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A publication of Bay & Basin Community Financial Services Limited (ACN 105 756 063) A Committed Community Centric Company © AboutOur Bay..... & Basin MAY 2020 Vol 17 Issue 4 Relaunch and history of THE CREST Shoalhaven Family History Society Inc. SELF ISOLATING DOESN’T MEAN ISOLATED A SNIPPET OF HISTORY A bit of Wool Road history Sanctuary Point Districts TWO BENDIGO COMMUNITY BANK ATMs conveniently Community Bank Branch situated at KERRY ST SANCTUARY POINT and bendigocb_sanctuarypoint VINCENTIA MARKETPLACE. A Community Magazine proudly produced as a service to the community by www.aboutbayandbasin.org Sanctuary Point & Districts Community Bank Branch KENNEDY & COOKE THE SOUTH COAST LAWYERS – Experienced – Confidential – Caring – WE CAN HELP YOU WITH ALL LEGAL MATTERS FAMILY LAW WILLS AND ESTATE PLANNING COURT APPEARANCES BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS DIANNE L’ESTRANGE, PARTNER AND MADELEINE SMITH, SOLICITOR. CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TODAY. 44 132 132 Shop 2/26 Shop 1/185 Shop 3/1 Paradise Beach Rd Jacobs Drive Burton Street Sanctuary Point Sussex Inlet Vincentia (by appointment) ARE YOU BUYING OR SELLING PROPERTY? OUR AWARD WINNING LICENSED CONVEYANCER, BILLIE-MAY EWINGS, HAS OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND CAN HELP YOU WITH ALL ASPECTS OF CONVEYANCING. CAN’T COME TO US? NO PROBLEM, WE ARE MOBILE AND CAN COME TO YOU. SOUTH COAST CONVEYANCING A DIVISION OF KENNEDY & COOKE LAWYERS Ph: 44 132 132 Shop 2, 26 Paradise Beach Road, Sanctuary Point FREE Simple Will with your FREE conveyancing transaction. MAY 2020 © Vol 17 Issue 4 AboutOur Bay & Basin ..... Featuring in this issue ..... 3 We are open..... Monday to Friday Booderee – by Dannie & Matt Connolly 6 The Crest 22 Community Noticeboard History and Relaunch 24 What's On 10 Mucking In Keep on growing..... 30 Monthly Feature 15 Self Isolating Charcoal Burning doesn't mean isolated 36 Snippet of History 16 Photography The Wool Road construction Macro Photography 41 Schools Corner SPPS & VHS 18 Home Cooking Pizza Cob Loaf 1 Your Community Magazine A publication of Bay & Basin Community Financial Services Limited (ACN 105 756 063) A Committed Community Centric Company C ONTACT DETAILS A Word from the Editor Contributions Please submit WELCOME TO OUR MAY EDITION your contributions for the OF THE MAGAZINE. June issue by 6th May 2020 and the July Issue by 3rd June to 2020 has been quite a roller coaster The Co-ordinator ride, with the bushfires at the start [email protected] of the year followed closely by the PO Box 180 floods and now this virus that has Sanctuary Point NSW 2540 Phone: 0478 607 829 knocked everything for a six. Advertising Enquiries 0478 607 829 Thankfully the has been [email protected] able to continue on to provide the information and news that the bay Distribution Enquiries 0478 607 829 [email protected] & basin has been used to. We will continue to produce and distribute Printing magazine is proudly printed and the magazine as close to normal as typeset locally by Sanctuary Point Printing, we can during these challenging phone 4443 0014 10,000 copies carefully distributed by Pinpoint times Advertising to homes and business in Wandandian, Bewong, Tomerong, Falls Creek, Basin View, St Georges We hope all our readers are managing Basin, Sanctuary Point, Old Erowal Bay, Erowal Bay, Huskisson, Vincentia and Woollamia. We are also to stay safe and well. supported by many local businesses. accepts no responsibility for any article, advertisment, This month’s must reads: notice or letter published. Any article, advertisement, notice or letter is published at the risk of the contributor, who accepts • Changes to the distribution of liability for any intended publication. All contributors forwarding articles, advertisements, notices or letters agree to indemnify the publisher and warrant that the material is accurate, not deceptive – Page 5 or misleading, in breach of copyright, defamatory or in breach of any other laws or regulations. reserves the right to edit • History of the Crest – Page 6 contributions and there is no guarantee all material submitted can be published. All views expressed in this publication are those of the contributors and are not necessarily those of • Life – Through My Lens – Page 16, Macro Photography • SeeChange 2020 going digital – Page 33. R egards and happy reading, Editor 2 Your Community Bank WE ARE OP EN..... Regular Hours 9.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday Please respect the social distancing rules whilst in the branch: 99 Practice good hand hygiene, sanitising station set up as you enter the branch. 