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ISSUE 151 | July 2017

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

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Stewarts Farm DA

Australian Bee Gees

Skullcandy Oz Grom Liftout

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Photo: Pete Frieden

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Cover photo of local Zak Condon, taken by Pete Frieden

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www.fishyfishy.com.au The Skullcandy Oz Grom Open is a massive event on the Lennox Head calendar, and we are gearing up for it this month.

As usual we have included our lift out in the centre of the mag—this year we've got a centre spread dedicated to the up-and-coming young stars of the surf. Put together by Competition Director Cameron Lindsay, this is a really great centrefold. We encourage people to pull this out and stick it on the fridge! Or pop it in the scrap book (do people have scrap books anymore?!). Some of these names will undoubtedly appear in other magazines in years to come.

In other news there are still some rumblings about the Stewart's Farm Development. The DA has been lodged with Council and traffic lights on the Coast Road are the developer's preference.

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I should say thanks to everyone who sent photos for the cover this month. We had an amazing response to our callout on Facebook. In the end it was the raw power of Zak Condon sailing above a wave, and the incredible quality of the shot itself that swayed our final decision, but you will be seeing some of the other entries on the cover in months to come.

Til August.

He l e n Follow us on Facebook The Lennox Wave Letters to the editor and contributions on local issues are welcome.

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Copyright 2016. Editorial content and contributions do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. Care is taken to ensure accuracy at time of print. We take no responsibility for the content or images within advertisements in the publication.

The Lennox Wave - Issue 151. July 2017 Publisher & Editor: Helen Fry Email: publisher@lennoxwave.com Ph: 0425 221 570 Advertising: publisher@lennoxwave.com Contributors: Vic Leto, Michelle Mahon, Robyn Hargrave (+proofing), and Natalie Grono (photographer) Published 11 times a year by Helen Fry PO Box 361, Lennox Head NSW 2478 web: www.lennoxwave.com

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News&Views

Concerns Over Stewarts Farm Development Dear Editor The Skennars Head Community Action Group is concerned about the following issues relating to the development of the ‘farm’ opposite Sharpes Beach (Development Application 2017/244): Density of Development Stage 1 comprises 214 lots plus an additional 9 superlots which the developers (Intrapac Property Pty Ltd) are aiming to have rezoned to accommodate approximately 30 additional lots 300m2 in size. Currently over a third of the lots are between 450475m and half between 476-600m.

With an additional 30 lots being smaller again, the density of this development is concerning.

Intrapac believe the ‘diversity’ of house lot sizes is beneficial to the community.

While this may be the case, if the rezoning is approved and the number of houses increases significantly, we believe the number of overall lots should be reduced and replaced with natural buffer zones to create a more appropriate and sustainable development which will bring more value to the community over the long term.

Removal of the Norfolk Pines The development application masterplan

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states it will ‘thin out the Norfolk Pines’ along the western side of the Coast Road. Intrapac has confirmed there is no definitive information on how many or which trees are likely to be removed. This ambiguity means this decision will be left to the developer’s discretion which is unacceptable and not in the communities best interest.

Sharpes Beach is known for the scenic landscape created by the Norfolk Pines.

The removal of the trees devalues the character of this coastal community.

Removed trees are unlikely to be replaced with other species resulting in a more exposed residential landscape along the coastal strip.

Lack of a vegetative buffer zone The development application landscape plan has small clusters of coastal vegetation in the ‘green zone’ between the residential lots and the Coast Road improving the view for future landholders. Emphasising the views benefits only these tiny group of landholders and devalues the experience for the remainder of the community as well as visitors and tourists who will view these houses from the roadside, walking trails, bike trail, beach and ocean. A significant vegetative coastal

buffer should be in place to create a natural ‘screen’, reducing the visual impact of the homes along the coastal strip.

Installation of traffic lights The installation of traffic lights is in contrast to the rural residential character of the Sharps Beach precinct. While this option provides a less expensive option for developers it otherwise has no significant advantage to community members. Additionally, it has been shown that a round-about is safer. The preferred solution is to install a roundabout with an underpass to safely direct pedestrian traffic.

The Development Application (2107/244) is on exhibition until 7 July 2017. The Joint Regional Planning Panel is the determining body for this development. Council will provide its recommendations to the panel.

Community members are encouraged to make written submissions on these issues. You can email council on council@ballina.nsw.gov.au and councillors@ballina.nsw.gov.au or send letters to The Manager, Ballina Shire Council, PO Box 450, NSW 2478 Lee Middleton and Mieke Hummel on behalf of the Skennars Head Community Action Group

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Landmarks Of Lennox

By Robyn hargrave

Lennox Head CWA formed in 1946 and meetings were held in a foreshore reserve shelter shed. By 1959 the group had raised £124 for two blocks of land at the corner of Ross Street and Pacific Parade, where volunteers constructed a building costing £343/18/8.

It was basic, lined with broken Masonite, never painted, no electricity or toilet.

According to President Maree Anderson, ‘there was a nice size bush close by which was very handy’.

By 1970, fund raising, craft, hall hire and sale of one block of land realised $3,070 to build two extensions. The 27 members successfully campaigned for pedestrian crossings, school bus, flood warning signs, public telephones, mail delivery, doctor, chemist, life saver and Neighbourhood Watch.

They were shocked in 1986 when their property was resumed for caravan park extensions by Ballina Shire Council (BSC) who built a brick Hall in 1991 in Mackney Lane. With a 20 year contract, central location and steady membership, the future looked rosy.

But by 2015, when the building was incorporated into the Community Centre complex, the contract was not renewed.

The Hall is administered by BSC who agreed to ‘waive the booking fees for the CWA’s weekly use of the facility for

Fruit & Veg Groceries Dairy Deli & Gourmet foods (90% homemade) Health foods Snacks Chocolate Flowers

the duration of the group’s existence in Lennox Head’.

Today’s handful of members, skilled knitters and crocheters, hold craft sessions Monday mornings in the Hall and welcome everyone. Despite reduced income, they provide Ballina Hospital with Trauma Teddies and Lismore Base Hospital with Premaknitting. Their quality work is for sale at Lennox craft displays.

Above 2. 1991 Below 3. Secretary Helen and President Jan at Love Lennox 2017 Festival

Sources: Mrs Maree Anderson, handwritten notes in History of Lennox Head CWA, compiled by her daughter Marcia Smith, 2006; Ballina Shire Council, Minutes of Ordinary Meeting 28.05.15, Lennox Head Library. Photos: 1. Ballina Shire Advocate, 7.9.1966, 2. Lennox Head Heritage Committee, 3. Robyn Hargrave Readers with information on this or other Landmarks of Lennox, please contact Robyn Hargrave by phone 0412 660 994 or email at harg1rob@gmail.com.

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Residents’ Association On 5 June we were pleased to see 30 at our monthly meeting and welcomed new members but no B Ward Councillors.

BSC Delivery Plan to 2021 is devastating with little allocated for Lennox Head. The Main Street working party considered one vs two way traffic flow but the entire town centre upgrade has been ignored in the four year plan.

Members are encouraged to correspond with BSC expressing concern at the delay in improvements by emailing councillors@ballina.nsw.gov.au. With Lennox Head’s centenary only five years away in 2022, there is no time to delay preparing to showcase our village. The Plan is on the BSC web site at https:// www.ballina.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/ default/agm.asp.

Dr Stewart’s farm (Intrapac Properties) development, Skennars Head was detailed by Rod Willis, General Manager, Development and Environmental Health, Ballina Shire Council (BSC).

214 lots are planned for Stage 1.

The DA (2017/244.1) is on the BSC site at http://da.ballina.nsw.gov.au, Council Chambers or Lennox Head Library and submissions to BSC on the proposed development close on 7 July.

Headlands Drive-Coast Road intersection is a contentious issue (traffic lights vs roundabout) with BSC’s preferred option a roundabout. Consistency with the DCP is another concern. As the proposal value exceeds $10million it will be adjudicated by the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) which will

consider any submission made by BSC. Additional sandmine on Newrybar Swamp Road is worrying with numbers of truck movements, flooding, compliance, accountability and rehabilitation impacts identified.

Information is available on the No Sand Mine for Lennox facebook page.

WeyLove Lennox 2017 with our ‘higher tech’ theme and new members who joined. We appreciate the support of Retravision, Lennox Head Alstonville Surf Club and members on hand.

Join us, share your views and hear our news on Mondays 3 July, 7 August and 4 September 2017 from 7pm in the CWA Hall.

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

Lennox Head Chamber of Commerce The State’s peak business organisation, the NSW Business Chamber, has appointed Jane Laverty as Regional Manager for the Northern Rivers region.

NSW Business Chamber CEO, Stephen Cartwright, said he is delighted to have found such a high calibre candidate for this important role.

‘Jane has a strong track record of working successfully with industry and governments to grow employment, business and work opportunities in regional NSW. Her knowledge of regional business, Chambers of Commerce, and economic development is absolutely comprehensive, and makes her ideally

suited to this role,’ Mr Cartwright said.

The Lennox Chamber of Commerce is part of the Local Chamber Alliance Program, where our members have direct access to NSW Business Chamber entitlements. They provide a comprehensive range of products and services to assist member businesses grow and meet a variety of compliance issues the Northern Rivers region.

