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BISHOP SAYS ISLAMIC STATE RAIDING HOSPITALS, RESEARCH CENTRES FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Senate’s $64m a Jihadis’ quest for dirty bomb week hit Curfew, net bans falling under the sway of jihadist from a proposal by Victoria which intervention orders are which runs until July 17. That to budget EXCLUSIVE recruiters, under a proposed Police to give law enforcement granted only on the basis of an would also be an opportunity for mooted to fight class of intervention order being the ability to deploy a broad offence being committed on the Islamic State, formerly known as BRENDAN NICHOLSON radicalised youth considered in several states. range of measures against balance of probabilities. Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS) and al- DAVID CROWE DEFENCE EDITOR Queensland has joined young people they believe are It is believed the proposed Sham and Islamic State of Iraq POLITICAL Victoria in considering plans to falling under the spell of jihadist orders could be used to restrict a and the Levant (ISIL), to mark the CORRESPONDENT The Islamic State terror group is RICK WALLACE create a class of intervention recruiters and their slick online subject’s ability to associate first anniversary of its capture of believed to have collected radio- VICTORIAN POLITICAL EDITOR order that could be applied to propaganda campaigns. with particular people, as well the city of Mosul on June 10 last The Abbott government is losing active material from hospitals and “radicalised” young people even The so-called community as restricting their movements year, when its leader, Abu Bakr al- ground in the campaign to legis- research establishments in cities it Curfews, internet bans and if they were not planning a protection intervention orders and internet access. Baghdadi, declared a caliphate. late major reforms that are has captured in Iraq and Syria, deradicalisation programs crime or act of terrorism. would mark a major departure Victorian Attorney-General “For the past three years, ISIS meant to start on July 1, in a set- raising fears it could build a large would be enforced for youths The plans have emerged from the current system, under Continued on Page 4 How The Weekend Australian has conducted major offensive back that threatens budget sav- “dirty” bomb, says Foreign Minis- reported the story on Saturday operations during the Ramadan ings worth about $64 million a ter Julie Bishop. holy month,” it said. “ISIS is there- week. Ms Bishop’s comments to The ing. Possible targets of Islamic poison-gas weapons. The Foreign surgents did not just clear out the Ms Bishop said the so-called a forum in Perth last week. “This is fore likely preparing a surge of Cabinet ministers are yet to Australian came as terrorism spe- State attacks might include Bagh- Minister told The Australian last cash from local banks,” she said. Australia Group — a bloc of about really worrying them,” Ms Bishop operations to try to achieve im- strike deals on cutting family tax cialists warned that Islamic State dad International Airport or the night her speech was based on By capturing territory, Islamic 40 nations, plus the European said. portant campaign objectives. ISIS benefits, income supplements could carry out major attacks in Taji air base where Australian reports from the Defence Depart- State, which is also known as Community, established 30 years The Institute for the Study of can also be expected to commem- and unemployment benefits, as Iraq and Syria during Ramadan, Army instructors train Iraqi ment and the Department of For- Da’ish, had gained access to mat- ago to stop the spread and devel- War, an independent US think orate its declaration of a caliphate the final two weeks of parliament which begins on June 17, and that forces, they said. eign Affairs and Trade. erials normally held by govern- opment of chemical, biological tank, has warned Islamic State is on the first full day of Ramadan loom before some of the changes competition among terror groups In a speech in Perth on Friday NATO was deeply concerned ments. “That’s why stopping and radiological weapons — was likely to be planning major attacks Continued on Page 4 are due to take effect. could see al-Qa’ida carry out a night, Ms Bishop warned that about the theft of radioactive Da’ish gaining territory is so concerned enough about the in Iraq and Syria during the Mus- Angry at being kept in the massive attack to restore its stand- Islamic State might be developing material, Ms Bishop said. “The in- important,” she said. threat to dedicate a session to it at lim holy period of Ramadan, MORE REPORTS P4 dark, crossbench senators are urging the government to reveal the agenda for the coming weeks in the hope of reaching a com- promise that could get some of Noongar deal lays