Beagle Weekender Vol 221 August 20th 2021

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editorial Welcome to this week’s editorial, From all accounts it appears as though our Lock Down will be con6nuing for some 6me. Star6ng on Monday it will be mandatory to wear a mask at all 6mes outdoors if you are not exercising.

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From 12.01am Monday, 23 August, the following addi onal rule will also be introduced for Greater Sydney (including regional NSW un l 28 August): Mask wearing will be mandatory when outside your home, except when exercising.

As with any no6ce we receive of late it is important that we consider every word and go directly to the source to establish defini6ons.

I did this for the word Exercise. The ques6on I put to myself was whether walking my dogs twice daily was exercise. Fortunately the NSW Covid page provided clarity: Based on the above I have determined that walking my dogs (that requires considerable physical effort to prise me from my chair, my book, my laptop, my kitchen) will maintain, and possibly even improve my health (possibly even burning off any addi6onal Lock-Down calories).

My twice daily dog walks are a joy, all the moreso as we approach Spring. To have to do so with a mask would remove one of the most pleasurable elements of the walk away—the smells. My home is surrounded by stunning old gardens filled with the perfumes of flowers from yesteryear.

Old world fressias and jasmine fill the air and mix with the fragrances of the reserves that are now coming into na6ve flower. As you approach the shore the scent of salt on the air is like a tonic for the senses as you inhale deeply of the Tasman breezes.

The old expression of “stopping and smelling the roses” has never been more important than now where we are being swamped from everyside with stories of gloom and doom. I have my own remedy for this which is to take two playful, joyful dogs for a walk and join them in their quest to explore the day via their noses. While I can enjoy the smells of flowers and the sea they enjoy discovering what dogs had passed by and what they may have eaten in the past 12 hours.

I try to forget the world for an hour a day and give myself over to the very reason I live in this liHle corner of the planet—for the silence away from the NOISE, for the birds, the nature, the sea. My Time, shared with two dogs that remind me to smell the roses and wag for the small pleasures that one might find.

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Major Crash - Kings Highway Nelligen About 7:45am on Wednesday 18/08/21, Officers aHached to Batemans Bay HWP Vol 16 September 15th 2017aHended a collision involving a 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Mitsubishi Pajero that had collided into a Coach. Police will allege the male driver of the Pajero was travelling west along the Kings Hwy when he has crossed over solid double lines into the path of the coach which was travelling in an easterly direc6on. Both vehicles sustained significant damage and required towing from the scene.

Police say it was miraculous that no one were seriously hurt or killed and the fact that the bus was on a designated school run and would normally be carrying about 20 children however due to Covid, the bus was empty.

The male's drivers license was immediately suspended and he has been charged with several traffic and driving offences with further charges expected rela6ng to driving under the influence pending the return of blood sample results.

COVID AZ walk-in clinic Sat 21 Aug Tomorrow, Saturday, 21 August, Queen Street Medical Centre Moruya has planned a walkin AstraZeneca vaccina6on clinic from 9.00am to 12.30pm.

Pa6ents and non-pa6ents 18 years and over are welcome to aHend – as this is a walk-in clinic, please be prepared to wait your turn.

Please note: If you have any respiratory symptoms or are unwell, you will not be vaccinated.

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A bridge to future resilience Eurobodalla Council is building bridges to a Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 more resilient future – in fact 28 of them by the end of 2023.

The shire has moved to concrete and steel structures aRer 19 6mber bridges sustained significant bushfire and flood damage in recent years. With 15 already rebuilt, the new bridges beHer withstand natural disasters and carry higher loads – improving safety and resilience for Eurobodalla’s rural road network for residents and visitors.

Council’s director of infrastructure Warren Sharpe OAM said the approach to bridge replacement came from residents’ first-hand experiences of bushfires and floods.

Above: Cobra Bridge on Wagonga Scenic Drive will be rebuilt to be.er withstand natural disasters like bushfires and floods.

“Our goal is to build back beHer and keep communi6es linked together,” Mr Sharpe said.

“To that end, we’ve also rebuilt Garlandtown Bridge on Moruya’s North Head Drive with a wider configura6on and higher load capacity, increasing amenity and safety on this vital coastal link road.”

Now Council has secured addi6onal funding under the Fixing Country Bridges program to replace a further eight 6mber bridges; five along Narooma’s Wagonga Scenic Drive and the Tilba Tilba, Potato Point and Silo Farm bridges.

Mr Sharpe said the new structures would be built alongside the exis6ng 6mber ones, avoiding the need for temporary side-tracks and minimising inconvenience to the community and disturbance of waterways.

“We’re not stopping there,” he said.

“We’re already in early discussions with the NSW Government to fund more replacements under round two of the program.” Innova6ve solu6ons were needed to rebuild so many bridges in this short 6me frame. Mr Sharpe said many of the larger bridges employed the InQuik modular system.

“First the components are delivered to the site. Then, where possible, we use regional contractors for the installa6on work.”

Mr Sharpe said he was grateful the NSW and Australian Governments had taken a common-sense approach to disaster-recovery funding.

“Even before the fires, we were working with the NSW Government to establish the Fixing Country Bridges program. Following the fires and floods we’ve seen changes that allow us to rebuild in ways that keep our community connected,” he said.

“To aHract this latest funding we joined with our colleagues from Shoalhaven, Bega Valley, QuenbeyanPalerang and Snowy Monaro to develop an innova6ve memorandum-of-understanding that delivered many bridges across our region – a first for regional NSW, and a model that has since been taken up by other local government partnerships across NSW.”

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Report finds the true value of volunteering ads up to $127 billion a year across NSW The true value of15th volunteering to communi6es across NSW has been uncovered in a first of its kind report Vol 16 September 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 showing a massive $127 billion in annual social and economic benefits from volunteering across the state.

The findings were contained in the NSW State of Volunteering Report released today by The Centre for Volunteering, an in-depth inves6ga6on into the value of volunteering across the state.

The report found that almost 4.9 million adults volunteered in NSW, giving more than 1.5 billion hours of their 6me in 2020. Their efforts delivered a return of $3.30 for every $1 invested in volunteering services across the state.

Around 28 precent of volunteers reported being badly impacted by COVID, while corporate volunteering also reduced by around 35 percent over the three years to 2020, with the impact of the pandemic a likely major source of the reduc6on.

While older people from NSW were less likely to volunteer due to COVID, young people and exis6ng volunteers helped to maintain volunteer services over the period.

Overall volunteering remained strong during 2020, with informal volunteering and online and digital volunteering programs helping to provide an overall increase in volunteering hours in 2020.

The report concludes this contribu6on is even more important for regional communi6es to maintain essen6al services. However, it found regional volunteering was impacted by an ageing popula6on and demand outstripping supply.

The report was undertaken by the Ins6tute of Project Management which surveyed more than 1,100 volunteers and received more than 1,000 responses from volunteer involving organisa6ons.

It tracked volunteering numbers, trends, aVtudes and barriers and opportuni6es to grow volunteering and its benefits across the state. It produced a detailed cost-benefit analysis of the social, cultural and economic impacts of volunteering on communi6es in NSW. The NSW State of Volunteering Report was supported and funded by the NSW Department of Communities and Justice.

Read a full copy of the NSW State of Volunteering Report here: https://www.volunteering.com.au/sovr

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New Health Facility For Bateman’s Bay The Batemans Bay community is set to benefit from a new one-stop-shop HealthOne community healthcare service facility, with the NSW Government today announcing $300,000 to get the planning underway.

Vol 16 September 15thAndrew 2017 Constance said the planning monies announced today will help ensure the new Member for Bega, 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 HealthOne facility in Batemans Bay is developed with full community consulta6on.

“The best way to build the most appropriate health facility that meets the needs of the local community is to involve the community from the very beginning,” Mr Constance said.

