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Welcome to the September 2022 edition of The Beast, the monthly magazine for Sydney’s highly lev eraged beaches of the east. Spare a thought for anyone who paid overs for their house in the last year or so, it’s starting to get ugly. This month’s cover art, Bondi Mermaids, is local artist Janine Hall’s acrylic on canvas painting of the mermaid sculptures that once adorned the big rock (now known to many as Mermaid Rock) at Ben Buckler. The mermaids, modelled on Miss Australia Surf 1959 Jan Carmody and 1956 Olympic swimmer Lynette Whill ier, were created by local artist Lyall Randolph and installed in 1960. A heavy swell in 1974 claimed one of the mermaids, which has never been recovered, and the other lost an arm and her tail. The injured mermaid’s remains are on display in the Waverley Library Galleries. Janine will be holding an ex hibition of her local works, titled Before Now, from August 26 until September 21 at Waverley Library Galleries. Readers of The Beast are invited to attend the opening event and drinks with the artist on Thursday, September 1, from 6-8pm. To RSVP, please scan the QR code on the bottom right-hand side of page 39. Despite all the inflation and rising interest rates, there’s a bit of a buzz in the air as we charge into spring. The wet winter has been pretty depressing to be hon est, but it’s onwards and upwards from here! If you or your son are in need of a decent quality ‘bowl of fruit’ for the looming school formal and party season, give my mate Gerard from G.M. Hanna Fine Tailors and Formal Hire a yell and he’ll sort you out. Check out www.gmhannaformal.com.au. Cheers, James
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CONTENTS 06 Welcome Note 08 Contents 10 Pearls of Wisdom 12 Monthly Mailbag 24 Local News 30 Crime News 32 Local Photos 34 Unreliable Guide 36 Headnoise 38 Satire 40 The Cynic 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 September 2022 Issue 212 Look at Me, by David Painter.
9Issue 212 September 2022 The Beast Helping local business and skilled workers with immigration matters for over 12 years. Brendan Muldoon Reg. Migration Agent # 0742052 39 Gould Street, Bondi Beach Phone: 0404 552 brendan@bondimigration.com.au322www.bondimigration.com.au ALL ASPECTS OF TREE WORK Fully qualified Fully insured Free quotes Reliable service Local business Competitive pricing Member of the NAAA
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Suffering from superhero fatigue, Pearl fell into a deep sleep watching yet another Marvel film in the darkened hallows of The Ritz cinema. As I snored loudly, I dreamt that I had engaged the services of Taika Waititi to direct what would be a ‘single-verse’ drama set in the here-and-now of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Charing Cross, the Coogee Bay Hotel, and the War Memorial Hospital all featured vividly while the heroes (played by Natalie Portman and Elizabeth Olsen) battled the most odious, insidious, corrupt and spoilt brat villain of all time - the Aus tralian Property beenpremiseMarvelhavingawokeofanwasUnfortunately,Developer.Pearl’sdreaminterruptedinthemiddleofextendedbattlesceneontoptheRobinHoodHotelandItorealisenotonlywasIanightmareworthyofacomicstripbutthattheofthisnightmarehadcoveredinthefilm
The Castle. Darryl Kerrigan, The Castle’s hero, may have won the hearts and minds of the populace back in the 1990s, but fickle Australians have a short memory erased by the property market boom. Now that one can create their wealth through the accumulation of property rather than hard work, developer bashing has become passé and it is probable that The Castle would now be viewed as a saga of Nimbyism, rather than a classic underdog story. The right-wing media regu larly complains about the gov ernment intruding on our lives, but the reality is that developers are the real intruders. They are responsible for shaping the appearance of Western Sydney with its tree-less suburbs of ticky-tacky grey McMansions built on flood plains, with soul less shopping malls the only entertainment. Australia-wide, developers are responsible for the ugly-fication of our beau tiful suburbs and landscapes, and as countless letter writers to The Beast know, the rights of the developer will always trump the rights of the community. It is the developer that is the purveyor of community misery - for those living next to a development, forget the dilap idation report, as the developer is never held responsible for any damage. It is the developer that is the agent of doom, clearing environmentally sensitive and historically significant areas and relegating perfectly adequate buildings to landfill while re placing them with shoddily built rubbish that will deteriorate in 15 years. They are the mas ters of ruin, exploiting buyers and tradies, escaping liability through loopholes and com plaints about their bottom line. All this evil is facilitated by inane, eager to please, short-sighted governments (of all tiers and political persua sions) intent on creating jobs in the building industry and wedded to the ridiculous notion that somehow we need stadiums and apartment blocks rather than green spaces, lulled by the fallacy that more housing stock will reduce home prices. And when it all goes wrong - like it is now - the taxpayer will provide the bailout. But, in Pearl’s film version, it will be the supervil lain Wanda Maximoff that will save us all. Maintain the rage, Beast readers, and keep up the letter writing! Purveyor of Community Misery Words Pearl Bullivant Photo Dennis Denuto A saga of Nimbyism.
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How does one say thanks to the community that has supported you for the last six years when you want to make sure you don’t miss anyone? Reach out to the best local magazine, of course! Kim and I have been very lucky to have been embraced by you all over the past six years and we are overwhelmed with the love and well wishes that you have given us since we announced that we are moving on. These decisions are never easy, but with any decision you have to do what’s best for you and your family. Cafe Salina became our family home, kitchen and backyard, and we have got to enjoy it with you all and loved every minute of it. The countless kids we have seen born, grow up and now colour in our ‘fishies’ fills us with enormous pride and a sense of fulfillment in that we have contributed in some small way. To all of our staff over this time, what can we say other than thanks for sticking with us through thick and thin, we couldn’t have done it without you. And to you, our loyal customers and friends, an even bigger thanks, you have been abso lutely amazing. We thank you all. Lots of love, Kim & Ian - Cafe Salina Bronte COOGEE POTHOLES AND THE AMERICAN GENERAL While there is a bumper sticker saying I am not drunk - I only avoid potholes, there is also a rea son as to why there are so many potholes.
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Surprise, surprise, the reason for potholes is explained by none other than five-star general David Dwight Eisenhower, who said in 1953... Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. We have all that - battle tanks, nuclear U-boats, fighter planes, etc. - and we have that too - those who are not fed, and schools, homes and hospitals that are not built. And we have potholes. Sweet Ike-baby was right!
Most of all, Daniel, a Porsche Cayenne ain’t a “family vehicle”. And 15 years isn’t long enough to be a local, sorry Dan.
Thomas Klikauer Pothole Coogee WRONG NAME LISTED IN CRIME NEWS
Brad B Coogee PENKIVIL POND Bird watchers will be delighted to note that a family of rare ducks has taken up residence in Penkivil Pond - a body of water formed several years ago as a result of a permanently blocked drain on the corner of Penkivil Street and BondiThereRoad.are some helpful notices to dissuade people from fishing, diving or feeding the ducks. I’d like to appeal to the council to start a ferry crossing at this intersection.
Words The Diverse Humans of the Eastern Suburbs No fishing.
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Coleen Bondi MICROSOFT TEAMS PRIORITY Dear Beast - Much has been said about locals getting priority on our waves, on our beaches. How ever, with the influx of hospitality workers and dole bludgers on Albo’s surf team who are perfectly comfortable hogging the ocean all day, I’d like to take it a step fur ther - Microsoft Teams priority. For those of us who can only escape our high paying work from Beast's Mailbag
Lynette White’s husband’s name (Card Campaign Could Deal Los ing Hand to Coogee Killer, Crime News, The Beast, August 2022) is Paul White. NOT Barry. Sian Bondi CONSIDER THE LOCAL TRADIES Dearest Daniel K (Parking Frus trations, Letters, The Beast, Au gust 2022) - Sorry to hear about your recent difficulties parking in Bondi, but first please consider the local tradespeople, most with well over 40 years of service in the area, who struggle on a daily basis to park close enough to carry the tools required to do their job. Waverley Council has reduced parking times, as well as the avail ability of areas in which to park, and there is also the fact that many people have given up going to the office due to COVID.
