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editorial Welcome to this week’s editorial, Elec5on weekend for Eurobodalla and… half of the community have no idea it is on and most of the other half have no idea who to vote for. So who will win is anyone’s guess.

Vol 16 15th 2017 Due toSeptember the Covid7th, Rules there will be no gauntlet of eager supporters thrus5ng how to vote leaflets at you.

28 April December Vol 48 27th 20182017 You might even be hard pressed to find a Democracy Sausage stall other than the ever present BBQ marquee at Bunnings.

There will be posters around the polling booths that might offer hints that there are Blue, Red and Green teams. If you haven’t already driven past one of the many posters nailed to trees up and down the shire, posted by the team of a current councillor (who really should know be@er) you will be seduced at the Polling Booth by smiling faces on the corflutes invi5ng you to scan a QR Code for their How to Vote sugges5on.

In all the visual sugges5on of an elec5on has been low key. So much so that there may well be a higher than normal number of the community facing fines for having not voted.

Whatever happens will see one new mayor and eight new councillors elected. We might not know the results straightaway due to postal vo5ng but all will be revealed in good 5me. Hopefully we end up with a good council as there is much to do and we need Councillors who represent the community, bring vision and turn around the toxic rela5onship that the Council of old has allowed to fester.

Already the new candidates are looking at the history of Council staff a@emp5ng to control the narra5ve. It is understood that the General Manager was surprised to learn that many of the key Mayoral Candidates have indicated they won’t be a@ending Council on Christmas Eve (Dec 24th) for a three hour induc5on.

The schedule to the leF might be what the General Manager wants however, to send this out, without any consulta5on, to candidates that haven’t even been elected saying “I wish to advise that if you are successful in the elec5on, we have the following sessions scheduled to assist you with your transi5on as a Councillor” has riled candidates, geIng them off to a bad start believing that the General Manager has forgo@en she is actually an employees of the new Councillors.

And what is Councillor Induc5on? The Office of Local Government describes the Induc on program as aiming “to equip mayors and councillors with the informa5on they need to perform their role effec5vely over the first few months and has a par5cular focus on building posi5ve, collabora5ve rela5onships between councillors and with staff”. So far this hasn’t got off to a good start.

The Induc5on process has been likened to an Indoctrina5on process where the staff introduce layer on layer of Acts, legisla5ons, policies and guidelines that, one aFer another, begin to strip away any ideas new councillors had of bringing change and a fresh approach.

The Sir Humphrey Appleby approach will be present that the “Community knows what the community knows” and that “Councillors only need to trust in the staff as they are the professionals and know what they are doing”. Translated it means “You are just rubber stamps so enjoy the ride”.

So let’s see who is elected and then, as we saw with the Innes Era, watch the seduc5ve “Vote for me” promises fade as the ever-mighty bureaucracy steps in to “educate” the newbies.

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community The Moruya Museum is opening its doors again on Wednesday December 15th and ready to welcome fully vaccinated visitors. We open with two exhibi5ons: Seldom Seen (pictures & portraits from our collec5on) and Moruya Stories. Our opening hours are Wednesday/Friday/Saturday from 10 – 12 noon. Entry cost is $5 for individuals and $15 for families.

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Wednesday/Friday 10 am – 2 pm) and volunteers are there to help with all aspects of family and local research at a modest cost depending on the type of inquiry.

“We are very proud to announce that we received a “Highly Commended” in the Museums and Galleries NSW IMAGinE awards ceremony which was held last week.”

The award is for the beau5ful online 5meline developed as part of our exhibi5on “Illuminated: The Art of Children’s Book Illustra ons” which was put together in 2020 by Brian Harris, Mick Newnham and the Collec5on Team from the Museum. It is available online on the blog site (h@ps://mdhsociety.com).

The IMAGinE awards celebrate and recognise outstanding projects and programs created and presented by NSW museums and galleries.

Illuminated: The Art of Children’s Book Illustra5ons

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The load limit for Cu@agee Bridge on the TathraBermagui Road will be reduced to 10 tonnes from Monday 6 December following an independent structural assessment.

Photo supplied

The assessment, carried out

by Cardno Consul5ng Engineers, reviewed the structural integrity of the bridge and iden5fied a number of concerns that require urgent works. Un5l these works can be completed, Council is implemen5ng a recommended 10 tonne load limit and a reduced speed limit of 5km per hour un5l these urgent repairs can be undertaken.

Bega Valley Shire Council’s ac5ng Director of Assets and Opera5ons, Ian Macfarlane said safety is the number one priority.

“Cu@agee Bridge is nearing the end of its func5onal life and is already subject to weight restric5ons due to its deteriora5ng condi5on,” Mr Macfarlane said.

“We commissioned this independent structural assessment to ascertain the current state of the bridge and check it was s5ll safe to use. Unfortunately, the bridge is in a worse condi5on than we hoped, and we need to lower the load and speed limits to ensure the safety of all road users un5l the urgent repair works are completed.

“Emergency services and key agencies have been informed of the changes, and Council staff are endeavouring to contact other impacted businesses and organisa5ons.

“There will also be some changes to Council’s waste collec5on service for a number of residents—we are s5ll finalising the details and impacted residents will be no5fied shortly.

“At this stage, we are planning to undertake the repair works in early January as it will take 5me to procure the specialised components which are not locally available.

“I’d like to thank the community for their pa5ence as we work through this.”

Alterna5ve routes for heavy vehicles are via the Princes Photo supplied Highway.

Cars and other small vehicles under 10 tonne can s5ll safely use the bridge, but will be required to comply with the 5km per hour speed limit.

AFer comple5on of the urgent repair works and based on the structural assessment, the maximum load limit may be increased to 15 tonne with the reduced speed limit of 5km per hour, due to the overall poor condi5on of the bridge.

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community Cover Image courtesy of Josh Burkinshaw images.

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his last orders this Sunday for Christmas. So if you would like to get a print or canvas for that special someone get in soon.

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Affinity Quartet - 2:30 pm Saturday Dec 11 St Paul’s Anglican Church, Narooma Music by Schubert & Debussy Tickets $23 from Mitre 10 GiFs, Narooma & Nested on Wallaga, Bermagui; $25 at the door Kindly supported by Helen Ryan & Elizabeth OliverHawkey Since winning the ANAM Chamber Music Compe55on in their inaugural year, Affinity Quartet has established itself as one of Australia’s leading string quartets. Their interna5onal touring has included cri5cally acclaimed performances in Europe at the Amsterdam String Quartet Biennale, Fes5val Les Voix In5mes Belgium, Fondazione Cini Venice, Mirabell Palace Salzburg; and in the UK at St Mar5n-in-the-Fields, Southbank Centre, City Music Society, and Prussia Cove Interna5onal Musicians Seminar.

The quartet is known for innova5ve programs traversing the string quartet’s diverse history, including Australian commissions, world premières by Jack Symonds, Ma@ Laing and Darrin Archer (AU), and Australian premières of the complete string quartets of Leos Janáček and Pavel Haas; Benjamin Bri@en and Sir Andrzej Panufnik. Affinity has been a featured ensemble in Melbourne’s underground classical series Play On Music, and ensemble-in-residence at Shepparton Fes5val, Kennedy Nolan Architects, and 75 On Reid. In 2021-22 Affinity Quartet are Melbourne Recital Centre Local Heroes. beagle weekly : Vol 236 December 3rd 2021

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community Narooma prac8ce manager recognised for contribu8on to GP training Training the next genera5on of GPs takes a team, and local GP training provider GP Synergy has recognised Kay Lane as the GP Synergy Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Prac5ce Manager of the Year for South Eastern NSW for the part she plays. Kay is prac5ce manager at of Katungul Aboriginal Corpora5on Regional Health & Community Services, which has been an accredited GP training prac5ce for many years. Kay’s work behind the scenes ensures that the doctors training to become specialist GPs understand the challenges and benefits of working in Aboriginal health. “I find working in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector is such a rewarding posi5on to be in,” Ms Lane said.

