Don Green, President of the Triangle Tool Library, came to live in Cobargo 25 years ago when he and his wife were expecting a baby. ‘We wanted to raise our children in the country. We were living outside of Sydney on five acres, so we started to look at five-acre properties for sale, and prices started dropping south of Narooma. On our list was Cobargo, Quaama and Candelo, and we … Read more »
It’s Christmas everyday at the Bowerbird
The first, second and the third time I went into the Bowerbird Op Shop, the volunteers were laughing their heads off while having treats and cups of tea. Must be fun to work here, I thought, while grinning till my face ached at the actual op shop prices and Such Great Stuff! The Bowerbird … Read more »
Try tai chi with Rod Dunn
Some of you know him as Builder Rod or Lightning Rod, but I met him as Tai Chi Rod down at the pub. When I mentioned I’d like to try tai chi, Linda Sang introduced me to a grinning man in a flannie and crocs. At his Friday morning class at the … Read more »
Brian Ayliffe and his ‘sort of museumy thing’
When I bragged to a neighbour that Brian Ayliffe was The Triangle podcast feature interview this month, she quietly said, ‘Brian is my hero. I would follow him anywhere. In fact, I did follow him into some pretty hairy situations when he was my captain in the fire brigade.’ Others made similar remarks about what Brian has done in this community … Read more »
Caron Parfitt from Marine Rescue Bermagui took a moment out of her day to talk with me about her life, love of the ocean and volunteering.
Caron lived next to the ocean as a child, spending many hours in and around the water. Her love of sailing didn’t begin, however, until she moved to Sydney where she did a sailing course and took on a … Read more »
by Flick Ruby
Emma is someone I wave to on my road, a neighbour and someone who pops up regularly on the Cobargo mailing list inviting us all to play tennis or come along to a community event. She recently let me into the Cobargo Preschool Bookfair an hour early. I had a bag of books to offer, but she took pity on me mainly because I had a long way to drive home due to the … Read more »