Berry Town Crier Is Providing the Latest Information That We Have Been Able to Glean
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Supporting Community Groups and Keeping Berry Informed PPOO BBOXOX 220202 BBERRYERRY NNSWSW 22535535 WWWW.BERRYALLIANCE.ORG.AUWW.BERRYALLIANCE.ORG.AU FFINDIND UUSS OONN FFACEBOOKACEBOOK MMARCHARCH 22021021 PPRICE:RICE: $$3.003.00 CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY DAVID BERRY – 7 MARCH HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Pages 3 NEEDS NEW MEMBERS – COULD GRAB SOME BARGAIN THAT BE YOU? NATIVE PLANTS Page 19 Page 10 THE CWA CONTINUES FUNDRAISING FOR PULMAN STREET COTTAGE GREAT CAUSES. – THEN AND NOW THEY WOULD LOVE Page 4 YOUR SUPPORT. Page 13 VISIT BUNDANON THIS AUTUMN EXCITING Page 7 DEVELOPMENTS WELL UNDERWAY AT UPDATE FROM THE BERRY BOONGAREE COURTHOUSE See Pages 6 & 9 Page 9 Cycling Event Through Berry BBERRYERRY AALLIANCELLIANCE IINFORMATIONNFORMATION L’Etape Australia - on Saturday 20th March 2021 As a service to our readers and our community the Berry Town Crier is providing the latest information that we have been able to glean. We have researched various avenues for information and found that: The Town Crier is produced 1. This event was agreed to and promoted by Events NSW (NSW State Government) who by the Berry Alliance Inc. then went to each of the Councils involved. The purpose of the publication is to 2. We understand that the NSW State Government (RMS) in conjunction with L’Etape communicate to the people of Berry Australia designed the traffi c management plans required that included all the controls about community activities and and maps and these then went to each Traffi c Committee in each of the three Council aims to share information amongst areas. community groups, individuals 3. In the Shoalhaven, the Shoalhaven Traffi c Committee passed the plans (which included and the community. A community the maps, road closures and times) at their meeting on 10-11-2020. The Traffi c that is well informed with a range Committee then recommended them to Council. of different opinions makes better 4. The Traffi c Committee Report was then placed on the Agenda and presented at the decisions and that makes for an Ordinary Council Meeting of Council held on 24-11-2020 where the recommendation even better community that was Passed by the Councillors. we can continue to be proud of. Links for Maps of the route, road closures and times have recently been approved (see Contributions are from the Berry above) and published and have now been announced and uploaded. There were also Community who have news and additional maps provided that L’Etape stated were interactive and easier to follow. (17-2- information for our readers. 2021) We have extracted the following from the L’Etape Australia web site: The opinions expressed in the Town Crier are not necessarily “The 5th edition of L’Étape Australia will use 181km of roads through Kiama, the those of the Berry Alliance Shoalhaven and the Southern Highlands. We have worked in collaboration with the State or of the Editors. Authorities and the Local Councils to gather as much local knowledge as possible and limit the impact of the event on the local traffi c. A comprehensive Traffi c Management Plan (TMP) was developed, submitted to the State Authorities and the Local Traffi c Committees. MEMBERSHIP When the Traffi c Management Plan was endorsed by these bodies, it was then submitted Membership of the Berry Alliance costs to the vote of the councillors in each council and was subsequently approved. $15 per annum and is open to Berry “You will fi nd below an overview of the road closures in place on Saturday 20 March 2021 community groups registered with the as well as their timings. More detailed maps will be regularly uploaded on this page to Berry Alliance as well as individuals. provide residents and business owners of each area with information that are specifi c to To join please write to Berry Alliance, them. PO Box 202 Berry NSW 2535 or email: [email protected] “Please note the timings advertised on these maps start when the fi rst sign is dropped on the road and end when the last sign is picked-up (and the road is fully re-opened). “Please also note each map can be downloaded via the button at the bottom of the page. MARCH “If you have any question regarding the road closures, please send us an email at info@ Editor's Note 17 letapeaustralia.com and we will come back to you shortly.” The following is from their Facebook site on 17-2-2021 “Since we released the local area The closing date for our APRIL issue will road closure maps, we have received feedback mentioning these maps are not easy be Wednesday 17th MARCH 2021 at 5pm. Please submit prior to this date if to use. We have therefore been working with Transport for NSW to developed a digital it is your fi rst submission. Material can map and make the road closure easier to understand. This map can be found on the be submitted via e-mail to: Community page of our website (https://letapeaustralia.com/community/). [email protected] When possible and safe to do so, we will also amend our plans to accommodate local Phone 0428 037 572 residents and business owners movements on Saturday 20 March 2021. When