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The Wonderland Art Festival, featuring seascapes and other unique works, will be held from Wednesday, October 12 to Friday, October 14 at Bronte Surf Club from 7am-9pm. They will be giving away a $1,000 artwork as a lucky door prize. Please visit wonderlandartfestival. square.site.

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The Pav is Back!

Welcome Note

A grand reopening will be held on September 22 (while the last few thousand copies of this edition are being delivered), with more than 20 local musicians per forming on the night and plenty of other activities. A three-week program of free events will follow. For more information, please visit bondipavilion.com.au

Welcome to the October 2022 edition of The Beast, the monthly magazine for Sydney’s beaches of the east. As I’m sure most of you will be aware, the Bondi Pavilion is back - revamped, revitalised andTherefreshed!Pavhas always been a co munity centre, and it is reopening in that same inclusive spirit. Com munity groups are already book ing in their events, the pottery classes are kicking off, community radio is back in there... this inval uable community asset is there for everyone to enjoy.

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North Bondi’s Michael Pitt is the local artist behind this month’s cover, a timely painting of the renovated Pavilion. Michael still considers himself an amateur artist but I reckon this is one of the best covers we’ve ever had.

On a final note, R.I.P. Waverley Lifeguard Terry McDermott, a lovely bloke who always had time for Dan and I and taught us so much about the ocean. He ded icated his life to keeping people safe on our beaches and will be deeply missed by many.

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08 Welcome Note 10 Contents 12 Pearls of Wisdom 14 Monthly Mailbag 20 Local News 28 Crime News 30 Local Photos 32 Local Artist 34 Unreliable Guide 36 Headnoise 38 The Cynic 40 Bandage 42 Marj's Musings 44 Fishing Report 45 Tide Chart 46 Dana's Recipe 48 Brainteasers 49 Reviews 50 Beardy from Hell 50 Trivia Solutions October 2022 Issue 213

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Words Pearl Bullivant Photo Matt Flagg Kelpies belong in Ardlethan.

Put a Leash on It!

The problem of unleashed dogs and their errant owners is an analogy for modern life. The Eastern Suburbs, like the rest of suburbia, is becoming exceedingly overcrowded, and rather than adapting to this new norm, some people cope by encroaching upon the personal space of others, demanding more resources from an already limited and expensive pool. Naively, Pearl had dearly hoped the challenges of COVID would

With a change of Federal Gov ernment, Pearl had assumed that her role as self-appointed COVID Ambassador would go the same way as Scott Cam’s $345,000 2020 National Ca reers Ambassadorship - down the toilet - with Pearl free to revitalize her career as a little known reality TV star. But after a quick browse of the letters to The Beast over the past few months, with readers express ing consternation over un leashed dogs and mega utility vehicles, it appears that Pearl’s guidance and words of wisdom are needed more than ever as we learn to live in a COVID-in fected world.

result in personal austerity and provide society with a reality check, but instead we have turned to materialism as a coping mechanism through the accumulation of investment properties, the desecration of “Insta-worthy” places of nature, the purchase of larger vehicles to clog up congested roads and the construction of bigger houses. And while some people are quite prepared to inflict discomfort onto others for the sake of their own personal ease, these same people wince at making sacrifices for the sake of theIncommunity.thefaceof shrinking personal space and resource scarcity, Pearl is here to assist readers whose sense of entitlement exceeds their sense of resilience. As we know, re silience is a buzzword amongst private school educators, but to truly instil resilience in our youngsters it is the parents who must change; a Cranbrook bush camp in Wolgan Valley can never undo the entitled behav iour learned from a parent who cannot walk 500 metres from a car park to a gym.

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Pearl’s solution is an easy one. It is all about thinking be fore doing. I know I have previ ously broached this subject, but mindfulness is the key. Before purchasing a kelpie and allow ing it to run feral, ask yourself whether you would be better off moving to a quarter acre block in Chester Hill. If leashing your dog is a philosophical issue, consider whether a guinea pig would make a better pet. Before erecting a cabana on Clovelly Beach, think about your fellow beachgoers, whose space you will be encroaching upon. You might “deserve it” but do you really need matching husband-and-wife Lexus SUVs that consume fuel and Eastern Suburbs road space? Instead of purchasing a Tesla to offset one’s frivolous lifestyle, could one conserve energy by hanging washing on a clothes line in stead of using a dryer, opening a window instead of running the air conditioning 24-7, catch ing a bus or walking instead of driving? Remember, we can only live our best lives by allowing others to do the same. A safe dog is a leashed dog.

Pearls of Wisdom

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Merely complying with a mini mum standard begs the question of whether we should improve on a standard where the conditions allow, as is the case here. There is no limited footpath width to restrict the location of the shel ter. It seems that the replacement just went where the previous one was. It is apparent that the shelter design puts the priority of incorporating an advertising pillar of fixed size above what should be the primary function of providing a safe and convenient shelter for bus users.

WHAT A JOKE

Allegra told us during the campaign that she believed the policy of neither major party was ambitious enough, and that a minimum 50 per cent reduction in emissions was needed by 2030. Quite rightly, she said this was necessary to avoid the devas tating effects of climate change, as outlined by the Intergovern mental Panel on Climate Change.

I voted for Allegra Spender at the last election, in large part because she promised to fight for greater action on climate change.

NEW BUS SHELTERS, FIT FOR PURPOSE?

I noted that the footpath at this spot is over six metres wide yet the shelter is placed less than a wheel chair’s width from the kerb, poten tially risking passengers stepping

If I had wanted Labor’s policy, I would have just voted for Labor. How can she possibly justify or explain this?

Simon Bartlett Coogee

So, imagine my surprise to find Allegra voting enthusiastically in Parliament for Labor’s woefully inadequate target of only a 43 per cent reduction. If the science demands more, why didn’t she insist on more? Allegra did not even seek to amend the legisla tion to push for a higher target! Instead, she pushed for a totally meaningless amendment.

Congratulations to Allegra Spender, our new MP, who has represented the views of the ma jority of people in the Wentworth constituency by voting to assist in the passage of the Climate ChangeSomeBill.might say that Allegra has done more to address this pressing issue in the first two weeks of the new Parliament than the previous incumbent did in his three year tenancy.

David Boyd Bondi Beach

What kind of streets do we want for our community and future generations? Those with wide nature strips and street gardens, providing habitat for wildlife, feeling like a subtrop ical forest; or soulless concrete jungles? Just walk down Read Street in Bronte and you will feel what I mean (you might even be lucky enough to score a free passionfruit).

Hugh Pittet Bronte

Lastly, a massive thanks to everyone out there already contributing to greener streets, you’re awesome.

into the path of an arriving bus in the rush to get climb aboard.

I received a reply stating that the shelter complied with the industrial safety standard for disabled access, as one could go round through the opening at the back of the shelter.

The Beast's Monthly Mailbag

Words The Good People of the Eastern Suburbs

Monthly Mailbag

LET'S MAKE OUR STREETS MORE BEAUTIFUL

Urs Bronte

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Pearl, thanks for the brilliant article (The Purveyor of Commu nity Misery, The Beast, September 2022), please keep them coming. We got thrown out of our apart ment at 95-105 Wellington Street in Bondi two years ago, where developers have demolished eight houses and four apartments to build 72 apartments with a huge underground car park (who needs more cars in Bondi?). Also, as you pointed out, submission to devel opers will mean less beautiful sub urbs. So, let’s stop this madness and create greener suburbs.

