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A lot has happened over the last few weeks and it’s fair to say that the world as we know it will be different from here on, and forIt’s quite a while to come. been quite a ride for a lot of us hasn’t it and depending on what your Many are now facing hardships that they would never have dreamed of just a few weeks back. circumstances were when the Coronavirus became the issue it has, that ride People in safe employment last month now find themselves on unemployment queues, previously successful businesses are nowcould facinghave ruin. been anything between heartbreaking and beneficial. My heart goes And so it out goes to on.those who have had their world turned upside down through no fault My wife and I, like so many other business owners at this time, are scrambling to meet Government regulations, while of their own and my sincere hope thatoutthose whoend. haven’t suffered domission trying to keep up with community expectations and stillis come at the other For some, this mustwill seem impossible. whatever they can to support and help those who have. You don’t have to do In our case, and with the unbelievable co-operation of our fabulous team, we’re going to try and defy the odds. a real lot but if a lot of people each did a little, a lot could be achieved. Orange My wife and I have come up with a strategy that we hope will enable us to keep all our full-time employees in work, City Orange Life has and willand continue to dooutlittle to This try strategy and make life on a others keep producing Citybeen Life each week hopefully come at thethings other end. also relies who we rely on, such as our printer in Sydney to survive as well. little better for as many people as we can. Let me encourage you to consider reception@oclife.com.au Defying the odds however will require a number of changes, sacrifices and a lot of understanding.

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Orange City Life willgiven now provide with more entertainment, things On to do,the more ideas on keep yourself readers the you comments we’ve beenmore getting. story, if how for to some busy, all while trying to lift your spirits and put a little sunshine into your day. To that end we’re including more puzzles, reason you should happen to want to buy a copy of the book ‘Sunshine’, you’ll and we’re also including a serialised Novella titled Sunshine (pure coincidence) that given the extra time we all have, we it at Booksellers. hope you find will read andCollins enjoy. We’ll also bring you quite a bit of helpful news from local businesses who are keen to keep serving you, and we’ll be encouraging you to send us items to include.

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LIFE IN THE RING IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED

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— JONATHAN ROE —

ack Littlefield was 15 years old when he first stepped into the ring for his debut amateur boxing match. It was in Parkes and Jack was facing a more experienced opponent on his home turf.

While naturally a little nervous, Jack was still more relaxed than he’d ever felt running onto a football field or basketball court.

It was then, before he’d even exchanged blows, that Jack’s father and coach David Littlefield, said he saw the makings of a future champion.

“He was so relaxed. I could just tell, mentally, he had something there,” said David. “He hadn’t even had a fight, this was the day of his first, but I remember saying to him you could make a career of this. I said, if you want to do this, you could do it for a long time.”

Boxing is something that seems to run in the Littlefield family, David’s grandfather fought in the ring and David always felt drawn to sport. In his early 20s he went and learnt the trade under Bobby and Garry Williams, taking part in a number of amateur bouts, before family and children saw him step back from competition.

“I had a handful of fights and I enjoyed it, but then life sort of got in the road,” said David, who although he had stopped competing was never too long out of the gym.

“I never went away from it completely, I trained and stayed in with all the guys and sparred and trained and progressed... it wasn’t until Jack at about 14, he started taking an interest in it and so I started training him and as I was training him, I started competing again.

“I had a handful of fights in my early 20s and then 16 or so fights in my mid to late 30s. I’m now 42 and I still like to have one or two bouts in the masters every year now, so you can basically say Jack reignited the bug for me to get back into it.

For Jack, who grew up watching his father train and spar, boxing was initially just a way to get a bit of fitness outside of football training. But once he donned the gloves, he was hooked.

“I just showed him a few skills to get him a bit fitter and then

he just really took to it and liked it,” said David.

“He never really took to any sport like he did to boxing and he always like sport and played different sports - basketball, touch footy, rugby league. Now it has become a big part of our life.”

Since that first fight in Parkes, which saw him win by split decision, Jack has had over 50 amateur bouts, with 32 wins.

He and David travelled all over Australia to make fights, an apprenticeship David believes will stand in good stead for his professional career.

“He didn’t dodge anyone in the amateurs, and he fought all the tough guys and he’s done his apprenticeship the right way,” said David.

...It is not for the faint-hearted the training we do,” said David. “It is not like boxercise, it is real old school training...

“There were plenty of losses, plenty of close losses, but with ten fights of experience he was fighting the best elite amateurs in the country and I think really the experience he gained, often fighting them in their own backyard for titles, area titles, state titles and all that. I think it has really put him in good stead and that tough road he had in the amateurs he finished with an Australian Amateur Championship win in the light middleweight division.”

Jack too sees every fight, win or lose, as just another step getting better.

“Obviously you don’t want to lose, but you see the big picture with the losses,” he said. “And if you are fighting good people and learning along the way then it is all worth it.”

Jack went pro in July 2018, and to date has a 6-0 record. There

have been a few minor injuries and setbacks along the way, but Jack has his sights firmly set on an Australian title.

“I’ve got to work my way up still, I’m 19th in Australian rank 3rd in NSW in the professional ranks, so I’ve got to work my way up, but I want to get those titles and hopefully get overseas,” said Jack.

Working your way up those ranks requires discipline and a strict training regime. Jack is in the gym for 12 sessions a week, at least three hours a day, with daily runs on top of that.

“It is not for the faint-hearted the training we do,” said David. “It is not like boxercise, it is real old school training. We do plenty of running, plenty of bag work and plenty of sparring; You can’t beat the old school training and I think Garry and Bobby Williams instilled that in me.

“I think it is one of the hardest sports in the world. It is certainly not something you could ever force anyone to do, or push them to do, they’ve got to really, really want to be there and be a competitive boxer or not. And that’s what makes it special and so unique. I say to the boys if it was easy everyone would be doing it.”

The training may be hard, but for Jack it is all worth the pain.

“I love fighting. The challenge. The competitiveness. Other people have other passions and sure I could be out partying all the time or move away to the city, but I just think it is worth it all to be able to box,” he said.

“And I have big dreams with it, so I’ll see where it takes me.”

Jack’s younger brother Finn has also developed a love of the pugilistic arts and with two amateur bouts last year, is now another Littlefield with his sights set on big things.

“I haven’t forced them into any of it,” said David. “Finn has been in the gym with us for years and years and has been pestering me about fighting, but he had to wait until he was 14. He seems to be enjoying picking up the skills.

