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2­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER KANE DOWNIE This spider has a bright blue face and was previously unknown to science. Photo by Amanda De George, in her Thirroul backyard. BACKYARD ZOOLOGY With Amanda De George Just when I was thinking that 2020 couldn’t discovered a species that was new to get any more surreal, I went and discovered science! So that was the easy bit. I was a new species of spider! And I found it in about to find out how difficult the next bit my own backyard! I should back up a bit was. Basically, for the spider to be and give you all a little context. scientifically described, named and entered About 18 months ago, I found a little into the scientific literature, the taxonomist Jumping Spider on my recycling bin. It was requires at least one specimen. By the time late afternoon and, as many of us know living in I got around to posting my photo, the spider I had the Northern Illawarra, by that time the sun is long seen was LONG gone! gone sinking down behind the escarpment. So the I spent the next three and a half months light was pretty poor for taking photos but this searching. I turned over leaves, all of the leaves, lovely little boy was feeding on a bug and that turned over garden furniture, looked in every nook always makes for an interesting post so I took some and cranny. And the bin? Well, that got special photos and didn’t think too much more of it. attention as I found, after going back through old Fast-forward to June of this year when I photos, that the spider I first saw 18 months ago stumbled across a teeny dark brown spider on the was the same species as my special blue-faced boy. umbrella out on our deck. I almost didn’t run But nothing. Day after day, nada, zero, zilch. Until a inside to get the macro lens for the camera because few weeks ago, having pretty much exhausted it was just another brown jumping spider, right? myself searching, I happened to walk past my deck But I’m nothing if not predictable and a total and there on the side was my spider! Just sitting sucker for Jumping Spiders with their huge puppy there, in plain sight! Even more ridiculous was the dog-like eyes and ended up on my hands and knees fact that I found ANOTHER just two days later, trying to get a photo of this little one who had bouncing along the dash in my car! sailed down from the umbrella and was now And so, I carefully collected a specimen, packing bouncing along the deck itself. At one point, the it safely for an overnight trip to Melbourne and spider stopped and turned. And then it looked up sent him off, where he is currently with Joseph at me. And that’s when I got my first look at its Schubert, the taxonomist who is currently incredible, vibrant blue face. This spider was not reviewing the Jotus genus of jumping spiders. What only very unique looking but also stunningly a year! And to think, all of that extra time at home beautiful! has helped to contribute to the scientific record of After trying to research the identification myself, spiders in our region and, indeed, the country! and then heading out for a coffee and to do the So keep your eyes open, for this little brown groceries, I finally posted a photo on a spider spider with the bright blue face. He might be identification page hoping to get a quick, easy jumping around your yard too! answer as to what this spider was. The answer was quick alright, but completely unexpected – I had Follow Amanda’s Facebook blog @BackyardZoology 2515 4­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER

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The only positive side to a pandemic is that it published books, signed and half price. makes you slow down and feeds your mind a new The works will be on show inside the kind of freedom. magnificent Clifton School of Arts for one weekend During much of this lockdown and self-isolation only. The exhibition will include many of my period, I’ve immersed myself in my photography most significant photographs taken in Papua New archive. If you can imagine for a moment, it’s a Guinea, Cuba, India, Afghanistan, Australia little like taking a time-machine journey that and more. rewinds through your memories. I will personally be on site to discuss my work Gazing over all the photographs I’ve taken, the and answer questions. exhibitions I’ve had and all the books I’ve made, My works are highly collectable here in Australia humbles my feelings of some sort of achievement and around the world. They are in the Collections I suppose. What has always excited me is the of National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery challenge of trying new things and I can’t think of of Victoria, MONA, Stokes Collection, Jack a better time than now to open the vault and offer Ginsberg, Aileen Getty, Peabody Museum, New my hidden works for show and sale. York Public Library, Library of Congress, British For someone who relies on travel here and Library, TATE, Boston Athenaeum, Wits Art abroad for work, for creativity, production and Museum, Berlin Art Library, and Joy Of Giving sales, it has been incredibly challenging. Something, to name a few. Like many other artists, I have had my income crippled by this pandemic and, for the first time OLD WORKS, NEW TIMES: A SURVEY OF PHOTOGRAPHS ever, I am offering some of my photographs for sale 13-16 November at Clifton School of Arts. with 50% discount along with complimentary Visit stephendupont.com, follow @stephenmdupont frames. Also available will be a selection of my on Instagram. 2515 8­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER

SCULPTOR CALLS FOR COMMUNITY INPUT NSW sculptor Col Henry is working on a public art project for the Grand Pacific Walk, and he’d love your help. Wollongong Council has commissioned artist Col Henry to create a public sculpture for the Grand Pacific Walk – exact location to be announced. In an October 14 media release, council said the artist’s work would be installed on either side of the viewing platform on stage 1 of the walk, between Stanwell Park and Coalcliff. But following residents’ objections, including a rash of comments on social media, Council has backtracked. “Wollongong City Council is investigating the suitability and appropriateness of a proposed site,” a council spokesperson told 2515 at press time. “At present, no final decisions about the location for the sculpture have been made.” 2515 understands the sculpture is now tipped to be installed at Moronga Park in Clifton. A well-known sculptor, Col Henry mostly works with marine-grade stainless-steel – one of his famed creations is Turtle Dream, a giant steel turtle installed 8m underwater in the Whitsundays. For the Grand Pacific Walk, Col envisions two hand-formed towers, with reflective elements at the top that will respond to the environment and weather conditions. The works will have space for some form of inscription or simple image to “Tell The Story”, to reveal the “Vibe of the Place”. This is where you come in. Col would love community input: he envisions aspirational words or short phrases, sketches, or petroglyphs to mark the time, and the human connection. A mini version of the planned Call Col Henry on 0448 512 788, [email protected] sculpture alongside a GI Joe or visit www.colhenryart.net toy to show actual scale.

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NOVEMBER / 2515 / 15 Janice Creenaune meets Cassandra Cahill, a Coledale resident who represents the newly formed ‘Winter Wonder Women’ swim group in the northern suburbs. Utilising the local ocean pools, the women are discovering the enormous benefits of swimming while GO SWIMMING building friendships during Covid-19. Photos supplied.

