When sea level rise reaches .74m the local community in Batemans Bay will suffer the following: flooding, dramatic loss of land mass, displacement, storm surges, economic ruin, loss of food security, access to clean water, significant sanitation issues, increased risk of infectious diseases and compromised access to effective health care.

The protest ended on the Riverside Plaza intersection with a minute's silence for the flora, fauna and humans already suffering or extinct as a result of the climate crisis.

As for all Extinction Rebellion actions, Saturday's protestors were making three demands of the government:

More local actions will be planned soon. XR Eurobodalla intends on joining forces with 350 Eurobodalla, the Nature Coast Marine Group and Plastic Free Eurobodalla.

The Princes Highway is a main highway from South Australia through Victoria and NSW, connecting with Sydney.

The highway services highly populated areas along Australia's East Coast. The shire's population is expected to significantly increase in the next few years. A high percentage is aged. They require a high standard of road and highway access for many reasons. The shire is really only accessed by road, the Princes and Kings Highways. The Princes Highway passes through towns and villages that are man-made bottle necks: Batemans Bay, Mogo, Moruya, Bodalla and Narooma - towns that should be bypassed. A new highway corridor needs to be identified and developed. There are several dangerous "T" Intersections including at Runnyford Road, Mogo; Shelley Rd at the Moruya ndustrial area; Larrys Mountain Road; Donnellys Road. The Hector McWilliam Drive to Tuross Head highway intersection is still unsatisfactory. The highway must be reclassified as a Road of National Importance to be properly funded. The problems in the Eurobodalla Shire need urgent attention and a higher funding priority - something you may be able to assist with.

On February 19th, 1966, 52-year old former jockey Walter Hoysted casually walked onto the racetrack with a shotgun. Hoysted told officials he would use the gun if the jockeys rode with whips in the upcoming Fulham Hurdle. He was later charged but drew attention to the unnecessary use of whips. Whilst Wally Hoysted is no longer with us, the point he raised over 40 years ago is still hotly debated.

In 1991 the independent Senate Select Committee into Animal Welfare reported: "The Committee, (however) cannot condone the use of the whip to inflict pain on a horse for no other purpose than to make the horse run faster in what is essentially a sporting event. Competent riding of a horse using only hands and heels to urge the horse on should provide just as an exciting race and may also encourage more emphasis on improving horsemanship. The Committee would like to see the use of whips as a means of making a horse run faster eliminated from horse racing."

Regrettably, no state government has enforced this recommendation.