Beagle Weekender Vol 212 June 18th 2021

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editorial Welcome to this week’s editorial, Hopefully you are travelling well and life a9er the bushfires, floods and Covid are returning to an odd version of “normal”.

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Folks are sta>ng to venture out a bit, the Government Dining and Discovery vouchers have encouraged many of us to go out for a meal, visit a wildlife park or take in a movie. They were designed to s>mulate the local economy and from all accounts it appears to have done the trick with most of our local businesses back on deck and trading.

There is an underlying reality though that must be recognised. During the past year or more many of our local businesses lost their momentum. They weren’t able to trade and because of that they weren’t able to further develop their business plans, reduce their debts and most cri>cally con>nue to employ their staff.

Fortunately we had JobKeeper kick in that helped fill the void for many in our community who lost precious hours and s>ll needed to pay the bills. Ours is an area that has a very high under-employment rate because we are so seasonal in our tourism sector.

But from the adversity of Covid something quite unexpected happened. We became popular. City folks wanted to leave their mad lives of hustle and bustle, of two hour commutes, pollu>on and unrealis>c housing prices, and they came, in their hundreds to make new lives in our region.

For those who are coming out of Covid hiberna>on you will see more traffic, more people, and certainly more vibrancy in our normally very quite shops that see so few through their doors in winter. As is being said up and down the coast “we have been discovered”.

This is reflected in property prices, the increase demand for services and the momentum we are now seeing to open up more land for development. Eurobodalla on the move.

It is therefore most surprising to learn that the new regional hospital that is now being designed to be fit for the future in an>cipa>on of the popula>on swell and the need for ancillary services from maternity to radiology is being downgraded from what was promised to what will be delivered. Even the word ‘hospital’ is knowingly being dropped from any reference to the $200 million project, instead calling it a Health Service.

The reality is that all of our new arrivals have already realised that we don’t have enough trades folk to meet the demand for new housing, we don’t have enough medical staff to meet day to day needs in our hospitals and it is nearly impossible for a new resident to find a doctor with room on their books.

Someone once said “if you build it they will come”. On the south coast we are learning all too quickly that they have come and we haven’t built it. A new bridge and a new bypass might be nice to ease traffic conges>on but the key issues have been overlooked. Available, affordable health as a priority, affordable housing for those renters ousted by the property boom and meaningful, long term employment for our community and especially our youth.

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George Bass Dr closed at Lilli Pilli for three15th months Vol 16 September 2017

28 April December 7th, at 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 George Bass Drive Lilli Pilli will be closed for about three months while Eurobodalla Council undertakes major earthworks as part of a road safety upgrade.

George Bass Drive will be closed between Grandfathers Gully Road and Denise Drive from 7am Monday 21 June to Friday 24 September.

Commuters will need to use Tallgums Way and The Ridge Road to access either side of the closure, which will have reduced speed limits of 50km/hr and 60km/hr.

Eurobodalla Council’s infrastructure services director Warren Sharpe said the 1km extra detour added about 2-3 minutes to trips between Surf Beach and Malua Bay. “While the closure may cause temporary inconvenience, the volume of earthworks needed for the project requires a large number of heavy plant movements across the existing road,” Mr Sharpe said.

“Closing the road means the work can be completed sooner and far safer than building a road with more than 5,500 vehicles passing through the worksite per day.”

The Council received a $3.8 million Commonwealth Government grant toward the project, which includes removing the tight bends, providing protected right-turn intersections to Grandfathers Gully Road and Denise Drive as well as widened lanes, centreline treatments and shoulders, improved lighting, delineation, protective fencing and provision for a future shared pathway connection. The former road reserve area will be revegetated once the new road is open.

Eurobodalla Council is writing directly to impacted residents between Old Grandfathers Pit Road and Lilli Pilli Road regarding changes to access and bus stops.

Emergency services have also been notified.

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Steep hikes across the board on Council charges A report will be presented to Councillors at next Tuesday's ordinary Mee>ng seeking adop>on of Council’s revised Delivery Program 2017-22 and Opera>onal Plan 2021-22, incorpora>ng the Budget, Fees and Charges, Revenue Vol 16 September 15thPolicy 2017 and the making of the general rate and water, sewer, waste, stormwater and 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 liquid trade waste charges.

There is liPle doubt that Councillors will approve: - A General-Purpose rate income increase of 2% in accordance with the rate peg amount approved by IPART - Adop>on of the maximum rate of a 6% interest to be charged on overdue rates and charges for 2021-22 - Waste collec>on charges to be increased by 2%.

- The Environment Levy to increase by 2% - The water consump>on charge to increase by 1.3% and the water availability charge to increase by 2.9%.

- The sewer availability charge to increase by 2% - Liquid trade waste charges will increase by 2.6% Once again the Water and Sewer funds will be paying a dividend to transfer funds to the General Fund.

Once again Councillor Pat McGinlay will reveal that Council knowingly inten3onally overcharges the community for water and sewer so that it can, via a loophole, pay a dividend into the General Fund that is otherwise constrained by the CPI increase set down by IPART. Council’s water supply and sewerage businesses are permiPed to pay an annual dividend from its water supply or sewerage business surplus.

Eurobodalla Council, like most other council's around NSW bemoan that they can't raise enough revenue to keep ahead of maintenance and renewal of assets because IPART controls allowable increase in rates in the General Fund that we all pay based on our unimproved land value.

The loophole of overcharging on water and sewer allows Council to get around this restric>on.

Councillor McGinlay forced the Council's Director of Finance to admit that Council has been overcharging on water and sewer for over a decade to give the General Fund a "dividend".

Rather than charging users a cost neutral rate the Council inten>onally overcharges. So much so that they are able to an>cipate the "dividend" and factor it into their projected annual income.

Each dividend must be calculated and approved in accordance with the DPIW guidelines and must not

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Community exceed: i. 50% of this surplus in any one year, or ii. The number of water supply or sewerage assessments at 30 June 2020 mul plied by $30 (less the payment for taxSeptember equivalent charges, not exceeding $3 per assessment).

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Council say "The Water and Sewer Funds are in a sound financial posi>on and have capacity to transfer the full dividend amounts. They had opera>ng surpluses (before capital revenue) of $1.67 million (Water) and $1.26 million (Sewer) in 2019-20.

Payment of these dividends will assist Council to con>nue to meet its Fit for the Future ra>os in accordance with Council’s adopted Fit for the Future Strategy."

The Opera>ng surpluses represent how much Council has overcharged ratepayers in order to give the General Fund a dividend.

In the ten years or more that this prac>ce has been going on the Council have not shown any readiness or proof of pulling in their belt by way of reducing their own overheads and running costs.

Of interest is the fact that the General Manager has placed the Agenda Item: Adop>on of the revised 201722 Delivery Program and 2021-22 Opera>onal Plan before the Agenda Item: Dividends from Water and Sewer Funds As the Dividends from Water and Sewer Funds play a major role in the revenue required to drive the Delivery Program and the Opera3onal Plan it is more than presump3ve of the General Manager to assume that all of her councillors will vote to support the blatant overcharging of water and sewer fees that is allowed to con3nue.

Anyone considering running for Council needs to be aware of the above and also needs to become an expert in understanding Council’s adopted Fit for the Future Strategy and how it works for protec>ng the organisa>on of Council at the expense of the ratepayer.

Annual whale census June 27th 2021 Did you know that there's an annual whale census and you can participate?

Simply register with ORRCA, pack a picnic on June 27th, head to your nearest headland and get counting: https:// www.orrca.org.au/orrca-events And if you are out on the water, remember to keep 100 metres away at all times, and 300 metres if it is a mother and calf.

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Dalmeny Urban expansion on the cards with a possible 800 Vol 16 September 15th 2017 new homes 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Eurobodalla Council have been siWng on a parcel of land in Dalmeny for over thirty years wai>ng for the right >me to sell. They have long had it zoned as part of the Dalmeny Urban Release Area and recognised it as a nest egg ripe for sale when the market would return the best price. It appears that they consider now is the >me.

The Council-owned land, commonly referred to as 16 Ta>ara Street, Dalmeny is classified as Opera>onal land meaning it can be sold without any public consulta>on under delega>on.

