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MAY 2018 Vol 15 Issue 4

Tips and Tricks LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY BEST BOOKS FOR TEENS from a Teenagers Viewpoint

BETTER BOATING Huskisson upgrade

Beautiful Rockpool - photo by Maree Clout

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Beautiful Rockpool - photo by Maree Clout

7 Photography 22 Community Noticeboard Landscape Photography 24 What's On 10 Better Boating Huskisson gets an upgrade 30 Monthly Feature 14 Mucking In The Wreck Clifton Community Food Garden 32 National Simultaneous 19 Best Books for Storytime Teenagers to read 34 Schools Corner 21 Police Gazettes SPPS & VHS Shoalhaven Family History Society Inc.

1 Your Community Magazine A publication of Bay & Basin Community Financial Services Limited (ACN 105 756 063) A Committed Community Centric Company

Contact Details A Word from the Editor Contributions Please submit Welcome to our MAY edition your contributions for the of the magazine. June issue by 9th May and the July Issue by 6th June 2018 to During May we pay tribute to some of The Co-ordinator societies hardest working and often [email protected] unrewarded group of people – Mothers. PO Box 180 Mother’s Day this year is celebrated on Sanctuary Point NSW 2540 Sunday 13th May. Lets all take the time Phone: 0478 607 829 to show our Mum we really do care. It Advertising Enquiries 0478 607 829 may be a simple bunch of flowers, a [email protected] phone call or cook that special roast Distribution Enquiries 0478 607 829 dinner for her. Whatever it is I know it will [email protected] bring a smile to her face. Look after your mum, she deserves it. Printing magazine is proudly printed and Thank you to all of our wonderful typeset locally by Sanctuary Point Printing, contributors, we are blessed with a lot phone 4443 0014 of talented writers who month after 10,000 copies carefully distributed by Pinpoint Advertising to homes and business in Wandandian, month fill our magazine with interesting Bewong, Tomerong, Falls Creek, Basin View, St Georges Basin, Sanctuary Point, Old Erowal Bay, Erowal Bay, information. Please keep them coming, Huskisson, Vincentia and Woollamia. We are also supported by many local businesses. we never tire of reading them. accepts no responsibility for any article, advertisment, notice or letter published. Any article, advertisement, notice This month’s must reads: or letter is published at the risk of the contributor, who accepts liability for any intended publication. All contributors forwarding articles, advertisements, notices or letters agree to indemnify the Life – Through my Lens, Page 7 More publisher and warrant that the material is accurate, not deceptive or misleading, in breach of copyright, defamatory or in breach of any tips and tricks that we can all use to take other laws or regulations. reserves the right to edit contributions and there is no guarantee all material submitted can better photos. be published. All views expressed in this publication are those of the contributors and are not necessarily those of Better Boating – Page 10 details of a new facilities for the area A Teenagers Viewpoint – Page 19 this month focusing on great books to read. The Wreck – Page 19 Another interesting contribution from John Blackmore Regards and happy reading, Editor

2 Your Community Bank® 2018 Bendigo Bank Scholarships Sanctuary Point & Districts Community Leah plans to study Bachelor of International Bank® Branch of Bendigo Bank is Studies & Bachelor of Media (Communication proud to announce three more very & Journalism) at University of New South worthy recipients of our 2018 University Wales. Scholarships! This scholarship is offered Hugh is studying Bachelor of International to local students who have completed the Security & Bachelor of Science at the HSC and are enrolled in University. Australian National University. The three deserving recipients of the All three recipients were extremely happy to be given the opportunity to study their chosen Scholarship for 2018 are Charlie Baker fields with less of a financial burden than they (left), Leah Mercier (centre) & Hugh would have been under without the support D’Ament (right). of Bendigo Bank Sanctuary Point. The Branch Charlie will be studying Bachelor of Creative is very proud to be able to enhance their Arts – Visual Arts & Design at University of university experience and help these young Wollongong. people to achieve their dreams!

3 Community Forums Basin Villages Forum basinvillagesforum.asn.au PO Box 37, St Georges Basin 2540

The March meeting was quieter than normal, • Anson St issue was discussed. Proposal believed due to meeting held at Tomerong Plan PP023 hearing in Land & Environment regarding the dumping of toxic waste into Court for Council to lower height levels Tomerong quarry. Issues discussed were: on developer’s land had been adjourned • Concerns re placement of proposed car to 10th May 2018. This is also the date parking area above Hyams Beach to set aside for the decision for proposal to alleviate traffic problems during holiday build 14 (plus) blocks of 4 storey flats on periods. Proposed car park was on site of Anson St site. Commissioner stated that the old tip that held toxic substances. lowering of heights must be heard before the 14 block proposal (Master Plan). • Tomerong Quarry and carcinogenic • Funds set aside for children’s play ground substances update required. in Old Erowal Bay. • Regional library placement in contention. • Concerns raised at Larmer Ave, Sanctuary Believed financial benefit to leave as Point with request to Council to move 50 planned with all supporting Sanctuary km/h sign further along Larmer Ave to help Point Library upgrade and retained but slow traffic/trucks speeding onto Cockrow the Regional Library at Vincentia plan be Creek bridge creating dangerous situations. supported. Letter to be sent. Further funds required to purchase land if Regional • Proposed Police Station still on track but Library at Sanctuary Point. noted not fully manned, Huskisson Police Station to close. Residents felt the proposal • Concerns with large numbers of tourists did nothing to support the community. No visiting the Bay & Basin area with negative extra police, just change in address. impacts felt on the environment and by communities. • Tomerong Quarry information investigated. Basin Villages Forum meets every 3rd Monday • Forum members also voted to write and of each month (except December and January) request Shoalhaven Council to review its at Meriton St Community Centre SGB. 7.30pm. Environmental Policy, specifically taking Enquiries 0424 100 051. into consideration Climate Change impacts and reducing the Shoalhaven’s carbon output. • Councillor Kaye Gartner spoke of the problems with use and disposal of plastics, also believing that projects could be planned to reduce carbon output with impacts already occurring on the older generation as well as other problems. Forum to request that Council renew its Climate Change Adaptation Plan and provide funds in the Budget relevant to this and other related works. 4 Fire Safety NSW SMOKE ALARMS It’s the Law Smoke alarms are life- must include a specific reference to smoke alarms saving devices that detect so that tenants and landlords are able to note and smoke well before any comment on the presence of smoke alarms at sleeping occupant would the beginning and end of the tenancy. Owners of and provide critical seconds to implement residential properties who rent out their premises actions to save life and property. At least one as holiday accommodation are responsible for working smoke alarm must be installed on each installing smoke alarms and replacing batteries. level in all buildings in NSW where people sleep. For caravans and motorhomes The smoke alarms must meet the requirements of have limited escape options in the event of a Australian Standard AS 3786. A person who does fire. You have just a few seconds to get out of a not comply with the legislation is guilty of an burning caravan, as they are constructructed of offence (maximum penalty $550). lightweight and highly combustible fittings.. A NSW legislation provides for a minimum level of working smoke alarm can mean the difference protection; however, NSW Rural Fire Service and between life and death. NSW legislation stipulates Fire & Rescue NSW recommends owners and that you must have at least one working smoke occupants consider higher levels of protection. alarm inside the van where the bed is, and one For homeowners NSW legislation in the annex if people are sleeping there. These stipulates that smoke alarms must be installed on smoke alarms must be fitted with a "hush" button, every level of your home. This includes owner allowing the occupant to silence the alarm for 10 occupied homes, rental properties, relocatable minutes. homes, caravans and camper-vans or any other REMEMBER NSW legislation mandates a residential building where people sleep. minimum requirement for smoke alarms; however, For tenants/landlords According Fire & Rescue NSW recommends you aim for a to NSW legislation, neither the landlord nor higher level of protection with interconnected the tenant are, except with reasonable excuse, alarms installed in all bedrooms and living spaces permitted to remove or interfere with the (including hallways and stairways) and even the operation of a smoke alarm fitted in the rented garage. Any alarms installed after 1 May 2006 premises. The landlord is responsible for must comply with AS3786. installation and ensuring your residence meets For more information visit the minimal requirements of having at least one https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au working smoke alarm installed on every level of your home. Landlords have the right of access to rented premises to fit smoke alarms after giving the tenant at least two days’ notice. Where a smoke alarm has a replaceable battery, the landlord must put a new battery in at the commencement of a tenancy. After the tenancy begins, the tenant is responsible for replacing the battery, if needed, in battery-operated smoke alarms. Hard-wired smoke alarm back-up batteries are to be replaced by the landlord. If the tenant is physically unable to change the battery the tenant is required to notify the landlord as soon as practicable. The condition report section of the tenancy agreement 5 6 Photography Life - Through My Lens by Corinne Le Gall Check out Life - Through My Lens @ CorinneLeGallPhotography

