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THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 4 Number 7 | April 2014
FOOD & TRAVEL
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One of the Redleaf Cafe murals
OUT ‘N BACK
Section of Blackburn Gardens
at Point Piper
Olympians and Spies at Redleaf
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SOME people are enamoured with the idea of being in the same spot where once
stood heroes. Or spies. I’m one of them.
S
o with secret service
precision and with
the enthusiasm of
an Olympian, I drove to Redleaf at Point Piper. Part of being a spy
is gathering information, and
that’s how I found this secret
beach. Timing is important
because council parking is limited. But then again, it is an
18-minute walk from Edgecliff Train Station.
Point Piper is a part of
Woollahra where old money makes this section of real
estate somewhat exclusive.
Murray Rose Pool, previously known as Redleaf Pool, is
more of a protected beach. The
netting around this section of
beach maybe thought to be a
protection from nearby Shark Island. People are usually allergic
to sharp-toothed selachimorpha – that means “shark” to us
mortals. But seriously, the netting is really to keep the people
contained and away from yachts
that abound the other side of the
netting. There are two floating
pontoons in the middle of the
enclosure and if you’re a reasonable swimmer, you can sunbathe there rather than on the
timber boardwalk on top of the
netting. Also pack a picnic basket and have it at rustic Blackburn Gardens. You’ll also find
a huge tree there that will take
about five people linked handin-hand to give it a hug. The Gardens used to be part of St Brigid’s,
now Woollahra Library.
What’s the connection between Olympians and spies?
Well, Murray Rose was an
O ly mpi c s w i m m e r w ho
learned to swim in this beach.
When he was 17, he won six
Olympic medals at the 1956
Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He won three medals
four years later in Rome. At one
time he held the world record
for the 400m, 800m and 1500m
freestyle. His nickname when
he was competing was “Seaweed Streak” being a full vegan. Get it?
The spy bit involves the era
of James bond when his movies
were about Russian spies. Australia had a real one here, actually a couple, Vladimir and
Edvokia Petrov. They weren’t
very good at penetrating antiSoviet groups so Vlad contacted ASIO, the Aussie spy group,
and defected. His missus, Edvokia, didn’t know what hubby Vlad did, until the Russkies
took her to Sydney Airport to
take her back to Russia. The
Aussies didn’t like that so a
large crowd gathered at the
airport to try and snatch Edvokia away but they couldn’t.
The plane had to stop at Darwin, and that’s where the ASIO
successfully got her away from
the Russians.
Pretty exciting stuff for a
little secret spot in Sydney!
Redleaf, the name of the house,
is now where Woollahra Council is. The history of this little
nook goes all the way to the
First Fleet, then World War 2. If
you want to know more about
it, or just want to go swimming and have a feed at the
café by the pool, go out n’ back
to Redleaf, and fill your imagination with real stories about
spies and Olympians.
MITCHELL BADELLES
is the producer of SAY MORE Radio Show on
SWR 99.9FM. He is also a Balintawak Arnis Filipino Martial Art enthusiast. Mitchell is a sales
rep for Heritage Profiles & Mouldings, allowing
him to travel around NSW as part of his job.
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