path Young Aussies eager to get down to business the savings through the upper house. Family First senator Bob Day to indigenous future said the government was making no headway with him on its unpopular cuts to family tax ben- PAIGE TAYLOR efits, while independent John Madigan is warning against the A $1.3 billion land-and-cash deal same cuts out of concern at secured by the Noongar people the impact on single-income of Western Australia has been families. hailed as a watershed that Senate blockades have addresses the inability of native already halted $1 billion in sav- title to deliver real change for tra- ings that were meant to take ditional owners in long-colonised effect this financial year, while towns and cities. trimming a similar amount from Noongar leaders representing the savings that Joe Hockey six claimant groups yesterday once pencilled in for next year. watched Premier Colin Barnett COLIN MURTY The Abbott government is and four ministers sign the mass- Glen Colbung running out of time to prevent ive deal first raised as a prospect greater damage to its agenda in 20 years ago by elder Glen Col- gone, it’s been gone for 200 the year from July 1, when it bung, a longtime advocate for years,” Mr Colbung said. wants savings of at least $3.3bn, urban Aborigines who believed “Native title is not worth the including the cuts to benefits. by 1995 that native title was not paper it’s written on for Noongar Liberal Democratic Party going to deliver land or money people because it only works senator David Leyonhjelm said back to his people. where there is no freehold and the government was yet to con- Mr Barnett’s original 2012 almost all of the lower third of this sult the crossbenchers on the offer fuelled outrage in some state is freehold. What is the point agenda for the fortnight starting quarters because it compelled the of native title legislation over our next Monday, the last chance to Noongar people of the state’s country?” pass legislation before the winter southwest, including Perth, to re- The path to the agreement has recess. linquish their native title claims. not all been smooth. The public “It’s a source of frustration for In exchange the new Noongar first heard about the govern- us,” Senator Leyonhjelm said. Boodja Trust and six regional cor- ment’s offer in 2012 when it held The government is yet to nail porations will receive up to talks with Noongar leaders to down its plans for the next sitting 320,000ha of crown land and break the impasse in a long-run- of parliament, apart from putting more than $720 million, indexed ning native title court battle over a priority on its tax cut for small and staggered over 12 years. Continued on Page 6 business. “The critics say we are selling “From week to week it’s a our land but the land is bloody MORE REPORTS P6 moving feast,” Senator Madigan said. “The big problem is that in good faith you look into some- thing and then they don’t stick to Charter plan has taxpayers their agenda, and then you have LYNDON MECHIELSEN to start all over again.” foot bill for rights breaches Gold Coast entrepreneur Miann Scanlan started her own fashion business after struggling to find employment in Queensland The government has major- ity support for a company tax cut In what would be an Austra- This follows a recent survey of SHRINKING YOUTH WORKFORCE after struggling to find full-time from 30 to 28.5 per cent for small EXCLUSIVE lian-first, individuals asserting EXCLUSIVE 1500 employees by Sunsuper that work. Ms Scanlan landed a top companies (sacrificing $3.3bn in their charter rights had been showed running a business was 15 to 24-year-olds % of 15 to 15 to 19-year-olds % of 15 to fashion job in Sydney within days revenue over four years) and a RICK WALLACE breached by the government or a SHANE RODGERS now the No 1 “dream job” of men employed 24-year-olds employed 19-year-olds of graduating with a public rela- small business asset write-off for VICTORIAN POLITICAL public agency could seek com- JESSICA GREWAL and only 4 per cent of people Year full-time employed full-time full-time employed full-time tions and fashion degree from items worth up to $20,000 (giv- EDITOR pensation under the commis- regarded working for a “large cor- Queensland University of Tech- ing up a further $1.8bn in rev- sion’s plan. Currently, agencies Traditional full-time work has porate company” as their dream 1978 1,305,780 52 524,340 40 nology, but had less luck when enue). Taxpayers would be exposed to that breach the charter, intro- become a minority pursuit for aspiration. 