I’ve noticed there is definitely something new that’s come about because of the COVID crisis; something I’ll call Mask Speak. It’s that mumbling thing that everyone has going on at the moment because regardless of how clearly we may be speaking, the person we may be speaking to doesn’t always catch what we’re saying.

Editor, This letter follows Post articles, “We’re all in this together” dated 06/05/20, “A right of reply” published 27/05/20, and “Cuts and bruises” printed 09/06/21. During ABC South-East Radio’s 03/09/19 interview with Simon Lauder, he referred to, “a new IT system and I guess there was an issue with the contract at one stage and having to start from scratch there”.

Editor, I notice Ms Goldie had an article in The Monaro Post on the 14th July titled – Climate and Energy. 

When my children were young, our family drove from Vancouver in Canada down the west coast of the US to San Francisco. 

So, some more inconsiderate visitors have been bundled off back to Sydney after ignoring lock-down laws currently in place.

I’m guessing a few of us have experienced having a Backseat Driver in the car from time to time, and they are not always your mother. They don’t always sit in the backseat either.

Editor,  After reading the article in The Monaro Post on July 7 titled, ‘Selling out Safe Ageing’ I was angered and felt compelled to speak out about the decision by Snowy Monaro Regional Council  to sell off Yallambee Lodge and Snowy River Hostel. 

Editor, On a recent bush walk I came across the area where the infamous Badja Forest fire had started in December 2019, racing within hours all the way to Cobargo and leaving a trail of death and utter destruction behind.