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We The song was in a finished state as a and were listening to it we as we were recorded about 75 or 80 tracks, some - melody and a set of lyrics, and then it driving home to Braidwood, and for thing like that, between 1963 and was up to me to arrange it for the instance, there’s one song on it that we 1968 and generally speaking, that was group. could’ve covered. the sum total of our early recording Have you a favourite after all this So, I think again, it’s in the ear of the period. Then, after we reformed in time? beholder. It’s like talking about 1992, we recorded more material and Judith’s voice, and how each song since then we’ve recorded a studio impinges on the listener. I think that album and other tracks. Yes, I suppose while there’s a lot of alternative music In those days, when you went on ‘’ is like rap and hip hop, etc. nowadays, shows like Ed Sullivan, did you that didn’t exist in the era in which we perform them live or did you mime probably my favourite, were performing, equally there was big them? band, swing and things like that that and ‘I’ll Never Find didn’t translate into the rock’n’roll era We performed. The Ed Sullivan Shows of Elvis Presley and his peers. Once and other programmes in America Another You’ follows on The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were all live, but in England, on Top of pretty closely from that. came along, that whole genre changed the Pops and other TV shows like that, again. the artists mimed, so we mimed along So, that’s a long-winded way of saying with all the others. Even The Beatles They’re both songs. that perhaps there are songs that can mimed, everyone mimed. It was only Then there are a few that I quite like, still translate onto each decade. later on that shows like Top of the but generally as far as our hit records Pops insisted on their acts performing are concerned, it’s those two, for me Does religion play any part in the live. anyway, that stand out. group or your personal philosophy, or that of the group? has a fantastic voice. Why do you think it is that songs I was listening to Danny Boy. She is like ‘’ are a type of Religion plays no part in my philoso - a wonderful singer. song that doesn’t exist anymore. phy. Judith is a very spiritual person. Like, straight and conservative. Pop She has a guru, a master in India that She has and yes, she performs a great songs are not like that anymore. she follows. interpretation of that song. Have we moved on? We recorded and performed a lot of KEITH AT HOME WITH PARTNER ELIZABETH HAWKES . The other thing I noticed about her I think there are versions of that style gospel songs in our time, mainly voice, I thought, was perhaps it got a of song still around. I’m reminded of because Judith grew up on that kind of little bit richer as she got older. were what you might call a little the Pharrell Williams song ‘Happy’. music, and when she started perform - coffee-lounge group. But when we Well, it’s very much in the ear of the [sings] “Because I’m happy ...” That is ing, before she joined us, she was went overseas we found that there was beholder, I believe. There were a a song that I think we probably could singing with a trad jazz band in Keith Potger a bigger audience out there. Then couple of tracks that she did in have done our own version of 30 or 40 Melbourne. That sort of gospel mater - luckily, Tom Springfield came along Melbourne before we went to England, years ago — or a song like that. I went ial was very strong in that idiom in and started writing fantastic songs for where her voice is absolutely pristine. to see a Pete Murray concert last night those early sixties. People like Frank Then there were subsequent ones that in Batemans Bay. We bought his CD Traynor and Frank Johnson had trad You’ve heard of ‘’, right? OK, you young ones us and producing our records. That was how we became known interna - she did later when we were in are excused. For the rest of us the Carnival is never over. tionally. England, and they sound great as well. THE SEEKERS RECEIVING A GOLD RECORD FOR IN 1967. P HOTO So, perhaps in that four or five year FROM THE GRAHAM SIMPSON ARCHIVE . ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’ was writ - Paul Cockram went to see Keith now he lives here and period there was a bit of maturity in ten specifically for us. Later on, Tom started by asking him how he got into music her voice, but nevertheless that clear was asked to write the theme song for tone was unmistakable, really. the film ‘Georgy Girl’, and he collabo - t started when I was at school, at days. She became Judith a little later rated with who wrote some And you fellows had your harmonies Melbourne High School. While I on. lyrics for ‘Georgy Girl’. That was the down pat before she joined anyway, I Iwas in fifth form I formed a trio. While The Seekers were still four only film song that we had in our suppose. The next year we added another voice blokes, we were given this Monday career. Well, we had a few of them down pat, to become a quartet — but that group night gig at The Treble Clef in South Was it England or America first? yes, because Ken, as I said, had a very then disbanded. , at the Yarra in Melbourne. Then Judith high voice, and so getting around It was England first for us. We went to time, had a trio and then his group joined the group and took over the role those harmonies was pretty straight - England in 1964, then because of the broke up. All this happened in as the fourth member. We played forward. But I’ve been arranging the success of our early recordings, partic - Melbourne, I’m a Melbourne boy, I every Monday night and we were paid harmonies for the group since we ularly ‘Georgy Girl’, which was a grew up there. in spaghetti bolognese — all we could started, so it was kind of a continuum, number one hit all over the world, but Out of those two groups came another eat. That was our recompense for the if you like. group that Athol and I started, which especially in the US, we became gig. Are you the arranger? morphed into ‘The Seekers’. The known in America as well. But Seekers were actually four men to start Which was the tune that launched Australia was always our home, even Yes, of the harmonies, the music and off with. There was Athol Guy, Bruce The Seekers onto the world stage, or though we were based in the UK for all generally acting as a kind of musical Woodley, myself and Ken Ray. When at least onto the Australian stage? that time. director for the group. The others Ken left the group, instead of replacing Well, it was the same record that We arrived in England in 1964 so the throw in ideas and then we come to a him with a bloke, we looked around launched us all over the place — ‘I’ll original span of the group was from conclusion. It works well. for a girl, because Ken had a very high Never Find Another You’ written by 1962 to when we broke up in 1968. So, when you had a song written for voice. Tom Springfield. We started recording while we were in you was it just the words that were That’s how we came across Judy That really kicked off the whole thing, Australia in 1963, so there was that written and you composed the music, Durham, as she was known in those because when we were in Australia we extra year while we were in Australia or did it come as a package?

6 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 7 GOLDEN OLDIES sonic gap, shall we say, of the harmonies. Yeah, I love them. I love harmony singing, and Elizabeth and I sing melody and harmony from time to time. Not professionally yet, but you never know. I’ve been writing songs with Allan Caswell, the renowned country singer. He and I have finished five songs which we’re demo-ing at the moment. Either I’m doing the lead and Allan’s singing harmonies, or Allan’s singing the lead and I’m doing harmonies. So, that’s another venture that I’ve embarked on. So, here you are in Braidwood. How did that come about? That came about because I met a lovely lady, Elizabeth Hawkes, and then we became an item. We travelled a lot after we first met, because The Seekers were still touring at that stage. Because of her expertise and creativity with a professional camera, she became the official photographer for The Seekers, so that became a positive connection for us all. We’ve known each other for four years now and she already had this property in Braidwood. After all that travelling, bands in Melbourne. So, that sort of What sort of music interests you we decided that we would settle in and music, ‘We Shall Not Be Moved’ and now? Are you still arranging your complete the restoration of it. It’s been songs like that were part of the reper - own material, or do like to do some of a decision that we don’t regret making. toire of those bands. the older stuff? It’s great. THE COMMUNISTS RETREATED TO THE BEACH TO FIND THEIR BOATS DESTROYED . S URRENDERING SEEMED LIKE A GOOD CHOICE . When did The Seekers last perform My music interests and influences are Are you involved in the music scene together? very varied and I try to keep in touch in this part of the world nowadays? We last performed together doing a with whatever’s popular. When it beaches. Nevertheless, thousands of Well, as involved as I can be, I guess. New Zealand tour in November 2014. comes to my concert material, well, it’s them made it to shore, regrouped and I still perform solo concerts and I’ve After Judith had her brain haemor - a combination of new and old really. fought their way inland. just been in Victoria performing. rhage in 2013 she recovered really Heavy industry In another stroke of luck for the defen- Before that I was up in northern New well from it and we were able to ders, a Republic of China naval boat South Wales, doing some solo complete a UK tour in the middle of When I do my solo shows Not many factories have their raw materials arrive by air, had been lurking nearby, rumoured to concerts, and I am hoping to perform 2014 followed later that year by New have been engaging in a spot of smug - I like to do some songs again at the National Theatre at the certainly not through the roof. Kinmen is different. Zealand. Yes, I suppose that was the end of this year. We haven’t got a final last time — November 2014. that meant a lot to me date for that, but it’s probably going to THE BEACH OBSTACLES ARE STILL THERE . n the early hours of October 25 driven from the mainland, by the Was there a downside, do you think, during my school days. be late November, early December. in having fame? Like being at the Top 1949, an armada of hundreds of People’s Liber ation Army, falling back I am involved in the committee that’s wooden fishing boats with 9000 to Taiwan and the small islands of the of the Pops number one, or whatever, helping with the renovation of the I Then I take it through in a kind of troops on board set out from mainland Kinmen archipelago. for a series of years. Did you sacrifice National Theatre. So, I’m gradually in chronological fashion, but I’m writing China. Its mission was to strike the With these islands being but a few something in terms of just being able my own little way getting more a lot of songs at the moment. I’m first blow for Mao Zedong’s People’s kilometres from Xiamen on the south- to wander down to the shops? involved as time goes on. trying to get those finished — it’s one Republic of China in its quest to eastern coast of China, it must have Actually, we’ve all been really lucky in of those things where I have to keep Is there anything I haven’t asked conquer finally the Republican forces seemed to Mao Zedong like a good that we don’t get harassed by fans. I working diligently, trying to get them that you’d like to just say anyway, as of Chiang Kai-shek. place to start the end game — the think there are some bands that do completed. part of your contem porary life here in During the Second World War, in a conquest of Taiwan. have issues with their fans, but we this part of the world? sector not much covered in our history never experienced that. We just expe - Then hopefully by the end of this year But on that October night, the Nation- books, the Sino-Japanese war cost the rienced wonderful loyalty and respect. I’ll have my fourth solo CD ready to go Well, I think you’ve covered it pretty alist forces were better prepared than lives of 10-25 million Chinese civilians It’s just great that they respect us as and that will contain all new material. well, Paul. What should I say? My the communists had been led to and about 4 million soldiers on both individuals and as human beings. But I may revisit some older songs, activities around town are generally believe. Then, fortuitously for the who knows? pretty low key, and I just appreciate sides. The Japanese invaders were defenders, one of their own night You didn’t have teenage girls the fact that people can say, “Good being fought by two distinct Chinese patrols accidentally detonated a mine Do you miss the interplay of climbing up the outside of the hotel day,” and I’m just another bloke in armies — the ‘people’s’ army of Mao and when flares were sent up to inves - harmony and stuff, or do you think like they did when The Beatles were town, really. A lot of people know Zedong and others, and the ‘official’ tigate, the approaching invaders were you might sing with another person? here? where I live so it’s not as though Republican army of Chiang Kai-shek. caught in plain sight. No, nor in the inside of the hotel as it Yes, I do miss it. In fact, on my there’s a great wall of secrecy around After the defeat of Japan, the two Many of Mao’s soldiers died in their turns out. No part of the hotel did they recordings, I generally do my own my day to day activities. Chinese armies turned on each other boats and many more were cut down ever climb up for us. harmonies to fill in that little gap. The It’s wonderful and I enjoy it all hugely. and the Repub licans were eventually as they fought their way on to the

