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Rainfall statistics gathered from http://www.farmonlineweather.com.au/ and http://www.bom.gov.au/

Tomorrow - Saturday Ingham Sunny 20 - 33 Cardwell Mostly sunny 22 - 31 Tully Partly cloudy 21 - 31 Mission Beach Partly cloudy 21 - 29 Innisfail Partly cloudy 21 - 31

Sunday Ingham Scattered thunderstorms 20 - 33 Cardwell Partly cloudy 21 - 31 Tully Scattered thunderstorms 20 - 31 Mission Beach Partly cloudy 21 - 30 Innisfail Partly cloudy 21 - 31

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Community and Natural Assets Damaged – Report Suspicious Behaviour COUNCIL has received reports of vehicles damaging community and natural assets in various locations at and along the Lucinda foreshore, which costs the community money to repair and replace. Significant damage is also being caused to the environmental values in the area including vegetation and dunal systems. This damage is reportedly occurring at night. ‘Many people that use the Lucinda foreshore area for recreational purposes, do the right thing and would never deliberately damage our community assets.’ said Mayor Jayo. ‘However, there is a persistent number of people that seem determined to ruin this area

and they need to be stopped!’ ‘Vehicle access to the beach is a privilege enjoyed by the community and came about after a prolonged period of discussion and negotiation towards ensuring safety of public and minimisation of environmental harm through restrictions on movement to defined areas. The regulations in place are not being observed and if the unlawful activities occur, Council may need to consider revoking present privileges.’ said Mayor Jayo.

public property including both infrastructure and damage to the environment.’ Council would appreciate any information from the community towards identifying the perpetrators of this unlawful activity. Council has reported the matter to the Queensland Police and residents are encouraged to report any such activities via the Updates and Withdrawals section located on PoliceLink’s website. When using PoliceLink to report vehicle issues at Lucinda foreshore, please quote Policelink reference number QP2101877586. This will ensure all the information is collated under one complaint and provide the impetus for action.

Mayor Jayo said ‘Council staff have increased surveillance in this area and will have no hesitation in applying any or all means to hold those responsible accountable. Council will also seek to recoup the cost associated with the malicious damage of

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2021 Babinda NAIDOC Celebration ON Friday, September 10, the town of Babinda came together to acknowledge and celebrate NAIDOC Day with the theme of "Heal Country!".

NAIDOC celebrations are held to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The NAIDOC 2021 theme – Heal Country! – calls for "all of us to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites, and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction." The Babinda NAIDOC celebration was held in the Great Hall at Babinda P-12 State School with many from the township and surrounds turning out for the community event. Yidinjii Elder Aunty Annie Wonga was present for the occasion and former Babinda State School student Dr Darryl Murgha delivered the key note address. Dr Murgha is a Gunggandji Elder who grew up in Babinda and did all of his schooling at Babinda State School. Earlier this year, James Cook University admitted Dr Murgha to the award of Honorary Doctor of Letters for his outstanding contributions to the documentation of cultural heritage in Far North Queensland, education in cultural heritage, and the establishment of Indigenous enterprises. The spectators were then treated to performances by the Wanjuru-Yidinjii Aboriginal Dancers and the Tituil Dham Torres Strait Island Dancers. The Wanjuru-Yidinjii Aboriginal Dancers (above). The Wanjuru-Yidinjii Aboriginal Dancers performed a number of dances, including ones that told stories about the Cassowary and fishing.

The Tituil Dham Torres Strait Island Dancers also performed a number of dances, including a family dance, a ‘couples’ dance and a fast dance to finish. The Tituil Dham Torres Strait Island Dancers (above). There was also a fashion show featuring Babinda students as the models, modelling gowns from Murrii Quu Couture, an Indigenous fashion brand that creates original pieces from reclaimed fabric and materials.

The NAIDOC organising committee said they were grateful to the Wanjuru-Yidinjii Aboriginal Dancers, Tituil Dham Torres Strait Island Dancers, Pastor Rodney Minnecon, Aunty Annie Wonga, Dr Daryl Murgha, Cheryl Creed from Murrii Quu Couture, and Indigenous Artist Kel Williams for their contributions to the celebration. The event was supported by Cairns Regional Council and Babinda Taskforce.

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News in Brief Cassowary Coast TullyWeen 2021 TULLYWEEN will be held this year on Saturday, October 30, between 9am and 12pm. The Tully Chamber of Commerce hopes to see all businesses participating in the True Tully Spirit. Trick or Treat in the Street brings a lot of new people into town and into your business, making this event a perfect opportunity to show them what your business has to offer. We recommend handing out a voucher or coupon for the parents, with your trick or treat candies for the kids, to encourage these new patrons to come back to your shop another day. Decorating not only puts you in the running for best dressed shop, but it also creates a fun atmosphere in the street! If you need more information or have any questions about TullyWeen, please contact us via email on tullychamber4854@gmail.com and we will endeavour to answer your question quickly. Thank you for your support. TullyWeen Committee

Cassowary Coast Business Women’s Network THE Cassowary Coast Business Women’s Network is hosting their monthly October dinner meeting on Tuesday, October 19, at Kurrimine Beach Motel, 5 Hawthorne Drive, Kurrimine Beach. This month, CCBWN Gold member Bendigo Bank is hosting the event with Kerry Mamo as guest speaker, and there will also be a showcase of local resin work, as well as other local crafts. Arrival: 6:15 - 6:30pm; Networking: 6:30 - 7:00pm; Dinner: 7:00 - 7:30pm; Speakers: 7:30 - 8:15pm Dessert: 8:15 - 8:30pm; Networking: 8.30 - 9.00pm. Please advise of dietary requirements when booking. Cost: Members $40/Non-members $45. RSVP by 5.00pm on Friday, October 15, 2021. Bookings for the event are via https://www.trybooking. com/events/813698. Due to COVID-19 safety precautions, tickets must be pre-booked. CCBWN have a variety of different meeting styles including interesting and informative guest speakers and fun, motivational, educational, and interactive

COMMUNITY workshops. Every person has an opportunity to market their own business or enterprise to network members and guests, as well as to meet and mingle with other businesswomen in the region. For further information, or to become a member of the region’s leading business network, please visit https://ccbwn.org.au.

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Hinchinbrook Rotary Park Playground Closure – Shade Structure Installation INGHAM Rotary Park playground will be closed to the community from Monday, October 18, 2021, to Friday, October 22, 2021, to allow for the commencement of the final stage of the shade structure installation. The playground will be closed for approximately five days for Urban Play to install the new rolled shade structure over the playground equipment. Members of the public can stay updated on the progress of the works via the Council’s Facebook page. The playground will re-open to the community just in time for the Annual Maraka Festival celebration on Saturday, October 30, 2021, weather permitting. Council thanks the community for its cooperation during these works and promises the outcome will be worth the wait. Please do not forget that the Adventure Playground located in the TYTO Parklands is open and available to all members of the public to enjoy. The installation of the Rotary Park playground shade structure is funded under Phase Two of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program.

Get Ready Week 2021 THIS week is Get Ready Queensland Week! It is time for Queenslanders to get ready for the upcoming severe weather season. It is easy to be prepared in just three steps: 1. Understand your risk. 2. Make a plan; and 3. Pack supplies. For further information, please visit Get Ready Queensland’s website Three Steps to Get Ready page www.getready.qld.gov.au/get- prepared/3-steps-getready.

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Genex Kidston Connection Project – Sub-contractor Drop in Session HINCHINBROOK Businesses are invited to attend a Drop-in Session hosted by Powerlink and UGL regarding sub-contracting on the Genex Kidston Project. The Genex Kidston Connection will deliver a new 275kV transmission line from Mount Fox to Genex’s proposed new hydro power station at Kidston (approximately 270km northwest of Townsville). Construction on the project is scheduled to commence in the first half of 2022. The Genex Kidston Connection Project Team will be in Ingham next week chatting to potential subcontractors about the new high-voltage transmission line. Representatives from Powerlink and the Principal Contractor, UGL, will be in attendance. The session will be an informal drop in, providing businesses the opportunity to meet the team and ask questions about bidding for work on the project. Sub-contracting opportunities on the project include vegetation and access works, machine and equipment hire, cleaning services, waste management and recycling, and much more. For further information on the project, please visit www.powerlink. com.au/projects/genex-kidstonconnection-project.

Hinchinbrook Business Connect Session THE Department of Employment, Small Business, and Training are hosting a Business Connect Session in Ingham targeted at local business owners and managers. Come along to hear about the funding and services available to business and industry. This is an opportunity to connect with all levels of government. Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021; Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm; Where: TYTO Conference and Events Centre; Cost: Free. For further information or to register, please visit the Eventbrite website www. eventbrite.com.au/e/ hinchinbrook-business-connecttickets-183063276187.

Visitor Information Centre Information Session and Morning Tea Wrap Up THE Visitor Information Centre (VIC) held an information session and morning tea on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, for their volunteers. Staff incorporated the information session with fun and educational trivia questions to keep the volunteers up to date with what is going on within the Centre and around the Shire. The volunteers who attended said they enjoyed the morning immensely.

Gumboot Theatre presents Hotspots and Give Away AFTER a COVID-induced false start, this time last year the Gumboot Theatre presented their first show, followed earlier this year by the highly successful

murder mystery Lights, Camera, Murder. Their next production is a night of one act plays, written by Queensland playwrights. Gumboot Theatre will present Hotspots and Give Away on October 29 and 30, at the El Arish RSL Memorial Hall and on November 5 and 6 at the Con theatre in Innisfail, with performances starting at 7.30pm. Tickets are $25 per adult, $20 per concession / pensioner, and $10 per child, and can be purchased at Tully Drapery, or online at www.trybooking.com or by calling 0412 268 576.

(Left to right): Linda Brescancin, Pauline Colombini, Sharon Burgess (standing), and Rhiannon Passfield rehearsing Hotspots

Gumboot Theatre was formed in early 2020 in order to present the iconic Australian play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler, as part of the El-Arish centenary celebrations, but COVID arrived forcing rehearsals to cease. Later in 2020, when theatres were allowed to reopen, they started rehearsing another Australian play The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women, which was performed over one weekend in October 2020 at the El Arish RSL Memorial Hall. The event was an enormous success and demonstrated that there is a strong appetite for local theatre in the region.

In early 2021, they started rehearsing the murder mystery Lights, Camera, Action written by Brisbane Playwright, Angela Witcher. This was a dinner theatre style show where the murderer strikes, and the audience then get to quiz each character over dinner. The show was performed to sell-out audiences in Tully, El Arish, Cardwell, and Ravenshoe. Get in early to purchase your tickets to Hotspots and Give Away and enjoy an evening of excellent theatre.

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Charity Ball was a big night out in Tully LAST Saturday, October 09, was a big night out in Tully, when the Tully Friends of the Hospital Foundation hosted a Charity Ball at the Tully MPC. The venue was beautifully decorated, the food was delicious, the drinks were plentiful, the music was great, and the prizes drawn on the night were fantastic. If you missed this year’s event, you need to book early for next year. The Graham Academy of Dance School entertained the crowd early in the evening. The Cassowary Coasters Line dancers performed a few items and then had the crowd up dancing the “Zorba” and “Nut Bush” dances. The young crew from the Tully Friends of the Hospital Foundation did a brilliant job in planning, organising, and decorating, and they are to be commended for their efforts. They would like to thank everyone who helped in any way make the Ball the success it was, without the helpers behind the scenes and the generous donations by many local and regional businesses, these events would not achieve their desired success. An unexpected part of the evening was a very generous donation from the Cassowary Coasters Line Dancers Club of $1,000, accepted by Bev Haack, a hard-working member of the Tully

Friends of the Hospital Foundation. To those who attended, a big thank you, we know everyone had a great

The Charity Ball raised $4,927.00,

which is a fantastic effort. The funds will go towards a Palliative Care room at the Tully Hospital.

Tully Hospital Staff at the Charity Ball.

Winner of the Boutique Maree $500 Voucher, Margaret Ziberra, and Members of the Friends of the Hospital, Lahkeira Dickman and Taleah Davies.

The Dance Group.

night and we would love to see you all next year.

The organisers of the Charity Ball (left to right): Michelle Coppens, Caitlin Pendlebury, and Julie Reis.

Presentation of the $1,000 donation from the Cassowary Coasters Line Dancers Club to Members of the Tully Friends of the Hospital. (Left to right): Julie Reis,Veronica Lizzio, Bev Haack, Lyn Miller, and Caitlin Pendlebury.

