What's new at Nelligen?: November 2014

Friday, November 7, 2014

Benny's Store is Benny's no more

Chupa Chups, DUREX, and Panadol all on display alongside each other - isn't that stretching it a bit? (pardon the pun)

Benny has sold his store! We shall all miss his innovative merchandising of placing DUREX right after Chuppa Chups and before Panadol. At least he's got the chronology right!

And he shall no doubt be pleased to never have his magnanimity tested again by customers quoting "Blue fish blowing bubbles" which, according to his website, entitled them to a free Coke.

Quote the phrase;
"Blue fish blowing bubbles", when you place any takeaway order over $4, to receive a free can of Coke!

I tried it once and was nearly handed over to the authorities for verbal shoplifting ☺

Greetings from Nelligen

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This occasional blog tells you a little about Nelligen, a tiny town on the banks of the Clyde River just 8 km as the crow flies from Batemans Bay
(in fact, it's so tiny we don't have a town drunk so we all take turns).

Most travellers speed across the modern bridge that spans the Clyde River and fifteen minutes later reach Batemans Bay. Before 1964 they would have joined the long queue of vehicles waiting to be ferried across on the punt. 30,000 vehicles used the punts at Nelligen in 1963, the year before the bridge opened.

But a lot has changed at Nelligen. In its heydays Nelligen was a busy seaport and coastal town. The village was laid out in 1854 when the Illawarra Steam Navigation Co (ISN) began operating here.

Nelligen became a depot for supplies brought down the coast from Sydney and up the Clyde River by the ISN. From here they were transported mostly to Braidwood and the neighbouring goldfields.

By 1860 fine hundred horses and nearly as many bullocks were carrying the trade between Nelligen and Braidwood. By that time the village boasted four public houses, two stores, two blacksmiths, a baker and a watchhouse manned by two policemen.

Today Nelligen is a quiet little backwater, but still fulfilling the role of a rest stop for the traveller as it has done since the "road" via the Clyde Mountain was opened in 1856.

It is a picturesque little town, nestled as it is on the banks of the slow-flowing Clyde River. Nelligen has an air of history and old-time charm about it, remaining untainted by the progressive developments down the road at Batemans Bay.

Click here for an early-morning view of Nelligen and the Clyde

Visit the Nelligen Yacht Club

Nelligen Community Notice Board

Nelligen Progress Association

Bygone Days of Nelligen & Batemans Bay

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Benny's Store is Benny's no more

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