8 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 9 METAL AS ANYTHING KITCHEN ARTILLERY International gunboat diplomacy and his shoulder as he travelled across the and abroad for its ‘MaestroWu’ knives The artillery shell to knife production the Korean war then put paid to Mao’s island making and selling his knives. and cleavers. process consists of cutting a piece desire to forcibly reunite the ‘two Not many industries receive their raw The supply of steel increased dramati - from the shell, smelting, hammering, Chinas’ by military invasion. materials in such abundance or under cally in the 1958-1978 propaganda forging, grinding and polishing. One In 1952 US President Harry S. such trying conditions. In August war when, as comical as it seems now, artillery shell can make about 60 steel Truman toyed with the idea of using 1958, as a result of worsening rela - China and Taiwan fired leaflet-filled knifes. atom bombs to destroy the People’s tions with China, the island was hit by artillery shells at each other across the Today’s Maestro Wu, Wu Tseng-Dong, Republic of China’s military strength over 400,000 artillery shells. Wu 10 km sea. For twenty years, China estimates that his supply will sustain so that Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists Tseng-dong collected the most intact of sent shells over on the odd-numbered the steel knife making industry on could retake control of China. [A fore - these shells and the Kinmen Steel days of the month. Kinmen answered Kinmen for at least forty or fifty years runner to today’s madness over North Knife factory became famous at home fire on the in-between days. — and that’s a lot of knives. Korea.] To support this crazy idea, the garri - son on Kinmen was increased to 58,000 troops. As a result China commenced an aerial bombardment of the island using conventional artillery. THIS KNIFE TOOK Kinmen returned fire and during this ABOUT TWENTY - FIVE MINUTES , period many hundreds of people died WHILE WE on each side. WATCHED , TO GO FROM BOMB SHELL THE MAESTRO WU FACTORY WITH ITS COPIOUS SUPPLY OF STEEL SHELLS . T HE Birth of an industry TO KITCHEN WORKER ON THE LEFT IS MELTING A SHELL SECTION IN THE FURNACE , THE STAMP - APPLIANCE . ING PRESS IS IN THE CENTRE , WHILE ANOTHER WORKER POLISHES A BLADE . inmen has had its share of ‘manna TO OUR GREAT Kfrom heaven’. During WW2, steel SURPRISE IT WAS gling on the side. It then opened fire food and ammunition, were driven was hard to get so an enterprising THEN ENGRAVED on the beached fishing boats, destroy - back to the beach. There, after discov - man, Wu Chao Hsi, started collecting AND PRESENTED ing most of them and preventing their ering their only means of escape had casings from bombs dropped by the TO US AS A GIFT . return to the mainland for the second been reduced to splintered, blazing Allies on Kinmen. [Taiwan and its wave of another 10,000 troops. wreckage, they surrendered en masse. islands had been under Japanese rule tunnels linking them that visitors are most likely to be After fierce fighting lasting three days, The whole PROC invading army, since 1891.] How this story shown. We have nothing like it in our history. It’s remark - the remaining 1300 People’s Republic including a smaller second wave that He earned the reputation of ‘Maestro able that after all Kinmen and other parts of Taiwan have of China soldiers, running short of arrived during the battle, was lost. Wu’ by carrying his forging furnace on endured, there is no animosity towards the people of main - came about land China. Alison Alder and Paul Cockram The Taiwanese would just like to be acknowledged as a people with a country and be recognised by all other world travelled to Taiwan and then to Kinmen governments. Even to this day, the Communist Party ruling as part of Alison’s art practice. China uses bullying tactics on anyone who have the temer - ity to recognise Taiwan as an independent state. Only She leads off ... twenty small countries defy China and recognise Taiwan (ROC), thereby losing their diplomatic relations with the ur trip to Kinmen Island was my third visit to Taiwan. People’s Republic of China. OI was first invited to participate in the Yilan Inter- Australia, of course, is not one of them. n national Invitational Printmaking exhibition, held in Yilan Ph: 4842 2472 Province in the north-east of Taiwan in 2015. Professor THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT . F ROM LEFT TO RIGHT : Chung, a retired professor of printmaking at the National PROFESSOR LIN , P AUL , A LISON , P ROFESSOR CHUNG AND High Quality Meats Taiwan University of Fine Arts, has a commitment to OUR TRANSLATOR , GUIDE AND GOOD FRIEND TERRI TANG . promoting local artists as well as bringing the best of inter - Old Fashioned national printmaking from the Asia Pacific region to regional provinces. Friendly Service I have been honoured to be included in three exhibitions: In Yilan, where a new museum of contemporary art has been established, in Yunlin, the poorest province in Taiwan — where the regional government has a commit - ment to build local business through the arts and environ - ment — and finally in Kinmen. It is a two way exchange where local, national and inter - 137 Wallace Street national artists have the opportunity to spend time with each other, sharing experiences of their working lives but Braidwood also their techniques. Michael & Cheryl Clarke ... and from Paul We also smoke all our own t was my first trip to that part of the world. In the time Deli Range on the premises Iwe were on Kinmen we did not see any other people like us — tall and ruddy from the heat. In a place riddled with [email protected] tunnels it’s not such a great thing to be tall. CLOSED PUBLIC HOLIDAYS And it’s the coastal fortifications and the ants nest-like

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in this land — and to congratulate all So said the judge of you on this wonderful display. I also Adriane Boag from the grew up in a country town. I grew up National Gallery of Australia in a town called Canowindra in the CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT : BRAG central west of New South Wales. PRESIDENT MAGGIE HICKEY WITH LILY was the judge this year I remember the moment quite clearly MUNNINGS ‘S TAR DUST AND MORTAR ’ AND JUDGE ADRIANE BOAG ; R EBECCA ello everybody. I’d just like to in year four when I knew it was possi - DORAN “T EAR IT OPEN ’; B RIANA ble to be an artist. I remember how Hstart, also, by acknowledging the EMERSON ‘S UNFLOWER SUTRA ’; L OGAN traditional owners of this place on exciting and liberating that moment is. PRESTON ‘S ILVER WINGS ’; T OM ALDER which we meet tonight and to I would like to congratulate all of you ‘F ROZEN BIRDBATH ’; L OUIS MUNNINGS acknowledge the history of creativity on your decision and your bravery by ‘U NTITLED 2’.

ALEX ROYDS , SURROUNDED BY SUPPORTIVE AND INQUISITIVE FAMILY WITH HIS PRIZE -WINNING WORK , ‘E LEVATED SURFACE ’. 2017 BRAG Youth Art Awards Paul Cockram went along to record the event

his award has emerged out of the 2014 NICK FRY FROM THE Braidwood Heritage Art Prize which BRAIDWOOD COMMUNITY BANK . Tresurfaced a few years ago thanks to the concerted efforts of a small band of dedi - cated workers. It was run in conjunction with the Heritage Festival celebrating Braidwood’s 175th birthday. The previous Heritage Art Prize had, before that, run for over 10 years with the winning artworks forming the core of the Braidwood Hospital art collection. The 2014 Art Prize included for the first time a youth art award and BRAG is continuing this support and fostering of youth arts in our region. The Braidwood Community Bank has once again been a generous donor to the BRAG public fund to support local arts and this year BRAG directed these funds to the Braidwood Regional Youth Art Award.

12 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 13 WHEN TOO MUCH ART IS NEVER ENOUGH WOMANURE realised, in such diverse media. I’ve done my best. There systems of the natural world, rather are always people who miss out. I would just like to say than being inadequate, offer patterns that if you don’t get a prize tonight, please, please don’t be worth following. disheartened. There are more artists in the world who Compost is one of the most important haven’t got prizes than who have. additions to the garden and fits with the ‘organic’ view of soil health. I think that you should just continue on. Compost is an excellent source of organic matter and nutrients. It You should just say to yourself, contains all the major plant nutrients, “She obviously knows nothing.” nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, as well as all the minor nutrients that plants need. Furthermore, it releases I’m delighted that you all feel such a passion for the visual these nutrients slowly, thus minimis - arts, which is what I have. It’s really the thing that’s ing runoff and leaching. Compost is directed my whole life. I don’t think I know really anything made from organic materials that have about anything else. As I get older, my knowledge in other been broken down into a dark, areas just recedes. The visual arts kind of takes up my crumbly substance known as humus. whole world. If you do not have your own supply of If any of you are getting to the end of Year 11, please also quality compost, there are other alter - come and talk to me and consider applying for the natives. National Summer Arts Scholarship. We are very fortunate that all the I don’t think that we have ever had a student from green waste collected in our region is ELA AND JARRAH PARSONS . Braidwood. I don’t think we’ve ever even had a student Preparing and maintaining being converted into compost. Simone who’s applied from Braidwood. Let’s make January 2018 Dalkara is the compost maker and entering into this prize. I wish all of you, whether or not the exception where we have a student from here in runs the Landtasia compost facility. It you win a prize tonight, all the very, very best of your Canberra for a week. It’s only an hour and a half away. soil in your spring garden is the only organically certified green continuing journey as artists. (If you are interested in applying, talk to someone at waste facility in NSW (and possibly If any of you would like to come and talk to me about your BRAG.) he first two months of winter Whether you are a practitioner or Australia) and her compost is full of particular work, it would be really lovely to talk to you now Without further ado, I really think that I need to tell you were very cold and dry and this proponent of organic based agriculture nutrients and microbiology. that I’ve looked at your work which I did on Tuesday. I who are winning the major prizes today. As well, I would Toften leads to a hot dry spring. or a practitioner of industrial agricul - While there are whole books written spent a really delightful morning here at BRAG. I will say really like to acknowledge the invaluable help that has If the weather in the first weeks of ture it still all begins and ends with the on the subject of soil and a large range though, that there was no heating — I just made a decision been provided to me by Janetta and also by Maggie. August are any indication, then a soil. The major difference in these two of organic inputs to use on soil, the in five seconds flat [laughs]. No, not at all! I spent a lot of Maggie was here on Tuesday and we had quite a few warm spring seems likely. Already the forms of agriculture is the thinking and following is a simple regime for home time looking at your work, pondering and thinking about discussions. She made sure she didn’t give me any infor - soil temperature is heating up which understanding behind them. Indust- gardeners in preparing and maintain - what is was you were trying to achieve. mation. I kept fishing around for things but she was just means it is time to start preparation rial agriculture is based on the premise ing the kitchen garden: I hope that you feel that I have honoured the contribution like resolute. for the spring and summer garden. Compost — 2 buckets for each 1 sq. that you have all made. It’s never at all easy to choose, Again, congratulations to your community and all of the Soil preparation is the key to any metre section even in three categories; it’s never easy to choose between artists here. Thank you very, very much to all the sponsors successful garden. Strong healthy soil works of work, which all show skill and which are also, I and for your generosity. Thank you. n with accessible nutrients means strong WYNLEN’S Blood & Bone — 200g per square healthy plants. Organic in the dictio - metre nary comes from having the character - Dynamic Lifter (or similar) — 100g istics of a living organism. In general GARDEN IN per square metre terms we understand organic as mean - Dolomite or lime — 1 handful per ing gardening without chemicals. That square metre is, we use additives and inputs that Sheep or any pelleted animal have originated from or are by-prod - manure (this is the only type of ucts of living matter. Gardening animal manure that is not hot and can organically also means treating the be directly applied to the garden — 1 soil as if it were alive. That is, some - bucket (10 litre) per square metre thing needing food, water, shelter and A Seaweed based Fertiliser — This proper mineral content to ensure its could be a liquid fertiliser or miner - health. alised. When doing some background reading I came across the term soil husbandry. This formulae is one of the most In exploring this term further I came valued by the gardeners who attend across a lot of references from the mid our popular day workshop ‘All Season 1800s and beyond. It is apparent that Cool Climate Vegetable Growing’ soil husbandry has had a long tradi - www.wynlenhouse.com/workshops tion within agricultural soil science. In SPRING 17 I write weekly on the Village Farmer modern times it appears that the focus blog at: is primarily around preventing soil erosion and degradation; however, in that natural systems are inadequate http://www.wynlenhouse.com/the- it’s more traditional sense soil and need to be replaced with human village-farmer-a-blog published on a husbandry seeks to sustain the agri - systems. I.e. inorganic fertilisers are Monday evening. cultural soil resource though general superior as they are outside of the Happy gardening ... care and management: by sustaining, natural system. On the other hand Bronwyn Richards, feeding and maintaining soil health. organic agriculture sees that the Principal gardener, Wynlen House

