For the past couple of years there’s been a beautiful racket emanating from the Dromedary Hotel on Wednesday evenings. Singers and guitarists, poets and pianists, even the odd bagpipe and mandola have appeared on stage for the Drom Open Mic.
Many a travelling tourist, looking for a quiet Wednesday meal, has stumbled across this gem of a night and headed off late remarking that it’s been the most memorable night … Read more »
The Annual CWA Far South Coast Group competition in Cookery and Craft was held on Tuesday, 10 March at the Bermagui Country Club. Ten branches from Eden to Batemans Bay competed in many classes of baking, preserving, knitting, sewing, needlework, felting, paper craft and more.
This year the Champion Craft Exhibit and the Champion Cookery item were both won by Cobargo members: Cassie Cole for her amazingly … Read more »
We had never imagined owning an apiary. But three years ago, my husband discovered a place that looked like paradise on earth – a small farm called Nerimbah for sale on Jaggers Beach just south of Bermagui – which has changed the direction of our lives.
The property was already home to Scottish Highland cattle and Dorper sheep. Grazing together on the coastal pastures with the beach and sea right … Read more »
Recently, Fiona Kotvojs shared a very interesting observation when she and I were down at the Folk Festival selling thousands of sausages and steak sandwiches for the Cobargo Fire Brigade (as you do when you’re a vegetarian who feels guilty for not attending training). She started to count down all the second and third generation people who grew up, left and have now returned to call … Read more »
It’s hard to imagine how the little town of Cobargo, with a population of 776, could host its local show over three days and have over 6,200 people come through the gates. The committee led by the president Daniel Allen has worked for months preparing to host a fantastic event. During the show, wherever you looked, there was something brilliant to see. Fabulous showjumping, hack events, beef cattle and dairy cattle, and the … Read more »
Bermagui Dune Care spends a lot of time and money (through Bega Valley Shire grants) on weeding, and we’d really appreciate residents’ and landowners’ help in removing weeds and, especially, seedheads to ensure they don’t spread.
A major one is moth vine, Araujia sericifera. It has a pretty white flower, but the vine grows rapidly, smothering native plants and seeding prolifically. The seed pods in the photo were collected from just one … Read more »