Jane is working closely with local chambers, and with the wider NSW Business Chamber to drive initiatives to benefit businesses in the Northern Rivers, to make the region a strong and competitive place to do business.

‘There is more to a Chamber of Commerce than just networking and events, there is also our vital role in advocacy,’ says Debbie Smith, President of Lennox Head Chamber of Commerce.

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Evening VIEW

Lennox Lions

By dawn sword

By liz griffiths

By Paul Bryant

This month for their Coffee and Chat meeting the Lennox Head VIEW club was hosted by VIEW Club member, Parvin Mansouri. Parvin and David who are the proprietors of the Sea Grass store in Lennox Village had prepared a sumptuous feast of sweet and savoury Iranian dishes that were greatly enjoyed by all those in attendance.

After lunch there were more delights in store as Parvin and her friend entertained members with some Iranian dancing including a demonstration of a traditional rice cleaning dance that was performed after the rice harvest. The members were most appreciative of the warmth of welcome that they received in Parvin and David’s beautiful home which was designed by Parvin’s brother.

At the next meeting the guest speaker will be Kieron Savins speaking about ‘Days for Girls’ an organisation making sustainable feminine hygiene products for third world countries.

Lennox Head VIEW Club meets on the first Monday of the month at Club Lennox for a luncheon meeting and funds raised help support the education of disadvantaged Australian children.

New members and guests are welcome and enquiries may be made to Dawn 6687 4328.

Lennox Head Evening VIEW Club was very fortunate to have Jules Slingsby and Tara McGready from Lennox Head Rural Fire Service as guest speakers at their June dinner meeting. Jules and Tara spoke passionately about their roles in the volunteer organisation. LHEV members would like to thank Jules and Tara and the crew of tireless volunteers of the Lennox Head Rural Fire Service for keeping our village and surrounds safe.

Lennox Head Evening VIEW Club currently supports two Learning for Life students and is holding its annual fundraiser, in conjunction with Ballina Players to enable that support to continue. Please join us on Wednesday 5 July 2017 at the Players Theatre – Swift Street Ballina at 7.00pm for a great night of entertainment with a cause. Tickets are $35.00 and are available by calling Jeanette 0412 772 694 or Deb 0402 576 231. Tickets include a cheese platter and a delicious supper. All proceeds from the night go to The Smith Family’s Learning for Life.

LHEV meet on the second Tuesday of every month at Beef+Beach upstairs in the Lennox Hotel at 6.30pm for our dinner meeting at 7.00pm. Next meeting will be held on Tuesday 13 June 2017. Contact Liz 0411 544 004.

Lennox Lions always look forward to helping with the catering for the annual tree planting up at the Point. We love to see the way the community gets together to do something so positive for our town and visitors alike and this year was no exception. It is wonderful to see what a difference this activity has made to greening the Headland over years. The way everyone pitches in from school children to (to be discreet) our more mature residents is a joy to behold.

Over the last financial year, our little club has contributed over $25,600 to community causes thanks mainly to all of you out there who have supported us in so many ways. Thanks a heap and please continue as we need your help. Last meeting, we presented cheques to the Ballina Stingrays Netball team. Kathy and Kayla attended the meeting to receive the donation. Also there to receive a cheque for the same amount was Berenice from the All Girls Surf Club. She informed us that the club really needs a new marquee so this money should help to achieve that. These donations came from the very successful Games Night held recently.

Just a quick mention at this stage,that our annual John Mitchell Charity Golf Day will be held on Sunday 20 August at the Ballina Golf and Sports Club.

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Come down to Williams St and discover the exciting new menu created by Head Chef Juan Hernandez. Open from 6.30am every day for breakfast and lunch, the beachside venue is a place to relax and enjoy great food and quality coffee, or maybe a beer on tap. Friendly staff, ample parking, free Wi-Fi and large tables for groups to gather are just a few more reasons to visit.

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Lennox Head Linedancers The Lennox Beach Linedancers have excelled in major competitions for the first part of 2017 in the hometown of country music, Tamworth.

Under the direction of dance instructor Kimberley Vidler, the group of 13 girls who range in age from 7 - 24 years have really put Lennox Head on the map as a strong force in the Linedancing fraternity.

The Lennox Beach Linedancers started off strongly in 2017 taking out Club Champions at the Australian Linedancing Championships in Tamworth during the Country Music Festival in January. Numerous medals were won and to cap it off the girls were rewarded as a team winning the ALDC coveted Club Champions trophy.

Lennox Beach dance club started back in 2001 (originally known as Lennox Head Linedancers). It started with a small group of kids from Lennox Head Public School practising at lunch

times and has progressed to a major competitive group mixing it on on the world stage. The girls train for various competitions and eistedfords including January Australian Country Linedancing Championships, Mayworth Australian Country Dance Festival, Southern States Linedancing Championships in Melbourne, NSW Open Linedancing Championships in Sydney and local dance estedfords including the Far North Coast Dance Festival.

Their most recent competition was the Mayworth Comp which is the Australian Country Dance Festival held every year in Tamworth in May. The girls were very successful competing in solos, duos, trios and team sections and brought home numerous medals competing against the best in the world of Linedancing. A highlight for them was competing in the Australia Cup on the Saturday night at the Australian Line Dance Ball and Awards.

Go Team Flannery

For years the Flannery family have watched dad Shane put himself through the gruelling training regime to prepare for the Iron Man Triathlon. Over the years he has competed dozens of times at the big Australian meet in Port Macquarie and several times at the international pinnacle for triathletes, Hawaii.

It’s not surprising that one of his three boys has now followed him into this sport. Along with his father, youngest son 22-year old Lucas, has also qualified to compete in Hawaii this year.

Not only that but he is also Australian Age Group Champion. The two men will train together for 12 solid weeks in the lead up to the race in October.

Lucas also works with dad, so there will be some challenges! Shane will bring Lucas a cup of tea around 5 in the morning to get him out of bed, and the two will head off into the dark.

From the sidelines other sons Lachlan and Peter, and wife, mother and remedial massage therapist, Cath, will be cheering them on. And so will we.

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Giving Waste A Second Chance To reduce waste going to landfill, Council is delivering free resource recovery satchels to homes across the shire. The satchels can be used to recycle a range of household items such as batteries, printer cartridges, mobile phones and X-rays.

‘Batteries are one of the most common forms of problem household waste but once landfilled they leach toxic chemicals. What a lot of people don’t know is putting items like these in the wrong bin can contaminate the whole bin,’ said Ms Christine Pitman, Council’s Strategic Waste Management Officer.

‘The best thing about these satchels is that you just fill one up, seal it and place it in your recycling bin.’

What can go in the satchel: • Household batteries (place inside a plastic bag) • CDs and DVDs • Reading glasses• Mobile phones and accessories • Smoke detectors • Electrical cords • Printer cartridges (place in plastic bag) • Wine corks • X-rays Extra satchels are available free of charge from Council’s Customer Service Centre, 40 Cherry Street, Shire Libraries in Alstonville, Ballina and Lennox Head and the Waste Management Centre on Southern Cross Drive.

The Australian Bee Gees It’s hard to believe that it has been 40 years since The Bee Gees redefined pop music and culture forever with the phenomenal success of the Saturday Night Fever album, the most successful soundtrack of all time.

The Australian Bee Gees Show is digging out its flares and dusting off its platform shoes in preparation for the Australian leg of the 2017 world tour so let the party begin!

This new show will be presented in two parts and feature all of the hits in a nostalgic trip down memory lane in a multimedia concert event.

The Australian Bee Gees Show was recently voted Best Tribute Show in Las Vegas by the prestigious Las Vegas Review Journal for 2015 and has made the top 10 in the ‘Overall Best Show’ category, an amazing achievement in Las Vegas. They were also honoured to receive the coveted Entertainer of the Year award for 2015 at the prestigious Win Win Headliners Bash.

The Australian Bee Gees show was also the first Australian band to perform 1000 shows headlining on the Famous Las Vegas Strip and with 2000 shows already under their belt they are looking forward to continued success in Sin City.

After 20 years on the world stage and over 6,000 performances in over 50 countries, The Australian Bee Gees Show has evolved to become the definitive live celebration of the wonderful music written by the Brothers Gibb.

From the first show in 1996, The Australian Bee Gees Show has conquered Las Vegas and has played to capacity houses around the world, cementing their reputation as an exceptional live concert act and the world’s leading Bee Gees Show.

For one night only be a part of the magic that is, The Australian Bee Gees Show at Lennox Head Community Centre, Wednesday 23 August.

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Williams St Kitchen & Bar There are some subtle changes taking place on the corner of Pacific Parade and Williams Street.

On the outside it’s still the same cosy, kid-friendly, relaxed, beach cafe, with low prices, great food and service, and plenty of space to spread out a newspaper. The owners have decided to slightly change the name to better reflect a new direction, from Williamsburg to Williams St Kitchen & Bar. At the same time they have launched a brand new menu, designed by chef Juan Hernandez.

Juan has had a stellar career as a chef. Just a few of his standout jobs include GPO in Martin Place Sydney, (the first of many hatted restaurants he worked in), Wildfire in Circular Quay and Bacchus Restaurant in Newcastle, where he was head chef and earned his first Hat, and kept it for three years in a row.

