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.”

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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

Inside this issue

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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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On weekends

Live music at The Sebel,

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3 July

Pics and Flicks presents

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Gerringong Town Hall,

7.30 for 8pm $10

(see below)

4-5 July

Kiama Arts Trail

Various studios around

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5 July

Music in the Park

Hindmarsh Park, 1-3pm

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9 July

Kiama Bush Dance

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Park, 7.30-10pm.

All dances walked

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beginners are welcome.

$5 or $3, inc supper.

11 July

Ray Edmondson on film

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13 July

Spirituality in the Pub

Issues of Interfaith

Dialogue, Jamberoo Pub,

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18 July

Gerringong Village

Markets, in and around

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19 July

Kiama Seaside Market

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21 July

Special Campfire

Session (see right)

25 July

Kiama Makers and

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Kiama Harbour 9-2pm

26 July

Jamberoo Village

Market Reid Park, 9-2pm

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Relay for Life

Launch Ball

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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.

� Blue of the Night (1933) – a short film starring Bing

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.

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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 paulagowans@gmail.com

Centre for Aged Care Excellence takes shape

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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-

pions programs have given students in urban schools

a ‘link to the land’ and a focussed image of the role

of Australian agriculture in sustainable food produc-

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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.”

Details: For further information contact

Sandra Ruecroft, Community Services 4232 0434 or

at sandrar@kiama.nsw.gov.au

In response to local demand,

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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

on weekends from 1-4 pm.

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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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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has a strong want (6)

5. Actor, well-bred, dis-

guised political novelist (6)

8. Negative Spanish three is

dying, but no one is allowed

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)

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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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