As the temperature drops, a cosy warm coat is a great idea for animals that are outside although it is advised to keep pets indoors as the chilly season settles in. 

As keeping warm depletes energy, pets will need more food and they of course still need fresh water – make sure it has not frozen and that the dish is plastic as pets tongues can stick to frozen metal.

Pambula-Merimbula Country Women’s Association hosted a Women Walk the World.

Twenty five members, friends, children and dogs walked through the beautiful Panboola Wetlands, and then convened for coffee at Oaklands.

Each year women throughout the world are asked to join in this event for fund raising for the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) which works in partnership with its member societies, offering mutual support, friendship and practical help to women and communities around the world. With Consultative Status at United Nations, ACWW gives women a voice at International level through it’s links with United Nations agencies, it has over 460 member societies active in over 70 countries.

ACWW provides finance for small projects which are having a big impact in needy communities around the world. These projects are varied but the end result is the improved lives of women and their families. Some projects include vegetable gardens to feed families, milking cows provided to give an income to women, health education and water projects. For more information call Shanne Fanning on 6495 2220.

The next meeting of the Merimbula Arts Group takes place at the Merimbula RSL on Saturday, May 12 at 2pm. If you have any art books or materials you no longer use, please bring them to sell or swap for someone else to make use of. Members and artistically interested persons are warmly welcomed. Please note that there is no meeting in June due to the Merimbula Jazz Festival.

Aglow Merimbula is hosting guest speaker Ps Noa Uilelea Muranyi from Canberra at the next meeting at the Merimbula RSL on Thursday, May 10.

Aglow is a nondenominational worldwide Christian organisation and everyone is invited. Ms Uilelea Muranyi is the founder and President of Embassy of Hope in Canberra, and is involved in fulltime pastoral care work and prison ministry, and speaks locally and internationally travelling to PNG, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, Philippines and the USA. Arrive at 10am, entry cost $7.

Local women will have the opportunity to delve into their creativity and develop their expressive skills at an event called mNemosyne Sessions to be held on Saturday, May 12, at the University of Wollongong campus in Bega. mNemosyne Sessions is organised by a committee of women from mNemosyne: South Coast Women’s Journal and the day will include a keynote address by author Ailsa Wild, a zine launch, and a suite of creative workshops.​ Morning and afternoon teas as well as lunch are included in the registration fee of $25 for the full day or $12 to listen to the morning speakers. Register online at www.mnemosynejournal.org and click on Shop, or email southcoastwomen1@gmail.com.

Pambula Baptist church will be holding a healing service, in the spirit of Matthew 21:14: “And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple and He healed them.” Karen Seamons will share how God raised her from the dead. All are welcome to join at 4pm on May 6.

After the devastation of the Tathra fires forcing businesses to close for a long period of time, the cash mob is aiming to support the township by spending money in the area to reboost the local economy after such a great loss.

The mob will visit two shops and spent at least $20 in each before heading to grab a coffee and morning tea at one of the cafes. 

Please join in, bring friends and spread the word. Meet outside the Tathra Police Station at 10am on Saturday, May 5.