The joy was palpable. Hundreds of children and adults from right across the Valley all exploring the new play equipment at Tathra's Lot Stafford Memorial All-Abilities Playground.
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Wandering through the crowd - according to our Mayor Kristy McBain the largest seen at an opening at which she's officiated - there was plenty of talk about how it was wonderful to see the accessible playground, the quality of the workmanship and the benefits of a Tathra family-fun precinct.
Accessibility should not be an afterthought - like a ramp tacked on to a shop entrance. People experiencing disability is not new. We've been sharing the same communities and facilities for generations.
However, it's only in the past handful of years where the voice of those with different abilities is being heard a bit louder.
Tactile and sensory interactive public spaces, appropriate permanent ramps into main street shops - Bega is finally beginning to see the public acknowledgement and inclusion of all of its residents.
Except for our park.
Don't get us wrong, Tathra's new playground is fantastic, as is Merimbula's Ford Park, which opened in 2016 to similar acclaim.
At Bega Park, also opened in 2016, local families have been granted a small climbing frame and a couple of swings under a shade sail - no toilets and no public barbecue, yet, and an entrance on pretty much the steepest road in the town, with no footpath.
More than one voice in the crowd raised the issue with me about Bega desperately needing something of similar calibre. While several main street stores have seen the light - and need - in the past five years and updated their access, Bega's families are still missing out.
It's not all on council. Private enterprise has its own hand to play in this as well, as does government at state and federal level.
Someone always takes issue with investment in one town in the shire over another. And should Bega get more focus on play spaces along with much bigger investments like the town hall, regional art gallery, TAFE education precinct, regional hospital...? But not everyone is going to be able to access the new accessible playground at Tathra.
Meanwhile, I took my own children to the Dragon Park on Sunday, where the crowd was just as big, just as excited, and just as diverse as opening day. One can see there'll be plenty of joy being spread for quite some time yet.