Beagle Weekender Vol 219 August 6th 2021

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editorial Welcome to this week’s editorial, In a normal year there might be discussion around the Australian Census. But 2021 is a long way from normal.

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28 April December 7th,is2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Census 2021 night August 10th. Every five years, the Australian Bureau of Sta9s9cs counts every person and household in Australia. They call this the Census of Popula9on and Housing.

Australian Bureau of Sta9s9cs tells us that: “The Census is the most comprehensive snapshot of the country and tells the story of how we are changing.”

They tell us that Governments and businesses use the information to make important decisions about transport, schools, health care, roads and buildings and to help plan local services for individuals, families and communities.

They say knowing the number of people living in regional and remote areas shows where doctors are needed and understanding how many babies are born in a local community links Australians to the community services they need.

The Census is designed to compare apples with apples. But 2020/2021 is more of a lemon and the comparisons will mean li=le as we look at capturing the data of one of the biggest upsets the Australian Bureau of Sta9s9cs could imagine.

As it is a Census of Popula9on and Housing the numbers will hopefully measure the mass exodus from Metropolitan to Regional. It will provide evidence that the Eurobodalla has swollen over the last year. It will provide the figures to support the outcry that we have a popula9on that is not being met by affordable housing, is not being met by health services, schools, transport and all the other measures that a census takes.

The census might also document how many of our popula9on are on fixed incomes, how many are living hand to mouth, how many are struggling with rent and u9li9es. It might also measure how many have leA the area because of the financial struggles of bushfires, floods and Covid.

Maybe the Census might provide evidence of how many babies are born in the area so that those who have decided to reduce maternity beds in the as yet to be built new hospital might reconsider. Maybe they might also reconsider the glaring need mental services.

The figures might also allow us to lobby once again for the promised radiology service promised to the South East that has since been withdrawn because “we don’t have the popula9on” and we can all drive to Canberra, Nowra or Goulburn.

Be sure to do your Census. Tell THEM who you are. Tell THEM what you need and BE COUNTED. Remember that consultants told Council we don’t need a 50m pool because there aren’t enough of us and we are the wrong demographic and our Health providers have responded saying that we don’t yet meet their popula9on matrix for local provision of care, sugges9ng we go elsewhere. Both use Census data. To them we are numbers. On August 10th make your voice count and remind them that YOU are not a NUMBER. Un9l next—lei beagle weekly : Vol 219 August 6th 2021

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Early Work For South Batemans Bay Link Road Project Motorists on the South Coast can look forward to safer journeys with early work to begin next week on the $30 million South Batemans Bay Link Road project.

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said the project will create a safer and more efficient connec9on between South Batemans Bay and the Princes Highway.

“The work will deliver a new roundabout and new lanes on the Princes Highway as well as linking Glenella Road,” Mr Toole said.

“This project will take pressure off Beach Road, relieve conges9on in the Batemans Bay CBD and support future growth.”

Member for Bega Andrew Constance said the project will provide a much needed economic s9mulus to the South Coast, which is s9ll dealing with the ongoing effects of COVID-19 and its bushfire recovery.

“Most importantly, the project will support 30 jobs, as well as increase access and capacity to support future growth for all our South Coast villages,” Mr Constance said.

“We’ve listened to the feedback from the community and design plans will be released shortly, with major work due to begin by October.”

Early work, including moving water and telecommunica9ons u9li9es to allow construc9on to start, will begin on Wednesday 11 August and will have minimal impacts on road users.

Transport for NSW will con9nue to keep the community informed as they move into the next stage of the project.

To learn more about the project visit the project webpage at nswroads.work/sbblr

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Rotary applauds Cobargo BlazeAid volunteers Vol 16 September 15th 2017

28 April December 7th,volunteers 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Cobargo BlazeAid enjoyed the hospitality of Narrandera and Narooma Rotary Clubs at Cobargo Hotel on Thursday night.

“We’re all so grateful for the job you amazing Above: Narooma Rotary President Andrew Lawson at the dinner BlazeAid people are doing,” said Narooma for Cobargo BlazeAid volunteers on Thursday sponsored by Rotary President Andrew Lawson of Wandella.

Narrandera and Narooma Rotary Clubs.

“What you’re doing really epitomizes this year’s Rotary theme of ‘Serve to Change Lives’.”

Cobargo BlazeAid coordinator Peter Provost of Albany said their volunteers have clocked up 102,000 man hours since early 2020, mainly fencing proper9es in areas burnt by the bushfires. They hope to finish in December.

“The Cobargo camp peaked last year at 100-120 people and 666 volunteers have passed through,” Mr Provost said.

“At the moment we have 15 volunteers; six live in the BlazeAid camp and the others are locals who do a few days a week. Some have been involved since day one. What we all get from helping in this way is the sa9sfac9on from helping people in their recovery as well as enjoying the camaraderie.

“For some property owners, just having their fencing redone somehow seems to kick them into gear and help them move on from the fires.”

Since the start, feeding everyone has been a mammoth effort with some food and meals provided by various community groups, par9cularly Tilba and Cobargo CWAs, as well as contribu9ons such as Thursday’s dinner

by Rotary.

[The Australian Bureau of Sta s cs values 102,000 volunteer hours at $4.26m.]

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George Bass Surf Marathon 2022 POSTPONED Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

The George Bass Commi=ee met on Monday, 2nd August 2021, and as a result have made the decision to postpone the GBM2022.

This decision has been made in consulta9on with several key stakeholders, with the current COVID-19 situa9on in mind the Commi=ee’s decision was unanimous.

With the uncertainty around movement across Australia and New Zealand we cannot guarantee the safety of our compe9tors, their families and support teams, our Officials and each of our respec9ve Communi9es.

Several other factors were taken into considera9on: - sudden, lockdowns, border closures and enforced quaran9ne - COVID-19 compliance – considera9on of public health order around sport and events - Lack of training, many of you have been unable to train for in the past year - Square meter restric9on campgrounds eg. at this point Tathra Country Club can only accommodate 70 - Campground facili9es – rostering 9mes for everyone to use them, cleaning etc - Presenta9ons - numbers of persons able to a=end venues is extremely limited or non-existent - And selfishly, the Far South Coast region has had very li=le exposure to COVID-19 and with the introduc9on of the large numbers of persons from the mul9tude of regions we were expec9ng to a=end the GBM2022, the risk to our community, which has limited respiratory resources, is considerable.

We are also highly aware that many crews journeyed to the Far South Coast for the GBM2020 did so at great personal and financial expense only to have the event cancelled due to the bushfire emergency. We wish to avoid having to cancel it again and would much prefer to welcome you all back for a well-supported event, with high par9cipa9on in all divisions and training regimes at their peak.

As a commi=ee we have worked hard for the past 18 months to make the GBM2022 event something extra special aAer the bushfires and we share the disappointment that many of you will be feeling, we thank you for your understanding. We are also aware that some of you may not agree with our decision, we will not enter any debate regarding this ma=er.

Stay well. Yours in Surf Lifesaving Sue Hunt On behalf of the George Bass Marathon Commi2ee

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Judge Announced For River Of Art Prize Ar9st and educator, Professor Denise Ferris, will be this year's judge of the River of Art Prize.

Vol 16 of September 15th 2017 of art and design un9l last year, Denise Head the ANU's 28 April December 7th,school 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 will be the sole judge for this year's compe99on. As head of the school and as a con9nuing member of the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools as well as the Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Crea9ve Art, Denise contributes to the development of visual art, craA and design ter9ary educa9on in Australia.

Living on the Monaro in the high country of NSW, Denise is a photographer and advocate for inclusive educa9on and culture, which recognises art and design as invaluable social ac9on and cri9cal knowledge.

Co-chairs of the River of Art Fes9val, Di Jay and Vicki Lascelles, are delighted that Denise has agreed to be the judge.

"This compe99on is a major highlight of our fes9val. We are delighted that Denise with her extensive experience and exper9se has agreed to be the art prize judge. We're hoping for a record number of entries.," Di said.

Professor Denise Ferris, former head of the ANU’s School of Art and Design

"While many of last year's works highlighted the impact of the region's bushfires, we're expec9ng a COVID-theme to run through this year's entries." Vicki added.

