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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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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

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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

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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/

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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.