In selling the land Council suggest that "the real estate market within the Eurobodalla is experiencing strong growth, along with other areas of NSW and Australia. This has placed pressure on the supply of residen>al land, impac>ng on affordability. The demand for residen>al land and housing is expected to con>nue, fueled further by major infrastructure proposals including the Moruya Bypass and Eurobodalla Regional Hospital. As the owner of the land, Council has the opportunity to make the land available to the development sector to assist in mee>ng demand."

With allowable block sizes in the Shire of 450m2 the land sale could contribute to 800 new homes in Dalmeny.

A local real estate agent told The Beagle "With such an immediate increase in supply to the market the net effect will result in driving down exis>ng premise prices. With planning regula>ons allowing smaller lot sizes we will also expect newly built houses to be more affordable. Council's intent to deliver affordable housing might be met. Hopefully not at the cost of devaluing the vibrant Dalmeny market where we are seeing record sales".

The Council jus>fica>on for the sale at the present >me to increase housing supply include: • The median housing rental for proper>es in Eurobodalla is 29% higher than the rest of NSW. • Supply shortages are evidenced by extremely strong growth in residen>al property prices and feedback from real estate agents, who state that housing stock has not been in this short supply in decades

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Community • The Bushfire Recovery Service indicates that bushfire impacted families are repor>ng a shortage of housing for rent or purchase in Eurobodalla.

Council staff will be reques>ng councillors, at their mee>ng next Tuesday (June 22nd, 2021) that the General Manager be given authority to nego>ate the sale in accordance with Council’s Land Acquisi>on Vol 16 September 15thdelegated 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 and Disposal Policy.

The land is to be marketed by a commercial real estate agent. A valua>on report from a registered valuer has been obtained and this will be used to guide sale price nego>a>ons in accordance with Council’s Land Acquisi>on and Disposal Policy.

Council says "There is no legal requirement to advise the community through public no3ce or to seek feedback through public exhibi3on of land dealings concerning opera3onal land. The community has been consulted via past landuse planning and Local Environment Plan processes that have resulted in the land’s current zoning."

Once again the community will be hard pushed to discover how much Council will sell the land for, as was the case when they sold the Moruya racecourse for a piPance at $1.2 million and refused to reveal the final figure at a Council mee>ng that voted on the sale ci>ng "commercial in Confidence".

The Council report and recommenda>on say that the Dalmeny land has been zoned for residen>al development for over 30 years. "The land is zoned for residen>al development and the sale of the Opera>onal land would enable the land to be developed consistent with the adopted strategic and land use zone for the land. This will facilitate an increase in housing supply at a >me when there is a cri>cal shortage (rental and owner occupied)."

For clarifica>on Lot 2 DP 1151341 is classified as part Opera>onal and part Community. The proposal is to sell the Opera>onal por>on of the lot.

The preferred main road access to this land once development commences is to provide an access road approximately opposite Binnalong Street so that excessive construc>on or on-going traffic is not diverted into exis>ng local roads. Once the masterplan is prepared by any proponent, there may need to be a further report to Council to obtain a road reserve access to facilitate that outcome.

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Council's Plan to sell 414,000 m2 of Dalmeny land to help housing crisis : Street meet for Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Dalmeny Councillor Pat McGinlay wishes to advise that he will be at the public park area in Dalmeny (opposite the IGA servo) at 2.00 pm on Sunday 20 June. He will be there to seek informal feedback from Dalmeny residents, regarding the proposed sale Lot 2 DP 1151341 in Dalmeny.

Please note that this not an official Eurobodalla Shire Council public meeting, and Clr McGinlay is not seeking to speak for Council: Rather he simply wants to give Dalmeny residents, or anyone else with an interest, the opportunity to provide direct feedback on this matter.

A decision will be made by councillors at their Council Meeting on Tuesday 22 June, as to whether they will authorise the General Manager, under delegated authority, to sell Lot 2 DP 1151341 in Dalmeny.

This is a large lot of over 400,000 m2 and is zoned for low density residential development. The Lot backs onto Tatiara St, Elanora St, Thompson Parade, and parts of Mummaga Way and Yabbarra Drive.

The Council Agenda item is ‘PSR21/025 - Sale of Operational Land - Tatiara St Dalmeny’.

Councillor McGinlay, would also welcome any of his fellow councillors to also come along. Note: You may need to bring along a brolly and your welly boots.

Those who cannot make it, can email clrpatrick.mcginlay@esc.nsw.gov.au and express your views.

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More General Prac3ces offer COVID vaccina3ons More general prac>ces will be able to administer COVID vaccines from 21 June, with an addi>onal 22 general prac>ces in South Eastern NSW accredited as Astra Zeneca vaccine providers by 28 June.

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According to Dr Anoop Jalota, General Prac>>oner at Warrawong Accident and Medical Centre, demand for vaccines has increased since the reports of COVID-19 in Victoria and more than 50,000 doses a week are now available across the South Eastern NSW region.

“We are currently administering between 75 and 100 vaccines a week and have a wait list of people wan>ng to get vaccinated. It is good news that more general prac>ces are taking part in the vaccina>on rollout. General prac>ces are bePer placed to tailor advice according to an individual’s situa>on. A pa>ent’s GP knows them and their medical history,” said Dr Jalota.

“As people aged 40 to 59 are now eligible to book an appointment for the Pfizer vaccine, our general prac>ce has expressed interest in administering that vaccine as well. Pfizer will be available from some general prac>ces in our region in July. People under the age of 60 years who have already received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and who did not experience any serious side effects, should keep their appointment and receive their second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine," he said.

Dr Jalota said the risk of blood clots linked to AstraZeneca is excep>onally low and this extremely rare complica>on of the vaccine happens in very few people. Currently the risk in Australia is less than two per 100,000 people who get the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisa>on (ATAGI) has assured that AstraZeneca vaccine is safe for people who are over the age of 60 years.

"If you are aged 60 or older, you can book an appointment with your GP to access the vaccine that is available now. I would warn against wai>ng for other vaccines, as those vaccines may be intended for the younger popula>on or for those who have a specific contraindica>on to taking the AstraZeneca vaccine,” Dr Jalota said.

"COVID vaccina>ons are free, and if you have any concerns about your individual circumstances, I recommend making >me with your usual GP to discuss these," Dr Jalota said.

“During the winter months it is par>cularly important that we prac>se good hygiene, social distancing and wear masks when appropriate to limit the spread of COVID as well as common colds and flu. Seasonal influenza can lower a person's immunity and make them suscep>ble to other illnesses. I would recommend geWng the flu vaccine as well as the COVID vaccine as you can receive the two vaccines seven days apart,” Dr Jalota said.

To find the closest vaccina>on site, you can use the vaccine eligibility tracker on the Department of Health’s website.

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Reviving The Clyde - June 29th in BBay OzFish Invites The Community To Enjoy A Drink And Learn How They Can Make A Real Contribu>on To Reviving The Clyde.

Whether it be estuarine species, such as the well-targeted flathead or mulloway, or heading into the upper reaches for Australian Bass – the Clyde system fishes well all year round. It’s a beau>ful waterway, rich in marine life however following the Black Summer bushfire, floods and increased human pressures the waterway has been under growing stress. Fortunately, South East Local Land Services (SELLS) have been carrying out significant habitat restora>on projects in the area and now you can now be part of making a genuine difference and suppor>ng the fishery to not only survive but thrive.

The community is invited to come along to the “Revive the Clyde” evening to learn from leading scien>sts, fisheries and habitat experts and media personali>es to get the latest info on what’s being done and how the community can take the lead. Canapés will be provided, and drinks can be purchased from the bar. Cheers to that!

Please RSVP using this link to aPend and to help with catering and capacity. ( hPps://ozfish.org.au/event/reviving-the-clyde/ ) June 29 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm AEST Free Organisers, South East Local Land Services, OzFish Eurobodalla Chapter, Eurobodalla Shire Council Venue: Batemans Bay Soldiers Club beagle weekly : Vol 212 June 18th 2021

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Update regarding Nick Myhill The family of Nick Myhill who was involved in a freak accident on Sunday the 6th of June are extremely pleased to be able to update the public on Nick’s condi>on.

Vol 16 September 15th 2017 The family say 2018 "A9er eight very long days in a coma, Nick woke up on Monday.