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Rob Coogee THE CENTENARY OF HENRY LAWSON'S INTERMENT
Dear Editor - Saturday, 3rd of September this year marks the centenary of the interment in Wa verley Cemetery of the great Aus tralian poet and storyteller, Henry Lawson. Henry died on the 2nd of September, 1922, and was buried at a state funeral the next day. The volunteer community group The Friends of Waverley Cemeteries, which conducts tours of the historic Waverley Ceme tery, will be conducting a tour on the 3rd of September this year,
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A very precious large silk and wool shawl has been lost inside the front doors at the Randwick Ritz between 9.30pm and 11pm on Sun day, June 19. The shawl features orange, gold and maroon colours as a woven pattern. It holds dear sen timental value and was handwoven in a sacred place in India where my mother’s spiritual path originates and is taught to devotees. I was inspired to put something in your magazine after reading about the lost wedding ring being returned to its owner many years after it was lost. I am offering a reward for its safe return. My mum is dearly hoping to be reunited with this very sentimental and precious shawl of hers. Christa Bronte
Katie Clovelly 5G EYESORE I was astonished to see the instal lation of a huge cellphone tower on the corner of Wairoa Road and Campbell Parade. This is a major thoroughfare and pleasant cafe/ restaurant area! Surely another location would be better? How can we get this removed? James Bondi SHAWL LOST AT THE RITZ
BEAST CROSSWORD FONT Hello Letters - I do so enjoy the magazine, thanks to you all. Could you please enhance said enjoy ment - and hopefully that of many others - by increasing the size of the text on The Beast Supercross? I’m not old, and my vision is good, it’s just the numbers in the squares that would suffice, thanks. Perhaps so they match their clue equivalent.
14 The Beast September 2022 Issue 212 home jobs for an hour or two (at most), we should implement a priority system based on upcom ing work calls. If I have to be back at my desk reviewing Q4 results in 30 minutes time, it’s only fair that I get the lion’s share of waves in my short window of leisure. Interested to hear your views. Kai Bondi MUTT AND BITCH OWNERS Thank you Sam from Clovelly (Naive, Ignorant, Entitled or Just Plain Dumb, Letters, The Beast, August 2022); that is the best letter I have read this decade. You summed it up so ayear-oldletterCoincidentally,perfectly.Ireadyourafewhoursaftermyfour-hadjustbeenattackedbydogonFigTreeLane.
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During past summers, artist Mary Wheeler was a regular sight on the beach or promenade at Coogee, painting scenes of the coastline, ocean, bathers and the surf club. A descendant of Henry Wheel er, who as a 20-year-old convict was transported to Sydney in 1828 and later served eight years on Norfolk Island, Mary’s talent was nurtured at the National Art School and led to her completing portraits of people such as Sir Frank McDowell, Dr William McBride, magistrate Pat O’Shane, TV personality Del Cartwright, National Museum Director Dawn Casey and a series of Federal Police commissioners.
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Just a few miles away you have people sleeping on the streets, you have women trying to find shelter for themselves and their children to escape domestic violence, you have people in Lismore still sleep ing in Doestents.this pass the pub test, or have we just got our priorities totally wrong? Our premier seems to think that a pocket park is more of a priority. What would they think if they were in one of those categories? Would a pocket park still be such a great idea?
You may have thought that the state of New South Wales was in serious debt, but our premier doesn’t seem to think so. He is giving Randwick Council $1 mil lion-plus to build a ‘pocket park’ on the corner of Clovelly Road and Carrington Road.
of Waverley Cemeteries through tours or donations is used for memorial restoration work. Doug Richards Friends of Waverley Cemeteries 0417 229 760
Where do these staff currently live? Will there be special buses provided to get them across Syd ney at all times of day and night? Will there be any special security arrangements in place such as one might get in a ‘gated community’?
One wonders how the traffic that the development will gen erate will avoid conflict with the bike path that Council has long promised along the length of Bundock Street. It seems rather fanciful that the development will remain for the workforce at Garden Island.
On current evidence it will be a case of ‘barracks by name and barracks by nature’.
I am a native of Coogee. Coogee is my belonging place. Since the re moval of the Coogee Pier and the shark tower the concrete pylons that supported these structures have reappeared after big storms, like visits from old friends, some times after many years of being buried in the sand. They are monuments to a world we have lost. They have cultural, spiritual and emotional signifi cance for Coogee people and for many others. They are part of our stories. Last Friday, July 8, the pylons were removed from their places and taken away and I remain in disbelief.
Tony Peacock Coogee A WORD OF THANK YOU
Chosen to exhibit at the prestigious Le Salon des Artists Français in Paris, Mary was also an Archibald Prize finalist for her portrait of a WWI veteran and completed two large works of WWII heroine Nancy Wake, the famed ‘White Mouse’. While winning numerous re gional art awards, Mary’s favour ite venue became Coogee Beach, where her beloved father-in-law and fisherman Gerry Murray lived. She completed and sold a series of paintings of the original Coogee Surf Club and was part way through one of Wylie’s Baths when she died recently from cardiac problems surfacing from childhood bouts of rheumatic fever. She will remain in the East at Waverley Cemetery. John Murray Coogee WHERE'S PEARL? What the hell happened to Pearl? Her articles are my favourite thing in The Beast.
On Saturday, June 11th, some friends were swimming at Clovelly Beach. Our normally protected watering hole was particularly rough and a sudden rip caused our friend Sally to get into difficulty. While friends (Anne and Helen) supported her in the Mary at her beloved Coogee.
Edwin Clovelly PASSING OF AN ARTIST
Pandora Bondi BUNDOCK BARRACKS If the development of the Rand wick Barracks by the Department of Defence for over 1,000 dwell ings is anything like the previous development of 30-40 houses in Joongah Street on the southern boundary, it will be a real shocker. There are almost no backyards, substandard building separations such that the eaves almost touch, no trees and no possibility of plant ing. It would seem that the young families were always assumed to use the ‘Environment Park’, which is often already crowded, or the roadway as their play space. While the Commonwealth may require the approval of Council, it should not mean that it is absolved of the need to maintain the reason able environmental standards that apply to the rest of the community.
Who did this? Who authorised this? Who are the outsiders who have imposed this act on us? Who was consulted? Just like those of us who belong here, the pylons belong where they were.
The number of people who can attend will be limited, and all money raised by the Friends
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18 The Beast September 2022 Issue 212 water, it was clear she’d taken a lot of water and had difficulty breathing. The rough conditions prevented them from getting into the steps, so they tried to make their way down towards the beach, all the while clutching Sally and dragging her along. If it were not for the kindness and swift action taken by Johnny Stewart, who happened to be passing and saw they were in difficulty, I dare say an accident could have turned to tragedy that morning.Johnny ran down the prome nade and, with the aid of another man, dragged Sally out of the water. The rescue wasn’t easy because the waves were crash ing over the promenade and the ladies couldn’t get a firm footing to aid Johnny’s rescue in dragging Sally up the wall. Others watched the rescue and called the ambu lance as there were no lifeguards on duty that morning. Sally spent a few days in hos pital as her congested lungs put extreme pressure on her heart. While lots of people helped as best they could that morning (too many to mention), our gratitude goes out to local man Johnny Stewart, who modestly saved a life and then kept an eye on proceed ings until the ambulance was on its Ifway.itwere not for the kindness of a stranger and support of friends, I dread to think how that scene could have played out.
Murray Cox Bondi ¢
The lighting filters low down on the withsceneanoccasional slithering frombeamthe slowly rotating mirror asballthe trio merge together in a deep swelling of sea sway. Drum kit, an outcrop, like lumps of coralfrom black sleeves come magi cian's handsoctopus tentacle fingers weaving brushes and sticks around in a shuffle and pop. Big brown bass with a hint of brasscould be a frond of bull kelp making rhythm of the undercurrent’s pulsing Fingersflow. nibble across the key bitingboard,lightly on the notes like small darting fish as shoal sounds bubble up and Atburst.the bar the glasses and ice chink along, talk and laughter and kitchen inclattersome discordant percussion as the cocktail shaker shakes an occasional syncopation. We’re all underwater together in this pink and blue grotto submergeddimness, out of the daylight into the subdued sounds as the drummer slurs a brush across the beat, and the kitchen bell hits a ring of punctuation.
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thousands of soldiers, sailors and airmen and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our settler way of life, but the blood of these Aboriginal heroes stained Australian soil, not the soil of distant lands. Surely these Indigenous leaders need to be recognised? The time, fortunate ly, has arrived. Pemulwuy, the movie in production, could become a catalyst for the birth in the public awareness of Australia’s first warrior heroes. It could start the ball rolling for domestic reconciliation and truth telling, like Crocodile Dundee did for international tourism. We have monuments scat tered across the country to our war veterans and the dead from the 234 years of our settlement history. Let’s now find a place to tell the stories of those Aborig inal leaders and their people who fought the pioneer wars to preserve their 60,000 years of continuous occupation. The obvious place to entrench this, through public education instead of entertainment, is at The Australian War Memorial in Canberra. There are funds available, some $500 million has been set aside for its expansion and modernisation, to tell the stories largely of the distant wars. What a great story this recognition of the Frontier Wars and its leaders would tell of Australia’s first defenders in the nation’s capital, at our national War Memorial.
