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18 October 2014
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While the redevelopment of
the Kiama Hospital site into
the Blue Haven Centre of
Excellence in Aged Care has
almost unanimous support,
as always some believe the
devil is in the detail.
In particular, the Hospital
Auxiliary is very concerned
about the closure of Kiama’s
inpatient care, especially
rehabilitation beds. “It is a
long trip to Port Kembla to
visit loved ones, and it will
be five to ten years before
Shellharbour Hospital is
expanded to cater for us,”
says Julie Stokes.
“Council says that there
isn’t enough room on the
site to retain the beds, but
that is after they have sold
off a portion of the land to
help with the funding.”
She believes that if the
Council retained the land,
then the plot ratio could al-
low for the beds’ retention.
The Auxiliary has been in
discussions with council,
the state government and the
local health district to no
avail. “They are all blaming
each other for the decision
that has been made, and
there doesn’t seem to be any
room to reconsider,” says
Ms Stokes.
Mayor Brian Petschler
says that the decision to
move the beds was made by
the area health service long
before the Council became
involved with the site.
“There is simply no funding
for rehab hospital beds
here,” he says. “Blue Haven
will continue to offer respite
beds under the nursing home
funding model.”
Council explains that the
land being sold off is not
suitable for development
for aged care use due to fire
regulations. However it is
suitable for residential de-
velopment with the right
design elements. The ex-
pected $1-$2 million profit
from the sale of the blocks
would help to fund the $58
million project.
“Blue Haven has always
been a self-contained com-
ponent of council’s opera-
tions,” explains the Mayor,
“And this development will
follow the same model and
not cost ratepayers at all.
Keeping the land is a luxury
Blue Haven cannot afford.”
A public meeting has been
organised by another group
of local residents (KRASH -
Kiama Residents Against
Sale of Hospital land), also
concerned about the sell off
of the land. They believe it
is shortsighted, and is to the
detriment of the project.
“Selling off the land closes
off options,” says Craig
Summerhayes. “Retaining
the land gives the commu-
nity health and aged care
services flexibility to ad-
dress future needs. Whilst
the area cannot be used for
aged care (because of fire
regulations) it could be used
for purposes and facilities
that would enhance and
complement an aged care/
health services complex of
this scale.”
Local residents are at the
forefront of the campaign
having been aware of the
plan to sell off part of the
site for some time now and
have had discussions with
council over the proposal,
but their concerns remain.
In addition, Glenn Kolo-
meitz, the Labor candidate
for Kiama is planning to
hold a ‘Kiama Hospital Day
of Action’ at which he and
Walt Secord, NSW Opposi-
tion Spokesperson for
Health, will be launching a
community petition about
retention of the rehab beds
and any lost services. He
says they have the support
of local GPs who believe
all such services should be
retained.
A Q&A publication pre-
pared by Council will be
distributed to residents next
week. It outlines the pro-
posal and says that more
public feedback will be
sought once the draft DA is
exhibited in February/March
next year.
However opponents of the
sell-off and the moving of
the rehab beds feel this will
be too late to have their con-
cerns addressed.
Details: KRASH is holding
its public meeting on
Tues 28 Oct, 7.15pm
at the Kiama Leagues Club
Auditorium.
Community voices concerns over hospital redevelopment plans
Kiama Council’s proposal involves:
♦ buying the old hospital site
♦ transferring the existing 20 bed inpatient service
to Port Kembla (and eventually Shellharbour)
♦ demolishing all buildings (bar Barroul House)
♦ building a residential aged care facility with over
60% more capacity than the current nursing home
♦ construction of 36 independent living and 22 as-
sisted living units in five buildings around the site
♦ new facilities for existing area health services
♦ selling off eight residential blocks to help fund
the development.
Meet the Monday Girls p3
Surf’s up! p2
Two opportunities to help fight MND p5
Local company gains national praise p4
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Every Wednesday
Kiama Farmers’ Market
Black Beach 3-6pm
On weekends
Live music at The Sebel,
Kiama Leagues Club,
The Mecure, Jamberoo
Pub and other venues.
