Paddling out, Mosquito Bay

A backyard echidna visitor

 This little gal or guy likes to forage around in our backyard.

Eurobodalla Shire Council

This is the Council building and library and Information Centre in Moruya.

Wikipedia tells us: 

"The Eurobodalla Shire Council was formed in 1913 with the responsibility for administering local government functions along 110 kilometres (68 mi) of the NSW coast between Durras and Wallaga Lake. 

The Council administers only about 30% of the area of the Shire as the remaining 70% is non-rateable crown land held as national park and state forest: 40% of the shire is national park, 30% is state forest, 20% is productive farmland and 10% is urban settlement.

The Shire is unusual in that nearly half of ratepayers are non-residents. Just over 17% of ratepayers are residents of Canberra. Although the permanent population is around 34,100, the visiting population (who stay more than 3 nights) is 3.1 million per year."

Tyrone Bridge

The old single-lane wooden bridge across the Tuross River is being replaced by a higher, concrete bridge. It's about 9 kms southwest of Bodalla.

Tuross River at Eurobodalla

Tyrone Bridge crosses the Tuross River in the rural, farming locality of Eurobodalla...about 9 kms southwest of the township of Bodalla.

Meet Esmay and Emil Hropic, fisherpeople, at Moruya Farmers' Market

On Tuesday afternoons we like to go to Moruya Farmers' Market to buy fresh produce, and we get our fish from Esmay and Emil. It's all locally caught. 

The sign says that Esmay is a proud professional fisher endorsed to fish in the NSW Estuary General and Open Prawn Trawl fisheries. She is a steward of the marine environment where she works, and she practices and embraces environmental fishing methods.                            Emil is a 7th generation professional fisher, similarly endorsed, and is passionate about providing the community with access to local seafood in a responsible and sustainable manner.

Bouyansea, Batemans Bay (25 October 2017)

Made for thefirst Sculpture on Clyde exhibition. The artist is Jesse Graham of Eden. It is made from a bouy that washed up in a creek. Read more here. 

The Holden dealer, Moruya

Evoking the Holden showroom of days gone by. Last Saturday Alan May Holden in Moruya marked the end of the manufacture of Holdens in Australia with a display

All packed and ready for a trip up the coast!

This Holden FB wagon is all packed up and ready for the family summer holiday trip....complete with venetian blinds and dashboard Hawaiian hula girl.

The Holden ute

Following on from yesterday's post about the Holdens in Moruya, commemorating the end of production of Holdens in Australia, here is a powder blue ute. The all-purpose farm vehicle of the 1950s.

The last Holden....a celebration in Moruya

On Friday 20 October 2017, the very last Australian-made car rolled off the production line in Adelaide, South Australia. No more Holdens, Toyotas, Mitsubishis, Fords or other cars once manufactured here. The car industry has been a victim of globalisation, the end of tariff barriers, the end of government subsidies, and changed taste in cars.

On Saturday, the Holden dealership in Moruya held an exhibition of old Holdens.

This is an iconic model - the FJ. It was produced from 1953 to 1957. It was based on the first model, the FX.

Morning tea, Bodalla Dairy Shed

A favourite morning tea spot

taken 26 feb 2016

Australia Rock, Narooma

This dramatic rock formation is aptly named.

Lunch, Narooma

What a view for some prawns and beer

Land development, Sunshine Bay

The Batemans Bay area is growing, and more subdivisions are being carved out of the spotted gum forests.

These blocks are for sale at Sunshine Bay, just a few kilometres south of the centre of Batemans Bay.

More information click here.

The oceans need our care

I saw this sign on a wall in Moruya.

The boat and the flying boat, Moruya

There's always an interesting array of boats on the Moruya River. The flying boat takes joy riders from the markets on Saturday mornings. 

Sue's old sewing box

 I couldn't resist the charms of Sue's sewing box. It is so pretty. Sue is the wife of the market-holder from whom I bought it.

He wasn't sure whether she has made it herself. I haven't seen one of these for many years. For decades I have had buttons in and old jar, kept in the cupboard above the stove.

I think those buttons have found a new home.

When we were little my sister and I used to love playing with Mum's button jar. They used to get sorted by colour and size and other combinations. Perhaps that is why I became a librarian? I know it contributed to the sifting and sorting sort of person I am!

Aileen Maloney, linocut artist at Moruya Markets

Aileen makes beautiful linocuts, which she sells at Moruya Markets. 

The markets are held every Saturday from 7:30am to 12:30pm. Lots of local artists and artisans display and sell their wares. 

Garden Bay, Malua Bay

Banksia Flat, South Rosedale

Tomakin Cove

Tomakin Cove from Melville Point

Rocks at the northern end of Tomakin Cove

Tomakin Cove

Batemans Bay

Bevian Wetland

Spotted gums and ironbark, Rosedale

Native species abound all around Rosedale 

White-faced Heron, Rosedale

Cloud effect, Malabar Lagoon, Moruya

The effect of the cloud reflection makes it appear as if there is swirling water. It i, however, perfectly clear, like glass

Clouds over Malabar Lagoon, North Head Drive, Moruya

Reflections, Malabar lagoon, on North Head Road, Moruya