“I want to reassure the Batemans Bay community that they will get a brand new health care facility that provides addi6onal healthcare services to complement the new Eurobodalla Hospital.

“This means residents will have access to top class facili6es as close to home as possible.”

The planning project, funded under the 2021-22 Budget, will deliver a state-of-the-art facility that brings community healthcare services, including GPs, den6sts, allied health professionals, aged care providers, child and family healthcare providers and other allied health services, together in the one hub.

The new facility will be part of the NSW Government’s HealthOne program to provide community health care services for rural and regional communi6es. Minister for Health Brad Hazzard said the planning will involve the community every step of the way to ensure the local healthcare needs are met now and into the future.

“We’re building and upgrading health infrastructure not only in Batemans Bay but throughout rural and regional NSW to deliver beHer health outcomes,” Mr Hazzard said. “The NSW Government’s HealthOne centres are making a big difference to communi6es across the state, bringing essen6al health services together under the one roof closer to home, so people can more easily address their varying healthcare needs.”

Chief Execu6ve, Margaret BenneH, Southern NSW Local Health District said this is exci6ng news for the District. “Our communi6es are very fortunate to be geVng two brand new facili6es in coming years. We are in the privileged posi6on of being able to plan the new Eurobodalla Hospital and HealthOne community healthcare service facility at the same 6me, ensuring the best care and op6mal access for the whole Eurobodalla region.”

The new facility will complement the $200 million new Eurobodalla Hospital that will be built in Moruya. It is expected that detailed planning for the new HealthOne facility at Batemans Bay will ensure it is up and running prior to the comple6on of the new Eurobodalla Hospital.

The NSW Government has commiHed $10.8 billion in health infrastructure investment in the four years to 2024-2025, including more than $900 million for rural and regional areas in 2021-2022. Since 2011 the NSW Government has delivered more than 170 new hospitals and upgraded facili6es and currently has 110 capital projects underway across NSW.

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28 April December 7th, Southern 2017 All Vol pa6ents from the NSW Local Health District can 48 27th 2018 now enter the ACT for scheduled medical treatment without applying for an exemp6on.

ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman signed the standing exemp6on health order this week aRer mul6ple discussions between ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain about the requirement for EdenMonaro residents to travel to the ACT to access essen6al health care and specialist appointments.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the standing exemp6on would remain in place un6l the end of the declared COVID-19 public health emergency.

“With the ACT in lockdown, we remind people coming from NSW for medical treatment to follow the public health advice on our COVID-19 website when in the ACT,” Chief Minister Barr said.

“It is also important that people follow the instruc6ons that they are being given by the staff at our health facili6es.”

Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain said she was pleased to come to this arrangement with ACT Health as it would make a huge difference for a lot people in her electorate.

“Prior to this standing exemp6on, I was approached by countless people from Braidwood, to Cooma and down on the coast who were all worried about missing essen6al medical treatment because they’re applica6on for an exemp6on hadn’t been approved,” Ms McBain said.

“With the Victorian border closed and Sydney at the epicentre of the current pandemic, people in my electorate have been reliant on Canberra health services for specialist appointments and life-saving treatment.

“Southern NSW residents want to do the right thing and people are following stay at home orders, but this can’t come at the expense of their cri6cal healthcare.

“This standing exemp6on means people don’t need to stress about missing essen6al surgeries, ongoing cancer treatment or regular specialist check-ups while wai6ng for an exemp6on to be approved.”

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Moruya’s North Head Drive reopened to through Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 traffic from 2pm on Friday 20 August, restoring direct access to the airport, racecourse and speedway from Moruya.

Eurobodalla Council’s director of infrastructure Warren Sharpe OAM said the $2.8 million upgrade involved rebuilding Garlandtown Bridge for greater load carrying capacity, and widening and strengthening 1.4 kilometres of road.

“North Head Drive is a busy transport link for motorists, cyclists, and the delivery of goods and services. The road serves as an alterna6ve route if the Princes Highway is closed, as we experienced during the 2019-20 bushfires,” Mr Sharpe said.

“The first seal of the new road is done and line-marking will occur over the next few weeks. A 60 kilometre speed limit will remain in place un6l early September. Please obey traffic control when passing through the area.”

Mr Sharpe said the upgrade was part of an on-going program to deliver a safe, efficient and resilient transport route to service the coastal growth corridor between Moruya and Batemans Bay. “Garlandtown Bridge has been widened from 6.7 metres to 11 metres, including 2-metre wide shoulders on both sides for safer cycling. The bridge approaches have also been realigned and widened to conform to current regional road standards,” he said.

Mr Sharpe thanked the community for their pa6ence aRer wet weather saturated the road, which delayed work and extended the closure by several weeks.

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Council to consider proposed Bay Pavilion fees Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

Council staff have determined the entrance and hire fees for the new Bay Pavilion. A report advising the fees will go before Councillors on August 24th reques6ng that the proposed fees go out to the public for submissions and comment.

If approved Council will place the proposed schedule for fees and charges on public exhibi6on for a period of not less than 28 days commencing on 25 August un6l 22 September 2021.

The proposed fees and charges cover a range of services rela6ng to the Bay Pavilions.

The proposed fees and charges cover a range of services rela6ng to the Bay Pavilions.

These services include: • The price of entry and membership to access the pools, waterslides, gym and group exercise classes; • The hiring costs to book the theatre, rehearsal space and mee6ng rooms; and • The fees associated with exhibi6ng art in the hanging gallery.

Council staff consider that the proposed fees and charges are compara6vely affordable "but also allow the facility to be financially sustainable in years to come."

The Council report says that the proposed fees and charges were used by tenderers in preparing financial returnable schedules during the tender process for the management of the Bay Pavilions.

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Giiyong Fes7val cancelled for 2nd 7me The organisers of Giiyong Fes6val have announced that the biggest mul6-arts Aboriginal fes6val in the Yuin Na6on, Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 2018 planned for27th 9 October at Jigamy near Eden NSW, will not go ahead this year. Due to the growing concern around the current COVID situa6on, Twofold Aboriginal Corpora6on and South East Arts have had to make this difficult decision.

Alison Simpson, Manager of Cultural Inclusion at Twofold Above: Duurunu Miru and Gadhu Dancers at Giiyong Fes val in 2018 - the fes val was cancelled in 2020 and Aboriginal Corpora6on said, “Although we are now again for 2021 due to the COVID situa on. Credit: disappointed about not being able to deliver Giiyong David Rogers.

Fes6val this year, Twofold Aborignal Corpora6on's main interest is to keep our vulnerable community safe. Sharing culture through this fes6val is important to us and we will look for ways to keep connec6ng with the broader community over the coming months.”

Fes6val Project Manager, Jazz Williams from South East Arts says, “A great deal of thought has gone into the decision to cancel, with our primary objec6ve being to keep our community and performers safe.”

“The amount of interest generated when we announced Giiyong Fes6val would be on in October was huge and we were expec6ng large crowds from all over NSW and further afield. Ar6sts were travelling from around Australia and our own local ar6sts were really keen to hit the stage.” Ms Williams said.

Ms Williams con6nued, “The Giiyong Fes6val team is commiHed to celebra6ng and sharing Aboriginal culture. We are working towards an alterna6ve to the 9 October event and we ask our supporters to keep following us on social media for updates and to spare a thought for ar6sts all over the country right now who are dealing with daily cancella6ons.”

Stay up to date with Giiyong Fes6val news at www.giiyong.com.au

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TAFE NSW Helps Robyn Relaunch Her Career A Moruya mum has gone “back to school” at TAFE NSW to sharpen her hor6culture skills, despite owning a nursery and spending a life6me Vol 16 September 15th 2017 propaga6ng plants.