Sat 18 Oct
Rotary’s Emergency
Services Expo
Black Beach, 9-3pm
Gerringong Village
Markets, Town Hall
Vince Jones Live
8pm Illawarra Performing
Arts Centre, 32 Burelli St
Sun 19 Oct
Kiama Seaside Markets
Black Beach
Thirsty Merc
Oaks Hotel,
Albion Park Rail
Fri 24 Oct
Rock 4 Regal
Kiama Leagues Club,
from 6pm (see p5)
Sat 25 Oct
Kiama Produce Market
Black Beach
Bach in the Dark
Sat 25 Oct, 7.30pm. $25
Tickets at Visitors Centre
Illawara Rose Show
25th and 26th,
Jamberoo School of Arts
Sun 26 Oct
Festival of the Choirs
2pm, The Pavilion Kiama
Six choirs performing a
wide variety of music.
30 Oct - 11 Nov
Centre & Coast
Art exhibition in Bowral
(see right)
Saturday 1 Nov
Beach Party with
The Mighty Surftones
Kiama Downs Surf Life
Saving Club, Jones Beach
7pm till late (see right)
Opera in the Valley
Jamberoo School of Arts
(see right)
Tues Nov 4
Melbourne Cup, various
locations, including
Kiama Bowling Club and
Gerroa Boat Fisherman’s
Club (see p3)
Fri 7 to Sun 9 Nov
Annual Quilt Show
Gerringong Town Hall
(see p3)
Sat 8 Nov
Kiama High Reunion -
4th Form 1973
Kiama Bowlo from 6pm.
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Valley tradition continues This year’s Opera in the
Valley will feature four
rising new artists, who
have already sung with
the likes of the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra and
Opera Australia, in the
intimate setting of Jam-
beroo School of Arts.
The yearly concert
came into being in 1997
after discussions on
ways to continue the
proud tradition set by
many generations of
Jamberoo families of
providing entertainment
for the community at
that venue. Its success
ensured it quickly be-
came the major fund-
raiser for the Jamberoo
branch of the CWA and
a must-do on the vill-
age’s social calendar.
The evening will again
be under the musical
direction of Glenn
Amer, who earlier this
year took up a position
as pianist and conductor
with Opera Australia.
The Yamaha grand piano
which is used for the
Opera, was purchased
in 2000 after exhaustive
fundraising efforts by
Friends of the Hall.
Wine and cheese will
be served during the
interval, with supper
afterwards.
Details: Saturday, 1 Nov,
starting at 8pm. Tickets
are available for $45 each
at Elders Jamberoo (4236
0891) and Kiama Visitors
Centre (4232 3322)
Guided bird walk at Spring Creek Wetlands As part of 2014 National Bird Week, 20-26 October ,
Illawarra Birder’s Martin Potter is running a free guided
bird walk at Spring Creek Wetlands, just off the Highway,
south of Kiama Cemetery.
As part of the walk Martin will be collating a list of birds
observed and feeding them into the first annual Aussie
Backyard Bird Count, a bird count app recently released
specifically for this year’s Bird Week.
For more information on the Aussie Backyard Bird
Count you can visit www.aussiebirdcount.org.au.
Details: No need to register, just meet at the end of
Glenbrook Drive, Kiama (off Dido Street) at 12.15pm for
a 12.30pm start on Thursday 23 Oct.
Kiama resident Tony Hull
is joining with two other
award-winning artists, Ken
Orchard and Kate Broad-
foot, to stage a collaborative
exhibition in Bowral focus-
ing on the Australian land-
scape, entitled Centre &
Coast. The artists will present
a body of over sixty works
that showcases their diverse
and abiding interest in the
Australian landscape and
their engagement with the
plein air painting tradition
(painting outside).
