29 August 2015

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Kiama Art Society’s

37th Exhibition p 3

Date set for

Orry-Kelly movie p 3

Enrol in the

Regal Regiment p 5

Victory Dance photos

p 6

Inside this issue

There is nothing like a

fortnightly deadline to

make a year fly.

We’ve been thrilled

by the support we’ve

received from the com-

munity since our first

edition. It confirms our

belief that people do

want to have a vibrant

local newspaper, run by

locals for locals.

What you see reflected

back at you in these

pages is a community

that cares deeply about

the welfare of others

(witnessed by the large

number of fundraising

events we’ve encouraged

you to attend), a pride in

each other’s achieve-

ments, a preparedness

to get in and make things

happen, and a burgeon-

ing arts and local food

community.

This year has been

stage one in The Bugle’s

development, and the

coming year will see us

expand to include more

news, features and col-

umns.

You can help this hap-

pen by telling businesses

how much you enjoy

reading The Bugle, so

they can join our growing

rank of advertisers.

Once more, thanks!

ONE YEAR

and counting

While Kiama held national

interest with the story of the

imminent collapse of Jerrara

Dam, the call to evacuate

properties downstream was

more of a precaution while

the situation was assessed.

The situation looked more

dire due to the wall having

already been excavated as

part of its long awaited

decommissioning.

“The decommissioning

project is two-thirds of the

way through,” explains

Kiama Council General

Manager Michael Forsyth.

“A section of the wall had

been taken out, the channels

widened and the spillway

lowered.”

To do this work, the dam

had been drained somewhat

so that the water level was

some metres below the new

spillway. Even with that low

starting level, the dam filled

quickly from its small but

steep catchment area.

“The project design for

the decommissioning

worked well, with all of the

factors working as expected

in such a scenario,” says

Mr Forsyth.

The evacuation notice

applied to ten properties,

with two owners on higher

ground choosing to stay.

The students at Minnamurra

Public School were also sent

home due to its location near

the river mouth.

Given the tragedies caused

elsewhere by the speed of

dam collapses, such precau-

tions were justified.

The decommissioning of

the dam is expected to be

completed in four to six

weeks’ time, at a total cost

of $700,000.

Until the arrival of this

East Coast low, August was

shaping up as a dry one. In

the first 24 days, we had

3.8mm of rain. In the next

two, 248.4mm (9¾ inches).

The temporary spillway

Jerrara Creek lapped the gardens of Terragong House

Dam holds firm til the end

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Local tourism operators impress judges

Jamie, Erica and Ross Warren with Jamberoo Pub’s award for

the best Pub/Winery on the South Coast

As The Bugle goes to press, results are coming in from

various sources attending the South Coast Tourism

Awards in Ulladulla.

As far as we can tell, our region has done very well

with Jamberoo Pub winning the Winery/Pub award,

South Coast Holidays winning gold in its Holiday Rental

Services category, The Pavilion Kiama being judged the

best Meetings, Functions & Business Tourism venue,

Gerringong’s Mecure winning the best Executive Accom-

modation, and El Corazon Restaurant being named the

best Tourism Restaurant.

Our apologies if we have missed anyone in the excite-

ment. We understand a number of other operators and

organisations, including Foodscape Tours and Kiama

Show, won silver in their categories.

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Every Wednesday

Kiama Farmers’ Market

Kiama Harbour 2-5pm

On weekends

Live music at The Sebel,

Kiama Leagues Club,

The Mecure, Jamberoo

Pub and other venues.

26-31 August

Shellharbour Wood-

carvers Exhibition

Old Fire Station

9.30-4.30pm

29 August - 8 Sept

Kiama Art Society

Annual Exhibition

Kiama Leagues Club (p 3)

30 Sept

Jamberoo Village

Market Reid Park, 9-2pm

Ilir Merxhushi and

Friends Gerringong

Music Club Concert, 2pm

Gerringong Town Hall,

$20 - Free for members,

free for children and

students

3 Sept

The Compassionate

Friends Support for

parents and grandparents

who have lost a child.