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Robyn Lush, 47, has been growing plants since she could walk and decided to ditch her office job two years ago to pursue her passion, opening Mountain View Nursery in Moruya Despite her experience, she decided to enroll in a Cer6ficate III in Hor6culture at TAFE NSW Moruya in 2020, and got so much out of the course she has since enrolled four of her staff.

“Growing up in Moruya, I was always passionate about the outdoors and nature,” Ms Lush said.

“My dad had always said to me, ‘if you want to do something in life, just got for it’, and I was feeling a bit bogged down in my indoor job.

Above: TAFE NSW Moruya graduate and Mountain View Nursery owner “I just had one of those life-changing moments where I realised I wasn’t really living and decided to follow my passion for plants.”

Robyn Lush (second from le9 with children Flynn and Jaykob) with staff In July 2019, during a crippling drought and just months before members and TAFE NSW students (from bushfires would ravage the region, she opened Mountain View Nursery, which specialises in unique and new varie6es of plants. le9) Jacob Askins, Jade Read-Mazzei and Greta Noack It comes amid new data showing plants sales are growing at about 10 per cent annually, with 2.2 billion plants sold na6onwide in 2020 at a combined value of $2.59 billion. The nursery has given away hundreds of plants to bushfire vic6ms to help the bush regenera6on effort.

Ms Lush, who also holds a degree in equine science, said the Cer6ficate III in Hor6culture had helped solidify and build on her exis6ng knowledge.

“It’s such a great all-round course when it comes to chemicals, propaga6on and iden6fying plants,” she said. “It’s a great way to get started in the hor6culture industry and the teacher Gabi is so knowledgeable and passionate, it’s easy to learn from her.”

TAFE NSW Moruya Hor6culture Head Teacher Gabi Harding encouraged locals to consider a career in hor6culture, saying it was a growth industry that offered flexibility, independence and intense job sa6sfac6on.

“With a TAFE NSW qualifica6on under your belt, you can do anything from working in a nursery or star6ng your own garden maintenance business, to working in local government or with na6onal parks,” she said.

“A lot of our graduates start their own business; things like mowing services, weed and plant management, helping people create new gardens or plant advice. It also allows you to work outdoors and aRer the year we’ve had with everyone locked down, it’s great to get out in nature and rediscover yourself.”

For more informa6on about enrolling in a course at TAFE NSW Moruya, call 13 16 01 or visit www.tafensw.edu.au .

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Footpath to Nowhere: shared path access to the Tomakin shops.

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local IGA supermarket is complicated by incomplete pathways.

Alison Worthington, says it’s an issue that locals have previously raised directly with council and via the Tomakin Community Associa6on.

Above: Eurobodalla Greens candidate and Tomakin resident Charlie Bell on the incomplete footpath in front of The Moorings complex in Tomakin.

“It’s been like this for years and it’s 6me the path was completed, including safe access to the shops from the pathway,” she said.

“There is no safe footpath or bicycle path access. The supermarket is not accessible to prams, wheelchairs, mobility scooters or people on bikes without using the busy carpark entrance that's also used by vehicles turning in from George Bass Drive.

“This lack of safe access is a problem for both local residents and for the large number of visitors that use this area. It discourages people from walking or cycling those short trips to the shops, trips where the use of a car could be avoided,” said Ms Worthington.

“The Eurobodalla Pathway Strategy 2017 iden6fies this as an exis6ng shared pathway: ‘Tomakin Shared Path - from The Moorings along George Bass Drive and along Sunpatch Parade,’ only it doesn’t exist as a complete shared path to the des6na6on at The Moorings.”

There is a shared pathway for pedestrians and people on bikes from Tomakin via the new roundabout, but it stops north of the supermarket, about 100 metres short of the The Moorings car park entrance. The last 100 metres to the shops is uneven, oRen muddy, has numerous trip hazards like tree roots, and only gives access to a steep slope and a flight of steps for pedestrian access, pictured.

The roadside reserve between George Bass Drive and the carpark has recently had a sewer main installed but no works were done to complete the shared pathway.

Ms Worthington, a Greens candidate for the upcoming council elec6ons, said that “Council’s Pathways Strategy priori6ses safe walking access to schools and commercial centres but this doesn’t guarantee that residents will have that access provided any 6me soon.

“If elected to council, the Eurobodalla Greens will priori6se the comple6on of paved, shared pathways that are accessible to a wide range of users, on these essen6al community routes. We’ll do the same for the Disability Inclusion Ac6on Plan 2017-21. Access for people with disabili6es is an important step in becoming an inclusive des6na6on for local residents as well as for our regional tourism industry.

Incomplete pathways just aren’t good enough.

“We need to commit to crea6ng walkable neighbourhoods. Making walking and cycling the most convenient op6on for short trips to the shops is also a way for us to ease conges6on on our roads and reduce emissions,” Ms Worthington added.

“We need to ensure that accessible and inclusive shared pathways are available for residents to make these small trips to the local shops possible without needing a car.”

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Next Teensafe course Thursday 23rd September at Moruya Speedway book now Vol 16 September 15th- 2017 Vol 28 December 7th, 2017

Vol 48 April 27th 2018 The next Teensafe course for L and P plate young drivers is being planned for the school holidays on Thursday 23 September at Moruya Speedway – subject to Covid and Lockdown restric6ons at the 6me. Cars and instructors provided.

For registra7on form and more info visit www.teensafemoruya.org The locally volunteer-run TeenSafe program is conducted during school holiday periods at the Motor Sports Complex on Donnellys Drive, Moruya by a group of dedicated driving instructors. The TeenSafe program commenced in 1999 as a request from members of the local community to provide young people with informa6on and prac6cal experiences in safe driving. 'L' and 'P' plate drivers develop driving skills in a controlled environment and under the supervision of trained instructors.

Their aim is to give 'L' and 'P' plate drivers basic driving skills and experiences in a safe and controlled environment. The courses are held over 1 day 10am-3pm with a maximum of 6-7 students.

The program consists of both theory and prac6cal elements and teaches basic skills as well as safety aspects of driving. It is a detailed presenta6on teaching driving skills in a fun, posi6ve and safe manner with emphasis being placed on slowing down, hazard percep6on and the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Tui6on is on a 'one to one' basis in the vehicles - all supplied by TeenSafe. Approximately 85% of the course consists of actual driving 6me and students are able to concentrate on basic driving skills without the added distrac6on of normal road traffic.

Vehicle maintenance and safety checks are demonstrated and discussed.

Volunteers are always being sought to assist in all aspects of the organisa6on of TeenSafe Courses, and all training will be provided for prospec6ve volunteers.

If you enjoy driving and inter-ac6ng with young people volunteering with TeenSafe could be for you.

Teensafe welcomes mature licenced drivers to help out for a day every couple of months by siVng in the passenger seat while a student drives, or by helping any6me with admin or car maintenance. Teensafe have a fleet of cars at Moruya Speedway. Gary Smith, Teensafe Manager says "If we can help teenagers drive safely, then the roads are safer for all of us" The next Teensafe course is planned for the school holidays on Thursday 23 September at Moruya Speedway – subject to Covid and Lockdown restric7ons at the 7me.

Cars and instructors provided. at Moruya Speedway. Providing teenagers with a safe driving experience and educa6on behind-the-wheel in a supervised environment.

Just $80 !! For those interested in the course go to www.teensafemoruya.org for info and to register.

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"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead (leR) was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civiliza6on in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no. Mead said that the first sign of civiliza6on in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken 6me to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.

Helping someone else through difficulty is where civiliza6on starts, Mead said."

We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.

Literary Salons 2021 The ever-resourceful Indi Carmichael (Council Arts coordinator) and her team of Sharon Halliday and Sue Blackburn came up with a new way of ensuring the Salons took place in another year of Covid uncertainty.

Since 2016 these have evolved as popular public events, growing each year with around 250 people aHending over 3 nights in 2019.

