she’d like nothing better than to see a cure.

So she’s doing something about it.

On Saturday 18 March—the Leukaemia Foundation’s Shave For A Cure—Sam will gather her friends and family around (and anyone else with some spare change who’d like a free sausage) at the Lake and shave her head.

A friend who is an ex hairdresser will do the honours and Sam hopes to auction off the first cut to the highest bidder. The rest of the money raised on the day will be added to the very substantial $2000 she has already raised.

Trevor at the Lennox Butcher has

generously donated 50 sausages to the sausage sizzle and if you’d like to donate to this good cause Elders Lennox Head have a receipt book at their front counter.

You can also donate here: http:// my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/ samculver

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Anyone For Tennis At Tintenbar?

It’s been several years since vandals wrecked the Tintenbar Oval Pavillion.

It’s been closed since that time, but now Ballina Shire Council has agreed to repair the building which was built in 1978.

The nearby tennis courts have also been repaired and the local tennis club is excited by what the future will bring.

If you are interested in playing tennis with the Tintenbar locals, why not head along and meet them on 19th Feb Sunday from 3pm. Bring your own drinks and raquets, and enjoy a free sausage sizzle.

There will be an opportunity to find out about the renovations, and to play a bit of social tennis.

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Come And Try The Rainbow Region Dragon Boat Club, based at Lake Ainsworth has started 2017 with demanding training for Broadwater, Gold Coast regatta; getting an old boat back in working order to make a fleet of three boats; individualised motivational technique development by the Club’s experienced coaches; and planning for their annual Come and Try day.

On Sunday 19 February, Rainbow Dragons welcomes potential new members of all ages and abilities, to get on the water and learn about dragon boating. It’s about becoming and keeping fit, making new friends and having fun.

Dragon boating offers fun on the water, an amazing workout environment and being part of a great team.

Rainbow Dragons offer three free trial sessions before you decide to join. Come and Try is 9am Sunday 19 February, Sport & Recreation boat shed, Lake Ainsworth. Contact: Monica Wilcox 0408 776 171

Well, here we go again for yet another year. Our annual local Youth of The Year competition will be held on Wednesday February 22 at the Anglican Church in Byron Street. We will be gathering at 6.30pm for a 7pm. start. We would love you all to attend this event to hear just how talented our local youth are as they give their impromptu and prepared speeches. They never fail to amaze. This will be followed by a supper provided free to all who come. You don’t have to have a family member competing so just come along and enjoy a great evening.

We have had our first meeting for the year and were joined by two prospective new members which is terrific. We can also do with more, so give it some thought. I also heard on the grapevine that one of our “more youthful”

members, who has been away from the area for a while, may be returning to join us again! That means our average age will decrease somewhat. Yippee!

Hayley, who is representing the Brunswick Heads/ Mullumbimby club in the Miss Personality Quest spoke to us about her role in fundraising for the Lions Medical Research Foundation their motto being ‘The Research Today May be the Cure for Tomorrow’. She was requesting our support for this cause which our club has agreed to do. The form of that support will have to be decided as soon as possible. Looking forward to your contined support in 2017.

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Chamber Of Commerce

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Networking amongst our local business community is vital, and this is key to Chamber activities at the ground level. Networking events provide opportunities for casual converstaions and new connections.

Each month a local business offers to host a free Chamber After Hours Business Networking event at their home or business premises. Sometimes a couple of businesses choose to co-host the evening. The Chamber After Hours Business Networking events are for current and future members and their staff and are about making genuine local business acquaintances and finding out how you can benefit one another.

As a business owner networking is a fundamental activity that is not only fun, but also critical to personal growth and business development. Small business is all about networking, building relationships and taking action.

Building a successful business takes a lot of time and effort, so it’s good to have a network of friends to draw energy from and keep us all going. By surrounding ourselves with people who share a similar drive and ambition, we are able to move forward and grow as a strong local business community.

We are currently forming our 2017 schedule. If you wish to host an evening, get in touch with Aga Deblaise at TheMediaCauldron@outlook.com.

Go Lennox! Deb Smith, President

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The Headliners Chorus, under the direction of Cathy Gordon, are back in action on 30 January after a well deserved break.

They will resume taking bookings for their 2017 season in February, so get in early for your local functions and fundraisers.

Lynn MacDonald is the last of the original Headliners Chorus which started in 1999.

The group has evolved from 6 members to 36 and Lynn has held every position on the management team over the last 18 years. She has been a ‘Quiet Achiever’, a personal assistant to the Director, and has served as ‘ongoing’ Librarian.....taking care of the music learning materials for the chorus members.

Lynn continues to work as Practice Manager and nurse for her husband’s busy practice in Ballina, as well as singing with the small group within the chorus....Sometimes 7. Lynn’s mellow bass voice keeps the rhythm and pulse of Sometimes 7 and she is the ‘Intro’ person for the group.

The Headliners realize how lucky they are to have Lynn in the bass section of the chorus. Lynn rarely misses a rehearsal or performance and can always be counted on for positive musical input. She also donated 40cm of her hair for wigs for breast cancer survivors three years ago.

2017 will see the Headliners focus on recruitment and community performances. They will strive to be actively supportive with their time and talents to contribute to local events.

For further information regarding the Headliners please see their website, headlinerschorus.info.

For bookings please contact Rita on 0412 448 558.

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Art, Food, Fundraising On Friday March 3 at 6pm, the Art Team is holding a dinner and exhibition to raise money for Cancer research. Every year The NSW Cancer Council runs a Relay for Life fundraiser and for the last 10 years Lesley Ryan and the Art Team have been one of the participants, they have raised over $30,000 for the relay.

Members are made up of Lesley’s art students and the Thursday Girls - artists who have painted together for over 15 years. This year with the support of Club Lennox, the event is expanding: as well as an art exhibition, there will be a dinner, art auction, and art wheel. The lucky winners of the Art Wheel, may choose from a selection of exquisite, donated art works in an evening of good food, lucky door prizes and a raffle.