“It is just such a unique thing to do; there’s so many things that boxing can relate to in life. There’s a lot of sayings and quotes that come from boxing — too many to mention now — but a lot of those skills boxing has taught me mentally I have put into life in general, so that is definitely the best part of it for me.”

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COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD Last week I came to the conclusion that I have been afflicted with a new disease, and unlike Coronavirus, I don’t think they’ll ever come up with a cure for this one, in fact I think it may spread even further, and very rapidly.

I call it Communication Overload, which when I think about it, sounds a bit like it could be another Covid something - Communication Overload Via Internet Devices!

What am I talking about?

Over 7 days last week, I counted up somewhere around 350 emails received on my work email, 60 on my home email and about 30 text messages on my new smart phone, yes I finally succumbed and threw out my third T-Model Ford vintage $60 Nokia, and now I know how to text the new modern way. For the record, I don’t consider it a blessing.

I have never been bombarded by so many emails and they are relentless.

Sadly, they are a fact of life for me at this time because of the virus situation. The amount of emails I now get skyrocketed when some of my team started working at home and also after we started our new Newswatch newspaper.

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It’s also interesting to note how much stuff comes in, everything from doctors and businesses wanting to confirm appointments, bills coming via email, electricity companies making sure your power box is accessible, reminders about chemist prescriptions, junk mail type offers, newsletters, spam from everywhere across the world, and then of course, the myriad of press releases a media outlet routinely

gets. I don’t know how many times I’ve taken the unsubscribe option, but one I just can’t seem to stop is a personal one at home. Does anyone know how to stop Woolworths from sending emails? They don’t seem to have an unsubscribe option on their emails and despite numerous emails to the company via any contact us email I can find, they still keep coming. It really is annoying, and we just aren’t interested in their loyalty schemes, frequent flyer offers or anything else. We also don’t like the way that they can identify what you buy and then tease you with offers on those exact products. Talk about Big Brother watching you?

Anyway, as I said, emailing, texting etc. is the modern way and whether we like it or not, we’re stuck with it and pity the sad old sods like me who don’t want to play. And by the way, I’ve also had offers lately to join in the new flavour of the times, Zoom, but I simply don’t want to go there, or Skype or anything else.

I know I’ll have to get with the program sooner or later, but for now I just rely on my savvy staff or grandkids to save me each time I get into trouble with something technological, usually on a daily basis.

Put simply, I still enjoy talking face to face with people and reading a hard copy newspaper or magazine, and I still enjoy the simple pleasures that getting out amongst nature or old-fashioned pleasures like playing board games provide. Yes, I’ll have to come up to speed sometime, but I can’t see that happening anytime soon, especially while ever I can stumble by still doing things my way.

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NEWCREST MINING PARTNERS WITH ORANGE 360 TO BOOST LOCAL TOURISM SECTOR NEWCREST MINING AND ORANGE360 HAVE PARTNERED IN A LOCAL TOURISM INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A MUCH-NEEDED ECONOMIC BOOST TO ORANGE AND ITS SURROUNDING VILLAGES. THIS COMES AS THE NSW GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO EASE RESTRICTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 ENABLING THE CENTRAL WEST REGION TO REBUILD ITS ECONOMY.

Orange360 has successfully secured $120,000 from Newcrest’s $20M Community Support Fund, which was established in March to provide financial support to its host communities and assist with the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The partnership is a huge win for the Orange region, whose hospitality and tourism sectors have been hit hard by the impact of COVID-19.

The Newcrest & Orange360 $120K Staycation Giveaway will inject $120,000 directly into the local economy through Newcrest prize packs that support local hospitality and retail businesses and give locals an opportunity to enjoy a taste of the region’s tourism offering.

“The Orange region visitor economy is worth over $300 million annually and employs over 6,000 local residents. Lock downs were introduced just as we were hitting the peak of our tourism season and it’s been devastating for many of our operators,” said Orange360 Chair Peter Robson.

“Orange360 responded immediately with its application to the Newcrest Community Support Fund which has resulted in this fantastic local Staycation campaign. The primary objective is to quickly inject cash

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flow through our visitor economy again and we’d like to thank Newcrest for supporting the small businesses, local people and families who make up our tourism industry,” said Mr. Robson.

Research from the NSW Business Chamber released on 30 April 2020 stated that 5,622 jobs have been lost across the broader Central

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seen first-hand the devastation that COVID-19 has caused the tourism industry.

This program is designed to provide a vital kick start to the local tourism and hospitality sectors so we can quickly recover, to provide the opportunity for the region to thrive.”

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Nightmare build has a happy ending — JONATHAN ROE —

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t was early last year, that work began on Matt and Rebecca Macdonald’s new dream home in the Shiralee Estate. The slab went down, the frame went up, but then the work began to slow. Less and less was getting done each week, and then came the devastating blow: the builder, Wentworth Homes, had collapsed and gone into voluntary liquidation leaving the Macdonalds and several other clients in the lurch.

“It gutted me!” said Matt, who had just paid the builder their next $90,000 instalment.

“My wife was overseas at the time and I was here by myself — and I’m not a good one with paperwork — but I had to organise it all myself and the insurance to see what we were actually covered for… it was a really stressful time.”

The build essentially stopped for the next six months, with quotes from other builders to finish the home coming in well above what Matt and Rebecca could afford.

“We went to the insurance company and they provided us with four builders, but they weren’t local and so you had builders from Sydney, Penrith, Dubbo and Wagga and their prices to finish the house were extreme... it would have been an extra $100,000,” said Matt.

“We were at a stage where we couldn’t have afforded to finish it through those builders… it would have sat here and got little bits done

...I told both of them from day dot that I will turn this experience around,” said Michael

here and there and it probably would have taken another twelve months to finish.”

But then Matt said they were approached by Michael and Kelli Paddison from Contemporary Homes.

“They had obviously heard what was going on in town and they are building houses in this area and they’d see this sitting here, so they approached me to finish it off and they were well under everyone else’s quote, well under!” said Matt.

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and one that tarnishes people’s perception of the building industry.

“You hear bad stories about cowboy builders all the time and it annoys me,” said Michael.

“Orange is full of brilliant builders, but unfortunately it only takes a couple bad people to muck it up for the rest of us.”

“I guess what we wanted to do was give a little bit back to people that had a bad experience in the building industry and actually give them something to make them feel good about the whole industry again,” added Kelli.