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The price of freedom SARI HYYTINEN

IT is amazing what we will sacrifice to look after the people who we love. There are so many times in life that we can make a choice that benefits ourselves and then there are moments when we make one that benefits others more than ourselves. It excites me when I think rural, and I observe a community that cares more about family than they do about themselves. We all want to belong to a loving family and to a strong community. The difficulty we have is with time. How often during the week do you think of all the tasks that you need to accomplish and wonder how you can possibly finish them and find time to be with your family? There is so much pressure to perform in our society. I am sure that this will cause some people to be offended, but there were so many benefits to having a society where only one wage was required to support the family. When you pause and reflect on what women lost for freedom, it is a lot. To gain our freedom, we lost our freedom. I am talking about when there used to be a time when there was a person available at home to spend time with their children. It is now a rare thing to be able to stay at home and look after your child. It is wonderful to have been successful fighting for our rights as women, but can we now fight to be allowed to raise our own children? Whether male or female, we should be able live in an economy where it is affordable to parent our children. A dark cloud hangs over the future of academic freedom of speech in Australia following the High Court’s ruling today against Great Barrier Reef Expert, Dr Peter Ridd, Katter’s Australian Party MPs have said. The KAP, which alongside a variety of other supporters from across the country, have stood in solidarity with Dr Ridd as he took his former employer James Cook University (JCU) to court after being sacked in 2018, said the professor deserved to be applauded for his tenacity. Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto said today’s decision

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Litigation has started in the banana industry SO, litigation has started in the banana industry. If you believed this day was never coming, then you must obviously still believe in the tooth fairy. All this has come about because of the banana industry’s inability to accept change. One of the biggest law firms in Australia cannot believe what they have opened up. This industry is the worst in Australia for worker injuries, both small and severe. The worst part of this fiasco is there are two government departments who also should be fined. Workplace Health and Safety have known for twenty years that there is a machine available, which could have prevented all these injuries. They refused to promote it and their excuse was that it would give the inventor too much of a commercial advantage. This is so unbelievable and ridiculous it defies belief. The second is the OPI. They called a meeting

Friday, October 15, 2021 twenty-five years ago to solve these problems. I felt confident leaving that meeting that the idea of the mechanical banana harvester would be taken seriously and enthusiastically. I was wrong. The theory of keep it hard, we will keep the industry to ourselves, has now come back to bite them. This Department is still promoting ancient farming methods simply because the bureaucrats have never grown bananas themselves. If you want to see infested bananas go and have a look at their plot at South Johnstone. The leaders of this industry should be ashamed of themselves for allowing it to go this far. Blind Freddy could see this day was always going to arrive. Tully was the land of opportunity. The injuries will continue even with the imported labour. Be smart, pick a better way! Tom Johnstone

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Dr Ridd a beacon of hope for free speech: KAP by the High Court meant, by law, Dr Ridd was in breach of his of JCU work contract when he publicly raised quality assurance and trust concerns around fellow researchers’ works. The ruling had nothing to do with Dr Ridd’s expertise on the GBR or the validity of his scientific views, he said. Mr Dametto currently has a Bill before the Queensland Parliament seeking a full repeal of the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s Environmental Protection (Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019. This Bill, labelled as “farm-destroying” due to the onerous requirements it places on North and Central Queensland cane growers, was predicated on water quality research similar to that which was questioned by Dr Ridd. Dr Ridd has long called for the establishment of an Office of Science Quality Assurance to question and monitor the validity of scientific research used to underpin government policy. “We believe that, in the court of public opinion, Dr Ridd has been successful,” Mr Dametto said.

Speakers Bob Katter MP, Dr Peter Ridd, Nick Dametto MP and Robbie Katter MP at a cane industry forum in Ayr

“As a scientist, academic, and individual we believe he deserves to be applauded for putting everything on the line to fight for what he, and many others, believe in, which is the fundamental importance of freedom of speech and academic integrity.” “In the name of standing up for what he thought was morally right and just, Dr Ridd has sacrificed his job and potentially his career and reputation, but he has done this because he believed it was right to at least question the science.” “Few people understand the effects of sediment and nutrient run-off to the GBR better than Dr Ridd, and systemic quality assurance problems are still plaguing the way GBR ‘science’ is being used to affect modelling that drives government policy and public opinion.” “The gravest concern attached to today’s ruling is that it has the real potential to scare off anyone else who wants to raise their head out of the trenches to question not only the reef science institutions but also science across the board.” Mr Dametto said that, without academic freedom, there was a potential to stifle the progression of science and send us back to a time of limited academic thinking not seen since the Dark Ages. Kennedy MP Bob Katter said that the cases of Ridd and Pavlou made it quite obvious that there was no freedom of speech on Australia’s university campuses. “Peter Ridd was expressing opinions, and that has been the entire essence of universities since the days of Plato and Socrates,” he said. “There must a free expression of ideals for universities to operate properly. When I was at university, I disagreed with radicals who opposed Vietnam, but I defended tenaciously their right to free expression of their point of view.” “The CEO class now run the universities, the corporations, and half the trade unions. They are stifling freedoms in this country.”

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Double Celebration for Mission Beach Historical Society JILLIAN CABLE IN a double celebration last Thursday, October 7, the Mission Beach Historical Society celebrated both the launch of their new logo and their first anniversary. Djiru Artist, Leonard Andy, designed the Society’s stunning new logo and Lavinia Letheby digitalised it for the Society. The design depicts a Djiru shield with a Cassowary, Gunduy, which is the endangered, iconic, flightless

The stunning new logo of the Mission Beach Historical Society.

bird living in the North Queensland rainforests and an important animal to the Djiru. Trudy Tschui, Division 3 Councillor, and history enthusiast attended the event. The Mission Beach Historical Society is dedicated to collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting

all of Mission Beach’s history to ensure that future generations may fully see and appreciate the rich heritage of this community. New members are welcome and should please contact Valerie Boll, President, on 0448801195, or Ken Gray, Secretary, on 07 4068 7617.

Members of the Mission Beach Historical Society.

Melbourne Cup Function smorgasbord lunch (Left to Right): Cr Trudy Tschui, Leonard Andy, and the Society’s President,Valerie Boll.

Channel Inn, LUCINDA Tickets: $35.00 each Starts at 11:00am. Raffles as well. Tickets are sold at the Herbert River Museum or ring Coral on 0408 766 317

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(Left to Right): Lavinia Letheby, Leonard Andy, and President Valerie Boll.

Best dressed wins prize and sweeps.

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Tully State High School’s Year 12 formal

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ST JOHN’S School, Silkwood, students recently celebrated National Science Week with a fun-filled day focused on this year’s theme, Food: Different by Design. Australia is a leader in food production, and students enjoyed exploring the role science and technology play in food production and design. Coinciding with the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, students assessed their skills by making a healthy and tasty pizza, and taste-tested heathy alternatives to traditional ice-cream, including plantbased ice-creams and smoothie bowls. Students also explored the production of food on farms using Minecraft Education and learnt about the role science plays in sustainable aquaculture. The Year 6 leaders at St John’s organised these activities as part of their learning in science. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for our school leaders to present to an authentic audience and focus on communicating scientific concepts in an engaging and firsthand way, that their young audience can understand,” said Penelope Irvine, Teacher, and science week coordinator. Feedback received from the younger students was that the Year 6 students did an amazing job teaching and assisting them throughout the day. Children from the Silkwood Community Kindergarten paid a special visit to the school where they learnt about the significant role bees play in helping our food grow. “It was a wonderful opportunity to engage the Kindy kids in some fun, firsthand learning, to expand their knowledge about the world around us,” said Principal Mrs Peta Bryan. St John’s School, Silkwood, was one of 266 schools awarded a 2021 National Science Week Schools’ Grant. These grants help schools to run activities and events during Science Week, with coordination by the Australian Science Teachers Association, and funding from the Australian Government, through the Inspiring Australia Program. “It’s fantastic that we can use our Science Week grant to encourage our students to develop a love of science,” advised Principal Mrs Peta Bryan.

St John’s School, Silkwood, Principal Peta Bryan, with Silkwood Community Kindergarten students, who took part in Science Week activities.

St John’s School, Silkwood students Sean Moran and Clayton Ridolfi.

St John’s School, Silkwood students Scarlett Santariga and Tayla Zammit.

Mundoo State School celebrates 126th anniversary MARIA GIRGENTI AFTER COVID-19 forced its cancellation last year, the Mundoo State School community will celebrate 126 years of delivering quality education in 2021, which will align with their annual fete on Saturday, October 23. An invitation is extended to all past and present students, families, staff, and community members to attend the celebrations. For those attending, pre-registration is mandatory, and can be completed by contacting the school office on 4064 2250, or via email admin@mundooss. eq.edu.au providing your name, year enrolled (if applicable) and phone/email. All those in attendance will need to sign in via the QR code and registrations/class photos will start at 9.00am, followed by the official welcome by Principal Kristina Haigh and formal speeches at 9.30am. At 10.30am is the opening of the time capsule and the youngest and oldest pupils will do the honour of cutting the cake at 11.00am. Guests will then partake in morning tea and catch up with old friends, have a bite to eat, and visit the school photo

and memorabilia displays. On the day, there will be commemorative merchandise including spoons, books, caps, and postcards, as well as food and drinks for sale. The morning’s events will be later

followed by the annual school fete from 4.00pm to 8.00pm. Unlimited ride tickets for the fete can be pre-purchased for $20 at the school office, or $25 on the night. Rides include a horizontal bungee,

Mundoo State School’s original building erected in May 1895.

MEGA slide, bubble soccer, and a giant jumping castle. Tractor and horse rides will also be available for an additional cost. There will also be a cent sale, bar, pig on a spit, craft stalls, and live entertainment.

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Innisfail District Chamber’s new management team MARIA GIRGENTI INNISFAIL

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Commerce, Tourism, and Industry recently announced their new management team at their Annual

Innisfail District Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism Executive and Committee Members for 2021-2022.

General Meeting held at Innisfail Golf Club. The Executive Committee for 20212022 is Suzanne Bassette (President), Liz Fabian (Treasurer), and Tammie Davidson (Secretary). Outgoing President (Nadine Picini), Secretary (Kath MacLean), and Committee Member (Steven Allen) have remained as committee members. The position of Vice President remains vacant. The incoming President said this continuity of knowledge was a great outcome for the business group. “We are very grateful to the outgoing team for their efforts in keeping the Chamber functioning during the difficult challenges of the past few years.” “Moving forward, our focus is on the reinvigoration of the group, which means engaging with our members and promoting the well-being of the business community.” “All of us are busy people so we want to deliver a business group that kick goals with minimum energy and leads conversations instead of waiting for the government and Council to call our number,” advised the incoming President, Suzanne Bassette. The first major networking event postCOVID was an inaugural Golf Day with great prizes and a barbeque. IDCCIT hosted Cindy Perry from DEBST to inform small businesses of the funds and grants available to them. Committee members and Kira-

Jean Clark from the Cassowary Coast Regional Council worked hard to develop the Chamber’s Strategic Plan for the next two years. With the assistance of Peter Jordan from Clearway Advice, IDCCT have a boardroom for meetings, the additional help of a secretary, and a phone number. “Innisfail is a key regional centre for the Cassowary Coast and the largest centre between Cairns and Townsville,” stated President Suzanne Bassette. “I believe the time is coming when Cairns and our growing digital economy will start to impact on our district’s economic viability, so I would like be part of shaping our future against those challenges,” opined the President. “COVID-19 has presented a wide range of impacts for local businesses and across the State. My focus over the next 12 months is simple. I want to find a better way to kick goals and restore a sense of value in the minds of our members and the community.” “As part of my role, I intend to hold a pop-up stall at the monthly markets, as well as establishing regular two-way communication with members.” “I want us to tackle the goals set out in the Strategic Plan that are achievable and invest in relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.” “My aim is for members to feel better connected with the leadership team, and most of all to be a worthy ambassador for our town and district,” said the incoming President.

Cardwell Meals on Wheels News LEE PORTER, SECRETARY CARDWELL Meals on Wheels Inc.’s 40th Annual General Meeting was held on October 7, with a dinner for Volunteers, Clients, and Guests at Seabreeze Café Lounge. Our new Committee comprises of Bev Altadonna (President), Lee Porter (Secretary), Debbie Clancy (Treasurer), Mandy McGree, John Newsome, Gail Hutchins, Sue Hart, Stan Skeates, Arlie Robinson, and Don Porter as General

Committee Members. Special guests were staff members from Churches of Christ (Rockingham Home for the Aged). Appreciation was extended to all the volunteers and clients who attended our AGM and also to Seabreeze Café Lounge for providing an excellent meal and a great atmosphere. President Bev Altadonna thanked Mandy Carucci and all the kitchen staff at Churches of Christ, the Wet Tropic Times newspaper for printing our monthly roster, Committee Members,

Jennifer McCallan winning a Jonathan Dean Voucher

and all Volunteers of Cardwell MOW for their support during the year. Bev also gave specially thanked Jim Colyer, who has resigned from volunteering after 20 years of delivering and also 8 years as a Committee Member. Secretary Lee thanked the Hinchinbrook Regional Arts members for their support over many years by supplying our group with their amazing artworks for prizes in our raffles. Jonathan Dean, Photographic Art, provided us with $75 and $25 Vouchers, which can

be used for Digital Art, Custom Framing, Format Printing, and Photo Restoration. Thank you, Jonathan, for your generous donation. If anyone requires Meals on Wheels services or wishes to become a volunteer deliverer, please contact Lisa Cartwright, Convenor on 0428 980 104 or email cardwellmow@hotmail. com. Meals are provided every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at a cost of $11 per meal and they are sourced from Churches of Christ.

