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Welcome to this week’s editorial, The elec on is in full swing and there are promises pouring forth with offers of manna from heaven to fix roads, bypass towns, improve educa on and fix health. All very admirable. Funnily the ones making the biggest promises are the crew currently in power. You might wonder why they hadn’t done anything to date and it takes an elec on for them to actually engage and act. But are they ac ng or are they only promising to act? When you boil it down we are simple creatures. Not everyone can be a leader, nor do most folks want to be leaders. As a kid we formed groups. There were the leaders, the next rung down of would be leaders who I would always recognise and an unelected commi ee that was usually determined by a Captains Pick depending on degree of favouri sm at the me. Below the commi ee were the followers who were swore allegiance to the group. They were part of the US and everyone else was THEM. Every playground in the country has its groups, its gangs, its huddles that share secrets, experiences and ideas. And every group believed that they were be er than the others. As a transient kid going from one school to the next I learnt that you needed to consider what group you might choose. I was a wild child, far too wild and far to different to most of the kids I encountered at school. The term “Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds” described me fairly well in that I was accepted in all camps but held allegiance to none. In PNG, at the me, I was a Territorian child. A rare breed that did not belong to any tribe yet was accepted by all tribes sharing a mutual distrust of kiaps and authority. When Independence arrived there was an addi onal level of distrust added. The poli cian. Poli cs in PNG is a poetry in mo on that borders on chaos from one day to the next. The corrup on is stellar and the bribery for votes legendary. In Tok Pisin a poli cian is called a Gris Man. That translates as a Grease Man. Elec ons in PNG are a me for maximum “gris” with gi s of betel nut and beer to buy votes. Usually the one with the most “gris” wins. There is also a term called used for poli cians of “maus warra” that translates as Mouth Water, again for a poli cian who speaks too much, as compared with another poli cian who has “Pekpek maus warra” being verbal diarrhoea. The next Papua New Guinea elec ons are in June 2022. Elec oneering in PNG is well underway and the promises being made to gain votes grow by the day. Much as we are now seeing in our own elec on. Every day we are delivered more and more promises. Like in PNG the biggest promises are coming from the “head men” of the main tribes. The voters are being coerced, seduced, and bribed with promises of the equivalent of shell necklaces and axes with claims of “Vote for me and I will bring riches to the region”. Voters remember that, in the past, the necklaces ended up being plas c and that the axe heads were poor quality and lost their edge in a ma er of hours. But they live in hope that the promises made might one day be delivered. And they accept the spin as if it is true, aware that most of it has never been delivered before, and probably can’t be delivered in the future. At some point though people stop believing all the spin and they see the leaders for what they really are. They then decide to vote for someone else, but once again, and most o en, for the one who effec vely promises to deliver more ‘gris’ sooner. Unless you are a leader or a favourite you miss out. That is the way of the playground and that is the way of poli cs. Maybe the Solomons became sick and red of our poli cians, the supposed ‘big men’ of the region, failing in their promises and delivering li le more than “pekpek warra”. Who knows, maybe we too might finally see through the elec oneering ever increasing promises being declared everyday as li le more than “pekpek warra” and finally vote for someone who doesn’t ’gris’ , doesn’t ‘gamman’ (lie), and simply wants to get the job done. Our needs are simple and there are enough riches in the land girt by sea for everyone to have a decent life, from birth to death. If only poli cs, ego and greed wasn’t in the way. Un l next—lei