At approximately 8 pm 2 paintings will be auctioned. These paintings have been donated by Lesley Ryan. Lesley’s art reached international status in 2016, with her work being included in the publication Strokes of Genius the best of drawing.

When asked why she is obsessed with raising money for Cancer research Lesley answered, ‘I am a survivor and I would like to see many more people survive cancer. The survival rates are getting better each year, in no small part to the research funding that is donated by the Cancer Council, from the Relay.

I have watched good, productive people, die early. Every day of my life I am touched by the suffering.’

Dinner tickets at $55, are available from Lesley Ryan on 0403 848 417, Ballina Art and Framing - 9 Ray O’Neil Cres, Ballina or Club Lennox.

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Refugee Support

Ballina Region for Refugees was incorporated on 13 December 2016 and met for the first time as an incorporated organisation on Saturday 4 February at Cherry Street Sports Club from 2:30pm.

The meeting was open to the public.

The BR4R committee members were elected at a special general meeting in late November. They are Sue Kelly (President); Stanley Yeo (Vice President); Meg Pickup (Secretary); Jenny Cross (Treasurer); Trish Antoniocomi; Gunela Astbrink and Jen Coughran.

BR4R is gearing up for a busy year with a range of activities planned that aim to raise public awareness, lobby on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers, and support them through respite homestays and the Nauru Friendship Programme.

Over 60 guests have now visited the Ballina region through the Homestay Programme and more visits are in the pipeline.

In 2017 BR4R will hold a fortnightly vigil commencing at 5pm at the traffic lights at the corner of Kerr and River Streets Ballina. The next one will be on 8 February.

For more information email BR4R at ballinarr@gmail.com

Lennox Head Day VIEW Club The Lennox Head VIEW Club opened the new year with a trip to Summerland House Alstonville for an informal Coffee and Chat morning. Members wearing their distinctive purple and white uniforms caught up on festive season news and happenings since their last meeting in December when they held a Christmas luncheon at Club Lennox and were entertained by the Rainbow Harmony singing group from Casino.

Donations were made at this meeting from which pamper packs were made up and together with toys and books for the children, these were given to the Hope Haven Women’s and Children’s Refuge in Ballina for Christmas. The Lennox Head VIEW Club meets on the first Monday of the month for a luncheon meeting at Club Lennox which includes a

guest speaker or entertainer. Plans are in place to celebrate International Women’s Day in March when the speaker will be Caroline Pinter from Alstonville, who will relate her story of how she and her family escaped from Rumania when it was invaded by Russia. In April a three day two night trip has been organised to Tenterfield for the Oracles of the Bush festival. The first Club meeting will be at Club Lennox on Monday 6 February.

New members and guests are most warmly welcomed as are members of the community that may be interested in joining the Tenterfield trip. For details please ring Dawn 6687 4328.

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For Phil Brandolini, the time was just right for him to establish the Northern Rivers Dream Music Academy in Ballina.

It’s the culmination of years spent learning, playing and teaching music—a chance for him to bring his knowledge and experience together and offer locals, young and old, a contemporary music education.

Born to French and Italian parents, and surrounded by a strong folk music tradition, where accordians and song were embedded in family celebrations, it is perhaps not surprising that Phil chose the musical path.

Yet there was no music offered in the school he attended, and it wasn’t until he could go to university that he was able to study music in earnest.

He completed a Bachelor of Composition at the University of New England, a Bachelor of Music Education at Sydney University and a Certificate IV in Entertainment from NIDA. (And plenty of other short courses.)

He chose guitar, piano and voice as his focus, but is proficient on a raft of other instruments, and is also well skilled in making electronic music and the use of the latest songwriting software.

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in over 100 schools and academies and performed as a session musician for EMI and Rhino studios among others.

One of his proudest achievements is being father to 5 children, all of whom display incredible, original talent and musicality.

The Branolini clan is a family of musos, singers and songwriters, probably too interesting and original to become shiny, record label pop stars, although two of them—Gabriel and Cecilia—went a long way through Season 3 of The Voice, and continue to enjoy enormous support and popularity among fans. Other members of the family have also been highly acclaimed for their bands The Three Little Sisters and Maple. Phil plays in a band called Goldilicious, with talented singer Holly Tapp, playing funk, rock pub covers. He manages the marketing of the band, and has them playing gigs in pubs and clubs up and down the North Coast.

He has plenty of business and marketing savvy, and is interested in helping those that want to, connect with fans and make money from their music.

At the Academy, he and his fellow tutors will offer lessons in guitar, piano, drums, singing, songwriting, electronic music and marketing for all levels, ‘from those who just want to have a bit of fun for a term, to those who want to get serious’.

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Lennox Head Tutoring Services Local teachers Andrea Cheers and Nikki Tester are joining together with two other qualified teachers (Adrian Bruce and Leisha Audsley) to create a new tutoring service in Lennox Head, which will be run out of the Community Centre from 4 to 6pm, Monday to Wednesday.

The service will provide extra support to primary and secondary students to help them ‘be the best they can be at school.’

The teachers specialise in reading recovery, all areas of literacy and numeracy, NAPLAN preparation, and other subject areas right up to HSC. All resource material is based upon the NSW curriculum and the group is accredited with the Australian Tutoring Association, and have had all the relevant first aid training and checks.

The teachers will offer an initial assessment of all students, to determine where they are at in their education and to identify strengths and weaknesses. According to Nikki, who considers teaching numeracy and literacy to be her strength, tutors ‘will also focus on building strong relationships with parents, because this is key to the success of any out-of-school tuition.

‘And we will also focus on other areas of education like self-esteem, confidence and taking risks. Sometimes, in pushing yourself to learn you have to take the risk of making a mistake,’ she says. ‘And that’s often a good way to learn.’

‘The other key is comprehension. So often it’s the way the question is asked that can be part of the answer. Children need to understand how to analyse and deconstruct questions and

Above: Nikki Tester (left) and Andrea Cheers

know what they are asking.’