14 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 15 FABRIC OF SOCIETY

2016 – B RAIDWOOD AIRING When Gai came to Braidwood she joined a number of OF THE QUILTS groups including the Quilters where she learnt to move out of her comfort zone of colours and at times be wild and vibrant, an example being one of her prize winning quilts at the 2017 Braidwood Show. Gai has vast experience in quilting techniques and tips and tricks which she willingly shares with many of the Braidwood Quilters and is exceptional in guiding the younger members of the group. She recently ran a two day course of creating fabric from strips and small pieces stitched together — and created a clutch style purse. Liberty fabrics are one of her favourites which she blends together for patches within a quilt or uses them in appliqué. Gai is also a quiet achiever in the background, creating gifts for the Quilters Luncheon in July and finishing off all the stray tasks prior to the Airing of the Quilts. Jenny Wallace The Singer handle type machine belonging to her grand - mother was the first machine Jenny used when aged 9 or 10. Then in the early 1960s she was given a brand new AIRING?OF?THE?QUILTS Singer Electric machine as a wedding present. During the following decade Jenny used many reels of cotton making clothes for her growing family as well as uniforms for Margaret Tuckwell provides a stitch-by-stitch account of some of the quilters of Braidwood school. A decade plus found Jenny entering the craze of Koala Country knit fabrics where she attended one of her first ever sewing classes; more reels and fabric were acquired. There are numerous quilters within the Braidwood community. If you are able to help, please contact 0458 Then jump two decades and Jenny’s world changed when, Contracting Pty Ltd district with various diverse styles, and together they 605 786 or [email protected]. she made her first quilt (to right of picture). Each piece was would fill an entire issue of BWD . To choose some and hand sewn then hand quilted after which she was omit others whilst not wishing to offend was indeed a ‘hooked’. All drainage work: difficult task. Gai Morgan • septic tanks So I decided to interview ladies who are not only quil - Gai, like many others, first learnt to sew by hand at school Jenny Wallace ters but who share their experience, knowledge, ‘stash and remembers one of her first pieces being ‘shadow work’ • absorption trenches of fabrics’ and time within the community. They have on organza. As a member of a resourceful migrant family all been involved in the ‘Airing of the Quilts’ for a Gai learnt to make both clothes and lingerie at an early • house and yard drainage number of years and continue to provide a selection of age. All concrete work : quilts and/or create bunting which adds additional On entering the workforce Gai first worked as a ‘sign colour and technique to Wallace Street. writer’ for displays at Grace Brothers, then taught both day • driveways and evening classes at TAFE. She later re-educated to he original reason for airing quilts was to hang them become a library technician. • footpaths on a clothes line or balcony in the spring when the Her first quilt was all stitched by hand, joining all the sun shines and there is a fair chance of wind. This • slabs and footings T pieces and then the actual quilting with needle and thread enabled the quilts to flutter in the breeze and easily and the aid of a thimble. Gai continues to hand stitch some remove dust which may have accumulated over the winter • retaining walls of her quilts, a precise and quiet art which suits her months and also to reduce the need to hand wash the personality. quilt. All small excavation work Move on to the 1990s and a new reason for airing quilts began here in Braidwood; to display quilts hanging from Gai Morgan ‘KOALAFIED TRADESMEN’ historic buildings, in shop windows and quilts entered for the indoor competition at the National Theatre. The event has been successful for over 20 years and attracts both A light-hearted look at a locals and visitors and helps provide a financial gain to the serious subject town. Of course a project like this does not just happen — it Full liaison and compliance with requires good planning and assistance from the commu - nity to hang and take down the quilts. In the past this has all council requirements been done using tall ladders, however, we need to take into account the occupation health and safety of all. This year the committee requests building owners either hang the Contact Bolj: 0410 534 057 quilts or permit volunteers to enter the premises to hang the quilts. Quilts hung below the balconies will be raised SMS your number if I’m out on a job. using a hooked pole method. Facebook: Koala Country Contracting The quilts need to be hung within a short timeframe and NSW Contractor Licence No. 284484C for that we require assistance from the general Braidwood

16 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 17 IT’S BEEN SEW LONG COTTON CLUB Jenny became passionate and enthusiastic with quilting, Whilst still at home waiting to modern quilts. She began making them in the late 1980s, two descriptions which also define her personality and be old enough to attend when it became acceptable to use a sewing machine. Braidwood workshops drive. Her passion for fabric ‘I love them all’ and style of school, Lesley began to make Robyn loves fabrics that have a range of colours that blend quilting being stack and slash which she finds exciting. hankies and clothes for her into each other, whether they be earth tones, pastels or with Lisa Walton From a patterned fabric an entity is chosen, repeated dolls from the scraps her bright, with favourites being Batiks, Fossil Fern and within the fabric and then stacked to form a new object, mother had left over from Stonehenge. Lisa will be teaching three of her most this process is repeated from another entity within the making clothes for the family. Her favourite quilt technique is ‘stack and slash’, The popular workshops in conjunction with fabric pattern. Using this This then extended to a rug for different patterns that come from the same fabric always the Airing of the Quilts in Braidwood. process a new picture is her cat and further clothes for amaze her. Robyn enjoys trying something new; combining created and often the stuffed toys and dolls. vibrant coloured fabrics, using different types of thread or 23-26th November 2017 maker does not know how High school gave her an oppor - combination of various designs. At a recent BQI workshop, it will turn out. tunity to learn all the main processes to make her own whilst most ladies brought fabric to make a handbag, Her enthusiasm and clothes; she took the challenge to make a skirt rather than Robyn stepped out of the comfort zone and brought a bubbly personality has the easy option of a 1960s shift. Her ambition was to be previous knitted jumper which had been felted. been welcomed at many a domestic art teacher based on the admiration of her Over the years Robyn has been to a number of quilt ‘Airing of the Quilt’ events as well as working with other teacher and all things to do with textiles. Lesley still has retreats in many lovely places, the most exciting one being like-minded local ladies to create quilts for needy people her first sewing exercise book from primary school. This a retreat in August 2016 to Uluru. It was organised by and other causes. Whilst her number of personalised quilts delightful book contains drawings of dresses and blouses, Caroline Sharkey and her wonderful team of experienced is over 300, her total of cooperation quilts is far higher. samples of blanket and chain stitch and the more difficult teachers. Robyn chose two thread painting classes and Her willingness (another strength) has found her organis - satin stitch and smocking. It is an indication to her desire completed a desert scene and a view of Uluru. Robyn was ing and contributing fabric and time towards making quilts to maintain and teach quilting and embroidery to other pleased with the outcome (as well she should be) judging for victims affected by floods in Queensland, fires in generations. She enjoys passing on her knowledge to other by the photo and looks forward to attending again in 2018. Victoria and more recently families in nearby Carwoola. quilters and currently, teaching sewing skills to her young Robyn has been a member of the BQI committee for a All workshops will be held at the Her latest project is comfort quilts for children which will granddaughters. number of years and is a past president. Braidwood Servicemen’s Club be distributed to Fire and Ambulance groups to help give In the 1970s in Childers near Bundaberg, Queensland she Cnr Coronation Ave & Victory St Braidwood comfort to children affected by a trauma. began her first attempt at quilting and made a needle case. In addition to assisting the BQI and Airing of the Quilts, This was the beginning of Lesley’s fascination for fabric Sue Chinnery Reserve your space in these workshops at Jenny has been lucky to visit the town of Sister in Oregon and what you can do with it and a fabric collection began. www.lisawaltonartist.com State, USA which also hosts an annual Airing of the Quilts. Whilst she had attended a number of classes, it was not for more information contact Lisa at: Whilst the number of visitors in Sister is far greater than until a decade ago, when she moved to Braidwood, that [email protected] Braidwood due to higher population within the area, Jenny quilting took up more of her time. Travelling to was amazed to find that many origins travel from around Queanbeyan with June Weatherstone and undergoing or call 0414 745 287 the world to the Sister’s airing of the quilts and are united ‘curiosity challenges’ and ‘pass the parcel’ concepts of in their love and admiration of quilting. In her own words, quilting really got Lesley hooked. ‘Quilts build bridges; people look, admire and engage in Not only has Lesley worked tirelessly with the Airing of the conversation as they chat about a specific quilt’. Quilts for many years, she has worked behind the scenes to ensure the Braidwood Quilters have accommodation of Lesley Horn their own, to create quilts and bunting for the event, quilts For a full list of participating artists visit: for the needy, classes and above all a place for like-minded www.visitqueanbeyan.com.au/qprc-arts-trail-2017 Currently the President of Braidwood Quilters Inc., a posi - people to enjoy one another’s company. www.facebook.com/events/1940997842782869/ tion she has held previously along with other committee positions. With almost a decade between her and two older brothers, Robyn Smith Lesley had their attention to play and learn. It was actually Robyn grew up watching her mother sew clothes for her one brother who taught her to knit, her first experience of daughters. By the time she was twelve, Robyn was making crafts. all her clothes on a Singer treadle sewing machine. A couple of years later the family purchased an electric machine. Her enthusiasm with this new machine resulted with a trip to the doctor because she was not used to the speed and did not get her finger out of the way quickly enough. The needle broke off in her finger. Robyn has always loved and admired both heritage and Sue Chinnery The ever-smiling Sue learnt to sew under the guidance of Robyn Smith her grandmother who owned a machine with a knee control. At age 15 she began to teach herself how to make a quilt with five inch squares. This quilt rested ‘on the shelf’ for some years, but is now complete and has pride of place on her bed. For her 18th birthday her grand-parents presented her with a new sewing machine which she still uses today; many metres of thread have passed thru the bobbin. When bringing up her children there was minimal spare time for sewing but Sue now finds and makes time to pursue two of her favourite pastimes quilting and Lesley Horn constructing a large dolls house.

