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Kangaroo Valley Voice $2.50 Volume 25 Issue 6 ISSN 1833-8402 Circulation 800 DECEMBER 2019 e: [email protected] www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 2 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au December 2019 Kangaroo Valley Voice Regular Articles Published by Kangaroo Valley Voice Inc. ABN: 48 435 631 730 News from the Pews Page 9 Star Struck Page 10 President Larraine Hahlos Treasurer John McEwen Upcoming VIEW Club Page 16 Secretary Chris Brangwin Committee Jason Horton Environment Group Page 20 Diana Jaffray Jenelle Brangwin Pre School Page 22 Barbara Acworth Events Editor Sally Latham Bushwalkers Page 23 Copy Editor Tony Barnett Design/Production Sally Latham Travellers Tales Page 24 Christmas Market: Advertising Manager Larraine Hahlos Saturday December 7 Distribution Barbara and Book Club Page 28 Adam Acworth The Hive Honorary Legal Adviser Tony Barnett Pioneer Museum Page 28 Lions Page 29 Pub Trivia: Columnists Seniors Page 30 7pm, December 11 (2nd Wednesday) Tony Barnett Andrew Paterson The Friendly Inn Loo Taylor Jacinta Perry Powell FIG Page 32 Jenelle Brangwin Michael Quirk Joan Bray Gary Matthews Wine Page 34 Pub Bingo: Rob & Deb Folkard Andrew Smee 6.30pm, December 16 (3rd Monday) Lincoln James Rosemary Stanton Nutrition Page 35 Gerard Keyzer Greg Thompson The Friendly Inn Alison Baker KVPS Page 36 Firey Tales Page 39 Valley Movies: Kangaroo Valley Voice is a monthly newspaper which aims to support and develop the Beaumont RFS Page 40 7pm, December 20 Valley’s economic, social and communication Kangaroo Valley Hall infrastructure. The Committee and Assistants are Sports Report Page 42 all volunteers (excluding the Editor) who donate their time and expertise for the benefit of the Directory Page 43 Karaoke: readers. 8pm, December 27 All Valley residents, clubs and organisations are The Friendly Inn invited to forward editorial submissions. When is it due each month? The K.V. Voice is financially self-sufficient due to income received from local businesses and Article submissions: 20th NYE Fireworks: advertising. December 31 Copyright in all contents of the KV Voice is vested Ad bookings: 15th in the relevant author or photographer, and may Event notifications: 20th The Friendly Inn not be reproduced without their consent. [email protected] DISCLAIMER The statements and opinions expressed in this 0414 182 142 publication are made in good faith by Kangaroo Valley community members. K.V. Voice Inc., Committee, volunteers and contributors do not take responsibility for any statements advertisement, notice, letter or opinions published. Such are published at the risk of the contributor, who accepts liability for any intended On the cover: publication. All contributors agree to indemnify the publisher and warrant that the material is accurate The boomers of the Valley Voice committee and is neither deceptive or misleading, in breach of copyright, defamatory or in breach of any laws. PRINTED BY: Red Barron Printing, Bomaderry, NSW are leaving! See ‘Help!’ on next page DISTRIBUTED BY: Australia Post Voice Subscriptions and Address Update The Kangaroo Valley Voice is delivered FREE to all house and land holders within the mountain boundaries of the Valley (*Subscription to the Voice for those outside the mountain boundaries is available at a cost of $30 per year) Our data base of addresses needs to be updated regularly so if your address is incorrect please let us know. Please tick the appropriate box: NEW RESIDENT PURCHASED A PROPERTY CHANGE SUBSCRIPTION Your details: Name: Address: . Post Code: . Postal address: . Send all communication including payments to Kangaroo Valley Voice, PO Box 6079 Kangaroo Valley or email to kvvoiceinvoices@gmail .com December 2019 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 3 Help! Council Approval for Those faces, familiar to many, appearing on the front page of this edition, are the faces of the current voluntary committee members of Pump Track your local newspaper, the Kangaroo Valley Voice. But they will not be current much longer. In fact, they are in danger of becoming extinct! Which means without your help the Voice will also become extinct. We are all getting too old. Chris and Jenelle and Jason are leaving the Valley; Ba and Adam can no longer cart around boxes of the Voice for delivery, (Zimmer frames have no facility for transporting goods) and Di Great news - the Kangaroo Valley If you are interested in donating to this has been on the committee for a long Pump Track has been rubber-stamped project, an account has been set up time and needs a break. by Shoalhaven Council. This will be a through the Kangaroo Valley Chamber of As a community group, The Voice