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The father of the 13-year-old Canberra girl who drowned at the Moruya River bar has described the multiple, claustrophobic attempts he made to rescue his daughter from an upside-down boat and came close to dying himself. The group had travelled from Canberra to go on a fishing trip when, on 23 March 2018, the boat Alan Whittley was skippering capsized at...

A Canberra schoolgirl was expecting to spend a morning on the water on the South Coast with her family and friends, before the boat she was in capsized and trapped her beneath the water. The girl was only 13 years old when she drowned at the Moruya River bar on 24 March 2018. On Tuesday (11 May), crown prosecutor Michael...

Locally and nationally renowned writers will converge on the NSW South Coast this month for a weekend of talks, workshops and entertainment. The first HeadLand Writers Festival will be held in Tathra from 14-16 May, and tickets are already selling fast. The event's creative director, Myoung Jae Yi, said the idea for the festival was born from how the Far...

The new Eden Welcome Centre has opened for business ahead of the news that cruise ships will be returning to the town in late 2021. The welcome centre, near the Eden Cruise Wharf, will greet thousands of tourists each year once cruises are able to start again after voyages to the town were cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

A NSW South Coast aged care worker who was sacked because she refused to get a flu shot has had her unfair dismissal case rejected. In a recently published decision, the Fair Work Commission ruled in favour of her former employer, Sapphire Coast Community Aged Care, due to new government rules requiring aged care workers to be vaccinated against influenza....

Roll up your sleeves alongside television stars Costa Georgiadis and Paul West and get to work making an eco-island garden on the NSW South Coast this weekend, before celebrating with music and locally grown food. Growing Growers takes place on Saturday, 8 May, in Cobargo, where you will have the chance to work alongside the ABC's gardening guru Costa, and chef...

At a time when the region's young people are recovering from the impacts of the recent bushfire disaster, the timing of headspace opening its doors in Batemans Bay could not have been better. A significant number of young people in Australia face struggles with mental health, demonstrated in a 2015 report published by the Australian Government that found one in seven aged...

The countdown is on until a steampunk festival is back to turn a historic village on the Monaro plains into a retro-futuristic town filled with family-friendly activities. Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. For the past few years, Nimmitabel has become a meeting place for lovers of...

People are invited to link themselves or a loved one to the new theatre beside Merimbula's Twyford Hall before it opens later this year. After 12 months of construction, The Twyford is awakening to reveal its new theatre and foyer as well as modifications to the heritage-listed hall. In order to support the works a buy-a-seat campaign has been running...

Described as a labour of love, Sam's Caravan was an idea born in the COVID-19 shutdown to turn a vintage caravan into a mobile venue and studio. The dream of musician Sam Martin, known in the South East region as a vivacious entertainer and community arts producer, the caravan is now ready to hit the road after supportive locals pitched in and...

The young man who stabbed a loving family man to death in Batemans Bay, wounding him 11 times, including in the heart, could be released from jail in less than five years. Daniel James Sharpe killed Andrew Drake in Surfside two years ago. After a near month-long trial in February, Sharpe was cleared of murdering the 29-year-old, but a jury...

Including medicinal cannabis on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) will be one of the key debates at this year's Country Women's Association (CWA) State Conference to be held in Bega. The Cobargo branch will raise a motion at the conference asking for the CWA to campaign for the reform - just one of many issues to be debated during the...

A loving family man stabbed to death in Batemans Bay has been remembered as a kind and gentle soul whose "best character trait" led to him being killed. Daniel James Sharpe was accused of stabbing Andrew Drake, 29, at a home in Surfside late in the night of 13 April 2019. After a near month-long trial in February, the 20-year-old was...

Thieves have been breaking into Bega Valley Shire Council's tips, with the costs of their actions borne by the community. The break-ins also mean heightened security measures will be introduced, possibly ending cash payments at the facilities. The shire's waste transfer stations were broken into numerous times from September 2020, with the most recent incidents reported at tips in Eden...

BlazeAid volunteers are working tirelessly to help those in the Eurobodalla Shire affected by the devastating 2019-2020 bushfires, but they can't do it alone. More helping hands are needed to assist in rebuilding fences that were damaged or destroyed in the fires. Last year BlazeAid spent 10 months in the shire rebuilding 151km of fencing on 263 properties – a value...

It's rare that you can strike gold on the South Coast but for those prepared to go on a bit of a hunt, opportunities abound thanks to a new venture announced ahead of the launch of an initiative promoting the region's quality and diverse producers. And while gold nuggets might still be rare, culinary gold - in the form of...