7-8.30 pm, in the room

next to Sts Peter and

Paul Church, Manning St,

Kiama. Enquiries to

Denise 0408 360 034

4 Sept

Pics and Flicks - x + y

Gerringong Town Hall

4-6 Sept

Folk by the Sea

Earlybird tickets, avail-

able from the website

until August 29, can

save you $15 on the

price of the two day pass

($65 at the door).

www.folkbythesea.com.au

(see below)

5 Sept

Friends of Kiama

Library event:

Clive Small (see right)

5-6 Sept

Kiama Arts Trail

Various locations around

the district. See

www.kiamaartstrail.com

6 Sept

Father’s Day

Everywhere

9 Sept

Spirituality in the Pub

(See right)

10 Sept

Kiama Bush Dance

Joyce Wheatley Comm-

unity Centre, 7.30-10pm

12 Sept

Bach in the Dark

Rachel Scott and Raff &

Janet Agostino Concert,

Christ Church Hall,

7.30pm (see right)

13 Sept

Romans Hot Rod Show

& Shine Black Beach

Music in the Park

Hindmarsh Park, 1-3pm

13-20 Sept

World Kneeboard Titles

Surf, Bombo, Werri and

Jones beaches, depend-

ent on conditions

15 Sept

Campfire Sessions -

Aussie Bush Songs

Joyce Wheatley Commu-

nity Centre, 7-10pm, $5

What’s on?

Let us know if

there’s an event

you’re organising.

Just email the

details to

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gmail.com

or phone

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SpecialSpecialSpecialSpecial Folk by the Sea

Sunday Brunch Hear Fresh off the Boat play Irish music from

around the world while enjoying our food, coffee and view.

You might even get him to dance.

BOOK OR BRING A CHAIR

Real life detective stories Since his retirement, Clive Small

has been writing about his experi-

ences as a senior police officer and

Executive Director of Operations

for the NSW Independent Com-

mission Against Corruption.

He is certainly not short for

material, as his career spanned

the Woodward Royal Commission

into Drug Trafficking, which examined the NSW drug

trade and murder of Donald Mackay; Strike Force Omega

which reinvestigated the 1984 shooting of detective

Michael Drury; the Belanglo Forest backpacker murder

investigation which led to the conviction of Ivan Milat;

and, as head of the Greater Hume Police Region, leading

operations to dismantle the Vietnamese street gangs that

had made Cabramatta NSW's heroin capital.

Details: 5 Sept, from 2.30pm in the

Auditorium under Kiama Library, Railway Parade.

$5 for Friends of Kiama Library members and

$8 for visitors, including afternoon tea.

Opera returning to the Valley Jamberoo CWA Branch has let us know their annual Opera

in the Valley will be on Saturday 17 October.

Last year’s performance by some of opera’s rising stars

was, according to some in the audience, ‘the best show

they had seen’. Add to that wine and cheese being served

during the interval, and a famous CWA supper to follow

the performance, and it will be sure to be a great night out.

More details closer to the date or call Mia on 4236 1913.

Bach in the Dark returns Brilliant cellist, Rachel

Scott, brings her Bach in

the Dark series back to

Kiama, this time with

two of the finest classical

guitarists in the country -

Raffaele and Janet

Agostino.

The exciting program

includes works by Bach,

Boccherrini, De Falla and

Ennio Morricone.

The series’ home is in

the Crypt of Sydney’s St

James’ Church, where the

audience and performers sit

in the dark with nothing to

distract them from the mu-

sic.

When these two guitarists

joined Rachel there in

2013, the concerts sold out

months before.

Details: Sat 12 Sept,

7.30pm, Christ Church.

Ticket $25 from the

Visitors Centre

Food for thought The next speaker at

Spirituality in the Pub

will be Dr Elizabeth

Farrelly, well-known

Sydney columnist and

commentator on archi-

tectural and public

issues. She will address

the topic: Beauty,

Sacredness and Change.

