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Launch of

Crop and Swap p 3

Daisy comes home

p 4

Awards for Red Cross

p 4

Emergency services

put on a show

p 5

Inside this issue

Gerringong Mens’ Shed has reasons to celebrate

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The Gerringong Mens’ Shed

has scored a early trifecta.

Hot on the heels of the

unveiling of its first project

for a local community group

came the news Council is

supportive of it lodging a

DA for a new shed, and that

Fulton Hogan has offered

to donate a surplus 12x12m

shed to them.

Until now, the Mens’ Shed

has been based in a small

room that is impractical for

the work they want to do.

The new shed will be

located in the Cronin’s Oval

precinct, near the carpark.

Gerringong Surf Club is

the first beneficiary of the

Mens’ Shed skills and

effort. When given an old

4 metre slab of Norfolk pine

by Max Wood & Son Build-

ers, they turned to the local

Mens’ Shed to make it into

a bar for their verandah

overlooking Werri.

SLC President Simon

Bateman says “The result is

amazing. They put so much

care and enthusiasm into the

project. We can’t thank

them enough.”

Can Kiama remain independent? Despite a finding by the Ind-

pendent Pricing and Regula-

tory Tribunal (IPART) that

Kiama Municipal Council

is one of the two thirds of

NSW councils that are not

‘fit for the future’, Mayor

Brian Petschler is confident

Kiama will continue to stay

independent.

The result from the analy-

sis of the self-assessment by

Council was unexpected, as

indications have been posi-

tive throughout the process.

It is apparent the process

was clouded by the construc-

tion investment needed for

the new aged care facility

before it becomes an income

source for Council.

The IPART Report says

a merger between Kiama

and Shoalhaven councils

“would likely perform better

in terms of long-term finan-

cial sustainability, in particu-

lar for Kiama given the po-

tential efficiencies available

from a merger.”

It also suggests that

Shellharbour, which also

was judged ‘not fit’, should

merge with Wollongong.

Council now has thirty

days to submit a response

to the Local Government

Minister which pleads its

case.

Deputy Mayor Warren

Steel is confident Kiama

will remain independent.

“We are safe,” he says.

Councillor Andrew Sloan

is less optimistic, but deter-

mined to fight. “The analysis

by IPART was too simplistic

and flawed, but it will be

difficult for them to accept

this. We need the State to

look beyond 2018 and see

that Kiama Council is in

a very strong financial

position....much stronger

than Shoalhaven,” he says.

He is encouraging people

to lobby Gareth Ward to

urge the government to look

at the bigger picture.

Official response: The full text of Kiama Council’s media release Kiama Council believes that the organisation is in a

good position to remain independent based on the IPART

report released yesterday.

The IPART report states that: ‘Our analysis has not

identified evidence for a better alternative to the coun-

cil’s proposal to stand alone’.

The main criteria being used by the State Government

to assess potential mergers is the ‘scale and capacity’

category. Kiama Council has satisfied this criteria and

therefore we believe Kiama will remain independent.

Despite meeting most of the criteria, Council is disap-

pointed with other conclusions drawn by IPART in the

report. Council is confident that the issues raised in the

report are addressed in our long term financial plans.

Kiama Council is concerned some of the assessment

methodology used for this evaluation does not take into

account our sustainable long term financial plans.

We also note that the assessment contains ambiguous

comments and inconsistencies that we will raise in our

response to the State Government’s assessment.

Kiama Council is particularly concerned that the sus-

tainable long term financial and social gain, which will

result from the completion of the Centre of Aged Care

Excellence, was not properly considered by IPART.

However, we note the report points out the Council will

“meet the benchmark for the ‘own source revenue ratio’

by 2019-20”.

“I believe that Council is close to meeting the assess-

ment, when taking proper account of our investment in

the Aged Care Centre of Excellence and our involvement

in a key trial Joint Organisation”, says Mayor Brian

Petschler.

“I have spoken to Member for Kiama Gareth Ward and

note his support of Kiama Council as a sound and well

performing local government body.

“I believe that Kiama Council is in a good position to

remain autonomous while continuing to provide valuable

services to our local community.”