18 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 19 CLOTH CAPERS THUMP! The past three years she has focused on making quilts; she got the call from Majors Creek enjoys a challenge and will often continue making a quilt Wombat Refuge at about 8.00am VETERINARY ADVICE on a cold Sunday morning in July. from Dr Louise Baskind to see how it evolves or until she is happy with the size. I These may range in size from lap quilts to queen bed size A wombat had been reported killed a and even miniature size for her dolls house. few kilometres south of where I live and there was a baby in the pouch. Paarvorvirous, usually known as parvo, is an infectious Sue has only attended lessons in the ‘stack and slash’ tech - disease that affects dogs. It causes a severe vomiting nique, the rest of her designs and techniques are from her Could I go and get the joey? and diarrhoea syndrome, and can also affect the heart. own motto ‘have a go – there are no rules’. Sue may peruse Ten minutes later I had a frozen but It is highly infectious, and is passed in the faeces of quilt patterns, think about the fabric and colours to use, alive wombat joey up my jumper to infected dogs. The virus can then remain stable in the work out a pattern to compliment a particular fabric and keep it warm until I handed her over environment for years. then let ideas flow from her mind, the result being a unique to be hand-reared with the other rescued orphans at the Refuge. A dog does not have to have direct contact with an quilt. infected dog, but can contract the virus from some - In 2017, Sue was a winner at the Braidwood Show having On average I remove about four where that an infected dog has been. For this reason made a quilt from fabric given to her from someone who carcasses a week from the road the virus becomes ‘endemic’ in an area — meaning that had purchased the fabric but could not work out what to between my place and Braidwood: it is common. do with it. wombats, kangaroos, wallabies. I’m Sue has been a member of the Braidwood Quilters Inc for not the only one — there are a lot of Parvo can infect any non-vaccinated dog but it is of a number of years and worked tirelessly for the Airing of thoughtful people, not all of whom are most concern in young puppies and dogs less than a the Quilts; she currently enjoys attending ‘Jenny’s Out-of- members of NARG, who stop and year old. It is a devastating disease which has a death remove roadkill from the middle of the rate that approaches 100% if the dog is not treated by a House’ Monday group to exchange ideas with like-minded people. n road and check pouches for joeys. As vet. Even with veterinary treatment, there is no specific much as anything else, it’s a safety Wildlife and death cure and treatment involves supporting the puppy while measure for other motorists. It’s the immune system clears the infection. When infected common sense to remove bodies from with the virus, the dog will vomit and have diarrhoea, be Robin Tennant Wood wants drivers to more blind curves where they present a responsible for the animals they skittle unable to absorb fluids or nutrients from the gut and will hazard to anyone approaching that be in severe pain. Treatment is expensive and involves curve, particularly at night or in fog. pain relief, intravenous fluids, antibiotics, anti-vomiting Thankfully, however, animal carers please understand that wildlife is not medication and supportive nutrition. Even despite our What amazes me is the negative atti - tude displayed by some people continue to do what they do. Without going to recognise the park boundary. best efforts, about 50% of puppies treated for them the world is a poorer place. Be grateful. People actually pay for the parvovirus will die. towards animals — wildlife in particu - lar — and those who care for them. To answer some of the negative com- privilege of seeing Australian wildlife The great news is that there is a cheap, safe, and very This attitude can manifest in two ments about wildlife that commonly and you’re able to live with it. You’re effective preventative for parvo — a course of routine ways: ignorance or anger. pop up on social media: winning. vaccinations administered at 8, 12, and 16 weeks old and then every year. Ignorance can be addressed by the “Wombats are in plague proportion.” “Farmers and greenies will always right information to assist people in No, they’re not. In fact, wombat popu - disagree on wildlife.” Wrong. Some of developing wildlife strategies for their lations are in decline. You’re seeing a the ‘greenest’ people I know are farm - properties and thereby develop a posi - lot of them around because, firstly, ers. These people understand the tive attitude towards non-domestic their range is being reduced by human value of native wildlife for biodiversity Stack and Slash animals. There are, of course, those development, which means they’re and are able to work with it rather who have rusted-on misconceptions being marginalised into smaller and than against it. Sure, it takes a bit of This method develops kaleidoscope blocks with a play and won’t budge from their position smaller territories. Also, with the dry thought and planning, but that’s what on pattern. Rather than cutting one single piece of regardless of how much information is weather, they’re going to graze where good farmers do, no? fabric at a time, multiple layers of identical fabric with available, but I’m always hopeful that they can get grass. That means in “Culling wombats will keep them one or two pattern repeats are stacked in a single pile n PROFESSIONAL and CARING those people can change. people’s yards, close to homes and and then cut simultaneously; three to six layers can be away from my house.” That won’t n WE TREAT ALL SPECIES LARGE or SMALL The anger, however, confounds me. along the sides of roads. work. Not in the long-term and possibly cut in an accurate fashion. Once all the pieces are cut, These people lash out at anyone who “You don’t know what it’s like to not even in the short-term. When a they are rearranged and sewn back together to make a is pro-wildlife and refuse to accept a n FULLY EQUIPPED and PURPOSE-BUILT have a wombat under your house.” wombat burrow is vacated, more often stunning quilt block. Fabric with various patterns can more caring view. They resort to sneer - HOSPITAL Yes, I do. I have had a long-running than not another wombat will move create unique patterns within a block. From the pansies ing put-downs or high-handed claims stoush with a particularly persistent into it. He or she will then need to reno - on the border the various circles have been created. about their own rightness. They make n IN-BUILT LABORATORY wombat who seems to want to be close vate and extend to suit his- or herself. ridiculous accusations. to me. After about four years, we have You’re better off with a solution for n DIGITAL X-RAY n EQUINE FACILITIES Why would people be angry? I believe finally come to an agreement that suits living with the original wombat. the answer is fear: fear of their own us both. I’ve filled in the burrow with SERVICING BRAIDWOOD ANIMALS FOR 27 YEARS lack of compassion; fear of their inca - “Kangaroos are a pest species.” No, stones and put wire around where he pacity to put the interests of others kangaroos are a native animal. ‘Pest’ was getting under the house and in (including other species) ahead of species are, by definition, those which return, the wombat is welcome to their own interests; fear that their lack have been introduced post-European graze on what’s left of my grass and of compassion may be exposed — to settlement and which have acclima - kick things around the outside of the themselves as well as others. There is tised to the detriment of the natural no rational basis for this, but fear is house noisily in the middle of the environment. Like white people, for 13 Araluen Road Braidwood NSW 2622 not a rational emotion. It’s a primal night. instance. response to something we don’t under - “Kangaroos and wombats are Finally, if you hit an animal on the 4842 2697 [email protected] stand. It is, at source, the ‘fight or coming in from the national park. road, please stop and remove the body flight’ response. People who express They don’t control them.” Right. from the road, and call NARG (4846 anger at animal advocates are That’s what national parks are for: 1900) and report it, giving location responding to the ‘fight’ instinct conserving native fauna and flora. If and time. Even if you don’t care about against something they don’t under - you’re fortunate enough to live adja - wildlife, do you really want your stand: human compassion. cent to one of our national parks, grandkids to have to pay to see it? n

20 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 21 PRESERVING OUR HISTORY BUTTONS N BOWS ine the hustle and bustle, the lowing of ing’s changed, really. Mum always bullocks, the barking of dogs, the kept us supplied with crafty materials neighing of horses, the flies, the heat, such as paper, cardboard, scissors, the dust, the general hubbub of a glue, pencils etc. You can make a lot thriving little slab hutted community? with just a few items. One wet summer There are still echoes of the past holiday at the beach in the 1960s, my lingering at Riversdale: the violence, sister and I made a whole shop out of the tears, the laughter, the endeav - white paper, cardboard, sticky tape, ours. Real people battling the glue and pens — little milk cartons, elements, taming the land. food packets etc. plus the shop The people who love Riversdale are counter. We then had such fun playing still battling the elements, taming the ‘shops’ for the rest of the time. land, preserving as far as possible this I have a strong memory from around unique rich past for the future. The the age of seven or eight. Christmas volunteers have all been infected with morning — up ridiculously early — a passion for all its past lives, indeed into the lounge room to see what we all say “hello” to various ex-inhab - Santa had left for us. Beside my itants as we enter the house; indeed Christmas stocking was a bag filled they are our family and friends and we with fabric scraps, mostly satins and would do anything to keep them and organzas. My eyes must surely have our Riversdale secure. We need help gone very wide upon seeing this trea - to preserve this wonderful scene of the sure trove, and I still remember think - triumphs and tragedies of our colonial ing, “how did Santa know?”. For many Riversdale past, there are so few of them left. years thereafter my Barbie Doll was kitted out with all manner of elegant When the National Trust bought the gowns which I made myself from these Dawn Giles asks: Why is it worth our support? property, while the coffers weren’t glorious fabric scraps. running over there was sufficient fund - iversdale Goulburn is a ten acre modern brick caretaker’s cottage built ing available to do the groundwork of Like many of my generation, I learnt property bought by the National in 1970 and the pièce de résistance, preservation, repair and maintenance sewing and knitting in primary school, and these skills have given me a life - RTrust in 1967 from the last the classic Georgian double-winged but over the years funding has shifted time’s pleasure already, and I hope surviving Twynam occupant, Miss brick dwelling, built as a coaching inn away from the sector and the current they will for many more years to come. Alice Joan Twynam. The Twynam c1840. National Trust of New South Wales family had first moved to the property Riversdale is built on the site of one of has had to reinvent itself. A massive I’ve made things to sell to shops, in 1872. Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s visions restructuring programme is underway hand-sewn felt finger puppets at age The property comprises two paddocks, of the future for the colony of New including the whittling down of head - fourteen when such items weren’t one fronting the Wollondilly river and South Wales. He personally chose the quarters staff by a massive 70 odd readily available, to markets and the other along Twynam Drive on the site for the township of Goulburn percent. Some property leases have galleries, and plenty for gifts. Making gaol side. There is a park, a large Plains. The river has possibly changed been sold and the money invested but jewellery is particularly pleasing for me. Each time I learn a new creative meandering garden, sweeping lawns course several times since then so it’s the real crunch for the individual technique I’m inclined to think firstly and a purpose-built heritage perma - not known exactly where the river was properties: we now must become of how I can use it to make jewellery. culture vegetable garden. forded but the main road of old viable, each and every one of us, we There are four buildings on the prop - Goulburn, Wayo Street, now the prop - have to pay our own running costs, Oh the happiness that a goodly selec - erty, a large stone stable built by ex- erty driveway, crossed the river and including the rather vast insurance A passion for creating, tion of beads can bring. I particularly convict innkeeper Matthew Healey met up with the Great South Road bills, and of course if you own a very love using the small Japanese seed c1833, a small two storey red brick from Sydney, hence it being a perfect old property you’ll know how often the beads that require specialist needle coach house built c1840, a small spot for a wayside inn. Can you imag - roof leaks, or a door sags or something and life in general and thread to join them together or needs painting or the driveway needs stitch them onto textiles. Beads always bring me joy. resurfacing, indeed we are best friends Fiona Hammond exuberates with the plumber. Then there’s fabric. We work incredibly hard to make ife can be so engrossing and TEACHING: I knew at the age of three money, we have our two major fairs a uplifting, don’t you think? Well that I wanted to be a teacher. I just Yes, I am a self-confessed year, the Heritage Fair and the Rare Lthat’s how I choose to see it didn’t realise at the time that being a Plants & Growers Garden Fair, we anyway. Of course I’ve had my pains, school teacher wasn’t going to work fabricaholic. It’s just welcome countless bus trips, cater for problems and doubts along the way, for me. I only lasted 4 years, back in so tactile, colourful and lunches and morning teas and conduct but I choose not to dwell on these. So the late 1970s. Since then, I’ve taught guided tours. We have weddings. We here I am, a happy sixty-something, English in Tokyo in the mid 1980s, jolly lovely — who sell plants. We make jams. Just when launching into my new career as shop Diploma of Aromatherapy courses could ever resist such we think we’re breaking even we owner. And where better to do this 2000–2005, and assorted craft classes, discover the elm trees need vaccinat - than beautiful Braidwood. from 2005 onwards. marvellous stuff? ing against the elm beetle or a limb I’m only a pseudo local though — But let me tell you, the latter is defi - needs lopping from the 180 year old currently living, as I do, at Lake nitely my favourite of the lot. Oh the In 1998, following a lifetime of sewing honey locust or the rabbits are on the Bathurst with my husband. However, I joys of sharing my knowledge and by hand and machine, I ‘discovered’ rampage again! And so it goes. have close family living in and around skills with those keen to learn. patchwork quilting, at the Braidwood Is it worth it? Braidwood, so I feel more ‘local’ than CRAFTS: Again, a lifelong passion for Quilt Event no less. I have been Come to Riversdale and see for your - I can perhaps claim to be. me. As a very young person I was creatively consumed by this fascinat - self. Fall in love. Help preserve the There are several recurring themes in likely to answer “making stuff” when ing and broad set of techniques ever past for the future. n my life thus far: asked what I liked to do — and noth - since. These days I would describe my