Ar9sts across all media, from within and beyond the region, are encouraged to submit their work for this year's prize. The deadline for entries has been extended to midnight, Sunday 22 August. All work must be submi=ed electronically via a digital image of the work, using the online applica9on form which can be found on the fes9val’s website, www.riverofart.com.au. The cost of entry is $40 per work. Artworks must be the original, unassisted work of the entrant, completed within one year of the exhibi9on date and not previously exhibited.

Around 25 shortlisted works will appear in the River of Art Prize exhibi9on to be held at Gallery Narooma run

by SoART. Ar9sts whose work is not shortlisted will be invited to exhibit their submi=ed artwork in the Salon de Refusés at Narooma’s School of Arts’ studios. Both exhibi9ons will run throughout the fes9val.

Now in its 16th year, the 2021 River of Art Fes9val will run from 17 to 26 September. Apart from the art prize, the fes9val will feature 119 events and ac9vi9es. The big favourites will include Open Studios, REVIVE public art, Art on Parade, music gigs and workshops ranging from poetry and wri9ng family histories through to weaving and bicycle repair.

A fabulous new event is the Wa=le Walk - a collabora9on between the University of Wollongong and the Eurobodalla Botanical Gardens. This will be an all-day event at the gardens featuring a walk of kni=ed wa=le represen9ng renewal as well as an exhibi9on by the renowned wood workers group, Splinters as well as performances by the Eurobodalla Chamber Orchestra and the Thugs Ukulele Band.

The full program for the fes9val can be found on the River of Art website at www.riverofart.com.au

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New Tresillian Family Care Centre And Gidget House For Eurobodalla Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Member for Bega Constance has today announced an exci9ng partnership with the NSW 28 April December 7th,Andrew 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

Government, Gidget Founda9on Australia and Tresillian Family Care Centres that will see local support available to expectant and new parents across the region. The new co-located facility will be based in Moruya providing much needed access to specialist early paren9ng services. Mr Constance said, we know that up to 50 per cent of mums whose babies have sleeping or feeding issues, suffer from post-natal anxiety and depression.

“These amazing centres have Tresillian nurses and a Gidget Founda9on perinatal mental health clinician working together to help the baby and parents. I know how difficult it can be adjus9ng to life with a newborn and having services like this close to home really will be life changing for regional families,” Mr Constance said.

Tresillian is the largest early paren9ng service in Australia, providing advice, support and evidence-based programs to families in the early years as well as leadership and support for other agencies and organisa9ons. Gidget Founda9on Australia is a not-for-profit organisa9on that helps expectant and new parents to receive specialist care through a range of programs, including face-to-face and telehealth psychological counselling by experienced perinatal mental health clinicians.

Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women Bronnie Taylor highlighted the importance of the integrated care approach and said it will ensure that counselling and paren9ng support are provided for local families. “There can be no doubt that babies are a blessing, but when a baby arrives it can also be one of the most challenging 9mes in a mother or father’s life. Some9mes we can forget that it can be a stressful, lonely and overwhelming 9me caring for a newborn. This is all about helping families in their hour of need and services like this can have a really posi9ve impact on the wider community as well,” Mrs Taylor said Robert Mills CEO Tresillian said Tresillian's services have transformed the lives of thousands of families.

“Parents will be able to access a range of invaluable services at the new Family Care Centre, providing support to families for early paren9ng issues including breasVeeding support, infant se=ling, toddler behaviour and peri-natal anxiety and depression; suppor9ng parents to build confidence and enjoy the cri9cal early years of their child's life’.”

Arabella Gibson CEO Gidget Founda9on Australia said, we know that 1 in 5 new mums and 1 in 10 new dads will suffer from perinatal depression and anxiety. “When you throw into the mix, the recent experiences of natural disasters such as the bushfires and a pandemic, it makes for a highly anxious 9me as a new parent.

During the last 18 months we’ve seen demand for our services increase by 127% so we are really looking forward to opening a Gidget House in the region so that we can support NSW families in the Eurobodalla to be mentally healthy and well again.”

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A local perspec3ve on Solar – from Micro Energy Systems, Bodalla Note: This is not an adver sement: Micro Energy were asked by The Beagle to offer readers Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th,advice 2017 on Solar in light of the endless social media offers being made by out Vol 48 27th 2018 neutral quality of town operators with all manner of claims and incen ves.

We have always advocated for renewable energy in our community and contributed ar9cles over the years providing prac9cal and honest advice to consumers when considering effec9ve and affordable solu9ons including solar.

OAen however, this advice is usurped and or smothered by the razzle dazzle of large sales companies engineered for that ‘perfect sale’.

As a local business, we can tell you that each 9me a new sales company targets or moves into the South Coast, the industry loses some of the integrity that local trades based businesses who install solar have been building on.

In a recent ar9cle authored by a sales company protagonist which we were asked to review, the author highlights advice that customers should themselves work out if solar is right for them and determine where the panels should best be installed.

This seems to us to be a prime example of an office based sales tac9c. One which places an unnecessary burden on the customer who should be able to an9cipate reliance on the proven experience, exper9se and qualifica9ons of the individual tradesperson they have engaged to assist with advice and quota9on for Solar.

Further the same ar9cle recommends that the reader should check out reviews to research the integrity of the sales business. In our view on-line reviews will never have the efficacy that parochial word of mouth offers to poten9al customers. In our experience, this has been a common sales approach to use social media mis direc9on to build an apparent integrity. Reviews by advocates on social media plaVorms are intrinsically worthless. They are easily self-generated or cul9vated, with no oversight allowing poten9al customers to cross check their veracity.

Designing and installing solar systems is the province of an electrician with Clean Energy Council [CEC] accredita9on. The electrician is a tradesperson; this is oAen forgo=en.

A salesperson without electrical trade qualifica9on and CEC accredita9on is not competent to design a solar system installa9on regardless of any other industry qualifica9ons they may hold.

The claim that the salesperson has an engineering qualifica9on is also irrelevant. Unless they are ac9vely engaged in the day-to-day installa9on ac9vi9es and actually have qualifica9on and experience as an accredited electrician, that individual is was9ng their hard won degree, as in the sales applica9on, they are only competent as a sales person, not an electrician accredited for Solar PV design and Installa9on.

So it stands that if the person at your door or on the telephone cannot furnish proof that they are an experienced CEC accredited electrician, consumers should not give any veracity to the advice or design incorporated in the quota9on they are being offered.

There is oAen a disconnect between the customer and the installer when a system has been purchased via a sales company approach.

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community Con9nues…..

It’s irrelevant if a sales company using either contract or PAYG installers claims that they are local. In our experience, these installers oAen have no real concern or obliga9on for aAer sales support. They are in fact, usually too busy15th resolving Vol 16 September 2017 issues at the 9me of installa9on, rela9ng to incompetently designed systems sold 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 by salespeople which have leA customers with unrealis9c expecta9ons.

Consumers should remember that a successful sales person must be primarily focussed on “ge7ng” a sale or “closing” a deal.

A good trades person is predominately focussed on crea3ng a solu3on and solving a problem.

It is a conundrum that oAen a consumer will be seduced into engaging with a sales person to create problems for a trades person to solve, when they have the op9on to avoid the middleman and engage the problem solver in the first instance.

So now we have deconstructed the normal sales based paradigm for purchasing a solar panel generator, here is our simple list for sensible shopping when it comes to residen9al and small commercial Solar and storage systems; 1. Avoid or refuse to entertain door knockers or cold callers or indeed anybody flogging ‘free energy’, ‘no money down, pay as you go’, get in quick otherwise you will miss out’ deals.

2. If the business selling you a complex electrical installa9on that’s going to be part of your home for many years has its principal(s) living so far away that your never likely to meet them at the local beach or shops, perhaps you should ask around about local tradesfolk who can offer you a compara9ve quote.

3. Don’t purchase site unseen; if there is no on site survey, there will probably be no warranty support either.

4. Ask the person before or during the site survey to prove their creden9als. If they are not CEC accredited for Solar PV system design and installa9on, ask yourself why you would take a risk on their proposal. If you’re looking at having a ba=ery installed, that person will also need storage or off grid endorsement on their CEC accredita9on to have any integrity.