Above: GP Synergy Prac ce Manager of the Year for South Eastern NSW Kay “While with us the trainee GPs have the chance to experience Aboriginal culture and the needs of our communi5es. “We offer Lane with Amanda who is a clinical training in a service that delivers holis5c services that includes GPs, admin officer at Katungul. allied health and Aboriginal health workers. “I like working in the background just doing my job and all the li@le things that help the organisa5on, so being recognised for the work I do is fantas5c and I’m very humbled to receive this award.

Mrs Georgina van de Water, CEO of local general prac5ce educa5on and training provider GP Synergy, said the training of GP registrars relies heavily on accredited general prac5ces.

“GP Synergy is delighted to be able to present the annual Prac5ce Manager of the Year award for the South Eastern NSW to Ms Lane in recogni5on of her commitment to excellence in general prac5ce educa5on and training,” Mrs van de Water said. “Prac5ce managers are integral to training facili5es maintaining their accredita5on and suppor5ng the training of GP registrars. “Providing GP registrars with opportuni5es to undertake training in Aboriginal health is one of our key priori5es.

“The consistent feedback we receive from GP trainees is that training in an Aboriginal health facility, such as Katungal Aboriginal Corpora5on, is a rich and rewarding learning environment. “Prac5ce managers like Kay, play a key role in helping create this posi5ve learning experience.

“With nearly 190 general prac5ces in the South Eastern NSW training region accredited for GP training, Ms Lane’s achievement is something to be proud of.”

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Photo: Kay Lane has been awarded the GP Synergy Prac ce Manager of the Year for South Eastern NSW for the part she plays in training the next genera on of GPs in Narooma at Katungul Aboriginal Corpora on Regional Health & Community Services.

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Community

Be on the look out for turtles The rainy weather is upon us across much of NSW and with that extra moisture it means turtles are on the move.

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Turtles oFen leave the safety of their current watering holes and wander on land, looking for new water sources and at this 5me of year a nes5ng sites in the soFer ground.

Whilst on the move they inadvertently cross roads and this is when they are most likely to encounter vehicles and become vic5ms. The most common problem encountered with rescued injured wild turtles is a shell injury.

Shell injuries can be complicated and mean the turtle can be in care for 1-2 years but luckily for local Eurobodalla turtles, the Mid-South coast WIRES branch has some awesome vets willing to help out.

Recently the branch experienced a spate of turtle road vic5m rescues due to the wet weather. One par5cular turtle came from surfside and upon x-Ray to see the extent of her shell injury it was discovered she had 11 eggs inside her. Luckily the shell wasn’t too badly damaged and the staff at Casey’s beach vet were able to repair it.

Now this lucky girl will be in care with rep5le coordinator Kay for 6-12 months depending on the rate of healing. Whilst in care the turtle will lay her eggs and these will be ar5ficially incubated for 2-3 months by WIRES members who have an amazing success rate.

November was Turtle Month and WIRES announced it will be suppor5ng more projects to address the vital conserva5on of endangered turtle species including partnering with Western Sydney University (and a grant of $175,000 )for a new project to Future Proof Freshwater Turtle Popula5ons, as part of the 1 Million Turtles Community Conserva5on Program. Please see link here - h@ps://www.wires.org.au/mediareleases/turtle-conserva5on

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Help grow a Discovery Garden Vol 16 September 15th 2017 A venture is taking 28 April December 7th, 2017 root at the Volnew 48 27th 2018

Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden, with the area’s first Discovery Garden set to sprout in 2022.

Garden manager Michael Anlezark said the Everyone Can Play Discovery Garden would open up a whole new world of interac5on for the young and the young at heart.

“The new Discovery Garden will replace our old sensory garden that was destroyed in the Black Summer bushfires,” Mr Anlezark said.

Above:: The Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden’s sensory garden was destroyed in the bushfires. Garden manager Michael Anlezark is asking the community for some big ideas in designing a new Discovery Garden at the site.

“We’re growing back bigger and be@er. We want to design a garden that engages all the senses in fun and interes5ng ways, regardless of age and ability.”

Mr Anlezark invited the community to visit the ERBG on Saturday 11 December between 10am and 2pm, and to “bring your big ideas to help us create something amazing”. He said anyone unable to a@end the community consulta5on event could par5cipate by way of an online survey aFer the community event.

The Everyone Can Play Discovery Garden is a collabora5on between Council and the NSW Government. For more informa5on visit www.everyonecanplay.nsw.gov.au

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Community Cost of rent in Eden-Monaro through the roof Renters in Eden-Monaro are paying thousands of dollars more this year to keep a roof over their head, making it harder and harder to get ahead when wages have flatlined. Housing affordability in the region has go@en significantly worse in 2017 recent years, especially for families, students, pensioners, and young people, who rent.

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Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain said while rent has skyrocketed across most of the country, parts of EdenMonaro have been hit the hardest.

TOWN/SUBURB Yass

MEDIAN SEP 21 $485

MEDIAN SEP 20 $400

ANNUAL CHANGE + 21.3%

DOLLAR INCREASE $4,420

Cooma

$395

$330

+ 19.7%

$3,380

Bega Valley

$480

$420

+14.3%

$3,120

Queanbeyan West

$515

$465

+ 10.8%

$2,600

Bungendore

$593

$550

+7.7%

$2,236

Tumut

$350

$329

+6.1%

$1,092

Source: Domain Rental Report, September 2021 “Everywhere I go across Eden-Monaro, I hear the same thing, we are in a housing crisis and people are at the point that they don’t know how they will keep paying their rent,” Kristy said.

“In places like Yass and Cooma rent has gone up around 20 per cent, and yet ABS data has shown once again that real wages across the country are going backwards. This means families are having to choose between paying rent and puIng petrol in the car or food on the table.

“I have met with women’s services, family services, Mission Australia and housing providers across the region and they all tell the same story – they are suppor5ng more and more people because we are at crisis point.

“My office has also had families come in to talk to us directly about the issues facing them - skyrocke5ng rent and the risk of homelessness.

“The problem is also affec5ng our local businesses who tell me that the lack of affordable rentals is making it near impossible for them to get the staff they need.

“This is an issue that has been geIng steadily worse over a number of years and it is essen5al that all levels of government work to address it, this includes building more affordable housing.

“I am proud to support Labor’s policies which look to start addressing these issues including establishing the Housing Australia Future Fund which will build 30,000 social and affordable homes across the country.”

Over the first five years, an Albanese Labor Government will build: 20,000 new social housing proper5es, including 4,000 homes for women and children fleeing domes5c and family violence and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness; and

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10,000 affordable homes for the heroes of the pandemic – frontline workers like police, nurses and cleaners that kept us safe in the covid pandemic.

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Paul West’s food trail tales and recipes—It’s easier than ever to find and use local produce in your go-to meals these summer holidays

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The food trail brochure – with map and buy-guide – is available in print or online for download, and features provedores from right across the shire. To celebrate the launch, Eurobodalla Council has teamed up with celebrity chef, and almost local, Paul West.

Paul West cooking up a storm at Gulaga Gold Truffles.

“We’ve filmed eight videos with Paul. The first premieres next Monday,” said Council’s tourism manager Tim Booth.

“In each episode Paul visits local producers to share what they have on offer and then cooks up a storm.”

Paul West now lives in Bermagui and has spent years finding and befriending south coast producers since moving to the region to front River Co:age Australia in 2013. Mr West described Eurobodalla as an unspoilt wonderland with abundant farms.

“If you’re looking for world-class produce, you’ve come to the right place.”

Mr Booth said, “Paul’s recipes make it easy to include top-notch local food while feas5ng this Christmas”.