Details: Mon 9 Sept,

Jamberoo Pub, 7.30pm

Aussie poetry greats at Folk by the Sea

Due to popular demand, the organisers of Folk by the Sea

have moved the show Dead Men Talking to the main

auditorium of The Pavilion Kiama on the Saturday

(3-4.30pm) so as not to disappoint any festival goers.

In this critically acclaimed 90 minute stage musical,

Henry Lawson (Max Cullen) and Banjo Paterson (Warren

Fahey) catch-up at the Leviticus Bar & Grill, Heaven's

Gate, and yarn about old times.

If you get in quick (by 29 August) you can get an early

bird two day pass to the festival for $50. After that the

price is $65 for the two days or $60 for a Saturday pass.

Make the most of your ticket by catching the likes of

Christine Anu and Brendan Gallagher, and as much other

folk, world, roots, celtic, bluegrass and gypsy music as

you can take. Take advantage of this great opportunity.

Details: 4-6 Sept, Kiama. Tickets online from

www.folkbythesea.com.au or from Kiama Cove Motel

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Southern Phone digs deep again Community groups have until 11 September to apply for

funding through the Southern Phone Community Grants

Scheme.

The scheme offers organi-

sations that operate in the

41 councils that collectively

own Southern Phone the

chance to share in $1 million

in funding ($25,000 per

council). The groups nomi-

nate themselves online, then

each council assesses the

grants and makes a recom-

mendation for funding.

Last year Kiama recom-

mended ten applicants to

receive grants in the range

of $950 to $7000 (see box).

The aim of the scheme is

to provide funding for pro-

jects which provide a direct

benefit to the community but

would not usually be funded

by council in its normal

course of business.

Funding will generally

only be extended to legally

constituted, not-for-profit,

non-political and non-advo-

cacy community groups or

organisations.

Eligible bodies with projects in mind can

find out more and make their application at

www.southernphone.com.au/grants

Recipients of last year’s

inaugural grants were:

♦ Kiama-Jamberoo RSL

Sub-branch - renovation

of RSL hall

♦ Kiama Community

Garden - for garden

equipment

♦ Kiama Downs Men’s

Probus Club Inc. - for

data projector

♦ Kiama Uniting Church

Men’s Shed, roof awning

installation

♦ Lions Club of Kiama -

for new food van equip-

ment

♦ Sing Australia Kiama -

local community per-

formances

♦ Jamberoo Valley Rate-

payers & Residents -

rotunda in Reid Park

♦ Foxground Landcare -

land regeneration

♦ Girl Guides Rose Valley

Camp Committee - new

bedding for cottage

No Saddleback Smash this year Disappointingly for its organisers,

the Saddleback Smash has been can-

celled for the second year in a row.

Billed as Australia’s toughest fun

run, the Smash has the potential to

be a must do for the fitness commu-

nity, while raising funds for Rotary.

But these thing take time to build momentum.

Last year’s run was called off at the last minute

due to lack of professional timing equipment,

while this year the event has been unable to secure

a major sponsor.

At their August meeting,

Kiama councillors took a

united stand against what

they see as inappropriate

medium density develop-

ment.

They rejected a DA for a

complex of three 3 bedroom

and one 4 bedroom apart-

ments at 139 Manning St,

because of the lack of

amenity and privacy in the

design.

In particular, the three

metre proximity to the

boundary was of concern as

it would open up the poten-

tial for an unacceptable six

metre distance between it

and any new adjacent devel-

opment.

“We need to draw a line in

the sand,” said Mayor Brian

Petschler at the meeting.

Councillor Mark Honey

said, “I fear in five or ten

years time we will be re-

membered as the council

that built shoeboxes up and

down Manning Street and

destroyed the aesthetics of

the area.”

“We aren’t anti-develop-

ment,” said the Mayor after

the meeting, “But there is

growing unease over the

design and liveability of

developments proposed for

these long and narrow

blocks.”

It was felt that a much

better outcome could be

achieved either by block

consolidation or by a design

that had units facing a cen-

tral courtyard.