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Enjoy Melbourne Cup for a good cause If you are looking for a

reason to frock up and

enjoy Melbourne Cup

this year, then why not

support children’s medical

research at the same time?

The event has become

one of CMRI Gerringong’s

major fundraisers.

They invite you to enjoy

canapes on the deck over-

looking Crooked River and

7 Mile Beach as well as a champagne on arrival. This will

be followed by a buffet lunch, along with live coverage

of the Cup, sweeps and raffles and a TAB run. A courtesy

bus can be booked through the club to take you home.

There are prizes for men’s and women’s fashions so

organise your friends, dress up and enjoy a great day out.

Details: Tues 3 Nov, from 11.30am,

Gerroa Boat Fisherman’s Club.

Tickets $50 from Cronin’s Liquor.

Enquiries 0417342606

Every Wednesday

Kiama Farmers’ Market

Kiama Harbour 3-6pm

On weekends

Live music at The Sebel,

Kiama Leagues Club,

The Mecure, Jamberoo

Pub and other venues.

24-25 October

Kiama Relay for Life

Kiama Leisure Centre

grounds

Illawarra Rose Society

Spring Rose Festival

Jamberoo School of Arts

Jamberoo Red Cross

Art Show, Jamberoo

Bowling Club 10-4pm

23-31 October

Othello (see below)

24 October

Kiama Makers &

Growers Market

Black Beach, 9-2pm

25 October

Jamberoo Village

Market

Reid Park, 9-2pm

Festival of the Choirs

The Pavilion, 2-5pm $30

31 October Show Society Trivia Night

www.kiamashow.com.au

1 November

Gerringong Music Club -

Pastance (see right)

Music in the Park

Showcasing local

musicians each month

1-3pm, Hindmarsh Park

Organ Centenary

Celebration

Christ Church, 2-4pm $15

3 November

CMRI Melb Cup Lunch

Gerroa Fishermans Club

(see below)

6 November

Pics and Flicks (see below)

13-15 November

25th Annual Quilt Show

(more next issue)

Author Talk

Kiama Library (see p4)

15 November

Kiama Seaside Market

Black Beach

21 November

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Focusing on the future The next Spirituality in

the Pub will address the

sensitive topic of The bitter

cup of Reckoning – Sexual

Abuse and the question

of where to now.

The speakers will be

Damien Grace, ethics

teacher and writer, and

Chris McGillion, former

religious affairs editor

for the Sydney Morning

Herald. They are the

co-authors of the book

Reckoning: The Catholic

Church & Child Sexual

abuse.

Details: Monday 9 Nov,

7.30pm, Jamberoo Hotel

Sydney-based medieval ensemble Pastance plays

on time-honoured instruments - Irish harp, lute,

recorders, fiddle, bagpipes, percussion and vocals -

creating their own unique sound based on Anglo/

Celtic folk, early European and original music.

Their program on their visit to Gerringong is ex-

pected to include pieces by Hildegard von Bingen,

Henry VIII, John Dowland, Monteverdi and Purcell.

Pastance has played at some of Australia’s largest

folk festivals and have worked with Musica Viva

in schools and with its Country Wide program.

The trio includes Alex Cronin, a lutenist and

guitarist who has performed with the Australian

Chamber Orchestra among many. He also enjoys

playing the Baroque triple harp and a medieval

fiddle - both different from their modern counter-

parts.

Megan Cronin has sung with some of Australia’s

finest ensembles including the Australian Chamber

Singers and Sydney Chamber Choir.

The final member, Myfanwy Dibben, studied at

the Conservatorium on Music in Sydney, majoring in

recorder and has performed with various chamber

ensembles including the Conservatorium Baroque

under Paul Dyer.

Details: Sunday 1 November, 2pm,

Gerringong Town Hall. Tickets are $20 for visitors and

$15 for members on sale at the door from 1.30pm.

Entry is free for children and students.

Afternoon tea is available.

A different take on the mafia Inspired by real events, Pics and Flicks’ October film is

a black comedy about Sicily from the 1970s to the 1990s,

called The Mafia Kills Only In Summer.