For Andrea, who started out as an art and dance teacher, then a primary teacher, and finally retrained as a specialist maths teacher, it is the moment when the penny drops, and a child understands something for the first time, that still gives her a thrill. ‘I love that moment when a student gets it,’ she says.

‘But if a child doesn’t get those basic first principles, then the rest of their learning can be compromised.

‘Maths didn’t come naturally to me, but I was always fascinated by it. So I know how it feels to not understand, and the joy that comes from suddenly understanding. I look forward to going through that process with our students.’

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Ohana Vintage Style Celia and Jay Athumani met in one of the most exotic places — on Safari in Kenya. In a scene straight out of the movies, Celia fell for her handsome safari leader. Love blossomed and several years later they are now married and living in Lennox Head, owners of our newest main street business, Ohana Vintage Style.

Celia has 20 years of experience in soft furnishings and interior design under her belt, including work on several homemaker TV shows including Burke’s Backyard, Changing Rooms, The Block and Selling Houses Australia. And from her home in Lennox Head she still supplies cushions and soft furnishings to Tara Dennis from Better Homes and Gardens.

But two years ago Celia had to pull back a bit on her own business as a designer and seamstress after injuring her shoulder. From there she and Jay decided to focus on their own home makeovers, renovating and selling their

unit in Sydney for a ‘very good price’.

They also decided to move out of the big smoke, checking the length of the North Coast before settling on Lennox Head which offers just the kind of lifestyle they were looking for.

‘The shop was really designed to give me something to do during the day’, says Celia. ‘The inspiration obviously comes from Africa, but also from our travels in Asia.’

Celia has a daughter who runs an elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai, so holidays to Thailand are frequent, and exquisite Thai pieces feature among the range in Ohana.

Celia is attracted to the vintage style, combined with tropical motifs and original pieces from places like Thailand, Kenya, Madagascar and parts of Australia. Classic vintage cane is a strong theme in the furniture range, and her bold tropical leaf motifs on cushions and lamp shades create a fabulous feel. But Celia also sources old wooden

dressers, tables and occasional furniture.

Among the homewares there are also leather sandals and scarves, and an amazing range of artworks, many of which have been commissioned by Celia specifically for the shop.

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Shannon Mackie, Videographer

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Now Fully Licensed About 5 years ago Shannon Mackie (who was still a teenager at the time) got himself a new neighbour. Japanese photographer Kuni Takanami moved in next door, and it wasn’t long before the two struck up a friendship. For the young Shannon, it would be an alliance that would be pivotal in his future choices and his career.

‘Kuni gave me my first camera, and showed me how to use it,’ says Shannon. ‘From the outset I was hooked, and I’ve been doing it ever since.’

Shannon quickly forged himself some key contacts, and took up video as a natural extension of photography. He started by taking video of friends like Adam Melling and James Woods surfing, and toured with Melling as official videographer.

His profile has continued to build with several photos featured in the surf mag STAB, and he has rounded off his education with a formal Diploma of Screen and Media from SAE. These days he offers a wedding video service, but is also dabbling in TV, having been part of the shooting of a TV pilot in Tasmania last year.

From the time Shannon videographed his first wedding for Adam and Jaymin Melling, word spread fast and he was in high demand for his artistic skills. Shannon says he ‘focuses on capturing all the emotions and memories of a bride and groom’s special day so they can relive it for the rest of their lives.’

All in all it’s looking very promising for the young photographer and video wizz. Check out his ad on page 8.

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Landcare

by kelly saunderson

‘Yeh-na surf looks a bit blown out northerlies got in it again. Righto’ then let’s go for coffee eh? Hang on a sec - check out those dune plants, they’re looking alright!’ In fact they all have their own unique story. You don’t need to learn many plants in the dunes to sound like you know what you’re talking about, and possibly even impress a visitor or two. It’s a harsh environment and only a limited number of species can survive here. Below are our main summer dune bloomers.

Beach Morning Glory - flowers look their best in the morning when they first open - also known as Goats Foot Vine, the leaves are shaped like goat’s footprint - found on tropical beaches worldwide as seeds are spread on ocean currents - has an edible root which was cooked and eaten by indigenous folk - local indigenous kids used the long stems as skipping ropes

Sea Daisy - looks a bit weedy but is a native (not to be confused with Singapore Daisy which is a weed) - member of the sunflower family - each flower is actually a cluster of many tiny flowers Pigface - fruit is a super tasty bushfood, tastes a bit like a lychee and is ripe when purple - indigenous folk also used the juice of the leaves to relieve pain from burns, stings and bites

Beach Bean - fruit looks like a giant snow pea but considered ‘poisonous’ by indigenous folk - Governor Phillip was apparently ‘seized with a violent vomiting’ after he ate raw Beach Bean seeds at Broken Bay in 1788.

So there you have it, all you need to know to impress the visitors next time you’re at the Beach. Alternatively you could just keep this to yourself and enjoy the feeling of being a little more connected to the local landscape.

Landcare dates for Feb (Times are from 8am to 10am) Wed 1st Seven Mile Dunes – north of surf club Wed 8th Boulder Beach - Coast Rd car park Wed 15th Seven Mile Dunes opposite Williamsburg Wed 22nd Boulder Beach - Coast Rd car park For further info, please see www. lennoxheadlandcare.org; email lennoxheadlandcare@gmail.com or phone Shaun on 0448 221 210.

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Dr’s Remedy nail polish is now in at Coastal Podiatry Group. Infused with tea tree oil which is beneficial for people who have fungal nails or would like to prevent it.

Coastal Podiatry Group now stock Revere sandals. They have removable foot beds to put your orthotics in.

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Wouldn’t Be Dead For Quids

angela Hitzke

We headed off to New Zealand together for 11 days. I made absolutely certain that this time at an airport, Dave didn’t wear his fake bullet belt and carry a near empty backpack like last time after telling me, ‘Babe relax, if they can’t see it’s a fake belt they’ve got rocks in their head.’ That was the last I heard from him before he was marched off to the interrogation room by 2 security guards.

