I am writing to you to formally request that you put your ministerial support behind declaring the whole of 2546 to be included in the Blackspot Funding Program immediately so that other options for our signal can be explored.

The ongoing lack of reception, persistent dropouts, message failures and increasing total service failures are completely unacceptable whilst we are still paying top dollar for an inferior and/or non-existent service.

Trying to operate a business with Telstra is almost impossible.

Pleas to Telstra regarding compensation have been met with vague promises and no results. 

For at least 30 years, there’s been much community discussion in the shire about coastal development in relation to the global warming and hypothetical sea level rise events as a result of sea storm surges. 

Estimates of land wave run up were generated by computer modelling if a particular imagined, best guess sea storm occurred.

One-hundred-year river floods were also calculated, meeting with the best guess high tide levels at the same time.

The hypothetical estimates also estimated areas in the Eurobodalla Shire that would be severely impacted by the hypothetical flood estimates. 

The NSW Government was part of the process attempting to develop future land use policies or rules and regulations that would eventually become part of building and development controls. 

The current disquiet about development conditions and restrictions is occurring because the Office of Environment and Heritage requires it.

MPs, through delegated authority, have to date supported the process, including any development controls that may be in place now and in the future. 

All those who are unhappy with what’s occurred to date really need to take the issues of development controls up with the NSW Government.

In the first instance with Bega MP Andrew Constance, our voice in government. 

Don’t stop there – the Premier and several other NSW Government ministers need to be involved.

Perhaps they could even attending public meetings in the shire to properly explain what the State Government is doing and planning to do in relation to development controls, which are likely to impact on the local economy in various ways.

It is my belief that "Rose of Eden" was built to the design of a Norfolk Flood Wherry.

Identical to the vessel that Captain Livingstone used during his exploits on the African waterways (I presume).

Legend has it that Dan Gowing had her shipped to Twofold Bay, where she was lifted into the water and proceeded to Bega River from Snug Cove under her own steam.

It is sad that this wonderful little ship has been lost for all time … her machinery ending up in a paddock somewhere near Bega.