ANZAC Day Commemora on services for ANZAC Day are held throughout Eurobodalla. All mes and venues listed on this page have been supplied by RSL sub-branch officials. Care has been taken to include as many services as possible, and details were correct at the me of publica on. For confirma on of other services, please contact your local RSL sub-branch. Batemans Bay Monday 25 April 2022:  5:45am: Assemble at the Honour Stone, the Foreshore, Clyde Street.  6:00am: Dawn Service at the Honour Stone.  6:30am: Gunfire breakfast at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club.  10:00am: Muster at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club carpark.  10:15am: March to the Honour Stone, Army leading.  10:45am: Arrive at the Honour Stone.  10:50am: ANZAC Commemora on Service at the Honour Stone. Laying of the wreaths.  12:15pm: ANZAC Wall walk at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club. 12:30pm: Luncheon for current and ex-Service Personnel and Partners. Bergalia Monday 25 April 2022: 9:00am: ANZAC Service at the War Memorial on Bergalia Link Road. Bodalla Saturday 23 April 2022: 11:00am: ANZAC Service at the Bodalla Memorial Hall on the Princes Highway. Central Tilba Monday 25 April 2022:  9:50am: March assembles outside Dromedary Hotel on Bate Street.  9:55am: March to Cenotaph, corner of Corkhill Drive and Bate Street. 10:00am: Commemora on Service at the Cenotaph. Moruya Monday 25 April 2022:  5:30am: Assemble at RSL Memorial Hall, 11 Page Street.  5:45am: Dawn Service at the War Memorial.  11:00am: March steps off at the corner Vulcan and Shore Streets. March along Vulcan Street, le into Mirrabooka Avenue and then le in to Page Street to the Memorial Hall, 11 Page Street.  11:30am: ANZAC Commemora on Service and Wreath Laying. 12:00pm Light refreshments for Ex-service men and women, partners and invited guests in the Memorial Hall. Dusk Service: 5:15pm: Assemble at the Thelmore Pistol Club, relic RAAF Opera ons Building, Donnelly Drive, Moruya Narooma Face masks are recommended but not compulsory. Members must scan COVID 19 QR code or register details. 1 person per 2 square metre must be maintained except family members. Monday 25 April 2022:  5:55am: Assemble for 6:00am Dawn Service at the War Memorial at Club Narooma, 88 Princes Highway.  10:45am: Assemble at the Narooma Visitors Centre, corner Princes Highway and Bluewater Drive.

Narooma (con nues……)  11:00am: March steps off to the War Memorial at Club Narooma.  11:05am: ANZAC Service and Wreath Laying at the War Memorial. 12:30pm: A special luncheon will be on sale at Club Narooma a er the Service for ex-Service Personnel and the public. Nelligen Monday 25 April 2022:  10:50am: Assembly at the Mechanics Ins tute Hall, Braidwood Street for March to the Cenotaph.  11:00am: ANZAC Commemora on Service at the Cenotaph. 11.30am: A community sausage sizzle will be held at the waterfront park a er the service. Tomakin Monday 25 April 2022:  6:00am: Gunfire breakfast at the Tomakin Sports and Social Club.  6:45am: Muster at the Rivermouth General Store, corner Sunpatch and Kingston Parades.  7:00 am: March to Tomakin Sports and Social Club. Pipe band and Navy personnel will be in a endance. This year, cadets and scouts will join the March, wearing uniforms from historical wars. Emergency Services workers and volunteers are invited to join the march.  7:30am ANZAC Day Commemora on Service. 7:45am Breakfast is provided to all Marchers by the Tomakin Sports and Social Club. Members of the public are welcome to purchase their breakfast. Tuross Head Monday 25 April 2022:  5:30am: Dawn Service at the Memorial Gardens, Planta on Point.  11:00am: March from Birdwood Circle to the Tuross Head Country Club, 40 Monash Avenue. 11:15am: ANZAC Service at the Tuross Head Country Club. Members from the Australian Defence Force Academy and the Eurobodalla Lighthorse Re-enactment Group will be in a endance at both the Dawn Service at the Memorial Gardens and at the Anzac Service at the Tuross Head Country Club.

The order on the ballot paper for Gilmore is (top to bo om): Liberal Candidate Constance

Independent Nina Digiglio Greens McCallum

United Australia Party Maloney One Na on's Eid

Liberal Democrat Fadani

Labor Phillips.