Resistance leader Pemulwuy.
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Stephen Bargwanna lives on Gadigal land in Sydney. He has been a planning consultant for over forty years and managed the feasibility study for the NSW Government that led to the establishment of Fox Studios, Sydney. He currently assists Indigeco, an Indigenous owned company providing employment, training, re cruitment and sustainability services.
As a baby boomer, out of the loins of the second World War, I was raised knowing more about Native American culture, of ‘Cowboys and Indians’, than of Australian Aboriginal culture. This was due to both the enter tainment power of Hollywood film and TV and the denialism of the impacts of our ancestors’ invasion and settlement. I knew more about the ‘Indians’ of the Cheyenne and Apache nations, and the warrior leaders Geroni mo, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, than of any Aboriginal resistance leader. These coura geous warriors were unknown and unrecognised up to then and today.Irealised this ignorance with increasing shame as my children and grandchildren became more educated than I on the won ders of our ancient Aboriginal culture. Fortunately, we are all now learning together their place names, languages, mythology, customs, astrology, botany, pharmacy and so on. What an exciting time in history it is for us, a revelation of our country as it was for millennia. My dawning guilt and curi osity was further fuelled by my family’s W.J. Wills images, star ing down at me from the family walls. He was a famous explorer of the ill-fated Burke and Wills fame. I’m one of his closest living relatives. He perished at the age of 27. He was my grandfather’s great uncle. He didn’t use any Aboriginal survival knowledge and died a dreadful death of exhaustion and despair. Most Australians welcome reconciliation with our original inhabitants. We are on a journey of discovery. The Uluru Treaty process for national atonement is well underway to energise and institutionalise this. A referendum on
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Billy McEvoy is a Bondi local and the Research Assistant at the Radical Centre Reform Lab, a research group at the Macquarie University.
Aboriginal rock carvings at Bondi.
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Most people have an opinion on Bondi Beach. Overseas, it em bodies a Home and Away-style vision of Australia: the laidback lifestyle, surfers, lifeguards. At home, opinions are probably more varied. For many, it’s the place to kick back on a summer’s day, or where the city meets the great outdoors. Others see it as a hub for celebrities and influenc ers, or a thrumming backpacker and tourist destination. Love it or hate it, Bondi is imbedded in the Australian consciousness. Few people, however, know Bon di as a place where people have lived for millennia. The name ‘Bondi’ is an Ab original word, or so historians believe. Early British settlers claimed it to mean ‘water tumbling over rocks’, but any direct Aboriginal source - or connection to a clan or language group - has since been lost. The picture is muddied by competing theories. Some say Bondi means ‘place where a fight took place’, while others suggest it was named after Bondy in Paris. Today, most peo ple know it to mean ‘the sound of waves breaking’. The creeping emphasis on ‘waves’ certainly resonates with Bondi’s modern reputation for surf. But is this the voice of Aboriginal Bondi speaking? Or present-day Bondi projecting itself into the past? When Aboriginal people first lived in Bondi, it wasn’t a beach but an inland plain. That was 20,000 years ago. The climate was brutally cold and the coastline further east. If ‘Bondi’ means what we think it does, then it must have had a different name back then. Around 6,000 years ago, rising sea levels settled and Bondi Beach was formed. Most archaeological evidence since this time has been lost or destroyed. A major campsite un earthed in 1919 is now beneath the beachfront Queen Elizabeth Drive. Bondi’s sweeping sand dunes, which swallowed many historical sites, are now encased in concrete. For a time, Bondi’s cliffs were scattered with Aborig inal rock engravings. At one site, at the Bondi Golf Club, there are still fragmented images of people, turtles and fish. One im age, now partially erased, once showed a man fleeing a shark. But as Bondi was colonised, engravings like this were dam aged, sometimes deliberately. In 1964, the golf course engravings were ‘re-grooved’ by Waverley Council. Today, local concern for this site has waned. When I went there this year, the engravings were mostly buried in silt and grass. The site is unfenced and unmarked, except for a small plaque commemorating the re-grooving.Writtenrecords of Aboriginal life in Bondi are even rarer. One comes from A.R. Stone, a Bondi settler, who in the 1870s watched Aboriginal locals ‘camped at Ben Buckler, enjoying the ocean waves, with their wives and children’. The locals’ disregard for sharks emboldened A.R. Stone to brave the ocean himself. For Stone, this was ‘the start of surfing at Bondi’. Not long after, in 1905, daytime swimming was legalised and Bondi’s surf lifesaving clubs were beginning to form. Bondi was on its path to stardom, but its first inhabitants had all but vanished. History is full of forgotten voices. In the case of Aborig inal Bondi, however, this loss is comprehensive. Aboriginal experiences of Bondi have been translated, written about or - like the engravings - reimagined. But they were never properly heard. While Bondi’s first inhabitants clearly shaped Bondi into what it is today, who they were and what Bondi was to them is mostly lost. And silence easily goes unnoticed.InlateJuly, the government announced the words they plan to insert into the Constitution to establish a First Nations Voice to Parliament. This would be an Indigenous advisory body, tasked with advising government on law and policy that affects In digenous people. The detail has been ironed out in four separate government inquiries and com mittees running back to 2012. The First Nations Voice will provide Indigenous perspectives on Indigenous policy, and would not create a veto power or ‘third chamber’ of Parliament as some critics falsely claim. It would also acknowledge that Indigenous peoples have not been heard in the past, and it will ensure that they are heard in the future. Aboriginal people watched Bondi become a beach over the course of millennia, yet in just 200 years their stories have washed away. It is easy to say past is past, but marginalisation is a process, not an event, and it is enabled when disempowered people are not heard. We can correct this. A First Nations Voice in the Constitution will make Australia richer, stronger and more complete. It is an im portant first step to healing our ancient nation.
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23Issue 212 September 2022 The Beast Spectacular beaches, beautiful sunrises, and some of the most stunning residences in Australia... It's no wonder that the Eastern Suburbs is one of Sydney's most desirable locations to live. It's about feeling at home, wherever you go. So, whether you're moving in, or moving on, call Mary Howell. She will make sure you feel right at home, wherever you are. MARY HOWELL 0414 400 maryhowell@theagency.com.au345
The masses of sand recently sucked away from our local beaches by heavy swells will most likely return in the coming months, according to John Church, Emeritus Professor at UNSW’s Climate Change Re search Centre, an expert in sea level rises and coastal erosion. But don’t get too excited, the long-term prognosis for our beaches is not good. “We can expect to see the sand coming back in the shortterm, but in the longer term there will be substantial erosion of beaches as sea levels rise at an accelerating rate,” Professor Church told The Beast. “It’s possible that by the year 2100 the world will have lost half its beaches. However, we can significantly reduce future beach erosion by cutting green house gas emissions.”
Bronte Public School is excited to be launching the new names on Friday, September 2.
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Says UNSW Expert Words Anthony Maguire Photo Scott Cowdroy
Bronte Public School is situated on the land of the Gadigal people of the Dharawal nation. Although tradition has its place at the local school, the existing names of the sporting houses (named after pioneering Euro peans Cook, Oxley, Phillip and Sturt) didn’t reflect the school’s values or show due respect to their Aboriginal students, their culture or the land on which the school is Earlierbuilt.thisyear, Bronte Pub lic students conducted a survey across the school to initiate new house names. The student body voted for the elements; water, air, fire and earth. Mr Bradley Hansen of the Aboriginal Gujaga Foundation conducted workshops with the students and authenticated their ideas into Dharawal words to create new house names; Bunnerong, Baliya, Wuriwuri and Gamarama. These words more strongly connect the students, as well as future students, to Dharawal culture, language and the community.
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The latest onslaught by heavy seas on the Eastern Beaches in early July saw a large expanse of rocks exposed at north Maroubra, while Coogee and Bondi also lost tonnes of sand. A dozen concrete and timber pylons that once supported Coogee Pier, demolished in 1934, were laid bare. The pylons were no longer anchored in the sea bed and were transported to a depot for storage by Randwick Council contractors after being deemed a hazard. The pylons are regarded by many as having historical significance and may be displayed somewhere in the future.Meanwhile, at North Bondi three storage bunkers holding surf rescue equipment were flooded. The storage spaces were constructed 18 months ago by burrowing beneath the promenade near North Bondi Surf Club. The project cost more than $2 million, with the club sharing the cost with Waverley Council and the NSW Government. It’s not the first time they have flooded. “Since the facility was in stalled, there’s been three major inundations, with a loss of sand in front of the promenade,” said Andrew Christopher, President of North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club.“We’ve now put up wooden barriers to try and keep the sea at bay and we’re looking at longer-term solutions.” Future for Our Beaches,
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Exposed rocks at the southern end of Bondi beach.
