Thirroul

Thirroul Surf Life Saving Club’s voluntary patrols may have finished for the season but that doesn’t stop its members from springing in to action when required.

Club President Jeff Body and member Phil Watt were volunteering more of their free time on Sunday, Mothers Day, when Mr Watt was called upon.

While installing lights during this weekends working bee, one of many which has been conducted during the surf clubs renovation, Mr Watt was approached by a member of the public who came running in to the club advising there was a swimmer caught in a rip and being taken out sea.

Is there a way to work with our bodies that not only overcomes pain and injuries, stress or anxiety but also supports our overall sense of wellbeing? Ortho-Bionomy Practititioner, Hugh Churchward believes there is.

One of the great untapped potentials of the human body is its inherent capacity for self correction. Ortho-Bionomy provides a way of tapping into our own extraordinary ability to repair after injury, restore our sense of ease and rediscover our innate preference for being in balance.

Dansatori returns with a dance-theatre production choreographed by internationally renowned Eva Crainean, called "Mah-Hah-Bone" which is an expressionistic exposé of the inner mind of a victim of schizophrenia. The production treats mental illness as a spiritual rather than purely a mental disease.

Just before winning government Barry O’Farrell made a promise to the people of New South Wales: “The next Liberal/National Government will ensure that mining cannot occur … in any water catchment area, and will ensure that mining leases and mining exploration permits reflect that common sense; no ifs, no buts, a guarantee.”

Most mines in the Southern Coalfield sit within the drinking water catchment for Sydney and Wollongong and the environmental impacts have been significant.