tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81452063689871727822024-03-14T03:35:52.909+11:00 What's new at Nelligen?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-52229772150362835032022-08-04T09:08:00.001+10:002022-08-04T09:09:15.046+10:00Free coffees for the rest of your life<P>
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Own a piece of Nelligen's history and Nelligen's future! A unique picture postcard opportunity on the banks of the picturesque Clyde River. The freehold block has two buildings: a commercial café and a 3-bedroom residence.
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It's been eight years since Benny last sold it for $710,000, and we still miss his innovative merchandising of placing DUREX right after Chuppa Chups and before Panadol. At least he's got the chronology right!
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Benny Housiaux had bought the old store in 1998 for $200,000, and constantly had his magnanimity tested by customers quoting "Blue fish blowing bubbles" which, according to <A HREF="http://www.morning.com.au/bennys/welcome.html" target="_blog">his website</A>, entitled them to a free Coke (I tried it once and was nearly handcuffed and handed over to the authorities for verbal shoplifting ☺).
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He tried to sell it again in 2009 but no luck. Then, in April 2010, it burnt down and, with a bit of help from the insurers, a new store arose from the ashes which Benny then tried to sell for over $800,000. He had to wait three years before he found a buyer in October 2014 at $710,000.
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<FONT FACE="arial">Quote the phrase;<BR> <B><I>"Blue fish blowing bubbles"</I></B>, when you place any takeaway order over $4, to receive a free can of Coke!</FONT></CENTER>
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Interested? Click <A HREF="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-nelligen-140026227" target="_blog">here</A> and quote "Blue fish blowing bubbles" and you might get yourself a bargain and free coffees for the rest of your life!
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<P>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-37197641361705706712021-12-22T16:23:00.001+11:002021-12-22T16:23:13.136+11:00A very Merry Christmas from all of us to all of you!<P>
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<P>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-42413263531166566182021-07-28T16:47:00.011+10:002021-07-28T16:48:23.555+10:00Some old photos ...<P>
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... courtesy of the <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/groups/718690848953720/" target="_blog">By-gone days of Nelligen & Batemans Bay</A> facebook page.
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-82631447326855105592021-07-15T16:27:00.005+10:002021-07-15T20:38:33.889+10:00A piece of Nelligen's history is up for sale<P>
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The Old Steam Packet, a piece of Nelligen's history almost as old as Nelligen itself, is up for sale. It hasn't been a pub for many a decade during which time it was used, on and off, as a private residence, and last sold when old Benny was still running his old-fashioned Fish 'n' Chips next door.
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The FOR SALE ad reads:
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Built in 1905 and originally operating as a cheese factory, The Old Steampacket Hotel is one of the South Coast's most iconic historic buildings.
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Located on 5,500sqm (1.3 acres) and directly across from the pristine Clyde River, famous for its Sydney rock oysters, fishing and water sports.
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Nelligen Village is located 2 hours from Canberra or 3.5 hours from Sydney, this quaint, picturesque village steeped in history offers a relaxed, laid back lifestyle.
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The property is for sale by tender, private inspections only, building report available upon request.
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Close of tender August 15th 2021.</B>
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I'm storing the photos from the FOR SALE ad here for their historic significance as much as for the fact that I've never seen the inside of the place and some of the photos show the state of progress of the new bridge being built and two show the downriver location of "Riverbend".
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If you do want to lodge your tender, click <A HREF="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-nelligen-136793670" target="_blog">here</A>.
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P.S. The above property last sold in March 2001 for $300,000. <!--- https://www.realestate.com.au/property/7-wharf-st-nelligen-nsw-2536 --->Past sales figures for the adjoining properties are as follows: <A HREF="https://www.realestate.com.au/property/1-wharf-st-nelligen-nsw-2536" target="_blog8">1 Wharf Street</A> (Benny's old Fish 'n' Chip shop and now the River Cafe) last sold in October 2014 for $710,000; <A HREF="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-nelligen-133687422" target="_blog6">11 Wharf Street</A> (the double-storey brickhouse to the left) sold as recently as July 2020 for $800,000.