The good news is we can all contribute. First of all, we can ask Waverley Council to plant a tree in front of our houses, if there are none (google ‘request a street tree’). Secondly, Waverley Council has a program for us to create street gardens (google ‘verge garden’). The third option: just go out and plant stuff. I’ve never seen Council intervene. In fact, they probably appreciate it, as long as you use native plants.

WELL DONE ALLEGRA

Recently I wrote to the City Of Sydney Council to highlight what appears to be poor design stand ards in the placing of the new bus shelters. The particular location is the shelter on Oxford Street near Whitlam Square, which has changed to become a virtual interchange station since our bus services to Coogee have been slashed, necessitating catching the 373 bus at this stop.

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DOGS NEED A LEASH-FREE PARK AT BONDI BEACH

Evil heretics have falsely claimed that Jenny has slept next to (not ‘with’) five different federal min isters. Luckily for all involved, it boiled down to millionMarketing’.Primesuper-high-five-ministerAustralia’sandMinister,‘ScottyfromWell,afterScotty’s$180“Wherethebloodyhell are ya?” PR fiasco, it was yet an other mess to add to his pitiable portfolio. Next to his - also failed - secret Queensland.lyprivacyournotreasonablebledon’ttosawfire-escape,Hawaiian-shirt-bush-thisbotchedsecrecyScottyaskingforhisprivacyberespected,evensaying,“Ithinkthat’sanunreasonarequest.”YetitwouldhavebeenarequesthadScottywastedover$10millionoftaxmoneytoviolatetheofanordinaryfamitryingtolivepeacefullyinStartingonthe5thofMarch,2018,Scotty’shenchmenremovedtheTamilfamilyfromtheirhomeinBiloela,settingthepathoffouryearsofdestroyedprivacy.Inshort,Scottywantsprivacywhilehavingdestroyedtheprivacyofthisfamilyforfourlongyears-fornoreason.ThehypocrisyoftheLiberalPartyknowsnolimits.

A few weeks ago, all of the glass panels at the bus stops on both sides of Cook and Francis

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The Eastern Suburbs Legion Club, located in Charing Cross, Waverley, has closed its bistro in August 2022. Sonya has created fabulous ‘home cooked meals’ at this venue for many, many, many years. She worked tirelessly, often with her husband Norm meeting and greeting club regu lars and visitors.

It was vandalised some time between the evening of Sunday, August 7 and the early morning of Monday, August 8.

The eye fillet with brandy pepper sauce, lamb rack and crumbed lamb cutlets are leg endary. The seafood was always cooked to perfection and includ ed sumptuous snapper fillets, barramundi and classic fish and chips. As well, there were always the old faves such as bangers and mash and Sonya’s home cooked pie. There are not many venues in the East that provide such excellent home style food for under“What$30.to do with this predic ament?” you ask. Well, there are clubs nearby. The bistro in Paddo

Dear Editor - Over 50 per cent of Waverley residents have at least one dog, yet in the Bondi Basin there is nowhere for dog owners to let their dogs off-leash.

GRAFFITI PAINTED ON A DELIVERY TRUCK

If dogs do not get to exercise off-leash with other dogs, every one suffers. Dogs don’t socialise and can become aggressive. Dogs get frustrated and cause havoc and noise at home. Responsible dog owners need to exercise their dogs at least twice a day, and one of those times should be in a leashfree park that they can walk to.

RSL has just had an upgrade, and they do a fab goat curry! So that may be the plan for friends to catch up on a regular basis, to try to win raffles and to partake in good, hearty food and wine at reasonable prices. But alas, it will not be the same. We will miss you Sonya!

Waverley Council understands the problem and is trying for a compromise at Barracluff Park. They have four alternatives, all of which have the majority of the park fenced off for a sports field. I would argue there is no need to fence the area. To compromise, allow Saturdays for organised sport with no dogs during that time, and allow small groups to continue to play sport alongside dogs at other times - same as it ever was. Importantly, return the park to being leash-free.

In early August I found my delivery van covered with graffiti on three sides. The van belongs to my boss and it’s a very costly job to have the graffiti removed.

Friends & Foodies of the East

I appreciate that the alloca tion of space is difficult, but if 50 per cent of us have dogs, we need to be considered fairly. If dogs are playing in one spot it is much easier to monitor them for their poo, more effective for training and better for the health and wellbeing of the dog, its owners and neighbours. Surely that would keep even the biggest complainers of dogs happy?

MERMAIDS AT THE BEACH Can The Beast start a campaign to put the mermaids back on Mermaid Rock? I am sure all residents and readers would be happy to donate a few dollars as they were always a tourist attraction. From a long-standing reader and resident, George Bondi

I think there is a new breed of vandals in this area, particularly around Cook Street, Randwick, and between Cowper and Francis Streets, Randwick.

To have your say, please nsw.gov.au/barracluff-park-dogs.https://haveyoursay.waverley.visit

SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY

Thomas Klikauer Coogee Private

Lynne McGimpsey Bondi Beach

Bring back the mermaids!

Monthly Mailbag

THANK YOU SONYA

Streets were broken. Something really needs to be done. Bernardo Randwick

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MERMAIDS AT BONDI

The Bondi Mermaids in 1962.

Great for eating on the run, Great for studying at a TAFE or uni Greatcourse.forplacing on a chair, When the sitter’s unaware, Great for eating with Italian GreatBocconcini.fortrying to quell a crowd, When the voices get too loud, And especially good for chucking at a greeny. Yes the Tommy is a ripper, Eaten fresh or with a kipper, Be they Roma, Mr Stripy or the Shovecherry.them in your mother’s Singsalad,about them in a ballad, Or drink them in a spicy bloody ButMary.whatever else you do, Make a point of coming to, The conclusion that the Tommy is the Standbest.erect and give a shout, “Go the Tommy!”, yell it out, Then wander back to bed and take a rest.

I write to express my gratitude for Billy McEvoy’s sensitive, informative article in the most recent edition issue of The Beast (An Important First Step to Healing Our Ancient Nation, The Beast, September 2022). I am a Bondi resident and ‘new Australian’. The first step to heal our ancient nation is ever so much needed.

Annette Petrie Randwick

LOCAL POETRY THE GREAT TOMATO (A rhyme extolling the plentiful virtues of the tomato)

Hi James - Your September 2022 edition cover of The Beast brought back wonderful mem ories. I found an old pic of the mermaids before they got washed

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Have you ever heard it said, The tomato, which is red, Is the greatest in the fruit and veggie scene?

Peter Bondi ¢

WITH GRATITUDE

It is better than the spud, Which is said to be a dud, And it’s twice as good as every type of bean.

Great for slicing on a bun,

away that Mum took on her box brownie. I was lucky enough to grow up in Bondi when it was the good old Bondi. We lived in a flat opposite the beach next the old Bondi Diggers. I’m told the whole block was worth 9,000 pounds back then - pity we couldn’t afford at least one! Love The Beast, thanks for keeping it going.

They are great on buttered bread, Great for throwing at a head, Great for stomping underfoot into a sauce.

Anna Prior Bondi

“It will get you writing from the very first session and dra matically improve the quality of your writing and understanding of character development and storyThestructure.”idea,says the veteran writer, is to throw away any preconceptions of writing being a painful

For the Unlocking Creativity course and other courses run by the Studio, writers break into groups of three or four where they exchange ideas and give each other “Everyonefeedback.istheir own harsh est critic and that can stifle cre ativity. It helps when you share the journey with like-minded people,” Mr Fishman says.

runs specific courses on writing successive drafts to make sure your story reaches its full potential.“Thebiggest mistake many writers make is sending off work prematurely to agents and publishers or self-publishing without making sure it’s their best,” Mr Fishman says.