Landscape Photography

Landscape shots are best avoided of colours work in the same way - imagine a altogether during the day, unless you have row of yellow flowers, followed by a blue row, a very dark filter that will block out a lot green, red etc extending into a beautiful sky. of the light - that’s a subject on its own! Bright colours work well. One of my happy What is known as the ‘golden’ hours, is the shots has included a blue sky with a clump time around dusk and dawn when shadows of white cloud, a field of bright yellow canola and soft light will enhance your shots. flowers and barbed wire/textured fence in the Composition and focal point are the main foreground. If a canola field also has a solitary factors that will see you achieve a great shot, and/or interesting - looking tree within, include or it is just another ‘snapshot’. The widest- it - use all that is at your disposal. angled lens you have, neutral density filters, a Don’t exclude things like a nice clean-lined remote trigger to avoid camera shake and a tarred or un-tarred road, winding paths, sturdy tripod are the rest of the vitals that you homesteads, dams or a body of water, animals will need. in the fields etc. It is best to know what you will be How much of the sky you will include, will photographing before going out. Scout the depend on how interesting the sky is. A area at some point beforehand, look for some very dramatic sky can dominate your shot, interesting object that you can include in the otherwise with an uninteresting sky, include foreground and middle ground. more of the middle/foreground, as long as it If taking a photo of a sunrise/set along with captures the viewer. Take into account your cliffs or headland in the background with depth of field - which is the amount of your water in the main body, find and include in photo which will be in clear focus. A good the foreground a beautiful lot of mossy rocks, landscape shot can be achieved with a a nice textured log, some seashells, some smaller aperture (f8-f16) which will render clear flowers or anything that is attractive to the eye. focus from front to back of your shot. Straight With mossy rocks, flowing water over them horizons are a must also. You also don’t need on the ebb and flow and fading light, as your any sky in your shot, if you are say, shooting shutter speed slows down, you will achieve a an expanse of open field that may include ‘veiled’ water shot. Try an ISO of 100, aperture undulating hills, neat rows of trees, great light of f8 and a shutter speed of at least a quarter that is throwing shadows/shade on different of a second to one second. A sturdy tripod is areas. essential for this kind of shot to capture that Your imagination is the limiting factor - open movement. up and try anything that looks good to the eye Layers are always good for landscape shots. and most likely, it will work. If it doesn’t, try a From the top of the photo, a good example is, different angle of the same scene that you are sky, mountain, fog, more mountain, greenery looking at. and maybe a beautiful textured fence. Layers Next issue: Photographing Wildlife 7 8 Team Shoalhaven Charity Golf Day & Fundraising Dinner

Friday 17th August 2018 at Nowra Golf Club

3 Course Dinner 7 -7.30pm $60 Per Head Golf 18 Holes Guest Speakers Glen Ella & Max Krillich 4 Person Ambrose $50 Per Player Auctions & Raffles on the Night 12 Noon Shotgun Start Tickets & Golf Registration at the Club – 4421 3900 BBQ Lunch Provided Ross 0414 189 633 email [email protected] All funds raised go Paul 0408 160 695 email [email protected] towards vital medical 2018 equipment for www.kidzfixshoalhaven.com Shoalhaven Hospital

9 Local Boating Better Boating Huskisson Shoalhaven City Council opened three base in Huskisson has improved response times new boating facilities to improve boat and assists the volunteers in their tasks of saving launching facilities throughout Huskisson lives on the water. The wharf deck has recently and Woollamia. The improvements include been completed as there was a temporary deck Woollamia Boat Launching Facility (Stage One installed to allow operational capacity over the Pontoons and boardwalk), Admiralty Crescent holiday period. Jetty and a Paddle Craft Facility at Dent Street. Shoalhaven City Council Mayor Amanda Woollamia Boat Launching Facility is one of the Findley acknowledges the Huskisson and busiest boat ramps in the Shoalhaven and works Woolamia Community Voice for making these on Stage One of the works was completed prior sites a priority. Council in partnerships with the to the 2017/2018 Summer School Holidays. This State Government is committed to building project was made a possible with $490,000 of better boating infrastructure to be enjoyed by NSW Better Boating Program Now Funding. the whole community. Stage Two pontoons will commence later this year with an expected completion date of May 2018, weather permitting. The works are being undertaken following the development of a master plan for the facility and have seen good cooperation between the commercial and recreational user groups, the Jervis Bay Marine Park Authority, NSW Fisheries, NSW Roads & Maritime and Council. The Dent Street, Huskisson Paddle Craft Facility is a new launching facility to enable vessels such as canoes, kayaks, surf skis and stand up paddle boards to enter and exit the water safely, without interrupting other motorised craft. This project was made possible with $230,000 worth of NSW Better Boating Now Funding. SCC will be funding $45,000 work of landscaping to enhance the cul de sac site in May 2018, weather permitting. The Admilitary Crescent Jetty new berthing facility provides enhanced 24/7 facility for the Marine Rescue Association (MRA). Previously the MRA had to utilise a berthing facility at HMAS Creswell. This closer location to the Units

10 1 in 8 women in their lifetime will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The Mother's Day Classic, to be held on the 13th May 2018 is the largest breast cancer fundraiser in Australia with over 100,000 participants attending events in various locations around the country. Everyone who walks, run, cheers or volunteers is helping to fund essential research into breast cancer prevention, detection, treatment and cure. The Huskisson Mother's Day Classic is back for its second year on the 13th May. The inaugural event sold out last year attracting more than 200 participants and spectators (both locals and visitors) and raising over $11,500 for breast cancer research. This year we will return to Voyager Memorial Park Huskisson with a 3km walk or, if you are feeling energetic, a 6km run along the beautiful shores of Jervis Bay. We will have plenty of activities and food for the whole family including face painting, a sausage sizzle, cup cakes, spot prizes for best dressed and our major raffle with hundreds of dollars worth of prizes. Join us at 8.30am for the run or 10am for the walk and begin your Mothers Day enjoying the outdoors with family and friends. Register online now and together WE CAN WALK ALL OVER BREAST CANCER. https://mothersdayclassic18. everydayhero.com/au/ huskisson-mdc

11 12 JERVIS BAY and DISTRICTS MEALS on WHEELS Inc. Jervis Bay and Districts Meals on Wheels together with Huskisson Vincentia and Districts Meals on Wheels are changing to make a bigger and better organisation that will take it into the future and make it more sustainable. Jervis Bay and Districts is merging with Huskisson Vincentia and will be known at Jervis Bay and Districts Meals on Wheels Inc. This strong group delivers approximately 13,500 meals a year and we are hoping to ON THE BEAT grow this to 20,000 in the next 3 years. We are moving to 3 Watt St, Huskisson where Coffee with a Cop Huskisson, Vincentia has been leasing the On Tuesday 8th May, Police Officers kitchen only. We will be leasing the whole building from Shoalhaven City Council and from the Shoalhaven Local Area are currently upgrading the building to meet Command and community members current Food Safety Standards as well as will come together in an informal, improve the facilities available. Some of the neutral space to discuss community work includes new flooring, air-conditioning, issues, build relationships, and drink a walk in cool room and walk in freezer and coffee. Coffee with a Cop provides a unique upgrades of electrical and plumbing services. opportunity for community members to We provide nutritious, wholesome meals and ask questions and learn more about the cater where possible for all likes and dislikes Police work in Shoalhaven neighborhoods. and of course most importantly for those with allergies like gluten, peanut, lactose, egg and The majority of contacts law enforcement seafood. If you can only have puree food or if has with the public happen during you are a vegetarian, we can also help you. We emergencies, or emotional situations. deliver fresh or frozen meals. Those situations are not always the most Should you need meals just for a few weeks effective times for relationship building because you are recuperating or if the person with the community. who normally cooks for you is going away for a Coffee with a Cop breaks down barriers few days we can help you as well. and allows for a relaxed, one-on-one We deliver from Woollamia to Basin View, out interaction. to Tomerong and all areas in between. To be It is our hope that community members assessed call My Aged Care 1800 200 422 or if feel comfortable enough to ask questions, you are unsure call Sue 4443 7596. bring concerns, or simply get to know your We are always looking for more help so If local Police. you have a couple of spare hours per week Keep an eye out for locations in the and would like to volunteer to be a cook, assist in the kitchen, be a driver or delivery Shoalhaven to have a "Coffee with a Cop". person or have other skills you think could Don’t forget. help please contact Val 4443 3556. Cops are tops.

