ULLADULLA: Day to Day Living team leader Sue Adams (front left) and Bunnings activities organiser Vikki Sansom enjoy morning tea with Sunflower House staff, volunteers and members Iggy Conti (left), Geoff Garnam, Rebecca Driver, Elizabeth Jeffriess, Kay Clark, Bev Wakeling, Sue Dent and Bunnings staff Adam Backhouse, Ali Hanslow, Jeremy Foster and James Parker, ahead of their open day next week.
BEGA: Thanks to the community's overwhelming generosity, footy-playing cousins James Bower-Scott and Marty Scott have already reached their Aboriginal Achievers rugby league tour of Europe fundraising total.
MERIMBULA: Merimbula rescue personnel were put through their paces at a recent training day.
NOWRA: Kinghorn Motors in Nowra owner Geoff O’Connell says changes to the fringe benefit tax are already impacting new car sales in the Shoalhaven.
EDEN: Eden carpenter Peter Whiter and historian Angela George, pictured outside the Hotel Australasia, were among those fighting to include the 109-year-old pub on Bega Valley Shire Council’s Comprehensive Local Environment Plan.
KALARU: Kalaru-based human rights campaigner Martin Hodgson says the asylum seeker issue is far more complex than just slogans like 'Stop the boats' and that PM Kevin Rudd's announcement is a "tough, election year move".
MERIMBULA: Needles fly as Pambula Public School’s knitting circle hurries to finish blankets they will donated to the aged care facility Imlay House.
BEGA: Bega members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association continue their staff-to-patient ratios campaign by striking on Wednesday and boarding a bus to Merimbula for a live broadcast of the main Sydney rally.
MERIMBULA: Pilot Ryan Campbell, of Merimbula, pictured on right outside the famous Hangar Hotel, Fredericksburg, Texas as he continues his flight around the world.
CENTRAL TILBA: Bega small species abattoir founder Chris Franks puts on a great performance alongside River Cottage Australia host Paul West on the farm at Central Tilba. 'Photo courtesy Foxtel/The LifeStyle Channel'.
BEGA: While kangaroos are a common hazard to Far South Coast motorists, a Bega Valley Shire Council ranger had a lucky escape after colliding with a large deer.
MOGO: Susanne Robertson, Jock Rollings, Adrianne Waterman, Ros Barr, from the Narooma Lions Club, check out head lion Mac and his family at Mogo Zoo who they are sponsoring.
NOWRA: Nowra resident Jan Gilmour-Rombouts and her daughter Sarah remind motorists to be on the lookout for kangaroos when driving at dusk and dawn. Winter is peak season for animal collisions.
COOMA: A 1956 three-ton Austin truck and has been handed over to the Cooma Car Club by the Adams family for display at the Car Club Museum. The truck was restored to its original condition by club president Roy Rees and Kel Goodman.
NAROOMA: Narooma High School Year 11 student Jay Walpole is headed up to Sydney to become Director, Schools Finance, for a day as part of the Director-General for a Day (DGFAD) program.
NOWRA: Nowra resident Jesse Huxley almost lost his life when a large wave swept him from rocks near Currarong on Saturday.
NAROOMA: The new Blue Water Dragons boat shed is taking shape next to the Quarterdeck cafe thanks to the labour of volunteers such as Don Shortridge, Gilly Kearney, Peter Seath, Peter Kearney and Libby Shortridge.
ULLADULLA: Janice O’Neil from Flight Centre, Louise Lugg from Isis Day Spa, Dr Jessie Hoang from South Coast Cosmetic Medicine, and Clare Foreman from Cameron Optometry have provided great prizes to be given away at Friday night’s Women to Women Conference.
NAROOMA: Surf life saving volunteers Josh Hay from Batemans Bay and Brad Kingston from Bermagui recover one the dummies from the Three Brothers area. Photo by Julia Mayo-Ramsey
BOMBALA: Despite an atrocious forecast for snow and wind over last weekend, Bombala remained relatively clear and even boasted a little sunshine through the week. However, warnings are now out massive frosts to kick off the clear days.
ULLADULLA: Checking out a gummy shark from the live fish tank in Dick Perese’s business at the Ulladulla Harbour during last week’s visit by Chinese Ministy of Agriculture officials are Quichi Wang, Lin Bai, Li Xi, Dick Perese, Ruijie Guan, Mario Puglisi and Xiaochun Song.
PAMBULA: Pambula District Hospital nurses want to see staff numbers increased for better quality patient care, from left nurses Suzanne Reynolds, Sayaka Sakiyama and Kathryn Doherty.
BOMBALA: He'd only been away a couple of weeks, but last Saturday afternoon’s community send-off for well loved Cooma-Bombala courier Ivan Robinson proved just how much the district misses him already!
EDEN: Eden Public School students in dress rehearsals for the fifth South Coast Learning Community Performing Arts Festival next week at Eden Marine High School.
BEGA VALLEY: Judge Michael Burbidge inspects the quality entries in this year’s Sausage King Competition.
MORUYA: Chicken charmer Costa Georgiadis is expected to draw his usual enthusiastic crowd at the Southeast Harvest Festival in Moruya.
COOMA: Local primary school teacher Susan Burke is leading the way with classroom technology aimed at enhancing the learning experience for students and making teachers’ lives a little easier.
EDEN: National Union of Workers members Kevin Stone, Wayne Walsh, delegate Heidi Welsh and Ken Campbell walk off the job at Thales explosive ordinance depot near Eden on Friday morning.
BERMAGUI: Eden’s Marine Rescue unit honed their life saving skills at the Marine Rescue NSW annual Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) held in Bermagui over the weekend. From left, unit commander John Steele, Ralph Miller, John Dickson and Nev Cowgill.
MORUYA: The town welcomed its own prince - a son, Ryan, born to Caszandra and Gavin Fitzgerald.
COOMA: A well-kept secret is the hard-working Cooma-Monaro Historical Society which helps locals who want information about just about anything on the history of the region. Society members Wendy Hain and Heather Rhodes are particularly dedicated members.
BROULEE: It's been a long haul, but Mark and Sue Berry have won approval to expand their Broulee eco-tourism venture.
BOMBALA: Judy Rodwell was formally recognised by the Attorney General for serving the community as a Justice of the Peace for over 50 years in the Bombala district.