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on that much anticipated trip? ellers’ diarrhoea. W If you are using regular medication, If you’re going on a cruise, consider ensure to pack enough for the trip and bringing some seasickness tablets. We repair, design, a bit extra in case something unfore - Check any need for vaccinations or seen happens and you do not get need of boosters well in advance of manufacture, clean and polish, home as planned. Always pack your your departure date. For vaccines like valuate and remake jewellery. medication in your carry-on luggage hepatitis A and typhoid to be effective quilting style as ‘contemporary’, in case you do not get your checked-in they should be given at least 2-4 • watch batteries though I still enjoy some aspects of luggage upon arrival. weeks before departure. Also be traditional quilting. I do really love to You should carry your medication in aware that the vaccinations needed • pearl and bead threading teach my quilting workshops when I its original packaging with the depend on what you are doing, as • engraving get the chance. dispensing label. This will clearly different locations in a country can • we can do all manner of things! RETAILING MY WARES: From show what the medication is and that have different requirements. It all those finger puppets I made in my it is for you. If allowed by the destina - comes down to what you can get Drop by and see. teens, to selling jewellery and acces - tion country you can also have your exposed to. So have the discussion New sparkle sories at markets in Sydney and else - medication professionally packed in a with your doctor early and check out where, then through galleries in Dose Administration Aid that clearly websites like Smarttraveller to get Lyn Cram commissions William Verdon 108b Wallace St., Braidwood Goulburn, I come now to having my states what everything is and has your information. 4842 2882 own little shop in Braidwood: ‘The name on it. Malaria is a risk in many south-east hen my mother died a few years ago, after a long Creative Edge — Gifts and Crafts’. Part Asian countries, South America and illness where I had been her carer, our mother’s of the reason for setting up my shop is Africa. So ensure to discuss need for jewellery was divided up. My sister Jennifer and to have a retail outlet for the things I Consider also that other W antimalarial treatment with your I decided to separate the earrings which were a gift from love to make, but the shop is much countries have different doctor and obtain enough medication our father to our mother when they celebrated their 50th more than that. I get to stock the kinds for the trip and needed treatment post wedding anniversary, more than 20 years ago. We decided of things I love myself, vibrant colours, laws about medication Professional services available trip. to take one earring each and then, at a later date, have it and with quirky attributes. at Braidwood Pharmacy: and you may need a Again, prevention is the best treat - made into a pendant or I also stock other amazing hand-made • Medication packing using ment. Wear light-coloured, long- brooch. items created by some of my very permit to bring your Webster system sleeved clothes when outdoors, Because I was celebrat - talented friends in the region. This (an aid to help you manage your medication) medication in with you. prevent mosquitos entering your ing a milestone birthday means I have a changing array of • Scripts on file accommodation or use a mosquito net this year, I decided to unusual, hand-made things to sell, MedAdvisor App that helps you order and manage your and be aware that some perfume and mark the occasion by • and so far my customers seem An example is that it is illegal to bring scripts on file by use of your phone or computer cologne can attract mosquitos. Use a incorporating the gem delighted with what I have available at any Codeine-containing product in to good quality mosquito repellent. into a special piece of • Home Medication Reviews (on referral from your doctor) my shop. Dubai without permission. Consider bringing a small first aid kit jewellery. I went to see • Medication profiling using MedsCheck (development of a Of course I stock all sorts of items, not Be prepared for travellers’ diarrhoea. with some bandaids, blister band William Verdon and medication list and detection of potential problems) just hand-made goodies. Not the least The best treatment is prevention so aids, and other items that could be after a lengthy discus - • NDSS supplies (diabetes) of which is my selection of craft consider what you eat and drink. considered needed for your travels. sion he began sketching • Blood pressure monitoring supplies. From beads, buttons and Common high risk foods include: This kit may also contain a small box a design for a brooch which represented the Eternal • Return of Unwanted Medications (RUM project) braids to threads, yarn and even inter - Unpasteurised dairy products, ice, of paracetamol tablets in case of pain. Leave of Absence certificates esting shells, I tend to stock all the raw or minimal cooked meat and Woman: a tribute to our mother. • things I like to work with in a creative Women should consider need for brin - It was a gift from my children, but I also felt that my • Supply of medication for Hepatitis C treatment way. I also offer small craft classes at ing hygiene items for menstruation in parents were contributing. The result was perfect. It my shop (on non-shop-open days). case this happens while you’re away. means so much to me that it can be passed down through So all in all, when I consider where Consider availability at your destina - future generations. William is not only a Master Jeweller BRAIDWOOD PHARMACY I’m at in my life now, it feels as though tion. but he’s also a real Gem!” my whole life has been leading me to If you are going to enjoy the sun Our community matters this current career. I get to roll all my ensure to bring a good sunscreen. And favourite things into one business now ensure to apply liberally and often “I am thrilled with the exquisite Julie Ballard & Bente Hart — teaching my craft classes, making (every 2-4 hours) to prevent sun burn. workmanship. This brooch will things, and enjoying the retailing of Also wear a broad-brimmed hat and Mon – Fri 9am - 5.3 0pm interesting items in my very own shop. consider protective clothing. become a family heirloom.” This is why I smile a lot! n Enjoy your travels and stay healthy. Saturday 9am - 12.3 0pm