Hull was a semi-finalist
in the 2013 Moran National
Portrait Prize and over his
career has received twenty-
six awards and prizes for
his painting including being
a two-time winner of the
'Works on Paper' section
of the Waverley Art Prize.
Both Broadfoot and Hull
were finalists in the prestig-
ious 2014 NSW Parliament
Plein Air Painting Prize
Exhibition, held in Sydney. The Hulls moved to
Kiama from Bowral a year
ago, having spotted their
ideal home when visiting
to judge of the Kiama Art
Society Show in 2013.
“It’s a great excuse for a
trip up to Bowral,” he says.
“You’ll get to see some
really interesting perspec-
tives of our diverse land-
scape, while others get to
see how beautiful Kiama
really is.”
Details: Thurs 30 Oct
through to Tues 11 Nov at
the Bowral & District Art
Society Gallery,
1 Short Street, Bowral.
The artists will each give
exclusive insight into their
work at the launch on
Sat 1 Nov at 2pm.
Free entry.
Centre & Coast on display in Bowral
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Get out your loud shirt for this party
The Kiama Jazz & Blues Club invites you to an old
fashioned Beach Party, featuring the guitar vibes
of The Mighty Surftones. There will be a spit roast
dinner and drinks at bar prices (with proceeds from
the bar going to the Surf Club). The night is another
fundraiser for the Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival.
Details: Sat 1 Nov, from 7pm til late. $40 per person
including dinner. For tickets call 4233 1514
Celebrate your Welsh-ness
The Friends of Kiama
Library have Emeritus
Professor Bruce Ryan
giving a talk: What’s Welsh
and Wild about Wales?
Sat 18 Oct, 2.30
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The work of the wonderful Monday Girls is highly sought after each year.
Council meeting lit by phones
When Kiama Councillors were left in the
dark near the end of their meeting on night
of the extraordinary weather on the 14th,
they resourcefully continued on by adding
the light of their phones to the emergency
lighting.
Thankfully, their batteries must have
been fully charged, as the meeting contin-
ued on for the last fifteen minutes.
“We all decided it was worth continuing
on rather than having to come back to
finish the meeting,” says Mayor Brian
Petschler.
Members of CSG Free Shoalhaven are
ecstatic at the news that Leichhardt
Resources has had its Petroleum
Explorations Licences cancelled.
“The licence they had in the Shoal-
haven stretched from Berry and Kanga-
roo Valley down to Sussex Inlet,” says
the group’s spokesperson Trish Kahler.
“It was a major threat to our environ-
ment, especially our waterways and
farming land.”
The NSW Government has a morato-
rium on new licences, so it will be
at least a year until another mining
company can try to make claim.
“It is such a great win,” says Kahler,
“But it is no time to be complacent.
We need to spend this time wisely so
that more people are aware of the
issues and will fight against any new
licence being granted.”
The NSW Chief Scientist’s recent
report warned of ‘unintended conse-
quences’ of coal seam gas and the
Environmental Protection Authority
has acknowledged the industry pre-
sents a significant risk.
The group fears contamination of
ground water and degradation of land
through waste.
Shoalhaven gets reprieve from CSG threat
Each week, for almost 25 years, the
Monday Girls of the Children’s Medical
Research Institute (CMRI) Gerringong
Committee meet for a sewing session
which involves a lot of hard work and more
than a few laughs.
They volunteer their time and skill to
build up the stock of homewares, toys,
childrens’ wear, Christmas decorations and
other handcrafted gifts for their stall at the
Annual Quilt Show, which regularly raises
around $7000 for the cause. The quality of
their work is such that those in the know
head straight to their stall, which also sells
homemade Christmas pudding and cake,
to buy presents for themselves or others.
They also contribute a quilt to be raffled
each year.
Three of the Monday Girls, Marj
O’Keeffe, Joyce Sharpe and Mena Sharpe,
are original members of the CMRI fund-
raising committee that was formed in 1959.
Since that time, the group has raised an
astounding $1.7 million to support scien-
tific research to understand the genes that
are important for health and development,
and the underlying causes of disease.
