Tribute
About 300 local firefighters, emergency services personnel, United States and Australian dignitaries and community members attended a memorial service at Peak View on Saturday January 23 to pay their respects and honour the sacrifice of Captain Ian McBeth, First Officer Paul Hudson and Flight Engineer Rick DeMorgan Jr, the three American…
Bombala water issues back to the future
Despite State Government funds being available to solve the problem, the Bombala community has once again been angered by the poor quality of its local water. The issue has reached such a point once again that a public meeting has been called for February 3 to discuss the water…
Chaz turns negative experience into a positive
Making the best out of a bad situation barely describes the bravery of 14-year-old Bombala girl, Charlie Campbell, who has started a fundraising campaign to help protect Australian children against sexual assault. “I am a victim of sexual abuse and this is my way of turning a negative situation into a positive one,” Charlie says simply…
$28,500 from foundation
Recipients of the Snowy Monaro Country Education Foundation gathered at Snowy Vets last Wednesdy to share their experiences. This year the SMCEF has been able to present 16 local students with funds to enable them to pursue a range of tertiary courses. The local Foundation is one of 44…
Regeneration works
Regenerative works at Scottsdale Reserve near Colinton have been continuing and recent works have been undertaken to restore riparian grasses along the Gungoandra Creek.
The Scottsdale Reserve is a property located along the Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment. It is owned…
Local squash players prepare for championships
Despite not being able to hold the event in Cooma as they have in past years, local players are readying for the 2021 South East Regional Squash Championship, which will be held on February 6 and 7 in Bega. After it was announced last year…
Billy Kart Derby is ready to roll
A unique and enjoyable family day on the local calendar of events is fast approaching, with organisers calling for those interested in competing in the Monaro Billy Kart Derby to get building and be ready for the event on Sunday February 28 at the Cooma Showground…
Success on the green
Adaminaby’s women’s bowlers hit an unrivalled stretch of form in local competitions in 2020, with a team of four bowlers now set to travel to Malua Bay at the beginning of next month for the NSW State Championships…
Brumbies visit Jindabyne
The ACT Brumbies players and coaches travelled to Jindabyne recently, with the team completing two training sessions on John Connors Oval, as well as inviting local juniors to the oval for a training session and…
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After more than 30 years of operations, the Berchtold family have sold Action Sports Training (AST) to Snow Australia, with day-to-day management of the centre to transition in time for Term 1 programs.
AST has been in operation since 1988, initially as the Jindabyne Trampoline Club, and has been owned and operated by the Berchtold family since its inception. AST operates community acrobatic programs from the custom-built training facility inside the Gymnasium at the Jindabyne Sport and Recreation Centre.
Under Snow Australia’s management, it is intended to be “business as usual” for the popular community and schools’ programs, which provide training and classes to over 400 local children each week during the busy periods.
Snow Australia is working with the NSW Government to redevelop the precinct into a world class National Snowsports Training Centre and the acrobatic facility is an important component of the vision. Snow Australia CEO Michael Kennedy said the acquisition of AST is an important milestone in Snow Australia’s journey to develop a top-level training venue for all snowsports athletes in Jindabyne. “This is another big step forward towards our vision of creating world-class training facilities and a permanent base for our athletes at elite, development and community levels, where they can train off-snow all year round. Our intention is to build on the legacy that Andrea and Ursula have created with AST and to integrate acrobatic training into our operations in Jindabyne, which is growing every year."
Local Board Director Steve Cooper confirmed a commitment from Snow Australia to continue the work and objectives of the Berchtold family’s 32-year involvement with local athlete development, and community connection and support. “Like many Snowy Mountains families, we too have experienced Ursula and Andrea’s inspiring energy and expertise in creating opportunities for local children at many levels. Snow Australia is committed to maintaining that level of experience for future generations, and we look forward to continuing AST Community support programs such as the annual June Long Weekend Snowsports Sale at the Jindabyne Community Hall,” Cooper said.