Winner of the Best Comedy at the 2014 European Film

Awards, it shows the social

impact of the Cosa Nostra.

Details: Friday 6 Nov,

7.20pm with the film

starting at 8pm. $10.

Gerringong Town Hall

Medieval minstrels come to town

The Roo Theatre Company in Shellharbour is staging

Shakespeare’s Othello with a twist - set in modern-day

Sydney, revolving around a number of high ranking police

officers and using contemporary English.

Reflecting today’s age of the 24-hour news cycle, there

will be video mixed in with the live action.

Details: 23-31 October, various times.

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The first Crop and Swap to be held at

the Kiama Community Garden was a great

success, with a happy crowd of about

twenty people bringing in their surplus

fruit, vegetables, eggs and seedlings and

going home with some different ones.

The organisers relied on people’s sense

of fairness to decide what they should

take, and it worked well.

If you haven’t been to the Community

Garden yet, then pop down on a Saturday

to see the oasis that has been built

between Blue Haven and the oval.

Inspired by the Gerringong coast

Father and daughter, Leon and Penny

Sadubin will be exhibiting together for the

first time at Leon’s workshop showroom in

Gerringong in early October.

Leon Sadubin, a leading name in Austra-

lian furniture design, has been at his work-

shop in Gerringong since 2012. A number

of his works are included in the collection

of the Powerhouse Museum and in New

Parliament House, as well as in the hands

of private collectors.

Penny returned to Australia and settled in

Gerringong in 2013 after living in London

for 17 years, developing her fine art prac-

tice and doing garden design.

While Leon and Penny employ different

mediums and approaches for their creative

expression, there is a strong common

ground in the starting point - responses

to the local environment, in particular the

shapes and forms of the Tidal Zone.

Details: 31 Oct – 8 Nov

Unit 7, 11-15 Bergin St, Gerringong

open weekends 10-4pm,

weekdays by appointment

Crop and Swap launched

Details: Future Crop and Swaps will

be held on the second Saturday of

every month, 10-11am.

Check out facebook.com/

KiamaCommunityGarden for

details of other activities.

Council has re-emphasised

its position on what it sees

as inappropriate develop-

ment of long, thin medium

density blocks.

The DA for the construc-

tion of five three-storey

units on a 676m2 block in

Barney St was recommend-

ed for refusal, but on

request the decision was

deferred to allow time for

the owner’s architects to

come up with an amended

proposal.

The decision follows the

rejection of a development

on Manning St for similar

reasons. In this case they

revolve around the failure

of the application to meet a

number of the objectives in

the Development Control

Plan, such as providing pri-

vacy to neighbours, private

open space for residents and

adequate natural light.

In addition, the proposal

to run a row of units along

the length of the block did

not incorporate enough

street facade elements.

According to Mayor Brian

Petschler, “The community

has said to us they don’t

want that sort of develop-

ment. We don’t want to lose

the essence of what Kiama

is all about.”

Councillors encouraged

the applicant to use the

deferral to ‘get it right’.

The organisers of the Crop and Swap, Angie Ritchie and Matt Russell admire the bounty

The third annual Kiama

Car Spectacular, a joint

project of the Rotary Clubs

of Gerringong and Kiama,

is raising funds for a very

specific project: to finance

a PhD student working on

melanoma research.

Over 200 cars have

already entered, and much

more will be on display.

Details: Sun 8 Nov, Kiama

Showgrounds, 7-2pm. $5

Help fund a PhD student Change of guard at Council Following the recent depart-

ure of the Director of

Corporate and Commercial

Services, Chris Quigley,

comes the news of the retire-

ment of another Director.

Bryan Whittaker, the

Director of Engineering and

Works, has been with Kiama

Council for 42 years.

Councillor Neil Reilly

has suggested this would be

a good time to review Coun-

cil’s organisational structure. One of last year’s cars

Medium density developments: getting the balance right

New roads to be wider Following complaints

about the narrowness of

streets in our new sub-

urbs, the minimum road

and verge widths for

new subdivisions look

set to be increased sub-

stantially to put them in

line with Lancom’s new

street design guidelines.

