NBN tower
It’s a pity that a small number of narrow minded people in the Tilba area have thwarted the roll out of the NBN for the broader community. I look at an NBN wireless tower on Wonga Road each day and wonder why, because of the decision to bend to a vocal few in the Tilba region, the broader community, including Mystery Bay and Corunna people, cannot access the NBN and the benefits it provides. I for one want to embrace technology and not continue with the horse and cart mentality of the people who are stopping economic progress for the area.
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Mitch Jeffery, Corunna
Wild weather at fundraiser
The Rotary Club of Narooma markets saw the launch of their fundraising for their 1000km walk in March 2017. Unfortunately the weather was atrocious, particularly the wind gusts that sent parts of stalls flying about the oval. I hope I don’t get this on the Bibbulmun track in March. The Friends of Rang’I stall, with its Kenyan jewelry, toys, knick-knacks etc., drew an appreciative group of buyers. Some could not believe what can be made from paper, bits of tin, old coat hangers, bottle tops, and not only are they remarkable, but well priced all money goes to a great cause. The Rotary Club of Narooma’s 1000km walk to support ‘End Polio Now’ and a library in Rang’I Kenya drew a number of generous donations. I think when some heard my accent, they thought it was a joke. They took some convincing that a 68 year old who had had polio would attempt such a walk. No one accepted my invitation to lift my 22kg pack though. Anyone wishing to donate some money can do so by depositing money into the Rotary Club of Narooma charity account at the NAB BSB 082-744 A/c 823614257 or post to The Rotary Club of Narooma, PO Box 151. Mark your donations “walk” to make sure it goes to End Polio and the Library. We are so close to ridding the World of the scourge of polio. It was an Australian that set the ball rolling to immunise the world with the polio vaccine, and we are still in there fighting. Rotarians also seek to help educate our young worldwide and that is why Narooma Rotarians are helping to fundraise for a Library in Kenya.
Michael O’Connor, Narooma Rotary president
No one place to remember
Definition of cenotaph: a special structure or statue that is built to remind people of a dead person who is buried somewhere else; especially : a structure built to honor the people who were killed in a war. Coming up to Remembrance Day 2016, I’ve had the thought: “Where is the cenotaph in Narooma?” When we gather to remember the Narooma residents killed in war? Is it the marble Rolls of Honor set into the walls of the Narooma cinema? Is it the memorial plaques on the clock tower opposite the Post Office? Is it the memorial plaque on the CWA building? Is it the memorial in at Club Narooma? As an outside observer it seems that there is no one place in Narooma where we can remember and commemorate the sacrifice of our war dead. Might I suggest the natural little amphitheatre of parkland that has been created between the Narooma leisure centre, new highway roundabout, and Club Narooma might be a suitable location to create a cenotaph memorial space for Narooma. Situated at the end of the Avenue of Remembrance planted along the highway on the Flat, a flat ANZAC Day march for returned service people along Bluewater Drive from a staging area at Lions Park, with lots of spectator parking and vantage points along the way, a line of sight to the east for the dawn service, and wet weather venues in the leisure centre or Club Narooma, the site has a lot to give. With appropriate landscaping and memorial construction/reconstruction it would provide a nice space to reflect and remember Narooma residents killed in war. What do you think? Do we need a cenotaph space in Narooma?
Greg Watts, Narooma