The owners of the iconic Nepean Belle paddle steamer are doing it tough, following the incompetence of local bureaucrats. 

Owner Chris Bennett has been asked to relocate to a temporary jetty while the 40 year old main jetty is upgraded.

Upon the Belle’s first mooring to the temporary structure, it pulled one of the pylons out of the bank – rending it unsafe to moor to and jeopardising Mr Smith’s business.

Chris and his family have been working hard to come to a resolution with government but are receiving little help.

“We’re just trying to keep going … I’m running out of steam,” he told Jim Wilson.

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