Bowerbird Community Op Shop awards
Thank you to the Bowerbird Op Shop
The members of Marine Rescue Bermagui are deeply honoured to receive the 2025 Community Award of $10,000. We are very grateful to be recognised in this way, and we want to acknowledge the Bowerbird Op Shop for the fantastic work it does for the community. Thank you also to everyone who voted for us and considered our efforts and achievements worthy of such an award.


Waking up early Saturday, 1 November, the rain had eased to fog in the sleepy town of Cobargo. A gentle rumble of cars, trucks, bikes and trailers carrying some awesome machinery could be heard as they made their way to the Cobargo Showgrounds.
It has been a while since news from Little Yuin has appeared in these pages. On a recent visit it was a pleasure to hear about the programs and activities that support early childhood learning and the preparation for the move to primary school. There is compelling evidence that transition to school life benefits from the foundations established in early childhood learning.
Hey, good buds, this is Luke – better known as Aspara-Gus – from Australian children’s music band The Vegetable Plot. We’re excited to announce that we’ll be bringing our award-winning live show to Quaama on Friday 21 November. It’s the first time we’ve ever performed in this beautiful part of NSW and we’re really looking forward to it. We’d like to thank our friend and fellow musician Melanie Horsnell, a local resident,
I have the joy of co-hosting a CWA mending afternoon every few months in Bermagui and let me tell you: rebellion doesn’t always look like protest signs and megaphones. Sometimes it looks like darning jumpers, hemming pants, threading new elastic into a waistband or patching up a down sleeping bag so it can live to see another adventure.
As many of you will be aware, in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires local blacksmiths, Iain Hamilton and Philippe Ravenel, began an ambitious memorial project to build a commemorative metal tree. In their words, ‘We’re going to get everyone in the community to come out and forge a leaf and develop a sculpture that will last a thousand years.’