“You hear these stories and the problem with that is every builder gets tarred with the same

brush, even though there are so many great builders in Orange and they all do amazing work, it just takes one person to ruin the whole industry experience for everyone.

“We couldn’t believe someone would do that to a normal, average Australian family I guess.”

In two-and-a-half months, Michael and his team were able to finish the job and Michael and his family moved in just over a month ago.

“It was an amazing feeling, we still can’t believe it,” said Michael. “They’ve done such a fantastic job and I don’t believe I would have got the house I’ve got now with the previous builder.”

“I told both of them from day dot that I will turn this experience around,” said Michael. “ I said I guarantee you two that at the end of this build, you will love this house and move in to it, and you will build again — and I think they are over the moon with it!”

“And we were pretty happy about turning that house around too,” said Kelli. “It was probably one of the best experiences we’ve had at the end there, they were so happy with it.”

“We just want to turn it around and give these guys a good build,” said Michael. “It wasn’t something that you make a lot of money out of, but the personal reward you get out of it is worth more than anything.

“We make a good living in this industry, we work hard at it, but we make a good living. And to give a little bit back to the industry we take so much out of it was pretty satisfying.”

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I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down!

What do you call someone with no body and no nose? Nobody knows.

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$10,000 for Millthorpe Village Committee!

Last week I congratulated the Millthorpe Village Committee on their tremendous vision for community development.

verge and revegetation along Richard Lane, with a view to increasing safety for walkers along this area.

The Committee is the worthy recipient of a $10,000 grant under the Federal Government's Communities Environment Program. The grant will be put towards a clean-up of the street

Walking has become particularly popular along the lane during the COVID-19 pandemic, so I wish them well with this terrific project and can’t wait to see the next stage.

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Your Country Your Voice INDEPENDENT, EXTERNAL AUDIT FOR CSU We need an independent, external audit of Charles Sturt University’s financial position.

Ever since the University announced a decline in revenue of $80 million, stating that the majority of that sum is associated with CSU’s international program, there has been an enormous amount of community concern, rumour and confusion about what it means for the future of regional campuses and jobs.

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included in the $80 million. This needs to be looked at.

The audit should examine ways in which CSU's $347 million cash and investment reserve can be unlocked to ensure the sustainability of our community's university.

The audit would also need to include a pre, during and post COVID-19 analysis of the University’s international student enrolments.

The audit will complement the Australian Government's recent $18 billion Higher

CSU is a crucial part of the fabric of our country communities and the future of regional Australia.

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been able to explain with any clarity precisely how that figure of $80 million could be a direct impact on Charles Sturt University’s bottom line.

For example, most of CSU’s international students (approximately 8,000) appear to be in the capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. As the Prime Minister has stated, 80% of international university students are back in Australia studying. We need to find out how those figures translate into an $80 million revenue decline.

It has also emerged that CSU took a $16 million deficit into COVID-19, which is apparently also

Education Relief Package, which supports Australia's universities.

CSU is a crucial part of the fabric of country communities and the future of regional Australia.

We need a full independent, external, audit of the University’s position so that everyone knows exactly where CSU stands and why.

This will allay community concerns and put to rest the continuing rumour, speculation and uncertainty.

I’m a huge supporter of CSU and nobody wants it to succeed more than I do - but we need to get this sorted.

$9,000 FOR THE SPRING HILL ACTIVITIES GROUP!

beautifying flower boxes as you pass through town which will be maintained by the volunteers.

The Spring Hill Activities Group are highly energetic community advocates.

So it was an absolute pleasure to present them with $9,000 worth of Federal Government grants this week.

The $5,000 Volunteer Grant will go towards raising community awareness of town events through the purchase of signage boards. It will also be put towards

The $4,000 Saluting their Service grant will assist them to create a memorial wall for our diggers at the Spring Hill Memorial Site.

Well done Beth Mills, Tim Jones, Terri Newman, Tracey Huysmans, Nicole Day and everyone at the Spring Hill Activities Group for your community spirit and dedication to bringing locals together.

RUNS ON THE BOARD √ $9,000 for the Spring Hill Activities Group to support community initiatives √ $10,000 for the Millthorpe Village Committee to improve the safety of Richard Lane. √ $55,732 for Millthorpe CWA √ An extra $2.3 million for Calare communities in the Drought Communities Extension Program √ $20,000 for Molong Historical Society to go towards reconstructing the entrance of the Molong Museum √ $4,000 to the Molong Advancement Group to establish a disc golf competition at the golf club and showgrounds √ Better mobile and internet coverage for Freemantle under the $380 million Mobile Black Spot Program √ Almost $54 million in water security pipelines around the Central West √ $40 million for the upgrade of the Mitchell Highway between Orange and Molong at Guanna Hill √ $22 million for a new CSU medical school based in Orange √ $18 million for the Institute for Regional, Rural and Remote Health √ $14.7 million for Mission Australia’s Benjamin Short Grove Aged Care facility in Orange √ $8 million to investigate fast rail for the Central West √ $6.45 million for the Southern Feeder Road √ $3.4 million Aboriginal Learning Centre at TAFE in Orange √ $2.5 million for new classrooms at Catherine McAuley Catholic Primary School √ $2 million for local fruit growers for a netting trial

For regular updates and news, follow me on Facebook and Instagram @andrewgeecalare Authorised by Andrew Gee, MP, National Party of Australia, Suite 1/179A Anson Street, Orange NSW 2800. Produced and printed using parliamentary entitlements.

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Telling the untold — JONATHAN ROE —

A small Orange-based children’s book publisher is on a mission to bring stories to the world that do not fit the commercial mould.

Margrete Lamond spent 20 years working for large publishing firms, but over time she began to notice that only certain types of books were making it to print.

“I noticed that the breadth of books we found to be commercially viable was narrowing and I felt that readers were being short changed,” said Margrete, “By only having that certain brand of colourful, happy books there weren’t any that had a little bit more layers to them or books that were appealing to older readers.”

But Margret believed there was still a need and desire for these sorts of books.

“I thought people are still interested in that kind of book, maybe not in a commercially viable way, but that doesn’t mean that the interest isn’t out there,” said Margrete, who in 2015 set about forming her own not-for-profit publishing company, Dirt Lane Press.

The idea of the Dirt Lane Press is to ‘publish around the margins.’ To make available a broader range of narratives and even stories with difficult

themes told in a child-friendly way.

