It’s that time of year again when our precious shorebirds come to our beaches to (hopefully) produce another generation! Jodie Dunn, NPWS South Coast Shorebird Recovery Coordinator, has kindly provided some useful information to help us help the birds. Please have a read and encourage others to do so.

NPWS Shorebird nesting information

Pied Oyster Catcher and chicks. Image attribution: South Coast Shorebird Recovery Program – https://engage.environment.nsw.gov.au/south-coast-shorebird-recovery-program/photos/27315

Due to administrative complications, the community event proposed for SATURDAY 10 AUGUST to collect votes for the community garden CANNOT BE CONFIRMED.

However, clear and informative “how to vote” instructions can be found by clicking here. Voting closes August 15 so don’t delay.

Thanks for your understanding and support.

You may have heard about the amazing plans for an inclusive and interactive community garden in the Yulunga Reserve. A submission has been made for a grant to help turn this vision into reality.

Grant success depends on community support via a voting system. There are eleven projects competing for funding in our electorate so PLEASE HELP by adding your vote for the Manyana Community Garden!

Instructions for how to vote can be found here:

https://mycommunityproject.service.nsw.gov.au/

In case you haven’t heard through Facebook, Manyana Matters or the grapevine, there has been an important development with the IDPP (formerly Kylor PP). Following a massive response from the community, the proponents have dropped the proposed addition to the footprint in the north east corner of the block.

The revised proposed footprint looks like this:

Please visit the “Inyadda Drive Planning Proposal” page on this website (under the “Latest Hot Topics” tab) for:

• further details on the current status of the planning proposal
• how to get automatic updates from SCC
• a link to the proponent-commissioned information website on the planning proposal (prepared by GHD, the consultants engaged by the proponents to conduct community liaison).

This is a reminder that RHVA have resolved to shorten RHVA General Meeting running times by putting up reports from RHVA executive committee members and the Yulunga Reserve Committee on the website one week before the next meeting, for your reading pleasure, so that these reports don’t have to be presented on the day.

You are of course able, and encouraged, to ask any questions you might have about these reports at the meeting.

To access the reports:

• go to the “RHVA Meetings” tab
• select “Preliminary Reading” from the drop-down menu

See you all at the meeting at 3pm on Saturday 20 July.

The RHVA would like to clarify that the concrete pathway from Inyadda car park to Bendalong is classified as an inclusive pathway. This means that it is a shared pathway for pedestrians, pedestrians with prams, cyclists and elderly on mobility scooters. Please feel free to refer anyone to this notice, if there is any confusion about this issue.

Shoalhaven City Council has advised that new village signs are to be erected as part of the Council Signage Strategy. To see the designs and their expected locations, refer to the links below.

Note that the name of Cunjurong Pt is currently spelt (or spelled, depending on your preference, given that we’re talking about spelling) incorrectly. A request for correction has been submitted to council.

It is not clear at this stage whether signs are also planned for Berringer Lake and North Bendalong.

Village Signs Design 12 June 2019

Village Signs Location June 2019