Mr Booth said strong Christmas holiday accommoda5on bookings meant Eurobodalla Food Trail marke5ng would target visitors already in the region during December and January, “then we’ll push further afield in February and March to a@ract addi5onal visitors to Eurobodalla”.

Eurobodalla Food Trail videos with Paul West will be released over summer on the @eurobodalla Instagram and Facebook channels. Printed brochures are available from 24 visitor informa5on outlets across Eurobodalla. To find their loca5ons or download a copy of the brochure visit eurobodalla.com.au The Eurobodalla Food Trail project was supported by an Austrade $100,000 Regional Tourism Bushfire Recovery Grant.

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real estate

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 addi5on 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 proper5es on the market each week.

You can find Beagle Abode on the Beagle website under REAL ESTATE The latest Beagle Abode lis5ngs 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 #1073:

Banks Undecided About Property Prices - 2023 2023 seems like it should be a long way away but as time seems to be

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expressed their opinions that the property market will start to cool slightly compared to the remarkable HOT market that we have at the moment. It is also predicted that by the end of this year, property prices would have increased on average a staggering 22% during 2021. We have already covered why the market has been so hot during 2021 so lets quickly cover what is likely to happen in 2022 before we jump into 2023.

The “supply and demand” impact on prices should ease slightly in 2022. With the amazing prices being obtained, more vendors are willing to put their properties on the market to realise profits from their investment properties, holiday homes and downsizing their own residences. With more supply, there should be less competition and hence an easing in the market. But as a slight counter to that, assuming international travel recommences, increased migration should keep the demand quite strong and it may even bolster the unit market which hasn’t performed quite as well as the house market. Properties in coastal locations (such as ours) are also expected to continue to do well during 2022 as wealthy families continue to look for sea change options for both permanent residences and holiday homes.

In 13 months time it will be 2023 and the banks are somewhat inconsistent in their predictions for the property market. Naturally all booms come to an end, but the banks are not in total agreement with the falls that they predict will occur in 2023. The ANZ came out a week or so ago predicting the average capital city house prices are expected to fall 4% in 2023 after a rise of 6% in 2022. Meanwhile Westpac have predicted a fall of 5%. However, the Commonwealth has predicted falls of around 10% with Sydney and Hobart as high as 12%. The CBA puts this predic5on down to the increase in interest rates with the Reserve Bank progressively liFing the cash rate to around 1.25% by the second half of 2023.

So, with the market still increasing during 2022 and then reducing in 2023 the CBA believe that property prices at the end of 2023 will have returned to prices that we should see in Q3 of 2022. So, maybe no major harm done (in the short term) for those who have already purchased or are still considering to purchase early in 2022. Of course, who knows what will happen in 2024 onwards. As we said last week, it is impossible to predict the top of the market as that can only be identified in hindsight. Certainly, local demand continues to be incredibly strong with high prices and time on market remarkably short. beagle weekly : Vol 236 December 3rd 2021

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What’s on –coming up

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What’s on—cinema

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Reading

Gadfly 206 By Robert Macklin Everybody’s unhappy with Albo.

‘He’s not cuIng through,’ they say. ‘He doesn’t have charisma. He Vol 16 September 15th 2017 shouldn’t be always saying “me too”’ when Sco@ Morrison raises fears of 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 China or increases the power of the Intelligence Agencies. It’s 5me for a new leader!’

I must admit that at 5mes I have been among them. I’ve developed such a distaste (to put it mildly) for Sco@ Morrison that I’ve become like the spoiled brat in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory crying, ‘I want it, and I want it now!!’

But our system gives the PM the huge advantage of 5ming the elec5on to give himself the best poli5cal advantage. It doesn’t always work out, but for a marketeer like Morrison it’s manna from electoral heaven. And since he’s the na5onal leader with a puppy-dog entourage, he gets to make ‘news’ and set the agenda while Albo follows with ten-second ‘grabs’ and doesn’t look at all like a leader.

But here’s the thing: do we really want one of those LEADERS like Morrison or Trump or Boris Johnson, or others like the murderous Vladimir Pu5n or Argen5na’s Bolsonaro or Turkey’s Erdogan or Israel’s Netanyahu? How about Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi or take your pick of the Eastern bloc places ending in STAN. Did Angela Merkel look like a LEADER before she became Chancellor, or even aFerward when she quietly got things done and transformed her country in the eyes of the world. That’s from when they had a LEADER called Adolf Hitler.

Are we really falling into that hateful trap? Have we lost that larrikin Australian way of the swaggie refusing a liF in the grazier’s Rolls with, ‘Nah, you can open your own bloody gates?’ Or the basic na5onal canon we used to cherish called the ‘fair go’. Are we now so desperate for a LEADER that we’ve become the sheep that used to support us on their fleecy backs?

Albo is not a LEADER in that sense. But among all the flak from columnists and the PM’s puppy dogs, we have heard not a single squark from Labor’s front bench. Indeed, rather than s5ck around as a thorn in his mate’s side, Joel Fitzgibbon quietly walked away from a long career in Parliament itself.

I like to think that’s because they know that Albo’s the kind of leader who works with a team; that his heart’s in the right place; that he might even turn out to be the Ben Chifley of our 5me, someone who naturally respects women, who listens when they speak, who’s not obsessed with filling some psychological vacuum from childhood like a Malcolm Turnbull or a Bill Shorten, and will occupy the Lodge, not as a personal victory but as a privilege bestowed.

This is a bloke who won 60 per cent of the Party’s rank and file over Shorten’s 40, who knew the fac5ons had made the wrong choice but took it on the chin. His only failing, in my view, is that he’s allowed himself to be ‘advised’ by the some of the same geniuses that ‘advised’ Julia Gillard and hid her natural humanity, who ‘advised’ Bill Shorten with his all-too-clever zingers that made him even more phoney than he really was.

Albo has a set of values that shone through when he was Infrastructure Minister in the last Labor Government. Compare that with the blatant pork barrelling of the Morrison gang. This is the bloke whose transparent honesty and decency could restore our country’s good name aFer the marketeer has dragged it through the mud.

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Reading—le*ers to the editor The Beagle Editor, I am wri5ng on behalf of the Climate Solu5ons 4 Eurobodalla Group. This group of concerned Vol 16 September 15th 2017 residents was 28 April December 7th, 2017 in the Climate Solu5ons Vol 48 27th involved 2018 Forum held in May. The forum lead onto the survey of council candidates.

Leadership on Climate Strengthens Local Economy Climate Solu ons for Eurobodalla sent a survey to the seven groups contes ng the Eurobodalla Council elec on. Four groups completed the survey – the Mayne Group, Eurobodalla Labor, Eurobodalla Greens and the Pollock Group. The table below summarises their responses. Be:er Eurobodalla Group, Advance Eurobodalla and the Hatcher Group did not respond to the survey so we don't know where they stand on these important issues.

It’s 5me that our local council recognised the economic benefits of suppor5ng new, sustainable technologies. Switching to renewable energy delivers immediate economic benefits and the shiF to electric transport creates new local jobs and will achieve significant savings in running costs for council, business and residents - for a start, reducing reliance on petrol imports.

More than 20% of Eurobodalla households have already invested in rooFop solar panels and are reaping the financial benefits.

ShiFing to electric vehicles reduces running costs by 70% and maintenance costs by 40%. The NSW Government is inves5ng $490m in electric vehicles and another $100m to support fleet operators to make the switch. The Eurobodalla needs to be in the queue to make sure those funds are spent here. One of the biggest local fleets is operated

by Council - let’s switch and make sure our community benefits!

Here is the link to the full survey and responses: h:ps://shasa.com.au/council-elec ons-4december-2021/ and h:ps://shasa.com.au/wpcontent/uploads/2021/11/CandidateQResponses_Nov82021.pdf

Local government is about so much more than roads, rates and rubbish. Our council has a cri5cal role to play in seizing the opportuni5es that exist in the transi5on to a Zero Emissions economy.

