Aftermath of Lake Conjola Flooding Aug 2015

31 Aug 2015
Thank you to the 105 persons who attended the public meeting on Sunday 30 Aug 2015 to discuss the aftermath of the flood on 25-26 Aug and to hear what your Community Association plan to do to minimise the impact of future flooding. 

As mentioned at the meeting, the following are links to sample letters that residents and caravan park tenants can send to Shoalhaven City Council to express  their concern/outrage at Council staff mismanagement of Lake Conjola's Entrance.

Flood damaged whitegoods at Conjola Tip - Aug 2015

There are 2 letters - a long one and a short one, feel free to send which ever you prefer (to open the samples, click on one of the following options):- 
  - Long Letter 
  - Short Letter

The postal address to send the letter is :-
    General Manager
    Shoalhaven City Council
    PO Box 2541
    NOWRA NSW 2541

...or if you prefer to send an email; the email addresses of our local State Member , and the Council General Manager are:
   Shelley Hancock - State Member of Parliament : southcoast@parliament.nsw.gov.au
   Russell Pigg - GM Shoalhaven City Council :  russ.pigg@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au

Council today have provided a skip bin for flood affected items. The bin is located near the tennis courts at Arthur Jones Park (near the Conjola Community Centre). Despite approaches by the Conjola Community Association, Council have refused to provide a kerbside rubbish collection service. Joanna Gash also mentioned on ABC Radio this morning that 70 tonnes of flood rubbish has been collected at the Conjola tip.    

Flood damaged mattresses at Conjola Tip - Aug 2015

Keep up-to-date on the progress of dredging with updates on our website or Facebook page

For news and information on the Dredging Project click here

We have requested Council to provide a status update of the Dredging Project at the next meeting of the Conjola Community Association CCB on 19 Oct in the Conjola Community Hall.

Thanks again for your support to return our beautiful Lake to a pristine and safe state

Conjola Community Association

Media Reporting on the Aug 2015 flooding of Conjola

Shoalhaven Council defends it's handling of floods
2 Sep 2015 ABC News
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-02/shoalhaven-council-defends-management-of-waterways-during-floods/6743158

Lake Conjola cleans up after monster flood
31 Aug  Milton-Ulladulla Times
http://www.ulladullatimes.com.au/story/3317991/caught-by-surprise-conjola-cleans-up/

Angry lake residents consider class action
31 Aug  Milton-Ulladulla Times
http://www.ulladullatimes.com.au/story/3316518/angry-lake-residents-consider-class-action/?cs=1480

Lake Conjola dredge on hold
26 Aug  Milton-Ulladulla Times
http://www.ulladullatimes.com.au/story/3306796/lake-conjola-dredge-on-hold/

Conjola floods from the air
26 Aug  Milton-Ulladulla Times
http://www.ulladullatimes.com.au/story/3307053/conjola-floods-from-the-air-photos/

Lake Conjola flood warning
25 Aug  Milton-Ulladulla Times
http://www.ulladullatimes.com.au/story/3303864/lake-conjola-flood-warning/