In 2012 Juan moved to the northern Rivers and continued his association with fine dining, starting at Utopia in Bangalow, and adding The Balcony, Town and Belle General to his CV. Now he is a new father (baby Leo was born just 5 months ago) and he has taken the reins as head chef at Williams St, where he has created what he calls a modern European menu, heavily influenced by his Chilean roots, and with strong Spanish and South American flavours.

His Cuban Pulled Lamb Taco and Mexican Chilli Con Carne are

a couple of must tries! And the the most popular burger, the Hot Chic lives on, while the Steak Sandwich is proving to be a very popular replacement for the beef burgers.

Juan describes his food as clean and fresh, made with local ingredients, and providing plenty of tasty healthy options. ‘After all, healthy is tasty,’ he says.

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Kiosk @ The Surf Club Headroom Is Here

The team—Ali, Jo, Angel and Paul when they opened Quattro in 2007

The crew from Quattro have taken over the cafe at the surf club and reopened it as Kiosk @ The Surf Club. They’ve designed a beautiful contemporary take away menu that includes delicious wraps, soups, salads, cakes and coffee.

Known for it’s incredible views and idyllic location, the cafe has a reputation for a relaxed and scenic place to have a bite and the the new owners defnitely want to keep it that way.

According to one of the team, Paul Isaac, ‘We’re actually really proud to be able to reopen this really well-loved little eatery and we’re so grateful for the support we’ve been receiving from locals since we started here.’

The 9092 arcade is about to welcome a new hairdressing salon: Headroom Hair will open its doors in the space where the Pirate and The Gypsy once was.

Headroom Hair will be a name familiar to many of us. Owned

by Sally Clarke it is already operating in two popular locations in Ballina, where it has a loyal local clientele.

And it’s easy to see why the Headroom brand is so successful.

For a start it’s been operating in Ballina for 17 years and these days employs around 16 local staff. In the past 2 years the Headroom apprentices have achieved outstanding results with 3 TAFE Apprentice of the Year awards.

According to Sally, ‘We are committed to excelling in the hairdressing industry. We host regular salon workshops, and are a part of the Goldwell program Master Colourist and Master Stylist where we are building on our current skills and learning new techniques. We are constantly learning and developing with in-salon courses and travelling away to attend courses.

‘Headroom is a salon for all ages and our goal is to create a hairstyle that suits the clients’ lifestyle and personality whether it’s classic or contemporary.

‘We focus on sophistication, lifestyle and inspiration. You are sure to be impressed with what our team has to offer,’ she says.

Headroom stocks Goldwell KMS and Mr. Smith products.

Come in and meet the Lennox Headroom crew: Sally, Daisy, and Kate.

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Shelter The iconic weatherboard shack half way between town and the Lake has had a makeover. After 8 weeks of solid sanding, hammering, and reconstructing, it has emerged from its slightly tired old shell as a relaxed, contemporary, light-filled eatery—the sort of place you could spend a whole morning (or afternoon) eating drinking and just hanging out.

The new configuration has opened the dining space right up and, in addition to tables and chairs, offers bench-style cafe eating with front-on, in-your-face views of the Pacific Ocean.

It has some serious pedigree too, being the love child of three young entrepreneurs with connections to a couple of very successful operations: the Three Blue Ducks in Sydney and The Farm at Byron.

Troy Noonan, Andrew Love (all things front of house) and Grant La Brooy (chef) admit they will use what they have learned, and what they know works, to establish a place that not only appeals to locals, but also becomes a destination for people travelling from further afield.

‘For everyone from families to foodies,’ says Andrew.

They’ve all spent years in hospitality and have worked with each other at different times. Andrew and Troy met in Canada where they worked in an Italian restaurant together. Grant has held various roles as a chef and travelled extensively, drawing inspirations from everywhere for the menu. All three worked together at the Three Blue Ducks in Byron.

From left: Andrew Love, Troy Noonan and Grant La Brooy

And they’ve all invested a lot of time and energy into this new enterprise, each one working hard on the tools to renovate the premises, and having key input into new layout and design.

According to Andrew, each one of them knows every square inch of the place, and they were working hard until late, the night before opening to get it finished.

Grant is laying claim to the name, but admits it was a group brainstorm that eventually landed at Shelter: somewhere safe, welcoming, and friendly.

For Troy, who calls Lennox Head home, ‘It just feels great to be working in my own community.’

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Lennox Law by lisa robertson and andrew mulcahy

SEPARATED? ARE YOU (FINANCIALLY) READY TO DIE?

If you find yourself separated from a marriage, you should review your financial arrangements prior to divorce, to prevent your property passing to your former partner by default.

Superannuation Superannuation does not form part of your estate when you die. You should contact your fund to remove your former spouse or de facto partner as a beneficiary, particularly if you made a binding nomination.

Powers of attorney and appointments of enduring guardian During the course of your relationship, you may have appointed your spouse or de facto partner as your attorney under a general or enduring power of attorney, and/or as your enduring guardian. These appointments need to be revisited as soon as possible after separation to avoid unwanted consequences.

Joint tenancies Consideration should be given to severing joint tenancies to ensure that your property does not automatically go to your former partner upon your death.

The effect of separation and divorce on your will You should revisit your will immediately upon separation, irrespective of whether you are or married or a de facto couple.

If you divorce or annul a marriage, any provision leaving property to your former spouse is automatically revoked, as is the appointment of your former spouse as executor, trustee or guardian of your estate.

But what if you are separated and are not yet divorced?

During this period, your will has full effect even though your intentions to leave your property to your spouse may have changed.

Claims on your estate by former spouses and de facto partners Unfortunately, changing your will does not prevent a former spouse or de facto partner from making a family provision claim on your estate. You should ensure that your new will and/or financial agreement expresses an intention that your former partner is not to benefit from your estate.

Discretionary testamentary trusts The use of testamentary trusts can defeat a former spouse or de facto partner’s claim on your estate after your death while still making provision for any children of the prior relationship.

These are complicated and need to be prepared by your solicitor. You should always seek financial and legal advice regarding estate planning.

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Lennox Head Landcare by kelly saunderson

Nope, it’s not toasty warm and yep sometimes the wind has icicles in it, but that doesn’t have to spell an end to all outdoor activities - just means we might need to dust off the old adventure wear!

Dressed in the right attire, and maybe accompanied by an appropriate warm drink or fellow body, this is one of the best times for some nature watching.

Humpback whales have well and truly begun their northerly migration to breed and give birth and we’re in prime whale watching time here. This year 27,000 whales are expected to pass through the region so there’s a good chance you’ll be rewarded for leaving your place of warmth.

If the whales aren’t performing there’s also the birds of prey to look out for, which can be just as mesmerising.

It’s breeding season for many of these birds and their courtships can involve spectacular aerial displays, where they dive, loop the loop, soar in unison or join talons and cartwheel through the sky!

There are a number of birds of prey recorded around Lennox including; Wedge-tailed Eagles, White-bellied SeaEagles, Brahminy Kites, Ospreys, Blackshouldered Kites and Pacific Bazas. Here are two of my favourites birds of prey and probably the ones you’re most likely to see around Lennox Headland.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle - head and belly are crispy white, wings are slate grey - graceful in flight, soar with their wings upswept (v-shaped) - call sounds like a honking goose heard mainly in the breeding season - known to harass other birds for their food - mainly seen here in winter - spot them perching in the Norfolk pines along the Point track.

Landcare dates for June If you would like to join us, please contact us or simply turn up to one of our working bees.

Landcare Dates for July: (Times are 8:30am to 10:30am) Wed 7th Seven Mile Dunes – north of surf club Wed 14th Boulder Beach - Coast Rd car park Wed 21st Seven Mile Dunes - opposite Williamsburg Wed 28th Iron peg - Rocky Point Rd car park For further info, please see www.lennoxheadlandcare.org; emaillennoxheadlandcare@gmail. com, phone Shaun on 0448 221 210 or find us on Facebook ‘Lennox Head Landcare’.

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Brahminy Kite - rich chestnut colour with white head and chest - glide with their wings held flat - call sounds like a bleating lamb mainly heard in the breeding season - seen here all year round - spot them perching in the Norfolk Pines along the Point track or in taller trees in the dunes on Seven Mile Beach Until next month, hope you spot a few whales, see some frisky birds of prey and more importantly get your money’s worth out of your adventure wear!

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Turning Concepts into Reality

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What does the word ‘freedom’ mean to you?

Freedom to speak?

Freedom to live, travel and love?

Freedom from fear and violence?

Freedom of choice?

I think it encompasses all of these things. When I consider the countless sacrifices that have been made for our freedoms, I openly count my blessings forevermore.

Still, neither you nor I are entirely free to position ourselves in places where our hearts lie or need to be. Because on the flip side, I also feel as if there is a ticking terror that surrounds us, far more than most of us would care to acknowledge.

As I contemplate this crazy world of airplanes and borders, I know I am beyond blessed to be here, in more ways than one.

Realistically the freedom to live does not come free. The world has been repeatedly fought, won, lost and has changed, as it always does. Yet somehow, there’s another feeling in the atmosphere that is different again. It’s almost indescribable. There is a social, emotional disconnection in humanity and a complete lack of respect for what freedom is meant to signify.