1997 946,600 36 221,600 17 personal circumstances took her Ministers are struggling on compensation claims from citi- duced by John Brumby’s Labor young Australians as changing An analysis of ABS trend em- 2005 942,200 33 238,600 17 back to her home state. Continued on Page 6 zens able to sue for breaches of government in 2008, are only education and industry profiles ployment data and population Despite four years of interning human rights under plans for a required to explain the breach channel them into study and part- numbers by The Australian shows 2014 870,100 28 157,900 10 experience and stellar references MORE REPORTS P6 radical upgrade of Victoria’s char- and no compensation is paid. time work until well into their 20s. the proportion of people aged 15 Source: Calculations based on ABS population and labour force trend data from the Sydney job, she could JUDITH SLOAN P12 ter of human rights. Opposition justice spokesman In this climate, many young to 24 in full-time employment not get her foot in the door. The Victorian Equal Oppor- John Pesutto said the proposal people are opting to start their had by last year fallen to 28 per lion in 1978 to just 870,000 last cent of Australia’s 1.467 million “I literally spent every day tunity and Human Rights Com- would lead to a court-clogging own businesses as an alternative cent. This compared with 33 per year. The number has fallen about 15 to 19-year-olds were working trawling through Seek and other mission wants the Andrews flood of compensation claims. to paid employment. Australian cent 10 years ago, 36 per cent in 70,000 in the past 10 years alone. full-time. This was down from jobs sites, cold-calling … I tried government to create the ability “The Coalition strongly believes Bureau of Statistics census figures 1997 and 52 per cent in 1978. The situation for teenagers is 17 per cent 10 years ago and 40 per everything but not one person for aggrieved parties to sue for there is no justification for intro- reveal nearly 40,000 people aged In volume terms, despite con- even more stark, with the idea of cent in 1978. would hire me,” Ms Scanlan said. breaches of the charter, creating ducing a right to sue for compen- below 25 are owner-managers of tinuous population growth, the leaving school and getting a full- Miann Scanlan, 24, of the Gold Continued on Page 6 what critics have described as a sation for breaches of the Human their own businesses, including number of young people working time job quickly falling off the Coast, is among those who have “lawyers’ picnic”. Continued on Page 4 5895 teenagers. full-time has fallen from 1.3 mil- options list. Last year only 10 per launched their own businesses MORE REPORTS P6

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Central’s menu contains FIRST BITE ingredients harvested from JOHN LETHLEAN various altitudes across the Andes, pictured, Amazon and the Singapore gobbles Peruvian coast up another chef

Another week and another Singapore brain drain. Melbourne chef and restaurateur Jason Jones — a founder at Mamasita and owner of B’Stilla and B’Stilla Cantina — has relocated to the island city after several years of consulting to the Australian partners behind two highly successful Singapore restaurants, Lucha Loco and Super Loco. He’s joined them as a partner with big expansion plans. “(Lucha and Super) opened our eyes up to the potential of expanding across Asia,” says Jones. “Our plan is to grow the company, and achieve excellence as a Mexican restaurant group across the Asian region. The places on the target list are Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, Jakarta, KL, and Bangkok.” It sounds like a peachy arrangement. “I am still committed to B’Stilla and B’Stilla Cantina which I work on remotely. I catch up with the team there at least twice a week to help with operations and guide the kitchen. Kush Nagarkar is the head chef — he’s a great chef and a bloody lovely fella.”

What now for James Henry, the expat Australian chef who has made quite a splash in Paris at Bones, the restaurant he co-owns and runs in the 11th arrondissement? In his low-key way, Henry announced last week on Instagram that the restaurant was over. “Bones will be closing permanently as of the 7th of August. I would like to say thank you to all who have passed through PERUVIAN FOOD IS our doors and for all the overwhelming support and interest over the last 2½ years. A special mention to the staff who have helped the restaurant mature from its naive beginnings to where it is today … I look forward to sharing my future endeavours.” Henry started washing dishes HITTING THE HEIGHTS in Brisbane, came to Melbourne and cooked for Andrew McConnell at Cumulus before hitting Paris to work at Spring, Au Passage and, finally, his own place. “Not a huge story,” Henry tells us from Paris. “My partners and I decided to part Blessed by its geography and history with an abundance of ingredients and ways. No hard feelings, feel really good about the whole thing. Nothing set in stone for the future.” culinary styles, the Andean nation is at the centre of a gastronomic boom We’ll keep you informed.