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"Nick is communica>ng well with family and medical staff. He remembers what happened to him. At this stage we s>ll don't know what the future holds for Nick, or the extent of any permanent damage. However he is alive, awake and responsive , which is absolutely amazing considering what he has been through.

"We would like to thank the media and the general public for their support and prayers for Nick and our family during this awful >me.

"The Gofundme effort is doing amazingly and we are so apprecia>ve of all the dona>ons that have been made. We are s>ll a way from our goal amount, however the dona>ons to this point will go a long way to helping Nick in his recovery.

"We will provide further updates on Nick’s condi>on as we are able to in the coming weeks. For now we are enjoying having our beau>ful boy back and spending as much >me with him as we can, and looking forward to helping him celebrate his 19th birthday on the 27th of June, which only days ago we were not sure that he would see. Thank you to everyone for their ongoing support."

Background On Sunday 6th of June 2021, Nick (who is about to turn 19) and MaP were doing what they love. What they have done hundreds of >mes before.

Early morning fishing off the coast of their home town Narooma. Un>l a freak accident changed the course of their lives forever.

A whale surfaced from under the water, and landed on their boat. They had no warning and no idea the whale was nearby.

Both men suffered injuries, however Nick's were severe. He went into a coma, with a broken back, and severe head injuries. Now Nick's family need help. They are having to stay hours away from their home to be with Nick. Medical expenses will be a burden to them financially.

Nick comes from a family of extremely hard workers, and they have never asked anyone for help. This fund -raiser is to try and ease their stress financially at this >me, so they can concentrate on Nick. Nick himself was due to start a new job this week.

A close friend of Nick's mother and stepfather has set up a fundraiser to help them financially while they support Nick over the coming weeks and months.

hDps://gofund.me/61d5e4f1

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Burrill Lake Locals To Help Shape Highway Upgrade The Burrill Lake community is being invited to help shape the Princes Highway Corridor upgrade from the southern end of the Milton-Ulladulla Bypass through to the next stages of the upgrade as work powers to deliver Volahead 16 September 15thsafer, 2017 more reliable trips on the South Coast.

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said a bypass of Milton-Ulladulla is key to transforming journeys along the New South Wales South Coast.

“We know how important the Milton-Ulladulla Bypass is to the South Coast in alleviating congestion, particularly during holiday periods, but also in driving productivity and access to the region’s booming economy,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.

“Since 2019, the Federal Government has committed $900 million towards upgrading the Princes Highway Corridor in New South Wales, which includes $400 million to make the Milton\Ulladulla bypass a reality.”

NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said community input was pivotal to shaping a Princes Highway upgrade that would meet the needs of locals now and into the future.

“We’re confident that the preferred route for the Milton-Ulladulla Bypass – the corridor reserved in 2013 – still provides the best outcome for locals and those travelling through the area, taking more than twice the amount of traffic from the existing highway in the future compared to other options,” Mr Toole said.

“We know about 8 in 10 journeys stop or stay in the area which means the option that provides the most opportunities for connectivity back into town would deliver the best outcomes for congestion, safety, and liveability.

“It also works for the communities and businesses along the route, which have planned for this corridor for almost a decade, and ensures local connections into Milton and Ulladulla are maintained while we work with the community on the best design for the southern connection at Burrill Lake.

“We also recognise there are a range of views about how the proposed bypass should connect in to communities like Burrill Lake and Dolphin Point which is why we’re establishing a CoDesign Committee to allow community members to get down into the technical and engineering detail with the experts and help us identify the best outcome for that part of this gamechanging project.”

Senator for NSW Perin Davey said the Burrill Lake Co-Design Committee will bring together the community to go through the traffic data, the environmental analysis and the geological constraints and identify the best option for the southern end of the bypass.

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community preferred connection option,” Senator Davey said.

Vol 16 September 15th 2017 “They will be shown all 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 the data that Transport NSW has and is using to make its decisions, which can often make it clearer how complex the various factors are and help reconcile differing views in the community.”

State Member for South Coast Shelley Hancock said the work of the Burrill Lake Co-Design Committee will coincide with work being done under the Batemans Bay to Burrill Lake upgrade, which will complement the benefits this bypass will bring.

“We want to tap into the people who know this area best to ensure we get the highway upgrade this community deserves, with a focus on Burrill Lake and the southern connection of the Milton-Ulladulla Bypass,” Mrs Hancock said.

“We want to assure residents that the co-design process will not delay delivery and our timeframe for the bypass remains unchanged – but we want to make sure we take the time to get this right, as you only get one chance to build major infrastructure like this.

“A lot of people have different views on the project, but it’s important we come together to secure the best option to address the problems we have right now which include excessive congestion and safety issues in, and around, Milton and Ulladulla.”

For more information about how to be involved in the Burrill Lake Community Co-design Committee, visit nswroads.work/bl2bb.

To view a consultation summary report assessing the community’s feedback on the Milton Ulladulla bypass, visit nswroads.work/mub.

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Free microchipping for dogs and cats Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

Eurobodalla residents can have their pet microchipped for free on Saturday 3 July at a free microchipping day at Batehaven.

Pet owners can book in to bring their cat or dog to Corrigans Beach Reserve between 9am and 2pm to have their pet microchipped by Council rangers at no cost.

RSPCA representa>ves will be on hand to answer ques>ons about dog and cat care, provide free pet nail clipping and distribute discount desexing vouchers, which will be available to everyone who gets their pet microchipped.

Above: Council’s senior ranger John Gomez, Louise Webb and Chris ne Allen from the RSPCA, ranger Mitchell S rling and ranger Kelly-Ann Marshall at the 2018 free microchipping day in Moruya. The day will be held in Batehaven this year on Saturday 3 July.

Microchips are about the size of a grain of rice and when scanned reveal a unique iden>fica>on number, which can be linked to life>me pet registra>on.

Council’s senior ranger John Gomez said microchipping was the most reliable way to be reunited with your pet if they’re lost.

“Microchipping is the only way to permanently iden>fy your pet,” he said.

“In NSW all cats and dogs must be microchipped by 12 weeks of age or before being sold or given away, whichever happens first.

“It only takes a few seconds and it’s a safe and simple procedure that causes liPle discomfort to the animal.”

Bookings are essen>al for the free microchipping day and can be made with the RSPCA NSW Eurobodalla branch on 0429 488 200. Pet owners are asked to make sure dogs are on leads and cats are in carry cases.

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The Whale Inn And Restaurant Added To Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Merivale's NSW South Coast Portfolio Merivale has purchased The Whale Inn, a boutique hotel and restaurant in Narooma on the New South Wales South Coast.

A hidden gem in the heart of the Eurobodalla region, The Whale Inn boasts breathtaking views of the inlet and beaches. It is home to seventeen individually-appointed rooms and suites, as well as a laidback restaurant and bar.

Merivale has taken over the custodianship of the property from Matthew Deveson and Jen Houghton-Deveson, who owned and operated the beloved inn for 15 years.

Justin Hemmes, CEO of Merivale, said: "Matt was a true gentleman; a man of great kindness and dignity who truly loved Narooma and the wonderful people who call it home. It is an honour for us to continue Matt and Jen's legacy".

Hemmes has made no secret of his love for Narooma and the South Coast, with Merivale having recently announced the purchase of The Quarterdeck, a tiki bar set on the shores of Forsters Bay. "Narooma has become my second home and the backdrop to so many of my happiest memories with my family. I think it is one of the most beautiful spots in the world", he said.

Merivale will receive the keys to The Whale Inn this week. Accommodation will remain open, while the restaurant will close for a quick refresh, before opening again next month. Refurbishment plans for the property will be announced in due course.

In March 2021 Merivale acquired The Quarterdeck in Narooma making it Merivale's first hospitality venue outside Sydney.

Mr Hemmes said of Narooma "I think it is one of the most beautiful spots in the world, with a unique landscape, crystal clear waters and an amazing community of people who call it home. It has been an absolute privilege to spend so much time here over the past six years and I'm excited to now join the local business community".

"One of the silver linings to come out of the last year is a heightened appreciation for our own backyard, an excitement to explore our spectacular country and its coastline. We are so lucky to call Australia home".

"Set on the shores of Forsters Bay, The Quarterdeck has been an institution in the Eurobodalla community for decades. Originally an oyster grower's shed, it has been operating as a Tiki bar for the past twenty years."