I have spent most of my existence living, breathing and expressing the importance of human connectedness.

But pretty much everything we do in life is in some way screened or scanned. I would love someone to look me straight in the eye and tell me that by doing so,

we are NOT dehumanizing or creating a disconnected society.

In a perfect world, we would increase protection, but loosen the borders and restriction to accurately give the value of freedom a chance. I agree protections are necessary and there for a purpose, but let’s not lock out entirely.

Whether one is a part of destruction or not, what has been happening – this violence, hatred, disconnectedness affects us all, regardless of what form it comes in.

As I said, freedom, is never really free.

We cannot live our lives in fear. How do hatred hearts sleep? It’s love, peace and the opportunity to be free that truly can change the world in a single moment but hey, what do I know?

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On Manopause john peacock

Wouldn’t Be Dead For Quids angela Hitzke

Is it wrong to admit that I can’t stand high fives? That I find fist pumps a bit aggressive and can never really make the correct noise when crowd cheering is called for? Should I be ashamed of the fact that I’m a non-conformer when it comes to activities such as group clapping in time? That I feel as though I should consider my answer when the lead singer/comedian/master of ceremonies asks how we’re all doing? That I prefer to not acknowledge people who shout out of passing car windows?

With all this in mind it might seem odd that I recently found myself at a business seminar with an ambiguous title. Within seconds the speaker had us high fiving the person next to us and exclaiming how excited we all were to be there. I neglected to make eye contact with the stranger and very nearly (accidentally) face palmed him into next week.

I wasn’t particularly excited. In fact I was more anxious that I was sitting in the middle of a row that I couldn’t readily escape from.

To me the presenter was becoming just a little needy when he asked us for the nineteenth time to raise our hands if this was making sense.

I was daydreaming about the biscuit selection at the break and whether there would be real coffee, when - snap! - the high fives went off again. I wondered what I had missed and why the bloke beside me was cowering with arms across his face in order to protect himself.

Apparently we were supposed to be having a conversation. I didn’t know his name or whether it was a real discussion or some form of role play. I tend to overact in role plays, so I had to tread carefully. I wasn’t sure what we were talking about and my mate wasn’t overly chatty. I checked my phone in the event that there was an urgent email that couldn’t wait until the break.

There was some more group participation stuff going on as I attempted to take a well considered photograph of the Powerpoint screen. I’d made copious notes I’d never read again, listed several blogs to subscribe to, articles to read and TED talks to watch, all of which would remain in my note book until the next seminar.

I couldn’t help thinking that if I was this desperate for a free biscuit and an instant coffee, no amount of seizing-the-day chat was going to save me. I raised my hand because this was finally all making sense. Mine was the only hand raised, but someone fist pumped me nonetheless.

Dave gave me his card to go shopping to buy nice things for our home. His house was still reeling from bachelor days when I moved in and would’ve appreciated what is commonly known as the woman’s touch. Vases, candles, cushions, fluffy rugs, those sorts of things which many men don’t tend to purchase but, for some inexplicable reason make women deeply content, were completely absent. He said as he handed me his card, ‘Here Babe, go work your magic.’ So I did. I hopped in the car and headed straight to Super Amart with a list in my head, one I’d prepared earlier.

Two hours later after much deliberation on pulling together perfectly the look I was wanting to achieve, one that encapsulated manliness for Dave, colour for me, coolness for my kids, coastal for the location, a touch of Balinese, exotica, vintage and of course my favourite, the zebra pattern, I found myself standing at the checkout beaming. I was an excellent gatherer and our nest was going to be the best nest on the street.

It wasn’t particularly busy so all three female staff helped me and fluffed around, a bit like a chick fest in a hen house. Oh my, one said, Someone’s rejuvenating their home! I suddenly felt compelled to give them the whole history on how I met Dave, how wonderful he was, how in love we were and that he’d given me his card to go shopping with when suddenly his card was declined. They said, ‘Just ring this lovely man of yours, it’s probably a wrong number in the PIN.’ After explaining to him his card was declined he asked how much was the purchase. Everyone along the North Coast would’ve then heard him yell $2000 F#cking dollars!

‘Babe, I thought you were going to spend maybe $200.’ I was to find out later he wasn’t in the best of moods at that precise moment as he was stomping home barefooted up hills, over prickles after driving to the point for a surf and locking his keys and wallet in the car.

The women heard me say, ‘Ok, I’m cooking chicken for dinner, yes with gravy. I love you, (pause) no I love you more.’ They all looked relieved and said, He’s all good now? I said, Yes all good.

I didn’t tell them he’d already hung up on me ages ago.

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Home Alchemy

suggestions on how to do this. I didn’t want to heat it much so just sat the bowl in a sink of hot water (quite a slow method). Then I added the olive oil and popped the whole mix in the freezer for a few minutes until it had started to harden. At this point I added some therapeutic grade essential oil (dreamy lavender for this batch) and then I used an electric hand mixer to whip the mix for a number of minutes until it turned into a creamy consistency. I read somewhere that repeating this last step makes a more creamy blend. So I popped it back into the freezer for another few minutes and then repeated. From there it was just a matter of scooping the thick mixture into some glass jars (this recipe made 3.5 big jars).

I was recently in Canberra (just in time for the coldest start to winter in 15 years) and within just a few days of being there my skin had completely dried out and within another few days I was nearly covered in eczema. I’ve always had sensitive skin hence so have used toxin and fragrance free skin care products from a young age, but I can’t even remember the last time I had eczema!

The friend I was staying with at the time shared some of her homemade body butter with me, something I have been meaning to make myself for years and it worked a treat. So as soon as I got back, I set about making a big batch of my own.

Having only made it once, I am hardly an expert but I can report that I’m very happy with the result. It was really simple and quick to make and it is really nourishing on the skin.

Here is what I did as a starting point for your own creations/experiments:

Whipped Body Butter Ingredients 2 cups shea butter 1 cup coconut oil ½ cup olive oil Optional - essential oils of choice Method Melt the shea butter and coconut oil to a liquid consistency. There are different

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welcome

Welcome to Lennox Head. Among you are some the best young grom and junior surfers around, and you will all be coming up against each other in what has now become the premium junior event in surfing in Australia.

As organisers we are enormously proud of this event, and grateful to our sponsors and the local businesses for the support that they provide. We are also grateful to you competitors and your families, many of whom have travelled far and wide to be here.

This year, in collaboration with the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Ballina Shire Council we have introduced some special shark mitigation measures. These include more drones and aerial surveillance, more in-water support in the form of jet skis, and a comprehensive shark mitigation policy. In the very unlikely

event of a shark sighting, we are confident that you and your family can feel safe.

A word from our sponsors David Chegwyn from Skullcandy says ‘We are moving into our 6th year of the event which is a huge milestone.

We are very proud of what we have achieved with the event organisers Le Ba Boardriders in providing a pathway for Boys and girls from 12/u all the way through 16/u and for 2018 we will again be including a Pro Junior division.

We are very excited to have Vissla as our presenting sponsor who share the same passion for grassroots surfing as we do.’

And Ballina Mayor David Wright, who has been behind event from the start says, ‘I am a very proud supporter of this major event in the region.The quality of the competition, the setting, the officials and the live webcast presents this region with fantastic competition for surfers from around Australia and overseas.’

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Grom Watch Meet some of the young stars to watch this year. These talented groms will be competing in this year’s comp—of course there are a couple of visitors to watch in here too!

NAME: Angus Baker AGE: 14 yrs old HOME BREAK: Lennox Point FAVOURITE SURFERS: James Wood and Owen Wright

NAME: Mahlia Carr AGE: 14yrs old HOME BREAK: Lennox Point FAVOURITE SURFERS: Coco Ho

NAME: Beau Glindeman AGE: 14 yrs old HOME BREAK: Lennox Head SPONSORS: Mum FAVOURITE SURFERS: Kolohe Andino and Jordy Smith

NAME: Jai Glindeman AGE: 13 yrs old HOME BREAK: Lennox Head SPONSORS: Rip Curl, Warner Surfboards, Shapers, Fu wax, Futures.

FAVOURITE SURFERS: Mick Fanning and John John Florence.

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Name: Finn Hill Age: 15 Homebreak: Avoca, NSW Sponsors: Rip Curl, Slimes, Banana Wax Favourite Surfers: Andy Irons and Jordy Smith NAME: Ethan Huxtable Age: 12 yrs old Homebreak: Jan Juc, Victoria Sponsors: Rip Curl, Oakley, Skullcandy, Cory surfboards, Modom, Futures, Reef.