This time he wore a simple brown belt and we were welcomed into NZ with open arms. We’d read the weather report for the first day, it said ‘Rain, chance of a storm’. What we didn’t know was it was going to be the heaviest rainfall in 50 years with flash flooding, evacuations, landslides, heavy fog and torrential rain causing dry river and creek beds to become raging torrents and smash through and over bridges.

We drove from the east coast to the west coast and survived everything mentioned. During that drive I thought packing 3 pairs of bikinis and a pair of high heels (not to be worn at the same time) may have been a bit excessive.

We were looking forward to our safe accommodation and a nice big bed.

We opened the door to our room and discovered we may not have read the bed situation properly. I went to sleep hoping Dave wouldn’t fall out of the top bunk.

Dave had booked us in for the Franz Josef glacier hike. A three hour hike to this ancient frozen river with compacted snow that’s eighteen thousand years old. As amazing as it sounds, it was something I wouldn’t have booked myself in to do, but sharing something like this, a once in a lifetime experience with that special person was different.

The night before Dave came down with a fever, he tossed and turned and soaked the bed with sweat. In the morning he was worse and he said, ‘Babe, I can’t do this hike, I’m sick, you go by yourself, I’m sorry but I’m not up to it.’ So after saying ‘No I’m not going without you’

and him saying ‘Yes you are’, I went.

I was fitted up and escorted to a small bus with 9 other identically outfitted tourists. We weren’t to know that our polite 21 year old male Kiwi tour guide liked to spice things up a bit and turn a steep but fairly ordinary walk into an extreme adventure tour. He made us duck down scrambling on our knees and hands, through ferns and mud under a secret underpass he’d found. We waded knee deep through creeks, jumped onto rocks slippery with moss and trekked up the steep mountain tracks and back down the other side like we were feral mountain goats.

We kept walking and walking steeper and higher and in the cold air I still built up a sweat. I thought of Dave lying there on the comfy lounge with a blankie, near the heater, flicking through his book with a hot cocoa and jam sandwich. Our guide had us eating native baby fern fronds that hadn’t yet opened, tasting native bush foods that made our tongues go numb and traipsing through the rainforest.

What was meant to be 3 hours turned into 4 and I had the time of my life.

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YOLO

On Manopause

Tina pagura

I am home. Back in New York. And this short-stuff homegrown Aussie feels like she could burst with elation. I am the happiest little Vegemite in the Big Apple.

At this exact moment, I am sitting in a cozy corner of a little bakery up on 9th Ave. There’s soft and joyful chatter around me, with a mellow, groovy acoustic version of Kings of Leon’s Someone Like You playing in the background. It is the perfect spot to be writing on this wet and rainy day.

It seems incredibly surreal, the bright lights, hustle and bustle of Times Square are a two-block walk away.

As much as I adore my coastal surroundings in Oz, from the moment I touched down in the US once more, it was ripper.

It got me thinking about acceptance straight off the bat.

Not even 5 minutes had ticked over and someone tapped my shoulder, exclaiming with majorly serious enthusiasm: ‘I LOOOOOOOOVVVVE your hair!’ It made me smile. I turned to the Aussie/American I had met at Sydney Airport and said laughing: ‘Welcome back to the US of A!!’ She replied, smiling widely: ‘I can see why YOU just love it! That right there, was fantastic! You’re back, for the time of your life. Enjoy!’ I could not deny the truth. Here I am greeted with the warmest expressions and widest smiles I have ever seen.

Who doesn’t want that? For me, being in the US it extends significantly farther than the love of the blue hair though.

New Yorkers are straight up and just seem to be who they wish to be. Here my sticks become invisible to the majority.

Well, apart from when I stack it! I’m totally accustomed to unexpected smack down glitches, which add a holy character to duck down jacket, and folks to run and to yank me up off the ground. No puns intended here. Four legs are an amusing source of entertainment sometimes.

But there’s something that is even better than that — here my person and boot-tay, are back to being seen before those extra aluminium appendages. It’s acceptance. This is a BIG something. I’m only human.

There’s a raw and open uniqueness to this this place. NYC can typically be unforgiving to the out-of-towner, yet it is also incredibly accepting and real. I am yet to find another spot like it on Earth. Here liberty exists. I dare to imagine this will one day happen back in Australia.

Nowhere is 100% perfect and I am beyond grateful for every single second I live the dream and experience that love. Pure and simple, here I belong. I am indeed, the happiest little Vegemite in the Big Apple. YOLO right?

john peacock

Far from being a hipster accessory, I say the beard is the middle-aged man’s friend. Sure, for the young it’s a fashion statement, but for a man in his forties the beard becomes less of a means of obtaining employment as a barista, and starts to serve a number of far more important functions.

Sometimes referred to as face fuzz, chin curtain, or the ziff, the beard is also an incredible concealer. It covers the sun damage and burst capillaries on your cheeks, while also working hard to mask any extra chins you may have accumulated over the decades. But, perhaps best of all, the friendly beard takes all your nasal hair under its wing, and makes it part of one big hairy family.

Since I’ve had the beard, the nasal hair is like a boarder with benefits. Riding on the coattails of the beard, it gets a regular trimming, and little stroke every now and then, and even a few suds frothing in its direction. After all where the moustache ends and the nasal hair begins is entirely open to my rather loose interpretation.

But aging gracefully is something I’ve struggled with. I recently turned 40 (6 years ago) and within minutes my hair and my beard went grey. I have had to console myself with the thought that I’d rather be grey than bald. Really though, I’d rather not look like I’m 75 and due for a free bus ticket. I don’t think I can become the Grecian 2000 kind of chap, so I figure the sooner I reach silver fox status, the easier it will be for everyone.

When I turned 40 I also went blind. It started slowly at first; newspapers and books needed to be held at length to be made out, and then my arms started to get shorter and shorter.

Every time I tried to read something it appeared very much as if I was playing an imaginary trombone. In the past my eyesight had been good, suddenly I couldn’t go to a restaurant without my glasses. I had become that bloke for whom life stops whenever there is reading to be done. Now either, my wife needs to read the menu to me like I’m a 5 year- old or I just have to guess. Seems the vegetarian option is not always as bad as it reads, but I am getting a bit fed up with nuggets and chips.

