The Bugle, July 4 2015
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Last month’s decision by
Council to approve Cedar
Grove Stage II is the subject
of a rescission motion which
seeks to defer the decision
until every possibility of
other access routes have
been explored.
The rescission motion has
been put forward by Coun-
cillor Neil Reilly, with the
support of Gavin McClure
and Warren Steel. All three
voted against approving
the 100 lot development,
and attempted to defer the
decision at the meeting.
According to Reilly,
he lodged the motion for
four reasons:
• insufficient information
provided on alternative
entry/exit options.
• new information on avail-
ability of adjacent land has
come to light (not made
clear in the report)
• the decision should have
been decided by as many
councillors as possible
(Mark Honey was away)
• Overwhelming public
discord over safety.
The issue with the develop-
ment centres around the
access. The proposal from
the developer has the only
access through Banksia St,
which leads from the round-
about on Jamberoo Rd, just
west of the Highway.
Concerns are held by resi-
dents that the streets are too
narrow for the increase of
traffic that will come firstly
with the construction and
then when the traffic using
the entrance increases by
more than double.
“I’m after an outcome that
builds better safety,” says
Reilly. “I’m not saying it
doesn’t comply, I’m saying
it could be better.
“Just complying with
the rules doesn’t always
give the optimal outcome.
Sometimes you need a more
lateral approach. I think we
have the obligation to seek
the absolute best out of any
development.”
Councillor Andrew Sloan,
who voted to approve the
development along with
Kathy Rice, Mark Way and
Brian Petschler, believes
that the developer has not
only complied with all of the
requirements, but has made
concessions to improve
safety and amenity.
“I am concerned about the
rescission motion because at
the moment I can’t see what
the legal justification for it
is, but I can see the legal
implications if we have to go
to the Land & Environment
Court over it,” he says.
“I’ve looked hard and can’t
find a precedent.”
He sympathises with
the affected residents, but
doesn’t believe in giving
false hope despite the popu-
larity it may bring.
“We need to be consistent
in applying the laws so
that when we reject an non-
compliant development we
are on firm ground.”
Mike Yalden of the Lipac
residents’ action group says
the access road is just not
wide enough, “With current
car to household density in
Cedar Grove replicated in
the new estate there would
be over 440 vehicles using
Banksia Drive as their only
access. In peak hour times it
could be expected that there
would be one vehicle every
12 seconds on that narrow
stretch of road.”
He says when what is now
called Stage I was sold, buy-
ers were told the higher land
to the south was to remain
rural, and asked to sign
documents saying they
wouldn’t complain about
farming noises or smells.
Acting General Manager
Bryan Whittaker says that
advice has been sought from
independent legal counsel
and the Office of Local Gov-
ernment as to whether the
rescission motion is lawful
or not. He does not know of
previous motion like this
happening.
The Notice of Determina-
tion (which gives the ap-
proval subject to conditions)
has already been sent to the
developer.
Mr Whittaker said “Stage I
of Cedar Grove was ap-
proved by the NSW Depart-
ment of Planning, with a
complying road layout and
geometry having regard to a
site specific DCP.
“This same road system
meets relevant standard of
road width for the proposed
expansion.”
4 July 2015
A fortnightly celebration of A fortnightly celebration of A fortnightly celebration of A fortnightly celebration of
people and places on the people and places on the people and places on the people and places on the
Upper South Coast of NSWUpper South Coast of NSWUpper South Coast of NSWUpper South Coast of NSW
Serving the communities of Kiama,
Gerringong, Jamberoo, Kiama Downs,
Minnamurra and Gerroa
Does Kiama need
Neighbourhood
Watch p 3
Update on hospital
redevelopment p 3
Relay for Life
Launch Ball p 4
Kiama dons Beanies
for Brain Cancer
p 6
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With its pre-construction work having
started mid June, the NBN expects the
high speed internet capability to be
available in our southern villages by
around this time next year.
The roll-out is one of first deploy-
ments in NSW of the new Multi-
Technology Mix (MTM) model,
which has replaced the fibre to the
home model that saw Kiama, Jamb-
eroo and Kiama Downs connected
some time ago. This new model will
see Gerringong get a fixed line fibre
service to the node, with the existing
copper wire to the home/business.
