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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 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 To sell what you love, talk 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 someone who loves where you live 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 Julie York Currently our activities include shopping trips provide a great deal of opportunity for the 0405 128 070 weekly, group outings including day trips and next 10 years. 2508 [email protected] 4­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER To sell what you love, talk to someone who loves where you live

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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 A mini version of the planned Henry mostly works with commissioned artist Col Henry to sculpture alongside a GI Joe toy marine-grade stainless-steel – one create a public sculpture for the to show actual scale. of his famed creations is Turtle Grand Pacific Walk – but the exact Dream, a giant steel turtle installed location is still uncertain. 8m underwater in the Whitsundays. In an October 14 media release, For the Grand Pacific Walk, Col council said the artist’s work would envisions two hand-formed Parkes Street General be installed on either side of the towers, with reflective elements at Practice is excited to Dr Michael Petinga has interests in Men’s viewing platform on stage 1 of the the top that will respond to the welcome 3 new faces to Health, Preventative Health and Chronic walk, between Stanwell Park and environment and weather Disease Management. Coalcliff. But following residents’ conditions. The works will have the practice! objections, including a rash of space for some form of inscription comments on social media, or simple image to “Tell The Council has backtracked. Story”, to reveal the “Vibe of “Wollongong City Council is the Place”. New service:+ 24-hour Dr Louise Turner is a Clinical Psychologist investigating the suitability and This is where you come in. Col blood pressure monitor appropriateness of a proposed would love community input: he who has worked collaboratively with adults site,” a council spokesperson told envisions aspirational words or and Holter monitor and older adolescents. 2508 at press time. “At present, no short phrases, sketches, or final decisions about the location petroglyphs to mark the time, and for the sculpture have been made.” the human connection. 2508 understands the sculpture Immunisation:+ RN Alison Fawcett, our registered nurse, is now tipped to be installed at Call Col Henry on 0448 512 788, for children and adults is both a nurse immuniser and cervical Moronga Park in Clifton. [email protected] A well-known sculptor, Col or visit www.colhenryart.net 2508 by friendly and screening provider. She loves the diversity experienced nurse nursing has to offer. NEW NF1 REPORT PATIENTS By Neighbourhood Forum 1 convenor Warwick Erwin. www.psgp.com.au or phone 4294 1400 WELCOME 129 Parkes St, Helensburgh Helensburgh Town Centre Plan and Streetscape Masterplan NF1 emailed councillors prior to the council meeting on 26 October with support for the Helensburgh Town Centre Plan 2020, but not supporting the Streetscape Masterplan. This was for reasons including that the new Helensburgh Helensburgh Respiratory Centre is Community Centre (HCC) and Library site is now in question; loss of parking in Parkes and Walker streets; Photo: Unicorn Studios open 6 days a week for Covid testing rearrangement of the parking area at Charles Harper Park/ Post Office area; Lilyvale/Walker streets’ roundabout unable to be addressed due to the future HCC and Library COVID TESTS site being undecided; traffic counting in the CBD was carried out during the closure of PASS 5000 • Dr Cindy Htet SERVICES INCLUDE: reflecting a 30% decrease in local business and 2508 reports. (Mon, Tues, Wed, Friday) the missing understanding of “how Helensburgh works”. Helensburgh Respiratory Clinic had tested a total of • Onsite Pathology (Mon-Fri 8-12pm) At the October 26 council meeting, WCC councillors 5379 people, Dr Cindy Htet, owner of Parkes Street • Dr Martin Gellatley • Mobile Bulkbilling Ultrasound Imaging resolved unanimously the following: General Practice, told 2508 on October 25. (Mon, Tues, Friday) 1 The Helensburgh Town Centre Plan 2020-2045 be adopted; “It has been over five months now that the clinic (Thursday) • Dr Meng Chen (Thursday) 2 The Helensburgh Streetscape Masterplan be adopted; has been up and running. We are still opening from • 24hr Holter Monitor & 24hr BP Monitor 3 The Helensburgh Town Centre Implementation Plan be noted. Monday to Saturday,” said Dr Htet. • Dr Michael Petinga The community can now look forward to the delivery of the Located behind Parkes St Practice, Helensburgh (Tues, Wed, Friday) • Laser Hair Removal (Thursday) plan over the next few years. Remember that Council has Respiratory Clinic is GP-led and Commonwealth- received a State grant for a large part of the work – funded. Testing is free and bookings are required. • Dr Sandra Sherwood • Cosmetic Procedures Council has to match this dollar for dollar. 2508 Visit www.psgp.com.au or call 4294 1400. 2508 (Thursday) • Full Skin Check & skin cancer treatment 8­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER • Dr Louise Turner (Monday) • Covid-19 Assessment Clinic Parkes Street General Practice is excited to Dr Michael Petinga has interests in Men’s welcome 3 new faces to Health, Preventative Health and Chronic Disease Management. the practice!

