GALLERY: Our week through the lens

EDEN: The Lamont family from Queanbeyan found a great way to beat the heat and stay cool in the surf at Aslings Beach this week. From left they are AJ (14), Taylor (9), Zoe (7), and Chenille (6) Lamont.

MERIMBULA: One for the memory books … Eden Marine High Year 12 students for 2014 whoop it up as they have first photo taken as group for their final HSC year at school.

PAMBULA: This photo of a Mustard-bellied snake in the ‘S’ position won Harrison Warne, of South Pambula, 3rd prize in The Atlas of Life photographic competition.

MERIMBULA: Nancy Spicer, oncology RN, left, Merimbula hairdresser Kristy-Anne Rich, and Melissa Mudie, cancer care co-ordinator with the cheque for $1700 raised by Kristy-Anne who shaved for the Bega oncology unit.

MERIMBULA: State winners of the Lions Youth of the Year in Merimbula … Molly Campbell (NSW and national winner), left, Katrina Blekic (SA/NT), Julian Lambert (TAS), Tim O’Donnell (WA), and Laura Gollant (VIC).

PAMBULA: Vegies formed part of the eye-catching displays in the pavilion at the 2014 Pambula Show.

NAROOMA: Ambulance paramedics, VRA rescue squad members and surf patrol members start to carry the stricken young woman up Narooma surf beach after she lost consciousness in the surf on Sunday. Thankfully she was swimming between the flags and so received immediate attention.

BEGA: Brodie Chester (third from right) is the Bega Showgirl for 2014, with the announcement made at a recent formal dinner. Georgia Shellard (second from right) was named runner-up.

BEGA: Naomi Lewis's Field Guide to Cobargo Gnomes is proving a big hit with readers young and old.

BEGA: The Rotary Club of Bega's summer book fair enticed hundreds of book-lovers to the major annual fundraiser.

TATHRA: Tathra Surf Life Saving Club member Tony Rettke thanks Bega Cheese executive chairman Barry Irvin for the company's $10,000 donation that allowed the purchase of a new IRB.

BEGA: Alex Cooke, 18, arrives in Bega during his 1060km "hypermarathon" from Melbourne to Sydney raising money for beyondblue.

NAROOMA: Some are calling for the Narooma swimming enclosure net to be repaired. The Narooma News back in 2009 got into the water to photograph local resident Peter Kane remove a bronze whaler shark that mysteriously was found dead at the Bar Beach shark net.

NAROOMA: Meeting on NATA Oval over the weekend to discuss moving on from fence issues are local Animal Welfare League branch representative Daiva Ceicys and her dog Titan, youth committee member Ben Potter and deputy mayor Neil Burnside.

NAROOMA: A mystery kayaker makes his way into Wagonga Inlet to overnight on his way down on an epic solo mission from Wollongong to Eden over Christmas and the New Year. The Narooma News would love to identify him – if you know, contact stan.gorton@fairfaxmedia.com.au Photo by Jane Robertson

NAROOMA: Local Narooma kids Milo Van Zyl, Jade Wilson and Max Van Zyl find out about life under the wharf with the help of Batemans Marine Park cadet ranger Zac Noel-Stranger.

NAROOMA: Pumice pebbles washed up at Narooma are covered with barnacles and sea life indicating they’ve been in the water for months and months. The pumice on Far South Coast beaches came all the way from an undersea volcano that erupted north of NZ in 2012.

BERMAGUI: Opponents of the proposed Woolworths at Bermagui gathered at the supermarket site on Sunday with lots of signs and songs to sing.

BERMAGUI: Jane Coates, owner of The Pineapple House, and Helen Morris, visual artist of Bermagui, with Umbrella 2 from “Umbrellas of Bermagui”, an initiative by the Bermagui Seaside Fair to raise money for the long awaited local skate park.

ADAMINABY: Admiring some framed photographs of brumbies are locals Adrian Cornish, Mel Hale and Annie Robinson at the Adaminaby Markets which attracted a good crowd of tourists at the weekend.

COOMA: After 43 years of dedicated service to members and the community, the face – and voice – of the Cooma Ex-Services Club, Barry Agar, is retiring. He started work when a middy was only 18 cents. His is known for his oft-repeated words of wisdom – “If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.”

COOMA: A group of 10 young dancers from the Monaro Dance Centre in Cooma are among 5,000 performers from across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States competing in the Showcase National Dance Championships on the Gold Coast.

PAMBULA: The Pambula and District Community Bank has donated $1789.10 to the Bega Valley Remote Area Firefighting Team for a generator to charge radios in the field. Pictured are: Front from left; Nic Cooper (Merimbula), Kim Stevenson (Pambula and District Community Bank manager), Jim Everbach (Wolumla), Bec Turner (Tathra), Belinda Grundy (Pambula and District Community Bank). Back from left: Paddy Jennings (Candelo), Rick Jennings (Candelo), Garry Cooper (Angledale), Mark Ayliffe (Cobargo), Jesse Hardy (Cobargo), Peter Reynolds (Pambula) and Philip Smith (Pambula and District Community Bank). Absent: Lindsay Scullin (Bega), Brock Scullin (Bega), Simon Bateman (Numbugga), Patrick Waddell (Bermagui).

EDEN: From left; Dave and Kerry Hughes from Lakes Entrance and Michael Young from Orbost are enjoying fishing in Eden over the summer. Their catch of flathead, combined with a “few coldies”, was the plan for a magnificent al fresco dinner on Tuesday.

PAMBULA: 2014 Pambula showgirl Emma Hassan opens the 105th show on Saturday.

BATEMANS BAY: Crowds were wowed at the opening night of the Great Moscow Circus at Mackay Park on Wednesday night. Pictured is Ken Davis, Leila, Kate, Emma and Anthony Patyus and Helen and Shelley Davis before the show.

MORUYA: Construction is expected to start on the $50 million Summerhill retirement resort by the end of the year. The project has so far been delayed four years.

BROULEE: Eurobodalla Shire Council has adopted its final Broulee Beaches Landscape Masterplan, proposing improvements to the surf club precinct, as well as a skate park, extended pathways and more seating and parking.