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Destination Hall Street Waverley Council is about to trial an upgrade program for Bondi’s Hall Street designed to revitalise the area post-COVID. ‘Destination Hall Street’ will involve widened footpaths, a new plaza space and dedicated outdoor dining for the popular shopping strip. In addition, traf fic between Gould and O’Brien Streets will become one-way. If the six-month trial gets a pos itive community response, the upgrades will be made perma nent next financial year.
The redevelopment of Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club has been approved by the NSW Government and will see a major facelift for the 115-year-old building. Key features include an internal courtyard, lifesaving museum, basement storage and rear extension.
Three female surfing trailblazers have been honored in the latest additions to the Surfing Walk of Fame at Maroubra. Plaques have been dedicated to 1980s surfing notables Pam Burridge, Pauline Menczer and Jacqui Russell. Also inducted into the Walk of Fame is 1970s Iron Man champi on John Holt, OAM.
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Tamarama Marine Drive is being given a safety upgrade, with wid er footpaths, a raised pedestrian crossing and new traffic and pe destrian signage. There will also be improved street lighting. The work is expected to be completed by November. Survival Day Concert An Indigenous Survival Day Concert will become an annual event on Randwick Council’s calendar after councillors sup ported a minute from Randwick Mayor Dylan Parker to host the event at La Perouse Museum each year on Australia Day. Mayor Parker said the event will acknowledge “the long history of survival and resilience of the strong community of La Perouse, at the site that has so much cul tural significance and history.”
Community Celebrates Scrapping of Incinerator Plan Randwick Council will host a community celebration at Pur cell Park in Matraville following the NSW Government’s intro duction of new laws preventing an incinerator proposed for the nearby Opal Paper Mill. Council staff will now develop the party plans and report back to Council.
Vivid May Come to Randwick Talks will be held with the State Government about staging some of the light displays from the an nual Vivid Festival in Randwick. There are no firm plans at this stage, just the notion of Rand wick becoming a “satellite site”.
Randwick Council Welcomes Irish Cricket Team
The Irish Cricket Team will call Randwick home for nine days as it prepares for the T20 World Cup. The Council has put aside funds for a pre-tournament camp at Coogee Oval between September 30 and October 9. There will be three demonstra tion matches against local teams as well as coaching clinics. Bronte Pool Improvements Waverley Council is planning to future-proof Bronte Pool, looking at options that will make it more resistant to rough seas. The pool was resurfaced in 2016 but since then sections of the floor, walls and steps have deteriorated to the point where public safety is at risk. Pollution Breach Lands Builder $17,500 Fine A builder at a construction site in Coogee has been fined $17,500 plus costs for letting sediment wash into an open drain. A three-storey apartment building is being constructed at the site, and when Randwick Council rangers paid a visit they observed there were no sediment or erosion control measures in place to stop dirt and debris en tering nearby stormwater drains.
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Hands Off Our Buses Waverley Mayor Paula Masselos spoke up against bus privati sation and loss of services at a recent NSW Government Upper House inquiry, questioning the cancellation of unprofitable routes and emphasising the so cial contract between the govern ment and public transport users taking precedence over profits. “Bring back our buses into public hands,” she urged.
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Waverley Mayor Paula Masse los is outraged over legislative changes that will see councils losing out on payments from developers, with the State Gov ernment now diverting the funds to its own coffers. “If the changes come into effect, Waverley Coun cil could stand to lose over $40 million in contributions over the next ten years,” Mayor Masselos said. Developer contributions are used to fund vital local infra structure projects. Competition to Re-use Historic Coogee Pylons Randwick Council will hold a competition to come up with ideas for re-using pylons from historic Coogee Pier, which were exposed during recent storms. The 12 pylons are now in Council storage but councilors have agreed to hold a public art com petition seeking ideas from local groups and artists about how to put them on public display.
Bits & Pieces From The Beaches Words Brenda Ogden Local News
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What is the Good Car Company? The Good Car Company is an EV-focussed social enter prise that aims to increase the affordability of electric vehicles. Since its first community bulk buy in Hobart in 2019, the Good Car Company has helped more than 500 people across Australia buy their first EV.
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stationsacome.network,nineRandwickandbilityrebatesrandwick.nsw.gov.au/sustainaVisittofindoutmore.InpartnershipwithWaverleyWoollahraCouncils,CouncilhasinstalledchargingstationsinthewithplentymoretoVisitPlugShare.comformapofallthepublicchargingacrossthecountry.
Thinking of purchasing an elec tric vehicle? Join the Randwick EV Bulk Buy for lower cost and fasterEasterndelivery.Suburbs residents locked out of buying an electric vehicle because of cost can now access more affordable EVs through the Randwick EV Bulk Buy - Sydney’s first community EV Bulk Buy - in partnership with the Good Car Company. Our research tells us that 80 per cent of Eastern Suburbs residents are considering the purchase of an EV for their next vehicle. However, with the cheapest EV in Australia start ing at more than $40,000 the largest barrier for many people is still the high upfront cost. How does it work? The Randwick Electric Vehicle Bulk Buy will officially launch on Sunday, September 18 at the Randwick Eco Living Festival. It will offer residents across the Eastern Suburbs access to a range of new EVs, as well as quality-checked, low mileage used EVs, starting at around $20,000.Byregistering for the Bulk Buy, residents will be able to participate in a month of no-ob ligation info sessions, events and test drive days, developed and delivered in collaboration with the Good Car Company and designed to enable par ticipants to make an informed decision on Randwickpurchasing.Councilwill also host a ‘Show and Shine’ event on Saturday, October 22 from 1-4pm at the Randwick Sustain ability Hub, where residents can get up close and personal with the cars, grab a coffee, go for a test ride and hear the latest EV info.
Interested? The Randwick Electric Vehicle Bulk Buy is all about demystify ing electric vehicles. There is no obligation to purchase. To find out more, register your interest at goodcar.co/randwick. the Electric Vehicle Bulk Buy
At the conclusion of the Bulk Buy, residents have the opportu nity to purchase an EV - whether it’s a second hand affordable Nissan Leaf or a brand new EV from Hyundai or Polestar. All used cars will come with a guar antee, which includes a battery degradation warranty, battery check at purchase and a 7-day return policy. Vehicles ordered by November are expected to ar rive around April 2023, which is less than half the current time of many EV deliveries to Australia. Where can you charge? Around 90 per cent of all EV charging occurs in home garages and driveways. As part of Randwick Council’s Sustaina bility Rebates Program, resi dents in the Randwick LGA can access a rebate of up to $500 for installing a charging station at home, and up to $5,000 for installing a shared charging station in apartments.
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29Issue 212 September 2022 The Beast Hand injuries need to be treated quickly to prevent long-term problems A hand therapy practitioner is a physiotherapist or occupational therapist with expertise in finger, hand, wrist and elbow conditions. • Sporting injury • Workplace injury • Baby holding repetitive strain • Arthritis • Any pain in your hand, wrist or elbow Please book an appointment to see our team of hand therapists today: Suite 801/251 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction Telephone: 02 9388 www.bondijunctionhandtherapy.com.au9743
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Magistrate Michael Barko dis missed the mental health appli cation and sentenced Brimelow to an 18-month community corrections order. Man Spent Up Big with Stolen Card - Police A 44-year-old Maroubra man is accused of going on a spending spree with a bank card from a pensioner’s wallet that he stole in a Heburglary.issaidto have made off with the wallet, belonging to a 92-year-old man, after break ing into a home in Brighton Le Sands. Over the following days, he allegedly used the card multi ple times for purchases and cash withdrawals at Eastgardens, Alexandria and the CBD. Police arrested him at his home. He was taken to Waverley Police Station where he was charged with break and enter and fraud offences. Randwick P-Plater Had a Smashing Time
A schoolgirl who boarded a bus at Bondi Junction found herself warding off sexual advances from a 41-year-old man, a court heard.Steven Brimelow of Pagewood pleaded guilty to a charge of inciting a child aged between 10 and 16 to commit a sexual act. Downing Centre Local Court was told the teenage victim was dressed in her school uniform and was on her way home at around 2pm. After getting on the bus, the girl felt someone tapping her on the shoulder. It was Brimelow, sitting in the seat behind her. He told her he was a DJ who played music at parties and tried to exchange phone numbers so the girl could “call him any time for sex.” He then stroked her back.Brimelow’s defence counsel Dale Steffen told the court his client had major issues with alcohol and had spent the day drinking, starting at 8.30am. By the time he boarded the bus, he had consumed over a dozen schooners. Compounding his alcohol problem were a range of mental health conditions including anxiety, depression and borderline personality dis order. Mr Steffen tried to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds.