Everyone thinks of Attica as Ben Shewry’s SHARON VERGHIS restaurant. In fact Shewry has a business partner, practising medico David Maccora. However, it seems Shewry is poised to buy Maccora out of the It is a crisp Saturday evening in marine coral shapes and quirky a highly experimental approach to world”, he said. Fellow superchef The rise and rise of the its cui- world-famous Melbourne restaurant. “I can’t Lima, Peru, and the traffic in up- molecular touches. crafting new dishes, working with Alain Ducasse joined in the praise, sine stems from Peru’s incredibly comment,” Shewry says of the rumour, but we scale Miraflores is a whirl of horns Some dishes are gloriously leaders in different disciplines declaring “Peru will become one of rich geographical diversity (Acu- understand the deal is happening. Meanwhile, and squealing tyres. But behind TRAVEL pretty: dish No 2, Orchard of Mala, (“geographers, anthropologists”) the leading actors on the global rio has said “we have more than Attica manager and noted sommelier Banjo the blank front door that guards comprises two delicate cups of and travelling regularly across culinary scene”, while the Culi- 2000 varieties of potatoes and 200 Harris Plane has quietly left the restaurant to the sleek dining room of Central, cactus milk decorated with car- Peru in search of new ingredients nary Institute of America named kinds of aji chillies”) and complex pursue his own wine importation and distribution Latin America’s top-rated restaur- toonishly bright retama petals. to work with alongside his 20- 2014 the year of Peruvian cuisine. cultural heritage, with Peru’s food business. The role has been filled internally. ant (which has just rocketed to Others range from the surreal strong team in the food lab that is Martinez, whose Michelin- culture reflecting the country’s No 4 in the S. Pellegrino list of the (dish No 8, Rock of the Sea, a giant the restaurant’s vast kitchen. starred London restaurant Lima many immigration waves since Brisbane restaurateur Philip Johnson has world’s 50 best restaurants) there’s foamy ball containing lemony But they can’t just exist as con- draws rave reviews, is one of the the Spanish conquest. Influences signalled a new era for E’cco Bistro, appointing a a churchlike hush. Diners, some of clams) to plain bizarre (dish No 12, cepts: “They have to taste good, younger rising stars of a gener- range from the African, indigen- new head chef with decidedly modern leanings to whom have waited six months for Extreme Altitude, comprising fro- too,” he says earnestly. His goal? ation of Peruvian celebrity chefs ous and Spanish (the fusion is steer the restaurant’s culinary direction. Simon a reservation, sit expectantly with zen potatoes and cushuro, gelati- To bring an authentically “100 per such as veteran Gaston Acurio known as criolla) to French and Palmer, 27, comes to E’cco (now 20 years old) all eyes gravitating towards celeb- nous beads of algae from high- cent” indigenous Peruvian cuisine (whose portfolio of restaurants Italian, as well as Chinese and Jap- having trained under Tim Montgomery at rity chef and restaurant owner altitude lakes) to the coldly austere to the world, free of any other im- includes the top-rated Astrid y anese (the latter two cultures have Newcastle’s (now deceased) Bacchus before Virgilio Martinez. (dish No 3, Dry Andes, featuring ported culinary traditions. Gaston in Lima), Pedro Miguel spawned Peru’s rich Chifa and moving to Brisbane’s Urbane under Alejandro The lean, whippety figure is all “chaco clay and ocas”). Martinez, 37, is the face of a Schiaffino, Javier Wong and Nikkei culinary traditions). Cancino, and latterly Gerard’s Bistro. This is business as he scurries from one The last is a visual trick; I try to food revolution that has elevated Rafael Osterling. Acurio is seen as This culinary melting pot has Palmer’s first head chef job. “Simon’s an end of the futuristic steel and glass eat the fingerling potatoes only to Peruvian cuisine to unpre- the man responsible for the global- resulted in dishes as diverse as cev- unassuming kid with a heap of talent … I’m here kitchen “lab” to the other. be told by a discreet hovering wait- cedented international heights in isation of Peruvian cuisine, one of iche, Peru’s national dish (raw fish to collaborate and bounce things off, of course, With a quick, bracing sip of my ress that they are “decoration recent years. The world first sat up the fathers of a culinary revolution marinated in citrus juice, often but I don’t want to cling to his apron strings,” pisco sour — Peru’s ubiquitous na- only”. The two homely chalk-cov- in 2011 when Catalan uber-chef that began as Peru unshackled it- served with a leftover citrus mari- Johnson says, adding that with new maitre d’ tional drink, a heady mix of grape ered stones I’ve ignored are Ferran Adria announced the self from decades of economic and nade known as leche de tigre, or Mary Randles (his wife) on the floor, there is brandy, key lime juice, cane sugar instead the main dish (though I country held the key to the future political travails in the 1990s, turn- tiger’s milk) to anticuchos (mari- “great new energy across the restaurant”. syrup, egg whites and angostura