13 Community Garden MUCKING IN CLIFTON COMMUNITY FOOD GARDEN Hours: Tues and Sat 9 to 12; Fri 3 to 6pm – Contributed by Colleen McIntyre

The beautiful autumn weather has arrived and the name “knitbone” and its use in salves and other progress in the garden has been amazing. The topical skin preparations date back 2500 years. new storage shed has been restocked and our The plants roots penetrate deep into the subsoil, supplies sorted in to a workable order. The exterior mining nutrients and breaking up compacted soil. of the second shed – for the ride on mower, has The mauve bell shaped flowers born in clusters been sourced and cut and is being painted as are excellent bee forage. The leaves are a useful it will be of recycled material and needs some addition to compost or used as a mulch. Lush adjustments to “fit in”. and fast growing it can be harvested often. The The “Construction Team” have been in overdrive leaves readily decompose when soaked in water during the last few months and have added to make a rich and smelly liquid manure. When many improvements to the Hut and the garden. used in general compost they act as an accelerant It seems it is only necessary to agree on the and provide rich nutrients to the soil. requirement and they go into action. All this Our Comfrey patch is thriving and lush and the construction is made possible by the generosity leaves are an integral part of the soil and compost and support of the The Country Club – St Georges which is constantly being made at the garden. Basin, for which the garden is truly grateful. Each garden bed is maintained with this rich Two large garden beds have been added, organic product made by careful layering and filled and planted with the permanent crops, turning of all recycled plant material, wet and dry, Rhubarb and Yakon, beds and trellis have been and including animal manures, much of which is established for the Passionfruit Vines near the donated to the garden and collected, from near water tanks. Hopefully, they will be out of reach and far, by our members. for the possums and the crop will be bountiful We invite members of the community to when they mature and fruit. The verandah to the the garden on the third Saturday, 19th May, Hut has a floor constructed of recycled bricks, from 10am to 12noon, when excess produce, sourced, collected and installed, in a few days pickles, jam and preserves are available by the Construction Team and plans are being for purchase and members are on hand to discussed for a pumpkin trellis for the next crop, to showcase this ”work in progress”. keep them off the ground. Watch this take shape in the future. The toilet in the Learn to Ride Area of the park has been marked out and the facility, when it is completed will be a great addition for the young families who visit the area. Our Garden workers will also be more comfortable, and are hoping families will become interested in the Community Food Garden, visit and perhaps join this inspiring group of likeminded workers. We are always gathering fresh ideas and knowledge. Comfrey (Symphytum Officinale) or Knitbone is a favourite herb in the garden. Its value as a poultice to heal wounds and broken bones have earned it

14 15 16 17 18 A Teenagers Viewpoint The Best Books for Teenagers to Read Contributed by Holly in Year 11

There are so many books out there that It is also full of allusions to Angela Carter are really good for young adults to read. and Lewis Carroll, two very great “Fairy-Tale” I have selected a few that are amazing in authors. The main protagonist who is feisty both plot line and the prominent issues of and self-reliant makes the story enticing and the adolescence they deal with. spine-chilling much like the namesake place of Looking for Alaska – by John Green the book. Although it may not be for everyone those that To give a quick summary, Miles “Pudge” Halter do fall for it will fall hard. The story is chiefly moves to a boarding school in Alabama and about the power of the imagination and his life becomes the opposite of safe. He meets explores the concept of belonging and identity. the clever and self-destructive Alaska Young and she pulls him into her world; nothing is the Simon vs. the Homo-sapiens Agenda – same after her. You can never go wrong with a by Becky Albertalli John Green novel. They are very relatable and Sixteen-year-old Simon Spier is not openly gay are just in general great stories. and prefers to save his drama for the school Looking for Alaska is the best in dealing with play. But an email that falls into the wrong prominent issues teenagers are faced with hands threatens to bring his secret into the like depression, death and suicide. It may be spotlight and the privacy of Blue, the pen name a little confronting for some of readers but it of a boy he has been emailing. Simon has to is not all rain clouds and tough times. It is a find a way to come out without alienating his mix of both the good and bad experiences of friends, compromising himself or fumbling a being young and represents that life really well. shot at happiness with the most confusing, The beauty of this book is that nothing is, it adorable guy he’s ever met. is brutally honest about relationships and the I rarely read books that aren’t fantasy in the human desires. I would recommend this to sense of new worlds and the like but I was anyone as I thoroughly enjoyed it and the rest pleasantly surprised when I read this book. The of John Green’s works. story is wonderfully quirky and endearing but The Hazel Wood – by Melissa Albert it doesn’t fall out of reality. All the characters Alice has spent most of her life on the road. in the books were absolute gems, especially When Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive Simon. The love story between Simon and author of a book of dark fairy tales, dies at her the mysterious Blue is captivating and I was estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad thrilled that they finally got to meet each other. her luck can really get: her mother is stolen Friendship and growing up are the two main away by a figure who claims to come from the themes of this novel and they are done very Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where well giving the young adult audience a realistic her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only expectation of life and its challenges lead is the message her mother left behind: In my opinion these three books are a must “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.” read for any teenager, and they will not be This novel is a perfect blend of fantasy and disappointed if they do. horror that definitely suits the audience. Stay positive! ;) 19 BAY & BASIN COMMUNITY RESOURCES (BBCR) BBCR Home Maintenance Program Would you like to make a difference in your community? Do you enjoy gardening or home maintenance and being outdoors? Bay & Basin Community Resources Home Maintenance Program (HMP) offers a friendly helping hand with a range of small maintenance tasks and garden clean ups for older people living in the Bay and Basin area. We require dedicated volunteers to help deliver this program in the community. If you like working outdoors, being part of a great team, and helping older people in your community then apply to become a volunteer. If you are interested in finding out more information contact the BBCR Community Engagement Manager at our office on 4443 3434. The HMP program has changed the lives of individuals by assisting to improve their safety and security HMP team member admiring the completed gardening work around the home. The photos show the difference our volunteer team made for one of BBCR’s clients by repairing the railings on the front verandah. The home is now safe for the client to be able to enjoy sitting outdoors again having a cup of tea whilst enjoying the warm sunshine.

Before the After the HMP team HMP team

If you are an older person and you require assistance under the Home Maintenance Program contact My Aged Care to make a referral on 1800 200 422 or via the website www.myagedcare.gov.au. This service is provided through the Commonwealth Home Support Program funded by the Australian Government. 20 Family History Shoalhaven Family History Society Inc. Police Gazettes; An Unexpected Treasure Trove Shoalhaven Family History Society is Even if you don’t find what you need, you constantly adding new resources to our won’t be bored reading through these library to assist researchers. These may be fascinating gazettes, and they can give you books, microfilms, cd’s, magazines, microfiche, some unexpected and sometimes startling maps, in fact anything which will enhance family information to follow up on. They can be found history research. in our research library at Pyree on your next visit. One item in our library is from Victoria; The Our library is open every Sunday, and the first & Victorian Police Gazette Collection from 1855 second Thursday of each month, both days from to 1924. If you don’t have roots in Victoria, don’t 10am to 4pm. stop reading here, as these gazettes are full of Our General meetings are held on the first surprises. Saturday of the month at 1.30pm & we usually On June 26 1924, a notice was published in one have a guest speaker, followed by afternoon of the ‘missing friends’ sections “Graham, Robert, tea and a chat. Visitors are always very welcome is inquired for by his wife, Mrs M Graham, Home so come along & see what we do and what we Farm, Little Clifton, Workington, Cumberland, have in our library to help you. England. No description. Is a returned soldier, and is believed to be in Melbourne.” Who would have thought to look in a Victorian Police Gazette to find out where Mr Graham disappeared to. Ships deserters are also named, very often with a physical description and the details of the ship they 'jumped shore’ from, and photos can often be found of known wanted criminals. Your ancestor may not have had a criminal history to be in these Gazettes, they could well have been a victim of a robbery, or worse.

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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteer Help Desk Do you have a particular interest and would like to help Basin View We are available to help to answer your Masonic Village? questions at The Office of Ann Sudmalis We need your help with activities Federal Member for Gilmore, Suite 3, 59

community such as bus trips, craft, exercise Junction St, Nowra (around corner from and various entertainment events. Just a PO). For more info or to join the local J.P. few hours of your time occasionally will put Branch call Brenda 0481 121 369. a smile on the faces of our residents. Don’t forget it will be fun for you too and your time would be greatly appreciated. Huskisson Woollamia Please contact Michelle or Jo on Community Voice 4443 5034 during normal office hours. Community Consultative Body (CCB) - Shoalhaven City Council PO Box 65, Huskisson 2540 – 4441 5034 TOMERONG MARKET e: [email protected] w: www.hwcv.org.au 3rd Saturday of every month 8am - 1pm Generally meetings are bi-monthly on 358 Hawken Road, Tomerong. We promote 2nd Mon. No meetings Dec - Jan. Held at local fresh produce and local business. Enquiries for market stall holders contact Huskisson Community Centre, Dent St [email protected]. Huskisson, starting at 7pm. 18 June; 13 Aug; 8 Oct; 12 Nov.

OPEN MIKE Shoalhaven 2nd Sunday of each month at Vincentia Golf Club from 12 noon Beekeepers - 4pm. Play a musical instrument, Association Inc. sing or dance you are welcome (no Meetings are 3rd Wednesday charge). of the month at 6pm at Community Hall, Tennis Court Complex, West St, Nowra. Call Andrew Britton 0408 050 748 or Shoalhaven Family follow us on facebook History Society Inc. The Old School 888 Greenwell Pt Rd, Pyree Open every Sun 10am – 4pm and 1st & 2nd Recently Retired? Thurs each month 10am – 4pm Are you community minded? website: www.shoalhaven.net.au/~sfhs Looking for an interest? LIKE us on Why not join the St. Georges Basin Hall Management Committee. Two volunteers required. We meet on the 4th Wednesday of St Georges Basin Community Centre each month at 1pm till approx 2.45pm. 21 Meriton St, is an ideal venue for For details ring Marilyn 4443 7821 community use, large groups or small. The Centre has well maintained lawns and gardens with lots of parking. The exterior has VINCENTIA RATEPAYERS & recently been repainted, floors resurfaced RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (VRRA) and polished, and new blinds installed. Air We meet in the Vincentia Community conditioning, large commercial kitchen and Hall commencing at 7.30pm on the 3rd auditorium with stage and sound system Thursday of every 2nd month (Feb, Apr, Jun, make this Centre suitable for weddings, Aug, Oct, Dec). e: [email protected] parties, classes and group gatherings. w: www.vrra.org.au Contact Pam Kerr on 4443 4926.

