Nambucca Valley News Of The Area 28 January 2022

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Nambucca Valley Septic Installation Initiative By Mick BIRTLES WHILE the devastation of the 2019 bushfires fades in the minds of many Australians, the memories and aftermath are still something many Nambucca Valley residents live with every day. For a number of those who lost their homes, the daunting business of rebuilding has been made a little easier by a project known as the Nambucca Valley Septic Installation Initiative. Conceived by Nambucca Valley based bushfire recovery volunteers, Kathleen

q Drew Walker is one of the local heroes making this unique initiative possible.

Crawley and Gus Smith, the initiative has brought out the best in human nature while dealing with the worst of circumstances. In addition to assisting residents maintain appropriate hygiene standards and generate hope in those wanting to rebuild, the initiative was devised to assist the uninsured, severely underinsured and the most financially vulnerable fireaffected persons who wanted to stay on their properties. This initiative has brought together a range of community organisations, local government and businesses in a most unique way. It was Kathleen and Gus’s success when applying for a Reece Grant of $50,000 for septic tanks and hardware that

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John Kent honoured with Medal of the Order of Australia FORTUNATELY for those who call the Nambucca Valley

By Mick BIRTLES

home there are some in the community who put others

before themselves. In this year's Australia

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