From the Editor.....
As I sit in the shade of a rather large umbrella to avoid the heat of the day, 29 degrees, I reflect on the speaker's comments at the recent Burleigh Heads Rotary Club meeting. The speaker spoke about the effect current roading construction from the installation of light rail in the area, and the cost of living crisis is having on small local businesses, particularly the hospitality industry. The cost of living crisis is having an impact for everyone, making ends meet is becoming increasingly difficult, but, to be honest, I am having difficulty in relating it to it here on the Gold Coast. In my recent grocery shop I paid, $2.50 for 500g of strawberries, $3.50 for 300g of blue berries, 3L milk $3.10, whole cauliflower $2.50 and petrol is currently available at $1.62 per litre. But it is all relative to what you are used to. The most powerful comment a fellow Burleigh Rotarian made was how to help local business, "join up with other Rotarians, take a walk to your local coffee shop, choose a different one daily/weekly and support the local cafe industry, it is something every Rotarian can do. What we get out of it is fellowship and a great coffee." Something else our club is doing every second Monday so well.