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Kangaroo Valley Voice
$2.50
Volume 23 Issue 9 ISSN 1833-8402 Circulation 800 APRIL 2018
11th Annual KV Swim Cup
The 11th annual KV Swim Cup was a 6pm, and we were under starters orders. to Lorraine for all the work she puts in
stunning night. After a weekend of 20 teams of all ages and abilities entered, ahead of our big night.
100ml of the most welcome rain I can with so many familiar team names: Aquaservice have given swimming pool
remember, the clouds parted for a ‘Silverfish’, back to defend their title, toys for prizes every year since the
brilliant sunny afternoon and evening, ‘Domestic Goddesses’ hoping to return to event’s inception. I just pop in and chat
still 20º at 7pm. the form which won them the inaugural with Cameron and he loads me up with
Thanks to the lifeguards, the pool looked cup, ‘The Roaring 40s’, now roaring 50s, this fun stuff. All our sponsors were on
stunningly inviting, lane ropes in place and the list goes on. pool deck on the night to help out. Many
and microphone at the ready; then our With costs rising it’s only with the support thanks to Jan and Rob at the Heavens
helpers rocked up and all was ready for of our major sponsor the KV Lions Club Mountain Escape for again providing
this one-night wonder. that we can continue to run this event at prizes for the youngest and oldest teams.
Special thanks to Andrew Hanbrook for $5 a swimmer, the best value night out Jan traded her swimmers for a stopwatch
stepping up into Paul’s shoes. He single- in Kangaroo Valley. The Lions BBQ is also and enjoyed the different perspective.
handedly erected marquees, installed an essential element, with no time for Continued on page 4
heaters and briefed the officials. meal preparation at home. Special thanks Also visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw17Hlurtnk
e: thevoice@kangaroovalley.nsw.au www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au
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President Larraine Hahlos Star Struck Page 15
Hon. Treasurer Mark Price
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Firey Tales Page 18
Committee Jason Horton Travellers Tales Page 24
Diana Jaffray Rosemary Stanton Page 26
Jenelle Brangwin
Adam Acworth Preschool News Page 29
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A Valley
first
L-R: Daisy Macindoe, David, Amber Kenny, Tyson
Thomas, Chai., Justine Ramsay, Clare Loh, Jaxon Boyle
David, Rosemary Johnson, Chai
In March the Valley saw its first same- beautiful boutonniere hand-
sex marriage! made by close friend Sara Baked and decorated by
Donaldson. Sharlene Naismith, the
Jing Jo’s marvellous couple, David and
cake looked so benign and
Chai, tied the knot on a thankfully cool It was lovely that David’s elderly
traditional. But once cut, the
Sunday at Hampden House. The garden father Jim and his sister Flo
riotous colours of the white
there is perfect for such an event and came over for the occasion
chocolate mudcake were
has a beautiful outlook across the river from New Zealand. Also there
evident and drew many oohs
to the escarpment. Local celebrant Rosie were friends and family from
and aahs. It looked great and
Johnson did the honours in a brief and Sydney and elsewhere, as well
tasted superb.
joyful ceremony. It was witnessed by as all their close valley friends
groomsmen Ian Blakeley-Boyce (David’s and staff. Loads of champagne We all wished Chai and David
brother) and Rod Chick (long-standing and finger food was consumed a long and happy marriage.
friend). David and Chai each wore a before the Cutting of the Cake. Belinda Webster
SeRenaTa SeRieS 2018
The STReeTon TRio pieRS Lane TaSMin LiTTLe - vioLin TiMoThy ConSTabLe
piano TRio piano pieRS Lane - piano peRCuSSion
Music of Ravel, Kapustin, Candlelight recital of Music for violin and piano Music of J S bach (violin sonata
Sdraulig, Say and all 21 nocturnes by of Franck, Ravel, brahms, in C, bWv 1005, arranged for
Schoenfield Frederic Chopin Schubert, Szymanowski marimba by Timothy Constable),
and Kats Chernin Wesley-Smith, Smadbeck, Korean
traditional percussion music
Date: Sunday 12 August Date: Saturday 8 September Date: Sunday 14 October Date: Sunday 11 November
Time: 2.30pm - 4.30pm Time: 5.00pm - 8.00pm Time: 2.30pm - 4.30pm Time: 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Interval: Yarrawa Estate wines Extended interval: Five course Interval: Yarrawa Estate wines Interval: Yarrawa Estate wines
and finger food** high tea with Yarrawa Estate and finger food** and finger food**
wines**
Tickets $80* Tickets $110* Tickets $80* Tickets $80*
all audience members have the opportunity to have a glass of wine with the performers after the concert.
*a subscription for all concerts in the series is $305.00 ($70 each for concerts 1, 3 and 4 and $95 for concert 2).
**each ticket price includes interval refreshments for the concert to which that ticket applies.
SuppoRTeRS: Serenata, 5 Keoghs Road, Kangaroo valley 2577 nSW
Ticket sales: http://www.serenataseries.com.au
Telephone enquiries: (02) 4465 1012
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KV Swim Cup Kangaroo Valley local shines in the
Continued from
recent Raine & Horne State Awards
front page...
Similarly, Cathy and
Mike at KV Electrical
continue to sponsor
the fastest team on
the night. Banksia
Park providing chocolate fish and
the much sort-after winner’s towels.
Many thanks to Melitta and Homelea
Cottage for sourcing the chocolate
fish at wholesale prices.
It’s a thrill for swimmers and
spectators alike to watch as everyone
gives their best, and the handicapped
system ensures everyone gets a
chance to bring home the cup.