I reckon all those who proclaim that getting older is wonderful are perhaps a little misguided. Having said that, I think we’d all agree, it’s preferable to the alternative.

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Ocean Rhythms

by Steve Shearer

The start of 2017 hasn’t exactly set the world on fire as far as surf goes with a recurrent northerly pattern and swells from the southern quadrant giving us nightmares of the endless spring. High pressure, which usually travels at New Zealand longitudes, and is capable of being slow moving and setting up long lived episodes of deep easterly tradewinds – our normal source of background summer swells- has been weak and mobile, whilst cold fronts have continued to sweep up into the southern states and lower Tasman. It’s weird and it sucks. At time of writing the long range charts were finally starting to look summery, with a decent broad fetch of easterly tradewinds looking to set up shop in the favourable eastern swell window between the North Island and New Caledonia.

Whilst white shark activity has quietened down it hasn’t disappeared

completely, scotching theories that these sharks head south for the summer to hunt seals and other mammals.

Whilst the juveniles and sub-adults seem to have headed south the ones remaining are much larger individuals, including a 3.5m white caught on a smart drum at South Wall Jan 17 and a 4.5m white caught at Evans on the same day with the same technique. Of concern is the fact that the DPI failed to publish that information on it’s official SharkSmart website. If they wish to maintain community trust and informed engagement they need to continue to deliver on total transparency of information. Keeping us, the ocean users of the area, in the dark about confirmed taggings and sightings of such large sub-adult and adult white sharks is very poor public policy and needs immediate rectification.

Local fishing has been very patchy, mostly because inshore water temps have been so variable. Northerly episodes have seen ekman transport and cool water upwelling inshore, putting summer species into deep freeze.

Anglers with boats have been able to head out and find the warm blue water but rock fishos have been at the mercy of rare blue water surges. Big tailor and giant trevally have been on offer for the dawn bite if you can find white water, a rising tide and blue water. Scattering garfish are the surest sign of success and a skipping popper will see savage surface strikes that get the heart started better than any cup of coffee. Hopefully by the time of publication we’ll see the northerly pattern in the rear view mirror and inshore water temps starting to stabilise at summer levels. Till next month tight lines and tubular visions.

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Cars Of Lennox

By Shan Railton

Happy New Year to all, I hope you had a safe and enjoyable holiday break. I also hope 2017 is a winner for you.

Unfortunately for the Australian car manufacturing industry 2017 is the end.... R.I.P. All manufacturing of cars on a large scale will cease this year with Holden, Ford Australia, Toyota and Mitsubishi closing down their assembly plants and only importing cars.

The police force will be getting around in American or Japanese models, the showrooms will be full of cars with badges we recognise but the designs will be all foreign. Indicators will be on the wrong side, dashboard lights that just don’t makes sense and seat warmers, very handy on the North Coast! Holden are thinking about importing a front wheel drive large hatchback and calling it a Commodore, I’m pretty sure that won’t cut it! What a sad time.

OK, I understand that the modern day has made domestic manufacturing nonviable but let’s just pause for a second and think about the pride our country has in our cars. The Commodore, Falcon, Torana, Kingswood, Monaro, Charger, Regal and even the Sigma, all built here in Oz. Who amongst us remembers either buying one of these classics yourself or maybe dad bringing one home from the showroom? What a great day it was! A piece of Australia in the driveway to show off to the neighbours.

These cars will quickly become collectors models and as the numbers dwindle, the values will increase. Future generations will only see them at car shows or in museums and they’ll say ‘How come people bought these cars? They don’t even have Bluetooth’. The older ones in the crowd will have fond memories of cruising through the drive thru, windows down in their Aussie classic, ‘Three meal deals thanks, no pickles on mine’.

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One of the most common issues we have to deal with in vet practice (indirectly and directly) is pet obesity and its consequences. It’s always a delicate subject to approach without people getting defensive, and that’s understandable.

However if your vet mentions your pet has (cough) ‘big bones’ or is a bit short for his weight, I can guarantee that they are only interested in helping prevent the myriad of problems that are related to a pet being a bit porky.

A large study by the University of Sydney Vet School and the RSPCA 10 years ago found the prevalence of overweight dogs (for instance) in Australia was about 41% and cats about 40%. Generally the incidence increased with age up to 10 years and then decreased (probably as obese dogs died earlier and the survivors were more likely to be relatively lean).

Surprisingly, rural and semi-rural dogs were more at risk than urban and suburban dogs.

Some of the conclusions from the study were: * Dogs were more likely to be overweight than cats. * Animals at greater risk were female, desexed, older, sedentary, owned by people who are overweight and live in single pet homes. * Obesity is associated with issues such as diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, liver disease, pancreatitis, heat stroke, cruciate disease, back injuries, respiratory disease and increased surgical risk, amongst others.

* Overweight animals have a shorter lifespan and compromised welfare. * Obesity is the product of calorie intake exceeding energy requirements. i.e. pets eat too much (in spite of being fed ‘only once a day’ etc.) Only 5% of cases require medical treatment (like Thyroid deficiency or Cushings disease). * The bond between owner and pet is crucial in determining calorie intake and body condition of the pet. Feeding pets is pleasurable for owners and pets, so this behaviour is a difficult habit to break.

At the Lennox Head Vet Clinic we see quite a few chubby pets, including some lizards, snakes and birds, as well as plenty of dogs and cats. The most common issues associated with obesity are mobility problems, especially arthritis, but also ruptured cruciate ligaments, paralysis, heart disease and heat stroke. Getting on top of these issues is difficult since pets love to eat and they have a range of cunning psychological tricks (and Jeddi mind control) to break down your resolve. Thing is, these tricks have been inadvertently reinforced by their owners.

It’s a vicious circle. At least your pets can’t crack open the fridge or pop down to the shops for a pizza. Basically, its all up to the owners.