“The use of MTM is expected to
save months in construction time in
each area, and help complete the pro-
ject sooner and more cost-effectively,”
says NBN spokesperson Kelly
Stevens.
While some consider this solution is
technologically inferior, Stevens says
“All of our technologies are designed
to deliver fast broadband to meet the
needs of internet users, both residential
and business. Not only are they de-
signed to be fast, but they all have
upgrade paths for the future.”
Unfortunately, the fibre to the node
solution is not extending to the rural
properties between Gerringong and
Gerroa, even though the fibre will be
going past their doorways.
This has already been the situation
faced by properties on Jamberoo Rd,
whose owners have been told they
will have to access the NBN via satel-
lite no matter how close their houses
are to the road.
“We're rolling the network out in
modules and that can mean in some
cases that one part of the suburb is
connected and the other is not, yet,”
says Ms Stevens.
Foxground and Willow Vale are also
not included on the map of the new
zone shown on the NBN website
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3 July
Pics and Flicks presents
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4-5 July
Kiama Arts Trail
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5 July
Music in the Park
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9 July
Kiama Bush Dance
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11 July
Ray Edmondson on film
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13 July
Spirituality in the Pub
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18 July
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Kiama Seaside Market
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21 July
Special Campfire
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25 July
Kiama Makers and
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Kiama Harbour 9-2pm
26 July
Jamberoo Village
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29 July
Relay for Life
Launch Ball
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Tickets $25, from Kiama
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An afternoon at the old time movies Friends of Kiama Library
and Kiama and District
Historical Society have
arranged for distinguished
archivist and film buff Dr
Ray Edmondson to screen
some entertaining footage
from the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra.
The program will include comedy shorts starring
WC Fields, Laurel & Hardy and Abbott & Costello,
followed by a couple of early films of Hollywood greats:
� Bob’s Busy Day (1934) – the very first film starring
Bob Hope. It was a short subject made for low budget
studio and is a real curiosity. Hope did not become
a big film star until several years later.
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Crosby, one of a series he made for comedy producer
Mack Sennett, again before he became a big star in
feature films. It contains some of his trademark songs.
With movie theatres only show digital images now, it is
an opportunity to see a real film projection again.
Details: Sat 11 July, 2.30pm, Kiama Family History
Centre, Railway Parade. All welcome.
$5 members and $8 visitors, including afternoon tea.
This month’s Campfire Session will
feature special guests, Chloë and
Jason Roweth, presenting material
from their latest CD Too Many Bloody
Songs About Shearers By Far – Vol 1.
The Campfire Sessions were initiated
last year by Tony Romeo as a cele-
bration of Australian folk music and
poetry, and have gained an enthusias-
tic following. Rather than a concert,
they usually feature people sitting
in a circle or two playing and singing
traditional songs, with local bush group
No Such Thing being joined by who-
ever wants to play or sing.
In July, this format will be preceded
by a concert by the Roweths, formerly
of Jamberoo, who have been perform-
ing and recording together for over 20
years and have a great local following.
They share a passion for Australian
folklore and bush music, particularly
bringing almost forgotten songs back
to life again. Their broad repertoire
includes strong original songs, old-
style ballads, well known bush songs
and lively dance tunes, accompanied
by stories of contextual background.
Details: 21 July, 7–10pm,
Joyce Wheatley Community Centre, $5
Great opportunity to discover the Campfire Sessions
If you missed the first collaboration by the Kiama Jazz &
Blues Club and Council to showcase young local talent
in Hindmarsh Park each month, then don’t miss the July
concert. The line-up features Ben Fryer and Ella Schipp,
Aloha Lane (Adam Christie and Tas Formosa) and the
Mick on Wheels Band with its Sinatra style swing.
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Does Kiama need Neighbourhood Watch?
A community meeting has been
organised to discuss the benefits
of forming a Neighbourhood
Watch group to cover Kiama,
Kiama Downs and Minnamurra.
The idea was first mooted in the
Kiama Community facebook
group after a number of break-ins
and other anti-social incidents
were reported by members.
“We want to encourage as many people as possible to
attend so we can talk with the police about how we can
work together to create a safer community,” says organ-
iser Anne Millard.