Favourite Surfers: Mick Fanning and Gabriel Medina

Name: Xavier Huxtable Age: 15 yrs old Homebreak: Jan Juc, Victoria Sponsors: Rip Curl, Modom, Futures, Reef, Dragon, Sharpeye surfboards Favourite Surfers: Mick and John John Name: Malia James AGE: 14yrs old HOME BREAK: Pub innies SPONSORS: Mum and Dad :) FAVOURITE SURFERS: Stephanie Gilmore and Stuey Kennedy

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NAME: Zahli Kelly AGE: 13 yrs old HOME BREAK: Cabarita SPONSORS: Billabong, Emery, Von Zipper, Surfmud, Komunity Project FAVOURITE SURFERS: JJF, Filipe Toledo, Silvana Lima

NAME: Rino Lindsay AGE: 13 yrs old HOME BREAK: Lennox Point SPONSORS: Carve, FCS, Blank Wetsuits, Webster Surfboards FAVOURITE SURFERS: Stu Kennedy, James Wood and Owen Wright NAME: Mikey McDonagh AGE: 15 yrs old HOME BREAK:Lennox Head SPONSORS: Rip Curl, DHD Surfboards, Skullcandy, Ocean & Earth , FCS , Electric , Fu Wax FAVOURITE SURFERS: Mick Fanning , Kolohe Andino

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Name: George Pittar Age: 14 yrs old Homebreak: Queenscliff, NSW Sponsors: Rip Curl, DHD, Ocean and Earth Favourite Surfers: Ethan Ewing, Italo Ferreira and JordySmith

NAME: Dembe Ryan AGE: 12yrs old HOME BREAK: Lennox Point SPONSORS: Four Eyewear FAVOURITE SURFERS: John John Florence, Stuey, & Connor O’Leary NAME: Nyxie Ryan AGE: 13yrs old HOME BREAK: Lennox Point & pub beaches SPONSORS: Rip Curl, Webster surfboards, Four Eyewear, Flight Centre Sports Events FAVOURITE SURFERS: Tyler & Owen Wright, Steph Gilmore, Connor O’Leary, Stu Kennedy.

Name: Harry O’Brien Age: 10 yrs old Home break: Lennox point Sponsors: Carve, Ocean and Earth accessories, Emery Surfboards Favourite surfers: Mick Fanning

Name: Carly Shanahan Age: 13 yrs old Homebreak: Wooli, NSW Sponsors: Shaun Cansdell surfboards, BCU, Smoothstar, Zombie Tread.

Favourite Surfers: Carissa Moore and Felipe Toledo

NAME: Jack O’Brien AGE: 13 yrs old HOME BREAK: Lennox Point SPONSORS: Ripcurl, Carve, Webster surfboards,Skullcandy, Ocean & Earth FAVOURITE SURFERS: John John Florence and Conner Coffin

NAME: Hunter Weston AGE: 14 yrs old HOME BREAK: Lennox Point SPONSORS: Carve and Ocean and Earth FAVOURITE SURFERS: Stu Kennedy and Jordy Smith

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Story by Vic Leto

shapers’ alley

MEET THE SHAPERS: come down to competition site and meet the experts and get some advice about choosing a board.

WHEN: Sunday 9 July, 9am to 12 pm

Gunther Rohn (Local Motion) has been shaping for 45 years. He says there are a few simple ‘rules of thumb’ for groms to consider about board selection.

Gunther Rohn

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Generally a board should be your own height plus an inch. From there work in experience and usage to determine exact heights, width, thickness and glass.

You’ll need different boards for different conditions; for example boards used for 1ft slop in a contest, compared to free-surfing 8ft barrels are way different. However, if you’re on a tight budget you may have to settle for the best possible all around board.

An absolute beginner should always have a much bigger board. Gunther suggests if dad or mum surfs, start out first by trying one of their boards. Your own first board should be a second hand board. Over time you can decide for sure whether you will want to keep surfing and how seriously.

While pro-tour riders are all about lightweight glass, groms and their boards are already light, plus light-weight does ding easier, which equates to less long-term value for money. Gunther suggests for groms there is no need for heavy glass job as their boards are generally that short it’s very unlikely they can be snapped. A midweight glass should do it.

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Phil Myers (Free Flight Surfboards) brings another 40 years shaping experience to Shaper’s Alley. Phil’s advice: ‘While it’s important for surfers to know about the basics of design of how boards work; leave the ultra-fine details to the shapers and don’t over-complicate it. Relax, save tying yourself in knots sweating the small stuff.

That’s our job, where our knowledge and experience comes into it.’

If a shaper is already familiar with your surfing and style, he automatically will know what equipment to tuck under your feet pretty much as soon as you tell him what you are after in a board. If he is unfamiliar with you, he will rely on your conversations and the information you provide about yourself, not the board, so it’s vital to be realistic and accurate about your experience and ability.

When you first meet a shaper don’t worry if he looks like he is sizing you up. He is, but he is not looking for a fight, he is just trying to gauge your size, weight and body type and how that will translate onto a board based on the info you gave him.

Wayne Webster (Webster Surfboards) comes in as the ‘young gun’ at Shapers Alley! But hey, in his 26 years shaping Wayne has also built a worldwide reputation. For Wayne there is nothing more satisfying than seeing happy customers enjoying riding his boards.

Wayne advises you get better results based on better quality, not just the shapes but in materials, from the core blank to the glass, fins and even accessories like leg-ropes and deck grip.

Wayne says talk to shapers and where possible also take in your old board/s so the shaper can get a picture of where you have already been with your equipment.

Before getting a new board experiment by riding as many different boards as you can.

This will help you feel the difference of what you are used to, then take what you like about all those boards to the shaper and explain what you are after and the board’s purpose.

Funny enough Wayne reckons groms probably listen more to shaper’s recommendations than older surfers. BUT groms are way more concerned about making sure their own spray design is on the board!

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Ocean Rhythms

by Steve Shearer

We didn’t really need another flood less than 3 months after the deluge following ex TC Debbie’s disaster run down the east coast but here we go again, the Richmond is back to milky coffee and the dirty water is all over the surf beaches and will be with us for at least a moon cycle. Just prior to the slow- moving trough which dumped so much rain on us, ocean water had finally cleared right up, and with shallow banks the winter was shaping up beautifully. Huey obviously has a twisted sense of black humour.

The week following the Queens Birthday holiday – which featured a great day at the Point- suffered under a barrage of short period E’ly stormsurf. Luckily it wasn’t big enough to completely gut the inshore sand reservoirs unlike the black nor-easter swell of last June, but it did drag sand wide and punch holes in the banks. What happens now depends on how the winter pans out. If we move into a regime of small/ moderate mid to long period S swells the sand will get groomed into shape pretty quickly. At time of writing a low in the Tasman, which formed in the trough line which lingered off the coast here, is expected to deliver a few days of solid but not big SSE to ESE swell.

The strange thing is the Pacific Basin was tending towards El Nino as we came out of summer, which would indicate a dry-ish autumn and winter period for the sub-tropical NSW coastline. Quite clearly we’ve had the opposite with 2 floods

and plenty of back-up rainfall in between.

The fishing before the rainfall was OK, without being outstanding. Tailor were around if you were prepared to put the time into finding them. With the outpouring of floodwater from the Richmond inshore fishing will shut down for a period until the clearer salty water can push back in under the fresh. Yours truly put in a few fruitless sessions throwing big lures into the floodwater searching for a monster jewfish. A couple of punters got lucky though with some horse sized fish being landed as the fresh first worked its way to the walls. Maybe next time.

We’d expect the fishing to really fire up as the water starts to clear and bait schools move back in shore. That might take a month if it keeps raining. That’s it for this month. To whoever out there is doing the rain dance; you can stop now for smoko.

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Cars Of Lennox

By Shan Railton

The featured car this month is an Italian classic sports car, a 2004 Alfa Romeo Spyder owned by Simon from Lennox Head Physiotherapy. These stylish convertibles don’t have the same reputation as their fellow countrymen the Ferrari or Lamborghini but they still hold a place in the hearts of car enthusiasts the world over, myself included.

Make / Model – 2004 Alfa Romeo Spyder Owner – Simon LW – So Simon, how does a Lennox local end up owning a convertible Alfa as a daily driver?

Simon – My dad bought this car new for a decent amount of money. He drove it for a while and then decided it was time to sell it, he’d had his fun. Problem was despite having it on the market for years he never found a buyer and the car dropped in value considerably. 18 months ago my 1992 Hyundai Excel (my first car of many years) died on me, dad took pity on my situation and gave me the Alfa.

LW – Wow, that’s generous. Alfa’s have a bit of a reputation for being temperamental, is that the case?

Simon – I’ll admit it does have its quirks and if something goes wrong it can be costly but I have to say it’s worth it.

LW – Spoken like a true European car owner, what do you love about it?

Simon – It’s such a fun car to drive.

Being a manual and a convertible it really is a proper motor car. You get the full experience of driving and being in control of the machine. Too many cars these days are just point and go, I find that a bit boring.

LW – I couldn’t agree more. The art of driving is fading away fast in many modern cars. So was the future hold for the Alfa?

Simon – I’ll own this car until it goes to Italian car heaven, it’s part of the family.

I think over the next year or so I’ll make it a promotional car for my business.

Keep an eye out for it all decked out.

LW – Will do. Thanks so much Simon for sharing your car and it’s story with us, it’s always entertainment to hear the back story on local cars.

Simon – No problem, chat again soon.

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Should dogs or cats be vegetarians?

I could answer that in one short word, ‘No’. There’s a difference between ‘should’ verses ‘could’. It’s possible to do this, especially for dogs, but it’s not without real risks and isn’t something to be undertaken lightly or haphazardly. Inflicting human cultural decisions on our companion animals (who have no say in the matter) is probably a bit questionable no matter how well intended.