Anyhow, your friendly (and,in my case, less than sveltte) Vet can help with some of these weight loss hurdles. Give us a call and see what your options may be to help knock a few kg off your cuddly furry friend.

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Best friend(s): Every dog he meets Favourite food: Roast Lamb that he only gets when he grabs it off the kitchen bench Favourite thing to do: Run wild on the beach and chew on empty plastic bottles What would he be if he wasn’t a dog: Definitely a human as he loves roast lamb and chicken – he just needs to acquire a taste for beer!

Hi Sarah, I love my dog! She lives inside with me, sleeps on the bed with me, gets treats and toys and is pretty much my best friend. I was told by my mother-in-law that I spoil her, that I’m ruining her and that she won’t respect me as “pack leader”. Am I loving her too much?

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Hi Rhonda, You pose a very interesting question, and it’s one that I get asked a lot. To answer your question, let’s break it down.

1. Let’s define ‘spoiling’. I get a lot of people who say ‘I know I spoil my dog, he gets to come inside’, or ‘my dog is so spoilt, she gets to come up on the lounge’, or ‘I know, I know, I spoil him – I should really treat him like a dog’. At some point along the way, treating a dog kindly somehow became synonymous with ‘spoiling’. I do think, however, there is a difference between a dog being ‘well loved’ and a dog who is ‘indulged’.

If you’re not sure of the difference, think about it in terms of raising children – a well loved child is one who is given lots of love, understanding, acceptance, boundaries and consistency.

That’s what we are looking to aim for with our dogs.

2. There is research being done to suggest that having a dog sleep with you (at least in the same room as you) is better for bonding and the health and wellbeing of both you and the dog.

Nevertheless, whether your dog sleeps on the bed with you (or not), or in the same room as you (or not), or in the house with you (or not), none of these are going to change whether the dog sees you as the ‘leader’, or not. That is developed through consistency, mutual respect, trust and the forming of a great relationship.

3. ‘Pack Leader’ and ‘Dominance’ are outdated terms (see the Australian Veterinary Association website for more details).

My advice – go and have fun with your dog. Provide her with consistency, boundaries, love and kindness. And if she’s your best friend – treat her like one!

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2017 is off to a great start, it’s exciting to think that there are 340 days to imagine, plan and mentally create what we really want to achieve throughout the year, the sky is the limit with a clear positive mindset and an abundance of health!

When I first started studying Osteopathy in 1972, they were exciting times, ground breaking, times coming out of the sixties with people drifting away from convention, searching for new truths and expanding their consciousness. Osteopathy was almost unheard of in Australia even though it had been developed in 1874. Honestly when I first started practice you could have had a lap lap on and a bone through your nose but we were always busy, people wanted more insight into holistic health.

Osteopathy and natural health were tied together, Naturopaths and Herbalists were appearing in lots of suburbs, fasting was the new cure for all things and the power of the mind over the body and disease was becoming widely explored.

Today there are many books, published papers, research, endless success stories and pages of information available on the internet that dive right into this subject. While far from being completely understood, it is not an exotic truth.

Embracing a positive mindset is an excellent preventative medicine simply by training your conscious mind to think thoughts of health, happiness, success, good fortune and to weed out negative thoughts and emotions such as worry, fear and stress. The most important conversation we might have in a day is the mental conversation with one’s self.

One of the many key ingredients for a healthy body begins with changing how our conscious mind thinks and reprograming any habitual negative thoughts. Lennox Head offers us all the most beautiful coastal retreat to enjoy in the most positive, happy, healthy and vital way, our location and environment is perfect, the rest is up to us!

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Thirty per cent of people have already failed on New Year’s health and fitness resolutions. Less than 10% will stick it out.

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We all know what we want on the surface but are we prepared to dig underneath the surface and see where the change really needs to happen? We set ourselves up for failure because we don’t put an action plan in play to create focus.

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You see, following a program isn’t where the change is. Trying to fit that program into an already unbalanced life isn’t the answer.

Changing the mindset and getting a balanced lifestyle is.

Training is only 20%. Diet, sleep, environment, support and mindfulness are where the other 80% is. You need to surround yourself with likeminded people who want to achieve similar goals and are prepared to change their paradigm. You need to lean on each other, keep each other honest; you need to become part of a team that is striving to be the best version of themselves at all costs.

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Home Alchemy ‘Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; a stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration’ - Charles Dickens If you think about all that our homes bear witness to, they truly are magical places. They are often the starting point of new life and sometimes a life’s last resting place. Infact, they are there for all of life’s seasons. The dark nights of the soul, the good times and everything in between.

Their role however, is much more than just one of bearing witness. Whether we are aware of it, believe in it or not, they can actually have an influence on the direction of our lives.

If you look back on your own life, perhaps you have some experience with this.

Have you ever had chronic health issues that strangely cleared up after you moved

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Sometimes we are drawn to houses that offer particular challenges because we are in a time of personal growth. While other times we are drawn to houses that naturally bring comfort and foster our sense of safety in the world.

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No matter what story your current home has been telling, it does not have to dictate its future.

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You have the power to intentionally direct your home, just as you control the journey your car takes every time you get in the driver’s seat.

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Portia Tresselt Is...

Profession: Nutritionist Company: Let’s Celebrate Health Birthplace: California Family: two children, Madeleine (20) and Sander (15) Star Sign: Taurus Favourite Food: Japanese One of seven children, Portia Tresselt started life in California, but was raised in Japan and Europe. From a young age she travelled the world, thanks to her father’s job as art director at Readers’ Digest, and also due to the fact that he had Japanese heritage and the family maintained close ties to Japan.

In her early 20s Portia returned to the US to attend university in Santa Barbara, where she studied business and linguistics. Not surprisingly, today she still speaks 4 languages (English, Japanese, French and Italian).

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February I got there I realised I was just too exhausted to walk back. I started to cry, and at that moment I decided to make a change.’

‘From then on I promised myself that I would ask myself this question every time I put something into my mouth: Is this going to be good for me and build me up, or is it going to make me feel worse and work against my body?’

‘I developed a way to think healthfully – not about dieting, but about being healthy. I lost a lot of weight and have kept it off.’

