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Tumby Bay grandmother leads fight to fix childcare shortage in SA town

Nancy Stewart has been involved in childcare since 1972, and is calling for more accessibility on the Eyre Peninsula. (ABC Eyre Peninsula: Bernadette Clarke)

The small seaside community of Tumby Bay is still fighting for a solution a year after it was deemed a "childcare desert" by an Australian think tank.

Every week, local grandmother Nancy Stewart bakes fresh scones and puts on the free playgroup Song and Play for children to socialise.

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