great resource for all bike riders in the Tourism and Commerce. The details are: reports to the Department of Fair community and an attraction to bring Bank - CBA Nowra people to this beautiful valley. Trading, so the committee has to BSB - 062585 ensure due diligence is followed in its After a lengthy process that involved Account Number - 10159052 handling of public money. The paper some re-design and environmental should be relevant and attractive to assessment, the Council has given us the Account Name - KVCTC every person in the community as well OK to begin work on the site. Initially this Reference - Pump Track. as showcasing our valley to the wider will mean the stockpiling of materials, An advertising display will be set up on public. with estimates being that we will need the site and acknowledged on media Our constitution requires seven about 800 tonnes. Machinery will then platforms with three levels of sponsorship committee members, to help out in be required to begin the bulking up of recognised: the track and then the finer shaping positions such as Treasurer, Secretary, • Bronze (family) sponsorship of $200 preparing invoices, organising the and finishing off to ensure it rides well. • Silver (business) sponsorship of $500 distribution, reporting on happenings After this we will be aiming to complete in the Valley. Being on the committee the project with beautification and • Gold sponsorship of $1000. doesn’t take a lot of time; at the landscaping of the site. If you have any queries, please get in moment, we meet every second Information on this community project touch with me on 0409 903 440. Thank month, for about an hour and a half. will be shared through a social media you in advance for your support. It brings a great deal of satisfaction presence on Facebook @kvpumptrack and camaraderie working together on and Instagram @kvpumptrack, so please Dave Johnson something that means so much to so get on-line and support us by liking these many. It’s not time, but enthusiasm pages which demonstrates community that is needed. The next committee support. meeting is on 17 March. Come on guys, there must be someone out there who is willing to take over the administration of the Voice! Fresh ideas to bring revitalisation of a publication that is really important to many in the Valley. Because, if no one steps forward the Voice will not be able to continue. It is as simple as that. If you would like more information, please contact Sally Latham at [email protected] or on 0414 182 142. We would like to start the New Year LINCOLN CONSTRUCTIONS with a new committee, so please, don’t just think about it. Jump in and do it! KANGAROO VALLEY BUILDING Jenelle Brangwin Lincoln O’Toole 11 Cullen Cres Builder Kangaroo Valley [email protected] 0414 551 648 Page 4 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au December 2019 Letters to the editor ... Halcyon Bookshop to Close The well-regarded Book and Record Shop in Kangaroo Valley at the rear of 167 Moss Vale Rd would appear to unfortunately have to close when the front access fronting Moss Vale Rd is demolished. The Shoalhaven Council twenty years ago built a timber walkway entrance to service the now Halcyon Bookshop and the now The Pantry Café at 165 Moss Vale Rd and also to provide an access for the rear nursery, The Village Green. There has been a café at 165 Moss Vale Rd with an access at the walkway location being the main entrance for the last 30 years. There has been a shop at the rear of the of 167 Moss Vale Rd also for at least 30 years. The Council, 20 years ago, built a new timber walkway access for the benefit of these shops with the main part of the walkway being 25% on the land of 167 Moss Vale Rd and 75% on the land of 165 Moss Vale Rd. This walkway provides access to the shops, beautiful rose garden, safe walking access to the car park, the nursery and for the disabled, wheelchair people, people on walkers and young families with prams. However, Karen and John Barker, the JPs in the Valley owners of 165 Moss Vale Rd, have stated that they intend to demolish their 75% of the walkway and build a fence from the For a complete list of JPs in Kangaroo front of Moss Vale Rd to the rear of their Valley, contact the KV Post Office or property. visit the website This will remove the access to Halcyon Bookshop which has been in operation for www.jp.nsw.gov.au over 30 years and also the main access for The Pantry Café which has relied on this access as the main entrance for over thirty years. A necessary and popular access will be removed in favour of a fence which is not in keeping with the street scene of Kangaroo Valley. Technically there will be no proper and Do you have a story or news necessary access to Halcyon Bookshop.