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And Then the Rains Came Circulation 2000 plus online visits Issue No. 85 March 2010 And then the rains came ... Cows move to higher ground at Wandello Above: With the dams already full, sheets of water pour over the paddocks. Above: Bermagui’s beaches were covered with ‘summer snow’. Two feet of foam lay on the beaches, whipped up by the stormy seas. Left: Two intrepid tourists from French Guyana crossed the flooded Wallaga Lake without hesitating: full story page 13. www.thetriangle.org.au and www.VisitCobargo.com ! The Triangle March 2010 page 1 Editorial Letters to the Editors Black snakes are looking for new homes as their usual haunts are February starts and we were still definitely wet, they have been found in major drought. Where are you Inigo It never rains, but... in local businesses and resting up by Jones? Our faith is steadfast, but hang Locals were amazed at the a posh fish pond out Bermagui way, on, you said, our 10 year drought would rapidly rising waters of even taking a dip. be over at the end of 2009. Bredbatoura Creek and Narira Thanks, Then came the Big Wet. Dams Creek, with many long standing Marea Blair filled, gullies ran and rivers started to residents flocking to the Apex Park Cobargo flow. The mood changed, beach access for the opportunity to view the to our estuaries was opened and eve- ryone was smiling. What the heck that it is as humid as north Queensland, this is the far south coast and we’ve had rain. Fences were washed away in the Big Wet but farmers alike worked with a smile, as one said, ‘A fence can be fixed, dams can’t be filled’. Then we had the Great Wet (thanks Bev). With more rain than the weekend before and dams filled, the rivers flooded, more fences, bridges, causeways and roads were washed away and the Cobargo Show was a washout. It has brought us, though, an explosion of frogs and the hills are alive with the sounds of lawn mowers. Water, it’s money in the bank. Thank you to all the local pho- tographers who sent in photos. The choice was fantastic and very hard. Maybe we’ll do a CD of flood photos. Dry River, Quaama, after the rain (photo: Marea Blair) For all who have battled Telstra there is a NSW Government ‘Inquiry historical event. Comments Walking with Stingrays into Telecommunications Availability overheard as they gathered were, ‘I Dear Editors, in Rural and Regional Communities’. remember last time this happened This is to let you and your They are asking for submissions, which when I was four, about forty years readers know that my new novel close on 5 March. For further informa- ago!’, ‘There is no film left in the Walking with Stingrays is set along the tion visit www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/ chemist and disposable cameras Eurobodalla coast, featuring mainly broadband or call 02 9230 3438. have all been bought out’ and ‘I just Narooma and Bermagui (including bought the last roll of film!’. Other The Four Winds Festival). It is about benefits to the area are obvious but a British travel writer who falls in the most being the cleaning out of love with the area, decides to retire the debris, seen rushing here - his decision having many downstream. ‘Narira has certainly unusual and dramatic consequences. needed this flushing’. I would be happy to supply your When asked how the rain/ reviewer - Heather O’Connor with a flooding has impacted comments copy. ranged from, ‘deliriously happy, we It is currently available in can now turn off the bore’ to ‘there Narooma at the library, the Tourist has been 18 inches since the start Information Centre, Purple Possum last week and now there is no more etc, and at The Pineapple House, hand feeding as the grass is already Bermagui, as well as on-line at away’. Those on the brink of Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, unloading the rest of their few Waterstones etc. remaining stock can look forward to I am on a working holiday, restocking. ‘We now have the task of from the UK, based in Narooma until cleaning up the paddocks after the 10 April. Please email water goes down, but even that is ([email protected]) if you more welcome than the past years require further information. of drought!’