Liveability a deciding factor

Kiama Art Show attracts almost 500 entries Cementing its reputation

of being the largest art

exhibition on the South

Coast, the Kiama Art

Society’s 37th Annual

Exhibition has attracted

over 460 entries from

both local and further

afield artists.

“The Show is very

highly regarded,” says

President Judy White.

“We get works of a very

high standard from well

known artists.”

The paintings compete

in a number of catego-

ries, from landscapes

to abstracts, in a variety

of mediums, with two

categories to encourage

young artists. “There is

something for everyone,”

she says.

The works are judged

on the Thursday, with

the winners announced

at the official opening on

Friday night. All of the

works are for sale.

The long awaited local screening of the Orry-Kelly

documentary, Women He’s Undressed, has been

scheduled for Saturday 3rd October as a joint pres-

entation by Pics and Flicks and the Kiama & District

Historical Society.

The screening of the film about the life and

achievements of Kiama’s three time Oscar winner

will be at Gerringong Town Hall. We predict these

tickets will go like hot cakes once they go on sale

at the Visitors Centre for $15.

Orry-Kelly comes home

Sylvia Hawthorne (centre) who has been hanging entries for 30

years, gives some tips to Helen Pain and Judith Crowley (right)

Details: Opening night reception, Fri 28 August $15 6pm.

On show Sat 29 Aug to 6 Sept, 10-6pm (noon on last day).

$2 entry. Upstairs at Kiama Leagues Club.

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Congratulations to Minnamurra’s Ryan North has won recently won the Junior

section of the ANZANG Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

with this photo taken at Fitzroy Falls.

Seventeen year old Ryan only took up photography as a hobby two years ago,

and the prize is a ringing endorsement of his talent. If you’d like to see more

of his work, Ryan has a website of his favourite photos from around our local

area - www.ryannorthphoto.com

Stroke: recognize the signs and minimize your risk The National Stroke Foun-

dation is encouraging

everyone to “Be aware,

live healthy and get

checked this September.”

As part of this campaign,

Kiama Library is hosting

a free information session

for National Stroke Week.

The talk will inform

community members of the

signs of a stroke and how

to minimise their own risk.

As the Foundation’s

Chief Executive Officer

Dr Erin Lalor has put it,

“no postcode is untouched

by this disease; it is im-

pacting our families and

communities. However,

many of the more than

50,000 strokes that will

occur this year can be

prevented.’’

The short session will

include a Q & A and be

followed by a free healthy

morning tea.

Details: Weds 23 Sept,

Kiama Library,

10.30-11.30am.

Call the Library on

4233 1133 to book.

Kiama knitters show their stuff The 2015 Wrap with Love Knit In at Kiama Library was

a great success, with the quiet of the Library interrupted

by the click of needles.

The volunteers knitted 291 squares and completed ten

wraps. The Library wants to thank the Knitters Guild

NSW Inc (Kiama) and all who came along.

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Rain doesn’t stop

Farmers’ Market Kiama Farmers’ Market’s wet weather venue

– The Pavilion Kiama – came into its own this

week with the intermittent downpours.

The farmers, who had crops to sell what-

ever the weather, enjoyed the luxury of dry

feet for the afternoon.

Win, win situation for all.

The discovery of a drug

manufacturing operation in

quiet suburban Taylor St is a

stark reminder that Kiama is

not immune to the drug

problem facing Australia.

The house was searched

following the arrest of a 55

year old man at Unanderra,

allegedly with 1kg of am-

phetamine and 140g of co-

caine in his car.

On searching his home in

a unit in Taylor St, police

seized 1kg of amphetamine,

136g of cocaine, 119g of

MDMA tablets, 62g of

MDMA powder and a

Ruger semi-automatic rifle.

Acting Inspector Matthew

Glasgow from Lake Illa-

warra Local Area Command

said it was a significant

haul of drugs to be removed

from our local streets.

“It is important for mem-

bers of our community to

report any illegal drug use

or supply, or suspicious

activities occurring by call-

ing your local police station

or Crime Stoppers,” said

Acting Inspector Glasgow.