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Moruya Bypass Poll – Which op3on do you prefer?

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selected as the preferred op>on. But the Moruya Chamber of Commerce would like to hear your thoughts and op>on on that.

An online poll has been created asking the community for their preferred op>on for the new Moruya bypass. All you have to do is select an op>on and click submit, nothing else.

hPp://bj2design.com/moruya-bypass-which-op>on-do-you-prefer/ Though it is s>ll only early days for the Poll it appears that the preferred route is the Purple by a nose.

Of interest is the con>nued ques>on of who pays for the future maintenance of the old bridge and the sec>on of highway that is bypassed? Will they become a council asset and a ratepayer burden?

The Beagle Trades and Business Directory provides local Trades and Businesses a free lis>ng in a hope that they might gain work from it, and con>nue to provide employment and economic benefit to their families and our communi>es. Adver>sing is usually outside the affordability of many smaller businesses and sole traders.

The Beagle supports locals. These lis>ngs are FREE. If you are a local business and would like to be listed please contact us as we o9en turn over these lis>ngs to give everyone a fair go.

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Coila Lake Opened : 2nd time in a year Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Marine Rescue7th, Tuross reports: 28 April December Vol 48 27th 20182017

"Coila Lake was opened to the sea again today. The spectacle was missed by many, as the poor weather conditions kept people indoors. But the dolphins didn’t miss it!

Twice in the same year: how often does that happen?"

Council is required to open the lake by its ICOLL Opening Policy when the lake reaches 2.0m in height as measured by Manly Hydrology.

A terrific initiative by the team at Visit Batemans Bay who are proactively promoting the town and those in it after Eurobodalla Council withdrew their Batemans Bay Visitor Centre This week Visit Batemans Bay introduces Mat Hatcher: There's not many people in the Bay that don't recognise our Chamber President and founder of the #visitbatemansbay movement. In the last 3 years alone, Mat has made an incredible contribu>on to improving our community and its future: - Named Eurobodalla Local Hero - Founded popular local ar>san coffee roaster Guerrilla Roasters - Founded the Bushfire relief group South Coast Dona>ons Logis>c Team - Raised $5k for NSW Rural Fire Service - Raised $5k for Cancer Council NSW at the 2020 Eurobodalla Dancing with the Stars - Currently President of the Batemans Bay Business and Tourism Chamber - Opened Narooma's waterside cafe Coral at The Marina - Hosted “Light up the Bay” at NYE - Commemora>ng 1 year since the catastrophic fires hit our town - Hos>ng Emergency Services Fun Day in July Mat's passion for advancing all of Eurobodalla is simply inspiring and we love that through Visit Batemans Bay we can bring more people from all over Australia to experience our slice of paradise. beagle weekly : Vol 212 June 18th 2021

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OUT NOW—your latest Beagle Abode : Eurobodalla’s Vol 16 September 15th 2017 leading real 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 estate guide The beagle abode is an online weekly Eurobodalla real estate guide showcasing the current Eurobodalla market and our many realtors.

The beagle abode is the new addi>on to the South Coast Beagle that owns The Beagle and the South Coast Travel Guide: The Nature Coast of NSW : from Durras to The Tilbas The Beagle Abode has been established to provide that service while also providing our readers with a glossy overview of latest proper>es on the market each week.

You can find Beagle Abode on the Beagle website under REAL ESTATE The latest Beagle Abode lis>ngs are also available each week as a FlipBook on the website and also distributed to readers via our social media pages and our twice weekly mailouts.

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community Extended Road Closure/Detour - George Bass Drive, Lilli Pilli The Eurobodalla Council have advised of a major road closure of George Bass Drive at Lilli Pilli from 7am, Monday 21 June un>l 24 September 2021, weather permiWng. The road will be closed between Vol 16 September 15thRoad 2017 and Denise Drive, Lilli Pilli. The closure will allow road realignment works to remove Grandfathers Gully 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 the >ght bends.

Commuters will need to use Tallgums Way and The Ridge Road to access George Bass Drive either side of the road closure. The detour will add approximately 2-3 minutes and 1km to trips where commuters are travelling between Surf Beach and Malua Bay. The detour will be speed limited to 50-60km per hour.

Travel in/out of Grandfathers Gully Road will be limited to George Bass Drive to the north.

Travel in/out of Denise Drive will be limited to George Bass Drive to the south. Commuters to/from Denise Drive and Lilli Pilli Road will be able to use Carramar Drive and Link Road to reach The Ridge Road and Tallgums Way. Commuters to and from Lilli Pilli should allow extra travel >me.

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Reading Gadfly 182 By Robert Macklin It is unfortunate – but not surprising – that Prime Minister Scott Morrison chose to conflate his continuing attack on China with the signing of the trade agreement between Australia and Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Britain that27th country’s first such deal since leaving the EU. 28 –April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 2018

The agreement is hardly earth-shaking – a few more British backpackers can come to Australia and in a few years there will be some noticeable tariff reductions to a few Australian exports. But the real impact of the deal is its symbolism. As former Foreign Minister Bill Hayden said, ‘in diplomacy, words are bullets’.

Alas, Scotty from Marketing’s words are the salesman’s pitch for votes in the next election. His language, when not the meaningless babble of tongues to some Pentecostal god, is the almost equally inchoate English of the excited marketeer. His sense of history is confined to the day before yesterday.

No so the Chinese. They take their history seriously. That apocryphal Chinese professor wasn’t joking when asked recently about the effect of Christianity’s arrival in Europe. His answer: ‘It’s too soon to tell’. Every succeeding Chinese Dynasty - which invariably gains power through violent uprising - rewrites the history of its predecessor to justify its Heaven-sent elevation to the Dragon Throne.

But some things they do get right. The present Communist Dynasty still burns over ‘the century of humiliation’ visited upon them in the 1800s by the European colonial powers led by Britain. And as I discovered in researching and writing my 2017 book, Dragon and Kangaroo – the shared history of Australia and China – our connection is a continuum from the crime against humanity that was the British opium wars.

Those attacks began in 1842, forcing the Chinese to open their ports to the influx of opium from Britain’s other big colony, India while at the same time it occupied the Australian continent by force of arms. To underline the connection, the Australian colonies not only targeted the Chinese miners from all other nationalities engaged in the great goldrush of the 1850s and 60s. They then federated and legislated a White Australia policy against the Chinese for the next 90 years.

Little wonder, perhaps, that they’re sensitive about the Anglo-Australianism that Morrison exemplifies.

None of the above is designed to excuse the latest stupidities of the Chinese leadership in seeking to ‘punish’ Australia for Morrison’s bullish blundering among the diplomatic niceties. Nor does it acquit the foolish ambitions of limited men in positions of great power and influence.

Xi Jinping is just such a man. As I wrote in Dragon. ‘[He rules] a massive population who have been denied the basic human rights of freedom of assembly and expression within a legal system subject to blatant political interference.

There is no more reason to believe that Xi is immune from Lord Acton’s iron law – that all power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely - than were his predecessors in the Communist dynasty or their imperial antecedents on the Dragon Throne.’

But it’s a sad quirk of history that at such a time Australia finds itself led by a man whom the Americans so mistrusted that they persuaded Boris Johnson to ‘crash’ the scheduled meeting with President Biden.

They knew that Bill Hayden’s warning also applied to images.

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A Dominant Character by Trevor Moore The radical science and restless poli>cs of JBS Haldane

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Atlan>c Books, ISBN 978-1-78649-281-4, 375 pp One thing about the current plague that rages around us is that we hear about gene>c sequencing and genome more frequently than we might wish. It is 20 years since the science journal Nature published the first dra9 of the human genome: the sequence of chemical “lePers” on the gene-bearing DNA of our chromosomes. In the years that have followed there has been much hype about what this sequencing might enable us to do. The Na>onal Human Genome Research Ins>tute even now calls the human genome project an effort to read “nature’s complete gene>c blueprint for building a human being” – the “book of instruc>ons” that “determine our par>cular traits”. According to this line of thinking, once we understand the human genome then everything will be hunky dory. We can tailor drugs to deal with anything. We can engineer our DNA to make us live forever. Of course, none of these things is par>cularly likely: my genome is unique to me. And it now appears that the genome does not contain a set of instruc>ons … not everything is programmed into our chromosomes.