Community and local schools’ programs will re-commence as usual in early February, with a drop-in community information and enrolment afternoon planned for Monday 1st February from 3.30pm to 5.00pm at the Gymnasium - Jindabyne Sport and Recreation Centre. In attendance will be the acting Snow AUS AST Coordinator David Parr who also is the Snow AUS Park and Pipe Coordinator and Development Coach, and Snow AUS NSW/ACT/QLD Administration Manager Cathy Lambert.
In addition, a very special fare-well and thank you to Ursula Berchtold will be held on the following Friday 5th February. “We invite current and past AST pupils and parents to drop-in between 4.30 and 6.30pm on Friday 5th February, share some memorable stories from the past 32 years of operation and celebrate with some light refreshments,” Cooper said. “Both Ursula and son Andrea Berchtold will be in attendance, and we look forward to welcoming all with some formal words of thanks and farewell at 6.00pm”.
Work has also commenced on the first stage of the $5 million National Snowsports Training Centre (NSTC) development at Jindabyne Sport and Recreation Centre. Initial construction has begun on the Olympic-size airbag facility, the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere, and other upgrades to the Jindabyne Sport and Recreation Centre will follow. The Centre will serve as the base for Snow Australia’s high-performance programs and already includes office space, accommodation for athletes, a gym and other training facilities.
Snow Australia Chief Executive Officer Michael Kennedy said the commencement of construction works is a great milestone.
“I can confidently say that the airbag will be among the very best in the world and will be highly sought after by athletes from all over the world to come and train in Jindabyne year-round,” Mr Kennedy said.
“The National Snowsports Training Centre will have a profound impact on Australian athletes’ capacity to maintain and enhance their international competitiveness. It will serve as a base for our high-performance programs and will also provide a focal point for pathway programs and the broader winter sport community to come together.”
“I would like to thank NSW Office of Sport, the Deputy Premier John Barilaro for the Government’s ongoing support. We are looking forward to working with NSW Office of Sport, NSWIS and the local community to maximise this special opportunity,” he said.
NSW Deputy Premier and Member for Monaro John Barilaro said the National Snowsports Training Centre would be a world-class airbag training facility that will attract winter sports athletes from around the world.
“Seeing excavators and earth works at the site is an exciting development in a project which will have many benefits for our region, not just from a sporting perspective but also economically through jobs, investment and tourism,” Mr Barilaro said.
“The centre will be open all-year-round, enabling Australia’s leading winter sports athletes to be at their peak at all times.”
Acting Minister for Sport Geoff Lee said the NSW Government is committed to improving the quality and quantity of sports infrastructure in regional NSW.
“The dry slope at the National Snowsports Training Centre is going to give Australia’s best athletes the chance to train in their own backyard 365 days a year,” Mr Lee said.
Pictured, (Left to Right) – Steve Cooper, Ursula Berchtold, Cathy Lambert (Snow AUS), Nicole Parks (Winter Olympian), Bobbi Kelly (Winter Olympian).
About 300 local firefighters, emergency services personnel, United States and Australian dignitaries and community members attended a memorial service at Peak View on Saturday January 23 to pay their respects and honour the sacrifice of Captain Ian McBeth, First Officer Paul Hudson and Flight Engineer Rick DeMorgan Jr, the three American airmen who perished in the crash of the C-130 Hercules water ‘Bomber 134’ while fighting the Good Good Fire on January 23, 2020....
** A photo album from the memorial service will be posted later today **
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A memorial service was held at Peak View to pay tribute to Captain Ian McBeth, First Officer Paul Hudson and Flight Engineer Rick DeMorgan Jr who died when their C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while protecting our community.
We will always remember their sacrifice.
Ellen Hopkins
Good on you Ernie, well done. A mark of great respect and gratitude for these blokes that gave their all. Lest we forget the men of bomber 134.
The peom was perfectly executed and captures the story of the three hero's ensuring that they live on forever. Well done Ernie.
