Rather than being anti and negative, with no suggestions, running against all being put forward, be that positive person who has some wonderful ideas and recommendations that can be considered by the Flying Fox Task Force.

Email all your positive suggestions for a solution to “Batman”, task force chair, Russell Schneider, at batwatch@yahoo.com.

This is  a “whole-of-community issue”. We all live in an inclusive eurobodalla.

The sale of the bowling club site by Club Catalina to the council should have a silver lining for all the community of Batemans Bay.

That is, if Club Catalina uses some of the profit from the sale, to establish bowling greens at the golf club. This was the proposed outcome on a handshake agreement by the CEO and board, at the time of amalgamation, should the merger with the bowling club not be a financial success.

The bowlers of Batemans Bay/Club Catalina have become the forgotten people, as they lost everything with the closure of their club house and greens. Now the members of Club Catalina have a fantastic opportunity to extend an olive branch in their direction and give them a home.

This would be a win/win situation for everybody. Batemans Bay would once again have a bowling club, the sold site could be developed as a community asset, and Club Catalina would have several hundreds of locals and interstate bowlers using their facilities.

Recently I came across a council notice tapped to a post in Melaleuca Park.

Later that day I drove to Council Chambers in Moruya and spoke to someone in planning. 

Yes, Melaleuca Reserve and Albert Ryan Park were both going to be rezoned; units and shops to be erected on Albert Ryan Park, and an education centre for disabled children on Melaleuca Reserve.

On the Internet, I found some maps and given locations of all the public toilets in the shire, but not parks. I found maps and information on sporting venues and grounds, but no park lands.

Foreshore parks for picnics and tourists are one thing, but where will be the sheltered, shady, green, unstructured spaces; areas for “kick-a-ball” style play and safe family grounds for locals when these parks go?

I support an educational centre, but not in Melaleuca Park Reserve. There was going to be a meeting on Wednesday, April 26; the public welcome, but in Moruya!

Batemans Bay has access to river and sea for families, for tourists, for locals to live, holiday, relax. In anyone’s language, Batemans Bay is not a metropolis, it is a seaside town.

Parks are an important part of that ambiance. Melaleuca and Albert Ryan Parks matter.