“Anything that doesn’t fall into an easy format or formulae,” said Margrete. “So the first book was a chapter book, but it was the size of a picture book. It was about dysfunctional friendships and the message of it was that no friendship is perfect and there may be unequal power play, but you can work through it rather than just abandon it.”

Another title published by Dirt Lane Press, The Dream Peddler, was actually a fable about drug addiction.

“It was inspired by ‘ice’ addiction but we turned everything into a fable that operates on lots of different levels,” said Margrete, who told a story of how the book has brought hope to adult addicts at Sydney’s Wayside Chapel.

“And I’ve also heard of 5-year-olds requesting it again and again,” she said. “We do picture books that appeal on all levels. We’ve done another one that is an indictment of slavery called Winter of the White Bear and at the end of next year we are doing one for young adults — a 104 page

picture book, which is very unusual — about the experience of bipolar A which is bipolar with hallucinations. It’s by a man in his mid 50s who has lived with this all his life and wants this to be an inspiration to young people.”

Their most recent book, Where Happiness Hides —written by Anthony Bettini and illustrated

by Orange local Jennifer Goldsmith — was to be published next year, but given the global pandemic the decision was made to release it free online to as many people as possible.

And so, they had the book translated into 35 languages.

“It is all about being in the moment and noticing little things around us and not being distracted by big things but just being quiet and noticing the joy of small things,” said Margrete “It was slated for early next year, but then I had this thought in the middle of the night that it was the perfect book for now and the very next morning Anthony rang me and said we need to publish it now.”

For Margrete, bringing these books into the world is an artistically freeing experience, but more than that, she has seen firsthand the powerful influence the right story can have on a person’s life.

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“Visual narrative, stories told with pictures whether they are moving pictures or graphic novels or the short form of a picture book. I think is very, very powerful and you can convey so much in it. You know the old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words, well it is absolutely true. But you can really manipulate those so called ‘thousand words’ in a way that can have a very profound effect on the viewer on the reader.

So that is what I do… It is my passion to bring beautiful, quality, meaningful books to the world.”

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The meal kit for last week’s Singaporean Black Pepper Crab This week’s offering from SSS@Home: Barbecued Octopus, with barbecued onion and capsicum, tzatziki and a mint, cucumber and feta salad.

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Cyndy Beeston collecting her fresh seafood meal kit from Harris Farm on Friday

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WHAT IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN HAVE RESTAURANT QUALITY SEAFOOD DISHES, MADE WITH THE FRESHEST INGREDIENTS — BY YOU — IN YOUR VERY OWN KITCHEN EACH WEEKEND?

ydney Seafood School is making it possible. Orange residents now take part in their weekly virtual cooking classes, where for an affordable $45 you get all the ingredients and all the instruction you need to prepare a delicious seafood feast for two.

For 30 years Sydney Seafood School has been offering fun, hands-on cooking classes out of their home at Sydney Fish Market. More than 12,000 people take part each year, but of course this year it has been very different.

With face to face classes impossible due to social distancing requirements, Sydney Seafood School has gone online, bringing their 30 years of cooking class expertise into the virtual realm.

“The idea is it is essentially the same as being at one of our cooking classes here, except you are doing it in your own kitchen at home,” said Roberta Muir, Manager of Sydney Seafood School.

“We have a mission to inspire everyone to eat well, together. And now we can do that whether they come to us or we go to them.”

The virtual cooking classes, known as SSS@Home, were initially trialled with pick-up or local delivery from the Fish Market, but now Orange is among a select few regional centres to be able to join in the program.

“We started this partnership with Sydney Fresh Seafood, who are the seafood outlet within some Harris Farm stores, and that is how we’ve managed to come to Orange,” said Roberta.

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So here is how it works: each weekly meal kit can be picked up from Harris Farm on Fridays, and it includes all the ingredients you need to make the chosen dish, with a detailed written recipe and a link to an instructional video talking you through the cook.

I actually took part in last week’s cooking class, in which I cleaned and sectioned Blue swimmer crabs for a Singaporean Black Pepper Crab — something far outside my comfort zone. But the kit contained everything I needed (apart from a teaspoon of sugar) and I found the instructional video well put together and easy to follow. The recipe even included plenty of photographs, making the cooking quite straight forward for something I would not have attempted otherwise.

And more importantly the results were delicious!

“It’s all about the quality of the ingredients,” said Roberta. “We use the best saffron, the best rice, Pepe Saya Butter, these kits have the same quality ingredients that we use in our face to face classes then there’s a beautiful artisan Australian chocolate bar just for something sweet to share at the end, which is what we do in our classes as well.”

While these classes were initially a way of dealing with the coronavirus shut down, the good news is they are here to stay.

“The feedback has been amazing. We have had a lot of people say please keep doing this, especially from regional areas like Orange, so definitely,” said Roberta.

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went out on Friday, she said.

“There are some people who are going to make this a Friday night tradition and get it every week.”

Meal kits can be ordered from each Monday for $45 on a first-in, first served basis and they will be delivered to Harris Farm on Friday.

Or, if you would like to make sure you don’t miss out, you can purchase a four-week loyalty pack for $180 a few days earlier on Fridays, ensuring you will receive weekly seafood dishes for the next month And as a special treat to our Orange City Life Readers the next four-week loyalty pack can be ordered right now at www.sydneyseafoodschool. com.au/SSSHome.

HERE’S WHAT IS ON THE MENU FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS...

12 JUNE: special guest chef Ajoy Joshi from Nilgiri’s in Cremorne teaches how to make a delicious prawn dish from Kerala, with green peppercorn and curry leaf, and an eggplant yoghurt roast cumin raita to accompany it.

19 JUNE: learn to cook an array of seafood tapas, including the best garlic prawns you’ve ever tasted.

26 JUNE: Giovanni Pilu from Pilu at Freshwater, will teach you to make fresh malloreddus pasta (a Sardinian specialty) with clams, bottarga and zucchini flowers.

3 JULY: celebrate the Fourth of July New Orleansstyle with Cajun-blackened fish and delicious coleslaw, plus oyster po’boys with secret spicy remoulade sauce.

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The Wedding Industry, — MELISE COLEMAN —

A business group on Facebook called ‘The Wedding Network’, is where many local wedding industry legends come together. It’s a place to explore ideas, collaborate, and share opportunities relevant to the industry.

Amidst the madness, local vendors from ‘The Wedding Network’ have come together to create a video of positivity and hope to breathe back into the community.