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• Dr Cindy Htet SERVICES INCLUDE: (Mon, Tues, Wed, Friday) • Onsite Pathology (Mon-Fri 8-12pm) • Dr Martin Gellatley • Mobile Bulkbilling Ultrasound Imaging (Mon, Tues, Friday) (Thursday) • Dr Meng Chen (Thursday) • 24hr Holter Monitor & 24hr BP Monitor • Dr Michael Petinga (Tues, Wed, Friday) • Laser Hair Removal (Thursday) • Dr Sandra Sherwood • Cosmetic Procedures (Thursday) • Full Skin Check & skin cancer treatment • Dr Louise Turner (Monday) • Covid-19 Assessment Clinic Kirsi Benson (at left) Benson will continue to be involved for the next six and Kylie Saleh. to 12 months and will service her existing clients as Kylie takes on new business. Kirsi said it was important she felt confident with a like-minded person who was going to take over her business and, crucially, her name. “It will continue to operate as Bensons Conveyancing Service,” she said. Kylie found a love for property through her uncle, a developer. She studied law and has “half a degree” but was drawn back to real estate and has worked in conveyancing – the legal transfer of property from one name to another – for 20 years. BENSONS WELCOMES She previously had a business based at Warrawong and also worked on the North Shore NEW CONVEYANCER where she learnt the value of discretion when By Heather Eiszele dealing with the rich and famous. “I often get told that my skill is my ability to When a client from a decade prior rang Kylie Saleh smooth things over,” Kylie said. “Negotiating with to check if she was still working in property real estate agents, purchasers, solicitors – I can step conveyancing, she had a million-dollar moment. in and make things flow nicely.” “That’s what makes it worthwhile, when you Customer service is the hallmark of Bensons and know you have provided such good customer ‘Kylie The Conveyancer’ intends to continue this. service that someone rings you after 10 years and “I’m not interested in the commercial they want you to work for them again. (conveyancing) factories where people are just a “That’s my million dollars.” number … When you call me, you get me.” Kylie has bought into Helensburgh-based Kylie is available to meet clients in their own Bensons Conveyancing Service, which recently homes and can be contacted on 0423 577 767 or marked 20 years in business. Proprietor Kirsi email [email protected] 2508 DISORDERED EATING AND EATING DISORDERS By Lucinda Cheke, The Whole Health Dietitian I recently caught up with a friend shows the psychology behind them is much more and was surprised to hear that her complex – a need for control, to conquer or 15-year-old daughter – who I’d alleviate stress, or a way of coping with change. always known as bright, outgoing Eating disorders can affect people across various and active – was starting to age groups and demographics, and both men and demonstrate signs of disordered eating. women can suffer. Eating disorders generally With Covid-19 lockdown and home-schooling, include restriction of food or restriction/binging my friend was suddenly more aware of her and purging. They can lead to major health daughter’s eating habits – her unusual complications, including gum disease, preoccupation with cutting food into tiny pieces, a cardiovascular disease, hormonal imbalances, bone scan here to newfound interest in the kitchen, and preparing density concerns leading to osteoporosis, her own calorie-controlled meals. oesophageal malfunctions and fertility challenges. book online While these things might seem insignificant on An holistic approach is the best way to treat their own, restrictive and control strategies around eating disorders, and to resolve early signs of food may manifest into an eating disorder. Other disordered eating. Often a multidisciplinary team telephone book online symptoms include an intense sense of guilt after is best – yo ur GP, a dietitian, a psychologist and eating, reluctance to eat in front of others, or a occupational therapist can all help. 4294 1955 eqhc.com.au desire to purge after eating. It’s essential to keep If you, or someone close to you, has feelings of lines of communication open and seek qualified guilt around food and is restricting their food, 61-63 Walker Street Helensburgh help as early as possible. please seek help – the earlier the better. There’s a lot of confusion out there about eating If you’re not sure where to start, speak to your Open Monday to Saturday disorders and disordered eating. Many assume GP, or contact me for a consultation to get back on they’re driven by a desire to be thin, but research the path to a healthy relationship with food. 2508 equilibriumhelensburgh 10­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER scan here to book online telephone book online 4294 1955 eqhc.com.au 61-63 Walker Street Helensburgh Open Monday to Saturday

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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. 2508 12­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER FOR THE LARGEST RANGE OF AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS

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HELENSBURGH LEADERS NEWS TEAM their families, such as having dinner talks about Our dedicated year 6 school leaders have started a favourite books, playing dice games about a text, weekly news report to ‘deliver news differently’ to asking questions and having structured discussions our community on our school Facebook page. about books read. To stay up to date with what is happening in our Helensburgh Public School thanks in advance all school and classrooms, follow our school Facebook students, teachers, parents, family, and members of page @HelensburghPS the local community for their support of the Readathon. HELENSBURGH READATHON Helensburgh Public School has introduced LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT - an exciting reading initiative called the ‘Reading PLANNING THE 2021 READING PROJECT Project’. In planning the Reading Project for 2021, we are After the success of our recent home reading asking for local community groups, sporting competition, the Reading Project team have groups and businesses for your support. launched a Readathon. This was an opportunity to Please email at [email protected]. continue to build positive reading habits as well edu.au or call the school on 4294 1332 to speak as raise funds to purchase more books and with the school principal, Mr Ewen Neild, and we reading resources for our students. will share our ideas in how you can help. The Readathon launched on Monday, 26 We would love to hear your suggestions as well. October with a Book Parade and engaging Together, we can do something very special for classroom reading activities. Each week the Helensburgh students who are the future of our children learnt a fun activity to use at home with local community. 2508

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NOVEMBER / 2508 / 15 Stanwell Tops artist Jennifer has worked in the visual arts since 1979, Jennifer Jackson. including teaching visual arts and design for more Photo: Serge Linnik than 25 years. Her art works relate to the local landscape and encompass notions of weathering, cycles and journeys and “are usually mixed media abstracted images that focus on the land, journeys and memories of experiences”, she says. “I make works that focus on where I have lived for over 40 years,which is the northern Illawarra and Stanwell Tops. “I walk and travel this area extensively with my mind constantly on future art projects . “A strong component of my work relates to history, the history of the region, place and land. I respond to weathering, rocks, mapping imagery and atmospheres that surround and captivate me. Time passing and time lines recur in my work. “I enjoy using found objects, often pieces that I have discovered locally, such as a chunk of charcoaled wood left over from a fire on Scarborough beach that I use to draw with. “I prefer to work a series where I build a story, or insight, into a place experienced. For example, working with the on Buddha’s SUBLIME SHOW Birthday exhibition and workshops was a This month, the new 55 Parrots store at Bulli is memorable experience for me and generated a exhibiting work by Illawarra artists, including narrative series of artworks. works by Jennifer Jackson, of Stanwell Tops. “Currently I am exploring notions of history, Jennifer will exhibit alongside four others: relics and the land. pleinaire landscape artist Kate Broadfoot, Bulli “My works are often tiny 15cm images but they painter Renee Kamaretsos, Wombarra’s Vyvian range through to large 2 x 1.5m pieces.” Wilson and mixed media artist Alison Winchester. Visit 55 Parrots, 237 Princes Hwy, Bulli, open The exhibition is titled Sublime and has been daily 10am-4pm. TheSublime exhibition runs from curated by well-known local artist Tanya Stubbles. 4 November to 1 December. 2508