“The course takes people through a step-by-step creative process and is suitable for everyone from experienced writers to complete beginners,” founder Roland Fishman ex plains to The Beast.

“We tell our writers, ‘Write about something that could change your life.’ It’s the best gift you can give yourself. Fic tion isn’t about what happened, it’s about connecting with universal emotional truths.”

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Words Anthony Maguire Photo Sheridan Nilsson Roland Fishman conducting a class at The Writers' Studio.

“Dorothyprocess.Parker once said ‘I hate writing, but I love having written.’ In other words, the act of writing creates a natural high that nourishes the writer’s spirit.”

Do you have an urge to write a novel or screenplay but need a bit of support to get your creative juices flowing? It might be worth starting the journey by looking into a four-week course called Unlocking Creativity run by The Writers’ Studio in Bronte.

Talking of journeys, Mr Fish man and his Writers’ Studio tutors get writers’ imaginations working by suggesting they write about something that will take them on an emotional journey they need to go on.

He has been writing profes sionally since 1980, when he joined the staff of the Aus tralian Financial Review as a cadet journalist. A year later, he switched to the Sydney Morn ing Herald where he covered both general news and sport. A love of cricket sparked his first book, a biography of spin bowl er Greg Matthews published in 1986, as well as his next work, Calypso Cricket, which hit the book stands in 1991. Earlier that year, Mr Fishman had accompa nied the Australian cricket team on a tour of the West Indies. His latest book is a thriller, No Man’s Land. Its central protag onist, Russell Carter, has been compared to Lee Child’s hugely popular Jack Reacher. He is currently part way through a second Russell Carter novel.

Mr Fishman ran his first writers’ course in 1992 from a flat on Campbell Parade, Bondi. It was a success, and since then The Writers’ Studio has gone from strength to strength, with thousands of people going through the courses both live, in the roomy studio premises, a converted church hall in a quiet Bronte laneway and online. This year Mr Fishman and his life partner Kathleen Allen are celebrating the Studio’s 30th anniversary.“Thegreat gift of The Writers’ Studio is seeing the pleasure people receive from getting in touch with their imagination, receiving feedback, being part of a creative community and seeing their writing and stories come to life,” he says.

UnleashingNews

Once you’ve got that first draft in the can, it will be time for your second draft, followed by your third - yes, that’s how many times you should rework your novel or script. The Studio

Your Inner Writer

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At the end of the meeting, Mr Thistlethwaite talked to a com munity spokesperson, Anthony Ryan, about putting together a committee to represent local residents in discussions about the project. Later, Mr Ryan, a 69-year-old retired accountant who lives in Canberra Street, told The Beast that it was important that the NSW Envi ronment Protection Authority carries out the assessment of contamination risks.

Words Anthony Maguire Photo Di Oxin

“We don’t want Defence doing it,” he said. “The way they’ve gone about this - drawing up de tailed plans before it’s established the land can be made safe - does not fill us with confidence.”

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A recent public meeting about a big housing development on military land was dominated by concerns about contamination at the Randwick site.

Independent Assessment Needed

Chaired by Kingsford Smith MP Matt Thistlethwaite, the meeting at Munda Street Community Centre featured presentations from Defence officials and other stakeholders, as well as an open mic for the many residents who wanted to ask questions. Almost 100 peo ple attended the meeting and it went on for three hours.

Also at the meeting was Margaret Hogg, chairperson of environmental group Saving Sydney’s Trees.

for 'Cancer Hill' Development

“The area is badly contami nated and a higher than average proportion of the people living nearby have cancer,” she said. “In fact, nurses at Prince of Wales Hospital used to call the area ‘Cancer Hill’.”

Waverley Councillors called for an independent hydraulic modelling survey and stake holders are invited to share their concerns.

The meeting was told soil at the 19.5 hectare site, on the northern side of Randwick Barracks, contained asbestos, dioxins and heavy metals. But the Department of Defence plans to remediate the land and build more than 1,000 units for defence personnel there.

“The project should be aban doned and the site given over to community parkland.”

North TreefromFloodingBondiRiskGolfClubRemovals

Words Anthony Maguire Photo Greg Norman

The floodplain.

Local residents are concerned that a Royal Sydney Golf Club plan to chop down nearly 600 trees so its fairways can be wid ened could worsen the flooding problems on the other side of Old South Head Road in North Bondi.Alow-lying stretch of Warners Avenue, North Bondi, can become a mini-lake in heavy rain, much to the angst of residents. In response, Waver ley Council recently passed an urgent resolution to investigate “the increased flood risk” that could result from the makeover at the world-renowned golf course.Aswell as heightening the flood risk, removal of the trees will have “serious consequences upon our biodiversity, habitat and net zero emissions targets,” warned a report tabled before Council. The golf course would suffer “a 23 per cent loss of canopy equivalent to chopping down an entire urban forest.”

Nice spot for a park.

Mr Thistlethwaite said the land contamination issue needed to be addressed through “an independent assessment to determine whether it’s safe for development.” Such a study should take place before further substantial plans for the devel opment move forward.

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A scarce asset.

Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) is another subject that excites Fred. NFTs are an offspring of the internet that started out with exclusive profile pics underwritten by unique iden tification codes and metadata. People use NFTs for their Twit ter profiles and they are also big in the gaming world. Fred sees a range of broader applications.

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The site helps clients track down the best deals in a range of products, primarily finan cial ones like credit cards and insurance. It can also help you dip your toe into the turgid financial waters of cryptocur rency. Information on crypto exchanges and brokers has been built into the Finder app.

The King of Crypto Castle

He ushers me into a confer ence room where the walls are one big whiteboard, a mass of scrawlings and diagrams that mean nothing to me but could well be plans for the latest arm of web success story Finder, founded by 41-year-old Fred and former Sydney Grammar schoolmate Frank Restuccia.

Not a bad pad.

Words and Photo Anthony Maguire

“NFT is proof of ownership, it’s all about provenance,” he says. “It’s like a land title. NFTs and their underlying technology will soon become a massive part of our Fredsociety.”compares cryptocur rency and NFTs to the internet and computer gaming in their infancy - “new and exciting.” As a nerdish teenager in the mid1990s, he spent countless hours playing Age of Empires II, a war strategy game. He started a computer gaming site that was a discussion board for Age of Em pires II enthusiasts. Then one day, at the age of 19, a neighbour commissioned him to build an accounting software website. The job earned him $1,500 and his career as an internet entre preneur got underway.

Cryptocurrency is a sub ject that makes Fred’s eyes light up with joy. He lives in a five-bedroom Coogee mansion that has been dubbed Crypto Castle because it was largely purchased with profits from Bitcoin trading.

Eastern Beaches internet wun derkind Fred Schebesta is worth $250 million, but he skimps in one department - the purchase and repair of socks. He greets me in the reception area of his city offices. The room glows with muted blue light. There are no magazines or other printed material in this waiting room, just PlayStation and Nintendo Switch consoles, a pile of games discs and a 50-inch wall-mount ed screen. Fred is garbed in all black casual clothes, from his back-to-front baseball cap down to his black socks - he isn’t wearing any shoes. He leads me into the open-plan office area and, walking behind him, I can’t help noticing a hole in the back heel section of his left sock, exposing an area of skin the size of a 20 cent piece.

