sawtell.org.au

sawtell_podcast-20100720.ogg

In which we spend a lot of time conveying a very small amount of news you already knew and try to analyse in detail the forty-seven year history of Doctor Who. I think it went on a smidge too long.

Aged for a fortnight while I recovered from an implausible sequence of technical disasters.

As usual some samples from freesound.org. Music by Fusz. Other snippets, including the one from this splendid talk by Sir Ken Robinson, we consider to be fair dealing, fair use, fair play, fair to middling, a fair weather friend, or all of the above. Bring it on, Auntie Beeb! Do your worst!

Sawtell Chilli Festival - Saturday 3rd July 2010

The 2010 Sawtell Chilli Festival on Saturday 3rd July on First Ave, Sawtell is shaping up to be a great day of food, music and fun! Whether you like it hot and spicy or milder, there will be a huge range of stalls, cafes and restaurants to cater to your tastes.

Australia’s leading chilli product manufacturers will join regional restaurateurs as the international diversity of chilli cuisine is put on show.

sawtell_podcast-20100605.ogg

In which we ramble on interminably, horribly misusing our expensive new microphone, resulting in that diving bell ambiance.

Music provided by the Sway. Pre-recorded samples from here, here, and here. All other third party sourced snippets we consider to be fair dealing, fair use, or whatever it's called in your jurisdiction.

Files: 

mjd.opml

Terry has served the community for three decades through his involvement with the Surf Life Saving Club. The Advocate has a story.

Over the next couple of weeks, there's be a sale of artworks by well-known local artists, complementary to (or perhaps in competition with?) the Sawtell Art Group's Christmas Sale. It's located in the old laundrette in the C & S Arcade, next to Sawtell Paradise Fruits.

Nice to see the otherwise vacant shop in use over the holidays. Enquiries to Ron Bath (one of the artists involved) on 6653 2826.

Oh my everything. Not at all well, or entirely clear on what I've been doing for the last 48 hours. I'll try to work backwards.

Allison's parents are up here for a couple of days, arriving late yesterday after long periods spent completely stationary in appalling traffic. For that matter, I've never seen Sawtell so busy. There's a permanent line of parked cars up to our house from the First Avenue shops.

Looking for a place to eat, we found an hour-long queue to the bistro counter at the pub, and presumably another hour or two before orders found their way to the plate stage. With pretty much every place in the street either packed to overflowing, mind-bendingly noisy, cardiac-arrestingly expensive, or some combination of the above, we settled on the RSL.

RSL clubs benefit tremendously from lowered expectations. If they're anything less than repellently ugly, noisy, and populated entirely by unfortunate souls who look more like patients than members, you're pleasantly surprised. By this standard, the Sawtell RSL club is rather fine; the sort of place you'd be embarrassed, but not quite ashamed, to take your in-laws for dinner.

The site is now kinda sorta usable, so now it's time to invite people to break it, or at least find fault with it. Get yourself an account and start adding info. Check the task list regularly for little things to fix.

Calling all graphic designers and arty types! Sawtell.org.au needs a theme. No Web technical expertise - at minimum all we need is nice high-resolution mockup artwork. We can accept Photoshop or Illustrator files, although we would much prefer you to use the GIMP or Inkscape because they're better for you.

Start 2010 with a huge day of Fun for all the Family!

Sawtell Super Funday which on the 1st of January 2010, will celebrate 90 years of consecutive Fun Days. Come along and enjoy the events such as the Woodchop, running events, the 5.5km Fun Run, children’s special events, carnival rides, street parade and of course, the Sawtellian of the Year Award.

9.00am Market Stalls Open & Start of Carnival {All Day] 9:00am Fun Run - Awards and certificates in each category (men/women, over 60 men/women, U/17 boys/girls, U/13 boy/girls) Start: Sawtell RSL Club