Most people agree that 2020 has presented hurdles “We love all the pools so we don’t just stick to one that are both unprecedented and challenging. but enjoy them all,” Cassandra says. “ They each have A group of women in the Northern Illawarra and their own personality and beautiful environment. It beyond have challenged themselves to take on new is partly this we enjoy too. We live next to, and opportunities. One of those is the Winter Wonder around, such beauty, it is great to feel a part of it with Women swim group. our group.” The initial aim was to make connections and Swimming is one of the best activities for body exercise, but the women have found so much more. and mind. It may strengthen the immune system, They started swimming in winter 2020, when it keep you fit, boost your mood, alleviate stress and was too cold for many residents. help you to relax. “Swimming is, in fact, one of the best activities “We have made good friends, enjoy plenty everyone can undertake in winter. The healing of laughter and that can’t be a bad thing,” powers are immense,” Cassandra Cahill says. Cassandra says. “There are many people swimming in winter, “The group will go on during summer. We are men’s groups in particular, but we wanted a women’s having way too much fun to stop. We have a group, and we wanted to enjoy the many wonderful Facebook page and Instagram “Winter Wonder tidal pools which are a feature of our beautiful coast. Women” and hope many more will join us in the And we wanted to be outside, yet together, and future.” supportive in difficult times when we can easily be They are all to be congratulated for their drawn apart as a sacrifice to the virus. innovative approach in a very confronting time. “Most often we swim on Sundays, not too early and we relax after for coffee or a general meet-up. Writer Janice Creenaune is a volunteer for the PKD Our ladies are multi-generational, one family sports (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Foundation Australia. three generations, and some travel from quite far, Email [email protected] 2515 but above all we have fun… occasionally coffee, even Macedonian hot shots. “A lot of ladies have even bought new gear that is also therapeutic (lycra suits) and, of course, we ‘rug-up’ afterwards. We ignore any body image issues because it is just us, and we are non- judgemental. We just enjoy being together.” Some have even lost weight in their enjoyment of the exercise, but there is no competition – some women do four laps, others do 20. There is a lot of conversation and laughing. The Winter Wonder Women swim at many of the ocean pools along our coast. 16­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER Thirroul Collective 271-273 LAWRENCE HARGRAVE DRIVE, THIRROUL Small local businesses in one retail shop!

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DOWN IN THE DIRT BRINGING BACK THE BUGS Dirt – it’s not the first (or the most glamorous!) Unfortunately, many gardeners have been taught to thing you think about when you’re creating your fear bugs in the garden. But by cultivating wild garden. But in one handful of soil there are more spaces – giving over an area to the various living organisms than there are people living on composters, pollinators and pest managers that live Earth. in our soil – we can all benefit from their hard From bacteria to protozoa, all the way to work. In your home garden you can do this by earthworms, ants, insects and burrowing animals limiting digging, chopping up garden prunings and – the dirt in your garden is of vital ecological using them as mulch, or creating a space for a importance, yet it is so often overlooked when we compost bay and insect hotel to help encourage come to creating habitats. more bugs into your backyard. Worm farms and bug catchers are also a great way to engage children KNOCK, KNOCK WHO’S THERE? in learning about healthy soil habitats and the If you put a spade into your garden, what do you benefits and miraculous array of insects and see? You might notice some earthworms, maybe an organisms that can be found in their very own earwig or slater, a slug or perhaps some ants. Some backyard. of these have been branded garden pests but it’s much better to look at them as part of a whole BALANCING THE SYSTEM ecosystem that can work harmoniously for the All the organisms – big and small – that live in benefit of your garden. your soil play a role in balancing the eco-system of Slaters and earwigs are great garden recyclers your garden. When you neglect your soil health, and pest managers, providing their populations your plants will ultimately fail to thrive, which don’t get out of control. And it’s not just bees that means less birds, bees and other wondrous pollinate your vegetable patch – ants play an creatures visiting your garden. So take the time to important role as garden pollinators, soil aerators see what’s going on in your soil and leave space for and composters. Healthy soil that is part of those underground critters who can – if we let a healthy ecosystem is the best and most them – do a lot of the hard work for us in our cost-effective way to creating a great garden. gardens. 2515 18­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER FOR THE LARGEST RANGE OF AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS

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NOVEMBER / 2515 / 19 Hal Pratt – East MacDonnell Ranges

TWO FRIENDS, TWO PLACES Caroline Baum reports on an exhibition of landscapes near and far by local artists Ashley Frost and Hal Pratt.

Between them, Ashley Frost and Hal Pratt have and shade of the bush on the escarpment above lived and worked in Thirroul for more than 40 his home and the beaches where he runs in years. Of different generations and professional the morning. backgrounds, they became friends when Ashley In Coastal Brush Desert Ochre, Ashley contrasts took the initiative of presenting a selection of local those familiar places with a very different part of artists at the Hong Kong and New York Art Fairs. the country, travelling to Fowlers Gap Arid Zone “We had a great response from homesick expats Research Station in the far west of NSW to take who were missing the Australian landscape,” says part in an artists’ retreat in a remote gorge. The retired architect Hal, who initially took up sparse landscape and changing weather provided photography, with solo shows at Wollongong, plenty of drama, while pushing his work Orange and Manly public galleries, before turning increasingly towards abstraction. to painting about 10 years ago. “It’s paradise for painters out there. Something Although very different in approach, Ashley like rain changes all the colours.” Responding to and Hal have similar laid-back temperaments the quick-changing and extreme elements, he and a shared appreciation for the coast, the bush swapped his oils – “they take too long to set up and and the desert. Each has developed a distinctive don’t do well in the conditions” – for mixed media style of painting: Ashley usually works in thickly including dry pigment. The experiment was a applied oils; Hal draws in graphite and paints pleasant surprise: “I like the immediacy of paper.” in watercolour. Meanwhile, Hal was on his annual mid-winter Ashley, who has exhibited locally and shows trip to the outback at another artists’ retreat, regularly at Stella Downer Fine Art in Sydney , a camp out of Alice Springs, sleeping under the is best known for his glowing, burnished sunrises stars. Unlike Ashley’s set-up, “it’s all catered for, over Austinmer and Coledale, where he enjoys so you don’t have to think about anything else plein air (outdoor) painting, capturing the light but painting”. 20­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER Ashley Frost - Fowlers Gap