Sarah Powell of ‘Bespoke Country Weddings’ was the driving force behind the initial idea. “The crisis and restrictions really brought the wedding industry to a halt overnight, and there were so many couples left devastated from having to postpone their wedding day,” said Sarah.

“I wanted to put out a positive message on what weddings would look like on the other side of this and thought it was important to remind everyone that this crisis will end, and that there will be life on the other side of this.

“There were some really beautiful silver linings to be found during this crisis, and I wanted to focus on those. Like that we’d actually had rain here in the Central West, how good does our landscape look at the moment, and we actually have water in our dams?! Also, that we had the gift of time to work on and improve our businesses, so we could show up bigger and better for our couples once the restrictions were lifted.”

It was a resounding "yes" from everyone in the Facebook group as Sarah put the word out there, including Dave Smyth from ‘The Studio Door’ as he offered to film and produce the project, “He did a wonderful job at bringing this idea to life and was a very patient man, said Sarah.

“The filming process was so much fun, for many of us it was our first real time out of the house in weeks!

The filming was done in shifts to ensure we weren’t breaching regulations, and we all practiced social distancing measures during the shoot. As wedding

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suppliers we’re all very used to being behind the scenes and not in front of the camera, it was pretty funny trying to get our lines right.

“We were excited to be able to see each other again and share our experiences during this time. I think many left the shoot really happy knowing they weren’t alone in this, and positive about the future ahead.”

Dave explained, “I simply enjoyed the collaborative approach.

We all just put business aside and tackled it head on together.

Although there are potentially ‘competing businesses’ here we didn’t care and that was fantastic.

“It’s important to continue to promote the region for weddings and keep it top of mind for those considering travelling here for their special day. But honestly, I’m really looking forward to meeting people again. A handshake at the start of the day and a big hug at the end.”

...It’s important to continue to promote the region for weddings and keep it top of mind for those considering travelling here for their special day...

Sarah ensured post-COVID-19 the industry will be just as rewarding, delicious, creative and joyful as ever. “I really believe weddings and any celebratory events post-crisis are going to take on a new meaning. As human beings, we’re social creatures and having been kept at home for so many months, separated from our loved ones we are ready to be together. I really look forward to creating beautiful spaces again where people can share food, a laugh, have a dance and

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“There is a whole swag of great suppliers here in the region to ensure couples have their best day ever.

All of who are really excited to get back to work, and ready to make every wedding one to remember.”

Sarah added, “I have to say the support of local businesses (not just wedding related!) in Orange during this period has been amazing. There have been so many people working really hard to keep their businesses going, while also supporting others however they can. Local business owners have been reaching out to each other to check everyone’s doing ok and spending locally wherever they can to show support.

“There has been a lot of peace in knowing you’re not alone in the challenges this crisis has thrown up - we are literally all in this together and have to get through it together.”

Dave followed, “I feel like our communities have become human again. We are looking out for each other, making a phone call or a text for no reason other than just to see if we’re OK. I received a text one day saying, ‘Mate just checking in to see if everyone’s happy and healthy?’ That’s it. And it was amazing to receive.

“If ‘going back to normal’ doesn’t include that well let’s not go back to normal, but a new normal, because we all need support in our lives and those ‘just because’ moments matter.”

Find the video online,[shared by The Studio Door and Bespoke Country Weddings] shout it from the rooftops and spread it far and wide. Support local operators, tell your friends and spread the word... the Central West will be open for Weddings again soon.

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SERVING WITH LIFELINE – when the rubber hits the road — MELISE COLEMAN —

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FROM THE WORST DROUGHT IN OUR LIFETIME WHICH SAW LIFELINE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WERE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION, SOME WITH STORIES NOTHING SHORT OF TRAGIC.

fire disaster emerges, ripping across the land, the likes in which none of us have ever seen in our lifetime. Chief Excecutive Officer, Lifeline Central West, Stephanie Robinson takes us on her nine- week journey representing Lifeline Central West with five Orange coworkers alongside her, visiting some of the hardest hit areas. Rewind to what feels like only a few months ago, January 13.

With very few hours off and only a few short visits home.

I knew what I was witnessing was something I hadn’t seen before, and I have seen a lot in both my current and former professional roles. The sheer scope of the devastation and trauma was difficult to take in and I personally found it hard to know where to start.

When we first arrived, we were getting police escorts through townships that were still on fire.

Some weeks we have had up to eight people and three vehicles attending to crisis interventions, community meetings, recovery centres, relief centres, round table meetings, council meetings, community recovery planning meetings, just dozens of events and over 60 outreach visits to people considered to be high risk. We had 12 interventions, in fact I had to leave a meeting we were having as we had a call from a farmer who wasn’t in a good frame of mind. He would say we saved his life that day. Incidentally whilst driving there a call came in on the radio [from work we did in December]

that wanted to share that they were alive today because of our face to face support.

We were on the road very early in the morning to very late at night. We couldn’t be everywhere although we wanted to be and we were being pulled in all different directions. We did a lot of outreach to places where people were camped or living amongst the ruins of their properties. I think that was really special actually going there and meeting them. It was quite confronting but also amazing because I know how much the support has helped them.

I thought it was very telling when veteran paramedic Paul Featherstone told me after his week that he has never seen so many people, all emotionally on the brink, in all his life, anywhere in the world.

Each and every day we were flagged down by Police, concerned neighbours, truck drivers, individuals needing support and sometimes just a person who wants to grab us to give us a hug and say thank you. One night I was getting dinner and a trio of fellas called me over saying ‘hey Lifeline lady…’ they were three fire and rescue guys who had fought the fires all summer, then that day had spent it looking for their mate after a boating accident. I was able to support them just by being there in my Lifeline t shirt, they recognised immediately that they could talk to me.

One lady whose story really impacted me was a grandmother whose daughter lived at Bermagui, she was ringing saying ‘Mum I’m scared, we need to keep our house safe,’ the

Grandmother said, ‘bring the grandbabies to me, I’ll look after them,’ so that’s what she did and the fire changed, the daughter has gone back to her home and the fire went to the grandmothers house. The flames were coming up through the floor, she had them huddled together, having to keep them thinking ‘we will be ok’ and they will come and rescue us soon.

There were dozens of stories like that. You couldn’t help but be impacted by them.

We were also lucky enough to see some smiling faces. We had a fashion parade, where boutique shops donating beautiful new clothing to women who had lost everything. We put on an afternoon tea and they modelled the clothing, it was incredible to see it bring such joy to them.