The long established Neighbourhood Watch Program
involves community and police working together to:
• establish a safer environment by reducing violence,
crime and fear
• build a safer community
• develop community spirit
• enhance communication between the community
and police
• prevent crime.
If you are interested in being part of the organisational
committee, you will have an opportunity to nominate for
the committee.
Those who are interested in being involved but can't
attend should contact Terry Beavan or Anne using the
details below.
Details: 11 July, 2pm, Kiama Bowling Club
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Following the decision to proceed
with the Kiama Hospital redevel-
opment without the sell-off of
land, the plans for the Centre for
Aged Care Excellence are taking
shape.
Clare Rogers, Director Commu-
nity Services at Council says the
DA is expected to be lodged with
Kiama Council at the end of July
or early August. They will be then
forwarded to the Joint Regional
Planning Panel for approval, which
is expected to take 2-3 months.
All being well, the Aged Care
Facility is expected to be ready
for occupation in April 2018.
Construction of the independent
living units will be a second stage,
expected to commence around
July 2018.
There will be a formal public
exhibition of the plans, including
a scale model, after the DA has
been lodged.
The plans have not changed in
any major way since last published
in The Bugle, but have been
rounded out. “The design has
been modified to address opera-
tional issues and make sure it is
as effective as possible within cost
restraints,” says Ms Rogers.
These include adding a central
arcade, with a small café area,
hairdresser, GP room and a well-
ness centre for exercise, and
including offices for Community
Services.
Council will be undertaking pre-
construction work until mid 2016,
which is when the Area Health
Service is due to have relocated
the inpatients and completed the
new Community Health build-
ing. Demolition will then be able
to commence of the main hospital
building.
Historic Barroul House will be
emphasized as part of the devel-
opment, with an original circular
driveway being reinstated for
pedestrians entering the front of
the building, and the overall plan
for the site being sympathetic to
its significance on the site. It will
house a café and areas for meet-
ings.
Council recently held a public
meeting where its architects,
planner and landscape architect
were available to explain the
plans and answer questions.
The Aged Care Facility will have
134 individual beds, 32 of which
will be in secure dementia. The
other beds will allow residents to
remain in the same room, even if
their care needs change.
There will also be 16 assisted
living units and 51 two bedroom
independent living units.
Join the Kiama Pop-Up Collective As a follow up to our article last issue, we are de-
lighted to report artist Paula Gowans has a lead on
an empty space in the CBD, available for 6 months,
but it is too big for her alone. She’d like to hear
from other artists who might want to use a work/
exhibition space suitable for big or messy works.
Rental fees would be based on the number of
people joining her tentatively named Kiama Pop-Up
Cooperative. Interested artist/makers can email
her at [email protected]
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In its first five years, the
Kiama Relay for Life has
raised over $500,000 for the
Cancer Council. This year,
the start of the Relay fund-
raising season is being
marked with a Launch Ball.
“The Launch Ball is a
great way to learn more
about Relay, register your-
self or your team, or just
relax and enjoy an entertain-
ing night with your friends
and family,” says Kiama
Relay For Life Committee
Member Loretta Stegga.
“It is also a great opportu-
nity to meet other relayers
and hear about all the excit-
ing things that are planned
for the Relay.”
With the theme of Colour
Me Happy, the Ball will
feature music by the John
Littrich Band, as well as
raffles and other entertain-
ment.
Over 60 teams and 600
participants registered last
year and it is hoped this
year’s Relay will be even
bigger and better.
Details: Friday July 31,
The Pavilion Kiama, 7pm.
BYO supper and drinks.
Tickets $25 each on tables
of ten available from the
Kiama Visitors Centre
or online at
www.kiama.com.au
New president for Rotary Marilyn Garrett is the new
president of Kiama Rotary
the first woman to hold
the role. Her history with
the organisation includes
being president of an
English Rotary Club.
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Buskers wanted Council is planning a
whole range of activities
during Local Government
Week in August, includ-
ing bringing the streets
alive with buskers.
If you’d like to partici-
pate, contact Louise on
4232 0549 or louisec@
kiama.nsw.gov.au for
more information and
to be allocated a site.