A young Randwick driver smashed up four parked cars and totaled his own vehicle when he tried to drive home after a drinking session at a Double Bay pub.Theodore Burns, 23, appeared in Downing Centre Local Court, where he pleaded guilty to high range drink driving. Evidence was given that the P-plater was over three times the legal alcohol limit when his Mitsubishi ploughed into the cars during the early hours of the morning.Firsthe slammed into a BMW hatchback, followed by a Nissan Skyline, then a Toyota van, which was pushed into a BMW sedan. His own car was wrecked, with both airbags deployed and smoke pouring out from under the crushed bonnet. The pile-up took place in Wilson Street, Botany.Themagistrate gave him a nine-month driving ban and a 12-month community correc tions order. Crimes of the East Words Larson
Bondi café owner and influencer Lucas Azzopardi ended up in court after threatening to post naked images of a woman on Instagram.Inatext exchange, 29-yearold Azzopardi threatened to post the pictures with a message saying the woman was available for escort services, Waverley Court heard. With Azzopardi having accumulated more than 13,000 Instagram followers, his venomous posting would have reached a large audience. When the woman told him it would be illegal, he did a web search and sent her a screen shot from an American site saying it didn’t break any laws. Mean while, his victim tested his theo ry by going to police. Azzopardi was charged with threatening to distribute intimate images with out consent plus intimidation. His solicitor told Waverley Court it had been a foolish lapse made in the heat of the moment and against the backdrop of mental health issues. His client was now receiving help from a psychologist. But that didn’t wash with Magistrate Jennifer Giles, who told Azzopardi lives were ruined by this kind of online behavior. She sentenced him to a 12 month intensive corrections order.
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Motorcyclist Hurt in Eastgardens Egging Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident where someone hurled an egg at a passing motorcyclist, hitting her in the Easterneye. Beaches Area Police Command said the motorcyclist sustained “significant injuries” in the 8.25pm, July 15 incident, which occurred in Denison Road, Eastgardens. If you witnessed the egging or saw anyone in the area with eggs around that time, call Maroubra Police Station on 9349 9299 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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The Unreliable Guide to... Cancel Culture Words Nat Shepherd Photo Jack Dorsey Allow debate to challenge stupid ideas.
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The Unreliable Guide worries that what was intended to be a way to make celebrities accountable has become a pun ishing censorship that ignores the nuances of meaning and an individual’s overall intention. Meanwhile, the real nutjobs can nurture their misconceptions in a private echo chamber of hatred over which we have no say at all.
Linehan and Rowling were both liberal darlings not so long ago. Rowling in particular is an active campaigner for human rights, does work for Amnesty International and seems to be a fairly decent human being.
While Trump’s accusation that the goal of cancel culture is to make “decent Americans” live in fear of being fired, expelled, shamed, humiliated and driven from society is pure right-wing rhetoric, lots of celebrities have been given a hard time recently for saying what they think. Gra ham Linehan, creator of Father Ted and The IT Crowd, has been thoroughly cancelled for allegedly transphobic comments and his planned Father Ted musical has been axed. Linehan believes “every co median at the moment is living under a kind of state of perma nent blackmail… if they step on the wrong side of any particular line… (they’ll) be destroyed.” If that sounds a bit dramatic, bear in mind that writer and feminist JK Rowling claims she’s had “endless death and rape threats and (her) family address posted online with a picture of a bomb making manual,” for her comments on some trans issues. I don’t know the nuances of what was said by whom, and I’m not a trans person so I’m not going to wade into that, but this seems an extreme reaction.
The Power of Platform Today, more than ever, thanks to social media, celebrities can air their opinions to millions. Corporations know this, that’s why they pay people like George Clooney or Johnny Depp vast sums to drink coffee, wear a certain watch or waft about in fancy gear to express the loveliness of some overpriced perfume. We all accept their power to promote goods, but when celebrities start promoting certain political points of view that diverge from the current dogma it can cause a riot.
This is still such a buzz expres sion that even my grandparents have started saying it. For them, it expresses the fear that if they carry on saying the old, un-po litically correct things they used to enjoy saying out loud an angry mob will appear and bar them from society (or worse, their local pub). Of course, no one really gives a monkey’s what ridiculous notions they may have about politics, gay marriage or various racial demographics because they are not celebrities and they have no platform. But should celebrities be held accountable for what they say and be punished if they offend us? It’s a tricky question and it’s making a lot of people on both sides very angry.
Even if you don’t agree with every word she says, is it a good idea to cancel a person like that when Trump, Putin and Tony Abbott still live and breathe? Freedom of Speech is Vital It is important to know what other people are thinking. The danger of AI guided platforms like Twitter and Facebook is that they guide us into an echo chamber of our own point of view, where even a slight transgression from the collec tive doctrine is seen as heresy. Meanwhile, in another bubble, people are happily saying things that would make your hair curl and you have no way of offering anotherPeopleperspective.don’tstopbeing racist and homophobic just because you won’t let them speak, they just find new forums with people who agree and reinforce their views. That’s why freedom of speech is so important; debate challenges stupid ideas, offers other perspectives and can even rectify wrong thinking. But if people can’t even voice these ideas you can’t hope to get in their heads and make them see Finally,sense.
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What impels us to seek news? Back in ye olden days it was literally a way of gathering informa tion. “What news from the South?” you’d say. You might be given a note, perhaps from a raven, or receive a scroll with a wax seal, or perhaps it was verbal, received in person from someone who rode a horse or even ran for three days to deliver it. As technology improved, the speed with which we received our news increased - newspapers, telegrams, radio and even the good old-fashioned telephone brought massive change. With the invention of television, sitting down to watch the news became part of our daily routine, and with that it also became marketable.
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Yes, of course it can. COVID is a good example of this, with news bulletins compounding stress lev els with a constant stream about the disease on a minute-by-minute basis during what was already a stressful time. According to one psychological report, much of the news we watch today isn’t so much reporting as it is a way of keeping people addicted to the news cycle. When COVID was breaking news in 2020 we were glued to the TV, worried about what would happen. Sensational news headlines get attention; the more dramatic, the better. The emotional toll of negative news has been proven time and time again through re search. There is a definite link between watching news and its effect on the sympathetic nervous system that controls stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. Too much of these hormones can be bad for your health. If you feel like the sky is falling in every time you watch the news, the good news is that it isn’t. Staying informed is one thing, but it’s something else if you’re feeling swallowed up by it. If this is you, perhaps set a limit on how much news you consume each day, choose how you want to re ceive it, and get it from reliable sources. Even try going without it for a while and see how you feel. Remember, no news really can be good news. is Good News
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No News
Today, news is instantaneous. We have 24hour news channels on TV and radio, and of course we also have the Internet. Apps send us notifications at all hours, email is instant and news websites provide constant updates. This we all know, but maybe over time we have forgot ten what the word news really means. News is actually an acronym - North, East, West, South - meaning to seek information and tidings from each corner of our known world. Modern news bulletins are truly global, coming from every cor ner of our planet. It is incessant, despite having any real impact on us in a local sense at all.
I want to make clear that keeping informed by the way of news is useful, but there is plenty of evidence to suggest that consuming too much news on a daily basis can have a direct impact on our thinking, emotions and behaviour. Through out a crisis like COVID and the recent weather events it is often critical to be informed, but if it is overwhelming us it might be time to reconsider why we’re watching it. Can watching the news impact mental health?