Jim Colyer winning a Seabreeze voucher.

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CRIME WRAP Lost without you, Cassowary Coast

faces serious allegations of misconduct. This does not mean the allegations against the officer have been substantiated.

Armed Robbery, Flying Fish Point FAR North detectives have charged three men and a woman following the armed robbery of a Flying Fish Point business on Monday afternoon (October 11).

Proof of ownership will be required, this could be in the from of photographic evidence.

It will be alleged the group attended the Elizabeth Street business at 2.10pm when one of the men produced a replica handgun, threatening an employee and demanded property.

POLICE want to encourage residents of the Cassowary Coast to view the below property to help us return the items to their rightful owners.

The group then stole a quantity of money before fleeing the business. Later that night, police located and arrested a 19-year-old man Innisfail man, a 20-year-old Innisfail man and a 19-year-old South Innisfail woman. The 19-year-old man was later charged with one count each of armed robbery, burglary, driving an uninsured and unregistered vehicle and learning to drive without a supervisor. He is scheduled to re-appear at Innisfail Magistrates Court on November 29.

Officer issued NTA, Northern Region A 38-year-old male Constable from the Northern Region has been issued a notice to appear charged with one count of possession of a dangerous drug and one count of possession of a schedule 4 medicine and is due to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court on October 27.

Attorney-General and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Shannon Fentiman said the Safe and Diverse Communities DFV Prevention Grants Program was part of the government’s commitment to women’s safety in Queensland’s culturally diverse communities. “Culturally and linguistically diverse Queenslanders can be at increased risk of experiencing domestic and family violence,” Ms Fentiman said. “We also know that women from these communities can experience unique forms of abuse and additional barriers to reporting violence, seeking support and escaping a domestic and family violence situation. “Too often women from these backgrounds can feel isolated, often through language barriers, and

He is scheduled to re-appear at Innisfail Magistrates Court on November 29. The 19-year-old woman was later charged with one count each of burglary and armed robbery. She is scheduled to appear at Innisfail Magistrates Court on October 25. At 2.30pm yesterday afternoon, a 31-year-old Innisfail man surrendered himself to police.

The officer has been suspended from official duty with the Queensland Police Service.

He was immediately arrested, opposed bail and remains in police custody.

In keeping with our commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency and accountability, we have undertaken to inform the public when an officer

He was later charged with one count each of armed robbery and burglary and is scheduled to appear at the Innisfail Magistrates Court today.

New grants to help Queensland’s diverse communities respond to DFV THE Palaszczuk Government is providing $1 million in extra support for community organisations to respond to domestic and family violence (DFV) in the state’s culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.

The 20-year-old man was later charged with one count each of burglary and armed robbery.

not knowing where to seek help when experiencing violence or abuse at home. “The Palaszczuk Government is committed to strengthening its response to the impact of DFV on Queensland women from CALD backgrounds. “The Safe and Diverse Communities Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Grants Program build on this commitment. “The grants will support small, targeted communityled projects in diverse communities to recognise and respond to domestic and family violence.” The grants will be available over four years to 2024, with $250,000 available each year to provide grants of up to between $10,000 and $15,000 to successful applicants. The first round of the grants program will support community groups and organisations to deliver targeted community led projects over six months between February and October 2022, to support and promote women’s safety and domestic and family

violence prevention. Minister for Multicultural Affairs Leanne Linard said this will strengthen the capacity of Queensland culturally and linguistically diverse communities to address family violence and all forms of violence against women through innovative, culturally appropriate, tailored primary prevention and early intervention projects. “We know women are predominantly the victims of domestic, family and sexual violence,” Minister Linard said. “And key to helping victims escape violence and access support is breaking down barriers to seeking help. “To support culturally and linguistically diverse community organisations with applying, we are making available extra support available during the application open period including translation services,” she said “Two online community forums will also be held during the application open period to support applicants and answer any questions about the guidelines and the process.” Applications close 5pm Friday 12 November 2021. For more information, and to apply visit: https:// www.qld.gov.au/safediversegrants.

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Innisfail Probus Club members enjoy Dine-Out evening MARIA GIRGENTI TWENTY-THREE members of Innisfail Probus Club recently enjoyed an evening dine-out at Wai Young Chinese Restaurant in Innisfail. An ideal setting and relaxing atmosphere made it a special time to catch up and renew friendships with fellow Probians. A trip down memory lane of Innisfail’s

buildings, people, and activities provided laughter throughout the night. The Probus theme of friendship, fellowship, and fun came to the fore, which made for an enjoyable outing. A special thank you went to Lew Phillips and Alan Curtis who organised the outing. On behalf of all Club members, President Jim Brown thanked the host Anna and her staff for a great meal,

service, and hospitality. Probus Clubs are for retired and semi-retired active members of the community. It is a fantastic way to meet new friends and participate in social activities. Meetings take place on the fourth Thursday of each month and include morning tea and interesting guest speakers.

Dine-outs, trips, movie matinees, and other social events are regularly organised. New members and visitors are more than welcome to come along and join in. Transport is available for those who need it. For further information, please contact the Secretary on 0429 653 775 or via email - probusclubofinnisfail@ gmail.com.

President Jim Brown, Richard and Judi Rees.

Judi Rees, Frances Lagana, and Fay Stephens.

Betty Westbury, Josie Vecchio, Jill Sorensen, and Margaret Johnston.

Pauline and Geoff Duffield and Mari Phillips.

MARAKA FEATURE

The countdown is on for the 2021 Maraka Festival

The countdown is on for the 2021 Maraka Festival. The festivities kick off next weekend with both the Queen Presentation Night and the Afternoon Tea being held on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, respectively. Spokesman Kieran Volpe says both events are sure to be a hit, with tickets selling fast “Tickets for both events went on sale this week, they are selling like hotcakes, in particular, the Afternoon Tea, which always attracts a sell-out

crowd. Presentation Night tickets will be on sale throughout next week at Lisa Maree 2, for $35 each. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for more detailed times.”

“We were unable to arrange a cocktail bar this year, so the Queen Presentation Night is essentially the old cocktail night, without the cocktails, but rest assured there will be a fully stocked bar. Anthony John (aka Tony Fracchia) will be providing live entertainment for the night, and there will be plenty of food to

go around, with the event being catered for by Marian & Piera” While the Queen Presentation Night is a little more laid back and has more of a party atmosphere, the Afternoon Tea will be a little more formal and will give the community the opportunity to meet both the Princess and Queen entrants. “The ever-popular Afternoon Tea at the Royal Hotel gives everyone the chance to hear from each Princess and Queen Entrant, while also enjoying an afternoon of raffles, a fashion parade by

local suppliers, and of course, afternoon tea. It is a chance for the ladies to get dressed in their best, have a catch up, and enjoy themselves during an afternoon out,” Mr Volpe said. Keep an eye out on Facebook and in next week’s edition of the Wet Tropic Times to meet our Queen and Princess entrants For further information, please contact President Lynette Croton on 0438 761 393

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LIKEIT STORAGE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY FOR SALE

Accelerating success. Receivers’ Sale - Iconic Beachfront Headland Acreage with Development Approval

For Sale

10-12 LAURIE STREET, GOONDI BEND, INNISFAIL

GO TO (FOR SALE BY OWNER) WEBSITE (COMMERCIAL SALES) FOR MORE PHOTOS AND INFO

 Storage sheds, business

 Over 4000 square metres, two

 All hard work done  Move your business here and

 2000 plus squares under roof  Solar power  3 phase power  Security fenced and cameras  Fully air conditioned offices  Outdoor lunch area and air

sheds, offices

have extra income

*Outlines indicative only

Lot 2 Explorers Drive, Lugger Bay (South Mission Beach) QLD

Under instructions from Barry Kogan, Jonathan Henry, Anthony Connelly and William Harris of McGrathNicol as Receivers and Managers

For Sale by EOI closing Thurs 28 Oct at 4pm colliers.com.au#url#

DA 67.99Ha* beachfront freehold

2.4km* of shoreline

12 acreage lots, a balance 35.2Ha* lot + common area

 Run by 1 person  Fully booked with waiting list  Potential to expand, extra units and selective pallet racking and storage

Stacey Quaid 0418 773 258

PRICE $1,980,000

IDEAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

WEEKEND RETREAT OR FUTURE HOMESITE

CONTACT STEPHEN 0418 184 428

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conditioned indoor lunch area

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Samuel Biggins 0410 979 075

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street access

Land Area 1012 sqm

This cottage has been recently refreshed. There are two bedrooms, open plan living, front sunroom or third bedroom, shower and toilet. A security system is an added bonus. Outside there are a variety of fruit trees, double carport, shed, fowl house and a gym / rumpus room. The property, which is fully fenced, is located across from a popular private primary school and Post Office. There is a butcher shop and café approximately 200 metres away. Approximately Now $189,000. https://aarealty.net/property/1396/ 10km to the Innisfail CBD. An excellent package.

Land Area 885 sqm

34 Meyer Avenue, Wangan • Spacious 3 bedrooms and office/4th bedroom • Airconditioned main bedroom & living area • Corner block with access to backyard • 6m x 6m Colorbond shed • Do not delay – call for an inspection

$345,000 - List

Call Kylie on 0428 944 563

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Call Louise on 0448 751 963

FIRST HOME OR RENOVATOR – READY TO MOVE IN

Land Area 3.29 Ha

$ 370,000 List #1363

Call Fran on 0401 191 258

MODERN FAMILY HOME WITH SHED – MUST SEE!

• Demountable dwelling under large shed • Equipment shed • Tank and bore • Tractor + implements This gently sloping block is partially bordered by a creek, has its own pond, and is fenced. Ideal weekend retreat with the basic facilities in place and room to expand and create a beautifully positioned country home.

Land Area 1012 sqm

• 3 bedroom home • Large flat 1,012sqm block • Lots of room for a shed • 16km to Mission Beach • This property won’t last long at this price.

$145,000 - List #1365

Call Kylie on 0428 944 563

TRANQUIL ACREAGE RETREAT

Land Area 10,000 sqm

• (3 Beds, 2 Bath, 1 Car, 10,000sqm) • Wide covered patio on two sides. • Recently renovated kitchen. • Large equipment shed with annexed area + shower/toilet plumbed. • Landscaped gardens and lawn, includes bore.

$410,000 List #1357 http://aarealty.net/property/1357/

Call Louise on 0448 751 963

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QLD families devastated by taxi licence losses

KATTER’S Australian Party (KAP) MPs are calling on Transport Minister Mark Bailey to attend a courtordered mediation and negotiate a fair compensation package for devastated Queensland taxi licence owners. KAP Leader Robbie Katter, speaking from Parliament House said, “Mum-and-Dad Queensland small-business owners have lost everything - there are so many stories of trails of destruction caused by this financial hardship.” “This ALP Queensland Government has allowed a foreign multinational to come into the market by breaking the law, and subsequently erode worker pay and conditions and ruin the lives of thousands of Queensland families.” KAP State Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto said, “The Queensland licence owners invested in good faith, with the certainty of State Government industry regulation that had been in place for decades.” “Our society operates with regulation and licencing every day,” he said. “What’s to stop the government just ignoring its own legislation and regulation again, like it did with taxis, and undermining our pharmacies, the building industry or pubs and clubs?” KAP Hill MP Shane Knuth said the Queensland Government’s treatment of law-abiding taxi drivers had been callous over the last five years. "This is the same as owning a pub and someone opens a pop-up pub on the opposite corner, selling liquor at half the price, with no licence or requirements, destroying your business, while the Government turned a blind eye,” he said. “This is exactly the same situation with our taxi industry who have followed all the expensive rules and regulations, while the Government has given international ride sharing companies an open book entry into the State and destroyed thousands of lives in the process." Peter and Susan Broadbridge joined the KAP State Members today to tell how the loss in licence values had impacted their family. Peter is a Navy veteran and suffers from PostTraumatic Stress Disorder and has been classified as Totally and Permanently Incapacitated. Their daughter has significant, ongoing mental health needs. This has led Peter and Susan to leave their hometown of Cairns to move to Brisbane and provide care for their daughter. Susan is now a fulltime carer for Peter and her daughter. “We bought our licence as part of our self-funded superannuation plan,” Mr Broadbridge said. “We paid $320,000 for our licence in 1999 in Cairns. Just prior to ride share licences in Cairns were worth over $600,000. Today you cannot sell the licence. “We have moved to Brisbane to care for our daughter and we still have a $460,000 mortgage. “It has cost our family, out of pocket, around $40,000 each year to provide care for our daughter,” “The taxi licence was an investment that we could use to help pay for our retirement and it would also assist in providing care for our daughter. “Instead, we are in financial hardship trying to care for our daughter and pay the bills. Susan is a fulltime carer and I’m unable to work. I served my country in the defence force and at 57 years old this is not how I saw my retirement. “We invested in good faith based on decades of State Government regulation. All we are asking for is a fair go.” The Broadbridges are part of a closed legal action of over 900 Queensland taxi licence owners against the State Government. The court ordered mediation is scheduled for early November.