This year’s winners are no strangers
to the podium, as the ‘Budgie
Smugglers’ have competed every
From left to right: Frank Barker, Damien Ogilvy, Angus Raine & Matthew Anstee
year, and this is their second win.
Congratulations to Pete, Jeremy, Real Estate company, Raine & Horne for our network.”
Bob and Ian for another successful Southern Highlands, recently proved Sales staff from across the state were
night, and many thanks for donating why it’s one of the best at NSW’s longest inducted into the prestigious Chairman’s
your prize back to Lions. ‘Silverfish’ running real estate awards event. Club, which recognises the elite
was a close second and the ‘Whale
The Southern Highlands group was a performers based on number of sales and
Riders’ touched out the ‘Floaties’ and
standout at the 2018 Raine & Horne NSW/ dollar value of sales.
‘Domestic Goddesses’ for third place.
ACT Awards, held on February 24th, The region’s best property managers
This night is about participation and taking home 13 awards including Top were also eligible for membership into
promoting swimming for all ages; Rural Office (Broadacres) Dollar Value, the Chairman’s Club based on their
thanks to all the helpers who just and being ranked as the property group’s achievements.
turn up to make it happen - Fiona, fifth-best performing office in NSW/ACT
Raine & Horne NSW/ACT 2018 annual
Vicki, Andrew, Wendy, Cooch, Chris, based on dollar value.
state awards – R&H Southern Highlands:
Kate, Trish, Dave, Jim, Cathy, Jan and In a gala evening for the industry,
Janet. Many hands made the evening Top Office - dollar value: 5th place
celebrating both the 2018 Awards
so smooth and easy. Just a special and Raine & Horne’s 135th year as an Top Office - number of sales: 7th place
shout out to Sharon Gomez who was Australian real estate icon, nearly 600 Top Rural Salesperson (Broadacres) -
under the knife on the night. We all people gathered at the International dollar value: Matthew Anstee
wish you a full recovery, and we also Convention Centre. Top Rural Office (Broadacres) - dollar
missed Serge who of course was at The Southern Highlands office, led value: 1st place
Sharon’s bedside. by Matt Anstee, also made it into the Top Country Office - dollar value: 1st
Our youngest team, the ‘Puppy Dogs’, top ten offices based on the number place
were all seven-year-olds: Sybella, of sales, while Mr Anstee was named
Top Salesperson - number of sales
Amity, Maere and Coco; thank you Raine & Horne’s Top Rural Salesperson
growth: Frank Barker
for your fabulous energy. Who would (Broadacres) based on dollar value.
Award for the Best First Year with R&H:
think we would have such a tight Sales recruit & Kangaroo Valley local,
Frank Barker
race for our most senior team with Frank Barker, also shone on the evening
‘Silverfish’ nudging out ‘Grey Matter’ receiving the Award for the Best First Chairman’s Club members 2018 - Sales:
by three months, both teams totalling Year with R&H – number of sales growth Matthew Anstee, Damien Ogilvy and Frank
299 years. Congratulations to the in 2017 and induction into the prestigious Barker
fastest team on the night, ‘The ‘Chairman’s Club’ as a result of reaching a Property management: Andrea Gibney,
Roaring 50s’, Mark, Frank, Ian C and certain level of sales by dollar value. Kayleih Toovey & Claire Merchant.
Robert. “Our teams in the Southern Highlands Frank Barker
continue to do a stellar job on behalf (pictured)
Thank you so much to Ian and Sue
of owners, investors and tenants in the
Boyle for this year’s YouTube video:
local area”, Angus Raine said. “These
https://www.youtube.com/ offices consistently win awards, not only
watch?v=fw17Hlurtnk. because they have immersed themselves
in a group culture that’s been cultivated
See you all next year on the last over 135 years, but also because they
Tuesday of February! understand the power of innovation
Alison Baker and embrace the new tech-nologies and
products which we continue to develop
April 2018 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 5
War on Waste
Little to be proud of
Australians (per capita) are among the Triva Questions:(answers on page 30)
highest waste producers in the world, (with thanks to Michael Wolstenholme)
creating 41 million tonnes of rubbish
per annum. This is the equivalent of 1) ‘A Grand Day Out’ is the title of the
each family in this country filling a three first film of which fictional characters?
bedroom house with rubbish.
Early March saw the annual Clean Up 2) Who is the author of ‘The Father
Australia Day, when 590,000 volunteers Brown Series’ of detective novels?
took to the streets, parks ,bushland and 3) Which are the only two planets in
waterways to pick up what they could in our solar system that have no moons?
that short space of time.
The photos (courtesy of The South Coast 4) St Helier is the capital of which
Register) show the results of the three Island?
hour effort of about 25 volunteers from The above shows the result after the three hour
Riverwatch, collecting from the Nowra effort of about 25 volunteers from Riverwatch ,
5) It was a bright, cold day in April and
bridge downstream to the end of Pig collecting from the Nowra bridge downstream to the the clocks were striking thirteen’ is the
Island. This waste was headed out for the end of Pig Island . This waste was headed out for the opening line of which novel?
ocean. Disgusting, isn’t it? ocean. (Photos courtesy of The South Coast Register)
6) Which actress, while dressed as the
Nationwide, of the waste collected on Reading the statistics on rubbish is pretty queen, left the Guilgud Theatre in
this day, nearly half represented drink depressing, so just a reminder of what we London to shout at drummers outside
containers of some kind, be it glass all can do: who were disturbing the play?
bottles, coffee cups, cans or plastic
• Get to know the rules of recycling in
bottles in all their shapes and sizes. The 7) Which US actor did Elvis Presley’s
our area.
rest was mainly food packaging, plastic daughter, Lisa Marie, marry in 2002?