Now, I know very liPle about all this but I had heard of a man called J B S Haldane because a poem he had wriPen appeared in an anthology that my Mother had given me many years ago. The poem begins: I wish I had the voice of Homer To sing of rectal carcinoma Which kills a lot more chaps, in fact That were bumped off when Troy was sacked …

I no>ced I was passing blood (Only a few drops not a flood) … and con>nues in like light-hearted vein for several more verses.

When it was published in The New Statesman in February 1964, it caused a bit of a furore. A9er all, one did not speak of these things in polite society. Which is, of course, rubbish. Not speaking of them just makes it all worse.

Quite by chance I saw a review of A Dominant Character by Samanth Subramanian review in the New York Times. I remembered the poem and bought it on a whim. And I am pleased I did for it is as well-wriPen a biography as you could wish. Its author, Samanth Subramanian, writes clearly and tells a story that is easy to grasp. His subject John Burdon Sanderson

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Reading - Dominant Character by Trevor Moore con nues Haldane was a gene>cist and seems to have been a man who grumpy, obnoxious, aPrac>ve, and humorous in possibly equal parts. He did not read science at university: he went to New College, Oxford. He went up on a mathema>cs Vol 16 September 15th 2017 scholarship but 7th, then switched to the wonderfully named “Greats” which is the 28 April December 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 study of Greek and Roman history and literature and philosophy. But the mathema>cs stayed with him, and he eased into gene>cs through sta>s>cs.

Jack Haldane - his full name was John Burdon Sanderson Haldane - was born in 1892 to a ScoWsh land-owning aristocra>c family. His father - who was known as J.S. - was a big influence on his life. J.S was a physiologist who was interested in oxygen and the mechanism of human respira>on. He was an experimenter and experimented on himself a trait that he passed on to his son. He made a box to test how the propor>on of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affected humans.

He even wrote a children's He got in the box having measured the propor>on of carbon dioxide at 0.03%. book.

He then gradually increased the propor>on of carbon dioxide un>l a9er 9 hours (in a box no less) with the level at 6.39% he asked to be let out and spent the next 36 hours in a fug of fa>gue. He experimented using Jack as a subject. When Jack was 13 his father was conduc>ng experiments on divers; liPle was understood about decompression and the bends, but young Jack was an eager par>cipant in some tests that nearly killed him. Far from killing him, however, they seem to have le9 him with a disregard for his own safety equal to that of his father.

Haldane was by any measure a remarkable man. When I look back at the figures of the early modern period say between the mid-17th and early 20th century - I am always amazed both at the connec>ons within some abroad discipline and at the breadth of endeavour that they embark upon. It seems today that our “experts” (and I use the quotes deliberately) know more and more about less and less to the extent that what they do know is either uninteres>ng to the layman or has to be hyped by the journalist.

Haldane was a polymath. He was also a communist and visited the then Soviet Union at least once. His faith in communism, or at least that variety prac>sed by Stalin, blinded him to the truth about the Soviet Union both in terms of its treatment of its people and the way in which Stalin tried to pervert science - and in par>cular gene>cs to his own ends. He was watched by MI5 during and a9er the Second World War. This led to some rather silly consequences - silly for MI5. As Subramanian tells us: “Haldane knew of a scien>st, he said, who watched fish all day and realised that some of them communicated through pulsa>ons. But the Navy clampdown on him; if fish could do it, so could submarines. He knew of another scien>st who studied the sex life of ex>nct fungi – ‘no interest to anyone but a dirty minded scien>st’ – except that some secre>on signaled the presence of oil in the beagle weekly : Vol 212 June 18th 2021

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Reading - Dominant Character by Trevor Moore con nues neighbourhood. The two became a state secret.

He was a popula>on gene>cist who was interested in the mechanics of natural selec>on and through his use of sta>s>cs in biology, was one of the founders of neo-Darwinism which aPempts to integrate Darwin’s Origin of the Species (published only 30-years before Haldan’s birth) and Gregor Mendel’s theory of gene>cs.

Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 He was caught up, and possibly infected by some of the prejudices of his class and of his >me, in the 1920s and 1930s debate on eugenics, a flawed idea that was nonetheless exploited by the Nazis and the United States. His views on this, though not extreme, would not be aPrac>ve to 21st century aWtudes and sensibili>es. Nonetheless, Arthur C. Clarke (as in 2001: A Space Odyssey) said that Haldane was the most brilliant science populariser of his genera>on.

When he knew he was dying, Haldane wrote that he hadn’t walked on the seafloor from England to France, but he had been wounded in war, known the love of two women, tried heroin and bhang, eaten stron>um chloride in an aPempt to change the acidity of his blood, and spent 48 hours in a miniature submarine. He damaged his spine from the convulsions brought on by his self-experiments, during the Second World War, inside decompression chambers filled with various gases, as he found ways to save submariners’ lives. He was an all-round unusual person and that’s what makes him so interes>ng.

There are, of course, many good biographies of great people. My favourite is David McCullough’s magisterial (and massive at 1100 pages) 2004 Truman. A Dominant Character is probably in my Top 10 Biographies; it weighs in at about 375 pages and prePy much every one of them has something you can learn from or laugh at or with. If you are into biographies and enjoy reading of people who are grouchy, who delight in provoca>on, and who are blunt to the point of hos>lity then this is a book for you.

Post script: If your appe>te is whePed by the gene>cs then there’s a wonderful book called A Monk and Two Peas: The Story of Gregor Mendel and The Discovery Of Gene cs by Robin Marantz Henig (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000, ISBN 0-297-64365-7).

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Reading—LeDer to the Editor The Beagle Editor, Once upon a >me, in a place overlooking a seemingly endless blue Vol 16 September 15th 2017Bay), a few ocean (let’s call7th, it The 28 April December Vol 48 27th 20182017 sePlers and holiday-makers built shelters to live in and told their friends.

Most liked the proximity to the sea and the sunshine – they started to call it Sunshine Bay. It was a good life but the sePlers were worried about the everpresent threat of fire. Some of them called themselves “volunteers” and built a shelter for which the greater powers of Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong (NSW for short) supplied some fire-ex>nguishing vehicles.

All was good. As the decades rolled by, though, the number of sePlers increased drama>cally and the fireshed as it became known was surrounded on all sides by adults, children and puppies which made geWng to and from the now-ageing shed a bit awkward, not to men>on a hazard.

The Powers-that-Be decreed that the fire-shed should be moved to a more logical place nearer the surf and the beach (let’s call it Surf Beach). They put some money aside in their budget to do that. They didn’t spend it, but put some money aside in the following year’s budget instead. Meanwhile, the Grand Council had a wonderful idea – what if we keep the sePlers off our backs with arts and swimming and stuff; we could build some great big pavilions and keep them all occupied.

“What will it cost?” asked some. “Don’t you worry about that” was the stern reply.

Then someone pointed out that the old fire-shed they had budgeted to move over successive years really DID need moving.

“Sorry” announced the Grand Council, “we really can’t afford that now, we have to pay for some shiny new pavilions!”

If there is a moral to this tale then it rests in the mind of the reader.

Name and address provided and not published for fear of reprisals from The Great Council.

The bicycle is the slow death of the planet.

General Director of Euro Exim Bank Ltd. got economists thinking when he said: "A cyclist is a disaster for the country's economy: he does not buy cars and does not borrow money to buy.

He does not pay for insurance policies. He does not buy fuel, does not pay for the necessary maintenance and repairs. He does not use paid parking. He does not cause serious accidents. He does not require mul>lane highways. He does not get fat.

Healthy people are neither needed nor useful for the economy. They don't buy medicine. They do not go to hospitals or doctors. Nothing is added to the country's GDP (gross domes>c product).

On the contrary, every new McDonald's restaurant creates at least 30 jobs: 10 cardiologists, 10 den>sts, 10 dietary experts and nutri>onists, and obviously, people who work at the restaurant itself."

Choose carefully: cyclist or McDonald's? It is worth considering.

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Reading—Moruya Books—Julie approved

The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld won the 2021 Stella Prize Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

A gothic tale of male violence against women set across three >me frames on the coast of Scotland.

An important and >mely read.

Julie highly recommends!

But not for the faint hearted....filled with rage and love.