This Saturday Eurobodalla will pick new candidates that will shape the economy and character of the Shire for years to come. Will we choose people that embrace opportunity while tackling climate change?

Susan Cheetham

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Moruya Books—Julie’s pick

Killernova by Omar Musa A collec5on of poetry and wood cuts that burns blindingly bright.

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The island of Borneo was once the most heavily wooded in the world, and its people have always carved wood beau5fully.

In KILLERNOVA, grappling with his heritage, Omar Musa remixes this ancient art form with fiery poetry forged in the stars.

With equal parts swagger, humour and vulnerability, Musa charts a journey through the colonial history of South-East Asia, environmental destruc5on, oceans, bushfires, race in Australia, the isola5on and addic5on of COVID lockdown, family, lost love and, ul5mately, recovery.

Relentlessly on beat, visually cap5va5ng and decep5vely in5mate, this is a collec5on of words and art that burns blindingly bright.

Omar Musa is a Malaysian-Australian author and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has released three poetry books (including Parang and Millefiori), four hip-hop records, wri@en an acclaimed one-man play (Since Ali Died), and received a standing ova5on at TEDx Sydney at the Sydney Opera House.

His debut novel Here Come the Dogs was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the Interna5onal Dublin Literary Award and the Miles Franklin Award. Musa was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015

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Reading—A beer with Baz “That’s bullshit, Bazza. It’s not the way most people see it and there is no point trying to change my view.”

Bazza’s face reddened and he mo5oned to speak.

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“Nah, cut the crap, Bazza. You’re a dinosaur. A bloody dinosaur regurgita5ng views that belong back in the 1960’s and seven5es. No good then, and no bloody good now.”

“But I’m just saying, Mick…..”

“No bloody buts, Bazza. Some5mes, I reckon you should move back to the hills behind Byron Bay…… but…..you would have to nego5ate a price on a piece of overpriced real estate from one of your commie, hippy mates. Bazza, the world has moved on.”

There was an audible “Good on you, Mick” from across the bar.

A decent slug from the schooners and a good pause eased the tension.

“Anyhow, Bazza, where have you been? I thought I would catch you for a midweek beer.”

“Araluen, Mick. I’ve been dropping up there for the odd night. Good pub and a good feed. It’s a bit like stepping onto the movie set from one of those classic Australian outback films. There is a 5melessness about the Araluen Valley that seems to put the rest of the going ons in life in perspec5ve. It is a bit of 5me to think, and I tell you, Mick, it’s worth the trip just for the sleep. I like to wake up early and catch the sun sketching the distant hills, s5rring the morning fog and greening the valley floor. All you can hear is the bird life but a passing car every forty minutes does whack you back to the present. Good for the soul, Mick. I have a good read in the evenings and even write down a couple of thoughts in the mornings. I reckon everyone needs a 5me out place. You really should try it.”

Mick shook his head and drew in a breath.

“Now Bazza, don’t take any of this personally but I think these trips explain some of your recent behaviour and outlooks. I mean, you come back here with all these foreign views on life. I find it all a bit unse@ling. You know, the government makes the odd stuff up, but things trot along alright as far as I can see. I mean you’ve got to accept how things are some5mes, and go with the flow. Now, I’m trying to be polite, but you really need to get a be@er grip on reality.”

Mick took a good sip and a murmur of agreement from across the bar spurred him on.

“Now….. as for me heading to Araluen, Bazza. Well, it all sounds like one of those re educa5on camps in Communist China. I mean, siIng around and ea5ng peaches all day and staring into the valley might scar me for life.”

Bazza sighed.

“Rest assure, Mick……There are limits to the powers of the Araluen Valley.”

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

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Reading Dear Beagle Editor As expected, the brouhaha surrounding the piece of gravel road on private land in Congo, which the Council deemed to be public land and was therefore en5tled to clear vegeta5on around it, has succumbed to the natural a@ri5on of apathy and indifference.

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Whilst there is no doubt in my mind that Dr Dale and Mr Sharpe of Council are chortling in concert at the easy demise of the protest movement and the issue at hand, logic dictates that the wri5ng is on the wall in bold font regarding the Incumbent “business as usual” model that has served them well in the past.

The landowner has closed the road to the public, purportedly ci5ng his insurer’s instruc5ons. This effec5vely nullifies Council’s claim that the road is a public thoroughfare. It is further suggested that to mi5gate this issue Council would need to bring the standard of this gravel road up to a level equivalent to the roads that feed it. A very big ask in anyone’s language.

So the closure of this gravel road, and I daresay it will most likely be on a permanent basis, marks the ledger in favour of the fauna and flora that formed the focus of the protests, but against the broader Congo community that used this gravel road as a viable shortcut. Not exactly what I’d call balanced accoun5ng, but there again a certain small and very vocal group of cons5tuents who thrive on division and derision would be slapping each other’s backs in congratula5ons. Sad, really.

Added to the woes of the long-suffering ratepayers was the performance of Clr. Mayne playing to the crowd, a vacuous performance which achieved nothing other than to confirm why he was never able to elicit change in the culture of the Council. What was more startling, in fact sinister, was the complete lack of engagement in this ma@er by many of the prospec5ve mayoral candidates.

I know that many of these prospec5ve candidates were approached to engage in this issue, not on a party policy basis but a pure governance basis. Yet the uptake to this golden opportunity to strut their creden5als was a big fat zero!

Which brings me to wonder, will there actually be any change in Council aFer this elec5on, other than different faces with the same blank stares?

Best Regards Mervyn Sher

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100 Years Ago—3-12-1921 BUSINESS SOLD. – Mrs. J. Strahan has disposed of the goodwill and stock of her Shamrock Tea-rooms to Mr. R. Hilliers, chef at the Hotel Adelaide, who takes immediate possession.

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Vol 48 April 27th 2018 NEW SETTLERS LEAGUE. – Mr. Flemming, organizer for the New Se@lers’ League of Australia (N.S.W. Division) addressed a mee5ng in the Shire Hall on Thursday night, when a branch of the League was formed and the following officers appointed: - President, Cr. T. Flood; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. A. L. Jeffery and H. J. Thomson; Treasurer to Secretary, Mr. W. Jermyn; Commi@ee (with power to add to their number), Messrs.

E. J. Egan, R. L. Dawson, A. M. Wilson, A. H. Preddy, C. Chessman, H. P. Jeffery, A. F. Emmo@, G. W. Mitchell, Revs. G. A. Sanders and J. B. Fulton.

REMEMBER the Referendum for town ligh5ng closes today (Saturday) at 6 p.m.

ANNUAL CONVENT BALL. – Under most auspicious circumstance the annual ball in connec5on with St. Mary’s Convent was held in the Centennial Hall on Friday of last week. An enthusias5c and energe5c commi@ee worked with unabated zeal to make the func5on a success, and the result should certainly be a cause for gra5fica5on to themselves and our es5mable band of Good Samaritan Sisters…..The walls were gracefully adorned with Zamia palm and colored streamers, while the piano stage and front door screen were preIly festooned, the brilliant electric light considerably enhancing the charming effect. Out of a bevy of smartly frocked and pre@y maidens, Mrs. O. Turnbull was declared belle of the ball by the majority vote of those present, and the prize for the best pair of waltzers was awarded to Mr. Eric Windsor and Miss Jessie Crapp.

SPORTING NOTES. – Strangles have been unusually severe up Deua River and Araluen way of late. Mr. W. McIntosh had the misfortune to lose two animals on the same night. Mr. Harvison’s maiden gelding, Soult’s Dream, is to be shipped by the Bateman’s Bay steamer, this aFernoon, for Sydney. This half-brother of Phast Dream is to be prepared to race amongst the all heights at A.R.C. mee5ngs.