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THANKS NOTICE

MARKETS

GENERAL NOTICE

SPASOJE BILIC

INGHAM RAINTREE COMMUNITY MARKETS

Bozica, Ivana, George, Mary, Joe, Maurice, Helena and their families wish to extend heartfelt thanks to all who visited, sent messages of condolence, sympathy cards, flowers, and for the support that we have received in our bereavement. Special Thanks to Father Michael who visited Spasoje in hospital. Doctors and Nurses at Cairns Hospital for their care. Family and Friends who attended and live streamed the funeral mass. We also send our appreciation to the staff of Blacks Funerals and Father Hilary, Roy, Carmel, Gloria and anyone who helped with the preparations for the funeral and mass. Please accept this as our personal thanks. May God Bless.

Rotary Park opposite Police Station

ACCOMMODATION

GARAGE SALE

VILLA MARINE APARTMENTS

Garage Sale

This SUNDAY, October 17, 7 am to 12 noon Supports Ingham Palliative Care

Fully self contained, Yorkeys Knob Cairns Pet Friendly 2 persons 1 night $109.00 2 person 2 nights $198.00

FOR SALE FARM IMPLEMENT SALE Saturday & Sunday, 16th & 17th, October

127 North Murray Rd MURRAY UPPER

- Mitsubishi triton dual cab short tray canopy 2010 fuel & gas AS IS - Ford Festiva 2009 10mths rego - Household Items, pots & plants many other items

FUNERAL DIRECTORS FUNERAL NOTICE

JACKSON, Michael Palmer

Aged 58 years. Late of Cardwell. Loving Partner of Coleen. Loved Father of Joseph, Michael and Robert. Loving Grandfather, Brother and Friend. All Relatives and Friends are respectfully invited to attend a Funeral Service for Michael commencing at 10.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY 20th October 2021 In the Chapel of Blacks Funerals Crematorium 18 Scullen Avenue, Innisfail. The Service will be Live-Streamed via www.blacksfunerals.com.au/Tribute-Centre

QLD Italy vs NQ Samoa at 7 pm Under 12’s Tully vs Cairns Brothers at 6 pm Masters Game Townsville Pirates vs FNQ Cyclones at 5 pm To purchase Grandstand Seats contact Emmi: 0407 680 713

This Friday, Saturday & Sunday 8am – 4pm Corner of Murray St & Keir Rd

Phone: 4055 7158

Saturday, 23rd October FOOTY IS BACK TO TULLY

SHOP L O CA L

WANTED TO BUY

John Deere

Ride-On Mowers Any Condition

Instant Pickup – Cash Paid

0408 465 162 AUCTIONS

LIVE ONLINE AUCTION

WEDNESDAY 20 OCTOBER - 9AM

Workshop Clearance - On behalf of the Binder Family due to closure of Hans Binder Machinery (HBM)

ENGINEERING WORKSHOP, FARMING IMPLEMENTS & PARTS, TRACTORS, TOOLS

Members of the Australian Funeral Directors Assoc.

Funeral Home – Chapel & Crematorium Bronze Plaques – Funeral Bonds 18 Scullen Avenue Innisfail (07) 4061 6806 66 Butler Street, Tully (07) 4068 1188

Servicing the Cassowary Coast for Three Generations

WORKSHOP: Eumach Machine Centre, Leadwell CLTC-20 AP Lathe, TOS Slotter Keyway Cutter, Profitmill Milling Machine, Plate Roller, Omera Punch & Shear, Kleen 60 Tonne Press Brake & Guillotine, Kasto Automatic Metal Saw, Hungan Z5125 Column Drill, Hercus No. 4 Drill, HBM Vertical Press, Mechanical Press, Hydraulic Precision Press, Horizontal Press, FMB Horizontal Band Saw, Fellows Gear Cutter, CIG Plasma Welder, Denbigh Keyway Cutter, Atlas Copco GA308 Air Compressor, Industrial Reamers, AP Lever Roller, Cut Off Machines, Pedestal Grinders, Hydraulic Cylinder Threader, Servian Drill, Surface Grinder, Ward No. 7 Capstan & Combination Lathes, Ward Preselector, Large & Small Anvils, Blacksmiths Workshop, Steel Work Benches & Shelving, Welders, Novitome “Magic Eye” Profile Cutter C/w Drawings, Steel & Racking, Hand Tools. FARMING: International 1066 Tractor with Mounted Row Splitter, John Deere 3130 & 3140 Tractors, Cranvel Mobile Workshop Crane, 2 x HBM Single Row Billet Planters, Double Row Billet Planter Parts, Howard 7Ft Slasher, Foldown Spray Rig, 3PL Lifting Frames, Single Axle Farm Trailer, Billet Planter Flights, 30+ Pallets Misc. Used Machinery Parts.

AND SO MUCH MORE . . .

This is a Non GST Sale. Note: An 11% Buyers Premium (incl. GST) will be added to the knockdown price of each lot sold. VIEWING DAY TUESDAY 19 OCTOBER 9AM - 4PM. 15 CARDIER ROAD, WANGAN, QLD NO AUCTION DAY ACCESS - ON LINE ONLY Visit our Website to Create Your Account for Online Bidding & Subscribe for our Flyer & Catalogue - www.quaidauctioneers.com.au

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS Brothers Rugby League Football Club Innisfail Inc. NOTICE OF AGM FOR 2021

INVITATION TO GROWERS

Annual General Meeting •When: Tuesday 26th. October, commencing at 7 am • Where: HCPSL Offices, 181 Fairford Road Ingham 4850 • Guest Speaker: Dr. Alex Olsen

“AutoWeed technology – the future in weed control” Breakfast will be provided

RSVP – For catering purposes, please phone 47761808 if you will be attending.

BOOK YOUR CLASSIFIED ADS IN WET TROPIC TIMES Contact: (07) 4068 0088 info@wettropictimes.com.au

To be held on Sunday 14th November at 10.00 am in the Function Room at the Leagues Club.

Any written nominations for positions must be handed into the Secretary no later than 4pm on Thursday 11th November and must be seconded by a financial member of the committee.

“All members are invited to attend”

Innisfail Youth & Family Care Inc Annual General Meeting You are hereby invited to the 2021 AGM of Innisfail Youth and Family Care Inc.

Where: Innisfail Youth Shelter 16 Danelle Street, Innisfail Date: Tuesday 23rd November 2021 Time: 5.30 pm To RSVP or for membership forms, please call 07 4061 2778.

ALL WELCOME

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Church times across the region AOG / ACC / Churhes Of Christ

Tully Family Church, 9am, Sun, 2 Watkins St, Tully Cardwell AOG, 9:30am Sun, Shire Hall, Cardwell Mission Beach Family Church, 6pm, Sun, Unit 3, 2-4 Stephens Street, Mission Beach

Life Church, 10am, Sun, 28-32 Townsville Road, Ingham Youth Times are from 6:30pm-8:30pm Churches of Christ Care Rockingham Home Aged Care Service, 9am Fri, 3rd Fri of month, 40 Jamieson St, Cardwell

Baptist Churches

Cardwell Baptist Church,

Baptist Family Centre Innisfail,

11am, Sun, Bruce Highway, Cardwell

9:30am, Sun, 12 Tierney St, Innisfail Estate

Sugar Reef Baptist Church,

6:30pm, Sun, Ladies Church Tully Baptist Church, 10am, Sun, 6 Plumb Street, Tully

9:30am, S, “The Knightclub” 38 Herbert St, Ingham Baptist Independent, 11am, Sun, 77 Halifax Rd, Ingham

Non-denominational Empower Church Innisfail, 10am, Sun, 191-193 Mourilyan Rd, South Innisfail

Uniting Churches

Tully Tongan Uniting,

Cassowary Coast Uniting Churchs:

5pm, Sun, 6a Mcquillan st, Tully,

Innisfail,

Ingham District Uniting Churches:

10.30am, Sun, 8 Scullen Ave, Mighell, Innisfail Mission Beach, 8am, Sun, 2224 Tully-Mission Beach Rd, Mission Beach, Kurrimine Beach, 3pm, 1st Sun of month, Kurrimine Beach Chapel (beside the motel), 5/9 Hawthorne Dr, Kurrimine Beach,

Seventh Day Adventist Seventh Day Adventist Innisfail, 10:30am, Sat ,Bible Study, 11am, Sat, 114 Lawrence Road, Bamboo Creek

Ingham, 10am, Sun 16 Herbert St, Ingham Halifax, 8am, Sun 12 Anderssen St, Halifax Blue Haven Lodge, Ingham, 11am (2nd & 4th Tues) Tully Seventh Day Adventist Church, Sat 9:30am Sabbath School, Sat 11am, 1 Edward St, Tully

Lutheran

St Marks Lutheran Church, 9am, Sun, 34 Townsville Road, Ingham

Anglican Churches

St John Anglican Church,

St Albans Anglican

3pm, 3rd Sun of month, Motel

Church,

Chapel, Kurrimine Beach

9am, Sun, 83 Rankin Street, Innisfail

Holy Trinity (Ingham),

St John Anglican Church,

6pm Sat, 9:30am, Sun, 37

5pm, Sat, 2 Black Street, Tully

McIlwraith Street,Ingham

John Oliver Feetham Pioneer Memorial

All Souls,

9am, Sun, 45 Bruce Highway,

7:30am, Sun, 10 Four Mile

Cardwell

Road, Victoria Estate

Catholic Diocese St Rita’s Babinda, 7am, Sun, 15 Church St, Babinda

St Clare’s, 6.00pm Sat Vigil; 9am Sun 13 Mars St, Tully

Mother of Good Counsel, Our Lady Star of the Sea,

6:30pm Sat Vigil, 9am, Sun, 90 Rankin St, Innisfail Our Lady of Fatima, 10am, Sun, 32 Glasgow Street, El Arish, St John the Evangelist, 6pm, Sat, 4 Harold Street, Silkwood, St Rita’s South Johnstone, 7am, 1st, 3rd & 5th/month, 5 Green Street, South Johnstone Christ the King, 7am, 2nd & 4th/month, 10 Harbour Road, Mourilyan

Contact: (07) 4068 0088 | info@wettropictimes.com.au

Holy Spirit, Mission Beach 7am Sun, 12 Webb Rd, Wongaling Beach

8:30am, 1st Sun/month, 5pm Sun (except 1st Sunday), 121 Victoria St, Cardwell Ingham Region Catholic Parishes: St Patrick’s, 8:30am, Sunday, 18 Abbott Street, Ingham St Peter’s, 7am, Sunday, 10 Scott Street, Halifax, Canossa Chapel, 10am, Sunday, St Teresa’s College / 3819 Abergowrie Rd St Teresa’s, Trebonne, 10am

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TRADES & SERVICES

INSTALLING AND CLEANING

Registered Acupuncturist AIRCONDITIONING

Private Health Fund Rebates Traditional & Laser Acupuncture Cupping Therapy Holistic Treatments, Healing & Pain Relief

Tully: Tuesday and Saturday Innisfail: Wednesday and Friday

0474 531 775

•Michael Electrical Contractor Licence: 82279 • Arctick Dean 0400 029 488Licence: L045699 • RTA Number: AU45324

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Scientists use ear tissue to learn more about mahogany gliders TINY pieces of ear tissue could be the key to saving the endangered mahogany glider. Scientists are catching and releasing gliders in Tropical Far North Queensland, so they can learn more about the species, its genetic health, and the best conservation actions for recovery. A team from James Cook University is working with Terrain NRM to capture footage of the elusive gliders on monitoring cameras and to also catch them in wildlifefriendly traps during night field trips in the woodland between Tully and Townsville. Researcher Eryn Chang said a recent trip to a small patch of woodland north of Townsville had been surprisingly successful. “We caught six mahogany gliders in one night. That hasn’t happened before in my work. Some nights we record nothing, or we see sugar or squirrel gliders and no mahoganies. It’s a slow process, to build up data, but one that’s important for this species.” Gliders are weighed and measured before a tiny sample of ear tissue is collected for genetic testing. “This gives us the fine details of each individual so we can determine genetic diversity. With enough samples, we can also determine the size of the population, whether populations are connected, and whether the species is genetically healthy.” Mahogany gliders are only found in North Queensland. The last population estimate, of between 1500 and 2000, was in 2010 - the year before Tropical Cyclone Yasi tore through critical glider habitat in the Tully and Cardwell area. “It’s now critical that we understand how well our gliders are recovering from that devastating blow, and that there are still enough habitat connections in the landscape to keep the population healthy,” Terrain NRM’s Andrew Dennis said.

