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Tues.23.3.21 Melbourne 'Herald Sun' Chef’s guide to … EAST GIPPSLAND. MARK BRIGGS (Head chef/owner, Sardine Eatery)
SODAFISH. Fantastic to see a Melbourne-based chef, Nick Mahlook, return to his roots and start his own venture in East Gippsland. Middle Boat Harbour, Esplanade, Lakes Entrance
MARK BRIGGS SERVES A CHANGING MENU OF SEAFOOD AND OTHER EAST GIPPSLAND PRODUCE AT SARDINE IN PAYNESVILLE. sardineeaterybar.com
Road trip from the Snow Mountains to the South Coast. Teresa Ooi 25.11.2021
...headed for the Sapphire Coast. Husband-and-wife team Greg Carton and Sue McIntyre told us their story – they have been farming Sydney rock oysters in the waters of Lake Pambula for 24 years.
After a tough two years, Ms McIntyre is confident things are looking up now that state borders are re-opening and Broadwater Oysters can once again play host to hundreds of visitors keen to taste the fat, deliciously salty and creamy molluscs.
Ms McIntyre taught us all how to shuck oysters and flip them over to display a plump sand-coloured face.
Her best tip for storing unshucked oysters at home?
“Leave them in the laundry sink – not in the fridge, because the cold air in the fridge will kill them off quickly,” she said.
Unshucked oysters should be covered with a damp tea towel and can be safely stored in the laundry sink for seven to 10 days, while shucked oysters should be eaten within 24 hours. You heard it from the expert!
A front-row seat to Oyster shucking.
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Sun.5.12.21 Melbourne 'Herald Sun. Fish, the festive dish. Melissa Leong
Nothing really says “festive season” in Sydney like frequent trips to the Sydney fish market. While many leave it till a day or two before Christmas to battle it out for the best jewels of the sea to grace their table, there really is something to be said for a more leisurely visit. The fish market has long been a destination for far more than just flippin’ fresh fish — it’s a veritable food lover’s mecca, featuring everything from top-notch cheeses, smallgoods and fancy table snacks at Blackwattle Deli, fresh produce at Parisi Waterside Fruit Connection, and to complement your surf with a little turf, Vic’s Meats offers an array of land-based treasures. While a rowdy yum cha session upstairs at Fisherman’s Wharf is a favourite pastime of mine at the markets, my number-one thing to do is cherry-pick the best on offer and make a picnic out of it. Which fishmonger you pick should depend on what’s looking good, but if you’re a diehard Sydneysider, you’re born into it. Claudio’s is my parents’ favourite fishmonger, and I’m always a fan of their sashimi and oyster selection. It’s also the place to go for the more obscure stuff. Combine your picnic oysters and sashimi with a choice of salami and cheeses from Blackwattle Deli, fresh juices from Parisi Waterside Fruit Connection, a little bread for good measure... and should you be imbibing, an icy bottle of Champagne from Fisherman’s Fine Wines. The market’s 36-hour marathon begins at 5am on December 23.
Corner Pyrmont Bridge Rd and Bank St, Pyrmont, NSW, sydneyfishmarket.com.au
The 40-year-old fishing boat feeding a town in regional Victoria. RICHARD CORNISH November 20 2021
Apollo Bay Fishermen's Co-op fisher Russell "Frosty" Frost and his lesser-loved catch on the Tambo Bay. Photo: Richard Cornish
Professional fishers in the Western Victorian fishing town of Apollo Bay have purchased a boat dedicated to catching fish just to feed locals.
The 15-member strong Apollo Bay Fishermen's Co-op has invested nearly $500,000 in a small, 40-year-old fishing boat to fish along the coast every few days and provide the town with fresh seafood.
"Many people in fishing towns around Australia see their fish sent off to the markets or processors in the big cities," says Markus Nolle, former rock lobster fisherman and director of Apollo Bay Fishermen's Co-op.
Flounder, tiger flathead, latchet and red mullet caught for Apollo Bay locals by Russell Frost. Photo: Richard Cornish
"The co-op has been running since 1948 and it's part of our responsibility to the people of Apollo Bay to let them share the catch."