5. Don’t believe the hype. If you keep seeing online pop ups or adver9sements selling specific solar products or sales companies offering cheap energy solu9ons or huge rebates (if you act right now) it’s really just a con. The principles are a=emp9ng to convince you to buy something based on emo9ve tweaks and repe99on.

Trades work sells itself in a parochial environment.

The business of designing and installing Solar Systems is trades work, first and foremost.

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Renewal of Moruya Labyrinth Recently the labyrinth in the grounds of St John’s Anglican Church in Moruya has been renewed and made more sustainable thanks to the work of Batemans Bay Community Correc9ve Services. The pa=ern or pathway of the wholly grassed labyrinth was lost during the fire period of 2020. The labyrinth commi=ee realized that a more permanent path would need to be made. This work has now been completed and the labyrinth is once more open for walking.

Walking the labyrinth is an ancient spiritual act that is being rediscovered during our 9me. Against the backdrop of modern living, labyrinths provide a way to peace and balance in life.

As an ancient symbol that represents wholeness it combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering and purposeful path. Unlike a maze, a labyrinth has no dead ends. You cannot get lost. You just follow the path to the centre and out again. Walking a labyrinth is a way of centering oneself. It is a medita9ve path, or a prac9ce of medita9ve walking open to all.

“We are so grateful to Tony and the correc9ve services team who have done such a great job on restoring our labyrinth” said commi=ee members Fiona Sessions.

All are welcome to come and walk the labyrinth at any 9me. It is situated near the corner of Campbell and Page St, Moruya with access from St Johns Way. As Claudia Ferrier, another commi=ee member says, “it’s such a perfect 9me to be able to offer the labyrinth back to the community as a place of healing.”

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Torched car alarms Guerilla Point residents Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Residents of Guerilla Bay were alarmed this 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 morning to discover that a car, understood to be stolen, was torched at Burrewarra Point.

Having sped along Burri Point Rd at high speed the vehicle was driven into a sec9on of bush close to houses and torched.

The fire was alerted across the region by the Fires Near Me App aAer a resident no9ced smoke and reported it to emergency services.

Fortunately emergency services were able to promptly a=end, ex9nguishing the car and adjacent burning na9ve bushland.

It is understood that the driver absconded and was apprehended by Police at Broulee.

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Public No3ce EUROBODALLA HEALTH SERVICE PROJECT ABORIGINAL CONSULTATION NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF ABORIGINAL INTERESTS Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 The NSW Government

has announced a total of $200 million towards the development of the new Eurobodalla Health Service. The project will provide a new hospital facility on a greenfield site that services Moruya, Batemans Bay and surrounding towns. The preferred site is located at Lot 6, Princes Highway, Moruya within the Eurobodalla Shire. It was once agricultural land that was part of Braemar Farm.

The Eurobodalla Health Service Project is planned to be assessed as a State Significant Development (SSD) under part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. This requires Aboriginal community consulta9on to be undertaken in accordance with the Aboriginal cultural heritage consulta on requirements for proponents 2010.

The proponent, Health Infrastructure of 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, NSW, proposes the prepara9on of an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report prior to the redevelopment Lot 6, Princes Highway, Moruya.

It will also be necessary to undertake Aboriginal archaeological excava9on prior to the development.

Registra9ons of interest are sought from Aboriginal people or organisa9ons who hold cultural knowledge relevant to determining the significance of any poten9al Aboriginal objects at this loca9on. This will assist in the assessment of the proposal by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.

Please note that the details of Aboriginal people or organisa9ons who register an interest will be shared with Heritage NSW and the Cobowra Local Aboriginal Land Council (CLALC). If you do not want your details shared with either of these organisa9ons, please specify this when registering your interest in the project.

Comber Consultants Pty Ltd has been appointed to undertake Aboriginal consulta9on, the archaeological assessment and prepare the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report.

You can register your interest by phone or in wri9ng to: Veronica Norman Comber Consultants Pty Ltd 76 Edwin St North, Croydon NSW 2132 Mobile: 0419 118 399 Email: veronica.norman@comber.net.au REGISTRATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 23RD AUGUST 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 addi9on 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 proper9es on the market each week.

You can find Beagle Abode on the Beagle website under REAL ESTATE The latest Beagle Abode lis9ngs 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.

CLICK HERE: h=ps://www.beagleweekly.com.au/real-estate

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real estate South Coast Property Specialists (Carlene Franzen) Tips #1056:

Record Government Stamp Duty Helping NSW Get Through Covid Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

A few weeks ago, we posed the ques9on of “where is all the money coming from?” to support the NSW government’s assistance for businesses etc during the Covid pandemic. In that ar9cle we commented that record sales, and the corresponding stamp duty, was a major contributor to keeping the state afloat.

The Real Estate Ins9tute of NSW (REINSW) has just released details of just how significant this contribu9on has been:

“A month ago, when the NSW Budget was handed down, it was clear the real estate industry was rescuing the economy. However new figures show that the rescue effort has been even more profound than first realised,” REINSW CEO Tim McKibbin says.

The latest NSW transfer duty data shows the number of du able transac ons in June 2021 was 26,137, the highest number ever recorded in any month in Revenue NSW’s online recorded history.

This translated to the collec on of $1,161,990,894 in revenue for the month - $370 million more than the Treasurer predicted. It was also the second highest amount of transfer duty revenue ever collected in any month in Revenue NSW’s online recorded history.

Perhaps most strikingly, the data shows total transfer duty revenue for the full financial year 2020- 21 was $9,748,371,524.

“It’s clear that the COVID recovery is being led by the real estate industry.” says Mr McKibbin.

Having such a significant and vital role, the REINSW is very keen to capitalise on the Property Services Council Bill which has been passed by the Upper House and being consider shortly by the Lower House (once normal si]ng recommences).

The REINSW says this bill will give consumers confidence in the way real estate is bought, sold and regulated.

It will create a be=er environment for engagement between consumers, the industry and Government promote the development of good policy to address issues before they cause consumers’ harm. It will also mean the state’s economic powerhouse will be overseen by a regulatory authority exclusively focused on the industry.

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Durras Community Associa3on - General Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Mee3ng -7th,Sat 28 April December 2017 21 August Vol 48 27th 2018 at 4pm Please note that there will be a Durras Community Associa9on (DCA) General Mee9ng on Sat 21 August 2021 at Durras Hall commencing at 4pm.

To ensure it is COVID-safe, if you are feeling unwell in any way, or have been in a declared hotspot in the weeks before the mee9ng, please DO NOT a=end the mee9ng. Also please provide a contact phone number when you sign the a=endance book or use the QR code for the Hall on arrival. The mee9ng will be held in the main Hall with social distancing.

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Scaled back version of Moruya Market is ON - Aug 7th Moruya Country Market advise: NSW Health have been consulted and all the rules below are required to operate an outdoor market in a regional area in NSW at this current 9me. Please do not a=end if you are feeling unwell, or cannot comply (unless you have an exemp9on - bring your paperwork please, you will be asked to show it.)

A scaled back version of the market will be opera9ng this coming Saturday (7th August) ALL persons a=ending the market (including stallholders) need to wear a mask for the en9re 9me you’re on site. If you have an exemp9on, please bring your paperwork as you will be asked to present it ALL persons a=ending the market must check in using your QR code - there will be 5 placed around the market at all entries Stallholders will have hand sani9zer at the front of their stalls, please use it

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BreasDeeding during a pandemic – Partners implored to build the founda3ons for a ‘virtual village’ Vol 16 September With more than15th half2017 of Australia locked down due to COVID-19 restric9ons, the Australian BreasVeeding 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

Associa9on (ABA) is calling for dads, partners and loved-ones to champion the prac9cal support needs of mothers this World BreasVeeding Week (1 to 7 August 2021).

The theme for World BreasVeeding Week 2021 is ‘Protect breasVeeding: a shared responsibility’. ‘For infants, mothers and the community at large to enjoy the health benefits associated with breasVeeding, including the immunity against respiratory illnesses via breastmilk, support from ‘the village’ is essen9al.

