Winning Artist's Memories of Cockatoo Hill
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MidCoast Council Meet Local Legend Star Pet Updates Phil Wilkins Barry The Forster Tuncurry Your local independent community newspaper distributed fortnightly to FREE Hallidays Point, Black Head, Tallwoods Village, Tuncurry, Forster Pacific Palms, Charlotte Bay, Smiths Lake, Coomba Park, Bungwahl and Seal Rocks. Wednesday 14th April 2021 Owned and Loved by Locals Circulation 6000 N0.18 Winning artist’s memories ANZAC of Cockatoo Hill Day Boyhood memories of Cockatoo Hill, near Yass, contributed to a glowing accolade from judge, service Bruce Rowlands, at the 39th Great Lakes Open Art Exhibition opening night on Saturday 27th March. The exhibition got off to a superb start at the The Forster Tuncurry Lake Street Gallery of the Great Lakes Art Society, Forster, with a night that was thoroughly enjoyed RSL sub-Branch will be by all who attended. The event was officially conducting an Anzac Dawn opened by our Local Member for Myall Lakes, Stephen Bromhead who, once again, had to do his Service at the Lone Pine utmost to leave with only great memories and not Memorial Park Tuncurry one of my paintings under his arm - I’m sure he’ll commencing at 6.00am. be back as he has only covered one of his walls with my art works as yet! The quality of works especially from locals and For more details see page 12. further afield in the Mid North Coast, was truly impressive. A common thread to all comments was that the exhibition is “the best yet”. A strong contingent of entrants from Taree and Port Macquarie took home a substantial amount of the prize money and awards, throwing down the gauntlet to GLAS members. A sweet point of the evening was that the first sale of the event (coupled with an award) was of a ceramic piece by promising 14 year old local, Josiah Flower. Toward the other end of the age/ experience spectrum (sorry Ron), Ron Davis, a previous president and valued GLAS member was declared the overall winner with an acrylic work; ‘Southern Tablelands, NSW.’ Yvette Hugill and Peter Hugill have also managed, I think, to set some sort of ‘Productive ways to make the best of Covid’ benchmark. Above: Overall winner Ron Davis with ‘Southern Tablelands, NSW.’ Winning artist, Ron Davis has many memories of Cockatoo Hill, the creek and family homestead from near Yass where he spent many hours Major awards Section 7 Small paintings swimming and hunting as a child. Ron has painted ANZAC 1st: David Lake - ‘Morning Light, Lightning Ridge’, for most of his life, starting in the mid-1960s and Section 1 Works on canvas or board 2nd: Margaret Stockdale - ‘The Blue Jug’ achieving a notable acceptance into the Wynne 1st: Jill Cairns - ‘Boulders Big and Beautiful’ Prize whilst still a teenager. He started his working 2nd: Eugenia Dunlevie - ‘Around Merewether’ life as a copy boy with the Sydney Morning Herald, Other local awardees include; Pam Dunne, Susie Local beginning a long association with graphic arts. Oldfield, Ariane Bell, Wayne Barry, Bettina Digby, Once relocated to Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Ron Section 2 Watercolours Ella Szpindler and Lindy Finlay - well done! joined Freshwater SLSC and later, Pittwater Arts & 1st: Brian Barker - ‘Low Tide Camden Haven Story by Wayne Barry. Crafts group. His association with the sea is also Point’ Legend evident in many of his works. 2nd: Roger Speaight - ‘West Macdonnell Ranges’ With visitors to Forster Tuncurry abounding at Below: 3D winner Susie Oldfield with ‘Home.’ present, many have found that it has been a Section 3 Pastels welcome Mid North Coast cultural experience to visit the exhibition, open daily 10am - 4pm 1st: Graham Cox - ‘Beyond Abermain’ until 18th April, with sales reflecting this. Forty 2nd: Yvette Hugill - ‘Through the Grass Machin's pieces sold in the first 8 days. Many thanks to our Hill’ numerous generous community sponsors and Judge, Bruce Rowland, an esteemed artist and judge who travelled up from Newcastle for the Section 4 Drawing event. 