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What’s on—cinema Franklin is coming to Narooma Kinema for one week only on the 10th November.

The story of Australia's most significant environmental ba le to save the remote Franklin River from being dammed by a hydroelectric project in the 1980s, as told through the lens of a currentday solo ra ing adventure. Personal entwines with poli cal as a young Tasmanian ac vist Oliver Cassidy, retraces the journey on the World Heritage–listed river taken some 40 years before by his late ac vist father. Featuring never-before-seen archival footage and interviews with key players such as Bob Brown and Uncle Jim Evere , the eight-year-long 'Franklin campaign' is revealed as the most significant environmental protest in Australia's history; an inspiring example of the power of non-violent direct ac on to bring about las ng change. Physically challenged beyond his limits, Oliver's journey is one of healing and deeper understanding as he searches for the right way to say 'goodbye' to his father. "It’s a visual tapestry, s tched together with an in macy that vividly evokes the sense of camaraderie shared by the campaigners, along with the many discomforts they endured". - Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald

reading The Triangle - November 2022 is OUT NOW

Editorial by Linda Sang

The Triangle welcomes the inaugural first contribu on from Diggin Diggies. Dignams Creek has always been part of the Triangle area, it’s just stayed beneath The Triangle radar.

Diggies is in the unique posi on of straddling both the Eurobodalla and BVSC shires to its fortune or misfortune. But what is clear, there has always been a very strong community there willing to share resources, me, friendships and food between themselves and also be involved in the greater community.

Living in our corner of the world that we have arbitrarily named the Triangle, our connec ons go well beyond our families, our street, local government areas, state and country. We live in a world that is connected in an instant, but what is stronger and more prac cal are our neighbours, our local community.

Dignams Creek has always been there, but unless a torchlight shines on an area, many of us aren’t aware of that locality and what goes on there. Speaking of torches … I’d like to remind our readership to con nue to submit ar cles that shine a light on what’s going on where they live, how someone is feeling, examples of crea ve endeavours, entrepreneurial ventures, poli cal bugbears, histories and future planning.

The Triangle is the expression of the community. Let it be a true reflec on by receiving and publishing more contributors with diverse voices.

Reading—A beer with Baz “Pick up the pace, Bazza. You’ve got to get the heart rate up. It’s not a stroll. Stop looking around. Eyes straight ahead and focus.” Mick checked the pedometer, sighed and jogged on the spot as Bazza caught up. “I don’t know why I drew up this fitness plan for you, Bazza. You were supposed to be jogging by now and on track to complete your first parkrun by Christmas. Absolutely no hope….. given the size of your shadow.” Bazza quickened his pace slightly but was soon preoccupied with the surrounds. Human interven on dominated the environment with footpaths, roads, telegraph poles and signs that stated the obvious. He clicked his tongue. “You’re a tough personal trainer, Mick……. but I do appreciate you giving up the early mornings to get me in p top condi on.” Mick paused to take Bazza through a few stretches. “All good, Bazza. I can’t sleep in anyway. This young bird in a nest outside my bedroom window is making a racket every morning. I don’t know what’s going on. It has somehow tricked these poor bloody magpies into believing it is their offspring. It’s huge and they can’t feed it enough so it just makes this monotonous high pitched shriek that just gets louder as the exhausted magpies struggle to keep up the food. It is a reality cartoon outside my window……..now…….push down on the hamstring, Bazza. You are trying to convince it that jogging is a possibility.” Bazza closed his eyes and followed the instruc on. The only sounds were also human made; the grinding of gears and the hiss of brakes from trucks and the constant hum of cars closed out the odd bird song. “That bird is the Eastern Koel, Mick and so called because of the noise it makes. It’s a brood parasite. It lays a single egg in the host’s nest and once hatched, the chick forces the other eggs and hatchlings out of the nest and then carries on like a screaming only child. In your case, the poor magpies think it’s their offspring but struggle to feed it as it soon grows to about twice their size……… how many more stretches, Mick?” “Leave the coun ng to me, Bazza…….. so where do these Koels come from?” “South East Asia, Mick. They travel thousands of kilometres to Australia each spring to mate and rankle our ears.” “Now….let me get this straight, Bazza. They fly all the way here to breed and lay an egg in this magpie’s nest. The offspring kicks the other eggs or chicks out and exhausts the nest owners with impossible demands.” Bazza sucked in a deep breath and squinted beyond the manicured lawns and symmetrically planted trees and wondered whether the distant hills had also been ‘fixed up’ by humans.* “All pre y rude eh, Mick?” “Rude?…….I call it an invasion, Bazza. No wonder magpies are so cranky this me of year…….anyhow, eyes on the footpath and focus on moving quicker.” *Acknowledge: ‘Enter Without So Much as Knocking’ by Bruce Dawe

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

Le er to the editor Are the NSW Liberals se ng themselves up for a flogging over radiotherapy in the SE?