• Ditch the plastic bags
bags, other general garbage and a huge
• Use reusable containers wherever 8) Which fictional ‘super heroine’ is the
quantity of cigarette butts.
possible. alter-ego of Barbara Gordon?
Some of it was recyclable, and many of • Stop using disposable plates, cups and
us do our best to recycle as much as we cutlery. 9) What is the longest word that can be
can, but would it not be so much better • Start composting. typed using the top row on a keyboard?
to avoid it in the first place? We should • Have the left-over dinner for lunch the
think of recycling as the last resort, not next day.( Australian consumers throw 10) How many people are in the
the solution to the problem. away 3.1 million tonnes of food a painting ‘The Last Supper’ by Leonardo
A few things to consider… We have year). DaVinci?
all seen the emotional letting go of • Repair rather than discard.
helium balloons by way of celebration • Give your health a helping hand and 11) A group of which birds is known as
or commemoration. Yes they look very stop buying sugary drinks in plastic an Unkindness?
pretty but they do NOT go to heaven; bottles and disposable containers.
12) The rock musical ‘Rent’ is based on
they land in our oceans, choking sea • Stop buying plastic water bottles.
which opera by Giacomo Puccini?
turtles and fish while the ribbons entangle Let us all do our bit to help our
birds. If they don’t fall at sea, they land environment.
somewhere else creating LITTER. Please
Barbara Acworth
plant a tree for your loved one, or blow
bubbles instead.
It is estimated that one million coffee
cups end up in landfill EVERY MINUTE
Your one-stop-shop for all your everyday and weekend needs
worldwide . Are you using your reusable
coffee cup? And, while on the subject of Open 7 days a week • 7am - 5pm
coffee, coffee pods are not recyclable,
due to the mix of aluminium and plastic,
and there are mountains of those in
landfill too.
A million plastic bottles are made every
single minute. Plastic water bottles
take 400 – 1000 years to decompose.
It takes three times as much water to
manufacture a water bottle than to fill
it. Bottled water costs 1000 times the
cost of tap water. Most tap water is more
strictly tested and regulated than bottled
water. It takes 17 million barrels of oil per
annum to manufacture plastic bottles,
which is the equivalent of fuelling a 151 Moss Vale Road Kangaroo Valley • 4465 1512
million cars for a year. Are you using your ... in the centre of town, opposite the Post Office
reusable water bottle?
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ANZAC Day in the Valley
Wednesday- 25th April
Please assemble at Osborne Park by
9.30am if you wish to join the March
down Moss Vale Road to the Memorial.
The Service will commence at 10am and
continue until 11am.
If you wish to lay a wreath, please book
it in with Olivia Harvey at the Memorial
between 9am and 9.15am.
Skylarking about at the zone picnic in
Programs and rosemary will be available Moss Vale
at the Hall and Cenotaph. The super prize for the Raffle to
commemorate the 100th year of the end Many thanks to the Kangaroo Valley
Moss Vale Road will be closed to all traffic
of WW1 will be a framed, beautifully Cup team for what was another
from 9.50am to 11.10am.
crafted leadlight symbolic work of art. great night. Yes, the numbers were
Captain Tony Aldred will lead the Parade, It has a value of $1000 and our resident down a bit but still the place to be
Derek Lucas will be our MC, Geoff Todd, craftsman, Lance Brown, has achieved a seen.
author of ‘The Valley Boys’, will deliver masterpiece. Allan Harvey has framed it.
the Commemorative Address, Michael Seren contested the Youth of the
Hole is our vocalist and students from the Other prizes are baskets of local produce Year regional final and was beaten
KV Primary School will participate in the generously donated by village shops and by an older contestant. We are still
official duties. The Catafalque party will members of the community. immensely proud of what Seren has
be supplied by HMAS Albatross. Tickets will be sold from Easter onwards achieved.
The Cadet drummer band will be foremost at various locations throughout the Valley Recently the zone picnic was held in
in the March. and of course on the day as we feel sure Moss Vale, and your local club again
many visitors will wish to be in the draw supported the event with the usual
There will be a flyover at approximately for such wonderful prizes.
11am. lamingtons and paddle pops. Nothing
Trish Sherborne is in charge of the Raffle, is more rewarding than seeing the
Shops in the Valley will close during the so if you wish to buy some tickets you faces of the attendees with ice cream
hours of 10am and 11am. may also contact her on 0421 502 020. “all over them”. Lorraine can be seen
Following the Service, the family day will Thank you to Ann Sudmalis MP for printing her skylarking with others in a rare
continue at Osborne Park, where the Lions the programs, the Council for donating quiet minute.
Club will be serving a delicious sausage the flag wavers, Intan Kallus for agreeing
sizzle and cuppa and Anzac biscuits. All supplies have been delivered
to take the photographs on the day, the for the upcoming driver reviver on
There will be free drinks for the children, Police, Ambulance and Fire brigade for Easter Thursday. We are finding a
courtesy of Peter Thompson from the their co-operation in planning this event resurgence of people dropping in
Friendly Inn. and the Voice for the excellent coverage. to say hi as they pass through the
The prizes for the school Anzac Our grateful thanks to Jacqui Lenz for valley. It’s very interesting to hear of
Competition will be awarded and the the use of Osborne Park and the Hall the traffic and dangerous conditions
entries will be on display in the Hall. and for the staff at the school for their from our regulars who are saying the
energetic participation in this important trip is getting harder ,due to driver
commemorative event. error, even with the new roads.
This is a community event and the Anzac The message for all of us is to take
Committee has always striven to make it particular care when travelling on our
all-inclusive and meaningful. roads.