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TOMERONG COMMUNITY HALL If any of the community would like to get Meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at involved with the community hall please Schoolroom in the classroom behind the come and join us at our meetings held on the Jervis Bay Baptist Church, cnr The Wool Rd 2nd Monday of the month at 7.30pm at the & St Georges Ave, Vincentia from 9.30am hall. Contact Peter on 0429 461 773 or to 1pm. Phone Karen 4443 5239 or go to www.tomeronghall.com Audrey 4443 4340

Rural Fire Services In an Emergency Call 000 We have 7 Brigades over two groups in our area. Fire Control 4424 4424 Basin View, Crossroads, Huskisson, Basin View Jan Rollinson 4443 4660 St Georges Basin, Sussex Inlet, Crossroads Captain 0473 236 579 Tomerong and Wandandian. Huskisson Cpt Joey Revesz 0417 664 671 New members always welcome. St Georges Basin Cpt Michelle Thornley 0427 288 340 Sussex Inlet Adam Harris 0409 326 660 EMERGENCY Tomerong Doug Schutz 4443 4600 CALL 000 Wandandian Dennis Stannard 0458 200 282 23 What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On

Weekly Meetings Jervis Bay & Districts Activities Group Fri 9am-1pm Men & Women welcome Colin Loudon 0412 347 322 1st St Georges Basin Scout Group Tasman Rd Scout Jervis Bay Hi-Lo Slimmers Community Ctr, 21 Meriton Hall, SGB Tue 6.30pm Cub Scouts Wed 6pm Scout Troop St, SGB Wed 2.30-3.30pm Judi Castle 4443 6135 Mon 6.30pm Venturers Scouts John Smith 4443 6281 Line Dancing Sun 1-4pm SGB Country Club Mon Al Anon - Huskisson Thu 10.30am Holy Trinity Church 6-8.30pm Shoalhaven Heads Bowling Club Wed Hall, Hawke St 10.30am-1pm Bomaderry Community Hall Thurs 6-9pm Basin Radio Controlled Yacht Group Jetty at Island Sanctuary Point Community Hall Laurel 4441 6383 Pt Rd, SGB Tue & Sat 10.30am Racing starts 11am Fred Mannahouse Youth Fri 7pm St Georges Basin 4443 2070 or Kevin 0418 422 763 Community Centre, 21 Meriton St, StGB Bay & Basin Bombers Junior AFL Club Leisure Centre, www.mannahouseyouth.org Wood Rd, Vincentia Thu 4.30-5.30pm Girls & Boys aged Men’s Bowls St Peter’s Anglican Church (next to library) 6-17 Jeff 0420 749 402 or Chris 0403 047 659 Mon 7-9pm David 4443 2250 www.bombers.net.au MSCARC Inc. (Mid South Coast Amateur Radio Club Inc.) Bay & Basin Bush Potters 48 Edmund St, Sanctuary Wed from 7.30-9.30pm on air New members always Point Mon 9am-2pm Call in and have a look welcome Ken 4403 0599 Bay & Basin Craft Group Uniting Church, 7 Meriton St Nowra Healing Rooms 12 Tarawara St, Bomaderry StG Basin Tue 1-3.30pm All welcome Violet 4443 9913 Open Wed 10am-12pm, Thu 7-9pm 4422 6883 Bay & Basin Writers Group The Country Club - No appointment necessary & no charge Vincentia, 49 Murray St, Vincentia $3 Wed 1-4pm Poets, www.healingrooms.com.au writers and those who want to learn how to write. All Nowra Town Band 174 Kinghorne St, Nowra Mon Welcome Terry McLafferty 4443 8926 5.30-6.30pm for Training Band & 7-9pm for senior practice Collingwood Reserve Park Care Group meet in Private lessons available in brass and percussion reserve opposite Basin View Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade Hall 4422 0807 or Ross 4443 5745/0488 056 196 Shed Mon 8.30am Adele 4443 6034 Raised Voices Community Choir SATB Tomerong Dancing Bomaderry RSL Club Wed 7pm permanent School of Arts Tue 7.30pm New Members welcome dance floor R'n'R, swing, country 2 step, rockabilly Born to Ph Ern 4443 3005 Boogie 0409 998 868 Sanctuary Point Chess Mate Open to all players of all Falls Creek Ladies Craft Fri 9.30-12pm during school levels, just turn up and play Wed 4-7pm The Country term in local homes Bring along what you’re working on Club StGB Ph 0427 838 049 Plenty of help with all sorts of craft All welcome Sandra 4447 8312 Sanctuary Point MyTime A support group for parents and carers of children 0-16 years with a disability Thu Friendly 500 Card Group Mon 1.15-3.30pm St 9.30-11.30am during school term free group Ph Georges Basin Country Club Trevor 4441 5590 Christine 4443 0520 Friendship Club Husky Church Op Shop, 53 Hawke St Scrabble Sanct. Pt Assoc. of Really Keen Scrabblers Thu 9.30-11.30am All welcome. (SPARKS) Thu 12.30-4.30pm top function room, The Huskisson Girl Guides During school terms Huskisson Country Club, StGB Ph Alex Timpano 0414 994 129 Scout/Guide Hall, Kiola St (near Bowling Club) Tue Scottish Country Dancing Thu 2pm-3.30pm

5-6.30pm Junior Guides 6-9yrs Wed 4.30-6.30pm Guides Senior Citizens Hall, Berry St, Nowra Tue 7.30-9.30pm & Senior Guides 10-16 yrs Parents and Friends Support Group 3rd Wed Liesel Turnbull 4443 6007/0402 837 777 Presbyterian Church Hall, Kinghorne St, Nowra Beginners welcome Heather 4441 5496 JB Walkers and Talkers Meet Holden St Boat Ramp, Vincentia Pram friendly walking group Fri 10.30am Seniors Community Dancercise Class Huskisson e: [email protected] Community Centre Thu 12.30pm Jervis Bay Bridge Club Huskisson Community Centre, Shoalhaven Concert Band Junior, Concert and Dent St, Huskisson Fri 9.30am All Bridge players Stage band Nowra School of Arts Annex, Berry St Nowra welcome Ph 4441 5122 or 4422 1381 Tue 6-9.30pm Richard 0417 462 885 or see

24 What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemans Dance Club 157 Junction St, Nowra Wed 7.30-10pm Social dancing inc. Fortnightly Meetings modern ballroom, new vogue, sequence, latin, rock n roll Bay & Basin Camera Club Vincentia Community Hall, rear visitors welcome Ph Stuart 0413 051 003 Coles carpark 2nd & 4th Tues 7.30-9.30pm Shoalhaven Rock N Roll Group SGB Country Club Lois 0412 237 851 OR Pam 0401 043 833 Mon 7pm John 0411 120 042 or Debbie 0423816 414 www.shoalhavenrockandroll.org.au Bay & Basin Quilting & Craft Group St Peter’s Church (next to Library) 1st & 3rd Thu 10am-2.30pm Bring Sing Australia Singing Group Baptist Church, Vincentia Thu 7.30-9.30pm Joan 4443 1008 or your own lunch Cost $3, tea/coffee provided Jenny 4441 7713 Ph Lorraine 4441 5145 Smith Bay Bushcare Group Basin View Fri for 2-3 Kayak Paddle Group every 2nd Friday morning 6.45am hours Fran 4443 6324 for a 7am start welcoming all ages and skill levels For St Georges Basin Health & Com Transport Serv locations visit www.jervisbaykayaks.com.au or Jervis Mon & Wed Local Health Tue, Thu & Fri Nowra Area Health Bay Kayak & Paddlesports 4423 6044 for bookings Mon-Fri 9am-12pm, 1-3pm Shoalhaven Masonic Widows Association Basin St Georges Basin Little Athletics Sports Grounds, View Masonic Village Hall, 130 The Wool Rd 2nd Mon Larmer Ave, Sanctuary Point Registration Ph Tracy 10am 4441 0436 or 4441 1644 0423 846 194 or Michelle 0412 656 206 Wool Road Spinners & Weavers Jervis Bay Baptist St Georges Basin Senior Citizens Club Church classroom, behind church, cnr The Wool Rd & St Mon 9am-12 noon Art (Painting), StGB Comm. Centre, 21 George Ave, Vincentia 1st & 3rd Thu 9.30am-1pm Karen Meriton St, StGB Ph Margaret 4443 6031 4443 5239 or Audrey 4443 4340 Tue 9am-2.30pm Bowls-Darts-Euchre, The Country Club St Georges Basin Senior Citizens Walking Group – St Georges Basin Ph Margaret 4443 6031 Alternate Fri 9am onwards Walking Group, Alternate Fridays 9am onwards, ph Helen 0412 215 855, Ph Helen 0412 215 855, Colleen 4441 8281 Colleen 4441 8281 St Georges Basin SES Unit Tasman Rd, St Georges St Georges Basin Seniors Computer Club Basin Wed 6.30pm The Country Club – St Georges Basin, Paradise Beach Rd, Sussex Inlet/Shoalhaven Square Dance Sanct Pt 1st & 3rd Tues 10am - 12 noon Wandandian Community Ctr, Princes H’way 7-10pm Ph Nancy 4441 8774 or Eti 4443 3588 4443 4436 St Peter's Bushwalking Group Every 2nd Sat for easy Table Tennis Scout Hall, Tasman Rd, SGB Wed 2-4pm to medium walks of around 7-10kms All welcome Ron 4441 5723 Ken 4441 5967 Tennis Huskisson Owen St, Huskisson Casual bookings Wendy 4441 7985 Adult Mixed Group Mon PM & Thu AM Monthly Meetings Ph June Grippling 4443 3065 or John Hayward 4441 6979 Ladies Tue AM Ph Jan Chappelow 4441 6417 Mixed 1st St Georges Basin Scout Group Meetings 1st Mon Comp Wed night Ph Jenny Durante 4441 5766 Coaching 7pm Tasman Rd Scout Hall, SGB Tammie 0472 658 505 available Lou Durante 0428 210 893 Amnesty International Huskisson Community Centre Tennis The Country Club, St Georges Basin Social Mon 3rd Wed 5.45pm [email protected] 6-9pm & Thu 9am-1pm Comps Tue or Wed 6-9pm Association of Independent Retirees-AIR Bomaderry Ph The Country Club 4443 0666 Bowling Club, Meroo Rd, Bomaderry 2nd Tue 10am https://thecountryclub.com.au/sport/tennis/ Peter Moate 4448 7788 Vincentia Bush Care Group Tue 9am - 12 noon Basin Baptist Church 165 The Wool Rd, SGB 2nd Mon Ph 0418 460 594 Ladies Craft Group 9.30am Marion Atkins 4443 6088

