 CUDMIRRAH BERRARA SWANHAVENPROGRESS ASSOCIATION INC. Reg No Y2229039 ABN : 71 938 119 513 Email: click here Mail to The Secretary, P O Box 6189 Sussex Inlet NSW 2540. Phone: (02) 4441 2738     .     ..     News on this page: updated December, 2011 Scroll down for news stories, or click on the link to be taken direct to the article
CUDMIRRAH PATHWAY NEWS APRILl 2011 Stage 2 of the shared pathway / track from Swanhaven to
Stage 2 joins onto the completed section of our shared pathway on the shores of Swan Lake.
Stage 2 ends near the toilet block next to the parking area/ boat ramp at ski beach Swan Lake. We wish to thank all who participated in purchasing the pavers and all those who have put their own time into making this pathway become a reality. Special thanks to Peter Hawkins our Civil Engineer for his drawings and meetings with Council. Thank you for all those who worked on laying the concrete and working to get this finished on time.
The money for this stage has come from the Community. The table and chairs near the boat ramp were supplied by Council, (their only contribution to this section to date). We had our concreter, Berrara Beach Concreting, install this table and carry out work on the pathway. Originally this pathway - or track as it was called, was going to be constructed of gravel lined with boards, but we feel this is a more permanent path that will last for many years to come. Stage 3 will be from the toilet to the 50/80klm sign near Take a walk along this new path and enjoy the beautiful
views of SHARED PATHWAY SECTION 1 OFFICIALLY OPENED 12TH JUNE 2010   Our local Cudmirrah
Berrara Rural Fire Brigade members (L to R) Samantha Stiff and
Christine Shaw made a spectacular entrance to open our shared pathway
on their specially built "Rapid Response Vehicle" pictured here with
our State Member for Soutgh Coast, Shelley Hancock and Federal Member
for Gilmore, Joanna Gash.
President Dave Tarbert in background.  Cudmirrah Berrara Firies in attenance and Rotary supplied a sausage sizzle.The Progress Association's helper Meg Dunnett served the soft drink or tea and coffee to those who wanted it. After the death of a young bicycle rider, Andrew Baker on the Springs Road sandhill, on the 28.12.1997, this Association started talking, planning and approaching Council to have this shared pathway between Ski Beach Cudmirrah and Dybal Reserve Swanhaven become a reality. Many earlier attempts by this Progress Association met with no luck at all.
We obtained two grants, one for $26,000 from the Federal Government through Shoalhaven City Council, the other from the State Government for $10,000. Council put in some funds and the rest of the money was raised by the community donating money to purchase pavers that have been set into the concrete shared pathway. The Rotary Club of Sussex Inlet has been a great assistance to this project by having the project come under the Rotary "umbrella" giving us assistance with banking the monies received and paying out when the bills came in and most important covering us for insurance for the project. They also put on a sausage sizzle at both openings for us. Thank you Rotary, we could not have carried out this project without your help. AR
 AFrom the beginning of August 2009, were privileged to have two Southern Right Whales and their calves off Berrara Cove and Beach. The calves were born here and if the same happens as has it has in the past, they will be here for 4 - 6 weeks. Berrara has become the whale watching capital of our area. On the 18th August, there were six adult Southern Right whales off Berrara Cove in groups of two. The nearest pair were no more than 50 metres from the rocks. The other whales were further down Berrara Beach. What a sight! They were so close you could hear the whale noises, their exhale of spume into the air and of course their fins and tails slapping on the water. How privileged are we? In 2002 we had one mother whale and her calf here for about six weeks and this is the first time since then we have had whales for any length of time. Never has there been so many people walking Berrara Beach or crowding the lookouts along the foreshore. The photos are not very good as I only had my 3X zoom camera with me but in each picture you can see at least one of the whales in each group and just how close in they were. The Whales moved off after four weeks,about the end of August. We just hope they put Berrara on their itenary next year.    NEW SHOP FOR  Phone number for those orders is 4441 3006. Address: 14 Goonawarra Drive, Cudmirrah. There is a sub newsagency, petrol, coffee shop/take away, eat in light meals, and a mini supermarket. All at reasonable prices. Parking is available on site for shoppers. There are many people who can’t drive in our area and they will now be able to walk, cycle or ride their electric scooters down to the shop once more. This is a great asset to our area for locals and tourists alike. Four 85m square apartments are planned along the back of the property with parking for a car and boat trailer each. These are yet to be built. TOILET AT BERRARA CREEK RESERVE BUILT BY VOLUNTEERS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS  Both locals and visitors to Berrara Creek Reserve will notice that the toilet is “open for business”. It was built by our local tradesman who volunteered their time and labour to make this toilet a reality. Without their assistance, Berrara would still be waiting as long as eight years for the Council to build one. Because of the lack of a toilet at Berrara, the Cudmirrah
Berrara Swanhaven Progress Association approached Council with an offer to
build a toilet using volunteer labour to do so. Council agreed and we were
somewhat surprised when
Tony Anderson & Corey Bain Dave Tarbert thanking Neil Wiggins proprietor of Steve Daly Tree Services Luckily
Steve Daly digging the trenches
First
lot of
plumbing done by Ian Brown and Alan Read Of course, every time one tradesman finished and the next
was to start, it always coincided with that particular persons busiest
time. Koble Hunt from Southern
Skye Bricklaying laid the concrete blocks . April - May 2007 Concrete blocks laid.
Our builder September saw the
toilet completed to lock up stage, thanks to
Our plumbers returned to the job to connect the sewer and ran into a lot of problems. They had Steve Daly come back to dig across the road to connect the pipe and his machine blew a hose, so they then persuaded Dave Kirkwood come out and finish the job.    Pictured L to R Ian Brown directing Dave Kirkwood in the bobcat; Alan Read working inside the toilet; Hole dug by Steve Daley, the pump in place and being refilled by Dave Kirkwood. This is the sort of commitment these volunteers put in on this project and we cannot thank them enough for their assistance. After a few phone calls and some terse emails to Council, explaining the problems that the plumbers were having and pointing out the fact that we said we would build the toilet, not all the extra entailed, Council found some money to finish the last of the work. Every one who uses this toilet should be aware of all these local tradesmen’s efforts. The Progress Association have had brick pavers with the names of all volunteers laid into the cement (courtesy of Peter Dunnett) next to the toilet, as a thank you and recognition of the volunteers commitment to this community project. Thanks fellas from the Progress Association, the local
community and all those who, over probably the next fifty years, that
make a convenience of this toilet.
 On the night of the 16th  
Errol Bond Reserve Cudmirrah
before....................and after opening.
October 2009 Swan Lake is closed as is Berrara Creek and it will take months of rain to open them to the sea again.
HELPING OUR LOCAL CHILDREN GET A BMX TRACK - BICYCLE FACILITY.
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