Narooma Rotary Beacon 25 May 2023

Ange’s Thoughts

Three Tilba ladies – Jasmine Bond, Jo Major and Annette Kennewell – at last Thursday’s Business Networking Breakfast.

What a win on all fronts on Sunday when our Club offered to assist NPWS by cooking a BBQ breakfast on Sunday for the weekend meeting of the Registered Aboriginal Owners of Biamanga and Gulaga Mountains at the Sport & Leisure Centre. The gathering was to elect new members for the Boards of the two respective National Parks. Thanks to Françoise and partner John for providing their own gas BBQ, gazebo and tables, and to Lynn and Mike. I was also there.

Not only was all food supplied but our Club was generously donated $500 for our services, $250 from each Board of Management. An added bonus was we were given heaps of leftover sausages, bacon, eggs and onions for our Market this Sunday.

Last Thursday’s Business Networking Breakfast speaker Annette Kennewell held everyone spellbound talking about the month- long ‘Fungi Feastival’ starting mid-June with over 30 mini-events from the Bay to Eden. She said the Feastival is much more than workshops of growing, food, and art. She said there is a huge potential to grow a whole new industry in the region, from farming to culinary appreciation (see report below).

Later on Thursday, I represented the Club at the monthly CAERH meeting in Moruya. The group reported on their visit the previous day to Bega Hospital Carers’ facility. Ideas were shared on optimising floor plans, features and facilities for the future Carers Accommodation in Moruya. Costings and design of Stage 1 (six bedrooms and communal facilities) are estimated at $2 million. The committee is currently researching Club Grants.  A Eurobodalla dealer has offered a new Electric car to be raffled as a major fundraiser.

It’s wonderful to this week to be welcoming one of our new members Annemarie Narraway as our guest speaker. Details below.

THIS WEEK

Thursday 25 May 6 for 6.30pm: Dinner Meeting with guest speaker Annemarie Narraway on ‘the delight of hearing well – the privilege of the gift of sound’.

Annemarie completed a four year Bachelor degree in Communication Pathology (intensive Speech Therapy and Audiology) at the University of Pretoria. She moved to Australia with her husband Tim, two suitcases each and $50 to their names. They started in Canberra in 2000, moved to Wagga Wagga in 2003. Eight years ago they moved to the South Coast. She has worked as a Specialist Audiologist, including in rural areas, and now owns her own practice in Narooma. She loves bringing the gift of better communication to people.

Sunday 28 May: Our monthly markets – roster is doing the rounds.

The Week that Was

Last week’s Business Breakfast

Andrew Duggan of Oakleigh Farm finds out more from guest speaker Annette Kennewell at last Thursday’s Business Networking Breakfast.at

What a great turn-up last Thursday all of whom were absolutely captivated with Annette Kennewell’ s  outline of the rapidly approaching Fungi Feastival. (16 June- 16 July) which will celebrate all things fungi from Batemans Bay to Eden.

It’s an initiative by local fungi devotees Annette Kennewell, Fiona Kotvojs and Josh Whitworth to stimulate interest in growing a whole new industry in the region, from farming to culinary appreciation. Events range from fungi science with mushroom growing workshops and truffle hunts, to mushroom and truffle cooking classes, to 10 participating restaurants offering mushroom and truffle dishes, and four restaurants showcasing mushrooms and truffle dinners, even to fungi photography and pottery workshops. For more information on the Fungi Feastival, suggest you check www.fungifeastival.com.au.

Our Business Networking Breakfasts now have a break of three months over winter, resuming in September .

The CAERH visit to Bega

Moruya President Shirl Cornish reports in this week’s Moruya Bulletin that that the CAERH committee and friends had two inspiring and rewarding days last week. Last Wednesday we toured the Bega Carers Accommodation and at the meeting on Thursday collated ideas. Stage One at Bega was 6 units in a U shape, with undercover central area and small lounge which at the moment had laundry bags. Stage two is a larger kitchen and lounge, and a row of six motel style units. Our tour guide suggested that Stage two was more successful. The raked ceilings were popular and gave a feeling of space and the fact that they cost no more than flat ceilings seemed a good idea. The Bega Accommodation is mainly needed for short time stay and just a few long term. It has two rooms with an adjoining door for larger groups. So now we have the process of collating the ideas into a draft design. Col Jay has done a lot of research .

Coming Up

Narooma High’s RoboRebels team in Houston recently

A reminder that Narooma High’s robotics team the RobeRebels will join us on Thursday 8 June to talk about attending the World Championships for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (FRC) held recently in Houston.

The 2023 RoboRebels team is five senior students with a passion for science and technology. They worked after school twice a week and every Sunday since January to design, build and program their 2023 competition robot. For this competition, the team focussed on coding the robot to achieve a specific task: to balance itself on a see saw bridge.

It should be a great night so please ask partners and friends.

NEXT WEEK

There is no dinner meeting next Thursday (1st) being the first Thursday in the month.

Friday 2nd May at 4pm: Board Meeting at Narooma Golf Club