I have never been so proud as to represent Lifeline. It was incredibly humbling to see fire impacted communities and individuals trust us, trust our brand with no hesitation.

Always warmly accepted and one individual exclaimed he just felt better knowing that we were there. Whether it be face to face or at the end of a phone line there was that comfort (and expectation) that we would be there to listen without judgement, with compassion and empathy that is not replicated anywhere. The unique skill set of a Crisis Supporter stood out no matter what environment we were in.

We have since maintained phone contact with multiple people and we are really excited to get back down there really within the next week or two.

Thommo and Son go off-road — MELISE COLEMAN —

After years of attempts to get involved in the ‘Shitbox Rally’ Michael Thompson will finally have the opportunity to put his pedal to the metal after being accepted in the ballot system for the 2020 Spring rally.

Who has he given the call up to be his offsider? His old man, Mark Thompson.

Held from October 10- 16, ‘Thommo and Son’ will travel from Mackay to Darwin via some of its most formidable roads, all in the name of charity.

Michael explained, “I have been told it’s the absolute pinnacle in terms of charity rallies and of course, it’s for a great cause, Cancer Council Cancer research.

“One of the conditions of the rally is that the car has to be under the value of $1000. Although dad 18

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would argue it’s worth much more, I couldn’t think of a better car to use than his 2001 VX Commodore, complete with 480,000kms on the clock (original motor), no A/C and not a straight panel on her.

“I can speak on behalf of the two of us in saying that we just hope the car makes it first and foremost, and second, that we don’t murder

each other by the end of about 10 days cooped up in a car with one another,” Michael laughed.

“It’ll be good to spend some quality time with the old boy. I know it will be an experience of a lifetime, with like-minded people. We’ll get to visit some amazing remote locations and hopefully it’s good enough weather for camping in swags!”

Michael continued, “The community support we have received so far has been amazing!

Especially in the current climate. We have found many businesses are keen to get behind us by means of donations and sponsorships! It’s a testament to our great community and just shows how supportive and giving they are even when facing adversity themselves.”

To follow the boy's journey, you can find them on Instagram and Facebook at ‘Team Thommo & Son.’ To donate or sponsor, head to the official rally website, search the teams for ‘Thommo & Son’, or directly through https://2020spring. shitboxrally.com.au/thommo-son Alternatively, you can get in contact with Michael to send you the relevant details m.thomp@live.com.au

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Michael said, “Pionee r Brewing have genero usly supported us in creati ng a promotional beer, if yo u’d like to support us as we ll as a local business jump on the Pioneer Brewing websi te and buy a case or six pa ck.”

Thommo and Son would like to thank their curre nt sponsors; • Pioneer Brewing • AWCON • MAXAM • Canobolas Eggs • Jespresso Coffee Co. • ACFA • PYBAR “We owe a massive tha nks to these guys, as well as everyone that has ma de a donation through our team page on the rally websi te.”

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The main bedroom has a built-in wardrobe and there are two other bedrooms.

The bathroom has a bath, shower and a separate toilet. There’s a private courtyard area with a built-in brick BBQ perfect for entertaining. You’ll also like the South Orange location close to the hospital, Cadia mine and James Sheahan High School. CONTACT: ADAM SAVAGE 0419 232 416

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OPEN HOMES: SATURDAY 6 JUNE 12.30—1.00 This mid-century modern home is just 200 metres from Orange’s CBD, nestled in a tree lined street amongst some of the best period homes in the city. Meticulously maintained, this unique property has only had 2 owners in its lifetime. The home is of grand proportions with north facing casual and formal living and dining areas, 4 double sized bedrooms, 2½ bathrooms, a modern kitchen with quality inclusions. The large wrap around verandah leads to another entertaining area. Perfectly positioned on a huge 1233m2 block with a beautiful established low maintenance garden.

CONTACT: ADAM SAVAGE 0419 232 416

This cute home has been very well renovated throughout and provides three very well proportioned bedrooms all with built-ins. The loungeroom is spacious with lovely timber floorboards and there is a second living area out the back.

Outside is a garage and plenty of room in the yard that backs onto Jaeger Park. The hard work has been done here so if you are looking to invest you can set and forget. This home is currently leased for $330 per week to a great tenant who would love to stay.

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83 Forbes Road, Orange

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06.06.20

10.00am - 10.30am

7 Treweeke Street, Orange

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$329,000

06.06.20

10.00am - 10.30am

139 Diamond Drive, Orange

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$659,000.00

06.06.20

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29 Gala Crescent, Orange

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2

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22 Lucas Street, Orange

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20 Torulosa Way, Orange

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16 Emmaville Street, Orange

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2

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125 March Street, Orange

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2

1

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2 Prunus Avenue, Orange

3

2

2

$390,000

06.06.20

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18 Emmaville Street, Orange

4

2

2

$639,990

06.06.20

11.00am - 11.30am

347 Old Canoblas Road, Orange

5

2

3

$950,000

06.06.20

11.00am - 11.30am

121 Sieben Drive, Orange

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2

2

$499,000

06.06.20

11.00am - 11.30am

101 Lords Place, Orange

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2

1

$679,000

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13 Young Street, Orange

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2

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30 Goldfinch Way, Orange

4

3

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$599,000

06.06.20

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5 Burrendong Way, Orange

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$320,000

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7 Gallagher Place, Orange

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06.06.20

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2Carramar Avenue, Orange

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131 McLachlan Street, Orange

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2

1

$839,000

06.06.20

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2

2

$699,000

06.06.20

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22 Casey Street, Orange

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1

1

$395,000

06.06.20

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2

4

$649,000

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8 Hutchinson Close, Orange

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2

2

$685,000

06.06.20

1.00pm - 1.30pm

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1

1

$385,000

06.06.20

1.15pm

25 Boronia Crescent, Orange

4

2

2

$559,000

06.06.20

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1 Girrahween Place, Orange

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2

2

$769,000

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Tomorrow night the Orange Regional Conservatorium (ORC) will present a free live streamed piano concert— its first concert in more than two months!

Pianoforte is an annual concert featuring the staff and students of the ORC’s keyboard department and even with the current restrictions on having a live audience it has proven to be the perfect concert to present in an online format.

The idea proved successful back in March with an online audience of hundreds tuning in to watch a chamber music concert the very day restrictions were announced.

“We saw the challenge of not having an audience as no reason not to continue as

planned” said ORC Head of Keyboard Studies David Shaw, “There will only be a couple of people on stage at any one time and there will be two grand pianos between them, making social distancing easy!”

