Bega Valley Shire
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Search complete. 14 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Bega Valley Shire".
Oct 21, 2026
Billy D'ArcyHOST
And beautiful, beautiful ocean.
Billy D'ArcyHOST
The Sapphire Coast, they call it.
Billy D'ArcyHOST
The Sapphire Coast.
Billy D'ArcyHOST
And we were playing Club Sapphire in Marimbula.
Billy D'ArcyHOST
And I was walking there from the accommodation.
Kylie FlamentGUEST
You know, the Full Circle Collective up in Newcastle is doing great things.
Kylie FlamentGUEST
Bega Valley has a whole lot of good things.
DominiqueHOST
Bega Valley is a whole...
DominiqueHOST
Well, yeah.
DominiqueHOST
I was just seeing about this quite recently, and I was like, "That is amazing."
speaker_11SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
Frankie J. owns and operates the Thatra Beach Family Park on the Sapphire Coast of New South Wales and And, of course, he's also a successful actor.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
F.J., the time I met him, he lost his second wife, a dancer, Melda Reeves, to cancer in 1997, which is about the time I met him, and started to book him.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
They had three daughters together, and this was an awful time
Taylor JardineHOST
Where did you grow up?
Ben PickerGUEST
So down the south coast of Aus is a little, uh, Garden of Eden down there called the Sapphire Coast.
Ben PickerGUEST
Uh, I grew up in Merimbula but did all my schooling in Eden.
Ben PickerGUEST
Um, funny enough, but two of your, uh, past, uh, guests on the show have actually originated from the same area, so there must be something good in the water.
Stuart LarkinsGUEST
Uh, I understand Wingecarribee is losing, um, quite a significant amount.
Stuart LarkinsGUEST
Shoalhaven Council and Bega Council, um, as well.
Stuart LarkinsGUEST
So the only three that I'm aware of that are having a little bit of an increase is Shellharbour, Eurobodalla, and Wollondilly Councils.
Stuart LarkinsGUEST
So those ones, at least from our region anyway, um, where there's- they're getting a little bit more of an increase.
SebboHOST
And I'm not...
SebboHOST
Before we get into why the Sapphire Coast have the best ones, uh, I mean that as well where people might have tried oysters in their life have gone to a restaurant And the restaurant has maybe shucked those oysters early that morning.
SebboHOST
The water's gone out of them.
SebboHOST
They've put them in the fridge.
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SebboHOST
Because the pinot noir needs the colder temperatures, all that sort of shit.
SebboHOST
Oysters are the ex- exact same thing.
SebboHOST
Now, in the Sapphire Coast, which starts at where? Bermagui maybe? Uh, down all the way to, like, the border of New South Wales and Victoria, that's where these environmental factors work for the Sydney rock.
SebboHOST
The water-
Peter DohertyCORRESPONDENT
Senior Judge Michael Durant said he accepted the man believed he was acting to improve the land, but said the offending was serious because extensive native vegetation was deliberately cleared without consent from the Native Vegetation Council, which is required by law.
Emma FieldCORRESPONDENT
Recent rain to the drought-stricken New South Wales area of the Bega Valley has been welcomed by dairy farmers, although they say more would be nice.
Emma FieldCORRESPONDENT
The region has been without decent rain for several months now, with the persisting dry conditions increasing the bushfire risk for spring.
Emma FieldCORRESPONDENT
But, thankfully, a bit of rain has arrived.
Toad HeffernanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The follow-up rain would be the real important rain.
Toad HeffernanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This rain will put a nice tinge on the place and it'll bounce back.
Toad HeffernanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I mean, you can grow grass any time of the year in the Bega Valley, you've just got to add rain.
Toad HeffernanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We've got a little bit, a little bit of a teaser, but I think the next follow-up rain is going to be the important one.
Chris EddyHOST
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that an extraordinary meeting last week descended into chaos with a number of councillors walking out in protest before the election of Deputy Mayor could be conducted.
Chris EddyHOST
Bega Valley Shire Council has reportedly admitted to miscalculating an outstanding land use bill for the new Bega police station.
Chris EddyHOST
Power FM reported that the admission came in a briefing to councillors, revealing that the bill was reduced from an original $1 million down to $368,000.
Chris EddyHOST
The amended bill has now been paid in full by NSW Police.
The DuckHOST
Anyway, I don't think I'd come up bigger than one of those.
The DuckHOST
Just on Oz Off-Road TV, we filmed down at the Sapphire Coast earlier this year where the boys went and swam with seals.
The DuckHOST
And, you know, that was something different as well.
The DuckHOST
They're like the dogs of the sea, they reckon.
Chris EddyHOST
Councillor Hauger succeeds Councillor Jack Dodds and plans to focus on urgent climate action and local housing needs.
Chris EddyHOST
Bega Valley Shire Council has elected long-serving Councillor and former Mayor Tony Allen as its new Deputy Mayor for a two-year term.
Chris EddyHOST
He'll work alongside Mayor Russell Fitzpatrick to deliver a busy program of community projects backed by hundreds of millions in regional infrastructure funding.
Chris EddyHOST
New England councils have gone with stable leadership, returning current mayors and deputies unopposed.