In August, the co-op purchased Tambo Bay, which spent its early years working the waters off Gippsland as a purse seine fishing boat.
Tambo Bay has since been modified to fish waters just off the rugged coast of Western Victoria. Her captain is Russell "Frosty" Frost, who retired from lobster fishing several years ago. The call of the sea was too strong for Frost and when approached by fellow members of the co-op, he agreed to take on the role of skipper.
"It is 52 feet in the old language, a small boat and very economical to run," says Frost. "We don't need to get massive catches to pay to run her."
When the weather is good, Frost and a deckhand leave the harbour before dawn and trawl for an hour at a time. This allows fish caught in nets to be hauled aboard the deck uninjured.
Bycatch is back in the water within seconds and the rest of the fish are out of the nets and onto ice within minutes. They're packed in hollow plastic bins that can only handle one or two layers of fish, avoiding damage through crushing or jostling. "We don't know what fish we are going to get each day," says Frost.
Recent catch has been a mix of well-known species such as flathead, snapper, King George whiting and gummy shark, and what are referred to locally as "delicious but lesser loved fish". These include flounder, gurnard, boar fish, leatherjackets and red mullet.
"It's a light touch," says Frost. "It's quick and it's gentle on the environment. There is a lot of ocean out there and we're the only inshore trawler in the area."
Locals on shore find out what the Tambo Bay has landed via an online service called The Local Catch Club.
"Members are sent an email when the boat is back," says Apollo Bay resident Liz Waters, who is building a Local Catch Club website with local designers and artists. "They can place orders and if there is a particular fish that takes their fancy, they can have that put aside."
About 200 to 300 kilograms of fish are brought in every few days. The catch is processed in the Apollo Bay Fishermen's Co-operative facility and sold in a tiny store overlooking the harbour.
What is not sold in town is sold at Gem Pier Seafood in Williamstown. The co-op also sells fish and chips, allowing seafood lovers to sample battered boar fish and gurnard just a few hours after being caught. In good weather, about 80 per cent of seafood sold at the fish and chippery is local catch, with oysters and prawns from outside Apollo Bay largely contributing to the remainder of sales.
Within two weeks the wet fish shop will move to a new store in the middle of town called Co-Op on Pascoe, leaving the chippery by the water until the co-op site is redeveloped in mid-2022.
"We are doing this to ensure the future of the co-op," says Nolle. "The average age of a skipper is 60. The future of the co-op is predicated on the recruitment of new people. We have the boat, the processing and the shop, and soon we will have a restaurant. We can give young people opportunities to learn the seafood business."
Nolle says the barriers to enter into the fishing industry are enormous for young people, and as a result they are finding other jobs elsewhere. He acknowledges that the Chinese ban on importation of rock lobster has floored the local lobster fishers.
"The [lobster retail] price is $80 per kilogram and that is just – just – keeping them afloat," he says.
"So we diversify. In Apollo Bay we can offer young people training and employment across the full spectrum of the seafood business. Australia imports 70 per cent of its seafood while there are fish just offshore dying of old age. We need to invest in our seafood industry."
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Dive into this 1940s styled Melbourne bar. Sonya Gellert November 26, 2021
Whether you love your oysters natural and fresh, cooked or with a fresh twist, this classy, 1940s styled Melbourne cocktail bar and eatery will sea you covered.
Seated at newly opened Little Bourke St venue Pearl Diver Cocktails and Oysters (PDCO), all three categories of oyster devotees are treated to a selection of natural, dressed and cooked molluscs
Skippered by award-winning bartenders and long-time hospitality votaries , PDCO is the result of a winning pitch to the prized Pathway to Partnership Program directed by The Speakeasy Group
Boon said the concept was one that he and Pez had been adapting and refining for years.
“Both of us worked at a cocktail and oyster bar in our hometown of Brisbane, where we saw how powerful the combination can be. What we wanted to create was a polished yet casual drinking and eating experience, where well-trained staff deliver genuine hospitality in a fun environment,” he said.
The food menu is split into two categories: oysters and not oysters.
“Our team in the kitchen source the best oysters from around Australia,” Boon said.
