After all, this is a council park and the idea they can limit and control how many and what products are sold is wrong.

If there are spaces available for stalls, they should not be left vacant on the day, just to suit existing stall holders who want to have a monopoly.

They gave that right away when they moved from private property in (the) pub car park.

The end of uniqueness, the individuality, the flavor that is the Moruya Country Market: it will become just another Rotary market, to be lost in the Rotary crowd.

Moruya Country Market is the best weekly Saturday morning market on the South Coast. It stands out on its own.

Give it a year under Rotary and that will end, 18 months at most.

The market is non-profit and donates locally, so what exactly is Rotary offering that’s so different?

With Rotary, a percentage of profits will no longer flow directly to local needs, but will leave Moruya for interstate and international Rotary destinations.

Rotary already has markets which are not anywhere near as successful as this market. Why?

Such Rotary markets all end up anonymous and boring; like another large garage sale.

MCM is mainly quality handcrafts.

As Riverside Park is crown land, it has to be put to public tender when a lease renewal comes up, so one hopes that saner heads at council prevail to keep the successful proven status quo.

Why would anybody in their right minds want to upset an obvious success story, unless it is a grab for the funds? 

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

Change for the sake of change is no valid reason at all.

Long Beach is “car-isolated”, with the only travel alternative being a limited bus service. 

Many residents seek a walking and bicycle option.

There are approximately 1200 vehicles that travel between each day between Long Beach and Batemans Bay, a return trip of about 20 km. This equates to an annual vehicle running cost per household for this trip of about $1000 – not including fixed vehicle costs. 

A walking, bicycle option for Long Beach residents with a simple floating bridge across Cullendulla Creek would potentially save residents up to $1000 per annum for those who choose not to drive.

If residents chose to “sell/give up the car” entirely, annual savings of around $10,000 per household are possible.

A simple floating bridge, based on a marina concept would add value to properties, offer an alternative, healthy travel option and allow those with motorised scooters the opportunity to live in the area. 

Perhaps the marina option (there are boats already resting at the entrance to Cullendulla Creek), could be offered as an opportunity to finance such a project – the immediate, inevitable barrier when these ideas are put forward. Perhaps a toll bridge could also offset the cost. 

If the 800 households contributed $100 each for three years, the bridge would appear – and property values in the area would benefit from a healthy increment far in excess of $300 per household.