The proposals include:

♦ Access streets (< 300 vehicles per day)

up from 5m to 6.5m

♦ Access roads (301-100 vehicles per day)

up from 5.5m to 8m

♦ Minor collector roads (1001-3000 vpd)

up from 7.5m to 9.5m

The recommendations

will be on public exhibi-

tion shortly.

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Arts funding for Illawarra Gareth Ward MP has

announced $345,950 in

funding for local perform-

ing arts projects and events

across the region under

the NSW Arts & Cultural

Development Program:

♦ $100,000 for the

Shopfront Theatre for

Young People Co-op

♦ $81,500 for the Illa-

warra Performing Arts

Centre for Merrigong

Theatre Company

♦ $80,000 for the South

Coast Writers Centre

Inc

♦ $70,000 for Wollon-

gong City Council

for Wollongong City

Gallery

♦ $14,450 for The Siren

Project, a new contem-

porary performance

work developed in

Port Kembla.

At the Australian Red Cross’

101st Annual General Meeting,

two of our local Red Cross branches

received awards for outstanding

efforts during the past year.

The Kiama Branch received

the Chairman’s Shield for raising

the largest amount of money for

a country branch during the 2015

Red Cross Calling appeal.

Kiama has won this award three

times out of the last four years.

“We want to give a big thank you

to the people of Kiama for giving

so generously when we knock on

your door,” says Kiama President

Heidi Smith.

The Jamberoo Branch of Australian

Red Cross also received recognition

when their president, Barbara Adams,

was presented with the John Fries

Memorial Trophy for outstanding

work in building their branch

membership up to the

45 members.

That means 7 per

cent of the population

of Jamberoo are mem-

bers of the Red Cross.

Barbara was also

recognized for her

tireless work in other

areas of Red Cross

and the Jamberoo

community.

Kiama Branch President, Heidi Smith,

accepted the award from the National

President, Michael Legge and the

Chairman of the NSW Advisory Board,

John MacLennan.

Local Red Cross in the limelight

Orry-Kelly biography talk If you are up for more on Orry-Kelly, biographer Robert

Parkinson will be talking about him at an author visit to

Kiama Library. He has delved deep into the vivid life of

this triple Academy Award winner in his book Orry Kelly,

Miss Weston’s Protégé, believing that many significant

aspects of Kelly’s career have not yet been covered.

Born in Kiama in December 1897, Orry-Kelly designed

costumes for most of the well-known female stars of the

time in more than 310 films, including Bette Davis, Ava

Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.

Copies of the biography will be available for purchase

and signing. The book is only being released on 1 Novem-

ber, so it will be hot off the press.

Details: Sat 14 November, 2.30-4pm in the

Auditorium below Kiama Library. Free.

Daisy welcomed home

Barbara Adams receives her award

Daisy, the painted cow, received a warm welcome when she came back to

her home at the Old Fire Station after having a bit of work done by Kiama

Fibreglassing and Repairs. Pop in and see her in her celebratory coat painted

by Kiama-based artists Jamie Cole and Becky Guggisberg.

From our next edition, we will be

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Concern, but no solution, for Kiama High drop off zone While all councillors expressed their con-

cern for the safety of Kiama High students

being dropped off on Saddleback Moun-

tain Road, a proposal to construct a u-turn

facility was deferred until other options

are considered.

In the meantime, Council will ask the

police to increase their patrols of the area

in peak time to discourage unsafe driving

practices. Council rangers will also have

an increased presence.

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Local women receive recognition Kiama residents Dr Diann

Rodgers-Healey and Kim-

berley Abbott have both

won awards at the Univer-

sity of Wollongong’s Night

of the Fellowship and

Alumni Awards Dinner.

Dr Rodgers-Healey

received the Social Impact

Award for her work as

the Executive Director of

the Australian Centre for

Leadership for Women.

Kimberley Abbott was

presented with the Uni-

versity’s Young Alumni

Award. She is the founder

of the social enterprise

Roka Jewellery, which

economically empowers

women at the Marahali

Bande quarry in Bangalore

by selling the jewellery

they make from the waste

product (a fine dust) of

the local granite quarries.

