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1st Merimbula Scouts

Locality: Merimbula, New South Wales

Phone: +61 427 486 094

Address: Main St 2548 Merimbula, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 Water slide night 2019

20.01.2022 Bega Valley Bushfire Emergency. UPDATE - 7:20pm 31 December 2019 NEW INFORMATION *The Snowy Mountains Highway over Brown Mountain has reopened.... But that comes with some advice and things to consider: You should only attempt to travel the route if you have a full tank of fuel, we can not guarantee fuel supplies along the route. Please drive with your head lights on and be aware that smoke will impact on your visibility. Please drive to the conditions and with caution. Police will be monitoring traffic along the route. * The Bermagui - Tathra Road has reopened, allowing access from Narooma to the Snowy Mountains Highway via Bermagui, Tathra, Bega, Bemboka. Drive with caution, this is a narrow road with 8 single lane bridges. Take care at the end of this long day. *Mount Darragh Road is open, drive with extreme caution. *A communinty fire briefing will be held at the Bega Showground at 8am, January 1. The session will be live streamed to this Facebook page. *RFS crews are working hard to reopen the Princes Highway between Brogo and Cobargo. Other RFS priorities are property protection at Cobargo, Quaama and surrounding towns and villages and fire containment at Wyndham. The RFS is seeing an easing in fire conditions which allows for some strategy and planning for the days ahead, but there is still a lot of fire in the landscape. RFS volunteers from out of the area are being mustered to come in and relieve local crews. *Essential Energy is working hard to restore power in a number of locations including Bemboka. You can keep track of outages here - https://www.essentialenergy.com.au/outages-an/power-outages *Sightseers in some locations are causing an issue for emergency services, please stay away from places like Cobargo which has been heavily impacted. You are placing yourself and others at risk. The Berrambool and Pambula Sporting Complexes and Tathra Country Club are now open for people looking for a place to shelter. These are ideally suited as camping locations. Limited toilet and shower facilities are available. Pambula Surf Club is also open for showers. These places are in addition the evacuation centres established the Bega Showground, Club Sapphire in Merimbula and the Eden Fishermen's Club/Eden Country Club. People with animals should head Bega Showground. Planning is underway to meet the needs of the evacuation centres overnight an into the coming days. Due to the loss of disinfection infrastructure through the impact of fire Bega Valley Shire Council has introduced Boil Water Notices for Quaama, Cobargo, Bermagui, Beauty Point, Fairhaven, Wallaga Lake, Wallaga Lake Heights, Wallaga Lake Koori Village and Akolele, as well as trunk main customers in these areas. At Bemboka - potable water, for drinking purposes only, is available at Bemboka fire shed. BYO container. Tap water at Bemboka should only be used for firefighting, there is ash in the town's water supply. Be aware that the ash in the water could damage home hot water systems if used. Other water supplies in all other areas of the Bega Valley Shire are currently unaffected. Council is continuing to supply water to all reservoirs but in some locations demand is great and placing pressure on the water available. * As road closures continue - time and planning is underway now to secure food and fuel supplies. * For our friends here from Victoria, the Princes Highway to the south is likely to be closed for a number of days. The best way for you to stay in touch with the Victorian bush fire emergency is via the CFA and Victorian emergency channels. * If you are in place at Bermagui, Tathra, Merimbula, Pambula, Tura Beach and Eden and you are as comfortable as you can be in these conditions, then stay where you are. *Council's call centre is operational and able to answer questions to the best of our ability on bush fire related maters - call 6499 2222 or 6499 2345. All other questions regarding general council issues like rates and Fogo bags should wait until after Jan 2. *If you are want to assist and help those impacted the Mayor's Bushfire Fund is taking donations - BSB 633000 Acct 157357567. Thank you. OVERVIEW Evacuation centres are in place at Bega Showground, Club Sapphire in Merimbula and the Eden Fishermen's Club/Eden Country Club. The communities of Wyndham, Bemboka, Yankees Gap, Numbugga, Yowrie, Wandella, Tinpot, Murrabrine, Cobargo, Verona, Upper Brogo are also feeling the pressure of this. The current situation is rapidly changing, we will do our best to provide regular accurate updates. Roads, what we know, the following local roads have been closed - Princes Highway between the Brogo Bridge and Cobargo The Princes Highway south into Victoria is still closed, and will be closed for some time. The Princes Highway is also closed between Moruya and Batemans Bay. Mumbulla Creek Road Sandy Creek Fire Trail Whittles Road Singles Road Bunga Pinch Road Benny Gowings Road Head of Cuttagee Road Murrah River Road Myrtle/Kangaroo Road Our road network has and will be impacted. Live Traffic NSW (https://www.livetraffic.com/desktop.html#textviewis) is your best information recourse for main roads and Council will keep you updated with local road closures via our Facebook page. In terms of the ongoing bushfire situation follow and take the advice of the emergency services, stay in touch with the unfolding situation via the NSW RFS website (https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au) and the Fires Near Me App. Tune to local radio ABC South East on 810AM, 105.5FM or 106.3FM. Radio 2EC - 765 AM and Power FM - 102.5FM. Bega District News is also providing coverage - free without the paywall. Find a public toilet - https://toiletmap.gov.au/ For assitance with animals and agricultural services call Loca Land Services on 1800 814 647. We also need to be mindful of our own wellbeing and that of those around us. If you are feeling that way, reach out to family and friends, share your time, space and thoughts with others; you are not alone at this time. You might prefer to consult one of the telephone counselling services; Lifeline 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636. The Australian Red Cross website (https://www.redcross.org.au/get-help/emergencies) also has some practical advice on looking after yourself in a crisis. We also need to remember, we are playing host to thousands of people who are on holidays, away from their home and support networks. Stay informed, stay safe and think ahead. We will get through this.