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Huskisson Laurel Club of Legacy 2nd Tues 1.30pm Monthly Meetings cont’d Auditorium, Huskisson RSL Club All War Widows welcome Basin Lure and Fly Club StGB Community Hall, Meriton 4441 7183 or 4441 5267 St 3rd Wed 7.30pm www.basinlureandfly.org.au Huskisson RSL Sub Branch 2nd Thurs 7.30pm Sec e: [email protected] Don Handley 4443 6421 basinlureandflyanglers Brett 0429 842 309 Huskisson Rural Fire Service 2nd Tue 7pm Joey Basin View Daylight Lodge No.1015 (now consolidated with Lodge Milton No. 63) Milton Masonic Revesz 0417 664 671 Centre, 128 Princes Hwy, Milton 2nd Mon 6pm Jervis Bay & Basin CWA Huskisson Community Centre, M/Ship & other enquiries Anthony Eden 4443 6473 Dent St 3rd Tue 10.30am Every other Tue 10am call in for Basin View Rural Fire Service Fire Station 3rd Fri cuppa & chat Visitors welcome Pres. Jann Kalff 6.30pm Jan 4443 4660 4441 8437 or 0427 962 119 or email Bay & Basin Boomerang Bags 1st Wed 10am-2pm [email protected] Huskisson Community Centre (bring plate for shared lunch) Jervis Bay & Districts Combined Probus Club Inc. sewing and non sewing activities to socialise over Jude SGB Country Club, Function Room 4th Thu 10am-12pm 4443 7775 Pres. Andrew Stevens 4441 5965 Bay & Basin Brew Club 2nd Fri 7pm at alternate Jervis Bay Divers Club Club Husky, 336 Huskisson Rd, locations Matt 0413 172 757 Huskisson Last Wed 7pm 4441 6232 Bay & Basin Cancer Support Group Venue Room, SGB Jervis Bay Lions Club Vincentia Golf Club 2nd Thu 7pm Country Club 2nd Thu 10am-12pm Dianne 4443 3275 or Pres. Lance Stewart 0432 994 245 or 4443 7212; Lorraine 4441 8093 Sec. Debbie Stewart 0406 378 205 Bay & Basin Cricket Club Meetings held 2nd Tue 7pm Jervis Bay Probus Club Inc. Vincentia Golf Club 3rd St Georges Basin Country Club Ph Chris 0403 113 362 Mon 10am Sec Gerry Lowenstein 4441 5831 Bay & Basin Multicultural Support Group Community Jervis Bay Triathlon Club Inc. Usually Iluka, Booderee Centre, Meriton St, SGB 1st Thu 11am-1pm Zaga Tkulja National Park Group Training Day 3rd Sun 8am All 4229 2755 or Anu Mehta 4422 5933 welcome including juniors Pres. Tony Lim 0411 052 746 Bay & Basin War Widows SGB Country Club 4th Mon [email protected] 10.30am Ruth McDonald 4441 7094 Justice of the Peace Assoc NSW Shoalhaven Bloomers & Buds Social Gardening Group Branch Bomaderry Bowling Club, Meroo St 1st Mon Inc. Community Centre, Dent St, Huskisson Last Wed 1pm Visitors most welcome Brenda 0481 121 369 9.30am Ph 0407 291 585 Marine Rescue Jervis Bay - VMR 209 Huskisson Clifton Community Food Garden 2nd Wed at 'The Basin, Voyager Park, Currambene St, Huskisson 3rd Mon Hut' in the garden 4.30pm All members welcome Ph 7pm www.marinerescuejervisbay.org.au/ 4441 5433 Julianne 0468 423 963 National Servicemen’s Assoc., Shoalhaven Sub-Branch Country Labor – Jervis Bay/SGB Branch 4th Wed Rotating meetings on 4th Sun Ulladulla Ex-Servos Club 7pm Erowal Bay Progress Hall Deb Shapira Secretary 0930 for 1000hrs start Nowra Ex-Servos Club 0930 for 0409 021 714 or email [email protected] 1000hrs start Sussex Inlet RSL Club 1000 for 1030hrs Crossroads Rural Fire Brigade Fire Station, The Wool start Jim Reid 4421 2886 Rd, Vincentia 1st Mon 6.30pm Cpt. 0473 236 579 Nowra & Districts Totally & Permanently CWA of NSW Jervis Bay Evening Branch Vincentia Incapacitated (TPI) Social Welfare Club Golf Club, Murray St 2nd Tue 6pm dinner, 7pm meeting 3rd Tue 11am Nowra Ex-Servos Club Function Room Pres. Shirley Gatti 4441 7421 or 0410 519 839 Jack 4443 3448/0402 584 041 or Leanne 4443 4038 e: [email protected] Nowra Legacy Group 66 Bridge Rd, Nowra 1st Mon Garden Club of Jervis Bay & District Inc. Community (except January) 10am 4423 1795 or 0409 981 663 Centre, Meriton St, SGB 4th Thurs 2pm Pam Kerr 4443 4926 NSW Transport Authorities Retired Employees Assoc Honey Beez Gardeners Group 1st Fri 12.30pm Nowra Bowling Club, cnr Osbourne & Junction St 2nd Thu Vincentia Community Hall (behind Coles carpark) Jeanette 10am for 10.30am start Pres. Bob 4421 5265 or Sec Aileen 4443 7950 or 4443 6552 4421 6660