She founded Roka after

travelling to India as a

student in 2012 with the

40K Foundation.

In 2015, Kimberley,

who helped found the ‘Yes

WE (Women Engineers)

Can!’ Girls in Engineering

Program at UOW, was

selected to attend the UN

Commission on the Status

of Women as Australia’s

NGO Delegate and acted as

an Advisor to the Minister

in the drafting of the poli-

cies and action platform.

“I am extremely pleased

that both Kimberley and

Diann have been duly rec-

ognised for their enormous

hard work, dedication and

ongoing contributions in

our local community,” says

Gareth Ward MP.

One for crime fans Acclaimed international crime novelist

Barry Maitland will be the next

Friends of the Library guest speaker.

A full time novelist, he is well known

for his acclaimed Brock and Kolla

series.

Barry will be talking about his new

series, The Belltree Trilogy, which

introduces homicide detective Harry

Belltree in Crucifixion Creek.

His recently published Ash Island,

the second book in the trilogy, is set in the Hunter Valley.

These books will be available for signature and sale.

Details: Saturday 7 Nov, 2.30pm, Kiama Library,

Railway Parade. All are welcome.

Donation of $5 for members and $10 for visitors.

Preparing your home for bush fire season: ♦ Regularly clean leaves

from gutters and fit

quality metal leaf

guards. Screen vents

on roof voids with fine

metal wire mesh.

♦ Keep woodpiles and

other flammable

materials well away

from your house

♦ Keep your lawn short

and the backyard tidy,

free from any build-up

of flammable material

♦ Purchase a portable

pump to use from your

swimming pool or

water tank.

Bush Fire Survival Plans

and information on pre-

paring for bush and

grass fires is available

from the website at

www.rfs.nsw.gov.au

Emergency Services Expo wins fans

Many families took advantage of the annual Emergency

Services Expo to find out more about the services that are

there to protect or rescue them, while getting up close to

state-of-the-art equipment. They got to sit in helicopters

and fire engines, practice their firehose skills by hitting a

target and even see what it feels like to lie in an ambu-

lance. A program of demonstrations throughout the day

showed the skills of the various units on display.

Above: Mary Jo and Ewan Conneely, with their friend Lachlan

Booth, learnt about what the Rural Fire Service does from

Jamberoo Brigade member Leanne Deen.

Contrary to rumours, Kiama’s CWA is alive and well,

and enthusiastic about the year ahead, as this picture of

its new office bearers shows.

New members are always welcome. Anyone interested

in joining should contact Jacqueline Baker on 4232 1017.

Seated: Jan Hobby (Pres and Treasurer), Jacqueline Baker (Sec)

Second row: Mahin Hashemi, Mia Dufty (Jamberoo CWA),

Yvonne Newmarch Back row: Jean Atkins, Jill Wilson,

Noeleene Unwin, Wendy Sheppard, Margaret Carmichael

Kiama CWA going strong

CCTV for Gerringong Public consultation will soon be sought on the design

concept for installing CCTV cameras in Gerringong,

with the deterrent system expected to be up and running

by the end of May.

Six cameras are to be installed on three poles located on

the eastern side of the Fern St business area, although the

northern most pole may be installed at a later date.

There will be a continuous live feed from the cameras

back to the Council’s main administration building.

This will happen via a microwave link from Gerringong

to Saddleback Mountain and onto The Pavilion Kiama,

where the information will then be forwarded on via

Council’s fibre optic cable network.

Still looking for a home for Making Waves As the on-line survey to help decide on the preferred

location for the recently purchased Flugelman sculpture

was inconclusive, expert advice has been sought and the

preferred sites are now Coronation Park, Storm Bay and

the entrance to Blowhole Point. The Surf Beach location

was not originally in the running.

Further community consultation will now take place.