According to the police,

the signs that indicate a

house may be being used for

drug manufacturing include:

♦ Strange odours emanat-

ing from the property

♦ Diverted electricity

♦ Chemical containers and

waste

♦ Blacked out windows

♦ Hoses and pipes in

strange places

♦ Blinds down, with

extremely bright indoor

lighting radiating

through gaps

♦ Vehicles arriving at odd

hours.

Anyone with information

about suspicious properties

should call Crime Stoppers

on 1800 333 000 or use the

Crime Stoppers online

reporting page:

www1.police.nsw.gov.au.

Information will be treated

in the strictest confidence.

Drug factory surprise in local neighbourhood

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Clutterbusters If you are planning a spring

clean-up at your place, the

Friends of Blue Haven may

have the solution as to how

to get rid of all that clutter.

They’re looking for goods

for their monster Fete to be

held on Saturday 10th Octo-

ber, and are prepared to pick

up your unwanted books,

knick-knacks, paintings,

pictures, toys, plants, furni-

ture or bric-a-brac.

Details: Call Col on 0402

800 679 to arrange pick up.

Sorry, no mattresses.

There is still time for you to join the

Regal Regiment’s team for the Sydney

Running Festival on 20 September.

Amy Regal is the driving force behind

the team, determined to help raise

money to fund research into Motor

Neurone Disease.

Her brother, Adam Regal, is the

latest in her family to be diagnosed

with MND and he has become the

public face of the battle for a cure.

You can do your bit by registering for

a marathon, a half marathon, a bridge run or a

family fun run. Fifty people have taken up the

challenge so far, but there’s always room for more.

Last year the Regiment’s run raised around $5000

for Professor Rowe's research team at Macquarie

University working to find a cure for MND.

This year’s sponsors of the team are Kiama Blooms

the Chemist, Redi-lite Solar, Premier Catering

Supplies, Blanchard Haulage and the major sponsor

Harrison and Higgins of Wagga Wagga.

If you aren’t quite up to participating in a running

festival, your donation would be very much appre-

ciated.

Details: To register for the run, go to

www.sydneyrunningfestival.com.au and

join the The Regal Regiment team.

To donate, go to

https://give.everydayhero.com/au/regalregiment

Regal Regiment runs again

If you’re more into rock

than running, the local

Rock for Regal night has

spawned a Melbourne

fundraiser, in the iconic

AC/DC Lane, organised

by Adam’s mate Den

Murray.

Spread the word it’s

on 24 Oct, at the Cherry

Bar, AD/DC Lane. Six

bands for $13, with all

the money raised going

to MND research.

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your pictures in our social pages.

Whether you are celebrating

one of life’s milestones

(we love weddings, babies and

special birthdays), or your group

has held a function,

we’d love to feature you.

Just email the details to

emailthebugle@gmail.com or

phone 0412 415 101.

Let us know ahead of time

so we can reserve a space.

Out & about At the Kiama Jazz & Blues Club’s

Victory Dance

Treat Dad to our famous Lunch Banquet

this Father’s Day

Seven dishes plus dessert for $35 (min 4 people)

Entrees Edamame soy beans

Pork gyoza Chicken yakitori skewers Salmon carpaccio salad

Mains Kai special sushi rolls

Assorted mixed tempura Chicken teriyaki

Rice and Miso soup

Dessert Green tea ice cream

Bookings essential

Kai Japanese Restaurant The only Japanese restaurant on the upper South Coast

Winter hours

Tues & Weds

Dinner from 5.30pm

Thurs to Sun

Lunch 11.30-2.30pm

Dinner from 5.30pm

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www.facebook.com/KaiJapaneseRestaurant Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options available

The Royal Australian Navy Big Band and the

Forties inspired costumes made the Victory Dance

a night to remember.

People were on the dance floor from the start

of the night, with the Footloose Rockers giving

a great demonstration of the steps of the day.

The event was a fundraiser for the 2016 Kiama

Jazz and Blues Festival, as well a raising $1000

for Defence Care Support.

The success of the night was the result of

months of effort by Club members and the gener-

osity of sponsors.