Although dogs and cats are both classified as carnivores, their nutrient requirements are not the same. Dogs’ metabolisms approach those of omnivores, whereas the metabolism of cats is that of a strict (or ‘obligate’) carnivore, and both animals utilise nutrients differently from humans.

Vitamins A and D: Dogs and cats can’t make Vitamin D in their skin like us, so it needs to be in their diet. And it needs to be D3 which is found in animal sources, not D2. People and dogs can use D2 to some extent, but cats really need D3. Cats need preformed Vitamin A (from animal sources) in their diet as well, since they can’t synthesise it from beta-carotene.

Taurine: Dogs can make adequate taurine from dietary protein building blocks. Cats are unable to make sufficient taurine from building blocks and must get it from animal sources (ie it’s an essential amino acid in this species). Taurine deficiency leads to heart failure amongst other things.

Arachidonic Acid: This essential fatty acid for cats is found in

animal tissue in natural diets. Cats are unable to synthesise it.

Deficiencies cause fertility and blood clotting problems.

Other issues include inadequate or poor quality protein, which can affect the synthesis and uptake of other vitamins and minerals such as niacin and thiamine (deficiencies in which cause severe neurological issues in cats).

Most vegetarian diets for pets will be home made to a greater or lesser extent. It’s worthwhile considering that studies of homemade meat-based diets have revealed about 85-90% of them as nutritionally inadequate, including those formulated by nondietary-specialist vets. So the chances of significant deficiencies in vegetarian diets for dogs, and especially cats, is great.

Here are a few pointers in case you feel compelled to give a vego diet a crack.

• Never feed vegetarian diets to kittens, puppies or breeding animals.

• Consult with a specialist Veterinary Dietitian.

• Arrange at least 2 wellness exams a year, including blood tests.

• Make sure any commercial diets claiming to be vegetarian are certified by accredited veterinary regulators.

There are ways to get around feeding inappropriate vegetarian diets to dogs and cats. This involves giving supplements to compensate for the deficiencies that would otherwise occur.

Supplementation is complex and easily mismanaged, and the risk of serious health problems is high. In short, if you want to feed your pet a vegetarian diet, get a rabbit or a goat!

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Dog Of The Month

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Name - Barney Owner’s name – Jenna Breed – Boxer Age – 4 yrs Best friends – My hound mates, Shenzi, Keiko, Dusty, Zephyr, Ollie & Ripley and Biscuit, Bob, Cooper and Bonnie (she’s a really pretty Boxer lady).

Nick Names – Barnabas, Loony Boy, Barnster, Barney Boy, Costalot, Snuggle Bum, Whinge Pus, Pushy Pants Favourite Food – FOOD! Chicken necks, bully sticks and peanut butter on toast is pretty good.

Favourite thing to do – Be with my mum, go for a walk, be with my mum, go for a ride in the car, be with my mum, sleep on the lounge, be with my mum, play with my oinky pig.

If he wasn’t a dog he would be – I do love being a dog, but I’d probably be a fugitive. The ranger in Sydney couldn’t catch me and mum says I’m a thief. I used to steal food, but now I just steal the doona when I sleep on the bed.

How long does it take dogs to learn things? My dog is 7 months old – I’m really frustrated that she still does naughty stuff. Shouldn’t that have stopped by now??

Eliza P Hi Eliza, I think at times we humans are a little unrealistic (and a little impatient) with our dogs when it comes to learning what’s expected in our human world.

Let’s look at children for example – do we expect that they will know everything by the time they are toddlers? Teenagers? (I know teenagers think they know everything, but that’s another story). Young adults? Middle aged? I think that most of us would agree that at whatever age and stage of life we are at, we still don’t have all the answers and every day we learn something new.

And yet for some reason, we get frustrated when our dog doesn’t learn something immediately, or gets it wrong at times, or don’t listen when there’s really distracting things going on.

They get labelled ‘disobedient’ or ‘dominant’ or ‘defiant’, when perhaps they’re tired, or hot, or thirsty, or in need of a break.

The speed at which a dog learns is very individual (like a human). For a dog it also depends on breed and original breed function and whether the intended message from the instructor (ie, you) is getting across. We are communicating inter-species remember, and things often get lost in translation. So this is where consistency and patience comes in. We need to be consistent, but we need to be patient to make sure the dog really understands what’s expected – and that takes time and lots of practice in lots of different situations.

Want your dog to be Dog Of The Month? You must enter through Facebook. Find The Canine Perspective on Facebook and join in the fun. Got a problem or question about your dog? You can post your question for Sarah there too. sarah Rutten, the canine perspective Diploma Canine Behaviour, Science and Technology Cert IV Dog Behavioural Training Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed

At 7 months of age, your dog is a teenager and like human teenagers, they still do ‘naughty’ stuff. It comes with the age bracket, and at that age it’s pretty normal. My suggestion – rather than trying to stop the naughty stuff, work out what behaviours you DO want (which are the opposite of the naughty ones – be specific) and set her up for success by teaching her those. Remember to be patient and consistent (consitency really is the key here) and soon you’ll have a gorgeous dog who not only knows what is expected, but who you will have a bond with that will last a lifetime.

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By Lois Delaney

Jackfruit Masaman curry Young green jackfruit are hard to find but your local Asian store will have them in brine and are perfect if you can’t find fresh. If you like to make your own curry paste here’s the recipe. (if not, use a store bought can of massaman paste) Curry paste * 1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts, unsalted * 2 shallots, sliced * 5 cloves garlic, peeled * 1 to 2 red chilies, or 1/2 to 1 tsp. dried crushed chili * 1 thumb-size piece galangal (or ginger), thinly sliced * 1 stalk lemongrass, minced, or 2 to 3 tbsp. frozen or bottled prepared lemongrass * 1 tsp. ground coriander

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* 1/2 tbsp. ground cumin * 1/2 tsp. whole cumin seeds * 1/8 tsp. nutmeg, preferably freshly ground * 1/2 tsp. cinnamon or cinnamon stick * 3 star anise ( throw these into the slower) * 1/8 tsp. ground cloves * 1/4 tsp. ground cardamon * 2 tbsp. fish sauce * 1 tsp. shrimp paste * 1 tsp. palm sugar or brown sugar * 1 to 3 tbsp. coconut milk, depending on how thick you prefer your paste (save remainder for when cooking your curry), or up to 1 can if making a sauce Blend (or use a pestle and mortar )all ingredients to make a paste that’s not too dry.

If using a cinnamon stick and star anise, put these into the

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Body Talk

Talking To Trent

Michael Petrie, osteopath

If you want to maintain healthy bones it is crucial to ensure that you eat foods rich in Calcium. Some of these are, Quark (European Cottage Cheese available from your health food store, high in Vitamin K2 which regulates where calcium ends up in your body), yogurt, cheddar cheese, milk, Chinese cabbage, Chinese mustard greens, bok choy, kale, Chinese spinach, white beans, broccoli, pinto beans, red beans, sweet potato and spinach.

Vitamin D is also important. Ensure daily exposure to sunlight at least 10 minutes. Foods high in Vitamin D are fatty fish, tuna, mackerel & salmon, sharp cheddar, egg yolks, dried shitake mushrooms, chanterelle mushrooms, sardines and cod liver oil.

There are thousands of so called ‘natural’ supplements on the market that claim to have excellent results for both arthritis and osteoporosis. When you get right into the nitty gritty it’s a mine field. In my opinion supplements are fantastic in many ways when needed, but it’s very important to know what you’re supplementing for, where the supplement is derived from, and whether it has any scientific evidence-based proof of its value. The best solution is an organic whole food diet complete with Omega-3 fatty acids, high in calcium, vitamin K2 and vitamin D, all exceptional to help your body increase bone strength and fight arthritic pain.

One of the many science-based facts of omega 3-fatty acids is that it improves bone strength. Studies indicate that omega3s can improve bone strength by increasing the amount of calcium in bones. This leads to a reduced risk of osteoporosis. omega-3s also help with arthritis. Arthritic patients who include omega-3 in their diet have reported reduced joint pain.

In terms of food based Omega-3s, some of the highest foods are flaxseed oil (cold pressed organic), organic chia seeds (soak for 10 minutes prior to using), walnuts, leafy greens (especially mustard greens), salmon, caviar, sardines, soybeans, wild rice, oysters and tuna.

So there we have it folks, some excitingly yummy foods to include in your diet for bone and skeletal strength and to fight off those arthritic winter pains.

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Like most combat sports fans, I got super excited at the announcement of Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor setting a date to put together what will be the biggest fight that has ever happened. To think that we have arguably the two of the best in their own disciplines, coming together, in one ring to put on an absolute show. This seriously will be HUGE! Whilst the announcement has got me pumped for the event, what excites me more is the fact we will see 2 months of mind games. We’ll see trash talk, we’ll see intimidation, we’ll have social media sledging and so much more. It will come across as both trying to get an edge and making the other break under pressure. But that won’t happen. They won’t break, because they are both true champions.

I’ve been thinking, ‘What does it take to be a real champion, that real next level champion?’ Is it being stronger or faster than your opponent? To a degree, yes, that will help, but what sets an athlete with incredible physical abilities apart from a champion? Basically, it’s their mental strength, their ability not to be phased in any way shape or form by anyone or anything.