November is CMRI Gerringong’s busiest
month, with a Melbourne Cup Lunch as
well as the Quilt Show.
At the Melbourne Cup Lunch, at Gerroa
Boat Fisherman’s Club, a buffet will follow
champagne and canapés, and there will be
sweeps raffles and lucky door prizes, all to
raise money for CMRI.
The Quilt Show is on the following week-
end, with a large display of quilts and wall
hangings (some of which are available for
purchase with a commission to CMRI).
Details: Quilt Show - Fri 7 to Sun 9 Nov.
Admission $5. 9-5pm Fri-Sat, 9-3pm Sun,
Gerringong Town Hall
Melbourne Cup Lunch - Tues 4 Nov from
11.30am. Tickets, $45, available
from Cronin’s Liquor, Blackwood St,
Gerringong. Arrange courtesy bus
transport with the Club.
Helping childrens’ medical research is a Gerringong tradition
Storm creates havoc in Beachside
Residents of this house in Tingira
Crescent, on the south side of Marsden
Point, were evacuated on Tuesday
evening when the awning blew off the
back of the house, severely damaging
the roof and making the verandah
unsound.
The SES crew there on Wednesday
morning (when this photo was taken)
were still battling galeforce winds and
driving rain when trying to secure
the property.
In nearby Marsden St, the SES was
present when the side awning of a
house blew off and hit a 10,000 volt
powerline.
Power crews worked through the
night trying to restore electricity to
the suburb. People are urged to take
great caution in the wild weather.
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Gerringong-based company
Plank & Trestle has been
selected as one of 13 final-
ists in the 'New Talent'
category of the Australian
Design Awards of Etsy,
the largest global online
store for handmade design-
ers goods.
They were also recently a
finalist for Home Beautiful
magazine's 'Design Un-
earthed' Awards, where they
won the People’s Choice
Award..
The husband and wife
team of Mike and Lana Hall
combine their design and
building skills to create
handcrafted trestle tables for
customers across Australia.
“All our tables are made
to order individually for
each customer after they
are selected from our design
collection,” explains Lana.
“The majority of our busi-
ness are custom-makes
where our client has a par-
ticular size or colour they
would like to suit their
space. We have made over
50 tables in the past year.”
The tables are ordered
online, made by Mike and
then shipped around Austra-
lia. Tables have gone as far
afield as Perth, and have
been as long as 3.5 metres.
“We only sell online at
the moment, however many
local customers have
popped into our home to
see our tables,” says Lana.
“One of our dining tables
is also on display at Scullys
of Australia in Berry.”
You can help this young
couple win the title of best
New Talent by participating
in the people’s choice com-
ponent of the judging.
Details: Go to
www.etsydesignawards.com
/nominees/new-talent/
plank-and-trestle to cast
your vote. Voting closes
23 Oct. Visit their shop at
www.etsy.com/au/shop/
PlankandTrestle
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I happened to be at the door of the Hunky Doreys on the Harbour when the
owner fed the pelican on verandah of the fish shop. It’s a female and has lived
in the harbour for many years. She is fed raw fish from fish shop each day.
Meryll Faulkner, Kiama
My Kiama
Local company in running for national design award
Addo’s Shed clearance Just to clarify the situa-
tion, the only way that you
can look at or buy things
from the clear out of the
sheds at Addison’s Garage
is to do so online.
Items are previewed on
facebook.com/pages/
Addisons-Garage-SHED-
Cleanout, before they are
listed on ebay for sale.
No exceptions. Garage
staff cannot help with this.
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Imagine for a moment if half
the people in your extended
family group were likely to
be diagnosed with a debili-
tating disease that would
only give them a short time
to live.
This is the situation facing
the members of an large
South Coast kin group,
including the Regals of
Kiama. Motor Neurone Dis-
ease (MND) has presented
itself in people as young
as 19 and as old as 70.
