Narooma VIEW’s Accident Ar st

Members of Narooma VIEW Club really enjoyed the presenta on by their luncheon guest Margaret Moran. A true ‘mul -talent’ Margaret, who is a musician and singer as well as an ar st in pastels, oils watercolours and pen and ink, spoke of her journey as an ar st.

Having given up full me work to be with her young children, Margaret decided she needed to ‘do’ something so chose tenta vely to paint and exhibit. Not surprisingly (to the VIEW members who were being shown examples of her work), her ini al pain ngs sold, and she realized that art was a path she was des ned to follow.

Of course, even amazing talent needs fostering and honing, so Margaret worked to gain a degree in art which then assisted in opening a world of gallery exhibi ng, new mediums, teaching and indeed sales. As well as being sought a er in various galleries in NSW including Sydney, Victoria including Melbourne and ACT, Margaret entered art compe ons. She confided to the VIEW members that she had had some success in this area, having been awarded nearly 200 prizes for her works. A er her children were grown, Margaret travelled extensively around Australia. She showed her audience photos of her van – adorned with amazing scenes. Margaret told us that wildlife quickly got out of the way when they sighted the wedge-tailed eagle she had painted on the front!

Her artwork from those travels brought sighs of apprecia on from her audience. The pen, ink and wash studies stood out. When asked how long each took, Margaret modestly said “about an hour, or two” – then the sighs turned to gasps of amazement!

It was both a pleasure and a privilege to listen to Margaret and to watch the examples of her work, especially when she demonstrated how her work evolves. For example, the many stages of a pastel piece. As you can imagine, when Margaret’s presenta on finished, all the VIEW Club ladies were so apprecia ve of her talents and the me she had given them.

If you would like to listen to interes ng and educa onal presenters like Margaret and have a lovely conversa onal lunch as well, why not join the Narooma VIEW Club? The Club meets on the 4th Friday of the month for lunch at Narooma Golf Club at 11am. Apart from having fun, you will also be assis ng the Smith Family’s Learning for Life program.

11 for 11:30am

Friday 26 June

Narooma Golf Club $30pp

Presenter: Artist and musician Margaret Moran

Contact: Rosemary Towers 02 44762614

Transport for NSW is planning essen al repair and maintenance work on Wallaga Lake Bridge and is asking the community for input on the best way to deliver these repairs.

Transport for NSW Regional Director South, Sam Knight, said while the crossing is s ll safe, work is required to improve the func onality and durability of the structure to ensure it remains safe for all, including the local community and the travelling public, into the future.

“We understand there is no ideal me to carry out maintenance on Wallaga Lake Bridge, but we are commi ed to working with the community to deliver this essen al work,” Ms Knight said.

“Regular inspec ons of the bridge have iden fied the need to replace the girders holding up the bridge and strengthen the piles and abutment.

“To carry out this work we will be required to close the bridge to ensure the safety of the community and our workers. We are encouraging the community to provide feedback on the two op ons we have developed to help guide us on how we deliver the work with minimal impact to the community."

Op on one would see Transport for NSW carry out the repairs from September 2023 to May 2024. During this me the bridge will be closed for four and half months and under traffic control and reduced speed limits for two months.

Alterna vely, under op on two, repairs would be carried out from September 2023 to August 2024. Traffic control would be in place for one month, followed by six and a half months of day closures between 9am and 3pm, and a two-month closure to complete repairs.

Under both op ons, the bridge would be fully opera onal across the Christmas holiday period.

Consulta on is open to the community un l Friday 23 June.

For more informa on on the op ons and to provide feedback, community members can go to transport.nsw.gov.au/wallaga-lake-bridge, email at Wallaga.Lake.Bridge@transport.nsw.gov.au, or visit in person on Saturday 17 June at Payne’s Island between 10am and 2pm.

Perfect day for walking! From Caseys Beach to stunning views from Observation Point and along the beach.

Why not join their happy group on a Wednesday? Contact Diana Williams at 0402004242 or drw9877@optusnet.com.au for details of their June jaunts!

World Environment Day, Monday 5th June, 2023

Suggested reading list, by author. Simply tap their name into your search engine, and many sites will come up: most will be https. All worth viewing, (in my estimation).

Herman Daly - who strived to place consideration of the economy back within the constraints of global environmental boundaries.

Tom Murphy - who questions just what sustainable really means, and discusses this, and much more, in his (free) ebook, Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet - Assessing and Adapting to Planetary Limits.

Simon Michaux - who is doubtful if there are sufficient mineral resources available to deliver all of us to a renewable energy future.

Bill Williams - who reckons there are just far too many of us anyway, and the outcome is almost certainly inevitable, and will be grim.