And why am I puffing? There weren’t that many MEN’S SHED REPORT stairs. (I’m talking to myself as well, everybody.) By Paul Blanksby Do I really need sugar in my tea? And then there’s our drivetrain (our When did we have our last tune-up? reproductive and digestive bits). PSA doesn’t stand The primary aim of any Men’s Shed is to improve for Pie Sounds Awesome – it’s Prostate-Specific and maintain local men’s health in a safe, friendly Antigen. Get a prostate check! Eat your veggies and and inclusive venue, a place of purpose, drink more water! Yes, water! achievement and social interaction. So, my Speaking about food (the fuel and oil you need), question is: are we OK or just battling through? did you hear about a famous retired footballer’s Our bodies are finely tuned wonders and need diet? ‘Eat less, exercise more.’ Pretty simple. Move it regular maintenance and the occasional repair. and lose it. And keeping our relationships healthy But even our ‘old models’ can still perform well; is great too. Turn the TV off, put that phone down, just visit any Classic Car show and you can see how take a walk with someone around this lovely town even the old fellas still look great. So, what’s first? of ours and have a chat. Perhaps the computer (my head). When was my Your Helensburgh Men’s Shed, more than just last dental check? Maybe I should rethink that next timber and metal, we care about each other’s schooner or glass of wine, or do we need help health. Come on in and have a look. keeping away from the pokies? Or am I too sad to 199A Parkes Street Helensburgh, 9am-3pm, care and just need a friendly shoulder? Monday and Tuesday and more days to come. Maybe we should look at that body of ours; helensburghmensshed.org.au or info@ just like the panels of a car, it’s what we see in the helensburghmensshed.org.au; call Michael Croft mirror. What’s that skin spot I’ve been ignoring? 0413 401 522; Ron Balderston 0410 564 752. 2508 16­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER ALL SET TO GO 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. For local, experienced and educated real This includes fruits and vegetables, meat, seafood, tea bags and coffee grounds, as well as estate advice, call Ian today! those unidentifiable things you’ve got sitting in Ian Pepper the back of the fridge. If it was ever edible, it’s 0403 570 041 good to FOGO. Once a caddy is full, empty it [email protected] into the green lidded-bin. Green bins will be collected each week along with the red-lidded raywhitehelensburgh.com.au bin. Recycling will remain fortnightly. About 40% of waste in Wollongong LGA is food waste – averaging about 150kg of food per household per year. When it’s taken to landfill the food breaks down and generates methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. By composting food with the garden Real estate & waste, we can reduce the amount going to landfill. Visit www.wollongongwaste.com.au 2508 finance update Local real estate continues to be a sellers’ market as limited stock is PET RESCUE quickly snapped up by buyers leaving the city. Houses have been the main beneficiary, particularly those with plenty of internal and external areas for the occupants to work from home and seek space. Some great prices are being achieved for the most desired properties and, as data comes in, we should see median prices in the area are on the rise. Meanwhile, on finance, the federal government has DOLLY NEEDS A HOME Meet Dolly, a four-year-old greyhound who loves announced that responsible lending company and is a great companion. Dolly is a laws implemented in 2009 will be axed real lounge lizard and would love a spot on your by March 2021. The proposed changes lounge. To help animals like Dolly, deposit cans at shift from a “lender beware” model to the return & earn machine at the Helensburgh Golf Driving Range... every can helps! a “borrower responsibility” model, allowing lenders to rely on the EMAIL Julie-ann on [email protected] or information provided by borrowers. Helensburgh’s Country Companion Animal Rescue.

NOVEMBER / 2508 / 17 NEW MEMORIAL FOR 40 MINERS By Merilyn House, of Helensburgh & District Historical Society. A large sandstone rock with a plaque on it was recently installed outside the Helensburgh & District Historical Society’s Old Mine Surgery. This story started when the historic Band Hall, which was located on this site, burnt down in July 2000. The Band Hall Trust tried to find a replacement hall that could be transported to the site. After no success in this regard, the Band Hall Trust was wound up and its remaining funds were given to Wollongong Council to use on the site. The focus The Miners’ Memorial, on a sandstone rock at the Old Mine for the use was to be the heritage of the site. Surgery. Photo: Helensburgh & District Historical Society In 2007 the Helensburgh Lions Club had started on the Helensburgh Beautification Project. Part of use of the money. We envisaged a Memorial and a this project involved the commissioning of the garden with information signs about the heritage of Miner Statue outside the Post Office. Initially there the area where the Band Hall had once stood. was to be a sign remembering all the miners who We are thankful that finally we have achieved the had been killed or died from injuries in the mine. construction of this Miners’ Memorial, However, at the time, the Historical Society was remembering the deaths of 40 miners. We thank not confident that we had done enough research. Wollongong Council officers and Heritage About 10 years ago, the Historical Society started Memorials for their involvement. Over the next discussions with Wollongong Council on the best few months we hope to complete this project. 2508

I taught my library lessons. It was a hit with the kids, which made me think of ramping up the idea to knit a poppy for each student and staff member for the 2021 National Day for War Animals, and possibly a larger public display of purple poppies. Current communications for a public venue are with the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. The Explosive Detection Dogs memorial is a perfect fit as two local veterans who worked with sniffer dogs in Afghanistan and East Timor shared their PURPLE POPPIES HONOUR photographs and experiences with my students. Under consideration for Anzac Day 2021, ANIMALS LOST IN WAR depending on border restrictions, is a plan to use By Fay Prideaux the same display to surround the statue of Horrie the War Dog, unveiled in 2016 in Corryong, Calling all knitters, crocheters and felt makers. Victoria. Mascot Horrie, was an Egyptian terrier I’m a local resident and teacher librarian launching found in the desert in World War II. Adopted by a Purple Poppy Project for 24 February 2021, the the army camp, he became an accidental hero by National Day for War Animals. Few are aware of saving soldiers’ lives as his acute hearing and the purple poppy as the symbol for remembrance subsequent barking alerted soldiers to incoming of animals or the day itself – I’m hopeful this bombers before they were sighted. project will go some way to changing that. If you would like to contribute to the project, Humble beginnings: during a unit of study with I’d love to receive your poppies – any colour purple, my students on Animals in War we created a any design, any size, any amount. All gratefully purple poppy mural out of cardboard poppies. received. Closing date, 30th December. Please A friend – who makes cards decorated with knitted email for pickup/drop off location. poppies – knitted me a purple poppy to wear while [email protected] 2508

18­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER LIONS BACK AT THE BARBIE! By Fran Peppernell, Helensburgh Lions Publicity Officer Last month our Lions put on the first BBQ since lockdown at Bunnings Bellambi. We are looking forward to more fundraising, including: 1. Helping Helensburgh Off Road Cycling Club buy a gazebo. We will hold a BBQ and raffle. 2. Working with Council to upgrade Stanwell Tops Memorial Park with a memorial wall. 3. Supporting and fundraising for our Lions Foundations, which aid communities impacted by PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT NOW AT natural disasters such as bushfires and floods. REGISTERED TAX AGENT 9 Walker St HELENSBURGH LION OF THE MONTH REGISTERED ASIC AGENT Helensburgh Meet Gina Krohn. Gina has been a Lions ATMA MEMBER (at Walker St member for 11 years. When Gina joined REGISTERED SMSF AUDITOR roundabout) the Lions she was involved in establishing the initial Family Fun Day and the upgrade to the playground in Charles Harper Park. Gina’s children were only small at the time, so this was an important project for her. Gina loves being a Lion “because I feel passionately about offering a helping hand to others”. As we would all agree, this builds a strong and caring community. Gina is also involved in national and international projects like the Cheti School in Tanzania. Gina is always looking to improve the educational opportunities for the children and does this with the support of our club, powered by the Lions 1st Consultation Free ! motto of “we serve”. 2508