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its 18th month, ABA is calling on expectant parents and, especially, dads and partners to build the founda9ons for a ‘virtual village’ ahead of their newest arrival.

‘It’s as simple as booking yourself and your partner into an ABA breasVeeding educa9on class (online or in person) and saving the BreasVeeding Helpline number into your phone’, states Ms Hull. ‘Once armed with prac9cal breasVeeding knowledge and backed by the support of our free LiveChat service and 24/7 BreasVeeding Helpline, prospec9ve parents are well posi9oned to navigate the newborn phase together, with or without the support of their usual ‘village’, explains Ms Hull.

ABA Eurobodalla Group Leader, Dr Michelle Hamrosi, is welcoming new members to come along to join the fortnightly COVID safe mee9ngs around the shire, the group have endeavoured to con9nue despite the pandemic.

Michelle says “I cannot imagine a more important 9me to support mums to breasVeed than in the middle of a global pandemic. Human milk not only provides op9mal nutri9on for growth and development, it provides personalised medicine for babies, protec9ng them from infec9ous diseases. It takes a village to raise a baby - and the pandemic is a major disrup9on to that. "ABA is endeavouring to con9nue providing a wide array of support via online educa9on classes, live chat and the phone help line. Please reach out if you need support.”

To find our more about the Eurobodalla group go here: h=ps:// www.breasVeeding.asn.au/node/24999/ events or email ABAeurobodalla@gmail.com

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$2 million government grant awarded to local aged care provider Banksia Villages Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 based aged care provider Banksia Villages has been awarded a $2 VolBroulee 48 27th 2018

million Federal grant to be=er support residents living with demen9a at its residen9al aged care facility, Banksia Lodge.

The grant was announced last week as part of the 2020 Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR) program, which provides capital grants to build or upgrade facili9es operated by eligible residen9al aged care providers.

Member for Gilmore, Fiona Philips MP, congratulated Banksia Village, Broulee on their successful applica9on for the federal grant.

“I’m delighted with this outcome,” Fiona said. “The Gilmore electorate has one of the highest numbers of residents aged 65+ in Australia. Banksia Villages Limited is a leading provider of independent re9rement living and is a fully accredited government funded residen9al, respite and in-home carer for older people.”

“I can’t wait to see the finished work!” the local Federal member said. “Thank you to the amazing staff, par9cipants and supporters of this wonderful, not for profit, charitable organisa9on.”

The $2 million funding awarded to Banksia was the fourth highest capital grant alloca9on in NSW in the 2020 ACAR round, out of a total of 26 successful applica9ons from across the State. Banksia CEO Graham Wise was thrilled to receive the news late last week.

“More than 50% of our residents at Banksia Lodge are living with some form of demen9a. This funding will enable us to implement significant improvements in the physical and service environment at Banksia Lodge to be=er support residents and contribute to their quality of life and enjoyment,” he said.

The works will be=er connect the indoor and outdoor spaces, giving residents greater access to the beau9ful gardens and surrounds of Banksia Lodge. They will also address internal spaces, crea9ng smaller, more in9mate and home-like areas for residents to enjoy.

Orienta9on, way-finding and subtle changes to the environment will make Banksia Lodge more comfortable for residents, par9cularly those living with demen9a.

Earlier this year, Banksia worked closely with Demen9a Training Australia (DTA), Australia’s peak demen9a research and educa9on body, through an environmental consultancy to explore how the Banksia Lodge environment, including buildings and gardens, could be used to be=er support people living with demen9a.

Around 40 Banksia staff also par9cipated in a comprehensive demen9a training program delivered by DTA, designed to improve the lives of Banksia residents and clients who are living with demen9a. Several of these staff were also involved in development of the project plan that will now be funded by the ACAR grant.

Banksia Village Project Manager Liz Paterson-Finlay led the planning for this exci9ng project and developed the successful ACAR applica9on.

“As an organisa9on, Banksia aims to deliver quality of life, dignity, choice and independence for older people. I am so excited that we can now deliver addi9onal benefits for our residents living with demen9a, and we are very grateful to DTA and their lead architect Nick Seemann for their support as we have con9nued to develop our demen9a training and resources,” she said.

With funding now secured, Banksia’s management team is focusing on developing 9melines for the project and is hopeful that works can commence later this year.

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community Barbeque Table

Peter Locke Trio

It's round and brown and always stood

Peter Locke (piano), Mike Walshe (acoustic bass) and Rob Brice (jazz guitar).

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Down back, made of wood.

28 the December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 A mee9ng place for friends to sit, And ponder life as they see fit.

Cockatoos squawk past, so fast, To tell us all they have a past.

Warm up your Sunday with A Journey Through Jazz 2pm. Sunday 15 August St Bernard's Church 2 David St Batehaven

“Where are all our trees from here?

You chopped them down without a fear .

Now, we squawk and fly together To annoy you in the weather!

But when you have gone away,

Adults $40; SCMS members and concessions $35 Seats are limited, so don't delay. Purchase your ticket at www.southcoastmusicsociety.com Proudly presented by the South Coast Music Society

We chew your table every day.

Take a look underneath We mark it all with our beaks!”

By Mary Murray

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Reading Gadfly 188 By Robert Macklin It was our first big adventure. Four of us 13-year-olds in Grade 8 had been signed up by our parents for a Young Australia League tour from Brisbane all the way to Cairns. What they tell us was2017 that we were headed for another planet, another world.

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The journey by train took us overnight – passing the girls’ train returning in

Rockhampton - through endless fields of sugar cane to the very neat ‘camp’ of dongas where older chaps in officers’ caps took charge. Another train took us up the escapement via the Barron Falls and that was pre=y good.

But next day came the wonder that in the blink of an eye transported us to that other world. I guess we’d glimpsed it in the YAL brochure and of course we’d learned the bare facts of it at school. But when we climbed down the steps of the Green Island underwater observatory and found ourselves in among the Great Barrier Reef we were simply overwhelmed.

It was like Aladdin’s Cave filled with sparkling jewels but all the wondrous colours were alive and moving, the 9ny fish dar9ng in forma9on, the shy ones peeping from the waving coral tresses, the big fellas like policemen on the beat, and occasionally the really big groupers with chubby lips and mouths like caves. They cruised by the glass window and they were all unafraid, even the 9ny ones, even gorgeous coral cod with their wild fans and tentacles.

Back on the surface we were all a bit dazed but when the officers said some of us could put on their sandshoes and wade in from the beach with goggles we all jumped at it. When my turn came I took a very big breath then sank into that alien globe.

I never wanted to leave. I’d be there yet but I bumped into an officer who was standing in the deeper water to save us from ourselves.

We talked about nothing else – except girls – for the rest of the trip and thereaAer we always had snorkeling gear in the house. But while we occasionally dipped into the chilly waters of the NSW south coast, it wasn’t the same.

However, three years ago when a holiday in Cairns became the trigger for my Castaway book, we joined a big boaVul of tourists on a trip to the reef. We knew that hea9ng events had damaged part of the coral but the captain assured us we were in for a treat so we signed up for the glass bo=omed boat and the snorkeling.

So sad. Even as I write these words, my glasses mist. It was another planet all right - it was the colour of Mars, a dirty brown-grey with white stalks of coral and a few patchy fish that ducked away as we reached them. And who could blame them.

No doubt there are other areas where it’s in be=er condi9on, but when UNESCO warned that the reef was in danger through climate change, I applauded the opportunity it offered to add interna9onal momentum to ac9on that would save the planet and all its wonders. It might even spur the Morrison government into ac9on.

Well, it certainly did that. Morrison not only sent his Environment Minister, Susan Ley on a no-holds-barred mission to kill the warning, his people spread the word it was all a Chinese plot. And last week they celebrated a great success. The warning was withdrawn.

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Reading - leIer to the editor COUNCIL RATES Sir, I have received a two-page brochure included with my increased rates no9ce, poin9ng out the defini9ons of the various charges and by how much they have increased. What is not explained is why there needs to be16anSeptember increase15th in council’s rates and charges.

