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Col Sinclair is coming back to earth after a great northern holiday with a mate of many years, Kevin Sampy.
Col flew to Brisbane and he and Kevin choofed off to Lizard Island, 300 kilometres north of Cairns, where they snorkelled, surfed and swam as they enjoyed the good life for eight sun-filled days.
Kevin will be remembered as a son of the Pat Sampys, Pat worked at Roy Howard's at Bega and Kevin has written a book on property investment which has been very favourably received by the profession.
Col enjoyed the break so much he reckons they will be going again.
Time to talk
Bevan Golderg is a pleasant bloke to talk with and we found him in a sunny spot relaxed and ready to chat.
Bevan spent years on the staff of the Bega District Hospital always giving a helping hand and cheery word to folk who needed it most.
His dad, the late Dudley Goldberg, was a man who gave of his best to the community serving as an alderman of the former Bega Municipal Council and was mayor for a considerable time.
Bevan is taking life a bit easy now but still has time to appreciate a yarn and an active life.
What a trio
Phil McDonald was taking on the role of gardener as he sweated (?) over his row of roses that line the driveway into his motel.
He told us Dom Brady was being feted for his birthday last week (around 87 we think) and it was knees under the table for a few close friends at Tim and Margaret Collins' Candelo pad to recognise the occasion.
Actually, we collided with Dom last week and found plenty to talk about.
When Phil, Dom and Dom's mate Bill Chapman get together - look out!
We saw ...
. Steve Hunt, looking as fit as the proverbial fiddle and in his usual hurry.
. Max Douch, always ready for a talk and we obliged.
. The Dr John McKee memorial fountain with no water issuing - is it because of the drought?
. Nola, Beth and Olive from Cobargo, having a day out in Bega.
. Beryl Whitby of Candelo with daughter Jean, doing some shopping and enjoying coffee.
. Cathy Benzie, cheerful as usual on her way to see mum, Joan Wright at Casuarina.
. Dick Saunders, keeping the weeds at bay in his prolific garden.
. Stan West, living the rural life on a hilltop overlooking the Valley.
. Margaret De Costa, still too busy to stop and talk.
. Ted Went, Candelo man of many years and friends galore on the shopping trail.
. Doris Hampton, shopping on a rare day off from her lawn bowls presidential duties.
. Ron Aliendi, ever ready to extol the great delights of his adopted Tathra.
NZ winners
The winner of a trip to New Zealand, Frenzy McCormick, is home in Brogo again after an eventful two weeks.
Frenzy, her husband Ross and their 17 months old daughter, Kataya, won the trip in a competition sponsored by the Bega District News, Bega Travelworld and Air New.
The prize was a return airfare for two to Auckland and two nights accommodation for the June long weekend.
However, the McCormicks decided to extend the trip to two weeks to enable Frenzy to catch up with family members she has not seen since she left New Zealand seven years ago.
It was also an opportunity to introduce Kataya to her NZ relatives.
"It was a wonderful holiday and I want to thank everyone involved in making it possible," Frenzy said when she dropped into the BDN last Friday to show off her photos.
Change of pace
After spending nine years as a part owner of Finchs Cafe at Bega, Mark Rood sought a change of lifestyle and has joined the Bega office of Fisk and Nagle as a sales executive.
Mark, the son of Betty and the late Bob Rood, was born and bred in Bega and has lived here for 33 years.
He is married to Jodi who also works for Fisk and Nagle at their Merimbula office and the couple have a family of three, Aleisha 18, Courtney 16 and Bonny 8.
They live at Bega where Mark keeps fit playing volleyball and basketball.
Already Mark has been successful in his new career and principal, Don Peterson is delighted to have him on the team.
Loving journey
Athol and Jeanette Moon who live in placid North Bega made the long haul to Geelong to see their new granddaughter, Tameka Isabel, born to Michael and Cherrie-Lyn Frith, and a sister for Brayden.
The little one has a special meaning to her name, which Jeanette will tell you about if you ask her!
Both Athol and Jeanette said the journey was worth the time and kilometres it took.
Aand are they going again? You bet they are!
Maybe soon!
What a great boost the Wollongong area has had with the almost magical emergence of the replacement of the roadway and bridge around Lawrence Hargrave Drive!
What a great boost it would have been if the proposed and much needed Pambula Bridge, which have been on the agenda for an interminable time, had been given precedence.
And the Bega bypass?
It looks as though both have been passed by!
Go Andrew Constance, Go!
Finality
Charles McGregor's bulletin contributes a poem written by a Bega soldier, Private E E Campbell.
He was wounded in France in 1918 and repatriated to a military hospital in Edinburgh.
While there he contacted measles and died. His poem:
"If I had lived and had my way, to join the Diggers on Anzac Day.
I'd proudly parade in Bega's streets, stepping it out in measured beats.
If fate in War's cruel and awful fray had spared me to march on Anzac Day.
I'd be there with my gallant mates, parading to Bega's Memorial Gates.
If I could rise from this cold day to be in Bega's Anzac Day.
I'd step outside my lonely station to give this brief 'Memorial Oration'.
If Australia should ever come to stray from the Spirit of Anzac Day.
Then all my grief and all my pain was a sacrifice in vain."