Beautiful poem to the US airmen mate, may they rest in peace.🙏
Wow, absolutely wonderful words Ernie - thank you
❤️❤️❤️ Ernie you are a man with a lot of talent.
Lovely verse Ernie,hope the families receive a copy
Well said Ernie, thank you xx
Do hope that can be shared to the family of each
Well done so sad
🤩. Well done Ernie 💚
Thankyou Ernie Constance,beautiful
Just beautiful
After a challenging year, the Cooma Stallions, Bombala Blue Heelers and Snowy River Bears have been given a reason to smile.
Member for Monaro John Barilaro and local MLC Bronnie Taylor last Friday met with representatives from the clubs to announce $12,000 in funding to ensure the sporting groups can continue to operate.
“Last summer’s bushfires coupled with the impacts of COVID-19 put significant pressure on our economy, affecting local businesses and resulting in a downturn in employment” Mr Barilaro said...
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Young Cooma basketballer Skye Adams is enjoying a well-earned break from a busy summer of training and games, as she rubbed shoulders with the best country and city basketballers in her age group as part of the D-League and Sand Slam tournaments, played in Sydney across November, December and early January.
These competitions are direct pathways within Basketball NSW to identify talented young players, Skye’s versatility on the court stood out to her coaches in both tournaments...
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Awesome job skye welcome home 🤩
Well done Skye
Congratulations Skye
Cooma Swim Centre will soon be fitted out with a defibrillator thanks to a joint funding agreement between the NSW Government and Snowy Monaro Regional Council.
It comes after the community led a push for funding, with the state and local government answering their calls.
Member for Monaro John Barilaro said the funding will help save lives.
“Nobody ever wants to be in a situation where they need to use a defibrillator, particularly when they’re having fun with family and friends at their local pool,” Mr Barilaro said.
“But this defibrillator will help put many people’s minds at ease. Just knowing that this life-saving equipment is on hand will mean we don’t have to worry about the worst case scenario...
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Great initiative and something that should be extended to all pools in the council area.
Wonderful for Cooma Pool but how is it that in this day and age, every public pool is not required to have a defib? Also does that mean our other pools such as Berridale do not have one - its not like there is a local shopping centre close by with one!
Defibrillators are not that expensive to purchase and every Council pool should have one supplied by Council.
While North Sydney pool gets $9 million from the regional development fund. Oh the NSW government is so generous
Hope there fully qualified in there use and they should have an Oxy Viva also as standard equipment
What about charges for a baby to enter the pool being abolished disgusting that you charge the same as a 15yr old.
And what about the year round opening of the pool we've been waiting 2 years for???
What happened to the pool? is supposed to be for the community but looks like its been made into someone's private training pool.
Check your fingers
Stirring up thoughts of last year’s bushfires, over 100 hectares of private pine plantation were burnt out in the Mila area near Bombala last Wednesday January 13.
The Rural Fire Service was alerted to the blaze at around 1.20pm on the Wednesday, and thanks to a cooperative effort from several agencies, the fire was contained by 8.30pm that evening.
While there has been no formal determination yet, the Monaro RFS said the fire appeared to have been ignited by machinery...
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N.S.W Foresty corporation was a big part of the fire fighting efforts
Steve Creelman of Jindabyne was pleased to visit High Country Automotive in Cooma on Wednesday January 14 to pick up his prize as the lucky winner of a brand new CForce 400 EPS ATV quad-bike valued at $8000.
Brought about as a collaboration between High Country Automotive and Monaro Motorcycles, the competition allowed anyone who purchased a new or used vehicle from High Country Auto over the months of October, November and December 2020 to go in the running to win the top-of-the-range ATV...
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The Victorian Government has updated its border travel permit system to mandate permits for anyone travelling into Victoria.
However, those in the NSW/VIC border community - of which the Snowy Monaro and Snowy Valleys LGAs are included - can travel to greater Victoria as of January 18 without needing to get tested.