99 Follow the floor markings and adhere to the one person per 4 square metre rule. 99 Don’t shake hands or exchange physical greetings We thank you and appreciate your co-operation As an essential service the branch remains open at present. Normal operating hours are in place and we have implemented social distancing rules as per government recommendations. These measures are put in place to safeguard both our customers and staff please respect them. Your Community Bank team is committed to providing the best possible service to our area even in these difficult times. Until next month, Keith Robinson – 4443 9825 3 Community Forums Basin Villages Forum basinvillagesforum.asn.au PO Box 37, St Georges Basin 2540 At this point in time (March) the Meriton St existing footpath leading along Island Point Community Centre has been closed and Forum Rd, from the Aveo Village to the shopping meetings are cancelled until further notice due to centre. Flaws in the footpath, with raised the Covid-19 virus. joints (some due to tree roots), weeds Keep up to date via Basin Villages Forum website growing out of joints, the steepness of some basinvillagesforum.asn.au. sections with tall weeds alongside as well as the narrowness of the path make it dangerous Residents at the March Forum meeting issues for walkers and those using motorised raised were: vehicles (gophers?). Mention made of early 1. Community Consultative Bodies from survey with residents on both sides of Island different areas working toward a combined Point Rd showing a clear preference for a meeting to discuss issues within their own path on the western side where the verge is area that could affect other areas. Residents flat, no trees and width that would permit at the meeting voted to join other area groups a shared pathway and one that would fit for discussion at a date to be decided. in with todays footpath standards as the 2. Discussions held re a request for a existing path clearly does not. moratorium to stop the clearing of bushland 4. Noted also that Councils Development around the state due to the extreme bushland Control Plan (N23) shows part of the highly losses with the recent catastrophic fires. valued Basin Village Green Reserve drawn These remnant bushlands were somehow on the DCP plan as CARPARK. Residents left after fires moved through; some have object to the plan showing such a scheme already been approved for development. It is and letter to Council stating this. believed that the moratorium would assist by 5. Due to closure of community hall and strict supplying an ecosystem to support insects, isolation requirements, committee members birds and wildlife that survived those recent will not meet but will continue to receive bushfires. Letters to be sent and petition Council notifications and updates supplied signed. on Forum website. 3. A representative from Aveo Village Enquiries 0424 100 051 expressed their residents concerns with the 4 BAY & BASIN COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD ABN 62 105 756 063 a committed community centric company Franchise partner of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd for the operation of Sanctuary Point & Districts Community Bank Changes to Distribution of the Magazine distribution has remained unchanged for many years now. Over recent times it has become increasingly expensive to maintain the way we do the without making the cost of our ads out of reach for local small businesses. So, decisions have been made to keep the advertising affordable and maintain a high level of coverage in the Bay & Basin area. From the June edition of mailbox deliveries will cease to: • Huskisson • Vincentia and • Woollamia Rural The new look distribution of includes • Digitally available online at https://aboutbayandbasin.org/about_1.html • Mailbox delivery to households in: • Sanctuary Point • Hyams Beach • Erowal Bay • Bayswood • Old Erowal Bay • St Georges Basin and • Basin View There are also over 90 local businesses spread throughout the area that usually have the available in their businesses including, of course, Bendigo Bank Sanctuary Point. We will also look to increase this number when the current Coronavirus situation concludes. We believe these changes keeps the magazine viable and continuing to reach the residents of the Bay & Basin. Committee 5 The Crest and ran passenger services to and from Nowra. History of The Crest They built a community hall in 1913 that is now Huskisson Pictures. By the 1930’s the extended family were involved in all aspects of the Huskisson community. Cricket, tennis, fundraising, peace day celebrations, community dances, school functions and market stalls. Members of the family served on the local church committee helping to organise and run many fundraising events. They operated fishing vessels taking tourists around the bay. They helped build the first pedestrian crossing over Moona Moona Creek. They were community The Crest – a fishing boat that worked in and spirited in the true sense of the word. around Jervis Bay for 60 years was successfully Jack Rossen was born in Schleswig on the th relaunched on 10 March 2020 into the pond Denmark-Germany border in 1871. He arrived in at the Jervis Maritime Museum after last exiting Australia in 1891, leaving Denmark after the area the water in 1988.