can’t say they’re particularly ed- of gastronomy: Peru’s gastron- ing to its rich food culture to ex- nated beef heart skewers) to lomo bitters — I await the first dish in VERGHIS SHARON ible either). omic boom is a sociocultural press a renewed sense of national saltado (Chinese-style beef Melbourne chef/restaurateur Matt McConnell, Martinez’s internationally cele- Martinez enjoys confounding phenomenon “unique in the growth, identity and pride. tenderloin strips and tomatoes with partners Jo Gamvros and Simon Benjamin, brated 17-course Mater Elevations the eye, tongue and the tastebuds: seasoned in soy sauce). has sold his Fitzroy haunt, Casa Ciuccio. The trio tasting menu, containing native over dishes such as Dead Amazon, Martinez and his peers have will stick to their CBD baby, Bar Lourinha, as the ingredients harvested from vari- The Ten-mile Fish, Octopus in the tapped into this rich cultural heri- evergreen Iberian wine bar/restaurant heads into ous altitudes across the Andes, Desert and Valley Between the tage, drawing from the bounties of its 10th year (feeling old?). The new owner is Amazon and the Peruvian coast, Andes, I sample all manner of ex- the Andes (think trout, alpaca, cuy, Fabio Condolo, a restaurant first-timer. from a depth of 25m below sea otic native plants, grains, fruits and For a foodie, Peru is heaven or guinea pig, Andean grains like Settlement is end of the month. level to heights up to 4200m, for- herbs — macambo, sachapapa, kiwicha and choclo), the Amazon aged by Martinez and his team. huampo, kiwicha, airampo, coca From ceviche to purple corn, cruise liner, I tuck into daily (freshwater fish like the giant Down at Aravina Estate’s restaurant in Western Grandly dubbed Paita Expedi- leaf, mamey — accompanying alpaca to tender guinea pig, buffets (crafted by celebrity chef paiche), and coastal Lima’s abun- Australia’s glorious southwest, it seems it’s been tion, a bizarre concoction of frog- VERGHIS SHARON everything from duck and cala- Peru proves to be foodie heaven. Pedro Miguel Schiaffino, whose dant seafood — sea bass and “non” from Manu and “oui” from local chef Ben fish and deepwater algae arrives at mari to scallops and shredded beef In the Andes, I fall in love with restaurant Malabar is one of flounder, black scallop and chita Day. Aravina was recently courting celebrity chef my table as two bright green stud- heart (the last tastes like a meaty the bright yellow aji de gallina, a Lima’s top ranked) that include fish (Peruvian grunt fish), a gift of Manu Feildel for a consultancy role at its ded wafers balanced precariously foam). regional classic of creamy flayed everything from the local the icy Humboldt Current. vineyard eatery, but we hear Feildel wasn’t happy on a foamy green rock and a stone Later, Martinez — nimble and chicken and mirasol chilli, freshwater fish paiche to creme The world has finally taken with the offer. Instead, former Knee Deep slab. I don’t know whether to eat, movie-star handsome — pays a quinoa canelones stuffed with brulee with came (a sour local notice — as have the locals, who, vineyard restaurant chef Day has accepted the gig. genuflect or applaud the sheer art- from top visit to my table to explain the food truffles, oven-baked trout with fruit) and seared duck breast Martinez says, were largely un- “Our head chef, Ben Day, uses only the freshest istry. Finally, I dig in. It’s … inter- Peru has 2000 philosophy at Central, his flagship kiwicha (a type of local grain), with achiote (a type of seed). aware of the sheer breadth of this produce to create dishes suited to Aravina Estate’s esting, a salty burst of foam. varieties of restaurant. Everything has to be tender confit of guinea pig with And in Lima, highlights include rich cuisine at their doorstep. “I award-winning wines,” says the Aravina website. There’s a visual pattern to the potato; native to Peru, he says, and reflect white corn puree, and a ceviche served Nikkei-style love this place,” he says. “We are “Seasonal herbs and vegetables are sourced from 16 dishes that follow. Martinez’s Central’s Valley the country’s geographical riches magnificent banquet of suckling with ginger and coriander, doing our own thing and we care our kitchen garden or local suppliers. We food aesthetic, it seems, centres on Between the from coastal Lima to the Andes pig, tamales, bean and corn lucuma (a creamy, custardy about and defend what we do.” recommend booking in advance.” What it doesn’t the sculptural, architectural and Andes dish; and and Amazon: “We are blessed in salads and bright yellow causa local fruit), and that sinfully say is that Day doesn’t start for another month, organic, with a preponderance of traditional Peru to have such an incredible (a classic Peruvian dish of good Lima desert suspiro de Sharon Verghis was a guest of according to a staff member who spoke to First bark, rocks, pebbles and twigs off- causa (layered biodiversity.” He sees his creations layered potato mash). In the limena, a luscious local trifle. PromPeru, the Peru Export and Bite when we called and asked. setting delicate botanical and potato mash) as a mix of science and art: he takes Amazon, on the Aqua Amazon Foodie bliss! Tourism Promotion Board.