26 What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On Sanctuary Point Mens Shed 17 Clifton St, Sanct Pt Sussex Inlet Cancer Support Group 2nd Fri 10am 1st Thu 10.30am All members welcome Ph John Sussex Inlet Neighbourhood Centre Betty Webb 0413 837 538 4441 3552 or Robin Lang 4441 0155 Shoalhaven Avicultural Society 2nd Tue 7.30pm The Country Club, St Georges Basin Fishing Club The PCYC Hall Park Rd Nowra 4423 4475 Country Club, StGB 4th Sun 2pm (ex Christmas) Erhard 4443 8024 Shoalhaven Beekeepers Ass, Inc. within the grounds of Shoalhaven High School, 60 The Park Rd, Nowra Tomerong Community Hall 1st Mon 7.30pm at the 3rd Wed (ex. Dec 2nd Wed) 5.30pm for cuppa, meeting hall Julie 0402 569 402 www.tomeronghall.com starts 6pm sharp, guest speakers most months Tomerong School of Arts 2nd Mon 1930hrs Tomerong Andrew Britton 0408 050 748 or School of Arts Hall New members welcome Shoalhaven Caravan Club bi monthly 11am Vietnam Veterans Assoc - Jervis Bay Sub Branch Bomaderry Bowling Club followed by lunch Club Jervis Bay 3rd Thu 5.30pm Lesley Hoskins Beryl 0407 069 375 or Kathy 0427 874 201 0422 058 692 e: [email protected] Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemans Dance Club 3rd Sat Vincentia Red Cross Vincentia Community Hall 4th Wed 7.30-11pm Shoal ExServicemans Club 157 Junction St, Nowra social dance incl. modern ballroom, new vogue (except January) 1pm West end Coles Carpark, Vincentia and sequence, latin, rock n roll visitors welcome light Enquiries Margaret Klem 4443 0434 supper Ph Stuart 0413 051 003 Wandandian Progress Association 1st Tue 7.30pm Shoalhaven Blood Cancer Support & Information Progress Hall Group 2nd Mon 10am-12 noon Bomaderry Bowling Wildlife Rescue South Coast (formerly Native Animal Club, Meroo Rd, Bomaderry Support and resources for Network Assoc – NANA) Nowra Library Meeting Rooms, blood cancer patients and carers Ph 4443 2105 10 Berry St, Nowra 2nd Wed 7pm 0418 427 214 Shoalhaven Orchid Society 3rd Mon (except Jan) 7pm The Sunrise Room, Bomaderry Bowling Club, 154 Meroo Rd 0423 211 230 Local Markets Shoalhaven Philatelic Society 2nd Mon (except Jan) Berry Country Fair 4464 1476 1st Sun (except Feb held 7.15pm Nowra Bowling Club, Osborne St, Nowra, visitors 2nd Sun), Berry Showground, Alexandra St most welcome John 4421 4624 Huskisson Markets 0409 740 704 (BH) 2nd Sun Shoalhaven Prostate Cancer Support Group 4th Thu Huskisson Sports Ground 10am-12pm Bomaderry Bowling Club Leigh Bowman 0413 131 781 email: [email protected] Jervis Bay Maritime Museum Markets 1st Sat 8am- Shoalhaven Scout Fellowship 3rd Sun David Ravell 1pm Jervis Bay Maritime Museum, Dent St, Huskisson 4441 8659 Nowra Greyhound Track 4421 2332 4th Sun Albatross Shoalhaven Parkinsons Support Group Nowra Rd, Nowra (Shoal. Shakers) 1st Wed 10am-12pm Masonic Hall, Milton Village Markets 4455 3843 1st Sat Settlement Moss St, Nowra Betty Coulton 4442 1475 Courtyard, Princes H’way, Milton Shoalhaven Transition 1st Thu Jude Deane 4443 7775 Pyree Village Arts & Craft Markets 4443 7312 4th Sun or [email protected] Shoalhaven Potters Workshop, Greenwell Pt Rd, Pyree St Georges Basin Probus Club Inc. (Mixed) SGB Royal Coastal Patrol Market Ulladulla 4455 3403 2nd Country Club, Function Room 3rd Thu 10am-12pm Sec. Sun Ulladulla Harbour & Wharf, Wason St, Ulladulla Ray Dalleywater 4443 9899 Sussex Inlet Flea Market 4441 1546 2nd Sat Uniting St Georges Basin RSL Sub Branch SGB Country Club, Function Room 3rd Mon 5pm Hon.Sec. Laraine Bament Church Hall, Jacobs Dr, Sussex Inlet 4443 7361 Tomerong Village Market 0402 569 402 email: St Georges Basin Rural Fire Brigade Fire Station, The [email protected] 3rd Sat School of Arts, Wool Rd, SGB 3rd Mon 7.30pm Cpt Michelle 0427 288 340 Hawken Rd, Tomerong www.tomeronghall.com St Georges Basin VIEW Club Luncheon SGB Country Vincentia Village Produce Market 4441 5522 Club, Function Room 3rd Fri 10.30am for 11.30am start www.vvpm.org Burton St Courtyard behind Coles Every Sue 4443 7931 or 0430 375 053 2nd Thu from 2pm 10 & 24 May/7 & 21 June etc 27 What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On

Weekly Church Services Other Activities Anglican Church - Australian Breastfeeding Association, Sanctuary Point 48 Paradise Beach Rd (next to library) Shoalhaven Group 24 hour Breastfeeding Helpline Sun 8.30am Traditional Service held every Sunday 1800 686 268 for information about local Mum-to-Mum Vincentia Vincentia Primary School, George Caley Place, get togethers www.breastfeeding.asn.au Vincentia Sun 10am Modern Family Service with kids and Bay & Basin Branch of the Liberal Party Meets youth programs Minister Ray Goldman 4441 5755 Quarterly 7pm Venue SGB Country Club Phone to Basin Baptist Church 165 The Wool Rd, SGB Sun arrange attendance 4443 3780 Morning Service & Junior Kids 9.30am Bay & Basin Uniting Church Huskisson OP SHOP at Bay & Basin Uniting Church Meriton St, SGB Sun 9.30am Family Worship w/Jnr Church Huskisson Church Centre 53 Hawke Street, Huskisson Huskisson Church Ctr Thu 9.30-11.30am Coffee & Chat Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Sat 9am-12.30pm 4441 7495 Rev Glenys Biddle 4443 0864 BBCR Great Mates Shed 18 Sanctuary Pt Rd, StGB Tue 1-3.30pm Craft Group Violet 4443 9913 Sanctuary Point Mon-Wed-Thurs-Fri 9am-3.30pm C3 Church Jervis Bay 20 Birriga Av, Worrowing Hts (closed Tue) 4443 7681 Sun 9.30am Family Service Every morning except Sun Community Cottage 48 Edmund St, Sanctuary Pt 5.30am Prayer Meeting Office 4441 8738 0409 051 244 or 0412 645 710 Mon Pottery 9am-2pm web: c3churchjervisbay.com.au Tue Art Group 9am - 12.30pm Tue & Thu Body’Soul Catholic Church – Holy Spirit St Georges Ave, Fitness 8-9am Wed Mannerhouse Church Craft Group Vincentia Mass times: Sun 9.30am Mon Thu Fri 8am 3.30pm-5.30pm 5.30pm Tue Wed Vigil Sat 6pm 4441 5571 Shareostomates, Shoalhaven Area Ostomates Eternity Night Church 6.30pm Contemporary Service Support Group Nowra Community Health Centre, Vincentia Public School Hall, George Caley Place, Vincentia 5-7 Lawrence Av, Nowra Mon 2pm Margaret or Tracey web: eternitynightchurch.org Ph Ray 4441 5755 4424 6300 Improving lives through shared experiences Jervis Bay Baptist Church Cnr The Wool Rd & St George Tomerong School of Arts Mon Playgroup (every 2nd Av, Vincentia Sun 9.30am Morning Service wk) 1000hrs-1200hrs Mon Pilates 1800hrs-1900hrs Tue Seventh-day Adventist Church 169 McKay St, Nowra Yoga 0930hrs-1030hrs Tue Raised Voices 1900hrs-2100hrs Sat 9.30am Bible Study, 11am Worship Service Future Wed Belly Dance 1800hrs-1900hrs Thu Arts & Crafts planning for possible Bay and Basin Contemporary Service (crafty people) 1000hrs-1200hrs Thu Yoga 1800hrs- Pastor Petrovic 0402 716 762 1900hrs Sat Markets (3rd Sat) 0800hrs-1300hrs Ph Gary The Salvation Army Bay and Basin Mission Watson 0411 561 565 or email [email protected] Sanctuary Pt Community Centre, 34 Paradise Bch Rd Sun Further info available on www.tomeronghall.com 3.30pm All welcome Major Garry Johnson 0478 403 388 Youth & Community Centre 34 Paradise Beach Rd, Monthly Church Services Sanctuary Pt 4443 9244 Operating Hrs Mon-Fri 9-4pm offering a range of social & recreational activities Living Water Lutheran Church ‘Wesley Centre’ Cnr Junction & Berry Sts, Nowra 3rd Sun, Family Service Update Your Listing 2:30pm Stay for a cuppa and a chat Pastor Simon Mackenzie 0419 416 860 E: [email protected] Are Your ...What’s On... Details Incorrect or Web: illalutheran.blogspot.com or illawarralutheran.com.au Out of Date? Call 0478 607 829 and let us know Spiritualist Meeting Scout Hall, 39 Tasman Rd, StGB or email your updated information to “What’s On” 2nd Sun 2pm Ph 4443 0628 at [email protected]