<P> <P>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-55213513299480852272021-05-13T08:03:00.009+10:002021-05-13T12:20:08.251+10:00Nelligen's new water supply and sewerage system<P>
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Things may still be a bit crook at the Top End of the country, but here in little Nelligen we'll soon have our very own new you-beaut water supply and sewerage system which, according to the Council's own <A HREF="https://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/council/major-projects/current-projects/roads-and-bridges/nelligen-water-supply-and-sewerage-scheme" target="_blog">website</A>, will be linked to existing water and sewer infrastructure in Batemans Bay and be fully operational by 2022/23.
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Not everyone is looking forward to a reticulated potable water supply. I mean, what could be more potable than beautiful, clean rainwater free of chemicals and pollution due to breaks in the pipes?
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As for the pressurised sewerage system, a pump unit will be installed below ground on each property to collect and pump sewage to the street mains. In case of power failure, the system is supposed to allow for approximately 24 hours of storage. After that, we simply hold our collective breath, I guess! Or have fewer curry dinners!
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The existing septic tanks, which have been working without fail for as long as Nelligen has existed, will be replaced by this new system to <I>"reduce the risk of harm to the environment and public health"</I>.
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What about the risk of harm to the environment and public health by the scores of privately-owned houseboats on the river? From here I can see half-a-dozen moored upriver. They never seem to move from one year to the next, and yet are lived on during weekends and holidays by scores of people, none of whom I have ever observed carrying away with them little porta-potties as they return to the city.
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Maybe they do it differently; maybe they do it by some sort of osmosis (I don't even know what the word really means but it sounds good; almost as good as Council's promise that <I>"odours from the new sewerage station will be minimised thanks to an odour control system"</I>). Or maybe they just have fewer curry dinners!
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-18735492276104230242021-03-10T18:17:00.006+11:002021-03-22T18:20:13.479+11:00Those chaps at ELDERS take better shots than I do<P>
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If you have ever wondered where we go for our (sometimes not so) brisk morning walk, wonder no more! Thanks to a recent real estate advertisement launched on the internet by <font face="w3-cursive"><mark> <B>Elders</B> </mark></FONT> - see <A HREF="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-nelligen-126075422" target="_blog1">here</A> - you can trace our walk across the bridge (left to right) ...
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... and past the jetty which is popular with anglers at any time of the day (or night), but which at this early hour is still awaiting the arrival of the daily lunchtime tourist launch from Batemans Bay, <A HREF="https://www.visitnsw.com/things-to-do/tours/merinda-cruises" target="_blog8">MV Merinda</A> ...
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... and also past the River Cafe which tempts us with a big mug of hot chocolate but which we know we wouldn't leave again for under an hour if we sat down as the view from the front porch is s o o o relaxing ...
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... through the boat trailer park at the far end of Wharf Street which is very popular with Canberrans who come down the coast with their boats to spend whole days and nights on the river, fishing, drinking, or both ...
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... and past the house which was last sold in August 2017 for $400,000, and which <font face="w3-cursive"><mark> <B>Elders</B> </mark></FONT> will auction off next month because no-one knows what people are willing to pay in this crazily overheated market ...
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... leaving the tennis court behind us to struggle up Currowan Street where Richard lives who usually does two, and often three, laps 'round the village - anti-clockwise against our clockwise - while he waits for the travel restrictions to be lifted so he can jet off to Thailand again ...
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... then along Runnyford Road, maybe stopping at "Tugboat" Tom's house to discuss the merits of shopping at ALDI, then turning right BEFORE the cemetery - they can <I>carry</I> me up there when the time comes! - heading down Reid Street where we might call in at Elaine and Neal's place to buy a dozen fresh eggs or a pot of honey or just talk to their horse ...