BATEMAN’S BAY. – (From our Correspondent.) The annual public mee5ng of the Progress Associa5on was held last Thursday….The following resolu5ons were passed as sugges5ons for the new commi@ee, viz. :- (a) That an effort be made to establish public baths. (b) To establish a Mechanic’s Ins5tute. (c) To revoke the aboriginal reserve and to have available Crown land sold by public auc5on….the following officers were appointed : President, Mr. N. Ollson; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Bills and A. H. Anne@s; Hon. Sec., Mr. E. Lunn.

MOGO. – (From our Correspondent.) The Anglican Bishop of Goulburn recently passed through, stopping here for a service. There were several candidates for confirma5on, and it is said a fine sermon was preached.

Mr. George Veitch has started his mill off working again, and it is hoped that an increased 5mber business will warrant the con5nuance of full steam ahead. Mr. George jnr.,….intends to take unto himself a wife. His pre@y new home at Bateman’s Bay is a credit to him and an adornment to the sea-side.

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

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Eurobodalla Shire Council over the proposed 72 dwelling development right next to the foreshore of Coila Lake in Tuross Head.

This area is used by local residents for leisure, wildlife photography and exercise. The land slopes down to the lake. It contains a number of endangered ecological communi5es. Coila Lake contains important seagrass beds suppor5ng treasured marine life. This needs protec5ng and is listed as such on The Council's website. The western side of the development contains what are thought to be Aboriginal campsites and gravesites.

This 'Zombie' development was approved nearly 40 years ago. Unfortunately the Council's aItude to date is that legisla5on did not require an Environmental Impact Assessment in 1984, therefore one is not required today. A group of residents in Tuross Head are trying to get the Council to see sense and discuss a more responsible way forward. Unfortunately Council is largely unresponsive to our emails and telephone calls.

Below is the link to an e-pe55on to The Hon. Rob Stokes MP, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces which Paul Scully MP, NSW Shadow Minister for Planning and Public Spaces has agreed to present to the Speaker of the NSW Legisla5ve Assembly early next year. I'd be grateful if residents who haven't already, would please add their names and support this on-line pe55on in the link below. We're asking the Minister to request that our Council conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment of this much-loved ecologically endangered area prior to undertaking any development.

You can find the pe55on here: h ps://bit.ly/3lyljJz

Robyn Flynn , Tuross Head

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A Rosy Past by Michael Johnson Recently a man I’ve known and respected for over 30 years died. He was an architect in the shire, well known, very respected and liked by almost everyone he ever dealt with. I had the good fortune to work with him on a number of Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 I may not know much, but the one thing I do know is, he was a genuinely good bloke. projects, over our2018 careers.

Vol 48 27th The homes he designed are everywhere throughout the shire, easy to pick out once you’re dialled into his style. I built one in Tuross for him, overlooking Tuross Lake, if it is not the most beautiful house in Tuross then, certainly, it is one without equal in the village. He had many designs submitted to the Eurobodalla Shire for development approval over the forty odd years that he graced us with his talent. As I said, he died a little while ago and by good fortune I was able to attend a dinner with him and his family a couple of weeks before he died. He was clearly not in the best of form and the mind not as razor sharp as it once was, but still in a higher league to mine. We talked of things then and now. He was his usual quiet, thoughtful and gentle self all night until, in the course of the “now” part of the conversation, I mentioned the Eurobodalla Shire Council….”Those bastards” he suddenly hissed. Sadly despite being several years retired and a few weeks away from his last breath, he still had bitter thoughts about his treatment, throughout his career, by the planning department of council.

I was there to witness one of his humiliations before the full council, in front of a full public gallery, on a day of triumph for me that was ruined by having to witness his humiliation. After a year or so of frustration I had one of my designs finally passed by council and passed without alteration To get it passed I had to make a scale model of the design to prove to councillors that it wasn’t a three storey building, as the planning approvals department of council was claiming. It was approved and noted as being “architecturally meritorious”.

On the other hand he had one of his designs rejected by council as being too “bland” for its proposed site. The funny part was that he had worked hand in hand with the planning staff of council, implementing every change that planning “suggested” in order to make it satisfactorily compliant with planning staff’s vision for the area.

You can see what I’m saying can’t you? My plan was full of ideas of what I thought would be an exciting build and I could see no point in making changes without good reason, which was the only thing council could not find. Meanwhile his plan, actually the work of planning staff, gets rejected for being too bland and he has to carry the can because no one in the public gallery knows that.

This wasn’t the first time or the last time for him. You look at his work now and you would be hard pressed to find any reason for not saying; bloody beautiful mate, no problem, when do you want to start? Instead it was continually grinding your way through the sometimes incomprehensible council requirements of a DCP that they wrote and rewrote and re-wrote and, never endingly, re-write. He, like many of us, was paying for the crime of asking “But why?” to the planning department. There were many of us in this position of finding new and irrelevant (to our community) rules from a new administration hell-bent on imposing their vision of our community on our community.

Many of us, who have designed and built in our shire since before the Shire Council became the behemoth that it is today, came here solely for lifestyle reasons. No one moved here in those years because they saw a lot of money to be made. Back in the late seventies and eighties the reason for moving here was lifestyle and hope. Hope you could make enough to pay the rent. I remember nineteen builders quoting on one single car garage…because it was the only job in town.

And the lifestyle reasons? It was away from the cities, the air was clean, it flew under the radar of authorities. We knew the cops, the cops knew us. It was a community whose facilities were built by the community groups who used the facilities. The community built the community hall, the golfers built the Golf Club, the footy players built the Clover Club and the cricket club and the rugby club levelled, marked and drained the oval. There was surf and not too many surfers outside of the area knew about it. It was a community where if a family was having problems people would turn up to help out, be it working on their home or bringing food or whatever. Also it was the best place to grow your kids.

Country kids (generally) are good kids, known in the cities for their good work ethic, honesty and reliability.

You know a proper rural/country community.

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That was when the shire council was housed in a small building on the corner of Campbell and Page Street and people, like my friend, could go in and talk to council staff, have a smile and a laugh and get things sorted and done. Then the government built new, much larger council offices and began changing the structure and function of council. It attracted a Vol 16 September 15th servant 2017 to the area. Shire Clerks became General Managers whose salary tripled within a few different kind of public 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 years. Then came directors (plural), each of whose salaries eclipsed those of the shire clerk, followed by an expanded middle management and a rapidly increasing workforce…..in a shire that had grown no larger nor progressed any further.

Most of the new administration were not country/rural people, but they were opportunists who saw an opportunity to mould a community, an ambition based more on their egos than their ability. And the new lot didn’t brook arguments either, do as you are told or face the consequences of delay and harassment.

The very people who had contributed to making the shire such a beautiful place to live were now being told to do what they were told or endure the consequences.

Architects, house designers and draft people had a choice of complying with the ever changing and constantly revised DCP or finding their development applications held in limbo for as long as staff wanted to, or until you went before council and tried your luck with the councillors…….councillors who, as time went on, relied entirely on the advice of staff. And the beautiful hideaway rural/coastal idyllic place that my friend had helped to build? Well now it was up to council as to whether you would be allowed to build that kind of place.

Let me give you a quick example. Once upon a time Mogo town used to look quite unremarkable. A bloke by the name of Macintosh built all the steeple pitched buildings that gave Mogo such a unique flavour. Well, he eventually had enough of council shenanigans and the constant grind of getting anything different passed and left the area. His buildings were all burnt down in the bushfires. Now look at Batemans Bay and how it’s changed over the last twenty years to look more and more like every other place you’ve ever been to. That’s what the new Mogo is going to look like, because people like my friend and Macintosh can no longer be found in the shire. The only people left are those who are prepared to conform to a system that makes this, once beautiful shire, look like any other place.