Dear Beagle Editor, On Monday 31 October ABC SE Radio Breakfast (8:30 News) reported that yet again our Local Health District bureaucrats have given a flat ‘NO’ to including the overwhelmingly needed radiotherapy services into the precinct of the New Eurobodalla L4 Regional Hospital (at planning phase now, with construc on work due to start shortly before the elec ons in March 23). The money to build is there, courtesy first of the former (Liberal) Federal Minister for Health ($4M) in 2020 and now of a generous $8M recently confirmed from Federal Member for Gilmore, Fiona Phillips MP. This is alongside the obvious opportunity to re-allocate the substan al current annual costs of out-of-area pa ents referrals, transport, and accommoda on to cover the day-to-day expenses incurred for providing this service locally: A ‘no-brainer’ as many have observed. With a Regional Pe on now totalling near 5,500 speaking LOUD AND CLEAR for both Bega Valley and Eurobodalla communi es, and a response from the NSW Health Minister due in the next 2 weeks, Southern NSW Local Health District’s Chief Execu ve Margaret Benne has most likely been asked to cushion the shock of the forthcoming nega ve and in-denial response from the Minister to the Pe on. This is a Minister who said on the same ABC SE Radio on September 1: “It is my absolute priority to ensure that, no ma er where you live in our State, you have access to the health services that you need and deserve”. Bronwyn Taylor, NSW Minister for Regional Health Accordingly, the Head Pe oners serve public no ce through Southern NSW Local Health District to the Minister: By refusing the Community’s wishes, do not delude yourself that you will be achieving the beginning of the end. Rather, consider it as merely the end of the beginning. We solemnly vow now to all those thousands of signatories, all the local New Hospital supporters and the en re community most especially our long-suffering local cancer pa ents and their wonderful frontline medical carers, that we have no inten on of le ng up or going away for one moment. In this we are implacably resolved. Fitzroy & Mylène Boul ng Head Pe oners, Pe on for Local Radiotherapy Services, Co-founders ONE New L4 Eurobodalla Regional Hospital Advocates Group.

Dear Beagle Editor, Councillors & ESC Council I am a current resident and home owner in Surfside and have lived in Bateman’s Bay for over 46yrs. I am very concerned with the gravity of the situa on bought to my a en on regarding councils CMP,CVA, IPCC and Hazard Codes plans. These were bought to my a en on at a recent mee ng of the Surfside Engineers Group comprising of Viv Sethi, Graeme Shoobridge. David Webster, Rosemary Deadman and concerned Surfside residents on Saturday 29th October. Firstly I would like to say that residents received no ce by mail on Friday 28th October with only eight business days to submit our objec ons and concerns to these proposals. Many homeowners from Surfside do not reside here permanently so would not have received the le er box drop. Eight business days is not an adequate amount of me to respond in an informed manner therefore an extension me is required with respect to Surfside residents. As published 25/2/2019 in the Bay Post/Moruya Examiner and Beagle Weekly Andrew Constance and Gabrielle Upton met with Surfside residents and promised $250,000 to “find how to protect Surfside from inunda on” and Ms Upton stated that $5million in funding was reserved to help find a solu on in consulta on with Residents, Roads. And Mari me Services and Council. She stated that RMS, Crown Lands, GHD, OEH. And Dept. Planning and Environment had been brought together in a coordinated effort to resolve the Coastal Management issues impac ng homes and futures. Where is the $250,000? What happened to the $5million that was reserved to help find a solu on? Property values will plummet , rates will increase and we won’t be able to sell our homes as the insurances will be too high(if the insurance companies will insure us at all!) The banks will not lend mortgages without home insurance. Some parts of Lake Conjola (Shoalhaven Council) are already seeing these trends.$20,000 p/a is NOT doable! Also if the Coastal inunda on maps(Rhelm) 1yr,20yr,100yr ARI Surfside are “accurate” then why is Council acquiescing to NSW State Governments approval to the huge resort development at the end of Myamba Pde/ Cullendulla? Also there are 4x Commercial Blocks that are in Councils Por olio(owned by Council) 2 being on corner of The Vista and Wallaringa St and 2 on The Vista and Myamba Pde that have recently been put up for Auc on and For Sale. Also 1x residen al block on the corner of Timbara Crescent and Bayview St? How can Council be so bold as to ”Sell Off” these proper es to unsuspec ng purchasers for future approval and promise of development if the CMP data is accurate? (Perhaps “A Scramble for the Coffers?”) There have been MANY engineering consultants engaged by Council and paid for( with rate payers monies) GHD, Whitehead and Associates and of course Rhelm just to name a few. One would wonder , are Council’s pursuance of these numerous reports suited to Councils ques onable aims and objec ves? Feona Baranowski Concerned Surfside Resident