You are eligible to apply for a postal vote if you are unable to get to a polling place on elec on day. You are encouraged to apply as soon as you know you are eligible. The AEC cannot send your vo ng pack un l the ballot papers have been printed. The earliest the AEC can send out your pack is 26 April 2022. If you do not apply as soon as possible, you may have to choose an alterna ve way to vote. h ps://forms.aec.gov.au/PostalVoteApplica on

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Monday May 2nd 2022 6pm Start Kyla Hall Tuross Head All Candidates Have Been Invited There Will Be Ques ons From The Floor If Time Allows Hosted By Tuross Head Progress Associa on

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The opening date for the new 25m pool in Batemans Bay will be June the 4th. Mayor, Mat Hatcher said "We are excited to announce that on June 4th we will be opening the doors to the new Bay Pav". It is understood that the official opening of The Pav (or the Big Pav) , as it has affec onately been named, will be April 28th with invited poli cians, past and present from federal, state and council as well as representa ves of user groups in a ribbon cu ng. Represen ng Gilmore will be Fiona Phillips, alongside Dr Michael Holland, the newly elected Member for Bega and Mayor Mat Hatcher. The new 25m pool, heated pool and kiddies pool with splash deck will be open to the public along with the a ractant of a waterslide and the inclusion of a gymnasium that will add to the other long established gyms in the township. The $70 million facility was funded with $19 million of ratepayers money along with $26.5 million of State funding and $25 million of Federal funding. Now managed by Aligned Leisure, a subsidiary company of the Richmond Football Club, from Victoria, the new aqua c facility is hoped to be able to cover its es mated $2 million per year running costs. Below are some of the Dra Fees and Charges that Councillors will be asked to adopt next Tuesday, Apr 26th.

Imagine being presented with a glossy brouchure that declares that five car spaces will be removed, a no stopping area installed, the pedestrian safety buffer to busy highway gone with a poorly designed concrete footpath add-on appearing as an a erthought. This is exactly what happened to the businesses of Bodalla when Transport NSW officers called by to inform them that work would begin on May 2nd. The proposed pedestrian facili es are set to be installed on the Princes Highway in Bodalla opposite the Bodalla Dairy and scheduled to run from Monday 2 May 2022 un l mid 2022 between 7am and 4pm. . Transport for NSW say the work will include: • an extended kerb to improve visibility of pedestrians and highway users • a pedestrian refuge to create a safer loca on for pedestrians to cross the highway • installa on of No Stopping signs southbound on the Princes Highway • the footpath will be extended to the south on the northbound side of the highway • drainage improvements on the Princes Highway to improve the resilience and safety of the network. Transport for NSW jus fy the project saying: "During busy periods such as the weekend or holidays, it can be difficult for pedestrians to safely cross the Princes Highway and access shops and services in Bodalla. The pedestrian facili es will improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians. Their glossy brouchure says: "Following community feedback last year, the pedestrian facility was redesigned to include a pedestrian refuge to further improve pedestrian safety when crossing the Princes Highway, and reduce the impact on parking. Transport for NSW is working closely with Eurobodalla Shire Council to deliver this project." Locals, receiving the no ce of what is proposed have looked at the design and are raising their concerns over the design and also the impact the installa on (and removal of cri cal carparking) will have. Business owners are ques oning the statement that Transport NSW makes saying "Following community feedback last year..." Those that The Beagle have talked to have asked the same ques on "What feedback... no-one spoke to us". A pe on with over thirty signatures of affected local businesses reques ng a round table mee ng be held to engage with the business community and to listen to their concerns and sugges ons has now been passed on to Transport NSW. If there is no response then the Transport NSW crews will be met on the day by a very vocal group of business owners Above: two of the Bodalla business owners with the pe on calling for a stop work un l there is real consulta on and that Transport NSW understand the concerns of the community from a safety and financial perspec ve.