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NOVEMBER / 2508 / 19 Photos supplied EGGS: FIGHTING FIRES SINCE 1975 By Iris Huizinga, Community Engagement Officer, Helensburgh Brigade. Normally you don’t fight a fire with eggs, but in coming at you. The fires didn’t hit into our area Helensburgh we do. until later, completely circled Helensburgh. It was Graham Williams, aka Eggs, is the oldest active just bedlam in town. Our tanks emptied, the power member of the Helensburgh Volunteer Rural Fire went out and there was no water. We ended up Brigade. At 74, he has been on call for 45 years. putting big pumps into the swimming pool. I was on duty for 23 days. On the 19th day we WHY EGGS? got a bit of rain. That slowed the fire down. My brother gave me that nickname. I liked to eat a It was one of the worst days to have a fire, on lot of eggs for breakfast when I was young. It was Christmas Day at lunchtime. Most people were Egbert originally, after a comic book character. having a Christmas lunch and a beer. They were all happy as Larry and some were even past happy as HOW MANY FIRES? Larry. Some went to bed that night in town and I have lost count there. didn’t even know there was a fire. I was here up on The fire in the Royal National Park in 1994 was a the station, early on Boxing Day and people walked big one. We could not stop it at Wattamolla. down the street wondering: “What’s all this? What’s It started to come into Otford and Helensburgh. all the smoke for?” I asked where they had been. Last season I fought the Green Wattle Creek Fire. “We went to bed early,” they answered, having I helped in Nowra as well. But only for 24 hours. missed the whole thing. I didn’t go up north. I’m just a little bit too old for The worst overrun was at Albert’s Point, during that. I was on standby in Helensburgh on total fire the Menai fires in 1997. It just hit us so quick. I had ban days, ready to go. a hydrant and a hose. Our truck was down the road. That was the last thing I remember: seeing OVERRUN one of our members hosing the truck down in a big On Christmas Day [2001] in Darkes Forest, I didn’t ball of flames. Then I collapsed. think I was coming out. When I came to, he was still there. The heat had Our crews were protecting a greyhound- damaged the truck with melting and warping. I breeding farm when the fire came roaring through. was soaking wet, still holding the hose. It had gone It just went over. It sounds like a steam train over the top of me. The house in front of me was on 20­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER fire. So I just got up and started to put that out. I couldn’t save it. FIRES THEN AND NOW The fires seem to be going longer, but otherwise they are not different. In 1975 we didn’t lose a house, but we did get some damage. There were a lot less people here back then, lot less houses too. There was a lot more bush and a lot more bush got burnt out. HUMPTY DOO The Northern Territory flag on the wall at the station was presented to us in the 2001 fires from the Northern Territory people. They were from Humpty Doo, a small town south of Darwin. We had a going-away party at the station. All the firefighters that fought in the Helensburgh area during the Christmas Day fires were invited. We had over 400 people up here. The town put it on for us. There were people from Alice Springs, Howard Springs, Humpty Doo, all over the place. They put crews together to come and help us. We had a marvellous party, a lot of good memories. OTHER MEMORABILIA ON THE WALL IN THE STATION We have our old helmets at the top. All the different types of helmets we have had. Up top hangs the old flame thrower. In the past it was used for lighting up fires to put in a backburn The Helensburgh Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade would or a hazard reduction, to really get it to going. You like to sincerely thank all who donated during the put a mixture of drip-torch fuel in it, light the little 2019/20 fires, including a generous contribution by the nozzle at the end and pump out a flame. The flame was maybe about 10 feet. It would really roar. Back Sri Venkateswara Temple. This money is so important, in 1965 one of our members was using that and he as is knowing the community supports our volunteers. was killed. He fell over a log and he got covered in Now we have some down time, we can tell you what liquid. It hasn’t been used since. we have purchased. You have helped us buy important equipment such as new thermal imaging cameras. EGGS’ TIP FOR LOCALS These help fire fighters to locate hot spots invisible to The main thing is to not panic. You have to have a the naked eye. The ground or a tree may look burnt fire plan. Leave early. Listen to what’s going on. out, but below the surface it can be extremely hot, Don’t panic. There was enough of that on burn for days, and even start a new fire. Christmas 2001. Thanks to you we can better store our Personal EGG’S FIREPLAN Protective Equipment. We purchased new lockers I’ll be up at the fire station. which are more durable and easily accessible. This Watch the video of this interview on Facebook saves vital seconds when responding to a call-out. @NSWRFSHelensburgh 2508 In our workshop we now have shelving, an air compressor and a 24v jump pack starter. To help firefighters stay in contact on the fireground, we installed portable radio chargers in our trucks, and they are equipped with eskies and driving lights. Thank you for supporting us to help save lives. 2508