Chance to recognise the work of our volunteers The NSW Volunteer of the Year Award nominations are
open until 17 July. The awards recognise the outstanding
efforts of the more than two million volunteers in NSW,
and promote the importance of volunteering to the com-
munity.
Kiama benefits from the tireless work of many volun-
teers, so if you feel they should be recognised get your
entry form in soon.
The major categories of award are:
• Student – Full-time students in Primary, Secondary,
Vocational or Tertiary study
• Youth – 24 years and under
• Adult – 25 to 64 years
• Senior – 65 years +
• Volunteer Team
• Excellence in Volunteer Management (NFP)
• Corporate Volunteer (Individual)
• Corporate Volunteer Team
The winners of the first four categories will be eligible
for the award of Volunteer of the Year in their region and
will go on to the State finals in their category. Kiama is
part of the Illawarra region for the awards.
Details: Find out more at www.volunteering.com.au
Help colour Kiama happy National award for Lynne Strong The 2015 Merial Howard W
Yelland Award for service to
the Australian beef industry
has been presented to rural and
social entrepreneur and Jamberoo
farmer Lynne Strong for her
outstanding contribution to the
improvement of Australia’s beef
industry.
Lynne is the first woman to win
the Award, which recognises her ‘role as a pioneer
in the development of the Art4Agriculture initiative
and the Young Farming Champions program’ and
her ‘passionate advocacy of the role which
agriculture and agricultural communities have in
the Australian economy’.
The Art4Agriculture and the Young Farming Cham-
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a ‘link to the land’ and a focussed image of the role
of Australian agriculture in sustainable food produc-
tion, ensuring producers are promoted as being at
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Making Kiama more accessible for all Council is developing a Disability Inclusion Action Plan
for the continuing improvement of accessibility for all
residents.
As a first step, it is conducting a survey to find out how
accessible its services and facilities currently are for resi-
dents and visitors with a disability of any kind.
You can give your input electronically, by filling out a
survey located at the following link on the Council web-
site, or getting a printed copy from the Library, Council
Chambers or other Council facilities.
“We are very keen to ulitise this process as a means to
identify social and physical barriers that are stopping
people participate in community life,” says Council’s
Manager of Community and Cultural Development,
Nick Guggisberg. “There are some challenges that won’t
be solved overnight, but others might be easy to overcome
and make a big difference.”
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Ken Donnellan, Kiama
Library’s Information Ser-
vices Librarian, used the
occasion of his talk about
Gerringong’s World War I
diggers to launch A Time
Line of Gerringong Events,
written by Margaret Sharpe,
with assistance from Tony
Butz and Ruth Walker.
It is available from the
Gerringong Museum – open
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At the Annual General
Meeting of the Gerringong
and District Historical
Society held prior to the
talk, Helen McDermott was
re-elected President, Sandra
Hamblen continued as
Secretary, and Matt Dalton
as Treasurer.
Term 3 here already U3A’s third term begins soon, running from 20 July
to 11 September.
As well as weekly classes on a wide range of sub-
jects, from Tai Chi to Writing a Memoir, and the
popular Armchair Theatre, the schedule of Monday
Talks has also been announced.
Details of the courses are available on the web-
site, www.kiama.u3anet.org.au or on enrolment. lll This term’s Monday Talks, held 2-4 pm, are:
20 July Foreign Aid & Defence: a ‘Force Multi-
plier’ Glenn Kolomeitz
27 July Quolls (Our largest marsupial) Past
Present & Future Elira Reynolds
3 Aug Opera: Its origins - Where, When, Why,
How? Dr Vincent Cincotta
10 Aug No talk (Excursion to Opera Australia for
members)
17 Aug Coal Seam Gas: the Case Against
Heather Saville
24 Aug U3A AGM
31 Aug From Sheep to Shellfish: Reminiscences
of a semi-retired sex worker John Smith
7 Sept Lawrence Hargrave: Father of Inter-
national Flight Michael Adams lll
Annual membership is $25 (or proportion for part
year). Courses are $10 for an 8-week event.
Non-members may attend three of Monday Talks
per term for a gold coin donation (inclusive of
afternoon tea) and thereafter be required to
become a member of U3A.
