If you want to know what they are catching in the waters off Merimbula, click on this link to take you to the latest reports provided courtsey of the Merimbula Big Game & Lakes Angling Club. This site is provided by the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol -Merimbula Division that operates a Marine Rescue service every day of the year.
Boat Licence Testing- Did you know you can know get your NSW Boat licence right here in Merimbula. Click on the link to obtain further information on the services offered to residents of the Bega Valley.
View the new South East Health website in our community network.
If you register a website in the community network, and your community group or business is classified under Health/Welfare, you will automatically be listed in South East Health.
Existing website users, visit Site Tools in your website menu and adjust Group Profile or Business Profile, to list in South East Health. Allow an update overnight.
Content from Support Members can be inserted from your own website into a dedicated page inside South East Health, this is the Members' Desk.
South East Health is a shared environment, driven by local Users, to enable the community to find and use health Providers and Groups in the region.
It will also help Providers with an industry Mailing List /Discussion Group and a range of other helpful services.
http://southeasthealth.org.au
Expressions of interest are being sought by South East Health from health providers to be part of a steering committee to provide local solutions to health issues. The vision for the steering committee is to empower local health providers to take leadership roles in their local communities. The formation of local not-for-profit Community health-improvement collaboratives are becoming a major force for improving health care systems throughout the world.
Read the full article....
www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/apr/06_0100.htm
Please contact leah(at)southeasthealth.org.au if you are interested in being part of the steering committee
30th and 31st August 2008 - 10am-4pm
With Brogo Permaculture Gardens about to go on the market for sale, this coming weekend is your final opportunity to see this unique property. Described by many good judges as one of the best examples of permaculture design in cool temperate regions, the weekend is highlighted by its designer John Champagne conducting guided tours explaining the thought behind what you see.
"Its one thing to look at a property such as this and see a random assembly of plants and animals but an entirely different understanding occurs when the thought behind what your experiencing is explained. What you will see is a culmination of clicking permacultures 12 principles into a framework that guarantees an outcome to meet the basic needs of our family."
Features of the property include an ownerbuilt passive solar mudbrick home; an active photovoltaic power system; keyline water harvesting; integrated orchard systems; hand-built composting toilet; greywater reuse to orchard; windbreaks that work; over 70 different species of edible fruit including many sub-tropical varieties and frost mitigation techniques.
Guided tours begin at the top of the driveway each day at – 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.00pm. Entry is $5 per adult with pensioners and children under 16 admitted free with proceeds going toward IDEP (Indonesian Development for Education in Permaculture.) Refreshments available for sale in the kitchen.
Directions to the property can be found on the Home Page at permaculturedesign.com.au
Contact for details John Champagne – 64 927306
Experience the Health benefits of Colonic Hydotherapy in the Bega Valley. Learn more about the amazing health benefits this therapy has to offer by contacting Sharon 6493 5868 or click on the link to vistit the Inmotion Therapies website http://thebegavalley.org.au/inmotion.html
Clean Energy Surf Club to Crossing Paddle Sunday from 8:00am 31/08/2008
Enter at Bermagui Bridge Boat Ramp before 8.30am with your own boat/board to paddle to The Crossing (approx 6km) to arrive for the start of The Crossing Land Education Trust's Inaugural Open Day. Lunch on arrival, a bandana, certificate with your official time and chance to win a kayak are all included in the $15 entry fee and all funds raised help The Crossing, Bermagui Surf Club and Clean Energy for Eternity.
At Open Day from 10am there will be tours, fun activities for the family and music until 3pm. Lunch will also be available to non competitors for a small charge and those who arrive by road are asked to provide a donation (carbon tax) upon entry to the Crossing.
This is what we are lucky to have in this part of the world and this is what the Cobargo Community Garden Group in the triangle area is going to build on.
With most people living in a rural environment and having the luxury of space to grow fruit trees and some vegies in their own gardens and with many community groups to link with, it makes sense to utilise these resources.
The community garden group are going to get together every third Sunday of the month, connecting people who are willing to exchange knowledge and produce with those people who want a bit of help and encouragement. Let’s face it: we all learn something new in every garden.
These monthly gatherings will combine a formal “meeting” and a workshop/talk/demonstration/hands on help or trip in various locations.
The first workshop on Sunday the 24th of August, will be based on garden design in a garden in Cobargo and September will be a trip to a working community garden. Hopefully these trips will encourage people to work towards the establishment of a big community garden on one site, where everybody could benefit from its produce.
Details will be postedat communitygardens.org.au or contact Ana Walker on 64936746 / 0417936746.
With links already with Seed Savers, Transition towns, Community Gardens, Community Food and a commercial outlet to sell produce in Cobargo, the community garden group is on its way to sharing all things organic.
Rebeccah Norman, July 2008.
Read Clean Energy for Eternity's questionnaire put to Councillors.
cleanenergyforeternity.net.au
Read Sapphire Coast Bicycle Users Group SCBUG questionnaire ...
thebegavalley.org.au/scbug.html
Dads Debrief is an informal gathering of dads in the Valley that provides a chance to discuss dad matters with other dads.
Dads have different perspectives to mums, different ways of interacting with their family and different ways of coping with family situations. There are numerous support systems and networks for mums particularly after birth, now there is a network that recognises dads go through major changes too and may need an avenue to chat about it.
We meet for an hour or so once a month at the Commercial Hotel beer garden in Bega.
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