Pictured at top, L to R: Tony Keep,Rebecca Rusten, Daniel Peterson, Hamish Meredith, Karen Elward, Annette Gribbin. Opposite page: Graham Williams, aka Eggs. In the old photo from 1999, Eggs is on the far left, in the red helmet. NOVEMBER / 2508 / 21 CLUB ENJOYS CATCHING UP AT THE BOWLO By Helen Durham, Publicity Officer for the Combined Probus Club of Helensburgh & District Although we still haven’t been able to have our Highlands. Peter, our driver, took us on many back regular meetings our hard-working committee are tourist roads and was able to tell us so many doing their best to keep in touch with all our interesting facts along the way. Morning tea was at members. the misty and rainy Mt Keira Lookout. An Last month 35 members enjoyed lunch at enjoyable lunch was had at the Burrawang hotel. Engadine Bowling Club. It was so good to see so Our golfers had their regular monthly game in many members enjoying catching up with friends good weather conditions at Cabramatta Golf Club. they haven’t seen for awhile. Our bowlers also enjoyed their monthly game at This month instead of our meeting some Scarborough Wombarra Bowling Club (pictured). members had morning tea at Woonona Bulli RSL The morning session was played in windy and hot Club, then a few stayed to enjoy lunch. Also on the conditions but the afternoon was more pleasant. same day Probus were able to hire the community Any membership enquiries, please phone bus for a pleasant day’s drive through the Southern Brent Percy on 0419 604 576. 2508 GUIDES DISCOVER SUPER POWERS By Publicity Officer Sophie Miller The Helensburgh Girls Guides kicked off term 4 by exercising their creativity. The girls are working towards their arts badge they started in term 3. This term the girls have left the dramatic arts behind, sharpening their pencils to explore the finer side of art. Ex Guide Charlotte Kelly returned to share her talents in fine art. She opened our eyes to the range of emotion and detail that can be their intellectual ability, physical strength or just captured with a pencil through the manipulation of the sheer power of their imaginations they each line. For a still-life exercise, the girls drew found something uniquely powerful. Charlotte inspiration from the abundant collection of shells, taught them how to use colour theory to show their feathers and flowers created by the Helensburgh personality through their characters, for example, Girl Guide unit over the years. using darker colours to express mystery. After the girls had mastered the art of sketching, In the coming weeks the girls are looking they stretched their imaginations with some forward to getting outdoors and getting crafty, character-building. Inspired by some powerful ready for the holiday season! women in history such as Edith Cowan, Rosa Parks and Jessica Watson, the girls created their own CHRISTMAS TREE SALE AHEAD: On Friday 4th and Saturday superhero women. At first it was a bit tricky, but 5th December, Helensburgh Girl Guides will be continuing encouraged to look into their own strengths, the with our Christmas tree sales, although there will be a few girls all found something in themselves that was changes to assist social distancing measures. superhero worthy. Whether it was their humour, Further details to follow! 2508 22­ / 2508­ / 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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HELENSBURGH TIGERLILLIES 2020 ILLAWARRA WOMEN’S LEAGUE PREMIERS! TIGERLILLIES 2020 ILLAWARRA WOMEN’S LEAGUE PREMIERS! TIGERLILLIES BEST AND FAIREST: Jessica Sergis PLAYERS PLAYER: Samantha Bremner BEST BACK: Jessica Sergis BEST FORWARD: Zoe Smith COACHES AWARD: Candice Woodward THIRD GRADE (SECOND DIVISION) BEST AND FAIREST: Braiden Garrick PLAYERS PLAYER: Braiden Garrick BEST BACK: Jack Mott BEST FORWARD: Lewis Brokman COACHES AWARD: Nicholas Plunkett, Troy Beaver REGGIES (OPEN GRADE) BEST AND FAIREST: Mitchell Baillie PLAYERS PLAYER: Liam O’Toole BEST BACK: Jacob Masters BEST FORWARD: Mitchell Baillie COACHES AWARD: Wilson Cobb LEAGUETAG WOMEN BEST AND FAIREST: Maya Christensen Helensburgh Tigerlillies’ PLAYERS PLAYER: Jade Wagstaff skipper Rachael Pearson COACHES AWARD: Nikeah Locke and her teammates MOST IMPROVED: Amanda Greig celebrate their 2020 grand final victory over Corrimal. 1ST GRADE () Photo: Dorian ‘Dodge’ Cobb BEST AND FAIREST: Lachlan Peachey COACHES AWARD: Pierce Thompson 2020 PERPETUAL AWARDS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR TIGERLILLIES’ Nicholas Plunkett ROOKIE OF THE YEAR – FEMALE PREMIERSHIP Kellie Mutch GRANT MCGRAW MOST DEDICATED PLAYER TROPHY Tasmin Gilmour, Jesse Cobb ENDS BIG YEAR RONDA COLLINS MOST DEDICATED WOMAN PLAYER TROPHY The Tigerlillies’ 2020 premiership brought this year’s April Boughton disrupted season to a close in the most fitting way possible. GEORGE JARDINE HIGHEST WORK RATE TROPHY The Helensburgh Tigerlillies showed all the grit Vincent Stowers and determination they’re renowned for in taking SEAN SULLIVAN BACK OF THE YEAR out the Illawarra Women’s League premiership Zeik Foster with a decisive 40-24 victory over the reigning NEIL PICCINELLI FORWARD OF THE YEAR TROPHY premiers Corrimal Cougars at Sid Parrish Park on Saturday, September 26. Vincent Stowers Candice Woodward was named Player of the JOHN DUFF TACKLING TROPHY Match after her two-try performance. Kurt Atkinson It was a great effort all-round by the whole team COL DORAN CLUB SERVICE AWARD – and their hard-working supporters – and it was a Dodge Cobb fitting end to a very disrupted footy season. David Bell Congratulations to all and Tigerlillies for making the most of 2020. FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Helensburgh was one of only two clubs to field five Jessica Sergis teams this season. Congratulations to all of our STEVE (TOWER) MCCALLUM PLAYER OF THE YEAR award-winners for 2020. (See full details, at right.) Vincent Stowers. 2508 26­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER This month’s mystery object: Gum Scales. Photo: Chris Reid