24 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 25 SOILS AIN’T SOILS I then want to get the governments to agree that the three key landscape components, soil, water and plants, are so important we ought to be Soils for Life declaring them as key national, natural strategic assets and to manage Major General Michael Jeffery, Governor General 2003-08, them as such and in an integrated first Advocate for Soil Health, spoke to the attendees way. Because if you mess up one, you at Jillamatong in September 2017 also mess up the other two. I then want to do something about supporting the farmers. Who is ’m the National Soil Advocate. It’s managing almost sixty percent of the a job that involves talking about continent? It’s 130,000 farmers on Ithe importance of soil and I have a behalf of 22,000,000 urban Aust- very simple philosophy in respect to ralians who don’t know, and because that. I believe that planetary survival, they don’t know, they don’t care. But and I mean survival, depends largely those 130,000 farmers are carrying the on how we look after the top 30 whole load to produce the cheapest, centimetres of our soil. And if we mess cleanest, greenest food, and at the that up, the planet’s gone. same time to do the repairs of the In Australia, I think we’ve got a lot of landscape, which belongs to us all. I very good farmers, a lot of very good think that is manifestly unfair and one science, but it appears to me to have of our policy planks is to get govern - A GATHERING OF SCIENTISTS , RESEARCH INSTITUTES , BANKERS , LANDCARE PRACTITIONERS , HOLISTIC EDUCATORS , SINGERS , ments to realise that. FARMERS , FILMMAKERS AND PEOPLE WITH A DREAM OF SOLUTIONS FOR THE PLANET AT JILLAMATONG , S EPTEMBER 23 2017. been penny-packeted; it’s here and there in dribs and drabs. What we’ve To get the farmers supported, we have got to do, I think, is to bring leading to get the public on side, and I call that able land management. A lot of the agricultural practises together. ‘reconnecting urban Australia with its change has been instigated through We’ve then got to demonstrate rural roots’. One way we want to do Landcare offices introducing holistic Fixing the land the science behind that that is to put a garden in every primary management training courses. leading practise, then roll it or junior high school in the country, Paul Cockram has been following the progress Landcare has sponsored people like out, preferably through some with an agreed syllabus. That way, by of Jillamatong farm since 2006 Peter Andrews and Christine Jones to sort of mentoring system. the time every sixteen-year old gradu - come and talk to farmers and, because ates, whenever they look outside and they’re supported by Landcare, having see gardens and paddocks, they will artin Royds has been Traditionally, Martin was a chemical ‘fixing the paddock’ — this is what the opportunity to talk to people in a The best way of teaching our case studies are all about. We had be reminded of the way food is involved in benchmarking farmer, a mechanical farmer. He used non threatening environment where twenty-one in the original study, produced through good landscape farm outcomes for 20 years to plough and spray and add the latest another farmer is by M farmers are more open to change. which was pretty good; Martin Royds management. — testing economic outputs, such as advanced pasture species into the mix. Martin, like others in the industry, another farmer doing was one of them. What we want to do Then we want to look at the science, the production of beef per 100 ml of He learnt that the advanced hybrid hopes that in the near future we will now having learned from that, is to roll by doing a stocktake of our knowledge rain, the production of beef per labour grasses, though they have their place, that teaching. see a ‘branding program’ for the food out a hundred more right round the base. Here the key deficiencies to me, unit and the production of beef per are not very resilient in a dry period, a we buy. Consumers could then choose country — probably around about ten just to give you two are, firstly our hectare. Over the years his Jillamatong hot period, or a cold period, and that food that is nutrient dense and be That’s what we’re going to be doing in in each state, of leading practice inability to measure soil carbon farm has performed well in the many of the native grasses are more assured that it was produced using our case studies. across all forms of agriculture. Once quickly, accurately and cheaply. Braidwood area. As well, Martin also suited to our environment and more farming practices that leave the land In my job as founding chairman of we’ve done that selection, we want the Secondly, the fact that we seem to be tends to average a higher price per capable of surviving in a changing in the best possible condition for our Soils for Life we’re tackling the whole measurement to be done annually on ignoring evaporation. Fifty percent of unit because his stock are sold in a climate. farmers of the future. n deal of soil advocacy from a three each of those case studies in respect to our very scarce rain is evaporating premium condition which yields a He now focuses on working with more pronged approach. The first is to point four criteria: productivity, economic, into the air because it can’t get into the higher return per hectare. natural processes to enhance biodiver - out to government, the global impera - social, and environment. The four of soil, mainly because we haven’t got Martin is proud of the fact that envi - sity in his soil, in the pasture and in tive. The globe is, in my view, headed those together equates to a natural sufficient soil carbon through lack of ronmental outcomes are better, in that the insects and birds that are on the for a big train smash, and you can see capital value. ground cover. he’s got increased biodiversity and farm. Martin now has beef, lamb, it now in massive movements of We're also going to get those farmers The final bit is dealing with regula - increased water holding capacity. It’s yabbies, truffles, timber, native grasses refugees because of floods, or starva - accredited through a formal accredita - tions and regulatory overburden. Why what’s in the soil on his farm that and so on all of which provide biodi - tion, brought about by water, soil, and tion scheme, which will mark them as is it you can do some leaky weirs in provides that inter-connection and versity on many levels. He sees this food security issues. What that does superior performers and hopefully that some places, but you can’t do it on that’s why it’s economically viable as approach as the main difference to a for Australia is not only send a warn - will lead to better prices for their prod - another property because there’s a well. traditional farmer who might tend to ing signal, but it gives us an opportu - uct. So that’s fixing the paddock. different regime running it? We really He’s had his beef tested and shown focus on one output and not looking at nity, because I think one of the great The missing link in my view, across need to get the regulatory regime that it’s nutritionally more complex the whole, thereby inadvertently ways in which Australia can make an this whole agricultural landscape, is looked at so as to simplify it as much and more balanced than most beef destroying a lot of the functions in the impression in our region is to demon - the lack of a clear national aim. I’m a as possible. Broadly speaking these available in supermarkets. And then landscape that provide resilience in a strate how good we are at looking after soldier, so a clear mission statement or are the principles we’re going to be on top of all this, he’s happy with the drought. our own paddock. In so doing we can aim is very important. You’ve got to putting to the prime minister in the way the farm runs. He doesn’t need to Not so many years ago many industry export a bit more food; maybe to feed get that right, otherwise you attack the next three of four weeks. We’ve done a slog his guts out to keep it operating academics were skeptical of people 60-80 million people, but by exporting wrong hill. To me, the mission we lot of travelling around the country, and that leads to a better social like Peter Andrews with his Natural knowledge that might help feed a should have in this country is ‘to talking to thousands of farmers, scien - outcome. He has time for friends to Sequence Farming. It has taken years billion people. That would be some - restore and maintain the health of the tists and political people, but I’ve visit Jillamatong and then enjoy the of successful demonstration projects thing well worthwhile doing. Australian agricultural landscape’. I think we’ve got a fair groundswell of farm for its aesthetic beauty as well as for the paradigm to shift in favour of a So how do we want to demonstrate want this to be every government’s support. its productive capacity. more thoughtful approach to sustain - that knowledge? Well, we call this mission; state, federal, and territory. Wish us luck in that endeavour. n

26 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 27 THE SOCIETY OF FABRIC to do two more, so they could all be “My mother taught me to always feel hung together for sale. I was thrilled the quality of the material. When I am when Cheryl Hannah purchased all able to, I incorporate pieces of my three. In 2008 I won first prize for a mother’s fabrics and old laces into the wall hanging.” canvases.” Then in 2010 Lois won the Cheryl Her work is regularly exhibited at Hannah $1000 Acquisition Prize. BRAG, our Community Art Centre and “The theme was Norman Lindsay’s is either sold, commissioned or Christmas Pudding so I decided to do donated to worthy causes. Some of her something a bit different with work has travelled to buyers in Christmas decorations and gifts.” Melbourne, rural Victoria, west NSW, the South Coast and to Queanbeyan For the past thirteen years Lois has and the ACT. Sur prising ly she sells been focusing on free-form machine very little in Braidwood, with the most embroidery. Using a quilting or darn - recent purchase by Jack Featherstone ing foot, machine embroidery thread of the piece titled ‘Can’t see the woods and new and recycled fabrics, old lace for the trees’ featuring the Snail Trail and wool, she then incorporates over the Clyde. her own hand-dyed silks using native Her most recent exhibition has been at flora. the Q Gallery in Queanbeyan where “It was Sandra Fisher who taught me, there are prizes of $5000. This is the after I had seen her exhibition of silk first time Lois has exhibited outside of dyeing titled ‘Nature’s Footprints’ at Braidwood. the Altenburg Gallery.” Lois has recently joined the Braidwood Lois still has a preference for land - Quilters and she now teaches free- scapes and seascapes and now form machine embroidery. It is a six- of whom have undertaken a number of attaches the work to canvas frames to week course, held at the Braidwood courses in 2016. As Lois says, “You enhance the vibrant colours and Scout hall on Wednesdays. Lois don’t have to be a seamstress to be scenes of the local bush. When her donates the $50 course fee to the successful in Free-form Machine mother died, Lois was fortunate to Hospital Auxilliary. Lois loves intro - Embroidery, in fact, I can’t sew a obtain some of her mother’s vast ducing newcomers to this beautiful straight line.” collection of fabrics, especially 1950s artform and all are welcome, including For information regarding courses, velvatene. those who make beautiful quilts, many phone Lois on 4842 1581. n

Road, Majors Creek and settle there. “It was then I decided to get back to my love of art and I commenced doing landscapes and seascapes in pastels. An itch to stitch With generous advice from Lucinda Boyd on the use of pastels and the Lyn Cram met up with Lois McKenzie importance of using fixatives to seal the work, I was successful in selling some of these. Some time later I met Visitors to the Braidwood Library, during November 2016 Judy Schneider who saw some of my to July 2017, would have seen the beautiful canvases work hanging at Majors Creek. On her hanging on the back wall. At first glance they looked like suggestion I exhibited at Jill McLeod’s oil paintings, but closer inspection revealed incredibly Gallery and then through BRAG.” Lois began selling her work and detailed, embroidered wall hangings. getting commissions. Judy Schneider became Lois’s mentor and suggested ois McKenzie was born in Australia to attend her brother’s that she undertake a one-day course Takaka, on the northern tip of the wedding in Sydney. in free-form machine embroidery. LSouth Island of New Zealand, “I fell in love with Australia and was “I was blown away, and took to the into an artistic family. Her mother was captivated by the colours of the medium like a duck to water. I bought a skilled dressmaker and milliner, her Australian bush, and vowed to a darning foot for my sewing machine father dabbled in oils, her uncle, return.” and started accumulating a variety of despite suffering from multiple sclero - After 28 years of nursing, and travel - fabrics, laces etc. and so began my sis for 40 years, was a professional ling overseas for a year she sustained introduction to textile art.” artist in both oils and watercolours. an injury to her right arm and that put “In 2003 I approached Marion who It’s no surprise then that Lois excelled an end to her nursing career. While ran the Caboodle Café. I took one of in art at school. visiting some friends in Braid wood, my canvases to show Marion. It Lois completed her General Nursing Lois and her partner decided to featured a gumtree trunk based on and after graduating she came to purchase five acres on Wallaces Gap photographs I’d taken. She asked me

28 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 29 MAINTAINING OUR HISTORY back the way it was, most people will be surprised I think. 1966 1975 The changes over time were all done by different owners. To cover up the older stuff they just added another layer. Rather than say, “let’s go back to there” they just keep adding. You can see it. Masonite was very popular in the seventies, so there was a lot of Masonite here. Timber cladding was added too that was too modern for the building and it just detracts really. In the back area we’ll have a restau - fond memories of playing in the back - rant — an open plan restaurant. My yards of the Wallace Street with the son-in-law and my daughter will be Cook and Nomchong families. running it. We’re very excited about The Kain Brothers Butchers were an this because I think it’s got great icon in Braidwood for many decades potential as a space. and had two shops. The main being a The kitchen is open to where people butcher with their home above it and are sitting and there will be a direct the second in the middle of Wallace link to the outside courtyard. Street (now Pay Dirt) with the original Hopefully we’ll get the winter sun in Kain Bros sign removed only recently. that area. In the summer you’ll be able Hec worked as a butcher initially to sit outside and have a beer. We’re under his father, then with the guid - very excited about the pavement that’s ance of his two older brothers George going on now and the landscaping to and Ernie and then continued to work make it a comfortable space. We need for three subsequent owners. Hec says to make it a comfortable space where he loved working as a butcher with the people can have a meal and relax. traditional blue and white striped And hopefully too, you’ll see the struc - apron and the knife and sharpener on ture the way it was. We’re not trying to Hec Kane a hip holster. This reminded him of the hide too much of it, so people can see cowboy films he had seen — even how the timber pins rather than nails A regular visitor to the though they wore guns. are holding things together. We kept building site, this is his story Hec enjoyed the slaughtering and in JOE LAWRENCE , S IMON KAY , D AVID PARSONS AND JOE CASANOVA TAKE A BREAK FROM THE RENOVATIONS . most of the original framing. That’s particular cooking and smoking bacon something that adds interest to the as told to Margaret Tuckwell and hams for Christmas. His favourite building, to be able to see its structure. cally took the walls out of all this back eckling Joseph Kane is the meat is a T-bone. He did not enjoy so section here, kept the roof framing, We’re going to leave the ceiling open. only surviving child of Patrick much the cleaning up during and at and then rebuilt the walls saving the This was the original warehouse. I From top to bottom and Sabina Kain. Hec’s father, the end of the day, but his father framing above. You’ve got to have think it was mainly a cool room for the H Patrick George, served in WWI and insisted that everyone had to pitch in people that are willing to do a job that butchers but it must have been a ware - The old butcher shop, recently the Country Workbox, has like many diggers met a sweet Irish girl to do this job and this tradition stayed is not as easy as building a modern house-type section of the building. been rebuilt to last another 175 years from Dublin and they married on 26th within the business. building, and if you can find them I As well as the restaurant, we’ll have April 1919 in Brompton, London. The business was sold to the Elsmore think you’re way ahead. the two shops at the front as before Joe Casanova tells the story Returning to Braidwood to set up family but still retained the name Kain I think there are a lot of buildings in and two small apartments above. home and family, they lived above the Brothers Butchers. Two other owners Braidwood that could be refurbished One’s for my daughter and son-in-law e’d been looking for a build - especially the outside with all the butcher’s shop in Wallace St (the followed Jim Cruise and Steve Royds quite substantially. and the other one we’ll have for occa - ing for a year prior to this, concrete slabs and so on. But anyway, building currently being renovated). whom Hec also worked for. Our sional rental or if family comes over and we came close to the original, as we hoped, is quite Hec was the second youngest of ten current butcher Mick Clarke worked W they can stay here. buying other buildings, but this one good. children and was born 27th June 1931 under Hec for two years. You can’t just keep The restaurant will be mainly came up on the market and basically I wasn’t expecting this to be an easy at the Lister Private Hospital in A gentle quiet man Hec walks along patching, because if you Mediterranean food and perhaps a the day that it came on the market we task, because it’s a very old building Braidwood (according to his birth Wallace Street to do his shopping and little bit of English food because the bought it, because there are not that and nothing is straight. But it has good certificate). Along with all his siblings often calls into the old building just to do you just add to the other side of the family are English. many buildings for sale in town. We he attended St Bede’s school and has keep an eye on what they’re up to. n points; like the foundations which are layers of stuff that’s been But mainly Spanish, Italian or liked this one because it had a lot of excellent, they’re all granite — they’re Portuguese food. They’ve been prepar - potential. It was very derelict, bit I really solid so that’s a good start. A built over and over. ing all the dishes and menus over the 2017 could see if you stripped it back to its good foundation is essential and past year and practising on us, so I’ve original form it would come out okay. although the roof framing wasn’t quite You have to go back to its original gained a bit of weight. It’s going to be So that’s what we did. straight, it was salvageable. form. I think it’s good to reveal that good, simple food. The original building is simple enough There’s been a lot of good tradesmen history and show the original simplic - We’re aiming to open before and it’s well built. But all the additions in here, like the renderer — he basi - ity of the building. That’s what gives Christmas, so perhaps in a couple tacked on over the decades — they’ve cally saved the building. We stripped a this place its character. They weren’t more months we’ll be fairly close. We been just awful. When we got into it, lot of it back, gave it a new coat of very complicated buildings. need to build the original awning back we could see the layers of floors and render and that sort of waterproofs the For example, just the trims in this over the footpath so that will take a ceilings and the rest. Wall finishes had building and gives it a fair bit of building. There were so many trims while. I think once that’s finished, the been added over and over again. strength. So that was good. And the that it cluttered the whole thing. When building will be back to looking the Fixing that has taken quite a while, bricklayers were excellent. We basi - we take all that out and reveal things way it was. n