. Regards The relief is evident on Michael Wood everyone’s faces and in their smiles, Narooma all around town. ! The Triangle March 2010 page 2 www.thetriangle.org.au and www.VisitCobargo.com it was time for a change. By winter he part-time. My Triangle had made an offer. What are Kel’s plans for the store? It’s a far cry from the restau- We already know about some small Meet Kel Gillies rant trade, isn’t it? ‘Yes, but I’ve com- changes to business hours: the store is When Kel Gillies first drove into pleted extensive training with Aus- open for business pretty much as be- Quaama in January 2009, he would not tralia Post in their TAFE-style Sydney fore, Monday through Sunday morn- have believed that in just twelve training facility, as well as on-the-job ing, but the Post Office is now keeping months’ time he would Australia Post hours: be the new Quaama 9am-5pm Monday to postmaster and owner Friday and 9am-12noon of the Quaama General Saturday. Store. His parents ‘I’m going to intro- Robert and Judy had re- duce some new product cently moved into their lines in groceries and new home in Field everyday needs’, says Bucketts Rd, and as far Kel. ‘And I’m going to ex- as he was concerned, he tend the range of DVDs, was just here on a visit. bring in some classics as ‘It was lovely and green well as the new releases, at the time’, he says, maybe offer weekly hire. ‘and it reminded me a I’m planning a new, dedi- little of my years grow- cated room for the DVDs’. ing up in Kurrajong, a Kel loves the out- small town in the Blue door life and is keen on Mountains. But I was bushwalking, camping, just having a holiday...’ surfing and snorkelling. It was during his ‘Living in the Blue Moun- short stay that he tains and even in West- learned that the Post Office and mixed in Bega’, says Kel. And as customers ern Sydney I was so far from the beach,’ business was up for sale. After brief will testify, he’s also had a compre- he says, ‘but here it’s fantastic, we’ve discussions with owners Ros and Greig hensive handover from the Ruths got the best of both worlds’. Ruth he returned to the Blue Mountains over the past few weeks. He has now We wish Kel all the best in his to think it over, but not for long. Kel, a settled happily into both the premises new life in Quaama! professional French and fine-dining and the work, with assistance from Jen Severn chef, had been working at the same res- Robert and Judy and the reassuring taurant in Kurrajong for five years and presence of Julie Nau, who continues ! are breeding and, if left alone, could it need no purification. Letters to the Editors start to make a revival. Mumbulla State Forest is part (continued) Forests NSW is currently of the newly declared National gearing up to log in Mumbulla State Wilderness Coast. Logging this small So much to lose, so little to gain Forest at Wapengo where our few segment of native forest would Dear Editors, remaining local, precious koalas live. produce so little gain and cause such The last known koala colony The logging will commence damage to local industries, tourism in the Far South Coast of NSW is in sometime in March. The intention is and the future of our endangered Mumbulla State Forest. There are to clear fell the total upper third of icon, the koala. only about 50 koalas left living the catchment that borders on Yours truly, there. However, recent surveys have Wapango Lake. This lake is currently Lois Katz shown that there are signs that they so pristine that the oysters grown in Tathra Thumbs Up work. If you see us poking about in Thumbs Down our red Russian sidecar say G’day. Hi Team, what Regards Steve, Suzy, Bonny and To the person a great newspaper! Connor. who left a footprint We’ve have just in the mud and a moved to the To Country Energy for keeping damaged fence Cobargo area up on the power going during our two re- while stealing all County Boundary Road off Yowrie cent downpours! the fruit from apple Road. The Triangle is certainly smooth- and pear trees in an orchard in ing our way learning about our new To the wonderful couple who Avernus Street, Cobargo. The owner community. We hope to send a couple have donated their trailer to The Tri- is in residence and planned to use of contributions in the near future. In angle Film Project . We thankyou from the fruit. the mean time, thanks for your great the bottom of our hearts. ! www.thetriangle.org.au and www.VisitCobargo.com ! The Triangle March 2010 page 3 most successful and effective project lar project for the installation of solar that was undertaken by the group. HWS. Overall the ‘Shine On’ bulk buy There was very little take up of project resulted in over one megawatt the energy clinics offered last year and So Long of solar photovoltaic power being in- these have now been discontinued.
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