We look forward to welcoming many You will have noticed a tidier garden
Painting,
visitors to the Service and appreciate at the Medical Centre. Many thanks
the continued support from the local to Graham and Allyssa, who, by their
community who are justly proud of the efforts, have cleaned up the gardens
renovated Memorial --a tribute to the there.
Decorator/ Plastering men who served.
March is also our election month and
If you have any questions, contact me on we have had a change of guard in the
Painting and Decorator | Plastering 0401 211 595. role of President. Helen is taking a
No job too big or small Joan Bray much needed break and we are all
excited at welcoming Howard back as
20 years experience our new leader.
Anyone interested in joining us for
Adam Dunn our April dinner (no obligation) please
let one of us know. Hopefully we’ll
0423 461 275 catch up with you all at Pioneer Days.
adamdunny@hotmail.com
Jason Horton
Licence 216962C Anzac Day in Kangaroo Valley. Photo credit: South
ABN 39441241846 Coast Register
April 2018 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 7
The Friendly Inn Garden (FIG) had an
input of much-appreciated energy
recently, when students from The Scots
College Glengarry Campus visited. They
swept through the FIG like a new broom,
breathing fresh life into an overgrown
summer garden. The timely offer of Thanks Glengarry, many hands make light work. tree has also produced some exceptional
community help has enabled FIG to The size of the FIG Guinea Bean will be fruit this summer. Passion fruit was
address some ‘grunt jobs’, setting up the discussed for years to come! The co- scarce but tasty, once it could be located
garden for a winter crop rotation. We’d operative FARMacy stall, in its prime amongst rampant foliage – watch this
like to thank the teachers and staff for location showcasing Valley fare, attracted space next year. On reflection, FIG is
their co-operation and, in particular, the interest too. It’s great to see new faces becoming more established with a solid
boys, who stuck to their tasks, learnt a amongst the contributing folk, who core of participants and a stable garden
lot and had some fun too. Parents will obviously have wholesome local food at of perennials.
no doubt be dragged to FIG to be shown heart – here’s hoping this movement will Timely Autumn rain and a cold snap
how they contributed to this community grow. around Easter will mean that mushroom
project. Thanks to all concerned, and we The row of Strawberry Guavas, originally foraging in the Southern Highlands State
hope the next intake of students will be planned for hedging, is producing an Forests should be good in early April.
able to help with a Spring blitz! abundance of fruit, which is pleasing to Pine Ring or Saffron milk cap (Lactarius
The Valley Show has come and gone, see. This shrub has done exceptionally deliciosus) mushrooms will be the simplest
with prizes won, tales of woe and lofty well where others have failed – so take and safest to pick. Watch our Facebook
ambitions for next year. It is interesting note Valley folk, this is a good hedging page for details for gourmet excursions to
to note there was a marked increase in plant, or simply on its own as a producer the wonderland of wild food.
of small, tart fruit ideal for the patient
participation and diversification in the
Fruit and Veg exhibits in the Pavilion. preserve makers. Our well-protected Fig Jim Anderson
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A crop of rockmelon is evidence of this of buying in a shop.
success. I’m hoping rotted down • The same goes for strawberries. Don’t
lucerne hay will be the soil improver buy strawberries except for
for next season, or I’ll pop a new bale decoration. One home-grown
on top of this year’s disintegrating one strawberry will enliven your day (or
and start again. even a whole week as it is so memorable).
Reflections on a season • Apply one’s nose to each rockmelon • For a woman who is a little averse
nearly spent or the ants will have to alert you to to bitter greens I have found mizuna/
their ripened state by making a hole mitzuna (Brassica rapa var japonica)
It has been a difficult season to make a
and sharing the sweet flesh until you a delight. It is abundant, delicious and
garden and learn coexistence - way too
notice. attractive. It reshoots if heavily
dry and way too hot. But perhaps this is
• It is not a good idea to store corn on harvested and it doesn’t seem to
the way we do weather now? Perhaps this
the stalk until you are ready to eat it. bolt to seed as do other greenies such
is the new practice of living thrust upon
Corn has its own imperative and will as coriander, lettuce, rocket, Chinese
us?
not forgive delays - dry tasteless cabbage. But the bees love the flowers
I have learnt a few things that may be of those who have bolted.
kernels are the reward. Time matters
worth sharing or puzzling over together
to corn. • I have planted some Coix lacryma-
(or at least may amuse you experienced
• Crickets are rampant - but does this jobi (Job’s tears) because it is a
gardeners!):
matter? The google position on crickets Chinese herb – an excellent diuretic.
• The soil in the ‘western suburbs’ of The fluid removing use of coix is
is very diverse. There are multiple
the Valley is poor and all the seedlings represented in the book ‘Chinese
chemical recipes for killing them
I planted directly in the ground failed Medicated Diet’, such as in this recipe
because they eat your plants and
to thrive; even a gift of tromboncino for treating ascites secondary to liver
there are also songs of praise because
whose relatives in the east Valley cirrhosis: Red kidney beans 30 grams;
they deliver NPK to your soil after they
colonised multiple garden beds did not coix 30 grams; polished round-grained
have fed on debris and helped process
get further than 15cm out of the rice 30 grams; tangerine peel (chenpi)
it for humus. I confess to be more
ground and produced just one sickly 3 grams. It is growing well and is a
drawn to protect them and compare
flower and then died. beautiful stylish looker which I suspect
them favourably to the grasshoppers
• Planting seedlings in holes in a bale which I know to be depleting my may spread too easily. Its tear-shaped
of lucerne hay worked wondrously plants and who seem to be immune to seeds were used to make rosaries. It
well. The hardest part is cutting the my messages of unwelcome. can be added to soups in the same way
hole in the bale (I found a serrated you would add pearl barley.