Winter’s whale migration season while vessels are kept at regulated Bay in northern NSW, the same ney’s Watsons Bay, Macquarie is upon us and it’s never been more distances. deal is offered for that period at Light Station, which began operat- Wake up streamlined. The NSW National And in Western Australia, two three-bedroom assistant ing on November 30, 1818 and was Parks and Wildlife Service has a humpback and southern right lighthouse keepers’ cottages, with rebuilt in 1883, was Australia’s first Wild about Whales website that whales hug the continental shelf of the bonus of sunrises over the Pa- lighthouse. The automated light with the highlights viewing hot spots, from the Indian Ocean as they migrate cific Ocean from Australia’s east- station is still in use and 20-minute Eden north to Tweed Heads, and from the Southern Ocean to warm ernmost point. At Cape Nelson escorted tours are available every an app to check for the latest sight- breeding grounds on the north Nature Reserve in Victoria, on the two months (the next is June 28) ings. Social media users are getting Kimberley coast. western tip of Portland Bay, part of from 10am to 4pm. Space is limited whales into the swim, too, with the likes of Wild about Whales is promot- the Great South West Walk, there and you must book way ahead. @JervisBayWild recording on ing stays in lighthouse accommo- are cottages with an on-site cafe, Converted keepers’ cottages May 28: “This morning cruise, one dation, which would seem the free WiFi, fireplaces and twice- aside, there are no lighthouse tow- minke whale at Point Perpendicu- ideal bases from which to view the daily tours of the lighthouse. ers in Australia at which guests can Lighthouse cottages offer the ideal lar; 30 bottlenose dolphins at Cal- migrating creatures as they move But whale season or not, light- stay with a seagull’s eye view of the vantage points from which to lala and 10 seals at Dart Point.” north to warmer waters. There are house cottage accommodation coastline. For that treat, best head At Port Stephens, NSW, north- two restored heritage lighthouse has been proving popular since the to Britain where, for instance, watch the annual migration east of Newcastle and famous for keepers’ cottages in the wild and 1990s when Australia’s lighthous- Belle Tout at Beachy Head in East its permanent bottlenose dolphin lovely Montague Island Wilder- es were “de-manned” to become About 18,000 whales will travel up the NSW coast over the next five months Sussex has 360-degree panoramas SUSAN KUROSAWA population, cruise operator Me- ness Reserve, 9km offshore from fully automated, with the care and of the English Channel and circu- TRAVEL EDITOR gan Richardson predicts there will Narooma on the NSW south conservation in many cases re- Tasman Island (off Tasmania’s Do read the fine print: lar guestrooms with names such as be about 18,000 humpbacks and coast. Until November 30, guests verting to state-based national southeast coast), Bustard Head it is 109 steps up to the Keeper’s Loft. In Ireland, Wicklow southern rights travelling up and can stay three nights for the price parks departments. This year (northwest of the township on the Head Lighthouse sleeps four (and down the coast from now until No- of two, and there’s the prospect of marks the centenary of the federal Queensland coast) and Sugarloaf kitchen on the top floor one dog) in octagonal rooms be- vember. She says sightings in- sightings of dolphins, fur seals and government’s management of Point (Seal Rocks, NSW). side the Irish Sea. But do read the TRENDS crease each year because of little penguins. lighthouses and navigational aids, But it’s not necessary to travel fine print: it is 109 steps up to the conservation buffer zones into On the headland of Cape Byron and open days and events are plan- to remote reaches to climb to the kitchen on the top floor, which which the creatures safely swim State Conservation Area at Byron ned at lighthouses such as those at top of a lighthouse tower. At Syd- sounds like a leviathan task.