A sport that tests competitors' strength and endurance…
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It’s a lot of late nights and a lot of washing!” said Jane Passer, when asked about what it takes to be a volunteer with WIRES.
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“Orienteering is for everybody, it really is, and I think it should have much greater recognition than it has,” says Basil Baldwin, President of our local Goldseekers Orienteering Club.
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“It’s just a good looking car,” says Wayne Swadling about why he loves his two-door Ford hardtops. “I just love the shape of them, the style of them… my father always had Fords, he had Ford Fairlanes, so I've always been into Fords.”
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Early this year Orange City Life caught up with retired electrician and procedural writer, Peter Rodgers, to talk about his obsession with leather working, but during our chat it quickly became apparent that Peter is not one to stop at just a single hobby.
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“You’re defying physics in a car,” says Dave Connell, when asked to describe what it is he likes about the extreme four-wheel-driving competitions he and Team Rockbull teammate Dennis Rhodes live for.
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“The game has been described as a combination of chess and billiards, played on grass,” says Rik Mills of Croquet, a sport he has become a little obsessed with in the past eight years.
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“I suppose I've just always been a maker of stuff,” says Will Brennan, sitting in the old apple storage shed that is now home to his custom furniture workshop.
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“There is something intrinsically satisfying in making things”
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“I've got a real passion for permaculture, because I think permaculture is going to save the world,” says Fiona Rossiter, registered nurse, café owner, former Orange City Councillor, children’s author and mother of eight.
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Regular Orange City life readers will be familiar with the work of our on-call photographer, EdithMay Gowing, from our social pages, but you may not know that landscape photography is where her real passion lies.
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“It is a very nice-looking gun, if you think of guns as being pretty,” says local black powder shooter Kelvin Moss about his dream gun, the 18th Century Jager Rifle.
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Volunteers are a vital part of any community. They are very much hidden gems, amazing people who give so effortlessly to enrich other people’s lives, who often aren’t too keen to shout it from the rooftops
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Trevor Leaman clearly recalls the beginning of his fascination with the stars and all things space.
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“Overall, between streaming and DVDs and the cinema, my count so far this year… I think I've seen close to 200 films”
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There are many reasons why people choose to train martial arts; for some it is the discipline and the satisfaction of acquiring new skills, for others it is for self-defence or simply a fun way to keep fit, but for amateur mixed martial artists Kristian Garlick and Alistair Fleming it’s a way of life.
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Lisa Devereaux had always been partial to a bit of dressing-up, but now she has taken it to a whole new level.
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“I've always had a passion for cooking,” said Kerrie Ford, standing in her large, light-filled kitchen preparing a tray of melting moments for the oven.
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“When I started getting into this, I realised that past the age of 12, I hadn’t touched a board game,” said local pharmacy dispensary technician Sarah Blake.
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Dorothy Brown has been volunteering with the ‘Blue Ladies and Men’ for an amazing 25 years this May. Her efforts began in the old Orange Base Hospital and she is now the longest serving member in the group.
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