This mahogany glider, found at Bambaroo, south of Ingham, is part of a catch and release program to learn more about the species' genetic health and the best conservation actions for its recovery. PHOTO CREDIT: @furrygliders

Terrain is working with scientists as part of a broader project that also includes tree-planting on private land and controlled burns in glider habitat - to keep woodland thickening from reducing glider movements in the little habitat they have left. The ‘Biodiversity Hot Spots – Tackling Woodland Threats’ project is supported by Terrain NRM through the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. Dr Dennis said new population figures were an important part of the initiative. “We need to check that the gliders still occur across their full former range, and then, using James Cook University’s sophisticated genetic techniques, check that gliders are moving from one place to another to keep their populations viable,” he said. “Understanding this will help us to determine the best areas in which to replant trees, to create corridors connecting different parts of their habitat.” James Cook University Tropical Biologist Dr Conrad Hoskin said species distribution modelling had been

Friday, October 15, 2021 used to work out where to install the cameras and night-time traps. “At first these gliders proved remarkably hard to catch on camera or to cage trap, but we are rolling along well now,’’ he said. “One aim is to compare populations in little fragments of habitat with those in bigger areas, to determine the importance of connectivity. We also want to determine this species’ southern and northern limits.” “We’ve used a database with records since the 1980s, much of it collated by Terrain NRM and the Mahogany Glider Recovery Team. We’ve also used the work of previous researchers. For a species like the mahogany glider, it’s super important that we all work together. This species isn’t just packaged up in national parks. Its future also depends on what happens on private land.” Ms Chang said cage-trapping was considered a ‘last resort’ for monitoring – but she was appreciating time spent with the tiny gliders. “They are incredibly calm animals, we take the data as quickly as possible,’’ she said. “The moment of their release is amazing. To see a mahogany glider jumping up a tree and then gliding a huge distance to another one… it’s magnificent.”

Kieran Palmer with a mahogany glider at Porter's Ck, near Ingham. PHOTO CREDIT: @ furrygliders

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Katter to join the picket line in protest of Ravenshoe wind farm KENNEDY MP, Bob Katter, is ready to join hundreds of passionate locals on the picket line to protest the Chalumbin wind farm near Ravenshoe, on the Atherton Tablelands, which will consist of 95 wind turbines forming a ‘bird killing wall’, nearly 30 kilometres wide. [1]

“This is nothing more than a bird-killing abomination by people who can’t add up, or worse still ‘can add up’.” Bob Katter said the major parties were driving the solar and wind farm madness with their push for net

zero emissions by 2050.

“We produce nothing in Queensland except the three C’s: coal, cane and cattle,” he said. “Now the 2050 plan means the shutdown of those three industries.”

Mr Katter says the Chalumbin wind farm will be catastrophic for local wildlife and intends to join the local community at upcoming protests. “I’ll stand on the picket line with you,” Mr Katter said. “I, like my million-fellow North Queenslanders, have a love of our birdlife. My little ten-acre backyard in Charters Towers regularly sees around 20 varieties of birds from the beautiful rainbow lorikeet to the swaggering magpie, the exotic blue helmeted honeywing, or the sneaky old bowerbird. “These exciting little north Australians will be hacked to pieces by these windmills.” Mr Katter said that dense rainforest regions are no place for a windfarm, particularly one that provides little benefit in comparison to coal. “A windfarm generates for around $100 a megawatt hour, versus existing coal fired at $20 a megawatt hour. “Pensioners who simply don’t put glass on their roof will have to pay 400 percent more for their electricity to subsidise the rich people. “The glass on the roof (solar panels) and these windfarms murdering our wildlife, has got to stop. Someone has got to stand up, not just for our pretty parrots, but also for our gaggling galahs and adorable willy wagtails. “There is nothing more sensible than the proposal in Hughenden, which is at super high altitude with negligible birdlife and serious wind availability. But you’re not doing it in forest country. No way hosay.

Growers set to drive sugar industry forward THE peak sugarcane growers’ group CANEGROWERS welcomes today’s announcement of funding, as the Australian sugar industry works to develop a strategy and roadmap to secure its future. “Almost a year ago, industry leaders came together – growers, millers and researchers – and agreed on the need to work together on a strategy to take us to 2040 and beyond,” CANEGROWERS Chairman Paul Schembri said. “Now with the confirmation of support from the Cooperative Research Centre for Northern Australia (CRCNA), this goal can move forward as we work with organisations across the Australian supply chain to

give this vision some clarity and action.” Representing the majority of cane growers along Australia’s east coast, CANEGROWERS is proud to play a significant part in the first whole-of-industry process for a shared Sugarcane Industry Roadmap. “It is important that grower voices are heard at every step of the way as this project progresses because growers are the foundation of the Australian sugar industry, without us it would not exist,” Mr Schembri said. “We take our responsibility to the regional communities, which rely on the sugar industry, seriously and we have confidence in the future and the ability

of growers to adapt and innovate, as they have done continuously over the 100-year history of our industry.” “Of course, we cannot do it alone and that is why working with the milling sector and our researchers, along with enabling policy from governments, is so important. While producing raw sugar for export may always be a key part of our industry, the time is right to take stock, work collaboratively, and map the priorities that will take us forward.” “CANEGROWERS is excited about the opportunities this collaborative approach can deliver as we look to build on our strengths and capitalise on our commitment to sustainability.”

Sugar Mill Crushing Statistics

Wilmar Sugar Herbert region mills Week 17 ending October 9, 2021 This week

Tully Sugar Limited

South Johnstone Mill

Week 17 ending October 8, 2021

Week 16 ending October 10, 2021

Season to date

This week

Season to date

Cane crushed

179,493

2,655,660

Tonnes Cane crushed

123,303

1,624,744

Tonnes Cane crushed

70,512

817,668

District CCS

12.97

12.68

District CCS

12.63

12.70

District CCS

11.56

11.51

3.89M

Crop forecast

Still to crush:

2.55M

Crop forecast

925,256

Percentage crushed

64.1%

1.275M

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Golf News

Innisfail Golf Club A HUGE thank you to the grounds crew for the work they have completed this week, as the course looks incredible. Would any members who can lend a hand on Thursdays, please advise Andrew Rose? Our thanks to the Gordonvale team for coming down and playing at Innisfail on October 2. Everyone at the Club thoroughly enjoyed the day and look forward to having reciprocal competitions next year. Does any member remember how long it has been since there have been over fifty players in a Saturday competition in Innisfail (not including an Open or Classic)? The best estimate from the Club’s established members was over 20 years. Innisfail did get up on the Aggregate Stableford points 580 to 531. Last week’s IGC Rules & Etiquette Quiz/Answer

Greg Powell was one of the golfers to achieve a Nearest to the Pin.

Rauno Lehtsalu won the Cairns Golf World Monthly Medal on October 2.

Luke Peters won the Friday Sporters competition on October 1.

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In match play, Streety’s ball lies in a penalty area, and he takes a practice swing in the penalty area, grounding his club in the process. What is the ruling? A - There is no penalty B - Streety gets one penalty stroke C - Streety loses the hole Answer – A. A player may ground his or her club anywhere in a penalty area without penalty. (Rule 17.1b) This week’s Quiz Cindy putts on the putting green with the flagstick in the hole. Her ball comes to rest against the flagstick with part of the ball below the putting surface. The ball is considered holed. True or False? Blake Thomas shot the lights out for twenty-five points in the Wednesday All Sporters’ 9-hole competition on September 29, whilst Arthur Rogers will have fun with his handicap this week. Results: 1st: Blake Thomas 25pts 2nd: Arthur Rogers 22pts 3rd: Kevin Walsh 21pts NTP - Geoff Johnston IGC Captain, Luke Peters played well in the Friday Sporters’ 9-hole competition on October 1 to get over the line on a countback. Results: 1st: Luke Peters 21pts c/b 2nd: John Abbott 21pts 3rd: Rauno Lehtsalu 19pts A record has been set at the Club, as fifty-one players competed in the Cairns Golf World Monthly Medal 18-hole competition on October 2. Thanks to the Gordonvale team for coming down to play. Numbers like this on a Saturday have not occurred in over 20 years. There was an expectation after 9 holes with Rauno Lehtsalu shooting two over par. How would he manage the back nine? Eight players played under their handicap on the day, but there had to be something special to chase down Lehtsalu. Lehtsalu shot a personal best of seventy-nine, Nett 63, and blitzed the field. Congratulations Rauno and welcome to B-Grade! Allan Gould and Lance Doyle won their Vandeleur & Todd Solicitors Matchplay and advanced to the semifinals. 1st: Rauno Lehtsalu 63 nett 2nd: John Richards 66 nett 3rd: Lance Doyle NTPs 1/10 - Jake Cockle 4/13 - Greg Powell 7/16 - Mitchell Houghton 2/11 - John Abbott 5/14 - Bryce Hoad 8/17 – E. Nest 3/12 - Luke Peters 6/15 - Paul Tattam (Eagle) 9/18 - Ian Saunderson Innisfail junior golfers had a great morning on Sunday, playing six holes modified, in hot conditions. The Club’s newest junior member,

Fred Costello, played his first junior competition and shot a blistering score of 39 off the stick for five holes. Costello took out the competition on Nett 3. Results: 1st: Fred Costello 2nd: Finn Jensen Please check out Innisfail Golf Club’s Facebook page to keep up with golf around the region. Upcoming Events Wednesday All Sporters’ competition from 12.00pm, groups of four permitted. Friday Sporters’ competition from 12.00pm and 2.00pm, groups of four permitted - online bookings. FNQ Ladies Ambrose - November 7. FNQ Pennants Round - November 11. Survivor Golf Series - Dec 4 – 5.

Ingham Golf Club COMING events to promote include: The Foursomes Championships (27 holes), which will be held on Sunday, October 17. Players should please be at the Club by 10am for a 10.30am tee-off. The Nilo Martin Golf Day, a Single Stableford competition, will be held on Saturday, October 23. The next Friday Social will be held on November 5. Please invite your friends to come along from 4pm to enjoy the refreshments and fun. The A-Grade Stroke Pennants is now being held on November 13 and 14. The Mick Poggioli Ingham Corona Cup will be held on November 27. Results: Last Tuesday, Ingham hosted a local Veterans’ competition. Twelve players participated in a Stableford event. The winner, Lee Irvine, had 35 points, followed by runner-up Aurelio Mason, also with 35 points. Alan Cockburn led the run-down with 33 points. On Wednesday, nine ladies competed for the final round of the McDonalds Cup. This was a Stableford event. Kim Moore was the clear winner, with a fantastic score of 43 points. Deb Giles was runner-up, with a very good 39 points. Bruna Quadrio was third, with 31 points. Kim Moore, Lee Irvine, and Sue Cameron won pin shots. Next week is the final Brooch Qualifier for the year. This is a stroke event with putts to be counted. On Saturday, the Monthly Medal, sponsored by Hinchinbrook Hotel, was won by Ian Swarbrick, with 68 nett. The runner-up was Gary Cantoni, with 69 nett, and run-down prize-winners were Alan Cockburn, Aldo Cantoni, Ian Fitzgerald, Todd Cockburn, and Stuart Cocking. Todd Cockburn and Gary Cantoni took Pin Shots. Sunday’s event, a Single Stableford, hosted twenty-eight players. The winner, with 39 points, was Jayden Swarbrick. The runner-up, also with 39 points, was Geoff Gianotti, and the run-down prizewinners were Aldo Cantoni, 38 points, and Albert Bison, Stuart Cocking, and Brian Wilkinson, all with 37 points. Aurelio Mason and Marty Smith won pin shots. This weekend, the Club will host a Single Stableford on Saturday, and the

Friday, October 15, 2021 27-hole Foursomes Championship, starting 10.30am on Sunday. Happy golfing!