Sure, we don’t live in what you might call the Dark Ages anymore, but it’s worth asking the question, what is the news of today actu ally providing for us, and is it healthy for our wellbeing? In search of an answer, I decided to do an experiment. I watched a news bulle tin from a 24-hour news channel and assessed how I felt at the end of it. Please bear with me here, but it started with the Australian State of the Environment Report, then the heat wave in Europe, record COVID numbers in Queensland, Victorian schools pushing for a mask mandate, a child dying in South Australia due to criminal neglect, a car crash (which those in the business call ‘ambulance chasing’), carbon monoxide poi soning in a house, gas supply threats nationwide, copyright threats to indigenous art, a plane crash in Somalia, war in Ukraine, the Aussie dollar dropping in value and the stockmarket tanking. Sport then followed for some light relief, and then the weather, which is a depressing enough story in itself. It was pretty much all negative, most of it beyond my capacity to do anything about, and in all honesty it left me feeling pretty helpless, if not a bit stressed and anxious.
Works have just started at Meeks Street Plaza in Kingsford to create a more welcoming area for people to sit and gather, enjoy shaded outdoor space and take advantage of outdoor furniture to eat takeaway food from restaurants in the area.
Our Ocean Pool Restoration Project has seen new coping installed around the edges of Malabar Ocean Pool and Mahon Pool in Maroubra, creating a smoother, more comfortable surface to walk on. The Ross Jones pool in South Coogee is next on the list.
Recently, I attended the Yay Little Bay community celebration that recognised the passion and hard work of the community members who campaigned alongside Council to halt the proposal by Meriton to build an oversized apartment complex in an area known for its low-key, village-like feel. Last month, Council voted to hold a similar celebration in Matraville to thank the No More Incinerators group and community members who worked with Council to successfully put a stop to the proposed Matraville incinerator. Both of these campaigns have seen grassroots groups and Council working together for a common goal – to protect the amenity of Randwick City. We make a great team! In the meantime, the core business of Council continues with improvements happening all over Randwick City. We recently opened a new inclusive playspace at Maroubra’s Coral Sea Park, which allows children of all abilities to play together, including those with physical disabilities, mobility impairments or spectrum disorders such as autism.
NewsRandwick What’s On UNTIL SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER ART VISUALISATION,EXHIBITION:BY THE RANDWICK ART SOCIETY Lionel Bowen Library, 669-673 Anzac Parade, FreeMaroubra EVERY MONDAY UNTIL 19 BUILDSEPTEMBERYOUROWN LED SMART LAMP Lionel4-6pm,Bowen Library, 669-673 Anzac Parade, $30,Maroubrabookings essential THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER AUTHOR TALK: ELEANOR LIMPRECHT, AUTHOR OF THE COAST Royal7-8pm,Randwick Shopping Centre, Level 1 Free, bookings essential SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER ECO LIVING FESTIVAL Randwick10am-3pm,Community Centre, 27 Munda Street, Randwick The latest from Randwick City Council about living in this great city Randwick Mayor Dylan Parker 1300 722 randwick.nsw.gov.au542
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Keep an eye on our website for more projects that will be starting in the coming months, we have lots of upgrades and improvements in the works for the rest of 2022.
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attendance at games involving the Sydney Roosters, NSW Waratahs and Sydney FC will expose the pop ulace to society’s greatest role models, and will address the moral decline of a region which rejected traditional values for new-age pastel belief systems. It marks the dying wish of the nation’s most faithful martyr before his political execution, and is the most significant lega cy of another great and power ful leader who fought tirelessly to deliver this gleaming temple to her once loyal subjects before succumbing to temptation. “It is abundantly clear that services with no charge are undervalued in Australia’s increasingly secular society,” explained the faithful martyr, “and the collection of tithes from those attending the SFS will instil a deeper apprecia tion of the spiritual benefits of attending this shrine to capitalism.”Attendees who forego weekly services, in lieu of celebrations such as the battle of the Cock roach and the Cane Toad, will contribute a far more generous tithe to compensate for their absence.“Itisalso expected that compulsory attendance at these weekly services will persuade Eastern Suburbs residents to return to traditional values.”
Attendance at Sydney’s new house of worship will be com pulsory for Eastern Suburbs lo cals once the glittering Sydney Football Stadium reopens in September.Residents from Bondi to Botany Bay will be forced to worship false idols on a weekly basis, and be forced to pay tithes to the broad church that is Australian sport in order to recover the cost of the $828 million redevelopment at MooreCompulsoryPark.
The first residents rostered on to fulfil their obligations will hear the sermon of the Rooster vs the Rabbit on September 2, after which hundreds of animals representing the vanquished team will be ritually sacrificed in order to appease the lords of the airwaves who succeeded in delivering the glittering edifice to The Emer ald City. Devotees will also be blessed with the transformative hymns of Guy Sebastian (the poor man’s Bruno Mars) who will perform on loan from an other of Sydney’s gilded houses of Theworship.revolving roster will then supply worshippers for the sermon of the Wallaby and the Rose, as well as the moral of the Matilda, before the resumption of weekly services recounting the blossoming of the waratah under a bright blue sky.
Tithes from the faithful will also cover the cost of hosting the privileged members of the closed societies who will worship from exalted positions within their glass towers. From on high, the chosen ones can survey the walls of the SFS adorned with idolatrous images of money lenders and peddlers of products provoking all man ner of licentious and destructive behaviour among the masses.
Prepare to Rejoice at Your New House of Worship Satire Kieran Blake, kieranblakewriter.org Photo Cath Edral A gift from Gladys. Satire
Local artist Janine Hall has explored our local community through a retrospective mirror, depicting our iconic coastal playground in past eras.
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Her works examine and depict coastal life and recreation, showing that while what we wear on our beaches has changed immensely, the psyche of beachgoers hasn't. We are a land of people who flock to the edges of our continent to relax, play, breathe and 'commune-icate'.
The Australian community phenomenon of surf-lifesaving is almost as iconic as our most famous beaches themselves. It has developed from the reality that our beaches, while providing great energy and relaxation, are equally treacherous and claim many lives each year.
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Janine is drawn to historic images of our environs and loves to re-imagine them in colour. When we look at old black and white photos, we can be tricked into believing that life was dull and 'lived in black and white'. But historic times and people were as colourful as we are today, and they lived in full colour. Janine tries to remind the viewer that colour has always been present, even 'Before Now'.
Monetising Spirituality
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It's big business these days. The Cynic
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that the term spirituality is derived from the word spirit, meaning something inside yourself or something untouched and unaffected by the world around (you might say, for example, the woman had an unbreakable spirit). Therefore, we can surmise that spirituality implies the practice of something pertaining to the spirit, some thing internal and unseen. This is where we have run into trouble. Unfortunately, the spirituality of today has been hijacked, and it is no longer about what’s inside of us, but rather what we can convey to others and the world about ourselves. It’s a form of branding and categorisation. It’s now a slogan we throw around to impress people and justify our actions instead of doing what needs to be done for ourselves, and ourselves alone. A good way to test if you are genuinely practising something spiritual is to see if you feel the need to show or tell others about it.
The question, ‘Are you a spiritual person?’ is a bad one. What you are basically asking is, ‘Are there things that you don’t tell people about?’ And yes, of course there are, it would be impossible to tell people everything you experience, how you’ve perceived that experi ence and what you plan to do about it. If we can agree that this is impossible, why are we trying to dilute our experience down to something that needs to be shown and proved? From mine, the solution is quite simple. Your spirituality stuff is your spirituality stuff. I truly believe that it is absolutely none of my business nor anyone else’s. How your spiritual inklings express themselves about things don’t need to be explained or justified to anyone. Your process is your own, how you get to where you feel you need to get to is on you. I can’t be the only one who finds it intolerable when someone feels the need to tell me they are spiritual rather than letting their actions and the results of those actions do the work. The more you outsource spirituality, the less magical and your own it becomes. I’m doing completely fine with my own stu pid magic, just saying, if anyone wants to know, or talk about it.
But telling others is only one half of the problem. As our title implies, spirituality has become a product, and the more it’s pushed as a product, the less meaning it has. It’s now found in self-help books, insincere and generic advice, clothing, jewellery - some people even feel as though certain foods they eat give them a spiritual edge. Doing or engaging in all those things is not the issue, the issue is when the fundamental definition is transgressedspirituality cannot be told or enforced upon you and has nothing to do with externalities.
Words Jay Houhlias Photo Con Sciousness
Feeling anxious, overwhelmed or just downright lost? Want to be yourself, create your own path and be on your own journey? Have you tried spirit uality?Yes, you probably have. I know that, because spirituality is seeping into all the cracks and crevices of our society. This means that everyone is more spiritual, self-aware, peaceful, loving, understanding and well equipped to deal with life’s extensive repertoire of blows. That all sounds quite good, I bet many people love the idea of spirituality all up in their cracks andButcrevices.weare deceived. The mainlining of spirituality, or the guise it now masquer ades under, is in fact deeply egregious. This is because spirituality has now moved on from its pure, original habitat within ourselves and out into just about anything that can be condensed and packaged for user friendliness.