Hal feels a strong connection with the country painted by Albert Namatjira. “It was a thrill to sit where he sat and paint the very same place,” he says of the works that pay homage to the Indigenous master in brilliant colours and the stark sculptural forms of rock formations and scrub. “You don’t go out to central Australia to paint clouds,” he says laconically. Unlike Ashley, who saw plenty of wildlife, Hal observed none, “except for dingoes, who will come right up and take your shoes”. Now, these two coastal dwellers with a shared appreciation of the desert are contemplating going back to Fowlers Gap together. This year is the first time the two have joined forces to exhibit close to home at Clifton School of Arts. Ashley, who teaches in Sydney and at Hazelhurst Gallery, will also hold a drawing and painting class on November 26 ($55 adults, $25 kids). Weather permitting, it will be held outside, on the grass across the road from the gallery. Paper and charcoal pencils will be supplied. Places are limited, so bookings are essential. Call 0420 711 853. Coastal Brush Desert Ochre is on show from November 20 to 29, Wed-Sunday, 11am-6pm, Clifton School of Arts, Lawrence Hargrave Drive. 2515 NOVEMBER / 2515 / 21 Events are back! The centre’s Poetry By the Sea series starts in Kiama on November 7 and YA novelist Claire Zorn hosts a Wollongong Library workshop on November 21. WHAT’S ON AT THE WRITERS CENTRE It’s time to celebrate the centre’s new home in Coledale, write Sarah Nicholson & Matt Campbell. We’ve got a packed schedule coming up at the over the month. Those interested can become our South Coast Writers Centre, but are particularly ‘buddy’ by registering on the NaNoWriMo site, and excited to be finally able to open our doors can join the SCWC Zoom group every Monday in properly and welcome in the local community! November to “write-in”. You can also attend our On December 5 we would love to have you at the “drop-in writing group” each week if you’re a official launch for our new home at Coledale member: it’s lightly facilitated by editor Linda Community Hall. From 6.30-8.30pm you can hear Godfrey in our ocean-facing meeting room at from the talented writers at our centre. The event Coledale Community Hall. features readings from our Young Writers Then on Saturday, December 19 we have the first Collective, the SCWC Poetry Group, Keira Fiction of our “Say It, Sing It” performance evenings at Writers, and Ngana Barangarai – our Indigenous Coledale Community Hall. MC Martin Henchion literary program. We’ll also be launching our 2021 will be presenting a comedy line-up for the first program and the SCWC Poetry Award. half of the evening. Falling so close to the Summer This showcase night is also a part of the SCWC’s Solstice, our theme for the evening is all things fundraising drive. We’ve had a bumpy year (along Pagan! We are open to expressions of interest from with the rest of you!) and we are running a big artists who would like to perform. Whether you’ve crowd-fundraising campaign. We’ve already raised got a song, a poem, a dance or a monologue, we $4500 but we’ve got a way to go to meet our welcome you to let us know via the SCWC website. $20,000 goal. Finally, we are looking for fellow creatives In the meantime, Saturday, November 7 starts who’d like to co-work in our Coledale offices, the SCWC’s 10-month long poetry series in Kiama, particularly those who might be interested in Poetry by the Sea. First up is poet Emily Crocker engaging with the SCWC activities or joining the teaching a workshop on Scallywag Poetry. The cultural programming committee for the Coledale workshop is followed by an open-mic poetry Community Hall. reading hosted by our director Sarah Nicholson and featuring Emily Crocker and Jack Oats. More information: www.southcoastwriters.org.au 2515 Whether you want to write, read or listen to poetry, this event has something for you. On November 21, we have the second of our ABOUT THE ARTICLE’S AUTHORS Writing the Distance: From the Short Story to the Sarah Nicholson is the Director of the South Coast Epic workshops at Wollongong Library. In this Writers Centre, creative director of The Heroines workshop, aspiring novelists can join award- Festival and editor of the Heroines Anthology. winning YA novelist Claire Zorn for help with Matt Campbell is a UoW student, amateur poet, Plotting Your Novel. The third workshop, Planning music enthusiast and aspiring writer/editor with a a Series, will be held on the 12th of December with passion for linguistics. His creative content is often seasoned author Alyssa Montgomery. inspired by his experiences as a courier in the All of November is National Novel Writing Illawarra. 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NOVEMBER / 2515 / 23 THE STORY BEHIND THE BOOK By Jo Oliver, author of Jessie Traill: a biography After seven years of research and writing, my biography of the artist Jessie Traill was published this year by Australian Scholarly Publishing. I spoke at an International Women’s Day event at the State Library of NSW to an appreciative audience on 6 March. Since then, public events have had to be postponed, including a launch planned at Collins Bookshop at Thirroul. I have also written and illustrated four children’s picture books. Each book uses printmaking as an illustration medium and my love of the printmaking process was my initial connection with the work of Jessie Traill. I received a Creative Fellowship from the State Library Victoria to research and write about Jessie Traill using her extensive papers held in the collection. Other sources included Tom Roberts collection and the Anderson papers from State Library of NSW. I travelled within Australia and to France and the UK to find out more about Jessie Traill’s life, meet people who knew her and see places she lived and worked. My journey researching the life and work of Jessie Traill has been a series of deeply enjoyable and fascinating explorations. I’ve experienced serendipitous connections and met many wonderful and generous people. I have spoken about my research at the National Gallery of Australia and State Library of Victoria. From the 10-year-old girl who first met Tom Roberts painting on the Ti-Tree lined shores of Port Phillip Bay, to the student of Frederick From top: author Jo Oliver; Jessie McCubbin and etchers John Mather and Frank Traill, winter VAD uniform 1916 Brangwyn, Jessie developed her skills as an artist. (Jessie Traill Papers State Library She interrupted her career to work as a voluntary of Victoria); with bicycle in nurse in France for five years in World War I and France, 1917; and Possum time, later raised funds and revisited to war-torn Europe. Harfra at night, by Jessie Traill. She returned to become one of most accomplished Australian etchers of the 20th century, working in a field uncommon for women of her time. Through extracts from her diaries, descriptions of her world travels and letters to friends and relatives we hear her voice. Whether travelling, or in her beloved bush studio at Harkaway, we see through her eyes, beauty, humour and the joys of simple living. I have an ongoing interest in life stories and am currently researching a new biography about another Australian woman artist. Jessie Traill: a biography can be purchased at Collins Booksellers Thirroul (collinsbooksthirroul.com.au) or at Australian Scholarly Publishing (scholarly.info/book/ jessie-traill) 2515 24­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER PICK YOUR OWN STONE FRUIT Nectarine and peach picking starts mid-November. Plus Jo Fahey shares some great Christmas gift ideas! If you haven’t come to our farm to pick fruit before, then this is the year to give it a go! Stone-fruit picking will begin mid-November and will continue each weekend in the lead-up to Christmas. We will run our Pick Your Own tours under a Covid Safe plan, including smaller groups, physical distancing and hand sanitiser. Those who wish to wear a mask are encouraged to do so! It’s perfect for young and old and something to do together. Old-fashioned farm stuff – love it! TIPS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A ‘PICK YOUR OWN’ VISIT Get orders for fruit from friends. That way you can have fun picking more! Make a list of all the people you still need to sort for Christmas cheer! Pick some fruit to include in a hamper tied up with a bow or just present your freshly picked fruit straight from the paddock in your picking bag or box. I can’t think of a nicer way to give joy than to turn up at a friend’s place with local fresh fruit – and the Photos: Sasha best bit is that it was hand-picked from the tree Faint Photography by you! Bring your Santa hats and take a family photo around the tractor. Could be a nice touch to print this and other picking shots and include these with your fruit gift for friends and family. Make some jam, chutney or other preserves from your picked fruit to give as a gift. Homemade is always a wonderful thing! Peach or nectarine jam is great used as a ham glaze or served with ham. Add a bottle of Apple Cider, Perry or juice to your basket for your Christmas celebrations. Enjoy a cider tasting on the lawn with the family. Check in will be required, along with Covid Safe rules so get here about 15 minutes before your picking group start time.

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NOVEMBER / 2515 / 25 Scarborough Wombarra Surf Lifesaving Club president Ant Ritter, with his two eldest sons, Sean (left) and Eamon (right).

COVER FEATURE Photos: Sean Ritter @seanritterphotography LIFE SAVERS NEEDED Your community club needs you! Scarborough Wombarra Surf Lifesaving Club has a strong Nippers program, but the club is desperate for adult patrolling members. 2515 reports.

