Missing the tip
With people being at home now is a great time to get all the gardening done and keep people busy.
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With the tip closed to the public it seems very unfair if you have a large yard, as I do. Very little of it will fit in the green bin. Surely the council can leave the green waste area open and not charge people to get around the COVID-19 problem? Someone could be on hand to check that it is only green waste material without going near people, even if this was made available on one or two days per week. This will only encourage people to dump. More thought needs to go into this ridiculous decision.
Dennis Walsh, Batemans Bay
'Stay away' message
That some of us oldies really worry about the virus is understandable, given the barrage of doom and gloom. Yet I wonder about the stridency of "stay away" talk and finger pointing at number plates on the South Coast places. Wouldn't the message be better conveyed by media in the cities, by government leaders, health authorities etc. than by local MPs, activists and newspapers? And what is the message? What if city people reciprocated? And started talking about number plates at, say, Canberra hospitals? Perhaps kindness rather than quick condemnation should be the order of the day? In any event, government leaders say "stay home" and "distance" - which we all should do. Not just 'them'. Us.
John Austen, Leumeah
'Don't judge ACT plates'
I am totally offended by the judgement of all those condemning others who have an ACT number plate.
I have been a Malua Bay homeowner for 25 years and before that my grandparents lived here for the majority of their senior lives.
I pay rates and contribute extensively to the economics of the Bay by living here 75 per cent of the time.
I contribute to my community also on a personal level by cooking and looking out for my elderly neighbours whose families are interstate.
I was here for the bushfires in Malua Bay and provided assistance to those suffering on the beach after I protected my home. I provided food, Panadol and horse food. I even looked after a family's pet chickens in my house during the fires.
I did the ice and bread run for my elderly neighbours during our 10 days without power. I did not get assistance for the smoke damage to my house as I have an ACT licence, so do not judge those with ACT licence plates; you do not know the circumstances.
Kim Magro
Malua Bay
'Influx of visitors'
Why, after all the warning's requesting people not to travel, stay put in their homes unless absolutely necessary from the Eurobodalla Shire Mayor, the Prime Minister, Premiers, NSW and ACT ministers and the media, are our small communities of Broulee and Mossy Point and surrounding areas being inundated with holiday makers, young and old?
Why do these interstate residents think they are beyond the law and can do as they please, putting everyone shire at risk.
We have a large population of elderly residents. Our hospitals, nursing homes and supermarkets are already under stress. We do not need more visitors during this trying time putting more pressure on services.
We do need tourists to our beautiful coastal communities, especially after the fires but now is not the time.
Something needs to be done by the council and state governments now to stop this huge influx before Easter and before our small communities succumb to COVID-19.
Gail Hoper
Broulee
With the large numbers of ACT residents and holiday makers still streaming into our area, I suggest the police turn them back either at the top of the Clyde Mountain or at the large roundabout entering Batemans Bay.
Greg Hunt and Andrew Constance have made it quite clear that travel is not allowed.