• Warrigal greens have a colonising habit
bread knife worked best or perhaps
and need to spread themselves further The herbalist’s advice is always eat what
a sharp axe would have also done
even when being harvested, so they is in season and what is local and while
the job). Simply fill with good mix
perhaps need a bed to themselves. it is lively. Easy to do now but perhaps
of soil and compost; the main
They have so far smothered a a little harder later in the year. From a
attention they need is extra water on
marigold, water cress, carrots and Chinese herbal perspective, eating too
hot days as they dry out more quickly.
some beetroot. much salad will be hard on your digestion,
• Choose tomato varieties carefully in but in this warm weather you should be
advance. There is a lot of time less worried about this – but still avoid
and water devoted to some tasteless chilled food. Soon I will be insisting on
outcomes when the same effort on steaming or stir-frying or baking because
heritage varieties delights the palate our bodies will require the added warmth
Seedlings in lucerne hay. Image: The Conscious Farmer and makes gardening outstrip the ease in the cooler months.
April 2018 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 9
considered polite to ask their permission
before using their content, and then
tagging them on your post.
Social media is all about showing your
own unique personality, so try to avoid
outright copying. If you see a competitor
do a great post, use it as inspiration to
Hello again. A few big things have
create something great yourself, but keep
happened on social media this month,
it unique. It’s very likely that, if you’re
so I thought what better time than now
following them, they’re following you!
to talk about social media etiquette.
Spamming is a pet hate in the online
Yes, there is an etiquette, and yes, it’s unique personality, because that is what
world. If you comment on someone else’s
important! will attract people, and keep them.
post, keep it relevant to their content.
If you plan to gain some exposure for Commenting is the absolute best way to Social media can be a minefield. Overall,
your business on social media, best do it build relationships, so don’t waste it. although the suggestions above aren’t
the right way and not tread on any toes recorded in any ‘rule book’, I want to
On the issue of spamming, it’s polite not
or you could find yourself in an awkward leave you with this final thought for your
to steal another person’s thunder. So if
situation. You want to avoid a PR disaster travels: use common sense.
a competitor posts about their products,
or you could end up losing your business, Do that, post quality content and be
avoid promoting your own products
like an Australian swimwear label did just polite and the rest will fall into place.
within the comments. Instead, create a
this week after an Instagram bungle.
brilliant post about why your products are Until next time, see you online.
So what is the etiquette? awesome.
Firstly, give credit where credit is due. There are other things that aren’t really Sally Latham
That is, the original creator of any etiquette per se, but are general rules of
content must be given credit for their thumb in the land of social media. Kangaroo Valley Voice Deadlines
work.
The biggest one is “more social, less Please note the deadlines for
On Facebook, simply sharing their original media”. Look at your social media submissions to the Voice:
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people when their posts are shared. If you ask someone to marry you on a 20th April
On Instagram, however, the original first date, most likely they would run in Advertisement bookings &
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within Instagram itself). Therefore it is sales posts with ones that show your own
Valley girls do well at ‘Willo’
Wingello State Forest was the location for the annual
memorial ‘Willo’ Mountain Bike race. The Enduro is a
one-day event celebrating the life of Southern Highlands PUBLIC NOTICE
Mountain Bike champion James Williamson, who died in
March 2010 at the age of 26. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) are
conducting a 1080 fox baiting program in the Kangaroo
The event is on a challenging course and is very popular in the Valley, Budgong and Illaroo areas for the protection of
Mountain Biking calendar. It includes three distances - 25km, the Endangered Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby. The baiting is
50km and 75km. Held on March 11th on a sunny Sunday, the conducted on various private properties, Council Reserves,
event attracted approximately 500 competitors, and proceeds NPWS estate, WaterNSW estate and vacant Crown land. In
from the race entries went towards junior development. addition, in response to increased wild dog activity 1080 wild
dog baiting is also being undertaken within NPWS estate.
Local Kangaroo Valley girls, Seren Johnson and Holly Boyle,
have competed in the race for the last years, representing
All bait stations in this program are permanently baited
their school Chevalier College, which coincidentally was the
throughout the year. Therefore, these properties will have
same school as James attended.
poison on them from today right through to 30th June 2018.
This year the girls performed exceptionally well, both This baiting will be conducting using both 1080 buried baits
completing the course well under two hours and finishing on and 1080 (above ground) ejector devices at the bait station
the podium in the locations. Do not touch any bait or ejector devices. Each
under-19 age group on property being baited is sign posted with the baiting dates
the 25km course. On and which baiting methods are being used. Dog owners are
what was a hot day reminded to ensure their pets do not wander. 1080 is lethal
and on a challenging, to domestic dogs and cats.
technical course the
Kangaroo Valley girls A map indicating the approximate location of each bait
showed their strength station is being hosted on the Friends of the Brush-tailed
and true grit. Well Rock-wallaby website at www.rockwallaby.org.au. For any
done girls! further information please contact Melinda Norton at the
NPWS Illawarra Highlands Area Office, Fitzroy Falls on
Dave Johnson
(02) 4887 8244.
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Arts in the Valley
We have a terrific weekend of music
coming up in early May.
It’s a great thrill because both concerts,
apart from being unique in Australia,
contain world premieres. The first
concert, a jazz event featuring brilliant
saxophonist Sandy Evans with renowned
pianist Paul Grabowsky, is an event that
has never happened before. The two
players live in different cities, which
makes it tricky for them to get together
as a duo. They’ve been wanting to do
such a performance for over 25 years,
since they worked together in the large
ensemble The Australian Art Orchestra.