Images by Phil Winterton Photography

Joan and Chris Johnston

Avron and Rob Inwood

Heather Williams and Ross Eggleton

Katie Norman, Meryll Faulkner, Louise Luke, Meagan Smilie, Clare Stevens and

Laurie Glanfied

Mat Sigmund and Deb Langton

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There’s still time to put together a team to

participate in the Kiama Relay for Life,

which raises money for the Cancer Council.

A Team Info Night is being held soon to

encourage more teams to register. As well

as the $20 registration fee, teams undertake

their own fundraising activities.

Minnamurra Mates are one of the many

teams who are returning to take part in this

important community event, with team

members coming back for their fifth year to

walk as a way of acknowledging family and

friends who have suffered from cancer. It’s

a tradition for them to display the names of

the people they are relaying for on a large

bed sheet.

Team member Maryanne Morrison says,

“With so many of my dear family and

friends passing and some still fighting the

fight with this dreadful disease. It is my

way of supporting, remembering and hop-

ing for a cure.”

Their Relay, however, is far from a sol-

emn affair, with Minnamurra Mates using

golf as their recurring theme. Once they

even took turns hitting a plastic golf ball

around for the whole 24 hours…

The Kiama Relay for Life is on

24-25 October, on the fields near the

Kiama Leisure Centre.

Details: Team Info Night Thurs 3 Sept, 7pm

at the Kiama Pavilion. Registrations can

also be made at relayforlife.org.au

by searching for Kiama.

In a former life as a travel writer

and editor for Fairfax, I’d often be

asked where I would go if I weren’t

‘working’. Well, Queensland’s largest

island national park, Hinchinbrook, is

at the top of the list.

I’ve just returned from a seven-day

kayaking trip, paddling 100 kilometres

up the island’s east coast across to

Dunk Island and Mission Beach. I’d

hiked the island’s Thorsborne Trail

twice in the ’90s and stayed at the

once-flash, now-derelict resort on the

island’s northern tip (devastated by

Cyclone Yasi in 2011), so I knew what

to expect: sleeping on a different soft

white sand beach every night, the tent

flap left open to view the rising moon

each evening and the rising sun each

morning; hand-feeding jungle carp in

the pristine swimming hole at the base

of a waterfall; hiking through rainfor-

est to the top of one of the smaller

granite monoliths in the shadow of the

mighty 1142-metre Mt Bowen.

But unlike those previous trips, this

was a ‘soft’ option - a small group tour

for six people led by Coral Sea Kayak-

ing. So apart from unloading the kay-

aks each day and setting up camp,

there was nothing to do but swim,

snorkel, relax and wait for a nightly

miracle as our wonderful guides

conjured up a delicious three-course

dinner (apart from the one reef-fish

we caught, all food was carried with

us in the kayaks).

It was a pleasant surprise not to be

the oldest ‘adventurer’ on one of

these tours - with the youngest guide

at 41 and the oldest couple in their

very active 70s, we were all more or

less the same vintage, and certainly

the same mindset. Laughs and

swapped stories over cheap cask red,

feet kicking the sand of an island

paradise? Priceless.

Ross Muller, Gerroa

Interested in growing

your own food?

Kiama-based Milkwood

Permaculture has organised

to hold the introductory

session of its two day Bio-

intensive Growing course at

Gerringong Pubic School -

and to make it even better,

it’s free!

The session will be con-

ducted by Jodi Roebuck, a

New Zealander who special-

ises in growing the most

organic food possible in the

least amount of space.

The biointensive method

he uses is designed to

provide food security for

those who practice it, while

continually building and

developing the soil and con-

serving natural resources.

The result produces safe

food year after year from

the same small space.

As part of the evening,

Gerringong P&C will be

offering hot soup and crusty

bread, for $5, with profits

going towards the school’s

bush tucker garden.

The two day course is on

at Buena Vista Farm.

Details: 18 Sept, 6-8.30pm,

Gerringong Public School.

RSVP www.milkwood.net

Relay for Life: who will you relay for?

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