“We work closely with our suppliers to ensure they are the best they can possibly be. We serve our oysters a number of different ways, including favourites like Kilpatrick and Rockefeller.”
While the oyster menu...featuring Rocks and Pacific varieties, a choice of dressings that include a refreshing lemon granita and lemon balm, and a cooked selection that sees warrigal greens and a sauce gribiche enliven tastebuds – accompanying repasts...aA salt cod beignet comes with a sorrel cream, Toulouse sausage shares the plate with mustard and pickled onion, and crispy waffle fries are paired with a robust comté. Then there’s Mum’s Mandarin Trifle, a dish that is both spry with citrus and comfortingly nostalgic.
56 Little Bourke St, Melbourne pearldiver.com.au
www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/food/love-oysters-and-cock...
...a table at Flying Fish (star.com.au). Sustainably-caught Murray Cod
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"MYALL" (1898 - 1936)Myall from the State Library of South Australia shows her at an unknown location.
Name: Myall (after conversion to a Lighter she had four names 672 L672, 568A, 632A)
Type: Three masted barquentine schooner (scow)
Conversion: After Register was closed in 1917 she was converted into a lighter on Sydney Harbour.
Official Number: ON 106167
Location Built: On Myall River, Bullahdellah 1898 (n.b. current name of location is Bulahdelah)
Launched: 1st February 1898
Registered Sydney 11/1898 (March 1st)
Builders. William Piper and Justin McSweeney (n.b. William Piper is not recorded in the Register)
Owner: Justin McSweeney
Number of masts: Three
Number of centreboards: Two
Length: 110.1 feet
Breadth: 26.8 feet
Depth in hold 5.5 feet
Tonnage: (n.b. 1 shipping ton = 100 cubic feet)
-Gross: 112.01 tons
-Deductions (Crew Space): 12.71 tons
-Net: 99.3 tons (281.0 cubic metres)
OWNERS:
Initial: March 1898 – Justin McSweeney
June 1915 – 1936 Allen Taylor and Company Limited, Pyrmont NSW
LAUNCH AT BULLAHDELAH (NOW BULAHDELAH)
Mr R. A. Price, the member for Gloucester, left Sydney on Monday night to visit his electorate, and proceeded thence via Raymond Terrace to Bullahdelah [Bullahdellah]. On Tuesday [1st February] he visited different parts of that district, and also attended the ceremony of the launching of the ship Myall, which is the third ship of the same class built at Bullahdelah. These ships were built by Mr McSweeney specially for the timber trade on the northern rivers, the design being a New Zealand one. By an ingenious contrivance a series of false keels, made of hardwood and heavily weighted with copper have been constructed. These can be raised or lowered as desired. By this means these vessels can run over a bar with 8ft. 6in. of draught, or during heavy weather can secure a draught of 14ft.
Although the ships are of a costly character to construct, it is contended the increased facilities for trading in all weathers and over all bars, will compensate for the outlay.
Mr Price complimented the builders and designers for the admirable work turned out, and expressed the pleasure he felt at seeing an industry of that character being inaugurated on the Myall. The speaker met with a flattering reception. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Fri 4 Feb 1898
WILLIAM BRISBANE PIPER DIES OF TYPHOID
After completion of the Myall ship-builder William Piper [William Brisbane Piper] became ill. He had unfortunately contracted typhoid while working on the Myall River and died in Bulahdelah on 26th March 1898. midcoaststories.com/2021/06/pipers-bay-forster/ his headstone is in the Forster Cemetery.
MYALL RIVER.
Typhoid Fever.