This year, 12 of the Eurobodalla Writers chose to respond to one of the pain6ngs in the Basil Sellers Art Prize Retrospec6ve and present their Sharon Halliday, Anke Ziergiebel, Louise Falcioni, Laura Tyler work over two nights in early August. The Covidrestricted audience numbers didn’t dim the buzz in the room, but there were some hiccups with the sound quality on Zoom which was set up for the first 6me in the gallery.

ARer each writer’s piece was read, or in one case set to music, the relevant ar6st responded to the wri6ng, followed by an informal discussion by the pair. This interplay is a key to the Salons’ success. Unfortunately not all the ar6sts were able to aHend the event, but wrote wonderful, though\ul responses to the writers.

A big thankyou to Indi and team, all the writers and ar6sts involved. We look forward to next year’s!

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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 addi6on 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 proper6es on the market each week.

You can find Beagle Abode on the Beagle website under REAL ESTATE The latest Beagle Abode lis6ngs 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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real estate South Coast Property Specialists (Carlene Franzen) Tips #1058: REIA “Megatrends for Australian Real Estate” Hasn’t the world changed sooooooo much recently? The pandemic has led to Vol 16 September 15th 2017 massive lockdowns 28 April December 7th,and 2017recent reports (somewhat overshadowed by the pandemic) Vol 48 27th 2018 indicates that climate change is accelera6ng at an alarming rate. In their press release this week the Real Estate Ins6tute of Australia (REIA), believe these massive issues are impac6ng so heavily on the na6on that the real estate industry is poised for massive changes that will significantly reshape our work and lifestyle environments in the future.

The REIA 'Megatrends for Australian Real Estate Report 2021' iden6fied nine key issues facing the future of the industry with the pandemic and environmental issues the key priori6es. The report has found that more than ever, the industry needs to look beyond the tradi6onal sector and historical trends to iden6fy future threats and opportuni6es. REIA President, Adrian Kelly said the COVID-19 pandemic and environmental crisis has blurred the boundaries more than ever between work, family and leisure and this is crea6ng severe issues for the real estate industry.

"Almost overnight a giant experiment of working from home disproved many of these concerns, with many workplaces op6ng to make remote working a permanent op6on. "Numerous studies point to a third of the workforce wishing to remain remote full 6me, a third wan6ng to work 1-3 days under a hybrid model and only a third wan6ng to return to an office full 6me.

"To accommodate working from home evidence points to buyer and renter preference for outer suburbs, compared to previous preference for inner suburbs. "Vendors and renters are seeking homes with more liveable space, including bigger gardens and more space, for example entertainment rooms. Those that can afford it are having a family home out of the city and a city base," he said.

Mr Kelly said that with health experts predic6ng another pandemic is likely, public health will remain front of mind for public policy and design decision for the foreseeable future.

As a result, the nine-mega trends iden6fied for the Australian real estate industry by the REIA are: 

Consumer centric transparency

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Rising wealth inequality

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Genera6onal expecta6ons

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Sustainability & green creden6als

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Decarbonisa6on & climate adap6on

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Work/ life fluidity

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Building health

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Escaping the ci6es

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Migra6on

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community RSPCA Eurobodalla is urgently seeking a foster carer for Dexter, a 6 year old American Staffy. Dexter was surrendered because his owner had to move to premises that did not allow pets - another sad par6ng.

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people and walks reasonably well on a lead.

Due to the current COVID situa6on, we have had to put all adop6ons on hold, so Dexter is stuck in a boarding kennel because the carer who was going to take him was not able to at the last minute.

We need a carer for this boy who has a securely fenced yard, is fit enough to walk a medium/large dog, and has no other pets. There is no cost involved.

Fit for Life Mogo Fit 4 Life Mogo has been running every Thursday (pre Covid) before school with par6cipants then enjoying a cooked breakfast. The program for Mogo Primary School has all been funded by the St Vincent De Paul bushfire appeal.

Above : PCYC Youth Caine Brierley with some of the young ones in the popular program Above: Senior Constable Greg Curry & the school Principal Lyndall Schucman ready for a kick about.

Fit For Life is an early interven on program designed to engage youth ages 10 to 17 who are at risk of poor choices and an social behaviour. Through physical fitness, nutri on and social engagement, Fit For Life aims to improve overall wellbeing as well as prevent and divert youth from offending behaviours.

Moruya Branch of the CWA of NSW would like to advise our community, who give us such wonderful support, that in line with the current Regional lockdown restric6ons our tearooms & HandicraR Shop are temporarily closed. Keep reading the Beagle to see when we are opening again.

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Broulee’s Ewan McAsh honoured in Outback fashion labels new collec7on of shirts Ewan McAsh, founder of SmartOysters, is among the list of inspira6onal Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th,Trading 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Australians Antola has honoured in its latest collec6on of shirts.

Owned and designed in Outback Australia, Antola Trading has designed 23 new men’s, women’s and kids work shirts as part of its latest collec6on. Each design is named aRer someone handpicked by founder Alicia McClymont, who she believes is having a diverse impact on regional and rural Australia through the local community or at the highest level of the Agricultural industry.

Alicia said they are "thrilled to have connected with Ewan, to share his story of resilience and dedica6on.”

With a degree in marine biology and a love of surfing the South Coast, Ewan McAsh is transforming the Australian oyster industry from product to plate.

Ewan was 24 and fresh out of university when his dad, previously a commercial fisherman and looking to leave his office job, proposed buying an oyster farm together.

Throughout Antola Trading’s Shirt Story honouring Ewan, he speaks of upgrading the family farm and building beHer soRware tools to run the farm more efficiently. Within ten years he had restructured his own produc6on process and the wider oyster market, but not without a personal cost.

“I’d oRen look at my friends who work in the city or doing fly-in, fly-out mining making great money and here I was feeling like I was losing the family inheritance in an oyster farm.”

“I’d say to Dad ‘Why don't we just stop? What are we doing?’, but he always had this sort of resilience and confidence in what we were doing.”

Nearly twenty years on, the risks undergone by Ewan and his father have been rewarded. Today, Ewan not only runs the McAsh oyster farm and Signature Oysters, the business he uses to sell directly to consumers, but he has co-founded two more businesses; consultancy service Oyster Life and SmartOyster, dedicated to moving farm data collec6ons online.

Ewan said he is excited to be part of the line-up of men and women who have inspired Antola Trading’s latest collec6on.

“I was really pleased and honoured that Antola Trading were interested in my story and naming a shirt aRer me.”

“The shirts are great. I’m more in the office these days so it's good to have a nicer looking shirt, not just your plain old coHon shirt,” Ewan said.

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community Community Informa7on Sessions Eurobodalla Health Service Community members are invited to register to aHend an informa6on session to learn more about the Eurobodalla Health Service (EHS) including the new $200 million Eurobodalla Health Service Project (EHSP).

Community informa6on sessions will be held at: Vol 16 September 15th 2017

28 April December 7th, 2017 48 27thClub, 2018 •Vol Moruya Golf Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 5:00pm – 6:30pm • Narooma Golf Club, Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 9:30am – 11:00am • Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 1:00pm – 2:30pm • Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Southern NSW LHD Chief Execu6ve Margaret BenneH said the sessions will provide an opportunity to hear directly from the District about new models of care for the region, and an update from the project team on the EHSP. “It will be a great opportunity for people in our community to get an understanding of what we have planned and how it will support the region’s health care needs, and to encourage our community to ask ques6ons about the health services planned for our region,” said Ms BenneH. The new health facility at Moruya will provide an overall increase in bed and service capacity than both Moruya and Batemans Bay hospitals currently combined and will be designed with the capacity to grow as demand for health services changes in the future. Once completed the new hospital will deliver high-quality contemporary and accessible care and feature a new emergency department, cri6cal care services, opera6ng theatres, a day stay surgical unit, ambulatory care services, increased capacity for chemotherapy and, paediatrics and maternity, as well as educa6on facili6es.