The lives of three women weave together across four centuries in the dazzling book from Evie Wyld, winner of the Miles Franklin Award and the Stella Prize.

Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the Scottish mainland. And across the centuries the fates of three women are linked: to this place, to each other.

In the early 1700s, Sarah, accused of being a witch, flees for her life.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Ruth navigates a new house, a new husband and the strange waters of the local community.

Six decades later, the house stands empty. Viv, mourning the death of her father, catalogues Ruth’s belongings and discovers her place in the past – and perhaps a way forward.

Each woman’s choices are circumscribed, in ways big and small, by the men in their lives. But in sisterhood there is the hope of survival and new life. Intricately crafted and compulsively readable, The Bass Rock burns bright with anger and love.

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100 Years Ago— 18th June 1921 MAIN South Coast road to be altered to “The Princes Highway.”

BLOOD POISONING. – Mr. W. Lynch, J.P., of Mogo, is suffering from a blood poisoned arm, and is an outdoor Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, hospital.

2017 Vol 48 27thlocal 2018 pa0ent of the SUDDEN ILLNESS. – While a3ending the Poultry Club’s Cinderella on Saturday night, the Secretary, Mr. H. P. Jeffery, was suddenly seized with a giddiness, and the promp0tude of Mr. Dal Irwin who caught him, saved him from a nasty fall. The symptoms were so alarming, the pa0ent in a few minutes becoming delirious, that medical aid was sought. Mr. Jeffery was removed to his sister’s (Mrs. Seldon) home, where he remained in as state of delirium for an hour. A9er a few day’s rest we are pleased to state Mr. Jeffery recovered from his sudden indisposi0on.

HARD TIMES. – Many papers are finding it hard to keep going. Since 1913 over 180 newspapers have closed down or changed hands. The latest to put up the shu3ers is an old-established, one-0me daily paper in prosperous Lismore, where a fine plant is now for sale cheap.

NARROW ESCAPE. – Inspector Wilson, of the Schools Department, was motoring down the mountain to Nelligen at the beginning of last week when his car ran wide, and a9er moun0ng the bank at the side of the road turned over and pinned him to the ground. Luckily, Mr. Wilson escaped injury, and a9er being released and his car righted again, he con0nued to Nelligen.

CAUTION. – Teamsters and others are cau0oned by the Shire Council in this issue against carrying heavy loads over any public road during or immediately a9er wet weather.

PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. – Someone has truly remarked that money can do a lot for a man – but it won’t do as much as some men will do for money.

It is very difficult to get stupid people to change their opinions, for they find it so hard to get an idea that they don’t like to lose one.

Vulcan Street Moruya

Dr. Page, M.H.R., says he favors the subdivision of the States with greater local governing powers, and to abandon our present ostrich-like system of Government.

EUROBODALLA SHIRE. – Correspondence: From John McMillan, Narooma, re drowning of his two horses at Narooma ferry. The Clerk was instructed to write and inform Mr. McMillan that the Council regrets the accident, but does not accept any responsibility for same. From War Trophy commiPee, Bergalia, asking permission to erect a building for their trophy on the unused road between the school and the store. From Na>onal Roads Associa>on, re altera>on of the “Main South Coast Road” to “The Prince’s Highway.” The Clerk was instructed to make the necessary arrangements. From Bateman’s Bay Progress Associa>on, asking: (1) That the gazePal of the urban area and installa>on of a pan sanitary service be expedited. (2) That the maPer of a water supply for township be again considered. (3) That a culvert or crossing be constructed on the Beach road, near the Hanging Rock.

Extracted from the Moruya Examiner by the Moruya and District Historical Society Inc. h>ps:// www.mdhs.org.au

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Reading—A beer with Baz

A Beer with Baz. Not quite a Quiet Australian Before Mick could land the schooners on the bar table, Bazza was straight to the point.

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‘The deten>on of the Biloela family breaks my heart. What sort of a callous, ……….’

Mick raised a finger to cut Bazza off.

‘On these maPers, Bazza, I like to call myself a QUIET AUSTRALIAN. Now, do you reckon the Maroons will come back in game two State of Origin?’

Bazza leaned forward.

‘Quiet Australian eh? A quiet bloody Australian. I’ll give you quiet Australian.’

Bazza face reddened and his boPom lip quivered.

‘When did it become QUITE AUSTRALIAN to lock up kids? When did it become QUITE AUSTRALIAN to deny people a life in a community that welcomes them?

There is nothing QUITE AUSTRALIAN about this lack of humanity. It’s just a QUIET AUSTRALIA that lets the government get away with this.’

The public bar went silent and Mick’s eyes darted either way as the bar aPendant mo>oned Bazza to lower his voice.

‘I need to be a quiet Australian eh? Pass me that bloody typewriter doovalacky. I’m going to work out how to send one of those email thingummyjigs.’

For the next twenty minutes Bazza two finger typed an email on the laptop to the Hon. Alex Hawke, Minister for Immigra>on at alex.hawke.mp@aph.gov.au.

Have a beer with Baz at john.longhurst59@gmail.com PS : you can ring the Minister for Immigra on and have a chat on (02) 9899 7211 or (02) 6277 7770.

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Heading Further South?

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All the known gigs to date: Jun 18th - Etan Parlato at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Jun 19th - Etan Parlato at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Jun 19th - Dave Nolan at JJs at the Marina Jun 19th - Chris Parrello @>lbavalley Jun 19th - Joe Quennell – Tuross Club (7pm) Jun 19th - Dave Ferrante at the Tomakin Social Club

Jun 20th - Intensity – Bodalla Dairy Shed (12.30pm) Jun 20th - Eurobodalla Live Music at the Moruya Golfy Jun 20th - Sunday Session w/ Minnie and The Moonrakers at JJs Marina from 12 -5pm Jun 25th - Roddy Reason – Moruya Golf Club (6.30pm) Jun 26th -Steve Mar>n – Tuross Club (7pm) Jun 26th – Suede Cats at Club Catalina Jun 26th - Casey Greene and MaP Fraser at JJs at the Marina Jun 26th - Jamie Parkinson at the Tomakin Social Club July 3rd - The Affinity Quartet present an a9ernoon concert of quartets by Mozart and Mendelssohn Saturday 3 July 2021 at 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM -St Paul's Anglican Church Tilba St, Narooma

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cinema A personal journey to find hope, The Weather Diaries has been organised by climate ac>on group 350 Eurobodalla to screen at Narooma's Kinema at 6.30 pm on June 23rd.

The film maker Kathy Drayton will join the audience for a Q & A at Vol September 15th 2017 the16end of the film.

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Ranging in >me from the fruit bats in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens to the bushfires of 2019 -2020, The Weather Diaries is a personal and poli>cal feature documentary about a mother and her daughter's concern for the climate and each other.

The daughter, now performing as the musician 'Lupa J', composes and performs incredible music throughout and the film culminates during the bushfires in 2020.

Kathy Drayton says, “A deeply personal film, The Weather Diaries works within the tradi>ons of contempla>ve, poe>c documentary to record the anguish and growing sense of unreality around raising a child as ex>nc>on rates accelerate and the threat of catastrophic climate change grows more imminent.

It tracks my daughter Imogen’s path as a musician through her teen years, as I wrestle with how best to raise a child for a future I think could be far bleaker than mine was at the same age.

In its focus on the beauty to be found in everyday life and our local environments, the personal, the power of dreams and stories and music in our lives, and people working directly or indirectly with climate change, The Weather Diaries supports a modest hope, one that doesn’t shy away from grieving the losses we’re already suffering, but a realis>c hope that with crea>vity, determina>on, and contribu>ng in our various ways to the protec>on of the lives we love, we can make a difference.”

Check the trailer here: hPps://fan-force.com/screenings/the-weather-diaries-narooma-kinema/

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cinema Narooma Kinema are extremely excited to announce our July Film Society - Screening the cri>cally acclaimed film 'My Name is Gulpilil' which has 100% on RoPen Tomatoes!

"My Name is Gulpilil is on another level: so sublimely made, so humane, so elegant in construc>on" - The

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July 1st at 6:30PM for 7PM Start, Drinks & Nibbles prior to the film. Book >ckets over the phone (4476 2352) or at the Candy Bar.

