If drownings are the "Darwin theory at work", does Cr Stuchbery think it's appropriate to not bother helping “drunk men" and "morons" when they need his medical help in hospital?

Drug and alcohol issues are a real challenge for our community, but a knee-jerk reaction like prohibition is an oversimplified and unhelpful solution.

Council can't force people to change their behaviour, but we can make doing the right thing easy for residents, for example by providing easy access to drinking water, shade, and recycling bins in our public spaces.

The report on the new tourism group is fantastic news even if it is long overdue. The whole region has so much to offer all along the Murray and the places captured must be cross-border to involve Rutherglen and all its established vineyards and fine wines and fortifieds.

With this innovative team to capture the delights of the region we now need innovative planning from local government to create quality places to stay on or near the river, while retail strategies need to connect with the region’s abundance and fine wine with some style in cafes, bakeries, pubs and butchers. All these areas are ripe for new, fresh modern improvements.

Perhaps involve a great chef who is passionate about the Murray and all it produces in some gourmet marketing and farm-to-plate features to involve the producers and NSW farmers.  

The real estate sector could do well to be part of the new tourism aims as well with copy that features the lifestyle we love along the Murray.

This news has been my passion for the region because it will create jobs and hopes for many young people and cause economic growth and excite traders.

Mosquitoes upon your backyard summer soiree; how can such a tiny, fragile insect cause so much pain, suffering and annoyance? Here’s how to beat them.

Just as you’d slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat to protect from sunburn, two of these three apply to mosquito bite protection too.

Slipping on long-sleeved shirts and long pants will protect from mosquito bites. Darker colours tend to attract mosquitoes and even though pale clothing won’t repel mozzies, perhaps you won’t attract as many.

Slopping on some insect repellent is the best way to go. Pick a product that contains either diethyltoluamide (DEET), picaridin, or “oil of lemon eucalyptus”. These products will all provide long-lasting protection, as long as they’re applied correctly.

Regardless of formulation, be it cream, lotion, gel, roll-on, pump-spray or aerosol, there needs to be complete coverage of all exposed skin. If you miss a bit, the mosquito will find that chink in your armour and bite.

Any water-holding container, from a rainwater tank to a wading pool, or even an upturned bottle top, can be home to mosquito wrigglers.

What a brilliant idea. The young, fit, genuine bushwalkers can still do wild hiking while many of us can enjoy what we can cope with. From the age of 60 on we have experienced and thoroughly enjoyed similar lodge walks on the Milford and Hollyford tracks, Cradle Mountain Lake to Lake Saint Clair and Maria Island. Now in our late 70s, we are booked for Freycinet Experience Walk. Hopefully we'll walk the Falls to Hotham before we become old.