All members of the community are welcome to aHend the informa6on sessions. The sessions will be held in accordance with the latest COVID-19 Public Health Orders and numbers will be limited. QR codes and mandatory mask wearing will be in place for anyone aHending.

Session bookings can be made through Eventbrite. Light refreshments will also be provided. Southern NSW Local Health District is working with Health Infrastructure to deliver the new hospital in Eurobodalla to meet the current and future health needs of the region from Narooma to Batemans Bay. For more informa6on about the sessions please contact HI EurobodallaHospital@health.nsw.gov.au or phone 02 6150 7339.

31 August – Moruya: hHps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/163798017279 1 September – Narooma: hHps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/163798338239 1 September – Batemans Bay 1pm: hHps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/163798302131 1 September – Batemans Bay 5pm: hHps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/163957145235

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community ‘Bicycles can change the world!’

Q&A with e-bike enthusiast, Moruya’s John Bourne

By Gillian Macnamara, for the Southcoast Health and

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Why did you decide to buy an electric bike?

I’ve always been a keen cyclist. Un6l I re6red, I used to ride my push bike to work. As I got older, I developed arthri6s, but I thought I was s6ll preHy fit. Then, when I re6red six or seven years ago, I joined EUROBUG, the local cycling group, and I was stunned at how much faster the other riders were than me. Back then only a couple of people had e-bikes. I gradually got fiHer. But, along with all the other members, I also got older! And as we all aged, more of us decided to buy e-bikes. Some people who had stopped riding with us bought e-bikes and returned to regular riding. It means that we can keep doing the lovely local rides, keep socializing, and maintaining our physical and mental health.

How long have you had your e-bike?

About four years. I have two, a ‘cross’ bike and a road bike. The cross bike was a demo model, so it was a bit cheaper, about $3,500. I bought it from Moruya Bicycles. Of course, you can pay a lot more, up to $15,000.

The more expensive bikes are lighter.

Do you vary the amount of assistance you get from the motor?

Yes. I use low or economy a lot of the 6me but shiR up to high when I need more help – on a steep hill for instance. The motor cuts out once you reach 25 kph – that’s the legal speed limit for e-bikes.

Do you use your e-bike for ac7vi7es other than leisure?

Yes. I cycle from home to Moruya to do the shopping. It’s just a 2km ride but there’s a steep climb of about 50 metres on the return journey that I couldn’t manage on the push bike. With a backpack and two paniers, I can carry a fair bit of shopping. It’s a lot cheaper than taking the car, as well as being so much beHer for me and for the environment. Our house is off grid, so when I charge the e-bike, I use electricity from our photovoltaic cells.

Con6nues….

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community Are there any disadvantages to e-biking?

Well, there’s obviously more maintenance with an e-bike than a push bike. But s6ll less than a car. There aren’t many bike racks around Moruya, and it can be difficult to find a place to secure your bike, whether it’s a push bike or an e-bike. Of course, you need to wear the right gear – a windproof Hi-Viz jacket and a helmet.

Riding in the wind is 2017 fine as you have the motor, but heavy rain is not so good. And just one word of cau6on: Vol 16 September 15th 28 April December 2018 7th, 2017 48 ifVol you cycle27th anywhere near a golf course, as I do regularly, watch out for mis-hit balls – they can be a hazard!

But overall, for me, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages by a long way.

What advice would you give to other people considering swapping their cars for an e-bike for their regular commute?

Don’t put it off! There will always be new models and refinements, but you can get a decent bike now for a few thousand dollars. Go to a good bike shop and try some out. And look at secondhand as well as new. If you have ridden a push bike, you’ll find an e-bike easy. They are a great way of geVng healthy and reducing emissions. Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne all have dedicated bike lanes and they are full during commu6ng 6mes. It is definitely the way to go. Bicycles can change the world!

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community SOUTH DURRAS Serenity calls me here!

Over res\ul waters I watch as mullet jump and pelicans land.

Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28spoHed December 7th, Vol 48 April 27th 2018 Under gums I sit2017 to reflect with Nature...how beau6ful, how colourful!

Three black cockatoos fly past, warning of rain to follow.

Here is a place to swim, fish, snorkel, float or just look!

Durras how peaceful.....the name of the lake!

Unknown to many with Nature untouched.

So pris6ne!

Rain falls, well needed to nurture new life, Refreshing splash, salty taste, periwinkles underneath,

SHASA AGM Tuesday 14 September 10.30am 12 noon by ZOOM. All are welcome.

Please contact Steve Colman, Vice President, SHASA to arrange a ZOOM link on 0414 491 375 or email steve@globallearning.com.au SHASA is a Eurobodalla community organisation committed to achieving more resilient communities and helping make the Eurobodalla a better place to live, work and play.

Aborigines lived happily here, many years ago, shellfish middens tell us so!

Sunshine one minute, clouds the next, perfect climate for a needed rest!

By Mary Murray

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Reading Gadfly 190 By Robert Macklin ‘What did you think of the Olympics?’

‘Not bad…those girl swimmers were great…seems like last year, doesn’t it.’

Vol 16 September 15th 2017 my way while standing in a supermarket checkout line after the This 27th colloquy 28 April December 7th, wafted 2017 Vol 48 2018

Canberra lockdown. I couldn’t help but agree – Covid dominates everything; the Olympics seems not just from another year but a different dimension. But to pass the time I tried to recall the highlights and ponder the effect that massive circus of athletic virtuosity had on the world and especially our little corner of it.

It wasn’t easy. Memory is a notoriously fickle mistress. It grabs some silly images – like that swim coach going nuts or the exhausted runner staggering to the line – and erases others with deeper meanings. For example, the Chinese sprinter, Su Bingtian won his semi-final in 9.83 seconds and became the first Asian in 89 years to reach the final. That must give hope to runners from an entire continent, from Cambodia to Seoul to Ulan Bator.

We were also restricted by Kerry Stokes’s perception of what events would give his Seven Network the biggest viewer ratings. While it was exciting watching those gold winning swimming events – and Patty Mills running rings around the Slovenians – there does come a time when women’s waterpolo – without underwater shots - starts to lose its antic charm; to say nothing of the impossible rules of Keirin in the cycling velodrome.

Apparently ping pong doesn’t rake in the viewers. Some of us love watching and playing the game since it’s probably the best method yet invented to keep body and mind in first class trim. But to get a decent coverage you had to sign in to a Seven App and then go searching the entire spectrum while Bruce McAvaney was rabbiting on about some Kenyan’s time in the 2004 Athens 10,000.

On the way, you’d inevitably stop at some ghastly European torturing a horse with either ‘dressage’ where the inbred chargers perform ridiculous prancing gaits; or the ‘show jumping’ of barriers to the accompaniment of toffy females snorting criticism of Princess Harlequin III (the horse) for being ‘not quite up to snuff today’. Surely the time has come for the RSPCA to put an end to it, particularly when it’s the rider, not the poor horse who gets the reward.

Speaking of which, what’s the point in having golf, tennis, or a cut down version of the Tour de France as Olympic events? Sure, the IOC has abandoned the old amateur rule, but these ‘sports’ are so professional that the Olympics is just another stopover on their schedule. Which reminds me, whatever became of drug testing? Here it is, weeks after the Games and I haven’t heard of a single positive test. Did the entire athletic world suddenly see the light?

There are, of course, some bigger considerations. In the Covid era, it was a nice distraction for the millions in quarantine or self-imposed solitude. And it should have opened our hearts to the women and men of the world who have worked so hard to bring themselves to the peak of athletic performance.

But every country has its Kerry Stokes, celebrating the national victors and ignoring the ‘other’. They too will be focusing on whether their medal tally beats the national adversary.