1st: Bernice Daher - ‘Jump’ 2nd: Elizabeth Shaw - ‘Quiet Pose’ Section 5 Open 1st: Eve Baumgart - ‘Tacking Point Tempest’, 2nd: Jill Cairns - ‘On the Surface in the Pond’ Section 6 3D Norma Verdella Avery 1st: Susie Oldfield - ‘Home’, (1906 - 1995) 2nd: Peter Hugill - ‘Spotted Vase’ A lady of many talents. Left: 2nd placed in pastels Yvette Hugill’s Read about our local ANZAC ‘Through the Grass Machin's Hill’. legend on page 17. THE FORSTER TUNCURRY 14th April 2021 THE FORSTER TUNCURRY 14th April 2021 Community News Page 2 Community News Page 3 The Forster Tuncurry Lifesavers go bush After the March floods The next deadline is 5pm Wednesday 21st April to be published on Wednesday 28th of April. 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It has opened up our Beverley Gibbons. business to a wider age group”, says Kim Fryer, owner of about the work that our local SES volunteers the banners which are now to be taken back The Geiro (Geist and Euro Imported RV owners) Gatherers caravan club held their annual performed during the recent floods. From and given pride of place at SES Headquarters. Flashskip Bins. meeting at Reflections Caravan Park, Tuncurry. Members were pleased to present the rescuing people trapped by the rising waters After the presentation and some interrogation Foster Pacicfic Palms SES with a donation of $400 to help with the flood relief efforts in to filling sandbags to help hold back the tides by the children, the SES gave our members a Advertising enquries: 0413 410 492 Email: [email protected] In the emergency response to the recent and they decide to break towards me, the only - these wonderful men and women worked floods, Cape Hawke Surf Life Saving Club was way I'll survive is to try to jump up onto one the area. William Dodd Commander said the money was a welcome surprise. tour of their truck and equipment. Greg Dodd, tirelessly for days on end to make sure those in the local SES Commander, has also invited the approached to help the local SES along with to avoid being trampled and being drowned. Vanessa Crago need were safe. Old Bar and Blackhead surf clubs with the most Luckily, they didn’t (maybe it was the wetsuit cubs to attend a training night at the SES HQ, Left: Kim with driver unusual call for help from a local farmer. Adam and lifejacket that kept them guessing.) They As a way of saying thank you for all these where the activities will no doubt be a lot of Josh, grandson “Mully” Mulligan from Cape Hawke Surf Club were stumbling around on logs and flood efforts the Joeys and Cubs created two fun for all involved. recounted his story... debris under the water which I could feel. This, Benjamin and son banners to be sent to the SES. Much hard Leanne Richardson Daniel. See Kim’s ad coupled with the fact that we had no idea what Flood clean-up continues work, creativity and serious discussion was put on page 14. ‘We were called out on the Saturday, but due the landscape looked like without the water, into this endeavour and the finished results to the water over the roads, we couldn’t get made any movement difficult to say the least. Photos and additional information supplied by across the river so had to come home. On were something very special to see. It was a Dave Manwell. Monday we received another call out from the We now had the whole herd packed in at the to assist our team and Duty Officers so Curto & I picked up the ducks entrance to the flooded lane and one of the stockmen swam over the fence and started contractors along with local (IRB inflatable rescue boats) from the surf club SES and RFS volunteers.” and we headed up to the SES headquarters in swimming up the lane towards the yards, all Taree where we, along with other crews from the time calling the cattle. At first, they were Disaster Relief Australia is an Old Bar & Blackhead Surf Clubs were tasked reluctant to head off up the lane as the water Australian non-government with retrieving a stranded herd of 40-50 beef was between five and six feet deep but with organisation that unites another effort from all the team finally a couple cattle on a farm North of Taree on Jones’ Island.