Their ability to have the sole purpose of being a better athlete today, physically and mentally, than yesterday.

I recently watched Conor McGregor train with a movement coach Ido Portal and as he trained the only thing being used was a pack of cards. I mean, how does the biggest athlete the UFC has ever seen, who is stepping into a boxing ring for the first time, preparing to fight a 50 wins and 0 loses athlete with a pack of playing cards? It’s all to do with keeping his focus.

Making his mental strength and ability stronger.

These same methods can be applied to each and every one of us every day. We could all achieve the same progress in all areas of our life if we didn’t worry about what everyone else is doing around us. If you raise your standards on yourself and you continue to achieve them then you will be a champion in your own world. Look for gratification within yourself and don’t fall victim to the pressure.

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Jen Banks Is Ms July

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Jeweller Birthplace: Christchurch, NZ Family: Partner Oskar, daughter Bella (10) Star Sign: Sagittarius Favourite Food: everything Jen Banks has had several careers in her life, including preschool school teacher, computer trainer, and neuromuscular therapist.

Yet none of these has ever given her quite as much satisfaction as the one she stumbled across when she’d moved to a new town and was looking for a way to meet people.

‘I moved to Auckland in 2002 and studied neuromuscular therapy and I knew no-one, so I decided to do a night class.

I looked online and found one called ‘Make A Ring’. So I thought, I’ll do that, and after that first experience I just couldn’t stop,’ she says.

From then on Jen did every jewellery workshop and course she could find, and became obsessed with making jewellery, right up until this day when she works at it virtually full time, supplying her own hand-made designs to 9 galleries.

But let’s back track a minute. It was in Auckland, when she was studying neuromuscular therapy and doing jewellery on the weekends, that she first met partner Oskar.

He was an Aussie, originally from Perth, and they hit it off.

But after a couple of years they decided that Auckland wasn’t for them, and would make the break to sunny Brisbane where Jen’s sister had already relocated.

There Jen established a neuromuscular therapy business, while Oskar continued working in computing, and only a year later they were pregnant, expecting twins.

But it wasn’t to be. For Jen and Oskar this was one of those moments in life where the world was turned upside down.

They lost their son during childbirth, while their little girl Bella was born healthy and very much alive.

So, Jen faced the unthinkable—becoming a mother to a tiny vulnerable baby, at the very same moment that she grieved the loss of another child.

‘It was just the worst time for us. I struggled with grief, while trying hard to also be a new mother,’ she says.

The pair battled on, but Brisbane became a place of sadness for them. So they decided to head south.

‘We had heard about Byron Bay, so we came down here and checked the area out, and we found Lennox Head,’ says Jen. ‘But I was still suffering severe post-natal depression, and one day when Bella was about 3 I had an experience, and I knew that I had to get help. I went to see a professional and I see now that she saved my life.’

Like so many who suffer from depression, it’s not Jen’s favourite subject, but it’s a part of her life.

‘I think it’s important for others who might be there now, to be able to read this and know that they are not alone.’

And while Jen’s life is different because of her experience,

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there’s still plenty of joy.

‘Not long after we had arrived here I heard about Hammer and Hand Jewellery Collective, but I put it to the back of my mind. Then one day I passed someone on the street who I had done a goldsmithing course with in Brisbane, and they told me Hammer and Hand was looking for a new member. So I went to see if I could join, and I did.

‘It provided me with a place to go—a little bubble of community and creativity, away from motherhood. It was just what I needed.’

And the Lennox Arts Collective has been a similar godsend.

Sparked by a random meeting with Collective members, Jen’s involvement with the LAC has become another social and creative hub of her life.

‘We love living in Lennox so much – a 10 minute trip to the shops takes an hour, because we bump into so many people we know – you just don’t get that sense of community in a city.’

What’s the best thing about your work? I do what I love and I get to spend my days making pretty shiny things. The fact that people love what I make - that’s a buzz that never goes away.

Working in both collectives, I meet so many people, and I find people fascinating - everyone has a story and they are all inspiring.

Worst thing? Back pain.

Hobbies? I love making things. Eating, cooking, walking along the beach and picking up rubbish.

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Nick Walheim Is Mr July General Manager, Lennox Hotel Birthplace: Sydney Family: Mum Mary, daughters Ava (10), Frankie (8) and Peaches (6) Star sign: Aquarius Favourite food: Yum Cha There’s a strange feel to a pub during the day. Especially one like the Lennox Hotel with its huge windows and classic ocean views.

On the day we go to meet the General Manager, it is bright and sunny (at last!), the place is airy, and filled with blue balloons and State-Of-Origin possibility.

(Let’s not go there.)

The GM is Nick Walheim, a big bear of a man, all smiles and geniality. But in this senior role, and as partner in the business (with owner Greg Campbell and Beef and Beach GM Troy Lister) and as overseer of the entire ground floor of this iconic Lennox building, he’s far from a pushover.

Everything Nick has done in his career has led him to this perfect place.

He started at just 18 behind the bar at the Palace Hotel in Mortlake, Sydney.

There was a two year break when he worked for a pharmaceutical company, but it wasn’t for him.

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And he’s worked in plenty of joints, from Sydney to London, from cocktail bars, to restaurants, to clubs and pubs.

‘I had a hundred ideas about what I wanted to do for a career, from pilot to writer. I got into pubs when I was young just like so many people do, but I found I actually really enjoyed it.

‘And I lucked into a management position early on, which meant I could progress in a job where there aren’t a lot of opportunities.

‘I’ve trained on the job, and learned every aspect of the trade, so I understand about making a business work for customers, for a community and for the bottom line,’ he says.

From HR manager, to cellar master, to bouncer, it’s a pretty diverse role.

‘Probably staffing is the biggest challenge, because it is such a transitory kind of work and there is a high staff turnover. These days I mainly employ on personality. You can always teach someone to pour a beer.’

But there was a time when he thought he’d gone as far as he could.

‘A few years ago I thought there was no more to do in pubs, so I applied and was accepted to the paramedics vocational training course.

‘I was already working here by then, but it turned out Greg didn’t want me to leave. It was then that he cut Troy and

me in, and it’s been great.

‘He and I are good friends—the three of us make a great team.’

Pubs have been good to Nick. It was in a pub in Sydney where he employed Ash Moir. Their relationship blossomed and they moved up together to Ashley’s home town of Lennox Head.

In 2007 they had baby Ava. ‘The Moirs are my second family. They have been so good to me over the years.

And it’s probably one of my greatest achievements that despite the fact that Ash and I broke up, we have maintained a great relationship, and Ava has been lucky enough to have parents who still like each other and get on.

‘Ashley and I still talk every day and we are really good friends. Her two other kids Frankie and Peaches call me Dad and we all spend a lot of time together.’

Best thing about your job?

The social aspect. I love meeting people.

Worst thing?

Anti social behaviour, and the fact that a lot of people don’t understand our legal and regulatory obligations. We are a highly regulated industry.

Hobbies?

Playing guitar and singing.

Work/life philosophy?

Keep everything in balance. You’re a long time dead.

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Southern Cross Public School & Ballina Coast High School K-6 Literacy Literacy is the foundation for learning.

Our students are supported to develop their reading and writing skills through various programs in the classroom and through individual support. In an effort to further promote literacy, last month students in years 3-6 had an opportunity to engage with Australian authors.

We were fortunate to have Samantha Turnbull visit our school to run a storyboard writing workshop with selected students.

Mrs Sobecki also organised for students to participate in Bookfest where we will connect to presentations by popular authors such as Jeff Kinney, Aaron Blabey, Jackie French and Leigh Hobbs.

I encourage all students to visit our library and borrow books by these quality authors.

Snaketails At the Snaketails show on Wednesday 31st May students learnt about all the different types of snakes and reptiles.

The presenter brought three types of lizard, a turtle and five types of snakes with him: Red-bellied Black snake, Brown snake, Tiger snake, Fierce snake and a huge Olive Python.

The presenter told us about how the Aboriginals thought that a snake was a god and called it the Rainbow Serpent.

He also taught us how to act if we see a snake. We all got to pat the Olive Python at the end of the show. Written by 6W

7-12 Athletics Our high school athletics carnival was held on a beautiful sunny day. The focus of the day was participation and fun. The high jump was relocated outdoors to accommodate for the laser skirmish obstacle course. This was a huge hit with the students, who rotated around in groups through the various events. Thank you to all of the staff for their great effort. Well done to all the students who joined in the fun. Congratulations to all those who qualified for the CHS FNC Carnival.

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Lennox Head Public School School Swimming Splash! The year 6 students have started the compulsory swimming program. We are fortunate to have a heated swimming pool in close proximity to our school as well as experienced swimming instructors. Year’s three to six all have an opportunity to participate throughout the year in the program but this term it’s specifically year 6. Once at the Aquatic Centre the students get into the water and commence swimming drills and stroke correction to improve swimming conditioning, strength, confidence and water survival. One of our Year six students said ‘it is a great learning experience.’

The Year three and five students are looking forward to their turn, after hearing that it is so much fun.

By Mikayla North Coast AFL GOAL! Jack A. was recently selected in the North Coast AFL team. He and his parents travelled to Parkes so he could compete in the round robin event. He represented our school with pride. Jack A. was awarded the prestigious Players Player Award by his team mates. Overall, the North Coast AFL team achieved a credible fifth only narrowly missing out on the opportunity to play off for third and fourth position. Well done Jack!