It has finally come to pass, and we will
be privileged to hear two of the best Tobias Cole Anna McMichael
Australian jazz performers working
together as a duo. Anna Cislowska to the valley again. Her and natural sounds, ritual and dance. His
performance with Elena Kats-Chernin a music is inspirational. We are thrilled that
The second concert is a tribute to one
couple of years ago is still resonating with he will be in the valley for this concert,
of Australia’s favourite composers, Ross
our audience. She will be performing a and he will be interviewed by our own
Edwards, in the year of his 75th birthday.
brand new piece, Valley Spirit, written Peter Thompson as part of the concert.
We have gathered musicians from Sydney
for the occasion, with David Pereira. Also
and Canberra to perform works of his
performing will be Sydney violinist Anna Belinda Webster
that feature the cello. And the cellist
McMichael. She plays with a number of
is one well-known to valley audiences,
David Pereira. His consummate musicality
highly regarded ensembles, including Saturday May 5 at 5pm:
Pinchgut Opera, Ironwood Ensemble and Evans and Grabowsky
is familiar to you by now. Also from
Omega Ensemble. She also performs with
Canberra is counter-tenor Tobias Cole. Sunday May 6 at 11.30am:
the Australian Haydn Ensemble.
Toby is the only Australian counter-tenor
currently working with Opera Australia, Ross Edwards’ music is often light, bright Ross Edwards
and his voice is a light, bright vehicle and rhythmic. His music is instantly
for his outstanding musicianship. From recognisable, as is true of the best
Sydney we will be welcoming Tamara- composers. His main interests are nature
Arts in the Valley Outstanding Jazz
CONCERT
Sandy Evans and Paul Grabowsky
Two of Australia’s jazz royalty
together for the first time
Saturday May 5, 5pm
WEEKEND
Outstanding jazz & classical musicians
Valley Spirit
Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano)
Tobias Cole (counter tenor)
Anna McMichael (violin)
Kangaroo Valley Hall & David Pereira (cello)
will celebrate much loved composer
5 & 6 May, 2018 Tickets at Ross Edwards’ 75th birthday and
artsinthevalley.net.au première his composition Valley Spirit
Sunday May 6, 11:30am
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Community Service
The boys at The Scots College,
Glengarry have been learning about how
important it is to help others, not for
the benefit of themselves but for the
benefit of others.
Over the course of five weeks the dorms
have been learning about community
service. In E dorm we have had two
service learning trips. One was helping
out the community at the Kangaroo
Valley Show and learning about the
environment, and the other was helping
out at the Community Garden.
At the KV Show we were asked to pick up
rubbish and also to teach people and help
them recycle. It was really good to see
how much the community appreciated
us picking up rubbish and helping them
recycle. We also got to walk around the D Dorm at Hambrook’s property
oval, watch the wood chopping, go for a
swim at the village pool, and enjoy the trees. Then we went to plant them;
sense of community around us. Overall firstly you would dig up the soil with the
the experience was amazing and will stay trowel we were given and then you would
with me for years to come. add some alkaline rock dust because the
On the other community service trip we soil is very acidic and we wanted it to
helped Jim and Bruno (the caretakers) be brought to a more stable level; after
at the Community Garden. We did things we planted some saplings in the hole we
like improving the garden beds, planting would cover it up and add some dried
new crops, making pathways with mulch, seaweed and…Oh my goodness the stuff A Dorm cutting back Lantana
sieving compost to help grow the Autumn smelled like the inside of a rotting whale On the 9th of March my fellow A dorm
Crops, etc. The people at the Community carcass. mates and I went down to a local farm
Garden were awesome, they really gave After planting some trees, we had a in Kangaroo Valley. At the farm we
me an understanding into how much time good mess around by recapturing some engaged in some community service; this
and effort goes into the garden, but it’s chickens that had gotten out of the pen. was a round robin like circuit, of three
not just for Jim and Bruno, they helped We also patted the owners’ dog which activities. These activities, which had the
make it for the whole of Kangaroo Valley I would consider the highlight of the capacity to be monotonous, were made
to enjoy. That’s what was so amazing trip. After we had morning tea we were very engaging by the owner of the land.
for me - that they would put so much taken on a tour of their market garden We helped out by weeding the paddock
time and effort into the garden with no where they showed us their agricultural and cutting some lantana. It was really
rewards other than the enjoyment that techniques. The part I remember most is nice for the boys and me to go down and
the other people get out of the garden. when they showed us a chilli plant and help the community by doing work that
Overall the service learning was a great said we could have one if we dared and I, would’ve taken one man a week, but
experience for my dorm and me, to being the macho man that I am, had two took 23 of us a couple of hours. Here at
learn about helping other people not of them and ended up on the floor for a Glengarry we take great pride in helping
for personal gain but in the interests of good five or ten minutes while in a good the community, that’s why it is such a
others. deal of pain. After my gruelling ordeal pleasure to be now participating in the
we finished the tour and we went back to service learning program.
Luke – E Dorm
the bus and headed back to the campus.
All in all, I thought that the day was a Frank (A Dorm)
great deal of fun and a good experience
On D-dorm’s service learning trip we to have.
all went to a farm in order to plant William – D Dorm Thank you to the boys and
trees. Before the trip I was a bit miffed,
because E-dorm cleaned up at the
staff at Glengarry
I would like to express my grateful
Kangaroo Valley Show and ate ice-cream.
thanks to the contingent of willing
How wrong I was. After we got off the
workers from Scott’s College who
bus we were immediately greeted by the
so ably worked to spread the new
owners of the property. We were given
mulch at the Pioneer Museum on 22nd
some background information, during
March.
which they explained to us how they
They were such a help and what a
needed a windbreak because the western
delightful group of well mannered
winds that came through during parts
young men.
of the year and how it made farming
Also thank you to the teachers who
difficult.
accompanied them. We had a fun day.