From 5:59pm on January 11, you will need to apply for a permit to enter Victoria from anywhere in Australia. The permit system is based on a traffic light system which allows for areas across Australia to be designated as green, orange or red according to their corona-virus (COVID-19) risk...
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Monique Chalmers
This Saturday marks the anniverary the death of three American air crew who were killed in an air tanker crash at Peak View last January.
Pilot-in-Command Ian McBeth, First Officer Paul Hudson and Flight Engineer Rick DeMorgan Jnr perished when their Hercules C130 crashed while fighting the Good Good fire at Peak View on January 23, 2020...
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A man has died after a single-vehicle quad bike crash near Bega on the South Coast last Saturday.
About 10.30am, emergency services were called to Sheehans Road at Candelo, near the intersection of Towidgee Lane, after reports a quad bike had lost control and left the road before rolling several times, ejecting the rider.
Members of the public went to the rider’s aid until the arrival of NSW Ambulance paramedics; however, the 57-year-old man died at the scene.
Officers from South Coast Police District established a crime scene and a report will be prepared for the Coroner...
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Elyse Broz
The Cooma community will soon have access to an inclusive pathway through Norris Park thanks to the volunteers of the Cooma Lions Club.
In addition to providing the funding, Cooma Lions Club members are dedicating their time and resources to complete the construction which commenced on Monday and will continue for a number of weeks...
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Great work guys and girls 😃
Good on you Ben. 👍👍
Love The Monaro Post team 🥳🥳.
Happy birthday girl’s have a wonderful day xoxo 💖💖🎉🧁🎉
Happy Birthday ladies 😊
Happy Birthday girls!!
HaPpY BDAYS!! 🤗🎉
Very happy birthday 🥳 Jen 🎂🎂🎂🥂cake to share
Jen happy belated birthday I missed it xxxx so sorry although you look not a day over 25 xxxxxxxxxxxxzxxx
Happy Birthday! 🎉🎁🎈
Many more to come ✊💐💐💐💐
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Rhythm Cricket Club seamer Harry Sidhu has enjoyed the best first half of a Monaro cricket season in recent memory, with his teammates hoping there will be more to come when senior cricket resumes this weekend.
Harry has taken 21 wickets in his first seven matches, conceding less than five runs per wicket and on average taking a wicket in every 15 balls.
His figures of 7-16 against Bombala in round 6 were a personal best for him and the best locally since Dalgety’s Simon Freebody took 7-13 in the 2013/14 season. He has backed up this performance with figures...
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Wonderful Well done HARRY
Well done Harry 👍
Yay Harry x
Simon Freebody was that under 14s 🤣🤣🤣😎
Harry Sidhu 😁
Yep!!
Nerryl James Freebody Lyons
David Watson Harry
The Royal Tennis Club’s Centenary Doubles Day was held last Saturday, with players from around the region enjoying terrific weather and tennis throughout the day.
The event was won by Bredbo father-son duo Tom and Patrick Connolly, as they beat Justin Locker and Lachy Fraser by 5-3 in the best of eight games format played on the day.
Each of these teams won Cooma gift cards or dinner vouchers at the Alpine Hotel, the major sponsors of the event...
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They had a great day catching up with the tennis mob😊
congrats Tom and Patrick Sally Connolly 🙂
That’s a cake!
While there are still thousands of dollars worth of prizes to be won across the region in the Snowy Trout Challenge, the second of two major cash prize tagged trout has been caught by Albury based angler Dirk Colville in late November 2020, officially accepting his $4,500 cash prize last Friday 8 January.
Dirk was visiting the region with his local fishing club in Albury and was trolling at Lake Jindabyne when he hooked the prized trout. Targeting specific sized fish, Dirk almost threw back the prize fish, but in the end decided to take it home.
“I had no...