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The Council’s 2021/2 financial budgets allow for a surplus of $2.4M in the General Fund and an overall surplus of $7.6M whereas the 2.0% general rate and charges increase is set to generate just slightly over $1M. The ques9on that must be asked of council is, why are rates being increased in a community s9ll suffering from the financial impacts of the Black Summer Fires, drought, flooding and the Covid pandemic, just to increase an already posi9ve bo=om line?

Charles Stuart, Member, Advance Eurobodalla The Beagle Editor Deferment of the Local Council Elec9ons has given those who would like to be Elected to Represent the Shires Residents, Ratepayers and Voters more 9me to get them selves properly organized.

Being a paid Community Elected Representa9ve is a demanding public responsibility, requiring significant effort in communica9ng with the Shires residents. Being elected by the shires voters as their council representa9ves, delegates, requires much effort and determina9on to properly represent the views and ideals of the Shires Residents.

Staff are employed to assist the elected achieve the shires residents and ratepayers expecta9ons in the business owned by the people.

Major changes to a]tudes of some of the publicly funded employees of the Council are very necessary too.

Re establishing a commi=ee structure within the Local Council System is needed so any one with ideas and Concerns can be heard properly by all the elected.

The elected need to take up the ma=ers raised by the public with them by the use of No9ces of Mo9on or Ques9ons On No9ce as may be necessary to achieve properly detailed public responses.

Live stream recording of public presenta9ons needs to be reintroduced too.

Allan Brown Catalina NSW

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A SAFE PLACE TO BE HEARD The Beagle Editor,

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I went to my first Al-Anon mee9ng to fix my husband's drinking and to save our marriage. I was sure there was something I could do to solve the problem. Surely something was lacking in me if he needed the constant comfort of alcohol. Surely, if I tried hard enough, there would be a miracle solu9on to keep the family together.

Imagine my surprise when I heard the First Step of this self-help program - "We admi=ed we were powerless over alcohol, that OUR lives had become unmanageable." At the end of the mee9ng, someone came up to me and explained how her own "rescuing" behaviour had enabled her husband to con9nue his drinking. She also explained that her situa9on had improved when she was able to step back, not get involved in alcoholic arguments and concentrate on her own health and happiness. This was when I first heard the term "detachment". I was s9ll quite confused but that night, I slept be=er than I had in years.

Over the next few months, I heard other people explain their situa9ons. I couldn't believe how much we had in common. I do not find new social occasions easy but I felt at home with these complete strangers.

When I was eventually able to share my own story, I was accepted, understood, not judged or cri9cised.

Not even interrupted!!

I learnt through listening that alcoholism is a family disease. Pa=erns of excessive drinking can be carried on by each genera9on. Pa=erns of pu]ng up with abusive rela9onships can also be passed on. I learned that it is a baffling illness; that it is not just a physical illness; that manipula9on and emo9onal and financial blackmail are also part of the dis-ease of the family.

What was my part in all this? At 9mes, I felt totally responsible. I was told oAen enough that it was my fault. I began to realise that I was more worried about my husband's health than he was. I was so anxious that my own health deteriorated. I was yelling at the children, impa9ent and angry with them because I couldn't communicate with him and he wasn't changing his behaviour.

If you have related to even a small part of this personal story, then maybe Al-Anon is a safe place for you to be heard.

Call 1300 262 666 or visit www.al-anon.alateen.org/australia to find out where there is a mee9ng in your local area.

Name and address supplied

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Reading - leIer to the editor For the past 5 Rotary Markets in NAROOMA I have manned the main gate asking everyone who comes in for their post code etc (for COVID tracing) & anyone who was from a post code other than 2546 I have asked where they get their travel/tourist info from. Almost invariably they have told me they go straight to informa9on centres some even adding that they don't bother with places that don't have info centres. These comments were15th definitely Vol 16 September 2017 not confined to the supposedly Luddite Grey Nomad con9ngent. As a couple of 28 April December 7th, 2017 presence doesn't tell you where the local laundromat is' for example. We have a Vol 48 people said27th 'the2018 on-line purpose built building with a great car park for all manner of caravans, Winnebagos & the like, a wonderful li=le museum with an historic lighthouse for visitors to enjoy, toilets (there used to be showers but the Council decided they might be used so they were closed), an off leash park for those who travel with their dogs & a facility that was close to everything a tourist might need. What kind of idiocy requires that all of that should be shut down & all without any real consulta9on. Ridiculous.

Social media comment.

To the Editor,

Tone Deaf

Has Planning Minister Stokes describing our council as Tone Deaf provided an explana9on to make sense of why the hell there is so much community turmoil.

Is Tone Deaf discon9nuing webcas9ng of Public Forum so community views and ideas have limited exposure.

Is Tone Deaf Councillors absent from Public Access and Public Forum.

Is Tone Deaf accep9ng grant funds - taken to a whole new level by Liberal & Na9onal Party poli9cians ror9ng our money to buy themselves jobs for another term?

Is Tone Deaf accep9ng grants the quantum of which distorts Council’s budget.

Is Tone Deaf Batemans Bay pool users who for many years just wanted an upgrade to the 50m pool. Instead have had it taken away, replaced with a 25m puddle.

Is Tone Deaf evic9ng the Batemans Bay Community Centre users in response to a James Packer Crown casino style ‘unsolicited approach’ by an organisa9on wan9ng the community facility for less than market rent.

Is Tone Deaf allowing an elephan9ne carbuncle of a rural rezone/ development with unplanned opportunist access through the quiet enclosed streets of the Estuary at Mossy Point.

Is Tone Deaf doing nothing for five weeks having being told Community land at Broulee wasn’t ‘Opera9onal’ knowing the decima9on about to unleash on the na9ve trees.

Is Tone Deaf desperately selling the silver on the sideboard because of budgetary problems but don’t tell anybody, Is Tone Deaf taking no interest in the forty year old zombie subdivision development at Tuross.

Is Tone Deaf taking two years to reveal the facts users were asking of Coopers Island Rd.- Why the gate?

Is Tone Deaf dismissing residents’ concern over Council’s Dalmeny land sale because they were told twelve years ago. How many new residents have there been in that 9me?

Is Tone Deaf closing Narooma’s Tourist Informa9on Centre not understanding that smiles and enthusiasm given by volunteers in TICs are worth twice as much as bought ones. Smiles and enthusiasm your smartphone wont give you.

Is Tone Deaf giving away, way too much delegated authority.

Is Tone Deaf the inability to admit a mistake, to call out a wrong or to say Sorry.

Whatever Tone Deaf is, it’s one of those things that can’t be picked up when broken.

Just the same as Trust.

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Reading S3ll Life Sarah Winman, 4th Estate, 2021, ISBN 978-0-00-828336-0, 438pp Vol 16 September 15th 2017

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by Trevor 28 April December 7th, 2017Moore 48 27th 2018 I had been reading too much (if that is possible) non-fic9on and decided to lighten up. I ambled into Moruya Books, as I do from 9me to 9me, to find a ripping good read. I was encouraged by the incomparable Julie to read S ll Life by Sarah Winman. Put it on the heap, I said. Ah, she said, we just sold the last copy. Instead, I wandered out with Alexandria and Klara and the Sun which I reviewed last month. But the next 9me I entered the hallowed portals of Moruya Books I remembered S ll Life and there it was. I am pleased I remembered it for had I not, I would have missed one the best reads I have had for a long 9me. Sarah Winman is a Bri9sh writer and, if wri9ng were not talent enough, she is also an actress. This is her third novel and I expect to read the previous two, not the least because the first is intriguingly en9tled When God Was a Rabbit.

Italians are in the news as I write. In a feat that has stunned the world of athle9cs an Italian with the unItalian name of Marcell Jacobs (he was born in Texas but raised in Italy) has won the 100m in fine style and in 9.8 seconds. At his fastest he was moving at 43.07kph (26.76mph). But I am not wri9ng about the 100m; I am reviewing a book. Sarah Winman got the inspira9on for S ll Life when she visited Florence as part of a course she took on Renaissance Art. While she was there, she learned of the flood of 1966 and of the Mud Angels - the young men and women who came from all over the world to help clean up. I knew none of this. Most of the book is set in Florence and the descrip9on of the flood is pre=y breathtaking. She writes well and I rather liked that she does not use any quote marks in the dialogue. Surprisingly, I found that this made it easier to read and easier to follow the dialogue.