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Interna3onal ar3st on exhibi3on at the Bas Vol 16 September 15th /2017 Travelling / Leaving Se>ling Scotland, Korea, 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Australia is on exhibi>on at the Bas to Sunday 13 June.

The Bas is at the corner of Vulcan and Campbell Streets, Moruya, and is open Tuesday-Sunday, 10am -4pm.

Right: Yvonne Boag, Sound of Gangseo-gu, 2016, Acrylic on linen, 130 x 162cm. Image courtesy of the ar st.

BASIL SELLERS ART PRIZE RETROSPECTIVE - OPENING NIGHT  

Fri 25th Jun 2021, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Campbell St, Moruya NSW 2537

‘Retrospec>ve’ is a reflec>on of the pres>gious Basil Sellers Art Prize which showcases talented regional ar>sts.

The Basil Sellers Art Prize Retrospec>ve, is an exhibi>on showcasing the event's history highligh>ng the idea of looking back to honour the many ar>sts who have vied for this illustrious prize.

Despite a backdrop of crises that plagued 2020, the largest number of entries to date was received from ar>sts across NSW and the ACT. The major prize of $20,000 was awarded to Peter MaPhew Yates for his portrait aptly >tled, Connec on, which according to judge Daniel Soma "interpreted the current social climate very clearly, with an honest depic>on of our new and strange ways of communica>ng."

Local Moruya ar>st, Raewyn Lawrence captured a moment of quiet, a9er the horror and devasta>on of the bushfire season with her entry Smoke.

The Basil Sellers Art Prize Retrospec>ve exhibi>on will be on at the Basil Sellers Exhibi>on Centre from 26 June to 8 August, 2021.

The main event image features The 2020 Basil Sellers Art Prize, Eurobodalla prize winner; Raewyn Lawrence, Smoke, 2020, oil on canvas, 76 x 91cm.

The 2020 Basil Sellers Art Prize, major prize winner; Peter MaPhew Yates, Connec on, 2020, oil on linen, 34 x 24cm.

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arts Crea ve Arts Batemans Bay Inc (CABBI) is exhibi ng at their Gallery in Mogo, pain ngs 2D and 3D artworks of their members, featuring Lyn Woolridge during the period to 26th July, 2021 “The Shape of Water” Award winning15th Malua Vol 16 September 2017Bay Ar>st Lyn Woolridge has worked in many 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 mediums and has twice been featured in the Australian Ar>st Magazine.

Her current pain>ngs have a recurring theme which can be summed up by the phrase – “The Shape of Water” Her pain>ngs are inspired by living close to the sea and by the rivers and creeks which are part of her daily world. Some focus on the way the water moves. Others are inspired by the reflec>ons in the water and wet sand on a s>ll day or the ripples formed by a light breeze.

Another recurring focus of her work is the way light changes the way we see our natural world. These flee>ng moments where the wave becomes transparent or the surface of the rock glows.

Her award winning pain>ngs hang in many homes and collec>ons in Australia, Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China.

Lyn’s pain>ngs can be seen at “The Gallery” Mogo, at 2/52 Sydney Street, Mogo. She also regularly exhibits in local and regional exhibi>ons and welcomes commissions.

Further examples of her work can be seen on her Website www.lynwoolridgeart.com

"It is wonderful to once again be touring our Shire with our latest play", said Moruya Red Door Theatre President Anthony Mayne.

A9er an 18 month break we could all do with a laugh. So "Love on the Run" will present two one act plays, The Reluctant Bride by Jo Denver, & Love or Nearest Offer, by Hugh O'Brien ('with permission by Maverick Musicals'). Two comedies/farces centred around rela>onships.

"We launched Red Door Theatre in 2016 as an inclusive ensemble. Rather than audi>ons, we work with the community who want to experience theatre, be it on stage, backstage or front of house. We have been fortunate to have a number of very experienced and talented actors suppor>ng our newer members. And talking of experience, our latest plays are directed by the wonderful Phil Barr and Mary Kell; both gi9ed actors and directors. We are excited that our tour will this year include Tuross Head and the Murrah Hall, in addi>on to performing at Broulee, Moruya and Narooma.

The venues & dates:Kyla Park, Tuross. 3 July 7.30pm Murrah Hall 10 July 7.00pm Narooma Kinema, 11 July 2.00pm (TBC) St Peter's Anglican College Broulee 17 July 7.00pm & 18 July 2.00pm Moruya Golf Club 24 July 7.00pm & 25 July 2pm Moruya Golf Club, 25/07/21, 2.00pm beagle weekly : Vol 212 June 18th 2021

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Council to endorse selected sculptures for the new BBay pool and theatre Council is commissioning public artworks as part of the $69 million Batemans Bay Regional Aquatic, Arts Vol September 15th project.

2017 and16Leisure Centre The overall cost of the artwork is estimated to be $238,318 and the funds will 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 be drawn for the overall $69 million project budget.

The indicative project budget for the artworks was to have been $200,000 however, it is now proposed to adopt a budget variation of $38,318 to meet the costs of the recommended artworks. This cost will be met from within the overall Batemans Bay Regional Aquatic, Arts and Leisure Centre project budget.

Artists were offered the choice of offering a single piece for either the theatre forecourt or the western forecourt (main entrance). Artists were encouraged to consider submitting two responses that linked the artwork to both the theatre forecourt and the western forecourt, thus compelling visitors to examine and explore the story that ties the two pieces together. The Expression of Interest (EOI) process was the first stage of a two-stage process.

Above: Fenella Richards' artwork entitled The objective of the EOI process was to identify and pre ‘Emergence’ -register a number of respondents who would then be provided with an opportunity to develop their concept.

Five artists were shortlisted from a field of over twenty and invited to submit a final concept. The five shortlisted artists presented their final concepts to the panel members on 12th of May 2021.

Fenella Richards from Everlon with her artwork entitled ‘Emergence’ (above right) was the selected piece for the theatre forecourt.

This work was inspired by the form of bird eggs in the local area.

Council offer in the report to be voted on next week recommending the acceptance of the selected concept designs for Batemans Bay Regional Aquatic, Arts and Leisure Centre, saying of Emergence by artist Fenella Richards from Everlon "The work is comprised of a number of ‘eggs’ that can be laid at different angles to reveal their unique designs. This artwork links with the theme of the wetlands and encapsulates the abundant collection of The real runners and one dog. colourful and artistic imagery of wildlife.

"The overall form of the artwork uses a light aggregate concrete which compliments the materiality of the building and also links into the breakwaters across the Shire. Within each of the ‘eggs’ would be a laser-cut

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The concept proposed was based Vol 16 September 15th 2017encourages around a rockpool 28 April December 7th, that 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 people to sit together, in direct contact with the artwork.

The report to Council advises "The looping shape of the work enables up to ten people to sit on and appreciate the artwork. The Above: Cathy Drew from McClelland and Drew with her overall design of the artwork aligns well with artwork entitled ‘Rockpool’ (below) was the selected piece for the ideas of place and community that were the western forecourt (main entrance). key components of the initial design of the building. The proposed artwork will amplify this as well as becoming a real talking point for the precinct. The artwork fits the overall brief very well as it provides artwork that is large enough to create an impact but also brings an intimacy of scale."

"One other key component of the design was the use of programmable lighting that creates a tidal effect with a slow rising and falling of internal lighting projecting onto the surrounding ground plane. Overall, the proposed artwork has strong historical and cultural links and demonstrated strong links against the original artist brief."

The artworks will require minimal maintenance. The main requirement will be the replacement of the LED lighting on an ‘as required basis’. The rockpool artwork will require a protective coating to be re-applied on a recurring ten-year cycle.

Both artworks were reviewed by the Public Arts Advisory Committee made up of community representatives, councillors and Council officers.

The report states that the Public Arts Advisory Committee were unanimous in their support to accept the selected concept designs for the Bay Pavilions. Upon Council endorsement, the artists will be contracted and work on the respective artworks will commence. Both artworks are scheduled to be in place prior to the formal opening of the Batemans Bay Regional Aquatic, Arts and Leisure Centre in early 2022 by the next Mayor and newly elected councillors.

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Big field set to start the AMH Automotive Group Rally of the Bay Almost 60 entries have so far been received for the 2021 AMH Automotive Group Rally of the Bay, less Volthan 16 September 15th 2017 a week after entries were officially opened for the popular event based in the Eurobodalla Shire, on 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

the NSW South Coast.