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Playgroups Justices of the Peace BASIN VIEW Binji and Boori Playgroup free playgroup for indigenous children blue book checks Wed 11.30am 1pm Costello, Brian 4443 6831 0418 230 122 Sanctuary Point Connect Ph Christine 4443 0520 Gray, Frank 4443 5470 Schwarzenbach, Beat 0413 979 572 Sanctuary Point Transition 2 School A free playgroup for FALLS CREEK kids going to school in 2017 Wed 9.30-11am Sanctuary Thomas, Jeff 4447 8066 0417 772 262 Point Connect Ph Christine 4443 0520 Davis, Elaine D 4447 8309 0438 098 347 www.sanctuarypointconnect.org HUSKISSON Sanctuary Point Sing & Play Tues 9.30-11.30am at Kelson, Garry 0458 002 874 Sanctuary Point Connect A free supported playgroup with Parnell, Keith 4441 5276 music, craft and more Christine 4443 5020 Todd, Kathy 4441 7000 www.sanctuarypointconnect.org OLD EROWAL BAY Sanctuary Point Splash Group - Art in the Park Mon Flynn, Ray 4443 0051 9.30-11am Paradise Beach Reserve Renee 4424 7100 or Lord, Simone 4443 8300 0423 606 559 SANCTUARY POINT Askew, Matthew 0422 068 209 St. Georges Basin Wed 9.30am Cnr Tasman Rd & Terry Cassar, Lawrence (Joe) 4443 8805 St, SGB Melissa Horselman 0424 218 547 or find us on facebook Flynn, Mark 0418 669 688 St Georges Basin Meriton St, SGB Alt. Tue 10am-12pm, Hawkins, Paul 4443 8800 0417 219 260 POPS: Parents of Preschoolers Rev Glenys Biddle 4443 0864 Job, Warren 0427 681 312 Tomerong Miss Carrie Cooper Mon 10am Hawken St, McMillan, Paul 4442 1525 Tomerong [email protected] or 0411 838 206 Murray, Narelle 4443 2746 0417 651 658 Simpson, Rod 4443 3106 0422 826 037 Trinity Tots Playtime Wed 10am-12 noon Hawke St, Swattridge, Ronald Jessi 4443 9829 Huskisson (opposite White Sands Park) Jenny 4443 2586 Woods, Greg 4443 3208 0409 457 523 ST GEORGES BASIN Venues for Hire Askew, Ross 0428 434 657 Bos, Warren Pieter 0412 578 381 Community Arts Cottage 48 Edmund St, Sanctuary Davison, Bill 4443 8889 0409 124 600 Point 4443 4416 or 4443 6013 McCauley, Valerie 4443 6674 Huskisson Community Centre Dent St, Huskisson VINCENTIA Ph 0487 469 032 1pm to 4pm - Monday to Friday Duff, Peter 4441 8725 Huskisson Scout & Guide Hall Kiola St, Huskisson Mulligan, Lyn 0412 485 414 Valda Heggie 4443 8463 or 0408 481 947 Jervis Bay Maritime Museum Classrooms Dent St, Community Forums Huskisson Sanctuary Point Youth & Community Centre Huskisson & Woollamia Comm. Voice bi monthly 2nd Mon 7pm (Feb-Nov) Huskisson Community Centre, Cnr 34 Paradise Beach Rd, Sanctuary Point Ph: 4443 9244 Tomerong & Dent St, Huskisson www.hwcv.org.au exec@ St Georges Basin Community Centre 21 Meriton St, hwcv.org.au St Georges Basin Ph: 4443 4926 St Georges Basin Villages Forum 3rd Mon 7.30pm St Georges Basin Scout Hall Tasman Rd Scout Hall, Meriton St Community Centre, SGB Christine 4443 7665 St Georges Basin John Smith 4443 6281 Sanctuary Point Community Pride Innovations Centre at Tomerong School of Arts 358 Hawken Rd, Tomerong The Country Club, St Georges Basin (from $15p.h. for regular bookings; $25p.h. for casual Paul 0417 219 260 or Veronica 0427 249 457 bookings) Ph Gary Watson 0411 561 565 or email e: [email protected] [email protected] www.tomeronghall.com Tomerong Community Forum 2nd Mon 2030hrs directly after the School of Arts meeting Tomerong School of Arts Hall Vincentia Community Centre rear of Bilo carpark, New members welcome Wool Rd, Vincentia 4429 3463 Vincentia Ratepayers & Residents Association Wandandian Progress Association Hall D2683 Vincentia Community Hall 3rd Thu of every 2nd month (Feb, Princes Hwy, Wandandian www.wandandian.org.au Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec) 7.30pm www.vrra.org.au Booking Officer Anne Simpson 4443 5410 [email protected] 29 Monthly Feature THE WRECK Contributed by John Blackmore

In the week leading up to Easter this year, it Wollongong and as far north as the Hunter Valley was exactly 90 years since the S.S. Merimbula port of Morpeth, near Maitland. After 1858 when ran aground on Whale Point, on the northern an Act of the NSW Parliament gave approval for extremity of Beecroft Peninsula. In the last the joining together of these entities, allowing five years, the framework of the front end of that them to operate as the I.S.N.Co., this company shipwreck has finally disintegrated and fallen dominated the trade services up and down the apart. The remaining pieces have dropped into South Coast for the remainder of the 19th century. crevices on the rock platform where the shipwreck After 1904, the company was restructured and has stayed for the best part of a century. became the Illawarra and South Coast Steam This means that in the week that Huskisson Navigation Company. It continued to operate was preparing to host this year’s annual White services along the coast, although by the time of Sands Easter Carnival, the small holiday village the Second World War, these were declining, with of Currarong was about to mark an important the company eventually going out of existence in milestone in its existence. Indeed, in the history the 1950s. Over the best part of a century, more of transport along this coast over the last two than 20 steamships had been part of its fleet. centuries; that being the beginning of the end of During its existence as the I.S.N.Co., the company commercial coastal passenger services by sea. had its heyday when many of the coastal towns Several Monthly Features in the past were going through important stages of their have detailed the Cape St George Lighthouse’s development. With the bulk of its trade being controversial operation from 1860 to 1899. In the the transport of primary industry products such middle of that period, there was the opening of as butter, cheese, cattle, pigs and wool, the the Nowra Bridge in 1881, then in 1893 the railway company named some of the purpose-built ships station at Bomaderry was opened. With the Nowra for this trade after the major dairying estates, Bridge designed as a railway bridge, there were all with the S.S. Kameruka being launched in 1880, sorts of plans to continue that form of transport in the S.S. Tilba in 1908 and the S.S. Bodalla in 1914. one way or another further down the NSW South After it launched the S.S. Bega in 1897 and the S.S. Coast. A branch of the Yass–Canberra to Jervis Eden in 1900 after towns, the company went all Bay Railway League was formed at Huskisson out in 1909 after its restructure when it had the in April 1918. The October 2012 S.S. Merimbula constructed. It was the largest Monthly Feature mentioned the conferences held steamship to service the run along the coast at Yass in 1916 and at Wagga in 1918 to attempt south from Sydney to the ports of Bermagui, to initiate rail transport to the coast from the Tathra, Merimbula and Eden, was comparable in fledgling national capital, whose construction had size to the largest vessels of the Sydney Harbour only begun earlier that decade. ferry fleets, and was especially designed to give around 100 passengers the most comfortable Complete transition from transport by sea to that journey possible. by land was still some way off into the future at this point in time. But after leaving Sydney on Monday, March 26, 1928, the S.S. Merimbula encountered some The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company had heavy seas and inclement, rainy weather as it been formed in the 1850s. It came into existence headed south. At around 1am, it ran aground as the merging together of the Kiama Steam on Whale Point. As Currarong did not exist as Navigation Company, the Shoalhaven Steam anything more than a primitive camping ground Navigation Company and the General Steam for fishermen and shooting parties at this point in Navigation Company, the latter of which had time, the news took 11 hours to reach the Nowra been plying its trade in and out of Sydney to both Police Station, and other relevant authorities. 30 Monthly Feature Captain O’Connor had to keep the 13 passengers and 33 crew members onboard the steamship until first light, with the engines running for some time to prevent the vessel slipping back off the rock platform. Due to the angle at which the S.S. Merimbula had ran aground on to the rocks, the lifeboats had been jammed on the vessel, unable to be used. At dawn though, the passengers and crew members were able to climb down the ship’s ladder and be rowed safely in a boat to the nearby Abrahams Bosom Beach. With them all safely ashore, Captain O’Connor and one of his crew then needed to walk several miles overland to Point Perpendicular to raise the alarm. Over the years since then, Currarong has developed as a village for fishermen, holidaymakers and retirees. The shipwreck of the S.S. Merimbula has held a fascination for a majority of its visitors and residents alike, with its local artist’s group today known as The Merimbula Painters. The anchor of the steamship was recovered in 1978. To this day, it is prominently featured at the entrance to the car park of the Currarong Bowling and Recreation Club. Many stories abound about ‘The Wreck’. One of the oldest is that the campers in Currarong benefitted piece of the wreck kept about them over the from all the unopened tinned food that was on years. But in one story, there is a unproven board the S.S. Merimbula. It became somewhat connection with the original Nowra Bridge. of a lottery, though, when the campers went to Around about the same time as the police made open the cans to eat the contents. All the labels it known that they were looking for certain items had been washed off them in the shipwrecking, that went missing off the shipwreck, a number of so no one knew what they were getting until the sewing machines are said to have been dumped cans were opened. off that bridge in to the Shoalhaven River. Perhaps Several homes, including the first post office these will be uncovered/discovered in the not too come store opened in Currarong in 1936 were distant future during excavation work for the third apparently made with materials off the shipwreck. Nowra bridge crossing that the State Government Many Nowra homes too have had a souvenir announced the construction of in recent months?