As our agreed one-hour interview time comes to an end, Fred becomes distracted. He has been an engaging and focused interview subject, but now he has produced his phone and is looking down into the screen.

Finder was established in 2006 and has expanded into an international colossus with 300 employees, offices in seven countries around the globe and an annual revenue of over $100 million. Fred is in demand as a speaker and has written a book called Go Live: 10 Principles to Launch a Business Empire. He takes the financial pulse of his own empire each morning at around 5am when he reaches for the phone to check the markets before getting out of bed.

I thank him for his time and he ushers me out through the blue twilight zone of the waiting room.

“I love Bitcoin,” Fred enthus es. “It’s digital gold because it’s a scarce asset. There are only 21 million coins and not all have been mined yet.”

“Grandma loved art; we always went to the local gallery together”

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Wombats are beautiful, intelligent creatures with incredible character and personality. They’re an Aussie icon whose digging is essential to soil health and our broader ecosystem. They’re also under threat from a European parasite called mange.Wombats are the only creature in the world that dies from mange. The mange mite buries itself under the wombat’s skin, lays eggs and multiplies. Mange triggers an extreme itchiness and burning sensation that makes the wombat scratch non-stop and their long claws cause open wounds. These wounds often become horribly infected and the wombat becomes malnourished, severely dehydrated and eventually dies over a series of months.

Medication

We are a grassroots community group estab lished after the recent devastating fires, and all of our ‘mange busters’ are volunteers! Our group is completely self-funded and runs on the ‘smell of an oily rag’ - if we could afford the oil.

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Nine litres of the Cydectin medication costs around $1,000, and prices are increasing. Vol unteers visit three properties per week, treating somewhere between 15-60 wombats at each property. While the medication works if treat ment is continued for months, there is no way of knowing if the sickest wombat is the first one walking through the flap after the medication has been topped up. So, each flap must be topped up weekly for months on end.

In addition, volunteers travel from throughout the mountains, and even from Sydney, to prop erties not serviced by public transport and must spend money on fuel and the upkeep of their vehicles on the deteriorating roads.

Unfortunately, many of the existing fauna cameras were damaged by recent heavy rain and floods and need to be replaced. More properties are revealing more sick wombats, so more camer as are needed.

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The good news is that it can be treated. Blue Mountains Wombat Conservation Group cares for wombats in the Blue Mountains region and surrounds. Volunteers work weekly to administer Cydectin medication to wombats both direct ly and via a flap installed at the front of their burrows. The flap pours the medicine down their back as they pass through it. If the medication is administered once a week for fifteen weeks or more, the wombats will be rid of the mange for long periods of time.

Wombats are Aussies, but they’re not great swim mers. Torrential rain also flooded many burrows recently and these had to be drained with pumps. We currently have one very small pump, but with more heavy rain expected in the next few months, we will need to invest in at least one more.

But without medication, wombats will die. Foxes and other mammals spread mange when they enter burrows, and contrary to popular be lief, wombats are actually highly social, so if one wombat gets mange, the whole population will get it. This is why the entire population is treated at each property we are called to.

Arguably Australia's coolest animal.

Fauna Cameras

Fauna cameras capture the nocturnal and diurnal behaviours of wombats. This helps the group monitor the changing health of the wombat if they can’t be found. Camera footage also informs the future placement and maintenance of flaps.

Water Pumps

These engineers of the wild are constantly extending and adding new entries to their burrow systems. Each new burrow requires a new flap device and more medication, and it can take up to four months to treat wombats with extreme mange.

Please donate to Blue Mountains Wombat Con servation Group by searching GoFundMe - ‘Help ‘STOP THE ROT’ in mangy Blue MT Wombats’. You can also check out Blue Mountains Wombat Conservation Group on Facebook and listen to our podcast ‘Why Wombats are Rotting to Death’ from the Voice of Real Australia on Apple Podcasts.

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Police say Ramsay and his 45-year-old victim were known to each other. The mother of two suffered a single stab wound and was rushed to St Vincent’s Hos pital, which released her a couple of days later.

No Happy Meal for Sloshed Driver Randwick builder James Mannix had an urge to get a takeaway from McDonald’s at around 3.30am one Sunday morning. However, he had spent the previous 15 hours drinking and his car journey to Maccas Kingsford did not go well. He had not driven far when he slammed into a parked car on Barker Street.

Centre Local Court heard the recruitment firm Gotch works for is a legal one and he has a law degree. He told police he’d consumed five drinks before getting into the cab.

A tape of a phone call claiming responsibility for the murder

A woman with a distinctive accent and voice claimed respon sibility in the name of the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide. At least one of the calls was recorded and passed on to Apolice.fresh investigation by the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team is hoping to throw light on the cold case by leveraging social media. The one minute recording has been posted on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.

The ‘teen’ was exposed as a notorious offender with an inter national profile. Azzopardi first made headlines back in 2013 when she was found wandering a street in Dublin, Ireland. She told the same story about being a teenage sex trafficking victim. Since then, she has notched up 99 criminal convictions in her native Australia, mainly for fraud. She recently served a prison sentence for child stealing in Victoria, where she conned her way into a nannying job, then went AWOL with the two youngsters she was meant to be caring for. Now Az zopardi faces another conviction and more jail time for making false representations to police.

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Despite being 33, Azzopardi managed to convince staff at Bon di-based homeless charity Jewish House that she was a 14-year-old. Speaking in broken English with a French accent, she claimed she was the victim of sex trafficking. Police got involved and conducted a welfare check. They too were taken in by the identity Azzopardi had assumed - she has a small, slender build and was wearing a mask. After an officer became suspicious and took her finger prints, her ruse was unraveled.

Bondi recruitment specialist Alex Gotch faced court on an assault charge after punching a taxi driver.The 39-year-old became em broiled in an argument with the driver after getting into the cab in the Sydney CBD. The cabbie stopped and refused to take him any further. Gotch punched him in the Downingface.

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Female Teacher Allegedly Had Sex with Male Students

A former Maroubra teacher has been arrested and charged with historic sexual assaults on three students.

In Waverley Court, 29-yearold Mannix was convicted of high range drink driving. The magistrate sentenced him to a 15-month community corrections order, seven months driving ban and $750 fine. Plus he has to stay off the booze for three months.

Audio Could Lead to Break in Double Murder Case

The law arrived and took him to Maroubra Police Station where he blew an alcohol reading of .206 - four times the legal limit.

Kind-hearted staff from an East ern Suburbs welfare group were taken in by a well-known con artist, Samantha Azzopardi.

The magistrate gave him an 18-month community correc tions order, a condition of which is staying off the sauce for six months.

There’s a $1 million reward for in formation leading to a conviction.

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Bondi Man in Court for Cabbie Attack

A woman who answered the door of her Dover Heights home was allegedly stabbed in the chest by a 46-year-old real estate agent, Matthew Ramsay.

A short time later, Ramsay’s Audi A5 was stopped by police on Campbell Parade, Bondi, and he was arrested at gunpoint. The Bellevue Hill resident faces a charge of wounding with intent to murder.

Helga Lam’s victims are said to have been three boys aged between 13 and 15. They were students at since-closed Marou bra Bay High School, where Lam was a teacher. The offences are said to have taken place between 1977 and 1980. Lam is now aged 67 and was arrested at her home in St Ives.

Words Gary Larson Shifty bugger.