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El Arish Golf SUMMER has hit us with vengeance and, apart from playing conditions being decidedly warmer, the fairways are not showing a lot of ‘green’ but, being October, that is the beauty of the north! This week, we have the results from the four competitions held last week. Tuesday, October 5 Our Stableford event was won by Dot Corrin with 40 pts and as predicted, the handicappers axe fell!! Caryl Lavell was the runner-up on 37. NTP #2/11 Men’s was taken by Paul Marland, #5/14 Ladies’ by Colleen Ingold, and #7/16 Approach shot by Frank Tomasino. Thursday, October 7 The Sporters played the 2nd 9 Stableford. Three players came in with a 22 and the count-back resulted in Paul Marland winning, Jan Richards coming second, and in third was Tony Little. The Least Putts won by Dave Rogers, who had a ‘field day’ taking out NTP’s on #13, #15 (winning the $50 voucher) and #16. Paul Marland took #10; Rod Rackley #11; Col Bidgood #12 and #17. The winners thank A.S Auto & Spares for their sponsorship last Thursday. Saturday, October 9 Saturday’s competition was very generously sponsored by Senior Helpers. The winner was Tony Calcutt on 38 and Paul Marland was the runnerup on 36. The Ladies’ winner was Dot Corrin on 39 and Caryl Lavell was the runner-up on 39. The Men’s Longest Drive was Gavin Camilleri and the Ladies’ was Hipas Donald. NTP’s: #1/10 Ladies Approach: Hipas Donald; #2/11 Men’s: Paul Marland; #3/12 Men’s Approach: Frank Tomasino; #4/13 Ladies’: Caryl Lavell; #5/14 Ladies’: Liz Marland; #6/15 Men’s: Lindsay Perkins; #7/16 Approach: Dot Corrin; #8/17 Approach: Paul Marland; #9/18 All-In Approach: Caryl Lavell. Unfortunately, Jonathan and Leanne from Senior Helpers were unable to join us for the day, but the Club and all winners thank them for their wonderful support. Sunday, October 10 We played the final of our Ladies’ 2021 Pennants, and the old saying ‘winners are grinners’ sat very well with all our ladies from El Arish Golf. We won the 3-round comp on 28, followed by Cardwell on 23, and Tully 21. We very much enjoy this comp, which brings together the great friends we have made over the years. Big thanks, of course, go to Jackie Oldritch from Cardwell who is so dedicated to keeping this comp in action! Please do not forget that this weekend we have our Southern Classic comp, comprised of a 4BBB Stableford on Saturday and a Stroke on Sunday. If you are registering at the last minute, I am sure we can fit you in! There is a timesheet for both events, so please telephone the Club on:4068 5140 or email:info@elarishcc.com.au.

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Bowls News South Johnstone Bowls

LAST Saturday afternoon, October 9, eight teams competed in a game of 3-Bowl Pairs, with prize money of $100 on offer, Congratulations to Angry Ollson and Cathy Hitchings for winning both of their games and collecting the winnings. On Sunday, October 10, Ted Pearce and Wally Kriesel had a convincing win over Tim and Sonya. This Friday night, October 15, Bare Foot Bowls return to South Johnstone. All visitors are invited to attend, at a cost of $15.00. The Sausage Sizzle starts at 6.00pm and the games start at 6.30pm. It is a fun way for the whole family to enjoy a Friday night. Social Bowls are played every Sunday. Please have your names in by 1.00pm for a 1.30pm start.

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RODNEY Fascetti, Anita Norton, Audrey Scott, and Luisa Di Bella were the lucky prize winners at the Barefoot Bowls on Thursday night, October 7, but were defeated by the team of Robyn Fascetti, Diane Tomba, Jan Johnson, and Maria Moore, 8–11. Donna Gosney, Louie Tomba, Tom Newsam, and John Piotto defeated Jasmine Chappell, Anne Barron, Danny Chappell, and Alf Di Bella, 10–8. Trish Camenzuli, John Lone, and Stan Cotton defeated Chris Johnson, Roger Celotto, and Bob Bell, 13–9. The Pairs’ winners on October 8 were John Holmes and Tony Koop, who defeated Gary Brierley and Phil Kite, 18–16. Pat Ryan and Andrew Cole drew with John Eddleston and Ian Muldowney, 13–13. Another drawn game of Triples was had between the team of Russell Peterson, Allen Torielli, and Ren Cantatore, 13, against the team of Bob Bell, Len Mahon, and Stan Cotton, 13. The winning team of the mixed Social Bowls held on October 10 was Neville Wickens, John Holmes, and Ren Cantatore, who defeated Bev Eddleston, Janese Craven, and Allen Torielli, 22–11 (19 points to 8). Maria Moore, Kevin Lawlor, and Cliff Johnson defeated Andrew Cole, Bob Bell, and Len Mahon, 2014 (18 points to 8). Roger Celotto, John Eddleston. and Russell Peterson defeated Carmel Wickens, Michael Bube. and Tony Koop, 20-14 (18 points to 9). The Club and bar will be open between 4 pm - 6 pm on Tuesday’s. Thursday night Barefoot Bowls will be held from 6pm - 8pm. Please call 47762117 before 5.30pm to have your name put on the board. The Men’s Friday afternoon Pairs is on at 2.15 pm. Please call 47762117 before 1.45pm to nominate. Mixed Social Bowls will be held on Sunday, October 17, starting at 1.30pm. Please call 47762117 before 12.30pm to have your name put on the board. Visitors are welcome. Bar Roster: G. Brierley. Social Selector: A. Torielli.

Tully Bowls Club

FRIDAY, October 8 Tully Bowls Club was host to thirty-five bowlers who had travelled to Macknade on Thursday and then visited Tully on Friday for smoko, a game of Bowls, and Lunch. Nineteen Tully Bowlers mixed with the visitors. What a wonderful way to meet up with old friends and make new ones! The weather was hot, so only 12 ends were played.

SPORT We all enjoyed lunch in the air conditioning! Numerous raffles were held, and the day ended with “The Bus Bowlers” singing and dancing to the tune of Jingle Bells. What a great surprise and wonderful way to end their visit! Come again soon! Sunday, October 10 We welcomed visitors, Norma and Trevor Gray, from Yungaburra. Twenty-two Bowlers played 2 games of 10 ends. Team 7: Leno Ceccato / Joan Mercer (7) -v- Team 8 Dennis Shirlaw / Bev Harrop (12). Team 3: John Taylor/ Trevor Gray / Val Bradley (4) -v- Team 4: Robyn Brunello / Adrian Woollard / Norma Gray (13). Team 5: John Brown / Val Zamora / Judy Hood/ Wendy Nevin (12) -v- Team 6: Ray Downing / Rod Tennant / Ron Senini (6). Team 1: Mary Bacic / Gordon Williams / Joanne Townsend (6) -v- Team 2: Peter Smith / Pauline Edwards / Rita Hudson (10). After smoko: Team 1 (7) -v- Team 4 (11). Team 5 (6) -v- Team 2 (9). Team 3 (7) -v- Team 6 (4). Team 7 (6) -v- Team 8 (11). Team 4 comprised of Robyn Brunello, Adrain Woollard, and Norma Gray were the winners, and each received $15. The runner up was Team 2 made up of Peter Smith, Pauline Edwards, and Rita Hudson who each received a free drink. It was nice to see members enjoying socialising after the game. In the Club Championship Consistency Final, Ray Downing defeated Peter Smith, 151/ 150. Another very close game! Due to the hot weather, Wednesday’s afternoon game will now be played on Wednesday nights, from 6pm to 8pm. Our monthly Meetings will now be held at 4pm on Wednesdays before the game. The book is open for the Joe Quagliata Memorial Day (sponsored by his wife Mary and family) on Sunday, October 31. Please put your name in if you wish to play. Our Club is available for hire for your Xmas Party. Dates are filling fast. Please ring 0427669094 to make a booking. Cheers!

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THURSDAY’S Social Bowls winners were Bruce Johansen, Les Holland, and Ron Omodei. The runnersup were Peter Zanoletti, Les Maxwell, and Joe Vella. Please have your names in by 12.30pm for a 1pm start this Thursday.

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TFNQ Presentation Day at West Cairns this Saturday, October 16, and the Silkwood Triples on this Sunday.

Ingham Ladies Bowls Club THE cancellation of Noorla’s Day, saw the ladies having a social afternoon at our Club. A special welcome to Donna Gosney, who joined us for the third time. We hope you enjoyed the afternoon. Results: D. Gosney, J. Casanovas, and E. Piotto (22) -v- R. Doherty, M. Moore, and L. Melvin (10). K. Rotondo and S. Ryan (26) -v- J. Fenoglio and P. Miguel (14). B. Eddleston and G. Cockrell (19) -v- M. Spano and N. Evans (10). Social bowls will be played next week. Please have your names in by 12.30pm for a 1.30pm start. All are welcome. Thank you, Sandy.

Innisfail Men’s Bowls LAST Thursday’s afternoon of social bowls attracted twenty-five bowlers. The team of Gordon Goes, Sam Pagano, and Gavin Buick were declared the winners. Visitors are most welcome. Please have your names in by 12.30pm for a 1.15pm start. There will be extra spins for the jackpot to be won. The team of Pam Anderson and Snow Clark defeated Ian Revie and Maisie Smith in a closely contested game of Mixed Pairs. Please check the white board for any games to be played in the Mixed Pairs and Consistency Singles. Nominations for the 2021/2022 Club Fours are on the notice board. The draw will occur on October 25. The weekend of October 23 - 24 is the Innisfail/ South Johnstone Carnival of Bowls. If you are not playing on the day, a helping hand is required and will be greatly appreciated. October is Come and Try month for lawn bowls, which is a joint activity between Bowls Queensland and bowls clubs across the state. People of all ages and abilities can have a go at playing bowls, even if they have never played before. Anyone requiring more information, should please contact Innisfail Bowls Club on 4061 1250.

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INNISFAIL Ladies Bowlers met on Wednesday to discuss upcoming events for the months ahead. The finals of Club Championship events, TFNQ events, and catering opportunities make for a busy time. The Innisfail Ladies will field a team of eight players in the TFNQDLBA Division 2 Pennants next year. The Innisfail Ladies Bowlers’ Christmas Party will take place on Tuesday, November 30, and Alf Strano will sponsor a Ham Day on the ladies’ last day of bowls for 2021, Wednesday, December 1. Two games of social bowls were played on Wednesday afternoon. The game of three bowl pairs was a cliff-hanger, with scores locked up at 14 - 14 after 15 ends. Eileen Hamann and Ann Rule defeated Sue Morrison and Dian Catelan, 17 – 14, on the last end. Pam Anderson, Diana O’Brien, and Catarina Cook (22) defeated Bev Anderson, Jan Dunn, and Marcia Ryall (4), in the game of two-bowl triples. The Innisfail Ladies Bowlers are involved in the

October is Come and Try month for lawn bowls and Innisfail Bowls Club is encouraging people of all ages and abilities to give the sport a go.

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Silkwood Bowls Club TFNQDLBA Open Singles Championship 2021 Over seven Bowling Clubs from the District competed in this year’s championship over two days, in very hot conditions and with fierce competition. Two bowlers from Silkwood Bowls Club advanced to the semi-final. Denise Charman and LeeAnn Mayell, representing Silkwood, reached the top 4 position. Denise then progressed through to the final play off defeating Terry McAlary by the narrowest of margin 25/24. Congratulations Denise for claiming the 2021 TFNQDLBA Singles Championship. Well done! Go Silkwood!

Charman defeated the team of Delmo Tarditi, Jan Harvey, and Norma Grey, 30/14. The team of Sergio Dalla Pozza, Trevor Grey, and Alan Hudson defeated the team of Denise Charman, Anna Della Bella, and Lee Mayell, 27/13. For those who would like to experience the fun and challenges of lawn bowls, we offer free coaching lessons. Age has no limit! Every Friday night, we hold our traditional BBQ and Barefoot Bowls. Our contact number is 0459 211 552. If you are in doubt of play, please give us a call. All are welcome. Those who would like to join us, please come along, and try us out! You can also follow us on Facebook.

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Denise, winner of championship 2021

Sunday, October 10 – Mixed Social Bowls The team of Brian Brooks, with Barry Green and Ann Hollingsworth defeated the team of Dan Dunne, with Mirella Berryman and Rob Nowell, 23/19. The team of ‘Dutchy,’ with Daniel Gauci and Russ Marsden defeated the team of Delmo Tarditi, with Bev Marsden and Annette Gauci, 21/15. Wednesday, October 13 – Mixed Social Bowls Sixteen bowlers graced our Green that afternoon and demonstrated that they are great bowlers. The team of ‘Dutchy’ and Ann Hollingsworth defeated the team of Barry Green and Steve Hunter, 36/14. The team of Glen Harvey, Jean Messina, and Len

Denise and Terry

Lee and Denise

Innisfail United’s Under 14/15 JPL team secure Grand Final spot MARIA GIRGENTI INNISFAIL United’s Under 14/15 Junior Premier League team, who were sitting second on the ladder, secured a thrilling 2 - 1 win against Stratford Dolphins in Cairns last Saturday. The team advanced straight through to the Grand Final against Leichhardt this Saturday, October 16, at Endeavour Park, Manunda. It was a pressure cooker game, but the team put in a brilliant performance

in sweltering conditions to claim a magnificent 2 -1 win. Goals: Ashton Vecchio Trent Finta Currently, sitting third on the ladder, Innisfail United’s Under 13 Junior Premier League team was in action against fourth placed Edge Hill and vying for a spot in the next round of finals. It was an unlucky result for Innisfail United’s Under 13 Junior Premier League

side, after a 4 - 6 loss to Edge Hill in the semi-finals at Endeavour Park, Manunda. Goals: Reed Bonassi 2 Jujhar Singh 2 Damien, Tash, and Kaila Musumeci congratulated the team on a fantastic season. They also expressed their appreciation to all the parents and players for their unwavering support throughout the year. In the preliminary final, Innisfail United’s

Reserve Men’s team fell just short of finals contention, after Mareeba proved too strong, with a 4 – 2 win against them. Last Friday, in the preliminary final, Innisfail United’s 3rd Division Men’s team went down 3 - 4 to Leichhardt at Pennell Field, Trinity Beach. In a tight game, both teams were 1 - 1 at half time and the game was set for an exciting finish. At full time, the 3rd Division team was unlucky to fall short by one point in an action-packed game. Goals: Damien Musumeci 1 Ritchie May 1 Chris Borsato 1

Innisfail United’s Under 14/15 Junior Premier League team is Grand Final bound, after a win over Stratford in Cairns last Saturday.