Marj's Musings
In June this year, Varroa mites (Varroa destructor), the most serious pest of Western honey bee colonies and one of the primary causes of honey bee decline, was detected in NSW near the Port of Newcastle. In an effort to contain the Varroa mite, more than 1,500 hives and between 15 million and 45 mil lion bees have been euthanised on the NSW Central and Mid North Coasts. The Department of Primary Industries efforts to contain the threat appear at this time to have been successful and there has been no detection of the pest in Sydney, but our environment has sadly lost a great number of bees. We can all quite easily and inexpensively help protect our busy bee friends. Little steps matter and it starts with not using pesticides. Instead of spraying those weeds, let’s pull them out instead. Better still, just leave them for our bees to enjoy, especially if they flower. As spring approaches, plant those flower seeds so our bees have something to eat (they love purple). If you are ready to go a bit further, consider housing a beehive in your yard or encourage your local school to invest in one or two (native bees don’t sting). The Sydney Bee Club is a great source of information and inexpensive workshops.Asabeekeeper myself, although I must confess that my sister Bridget is the expert and does most of the work, I can attest that bees can be a lot of fun. Just watching bees go about their day is truly lovely, and although checking the hives and then harvesting the honey is quite a bit work, the result makes it worthwhile. Knowing that you are doing something important for the environment is rewarding in itself, but enjoy ing honey that your own bees have produced is unbeetable!
Words Dr Marjorie O’Neill, Member for Coogee Photo Cardi Bee All the buzz right now.
On the top of most people’s minds right now are two par ticular concerns: the worrying state of our environment and the rising cost of living. Bees of fer us a way of doing something positive to help address both of these problems. By looking af ter our bees we can actually do a lot for the environment, and by spending more of our time working to protect our bees we can reduce our expenditure on more costly entertainment and leisure activities while also producing our own honey. A realBeeswin-win!arepart of the biodi versity on which we all depend for our survival and we cannot live without them. Bees are one of the world’s most important pollinators for food crops, with an estimated one out of every three bites we consume dependent on pollination. They provide high-quality food including honey, royal jelly and pollen, as well as other products such as beeswax, propolis and honey bee venom. Bees and their products have been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. Honey is used in the treatment of a wide variety of conditions including wound healing. In addition to its nutritional value, honey has antioxidant, antimicrobial, an ti-inflammatory and anticancer properties.Theimportance of bees for human survival cannot be overstated and we all need to be concerned that bee popula tions continue to decline due to the use of pesticides and other environmental factors including climate change. The American bumblebee has declined by a massive 89 per cent in relative abundance and continues to decline toward extinction. Fire and drought kill millions of Australian bees. The devas tating 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires had a serious impact on native bees, resulting in at least 11 species of bees meeting International Union for Conser vation of Nature (IUCN) criteria to be listed as threatened.
Bee Aware!
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Sydney Snapper Fever
Words and Photo Lewis Kennedy-Hunt The early bird gets the snapper.
Snapper are not just a target for boat-based anglers, but rock fishos as well. The Beast Pub lisher James Hutton is known to get out for a bit of land-based snapper action off the stones from time to time. When fishing from the rocks, a burley trail of pilchards or prawns combined with a lightly weighted pres entation of the same bait floated down at your feet into the trail is a pretty reliable method. As always, wear a lifejacket if you are fishing from the rocks. Bigger snapper will tend to avoid the shallower water in preference of deeper reef systems and it is those who are able to fish further off the coast that will have a greater chance of catching a true trophy sized specimen. Reports and photos of horse reds up to 80cm have been doing the rounds, most caught at a Northern Beaches reef on both soft plastics and bait, and an 85cm snapper was caught off Botany, which is huge for Sydney. Closer in, the pansized snapper have been in good numbers for those just looking for a Overall,feed. it seems that the snapper fishery is very healthy right now off Sydney, offering anglers some feverish fishing. They are definitely one of my favourite species to target and are just about the only thing I fish for from the boat during winter. Their eating quality, in my opinion, is up there with the best you can get in our waters and my family often forgive me for the 6am racket when I return a few hours later with fresh caught snapper for dinner.
Fishing Report
When I hear the word ‘snapper’, locations like Coffs Harbour, Port Phillip Bay and the Far South Coast of New South Wales instantly spring to mind. Sydney, on the other hand, doesn’t quite boast the same reputation for this sought after species, with con siderably less reef systems and overall snapper holding structure in comparison. However, when the summertime plagues of kings and pelagics start to thin, reds seem to become the go-to for a lot of local fishos. It is this fraternity of hardy anglers who persist through the colder winter months that would argue Sydney is somewhat of an unsung hero when it comes to the snapper. Pink Snapper (Pagrus au ratus) are a drag-peeling, lure crunching sport and table fish that us Aussies love to chase right around the country. They are an unmistakable and unique looking fish with their brushed pink skin and iridescent blue spots. They love environments with reef, kelp and gravel and can be found in shallow inshore waters right out to hundred-odd metre depths. They can be tar geted all year around, although the winter months are generally when the bigger ones are caught. By no means do I consider myself an expert on snapper, but I do love to spend a bit of time chasing them during the colder months. My personal favourite method to target them is out of my tinnie in the washy and turbulent inshore waters around the local rock ledges. However, I would not recommend this style of fishing to anyone as it is extremely dangerous. Fishing the washes from a boat, using a lighter setup with 10lb braided main line and 20lb leader is all that you really need, with the majority of fish ranging between 30-60cm. I prefer to chase these fish on lures as op posed to bait, with a soft plastic rigged on a ¼ ounce jighead being my weapon of choice.
The best times to target snapper in the shallower water are dawn and dusk when the light becomes less harsh and the fish begin to move up higher in the column out of the deeper areas. Snapper have large caudal fins that they use to power back down to the kelp once they’ve been hooked, so they need to be fished with heavy drag and a liberal dose of authority.
45Issue 212 September 2022 The Beast Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday September 2022 Tide Chart Numbers Bureau of Meteorology Tidal Centre 1 0505 0.40 1127 1.54 1736 0.51 2337 1.43 2 0544 0.46 1214 1.55 1835 0.55 3 0031 1.31 0630 0.53 1308 1.56 1946 0.57 4 • 0138 1.21 0727 0.60 1414 1.57 2111 0.55 26 • 0215 0.29 0822 1.54 1420 0.37 2030 1.68 27 0245 0.29 0857 1.61 1501 0.34 2110 1.63 28 0318 0.31 0934 1.66 1546 0.34 2151 1.55 29 0353 0.36 1015 1.69 1635 0.37 2237 1.45 30 0430 0.43 1059 1.69 1730 0.41 2329 1.34 5 0302 1.16 0840 0.63 1528 1.61 2231 0.47 6 0427 1.18 0957 0.60 1640 1.70 2337 0.36 7 0535 1.26 1106 0.52 1743 1.80 8 0031 0.26 0630 1.36 1207 0.43 1838 1.89 9 0119 0.18 0718 1.45 1301 0.35 1928 1.93 10 • 0203 0.15 0803 1.53 1352 0.29 2015 1.91 11 0244 0.15 0847 1.58 1442 0.28 2100 1.83 12 0323 0.20 0930 1.61 1530 0.31 2144 1.71 13 0400 0.28 1012 1.62 1618 0.37 2227 1.56 14 0434 0.38 1052 1.61 1707 0.45 2309 1.40 15 0507 0.48 1133 1.57 1759 0.53 2353 1.26 16 0542 0.58 1216 1.52 1855 0.60 17 0043 1.15 0621 0.66 1305 1.47 2000 0.65 18 • 0145 1.07 0715 0.73 1403 1.43 2115 0.66 19 0307 1.05 0828 0.76 1514 1.42 2225 0.62 20 0428 1.09 0944 0.75 1621 1.45 2321 0.56 21 0524 1.16 1047 0.69 1717 1.51 22 0005 0.49 0607 1.23 1139 0.62 1802 1.58 23 0042 0.42 0643 1.31 1222 0.54 1842 1.64 24 0114 0.37 0716 1.39 1301 0.47 1918 1.68 25 0145 0.32 0748 1.46 1340 0.41 1954 1.69 Moons • New Moon • First Quarter • Full Moon • Last Quarter Tide Chart GRANTS OF UP $5,000TOAVAILABLE Apply now for Waverley’s Small Grants Program Community & Cultural For further information visit our website waverley.nsw.gov.au/smallgrants or email us at smallgrants@waverley.nsw.gov.au
7. Lightly brush the top of the potato cake with olive oil before transferring to the oven. Cook for 20 minutes (it’s worth check ing it after 15 minutes). Then turn the oven to a grill setting on high heat to brown the top of the potato and cook for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven using an oven mit.