Yes, we came sixth, once again ‘punching above our weight’. That, I fear, is the one element that will persist with our fickle mistress. As the old song says, “Memories are made of this.” robert@robertmacklin.com beagle weekly : Vol 221 August 20th 2021

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GeKng vaccinated is our only way out says Dr Neil Starmer “COVID-19 Delta is coming to the Eurobodalla. Make no Vol 16 September 15th 2017 mistake it is only a 2017 ma.er of me. This variant is more 28 April December 7th, Vol 48 27th 2018

infec ous and as a community we are ring of restric ons.

We are only one lockdown-skipping, COVID-infected person away from a local outbreak.” warns Moruya prac6ce partner GP, Dr Neil Starmer.

“The only way out of this mess is to vaccinate and I am sure you can see this unfolding on the news and in the government messaging. The risk of geAng a COVID-19 infec on is increasing and therefore the risk benefit equa on is pped in favour of the individual geAng vaccinated.” Dr Starmer stresses “The risk to you from the vaccine is less than the risk to you from COVID-19. “ “We have plenty of the excellent Astra Zeneca vaccine in stock and we are well into our second round of Astra Zeneca vaccines to complete that course. We have appointments available online for anyone who wants an Astra Zeneca vaccine. Apart from a ny minority of people with very special cloAng problems, this vaccine is suitable for everyone over the age of 18 however, for those under 60 we will s ll want to take you through the consent process.”

If you’re under 60, to consult your doctor about having the Astra Zeneca vaccine, please book either a Telehealth (by phone) or face to face appointment.

Thousands turn to free financial counselling during latest lockdowns – Financial Counselling Australia Thousands of individuals and small business owners have sought help from the Na6onal Debt Helpline (NDH) and Small Business Debt Helpline (SBDH) as they struggle with financial issues during the current lockdowns.

The two na6onal not-for-profit organisa6ons run free financial counselling helplines and chat services, to help individuals and small businesses cope with financial hardship. www.financialcounsellingaustralia.org.au

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Reading - leLer to the editor The Beagle Editor, Though not Eurobodalla related the events in Afghanistan affect us all.

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Your might find this ar6cle from material by the Geopoli6cal Monitor of interest.

28readers December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 Simon Maxwell

Taliban Background & How The Us Created Al-Qaeda With The Help Of Opium And Heroin.

We’ll start by poin6ng out that today, Afghanistan supplies more than 90 per cent of the world’s illicit opium, from which heroin is made. Opium sets the backdrop for US and Bri6sh interven6on back in the 1970’s and 80’s.

Before the latest war in Afghanistan, which started in 2001, the US were engaged in opposing pro-Russian regime in Kabul. It was actually in 1998, when Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter’s Na6onal Security Adviser, said in an interview with a French publica6on, Le Nouvel Observateur, that the US interven6on in the Afghan-Soviet war did not begin in the 1980s, but that, “it was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first direc6ve for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul,” which precipitated the Soviet invasion into Afghanistan.

From the Soviet invasion, a bloody ten-year war followed.

Amazingly, “Before 1979 Pakistan and Afghanistan exported very liHle heroin to the West,” but by 1981, “trucks from the Pakistan army’s Na6onal Logis6cs Cell arriving with CIA arms from Karachi oRen returned loaded with heroin – protected by ISI [Pakistan’s internal security service] papers freeing them from police search.”

This change occurred in 1981 when then CIA Director William Casey, Prince Turki bin Faisal of Saudi intelligence and the ISI worked together to create a foreign legion of jihadi Muslims or so-called Arab Afghans. More than 100,000 Islamic militants were trained in Pakistan between 1986 and 1992 in camps overseen by the CIA and [Bri6sh] MI6. The SAS [Bri6sh special forces] trained future Al-Qaida and Taliban fighters in bomb-making and other black arts” while their leaders were trained at a CIA camp in Virginia.

Further, “CIA aid was funneled through [Pakistani President] General Zia and the ISI in Pakistan.”

In the mid-1990s, an obscure group of “Pashtun country folk” had become a powerful military and poli6cal force in Afghanistan, known as the Taliban. During that same 6me the Taliban acquired contacts with the ISI, oRen referred to as Pakistan’s “shadow government.” In 1995, the ISI was ac6vely aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan’s civil war against the warlords that controlled the country. In addi6on, just as in the Afghan war against the Soviet Union in the previous decade, the ISI looked to Saudi intelligence to provide the funding for the Taliban, and the 6es between the ISI and Saudi intelligence grew much closer. The Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan was also aided by the CIA, which worked with the Pakistani ISI. A few years aRer the Taliban came to power they began a campaign to eradicate Afghanistan’s opium crops, and “The success of Afghanistan’s 2000 drug eradica6on program under the Taliban government was beagle weekly : Vol 221 August 20th 2021

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Reading—leLer to the editor recognized by the United Na6ons” as a monumental feat, in that “no other country was able to implement a comparable program.” In October of 2001, the UN acknowledged that the Taliban reduced opium produc6on in Afghanistan from 3300 tons in 2000 to 185 tons in 2001.

InVolJune of 2001, 15th a few2017 months before 9/11, it was reported that a “recent giR of $43 million to the Taliban 16 September 28of December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 rulers Afghanistan” was announced “by Secretary of State Colin Powell, in addi6on to other recent aid, [which] made the United States the main sponsor of the Taliban.”

Drug trafficking is the largest global commodity in profits aRer the oil and arms trade, consequently, “immediately following the October 2001 invasion opium markets were restored. Opium prices spiraled. By early 2002, the domes6c price of opium in Afghanistan (in dollars/kg) was almost 10 6mes higher than in 2000.”

The Anglo-American invasion of Afghanistan successfully restored the drug trade. It seems incredible now to think that the CIA wanted to spread heroin addic6on through the Russian army during its 10 year dirty Afghan war which ended in February 1989. The civil war between the Taliban and its Afghan opponents then took over.

The Guardian reported that, “In 2007 Afghanistan had more land growing drugs than Colombia, Bolivia and Peru combined.”

There is so much more to this story which has developed over the last 50 years. The roles of the Bri6sh and the US through its CIA have been staggering. The Taliban are a direct result of the conniving of the Bri6sh, CIA, Saudi Arabia and the Pakistani ISI. The Taliban have been a pendulum in Afghanistan – swinging from one side of the country’s poli6cs to the other.

One thing we can be sure of is that opium and its deriva6ve heroin have funded much of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda history. Unfortunately, this appears des6ned to con6nue – and the world will con6nue to suffer the consequences! The West embarked on money laundering of an immense scale with drug money winding up in numerous offshore banks.

As for the Taliban today, which direc6on will they take? Can their severe form of Sharia Law be soRened? Can they ever be trusted as they would like? Will Afghanistan finally find peace for whatever is leR of its 37.3million popula6on? Only 6me will tell….. .

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25000 KL per day of treated effluent: is this the cause of poor Surf Beach beach readings The Beagle Editor, I am wri6ng to add comment to the leHer from Billabong Bob, "Will Surf Beach be one of the three worst in Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 December 7th, 2017 (3 days ago). the state for 2020-2021" Vol 48 April 27th 2018 I think Bob and the other people making comments on Surf Beach pollu6on are missing the main source of the problem. It’s true that Wimbie Creek carries some pollu6on and it is interes6ng to see on the Google maps that one of the arms of this creek leads down from the sewage treatment plant. But the major source of pollu6on is in a buried pipeline running from the treatment plant down to Wimbie Beach.

The buried pipeline is what really maHers. It’s the means of disposing of all the sewage from the treatment plant above George Bass Drive. This pipe turns right when it gets to the southern corner of Wimbie Beach and runs under the track leading towards Smugglers Cove. When it reaches the headland it tunnels through the saddle of the headland and comes out at Smugglers Cove.

