The road north of Lavender Boulevard will remain closed until Saturday 30
CD Excavators and LJR Concreters have completed the emergency road repairs in the vicinity of Villas 213, 214 and 215.
LJR Concreters has advised that the road will remain closed north of Lavender Boulevard from Villas 213, 214 and 215 for the repairs to settle and will re-open Saturday 30 January 2021.
This will include no access to the Caravan Bay along this road until Saturday 30 January.
We will continue to waive the two day parking rule for those residents impacted by having to move their vehicles.
Apologies for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
I am having an exhibition of 'artistic' versions of my photographs in the Creative Artisans Gallery in the Wigmore Arcade Ballina (just down from Swish coffee shop in River St) for the next month.
Images are for sale as printed canvases or framed prints - see the flyer below for details.
If you are in the area pop in and check the exhibition out.
Julie Pallant (Villa 283)
A message from Palm Lake Manager:
Just a reminder that lunch and dinner service is going back to the table by table service, provided COVID regulations are adhered to. Social distancing must be maintained.
It is also important that residents who attend lunch and dinner must bring their FOB with them to check in for their meal.
Shirley Hughes (Villa 257) has a friend who can supply farm fresh mangoes, delivered to your door.
Trays of 12 Mangoes are just $10.
To order contact Karly on 0404 154 408
Hazel Buckley from Villa 35 has a Buffet and Hutch for sale.
Will considerable reasonable offers.
Please contact Hazel Buckley on 0417 068 040 if you are interested.
CD Escavators have inspected the road in the vicinity of Villas 213, 214, 215 and determined this area requires major road works to be completed urgently. Work will commence 7am Monday 18th January.
Lavender Boulevard from Villa 206 to Villa 220 will be closed for approx 1 week. Villas 213, 214, 215 will not be able to use their garages until road works are complete. Villas 206 to 216 will have access to their driveways, but will be impacted by road work traffic.
Residents who have their caravans/motorhomes/trailers parked in the caravan bay and who need them next week should move their vehicles by 7pm on Sunday 17th Jan 2021 as this area will not be accessible for approx 1 week.
Palm Lake will waive the 2-day parking rule for those residents impacted by having to move their vehicles.
We apologize for the inconvenience but this involves urgent repairs.
Thank you for your patience.
Palm Lake Manager
In the absence of any
December Report from Commodore Barry and his First Mate Pam it seems like Patches
and his team have been our most successful fishers for December. Once again the
Sinkers have little to report and we still haven’t even been out in the SS
Vaucluse or Tiny Tinny. I think I’ll look for a new team.
Although we haven’t
managed to catch too many fish we have had a ball with the crabs this month. In
one three day period we caught over twenty legal sized muddies from our secret
spot in Emigrant Creek. We had an absolutely amazing feast one afternoon and
treated our partners to a seafood extravaganza!
Tip of the Month
The danger with
catching a lot of crabs is that you can become a bit complacent with the way
you handle them. Anchors Away Johnnie and I decided to sort out a big group and
place them in to separate buckets according to size to help with the cooking.
Now we know that when you take them out of the refrigerator where they have
been sleeping peacefully they don’t take long to wake up. Anyhow we tipped them
in to a big bucket and we were lifting them out to sort them when one of them
woke up and took a vice like grip on my finger. I wailed so hard I was heard
all along the Street but no matter what I did the damn thing would not let go.
I finally shook it off and despite weeks of treatment from Nursie Joy (the
Fishing Club Nurse) I am still getting over the infection. Well Hammerhead has
been at it again getting advice from his local cronies and he tells me I should
have put the crab on the ground and it would have let go straight away.
I’m not absolutely convinced and I hope I don’t have to try it out but that’s the tip for this month for any of you silly enough to let a muddie get hold of you.
Our Special Guest Reporter
This Month we are fortunate to have an article from our very special reporter Lyn Pramana (wife of Bam the Clam) and despite the fact it may have some inaccuracies I have agreed to publish it as an addendum to the December Report.
CRABS
- CAUGHT – CLEANED – COOKED – CONSUMED (THE REAL STORY)
CRABS
OR CRAP – THAT IS THE QUESTION
For some reason none of us
can fathom, the guys decided to cut and clean the crabs before they boiled
them. This proved not only to be a not good idea, but in fact it was a really
bad idea.
It seems that Doug had never seen inside of a raw crab before and was quite put
off by all the “translucent crap” he found inside. He decided he better clean
all that stuff out and it was about 4 crabs later that someone looked at what
Doug was doing and asked him why he was cleaning all the meat out from the
crab. It took another bottle of beer each to discuss if it was indeed
translucent crap or crab meat.
Once all the crabs were cleaned they were then thrown into the 2 big pots
(regardless of size) and boiled up. Even Doug’s empty crabs were tossed in just
in case he missed a bit.
The result was not too bad for the smaller crabs but left a lot to be desired
for the larger crabs. When you cracked the claws water squirted all over your
face and clothes. They were full of
water and translucent crap. There was a lot of scolding and head shaking and “I
can’t believe you did that” from one particular wife.
The ladies ate modestly and the guys polished off the rest of the 21 crabs. As
luck would have it, Doug did not get one of the empty crabs.
What a great party we had at the Centre on New Year’s Eve and many thanks to all those who made it happen. Let’s hope we can have many more great times at the Centre throughout 2021.
Stay safe and Happy New Year to you all !
Tight Lines Douggie