8. Using a spatula, transfer the potato cake to a serving plate. Top with the asparagus, flaked smoke trout and a small amount of the crème fraiche, serving extra on the side with wedges of lemon and black pepper.
Dana's Recipe
4. Combine ingredients for the crème fraiche sauce in a small bowl and set aside.
I created this month’s recipe to provide a tasty spring brunch option that is relatively easy to prepare. It will warm the cockles without leaving you feeling bloated, and the combination of potato, smoked trout, asparagus and dill-infused crème fraiche is well balanced and on point. This recipe will feed 2-3 hun gry people. It is easy to create at home and is simply delicious.
Ingredients 250gm smoked trout, flaked 2 medium sized potatoes, coarsely grated 1 small brown onion, very finely chopped 3 tbsp chives, finely chopped 1 egg 1 tbsp seeded mustard 3 tbsp plain flour ½ tsp sea salt ¼ tsp cracked black pepper 1 bunch asparagus, ends trimmed and halved vertically Lemon wedges to serve Crème fraiche 100gm crème fraiche 1 tsp lemon juice 2 tbsp finely chopped dill Cracked black pepper to taste 1.Method Heat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.
3. Add the egg, mustard, chives, sea salt and pepper and stir to combine, then set aside.
Words Dana Sims Instagram @stone_and_twine Spring perfection. 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,
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6. In a 20cm frypan on medium heat, add a tablespoon of olive oil. Pour in the potato mixture and even it out with a large spatula and press down to create a smooth cake in the pan. Cook for 5-6 minutes until the base is golden brown.
5. In a pot of boiling water, blanch the asparagus for 1½ minutes then remove from the heat and transfer the asparagus to a bowl of iced water to stop from cooking further. After 1 minute, strain and set aside. Gently pat dry with paper towel if necessary.
Spring Potato Cake, Smoked Trout and Asparagus
2. Place grated potato and onion in a sieve over a mixing bowl. Use the back of a spoon to press down and squeeze out excess wa ter. Transfer to a clean bowl.
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48 The Beast September 2022 Issue 212 1. September is associated with which Roman God of Fire? 2. In which ocean are the Pitcairn Islands? 3. What is the rhyming slang for being on your own? 4. Marie Antoinette was born in which European capital? 5. How old is the subject of ABBA’s song ‘Dancing Queen’? 6. Who is the longest serving female in Australia’s House of Representatives? 7. Egg beaters, wet passes and back doors are moves used in which team sport? 8. Which video gaming compa ny was founded as a manufac turer of playing cards in 1889? 9. From which movie is the famous quote, “I wish I knew how to quit you”? 10. Who was Andrew Ridge ley’s partner in Wham? ACROSS 1. sweet23.camelpack21.mary20.in18.pits17.(1,1)15.roomadjoining13.liquid12.company11.usecaused10.brassinstrument9.7.rightsforandsinger-songwriterIndigenouscampaignerindigenous(6,5)Snowhouse(5)Lowestpitchedinfamily(4)Conditionbyover(1,1,1)Frenchcar(7)Savourysoup(5)Bathroombed(7)Albo’sjobSmellyarm(1,1)LongestriverAsia(7)Cow’smamgland(5)Domesticatedanimalofthefamily(5)Large,round,fruit(5) DOWN 1. ... Titmus (7) 2. Christian name of English actor in Bridget Jones movies (5) 3. Place (1,1)cool22.of19.Connecticut18.competitionthat16.warmusually14.visionforskilled8.soap6.two-wheeler5.ovaryreleased4.hospitalprovidesthat24-hourcare(1,1)Singlecellfrom(4)Horse-drawn(7)Australianopera(10)Apersonintestingdefectsof(7)Alightshoeworninweather(6)Somethingyouwinat(5)Universityin(4)Usedinstead‘he’or‘she’(2)Systemtoandheat 1 7 11 13 18 21 2 14 8 22 3 19 9 23 4 12 15 20 16 5 10 17 6 The Beast SupercrossTrivialTrivia Words Lisa Anderson Photo Theresia Hall Instagram @theresia.g.hall Morning Indulge at Coogee. Brainteasers
The Grinspoon frontman has stepped out on his own (don’t worry, the band are still together) and dropped eight songs that feel like Grinspoon sans the grunt. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; some times you want a shot of whiskey in your coffee, sometimes you don’t. Somebody Else feels like a hug from a loved one when you didn’t think you needed one, but when pulled into the embrace, realise it was just what you were after. Nuzzle in. It’s a walk down the beach on a Sunday morning, catching up with an old friend for a coffee; hold the whiskey.
ALEX THE ASTRONAUT How To Grow A Sunflower... Label Nettwerk Music Group Reviewer @aldothewriter Rating
Alex the Astronaut is like that friendly cousin you only see once or twice a year, but always enjoy catch ing up with. She’s the one who helps in the kitchen, seems wise beyond her years, and is genuinely inter ested in what you’ve been up to as you catch up over a cup of tea and grandma’s shortbread. Occasionally, however, when she doesn’t know you’re watching, you catch her looking haunted, staring darkly out a window. There’s some unspoken pain there. What secret burden is she carrying? Did she murder Aunt Lou? Listen to her album and she might tell you.
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I will freely admit that melodic punk is like catnip to me. Beddy Rays do it well, and their songs could easily be on the soundtracks for any of the countless surf and skate videos I watched in my youth. Yes, after fourteen songs I was a bit over it, but I’m not going to begrudge a band releasing more songs than they need to. If you grew up on a diet of Pennywise - the band, not the clown (if you grew up on a diet of the clown, go to jail, directly to jail) - it’s high time you got around the Rays.
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The Black Phone Genre Thriller Horror Reviewer Linda Heller-Salvador Ethan Hawke (Boyhood) takes on his most disturbingly creepy role in The Black Phone, portraying ‘The Grabber’, a sadistic Pennywise meets The Joker serial killer who strikes fear into the leafy suburbs of Denver, Colorado. Based on the short story by Joe Hill and adapted for the screen by frequent collaborators Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill (Sinister, Doctor Strange), it boldly explores every parent’s worst nightmare and more. Finney (Mason Thames) is a shy and awk ward teen who is abused at home by his alco holic father, Terrence (Jeremy Davies), and is constantly bullied at school. Fin’s saving grace is the close relationship he has with his feisty younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw). But unfortunately, a situation arises where he is required to stand up for himself and fight as though his life depends on it. The Black Phone leans more towards super natural thriller than horror. Nevertheless, it’s a taut film that will give you a few jump scares and, considering its chilling subject matter, delivers strong emotional performances from its young cast.
PHIL JAMIESON Somebody Else Label Cheersquad Records Reviewer @aldothewriter Rating
Star Signs Visions Beardy from
Capricorn Dec 22-Jan 20
The only way to avoid the debilitating lows of ‘milestone anti-climax’ is by never actually achieving anything. Aquarius Jan 21-Feb 19
Gemini May 22-Jun 21
Aries Mar 21-Apr 20 The more you put your faith in things that there’s no evidence for, the poorer and more misera ble you will become. Taurus Apr 21-May 21 It could be the cold weather, it could be hormonal, but whatever the reason, your bum got a lot hairier over the last few months.
The parking in your street is out of control. The residents need you to assume the critical role of neighbourhood parking enforcer.
‘Sleep shamers’ are the worst kind of people, so get off your energetic high horse and let the poor sod slumber.
Nothing will remind you of your age and mortality like a night out. Remember to drink a glass of water before you go to bed. Leo Jul 23-Aug 22 Instead of framing everything as an ‘opportunity’ for someone else, just accept that you need a favour and ask nicely for help. Hell
50 The Beast September 2022 Issue 212Scorpio Oct 24-Nov 22
Pisces Feb 20-Mar 20 Do not ever, under any circum stances, accept money or ‘gifts’ from your partner’s family. It’s always a trap.
Cancer Jun 22-Jul 22
Sagittarius Nov 23-Dec 21 You need to do a bit of work getting your shoulders up to scratch. You’re almost snake-like in your appearance these days.
You don’t have enough meaning less trinkets in your home. It’s time to visit your local op shop and invest in some bric-a-brac.
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