The event has a maximum field of 90 and with many outright contenders on the list, the rally is going to be a spectacular show with several teams capable of winning.

The rally will be the second round of the MTA NSW Rally Championship, after the Bega Rally was forced to postpone its event in June. The event will also be a promotional round of the Motorsport Australian Rally Championship (ARC). It is expected that many ARC teams will use the event as a test before their next championship round gets underway in Tasmania later in the year.

The list of outright contenders for the NSW Rally Championship is headed by former Australian Rally Champion and 2019 East Coast Classic Rally Series winner Nathan Quinn with Ray Winwood-Smith in the Co-driver’s seat. Quinn won the opening round of the NSW series and will be looking to make it two in a row.

Another contender for victory in the NSW Series is Richie Dalton and Dale Moscatt in a Neal Bates Motorsport Toyota Yaris AP4. The pairing from Sydney have won the event in the past and will be looking to improve their 2nd outright position in the NSW Championship.

Whilst Chris Higgs is yet to enter the rally, it is expected that he and co-driver Steve Fisher will be lined up at the start to defend and improve on their third outright position in the NSW Championship. Higgs will be driving his Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 6 and is just 3 points behind Dalton.

Other teams capable of winning the NSW Championship component of the event include Tom Clarke and Ryan Preston in a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 and last year’s champions Tony Sullens and Kaylie Newell in a Subaru WRX. The AMH Automo>ve Group Rally of the Bay is set to take place on Saturday the 17th of July in the forests surrounding Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast. The first car will be flagged away from Corrigan’s Beach Reserve in Batehaven at 8:45am

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Herb Muriwai Masters The Wet Condi3ons To Win Tuross Vets Stableford Event Vol 16 September 15th 2017

28four December 7th,registered 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 Fi9y players for the Tuross Head Veteran Golfers Single Stableford event on Wednesday 16 June 2021. Unfortunately the course was suffering from recent rains, and scores on the day generally reflected this. Winner on the day was Herb Muriwai who mastered the condi>ons and beat home the field with a fine score of 21 points. Runner up was Peg NeveP with a score of 18 points, bea>ng home Julie Barningham and Robert McKirdy with the same scores on count back.

Vets Captain Ian Miller congratula>ng Herb on his win

Minor prizes were awarded to Kevin Reilly with 18, Terry Challender and Leonie Snodgrass on 17, Ross Hendy, Barry Hoban and Peter McRae with 16, and in a seven way count back, Ian Manton, Paul Coffey, Chris WraPen, Ian WraPen and Rick Brake all on 15. Warren Hodder struggled with the condi>ons and took out the infamous Bradman award. Nearest the pins went to Bruce Mar>n on the 4th, Steve Collins on the

Tuross Head Ladies Golf This week, Tuesday Ladies Golf was of a different nature as the ladies played in a two-person 4 BBB compe>>on kindly sponsored by Tuross Singers The winning couple were Dorothy Madden and Jenny Reilly. Second place on a countback went to Leonie Snodgrass and Jennifer Gray.

Balls went to JeanePe Miller and Chris WraPen, AnnePe Manton and Shirley Quinlan and Pauline Nash and Judy McCarthy.

Nearest the pin winners went to Leonie Snodgrass and Marilyn Bingham.

Next week will be a stroke and puP 5th Medal Round sponsored by G and L Rogers. Tuross Ladies Golf Pennant Team has won the Zone 3 (Northern) Coastal Zone Division compe>>on The Pennant finals will be held against other zones at Bermagui on Friday 25 June. beagle weekly : Vol 212 June 18th 2021

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Broulee Runners June 16th 2021 The rain started to fall right on

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this weeks run, this made for a muddy, slippery track.

We welcomed Gijs Vonk, who is visi>ng the area, to his first run with the group. It was nice to see Simon Wall join us in person, Simon who lives in Canberra has ran with the group for many years and regularly sends in his virtual >me to be recorded.

Congratula>ons go to Tino Lopres> and Daniel Greenway on accomplishing impressive PB’s on a tough course.

Tonight we celebrated the 30th run of Daniel Greenway and presented him with his Broulee Runners shirt.

The new shirt seemed to do wonders with Daniel’s >me and he achieved an impressive PB, he is pictured with his father Andrew (above).

The Greenway family are great supporters of the event with brother James and mother Natalie having accumulated 137 runs between them. A special men>on to all our young runners who have par>cipated in the regional Cross Country events held last week in Sydney.

From tonights run we had Tino Lopres>, Alexis Carver and Lilly McIntosh who all achieved fantas>c results.

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sports CATALINIA LADIES GOLF – Results 16 June 2021 A con>nuous downpour of rain over Monday night, Tuesday morning resulted in a water-logged golf Vol 16 September 15th 2017 course over the7th, past couple of days. The men’s 28 April December Vol 48 27th 20182017 Tuesday compe>>on was cancelled and despite the burst of winter sunshine over most of Wednesday, pools of water, mud and flooded bunkers remained during the women’s compe>>on. Fi9y -two ladies par>cipated in today’s Stableford event; the results as follows.

Division 1 1st

Jo Taylor (12) 36 points,

2nd Colleen Day (18) 34 points, 3rd Margaret Dickinson (7) 34 points

Nearest the Pin: Kathy Roe – Hole 7 Division 2 1st

Grace Ting (32) 40 points, 2nd Sue Demamiel (25) 38 points, 3rd Angela Beare (30) 34 points

Nearest the Pin: Wendy Hardy – Hole 23 Division 3 1st LorePa Thornton (45) 37 points, 2nd Helen Bunsell (36) 35 points, 3rd Michelle MatcheP (43)35 points Nearest the Pin: Liz Faith – Hole 25 Place GeDers: Fourteen Ladies who scored 30 points (on a count-back) managed to win a ball.

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sports Your UP TO DATE Fishing report courtesy of Tackle World Moruya River. last weeks VolWith 16 September 15thrain, 2017the river again is running dirty.

28 April December 7th, 2017 VolThis 48 27th 2018 has again narrowed the window on fishable, or fish producing areas. Look towards the bottom of the system again. Preddy’s wharf, the airport flats etc.

There have been good numbers of salmon in the lower sections of the system, that are providing lots of fun for anglers on light gear. Mixed in with them, there have all been reasonable numbers of tailor also.

The dirty water looks like it will be around for the foreseeable future, given the rain forecast for this weekend.

Tuross River.

The story for Tuross has been the same as Moruya this last week. Dirty water is the driving factor affecting the fishing. Try the potato point side of the lower part of the river for flathead and bream. The boat shed area’s also have the chance to find the odd flathead, estuary perch or bring lurking in the deeper holes.

Again, the upper sections have been inundated with fresh dirty water.

Coila lake has been showing signs of a few nice bream also this last week.

Rock and beach.

This is where all the action has been reported this last week. With good sized salmon, healthy tailor, good bream and drummer all being reported this week. There is a nice gutter about 100m north of the Moruya breakwall that is producing all but the drummer. Ganged pilchards slowly retrieved, is working on the tailor and salmon. With the drummer coming from the ledges, or even the rocky corners that mix with the sand of the beach. Beach worms are accounting for good numbers of the drummer and the bream in these mixed ground areas. While off the rocks, cunjie or peeled prawns are working for the drummer.

One switched in angler has been getting nice tailor on a high tide during the middle of the day on small metal blade style lures just cast into the white water on the local beaches.

The beaches and rock ledges are the best chance of finding fish this weekend and next week. Just be sure to make sure that the swell conditions are favourable if you are going to fish from the stones.

Offshore.

The Malua Bay fishing club had their Snapper comp on last weekend. The turn out was good given the less than ideal conditions on the weekend, with some nice fish being caught, and competition was hot for the $1000 biggest fish prize.

With that being said, snapper and flathead continue to dominate the catches this last week. Look in the magic 30-40m mark this week.

There has been a flurry of tuna activity with several nice yellowfin tuna being caught out of the bay this last week. Fish to around 60kgs have been reported.

If you are feeling the cold, maybe come in and have a look at our range of Daiwa hooded jumpers that have landed in store this week.

Stay safe everyone and remember, “Every days a good day for fishing…”

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