been eaten off. Another is one of the very few predatory moth caterpillars in the world – the larva BEETLING ABOUT of a tiny fringe-winged moth. Each mat of scales is With Helensburgh entomologist Dr Chris Reid. a little ecosystem. This month: mysterious blobs on a twig. You can see that many of the scales are an attractive orange-brown colour and if you crush Any idea what these blobs – pictured above – these, your fingers are stained brown. Scales have might be? Here’s a clue – this is a story about traditionally been major producers of dyes for the insects. clothing industry – mostly reds. These scales (dare These packed waxy blobs, each with a little I say produced on an industrial scale?) have access hole, are adult female scale insects. The included lac, kermes, carmine scale and cochineal. actual animal is under the protective waxy shell. The British redcoat uniform was dyed with It’s there for life and a real blob – no differentiated cochineal, a scale that occurred only in the head, tiny legs and just a simple syringe for a Americas, where it fed on prickly pear. So Captain mouth that is stabbed into individual cells in the Arthur Phillip bought some prickly pears infested twig. The hole is to allow sex with the winged with cochineal in Brazil on his way to Sydney and males, which emerge from smaller, narrower planted them when he got here in 1788. The scales blobs and are ephemeral, lacking mouths and died, but our farmers can tell you all about what living for only a day or two. It’s also where the happened to the prickly pears. babies crawl out. No one seems to have used our native scales for Australia is often called the ant centre of the dyeing, yet this gum scale occurs in such huge world – ants are everywhere and incredibly numbers it’s easy to harvest. So I had the brilliant diverse. But it could also be called the scale insect idea (with flashing dollar signs) of getting a friend’s centre of the world – scales are also abundant and daughter, a high school student, to do her science diverse here, but we usually don’t notice them. project on this. There’s a link actually, as ants feed off the sticky We mashed up a lot of scales (sorry scales) and honeydew secretions of the scales, and in return tried various additives and mordants but only ever protect them from predators. managed to achieve dull brown. Oh, well. This particular scale, the gum scale Eriococcus( Maybe you could do better? coriaceus), is unusual because it occurs in these There’s an excellent article on the early large clusters, girdling saplings and branches. development of dyes in Sydney here: The clusters provide easy eating for those few https://garlandmag.com/article/local-colour/ predators that are able to chew their way through wax. For general insect enquiries, email the Australian Museum’s The most common predator is a small dark Search And Discover team at [email protected]. ladybird with small dark larvae – you can see in Have a question specifically for Dr Chris? the photo the chewed stumps where scales have Email [email protected] 2508 NOVEMBER / 2508 / 27 From left to right: Jayden Borg, COVER Blake Noble, Joji Allred, Rosalee FEATURE Floyd-Kerr, Lyla Innes, Ruby McGarity. FRIDAY NIGHT FUN Discover Little Athletics – the Helensburgh club where kids love to run, jump and ring the PB bell. 2508 reports. Photos: Anthony Warry Photography 28­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER Did you drop the ball on summer sport Little Athletics helps kids develop a range of registration? Parents, that’s totally understandable. athletics skills. The goal is to provide a fun and Thanks to Covid-19 and the knock-on effects of nurturing environment that encourages athletes lockdown, 2020’s winter sports season stretched of all abilities to try their hardest. The club proudly into the school holidays, and even term 4. So if you promotes athletics for kids with special needs and were still focussed on ferrying the kids to soccer/ modifies events for inclusion. footy/netball when summer sport registrations Rewards include fitness and friendship, Sue says. began, do not worry – it is never too late to sign up “It’s for every level, it’s for every ability and for for Little Athletics! everybody. “Registrations are open all season so you can “It’s all based on their PBs (Personal Bests) – so register at any time,” says Helensburgh and every week’s about beating your PB. It’s not about Districts Little Athletics president Sue Downie. competing against the people in your age group, Helensburgh and Districts Little Athletics Club it’s about bettering yourself.” has been a part of this community for 35 years, Ages in the club range from about three in the attracting children and teenagers from the Tiny Tots through to the U17s. Northern Illawarra and the Sutherland Shire. “Then they transition to a senior club, our sister “People can come and try it out, just see on the club for the seniors is Illawong,” Sue says. night if they enjoy it,” Sue says. “They don’t have to Some Little As alumni have gone on to great join up to do that, they can try it out for free.” things. Former club members include: Sarah Walsh Little Athletics takes place on Friday evenings at (Australian Paralympian – Long Jump); Lexi Rex Jackson Oval in Helensburgh. Gilmour (Australian Cross Country “It runs from 6pm until technically eight o’clock representative); Sam Bremner (Australian Jillaroo would be the latest, but it generally wraps up – ) and Aaron Calver (Western around 7.30,” Sue says. United A-League player). “It’s a very relaxed atmosphere.” ATHLETICS IN A TIME OF COVID HIGH ACHIEVERS This summer, holding Friday meetings will require Last season the club’s athletes attended several first-class organisational skills. But the club is competitions including: Covid-ready, and taking all the necessary steps to l 50 kids at Zone; ensure the safety of members and their families. l 40 kids who progressed to the Region; Sue says they will split up events to minimise the l 16 kids at the State Championships; amount of time when people are present and l and six athletes were selected for NSW to there’ll be one parent permitted per child/children. compete at the Australian Junior championships. Continued on page 23

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What do you love most about Little Athletics? What’s the most challenging? Lyla (9): I love that I can challenge myself against Lyla (9): When I have to go against other girls that can other people and I can work hard to improve myself. beat me, but I will try my best. Caylee (7): I love doing races against other people. Caylee (7): Discus. Rosie: Seeing my friends and making new friends. Rosie: Trying to beat your PB. Also learning new skills. Harlem: Running the 3km. Harlem: Having fun and getting a sausage at the end. Natalie (U13): Shotput. Natalie (U13): You get to do lots of fun things like Ben (U11): 1500m. Javelin and make new friends while you are being fit, healthy and active. Blake Noble (9): Long distance running as it is tiring. Ben (U11): High jump. Ruby McGarity (9): The long-distance races, I like the short distance the best. I also find discus a challenge. Blake Noble (9): Long jump, hurdles and sprinting. Ruby McGarity (9): The 70m and 100m and some of the How do you feel when you achieve a Personal Best (PB)? field events. I like getting challenged every week and I can make new friends. It’s really fun and it’s good Lyla (9): I feel happy that I’ve achieved to the best exercise for the other sports I do. And the canteen is of my ability and that means I’m getting more fit really good too, it feels like a reward after my events. and I’m achieving better every year. Caylee (7): I feel grateful and happy. Rosie: I feel excited and like I’ve been challenged. RELAY MEDAL WINNERS ON THE COVER! Harlem: Happy! Last season Helensburgh and Districts Little Athletics Natalie (U13): Amazing, and I feel like I could achieve won two medals at the State Relay: many more things after it. • 4 x 100 U9 Mixed – Gold. Ben (U11): Happy and proud. In the team: Jayden Borg, Ruby McGarity, Blake Blake Noble (9): Excited but it also makes me want to Noble and Lyla Innes. (This is the team featured on try harder to get a new PB. 2508’s cover this month.) Ruby McGarity (9): I feel proud and excited, also happy • 4 x 100 U8-U11 Mixed – Silver. that I ran faster than other times. Getting a PB also In the team: Hope Taylor, Dominic Rogers, Harlan Taylor and Joji Allred. makes me run faster next time to try and beat it. 2508