Fifteen years ago, Scarborough’s Ant Ritter joined “I sat in the background, helping with admin. his local life saving club. As a new father of a We had 60, 70 kids and he got them all there, in the one-year-old boy, he thought some surf rescue groups and off they run and do their thing. skills might come in handy later. “I was really, really, proud; the club was proud “Not growing up near the beach, I thought I of him.” should learn a few skills myself. It’s been great. Sean – who has been chosen as Bulli High Thankfully I haven’t had to rescue any of the three School’s vice-captain for 2021 – is also a keen surf boys yet! photographer. He took the photos for this article “I say yet…” he adds, laughing. – follow him on Instagram @seanritterphotography Today, Ant is president of Scarborough Meanwhile, Sean’s younger brother, Eamon, Wombarra Surf Life Saving Club. And – far from won his award for “recruiting his mates”, giving a needing rescuing – his two oldest sons have won much-needed boost to teenage patrolling numbers. top honours at Surf Life Saving Illawarra’s awards “Eamon won Illawarra Junior Lifesaver of the of excellence. Year last season for his role in attracting all his In February, Ant’s eldest son, Sean, age 16, was friends to come and start their surf lifesaving named the Illawarra’s Youth Surf Lifesaver of the journey with our club,” Ant says. Year and his middle son, Eamon, 15, was awarded “My 10-year-old didn’t win anything but we took Junior Lifesaver of the Year. him and three friends up to the state carnival for a “Last year nippers was in danger of being shut weekend – they had a ball, competing and running down and potentially moving to Coledale,” Ant around in the sun – it’s such a healthy sport.” says. “We didn’t have the numbers, or parents to help, or people who knew how to run it… PATROLLING MEMBERS NEEDED! “And Sean said, ‘I’ll run it.’ Scarborough Wombarra’s Nippers – known as the “So, at 15 last year, he ran Nippers. Stingrays – are going strong, but the club 26­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER desperately needs adult patrolling members. “Our starting point this year was 17 patrolling members,” Ant says. “We have previously had 40 to GET YOUR BRONZE! 50, so we are really struggling this year. “We do also have 21 kids who have done their Calling grown-ups. Want to help? There’s no need Surf Rescue Certificate (SRC) and Bronze for life saving experience and club membership is Medallion (BM) over the past couple of years, free in 2020/21. but they are too young to patrol on their own. “We just need the people. We’ll teach them the “I have asked Surf Life Saving Illawarra to do a Bronze Medallion,” Ant says. full Sunday patrol a month, and some Illawarra “There’s a course over two days - and a bit of clubs have indicated they would be able to help online with COVID. us… as I don’t want our members to burn out. “We’ve got an in-house trainer, Bindi Adams, “We will get through this year with their help, but the fear is for future years and whether it is and she’s running a course in November. sustainable or not. We always have this battle, “They’ll learn how to do a board rescue, how to but it just seems that it is at a low point right now.” do a tube rescue, how to swim in the ocean. And To recruit new members, the club has held an many adults can do all that – it’s just the technical open day and distributed flyers in the area. component, the CPR and the resuscitation. We’ll teach them all that. IT’S HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF “They can then come and patrol once a month The Ritters’ role in the surf club all started back in for three and a half hours.” 2005 when Ant found a scrap of paper in his letterbox calling for volunteers. n The club will run a Bronze Medallion course “It was just a little ripped off piece of paper - nothing as professional as our flyer,” he says, with a on Sunday, 15 November and Sunday, 29 November. laugh. “It was a piece of paper ripped off with a Contact Ant Ritter, email info@ ruler saying the club is in desperate need. scarboroughwombarraslsc.org “I walked down here [to the club house overlooking Scarborough Beach]. “A couple of good friends of mine, Tony Harper and Lisa Carroll and myself, we came down. A guy came down and suggested he be president – he wanted to build a second storey on the surf club and a walking bridge across to the football field and all these grand plans. We voted him in. And we never saw him again.” Ant suddenly found himself elevated to club president. “I initially put my hand up as treasurer. So in 2005 I became president – despite not growing up in the surf – I grew up in the Sutherland Shire, but not at the beach – and having no knowledge of surf club culture.” He introduced a new program that became the foundation for the club’s strong youth division today. “We started an under-fives program – nippers only starts from under-6. We’d have up to 50 kids under-5. Typically your brothers and sisters, the parents came along, had a bit of fun, realised we needed help. And they joined. So we got some really good patrolling members throughout that time, up to around 40 to 50.” Ant did a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Wollongong, so he knew the coast prior to moving south to Scarborough. “I moved down in ’99, and the best thing we did as a family was to come here, to the surf club, because you meet everyone. “The sense of community has been great for us. NOVEMBER / 2515 / 27 JOIN NIPPERS Scarborough Wombarra SLSC has waived membership charges this year – families can join for free! Nipper numbers at Scarborough Wombarra range from 50 to 70 a season. “That’s comfortable for us,” Ant says. “We’ve always pitched ourselves as the family friendly club – just come along. We do every second weekend, not every weekend, it’s for an hour and a half, not three hours. “We don’t take point score or roll call. You just come along. We encourage the parents to come along. “The 20-odd kids that my kids have brought in - they did water safety for us last year. “So the parents found they could come and just sit down and watch - it was great. “We do have the opportunity to go to carnivals. You don’t have to qualify for local branch carnivals or the state carnivals. We give them every opportunity to become a future life saver. “We’ve got half a dozen new boards and rescue boards. So there’s plenty of opportunity for kids to We’ve made – they’re better than best friends try different things. And parents, of course - we – some people we consider family now. They’ve need the parents!” watched my kids grow. I’ve watched their kids grow. It’s really nice. n The Nippers proficiency swim will be on “I presume all clubs have got that, but I know November 1 and the season kicks off at 10am we’ve got that in a really tight-knit way.” on Sunday, 15 November at Scarborough Wombarra Beach. Visit www.scarboroughwombarraslsc.org THE LOCATION Scarborough is a small beach, just 0.8km long, bordered by rocks to the north and south. The Beachsafe website rates it 6/10 (moderately hazardous), with dangers including topographic rips and strong currents. Ant says the club is bound by the same rules as Bondi. “Clearly Bondi have a lot more people. But the dangers are exactly the same – people swimming out, rips… so we all need the same skill-set that Bondi life savers do. That said, everyone who patrols here would rather this beach than Bondi because of the sheer volume of rescues! “I’ve never had a rescue in between the flags in summer. “It’s a quiet beach.” Since Sea Cliff Bridge opened in 2005, Ant has seen more people discover Scarborough, something he’s happy to share. “I think it is great. “It’s nice to see a hundred people on the beach, rather than 10. Just not too many.” It is relatively quiet at Scarborough Wombarra 28­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER Beach. On a busy Sunday in summer, there’d be at LIFE SAVING IN A TIME OF COVID most about 200 people, Ant says. This summer also presents social distancing “It’s certainly not huge numbers, but when challenges. “If there’s someone who’s at risk, they’ll there’s three people on, that’s significant. get rescued, but it’s just the constant training that “We patrol between the flags and we also have we do that’s a bit of a challenge with social roving patrols … All Surf Life Saving is a heck of a distancing … eg, not being able to have two people responsibility, there’s no doubt about that. on a board or two people in a car. “This can be a dangerous beach. “But still the primary focus is to protect the “I’ve always said that if our nippers can swim out beach goers. And that’s what we’ll do.” here, you can swim anywhere.” A safe season takes good organisation and the club is fortunate to have a dedicated committee. TIME, NOT MONEY REQUIRED There’s Ant, the president, former CEO of Skydive “Financially we are okay,” Ant says, “but we’ve the Beach, now semi-retired. Bindi Adams is always been short for patrolling members. It’s such vice-president and club trainer. Also on the a small community.” committee: Thomas Summerhayes, Ian Founded in 1914, Scarborough Wombarra SLSC Crakanthorp, Rick Mohr, Rowena Ivers, Joanna is sandwiched between two popular clubs at Gullo, and Sean Ritter. Coledale and Coalcliff. “Gary Jordan is the ATV and IRB captain,” Ant It draws on residents of tiny villages perched on says. “We’ve got some funding for a new IRB – a narrow strip between the escarpment and the sea, that’ll be on the water this year. home to 872 in Wombarra and 308 in Scarborough “Lisa Carroll has been the registrar for the past and Clifton, according to the 2016 Australian 15 years. We nominated her to the first female Life Bureau of Statistics Census. Member of the club, which was great. There’s only “It was an ageing region, but now there’s a seven others, seven men, Lisa became the eighth. lot of younger families are coming into the region. “Our committee’s really strong. They’re all “You need three people on patrol each shift, and passionate about this club. We’ve got the money in we do Sundays and public holidays. So 17 divided the bank, we’ve got all the resources – we just need by three is six teams, that’s every three weeks you’re people on the beach to help out.” at the beach. It’s not sustainable. “If we can get another 10 people, we’ll be fine.” Visit www.scarboroughwombarraslsc.org 2515 NOVEMBER / 2515 / 29 Shifting sands: Classic transverse bar-rip sandbars at Stanwell Park. Photo: Rob Brander