Walter Jehne - who is enthusiastically confident that if we all just assist some key natural processes, a sustainable future is possible, but cautions that we should already have begun. (Implicitly: we should immediately cease our environmentally destructive activities)

Chris Jones, Tuross Lakes Preservation Group

Jun 2nd - Chill Vibes Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

Jun 2nd - Rick Bamford – Club Malua (7.30pm)

Jun 3rd - AC/DC show at Moruya Golfy

Jun 3rd - Cover Notes – Club Malua (7.30pm)

Jun 3rd - The Radiators at Moruya Waterfront

Jun 3rd - Brad Williams at Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

Jun 9th - Sam Stevenson at Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

Jun 10th - The Alvey's Farewell Party at the Steampacket

Jun 10th - Sam Stevenson at Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

Jun 10th - Southern Impact – Club Malua (7.30pm)

Jun 16th - Bondi Cigars, support by QLD Jake Hoskin at Narooma Kinema

Jun 16th - Simpson and Samson at Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

Jun 17th - Simpson and Samson at Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

Jun 24th - Rock Show– Batemans Bay Soldiers Club (8pm)

Fri 30th Jun - The INXS Tribute Show @ Moruya Waterfront Hotel

Jul 1st - Keith Urban Bryan Adams show Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

Jul 22nd - The Vallies at Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

Jul 29 - Affinity String Quartet 2:30 pm St Paul’s Anglican Church, Narooma

Aug 18th - Geoff Achison at Narooma Kinema

Sat October 14 - Acacia String Quartet - Beethoven and Schubert quartets 2:30 pm St Paul’s Anglican Church, Narooma

The Blues at the Kinema concerts con nue in June with the legendary Bondi Cigars on Friday 16 June, hosted by Narooma School of Arts.

“The Cigars’ meless and unpreten ous music has long merged rhythmic, rootsy grooves with blues, soul, funk and R&B,” said co-organiser Pe McInnes of Narooma School of Arts.

“So it’s no surprise they’re widely regarded as one of Australia’s greatest R&B bands, s ll producing great songs and fantas c live shows a er 30 years.”

Coming to Narooma Kinema Friday 16 June – The Bondi Cigars Frank Corby, le , Eben Hale, Shane Pacey and Alan Bri on

The Bondi Cigars are led by Shane Pacey (guitar and vocals) and Alan Bri on (bass and vocals), two of the founda on members of the Cigars. Eben Hale (guitar and vocals) and Frank Corby (drums, percussion, vocals) round out the current lineup.

Support musician is Jake Hoskins, from Margaret River via Queensland.

“Jake is reputed to have an infec ous presence and sound, with shows full of high energy and feel-good, toetapping sounds,” Ms McInnes said. “We can look forward to Jake’s blues and roots style with catchy melodies, soul-powering vocals, great guitar and honest lyrics.”

Doors open 6pm; show starts 6.30pm. There will be a bar with wine, beer and cocktails, noodle boxes for vegans, vegos and meat eaters, and pizza.

Tickets cost $45. Buy ckets online through www.naroomaschoolofarts.com.au, not at the Kinema. If you but ckets by 7 June, go in the running raffle for Bondi Cigars merchandise announced on the night.

By Robert Macklin

My usually mild-mannered medical specialist was ropeable. Another medico had let his heart rule his head and altered the small list of medications in my COPD regime. ‘There is no evidence,’ he growled, ‘none, anywhere in the world, that supports that change.’ robert@robertmacklin.com

It was not, I have to say, a major alteration; merely an extra couple of puffs a day on one of the two regular inhalations designed keep the lungs in reasonable shape. But the specialist’s response struck home the importance that the medical professionals place on the scientific method. And that begins and ends with evidence.

While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can decry the idea that the ACT Government’s takeover of the Calvary Catholic Hospital has nothing to do with religion, the evidence is against him. In this, he is a perfect example of a highly intelligent individual whose early religious exposure created a kind of double vision – one eye perfectly perceptive, the other providing a distorted emotional context, mostly through religious fables that pretend to answer the big questions of how and why we live and die.

The same Albo declines to ‘swear to god’ and instead ‘affirms’ his response to the G-G when becoming PM. Yet he’ll tie his reason in knots rather than condemn the Calvary religionists on grounds that their ‘faith’ has no place in the scientific world of medicine (let alone the right to die in dignity at a time of one’s choosing).

The same Albo proclaims India’s Narendra Modi as a paragon of ‘democracy’ while knowing full well that he uses his Hindu religion to bolster his support and oppress his opposition in the Sikh and Muslim communities. He excuses Modi’s trade and commerce with Russia in the war against Ukraine, while ignoring Xi Jinping’s attempts to broker talks between the combatants. It’s almost as though he accepts Modi as an autocrat in the making, but at least he’s ‘our’ autocrat, because somehow the religious component trumps China’s communist ideology.

This is a very common dilemma, fortunately becoming less so in Australia with each passing decade as the percentage of ‘no religion’ rises with each Census. The pattern is oddly evident in the recent parade of Liberal Party prime ministers, from the fanatical Tony Abbott to the laughable convert Malcolm Turnbull who screwed up everything he touched, from the republic to the NBN to the instant rejection of The Voice and the chaos of climate change. His one great hope for redemption was Snowy II until a great big machine got bogged. And bogged it remains while the MultiMinistered Morrison topped them all and sent the ‘no religion’ figures hurtling skywards.

The catholic church itself is making a powerful contribution to its own demise as its priestly acolytes cut a swathe of sexual abuse through the innocents in their care. But even the weekly reporting of yet another paedophile facing criminal justice hasn’t yet brought the community on to the streets protesting the schools that openly indoctrinate the young minds with the double vision that scrambles the Albanese perception.

On the contrary, we actually boast of our religious ‘tolerance’ and perhaps with good reason. Banning the various cults and creeds would only raise their ire and attract supporters of free speech across the board. The first step, however, must surely be to remove the religionist’s tax-free status so we all run the race of life down lanes of equal length. That way we’d all have the same access to the puffers that science decides we need to reach a dignified finish line.

My mild-mannered specialist, for one, would be greatly relieved.