Another example. The new development in Dalmeny went to a developer from Sydney, who will bring a city sub-division feel to the project because that’s who they are.

The idea that things have to be like this and that there is no choice is a very wrong idea. The truth is the planning/ approvals section of council is mainly people with in-house qualifications and they have been trained to accept only plans that fit a prescribed template, their understanding of building is not required.

Council, for a long time, has had trouble keeping qualified people on. A fair percentage of the qualified people brought in had trouble accepting council’s interpretation of the rules and/or work environment and, generally, left after a year or so.

So council got around the problem by doing all the training for the job in house and by making the DA process a box ticking exercise.

Nowadays you can’t even submit plans to council. Now you have to go through the NSW Planning Portal in order to submit your plans. Submitting plans through the NSW Planning Portal is just a way of complicating what should be a simple system and beyond comprehension as to the reason. Why would you submit plans via the NSW Planning Portal (for a fee), who then hand them on to the Eurobodalla Shire Council, who (for a fee) access them. What’s the point? Well the point is now there is no direct contact with the Eurobodalla Shire planning department. All enquiries have to go through the NSW Planning Portal. You email the plans to the NSW Planning Portal and they pass your email to the Eurobodalla Shire Council planning and the Eurobodalla Shire Council planning respond to your email via the NSW Planning Portal, who pass those emails on to you and you respond to the council’s email via the NSW Planning Portal who pass the email on to the NSW Planning Portal and so forth and so on.

So now there is no way for any of the planning and approvals processes to be scrutinised. If council likes you then your plans get passed. If they don’t like you then there is no way you will get anything that is even remotely different to their template of the way they want the shire to look passed. How? Well, if you stray from their interpretation of the DCP you will need a varia5on. Council states “Development standards may be varied by your council. You can request a variation under clause 4.6 of the LEP, however, councils will not do this lightly and you must clearly justify why any beagle weekly : Vol 236 December 3rd 2021

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Reading - A Rosy Past by Michael Johnson continues…. change should occur.” If council likes you, you get a variation, if they don’t, you won’t and your plans can be held up forever. As an example, my friend, the architect (and many others) would, more often than not, fight for months, even Vol 16toSeptember 2017that did not, in the council’s view, comply with the DCP. Council staff, on the other hand, can years, get plans15th through 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 get half a dozen, or more, variations through council in 28 calendar days. Don’t believe me? It’s all in council records. And if you complain about such obvious, rampant hypocrisy? Well one day, in the not too distant future, you might find yourself hit with a big council fine by their rangers. And the thing about a fine from council rangers is that – council doesn’t have to prove you are guilty of anything……you have to prove your innocence. And the fines can huge, relative to the consequences and, for all intents and purposes, indefensible. Lawyers are prone to advise you to pay the fine as you cannot prove that you are not guilty and, in future don’t upset council. That’s a pretty big stick to have to wave around.

This is how council controls the building/construction industry in the Eurobodalla Shire. Be nice, don’t argue and do as you’re told or you will be harassed and fined. And there is no process of appeal, apart from going to the councillors, where for the past couple of decades councillors who rely solely on staff advice have outnumbered those who care. All this is dutifully recorded by council as required by law, but nobody looks, so nobody knows, but it’s all there.

Nearly all the decent architects and building designers have either retired or been forced out of town by council until we are left with people who, quite rightly, just want to do their job and pay off the mortgage, and if the council tells them to jump they just ask “How high?’

So, I guess, the question is…….is this still a rural/coastal country community like it was in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s? Or is it just a retirement village for Canberrans who need to have their massive Bunnings stores (which killed a lot of local hardware stores) in order to feel comfortable?

Is this a country community, who all pitch in and help each other out like good communities do or is it just a tourist/ retirement catchment overrun with people who expect the government to do everything for them?

To me that is what this election is about. Are we a unique, vibrant, young, growing country community or are we just another nondescript retirement villa….with nice scenery…under a by-pass?

Because, to be honest, the world needs more country kids, not less.

Aloha

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Leadership on Climate Strengthens Local Economy Climate Solu ons for2017 Eurobodalla sent a survey to the seven groups contes ng the Eurobodalla Council Vol 16 September 15th 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

elec on. Four groups completed the survey – the Mayne Group, Eurobodalla Labor, Eurobodalla Greens and the Pollock Group. The table below summarises their responses. Be:er Eurobodalla Group, Advance Euroboalla and the Hatcher Group did not respond to the survey so we don't know where they stand on these important issues.

It’s 5me that our local council recognised the economic benefits of suppor5ng new, sustainable technologies. Switching to renewable energy delivers immediate economic benefits and the shiF to electric transport creates new local jobs and will achieve significant savings in running costs for council, business and residents - for a start, reducing reliance on petrol imports.

More than 20% of Eurobodalla households have already invested in rooFop solar panels and are reaping the financial benefits.

ShiFing to electric vehicles reduces running costs by 70% and maintenance costs by 40%. The NSW Government is inves5ng $490m in electric vehicles and another $100m to support fleet operators to make the switch. The Eurobodalla needs to be in the queue to make sure those funds are spent here. One of the

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reading Dear Beagle Editor,

Norfolk Island Pine It was our first Christmas tree

What future for the so-called “Nature Coast’’?

Measuring up to my knee

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I planted it long ago,

Will it be a re5rement village inhabited by ci5zens who come here to escape the turmoil and crowding of the ci5es and wish to live in harmony with nature?

Never expec5ng it to grow To such a spectacular height, Guarding other trees from sight.

Perhaps “Suburbia by the Sea” with families, affordable housing, schools, hospitals, houses, parks, schools and shops.

Birds jump from branch to branch

It could become a playground of the rich, with expensive restaurants, and grand holiday homes. Maybe a tourist des5na5on with ar5ficial natural a@rac5ons enhanced by entertainment venues and souvenir shops.

Summer comes and leaves turn brown

Or will it become a combina5on of all things that results in the largely undeveloped region of the Dalmeny/Narooma region becoming another “Gold Coast” from which the conserva5onists and small village lovers wish to escape?

Standing steadfast, as winds blow.

Chasing each other for a chance To find shelter and some bugs Among the leaves and be snug.

All this can be made possible by a local council which has responsibility for far more than roads, rates, bridges and taxes, and which has already made the decision to bulldoze large areas of bushland for housing development.

Times have changed and our unique flora and fauna are at risk. Will the new council to be elected on the 4th December give more considera5on to the natural world on which we all ul5mately depend, and protect areas of natural bush that provide vital animal habitat and are good for the soul. Elect councillors who will protect our natural environment and SAVE THE TREES. Susan Cru@enden

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A boy climbs up with Christmas lights Every December, ligh5ng the night With Christmas spirit to bring some smiles To family and neighbours for a while...

And aFer that it remains evergreen Ready to bring cheer, for yet, another year!

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Mandy Hillson at Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden Mandy's art explores the concept of place. For Mandy,

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with each other and the natural world.

Using the papermaking process, Mandy's work reflects a collec5ve, personal or historical narra5ve of a specific face. She harvests the plants from that place, then cuts, cooks, and some5mes dyes the fibre, and then makes a pulp.

By using paint with paper pulp and manipula5ng the fibre Mandy is able to achieve different quali5es in her works.

Handmade card by Mandy Hillson Cost: Free Open: 9am-4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.

Exhibi5on dates: Now un5l Friday 31 December 2021.

Where: Visitor Centre, Eurobodalla Regional Garden, 489 Princes Highway Batemans Bay. More info: T: 4471 2544

SoArt Narooma presents S*cking Together S5cking Together is a group exhibi5on

by The Arbul 9, local female mosaic ar5sts who share the passion of making mosaics.

The exhibi5on focuses on tradi5onal and modern mosaics and showcases a wide range of materials including, stained glass, smal5, 5le, recycled jewellery and up-cycled china.