30­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER Continued from page 21 “We will have a QR code for signing in. And we’re also having hand sanitiser, we’re adhering to social distancing at all times, except for when the Q&A athletes are on the track.” Meet Sue Downie, president Traditional carnivals have been cancelled, but of Helensburgh and Districts the club is looking at ways to increase competition Little Athletics. internally and will be ready to support the kids once region/state carnivals are scheduled. Please tell us a bit about yourself. WHAT TO EXPECT I live in Helensburgh and I love the sense of Friday nights include running races of various community and the wonderful natural surroundings. lengths, hurdles, discus, shotput and javelin, plus a I teach at the University of Wollongong, and both kids separate section for the club’s Tiny Tots (U5s). are members of Little As. “Typically age groups take turns to arrive around 5pm to help set up,” Sue says. “It takes a good hour When did your family join Little As and to set up. Then all the events start at six o’clock. what do you love about it? “We sort out people into their age groups and The kids joined up three years ago and I became then rotate around. They have a number of events involved in the committee last year. Being involved in that they have to do in a certain order.” Little As has built up the kids’ self-confidence, Last year Little As had a 199 registrations. In introduced them to new friends and it’s lovely to see 2020, figures are down by about 20 percent, John their smiles when they or their friends achieve a PB. Argall, the club’s treasurer, told 2508. “We have sponsorship from Tradies for a trolley As club president, what are your goals for and marquee and sponsorship from Coles for a the 20/21 season? trolley and some electronic equipment to manage Our first goal was to be able to have a season, and the club meets under Covid,” John said. with the massive help of the dedicated committee “We have strong community partnerships and members, to have Friday nights run smoothly in a support local schools with equipment and access to our track for school carnivals. COVID-safe way so the kids can just focus on enjoying “We’re a little club that loves to see the kids themselves in their events. We are also hoping to have develop and enjoy the sport for what it is (and get an opportunity for kids during the season to compete a chance to ring the PB bell).” 2508 with athletes from other clubs. 2508

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NOVEMBER / 2508 / 31 Arum lilies in Helensburgh, pictured in the area where the old Chinese market gardens were once located. Photo: Merilyn House LANDCARE NEEDS YOU! Helensburgh & District Landcare is calling for volunteers, Merilyn House reports. Like many other organisations during Covid-19 restrictions, Landcare has had minimal activities. A few members have been working on Thursdays at various locations around Helensburgh. We have our Bushcare site at Helensburgh Creek where we work two Thursdays each month, and the other Thursdays see us at various sites, including the top of the Porcupine Track (at the station end of The Ridge). We have also just started our monthly Sunday afternoon activity at Station Reserve BE WEED WISE (including the Glowworm Tunnel). With horticulturalist Merilyn House. Unfortunately because of Covid-19, we look on and see the invasive weeds taking over our loved bushland. WEED IT OUT: Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) We need an influx of new members. If you love our local Arum lily (also commonly named funeral lily or native bushland, love working outdoors and love digging death lily because it was once popular as a funeral out weeds, please consider helping us out. flower) is a garden escapee that is now considered We are also available to give advice on invasive weeds an environmental weed. in your gardens. Some of the problematic local weeds are Arum lily is a long-lived plant that is 1-1.5m tall. asparagus fern, bridal creeper, Madeira vine, arum lilies, It is known for its large, white flowers and morning glory, privet, ochna… and the list goes on. recognisable leaves. To learn about our local weed problem, or to check out Arum lily prefers wet, sunny areas but can also our next work days, visit www.helensburghlandcare.org. grow in full shade. It is hardy and can tolerate au or ring Merilyn on 0414 819 742. 2508 waterlogging, fire, occasional frost and salt. It can grow in tropical and cold areas. In Helensburgh, it is common in swampy areas and along drainage lines and creeks, and has now spread into the Royal National Park and Garrawarra State LEARN MENTAL Conservation Area. Removing large clumps of Arum lily is time HEALTH FIRST AID consuming and requires many years of follow-up. If you have Arum lily on your property or By Stanwell Park CWA president Carol Pugh nearby, please do all you can to remove this Metropolitan Mine owner Peabody Energy has generously invasive weed. offered to pay the costs of delivering Mental Health First Aid training in Helensburgh. Stanwell Park CWA has GROW ME INSTEAD facilitated two of these courses, but this will be the first Swamp lily - Crinum pedunculatum: This Australian time it is run in Helensburgh. native plant has rosettes of broad leaves and Mental Health First Aid aims to give the average person clusters of white, highly fragrant flowers on the knowledge and skills to be able to support someone 1m stems. Suits any soil, full sun or dappled shade who has mental health issues until professional help can and is mildly frost tolerant. It also grows well be arranged. The course will be delivered by an near ponds. accredited trainer over two Saturdays. It is a 12-hour Grass flag - Libertia paniculata: Australian native which course with a certificate of completion available – forms a grass-like clump with masses of white so participants must commit to both days. flowers in spring, for moist, semi-shaded positions. Light refreshments will be provided by Stanwell Park CWA, as well as a complimentary manual. Madonna lily - Lilium candidum: Unlike most liliums, We hope to run the course in late November, but the this species keeps its green leaves through the exact date and venue are yet to be finalised. For more, winter. It grows, on average, to one metre with contact Ron on 0490 062 466 or Carol on 0432 385 524 as white flowers. Do not confuse this with the weedy places are limited. This course is for over-18s only. Formosan lily, which is invading roadsides and This will be a Covid-19 safe event. 2508 bushland locally. 2508 32­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER

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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. They are accumulations of sand (almost like underwater Have a question for Dr Rip? dunes) that constantly adjust their position in Email [email protected] 2508 NOVEMBER / 2508 / 43 Photo: Christine McDonald PATROLLING MEMBERS NEEDED Helensburgh-Stanwell Park Surf Life Saving Club president Steven McDonald reports. The club is well into the season now, we had a on how to get involved, or drop into the surf club couple of bumper weekends to start, especially over before Nippers starts on a Sunday morning and a the long weekend with more than 8000 visitors to committee member will help you out. Membership Stanwell Park Beach on the Sunday and Monday. fees have been reduced to $30 for nippers this The beach will be patrolled until the end of April season with the support of a grant from Surf Life 2021, with seven club patrols rostered over every Saving NSW. The Nippers Committee have a full weekend and public holiday. The club has just program planned for the season going all the way under 100 active patrolling members, aged from through until the end of March 2021. There is a 13 to 70+, but we are always looking for more. Board Training squad running on Tuesday Bronze Medallion and Surf Rescue Certificate mornings, Thursday afternoons and Sunday Training has started, but it is not too late to join, mornings to help improve board-paddling skills. if you’d like to do your Bronze Medallion, Surf Also during the season there are two intra-club Rescue Certificate or any other surf life saving carnivals planned to allow our nippers to compete award, email [email protected] in a full carnival-like atmosphere within the club. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEST RUN STANNY ROWERS CALL FOR MEMBERS The club’s Emergency Callout Team ran a simulated “The Stanny Rowers” are looking to re-build the Search and Rescue Event on 17 October to test the surf crews at Helensburgh-Stanwell Park, if you are club’s response to an incident in the waters off interested in getting involved in surf boat rowing Stanwell Park Beach. The first incident involved get in touch with the Surf Boat Captain through three people in the water as a result of a boat being the surf club Facebook Page or email overturned, and the second involved two missing [email protected] people in the water. The club utilised all of its rescue capabilities including four Inflatable Rescue FRIDAY DRINKS WILL BE BACK Boats, UAV (Drone), ATVs, Defibrillators and First Friday Night Drinks will return soon, dates are Equipment to locate, rescue and treat the patients. being finalised and will be published shortly. Twenty members were involved in the three-hour A reminder for members that they need to event. Lots was learned. There are more events renew their membership NOW, visit http:// being planned with other Northern Illawarra clubs members.sls.com.au to complete the Membership that will be viewable from the Sea Cliff Bridge. Renewals and pay their fees. If you want to know what else is going on at the JOIN THE NIPPERS club, visit our Facebook Pages @hspslsc and Nippers started on 1 November 2020, it is not too @hspslsc_nippers, or our Instagram account late to join. Visit the club website for information @hspslsc 2508 44­ / 2508­ / NOVEMBER Lenny Golding on his way to 14s win. Photo Nick McLaren LOCAL BMX STAR COACHES IN NT Helensburgh’s Saya Sakakibara is sharing her BMX knowledge and experience with younger enthusiasts. In October, I visited Alice Springs and Darwin. I spent five days coaching and taking part in Come and Try BMX events (pictured, bottom of this page). These included Females Only sessions and it was great to help introduce girls to this sport. The Come and Try BMX events were all really successful. JUNIORS RIP THROUGH HEATS My time in Alice Springs and Darwin was quite rewarding. Holding more than 20 hours of coaching IN PENULTIMATE POINTSCORE and meeting more than 200 enthusiastic, new and Ian Pepper reports. experienced BMX riders was such a pleasure. It was also awesome to ride at tracks I’ve never been to, Bit of an epic boardriders, second last one for including two undercover facilities in Darwin – the year. With Covid restrictions partially lifted undercover tracks are quite rare in BMX! it was back to quarters and semis for some, It was fantastic to meet making it a much longer day. But the waves were friendly faces and, for me, pumping, till the southerly hit, the weather was if the riders walked away warm, until the rain arrived, and most of us were having learnt one thing, I enjoying the distraction. So here we go, a few was very satisfied. highlights. n I was away for about The juniors were ripping their way through two months training on multiple heats. Huge performances by Tommie the Gold Coast, so when I and Mitch in the 12s, Tom taking the win arrived home I was blown meaning the leaderboard is virtually equal for away by the huge gains these surfers with only one pointscore to go. my brother Kai (pictured, Lenny and Mannix were stand-outs in the 14s, at right) had made. with Lenny taking the win. Kai has been working And the junior girls were on fire with some intensively on his incredible high performance surfing on display walking, and has been by sister rivals Zahlia and Shyla, with Zahlia walking around taking the win this time. And check out the Helensburgh when he is home on weekends. He score totals, 16.36 & 12.17 in the final. Also most still has more work to do on his technique, but this improved surfer Macey Jolley getting a screamer has been a great achievement as it allows him to be in her heat but not able to back it up to progress more independent. to the final. Kai’s speech has improved, as well as his use of Other memorable moments, A-Grade Heat 1 his right arm but he still has such a long way to go. which saw Nic, Darcy, Fin and Dylan all trying I am looking forward to supporting him along to take out the rocks sticking out on the shore the way. 2508 with their fins. Dylan won when he got pumped on the sand and came up smiling. Congrats to big Nic for putting on the best pre-final distraction declaring he was done, exhausted, couldn’t be bothered, only to go out and hunt waves like an African lion who hasn’t eaten for two months. Never write him off. Good job to Fin in second, Josh dangerous as always in third, and Angus I’ll just wait for the bomb set that never arrived, in 4th. Next pointscore is the last one for the year on 1 November and looks like presentation will be on 14 November. 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© Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2019, Bureau of Meteorology Datum of Predictions is Lowest Astronomical Tide Times are in local standard time (UTC +10:00) or daylight savings time (UTC +11:00) when in effect Moon Phase Symbols New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter HELENSBURGH SUNDAY SOCIAL GOLF CLUB Robert ‘Indy’ Jones reports. Golf Hello to all our playing members, friends and local businesses who have supported Helensburgh NEWS Sunday Social Golf Club – I trust you are all safe and well. It gives me no pleasure to say farewell to our TRADIES SOCIAL GOLF local Boomerang Golf Course after 40 years of John Towns reports. loyal support. We were somewhat surprised to be Maintenance on a golf course is essential. Coring advised in late September that our remaining and sanding the greens is an essential activity in bookings for 2020 and 2021 had been cancelled. the summer, however, it plays havoc with your The Boomerang management team is putting, especially when the finals of the match implementing a new business model, which means play is on. The advantage of the warm dry weather the HSSGC has to find another golf course in order suited some of our members. Barry’s comment was to continue – not an easy task given the game’s he usually putts so badly the cored greens never popularity. However, HSSGC is delighted to report affected him. It goes to show there is a great game that we have been welcomed with open arms into in all of us on the right day. the Kareela Golf Club fraternity, which appreciates Some golfers revel in adverse conditions and the value of a club our size that will deliver on the Barry Thompson won the match play 5 and 4 and first Sunday of every month. the day with 41 Stableford points, Sparrow (38 HSSGC is a friendly group of amateurs, who like points) and Iain (37 points), all collecting the nothing more than a round of golf, a round of prizes from our sponsors, Helensburgh Butchers drinks and good company, working alongside our and Gallardo’s Pizza, the rest of us trudged around new partners at Kareela. Keep an eye on our with the cored greens giving a great excuse reports here in 2508 and via emails to members for for our scores. the good things happening at our new home The Helensburgh Driving Range prize went to at Kareela. Brian, who is hoping it will move him up into the New players are always welcomed – please winner’s circle. contact Tony on 0418 863 100 for membership Two games in November – the 7th and 28th – at information. We hope everyone remains safe and 7.30am and 7am tee off respectively, the first game healthy and remember to support our sponsors is the final round of the championships, so bring Christian’s Premium Meats and the Helensburgh your best game, and remember to arrive early to Golf Driving Range and other local businesses who allow Paul time to prepare the various cards. do enjoy supporting the local community. Full results are available on our Facebook page at Indy signing off …“Don’t worry, you had a bad Tradies Helensburgh Sports and Social Golf Club lie” was heard from the gallery…. after shanking where I can be contacted for more details. 2508 my drive on the first tee. 25 08

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