I regret to have to record the death of residents of this locality (at Mr. McSweeney's mill), near Bullahdelah. The cause of this fatal typhoid here is not known. Five of the men who were working at the mill, or about there, when sickening from the fever, went away to the hospital. Four out of the five have since died. Six more have also succumbed to the fever, at the mills and around Bullahdelah. The fever is still raging here. There is now a quarantine officer and two trained nurses, sent by the Board of Health, stationed at the mills, near Bullahdelah. They have obtained a building for the purpose of a hospital. The number of patients at present is fifteen. It is sincerely hoped that the fever will soon be stamped out. The outbreak has put quite a damp upon the community. The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer (NSW : 1898 - 1954) Sat 26 Mar 1898
OPERATION ALONG NSW NORTH COAST
A new three-masted fore-and-aft schooner, recently launched at Myall (Port Stephens), and intended for the coastal trade, arrived at Sydney on Monday, with a cargo of hardwood, and went alongside the Union Box Company's works and Blackwattle Bay. She is built on the scow principle, with almost a flat bottom, and will carry most of her cargo on deck. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) Wed 23 Feb 1898
The Timber Industry. The Coopernook saw mill is in full swing again and is turning out some good work. The new three-masted schooner Myall is now loading timber therefrom. The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer (NSW : 1898 - 1954) Wed 18 May 1898
Rain squalls, wind squalls, and, generally speaking, Dandenong weather prevailed this morning. At South Head there is a heavy sea running, and up until noon there had been no departures from Sydney.
At the Tweed, the Augusta is at anchor, in the Nambucca are the schooners Myall, Violet, Doepel, Australia. Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Fri 8 Jun 1900
COASTER MYALL IN TROUBLE
A telegram was received from Bellinger Heads yesterday to the effect that the schooner Myall went ashore on the south beach on Monday, whilst endeavouring to sail in over the bar. Anchors were laid down, and the vessel floated off with the evening tide, apparently uninjured. The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1923) Wed 21 Mar 1900
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - Wed 18 Dec 1912 Page 16
MYALL MEETS ROUGH WEATHER IN BYRON BAYMYALL PURCHASED BY ALLEN TAYLOR & CO. LTD. AND CONVERTED TO A LIGHTER IN SYDNEY HARBOURMyall to be registered out of commission in Sydney Harbour
Image Source
State Library of South Australia
collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/31/87
From the volume titled 'Australian Owned Sailing Vessels'.
This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920.
Acknowledgements .
The assistance of Mori Flapan (Mori Flapan boatregister ) by providing access to his extensive database is greatly appreciated.
Marilyn Boyd for her post midcoaststories pipers-bay-forster/
GREAT LAKES MANNING RIVER SHIPPING, NSW Alphabetical Boat Index Boat builders Index Tags List
‘MYALL’ (1898 – 1936)Myall in Sydney was taken by Samuel J Hood and made available through the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Name: Myall (after conversion to a Lighter she had four names 672 L672, 568A, 632A)
Type: Three masted barquentine schooner (scow)
Conversion: After Register was closed in 1917 she was converted into a lighter on Sydney Harbour.
Official Number: ON 106167
Location Built: On Myall River, Bullahdellah 1898 (n.b. current name of location is Bulahdelah)
Launched: 1st February 1898
Registered Sydney 11/1898 (March 1st)
Builders. William Piper and Justin McSweeney (n.b. William Piper is not recorded in the Register)
Owner: Justin McSweeney
Number of masts: Three
Number of centreboards: Two
Length: 110.1 feet
Breadth: 26.8 feet
Depth in hold 5.5 feet
Tonnage: (n.b. 1 shipping ton = 100 cubic feet)
-Gross: 112.01 tons
-Deductions (Crew Space): 12.71 tons
-Net: 99.3 tons (281.0 cubic metres)
OWNERS:
Initial: March 1898 – Justin McSweeney
June 1915 – 1936 Allen Taylor and Company Limited, Pyrmont NSW
LAUNCH AT BULLAHDELAH (NOW BULAHDELAH)
Mr R. A. Price, the member for Gloucester, left Sydney on Monday night to visit his electorate, and proceeded thence via Raymond Terrace to Bullahdelah [Bullahdellah]. On Tuesday [1st February] he visited different parts of that district, and also attended the ceremony of the launching of the ship Myall, which is the third ship of the same class built at Bullahdelah. These ships were built by Mr McSweeney specially for the timber trade on the northern rivers, the design being a New Zealand one. By an ingenious contrivance a series of false keels, made of hardwood and heavily weighted with copper have been constructed. These can be raised or lowered as desired. By this means these vessels can run over a bar with 8ft. 6in. of draught, or during heavy weather can secure a draught of 14ft.