Serial Con Artist Surfaces in the East

The murders took place on 17 December 1980 in Portland Street, Dover Heights. Turkish consul Sarik Ariyak and his bod yguard Engin Sever were leaving the consular residence at 9.45am when two men approached and shot them. Mr Ariyak died at the scene and Mr Sever died a short time later in hospital. Mean while, a number of media outlets received phone calls claiming responsibility for the murders.

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of a Turkish diplomat and his bodyguard more than 40 years ago has been posted online by police.

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Where do you like to have a drink? I don’t drink out much in Australia, but it’s a different sto ry when I go back to Edinburgh. There’s a big list there, top of it would be Milnes Bar.

How would you describe your art? Felt pen photo-realism-ish.

Who are your artistic inspirations? Jack Vettriano (also a Scot). He’s not popular with art critics, who have described his work as ‘colour by numbers’, but he’s the most popular artist in the UK, dead or alive. Richard Estes’ photo realistic paintings are amazing. I first saw one in an exhibition in 1984 and thought it was a great photo. It was only when my nose was practically touching it that I realised it was a painting. And Robert E. McGinn is; his James Bond movie posters are just the tip of the iceberg.

Interview James Hutton Photo Kaeley Pitt

Where can people see your work? In my mum’s house. She’s my only fan at the moment.

When did you discover you had a gift for your craft? I don’t think I have. I just persevere with lots of trial and error. I did win one of Civic Video’s weekly colouring in competitions in 2007 though.

What's your favourite beach? Bondi (of course) and Coral Bay in Western Australia.

Worst thing about the Eastern Suburbs? Self-entitled drivers trying to jump every traffic queue.

What do you do for work? I am a Business Analyst at Fire and Rescue NSW. I really enjoy working with the firies and they’re a great laugh.

Did you study art? I did, at Bel mont Academy in Ayr, in 1984. I got a C.

Local Business Analyst Michael Pitt is the creative talent behind this month’s cover painting of Bondi Pavilion. Michael shares his local favourites with The Beast...

What do you get up to on the weekends? Coastal walking, the beach, bushwalking and camp ing. I’m also learning the guitar.

but it’s amazing. And the takeaway lamb shanks and roast po tatoes at Field to Fork butchers in Hall Street are sensational.

What's your favourite eatery? The pizzas at Di Napoli are not like any others I have ever tast ed. My favourite is the Bufalina; it’s just base, tomato and cheese,

Best thing about the Eastern Suburbs? The laid back lifestyle and access to the ocean.

Who is your favourite person? Wile E. Coyote. He’s always optimistic, totally indestructible and never ever gives up.

How long have you lived here? I came as a backpacker in 1991 and emigrated from Scotland in 1995. I’ve lived in Bondi since 1996.

Why do you live here? During winter in Scotland my brother and I would trudge to and from Forehill Primary School in the dark. Most days it would drizzle, and you could go weeks without seeing a glimpse of blue sky. We’d be wearing wet duffle coats that hadn’t been dry since August and weighed about 20kg. And we’d be in shorts, so if it hailed we’d get spam legs... Bon di is like paradise for me.

Local MichaelArtist...Pittfrom North Bondi

What are you working on at the moment? I’d like to do some more pictures featuring people and landmark Bondi buildings, but I’ll have to negotiate with my family to secure the painting space in the lounge room and partial use of the dining room table.

Do you have any exhibitions coming up? I’m not sure I’m ready for that!

A far cry from bonnie Scotland. Artist

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Any other local artists to look out for? I really like Stephen Evans’ paintings.

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This seems very shady practice to me, but there are reasons behind it. By September 2021, an estimated 2.3 million airline and airport staff around the world had been let go. Since we finally started opening up, the industry has struggled to recruit and train the requisite staff. There is a massive shortage of staff across the board, including air crew, baggage handlers and even customs officials.

biological family live in the UK and, thanks to COV ID, I haven’t seen any of them in the flesh since April 2019. My nieces were tots last time I saw them, barely knee high. Now they are sophisticated girls. They are completely new people and will probably have no idea who I am when we next meet. And, fingers crossed, we are finally going to meet up again.

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Homesickness

Those of you who read this column regularly may well be aware that The Unreliable Guide is a Pom. And this Pom has been feeling a bit homesick lately. Don’t get me wrong, I have no desire to live back in the Brexit/Johnson/freak heatwave shitfight that is currently my old homeland, but I really miss myAllfam.my

Flight Costs and Cancellations

We all know airlines had an aw ful time during the height of the pandemic. International travel dropped a massive 74 per cent in 2020. Several companies, such as Virgin Australia, went into voluntary administration, many others folded altogether. So, I was expecting there to be an increase in flight costs when the world opened up again. What I did not expect was quite how much of an increase. When The Unreliable Guide flew to Europe in 2019 the flights cost $1,800 return. When I looked a few months ago the cheapest flight I could get was in the region of $4,000! Looking today, the prices have settled down a bit, but that’s not the only post-COVID concern. Several friends have told me horror stories about their flights being cancelled, last minute, with no offer of a rescheduling.

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One friend was abandoned by Qantas in Malaysia and had to book a new flight at his own expense for a far greater price with another airline. Another was actually on his way to the domestic airport when his flight was cancelled. A third, having booked almost a year in advance to secure a good price with JAL, was told two weeks before his departure that his flight was cancelled. When he tried to rebook he found the price had doubled in the meantime.

It seems as if uncertainty is the only certainty of post-COVID travel, but what can we do about it? Most travel agents advise paying a little extra to get flexible tickets, choose accommodation that has flexible cancellation policies, and always get the best travel insurance you can afford. Other than that, The Unreliable Guide suggests you just send up a prayer to St Christopher, patron saint of travelers, and hope for the best.

After years of lagging phone calls and stilted, frozen Zooms, we are all meeting up in Thailand for Christmas. Yay! I am beside myself with excitement, but I’m also full of trepidation. I haven’t been outside of New South Wales for almost four years. I haven’t been to an air port during that time, let alone got on a plane.

Finally, The Unreliable Guide wonders if COVID has made the world larger. During the decades of easy and cheap travel my family felt very close, now they feel incredibly far away. I have an inkling of what it must have felt like for the early settlers for whom the old country was a journey of several weeks. And they didn’t even have Zoom.

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The final two stages of the Bondi Junction Cycleway and Streetscape Upgrade are now underway and will take two to three months to complete, weather permitting. During construction, the westbound bus stop on Oxford Street will be relocated west of York Road and signage will be in place to direct customers to the alternative bus stop. Customers can plan their trip by visiting transportnsw.info or calling Transport Info on 131500.

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Waverley Council is excited to welcome the community back to our newly restored Bondi Pavilion, our hub for community, culture, creativity and adventure. Our community welcome event on Thursday 22 September at 6pm is just Act One in an ongoing curated selection of live performance, music, dance, First setting.celebrations,NationsfilmscreeningsandexhibitionsinaglitteringToregistertoattendtheWelcomeandtofindoutwhat'sonthisspringandsummeratourreimaginedBondiPavilion,visitbondipavilion.com.au

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Waverley Council is inviting the community to have its say about providing safe spaces to exercise dogs in Barracluff Park, North Bondi. North Bondi is a densely populated suburb with limited green space but has a high number of young families and people with pets who enjoy the park, including the Council's new playground. Our consultation will help gather the community's views on how our much-loved

A friendly reminder that nominations for the 2022 Waverley Garden Awards close 5pm, Wednesday 12 October. The awards celebrate the joy and fulfilment gardens provide, from balcony gardens and shared veggie patches to native bush gardens and formal courtyards. Any type of garden can be considered. To nominate a garden, visit gardenawardswaverley.nsw.gov.au/

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A long time ago I worked on the musical The Phantom of the Opera at the Theatre Royal Sydney. The Phantom, with the lead role at the time being played by the late Rob Guest, was a hugely successful production with tickets being sold out many months in advance. Eight shows a week were pumped out with matinees running on Wednesdays and Saturdays. One thing I noticed quickly was that every major character in the show had an understudy; even the understudies had understudies. For this juggernaut to keep rolling, these understudies needed to be match fit. It was not uncommon therefore to use the matinee for this purpose, seeing both the male and female leads played by the understudy. De spite this being the norm in show biz, I always felt a bit sorry for the punters who had paid the same money only to find out on the day that the leads were to be played by someone else.