In 9me ways it is hard to say what this novel is about. There is a story, but it is not that which carries the narra9ve along. It is the characters that make this book such a lovely read. I could argue that - apart from the flood - not a lot happens. Yet this is a book about rela9onships, about love, hope, family and fate. The central character is Ulysses Temper and the book opens in 1944 as the Allies are pushing northward through Italy. He meets a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy, Evelyn Skinner - possibly the author herself is the inspira9on for this character - who is ostensibly looking for art that has been looted by the Nazis. Their mee9ng lasts for only a few hours before they each go their separate ways, and yet each has an effect on the other that is a theme of the book. They repeatedly come close to mee9ng again as the years progress - the book runs up to 1979 - and eventually they do meet again. The book has enough of that feel-good thing about it that you always know they will meet again even though there is no par9cular reason for their mee9ng.

Even though Ulysses and Evelyn are the main characters, I would not say that the book is about the two of them although it is about each of them. Ulysses had married Peg just as he sets off to war not, I think, because he loved her but just because. In Ulysses’ absence, Peg has an affair with an American and has a child, Alys, by him. Ulysses is leA (no plot spoilers here) some property and money in Florence and decides beagle weekly : Vol 219 August 6th 2021

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Reading to move there and he takes Alys and a parrot called Claude along.

We are leA wondering exactly what Evelyn was doing in Florence in 1944. Was she a spy? The last 55 pages of the book is a chapter called All about Evelyn and yet, at the end of it, we s9ll do not know why she would have in Italy15th in 1944 Vol 16been September 2017 at the height of the Allied invasion. What we do learn is that she met E M Forster 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 whose classic novel A Room with a View is also set between England and Italy. I was forced to read this book for my “O” level English and as a result hated it with a passion that only a 16-year-old forced to do something he doesn’t want to do can summon up. Perhaps I should read it now. But Evelyn’s mee9ng with the young Forster is just a thing that happens: it is not significant in the overall narra9ve, or not to me.

This is a book that draws you in to its characters and their inter-rela9onships. It is well-wri=en, and you sort of know that all will be alright in the end. And it is alright in the end though because it is an explora9on rather than a story, there is no end. You can make that up yourself. But unlike many books (and, indeed, films) that leave the reader too fill in the conclusion, S ll Life leaves you sa9sfied and not frustrated with that. It is a great read. Read it now. Do not pass “go”; do not collect your $200. You will not regret it.

Alison’s Pick: From the author of the interna9onal bestseller Migra ons comes a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Sco]sh Highlands In9 Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team tasked with reintroducing fourteen grey wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape, but a broken Aggie, too.

However, In9 is not the woman she once was, and may be in need of rewilding herself.

Despite fierce opposi9on from the locals, In9’s wolves surprise everyone by thriving, and she begins to let her guard down, even opening up to the possibility of love. But when a local farmer is found dead, In9 knows where the town will lay blame. Unable to accept her wolves could be responsible, she makes a reckless decision to protect them, tes9ng every ins9nct she has.

But if her wolves didn’t make the kill, then who did? And what will she do when the man she’s been seeing becomes the main suspect?

Propulsive and spellbinding, Once There Were Wolves is the unforge=able tale of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves. Part thriller, part redemp9ve love story, Charlo=e McConaghy’s profoundly affec9ng novel will stay with you forever.

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Reading—history 13th August 1921 GRAZING RIGHTS. – R. B. Heffernan will offer for sale at the “Examiner” Office on Saturday next, Volth16 September 15th 2017 20 inst., the grazing rights of Moruya Park for 12 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 months.

BABY’S DEATH. – On Monday last Mr. and Mrs. S. O’Cass, of Bodalla, suffered a sad bereavement through the death of their seven-month’s old baby girl from an a=ack of gastri9s.

LICENSING COURT. – On Wednesday the Local Licensing Bench granted the transfer of the license of the Adelaide Hotel from J. J. King to W. Dunmore. Our new boniface has also purchased this Hotel and land.

BUSINESS FOR SALE. – One of the most up-to-date and profitable li=le businesses in this district is on the market for sale. Owing to ill-health, Mrs. T. Strahan is reluctantly compelled to re9re from business, and is now giving anyone desirous of purchasing a well-established and fi=ed-up tea-rooms and confec9onary, fruit and soA drinks shop, the opportunity of securing the popular Shamrock Cafe.

PLOUGHING MATCH. – This is the last opportunity we will have of reminding our readers that the A. & P. Society’s Ploughing Match will take place on Wednesday next. As seven entries have been received for the principal event of ploughing opera9ons, and the commi=ee has decided to accept Mr. Milne’s offer of his paddock at Mullenderee.

HOUSE MOVING. – Mr. A. F. Emmo=, who a short 9me ago purchased Mr. Mar9n McMahon’s property at Mullenderee, last week had the house removed in its en9rety from its old posi9on to a new one, about half a mile closer to town. The building was lowered from the blocks by the aid of jacks onto large girders and hauled to the new site by Mr. G. Mitchell’s trac9on engine. Mr. C. Pike was in command of the tractor and Mr. C. Stubbs had the management of the building.

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FOOTBALL. – Bodalla beat Narooma 8 to nil last Saturday.

EUROBODALLA SHIRE COUNCIL. – General Business. The Engineer was authorized to spend up to £15 in repairs to the Shire Council’s co=age in Campbell St. The Engineer was instructed to no9fy the maintenance men to report at once to him any excessive damage done to any of the Shire’s roads by 9mber or other teams, and that on receipt of such report, that the Engineer inspect the damage and take legal proceedings against the offender. Tenders. Two tenders were received for cement water trough at wharf windmill, and that of John Stewart at £23 was accepted.

ADVERTISMENT. – Pause! and read this: Ring ‘phone 21 and you will be able to get the Primest Beef, Mu=on, Pork and Small Goods at the Lowest Market Rates at Roy Turnbull’s New Shop at the Freezing Works, Moruya. Only Braidwood ca=le killed. No frozen beef supplied. Orders delivered daily to any part of the district. A Trial Solicited.

Extracted from the Moruya Examiner by the Moruya and District Historical Society Inc. h2ps:// www.mdhs.org.au

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Reading—A beer with Baz Mick paid for the two schooners and shuffled to the bar table, passed Bazza a beer, shook his head and sat on his stool. He looked up at the television replay of the Premier delivering her daily COVID report and sighed. His shrunken shoulders matched the Premier’s overall demeanour as she recounted the daily COVID sta9s9cs and an open plea for people to follow the rules.

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28 December 7th, Vol 48 April 27th 2018 ‘Bad news every day,2017 Bazza. You know it’s almost two years since things were anywhere near normal. Drought, fires, floods and this bloody COVID. The bloody cold freezes my feet every morning and it even looks like the Sharkies might miss the NRL finals this year.’

They both took long sips from their schooners and Bazza was about to reply when a beaming Prime Minister filled the screen. A flow of sta9s9cs and target dates tumbled from his mouth and reassurances and upbeat predic9ons aplenty flowed with every adjustment of his glasses. An empha9c ‘How good is this?’ had most punters in the pub thinking they had won the raffle.

Bazza eyed a cresVallen Mick and raised an eyebrow.

‘Mick you need to be more like ScoMo and less like Gladys.’

Mick took a heAy drink.

‘What the bloody hell are you on about, Bazza?’

‘Well Mick, if you were having this schooner with Gladys she would probably empathise with you. She would say the drought was rough on farmers and the bushfires were devasta9ng. The floods were yet another blow and COVID has rewri=en the rules on how we all live. She would suggest an extra pair of socks to ba=le the cold mornings and to remain op9mis9c about the Sharkies. If you shed a tear, Mick, she would probably have a cry with you.’

Mick took another drink.

‘You’re hardly cheering me up, Bazza.’

‘Just hang on, Mick. If you were having this schooner with ScoMo he would say the drought meant we were rain challenged for awhile and with the bushfires let’s not forget most of Australia was not burnt. As for the floods, just look at the farming condi9ons we have now. With the COVID vaccina9ons and quaran9ne problems, he would probably say how about Emma McKeon in the pool in Tokyo eh? How good was that? For your cold feet he would probably point out that today’s morning temperature in Darwin is a balmy 20 degrees and just because the Sharkies have come second in a few games, they should s9ll be right for the finals.’

