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The Bus is intended to be a community centred project promoting independence from oil and it forms part of an energy descent plan that uses waste cooking oils as feedstock for a small bio-diesel plant. It is intended to be a low cost travel option for areas that have no public transport at the present time and also to be available for sporting or other community groups when needed. A copy of the briefing submission to our local federal MP Mike Kelly is in the adjacent document resources.
One of the things to emerge from our look at local public transport was the lack of any generally available transport link covering Bermagui, Tilba, Cobargo, Akolele, Beauty Point, and Narooma. As a result of this Peter Essex has suggested we might be able to develop a local community bus powered by biodiesel manufactured locally from used cooking oils.
Peter has enrolled in a biofuel production workshop in Canberra and has started exploring practical ways of raising money to finance the idea.
Check out the letter to our local MP, Mike Kelly, listed in the document resources column.
September 27th : The Bermagui Chamber of Commerce has expressed interest in seeing a feasibilitystudy and Peter is now looking to harness some of the in-principle support he has received.
Bus Services from Cobago to Narooma
Yes that's right it is crossed out because so far we have been unable to find one. Bega Valley Coaches (02 6493 5188) have a service that goes from Cobargo to Bega and to Bermagui. If you ask nicely and in advance they will go via Akolele, Beauty Point and Fairhaven.
Symons in Narooma (02 4476 4827) have a service that covers Dalmeny and Kianga but they do not travel to Cobargo although the school buses operating out of Bermagui are said to take passengers in an emergency.
Of course it is even worse if you live in Tilba.....
For more details on public transport options in our locality download "Changing Travel Behavior" put together by TTEuro member Caroline Wells and which includes contact details for most of the bus services operating in the area.
There are several Courier services operating up and down the coast and the ones most relative to the locality are listed below. While there is no public transport between Narooma and Cobargo (or Bermagui) there is at least a Courier service.
Don Atkins Transport (Quaama) has a Monday to Friday daily service that travels up & down the coast from Bega to Batemans Bay (0409 938 388) covering the Cobargo to Narooma gap and a shorter secondary service that includes Bermagui to Tilba.
Bega Valley Coaches offers a light general freight (02 6492 5188) service between Bega, Cobargo and Bermagui - just call to arrange parcel pick-up or deliver to the Commuter Bus for pick up in Bega, Quaama, Cobargo or Bermagui. They also arrange small services such as getting prescriptions filled
Eurolink Courier Services (Moruya) cover Batemans Bay, Moruya and Narooma and also have intrastate and interstate and services.(0418 206 933)
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