It’s worth considering that the sunk cost fallacy is exactly that - a fallacy, irrational and inefficient because it misallocates resources - time and mon ey in our example - by depending on information that is irrelevant to the decision being made. I can hear my dear grandmother, “Waste not, want not,” she would say. Perhaps she’s right, but good intentions aside, where does this really leave us?

It’s worth considering here that this concept goes beyond money. You can see how it might apply to other areas such as relationships, health, education and the like. Characteristics of someone who is struck by the sunk cost fallacy might include making important decisions based on how much you have already invested in a project, whether it be time, money or otherwise. Is the desire not to appear wasteful a bad thing? Not always, but do we, for example, continue a war because lives will have been lost in vain if we don’t win? Do we throw more money into a bad investment to save it? There are many more examples here, but cutting your losses can be difficult to Focusingdo.on the present and forgetting the past can help - water under the bridge, so to speak. By justifying past mistakes we leave ourselves open to the trap of the sunk cost fallacy. My litmus test on this (and please excuse my language) is if it looks like a turd and smells like a turd, chances are it’s a turd, and polishing it won’t help.

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In the world of economics, economists would argue that sunk costs are not taken into account

Sunk costs can often make costs blow out. Think of NASA’s current attempt to fly back to the moon after 50 years, or even the monorail that ran through the city. Psychological stud ies show that sunk costs often affect decisions due to such loss aversion. Often prices paid for something in the past can be the benchmark for the value both present and future when in actual fact the price paid should be, and is, irrelevantSydney house prices, for example.

Just let it go boys.

when making rational decisions. Let’s stay with show biz for a bit and pretend a friend has invited you to a movie you’re not too keen to watch. You agree and buy the tickets, which are non-refund able, only to find out your friend legitimately can’t go with less than an hour’s notice. What do you do? Go anyway? Or just say ‘too bad’ and do something you would rather do? If we are truly rational we’d cut our losses and not go, thus only suffering once with the financial loss. The problem is the majority of us would feel obligated to go so as not to waste resources. In actual fact, we have lost twice here by wasting both time and money.

On reflection, from a psychological standpoint, I can appreciate what this situation presented. The producers knew people had booked well in advance, paid good money and thus were unlikely to cancel their tickets, and for the punter, they were more inclined to sit through the show regardless because of this very fact. There is a term for such a dilemma, otherwise known as the ‘sunk cost fallacy’. In simple terms, the ticket holders had invested too much to quit. What this represents is classic loss aversion 101 - the more you have outlaid for something (and this does not just have to be money), the less likely you are to throw it away.

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AUTHOR TALK: DR ANNE RING ENGAGING WITH AGEING Margaret6.30pm Martin Library

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Each year on 12 October we gather at Dolphins Point, Coogee, to offer our condolences and support to the families and friends who lost loved ones in the bombings and to remember the 88 Australians who did not return home from their holiday.

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Of the 88 Australians who lost their lives in Bali, 43 were from New South Wales and 20 from Randwick City. This includes six members of the Coogee Dolphins football team who were killed along with friends and family members. Indeed, Dolphins Point was renamed in their memory. There are many in our community who have been touched by this tragedy but in the same light there are many who understand the journey towards healing.

Randwick Mayor Dylan Parker

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At 11pm on 12 October 2002 two bombs were detonated in Kuta, Bali, in front of the popular Sari Club and Paddy’s Bar, while a third device was detonated out the front of the US Consulate in Denpasar. It’s hard to believe two decades have passed since this act of terror shattered so many lives, and yet for some people the memory is as strong as if it happened yesterday.

The Bali Commemoration Ceremony provides people who are united in grief the chance to connect with each other and find comfort. It also offers the rest of us a tangible way to provide support and remembrance.

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It’s not that a job isn’t a good indicator of competence and usefulness, because it is. It’s just that there are so many other great metrics you can use to measure the worth of a person. Do they bag on people behind their backs? Do they get annoyed when something good happens to one of their friends? Do they secretly hate their friends? Do they have friends? Do they start fights in nightclubs? I would take any of these measure ments of a person over what they do for work. The question, ‘What do you do for work?’ should only ever be used as a qualifier if you’re trying to work out if your date is a serial killer or if you’re after an unhappy marriage followed by a divorce and drinking expensive wine alone in your cold, high ceilinged palace.

is unfortunate enough to stumble into a conver sation with them. These conversations infiltrate house parties, morning coffees, casual walkchats, drunken small talk and of course the actual workplace. However, I can see why talking about work stuff at your job might be important.

What Do You Do for Work?

I’m told that the transition into adulthood is marred with arduous change. I initially refused to believe this. I thought you should just be chill and life’s good, and any act of adhering to a somewhat normal 9-5 work schedule was a quashing of indi viduality and a blatant selling of the soul.

Bunch of plebs.

The Cynic

What these people get paid to do and who they actually are becomes conflated, and they mistakenly start to judge people accordingly. My job versus your job, rather than me versus you (although we really shouldn’t be versing anyone, it’s unbecoming).

I have found that this affliction is particularly potent in young people. These young people are keen to debate, disagree, criticise, and bring down the establishment and status quo in their chosen field. They maintain that the capitalist pigs at the top of their workplace have it all wrong.Italso seems to manifest acutely in casual professionals. You know the casual professionals I’m talking about - the young gelled up fellows who are different to all the other geeks they work with because they are cool and personable. They get messy on the weekends and talk about edgy things during work hours. When they’re asked how in the hell they landed their very high paying job, it doesn’t matter the industry, they shrug casually and say, ‘I’m just good with people.’

This conforming happened slowly. But then suddenly it climaxed, with one terrible moment, and we all had it. The defining moment of our maturation came when we realised that all we seem to be capable of speaking about are our jobs.Normally, it’s nice to have conversations with people about what they do for the dollar. It’s also nice when someone has a job doing something really cool like being a CEO of a billion-dollar company, or maybe having a column in The Beast (both equally difficult and skill demanding jobs in myTheopinion).problem is when people use their jobs as a baton, a big old verbal baton, feeling they need to impress, intimidate and beat down everyone who

Think of the children, people!

Now, I’m not pessimistic, in that I don’t believe these verbal baton beaters can be Earth shatter ing. Maybe they are super important and maybe their opinion on a Saturday night about coal or whatever else is indeed justified. But do we really need to hear it, us, of all people, the degenerates who don’t have professional jobs? It does kind of leave us shit out of luck. Don’t talk down on us because we can sit and drink a latté without getting up mid sentence to secure a million dollar deal over the phone.

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But alas, I evolved, a little bit. Due to things like the housing market, geopolitics, climate change, existential crises, feeling like a bum, and the contemporary off-putting marketing of ‘entrepreneurialism’ and ‘being your own boss’ (actually, this was probably the main thing), I ended up conforming, a little bit.