‘My childhood and my background meant that I was never sure about where I belonged. But this taught me tolerance and acceptance of all cultures and people. Travelling widely taught me to live with less,’ she says.

After her moment on the beach, Portia went back to university and got a Bachelor of Science in Holistic Nutrition.

From there she embarked on a career based upon educating and supporting people to live healthy lifestyles.

For many years Portia worked in the export/import business between Japan and China, using her language skills to negotiate trade deals. But there came a moment for her when she decided to make a change.

Over that time she developed a range of recipes (which will come out in a recipe book this year) and her own line of healthy products that she sold locally and at markets for many years.

‘I was quite overweight, like many of my mother’s family, who were always dieting but never quite succeeding, and one day I took a walk along the beach to buy something from the shops. When

But these days her focus is on the psychology of food and eating. Her ‘Conversations With Portia’ are just that: one-on-one chats with clients about their relationship to food, patterns of consumption, and triggers to over eat or

choose the unhealthy option.

‘We talk about it all and unpick the myths and beliefs that we have about food as the enemy,’ she says. ‘And I support them where they are with ideas and a next step action plan to live healthfully.’

What’s the best thing about your job?

Working with people and continuing to learn myself. I get wonderful feedback, which is rewarding.

Worst thing? I tend to want to ‘fix’ people. But I know it’s not about that.

In fact it’s about exactly the opposite — educating people and allowing them to come to their own decisions.

Hobbies?

Reading, tennis, beach walks with my dog, creating recipes.

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Evan Harding Is...

Profession: Marketing Consultant Company: Barefruit Marketing Birthplace: Luton, Bedfordshire, UK Family: wife Claire, son Cian (6) Star Sign: Capricorn Favourite Food: Indian Although he was born in Bedfordshire, Evan grew up in Norwich and went to Bournemouth University where he studied advertising.

Not long after graduating, he travelled to Australia with some mates in 2000 to see the Olympics. It was a life changing experience, and like so many others who have visited here, he fell in love with Oz. ‘But I was out of money and my visa had expired, so I went back to the UK and started applying for jobs,’ he says.

One of those was at an advertising agency where a manager called Claire interviewed him and gave him a job. For a while she was his supervisor, later she would become his wife.

‘When Claire and I got together we moved to London and both had a range of jobs at big agencies. But in 2005 we had the London bombings not far from where either of us worked, and that sort of changed things for us, and we started to think of getting out.

‘We went to an exhibition during this time called ‘One Life’ and there we met some immigration lawyers from Brisbane who helped us start the 18 month process of getting a visa to come and live and work here. In February 2008, we arrived. That’s 9 years almost exactly.’

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‘We had what was called a ‘regional visa’ so we had to work in a regional area. At that point we really didn’t mind what kind of work we did and for a while we both worked in HR/Recruitment before starting our marketing agency Barefruit Marketing as a part-time business and then finally going full time with it 4 years ago.

One year ago the Barefruit team moved out of their home office and into Ballina near the Post Office. Since then, says Evan, the business has continued to grow.

‘We’ve grown our business every year since we started, and we’ve had some big wins along the way. We now have 5 employees plus a range of contractors.

Last year was amazing for us, we won or placed in several local and state awards including Best Home Based Business Ballina, Best Small Business in the Northern Rivers, Lennox Head Business of The Year, Best Professional Service Business in both Lennox Head and Ballina. We were also a finalist in the national Optus My Business Awards Marketing Agency of the Year category.’

‘The really big difference for us having our own business, where we deal personally with clients, is we get to see the results and the impact our work has for these local businesses. That is really very rewarding.

‘We’re now getting to the point where we are working with national brands — we have clients in South Australia, Queensland and we just talked via skype to a cattle station in Far North Queensland who want us to build their beef brand.

‘We believe in integrated marketing, so we use a range of platforms across digital and traditional media to get results.’

What’s the best thing about your job?

The creativity – to come up with an idea, produce it and then see the end result.

Worst thing? Being so passionate about your own business, you don’t really want to stop.

Hobbies? Running marathons, DJing Work Life Philosophy? One life, live it!

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Lennox Head Community Preschool Well the year is in full swing now. The Staff would like to welcome all the new and returning families to preschool for 2017 and send our best wishes to the children who are beginning their school journey in 2017. We sincerely would love for the children who are commencing ‘big school’ this year to come and visit us at preschool to share their adventures.

We would like to remind all families about the AGM on 15 February at the Preschool at 7pm.

All nominations are to be added to the whiteboard at the preschool before the night.

We look forward to another fantastic year!

Jannette Leonard

2017, here we are! We warmly welcome all students back to school and a special welcome to any new students who have recently moved and enrolled at Lennox Head Public School for 2017! By the time this goes to print we will already have held our annual school swimming carnival at Ballina Memorial Pool on Wednesday 1 February.

We congratulate our new school leaders for 2017. Our newly elected school captains are Josh Godward and Taylah Ledingham and are ably supported by our school vice captains Josh Young and Mikayla Alexander.

We would like to give a special welcome all our new kindergarten students to Lennox Head Public School. We look forward to you growing with confidence throughout the year, learning new routines and many new skills. The kindergarten children will have lots of help and support from our kindergarten teachers Mrs Cork, Ms Richardson, Mrs Thomas and Miss Zerk as well as from their year six buddy.

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LENNOX ATHLETES TRAINING HARD FOR COUNTRY CHAMPS Lennox Head Alstonville SLC have registered one of their largest ever teams to contest the highly anticipated Country Carnival, to be held at South West Rocks on 4 and 5 February 2017.

With over 60 nippers, seniors and masters now signed up to compete for Lennox, there’s been a flurry of training activity as people hone and relearn vital skills in preparation for the carnival.

‘We are now entering the business end of the season, which kicked off at the end of January with Branch titles at Yamba, before moving into the Country champs and then the NSW State titles,’ said Lennox Head Alstonville SLC Junior Activity Coordinator (JAC), Sam Miller.