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Hosts, Forest Beach Surf Club FORREST Beach Surf Club was host to the third North Barrier Branch carnival of the season, as clubs from as far south as Sarina made the trip north for the annual event over the weekend. Branch clubs Sarina, Eimeo, Mackay,

Ayr, Townsville’s Picnic Bay, Arcadian, and Forrest Beach battled it out for top spot over the two-day carnival, which showcased lifesaving skills and athleticism in a range of beach and water events.

The North Barrier Branch March Past Team lead the clubs in the March Past and colour party on Day 2 of competition.The team took home the bronze from the State Championships at the start of the year.

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GREG SHANNON WITH the 2021 season now over, all the talk seems to be about who will be the next NRL franchise, Redcliffe or the Brisbane Firehawks or the Brisbane jets? From a historical point of view, the Firehawks and Ipswich have the most about which to boast. The Firehawks can trace their ancestry back to a club called Cooparoo, who joined the old Brisbane League in 1917. Cooparoo later combined with Wynnum to form the Brisbane Easts. Likewise, Ipswich has a long and proud rugby league history, going back to 1919 and during the 1920s; Ipswich and Toowoomba were really the heartland of the game in Queensland. Toowoomba is included in the Ipswich catchment and the game was established there in 1919. Redcliffe, on the the other hand, have a shorter history since forming in 1947 and gaining admission into the old Brisbane first grade competition in 1960. The clubs first premiership was in 1965 and one of their players was a former Roma player called Arthur Beetson. Arthur moved to Sydney in 1966 and carved out a remarkable career, which included leading NSW and Australia for more than a decade. Then of course, he led Queensland in the very first State of Origin in 1980, while still playing in Sydney, for Parramatta. In 1981, Arthur “came home” to Queensland, settled back in the Redcliffe area, and was the Captain Coach of his old club, winning the 1981 Brisbane competition premiership. To win premierships with the same club 16 years apart was just another notable event in the football life of Arthur Beetson! That 1981 Redcliffe premiership side included some notable players, including Peter Leis, a dairy farmer who played almost his entire career with Redcliffe and whose son, Trent, played for the Cowboys in the early 2000’s. Another notable player was Steve Cherry, who is related to Dally Cherry-Evans, and, of course, Arthur Beetson,

Competitors, from ages under-eight nippers to masters, competed in the swim, board race, ski race, rescue tube race, board rescue, iron person events, beach flags, and sprints, as well as

the popular team events in the beach relay, wade relay, swim teams, and the Cameron relay. Find them on Facebook and follow the link or donate to the address below. Help out Forest Beach Surf Club. https://qldlifesaversappeal.raisely. com

Forrest Beach competitor, Alice Austin, coming from the water for the run leg in the under 13s Cameron relay event.

who finished his illustrious playing career after winning that 1981 premiership. Apart from leading Redcliffe to a premiership in 1981, Arthur was also appointed Queensland Coach, and one of the major decisions he made was to appoint a 21-year-old called Wally Lewis to the Queensland Captaincy. Not a bad choice!

While all the talk in the media seems to be that Redcliffe has the advantage to be chosen as the 17th NRL team, no matter who wins, it will be a Queensland team and should add to the popularity of the game.

Note: Redcliffe was announced as the winning team for the 17th NRL after this column was written.

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Innisfail senior rugby league teams finish as runners-up

Innisfail Leprechauns A-grade team finished as runners-up in the CDRL competition after a Grand-Final defeat by Yarrabah. Photo: Maria Girgenti MARIA GIRGENTI YARRABAH Seahawks shattered the Innisfail Leprechauns’ hopes of a Grand Final premiership as they snatched a dramatic 20 - 16 win, in golden point to claim the Cairns District Rugby League A-grade premiership last Saturday, at Barlow Park, Cairns. It was a repeat of the Grand Final rematch in 2017, as the Seahawks claimed their second premiership in the Club’s 21-year history in front of thousands.

enthusiastic Yarrabah supporters spilled onto the field to celebrate the epic win with their footy heroes. Coleridge Dabah, Yarrabah’s five-eighth, won his fourth consecutive Player of the Final Award. In the Reserve-grade decider, Innisfail suffered a crushing 26 - 0 loss at the hands of the Ivanhoes.

Jack Dooley from the Knights, who bagged four scintillating tries, claimed the Player of the Final Award. After holding a narrow two-point lead at half time, Edmonton recorded a convincing 28 - 12 win over the Kangaroos in the Under 18 Grand Final, to lift the premiership shield. The Player of the Final was Hamish Davies (Edmonton).

Aaron Jolley scored first in the third minute, then converted his own try and put Innisfail out to an early 6 - 0 lead. Minutes later, Yarrabah’s Samuel Bann Jnr crossed, however the conversion went wayward, and Yarrabah trailed by two. During the first half, both teams played with men down, after two Innisfail and three Yarrabah players were sinbinned, due to on-field indiscretions, as Innisfail went to the break with a slender two-point lead. Yarrabah hit the front and extended their lead by 16 – 6, with tries to Dale Ambrym and veteran flyer Hezron Murgha, whilst Coleridge Dabah slotted a penalty kick. Innisfail reduced the deficit to four when Julian Christian dived over for a try on the left edge, and CDRL’s top points’ scorer, Aaron Jolley, added the extras. Late in the game, winger Ashton Galea scored for Innisfail in the far-right corner, to have the scores locked up at 16 apiece and the noise in the crowd was deafening as Jolley missed the crucial conversion to break the deadlock. For the first time in 20 years of CDRL history, at the full-time siren, nothing separated both teams, and the atmosphere was electric as the game went into golden point extra time. Yarrabah sealed the thrilling four-point win, in the final thirty seconds of extra time, when Oscar Fourmile stormed over for a try in the left-hand corner.

Innisfail’s Elia Mooka is wrapped up by the Ivanhoes in the Reserve-grade final. Photo: Maria The venue erupted, as masses of loud and Girgenti

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Tamati Huirama (with ball) flanked by Daniel Mairu and Andrew Garrett in the A-grade final against Yarrabah. Photo: Maria Girgenti

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Innisfail A-grade Captain Robert Haren feels the brunt of the Yarrabah defence. Photo: Maria Girgenti

Aaron Jolley collects the ball from the scrum in the A-grade final. Photo: Maria Girgenti

Innisfail Judo Club hosts a Come and Try Day and Pink Belt night MARIA GIRGENTI INNISFAIL Judo Club is hosting a free Come and Try and Pink Belt night on Tuesday, October 19, at their Dojo located at Pavilion 1, Innisfail Showgrounds. Males and females of all abilities, aged from six to adults, are welcome to attend and try judo. A kid’s session starts at 5.15pm, followed by seniors at 6.30pm. There are great benefits in becoming part of Judo, the world's oldest sport.

Judo brings families and people together, whilst the camaraderie and team spirit gained at training provides a fantastic way of keeping fit and increasing social networks. Although judo is a martial art and combat sport, players learn how to fall safely, which is a useful skill, and it teaches balance, coordination, agility, and increases confidence for other contact sports, such as rugby league, rugby union, soccer, and AFL, as well as other sports.

Judo, an Olympic sport, aids in the development of self-discipline, punctuality, good manners, strength, stamina, tenacity, and toughness.

Multiple Innisfail Judo Club members have competed at Queensland State Titles, Queensland International Open Tournaments, as well as the Australian National Championships, and won medals.

It also builds confidence, self-respect, and respect for others, all character traits that are vital to achieving success and gaining the respect of the local community and society.

Anyone wanting more information, should please contact the Innisfail Judo Club Inc on 0410 331 545 (Paul), via email: innisfailjudoclub@hotmail.com or by visiting Innisfail Judo Club Inc Facebook page.

Innisfail judoka, Charli-Rose Nurzenski (blue Gi), competing at the 2021 Judo Australia National Championships. Photo: R C Photography

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Shane Muriata

SO, with the Winter footy sports done and dusted across the country, we find ourselves in the yearly change over period of waiting for the Summer of cricket and the heat to get us back to the cool water, with a beverage or twenty, at our favourite swimming hole. As with all seasons, a wrap up is needed, and to put it bluntly, Mr Shane the headmaster of giving out marks to teams for the season performance will be harsh on some and maybe harsher on others. It will be short, sweet, and to the point; sort of like how I like my burgers and date nights. So, let’s kick things off: Brisbane Broncos: They made me more embarrassed to wear the Bronx cap than my Wallabies gear, which has not been worn since the building of the Pyramids in Egypt. They caused more tears than the flood that washed the Ark down. North Qld Cowboys: They more disappointing

than a Seinfeld rerun. George and Jerry could have coached better than Todd Payten. They are still living off JT’s glory and will do so for another 200 years. Gold Coast Titans: They were only thing in Queensland footy who were worth cheering for, because even our Origin team sucked. They will be changing their names next season to Fifita Titans. Canterbury Bulldogs: They produced more let downs than a New Zealand Warriors’ footy team, with Shaun Johnson. New Zealand Warriors: If NZ didn’t have the All Blacks, we wouldn’t know they existed. Redcliff will win a comp before them. Canberra Raiders: The only thing green worth picking, excluding flowers. Parramatta Eels: The only aquatic animal I will eat but never get a photo with. West Tigers: I’ve seen kittens with more roar than this mob, and that was at a Lion King show in South Africa. Sydney Roosters: They haven’t woken up anyone early since Latrell left, and he left on a high, by taking people high. Cronulla Sharks: Instead of ‘Up, Up, Cronulla,’ their

Friday, October 15, 2021 new song should be ‘Down, Down, Cronulla,’ because that’s all they have been doing in recent seasons. Newcastle Knights: The biggest underachievers since we sent our Olympians to Tokyo, and that was in front of no crowds. South Sydney Rabbitohs: At least Bennett got them to the big dance, too bad they couldn’t dance. The other team wore sneakers to the disco, whereas the Bunnies wore gumboots. Manly Sea Eagles: They had the best player in the comp. The only problem was that they relied on him too much. I’ve seen more effort at a Wiggles concert than what Cherry Evans gave us. A reminder to Manly fans - Turbo cannot do everything. Melbourne Storms: Our favourite team to hate. Maybe Munster and the Cheese man should concentrate on scoring on the white line, rather than chasing, well you know the rest. Penrith Panthers: The champions, who probably didn’t deserve it, purely based on everyone hating Nathan Cleary. They are an ugly bunch of players, but they have the rings, so they are still the kings. I just cannot get the idea in my head to like Cleary.

Bright future for Ravenshoe Tennis players THE Ravenshoe Tennis Club has turned on its brand-new LED lights which were funded by the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Program, with the total project worth $15,567.20. Kennedy MP, Bob Katter, was at the event and had the honour of turning on the lights for the first time in front of local junior players and their parents. “This project will allow juniors and adults to play at night, avoiding the heat of the day which can cause nasty skin cancers,” Mr Katter said. “The area has produced some great rugby league players including Dallas Johnson and Rod Jensen. I told local tennis coach Brock Collins that I hope he can produce some young grand slam tennis stars to match our league talent. “Well done to all involved for securing the funding for the new lights at the tennis club, including Councillor Annette Haydon.” Councillor Annette Haydon said the new lights will support and encourage community participation by allowing all age groups to find a time to play tennis. “It will encourage locals to play tennis at night after work hours. This facility will

function at night making for a healthier and happier community,” she said. “This will inspire the locals to efficiently utilise the equipment and facility. It will

encourage younger children to come along with parents and learn to play a sport with family. As well as be proud of their achievements and the club facilities. “The power savings will also enable

the club to bring running costs down. “I would also like to thank Bob as this facility will draw people to the town who support our local businesses,” Cr. Haydon said.