Jamieson sounds like he is having fun, but he bristled ever so slightly at the suggestion. “It sounds like something you’d say to a kid after their school play,” he laughed, but he did admit he enjoyed the process and is looking forward to taking it on the road, as a more mature and professional version of the artist he once was.

Phil Jamieson Still 'Enjoying the Process'

Words Alasdair McClintock @aldothewriter Photo Tim Rogers Aussie rock royalty.

Now an ex-local, Phil caught up for a brief yarn with The Beast, to chat about the album and his upcoming solo tour with band mates Davey Lane, Sam Raines and Rob Muiños. Unfortunately his Sydney show will have passed by the time this goes to print, but you will still be able to catch him at The Big Bonanza in Coffs Harbour on November 4 (which actually has a pretty decent line up).

Bandage

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Phil has dabbled with a solo career for years, with some of the ‘new’ material on Somebody Else predating his foray into musical theatre in the Austral ian stage production of Amer ican Idiot. It has just taken a while to build up enough steam to put out an album. “The collective fear and loathing which has gone into releasing this has sometimes seemed insurmount able,” Phil said.

“I wrote a song about toast this morning,” Phil confessed, when asked whether he had found finally releasing these songs cathartic. “I can’t help but write songs in my head the

The result is a delicate balance of rock and pop, with a short serve of eight songs that get under your skin with their catchiness and stay in your head for days. While there are many of the familiar hall

Only a handful of post-2000 Aussie muso’s can genuinely be called icons or national treas ures, but Phil Jamieson is cer tainly one of them. Best known as the lead singer for the won derfully enduring Grinspoon, he has finally taken the plunge and released his first solo full-length album, Somebody Else.

whole time, often just to annoy my kids. So, while I’m elated and excited to get the record out there, I would have also been happy having them for myself, putting them on after a few wines at dinner and having my friends tell me they’re either shit or that they love them.”

marks that make Grinspoon’s catalogue so great, there is also a clear point of difference and joie de vivre that ensures they are uniquely Phil Jamieson.

“Having been a young man in a rock band where, let’s face it, it was all about myself, I have learned to be immensely grateful for the people who have gone and paid fifty dollars to see me perform … Thanks for listening regardless, I hope you get a kick out of it.”

You can listen to Somebody Else now on all the usual sus pects and keep up to date on gigs via Instagram @philjamieson.

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We all have a role to play in reducing our greenhouse emis sions, but we need government policy and support. We do not need a premier who has gone on the record as stating that “spend ing money on climate change is a gratuitous waste”. While the tide is shifting, I don’t think it is shifting fast enough. We know the changes that are required, we know the challenge ahead and we know how significant this action is, and we know why we need to act. We are at a critical juncture in history; we must make sure we are on the right side of it and we must act before it is too late.

Here in Australia, as we see more extreme and frequent se vere weather events, it has never become more apparent that our climate is changing and posing increasing challenges to human existence. All over our continent, and indeed across the globe, we see unprecedented climate impacts including droughts, extreme wildfires and floods. At the scientific heart of the climate challenge is the fact that overall our planet is warming.

Words Dr Marjorie O’Neill, Member for Coogee

Recently, NSW Labor intro duced the Climate Change (Emis sions Targets) Bill, designed to deliver a transparent mechanism to provide clean energy and energy storage. Legislating emissions reduction targets is common sense and long overdue, and has been embraced by other jurisdictions. While the new Labor Federal Government (with the support of independents and cross benchers) passed similar legislation targets to cut emis sions, our state bill, while pass ing the upper house, was sadly defeated by the Liberal-National Coalition in NSW Parliament.

While the east coast of Australia has been experiencing record floods, our neighbours in the Pacific Islands have found their homes and crops directly threatened by rising sea levels and more than 60 per cent of the combined lands of the EU and UK are now under drought warnings or alerts. We have seen raging fires in Europe. The consequences of global warming

The Bill was important as it would have provided certainty to businesses, investors and the community while forging a cred ible path to net zero emissions by 2050. It sought to guarantee a minimum 50 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030 - a floor, not a ceiling. It would have estab lished a NSW Net Zero Com

Climate Change and Our Future

mission to provide an expert-led response to climate change by developing emissions reductions plans with clear actions the NSW Government must take to secure jobs and power prices. It also prioritised the economic and diversification needs of local communities most exposed to the renewable energy evolution.

The science is in. The impacts of climate change are catastroph ic and we must act to reverse this trend. The current energy crisis also shows the critical role of governments to guarantee reliable and affordable energy. After years of Federal and NSW Liberal-National Government neglect, we need to restore faith in the ability of government to deliver both a cleaner environ ment future as well as ensure a reliable and affordable energy supply.Long overdue action is hap pening at the federal level. Many of our local councils including right here in Waverley and Rand wick are also implementing initi atives to promote energy efficien cy, low carbon technologies and renewable energy sources. Sadly, much-needed action is missing at the NSW state level. We need all levels of government to commit on this critical issue, particularly the NSW Government with its range of responsibilities across transport, energy supply, water security and social services such as health and education.

Marj's Musings

A bit of a worry.

are being experienced every where. Here in Sydney’s East we are not immune to the impacts, as we are highly vulnerable to coastal ecological damage in cluding rising sea levels, erosion and flow-on effects of extreme heatwaves on our health, energy, water and transport systems. We all understand the urgent need forItaction.isaccepted by scientists and policymakers that Australia must reduce its greenhouse emissions as part of a strong global effort. In 2018, the Intergovernmen tal Panel on Climate Change found that the world must cut emissions to net zero by no later than 2050 to have a chance of limiting warming to 1.5˚̊C. In June this year, the new Labor Federal Government demon strated its resolve to tackle the climate crisis. It committed Australia to reducing greenhouse emissions by 43 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 - a 15 per cent improvement on Australia’s previous target - and reaffirmed a commitment to net zero emis sions by 2050.

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Climate change is real and it is with us into the long-term. Geoscientists monitor climate conditions by taking direct measurements of weather data such as air temperature, rainfall and wind speed, and averaging those over at least a 30-year period. The consequences of climate change include a global average sea level rise of 20 cen timetres over the last century, melting glaciers, a 30 per cent more acidic ocean surface and more frequent high-temperature records being set.

CLIMATE Online Community Town Hall Meeting We want to hear from you about your views and concerns regarding climate. Please sign up to the online Zoom meeting using the QR code below. Tuesday, November 1 st 2022 from 6-7pm Dr Marjorie O’Neill MP Member for Coogee Mr Jihad Dib MP Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change Dr Marjorie O'Neill MP Member for Coogee If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact my office and follow my social pages for regular updates. Phone (02) 9398 1822 Email coogee@parliament.nsw.gov.au Address 15/53-55B Frenchmans Road, Randwick NSW 2031 Facebook MarjorieONeillCoogeeMP Instagram marjorieoneillcoogee Twitter AuthorisedmarjorieSONeillbyDrMarjorieO'Neill MP. Funded using parliamentary entitlements. Please scan the QR code to register

cradling a fish that should never have been caught in Sydney Harbour. Oh, and did I mention that it was also caught using a fly rod? Catching a barramundi on fly is a unique and novel feat in itself, even before you throw in the whole Sydney Harbour paradox. In fact, I would be pretty confident in saying that no one in history would have caught a barramundi in Sydney harbour on fly. Does this give Ethan McDonald the unofficial title of Sydney’s biggest (albeit only) fly-caught barramundi?

Words and Photo Lewis Kennedy-Hunt A long way from home.

