Learn how to become a composter or worm farmer

Learn how to use a hot compos ng machine and make friends with worms at Council’s upcoming free workshops.

This month, eight hands-on worm farm and compos ng workshops will be held at Moruya Waste Transfer Sta on, Yarragee Road.

Eurobodalla Council’s waste services manager Nathan Ladmore said the workshops give prac cal ps on how to start or improve your compost or worm farm at home.

“We will have experts show you how to get started, the benefits, and what you can look forward to with compos ng or worm farming,” Mr Ladmore said.

Council hosts free workshops twice a year to inspire and encourage residents to keep their organic waste out of landfill.

“It’s a win for the environment and a win for yourself as you end up with a great natural soil product for your garden,” Mr Ladmore said.

Due to popular demand, Mr Ladmore said more workshops were available this March but expected spaces to fill fast.

“Pick what system will work best for you, either compost or worm farm, and book in with the team,” he said.

“At the end of the compost workshop you can take home a free compost bin and kitchen bench top caddy to put what you learned straight into prac se.”

“For the aspiring worm farmers, you can take home a free worm farm.”

Workshops are available on Friday 17 and Saturday 18, as well as Friday 24 and Saturday 25 March. The workshops run for an hour and a half either morning or a ernoon. To find out more visit Council’s website.

Contact the waste services team to book your place. Call 4474 1024 or email council@esc.nsw.gov.au

NSW elec on 2023: Bega electorate candidate ballot draw

The order of candidates, as they will appear on ballot papers in the upcoming NSW State elec on on March 25th for the seat f Bega are:

Debra Abbo , Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party

Greg White, Legalise Cannabis Party

Cathy Griff, Greens

Karin Geiselhart, Sustainable Australia Party

Jeffrey Hawkins, Independent

Russell Fitzpatrick, Liberal Party

Michael Holland, Labor Party

Motorcycle skills training: two single day sessions on 25 & 26 March.

In New South Wales, riders need to do a two-day pre-learner’s training course to get their motorcycle learners’ license. However, with the closest training centre for the course in Queanbeyan, Eurobodalla riders are at a disadvantage.

“Because of where we live our riders are exempt from the course, as a result they are missing out on an opportunity to get the best possible start to life on a bike,” Ms McDougall, Road Safety and Traffic Officer for Eurobodalla Council said.

To fill this skills and knowledge gap, she says Council are offering two a one-day training courses with an accredited motorcycle trainer from Stay Upright Queanbeyan.

She is calling on learners, provisional riders and riders who want to get back on the bike so they can enjoy their riding experience to contac ng her on 4474 1353. The one-day course would be offered at reduced rates and contain both theory and prac cal content.

Vale: Audrey Fry

Audrey Fry, long me resident in the region, who passed away Wednesday night at Banksia Lodge nursing home.

Crema on and ceremony at Broulee Crematorium Thursday 16th at 1.00pm. Drinks at the Moruya Golf Club 3.00pm.

Sadly missed by family, Warwick, Kerry and Paula Dylan, Holly and Zac ; Jordi, 'Charli' (Charlo e), Kalhia, Leila and Jye

Audrey was a talented mul -skilled individual. She played golf regularly un l her 98th year. She a ended SKUGGS computer classes when she was 96, and excelled in her driving tests. She outlived most of her friends, da ng from her glory days in the Army, but had the personality and social interest to make new friends - the War Widows, Legacy, the RSL, the Tomakin Club and the Moruya Golf Club - a social circle that reflected her persona and good judgement. Her love of sport and compe on maintained her strong spirit and her health long a er her husband Ken passed on.

She worked for most of her life. Firstly as a secretary at Farmers and Graziers in Bathurst, and then in the ANU Student Counselling service in Canberra when she became a friend to many of the students. She took out a BA in French as a part me student there when she was in her six es. When she re red to Broulee she began to learn Spanish. In re rement at the family home in Broulee she devoted herself to gardening and her grandchildren, Holly and Dylan.

Although she tended to underes mate herself she was splendid in her achievements. She had 'people' skills that undershored the career of her husband Ken. Her secretarial skills go back to her days as the top morse code operator working directly under the Generals McArthur and Blainey in Brisbane during the Second World War. She came from a working class family and won a scholarship to the exclusive Fort Street Girls High School.

Working with her husband Ken, she was o en the woman behind the man. Neither proud nor snobbish, she rubbed shoulders with media celebri es like Stephen Fry and Nobel Prize winners Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Noam Chomsky, and the current President of Timor Leste Jose Ramos Horta, and maintained those contacts un l near the end of her life.

When Jose came to visit her in Broulee a er he had won the Nobel Peace Prize, Audrey took him on in a tennis match and won. A li le sheepishly, Jose admi ed "She is very compe ve, isn't she"?

She will be sorely missed by her friends in Broulee, Moruya and Tomakin and Canberra, her family, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren, and the wider community.

She will be cremated at the Broulee Crematorium March 16 at 1.00pm. Drinks 3.00pm at the Moruya Golf Club.

Warwick, Kerry and Paula Dylan, Holly and Zac Jordi, 'Charli' (Charlo e), Kalhia, Leila and Jye