By Mitchell H. Tree Planting Phew! That was hard work but what a result! Last month, year three headed to Pat Morton lookout to rejuvenate the bushland. They planted native trees to ensure the best chance for them to adapt to the land. Each year the company Geolink organises the program. Geolink has been running this program since 2003, and have hosted the tree planting day to coincide with World Environment Day. The species that were selected for the rejuvenation and restoration project included Cheese Tree, Sweet and Hairy Pittosporum, Bleeding Heart Tree and many more. The year three students worked hard and had a great sense of achievement and were rewarded with a sausage sizzle and a delicious ice-cream. They had a fantastic day.

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Holy Family Lennox Head Catholic School Community Preschool Year Five students at Holy Family School have been learning about Life on the Goldfields as an aspect of their History unit, Australian Colonies. They spent the morning on Friday 9 June, nparticipating in a mock gold rush on Sharpes Beach.

As Term 2 comes to a close we reflect on what a busy month we have had.

This month we were visited by Troppo Bob the Magician. The Lennox Head Primary School came to preschool to share this experience with us. Troppo Bob amazed us with his illusions and even had the teachers baffled. Some of the children were included in the show and were surprised with the magic they could perform. Following this visit the children have been exploring their magic/illusion skills through play.

If you hadn’t already noticed, there were many masterpieces throughout the town. Our children represented their ideas through art to display what they loved about Lennox Head for the love Lennox festival. Small groups of children delivered these artworks to the businesses and hung them up. It was empowering, as we discussed on the way back to preschool that we were now famous artists, as our art was being enjoyed by the wider community.

Enhancing our identity as artists, we created art galleries at preschool to display our handprint and Australia map artworks. Our handprints were used as the base of our creation, we extended this by using textas and pencils to transform our handprints into an animal with an environment. Koby asked ‘what’s an art gallery?’ We have not planned an excursion to explore this concept!

Reminder – waiting list applications close on 31 July. To be considered for enrolment in 2018 please ensure you have completed your waiting list application. This can be done at the preschool within office hours Mon-Fri 8.30am-3.30pm or alternatively you can complete this online. Please visit www.lennoxheadcommunitypreschool. com.au/waiting-list/

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Trojan Talk By michelle Mahon

The Trojans are enjoying a strong showing at the midway point of the season, with the Firsts edging into the coveted first place on the ladder, three points ahead of Wollongbar, and Second grade in a highly respectable second position.

Tuesday and Thursday nights have seen great training numbers with over 30 players at most sessions, ranging in age from Year Twelve students through to veterans.

‘So far, the competition has been very even with Wollongbar and Ballina setting the standard. While most of the top teams have a number of imports to bolster their ranks, we rely on the excellent junior Trojan program to produce our stars. This year we have already seen a number of young guys playing excellent rugby in the early rounds,’ said First Grade Coach, Jason McCombie.

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‘We invite the Lennox community to come on down to Williams Reserve when we play at home and see your local Year 12 lads run around the paddock, mixed with some teachers, engineers, scaffolders, plasterers, plumbers and other tradies. Our promise is a great Saturday afternoon of running rugby,’ he said.

This month’s Senior home games are: Saturday, 8 July – v Ballina Saturday, 29 July – v Southern Cross Uni A reminder that 8 July is Ladies Day at Williams Reserve. Entry to this event is $35, which includes antipasto dishes and beverages, and a charity auction with all proceeds going to a local mental health charity. RSVP to nat.elmer66@ gmail.com by 4 July.

In Junior Rugby news, with more than 180 players signed up this year, there is plenty of action from the boys in green at Williams Reserve on Wednesday and Friday nights.

Notable ladder mentions at press time are the Trojan U15s who are sitting in

second place; the U12 Trojan Green – first place; U11 – first place, and in the U10s – Trojan Green are placed first and Trojan White are second.

The Trojan Sevens girls are almost at capacity, with a continuing high level of interest from U16 players who are relishing the opportunity to play a fast, physical game which tests speed, skill and endurance.

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Entertainment for July WEEKLY By cameron lindsay

Le-Ba Boardriders Surfers were met with challenging conditions at the point for the June round of Le-Ba boardriders. Some seasoned competitors even failed to catch a wave in the early rounds with a strong sweep causing havoc in the Point line up. Mahlia Carr showed the boys how to do it and scored a standing ovation after she grabbed a classic long Point ride. Mahlia was able to hook into some big turns and throw buckets of spray as she raced down the line. Not to be outdone by the up-andcoming grommet, Tony O’Brien and Glen Curtis both scored some great rides on the way to taking out the Legends and Masters respectively. Ben Sattler was too good in the Seniors and James Wood was unstoppable in the Opens. Jae Waters has continued his good form with a win in the Juniors and Jack and Harry O’Brien made it all 1st places for the O’Brien family this month winning the Cadets and Groms! Mia Baker and Max McGillvray both has wins in the Micros and Fleas.

There’s a real buzz in the junior ranks with the Skullcandy event set to commence next month. This year promises to be a great event with entries selling out in under a minute! The event will be live streaming over the web and on a large screen on site so where ever you are you will be able to view all our best groms take on the best junior surfers from around the world.

In WSL news, Le-Ba graduate Stu Kennedy bowed out in the fifth round by the narrowest of margins (0.21) to veteran Joel Parkinson in the Outerknown Fiji Pro. The tour now heads to Jbay and our hopes are high for Stu to score a great result given Jbay is very similar wave to our very own Lennox Point.

Stu is currently sitting 28th and a good result would see his climb back into the all important top 20. Adopted Lennox son Owen Wright is very much in the mix for a maiden WSL world title sitting in 3rd spot on the world rankings.

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Surf Club News

Well it may be the off season, but that didn’t stop the excitement at the Senior Presentation night on 27 May when youngsters Sam Breen and Luca Beasley-Kenk were jointly awarded the Club’s ‘Rescue of the Year’.

A very surprised Sam and Luca, who are U12 competitors and Year 6 students at Holy Family, were recognised for applying their surf lifesaving skills to rescue 2 children who were being swept out to sea one Sunday after nippers.

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Here’s what they did. Luca was on the beach and recognising that the children were in trouble, signalled to Sam, who was training near them on his rescue board. Sam was able to collect and secure both children onto his board, and shortly afterwards they were transferred to the care of volunteer lifesavers who safely returned the children to shore.

Congratulations are extended to the other award recipients on the night, including: • Patrol Person of the Year - Amanda Berry • Club Person of the Year – Club Captain Richard Hughes • Junior Club person – Lily Murphy • Life membership – Chief Training Officer Mark Laverty • Patrol group of the Year – Team Four On the evening, special mention was made of Maisy Miller who received a bronze medal in the U14 Iron event at the State titles, and U14 competitor

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Nathan McKenzie who collected a State bronze in the Iron and Swim, and then went one better to collect Silver in the Iron event at the Aussies.

THE KIOSK IS OPEN It’s been a baptism of water for the newly re-opened Surf Club kiosk, now known as ‘Kiosk Lennox Beach’, with Quattro owners Paul, Angel, Jo and Ali taking over the lease and opening on the June long weekend, to a sustained daily deluge.

Sporting a beachy feel complete with a rustic exterior shelf and a hand painted wall mural (completed by Jo herself), the kiosk is open every day from 7am-2pm.

Pop on down for a coffee, breakfast or lunch, and sample the ever changing specials which draw from Quattro’s strong love of all things food.

The revamped kiosk is strictly a takeaway business, although seating is in place for those who want to sit and spot a whale or two.

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Lennox Longboarders Another Deferred round for 2017. The 11 June Club round was cancelled because of the inclement weather. Finally on Sunday 18 June the sun was shining with some off-shore winds for some of the morning session at Lennox Main. Reasonable waves 3 - 4ft on the sets. 16 members fronted, 13 surfed. Standout was Will Petrie, with his air floater, awesome manoeuvre pulled off. Small crew surfed but the sun was shining.

Welcome to new members Heather Reynolds, Julian Napper and Miles Nuske.

Thanks to our Club sponsors, Coast Cafe and Lennox Surf.

Next Club round is for Sunday 9 July, meet at Lennox Main Beach @ 730am, new members most welcome.

Coming up 12 & 13 August, the MP 20th Lennox Longboard Classic 2017. Entry forms are available online - www.lennoxlongboarders.org June Round Results Heat 1 (combo 1st & 2nds round 1) 1st Aaron Smith 2nd Will Petrie 3rd John Eddy 4th Mal Lewis 5th Tom Silver Heat 2 (combo 2nds & 3rds round 1) 1st Gary Alford 2nd Terry Kay

3rd Peter Briggs 4th Veronica Silver (didn’t surf 2nd round) Heat 3 (combo 4ths & 5ths round1) 1st Andrew Thomas 2nd Meg Smith 3rd Heather Reynolds 4th Miles Nuske (didn’t surf second round) Coast Cafe voucher winner - Veronica Silver Lennox Surf voucher winner - Gary Alford Cheers, In surfing Wayne Booth, Club Secretary Below: June Club Round Surfers

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