After the talk we were given a Joan Bray
demonstration about how to plant the E Dorm at FIGPage 14 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au April 2018
Recognition for Why does social media make you
Elaine Apperley so angry?
In a ceremony hosted by Sydney Living No, seriously, that is a question for
Museums at Meroogal historic house in users of social media. I would love to
Nowra, on 10 March Elaine Apperley know the answer.
received from Shoalhaven Mayor Amanda
I don’t use social media at all. I don’t
Finley an International Women’s Day
want to be that angry. Every now and
Award for services to art and culture -
then, I look over the shoulders of family
well-deserved recognition for Elaine’s a moment (just a moment) and think;
and friends using social media to remind
15 years dedication to Kangaroo will my response add value to the
myself what I am “missing out” on. It
Valley Pioneer Village Museum. In conversation or will it just express the
doesn’t take long for me to remember the
modestly accepting the award, Elaine fact that I am angry? If it’s the latter,
reason why I exclude myself.
acknowledged the support from many maybe it’s time to just let it go. Let go of
volunteers over the years, which had People seem to post some fairly innocuous
the anger and stop typing. If you express
enabled her to build the museum into the stuff – things that they are interested
it, you will be shortening your life. Your
popular attraction it has become. in; things they think others might be
response will probably make someone
interested in; or just trying to find out
Then on 22 March, the day after Elaine’s else angry and you will be shortening
some information about something. It
76th birthday, the museum trustees their life too. You are killing each other.
doesn’t take long for someone else to
hosted a dinner at Jing Jo for current Stop it.
send a barrage of really angry words.
volunteers and their partners to mark Why are they so upset? Do they need Using social media to share information
Elaine’s retirement from the Trust. On to tell us straight away how upset they and ideas is a great thing. It can enrich
behalf of the trustees Graham Smith, are or should they just take a minute people’s lives, make them laugh, and
Trust Chairman, presented Elaine with a to digest what has been said and figure even make them happy. Isn’t that
glass plaque engraved with the words: out whether it really is worth getting something we should all be trying to do?
ELAINE APPERLEY that angry over? Do you want to spend To leave the world a better place than
that much time being angry? Wouldn’t we found it. Support and encourage the
In grateful appreciation of your many people we live with in this beautiful
you rather just push it aside and find
years’ dedication to Kangaroo Valley valley. You are not going to do that by
something that makes you happy instead?
Pioneer Village Museum being angry and making everyone else
Sure, we all have opinions and we are
In her response, Elaine again graciously angry into the bargain.
entitled to express them, but opinions
credited the volunteers for the help are like bottoms; we all have one but not If you read a post that you don’t agree
without which she could not have everyone wants to hear it. I’m pretty sure with or it makes your face turn red,
achieved her ambitions for the museum. that no one really cares that you “don’t maybe just find something else that
like the colour green”. Just keep it to makes you smile. You don’t HAVE to
yourself and avoid green things. Simple. respond just because you are angry. You
Tony Barnett
can always choose the healthier option;
Trust Secretary Research has shown that being
scroll down.
unnecessarily angry can shorten your
lifespan (Science World Report). Angry I am sure there is an army of people who
people apparently develop exaggerated are reading this with elevated blood
unconscious beliefs about injustice. Do pressure and eager to start punching
you really want to do that to yourself? away at their keyboards. “How dare they!
Do you really want to expose your I have a right to be angry!”, they scream.
exaggerated beliefs of injustice to the Sure you do. It’s just that I don’t care
world? that you are angry over nothing and I
have already ‘scrolled down’. I’m smiling.
Next time you read something on social
Are you?
media that you think makes you angry,
take a step back from the keyboard for Al Lockyer
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in March in reasonable seeing conditions.
Don't be put off by the lack of detail;
Mars is not much bigger than the head of
a pin on the camera chip and this is quite
enlarged, but over the next few months
better images will arrive as we can see
the progress of Mars toward opposition.
Autumn is a great time to observe and,
Mars and Saturn are very close together Mars
as April gives way to May, we will be
getting great views of the three superior at the moment and rise together at
planets, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. These around midnight. Out early one clear
planets are called superior merely morning a week ago I saw all three of
because their orbits are outside that of these planets strung out like coloured
our Earth. gems across the sky. Jupiter is bright
yellow and can nearly be discerned as
In April we have to stay up quite late, but
a small disc under perfect conditions,
each month these planets appear further
Mars is very red and Saturn pale yellow/
up the sky by 15º, so hang in there. If
white. While Mars appears to move fairly
you have a fairly low eastern horizon,
quickly across the sky, it is currently very
i.e. you are not hard up against the Berry
close to Saturn. On April 2 in fact they
or Cambewarra mountains, you will see
are less than one degree apart. By May
Jupiter just after the end of astronomical
3 this distance will increase to about 10º
twilight. Jupiter is moving toward
as Mars appears to halt in the sky due to
opposition in early May when it will be
Earth “catching up”. Over the next few
due North at local midnight. This means Sagittarius - The Teapot
months I will be discussing Mars in depth
Jupiter, Earth and the Sun are in a direct
as we head toward opposition in late July of Sagittarius, the Archer. Directly above
line as we pass each other in our annual
and Mars arrives at the closest approach Sagittarius you will see the large question
orbits. So for the next few months Jupiter
for decades. mark shape of Scorpius, one of the most
will reside in the quadrant from the
eastern horizon to the zenith throughout It's possible that some of us will be out distinctive constellations in the night
the evening, and after midnight will for the evening on Saturday 7th April. If sky. If you have access to even a small
descend from the zenith toward the you're getting home around midnight that telescope you will find this area rich in
western horizon. Currently Jupiter is night, the Moon will be low in the eastern open and globular clusters. It is definitely
settled in the constellation Libra. In sky and you will see Mars just to the right worth exploring just by sweeping slowly
ancient times Libra was actually part of above and Saturn just to the left above back and forth. You are actually looking
Scorpius and was seen as the claws of the Moon. A very pretty conjunction toward the centre of our galaxy. Have a
the Scorpion. Jupiter will appear at its promises. look at my diagram of "the Teapot" and
largest in May, subtending a massive 44.8 Now if you look carefully to the right you you will see dozens of Globular clusters
seconds of arc. I have included in this will see a very pretty group of stars in the marked that you can track down.