DR RIP’S SCIENCE OF THE SURF By Prof Rob Brander. This month – Sand Bars: You Can Bank on Them. It seems to me there’s less sand on our beaches this response to changing wave directions, wave heights spring compared to previous years, which raises and periods, the behaviour of rips and the some questions about how sand on our beaches changing tide cycles. Some beaches with a low sand fluctuates and where it goes. supply may not have any bars, while others with a The general rule is that large storm waves strip lot of sand can have double bar systems (think sand off the beach and dump it offshore. Beaches Northern NSW with all those rivers). can normally recover quite quickly after an We know that bars go through a sequence of erosional event, in maybe three to six months, changes after a big erosional storm event. First, but when you get a cluster of storms close together large storm waves stir up the beach sand and dump like we had this winter, it makes the recovery it offshore into a longshore bar, separated from the process much longer. beach by a deep trough/gutter. We’re also supposedly heading into a La Nina Smaller swell then causes the bar to migrate phase, which generally results in more storms, onshore and it becomes rhythmic in shape, so the sand might not come back in large amounts eventually welding to the beach as transverse bars, anytime soon. separated by rip channels. There’s a strong link between how much sand is If the swell remains small or gets smaller, the on the beach berm and how much is offshore in sand fully welds to the beach as a wide and shallow sandbars (banks). A berm is the distinct ridge low tide terrace. running along the beach at the high tide mark. This is great for kids and families, but surfers Every wave that breaks on the beach carries sand hate it as all those lefts and rights formed by the and water with it when it rushes up the beach. rhythmic and transverse bars quickly turn into The water soaks into the dry beach and deposits close-outs. This cycle can take weeks, or months, or the sand, creating the berm. If you have an the bars may get stuck for a while, or another storm extended period of small to moderate swell, comes along and it all starts again. the berm gradually shifts seaward and your beach How long it takes is anyone’s guess because it all becomes wider. But that sand has to come from depends on the waves, which depend on the somewhere – the sandbars. weather, which as we know is totally screwed up! Sandbars are fascinating features. 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NOVEMBER / 2515 / 31 ‘KEEPING CULTURE ALIVE’ Two must-see exhibitions are on now at Wollongong Art Gallery. Naidoc Week is on this month from November two of Lorraine’s sons – Shane and Derecke Brown, 8-15 – and what better way to celebrate than by and Derecke’s partner, painter Allison Day, also a taking in these two amazing exhibitions at skilled weaver and potter – as well as her eldest Wollongong Art Gallery. grandson, Tynan Lenihan, and two granddaughters, Jessica Mook-Brown and COOMADITCHIE: KEEPING CULTURE ALIVE Meahala Langlo-Brown. Opened October 30, on show until March 21 “Culture honours our ancestral ties – Culture tells us where we come from and tells us who we Curated by Lorraine Brown, Narelle Thomas and are. Culture reminds us of who we are connected to Kristy Thomas, this exhibition brings together and that we are part of the oldest living cultures in three generations of artists. At its heart are two the world. For these reasons it is really important to sisters: premier artists Lorraine Brown and Narelle keep Culture Alive.” – These are the thoughts of Thomas, renowned for using art to tell stories, Lorraine Brown and Narelle Thomas the Elders, share knowledge and promote an understanding of founders and premier artists of Coomaditchie Aboriginal culture. Over the past three decades, United Aboriginal Corporation. their public art has featured on schools, buildings Events include Yarn Up on Wednesday, and meeting places in Port Kembla, and at the Hub 4 November, 1-2pm, a chance to engage with the at Kemblawarra Community Hall, the sisters pass artists and learn more about their stories and art on knowledge and painting skills. The practices. Coomaditchie exhibition also features works by Event bookings essential via Eventbrite.

(Artwork detail, clockwise from left): Ocean Deep, by Allison Day, 2019; Coastal history of the fishing journeys and the seasons, by Lorraine Brown and Narelle Thomas, 2020; Goanna by Tynan Lenihan, 2019.

32­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER HERE+NOW: NAIDOC WEEK IN NOVEMBER A DECOLONIST VISUALISATION OF THE ILLAWARRA Opened October 17, ends on November 29. Wollongong has a proud Aboriginal community and every year the city celebrates Naidoc Week, the This First Nations-led exhibition curated by visiting nationwide celebration of the history, culture and curator Ngugi artist-scientist Stephanie Beaupark achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait showcases emerging artists with a connection to Islander peoples. the Illawarra. Associated events will include a panel Due to Covid-19, Naidoc Week was postponed in discussion on November 11 and Here+Now July and will now run from 8-15 November. Find an Finissage, featuring live music, poetry, talks and event near you at www.naidoc.org.au. tours on November 28. Our city’s name is said to come from the Aboriginal Visit www.wollongongartgallery.com 2515 word ‘woolyungah’, meaning five islands, and the area we know today as Wollongong was originally inhabited by the Dharawal people (also spelled Tarawal or Thuruwal), who remain the Traditional Custodians of this land. For more local history, visit Council’s website at wollongong.nsw.gov.au

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NOVEMBER / 2515 / 33 THE BIG GREEN BANNER THAT UNITES US An opinion piece by Mat Wall-Smith, co-founder of the Seacliff Coasters