Featured in the performance will be several ORC staff and advanced students who will perform a varied program of music by The Beatles, Brahms, Dave Brubeck, Rachmaninoff and more.

“It just made sense to keep concerts going in some form” said Conservatorium Events Manager and guitarist James Buchanan. “It may

be some time before we can get back to normal, but in the meantime, we are determined to find ways to keep the local music industry going.

“We employ over 30 professional musicians and we all feel a little bit lost not being able to perform regularly. This will go a long way to easing that.”

Pianoforte will be streamed live on the Orange Regional Conservatorium’s Facebook page Friday 5th June 6:30pm. Visit www.facebook.com/ orangecon/live or additional information can be found at www.orangecon.org.au

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Sunshine

ORANGE CITY LIFE IS PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU A SERIALISED VERSION OF THE ACCLAIMED NOVELLA, SUNSHINE, FROM MILLTHORPE’S

KIM KELLY

It’s 1921 and the Great War has left in its wake untold tragedy, not only in lives lost but in the guilt of survivors, the deep-set scars of old wounds and the sting of redoubled bigotries.

In the tiny hamlet of Sunshine, on the far-flung desert’s edge, three very different ex-servicemen – Jack Bell, an Aboriginal horseman, Snow McGlynn, a laconic, curmudgeonly farmer, and Art Lovelee, an eccentric engineer – find themselves sharing a finger of farmland along the Darling River, and not much else. That is, until Art’s wife Grace, a battle-hardened nurse, gets to work on them all with her no-nonsense wisdom.

Told with Kim Kelly’s inimitable with and warmth, Sunshine is a very Australian tale of home, hope and healing, of the power of growing life and love, and discovering that we are each other’s greatest gifts.

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FRUIT JACK When he saw the little white-haired feller jump down from the cabin of the truck, Jack’s heart hit the ground with a thud. Nothing unusual in that, these days; every time he saw a bloke with a kid, it’d crush him.

‘Don’t mind Gordie,’ the driver was saying to Art Lovelee. ‘He’s no trouble.’

Jack could only stand there like he was stuck to the spot, his mouth gone dry and his mind gone off somewhere else as the driver explained to Art that the boy was without his mother and it was too close to Christmas for him to want to be without the boy himself. The driver nodded as he passed by Jack, on his way round to the back of the truck to begin unloading; it was a pleasant sort of nod, but still, Jack couldn’t move.

He looked at the river through the overhanging boughs of the trees, a small boy himself once more.

His mother always brought him out here, if ever they got away from the parsonage at Bourke; they’d sit there under those trees, quietly; his mother could sit for hours saying not much at all, looking at the water; grateful for the silence, she’d say; ‘Be quiet,’ she’d click her tongue, if ever he chattered and badgered with all his questions too much. He’d sit there by her all those hours, playing in the dirt, making soldiers out of sticks and stones, and hoping a boat would come along to break up the quiet. Back in those days, riverboats still ran up and down, churning up the water with their great paddlewheels, stacked high with bales of wool; a band might be playing on the upper deck if it was carrying wealthy passengers; one summer, the water was so 34

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low, one of those boats got stuck ten yards off from the old wharf at Copeland’s Corner, so it was called then: McGlynn’s place now. Jack couldn’t say what year it was that boat got stranded there, that’s how little he was, but the company that owned it went broke and left the vessel there, decaying, like the wharf itself. Not a splinter of it left to say so, though, and Jack felt like he was no more there himself.

‘You right, Jack?’ Art Lovelee was beside him, concerned; a good man, for all that his mind hopped about from one thing to another like a willie wagtail on cocaine; he was always concerned; kind. He could feel the eyes of the driver on him still, too. He could have been back in the army in that moment; just one of three blokes about to unload a truck. No such distinction as black or white but yes sir and no sir, get on with the flamin’ job. Why did it have to take the insanity of war to make things so equal and reasonable as that? Stupid flamin’ question.

Jack looked down at his bare feet with the return of disgust he felt for his own weakness, his nothingness. He glanced back up at Art and said: ‘No. Not too good today.’ He walked away, not knowing what to say or how to say it – there was just too much going on. Too many emotions, so that he hardly knew what he felt. Too many thoughts, so that he didn’t know what he might think.

Art Lovelee seemed to understand, in his way, and let him be.

Jack walked down along the river strand, past his camp where the tea tin stuffed and rattling with his money was buried in the side of the bank. He had a lot of money in there now: almost fifty pounds, it was, and not just what he’d been earning lately, but all he’d had left from his deferred army pay as well.

He’d almost paid off that ten he owed to McGlynn, too – that bloke was mean with a penny, meaner than a flea’s a---hole, but he was going to the trouble of under-reporting his wages to the Board, so that Jack could get more in his pocket, on the principle of the matter: ‘What is this country coming to,’ McGlynn had spat, ‘taking a man’s wages like that?

Flamin’ Bolsheviks.’ What Jack was going to do

with all his cash, he had no idea. He couldn’t lob into town and spend it all on beer – he’d likely only get the snot kicked out of him for darkening the doorstop anyway. If he kept saving it up, he’d soon have enough for a place of his own, a little house on half an acre on the outskirts of town, but what for when the neighbours there would only object to a blackfeller living next door? He was sure the police wouldn’t allow it somehow anyway. He’d never heard of any Aborigine owning a house – like it must have been against the laws of nature.

He looked upriver, Brewarrina way, and a thought flashed into his head as though it might have been an answer: go to the station there: do something there: get the mob behind you: change things.

I can’t change anything, he told the river sand.

‘Jack! Jack!’ It might have been a corella laughing down at him from the trees, but it was Grace calling out to him. Lovely Grace Lovelee. She was standing on the top of the bank, waving at him; something in her hand.

He gave her half a wave back, but still he couldn’t speak.

‘Jack, I’ve found something that might interest you.’

He tried to look interested as he took the few steps up the bank towards her: ‘Yeah?’

‘Yeah.’ She smiled, making yeah sound like it belonged to her; Jesus, she was good-looking.

She held out a photograph: ‘It might just be a coincidence, but it’s an intriguing one. This woman,’ she pointed to one of the women in the picture, the white woman, ‘her name is Zelma Bell. Have you ever heard of her?’

‘No.’ He shook his head, but he kept staring at the black woman, recognising her almost straightaway.