approved, Town Criers can be downloaded for free these amendments will be refl ected on the maps available online.” from www.berryalliance.org.au or our Facebook Page: Berry Town Crier. L’Étape Australia by Tour de France states: Nancy Davies - Berry Town Crier “The link to access all of the road closure maps is here: https://letapeaustralia.com/ community. Some of the areas throughout the course will have local access managed by THE TOWN CRIER IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY, WITH A CIRCULATION OF 2,400 COPIES AS WELL AS traffi c controllers however if you have any specifi c enquiries regarding access you are best ELECTRONICALLY BY EMAIL OR ON OUR WEB SITE to email them to [email protected] for a detailed discussion around your enquiry. “ PRINTED BY Berry Printers Summary: CONCORDE WAY BOMADERRY PH: 4422 3774 Details of the event can be found here: https://letapeaustralia.com PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Maps can be uploaded from: : https://letapeaustralia.com/community This includes newer, digital maps (16-2-2021) L’Etape Australia provide the following email address for you so they can answer your specifi c access and other questions : [email protected] Their Facebook site is: https://www.facebook.com/letapeaustralia/ 2 www.berryalliance.org.au BECOME A FRIEND OF THE BERRY TOWN CRIER AND RECEIVE: UPDATES NEWSLETTERS BREAKING NEWS ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE BERRY TOWN CRIER EACH ISSUE COLOUR EDITION Just email [email protected] Be part of the great and give us your: Australian Clean Up! NAME: Clean Up Australia Day is on Sunday 7 March. To take part in this ........................................................................................................................ great national event, you must register online with Clean Up Australia TELEPHONE: Day. Once registered, you can join an existing local Shoalhaven Clean Up group or register a new Clean Up site. ........................................................................................................................ Council supports registered Clean Up groups with additional ADDRESS: equipment such as gloves, bags, vests and rubbish picks, plus free disposal (must be pre-arranged and authorised) at our Depots. ........................................................................................................................ For more information about assistance from Council call the Clean Up Australia Day Coordinator on 4429 5687. ........................................................................................................................ Clean Up Australia in Berry EMAIL: Clean Up Australia Day is 7th March 2021 ........................................................................................................................ and Berry Township site is again registered. RETURN TO: [email protected] Proudly sponsored by Berry Alliance Town Crier Drop Box in the Berry PO Clean Up Australia Day is 7th March 2021 AND BERRY TOWNSHIP SITE IS AGAIN REGISTERED. This is an opportunity to be provided with gloves and a rubbish bag, and enjoy whatever time for a Sunday morning walk Chimney Sweeping that you’d like, helping to keep our town in and Woodfi re Audience’s response to this play have run the a condition to be proud of. gamut of emotions but most were surprised by This is a recurring clean-up event that Bob Installation the humor woven into the story. and Jenny Fitzell have registered annually, “Letters to Lindy spans more than 30 years, commencing 9am at Apex Park and from Azaria’s death near Uluru in 1980, to normally fi nished by 12. the 2012 coronial ruling that fi nally ended This year’s event will proceed providing the legal saga. The play opens in the present Covid rules permit, so if you anticipate with Chamberlain-Creighton rummaging attending would you please email to through archive boxes. Stirred memories Bob or Jenny at bobnjen@fi tzell.com, take us quickly back to the Ayers Rock or phone/message Bob on 0416 199 837 campsite described in witness statements to help check that we and the horrifi c – now iconic – moment in comply with Covid rules. which Chamberlain discovered that a dingo had taken her baby.” Sydney Morning Herald. www.berryalliance.org.au 3 BERRY UNITING CHURCH THE PULMAN STREET STORE RALLY TO “SOUND THE AND COTTAGE HOSPITAL ALARM” FOR THE CLIMATE At the northern entrance to Berry, on the corner of Pulman Street and AS PART OF GLOBAL the old Highway, a building has recently undergone major renovation DAY OF ACTION work. This was James Wilson’s original store, built in partnership with James Stewart in 1861 and which later became the Cottage Hospital. Local people of faith will be part of a global It is part of the Pulman Street Heritage Precinct – the original site of multi faith event on Wednesday 11th the town of Berry. March bringing attention to a global multi David Berry had planned for a hospital for the inhabitants of Broughton faith statement from senior faith leaders to Creek (Berry) and while the David Berry Hospital was being built, a politicians telling them they must take serious temporary hospital, known as the Cottage Hospital, was set up in 1894 action on the climate now.