Let’s get the obvious bit out of the way. I spend a lot When you are running through the bush together of my time running. I run long distances and for many hours even the most introverted amongst average about 100km a week. I have had the us tend to chat and that chat tends to extend into somewhat dubious honour of being called the conversations that transcend the limits of the Forest Gump of Thirroul. I run mostly on our everyday. You get to know people on quite a escarpment trails. different level to that you would if you met The weird thing about this is not so much that I anywhere else. You also depend on each other run somewhat obsessively through the bush, but because you are often out in the deep wilderness that a substantial number of other locals do too. together. ‘Racing’ ultra-runners will often wait for About three years ago I started a Facebook group their nearest competitor so they’ve got someone to so that my ultra-running mate Simon Tibbs and I run with. We face each other as we face our limits. had an outlet for our obsession with what then was It is intense and intimate. It is human. All of a pretty marginal activity. We didn’t imagine much these things mean ultra-running breeds a certain of an audience beyond our little circle of friends. depth of community that is a little different to the Three years later that group consists of 350 trail other activities I’ve been involved with. In this runners with a good portion of those active and sense ultra-running, and somewhat oddly given its local. It is now a pretty rare day that I head out for a solitary nature, is somewhat of an antidote to the long run up the escarpment without running into most dangerous curse of modern life: other members of that group we call The Seacliff individualism. Coasters. If ultra-running tends to break down the One of the interesting things about the Seacliff differences between us then it’s not too much of a Coasters is that we are incredibly diverse. We have stretch to say the same is true for the relationship a very close 50/50 split of female to male runners between us and the environment we run through. and we have runners of all ages and abilities – from We spend a lot of time on our trails and in the elite podium toppers, to age category contenders, bush. We get to know that environment in the all the way to those who run trails just to be same way we get to know each other; deeply and immersed in nature. Ultra-running as a sport has intimately. We get to know the ebb and flow of the become an interesting space in that regard. There is seasons and the thirst and thrive of those longer very little dividing the top women and the top cycles of dry and wet. men. As races get up past the 200 mile length Lately we’ve noticed the impact of Covid-19 on women come further to the fore. Our trail running our bushland as more and more people get out into heroes aren’t divided into genders as they tend to the wild for the mental and physical relief from be in many other sports. isolation that it affords or just to make the most of In fact ultra-running seems to hate distinctions. the opportunity that being at home more often has PETITION TO PROTECT ESCARPMENT On October 2, The Seacliff Coasters issued a media release titled “Stop the Russell Vale Coal Mine Expansion on the Illawarra Escarpment”, calling on residents to sign a Change.org petition. 1,318 people had signed at press time. Here’s an extract: “Members of local trail running group, The Seacliff Coasters, first became aware of threats to the escarpment when Wollongong Coal, in anticipation of their mine expansion, erected prominent new signs prohibiting public access along the Lower Escarpment Trail. It became clear that local residents can no longer enjoy a simple run, ride or walk up to Brokers Nose without the threat of prosecution. In addition to extensive environmental issues, expansion of the Russell Vale coal mine raises serious ‘public amenity’ and access concerns...” Read the full petition at www.change.org/OurEscarpment The Seacliff Coasters is a local running group of 350+ members who enjoy running trails Photos: Julie Steele through the Illawarra Escarpment due to its exciting terrain, vibrant community, accessibility and uninterrupted wilderness. Join the Seacliff Coasters group on Facebook. 2515

34­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER Mat at the gate on the Lower Escarpment Fire Trail.

presented. It is kind of weird to think our local National Parks and Wildlife Service’s Management bush is suffering the impact of a human virus – but Plan for the Illawarra Escarpment. While most of it is. Suddenly we have more time for it, more time that trail network and reserve are already there and for each other; human and non-human. Despite well used, there are historical anomalies that mean the noticeable impact of increased use, it can only we, as a community, can’t be assured access and be a good thing that more people are making the ownership of our wilderness backyard. As the most of it. More people are getting the chance to NPWS plan of management states: “the distribution build an intimate connection with their local of the park along the escarpment is discontinuous, environment, to feel those ebbs and flows, to learn which could affect the long-term viability of the to listen and see the extraordinary value it offers. park to maintain its full range of values”. The bush will adapt, we will adapt. We trail runners want all the communities that As endurance trail runners we develop an live along the escarpment to be able to make use of intense sense of ‘ownership’ of the natural spaces it. We want the opportunity for all of us to we spend so much time in – but it’s not ownership experience the escarpment’s social, economic and in the sense of real estate or property. It’s an environmental value – and to understand that its ownership in the sense of custodianship. It’s the well-being is intertwined with our own and those sense of our lives not being distinct from the life of our communities. We can’t maximise the and lives of the environment through which we long-term economic value of the escarpment if it is move. We feel the health of the land and the health off-limits to the people who live along it. We can’t of our bodies and minds are connected and reflect maximise the social value the escarpment holds for each other. When we are tired of modern life we go community, health, and well being, if its use goes into the bush to recover. When the bush is tired, completely unregulated and its environmental we understand its need to rest and recover because value is compromised. it’s our need as well. The wilderness we share is a The best way to ensure the environmental value part of our community. of the escarpment is to encourage ‘stakeholders’ to If this year has taught us anything it should have take responsibility for it, to allow people to been that we need to learn to live differently. We celebrate that value socially and economically and are one organism, our health, our lives, are to encourage a mutual belonging; this belongs to intimately and intensely connected and me, I am responsible for it, I belong to this ground. interdependent. We are all more than simply A continuous Illawarra Escarpment reserve and individual, more than simply human. trail might be the big green banner that unites our It is with this in mind that we local trail runners home between the mountains and the sea, a banner are fighting to ensure that the remaining that ties us together and shows us a way of living escarpment bushland is preserved in a continuous together, sustainably, and moving toward a bright, Illawarra Escarpment Reserve and Trail Network. healthy and wealthy economic, social and It turns out this idea was always part of the environmental future. 2515 NOVEMBER / 2515 / 35 where they are going in a story. “Most of my stories are humorous. There’s one little murder story – actually I’m enjoying that, I’ve never done murders or mysteries before.” Authors Jean loves include Sue Townsend, Stella Gibbons, E. F. Benson, Bill Bryson, and children’s writer Richmal Crompton, author of the William books. “I was really brought up on those, when I went to visit relatives in Cornwall they had a set. I think Just William set me on the road to humour. “There’s not an awful lot of humour on the shelf and that’s one of the reasons, I think, why I’m guided towards humour, to put more laughs in people’s lives.” Writing is not Jean’s only creative outlet – she is also an artist (Jean painted the Australian scene on G’day’s wraparound cover). But primarily she’s a botanical illustrator. “I lived in Victoria, married, had three children. I spent years nursing and during that time I started painting, I painted scenes and flowers and enjoyed that, but my true love is botanicals. “I travelled Australia, going to very remote areas, especially up north and inland, finding a certain tree, the Brachychiton, of which the Illawarra flame tree here is a member. ‘IT WAS “It took me nine years to paint them all. I found every plant [genus] in Australia.” ENORMOUS FUN’ Jean has a collection of more than 40 images 2515 chats to Thirroul’s Jean Dennis about her that she may exhibit or publish one day. creative use of the Covid-19 lockdown. About four years ago, Jean moved to Thirroul, where she now lives one street away from her Thirroul resident Jean Dennis managed to find son, Tony Dennis, daughter-in-law Therese, and laughter in lockdown. And now she’s sharing it in the couple’s two boys. G’day, a book of short stories featuring “a little “I’ve never lived near the beach before – I love surrealism, a little sci-fi, and a lot of humour”, all the little bays in the area, and Thirroul is one of co-writtten with two friends in England. the friendliest places I’ve ever come across.” “When Covid restrictions came into force early Jean enjoyed the experience of writing G’day so this year I, with two of my writing friends in much that she’s now working on her own book. England, Lesley Bown and Ann Gawthorpe, who “It has been an enormously happy experience are joint authors of guide books, Writing Comedy, and I am still very much in the short story mode, Get Your Articles Published, and several comedy a little light entertainment while preparing my plays, teamed up to combat Covid lockdown novel Pearl and Doreen and the Friday Writers boredom,” Jean told 2515. for publication. “We decided to each write a short story to a “I do encourage people to write. You don’t need theme, never dreaming that 10 themes, 30 stories, to be gifted, just to want to do it is enough. and 10 related recipes later we would have enough “Start with a word, or maybe what you had in material for a book.” your stocking at Christmas. Or even what The stories were each sparked by a single word. medicines were cure-alls when you were young. “It was enormous fun, because when you are What your dad did for a living, or the jackets thrown a word – like rainbow – you think, what on grandma insisted on crocheting that nobody earth am I going to write … but then suddenly wanted to wear. If one story dries up, leave it there something triggers and away you go and you’ve and start another … you will no doubt add to the written a humorous story. first one later.” “The more I did, the more I wanted to do. “The variety of stories is amazing, how we all see All royalties from online sales of G’day will be donated to things differently. I put myself into the main Medecins Sans Frontiers. Visit www.feedaread.com. characters, so it’s easy to speak their parts and see Or contact Jean via [email protected]. 2515 36­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER GRANTS HELP FUND A NEW BUS FOR NINA Helensburgh-based NINA has won a couple of government grants and bought a new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter to add to its small fleet of community transport vehicles. On October 12, NINA celebrated with a bus unveiling ceremony attended by the region’s federal and state representatives, Sharon Bird MP and Lee Evans MP. NINA manager Sharon Gissane reports,