Community Bailey Sweeny Racing Fundraiser at Bunnings Sat 23rd April

Bailey Sweeny of Bailey Sweeny Racing & Michelle, his mum, are hos ng a fund raising funds for the Charlie Teo Founda on May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month and the Charlie Teo Founda on is dedicated to funding brain cancer research with a low-cost model that’s redefining how chari es operate. Our sole focus is to offer hope by funding brilliant and 'out of the box' brain cancer researchers and thinkers to find a cure for brain cancer. Bailey has set his goal at $5000 and this weekend, April 23rd 2022, will see Bailey and his mum hos ng a sausage sizzle at Bunnings to raise funds and awareness. Charlie writes of his fundraising quest: "My Grandmother Maureen passed away on the 31st August 2018 at the age of 74 years young Nan was diagnosed on the 10th of April 2018 with brain cancer and was only given weeks to live. We had no idea anything was wrong with her un l she rang my mum and said she didn't know where she was and that she'd driven up the main street in Batemans Bay the wrong way. A town where she had lived her whole life. She was taken to Batemans Bay Hospital, the same hospital where Nan had worked as a nurse for over 50 years. This is where our lives changed FOREVER as the diagnosis confirmed she had the worst type of brain cancer, GBM. A er endless trips to numerous doctors searching for ways we could prolong Nan's life, we kept receiving the same response, nothing further could be done. Not giving up, Mum rang Dr Charlie Teo and spoke to his office, almost pleading with him to see Nan as he was our final HOPE. Hope it was, as we were immediately booked in to see Charlie. We arrived for Nan's appointment with this great man and he met us with a huge smile, dressed casually and wearing his favourite sneakers. We were welcomed and given HOPE in trying to extend Nan's life. Charlie was so humble and down to earth saying, "Maureen, you have the worst possible cancer. We can't cure you but we can extend your life". Nan's face lit up and you could see she had life in her eyes because of that HOPE! We had not seen Nan like that since she was diagnosed. This was on a Wednesday and he said "I have to go and save a li le girls life in America and fly out tomorrow but I want you on my table first thing Monday morning, 6:00am.True to his word, 6am Monday morning, Nan was ready to be operated on by this great man. Nan had another 4 months with us un l she succumbed to the terrible disease. We are so grateful that we got months rather than weeks with this remarkable lady. Nan was my biggest fan and watched me in my younger days of Kar ng where she was always nervous and said " I cant look" but she would be watching between her fingers. I wish she was here to see me now in my chosen career in car racing. My Nan's gi of inheritance allowed me to live my dreams by purchasing a car & racing in some elite series. As a tribute to my Nan & Dr Charlie Teo, I have the Charlie Teo Founda on logo on the roof of my car. I know Nan is watching down over me and the car while I raise awareness to try and find a cure for this insidious disease. I am so proud to be a Charlie "Warrior" and my challenge is to try and grab some podiums in all my races in May - the Toyota Gazoo Racing 86 Series & TCR Australia (Touring Car Series). I will be pushing myself to raise money and to save lives." This Saturday, April 23rd, Bailey, his mum and supporters will be at Batemans Bay Bunnings to help support a very worthy cause.

The a en on of Narooma residents and visitors was drawn to the Narooma Bar around Sunday April 17th as they watched the Westpac helicopter si ng directly above overseeing a 5m open runabout a emp ng to enter the inlet on an outgoing de. The Westpac helicopter was returning along the coast when they no ced the runabout a emp ng the crossing of what locals could only describe as treacherous condi ons. A Mari me vessel was present at the inlet adjacent to the Shark Net Beach at the ready to call on emergency services. Fortunately the runabout managed to navigate the pitching, o en standing waves however the two occupants were then seen being a "talking to" by the Mari me crew before being allowed to leave.

The volume of boa ng traffic through the bar over Easter and the school holidays has seen a marked increase in the demand for parking at Apex Boat ramp with the design of the boatramp once again tes ng the pa ence and the abili es of boaters.

allow more kids to experience the amazing, unique and fascina ng wildlife that calls Mogo home.

Simply purchase an full-priced adult, concession or senior cket from www.mogowildlifepark.com.au or at the park, and you’ll get up to 4 children into Mogo Wildlife Park for FREE!

Mogo Wildlife Park is a wildlife experience not to be missed– eyeball a gorilla, hear lions roar metres away, watch graceful giraffes graze, and incredible primates – from marmosets to lemurs - many you’ve never seen before! Keeper talks are back too - ask our team when you visit.

