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Moruya River. The river has been a li le quiet this week, with the colder water temperatures slowing the fishing down. There have s ll been some winter tailor towards the front of the systems around Preddy’s wharf to keep things interes ng, with the occasional salmon throw into the mix as well. The flathead and bream have definitely gone quiet, and as such require a bit more finesse to temp a bite. Go lighter with your rigs, and fish deeper and slower. There have been reports of good schools of mullet up past Mogendoura creek that have tempted one of the seals that frequent our system well up stream. He or she has taken residence up there on the banks of the river. If the mullet are up there in numbers, there may be a chance of a mulloway or two si ng under neath the schools.

Tuross River. The lower sec ons of Tuross have been providing a bit of ac on in the way of tailor and salmon this past week. Under those schools of tailor, there is the chance of finding a few nice flathead or even a mulloway feeding off of both the bait, and the scraps that fall to the river bo om. In around 4 ways, there are s ll numbers of flathead to be found, with slowly worked so plas cs working nicely. Areas up around Bumbo creek, should be holding schools of estuary perch this me of year as well. Rock and Beach. The local beaches and Moruya breakwall have been the hot spots this past week, with chunky fat salmon to 4kg a regular catch. Mixed in with the salmon have been some good tailor and trevally as well. While down around Congo rocks there have been some extra large bream taken. Beach worms have been the key to ge ng a few nice bream from the suds this week, while the salmon and tailor have been hi ng metals and ganged pilchards. Offshore. Reports that the new ar ficial reef off Moruya is star ng to stack up with good schools of yellowtail scad. These have in turn been, on the menu of a few nice winter kings. So if you are looking at stocking up on bait before heading out to chase snapper, flathead, gummies or even kings, give the reef a call. On a side note, we are now super well stocked on bait jigs in various sizes and colours, so come in and check out our expanded range. Out wide the game crews con nue to boat a few nice yellowfin tuna. Look for the bait along temperature breaks for you best chances.

Stay safe everyone and remember, “every days a good day for fishing…” Team Tackle World Moruya.

South Coast Property Specialists (Carlene Franzen) Tips #1106: Millions of Spare Bedrooms

Everyone is now very aware of the housing crisis across Australia that seems to be impacting people who are wanting to buy their first house, find a property to rent or even get improvements done to their property due to the shortage of skilled tradespeople. However, a recent Bureau of Statistics report (“Survey of Income and Housing”) said there were 13 million spare bedrooms across Australia and this number is on the increase.

The number is set to grow due to our ageing population where children leave the family home to find (or try to find) a house of their own, leaving their ageing parents with “empty nests”. The report showed that twothirds of the 13m were in households with a couple only, or a single person, and most of those surveyed owned their own homes.

So, it appears we have plenty of spare rooms available to theoretically solve the current homelessness crisis, but they just aren’t in the right structures or configurations to make them usable.

One of the key issues that exacerbates this issue is that for elderly people to down-size, thus making their large homes with many bedrooms available for young families to purchase, it is incredibly expensive to do so. Many elderly people are also asset rich and cash poor as much of their wealth is tied up in their biggest asset being their house. And of course, the family home is also exempt from the aged pension asset test.

How much does it cost to move and what can be done to reduce these costs? That is an impossible question to accurately answer as it depends on which state you live in, the price of the property you are buying and many variable costs such as removalists costs. Typical expenses when selling are advertising costs, legal fees, agent’s commission, cleaning and maintenance costs and removalist’s costs. Typical purchasing expenses are legal fees (including search costs), pest and building inspections, stamp duty, cleaning of new property, locksmiths plus any “nice-to-do” things you may want to do before moving in such as replacing ageing carpets and curtains etc. It is not uncommon for all these expenses to be in excess of $100,000 which certainly is significant when you may be asset rich and cash poor.

One of the big-ticket items is stamp duty which is why governments are now looking to move away from this upfront cost to an annual land tax model. Given the seriousness of our current housing crisis, maybe other initiatives can be found to encourage our ageing population to downsize and free up some of the 13 million beds that sit there collecting dust.

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