Social Justice Advocates Of The Sapphire Coast

27/10/2026

ON TONIGHT !

Due to a power outage in Merimbula on Monday evening we were unable to screen Dave Gallan’s UNDERSTORY and TALLAGANDA films.

Jesse, of Picture Show Man Merimbula , kindly offered for us to try again next Monday,
2nd November at 6.30pm

Come and bring the tickets you purchased or buy tickets there if you missed out or were unable to attend.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE FOR THIS POTOROO FUNDRAISER.

Apologies and thanks to all those who did attend. (69 tickets sold with all proceeds going to Potoroo Palace.)

Thanks again to Jesse for you generosity in allowing us to use the entire cinema for this fundraiser.

TICKET LINK
https://www.pictureshowman.com.au/movie/potoroo-palace-fundraiser-understorey-tallaganda/

The Picture Show Man Cinema

26/10/2026

Tiny homes are in demand across Australia, but strict, confusing rules have left what many see as a potential solution to the housing crisis tangled in red tape.

23/10/2026

Bega Valley Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Committee have been working over the last few months to put together a program of events for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence.

After an inaugural vigil held last year in the Southern Highlands, Beyond the Silence, Light the Night Vigils are now being hosted around NSW on Thursday November 26, and this year we are hosting one for the Bega Valley.

We have scheduled a walk in Merimbula starting at 6pm from the entrance of Fishpen to Ford Park. Once we arrive at Ford Park we will have an MC to facilitate the evening. We will have the "purple shoes" on display and will set up a circle of lanterns to honour victims.

More info to come.

22/10/2026

Please open the link below and send a postcard to the NSW Premier in support of our homeless people.

Add your voice to the call for more homelessness funding and social housing As the year comes to a close, we’re asking homelessness services and supporters across NSW to send a message to the NSW Premier. The NSW homelessness sector is working every day to support people experiencing homelessne....

19/10/2026

COMING SOON: Details on our next event - GIIYONG GANYA Saturday 28 November 2026.

Giiyong Ganya is Giiyong Festival's little sister. The big sister will return in 2027.

We hope you can join us on the grass at Twofold Aboriginal Corporation, at Jigamy on Thaua Country near Eden, for a free evening concert, plus bookable workshops during the day. Details will be released VERY SOON!

🖤 LIKE this post or SAVE it and keep your eye out for our concert lineup announcment and workshop booking links.

Giiyong Ganya will also be running workshops during the week before the event within the local community.

Giiyong Ganya is presented by Twofold Aboriginal Corporation

19/10/2026

The forests of Tallaganda on the coastal escarpment between Nimmitabel and Braidwood are a stronghold for the endangered Greater Glider. Passionate cinematographer David Gallan has captured stunning images in these forests over hundreds of hours.
Also showing- Understory - the fight for the south East Forests NP.
Please support longtime SJA supporters Potoroo Palace.

18/10/2026

And that draws our annual housing crisis fundraiser concert to a close. And good golly was it a good time!

Thank you to our organisers : Ken Vatcher, Susie Vatcher, Dave Crowden and Peter Reid.

Thank you to Bendigo Bank in Pambula and Club Sapphire Merimbula for being our two main and very generous sponsors. This ensures every cent raised goes straight to the local housing crisis.

Thank you to our amazing amazing artists who performed: Melanie Horsnell, the incredible musicians of Gary Carson Jones’s ‘Harvest’, and Things of Stone and Wood.

And thank you to everyone who donated and bought a ticket. It’s amazing to be part of such a big hearted, generous and caring community.

Thanks for putting up with my terrible jokes!

Stay wonderful until next we meet

-Kate 🙂

18/10/2026

Happy birthday Helen!

Gosh, that was fun!!

Thank you Things of Stone and Wood. 🔥👏🏻❤️

If you weren’t here with us tonight, you MISSED OUT!

Thank you to everyone who came and rocked out with us!

18/10/2026

And the main act is here!!!

Of Stone and Wood! The original line up!

Greg Arnold (lead vocals, guitar), Justin Brady (violin, mandolin, harmonica), Michael Bruce Allen (bass) and Tony Floyd (drums) ❤️❤️‍🔥🕺🏽✨🔥 Let’s Go!!!!