Aquaboy, sorry about not replying earlier but have just had a glorious 4 days in sunny downtown Malacoota - now THAT is a place everybody should visit at least once in a lifetime! Your guess about the silly season is quite correct....investigations are ongoing and there is some news to be publicised in the early new year - stay tuned. BHP (now BlueScope) has pulled their lot out of the HARS foundation, literally...they were not comfortable with the prospects of ICAC sniffing around about the way this issue was dealt with by Shell Harbour council. Rumour has it that Cleary Brothers might also have pulled out their plans to relocate their earthmoving museum in with HARS too but some have had problems linking bulldozers with historic aircraft so it is probably not a bad thing afterall. Appears their involvement in the airfield upgrade has ruffled not a few feathers in their industry and they are ducking for cover also.
Could prove to be an interesting year in the old Gong
hopefully ICAC might be able to sort out the chaff from the wheat and make sense about what has happened down there.
and there are a few locals that are rubbing their hands together with glee at the prospects of finally getting at the truth. Can't move down there at the moment for the rats jumping for cover.