Our shed members are delighted with the decision and it now means we can move forward in a positive direction to establish a community facility that is so desperately needed for Raymond terrace and surrounding areas.

Moving to a larger sized building for the shed operations means a much improved work facilities such as adjustable height work benches to suit those members struggling with health and disability issues.

These are just some of the important attributes that we do not have at our current location.

The new site will also allow us to expand our list of shed activities into areas of interest that we have not been able to introduce in our current location due to the poor space arrangement that we currently operate under.

The site chosen in Boomerang Park will allow us to  implement health activities such as morning physical exercise programs, Tai chi and even perhaps a game of “walking soccer” – all programs designed to benefit the health and wellbeing of our members and can be held withing the park surrounds.

These types of activities align with the objectives of the Australian Men’s Shed Association in improving the mental and physical health of men.

Robert Bull

Resident, Raymond terrace Men’s Shed

With so many retirees looking to move to the Bay area there is now insufficient land on offer to be able to build.

When will the council release more land or rezone acreage around the Anna Bay area so that more land will become available?

Larry Allison

Corlette

I was very sad to read about the three koala deaths in one week (Examiner, July 21).

Recently I watched a documentary on TV about koalas and how their very existence is being threatened, largely by developers and urbanisation.

Koalas exist mainly on the eastern fringe of Australia.

In places like Queensland, where large amounts of forest are being destroyed on a magnitude of that of the rain forests in the Amazon, koala habitat is also being destroyed on a grand scale.

Koalas are territorial and need large areas of forest to survive.

Their only food source is gum leaves, they sleep for most of the day and the few hours they are awake is are spent searching for and eating the leaves.

In the documentary, some koalas were fitted with tracking devices to monitor their movements.

It is disturbing that many koalas seeking new territory are wandering into private backyards where dogs are a threat while others cross busy roads.

Many contract Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease. Found in its early stages, it can be treated. Too late and koalas go blind and die.

So I think we all have a responsibility and a duty of care to these lovely creatures.

They depend on nature to exist. And on human beings.

They aren’t just cute things that sit in trees or a happy-snap for tourists.

The recent sale of the Mambo Wetlands is a disgrace. What will happen to its koala population?

We need to nurture and protect koalas and their environment. A koala hospital at Anna Bay is a good start along with the efforts of the Koala Preservation Society which does a wonderful job.

Amanda Sutherland

Anna Bay