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During May we will be celebrating Rex, Harry Highpants, The Princess and the National Simultaneous Storytime where Packet of Frozen Peas, The Emperor’s New every year a picture book, written and Clothes Horse, and Emo the Emu are also illustrated by an Australian author is very popular. read simultaneously in libraries, schools, Our story time session will be held on pre-schools, childcare centres and Wednesday 23rd May at 11am. Come along, bookshops all around Australia. Now in listen to the story and then create a hickory, its 18th year, the aim of this annual event is to dickory clock complete with little moveable promote the value of reading through the fun mouse! Join us after the story and craft for a of books, while at the same time promoting morning tea of cheese and biscuits. Australian authors and publishers. In 2017, Bookings essential as places are limited. Book 686,324 children at 6,129 events across online at Australia took part in National Simultaneous http://www.shoalhavenlibraries. . Storytime! com.au/Events-Programs This year we will be reading ‘Hickory, dickory, dash’ written by Tony Wilson, illustrated by Laura Wood and published by Scholastic Australia. Before the clock strikes one, a mother mouse must search the house for her two missing sons. But she’d better watch out for the cat! Tony Wilson is an author and broadcaster who has been writing books for children for many years. In 2016, The Cow Tripped Over the Moon reached CBCA Honour Book status, and other titles such as Grannysaurus

32 Bay & Basin Cancer Support Group Biggest Morning Tea @ The Country Club, St Georges Basin Wednesday 2nd May Our group supports the Cancer Council with the entry donation of a gold coin and the remainder of our proceeds staying within our area for our community. We will have craft, raffles, cakes and other yummy things for sale. Please come along and help raise much needed funds to help our local community. For more info call Dianne 4443 3275

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33 Home Cooking

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Ingredients – Serves 2 • ¾ cup of mushrooms • 2 slices ham • ½ onion, diced • Chilli flakes to taste • Knob of butter • Salt & pepper • ¼ capsicum • 4 eggs • Mixed Italian herbs • Grated cheese • 1 can diced tomatoes

Method 1. Place mushrooms, onion and knob of butter in an oven proof frypan and cook for approximately 5 minutes over a medium heat until mushrooms softened and onion is cooked. 2. Add capsicum and ham, cook for a further 1 minute 3. Add can of tomatoes, mixed herbs, chilli flakes and salt & pepper to taste. Cook through for a few minutes. 4. Make 4 small holes to break eggs into, cook until egg whites are set. 5. Sprinkle with grated cheese and place under oven grill or in a hot oven and cook until cheese is melted and browned slightly. 6. Enjoy with toast.

34 35 Community Groups St Georges Basin Senior Citizens Inc. (aka Basin Seniors) Providing Fun Activities and Social Contact for "Young at Heart" Seniors Ph Margaret 4443 6031 – 0488 793 481

Are you looking for something to do? Community Centre, Meriton St., StGB. Also, there Something to get you out of the house is our Bushwalking Group, they walk alternate where you’ll meet people and make new Friday’s. All walks are easy walks designed for friends? Perhaps you are new to the district Seniors. and looking for company and an interest? We will be holding our Mothers Day Lunch on Why not join us for a friendly social day of the 15th May. After a morning of Indoor Bowls Indoor Bowls and/or Darts, or perhaps Euchre is and/or Darts and Euchre, Fay from the Fisho’s your thing? Why not come along and spend a Hut will be serving us another of her delicious morning with us and see if you would like to join meals at 12 noon to celebrate this special day. us at The Country Club, Sanctuary Point from Interested in joining “Basin Seniors”? I’d love 9.30am each Tuesday morning. If you don’t know to hear from you, please contact Margaret on how to play Indoor Bowls, don’t worry, we’ll soon 4443 6031. teach you in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Senior Citizens are people 50 and over either Alternatively, you may like to consider our retired or semi – retired. New, or returning excellent Painting Group. They meet each Members are always welcome. Monday morning at 9am at the St. Georges Basin

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The weather was not kind to us for the March, 2018 sinkers for safety’s sake so the children could fishing competition and weigh in. I was unable attempt to place their rod into large containers. to fish on the beach as the wind, tides and Those who managed to do this and those who swell were not favourable. There were some just tried, were rewarded with an easter egg. good fish weighed in but nowhere near what Sharon, one of the main organisers managed we would have had if the weather was better. several hits!! We also had Ray Lonsdale from All who fished and attended had a good day. the RMS along with his safety gear and talks. Hopefully, the April competition will see better This was an excellent day, the weather was weather conditions. good and there were lots of young children We were however, fortunate to have been who were keen to learn how to throw a line. invited to participate in The Country Club’s Hopefully, some fishers of the future. Family Fun Day on Easter Saturday. Peter We were very pleased to have been a part of Spilsted assisted by bringing along some this fun day which the Club hopes to be able to fishing rods to which we attached small split replicate in 2019. Erhard Husted – Club President

38 Australia A BRAVE CAMPAIGN Human rights are for every person born in this world regardless of where you come from, your gender identity or your religion, whether you’re a child an adult or a grandparent, your rights are the same. A Human Rights Defender (HRD) is a person who, individually or in association with others, acts to defend, promote and protect human rights at the local, national, regional or international levels. In 2016, at least 281 HRDs were killed in 22 countries, including defenders who challenged economic interests, protected the environment, defended minorities or opposed traditional barriers to women and LGBTI rights. Right now, people across the world are risking everything to speak out against injustice – student leaders, political opponents, teachers, lawyers, journalists, women’s rights & environmental defenders – are being harassed, tortured, jailed and even killed – just for daring to stand up for what’s right. Prisoners of conscience in China detained and facing lengthy prison sentences for inciting separatism after questioning a lack in the education system and expressing views to media Stand up for Women’s Rights Defender, Azza from Egypt who bravely speaks out for victims of torture, arbitrary detention, domestic abuse, and rape. Take action with Sakris and call on Finland to change the law, and support transgender rights activists. Visit Amnesty International’s website, listen to 92.7FM for your local Amnesty International Bay and Basin groups actions over the following months. Join us the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Huskisson Community Centre 6pm or contact Joanne 0402 754 576 or visit our facebook page. Remember “Brave” is speaking out for what is right, Brave is standing up for your community, Brave is a peaceful protest when your freedom is at risk. Support a HRD today. 39 Schools Corner What’s the latest at

On Tuesday 22nd May between 10am and 2pm we have a massive day of fun and festivities planned for our students, their families and our local community. We will be holding our annual Family Expo, Scholastic Book Fair, Book Character Parade, Family Picnic Day and Sausage Sizzle. If there is one day of fun not to be missed at SPPS this is it! Family Expo For the past 4 years SPPS has hosted the Family Expo in our school hall and this year is set to be bigger than ever! The Expo provides our families and community with the opportunity to meet, discover and connect with a range of services, agencies and program providers. This includes everything from Legal Aid, Housing and the Aboriginal Medical Service to Childcare, Before and After School Care and a whole range of health and wellbeing services available to the Bay and Basin area. Visitors to the Expo will receive a show bag full of goodies (while stocks last!) and a lucky door ticket for the chance to win a voucher for the Scholastic Book Fair. Please come and join us on Tuesday 22nd May. There will be something for everyone!

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Trolls – Family movie night It was such a pleasure to see our families come along with smiley faces, have some dinner and snuggle up with their blankets & chairs and enjoy a wonderful fun evening. What a great way to catch up and connect as a school community.

Easter Hat Parade What a fun day for our students, families and the community. The kids had such a good time at the parade and there were plenty of easter baskets won from our P & C raffle. We also supported the National Day Against Bullying and Violence. Students were involved in a myriad of friendship and anti-bullying activities and we culminated the day in a sharing assembly.

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Year 7 Camp Inspires Creativity Year 7 In other art sessions Ms Corr engaged students students from VHS travelled to Lake Tabourie with contemporary cultural storytelling, with a for a three day camp. The aim of the camp is specific focus on how each student’s personal for students to connect with each other and to school journey is different. encourage new friendships through a variety A single surfboard was painted by all the of team building activities. These consisted students to represent the many paths that of surfing, a beach walk to the blowhole, students will take in their school life. With swimming in the pool, kayaking, fishing, sport, guidance students learnt the significance of golf, tennis, bike riding, photography and art. Koori culture and through colour referenced the country of Lake Tabourie, the sun and our school. All students that attended Year 7 camp contributed to this collaborated art piece that was given to the Year 7 Advisors Mr Warner and Miss Hallaway as surprise thank you gift.

During the Art Workshop students created outdoor sculptures using an array of natural materials found around the camp site. The students were influenced by Once again the camp was a huge success Andy Goldsworthy’s natural sculptures. on many levels and our students behaviour Ephemeral and exquisitely crafted works were was impeccable, showing our school values photographed after completion. of Respect, Responsibility & Personal Best!

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6. Decapods (5) 24 25 7. Amphibian (4) 9. Female horse (4) © Puzzle Choice 10. Female hog (3) APRIL CROSSWORD Solution 14. Male chicken (7) B R O T H B A L A N C E R O R U E A 16. White ant (7) E X C E P T I O N V E G 17. Major food source for whales (5) A H P D C E L 18. Stinging insect (4) D E A L I N G H O R S E 19. Small adders (4) S N E I E N E R G Y F A L C O N 21. Pigeon call (3) E W T H 22. Long pointed walrus teeth (5) H A N D S E X T R E M E E E T D R A X A I R R E D C A R P E T D V I E C R S T E P P E D T E R R A

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