This mean that each person
is a potential timebomb,
that may or may not go off.
MND is a debilitating,
terminal neurological dis-
ease that causes death
between 1-5 years after
diagnoses. For every person
diagnosed research states
that at least 14 people are
negatively effected. An
estimated 19,000 people
currently have MND in
Australia. The incidence
of this disease is increasing
every year.
In the Regals’ case, things
have not gone well. Adam
Regal, 30, now has the dis-
ease that has taken both his
father and his uncle. He and
his wife Kylie have two
young children.
Adam and his family’s
response to this challenge
has been to look at the big-
ger picture and raise funds
for research into MND’s
causes and possible preven-
tion.
His sister Amy formed a
fundraising group called the
Regal Regiment, which has
been involved in numerous
events from the Sydney
Bridge Run to ice bucket
challenges. They have raised
close to $30,000, all of
which has gone to the
medical research unit at
Macquarie University.
Their latest effort is a
Rock 4 Regals night, which
will bring the heavy rock
and pop punk bands that
Adam loves so much to the
Leagues Club for a night of
solidarity.
The bands performing are
all local artists who will be
giving up their own time and
talents for this great cause.
Many of the band members
know Adam and his family
on a personal level.
The headline band, The
Conspiracy Plan, is reform-
ing especially for the night.
The band members were in
the same year as Adam at
Kiama High, with one flying
back from NZ to show his
support.
Friend and muso Den
Murray is organising the
event, and is coming back
from Melbourne to play in
one of the bands.
“It is a chance for Adam
to get together with all of his
mates to raise money to stop
this disease affecting more
people,” he says.
All of the money raised on
the night will go towards
medical research.
For those of you who punk
passed by, Kiama Lions’
Club is organising a more
sedate, if equally entertain-
ing, fundraiser the following
week in the guise of a lunch
featuring guest speaker Peter
FitzSimons.
Peter is a former Wallaby
and author, with a mine of
stories about almost every-
thing.
Details: Rock 4 Regals -
Fri 24 Oct, from 6pm,
Kiama Leagues Club. $10
Lunch with Peter FitzSimons
- Fri 31 Oct, 12.30 - 4,
The Sebel Harbourside,
$120 for three course meal
and a drink.
Community rallies to support the Regals
Kiama cyclists do us proud Kiama was well represented at last weekend’s Sun-
super Ride to Conquer Cancer for Chris O'Brien Life-
house in Sydney. The two day ride 200km ride is
now Australia's largest fundraising event for cancer.
McGrath Estate Agents Kiama & Berry put in a
team of three riders and together they raised over
$7,500 towards the $3.6 million donated in total
for cancer research. Another eight Kiama residents
undertook the ride, including Dr John McAlphine
and his wife Heather.
Adam’s brother-in-law, Paul Graham, plays in Crash Tragic, one
of the bands on the Rock 4 Regals bill. They have released a new
single on itunes, with all proceeds going to MND research.
Peter FitzSimons
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Out & about At the special Kiama Farmers’ Market for Good Food Month
At the Blue Haven Fete
Down the aisle
Gerry and Sue Granger-Holcombe
Harriet Heffernan, Perrie Croshaw, Jacqueline Weiley and Ruth Armitage
The massed ukulele band at the Blue Haven Fete was a joyous thing.
Fittingly, the first wed-
ding service ever to be
held in the Point Ministry
Centre was for youth
minister Steve Inman and
local girl Lauren Illing-
worth. Steve moved to
here from Young, and
many local students will
know him as their school
scripture teacher. Lauren
moved to Kiama with her
parents and sister,
Wendy, Scott and Bronte,
in 2005 and is currently
studying a Bachelor of
Commerce and Events
Management at UOW.
Many will know her from
working at Stonewall
Café and her involvement
in children’s ministry at
Kiama Anglican Church.
The bride wore a
beautiful Alfred Angelo
dress of ivory satin with
a beaded bodice.
The bridesmaids wore
dresses of steel blue silk
chiffon.
