INDEX INSIDE
Coastal Views, June 2018 Page 2
ALDINGA BAY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
Dear Reader, Index
No ABRA report has been received this month. ABRA News / editorial 3
Art News 12, 15
There is quite a lot of local activity over the council’s latest
plans to enforce the unpopular and devisive winter beach Auto Section 25 - 26
vehicle ban by installing bollards and gates across the beach Campfires & Crows 11
to prevent access. CFS Corner 32
ABRA has been opposed to this winter closure as a policy
Church Notices, News 24, 33
since 2009 following the results of a member and Coastal
Views reader survey taken that year. Classifieds 11
As well as the proposed barriers, further signage is Community Centre 4
proposed. Community News 29 - 32
Council is seeking feedback on their website. Community Radio 10
http://www.onkaparingacity.com/onka/council/
community_engagement/ Emergency Numbers 34
community_engagement_status_board/ Environmental 8, 24, 25
aldinga_to_sellicks_beach_bollard_and_signage_installatio Film 6, 12
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Finance tips 23
I hope you enjoy the issue Health Section 16 - 21
Kevin Hutton - Editor History 22, 23
Letters 23
Library 28
Markets 5, 32
Real Estate 6, 12
School News 35
Youth Activities 35
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Your Sense & Dollars….
of the dealer’s showroom.
I’ve repeated last year’s column Before you commit yourself to a debt – ask yourself the
from Nani, as we didn’t get one in time this month. reason for obtaining the debt. Is it a luxury? Will it
(Ed) grow in value? Do I have a plan in place to pay it off?
“Good Debt, Bad Debt?” Will it put me in a worse position than I am right now?
by Nani Johnston It is important to remember that even good debts can
We all aim to live a good life free of debt – that is the become bad if they are unmanageable. You need to
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us there in time, because along the way, we will have soon as possible to prevent debt distress becoming a debt
needs and wants – a house, a car, a holiday and so on. nightmare, especially when you do not have any loan
Besides, life emergency sometimes happen and take us a protection cover or emergency savings in place.
step backwards. Whilst I always encourage my client to If you need assistance, just drop me an email.
save up for their wants, I work in getting them into debt.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
contradicting myself. I help my clients getting into a
good debt, with a plan in place to pay them off as soon as ALDINGA BEACH KIOSK QUERY SOLVED.
possible. 5 May 2018
SO, is there such thing as a good debt? Isn’t all debt Hallo Kevin,
bad? What are the differences? How do you know if The Minutes of the meetings of the Willunga District
your debt is good or bad? Council show that, in December 1958, Mr James A.
Berry of Beulah Park was building a kiosk at Hale’s Cut-
Not all debts are bad. Some are good. What ting – as the present ‘Erosion
differentiates them are the type, the reason and the Corner’ below Morgan St. was known. (A carpark al-
outcome of the debt. ready existed there.)
Good debt is a commitment you make for an investment He will have received a permit in the months preceding.
that will grow in value or generate a future income.
Buying a house is an example of a good debt, because the In January 1960, Aldinga Sheet Metal Works was invited
value is most likely to grow and, once the debt is paid off, to submit a price for two toilets at the same location.
you will have a financial asset that you can benefit from In February 1959, Dolph Waye applied for a permit to
at your retirement age. A business loan to grow and build a kiosk on the ‘Sellicks Beach’ foreshore to be
expand is also considered a good debt if you have a known as ‘Tower Kiosk’.
strategic plan in place for the loan for a solid expected Discussion was deferred.
return on investment. Even a car loan can sometimes be Another application in 1959 to put up a ‘garage-type’ ki-
a good debt if it helps you in producing income and it is osk south of Button Road Ramp was refused.
paid off within a short period such as under 5 years.
Earlier, in April 1955, ‘the road south of Hale’s Cut is to
Bad debt is a commitment you make for something that
be inspected re ‘dozing’. G A Smith, one of the principal
will not grow in value and is not likely to generate future
contractors given free rein to remove sand, gravel and
income for you. An example of this is buying a $300
stones from local beaches, was asked to be present.
handbag on credit that you can’t otherwise afford, or
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