The photograph wasn’t clear enough to show the features of her face in sharp detail, but her stance, her hair, the way she held her hands in front of her – he’d have known this woman anywhere.

‘Jack, what is it?’ Grace asked him; concerned, too; so kind.

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And he said, tears of a lost child in his eyes, every lost child: ‘This woman.’ He touched her face in the photograph: ‘This woman is my mother.’

SNOW Bloody unreliable. Snow had nothing against blacks, really, and never would, but how can you respect a man who doesn’t show up when he’s supposed to? When he’s agreed he would. Not like I’ve been hard on him, Snow said to himself, perplexed; he thought he’d been fair; he thought they’d been getting along well; he was annoyed, too, because Jack was that good at any work, you never had to tell him what he needed to do.

He was doubly annoyed that the dog at his side would not stop barking – had not shut up since the truck had started coming along the track. This dog had followed him home from Bourke the trip in before last, that way things just happen soon after you think them – as though he’d called the dog into his life. This dog didn’t know what she was – part kelpie, part several kinds of terrier, part old scrubbing brush – as nameless as she was breedless, and apparently his.

‘Shut up!’ he yelled at her.

She shut up, but her tail wagged madly, slapping against his knee, as he walked over to meet the truck.

He said to Ross Brock at the window: ‘You want some extra work? I could do with a spare pair getting the trees in and watered before the end of the day.’

The man nodded, fewer words in him than Snow had himself. The little kid stood up on the seat, hand on his father’s shoulder, and wordless, too. They both looked at him with clear blue-grey eyes.

Time stretched along the gold lines thrown by the westering sun; the dog panted; a blowfly hummed slowly somewhere near; and after half a small eternity, Ross Brock asked: ‘Where do you want ’em?’ Meaning the trees; where did he want the truck pulled up for easiest carting.

Snow pointed past the rows of lemons: ‘Just the other side of the orchard there.’

The truck trundled up the rutted track and stopped where the new rows had been prepared for the grapefruit. When Snow joined Ross Brock at the back of the truck, he heard the little boy say, ‘Can I get a drink, Dad, please?’

Such a little boy, not much more than a baby, really, no taller than the dog, and talking to his father with such manly respect, Snow looked at Brock with a deeper regard: his was a tough hand, but he was doing a remarkable job with that kid.

Brock said to his boy: ‘You take the water bottle down to the river and fill it up. Don’t muck about there or you’ll fall in and drown.’

Snow wasn’t all that impressed with this idea, thinking the boy was too little for the task, but he didn’t say anything: Not my kid to bother about.

He got stuck into the work and didn’t give it another thought, except for the drift of something sad in a rarely visited corner of his mind, that he’d probably never have a family of his own.

He didn’t really want one – he didn’t want the complications, the woman, or the worry – but it was still sad. You sad bag of snot, he lugged the first of the trees into the farthest hole and shovelled it well in.

They were fine-looking trees, bigger than he’d been expecting and undamaged by the ovenhot journey; he was pleased with them. His only concern was the reach of his irrigation; the oranges and lemons furthest from the pump were not quite getting their fill as it was, and although they were healthy enough, they were obviously smaller; not by much, but enough to keep Snow awake at night wondering how he’d fix it.

He’d not paid any more attention to Brock but for seeing the trees go in, and they were over halfway through the work when he saw the man’s shadow, long and rangy in the deepening afternoon, meet the shape of his own.

‘Yeah, mate,’ said Brock. ‘Ah. Lost sight of Gordie.

Sorry.’

And he was off, tall legs down the trench-row for the river.

That’d be right, was Snow’s first thought. I do not need this going on here.

But he pulled himself up as quickly and followed the other man, boot print on boot print, down the soft, damp mud, until he was running too. The bloody dog was nowhere to be seen either, and something about that gave Snow a shiver.

‘Gordie!’ Brock called for his son, and Snow’s whole chest cracked in two for the man; this was what the world was coming to: a man, trying his hardest, and losing.

Losing.

Losing.

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‘What is it?’ That Lovelee bloke was running down the bank by the old schoolhouse towards him: ‘What’s happened?’

‘The boy! The boy!’ Snow shouted at him, the first words he’d had for this man. ‘The Brock boy – he’s wandered off.’

‘Which direction?’ Lovelee asked, snapping to; and they recognised each other in that life-and-death snap: two men who’d never met before, but who knew what to do.

‘Dunno,’ said Snow. ‘Brock’s gone Bourke-ward beyond the wharf, along the river. I’ll carry on this way.’

‘Right,’ said Lovelee. ‘I’ll search the scrub beyond the track, back of your place.’

‘Right.’ Snow didn’t glance behind him to see the man go, his focus returned fully to finding the boy. ‘Cooee!’

He sent up the call and it rang round the sky. ‘Cooee!’

He wasn’t calling so much to the boy but to anyone who might be nearby or on the north side of the river, where there was naught but uncleared gidgee and ferals: goats, pigs, camels. And snakes everywhere: king browns, red-bellies, copperheads. ‘Cooee!’

It brought Jack Bell out from wherever he’d been skiving, appearing from the thick scrub that sat between river and track at the southern boundary of the Lovelees’: ‘What’s going on?’

‘Little kid’s wandered off,’ Snow told him, not wasting words now: ‘Three years old or thereabouts, little white-haired boy, gone about half an hour ago.’

Jack nodded: ‘I know the kid you mean. I’ll doubleback.’ And off he went, second-checking the stretch of river where Snow had just been.

‘Cooee!’

The sun fell and fell to the cries of the men.

And all the birds were silent, as though they waited, listening.

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‘Gordie!’

Losing everything.

‘Gordie!’

Down at the corner, above the wharf, they separated, Brock running west, Snow east towards the Lovelees’ place.

‘Gordie!’ Snow could hear Brock calling and calling, and the desperation in the man’s voice sharpened all of Snow’s senses, searching for the kid: in every ripple of the Darling, so slow at its surface, but full of snags and grasping eddies below. A duck feather caught in a patch of reeds; an old bootlace washed onto the gravelly sand; a bleached twist of driftwood crept up from the depths like a skeleton hand.

‘Gordie!’ Snow was calling for the boy now, too, panic jangling in his knees. ‘Gordie!’

Sunshine was first published 2019 by Jazz Monkey Publications, copyright © Kim Kelly 2019. The moral right of the author has been asserted.

This edition for Orange City Life is published with permission of the author. Some phrases and words have been altered from the original, for a general audience.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the author.

The characters in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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