Flowers - all white
tulips, ranunculus, roses
and blushing bride, with
gumnuts - were arranged
by Carrie Bond.
The reception was also
held in the Centre, with
canapé food from the
Little Blowhole Café.
The couple will live in
Kiama after honeymoon-
ing on the Gold Coast.
Kiama has joined more than 100 other councils as
a signatory to the Refugee Council of Australia’s
(RCOA) Refugee Welcome Zone initiative.
“A Refugee Welcome Zone is a local govern-
ment area that makes a commitment in spirit to
welcoming refugees into the community and ac-
knowledges the positive contribution they make to
society," said RCOA Chief Executive Officer
Paul Power at a ceremony to mark the occasion.
He said it was up to the local community to get
involved and share ideas on what Kiama could do
to continue the momentum of the signing.
With that in mind, Councillor Kathy Rice, who
proposed the idea to Council, is keen to gather
together people who are interested what they can
do to help.
“There are lots of way we practical ways can
show our support to refugees,” she says. “A num-
ber of groups are already doing some great things,
both here and in Wollongong, where a substantial
number of refugees are living, and we want to see
how we can contribute.”
Even simple things, like inviting a refugee into
the home of a ‘typical’ Australian will help them
fit into our society.
A meeting will be held in November to canvass
options. Please email kathyr@kiama.nsw.gov.au to
register your interest.
Making refugees feel welcome
Kevin Sullivan, aka Sullo, added to the atmosphere of the day
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The Bugle Crossword Across
1. A journey of uncertain
result (9)
4. Stay in bed longer than
planned (4, 5)
9. Ziggy stardust (5, 5)
10. To casually comment
(6)
13. Kiama’s first Academy
Award winner; Orry _____
(5)
14. Germany (11)
18. The Black Death (6)
20. Guardian to the pyra-
mids (6)
23. Fairy tale (4)
24. Naboo the _____;
something puzzling (6)
25. Australian poet; Henry
______ (6)
27. Open spaces of a net
(4)
28. Chief Greek god (4)
29. A gang (4)
30. Mythical horned horse
(7)
33. Flowed in a circular
current (6)
34. A chat (12)
36. African republic on
the Red Sea (5)
37. Hock a loogie (4)
38. Burial ground (8)
Down
1. Mountain system in
South America (5)
2. Capital of Scotland (9)
3. Cylinder (4)
5. Porch (8)
6. Male sheep (4)
7. Old fashioned bicycle
(5, 8)
8. River mouth (5)
10. To want or desire (4)
12. Colourful snake lolly
(6, 6)
15. American desert (6, 6)
16. A stringed instrument
classically played in coun-
try music; duelling ____ (5)
17. Structures propelled
out of earth’s atmosphere
(5, 7)
19. To issue printed copies
(7)
20. Light rainfall (6)
21. Stubborn (3, 6)
22. First woman in Parlia-
ment in Australia; on the
$50 note (5)
26. Citrus soft drink (8)
31. Tied up ropes (4)
32. Roy Orbison song:
“____ the lonely” (4)
34. Unit of volume in
cooking (3)
35. Cereal grass (3)
Margot Law is our regular crossword compiler.
Last issue’s solution
Next year’s 166th Kiama
Show will be held on Friday
24 and Saturday 25 January.
Show Society organisers
are already working hard
behind the scenes to ensure
its success.
A sign of their profession-
alism is that last year’s
Show won the gold for
an event or festival at the
South Coast Tourism
Awards.
Secretary Sue Granger-
Holcombe is preparing the
Schedule for publication,
and as always new sponsors
are being sought. Sponsor-
ship is available at various
levels, from donating a
prize for a particular class in
a section (eg. your favourite
cake or hobby) to advertis-
ing in the Schedule or on
the grounds.
In addition, nominations
are now open for the Kiama
Showgirl. The aim is to find
a young woman to be
Kiama’s ambassador at the
our Show and representative
at the Agricultural Societies
Council Zone Final.