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... and back onto Braidwood Street, past what used to be the Catholic Church and is now a <A HREF="https://athomeatriverbend.blogspot.com/2013/10/we-went-to-church-last-sunday.html" target="_blog7">private residence</A>, and what used to be the Court House and is now the <A HREF="http://athomeatriverbend.blogspot.com/2016/07/sunday-morning-at-nelligen.html" target="_blog6">Anglican Church</A>, and what used to be the local Watchhouse and is now also a <A HREF="https://athomeatriverbend.blogspot.com/2018/03/why-would-they-want-to-sell.html" target="_blog4">private residence</A>, before crossing the old bridge again which will soon be replaced by a new bridge - click <A HREF="https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/01documents/nelligen-bridge/nelligen-bridge-replacement-march-2021.pdf" target="_blog2">here</A>.
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Rather thoughtlessly, <font face="w3-cursive"><mark> <B>Elders</B> </mark></FONT> didn't take photos of all the streets - nor the people - I have mentioned in this blog. Must have a word with them!
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We're back at "Riverbend"! I've switched on the computer to look at the sharemarket. It's a sea of red across the screen which once again proves what goes up must come down! I cracked a COKE to steady my nerves and, absentmindedly, poured it into my half-finished cup of lemon-and-ginger tea. It tastes absolutely awful but I might as well drink it as the current state of the market doesn't allow me to waste it! Cheers! 😜
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On a beautifully sunny day in a wonderful send-off a lovely lady, Nelligen's oldest resident, Rita Butcher, was laid to rest today.
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John Butcher's eulogy summed up what has been a life well lived. Indeed, it was so memorable that it ought not to be forgotten, and I am hoping to obtain a copy and permission to publish it here.
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And when it does, I know I'm in for a treat: a real letter. Not an email, not a rapid-fire, typed-with-one-thumb-on-a-tiny-keyboard communication, but a real letter, thoughtfully written by someone who had something worthwhile to communicate and took the trouble to shape it into words of more than one syllable.
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Our modern-day culture streamlines our interactions with each other into bite-sized encounters. But we trim the beauty when we cut the fat. The case for writing old-fashioned letters is the case for slowing down. For doing a thing deliberately and allowing space for thoughtfulness to bloom. The practice makes us intentional because it requires a little more of us, even if the note we’re writing is only a short one.
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A letter always arrives from the past. There is a waiting – a forced patience – built into the art of letter-writing. We wait for a letter to arrive. We wait for a reply. In the time it takes for the letter to reach its destination, anything can happen: births, deaths, and marriages.
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There’s nothing nicer than opening the mailbox and seeing something friendly, something that’s not a bill or trying to sell you something. Think about being on the receiving end of a handwritten letter, actually opening the envelope, looking at the stamp, feeling the paper and seeing the written word — it's everything. Doesn’t it make you feel a bit special? Someone took the time to write to you. They value you. You can give that gift to others, too, because here's something I've noticed: people really do like having something to hold. Hold onto that thought!
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-32388319944416207772020-10-25T13:54:00.000+11:002020-10-26T18:49:08.933+11:00For sale Waterfront Property on the Clyde River at Nelligen<P><P><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7VGBbY7NiR7CFWoki1YKJkkHKjgY8o5sxsvXeUnfAG-BRTnet7zubHv4odT9-rZmADD2YuJqhzARfffx33k0KiDeKugMTVA4XPpgPqrj1nPPYRtYHIXJKEciQPs_yGqxvMre4Ep42WxX/s1600/dearall425.jpg" target="_blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7VGBbY7NiR7CFWoki1YKJkkHKjgY8o5sxsvXeUnfAG-BRTnet7zubHv4odT9-rZmADD2YuJqhzARfffx33k0KiDeKugMTVA4XPpgPqrj1nPPYRtYHIXJKEciQPs_yGqxvMre4Ep42WxX/s400/dearall425.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704838805597763586" /></a><CENTER>You have to live somewhere - it may as well be Paradise!</CENTER>
Here's a bit of an advertisement on my own behalf: the sale of our 7-acre-plus property "Riverbend" with almost 400 metres of absolute waterfront near Batemans Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales. For more information go to <A HREF="http://www.nelligennet.com/index.html" target="_blog">www.nelligennet.com</A>.