30 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 31 SPRING RECIPES WITH LYN CRAM SPRING RECIPES WITH LYN CRAM Aunty Joyce’s Crunchy Suzanne Gearing Wynlen House Cookies Easy Vanilla Slice Thai Pickled Garlic pickling liquid. Store jars in the refrig - 4oz (½ cup) butter or margarine erator for at least 1 week before eating. We served this from our stall at the ½ cup caster sugar vanilla essence (½ Slice Continue to refrigerate with the lid on. Braidwood Truffle event at the end of teaspoon) 2 sheets frozen puff pastry (defrost This is a great bar snack or a condi - July, 2017 and it was a big hit. The ½ cup sultanas slightly) ment with a meal provided you don’t trick is to adjust the pickling liquid to 1 ¾ caster sugar make it too sweet. 1 egg your taste by adding less or more 1 cup cornflour 1 tablespoon desiccated coconut sugar. I always add soy sauce to the We have a supply of danganski ¾ cup custard powder (Standard Purple Stripe group), 1 1/4 cups self raising flour liquid merely because I like the extra seconds quality garlic on our stall. It Cornflakes 4 ½ cups milk flavour and colour it imparts. would be perfectly fine for this recipe. 75g chopped butter 2 cups white wine vinegar Method: Cream butter, sugar and Otherwise, wait until the first of the 2 lightly beaten egg yolks vanilla until smooth. Beat in egg and 1 cup water garlic harvest in November. There will 1 tspn vanilla bean paste add coconut and sultanas. ½ to 1 cup of sugar (to taste) be plenty of garlic around then. Fold in sifted flour. Roll teaspoonfuls Icing ½ tablespoon of salt in lightly crushed cornflakes. Place on 2 ½ cups pure icing sugar 2 ½ cups of peeled garlic cloves greased biscuit trays and bake in 10 g butter A tablespoon of soy or more to taste moderately hot oven 180-190°C for 15 Juice from 2 passionfruit or ½ can In a medium saucepan, bring the vine - -20 minutes. Serve with lots of love. tinned passionfruit gar, water, sugar and salt to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for a No-bake Chocolate Ginger 22cm square cake pan, greased and few minutes until the sugar and salt is lined with baking powder 1 pkt milk coffee biscuits dissolved. Drop in the garlic cloves and return to the boil for 1 minute, 3 tablespoons cocoa 2 greased baking trays then remove from heat. ½ cup coconut Oven temp 200°C (180 degrees fan Do taste the pickling liquid as it is 1 tin condensed milk (warmed by forced) cooking and add sugar, soy or more standing tin in bowl of hot water) Method vinegar to taste. Cool, and then drain 1 pkt golden ginger (chopped) Place 1 sheet of pastry onto each reserving the liquid and spoon the 1 teaspoon ground ginger tray, prick with fork. cloves into sterilized screw-top jars (or Add the chopped ginger to other ingre - Cook for 8-10 minutes until golden one large jar). Top up the jars with the dients and mix well. Press into a swiss and puffy roll tin or flat biscuit tin. Ice with Carefully flatten and allow to cool. Tania Mcguire Assembly: Spread the marshmallow LYN WITH HER MUM AMY . chocolate icing made with 4 oz melted Place sugar, cornflour, custard powder mixture over the base and sprinkle the copha, 1/3 cup sifted icing sugar, and toasted coconut over the top. in heavy based saucepan over medium Marshmallow Slice 2 tablespoons cocoa. When set, cut heat and gradually stir in milk until Store in the refrigerator. into squares and store in refrigerator. combined. Add butter and cook, stir - Ingredients for base ring constantly, until mixture simmers Can be made gluten free by using Mum’s cooking 4 crushed weet-bix gluten free flour and weet-bix. and thickens. Remove from heat and Savoury Impossible Pie 1 cup self-raising flour stir in vanilla and egg yolks. Ideal also for dairy free/egg free diets. Lyn Cram licks the bowl 4 eggs ½ cup brown sugar 2 cups milk Trim pastry to fit square cake pan. Place 1 sheet of pastry into pan. Pour 1 cup coconut Katie from the Vet ½ cup plain flour, ½ teaspoon baking have very fond memories of walk - 2 ½ tablespoons cornflour hot custard over the pastry and then 125 grams copha powder ing home from school with my 2 ½ tablespoons milk top with second sheet of pastry. few drops of vanilla Coconut cake ½ cup margarine melted Iyoung sister. As soon as we round- 2 ½ tablespoons water Cool for 30 minutes. pinch of salt pinch salt, pepper 1 cup self raising flour ed our street corner to home, there 1 Place a heatproof bowl over simmer - 1 /4 tablespoons butter or margarine Ingredients for topping 1 cup coconut was a delicious aroma of home-baked Lightly grease pie dish. Mix all above ing water. Add icing sugar, butter and 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla cakes and biscuits to greet us. Our Method: Beat eggs till light and fluffy, ingredients together and add tin of passionfruit and stir until smooth. 240 mls water mother Amy was a wonderful cook, gradually add sugar and beat for 10 salmon or tuna drained, onion Spread on top of pastry and refrigerate 125 grams margarine and I spent many happy hours at my minutes. Sift flour and cornflour chopped, grated cheese, asparagus, or for 4 hours. Serve cut into squares. 1 tablespoon gelatine ½ cup milk mother’s side learning all her culinary together and lightly fold into the whatever you fancy. Bake at 180° for 1/4 cup toasted coconut 2 eggs, beaten mixture. Heat water, butter and milk skills. 35-40 minutes or until set. Serve with Method: ¾ cups sugar until butter is melted and immediately a mixed salad. Amy and her friend Joyce always ran Base: Mix all dry ingredients in a ½ cup milk add this to the mixture, folding in the cake stall at the local school and bowl. Pour in melted copha and stir. lightly. This needs to be done by hand. Preheat oven to 180°C (fan forced) were well-known throughout the Healthy Sun Bran Loaf Press the mixture into a lamington Grease and flour 2 sponge tins and and line small lamington tin. district for their delicious goodies. 1 cup bran flakes tray. add mixture evenly between them. Mix in sifted SRF with coconut. Here are some of my family’s favourite 1 cup Sultanas or chopped dried Cook slowly in a 150°C oven for 25 Bake in a moderate oven (190 or 180 Melt margarine, add in sugar and stir recipes, in memory of two amazing apricots minutes. fan forced) for 20-25 minutes. Turn until sugar is dissolved. Mix in dry cooks, Amy and Joyce. ¾ cup brown sugar onto cake rack to cool. Spread fresh or Topping: Put water, sugar and gelatine ingredients with wooden spoon. 1 cup milk Amy’s Famous Sponge Cake mock cream between the layers and into a saucepan, mix well and boil for Add eggs, vanilla and milk and mix top with passionfruit icing. This is Mix together and soak overnight. Add 3 minutes. well. 4 Eggs also delicious with coffee icing, or a one cup sifted self raising flour. Line a Pour into a bowl and allow to cool. Pour into tin and bake for 20-25 1 cup of caster sugar layer of jam beneath the cream and a loaf tin with foil and cook for 1 hour at Then beat to a marshmallow consis - minutes until skewer comes out clean. 1 1/4 self raising flour dusting of icing sugar on top. 190°C. tency. When cool, ice. ˛

