We've heard their policies, and seen their election pitches, but what we really want to know about the candidates for the seat of Wollondilly is what makes them tick.
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What interests them?
Who are they when they aren't electioneering?
Who is the person behind the candidate, so to speak.
To help us find out about more about them, we asked each of the candidates to tell us five fun facts about themselves, along with their top five books, top five movies, top five TV shows and top five singers or songs.
Here's what Greens candidate Patrick Darley-Jones had to say.
5 Fun Facts
1. My lifelong hobby is yachting.
2. I dabble in gardening and grow water lilies for fun.
3. Thanks to my two granddaughters I am an avid Thomas the Tank Engine fan.
4. I'm a part-time angler.
5. I'm an avid sci-fi fan.
Top 5 Songs
Isle of Innisfree by Annette Griffin
A strong reminder of my old home
Morningtown Ride – Judith Durham
A happy timeless song
Rhapsody in Blue – Gershwin
Classic music written long before its time.
You make loving fun – Fleetwood Mack
The happiest love song I know.
If you leave me – Mental as anything
A sad love song by an amazing Australian group who have been much underestimated.
Top 5 Books
Storms of my Grandchildren by Dr Hansen
A warning of our climate future.
The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley
An amazing story of black intrigue.
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The first book I owned.
The Goal by Goldratt
The real path to industrial productivity.
Beyond Top Secret by Timothy Good
Things governments hide.
Top 5 Movies
To Have and Have Not
An amazing start to the relationship of Bogey and Bacall.
The Original Star Wars movie
I’m a Sci-Fi fan.
The Philadelphia Experiment
Another amazing science fiction story, but who knows?
The Time Machine
All makes of this classic movie, more sci-fi.
Deliverance
Intrigue and adventure what can go wrong and when it goes wrong, watch out.
Top 5 TV Shows
Fawlty Towers
Timeless classic comedy.
Mrs Brown's Boys
Comedy at its crudest, no more to be said
The History Channel
The stories of who we are and what we’ve done
Star Trek
Watched this classic sci-fi series since its introduction in 1966
Coronation Street
Had to watch this as a boy, now just follow the endless stories.