Although the ships are of a costly character to construct, it is contended the increased facilities for trading in all weathers and over all bars, will compensate for the outlay.
Mr Price complimented the builders and designers for the admirable work turned out, and expressed the pleasure he felt at seeing an industry of that character being inaugurated on the Myall. The speaker met with a flattering reception. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Fri 4 Feb 1898
WILLIAM BRISBANE PIPER DIES OF TYPHOID
After completion of the Myall ship-builder William Piper [William Brisbane Piper] became ill. He had unfortunately contracted typhoid while working on the Myall River and died in Bulahdelah on 26th March 1898. midcoaststories.com/2021/06/pipers-bay-forster/ his headstone is in the Forster Cemetery.
MYALL RIVER.
Typhoid Fever.
I regret to have to record the death of residents of this locality (at Mr. McSweeney's mill), near Bullahdelah. The cause of this fatal typhoid here is not known. Five of the men who were working at the mill, or about there, when sickening from the fever, went away to the hospital. Four out of the five have since died. Six more have also succumbed to the fever, at the mills and around Bullahdelah. The fever is still raging here. There is now a quarantine officer and two trained nurses, sent by the Board of Health, stationed at the mills, near Bullahdelah. They have obtained a building for the purpose of a hospital. The number of patients at present is fifteen. It is sincerely hoped that the fever will soon be stamped out. The outbreak has put quite a damp upon the community. The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer (NSW : 1898 - 1954) Sat 26 Mar 1898
OPERATION ALONG NSW NORTH COAST
A new three-masted fore-and-aft schooner, recently launched at Myall (Port Stephens), and intended for the coastal trade, arrived at Sydney on Monday, with a cargo of hardwood, and went alongside the Union Box Company's works and Blackwattle Bay. She is built on the scow principle, with almost a flat bottom, and will carry most of her cargo on deck. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) Wed 23 Feb 1898
The Timber Industry. The Coopernook saw mill is in full swing again and is turning out some good work. The new three-masted schooner Myall is now loading timber therefrom. The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer (NSW : 1898 - 1954) Wed 18 May 1898
Rain squalls, wind squalls, and, generally speaking, Dandenong weather prevailed this morning. At South Head there is a heavy sea running, and up until noon there had been no departures from Sydney.
At the Tweed, the Augusta is at anchor, in the Nambucca are the schooners Myall, Violet, Doepel, Australia. Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Fri 8 Jun 1900
COASTER MYALL IN TROUBLE
A telegram was received from Bellinger Heads yesterday to the effect that the schooner Myall went ashore on the south beach on Monday, whilst endeavouring to sail in over the bar. Anchors were laid down, and the vessel floated off with the evening tide, apparently uninjured. The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1923) Wed 21 Mar 1900
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - Wed 18 Dec 1912 Page 16
MYALL MEETS ROUGH WEATHER IN BYRON BAYMYALL PURCHASED BY ALLEN TAYLOR & CO. LTD. AND CONVERTED TO A LIGHTER IN SYDNEY HARBOURMyall to be registered out of commission in Sydney Harbour
Image Source Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection
Object no. 00021520
Acknowledgements .
The assistance of Mori Flapan (Mori Flapan boatregister ) by providing access to his extensive database is greatly appreciated.
Marilyn Boyd for her post midcoaststories pipers-bay-forster/
GREAT LAKES MANNING RIVER SHIPPING, NSW Alphabetical Boat Index Boat builders Index Tags List
Oriana, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
View of Darling Harbour from the Pyrmont Bridge
View from Pyrmont Bridge
View from Pyrmont Bridge
Pyrmont Point Hotel, Pyrmont,, Sydney, NSW.
Quarrymans Hotel, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
The Terminus Hotel, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Pub Art, Quarrymans Hotel, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Pub Art, Quarrymans Hotel, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Pyrmont Bridge Hotel, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Pyrmont Bridge Hotel, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Former Bank, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Former Post Office, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Bis 7083, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Commonwealth Bank, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Former Shop, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Shop, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
St Bede Catholic Church, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Sydney Electric Lighting Station, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Varley Fire Appliance, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