It's the sort of property that is usually passed down the family as there are only a few like it on the Clyde River. I have been here for 18 years and for me it's time to move on - regrettably! - as we plan to live for part of the year in Kalimantan (Borneo) in Indonesia which makes it near-impossible to also maintain such a large property this far south.
The price - for those who can afford it - is very realistic as nearby unimproved waterfront blocks just 1500 square metres in size and with as little as 19 metres of waterfront have recently sold for $750,000. By contrast, "Riverbend" consists of eight titles, comprising approx. 29,200 square metres (see <A HREF="http://nelligennet.com/forsalerbmap.html" target="_blog">map</A>), is on sale for $2 million, lock, stock and barrel. For those who feel a little financially challenged, I can offer very substantial vendor's finance on below-bank finance terms.
If you're interested, contact me by email to
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Jerome K. Jerome's hilarious story of what is probably the worst holiday in literature has an air of delightful nostalgia and is still laugh-aloud funny more than a hundred years after it what first published with this preface:
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And yet, it is full of wisdom as well,
<I>"... <!---I call that downright wisdom,---> not merely as regards the present case, but with reference to our trip up the river of life generally. How many people, on that voyage, load up the boat till it is in danger of swamping with a store of foolish things which they think essential to the pleasure and comfort of the trip, but which are really only useless lumber.
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How they pile the poor little craft mast-high with fine clothes and big houses; with useless servants, and a host of swell friends that do not care twopence for them, and that they do not care three ha'pence for; with expensive entertainments that nobody enjoys, with formalities and fashions, with pretence and ostentation, and with - oh, heaviest, maddest lumber of all! - the dread of what will my neighbour think, with luxuries that only cloy, with pleasures that bore, with empty show that, like the criminal's iron crown of yore, makes to bleed and swoon the aching head that wears it!
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It is lumber, man - all lumber! Throw it overboard. It makes the boat so heavy to pull, you nearly faint at the oars. It makes it so cumbersome and dangerous to manage, you never know a moment's freedom from anxiety and care, never gain a moment's rest for dreamy laziness - no time to watch the windy shadows skimming lightly o'er the shallows, or the glittering sunbeams flitting in and out among the ripples, or the great trees by the margin looking down at their own image, or the woods all green and golden, or the lilies white and yellow, or the sombre-waving rushes, or the sedges, or the orchis, or the forget-me-nots.
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Throw the lumber over, man! Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.
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You will find the boat easier to pull then, and it will not be so liable to upset, and it will not matter so much if it does upset; good, plain merchandise will stand water. You will have time to think as well as to work ..."</I>
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There is so much insight packed into this little book - useful information indeed, to say nothing of the dog! - that you almost regret having come to their final toast, <I>"Here's to Three Men well out of a Boat!"</I>
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But that's a whole 184 pages later, so sit back and enjoy! (or listen <A HREF="https://archive.org/details/threemeninaboatbyjeromek.jerome/1.mp3" target="_blog9">here</A> to the audiobook)
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If you like oysters you're not alone: Egyptians and Assyrians knew that these molluses were delicious; the Greeks and Romans thought they were an aphrodisiac.
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I don't like them - in fact, I've never tasted one, even though they grow in profusion on our own jetty -, maybe because at my age I no longer need an aphrodisiac, or maybe because the oyster has a sex change and can be first a male and then a female and back again.
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But the movie "Oyster Farmer" is not <I>about</I> oysters but a rollicking good yarn <I>with</I> oysters, set on the Hawkesbury River near Sydney.