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Crews are working to control a bush fire burning near Platts Rd, Mila approximately 10km south of Bombala. The fire is moving in a south easterly direction under north west winds. There is currently no immediate threat to property. Please only report new fires to Triple Zero (000).
Fingers crossed they get on top of it quick ❤️
Shirley Hampshire Towan
Sophie Campbell stay safe xoxo
Anthony Brown
Christopher Mckechnie....not near yours?
Thomas McCluskey 😢
Cody Gould 😊👍
Motocross is booming just about everywhere across the country at the moment, and in Bombala, riders and their families are working hard to resurrect a track that hasn’t seen action for years.
The Bombala Motocross Club has become a sub-branch of the Australian Motorcyclist Association (AMA) to ensure the future of the project, with the AMA excited to be a part of reviving motocross in the district.
The track itself was built just 15km out of Bombala by a keen group of riders in 2009, with the sub-branch’s president, John Paynter being a part of that original group.
“We thought...
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Isn't that destroying the ENVIRONMENT. What about the Grasshoppers that live there.
Colin Stubbs
Andrew Freeburn
Anthony Brown
Matthew Rootsey
Marco Giuliani
Brock Harrison
Aaron Dibley
Corey Grant
Josh Bill Alex this will be good
Get your machines out there Douglas Graham
Dane Lomas
Chris Norris Shaun Norris
Sam Smith
Clint Farrugia
Troy Smith
Kye Lomas
Elyse Broz
Marc Robert YEAH
Yew John Slack Paynter & Julie-anne Paynter 👍
Build it and they will come 🤞👍👏
Young people eager to make a positive contribution in their community are being encouraged to apply for the 2021 Snowy Monaro Youth Council.
Nominations have been extended until Sunday 17 January to allow more young people in the region to put their names forward and potentially become a Snowy Monaro Youth Councillor.
Applications are open for young people aged 12 to 24 who live, work or study in the Snowy Monaro region. The Youth Council advocates for the needs of young people and provides a platform where this important age demographic can participate in community decision making.
Snowy Monaro Regional...
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Giovanni is hardly 'youth'.
Ash Steinke
Work has begun on restoring the Bombala Bicentennial Park site where initial earthworks took place for the construction of a new sewage pump station.
The community was outraged when eight established trees were removed from the park in October without consultation, making way for the new sewage pump station.
Following heavy input from the public and local meetings at the site, the Snowy Monaro Regional Council...
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At around 1pm on Monday January 11, a vehicle towing a caravan up the Brown Mountain along the Snowy Mountains Highway spontaneously caught fire, forcing the vehicle to a stop right on the elbow of the road near the Fred Piper Memorial lookout.
Rural Fire Service (RFS) Crews from Bemboka, Numbugga and Nimmitabel responded to the incident and arrived to find the vehicle fully alight. The caravan was separated from the vehicle and the blaze extinguished. Fire had also burnt into the adjacent bush but thanks to favourable conditions and quick responsiveness from the RFS personnel, the fire was contained...
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I know this family they did everything right un hitched van thanks to a person in the ute behind them No lives lost most important and the Land Rover never gave any indication it was loosing Power 😢 they apologise for any inconvenience good people great family
Sarah Giorgiutti - glad you're getting your brakes checked....xx
Gregory Butler this was the fire on brown mountain you were telling me about.
Brooke Amos
Bryce Watts
Amanda Lynn lucky we left earlier!
Naomi Hilborn
Tim Bligh
The Victorian Government has updated its border travel permit system to mandate permits for anyone and everyone travelling into Victoria. However, those in the NSW/VIC border community - of which the Snowy Monaro and Snowy Valleys LGAs are included - can travel within the border community without a permit, so long as you have not been outside the border community in the past 14 days.
From 5:59pm on 11 January, you will need to apply for a permit to enter Victoria from anywhere in Australia. The permit system is based on a traffic light system which allows for areas across Australia to be designated as green, orange or red according to their coronavirus (COVID-19) risk.