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Out & about At Opera in the Valley

Bill Phipson was Master of Ceremonies for the night

Eilish Golightly, Jenny Judd and Sandra Fowlie of the CWA

Glenn Amer accompanies Agnes Sarkis

The youngest in the audience, Keturah Fitzgerald and Sarah Collins Barbara and Jacqueline Jakeman, Mary Lou Reid, Julie and Greg Clough and Lyn Walker

CWA President Mia Dufty (centre) with the performers Warren Fisher, Agnes Sarkis, Javier

Vilarino, Adele Johnston and Glenn Amer

The Jamberoo CWA's Opera in

the Valley was again hailed as

a great success by its audience.

In between the arias, musical

director Glenn Amer recalled

how he came to know the

artists, some of whom he has

known for a long time.

Every artist added their

personal touch to the event,

with Javier Valerino dancing

amongst the audience while

singing.

The money raised by the event

will be put back into a good

cause within the community.

Given the enthusiasm of those

attending, it will definitely be

on again next year.

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Young people from across the region are

being encouraged to write an essay on why

they believe the Centenary of ANZAC is

important for modern Australia for an op-

portunity to walk in the footsteps of Austra-

lia’s war heroes.

The Premier’s Anzac Ambassadors Pro-

gram, which is sponsored by ClubsNSW,

is open to young people aged between 16

and 17 across NSW.

The successful six essay writers will re-

trace the steps of Australian soldiers across

Athens, Lemnos, Crete, Paris, Leper and

the Somme in April 2016.

NSW Minister for Veterans Affairs David

Elliott said the Premier’s Anzac Ambassa-

dors Program provides a pathway for those

students who want to go beyond the class-

room to learn about the sacrifices our fore-

fathers made on the battlefields of WWI.

The Hon Natasha Maclaren-Jones,

Major General Warren Glenny and Nathan

Rees with judge this year’s essays.

Details: Find out more at

www.clubsnsw.com.au/Anzacambassador

Entries are now open and

close 5pm on Friday 18 December.

Opportunity to be a youth ANZAC Ambassador

The Friends of Blue Haven

are thrilled the fete they

organised raised just shy

of $20,000 - up a third on

the previous year.

“The funds raised at the

fete will be spent on up-

grading the furniture in the

Hostel and Nursing Home,”

says Col Rathbone. “Last

year we did a similar thing

by replacing the chairs and

lounges in the dementia

unit.”

He says they could not

have had such a successful

outcome without the sup-

port of the service clubs

of Kiama - the CWA on the

Cake Stall, Kiama Rotary

on the BBQ, Kiama Lions

doing the Chocolate Wheel

and Minnamurra Lions do-

ing the pickups and cleaning

up after the event - and the

generous donations from

businesses in town.

Details: The Friends of Blue

Haven Aged Care Facility

next meet at the Hostel at

Blue Haven on

Mon 2 Nov at 2pm.

New members welcome.

Great result from BH fete All holiday houses to have big red bins As part of the transition

over to the new waste ser-

vice across the Municipal-

ity, Council has resolved

to require all short term

accommodation operations

to have 240 litre red bins.

Only one submission was

received when the issue

was put on public exhibi-

tion, even though there are

the large number of holiday

rental homes in the area.

The red bins will be col-

lected fortnightly despite

expected lack of recycling.

The first church you enter in Rome is so

beautiful with frescoes, angels and gold on

everything, it is awe inspiring. After 10 you

start to be discerning - “Oh this hasn’t the

grandeur of the last five.”

Gelato bars are more common than

churches. There was one on either side of

our hotel. Making late night runs for pista-

chio gelato was common. Our digs were

around the corner from Campo de Fiore,

a market square by day selling fresh fruit

and veg and at night full of restaurants.

The only downside to this marvelous loca-

tion was not the food or the wine or the

coffee, but the 6.30am garbage truck pick-

ing up the empty bottles from the night

before and crashing them into the truck.

It was louder than the church bells that

rang at 7.00am every morning.

A trip to Rome is not complete without

a visit to the Vatican. The new pope is so

popular that the fridge magnet proved

hard to choose. I got the one with the

pope giving the thumbs up and a big smile.

Rome is pasta and insalada and the house

chianti. On our last night in Rome we had

the best pizza ever. Rome is wonderful.

Sharon Turner, Kiama