article a beautiful image of Mars by my shape of a teapot! This is a well known Clear skies, and my new email is
friend Niall MacNeill that was captured asterism and is actually the constellation gedkuiper1@gmail.comPage 16 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au April 2018
Another year of great cheese and dairy products
at the Kangaroo Valley Show
Our second year of hosting the Cheese
and Dairy Produce Section of the
Kangaroo Valley Show was a great
success. We received over 50 entries,
including butters, plain and flavoured
yoghurts, unripened cheeses such as
Haloumi and Fetta, white and blue mould
cheeses, and more complex cheeses such
as Cheddars, Washed rinds, Romano and
Munster.
We also received entries in the Junior
Section this year, and hope to encourage entire judging period – which can take and Kara Duncan from South Coast Dairy.
more entries and expand on the Junior several hours. We are very grateful to
The demonstrations held on the Saturday
category in 2019. Carole for travelling from Melbourne and
also proved popular, with sessions
providing us with this opportunity, and
The Champion Dairy Product, and winner covering butter, ricotta, labneh and
it truly is appreciated. Our best overall
of the South Coast Dairy Perpetual waxing of cheeses.
cheesemaker this year, Pam Swinfield,
Trophy, was a Smoked Caerphilly made by says “...there is always so much to learn We established Valley Cheesemakers to
Valley Cheesemakers. The Most Successful from seasoned professional cheesemakers spread the love of cheesemaking. We
Exhibitor, for the second year running, and Carol is one of Australia's most volunteer our time to hold workshops so
and winner of the Kangaroo Valley knowledgeable. I always learn so much that others can learn to make and enjoy
Chamber of Tourism and Commerce Cup, that I can add to my Cheesemaking while their own cheeses at home. If you are
was Pam Swinfield, who provided great listening to her judging at the show…”. interested in any of our workshops, or
cheeses across a number of categories. have any cheesemaking questions, you
A different highlight this year was the
Our Cheese Judge from 2017, Carole can email us at info@valleycheesemakers.
challenge set by the Landline show for
Willman, was back to assess all entries com.au.
cheeses to made within 20 minutes.
through open judging. This is a popular Kathy made butter and Jan made ricotta, Kathy, Jan and Rosie
session where people are able to observe which was then also tasted by Rosemary Valley Cheesemakers
the judging for a short period or for the Stanton, a cheese judge in her own right,April 2018 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 17
Reflections Kangaroo Valley Art Any two-dimensional work including
painting in any medium, drawing,
In mid-March a new exhibition opened in Prize & Exhibition printmaking, photography, digital
the gallery space at Jing Jo. It’s a group art, mixed media, etc is eligible for
show with works by many valley artists consideration. All accepted work will be
and some from outside the valley. for sale at the Exhibition and on-line for
an additional month.
The ‘Reflections’ theme has appealed to
photographers, and we are thrilled to Valley and surrounding regional artists –
show a couple of monumental works by please save these dates:
Damon Smith, who had a terrific one-man Entries: Open 15 August and close 12
show in Jing Jo a couple of years ago. September.
His travels in Australia have taken him to Entries this year will be by JPEG
some spectacular outback locations. It’s photographs submitted along with an
worth a visit just to see his two works. entry form via our new website. Details
Di Dorrington is showing a lovely image later.
of glacial ice taken whilst touring in Mt In addition to other events of Arts in
Cook National Park in New Zealand. We the Valley this autumn and winter, The Exhibition will be curated by well-
also have a quilted work and some hand- we’ll again be holding our annual known South Coast artist, educator and
printed scarves by Berry quilter Carolyn Visual Arts in the Valley Exhibition curator, Allan Baptist. The main prizes
Collins. And Leah Parrish’s print of an over the October long-weekend. will be judged by Allan together with
original oil painting is worth a look for its Felicity Fenner, leading international
A number of new features will be
meticulous detail and the sense of home. contemporary art judge, and Therese
unveiled this year. Of foremost interest
Kenyon, noted Sydney artist, arts
This exhibition is on until the end of April. to local and regional artists will be the
educator and writer. Prizes will be
It will be followed by a solo show from inaugural Kangaroo Valley Art Prize
announced at the Exhibition Opening on
Shoalhaven artist Jim Burkett. ($5000).
Friday 28th September. As in past years,
Other differences this year? We’re attendees may vote for the People’s
Belinda Webster opening the Prize and Exhibition to Choice Award, announced at the close of
a wider artist base, including local the Exhibition, Monday 1st October.
and regional artists and emerging city
For more information and to join our
artists. And thanks to the generosity of
artist mailing list, go to
a number of Valley residents, we are
www.artsinthevalley.net.au/visual-arts.
significantly increasing the overall prize
money to $7000 in total. Gary Moore
Damon Smith’s ‘Liquid Gold’You can also read
