A couple of sentences stood out: the initial rescue was by a fellow civilian boat.  It is an unwritten law in the boating world that a boat will always go to the aid of a fellow boatie in trouble, with no snobbery; large/small, expensive/cheap, yacht/tinnie, we are in a common element.  Even if the boat being helped had made mistakes, rescue first, dress down later.

I do hope that the boat and crew can be identified, and that the skill of the crew can be recognised and applauded.

Thanks to Joel Erickson for his article re the ball-tampering event (Bay Post/Moruya Examiner, March 28).

It helped confirm my deep disappointment. Thanks, too, for publishing the letter from the President of Moruya Golf Club. Obviously, many others were thinking along similar lines in this sad series of occurrences.

Many feel the punishments rather harsh (as I do, to a degree), but it’s the ethical issues that are greater – of planning the event, letting people down, leadership etc.

I have been a follower and lover of cricket from a very young age.

One commentator asked: “How do you humiliate a nation?” Sadly, many feel we have been.

However, as the days pass and the outrage subsides, we need to forgive these three young men.

They are humans like us. 

Otherwise, we may destroy them.

As a nation we need to forgive them – and tell them we forgive them, even though they must still face the consequences.

Thank you Bega MP Andrew Constance, Eurobodalla Shire Mayor Liz Innes, councillors and staff, Batemans Bay Indoor Aquatic Centre Committee, PerFex, the sunset committee and members of the community for the great effort in obtaining such a generous grant from the NSW Government.

The announcement came at a great time for pool users as the end of the season approaches.

Now is the time for all members of the community to unite and work towards making this centre a magnificent facility for all

For at least 27 years there’s been much public discussion about the state of the Princes Highway through the Eurobodalla Shire and on to the Victorian Border.

Communications with the state government occurred in the 1990s involving Eurobodalla Shire Council staff.

Our elected councillors and staff have a responsibility to advocate for significant improvements to improve safety and travel times.

Some years ago, the council supported a motion to lobby or advocate for continued federal government funding to be applied to the Princes Highway once Hume Highway works were completed. All councillors supported that idea at the time.

The Princes Highway requires significant re-routing and town bypasses. Council staff know that, but are reluctant to support a process or advocate for long-term duplication bypass works.

Our councillors and their advising engineers need to get behind the community and advocate for some real long term state government planning for a new highway corridor. Ideas that will inhibit existing traffic flows in towns like Moruya will be evidence of very poor attitudes. Imagining it’s all too expensive is a very poor attitude.