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Tully Igloo’s courts in action during Pickleball Open Day JILLIAN CABLE WORLD Pickleball Day, on Sunday, October 10, was celebrated with an Open Day held by the Tully Mission Beach Pickleball Club at Tully’s iconic Igloo. Fifty-eight people attended, from as far afield as Cairns, Malanda, Redlynch, and Cardwell, together with many locals from the Cassowary Coast region. There was a lengthy list of court bookings on the notice board, such was the demand to experience Pickleball. The majority of those visitors who had never previously played Pickleball quickly joined in the fun and had a game or two, with experienced players on hand to provide coaching and encouragement. As a result, the Tully Mission Beach Pickleball Club has already received several expressions of interest from those first-time players who now wish to join the Club and actively pursue Pickleball as their sport of choice. Despite the elevated temperatures outside, cool breezes funnelled through

the Igloo and playing at all levels was an enjoyable and not a sweltering experience. Fluid and fuel were kept up by a delicious array of cold drinks, tea and coffee, sandwiches, savouries, slices, and cakes, and a BBQ sausage sizzle for lunch. Of particular note was the number of Far North Queensland’s ‘who’s who’ of Pickleball who made the trip to Tully to both promote the game and to play hard and fast at the Igloo, to the delight of spectators. They were overwhelmingly appreciative and complimentary regarding the venue, and many consider the Igloo as the [sic] the best special purpose building for Pickleball in Australia. The future of Pickleball at Tully’s iconic Igloo is, however, currently in the hands of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council due to its Asset Rationalisation project. A recent meeting between its new Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Graffen, and the spokesperson for the Tully Igloo Preservation Group, Marcus Thomas, was more positive than meetings with other Council Officers, and it is hoped

A group of happy Pickleballers after a fast game (left to right): Kate Mason (Tully MB Pickleball Club), Stan Skeates (Tully MB Pickleball Club), Sue Lyons (Cairns), and Graham Haling (Cairns).

All courts were in action during the Open Day, with a waiting list for games.

that the Igloo will be recognised as a valuable community asset and that the Council will enter into a User Agreement

to enable its continued use by the Tully Mission Beach Pickleball Club and other interested community groups.

Pickleball in action inside the celebrated Tully Igloo.

The Who’s Who of Far North Queensland Pickleball attended the Open Day at the Igloo in Tully (left to right): Ron Neyenhuis (Tully Mission Beach Pickleball Club), Frances Pelgrave (Malanda), Graham Haling (Cairns), Peter Trevorrow (Malanda), Sue Lyon (orange shirt Cairns), Lynley Halliday (Cairns -rear), John Holly (Malanda – rear), and Annie Peacock (Cairns – front).

A busy carpark at the Igloo for the Tully Mission Beach Pickleball Club’s Open Day.

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Over 1,500 pest fish reeled in at Tilapia tournament MARIA GIRGENTI THIS year's Tilapia Tournament at Warrina Lakes was an enormous success, with 481 participants and over 1,500 Tilapia caught, then recycled into compost, and used as fertiliser at Johnstone River Community Garden. The week-long event took place during the first week of the September school holidays and proved a popular pastime activity for children at home. On the final day of fishing, representatives from Johnstone River Community Garden, MAMS, the Department of Environment and Science, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority and Tangaroa Blue had information stalls and activities and a barbecue. There were twenty-six prizes awarded, including daily, bonus, and category prizes of fishing gear, and camping chairs, as well as the two major awards for the biggest fish and most fish caught overall. Wade Bawden was the winner of this year’s Tilapia Tamer Award. A winner of the lucky door raffle took home a kayak donated by Innisfail BCF and OzFish. Tilapia, known as the 'cane toad of our waterways,’ are a declared noxious fish, which are considered a pest and a biohazard, from the point of view of them spreading further around the region. Tilapia, an ornamental fish introduced in the 1960s, have adapted extremely well to our waterways. These fish are hardy and very tolerant of poor water quality, pollution, low oxygen levels, and all sorts of water temperatures, and are successful breeders that can exist in extremely high populations. They are a declared noxious fish and pose a threat to

Jase Braun, with his impressive haul of Tilapia.

native fish stocks and the environment. It is imperative to eradicate the numbers of these destructive fish, to keep the local waterways healthy and productive for future generations. Whilst Warrina Lakes is not normally open for fishing, the aim of the tournament is to significantly reduce Tilapia numbers in the lake environment.

event, with sponsorship from OzFish, BCF Innisfail and Cairns, Innisfail Game Fishing Club, Coastal Marine & Outdoors, Manitto's Auto Centre, Soils First NQ, River 'N' Reef Tackle & Bait, Kurrimine Beach Fishing Club, and Johnstone River Community Garden.

The Cassowary Coast Regional Council hosted this

Addler Ingram, aged nine, with one of the Tilapia he caught.

Ricki, Sienna, and Chaise Di Carlo, with their catch of Tilapia.

Jade Pedley took part in the Tilapia tournament and won a bonus prize.

FISHING PHOTOS MONTHLY $50 TACKLE WORLD VOUCHER TO BE WON Please email, post or drop your photos into our office, along with your name, phone number and details of your catch for your chance to win the monthly voucher. Your photo will appear in the following issue of the Wet Tropic Times, and the winner will be drawn on the last Thursday of each month.

info@wettropictimes.com.au PO Box 1100, TULLY, 4854 70 Butler Street, TULLY

Mark Wallace caught this Mangrove Jack whilst fishing in the Hull River.

Billy Johnston, aged 6, from Tully, who was very lucky to catch this 83cm Barramundi while visiting Cooktown over the school holidays. (Credit: Alicia Johnston)

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RoLy Newton

THE larger boats, which managed to travel out wide to the main reefs over the weekend, found the fishing patchy, but some very good quality Nannygai, Rosy Job fish, and Red Emperor were caught from the deepwater rubble patches. As is often the case, the sharks were a problem, with quality fish being taken before anglers could manage to boat their fish. Unfortunately, the larger fish, which anglers struggle to land, make the easiest targets. There is a new product called shark guard, which can be attached to the line and acts as a deterrent. I have started to use shark guard recently and, so far, it seems to be working. I will keep you posted. Coral Trout catches certainly seem to be down on previous years, with boats having to do multiple shifts to bring home a decent catch. The rubble patches in and around the shipping channel have been fishing well for both small and large mouth Nannygai and some thumping big Cobia. The reports, which came in from the weekend, were that the Spanish Mackerel catches from the normally productive rubble patches were poor last weekend. However, those jigging with metals or soft plastics were managing some big Golden Trevally. The Goldens seem to congregate around these areas at this time of year. Inshore, around the islands and coastal reefs, there has been some incredibly good Coral Trout, Grass Sweet Lip, and Fingermark caught on bait and by jigging soft plastics vibes and micro jigs. The Fingermark, in particular, are starting to be caught in larger numbers. Have a look at the incoming early morning tide this weekend. It will mean an early predawn start; however, it should be worth it. The Queen Fish have also started to turn up inshore around the islands and headlands, with some also starting to move into the coastal rivers during the larger tides.

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The Spanish Mackerel are getting harder to find inshore, however the size has been huge, with some really massive fish caught over the last week. Try drifting a very large live bait or trolling large Wolf Herring. The estuary fishing has certainly improved, with some particularly good catches of both Barra and Mangrove Jacks over the last week. I managed 6 lovely Jacks in a couple of hours in the heart-break Hull River on Saturday afternoon. I have found the better bite has been during the first few hours of the incoming tide. Try smaller lures than you would for Barra. I prefer 3- or 4-inch paddle tails or prawn style soft plastics. There have been plenty of reports coming in through the shop of spectacular catches of both Jacks and Grunter in the Hinchinbrook area. Most of the reports were from Missionary Bay and it appears that fresh Herring have been the gun bait. It seems that there has been a lot of Grunter up around the 60cm. mark caught. Those who are prepared to put in an effort are managing reasonable numbers of mud crabs. The crabs have been a little on the light side but still extremely tasty. The freshwater reaches of the Johnstone, Liverpool, and Tully are all fishing well for Sooty Grunter, Jungle Perch, and freshwater Barra. The water has warmed up dramatically over the last week, so the better fishing is certainly now around early morning or on dusk. The march flies are a nuisance, so wear light coloured clothing. Tinaroo Dam is fishing at its best so, if you are on the hunt for a metre plus Barra, now is the time to get your backside up to the dam and have a fish. If you have not fished Tinaroo before, there are a couple of guides who work the area that can put you on track. Try Ian Kukors from Tinaroo Barra Sport fishing, he is a great bloke and knows Tinaroo like the back of his hand. I am writing this report very early in the week (Monday) and at this stage the various weather sites are predicting light winds for this coming weekend. This will hopefully allow the larger boats a chance to travel out to the main reefs and deep-water rubble patches. Either side of the early morning and evening high

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NEW YETI R20 TRAVEL MUGIN STOCK tide will suit those who wish to fish for Fingermark and Grunter in the local creeks or Hinchinbrook area. Another option would be to pump a few yabbies during the early afternoon low and fish the incoming tide for Bream, Whiting and Flathead. Either side of this low would also be the time to chase a Mangrove Jack or a Barra. Good Fishing Roly Newton, Tackle World Tully

Daniel Colombini with a mid-60’s cm. Fingermark caught on a live bait over the weekend.

JOHNSTONE RIVER OCTOBER 0.81m 2.45m 0.83m 3.34m 0.81m 2.45m 0.83m 3.34m 0.66m 2.8m 0.74m 3.31m 0.67m 2.89m 0.81m 3.2m 0.7m 2.93m 0.92m 3.04m 0.76m 2.91m 1.08m 2.84m 0.83m 2.85m 1.27m 2.62m

0.85m 2.11m 0.81m 2.91m 0.75m 2.28m 0.74m 2.92m 0.71m 2.42m 0.73m 2.87m 0.7m 2.51m 0.77m 2.78m 0.71m 2.54m 0.88m 2.65m 0.74m 2.54m 1.02m 2.48m 0.77m 2.5m 1.19m 2.3m

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0.73m 2.53m 0.79m 3.42m 0.6m 2.75m 0.69m 3.44m 0.54m 2.91m 0.68m 3.39m 0.53m 3m 0.72m 3.27m 0.55m 3.03m 0.83m 3.11m 0.61m 3m 0.98m 2.91m 0.69m 2.93m 1.17m 2.69m

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Friday, October 15, 2021

Innisfail United’s Under 14/15 JPL team secure Grand Final spot page 28

to a cracking start MARIA GIRGENTI LAST Saturday, Tully/Mission Beach Tier 3 junior cricket team started their season opener in fine style, with a solid victory over Innisfail Thunder at MARCS Park, Mission Beach. The boys played well, showed superb team spirit, and it was wonderful to see them encouraging each other. This week’s shout-outs went to Jackson Simpson, for his great fielding, and star batters, Jackson Lindsay who scored 39 runs off 30 balls and Danté van Vuuren who had 50 runs off 70 balls (retired/not out). Innisfail won the toss and sent Tully/Mission Beach into bat first, who finished with 7/186 (30 overs) in their innings. Tier 3 - Jimmy Maher Cup Blue - MARCS Park, Mission Beach - Saturday, October 9 Tully/Mission Beach 7/186 (30) (Dante van Vuuren 50* (70) retired; Jackson Lindsay 39 (30); Austin Stuart 24 (27)) defeated Innisfail Thunder 95 (30) (Austin Stuart 2/9 (3); Jackson Simpson 2/11 (3); Marko van Vuuren 1/5 (4)) Cassowary Coast Cyclones’ First Grade side kicked off their limited overs campaign with a win over Mulgrave in the first round of Cricket Far North fixtures. 1st Grade - Walker Road Sports Precinct, Edmonton – Saturday, October 9 Cassowary Coast 4/127 (36.2) (Stirling McAvoy 52 (58)) defeated Mulgrave 126 (33.4) (Stirling McAvoy 5/26 (6.4); Harrison Ryan 4/25 (7); Christo van Vuuren 2 catches)) T20 competition C-Grade Mareeba 5/120 (20.0) defeated Cassowary Coast Cyclones 5/89 (20.0) (Jayden Giddins 54* (61)) Mulgrave 8/113 (20) (Liam Conomo 3/17 (3.0), Harrison Ryan 3/23 (4), Rob Smith 1/12 (4), Dante van Vuuren 1/26 (4)) defeated by Cassowary Coast Cyclones 3/116 (19.3) (Jayden Giddins 40 (56), Rob Smith 36* (22), Thomas Herbert 28 (30)) Cassowary Coast Cyclones’ junior players, Giacomo De Faveri, Riley Berge, Aiden Getejanc, Brodie Masina, Marko Van Vuuren, and Riley Lindsay gained selection to participate in the second round of the Under 12 Cricket Far North representative trials. Next week, the boys will attend further trials vying for selection in one of two Under 12 CFN teams. The team also included Tom Jolly, Archer Ingram, Jaxan Liddle, Charlie Manno, and Max Costello.

Tully/Mission Beach Tier 3 junior cricket team had a win over Innisfail in the first game of the season.

Tully/Mission Beach Tier 3 junior cricketers, Jackson Simpson, Jackson Lindsay, and Dante van Vuuren had an impressive start to the season.