Kiama Show Society held
its first Kiama Showgirl
Competition in 1963 and
has continued to support
this tradition ever since.
It is not a pageant, but an
opportunity for young
women to build confidence,
gain skills essential for their
future, meet people from all
ages and backgrounds,
make new friends, as well
as be involved in and learn
more about their commu-
nity.
Entrants do not have to
come from an agricultural
background or have any
prior experience with the
show.
All Kiama Showgirl
entrants are formally intro-
duced at the renowned
Kiama Show Ball, to be
held Saturday 10 January,
2015.
New Show Society mem-
bers are always welcome.
Details: Go to
www.kiamashow.com.au
to find sponsorship,
nomination and member-
ship forms.
Preparations underway for 2015 Kiama Show
ONE WISE CHOICE FOR YOUR PROPERTY!
Craig Higbid
0404 471 469
Amanda Zoratto
0401 045 857
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After 2 months travelling
in the outback with our
family of four we hit
the Queensland coast in
July. This was our first
glimpse of the Pacific
Ocean for two months.
After a night at Mission
Beach we decided to
hire a small motor boat
to tour Dunk Island and
other islands "just a few
kilometres" offshore.
In Dean's defence,
he did ask to rent a cata-
maran but both of them
were out of service since
their sails were destroy-
ed by Cyclone Yasi in
2011.
"Not to worry, my
friend Phil in Gerringong
has instructed me in the
safe use of outboard mo-
tors", he thought quietly
to himself.
By the time we bought
some supplies and head-
ed out towards the
islands from Mission
Beach a strong onshore
wind had blown up. We
had to bash through a
lot of waves to get out
to the first island. There
was a lot of water slosh-
ing around in the back of
the boat. A quick check
of the stowed gear con-
firmed that, yes, there
was a PLB on board.
Not a Personal Locator
Beacon. Instead a couple
of Partially Leaking Buck-
ets, which had evidently
survived Cyclone Yasi,
though with significant
damage.
At the first island, we
found a great spot in the
lee of an island. It was
a bit hard to get the
anchor to stay in the
broken up coral on the
beach. Dean and the
kids explored the island
while I kindly volunteer-
ed to sit and hold the
anchor with my feet.
We headed over to
another island for some
fishing. It was a bit diffi-
cult because some impor-
tant pieces were missing
from the reel thing.
They must have shaken
off somewhere in the
desert while the rod was
on the roof racks. We
didn’t catch anything,
so became reliant on our
rations (four cans of coke
and a large packet of salt
and vinegar chips).
By the time we headed
back for the mainland
the sun was well and
truly setting. The wind
had picked up considera-
bly so we had to ride the
wind swell.
Luckily, Dean had been
listening carefully to the
accounts of amazing
small vessel seamanship
in the Endurance audio-
book so he knew exactly
what to do. Mostly this
consisted of getting
women and children up
the front and to wind-
ward in order to "correct-
ly trim the vessel" while,
coincidentally, providing
the skipper with a great
barrier to both wind and
spray.
The boat rental guy
was carefully watching
our return using high
powered binoculars.
We made it back by
dark. Wet. With a can of
Coke to spare.
Sandee Jackson,
Gerringong
Watching the weather: become an expert online Whether you are stuck in
your lounge room due to
the wild weather or are
keen to know the condi-
tions likely for your next
event or trip away, there
are some great resources
online for you to track the
changing conditions.
Here is our favourite:
www.wunderground.com
Just put in your location,
and it will bring you up
a report from the closest
weather station (eg. Bombo
Headland).
The report features an
amazing amount of infor-
mation, including a ten day
forecast, live radar imaging
(watch that East Coast Low
go out to sea), hour by
hour predictions, webcams
that have been loaded
to the site, and details of
wind speed, atmospheric
pressure, and (of course)
temperature and rain
information.
If you have any useful
websites you’d like to
share with Bugle readers,
just let us know.