20.01.2022 One very wet night at scouts with a water fight between Scouts and Venturers. Vents were prepared for a fight but they brought a knife to a gun fight. Scouts out gunned them big time. I don't think having 2000lts of water and a fire pump wasn't fair. Check out the photos.

20.01.2022 Waters warm hummm

18.01.2022 We had a great night cleaning up Australia at Pambula. Starting at the cemetery, the wetlands and industrial area. Also joining us was the scouting family from Mansfield, the Beekmans. Great time together and we wish them well on there journeys around Aussy. Follow them on FB.... scouting around Australia See more

16.01.2022 Great weekend camp at Saltwater Ck.

15.01.2022 DONATIONS As always the generosity and spirit of our community is incredible. Those wishing to make donations to assist those impacted by the current fire disas...ter can contribute to the Community Disaster Relief Fund. Currently this is the best way you can make a contribution. Account Information SJA Sapphire Coast BSB: 633000 Account: 157357567

15.01.2022 Tourist Leave Zone South Coast Bush Fires Dangerous conditions for holiday makers on the South Coast of NSW this weekend - Widespread Extreme Fire Danger is f...orecast for the South Coast this Saturday 4 January 2020 - These will be dangerous conditions, the same or worse than New Year’s Eve - If you are holidaying on the South Coast, particularly the general area from Batemans Bay to the Victorian border as shown on the map, you need to leave before this Saturday - If you are planning to visit the South Coast this weekend, it is not safe. Do not be in this area on Saturday - For more information go to www.rfs.nsw.gov.au With the widespread power and communications outages across the South Coast please share this information to as many affected people as possible.

11.01.2022 Scouts and Venturers shared a great night together with Inverloch scouts on cup eve. Also enjoyed Geocachting around Merimbula.

07.01.2022 Hi all, 1st Merimbula is in DESPERATE need of NEW Leaders. Without our wonderful volunteers we cannot continue to provide the extraordinary variety of outdoor activities for our local youth.... If you know anyone in the community who would be willing to give some time to keep 1st Merimbula running please contact Group Leader Jim Clark (0427 486 094) or Group Secretary Kerry Bourke (0438 065 304). The last thing we want is to have to close 1st Merimbula. Please share

04.01.2022 Hi all, Firstly welcome back to 1st Merimbula Scouts / Venturers for 2020. Hope everyone is alive and well after a 'surreal' holiday season. - AGM / Committee Members Still Needed... The joint Hall Committee / Scouts General Committee Meeting will be on Monday the 6th of April 2020 at Echo Point (after the BBQ @ 6.00pm). We have had many volunteers for both committees but are still looking for support. - Fund Raising The fires interrupted / melted summer for so many so a HUGE thanks to those who have been recycling the cans and bottles over that time. Our plans for fundraising ahead remain the Return and Earn (bottle recycling) and the Wood Drive (fire wood chopping weekend and deliveries). - Active Kids Vouchers / Scout Fees Invoices will be sent shortly. If you want to apply for and use the NSW Government's Active Kids Voucher against Scout fees this year you will need to do so ASAP This is because Scouts NSW needs time to process the voucher, redeem the funds and let 1st Merimbula know. The two websites below will be of assistance Service NSW - Applying for Active Kids Voucher https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/tr/apply-active-kids-voucher Scouts NSW - Linking the Active Kids Voucher to Scouts NSW https://www.nsw.scouts.com.au/activekids/

03.01.2022 FIRE UPDATE - MUMBULLA MOUNTAIN The RFS have received a number of enquiries from people in the Bega area about the visible fire activity on the southern side of... Mumbulla Mountain. They are very aware of the situation and actively monitoring the movement with crews on the ground and working tonight. Their advice is the fire has not progressed much today and under the predicted weather conditions tonight they believe roughly the same progression will be replicated. See more

02.01.2022 Hi Everyone, You will have no doubt heard of the current situation concerning Covid19 or Coronavirus both around the world and here in Australia....Continue reading