Why do we have to have either?

We purchased our home specifically for its location, lifestyle and surrounds, as did many others in the area - or inherited family land held for generations as agricultural.

When one sits in an ivory castle at the top of the hill and makes the sweeping statements re the serfs below, it must be easy to flip a coin and decide on the fate of the poor unfortunates affected by those decisions.

Far easier than actually figuring out a much better and more suitable alternative.

An amazing fact I suppose, is that none of those making either decision (should we put a super tip here or are we going to extend the airport?) will be affected by said decision.

How about our illustrious members of council, hell-bent on putting the tip at the centre of the universe (alias Wolumla for those unfortunates who don’t know) or the ivory tower holder himself, have their lives taken over, their lifestyles threatened, their property values decimated, their health endangered and their concerns trivialised, and see if they’re happy about it.

I don’t think so. But it’s easy to be flippant and disinterested when the buck stops far short of your own front door, isn’t it?

Beth Smith

Wolumla

Beach glass

All parents and grandparents know how it goes.

As soon as the car is stopped the kids are grabbing for towels and trowels, out the doors and hurtling down the track through the dunes.

They can smell the sea; no holding them back now.

And then a hideous scream.

A tender little foot has been slashed open to the bone by a broken beer bottle buried in the sand.

They might as well have deliberately set a trap.

There are those among us who will light a fire on a beach, haul in a

load of grog and, when they have partied enough to obliterate any

commonsense they might have had, smash the bottles in the ashes.

I know - I collected a bag full of broken and unbroken bottles off the

beach near Pambula Surf Club just this morning.

Stuart Cameron

Bermagui

Mobile

phone lost

Recently we’ve arrived home to Melbourne from a delightful break in Tathra.

During our stay at a caravan park in Tathra my mobile phone (black Nokia inside a leather case) was left unattended, on a table with other items, in a common area of the caravan park for about five minutes.

On return I realised it had been taken and nothing else was missing.

It was taken in the early afternoon of Sunday, October 18 as we were

preparing to watch the motorcycle GP from Phillip Island.

We phoned the number and it rang out until it went to voicemail.

We phoned the number again and it went straight to the voicemail.

It appears that the person who had it must have turned it off so the ring tone could not be heard.

To turn the phone on a password is required and without it, the phone is

uselss to the person who took it.

A report has been made to the Bega police and the phone has been suspended with Telstra so no phone calls can be made from it.

During our stay we asked around at the shops and reception of the caravan park if it had been handed in.

To date no luck.

The sentimentality of some of the photos and text messages stored in the phone cannot be replaced.

With this I am really sad not to have the SIM card.

Before I go out and buy another phone, I thought I would write in case any member of the public may have found it or perhaps a parent has noticed their child with a phone in their possession that is not theirs.

If there is any luck in the recovery of the phone please dial 041 113 925.

A reward is offered for the intact return of the phone.

Loreto Mills

Box Hill South

Information sought

My name is Peter Ward I am a direct descendant of a family that came from the Bega area.

I am currently researching the WW1 and WW11 history of my grandfather and his brothers who all served during the WW1 with one brother being killed at Lone Pine, Gallipoli.

I would be most appreciative if you could assist me by printing this in the hope that some of the descendants of the brothers whom I believe may still be in the area could contact me with information.

My grandfather family name is “Clarke” their Christian names are Joseph (Joe) Henry (Tom) KIA Lone Pine, James (Archy), Herbert (Bert).

Two of the brothers were wounded several times in France and Belgium.

The names in brackets are the names I believe that the boys used, this information may be incorrect.

The history that I have is coming from service records and information given by my 90-year-old mother (daughter of Joe) who has dementia.

All the boys were born and grew up in Lochiel in your district.

My contact numbers are: 02 9623 3747 or mob 0408 015 117

I hope that you may be able to assist me in my search.

Peter Ward

Sydney

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