‘We are really excited to see so many seniors sign on for Lennox this season. All of our seniors have come through our nippers ranks and after a period of absence have returned to the club.

We welcome them back with open arms and it’s great for our youngsters to see these U15, U17, U19 and open athletes training on the beach alongside them.

‘Our members have been training hard all summer for these events, with a big focus on the Country titles. The Country Champs are the only event on our program that allows all of our members to compete, with U8’s through to 70+ all collectively in action on the beach and in the water across a two day program.

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Jack Obrien in 2nd place in the 12s and in the 10s Dembe Ryan scoring 3rd & Harry O’Brien making the Semi Finals.

Some of these results come on the back of a Leba junior development program run

by Leba head coach James Wood. The program included video analysis, a few trips to the Surfing Australia High Performance Centre and aerial training sessions using a JetSki. The kids visibly improved during the program and are positioned well for some more great results this year.

Of most interest will be on how Stu Kennedy goes as he heads into round one of the WSL at Snapper in March. 2016 was his “break out” year all the Leba crew are barracking for him to back it up this year.

The first round for Leba is on the 4th of February for “big Leba” and 5th of February for the “little Leba”. Surfers can join up on site for the year and all age groups are anticipated to run. For all details check out the Leba website.

‘Our nippers are really stoked to see our seniors and masters going around, and our seniors and masters are stoked to see what our young competitors can do.

‘We are so proud of the commitment that so many of these people have shown to learning the art of surf lifesaving skills, and whatever the outcome for them, they will come away fitter, stronger and more capable people who have learned the value of sportsmanship and teamwork,’ she said.

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Lennox Head Football Club Information Day By ashleigh oke

Wednesday 1st – Get Quizzed with Stacey

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Thursday 2nd – Jam Night from

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Friday 3rd – Man VS Machine from 7pm followed by Koby Bradley after the main card and in between fights Saturday 4th – Mescalito Blues

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Sunday 5th – Jock Barnes 3-5pm then Jon J Bradley

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Monday 6th – $15 Steak Night 6pm and 888 Poker

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Tuesday 7th - Rob Saric & $15 parmi night

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Wednesday 8th – Get Quizzed with Stacey

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Thursday 9th – Jam Night Friday 10th – Eric Grothe & The Gurus followed by Koby Bradley & Crew With the men’s senior team returning to the premier division in 2017, preparations are well under way for an eagerly anticipated season.

LHFC information day has been set for Saturday 11 February 10am – 12pm at our Skennars Head clubhouse.

All players interested in joining the Lennox Head Football Club are encouraged to come along to our information days.

Players registration will be completed online. Unless a player is registered and fees paid, no place in a team will be reserved/ kept open for them. To avoid disappointment please register early.

If you are unable to make it on either of these days please contact the appropriate registrar below: Non-Competitive Juniors Natalie Fraser 0414 277 789 Competitive Juniors Chris Bond 0419 123 773 Women’s Thaya Evenden (Coggo) 0431978711 Men’s Mitchell Oke 0432 348 553 For any men and women interested in playing premier division, training has already commenced. If you’re eager to start the season come along on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 6pm.

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Friday 17th – High Tide 8.30pm followed by Koby Bradley & Crew 11:30pm Saturday 18th – BOURBON STREET ’30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY’ FREE EVENT! 9:30pm Sunday 19th – Cass 3-5pm then Marshall O’Kell Duo

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Lennox Longboarders Our Last Club Function for 2016 was Our Club Xmas & Presentation for 2016 on Saturday 10 December. Thanks to Club Lennox for the venue and Catering. The local Band Mad Mule served up some great music. Santa paid his visit to the delight of the little ones & the club presentation for 2016 was awarded.

Lennox Longboarders Club Awards for 2016 1. Club Champion 2016 – Andrew Thomas 2. 2nd Mens 2016 – Greg Gover 3. Men’s Encouragement award 2016 – Chris Ashdown 4. Most Consistent Award 2016 – Chris Cain 5. Club Ladies Champion 2016 – Veronica Silver 6. 2nd Ladies 2016 – Eleanor Robertson 7. Ladies Encouragement Award – Adele Purbrick 8. Club Best Junior 2016 – Annabelle Gover 9. Club Sponsor Year 2016 – Mobile Plumbing Maintenance Lennox, Mark Preston 10. Club Person of the Year 2016 – Grant Ryan 11. Appreciation Award, 2016 Lennox Longboard Classic, Coordination - Grant Ryan.

12. Appreciation Award, 2016 Lennox Longboard Classic, Coordination – George Leslie Thanks, Cheers In Surfing, Wayne Booth, Club Secretary

2017 begins for the club on the 2nd Sunday of February the 12th, first sign on day. Meet @ 730am @ Lennox Main Beach.

All are welcome to this local Longboard club, very family orientated, promoting longboarding & the fun it brings.

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All Girls Surfriders

BY Jane Collins

Lennox All Girls Surfriders sign on day for 2017 is on Saturday the 11 February between 8 and 10am at Lennox beach, opposite the pub.

Our surfriders club is in its 26th year and we pride ourselves on promoting the advancement of women’s surfing throughout all levels, in a safe and supportive environment. We cater for those who are just starting out to those girls that are surfing at a more advanced level.

Our monthly club rounds will provide you with the opportunity to get together with a fun group of like minded girls/ladies and learn how to judge heats, ocean awareness and competing against other girls of a similar level to yourself. We offer 6 different divisions: junior and senior beginner, junior and senior intermediate, longboards and open or advanced.

Throughout the year we also provide two professional coaching sessions for each division, both of our coaches have a long history of coaching and between them cover both beginner and advanced levels, this is a great opportunity to get some tips to improve your surfing.

Other activities throughout the year include a weekend annual camp out, our hardcore winter prize round and an inter-club tag team challenge.

Our annual membership fees for this year are $80 for I division, $140 for 2 divisions and a family rate of $140 (2 people).

We welcome anyone interested in joining the club to come down, sign on, meet the girls, enjoy a casual surf and experience the fun that is All Girls Surfriders.

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