Those in both green and orange zones will need to apply for a permit, while those in red zones will not be allowed into Victoria without an exemption. Current ‘red-zones’ include the greater Sydney and Greater Brisbane areas, while the entirety of NSW has been listed as an orange zone.
NSW/VIC border communities will continue to have exceptions and will be able to use local residence identification to cross the border, so long as they have not left the border community within the last 14 days.
During the permit application, along with where you have been, you will also be asked about whether you have symptoms, whether you have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or are a close contact of someone who has or whether you have visited particular high-risk locations.
To apply for a Victorian border permit, visit www.service.vic.gov.au/services/border-permit/home. To stay updated on the evolving Victorian border permit situation, visit www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/victorian-travel-permit-system
Do you have to get a negative test hopefully within 72 hours? And isolate? As in arrive to an address and literally don’t leave that address until you get your negative results back?🤔👍
Looks like a take over of NSW territory.
Graham Barnett
Brearna Smith
Dean Wassink when we going back to the gatta? 🤙🏼😎🍻🎣
Lynette Cole you might be in bubble still
Laura Handforth you can visit meeee
Chris Borthwick-Higgs I think we need a permit for the wedding
Jenna Lightburn
Kelsie Moore
Kristy Kearse
Ben 🤔
Can border community’s travel all over Victoria?????
Snowy 2.0 works are progressing very well, with 850 people now working on the project, including about 150 from the Snowy Monaro region.
“We have safely and successfully delivered all 125 cargo loads of our first tunnel boring machine (TBM) to the Lobs Hole construction site. We are making great progress on the assembly of the TBM and are due to start tunnelling the main access tunnel portal at Lobs Hole shortly,” a Snowy Hydro spokesperson said.
The spokesperson also said they have delivered key parts of the second TBM to fast-track construction of it. Deliveries of oversized TBM cargo...
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I know a few local young men, fit & healthy and hard workers who applied and didn’t get a look in. Just saying
Its takes a special skill set to work on these projects, most have years of experience, skills, knowledge and training doing this type of work and need to be sourced from around the world...sure the company employed everyone who fitted into there respective job roles from locals...and 150 plus all the outsourced employed like fuel trucks, woolworths, banks even place you dont think of like the chemist or shoe shop etc all play there part in this project for the entire time its being built...thats millions back into small towns like Cooma
Camp looks a lot flasher than the old days..
All the locals are angry because only 150 got a job out of 6742 people and maybe if they wanted to work and put the bong down they would of got a job but the dole sound easier 😉
What a mess why employ only 150 locals where do the rest come from?
Any pics of what's happening at the Tantangara end?
Mark George
Glen Nelson
Charlie Allen Rebecca Burke
Eliza Parrott
Australia Day is an important occasion in Bombala, and this year the Australia Day Celebration Committee is very pleased to welcome 2021 Australia Day Ambassador, HY William Chan.
A highly acclaimed architect and social innovator, William will be giving a fascinating Australia Day address on January 23 at the Bombala event.
Born in Hong Kong in the same year as the Tiananmen Square massacre, HY William Chan was just an infant when his Chinese family fled to Australia as political migrants. Today, the young Australian architect is not only building inclusive cities, but also building the capacity of marginalised communities...
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You don’t get much more unique than this for Australia Day! Bombala has embraced eel fishing as part of the its Australia Day Celebrations for the past couple of years, and the popularity of the competition has only grown.
And it’s not just about eels. The Local Freshwater Fish and Eel Fishing Competition kicks off on January 4, running right through the lead up to January 23, when Bombala celebrates Australia Day for 2021.
There are four classes to enter, with the Longest Eel, the Heaviest Eel, the Heaviest Redfin/Perch and Heaviest Trout all being contested.
From January 4, anglers of all ages are encouraged to bring in their biggest catches to be weighed and measured by Dave at the Bombala Newsagency from 12noon each day.
That gives you three weeks to catch the big one! And it’s only $2 per person per weigh in..
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