32 BWD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 33 SPRING RECIPES WITH LYN CRAM Icing variations: Preheat oven to 200°C (fan forced) Chocolate Lamington slice – Ice cake and line and grease 2 round cake tins with chocolate icing and coconut Beat eggs whites until fluffy and stiff. Lemon Coconut slice — add in a Add sugar very gradually, beating well. squeeze of lemon juice instead of Beat in egg yolks. vanilla. Decorate with lemon Fold in sifted flour, cinnamon and flavoured icing. cocoa. Divide mixture evenly into the two Berry and white chocolate cake tins. muffins Tap tins on bench several times to Ingredients: remove air bubbles and even surfaces. 2 cups self raising flour Cook for 15 minutes, remove from tins and leave to cool. 2/3 cups caster sugar 100 grams white chocolate, chopped Spoon evenly into muffin tray. When cold, place one cake upside down and spread jam on base. Then 125 grams margarine Small muffins cook for approximately spread whipped cream. Place second 20 minutes, large muffins approxi - 1 teaspoon vanilla cake on top. ¾ cup buttermilk mately 30 minutes, or until light brown. Lightly dust with icing sugar 1 egg 1 cup mixed berries Cinnamon Sponge Cake Preheat oven to 180°C (fan forced) Ingredients and place muffin cases in muffin tray 4 eggs – separate yolks from whites Into a large bowl add sifted flour, 1 cup castor sugar sugar, chopped chocolate and combine. 1 cup self raising flour In a second bowl, melt margarine and 2 teaspoons cinnamon BACK ROW : M ICHELLE (MANAGER ), T ESS , G EORGIA , C LAIRE , T ASHANI , K AILEY , L YLA , C HRISTOPHER (COACH ). mix in beaten egg, vanilla and butter - FRONT ROW : I SABELLA , L OGAN , L OUISE , E LLIE , J ESSICA , L YNDSEY , J ORJA , J ARRAH . A BSENT : A BBY . milk. 2 teaspoons cocoa ½ cup boiling milk Fold ingredients together with a games, with 13 wins and 3 draws wooden spoon. Jam – flavour of choice leaving the girls in 2017 undefeated When combined, lightly mix in berries. Whipped cream Pink is the new gold and once again the premiers for 2017. The Palerang Pinks have a number of Another year, another premiership for the Palerang Pinks girls who have played out the three full years, with a few different girls joining and leaving the squad in between this alerang Pinks were born in 2014 scoring 55 goals in total and conceding time. But it’s been mainly the same and were entered into their first 6, finishing that year as premiers for nine players for the entire three years PKanga Cup competition in Can- the first time. straight of back-to-back premierships. berra — the biggest junior comp in the In 2016 the Palerang Pinks were In the three years the Pinks have southern hemisphere. promoted to Division 2 in the under played they have scored 149 goals and The philosophy and mission of the 14s girls comp and played 13 games, conceded only 24. A fantastic effort for NSR Kanga Cup is “Uniting the Youth with 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss these amazing young women. of the World through Football” and the winning again the premiership for tournament provides an opportunity 2016. (More photos of the Pinks in action on the for participants to meet players from 2017 saw the Pinks go to Under 16s following pages. Thanks to Judy Knowles all over Australia as well as overseas. Division 2, with the girls playing 16 for the extra pics.) Country-style home comfort Past international teams have been A quiet location with reasonable rates from Fiji, South Africa, Korea, 10 units (including 3 family rooms) Georgia, England, New Zealand, USA, THE PINKS EVEN PLAYED ON THE MOON . Chinese Taipei and more. • Breakfast available The Kanga Cup had humble begin - nings, starting in 1991 in Sydney • Perfect base for before moving to its new home of wandering through Canberra in 1993. The inaugural DOJO BREAD the historic town of Kanga Cup had just 35 teams part- Rear Lane, 91 Wallace St, Braidwood NSW Braidwood, or icipate — the 2016 season saw over 375 teams take part, with 5500 partic - 8 am to 1 pm | 6 days a week • exploring nearby ipants from Australia and overseas i ))) National Parks Artisan Bread | Gourmet Pies | Great Coffee Wi F meeting in Canberra for a week of (( Free Local Produce | Sweet things | Hotties & Coldies ( football, fun and friendship. In 2015 the Palerang Pinks played in Sausage Rolls | Slices ... and more 199 Wallace St Braidwood the capital football competition in the www.dojobread.com.au Under 13s Division 3. In the first season they played 15 (Check out our new courtyard) 4842 2027 [email protected] games with 13 wins 1 draw and 1 loss,

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Mercury reappears in nukes that will vapourise all you hold from, say, Majors Creek to Araluen. so dry but not as much as that desiccated the thermometer in your second solar dear is astronomically small. Diplomacy is a much better bet than deterrence. Think of it as a hydro-electric power old coconut, our ex-Prime Minister. How house — and so the seasons pass like idea, but we do dare that deranged war criminal lecture water at the pub. Coopers transits in a CAPRICORN station using falling water to spin a us about the dangers of giving everyone trine to your sign. A couple of coldies to There’s a lot of negativity about your fifth Our governments are paralysed by indecision and turbine that can run faster or slower an equal right to marry? It’s weapons of end the day, a six-pack, love, to take house, especially around the gearing. It’s depending on the load (the amount of mass copulation this time I suppose — away. Fumble with the keys, get the old getting to the stage where you own so unrelenting lobbying by energy corporations and of course, they’ll turn out to not exist bomb started, look out youse wombats, I many properties you can let the tenants electricity required at that moment). as well. ain’t faint hearted. do all the working for you. Fear not, God The solar panels produce power SCORPIO is too busy with the ‘NO’ vote to bother during the day to pump the water back CANCER any more about avarice. hile ever our energy policy When it comes time for the government Your motivation to get that hobby project is set by inves tors who up the hill. finished goes through the roof. Always AQUARIUS to show how much it supports renew - demand a ‘reasonable’ rate The same water goes up and down, an ables, you can rest assured that it will read the fine print and you’ll see where it The alarm goes off, it’s still dark but you W & TIME environmental supply is not needed. stop at nothing. Look out for Tony of says to take your model rocket outside must be like mautine and rise before the of return we, the consumers, are going Abscissor, the blocker of light. Remem- before the launch. sun. Oh, how we dream of vesperine. At to get screwed by a power distribution It will happen. Coal power is finished, ber that all forms of energy have their SAGITTARIUS this time of the year we lurch from network that is such a motley patch - gas is uncertain and nuclear will never drawbacks. With solar it’s, “will the sun daylight mean time to an even meaner You might be pondering the significance time if you must arise to milk the cows or work of public and private ownership ENERGY get off the ground. And that’s all good! rise to morrow?” of the existence of an Almighty. Is it God pack your kids off to the school bus. with unenforced responsibility. LEO or perhaps Lockheed Martin? The Lord is towards the future by Paul Cockram Here in Braidwood we can do it for Samsung has transited from the ware- your shepherd, you shall not want unless PISCES Private owners expect a rate of return ourselves. We have a Community house to your house this month. It’s a of course you’re still fearful of Kim Jong Juno what Jupiter’s wife’s name is? Sure, on their investment in line with the intermittency but that’s just rubbish — Bank that is inventive and caring — Un where, in that case, you might prefer OK; it’s a trick question. time to sit back and let modern all- fanciful, or sometimes even fraudu - modern electronics and storage has all and a population small and cohesive consuming life wash over you. OMG, the protection of the $20m-a-pop Aegis ARIES missile system. Just bear in mind, the lent, projections made by our govern - those variables well and truly covered. enough to think outside the square. just as the effervescent couple see their You might be pondering the religious new bathroom, it’s “Oh What a Feeling” condemnation of same-sex marriage ments when they sell off assets, often Let’s go with the scientific approach to Let’s put a bold plan up to government and you’ll start thinking: Twinkle twinkle while remembering that in 1615 Galileo just for a short-term budget fix. energy security rather than the dead- to help them with solutions to their little star, how I need a brand new car. was charged with heresy and spent the Electricity is a cash cow being, as it is, end approach promoted by the Prime energy dilemma that will also benefit I’ll fear not the hefty toll, with ABS and rest of his life under house arrest. cruise control. Although the ‘father of science’ brought a non-discretionary purchase. Minister’s investor-led lobby group. our community. VIRGO us the understanding of speed and veloc - So our options for the future are: In our part of Australia, sitting on the Solar power is the people’s power. ity, gravity and free fall, the principle of This month you’ll enjoy talking about relativity, inertia and projectile motion, 1. Continue to burn coal. what interests you and if you’re really God’s self-appointed servants didn’t like 2. Shift some power stations to gas. lucky, what interests your audience. the way it challenged their world view. Practice adding pauses to your conversa - 3. Embrace renewables. tions. That way you can compose what TAURUS Gas-fired power plants are much more you next want to say after your co- You may feel an abbreviated communi - conversationalist has finished rather cation phase coming on. OFFS, is that so efficient than coal burners and don’t Are you tired of paying than while they’re speaking. Then when bad? I’m LMAO here and alternating require such a huge amount of water they say, “Isn’t that right dear?”, you can between LQTM and ROFL. FWIW, your to operate. But today’s gas supply through the nose for that 8 reply with confidence, “Oh I know”. BFF thinks UR GR8 FFS, JK, LOL, EOD. scenario has degenerated into farce. Both gas and coal-fired power stations dirty coal-fired power? must have a continuous supply of fuel and coal burners need an available ACROSS 5 Fairness (8) Worried about wrecking BRAIDWOOD BAFFLER #14 water supply for cooling. The carbon 1 Got an opinion on 6 Beat the rest (8) dioxide emissions need to be brought matrimony? Then post 7 Type of mushroom (5) the planet’s climate? this! (8,4) to the lowest level possible and this 12 Most overbearing (8) requires complex treatment that is not 8 Flaming torch (8) 13 Greek city and popular yet commonplace — and coal power is 9 Sound made by Thomas variety of olive (8) already expensive. Coal mines and gas M A R R I A G E V O T E X the Tank Engine? (4) Switch to cheaper 16 Restraint, thrift (7) extraction also create their own envi - X T X I X G X Q X U X N X10 Long period of time (3) 18 Earthy pigment containing ronmental hazards. 11 Nothing’s happening. Its ferric oxide (5) electricity made F L A M B E A U X T O O T gone quiet. There’s (1,4,2) 20 Shortened form of a The game changer ... the proceedings. dangerous reptile or a type from the sun. 14 Thighbone (6) of footwear (4) Solar energy is different. (So is wind, 4 X A X E X D X A X C X K X but let’s stick with solar for a bit.) 15 Appetites (6) 21 In a different, more E R A X X X A L U L L I N positive way (4) Solar arrays capable of supplying as 17 Uncomfortable position; much power as a coal or gas plant will having the responsibility SOLUTION TO BAFFLER #13 be vast — hundreds of hectares. X G X B X K X I X A X X X for a difficult decision (3,4) Once constructed though, the running 19 Small infant (3) X A X A X O V E R C O A T Community solar power: F E M O R A X T A S T E S costs are negligible compared to coal 22 You, biblically. (4) F R O S T X I X E X M X O X X X S X L X Y X S X C X X G X S X P A R A K E E T or gas. Solar arrays don’t need water 23 In the annual Braidwood M U T A T E X X L X N X X and don’t produce pollution or the not just for well-off people, X M X S X A R U M P X A X Festival this is done to the waste products and dangers of mining. H O T S E A T X X X T O T quilts (6,2) M E S S X C X P X A O N E X N E I G H B O U R L Y X And the fuel arrives for free! but for every one of us. X C X I X M X C X A X N X S T A N X E X V X A D O T Let’s cut to the chase. It’s the free fuel DOWN X S X S E D G E X T X F X T H E E X A I R I N G O F2 Roaming free (2,5) X X F X X X X R A R I T Y that has the investor sector so opposed 3 Hoar frost cover (4) B R I G A N D S X O X H X to the uptake of renewables. Of course R X R X I X O X H O M E R X R X S X T X O X E X M X4 Matured (4) they trot out other arguments like BRAIDWOOD POWER R E E S T I N G X P X M X It can be done and we can do it. 38 X E N T R A N C E W A YBWSD SPRING 2017 2017 SPRING BWD 39 Going to Uni or TAFE for the rst time in 2018?

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