At Mogo Wildlife Park, you can leisurely stroll along flat pathways, transpor ng you on your very-own South Coast safari through to Australia’s most diverse home of wildlife.

There’s nowhere else in NSW where you can get faceto-face with gorillas, lemurs, marmosets, tamarins, a snow leopard, red pandas, lions, gers, giraffes and so much more in one home.

Plan your road trip today! Mogo Wildlife Park has been commi ed to the care of rare and endangered wildlife for over 30 years, and we look forward to school holidays and the opportunity to inspire and engage you, your children and grandchildren to share our passion for wildlife.

Save more – Discover NSW, Dine NSW and Parent NSW vouchers are accepted and you’re welcome to use them to save more on admission ckets, annual passes, encounters and purchases at the café and our Mogo Gi Shop.

Community Eurobodalla Walkers On The Go

We, like our community, have survived bushfires, floods, COVID, lockdowns and restricted numbers and now in 2022 seem to be heading back into more ‘normal’ mes!

Since February we have done some 15 walks on different parts of our beau ful coast, and of course more are planned for the year. Last week it was Caseys Beach on a perfect day and on Wednesday 20th it was Guerilla Bay. Next week we are headed to Durras. If you are over 18 and prepared to walk at your own risk, why not contact: Margaret Fletcher t: 4472 4886 e: 1mardif@gmail.com or Diana Williams m: 0402004242 e: drw9877@optusnet.com.au For more informa on about our friendly, easy going group AND don’t forget to come and say hello at the Seniors Expo on Thursday 28th at Hanging Rock.

Tuross Head community of the upcoming 'Kyla

Hall Management Commi ee' Annual General Mee ng.

If you are a regular user of the hall or just have an interest in the use and maintenance of our hall please show your support and a end the mee ng which will be held in the hall on May 19th at 4pm. If you have any further ques ons, please contact Steve Smith on 0407399405.

South Coast Property Specialists (Carlene Franzen) Tips #1093: Mortgage Rates Vs the Cash Rate

Recently we have seen a lot of discussion about when the Reserve Bank is likely to raise the cash rate from its historical low and when further increases may occur. A year ago, the Reserve Bank had indicated no such rise was likely until 2023 or even 2024 but the economy in Australia, and around the world, has changed significantly and it now appears that the cash rate is likely to be increased by “small” amounts steadily over the next 18 months or so. Most analysts believe this could start in June with some not ruling out next month (May). Analysts also believe the cash rate could increase from 0.1% to around 1.75% or 2%. But, what is the relationship between the cash rate and your mortgage rate? Years ago, they were very intrinsically linked but over the years they have become less so as Australian banks source more funds from overseas markets. It is still the case that when the cash rate is varied your mortgage rate (unless fixed) will vary as well. But more and more over the years we have seen mortgage rates change whilst the cash rate has remained steady. And this is the case at the moment as our banks source funds particularly from the USA where inflation and interest rates have increased dramatically over recent months. The reason for this is that banks endeavour to make a net interest margin by charging borrowers a higher rate of interest than they pay on deposits and wholesale funds. If funding costs increase, the banks will generally try to pass through these costs to borrowers by increasing borrowing interest rates. In Australia, it is estimated that approximately 60% of mortgages have variable interest rates and approximately 90% of fixed interest mortgages will come to the end of their term in the next 2 years. An increase in interest rates will therefore impact nearly all people with mortgages in the next year or two. It appears that December 2023 is going to be the biggest month for fixed interest mortgages to expire. At that time a lot of people might go from their fixed 2% interest rate to probably around 4.5%. On a $400,000 loan on a 25-year term, that would be an extra $243 a fortnight, or around $500 a month. Of course, the bigger the mortgage, the bigger the monthly increase. Increases of this size will impact the cost of living and workers will be looking to current staffing shortages as a negotiating position for an increase in wages. So, now would be a good time for those with mortgages to start planning and budgeting for the future increases to their repayments as the experts are expecting the “crunch” to start within the next month or so.

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