Special guests attending the bus unveiling event on October 12 included Sharon Bird MP – pictured below cutting the ribbon, with Lee Evans MP and NINA manager Sharon Gissane. The ceremony included a performance on the didgeridoo by Peter Button, a representative from the Wollongong Aboriginal Land Council. Photos: Anthony Warry

In 2019 Northern Illawarra Neighbour Aid Inc lunch ventures from the Southern Highlands to (NINA) was successful in obtaining two separate various coastal destinations. grants that allowed us to purchase a new vehicle to The Sprinter will enable a greater level of assist in the transport of clients throughout the passenger comfort and care to all aboard. Our Northern Illawarra. drivers love it and clients all exit with a smile on The new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter was purchased their face. in September 2020 using funds granted by the The Sprinter has room for 10 passengers, Federal government Stronger Communities however, Covid restrictions limit the occupants to Program and our successful state government five passengers plus driver and client escort. The Community Building Partnership grant. Sprinter can also be hired out to community NINA was able to provide some funds that we groups for a small fee, either with or without had saved over the years and now we have a a driver. brand-new vehicle. This vehicle will allow us to I would like to thank the Honourable Sharon increase our group transport options for people, Bird and Mr Lee Evans for their contribution of increasing activities throughout the region. funds. NINA is confident that this vehicle will Currently our activities include shopping trips provide a great deal of opportunity for the weekly, group outings including day trips and next 10 years. 2515 NOVEMBER / 2515 / 37 global scale and although our population and consumption is smaller than other nations, we still are part of the global jigsaw and so we do play a role. Our Government has introduced the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill to make Australians responsible for our waste. So far we have a ban on the export of waste plastic, paper, glass and tyres and the legislation also encourages companies to take greater responsibility for their waste by better product design and recovery and reuse of waste materials. Not only will this kickstart local industry, boost jobs and our economy, it will also be a great start to clean up our environment and hopefully make individuals more mindful of waste. While the Bill is well intended, it isn’t specific in addressing plastic packaging and therefore lacks the guts to address the urgent action needed to combat Australia’s contribution to the plastic pollution crisis. Australia is surrounded by Pacific, Indian and Southern oceans and the Timor, Tasman and Coral seas. They need protection and we can’t sit on our hands waiting for policies to protect them; it’s up to us to act and write to our local MPs. ON BOARD Australia should get serious about reducing plastic pollution and amend the Bill to include the WITH SURFRIDER banning of the most common single-use plastics, By Coledale’s Susie Crick, head of the Plastic Research just as the EU has. Some states are following the program at Surfrider Australia EU lead, but a national approach to banning problematic single-use plastics is the way forward. There are two sides to each story… The climate impacts of plastic are significant and my side of the story is to stop the require each government to address plastic bad plastics. Others will argue that production specifically. The answer for the climate plastic is lightweight therefore its crisis is simple – we must stop the expansion of mass weight in transport reduces petrochemical and gaseous plastic production and our carbon footprint and it keep fossil fuels in the ground and in the ocean. prevents food loss. Nearly every piece of plastic As I write this Surfrider is campaigning to stop starts off as a fossil fuel and greenhouse gases are the PEP11 licence off the coast of NSW. Whilst at emitted at each stage of the plastic lifecycle, which present they plan to drill from Newcastle to Manly, is indefinite. Plastic may be lightweight but is we all live downstream. So while you are writing to incompatible with nature and ultimately an your MP, please also throw in your opposition to unhealthy choice for humanity. the PEP11 licences. 2515 Check out the pictures of Kamilo Beach in Hawaii, the microplastics slapping the shores of the Become a member and get Easter islands, the beaches in Bali and I challenge involved! For more info: you to see its value… the effects are forever. www.surfrider.org.au Plastic proliferation threatens the climate on a ALL SET FOR FOGO Wollongong City Council is launching its Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) collections across the city. From November, households with a green-lidded bin will receive a kitchen caddy and compostable bags to collect their food scraps. This includes fruits and vegetables, meat, seafood, tea bags and coffee grounds, as well as those unidentifiable things you’ve got sitting in the back of the fridge. If it was ever edible, it’s good to FOGO. Once a caddy is full, empty it into the green lidded-bin. Green bins will be collected each week along with the red-lidded bin. Recycling will remain fortnightly. Visit www.wollongongwaste.com.au 2515 38­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER Is the Scarborough Hotel, an early tall building, an indication of what informed mining society?