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Of course, here at Nelligen we have much better oysters and a much better river but that's an argument for another day.
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<!---The Sydney Rock Oyster has thrived in the waterways of New South Wales for thousands of years. Its original consumers were the Aboriginal People of now ‘New South Wales’. The nutrient rich meat of the Sydney Rock Oyster meant that it provided much of the vitamins and nutrients required in a healthy daily diet. In addition to being the Sydney Rock Oyster’s original consumers the Aboriginal People pioneered many techniques now widely adopted by the aquaculture industry creating a sustainable food and an almost unlimited source of sustenance.
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When the First Fleet arrived in 1788 many of the crew were malnourished and in poor health. Diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia and whooping cough were common and a lack nutritious food meant many had immune systems not equipped to defend against illness. The Sydney Rock Oyster became a saviour of sorts, providing many of the essential nutrients critical to strengthening the human immune response and helping the crew fight off potentially fatal diseases.
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Thomas Holt was the true father of scientific oyster cultivation in Australia. Holt’s interests encompassed almost every facet of colonial life, including politics, law, industry, finance and agriculture. By 1865, the Sydney Rock Oyster had widely been plundered as a natural resource. Holt was fundamental to the establishment of Australia’s first oyster cultivation beds at Weeney Bay (now known as Botany Bay in Sydney, NSW). Holt’s bold move laid the foundation for the future of Australian oyster aquaculture. In 1876, Holt was appointed as Chairman of a Royal Commission into Oyster Culture, which in 1880 resulted in Parliament passing laws to enable the formation of Oyster Leases as we know them today, ensuring the survival of the native Sydney Rock Oyster.
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-82111866233914828122020-08-07T11:58:00.001+10:002020-08-07T11:59:11.612+10:00The Nelligen Progress Association's tourist-y brochure<P>
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And here's your link to the <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/Nelligen-Progress-Association-880834685372792/" target="_blog5">Nelligen Progress Association</A>.
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-32007471027613017352020-08-04T14:24:00.001+10:002020-08-05T11:27:55.275+10:00From the archives<P>
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The "Clyde Princess" has long since met a rather undignified demise on the shores of the now defunct <A HREF="https://web.archive.org/web/20060117001551/http://www.sunlitwaters.com.au/" target="_blog">Sunlit Waters Leisure Retreat</A>, but its memory lives on in these old photographs.
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To quote from their <A HREF="https://web.archive.org/web/20060820073903/http://www.sunlitwaters.com.au/cp_b.htm" target="_blog">old website</A>: <I>"The Clyde Princess is a modern, well equipped vessel specially designed for maximum passenger convenience. She has a flush deck design for easy boarding of passengers without steps or ladders. She offers excellent viewing from all deck areas. Launched in 1981 at Nelligen, her hull is designed to create minimal wash and therefore not disturb the ecology of this unique river system.
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The Clyde's longest-serving Ferry Master, Jeff Dunbar, delivers a most interesting and comprehensive commentary backed by over 30 years' life experiences on the river.
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A Clyde Princess cruise is your best way to experience the gloriously unspoilt nature of the magnificent Clyde River and its environs."</I>
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The "Clyde Princess" used to depart from the old Fishermen's Wharf next to the Batemans Bay bridge and, for $24 for an adult or $12 for a child, one could cruise in just over three hours from Batemans Bay to the historic village of Nelligen and back, while taking in the beauty of the Clyde River, one of the last remaining unspoilt waterways.
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Adult - $24 : Child (under 15 years) - $12
Group Prices
For group bookings for 20 adults and over - $20pp; and Fish 'n' Chips lunch - $7pp extra.
PUBLIC CRUISES DEPART 11am; CHARTER CRUISES BY ARRANGEMENT
Fishermen's Wharf next to Batemans Bay's bridge.