Like any keen fisho, a barra had always been on Ethan’s bucket list, but a cold wintry morning in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs was far from the lush tropical oasis he had envisioned as the backdrop for his first encounter.Awell-positioned fly and swift hook set followed by a rather spiritless fight saw Ethan

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When Bondi fishing fanatic Ethan McDonald ventured down to his regular harbour haunt for a weekday blackfish session, he couldn’t have pos sibly foreseen what was about to unfold. While drifting his home-made weed flies around, he noticed a sizable fish moping near the surface around the jetty pylon. In disbelief, he identified it as a barramundi!

Fishing Report

I know what you are think ing; it is a very long way for a small barramundi to swim from Far North Queensland all the way down to Sydney Harbour. But the reality is that this fish wouldn’t have had to

swim at all. Rather, the fish would have been released as a subject of the ancient Bud dhist practice known as Fang Sheng. The Chinese Buddhists believe that releasing a captive animal into the wild will bring about a cleansing of sins and good karma. So, in reality, this small barramundi would have been raised in a farm for the sole purpose of being kept in a restaurant fish tank before beingBarramundieaten. thrive in tem peratures around the high 20s, and being plunged into the cold winter waters of Sydney Har bour is the beginning of the end for them. Released barra tend to hug the top layer of water in an attempt to keep warm, mak ing them easy to spot if they are in the Overarea.the years I have heard of a handful of encounters with these ‘blessed barra’ around the marinas of the harbour. I’ve also seen the same practice with a southern rock lobster at South Bondi, which are not normally found in our waters. From an ecological point of view, the introduction of these non-local species is relatively harmless as they are not able to survive, let alone breed, in these environ ments. However, the practice is highly illegal and ideally should not be done. Regardless, it sure does make for an interesting catch when all things come together like it did for Ethan thatInmorning.othernews, the winter schools of salmon are in plague proportions on our beaches and in the harbour, presenting a good opportunity to get your arms stretched on a few. Look for bust-ups in the harbour and the big dark patches on the beach and fire out casts with a variety of lures to suit what they are in the mood to eat on the day. Thanks for reading, tight lines!

One Very Lost Barramundi

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Other Ingredients

7. Place the lid of the bun on the burger and serve.

2 tbs plain flour

1 tbs soy sauce

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1 egg white

½ tsp sesame oil

1 tbs oyster sauce

4. Fry each pattie for 3 minutes either side. If charring too quickly on the outside, turn down the heat but cook for 2 minutes longer to ensure the mixture is cooked through.

Serve at your next backyard gathering for an interesting and tasty twist on a good old Aussie burger.

Words Dana Sims Instagram @stone_and_twine Even better than deep fried ice cream.

320gm green prawns, peeled, deveined, finely chopped

1.Method

2. In a frypan, set to medium heat, add a tablespoon of olive oil and char the pineapple for 1½ minutes on either side. Remove from the heat and set aside.

Sweet chilli sauce to serve Extra fresh coriander to serve

A delicious blend of grassroots Aussie fare and delicious Asian ingredients makes this prawn burger the ultimate taste sen sation. It’s a generous prawn pattie made with the freshest green prawns, traditional Chinese ingredients, charred sweet pineapple and crunchy iceberg lettuce, all encased in the freshest white bun you can get your hungry little hands on and smeared generously with sweet chilli sauce.

Dana Sims is a Syd ney-based food and prop stylist who has grown up in the Eastern Suburbs and loves to create delicious food for entertaining and family. She is inspired by the fresh produce we have access to in Sydney. For ideas, recipes and styling inspiration, check out her @stone_and_twine.Instagram, Recipe

3. In a large frypan, set to medium heat add 1½ tbs olive oil. Pour half the prawn mixture into the pan and, using a spoon or spatula, shape into a large pattie. Repeat immediately for the remaining prawn mixture.

Prawn Pattie Ingredients

1 large red chilli, finely chopped

3 spring onion, finely sliced

1 3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated

30gm chinese cabbage (wom bok),

2 large leaves iceberg lettuce

Dana's

5. Remove the 2 prawn patties from the pan and set aside.

Olive oil for frying

2 slices fresh pineapple

6. To assemble the burgers, place the burger buns on plates, layer the iceberg lettuce, charred pineapple and prawn pattie, then drizzle with sweet chilli sauce and fresh coriander leaves.

1 small bunch coriander, chopped

Combine all ingredients for the prawn pattie in a large mix ing bowl and combine well.

The Ultimate Prawn Burger

130gmshreddedbeansproutscarrot,grated

2 plain white rolls/buns, sliced in half horizontally

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PANIC! AT THE DISCO

Ahh, the joys of a family road trip! We’ve all been on one, either as a child or an adult, and they seem to be universally similar; squabbling over seating arrangements, frayed nerves, raucous laughter and unavoidable singalongs.

King Stingray

At Least I’m Free

Reviews

KING STINGRAY

Genre Drama Reviewer Linda Heller-Salvador

Label Fueled By Ramen Reviewer @aldothewriter Rating 

Hit The Road

WAAX is the band Courtney Love wanted to be. Remember Hole? God, they were awful. WAAX are not awful, WAAX are awesome. At Least I’m Free is a heady mix of ‘90s grunge, ‘00s shoegaze, and contemporary indie-pop, and I fricken love it. I want to dye my hair green, put on a studded belt and wave my head around in a sweaty throng of other green-headed people. I won’t of course - the neck’s not up to it - but I will do a little Shaq-like wiggle next Friday, when I crack a beer at knockoff and crank this up to a healthy level.

As the family of four (and one dog) weave their way towards the border of Turkey, the true nature of their life-changing journey is slowly revealed, and the gravity of their situation is realised. Although Hit The Road is often sombre and profound, it also shows us the joy that can be found in life when viewed through the eyes of an exuberant child, and the extent parents will go to in order to protect their children.

Label Cooking Vinyl Australia Reviewer @aldothewriter Rating 

Viva Vas Vengeance feels like an ‘80s teen romcom musical montage, with the whole shebang of big hair, singing into brooms and torn double denim. We’ve brought back the mullet, now it’s the perm’s turn. Come on, kids, get curling! I’ve got to admit, I’m more into this than I expected, the first few songs at least. Like any baked American cheesecake, it’s best consumed in small portions. If you don’t like Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, I high ly recommend listening to all of this album, because you really won’t like it, and I want you to suffer.

Welcome to outback surf rock, the genre we never knew we needed. These guys recently covered Coldplay’s ‘Yellow’ for Triple J and said they’d cho sen it for its simplicity, as English isn’t lead singer Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu’s first language - it’s roughly his twentieth, which doesn’t say much for Coldplay (I think they’re barely 60 per cent fluent in English themselves). Regardless, it was a cracking cover, as is this, they’re first album. It’s music you need to listen to outdoors, in good company, surrounded by red dirt. This is bloody Australia, mate!

Label Universal Music Australia Reviewer @aldothewriter Rating 

With the esteemed family pedigree that Ira nian writer-director Panah Panahi has, it’s lit tle wonder that his feature film debut, Hit The Road, is as impressively engaging as any you’re likely to see this year. Already garnering mul tiple awards, Panahi’s gorgeously stark road trip, in the vein of Little Miss Sunshine, takes us on a roller-coaster of emotions through the ruggedly picturesque landscape of Iran.

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Viva Vas Vengeance

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Drink more water. You’ll need to piss a lot, but at least it won’t be fluoro orange and your kidneys will still function.

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