Details: Enrolment Mon 13 July, 2-4pm and Tues 14 July
from 2-3pm, North Kiama Neighbourhood Centre,
Meehan Drive. Enquiries Sharon Parker 4237 8422
Gerringong book launch
See Kiama from a different point of view Tourism is a mainstay of the Kiama economy, yet
how many of us have been to the businesses that
attract visitors year after year?
Kiama Council and Kiama Tourism are looking
to change this, with the initiative of an inaugural
Tourism Week at the end of August.
They are going to provide ‘passports’ to tempt
locals to go along and experience some of the vari-
ous tourism offerings around town.
A full program of events for Tourism Week are
currently being finalised. Watch this space!
Regulation of fitness trainers begins Commercial fitness trainers
are now able to apply for
a permit to operate their
businesses on designated
public land, in line with
Council’s new policy.
Applications can be made
on-line at Council’s web-
site, with a closing date of
22 July.
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Ellie and Elizabeth Burnett donned their beanies for another
good cause. Ellie has just been named one of the Top 30 fund-
raisers in the whole of Australia in the Leukaemia Foundation’s
Shave for a Cure. What a fantastic effort!
At the Beanies for Brain Cancer fundraiser Kiama took James Sullivan’s determination to raise money for research into
brain cancer to heart at the first Farmers’ Market of the school holidays, with
an enormous crowd turning out on a beautiful winter’s day.
Just over $1,600 was raised with James’ baked good stall being supplemented
by raffles donated by Jade Ross from Little Missy and Moo in Shellharbour, the
Novotel in Wollongong and three fresh food hampers of donated goodies from
the market stallholders.
James’ cousin Harry O'Brien sang and played, and donated all his busking funds
- totalling about $160 - to the fundraiser.
A conservative estimate put the crowd at in excess of 2500 people today at
the market.
The Sullivan Family -
James (front left) with
his parents Christopher
and Erin, brothers
Henry and Jasper (front
right), and Ruby
Fergus and Jahl
volunteered to
carry pumpkins to
people’s cars
Lauren from That Butter Girl won the
free market stall site prize for the best beanie.
She had containers of jelly beans attached to
her beanie and you had to pay to make a guess.
This raised another $30 for the fundraiser.
As a surprise, Arrabella Beavan got to ring the market bell
for her 9th birthday treat.
Stallholder Patrick Camilleri got into the spirit
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Enjoy doing
your weekly shop in the great outdoors, buying direct from farmers and makers
Every Wednesday Winter trading hours
2 - 5pm, Kiama Harbour www.facebook.com/kiamafarmersmarket
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in there! (2,11)
10. Acknowledgement con-
tains a tree (3)
11. Variable uranium sent
back to Mongolian huts (5)
12. Rida overdosed in rising
water (5)
14. Dailies’ middle advert is
an old war story (5)
15. Exotic icy clan is dis-
trustful of motives (7)
16. The split chin goes
veiled before scratching (7)
18. Arranging repo with
electricity (5)
19. Aborigine missing tea
lacks experience (5)
21. President’s house con-
sume a cereal grain? (5)
23. Frozen one Anglican (3)
24. Well, nun, mini-me ru-
ined 1 January 2001 (3,10)
26. Cross sorceress subdues
a horse (6)
27. Entangled Leto contains
setter for breakfast (6)
Down 1. Medic unknown of
woman uses a towel (3,3)
2. The Deepsea Challenger?
That’s the worst
yet! (4,2,1,3,3)
3. The noble year has come
before time (5)
4. Building strong is endless
before Illinois with a hole in
the head (7)
5. Oh friends, we hear of
valuable jewels (5)
6. The past be a back-
saw (3)
7. Limb finish the map
key (6)
9. I’m nail if sit-in mistake
very small (13)
13. Last month alternate
furnishing (5)
14. Company an old Chil-
ean (5)
17. Before writing there
was a justification (7)
18. A world of intention and
alien (6)
20. Former dash soft time
does not have to do it (6)
21. Rondawel sheds con-
cealed from Swansea (5)
22. Melanoma green light
for an Argentinian dance (5)
25. Thousand at floor cov-
ering (3)
Last issue’s solution
We have a winner! Elaine Saunders is the lucky winner of breakfast for two at the Little Blowhole Café. The mystery word was Terralong.