The Clyde Princess specialises in scenic charter cruises from Batemans Bay to the historic, rustic little village of Nelligen, where passengers are allowed a short time on shore to reminisce on times past, and to gain an insight into a lifestyle far removed from today's. Available all year round for groups of twenty or more. Cruise duration is usually three hours
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<span style="float:left;color:silver;font-size:100px;line-height:70px;padding-top:2px;font-family: times;">A</span>nd I was just finishing off my evening meal with a bit of runny camembert on a piece of toasted bread, when the phone rang and a man's voice said, <I>"Peter, I have bad news for you: Mavis passed away this morning."</I>
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I felt like saying, "you must be joking" but, of course, no-one, least of all her son Jeff, jokes about such a thing. Still, I thought it can not be simply because it can not be! The last time I felt this speechless and thunderstruck was when another late-night caller in 1995 informed me that my best friend for almost thirty years, Noel, had passed away.
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Not that we had known Mavis for quite that long; in fact, we may never have met, had it not been for our four-legged friends Malty and Rover befriending Mavis' four-legged friend Suki. That was almost twenty years ago, and an easily-going friendship developed, with Mavis phoning us and us phoning Mavis, or meeting along the lane during our doggy-walks.
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The meetings along the lane became less frequent as Mavis found it more difficult to walk, and stopped altogether when Suki passed away. Mavis had loved Suki, and Suki had loved Mavis, and something inside Mavis changed after Suki's passing, and while we still met at her flat, we never mentioned the word "Suki" again, knowing how it would upset her.
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Mavis and I continued our telephone conversations which were often and long. We never wasted time talking about the weather but launched right into verbal attacks on corrupt politicians, tax-avoiding fatcats, juvenile and other miscreants, and all the other of the world's woes. To us, bad news was good news which allowed us to wind each other up, topping one piece of bad news with an even worse one. <I>"Are you trying to wind me up, Mavis?" "Well, you started it, Peter!"</I>
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Somehow, COVID-19 disrupted all this, our occasional visits and our regular phone chats, and I am already feeling guilty for not having called her more recently than perhaps a couple of weeks ago. We last saw Mavis from a distance on Wednesday the 22nd of July. We had just come back from a COVID-19 test. Mavis was standing outside her door in a white dressing gown which was unusual as she was a fastidious dresser. We waved as we drove by, not wanting to stop in case we hadn't been tested negative, and I tried to phone her when we got home but there was no reply, possibly because she had mislaid her mobile phone.
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How we wished she had taken it with her so that we could phone her one last time to say, <I>"Good-bye, Mavis! It was a privilege having been your friends and our lives have been richer for having known you!"</I>
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-47017464861673508932020-05-15T12:28:00.000+10:002020-05-16T14:18:48.051+10:00Nelligen's "Living Treasure"<P>
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<I>"Through Elaine's efforts, and of others like her, the history of the Nelligen district will live on."</I>
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And so will we, thanks to Elaine's farm-free eggs and beautiful bush honey. You're a living treasure, Elaine! (... and so say all of us)
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<FONT SIZE="-2">Elaine's parents' Tea Pot Inn on the Bay side of the bridge in 1962</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="-2">The same Tea Pot Inn in 1959<BR>(note the hand-operated petrol pump before electricity came to Nelligen)</FONT>
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-52708450066932691922020-02-28T20:11:00.000+11:002020-02-28T22:05:32.692+11:00Quo vadis, Terry?<P>
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Our genial café proprietor Terry is calling it a day! Both his leased <A HREF="https://batemansbay.ljhooker.com.au/business-food_hospitality-in-nelligen-nsw-2536-au-xq7f8f#.XljRCGozaUk" target="_blog1">River Café</A> <U>and</U> his <A HREF="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-nelligen-133079018" target="_blog3">home</A> on Clyde Boulevard are for sale. What a shame to be selling up so soon after all the hard work he put in!
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Tong, why don't you step into the breach? Just add 炒面 and 北京烤鸭 to the menu, and you'd feel right at home! You already know Rob Routledge; so give him a call and sign on the dotted line!
