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A new rescue boat has been launched in Moruya to join the Marine Rescue Tuross fleet and boost safety for marine users. NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said crews from Marine Rescue Tuross would be able to be on the scene of an emergency more rapidly following the delivery of its new $400,000 rescue vessel. Mr...

A Mogo business owner, sick of waiting for the Eurobodalla Shire Council to approve a number of improvements to the bushfire-affected town, says she was gobsmacked when a young girl entered her shop while her mum was left stranded in the town's only public toilet block. The eight-year-old girl wandered into the Mogo Lolly Shop not to find her favourite sweet...

When bushfires tore through Lorna Calder’s five-acre property on the NSW South Coast, she and her family, with their dog, Bundee, were forced out of their home and into temporary accommodation. She lost her four alpacas and her property's two veggie gardens. Last Wednesday (10 February), Lorna was one of 18 Eurobodalla residents who attend training at the SAGE (Sustainable Agriculture...

Goulburn residents fighting to protect the first home built in Hurst Street, in 1888, from demolition and redevelopment may not have to because it is already protected. Goulburn Mulwaree Council's head of planning says the home is within the Goulburn Heritage Conservation Area, and is also asking councillors to consider a separate overlay providing Hurst Street with its own heritage precinct....

Eurobodalla Shire residents will be able to access help with chainsaw operations, debris management and removal, fencing and small civil works from Disaster Relief Australia after Eurobodalla Shire Council's Bushfire Recovery Support Service arranged and funded extra help for people in need for the next five weeks. Disaster Relief Australia volunteer teams comprising ex-military and emergency responders have been called in...

Very few people have literally changed the face of their old hometown, but Don Paull can lay claim to that achievement through his work on the Batemans Bay foreshore. Painting under the pseudonym Fangaroo, Don is the man behind the evolving new look of the iconic The Boatshed – also known as Innes' Boatshed. His work is transforming the shed's...

Bega Valley Shire Council is seeking public feedback on proposed amendments to the Eden Town Centre section of its Development Control Plan 2013 to introduce a Heritage Conservation Area at the southern end of Imlay Street. Comments on the draft amendments to the Development Control Plan are welcome during the exhibition period and will be accepted until 11.59 pm on...

Those magnificent men and their flying machines did a loop, roll and spin this week as news broke of the reformation of the No. 100 Squadron for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) centenary year. And the enterprising town of Temora, in the NSW South West Slopes, is one of two locations in Australia to benefit. The No. 100 Squadron...

TAFE NSW Diploma of Youth Work graduate Mel Sass says a career in youth work offers both diversity and job satisfaction. “It’s a career pathway that can take you anywhere around the country," she says. "There’s always a need to support young people in regional areas and in the cities.” Youth workers commonly work with vulnerable young people who may...

There’s a lot of love for this seemingly low-key service station on the Princes Highway, 15 minutes north of Batemans Bay. Fuel East Lynne has been a pie destination since the 1920s, but current owner Bede Cooper has injected a whole new flavour to the business. Purchasing it in December 2019, Bede moved down from Sydney's northern beaches. Setting up...

The benefits of working as a GP in rural NSW won out by a country mile for Dr Maggie-Kate Minogue, who has returned home to put her years of learning to the test. Home for Maggie-Kate has always been Harden-Murrumburrah, where her family still lives, but she’ll be working a stone’s throw down the Hume Highway at Gundagai – a...

Hayley Snape was aged 31, happily married and had three healthy children when she decided to give another couple a chance at starting their own family. The Crookwell mother knew she wouldn’t be needing her eggs anymore and that they could be the missing ingredient to someone’s dream coming true. “Sometimes I use a cake analogy when explaining it: they...

A new online series about the cultural history of Eurobodalla’s Yuin people and their connection to place will launch on Eurobodalla TV this week. Eurobodalla: Yuin People was created by outdoor travel specialists We Are Explorers, who met with local identities Dwayne Bannon-Harrison, Warwick Smith and Patricia Ellis to capture three stories spanning tens of thousands of years. Company founder Henry...