This edition’s guest
crossword compiler
is Darcy Gilling.
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Fresh from his win at the Jamberoo
Croquet Club Championships,
Kiama’s Stewart Johnston is keen
to help others discover the joy of
the game.
He describes his match against Di
Chafer as two hours of cut and parry,
art and skill, chance and error, and
risk and reward. Di led at the half way
mark, when the players stop for a
morning tea, but a revived Stewart
gained momentum in the second half,
to peg out with three minutes left on
the clock and take the game, 26-16.
Stewart has been playing croquet
for 15 years, being a member of the
Sydney and Marrickville clubs before
moving to Kiama a couple of years
ago. He says the game is best likened
to snooker, in that you always have
to prepare for the shot after the one
you are taking.
He plays once or twice a week, at
Jamberoo and in nearby state organ-
ised competitions. It’s a game played in
singles or doubles, with men and women
able to compete against each other.
With only a small portion of the Club
playing Association croquet as opposed
to golf croquet (a simplified form of the
game), he wants to introduce more peo-
ple to the sport utilising his experience
coaching cricket and football.
“If you set your mind to it, you can be
playing a reasonable game in six
months,” he says. “I find that pairs of
people learn more quickly, and inter-
generational pairs, even more so.”
He is prepared to give free introductory
lessons at Jamberoo (the greens are
on the Churchill St side of Reid Park).
Association members currently play on a
Tuesday morning from 9.30am, if you’d
like to go and have a look, but weekends
are an option if it suits new players.
Anyone interested in learning more
should contact Stewart Johnston
on 4233 1061 or 0481 360 510
Reasons to give it a try Stewart offers these reasons for his love of
croquet in the hope they might “tickle some
fancies or spur some imaginations”:
� The game is not one-dimensional. Like
the proverbial onion, it has many layers
that only become visible when the previ-
ous layer is exposed. Everyone who plays
can seek what they cannot yet see.
� The rules are mildly complex, at least
to begin with, but once mildly understood
a person can play mildly well.
� Because of 1 and 2, the game attracts
dudes. Interesting dudes with interesting
heads.
� The actual shot-making is the easiest part
of the game. And all you have to do in
between is walk, or sit and think.
� Not to forget the birds, the trees, the rip-
pling creek and the fresh dew on the grass.
� Probably more esoteric, but because so
few play, croquet is like some ancient lan-
guage. Only understood by a few but worth
preserving for its own nuances and under-
tones.
I’ve just returned from
THE most fabulous holi-
day - a big and wonderful
trip to Paris and Portugal.
The trip was prompted
by a long-held bucket list
experience of attending
the men’s final of the
French Open tennis at
Roland Garros; so there’s
a big tick on the list now!
And a surprising result
watching Stan Wawrinka
beat Novak Djokovic too.
It was awesome tennis
and I’m in love with the
clay. Sadly, it wasn’t to be
a 10th title for my all-time
favourite Rafa Nadal.
It’s now three down for
me now (US, Aussie and
French) and just Wimble-
don to go. Might be a few
years to save for that!
It was fantastic to be
at the tennis but outside
of that the holiday was
peppered with lots of deli-
cious foodie experiences.
As well as our DIY
roamings and list of
places to visit or dine at
(including a day trip to the
home of champagne –
and an awesome tour of
the cellars at Taittinger),
we also did some organ-
ised foodie experiences.
In Paris I did a French
market cooking class with
La Cuisine Paris which
started with us shopping
at a local produce market
and then cooking up a
three course storm back
in the kitchens.
Then in both Porto
(which has the amazing
train station shown
above) and Lisbon we
started our visits to these
Portuguese cities with
food tours on foot with
Taste Porto Food Tours
and Taste of Lisbon –
both excellent experi-
ences that introduced us
to the culture, history and
food of these cities and
surrounding regions.
For my travel buddy
it’s often about the sweet
stuff. And I have to tell
you that the Pasteis de
Nata (Portuguese tarts)
that we hunted down on
their home turf (Belem,
Lisbon) were to die for.
I’m converted.
Jacqueline Weiley,
Gerringong
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