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I love a sunburnt country,<BR>
A land of sweeping plains,<BR>
Of ragged mountain ranges,<BR>
Of droughts and flooding rains.<BR>
I love her far horizons,<BR>
I love her jewel-sea,<BR>
Her beauty and her terror<BR>
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-27032886717631283122020-01-31T15:54:00.000+11:002020-02-14T18:37:25.689+11:00The pictures are worse than a thousand words<P>
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-9210446701665968332019-10-11T17:21:00.000+11:002019-10-11T19:36:33.116+11:00The only death we experience is other people's<P>
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Moving from place to place for twenty years, I never stayed long enough to experience other people's death; however, the quarter-century spent in little Nelligen since then made up for it; firstly, because for the first time in my life I've been settled enough to become involved in community life and, secondly, because the people I befriended were mainly in my age group and older.
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Betty Heycox, whose standing-room-only church service and funeral we attended today, wasn't just <I>part</I> of Nelligen's community life, she was Nelligen's community life. She was also a very good friend whose passing leaves a big hole in our hearts.
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Vale Betty!
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<img src="http://www.riverbendnelligen.com/images/pete.gif">Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145206368987172782.post-32023310931496800922019-09-27T07:22:00.002+10:002019-09-27T14:23:18.757+10:00Escape from the city to Nelligen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4X8HGqSQcc0UTAeSqn56Q7kIrjSPXTU0Ia5V4lWLOZVYAPhVH3bXPldDuSY0KT3sUW7ZwKQy7IIU4NK5SPz9jspsOaDkLiH_wPXDjgAb0cutYy38GvboMzNkP-borqXop1UKBW6QGgFE/s1600/escape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4X8HGqSQcc0UTAeSqn56Q7kIrjSPXTU0Ia5V4lWLOZVYAPhVH3bXPldDuSY0KT3sUW7ZwKQy7IIU4NK5SPz9jspsOaDkLiH_wPXDjgAb0cutYy38GvboMzNkP-borqXop1UKBW6QGgFE/s1600/escape.jpg" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="675" width="400"/></a></div>
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Having downsized to a small Sydney unit, retirees Noni and Stewart are feeling restless. They're keen to find a coastal home which caters to their passions and has ample space for the family to come and visit.
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They checked out our beautiful South Coast, and where did they end up buying? <B>In Nelligen, of course!</B> - or more specifically, <A HREF="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-nelligen-127331318" target="_blog1">at 16 Currowan Street in Nelligen</A>.
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And what's the best thing about the property? Well, it's just a few hundred metres, as the pelican flies, across the river from "Riverbend":
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(Just kidding; the property also has ample under-the-house storage space for Stewart's stuff :-)
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To watch the whole episode on ABV TV's iview, <A HREF="https://iview.abc.net.au/show/escape-from-the-city" target="_blog">click here</A>, then from the next page click on this image of Noni and Stewart.
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6OAMaqCQFsVkE4UJ9RqWp6JJG1VXkanwG1bGeHQl8RxDzt6i3qSYMBfb4jig1MfnfSKyDXm0Evk7JA3PTFqs4uZB3OTbxnzo_oeCDDlnIUbT6kJXtzBAI3eN_dLEOc3s5ty3p7hGr1w/s1600/noni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6OAMaqCQFsVkE4UJ9RqWp6JJG1VXkanwG1bGeHQl8RxDzt6i3qSYMBfb4jig1MfnfSKyDXm0Evk7JA3PTFqs4uZB3OTbxnzo_oeCDDlnIUbT6kJXtzBAI3eN_dLEOc3s5ty3p7hGr1w/s1600/noni.jpg" data-original-width="416" data-original-height="234" width="400"/></a></div><FONT SIZE="-2">Noni and Stewart with presenter Del Irani</FONT>
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(If you don't want to waste your time at Malua Bay or Congo but escape straight to Nelligen, fastforward to around 32:40).
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