At Smugglers Cove sewage effluent is pumped through a discharge pipe into the ocean. Readers interested in a brief descrip6on of the Surf Beach ou\all can find it here. hHps://www.ou\alls.info/detail/loca6ons/11 This website also has a map of all the sewage ocean ou\alls around Australia. There is another one at Tomakin which might be the source of a lot of the pollu6on in that area. Swimmers planning to enter the water at Surf Beach, Circuit Beach or Lilli Pilli should take account of the 6de and wind direc6on.

The sewage effluent floats on the surface of the ocean being mostly fresh water and therefore lighter than sea water. On the surface it blows where the wind and 6de take it. Surf Beach is most likely to be polluted in the morning around high 6de and with a sea breeze blowing. I say in the morning because as far as I was able to tell when I looked into this ou\all some years ago, the sewage is only released at night. Unless, of course, there has been heavy rain and the treatment plant has become overloaded.

Swimmers should keep track of where sewage is disposed of in their neighbourhood.

Sewage from Tuross Head, for instance, is piped under Coila Lake to a sewage plant on the southern side of Bingie. There it is given the usual rapid treatment and pumped into seHlement/evapora6on ponds. Mostly this seems to work alright but there seems to be a wet weather overflow going into the northern side of Coila Lake where there is some6mes considerable pollu6on evident.

Ricky Gee The Beagle Editor, Our Eurobodalla Shire Council (ESC) has decided to close the waste management facili6es to the general public due to the pandemic? A quick check with our neighbouring Councils shows that their 6ps are s6ll opera6ng.

ESC claims it is to protect the public and their staff, despite the following advice from the EPA: 'Keeping waste and recycling facili6es open to the publicIt is important that the waste and recycling industry and councils con6nue to provide cri6cal waste services to the public. This includes keeping waste and recycling centres open so that people can easily dispose of their waste.'

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Reading Hi Everyone, due to the current lockdown Moruya Books will be closed un6l it’s safe to reopen.

We hope you’re all comfy in your book forts reading up a storm and we’ll

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Looking forward to sharing all the new reading recommenda6ons!

Stay safe Janice, Julie, Alison, Sara, Julia, Susan and Ruby

Always Add Lemon Recipes You Want to Cook | Food You Want to Eat Danielle Alvarez 'Danielle loves to cook and it shows in every page of this inspira7onal, beau7ful book. There are a lot of lessons to be learned from her recipes and her wise, thoughPul approach.' – David Tanis 'I am delighted by this cookbook.' – Alice Waters 'Danielle is one of my very favourite cooks.' – Skye Gyngell 'Hospitality, kindness and consistency are the aLributes that embody the work of Danielle Alvarez.' – Josh Niland beagle weekly : Vol 221 August 20th 2021

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100 Years Ago— 20th August 1921 SUCCESSFUL PASS. – Congratula6ons to Master Fred Walsh, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Walsh, Turlinjah, who has received no6fica6on of having passes the Bankers’ Ins6tute examina6on.

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28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 WHALE WASHED ASHORE. – On the 12th inst. a son of Mr. H. B. O’Neill, of Tomakin, discovered a fine specimen of a black whale, which had been washed up on the beach on the north eastern side of Burrawarra Point, the leviathan of the sea being 40R in length.

AFTER MANY YEARS. – About 28 years ago Mrs. J. E. Lavis, of “Glenella,” Bateman’s Bay, broke the point of a needle off in her right hand from which she never experienced any trouble un6l a few days ago, when she felt an irrita6ng sensa6on near her waist. On examina6on it turned out to be the point of the needle which, when extracted measured half an inch and none the worse for its 28 years of “seclusion.”

FIRES. -On Wednesday aRernoon a sensa6on was caused here by the outbreak of two fires. About 3 o’clock as Messrs. A. M. Wilson and Moran were passing the Royal at the corner of Page and Queen Sts. they no6ced smoke issuing from the wall of an up-stair room on the eastern side of the building.

On giving the alarm, it was discovered that a fire had started in front of the fire-place of the room occupied by the proprietor, Mr. R. N. Carden, who is confined to his bed with an aHack of quinsey (sic).

An ember evidently had fallen out, and burning a hole through the flooring boards, set alight to the joist and pine ceiling of the parlor underneath.

Cardens Hotel.

Many willing hands were quickly on the scene and tearing away a number of the lining boards ex6nguished the flames with water carried in buckets and jugs from the bathroom. Mr. and Mrs. Carden are extremely lucky in having their premises saved in the nick of 6me; another five minutes andMoruya the whole structure would Vulcan Street have been in flames, following that every building in Queen St. would have been reduced to ashes. Nothing less than a miracle would have saved them, as a strong westerly wind was blowing at the 6me. Later in the aRernoon there was an outbreak of fire in a shed at the rear of Mrs. George Constable’s residence at Gundary. Fortunately, this was also ex6nguished before any serious damage resulted.

BODALLA. – On Saturday last a very enjoyable football match was played at Bodalla between teams represen6ng Mogo and a second grade team from Bodalla. The home team won by 3 to nil. The Mogo players were aRerwards entertained at tea by the Bodalla team. The Mogoites made the trip per Charlie Marsden’s lorry.

On Saturday evening a very successful dance was held in aid of the Moruya Hospital. Mr. Brice had the floor in perfect order, and, with Mr. Desclen at the piano, everybody had a real good 6me.

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 Bazza hammered the last nail into the paling to fix the front fence and stood back to admire his work. Neither the work or the mid morning sun were enough to raise a sweat but he could not help thinking the whole job was bloody pointless.

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lockdown, he hardly needed a fence to keep people out. He smiled at the thought and rubbed his chin.

It was more a case of keeping him in and the Robert Frost poem, Mending Wall swirled around in his head.

Anyhow, it was an apparent need to keep him busy and it was job number three completed on the home maintenance list.

His wife, Fran, had me6culously wriHen up the list which doubled as a lock, and put it on the fridge door under the heading LOCKDOWN JOBS. Bazza nodded at a masked neighbour pacing away, and no doubt on his way to robbing the local coffee shop. He squinted at the lukewarm sun, thought about job number four and half snarled at the front lawn.

He checked his watch and decided to go inside. Fran already had the television tuned to the ABC and the daily pandemic update. The grim sta6s6cs and 6ght mouth of the hapless Premier betrayed any posi6ve spin.

As always, it was Dr Kerry Chant, NSW Chief Medical Officer, who grabbed his aHen6on. He would have liked to have sat next to her in Science at High School to make more sense of the subject. On top of all her smarts, she was probably too modest to tell the Health Minister “I told you this would happen if we did not lockdown earlier.”

He shook his head and paced over to look out the window for the tenth 6me this morning. The ABC flicked to the grim footage of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and Bazza sighed audibly but it was the cross to Prime Minister, ScoH Morrison, that had him breathing deeply. His face 6ghtened as the Prime Minister announced Australia would not be guaranteeing safe passage for any of the locals who had assisted Australian Defence personnel over the past couple of decades.

He thought about all those defence personnel who must of gained the trust of the locals with good faith assurances such as ‘We’ll look aRer you. We look aRer our mates.’

The betrayal must cut so deeply and so personally. But it got worse. Amidst all the heartbreak and footage of desperate people trying to aHach themselves to the outside of planes taking off, OUR Prime Minister muscled up to the television camera to deliver a message. It was not a message of hope. It was not a message of humanity. It was a warning to the so called ‘people smugglers’.

Bazza shiRed in his chair. He then opened his anthology of Bruce Dawe Poems and read Homecoming and then GiR of the Gods; poems from the Vietnam War era.

He sighed at the lessons not learned.