Cost: Free Where: SoArt Gallery, 92 Campbell Street, Narooma Exhibi8on dates: Saturday 11 to Wednesday 15 December 2021.

Opening hours: 10am-4pm, daily.

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St Cecilia Award Concert – 5 December 2021 The St Cecilia Youth Music Scholarships have tradi5onally been awarded at a concert closest to the birth of St Cecilia in late November. However this year due to COVID restric5ons we have moved the concert to Sunday 5 December 2021 commencing at 3.00pm at St Bernard’s church David Street, Batehaven.

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Tickets are available at the door – $10 adults. Persons 18 years and below free. It is hoped many of St Cecilia's supporters take this opportunity to listen to performances from their award recipients.

List of finalists Darcy Coppin (Moruya), singing O'Shea Clohesy (Broulee), piano Amelie Ziino (Merimbula), violin Chantelle Benne@ (Tathra), violin Alyssa Gould (Bega), violin Damia O'Loughlin (Broulee), clarinet Maxine Wilson (Surf Beach), piano Kaitlyn Lenihan (Kianga), singing Josh VanzeI (Long Beach), piano Sam Peate (Tuross Head), guitar and singing Kalani Scognamiglio (Catalina), recorder

O'Shea Clohesy....Broulee .. piano

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Broulee...clarinet

Maxine Wilson....Surf Beach...piano

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The Basil Sellers Exhibi8on Centre presents Eurobodalla Art Prize Winner Raewyn Lawrence.

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

Please join us for the opening night of Eurobodalla Art Prize Winner Raewyn Lawrence's exhibi5on on Friday 17 December, 2021 from 5:30 - 7:30pm.

Drinks and nibbles will be provided.

Opening speeches will commence at approximately 6pm.

Moruya-based ar5st Raewyn will be in a@endance at The Basil Sellers Exhibi5on Centre, which features from Saturday 18 December to Sunday 30 January, 2022.

In 2020, Raewyn was awarded Eurobodalla Shire Council’s acquisi5ve Eurobodalla Ar5st Prize for her work Smoke, which was captured as a moment of quiet aFer the horror and devasta5on of the bushfire season. The coveted prize also awarded Raewyn the opportunity to have her solo exhibi5on featured in the Basil Sellers Exhibi5on Centre program for 2021. Most of Raewyn's art is presented through the medium of paint and her subjects range from landscape to figura5ve works.

Raewyn has said: "Living on the New South Wales south coast, I find it impossible not to feel in awe of the beauty of the natural world. The light and colours that are constantly changing are an endless source of inspira5on.

Another rich resource is our local history and folklore, both indigenous and colonial. I have also been enjoying transla5ng to canvas some more personal work that explores emo5ons and events from my own life and family history.

I enjoy pain5ng from the solitude of the studio, a place where produc5vity can blend with cups of tea and contempla5on."

For more informa5on about this exhibi5on, the Basil Sellers Exhibi5on Centre and upcoming exhibi5ons please visit: h@ps://thebas.com.au/

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Exhibi5on, showcasing a diverse range of func5onal and decora5ve stoneware ceramics and pain5ngs on canvas. Congo CraFs Gallery opened in 1980, and has been con5nuously exhibi5ng works ever since. All the ceramics and pain5ngs have been created by Jim Simms in his Congo studio, and he has been working in the arts for over forty years.

Strongly influenced by Japanese, Korean and Chinese ceramics, Jim con5nues to produce a range of beau5ful pieces, and is noted for the quality of his glazes. Each year he experiments with new ma@ and gloss finishes, resul5ng in a varied and stunning pale@e of rich and more subtle colourings. Each wood-fired piece is uniquely burnished by the ash and flames of the firing.

Jim has many happy local, na5onal and interna5onal clients who have admired and collected his work over a number of years. The gallery will con5nue to be open six days per week (closed Tuesday) un5l January 31, 2022, 11am to 5pm.

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Stuart Whitelaw "Walking with Canvas" show Gallery Bodalla As restric5ons are easing Stuart Whitelaw’s latest beau5ful exhibi5on will be hung ready for viewing in Gallery Bodalla this coming weekend.

Opening 5mes are: From 25 November to 5 December Thursday to Sunday 11am to 4pm and by appointment.

In line with Covid safe prac5ces numbers in the Gallery at one 5me are limited, and signing in, wearing a mask and proof of vaccina5on cer5ficate are condi5ons of entry.

Remember you can also view the show at www.gallerybodalla.com.au For all inquiries and purchases please call 0421 238 174 or email gallerybodalla@gmail.com

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South Coast Pastel Society ar8sts meet the challenge to produce a Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 work based on the theme “Spring”

By Alex Gower The members of South Coast Pastel Society have been busy throughout Spring. COVID lockdowns meant that the Society’s Spring exhibi5on had to be cancelled. That wasn’t going to stop “Chris’s Garden at Bodalla” Pastel by Rae Conway this group of keen ar5sts from geIng on with the ac5vity they love – pain5ng with pastels. The commi@ee set a theme of “spring” and challenged members to create and submit their work based on this theme.

There were no limita5ons. The ar5st was encouraged to choose their own subject and style. The only guidance was “be crea5ve”.

Well, as you can see from the examples here, the challenge was met and exceeded. Some of these works may be on display at the society’s summer exhibi5on en5tled “An Explora5on in Mixed Media and Pastels” to be held from 21 to 30 January 2022 at the Batemans Bay Surf Club, George Bass Drive, Malua Bay. More details of this exhibi5on can be found at www.southcoastpastelsociety.com.

“Sunset from Melville Point Headland” Pastel by Julie Ireland

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An Explora8on in Pastels and Mixed Media Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Vol 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018

South Coast Pastel Society’s summer art exhibi5on will be held from 21 to 30 January 2022. Members of the society have been busy crea5ng a broad range of pain5ngs throughout the lockdown and enthusias5cally embraced the opportunity to get out and paint following the easing of restric5ons.

This years’ exhibi5on promises to deliver stunning landscapes, majes5c seascapes and thought-provoking s5lllife works that will hang in pride of place on any wall. Whilst there will be lots of pastel works, the exhibi5on will also include acrylic, oil, watercolor and mixed media pieces to suit all tastes.

All works will be for sale and range in price to suit most budgets. The exhibi5on will be at the Batemans Bay Surf Club, George Bass Drive, Malua Bay and opens from 10am to 4pm each day. Entry is by gold coin dona5on with the proceeds going to the Surf Club.

The South Coast Pastel Society is a vibrant group of local and regional ar5sts working mainly in pastel – a pure pigment media with centuries of tradi5on that is just as fresh and relevant today. The SCPS has been organising quality exhibi5ons and ac5vi5es since the 1980’s and offers regular, world class workshops with renowned local, na5onal and interna5onal pastel ar5sts. More informa5on about the society, workshops and pain5ng ac5vi5es can be found on the society’s web site at www.southcoastpastelsociety.com There is also a gallery featuring society member’s works that highlight both the versa5lity of the medium and the high quality work that can be achieved with pastels.

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Tight Finish In Tuross Head Vets Stableford Event Vol 16 September 15th 2017 28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018

Despite the prospect of a wet course following recent rains, a good field of 60 players registered for the Tuross Head Veterans Golf Single Stableford event held on 1 December 2021. Winner on the day scraping home by a solitary point on 21 was Ross Hendy. Ross was followed closely by Don Russell, Ian Manton and Peter Coffey all with 20 Stableford points. Minor prizes went to Chris Wra@en on 19, Dorothy Madden and Ted Quinlan on 18, Rick Brake, Jeane@e Miller, Shirley Quinlan and Robin Green all with 17, Bruce Harding and Derek Hoare on 16, and finally Solveig Olsson, Ken Brown, Blaise Madden and Richard Kelly with 15.

