Tura Beach is really buzzing since the shopping complex has been built and a Bunnings store would be beneficial for other towns in the area. Bunnings at Tura Beach would lessen the impact on Mitre 10 at Pambula, Bega and Eden. 

Bega might be the business centre but why should they have a Bunnings there too, not everyone wants to travel to Bega each time there's a new business opening up there. Share it around. 

People would not want to travel this distance from Mallacoota or Eden. Most Bunnings stores are on the outskirts of towns, for instance Batemans Bay and Bairnsdale.

I implore the residents in the area to write to the NSW Planning and Environment Dept to protest at their narrow view of what they consider is the best for the Bega Valley area. 

The residents of this shire’s coastal strip deserve to have access to a broad range of goods at cheaper prices - something a Tura Bunnings would provide. I know that the overwhelming majority of Tura residents and those in nearby areas also support such a development. Despite recent publicity, this issue is by no means dead.

If you would like a smaller format Bunnings store at Tura, as well as more than 70 extra jobs for the local community, I urge you to support those who support our future.

The following councillors have consistently voted in favour of Bunnings at Tura: (alphabetically) Tony Allen, Michael Britten, Russell Fitzpatrick, Kristy McBain and Sharon Tapscott.

Additionally, prospective councillors Robyn Bain and Daryl Dobson have told me they strongly support the proposed development.

Please show your support for these seven at the election on Saturday, by placing them in whatever numbered sequence you prefer.

Carly and her family would like to extend their sincere thanks and appreciation to all the people who supported the fundraiser for Carly’s road to recovery at the Rusty Plough last weekend.

The amount of support and energy that was evident at the auction was overwhelming. All the money raised will help Carly to get through months of unemployment and ongoing treatment for her injuries.

Carly will have ongoing visits to the Concord hospital in Sydney for the management of her injury and the scarring that she will suffer as a result of the burns. Not only is there treatment for the burns, but Carly will have ongoing physio treatment as well as lengthy counselling programs.

The money raised will help to make a real difference for Carly to continue moving forward after this event in a positive way.

As a family we would personally like to thank each and every one of you who supported the cause, but this was too difficult.

There were people and businesses who donated towards the auction and there were people who supported the auction by purchasing items, people and businesses that supported the day (auctioneer, music, BBQ, donuts, etc) and then there were people who just donated.

So a very heartfelt thank you to you all. Not to go without a special mention, we would especially like to thank Joyanne McGovern and family, Lisa Crane and Leanne for all the work they put in to organise the event. Your kindness is very valued.

Such events and kindness are a true testament of what a wonderful community we live in.  

While it was somewhat edifying to see Chris Kunz finally acknowledge council’s direct responsibility for the Tura Beach rezoning debacle, it seems that in the eyes of the News Weekly, council can still do no wrong  (‘Kibosh on $17m Bunnings’, News Weekly, August 31).

That the News Weekly would report the issue in detail, while not mentioning the most significant fact of all: that council had deliberately ignored NSW Planning & Environment’s 2014 direction to “review its strategic planning framework for commercial uses, the Bega valley retail hierarchy and existing land for retail and bulky goods development in the Bega valley Shire”, if it intended to revisit its rezoning proposal, is simply inexplicable.

In response to the comments by Bunnings’ management, I would simply state that if any executive of a company of which I was a director sought board approval to purchase property where its zoning was in question, that proposal would quickly see the door, with the executive following close behind.