He thought about Prime Ministers Whitlam and Fraser. Sure, Gough ended Australia’s involvement in the war, but Malcolm at least took some responsibility for the mess with the open acceptance of refugees. A humanitarian vein was tapped in the Australian psyche. A tear rolled down Bazza’s cheek.

Have a beer with Baz at john.longhurst59@gmail.com

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Reading—A beer with Baz Mending Wall BY ROBERT FROST Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; Vol September 15th 2017 two can pass abreast.

And16 gaps 28makes December 7th,even 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 The work of hunters is another thing: I have come after them and made repair Where they have left not one stone on a stone, But they would have the rabbit out of hiding, To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean, No one has seen them made or heard them made, But at spring mending-time we find them there.

I let my neighbor know beyond the hill; And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again.

We keep the wall between us as we go.

To each the boulders that have fallen to each.

And some are loaves and some so nearly balls We have to use a spell to make them balance: ‘Stay where you are until our backs are turned!’

We wear our fingers rough with handling them.

Oh, just another kind of out-door game, One on a side. It comes to little more: There where it is we do not need the wall: He is all pine and I am apple orchard.

My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.

He only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’

Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: ‘Why do they make good neighbors? Isn't it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.

Homecoming – Bruce Dawe All day, day after day, they’re bringing them home, they’re picking them up, those they can find, and bringing them home, they’re bringing them in, piled on the hulls of Grants, in trucks, in convoys, they’re zipping them up in green plastic bags, they’re tagging them now in Saigon, in the mortuary coolness they’re giving them names, they’re rolling them out of the deep-freeze lockers – on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut the noble jets are whining like hounds, they are bringing them home – curly-heads, kinky hairs, crew-cuts, balding non-coms – they’re high, now high and higher, over the land, the steaming chow mein, their shadows are tracing the blue curve of the Pacific with sorrowful quick fingers, heading south, heading east, home, home, home – and the coasts swing upward, the old ridiculous curvatures of earth, the knuckled hill, the mangrove-swamps, the desert emptiness… in their sterile housing they tilt towards these like skiers – taxiing in, on the long runways, the howl of their homecoming rises surrounding them like their last moments (the mash, the splendour) then fading at length as they move on to small towns where dogs in the frozen sunset raise muzzles in mute salute, and on to cities in whose wide web of suburbs telegrams tremble like leaves from a wintering tree and the spider grief swings in his bitter geometry – they’re bring them home, now, too late, too early.

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense.

Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down.’ I could say ‘Elves’ to him, But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather He said it for himself. I see him there Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.

He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees.

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Arts Alexys Hunter from Batemans Bay High School has taken out the major prize of the LiHle Sellers Art Prize, 2021, with her stunning work Self Portrait.

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28 April December 7th, 2017Mr Basil Sellers, who Vol 48 2018 Alexys wins27th $200 from supports the art prize and exhibi6on each year.

Well done to all the finalist and category winners.

The Bas is currently closed but you can visit their website to view the finalist presenta6on and take a virtual walk through the exhibi6on. thebas.com.au

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Narooma Ladies Golf results Monday 16th August Monday 16th August Narooma Ladies played a medley single stableford with 28 entrants.

Div 1, 0-28 winner was Julie Blessington with 36 points.

Runner up was Jan Boxsell a very close score of 35 points. Div 2, 29-45 winner was Vicky Connaughton with a Vol 16 score September 15th 2017 great of 41 and runner up also with a great score of 37 was Margaret Brown.

28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 NTP. Chris6ne Hendra on the 3rd, div 3 Chris Fader on the 14th, div 1 Margaret Brown on the 17th, div 2 Balls to 32 Wednesday 18th August 32 Narooma Ladies played a single stableford groups of 2 on a beau6ful day.

Div 1, 0-29 winner was Sylvia Donohoe with a great score of 40 off handicap of 4. Runner up was Tanya Desmond with a score of 35 OCB off handicap of 18.

Div 2, 30-45 winner was Chris6ne Hendra with a score of 40 off handicap of 36. Runner up was Janice Eardley with a score of 36 off handicap of 30.

NTP. Jennifer Walker on the 3rd, div 2 Chris6ne Hendra on the 9th, div 3 Sylvia Donohoe on the 17th, div 1 Balls to 33 OCB

CATALINA LADIES GOLF – Results 18 August 2021 Sixty-nine Ladies played a Stableford Event today, results as follows: Division 1 1st Marian Byrnes (22) 40 points 2nd Judi Rimmer (21) 37 points 3rd Jenny Scullin (20) 34 points 4th Kelly Rogan (24) (on countback) 34 points Division 2 1st Grace Ting (27) 40 points 2nd Carol Gardner (29) 38 points 3rd Marion Edmonds (27) 37 points 4th Mieke Van Doeland (26) 36 points Division 3 1st Elaine Dawson (38) 41 points 2nd Beverley Keatley (40) (on countback) 39 points 3rd Jackie Wilson (40) 39 points 4th Sandra McCamley (35) 36 points Place GeHers: Seventeen Ladies who scored 33 points or more (on countback) won a ball.

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October 2020 to be able to run together as a group in the 5 kilometres. That dark period lasted 30 weeks. Then on 21 April this year we were able to have runners compete over all three distances. It is hoped that this current lock down will not last long.

We wish to encourage Broulee Runners to con6nue to run or walk over one of the three distances during lock down and send in your 6me. It doesn’t maHer where or when. If you are not a card-carrying Broulee Runner, you can obtain a ‘virtual membership card’ by Thanks to Helen and Jye for sending in their photo of their virtual run. submiVng a result. It is important to con6nue to exercise and even measure your performance.

The best example of this is from Simon Wall “I am in quaran6ne so 54 laps around the back yard, up the side of the house, cross the front lawn and back through the garage.”

All records of individual performances are maintained, and should you need to check on PBs, number of runs or when you had you first run send a message.

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Richard Wharton best of stableford field at Tuross Head Tuross Head Country Club men’s golf held a stableford compe66on on Saturday August 14th and the results are as listed below. Richard Wharton was an easy winner with an excellent score of 42 stableford Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017is being given as to how the ramifica6ons of the latest Covid 19 state lockdown points.

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Tuross Head men’s golf single stableford winners Saturday August 14th 2021 Richard Wharton 42, Steve Collins 39, Herb Muriwai 39, Paul Medwin 38 and Jim Wade 38 points.

Ball Winners Steven O’Shea 37, Tony Brown 37, Ian Kingston 37, Richard Brake 37, Peter Engelbrecht 36, Trevor Jones 36, Bruce Mar6n 36, Paul Ferguson 35, Ian Lawson 35, Frank Pomfret 35, John Egli6s 35, Bruce Handley 35, Ian Miller 34, Allan Langford 34, Col Houghton 34, Michael Allen 33, Michael Coloe 33, Shane Gschwend 33, Darren Willmouth 33 and Peter Nikolic 33 points.

Nearest the Pins A grade: Ken Hush 4th, Wayne Fullerton 6th and Peter Engelbrecht 7th hole.

B grade: Troy Kingdom 4th, Shane Gschwend 6th and Trevor Jones 7th hole.

C grade: Mar6n Booth 4th, Bruce Handley 6th and Rob McKirdy 7th hole.

Photo: Richard Wharton: Tuross Head single stableford winner. Photo: Courtesy Tony Brown.

Medley Stableford Thursday August 12th 2021 Winners Peter Coffey 40 points, Mark Forrest 39, Greg Smith 38, Ian Miller 37 and Bruce Mar6n 36 points.

Ball Winners: Malcolm Gilbertson 36, Paul Medwin 36, Ruth Gschwend 35, Jim Madden 35, Nick Brice 34, Ian McManus 34, Leonie Snodgrass 34, Nigel Barling 34, Paul Israel 34, Peter Garn 34, Col Houghton 33 and Brad Doolan 33 points.

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