Thirroul. Disclaimers out of the way, here goes! First tall buildings – the local pubs servicing the WHAT THE TALLEST mines. Although only three storeys high (unless I’m unaware of any church steeples that may have burnt down – historians, feel free to correct me!), BUILDING TELLS US it would seem that either the Imperial or By architect Ben Wollen Scarborough Hotel would win Earliest Tall I recently was recommended a podcast of an Building. Whilst not a place of worship to most, interview with academic Joseph Campbell titled I’m sure some of the early coal-miners would have “The Power of Myth”. Campbell’s primary research disagreed. Both occupy prominent locations on the was into the hero’s journey but, at one point in the edge of sea cliffs. podcast, he describes his love of France’s Chartres While technically not architecture, second in the Cathedral, saying “it takes me back to a time when evolution of our area would be the chimney stacks these principles informed the society” and that of the coking plant at Coalcliff (again, I’m “you can tell what’s informing the society by the anticipating historians jumping out of their size of what the tallest building is in the place”. armchairs but please re-read my above He then goes on to describe the evolution of this disclaimers). While this wasn’t that long ago, through Western civilisations from Medieval it does describe the transition from smaller (cathedral), to the 17th century (political palace) underground coal mines to a more industrialised and to the modern city (office buildings and and larger approach to utilising the black diamonds dwellings). He uses Salt Lake City in Utah, which that lie beneath our coastline. was built as an intentional community by the For the third evolution… I was a bit stumped Mormons, as an example of this playing out in one and had to take a ride around to find tall/large place. First the temple was built tallest and at the buildings. It’s difficult to find anything taller than centre, then the capital was built beside the temple those still standing coke stacks. There is Anita’s and slightly taller and finally the administrative Theatre, about three storeys high, as well as the odd building that takes care of both the affairs of the apartment building. Mobile phone and electrical temple and the capital was built even taller than towers are also quite tall. Without having an both its predecessors. He describes this as the accurate survey, I believe it’s out of the lift tower at history of Western civilisation being played out in Thirroul railway station and the tallest portion of the architecture of a single city. the Headlands Hotel. Of course, both might soon So I thought an interesting exercise would be to be surpassed by the new Coles development – use Campbell’s lens to view our local community – what does this say about our society? to describe the local architecture and therefore the I’ll leave you to answer that, but when asked evolution of our society. about whether new myths will come out of the new Firstly, I am not an academic and simply doing architecture of New York, Joseph Campbell this for curiosity’s sake. Also, we need to answered: “The only myth that’s gonna be worth acknowledge the fact that our local community is thinking about in the immediate future is one that’s not a city and, in the long history of people on the talking about the planet – not the city, not these planet, that its occupation (in a Western sense) is people, but the planet.” very short. And finally, I will limit the exercise to The full interview is on the Tim Ferriss podcast the escarpment area from Stanwell Park to episode #456. Highly recommended! 2515 NOVEMBER / 2515 / 39 looks like a carpet of purple cocktail franks. At night time they put out yellow tentacles to feed on HELLO FISH floating organic matter drifting by in the plankton. With Duncan Leadbitter If you look at the video you can also see two nudibranchs called blue devils. It must be 30 years since I last carried my scuba We will definitely go back to explore other parts. gear down to Coalcliff for a dive. It was with my Care is needed though as there is abandoned brother and all I recall about the dive was going fishing line all over the place, which is an into a gully to be confronted by a large wobbegong entanglement hazard for divers. and not being able to get out because my brother was right behind me. We all survived. WATCH IT: Find the video at https://youtu.be/kFJBPiXl1FU. 2515 This time my son and I did the walk. I know a lot of the shallower geography because I have snorkelled there many times. We walked to the main gutter to the south of the pool, jumped in the water and took a compass bearing due east. Down to the sand in the gutter is about 9 metres (deeper than I thought). There are some nice swim-throughs in the gutter area along with some small caves and overhangs. We found two small wobbegongs hanging out on the bottom and a small school of bulls-eyes under one of the ledges. There were lots of mado swimming around, a few yellowtail, the occasional red morwong, as well as a small red rock cod. We continued on over some relatively dull, flat terrain until we reached the sand again in about 12m of water before turning around to find a wall with all sorts of things including a small lobster located in an overhang. On the wall itself were sea tulips and jewel anemones and a small gorgonian fan. For me the two highlights of the dive were a patch of the colonial ascidian called Botrylloides magnicoecum (the magnificent ascidian) and another colonial critter, Zoanthus robusta, which POET’S CORNER RAIN BY CARNEY VAUGHAN More rain is the pity, our weekend is cursed For the young and the flush, any weather will do Mocked by reflection below that's reversed No cardboard for them for the hole in the shoe Mirrored – our footprints – our feet in the street If they queue it's for fun, in the soup kitchen line Matching the movement above them as fleet So, for them, when it’s deluged, the city’s just fine With collars upturned in crowds, helter-skelter No rain in the outback, their seasons are cursed And faces downturned, we scurry to shelter They pray to their God, ‘Please, a little cloudburst?’ Blue neons and reds are reflected in scenes How they keep faith during drought just astounds With blinding headlights of speeding machines In a God of caprice with whims of no bounds Wait and be patient, with traffic endure Thirroul’s Carney Vaughan was an electrical The crossing is slippery, your footing's unsure contractor in the design and installation of process Please keep to a walk and proceed on the green control systems and he intended to work at that Not against the red, in the gloom you're unseen forever. He only retired when arthritis caught up with him and he couldn’t work on ladders. Now he Rookwood's so lonely, it’s cold in the ground loves his writing more than anything. Where your only asset is your personal mound Kind words meaning nought on a cross overhead Thanks to Karen Lane, of The Writers’ Boot Camp (Otford), Tells your life's worth. So what! You’re dead! for sharing this poem. Facebook @WritingBootCamp 2515 40­ / 2515­ / NOVEMBER large clusters, girdling saplings and branches. The clusters provide easy eating for those few predators that are able to chew their way through wax. The most common predator is a small dark ladybird with small dark larvae. Another is one of the very few predatory moth caterpillars in the world – the larva of a tiny fringe-winged moth. Each mat of scales is a little ecosystem. You can see that many of the scales are an attractive orange-brown colour and if you crush these, your fingers are stained brown. Scales have traditionally been major producers of dyes for the clothing industry – mostly reds. These scales (dare BEETLING ABOUT I say produced on an industrial scale?) have With Helensburgh entomologist Dr Chris Reid. included lac, kermes, carmine scale and cochineal. The British redcoat uniform was dyed with Any idea what these blobs – pictured above – might cochineal, a scale that occurred only in the be? Here’s a clue – this is a story about insects. Americas, where it fed on prickly pear. So Captain These packed waxy blobs, each with a little Arthur Phillip bought some prickly pears infested access hole, are adult female scale insects. The with cochineal in Brazil on his way to Sydney and actual animal is under the protective waxy shell. It’s planted them when he got here in 1788. The scales there for life and a real blob – no differentiated died, but our farmers can tell you all about what head, tiny legs and just a simple syringe for a mouth happened to the prickly pears. that is stabbed into individual cells in the twig. The No one seems to have used our native scales for hole is to allow sex with the winged males, which dyeing, yet this gum scale occurs in such huge emerge from smaller, narrower blobs and are numbers it’s easy to harvest. So I had the brilliant ephemeral, lacking mouths and living for only a idea (with flashing dollar signs) of getting a friend’s day or two. It’s also where the babies crawl out. daughter to do her high school science project on Australia is often called the ant centre of the this. We mashed up a lot of scales (sorry scales) world. But it could also be called the scale insect and tried various additives and mordants but only centre of the world – scales are also abundant and ever managed to achieve dull brown. Oh, well. diverse here, but we usually don’t notice them. There’s an excellent article on the early This particular scale, the gum scale Eriococcus( development of dyes in Sydney here: https:// coriaceus), is unusual because it occurs in these garlandmag.com/article/local-colour/ 2515

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