Mick finished his schooner and his eyes moved from the empty glass to Bazza.

‘You see Mick, on any given day ScoMo is a bit like Joe the Gadget Man who used to be on television back in the old days. He used to trial and enthusias9cally promote all these gadgets from a kitchen chopper to a lawn mower that ate your grass. You would whip down to the hardware store, part with your money, come home and find it was more than likely a dud.’

Mick again looked at his empty schooner glass, eyed Bazza and nodded his head towards the bar.

‘Mick, aim to be more like our fearless leader. When things are really crook ScoMo becomes the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Just as the loss of limbs are mere flesh wounds for the Knight, every hiccup with the handling of the pandemic is greeted by our Prime Minister with increasing amounts of posi9vity, regardless of the facts.’

Mick now waved his empty schooner glass in front of Bazza.

Bazza looked straight into Mick’s eyes.

‘That schooner glass is not empty, Mick. At the moment, it is just beer deficient but I can assure you there is a plan and a 9metable to fill it but ……. how good was Jess Fox’s Gold Medal?’

Have a quiet chat to Mick on john.longhurst59@gmail.com

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All the known gigs to date: Aug 6th - Sirenics at Batemans Bay Soldiers Club 7th - Sirenics Batemans Bay Soldiers Club VolAug 16 September 15that2017 28 April December 7th, VolAug 48 7th -27th Alibi2018 Duo2017 at Club Catalina Aug 7th - Country Pumpkins – Moruya Markets (10am) Aug 7th - ChangoTree @ Bodalla Pub12 noon to 4pm Aug 7th - Open Mic at Tilba Valley Winery Aug 7th - Steve Mar9n – Tuross Club (7pm) Aug 7th - Casey & Ma= Smooth Jazz 7:00pm JJs Marina, Batemans Bay Aug 14th - Rick Bamford – Tuross Club (7pm) Aug 14th - Dave Ferrante at Tomakin Social Club Aug 21st - Joe Driscoll at Tomakin Social Club Aug 28th - Rick Bamford at Tomakin Social Club

Sep 11th - Moruya Rockin’ Roots & Reggae at Moruya Waterfront - Orphan Music presents a celebra9on of Rock, Roots & Reggae w/ 3 of Australia’s most entertaining bands at the iconic Moruya Waterfront Hotel. One night ONLY 19-Twenty, Waikama & Roshani!

Tickets are strictly limited.

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The Basil Sellers Art Prize Retrospec3ve Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Mr Basil Sellers various ar9sts, courtesy 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 AM

The Basil Sellers Art Prize is a biennial art compe99on celebra9ng and awarding ar9s9c excellence and crea9ve prac9ce, offering a prize pool of over $25,000.

The Basil Sellers Art Prize was founded in 2004 by businessman, philanthropist and art collector Mr Basil Sellers AM.

Pain ng by Anh Nguyen tled Jamboree Morning

Through a chance connec9on to Moruya, Mr Sellers developed a long and fruiVul partnership with the shire that has supported Eurobodalla’s ar9s9c community.

In 2018 the biennial prize was opened to include ar9sts from NSW and the ACT with the major prize increasing to $20,000. The Eurobodalla Award was also ins9gated to celebrate the contribu9on of local ar9sts.

Showcasing the major prize winners, the people’s choice winners and the Eurobodalla award winners, this exhibi9on shows the evolu9on of the prize from its humble beginnings to an art prize of significance.

In 2022 the prize will open to ar9st across Australia, with an increased major prize of $25 000, fulfilling the original goal for the prize proposed in 2006.

Cost: Free Where: The Bas, Corner Vulcan and Campbell Streets, Moruya Exhibi9on dates: Now un9l Sunday 8 August. Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm

Saturday Sessions at The Bas—Saturday Sessions at the Bas are proving extremely popular. Our next available workshop is Twined Basketry with tex9le ar9st Ruby Berry.

Ruby will teach you how to use a combina9on of wool and waxed threads to construct delicate palm-sized baskets. The workshop focuses on form and pa=ern, with the waxed thread allowing sculptural freedom and responsive forms. Par9cipants will be no9fied if workshop dates change due to COVID-19 restric9ons.

Twined baskets by Ruby Berry Cost: $120 When: Saturday 14 August.

Where: The Bas, corner of Vulcan and Campbell Streets, Moruya.

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South Coast Monaro Rugby Union Results – Rd 15 – Saturday 31st July 2021

Compe33on ladder (final) Bungendore “Mudchooks” 62 Taralga “Tigers’ 44 Jindabyne “Bushpigs” 42 Braidwood “Redbacks” 39 Yass “Rams” 37 Hall “Bushrangers” 34 Crookwell “Dogs” 34 Batemans Bay “Boars” 31 Cooma “Red Devils” 16 Bermagui Cobargo “Sharks” 0 Next weekend – Saturday 7th August 2021 – Finals Bungendore “Mudchooks” v Hall “Bushrangers” @ Bungendore Taralga “Tigers” v Yass “Rams” @ Taralga Jindabyne Bushpigs” v Braidwood “Redbacks” @ Jindabyne beagle weekly : Vol 219 August 6th 2021

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Surfing NSW Launches 2021 Lead Her Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Masterclass 28 April December 7th, 2017Series Vol 48 27th 2018 Thanks to a grant from the Women Leaders in Sport (WLIS) program – an Australian Government ini9a9ve, managed by Sport Australia in partnership with the Office for Women – Surfing NSW is now set to roll out a series of online and physical femalespecific leadership development programs named Lead Her. The series will be delivered across the state in September through Surfing NSW’s women’s surfing plaVorm, Her Wave. The WLIS Organisa9on Development Grants program supports na9onal and state spor9ng organisa9ons to inspire and develop women to become leaders in sport.

Surfing NSW will run four one-hour online “Drop-in” Masterclass experiences for NSW female surf school coaches and judges over September. Based on a set of criteria and in partnership with our network, par9cipants will earn the opportunity to con9nue their development and be selected for the Lead Her “Level Up” Leadership Development Camp at the Surfing Australia High-Performance Centre.

The program aims to develop the quality of our current female coaching leaders through development opportuni9es that ensure poten9al leaders, and those in leadership posi9ons, con9nue to grow and develop. The focus is to empower females in coaching roles to believe in themselves, put their hand up for opportuni9es and take a seat at the leadership table.

The first Lead Her online masterclass will feature seven-9me World Champion Layne Beachley in an hour session 9tled Paving The Way. “Women hold up half the sky so I’m stoked to be collabora9ng with Surfing NSW to inspire, educate and empower future genera9ons of female leaders in surfing, coaching and judging,” said Beachley.

“Through the power of story-telling, I aim to share how I managed to thrive in a male-dominated world, challenge the status quo and pave the way for future genera9ons. Crea9ng a more inclusive, safe and equal environment for women is good for business and good for surfing.”

Former ISA World Surfing Games representa9ve and professional surfing commentator Jess Grimwood is elated to host the four online sessions with Surfing NSW. “I’m so proud to be a part of surfing and its growth at the moment,” said Grimwood.

“It’s an exci9ng 9me with so many opportuni9es if you are passionate about it. For me I’m doing a program with the AIS about leadership as a woman and finding my voice in surfing and through my commenta9ng, so to have the opportunity to put some new skills to work in an environment with heroes I’ve looked up to is just amazing. I’m truly grateful that Surfing NSW and Surfing Australia have invested in us as surfers, excompe9tors and women to help grow the sport.”