Peter McRae took out the Bradman award whilst nearest the pins went to Steve Collins on the 4th, Frank Pomfret on the 6th, and to Jennifer Gray and Des Jackson on the 7th. Des also took out the Accuracy drive.

Catalina Ladies Golf – Results 1 December 2021 Our final day of the Catalina Ladies Golf compe55on for 2021 with seventy-six Ladies compe5ng in a Stableford Event. Some great scores but none be@er than the two strokes, Eagle achieved by Nikki Frank on Hole One (Par 4). Congratula5ons Nikki and congratula5ons to all Winners in each Division today.

Division 1 1st

Kellie Rogan (23)

41 points

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Helen Neave (14) on countback

38 points

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Cathie Flynn (20) Sue Demamiel (24)

38 points 37 points

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Nearest to the Pin: Nikki Frank – Hole 7 Division 2 1st

Michelle Matche@ (26)

39 points

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Wendy Hardy (30)

37 points

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Erica Benz (28) on countback Sandra Pearson (27)

35 points 35 points

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Nearest to the Pin: Michelle Matche@ – Hole 7 Division 3 1st

Susan Bourke (34)

39 points

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Bonnie Hardy (45) on countback

37 points

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Beth Eppelstun (44) Louise Fogarty (35)

37 points 35 points

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Club Malua Women's Bowls report Vol September 15th 2017 42 ladies bowling on a On16 Tuesday there 28 December 7th, were 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018

beau5ful day of sunshine. Winners on Rink 3, Wendy Geary, Gay Thurlow and Sue Morgan.

Runners-up Rink1, Judy Armstrong swinging Lead, Gayl Vidgen and Lisa Grice. Other winning teams with some very close scores, Gloria Harper, Julie Lewis and Noleen Taylor. Lyn Gowans, June Williams and Kim Giannasca. Bev Keatley swinging Lead, Judy Davis and Winners from Last Week. Sue Palmer, Alison Innes and Sue Paula Hancock. Janet McKay, Alison Innes and Lyn Morgan Hardy. Barbara Vickers, Helen Rees and Karen Signor.

No Jackpot won. Money Club winners on 51, Julie Lewis, 22, Margaret Bridges.

Club Minor Singles played in aFernoon. Jeane@e Roberts won on a forfeit. Sonia Frey 25 defeated Tricia Wheeler 10. Pat Biddolph 25 defeated Sue Palmer 24, what a fantas5c match anyone's game un5l very last end.

Thanks to Umpire Fran Lucas, Markers, Gayl Vidgen and Robyn Butcher. Wednesday, Sonia Frey 25 defeated Jeane@e Roberts 7. Gayl Vidgen 25 defeated Pat Biddolph 24, another fabulous match like yesterday coming down to the last end, well done ladies.

Thanks to Umpire Shirley Edwards, Markers Tricia Wheeler and Sue Palmer. Final on Friday. Christmas Party Tuesday, bowls in morning, then fun and games with Santa !!

Broulee Runners December 1st 2021 The beginning of summer brought with it hot humid condi5ons for this evening run. Twenty -four people faced the starter and there were two excellent personal best 5mes in the 3.5 kilometres. Nancy Cos5n improved by 141 seconds and Daniel Greenway knocked 26 seconds from his best 5me and finished well in front of his father Andrew.

Four of the Broulee Runners are contes5ng the 30-kilometre Coastal Classic this Saturday.

The course is along the expansive coastal fringe of the Royal Na5onal Park south of Sydney. The adventurous four are Tori, Gill, Mirella, and Ren. They have been training hard for the event and we wish them well. They are part of Tori’s Hennig’s regular Sunday training group. Another weekend training group’s contact is Andrew McPherson.

Therefore, there is plenty to offer in the district for keen runners.

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Aidan Williams is blitzing the Kart world Aidan Williams age 13, just stepped out of cadet class into the junior category this year.

Covid19 had put a stop to most of the racing this year but in the Vol 16 September 15th 2017 few races he in Aidan has done well.

28 December 7th,competed 2017 Vol 48 April 27thhas 2018 The most recent event, Premier State Cup held on 27th & 28th November he was crowned NSW State Champion & gained the pres5gious blue plate. This consisted of 3 rounds and was a points based series.

RND1: Was earlier in the year at Sapphire Coast Kart Club (Aidan’s home track) in which He gained a good lead on the points. Then covid hit...... once racing started back up rnd2&3 were combined into the one wknd! We Travelled to Newcastle Kart club to complete round 2&3 in one weekend!!

RND2: (Saturday) Very wet condi5ons, had some good ba@les with some hard compe55on & ended up 3rd for the day! (Gave mum a few mini heart a@acks in a few races with some brave and daring overtakes) RND3: (Sunday) Raining on and off, got some dryer racing in for the final, had some really close, fast paced racing, found himself in the lead off the start but fell back to 2nd over the dura5on of the final race, ended up 2nd for the day! On comple5on of the 3 rounds Aidan had gained enough points to be awarded the pres5gious blue plate, NSW STATE CHAMPION for Ka4 Jnr light!! Aidan would like to thank all his supporters, Warped Race Engines, Brisk spark plugs Australia, fusion shu@ers & blinds, five lights graphics and design, Moruya Engineering & milestones chemicals.

Warped Race Engines is actually Aidan’s Dad, Who doubles up as pit crew and engine builder. Chadd Williams (Aidan’s Dad) also builds Engines for other go karters around the racing circuits. Aidan drives a PCR chassis powered by a Warped Race Engine.

Aidan's mother, Nicole said "We don’t really have money type sponsorship, we as his parents are his main sponsors, which is hard, costs such as fuel, tyres, accommoda5on when travelling away, spare parts and apparel all add up very quick. As Aidan con5nues to strive for racing goals he would love to seek sponsors to support his efforts.

If anyone is wan5ng to back his efforts they could contact Chadd at cwilliams404@hotmail.com Or myself, nthomas404@hotmail.com "

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Tackle World Fishing Report December 3rd 2021 Vol 16 September 15th 2017

28 April December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 27th 2018 Moruya River.

Despite the far from ideal river condi5ons, plenty of fish have been taken this week just gone. As expected, the front of the system on a rising 5de has been producing the be@er catches. Flathead have been the predominant catch, with nice fish around the 50-70cm range being reported around the airport flats. Preddy’s wharf has also seen a few tailor and the odd bream being caught.

The further upstream you go, the worse the water condi5on gets. Concentrate from the quarry wharf down to the mouth for be results.

Tuross River.

With a dark this Saturday, Coila lake has being seeing lots of prawning ac5on over the last few nights, and this will con5nue for another week. Good catches of nice sized prawn have been coming out. Grab yourselves a prawn scoop net and light, and go have some fun, with the reward of some super sweet south coast prawns!

The river itself, hasn't been fishing too bad, with the lower sec5ons again on a rising 5de showing the best returns. Bream, Luderick and flathead have all been taken around the main boat ramp around to the boat sheds.

The river up under the Bodalla bridge has a very dis5nct, chocolate milk shake vibe to it! My money will be on the front half of the system.

Rock and Beach.

There have been plenty of salmon off the beaches to chase this last week, with windsock producing some nice fish. Any of the local beaches will have the poten5al to have fish, so get out and explore the area around you. The beaches further from the major local rivers will have cleaner water, and probably a be@er chance of a fish finding your offering.

Offshore.

There have been very good catches of snapper in 40m of water this last week, with the fish taking both baits and soF plas5cs.

White seems to the colour of choice for the snapper this week.

Down south, Montague Is has had a good run of Kingfish also.

No reports as to Albacore out wide this week unfortunately.

Fresh stock for Xmas con5nues to arrive weekly, the shop is seriously geIng FULL!!!

Get in now and check out the range…

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

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