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CATALINA LADIES GOLF – Results 4 August 2021 Today Seventy-three Ladies played in a Stableford compe99on. In addi9on, if you happened to be a grandmother, Vol 16 Septemberyou 15thwere 2017 a candidate for the Grandmother’s Trophy, an award donated by Lynn Richardson, 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 a huge supporter of our Lady Golfers. This was subsequently won by our Lady President and Grandmother, Jo Neal with 39 points. Well done, Jo! Full results are as follows: Division 1 1st Kathy Roe (18) (on countback) 35 points 2nd Jo Taylor (13) 35 points 3rd Kelly Rogan (24) (on countback) 34 points 4th Oroya Mitchell (14) 34 points Nearest the Pin: Jo Taylor – Hole 23 Division 2 1st Debbie Rogan (27) (on countback) 38 points 2nd Deborah Buchanan (29) 38 points 3rd Wendy Hardy (31) (on countback) 37 points 4th Grace Ting (29) 37points Nearest the Pin: Erica Benz – Hole 25 Division 3 1st Akemi Fukuda (43) 40 points 2nd Sandra McCamley (36) (on countback) 39 points 3rd Jo Neal (35) 39 points 4th Michelle Matche= (38) 38 points

Winning Grandmother, Jo Neal together with Sponsor, Lynn Richardson.

Nearest the Pin: Lyn O’Toole – Hole 5 Place Ge=ers: Twenty-four Ladies who scored 31points or more (on countback) won a ball.

Downeys Take Out Tuross Vets Canadian Foursomes Event With the course drying out a good field of 59 players registered for the Tuross Head Veterans Golf Canadian Foursomes event on Wednesday 4 August 2021. Husband and wife team of Ray and Margaret Downey combined well to outclass the field with a fine score of 34 for the nine holes played. Runners up were another husband and wife team in Ian and Anne=e Manton with a score of 36.375. They were followed home by Jennifer Gray teaming with Peter McRae on 37.25 and Leonie Snodgrass and Bruce Mar9n with 37.5.

Minor prizes went to Chris and Ian Wra=en with 37.75, Ken Hush and John Cox on 37.875, Rob Nash and Kevin Reilly on 38.25, Warren Hodder and Steve Gardner with 38.625 and finally Rick Brake and Richard Wharton on 39.63.

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Broulee Runners August 4th 2021 Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Tonight, being a7th, few days aAer the horse’s 28 April December 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

birthday it was appropriate that we had a couple of stallions performing this evening.

Leading the gallop was Daniel on the 18minute mark and Dave Bain, Sco= Carver and Ma= Lambert coming down the straight behind him.

We welcomed Nick Corby, Victoria Schuh to their first start with the group.

We neglected to men9on Julie Amphle= and Margaret Artuso as new compe9tors in the report for last week. Julie, Margaret, and Victoria are regulars at the Batemans Bay Parkrun.

Personal best 9mes were recorded by Lilly McIntosh, in the 2 kilometres, Maddy Seidel in the 3.5 kilometres and Jenny Taylor in the 5 kilometres.

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Moruya Jockey Club advise: The Registered Club's Race Day on Sunday August 16th is looking like a ripper with a crowd welcomed.

There will be Bar Facili9es, TAB, Bookies, The Kiosk, Coffee Van and Cut N Run Pizza on site to cater for what looks like a great Sunday aAernoon of racing. Tickets will be available at the gate with the gates open from 11:30am.

All affiliated Club Members of the clubs listed below will GET IN FOR FREE with valid Member Cards. Due to Covid Regula9ons the Crowd will be limited to no more than 1000.

The Members Room will be open however limited to just 55 people seated on a first in, first seated basis (Members Room Opens at 11:30am). We will however have extra sea9ng in our sponsors sec9on for any overflow.

Mandatory face masks are to be worn by all persons including Essen9al Personnel and patrons at race mee9ngs conducted throughout NSW. Cloth Masks are not PermiIed. These however can be taken off when ea9ng and drinking. There are buses from Narooma, Bodalla, Tuross and Batemans Bay. So bring your mask and enjoy what will be a fantas9c day at the Moruya Jockey Club.. beagle weekly : Vol 219 August 6th 2021

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sports COME ONE , COME ALL Tuross Head Women’s Bowling Club Needs You and your Friends As most people would have read, the Tuross Women bowlers were successful in June at the Regional Pennant 2 playoff Merimbula.

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This win meant that they now proceed to the State playoff at Po=sville on the Tweed Coast in September.

Po=sville is a long drive from Tuross and the ladies will stay at Po=sville for 6 days for the dura9on of the games, against women bowlers from around the State of NSW. Let’s hope the COVID crisis has passed by then.

We would love your support to assist with our substan9al travel and accommoda9on expenses.

There is a magnificent raffle presently set up at Tuross Head Country Club with beau9ful prizes on offer with about eight prizes. We are already very grateful for the community support of some lovely dona9ons for the raffle. Come along to the club to buy a 9cket.

In addi9on to the raffle, We have planned a GREEN and GOLD FUN DAY called “BASH FOR CASH “ on Sunday, 15th August. (see Poster ) An entry fee of $10 will en9tle you to a beau9ful morning tea, sausage sizzle, lucky door prizes and a game of bowls and some golf pu]ng and fun compe99ons. Wear something green and gold and join in the fun.

Put this date in your diary and we look forward to a lovely day of fun and friendship, while at the same 9me, you are suppor9ng the pennant 2 bowlers on their way to the State final in Po=sville. FUN Day

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The latest fishing report from the team at Tackle World VolMoruya 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Moruya River.

Sleepy would be a good descrip9on of the Moruya river at the moments. River temps are anywhere from 13-14deg at the front of the systems to as low as 10deg towards Yarragee.

Quarry wharf con9nues to hold bait in the deeper holes right in front, which in turn is holding the a=en9on of some legal, but small Tailor. Ge]ng a few baits below the tailor may result in a flathead or two. For the tailor try using strips of pilchard on small gang hooks or larger long shank hooks to resist the bite off that tailor are well know for causing.

Preddy’s wharf is s9ll seeing the occasional trevally and salmon for those trying their luck down there.

There have been a pod of dolphins reported working that area, an indica9on of fish worth chasing maybe!!

Further upstream, around the town bridge, there have s9ll been the odd reports of Estuary Perch along the southern bank and weed beds. Remember that there is a closed season currently in affect for both Bass and EP’s at the moment, so any of these species encountered, must be returned!

Tuross River.

As for Moruya, the Tuross system is cold at the moment. Reports from around Bumbo lake area have been as low as 9deg with the front of the system around the 13-14deg mark.

Concentrate your efforts around the deeper holes that will be holding the be=er baits schools, and hopefully the predators! Pilchard strips, ganged whitebait, or small soA plas9cs and blade style lures will all offer you a chance of finding a fish or two.

Rock and Beach.

The waters in close at the moment are crystal clear, making the fish a bit on the spooky side. There have been good numbers of “donkey” sized crays for those willing to suit up and get cold in the 13-14deg water. The Drummer are also present, but are spending a lot of 9me hiding in their caves. The low light periods of early morning or dusk are the best 9me to chase these fish. The 9des this weekend perfectly line up with those 9mes, with a high 9de at both dawn and dusk this weekend.

There salmon have been quiet off the beaches, with reduced reports this week. The Moruya breakwall has had reduced reports, no doubt as the North Head Drive road works have been extended yet again, 9ll the end of August!!

Offshore.

I have had a few reports this week from the offshore crews this week. Mixed bags of snapper and mowong in 30-40 of water have been relayed to me. The flathead have gone quiet over the sandy areas, no doubt as a result of the cooler temps.

If you are ge]ng out this weekend, let us know how you go. We love to hear from you guys.

We do have a few sale items running at the moment. Selected Fritchey pliers are currently 40% off RRP. I also have old model Shimano Zodias rods and Daiwa TD Black rods at 20% off RRP. So if you are looking for a bargain, come in and see what we have.

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

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The Beagle Trades and Business Directory provides local Trades and Businesses a free lis9ng in a hope that they might gain work from it, and con9nue to provide employment and economic benefit to their families and our communi9es. Adver9sing is usually outside the affordability of many smaller businesses and sole traders. The Beagle supports locals. These lis9ngs are FREE. If you are a local business and would like to be listed please contact us as we oAen turn over these lis9ngs to give everyone a fair go. Email beagleweeklynews@gmail.com Trades and Businesses can also list themselves on the Beagle Trades and Business Group in Facebook at h=ps://www.facebook.com/groups/1303512213142880/ beagle weekly : Vol 219 August 6th 2021

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